This Week’s Wrestling Gossip

*The following are rumours and gossip from around the wrestling world. Please note that these are merely rumours doing the rounds, they are not necessarily true

Cain Velasquez has held talks with both WWE and AEW about joining their promotions.

 

NXT TakeOver events will no longer take place the day before a WWE main roster pay-per-view.

Drew McIntyre is expected to miss a month of WWE TV as he recovers from minor surgery.

Shane McMahon has not been on WWE TV recently as creative has nothing for him to do.

Sasha Banks signed a new WWE deal just before trying to quit the company at WrestleMania 35.

AEW will be introducing a fourth championship, the TV title, in the coming months.

Matt Riddle and Goldberg have squashed their beef after an undoubtedly hostile interaction at SummerSlam.

Matt Riddle’s social media activity has landed him in some hot water with many in NXT, including Tommaso Ciampa

NXT stars will still be called up to the main roster despite the brands move to the USA Network.

The Miz, Alexa Bliss, Rey Mysterio and Becky Lynch will all be moving to Smackdown in the upcoming WWE Draft.

WWE is considering bringing back the European Championship as a midcard title in NXT UK.

AEW will be putting on a PG-14 rated TV show. The show will be edgier that WWE TV.

After losing the NXT UK Women’s Championship at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff, Toni Storm might be headed to NXT in the US.

Based on local advertisements, Seth Rollins will be retaining his Universal Championship at Clash of Champions.

WWE Writers backstage are very unhappy about the way that the Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan storyline has played out.

Renee Young will be moved from Raw to Smackdown as FOX want her exclusively on their network.

Charlotte Flair is far from pleased with her father Ric over his current legal battle with WWE.

The upcoming WWE Draft will not only feature stars from Raw and Smackdown, but also NXT.

At WWE Clash of Champions, Roman Reigns might be facing Daniel Bryan instead of Rowan.

Scarlett Bordeaux is at the WWE Performance Center for a tryout and will be joining the company soon.

WWE is going to phase out scripted promos. Several promos on Raw have been unscripted.

Upon her return to TV, WWE will be giving Liv Morgan a big push on Smackdown Live.

LAX will be Chris Jericho‘s tag team partners for the October 2nd show on TNT.

Eli Drake very nearly joined AEW after leaving Impact Wrestling.

Marty Scurll will be joining AEW in November 2019 once his ROH deal expires, possibly debuting at the Full Gear pay-per-view.

The Miz is currently working with an injury to his left arm/shoulder.

Sin Cara will be making his return to WWE in the coming months after being sidelined through injury.

AEW are looking to bring in Rey Mysterio once his WWE deal expires.

WWE will be announcing a superstar draft in the coming weeks ahead of Smackdown‘s move to FOX.

WWE will be looking to bring in more female referees in the near future.

LAX will be called Proud-n-Powerful in AEW after their All Out debut.

After selling out a live event in Colombia, WWE is considering holding a pay-per-view in the South American country.

AEW stars Sadie Gibbs and Bea Priestley had a backstage altercation after their match at AEW All Out.

When Sheamus returns to WWE from injury, he will be challenging for the Intercontinental Championship to try and complete the ‘Grand Slam‘

WWE wants the Sami Zayn & Shinsuke Nakamura partnership to mirror that of Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens in 2016. The pair will have a big blowoff match at some point in the future

PAC will be feuding with Hangman Adam Page in the near future. This comes after PAC confronted Page after AEW All Out.

Paul Heyman has been very much involved with Sasha Banks since her return to WWE.

Shayna Baszler will no longer be called up to the main roster now that NXT is moving to the USA Network.

Many within NXT want to stay at Full Sail and hope that they don’t get called up to the main roster.

Paul Heyman is a big fan of Robert Roode. Roode’s pairing with Dolph Ziggler is designed to get him over.

WWE is planning on holding a sixth NXT TakeOver event in 2020. This is all dependent on how NXT performs on the USA Network.

Secondary ticket sales for AEW‘s debut on TNT are tanking. There are nearly 5,000 tickets still to be sold.

Lance Storm will be joining either WWE or AEW in the near future, not Impact Wrestling.

The new AEW show is expected to be called Wednesday Night Dynamite but that is not confirmed and there are still other options on the table, including AEW Revolution.

WWE’s move to a tiered system for the WWE Network is expected to be rolled out sooner rather than later.

Local advertising for Hell In A Cell suggests that one of the headline bouts will be Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton.

Discussions have taken place between WWE and FOX about extending Smackdown Live to three hours come October. The idea is that the third hour will air on either FS1, or the WWE Network.

All Elite Wrestling is planning to release a video game. However, no timeframe has been given as of yet.

The Undertaker‘s upcoming WWE return is not due to poor ticket sales. The return will be used to set up his next big feud, possibly against ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt.

FOX are very unhappy with Vince McMahon as they felt they were guaranteed to get NXT. WWE instead chose the USA Network.

WWE is expected to hold an all-women episode of SmackDown on the same night as they return to Saudi Arabia on November 1.

CM Punk’s representatives reportedly reached out to FOX about the former WWE Champion co-hosting a WWE Talk Show.

Vince McMahon will not be present at NXT TV tapings, and the product will remain largely the same.

WWE is no longer working with CF0$. The music producers have created many of WWE’s recent iconic entrance themes, including Shinsuke Nakamura’s and Bobby Roode’s.

Once NXT moves to the USA Network later this month, there will be more cross-over with the main roster. Stars from Raw and Smackdown could appear on NXT TV.

Fans in the UK might not be able to legally watch NXT TV until January 2020. WWE currently has an exclusive deal with Sky, but programming will be moved to BT Sport next year.

After landing a role in FOX’s 9-1-1 drama, Ronda Rousey will likely appear on Smackdown‘s debut episode on the network.

WWE higher-ups were reportedly very high on the work of The Revival and Randy Orton. There have been backstage talks about making the trio a permanent faction.

Paul Heyman is very high on Cedric Alexander, and a big push is being planned for the former Cruiserweight Champion.

WALTER is not happy in WWE and could be on his way out of the promotion when his contract expires at the end of the year.

Keith Lee will receive a big push in NXT in 2020. The push is set to start when “The Main Event” is released on Netflix. Lee has a key role in the film.

Jeff Hardy could be set to return to WWE after injury as The Willow.

WWE hasn’t held a second Evolution pay-per-view event because they are scared it would fail without Ronda Rousey.

Despite losing the NXT Tag Team Championships during the latest set of TV tapings, The Street Profits will remain an NXT act, and will not wrestle on Raw.

Buddy Murphy is only involved in the Roman Reigns-Daniel Bryan storyline because he was caught on camera walking backstage during a segment.

WWE wants Rey Mysterio‘s son to skip NXT and head straight to the main roster.

Smackdown star Chad Gable will be renamed “Shorty G” in the coming weeks.

WWE doesn’t want “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt to appear on TV every week. They want to try and make the character feel special and make it seem as if he could attack at any moment.

Adverts suggest that upon Smackdown Live‘s move to FOX in October, Brock Lesnar will be leaving Raw and moving to the blue brand.

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