1) Daniel Bryan Is No Longer Smackdown Live General Manager
Smackdown Live this week kicked off with Shane McMahon. Shane spoke about his match on Sunday alongside Daniel Bryan.
Shane announced that Bryan had resigned as General Manager of Smackdown now that he is back in the ring full-time.
.@WWEDanielBryan has formally resigned as #SDLive GM… so who will fill the role? #SDLive pic.twitter.com/mbKenU0nFs
— WWE (@WWE) April 11, 2018
2) Paige Is The New Smackdown Live General Manager
Shane revealed that Paige will be the new General Manager of Smackdown Live. Paige delivered her retirement speech on Monday Night RAW this week and now already has a new role with the company!
An interesting choice! Excited to see how she does.
BREAKING: @RealPaigeWWE is the NEW #SDLive General Manager! #SDLiveAfterMania #WWEAustralia pic.twitter.com/9JXCKdKzzX
— WWE Australia (@WWEAustralia) April 11, 2018
3) Rusev Is SOOOO Over
Paige was clearly setting up the WWE Universe to chant for AJ Styles when she spoke about a potential opponent for Daniel Bryan. Fans instead started a ‘Rusev Day’ chant. Paige had to restart and eventually got fans to chant for AJ.
Just goes to show you how over Rusev is when he gets cheered over AJ Styles.
I love how the crowd chanted for “Rusev Day” before “AJ Styles” to face Daniel Bryan tonight 😂😂😂#SDLiveAfterMania
— TWC (@TheWrestlingCov) April 11, 2018
4) Paige Made A Great First Impression As GM With Her First Match Announcement
Paige’s first action as General Manager was to announce a dream match. Paige announced AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan for later on in the show.
Safe to say that fans were excited:
DANIEL BRYAN VS AJ STYLES!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, WRESTLING GODS FOR THIS GIFT!! #SDLive
— Benedict Santos 😎🙇💪 (@_go4bene_) April 11, 2018
#SDLive 🔥🔥🔥Paige new GM and she just made
AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan !!!!! Yes yes yes yes— Jaquan🤘🏽JAY (@JAYY_WSP) April 11, 2018
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