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 WrestleVotes that WWE and USA Network have decided to change SmackDown back to three hours starting on the January 2 episode in Buffalo, New York.
- Regarding Andrade’s status, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter says, “There are those now claiming that his WWE non-compete clause is worldwide and not just for the United States.” However, there is “no way that would hold up in court if he tried to challenge it.”
- The Observer says “it stunned everyone” in AEW when Nixon Newell and Miranda Alize walked out of Collision after their request was denied for their tag team match to be “ten minutes and more competitive.”
- Megan Bayne “felt they sandbagged her” on the double German suplex spot in their tag match on Collision the week before. Alize and Newell “told management that they were squashed” in that match, while “management felt they got offense in and weren’t squashed.”
- PW Insider says WWE has signed gymnast Jessica Bogdanov and former college football player Cyrus Habibi-Likio, who attended this year’s SummerSlam tryouts in New Jersey. They will both soon be heading to the WWE Performance Center.
- Fightful Select notes that Dezmond Xavier (fka Wes Lee) is not under contract with TNA even though he appeared at Turning Point last night. There are creative plans in place for him with The Rascalz going forward.
- Someone in WWE told F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer that one of the company’s issues with rapper Westside Gunn is that he “had a suite at [SummerSlam 2024] and some of his crew were posting on social media that [they] were bored and sleeping during the show.”
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 as such.
