Rumor Round-Up: Big Push Coming For New RAW Star, Backstage Reaction To The NFL Segments On Smackdown

3) Backstage Reaction To Mike Kanellis’ Release Request

Mike Kanellis publically asked for his release on Monday night. This comes only a few months after signing a new multi-year contract with WWE.

According to Cageside Seats, the initial belief backstage is that WWE will not honor Mike Kanellis’ release request

The last person to publically ask for their release was Luke Harper and it was not granted by WWE.


2) The Backstage Reaction To The NFL Segments On Smackdown

The latest edition of Smackdown featured some cameos from FOX’s NFL analysts. That included Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan, and more. During these segments, they named some legends that they would select first overall in the WWE Draft.

All of the analysts ended up picking retired legends. That includes Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, and more.

According to WrestlingNews.co, some of the current crop of WWE Superstars weren’t thrilled with these segments. Here is an excerpt:

There was some eye-rolling backstage at Friday Night SmackDown during the celebrity portions of the show.

I spoke to a few wrestlers who pointed out how fake-looking the segments were and it was clear how most of the guys in the segments had no knowledge of the current WWE product.

The segments were actually taped on October 6th so the analysts actually had no idea what was going on during the Draft so that’s why their verbiage was so generic.


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