SRS Q&A Questions

What is WWE's substance abuse policy? I ask because I'm curious how many DUIs a wrestler can get before they start to pull back tv presence. Jeff Hardy and the Uso's are a big pull, but does WWE get push back from sponsors about these kinds of arrests?

Ok, don't laugh... Why is contract tampering not a big deal in wrestling.

Rob Wilkins

Any truth to the rumor that Moxley has a one year out clause? Rajah reported this about 3 1/2 weeks ago.

Rob Wilkins

Have you heard any news regarding Stokely Hathaway and Robbie E making any impressions in NXT as managers?

Graham Williams

Any news regarding the 2k20 game?

Whats the plan with Bray? Any long term plans for him maybe pitentual WM feuds on feuds further down the line?

Simon Willis

Have yoy heard anything about NXT and 205 live merging to form a wedneday show up against AEW? With someone like Daniel Bryan at the top of that Brand? Do you think that would be a good move by WWE ti combat AEW tv show?

Simon Willis

Are the recent WWE writer releases a direct result of Heyman and Bischoff starting their roles or do you think they would have occurred regardless given how many changes their have been in the last 12 months?

Graham Williams

Do you foresee Drake Maverick becoming active in 205 Live and with the 24/7 title signalling an end to his authority role and him transitioning to just an active performer? What do you think of the odd split between serious 205 live role and comedic 24/7 role?

Graham Williams

Who would you book to win the royal rumble? (Men’s and women’s)

I'm begging for EC3 to get a better onscreen role under either Bischoff or Heyman: given their past work, who do you think would handle his character better?

Graham Williams

Have you watched Anna Bauert's work in Australia with the Russian gimmick? You already know it but she's brilliant :)

Graham Williams

Have other writers from well known sites asked you about working for Fightful? I ask because you talk about Fightful giving writers a meaningful wage for the work they do and was wondering if people have tried to switch to your site.

Graham Williams

Is there any chance of Fightful alumni Elias Theodorou ever taking up Pro wrestling - do you think he would be successful if he tried it?

Graham Williams

Do you think we will ever see RVD and Riddle meet on WWE programming? And if so will it be like crossing the streams in Ghostbusters?

Graham Williams

This might be one for List and Ya Boy but what do you think of Jordynne Grace trying to separate her professional name from her real name and the subsequent backlash? Should the era of wrestlers being expected to play their characters outside of the ring and on social media become a thing of the past?

Graham Williams

10. A little self promotion for you as I conclude my 10Qs What promotions do you work for? What’s your finishing move? Finally!!! Could you take Heath Slater?!

Aidan O'Connell

9 Why Is David Otunga in the Then, Now, Forever Video? I mean he’s not in that league.. Agree?!

Aidan O'Connell

Sticking with NXT UK, if you could draft 3 roster members (male or female) to RAW, Smackdown and 205 Live, who would you pick?

Graham Williams

8 The 24/7 is exceptional. However, quality of champs. Candice Michelle?? 15 champs in 2 months. Is it changing hands a little too much? Can they at least changing the group of wrestlers who run after the champ ring side and up the back? No way Jose etc!!

Aidan O'Connell

NXT had a lot of fan fare when it was first introduced but it seems to have gone off the boil in terms of popularity from what I see on social media: will further performance centres in other countries and more NXT brands suffer the same fate?

Graham Williams

You've mentioned about interviewing on the road more - are WWE still as restrictive with who they let interview their performers or are they becoming more relaxed?

Graham Williams

7 SRS. What now for Jeff Hardy and Jimmy Uso. I mean forget Vince’s responses about personal responsibility. Jeff needs alcohol addiction therapy and I’d suspend Jimmy. I know people killed by drunk drivers. It’s serious sh1t with Jimmy. Get an Uber FFS

Aidan O'Connell

6 Apologies SRS, if I asked this before. I think I suggested this. FB Group for Fightful fans to chat and interact. A lot of podcasts have one.. Come on man

Aidan O'Connell

5. I was receiving some excellent customer service recently and the person messaging me was super. I asked how can we get Melissa back on the show and they suggested a petition. How many signatures would you need??!!!

Aidan O'Connell

4. Glenn Moore.. Jerry Lawlers ex Podcast host what a low life.. scammed the Kings fans. My question is what more do you know. I mean he was using the shows Twitter to fraudulently pretend to sell artwork. Some of the screenshots show him desperate for 20 bucks. He’s ruined his career and an 8 year friendship. Now we find out he’s a criminal record WTF SRS

Aidan O'Connell

3. Jimmy Vans Book is awesome. He’s pretty modest, I mean he was creating websites and Head first into the industry at a young age. I assume you read it?! Favorite parts?!! I liked it when more and more stars came into JVs life at such a young age..Sensational Sherry, Bushwackers, The Iron Sheik and George the Animal Steele.. My q-would you write a 📖 book Sean

Aidan O'Connell

2. Longform. I wanted to tell you SRS , Muhammad Hassan was exceptional. I learnt so much. My favorite of your series, but they are all good. Any Longform over the next month? I appreciate they take time!

Aidan O'Connell

Jeez Sean, You put the questions up during the night Irish time really early in the week and there’s 45 before me! I have my TEN in. Short answers cool!! 1 My first question, can you come up with a same day each week and neutral time zone for opening Q and A thread!!!!!!!

Aidan O'Connell

What is something about your job most readers don't know that you wish they did?

The Mighty ducks, Sandlot, or Little Giants? Which was the better of the 3

ItsWildBoy

Also are you doing a fightful select fantasy football league again this season?

Any word on if Finn will joint the OC when he comes back from his hiatus? I believe the storyline is there for him to. Also I think eventually a big money storyline with the Undisputed Era/OC would be great in the future

Out of all the talent that isn’t being used right now which two talents do you think would make a good tag team if put together?

Are you bought into to AEW’s presentation of Shawn Spears, with Tully, as a top heel going forward? Surely this push is to make him more than a one time cody opponent

Jonathan Ma

What type of music motivates you to work as hard as you do?

ItsWildBoy

Vince took a lot of heat at the last few shareholders meeting , any chance of the board making him step down? Also long those lines, George Barrios and Michelle Wilson are more Behind the Scenes type people... What could you see happen when Vince does finally step down as CEO

Lonny Barker

Dont think ive heard this anywhere else but Lanza, a college hoop head, doesnt buy NXT on FS1 on Weds nights to counter AEW bc there is big east basketball that eats that timeslot. Would Fox prioritize ncaa over wwe? And if so, does wwe have any option other than putting nxt in some form on the free tier on weds?

Jonathan Ma

I can see Kofi losing at SS, then have KO chase the title till winning it at Survivor Series, what are your thoughts.

Lonny Barker

Can we get a Jimmy Van - Brandon Thurston podcast, maybe quarterly around the wwe investor drop?

Jonathan Ma

Have you heard any backstage news about the Samoan Summit with Roman and Joe... He beat his clean last week, but with them doing something with them again this week, it makes me wonder if Heyman now sees a long-term storyline that can last till WM next year. We have seen a lot of stop-start storylines, so I think it's possible

Lonny Barker

What is your excitement level over Cody feuding with CM Punk over contract offer transmission etiquette? Should they settle this in a Wall Street Fight?

Jonathan Ma

Do you have any inside information on WWE 2k20?

ItsWildBoy

Many fans... Me most of all.... Are tired of seeing Brock with the strap, do you see Seth beating him at SS, or WWE waiting till September to have him drop it.

Lonny Barker

Lanza traced Ospreay’s singles match history back to the start of the year and came out with something like 18 straight four star singles matches in a row starting from his match against Fale in the NJ cup to Fale in g1, spanning the nj cup, BOSJ, G1, mania weekend, and smaller njpw shows. Has anyone in any promotion ever done anything like that in recent memory, considering quantity and quality? Here’s a fightful twist; how bout in MMA - whats the best individual year anyones ever had? Jon jones 2011 (bader, rua, rampage, machinda)? Shogun 2005 (rampage, big nog, arona, overeem)?

Jonathan Ma

Bishoff is only 6 days into his new spot... How long do you think it will be till we can really see his fingerprints effecting SD Live

Lonny Barker

With Heyman and Bishoff in these newly created positions, and both able to help green talent cut legendary promos... And the constant heat coming from shareholders... Is the days of the scripted promos over?

Lonny Barker

With Tenille Dashwood returning to wrestling this weekend, do you see her signing with a major company soon? What company do you think would be the best fit for Tenille right now?

Patrick S

NJPW has an australian dojo (produced Henare, jay white), LA dojo (multiple studs on deck) and their infamois tokyo dojo. For all the talk of HHH tryna put Nxt/PC’s everywhere....should we be talking about how NJPW has a pretty good pipeline forming too?

Jonathan Ma

The internet is dying to see Moxley bring Umino back to Vegas to meet Renee. Could WWE really stop her from doing some social media stuff with them? Seems like a gold mine of comedy AT MINIMUM, they gotta sneak Mox/shota on BTE

Jonathan Ma

What should we expect from the Noah/MLW partnership? The ...shall we say, flimsy, nature of MLW’s contracts gives me pause

Jonathan Ma

As Moxley works all these high level matches in NJPW and AEW across a variety of wrestler types, how have WWE roster members reacted? He has gotten to open shows, work undercard tags, and main event shows with free reign to cut promos. Surely some cant wait to try that outside of wwe

Jonathan Ma

Side request: any chance NJPW makes the available for interviews? I would LOVE to hear them talk about the journey coming up from the LA dojo thru the experience of finally making it on true japan shows on tour

Jonathan Ma

Not sure how far you’ve made it in the G1 but i’m so happy that Karl Fredericks/Clark Connors got to work the tour. They both looked great in Rev Pro Mania weekend and on the prior US tours. What do you think of them so far?

Jonathan Ma

Should we be concerned that AEW is running weekly house shows on Saturdays? With wed night TV, it seems like talent will be traveling to and from home/venues more than half the week. They heavily emphasized a better quality of life for wrestlers but flying out Weds night, home thurs, then out again Sat/sun seems rough. Do they have a big enough roster so they can bench/rest people to stagger the house show crew?

Jonathan Ma

With more Smackville type events on the horizen, do you see WWE using them to slightly advance stories (very slightly)? This would let them sell the Network as a place with "important" content to current stories.

Jeffrey Elliott

I am excited to answer this

Fightful Select

Was Mentos really the fresh maker?

ItsWildBoy

Who do you think is back on WWE TV first Rusev or Sasha?

ItsWildBoy

Who is one WWE star you’d like to see in New Japan and one New Japan star you’d like to see in WWE?

Sydney Wilson

Do you think you are famous? I believe you are

ItsWildBoy

Early predictions for 2020 Royal Rumble winners?

Big V Wit Da Big D

How long do you think that Brock Lesnar’s title reign will last?

Big V Wit Da Big D

Who is your all time favorite Power Ranger?

ItsWildBoy

Does AEW need CM Punk?

ItsWildBoy

If CM Punk were to join AEW is All Out the best/only opportunity for it to happen?

ItsWildBoy

Who do you think will be the one to beat Adam Cole for the NXT Championship?

Big V Wit Da Big D

What has been your favorite match so far this year?

Big V Wit Da Big D

I know there’s already a brand split but the wild card rule muddied it up, do you believe there will be another draft before SmackDown moves to FOX?

Big V Wit Da Big D

What are some of your favorite themes from Jim Johnston and CFO$, and anything particular about their styles you like for themes?

You probably get this a lot but any update on Sasha Banks?

Corey webster

Will Jon Moxley still be apart of NJPW when AEW starts television?

Big V Wit Da Big D

Again -- ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS YOU WANT!!

Fightful Select