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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 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:
- Braun Strowman posted in an Instagram Story that he wasn’t one of the WWE Superstars who contacted AEW recently, and called it “fake news” from “Dork Marksler.”
- Prior to Triple H’s comments about allegations against him, Fightful Select said there was backstage heat on Velveteen Dream “for behavioral issues and what is perceived as preferential treatment in multiple situations that would have had most anyone else fired.”
- John Alba & Jeff Allen of Spectrum News 13 report WWE is paying Amway Center “about $450,000” to put on television there for the next two months.
- WWE is still interested in signing just-retired UFC legend Daniel Cormier, per Dave Meltzer on the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast. Fox wants him on SmackDown commentary.
- “Minutes” of promo material were cut from the Randy Orton/Ric Flair segment on the Aug. 9 Raw, per Fightful.
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.