5 Surprising things that could happen on a new "sports-centric" WWE SmackDown on Fox

Then again.... so could this...

1. More appearances from celebrities and non-wrestling athletes on WWE shows - and visa versa.

Now, this is certainly something right up Vince McMahon's alley. With Fox's contract with the various sports organizations, it certainly wouldn't be too difficult to get an NFL star, for example, to come and sit in on one of those aforementioned discussion panels.

Are the Green Bay Packers playing the Cincinnati Bengals on Fox Sunday morning? Have Arron Rodgers, Rashan Gary, A.J. Green or Joe Mixon make an appearance on the SmackDown "pre-game" panel the previous Friday (or whenever the show ends up airing eventually).

On the other side of the coin there, you can certainly have WWE Superstars make an appearance on one of the similar panels for Fox Sports.

Since WWE has no "off-season", it can be used to help promote programming on Fox Sports all year 'round - and visa versa.

And it's not just limited to Fox Sports, either. Does the Fox Network have a new sitcom premiering that week? Get Kelsey Grammer or Gordon Ramsey or whoever to appear on the show. I don't know if Ramsey likes wrestling - in fact, I highly doubt it - but that would be awesome.

I'm certainly not suggesting that we get another Lawrence Taylor or Rob Gronkowski-like situation and have these athletes get involved in story lines or even perform in the ring - although, this is WWE, there's no way that's completely off the table

So, that's what we think. Are we way off on these, or do you see some of these happening? We've got a comments section, let's go use it.

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