Smackdown May Leave Fridays After WWE UFC Merge Deal Is Finalized

WWE has a lot of big decisions to make as television rights deals are in full swing.

The end result of all of this could also lead to fans changing their TV viewing schedules and which channels or platforms they need to access to watch SmackDown.

We previously reported that WWE was expected to reach another deal with USA Network.

SmackDown is a little more complicated because there are two favorites in this situation.

Disney and Amazon may also have different ways of using the blue brand. Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE didn’t even stuck Fridays to SmackDown.

“They’re not married to Friday.

They’re on Friday because FOX wanted them on Friday.

If you remember, they were on Tuesday for a long time.

They’d been on Thursday, they’d been on, basically on the night that the network that owns the rights wants them to be on.

So perhaps there’s another night that ABC would want them, or perhaps they want them to boost FOX,

which they will boost greatly because it’s the number one show on a weekly basis when it comes to cable, on a year-round basis, 52 weeks a year.

I mean, it’s not always number one. I mean,
obviously, football is always going to beat it.

Big sports events will always beat it. But it’s a steady performer. It’ll be a steady performer week in and week out.”

After all, WWE already airs the blue brand several days a week.

WWE is facing a major change for the company as it completes its merger with UFC on September 12, which is today.

Only time will tell how this will change things in every way, as there is a lot Endeavor can do to reshape the company according to the wishes of the new board.