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• Corey Graves blurs lines of reality after candid remarks about his WWE demotion

WWE.com The wrestler-turned-announcer expressed disappointment on social media about being replaced by Pat McAfee on Monday nights, then urged fans to tune in to NXT to hear what he has to say next. Corey Graves returned to giving his candid commentary on a Monday night, just not on WWE’s Raw. After seemingly being demoted to NXT, the now-former Raw announcer had something to say on X. ...2025
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• Rumor Roundup: Malakai Black gone from AEW, Alexa Bliss return, The Rock match, more!

WWE.com 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 wrest...2025
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• Corey Graves is demoted from WWE’s main roster, but here’s when he’ll be back

WWE NXT WWE shuffled its commentary teams around for Raw’s move to Netflix. Pat McAfee is back as the color commentator on Raw, where he’s working with play-by-play announcer Michael Cole. Joe Tessitore moved from Raw to SmackDown, where he is working with color commentator Wade Barrett. Corey Graves is the odd man out, as he was demoted to the NXT commentary team this week to join Booker ...2025
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• Report: Luchasaurus Doing ‘Much Better’ Following Hospitalization

AEW star Luchasaurus, also known as Killswitch, was hospitalized in September, and he was on oxygen because he had pneumonia in both of his lungs. A new report provides an update on his recovery. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful (via Fightful Select) first reported the news about Luchasaurus being hospitalized. Bryan Alvarez discussed the situation […] The post Report: Luchasaurus Doing ‘Muc...2024
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• I think AEW already wrote Kamille off TV so Mercedes Moné can win another title

Mercedes Moné was about to fire Kamille this week on AEW Dynamite when The Brickhouse beat her to the punch and decided to quit. It seemed like a potential setup for a match between Moné and Kamille, unless you buy into a strange rumor from F4WOnline’s Bryan Alvarez, who hinted that AEW creative doesn’t have anything for Kamille, and there isn’t a match planned to follow up on their breakup. Well,...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE/Edge, Nikki Bella divorce, AEW running smaller venues, more!

WWE 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...2024
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• Braun Strowman Confirms He Tore His Groin Two Minutes Into Last Monster Standing Match

Braun Strowman has been sidelined with an injury. On the September 30 episode of WWE RAW, Braun Strowman beat Bronson Reed in a Last Monster Standing Match. Seth Rollins returned and attacked Reed at the end of the bout. Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live then reported that Strowman had suffered a torn groin during the […] The post Braun Strowman Confirms He Tore His Groin Two Minutes ...2024
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• Report: Braun Strowman Suffers Groin Injury At 9/30 WWE RAW

Braun Strowman might have got the win Monday night on WWE RAW, but a potential injury may end up sidelining the Monster of all Monsters. On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez is reporting that Braun Strowman suffered some sort of groin/thigh injury during his match with Bronson Reed on WWE RAW. […] The post Report: Braun Strowman Suffers Groin Injury At 9/30 WWE RAW...2024
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• Report: Powerhouse Hobbs Suffered Knee Injury On 4/24 AEW Dynamite
Powerhouse Hobbs is reportedly injured. According to Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer, Powerhouse Hobbs suffered a legitimate knee injury against Jon Moxley on the April 24 episode of AEW Dynamite. Hobbs was favoring his knee at the end of the match and hopped to the back after the bout was over. The extent of Hobbs' knee injury is unknown. Hobbs challenged Moxley for the IWGP World Heav...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE Draft, Swerve promo, AEW injury, Tony Khan ratings, more!

AEW Dynamite 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 ...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: AEW creative problems, Okada’s arrival, Meat Madness, The Rock, more!

AEW’s YouTube 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...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE wants Stallone, Elimination Chamber surprise, AEW chaos, more!

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"Here’s the conversation Meltzer had with his co-host Bryan Alvarez regarding Reigns’ potential injury: Meltzer: “Roman Reigns got hurt in that match."

• Corey Graves blurs lines of reality after candid remarks about his WWE demotion
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• Rumor Roundup: Malakai Black gone from AEW, Alexa Bliss return, The Rock match, more!
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• Bryan Alvarez Explains Swerve Strickland's Stamford-Bridgeport Gaffe On AEW Dynamite

Last night on "AEW Dynamite," Swerve Strickland mixed up the Connecticut cities of Stamford and Bridgeport, with Bryan Alvarez later offering an explanation....2024
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE Ring Boy Scandal, Equal pay for women, Ripley vs. Dom, more!
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• Rumor Roundup: Becky Lynch’s WWE status, AEW signs Lashley, Elimination Chamber, more!

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• AEW reportedly believes Lucha Bros are leaving for WWE

Lee South for All Elite Wrestling Over the past couple months we’ve heard that both Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix’s AEW contracts are expiring soon. and that WWE was interested in signing both Lucha Bros when that happens. Now come reports, from Ibou, of Wrestlepurists and Wrestling Observer’s Bryan Alvarez, that the belief within AEW is that Fenix & Penta will leave for WWE when their con...2024
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• Report – The Lucha Bros Expected To Leave AEW For WWE
AEW could be losing two prominent stars who have made significant contributions to the promotion’s tag team division. The Lucha Bros (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix) are believed to have grabbed WWE’s attention as their AEW contracts approach expiration. Bryan Alvarez of F4Wonline reports that AEW internally believes Penta and Fenix will depart […] The post Report – The ...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE Draft, Swerve promo, AEW injury, Tony Khan ratings, more!
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• Rumor Roundup: Roman Reigns time off, Giulia WWE debut, Adam Cole, more!

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• Tony Khan is actually going to air the backstage footage of CM Punk’s altercation with Jack Perry

AEW on YouTube AEW Dynamite’s ratings have dropped to concerning low points in recent weeks, so I’ve been expecting a teaser for one of Tony Khan’s HUGE ANNOUNCEMENTS to drop any day. We definitely got something along those lines on this weekend’s (Apr. 6) episode of Collision. Early in the episode, Tony Schiavone said the Young Bucks will have a massive announcement for next week’s Dynam...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: Malakai Black gone from AEW, Alexa Bliss return, The Rock match, more!
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• Rumor Roundup: Roman Reigns time off, Giulia WWE debut, Adam Cole, more!
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• Tony Khan is actually going to air the backstage footage of CM Punk’s altercation with Jack Perry
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• We’re still waiting on Jade

WWE.com Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. September 11, 2023 The Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted no one would confirm CM Punk had two contracts with AEW but “it’s believed his employee deal provided him with insurance benefits.” For that matter, it’s unclear “if ...2024
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• Report: CM Punk & Jack Perry suspended by AEW, could miss All Out

All Elite Wrestling Following the many and varied reports of a physical altercation between CM Punk and Jack Perry prior to start of the PPV portion of All In yesterday (Aug. 27), AEW owner, president & booker Tony Khan announced the company would be investigating the incident. A new report says that AEW is suspending both men, at least until they’ve looked into what happened. That could m...2023
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• Rumor Roundup: CM Punk/Jack Perry backstage blowup, its impact on AEW All In, more!

All Elite Wrestling 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 t...2023
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• Hangman reportedly isn’t the only one who’s been sent home from Collision

All Elite Wrestling After CM Punk reacted to Hangman Page supporters in the crowd at the Aug. 12 taping of AEW Collision in Greensboro, North Carolina by taking a shot at Page in an in-ring promo after the show went off the air, there was much discussion of whether Punk was just having fun “working the marks”, setting the stage for a pro wrestling program with Hangman & his friends in The ...2023
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• Liv Morgan’s injury reportedly may require surgery, and Dakota Kai’s might be worse
FOX Both wrestlers were apparently hurt in the WWE Women’s Tag title match on the May 12 SmackDown. Last Monday (May 15), WWE had to cancel a planned Women’s Tag Team championship match on Raw due to a Liv Morgan injury. By the end of the week, we’d heard that injury was legitimate, and serious enough that the company was vacating the titles held by Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez. When that las...2023
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• There’s allegedly ‘a lot of chaos right now’ backstage at WWE
WWE The WWE Draft always makes the company’s on-screen product a bit hectic. Most talent don’t know in advance if they’re switching brands, and there always seems to be an even bigger “making it up as they go along” feel than normal to how Raw and SmackDown’s rosters are constructed. Every edition of the Draft prior to the just completed 2023 one was definitely conducted with Vince McMahon...2023
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• We’re still waiting on Jade
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• Rumor Roundup: AEW creative problems, Okada’s arrival, Meat Madness, The Rock, more!
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• The jury is still out on this one

WWE.com Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. March 31, 2023 Even though an ESPN broadcaster referred to John Cena vs. Austin Theory as the headlining attraction on WrestleMania 39 night one, Fightful Select confirmed that WWE still plans to place Cena’s match in the op...2023
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• It sounds like Vince McMahon won’t be involved with WWE’s decision on CM Punk

WWE.com CM Punk was fired by AEW President Tony Khan last weekend after an investigation into a backstage incident at All In between Punk and Jack Perry. Punk’s departure from AEW has naturally led wrestling fans to wonder if there is a chance that CM will go back to WWE. On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Bryan Alvarez and Dave Meltzer discussed Punk’s possible return to...2023
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• Don’t expect this to change about Money in the Bank
WWE.com Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. January 16, 2023 With Vince McMahon focused on the sale of WWE, Nick Khan is currently making the final call on other decisions at the company, per the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. With Stephanie out, that would leave Nick ...2023
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• It sounds like Tony Khan booked a ‘token’ women’s match to ‘pacify criticism’ at Blood & Guts
AEW Dynamite Coming into yesterday’s (July 19) Blood & Guts episode of AEW Dynamite, three matches were advertised for the show: The Golden Elite vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts cage match, Adam Cole & MJF vs. Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara in the Blind Eliminator Tournament final, and FTW Champion HOOK vs. Jungle Boy Jack Perry. I assumed the Blood & Guts cage match would take ...2023
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• CM Punk dismisses Collision rumors as ‘toxic gossip from lying sources’
CM Punk’s Instagram Story The lightning rod AEW star also encourages ‘fringe fans’ to ‘touch grass’ in the latest update to this seemingly neverending story. As a rumor about why CM Punk wasn’t included in the announcement of AEW Collision today (May 17) — which was made even more curious when Warner Bros Discovery denied Punk’s involvement in TNT’s new Saturday night wrestling series — wa...2023
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• Rumor Roundup: Warner Bros wants WWE, Raw moving off Monday, Vince paranoia, more!
Ethan Miller/Getty Images 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 ar...2023
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• It sounds like Roman Reigns was injured at SummerSlam

WWE.com Roman Reigns has been WWE Universal champion for nearly three years, and WWE business is booming this year in particular with him on top. If you asked me who the next most likely champ is, I’d probably guess Vacant, because at this point it seems like only an injury can bring down the Tribal Chief. This past weekend, Reigns worked the main event of SummerSlam against Jey Uso in a v...2023
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• Rumor Roundup: Warner Bros wants WWE, Raw moving off Monday, Vince paranoia, more!
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• Report: CM Punk And Jack Perry Suspended Following AEW All In
CM Punk and Jack Perry have been suspended. Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer first reported that CM Punk and Jack Perry were suspended following AEW All In and their respective roles in a backstage altercation that took place just before the event went live on pay-per-view. Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated later gave the same report. The incident remains under investigation and it is u...2023
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• Rumor Roundup: Goldberg in AEW, Naomi money issue, Big E return, WWE Draft, more!
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• CM Punk And Jack Perry Have Been Suspended By AEW

Tony Khan has put his foot down regarding the backstage incident between CM Punk and Jack Perry at AEW All In. Yesterday it was reported by Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer and confirmed this morning by Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated that both CM Punk and Jack Perry have been suspended by All Elite […] The post CM Punk And Jack Perry Have Been Suspended By AEW appeared first on...2023
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• Braun Strowman Confirms He Tore His Groin Two Minutes Into Last Monster Standing Match
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• Tony Khan is actually going to air the backstage footage of CM Punk’s altercation with Jack Perry
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• Speculation On CM Punk's AEW Contract, Potential Non-Compete After Termination

Today's "Wrestling Observer Radio" included hosts Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussing the possibility of a non-compete clause for CM Punk moving forward....2023
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• Rumor Roundup: WWE/Edge, Nikki Bella divorce, AEW running smaller venues, more!
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• We’re still waiting on Jade
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• Rumor Roundup: Brock Lesnar return, Roman Reigns schedule, Raw/WBD, more!

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• Rumor Roundup: WWE Ring Boy Scandal, Equal pay for women, Ripley vs. Dom, more!
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• Latest News on Brock Lesnar’s Status in WWE as Wrestlemania 40 Approaches
It is speculated that Brock Lesnar's absence from the 2024 men’s WWE Royal Rumble match is linked to his connection with the lawsuit involving Vince McMahon and allegations of sex trafficking, which led to McMahon's resignation. Consequently, WWE has allegedly scrapped future plans involving Lesnar. Bryan Alvarez from F4WOnline.com recently...2024
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• Rock’s WrestleMania main event may have been booked without Triple H’s knowledge

Photo by Michelle Farsi/Zuffa LLC The latest report on Cody Rhodes stepping aside so Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson can face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 has a lot of information, but leaves us with even more questions about what exactly is going with WWE’s creative plans — and behind-the-scenes at the company. On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer said that a WrestleMania mai...2024
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• Rumor Roundup: Edge filling in for CM Punk, Dom Mysterio NXT plans, more!

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• News On Brock Lesnar’s WWE Status Following SummerSlam Loss
At Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar lost to Cody Rhodes in a singles match when Rhodes reversed the F5 and hit multiple Cross Rhodes for the win. Heading into the bout, the two stars had exchanged wins, with Rhodes going over at Backlash and Lesnar winning at Night of Champions. Despite speculation, Bryan Alvarez mentioned […] The post News On Brock Lesnar’s WWE Status Following Summ...2023
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• Don’t expect this to change about Money in the Bank
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• It sounds like Tony Khan booked a ‘token’ women’s match to ‘pacify criticism’ at Blood & Guts
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