Select Answers: WWE/Saudi Sale?, NXT, Nash/Hart

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You've spoken in the past about NXT wanting to keep some bigger names for itself. Do you know of any in particular who are unlikely to ever get that main roster callup or is it more of a "they'll spend longer than you'd expect in NXT" situation?

Not really. Shawn Spears, but that's because he wants to stay in Florida. The method that they have right now works for the rights fees they get, the numbers they draw, and the goal they have. They get wrestlers with televised experience, use them on NXT for a year or so, and then they move on to the main roster, and are replaced by people with television experience elsewhere. It also helps the younger talent to learn from them.

Is there any truth to what Coachman said about potential WWE sale to Saudi Arabia?

Not any time soon. WWE is a huge money earner for TKO right now. A sale doesn't make sense unless it's a too good to be true offer.

Funny enough, if Saudi tried to buy WWE in 2016, they probably could have. For now, TKO is happy to chip away at their debt by making money hand over fist.

hey Sean, what's going on with guys like Kevin Nash and Bret Hart and all the rage-baiting they've been doing lately? I get that a lot of legends want to stay relevant however they can but do they not get that we're laughing at the old man yelling at clouds and not with him?

They're workers, and very good ones. Those two particularly are some of the smarter wrestlers there have been, and they have large audiences that will follow what they say. Bret Hart knows he's hilarious, and is a very effective troll. Kevin Nash is an even better one, and masks it better. I think that there's plenty of what they believe in there as well. Especially on Kevin's show, there's incredible knowledge being shared. The reality is in all of sports, the former athletes are now the hot take guys. That draws more headlines that honest to god BALL TALK and analysis. It's like that across the board in sports, sadly.