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eWrestlingNews.com spoke with a source backstage at RAW on Monday night in
Seattle that informed us that there was some
incredible turmoil as a result of the main
event segment on the show.
Apparently the top management figures in
the company were very upset over the crowd
reaction during "The Ascension" segment
featuring many past WWE and World
Champions that closed out the show. While
WWE expected Daniel Bryan to be more over
than usual due to his Washington-based
roots, they were caught off guard by the way
the crowd hijacked the featured segment of
the evening, one that was designed as the
final "hard sell" for Sunday's TLC pay-per-
view.
There is said to be some backstage heat on
several guys, including John Cena and CM
Punk . Punk and Randy Orton apparently had
words, while Cena was in trouble for going
completely off-script during his promo on
Orton.
As one source told eWrestlingNews.com,
"Orton was extremely pissed and threw a fit
backstage, and things are not looking good."
The source added, "It was completely out of
control near the gorilla position immediately
after the show went off the air." This was
obviously a result of Cena's harsh comments
towards him during the TLC "go-home"
promo for their title unification match this
Sunday.
Additionally, WWE Hall Of Fame r Bret "The
Hitman" Hart was upset at the "Montreal
Screwjob" reference made by Orton during
his promo. While Orton's comments about
the infamous Survivor Series incident were
apparently scripted, Hart was not informed
ahead of time that they were coming.
As far as Punk is concerned,
eWrestlingNews.com is hearing that "The
Best In The World" is again seriously
contemplating retirement, or simply parting
ways with WWE . As noted in the past, Punk
is dealing with a number of injuries and is
generally unhappy with the direction WWE is
currently headed. Punk is known to be
"moody" at times and whether or not this is
another example of that, or the real deal this
time, remains to be seen.