A brand new multi-year partnership will see the WWE SmackDown return to USA Community on Sept 13. The present was initially slated to maneuver again to USA in October, however the date has been bumped up.
WWE, a part of the newly created TKO Group, and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year home media rights deal that can convey Friday Evening SmackDown to USA Community, exiting its present residence on Fox.
WWE will even produce 4 specials a yr for NBC primetime.
WWE‘s Monday Evening Uncooked franchise will keep on USA Community by way of the tip of 2024 below an prolonged rights settlement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.
TKO Group Holdings, which owns WWE, introduced the mini-extension Wednesday together with its first-quarter outcomes. NBCU paid $25 million for the extra months of rights, in accordance with TKO.
The milestone Netflix deal, introduced earlier this yr, is slated to start out in January 2025. however the prior Uncooked settlement went solely by way of September of this yr. There had been questions lingering amongst Wall Streeters, viewers, and followers about who would air these intervening months of motion for the 52-week-a-year leisure draw.