WWE Smackdown coming to FOX after massive deal

[The Rainmaker]

TWO new camera angles? Wrestling is saved!

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Fox finna take completely over. They don’t even realize it but they low key sold half their company. Only difference is, when things go wrong they’ll still be blamed for it

The karma finally befalls Vince

 

[richaveli83]

Fox game break updates with Curt Menefee in the studio with the boys, letting us know what just happened ten minutes ago.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

The gonna start highlighting botches on replays and analyzing their effect on the match

 

[Norrin Radd]

WWE Reportedly Going Back To Split Rosters For RAW And SmackDown - Wrestling Inc.

The current plan is for WWE to go back to split rosters for RAW and SmackDown once the blue brand premieres on Fox on Friday, October 2, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

It was noted that there may be some minor crossover between the rosters, but the idea is that things won't be like they are right now.

The current brand split started in July of 2016, when SmackDown started airing live on Tuesday nights. The brand extension got muddled with the implementation of the Wild Card Rule in May, which was to add star power to combat declining ratings.

We've noted how WWE hired RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman and SmackDown Executive Director Eric Bischoff with the idea that the two brands would be completely separate. The idea is that there will be completely different storylines instead of storylines that play out over both shows like they do now.

While no roster changes are official as of now, it's believed that the current RAW and SmackDown rosters will remain the same, at least for the most part. The Observer noted that there may be a few minor roster changes right before things settle in, but it's believed that there won't be many roster moves and that the current rosters will be largely what RAW and SmackDown will have.

 

[TheAlbionist]

Proper brand split with contained storylines makes sense for Fox - why would they want to push their Friday night viewers somewhere else on Monday to see the next chapter of the story?

 

[AquaCityBoy]

This has been so confusing.

First Fox reportedly didn't want the brand split because they didn't think WWE had enough star power.

Then they wanted the brand split because they wanted their own stars separate from the ones on NBCU.

Then they didn't want the brand split because they wanted both Raw and Smackdown storylines on SD and their FS1 show, plus ratings were down and NBCU was pissed that they moved Roman to Smackdown.

Now they want the brand split again.

 

[Cheech&Chong]

This has been so confusing.

First Fox reportedly didn't want the brand split because they didn't think WWE had enough star power.

Then they wanted the brand split because they wanted their own stars separate from the ones on NBCU.

Then they didn't want the brand split because they wanted both Raw and Smackdown storylines on SD and their FS1 show, plus ratings were down and NBCU was pissed that they moved Roman to Smackdown.

Now they want the brand split again.

This is going you end badly and change the wwe forever i think

 

[Art Barr]

This is going you end badly and change the wwe forever i think

they do not even see.
they just tnn'd themselves again.



art barr

 

[Chris Cool]

Rey mysterio at the Vikings/raiders game. Announcer called him nacho libre.

 

[mr x]

How does kofi v brock play out?

 

[Sypress]

Rey mysterio at the Vikings/raiders game. Announcer called him nacho libre.

 

[NYChase718]

How does kofi v brock play out?

Below is the updated WWE TV schedule for Lesnar.

* September 30 (RAW - Phoenix, Arizona)
* October 4 (SmackDown - Los Angeles, California)
* October 11 (SmackDown - Las Vegas, Nevada)
* October 25 (SmackDown - Kansas City, Missouri)
* November 15 (SmackDown - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Advertised by the venue, Wells Fargo Center.

 

[Larry]

This has been so confusing.

First Fox reportedly didn't want the brand split because they didn't think WWE had enough star power.

Then they wanted the brand split because they wanted their own stars separate from the ones on NBCU.

Then they didn't want the brand split because they wanted both Raw and Smackdown storylines on SD and their FS1 show, plus ratings were down and NBCU was pissed that they moved Roman to Smackdown.

Now they want the brand split again.

Did you ever stop to think there’s a ton of misinformation and speculation out there?


Just because Dave Meltzer said it doesn’t mean it’s true


They told us we’d never see Lio Rush on WWE tv again, a literal week before we saw him on WWE tv.. again

 

[El Cocodrilo]

im all for the wwe being forced to honor the brand split... finally