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Word within WWE is that nobody has heard back from CM Punk after they've reached out to him via phone calls and text messages. The belief is that Punk is keeping to himself, except for people in his inner circle, and that circle isn't going to talk about the situation. We noted on Sunday that there were major WrestleMania XXX creative meetings held this past week and the only thing now considered a lock is Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena. There has been a lot of back and forth discussion over Brock Lesnar's WrestleMania XXX role. The original plan was for Lesnar to face The Undertaker, as noted. That may or may not be the plan still but there could be something to Batista vs. Lesnar being teased on RAW last week.

Originally Posted by PWInsider Kurt Angle was scheduled to undergo knee surgery in late January but the surgery was pushed back so Angle wouldn’t miss the TNA Uk tour because Jeff Hardy couldn’t go and Sting had left the company. During the tapings in Glasgow, Scotland this past week, an angle was shot where Angle was beat down with steel chairs, which appeared to be where he was written out of the storylines. The next day in Manchester, Angle was told by TNA creative writers that he was scheduled to run-in during a segment. Angle flipped out because he had already been written out of the storylines and because he was working despite doctor’s orders not to. John Gaburick was said to have been on the wrong end of Angle’s rant and in the end, Angle did not work that taping in Manchester. Angle did his Hall of Fame induction the next day in London and got into it with Ethan Carter III, leading to a Lockdown match between the two, as we have noted before. It appears TNA is expecting Angle to gut through the Lockdown pay-per-view without having surgery.

It was announced at WWE's live event in Kansas City, MO that John Cena was injured and wouldn't be there. Cena was slated to face WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton in the main event. WrestlingINC.com reader @GrimmsonMask noted that Orton mentioned an eye injury. Daniel Bryan then came to the ring and challenged Orton to a steel cage match for later in the show.