FWIW there's a growing rumor that Cena will be teaming with Nikki against Miz and Maryse at Mania, and it might be Nikki's retirement match.

"Renee explains that women celebrate each other's good news better than men do."

And Naomi, who has been back on TV for two weeks, is?

Surely EC would expose the greener competitors, not hide them. And what purpose would it actually serve? We know how the three stories are pairing off from how they've been on TV, and five of these people have already been in six-woman tags and the Six-Pack Challenge that launched the title itself. If anything they'll…

Rhyno did turn on Slater, but they seem to have decided that never happened now. It is though very notable that AA declared themselves confident enough to take on the whole division while The Club won the Raw titles on the pre-show, watched their two rivals square off in the Rumble and were an adjunct to the women's…

The official Wrestlemania match is Cena-Orton right now because Cena is champion of the brand Orton is on. WWE even promoted that on their social media, with a "..if Cena is still champion by then!!!" caveat. They can't promote Wyatt's involvement because as of now he isn't involved with the title itself in storyline.

Naomi has literally had had two weeks' build against Alexa to Becky's ongoing three and a half months.

Seems very weird but frankly telling that the HHH/Rollins interaction got Trips booed on NXT and cheered on Raw.

Which was ridiculous - he was pointed out in the crowd at Takeover (more than the Revival got) and rumor had it WWE were considering Cena-Joe at Mania, which obviously won't be happening now. I do just wonder, given Trips-Rollins has been in stone for a while now, what he'll actually be doing there, though.

It does feel like the entire purpose of the division at the moment is to get Bayley over to hesitant crowds as the one true face. Depending on how they play it, and with Charlotte and Nia in the mix I can't see Sasha going that full a heel pre-Mania, I hope they don't end up blowing it with innumerable non-title pins…

He'd be dead by now?

She also never stopped working, which is rare for an ex-WWE woman.

Who gets the de facto support in Charlotte-Nia, though? The division still can't afford a dead PPV women's title match and they both just won clean over the two adored faces (Sasha reportedly had a 2,000+ line at a pre-show store signing yesterday), and bear in mind the lengths they had to go to to push Bayley's…

Despite what Meltzer confidently reported Dunne wasn't there, he wrestled in London for Progress that afternoon. And Enzo was there just to be strongarmed straight back out.

Or maybe he was never meant to debut here. From here on in they have to have an idea of what to do at Mania with any big new main roster arrivals.

They seem to have dialed back on Miz-Bryan since his last Talking Smack explosion. I wonder if they recognize it won't work as well without a title, given Ambrose-Corbin looks like the primary direction now.

Don't forget the big PPV crowds are quite smarky and NXT-attuned these days, but Dillinger's fate is entirely held in his entrance chant/taunt, much like how Roode is barely being booed despite being a strongarm heel. The ultimate problem with Dillinger is he's "just" a good technician, not the great worker that aids…

People always pull unannounced double duty at the Rumble.

Goldberg-Lesnar has been reported all along as one of the few locks the show currently has. The interesting thing is I'm not sure what the direction is for Cena (especially if he loses the title at Elimination Chamber), Styles or Braun, as I can't imagine they'll do cross-promotion matches.

I really don't think they can do Roode-Dillinger right now, not with Nakamura, Hero and the apparently now cleared Itami likely on the undercard and not with his being the fall guy for keeping Sanity strong. Is Dillinger as champion a draw for those arena tours, given live attendances fell under Samoa Joe and Shinsuke…