Select Answers: Jazwares, WWE Morale, Trent

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I know this isn’t a usual question for you but I know you collect action figures. I saw today that Jazwares will no longer have the license to make AEW action figures. Wondering if it’s true.

I'm answering this on September 20, and all signs are pointing to yes. AEW has had a monumental fall off in buzz for their figure line. They're available in less places, with less figures in stock, and there isn't much discussion regarding them these days. Figures themselves have had a decrease in popularity as inflation rises, but AEW's figure fall off has been drastic.

Any news on Trent berettas injury status he disappeared right after All In Texas

I can't say definitively that Trent is injured right now. I've been asking and things have been very quiet on that front for the last month or so.

So I haven’t checked in awhile but I’d like to check in on the morale among WWE talent. This obviously hasn’t been the best PR year for WWE but one of my main concerns is always the morale of the wrestlers.

It isn't the over-the-moon, everything is lovely way that things used to be, but it's not bad. There are certainly more criticisms of creative and particular decisions, and the fact that they have to field questions from people like me over some unsavory decisions, business practices and lawsuits. There was certainly a honeymoon period a couple of times that isn't there anymore, but I also don't get anyone messaging me about how miserable they are. That was a very common thing from 2017-2022.