WWE SmackDown: 3 obscure but important details you missed this week (8th November 2019)

Friday Night SmackDown made its usual autumn trip to the United Kingdom this week and presented another stacked episode of the show live from Manchester. It was a shock that was pointed straight at Survivor Series and included a new match announcement as well as new Champions crowned.

The fact that The New Day, which consisted of Big E and Kofi Kingston whilst Xavier Woods recovered from injury, are now SmackDown Tag Team Champions means that the match at Survivor Series will now see the seven-time Champions take on The Viking Raiders and The Undisputed Era instead of The Revival.

Carmella and Dana Brooke also became the first women to qualify for what will be a blockbuster five vs five vs five Women's Survivor Series elimination match also pitting Raw versus SmackDown versus NXT.

It was another stacked episode of the show but here are some subtle details you might have missed throughout.

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#3 WWE didn't bring the SmackDown stage to the United Kingdom

WWE didn't bring their new stage to the United Kingdom

WWE made a big deal about the fact that both Raw and SmackDown would have new looks when SmackDown moved over to FOX and Raw celebrated its season premiere at the beginning of last month, but it appears these new stages are not on the list to make the trip to the UK with the WWE stars.

Last night's stage was WWE's standard one that allowed the company to record an episode of SmackDown followed by an episode of Raw in the same building, which might be why a generic stage was chosen.

It's entirely feasible that WWE could have switched the stages in the middle of the tapings if they really wanted to, but it makes more sense to stick with a generic set for these two tapings and hope that the WWE Universe doesn't notice.

#2 The crowd was heavily edited

It was obvious that the crowd was heavily edited last night on SmackDown

Gone are the days of SmackDown being recorded on a Tuesday night and then airing a few days later on a Thursday or Friday, which means that much of the time the WWE Universe is seeing the crowd's reaction to the show live.

Last night the show was pre-recorded because the United Kingdom has a five-hour time difference from the United States. This gave the company enough time to edit out any glaring errors, re-tape any segments and of course edit crowd reactions if they didn't fit in with the story the company was trying to tell.

This was perhaps the most apparent when King Corbin was cutting his promo at the top of the show, the King is seen as a heel right now and is going up against Roman Reigns for the foreseeable future, but the crowd in Manchester didn't seem to hate him all that much.

The boos sounded somewhat mechanical for Corbin throughout the promo, which means that maybe a face turn for The Lone Wolf could work in the future if the United Kingdom has already accepted him.

#1 Sasha Banks has a new theme

Sasha Banks debuted a new theme last night on SmackDown

Sasha Banks has a new look, a new attitude and now she has a new theme to go with it. The Boss, who is now referred to as The Blueprint, showed off the new remixed version of her theme last night when she took on Nikki Cross as part of SmackDown's show in Manchester.

Banks was able to make Cross tap in the same city that she made her main roster debut in last year, at the end of what was an interesting match, with Bayley on commentary.

Banks once had one of the most popular themes in the company, much like Bayley a few weeks ago, but the former Women's Tag Team Champions have unleashed a new attitude since they have been moved over to SmackDown and new themes look like were the final piece in the puzzle.

Banks' new theme is similar to the one that Snoop Dog rapped the star to the ring, back at WrestleMania 32 and definitely includes The Boss' cousin's talents. This is the perfect theme for Banks to push forward as a heel and allows her to change up her entrance a little in the process.