WWE Rumor Roundup: Details on Superstar being released mid-push for making one 'mistake'; Another big change to be made to Roman Reigns; Major company rule violated - 22nd September 2020

Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup where we try and bring to you the biggest stories and rumors from the day. With Clash of Champions just a few days away, WWE have been doing a great job of building the show up for the fans.

On RAW this week, we saw RETRIBUTION finally make their in-ring debut. We have some backstage news regarding the faction and will also be talking about Jon Moxley's opinion of Roman Reigns, what major changes will be made to The Big Dog next, and much more.

So without further ado, let us jump into the biggest stories and rumors of the day:

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#5 Major change to take place for Roman Reigns at WWE Clash of Champions

The WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was recently part of a video call hosted by the Mania Club, where he interacted with the fans. Roman Reigns disclosed that a major change is coming his way this Sunday at Clash of Champions.

The Big Dog has sported a new attitude ever since his return at SummerSlam. Now, he claims that he will be changing his music and ring gear as well. Reigns has not been seen wearing the iconic Shield vest ever since he returned. However, he hasn't wrestled shirtless since his days in NXT as well.

WWE's The Tribal Chief revealed that he would be ditching his shirt and compete without wearing a shirt this Sunday.

"Get over it, you know what I mean? I mean, I am not gonna go out there in trunks. I've been wearing a SWAT outfit my entire career so I'm just gonna stick to those pants. You watch this Sunday, you'll see me with my shirt off, so that would be the change... putting in some work, I'm not perfect, I'm not like a bodybuilder, so I'm not stage ready where you can see my spine through my abs but I feel confident enough to go out there and be a scary looking athlete. And God bless my cousin 'cause I'm gonna have to whoop him."

#4 Reason why former WWE Superstar Serena Deeb was released for one mistake

Serena Deeb, who is now an AEW wrestler, was midst a major push in WWE as part of CM Punk's faction, Straight Edge Society, when she was unfortunately released by the company.

Recently speaking about her, Arn Anderson revealed that one mistake cost Deeb her push as well as her WWE career. Here is what he had to say:

“Well, there was a rumor that something happened in L.A. that there was some episode that involved alcohol. If you have a straight edge gimmick, there is really no gray area there. It’s either-or. It’s not, well I’ll have a couple occasionally. That was one of the times that they put their foot down and said you can’t be straight edge and not be straight edge. But, my dealings with her was she was a tremendous talent, very coachable and a nice person. She just made a mistake.”

Serena Deeb returned to WWE briefly to participate in the Mae Young Classic but was not offered a full-time contract by the company. It will be interesting to see how Deeb will be booked on AEW.

#3 RETRIBUTION make a major blunder in debut WWE match

RETRIBUTION finally made their in-ring debut this week on RAW after terrorizing WWE for weeks. Three of the male Superstars of the faction - T-Bar, Slapjack, and Mace were in action against The Hurt Business.

However, the match ended in a DQ after an illegal member of RETRIBUTION attacked the legal member of The Hurt Business. Now, you may be thinking that this is exactly what happens in every single tag team match ever, so why a DQ now. The answer remains with WWE, but Bryan Alvarez of WOR stated that it is a secret rule that the company can enforce anytime.

''I told you months ago they had that stupid secret rule and Tom Phillips even spit it out when it happened that an illegal man hit the legal man. The illegal man hit the legal man. That's what he screamed when they called for the bell.''

He further added:

''Well, I know what it should be, but that's what the rule is. We have now seen it twice this year. And people ridiculed me the first time I explained this, and now it has happened again.''

#2 Jon Moxley gives his opinion on WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns

Jon Moxley recently spoke to The Sun and talked about a variety of topics, including how WWE is booking his former teammate Roman Reigns. The AEW Champion was one-third of The Shield along with Roman Reigns and remained friends with him throughout most of his WWE career.

Jon Moxley said that Roman Reigns being paired with Paul Heyman is a great idea and he likes to see his friends do well in WWE.

"The concept of him and Paul Heyman - that was very cool to me. I think that's gonna work out really good. All my friends there (WWE) I wanna turn the TV on and I wanna see them kicking a** and doing great."

Roman Reigns has been getting a lot of praise of late for his heel turn and the way The Big Dog is showing a completely new side to him has got the WWE Universe excited. Reigns will be facing his cousin Jey Uso at Clash of Champions for the WWE Universal Championship.

#1 Animal reveals major mistake WWE made with RETRIBUTION

RETRIBUTION

WWE legend Road Warrior Animal explained the major blunder that WWE has made with the booking of RETRIBUTION while speaking on Sportskeeda's Legion of RAW.

Animal stated that WWE needed to have at least one member of the main roster as part of the core group who should be the mastermind behind the group. Animal pointed out that it is bad move to expect NXT mid-carders to main event RAW.

As mentioned earlier, WWE has revealed the name of three men (Dominik Dijakovic, Shane Thorne and Dio Maddin) of the group.

''They needed to have a big name who's going to be behind the whole Retribution deal that's a main card guy cause you could see in that last match even, the difference between the main card guys and the NXT guys. Nothing against the NXT guys, listen we all had to go through stepping stones in wrestling to get to be the top dog - I did it, Hawk did it, Rude did it, Henning did it, we all did it growing up, Davey Boy, Owen, everybody. But you can't expect to throw guys that barely are working main events in NXT to be the main event on TV or RAW. What do they expect is going to happen? On top of that, you take your hottest heel team and you have them play babyface against RETRIBUTION. Are you kidding me?''