Daniel Bryan is being advertised for WrestleMania Axxess for the VIP sessions on April 8th, 2018.

This is newsworthy because historically WWE doesn’t have individuals that are performing at WrestleMania appear at AXXESS earlier in the day. This is a strong indication that WWE doesn’t have plans for Bryan to return to in-ring action at WrestleMania 34 this year. That would also suggest that WWE doesn’t have any plans for a swerve job that would result in him winning Sunday’s Royal Rumble match to face the WWE Champion as earlier rumors suggested.

Bryan mentioned in recent interviews that if he doesn’t compete for WWE by WrestleMania that he would be leaving the company once his contract expires. It will be interesting to see what happens between now and WrestleMania. WWE could always remove him from the AXXESS listing if he does get cleared but this is definitely a strong indication that WWE doesn’t have plans right now for him to compete at Mania’ this year.

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Russo opens today’s show by informing that he’s going to be a Grandfather for the first time. He’s very excited about this news and he thanks all of his fans for sending him so many kind messages on social media. He points out that news like this really helps you put life in perspective.

Russo mentions that a lot of his fans accused him of “working” them over the last couple of weeks as he refused to speak about RAW25. These fans assumed that Russo was invited to attend the event all along and he was refusing to speak about it in order to keep it a secret. That way, when he arrived at RAW25 it would be a huge surprise.

He says that this was never the case, and there were never any conversations between him and WWE about returning to the company for the one-night-only event. He points out that he hates to leave his house to travel these days, but a part of him really hoped that WWE would do the right thing in this case by extending an invitation to him and Ferrara.

Russo says that whether you like it or not, there would have been no attitude era without him and Ed Ferrara. He knows that Superstars such as Steve Austin and The Rock played a huge part in WWE’s success at that time as well, but the fact that he and Ferrara were the ones writing the lines for those stars made them an invaluable part of the company at that time in his opinion.

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Edge opens today’s show speaking about his wife, Beth Phoenix’s horrible travel day which resulted in her having to make her commentary debut on last week’s Mixed Match Challenge on just 2 hours sleep. He says everything that could have went wrong in regards to her travel did so, and she really showed a lot of strength and work ethic in order to get to the show on time and make her commentary debut.

He adds that she beat herself up over the job she did on commentary that night, but he comforted her by pointing out that getting good at commentary will be a work in process. Edge and Christian both say that they loved doing commentary, but it was incredibly difficult. There’s no doubt that it takes a long time before anyone can feel 100% comfortable behind a commentary table in WWE.

Edge and Christian welcome Batista to the show.

Batista points out that at one point in time during his WWE career there was a storyline in place for him that would have revealed him to be a “rape child”, and this was a storyline that he wasn’t happy with. He didn’t think this was one of the creative team’s finer moments, but he was still rather new in the company and didn’t want to turn anything down.

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It was rumored this past weekend that EC3 could be headed to WWE now that he’s no longer obligated to Impact Wrestling. Dave Meltzer confirmed these rumors in the latest issue of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter and he is in fact headed to WWE.

In an update, EC3 was actually spotted at the WWE Performance Center on Tuesday. This is a strong indication that he will be arriving in the company very soon. It remains to be seen if he will head to NXT or make a debut on the main roster. We will keep you updated if we receive more details on his WWE return.

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It was reported earlier this week that Daniel Bryan was one of the top three favorites to win the upcoming men’s Royal Rumble match. Several betting sites reportedly had a huge shift after news got out that WWE creative actually pitched the idea of Bryan winning and individuals within the company placed bets on his victory.

George Elek, the spokesperson for Oddschecker, commented on the situation and claimed that their “sources” told them that the Bryan and Shane McMahon storyline will result in a fairy-tale return and victory in the match.

“Fan favorite Daniel Bryan has seen a plethora of attention, despite apparently not being medically clear to compete. There may be something in this story, however, with our sources claiming that the storyline between Bryan and Shane O Mac coming to fruition and resulting in a fairy-tale return win, for the constantly over superstar.”

Do you think Bryan will return and win The Rumble? Sound off in the comments below…

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Ricochet bid his PWG farewell during Friday’s show by dropping the PWG World Title to Chuck Taylor. After the match, the locker room emptied out to pay their respects to Ricochet before he cut a farewell promo.

The entire #PWG locker room has emptied out to say goodbye to @KingRicochet.
#MysteryVortexV #KingofFlight pic.twitter.com/1cO5JiJAWP

— Capt. Jack Heartless (@JackHeartless) January 13, 2018

As previously reported, Ricochet is WWE bound and should be showing up there anytime in the near future. We will keep you posted once we receive word on his debut from the company.

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We reported last month that The War Machine were in the process of signing with WWE and undergoing medical testing and background checks before being brought into the company.

War Machine’s Hanson cut a promo at Friday’s Chaotic Wrestling event, essentially saying goodbye to the fans and the promotion before they head to WWE. You can check out footage from the event below:

BREAKING: Warbeard Hanson Confirms his departure from Independent Wrestling at @ChaoticWrestlin

War Machine expected to report to #WWENXT #WWE #NXTTakeOver pic.twitter.com/N87lxT2mes

— The New Age Insiders (@NewAgeInsiders) January 13, 2018

War Machine are slated to begin with WWE sometime this month. We will keep you updated if we receive any other details on their status.

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Paige took to her Instagram account today and indicated that her recent injury will sideline her for an extended amount of time. Paige wrote, “The comeback is always stronger than the setback ”

The comeback is always stronger than the setback @wwe

A post shared by Paige WWE (@realpaigewwe) on Jan 12, 2018 at 9:05am PST

Paige suffered an injury during a match against Sasha Banks two weeks ago, when she was kicked in the face. There has been talk that she may be pulled from the upcoming 30 Women Royal Rumble match. Paige’s recent Instagram comments would suggest that she will in fact be sidelined for a significant amount of time.

We will keep you updated if the company announces her removal from the match.

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PWInsider reports that Gabe Sapolsky is set to sign a contract with WWE as a consultant.

Gabe has already been working with WWE by helping out at the NXT television tapings. He has been working on a handshake deal but it now appears that he will finally ink an official deal with the company.

Sapolsky will still retain his positions with WWN and EVOLVE. This new deal is being viewed as growth in the WWE/WWN relationship.

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Triple H discussed the company’s decision to not allow Daniel Bryan to wrestle during a recent appearance at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour panel. Triple H indicated that unless it can be proven that he’s healthy enough to return, they would not allow him to compete on their programming.

“There can be no exception, medically,” he says. “If the belief is that he’s not healthy enough and it is a risk for to perform, then I don’t know why we would ever allow him to step in the ring unless it can be proven otherwise.”

Triple H continued, “We have some of the best medical people in the world working for us. Our wellness policy, our concussion programs, out protocols–I’ll put them up against any on the planet. The medical experts will make the determination of whether Bryan can set foot in that ring or not,” Triple H explains. “Personally, for him, I know it’s something he loved doing and I hope he has that opportunity. But at the same point in time, he’s married and has a child. We serve the human being first.”

(Quotes courtesy of GiveMeSport.com)

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