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Details around Naomi being sidelined were being kept very quiet on Monday at Raw, but she was at the show. Talent didn't even know what happened.
As one would expect, this caused changes to the show, but those i...
2025-08-13 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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2025-08-13 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnother veteran AEW name has been working as a coach within the company.
Fightful Select has learned that “The Premier Athlete” Tony Nese has been serving as a coach/agent within All Elite Wrestling. He was listed this past Saturday for Collision on a match, and when we asked in AEW, we...
2025-08-13 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostAll Elite Wrestling is retaining another mainstay.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed that “Daddy Magic” Matt Menard signed a new contract to remain in AEW long-term. We’ve learned that originally, Menard’s contract was set to expire around AEW All In, but he extended....
2025-08-12 19:06:47 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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WWE had a guy who the fans were clamoring for. That guy (and his hot witchy wife) wanted to stay employed at WWE. They let him go.
Meanwhile, WWE is creatively bankrupt.
Can They Co-Exist tag bouts, a DQ caused by people who work on Fridays, multiple distraction finishes, a Maxxine Du...
2025-08-12 02:18:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Ashante Thee Adonis is gone from WWE, with his contract expiring on August 10.
Ashante was among the numerous WWE talent brought back to WWE in the summer of 2022. A ton of them at that time signed three-year contracts to return, which most of would be up around now had a number not already...
2025-08-11 21:09:56 +0000 UTC View PostSean Ross Sapp talks about the week's biggest stories and answers your questions
Karrion Kross & Scarlett
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An AEW original has been working for the company as a coach/producer of late.
Angelico joined All Elite Wrestling in 2019 as a member of TH2 with Jack Evans. Since then, he's not been a heavily featured player in the company, but has remained there. Fightful Select has learned that he actua...
2025-08-11 17:26:36 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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2025-08-11 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostKarrion Kross and Scarlett's contracts are up. The situation appears to be legitimate, unless WWE has taken measures they've not before with departures.
Kross and Scarlett had told people that had asked in recent months that their contracts were set to expire in August, which happened at m...
2025-08-10 17:49:53 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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2025-08-10 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys! SRS here. Get your questions in!
2025-08-10 12:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostKarrion Kross and Scarlett are on the alumni section of WWE's website. Their deals were set to expire as of midnight on August 10.
We're told they will likely be answering a lot of questions regarding this in the next day or two.
Obviously we are cognizant of a potential work.
AEW is holding on to one of their champions, and he’s staying around for a long time.
Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed with AEW sources that AEW TNT Champion Kyle Fletcher recently re-signed a long-term deal with the company. Tony Khan had communicated that he sees Fletch...
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2025-08-09 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWardlow was backstage at AEW this week, which isn't much of a surprise.
Wardlow is from the Cleveland area, which he worked heavily before he was hired by AEW. As of now, he's not been on TV for well over a year after an injury and a car accident kept him sidelined. We did confirm that he's...
2025-08-09 01:57:12 +0000 UTC View PostWelp, John Cena is back to being everybody's pal. Like it never even happened.
Thankfully, we don't have to watch him vs Brock Lesnar in the immediate future.
UNTHANKFULLY, now we have to watch him vs Logan Paul instead. In France, which somehow makes it worse, I think?
Nothing ...
2025-08-09 00:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostFighful's RUMOR ROUNDUP, and what we've heard about them for this week!
We can confirm that Brock Lesnar was paid during his time off, and was among the highest paid talent on the WWE roster. He still had his downside guarantee, and there wasn't a suspension. We personally never hea...
2025-08-08 20:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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2025-08-08 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostKarrion Kross and Scarlett’s WWE contracts were set to expire this weekend, but not so fast.
As of Monday, Kross and Scarlett had not been offered new deals and were not at WWE Raw. On August 7, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer reported that he believes Kross has got a new contract offe...
2025-08-07 20:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome 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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2025-08-07 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAEW has nailed down new contracts for a couple of talent.
On August 6, The Gates of Agony Duo of Kaun and Toa Liona posted tweets with AEW Owner Tony Khan. Fightful Select was able to confirm that the duo have both signed long term, multi-year contracts to remain as a part of All Elite Wre...
We've gained some clarity on Austin Theory.
On August 6, a number of places aggregated a PWInsider Elite story indicating that Austin Theory was removed from the WWE roster internally. Fightful reached out to people in the company and some clarification was provided. Theory isn't off the ro...
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2025-08-06 17:38:29 +0000 UTC View PostWWE reached a huge deal with ESPN to air their PLEs, which has led to plenty of thoughts, confusion, excitement ... emotions!
WWE and ESPN announced at the crack of 6 AM on August 6 that the two sides had reached a deal ...
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2025-08-06 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThere have been rumors about The Hurt Syndicate, specifically MVP, and the tag title run around them.
A recent Twitter Space from The Wrestling Binder's JCup2013 that indicated a number of issues that ...
2025-08-06 03:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostBrock Lesnar’s return to the company has many asking what changed.
WWE’s legal department signed off on Lesnar’s return in recent weeks. The phrasing that “WWE’s legal team cleared” him being used elsewhere has led to many fans believing that he was cleared of any wrongdoing in ...
2025-08-05 20:20:06 +0000 UTC View Post