Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Again, the place we have a look at the rumors from six months in the past and see which performed out as initially said. Let’s leap proper to it.
- PW Insider says they haven’t heard about Drew McIntyre signing a brand new take care of WWE simply but.
- He did it in April so he hadn’t by this level. (1/1)
- In addition they say that whereas something is feasible, they’ve been informed that Mercedes Mone will not be the “huge identify” deliberate for TNA’s Laborious to Kill occasion.
- Fairly apparent. (1/1)
- Talking of Moné, the Wrestling Observer Publication says that there are these in WWE who’ve speculated this may very well be just like the scenario with CM Punk the place it’s denied in all places and he or she remains to be a shock on the Royal Rumble. Nonetheless, she has been talked about by others as “Tony Khan’s counter punch to dropping Andrade” and AEW “does anticipate her to begin on TV quickly.”
- People nonetheless didn’t know the place she’s present up but.
- Whereas Nick Khan praised him in writing and through inside conferences after his departure, PW Insider says there’s a rising perception at WWE that Kevin Dunn resigned “as a result of he felt disrespected and was a ‘Vince McMahon Man’”.
- I believe the large lawsuit that was about to drop had one thing to do with it. He was a serious Vince ally, and that wasn’t the most effective place to be.
- There have been points main up Dunn giving noticing, and one supply informed Insider it was “getting uglier” even after he knowledgeable the corporate of his resolution. Dunn is anticipated to maintain working and is “wanting into potential movie and tv initiatives”, however Insider doesn’t anticipate him to work for different wrestling firms.
- We haven’t heard of a subsequent step for him.
- There have been initially plans for the Continental Basic to incorporate extra time restrict attracts however Tony Khan ended up limiting that after suggestions from others, in keeping with the WON. Nonetheless, the plan was at all times for it to return all the way down to Eddie Kingston vs. Jon Moxley.
- I respect that AEW makes use of the time restrict draw as a software from time to time.
- On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated PAC might be returning to AEW “quickly.”
- It was March. So not that quickly, however about 2 months is quickly sufficient. (1/1)
- WWE’s mentioned Sean Waltman, Naomi & Liv Morgan as shock entrants on this yr’s Royal Rumble matches, per PW Insider.
- No X-Pac however Naomi and Liv have been. (2/3)
- In speaking about Roman Reigns’ Royal Rumble match, Dave Meltzer stated on Wrestling Observer Radio that the unique plan was a singles match with Randy Orton. However as a result of some at WWE imagine it was too early to have Reigns beat Orton as a result of “there’s cash to be made with Randy Orton and Roman in a program in some unspecified time in the future”, AJ Types & LA Knight have been added so one in every of them can take the pin.
- Nonetheless we haven’t gotten that one on one match with Roman and Orton and the way in which the tales are going, it doesn’t really feel prefer it’s within the playing cards quickly. It might have been higher simply to run it right here? I believe LA Knight within the Rumble would have been a greater spot for him.
- It’s a prediction not a spoiler, however in his 2024 forecast Sports activities Enterprise Journal’s John Ourand has Amazon securing media rights to WWE Uncooked. The reporter believes Uncooked would stay on Monday nights as a part of a technique to present Amazon Prime extra reside programming and draw the younger male demographic to its service.
- It was a distinct streamer in Netflix. (0/1)
- If Amazon doesn’t pony up, Ourand might see Disney getting Uncooked rights and placing the present on FX.
- It was additionally not Disney. (0/1)
- Giulia wasn’t completely satisfied that rumors of WWE’s curiosity in her leaked up to now upfront of her Stardom deal ending this spring, per Fightful Choose. She’s nonetheless a “potential precedence acquisition” for WWE that’s anticipated to hitch the corporate later this yr. Plans name for Giulia to begin in NXT, until she works outdoors the corporate together with her personal trainers to get predominant roster prepared.
- We don’t know the place she’ll debut but, however NXT is the belief.
- In a report about WWE’s curiosity in partnering with Japanese promotions, Fightful Choose didn’t have a lot new info however had a number of sources stress to them that “the corporate was in a brand new period and issues may very well be performed rather a lot in another way.“
- They’ve a working relationship with TNA, which could be very new for the corporate.
- WWE just lately filed to trademark “Remaining Testomony”. Hypothesis is that is for one thing associated to the brand new Karrion Kross/AOP faction.
- That’s the identify of that faction, who’s sort of no matter. (1/1)
- Primarily based on his LinkedIn, Shane Emerson has been promoted to AEW’s Vice President of International Programming and Partnerships. His title had been “Head of International Programming & Partnerships”.
- Doesn’t “Vice President” sound prefer it’d be a decrease place than “Head of”?
- The Wrestling Observer notes that these near Charlotte Aptitude imagine she’ll return from her knee damage before the 9 months she’s projected to be out.
- We’ll discover out.
- For what it’s value, LA Knight informed Chris Van Vliet on Perception that he took a pay lower to signal with WWE when he did as a result of he was keen to wager on himself to show it into one thing extra.
- I don’t imagine he’s re-signed a contract but. Hopefully it’s for good cash.
- BWE claims there have been “discussions over repackaging plans” for Omos.
- They actually haven’t performed something with the large Nigerian. (0/1)
- There’s hypothesis that Kayden Carter & Katana Probability may very well be generally known as the “Twinkle Twins” going ahead after Chelsea Inexperienced and Michael Cole used that identify for them on Uncooked this week.
- We haven’t heard that as their identify. (0/1)
- Fenix informed Denise Salcedo just lately that he thinks he’ll be again within the ring “quickly” from the damage he’s been rehabbing. The Observer stated his difficulty was a “dangerous again, a foul hip, or each.”
- It was 4 months. I take pleasure in him a bunch, however he’s typically injured. (0/1)
- Fightful Choose says Kosha Irby is becoming a member of AEW, probably as Chief Working Officer. He was previously the Regional Director of Stay Occasions for WWE.
- With folks dropping their job throughout the merger, there have been some certified folks all of the sudden out there.
- After Brian Final talked about a narrative about Chris Jericho “getting knocked out on his personal cruise ship by somebody he mouthed off to” on Cornette’s Drive Via, Cassidy Haynes of Bodyslam.web confirmed with sources that MVP and Jericho bought right into a “heated” change on Jericho’s January 2020 cruise that ended with MVP knocking out Jericho.
- That’s not the one time these two bought heated.
- Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp tweeted that he heard the cruise knockout story “slightly below a yr in the past”. Sapp talked about different points between Jericho & MVP, and Cassidy’s sources additionally confirmed a beforehand reported lodge incident between the 2 wrestlers.
- MVP isn’t afraid to talk his thoughts, even about folks he’s technically working for.
- Tony Khan’s Tuesday tweets weren’t a heavy subject of dialogue backstage at Dynamite yesterday, no less than in keeping with Fightful Choose’s sources.
- I might suppose they’re most likely used to it by now.
- WWE’s hiring of ESPN’s Lee Becoming as Kevin Dunn’s alternative reportedly “made waves” within the manufacturing & TV departments. That from a PW Insider Elite report which stated there was some concern “that an ‘outsider’ would now be above them”, and that some present WWE execs “deserved” a shot on the job.
- He’s been unbelievable so hopefully these of us have cooled off.
- PAC was in Jacksonville for Dynamite yesterday, per Fightful Choose. The location notes he could have been there as a part of AEW’s “multi present course of” to get cleared from long-term accidents.
- PAC was out for awhile.
- On his Corridor of Fame podcast, Booker T stated Patrick Clark (fka Velveteen Dream) reached out to him “about three months in the past” and was “attempting to determine perhaps a approach again into the enterprise.”
- Not going to be simple to get again in.
- Bo Dallas remains to be underneath contract with WWE, says PW Insider.
- He’s a part of the Wyatt Sicks at the moment. (1/1)
- They couldn’t affirm if it was a full-time or “tiered per look” deal, however Fightful Choose studies Queen Aminata has signed with AEW.
- She bought the “All Elite” designation in February.
- Fightful Choose says “as of a number of weeks in the past,” the Younger Bucks have been deliberate to be Sting’s opponents within the remaining match of his profession at AEW Revolution in March. Sting has a “main say” in who his opponents are, and Tony Khan is attempting exhausting to do “no matter Sting desires.”
- It was the Bucks. And it was a unbelievable ship off. (1/1)
- The location additionally heard that AEW isn’t contemplating Ric Aptitude for “any in-ring performing,” however Ric is “actively pushing” for extra bodily spots.
- He didn’t actually get bodily. And he actually hasn’t wrestled. (1/1)
- In line with WrestleVotes, WWE deliberate to present an official identify to Bobby Lashley’s faction with the Road Earnings on final week’s SmackDown, however these plans “bought axed on the final second for unknown causes.” The identify that WWE has in thoughts for the group is “The Pleasure.” Votes mentions that “the route of the trio may very well be shifting.”
- They’re sort of known as the Pleasure? They have been not often referred to it on TV, if in any respect, however they did use it in a video title. So I’m sort of in between on this side of the rumor. They quickly grew to become babyfaces, which might be the shift. Sadly, Lashley has been out for awhile. (1/1)
- Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer pushed again on Matt Riddle’s latest claims that he was speculated to win the Royal Rumble match and Cash within the Financial institution in 2022. Meltzer particularly heard that Riddle was “not thought of significantly at any level to win the Royal Rumble.”
- I do suppose Vince was a giant fan of his, but in addition, Riddle looks like a man who’s filled with it.
- Meltzer says Riddle is right that Vince McMahon made a late name for Austin Principle to win Cash within the Financial institution that yr. Nonetheless, the deliberate winner earlier than that was “by no means 100% anybody. That they had not figured it out till the final minute.”
- The Principle briefcase was an underwhelming one.
- PW Insider says Darkish Aspect of the Ring is coming again for a fifth season on Vice TV, and the season is anticipated to start in March.
- This appears to be correct. (1/1)
- The Wrestling Observer Publication says the thought of The Rock profitable the Royal Rumble as a shock entrant was “mentioned for previous years when there was an thought of him headlining Mania.” The Rock’s latest return to WWE implies that state of affairs shouldn’t be dominated out for this yr’s Royal Rumble occasion, however it’s “fully as much as Dwayne Johnson.”
- He didn’t win the Rumble. I believe if he did, there would have been much less of an uproar about him changing Cody.
- It was talked about on Fightful Choose that most individuals in WWE anticipate Andrade and Naomi to be concerned within the Royal Rumble.
- That’s correct. Each returned in that match. (2/2)
- Wrestling Observer Stay’s Bryan Alvarez heard from lots of people in AEW who have been embarrassed by Tony Khan’s tweets this week about Jinder Mahal and HOOK. Alvarez stated “Tony thinks there’s a technique to his insanity,” which is about driving engagement to advertise AEW programming, and “it’s gonna occur extra.”
- So there have been of us embarrassed too. Which sort of contradicts the prior rumor. I want to see Jinder Mahal present up on AEW and face HOOK – only for the lolz. (1/2)
- On a associated be aware, Alvarez claims that “WWE loves when their expertise trolls Tony on Twitter.”
- I’m positive WWE is a giant fan of that.
- F4WOnline’s Dave Meltzer stated Sting desires to wrestle the Younger Bucks in his retirement match at AEW Revolution as a result of “he liked doing the Forbidden Door 2022 match” with them. Matt and Nick Jackson have been initially scheduled for extra day without work, however “Sting requested them they usually weren’t about to show that down.”
- Once more, a flawless ship off. There was some of us prior debating whether or not the Bucks have been the right alternative, however they undoubtedly have been. An excellent crew who’re superb heels and might afford to take the L as a result of they don’t must be put over.
- In line with PW Insider, Bobby Lashley & the Road Earnings (aka The Pleasure) are actually listed as babyfaces on WWE’s inside roster.
- That’s how they have been booked. (1/1)
- WWE has been engaged on a Bray Wyatt undertaking over the previous week, per Insider. Bo Dallas has been interviewed for it, and was in Pittsburgh (residence of Bray’s design companion & collaborator Jason Baker) this week to movie materials.
- This sounds just like the Bray Wyatt documentary, which ended with the Wyatt Sicks tease. (1/1)
- The WON notes that Giovanni Vinci is “out resulting from a concussion” he suffered on the Day 1 episode of Uncooked.
- Vinci has been outed from Imperium and moved to SmackDown. And that needs to be it for him, proper? Seems like that’s a dying knell. It’s potential they’re planning to repackage him, however it’s already a crowded scene on Friday nights, particularly solely having two hours. I believe it’s as potential he will get launched and we don’t see him on WWE TV once more than it’s they debut him with a brand new gimmick.
This week: 16/23 – 70%
Total: 5,159/8,959 – 57.6%
Have a fantastic week, everybody!