SRS Q&A Questions!

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Fightful Select

No more questions about him, please. He's a fraud.

Fightful Select

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Fightful Select

Nearly 150 questions to answer, hope you've cleared your schedule SRS 😂

Ben Williams

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Fightful Select

Have you got any info on talent getting compensated for the Saudi situation with talks of hotels being needed etc and subsequently will those filling the void for smackdown get a bump? if the rumour of the situation being down to an argument over payment how long do you think it will take wwe to see the logistics and future disruption being worth the money?

Chris Sully

With as much of a micromanager as Vince McMahon apparently is, how does he not realize how bad Kevin Dunn is at his job? Accepting the shaky camera style I could see being simply a matter of having a terrible opinion, but how can he justify the number of missed spots on any given episode of WWE TV?

Michael Adams

Since Vince McMahon has always wanted a “Mighty Mouse” character, and Chad Gable is apparently being put into that position with the “Shorty G” character, do you think this makes it possible that Vince plans to make “Shorty G” the world champ one day? Or do you think the “Shorty G” moniker automatically signals the character will just be used for comedy rather than a serious contender?

Michael Adams

Many fans would like to see what WWE would look like without Vince McMahon in charge. But what negatives do you think there would be to a WWE without him running the company? Perhaps this is a better question for a Jimmy Van Q&A since he is a captain of industry and noted insider trader.

Michael Adams

Is Mustafa Ali’s entrance theme really just a rejected Blue Chew advertising jingle?

Michael Adams

I missed getting this question in before Halloween, but what was/is your favorite Halloween costume you’ve worn and your least favorite/most embarrassing? My least favorite in hindsight is when I went as Hulk Hogan (it was the 80’s—I didn’t know what an embarrassment he’d become) complete with yellow painted hair.

Michael Adams

Elias was tagged in Randy Orton’s cryptic Twitter/Instagram post teasing leaving for AEW. Do you know why he was included? Is he another of the performers who are unhappy in WWE? I don't see his contract status on Fightful's contract expiration page.

Michael Adams

Compared to now, I personally liked Rhea Ripley’s original white meat babyface presentation. Do you have any insight into her character change?

Frankie Aguilera

Who is currently the longest tenured NXT superstar? I feel like Wesley Blake has been in NXT for forever now.

Eric Esposito

Was it strange seeing Wrestlemania 22 in such a small venue (17,000) and is it the smallest arena to host a WM?

Charles Harkins

Is there a chance of a Io vs Charlotte vs Sasha at Survivor Series and if that wasn't the case and you had put Io against one of them, who would it be?

Charles Harkins

What is your take on Adam Cole's week: main eventing Raw and Smackdown with his title on the line against two of the top guys in the company?

Charles Harkins

Do you know who let the dogs out?

anakinjmt

Do you think one of the reasons Jamie Hayter and Bea Priestly ended up in AEW stems from WWE unwillingness to be flexible with their Stardom schedule given that their the only full-time gaijins (Americans) working there?

Charles Harkins

Do you find it weird that Raw and Smackdown don't have a GM or authority figure of any kind but NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live all have a GM?

anakinjmt

Do you think Alexa Bliss could work as an actual babyface? She's such a great heel but her actual personality is so warm and friendly that I wonder if it could work

anakinjmt

Any idea on who the next WWE 365 will be on? I've really enjoyed all of them so far

anakinjmt

How long before ROH becomes a headache not worth keeping for Sinclair ?

Thomas Middaugh

Mania Takeover what are your top matches for the event?

Thomas Middaugh

What do you think is the biggest booking weakness in AEW is right now?

Thomas Middaugh

You going to start buying license NCAA apparel once the new rule goes into effect?

Thomas Middaugh

Who do you want the Reds to sign this winter realistically?

Thomas Middaugh

Are there any common mistakes you are seeing in AEW right now that they should stop.

Zachary Schemmel

How do you feel Sour Graps is doing? I think it is a great service for select.

Zachary Schemmel

Any new things coming to Select soon?

Zachary Schemmel

Getting near the holidays and WrestleMania 2020 season is coming soon. What would be you're top 4 Mania matches with what's going on right now?

Christian Otero

I recently discovered Sketchers slip-ons so I’m close. - JV

Fightful Select

How hard is it to establish when the information you seek out for reporting is true, or worth revealing? It seems like one of the more difficult things you have to deal with is people thinking wrestling journalists are all making shit up on the spot, and sometimes it seems like you get fed bad info which feeds into that notion.

ES

Should Paige go into the Hall of Fame next year?

ItsWildBoy

Any insight into whether Brock’s move to Raw is permanent?

Fahad Ahsan

Do you think we will ever get a Vince-approved honest biopic/documentary or an autobiography? Would his be the one in wrestling you’d most like to see?

I was just thinking about how well I feel like Adam Page would work in WWE and how well Sami Zayn would do in All Elite. If you could swap two wrestlers between the two companies who would they be and why?

what's up with Ivelisse these days, why hasn't she stuck with anyone since leaving lucha underground

e d

I checked out Impact's debut on AXS. The one thing that I noticed was many references to wrestlers in other companies (RVD saying he inspired the Young Bucks and Daniel Bryan, Ace Austin wearing an Austin 3:16 shirt, etc.). After a while, it felt like they were relying on guys outside of their company more than they were relying on guys inside the company. Doesn't it make more sense to use your debut to showcase who you have, rather than point out who you don't have?

@RassleStats

What do you think is next for Kofi? Does he win the Rumble to get his rematch for the WWE title since Brock is on Raw now?

ItsWildBoy

Why hasn't Mercedes Martinez signed anywhere yet?

Josh Savory

Asking this bc of the Diaz comments on Saturday night .. who would win in a shoot fight The Rock or Nate Diaz? Also would Masvidal really destroy Conner McGregor?

Edgar M.

Any idea why Lance Storm is closing his school and going to WWE as a producer? Seems like he really loved what he was doing

anakinjmt

Do you think AEW needs to hire more refs? Seems like Aubrey Edwards always does at least 2 or 3 matches a night on Dynamite

anakinjmt

Do you have any replica title belts?

anakinjmt

Coke or Pepsi?

anakinjmt

What would you say are the best matches of the year so far from WWE, AEW, NXT, and Impact? What about the worst?

anakinjmt

Is the WWE on FOX Twitter account run by WWE or FOX?

anakinjmt

Entire Fightful staff is put in an arm wrestling tournament. Who comes away the champion and who's the dark horse?

anakinjmt

Does Rey go over Brock at SS

Lonny Barker

Who do you see beating Jericho for the title?

anakinjmt

Watching SD last week made me love wrestling again, that was the first broadcast I actually watched a second time in more then 20 years... Does Vince spike this, or let HHH book this storyline through SS?

Lonny Barker

Ronda Rousey promotes Total Divas pretty well on her Twitter. Any update on when she might appear back on regular WWE TV?

anakinjmt

How far off do you think Fightful Select is from leaving Patreon and being completely on Fightful.com?

anakinjmt

In your opinion, which band is better: Queen or The Who?

anakinjmt

Curious as to why talent such as Rollins and Lio Rush have been willing to go on the record with you when Vince is notorious for hating talent talking to "dirtsheets" (which Fightful definitely is not but I doubt Vince would see it that way). Is Fightful/you seen in a more positice light than the Observer or PWInsider and the like?

anakinjmt

Who in AEW management can tell Brandi that a bad version of Rosemary’s gimmick isn’t going to help the womens division

Jonathan Ma

casy michaels and dave meltzer blew stories in the same week. Seth rollins revealed as Fightful source. Y2J is MAGA. Hell of a week in wrestling, huh?

Jonathan Ma

Have you caught the ending “promo” at NJPW Power Struggle between Okada, Naito, Ibushi, and White? You would think a mini tournament with these four elite dudes would be hot fire but they managed to kill the vibe entirely How are you feeling about the “Double Belt Dash” theyve setup for two nights at the dome?

Jonathan Ma

Apart from some tweets he put out, is the Seth Rollins backlash mostly due to booking?

JOSE G FLORES

How close is JV to rocking some velcro shoes?

JOSE G FLORES

I know your hatred for San Antonio runs deep, but what are your feeling on Houston?

JOSE G FLORES

How active/influential has Bruce Prichard been on Smackdown relative to Bischoff during his tenure?

Who was the agent/producer for the two Fiend/Rollins matches at Crown Jewel and HIAC?

Biggie or Tupac?

JOSE G FLORES

Do you think its too early to do this whole brand supremacy angle between raw, smackdown and nxt? Why should ricochet wanna beat up roman reigns when they just teamed together? Same goes for reigns and corbin banding together for the pride of smackdown? The idea of brand warfare just seems lazy to me.

Nate Cummings

Why do think you have such a good rapport with wwe wrestlers? Ive seen far more current roster members go on the record with you than ive seen on other sites? Very happy that you've been able to accomplish this given wwe's view of wrestling media.

Nate Cummings

Any truth to the rumour that you turned down a WWE backstage role because you were way too tall to stand next to anyone else and that's why Ryan Satin got the job?

Graham Williams

With the recent NXT appearances on RAW and Smackdown, might we finally get the dream combo of Stokely and AOP? Hey I can hope.

Graham Williams

Will Braun having to go through the Tyson Fury nightmare place him in good stead with Vince for the future? He's gotten close to the title a few times but they never pull the trigger on him.

Graham Williams

Do you think Tessa will win the Impact world title from Sami? Also, any clue as to why Cage won at BFG only to lose at the next show? Did that diminish Sami's win?

Graham Williams

With Survivor Series and War Games coming up, any chance we see a WarGames match on Survivor Series?

Schayne Hass

Hey Sean, with WWE recently trying to purchase Stardom, is there any chance they maybe interested in doing a weekly all women's show?

Schayne Hass

JFC

Fightful Select

How much of an impact do you think the KSA fiasco will have on potential future signings?

Donnie K

Do you want Beefcake to put you in the sleeper before he cuts your hair? - JV

Fightful Select

Did WWE really book talent to work in fucking KSA on Thursday and Smackdown in Buffalo on the very next Friday and think that was ok? Even without Vince’s dick measuring contest with KSA, how can any talent think its a good idea to work that schedule? And are those same folks being sent to Europe to work a no days off tour? How can any talent be ok with this? We want talent to succeed but in 2019, wwe’s terrible working conditiond at well documented and its harder to feel bad for anyone that signs up for it

Jonathan Ma

Are you ready for a Lance Archer US title reign to carry the NJPW america brand to the top?

Jonathan Ma

I have a pretty negative of Satin now that it has been officially confirmed to be part of FS1’s WWE Backstage. For what seems like months he has both subtly and not subtly defended or advertised for WWE products while purporting to be a objective journalist. Surely he has violated some ethical rules of journalism at best, been a total sellout Barrasso level bootlicker at worst, right? How would you handle such a situation? Are you a secret stardom plant?

Jonathan Ma

Fandango and Breeze.. the future looks worrying, agree??

Aidan O'Connell

What does the future hold for Drake Maverick?

Aidan O'Connell

Will 205 be retired shortly?

Aidan O'Connell

Genuinely think Big E is gross SRS??!!

Aidan O'Connell

Why do you put on that “stupid” voice when you pretend to be a fan at times.. These are your followers, subscribers, patrons.. Should you not have more respect?

Aidan O'Connell

Do we know is Jeff Hardy still on the drink SRS??

Aidan O'Connell

The Fightful Pinterest. Traction? Very few visitors? Can you promote it more..

Aidan O'Connell

How the heck is Flair allowed back on WWE TV with his lawsuit on “The Man”

Aidan O'Connell

Was Ric Flair drunk on that carcrash RAW.

Aidan O'Connell

Mansour.. I mean this is a bit of a joke. He will win everything in Saudi Arabia.. Cesaro was 100% going to lose. Any plans for this guy??

Aidan O'Connell

I hope that doesn’t happen. Completely inferior podcast, as well as very greedy with their Patreon and super chats. Bad fit

Aidan O'Connell

I’d leave Fightful if it went to Twitch. Many would

Aidan O'Connell

think Sinclair is interested in selling ROH?

Rob Wilkins

Where you a big fan of Karl-Anthony Towns when he was at Kentucky/

Rob Wilkins

I am still learning a lot about MMA, why was the last Jake Hager fight not ruled a DQ instead of No-Contest?

Rob Wilkins

What was the first wrestling news story that you "broke"

Rob Wilkins

I know Ryan Satin is heading to WWE Backstage, have you had any Shows or Networks reach out to you at all? Whether it was to cover wrestling or MMA?

Rob Wilkins

Are you looking forward to seeing Jeremy Lambert this coming weekend?

Rob Wilkins

When Fightful has multiple events to cover and they all are happening at the same time. What is the process for yourself? Do you have multiple screens going? If so, how many

Rob Wilkins

When their is a group of 4 or more wrestlers in the ring lets say after a victory and the hard cam slowly pans across them individually, does that have a certain name backstage?

ItsWildBoy

Why are so many people expect USA/WWE to press the panic button after only 5 weeks in the "Wednesday Wars"? Didn't they lost 83 weeks in a row in the 1st "war". Has business really changed so much?

baiovarii

Alot of people use the the Michinoku driver. Is Taka worthy of a WWE hall of fame induction?

ItsWildBoy

What's your music jam when you go to the gym?

anakinjmt

Do you find it funny that you hate kids but you're married to a schoolteacher?

anakinjmt

Why do people take Twitter so seriously?

ItsWildBoy

When the New Day eventually get inductes into the Hall of Fame, who do you think should induct them? Should Kofi go in separately as well as with the group?

anakinjmt

You mentioned you were made an offer to join wrestletalk. What would your role have been, on screen with Ollie and Luke or a news writer?

ItsWildBoy

Who's looking good for the Super Bowl this year?

anakinjmt

Am I the only one that thinks it's weird the blue brand now has the red belt? Should the Fiend introduce a blue version or should they do something else?

anakinjmt

Have you heard about what's been going on with Deadspin? As a journalist what's your take on the whole situation? If you haven't heard, brief summary. Deadspin was told by owner to stick to sports articles even though their non sports articles were generating the most traffic. Editor In Chief ignored it and was fired. Entire staff resigned and when a freelancer posted an article, he was pressured to take it down and no longer submit stories. In addition, Deadspin amd other sites owned by the same company posted articles giving links for readers to send their thoughts on the new intrusive ads on the sites directly to the owners. Every post was removed but not by the editorial team or management team for each site, implying it was the owners themselves that did it

anakinjmt

Britt Baker said on Twitter that Adam Cole was still wrestling with a fractured wrist. What determines whether an injury requires you to be immediately pulled from the road (in the case of Xavier Woods) or whether you cam work through it?

anakinjmt

In your time as managing editor have you discovered if Lucky Charms is truly magically delicious?

ItsWildBoy

2 part question: Would you be shocked if The Rivival resigned with WWE? If they do leave would they change their name to The Departure?

ItsWildBoy

What does AEW need to do to up their game with entrance music? Apart from Jericho's none of them stand out to me

anakinjmt

Lance Storm said on Twitter when his wrestling academy closes he's joining WWE as a producer? Is this a good fit? Who are your favorite graduates from his school?

anakinjmt

What's your favorite WrestleMania set design and your favorite non-WrestleMania set design, from any era and promotion?

anakinjmt

Several wrestlers have had their entrance themes played live over the last 20 years. What are your favorites? I love Nakamura's from WrestleMania 34 and Randy Orton's from WM 30

anakinjmt

Any idea on why Smackdown is the only show with a 2 man announce booth? Raw, NXT, NXT UK and 205 Live all have 3 man booths

anakinjmt

Do you see NXT being a regular part of PPVs after Survivor Series? If so does that diminish the appeal of Takeovers and do they eventually go away?

anakinjmt

Assumimg Batista does go in the Hall of Fame next year, who would you like to see induct him? In my mind it has to be either John Cena or another member of Evolution

anakinjmt

Who seems likely to be in the 2020 WWE Hall of Fame? Batista seems like a shoo-in for the headliner but what about the rest of the class?

anakinjmt

Hey Sean, I live next to the Bristol motor speedway in Bristol tn and was wondering do you ever see one of the top wrestling promotions be it wwe, aew, njpw having an event at the track. Originally it was used for just nascar but as of late they have been having college football games there, example vols vs va tech. With local talent like Ricky Morton and Chase Owens working for the aforementioned promotions would like to think it would be at least looked at. Just wanted to know you're thoughts, thanks

Have you guys considered making a fightful twitch channel and creating content on that platform? I must say that I feel like twitch has a much better live stream chat experience all though the vod system is a bit lacking.. Could always upload your twitch channel content to YouTube for archiving while opening new streams of revenue through twitch subs and donations system.

e d

Hi Sean. Now that nxt is no longer considered to be a developmental brands, what is their long term plans for developing talent and grooming them for the main roster.

e d

I am interested to hear your take on Jessie Jones from WOW, and Ricky Starks. Both seem to be really good talkers, and both seem pretty unknown. What do you think about their possible futures?

Reid Greenspan

Is it true that the first ever match between Natalie and Lacey Evans cause a lot of sh1t with some of the powers that be in the background SRS??

Aidan O'Connell

I think I missed the Peter Rosenberg thing. Was he sacked by the WWE. He’s negative on his podcast and hints at sh1t with the WWE, little digs, big increase in his negativity on the show, very noticeable..

Aidan O'Connell

Brad Shepard has relayed the Saudi situation differently to you, is he making up stories. I believe he is..

Aidan O'Connell

You told me you only listen to the 5 Podcasts from Conrad.. I trust you’re listening to Corey Graves new show. It’s not bad, but he is influenced in what he can say, despite protesting to the contrary??

Aidan O'Connell

Fair to say. the curb stomp is tainted after the Hell in the Cell show??

Aidan O'Connell

I’m not a fan of NXT and find the invasions annoying. What % of fans would you estimate are RAW and SD fans, but not the NXT brand..

Aidan O'Connell

What’s the latest on missing EC3...

Aidan O'Connell

Sour Graps is better then anything on your channel. Do you listen to it? What’s your favourite episode SRS??

Aidan O'Connell

Is it true you don’t run your own Twitter account?

Aidan O'Connell

Would you create a a Fightful Discord Community??

Aidan O'Connell

Hey Sean, considering that WWE isn’t releasing any talent and they need to keep NXT strong on Wednesdays do they have any long term plans for how talent will be called up to Raw or Smackdown. It just seems like despite having 8 hours of TV to fill each week they still somehow have too much talent to use them all effectively.

Hey Sean. Now that nxt is considered part of the main roster, will this reflect their pay scale to be on par with the other bands. If not, how night this effect the wrestlers attitudes to staying with nxt vs the other 2 brands?

e d

What do you see the top billed Mania matches being this year? I'm sure WWE doesn't even have a clue but would like to hear how you would book it.

By allowing a wrestler to quit one brand and move to the other, do you think they have just created a wildcard situation where the brand split has been tainted. Could they have not used the Bliss/Cross future considerations draft to justify it?

Ben Williams

Do you think Brock moving to Raw was planned before the draft as surely Fox would be pissed at losing him?

Ben Williams

Is Seth Rollins damaging his backstage rep but towing the company line as hard as he does?

Josh Savory

What was the backstage feedback about WWE's quarterly earnings report?

Ben Williams

Did anyone backstage at WWE seem concerned about the 880k FS1 rating, and would those concerns have been calmed by the bounce back in viewers last week?

Ben Williams

I just watched the "back in the day" video of you from 2010. I know you said you used to have an accent but I was amazed how different you sounded! By 2013 I could barely notice it though, how and why did you lose it so quickly?!

Ben Williams

I remember you saying you had one particularly bad job a few years back (was it what culture? I can't remember) What were the things that made it problematic?

Ben Williams

Do you think SCU was the right choice for first tag champs? How would you have booked the tournament?

Ben Williams

Do you think the events in Saudi Arabia will cause many more wrestlers to not resign?

Ben Williams

How many wrestlers do you think will skip the next saudi show now?

Ben Williams

What can you tell us about the new Saudi deal, and do you think it being announced now was effected by events of the last few days?

Ben Williams

Do you think Riddle not having his hair braided, wearing a mouth guard, MMA gloves, etc. limits his potential to impress Vince? I ask because I imagine Vince is limited in his scope as to what MMA fighters look like.

Graham Williams

Hi Sean, firstly thanks to both you and Jimmy for discussing my wife Kerrys question about WWE UK ratings on the list and ya boy. Was really cool to see! Based on that discussion, do you think WWE are less bothered about the UK now and are more concerned about tapping into the asian markets? It sure feels like it!

Ben Williams

I’m not sure if this has been asked, but do you think in next six months that a trios title is going to happen in AEW? Jurassic Express, SCU, Inner Circle, The Family, Best Friends with Orange sounds like a good start.