Top SmackDown Rumors: Heyman to turn on Reigns? 5-time WWE Champion to return, reason for big-name 'missing'(May 9)

#2 Reason for Aleister Black's absence on SmackDown

For the last few weeks on SmackDown, Aleister Black's interesting vignettes have been airing. However, to the surprise of many fans, Black was left out of the throwback edition of SmackDown this week. Many speculated that WWE has already dropped plans for Black's new character.

However, PWInsder noted that Black was set to appear on SmackDown this week and the reason his promo was nixed was because some segments went longer than planned.

According to PWInsider, WWE initially expected the latest video package involving Black to air last night. However, it was pulled at the last minute due to a few of SmackDown's early segments running long.

Aleister Black has been showing a newer version of his persona of late and fans are intrigued by what WWE has planned for this SmackDown superstar.

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#1 Reason for Roman Reigns new theme music on SmackDown

The Tribal Chief has finally moved on from the iconic music of The Shield and gotten a theme song of his own. Speaking to Complex, Paul Heyman revealed that the main reason for Reigns changing his theme song was to completely move away from The Shield.

"It was the final step away from The Shield. That’s what it was," Heyman stated.

Reigns' special counsel, Paul Heyman, said that he is Reigns' special counsel even behind the scenes and they had discussed a lot about how to evolve Reigns' Tribal Chief character on SmackDown.

''Behind the scenes, I’m Special Counsel to the Tribal Chief. And one of the many things that we were both desirous of, A. Change the mannerisms. B. Change the presentation. C. Change the hairstyle. D. Change the look,'' said Heyman