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 legitimate news or 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:
- Shawn Michaels is planning on working WrestleMania 35 if all goes well with this run, according to WrestleVotes.
- PW Insider notes that Kane is scheduled for SmackDown 1000. They also say Lacey Evans, Mia Yim, Rhea Ripley, and Kacy Catanzaro are booked for Evolution.
- Dave Meltzer mentioned on Wrestling Observer Radio that Alexa Bliss & Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus & Lita was always the plan for Evolution, and not the singles matches that had previously been booked.
- The reason for that, apparently, is that they couldn’t announce Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella yet but needed to sell tickets to the show on a match already announced, so they revealed Trish vs. Alexa but had always intended to change it.
- Per WrestleTalk, there’s a secret NXT UK training camp happening this week and a new TV deal could be announced very soon.
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. Have fun with it. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct!