4 Wrestling rumors we hope are true and 4 we hope aren't: Why a few RAW stars are 'unhappy' with Vince McMahon, Unexpected change in WrestleMania 37 main event?

Welcome to this week's edition of WWE/Wrestling rumors we hope are true and those we hope aren't. We're less than a week away from the Grandest Stage of Them All - WrestleMania.

With fans finally set to return to WWE shows after over a year away, there is a lot to look forward to. This week's edition will feature several backstage rumors from WWE - primarily centered around WrestleMania 37 and the build to it. Here are the biggest rumors of the past week.

#4. Hope is true: The Hurt Business members unhappy with WWE's decision to split them up

A controversial decision was made by WWE this past week on RAW. The WWE Champion and CHO of The Hurt Business Bobby Lashley made his anger towards Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander known.

He proceeded to dump the duo out of The Hurt Business and the reaction from fans wasn't a good one. Even future WWE Hall of Famer Batista seemed bewildered at WWE's decision to separate The Hurt Business.

As it turns out, the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" doesn't apply in WWE. According to Fightful, The Hurt Business members are unhappy with Vince McMahon for his decision to split up the faction. Sportskeeda's Levi Grayshon wrote:

It has also been stated that both MVP and WWE Champion Bobby Lashley met with Vince McMahon to discuss the move. Apparently, both Lashley and MVP were very vocal about their disagreement with the split, but McMahon was set in his choice. Following the discussion with McMahon, the CEO of WWE was even more adamant that the split had to go ahead.

We hope that the part about The Hurt Business members being unhappy is true because they have every right to be. MVP, in particular, is why all three men have enjoyed such success in the past year in WWE.

Ultimately, the unfortunate part of it all is that it was simply a move to get heat on Bobby Lashley - who may not even hold the WWE Title post-WrestleMania 37. It was a short-term move for a short-term feud, and it's understandable to see why backstage morale would be low after this.

#4. Hope isn't true: WWE planning a surprising main event for WrestleMania 37 Night 1

Could Vince McMahon be planning to make history again?

The main event of WrestleMania 37 Night 1 is expected to be the WWE Title Match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre. However, there could still be a change in plans.

Sasha Banks has been vouching for the main event spot at WrestleMania, and if she succeeds in doing so, this will be the second-ever Women's match to headline the Grandest Stage of Them All.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE could be planning to have Night 1 of WrestleMania headlined by Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair:

"The rest of the 4/10 show is Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the Smackdown women’s title, which is being positioned in many card rundowns as the main event, on top of Lashley vs. McIntyre. Under that is Bad Bunny (with Damien Priest) vs. The Miz (with John Morrison), New Day vs. Omos & A.J. Styles for the Raw tag titles, Strowman vs. Shane McMahon in a cage match and Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins."

While we're not against Sasha Banks getting the main event spot at WrestleMania, this doesn't seem to be the right match for that spot. The WWE Championship match is a much bigger one, and the build has been better as well. Hopefully, Sasha Banks gets her WrestleMania main event when she's in a more high-profile match.

#3. Hope is true: Vince McMahon's reaction to Riddle's botch on WWE TV

Asuka and Riddle had an unintentionally funny segment.

Asuka and Riddle have been two Superstars who have been important to WWE this past year. While Asuka has been the centerpiece of the RAW Women's division since May 2020, Riddle debuted on SmackDown and spent a few months there before getting drafted to RAW - where he has found more success.

Riddle's WWE career is taking off as he enters his first WrestleMania holding the United States Championship. A lot of Riddle's character is based on his real-life persona, to put it lightly.

There was a hilarious segment on WWE TV recently, where United States Champion Riddle had an interaction with RAW Women's Champion Asuka. Less than a minute in, it appeared that Riddle forgot his line and simply went away - leaving Asuka a little confused.

According to Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live, WWE CEO Vince McMahon and Executive Director Bruce Prichard saw the segment and laughed about it. Interestingly, Alvarez speculated that the segment might have been pre-taped and WWE possibly aired the botched version on purpose:

“Well, it was a shoot! Yup, they did not tell him…I haven’t fully figured out the story yet because the story I was told actually doesn’t make a lot of sense. The story I was told was he wasn’t told it was live but [Bruce] Prichard and Vince [McMahon] saw it and they just laughed and laughed and laughed. So, if it was live you can’t redo it. So I’m wondering if what actually happened was a pretape that he screwed up but they loved the pretape so much — the point is what you saw on TV was not a plan. He was supposed to deliver his line." (H/T WrestlingNews)

We hope this is true (the part about Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard laughing) because it's better than him getting heat for a small mistake. Moreover, it fits Riddle's character, so he won't be affected by it in any way - nor will his position in WWE.

#3. Hope isn't true: Murphy frustrated with his position in WWE?

Murphy trying to get back together with Seth Rollins.

Murphy could be frustrated about his position in WWE, and it's hard not to understand that. While he was getting regular TV time in 2020, it halted after the romantic storyline with Aalyah Mysterio abruptly ended.

In early 2021, Murphy tried getting back with former WWE World Champion Seth Rollins - who rejected him right away. Following that, Murphy suffered back-to-back defeats to Cesaro, and he hasn't been getting the same TV time that he did in WWE last year.

Dave Meltzer of WON revealed that Murphy is frustrated with his position in WWE right now:

"Murphy is clearly frustrated by his plight right now. His angle with the Mysterios ended. He in theory is back as a heel although who knows as the only thing he did was try and get back with Rollins and get blown off.

There was a report earlier by Dave Meltzer that a comment that Murphy had made on Instagram (justifying his recent heel turn) was deleted upon WWE's order:

“Yeah, that was another thing they changed. A storyline that changed for no reason and I guess he decided to come up with a reason to end it and turn heel and they didn’t want him shooting his own angle on Instagram.”

#2. Hope is true: Daniel Bryan helping get other WWE talent over

Daniel Bryan could be in the final stages of his WWE career, and he has made it clear that he wants to transition into a part-time Superstar to spend more time with his family.

It's hard to argue that he doesn't deserve it. Over the last year or so, Daniel Bryan has helped put over several WWE Superstars, with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura being recent examples from 2020.

Apollo Crews is a superstar who has seen the most successful 12-month period of his WWE career, and while Daniel Bryan was reportedly given credit for some of that.

According to WON, Daniel Bryan denied taking credit for Apollo Crews' push and was rather humble about it:

"Bryan noted that he thinks he’s getting too much credit for some of the creative changed. He said he just said that Cesaro was being underutilized and that was it. Although he did constantly put Cesaro over. He said he had nothing to do with Crews getting his new chance and said Crews was a real talent.""Bryan noted that he thinks he’s getting too much credit for some of the creative changed. He said he just said that Cesaro was being underutilized and that was it. Although he did constantly put Cesaro over. He said he had nothing to do with Crews getting his new chance and said Crews was a real talent."

We hope this is true (the part about Daniel Bryan putting others over), and given how he's gone out of his way to help elevate other Superstars, we believe it is. Daniel Bryan has been known to actively push for other Superstars, and he uses his high-standing position in WWE to do so.

He deserves his spot at WrestleMania, as it could be the final time he headlines WWE's biggest show.

#2. Hope isn't true: WWE's plans for the future of The Hurt Business

The Hurt Business was WWE's best faction this past year, and the fact that they broke up for such a short-term storyline makes it frustrating for fans, and presumably for the members of the faction as well.

Shelton Benjamin faced Bobby Lashley on RAW after The Hurt Business' break-up and lost convincingly. This coming week on RAW, the WWE Champion Bobby Lashley will face Cedric Alexander and likely defeat him with ease.

WON reported that there is no long-term plan for The Hurt Business members post-break-up and that the faction is likely done for good:

"Benjamin and Alexander are also likely to be the latest victims of WWE’s breaking people up just to do so and without doing so for a feud since Lashley is just blowing both off in one match and they’re most likely going to be dead. Corbin showed up on Raw to help Lashley."

We hope this isn't true because it's a waste of an already incredible faction. While MVP made it clear that King Corbin is not a part of The Hurt Business, it was an unnecessary sacrifice. Bobby Lashley could still have had The Hurt Business with him post-WrestleMania - win or lose.

#1. Hope is true: WWE's plan in place for the Women's Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania

There has been a lot of confusion in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship picture. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax have dominated the scene for the last few months, and they've been directly involved in the SmackDown & RAW Women's Title picture heading into WrestleMania.

WWE has given them a lot of TV time and recently, on SmackDown, it was revealed that almost every possible women's tag team is involved in some way or the other.

Whether it's The Riott Squad, Lana and Naomi, Tamina and Natalya, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke, or even a possible tag team of Carmella or Billie Kay - the women on the roster are all set to compete for tag team gold.

According to PWInsider, the Women's Tag Team Title picture will play out over both nights at WrestleMania. Sportskeeda's Nithin Joseph wrote:

The first bout will be a multi-woman tag team match on night one of WrestleMania 37 to decide which team will become the new No. #1 contenders for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships. The second bout will be the championship match pitting the contenders against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler on night two.

We hope this is true because it's a good way of getting the women of WWE on the WrestleMania card.

#1. Hope isn't true: WWE canceling a big match at WrestleMania 37?

WWE usually has two battle royals at WrestleMania. While the winner only gets a "WrestleMania moment," there is no actual positive outcome from winning them. The first is the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal - competed by the men. The second is the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal.

WWE recently announced that the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal would happen on the "WrestleMania special" edition of SmackDown - one night before the Grandest Stage of Them All. 22 competitors will go at it, while a Fatal-Four-Way Tag Team Match for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles will happen as well.

As per WON, WrestleMania will not feature a Women's Battle Royal.

We hope this isn't true because even though there's nothing that comes out of winning the Battle Royal, it's a good way to get underutilized Superstars on the card and allow them to compete at WWE's biggest show of the year.

Naomi and Carmella were the last two winners of the Battle Royal. It didn't take place in 2020 either due to COVID-19 restrictions.