Report: Changes Made To WWE SmackDown

WWE programming has been no stranger to last minute changes being made, especially with Vince McMahon often tearing up scripts and forcing rewrites even within showtime on occasion, but last night’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown reportedly had to make changes due to a different factor.

PWInsider Elite reported that COVID-19 was the potential culprit for whatever changes were made.

“The word making the rounds at Smackdown is that the reason there were some changes to the scheduled plans tonight is that there were talents pulled for medical reasons.  One version making the rounds is that there were COVID positives or talents who were at least in direct contact with someone who tested positive.”

It isn’t exactly clear who was pulled or what changes were ultimately made to the show aside from the Charlotte Flair vs. Iyo Sky match, with the report noting, “Charlotte Flair was not originally slated to wrestle tonight.  The early plans for the show had IYO SKY vs. Zelina Vega scheduled but when the decision was made to change the segment, Flair was then moved into a match.”

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