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As usual, there is a lot of talk about what should be an eventful night at WWE’s annual event. Real battle premium live event later tonight (January 27) in St. Petersburg, Florida.
This special edition of our Rumor Roundup feature is a way to put that diverse data in one place and give you the opportunity to discuss it. Feel free to share anything you’ve heard or read in the comments (usual rumor warnings apply*)!
Rumbling Rumors:
- TO PW Insider Elite The report says that Jordynne Grace will be at the Women’s Rumble, and she will enter her TNA theme and be introduced as “World Knockouts Champion.”
- Grace could be the “unusual surprise” Fighter They found out when they learned that WWE approached other companies last weekend about having their talent in the Rumbles.
- WWE is discussing Jade Cargill making her in-ring debut at the Women’s Rumble, according to fighting team. They also heard that she was present at Thursday’s game rehearsal.
- Fightful also heard that WWE deliberately didn’t announce many names for this year’s Rumble matches to leave room for surprises.
- One of them was planned to be used by Brock Lesnar, according to Dave Meltzer in Wrestling observer radio. Meltzer says Lesnar was going to be a surprise return at the Men’s Rumble before The Wall Street Journal named him in their report on the latest allegations against Vince McMahon.
- PW Insider adds that Lesnar is not in Florida, and last night word spread on SmackDown that he would not be at tonight’s live premium event, with some sources using the word “retired” to describe his status. It is believed that an NXT talent could fill Brock’s planned spot.
- Speaking of NXT talent, Fightful says Blair Davenport, Tiffany Stratton and Carmelo Hayes are at Tropicana Field ahead of the Royal Rumble.
- CM Punk fueled speculation about a surprise return for AJ Lee tonight by posting a photo of himself with a woman who could be his wife at an airport baggage claim. your Instagram story.
- Another possible surprise return could be that of Sonya Deville. PW Insider noted that she has recently been training for her return from a torn ACL at the Performance Center and that she will be in Tampa/St. Pete this weekend.
If you have heard of any interesting rumors that you would like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember that these are rumors and not confirmed as facts, so take them as such. And check out our weekly Rumor Look Back here to track how often rumors turn out to be true.