A WWE merger with UFC was always going to have interesting repercussions.
Could one of those be moving SmackDown off of Friday nights?
According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Ortman), WWE is open to moving SmackDown if a new rights deal requires it.
This one is a big “sell” though. SmackDown moved to Friday nights in 2005 and has been an institution ever since. A new company might swoop in and do a rights deal for the show, sure, but it’s hard to envision any of them balking at a guaranteed, steady weekly ratings hit in such a drab spot—every week, without fail, for the duration of the contract.
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