WWE Has No Plans To Reshape Taping Schedule For SmackDown To Go Head-To-Head Live With AEW New Year’s Smash
WWE intends to keep its plans as is.
During the latest episode of WrestleVotes on Fightful Select, the New Year’s Day episodes of WWE Friday Night SmackDown and AEW Dynamite: New Year’s Smash were discussed.
SmackDown will be a taped show, and according to sources, WWE has no plans to reshape its schedule to present a live show so they can go head-to-head with the live AEW event.
“WWE has no plans to reshape its taping schedule for SmackDown to go head-to-head live with AEW New Year’s Smash on January 1, sources indicated to @WrestleVotes Radio on @FightfulSelect
More details are now available for Select subscribers.”
WWE has no plans to reshape its taping schedule for SmackDown to go head-to-head live with AEW New Year’s Smash on January 1, sources indicated to @WrestleVotes Radio on @FightfulSelect
More details are now available for Select subscribers. https://t.co/2qolgyRKJz
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