WWE Rumor Roundup: Edge and Orton's backstage behavior responsible for Superstar leaving company; 'Impossible' idea pitched for former US Champion- 13th April 2020

Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup where we try and bring you the biggest wwe news and rumors and other updates from the world of sports-entertainment.

In today's edition, we will talk about what the future holds for Braun Strowman as the Universal Champion, how Randy Orton and Edge's behavior backstage resulted in a former WWE Diva leaving the company and more.

With WWE planning to resume live tapings of RAW, SmackDown and NXT, this coming week is going to have all kinds of surprises in store for the fans.

So without further ado, let us take a look at the five biggest stories of today:

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#5 Randy Orton and Edge caused former Superstar to leave

Former WWE Diva Amy Weber recently talked about why she left WWE in 2005 on her YouTube channel. The Diva, who was a part of WWE from 2004 to 2005, revealed that Edge and Randy Orton were the Superstars behind her quitting the company.

Weber revealed that she was told to take two ibuprofen and some ice from the men's training room after she had injured her back while training. She then went on to describe the events that took place on a flight:

We were all sleeping. I’m gonna go ahead and call people out because this is a truthful video. Randy Orton decided to come up behind my chair and he slammed into it like a linebacker so hard that I landed on the floor of the airplane. And then he said to me, ‘You’re gonna learn [expletive].’” (H/T: Danny Hart of SportsKeeda)

She then revealed that after she changed her seat and went to sleep, she was woken up when someone poured a drink on her face. She stated that the person who poured the drink on her face was Edge.

Edge, with a partially drank drink in his hand. There was a little bit left and it was the same color that was basically all over me.

She added that she did not feel comfortable working in an environment where no one respected her:

I just felt like I couldn’t continue to be in an environment where people had no respect for me. They had their reasons but I don’t think taking two ibuprofen is a reason for someone to call you names, try to physically harm you and then pour a drink in your face.”

#4 Cesaro rejects company's idea

Cesaro was part of The New Day's most recent podcast and spoke about a variety of topics, including the time when he rejected the company's idea to perform a Cesaro Swing on The Big Show.

The Swiss Cyborg is known for his strength in the ring but it looks like even he decided that he was not capable of performing his signature move on a behemoth like The Big Show.

The former US Champion revealed that someone from WWE had pitched to him the idea of doing the move on Big Show while the two were having a program on television, but he turned it down instead.

“I know that for stuff that I think has a chance of failing, like a seventy-five percent chance of coming off clean, there’s a back-up plan. I remember one time where they wanted me to swing Big Show and that’s just impossible. He leaned out a little bit now but at that point it was just impossible.” (H/T: SportsKeeda)

Cesaro is currently part of a stable along with Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura on SmackDown.

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#3 Possible future plans for Braun Strowman

Braun Strowman won his maiden World Championship at WrestleMania by beating Goldberg to become the Universal Champion. While there were no plans of having The Monster Among Men become the Universal Champion this year, WWE had to make a last-minute call after Roman Reigns pulled out from his Universal Championship match at WrestleMania.

PW Torch's Wade Keller explained in his podcast that there is a high chance that Strowman could most likely just be a transitional Champion:

He might end up being a transitional Champion. It is very much possible that he doesn't end up holding the belt for long if this is just a bridge or a band-aid to get the belt back on Roman Reigns or to go a completely different direction. (H/T: SportsKeeda)

Braun Strowman successfully defeated Shinsuke Nakamura on SmackDown in his first match after winning the top Championship. However, it was after the match that former Universal Champion Bray Wyatt sent him a chilling message.

It is clear that the two former teammates will be feuding and there is a high chance that The Fiend may regain the belt he lost at Super ShowDown to Goldberg.

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#2 Ric Flair reveals how Vince McMahon helped him

The Nature Boy Ric Flair was a guest on Stone Cold's latest episode of the Broken Skull Session where he talked about his illustrious career and eventful life.

One of the people Flair spoke about in high regard was Vince McMahon - the Chairman of the WWE. The 16-time World Champion stated that McMahon had helped him a lot throughout his career. He spoke about the time when Vince McMahon offered Flair money in advance before last year's Crown Jewel event in Saudi Arabia:

You know what Vince (McMahon) did? He walked up to me in LA, gave me the cheque for Saudi before I left. You don't do that. And he said to me 'here, I get it. Maybe this will make her feel better'. He doesn't do that. You know that. He does not pay in advance." (H/T: SportsKeeda)

Ric Flair admitted that he lived a 'wild' lifestyle during his heyday. The former WCW Champion also spoke about the advice Vince McMahon had given him:

I owed Vince, paid back Vince. He gave me an $800,000 loan and told me to declare bankruptcy. I knew that I couldn't live with myself if I did."

#1 Edge reveals why he almost wasn't part of the first MITB

Edge recently made his comeback after nine years away from in-ring action at Royal Rumble 2020. The Rater-R Superstar faced Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania 36 and came out victorious.

The former WWE Champion was recently on Morgan Webster's podcast called Wrestling Friends and talked about a myriad of topics. He spoke about how he initially did not want to be part of the first-ever MITB Match - the match that eventually changed the trajectory of his career.

Here is what Edge said:

I remember them pitching me the idea for the Money In The Bank Ladder match, and I actually said no. They were like, 'but, but wait, you get the contract.' At that point, I was so burned out on doing Ladder matches at WrestleMania. I didn't want to be pigeon-holed as, 'Oh, okay here comes WrestleMania, we got to get a bunch of guys on the show, let's put 'em in a Ladder match. Oh yeah, you gotta put Edge in there.'

The Ultimate Opportunist also revealed that at the time he did not know that he is the one slated to win the match.