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:
- WrestleVotes heard that NXT star Sol Ruca will get a “slight character refresh” for when WWE calls her up to the main roster soon. This includes a new entrance song. Fightful Select notes that she is expected to be in Chicago around the time of WWE’s Elimination Chamber event at the end of this month.
- According to Bloomberg, TKO CEO Ari Emanuel is “trying to turn Pat McAfee into the next Sylvester Stallone.”
- Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer was told that a large portion of this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite was rewritten late due to “some injuries” and “a lot of illnesses.” It was “a skeleton crew in a lot of ways.” The belief is that the sickness was spread at last week’s Dynamite taping. The Beast Mortos was specifically named as one of the replacement wrestlers on this show.
- BodySlam.net claims that WWE is expected to return to Saudi Arabia for a Night of Champions PLE on June 27.
- Earlier this week, WWE filed for trademarks on the names “Tristan Angels” and “Dorian Van Dux.” As far as video games are concerned, the company also filed for trademarks on the terms WWE Eras Collide, WWE Domination, and WWE Generations.
- Even though AEW commentators speculated that Tomohiro Ishii suffered a torn hamstring on Dynamite, Meltzer indicated that he is “not hurt badly.” Someone in AEW said “it looks like we dodged a bullet.”
- Per Votes, a new WWE documentary on Shawn Michaels has been completed and will premiere soon.
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.
