Disappointing News About Throwback SmackDown Tonight

WWE announced that a Throwback episode of SmackDown is going down tonight. Not much is known about what that will entail, but we do know that one expected element will not be part of the show.

Ringside News exclusively reported eariler this week that staff was 100% in the dark about what the Throwback SmackDown means. They were told that details will be coming.

It was later reported that WWE arranged this Throwback SmackDown as part of synergy with NASCAR on Fox. That has been independently confirmed by Ringside News.

According to Fightful Select, the legendary SmackDown fist is not making a return tonight. As of noon today they have not set it up in the ThunderDome.

WWE still has the SmackDown Fist. It is in their huge warehouse. Apparently, they are keeping it right there. If the SmackDown Fist was making a return tonight then they would have already started setting it up.