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:
- According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon now believes that PPVs are about new sign ups for the WWE Network and they think those come in bigger the last day before a show and that’s why cards are being announced so late.
- They also says Vince has “changed course several times” on the TLC card.
- Aleister Black vs. Buddy Murphy, and The Viking Raiders vs. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson are likely for the show.
- PW Insider mentions the rumor that WWE is making sure its stars don’t appear on conventions featuring AEW stars is likely true.
- The belief is Chris DeJoseph will end up working on SmackDown, says the Observer.
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. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct.