What is the story about?
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
it all with a grain of salt.
Rumors for the Day:
- AJ Styles was at the WWE Performance Center yesterday, per PW Insider. There was no word on why.
- Bryan Alvarez tweeted that WWE’s having SmackDown talent come in for Raw’s Styles tribute next Monday.
- Kenny Omega’s write-off on Dynamite last night should cover about a month. Fightful Select reports Omega might make an appearance at Revolution, but he won’t wrestle on the PPV. Wrestling Observer specified that Kenny’s commitment in Japan that week is the Capcom Cup at Ryōgoku Kokugikan.
- Seth Rollins said on Club ShayShay that he and CM Punk obviously have a working relationship, and “there there might be an opportunity for a reconciliation” with Punk personally after they’ve both retired. But he can’t separate “the CM Punk that there is now from the CM Punk that was a really rotten friend to me ten years ago“, and neither man has time to address old wounds right now.
- In their confirmation that WWE tryouts are happening this week at the Performance Center in Orlando, Fightful said there’s been a “heavy independent wrestling presence” at recent tryouts, but “some” invitees have no wrestling experience.
- Fightful also said that they haven’t heard about anyone who was signed out of last month’s tryouts at the PC. Some who were told they won’t be signed are sharing about the experience already though, like LSU gymnast K.J. Johnson, who told New Orleans’ WGNO that WWE suggested wrestling schools to her and invited her to come back to a tryout this summer.
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 with a grain of salt.
