SmackDown Live Moves to the FOX Network

After WWE recently signed a lucrative new deal for RAW to remain on the USA Network, Smackdown Live became a free agent. Multiple sources are reporting FOX has signed a deal to bring Smackdown Live to their main broadcast network beginning in October 2019, as opposed to the rumored Fox Sports 1 (FS1). Smackdown Live would likely air on Friday evenings. Per The Hollywood Reporter the deal is for $205 million a year and the contract is for five years, totaling over one billion dollars. More on this story as it develops.