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:
- Becky Lynch and Oba Femi opened as favorites in their respective WrestleMania 42 matches against AJ Lee and Brock Lesnar at sites like betonline, and their odds haven’t changed. Fellow favorites Rhea Ripley and Randy Orton have seen the odds they’re getting against Jade Cargill and Cody Rhodes improve since their matches were announced. Liv Morgan and Roman Reigns are still favored against Stephanie Vaquer and CM Punk, but bookmakers are less confident now than they initially were.
- After his appearance on Raw Monday, sources indicated to Bodyslam.net “that discussions have taken place regarding iShowSpeed making an appearance at WrestleMania this year.”
- AEW has locked Thekla up for years to come. Fightful Select reports they’re “so happy” with their Women’s World champion’s performance “they made the move to sign her to a new, multi-year deal not even a full year into the original deal.”
- Wardlow was backstage at AEW Revolution, per Fightful. The American Gladiators star was just visiting however, and there’s no word on his return to the promotion.
- NXT’s Elio LeFleur and Lexus King were hurt on a March 20 house show. Wrestling Observer Radio said King was “banged up” after a knee to the head. He was later reportedly feeling better, but Vic Joseph said on the March 24 NXT that King wasn’t cleared. Sources close to LeFleur told Fightful Select that his arm’s been in a sling due to the injury. The French luchador’s scheduled tag match was written off Tuesday’s epsiode by an Americanos attack.
