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FREE POST: AEW Star Debuting For Top Indie

Another AEW star is debuting for House of Glory.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned that Konosuke Takeshita is set to debut for HOG on April 25 at their ISOLATION event, which streams on Triller TV.

HOG confirmed and sent the following:

Takeshita Debuts At HOG April 25th! House of Glory officials have announced a huge debut for Friday April 25th at ISOLATION. The event will stream live from the NYC Arena on TrillerTV.

AEW star Konosuke Takeshita will make hi...

Update on Sting- WWE HOF

Sting may have not made his last WWE appearance.

Lex Luger is headed into the WWE Hall of Fame this year, and the natural selection to induct him is his longtime tag team partner, rival and friend, Sting. Despite having retired over a year ago, Sting has remained a part of All Elite Wrestling, and has a new Legends-esque deal since retiring.

We’re not sure if that would require AEW signing off on Sting possibly inducting Luger, but we’re told that WWE was planning to make over...

Select Answers: Josh Alexander, Indi Hartwell, Kairi Sane

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.

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Update on Kairi Sane?

The last I'd heard she was working out and doing some training.

Have you heard of any AEW interest in Indi Hartwell? Her match with Mercedes was very fun.

I've not hea...

John Cena rumor killer

John Cena has accomplished a lot, but not a lifetime achievement award.

Earlier today there were reports of John Cena receiving a lifetime achievement award during WrestleMania week as a part of an On Location Lunch package.

We're told that while the ability to purchase a lunch with John Cena as a part of On Location is accurate, there is no lifetime achievement award.

Select Answers: AEW Max, AEW Crowds, Stone Cold

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.

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With WWE getting hot crowds in international markets, do you think AEW should try and do the same? Maybe run a European tour leading up to Forbidden Door in London?

Whenever AEW does decide to do that, I would expect a ...

Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 3/17 | Belgian Wafflers

From Brussels, Belgium: John Cena gave his explanation. And it might have been the best promo he's ever given.
It was certainly the best "You People" promo in the history of the business.

Cody continues to be insufferable.

Also, Penta beat Ludwig, Jey Uso found his huevos, there was a bunch of tragically unfunny American Made nonsense, Ripley basically added herself to the Iyo/Bianca match, and Bron beat Finn.

At least some stuff happened.

Everything sucks. Let's t...

WWE European Tour, Raw News

• Alicia Taylor missed last weeks show with an illness. We're told that Mike Rome getting there was a last minute, late situation and he almost didn't make it.

• Readers will likely not be surprised to learn that WWE was ecstatic with the reception John Cena got.

• One WWE source told Fightful that this week's Raw was the "hottest TV environment they've experienced," and said that it was a good sign for TV taping there in the future.

• There were ...

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WWE Raw heel working as a babyface on live events

One WWE Superstar has been a heel for the last number of years, but is embracing a babyface role on live events.

Ludwig Kaiser lost to Penta in a street fight on WWE Raw, working as a heel as their feud has continued throughout the last month or so. However, other live events this week have seen Kaiser doing things differently.

WWE held their first house shows in months, and the German Ludwig Kaiser has worked in a babyface role in both Hannover and Dortmund. He would end up defea...

FREE POST: Raw Notes

There is no traditional scoops thread this week, but the opening segment is a big one.

As of this afternoon (UK) time, John Cena and Cody Rhodes are slated for the opening segment for WWE Raw. WrestleVotes has also reported this.

Corey Graves is also at the show to do commentary.

Very early on we're told the crowd is super hot

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Fightful Weekender (3/17): GCW, HOG, MLP, WWE EVOLVE, DEFY, ROH + TNA SPOILERS

STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!

- GCW: "Ashes To Ashes" + "So Much Fun" results

- HOG: "City Of Dreamz" results

- MLP: "Mayhem" results

- WWE EVOLVE (3/12) results

- DEFY: "Aftermath" results

- ROH HonorClub SPOILERS (47 min-52 min)

- TNA IMPACT SPOILERS (52 min-end)

Select Answers: Travis Scott, ROH Supercard, NXT/TNA Pay

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.
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Do NXT and TNA wrestlers get paid extra for appearing on the opposite brands?

Yes. I'm not sure the amount exactly, but they're bonused or given additional pay as a result of that. Counting that towards the dates on your "g...

SRS' Fightful Report (3/16): Q&A, Bianca/Jade/Naomi, Jeff Cobb, Mercedes, More

Sean Ross Sapp gives you wrestling news and answers your questions for March 16, 2025.

• Nixed Smackdown segment

• Hikuleo

• Mercedes Mone

• Mustafa Ali

• WWE Survivor Series

• AEW Title news

• Jeff Cobb

• Luchasaurus

• Bianca/Naomi

• Duke Hudson

• Scott D'Amore

• 11:00 - Q&A.

• Moose, WCW Content on Youtube, best wrestler...

  2025-03-17 03:49:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Latest on Hikuleo

The Bloodline angle continues, but two names still haven't appeared on WWE TV.

In 2024, Fightful Select had reported that both Hikuleo and Lance Anoa'i had been signed to WWE deals. Shortly after Lance signed, it was known that he was injured and would be out of action well into 2025. We've not heard of that changing.

Hikuleo hasn't wrestled since the June 9, 2024 show that saw him lose the IWGP Tag Team Titles. However, we were told that he has been on the WWE internal roster for...

SRS Q&A

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Select Answers: What Happened With Netflix/OVW

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.
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Is Netflix planning on doing another season of Wrestlers from OVW?

No, they're not. I personally enjoyed the show, but it's not in the cards for them. It was very well produced, and highlighted OVW in a really good way. I t...

Likely WWE Survivor Series location revealed.

WWE Survivor Series might be a little warmer this year than most.

WWE hasn't seen a warm weather city for WWE Survivor Series with fans since Los Angeles in 2018. They've since visited Chicago, Boston, Brooklyn and Vancouver, as well as the Thunderdome since then. All that could change, as Fightful Select has learned that San Diego is being considered for WWE Survivor Series, with at least two sources noting that it's been listed internally for quite some time.

We've not heard o...

TNA Wrestler believed to have dislocated jaw, finished match

One TNA talent had a close call at Sacrifice.

TNA Sacrifice saw recent signing Mustafa Ali take on Mike Santana, who has been heavily featured throughout his TNA run. In what was considered match of the night by many, Mustafa Ali ended up beating Mike Santana. However, he was fortunate to be able to finish the match.

We're told by sources within TNA that Mustafa Ali was believed to have dislocated his jaw during the match. He was able to correct it and finish the match. Ali isn't ...

Select Answers: Bayley, Forbidden Door, Scorpio Sky

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.
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Bayley new program update? Please don't say Roxanne especially at Stand and Deliver.

I don't know about Stand and Deliver, but the expectation was that the Bayley and Roxanne Perez program was expected to continue on the ma...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown WatchAlong & Review 3/14 | E.S.P. en Espanol

All of the results of today's Espanol episode of SmackDown were entirely predictable, except perhaps for the main event.

Randy Orton isn't losing to Carmelo. Charlotte isn't losing to B-Fab. Gunther isn't losing to anyone before WrestleMania, even if it IS a kid from Barcelona. Drew is definitely interfering in the Damian/Shinsuke match. And Braun is getting the pin in the house-show six-man, just so Jacob Fatu can get his heat back in the post-match beat down.

The only thing that...

• Coming out of AEW Revolution, Kyle Fletcher was heavily scratched up. Mark Davis required staples. MJF was okay but very banged up. Will Ospreay left with a limp but is okay.

• It was reiterated to us that Becky Lynch and Bret Hart were inspirations for Natalya to write her memoirs

• Vinny Pacifico appeared on AEW Dynamite against the Opps. He was featured on a Times Square Billboard for the second time this week.

• Pacifico ended up having a pie...

  2025-03-14 20:40:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Update on long absent AEW talent

We've learned an update on a talent who has been out of action for quite some time.

Earlier this week, there were rumors that there was an "alternate ending" planned for AEW Revolution. While we couldn't confirm that, Fightful Select was told that Luchasaurus aka Killswitch was backstage at the show. In addition, one source indicated that when we were asking about what the "alternate ending."

When asking about Luchasaurus backstage, a number of sources indicated that the was, and ...

WWE had their eyes on top free agent talent.

WWE has been interested in a top free agent.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned from a number of sources that WWE has had their eye on Jeff Cobb of late. Cobb has been working in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and even wrestled and won there multiple times this week.

After dropping a match last month, Cobb said “So where does that leave Jeff Cobb? It seems I can’t win when all the marbles are down. G1, New Japan Cup. Long gone are the days when I went 8-0 in the G1. Now I ...

Get Your Questions In! Ask Grapsody! Today at 5 PM EST

Ask Grapsody! with Phil Lindsey and Righteous Reg begins at 5 PM Eastern. Get your questions in!

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypxmxG39-_g

Select Answers: WWE HOF omissions, ROH/Max, Departures

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.
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Hall of fame season! aside from currently announced inductees, what man & woman would you say are the current biggest omissions in your opinion?

Outside of AEW names, and ones we know are going in like Rock and Batista,...