Alex Riley to SmackDown. Tyler Reks to RAW. Tamina to SmackDown. Tyson Kidd to SmackDown. Ted DiBiase to SmackDown. Kofi Kingston to Raw. Jey Uso to SmackDown. Chris Masters to Raw Curt Hawkins to Raw Natalya to SmackDown Drew McIntyre to Raw Yoshi Tatsu to SmackDown William Regal to SmackDown. Alicia Fox to SmackDown. JTG To RAW. Kelly Kelly To RAW. Jimmy Uso to SmackDown. The Great Khali to SmackDown. Jack Swagger to RAW. Daniel Bryan has been drafted to SmackDown.
CM Punk has been offered a new long-term WWE contract, but at this time he has not signed and could be leaving the company when his current contract expires in a few months. There has been talk about the possibility for some time, but during the European tour, discussion of Punk's exit heated up. As mentioned, Punk has not signed the new offer, citing "burnout with being on the road for years and unhappiness with his position in the company over the last year." A WWE office source had the following to say on the situation…
"When you look at how the company brands it's characters, Punk is never among the top 5-8 names that are promoted or pushed. It's Cena, Orton, Miz, Undertaker, Rey, now Alberto, etc. these days and Punk is sort of floating right under there. He didn't fit into the youth drive a few months back but he's not treated like a top veteran either. He's just there, doing his job and while everyone knows he delivers, he's never really treated like someone who does. He's never dropped the ball but we don't give it to him really, either. He's treated like a guy, but not THE guy. For a driven guy like him who's made wrestling his entire world, it's got to drive him crazy. Now, the excuse will be don't push Punk because he might be leaving, but the reality is the environment and situation is what is probably making him want to leave to begin with. Either it gets fixed or it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, just like it did when Batista walked out."
- New SmackDown Superstar Sin Cara has been described as the guy with the biggest target on his back in the WWE locker room for the past few weeks as some feel he came in carrying himself as a top guy. While he was a top star in Mexico, he's not yet in WWE and that has rubbed some people the wrong way.
There were also complaints from some people that Alberto Del Rio was "out to get" Cara because of heat they've had between them from Mexico. With that said, there is no real evidence that Del Rio has done anything behind-the-scenes to go against Cara in WWE yet.
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Sin Cara - Smackdown
Also Cena got some props from me tonight in using a Back to the Future reference in his promo tonight.
Alex Riley to SmackDown.
Tyler Reks to RAW.
Tamina to SmackDown.
Tyson Kidd to SmackDown.
Ted DiBiase to SmackDown.
Kofi Kingston to Raw.
Jey Uso to SmackDown.
Chris Masters to Raw
Curt Hawkins to Raw
Natalya to SmackDown
Drew McIntyre to Raw
Yoshi Tatsu to SmackDown
William Regal to SmackDown.
Alicia Fox to SmackDown.
JTG To RAW.
Kelly Kelly To RAW.
Jimmy Uso to SmackDown.
The Great Khali to SmackDown.
Jack Swagger to RAW.
Daniel Bryan has been drafted to SmackDown.
"When you look at how the company brands it's characters, Punk is never among the top 5-8 names that are promoted or pushed. It's Cena, Orton, Miz, Undertaker, Rey, now Alberto, etc. these days and Punk is sort of floating right under there. He didn't fit into the youth drive a few months back but he's not treated like a top veteran either. He's just there, doing his job and while everyone knows he delivers, he's never really treated like someone who does. He's never dropped the ball but we don't give it to him really, either. He's treated like a guy, but not THE guy. For a driven guy like him who's made wrestling his entire world, it's got to drive him crazy. Now, the excuse will be don't push Punk because he might be leaving, but the reality is the environment and situation is what is probably making him want to leave to begin with. Either it gets fixed or it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, just like it did when Batista walked out."
There were also complaints from some people that Alberto Del Rio was "out to get" Cara because of heat they've had between them from Mexico. With that said, there is no real evidence that Del Rio has done anything behind-the-scenes to go against Cara in WWE yet.
Punk is a damn good wrestler and he hasn't gotten to show that in WWE for a long while.