WWE Smackdown Results

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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 the 9th of September in 2005. The event has aired on Fridays for the most part since then. It had once moved to Tuesday in 2016 before once again going back to its current schedule in 2019.

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SmackDown Results

WWE SmackDown takes place every Friday Night 8–10 p.m. ET on Fox Sports. It has been the most viewed pro-wrestling weekly programming for a couple of years now and averages around 2 million viewers per episode. The blue brand features about 3 to 5 matches per episode and is known for the in-ring quality of these matches. The results for each and 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 had also 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 the 26th of August that year. The name for the show was derived from "Layeth the SmackDown", which was a popluar 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 simply 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 for 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 2nd 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 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 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

ChannelPeriod
UPNAugust 26, 1999 – September 15, 2006
The CWSeptember 22, 2006 – September 26, 2008
MyNetwork TVOctober 3, 2008 – September 24, 2010
Syfy October 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015
USA NetworkJanuary 7, 2016 – September 24, 2019
FoxOctober 4, 2019 – present

WWE SmackDown Roster

WWE Superstars are drafted into Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. You can click here to know about the current roster of Friday Night SmackDown.

WWE SmackDown Current Champions

ChampionshipCurrent ChampionEvent wonPrevious Champion
Undisputed WWE Universal ChampionshipCody RhodesWrestleMania XL Night TwoRoman Reigns
WWE Women's ChampionshipNia JaxSummerSlamBayley
United States Championship Shinsuke NakamuraSurvivor SeriesLA Knight
WWE Tag Team Championship#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa)SmackDownThe Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
Women's Tag Team ChampionshipBianca Belair and Jade Cargill Bash in BerlinAlba Fyre and Isla Dawn
Women's United States ChampionshipChelsea GreenSaturday Night's Main EventInaugural Champion

Every WWE brand has its own set of champions. You can click here to know 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. 

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