FOX Originally Wanted To Broadcast WWE RAW Rather Than SmackDown

The FOX Network reportedly wanted to originally broadcast the WWE flagship broadcast Monday Night RAW and not SmackDown according to Dave Meltzer.

SmackDown joined FOX in October 2019, following the announcement of a five-year agreement, worth in the region of $205 million per year.

During the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer noted the following:

“The deal was, FOX wanted Raw, not SmackDown. USA had the right to match any offer, and so they matched the offer that FOX bid for Raw, and then FOX at that point wanted SmackDown. And at that point, USA had spent so much money on Raw, it was just kinda like, ‘We’re not gonna match you for SmackDown’.”

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