WWE Weekly Rumor Roundup: Vince McMahon's new rule, Undertaker plans (September 9th, 2019)

#3 McMahon sends out new rule to writers

The Boss has tried to motivate his creative team backstage.

WWE in 2019 is an interesting place to be. After spending years unchallenged as the top show in wrestling (at least in North America), the rise of All Elite Wrestling and it's successful shows such as Double or Nothing and All Out, has led to many fans flocking away from WWE for the new promotion.

Since AEW's launch, WWE and the company have gone back and forth in a slow-burning war between the two, with NXT and AEW on TNT set to compete against each other in what fans are calling the Wednesday Night Wars. According to Bryan Alverez on Wrestling Observer Radio this week, WWE chair Vince McMahon has told writers he wants them to be "really creative" from now on.

What that means isn't exactly clear, as storyline writers, by definition, are already expected to be creative, so it'll be interesting to see whether this mandate will have any major effect on the product fans see on TV. Whilst we don't know what will happen for sure, expect more retaliatory strikes by both AEW and WWE in the months to come.