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Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup where we try and bring you the biggest wwe news and rumors and other updates from the world of sports-entertainment.
On today's edition, we will talk about Superstars who will not be able to make it to WrestleMania, Vince McMahon's hatred for WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and another current Champion as well as the reason for current AEW Superstar's push being ended in WWE.
With WrestleMania just days away, let us take a look at the biggest stories and updates from WWE today:
#5 Vince McMahon wanted to kill Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar and Goldberg faced each other for the first time at WrestleMania 20 when the two squared off with Stone Cold as the guest referee. However, even the presence of Austin could not prevent the match from turning into a complete debacle.
Both Goldberg and Lesnar were set to leave WWE after their match at 'Mania and the crowd in attendance was already aware of this fact. The crowd completely no-sold the match and were mostly chanting vile taunts directed at the two men.
Speaking about the incident and the hatred former WWE Champion and WWE Chairman Vince McMahon had for both of them at the time, here is what Goldberg said to Inside the Ropes:
"Here's the thing though. If you are presented with that scenario and you are Vince McMahon, what the hell do you do? Who do you let win, who do you hate less?"
He also stated that Vince McMahon wanted to kill, both him and Brock Lesnar:
"I just wonder how he came to that decision. I really do because he wanted to kill me. I know he wanted to kill Brock. So, I guess he wanted to kill Brock more and that is why I won." (H/T: WrestlingInc)
#4 Brodie Lee reveals when he knew that his WWE career will 'end'
Former Intercontinental Champion Luke Harper, now known as Brodie Lee recently spoke to Chris Jericho on the Talk is Jericho podcast.
Lee, who has now joined AEW as the leader of the Dark order faction spoke about a variety of topics including a major botch that he feels spelt the end for his WWE career.
Brodie Lee was one of the original members of the Wyatt Family and has held the Intercontinental Championship as well as the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
We did an angle with Randy, where he turned... I got over. We got all the way to a Championship match battle royal. I think me and AJ got down to the last two. We did a spot where we go over on the floor and we hit it at the same time to do a match next week. In rehearsal, I hit it, no problem. It was beautiful. Of course, in the actual execution of it, I f**ked it up a little bit and my a** slid on the apron. Either he touched first or I did, but it was obvious that one of us touched first.
He further revealed that the next week they had AJ Styles - who was a heel - ended up pinning him and submitting him in the same match. It was then that Lee knew 'this is the end'.
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#3 How Superstars are being paid during coronavirus threat
We are undergoing some unprecedented times which has led to a lot of changes being made globally. Even in WWE, there is a lot of curiosity about how the company will be paying its employees given the changes in their schedule owing to coronavirus.
SportsKeeda's Tom Colohue revealed:
"The expectation is from everything I'm hearing that everyone will still get paid what they were expecting to get paid anyway for the match. They get paid for the event, not necessarily based on the gate and so on, there are some bonuses but it really depends whose contract we're talking about. Only the really big names get bonuses based on ticket sales and stuff like that.
He also stated that the Superstars will still get the guaranteed downside, which is the amount of money they generally get as income before you factor this in. He then added that it's less likely that they are going to reach an upper limit or anything.
The COVID-19 pandamic has been spreading at an alarming rate, and even though WWE are going ahead with WrestleMania, the future remains uncertain.
#2 Murphy reportedly falls sick
As reported previously, Superstars such as Roman Reigns and Rey Mysterio pulled out of WrestleMania owing to the COVID-19 scare. There were reports that stated that even The Miz has been removed from the show as the former WWE Champion had shown up to the taping 'sick'.
Unfortunately, Miz is not the only Superstar who has been sick ahead of WrestleMania, as the Best Kept Secret Buddy Murphy was also not cleared to be on RAW due to being sick.
Here is what Dave Meltzer of The Observer had to say about the situation:
Buddy Murphy, who wasn't in the match but he was going to be in Seth Rollins' corner, Buddy Murphy was sick. Miz was sick. A lot of people brought up that photo with Miz, Morrison, was it Zack Ryder and Chelsea Green like from that week?
(H/T: SportsKeeda)
Murphy is a former Cruiserweight Champion and has also held the RAW tag-team Championship along with Seth Rollins.
Seth Rollins will be facing Kevin Owens at WrestleMania 36, but it looks like The Messiah will not have Murphy by his corner this time.
#1 Kofi Kingston talks about being squashed by Brock Lesnar
Last year around this time, the WWE Universe was engulfed in KofiMania. The beloved Superstar was on his way to becoming the WWE Champion for the first time - which he did, by defeating Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35.
However, while Kingston's dream of becoming WWE Champion came true, it was also broken in a matter of seconds by Brock Lesnar on the first episode of SmackDown on FOX.
The Beast Incarnate managed to defeat Kofi Kingston within seconds to become a 5-time WWE Champion. Here is what Kofi Kingston had to say about his 'squash' at the hands of Lesnar speaking to Sports Illustrated:
When I found out that it was going to end the way that it did, I had a different version. But at the end of the day, we are charged with going out and playing the role, and that’s really all we can do. I was so blessed to have had the WWE Championship.
He also mentioned that the way everything came about was serendipitous, and he is happy to have become the Champion.
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