WWE Rumor Roundup: 2 Massive Royal Rumble surprise entrants revealed, Brock Lesnar to face old rival at WrestleMania - 20th December 2019

#4. Ric Flair's WWE contract status

Ric Flair, just like the other retired legends who appear on WWE TV, is signed with the company under a Legends contract.

Dave Meltzer revealed in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the Nature Boy's current deal comes to an end by the end of the year.

He noted that WWE will try their best to offer Flair a solid new deal to prevent the WWE Hall of Famer from possibly appearing on AEW TV. Flair is said to be a good friend of Tony Khan, as the AEW President was one of the guests at Flair's wedding.

There was speculation going around about Flair signing a new WWE deal after his merchandise was removed from the Pro Wrestling Tees website. However, that was just a move from his team as there were better business opportunities to push his merch.

As of this writing, the WWE Hall of Famer is yet to sign a contract extension.

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#3. Daniel Bryan's opponent after The Fiend

Daniel Bryan recently returned with his old look and resumed his feud against The Fiend.

WWE Insider Tom Colohue revealed on the most recent edition of SK's Dropkick DiSKussions that Daniel Bryan could get back to feuding with Shinsuke Nakamura after he wraps up his current angle with Bray Wyatt.

Bryan should ideally get an opportunity 'to play' again with The Fiend at Royal Rumble, However, it was noted that the fans should not expect Bryan to be involved in the Royal Rumble match after he takes on The Fiend.

Tom stated the following:

“Daniel Bryan is unlikely to be in that match [versus The Fiend at the Royal Rumble] and then go on to the Rumble, so he would be unlikely to have the opportunity to face The Fiend [at WrestleMania]. We’ll have to see. It does depend heavily on who wins the Rumble, but I think Daniel Bryan’s storytelling in that regard is done and he will probably move back into his feud with Shinsuke Nakamura.” H/t Credit: Danny Hart of Sportskeeda