Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill.
Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take
ADit all with a grain of salt.
Rumors for the Day:
- One person close to the situation told the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Bubba the Love Sponge “pretty much had legit info the whole time” on Hulk Hogan’s recent health problems leading up to his death.
- The Observer says Hogan “had been a patient at Tampa General Hospital and had been intubated and was having renal failure and fluid overload as well as severe COPD.” They eventually “took him out of the hospital and made a hospital in his house as there wasn’t much left they could do.” Hogan’s condition took a turn for the worse over the last week and he was unable to speak.
- Matthew Belloni of Puck News mentioned that Hogan had been quietly working with Netflix since last year on a docuseries about his life. More than 20 hours of new interviews were recorded for the project.
- According to Fightful Select, AEW star Jay White is dealing with a shoulder injury, in addition to the hand injury that’s kept him out of action since the end of March. White is deciding whether or not to get shoulder surgery, which could keep him out for the rest of the year.
- Bodyslam.net says WWE is discussing the idea of booking Sheamus vs. Rusev at Clash in Paris.
- A source told WrestleVotes Radio there are backstage talks in WWE about moving Jimmy Uso over to the Raw roster, probably after SummerSlam. This move would get him on the same show as his wife Naomi and his twin brother Jey.
- PW Insider confirmed that WWE Late Night Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe has been canceled for SummerSlam weekend. A source at the venue told Insider that WWE canceled the event due to poor ticket sales.
If you have heard of any interesting rumors that you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember they are rumors and not confirmed as fact, so please take them as such. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct.
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