— While not much is known about tonight’s WWE Friday Night Smackdown, multiple sources have noted that the show has been restructured and will have several key tribute elements to Bray Wyatt and Terry Funk, both of whom passed away earlier this week. WWE’s long-term creative director Rob Fee, who worked closely with Wyatt on the storyline that brought Bray back to WWE, tweeted that it will be a special show.
— Meanwhile Better Wrestling Experience echoed sentiments about the show by suggesting that it will be heavy presence of tributes scattered through Smackdown in the form of both matches and interviews. They also report that Bray Wyatt’s “lantern” will be forever shut off tonight, which if true, promises to be an emotional scene.
— PWInsider.com is reporting that Cody Rhodes will be at tonight’s WWE Friday Night Smackdown.
— Also present for Smackdown tonight is Braun Strowman, who has been out of action recovering from neck surgery. The report notes that while he is there, it doesn’t guarantee that he would be appearing on camera but his presence would almost surely be related to the recent death of Windham Rotunda, aka Bray Wyatt.