WWE Rumor Roundup: Who really is in charge of NXT; Promising Superstar quits; massive match lined up for Sasha Banks, and more - 2nd September 2019

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Today's WWE Rumor Roundup is ahead of the RAW show of 2nd September, 2019, just two weeks before the Clash of Champions PPV.

In today's roundup, we reveal a potentially huge match between Sasha Banks and Bayley, an NXT Superstar quitting, as well as who is really in charge of NXT - Triple H or Vince McMahon?

All that and more on the September 2, 2019 WWE rumor roundup:


#1 Who is in charge of NXT: Vince McMahon or Triple H

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NXT is one of the best things to have happened to the WWE in a really long time, and it's quite obvious that Triple H is in charge of the brand, which has grown significantly and continues to grow at a rapid pace.

Many fans and wrestling journalists have given their say on who is really the man calling the shots for NXT - Vince McMahon or Triple H.

Triple H, in an interview with talkSPORT, revealed that McMahon has a say in NXT, but it's being mostly handled by him.

"When people talk about him (Vince McMahon), as a businessman, there are so many crazy misconceptions. The truth is, all of what we're doing in this business is here because of him. He took a failing industry, so to speak, in the '80s and turned it into a global phenomenon when nobody else had the foresight to do it.

"People look at it where it is today, and you hear them say negative things, and it's like, really? We signed billion-dollar deals with USA and Fox. I'm not sure that it's crumbling. [Vince] is also smart enough to understand the things that we do and where they go and how and the pieces of it. In simple terms, he's not involved [with NXT]. Yeah, he's gonna have say in some things like the brand sits and the marketing of it with USA and clearly, whatever he wants to do, at the end of the day. But at this point in time, he's basically said, 'Go make this thing a success'," said Triple H. (H/T Fightful)

Also Read: WWE News: Triple H- 'There's three brands within the WWE- RAW, SmackDown & NXT' (Exclusive)

#2 Sasha Banks vs Bayley future match

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Sasha Banks returned to the WWE with a bang, taking out Natalya, and turning heel, which eventually set up a feud with RAW Women's Champion Becky Lynch, who came to the aid of Natalya.

Banks' return had been in the making for a while, after not being seen on WWE TV since WrestleMania 35. So, what is the future feuds that Banks could be involved in? One feud that many fans - and wrestling journalists - have been predicting is one between Banks and her former tag team partner Bayley, who is the current SmackDown Women's Champion.

Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue has brought some backstage gossip regarding this potential match. He has revealed that there were some rumours doing the rounds that Banks would be a part of the Money in the Bank match, replacing Dana Brooke, but that did not happen.

He says that the plan was to have Banks and Bayley hold the RAW and SmackDown Women's titles respectively, which would have then seen them pitted against each other at Survivor Series.

Colohue also states that there could be a possiblity of the two facing off at the Evolution PPV, if that PPV happens again this year.

Read the full report here.

#3 Kacy Catanzaro quits NXT

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Promising NXT Superstar Kacy Catanzaro is reportedly quitting WWE, as per Squared Circle Sirens. The report states that the 29-year-old Superstar has quit the company after suffering a back injury and no longer wants to wrestle. The report further states that she has already put in her papers at the company.

Beginning her career in gymnastics, Catanzaro previously took part in the American Ninja Warrior show, and then signed for WWE after a tryout with the promotion back in 2017.

She took part in the Mae Young Classic tournament, and earlier this year made her first appearance on the main roster when she was a part of the Women's Royal Rumble and then later on NXT.


#4 Finn Balor's new look

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Finn Balor is taking a break from WWE and recently got married, and is using his break to even get himself a new look. The former Intercontinental and Universal champion has a clean shaven look which he posted on Twitter.

Reports earlier this year had suggested that Balor would take a break of around two months, with his last match coming at SummerSlam where he lost to The Fiend, Bray Wyatt.

#5 What Bray Wyatt did to focus on his character

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Bray Wyatt's Fiend gimmick has captured the imagination of the WWE Universe, and it seems that he has put in a lot of work to make the character appealing and different, and shock the audience.

He went in deep into the gimmick, with Braun Strowman revealing in the Notsam Wrestling Podcast the extent that Wyatt went to make the character work.

"Bray is one of my closest friends inside and outside of the business. It's great to have him back. He got in a pretty weird place for a while with what was going on character-wise, and he literally went into the drawing board and started from scratch.

"We went for a while without even talking because he went so deep into this character; he shut himself out from the world. I remember watching the very first episode of the Firefly Funhouse and was thinking, 'What the hell is this? Bray, what are you doing?' But the more I watched, I couldn't turn away from it. It was so intriguing what he was doing, and then they brought 'The Fiend' out and I was like, 'Alright, it's unbelievable." (H/T WrestlingInc)

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