The F4WOnline.com Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Vince McMahon recently ran down announcer Todd Grisham in one of his infamous off-camera “promos.”
Grisham ended up enduring much of Vince’s open frustration with his company’s announcing. In addition to criticizing Grisham in front of coworkers backstage, it is believed that McMahon put Cole on SmackDown! as a result of his unhappiness with how Grisham was getting across a show that now needs to be treated as a big deal.
— Regarding the ban on somas, one wrestler speaking on the atmosphere and workrate at Hell in a Cell noted that pain for wrestlers is increasing as motivation is decreasing.