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Hamfleet, over to you for the proud thouts

ahead of tonight's Friday night Smackdown.

Yeah.

Thank you. Yes.

Yes. Do not adjust your TV set. He's a little bit when people would say that. We're not going to reveal quite why yet, because this could be a really funny story. Basically this morning, we all got into work and Sid was like, whoa, whoa, it's the last three-hour Smackdown with this main event. I need to do the preview. No, that's not what happened. Wilborn, step back.

I'm doing it. Your wild horses couldn't stop me now. There may be a funny story, which will let you in on why Wilborn isn't on this, and modern the news. More on that, potentially on Monday. Send your best wishes to him in the meantime. We'll see how that goes. But yes, it's a pretty historic one, potentially.

The last three hours Smackdown for But yes, it's a pretty historic one, potentially. The last three

hour smack down for a while, there's this weird leap now where it, you know, goes between

two and three. But a big one, an eventful one. Cody Rhodes versus Gunther for the WWE title,

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