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Andrade Update

Andrade is now a free agent and can work where he pleases. Fightful has learned that Andrade has been contacted about possible WrestleMania weekend appearances outside of WWE, but we're not sure if the deals have been done.

SRS Q&A Show (4/8): WrestleMania Week!

- Sable

- Live events

- Plans for NXT

- Money in the Bank

- NJPW-IMPACT

- KANE

- AEW Trios/Faction titles

- IMPACT Knockouts.

- Over 100 questions answered!

...Bam Neely and the Shane Twins?

Great news if for some reason you were wondering where the WWE veterans Bam Neely and Shane Twins are these days. We're told that they run a strip club together in Florida, which is frequented by many wrestlers. Only the important news here.

NXT Match Cut For Time

Even before the NXT Takeover Stand And Deliver main event happened, Fightful learned it had to be adjusted for time. During the show a match went long, causing for time for Io Shirai and Raquel Gonzalez to be reduced. WWE doesn't typically have this issue as Takeovers don't have hard out times.

Changes To NXT Audience For Takeover

Tonight starts two nights of NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver, and we've heard of some changes to the audience. There are no more pods at the Capitol Wrestling Center, but those in attendance did require a negative COVID test at no cost to themselves. There are no more dividers in the floor area, either. Also, there's an eleva...

Raw Star At NXT Tonight

Fightful has learned that Elias was at the WWE Performance Center this afternoon and evening, the site of NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver Night 1. We're told that he participated in the pre-show to some capacity, though he has not been announced yet.

UPDATE: We're told that it's a segment with Ever Rise that will likel...

List Goes On April 7, 2021

- Zicky Dice

- NJPW

- Triple H/CM Punk

- Triple H NXT meeting

- AJ Styles/Triple H

- Reigns/Cormier

- Money in the Bank

- Programs after WrestleMania

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Details on how the IMPACT-AEW deal came together

With the AEW-IMPACT deal coming together late last year, we're told that some AEW wrestlers learned it could become a real possibility around September. Gallows told us they'd been talking with the Young Bucks about possibly coming over all along the way. However, according to Gallows, Don Callis and 2021-04-07 18:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post

SRS Q&A Questions

We're gonna go with TWO questions per subscriber this week, and it will be filmed Thursday, so please keep that in mind! 

- Please avoid questions like "top 5" "favorite PPV" and "are you a fan of."

Big Cass Update

Big Cass kicked up some buzz recently when he popped up at Lariato Pro, Gallows' wrestling company. Cass wanted to do the spot to see if he still had love for wrestling, and was adamant that he wanted the appearance to be a surprise. We're told that he's not done in wrestling, and is interested in doing more after things went...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: Raw 4/5--"Cleaner Stories"

Go drunk, Raw, you're home.  

The final Raw before Mania was abysmally bad. Just lazy and horrible.  

We'll try to get through it as quickly as possible, so we can talk about Seth Rollins's comments regarding the fans, and how they "hate everything" and how maybe it would be make for "cleaner stories' if...

NJPW-IMPACT News

Of late, we've seen David Finlay and Juice Robinson appear on IMPACT Wrestling programming, to the point where they actually captured the IMPACT Tag Team Championships. Gallows told Fightful that he was aware that was going on all throughout the process, and really pushed for it to happen. He said that he also hopes to go bac...

How Good Brothers-IMPACT Deal Came Together

We learned last week that Brian Myers' IMPACT deal came together within a week of his WWE release, but The Good Brothers' came together even quicker than that. Gallows tells us that Scott D'Amore reached out to him within 15 minutes of their releases and let them know he was still interested in bringing them in, and for the s...

EARLY: WrestleMania Stats

NOTE: I've left this open to all, if you see any corrections that need to be made, let me know. This is a rough draft!

Before every year's Royal Rumble event, we provided you with a bevy of stats and facts about the event. We're back for WrestleMania 37 with even more.

Below are dozens of stats and fact...

What Riddle's Forgotten Promo Was Supposed To Say; Vince McMahon's Reaction

If you checked out Raw on March 29, you probably saw Riddle forget his line during his promo with Asuka before scooting off. We're told that the original plans called for Riddle to talk about everything from Mt. Fuji to underground robot fighting in Japan. Asuka did not miss a beat during this and was praised for her reaction...

Fightful Weekender (4/4): MLW, IMPACT, NXT UK, 205 LIVE, NWA, ROH, BTE, BEYOND, SUP

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

Topics:

- Show to watch on IWTV - ACTION: "Royal vs. Sells II"

- SUP: "Are These Our Lives?" results

- BEYOND: "Fool's Paradise" results

- MLW: "Fusion" (3/31) results

- IMPACT (3/30) results

- NXT UK (4/1) results & "Pre...

SRS Backstage Report (4/4): Huge Meetings and Exclusive News

- Triple H NXT meeting

- Hurt Business unhappy with Vince McMahon

- Vince McMahon hand picked producer

- New IMPACT knockouts

- Thunderdome

- Titus O'Neil, Shad Gaspard

- Takeover

- Huge WWE prospect

- A&E WWE Shows

- Banned WWE terms

- Brian Myers

- Injuri...

When Hawkins & Ryder Found Out About Their Mania Moment

Brian Myers spoke with Fightful about his WrestleMania moment and the process that went into that. He noted that he and Matt Cardona/Zack Ryder didn't know until a few days prior to WrestleMania that they'd even be on the show, much less winning. He said that even if he doesn't wrestle for WWE again, he has that moment to loo...

Alex's SOUR GRAPS: SmackDown 4/2--ApPAULing Behavior

SmackDown happened.   

There was an 8 man tag, and a street fight, and the women's tag division is in literal shambles, and nobody knows what the hell a Nigerian Drum match is, and also there was Logan Paul.  

Everything sucks. Let's talk about it.  

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Vince McMahon Hand Picked Wrestler To Work As A Producer

Fightful spoke to Brian Myers for a great interview. He said that Tommy Dreamer reached out to him to make the IMPACT Wrestling deal happen. He said that contact was made within a week of him being released by WWE.

Brian Myers seemed to indicate to us that the door is potentially open for him to work as a producer for W...

News On WWE A&E Shows

A&E and WWE's partnership has launched, and has biographies, as well as a memorabilia hunt show. In speaking with the former Curt Hawkins, Brian Myers, we asked him about why he and Matt Cardona weren't considered for the roles before their releases. As it turns out, he was. He did a sizzle reel for the spot, which eventu...

SRS Q&A 4/2/21 Podcast

- AEW/NJPW

- ROH Women

- WWE's FIRST POP BACK

- Hurt Business

- Jericho on WWE Network

- Io Shirai's future

- Nightmare Family, Pinnacle, Inner Circle

- Live Crowds

- Scorpio Sky, Ethan Page, Ivelisse, Nia & Shayna

Fightful Select Q&A questions!

Get your questions in! Limit it to one per subscriber, though that will not be the norm, and we'll return to a regular schedule soon!

Vince McMahon Met With Top Talent Over Hurt Business Breakup, Who Weren't Happy

If you were shocked or unhappy about the split of The Hurt Business, you weren't alone. According to WWE sources, so were the members of the group.

Fightful was told that Vince McMahon alone made the decision to split up the Hurt Business last week on Raw, much to the chagrin of those in the group. We're told that he wa...

List Of Banned Terms For WWE Promotional Partners For WrestleMania 36

Fightful Select obtained social media guidelines from the company distributed to some promotional partners for WrestleMania 36.

There were social media guidelines that instructed associated accounts to not reply to fans in the comments, not t...

News On Triple H Meeting With Talent About NXT Moving

Fightful reached out to several wrestlers and members of the staff, who vehemently denied that Triple H said anything resembling that they were "bullied" off of Wednesday nights as reported. Instead, we were told that Triple H focused heavily on the reasons for the move to Tuesday nights, telling the NXT roster that going on ...

What do wrestlers hear in the Thunderdome?

WWE is finishing up at the Thunderdome in Tampa at Tropicana Field this week before switching to a new venue. Fightful spoke to several wrestlers who have competed at the Thunderdome about the ambient noise piped in to the venue. They confirmed that they can hear the noise piped in, so they aren't reacting and wrestling to pu...

More on why Titus O'Neil was given Warrior Award, explanation on Shad Gaspard

For those asking about Titus O'Neil's induction as opposed to Shad Gaspard. We're told there were plans for O'Neil to be inducted last year, but it wasn't announced as COVID-19 sidelined everything. Those plans were in order well before Gaspard's death, and Titus' induction was not a sleight on Gaspard. O'Neill's connection t...

More On NXT Takeover Attendance

Fightful has learned of tentative NXT Takeover plans. So far, we've heard that Takeover will be taking place in Orlando, as opposed to Tampa with other WrestleMania festivities. The plan that we've heard is to allow limited fans, in the same method as NXT TV has allowed those in the past. There will actually be two nights of ...