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Originally Posted by PWI
Tommy Dreamer's House of Hardcore VII event on Saturday night at the former ECW Arena was sold out with an additional 200 standing room tickets sold at the door ... The surprise appearance by Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez was put together by Dreamer to really pop the live crowd and that it did. The reaction when Ricardo first came out was huge but Del Rio's reaction may have been as big as the reactions for Team 3D and The Sandman's surprise appearances. Del Rio and Ricardo didn't enter the arena until right before their appearance. Del Rio was very excited to work the arena and loved the atmosphere. You could tell during their segment and during in-ring photos at intermission that the two were genuinely excited to be there.
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Over the weekend, former WWE World Heavyweight champion Daniel Bryan was interviewed by Comcast Sports Net Bay Area to promote the on-sale for Wrestlemania 31 tickets. When his health came up, Bryan said that a second surgery on his elbow was still a possibility and that he hopes to be back in the ring by January so he can be part of Wrestlemania 31 season. He said he's not "actually sure" when he will be back but "there's no way to know." He said, "We are doing our best" to get him ready and he's been out since having surgery on May 17th
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According to the Observer (I think), Bryan has been able to get muscle mass and strength back to his injured arm to the point he might not need extra surgery.
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NXT General Manager William Regal noted on Twitter that he's just spent the last 4 days in Brazil, scouting talent for WWE developmental. Regal's now headed to India to do more scouting.
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No word yet on if the WWE will pull the trigger on the proposed Kane and Erick Rowan partnership. The original idea was Erick Rowan and Kane becoming friends due to their love of horror movies. Several backstage segments had been filmed showing the pair watching old VHS tapes of classic horror films. There had been talk of the men having a segment weekly where they review a classic horror film as if they had an actual television show. Both Kane and Rowan were fond of the idea but many backstage did not feel the same.
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Originally Posted by Observer
There is a new rumor (which allegedly comes from talk backstage in WWE) that AJ Lee is close to finishing her career in WWE. If she loses the Divas championship to Nikki Bella at Survivor Series, it will be a good sign that she’s on her way out.
One thing you should take into account is that this is the third “AJ Lee leaving WWE” rumor this year. It was reported two months ago that she would lose the title to Paige to end their program and her run in the WWE. When she took time off earlier this year, several reports said it was a “certainty” that she would’t be back. This was also when the pregnancy rumors started.
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Making things possibly interesting is if she does retire, she's be following her idol Lita who retired after Survivor Series.
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There was a moment at the WrestleMania 31 ticket party at Levi's Stadium this weekend where Daniel Bryan was trying to get Booker T to do a spin-a-rooni but he couldn't because of a bad knee. Booker then tried to pressure Bryan into it but he couldn't because of his neck surgery. They both then looked at Bad News Barrett but he couldn't do it because he's recovering from shoulder surgery. This led to NXT star Tyler Breeze doing the spin-a-rooni in a very cute way.
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Barrett told Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer that he's still 4-6 weeks from returning to WWE TV. Barrett has started lifting but doesn't have his normal size back. Barrett really wanted to work last week's RAW in Liverpool because he went to college there.
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Some other sheet news include the annual WWE Week on USA network is set for the week of December 15th this year.