DEBUNKATHON: Brody King, Sandman, Tryouts, More!! (Patreon)

Welcome to the Fightful Friday tradition, the DEBUNKATHON and NEWS UPDATE

Brody King/AEW/WBD

WWE tryouts

Sandman

Jade Cargill

WrestleMania

Fightful speaks to Willow Nightingale, Harley Cameron, Kyle Fletcher, Emily Jaye

A note: Next week's may be delayed until Saturday

A number of wrestlers confirmed their WWE tryouts for next week. The talent are encouraged to post about them now in order to increase buzz.

Harley Cameron, Kyle Fletcher and Willow Nightingale all did media ahead of AEW Grand Slam.

Jake Something had successful surgery to repair his injury this week.

It was confirmed to Fightful that a number of talent had already taken off towards Australia before Dynamite. Then another group went over on Wednesday.

Tony Khan confirmed to Fightful directly that Brody King was not held off of AEW Dynamite by WBD. We also spoke to sources who claimed he was always meant for a video package on the show.

There were a number of people who tried to play semantics over WBD's wording that they didn't affect Brody King's "upcoming" schedule as a way to not deny Wednesday. It was very specifically clarified to us that they also meant Wednesday.

Everyone we spoke to in WWE expects Jade Cargill to emerge victorious on Smackdown and continue with the Women's Title.

Regarding Sandman's last match being against the "Invisible Man," it was something he pushed to Joel Janela personally.

Several locations got word this week that WWE isn't budging on the watch party blackouts for WrestleMania in Las Vegas. We're told that a number of establishments are very frustrated by it because planning has already went into it.

Emily Jaye

Another wrestler who has been recruited by WWE of late, Emily Jaye, spoke to Sean Ross Sapp at Wrestlecade for their annual interview.

Emily and Sean spoke about the extra work that she'd done in AEW, where she appeared on the ROH brand. She said that getting dropkicked by Leyla Hirsch was one of the hardest she's been hit in the ring, but she loved the experiences, even when she didn't get to work matches when there.

She's very excited for the WWE ID program, and said she'd be honored for a great opportunity like that if it came her way.

She said that Billie Starkz taught her the most mid-match. When they wrestled, Emily was sick, and Billie ended up helping her out through the match and guiding her in what to do. Now the two are competing in a match against each other at GirlFight, Billie's promotion, on February 15 in New Albany, Indiana.

You can see the full interview at this link.

Kyle Fletcher

Kyle Fletcher spoke with Phid McAwesome of DownUnder The Ring.

Kyle said that he feels good, and is very particular about his sleep schedule on the flight.

Fletcher was asked about the possibility of United Empire reuniting. He says he isn't sure that everyone in the United Empire has the aspirations of coming to All Elite Wrestling. He wouldn't rule it out, but has no clear definitive answer.

He's happy about all of the competition in pro wrestling and feels like everyone should just watch what they like because there's plenty of options in pro wrestling.

Damian Slater, Slex, Adam Brooks, Mick Moretti as wrestlers from Australia that people should look out for.

You can see the full interview at this link. AEW Grand Slam Australia airs February 14 on TNT.

Babes Of Wrath

The Babes of Wrath spoke with Phid McAwesome of DownUnder The Ring.

Harley Cameron says as a country girl, it's humbling to compete in the Qudos Bank Arena for AEW Grand Slam. She says the first time she saw an indie wrestling show with like 8 people in the audience, she knew that's what she was meant to do.

Willow Nightingale says she's happy that women have more opportunities in AEW with the tag team titles, and that it shows women watching the show there is a path to success in wrestling outside of singles work, giving them more avenues to aspire.

Willow said she is very proud of the work that they did in the Womens Blood and Guts.

You can see the full interview at this link. AEW Grand Slam Australia airs February 14 on TNT.

DEBUNKATHON

Random speculation online is not actually "BREAKING" news. You don't have to put BREAKING when you just spew something like that.

Brody King was not held off of AEW Dynamite because of WBD.

A new facebook trend has been to say "as per" and then name a random Twitter account that is just suggesting a booking.

Roman Reigns did not say goodbye or remove his hands.

There is no possibility of Jon Moxley being the masked man on WWE Raw.

Stupid AI shit that isn't labeled AI shit is really weird.

There are no credible reports of Miami being considered for the 2027 Royal Rumble. Go check the track record of the accounts pretending that.

Goldberg is in fact not the Smackdown general manager.

We never reported that Sol Ruca was frustrated with WWE's booking decisions. We reported that she questioned why she would do a Sol Snatcher to the outside of the ring in a Royal Rumble.

Triple H is not wrestling again.

Timekeepers actually do more than just ringing a bell.