5 wrestling rumors we hope are true and 5 we hope aren't: WWE planning big rematch for The Undertaker's return, Surprising new direction for Seth Rollins after Becky Lynch's pregnancy?

#2. Hope isn't true: WWE was sending a message to superstars by stripping Sami Zayn off the Intercontinental Championship

Sami Zayn at WrestleMania 36

WWE Superstars are given the option of missing all the TV tapings and live shows during the pandemic time. That was why a superstar like Roman Reigns was able to pull out of the main event match-up.

Paul Davis of Wrestlingnews.co reported that WWE stripping Sami Zayn of the Intercontinental Championship was seen as a "message" being sent to lower card superstars:

"According to a couple of WWE sources I spoke with, the feeling among some people at TV this week was that stripping Zayn of the Intercontinental Championship was done to send a message. WWE will always say that wrestlers can take time off and not worry about their spot and that certainly would apply to a top star like Roman Reigns, but for others that is not a guarantee and wrestlers in the mid and lower card certainly took notice."

We hope this isn't true because it's a bad precedent to set when superstars are given the option not to work the tapings. Should they be punished for picking an option given to them?