Report: Lana “will probably never be back” in the WWE

[Big Red Machine]

Source: WrestleChat

By C.J. Quinn
– Posted on November 24, 2015Posted in: WWE

Last week, Lana tweeted and then deleted some remarks about the Divas Championship Match at Survivor Series. Her comments were fairly generic, except for an accusation that Paige had “bullied” her in developmental.

The fiery Brit shot back and things pretty clearly left kayfabe for at least a second, with Paige claiming that Lana leaked news of her engagement to TMZ and that she was angling for a “storyline.” WWE.com quickly published a story about the tiff, which gave off the impression that both Divas were “in character.”

Dave Meltzer then reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE officials — who were already unhappy with Lana over how events played out surrounding her real-life engagement to Rusev and how news of it effected her angle with him, Summer Rae and Dolph Ziggler — were legitimately angry with the injured Diva because of her tweets, likely because the subject of “bullying” in developmental is a sore one considering the controversy that lead to Bill DeMott’s exit, and the company’s public service efforts like Be a STAR.

The WWE.com story was a way to cover up the potentially damaging tweets to make them seem like they were a planned storyline all along, which they were not.

Rumors Monday afternoon had Lana returning with Rusev on Raw in the engaged couple’s hometown of Nashville. The absent Diva worked out at the Performance Center last week and would be cleared for a non-physical role, but with Rusev returning on his own, a decision was obviously made to not bring her back in her former role. On F4WOnline.com’s post-Raw recap show, Bryan Alvarez actually said that Lana “will probably never be back.” I would take that with a grain of salt since her return really hinges on WWE having a role for her on television, and the animosity toward her should eventually die down. However, the company’s storyline options for her will be limited due to the nature of her character, so it could be awhile before she pops up on television again.

Dave Meltzer added on Wrestling Observer Radio that Lana has “nuclear heat,” which is definitely true. This includes the locker room, who are also pissed off with her. This animosity likely played a factor in Paige and even Rosa Mendes calling her out on Twitter since people are comfortable calling out someone who’s unpopular. Unless it’s for storyline purposes, WWE performers rarely call each other out on social media.

[Big Red Machine]

Here's the thing that makes absolutely no sense to me about Lana and Rusev having heat for the engagement pictures being leaked:
WWE openly acknowledges that they are "entertainers" portraying "characters"... so what does it matter if two of the "actors" are engaged?
John Cena was fighting the Authority while his girlfriend was the Authority's favorite Diva... and unlike Lana and Rusev's relationship, which you'd have to actually go out of your way to look for information to find out about, Cena and Nikki's relationship is constantly advertised on Raw via Total Divas.
Daniel Bryan and Jimmy Uso are both married to heels and that is never brought up, even though both relationships were part of actual Raw storylines in the months prior to said heel turns.
I don't mean this as a complaint about their being a double-standard for Cena and others. I mean this as a complain that BY THEIR OWN LOGIC, it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE for them to be upset at her over the engagement thing.

[cero2k]

i'm sure the reason is because of the mentality that 'we didn't do it', it wasn't WWE's plan, therefore it's bad. remember Vince hates things he can't control like his sneezes, imagine not being able to control Lana showing off her engagement

[badnewzxl]

Here's the thing that makes absolutely no sense to me about Lana and Rusev having heat for the engagement pictures being leaked:
WWE openly acknowledges that they are "entertainers" portraying "characters"... so what does it matter if two of the "actors" are engaged?
John Cena was fighting the Authority while his girlfriend was the Authority's favorite Diva... and unlike Lana and Rusev's relationship, which you'd have to actually go out of your way to look for information to find out about, Cena and Nikki's relationship is constantly advertised on Raw via Total Divas.
Daniel Bryan and Jimmy Uso are both married to heels and that is never brought up, even though both relationships were part of actual Raw storylines in the months prior to said heel turns.
I don't mean this as a complaint about their being a double-standard for Cena and others. I mean this as a complain that BY THEIR OWN LOGIC, it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE for them to be upset at her over the engagement thing.

This, exactly!