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WWE Announces Big News After Renee Young’s Departure

Published 08/22/2020, 12:28 AM EDT

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WWE is reportedly bringing back Talking Smack and fans just cannot keep calm anymore!

As per the news, the company is planning to bring back the infamous series that ran for 50 episodes with almost 9 post episodes running on Pay-Per-View. The first time when fans witnessed Talking Smack was during August 2016. Unfortunately, the show was pulled off during July 2017.

Talking Smack introduced the fans to a different side of their favorite WWE Superstars. Some of the greatest Superstars have appeared for the show and entertained us alongside Renee Young.

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Even though there were reports of WWE bringing the show back for the audience, there was no confirmation about the date until now.

Who is hosting WWE Talking Smack?

The hosts for Talking Smack used to be Renee Young and her series of co-hosts. Undoubtedly, the most notable co-host among them was Daniel Bryan. The other co-hosts Renee Young had while hosting Talking Smack were Shane McMahon, The Miz, and WWE Hall of Famer JBL.

Renee Young made the show quite famous. Now that Renee Young is leaving WWE, this seems like WWE’s way of giving a tribute to her.

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Even though there was speculation about who the new host or the hosts will be, the company has decided to replace Renee Young with Kayla Braxton and Xavier Woods.

This combination of hosts might exactly be what WWE needs to revive the original hype of the show.

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Coming to the show airing, the word is that Talking Smack will be available to stream on the Free Version of WWE Network at anytime. However, it will probably not air until SmackDown has aired in all markets.

The return episode for the show is likely to be filmed following the SummerSlam go-home edition of SmackDown.

Whether Talking Smack can make the expected comeback or not, only time will tell!

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Shuvangi is a senior WWE and AEW author at EssentiallySports. She has over 1000 published WWE articles and also has experience in content operations with Forbes. Having completed her undergraduation from Royal Holloway, University of London, Shuvangi is closely aligned to the fitness industry, having amateur skills levels in tennis and basketball while rowing at a regatta level.
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