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Added 2023-03-17 15:58:27 +0000 UTC

- WWE's Wheel of Fortune week will be used to promote WrestleMania, and is scheduled for March 27-31. It was filmed in recent months.

- It was reported that WWE wasn't sending out international announce teams to WrestleMania in order to cut costs so they could do it remotely. However, we've been told that has been a common practice for years now.

- Fightful has interviews with Dominik Mysterio and Alex Hammerstone dropping early next week.

Smackdown tonight:

- Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre is confirmed. Sami Zayn is confronting Jey Uso, which is already announced.

- POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD:

- Xavier Woods is still scheduled for this week's tapings, despite his New Day teammates being injured

- Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens are to be in town tonight, as are some Raw talent

- There's set to be some WWE 2K23 integration into tonight's show.

- WWE brought in a lot of extras as security guards.

Other notes

- Starboy Charlie spoke to The Spotlight on Fightful. You can see notes below:

- Wears overalls in real life and decided to wear them in wrestling to incorporate mofe of his personality.
- Says he’s in a better place mentally and physically after his injury. The timing of the injury was tough because things were building for him. Didn’t mind returning in a scramble match off the injury, thought it was a great way to get back into things.
- Wrestling is his priority over school. Already graduated high school and is doing college for fun.
- Wants to take graphic design in college to help design his own merchandise.
- Was surreal to wrestle Matt Cardona. Cardona actually said something nice to him. “That’s a win for me.”
- Wants to wrestle on the GCW/DDT show during the College. Is taking Japanese in college.
- Would break couches in his house doing Jeff Hardy moves as a kid. “I think my parents put me in wrestling just so I didn’t break anymore couches.”
- Says things started to click for him against Blake Christian after the pandemic.
- Veterans have told him to “soak in the moment.”