This company needs to return from their European house show tour, because, while they're there, they don't plan to put on good TV shows.
The in-ring main event tonight is Jimmy Uso vs The Miz.
I rest my case.
The ACTUAL main event is a three-way contract signing.
I double rest my case.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
(Shouldn't take too long.)
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2025-03-29 01:35:39 +0000 UTC View PostTNA is looking at locations for their biggest show of the year, and we’ve heard of a location that is in the running.
Fightful Select has learned that the Boston area, specifically Lowell, Massachusetts is in the running for the October Bound for Glory PPV. TNA has never bought Bound for Glory to the area, so that would be a first.
Specifically, we’re told that The Tsongas Center has been an area that TNA has been looking at as a potential venue for the event.
To be clea...
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2025-03-28 23:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostWe have more details on the TNA firings from this week.
There were other people in the company that fans may not know about such as Romy Glazer, who worked in marketing. We're told that she was well liked, and almost all metrics tied to her work there increased. Glazer was brought in to help expand the company's footprint on the marketing side of things. Sources claimed that TNA's email list great to close to 140,000 with over 13 million emails going out to promote the show. She also t...
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Swerve's interview with DJ Vlad was filmed the day after AEW Revolution we're told.
Fightful will be covering Japanese POPY figures with Jimmy Van this week on Youtube. Early access to it is available for tier 2 subscribers.
Josh Mathews and Perry Saturn were both backstage at AEW Dynamite this week, per PWInsider
MJF is...
2025-03-27 17:39:42 +0000 UTC View PostGet Your Questions In! Today, at 5 PM EST! Ask Grapsody w/ Phil Lindsey & Righteous Reg.
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One of the top free agent prospects in wrestling is now signed by TNA, but actually has been for quite some times.
TNA confirmed that Maggie Lee had signed with the company, as revealed on the Battleground Podcast. Lee has been a standout independent wrestler the last couple of years and regularly popped up among names that people expected to be signed. As it turns, out, she's been signed a while.
Despite the news emerging on March 27, we're told that Maggie Lee was actually signe...
2025-03-27 16:46:50 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Is Ospreays hip injury legit or part of a story?
He's working, brother. He's naturally beat up from the things that his style causes, but everyone we spoke to said he was fine afterwards.
Will the Wrestlemania Roa...
2025-03-27 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostSaraya says she is no longer All Elite.
According to Saraya on her Rulebreakers with Saraya podcast via Entertainment Weekly, she is departing AEW amicably and mutually. This led to a number of inquiries regarding her official status with the company.
Saraya is still listed on the company's website, which is usually a good indication of someone's contract status. The move also surprised almost everyone in AEW, and she'd only told a few number of people as of last week that the mov...
2025-03-27 00:31:59 +0000 UTC View PostThis post is up on the free tier of Fightful Select.
We're told that Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm vs. Megan Bayne vs. Penelope Ford was listed as main eventing AEW Dynamite.
Despite online speculation, we can confirm that Britt Baker is still signed by AEW, and under contract for quite some time.
There were many in AEW that were caught off guard by Saraya's departure with AEW. We're working on more details.
Ricochet had time off for ...
2025-03-27 00:25:21 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Have you heard any plans for Kenny's International title run apart from All In vs. Okada and the dynasty match like do you see him defending the title in NJPW or CMLL?
I don't know for sure, but I'd imagine AEW is going...
2025-03-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn a shocking move, TNA fired Gail Kim, Ariel Shnerner and others.
Over a dozen TNA talent reached out to Fightful regarding the news of Gail Kim's firing, which was met with shock, disbelief, and anger. It was a unanimously unpopular move based on those we spoke to, with at least one talent said that it made the decision for them to not remain in the company when their deal was up. There were others that told Fightful they were scared for their jobs.
At least one person said they...
2025-03-26 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostMina Shirakawa is finishing up with Stardom, and will have a new home.
Tokyo Sports has reported that Mina is wrapping up with Stardom, and likely headed to America. Fightful Select has confirmed that she is going to AEW. There is also a press conference planned this week.
We're told she's had this planned for quite some time.
Mina Shirakawa told Fightful she was planning a move to America.
2025-03-25 20:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostTNA President Carlos Silva has sent out email saying that Gail Kim, Ariel Shnerner, Rob Kligman and Michael Shewchenko are out of the company in a round of firings.
The email reads:
"Departing our leadership team are Ariel Shnerner, Gail Kim, Rob Klingman and Michael Shewchenko. As a long-term Anthem employee, Ariel has played an important role in growing our anthem properties, from his work with Fightf Network and most recently his focus on TNA. Ariel has been instrumental in bui...
2025-03-25 18:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostA top AEW talent is in a big year in her career.
Fightful Select has learned that a number of staff, wrestlers and higher ups in believe that former AEW World Champion Mariah May is in a contract year. Specifically, those that we’ve spoken to in AEW believe that her deal is up in the Summer. We’ve not learned if there are any option years attached to it, but one source in the company said they would be shocked if there weren’t as a deal this short is uncharacteristic for the push ...
2025-03-25 17:30:45 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Where would you draw the line between a wrestler being “injured” and “banged up?” And what’s the threshold for someone to be “banged up” beyond the typical aches and pains of wrestling?
I can only speak to...
2025-03-25 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJohn Cena says he's going to ruin wrestling for everybody.
Hey no fair! That's OUR gimmick!
In other news:
Jey Uso's surprise tag partner is the guy who was his tag partner for a decade.
The Chad Gable luchador stuff gets worse by the week.
Bron defends his IC Title, and Lyra does the same for the women. There are shenanigans involved with both.
Also, they continue to unnecessarily muddy the waters surrounding the Iyo, Bianca and Rhea story. The new flavor of ...
2025-03-25 01:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- FSW: "Mecca X: Beynefit For Bey" results
- TWE: "Captive City" results
- REVOLVER: "Goated" results
- LIMITLESS: "Bissell Brothers Bash" results
- WEST COAST PRO: "West Coast Best Coast" results
- WWE EVOLVE (3/19) results
- NWA: "Hard Times 2025" SPOILERS (57 min-end)
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WrestleMania season is upon us and the Intercontinental Title scene is heating up.
Adam Pearce announced Penta vs. Bron Breakker for the March 24 episode of Raw, a match that many expected to happen at WrestleMania. Based on the plans as of a week before, we’re told that might not be far off.
The working plan as of the Ba...
2025-03-24 17:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostSome joshi talent look like they could thrive in the US.
Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned that Major League Wrestling has what they consider "big plans" in store for both HIMAWARI and Shoko Nakajima.
Shoko Nakajima has worked a number of United States dates dating back to 2018, including wrestling on the AEW Fight For The Fallen 2019 Buy In, teaming with Bea Priestley to beat Britt Baker & Riho. She also made five trips to the USA for wrestling dates alone last y...
2025-03-24 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Hey Sean did you see that WCW has it own YouTube channel? It has to run by WWE. Is this the way things are going in terms of contents?
Yes, WWE owns it. When I asked the direction of where much of their library was head...
2025-03-24 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTopics
John Cena
Anoa'i recruits
MLW and joshis
Mercedes/Athena
Balor, EdgeCope, Vince and Mania 39
Sting and Luger
Ludwig Kaiser
Rey Fenix
AEW Dynamite
WBD reaction to Mox
WWE Raw
Q&A starts at 19:00:
Topics: R-Truth HOF?, Tony Khan creative process, ROH TV, John Cena, WWE Evolution, Cody's origin...
2025-03-23 20:34:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe now know the date and several talent set for the WWE tryout later this month.
Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned that the tryout is scheduled for March 30th, and according to multiple sources, is a smaller group than previous WWE tryouts in Europe.
Amongst those that we have confirmed that have been invited to the tryout include two talents we have previously reported that WWE were interested in, with Rhio and Man Like DeReiss both set for the tryout as of this...
2025-03-23 19:06:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe Bloodline doesn't stop with WWE.
CONTRA Unit has been a fixture within MLW on and off for quite some time, as an anchor of their show. That doesn't appear to be ending any time soon, as Fightful Select has learned that there are slated to be additional members to the group throughout the Spring.
Specifically, Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned that MLW is eyeing one of the younger talent in the Anoa'i/Fatu family. We're still working to find out who that is.
J...
2025-03-23 17:03:01 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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How are Jake the Snake & Billy Gunn in the new game and making new figures but aren't with WWE?
They both have separate deals with WWE merchandising that allow it to happen.
How far out are storylines...
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When speaking to those who worked the WWE Bologna show, we were told it wasn't as hot as other crowds, but that WWE was happy with the turnout.
Among the talent that couldn't make it to Omaha for AEW Dynamite due to the blizzard was Switchblade Jay White.
The Heathrow Airport shutdown in Londo...
2025-03-22 23:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: This is a story we heard about in the fall of 2023, but couldn't report at the time. Of late, we've had a lot of inquiries about the story, and are able to run it.
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Vince McMahon is apparently out of WWE perhaps once and for all, but even after "stepping away" in 2022, several of his changes and adjustments were felt throughout the year in 2023.
In early 2023, Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp reported on The Hump that WWE talent had learned that Vince McMaho...
2025-03-22 19:16:47 +0000 UTC View PostGet your questions in! One per subscriber
If we haven't reported someone's wrestlemania plans, we don't have them!
Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
THIS EDITION IS SRS' OPINIONS. IT SHOULD NOT BE AGGREGATED
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Who do you think is the best wrestler in WWE currently? And AEW? Just going off of athleticism and story-telling, not as much promo work.
Cody Rhodes I thi...
2025-03-22 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostJust a bit too much talking for my taste.
Here are the matches we did get.
Drew & Shin vs Drew & Jimmy (Standard House-Show Tag)
Braun vs Jacob Fatu (Interference DQ)
Zelina vs Piper (Distraction Finish)
Jade vs Liv (Interference & Ref Incompetence)
Street Profits vs Los Garza (An actual great match)
And of course, the talking.
Which led to ANOTHER pull-apart-brawl, the 17th since last week.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it, while we ...
2025-03-22 02:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post