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Ruby Riott: SmackDown LIVE, Dec 26, 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcsjKgm4teY) Let's Start A RIOTT!#SDLive @RubyRiotWWE @YaOnlyLivvOnce @sarahloganwwe pic.twitter.com/yIvBN21P9M — WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017 After injuring Naomi at their last meet-up, Ruby Riott and Naomi met once again to throw hands on last night's SmackDown In less than four minutes, Ruby (and her Riott Squad, because both RAW and[...]

"It appears that @HEELZiggler has voluntarily relinquished the United States Championship." – #SDLive General Manager @WWEDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/2V3TgueFpM — WWE (@WWE) December 27, 2017 SmackDown Live, in my opinion, has the best tag team lineups currently RAW's aren't bad, but when you have The Usos, The New Day, Rusev, and Aiden English, then Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin, it's[...]

As we all know, Kevin Owens has been treated as the underdog for some time now in SmackDown. His beef with Shane McMahon has reached its boiling point,

On the Smackdown Live side, commissioner Shane McMahon led a team consisting of Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Randy Orton, and the immortal John Cena. On paper, the match looked perfect But in practice, everything that could possibly go wrong did And by everything that could possibly go wrong, we mean that John Cena showed the @#$%[...]

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn may have worked themselves into a shoot, brother! The pro wrestling buddies have been sent home from WWE's European tour this week, reportedly by Vince McMahon himself, apparently for going off the script on Tuesday night's taped episode of SmackDown Live. After Sami Zayn was defeated by Kofi Kingston in their[...]

OK, the title of the article is a little obvious. On SmackDown Live last night, Becky Lynch and James Ellsworth went toe to toe in the ring After taunting each other on social media lately, the writers of SmackDown decided to have them work out their differences in the ring Mixed matches are nothing new —[...]

Tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown Live just finished taping in Manchester earlier today, and fans have taken to Twitter to reveal the winner of the big title match between champion Jinder Mahal and challenger AJ Styles And as you can probably guess from the fact that you're reading this article, Styles is the winner, and[...]

In a shocking revelation that calls into question WWE's HR policies, Smackdown Live commissioner Shane McMahon revealed during last night's broadcast that no one in an all-hands staff meeting objected to the proposed idea of going to the arena where WWE Monday Night Raw was taking place on October 23, jumping the barricade, terrorizing Raw[...]

Wow." Those are the shocking words spoken by WWE Raw announcer Booker T after Kurt Angle was left standing alone in the ring following a 10 minute assault as the superstars from WWE Smackdown Live stormed the locker room at Monday Night Raw, beating down any Raw employees they encountered Hells, faces, none of it mattered,[...]

Smackdown Live announcer and Michael Cole clone Tom Phillips will fill in for Cole, marking a slight uptick in listenability for the show. Cole's son's wedding, however is another story. "Should anyone here present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace." Ding ding ding[...]

With John Bradshaw Layfield officially stepping back from his role as SmackDown Live commentator, as first reported by Bleeding Cool earlier this week, fans are wondering who might replace him For many, it seems long overdue for WWE to have a woman in the announcer's booth full time With that in mind, some fans have[...]

UPDATE: JBL has announced that he is stepping back from his weekly announcer duties on WWE Smackdown Live He posted the following statement on Twitlonger: After much consideration, I will be stepping back my weekly role as Smackdown Announcer to dedicate more continuous time on the work I have done since 2010 with at risk kids[...]

Corbin keeps finding himself on the losing end of Twitter feuds with the likes of wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, fellow Smackdown Live superstar Mojo Rawley, and an army veteran. But despite losing cleanly in a sub-par match with Cena and losing to Jinder Mahal in a three second long MITB cash-in attempt, Smackdown Live head booker[...]

Could soon mean… tonight? If WWE is looking to debut Bobby Roode on Smackdown Live tonight, there won't be any logistical problems Roode was spotted entering the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn tonight, according to a fan on twitter who snapped a photo: https://twitter.com/ScottyStyles29/status/900056813541801984 That does look like… the back of Bobby Roode's head, we suppose. WWE is high on[...]

With a final dramatic kick to John Cena's face, Shinsuke Nakamura secured his place in a match against Jinder Mahal at Summer Slam.

Becky Lynch, alongside Naomi, went up against Carmella and Natalia Hart, in last night's SmackDown Live women's tag team match Natalia and Lynch started the match, and the two are pretty evenly matched Neither was giving into the other, but Natalia was relying on the refs to get her opponents off of her, and for[...]

In the case of the recently cancelled WWE Smackdown Live after-show, Talking Smack, however, the fan doing the campaigning has a little bit more star power than usual. Max Landis, writer of the comic book Superman: American Alien and its upcoming follow-up, Superman: Agent of Batman, amongst other things, has started a petition on Change.org to[...]

I'm the GM!!! Nobody tells me anything!!! https://t.co/Dup7nBKvss — Daniel Bryan (@WWEDanielBryan) July 14, 2017 Originally launched following the brand split, Talking Smack quickly emerged as a show where WWE talent could improvise off script, immediately making it more entertaining than 99% of their programming, and allowing its performers to hone their improvisation skills as well, something[...]

After the upset at the Money in The Bank PPV event, Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan announced on the following Smackdown Live show that there would be a re-match, since Carmella technically didn't win the match The re-match aired on June 27th on Smackdown Live, and had the original Women's Ladder Match contestants: Charlotte Flair,[...]

Naomi is currently the longest running WWE Smackdown Women's Championship title holder, but for how much longer can she hang on to the belt?

Tonight on Smackdown Live, following a brawl between Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Carmella, Tamina Snuka, and Natalya… The bell has yet to ring… but this #1Contender's 5-Way #EliminationMatch has broken into sheer CHAOS! #SDLive pic.twitter.com/MVDVRLP356 — WWE (@WWE) May 31, 2017 …Commissioner Shane McMahon confirmed the rumor and made the match official… #SDLive Commissioner @shanemcmahon says he has something[...]

We still don't know whether we'll be getting a women's Money in the Bank match this year, as is currently rumored, but tonight's episode of Smackdown Live did open up by revealing the five… no, six paticipants in the men's Money in the Bank match that will take place at the Smackdown-exclusive Money in the[...]

In addition to today's official announcement of the Mae Young Classic, a tournament to air on the WWE Network featuring 32 women from around the world, a new rumor has hit the dirt sheets claiming that WWE is also planning the first women's Money in the Bank match at the next Smackdown Live PPV Pro[...]

Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer reported that the child of Total Divas star Brie Bella and Smackdown Live general manager Daniel Bryan was originally expected to make her debut this weekend, but a last minute decision was made to move the release date to sometime next week, though Meltzer noted that "obviously plans can change." Bryan[...]

After all of the allegations came out, live crowds at a recent SmackDown Live taping loudly chanted "Fire Bradshaw" during the broadcast, fans with anti-bullying JBL signs were ejected, and the hashtag #FireJBL has trended on Twitter Layfield himself made a public statement as well: "Admittedly, I took part in locker room pranks that existed within[...]

Three weeks ago, WWE announcer Mauro Ranallo didn't show up to Smackdown Live, and WWE said it was because of the weather Two weeks ago, when Ranallo didn't show up again, WWE said he was sick When he didn't show up this week, the company didn't say anything at all, but as it turns out, Ranallo[...]

It looks like one of those occasional appearances mentioned earlier will happen this Tuesday, as Lawler has announced he will bring back his King's Court in-ring interview segment on Smackdown Live this week as it airs from Lawler's home town of Memphis. I'm excited about the return of the King's Court to #SmackDownLive this Tuesday night[...]