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Select Answers: Kendrick Lamar, Shida, PLE Shows

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.

Since it was a hot topic on the internet with Drake at Elimination Chamber, what are the actual chances of Kendrick Lamar appearing on AEW programming?

It was immediately pitched by a bunch of wrestlers and people in the company. ...

AEW news and notes

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• Gabe Kidd was also at last week's AEW Dynamite, though he wasn't used.
  

• We're told Matt Jackson's new travel series doesn't have a set schedule for episode releases but more are coming.

• Nyla Rose had a grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch yesterday.
  

• AEW has a few talent out with illnesses tonight. We're told that...

  2025-03-05 23:44:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Update on TNA Champion's contract status

Fightful Select reported at the end of 2024 that Steph De Lander’s TNA contract was coming up. Since then, she’s returned to TV, and was crowned TNA Digital Media Champion as a “divorce settlement” from her on-screen husband PCO. However, Fightful Select has learned she is not under TNA contract as of yet. 

De Lander has had one match since late May as she’s been sidelined with an injury. We’ve not learned if she’s cleared yet. 

No word on if Steph De Lande...

Select Answers: Gabe Kidd, Mina, Cena Reactions

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.

What was some of the talent's reaction to Cena turning heel & do they think this was the "right" call for him during this retirement tour

A lot of pleasant shock. This was the type of thing that even people on the roster had t...

FREE post: Cora Jade update

Cora Jade sustained an injury on NXT.

Cora's match was stopped, and accounts on Twitter speculated that she aggravated a knee injury. However we're told it was a head injury, not a knee injury.

We wish Cora a speedy recovery.

Jamie Hayter update

We have an update on former AEW World Women's Champion Jamie Hayter.

Hayter hasn't wrestled on AEW TV since January 22, leading to many asking about her whereabouts. She wrestled on the February 7 EVE show in London, which marked her first indie date since 2022, and only her second since signing with AEW.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned that Hayter is in the process of getting her visa renewed and is back in the UK. This is also why she's been taking UK bookings of la...

WWE Raw News, Producers, Writers, MLW Release

• We mentioned on Discord that we told that WWE talent will soon be able to work another promotion that will come as a surprise to people. That ended up being Natalya working NWA.

• The claim within MLW was that Christian Cole's release was due to him "speaking out of school" regarding production.

• Fenix has already been discussed internally by WWE creatively.

• Fightful spoke to Franchesca Eastwood, who plays Mae Young in Queen of the Ring. She...

  2025-03-04 17:20:44 +0000 UTC View Post

Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 3/3 | Buffalo WingDings

If you love watching various streamers overreact to heel turns, then tonight's edition of Raw must have been your favorite episode EVER.

We also got 3 title matches and a short film starring Shorty G.

Oh, and CM Punk addressing his enemies and engaging in a very staged pull-apart-brawl with Seth Rollins.

We'll see if there are any shenanigans with the Women's World Title Match.

There probably will be.

Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.

Watch here: 2025-03-04 03:12:04 +0000 UTC View Post

WWE Raw SCOOPS THREAD

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful has learned the following plans for WWE Raw, SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. Screenshotting and sharing this info in full violates our terms of service and is grounds for account termination and reporting.

• SPOILER PROMO

• SPOILER MATCH

• IC Title: Lyra Valkyria vs. Ivy Nile

• SPOILER PROMO

• Tag Titles: War Raiders vs. American Made

• Bron ...

  2025-03-04 00:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Fightful Weekender (3/3): GCW, BEYOND, ICW NHB, WWE LFG, NEW SOUTH HOSS PREDICTIONS, ROH SPOILERS

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

- GCW: "I Feel So" + "The Coldest Winter 3" + "Just Being Honest" results

- BEYOND: "RSP's Death Day" results

- ICW NHB: "No Holds Barred Volume 69" results

- WWE LFG (Episode 3) results

- NEW SOUTH: "HOSS All Stars Tournament" predictions

- ROH HonorClub SPOILERS (58 min-end)

Rey Fenix is a free agent, expected to head to WWE

Rey Fenix is officially a free agent, but likely not for long.

Fightful Select has confirmed that Rey Fenix is now a free agent. It was expected that Fenix could end up having months added to his AEW deal due to injury time, but Fenix is now gone from the company, and eligible to sign anywhere. We're told that he's expected to sign with WWE imminently, and Fanatics have already began preparing merchandise for him, with creative coming up with ideas.

Fenix and Penta were both likel...

Audio: SRS Live Q&A and Elimination Chamber review

SRS talks you through his Elimination Chamber review and Q&A

video: https://youtu.be/OpLZVpioHJ8

12 PM ET: SRS LIVE Q&A and Elimination Chamber Review

SRS joins Select subscribers LIVE at 12 for Elimination Chamber thoughts and a Q&A

FREE POST: Elimination Chamber News, AEW Note

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• Many readers contacted us surprised that Miz has his own bus. He does and has for quite a while, as do many talent. Most long term talent end up procuring one. His is just more noticeable because it was wrapped for Summerslam weekend in Cleveland as a promotional tool.

• Fightful has a new series called SRS BT...

  2025-03-03 13:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Kenny Omega, Hiroshi Tanahashi news

Kenny Omega has healed up and is back in the fold with AEW and NJPW.

However, one match that appeared to be a forgone conclusion was actually never planned.

A reader asked us about the video of Kenny Omega and Hiroshi Tanahashi last year that NJPW released and why it didn't go anywhere.

Omega visited Japan ahead of his return and reunited with Hiroshi Tanahashi. Shortly after, a video released indicating that the two could end up teaming at Wrestle Dynasty in Japan. However...

Update on Travis Scott in WWE

Travis Scott has had a number one hit single this year, and is part of one of the biggest wrestling angles of all-time, and it's been in the works for a while.

Scott and WWE have had a recurring partnership in recent months. Scott was presented with a new Hardcore Title, and his single "4x4" is WWE Raw's theme. He also appeared on the WWE Raw on Netflix premiere with Jey Uso.

We'd noted in January that WWE was expecting to do more with Scott, but it goes far deeper than just that....

Select Answers: 3 Hour SD, Gabe Kidd, Noam Dar

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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Hey Sean does the 3 hour smackdown window run through WrestleMania?

The last I'd heard, it was slated to continue for a number of months. WWE has not officially commented.

Chances Gabe Ki...