PWInsider.com had new questions Sunday.
1. This is one of Jim Ross' pet peeves as well. There's one argument that in kayfabe, it would make sense if someone pulled on them to hurt their opponent. I can definitely see the point, and I seem to remember C.M. Punk getting a split lip from an accident with his lip ring. My guess is that the performers don't want to go through the trouble of taking them all out pre-match, then putting them back in afterward. Just a guess.
2. I would guess that they'll save it for the bigger matches.
3. In addition to what they said, it was a smart move to continue the momentum from WrestleMania. It'd be ridiculous to have Rock take Cena out, then wait 9 months before they announce the Mania match. This way we know it wasn't just a brief comeback, but that they're building to something big. Ratings were up the night after Mania, so a bigger audience heard of the upcoming match. I'm not sure exactly how this works, but WWE might be able to charge a lot more for tickets because more people will have waited longer to see the match, so there'd be more competition to be there. Anyway, the "Rock having second thoughts" part is also ridiculous. He's under agreement to the company to do the match. Imagine what that would look like on his resume if he was going to do it, but took a different offer for something else. Future directors would be wary of using him in movies, since he might just decide to go with another project after having second thoughts. Injuries are always possible, but I think Cena would gut through it and do the match unless he just absolutely HAD to take time off. Taker was in bad shape going into this year's Mania, but he still competed.
More answers and news after the break, including why WWE doesn't push cruiserweights.
4. No, we don't "know" that WWE hates tag teams and cruiserweights. If they did, they wouldn't have a tag team division at all and wouldn't hire anyone under 220 lbs., much less push them. While there aren't tons of tag teams, the division does exist. As for smaller wrestlers, WWE would rather push people in different capacities than having basically a cruiserweight tag team division. Yes, I remember London and Kendrick's reign, and I enjoyed it, but look how far that took them and WWE (and look how barren the tag team division was then). Once the team ran its course, neither were very successful beyond that (as much as I enjoyed the The Brian Kendrick character) and neither won any singles title beyond the Cruiserweight division. As for "showing how great" those guys are, it's not a case of WWE not wanting the top guys to look weak. It's a case of those spots needing to mean something beyond "check out my flashy moves". There's a reason Ric Flair headlined for years and years, and it wasn't because the Figure 4 is some amazing feat to pull off. He doesn't need flashy stuff because he can tell a story in the ring. Rey Mysterio does some pretty impressive stuff, but they're worked into a match instead of just thrown out there. Take Petey Williams for instance. Pretty much the only reason anyone wanted to watch him was for his finisher. If they weren't getting that, they didn't care all that much about him. Guys who build their careers on flippy highspots can easily be replaced by the other people who do flippy highspots once everyone's seen their repertoire and someone comes along with a new fancy move or they get too old to do what made them known.
5. As much as I would love WrestleMania in Charlotte, WWE would prefer having 50,000+ in attendance in a bigger arena if it's available.
Finally, the dark match for Over The Limit was Daniel Bryan beating Drew McIntyre via submission in front of his home state crowd.
That's all for today's non-Randy Savage news (which was added to the earlier post). More news to come tomorrow.
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