According to Inside the Ropes, this year’s Christmas Day edition of WWE Friday Night SmackDown will not take place live, and instead be pre-taped.
Talent will not be expected to travel and work on December 25th, which will fall on a Friday later this month. In the past WWE has run shows live during the holidays (Christmas 2017), and have invited wrestler’s families to those tapings to celebrate the day WWE-style.
The report notes that there is no date set yet for when the blue-brand will tape their Christmas episode, but that it’s likely to be on December 18th immediately after that week’s SmackDown ends, if not a few days after.
Stay tuned.