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Published 22:29 IST, March 17th 2020

WWE stars stop wrestling during commercial breaks in unusual leaked footage; watch video

WWE stars stopped wrestling while still in the ring during commercial breaks in bizarre leaked footage. See how WWE SmackDown was held behind closed doors.

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WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown were forced to be held behind closed doors this week due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Wrestling superstars took to the ring as usual but the situation seemed different without the audience in the stadium. A snippet of leaked footage actually revealed wrestlers taking breaks in between advertisement segments in a WWE Smackdown event.

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Bizarre leaked footage shows female stars stop wrestling during a commercial break on SmackDown

WWE Smackdown were forced to move their Friday night event in Detroit to an unnamed location. However, leaked footage from that day shows female WWE stars actually stopped wrestling during a commercial break. In the video posted by wrestling writer Sean Ross Sapp on Twitter, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross can be seen awkwardly walking around the ring without engaging in any confrontation at all.

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22:29 IST, March 17th 2020