Tonight’s taped WWE SmackDown on FOX will take place from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL with more build for Backlash.
Tonight’s taped WWE SmackDown on FOX will feature fallout from WWE Money In the Bank.
It was announced last night during WWE Backstage that WWE has declared the Intercontinental Championship vacant after Sami Zayn is unable to compete and defend the title.
WWE will hold a tournament to crown a new champion, with bracket to be unveiled and first-round matches starting Friday on SmackDown.
Tonight’s taped Money In the Bank go-home edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX will air from the closed-set Performance Center in Orlando, FL with the final hype for Sunday’s pay-per-view.
Tonight’s WWE Friday Night SmackDown on FOX will air on a tape delay from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The episode was reportedly taped earlier this week.
WWE Intercontinental Continental Champion Sami Zayn has reportedly been away from WWE TV due to his own concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Zayn did not appear during last week’s SmackDown on FOX episode with Shinsuke Nakamura and Cesaro because he made the choice not to travel to the closed-set WWE Performance Center in Orlando, according to a new report by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. While there’s no word yet on what WWE had planned for Zayn last Friday, he was originally scripted into the show until he made the decision not to come.
As we’ve noted, WWE and AEW officials have informed employees that they do not have to work during the COVID-19 outbreak, and that the decision would not be held against them in the future. Zayn apparently took advantage of that option as other wrestlers have, such as Roman Reigns.
Zayn has not appeared on WWE TV since Night One of WrestleMania 36, which was taped a few nights before it aired. That show saw Zayn retain his title over Daniel Bryan. Zayn hasn’t appeared on SmackDown TV since the April 3 episode, which was the WrestleMania go-home show. Cesaro and Nakamura have been appearing each week since then, working their own angles and matches without Zayn.
You can click here for Sami’s April 20 tweet on having his wisdom teeth taken out and why he has been looking “ripped to shreds.”
Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter via Wrestling Inc.
Tonight’s WWE Fiday Night SmackDown on FOX will air live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will air live from the closed-set WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
* Another unique Triple Threat Match will see SmackDown Tag Team Titles on the line
* Sasha Banks and Tamina to clash in a match with championship implications
* Daniel Bryan to face Cesaro in Men’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
* Sonya Deville out to clear the air with Mandy Rose
* Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match spot on the line when Naomi meets Dana Brooke
Tonight’s post-WrestleMania 36 edition of WWE SmackDown on FOX will air on tape from the empty WWE Performance Center in Orlando, FL.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will be the WrestleMania 36 go-home show with the final hype for the big events on Saturday and Sunday.
