Backstage Heat For Dolph Ziggler, NXT Diva Upset About Fake Nudes

* We noted before that Dolph Ziggler had to get 10 stitches after his match with Sheamus at WWE Payback. Ziggler had heat backstage after busting himself open with headbutts. Word is that WWE officials thought it was “dumb and reckless.”

* WWE NXT Diva Alexa Bliss is upset about some fake nude photos going around. She tweeted the following:

The risqué photos on the Internet supposedly of me are totally bogus.

* After this week’s Raw went off the air on Long Island, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns eventually made their exit before Randy Orton made his way out for the dark main event. Orton reportedly received one of the biggest pops of the night.

Orton faced Bray Wyatt and defeated him with a RKO after countering Sister Abigail. Orton greeted fans at ringside and took selfies with some to end the show and send the crowd home happy.

With the Nassau Coliseum closing soon, Orton vs. Wyatt is the final wrestling match to take place in the venue.

Real Reason For Daniel Bryan's Return At Elimination Chamber, Original Plans for Owens - Cena

* Daniel Bryan will be appearing on the WWE Elimination Chamber Kickoff Pre-show in a MizTV segment with The Miz. Bryan’s new WWE DVD comes out next Tuesday so that’s likely the main reason for the appearance. 

* WWE originally wanted to do the Kevin Owens vs. John Cena program later this summer but it was rushed to Elimination Chamber, which allowed them to also promote the NXT Takeover: Unstoppable event with the free month of WWE Network in May. WWE obviously has big plans for Owens.

* The man who payed the camera man on last night’s WWE RAW in the angle with Dean Ambrose was Ring of Honor regular Will Ferrara.

Latest News On Sami Zayn's Injury Status

According to latest reports, WWE NXT star Sami Zayn is in Birmingham, Alabama, likely to schedule shoulder surgery.

As noted Zayn came into his match against John Cena on Raw with the shoulder already bothering him, and he further injured his shoulder during the bout.

Zayn has dealt with this injury before, and while no timeline for his return was given, Hideo Itami recently had similar surgery which will keep him out of the ring for 6-8 months. So expect Sami Zayn to be out for a long time.

Zayn was written off NXT TV at Takeover Unstoppable.

Scott Hall Working With WWE NXT In The Future?

We noted over the weekend that Al Haft, who has ties to the “I Believe In Wrestling” dojo that WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall works with, sent word that Hall may be done with Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling due to WWE. Here’s what Haft sent to us:

“There was some talk at Jersey Championship Wrestling that Scott Hall was pulling out of Global Force Wrestling due to the size they were becoming and not wanting to upset WWE especially after Hall’s WrestleMania appearance.”

It appears there may be more to the rumors of Hall working for WWE soon. This weekend I spoke with promoter Ricky Otazu, who put on the event in New Jersey that an intoxicated Hall was escorted out of earlier this month. Otazu says one of the reasons he was begging Hall to leave the event in New Jersey was because Hall had previously told them that he was going to work for WWE NXT in the coming weeks and they didn’t want him to jeopardize that.

Otazu added that Sean “X-Pac” Waltman and other people were pleading with Hall to leave the event in Jersey because any negative news could cost him his spot with WWE. Of course TMZ broke the story that weekend but we haven’t heard anything about heat from WWE yet.

List Of All The Rumored Surprise Entrants in the Royal Rumble Match

The speciality of the Royal Rumble match is that we get to see surprise entrants, which includes Legends as well as Superstars who return after a hiatus.

Here's a list of this year's rumored surprise entrants in the Rumble match:

Rob Van Dam - RVD is rumored to be a surprise entrant in the match, but it is still unknown whether it's just a 1 appearance deal, or a part time deal for a few months (possibly till WrestleMania).

Dudley Boyz - The Dudley Boyz, who have never participated in a Royal Rumble match, have been in talks with WWE officials for a while now about returning to their programming, and they are rumored to be the surprise entrants in the Royal Rumble match at the moment (not confirmed).  There were reports last year that one of the two could end up in NXT as a trainer but we haven’t heard anything else about that.

Diamond Dallas Page - Another surprise entrant that the WWE officials want is a multiple time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, Diamond Dallas Page. Officials have wanted to do a program with DDP for a long time now, and it looks like they are finally going for it. If they go with this plan, then lets hope we get to see a confrontation between him & Randy Orton, who is expected to be back for the 30-man Royal Rumble match. It would be great to see the “Diamond Cutter vs. RKO” & interesting to found out if DDP can take some revenge on Orton for stealing his move!

Bo Dallas - It is expected that Bo Dallas will make a return to WWE TV at this event. He has been out of action since last November due to an injury.

Randy Orton - Orton has been advertised for several WWE events (including the Royal Rumble PPV) for quite sometime now, and has not yet made his return to WWE TV. This has lead to much speculation that he will be returning in the Royal Rumble match (given the fact that his surgery was planned in time so that he could return in time for the Rumble match).

* According to reports, 2 spots have been locked for entrants from NXT. There is a possibility that we might see Baron Corbin in the Rumble match.

Old School Stars to feature on NXT

A WWE source notes that it will be interesting to see how things develop with WWE’s developmental territory NXT. WWE views the show differently now that there are more people watching it on the WWE Network. The primary focus with NXT will always be to develop future stars for the main roster but it’s not the sole focus now that NXT has essentially turned into its own brand.

Word is that Triple H has been talking about bringing back a few acts from WWE’s past to have them work as NXT regulars. He was pleased with Too Cool’s performance at NXT Arrival and is looking for more acts from the past that can be mixed in with the NXT rookies.