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WWE SmackDown opens with a video package about The Undertaker's career He's totally retired now, you know Yup Definitely not coming back by WrestleMania next year When has a wrestler ever lied about retirement?! After the video, the SmackDown Roster is all out in the Performance Center, chanting "Thank You Taker" and putting themselves at[...]

WWE has announced that Smackdown will feature a special "Tribute to the Undertaker" on Friday, with a statement that, like Taker himself, completely avoids every actually explicitly saying that he's retired. With the WWE Universe still buzzing over the final chapter of WWE Network's groundbreaking documentary Undertaker: The Last Ride, SmackDown will feature a special "Tribute[...]

In part 2 of our WWE NXT recap: Rhea Ripley fights Aliyah, Roderick Strong runs from Dexter Lumis, and Keith Lee puts his title on the line.

Damian Priest continues to be bullied by Cameron Grimes, but not as badly as Bronson Reed by Karrion Kross on NXT this week.

However, a report from Mike Johnson at PWInsider later shed more light on WWE's plans.  Johnson says WWE told talent that the show is done for now and that while Fox is keeping the possibility open of using it for special events in the future, there are no current plans to do so. This ends a[...]

In the third and final part of our Raw report, Sasha Banks and Bayley continue to carry WWE and Rey Mysterio celebrates Father's Day.

In the second part of our Raw report, Charlotte Flair puts Asuka over as cleanly as she's able and Ric Flair names Randy Orton the GOAT.

Drew says it's time to look to the future, so perennial disappointment Dolph Ziggler heads to the ring. A scene from WWE Monday Night Raw 6/22/20 Dolph says he was traded to Raw from Smackdown in exchange for AJ Styles Robert Roode too, but he's not here right now Dolph takes credit for Drew's WWE resurgence after[...]

However, he did admit the possibility that he would come back if Vince McMahon needed him, which McMahon definitely will because WWE's ratings have been on a constant decline for twenty years and the only thing that works to temporarily boost them is being back geriatric stars of the past. The Undertaker Chokeslams Sami Zayn to[...]

WWE Smackdown managed to hold on to its ratings and even increase slightly in viewership from last week The show was also tied for first place in demographic ratings for the night, and they did it without any urine changing hands at all, at least on camera And WWE used the show to set up[...]

In the first part of our WWE SmackDown report, AJ Styles was presented with the new WWE Intercontinental Championship and then fought a debuting Matt Riddle and Jeff Hardy gave an interview about his recent struggles in life and against Sheamus Read about it here Now it's time for a match between Shorty G and[...]

WWE SmackDown opens with a commercial for Ring of Honor, at least here on my local Fox affiliate Sinclair, you sneaky bastards! This is a rough night for WWE amidst the #SpeakingOut scandal, which is ongoing and which I wrote about earlier here The question tonight is whether or not WWE will air the debut[...]

Christian agrees to one more match, the Iiconics demand another title shot, and R-Truth screws up big-time in part two of our WWE Raw recap.

On the first hour of WWE Raw, Bobby Lashley wants a divorce, Big Show chases off Big Ninja, and Randy Orton challenges Christian to a match.

At WWE Backlash, Edge and Randy Orton tried for The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever while WWE piped in crowd noise in an attempt to ruin it.

The Street Profits and the Viking Raiders finally took their contest to the wrestling ring at WWE Backlash on Sunday. Who came out on top?

The tag team tried to debutt HEY! Hey Hey on Smackdown, but were rudely interrupted by Braun Strowman making his entrance Smackdown viewers' loss is Backlash Kickoff viewers' gain, however This song is a real banger! Hey hey hey, ho hoooo, the Universal Champ has got to go! I'm hooked The Chadster digs Miz and[...]

Banks and Bayley have a good thing going and while it's highly likely their tag championship run will lead to an eventual breakup and feud over the Smackdown Women's Championship, it's too early for that just yet Plus, WWE isn't going to miss out on the opportunity to send Banks and Bayley to NXT on[...]

WWE Friday Night Smackdown scored a big win in the Friday overnight ratings, with an increase in viewership and a victory over all other network shows in the 18-49 demographic It looks like WWE's leaked storyline about Jeff Hardy taking a pee in a cup and throwing it in Sheamus's face worked to boost interest[...]

We're right in the middle of an epic contest between Daniel Bryan and AJ Styles for the Intercontinental Championship here on WWE Smackdown If you haven't read the first half of this recap, trust us, you want to It involves Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, and a large mug of urine. We come back from a commercial break[...]

WWE Smackdown starts out with a recap of drama between Sheamus and Jeff Hardy The rumor tonight is that Sheamus is going to make Jeff Hardy take a urine test before he'll sign a contract to fight him at Backlash We'll find out if it happens… right away! Michael Cole welcomes us to WWE Smackdown and[...]

The big news in the wrestling world this week is a creative shakeup at WWE that has seen Paul Heyman removed as creative director of WWE Monday Night Raw and the entire creative team of both shows consolidated under Bruce Pritchard, who was previously running just Smackdown More alarmingly, a report from the most recent[...]

Yesterday, WWE announced that Paul Heyman would return to working just as an on-screen characters while Bruce Pritchard will be in charge of creative for both Raw and Smackdown, with the writing teams for both shows consolidated The move marks a big demotion for Heyman, who was in the middle of an 18-month long-term plan[...]

Before the pandemic, WWE was looking toward the long-term rebuilding of Raw as a lot of efforts, and top stars were poured into making Smackdown a success when it moved to the Fox network On Raw, Heyman's plan was said to be a long-term one meant to build new stars on Raw that was meant[...]

He lasted longer than Eric Bischoff did as Executive Director of SmackDown, but Paul Heyman has now also been released from his duties as Executive Director of Raw, WWE announced in a statement on Thursday Creative for both Raw and SmackDown will now be handled by a single team under the direction of Bruce Pritchard,[...]

WWE developmental trainee AJ Francis praised Triple H on Twitter and how he is willing to talk to anyone about Black Lives Matter.

To make matters worse, between three hours of Raw, two hours of Smackdown, two hours of NXT, and the occasional PPV, there's 7-10 hours of WWE programming each week where nothing is likely to happen Even the most hardcore fan would have trouble maintaining interest in that, but here's the thing: they probably aren't meant[...]

In contrast to the hopeful nostalgia of WWE's In Your House promotion, the Ric Flair 24 is a bittersweet chronicle of the end of an era.

Tomasso Ciampa took on Karrion Kross in singles action at tonight's WWE NXT TakeOver In Your House this evening on the WWE Network.

The next match at WWE's NXT TakeOver In Your House, it was the Backlot Brawl with Adam Cole vs. Velveteen Dream for the NXT Championship.