Select Answers: The Last Nitro, AEW All In, JBL, Tony Khan and PPV (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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Did Vince or someone else from wwe book the last Monday nitro

Ultimately it ended up being John Laurinaitis, Shane McMahon, and some guys tied to WWF. It is important to remember, Johnny was a WCW guy at that point, so that was the connection there. Bruce Prichard and Gerald Brisco were also at the show.

Any reason why Okada / Fletcher / Takeshita was announced backstage rather than in the ring? Okada being revealed as the plan to keep the title in the family would have been a huge moment if done right in front of the crowd. This is a marquee match for All In.

The answer to this is almost always time. Entrances take time. Setting up things in the ring takes time. Getting them out of the ring takes time. Cutting to a two minute backstage segment takes...two minutes!

About a year or so ago I remember JBL randomly popping up at GCW, MLW, TNA, and other places and getting involved in high profile title matches, but there was never any sort of follow up or pay off. Was there ever any kind of plan that JBL or any of these promotions had with these spots?

The promoters I spoke to that facilitated them never confirmed any plans with me. I've asked a number of them. It seemed like a publicity thing.

Tony Khan promised Texas crowds throughout the last year and some change that there would be plans for a 2026 PPV to be held in Texas, in the San Antonio region. Wrestledream was what a lot speculated would land there, but we now know it is not. Do you know if there are potential ideas for Worlds End in Texas or was TK just not able to follow through on this?

This is an ongoing bit. Tony Khan tells dozens of cities that he should bring a PPV there when they're a hot crowd to hype them up for the AEW Dynamite tapings. It is a constant rib at this stage.