Sacrifice injury updates, names not at Sacrifice, Questions on Brock vs. Taker, ROH cashing in, toning down Cole, writers getting released, and announcers knowing outcomes, Edge and Lawler interviews, 5/11 Smackdown rating, post-5/14 Raw dark matches, and Mark Henry undergoing surgery

Rob Van Dam and Austin Aries were medically cleared after Sacrifice after some scary-looking bumps leading to cuts and bruises. Both are lucky in that regard.

Dixie Carter, Eric Bischoff, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair were absent from TNA Sacrifice, which might have been why it turned out mostly well.

For my take on the 5/14 PWInsider.com questions:
1. They had a smart answer here. They can do big business with Brock facing Rock or Taker. It's just a matter of which part-timer they want to use where and where everyone's going in the future. People definitely still fantasy-book Brock/Taker based on their UFC confrontation.

2. Of course they are and I agree that it's smart business. WWE keeps alluding to their indie past, and ROH has a lot of footage of that. TNA did the same thing with the few Punk matches they had. Maybe they should do something on the former Claudio Castagnoli as well since he's made his WWE debut (or should they wait for Kassius Ohno to pop up?).

3. It's a little of both. I'm also glad that they toned it down as the arguing on Smackdown is a pain to listen to.

After the break, I hit everything else from 5/14.

4. It's not easy working for/with Vince and the wrestling business isn't like any other, so it's not hugely surprising that the turnover rate is like that.

5. To add to what they said, WCW had a habit of not telling announcers anything. Sometimes it worked well and sometimes they wondered about things that the fans had just seen in vignettes. I also seem to remember the Nexus attack where they destroyed the ring being one of those surprises that the announcers weren't in on.

Edge gave a solid interview.

As did Jerry Lawler.

The 5/11 Smackdown did a disappointing 1.72 rating.

After the 5/14 Raw, C.M. Punk beat Chris Jericho and the team of Cena/Sheamus/Orton beat Tensai/Ziggler/Kane.

Mark Henry underwent surgery and has stated that he will retire if he's not able to return at the top of his game. In that case, I hope the surgery went very well.

That's all for the 5/14 news. Thanks for reading!