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Today's dirtsheets presented by Mr. "Never Was Eliminated" Curtis Axel demanding the right to point at the Mania sign

Regarding Daniel Bryan possibly being put into a three-way at WrestleMania 31 due to the heat from fans over his Royal Rumble elimination last night, F4WOnline reports that word from backstage at the Rumble is that will not be happening. Word coming out of the Rumble is that Vince feels putting Bryan into another three-way would be a repeat and that they would be "going to the well" too many times. WWE officials expected the backlash over Bryan's elimination but were surprised at the level of it. Due to the atmosphere in the building before the Rumble match even began, officials panicked early in the show and moved some things around.

We received a fan report from reader Barjinder Parhar that said a group of fans blocked the back parking lot at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia after last night's pay-per-view and wouldn't let some of the wrestlers exit. It was noted that fans were upset over Roman Reigns winning and Reigns was spotted leaving around 12:15am EST. Fans were described as "livid" outside of the arena. Barjinder noted that The Usos were very angry and one of them got out of their car and "went off" on a group of fans. The same group chanted "When ya'll say MOVE we say NO."

While Bubba Ray Dudley made his return to WWE in last night's 30-man Royal Rumble main event, his partner Devon was not backstage. Bubba's return last night was said to be a one-shot deal but WWE officials are open to bringing him back and it was noted that his status could change. Mysteriously many tables were left broken in the backstage area.

As noted, Randy Orton was in the Northeast last night but did not make his return, despite being advertised, at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view. Orton was actually backstage, oiled up and dressed to wrestle and ready to go but his return being delayed again was said to be a storyline decision.

Former NWA Champion Adam Pearce revealed on Twitter that he has been hired by WWE. Pearce has worked as an agent and trainer several times for NXT in the past year. He tweeted: Adam Pearce @ScrapDaddyAP Dreams become reality through hard work. Hard work don't do itself. #halflife3please

As noted last night, the WWE Network cancellation page crashed last night after the Royal Rumble. The phrase "#CancelWWENetwork" was also the number one trend on Twitter at one point last night, and it is still trending. Time.com has an article here about the "Cancel WWE Network" movement.

Originally Posted by Observer Even with the #CancelWWENetwork campaign, Vince McMahon is “dead set” on sticking to Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar.

Originally Posted by PWI While the #CancelWWENetwork hashtag was trending last night and most of today, WWE sources indicate that while there were some customers who canceled their subscriptions due to the Royal Rumble, it wasn't such a large amount that WWE considers it a significant number internally. There's a feeling within WWE that much of the buzz is just fans voicing their anger over how the Rumble pay-per-view played out, specifically Daniel Bryan's elimination and the 30-man main event. Sources also indicated that while there were some issues with buffering during the WWE Network stream of the Rumble, there was no outage on WWE's side and the issues were not widespread. There may have been a more localized problem causing issues that had nothing to do with WWE's end.

In terms of stock backlash, WWE's stock only dropped by around 4 cents at today's closure. Started off around 20-30 cents higher than Friday's end but lost all of that plus the extra 4 cents.