WWE SmackDown: 5 Interesting facts you didn't know about the show

#3 The Fox Network deal is worth around $205 million a year

SmackDown moved over to the FOX Network on October 4th, 2019

SmackDown's 20th Anniversary was celebrated on October 4th, 2019 when the company officially switched over to the FOX Network for the first time. It was commented that the move would see WWE sign their most lucrative deal to date and looking at the finer details of the deal, it appears that this is correct.

According to The Hollywood Reporter WWE signed a five-year deal with the Network which is worth around $205 million annually and $1.025 billion over the life of the deal. WWE signed a deal to give FOX " two hours of live event programming 52 weeks each year."

The deal has allowed SmackDown to move to Friday nights and air live on that day for the first time in their history, even though the show aired on a Friday night for almost a decade from 2005 until 2015 when it was moved back to Thursdays.

The FOX Network deal has allowed the company to reinvent SmackDown Live with a new theme, new entrance ramp and even allowed the company to bring back their pyrotechnics.