Brock Lesnar is now another member on the list of people who could be taking quite a bit of time off after Mania. There have been talks for a Lesnar vs Snyder match at next years Royal Rumble but that remains to be seen.
The WWE Studios is looking to be it's busiest yet this off-season. WWE has announced a huge line up of content coming from the studio including the production of a new season of the hit TV show 'Survivor', which just recently completed the sign-up process, a Snyder TV mini-series starring Rush (Rush) and The Miz (Kevin Frost), an all new "Hunger Games" web movie starring various WWE wrestlers. As for movies, another Snyder spin-off film is being planned, an unannounced movie starring CM Punk, and a comedy film featuring Rush, Hayden, and Alan are also being filmed. WWE Studios says they have more projects to be announced after WrestleMania, with a rumored 'WWE Slam City' revival in the works.
Hayden has been getting a lot of props backstage since coming back. I am told that there are plans to do another Hayden vs Alan program in the near future. Current plans call for Big Show to retain at Mania but that could change easily.
WWE CEO Alan Snyder held another press conference this past weekend in Ohio, the location of WrestleMania. He dropped some tons of big news so hold your pants. Alan Snyder teased that the season finale of RAW will end with a huge twist that will change the course of the current "New Corporation" storyline. People are speculating that this means Alan Snyder will indeed retire at WrestleMania with Antonio taking over the corp. Alan also talked about the release of Paul Star, saying that things between Star and the company didn't work out. Alan confirmed rumors that he attempted to contact Star to no avail. Snyder also confirmed that he has decided to not bring ECW back for a new season. Alan talked about NXT and says it will be coming back in the off-season with an all new direction led by Shane McMahon, and says he and Shane have been working closely on several new projects in the WWE. Alan talked about the recent surge in activity in the WWE Studios and Snyder says they plan to release new content in the next few months, and reiterated that WWE Studios are a huge focus point for him at the moment. (Snyder also confirmed the release date of Snyder 3 as December 2015). Snyder said the main people he is focusing on pushing to the main event at the moment are Matthew Ehlert, Aaron Snyder, Eellis, CM Punk, Ryan Nathen, and a few more. Snyder also talked about the Divas division, hinted at England being the next WrestleMania location and more.
I have gotten word that there is backstage heat between WWE wrestlers CM Punk and Eellis. Appearently it started at a live event where CM Punk worked a match with Big E. Big E accidentally botched a move and caused Punk to suffer a minor concussion. Punk complained backstage to Big E after the match, Eellis intervened in the conversation and told Punk to "suck it the fuck up", in those words exactly. Eellis went on a rant and asked Punk how he's gonna be a world champion if he can't take a little concussion. Punk fired back with profanties at Eellis and called him a bad worker, saying that he couldn't wrestle. This almost escalated into a fist fight but Rey Mysterio and Goldust intervened.
In a recent interview, John Cena talked about his future in the WWE and comparisons to guys like Zack Poe and Hulk Hogan, also his feud with Paul Star. Cena said that he plans to stick around in WWE for a little bit longer, indicating that he's going to be taking some time off but he didn't specify when. Cena said that he's different from guys like Zack Poe and Hulk Hogan in the sense that he represents more than just the Cenation, or a group of fans. He said he represents the WWE as a whole and what putting hard work in this business leads to. Cena said he enjoyed his feud with Paul Star but revealed that he had backstage heat with Star. Cena said Star was always too cocky, always got ahead of himself and he doesn't really miss him.
Chris Jericho has been receiving lots of backstage heat as of late. Jericho has recently been going on rants, putting himself above others backstage and calling himself the hardest worker. "I bust my ass", in Jericho's words. Many see this as direspectful and believe they work just as hard, if not harder, than Jericho. One vocal speaker about this has been Hayden, who has been throwing subliminal messages to Jericho on Twitter about the subject.
Jericho responded (without mentioning Hayden), calling Hayden a kissass and irrelevant, but he deleted the tweet quickly.
Sting has teased that he has something big planned for the New Corporation after WrestleMania. What does the man without fear have up his bat? At the same time, Anthony Chandler has also teased that he will be dealing with the New Corporation after his feud with Jericho. Does this mean a future pairing between Sting and AC, or are these completely unrelated?
Batista has been trolling Alan on Twitter. Batista made this quick image and tweeted it to Alan along with several other similar ones. Batista says he won't stop until Alan accepts his request to face him in a match at WWE WrestleMania Axxess in two weeks.
