Select Portions: WWE Draft Cameo, Plans, Smackdown, More (Patreon)
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- There are still talent who don’t know where they’re going in the draft.
- WWE reached out to several people for Draft cameos. One of which we’ve heard of being planned for Smackdown was Road Dogg.
- WWE has Raw and Smackdown draft rooms and a draft podium set for tonight.
- WWE is presenting the World Heavyweight Championship similarly tonight as they did on Monday’s Raw
- Sean Ross Sapp will be rejoining tonight’s Smackdown post show to cover the WWE Draft
- Will Washington’s last podcasting episode with Fightful for the time being will be Saturday’s Grapsody.
- Joe Gacy, Tyler Bate and Cora Jade have all been pitched for call-ups. That doesn't mean that they'll be called up, but they have been pitched
- Former WWE writer Dave Schilling joined Fightful’s In The Weeds Friday, we’ll have notes up soon.
Shayna
Shayna Baszler spoke with Fightful Select during WrestleMania Week. When asked by Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp asked, Shayna mentioned technical catch wrestling. Baszler said she came up through the Billy Robinson and Josh Barnett tree.
Shayna spoke about training with Billy Robinson. She said it was done on a High School Wrestling mat instead of a wrestling ring when training with Robinson. Shayna also mentioned that she would get whacked by Robinson's walking cane.
Baszler would tell us about how she remembers Billy Robinson. She said before she gets in the ring, you will see her point to the sky before going up the steps, and it's always a reminder. Shayna said if Billy watched your work and nodded his head at you, it meant you
did well.
We asked Shayna about her interest in shoot fighting. She said that she subscribes to a lot of martial arts channels. Shayna talked about her interest in breaking down fights and strategies. She said what separates her from others is that she can also teach MMA and spoke about how everything in Pro Wrestling has fighting reason tied to it. Shayna said that she could bridge the gap between MMA and Pro Wrestling.