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:
- Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer said WWE was “pretty confident…for months” that Powerhouse Hobbs was planning to leave AEW and sign with them. Meltzer indicates that President Tony Khan didn’t know Hobbs wanted to go. However, no bridges were burned and Khan will gladly take Hobbs back if things don’t work out for him in WWE.
- Meltzer speculates this is a good time for Hobbs to make the jump because WWE is “better when it comes to big, muscular guys” and is “heavily recruiting bodybuilders again.”
- Sources told Insider Gaming that CM Punk will narrate and be a focus of this year’s Showcase mode in WWE 2K26, which includes a “what if?” scenario where he doesn’t walk out on WWE in 2014. The video game is expected to be released in March.
- BodySlam.net says there are several people in WWE who believe AJ Styles will work a match in TNA before he retires this year.
- WrestleVotes Radio mentioned that WWE has quietly made a change to Raw’s format on Netflix where there will be fewer commercial breaks going forward. The change began with this week’s (Jan. 12) episode.
- Regarding Jake Something’s name change to Jake Doyle in AEW, PW Insider says there was no trademark issue in play. It was simply “a Tony Khan call” to change his name.
- Fightful Select says TNA internally expects there will be a “significant roster shift” to freshen up the product now that Impact airs on AMC.
- The outlet also claims that The IInspiration (Jessie McKay & Cassie Lee) are leaving TNA after losing the Knockouts tag team titles on Impact’s AMC debut last night.
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.
