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Dirtsheets (all from the Observer):

I’m told that there is a change in plans regarding breaking up The Shield. I take that to mean the breakup plans from earlier this year that were considered delayed for a while because of the feeling they were getting over strong as a face trio, are not even being talked about for any time soon. Originally the break-up was going to have already happened ... What that would seem to mean is they are going forward now with The Shield as a group based on several months out projections (what they recommend to those they do business with when it comes to marketing is based on creating things now that won’t hit the marketplace for months) as opposed to a Reigns singles push, and they are bullish on Cesaro as a babyface within a few months.

The idea of giving wrestlers time off to recharge and heal up has been talked about as a strategy down the line. The feeling right now is that may be a good thing, but the depth doesn’t allow it. There is trepidation right now about the idea of consistently running shows without either Cena or Bryan as the advertised headliner.

There is talk of moving NXT tapings to bi-weekly instead of every four weeks. The negative is obviously greater expense for a show they aren’t getting paid much for. The positive is the show will be better, since at a lot of the tapings, the crowd is hot for the first two shows and starts dying off after that. It’s also more competition for TNA if/when TNA returns to Orlando after its run of shows for most of the summer out of Bethlehem, PA and New York.

As best we can tell, WWE hasn’t contacted anyone from the March tryout camp (the one with Kevin Steen, ACH, Rocky Romero and Roderick Strong) at this point