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Timing Cues Blamed For Abrupt Ending
The finish of last night’s Friday Night SmackDown did not go as planned.
SmackDown ended with a brawl between members of the RAW, SmackDown, and NXT roster. The broadcast of the show ended abruptly, with a major spot happening after the episode went off-air.
According to Fightful Select, the end of Friday Night SmackDown was originally scheduled to have a spot involving Mustafa Ali and Lio Rush. This happened off-air, and later posted on WWE.com due to issues with timing and cues.
WWE posted footage that didn’t air on the broadcast following the event.
WWE also cancelled the scheduled episode of 205 Live which was to air following SmackDown. According to Ryan Satin of Pro Wrestling Sheet, WWE made the decision to cancel the episode due to the NXT invasion segment closing the show.
In case it’s not evident at this point, sources implied to me earlier today that 205 Live was cancelled tonight due to the big end of show angle with DX leading an NXT invasion on SmackDown — not the show being in jeopardy of getting cancelled permanently.
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) November 23, 2019
Following the event a dark segment involving DX and Baron Corbin happened for those at the venue.