By Jason Powell
-WWE Smackdown Live is in Charlotte, North Carolina at Spectrum Center tonight with the Survivor Series go-home show. Join me for live coverage as the show airs on USA Network at 7CT/8ET. Join Jake Barnett for live coverage as the show airs on USA Network at 7CT/8ET, and I will be by on Wednesday with my WWE Smackdown Hit List.
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-WWE’s 205 Live airs tonight on WWE Network at 9CT/10ET. John Moore’s review will be available on Wednesday morning.
-There are no dark matches advertised on the arena website for tonight’s Smackdown event.
Birthdays and Notables
-The late “Big Daddy” Shirley Crabtree was born on November 14, 1930. He died of a stroke at age 67 on December 2, 1997.
-WWE Performance Center head trainer Matt Bloom is 45. He worked as Tensai, Jason Albert, Prince Albert, Albert, A-Train, Giant Barnard, Baldo, and other names during his in-ring career.
-Kalisto (Emanuel Rodriguez) is 31.
-The late Nick Bockwinkel died on November 14, 2015 at age 80 from undisclosed causes.
If “Big Daddy” was born in 30, and died in 77, that would have made him 47, not 57. Our School Systems continue to fail us.
My fingers failed more than schools.
Now he died in 97?
Yes, it was a typo that was corrected.