16 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (May 14)

14. Tom Phillips Rewriting History

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Trusty Tom Phillips was called upon to rewrite some history and claim that Vince McMahon had decreed that "four superstars or teams" can jump freely between Raw and SmackDown ever week. That's simply not true.

McMahon actually said that three acts could become 'Wild Cards', and the fact WWE keep changing their minds on this is doing the idea no favours. It doesn't help that there were five SmackDown acts on Raw either. On that merry note...

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