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Alberto El Patron Remains Suspended
During today’s Global Force Wrestling conference Call with Dutch Mantell and Bruce Prichard, it was noted that Alberto El Patron’s suspension has not been lifted, despite him being cleared as a suspect in the Orlando airport incident with Paige from earlier this month.
It was noted during the call that the company is conducting their own internal investigation and once they come to a conclusion, a decision will be made.
“We’re doing an internal review of it because it’s something we don’t take lightly,” Mantel said. “When that’s completed, we will release our findings.”
Several Matches Confirmed for Tonight’s SmackDown & 205 Live Tapings
As seen at Sunday’s WWE Battleground event, Nakamura won his match against Baron Corbin via disqualification when he was nailed in the crotch by Corbin. PWInsider reports that a rematch is set to take place between the two at tonight’s SmackDown Live Event from Richmond, Virginia.
Speaking of tonight’s tapings, Neville will face Ariya Daivari and Cedric Alexander & Rich Swann will team together to take on the team of Tony Nese & TJP.
Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s event.
Internal Concern Within WWE Over Recent Cutbacks
WWE is expected to announce their earning reports this Thursday and there is some internal concern within the company regarding those reports.
Bryan Alvarez discussed the earning reports on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live and mentioned that he heard that employees within the company are worried, especially with the recent cutbacks. With the decision to cut pyros from weekly programming and cutting shows with low viewership from the network, has many concerned.
Speaking of pyros, Alvarez mentioned that the company spent millions of dollars on the WrestleMania 33 set, which attributed to the company cutting the pyros. The decision to drop pyros for the time being was a cost cutting measure and Alvarez indicated that there is a chance that WWE may bring the pyros back in the future.
WWE Personality Now Working for Both RAW & SmackDown
Renee Young is now working as a correspondent with Charly Caruso now that Talking Smack has been nixed as a weekly WWE Network series. Renee also revealed in an Instagram post that she will be working both RAW and SmackDown moving forward.
She wrote, “Dream team back in the (RAW) hiiiizouse!!! @charlycarusowwe ❤️❤️❤️ (and yes, I’ll still be on Smackdown ?)”
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