Speculating on the rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime for many fans, perhaps second only to watching matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors spread by the Wrestling Rumor Factory.
Important reminder: Rumors are just rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just going around the wrestling rumor mill. We track the veracity of rumors in the weekly “Rumor Look Back” feature, which you can find here. Remember, take all of this with a grain of salt.
Rumors of the day:
- While WWE wants Stone Cold Steve Austin to work out his match with Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 38, Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio that Austin hasn’t agreed to it yet. At the moment, “it’s in the books as a confrontation.”
- Meltzer is also now hearing that Cody Rhodes might not make it to WWE: “They have a creative plan for him… Now that’s very dubious. They don’t know what’s going on with Cody Rhodes. They are not sure.”
- As long as this goes on, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter states that WWE will name the winner of Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns the “WWE Unified Champion”.
- When asked on his podcast about Triple H’s WWE status, Ric Flair said: “I have no idea. He and I were incredibly close, and now I don’t hear anything from him, so I don’t know.”
- Although he remained with Sacrifice, Jake Something’s contract with Impact ended on February 28, and he has parted ways with the company for now, according to Fightful Select.
If you’ve heard of any interesting rumors you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember that these are rumors and not factual, so please take them as such. And check out our weekly rumor roundup here to keep track of how often the rumors turn out to be true.