WWE Smackdown Scoops Thread! (Patreon)
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- Vince McMahon was at WWE Smackdown, which was expected by most of the roster. He spent the day in his office.
- We heard a lot of positivity for how the Bloodline segment was received.
- Edge's last WWE Smackdown match was a title tournament match in May. Besides that, it'd been since September 2021.
- There was a lot of positive reception over Grayson Waller's performance over the past week, even before his match with Edge.
- John Cena's new merch sold "incredibly well," from what we're told.
- Triple H was in fact backstage at WWE Smackdown, in his chair at the Gorilla position.
- There was some discussion about Smackdown's number possibly being down because of the DirecTV/Nexstar carriage issues.
- LA Knight beat up Hit Row before the show in a dark segment.
- Zelina defeated Lacey Evans in a dark match.
- Karrion Kross got banged up on the UK tour, he's fine to work.
- IYO SKY will be the first woman since Carmella to not have cashed in her Money in the Bank briefcase after a full week with it
- There was a dash to correct the times of segments throughout the night.