Superstar Shake-Up
Major changes are coming to WWE next week when RAW and SmackDown host the 2018 Superstar Shake-Up. The rosters for both brands will look very different a week from now. The top stars of SmackDown Live are scheduled to be backstage at Monday’s RAW from Hartford, CT, reports PWInsider.
SmackDown does not have a live event scheduled for that night, so expect to see cameos and perhaps even matches involving SmackDown wrestlers who get traded on RAW next week.
Kevin Steen Store Opens
As part of the storyline that Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn have been ‘fired’ from SmackDown Live, Pro Wrestling Tees has launched a new store for Kevin Steen – the real name of Kevin Owens and the name he used on the independent scene before joining WWE.
Owens and Sami Zayn’s WWE Superstar bio’s are still gone from WWE.com and Owens’ Twitter account has been blacked out as well.
WWE Squashes Rusev Day Chants
Twitter user DunKology made this video showing that WWE changed the audio on Tuesday’s SmackDown to remove Rusev Day chants.
During the opening segment involving new SmackDown GM Paige talking about who should fight Daniel Bryan later in the evening, the crowd started a loud “Rusev Day” chant. In the video that got uploaded to WWE’s YouTube channel, those Rusev Day chants have been replaced with pre-recorded “AJ Styles” chants.
Paige ultimately chose Styles as Bryan’s opponent for the show’s main event. The match was ended abruptly when Shinsuke Nakamura interfered.
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