Rumor Roundup: Brock Lesnar status, SummerSlam title changes, Meiko Satomura, more!

Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill.

Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has been confirmed as fact, it’s just circulating around the pro wrestling rumor mill. We track rumor accuracy in a weekly feature called Rumor Look Back you can find here. Remember, take it all with a grain of salt.

Rumors for the Day:

• Brock Lesnar’s status with WWE remains unchanged, says the Wrestling Observer, despite all the stories going around about him this week.
• Odds are currently sitting at up to four title changes coming at SummerSlam on Aug. 3, according to BetOnline.ag.
• Fightful Select says only WWE and Meiko Satomura know the reasons for her lengthy absence from television programming, and there is a belief there are no plans for her return to NXT television before her retirement.
• Giulia is expected to announce she’s leaving Marigold for WWE and she’ll be revealing the date, says Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. He says he was told it will be by the end of August that she’ll be starting in NXT.
• Ronda Rousey told TV Insider that Netflix put in an offer for her biopic and she’s working on a second draft right now.
• The injury keeping Dalton Castle out for the remainder of 2024 is a torn biceps and not a concussion as previously thought, says the Observer.

If you have heard of any interesting rumors that you’d like to add, feel free to post them in the comments section below. Just remember they are rumors and not confirmed as fact, so please take them as such. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct.