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DEBUNKATHON and news update (Patreon)
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Welcome to the Fightful DEBUNKATHON. SRS is on the road this weekend, so this one is a Saturday special instead of Friday. Here are some of the news updates
Trish Stratus
Chelsea Green
NXT producer
Smackdown/Olympics
WWE Unreal
Saraya
Sol Ruca
Kali Armstrong
Tommaso Ciampa
EVIL
Regarding TNA Feast or Fired, Daivari once told me Cody Deaner was supposed to get the pink slip in 2009, and Daivairi was like "give it to me if you're making budget choices" because he wanted to go to ROH anyway. They agreed. Daivairi got the pink slip, TNA fired Deaner anyway
Earlier in 2025, Fightful Select reported that Trish Stratus was expected to wrestle more throughout the year. WWE Unreal confirmed that was the plan. She was penciled in for Summerslam.
Fightful reported weeks ago that EVIL was exploring his options outside of NJPW. He's backstage at WWE fairly often.
It was reiterated to Fightful that Hobbs is set to get a new name from WWE. He is definitively signed to the company
Tommaso Ciampa has not been backstage of late and isn't planned to be at additional shows as of now.
Priscilla Kelly was also backstage at AEW Dynamite this week, which as mentioned, many wrestlers were.
Indie wrestler Robert Martyr was originally scheduled for a match ahead of Dynamite, but was replaced by Bishop Dyer aka Baron Corbin.
We are told that Johnny Moss produced the women's main event on NXT this week. He is heavily credited for his work with the NXT women's division.
A number of former WWE wrestlers responded to a post about Chelsea Green helping releases get promoter info saying that she also helped them.
USA Network has Olympic coverage listed on the evenings of Friday, February 13 & Friday, February 20. We aren't sure where Smackdown will air those nights.
For some reason, WWE Unreal went with an irresponsible aggregation of our report regarding Seth Rollins and his "injury" in July 2025. We reported it was being treated as legitimate backstage, and the immediate reaction backstage was that it was real, which was confirmed on the show. We never reported that the "injury was confirmed" as the aggregated tweet highlighted.
For those hoping for a Saraya appearance at Royal Rumble or beyond, she's still taking convention dates as of now, and has a number planned.
We had several readers ask why "Sami Zayn was shooting on Ilja Dragunov" with punches during their match. Brothers, that's just how Ilja likes it.
Fightful Content
Sol Ruca
Sol Ruca spoke with Fightful about her Finisher of the Year victory at the Fightful Awards.
She said that in thanking everyone for the award, she should thank the haters too, because that helped her evolve the move from what it was. She said that sometimes coaches will make suggestions and ideas on if she can pull of the award winning Sol Snatcher move.
Sol has specifically saved up ideas that she can potentially used in the future. She knows that the move won't be for everyone, but flipping is in her nature and a lot of it is muscle memory
Oba Femi has claimed that he can do a Sol Snatcher, because he's sassy. Malik Blade helped her with the move, and she wants to teach it to Zaria.
She also spoke highly of Bayley and working with her. Sol said the entire day of Saturday Night's Main Event didn't feel like a typical wrestling show, it felt like a celebration.
You can see the full interview at this link.
Kali Armstrong
Fightful spoke to Kali Armstrong about her Rookie of the Year victory at the Fightful Awards.
Armstrong said that she feels really fortunate to be in the position she is, and that the response to the Kendal Gray feud was really satisfying. She said that getting praise from the people backstage that have coached her has helped her realize she's in the right line of work, and is excited for 2026.
She said that her name Kali comes from her being from California, and Armstrong is a family name. However, considering there were famous wrestling Armstrongs already, she got approval from Road Dogg and joked he was her cousin.
Kali looks at Lainey Reid at someone she's going to be seeing a lot of down the line. She's had a lot of "light bulb" moments of thinks making sense with her and Kendal, in addition to Chantel Monroe.
You can see the full interview at this link.
WWE Creative
WWE creative got an adjustment recently, which was reported on.
PWInsider reported that Ryan Ward is now overseeing the creative agenda on both WWE Raw and Smackdown, something that they heard was a “recent adjustment.” It was stated that Road Dogg and John Swikata will be the co-leads for the creative process on Smackdown, with Alexandra Williams and Jonathan Baeckstrom being the co-leads on the WWE Raw side.
A source familiar with the situation did confirm the news to Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp.
Alexandra Williams has been CM Punk’s writer since he returned to WWE, and works with him directly on stories. Baeckstrom was actually named the head writer of WWE Raw back in September 2019, and had been the lead writer of 205 Live for about a year and a half prior. Swikata became lead writer of Smackdown in the Summer of 2024.
DEBUNKATHON
Swerve Strickland's line to Kevin Knight was a reference to a Dax Harwood interview saying Kevin Knight would be a top guy in AEW in a few years. It was not a reference to WWE. Airgold now knows this, but he only cares about engagement.
WWE Unreal highlighted the "every story under the sun" about the Seth Rollins' faux injury....besides Post Wrestling accurately reporting within a couple of days that it was a storyline.
Brutus Creed not Chris Jericho is on the Royal Rumble graphic.
"Dirt Sheets" never reported that Becky Lynch pitched to take Bayley's spot at WrestleMania.
