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:
- According to Fightful Select, WWE wrestlers are “adamant” that the social media feud between Rhea Ripley and Jade Cargill this week was “not a work.” Even so, there is “no concern” about the two stars working together at WrestleMania 42.
- Meanwhile, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter maintains that the situation was “not a shoot, no matter what people tell you.”
- The Observer claims there has been some genuine “resentment” in the WWE locker room for Cargill due to her “being pushed while not being good in the ring or anything special on promos.” Even with her unique look, the general feeling is that she “didn’t get over to the level others have”,“didn’t improve in the ring,” and “would blame her partners when matches had issues.”
- WrestleVotes says WWE currently has at least five women’s matches planned for WrestleMania 42.
- While speaking at For the Love of Wrestling 2026, Samoa Joe said he’ll be back in AEW “sooner than later.”
- F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer mentioned that Road Dogg’s decision to leave WWE came after he received his annual review, which he “wasn’t happy with.”
- A source close to the situation said this has been “brewing” for a while, with Dogg recently hinting that he might leave after WWE made him pull out of a convention appearance.
- Sources told Fightful that the angle on Raw where GUNTHER pulled off Dragon Lee’s mask went as planned, and the camera angle WWE used to shoot it was not an accident.