5 Biggest backstage rumors following Survivor Series: Locker room divided over issue, Reason behind top name's surprising absence, Vince McMahon not happy

#2 Mauro Ranallo's future with WWE

One of the biggest stories coming out of Survivor Series was the absence of NXT commentator Mauro Ranallo at the big PPV. While his partners on the NXT booth Beth Phoenix and Nigel McGuiness were both part of the show, Ranallo was conspicuous in his absence.

Rumors stated that his absence had to do with Corey Graves' harsh criticism of his announcing before the show. Dave Meltzer revealed on the Observer that things were fine between WWE and Ranallo.

Mauro Ranallo and Frank Shamrock went to the building, I guess, I mean I guess the gist of everything is that they left and they were very, very upset. And Corey Graves, I believe, he did take down the tweet at some point and Frank Shamrock wrote, 'Social media has made too many of you comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the mouth for it and he sent that to Corey Graves. This is not some random thing where you are trying to, 'oh you're connecting the dots', I mean that's exactly what it is.

"And it was the tweet and that's why he didn't do the show. He did not quit, obviously, everything is fine, everything seems to be fine between Mauro Ranallo and WWE, I was told tonight that he absolutely is expected to be there Wednesday commentating on NXT and that, from his side, he absolutely expects to be there, and that, I think they were not happy with Graves although Graves did do the show tonight.

"I guess we are going to watch this thing play out or maybe it's just over, again, it didn't feel like, umm, you know I was hearing about it, and it's not like this was a blowup, It's not anything bad but he did leave and you're not supoosed to do that and they understood and they are going to have sympathy or, I don't even know if sympathy is the right word, but there is going to be leeway. They don't want him leaving for a number of different reasons." (H/t: Sportskeeda)