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BRAND SPLIT, KANE BOOK RELEASED TODAY, TOP MATCHES FOR WWE SMACKDOWN IN BROOKLYN, CM PUNK AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2019-11-26 09:15:00

For those who wrote and asked why there were no Smackdown or NXT talents on Raw last night, we are told the brand split is back on and there will be no crossovers going forward.

CM Punk is not slated for this week's WWE Backstage on FS1.

Advertised locally for the 12/20 Friday Night Smackdown taping in Brooklyn, NY is WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Daniel Bryan and WWE Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Braun Strowman.

WWE will return to Chicago's Allstate Arena on Friday 3/27/20 for a live Friday Night Smackdown broadcast.

The 1/17/20 and 1/18/20 NXT UK tapings in York at York Barbican officially go on sale today.

Mayor Kane: My Life in Wrestling and Liberty by Glenn Jacobs was officially released today.  Promotional material for that book notes, "In an era where political outsiders are successfully challenging the establishment, WWE superstar Glenn "Kane" Jacobs won the election to become mayor of Knox County, Tennessee.  Even in his heyday in wrestling, Jacobs was inspired to pursue politics by popular libertarian figures such as former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, Republican Senator Rand Paul, Fox News' Judge Andrew Napolitano and others, and that led him to fulfill his own political ambitions.  Before becoming Mayor Kane, Glenn "Kane" Jacobs was one of WWE's top Superstars for over two decades and traveled the globe with the likes of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John Cena, Ric Flair, and many others. He dominated the WWE with The Undertaker as the "Brothers of Destruction." Kane reinvented himself with the help of Daniel Bryan forming "Team Hell No." He set "Good ol' JR," Jim Ross on fire.  The wrestler-turned-politician hasn't hung up his wrestling boots yet. Politics is a contact sport and Jacobs is using his wrestling skills in that arena. Jacobs supports President Trump and his agenda, and is implementing conservative policies in Tennessee."

Kane is signing today at Bookends in Ridgewood, NJ.

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