The fate of WWE Live on Smackdown
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The fate of the WWE Superstars will be determined in the first-ever Smackdown Live, which will air Wednesday, July 20 from 2 a.m. on Sky Sports 2. The Draft that will decide who will participate in Monday Night Raw and who will participate in SmackDown will be led by their respective General Managers.
For the first time in history, these two separate Brands (Monday Night Raw and Tuesday SmackDown) will compete against each other for TV ratings, live events and pay-per-view.
“This is an exciting new Era for WWE, in which we are once again reinventing ourselves by creating a second compelling night on live television,” comments WWE Executive Producer Kevin Dunn.
With 878 original episodes, SmackDown is the second-longest-running weekly program in U.S. television history, behind only Monday Night Raw with 1,203 episodes.
