7 Things No WWE Fan Wants (That Will Probably Happen Soon)

2. SmackDown Going Three Hours

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One thing that should have all Brock Lesnar haters worried is the upcoming SmackDown jump to FOX later this year. It may necessitate, in WWE's eyes, another World Title reign for the 'Beast Incarnate'. It may also mean that the tightly-formatted, easily-digested and all-round more enjoyable SmackDown show will change for good.

Say hello to three hours of SmackDown Live, baby.

Like it or not, WWE is a company obsessed by money. Now, this isn't a problem if the on screen quality doesn't suffer, but it has, and Raw (for the most part) has been a chore to sit through since adding another hour in 2012. What once seemed like an exciting excuse to beam about more content has now become a bleak excuse to whinge about...more content.

SmackDown doesn't need to be three hours long, it really doesn't. Money will likely talk though, and there's no way in hell WWE will knock back another hour of commercial ad revenue and TV rights money if it's on the table from FOX.

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