Select Answers: Special divisions, women's tag tourneys, Shotzi, Dakota, Shayna, Je'Von Evans

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Do you see Je’Von Evans moving to the main roster before the end of the year or do you think he stays in NXT and becomes champ in 2026

He should be, but as we reported last week, they keep that kind of thing pretty close to the vest. The way that he's appeared is actually how a lot of them are done. They just start appearing on the main roster shows, and then they're phased out of NXT slowly. He fit right in on Smackdown and got incredible reactions. WWE needs a youth movement on Raw and Smackdown, and he'd be perfect for that. He's made a great impression at Smackdown so far from what I understand.

Any chance shayna, shotzi or Dakota join aew for the women's tag tourney?

There's definitely a chance, but I haven't heard that it is happening. I'd heard rumblings that Dakota could end up doing some Japan dates. Shayna has been testing the waters as an NXT producer, but is taking indie dates. Shotzi would probably be a good choice. My hope is that it's a 16-team, very wide tournament, with teams from Japan, Mexico, Indies, AEW, ROH. I doubt it will, but that's the fantasy booking!!

A friend of mine compared all the PWG-style all-star multi-man tag matches AEW has run lately to WCW's cruiserweight division — something only one company is doing, which sets them apart from the competition. Can you think of similar divisions or match formats other promotions could emphasize to stand out from the pack?

There were a couple, for sure. The lucha division in WCW in 1996 and 1997 really helped stand out. Often they were just matches for the sake of matches, but what's wrong with that on a wrestling show? I actually thought WWF and WCW's respective Hardcore divisions did that briefly in the late 90s, because I was a geek for that kind of stuff. TNA's X Division really drew me to their show in the mid 2000s as well. I think that doing some "technical hardcore style" matches that used to exist in ECW and the like would do that. I don't see that happening, since AEW did away with the FTW title and WWE the 24/7.