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:
- Sources told BodySlam.net that Drew McIntyre is expected to walk into WrestleMania 42 as the WWE champion. A rematch against Cody Rhodes is “the likely match” for McIntyre at WrestleMania.
- The Wrestling Observer Newsletter heard that WWE doesn’t currently have any plans to turn Cody Rhodes heel because “his merchandise numbers are nothing to be tinkered with.”
- Fightful Select mentioned there were tentative plans at one point for Sami Zayn to get a WWE championship match before WrestleMania 42.
- Sources in Saudi Arabia told The Observer that The Rock will get “the largest offer ever made for someone to do a pro wrestling show” with respect to his potential involvement in WrestleMania 43 next year.
- Andrew Baydala says there is “a ton of noise” about WWE running a “major show” in August 2026 at Principality Stadium in Wales. The event is not currently planned to go head-to-head with AEW All In London at Wembley Stadium.
- BodySlam.net claims that Powerhouse Hobbs’ new name in WWE will indeed be Royce Keys.
- People in AEW told F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer that Hobbs’ decision to sign with WWE was made “based on his family,” which implies WWE offered him a bigger money deal. However, he left AEW on good terms. Nobody in AEW “had anything negative to say about him.”
- Meltzer also said there’s been talk about Tommaso Ciampa trying to get into New Japan Pro Wrestling after his WWE exit.
- Wrestling Intel’s Alex McCarthy says AEW has “parted way with Nik Sobic, the Senior Vice President of Business Development, Partnerships, and Video Games.” It’s not clear if his exit from the company is related to mixed reviews for the AEW: Fight Forever video game.
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.
