Last week it was reported that Talking Smack would no longer be airing after SmackDown Live on a weekly basis, coming as a bit of a shock to WWE fans given that it was the ninth most watched program on the WWE Network. Sports Illustrated reported that the program was cancelled due to Vince McMahon not being pleased with the program because it didn’t serve the company’s best interests, however, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter strongly denies those reports.
WON suggests that if that were the case then McMahon would cancel the program altogether rather than continue to air it following pay-per-views (PPVs). The report also claims that McMahon doesn’t even watch Talking Smack, but instead receives a report on the show every Wednesday. McMahon was angered by one segment in particular, however, involving The New Day appearing on the May 23, 2017 episode after Kofi Kingston was cleared to return from injury.
The appearance served as The New Day’s return to Tuesday nights, something Vince felt should have been done first on SmackDown Live.
