Rockstar Spud (Team Rest of the World) and Sienna (Team USA Women) have been added to the Lucha Libre World Cup.
Hiroshi Tanahashi is recovering from a left should fracture and biceps tear. He's looking to be back in the ring for a June 19 event.
Cody Rhodes shot down speculation about his WWE status, although this status in particular was kind of vague on what that meant.
- WWE confirmed coming to terms with Rhodes' release before Extreme Rules went on the air.
- Rhodes issued a statement on his departure:
-- Hey! The Greensboro Coliseum isn't dingy! It's a nice arena. (I grew up about 20 minutes from there).
-- I definitely think Cody gave the most to every role he had. He was almost always a lot of fun to watch.
-- I'm glad this isn't a "WWE hates the Rhodes family" kind of post. He seems to appreciate all he was given in WWE; he just wanted to reach a higher level in the company.
-- Here's the thing about WWE being a play. Every so often it's time to shift the actors and their roles, especially when someone's done a lot of good stuff in lower roles for years and wants a bigger role next time. With the high level departures and certain talents moving into or remaining in part-time roles, it's time to give young talents more of a spotlight.
-- WWE keeps telling talents to work hard and pitch ideas, but doesn't give them bigger roles when they do. Obviously not everyone can be in top spots, but after so many years of everyone taking a backseat to McMahons, HHH, Taker, Rock, etc., I can see why employees would be upset.
-- I'm glad Cody recognizes the soldiers. He's right; they do a lot of important work.
-- I hope great things come for Cody in his future.
- Neville, Wade Barrett, and Stephen Amell tweeted about Cody leaving. It's a real shame we never got a singles match between Cody and Amell after all the work they put in to make it happen.
For my take on yesterday's PWInsider.com questions:
1.Talk about timing! It looks like Eden's going to stay as an announcer for WWE for now. I wouldn't rule out her being a valet for her husband at some point, although it doesn't look like that's going to happen in WWE.
2. It's underwhelming IF you expected them to immediately show up and destroy everyone en route to AJ or Balor becoming WWE Champion. It's worth noting they debuted right into a WWE Title feud. It doesn't get any higher than that.
3. WWE is focusing more on younger names for "the new era." Big Show and Kane are also on the bench as far as Raw and Smackdown go, so it's not just a Mark Henry thing. It would make sense for his last televised match to be WM32 in Texas, since that was the last item on his WWE bucket list. I also kind of want him to have one last title feud if things line up, but I think he'd be in favor of giving younger names the spotlight he got early in his career.
4. Oh yeah, definitely. I expect some participants to be signed this year and some to follow in future years. It might as well be called the "NXT Tryout Invitational."
5. I can't disagree with Dave's answer here.
More wrestling tomorrow.
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