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WWE held the second part of a two-part draft on Monday Night Raw; an event hammered home by commentary and others as one that would forever "alter the landscape" of Raw and Smackdown, in case you were wondering what the corporate buzz phrase of the week was The pools of superstars were divided in half[...]

The ratings are in for Friday Night Smackdown, and boy; they aren't good I know It's tough to say The Chadster doesn't like to say anything negative about WWE But I'm left with no choice, as Smackdown dropped in viewership and came in fourth place in the ratings Fourth place! Ugh Let's just get to[...]

Following night one of the WWE Draft on WWE Friday Night Smackdown last night, WWE revealed more draft picks on Talking Smack Saturday In one more round of picks, the final draft picks were made, and the remaining unpicked superstars from the Friday night pool were officially named free agents. The official logo for the 2020[...]

In the third and final part of our WWE Smackdown report, The New Day have a great night, The New Day have an awful night, and Kevin Owens has the worst night Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night[...]

In the second part of our WWE Smackdown report, Jeff Hardy and Matt Riddle form a tag team, Bayley cheats to lose, and the WWE Draft continues! Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for October[...]

In the first part of our WWE Smackdown report, Big E faces Sheamus in a Falls Count Anywhere match, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods return, and the WWE Draft begins! Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch WWE, so you don't have to! You're welcome. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown[...]

WWE held the first part of a two-part draft on Friday Night Smackdown; an event hammered home by commentary and others as one that would forever "alter the landscape" of Raw and Smackdown, in case you were wondering what the corporate buzz phrase of the night was The pools of superstars were divided in half[...]

Good news for fans of The New Day; Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston finally returned to WWE Friday Night Smackdown tonight! Yay! But there's bad news too Tonight was the WWE draft, an event which very strong branding has told us will forever alter the landscape of Raw and Smackdown And in the final round[...]

With the one year anniversary of Friday Night Smackdown on Fox approaching, you might think the network would be experiencing a little bit of buyer's remorse WWE has underperformed in terms of ratings and viewership despite the truckloads of money Fox gave WWE for the rights to broadcast the pro wrestling show But Fox is[...]

The next WWE draft is just five days away, but WWE isn't going to miss their last opportunity to ignore the current roster split by having Smackdown star Bray Wyatt appear on Monday Night Raw tonight Wyatt's appearance comes by way of an invitation from Kevin Owens, presumably to get revenge for Wyatt's attack on[...]

Confirming what frustrated WWE fans have been saying for decades, crappy storytelling is the reason people don't watch wrestling anymore.

With the eyes of America glued to the television to watch the ongoing trainwreck at the coronavirus hot spot known as The White House, and with the NBA finals happening besides, Smackdown dropped slightly in ratings and viewership but, under the circumstances, actually performed pretty well and managed to keep viewership above 2 million people. The[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch Smackdown, so you don't have to! You're welcome. In the final part of our Smackdown report, Lucha House Party continues to disintegrate, Sasha Banks speaks, and Jeff Hardy gets a rematch with Sami Zayn. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for October 2nd, 2020[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch Smackdown, so you don't have to! You're welcome In part two of our Smackdown report, Otis makes a bad decision, Shorty G gets squashed, and KO wants answers from Alexa Bliss! The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for October 2nd, 2020 Part 2 John[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report We watch Smackdown, so you don't have to! You're welcome In the first part of our Smackdown report, Roman Reigns issues a challenge, Jey Uso fights AJ Styles, and Sami Zayn throws a belt in the trash! The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for October[...]

Revealed on Friday Night Smackdown tonight, Sasha will challenge Bayley for the Smackdown Women's Championship on next week's episode of the show That show also features the first part of the WWE draft, so it could be that WWE is hoping more people will tune in for the draft and be hooked by Sasha vs[...]

As the internet had already figured out after examining a tattoo glimpsed in one of the mysterious promo videos that have been airing on WWE Friday Night Smackdown for weeks, Carmella was revealed as the mystery woman this week Sporting a confrontational new attitude and a weird gimmick that somehow involves a polaroid camera, Carmella[...]

Tonight on WWE Smackdown, WWE booked what will presumably be the main event of the upcoming Hell in a Cell PPV Roman Reigns will once again put the WWE Universal Championship on the line against his cousin, Jey Uso, but this time, it will be inside Hell in a Cell The match was made during[...]

MLB will be all up in WWE Smackdown's timeslot on Fox this week, taking over Fridays for at least one week and possibly two in October. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. "Welcome to October 2020 – One of the best months in sports history," Fox's official Twitter account tweeted, stretching the definitions of both[...]

At Clash of Champions tonight, WWE announced a brand new draft to shake up the rosters of Raw and Smackdown The draft will kick off on Smackdown next Friday and will continue on Raw the following Monday The draft will apparently include all of the champions, so anyone is up for grabs. WWE announced a new[...]

That includes the Smackdown tag team champions, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, as well as their challengers, the slowly fracturing Lucha House Party Sorry, fellas, but no one is really surprised by this. WWE Clash of the Champions key art (Image: WWE) WWE Clash of Champions Results – Lucha House Party vs Cesaro and Nakamura The champs are pretty[...]

Well, it's the third and final part of our WWE Smackdown report, and the last wrestling I have to recap until the PPV on Sunday Let's wrap this thing up so I can go to sleep, alright? The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 25, 2020 Part 3 Another video package for[...]

So far on Smackdown, WWE has given away one of the matches on this weekend's PPV for free How else can they screw up the Clash of Champions go-home show? Read on to find out. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 25, 2020 Part 2 We see a replay of the[...]

With Clash of Champions just two days away, WWE must make an effort to sell that PPV on Friday's episode of Smackdown But just because they must doesn't mean they will. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 25, 2020 Part 1 After a graphic in memory of Road Warrior Animal, WWE[...]

It looks like the ratings boost for WWE SmackDown from the ThunderDome may be coming to an end Though SmackDown held onto its post-SummerSlam increase longer than Raw, ratings and viewership returned to pre-ThunderDome levels, at least according to Showbuzz Daily's overnight report. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE SmackDown Draws Lowest Viewership Since[...]

Another brutal attack! Someone gets served! An Intercontinental Championship love triangle! And a Samoan Street Fight! All of that in part two of Bleeding Cool's Smackdown Report… The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 18th, 2020 Part 2 When we left off in part one, Sasha Banks was getting ready for an[...]

All of that in part one of Bleeding Cool's WWE Smackdown report… The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. WWE Smackdown Report for September 18th, 2020 After a glimpse at the Thunderdome, Smackdown gets right down to business with The Miz and John Morrison in the ring It's The Dirt Sheet Oh, joy. The Dirt Sheet with Miz[...]

Melina – Divas Championship Match Melina's return has sparked some jokes on the internet because John Morrison is also currently working for WWE on Smackdown Morrison and Melina famously dated on and off for many years, and a longstanding rumor is that Morrison, despite his in-ring talent, was never respected by Vince McMahon because he let[...]

So they've just announced a Samoan Street Fight to take place on this Friday's episode of WWE Smackdown between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso against Sheamus and The Ratings King of Friday Nights himself, Baron Corbin. The official logo for WWE Friday Night Smackdown. Here's what WWE.com's press release has to say about it: The Bloodline will be[...]

For the past two weeks on WWE SmackDown, WWE has been teasing the debut, or perhaps re-debut, of a mystery woman Two weeks ago, we saw a video promo focusing on her feet Yesterday, we saw another video, this time starting with her feet, but then showing her getting dressed, giving us a shot of[...]