– WWE has announced new SmackDown live events for Dublin, Ireland and Aberdeen, Scotland in early November as a part of the annual tour of Europe. AJ Styles, Randy Orton, Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and SmackDown Women’s Champion Naomi are advertised to appear.
– Triple H and Stephanie McMahon spoke at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, Colorado this past week. McMahon noted that the “Divas” name was once a good name for the WWE women’s division because it relates to “divas of soul” Aretha Franklin and Whitney Houston. She also brought up how push-back from social media led to the re-branding of the division.
She added that the female Superstar has become a focal point of WWE programming since the re-branding. Triple H chimed in by saying that the women’s TV segments are often the highest-rated segments across the board, almost on a weekly basis.
