WWE Rumor Roundup: Backstage fight almost erupted between The New Day and other Superstars, Multi-time World Champion retires, Stephanie McMahon made a major change - 6th January 2020

Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE rumor roundup where we try and bring you the biggest rumors and news stories from the day.

On today's edition, we will talk about The New Day's backstage fight with Sheamus and his fellow League of Nations members which broke out after their match at WrestleMania 32. We will also take a look at a former 6-time World Champion finally announcing his retirement from active competition, among other stories.

So without further ado, let us jump into it:

#5 Details regarding a backstage fight between New Day and the League of Nations

Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston and Big E recently spoke about a backstage scuffle between The New Day and the faction known as League of Nations during WrestleMania 32 while speaking on New Day's podcast.

WrestleMania 32 saw The New Day compete in a 6-man tag team match against Sheamus, Alberto Del Rio and Rusev, with LON picking up the win. However, as revealed by Woods and Big E, there were some major arguments between the two teams and Big E stated that it was 'another level of mad'.

This was my first time being in an advertised match at WrestleMania and it just completely fell apart at no fault of our own, so I was on another-level mad, because it shouldn’t have been like that. There shouldn’t have been arguments, there shouldn’t have almost been a fight, so I’m on like another level of heated.” (H/T: Sportskeeda)

Kofi Kingston explained that unlike The New Day who look out for each other, members of LON were more focused on making themselves, instead of their faction members, look good.

Did they [WWE] air what we said? I feel like they didn’t air the grievance that we had with the match. In a lot of ways that dynamic, where it was like the two polar opposites, right? Because we are three guys who are always totally for the group – the better that one of us is, the better that all of us is – and them, it was more the mentality of, ‘I don’t want to be here, I’m in this for myself, how can I [help myself]?

#4 Kevin Nash announces retirement

Father Time. I'm retired

— Kevin Nash (@RealKevinNash) January 5, 2020

Kevin Nash, also known as Diesel to older WWE fans, has officially announced his retirement from pro-wrestling. Big Daddy Cool is a former 5-time WCW World Champion and also held the WWE Championship once.

Nash is famous for his stint as the founding member of popular WCW faction nWo as well as his close friendship with Triple H and Shawn Michaels behind the scenes. The three friends along with Scott Hall and X-Pac referred to themselves as the Kliq.

The 60-year-old last wrestled for WWE in 2014 as part of the Royal Rumble but has continued to perform for various other promotions. The two-time Hall of Famer has now officially called it quits and will not be competing in matches, WWE or otherwise.

It is commendable that Nash had continued to wrestle even at the age of 60, and even though he may not wrestle any longer, we certainly hope that he continues to make appearances for WWE every now and again.

#3 Stephanie McMahon made a major change to Drew McIntyre's name

Drew McIntyre was featured on WWE's Breaking It Down and talked about a rather interesting backstage incident that took place right ahead of his debut in 2007.

The Scottish Psychopath revealed that his original name in WWE was Drew Galloway which was changed just minutes prior to his on-screen debut by Stephanie McMahon.

“Stephanie McMahon says to myself and [WWE producer] Michael Hayes, ‘Is Drew Galloway your real name?’ I said, ‘Yeah,’ and she was like, ‘Ah, how about you change that?’ And I’m on in legitimately two matches, maybe ten minutes max, so myself and Michael Hayes ran straight to Talent Relations.” (H/T: Sportskeeda)

While he has used his real name while competing for promotions such as Impact Wrestling, he has come to be known as Drew McIntyre by WWE fans all across the globe - all thanks to Stephanie McMahon.

#2 Drew McIntyre may turn babyface

Drew McIntyre has been stuck in limbo ever since he made his move to the main roster. While McIntyre has been protected and shown to be a dominant force, he is yet to break the glass ceiling and reach main-event status.

Although McIntyre is a heel on RAW, there has been speculation that he may be turning face soon. Wade Keller of PWTorch has stated that he feels Paul Heyman may be the one behind McIntyre's change in character.

I think that Drew was definitely heading towards a babyface personality in the way he interacted with the crowd, but was badass in the ring. So, I think it may be testing the waters, or what if Paul Heyman told Drew to be a little looser. Because Drew is wound so tight.

Heyman could have said 'we want you to show a wider range'. That could be step one of Paul hoping that fans cheer drew and then go to Vince and say that fans are cheering Drew, so let's have him in the rumble and face Brock Lesnar.(H/T: SportsKeeda)

#1 Vince McMahon made a special effort to watch Lana/Lashley wedding segment

It is no secret that The Chairman of WWE, Vince McMahon is a huge fan of the ongoing storyline between Lana, Bobby Lashley and Rusev - which now also involves Liv Morgan.

However, it is interesting to note that McMahon is truly invested in the angle as he reportedly made a special effort to arrive at the show just to watch the final angle of RAW.

Triple H and Vince McMahon were not at the venue, but Jerry Lawler revealed why Vince made it a point to arrive before the show started:

“He left Hartford, CT, at two in the afternoon and everyone thought he was gone. We moved the talent relations office into Vince’s office. At about 5:30, somebody comes in and says, ‘Vince is on his way back, he doesn’t want to miss the wedding.’ We’re in the back and we have to put his office back together. Vince came back just to make sure he was there for the wedding.” (H/T WrestleZone)