The latest on why the multi-man match was scrapped for Extreme Rules. Also, an Impact Wrestling star that is not heading to WWE and a new trademark filed by WWE. Make sure to take rumors with a grain of salt as always.
Impact Star Not Heading To WWE
There have been rumors for the past few months about WWE having interest in Impact’s Eli Drake. Dave Meltzer noted that Drake has recently signed a multi-year deal to remain with Impact.
New WWE Trademark
According to PWinsider, WWE recently filed for the trademark for “British Strong Style”. That is the faction made up of Trent Seven, Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate.
Why The Multi-Man Match At Extreme Rules Was Scrapped
There have been plenty of rumors floating around about why WWE scrapped the multi-man match for Extreme Rules to determine Brock Lesnar’s next challenger. Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live says that it was a case of Vince McMahon changing his mind. Here is a quote (h/t to Ringside News):
“Yesterday I guess I was talking about ‘maybe Brock Lesnar really doesn’ want to face Roman Reigns again?’ Maybe Brock Lesnar would rather face Bobby Lashley — none of that’s true, none of that happened. It was Vince just decided. He had announced a multi-man match and sometime during the week he had decided, ‘I don’t want to do this anymore.’ And so he scrapped it. That’s the story. Had nothing to do with Brock Lesnar. Brock’s just sitting there waiting to find out what they’re going to do. Vince just changed his mind.”
You can also check out the latest rumor here about NXT’s future in 2019.