{"id":638,"date":"2015-10-15T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T19:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2015-10-15T15:28:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T20:28:58","slug":"smackdown-going-live-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/10\/15\/smackdown-going-live-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown going live in 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2325490128\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announcer Jerry Lawler hinted at\u00a0Smackdown possibly\u00a0going live when the show moves to USA Network in early 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Lawler said in a new interview that WWE and USA plan to make the show bigger after finishing the current run on Syfy. 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