Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston had one of the most memorable and affecting heel turns of the 21st Century on December 2nd. At WrestleMania, WWE finally paid off on that moment by making them World Tag Champs. Since then, they've mostly appeared during American Netflix commercial breaks, they've defended the titles twice, and ...
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We had exclusives on Trish Stratus' WWE status each of the last two days.
As we reported last week, Mercedes Mone vs. Toni Storm has been th...
2025-06-30 21:13:04 +0000 UTC View PostPOTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD, PLEASE NAVIGATE AWAY
Fightful Select reported last night that Trish Stratus had been considered for the upcoming WWE Evolution show, and now we've learned more.
Trish Stratus is in Pittsburgh at the site of tonight's WWE Raw and Smackdown double taping. We're told WWE creative had pitched...
2025-06-30 16:55:23 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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You might’ve already answered this, but with Mercedes going af...
2025-06-30 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostSRS breaks down the week of news
Cope & Christian
WWE in Saudi
Kota Ibushi's return
Abyss, his retirement
Injuries
Smackdown edits and outage
John Cena
Karrion Kross
Shotzi
M...
2025-06-30 12:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
STEPHEN JENSEN is back with a new edition of the WEEKENDER!
- MLW: "Summer Of The Beasts" results
- MLW: "Blood & Thunder" SPOILERS (12 min-15 min)
- REVOLVER: "Texas Title Tournament" results
- WEST COAST PRO: "For The Love Of The Game" results
- FREELANCE: "Freelan...
2025-06-30 02:42:40 +0000 UTC View PostA WWE legend has been pushed for an upcoming PLE spot.
WWE Evolution is right around the corner. With the card still taking shape, there are many question marks regarding the possibility of who could be on the show. Liv Morgan’s injury caused some shuffling, but WWE is still waiting to find out who exactly will be on ...
2025-06-29 23:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostWrestling news and notes for this weekend.
Fightful has an interview with Big Trouble Ben Bishop coming out this week. It's now up for tier 2 subscribers.
The Zack Sabre Jr title change from Hirooki Goto was met with shock from those we spoke to within the wrestling industry.
Char...
2025-06-29 17:33:06 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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On Wrestling Observer Live this week, Hook was on and dropped th...
2025-06-29 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe have an update on an absent WWE talent.
Otis hasn’t wrestled in nearly two months, last competing on the May 5 episode of WWE Raw, where he lost to Rusev. However, word emerged recently that he was injured and off the active roster when Wrestl...
2025-06-28 23:49:26 +0000 UTC View PostAlex didn't watch the Saudi shows, because unlike CM Punk, he stands by the convictions of his morals.
Kate did watch the show, because Alex made her.
So she's going to lie to him about who won some of the matches, and he's going to try to separate fact from fiction.
It's the most popular thing we do on the ...
2025-06-28 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSean Ross Sapp of Fightful has learned the following plans and match order for WWE Night of Champions, subject to change.
PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THOSE WHO WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS
• King of the Ring: Cody Rhodes v Randy Orton
• Street Fight: Rhea Ripley v Raquel
• Sami Zayn v Karrion Kross
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2025-06-28 15:12:17 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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I’ve been curious about the AEW women’s division. They were ...
2025-06-28 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThere were some edits made to WWE Smackdown's main event segment.
The show aired live from Riyadh and had power issues. However, the main event segment with CM Punk and John Cena ended up getting edited as well.
A source in WWE confirmed what anyone's ears that watched both broadcasts could see. There was additi...
News and notes from around the wrestling world!
Regarding John Cena's promo in Lexington that he self-buried on the Breakfast Club, one WWE producer sent the article to Fightful and said that was Cena's self diagnosis, as opposed to backstage perception.
WWE talent are slated to take off a bit aft...
2025-06-27 20:45:01 +0000 UTC View PostDuring the WWE Smackdown broadcast from Saudi Arabia, there was a feed outage that caused broadcast issues for international viewers. We're doing updates on the situation.
About ten minutes into the show, international feeds froze and and the screens in Riyadh went out during a Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes promo. The tal...
2025-06-27 17:41:39 +0000 UTC View PostFightful has learned the following plans for today's Smackdown, subject to change in content and order
A reminder, you can watch Smackdown at 1 PM ET with NordVPN.com/Fightful
- SPOILER SEGMENT
- SPOILER MATCH 1
- US Title: Zelina vs. Giulia
- SPOILER SEGMENT 2
- SPOILER TAG
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Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Kota Ibushi Update?
He is back.
But serious...
2025-06-27 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTNA Wrestling has seen heavy roster turnover, but one talent is inked until the end of 2025.
After a half dozen talents worked their final loops for TNA on their contracts and their deals at the end of 2024, Fightful Select asked around about a variety of other deals in TNA now that we are at the midpoint of 2025.
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Chelsea Green missed June 13 episode of Smackdown, and we’ve learned why.
A number of weeks ago, Chelsea Green was sidelined with a broken nose that required her to wear a face mask on WWE TV. Still, she was open to wrestling and working while injured. She was scheduled for a Queen of the Ring match, but didn’t end ...
2025-06-26 18:47:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis post is free for our paid and free tier subscribers, taking a look at news and rumors in the wrestling world. Please consider subscribing to our $5.99 tier for exclusive news, Q&As, discord access, and additional podcasts.
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2025-06-26 17:46:38 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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Hey, Sean hope you are doing well! This might seem pretty random...
2025-06-26 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostMJF and Mark Briscoe started a program on AEW Dynamite. We're told that this has been a program that MJF had pushed for quite some time and was considered very important to him.
The son of the person who filed the lawsuit against Mox/AEW actually was the guy who handed the AEW Tag Titles to Hurt Syndica...
2025-06-26 02:03:40 +0000 UTC View PostA former WWE mainstay could be making appearances soon for the company.
Fightful Select has learned that Vickie Guerrero had told numerous people recently that she would be back with WWE for some things "in a few weeks." While the bookings weren't explicitly stated, WWE Evolution does happen in a matter of weeks.
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2025-06-25 19:54:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe injury bug bites WWE.
Chad Gable was sidelined with an injury, as Bodyslam.net reported this week. He was effectively written off of WWE TV, as PWInsider.net reported that Gable is slated for su...
2025-06-25 16:34:54 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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When’s Adam Copeland due back? I remember when asked previousl...
2025-06-25 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostNo surprise here, but Joe Hendry is expected for more WWE dates.
Hendry has been a semi regular in WWE, specifically the NXT brand. NXT sources said he will continue to make appearances for the brand through Slammiversary to help promote the show.
Bodyslam.net has reported that he is at tonight's tapings.
A forgone conclusion was confirmed.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select spoke to Chris Park today, also known as Abyss. He's featured in the WWE 2K25 Dunk & Destruction DLC pack, complete with his “Janice” weapon and classic entrance theme. While there has never been an official announcement regarding his in-ring ...
2025-06-24 17:47:50 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.
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What's life like for NXT talent at the performance center? Do th...
2025-06-24 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
