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DEBUNKATHON: Mike Santana Talks TNA Title Controversy, Fightful Speaks To Harley Cameron, MORE!
🕑 Added 2025-12-24 20:00:14 +0000 UTCWelcome to a special CHRISTMAS DEBUNKATHON! With Christmas today, the Debunkathon and WrestleVotes Radio are trading spots and they will air Friday! In today's update:
Fightful speaks to Mike Santana about TNA booking
Fightful speaks to Harley Cameron
Hardy Boys contracts
NJPW
Jimmy Hart
Omos-AAA
Jerry Lawler
WWE Commentary
Cody Rhodes
Make a Wish
DEBUNKATHON
We reached out to WWE about Omos appearing on AAA, and were told they've been happy with the reception to him making those appearances, and to expect more. We were not given a reason why he hasn't been on WWE TV, despite asking.
There are a number of NJPW contracts that are up soon. Not all dates are the same, as many often suspect. We'll have more on those soon.
Regarding Matt Hardy claiming that the Hardys signed new contracts a "long time ago," TNA sources are adamant they're working out a new deal to be signed soon.
There were readers asking about the practical nature of filming at the WWE PC due to the changes last week. The PC is actually shut down for the holidays.
Jimmy Hart had his stolen megaphone returned. From what we learned, the Wrestlecade promoters caught the culprit on security cameras and were able to track him down. He opted to send it back instead of facing charges.
Jerry Lawler mentioned the possibility of having another match in him. A WWE source who worked with Lawler for years said there is "zero percent chance WWE clears him," so it would be elsewhere.
It was noted that there could be commentary changes due to Joe Tessitore finishing up college football obligations. We're told by WWE sources that Tessitore will continue to have additional obligations, and commentary teams will naturally adjust when needed.
Fightful revealed in our interview this week that Harley Cameron won Funniest Wrestler of the Year in the Fightful Awards for the second straight year. Tune in next month as we reveal all of the winners. This includes the "Big Bossman Memorial Hater Of The Year" Award, a Fightful original. That one is coming down to the wire, and there's still time to vote.
Fightful spoke to WWE sources that indicated Cody Rhodes fulfilled the most Make-A-Wishes of any WWE Superstar in 2025.
We are of the belief that TNA is actively nailing down a number of the short term contracts that they've been working on of late.
Steve Maclin was backstage at AEW in this past week.
Mike Santana
Sean Ross Sapp spoke to Mike Santana for a new interview.
Santana and SRS spoke about the decision to not put the TNA Title on him in New York at Slammiversary, and the decision to take it off of him recently. He said that he certainly wasn’t happy about the choice to end his title reign early, but he is hopeful he’ll have another moment on the TNA debut on AMC. The support from the fans uplifted him and he tried to take the positivity of that away from the situation as a whole.
He says the AMC deal with TNA has been a sign of hard work paying off. There had been rumblings about things he'd heard about, but everything was talk until it happened. He was really excited when it was confirmed.
Santana said that retiring Sami Callihan was very meaningful to him and they've known each other for almost 15 years.
It was very important for him to be able to prove what he could do as a singles wrestler, and didn't expect it to happen so soon. He said he knew it could take two years or ten years, but wanted the work to speak for himself.
He says there is no score to settle with Sue after the Parking Lot Brawl because she brought him cookies, and they were very good.
We ask that aggregators wait until the interview releases to get the full context of his words.
Harley Cameron
Sean Ross Sapp spoke to Harley Cameron ahead of AEW Worlds End this weekend.
Harley spoke about how Willow Nightingale was the second match of her life, and her first in AEW, and there are a lot of full circle moments with them. They're constantly pitching new moves and ideas as a tag team together.
We asked about the possibility of marketing and selling the Mercedes muppet. She said they are certainly not cheap to produce, but said to stay tuned because there's always the possibility. She's very proud that some people are getting into ventriloquism again. She has considered introducing a puppet of herself as well.
She said she still has some talents up her sleeve that people doesn't know about and will unveil them in the time is right.
Harley credits QT Marshall for opening a lot of doors for her. She also did the IIconics theme, a song for DaParty, and produced the QTV theme. She also spoke about teaming with Cassie Lee in Australia years ago.
Harley was honored to be a part of the Blood and Guts, match and said she was definitely hurting late in the match, and the belt shots were brutal. She called the Mercedes feud eye opening and said that going back to Australia was very important to her and showed some of her family how far she's come.
We ask that aggregators wait until the interview releases to get the full context of her words.
DEBUNKATHON
This video of Randy Orton going off on an interviewer resurfaced. It was completely a work.
No, Jake Paul was not "paid to lose" his fight against Anthony Joshua, and he didn't tweet that. That would result in a huge FBI investigation, and he would go to jail.
Likewise, Andrew Tate didn't "bet on himself to lose," as that is illegal. He's just not a good fighter. His claim of being 40 and out of fighting for 10 years also isn't true. He just turned 39 and had a number of fights five years ago.
One Stop Wrestling sucks ass. Kaitlyn isn't rumored for the Royal Rumble.
We reported all the Danhausen contract news, and never reported anything about WWE.
Comments
Nick O’Shea
I hope that turd who took Jimmy’s megaphone is also banned for wrestlecade for life. He’s lucky they didn’t press charges
Aristidis Fantis
Deonna Purrazzo and Josh Alexander have teased very hard that Steve Maclin is coming to AEW. Is he? Gabe Kidd is going to wrestle his first ever singles match on an AEW PPV this Saturday vs Darby Allin. Is he signing with AEW?
