WWE Top 5 Rumors of the week and analysis: 22 November, 2015

Viper to return at WrestleManiaWe are finally in the Survivor Series weekend.WWE will be rolling out their second longest running pay-per-view on Sunday Night and it has been the main topic of some interesting rumors. Surprisingly, we saw ISIS and Survivor Series being used in a single sentence coupled with was some bad news for Dolph Ziggler fans.Alberto Del Rio’s chances of winning the WWE championship, Randy Orton’s status for WrestleMania, the reason for WWE being calm after Seth Rollins’ injury and the signing of a former TNA superstar were the other major headlines.Here is a look at these top rumors and their analysis.

#5 Plans for Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio to feud with Swagger?

Alberto Del Rio will be heading into Survivor Series with the hope of winning the WWE championship, but WWE apparently has no intentions of letting the Mexican win.

Del Rio will be facing off against Roman Reigns in the Semi-Finals of the tournament and he is expected to lose out to the Samoan. Later, WWE is planning to resume the Alberto Del Rio vs. Jack Swagger program for the United States Championship.

The history between Swagger and Zeb Colter adds depth to the whole angle and we might even get to see interference from Swagger at Survivor Series if WWE wants to keep Del Rio strong.

#4 Retirement of Dolph Ziggler

Just two years left?

Dolph Ziggler recently held a Q and A session in Twitter and it turned out to be a matter of discussion in the rumor mill.

Ziggler claimed that he only had two more years left in the wrestling business. The rumor mill claims that Ziggler is actually done wrestling right now and is only sticking around for some extra money. It might turn out to be a fact as WWE is showing no intentions of using him properly.

Ziggler, who was a major name at last year’s Survivor Series is relegated to a mid-card battle with Tyler Breeze this time around and is finding it incredibly hard to break away from the mid-card jinx.

If the two-year thing turns out to be true, Ziggler is likely to take up a career in standup comedy after retirement.

#3 Return date of Randy Orton

WrestleMania 32 is on

Randy Orton’s injury was indeed a big blow for the company. Their miseries then piled up when Seth Rollins tore his ACL.

Rollins is expected to miss WrestleMania 32 due to the same, but there is a good news for WWE from Orton’s camp. The Viper’s injury is clearly serious, but he is expected to be back in time for WrestleMania.

Apparently, WWE had four matches locked for Mania before the Rollins injury and none of them featured Rollins. So the situation regarding the same is pretty calm backstage. As far as Orton is concerned, it would be interesting to see whether Orton was actually in the ‘four match plan’ now that he is set to return.

#2 Former TNA Superstar to sign full time with WWE

James Storm

Former TNA Superstar James Storm has apparently agreed to a full-time deal with WWE. Storm earlier appeared in NXT, but it was a one show deal back then.

However, things have changed and Storm might be a full-time WWE employee soon. He appeared at the Renegade Championship Wrestling recently and was advertised as ‘current WWE superstar’.

The addition of Storm into the NXT roster will be a great move as he has a wealth of experience in his pocket. The tag team specialist could contribute to the main roster Tag Team division as well if he is brought up.

#1 ISIS threat at WWE Survivor Series

Attack at Survivor Series?

In a shocking turn of events, Survivor Series is rumored to be a target for the ISIS. The terrorist organization had made headlines with their attack in Paris earlier.

This made hacking group Anonymous declare a cyber-war on ISIS. Anonymous apparently uncovered the next list of ISIS targets and Survivor Series venue is featured in the list.

Though it is not confirmed, FBI is on the scene and the US Authority is taking serious steps towards the threat. WWE, on the other hand, has said that the event will go ahead as planned until the threat is confirmed. Calling off Survivor Series will be a big blow for WWE and hopefully, this would end up just as a rumor.