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 the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, one of the reasons why WWE went ahead with Drew McIntyre defeating Cody Rhodes for the WWE championship is because Rhodes felt “it would be fresher to go into this year’s Mania chasing the title rather than defending it.” McIntyre was also said to be “pretty vocal” that a title change “was the best thing for all concerned.”
- Per The Observer, the original idea for the WWE championship match at WrestleMania 42 was Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns. However, those plans changed within 48 hours of Three Stages of Hell. Triple H decided “doing a Rhodes vs. Reigns match for the third time in four years and spending months building the direction would lead to audience fatigue.”
- As a result of the change, the Observer was told that Reigns “will be the odd man out of the WWE title picture” at WrestleMania. The current plan is to book either Rhodes vs. McIntyre for the title, or Rhodes vs. McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu in a three-way.
- WON claims that WWE President Nick Khan “has a voice when it comes to creative,” even though he publicly denies it. Khan bypasses the rest of the creative team and only deals with Triple H.
- Regarding AEW’s recent signing of Persephone, Bryan Alvarez clarified that she didn’t actually choose AEW over WWE. Even though WWE was interested in her, they didn’t make an offer because she’s “been under CMLL contract and hasn’t been able to talk with WWE at all…she took the opportunity to add the AEW contract to the CMLL one.”
- Fightful Select notes that even though LA Knight was listed on some of WWE’s internal travel plans for Germany, they didn’t actually fly him out there. That’s why he wasn’t on this week’s episode of Raw.
- F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer said Charlotte Flair missed last week’s episode of SmackDown in Germany because she “was very ill,” which led to a change in plans on TV.
- Meltzer also mentioned that Rey Mysterio missed this week’s episode of Raw due to a minor injury, but “he’ll be back quickly.”
- Social media star Sallie Grace said she’s “facing repercussions right now” after suffering a concussion at the latest WWE tryouts in Orlando. She warned that, “Everyone’s getting concussed left and right. And they’re saying that there’s going to be more happening.”
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.
