-- PWInsider.com reports that The Rock's involvement at tonight's WWE Smackdown will indeed be to announce that WrestleMania 42 will be coming from the Superdome in New Orleans, LA next year. The report notes that there is expected to be some sort of a press conference that will take place immediately after Smackdown where it is expected that the Rock will be involved in as well. The presser will be streamed online. The report cautions that "there may be more to his appearance" than just the WrestleMania announcement but details on that are not known.
-- As reported before, with the Rock seemingly deciding only last night to appear on Smackdown, WWE was forced to pivot away from previously planned matches and segments. The WrestleVotes account reported this morning that both the women's match between Liv Morgan and Naomi as well as the six-man tag team match with Jacob Fatu, Solo Sikoa & Tama Tonga vs. Cody Rhodes, Braun Strowman & Damian Priest are either off the show or in danger of being squeezed off. WWE has deleted the video that they put out earlier this week with GM Nick Aldis announcing these matches.
