The WWE is making some tough decisions about its future as the company works to cut costs in places that will affect the product the least. 

That's one of the reasons the promotion is cutting pyrotechnics out of their shows, and why the custom pay-per-view sets that once wowed fans have been sidelined. It's unfortunate, but ultimately it's business and both of those aspects don't affect the in-ring quality. 

The latest change in WWE programming will save even more production time and costs from the company, but is a tough pill to swallow. The WWE has made a major decision regarding the future of Talking Smack, and it's a big blow to one of the more interesting ways to develop talent and progress storylines. 

Talking Smack as a weekly show has been cancelled, reports Mike Johnson of PWInsider. The show has been on a downswing following the absence of Daniel Bryan, and it appears the WWE is ready to move on creating post-SmackDown Live! content. 

The plan is to move Talking Smack into a format similar to RAW Talk, featuring the blue brand talk show after pay-per-views exclusively. That's better than nothing, but definitely takes away a show that many fans gravitated toward. 

The decision to cancel Talking Smack could also have an affect on 205 Live's ratings. Talking Smack would air after the WWE's least-heralded show, causing many fans to stay tuned to the cruiserweights as they waited for the show. 

This means the final weekly episode of Talking Smack featured John Cena, which makes some sense. Having one of the biggest stars of all-time on the show one last time before it becomes something entirely different. 

It's an unfortunate turn of events as Talking Smack gave WWE talent a great platform to work on. It stood as the perfect place to further develop characters in ways that simply couldn't be done during actual shows, and now there's one less opportunity to feature wrestlers in that manner. 

Shane McMahon and Renee Young have been holding it down without Bryan, but the show which began last August hasn't been as effective without Daniel. It's unclear what other motivating factors there were for this decision, especially as the WWE has yet to make it official. 

Change isn't necessarily bad, but Talking Smack was an interesting way for fans to connect with talent and vice-versa. The WWE's explanation, and how the show may (or may not) change as a post pay-per-view event will be interesting to see.