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Jimmy Van Q&A 01/27/23

Jimmy Van Q&A 01/27/23. Jimmy Van and Joel Pearl answer your questions while Sean is in San Antonio for the Rumble.

WWE Royal Rumble week news and notes.

Lots of news and notes from around Royal Rumble week and San Antonio!

- We're told Bo Dallas is in town. He's been portraying Uncle Howdy of late.

- Big E is in town doing work with WWE NIL projects.

- WWE has numerous NIL signees in San Antonio.

- WWE has done several com...

Changes to AEW Dynamite this week

The Jay Briscoe tribute went off well, and many things were changed to accommodate it on AEW Dynamite.

Prior to Tuesday, it didn't look like the tribute or Mark Briscoe's match was happening, but AEW moved many things around to make it a reality. Ian Riccaboni was booked for the show Tuesda...

There were major changes to WWE's Rumble women's title plans

The last several weeks have seen some significant changes to the women's title programs that were tentatively planned for the first quarter of WWE in 2023.

Fightful Select has learned that the Ronda Rousey Smackdown Women's Title defense against Raquel Rodriguez that took place on December ...

Jimmy Van Q&A Questions

With SRS traveling, hit Jimmy Van with your questions!

Business, Fightful, history related. He's not a scoopster!

The List Goes On 1/25 Q&A!!

SRS and Jimmy Van keep the party going

VIDEO: https://youtu.be/yUDUkqcqOiM

Several unadvertised names in town for AEW

Some news on names around for this week's show

- Billie Starkz was scheduled to be at the show for Dark tapings tonight. 

- Jake The Snake Roberts is backstage

- RJ City was filming for HEY! EW this week.

- Kris Statlander is at the show, which has been common during ...

Select Portions: AEW Lexington

News and notes from around AEW Dynamite this week

- RJ City is in town to film episodes of Hey! EW

- Brody King and Ethan Page held a signing & meet & greet at Toy Vomit Tuesday

- Best Friends and Orange Cassidy appeared at KSBar on Tuesday and took pictures with fans. 2023-01-25 16:42:26 +0000 UTC View Post

WWE Raw 30 Backstage News and Producers

Producers!

- Trial of Sami Zayn: Michael Hayes

- Usos vs. Judgment Day: Michael Hayes

- LA Knight, Undertaker, Bray Wyatt segment: Abyss

- Becky Lynch and Damage CTRL segment: TJ Wilson

- DX promo: Shane Helms

- Seth Rollins & Street Profits vs. Imperium: S...

AEW Wrestler's Contract Up Soon

Brian Cage signed with AEW in 2020, and his current deal is set to expire unless an extension is reached, Fightful has learned.

Cage's contract is set to expire in a matter of weeks, Fightful Select has learned. Cage's deal was set to expire last year as well, before his option year was pic...

Alex's & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: WWE Raw 30 1/23 | Old Folk's (Go) Home

(Starting at 11:10 est)

They bait and switched us on a huge Women's Cage Match so they could give us more geriatric racists and accused sex offenders doing nostalgic crap, because of course they did.

At least the Bloodline story continues to be freaking FANTASTIC. 2023-01-24 03:01:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Major change to segment on WWE Raw 30

An audible had to be called during WWE Raw 30.

The originally planned Becky Lynch vs. Bayley steel cage match was very abrupt, leading many to wonder if it had changed. Fightful Select has confirmed that the match and entrances were supposed to get two segments. However, the opening segment...

WWE Raw 30 Plans For TOnight

Fightful Select has learned the following plans for WWE Raw 30

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers. Screenshotting and reposting is against our terms of service, but summaries are fine.

- Tribal Court for the Trial of Sami Zayn

- Tag Tit...

SRS Backstage Report: Austin vs. Roman? Raw 30, AEW News

Plenty of news from the wrestling world

- Royal Rumble

- Raw 30

- Austin vs. Reigns

- AEW Backstage news

- Who was at AEW last week

- AJ Styles/NJPW

- AEW/NJPW

- Logan Paul

- Naomi

- More

Stone Cold Steve Austin was approached for match with Roman Reigns

There are rumors that The Rock might not be coming back, and we can confirm that WWE has had some plans in the event that doesn't happen, and some HUGE pitches.

Fightful Select has learned that a pitch was made internally for a "huge opponent" for Stone Cold Steve Austin, which Fightful Sel...

Select Style 1/23: The Great Muta Says Bye-Bye!

Scott Edwards brings another edition of the Select Style Podcast to talk all the big happenings from Japan this week including reviews of NJPW vs. NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 17 as well as The Great Muta Final "Bye Bye" where a legend closed the book on his career.

Scott also discusses the big ang...

Potential spoilers for Raw 30

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers!

- There were several talent that were contacted for the Raw 30 show that couldn't end up making it. Tatanka posted publicly that he wouldn't be there. 

- Kurt Angle was slated to be a special ref for Monday

Kofi Kingston on Harlem Heat, Royal Rumble, NXT

Kofi Kingston spoke to Fightful for his CLICK project, as well as some wrestling.

He noted that in his talent relations app, he and Xavier Woods got notifications that Shawn Michaels had requested that they be brought to NXT. They took that as a huge compliment and were open to doing it. Sp...

Surprise Stream: Inside the Royal Rumble 3: Behind the mayhem of the 2022 Royal Rumble Matches

SRS talks INSIDE THE ROYAL RUMBLE 3!!

WWE discussed bringing another act back

WWE has had internal discussions about bringing back a big act, physically especially.

Fightful Select has learned that Akam and Rezar, collectively known as the Authors of Pain or AOP, have been discussed for a potential return to the WWE. Both were an integral part of the NXT Black and Go...

Magazine Archives: Ricky Steamboat Interview – Part 3

From FightfulMag.com, issue 3

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Jimmy Van: You were talking before about the importance of selling a match and how it’s an element that you are really conscious of in the ring. And it was probably no more apparent than when you did the crushed larynx angle with Randy Sava...