The Big Boss Said So. Why Were Andrade And Zelina Vega Moved Back To SmackDown Live So Soon?

You do as the boss tells you. With WrestleMania and the Superstar Shakeup now over, it’s time to get on to other things. That includes the fallout from the big events, which means we’re starting to see how the new rosters look. It turns out that some of the changes from last week have been changed back, and now we know that there were some higher forces at work.

According to PWInsider by way of 411mania.com, the FOX Network wanted Zelina Vega and Andrade on the SmackDown Live roster before the show moves over to FOX in October. FOX is wanting to focus on Latino stars as they want to be able to promote SmackDown Live on FOX Deportes, the Spanish language channel. The move also included Vega’s husband Aleister Black moving as well.

The men certainly know each other. Check out one of their many matches together:

Aleister Black vs. Andrade: SmackDown LIVE, Feb. 19, 2019

Opinion: It makes sense and with the amount of money that FOX is throwing at WWE, they’re going to do whatever FOX wants them to do. Moving Andrade and Vega back to SmackDown Live doesn’t hurt anything in the grand scheme of things so send them over and make FOX happy. That’s going to be the case for a long time now and really, can you blame WWE for trying?

Which of these stars will make the biggest impact? Who else will move to SmackDown Live? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2000 Monday Nitro and Thunder Reviews Part 1.

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