Select Answers: Overruns, Contracts coming up, Hologram, ROH Library (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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Will these 30+ minute dynamite overruns end with all in? It seems like it’s costing ratings and not adding any buzz to the build of the ppv while also annoying fans who don’t know how long to set their dvr’s for

I don't think that's really the way things work. WBD is getting 30 minutes of free content throughout all of this. AEW sources told me this didn't go towards the "hours" that AEW owes WBD in that sense. If WBD wants the overruns, why would AEW not do them? They're appeasing their broadcast partner so they can get their 2028 option picked up. Right now that's their priority.

Any update on who's contracts are up in October?

I think there's a big misunderstanding with people reporting that All Elite Wrestling is allowing contracts to expire. They've always done this. There will be a steady stream of contracts coming up over the next few years as TV deals get closer to expiring as well. All the information on contracts we have is on our website's contract article.

Update on Hologram?

The same as it's been the last six times it was asked. We assume he tore his ACL if he's been out this long. A meniscus tear would have had him back by now. So I would imagine that he's going to be out until the fall at this point.

Has there been any talk of adding full shows from the early ROH library? Obviously music edits are needed, but it doesn’t seem any progress has been made at making the 8+ years available, outside of individual matches and compilations.

Every time I've asked, I'm told a lot of it is edits, music and things like that. But then again, I've been asking for like four years, so that should have been prioritized and squared away by now. MyAEW really needs to become AEW and ROH's complete library home. With their TV deals nailed down in the United States, they need an incentive for subscribers in the United States.