It's not leaked news, BUT it's not "common KNOWLEDGE either....
These are assumptions, nothing more.
Assumptions that happen every year become common knowledge. Every year at Mania, in at least one of the title matches the face goes over. 99% of the time practically ( exception-Hunter @ 2000& XIX and Randy last year)it happens.It's so presumptive, it becomes wrestling fan knowledge.
I understand the qualms of Big Show not deserving a title, but the bad booking is not his fault. He was red hot coming off the Mayweather angle and the E could have taken Show in alot of directions, but they booked his terribly, than stuck him in the Edgererro plot and well, this is where we're at. I think when it counts, Show brings it. He was good in the Elimination chamber and had some fun matches with Taker, so while he hasn't been as awesome as he was from 05 till the end of the ECW run, he has still filled his purpose and been a complete pro the entire time. He didn't approach the WWE about returning, they approached him. He can't help what they did with his character from there. Jericho's return was forgetable until he struck gold with the HBK angle. I just think the E could throw Show a bone like than and he'd be the pro he is and step his game up. Remember he was kind of stumbling around the mid card in like 04 and was fat and lethargic? Than he had the sweet ass barb wire cage match with JBL and from there pretty much stepped it up and then he really embraced the ECW time and was easily the most entertaining champ on all shows at that time. He had a fucking classic hardcore match with a fossil in Flair. I think if given the ball again, Show would do what a fat fuckin 7 footer can do, mow people down.