WWE Rumor Roundup: Legendary wrestling couple returning at Royal Rumble, Unfortunate WrestleMania news about Roman Reigns - 24th January 2020

Welcome to Sportskeeda's WWE Rumor Roundup. We gather all the biggest speculation from the world of WWE every single day and today's edition is stacked with big stories with most of them revolving around the upcoming Royal Rumble PPV.

Two legendary Superstars, who are also a real-life couple, are all set to make their in-ring returns at the PPV.

A popular NXT Superstar could also make an appearance in the men's Royal Rumble match.

The company also changed the name of a top Championship title and the reason behind the decision was revealed.

There was an interesting report about WWE losing faith in a Superstar when he debuted for the company, however, they have now decided to give him another chance and he could take on Brock Lesnar soon.

We end the latest edition of the roundup with a big update regarding Roman Reigns' WrestleMania 36 plans.

Let's get into the details of each rumor:

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#5 Edge and Beth Pheonix returning at the Royal Rumble

Yes, we know you may be sick and tired of the speculation surrounding Edge's reported in-ring return. Yes, we also know that Edge has denied it.

However, where there's smoke, there's fire and the latest report is massive.

Paul Davis of WrestlingNews.co revealed that the Rated-R Superstar will be in Houston, Texas and he could be one of the surprise entrants in the match.

Two WWE sources have confirmed to Davis that Edge will indeed return to the ring and he will reportedly have a part-time schedule similar to Brock Lesnar's deal.

Edge's Royal Rumble return will be the first time in nine years that the fans could witness the 11-time World Champion in action.

He isn't the only Superstar who is rumored to return to the ring as his wife Beth Phoenix is also expected to feature in the Women's Royal Rumble match.

Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue stated in his YouTube video that The Glamazon and NXT UK Women's Champion Kay Lee Ray are two names that are being considered as surprise entrants for the match.

Colohue said:

Kay Lee Ray and Beth Phoenix are two names that I strongly believe will be in the Rumble that have been mentioned to me. We know Kay Lee Ray is going to be there from NXT UK, she'll be there for Worlds Collide. Beth Phoenix, I think, is just an interesting story and a potential surprise winner. I'd very much enjoy that myself.

Phoenix wrestled her last match at WrestleMania 35 and has since taken up a commentator's role in NXT.

Edge and Phoenix are one the most likeable wrestling couples in the WWE and getting them back on the same night would certainly get huge pops.

#4 Roman Reigns to lose at WrestleMania 36

The road to WrestleMania 36 will begin at the Royal Rumble, and at this point, Roman Reigns vs. The Fiend is expected to be the main event of the Show of Shows.

While a large section of fans would see The Big Dog beating Bray Wyatt to become the new Universal Champion at the PPV, that may not end up happening.

On the most recent Dropkick DiSKussions podcast episode with Tom Colohue and Korey Gunz, Colohue revealed that The Fiend is expected to have a lengthy reign with the Universal Championship that could last beyond 'Mania.

Tom speculated that WrestleMania could end with Wyatt retaining the title against the Big Dog.

Here's what he had to say:

I think you've answered your own question because you made a key point of saying they will assume that Roman Reigns wins at WrestleMania. What if he doesn't? I heard a few months ago that the plan was for Bray Wyatt to have a long title reign, and to potentially hold that Championship after WrestleMania. Advertisement I believe the last shot at WrestleMania would be of Bray Wyatt holding the Universal title, standing over Roman Reigns' body.

I think that is the main event, that's how you send the fans home happy, and I think back to SummerSlam 2017 when we had AJ Styles defeating John Cena clean in the middle of the ring and afterwards, once all the smoke had cleared, the fans were chanting, 'Thank you, Cena.' I think this is that moment for Roman Reigns.

#3 Finn Balor at Royal Rumble 2020?

Finn Balor has already dropped a teaser of a potential Royal Rumble appearance, and as revealed now by Tom Colohue in his latest YouTube video, WWE officials are seriously thinking about getting the former Universal Champion back for the Royal Rumble match.

Balor has not appeared on RAW or SmackDown since returning to NXT in October last year and getting him for one night only in Houston would surely get the casual fans' attention towards NXT. That seems to be the plan as WWE is looking at all options when it comes to NXT's involvement in the match.

Tom explained:

Triple H is teasing a few obvious choices. In his words, he has suggested people who can have big moments. The obvious one that he described was Matt Riddle, another person who is being teased is Finn Balor, being teased by himself on Twitter if you catch it recently. Finn Balor has a lot of casual appeal, I reached out and asked about this one to see if they were someone they were thinking of. He’s definitely a name they are thinking of, would like to have involved.

Mostly because there are a lot of people who would be watching the Royal Rumble who don’t necessarily watch NXT. They are probably wondering where Finn Balor is, so I think it would be a good moment there and it could some exciting even for viewers of NXT

#2 The reason behind WWE changing the name of the NXT Women's title

The NXT Women's Championship will now be called the NXT Championship, similar to the men's title. It was initially revealed that the company made the change to remove any gender-specific designation for the title.

Tom Colohue revealed in his video that the company wants the fans to consider the NXT Women's title as a world championship, just like the men's NXT Championship.

Tessa Blanchard becoming the first woman to win the Impact Wrestling World Championship from Sami Callihan may have also played a big role in WWE sanctioning the alteration of the name

Let's start with the NXT Women's Championship which will be henceforth known as the NXT Championship. There is, of course, already an NXT Championship, now there is going to be two and you will have context clues for which one's the men's and which one's the women's.

From what I'm hearing, with Impact Wrestling crowning it's first female World Champion, we're going to have a female World Champion in NXT as well, but she will just be a Champion and a World Champion and you'd have two World Champions.

Of course, when you look through for example Wikipedia or keeping the history of these different wrestlers, you do see lists of Women's Championships, RAW Women's Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, they want to make it clear that it's a world Championship.

#1 Cain Velasquez's WWE status

As reported earlier by Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue, Cain Velasquez is still the favourite to eliminate Brock Lesnar from the Royal Rumble to set up a rematch for the WWE title at WrestleMania 36.

On the latest edition of Sportskeeda's Dropkick DiSKussions, Tom Colohue revealed that the WWE management's faith on Velasquez was initially shaken up when he made his debut.

The company, however, is now happy with the former UFC Champion and feels that he can have a very unique match with Brock Lesnar if he is fully fit.

WWE does want to book another Lesnar vs. Velasquez match and even if it doesn't end up featuring on the 'Mania card, the company will add it to another event somewhere down the line.

That just seems to be where they are going and when it comes to a potential opponent for Brock Lesnar, there aren't more than they have shown consistent faith in and I know they haven't shown consistent faith in Cain Velasquez, in fact, when it comes to faith in Cain Velasquez, unfortunately, it was very shaken by his initial appearance in the company.

But, from what I can tell, they have decided to give him another shot and they are happy with what they are seeing and they think an uninjured Cain Velasquez will put on a very exciting, a very different and very unique match with Brock Lesnar. So that is what they want to do, if not at WrestleMania, then at some point soon. They want to make than happen.