Kemo
12-01-2015, 07:06 AM
Vince McMahon recently publicly commented on SmackDown moving cable homes to the USA Network on January 7th. In an article on WWE.com, the WWE Chairman and CEO had this to say about the show’s switch to USA Network:
“WWE is proud to have SmackDown join Raw as part of our expanded partnership with USA Network,” McMahon said. “The combination of the No. 1 cable network and two ratings juggernauts provides a destination for our viewers and an extraordinary platform for our partners.”
WWE is looking to stack the USA Network premiere of SmackDown with big names, and has already booked John Cena for tapings in Laredo, TX. So far, the lineup for the 1/5 taping in Laredo also features Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and Luke Harper.
There has been talk that SmackDown may move to Tuesdays and air live at some point.
“WWE is proud to have SmackDown join Raw as part of our expanded partnership with USA Network,” McMahon said. “The combination of the No. 1 cable network and two ratings juggernauts provides a destination for our viewers and an extraordinary platform for our partners.”
WWE is looking to stack the USA Network premiere of SmackDown with big names, and has already booked John Cena for tapings in Laredo, TX. So far, the lineup for the 1/5 taping in Laredo also features Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Sheamus, Bray Wyatt, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Owens, Dolph Ziggler, and Luke Harper.
There has been talk that SmackDown may move to Tuesdays and air live at some point.