Rumor Roundup (Feb. 24, 2025): The Rock appearance, WrestleMania 41 match, Ricky Saints, 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:

• The Observer says that the writers were “confused and thrown for a loop” with The Rock appearing on SmackDown this past week. They say it wasn’t as last minute as has been talked about but the belief is his schedule may have changed for WrestleMania.
• Dave Meltzer noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor isn’t booked for WrestleMania 41 right now.
• Meltzer also said Ricky Saints wasn’t used by AEW for so long because Tony Khan believed he was always going to end up going to WWE.
• Fightful Select says WWE’s recent trademark filing for “Kalyx” is for referee Jessika Carr, who is now working under a mask at recent Evolve tapings.
• Elektra Lopez (real name Karissa Rivera) was backstage at Full Sail during Friday’s TNA taping, per Lucha Libre Online.

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. And check our weekly Rumor Look Back here to keep track of how often rumors turn out to be correct.