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Originally Posted by Observer Coming into this week, it was expected that Raw's ratings might be up slightly due to the NBA having Monday night off -- and that SmackDown would be hurt going against game one of the Western Conference finals and the NBA Draft Lottery special. This all held true as, after a night in which Raw was slightly up from the last couple of weeks, SmackDown had its lowest audience total since the 2016 brand split, coming in slightly less than the previous low-water mark from two weeks ago. SmackDown averaged 1.827 million viewers for Tuesday night's taped episode from London. The show dropped all the way to 13th overall in terms of total viewers on cable and, perhaps more importantly to the network, down to sixth in the 18-49 demo with a 0.56 rating ... Year-over-year, SmackDown was down 20.5 percent, which is right about where it is most weeks.

Originally Posted by Observer It was announced on last night’s SmackDown that Asuka & Kairi Sane’s tag team name will be “The Kabuki Warriors.” Paige responded to someone on Twitter about the name and noted that it was Asuka & Sane who chose it, though they wanted it to be Kabuki Girls: “You know it was the girls who chose their name right? Well technically they wanted ‘kabuki girls’ but it was changed to kabuki warriors. Chill”

Asuka also defended the new tag team name on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WWEAsuka/status/1128509214429573120

Originally Posted by Observer WWE Network News reported that three matches featuring Andre the Giant will be added to the WWE Network’s Hidden Gems section tomorrow, which comes after HBO’s documentary on Andre was uploaded to the Network. The matches are Andre vs. Jerry Blackwell in a Bodyslam Challenge match (AWA, 1980), Andre & Hulk Hogan vs. Bobby Heenan, Nick Bockwinkel, Ken Patera & Bobby Duncum in a handicap match (AWA, 1982), and Andre vs. Big John Studd (WWF, 1984).

Originally Posted by PWI WWE Network News is reporting that more WCW Thunder will be coming to the WWE Network this Monday, May 20 as a part of this month's Classic Content Drop. As of now the number of episodes were not specified, but one can guess it is probably going to be at least 20.

Originally Posted by PWI WWE filed for trademarks on the names "WWE SuperShowdown" and "WWE Supershow" on 5/7.

Originally Posted by WrestlingInc Andrade and WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor will likely continue their feud after Sunday's WWE Money In the Bank pay-per-view, according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio. They are currently scheduled to work the men's MITB Ladder Match with Ricochet, Randy Orton, Ali, Sami Zayn, Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin. Andrade won a Fatal 4 Way over Balor, Orton and Ali on last night's SmackDown, getting the pin on Balor to win. Meltzer noted that there is a lot of backing for Andrade right now within WWE, as far as his character goes. WWE officials have been high on Andrade for some time now and it was reported in late 2018 that they had big push plans for him in 2019.

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