Speculating about the rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime for many fans, perhaps second only to watching the games. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors produced by 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:
- No champion is currently the favorite of Bet Online to retain in WrestleMania 37 this weekend. The Intercontinental title fight is a push; all other champions are underdogs. Edge is the favorite to win the Universal Triple Threat title.
- According to the Wrestling Observer, the TV schedule lists the 90-minute WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Both TakeOver nights are listed for just over two hours, and Saturday and Sunday WrestleMania ends at 23:00 ET.
- In Pardon My Take, Triple H said the WWE had “conversations” about bringing Rob Gronkowski to WrestleMania 37, but he wasn’t sure (or was not admitting) where those discussions ended.
- The promotion that Riddle forgot Crude last week it was planned to “talk about everything in Monte. Fuji to fight underground robots in Japan ”, by Fightful Select.
- Bea Priestley ended in Japan. The speculation of Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio and others is that she signed with WWE and will be on the NXT UK list.
If you’ve heard of any interesting rumors you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Remember that they are rumors and are not confirmed as facts, so consider them as such. And check out our weekly Look Back Rumor here to control how often the rumors turn out to be correct.