Speculating about the rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to watching the games. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors spread across the professional wrestling rumors factory.
Important reminder: rumors are just that – rumors. None of this has been confirmed as a fact, it is only circulating in the rumored factory of professional wrestling. We tracked the accuracy of the rumors in a weekly article called Rumor Look Back, which you can find here. Remember, take everything with a grain of salt.
Rumors of the day:
- According to Fightful, some people in the WWE were hopeful that Goldberg would improvise lines in his promotion on Crude to compensate for Drew McIntyre’s promotional cut, but Goldberg did not deviate from the original script.
- Fightful also says there is no WWE heat on Snoop Dogg after his appearance on AEW Dynamite this week.
- On Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez said that Nick Jackson was concerned that he broke his leg during Dynamiteopening fight, which is why he didn’t use a superkick during the Bullet Club meeting. It turns out that Jackson only has a bruise on his leg and will not miss a moment.
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PW Insider notes that Timothy Thatcher’s injury is a job. NXT decided to push the Fight Pit back, so they created a kayfabe Thatcher injury to explain that decision.
- Insider was informed that Carlito declined the WWE offer to appear on Legends Night because he did not want to travel around the country just for a quick participation.
If you’ve heard of an interesting rumor you’d like to add, feel free to post it in the comments section below. Remember that they are rumors and not confirmed as facts, so consider them as such. And check out our weekly Look Back Rumor on here to control how often the rumors turn out to be correct.