WWE SmackDown LIVE: Sony Pictures Sports Announces New Timings
WWE SmackDown 2019 LIVE Telecast Timing: WWE Smackdown has celebrated its 20th anniversary on 05th October. The celebration featured WWE legends and icons including Kurt Angle, Lita, Mick Foley, Booker T, Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, Goldberg, Jerry Lawler, Mark Henry, Ric Flair and Sting.
WWE SmackDown 2019 LIVE Telecast Timing
Since October 05, SmackDown Live has become Friday Night SmackDown. WWE SmackDown 2019 LIVE Telecast will be avilable on SONY TEN 1 and SONY TEN 3 channels every Saturday morning, 52 weeks a year.
WWE has reached new heights in popularity
WWE is the second most viewed sports on pay sports channels, after cricket in India. SmackDown is the second-longest running weekly episodic television show in U.S. primetime history, only behind Monday Night Raw since 1999.
The popularity of the sport can be portrated by the fact that WWE remained the most-watched cross-platform sports content creator for the month of June. The ICC Cricket World Cup was held in the month of June in England. According to data released by Tubular, WWE recorded the most number of views across social media platforms YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in June.
WWE recorded over 133 crore views across the world on the four social media platforms during June. It is nearly 30% more than the International Cricket Council content consumption during the period.
WWE SmackDown Live has been a gamechanger
SmackDown has aired more original episodes than some of the most popular television series of all time, including The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, Lassie and Monday Night Football.
SmackDown has also helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons including Dwayne The Rock Johnson, John Cena, Triple H, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and The Bella Twins in its 20-year history.
WWE RAW and SmackDown telecast details
The live telecast of RAW will continue every Tuesday morning at 5:30 am on SONY TEN 1 channels in English and SONY TEN 3 channels in Hindi.