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Select Answers: Claudio status, Night of Champions, Punk apology

Added 2025-07-01 16:00:14 +0000 UTC

Welcome to Select Answers, a short feature that provides some of the answers to questions that were posed to Sean Ross Sapp in the most recent Fightful Weekly Q&A Podcast. The show drops every week on Fightful Select for subscribers.

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Was there any pressure from WWE for Punk to apologize in Saudi?

I can't speak to specific pressure, but he knew that he was going there, and knew it was going to be a thing that he was going to have to address. He'll also likely be there a number of times in the future. People in WWE thought this was the approach he would take, so I don't think it would require much pressure.

Given that Saturday's PLE hosted the finals of both the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments, while only featuring two title matches, do you know why it was called Night of Champions rather than King and Queen of the Ring (again) - is it simply because Night of Champions is less of a mouthful?

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Hi Sean, with the recent speculation about Claudio Castagnoli’s absence, which turned out to be personal time that he’s taking, is there any word on when he is actually signed through?

I asked about this, since he was pulled from an advertised AEW date, and then name dropped on WWE TV. I noticed that his AEW debut was almost three years to the date. I was told that these were unrelated to any contract situations, but I wasn't given clarity on how long his deal was.