A major free agent appears to be AEW bound.
Josh Alexander's deal with TNA Wrestling has expired as of February 14, 2025. PWInsider has reported that Alexander is being repped by wrestling super agent Barry Bloom, of which Fightful can confirm, along with another member of Bloom's team. As ...
2025-02-14 20:21:02 +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.
Do you forsee WWE upgrading their cameras to ...
2025-02-14 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNew Orleans is a likely host for WWE WrestleMania in 2026.
WrestleVotes has posted on Twitter that WWE is set to announce WrestleMania's host city before Mania this year, which Fightful Select has been led to believe is also New Orleans.
Those we've spoken to claim that New Orleans fo...
2025-02-13 17:59:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Phil and Righteous Reg answer your questions!
Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BOYvrxwJfg
2025-02-13 17:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostRicky Starks is in WWE.....as Ricky Starks for now.
Starks debuted on WWE TV on the February 11 NXT episode, with the company intentionally avoiding calling him by his name. On this week's episode of the Hump, Sean Ross Sapp noted that the deal came together very quick, but was official and...
2025-02-13 17:20:58 +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.
Any updates on the WM 42 location? If it’s ...
2025-02-13 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAEW is headed to Brisbane for AEW Grand Slam this weekend, and it appears to be a financial success for AEW.
Speaking with Fightful via Deej of DownUnderTheRing, Tony Khan said that as things stand, AEW Grand Slam looks to be the biggest international gate that AEW has ever done outside of ...
2025-02-13 13:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostPro Wrestling EVE: Multiverse Rumble Notes
Fightful Select’s Corey Brennan has learned the following details from Pro Wrestling EVE’s Multiverse Rumble event.
- The attendance for the event came in at 518 people, making it the 3rd highest attended all women’s wr...
2025-02-13 01:04:36 +0000 UTC View PostJosh Mathews is gone from TNA, Fightful Select has learned.
We will work for more details, but we're told there's some restructuring in TNA, and a number of people will be in new roles.
Mathews had been with TNA for over a decade.
We're told that Christy Hemme is also gone fr...
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.
Why was the Kamille & Mercedes paring so ...
2025-02-12 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostRicky Starks has debuted in NXT. At least that's who we THINK HE IS!
Starks debuted on the February 11 NXT, notably not actually saying his name. The crowd knew however, and chanted it repeatedly. We're told this was the expected reaction, and that not mentioning him by name wasn't an accid...
2025-02-12 03:51:18 +0000 UTC View PostAEW is not walking with Elias.
It was recently reported elsewhere that the former Elias, now known as Elijah, was signed by AEW/ROH. The rumors stemmed from him appearing in a video with ROH team The Righteous. However, we're told that Elijah is actually not signed by the company.
El...
2025-02-11 22:55:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, apologies. If you couldn't tell, Patreon has had some funky errors on here the last 24 hours that have caused incomplete posts, and some not going up at all. They claim it's been fixed
We're told Jordynne Grace is in Orlando and is available for NXT tonight.
Raw had four matches in 2.5 hours.
Two of them had a nonsense booking decision, another had a non-finish, and the fourth one featured Logan Paul.
So we'll talk about Raw, but we'll also talk about the recent releases from both WWE and AEW, and why this might be the best landscape for ...
2025-02-11 03:20:37 +0000 UTC View PostThree talent are now gone from AEW.
Malakai Black, Miro and Ricky Starks are all no longer under contract to AEW, Fightful Select has confirmed. All three had been looking to make their exits for quite some time and were removed from the AEW roster page on February 10.
Malakai Black's...
2025-02-10 22:24:30 +0000 UTC View PostTopics for this week's show
WWE Releases
Trish Stratus
Drew McIntyre & LA Knight
Def Rebel/WWE, Jim Johnston
Alexa Bliss
Kevin Owens
Jordynne Grace
WWE Merch
R...
2025-02-10 12:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostA top free agent hits the market this week.
Former TNA World Champion Josh Alexander sees his contract with TNA Wrestling expire this week. A potential exit has been one that TNA has known was a real probability for well over a year, dating back to when Alexander requested the company not p...
2025-02-09 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostTrish Stratus made a WWE return at the Royal Rumble, and there could be more on the horizon.
WWE sources spoke with Fightful around the WWE Raw on Netflix premiere and said that Trish Stratus had been discussed for upcoming appearances. When we followed up with additional sources in the com...
2025-02-09 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- Bear Boulder released by AEW
- WWE roster cuts
- MLW: "SuperFight 6" results
- DEFY: "Hundredth - 8th Year Anniversary" results
- DREAMWAVE: "Famous Last Words" results
- NWA: "Powerrr - Looks That K...
2025-02-09 19:23:17 +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 2025-02-09 19:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's Smackdown saw some short-lived heat be put to bed.
This past weekend, we'd reported on Drew McIntyre's frustration surrounding LA Knight at the WWE Royal Rumble. McIntyre was slated to be eliminated by Damian Priest before Logan Paul's entrance. However, McIntyre was eliminated...
2025-02-08 23:12:28 +0000 UTC View PostA number of WWE releases were revealed, and Fightful Select has gained more information on them.
For those asking, Karl Anderson is still injured, and is looking at least at 3-6 months minimum before he'd be cleared. Releasing injured talent it very out of the ordinary for WWE, and we're lo...
2025-02-08 19:32:24 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select has learned of additional releases.
Giovanni Vinci has been released, we've confirmed. Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows have also been let go
We've seen Isla Dawn's post, but haven't confirmed it as of yet.
We'll update as we learn more
2025-02-08 17:18:45 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys, get your questions in!
An easy guide for you guys, If we haven't mentioned someone's WrestleMania plans, we don't know what they are.
2025-02-08 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostA number of WWE releases took place on February 27.
We're told the calls were made right around the start of Smackdown and have learned more on the cuts.
AOP came into WWE with a bit of heat throughout the industry due to some of their outside projects. One of which saw a few people i...
2025-02-08 03:49:17 +0000 UTC View PostFightful Select can confirm the following WWE releases:
Cedric Alexander, Paul Ellering, Akam, Rezar.
We will keep you updated if there are more.
Sean Ross Sapp will be on the top of the WWE Smackdown post show to talk about them
UPDATE: Sonya Deville has been infor...
2025-02-08 03:12:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys a little late for a rundown. but here's what's left
Tiffany Stratton vs. Charlotte
Alexa Bliss vs. Candice LeRae
Braun Strowman segment
Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso vs. Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga
Backstage News
WWE should change all of their plans and hitch the entire company to Jacob Fatu. He should win the Elimination Chamber and squash Cody and set up challengers to chase him for at least year, maybe even two or three.
Everything else on the show sucks by comparison.
Let's watch Fatu hope...
2025-02-08 03:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostBear Boulder has been fired by AEW. The company learned that he had been arrested for battery by strangulation in January and cut him from the company.
Boulder, real name Thomas Wansaw, was arrested on January 14. He had long competed in the Iron Savages tag team.
2025-02-07 23:21:45 +0000 UTC View PostKevin Owens has officially re-signed with WWE.
Owens saw his WWE deal set to expire at the end of 2024 or start of 2025, with many question marks whether his new deal had officially been nailed down. Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed he did.
Owens posted on X today "If yo...
2025-02-07 20:13:56 +0000 UTC View Post