10 Things WWE Will Change Once SmackDown Debuts On Fox

9. WWE Backstage

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Officially set to begin on Tuesday 5 November, this show will do more than just put more more hours of WWE onto TV; it cause a ripple effect within the company's waters.

As aforementioned, Renee Young will be splitting duties between here and SmackDown, and will be hosting alongside Booker T. This has already made for an interesting decision for Friday Night SmackDown on commentary, leaving the potential for a two man booth to return once again. We can all hope, right?

Apart from this however, WWE Backstage shows a decided shift in direction for WWE. They are clearly putting a lot of effort into pleasing Fox, and one has to wonder if USA is getting stuck out in the cold here, especially after an up and down Raw premiere. But beyond just the prioritizing network discussion (more of that later), this highlight show should also change the content we see on the main shows.

With less time spent on video packages every week, the matches will naturally begin to extend out a bit and match numbers will likely increase as a result as well. This could even lead to a sort of flip of recent history, making Raw the place to "believe in the unexpected" and find longer, quality in-ring content.

All of that goes back to the vision of making WWE feel more like a real live sports broadcast, thus making WWE Backstage the "SportsCenter" of the WWE. And because of that it will lead to a happy accident of...

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