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Here's the full list of competitors who made the jump to Tuesday night's.
Tonight's SmackDown Live played host to night-two of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up'. There were a number of major players added to the blue-brand. Also, the newly-crowned SmackDown Live Women's Champion Carmella discovered that she now has a slew of new challengers that are gunning for her title.
SmackDown Live's Acquisitions:
* The Miz
* Jeff Hardy
* Sonya Deville
* Mandy Rose
* Samoa Joe
* Big Cass
* Eric Young
* Alexander Wolfe
* Killian Dain
* Asuka
* Karl Anderson
* Luke Gallows
* Cesaro
* Sheamus
* R-Truth
* Andrade “Cien” Almas
* Zelina Vega

Fightful did have live coverage of tonight's SmackDown Live, along with a post-'Superstar Shake-Up' podcast with our very own Sean Ross Sapp, Alex Pawlowski, and Jeff Hawkins. Also, head over to our detailed coverage of night-one of the 2018 WWE 'Superstar Shake-Up' to catch up on what ..

Who will be the first man to attempt to put an end to the “Age Of Alexander”?
At WrestleMania 34 Cedric Alexander realized his dream after months of being on the hunt as he captured the WWE Cruiserweight Championship in a hard-fought battle against Mustafa Ali. Although Cedric would have liked to celebrate his championship victory, a threat to his title immediately arose in the form of “The Best Kept Secret” Buddy Murphy.
Since Murphy's debut on 205 Live he has had to have this weight checked due to him barely being under the 205 weight limit. On tonight's edition of 205 Live Murphy, who was in position to challenge Alexander for the title did not make weight and will have to re-qualify at a later date to return to the brand.
THE BAD NEWS: Unfortunately, @WWE_Murphy was unable to make the 205-pound weight limit; therefore, he must wait for a later date to re-qualify for in-ring competition in the #Cruiserweight division. #205Live pic.twitter.com/eTUq3teS7g
— WWE (@WWE) Ap..

The “dream match” will have a sequel.
Since falling short to AJ Styles at WrestleMania 34 Shinsuke Nakamura has been on a tirade of handing out “low-blows” to “The Phenomenal One”. The sneak attacks continued last night on SmackDown Live as Nakamura delivered another cheap shot to AJ Styles while Styles' attention was locked in on the action in the ring while he was standing on the ring apron during a tag team match.
There will be no more room for “low-blows” come April 27th as “The King Of Strong Style” looks to become WWE Champion. WWE announced via Twitter that at the 'Greatest Royal Rumble' event at the King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, AJ Styles will defend his WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.
#WWEChampion @AJStylesOrg defends his title against @ShinsukeN in a #WrestleMania rematch at #WWEGRR on April 27! https://t.co/zVHUOB2j54
— WWE (@WWE) April 18, 2018
Fightful will have live coverage of the 'Greatest Royal Rumble..

Tuesday's edition of the WWE Superstar Shakeup saw plenty of changes, and within storyline made Paige look like a GM prodigy. While I'm pretty sure Vince McMahon thinks he stacked the Monday Night Raw roster, Smackdown has all of the potential in the world to be an all-time great television show over the next year. Many expected Finn Balor or Seth Rollins to be the major acquisitions, but what the brand ended up getting has them set up for success.
Much like I did with Raw, let's take a look at what Smackdown Live was able to pull in for Tuesday nights.
The Miz & Maryse- Announced on WWE Raw this week, The Miz is a bonafide main eventer on Smackdown Live, and is where he made his resurgence. Once Daniel Bryan was cleared, WWE had to put Miz on the same brand. There was no other option. The low depths that Miz was able to shovel himself out of to become an indispensable commodity is nothing short of amazing, and Maryse helped add a ton to that act. She may very well be..

Goldberg says he has to be smart about returning to WWE.
Before entering the WWE Hall of Fame, Goldberg came back to WWE in 2016 to feud with Brock Lesnar. He appeared in the Royal Rumble and had three singles matches which lasted less than five minutes each including winning the WWE Universal Championship in a match against Kevin Owens. In an interview with New York Post, Goldberg said he does not need another return match in WWE.
“If I never stepped in the ring again, I’m content, dude. I’m completely at peace. I really am. Would I like to do it again? Who knows. It would have to be the right fit. I’d love to do it again for my son. Let’s be honest. Everybody knows that. But at the end of the day, you have to be smart about it,” said Goldberg.
If the match was not the perfect situation, Goldberg said it may devalue what he has accomplished in the WWE including being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
The full interview with Goldberg can be found at the New York Pos..

The Book of Booty reflects the New Day's in-ring antics.
Earlier this year, New Day released a new book called The Book of Booty. It is a book for all ages that follows the New Day through their WWE careers so far. In an interview with Sports Illustrated, Kofi Kingston said they had thought about a book before being approached by someone else about it.
“We’ve always talked about having a book, detailing our journey, and that’s before the title streak. Then someone came to us and said ‘We want to do a book on you guys,’ and we immediately wondered if we’d accomplished enough to have a book written about us. But the way it came out was amazing,” said Kingston.
Even though the book follows the history of New Day, Kingston said it does so in unique way.
“Our book is not your standard wrestling book or your standard documentation of our history. It’s all in there, but we do it in a real fun way. That’s what we do when we’re in the ring, so this book embodies the New Day,” said ..

Impact Wrestling Hall of Famer Gail Kim recently appeared on the WPW Podcast. You can see highlights below, and the full show above.
Gail Talks About Women Wrestlers Getting Paid Equally:
They put their bodies through the same thing the guys go through. These girls should be getting paid equally. Everyone is an independent contractor, so everyone gets paid differently. So, we don’t really discuss those things amongst ourselves because money is kind of a taboo subject to this day. But, I think if there are two girls that are going to main event a pay-per-view, they should be getting paid the same amount as two guys main eventing. I mean, they are obviously important enough to main event and they are good enough to main event… so they should be getting paid.
Gail Talks About Who She Like To Dream Matches With:
I would have loved to have a proper feud with some of the girls now, Allie, Rosemary, Taya, there are so many great girls. But, of course, you know Charlotte is an amazing a..

Chris Jericho found out about his Casket Match with little notice.
Last week, Rusev was removed from his Casket Match against the Undertaker and replaced by Chris Jericho who has not wrestled in WWE since last July. In an interview with Still Real To Us, Jericho said he found out about the change to the match around the same time it was announced by WWE and said sometimes he has to be ready for such changes in his career.
“I mean that’s kinda how it is when you work in WWE and the wrestling business. The entertainment is all…you learn to roll with the punches and sometimes things that are planned for six-months fall apart. Sometimes things that you never expect to happen with a week’s notice,” said Jericho.
The Casket Match will take place at the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia. The event will include seven championship matches, a Steel Cage match, and a 50-man Royal Rumble.
Fightful Wrestling will have live coverage and a recapping podcast after the Greatest Roya..

This is the Fight Size Update for the evening of April 16th.
– In the video above, Pro Wrestling Unlimited discusses some emerging details about why Nikki Bella and John Cena broke up.
– Fightful Select is currently offering dark match commentary from Sean Ross Sapp on a Vic Grimes and Crash Holly match.
– Mike Rome reveals the entire Smackdown roster is backstage at Raw ahead of the Superstar Shakeup in the following WWE.com exclusive.
– Mike Rome also interviewed Finn Balor about how the Superstar Shakeup can affect him.
– Xavier Woods held a live stream in a charitable effort for the Make-A-Wish foundation.
Tune in LIVE NOW on the #UUDD YouTube channel! #worldwishday @MakeAWish @XavierWoodsPhD @NatbyNature @SinCaraWWE pic.twitter.com/70466GQkBS
— UpUpDownDown (@UpUpDwnDwn) April 16, 2018
– WWE is heading to Norway for some Live Events in November.
-WWE uploaded this clip which previews the WWE Ride Along episode with New Day.
– On Thursday, Nigel McGuinness welcome..

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Raw post-show podcast:

– Raw GM Kurt Angle makes his way to the ring and he has a microphone in hand, Angle welcomes everybody to Monday Night Raw. Angle talks about the Superstar Shakeup before getting interrupted by Sunil Singh, Singh introduces WWE United States Champion Jinder Mahal as the newest member of the Raw roster. Mahal makes his way to the ring and he has a microphone in hand, Mahal congratulates Angle for bringing him to Raw. Mahal argues with Angle over his transportation to the arena, Mahal states that he is better than all the other Raw stars. Angle says that Mahal should prove that he is the best on Raw, Angle says that Mahal will defend the WWE United States Title against whomever wants to face him and Jeff Hardy answers the challenge.
WWE United States Title Match
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Rusev is apparently back in the match with the Undertaker
Last week, Rusev was announced as being in a Casket Match against the Undertaker at the Greatest Royal Rumble event on April 27th. He did an interview with TMZ Sports saying he would bury the Undertaker and said the Undertaker was past his prime unlike Rusev. Then WWE announced he was taken out of the match and replaced by Chris Jericho because Rusev's wife Lana did not want him in a match with that stipulation.
Today, Lana tweeted the following which was retweeted by WWE.
After much thought, I have notified @WWE officials that I have changed my mind. @RusevBUL will celebrate #RusevDay by burying The Undertaker in the sands of Saudi Arabi and will win the Casket Match at #WWEGRR ! #RusevCrush ! Have a Happy Rusev Day !
— CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 16, 2018
WWE then announced Rusev was back in the match with the Undertaker. The following is an excerpt from the press release at WWE.com.
In a stunning turn of e..

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