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Karrion Kross contract update.
Karrion Kross is in his contract year, and there hasn't been much progress.
Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp reported earlier this year that Karrion Kross was in a contract year, with sources claiming that his contract is up this Summer. At the start of June, Fightful inquired with sources ...
2025-06-04 20:03:05 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: TNA-WWE Relationship, AEW Absences, Jericho
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Any word on Luchasaurus, Wardlow o...
2025-06-04 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMariah May Officially With WWE, Details Behind It
Mariah May is in WWE
May has signed a multi-year contract with WWE, as one would expect after she debuted on NXT. WWE has been moving talent around in anticipation of the move, with a number of NXT talent moving up to the main roster. The specifics of the debut were kept very quiet as to no...
2025-06-04 02:04:17 +0000 UTC View PostWardlow Update-- Where he's been, what he's doing, why he isn't on AEW TV.
Wardlow
Wardlow is still absent from AEW TV, and now we’ve learned why.
Wardlow last appeared on AEW TV in March 2024 in a World Title match against Samoa Joe. One year later, Fightful Select reported that he was backstage at AEW Revolution, but wasn’t planned for...
2025-06-03 19:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: WWE Evolution 2, Zoey Stark, Mariah May
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Have you here any legends that is ...
2025-06-03 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostAlex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 6/2 | Double Duty or Double Doody?
Well, we know that Stephanie Vaquer will be wrestling twice on Saturday. She's got her tag match at Worlds Collide and tonight, she won a qualifying match for the Women's Money In The Bank. So she'll be pulling Double Duty.
Currently, in the main event, Chad Gable (as El Grande Americano) i...
2025-06-03 02:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Weekender (6/2): WWE CONTRACTS NOT BEING RENEWED, DPW, PRESTIGE, WCP, KOBK, PRO WRESTLING SYMPHONY, WWE EVOLVE, GCW TOS PREDICTIONS
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- WWE contracts not being renewed
- DPW: "Limit Break" results
- PRESTIGE/WCP: "Conquer The World" results
- PRESTIGE/WCP/DPW: "Unit3d" results
- KOBK: "Wailin' Jennings" results
- PRO WRESTLING SYMPHO...
2025-06-03 00:20:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Miz, Deonna Purrazzo, Saraya News, Potential Raw Spoilers
A Fightful Pre-Raw Update!
The Deonna Purrazzo interview getting a lot of publicity about her dealing with bulging discs was filmed in September 2024, we're told. We spoke to her for an interview a little more recently that drops this week. She told us that she would love to bring t...
2025-06-02 23:58:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Raw act discussed for Worlds Collide appearance
A WWE Raw act has been discussed to appear on a big show next weekend.
WWE is looking to add some juice to this weekend’s World Collide show in Los Angeles, and have made some plans for the event.
Sources close to the creative of the show have told Fightful Select that Liv Morgan an...
2025-06-02 16:23:00 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: SRS Opinion Edition
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2025-06-02 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostSRS Fightful Backstage Report 6/1: Mariah May, R-Truth, Q&A and More
R-Truth, Carlito departures and reactions
Mariah May
WWE Evolution 2
Free Agents
Chelsea Green injury
Vince McMahon isn't buying WWE.
TNA news
EVOLVE
Luke Jacobs
2025-06-02 12:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: HAVE YOU HEARD | Starring Linda & Sheila
Between SmackDown being SmackDown, Collision being Collision, R-Truth and Carlito being gone from WWE, Mariah May being basically gone from AEW, imminent NXT call ups, and a whole host of other headlines, it's been a packed wrestling weekend.
And who better to review and rehash all the goin...
2025-06-02 00:30:09 +0000 UTC View PostMore details on last month's NXT and WWE releases
There were a number of WWE releases last month, and we’ve gained some details on their future.
There were some within NXT who knew that Jakara Jackson was set to be released, as they constructed the creative to split she and Lash Legend. It still surprised many, as there was conversation ...
2025-06-02 00:14:35 +0000 UTC View PostMore details on R-Truth departure, reactions internally
R-Truth is leaving WWE, in a shocking move.
Despite the fact that R-Truth is 53, he was looked at as a "WWE lifer" my many, but doesn't appear to be the case. Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed that Truth was contacted by a talent relations employee this weekend and informed tha...
2025-06-01 17:01:39 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: Buddy Matthews, Britt Baker, Orange Cassidy
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Hi Sean! Has Buddy Matthews joined...
2025-06-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostFREE POST: R-Truth Leaving WWE
R-Truth posted the following:
"Im sorry to inform you all. I just got released from WWE. I want to thank WWE for the ride, but MOSTLY I want to thank each and EVERYONE OF YOU who was along for the ride, Thank you for all the love, support, and appreciation you have given me over the years....
2025-06-01 15:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostFree Post: Several Wrestlers Are Now Free Agents
There are a number of wrestlers who are now officially free agents.
Alex Kane, former MLW Champion, is now a free agent after spending years with the company. He’s been heavily pushed since his debut.
Abandon confirmed that their contract is up on June 1, and is looking to con...
2025-06-01 04:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostInternal Reactions To WWE Evolution 2
WWE Evolution 2 is official, and we’ve gained some reactions from within the company.
The initial announcement was largely rumored, but almost every member of the WWE women’s roster told us that they officially learned of the show when it was announced publicly. There were some ex...
2025-05-31 22:44:49 +0000 UTC View PostUpdate on Luke Jacobs-WWE
An update on Luke Jacobs and WWE.
Recently we reported that there were conflicting claims about the status of PROGRESS Men’s World Champion Luke Jacobs following his tryout with WWE earlier this year, now we know more. Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned that Jacobs received the...
2025-05-31 20:33:48 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: TNA Bans, All In, Haliburton
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All these bans in TNA have to be for an up...
2025-05-31 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSRS Q&A Questions
Hey guys! We had a bunch of new subscribers this week -- get your questions in for the Q&A show.
For new readers -- if we don't answer the question, we're looking for the answer.
Show will post Monday!
2025-05-31 12:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostPOSSIBLE SPOILERS for tonight's WWE Smackdown
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Wrestlevotes noted that Bianca Belair is set to get a big entrance for her homecoming. She's been sidelined with an injury.
Chelsea Green 2025-05-30 23:33:14 +0000 UTC View Post
WWE Raw act set for EVOLVE
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A WWE Raw act is figured in to upcoming EVOLVE plans.
Fightful Select has learned that LWO is set to debut at tonight's EVOLVE tapings. They are expected to be factored in to at least the next few episodes. This isn't expected...
2025-05-30 23:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostTNA touting returns internally
TNA is internally touting a couple of nameless returns.
Fightful obtained a memo description for next week's Against All Odds show:
"Two stars are returning to TNA on Friday, June 6, at Against All Odds live on the TNA+ app from the Mullett Arena in Tempe, Arizona - and both are for...
Latest on Mariah May-WWE-AEW
Mariah May is off AEW's roster page and is expected to head to WWE imminently upon that expiration.
Fightful Select can confirm PWInsider's reports of such plans, and add more. May's two-year contract with AEW is expected to expir...
2025-05-30 17:27:59 +0000 UTC View PostAnswers: Santana, TNA, Rollins Group, Evolution
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Do you think Mike Santana will tak...
2025-05-30 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMore on WrestleMania moving
Mania
WrestleMania 42 isn’t in New Orleans, and officially doesn’t have a home, though its expected to be Las Vegas once again.
Those that we spoke to in the company are quiet on the deal, with nobody officially confirming the news. But we did speak to sources that provided ...
THE CHAPERONE starring Triple H | THIS. IS. CINEMA??? (A Sour Graps Podcast)
In 2011, the famously spotlight-shy Triple H decided to try to get over his crippling stagefright and attempt a career in Hollywood.
He filmed two movies that year: A story about a criminal who is released from a stint in jail after refusing to rat out his friends and has to try to reconnec...
2025-05-29 23:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostNo, Vince McMahon Isn't Buying Back WWE
Can't believe this is something we have to write about, but no, Vince McMahon isn't buying back WWE.
Jonathan Coachman noted this week that he heard rumors that Vince McMahon was interested in buying back WWE. While we're sure Coachman did hear of that interest, another media person came al...
2025-05-29 22:07:12 +0000 UTC View Post