Source: PWInsider Elite

When Daniel Bryan’s return to WWE TV was announced last Monday for the Money In the Bank pre-show, the feeling at RAW among some of the wrestlers was that Bryan is no longer seen as someone that officials want to put back in the main event right away. It was said that someone like John Cena, Batista or Triple H wouldn’t be brought back on a pre-show in a minimal role.

There’s also a feeling within WWE that Bryan’s bubble has popped, so to speak. It’s also said that there are definitely higher-ups who feel that Bryan got injured when they needed him the most so they’re more hesitant to let him run with the ball. Furthermore, there are also people who still bring up how Bryan was scheduled to face Sheamus at WrestleMania XXX at one point until CM Punk quit the company and WWE gave Bryan the push.

Source: F4WOnline

It appears local advertising for WWE’s Battleground pay-per-view on July 20th in Tampa has leaked out a few days early.
The two main events announced are Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton and Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins.

Also advertised to appear are John Cena, Bray Wyatt, Kane, Rob Van Dam, Sheamus, Cesaro, Big Show, Alberto Del Rio, Bad News Barrett and Kofi Kingston.

There was at least some talk within WWE of saving Roman Reigns vs. Triple H until the September Night of Champions pay-per-view as a big match that will help push WWE Network renewals for the earlier subscribers. It was reported that Reigns vs. Kane would take place at Battleground with Reigns vs. Orton at SummerSlam, if they went that route but as we noted this morning, Reigns vs. Orton is already booked for Battleground.

There was also talk of doing a possible swerve at Money In the Bank with Orton winning the WWE World Heavyweight Title, leading to Reigns vs. John Cena vs. Orton at Battleground. That would have been when Cena wins the title to set up Cena vs. Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

Stephanie McMahon recently spoke with The Boston Herald to promote WWE Money In the Bank. Below are some highlights:

Crediting Boston University for her success, where she studied communications at:

“From film production to television production to creative writing to public speaking to marketing to advertising, BU is basically a school to help prepare you for all of the many facets of WWE.”

Her father Vince McMahon’s contributions to the business:

“My father coined the phrase, ‘sports entertainment.’ Vince let the world in on that, yes, this is actually predetermined and, yes, we are having fun. He was the one who created this live action-adventure soap opera.”

The new Connor’s Cure charity:

“This is all about developing and donating for pediatric brain and spinal cancer research. We’re trying to help fund the research to help stop the cancer.”

Being excited to unveil the future of the business:

“WWE continues to grow and expand at a rate faster than anyone can possibly imagine. We have over 360 million social media followers, and we have over 12 million downloads of our app. But I have to say, even given all that, we’re just getting warmed up.”

Source: F4WOnline

– The pre-show for WWE Money In the Bank will be available on Facebook, WWE.com and other outlets as a way to try and hook people to either subscribe to the WWE Network or buy the pay-per-view. Daniel Bryan’s segment was put on the pre-show to try and get a big audience of non-buyers for the pre-show, and likely shoot an angle or do something with that time to try and get late buys.

– Stephanie McMahon was praised backstage for how she looked like the second coming of Vince McMahon on RAW in the segments with Vickie Guerrero.