OUCH: FOX CEO Explains Why The Networked Moved On From WWE

They aren’t fans. There have been several changes in WWE this year and next year will have its own set of changes. Some of the biggest will include the shuffling of WWE’s television programming, including SmackDown moving from FOX to USA at the end of their five year deal. That is the kind of thing that can make for a big change, and now we know some more about what caused it.

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FOX CEO Lachlan Murdoch spoke on FOX’s earnings call this week and was asked about SmackDown leaving the network. Murdoch said that the two sides moved on because the show wasn’t “hitting the advertising numbers due to the audience of WWE for our return on investment”. Murdoch went on to say that FOX wished WWE luck but FOX had “moved on from them.” WWE’s current deal with FOX ends next October.

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Opinion: That is a hard one for WWE as the head of FOX is flat out saying that it didn’t work for them. WWE did well in their time at FOX, but apparently FOX did not think it went well enough. I wouldn’t call it a failure as WWE got to a network in the first place, but it is not exactly a great way to wrap things up. It should be interesting to see where the other WWE shows go, though hopefully the endings elsewhere go better than this.

What do you think of Murdoch’s statements? How have you liked SmackDown on FOX? Let us know in the comments below.

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