Rusev Cleared to Return to Action

Rusev has been medically cleared to return to action.

Pro Wrestling Sheet reports that Rusev met with doctors yesterday and was given the go-ahead to return to in-ring competition. Rusev had surgery back in March to repair an undisclosed shoulder injury.

WWE teased Rusev’s return on SmackDown Live last month to confront Shane McMahon for not putting him in the Money in the Bank main event. Those plans ultimately got nixed. It is very possible that Rusev not being cleared at the time could be the reason for those plans following through.

Reason for the High Amount of Multi-Person Matches on WWE Programming

As seen on WWE programming lately, WWE has been doing a lot of multi-person matches. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that “booking is slow” and that’s the reason the viewers are being stuck with these types of matches.

While WWE has things planned out for the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event, the company doesn’t have many creative ideas for storylines until then. These multi-person matches are essentially being done as a way to fill up time.

Reason Why No Way Jose Hasn’t Been Used on NXT Television

During the mailbag segment of today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer was asked about No Way Jose’s absence from NXT programming and why he hasn’t been appearing on television lately.

Meltzer said that the reason that the company hasn’t been featuring Jose on television is because they really don’t have a television program for him to work at this time. Once they have a program for him, the feeling is that he will be brought back. In the mean time, Jose will be working NXT Live Events, like he has been.