BREAKING: Huge News Coming Out Of Tonight’s Smackdown Live Taping (SPOILERS)

Due to Smackdown Live falling on Christmas Day next week, WWE has pre-recorded the holiday special one week earlier to give their Superstars some much-needed holiday time off.

During tonight’s 12/25 Smackdown Live television taping event, Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to become the brand new WWE United States Champion. This begins the “Bulgarian Brute’s” third reign with the title, but his first as a top babyface on the blue brand.

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