Update on the reports of WWE Smackdown potentially becoming a three-hour show

It was reported on Thursday that WWE Smackdown was potentially going to become a three-hour show starting in January of 2025. In an update, Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted that “those at WWE only have said that the run time of both RAW and Smackdown starting in January are both open to discussions and nothing is final.”

On the Backstage Pass Pateron page, WrestleVotes Radio also stated the following…

“Something else we wanted to touch on quickly when we mentioned that SmackDown will be moving to three hours. As of right now, the chatter internally is that is only for 6 months. [3 hours] is gonna start in January when Raw moves to 3 hours. The plan right now is that 6 months down the road, SmackDown then goes back to 2 hours.” (quote courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)