Select Answers: Daria, ROH, What if Vince stayed retired? (Patreon)

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Is Daria Rae only gonna be a manger/authority figure or do you see her wrestling as well?

From what I've heard, she's supposed to be a non-wrestling authority figure. She said recently that she's pretty well retired from in-ring competition. She has a good relationship with TNA's parent company Anthem, and was brought in to do some stuff with their Invicta FC MMA promotion. She will be a good on-screen character that can eventually work in the ring if she decides to, but I haven't heard that yet.

Has there been any movement at all on getting weekly ROH programming somewhere? Even if it’s just a small rumor

I haven't heard of anything remotely close to indicating that it will be on television. I've mentioned this before, but WBD made an offer to Tony Khan for ROH to air on TruTV Friday nights at 10 PM ET, which Khan turned down. Instead, a Dynamite replay in that slot was agreed to. Tony Khan wants the money to be right for that deal, but until more care is given to the show, a bigger deal won't be offered.

If Vince decided to retire for good and not force his way back into the company at the beginning of 2023, would WWE still have tried to merge the company with Endeavor/UFC or try to sell to another company?

Vince already had it in his mind to merge the company when he superficially retired, which is what one of the lawsuits is about. I actually do think by now, WWE would have been acquired by Endeavor, Disney, or someone like that. I think Disney are probably the only entity that could have appropriately monetized it better, since they could have used WWE content on ABC, ESPN, Disney Plus, as attractions for parks, and done crossover materials with their other owned IPs.