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We welcome you all to another edition of Sportskeeda's WWE Rumor Roundup. We are here every single day listing the biggest rumors and stories from the WWE.
We lead today's edition with details regarding a backstage incident between Brock Lesnar and a top star from AEW.
A Superstar from NXT also issued a backstage apology during a recent meeting held to address the leak of a major spoiler.
A young former Champion may have also wrestled his final wrestling match this week. How did Vince McMahon react to the Eye for an Eye match? What was the significant change that he made to the finish? We have all the backstage details about the Extreme Rules contest.
Finally, there are rumors about Drew McIntyre's future as the WWE Champion, and they don't sound good.
#5. Big Swole told Brock Lesnar 'she can whoop his a**' backstage in WWE
Big Swole looks set to be one of the top female Stars in All Elite Wrestling. The wife of WWE Superstar Cedric Alexander also briefly worked for WWE, when she competed against Nia Jax on an episode of RAW in 2016, and later was a part of the Mae Young Classic.
While talking to Aubrey Edwards and Tony Schiavone on AEW's Unrestricted podcast, Swole revealed details of a hilarious backstage incident with Brock Lesnar from her brief stint in the WWE, when she worked under the ring name, Aerial Monroe.
Swole revealed that it was a regular day and she was clowning around backstage with people she knew in the WWE. She saw Brock Lesnar and people around him acted all stuck up, according to her.
Swole felt Lesnar was just like any other person and he'd probably find all the unwanted backstage attention quite annoying. She went up to him and told him that she could beat him up in a bid to make him laugh.
Brock Lesnar did find it funny, and he had a brief chat with her before walking away.
Here's what Swole revealed about the incident:
"I was just being me the whole entire day, I'm just clowning with people I know and stuff like that. I see Brock Lesnar, and every time he walks past, all the extras, 'Hello sir. Hello sir. Hello sir.' Acting like they got some wedgies, acting all stuck up and stuff. I'm like, 'he's just a regular person. Stop bothering this man.' "So the last person bothers him like, 'thank you so much. I walked up to him like, 'hey, Brock right?' He's like, 'yeah.' I was like, 'I just want to let you know I can whoop your ass.' The fact that I had the balls to say that because I was like, 'I'm gonna make him laugh'. Because obviously, he was so pissed off with everybody stopping him 24/7, and he's like, 'that's funny. What's your name?' I was like, 'oh, I'm Aerial.' He's like, 'oh, OK. I'll remember that. You can whoop my ass?' I was like, 'yeah I can whoop you ass.' He was like, 'OK. OK,' and he walks off." H/t WrestlincInc
#4. WWE NXT Superstar Saurav Gurjar reportedly issued an apology during a recent backstage meeting
The spoiler of the finish of the Winner Takes All match between Adam Cole and Keith Lee that was accidentally leaked courtesy of Saurav Gurjar didn't majorly affect the ratings of Great American Bash.
However, as reported by Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select, a backstage meeting was held during the last round of tapings to address the leak. Saurav Gurjar reportedly apologized for his mistake during the meeting.
The report went on to state that there is no backstage heat on Saurav Gurjar, and that he won't be punished for his blunder.
Indus Sher has not been mentioned on NXT TV since Saurav Gurjar put out the photo of the spoiler and later deleted it.
It was added that Matt Bloom likes Indus Sher and has been a big proponent of the tag team.
With the situation done and dusted, we should expect Indus Sher to be featured on TV again as there is no backstage heat on Saurav Gurjar.
The WWE management was initially really upset about the spoiler, but things seemed to have settled down, and Saurav Gurjar will probably be breathing a sigh of relief.
#3. Lio Rush may have possibly wrestled his first and final match following WWE release
Lio Rush was one of the many Superstars released as part of WWE's extensive budget cuts in April.
Unlike many other talents, Rush didn't jump into looking for another wrestling gig and he instead, began working on his career as a musician.
Rush had even teased his retirement and released a shoot interview rap album titled 'The Final Match'.
However, the 25-year-old Superstar recently made his in-ring return at Game Changer Wrestling's (GCW) Homecoming event.
Rush showed up on the first day and attacked Joey Janela after the AEW star's DDT Ironman Heavymetal Championship match against Yoshihiko.
The assault set up a showdown, labelled 'The Final Match', between the long-time rivals for the second day of the event.
Rush and Janela faced each other at Homecoming part two, and the match had everything you'd expect from the two former CZW wrestlers, which included an insane high spot.
Janela picked up the win over the former WWE Superstar. After the match, Rush seemed ready to cut a retirement promo, but he was stopped by Janela, who felt that the fans didn't want him to hang up his boots.
Rush spent a long time in silence before ending the segment by thanking the fans. While he didn't confirm the retirement, the match against Janela, at this point, looks to be his swansong, unless he decides to return to the ring again.
#2. Drew McIntyre could lose the WWE title to Randy Orton
Drew McIntyre is set to take on Dolph Ziggler on the upcoming episode of WWE RAW which would be a rematch from Extreme Rules. The match was originally announced to be a WWE title contest; however, WWE has now made a last-minute change, and the title will not be on the line for some mysterious reason.
Drew McIntyre will choose the stipulation of the match which he is widely expected to win before he kicks off his rumored feud against Randy Orton.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that rumors are doing the rounds about Drew McIntyre possibly dropping the title to Randy Orton at SummerSlam.
WWE may want to add another layer to the impending trilogy bout between Orton and Edge, which, at this point, is reportedly being planned for WrestleMania 37.
The idea is that the company may want Orton to go over McIntyre as they build up towards the third and final match in the feud between The Legend Killer and The Rated-R Superstar.
Meltzer noted that taking the title off McIntyre would be counter-productive. However, knowing WWE's booking pattern, there is a big possibility that McIntyre may leave SummerSlam without the WWE title around his waist.
#1. Vince McMahon's reaction to the Eye for an Eye match from WWE Extreme Rules, details of the change that he made
The Eye for an Eye match was one of the weirdest stipulation matches of the modern era, and the rumors heading into the show hinted at CGI being used to simulate the finish of the match.
Tom Colohue reported on the latest edition of the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast with host Korey Gunz that Vince McMahon didn't like the CGI-enhanced finish and made the call to cut the whole thing.
The editing team was reportedly even working on it during the show, and Vince McMahon decided he didn't want it anymore.
"Now, apparently, Vince cut the whole thing with regards to the actual finish. There was a whole CGI enhanced finish. The editing team was working on it even during the show, and he decided literally during that show that he didn't want anymore. It didn't live up to his expectations. Even while the show was going on, he didn't like it, so it was cut. A lot of people thought the match was live as said live on the top right corner, but the WWE paid attention to everyone on social media, who spotted it, and worked around that."
Dave Meltzer also reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Vince McMahon hated the CGI finish and told the team to edit it out of the final product.
As seen in the match, WWE ended up using a prosthetic eyeball.
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