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Thekla is absolutely amazing in the ring and on commentary. She reminds me of Becky Lynch. If she were in WWE, do you think she could reach Becky Lynch status? She has potential to be a top of the industry, stream superstar. Thoughts ?
Becky Lynch is one of a kind. She's a special talent and got over bigger than almost any women's wrestler in history. The only person that I think could have played "The Man" to a comparable level to her is Thekla. That's not taking anything else away from anyone, but Thekla carries that same energy. I think Thekla is a top All Elite Wrestling babyface within the next year.
Hey Sean, with Maxxine joining the vision, are they moving her back to being a valet? She was really starting to do well, she won the IC Title, and then suddenly nothing. I’m concerned about her being used properly in ring now with this alignment
As best I know, yes the plan is for her to be more of a valet than an in-ring performer. That can always change, and they can always use her here and there as a wrestler, but everything I've been told was that she's more of a valet.
In the spirit of fightful's 10 year anniversary I wanted to ask, what was your absolute favorite story to break?
CM Punk returning to wrestling. Looking back on it, it was a pivotal turning point for Fightful, and I'm not sure we'd still exist if not for breaking that story. We were not profitable or near break-even at that point, despite already being in a spot where we had been breaking a lot of the news for the 18 months prior. That was life changing, and was one of the most exciting stories that I chased. Here's a full podcast we did on it.