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2025-12-15 21:11:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, get your questions in to the Wrestlevotes crew for a BIG show covering Cena's final match, among other things.
Leave your questions below or on the Youtube live chat!
2025-12-15 12:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostTNA is starting their AMC deal in about a month, but have a lot of front office work to do in the mean time.
Fightful Select reported over the last number of months that TNA had at least a dozen contracts that were set to expire at the end of 2025. In addition, there were a number that had expired between Bound For Glory and the start of December. However, they've made some progress on deals.
Fightful Select has been told that TNA has effectively finalized a number of short term d...
2025-12-14 23:39:59 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to our news update following WWE SNME!
Robert F. Kennedy was in attendance at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event.
Vince McMahon and Donald Trump were not at the show, were not planned to be at the show, and as Fightful Select reported numerous times, nobody was told they would be there at the event.
Randy Orton, among others, were in Saudi Arabia to promote the Royal Rumble. There was some discussion backstage that were disappointed he couldn'...
2025-12-14 18:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a 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.
When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.
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Why doesn’t WWE have a sponsor for steel chairs yet?
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2025-12-14 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostSean Ross Sapp gives you a Q&A podcast for December 14!
John Cena
NJPW US shows
WWE production
Otunga/Cena
Becky Lynch's trump character
Danhausen
Nyla Rose
Chris Jericho
TNA TV deal
Piper Niven
Jacob Fatu
LA Knight BURIAL?
Kenny Omega & Bucks contracts
Leon Slater
Vince McMahon, nor Donald Trump were at tonight's WWE Saturday Night Main Event. Robert F Kennedy was at the show
A number of wrestlers were brought in specifically to see the final match. Randy Orton was not, as he's overseas promoting the Royal Rumble.
Watch on YouTube HERE: https://youtu.be/N5R6T0HGmOY
John Cena is retiring. The only question left to answer is whether he's going out on his back, or whether he's a fraud.
There were three exhibition "NXT vs Main Roster" matches on the show as well.
Oba Femi dominated Cody Rhodes for most of their match, and then WWE couldn't resist adding some shenanigans to the festivities.
Sol Ruca announced hersel...
2025-12-14 02:54:34 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Fightful WWE Saturday Night's Main Event SCOOPS THREAD covering John Cena's final match! We will update this as we get more information.
Gunther facing John Cena was internally the direction going back months. Even when Gunther was sidelined with an injury, the company was pretty sure that it would be him facing Cena in his last match.
John Cena was the driving force behind suggesting NXT talent compete against WWE talent on the event. However, it ...
2025-12-13 20:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a 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 a month and some change away, if you could bring back one legend ...
2025-12-13 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Friday Fightful tradition, the DEBUNKATHON. In addition to debunking (and shaming) internet lies, we also provide a robust news update, including:
Okada
Sarah Stock tweets
Cena's dates
Cena album
Andersons
Jordynne Grace
Je'Von Evans & Leon Slater
Jack Perry
Joe Alonzo
Sol Ruca
Jon Moxley
Wrestlevotes Radio brings you an extra show, looking at the career, highlights, and moments of John Cena. Subscribe for this, and many other shows this weekend!
2025-12-12 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostBayley is held in very high regard within WWE.
Fresh off of Bayley’s Lodestone camp, WrestleVotes Radio spoke to WWE sources about Bayley and her position within WWE, reporting that she gained heavy praise for the new camp.
“It’s incredible to see what impact someone has when they pour their heart into it, and that’s what she did,” said one staff member of WWE
Sean Ross Sapp spoke to a number of talent from the Lodestone camp who spoke glowingly about Bayley and th...
2025-12-11 23:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostWWE Saturday Night’s Main Event looks to be getting an updated look.
When WWE SNME returned earlier this year, it came back with a retro look and feel as an homage to the original specials from the 1980s. On Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select, they indicated that was to be updated.
Wrestlevotes noted that WWE has been discussing the change since August. It’s unclear if the presentation change will be permanent or temporary just for the John Cena retirement special. It was a...
2025-12-11 22:53:38 +0000 UTC View PostBenvenuto! We have major news on upcoming WWE PLEs.
WWE have been taking their PLE shows abroad much more, and that won’t be stopping. Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select confirmed that WWE is heading to Italy in 2026 for a WWE PLE. Nick Khan noted that a deal was close recently.
As of now, the planned date for the PLE is May 31, which is scheduled to be the first PLE after WrestleMania. Typically, WWE runs the Backlash show after WrestleMania, but the name was up for debate w...
2025-12-11 22:30:04 +0000 UTC View PostJohn Cena’s career is coming to a close, and we have more details on how Saturday Night’s Main Event will go.
This week, John Cena had indicated that the was hopeful he would be able to kick off the show for Saturday Night’s Main Event, and Bryan Alvarez reported that he was slated to.
Wrestlevotes Radio asked within WWE and said that the majority of people within WWE want John Cena to close the show, but that both ideas have been floated. There were numerous within power th...
2025-12-11 22:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostJoey Votes and TC are back to talk about this week in wrestling.
John Cena's retirement and placement on the card.
Internal reaction to Bayley
Big WWE PLE news!
Saturday Night's Main Event presentation.
When aggregating this show, please credit "Wrestlevotes Radio on Fightful Select." We ask that aggregators hold off until Fightful Select posts stories from this show before aggregating them.
2025-12-11 22:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
It's STEEEEEEEEEEEVE!
Sting's son, Steven Borden Jr., made his AEW debut this week, taking on Kiran Grey. If you missed that, they're running it back in a couple of weeks.
Fightful Select has confirmed with DEFY that Steven Borden Jr will take on Kiran Grey, December 28 at DEFY Ender. The event takes place at The Lodge Room at Highland Park in Los Angeles.
Tickets are available now at DEFYwrestling.com
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2025-12-11 18:16:39 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a 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.
When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.
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Whenever I see Jamie Hayter in her Mod-style outfits, always makes me ...
2025-12-11 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostLA Knight isn’t going anywhere. Contractually, that is.
On the December 8 episode of WWE Raw, LA Knight was defeated by Logan Paul, and effectively beaten up by four men. Then after the match, he was attacked backstage to close the show. Fans were asking for an update on Knight – everything from him being written off TV to leaving WWE.
Knight is not leaving WWE. He re-signed with WWE in 2024, and has years left on his deal. When we reached out to people in the company, they we...
2025-12-11 01:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
A DEFY World Championship match has been confirmed
Fightful Select has confirmed that AEW star Bryan Keith will defend his DEFY Championship against Timothy Thatcher on Sunday, December 28th, at the Lodge Room in Highland Park at DEFY ENDER.
Tickets are available now at DEFYwrestling.com
Steven Borden Jr is also expected for the card.
2025-12-10 18:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostWrestlevotes posted the following:
"After not appearing at the last Saturday Night’s Main Event, Jesse ‘The Body’ Ventura is set for Washington, D.C. this weekend as the big John Cena send-off show approaches."
Paid subscribers to Fighful Select get access to Wrestlevotes' Live show every Monday at 3 PM ET, in a live Q&A format. In addition, their breaking news WrestleVote...
2025-12-10 17:26:55 +0000 UTC View Post
GCW/JCW Jersey J-Cup is running a unique match after an announcement of a legend in Tiger Mask IV.
Fightful Select confirmed with GCW that Tiger Mask will be facing "Dynamite Kid" Tommy Billington at their Jersey J-Cup show in a special attraction match.
Billington is the nephew of the late Dynamite Kid, Tom Billington. The original Dynamite Kid and original Tiger Mask had some of the most influential matches in wrestling history together.
Tiger Mask IV plans on retiring in ...
2025-12-10 17:23:10 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a 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 does Logan Paul's contract work? Does he have a set number of appe...
2025-12-10 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostMasha Slamovich is officially done with TNA Wrestling.
Many noticed that Masha's profile was removed from TNA's website on December 9. Fightful Select confirmed with TNA sources that she's done with the company as her contract has expired quite some time ago, believed to be late October.
Masha was pulled from TNA creative plans after details of what she called a "mutually destructive relationship" emerged. Her ex said he hoped she would continue in wrestling, but she's disappear...
Over the weekend, both wXw and RevPro would announce Leon Slater’s withdrawal from the promotions bouts on their shows.
On December 8th’s edition of WWE Monday Night RAW, Leon would be announced to be teaming with Je’Von Evans against WWE World Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Dragon Lee.
Prior to the announcement on Monday, Fightful Select asked around with wXw sources about the withdrawal, with sources noting that Leon’s withdrawal cited ‘scheduling’ issues leading...
Welcome to Select Answers, a 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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What’s up with Darby Allin? We were watching his match with Kevin Kn...
2025-12-09 17:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostThis is going to be the shortest episode of Sour Graps EVER.
(EDIT: Turned out to be over 45 minutes, go figure.)
Raw was dumb and bad, and I have to be up super early tomorrow.
So let's get this over with.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Watch Video Here: https://youtu.be/tn6ZdGe6xq0
WWE's current deal with Peacock for their library ends at the close of 2026, leading many to wonder where that footage will go.
Fightful has asked WWE in an official capacity a number of times about the status of the library, and weren't given an answer. However, we spoke to a number of sources around the company about what they expect.
Those that we heard from expect the content to be slowly rolled out on to Youtube and the various Vault channels that WWE owns. It is believed th...
2025-12-09 01:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post