The pro wrestling rumor mill never stops, especially with so many recent WWE roster cuts. Let’s see what today’s rumors are all about!
Top Rumor of the Day: More details on WWE roster cuts
According to Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer, one reason why WWE released so many wrestlers after WrestleMania 42 is because TKO was essentially playing “catch-up” after not cutting nearly as many wrestlers at this time last year. TKO was “trying to be good guys” last year after taking over the company, and “held back” on mass roster cuts as a result.
As far
as this year’s cuts are concerned, TKO wanted to “remove a similar amount” of main roster stars as were being called up from NXT. WWE Creative “made the call” on which specific wrestlers to cut, based on who they didn’t have plans for. There were also “additional cuts on the SmackDown side” because the show is losing its third hour soon, and not as many wrestlers are needed to fill that reduced time slot.
The wrestlers who agreed to take a significant pay cut were able to keep their jobs by doing so, but they are “on the list” of talent whose “prospects aren’t that good” when it comes to WWE’s future plans.
The rest of the rumors!
- Kilkenny councillor Maurice Shortall told Irish Mirror that the country of Ireland is “well placed to present a credible and competitive bid for WrestleMania,” with Croke Park in Dublin as the most likely venue for such an event.
- For whatever it’s worth, MyBookie has CM Punk listed as the favorite to be Danhausen’s mystery tag team partner this weekend at WWE Backlash.
- F4WOnline’s Bryan Alvarez notes that WWE’s decision to give EVIL the new name of “Naraku” instead of “Nox Raijin” is not a swerve. In other words, there are still plans to give the latter name to someone else on the roster.
- According to Bodyslam.net, NXT’s Great American Bash will take place in the last week of July at the WWE Performance Center.
- The outlet also mentioned that some people in WWE think former NJPW star Hiromu Takahashi will eventually sign with the promotion.
- Meltzer heard that Persephone was “going to have a big match” at AEW Double or Nothing before she got injured. He speculates that the original plan was probably for Persephone to face AEW Women’s World Champion Thekla on that PPV.
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