WWE Rumor Roundup: Soon-to-return superstar behind Bayley's heel turn, NXT star forced to retire and more – 3rd September 2019

In today's roundup, we take a look at some backstage news for the controversial finish to King of the Ring match, why Baron Corbin could be in line for another big push and the shocking reason why Bayley turned heel! But first, we start off with some unexpected news of Kacy Catanzaro leaving WWE!

Kacy Catanzaro to leave WWE

NXT star, Kacy Catanzaro has decided to retire from wrestling according to Casey Michael of Squared Circle Sirens. The NXT and renowned American Ninja Warrior competitor had apparent injury issues and is leaving the company.

The report claims that she is suffering for a back injury and has decided to quit WWE. He said:

According to sources within NXT we have learned that American Ninja Warrior Alumni Kacy Catanzaro who signed with WWE in January of 2018 has handed in her notice to WWE recently. Sources tell us that Kacy suffered a back injury and decided to stop wrestling afterwards.

However, Dave Meltzer has reported that nothing is officially done. He claims on Wrestling Observer Radio that she has indicated it to WWE but has not yet made a final decision. He noted:

"So, I haven’t heard anything all day today. On Sunday I heard that she had not officially given notice but the idea that she might any day now is, you know, likely. Possibly. Probably. The story, essentially, there is smoke to the fire of the story and more likely than not it’s going to end up with her, I don’t want to say more likely than not because I don’t know that but there is smoke to the story in the sense of she’s certainly talking of leaving.

She had not, as of yesterday, finalized that thing, but, you know, it could be finalized any day now. I asked WWE, they didn’t say anything at all. I asked different people in WWE it was like that was the status. Like nobody denied the story because essentially the story itself is accurate. You know the story that she is likely leaving but I don’t know she’s 100 per cent made the call, but certainly, the word going around there is that she’s probably leaving."

Shock reason behind Bayley's heel turn

Bayley turns heel

When Sasha Banks returned as a heel, no one was surprised. It was obvious that she was a top heel in the women's division and WWE needed to use her well.

However, Bayley becoming a heel was not seen coming by the WWE Universe and everyone was left truly shocked when she attacked Becky Lynch at the end of Monday Night RAW.

Cageside Seats now report that the reason behind the heel turn could be Liv Morgan! They report:

Bayley’s actions from last night’s Raw triggered speculation about Liv Morgan being pushed as a face challenger on SmackDown, and that there’s a long term plan in place to split the NXT Horsewomen for a big reunion moment down the road.

The former Riott Squad member is on a break and will be returning with a new gimmick. The plan is to reportedly have Liv straight into the title picture as a face against Bayley as the heel.

Is Baron Corbin set for another big push soon?

Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin has tried a lot to get heel-heat from the WWE Universe but he always ends of getting real heat from them. The WWE fans just do not get him and the push he received late last year and early this year was not well received.

Corbin has now hinted that he could be in line for another big push. He's made it clear that Paul Heyman has a 'great relationship' with him and the push could take place as well. He told Sporting News:

Paul and I have a very good working relationship because he's not afraid to tell me if I'm doing something wrong," Corbin said. "He's not going to sugarcoat things. He's a man's man in the sense of he's not afraid if he hurts your feelings for me. He knows how to handle people. That's what I relate to. That's why I get along with Vince (McMahon) and Hunter and Taker. Those guys will tell me that wasn't good and I'm not going to get offended. 'OK, I'm going to make it better, then. I'm going to show you.' They push you to be better.

Paul, I think he's a guy that's perfect for me because he's going to help push the envelope of 'RAW' but also push my envelope as well. He's a guy who believes in me and what I do. He's done so many amazing things from ECW to WWE and it's really awesome to have a guy in control that is going to push the envelope and it makes guys like me who want to push it very excited for what's to come.

Why Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe ended as a draw

Controversial finish

The second King of the Ring match of the night on RAW between Ricochet and Samoa Joe ended in a draw. The double pin left everyone confused and it was later revealed that both were going into the next round.

A triple threat match has been announced for next week with Barn Corbin joining Ricochet and Samoa Joe. Wrestling Observer Online have an update on the reason for it and state:

"The Ricochet match was designed to build up a match, a three-way match, for next week. It’s like, they had to get to a certain destination. The nature of how they got there wasn’t going to be as exciting as Cedric Alexander doing every cool thing that he knows and Baron Corbin being in the match.

So we’re doing a three-way, which actually makes no sense, but that’s what they are doing. The idea there is to showcase Ricochet, which is not saying that he is necessarily winning, he might be. But the idea is that in the match at the Garden, Ricochet is going to be the babyface against two heels and two big heels. And he’s not a big guy. So the dynamic is supposed to work for him.

I mean the match is for him. Just like the match with Cedric Alexander and Baron Corbin was clearly for Cedric Alexander but the nature of where they were going, which was the Garden with Ricochet in there against two heels necessitated that the heel wins, which was Baron Corbin. So that’s kind of the deal."