Starting in January, SmackDown will be back to three hours. According to a report by WrestleVotes, WWE and USA Network have agreed to go back to the three hour time slot starting with the first show in 2026 on Jan. 2.
SmackDown briefly ran for three hours for months until returning to the two hour format in June. Raw has been two and a half hours from its former three hours since they debuted on Netflix. NXT remains two hours on the CW Network.