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:
- WWE is committed to plans to run Sami Zayn vs. Romain Reigns as a main event Judicial Departmentto me Observer Wrestling. Dave Meltzer reports that this has been the plan since October or November.
- Meltzer also notes that Brock Lesnar is not scheduled to work the US Title Chamber match “at this point,” but he is supposed to be on the show.
- Regarding the Chamber match, Meltzer wrote: “We’re told that while Chamber’s match for the United States title isn’t as intense as it would be at WrestleMania or the WWE title, the feeling is that Reigns vs. Zayn is pretty hot. It doesn’t matter what’s in it.” The rest of the show.”
- sources said PW from the inside “WWE is very happy to perform at the Royal Rumble event over the weekend.”
- wrestling Claims to have heard praise for both Rumble matches, with specific references to Gunther’s performance and the mid-air collision that set off Ricochet & Logan Paul. The Bloodline angle was finally put in because everyone expected him to steal the show, and he did.
- Roxanne Perez’s time in the women’s Rumble match was kept short because WWE didn’t want to risk getting hurt before defending her title at revenge day This weekend, per Live Observer WrestlingBrian Alvarez.
- Kevin Nash said he was invited to Raw XXX by Bruce Prichard, but declined because he had no interest in doing what he thought they were going to ask him, and because he didn’t want to have people he barely knew offering him condolences over his son’s death.
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.