Select Answers: Shocking Departures, Liv Morgan, Otis, Jake the Snake

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Was there any WWE to AEW move you were truly shocked by? I know there were some shocking ones in the other direction like Punk and Cody. But where there any you were genuinely surprised to see leave for AEW? For me it's Copeland. Guy always seemed like a WWE lifer

Yes. Bryan Danielson. I thought by then he would be a WWE lifer, and thought that his previous efforts to leave WWE were overstated. He had a loyalty to Vince McMahon and Johnny Ace that he no longer has, and they wanted to keep him associated with the company forever more. I really thought he'd end up sticking around forever and contributing in a creative sense. Once his deal was up, I thought it was a possibility.

What's going on with Otis? We haven't seen him since his return at Triplemania and I had assumed they'd at least give him a return match with Rusev or something?

He had to get an elbow scope a while back, but from what I understood it went well and then he got brought back for the AAA TripleMania show. He worked a Main Event taping, and then wasn't used for the weeks after that. There aren't major creative plans that I've heard of, but he's been a bit of a utility player for them.

Can Liv start doing media again going forward?

She could start doing media at any point they needed her to. She was in Las Vegas for the Terence Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez, and the WrestleMania 43. There's nothing preventing her from doing media besides them organizing it for her.

Any updates on Jake the Snake Roberts?

He's still under contract with All Elite Wrestling. I don't know how often he's actually around. He occasionally will do community events for them. He still does his podcast here and there as well, but I've not heard a lot of details besides that.