{"id":977422,"date":"2026-08-03T08:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/977422\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T08:02:16","slug":"rumor-roundup-brock-lesnars-status-summerslam-changes-nick-aldis-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/977422\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor Roundup: Brock Lesnar\u2019s status, SummerSlam changes, Nick Aldis, more!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">SummerSlam is in the books, Raw is tonight, let\u2019s get after another week.<\/p>\n<p>Lead rumor: Brock Lesnar\u2019s status<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Brock Lesnar did the job for Oba Femi in the main event of SummerSlam night one this past weekend in Minneapolis. <a href=\"https:\/\/pwinsider.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PW Insider<\/a> notes the decision to move them to the main event came during the past week, with the belief that it made more sense to close the show than open it, which it was initially scheduled to do. Lesnar did not push for the change but rather it was Paul Levesque who made the call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wrestlevotes\" rel=\"nofollow\">WrestleVotes<\/a> claims they made it a Hell in a Cell match despite having no real plans to use the cage to both appease ESPN and Lesnar, who they claim said he wanted to do one more but didn\u2019t want to touch the cage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Last but not least on Lesnar: he called himself the past after the match, but <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfulselect.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fightful Select<\/a> notes that people within WWE expect him to work another match, though there are no plans in place for it at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Other rumors floating around<\/p>\n<ul class=\"duet--article--unordered-list _1upudxki _1kyuonb0 _1mt21p01\">\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">Although he\u2019s back as SmackDown General Manager after SummerSlam, <a href=\"https:\/\/fightfulselect.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fightful Select<\/a> says people in WWE believe Nick Aldis will wrestle for WWE again.<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/fightful.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fightful<\/a>, there were \u201ca number of wrestlers internally who wanted nothing to do with Ryan Garcia on Raw.\u201d<\/li>\n<li class=\"_1kyuonb1\">Regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/aew\/464887\/rougeaus-dispute-report-jacques-almost-kicked-out-aew-redemption-tantrum-ai-video\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rougeau tribute flap from AEW Redemption<\/a>, Jacques posted his rejected video online (check it out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagesideseats.com\/post\/jgK8cmx_shb5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>). On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/podcasts\/wrestling-observer-radio\/wor-summerslam-night-1-arena-mexico-g-1-ratings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrestling Observer Radio,<\/a> Dave Meltzer said that while it would have been rejected for its use of AI, unlicensed music, and overall length, the absolute deal breaker was including WWE-owned footage of Jacques pinning Hulk Hogan at Montreal\u2019s Bell Centre on a WCW show. Meltzer maintained Jacques was so upset \u201ceven building security was aware of it\u201d, but agreed \u201ceverything\u2019s fine now.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">You know where to contribute to this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SummerSlam is in the books, Raw is tonight, let\u2019s get after another week. 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