BS Meter on Latest WWE WrestleMania 43 Main Event Plans, Oba Femi and Gunther Rumors, More

Money in the Bank might be over and the calendar headed for the colder months, which usually equates to quiet times in pro wrestling, sure.

But the pro wrestling rumor mill is anything but quiet.

One glance at this week says it all. There's buzz about the fabled John Cena classic yet again, rumblings about WrestleMania 43 plans and some budding problems around the booking of a certain major top star. That's just a few highlights, too.

To help fans keep up with the hot rumor mill, let's throw must-know rumors on the BS Meter, with 10 being the highest form of unbelievable buzz fans can safely dismiss.

More proof Triple H is lurking on the internet? According to WrestleVotes (h/t Geno Mrosko of Cageside Seats), Penta's briefcase win was a late development after his strong match in Mexico City against Roman Reigns. Likewise, from the same note, Tiffany Stratton's win was an effort to keep fans guessing.

These sound fair enough at face value. But the Stratton one is especially interesting. Per that, the idea that Roxanne Perez was winning the briefcase was so persistent that it actually had an impact on how creative decided to book the end result.

Silly? Maybe. Perez was probably the right call. Going for a swerve for the sake of a swerve doesn't always work out. Either way, this is WWE responding to the temperature of fans, which is probably better than them just forcing through whatever they want no matter what fans have to say.

Remember the John Cena Classic? WWE apparently does. According to Fightful Select (h/t Mrosko ), there are two dates in mind: Dec. 12 after Wrestlepalooza and Dec. 19.

That December 19 date would put the Cena creation up against AEW's Worlds End, instantly making it more believable, considering how much WWE loves to counterprogram these days. Forcing the event to happen in 2026 is starting to narrow down the dates they can actually run it, obviously.

Does anybody care about the date? What does a date matter when nobody, including Cena himself, can even say what the event is? Maybe WWE scraps together something involving the tournament that includes fan voting or whatever, but this has been a mess from the start, and nailing down a date before what the event actually is seems ill-advised.

Here comes the…Oba Femi backlash? According to Self Made Pro's Ibou (h/t Cain A. Knight of Cageside Seats), some wrestlers are hesitant to work with him because it could push them down the card and make them look weak, essentially.

Historically, refusing to work with a wrestler for these types of reasons tends to get the unwilling pushed down a card anyway, right? Losing is part of the job or the magic doesn't happen for everyone. Ask LA Knight if he felt like a chump in the main event of Money in the Bank against a modern GOAT while having a classic match and cashing a big paycheck in the process.

This is silly. It almost feels like getting worked by the incident where Bronson Reed put his foot on Femi at the end of a segment. Outsiders can wax poetic all they want about no-selling finishers and stuff, but Femi's on an obvious path no matter who gets in his way and the job is the job.

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Bron Breakker is another one of those guys on the way up. According to Self Made Pro (h/t Knight ), Punk has personally told Breakker he will put him over eventually, apparently because he likes him.

Everyone seems to love Breakker, whose untimely injury and the rise of Femi put a slight hold on his next-big-thing push. It would make sense that there are some light long-term plans to get some of the big-name veterans to put him over when the time is right.

We'll see when Breakker's moment happens. Femi is still on the warpath for Roman Reigns at WrestleMania next year. Punk feels like he's heading for Cody Rhodes again in some fashion. But Breakker being a slow burn isn't a bad thing, and he might just benefit from more time cooking, especially if Punk is loosely in the plans as his breakout moment.

Speaking of Punk and Rhodes, the buzz says 'Mania. According to WrestleVotes Radio (h/t Knight ), a SummerSlam rematch at WrestleMania 43 next year is one of the leading contenders to be a main event.

There's less shock here about this buzz and more concern that whoever pulls the strings keeps weird names like Pat McAfee and Jelly Roll far away from this. Let the two have their fantastic feud and storytelling drawn out toward a true main event, not whatever weird corporate synergy outsiders attempt to throw in at the last second.

Which is to say, this is the most believable thing of the week. Rhodes and Punk are money together. Fantastic story. Injuries and other things could spoil these loose plans, but it would be pretty hard to complain about if this ends up happening.

Where's Gunther? According to WrestleVotes Radio (h/t Knight ), there is "confusion and frustration" when it comes to Gunther's booking.

Same, random source of confusion and frustration. Same. The man who retired Goldberg, John Cena and AJ Styles hasn't exactly had a hot streak since. Instead, he's floating loosely around the main-event scene but otherwise working with the likes of…Danhausen.

Surely this isn't just Gunther himself confused and frustrated with how things are going lately. More than a few people surely have to wonder if WWE squandered all the momentum Gunther gained by retiring those legends. The main-event push just hasn't materialized, which then makes one go back and wonder if he should have been the guy doing the returning at all. And that's not fair to Gunther.