McIntyre Gets Special WWE Title Match Stipulation
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Nathan Frazer has released a statement following his match against Ilja Dragunov on WWE SmackDown. Dragunov successfully defended his United States Championship against Frazer on Friday’s show after Frazer answered his open challenge. Frazer released a statement about the match on Saturday, writing:
A big WWE title match has been added to "Friday Night SmackDown," as Ilja Dragunov will defend the United States Championship.
Drew McIntyre must be a happy man. McIntyre left WWE SmackDown riding high after laying out both Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso. It puts McIntyre in the driver's seat before next week's undisputed WWE title match at Saturday Night's Main Event.
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Drew McIntyre's long road to winning the WWE Championship for a third time in his career may be reaching its end. The Scottish Warrior picked up some major mom
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"WWE Raw" stars LA Knight and JD McDonagh are advertised for a match on "Friday Night SmackDown," but it likely won't air.
Programming Insider reports that WWE SmackDown on October 24 drew 1.147 million viewers on USA Network. This number is down from the 1.180 million viewers the show drew on Friday, October 17. Friday’s episode scored a 0.29 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic, up from the 0.28 rating last Friday.
Three matches are official for the Friday, October 31 Halloween edition of WWE SmackDown. As announced on this week’s episode, the United States Championship open challenge segment that has been a staple of the program in recent months will continue next week with Ilja Dragunov defending the US title.
Three notable “WWE Raw” stars are reportedly backstage for “Friday Night SmackDown.” PWInsider reports that LA Knight, Raquel Rodriguez, and Grayson Waller are inside the Delta Center in Salt Lake City. There’s no word on whether or not any of them will appear on the live airing of “WWE SmackDown.”
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