Some post-Mania dirstsheet news:
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Triple H had x-rays performed on his arm last night but there were no signs of injury beyond some muscle bruising. His arm and hand were swollen after the Brock Lesnar match.
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There were no fireworks to open the show last night due to the light skies and the feeling that the Hurricane Sandy video would be overpowered by pyro. They wanted the video to affect those watching and help quietly push their Sandy victim auctions.
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There were several WWE midcard talents who were upset that they didn't get to go out in front of the crowd or even have backstage segments, especially considering in past years when the company tried to get everyone on the card. There was also a lot of talk about how wrong it was that Antonio Cesero didn't have a spot considering how hard he has worked.
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The inter-gender tag match was cut before the PPV went on the air, as they decided to give the top three matches as much time as they wanted. Time was cut from the Jack Swagger vs Alberto Del Rio match and the company also cut Lilian Garcia singing "America the Beautiful".
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This one surprised me the most when it happened. Didn't really feel like they were rushing for time until the Cena-Rock match started.
According to Wikipedia, there was only about 2 hours of actual wrestling last night and the big matches were only in the 20-25 minute range. The WWE managed to somehow mess up with an extra 2 hours of time even though there were no skits/promos and hype videos were mostly limited to Cena and Rock before the Taker-Punk match.