Update On WWE SmackDown Live's Touring Schedule Ahead Of FOX Move

What's the current plan for the blue brand's touring schedule once the FOX move happens?

By Andrew Pollard /

WWE

As of yesterday, reports from PWInsider indicated that WWE’s SmackDown brand could be reduced to a three-day touring schedule once the blue brand moves to FOX this October. Now though, new reports have surfaced to shoot down that talk of a three-day tour for the Smackers crew.

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Those initial reports claimed that the SmackDown roster would do SmackDown Live on FOX on the Friday before then embarking on non-televised live events on the Saturday and Sunday, but Dave Meltzer has moved to reiterate how the SmackDown crew will instead be enjoying a four-day loop when that FOX move kicks in.

A four-day road schedule has long been a staple for WWE talent, and Uncle Dave claims that the SmackDown brand will have a non-televised live event on the Thursday in addition to those Friday, Saturday and Sunday dates.

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The only exception to this, of course, is when the Sunday dates happen to fall on the same day as a PPV – in which case the PPV clearly takes precedence.

To back up Meltzer’s claims, the WWE website’s calendar does have a SmackDown live event booked in for Thursday, October 17th – which is the day before SmackDown Live’s October 18th debut on FOX.

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Where Raw is concerned, the red brand will still run non-televised events on Friday, Saturday and Sunday once SmackDown moves to its Friday spot on FOX. The exception here again being Raw won’t run live events on PPV Sundays.