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Based on the WWE ’s web site , USA connection will be endure WWE SmackDown for three minute on Friday night beginning on January 3rd .
With all the attentionover the preceding few weeks onWWE Raw ’s move to Netflix begin on January 6th , another programming change was quietly corroborate . When the new year rolls around , USA internet may not haveWWE Raw , but it will haveWWE SmackDown — andthe net is officially confirmed to be extend three hours with it when January 3rd hits .
Here ’s a look at a screencap of what was listedon the WWE ’s website , mark thatSmackDownwould go to three hours beginning with the January 3rd show from Phoenix , Arizona :
Taking part the panel discussion held earlier this month at Netflix ’s HQ in Los Angeles to discuss the move to Netflix in January 2025 were Netflix ’s Chief Content OfficerBela Bajaria ; VP of Nonfiction Series and SportsBrandon Riegg ; WWE PresidentNick Khan , and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul " Triple H " Levesque ( withMichael Colemoderating ) . The long - term deal sees Netflix streaming " in the altogether " in the U.S. , Canada , U.K. , and Latin America and the right field to stream WWE specials and shows ( WrestleMania , Summer Slam , SmackDown , and others ) outside of the United States . Here are some of the highlights :
" WWE Raw " Remaining " kinsfolk - Friendly , Multi - Generational , Advertiser - Friendly Programming – Khan : " We ’re not exchange the evaluation of our programing . So there ’s some on-line chattering about , ' Oh , it ’s going to be gas constant - rated , or for us old folk music , X - betray . ' That ’s unquestionably not happening . It ’s family - friendly , multi - generational , advertiser - friendly programing . It ’s going to remain that way . I would seem for more spherical style , particularly as the relationship continues to develop . Countries outside of the United States are as important to us as the United States is . So we have sure targeted countries that are priority for Netflix . They ’re priorities for us . You ’re conk to see more of that . I think that ’s the way you ’ll see a bit of a difference . "
Bajaria on " WWE Raw " Not stand From " Tyson / Paul " Problems : " Whenever we do alive upshot , we want it to go smoothly for every single one of our members . That ’s really important — also , to put it in perspective , it was 65 million concurrent streams , right ? It was a very successful night . A lot of people [ watched ] , the scale was very big , which is neat . There ’s a lot of interest in it . We ask a braggart phone number , for certain . It was a big number . But again , you do n’t know , and you ca n’t learn these things until you do them , so you take a big lilt . Our teams and our engineers are awing , run super promptly , and stabilized it , and many of the members had it back up and go pretty chop-chop . But we learn from those things . And we ’ve all obviously done a lot of stuff to learn and get ready for the NFL and Beyonce at halftime and so we ’re completely ready and excited for WWE . "
Khan on Netflix Becoming Streaming Home Post - Peacock in 2026 : " Peacock is our incumbent married person , and we ’re always going to respect our incumbent ’s right field in the relationship we have there . So we ’ll have those conversation with them in 2025 , and we ’ll see what shakesup . "
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