A reason WWE doesn't often used injured talent on TV
Added 2025-08-30 19:00:08 +0000 UTCIn our Fightful Q&A this week, a reader asked Sean Ross Sapp if it was possible that Liv Morgan could come back and work as an on-screen character while she isn’t cleared. Sapp answered that she very well could, but explained why WWE hasn’t been keen on doing that in the past.
Beyond just wanting returns, pops and the talent being back whenever they’re cleared so they can maximize usage, much of it has to do with contracts. Many times – unless negotiated otherwise – WWE contracts freeze when a wrestler is sidelined with an injury. WWE is able to extend contracts based on that amount of time out. However, if WWE has them working on-screen as a performer, that clock keeps ticking and they can’t freeze the deal.
That has happened with a few wrestlers in the past who continued doing on-screen work for WWE, and weren’t subject to freezes.
Comments
select answers, I remember this coming up.
Fletcher
2025-08-30 21:59:31 +0000 UTCWait, Q&A as in a podcast I've likely been missing, or as in Select Answers?
CSDX
2025-08-30 20:36:34 +0000 UTC
