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REPORT: FRONTRUNNERS TO ACQUIRE WWE SMACKDOWN ARE....

By Mike Johnson on 2018-05-19 10:01:00

Variety is reporting that should Smackdown go on the open market (as The Hollywood Reporter has claimed is the plan), the frontrunners to acquire the broadcast rights to the series are FOX, Amazon and Facebook.

Shortly atfter The Hollywood Reporter account was published, WWE issued a "no comment" to PWInsider.com when we asked about the reported plans for NBC Universal to retain Raw (paying, according to THR, three times the current rate for it) while allowing Smackdown to go out on the open market to the highest bidder.

 

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