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Select Answers: Rumble winners, gloves in wrestling, Ethan Page
🕑 Added 2025-12-22 16:44:02 +0000 UTCWelcome to Select Answers, a 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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Hey Sean! As someone who has done wrestling and MMA, what are the pros and cons to wearing gloves while competing? Every time I see AJ Styles with his gloves, it always makes me think about it. Do you know why he wears them as well? Thanks!
I can't speak to why AJ Styles wears gloves. Those look like more for grip than anything, like receiver gloves in football. I've never personally worn those. I wore MMA gloves once for a wrestling match because our fight team was doing a uniform look, and I hated it. It just didn't make a lot of sense. If you're doing a Bloodsport, UWF-i style match that's one thing, but I was not a fan of gloves the one time I wore them. It was a nuisance. When I asked people close to him, they said it was visual.
Who do you have winning the men's and women's rumble matches
I would have Liv Morgan win the women's. She's back in the fold, her direction is up in the air on-screen, she's got two Judgment Day members to play off of. She's always been the bridesmaid in Royal Rumble matches, and I think it's time for her to be the bride there. She's proven herself as a main event women's talent as well.
On the men's side, here are my scenarios.
Bron Breakker, if he doesn't win the world title.
Roman Reigns or CM Punk if Breakker does win the title.
Oba Femi is a solid choice regardless.
Have you heard if there is interest in Ethan Page on the main roster I know you reported Chelsea has been pushing for him
Not enough for him to be brought up full-time yet, but Chelsea Green has still been pushing for him, even since she mentioned it. He's been at Smackdown a number of times and made good impressions based on what I've been told. I know it's important to NXT and CW Network for that brand to have veterans, especially wrestlers with television experience.
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Misfit Wrestling Podcast
I disagree with Liv unless there is a story that makes she has no business winning the rumble i don't like the excuse of " oh she deserves it" dont give them the Rumble just because they deserved it Iyo deserved it this year but there was a story with Rhea there so it made sense
Rob Iapicca
Wrestling is supposed to be no closed-fist punches, so wearing them doesn't really make much sense... Brock wears them for the asthetic of a former mma fighter
