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Backstage Report Podcast (8/7): How Eminem/2K Deal Fell Through, Janela, Helms, More

SRS is here!

- How the Eminem/2K deal fell through

- Shane Helms

- Joey Janela

- OWE/AEW

- Cain Velasquez

- Injuries

- Stats

- Contracts

Update On Eminem-WWE-2K Situation Breaking Down

Earlier this year, we'd reported that Eminem was tentatively slated to participate in WWE 2K20, and now we've learned some details about that deal falling apart.

In the hours following the report, Pro Wrestling Sheet's Ryan Satin heard from Eminem rep Dennis Dennehy, who admitted there was a meeting between...

Cain Velasquez backstage notes

Former UFC Champion Cain Velasquez made his pro wrestling debut last night, and we're told that he was very easy to deal with, both among talent and for the company. There were several within WWE who were also watching the show and will be paying attention to how his next two matches go. 

Fightful Weekender Pod (8/4): SCI, TripleMania, ROH, Impact, More!

Stephen Jensen covers a PACKED week in wrestling!

Show to watch on on IWTV - Crux Wrestling: "Hey Jealousy"

Beyond: "Americanrana" results

SCI Tournament results

AAA: "Triplemania" results

IMPACT TV (8/2) & "Unbreakable" results

ROH TV (Episode 410) results

Retro Review Podcast: WWE Armageddon 2008!

Sean Ross Sapp, Warren Hayes and Zachary Schemmel review WWE Armageddon!

- Jeff Hardy vs. Edge vs. Triple H

- SANTA'S LITTLE HELPER TAG MATCH?!

- Batista vs. Randy Orton

 - CM Punk vs. Mysterio

-  Cena vs. Jericho.

- MORE!

VIDEO VERSION:  2019-08-01 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

FightfulSelect.com 205 Live/NXT/UK Review Podcast!

 Mr. Warren Hayes brings you a wrap up podcast for 205 Live, NXT UK and NXT! !  For additional podcasts, exclusive news and bonus content, check out Fightful Select!:  www.fightfulselect.com 

Video VERSION:  https://...

Fightful Backstage Report Podcast (7/31): Balor, Injuries, Raw/SD, More

- Raw/SD creative news

- Tons of injury updates

- Finn Balor

- Ciampa, Lashley, Jeff Hardy

- Magnum TA

- Darren Young reaching out to major companies

- Contracts

- Stats

WWE injury updates for Jeff Hardy, Lashley, More

Fightful has learned a little more news on some current WWE injuries.

We mentioned last week that Bobby Lashley had been sidelined with an undisclosed injury. While we don't specifically know the injury in question, WWE internally has him listed as being out well into the fall. On a recent list that Fightfu...

SRS Q&A Podcast 7/29/19: Moxley, NXT Future, AEW Moves, 2K20

SRS answers over 6 dozen questions!

- Latest on WWE 2K20

- Jon Moxley

- AEW & NJPW

- MLW & NOAH

- Fightful questions!

- NXT and FS1

- Royal Rumble picks!

- Bray Wyatt

Exclusive Backstage News On Finn Balor Being Pulled From WWE Smackville

Finn Balor was on the shelf this weekend, and things didn't quite go his way.

Balor was sidelined with what was described as a stomach flu, in a situation that definitely didn't go WWE's way. Balor was slated to t...

WWE Smackville notes

-  Security was heavily enforcing cell phone recordings, with one incident at ringside where security threatened to take a teenage girl's cell phone to prevent her from recording.  Security was heavily enforcing cell phone recordings

- There were big issues with Bridgstone Arena for WWE Smackville, as none of ...

SRS Q&A Questions

ASK YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOW! Full disclosure, I'm about to start catching up on the G1.

SRS WWE Smackville Review Podcast

A brief review of WWE Smackville!
- Finn Balor update

- Why Smackville?

- IC Title match

- Kevin Owens

- WWE title match

Finn Balor

In an update on Finn Balor, he was pulled from WWE Smackville after being hospitalized with a stomach flu. 

SMACKVILLE LIVE BLOG

Bear with me. I'm also covering UFC 240! I'll have a brief audio recap for Smackville here tomorrow too!

Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Ali
6/10

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Weekender Podcast (7/27): Mass Hysteria, PWG, NWA, Beyond, More

 Show to watch on IWTV - St. Louis Anarchy: "Circus Maximus XIX"

Beyond: "Uncharted Territory" (Episode 17) results

IMPACT TV (7/26) results

ROH TV (Episode 409) & "Mass Hysteria" results

NWA- New YouTube content

PWG "Sixteen" results

BTE: "Escalera De La Mu...

Ciampa, Lashley, More Injury News

WWE's comprehensive list of injuries shed some light on a few stars.

Fightful Select has been able to land some more information after our report on WWE's internal inactive list that we ran several weeks ago.

As of Tuesday, Peyton Royce was listed as "inactive" despite being booked to wrestle on the S...

Fightful Mixtape: Ass Man, Russo Sings Sexy Boy, Style And Grace, THRIFTY

It's here: The Fightful Mixtape!

1. "Fightful Song" by Trevor Strong 

2. The Bro Spot Theme- featuring Matt Riddle

3. "Sexy Boy"- by Vince Russo (produced by Retro Shred)

4. The Mane Event theme  

5. "What's Up (You Guys?)"- by VHSRestoreDotCo...

FightfulSelect.com 205 Live/NXT/UK Review Podcast!

Mr. Warren Hayes brings you a wrap up podcast for 205 Live, NXT UK and NXT! !

VIDEO VERSION:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUHJxzD05-I 

Fightful Backstage Report Podcast (7/24): AXS, Impact, NXT vs. AEW, Raw Reunion

- Raw Reunion

- AXS/Impact?

- OWE

- Brock Lesnar

- John Cena

- MJF

- Alex Hammerstone

- Contract news

- Injury news

- Stats

WWE Didn't Use Raw Reunion Legends As Well As They Could

Testing out some new hardware!

WWE Raw notes

- John Cena did  his segment and left WWE Raw Reunion

- No surprise since he wasn't on the show, but Brock Lesnar wasn't backstage at Raw as some suggested.

- Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe had to stall for time during their promo to reach the commercial break. 

- Vince McMahon himself was urging Austi...

WWE Smackville news

 WWE Smackville is currently set to air at 9 PM EST next Saturday and run an hour on the Network. It's the Network though, so they can do whatever they want 

When I posted the tweet about "WWE getting bold with these Saturday shows," this is what I was referring to. I almost couldn't believe that WWE would run...

Weekender Podcast (7/21): Beyond, EVOLVE, BTE, ROH Spoilers, Impact

Stephen Jensen is back with the Weekender Podcast!

 Show to watch on IWTV - Bizaro Lucha: "The Same As It Never Was"

Beyond: "Uncharted Territory" (Episode 16) results

IMPACT: TV (7/19) results & **TV Taping Spoilers**

ROH: TV (Episode 408) results & **"Manhattan Mayhem" TV Tap...

Albert & Scotty 2 Hotty vs. JOBBERS | Dark Match Commentary

WHO THE HELL ARE THESE GUYS!?

Current Summerslam Betting Lines

Was sent the opening Summerslam Betting lines if you all are interested 

WWE - SummerSlam

Brock Lesnar (c) vs Seth Rollins

Brock Lesnar                 -200   &nb...

MJF contract

In regards to MJF's new contract extension with AEW, we're told that it's legit and that both sides are very happy with one another. As far as his MLW deal goes, he'll be permitted to continue there through the duration of the deal, but they know he's AEW full-time once it's over. 

OWE-Visa update

Fightful Select has learned OWE had a round of visas approved for their upcoming show during Summerslam week in Toronto. The company had issues gaining some ahead of AEW Double or Nothing. 

RETRO REVIEW: Total Divas S4E4 -- YEP

Sean Ross Sapp fulfills a request from a Champion level subscriber to review episode 4 of season 4 of Total Divas!

- Natalya can't say no, fosters 18 cats

- Daniel Bryan A BULLY!??

- Natalya, TJ, Heath, Titus, Adam Rose visit a strip club

- Paige breaks bad news to Alicia

- Thoughts on the new ca...