Tonight's WWE SmackDown is taking place in Uncasville, CT. The show had opened with JBL, Tom Phillips and David Otunga as Mauro Ranallo missed the show for the second week in a row now. Tom noted that Mauro is out sick this week. Last week it was noted that he missed the show due to the winter weather in the Northeast part of the United States. 

There has been speculation on Mauro's status within the company lately after many people had questioned his excuse for missing last week's SmackDown show. Maruo is always on social media, so it is weird to not see him be as active as he once was.