Rumor Roundup (Sept. 8, 2025): AJ Lee deal, WWE commentary situation, AEW change, 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:

• AJ Lee signed a multi-year deal with WWE, says BodySlam.net, and she is expected to be positioned as one of the leaders of the women’s division moving forward.
• They also say Joe Tessitore is off commentary for WWE right now because he’s focusing on covering college football during its season.
• What’s more, the NXT commentary team is expected to go back to being Vic Joseph and Booker T now that Corey Graves is doing both main roster shows alongside Michael Cole.
• Per Fightful Select, AEW bringing back LED boards for the barricade and ring apron has led to concern among talent due to wrestlers getting banged up via collisions with the much harder surfaces.
• Fightful also says that while Andrade has been missing from television of late, there is no word on any kind of injury.
• For what it’s worth, Ronda Rousey told Yahoo Sports she can’t see herself returning to WWE to have another run with the company.

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.