-- As she has been hinting for the last few weeks, Nikki Bella appears set to return to WWE and her name has been discussed among other wrestlers as a possible surprise entrant into the women's Royal Rumble on Saturday.
-- Former WWE wrestler Matt Cardona (who went by Zack Ryder with the company) is in town and there are people close to him that claim that he is set to make an appearance of some sort during Saturday's Royal Rumble.
-- Bronson Reed continues to recover from a foot injury and is not even close to being cleared to action. So for those expecting or hoping for him to be a surprise entrant in the men's match, that isn't happening.
-- Fightfulselect.com reports that there has been no information known about Big E's status and whether there is any truth to reports that he may be cleared to finally return from his neck injury. Meanwhile, WWE commentator Corey Graves, who has also been inactive for a number of years due to injury, is very much cleared to wrestle and has been for years.
-- Joe Hendry is scheduled for Chris Jericho's Cruise that begins tomorrow and runs until next week. However, interestingly he is only scheduled for February 3 which means he could still be in the WWE Royal Rumble and then meet the cruise at one of the ports that it stops at. Hendry is believed to be in Indianapolis anyway for this weekend for WrestleCon.