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Why WWE Canceled Return Plans For Alexa Bliss

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Below are a couple of top WWE news stories of the day, featuring Alexa Bliss and CM Punk.

• A recent report from PWInsider revealed that plans for Alexa Bliss’s return to WWE have been canceled. Bliss was initially set to return on RAW in San Jose, featuring in a storyline with The Wyatt Sicks. However, creative was instructed to drop all plans for Bliss.

The Wyatt Sicks were moved to SmackDown but have not yet appeared. Future creative plans for the faction will now be independent of anything related to Bliss.

Although creative issues were not the reason for the plans being nixed, Bliss is currently not included in any creative pitches for the Women’s Royal Rumble match. She is still under an older contract, having taken time off to have her first child.

According to the Wrestling Observer, contract negotiations halted Bliss’ return:

“So the deal with Alexa Bliss is she was supposed to be on the show in San Jose, and there’s a contract. They have not come to terms on a contract, but she was going to return. The thing is, she was going to return against The Wyatt Sicks, but The Wyatt Sicks have been moved to SmackDown, so it kind of made no sense for her to be on RAW but anyway, right now, she was expected to come back, and they’re just working out a contract deal. That’s where everything stands right.”

WATCH: Alexa Bliss Exposed With A Wedgie On LIVE TV:

• On this week’s episode of RAW, CM Punk was interviewed by Jackie Redmond, where Punk vowed to win the Royal Rumble match for the first time in his career.

Punk said he can’t see John Cena throwing him over the top rope. Punk said Roman Reigns needed his help to handle family business, but there’s no family in the Royal Rumble match. Punk said don’t ask him about Sami Zayn because Sami isn’t on his level.

The former WWE Champion then went on to take a shot at Hulk Hogan by saying the following:

“You put Hulk Hogan in the Royal Rumble, I’ll throw his dusty a$$ over the top rope, and I’ll kill Hulkamania once and for all.”

You can watch it below:

According to Fightful Select, Punk’s shot at Hogan was unscripted. However, there’s no heat on him and people backstage in WWE laughed about it.


        
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