Rumor Report: Bayley Update, WWE Draft Plans, Locker Room Morale, & More!

Speculating on rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors sparked by the professional wrestling rumor mill.

Important reminder: rumors are just rumours. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the professional wrestling rumor mill. We track the accuracy of the rumors in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back which you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt.

Rumors of the day:

• according to PW from the insidethere is “no expectation” that Bayley will be leaving WWE and her recent social media activity is not indicative but rather her storyline work.
• for that reason, WRKD Wrestling Notes are internally listed as “available for use” for Monday Night Raw this week.
• Dave Meltzer of Observer Wrestling Nothing official but Damage CTRL may break up soon and that may be what Bayley’s social media activity has been all about, he said.
• The assumption, including from the likes of the Observer, is that there will be NXT call-ups in this year’s WWE draft.
• unsurprisingly, Choose a fight He says morale was high smack down Last week with no Vince McMahon but everyone is still in wait and see mode.
• They also say that wrestlers told them WWE was in the midst of a hiring freeze. They don’t know why, and it’s not official, but so far that seems to be the case.
• on Observer Wrestling RadioDave Meltzer stated that Drew McIntyre’s health problem dates back to before WrestleMania 39 This is why he is gone now. He has nothing to do with any contract or other issues with WWE.

If you’ve heard any interesting rumors that you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember that they are rumors and not confirmed as fact, so please take it as such. And check out the weekly rumors, look back here To track the validity of the rumors.

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