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#1 Top WWE rumors of the week
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Some top WWE rumors from the last week are -
There are reported plans for Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship and defend it against Edge at next year's Royal Rumble or WrestleMania. Drew McIntyre can then win the title again in front of a live crowd.
The planned WWE SummerSlam match card has reportedly been torn up. With the PPV unlikely to be in front of a live crowd, WWE has little desire to have Brock Lesnar on the show. Also, Randy Orton vs Edge is off the charts with the latter's injury.
Jim Ross revealed that WWE thought that they found the next Brock Lesnar in Bobby Lashley.
Former WWE Champion, CM Punk made 'astronomical demands' to join All Elite Wrestling. Cody Rhodes mentioned that those demands were not justified.
Kevin Owens reportedly had a backstage confrontation with Vince McMahon regarding WWE's COVID-19 safety protocols that led to the WWE Chairman making wearing masks compulsory and took strong actions against those who didn't wear them.
Shayna Baszler was reportedly off-TV because her storyline was built around Becky Lynch and with Becky's unavailability, WWE had no plans for Shayna.
WWE is reportedly working towards having longer matches, the reason why there are very less matches scheduled for "The Horror Show at Extreme Rules". The cinematic matches on the PPV are reportedly set to be the longest.
AJ Styles was reportedly "so mad" when he got to know that his match against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 36 was going to happen in front of no fans. He wanted to give a proper send-off to The Phenom, which he thought won't be possible without a live audience.
The rumors of backstage friction between AJ Styles and Paul Heyman are reportedly true. The Phenomenal One moved to SmackDown due to Heyman. Heyman was also reportedly responsible for Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows getting fired.
Bianca Belair's return to RAW was reportedly just her filling in for Liv Morgan (who isn't currently available) this week, who will eventually rejoin Ruby Riott.
