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Over the past few weeks, there has been an obvious glitch on Friday Night SmackDown which has left many fans wondering what the issue is with the production team. Whilst they have been known to botch sometimes, it appears that this isn't a botch at all, instead, it's a current or debuting superstar who has access to the production on the show.
Over the past few weeks, there have been some interesting theories regarding the glitch, from it looking like a clock and that it could be MVP who once had a clock in his titantron, to Mustafa Ali who has very similar lights in his entrance attire.
WWE continues to push this glitch on a weekly basis with it happening again during the Women's match last week, so who could be behind it? Could it be a returning superstar ready to pounce with a new gimmick? Here are a few stars who could be behind the interesting glitch on SmackDown on FOX.
#5. Lars Sullivan
Lars Sullivan has been missing from WWE TV for a number of months now after suffering a knee injury back in the summer of 2019. Updates surrounding The Freak stated that he could be looking to make his return around June 2020 but if he's ahead of schedule then he could easily make his debut in the coming weeks.
Plans surrounding Sullivan have changed a number of times in recent years and it could be that WWE has run out of ways to put over the former NXT star and this is the new way of him grabbing the audience's attention and finally showing what he is capable in the ring.
There have been no other links to Sullivan, but WWE has become very good at swerving the WWE Universe and this would be the perfect way to do so.
#4. Killer Kross
Killer Kross was a big signing for WWE a few short months ago and these glitches have only made their way onto SmackDown since his signing was officially announced, which could be why many fans are quick to blame them on the former Impact Wrestling star.
Killer Kross had a very different persona in Impact Wrestling which is why many fans are in two minds as to whether or not this is Kross since there were some teases played on NXT this past week that could have been linked to Kross as well. That being said, it has been noted by several sources including The Wrestling Observer that WWE intends to send Kross straight to the main roster, which means that it can't be a tease for him on NXT, can it?
"There are lots of rumors on who could be behind the glitches, with fans speculating on everyone from Killer Kross to Mustafa Ali to WWE Universal Champion ‘The Fiend’ Bray Wyatt..."
Dave Meltzer noted on the Sunday Night's Main Event podcast that there could be something to the Kross speculation as when WWE signed Kross, word was that he was signed for "something big" and not your typical journey through WWE NXT to the main roster, but apparently a significant program on the main roster,” via WrestlingInc.
#3. Jeff Hardy
It's already been announced by WWE that Jeff Hardy will be making his return to the SmackDown brand on Friday night, but that doesn't eliminate him from being a potential suspect.
Hardy has always been someone who enjoys pyrotechnics and as a star who has been part of WWE for a number of years, he would definitely know how to infiltrate the production truck. Hardy's brother Matt has recently left WWE and could be looking to join AEW in the coming weeks, which means that Hardy will be in WWE without his brother for the first time in his career.
Could Hardy be set to debut a new character upon his return? Hardy's brother Matt interestingly Tweeted earlier in the week calling him Brother Nero, which could be a hint that Hardy has decided to bring his former Impact character over to WWE as well.
Could Brother Nero be the one who's managed in take over SmackDown over the past few weeks and could he be set to bring other members of the family with him?
#2. The Fiend Bray Wyatt
The Fiend has been seen on SmackDown since the glitches started and is set to face John Cena at WrestleMania, but the former Universal Champion has to be slightly annoyed about the fact that Goldberg took his Championship back at Super ShowDown.
Fans have seen the fact that The Fiend has been able to take over SmackDown in the past since he flipped all of the graphics one week and forced the WWE Universe and the commentary team to look at them upside down.
Either The Fiend has a message that he needs to send heading into WrestleMania or indeed just afterwards, or there is more than one Fiend, something that many fans have questioned since The Fiend came onto the scene.
Will this be the female Fiend finally making her debut in WWE or could this be another addition to Wyatt's wacky Fun House? Either way, given the tricks that Wyatt has, proves he has up his sleeve throughout the past year, it's hard to completely overlook the fact that he could be behind it.
#1. Mustafa Ali
Mustafa Ali is currently suspect number one, he was part of a number of vignettes a few months ago where he was looking to change his character but he returned to WWE without a change.
In recent months, Ali has been an obvious absentee from the SmackDown brand and when the videos originally started to play many fans realized that it looked like there was a glove behind the light, which matched the ones that Ali wears as part of his entrance.
The light has become more visible in recent weeks and it's the same light circle that Ali has on his attire when he makes his way to the ring.
Ali is one of WWE's most underrated stars and famously was the man who's injury allowed Kofi Kingston to become WWE Champion. Could it finally be the 33-year-old's time in the spotlight? What does this glitch mean for Ali moving forward? Is he looking to debut a new character when he makes his return to the main roster, we will now have to wait and find out.
The fact that Ali's entire slogan is currently "Chase the light" means that it's obviously the former 205 Live star.
