Rumor Roundup: The Plans For Daniel Bryan, Rhea Ripley’s Booking, More

1) The Plans For Daniel Bryan

Daniel Bryan will be facing Roman Reigns on the next episode of Smackdown. If Bryan loses, he will be banished from Smackdown. We have an interesting note to pass your way about this storyline.

After this match was announced, speculation started that Bryan could be finished with WWE after the loss. This is because he has been vocal about his WWE contract expiring soon. He has also been vocal about his time as a full-time performer coming to an end. Some new wording from WWE seems to shed more light on the topic.

According to WWE’s website, Bryan will only be banished from Smackdown and not all of WWE. This means Bryan can still go to other brands, even if he loses to Reigns:

Roman Reigns shrugged off Cesaro on SmackDown and laid out a Universal Title opportunity for The Leader of the “Yes!” Movement. The challenge came with one catch: If Bryan loses, he’ll be banished from SmackDown.

My Take:

  • Fingers crossed that we will see Daniel Bryan have a run in NXT. There are so many great matches waiting for him if that is the case. Just imagine Daniel Bryan vs Adam Cole, Daniel Bryan vs Johnny Gargano etc. I hope that happens and this new wording from WWE has my hopes up.

What are some of the latest WWE rumors that you have heard? Let us know in the comments.

On a related note, check out my predictions for Summerslam.

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