Backstage SD! News, WWE Gets New TV Deal With FOX, More

Michael Hayes is reportedly feeling the pressure regarding writing Smackdown every week reports The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Although the show is doing record ratings for MyNetworkTV, they are far behind the numbers they were averaging last year on The CW Network.

The following is from a press release sent out by WWE earlier today: World Wrestling Entertainment? (WWE) and Fox Turkey have announced a new agreement to launch SmackDown? across the country on March 2. SmackDown's biggest WWE Superstars, including Undertaker?, Edge?, Triple H? and Vladimir Koslov?, are poised to captivate viewers across Turkey every Monday at 11pm with their unique brand of action entertainment.