Oh, Steph. I could never boo you when you come out and troll the Brits with a honorable-but terrible fake accent? And then adorably squinch up your nose like a chipmunk from hell.Sure, the news you delivered was awful, but you masterfully made the sideways horse pill go down a bit easier. Especially with your inspired "Breast for Business" YES! chants.Now the deal is...they're giving Bryan one more week off (maybe even a couple more just to get past Payback) to see how he's mending after his neck surgery. Early fancifully optimistic pre-op reports said that Bryan might be able to possibly make the Payback event. But then once he had the surgery last Thursday, the reports shifted to "Oh, sorry. We must have been waaaayyy high when we thought that. He'll be out a few months." So now it seems like best case scenario has him back at MITB, but it's more likely going to be SummerSlam. Remember, this isn't Cyborg Cena. This isn't the guy who perversely doesn't know how to live his life unless he's working a 24/7 WWE schedule. This is a normal human with normally functioning parts.There's also a good chance too that they didn't want to strip Bryan of the title without him actually being there. So they'd have to wait until they returned to the States anyhow. By the way, WWE, here's your chance to just turn the WWE World Heavyweight Title into one belt. Because when he eventually has to turn the title in, he'll be handing over two belts. Just make one of them vanish in the interim. Plus, if the MITB match at the MITB "event" is for the title, then one belt will do just fine. Let's not hang up both like back at TLC.So what should be done? Putting Bryan aside, and weeping for the tragedy that was his short title reign (at least he got a huge "WrestleMania moment" along with one solid PPV win under his belt)... Should the belt be awarded to someone else like Steph mentioned last night, continuing her chain of expert crowd-targeting malevolence? Funny though that she didn't say "Should I award the belt to Cena?" since he, out of everyone else, got the most boos last night at the O2 arena.I'll say this though, Payback's going to be a bitch. I'm not quoting the idiom here, I mean the "monthly event" coming up in Chicago. No Bryan? They won't be able to edit out the Punk chants this time like they did last night thanks to the show being tape delayed (a lot of fans reported that a ton of the crowd noise was turned down when the show actually aired). That show's going to be rough. I have faith that Evo vs Shield II will be good. And I'm still invested in the Cena/Bray feud. But the rest of the card? We'll see. RVD vs. Barrett and Sheamus vs. Ceasro could stand out. It's just a good thing that they don't necessarily have to worry about "PPV buys" anymore. Though the fact that they haven't figured out a way to adequately pay their performers with the new Network model is distressing. And one of the reasons Batista's frustrated to the point where he's taking time off earlier than expected.So let's talk money. Finances. Dolla Dolla Ching Ching Bling Bling as Shane McMahon's old theme song so beautifully put it. Adding to the WWE's less-than-fortuitous week was the company losing a staggering $340 million dollars in one 24-hour period. That's, like, a lot. That's like "I can buy two shirts at Banana Republic" money. Look, I'm sure the McMahons will be fine with the remaining $730 million. I hope. Sure, they'll have to start cutting back on a few things. Shutting off the light when they leave the room to save on electricity. Maybe put off building that second topiary hedge maze where they hunt homeless veterans for sport. But having a 40% drop in your stock prices is still a bad omen. Okay, omen may not be the right word. Maybe "wake up call."Because, as someone pointed out on twitter last week, over-promising and under-delivering may work with wrestling fans, but not investors. Cold, harsh words. But accurate. Granted, the WWE's new TV deal with NBCU (which is what prompted the plummet) was for more money than their last deal. But it wasn't double what their last deal was. And that's what Vince told people to expect. Add to that the fact that the WWE Network didn't reach a million subscribers in the time frame they previously predicted and you've got a raging sea. Basically, all the good will that the WWE had at the top of the year when the stock prices went up got stolen back.Vince held an emergency conference call with investors on Monday to try and put out a few fires. No word on if any of that worked. Or if Vince tried to fake his own death via exploding limo.

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