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slash new year offer. So here we are. Smackdown is officially three hours. I'm going to give

you my very exciting hot take.

I'm very pumped for the wrestlers who should get more opportunities because now there is more TV time,

but as a fan who will watch, I just prefer two-hour shows.

I know, it's totally crazy.

I mean, mostly given that Raw on Monday is probably going to be three hours and will be three hours throughout 2025.

It does mean if you want to watch all of WWE content over the next 12 months, it's minimum of six hours when we have a PLE.

It's going to be 10 hours.

I tell you, man, that's a lot of wrestling.

So it just means that WWE is just going to have to be better than ever.

And hello, my friends, welcome to Waps and Down and downs the review show where we review wrestling i know

it's a crazy crazy concept so just sit down let it go through your head especially because i don't

do it this does it the finger of power and if we like something we say up and if we don't like

something we say down and then we all get mad at each other because that's just what we don't

right now and then kicked off with a reminder that everything is going down between

Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens.

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