Since the start of 2025, “WWE SmackDown” began airing for three hours in the United States, making it the first time the blue brand has added an extra hour to its programming since the start of the year. show in 1999. However, shortly after the move to three hours, WWE CCO Triple H announced that “SmackDown” would return to a two-hour schedule, but did not confirm when the change would take place. Dave Meltzer has now revealed in the “Bulletin of the Wrestling Observer” when “SmackDown” is expected to return to its original run, and discussed the difference regarding commercial breaks between WWE programming on Netflix and Peacock.
“For ‘SmackDown,’ there is no set date for when it will return to two hours although May or June is the current time frame, right after ‘Mania with the idea that they have more to move forward to through ‘Mania in the US on Netflix, if you started the live show late, you actually got it ad-free at least this week until you caught up with the live stream, what if. you watched with a delay longer without catching up with the live stream, it was ad-free Peacock, not only do they add ads for replays that aren’t there live, but you can’t skim through them quickly.
“WWE Raw” returned to its usual three-hour format earlier this year after cutting the show down by an hour from October to December. That being said, it appears WWE has the ability to be flexible with its runtime on Netflix, with last Monday’s “Raw” lasting two and a half hours, which Triple H says is the “point ideal” of the series.
