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:
- John Cena is still currently favored to win the men’s Royal Rumble, per BetOnline, but Seth Rollins and CM Punk are right behind him. Meanwhile, Charlotte Flair is still the leading candidate to win the women’s Royal Rumble.
- The Wrestling Observer notes that there is still no movement on Brock Lesnar returning to WWE and it remains up to the legal department clearing as much.
- Corey Brennan of Fightful says Triple H personally checked on JD McDonagh after he was injured during a match on Raw this week.
- WrestleVotes claims WWE will soon announce an event entitled “Clash in Paris,” which will take place on Sun., Aug. 31, 2025, in Paris, France.
- Fightful Select indicates WWE kept multiple segments off the show rundown, like Quavo appearing with Jey Uso and the Alpha Academy/American Made stuff.
- Dave Meltzer said on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE seems to be in no rush to debut Hikuleo in NXT because “my gut is they don’t want to debut him on NXT too early, if at all.” He speculated WWE may be just “keeping him” and “getting him up to speed.”
- WWE just announced an NXT show in Cincinnati and PW Insider notes that another one in Nashville could be on the way.
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.