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Shawn Garner

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Who in the AEW womans division is impressing the executives the most as well as yourself. For me it'd be Leyla Hirsch (She is freaking great, she carried the hell out of nyla) or Tay Conti.

brysoon mc

Is the AEW purchase order paper circling around Twitter real? If so can you explain what it means

Thomas wallk

Who do you see Bobby Lashley facing at Summerslam?

Jay Cain

With Summer Slam being referd to as Mania like and the draft being shortly after do you think they are using Summer Slam as a reset/reboot of the storylines and characters on the brands since they will be back out on the road?

Matthew Graham

Have you heard anything on Sonya Deville returning in ring action? With no Rousey, Shafir, or Duke on tv, and Shayna arguing with a doll, the MMA based inring style seems wide open in WWE women’s division.

Hunner Gaskins

How would have the Mandy and Sonya storyline ended if the Stalker incident didn't happen???

DragonSuplex87

Outside of the joker slot, do you expect any surprise debuts or returns in the AEW women's casino battle royal? It feels like a good spot for a Maki Itoh, Yuka Sakazaki, or Allysin Kay to make a return.

lj

Any updates on Mia Yim

e d

what's been Ur fav dark side of the ring ep on season 3? Heard some say they think it the worse season of dark side of ring ever

Ryan Evans

What was your dream job growing up and how did you get into wrestling media (I think you’re the best in the game right now)

Richman

Any idea what led to joe going to NXT - is he less healthy than rumored, was it limited travel, was the interest less than I’d imagine or something else?

JB

Are there expected to be more wwe releases? I keep hearing there might be.

David

Is there any plans for Angel Garza going forward? A talented, charismatic performer who seems destined to waste away in WWE until released

Brian Bayless

Who makes the most sense to win money in the bank next month?

mhaw 516

Any news on Toni Storm? I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s goes main roster soon.

Patrick Speer

Have you ever heard of any extras in AEW unhappy with how AEW Dark commentary is done?

What can the main roster do to make themed episodes matter, aside from a coat of paint?

Magan Yusuf

Do you think Woods should win KOTR on his first try or would it be better for him to chase it a couple times?

Michael Branson

Do you think Kross and Joe will lock horns, or is it all just a bit of a tease?

Ricardo Name TBD

Do you think either Braun or Alister will return to wwe?

Cameron

Will you be investing in MJF coin?

Cameron Hutton

Which released WWE stars do you see joining IMPACT at Slammiversary?

Curious about Joe Keyes. He was part of ROH tv a couple weeks back and just competed on AEW Dark this week. Any news on his contact status?

Is Eric Bischoff your new best friend?? Loved listening to you guys on his show, cant wait for that interview to drop!

Jake Schwall

Any rumours about Commander Azeez? How is he viewed by the management?

Łukasz Maksymiuk

Is MJF’s cryptocurrency a work?

Peter Nikolai

In regards to the Doudrop/Piper Niven kerfluffle, why do some wrestlers have to undergo another name change despite being seen on WWE programming previously? Do they assume fans won't know or care?

Sheila Antonio

Has 2k shown you or any journalists gameplay for wwe2k22?

Brent Degenhardt

With the announcement of Grand Slam Dynamite just a few weeks after All Out, what do you think business wise would be the best main events for both shows? If they are gonna do Hangman vs. Omega, would it make more business sense at All Out or Grand Slam?

Jeff Ahmed

Has WWE relaxed their stance on talents’ external projects? Cassie Lee mentioned she stopped her YouTube series because WWE asked her to (despite her not using her WWE name for it) but I still see people like Shayna posting videos every week, and Damandyz can host a pop up shop. Is it just that some talent have reached agreements with the company?

Becky Dayecarter

Do you think WWE lacking the authenticity factor with a lot of things including, more scripted promos, 20 camera cut aways in 20 seconds, announcers not acknowledging talents history outside of WWE, etc. hurts them quite a bit from a fan perspective? I’ve noticed with AEW it comes across as more authentic and why I enjoy watching them more . Just wanted to know your opinion? Thanks

Shane

With the smackdown roster being lighter then its ever been right now is there any talk of actually evening out the rosters? Raw always gets 1 more pick then smackdown and uses half the people.

MikeJC

Do you think awesome, will ever wrestle again

Holland Carr

Was it ever said what Anthem bought AXS TV for? Any word on Impact going back on the road?

Rcs

Does Julia Hart have some kind of connection to the Hart family?

Reid Greenspan

Who would you have the Pinnacle move on to after the Inner Circle? I see the Elite being tied up with Dark Order over the fall and winter, but no direct path for IC or Pinnacle.

''Avery Dunn''

Hey SRS - With GCW booking a show the Friday before Summerslam in Vegas do you think this could be setting up for the Mox v. Gage match that we are waiting for?

Brett McGrath

Do you have any issues with other news sites reporting information being put on fightful select right after it is posted? Do you request a specific amount of time before Fightful Select news is reported by other outlets?

Snackyy

Why do you think wrestling journalists get such a bad rap from fans? It could be a small percentage but seems like the IWC either loves or hates journalists more so than sports fans with sports writers. Keep up the great work fightful team!

Reaction to Bully Ray saying on busted open that Joe’s pop at NXT should have been bigger but because of “dirt sheets” it wasn’t and that “you guys” are not helping the wrestling business & being a detriment to the fans.

Just curious if there’s any shot Hunter would move on to other promotions in an executive/on air role if WWE were to be sold or Nick Kahn were to take over as the next CEO? Curious if there’s been any turbulence as it appears he’s no longer the assumed next leader of the company after Vince is no longer in the picture.

Andrew Stadelberger

Any word and what the diamond mine is? Or the charging percentage shown on nxt?

Charles Lee Ray

Hey Sean, so you and Jimmy were talking about how match are structured with the same moves on The List Goes On…..What I wanted to know was if Agent or Producers have a certain outline they have to follow or do they just produce matches how they want?

Bryant Heath

Hi Sean! Not sure if this can be answered but was there ever any follow up on the NXT story where the hidden camera was found and was Velveteen Dream involved?

Mike Leotis

Do you know why there wasn’t any fans at dynamite last week, and the stage setup went back to the old way?

Shawn Murray

Next time Jimmy is away and you need someone to fill in how does “The List and Bob O’Neal sound to ya?

Just Some Guy

With how bad WWE has been the past few years have you heard, seen, or noticed in any way a trend of younger indie stars not wanting to go to WWE? I know they are the biggest company, but, there have to be young wrestlers that have grown up watching promotions other promotions out there. BTW: have you noticed WWE is usually referred to as a company and others usually as promotions or is it just me? Thanks and Gig'em

If Bianca retains on Sunday, whats next for her seeing as the womens roster is so thin right now?

kenny hodges

What's Malcolm Bivens doing? Is he just on a show I don't watch?

Michael Adams

Do you think roman beats rey tonight and then faces Dom at/in HIAC Sunday? I feel like that story writes itself, having rey watch roman destroy his son on Father’s Day.

Brennon Richardson

Do you know anything about Mike Bailey's status, I know Dave Meltzer said he was in talks with WWE, any update on that?

Vlad Alex

Thoughts on the preview of the AEW console game that was revealed on the latest AEW Games 2.Show?

Tanner Lee

I apologize if this is a fantasy booking question, but which do you think is more likely after Callis got "fired" from Impact; is this what sets Kenny's collapse of losing all of his titles in motion, or does it open the door to more Impact/AEW feuding?

Ray Callahan Jr

Of all the releases so far this year, we’ve seen Samoa Joe return to NXT. Do you see any of the other releases possibly coming back to WWE before the end of the year or to NXT?

Joel Wood

When will the NXT call ups appear on Tv for Raw and Smackdown

Shawn Garner

I personally feel MJF should be heel for his entire career but can you ever see a time where he goes either tweener or full babyface?

With the rumors of WWE holding a Wrestling World Cup, what are the chances that they will bring in outside talent like they did with the Cruiserweight Classic?

Phillip_ino

Has the heat on Flip Gordon in terms of his views on COVID dyed down or is the heat still nuclear between the wrestlers at ROH?

Zach Ayman

Is there any reason why the powers that be keep deciding to change wrestlers’ names when they arrive to Raw and Smackdown after spending years building and branding them in NXT and NXTUK? This past year none of the new names have been any good anyway so why not keep the name their audience knows them by

AEW bought the licenses for Baltimora's song for Jungle Boy and Wild Thing for Mox. If WWE would do that too, as they did to Edge in the past with Alter Bridge, which song would you like to see replacing Nikki Cross' awful theme?

Harry Yazawa

Hey srs, the new aew game teaser looks great, if the game blows the wwe 2k series out of the water how much do you think it can benefit aew generally with live fans and viewers etc?

Ben Williams

We hear rumors, circulating online, with the potential return of John Cena. How likely is it, that Brock Lesnar or other big names from the past have a small run, post pandemic?

Brian The Dean

My bad SRS, I know that is a long winded all over the place question. I'm at work so I'm trying to get it done quickly, but I'm severely ADD and my meds haven't quit kicked in good yet. Thanks buddy as always for all you and the Fightful team do! Y'all make this "rasslin' thang" a Hell of a lot more fun and interesting when it gets down and boring and would make a normal man quit it all together lol!

Jeremy Brownlee

The last few weeks have had vague mentions of plans for Roddy & Marina together that either didn't happen or aren't happening. What more, if anything, can you tell us about this situation?

kdk176

Do you think NXTs ratings are stagnant because of fan perception that it’s not main roster?

General consensus seems to be the Friday Dynamites are the most skippable of all the Dynamites so far this year. What do you think has been the cause of this dip in quality? Are they perhaps guilty of waiting to do better shows until they're back on the road?

anakinjmt

What's up SRS!! So as awful as the NWA shows are right now, and it doesn't seem to be getting any better anytime soon. Do you think they can legitimately turn things around get some actual good talent in there,(not discrediting the legit guys they have) and build it back up well enough to get a decent or good tv channel and deal? I know Billy Corgan has said in 5 years they will be a legit Contender and on an actual good network and competing national with others. I know anything is possible but how does he actually make it happen.... When you have done of the people they have and then Nick Aldis calling all his on creative and whether or not he wins/loses matches and the 10lbs of gold(and I love Aldis I think he's great) but is it hurting them/ will it hurt them with trying to build the company back up?

Jeremy Brownlee

What's your thoughts on Pete dunne. And who would you like to see him wrestle?

Hello SRS, do you know anything about Paige’s status with WWE? She’s not being used at all but yet they haven’t released her. Does she have a legends deal? Thanks for the answer.

Daniel Ralda

Are the aew trio belts coming soon?

Do you think this extended run on Fridays for Dynamite will damage it in the long run?

Luke Skywonker

Hellooooo! I might have missed this- but have we heard any more details about MiTB? Will it be a classic mitb match, or different like last year? Thanks, my dude!

Chloe Hannan

Any update on Mel? She's still on the AEW roster page and taking indie bookings but she hasn't been on TV in many months.

Do you feel that the MITB gimmick should be focused on people that they want to elevate from the Midcard or just be stuck with what appears to be primarily established main eventers?

Macho Man

Any updates on Davey Boy Smith Jr? Things seemed to have gone quiet. And keep up the good work too mate.

With Piper Niven getting called up, can we expect more NXT UK talent getting called up? Especially since there will be a draft. I would particularly want Ilja or Kay Lee Ray to switch the US side of shows.

Hey there SRS, great work as always. Have you heard anything on how Warner is viewing Dynamite's performance on Friday nights so far? Especially with the upcoming Rampage show in the same timeslot?

Who beats Reigns? (Assuming he goes over against Cena and Rock in the next year).

Aaron Howarth

Did Lesnar sign a new deal? Everyone keeps mentioning him vs Lashley at Summerslam.

Eric Z

I think AEW being featured in Forbes is a big deal. Do you think that kind of publicity will accelerate AEW’s growth into maybe going public or maybe getting on network TV once their Time/Warner deal expires?

Jared T

Do you know what date aew will be going back to Wednesday?

Why did they change Reigns v Mysterio to Smackdown and are there any plans to add a match to the Hell in a Cell PPV to make up for it?

Afternoon Sean, With the ThunderDome coming to an end (hopefully) what can WWE take out of the experience? Have a nice day ❤️

JJ Gyllenhaal

Happy Friday SRS and Fightful fam! Which of the network cross promotion ideas would you wanna see the most or any other ideas of types of events? For me its the World Cup especially if they get some free agents in it and creative doesn't screw the pooch.

Matt Payne

Any push you have heard for wrestlers from Indian origin

ashwin prabhu

Even though the group is currently disbanded, and some are feuding, if/when called up to the main roster, do you think Cole/KO/Roddy/Fish would/should show back up as a reformed Undisputed ERA? I hope so.

Paul Anthony Moss

Fightful reported that as soon as HHH found out about Joe's release he pushed to have him back at NXT. How in the know is HHH when it comes to main roster releases? Does it show a lack of communication in WWE?

Unabashedly Reggie

Have you heard anything in regards to Hook starting to wrestle? He's been all over TV for a while and I was surprised that Brock Anderson was getting a match ahead of him.

Do you think WWE's new introduction of more gimmick shows will prove to be any help in the long-term? Or just another "quick fix" like legends night?

Trent Hill

Anyone in WWE being lined up for a push? Actually, I think your previous select post about Reginald answers that haha.

@p_wol

With both AEW and WWE hitting the road soon, aside for fans what is the biggest thing you are looking forward to?

Boris Nisnevich

With AEW doing the big New York show do you see them trying to get a name like Shaq to wrestle on the show? Shaq I believe said he wanted to wrestle again sometime in the summer but do you see them trying to negotiate to bring him in for Grand Slam to wrestle maybe Paul Wight to have a big media attraction for this event.

Riley Walker

any updates on thew we or new console video games?

MrLiv3ly

In the case of Samoa Joe, who was involved in the conversation to rehire him? Did the same people that made the decision to release him also approve of bringing him back? Thanks for all your hard work on the site, Sean!

Hey Srs, have you heard any updates on when we might see the fiend/ bray return. I would assume before summerslam

Josh Wilburn

Have you ever heard any bad stories about Trish Stratus? Seems to me alongside Molly Holly shes extremely well respected

ARose Lab

What have you heard about the possibility of Aleister Black going back to the WWE?

Frank Gradia

Is there a draft planned?

Dustin

Are there any updates on how soon we could be seeing more call ups?

Dev W.

I'm sure this has been asked before but how did Denise become a part of fightful?

David Hart

You think we get new logos and theme songs for Raw and Smackdown next month?

If you could switch one male and one female wrestler from now with a counterpart from the past, who would it be and why?

Gregory Carter II

With the constant criticism of the creative writing for the main roster mainly Raw, do you believe that scripted promos help wrestlers who are not comfortable on the microphone and need more time to develop their talking and promo abilities hence we see Rhea Ripley sort of not herself when she's talking. And you think that even though as fans we criticize the scripted promos but the performers and the wrestlers prefer them cuz it makes it easier for them to be able to do what they do even if the content isn't the best. Keep up the good work SRS.

Anthony R

Hey SRS, anyway of finding out why the announce tables haven’t been breaking on impact a lot lately. Recently I’ve noticed the table isn’t breaking. E.g. Thatcher & Ciampa v GYV, a couple of Randy “Singh Bombs” too have not broke through

Tad Predicts

Have you heard of any plans to get Samoa Joe in the ring?

Any update on Molly Holly and WWE?

Any updates on Keith Lee?

Dan Franks

Is there plans for anyone else to move up from NXT UK? Personally I think a Baron Corbin and Sam Gradwell team could be good.

JoshB17

With AEW and New Japan having a partnership do you think the same would be possible with Stardom? If so who should they try to bring over from that roster

Reece Hayes