WWE News: Who Knew About The NXT Brawl, UFC Ban and Why Survivor Series Returned

– In regards to the closing angle on Raw Monday, word is that very few people, including those at ringside, were clued into the angle. The crew was told that Wade Barrett would come out to ringside at the end of the show to confront Cena, and that was about it. It has also been said that they did not know that the NXT crew would be joining him or that they would destroy the set as they did. They whole idea was to make the ringside crew react in a genuine way. By all reports, creative was very happy with how the angle played out.

– It looks as if the main reason that the Survivor Series is coming back is due to the WrestleMania buyrate. When those numbers came in, the WWE realized that the UFC PPV that was right before Survivor Series likely hurt the buyrate. Since WrestleMania’s buyrate was also hurt by a big UFC show being held right before it.

– While Vince McMahon publicly has stated that the UFC is not competition, word backstage Monday was that no one was supposed to mention Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s association with the company.

Credit: Pwinsider.com