WWE SmackDown is one of the two flagship programming by WWE alongside RAW. Also known as Friday Night SmackDown, the show has been airing live on television since April 29, 1999, as SmackDown!. Upon its debut, it aired on UPN, and that too on Thursday Nights. It was moved to Friday Nights on September 9, 2005. The event has aired on Fridays for the most part since then. It had once moved to Tuesday in 2016 before returning to its current schedule in 2019.
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SmackDown Results
WWE SmackDown takes place every Friday 8–10 p.m. ET on Fox Sports. It has been the most viewed pro-wrestling weekly programming for a couple of years and averages around two million viewers per episode. The blue brand features about three to five matches per episode and is known for the in-ring quality of these matches. The results for every episode of WWE SmackDown are updated here on Sportskeeda.
WWE SmackDown History
During the peak of Monday Night Wars between WWE and WCW, the latter set up a secondary weekly programming named WCW Thunder which aired on Thursday Nights. This allowed the rival company to let out more content than WWE. In response, McMahon's company decided to create its secondary weekly programming. On April 29, 1999, WWF SmackDown made its first appearance and officially debuted on UPN on August 26 that year. The name for the show was derived from "Layeth the SmackDown", which was a popular catchphrase of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. SmackDown was initially meant to be a only-female wrestling brand but due to the lack of interest in the division at the time, it was promoted as WWE's Secondary programming.
After WWE acquired WCW in 2001, its roster size had gotten too big because it had also acquired the majority of WCW's talent. As a result, it decided to split its roster into two halves between RAW and SmackDown. It organized the first-ever draft in 2002. The show was switched to Friday Nights in 2005. SmackDown is most prominently known as Friday Night SmackDown and has aired on Friday Nights most of the time.
Between 2005 and 2011, SmackDown switched between multiple TV deals, and the brand extension was dropped that year. A few months later, SmackDown became the second-longest-running weekly episodic television programming only behind Monday Night RAW. The show returned to Thursday Nights in January 2015. WWE announced the return of the brand split in 2016 and the show was subsequently brought to Tuesday Nights and was renamed SmackDown Live! It remained on the Tuesday Nights up until 2019. In 2019, the show was moved to Fox and shifted back to Friday Nights, where it currently airs.
WWE's former Chairman Vince McMahon sold the company to Endeavour Group in 2023. The Endeavour Group also owns UFC. Following the sale, SmackDown started premiering for the first time without the McMahon family having majority ownership in the company. On September 21, 2023, it was announced that from October 2024, SmackDown will start airing on USA Network. The agreement between WWE and NBC Universal is valued at around $1.4 Billion.
Broadcasting History
| Channel | Period |
| UPN | August 26, 1999 – September 15, 2006 |
| The CW | September 22, 2006 – September 26, 2008 |
| MyNetwork TV | October 3, 2008 – September 24, 2010 |
| Syfy | October 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015 |
| USA Network | January 7, 2016 – September 24, 2019 |
| Fox | October 4, 2019 – present |
WWE SmackDown Roster
WWE Superstars are drafted into Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. You can click here to learn about the current roster of Friday Night SmackDown.
WWE SmackDown Current Champions
| Championship | Current Champion | Event won | Previous Champion |
| Undisputed WWE Universal Championship | Cody Rhodes | WrestleMania XL Night Two | Roman Reigns |
| WWE Women's Championship | Tiffany Stratton | SmackDown | Nia Jax |
| United States Championship | Shinsuke Nakamura | Survivor Series | LA Knight |
| WWE Tag Team Championship | #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) | SmackDown | The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
| Women's Tag Team Championship | Bianca Belair and Naomi | Bash in Berlin | Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn |
| Women's United States Championship | Chelsea Green | Saturday Night's Main Event | Inaugural Champion |
Every WWE brand has its own set of champions. You can click here to learn about the current champions of the other programming.
FAQs on WWE SmackDown Results
A. WWE SmackDown lasts about 120 minutes including the commercials.
A. The viewership of WWE SmackDown floats above the 2 million mark on a general basis.
A. The first episode of WWE SmackDown saw Steve Austin and The Rock defeat Triple H and The Undertaker in the main event via DQ.
A. WWE SmackDown airs every Friday on Fox Sports.
A. No, Roman Reigns lost the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion at WrestleMania XL to Cody Rhodes.
