Aug 16, 1:00 PM
Rumor Look Back: Feb. 9 – 15, 2026
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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. February 9, 2026 On Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer made clear that WWE is going with the direction that Seth Rollins will be ready in time for WrestleMania 42. He was, though due to Bron Breakker’s injury, Seth just had a random match with Gunther at Mania. (1/1) After Senator Gallego’s post asking Tony Khan to sign Bad Bunny to AEW, Bryan Alvarez shot down any chance of that happening on Wrestling Observer Live. “Bad Bunny is going to end up back in WWE very soon. Sooner rather than later, everybody, just so you all know,” said Alvarez. He has not ended up in WWE at all sooner or later. (0/1) Fightful Select reported that “Multiple wrestlers sent us some eye rolling reactions at fans that were ‘happy’ that Brock Lesnar no sold Ilja Dragunov’s offense in the Royal Rumble.” Ilja is at this point MIA. Per the Observer, Chels