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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Which women from nxt would you like to see called up?
I've shouted it from the rooftops -- Jacy Jayne. Every time I've seen Jacy Jayne work Smackdown or Main Event, she's ...
2025-01-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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2025-01-11 22:10:53 +0000 UTC
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A top AEW talent is taking time off.
Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed that Darby Allin has been off the road of late and hasn't been at AEW TV. We're told that Allin has started his training for Mt. Everest, and isn't expected back for months.
Allin last competed at the December 22 AEW Dynamite in a time limit draw against Ricochet. The word internally was that Allin would be slated for a push upon his returns, which would not be expected until the spring.
2025-01-11 22:04:49 +0000 UTC
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We're told WWE VP of Line Producing Brian Fadem sent a thank you out to the WWE production team for their work over an important week.
There are a number of travel issues going all across the country today between ice storms and the California fires.
Some indie talent and extras appeared in some of Toni Storm's new social media clips.
Court documents do confirm that Odyssey Jones is officially gone from the WWE roster and was fired last ye...
2025-01-11 21:29:30 +0000 UTC
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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.
Did the WWE and/or The Miz get any flak from the LA Clippers for The Miz’ comments about James Harden?
I didn't hear of anyone bringing it up to him at the Raw debut on Netflix there.
What was the biggest scoop yo...
2025-01-11 17:00:05 +0000 UTC
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A number of New Japan Pro Wrestling talent have contracts coming up, which seems to happen yearly.
Every December and January, a large number of NJPW contracts come due, as the majority are through the end of January each year. This has at times led to some mass exodus departures from the company that put them in the position to create new stars.
Those that we’ve spoken to said that they always feel it’s a concentrated effort on NJPW’s part to approach talent late and ...
2025-01-11 04:40:14 +0000 UTC
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KO is truly incapable of not telling the truth isn’t he? He got to call Phony Cody on all of his BS tonight, which of course made Cody very angry.
Not as angry as Jacob Fatu is at LA Knight, who stuck his nose where it didn’t belong tonight, and is sure to suffer the consequences.
Elsewhere, we got two US Title defenses, one for each gender, and a new #1 Contender crowned for the new women’s champ.
Now let’s watch the main event together, which consists of a Cody-led...
2025-01-11 02:41:08 +0000 UTC
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Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, subject to change.
Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. Sharing this information in totality elsewhere is against our terms of service.
Paul Heyman promo
US Title: Chelsea Green vs. Michin
SPOILER TAG MATCH
US Title: LA Knight vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Tiffany Stratton video package
SPOILER...
2025-01-11 01:03:45 +0000 UTC
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Cody Rhodes vs. The Rock is not the plan for WrestleMania, in case you were holding out hope.
Fightful Select learned in November that the plan in motion had been John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes, which was a match that those close to Cody Rhodes had actually hoped for in years past. This plan was enacted because WWE didn't expect The Rock to compete at WrestleMania to prepare in the event he couldn't.
We'd reported a while back that Cody Rhodes was at the Moana premiere and the two had ...
2025-01-10 17:47:30 +0000 UTC
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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.
Did you hear of any interesting backstage reactions to CM Punks return that weren’t shown on the behind the scenes clip WWE released a little bit ago?
Yes. A lot of them. There were a lot of people very unhappy that he was being...
2025-01-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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An AEW talent's deal is scheduled to be up at the end of January as things stand.
Maria noted recently that her AEW deal would expire at the end of October. However, while inquiring about an update, we’re told that the two sides actually agreed to a short extension that would benefit both sides, which runs through January. We're told there was supposed to be an announcement regarding the deal, but it didn't end up happening.
Maria Kanellis has worked as a wrestler in previous ye...
2025-01-10 01:15:15 +0000 UTC
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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.
2024 was a big year for free agency. Who are some notable names for 2025?
Ricky Starks, Danhausen, Jordynne Grace, Josh Alexander, Gabe Kidd, Kevin Knight, Jim Ross, Jonathan Gresham. Later in the year, Killer Kelly and the Hardy ...
2025-01-09 17:00:08 +0000 UTC
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MLW internally says they're close to a sellout for their Dallas show. They've done well in the area since booking the Von Erichs about 5 years ago.
MLW doesn't expect the ice storm hitting Dallas this week to affect their Kings of Colosseum show.
We asked about Tony Schiavone's status as he was absent this week from AEW Dynamite. We are told he's expected back soon.
To follow up, Malakai Black is not expected back in AEW.
We'...
2025-01-09 16:49:16 +0000 UTC
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Malakai Black may very well be finishing up with AEW.
On this week's episode of Dynamite, Will Ospreay defeated Buddy Matthews and encouraged him to step out of the shadow of Malakai Black. This led to much inquiry regarding Malakai Black's status in AEW. Those that we spoke to in the company were of the belief that he was finishing up with AEW if he hadn't already. They did not clarify if he'd be appearing on TV again.
Fightful Select reported that there were option years after 2...
2025-01-09 01:36:27 +0000 UTC
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Jojo Offerman made an appearance in AEW, and it might not be the last time we see her.
JoJo appeared as a ring announcer before the January 4 episode of AEW Collision, doing work for a dark match that aired before the show. Those that we spoke to in AEW said that she is expected to do more with the company. We weren't given a specific role, or time frame.
The 30-year old Offerman worked for WWE for years, serving as a ring announcer and interviewer. In addition, JoJo trained to w...
2025-01-08 21:46:29 +0000 UTC
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Hulk Hogan's WWE return did not go as planned.
Hogan returned to WWE programming on Monday Night Raw's debut on Netflix, in large part due to WWE's new partnership with Real American Beer. We're told that Hogan had been due to make a number of appearances in the future tied to the partnership, however, this week's went awry.
Hogan was heavily booed, to the point Variety and CNN even picked up coverage of it. Many we talked to in the company weren't happy that was a common talking ...
2025-01-08 21:17:59 +0000 UTC
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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.
Any word on Wardlow?
He's been injured for quite some time.
Does Tony Khan not see something in Kenny Omega like he sees Danielson or Moxley?
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. Kenny Omega was world c...
2025-01-08 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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There were huge boos for the Saudi Arabia video package for the Royal Rumble.
There were no Main Event or Speed tapings. We were told the unveiling of the ring was a big part of WWE's plans for Raw on Netflix, and getting matches before 5 PM local time wasn't optimal.
There was production for Raw "only seen by the likes of WrestleMania" per those we spoke to.
Triple H's open, Logan Paul video wasn't listed on internal rundowns.
2025-01-07 21:24:35 +0000 UTC
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The Man did not come around to the WWE Raw on Netflix debut, but never fear.
Becky Lynch's highly anticipated return didn't take place on Raw, to the surprise of fans and talent. Fightful Select had reported that talent did expect to see her on the show. However, not only was she not on the show, she wasn't at the show. She was not planned for the Raw-Netflix debut, and her appearance wasn't cut, as was speculated.
However, that doesn't indicate her future with WWE. It was confirm...
2025-01-07 20:55:23 +0000 UTC
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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 exactly did WBD mean when they directed AEW to "ramp up" (or whatever) the Cincinnati shows?
It's an important date from an ad sales standpoint, from what I understand. They wanted AEW to make sure it was a show that they put...
2025-01-07 17:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Most of this 3-hour+ show was various WWE on-air talents slurping Netflix, with a few promos and exactly FOUR (4) matches thrown in for good measure.
We still have the Seth vs CM Punk main event to go at the time of this writing, and so far we have as many overbooked nonsense finishes as we got correct booking decisions: 1.
Oh, and we also had to watch Hulk Hogan hock his new America-themed beer.
Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.
Watch here: 2025-01-07 03:49:26 +0000 UTC
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Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Raw, subject to change
The ring is curtained off, with Triple H in it
The Rock promo
Tribal Combat: Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa
John Cena promo
World Title: Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley
Jey Uso vs. Drew McIntyre
Hulk Hog...
2025-01-06 23:17:26 +0000 UTC
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Chris Charlton has been suspended by NJPW.
Dave Meltzer reported today that NJPW commentator Chris Charlton was taking an indefinite hiatus after comments about AEW and Tony Khan. Among them was calling Tony Khan a "money mark" and criticizing AEW signing Okada, Will Ospreay and Switchblade Jay White and their use since.
Fightful Select has learned that it isn't a hiatus, and Charlton was actually suspended for two months. There were people on both sides of the coin backstage, pra...
2025-01-06 20:44:13 +0000 UTC
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A special show on a special day
2025-01-06 19:44:53 +0000 UTC
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Fightful Select's early WWE Raw on Netflix scoops thread! We'll have a lot more details throughout the day that we will add to this, and will have an additional thread tonight.
The NXT roster is expected on hand at the show. Sources told Fightful's Corey Brennan that it was a case of having the roster there early for their show in LA tomorrow.
Hulk Hogan's Real American Beer was announced as a multi-year sponsor. Fightful reported this weekend that Hulk Hogan was ...
2025-01-06 19:00:56 +0000 UTC
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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.
Do you know why WWE hasn’t announced Raw’s length? Have Talent been informed?
Triple H revealed on the SI Media Podcast that it would be flexible, which we'd speculated on for quite some time. Talent have not been told anythin...
2025-01-06 17:00:12 +0000 UTC
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TNA has retained a number of talent.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed that at least three TNA talent have re-signed with the company.
Current TNA Knockouts Champion Masha Slamovich will be staying with TNA. She won the Knockouts Championship in October, and has been an integral part in the company’s show for quite some time. Those we spoke to claim her deal was done last summer.
Ash By Elegance is also remaining with TNA Wrestling. Of late, the ...
2025-01-06 15:55:00 +0000 UTC
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A former WWE talent has had talks with New Japan.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported on a number of upcoming NJPW contract expirations. But New Japan has also been considering bringing new talent in, including one that could turn heads.
Fightful Select has learned that New Japan Pro Wrestling has shown interest in Tom Pestock, the former Baron Corbin. We’re told the two sides have been in contact, but we aren’t sure how deep those talks are.
Pestock was at...
2025-01-05 21:48:47 +0000 UTC
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Tony Khan did not make the trip to Japan, as AEW had Collision in Charlotte.
A number of talent got to Japan before the new year, but the majority headed over on January 1 or 2.
There were a number of other talent that NJPW had hoped to use for Wrestle Dynasty. but
NJPW has been actively negotiating with a number of talent whose deals are up soon.
NJPW has been discussing bringing some new talent in as well.
T...
2025-01-05 20:35:46 +0000 UTC
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STEPHEN JENSEN is back with the first edition of the WEEKENDER for 2025!
- BEYOND: "Heavy Lies The Crown" results
- GCW: "Til Infinity" results
- ICW NHB: "Pitfighter X20" + "No Holds Barred Volume 68" results
- NWA: "Samhain 2: Part 5" results
- GLORY PRO: "OUTATIME" results
- F1RST: "WRESTLEPALOOZA" results
2025-01-05 19:42:35 +0000 UTC
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