Smackdown Live

Smackdown is no stranger to chaos backstage in recent weeks. Vince McMahon missed last week's show, something that people said was motivated by last week's election. Not long ago, we reported that the script was going terribly for a recent…

Ruby Riott won her way onto Smackdown's Survivor Series team for women Friday night on Smackdown, but absent from the show was her tag team partner Liv Morgan. This, of course, will always lead to question when a tag team wrestler shows up…

Daniel Bryan said recently that his return to WWE television would be his last as a full time superstar. This was followed up by Bryan losing on SmackDown this past Friday and getting injured in storyline via Jey Uso. This seems like a…

One WWE Superstar noticably absent from Friday Night's Smackdown was Big E. It had been reported that the WWE had big plans for the New Day member, including a huge push. In fact, there are some who believe he might win the Royal Rumble,…

Last night's Smackdown featured a new chapter in the long running feud between Rey Mysterio and Seth Rollins, this time with his 19-year old daughter Aalyah revealing her budding romance with Rollins' former disciple Murphy. The segment…

Things change on a dime in the WWE. Whether it's injuries, the current Covid-19 pandemic, or just a shift in creative direction, change happens quickly. A major factor in the shift of creative direction is Vince McMahon. The Chairman…

Writing live television can be intense. Communication breakdowns, last minute script changes, and production errors can make things go a little hectic backstage. However, it seems in recent weeks that those feelings seem to be the norm…

Last night at Hell In A Cell, Sasha Banks became the Smackdown Women’s Champion after a fiercely fought match against Bayley. After the match, Sasha gave a backstage interview and name checked a number of possible opponents: …

Similar to what we saw on NXT with Austin Theory Smackdown wrestler Shorty G also quit after his match but with a different twist. Shorty G took on “The Freak” Lars Sullivan in Essentially a squash match. …

This week on the PWI podcast, Bayley joins the show as the special guest to talk about her ranking by Pro Wrestling Illustrated as the number 1 female wrestler in the world. During the interview, Bayley also talks about her heel turn,…