WWE News & Rumor Roundup: Roman Reigns' next opponent revealed, The Undertaker on his daughter to WWE, Update on Scarlett's absence (October 08, 2021)

Welcome to another edition of the WWE News and Rumor Round-up. We have a number of juicy stories from the biggest professional wrestling promotion in store for you today.

There's news on Roman Reigns' next opponent after Brock Lesnar, The Undertaker sharing his thoughts on his daughter pursuing a WWE career, and an update on Scarlett's absence. There's also a little nugget about which WWE Superstar Booker T would like to see dethrone Reigns.

With that being said, here is our WWE News and Rumor Roundup for October 08, 2021.

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#5 Drew McIntyre will feud with WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns after Brock Lesnar

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Drew McIntyre will be Roman Reigns' next opponent after Brock Lesnar. The Scottish Superstar was drafted to SmackDown since the Blue Brand was running out of fresh opponents for Reigns. This program is expected to start in December.

''McIntyre was moved over since Roman Reigns desperately needs a new opponent, and on paper right now there is essentially nobody else for him. Plus, McIntyre goes over with multiple losses at the end of his Raw run and presumably another to Big E, and then will become Reigns’ big contender probably around December,'' said Meltzer.

However, Meltzer also stated that Lesnar and Reigns would have an extended program. There's even a possibility of the Beast Incarnate briefly holding the Universal Championship to extend the feud and keep it spicy.

"Right now the plan is to get a lot more time out of Lesnar vs. Reigns than just the Saudi Arabia show, and from the rosters, they need to do that. McIntyre is there, but they also have to elevate other people,'' stated Meltzer.

Lesnar has wrestled Reigns on a number of occasions, but this storyline has a twist since Paul Heyman is in the Tribal Chief's corner.

#4 The Undertaker talks about his daughter pursuing a WWE career

WWE legend The Undertaker has been doing a lot of media to promote his new Netflix special, Escape The Undertaker. During an interview with ET Online, the former World Champion admitted that he would be open to training his daughter if she really wanted to pursue a career in WWE.

"I tell you what, I don't know, I mean, if it's in her heart and that's what she really truly wants to do one day, I'll do my best to coach her up and obviously her mom will too, but yeah," said The Undertaker. "We'll see what happens. We have a long way to go before actually worrying about that."

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#3 Karrion Kross hints at Scarlett's return to WWE

Scarlett was paired with Karrion Kross during his NXT run, but she hasn't yet joined him on Monday Night RAW. During an appearance on the Table Talk podcast with D-Von Dudley, the former NXT Champion teased that Scarlett could soon be bound for the main roster.

“This is what I can say, without being deliberately cryptic, we’re waiting for something to finish taking its course. But she is very good and she’s been training like a maniac, like she always does. You can expect to see her any time or any place,” Kross said.

#2 Booker T wants to see WALTER defeat Roman Reigns

WWE Hall of Famer Booker T emphasized that he wanted Roman Reigns losing the WWE Universal Championship to feel like a significant moment during the Hall of Fame Podcast.

While he admitted that Brock Lesnar could be the man for the job, the former WCW star stated that he would rather see WALTER dethrone The Tribal Chief.

“For me, I’ve been talking about this for a minute now, to beat Roman Reigns you gotta really make that a moment," said Booker T. "I always say with moments, you only get a chance to have it one time and it goes away pretty much as far as these kind of situations. Undertaker’s streak being broken, stuff like that. For me, you look at Brock Lesnar. Could he be the guy? Of course."

“But for me, I’m looking to make somebody. I’m looking to make somebody in big fashion, in a huge way. And there again, man I look at that kid WALTER and I say he’s a star. He’s what wrestling is today." (H/T SeScoops)

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#1 CM Punk showed WWE CEO Vince McMahon a fake draft of the "Pipe Bomb"

When CM Punk was given the opportunity to cut the "Pipe Bomb" in WWE, he was instructed to write a draft of the promo and get it approved by Vince McMahon. Punk admitted that he wrote a fake draft, which pleased the WWE Chairman, who instructed him to also make fun of Stephanie.

The former WWE Champion broached the subject during an interview with Sport1.

“I had to make an outline for Vince and I didn’t say anything I wrote in the outline, I just know that I needed him to agree and then I went out there and said whatever I wanted. I knew what I wanted to say, I knew I wasn’t stepping over the line and I knew nobody was going to be pissed at me," Punk said.

"The thing with live television is, it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. If I would have asked him to say all that stuff, he would have been like, ‘Don’t mention Brock, don’t mention Paul Heyman.’ Those guys, at the time, were persona non Grata. He would have been like, ‘What the hell is Ring of Honor? Don’t mention New Japan.’ I knew to make it the special piece of art that I wanted it to be, I had to go out there and say all of that,” added Punk.