WWE Rumor Roundup: Vince McMahon's backstage reaction to SmackDown, another travel issue for company, Superstars' decision on future Saudi Arabia shows, and more - 2nd November, 2019

#2 NXT Superstars on SmackDown needed police escort

NXT Superstars with Triple H

WWE's Superstars faced travel delays in Saudi Arabia. This then required NXT Superstars to be a part of the SmackDown show, but even they could have missed the show this week.

According to John Pollock of Post Wrestling, NXT's Superstars cut it close as they made it to the arena just before their segment, with their plane landing in Buffalo, New York just minutes before the show went on air. They needed a police escort to get to the arena on time.

Was told the NXT charter didn't land until 7:55 pm and they had a police escort to get them to the building. One person I spoke with added they could not have cut it any closer to get everyone in place for the third segment when Shayna Baszler made her appearance.

— John Pollock (@iamjohnpollock) November 2, 2019

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#3 SmackDown viewership figures

It seems that all the hardwork that was put in behind the scenes in WWE ahead of this week's SmackDown has worked. SmackDown's viewership for this week increased significantly from last week.

The show's viewership averaged out at 2.543 million viewers, which is a huge increase from the 888,000 viewership that they got last week, as per Showbuzz Daily (via WrestlingInc)

WWE will build towards Survivor Series, where all three brands will compete on the PPV, for the very first time.