{"id":344436,"date":"2026-06-02T06:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=344436"},"modified":"2026-06-02T06:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T01:16:58","slug":"when-will-wwe-smackdown-move-back-to-a-two-hour-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/when-will-wwe-smackdown-move-back-to-a-two-hour-format\/","title":{"rendered":"When Will WWE SmackDown Move Back To A Two-Hour Format?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>WWE SmackDown is about to return to a two-hour format soon, and a brand new report has revealed when the change is anticipated to occur.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported here on eWn, plans were in place for SmackDown to maneuver back to 2 hours through the summer. In line with the newest episode of \u201cWrestling Observer Radio,\u201d that change is scheduled to take effect starting with the July 3 episode.<\/p>\n<p>The June 26 edition of SmackDown will likely be the ultimate three-hour episode in the intervening time. WWE and the USA Network are reportedly shifting the blue brand back to 2 hours, with All the pieces On The Menu With Braun Strowman taking on the ten PM EST timeslot afterward.<\/p>\n<p>The Braun Strowman-hosted culinary series is currently slated to air at 11 PM EST during its first month, starting with its official premiere this Friday after a preview episode aired last week.<\/p>\n<p>SmackDown followed an identical schedule in 2025, opening the yr as a three-hour program before moving back to 2 hours starting with the July 4 episode. The arrangement appears to be a <strong><em>\u201csix months on, six months off\u201d<\/em><\/strong> setup between WWE and the USA Network.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, neither WWE nor the USA Network has officially confirmed the return to a two-hour format for SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> If you may have any news suggestions or podcast recaps that you simply\u2019d wish to send in for us to post (full credit will likely be given to you), please email me at <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"1042537c71627b404743504971787f7f3e737f7d\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE SmackDown is about to return to a two-hour format soon, and a brand new report has revealed when the change is anticipated to occur. As we previously reported here on eWn, plans were in place for SmackDown to maneuver back to 2 hours through the summer. In line with the newest episode of \u201cWrestling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[19648,969,9262,32072,6221],"class_list":["post-344436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-format","tag-move","tag-smackdown","tag-twohour","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":344439,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344436\/revisions\/344439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}