According to PW Insider, SmackDown Live will be undergoing a name change when the program begins airing on the Fox network staring next Friday. Reports are that the blue-brands new moniker will be WWE Friday Night Smackdown, which will include a new logo, marketing promotion and commentary references. Since it’s debut in 1999, SmackDown has…
Thanks to Jimmy Shapiro for sending in these odds: WWE – Smackdown Live! (10/4/19) Match Lines Kofi Kingston (c) vs Brock LesnarKofi Kingston +170 (17/10)Brock Lesnar -250 (2/5) Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks & BayleyBecky Lynch & Charlotte Flair EVEN (1/1) Sasha Banks & Bayley -140 (5/7) Roman Reigns vs Erick RowanRoman…
— Contrary to a previous report by Dave Meltzer that seemed to suggest that Sasha Banks was held out of action for a busted lip, PWInsider.com is reporting that the word backstage is that Banks actually suffered a back injury during her Hell in a Cell match against Becky Lynch on Sunday. This would seem…
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— New York area Independent wrestler Matt Travis passed away early Saturday morning after a traffic accident. Travis was reportedly riding a bicycle in the East Harlem area and was hit by a dump truck driver who ended up making an illegal U-turn. The driver of the truck fled the scene while Travis was transported…
A propane plant in Florida owned by gas company Blue Rhino was a fireball overnight as a series of massive explosions sent flames soaring into the air and at least eight people to local hospitals. “I thought we were being bombed.” As local ABC affiliate reports: Blue Rhino is a subsidiary of the larger gas…
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In a move that shouldn’t come as a major surprise to anyone, but definitely caught some off guard, Mike Kanellis has requested his release from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Kanellis, real name Mike Bennett, announced the news via his official Twitter page on Monday afternoon, although he has yet to reveal whether or not WWE…
The following notes are drawn from our recently posted WWE Raw & WWE Smackdown rosters after the recently completed draft. If you missed those headlines listing the wrestlers into tiers, you can find it here: WWE Raw Roster and WWE Smackdown Roster — According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, some of the observations drawn on…
— NXT wrestler Jordan Myles has been in the news the last couple of days, taking exception to a t-shirt that WWE designed and marketed (but never sold) that he felt had racial connotations associated with it. WWE was forced to issue a public statement where they claimed that Myles was fully engaged in designing…