WWE SmackDown may be just a few months away from becoming a three-hour show.
On Thursday, WrestleVotes Radio reported that SmackDown will move to three hours on USA Network starting with its Friday, January 3, 2025 episode. Dave Meltzer followed up on that report in the new issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, writing that those in WWE have said they’re open to discussions about the runtime of both Raw and SmackDown but nothing is final yet.
“WrestleVotes reported that starting in January, when Raw moves to Netflix, that SmackDown will become a three-hour show,” Meltzer wrote. “Those at WWE only have said that the run time of both Raw and SmackDown starting in January are both open to discussions and nothing is final.”
USA Network will be the home of both Raw and SmackDown through the end of 2024. Raw was originally slated to leave the channel in October, but WWE and USA Network reached an agreement to keep the show on USA until its Netflix deal begins. However, Raw will be moving back to two hours from October 7 through December 30.
Raw moves to Netflix starting with its January 6 episode. Without the constraints of regular television, it’s possible that Raw will be more flexible with its runtime on Netflix.
WWE and USA Network’s new five-year deal for SmackDown began last Friday. The show had aired on Fox since 2019.
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