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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:
- CM Punk was in the ring Wednesday at the WWE Performance Center, per PW Insider. The site was told it was part of his efforts to get medically cleared.
- Sean Ross Sapp reported that AEW got Dr. Martha Hart’s permission before having Darby Allin enter via the rafters on last night’s Dynamite. The company did the same thing when Sting was lowered into the arena earlier this year.
- After a Fightful Select report earlier in the week that AEW was looking into running a stadium show in Texas next year, Tony Khan told ComicBook.com that a U.S. stadium show would be “a fascinating thing for us to try”, but “it’s not something that we would be looking to do anytime here in the immediate future.”
- Regarding reports of WWE interest in Joe Hendry, during a recent Talk Is Jericho interview Hendry said he’s “got a while” left on his TNA contract.
- Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley seemed to say goodbye to the indie scene after wrestling each other at a Prestige Wrestling show last weekend, which prompted renewed speculation about the Motor City Machine Guns’ future. Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer said, “they’re going to AEW or WWE, probably pretty soon”, but did point out MCMG still have an Aug. 18 indie booking in Canada.
- AEW Vice President of Content Development Jen Pepperman has been praised for helping the company’s male and female stars with their promos, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Her work with Will Ospreay and Mark Briscoe was singled out, in addition to recent Mercedes Mone & Britt Baker segments.
- Former WOW Tag Champs The Tonga Twins shared on X that they visited the WWE Performance Center this week. It’s unknown if Taahine & TalaVou Tonga, who exited WOW in May and say they were released after complaining to management about a male staffer’s behavior, are signing with WWE.
- Ricky Shane Page confirmed a Fightful report that he’s no longer with MLW.
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.
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