WWE: Backlash and PPV Lengths, SmackDown Live Preview

WWE
May 1, 2018

SmackDown Preview

Here’s what’s been announced for tonight’s SmackDown Live:

– Asuka, Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair vs. Carmella, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce

– Miz TV with Jeff Hardy

Backlash Length

WWE Backlash is scheduled to be three hours, from 8-11 PM ET, but will also have a one hour kickoff show at 7 PM ET.

WWE’s non-major co-branded PPVs will seemingly still be three hours long. The “big four” PPVs will of course be longer, and Money in the Bank is also expected to be longer, since it’ll also be treated as a “major” PPV going forward.

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