WWE Rumor Roundup - Unwritten rule reportedly violated, Drew McIntyre to lose WWE title? Superstar out for several months due to real injury - 7th June 2020

Welcome to Sportskeeda's daily WWE Rumor Roundup, where we list the biggest rumors, speculation, and stories doing the rounds in the world of the WWE.

A new report has revealed that a storyline injury is legitimate and a Superstar is expected to be out of action for several months.

There was also a backstage revelation regarding an unwritten rule being violated recently by various Superstars. There is widespread speculation regarding one of the biggest Champions in the WWE possibly dropping his title soon.

Backstage details about a few unusual re-shoots that happened during the recent tapings were revealed and there were some pretty interesting notes regarding the same.

According to reports, Rey Mysterio has also taken some time off for a very big reason and the WWE legend has a plan that he wants to see come to fruition before he retires.

On that note, here is the latest edition of the WWE Rumor Roundup:

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#5. Superstars reportedly violate an unwritten rule

The Jaxson Ryker incident has brought to light a very intriguing unwritten rule that is practiced in the WWE. As revealed by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Radio, the rule doesn't allow talents to go after each other publicly unless it's a worked angle or done to further a storyline.

In Jaxson Ryker's case, many Superstars called out the Forgotten Sons member on social media for his tweet in which he supported Donald Trump and the Superstars were legitimately angry.

Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, and even Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler (Ryker's stablemates), took to Twitter and condemned his remarks.

Can WWE fire Jaxson Ryker?

It was reported that while the locker room is apparently furious at Ryker, Vince McMahon, and co. won't be able to fire the Superstar as he expressed his freedom of speech.

Meltzer noted the following:

"You're really not supposed to go after guys. That was a real violation of kind of this unwritten rule, you don't go after other people unless it's a worked angle and this was very much not a worked angle, and you had his two partners, who I'm sure, Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake, who I'm sure are both just like, 'I don't want to be painted with a brush of this moron.' So, they quickly said that we don't think like him and then, Sami Zayn - I think his mind is in a different place, and Kevin Owens - who tries to be in his own weird way, in his own sardonic way tries to help these guys who say stupid things. And who else, Ricochet."

#4. Speculation on Drew McIntyre dropping the WWE Championship

Drew McIntyre's WWE Championship reign has been booked well thus far by the WWE, but there are now rumors going around that he could end up dropping the title soon.

Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue highlighted the growing speculation about Drew McIntyre possibly losing the WWE title to Bobby Lashley at the end of their feud.

Dave Meltzer had reported that Paul Heyman wanted MVP to become Bobby Lashley's mouthpiece so that the company could book him for a title run. The speculation about McIntyre losing the WWE Championship has grown stronger in the past few days as we edge closer to Backlash, where the Scottish Psychopath will put the title on the line against Lashley.

Here's what Tom had to say:

There is a large amount of speculation at the moment that Bobby Lashley may be coming out of his feud with Drew McIntyre as the new WWE Champion. This is something that I won't be totally against seeing. Drew McIntyre as a face is very good chasing a Championship. Also, he has defeated a lot of the RAW roster. The Brand vs. Brand invitational may be essential just to keep him with opponents for a while, and that's probably one of the reasons why we've seen Baron Corbin so far really use it in the men's division.

#3. Elias could reportedly be out for several months due to a real injury

Elias was the unfortunate victim in the hit-and-run incident from last week's episode of SmackDown in which Jeff Hardy was accused of being the culprit. The authorities cleared Hardy in the storyline and the Charismatic Enigma explained his side of the story on this week's edition of SmackDown.

WWE noted that Elias had suffered broken ribs and a torn pectoral muscle in its storyline injury update and The Drifter could potentially be out for several months.

However, the storyline injury is actually a cover for a real injury. As reported by Dave Meltzer, Elias really has a torn pectoral muscle and he is expected to miss in-ring action for several months.

Meltzer's report was also confirmed by POST Wrestling:

Elias is out of action with a torn pectoral muscle, POST Wrestling has learned from multiple sources with the angle shot to write him off of television while he recovers. It is not known when he suffered the injury.

WWE used the hit-and-run angle to write off Elias from TV and set up a Backlash match between Jeff Hardy and Sheamus.

Regarding Elias' injury, there is currently no definite timeline about his recovery and return, but we should not expect to see The Drifter in action for at least the next few months.

#2. Reported details of unusual re-tapes at the recent tapings

WWE has the freedom to fine-tune many aspects of its programming because of the taped format and they are making full use of the opportunity at hand.

Fightful released a few notes from the tapings in a report on Fightful Select. There were reportedly a few unusual re-shoots done at the recent tapings. The first incident involved MVP and the fact that his promo was stopped mid-way after he got the verbiage wrong. MVP referred to the audience members as NXT Superstars instead of Performance Centre recruits.

Raj Giri of WrestlingInc added that it was Kevin Dunn who 'jumped on the P.A.' and instructed MVP about his mistake.

The other reported re-tape happened while filming Otis' SmackDown match against King Corbin. The Mr. Money in the Bank had to take four brutal spinebusters as a result of the re-tapes and it was noted that the spinebuster spot wasn't even the part of the match that was messed up.

Sean Ross Sapp revealed the following in his report:

We're told that Otis ended up having to take four pretty brutal spinebusters due to re-films, and were told that wasn't even the part of the match that was messed up. There was also a re-shoot during an MVP promo, because he referred to the audience as "NXT Superstars." Someone came over the loud speaker to cut off the promo to say to only refer to the audience as "Performance Center recruits."

#1. Reported reason why Rey Mysterio has taken some time off

Rey Mysterio cut a promo on the last episode of RAW from his home and he revealed that he has no timeline in place regarding his eye injury. Rey Mysterio's son Dominick also showed up as part of the segment and he sent a message to Seth Rollins, hinting at his arrival on RAW.

Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue revealed on the latest edition of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast that one of the biggest reasons why Rey Mysterio has taken some time off now is to be closer to his son and to ensure that Dominick's training is going along fine.

Rey Mysterio wants to get Dominick up to speed for his impending in-ring debut. The WWE legend is gearing up for his retirement and he wants to work with his son before he hangs up his boots.

Colohue revealed:

At the moment, there is a bit of a distance between him and his trainers because of the furlough and the people being released and because of the pandemic as it were, but he has kept training with his father, which is one of the reasons why Rey is taking this time off right now, why he's taken the time to go home so that he can work with Dominick, get him up to speed because it is getting closer because Rey Mysterio leaving the company or retiring is also getting closer. It was only an 18-month contract after all. And he wants to work with Dominick. So Dominick needs to be ready sooner rather than later.