SRS Q&A Questions

1. Does Legends Night on Raw even help with ratings anymore? 2.Why is WWE focusing on Charlotte, Lacy, and Ric Flair story arc when Charlotte is a tag champ with Asuka? 3.Will N:XT be part of the Royal Rumble?

Marc Forbes

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Fightful Select

Questionable creative aside, do you think using a surprise Royal Rumble win to elevate a totally brand new star would work?

Dev W.

With RAW ratings seemingly not a hot button topic anymore with not much changing creatively, do you think the ship has already sailed on seeing any meaningful change on the red brand anytime soon?

Dev W.

Is there any backstage heat on Linda McMahon?

David Feig

Are AEW in somewhat of a predictable match order with big long matches and always having only 1 womens match just before the main event also? What games you playing on ps5 the now? What is the most cats you have ever had at the same time?

Cameron Hutton

Out of all the people to be in the ringside crowd during Dark I would think Jake Roberts is there voluntarily. Does he help out with the younger talent?

Kevin Steets

3. I've pretty much stopped watching WWE since Wrestlemania and keep up with what's going on thanks to the great work by Fightful, WrestleTalk and Steve & Larson. If you weren't covering WWE as a journalist do you think you would still be watching Raw weekly?

Ronan C

2. If AEW were to sign any 3 wrestlers who's contracts may be up this year to strengthen their women's division who should they be?

Ronan C

1. I've dove deeper into the non-WWE market in the last year in part because of your great coverage. I've noticed a lot of companies utilize the time limit. Why does WWE not do this? I think it adds an air of legitimacy to the fights. 2. Also, recently subbed to NJPWorld, and am LOVING it. As I'm learning though, do I have it understood correctly that the NEVER titles are basically the "up and comers" type of title? 3.. Do you think these weird cliffhanger endings to Raw are going to be the current trend for a while? Thanks Sean, as a history educator, I greatly appreciate how informative your content is. I always learn new things when I listen to your shows, and I love that.

Ray Callahan Jr

1. When was the last time a wrestler's stock dropped as quickly as Tessa Blanchard, from history making world champion to seemingly unhireable months later?

Ronan C

1. Who are some surprise entrants you're hoping for or expecting in the Rumble this year? 2. Who do you have winning the Max and Calvin fight on Saturday and how? 3. Love to hear any hot take style predictions for the end of the year for AEW and WWE. Thanks for all the great work Sean. Fightful has been one of the few stable parts of everyday life for all the Fightful faithful!

''Avery Dunn''

Hi Sean When Fightful moves select over to the website, will there be a feed to connect the podcasts to all podcast apps? What would your reaction be to a custody of Ric Flair match between Lacey & Charlotte?

Antony Fitzpatrick

Do you think Sonya’s new role will last beyond the next couple of weeks? There’s so much story potential there but she’s wrestled so few matches this past year that I worry about keeping her in a non-wrestling role for any extended period.

Becky Dayecarter

Hey srs, With the dark order losing their leader and becoming big fan favourites, how do you see aew telling the story of who and what the dark order are going forward? Less of a cult probably? 2. Do you think its now more likely that the good brothers end up signing to aew at some point? 3. Do you know how many students and teachers there are at the nightmare factory?

Ben Williams

Hello Sean, on my quest to complete the Monday Night Wars & on Nitro the TV matches are so simple & almost everyone is winning with just a regular move. Nowadays most matches are won with their finish, why doesn’t most matches end with different moves? Have a nice day & FTF ❤️

JJ Gyllenhaal

Are there any legends who would have been brought back for the rumble, but now due to the risk Rona poses, there are reservations. If you can't give specific names, just a confirmation of that scenario playing a factor.

Tad Predicts

Do you know much about Bear Country from AEW dark? They seem to have a decent look and tag team gimmick.

Reid Greenspan

Thoughts on AEW moving to a bigger INDOOR arena? Have you heard anything new on AEW introducing a Trios Championship? What’s one thing you miss in wrestling?

Bryant Heath

RVD left Impact in September. Any idea what he might do next? We all joked about how Styles should have learned to wear a cup when he was feuding with Nakamura a few years ago, but in all actuality, do wrestlers wear a cup when they know a low blow is coming, or do they just take it hardway? Call me crazy, but realistically could we see Charlotte take the Raw title off Asuka at the Rumble, Rhea win the Rumble, and then challenge Charlotte to redeem herself from last year? It would give Triple H a reason to say this was what the booking of Charlotte in NXT was supposed to be about, even though we all know that isn't true.

anakinjmt

1. What do you see the plan for Asuka/Charlotte going into the Rumble and Wrestlemania? I can't imagine the booking gymnastics of Asuka losing both titles. Do you see Rhea Ripley in those plans?

Dorian Espinoza

1.  Any word on if Matt Cardona will be landing with a promotion full time soon?  I would have thought he'd have signed somewhere by this point.   2.  Is EC3 expected to be in the upcoming ROH Bubble to have his match with Jay Briscoe?  I thought I read somewhere he wanted to at least fulfill that originally planned match. I'd love to see him hang around in ROH for at least a year.  I think he could have some good feuds there.  3.  Right before the pandemic hit, ROH was about to start a Quest for Gold women's tournament. Is the ROH Women's Division on hold until overseas wrestlers like KellyAnne and Session Moth Martina are able to finally travel to the US?  Thank you.

Paul Anthony Moss

With the number of current and upcoming free agents ,what TV promotion will be most affected in a positive way ? And in a negative way at least initially

Thomas Middaugh

Do you feel like the angle for AEW and Impact would work better if it only had AEW wrestlers going against Impact wrestlers?

Reid Greenspan

3. Will the Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners get a trophy, a new set of NXT Women's Tag Team titles, or do they get a title shot for the Women's Tag Team titles that's floating between the main roster brands?

Sheila Antonio

2. Any update on Aleister Black? Apparently he hasn't wrestled for about 3 months.

Sheila Antonio

1. It sucks to ask this but do you think WWE, AEW, and Impact will try to be transparent on positive cases that might arise in the new few weeks ? For the record, I'm not asking for people to be named. Just wondering if that's left up to the affected person's discretion to either be public about it right away or maybe talk about it after they've recovered from Covid.

Sheila Antonio

1) with Pearce specifying that there are 30 spots in the rumble for raw and sd in the gulak/AJ segment, are they not using nxt to limit potential cross exposure? 2) if sting were to do a cinematic match in AEW, would would be your ideal opponent for him?

Jake Schwall

Do you know any details on the GCW/IWTV situation?

MickOrAstroMick

Who do you see leaving WWE this year and what promotion do you think would benefit said talent?

Joshua Cyprian

I see something happening with the the Young Bucks interfering @ Hard To Kill to set up Bucks vs MCMG. But what do you see for Kenny

NateF_81

The Dusty bracket just released, there is one mystery team odds it being The Rascalz? That could be a huge way to have them debut.

Matt Payne

1. What would you like to see different from NJPW in the year 2021? 2. If you would've gone back in time and re-live any of the classic territories, what would those be and why?

Jake from the Windy City

Speaking of The Rumble think that is when we could see a return for Braun and possibly Seth or Becky?

Matt Payne

Can't wait for the Rumble feature next week! While putting that together any major shocks or surprises you found out about years pasts?

Matt Payne

When are you expecting Ronda Rousey to return if ever on tv.. Presuming when does it will be like Brock’s case where she’s no longer weekly on raw etc, unless it’s a big up to a big 4 PPV or Saudi show

Tom Shucksmith

Any idea if there are any Cena plans for Mania???

Scott Young

What's Priscilla Kelly's status with MLW? She had a great match with Thunder Rosa recently. Great look, young and improving in ring seems like a natural fit in to help with the AEW depth. Her and Darby's split seems to be amicable enough not to be an issue

Do you know exactly how many teams are going to be in either Dusty classic?

Thomas Middaugh

Any updates on when Seth will return? If Mania takes place in March will there be a PPV in early March, or will (presumably) Elimination Chamber be the final one before Mania? Any updates on if Mania will still be taking place on March 28th? I remember reports late last year stating that it could be pushed back.

Who in your mind are dead certs predictions to debut for aew this year from wwe or any other promotion?

Tom Shucksmith

Any credibility to the higher ups not wanting a live mic on Mustafa?

Chris

Not sure if you know this but are there any independent promotions in Michigan worth checking out? Am I crazy to think Shida has been booked better than Asuka in the last few months? What's your favorite sport to watch or play?

Raul Ortega

Been debating signing up for a while and enjoying it that much I moved up a tier in an hour. Just wondering if you’d heard of any possible royal rumble surprises yet? Any rumours floating about at all

Tom Shucksmith

Any updates on Ethan Page signing with a new promotion?

Will Taya Valkyrie remain at IMPACT post Hard To Kill?

Any updates on IMPACT having some crowd noise at Hard To Kill especially since the main event between Bullet Club vs Swann and MCMG?