A stipulation has been added to a major tag team match on the September 20 episode of WWE SmackDown. On the September 13 episode of WWE SmackDown, Bayley confronted WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax. Tiffany Stratton and Naomi got involved as well,

Promoting an appearance by local guy Randy Orton didn’t entice enough fans to keep the Oct. 8 episode at the NHL/NBA-sized arena it was initially booked for.

Dave Meltzer of the "Wrestling Observer Newsletter" broke down the financials of "SmackDown"'s expansion, claiming that although USA pays WWE less per hour for "Smackdown" than FOX did ($96.3 million vs.

In addition to those stipulations, WWE has now announced that Bayley & Naomi vs. Jax & Stratton will be a tornado tag match. SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis explained that, with this stipulation, the match is more fair because neither Bayley nor Naomi can refuse to tag out or refuse to tag in.

It looks like WWE SmackDown will be getting a third hour in the near future. WWE SmackDown has been a two-hour show since its inception. That looks to change, according to a new report from WrestleVotes on WrestleVotes Radio.

WWE is reportedly making a significant change to SmackDown after RAW leaves the USA Network. Recently, FOX has ended its partnership with WWE, where it served as SmackDown’s broadcast partner since 2019.

Some massive changes are upon WWE programming starting this fall with all the weekly shows of the company changing their current residencies on cable platforms. WWE SmackDown has already witnessed a move and it’s reportedly being extended.

Backstage news reveal that SmackDown will have a big change in the show time format, following WWE Raw's switch to Netflix.

Raw is moving to Netflix in 2025, marking a major shift from television to streaming. SmackDown will stay on TV but may extend its runtime by an hour starting January 2025. NXT will transition to the CW network this October.