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Select Answers: Rundowns, Top Merch Sellers, Samoa Joe

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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SRS, great work this week! Any word on Samoa Joe returning?

He should be back sooner than later. Twisted Metal has finished filming. They'll have a process of putting the show together and then it's very ...

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Gabe Kidd Talks Kenny Omega Brawl, Potential Match

NOTE: The full interview releases today. We request that aggregators hold off until you can get full context of his words.

Fightful had the opportunity to speak with Gabe Kidd of New Japan Pro Wrestling. The Bullet Club War Dogs member spoke with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp. They discussed his recent backstage controversy involving AEW’s Kenny Omega and more.

The interview begins with Sean promoting the upcoming December PPV NJPW Strong Style Evolved. Gabe cuts Sean off and says...

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WWE Raw Writers, Producers, Backstage News

  • Sean Ross Sapp spoke to Gabe Kidd after his clip with Kenny Omega went viral. Early access is now available for tier 2 subscribers and notes will be up later. We ask that you wait until the public release for aggregation.

  • WWE filmed two episodes of WWE Raw last night. We're told things are more relaxed with WWE's filming schedule through the end of the year but are expected to go back to weekly live next year.

  • Talent we spoke to said there was no discuss...

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GCW Owner speaks with Fightful

Fightful had the opportunity to speak with Brett Lauderdale, the owner of GCW [Game Changer Wrestling]. Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp spoke with Brett for over thirty minutes, during which the two discussed numerous topics. This interview was done before the WWE ID announcement.

Sean mentioned GCW’s upcoming show at the Hammerstein Ballroom on January 19th, 2025, titled “The People vs. GCW.

Brett was asked if he had learned anything since his first run at the Hammerstein a...

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Select Answers: Mike Bailey, Tamina, Forbidden Door

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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Any update on the location of Forbidden Door 2024? 

As best I know, it's planned for the 02 Arena, unless the word on that is incorrect. As best I know, Wembley isn't in the cards. Coldplay actual...

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Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 11/11 | Take Five

THIS EPISODE HAD TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AT THE END WE ARE SORRY!

Jimmy, Jey & Sami are on the hunt for the 5th member of their WarGames team. Don't know why they're wasting their time on Raw when Cody is over on SmackDown.

Bianca & Jade are defending their Tag Titles in the main event against Raquel and Liv. We'll see how that goes.

But the biggest thing tonight is the continued confounding Mizzification of Gunther. Actually, the Miz came out of tonight looking smart...

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NEXT WEEK'S WWE Raw Scoops Thread

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for next week's WWE Raw, subject to change. WWE is taping two episode

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. Screenshotting or sharing the entirety this post or the rundown on social media in full is violation of membership and can result in termination at our discretion

The following isn't a rundown, but an order of how it's being filmed

  • Rey Mysterio & Zelina Vega vs. Chad...

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WWE Raw SCOOPS Thread For Tonight!

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Raw, subject to change.

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. Screenshotting or sharing the entirety this post or the rundown on social media in full is violation of membership and can result in termination at our discretion

RUNDOWN:

  • Gunther promo

  • Damage CTRL vs. Pure Fusion Collective

  • SPOILER MATCH

  • Bronson Reed se...

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Select Answers: Ratings, Michael Oku, European Raw

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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What's the internal AEW reaction to losing to NXT on Wednesday night this week?

I haven't heard much of any reaction. Fans are far more worried about that kind of thing in 2024 than I think companies a...

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ROH Final Battle gets interesting venue

ROH is set to return to a classic venue.

ROH has yet to announce the date and location of the Final Battle pay-per-view. ROH commentator Ian Riccaboni noted on social media that the company was "locked in" entering Final Battle season, but further details have been unclear. However, Fightful Select has learned that the annual event, which dates back to 2002, is indeed planned, and it is set to be held at a venue with plenty of history.

Beyond the Bell and Mat Men Radio's Andrew Za...

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Fightful Report Podcast 11/11: Bloodline, Becky, NJPW-AEW, Q&A

0:00 Who has been handling Bloodline

2:05 Becky Lynch

3:30 Jacob Fatu

5:30 Street Profits

6:30 Hardy Boyz

8:15 Rocky Romero, NJPW-AEW

11:15 NXT notes

12:15 Malakai Black

13:40 Q&A

The Outrunners, Saraya, War Games, TNA free agents, Jamie Hayter, WWE ID, Drake Maverick, Beth Phoenix, AEW Collision,

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Latest on WWE and Street Profits

Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins had both stirred up discussion regarding some tweets, comments and interview answers that had indicated frustration. There were some talent that we spoke to who said the had seen and heard the same, but weren’t sure if it was a part of a grander work for the show. 

Fightful Select reached out to the Street Profits and WWE about the duos contract status, and didn’t get a concrete answer on their future. There was no clear indication that the two ha...

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Fightful Weekender (11/10): WWE ID PROSPECTS, DDT/DEFY, ICW NHB, NXT LEVEL UP, NWA, MLW PREDICTIONS, TNA & ROH SPOILERS

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

- WWE ID Prospects

- DDT/DEFY: "In Utero" results

- ICW NHB: "No Holds Barred Volume 65" results

- NXT Level Up (11/8) results

- NWA: "Powerrr" (11/5) results

- MLW: "Lucha Apocalypto" predictions

- TNA IMPACT SPOILERS (59 min-64 min)

- ROH HonorClub SPOILERS (64 min-end)

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SRS questions

Hey guys! SRS here. Get in your q&a questions!

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Select Answers: SRS Opinion Edition, Wrestling Tropes, Liv Morgan, PPV Markets, Travel

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 purely opinion of Sean Ross Sapp, and should not be aggregated.

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What was your worst travel story/experience?

I've been very fortunate to not face the travel woes many have. I think I've...

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Smackdown News: Writers, US Title, Match Changed, Producers

  • Women's talent that we spoke to did not know about the United States Title announcement until the day of. As of now, talent doesn't know if a matching title will be announced for WWE Raw, or if they'll be doing a tournament to determine the champion. We're told they kept the details quiet, but talent previously thought it would maybe be debuted in December or January with Survivor Series so close.

  • There were originally scheduled dark matches for Sami Zayn vs. Lu...

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Select Answers: New Day, Mina Shirakawa, Bloodline

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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Hi Sean! Update on contracts for New Day?

Any outlets or social media reporting New Day contract news at this stage are basing it on them signing five year deals in November 2019. However, I've not yet...

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Update on WWE ID Deals

WWE ID continues to roll out new names, and it's going to continue.

On November 9, WWE revealed Marcus Mathers and Sam Hardway Holloway as the newest ID talent, after filming a segment with William Regal. However, we're told that Regal isn't the only former WWE talent involved. Fightful Select is told that Timothy Thatcher is involved in what is believed to be some sort of coaching or training capacity.

In addition to the names announced, WWE does have some more familiar names in...

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Alex's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown Review & Rampage Watchalong 11/8 | Bleeding To Death

The Bloodline might simultaneously be the best thing in WWE and the worst thing for WWE.

So much time was put into that storyline--SO. MUCH. TIME. There is so little priority left over for anything else.

The Women finally have a midcard title, so at least that's good. I can't wait for that title picture to be all about Dominick Mysterio.

Rampage has Hikaru Shida and a tag team triple threat that might be fun.

But mostly, we're talking about how a transiti...

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Major Potential Spoiler For Tonight

Please navigate away if you wish to avoid spoilers.

PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE WHO WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS

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Fightful Select has learned that a midcard women's title is imminently set to be announced in WWE.

@WrestleVotes is reporting it to be a United States Title

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Early Fightful Award Nominations!

Hey guys, SRS here. We're getting way ahead of the Fightful Awards this year in an effort to present them in a more timely fashion.

There are still two months in the year, but we're opening up EARLY nominations, and will be adding to them.

Please fill this out, and submit via a Patreon message, or a comment. If submitting these, please fill out all of the categories and submit in one message, as opposed to multiple

Again, these are very early nominations. We'll have another...

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UPDATED: Smackdown Notes, Julia Hart, WWE-Fanatics, ID Deals

Notes

  • The Dudley Boyz did a signing for Fanatics before this week’s NXT at the ECW Arena.
  • Several in AEW are hopeful Julia Hart is on the road to recovery from her injury
  •  We’re told a number of the WWE ID deals had been worked on for quite some time.
  • <...

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Who has been producing Bloodline segments while Michael Hayes is out

Michael Hayes is taking some time off WWE, and had been producing with some help for quite a while.

Michael Hayes has been working with WWE for nearly 30 years, and has long been a top producer and agent in the company, as well as WWE Hall of Famer. Perhaps most notably in recent years, Hayes was responsible for producing almost all of the Bloodline and Roman Reigns related segments. In addition, he’d also often produce segments for talent who were working with Reigns, or were prepari...

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Select Answers: NXT Europe, RVD/WWE/AEW, Danielson's Neck

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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Any update on NXT Europe?

Things have been completely silent on NXT Europe the last couple of years. The word was that we would get an update around Fall 2023. Then when we'd ask, Shawn Michaels mentio...

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Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: AEW Dynamite Belated Review 11/6 | Business Is Picking Up

There was a mini-edition of Wednesday Night Wars last night, and Kate & I haven't had the chance to give our thoughts on AEW Dynamite yet.

And there was a LOT to talk about.

Swerve vs The Hurt Syndicate is shaping up nicely.
Darby continues to make me angry.
Moxley & The Death Riders continue to run roughshod.
Chris Jericho continues to be the absolute dirt worst.
Adam Cole beat Malakai Black so bad that he's either leaving to go back to WWE or he's retiring fr...

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Rocky Romero Talks Omega, NJPW; NXT Backstage Details, European round up

NXT Backstage Notes

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned the following details about this week’s NXT.

- D’Von Dudley did not get physical during his appearance as he is not medically cleared for physicality. 

- The internal name for this week’s show was "November to Remember".

- As with many surprises in NXT, a stand-in was used for Rhyno during rehearsals for Ava’s announcement segment. 

- Despite conc...

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Details on recent WWE signing

The Bloodline continues.

Last year, Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported that Lance Anoa'i had secured his release from MLW. He didn't make it much of a secret following that he was aiming to land in WWE. It would appear that is the case.

On November 7, MuscleManMalcolm posted a photo of Lance Anoa'i in an NXT outfit with other Performance Center talent, prompting Fightful to inquire within WWE about his status.

Those that we spoke to with the company confirmed that A...

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Ask Grapsody! with Phil Lindsey & Righteous Reg | 11/7/24

Phil and Reg are back for another edition of Ask Grapsody! The next scheduled Ask Grapsody! is for Thursday, November 21st.

Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JNcYu86H4

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Select Answers: AJ Styles, CM Punk/Saudi, Mercedes Martinez

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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Any updates on AJ Styles? Or have I just missed them?

Both AJ Styles and sources within WWE have been steadfast in the claim that he was legitimately injured. There were a lot of things initially that ...

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