Update on WWE holiday TV taping schedule

  • Ian Carey
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WWE talent will receive a week off for the upcoming holiday season. 

Following the December 18 episode of WWE Raw in Des Moines, Iowa, the company does not have any live events scheduled until December 26. This includes WWE NXT tapings at the Performance Center.  

WWE’s upcoming schedule was addressed in Friday’s edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Our own Dave Meltzer reported that this week’s SmackDown in Green Bay will be a double-taping that includes the December 22 episode as well. 

Meltzer wrote:

The 12/15 Smackdown tapings in Green Bay will be for two episodes since there is no 12/22 taping. It appears the 12/25 Raw will be a best-of show since there is no show being taped but WWE hasn’t publicly confirmed it but one executive there said that to the best of his knowledge it was accurate

WWE SmackDown on December 29 is not scheduled to be a live broadcast either. The company has house shows scheduled in Toronto and Las Vegas that night and both are advertised as house shows. 

WWE will also tape two episodes of WWE NXT this week. Tuesday’s show will run as scheduled but the December 19 episode will be taped at the Performance Center on Wednesday, December 13.