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Michael Cole missed Smackdown last week as he was on a scheduled vacation.
With Drew McIntyre doing a lot of media to promote the company, it's pretty obvious WWE will be ramping him back into storylines fairly soon. Don't be shocked to see him back sometime in the next few weeks.
A big part of the reason Necro Butcher was signed to a WWE Legends deal was to pave the way for his inclusion in future WWE video games, PWInsider is told by a WWE source. We are told that after New Jack's inclusion in WWE 2K26 received such a big response from fans, WWE President Nick Khan pushed for Necro, given his hardcore reputation, for the next iteration of the game. There are no plans for Butcher to wrestle for the company.
Bret Hart's Hitman's Bar in Calgary is currently running a content to win a dinner with the WWE Hall of Famer. You can enter at this link.
WWE's first Microdrama in conjunction with Reelshort will be released on 10/23 with Michael Hayes, Drew McIntyre, Jacob Fatu, Nikkita Lyons, Joe Hendry, Ethan Page and more appearing:
Bayley made a surprise appearance for Big Time Wrestling in California over the weekend:
I thought I was hallucinating. Won the BTW championship and played air guitar with Bayley!#newchamp @btwbayarea https://t.co/lzcAv7Fl2c
— starboy charlie ‧₊˚✩彡 (@starb0ycharlie) October 19, 2026
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