SRS Q&A Questions

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Fightful Select

Where did Matt Koon disappear do??

Aidan O'Connell

Any views on my Irish colleague, Jordan Devlin, will he get called up one day??

Aidan O'Connell

Any chance of Teddy Hart getting a contract in the future??

Aidan O'Connell

How long typically would a WWE star get off for a bereavement, just out of interest??

Aidan O'Connell

What's your favorite or most surprising WM opening match? My choice is Edge v Del Rio.

Charles Harkins

How long did it take you to realize that the Disciple was actually Brutus The Beefcake? It took me awhile and freaked me out at his sudden weight loss.

Charles Harkins

More annoying: Bezerker's grunt or Kamala's stomach slap?

Charles Harkins

What's the better John Cena WM triple threat title match: Cena v Big Show v Edge or Cena v Orton v HHH? Also hope I didn't come off as douche during my Deonna discussion... it's just funny that needed more on RAW than they are NXT.

Charles Harkins

Is Daniel Bryan the only wrestler to have wins over CM Punk, John Cena, Randy Orton, Batista, and HHH?

Charles Harkins

As a face, Is HHH undefeated at WM? I say this because I'm not sure if he was a face during his "End Of An Era " match against the Undertaker. What also makes it weird is that he's 2-6 in WM title matches as a heel, yet 2-0 as a face.

Charles Harkins

Could Drowning Pool's "Here comes the game" and Avenged Sevenfold's "Hail To The King" have served as great entrance themes? Every time I watched a HHH video package featuring the songs it gives me the chills.

Charles Harkins

Where would someone learn to be a ref?

any chance of having kelsi on future podcasts or even bringing trina back? I enjoyed the podcasts in which they've appeared and liked their approach and perspective on wrestling. I'm assuming Ana is too busy or i'd ask about her returning as well.

e d

in light of the Kairi incident at tlc, do you know if the wwe has any concussion protocols in place to deal with possible concusions? Are the refs trained to spot such things? I ask because most pro sports are really careful with athletes in this regard if potential injuries happen within the field of play and things could've gone really badly for Kairi while flair tried to force a powerbomb through a table spot on her. It could even be a liability, issue I feel, if they didn't do all that they could for her.

e d

What are your top 3 favorite surprise return? Mine are CM Punk in 2011, John Cena in 2008, and the Hardys at Wrestlemania 33.

anakinjmt

When you and Denise record your entrance music podcast, can we get you guys to sing one together? Your call what would sound good

anakinjmt

I've been seeing people on Twitter saying Becky isn't that good in the ring and keeps getting carried. I'm reminded of when people would say the same with Cena despite Cena putting on great matches over his time on top. With Becky, her matches at the 2016 Royal Rumble, 2019 Royal Rumble, Wrestlemania 32, Backlash 2016, Evolution, and TLC 2018 are proof that she is good. Am I crazy in thinking so, or am I just too big of a Becky fan to not see the truth?

anakinjmt

I don't watch NXT UK on any regular basis but both of their Takeovers have been really good and Blackpool II looks to be their best yet. If they can keep up having really good Takeovers I think they could be seen in the way NXT was in 2015. What do you think?

anakinjmt

Any gimmick matches that haven't been done in a while that you'd like to see again?

anakinjmt

How're you feeling about the Reds off-season so far?

Max_MacKenzie338

Could you see Marty working AEW and NWA sometimes. Sort of like Moxley and NJPW?

Do you think Cena has one more title run in him?

Rob Wilkins

I might be wrong but the last Raw both Triple H and Vince missed was the St. Paul Raw back in August. Now, they miss TLC in Minneapolis. Am I the reason they hate Minnesota? Can you at least check

Rob Wilkins

If the NFL Draft was tomorrow, who would you want your Bengals to draft? Joe Burrows, Chase Young, or someone else

Rob Wilkins

What are the odds of The Revival Re-signing?

Rob Wilkins

Did the refs screw up during TLC Main Event with not checking on Sane.

Rob Wilkins

When a talent is released and they have the 90 Day waiting period, when can they negotiate with other companies?

Rob Wilkins

If someone asked this already I apologize, I did not read all the questions. Sin Cara/90 Day did he have authorization to appear at AAA? does WWE still own the Sin Cara name?

Rob Wilkins

Have you checked out Seamus’s you tube channel. WOW

Aidan O'Connell

Should WWE have kept Becky 2 Belts going longer or was Money in the Bank the right time to end it?

anakinjmt

Besides the U.S. title what other championship feels the most like it needs a total redesign? I feel like the Cruiserweight Championship needs the strap color changed but I'm hardpressed to think of one needing a from-the-ground-up retooling

anakinjmt

As 2019 comes to a close, what do you think are WWE's biggest successes amd failures of the year?

anakinjmt

With the depth of the NXT women's division, do you think it would be a good idea to move Io over and make the Kabuki Warriors a trio? She can cover for Kairi while she recovers and once Kairi is back in action, they can defend the belts under the Freebird Rule like New Day does.

Max_MacKenzie338

Finally SRS, if a story breaks XMas day or night can you get word out to your Patrons??!

Aidan O'Connell

How much alcohol do you plan on drinking Approx this XMas?

Aidan O'Connell

Any thoughts on Chris Van Vliet. Seems a nice guy, but a slightly “Yes” man

Aidan O'Connell

Mauro Rannallo was very hurt by Corey graves. Mental ill health can make you very sensitive and magnify criticisms 100 fold. Corey says his tweet was part of brand supremacy weekend. I call Bullsh1t. What do you say SRS??

Aidan O'Connell

What year do you think the New Day will break?

Aidan O'Connell

Linda hogans comments on Hulk Hogan and Brutus the Barber always make me think. She’s pure lying on the men having a sexual intimate relationship right??

Aidan O'Connell

What’s the WWE Plan Podcast wise. They launched Corey Graves and quickly after -The New Day. Are they planning to launch quite a few more podcasts?

Aidan O'Connell

What do you think Ring of Honor needs to do to get back to being the fan favorite it was in the mid 2000s and it was with the Elite? Do they maybe need to pull a TNA/Impact and change their name or are they not that bad off yet? Would a change of ownership do it?

anakinjmt

Assuming Matt Hardy does not resign with WWE, where do you feel would be the best fit for him? I'm kind of thinking NWA, as I feel Impact would just want him to do Broken Universe again and I feel like that ship has sailed. AEW doesn't need anymore people on their roster, and ROH has too much turmoil right now that I think Matt would want to stay away from. NWA though could utilize Matt, and them being on YouTube seems to fit with Matt's creativeness in his videos

anakinjmt

Did you listen to the latest episode of New Day's podcast? Towards the end, Xavier accidentally said "Let me in" to which Big E said "Oh are you the Fiend?" and Xavier responded "No, I'm hurt, so I'm clearly not the Fiend" and Kofi said "Oh because he doesn't sell." Just thought it was funny and wanted to pass it along

anakinjmt

You get asked a lot about your favorite wrestling moments but being a content creator yourself, what have been some of your favorite podcasting moments or podcasts as a whole that you’ve done?l

Frankie Aguilera

I won’t ask you to talk shit about any of the boys so I will go ahead and ask, who are some of the universally loved guys or girls backstage?

Frankie Aguilera

Is there any chance of having Anna back on as a guest host?

Frankie Aguilera

Do you know (or suspect) if any select subscribers do so to use you as a source? And do any of the boys subscribe to select without naming names?

Frankie Aguilera

The last couple of TV tapings have been in smaller southern cities like Birmingham, is there any reason WWE doesn’t hold tapings in certain cities out west but will do so in smaller cities Birmingham and Charleston? I’m from El Paso which has almost a million people but we haven’t had a TV taping since 2003.

Frankie Aguilera

Hey, Sean, I completely get your assessment of WWE's use of the brand split when pertaining to Deonna's unofficial Raw Debut, but I'm looking at this from the wrestler's perspective. Chelsea and Deonna have been relegated to mostly the Florida loop for over a year now and finally when WWE/RAW needed them they were ready to go. And who knows, maybe Monday was an audition and her announcement as a NXT superstar was just in case things didn't go well... in my opinion they did. And maybe... just maybe, Chelsea and Deonna are official RAW superstars due to the abysmal state of the women's roster at the moment and Monday and next Monday night is a way Vince get his eyes on them before things become official. I agree that WWE's handling of the roster often tends to be pretty shitty, but in my opinion Monday night was Deonna getting her chance.

Charles Harkins

How do you feel about fellow journalists criticizing each other, whether it's on their shows or on social media? Meltzer put down Ryan Satin when Satin said he liked different things than Meltzer amd Alvarez and it really irritated me. Is it hard to not succumb to typical online negativity with fellow journalists (all for you doing it to random people who decide to act dumb)?

anakinjmt

Once Samoa Joe is cleared to return to the ring, who would you have take up his spot on commentary?

anakinjmt

Do you think Trish Stratus or Lita in their prime would be on the same level as the women today? I used to not think so but I rewatched Survivor Series 2001 and Unforgiven 2006 where Trish won her first and last championship respectively and feel like Trish absolutely would be on their level and Lita as well

anakinjmt

Can we recommend shows for you to cover for Retro Reviews?

anakinjmt

As a follow up to last month's question on the AEW UK TV Deal. Recent figures have shown that the UK ratings are dropping (83k this week v 120k previously) and it seems to be down to ITVs lack of advertising alongside their heavy editing of the show, sometimes cutting half a match or entire promos from the show. Whilst the figures are still higher than the numbers watching RAW and SD in the UK, surely AEW cannot be happy getting complaints week in and week out from fans on Twitter. Tony Khan famously responded following the initial announcement of the TV Deal but there hasn't been a response to the complaints from fans which started after week 1 here in the UK.

What would be your 6 match card using matches only from previous Wrestlemanias, for a Best of Mania Showcase? And what would you have as the main event?

How much say does WWE have on its foreign TV deals. The reason I ask is since it has been announced that BT Sport won the UK Rights, Sky Sports relegated RAW and SD to it's Free to Air channel instead of the channel that hosted it for years without notice.. potentially losing viewers. Can WWE dictate when and on which channel their shows should be shown?

Is AOP just AOP now? I don’t recall them saying Authors of Pain since their return.

Frankie Aguilera

MJF and Jimmy Havoc have been showing up in MLW still, are AEW wrestlers exclusive to AEW? If not, what’s the point of a contract?

Frankie Aguilera

Had zero clue Deonna would be on Raw tonight lol

ItsWildBoy

I have this small feeling Ruby Riot will be the mystery character with Bray and not Liv Morgan. How long until Ruby is cleared to wrestle again?

ItsWildBoy

Do you think wrestling would be a lot better of 50/50 booking never existed. Or is it needed for certain situations?

Zachary Schemmel

Can more details on the new Fightful Select tiers come out. I am just curious as if retro reviews and the other benefits will be available for select subscribers or does everyone get the same thing. Are they are also doing a loyalty reconigiton for those who are longer subscribers.

Zachary Schemmel

Congratulations to your wife. My sisters are both educators and it is a truly admirable profession.

JOSE G FLORES

Kenny Omega is one of, if not the best in ring performers in the world. With that being said, what is his character? That question has stopped me from being a fan of his beyond admiring his wrestling.

JOSE G FLORES

Is WWE currently having the problem of trying to be edgy and coming off trashy? Lana/Rusev storyline for example or the Maria and Mike storyline as well?

JOSE G FLORES

If you could only stop 1 from ever happening again would it be the Del Rio stomp or Fans chanting “What” when a talent is speaking in a foreign language?

Gary Pickron

What is your favorite move that a wrestler has that isn't a finisher or even necessarily a big power move that goes unnoticed. My personal favorite is Buddy Murphys foot stomp.

JOSE G FLORES

If you had to pick two wrestlers from any era(can be mixed) to have a F Dave Meltzer 6 star match to get you into heaven who would you pick?

Arturo Gonzalez III

What is your wrestling nick name?

e d

Hey sean. What are your top 3 all time wrestling promos/segments

e d

What is going on with Marty Scurll? They had him lose clean in ROH on Friday. He shows up at the NWA on Saturday and then on Sunday he's back doing a match in ROH and winning the match for his team. Everything going on with Marty right now is confusing and maybe that's the point. Just wondering what 2020 actually has in store for the Villain?

Matt Black

Do you think fighting for prizes like a 45k ring is a good way to add stakes without a title or hard for fans to care about?

Ben Williams

What additional titles do you predict AEW will add by the end of 2020?

Ben Williams

Why do you think awesome vignettes like big swoles are being shown on AEW dark rather than dynamite?

Ben Williams

When is part 2 of Jimmy's q and a going up?

Ben Williams

Since the HIAC fuckery, how close, or far do you think Bray/ the fiend is to restoring the buzz he had before?

Ben Williams

Is there a logistical reason to the way AEW is picking its locations? They started along the east coast and are very clearly gradually moving west (most recent announcements were ATL and KC). The actual talent flies home after each taping, so that doesn't seem to be the reason. Is it the production side? Trucks and trucks worth of cameras, ring equipment, props, etc have to be slowly driven and stored as the tapings move toward the west? If they wanted to hit the best markets, wouldn't they have hit Los Angeles, somewhere in northern California, Vegas for TV, Phoenix, maybe Portland/Seattle, etc by now?

Jonathan Ma

What's up with The Division podcast? Been a while since there was an episode

anakinjmt

Are you ever going to get your rematch with Melisa or is Jimmy Van pulling a Daniel Bryan and keeping you away from the title?

anakinjmt

Does Frightful have any end of the decade content planned?

Jim McShea

Does creative have nothing for the Iiconics? I find it hard to believe they have nothing for them to do but they basically haven't been on TV since losing the titles

anakinjmt

Should AEW do more to cross promote it's various channels, such BTE on Dynamite?

Jim McShea

Are you excited for Rise of Skywalker?

anakinjmt

Any idea why when they revamped the Network they got rid of the collections like Destruction of the Shield or Match of the Year? Any idea if they'll bring them back?

anakinjmt

Is it difficult when watching a match to not root for someone? You seem to be impartial when reviewing a show which I'd personally find hard to do

anakinjmt

After seeing Katie Forbes on impact recently, do you see a gimmick like hers as more of a relic to how women were in the attitude era, or a more positive expression of female sexuality than the divas of the early 2000s?

Ben Williams

As a fellow rage against the machine fan, what are your favourite tracks?

Ben Williams

What are your favourite meals? How important is nutrition to you, especially when you did MMA stuff?

Ben Williams

Stupidest gimmicks of the few years? Emi sakura, pirate kairi sane and butcher blade and bunny seem hard to beat?!

Ben Williams

If you were in charge of wwe 2k wrestler ratings, what would be the wrestlers male and female you would give the highest score to, and what would the scores be?

Ben Williams

Who's your favorite video game character of all time?

ItsWildBoy

What would be the best way to deubt Deonna Purrazzoa and Chelsea Green on NXT?

ItsWildBoy

In a recent interview (i think Chris Van Fleet), Jericho said he had a meeting with the AEW locker room about tag team matches and adhering to the rules both more strictly and more consistently. In particular, he called out the Lucha Bros for blatantly disregarding the rules for a more lassiez faire lucha fashion. While this certainly shows the value of a strong locker room voice in Jericho, does it not equally raise concerns about AEW's leadership? I cannot help but to think of Jimmy's warning that you should never have active wrestlers as bookers. By all accounts, the Young Bucks are "in charge" of the tag team division, but here, we see that a serious message was NOT delivered by the Bucks, but another (veteran) non-management wrestler. The conflict is obvious: the Bucks are wrestlers too, they also don't adhere to tag rules, and they also don't want to be the ones to have to call out a fellow active wrestler or team.

Jonathan Ma

What is up with Charlotte slapping Kairi after the botched spear? That looked legit.

Josh Savory

The combination of Jeff Hardy (and half of the Revival's) contract status and the TLC debacle with Kairi likely suffering raises a concern to me: Does the WWE contract "structure", which allows WWE to unilaterally "add time" to a contract for missed time due to an injury encourage wrestlers NOT to report injuries? This isn't quite ROH's reported lack of a concussion protocol but I see this as a more subtle but equally concerning danger to wrestlers safety. It is magnified by the current industry landscape where being a free agent sooner is advantageous (see: Marty Scurll, Dragon Lee, etc)

Jonathan Ma

Using any wrestlers from any promotions right now, what matches could be made to make you say "take my money".

Reid Greenspan