Select Answers: Eli Knight, Kross/WWE, Kofimania (Patreon)

Welcome to Select Answers, a feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.

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With how careful WWE is about names, I'm really surprised to see Eli Knight keep his name, at least in NXT, given that LA Knight was previously known as Eli Drake (and still does the ELI sign with his hands.) Do you know if there was any discussion about this?

I fully expect that name to be changed. Anymore, they will change them during a run in NXT, or upon a main roster call up if they deem that necessary. I'm very surprised that they didn't end up changing it, but perhaps that was just for the initial announcement.

Hi Sean, do see a scenario where Karrion Kross returns to the WWE or is he more likely to land somewhere else?

I don't think he's headed back to WWE any time soon. Royal Rumble would have been a great opportunity, and that didn't happen. He's factored into plans big time for MLW and just won their world title. I can't imagine that they'd have put the title on him if he was imminently set to go back to WWE. I could see some appearances or cameos eventually, but I wouldn't expect it soon. He told me they've had no conversations.

During kofi mania was that supposed to be Mustafa Ali spot until he got hurt

Mustafa Ali was supposed to be in a spot where he was supposed to go to Elimination Chamber and compete for the WWE Title. However, Ali got injured in a spot with Randy Orton . However, there was not a plan for Mustafa Ali going to WrestleMania and winning the championship, which is how it played out with Kofi Kingston. People often forget that Ali only missed a few weeks and then got a WWE Title shot at Fastlane, and worked the live events in title matches.