Collection of Voices: Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks, WWE Budget Cuts & More!

Speculating on the rumors surrounding professional wrestling is a favorite pastime for many fans, perhaps second only to watching matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors from professional wrestling rumors.

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

Voices for the day:

• Alexa Bliss was in the initial draft of the Raw script that Vince McMahon made last week, according to WrestlingNews.co. It’s unclear why McMahon decided to walk away from the Bliss vs. Charlotte Flair which had been organized the week before.
• Sasha Banks was backstage last week smack down in Jacksonville, via Fightful Select. It is unknown if WWE is making creative plans for Banks. An earlier rumor said it would be cleared for this week’s Madison Square Garden Show.
• According to Ringside News, the budget cuts led WWE to part with its long-term catering in favor of food provided by the venue and, in November, a new cheaper supplier. They are also reduced to a backstage TV crew, a move that one “tenured member of the creative team” said was “shortsighted”.
• Bump announcer Evan Mack left WWE last week, PW Insider says.
• Insider notes the slower release schedule for the original programming, as a delayed episode of John Cena’s Broken Skull Sessions, is due to the merger of WWE’s Advance Media and Television Production Departments earlier this year.

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