WWE: NXT Women’s Title Match to Kick Off 10/1 NXT Show on The CW, Michin vs. Piper Niven Set for 9/27 SmackDown Show, Update on SmackDown Expected to Become 3-Hour Show in 2025

NXT Women’s Title Match Announced to Kick Off NXT’s Premiere Show on The CW

WWE announced that the NXT Women’s Championship match of Giulia vs. Roxanne Perez (c) will officially kick off their October 1st NXT show at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.

This upcoming show will be NXT’s premiere show on The CW network.

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The NXT Women's Championship Match between @roxanne_wwe and @giulia0221g will KICK OFF #WWENXT next week in Chicago!

🎟️ https://t.co/j41X61WEr5 pic.twitter.com/Q2pjKuHvvt

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) September 27, 2024

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Michin vs. Piper Niven Announced for Friday’s WWE SmackDown Show

WWE announced one new match for the card of tonight’s WWE SmackDown show at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

This new match announced was a singles match of Michin vs. Piper Niven.

TONIGHT on #SmackDown: @MiaYim seeks retribution on @PiperNivenWWE after a sneak attack last week on SmackDown LowDown! 👊

📺8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/rGpLwVWw7Y

— WWE (@WWE) September 27, 2024

Current card for September 27th WWE SmackDown show:

• WWE Women’s Championship #1 Contender match – Bayley vs. Naomi
• Best of Series, Match #6 – Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes (Andrade leads 3-2)
• Michin vs. Piper Niven
• Solo Sikoa & The Bloodline to appear

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Update on SmackDown Expected to Become 3-Hour Show in 2025

As noted before, WWE’s SmackDown show is currently expected to expand into becoming a three-hour weekly show on USA Network starting in January of 2025.

Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources confirmed WrestleVotes’ report about WWE’s SmackDown series becoming a three-hour show starting in January of 2025 being accurate.

Meltzer reported that as of this week, those spoken to within WWE stated that nothing has been finalized yet but WWE officials are likely waiting to make that official announcement.

Meltzer also reported that WWE officials are currently in negotiations with USA Network officials over the financial aspects for SmackDown’s new extra hour.