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SMACKDOWN LEAKS ONLINE, CENA ON RETIRING, WWE MSG NOTE, WWE RECRUITERS IN HAWAII AND MORE

By Mike Johnson on 2026-06-26 10:38:00

There was internal unhappiness within WWE this week as apparently the entire episode of tonight's Smackdown leaked online in different places.  No idea how that happened but I could certainly see why that would upset people in the company.

Interesting to note that no talents beyond Danhausen have been mentioned on any promotional material for the 7/19 WWE Saturday Night's Main Event at Madison Square Garden locally in NYC.  Instead, it mentions the event is taking place the same weekend as Fanaticsfest, which is certainly a different way to promote returning to the company's longest running "home" venue.  On Location packages list Oba Femi, Tiffany Stratton and Joe Hendry for meet & greets, but that doesn't mean they will be performing on the event itself.

KHON TV in Hawaii featured a piece on WWE recruiters being present at The Hawaii Fit Expo.

John Cena told NPR that he had made the decision to leave the ring so that he was out before he was "too slow" to perform the way fans expected.

NXT's Hank and Tank discuss their WWE journey on Yahoo.com.

Barnes & Noble has signed copies of Nattie Neidhart's memoir back in stock at this link.

 

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