20 Things You Probably Missed From WWE SmackDown (April 30)

4. “SmackDown Universal Championship”

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WWE ran several overlay graphics during the main event (whenever they returned from ad breaks), and one of them claimed the Universal Title is actually called the "SmackDown Universal Championship". That's a new thing.

Since when has branding been part of the Universal belt's name?

They didn't call it the Raw Universal Championship when the thing was tied to Monday nights, and they've never really referenced a jump to SmackDown beyond switching the colouring from red to blue. Keep an eye on this one, folks.

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