India, Oct. 29 -- WWE reportedly offered to push back this week's SmackDown broadcast by an hour to accommodate the WNBA Finals, according to a report by ESPN. The reported proposal involved discussions between WWE president Nick Khan and Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena CEO Steve Koonin, although WWE has not publicly confirmed the reported offer. While the WNBA Game 6 was slated to take place between 7-9pm, the WWE SmackDown event was slated for 8:00pm ET.

The report said Koonin contacted Khan about moving SmackDown on USA Network to 9 p.m. ET to accommodate the WNBA Finals on the same network. Khan reportedly agreed to the proposal, which was intended to give the championship game a more suitable venue and broadcast window.

However,...