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Reaction internally to controversial Carlito line on WWE Raw

Carlito had a controversial line, and those we spoke to claim that it wasn't planned.

During a backstage segment with Adam Pearce, Carlito quipped "I gotta learn Chinese" after IYO SKY and Kairi Sane walked out of frame. Both women are Japanese. In the case of IYO, she'd been subjected to "go back to China" comments from an audience members in the past.

The line was edited out of all digital clips, with the segment starting after his line. The claim internally from at least one ...

Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 10/21 | Shenanigan & Again & Again

Bit of a late start tonight, Kate is on the road, but this is an episode that should be worth the wait.

IT'S THE 600th EPISODE OF SOUR GRAPS!

Whole bunch of BS stuff on Raw tonight.
Which isn't new, I suppose. But it felt SPITEFUL tonight, for some reason.

But none of that will matter if the Yeet Man loses the IC Title back to Bron Breakker.
We can only hope and pray.

If he doesn't lose...

Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.

Wat...

Select Answers: CM Punk, living the gimmick, Universal Title

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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In the past some wrestlers were known to ‘live their gimmick’ I’m thinking Nikita Koloff comes to mind. The characters today are a lot more grounded but do you know many that don’t break character

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Sources would be "shocked" if AEW didn't try to bring in Samantha Irvin

Samantha Irvin is finishing up with WWE, leaving a big gap in the ring announcer team for WWE.

Everyone that we spoke to in WWE had high praise for Samantha Irvin both before she made the announcement, and following when she thanked virtually everyone involved in WWE en route to her exit.

Many of the staff at WWE say they were surprised by the news, as she couldn't have possibly informed everyone before leaving. One noted her as a "presence that made the work day better." There we...

Fightful Weekender (10/21): ACTION, DPW, MLP, GCW, HOG, REVOLVER, NWA, TNA BFG PREDICTIONS

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

- ACTION: "Manders vs. Flaco 2" results

- DPW: "Super Battle" results

- MLP: "Forged In Excellence" results

- GCW: "War Ready" + "Blood On The Hills 3" results

- HOG: "Salvation" results

- REVOLVER: "Bad Trip" results

- NWA: "Chicago Super Smashing Halloween" results (60 min-62 mins)

- TNA: "Bound for Glory" predictions

SEE NO EVIL Starring Kane | THIS. IS. CINEMA???

(TONIGHT AT 9:30 EASTERN)

Welcome to SCHLOCKTOBERFEST, where Kate doesn't watch the movies because they're scary and she is a fraidy cat, so I have to tell her all the gory details, and to make it fun, I'm going to try to do it all in 60 minutes.

In 2006, WWE ran an angle where Kane was traumatized by the date May 19. Whenever he heard somebody mention that date, he flew into a rage-filled frenzy and destroyed anyone in the vicinity. Supposedly that was the ...

Reactions To Stephanie Vaquer Leaving CMLL, Joining WWE Following NXT Debut

Stephanie Vaquer headed to WWE immediately after working AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door, and we’ve been able to get some reactions within the industry following her NXT in-ring debut. 

Those that we’ve spoken to around the Mexican wrestling scene are of the belief that Vaquer will not need to return to the scene, and exited accordingly. Sources in AEW did say that she made a good impression with her Mercedes feud, but they could tell shortly after Forbidden Door that WWE had reache...

Select Answers: AEW vs. WWE, Japan, Moxley, Ricky Starks

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.

When will Ricky Starks appear in WWE after his recent comments.

Not at any point this year. He's under AEW contract and it isn't up any time soon. I've seen a lot of misinformation about his situation of late, but ...

Fightful Report Podcast 10/20: Lesnar, Vaquer, TNA, Maple Leaf, Q&A

0:00 Brock Lesnar

3:45 Stephanie Vaquer

5:30 WWE Raw, writer notes

6:45 Joe Hendry contract

7:45 Jonathan Gresham contract

9:00 Jai Vidal release

10:00 Scott D'Amore

12:45 The TNA-AEW partnership in 2020

14:00 AEW news and notes-- Rosa, Killswitch, Sammy,

16:15 Q&A

Q&A Topics: Scorpio Sky, Undisputed Era, living the gimmick, Jamie Hayter, Michael Cole, Paul Heyman, Kevin Owens, Taker/Trump, Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling, WWE-NJPW,...

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Euro News Round Up: Progress, Oku, Cara Noir, More

Euro News Round Up

Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned the following notes from the European wrestling scene.

- Cara Noir personally requested his upcoming match with Charli Evans at PROGRESS Chapter 173. The match is set to be the first intergender singles match in the company's history.

- Subculture are expected to work further PROGRESS shows following their upcoming return at Chapter 172.

- Talent involved in both the European Championship...

AEW retained several referees earlier this year.

AEW is keeping some important parts of their staff.

Fightful Select has learned that numerous referees in All Elite Wrestling were renewed on one year deals to remain with the company earlier this year, so far back that they may be mid-way into those deals. We weren’t given specific names as of yet, but were informed that at least a couple ended up getting extended.

A number of the referees in the company saw their previous agreements come to an end before being renewed. We’r...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown Review & Rampage WatchAlong 10/18 | All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Cody Rhodes stood in the ring with the hideous Bedazzled Belt and said a bunch of nothing.
That was dumb.

But most of everything else on SmackDown was pretty good, I guess.

MCMG has arrived. That's good.

And Jey Uso is definitely losing his IC Title on Monday. That's GREAT.

Rampage has Private Party vs MxM, so that'll be fun.

Oh wait, I forgot, for the Game 7 match between Andrade & Carmelo, they just announced that there's going to be a Special Guest Ref...

Update on potential WWE-MSG show later this year.

WWE’s December 26 show at MSG has yet to be announced, as is usually the tradition. However, WWE has announced, sent out press releases, and dropped graphics for their live events and TV scheduled through the end of the year, and the annual show is not listed. 

However, there is still hope, as Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has been told by numerous talent that the December 26 MSG show is still listed in their internal talent relations app as an upcoming show. We will fi...

Jai Vidal granted release from TNA Wrestling

A TNA talent is now a free agent after procuring his release.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has learned that Jai Vidal is no longer with the company. Fightful Select is told that Vidal asked for and was given his release recently.

Vidal had signed with TNA on a multi-year contract in late 2022, and we're told that the contract was up in January 2025. The 27-year old Vidal hasn’t wrestled for TNA since August, where he participated in an Ultimate X qualifying match. He’d o...

Select Answers: Baron Corbin, Shotzi, Vaquer

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.

Is Baron Corbin hurt? Or is there another reason he's been MIA?

Corbin is fine, and has been at a number of Smackdown tapings recently. Originally, Corbin told Fightful that he wasn't sold on the idea of teaming with Apol...

Why TNA/AEW partnership ended, how AEW can use TNA themes, MLPW -- Scott D'Amore notes

Fightful had the opportunity to speak with Scott D’Amore, the former President of TNA and the owner of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling.

Scott and Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp spoke for over 30 minutes and discussed numerous topics ranging from when Kenny Omega was the IMPACT Heavyweight Champion to collaborating with other companies.

Sean started the interview by discussing who would be featured on some of Maple Leaf Wrestling’s upcoming shows, including Josh Alexander, El Phantasmo, ...

Select Answers: WrestleMania "front runners," Chris Amann, AEW/Fox

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.

SRS, Thanks for all your hard work; it is appreciated by so many of us. Around May of 2023, it was reported that Nashville would host a Wrestlemania, potentially in 2027, as a part of their new stadium agreement with local government. D...