Don’t believe everything you read on the internet, kids!
Exhibit A: AJ Styles is not retiring after WrestleMania 34
This one is pretty straight-forward. While the 40 year old WWE champ has understandably talked about how the clock is ticking on his in-ring career, rumors started by this tweet...
BREAKING WWE NEWS : THERES BEEN ALOT OF TALK AROUND @AJStylesOrg RETIRING AFTER WRESTLEMANIA 34 THIS IS VERY SAD INDEED LOVED WATCHING AJ WRESTLE AND PERFORM ;( #Wrestlemania #WWE #WWENews #RAW #SDLive #WWEChampionship #WWEChampion #JinderMahal #Wrestlemania34 #WWETitle
— Ali #RAW #SDLive (@WWETweetsByAli) November 29, 2017
Were shut down with one-word from The Phenomenal One...
Wrong! https://t.co/7uH3DeopJk
— AJStyles.Org (@AJStylesOrg) November 29, 2017
Exhibit B: WWE did not unveil a new United States title design in a house show ad
This since deleted tweet from the venue for a January SmackDown live event in South Carolina caused quite a stir among belt fans...
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Unfortunately, that fan-created design has been floating around for at least a couple years, and this seems to be a case of an overzealous, non-graps fan in the Florence Civic Center sales office making a quick ad to run over Thanksgiving weekend before WWE sent them an image, Photoshopped together with whatever Google search results looked coolest...
REVISED and CORRECTED artwork for WWE Live. Thanks fans for helping us correct the error! #newguyproblems #toomuchturkey pic.twitter.com/hXqZYW2bhp
— FlorenceCivicCenter (@flocivicctr) November 29, 2017
Beware #FakeWrestlingNews