WWE News & Rumor Roundup: AJ Styles' status with the company; bad news for Seth Rollins; Roman Reigns' future - 5th January 2022

#4 Big E was set to lose the WWE Championship to Seth Rollins at Day 1

At Day 1, Big E lost the WWE Championship to Brock Lesnar in a fatal 5-way match. However, Dave Meltzer has revealed that the original plan was for Seth Rollins to win that match and become the champion:

"The original scripted plan for the show was for Big E to lose the championship, but to Seth Rollins, who had tested positive for COVID-19 last week, and the champion instead lost his title to Lesnar as the result of another positive test,'' said Meltzer

Seth Rollins was originally set to face Big E in a one-on-one match at Day 1 before Kevin Owens, Bobby Lashley and Brock Lesnar got added. Lesnar will now face Bobby Lashley at Royal Rumble for the title.

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#3 AJ Styles to stay with WWE despite rumors of him leaving

Despite rumors suggesting that AJ Styles is on his way out of the company, Dave Meltzer has stated that the former world champion is a 'lifer' and has chosen to re-sign with the company.

''No, he’s not going anywhere. He just signed, I don’t know if it’s a 3 or a 5 [year deal]. It wasn’t that long ago when he signed it. He’s not going anywhere. He had the chance to go if he wanted to but he was not interested. There were certainly overtures made for him and they were good money overtures but he’s in his mind, I think he’s a lifer there,'' said Meltzer

AJ Styles is currently embroiled in a feud with his former tag team partner Omos on RAW.