5 Reasons why Roman Reigns was moved to SmackDown

#2 The big move to Fox in the fall

Big changes later in the year will see SmackDown move to Fox and air on Friday nights

When news was announced that WWE had reached a deal with Fox in order to air SmackDown Live on Friday nights, it was big for both the WWE.

It also meant that some big changes would be coming in regards to just how the show is and will be presented in the future.

Now that the show would be on what is considered one of the 'Big Four' networks (Fox, CBS, NBC, ABC), the WWE would have to change things around with the presentation of the show.

Fox itself reportedly wanted some changes to be made, notably in the realm of showing more athleticism and less soap opera-ish storylines.

That meant that certain superstars would now be better suited for entertainment purposes on Raw (Alexa Bliss, EC3, any comedy acts) while others would be better for SmackDown (Daniel Bryan, Finn Balor, Buddy Murphy, Asuka).

Regardless of those facts, Reigns is still the top star in the company and is still Mr. McMahon's top guy.

If the move to Fox is upping the WWE's profile even more, then it only makes sense that 'the Chairman' would want his biggest star to be on the show with the most exposure.

Reigns is a blend of both great athleticism and now good character depth due to his real-life battle with leukemia.

Whether he is still cheered loudly or gets booed again, he is the top dog in the WWE and was probably going to be placed where the most eyes would be. In the fall, that'll be on SmackDown on Fox.