WWE SmackDown Going Back to Two Hours Permanently

For the latter, they can now rejoice, as this week’s WWE SmackDown will mark the final three-hour show before the brand returns to its original two-hour format, the WWE Universe has come to know and love.

According to PWInsider’s Mike Johnson, the shift will occur after WWE Night of Champions, which will be the July 4th edition of WWE SmackDown. On this week’s show, WWE finally confirmed that Friday nights will return to two hours on the latest instalment of the program, with Michael Cole confirming the shift during the show in Riyadh, effective next week for SmackDown Live in Pennsylvania.

We bid the three hours of SmackDown goodbye; it had a good run, and we’re still getting treated with the best two hours of WWE action every Friday night on WWE SmackDown.