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Rumor Look Back: Dec. 28, 2025 – Jan. 4, 2026

Live coverage and related reports for Rumor Look Back: Dec. 28, 2025 – Jan. 4, 2026.

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What happened?

Cageside Seats’ weekly Rumor Look Back revisits reports from late December 2025 and checks how they held up six months later. The highlighted item says Dave Meltzer reported Chris Jericho’s AEW contract was ending and that a WWE return was expected, but the look back marks that rumor as not having happened. The excerpt also revisits discussion of Jon Moxley’s character direction after Worlds End, noting questions about whether his presentation has been consistently babyface or heel.

Key Takeaways

  • The hub is a retrospective fact-check of wrestling rumors from Dec. 28, 2025 to Jan. 4, 2026.
  • A reported expectation that Chris Jericho would return to WWE after his AEW contract expired is marked as incorrect in the article.
  • Dave Meltzer’s comments about Jon Moxley’s post-Worlds End direction are discussed, but the article questions whether Moxley’s alignment has been consistent.
  • AEW is the main promotion discussed in the provided excerpt, with WWE mentioned in connection to the Jericho rumor.

AI Timeline

Dec. 29, 2025

Dave Meltzer noted that Chris Jericho’s AEW contract was reportedly expiring and that a WWE return had been expected, while not stating it with complete certainty.

Six-month look back

The article says Jericho did not return to WWE, marking that rumor as incorrect.

Worlds End aftermath

Meltzer’s reported view that Jon Moxley’s babyface turn was tied to AEW addressing past negativity is revisited.

Current assessment

The article questions whether Moxley’s babyface turn is clear, citing inconsistent heel and babyface presentation.

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Cageside Seats

Timeline

Jul 5, 1:00 PM

Rumor Look Back: Dec. 28, 2025 – Jan. 4, 2026

Cageside Seats • AEW

Lee South Jon Moxley vs Josh Alexander Omaha, NE AEW Dynamite New Years Smash December 31, 2025 | Lee South for All Elite Wrestling Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. December 29, 2025 In The Daily Update, Dave Meltzer noted it’s accurate that Chris Jericho’s contract with AEW is up on Wednesday and it’s been the expectation for months that he would be going back to WWE. However, he still can’t say that with 100-percent certainty. He did not go back to WWE. (0/1) Meltzer also said on Wrestling Observer Radio that Jon Moxley’s babyface turn at Worlds End is tied to AEW trying to reverse negativity attached to them from late 2023 and throughout much of 2024. Is it a babyface turn? That’s one of Moxley’s biggest problems – he is heel sometimes and babyface sometimes but it’s not consistent and it hinders the narrative. And now Will Ospreay is tied to that as he goes

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