Select Answers: McAfee, WWE to AEW, AEW Commentators (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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Do you think more talent, especially veterans, will speak out like Damien Priest about the McAfee angle?

Yes. I asked after Damian Priest's interview on the Gabby AF Pod, and was told that there were no restrictions on talent speaking about it. I think for whatever reason, they seem to like the buzz around....anything right now, so we're hearing what we're hearing.

Which WWE wrestlers do you think would do better in AEW?

Chad Gable and the Creeds are the ones that stand out the most. I think that the Creeds should be booked like the Steiner Brothers, and Chad Gable should be booked at all. All due respect to Chad Gable, but the Grand Americano gimmick is Ludwig Kaiser's now, and I think that Gable would probably agree with that. There's no shame in that at all.

Do the commentators in AEW get some sort of rundown of all the matches and segments or do they just react live and spontaneous?

I believe so. If it's anything like WWE, they have a full rundown, with a light script and additional notes. I've never seen a full on AEW script like WWE ones, as AEW protects theirs way better. The basic AEW rundowns are very limited. The more expanded WWE ones have segments, transitions, and commercial breaks listed. Commentators are traditionally aware of what will happen unless it's very rare instances.