Sherri Shepherd to be in MVP corner for Smackdown

WWE has officially announced that "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd will appear in the corner of U.S. champion MVP for the May 1 airing of "WWE Friday Night Smackdown." The event will be taped Tuesday, April 28 at Madison Square Garden in New York, allowing easy access for the New York-based television personality.

Shepherd's involvement with MVP is clearly designed as an effort by World Wrestling Entertainment to widen the appeal of its product to female fans. "The View" is one of the higher rated daytime programs among women. I'm not really sure how this benefits Shepherd or "The View" though as WWE fandom generally holds that program in low regard.

Of course, this tie-in also tears yet another hole into the draft barriers that supposedly separate WWE superstars considering MVP was just drafted to Raw. Whether for ease of location or a desire to pretape the celebrity segment in case it blows up, an exception is being made in this case.

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