Talking Smack: Cancelled

Last week WWE made the decision no longer to air WWE Talking Smack on Tuesday nights after WWE 205 Live, and the show will now air on a monthly basis following Smackdown brand PPV events on the WWE Network.

WWE issued a statement noting that while Talking Smack will no longer air on a weekly basis, WWE 205 Live will still air in its regular time slot of 10pm EST on Tuesday nights immediately following Smackdown Live.

Sports Illustrated then reported over the weekend that the decision to cancel Talking Smack as a weekly series was made by Vince McMahon himself, as he was unhappy with the unscripted nature of the show and felt “it did not serve the company’s best interests.” Sports Illustrated added that Vince McMahon plans eventually to drop the post-PPV Talking Smack shows.

For what it’s worth, WWE Talking Smack last week came in at #18 of the most watched shows on the WWE Network, and 205 Live did not make the top 20 shows. Furthermore, Talking Smack often times beat 205 Live in terms of ranking of WWE Network shows. The post-Money in the Bank edition of Talking Smack, for example, was the fourth most watched show on the WWE Network that week.

Of course Vince hates its unscripted nature. God forbid we give people some outlets to try new things and see if they work.

It's a shame really, especially for that reason. Without it we wouldn't have had that Miz promo which was one of the greatest promo's I've seen. Was truly epic.

I liked watching this. Can't blame Vince for not liking it, especially since he likes things to be scripted to hell. That whole incident on Raw recently where that guy said the N word quite audibly probably hasn't helped and made him realise why he scripts everything anyway and can't have people saying something he doesn't approve off. Disappointing though, as it was fun to watch.