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, WWE is planning to book Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk in a world championship match at Saturday Night’s Main Event on Nov. 1 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill for the WWE women’s championship is penciled in for that card as well.
- Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre is also listed internally as a match for that Saturday Night’s Main Event lineup. The idea is the winner will challenge WWE Champion Cody Rhodes at Survivor Series, with McIntyre currently lined up to get that spot.
- Per The Observer, WWE’s current plan for the women’s War Games match at Survivor Series is Charlotte Flair, IYO SKY, AJ Lee, Alexa Bliss, and Rhea Ripley vs. Lash Legend, Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, and Asuka.
- After multiple WWE stars went back to using their old theme songs on yesterday’s episode of SmackDown, WrestleVotes was told that, “Several superstars have been requesting music changes for some time now, including outspoken names such as Sheamus & Drew McIntyre.” Cory Hays of BodySlam.net adds that “Lots of people simply do not enjoy Def Rebel.”
- As of right now, it looks like Andrade vs. Kenny Omega won’t take place at the AEW WrestleDream pay-per-view on Oct. 18 in St. Louis. That’s because Andrade is booked on a show in Puerto Rico that night where he is challenging for the WWC Universal championship.
- Fightful Select mentioned that Natalya hasn’t been backstage at recent episodes of Raw, but it’s not clear why that’s the case.
- F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer claims that WWE expects “leading political figures to be invited and attend” the final match of John Cena’s career in Washington D.C. The current belief is “there will be a ton of people from the White House at the show, but Trump is undecided at the moment.”
- Independent wrestler Douglas Malo told TMZ that he heard Syko Stu’s in-ring career is over due to the injuries he sustained at the hands of Raja Jackson in the Aug. 23 incident at a KnokX Pro event. Malo is a friend of Stu who helped pull Jackson off of him.
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.
