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In a barrage of press releases sent out over the last half hour, WWE revealed the details of their upcoming TV deals with Fox and NBC Universal for SmackDown Live and Raw respectively Amongst the details was an explicit confirmation that SmackDown Live will begin airing on Fox's broadcast network, as well as a premiere[...]

Presidential Election… and for someone to explain to Kevin Smith that Avengers: Infinity War isn't even the best Marvel Studios film, let alone best super-hero movie of all time. https://youtu.be/6j7aBci69noVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: NFL Owners Take a Knee, Watchmen "Remix", Who's on Twitch and More [The Weekly Static s01e41] (https://youtu.be/6j7aBci69no) Report: WWE's Deal[...]

Last night Aiden English came out and gave his vocal styling to the Ravishing Russian: Lana. Lana was set to take on Billie Kay of the Iconics.

As expected, it's now being reported that Fox and WWE are in the process of closing a deal to bring SmackDown Live, WWE's B-Show, to Fox's broadcast TV network in fall of 2019 Sandwich-themed Hollywood gossip blog The Wrap reports that Fox will air SmackDown Live on Friday nights instead of Tuesday, which would potentially[...]

WWE Smackdown Women's Champion Carmella will not appear on the next season of Total Divas, the superstar confirmed in a video interview with BANG Showbiz. "I am not on this next season," Carmella answered when asked for an update on the show "Right now I'm focusing on being the best champion I can be I don't[...]

NBCU Universal has declined to renew its contract with WWE for broadcast rights to Smackdown Live, a report from THR claims The news comes in the same week that Bleeding Cool was featured on the program during one of the segments where WWE brags about its mainstream media coverage. Bleeding Cool was on Smackdown last night?[...]

In the latest conquest in its quest for global television domination, WWE has announced plans to air one-hour versions of both Raw and SmackDown on free-to-air Croation TV station RTL 2. Due to needing to cut down the three-hour Raw to just 1 hour, Croatian Raw will consist only of an opening interview segment featuring Roman Reigns,[...]

In a shocking announcement Tuesday, WWE revealed that SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan has been cleared to return to the ring Bryan was forced to retire in 2016 after WWE doctors refused to clear him to wrestle due to past concussion-related injuries Bryan, however, maintained that numerous experts had said he was perfectly capable of[...]

He may be able to survive a helicopter crash unscathed, but WWE Smackdown Live commissioner Shane McMahon is no match for a beatdown from Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn McMahon was injured in an attack by the pair on Tuesday's episode of Smackdown, according to a report from WWE .com. McMahon entered the ring for the[...]

After months of buildup, Ruby Riot takes on the WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair on tonight's WWE Fastlane. No @YaOnlyLivvOnce or @sarahloganwwe in tow as @RubyRiottWWE heads into her first-ever opportunity at the #SDLive #WomensTitle… #WWEFastlane pic.twitter.com/ebBdnOewV2 — WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2018 With the title on the line, the two women kicked things off as soon[...]

If The New Day won, well… they would be five-time champions. GET THESE CAKES… @WWEBigE @TrueKofi & @XavierWoodsPhD are in the house!#WWEFastlane #NewDayRocks 🥞 pic.twitter.com/00lxWEiyTN — WWE (@WWE) March 12, 2018 Personally, I think both teams are heading to WrestleMania no matter what, especially since SmackDown doesn't have a lot of options with tag teams. Jay Uso and Xavier[...]

Happy Rusev Day, everyone! Tonight's SmackDown PPV opened with Shinsuke Nakamura against Rusev (with Aiden English coming out to announce him in a fabulous manner) The match started off well Rusev and Nakamura are evenly matched, with both taking the lead at various points of the match. And now a message for @RusevBUL from the ARTIST[...]

The greatest tag team group that ever existed graced the SmackDown ring last night, bringing with them the power of positivity and pancakes. #FatTuesday is now PANCAKE TUESDAY! #SDLive @WWEBigE @TrueKofi @XavierWoodsPhD pic.twitter.com/3FZ72h1Vur — WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) February 14, 2018 Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods all came out to celebrate[...]

The flurry of speculation kicked off with email sent to fans by Ticketmaster and posted on /r/SquaredCircle: Attention ticket holder! This is just a friendly reminder about your event.. WWE Presents Backlash Prudential Center Sunday, May 6th at 7:30PM This will now be a combined Pay Per View with RAW and SMACKDOWN Superstars. Now, Wrestlezone has taken things further, claiming[...]

Daniel Bryan finally made his long-anticipated return to the ring last night, in a manner of speaking. Bryan was serving as the special referee in a dark

In what is already being called the greatest holiday gift since Scrooge gave Bob Cratchett a lump of coal, WWE and the USA Network plan to give viewers the gift of a commercial-free first hour of Raw and SmackDown next week Here's the announcement from WWE, which consists mainly of bragging about WWE and promoting[...]

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[...]

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,[...]

Shane McMahon has been instigating Kevin Owens for weeks, and everything came to a heated end last night on SmackDown as McMahon was suspended.

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[...]

It's Morty's general lack of "give-a-s**t" that's been growing since Season 1 that's been truly creepy, and Morty's trigger finger has been getting quite the workout lately (when his left arm isn't possessed by other-world warrior out for bloody personal revenge, that is): https://youtu.be/5DPwpGaia7YVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Rick and Morty – Morty[...]

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[...]

New Day, the groups consisting of Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods, and as of this writing, the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Champions, are known for wearing some cool, very colorful ring gear, including Dragonball Z-styled gear. Well tonight at SummerSlam, they decided to go comic-themed, with the group coming out dressed in Red Lanterns-themed[...]

Lana: SmackDown LIVE, Aug 8, 2017 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm9IKPrxBk0&feature=onebox) Lana's had a match against Charlotte Flair on her mind for some time now The "Ravishing Russian" is certainly passionate, but Flair is physically bigger, and frankly more charismatic The two against each other though makes for a great match[...]

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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[...]