4 Wrestling rumors we hope are true and 3 we hope aren't: Original plans for The Rock at Survivor Series, WWE replaces Nia Jax with RAW star?

#1. Hope isn't true: Huge lack of interest in WWE Survivor Series 2021?

Survivor Series 2021 was far from the best WWE pay-per-view of 2021. There were several "B-level pay-per-views" that turned out to be better. The event itself is only a "Big Four" pay-per-view by name, as many fans consider Money in the Bank to be a far more important show.

Looking at the past decade, it's hard to disagree. The entire prestige of Survivor Series has worn down, and the "battle of the brands" concept seems to be outdated, with Becky Lynch admitting that herself.

Be that as it may, it is one of the oldest pay-per-views historically, and the effort put into the build-up signaled WWE's lack of interest in hyping the show up.

According to Dave Meltzer of WON, there was a significant lack of interest from fans towards Survivor Series 2021. Sportskeeda Wrestling's Phillipa Marie wrote:

"The show saw just 200,000 Google searches when compared to AEW All Out's 500,000. As one of the company's big four, this number of searches is expected by name alone, so this shows just how little fans were interested in last weekend's event."

We hope this isn't true, but perhaps it could be a wake-up call to the promotion to reinvent Survivor Series as a concept. With that said, RAW and SmackDown broadcast deals serve as a much bigger source of revenue than pay-per-views.