WWE Rumor Roundup - Superstar has not agreed to return, Vince McMahon confused about Roman Reigns, AJ Styles unhappy - 8th May 2020

#1. Backstage notes on the SmackDown mystery hacker

The mystery hacker storyline is heating up with each passing week on SmackDown and the big revelation is just around the corner.

Tom Colohue revealed a few interesting details about the ongoing angle on the Dropkick DiSKussions podcast with host Korey Gunz. Tom stated that the angle was just an afterthought for WWE when it first began. The company wasn't even sure who would be revealed as the hacker when they kicked it off.

When they first started this storyline, it was such an afterthought and I mean that creatively. Someone, one creative individual, came out and said, 'look, I want to try this and they said, yes, sure, whatever.' hey weren't even sure when they started this storyline, who the hacker was going to be. They really weren't.

Tom also explained how Mustafa Ali is the obvious choice to be the man responsible for the glitches and how the WWE Superstar's background as a police officer fits in with the nature of the gimmick.

Ali is the obvious one, but to be honest, he really is the only one who makes the most sense at the minute because of his background, how he puts his own work together. His self-promos have been so fantastic. It's really caught the attention. I think at this point people would be disappointed if it wasn't Ali.

Ali's history is in the police. He does have an individual stand for a sense of justice. With this in mind, I think that's the direction they would take the hacker, if course, it ends up being Ali.