Top WWE news of the week- May 20, 2017

WLFabe: WWE news of the week- May 20, 2017

As another week concludes, we took at the top stories from the world of wrestling.

This week belonged to Randy Orton and his Twitter rants

Last week, we started this new series, that gives you a rundown of the top news and updates from the world of sports entertainment, through the week. This week, we bring you the second edition and boy, is it packed with updates you don’t want to miss out on.

WWE may not be creating waves when it comes to ratings, but the company and its superstars are creating news, every single day. So, here’s your weekly dose of news, insights, and must-follow information on SKFabe.

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#1- Randy Orton took a cheap shot at the indies

Randy Orton was in troll mode, all week long, on Twitter

WWE Champion Randy Orton retweeted a message from Rip Rogers that took a potshot at independent wrestling and thereby sent the sports entertainment world into a tizzy. It devolved into a war of words between Orton and Bubba Ray Dudley, two men who have a history of disliking one another, through their years of working together.

Orton called Dudley an ‘out of shape vet’, while the latter made fun of Randy Orton’s House of Horrors Match at Payback. Orton would continue to undermine independent wrestling by posting gifs of divers being RKO'ed by him in midair.

Almost everyone who is anyone in the sports entertainment world had a take on the matter at hand, either for or (mostly) against Orton.

#2- SmackDown Live scored this year's lowest ratings

The Jinder Mahal experiment does not seem to be working

The go-home episode of SmackDown Live saw Jinder Mahal pin crowd favourite AJ Styles, and WWE Champion Randy Orton take on Baron Corbin in the main event. Not surprisingly, the show was an absolute failure, with only 2175000 viewers, as compared to 2348000 viewers, the previous week (even though it was a taped show).

These are distressing signs for the blue brand, and will definitely cause the top brass to rethink their strategy with regard to creative direction, on SmackDown Live.

#3- Al Snow got arrested

Somebody really help him!

It was no big deal according to Al Snow, but he was taken into custody for 'failure to appear’ and released on a bond of $234. Apparently, the incident was the direct result of a parking ticket from two years ago, because of a broken light and expired insurance ID.

Well, we are glad that things did not come to a head. Okay, sorry about that joke, dearest readers.

#4- DIY split up at NXT Takeover: Chicago

Ciampa and Gargano may wrestle each other now, and that’s awesome

As far as best friends go, it doesn’t get better than Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. Well, until NXT Takeover: Chicago that is, when Ciampa turned on Gargano after what was a fantastic main event match.

This could be the catalyst for a feud between the two men, and that could really be awesome. If you haven't done so already, just check out their amazing match from the Cruiserweight Classic tournament.