An angle on AEW TV isn’t so much an angle.
On the August 13 episode of AEW Dynamite, it was noted that Swerve Strickland had been seen by AEW doctors for a knee injury. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp is told that is based on reality, and it could affect the immediate future of All Elite Wrestling.
Fightful Select confirmed that Swerve is actually working with a torn meniscus, and that it isn’t anything new. He’s actually had a tear in his meniscus since 2019 when he was ...
2025-08-21 17:55:19 +0000 UTC
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Many noticed that ESPN removed their AEW coverage once their WWE deal was announced. AEW didnt get much coverage from ESPN in recent years, which was a relationship they had tried to establish.
Luchasaurus aka Killswitch made his return on the August 20 episode of AEW Dynamite. We were told that he has been cleared for a number of months.
Tony Khan has an AEW Forbidden Door Media Call this afternoon. We will put notes at the bottom of this article a...
2025-08-21 17:19:22 +0000 UTC
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Where is Jericho?
He's at home, chilling, doing h...
2025-08-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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WWE WrestlePalooza is official for September 20 in Indianapolis, but some of the bigger news surrounds the show.
ESPN and WWE provided Fightful and other outlets a press release revealing that not only would the WrestlePalooza show happen, but it would happen on ESPN. Furthermore, the ESPN DTC service will be launching on August 21, and will be airing the main roster WWE PLEs from September 20 forward. This is much earlier than the anticipated date of March, when the Peacock deal ends.<...
2025-08-20 21:24:43 +0000 UTC
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Chris Jericho has become the topic of conversation once again.
Jericho hasn’t been seen on AEW programming in months, walking away from the Learning Tree in mid-April. We haven’t seen any hints of him returning to programming or anything of that nature since then, but there have been WWE rumors swirling around Jericho.
Jericho liked a post on Instagram that implied he should go back to WWE, which led to a lot of buzz regarding a potential return. This was magnified by reports ...
2025-08-20 16:54:32 +0000 UTC
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Have you heard anything on when Jamie Hayter plans to return? Wa...
2025-08-20 16:00:19 +0000 UTC
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A highly touted prospect is not under a contract anywhere.
On a recent episode of Ring of Honor TV, independent standout Adam Priest appeared and revealed he'll be working with the Workhorsemen. There were posts that picked up traction that said he " alluded on ROH TV that he has been officially signed for a month now." While that post is a contradiction in its own, we learned more.
Fightful Select learned from sources close to Adam Priest that he's not currently signed with any ...
2025-08-19 20:12:04 +0000 UTC
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Any updates on Private Party's contract i thought it was mention...
2025-08-19 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Fightful has noted recently that The Undertaker is expected backstage at AAA a lot more. Those we have been speaking to say that he is an influential figure there.
We had readers asking about Corey Graves' brother Sam Adonis being absent from AAA of late. He's not under contract, but has expressed interest in working with AAA/WWE in a variety of capacities, we're told.
As one would expect, Naomi's pregnancy has caused some huge creative shifts. Everyone w...
2025-08-19 16:10:10 +0000 UTC
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Do you feel that what WWE is doing with helping TNA is simply a ...
2025-08-19 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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An Extreme Rules match in the main event, because ECW, because Philadelphia. They'll probably find a way to have THIS end in a DQ, too.
A bunch of other terrible crap.
And a genuinely wonderful piece of news, delivered by Naomi.
SHE'S PREGNANT!!!!!!!!
So while the rest of the show definitely sucked, Not Everything Sucks.
Bayley's new schizophrenic character, though? Yeah, that absolutely freaking SUCKS.
Let's talk about it.
Watch here: 2025-08-19 02:09:40 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- GCW/JCW: "The Two Day War" results
- AAA: "TripleMania XXXIII" results
- AAW: "Take No Prisoners" results
- NWA 77 SPOILERS (45 min-50 min)
- AIW: "North Canton Main Street Festival" results
- TWE: "Eleventh Hour" results
- WWE Evolve (8/13) results
2025-08-19 00:49:59 +0000 UTC
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Another outside talent is in town for WWE shows this week, and this one isn't too surprising.
Fightful Select has learned that Joe Hendry is in Philadelphia ahead of shows for WWE. Hendry has been somewhat of an NXT regular lately and has become a recurring character on the show.
NXT officials, especially Shawn Michaels have long liked Joe Hendry.
This is expected to be for NXT, as talent is already in town for that show.
2025-08-18 21:47:31 +0000 UTC
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Danhausen still has a dealhausen.
Fightful Select had reported earlier this year that Danhausen was in his contract year, and that specifically his deal would be up in July. Now that time has come and passed, and he’s still listed on the AEW roster page. That’s for good reason – he’s still with All Elite Wrestling, technically.
We’re told by AEW sources that Danhausen’s contract would have been up on July 1, however there were months added to Danhausen’s contract tha...
2025-08-18 20:23:45 +0000 UTC
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who do you think gets the wwe video library when the peacock dea...
2025-08-18 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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SRS is here to talk about the week's news and answer your Questions!
WWE library
AEW coaches
New AEW contracts
WWE departures
EVIL/AEW
Hogan ten bell salute rumor
Sami Callihan retirement
Karrion Kross
Lola Vice contract
12:00 Q&A: Dakota Kai, Jack Perry, TNA sale talk, AEW production, will WWE buy TNA?, Sam Adonis, WWE excursion, why the NW...
2025-08-18 14:48:03 +0000 UTC
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There are a number of AAA names in town for WWE Raw Monday Night.
Fightful Espanol has confirmed that Mr. Iguana and AAA Champion El Hijo Del Vikingo are both in Philadelphia ahead of WWE Raw tonight. Both men were in town by early Monday, after wrestling at AAA TripleMania.
El Hijo Del VIkingo will be continuing his feud with Dominik Mysterio in which is expected to carry over...
2025-08-18 12:00:20 +0000 UTC
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Ace Austin is now All Elite.
Ace Austin is a free agent no longer, as AEW Founder Tony Khan confirmed that Ace is under contract with the company. His deal with TNA was up earlier this year, and the company was hopeful to retain him, but they couldn’t agree on financial terms after negotiating. The AEW deal is multi-year in length.
In addition to Ace Austin, Fightful Select confirmed that Chris Bey’s TNA contract would have been up if not for his unfortunate accident in the ri...
2025-08-17 17:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi Sean, do think there will be any movement/action soon with AE...
2025-08-17 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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EVIL is in the G1 Finals, much to the chagrin of many fans around the world.
Throughout the day following the confirmation of EVIL vs. Konosuke Takeshita in the G1 Finals there were some unusual talking points about AEW somehow encouraging EVIL to be in the finals. When we asked about that, we were told that couldn't be further from the truth.
Very bluntly, we were pointed to EVIL's lack of history in All Elite Wrestling, and the fact that he had not ever been booked in AEW. We w...
2025-08-17 02:20:38 +0000 UTC
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Our Saturday news update!
We're told by sources in CMLL that they're very happy with the business done with MJF on their shows of late. Last night sold out with 7,000 more expected tonight.
Luchablog noted tonight's AAA show will be around 19,000.
AEW is expecting Forbidden Door to sell out over the next few days.
With today's AAA show, we are told that a number of WWE Superstars will be around in addition to those that are booked.
2025-08-16 22:37:35 +0000 UTC
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Hey Sean so if AEW can do contracts for a gate of agony and Kyle...
2025-08-16 16:00:08 +0000 UTC
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2025-08-16 12:00:14 +0000 UTC
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WWE continues to land broadcast deals, and spread their wings with their television rights. This leaves many asking what will happen with their library.
Upon launching the WWE Network in 2014, the robust WWE, WCW and ECW library were a big point of attraction for the service. WWE had spent years acquiring video libraries for use on various products. Those that we spoke to in the company over the years have said the live content was actually by far the most watched content, which is why ...
2025-08-15 23:59:08 +0000 UTC
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The Fightful Select rumor roundup and news update for August 15!
Those we spoke to backstage haven't heard developments on the ROH Women's Pure Title of late.
There were a number of people surprised by some of the graphics for Forbidden Door airing when they did. Obviously Kota Ibushi was among them. There were a number of talent who didn't realize the cage match and all participants would be announced.
TNA sources have claimed that higher ups say t...
2025-08-15 18:08:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey Sean! In the 90 early 00's Who were some mid level talent yo...
2025-08-15 16:00:11 +0000 UTC
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RECKLESS SPECULATION is back.
Not as much reckless speculation as much as relaying some wild unsubstantiated rumors that are going to emerge regardless. It surrounds today's report of possible TV rights, and rumors of a possible TNA sale.
This afternoon, Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated reported that that TNA Wrestling ...
2025-08-15 00:59:17 +0000 UTC
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Hook has been sidelined from action for quite some time, leading to many questioning his future in AEW until a teaser ran on the August 13 episode of AEW Dynamite.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp learned that despite his recent absence from the ring, Hook is firmly under contract with All Elite Wrestling. In fact, Fightful has learned that Hook actually re-signed with AEW at some point in 2024. So far, details on the deal are few and far between, outside of that it’s a multi-year c...
2025-08-14 19:25:52 +0000 UTC
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2025-08-14 18:00:06 +0000 UTC
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What match do you want to see at WrestleMania next year?
2025-08-14 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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