Speculating on rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors sparked by the professional wrestling rumor mill.
Important reminder: rumors are just rumours. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the professional wrestling rumor mill. We track the accuracy of the rumors in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back which you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt.
Rumors of the day:
- While he could not confirm this, PW Insider’Mike Johnson has heard from several people backstage at WWE who are expecting Nia Jax to be a part of the women’s Royal Rumble match this weekend.
- In happier news from Insider, Johnson says last night’s Mark Briscoe match was not a one-off. AEW can use it as much as anyone else moving forward.
- The “influential people” in WWE were happy with how Raw XXX turned out, per combat selection.
- Speaking of Raw XXX, Insider reported that Lita was in Philadelphia on Monday, but was filming material for A&E and wasn’t scheduled to appear on the anniversary show.
- Mick Foley was also involved his Facebook That WWE invited him to Raw XXX, but he declined because he’s been on the road for the past month working on other projects.
- Kon (formerly Konnor of The Ascension in WWE) said: PW Torch He signed a multi-year contract with Impact.
If you have heard any interesting rumors that you would like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember that they are rumors and not confirmed as fact, so please take it as such. And check out the weekly rumors, look back here To track the validity of the rumors.
