There have been rumours spreading around the internet this week – ones that we have intentionally refrained from posting about until now – that WWE would be transitioning its programming back to TV-14 starting this year, and continuing into 2016.

So far as we can tell, the rumor began with a false report (claimed to be from Dave Meltzer) on the Squared Circle Reddit community. It stated that the move back to TV-14 was something Triple H had been wanting to do for some time, but had been continually shot down by Vince McMahon. It was also said that Triple H believed the three former Shield members – Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins – would be the major stars to carry the product into a new TV-14 generation.

Meltzer explicitly stated in today’s F4WOnline.com daily news update, “I never reported it, and there’s nothing to it.”