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What's New On Fightful Select This Week? 4/20: Podcasts, Early Access, Extended Scenes, More!

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It's week two of our Fightful Select service, and we'll be giving you weekly rundowns of the new content you can find across several tiers of the subscription based service! SRS Q&A Podcast: Our Bi-weekly Q&A show was posted last week, with Sean Ross Sapp answering any and all of your questions! For a full list of questions check out our post! Dark Match Commentary- This week's match is Vic Grimes vs. Crash Holly, in what was SRS's favorite to call thus far! Members Only Podcast- The return of Sean Ross Sapp's Members Only Podcast, featuring his guest Nigel! SRS and Nigel talk Nigel's work with Jimmy Van, music, and more! Scripts!- We have last week's Raw script posted for free over at Fightful Select, so give it a glance. If you've ever wondered what an NXT run-sheet looks like, that's also posted for subscribers! Stupid News Extended- In an extra scene from our popular List & Ya Boy segment, Jimmy Van and SRS tackled additional storie..

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Kevin Lee Doesn’t Think Gaethje & Poirier Are On Title Fight Level

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Dustin Poirier picked up a fourth round TKO victory over former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje in the main event of UFC On Fox 29. Kevin Lee checked out the main event battle, but feels neither fighter is on that level yet to be challenging for UFC gold. “I seen it,” Lee said on The MMA Hour. “I know Poirier was calling for a title fight and all this but I don’t know, it just seems like those dudes are in a different category. Can you really look at it and say Poirier’s a championship-level fighter? I just don’t see it. He looked good. He did good versus Gaethje, it was an exciting fight, I think he should go out and look for more exciting fights, but it didn’t really seem like a championship-level fight to me to be honest.” Poirier did call for a title shot after the event and UFC President Dana White says he is in the talking for such an opportunity. Lee also questions the mindset that both fighters have fought with over the years. “Both of them, they seem like they’ve..

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Fight Size Update: Mae Young Classic, United Kingdom Tournament, Young Bucks Texting CM Punk

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This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 19th. - In the video above, Pro Wrestling Unlimited discuss the advertisement that may have leaked the Great Khali and Rey Mysterio Jr being in the 50 Man Royal Rumble at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. - IMPACT Wrestling returns to pay-per-view this Sunday, April 22 for Redemption, emanating from the IMPACT Zone in Orlando, Fla. The three-hour event kicks off at 8:00 p.m. ET and will be available globally on cable, satellite and digital pay-per-view, including DISH, DirecTV, iN Demand, Vubiquity, Rogers, Bell, Shaw and the FITE.tv live streaming app for a suggested retail price of $39.95. - Impact Wrestling Redemption will be available exclusively in the U.K. for subscribers of the Global Wrestling Network (GWN) digital multi-platform app. A premium subscription is priced at US$7.99 with a 30-day free trial available for new members. Redemption will premiere exclusively on GWN in the U.K. on Wednesday, April 25 ahead of next..

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Road Warrior Animal Gives His Take On What Wrestlers He Feels WWE Is Holding Back

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Animal is all about 'Rusev Day'. 24 year veteran of the pro wrestling game Road Warrior Animal joined "The Ride With JMV" podcast and spoke on a number of topics concerning the world of professional wrestling and promoted his own 'What A Rush' podcast that he hosts along with Joe Laurinaitis. During a particular portion of the discussion between JMV and Animal; Animal shared his thoughts on the superstars of WWE having the proverbial rug swept from underneath their feet. Road Warrior Animal stated that the WWE does not let a vast majority of their talents even attempt to reach the heights of a Hulk Hogan, or Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, Andre The Giant, and other mega-stars that have edged their place in the history of the company. Animal name-dropped a few current WWE talents who he feels has been held back. "Yeah, they won’t let anybody get that strong anymore as you can probably tell. When someone gets a lot of steam on ‘em they pull the..

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Brie Bella Refutes Story That She "Wants To Kill" John Cena

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John Cena and Nikki Bella's six year relationship was called off earlier this week, leading to rumors that Nikki's sister Brie was upset at Cena about the situation. Neither Cena or Nikki have appeared on WWE programming since the announcement was made, but a People.com report stated that a source told them that "Brie wants to kill him." It didn't take long for Brie to shoot down the rumor. "False! I'd never say this and I'll always love (John Cena) like a brother. He'll always be family. My heart is hurting for he and my sister," said Brie on an Instagram story post. People.com issued a follow up story, and didn't recant their original, but did note Brie's Instagram story and gave a history between the two. You can see an excerpt below. A source previously told PEOPLE that “on one level, Brie wants to kill [John], sure. No one should be allowed to hurt her sister like this.” On Wednesday, Brie, who is married to and has a child with WWE st..

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The Young Bucks Discuss The End Of Being The Elite And Why They Do The Show

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The Young Bucks say they are considering the options regarding Being the Elite. Last week, episode 100 of Being the Elite was uploaded to YouTube with the title "Finale." In an interview with Sporting News, both Matt and Nick Jackson mentioned episode 100 could be the end of the series but did not definitively say if that will be the case. “I think it’s poetic if we did end it at 100 episodes. But everyone else says we shouldn't,” said Nick Jackson. “We’re like, man, 100 episodes, we can end it when it’s the hottest. It almost feels like we should end it,” said Matt Jackson. Even though the Young Bucks are given input on their work in the Bullet Club, they enjoy the one hundred percent control of the Being the Elite show. “It’s also control of your own destiny of your own career. You don’t know how you’re going to be booked in Ring of Honor or New Japan. We have influence, but we don’t have final say. With this show, we’re the writers, the actors and the editors,” said M..

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Daniel Cormier Says Brock Lesnar Bout Would Bring In Big Money

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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier is preparing to challenge UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic for the gold in the main event of UFC 226. DC wouldn’t mind a future fight with current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar because Cormier feels a bout between them would be a big money attraction. “That thing never happens unless I get past Stipe, but just hearing out loud was like, oh my goodness,” Cormier said to MMA Fighting. “Hey, I know that when I fight Jon Jones, I make a lot of money. I know that if I was to ever fight a Brock Lesnar, I’m going to make even more money than I’ve ever made in entire life. And ultimately, championships and money is why we do this. I don’t care for all the other stuff. I want to get paid. I’m almost 40, the door’s about to close on me, so why not ride out into the sunset with a massive payday? Truckloads of money. Back up Brinks truck to Gilroy, California if you fight Brock Lesnar, I’m telling you. He told me last time, right? When tha..

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Smackdown 4/17 Viewership Slightly Down

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The Superstar Shakeup dropped ratings compared to the week after WrestleMania. According to ShowBuzz Daily, Smackdown had an average of 2,796,000 viewers this week which was the second night of the Superstar Shakeup. The ratings have been up and down the last few weeks floating between 2,467,000 and 2,952,000 viewers. Last week's Smackdown was the high of that stretch which was expected on the Smackdown after WrestleMania. Last week's Raw was also higher than this week's Raw to match the pattern of the two weeks following WrestleMania. The WWE did go head-to-head against a NBA Playoff game on Tuesday which performed slightly better than Smackdown in ratings and demographics. WWE beat every show not showing a basketball game on Tuesday night in the rankings. On YouTube, three videos reached over one million viewers in less than twenty-four hours. The short match between Jey Uso and Luke Harper had 1.4 million viewers, Jeff Hardy showing up on Smackdown did 2.4 millio..

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ROH Ring Announcer Says Daniel Bryan Used To Coax Him Into Saying Wacky Things On The Mic

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Ring of Honor announcer Bobby Cruise was recently interviewed by Wrestling Epicenter's Interactive Wrestling Radio. You can see highlights below, and the full interview above. Daniel Bryan coaxing him to say wacky things in ROH: "Yeah, Bryan Danielson used to get in my ear. (laughs) The thing with Danielson was I really never knew what was coming. If he hit me with three lines of things I had to say, it was on the spot. There was no preparation. That was a little scary! But, he was funny. It went from something like, "You tell them that I'm the best wrestler in the world" to something wacky or funny." If Daniel Bryan should return to the ring or not: "Absolutely, if he's cleared. I was thinking about this earlier today, actually. When I first read it online, a pal of mine, Adam Pearce who I love to death, he basically congratulated Bryan. He said, "You can teach wrist locks and head locks but you can't teach passion." He (Daniel Bryan) has it. Pro wrestling and wr..

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Fight Size Update: Unannounced Wrestlers Advertised For Greatest Royal Rumble, Bruce Prichard's WWE Network Show, And More

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This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 18th. - AJ Styles will take on Shinsuke Nakamura at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. Pro Wrestling Unlimited discusses that in the video at the top of this page. - On the WWE Network website, an image advertising the Greatest Royal Rumble features Great Khali, Rey Mysterio Jr, Big Show, and Mark Henry. None of these wrestlers have been officially announced but Big Show has been featured in some video packages. The Image from @WWENetwork with Great Khali and Rey Mysterio Jr. pic.twitter.com/7We0llFXUM — Handsome Pat Fannin (@Patrick_Fannin) April 18, 2018 - WWE released two videos with AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura talking about their match in Saudi Arabia. - WWE wrestlers spoke about Bruno Sammartino on YouTube in the wake of the legend's passing. Some of the interviews were recorded before his passing. - Fightful's flagship podcast The List And Ya Boy covered the legacy of Bruno Sammartino today. - WWE di..

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WWE NXT Live Results 4/18 Lars Sullivan vs Killian Dain in a No Disqualification Match, Ricochet Makes His NXT Debut & More!

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This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episode of WWE NXT. Tonight we have a great show as in our main event Killian Dain and Lars Sullivan go head to head in a No Disqualification Match, Ricochet makes his NXT television debut, Candice LeRae finally gets her hands on Zelina Vega and much more so be sure to come back here at 8 PM EST for an hour showcasing the WWE NXT brand! -Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae come out to the ring and Johnny talks about his unsanctioned match against Tommaso Ciampa at NXT TakeOver New Orleans and that he's happy to be reinstated as a member of the NXT roster before leaving as we go to commercial after a tease for the television debut of Ricochet. Ricochet vs Fabian Aichner Ricochet is in control early, knocking Fabian down repeatedly before Aichner catches him and hits a gutbuster. Aichner hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a series of European uppercuts before Ricochet hits a move off of the top and hits a standing shooting s..

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NXT Live Event Report, April 13-14: Baszler vs. LeRae, Newell Returns To Ring,

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While WWE's main roster had the weekend off following WrestleMania, NXT was still in action, holding two events in the Sunshine State. The April 13 event in Venice was marked by the in-ring return of Nixon Newell, who had not wrestled since an event last April for the DDT promotion in Japan. Newell tore her ACL last year, shortly after reporting to the WWE Performance Center. Several of the recent main roster call-ups were in action on the second night, April 14 in Cocoa, including the Authors of Pain and No Way Jose. Here are all the results. April 13, Venice, FL Ricochet def. Chad Lail. Reina Gonzalez & Vanessa Borne def. Dakota Kai & Steffanie Newell. Christopher Dijak def. Mars Wang. Kassius Ohno def. Brennan Williams. Street Profits def. TM-61. Buddy Murphy defeats Lio Rush. Fabian Aichner def. Jeet Rama. War Raiders def. Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan. Shayna Baszler def. Candice LeRae to retain the NXT Women's Title. April 14, Cocoa, FL Raul Mendoza def. Lio Rush. Ca..

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Mike Jackson Says CM Punk’s Last MMA Fight Will Happen At UFC 225

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A battle of winless professional MMA fighters are set to collide at UFC 225 as Mike Jackson faces former WWE Champion CM Punk. Punk is competing for the second time in the UFC and Jackson predicts their fight is going to be the last for the former wrestler. ”They paid him a half-a-million the last time. They’ll probably pay him another half-a-million this time and that will be it,” Jackson told Flo Combat. “This will be his last fight. I can guarantee that. Cause after I touch him, he ain’t going to want this no more.” Jackson had one other opportunity to fight Punk before, but came up short in ta qualifying fight against Mickey Gall at UFC Fight Night 82. Even though both competitors have yet to win a fight, a confident Jackson still believes he has a huge advantage over Punk. ”I do feel it’s still a mismatch,” Jackson said. “At one point in time, I had no idea who Anderson Silva was. I thought he looked like a good fighter and had an interesting look, but after he smashed on Chr..

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Road Warrior Animal Feels That Today's Wrestlers Are Overly Scripted, And Recalls The First Time He Met Andre The Giant

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Road Warrior Animal gives his take on why today's group of wrestlers have such a hard time getting over. WWE Hall Of Famer and former three-time WWE Tag Team Champion Road Warrior Animal recently joined "The Ride With JMV" podcast to discuss his run in WWE alongside Road Warrior Hawk as 'The Road Warriors'. Throughout their years Animal and Hawk had the opportunity to work with some of the most well-known names in the sport of professional wrestling. One of the names who has been in many of headlines recently because of the documentary that is based on him is "The Eighth Wonder Of The World" Andre The Giant. Animal recalled the time when he, Hawk, and their then-manger Paul Ellering were in Japan and they got their first glance at the mythical-like man that was Andre The Giant. "No, I haven’t got a chance to watch it [The ‘Andre The Giant’ documentary]. You know its funny the first time I met Andre; we were in Tokyo, Japan and we go by that little club that…. There’s ..

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Fight Size Update: Saudi Arabia Tryouts, Goldust Not Retiring, Keith Lee

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This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 17th. - In the video above, Pro Wrestling Unlimited examines the report of a Raw wrestler being backstage at Smackdown when most of the Raw roster has flown to South Africa for a tour. Tonight is the second night of the Superstar Shakeup. - Fightful Select has an image and topic preview for Wednesday's The List and Ya Boy. Check out Fightful Select for all of the premium content from Fightful. - WWE announced a tryout in Saudi Arabia which was discussed in this video with WWE Performance Center coach Matt Bloom. - Goldust shared a message on his Twitter account which had some fans worried about him retiring. He sent this tweet to clarify he is not retiring. Just so none of you are confused,Whenever I decide to hang at the Boots, which is not now, you will be the first to know. There will be no mincing words. — Dustin Rhodes (@Goldust) April 17, 2018 - Last night on Raw, Corey Graves accidently said "Bullet Club" and..

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WWE Smackdown! Live Results 4/17 The Superstar Shakeup Continues!

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This is the Fightful.com live coverage for tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown! Live! Tonight the WWE Superstar Shakeup continues after 20 Superstars switched brands last night on RAW which saw the like a of Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin and Natalya coming over to team red and The Miz being sent to the blue brand. Who will join RAW? Who will be taken from RAW and brought over to Smackdown! Live? Be sure to come back here at 8PM EST to find out these questions and more and don't forget to stick with us after the show for the post show podcast! -We open the show with a recap of Shinsuke Nakamura attacking AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan last week before AJ comes out and talks about what Shinsuke did to him and how he showed his true colors. AJ says that Shinsuke is a con artist and talks about him ruining his match with Daniel Bryan before demanding that Shinsuke come out to the ring. Instead Rusev Day comes out and Aiden says that Shinsuke isn't there tonight. Aiden says that AJ..

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WWE Smackdown Live 4/17/18 Full Show Review | Fightful Wrestling Podcast | Superstar Shakeup

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Fightful.com's Sean Ross Sapp and Jeff Hawkins talk WWE Monday Night Raw for April 16 2018, and the WWE Superstar Shakeup! For additional premium podcasts, the Fightful Weekender podcast, members only podcasts, outtake and behind the scenes footage, retro shows, Q&A shows, dark match commentary, early access to interviews and segments, subscribe to Fightful Select! www.FightfulSelect.com

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WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up': Night Two Roster Changes

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What stars will be joining the blue-brand after an eventful night one of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up'? * Jeff Hardy brings the WWE United States Championship back to SmackDown Live. "The Charismatic Enigma" Jeff Hardy became a multi-time Grand Slam champion in WWE last night on RAW as he defeated Jinder Mahal to become the new WWE United States Champion. Tonight, SmackDown Live got a rush of adrenaline as Jeff Hardy returned to SmackDown for the first-time since competing in a "Loser Leaves WWE" World Heavyweight Championship match against CM Punk in 2009. In a TWIST OF FATE, @JEFFHARDYBRAND has been shaken up to #SDLive, and he’s bringing his #USTitle with him! #SuperstarShakeup pic.twitter.com/vY1tgzQoug — WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018 Hardy's first appearance on the blue-brand in nine years kicked off by interrupting the former WWE United States Champion Randy Orton. Jeff breezed past Orton on his way to the ring to compete against and defeat a game Shelton Benj..

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Exclusive Spoilers For The Smackdown Superstar Shakeup

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Night two of the WWE Superstar Shakeup is upon us, after the Raw brand saw over 20 superstars head to their show. Fightful.com has learned that WWE United States Champion Jeff Hardy will debut for the Smackdown Live brand in a non-title match with Shelton Benjamin. Former NXT Women's Champion Asuka will appear via graphic tonight, as will Big Cass as joining Smackdown. The duo of Absolution's Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville have traded spots with the Riott Squadd, and will now appear on Smackdown Live. The GM of Smackdown Live is Paige, who was the leader of the group before her career-ending injury and subsequent retirement from the ring. In one of the bigger switches of the Superstar Shakeup, Samoa Joe will debut for Smackdown in a match with Sin Cara. Joe has only appeared on Raw since his promotion to the WWE main roster last year, and is currently embroiled in a feud with Roman Reigns. The Smackdown Live tag team division is getting a shot in the arm, as NXT's Sa..