Another Network Interested In WWE SmackDown TV Rights?

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An update has emerged on a potential new home for Friday Night SmackDown, amid TV rights talks, following the sale of WWE.

SmackDown currently airs every Friday on FOX. Monday Night Raw, on the other hand, airs on the USA Network, which is owned by NBCUniversal.

Per Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, it has been indicated that NBC is interested in acquiring TV rights for SmackDown.

Stating that there hadn’t been any official negotiations at the time of recording, Meltzer said:

“I know that there was talk of NBC getting SmackDown.

“There’s been no official negotiations but I have absolutely heard the idea of NBC being interested as far as the idea of getting everything and putting SmackDown on the network. That does make sense.

“Will they do it? I don’t know. They have their own Friday night stuff that’s been around for years and years, we’ll see.

“That wouldn’t surprise me if NBC takes everything and puts SmackDown on.”

NBC also notably owns the Peacock streaming service, which is the home of the WWE Network in the US.

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Transcription via WrestlingNews.co. 

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