Rumor Roundup: Evolution production & lack of promotion, Bryan plans, Bliss status

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 legitimate news or 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:

  • It wasn’t just the usual main roster sets and equipment that weren’t available for Evolution. PW Insider says the usual Raw and SmackDown production crew, including Kevin Dunn, were already in Charlotte on Sunday, so the women’s PPV felt like a TakeOver because the people producing it were from NXT.
  • On PW Insider Elite audio, Mike Johnson speculated this could be why Evolution didn’t get a lot of play on Raw, as that was produced by Dunn who may have viewed Sunday’s PPV as being from “the other team”.
  • Daniel Bryan tapping out to AJ Styles was the planned finish at Crown Jewel, per Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live. It wasn’t punishment for backing out of the Saudi Arabia trip, but it does likely mean he’s not in the WWE title picture for the rest of 2018.
  • Alexa Bliss is advertised for this weekend’s house shows. 411mania says her return from the injury that caused her to not wrestle at Evolution is “imminent”.
  • There’s a pitch going around backstage to pair Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper back up, according to Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

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. Have fun with it. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct!

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