SmackDown Showbiz and Celebrity Breaking News

The Undertaker finally announced his retirement from the wrestling scene in the finale episode of his five-part documentary series, Undertaker: The Last Ride. Taker has been an inseparable part of WWE for the past 30 years left the fans emotional with his latest decision to finally say goodbye to the world of wrestling.

Matt Riddle made his grand in-ring debut on SmackDown and kick-started his new journey by defeating former WWE Champion, AJ Styles. The fight started when Riddle made his official debut and interrupted Styles’ championship celebration.

Drew Gulak locked horns with AJ Styles on the latest episode of SmackDown and Gulak ended the match by brutally defeating Styles. After hyping the match for a while, the fans finally got to see the two WWE superstars coming face to face with each other for an action-packed fight.

WWE paid a sweet tribute to late wrestling star and Cryme Tyme tag team member Shad Gaspard during the latest edition of SmackDown. Gaspard was declared dead on May 20, three days after the wrestler went missing at the Venice beach.

WWE took people by surprise when the company released a number of talented wrestlers as a part of budget cuts during the ongoing Coronavirus shutdown earlier this week. The list of released superstars also included Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins.

The latest addition to SmackDown aired live for all the WWE fans from an empty Performance Center in Orlando and the show was kicked off by Sasha Banks and Bayley, who were interrupted by their rivals Lacey Evans, Naomi and Tamina. Banks, Naomi and Lacey started arguing about the Fatal Five-Way.

The fans will get to see Goldberg and Roman Reigns together in the upcoming SmackDown event before their action-packed WrestleMania 36 match. The WWE stars are scheduled to lock horns with each other at the event which will take place on April 6, Ring Side News reported.

Even before the show aired live, this week’s SmackDown event had caused quite a stir in the WWE Universe amid coronavirus crisis. On March 11, 2020, it was reported that keeping the COVID-19 outbreak in mind, WWE organisers decided to change the venue of the show. The event, which was originally scheduled to take place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, was aired live from WWE Performance Center in Orlando. And that wasn’t all. The wrestlers had to also perform in an empty stadium. 

Keeping in mind the severity of the ongoing Coronavirus crisis, WWE decided to host its upcoming SmackDown show at a smaller venue without the live audience, which is usually the life of the show. The show, which was originally scheduled to take place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, has now been moved to WWE Performance Center in Orlando.

Amid Coronavirus concerns, WWE has decided to host its upcoming SmackDown show at a smaller venue and it will be shot without the live audience. The show, which was originally scheduled to take place at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, has now been moved to WWE Performance Center in Orlando, CNN reported.

The Coronavirus outbreak has led to the cancellation of many public events across the world. Governments and officials are instructing people to not attend such events for their own safety.

WWE has announced that John Cena will appear on the upcoming episode of SmackDown before locking horns with Bray Wyatt aka The Fiend at WrestleMania 36. The company is trying to hype Cena’s rivalry against Wyatt before the big match to add some extra drama. The Friday Night SmackDown will also feature Jeff Hardy and Paige. The 42-year-old actor-wrestler made his much-anticipated appearance on SmackDown earlier this month after a long break. He also teased his WrestleMania match against Wyatt.

Last week, John Cena finally made an appearance during the Friday Night SmackDown episode after staying away from the ring for a long time. During the episode, WWE even teased a fight between Cena and The Fiend for WWE Wrestlemania 36, and since then, that is all the fans are talking about.

After being out of action because of her ankle injury, Sasha Banks finally made a comeback on the latest edition of Friday Night SmackDown all alive and kicking! Bayley was just about to go against Naomi in a non-title match when WWE introduced Sasha, who joined her best friend in the ring. Both wrestlers started attacking Naomi but it eventually turned into a tag team match when Lacey Evans arrived to help Naomi.

WWE has announced that King Corbin has been heavily fined and will no longer be allowed to participate in SmackDown. The announcement came a week after the wrestler poured a drink on a fan.

Proving that he is in it for the long run, Braun Strowman has won his first singles championship in WWE. During the latest edition of WWE, SmackDown Strowman locked horn with Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. However, they were not the only ones in the ring, just like always, Sami Zayn and Cesaro were there to support Nakamura but Strowman did not anything put him down. While Zayn tried to get involved in the fight, his involvement ended up doing some serious damage for Nakamura.

The fans were expecting a high-level action in the latest episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown and that is exactly what they got. The episode featured the return of Kane in a power-packed opening segment that saw Daniel Bryan locking horns with The Fiend.