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Dijak talks contract, Retribution, more

Fightful Select had the opportunity to have an exclusive interview with soon-to-be free agent Donovan Dijak.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp began the interview by mentioning how the WWE tends t...

More on Dijak's WWE departure

On June 27th, Dijak announced on social media that he had been notified by WWE that they would not be re-signing him at “the eleventh hour”, and that he would be exiting the company on June 28t...

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Former WCW name hired by AEW

A former WCW star has been working for AEW for a couple of months now.

On a recent episode of AEW Dynamite, Ray Lloyd, also known as Glacier, was seen on screen breaking up a fight on the sh...

Update on AEW wild card, upcoming return/

The Young Bucks announced that they are inserting a Wild Card in the Owen Hart tournament and bringing the world title back to the Elite.

The announcement led many to suspect it to be Adam "H...

Former WWE team has had talks with AEW/ROH

A much-discussed team has been discussed to some actual appearances at a place they’ve been popping up backstage.

Fightful Select reported recently that Mace/Mason Madden and Mansoor were b...

TNA signs tag team

TNA Wrestling has landed a standout tag team. 

Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp reported last month that Sinner and Saint were joining TNA Wrestling at the company's Newport tapings. Now we can...

Ricky Starks-AEW update

Ricky Starks is in the rumor mill after being absent from AEW TV for quite some time.

A Reddit post conjured up discussion, and memes, speculating that Starks had ran into legal trouble in Ca...

FREE Post: MLW makes production hires

MLW is looking to improve.

Fightful Select confirmed that David Marquez was hired as head of production for Major League Wrestling, and will help lead the charge to upgrade to a larger produc...

WWE Raw News, Producers, Who Killed WCW, Dark Side News

• Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful is appearing on WISH TV (a CW affiliate in Indianapolis) to talk about the WWE/Indianapolis deal.

• SRS will also appear on this Friday's post Smackd...

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Select Exclusive: Lana Austin & Rob Drake Discuss The Disintegration Of The Lana Austin Experience, Their 2024 Goals And More

Lana Austin and Rob Drake sit down with Fightful's Corey Brennan to discuss the break up of The Lana Austin Experience, LA Taylor and Skye Smithson, adding new members to the faction, their 2024 go...

Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 6/24 | Down With The Sick6ness

Okay, so the Chad Gable stuff makes less than zero sense, but we finally have a mission statement from the band of nutcases who probably murdered several people last week.

And OH BROTHER WAS ...

WWE Raw Plans

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp has learned the following plans for WWE Raw, subject to change.

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers, as well as goofuses online spreading ...

Select Portion: Jensen, Fatu, Bayne, UK Indies

• The "WWE Vault" channel is an official one, for those asking. WWE recently trademarked the term.

• To answer a question from a reader this weekend, WWE does plan on using the ...

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Update on Rhea Ripley

Rhea Ripley before WWE Summerslam? That’s the internal hope from WWE.

The dominant Rhea Ripley was sidelined in April with a shoulder injury that forced her to vacate the World Championship...

More on big Royal Rumble, Summerslam, WrestleMania deal in Indianapolis

WWE announced a major deal that would send Royal Rumble 2025 to Indianapolis, as well as future WrestleMania and Summerslam shows.

News of the possibility was broken by WrestleVotes last week...

Mina Shirakawa talks Mariah, Toni, Mercedes, Liger, NJPW, USA

Grapsody's Phil Lindsey and Righteous Reg spoke to Mina Shirakawa ahead of her world title match against TonI Storm at NJPW x AEW Forbidden Door.

Mina told Grapsody that she and Mariah love e...

Alex & Kate's SOUR GRAPS: Weekend Wrestling Wrap-Up 6/23 | The Wolfman Has Nards

So I picked a hell of a weekend to go to my sister-in-law's house.

On Friday, Drew McIntyre murdered CM Punk and Jacob Fatu murdered Cody Rhodes.

On Saturday, a 90 second video package ...

Backstage Report Podcast 6/23: Creative changes in WWE, Jacob Fatu, AEW updates

- Wyatt Family news, reactions

- New Smackdown lead writer

- Megan Bayne update

- Why Jacob Fatu's debut took so long

- Speedball backstage at AEW

- Hardy Boyz contrac...

Shane McMahon-AEW rumors were news to everyone in AEW

Shane McMahon to AEW? It’s not looking likely.

There was heavy buzz throughout wrestling over the past week regarding the possibility of Shane McMahon appearing in AEW. Tony Khan told Wrest...

Fightful Weekender (6/23): ACTION, TWE, BLOODSPORT, AIW, REVOLVER, MLW, NXT LEVEL UP, ROH SPOILERS

STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!

- ACTION: "My Own Prison" results

- TWE: "Road To Perdition" results

- BLOODSPORT: "Bushido" results

- AIW: "Shoo...

New Head Writer of WWE Smackdown revealed

This week's WWE Smackdown garnered heavy buzz and praise, and another big change happened behind the scenes as well.

Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp learned that longtime WWE creative writer...

TNA star backstage at AEW this week

One of wrestling’s best in-ring performers was backstage at AEW this week.

Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp has confirmed that TNA star “Speedball” Mike Bailey was backstage at Thursd...

Smackdown news, producers, backstage info

• Prior to Paul Heyman's mentions, the new group from WWE Raw had not been named or referred to as "The Wyatts."

• As of this week, there was no firm date set for the DIY vs. A-T...

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Kayla Braxton leaving WWE, more details

Kayla Braxton is leaving WWE.

On June 6th , Kayla Braxton surprised many fans, taking WWE out of her social media username, which has spawned many questions of the backstage interviewers’ s...

More on Jacob Fatu's WWE debut

Jacob Fatu has debuted on WWE Smackdown as a member of the Bloodline.

Fatu has been signed to WWE for months, and was backstage at WrestleMania and was around Wrestlemania weekend. We had nev...

WWE Smackdown Plans

Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select has learned the following plans for tonight's WWE Smackdown, subject to change.

Please be cognizant of those who wish to avoid spoilers.

• CM Pu...

  2024-06-22 00:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post

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Reactions from AEW & WBD over AEW Dynamite numbers

AEW Dynamite for June 19 did a historically low number for the company. Fightful Select reached out to numerous sources within AEW and WBD to get their thoughts on it.

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