ESPN is reporting that an agreement has been made in principle for Fox to be the new home of Smackdown Live. The report notes that Fox came to WWE with a “massive” offer.

The deal begins in October 2019 and there are no further details available right now on specific terms and WWE has declined to comment on the story.

Last week, The Hollywood Reporter reported that NBCUniversal would be keeping Monday Night Raw for almost 3-times the current amount but they would let Smackdown Live go because they could not afford to keep both shows.

Smackdown Live has been WWE’s “B” show since the show launched on the UPN Network on 1999. When the show moves to Fox next year, it could end up reaching a larger audience than Raw every week and could mean that more emphasis will be put on the show since it would air on a major broadcast network.











