Select Answers: Britt Baker, Shawn Dean, Hiromu Takahashi (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.

When aggregating these posts please refer to it as "Fightful Select Answers Q&A" and tag Fightful, noting that it was in the Q&A format to avoid confusion.

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What’s the latest on Britt baker?

Nothing. She's hanging out at the beach, visiting Rebel, probably about to go to Steelers games, and hasn't been wrestling or backstage. I haven't heard that she's injured, and I know her name has at least been brought up about the Rebel tribute show, but I haven't heard anything beyond that.

Does "The Captain" Shawn Dean still coordinate extras / other talent for AEW shows? Does he scout for new indie people himself or do new people get referred to him by others, for different territories? Thanks.

Yes, he does. He does a little bit of everything, to my understanding. I know that them being on his radar is important. We actually did an interview with he and Carlie Bravo, where it was noted how many people try to get to Shawn Dean through Carlie Bravo, but that isn't Carlie's job. There are tons of different methods for people to pop up on Shawn Dean's radar for extras, though.

What's the latest on Hiromu Takahashi?

As hinted on Smackdown last week, he's headed to WWE, and is planned to start teaming with Shinsuke Nakamura. I think this is a great move for all involved. Shinsuke's work would be better suited for a team at this age, and he can help Hiromu get acclimated to WWE and the United States. I'm surprised NXT didn't get a short run with him, as CW Network generally enjoys having globally televised talent. Takahashi has been signed for quite some time.