UPDATE: Here is another update on the Bully Ray/WWE relationship.
When NXT toured Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Albany, New York on May 15 and 16, WWE contacted Bully to work the shows. He was set to work the shows but suffered an ear drum injury before it happened. He said he couldn’t work the events because the injury affected his equilibrium and he didn’t want to have bad matches.
WWE understood the situation and appreciated the fact that he told them.
ORIGINAL: According to sources, Bully Ray was originally planned to make an appearance at the NXT house show that took place in Philadelphia on May 15th. According to source, WWE wanted him because they knew he would get a big pop from the crowd, but they nixed the idea after he appeared on the May 8th episode of TNA iMPACT! Wrestling as a referee in the match between Kurt Angle and Eric Young. Tommy Dreamer worked the show instead.
Bully has been pushing in interviews for a WWE return, despite the fact that he just returned to TNA as the new authority figure. While WWE did contact him to appear at several WWE NXT live events (Philadelphia, PA and Albany, NY), that was all he was offered. Several people close to Bully say he was excited about the possibility of returning to WWE full-time after his surprise Royal Rumble appearance but WWE had very little contact with him following that and it got to the point where he didn’t think they had any further interest in him, thus his recent return to TNA Wrestling.
