Tag: SmackDown

WWE SmackDown Preview 11/24/2023

WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FS1 (due to college football on FOX) from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL just outside of Chicago.

Tonight’s SmackDown is the go-home show for Saturday’s Survivor Series.

  • Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Judgment Day’s Finn Balor and Damian Priest will defend the belts against The Street Profits.
  • The Grayson Waller Effect with special guest Kevin Owens
  • Results from fan vote for the advantage in the Women’s WarGames Match – Instead of having a match to determine who gets the advantage, WWE held the first-ever fans vote to determine who gets the advantage on Saturday. The Women’s WarGames Match will be Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, Shotzi, and Becky Lynch vs. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Kairi Sane, Asuka, and WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY.

WWE SmackDown Preview 11/17/2023

WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FOX from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.

  • LA Knight vs. Jimmy Uso
  •  Sikoa makes his return, with many wondering what’s next for the man that took out Cena

WWE’s Rey Mysterio Reveals He’s Undergone Surgery

Rey Mysterio experienced yet another betrayal this week on “WWE SmackDown” when Santos Escobar turned on him and seemingly the rest of the LWO. But it’s going to be a while before Mysterio can respond to Escobar’s actions now that the lucha libre legend finds himself on the sidelines for the foreseeable future..

This morning, Mysterio posted to Facebook that he had undergone surgery on his right knee, posting a photo of himself in a hospital bed with his right leg wrapped up. Mysterio declared that the surgery was successful, remarking that revenge against Escobar would be on the horizon.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE Tribute To The Troops 2023 To Air On Friday, December 8

Plans for the 2023 edition of WWE Tribute To The Troops have been revealed.

On Monday, WWE announced plans for this year’s WWE Tribute To The Troops event. The show will take place on Friday, December 8 at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island. A press release notes that the show will air that night at 8 p.m. ET on FOX.

Tickets are available via Ticketmaster.com. It’s worth noting that the event page has the show listed as a SmackDown taping. It’s likely that Tribute To The Troops is the special theme for the taping and not a separate show or post-show taping, as it’s been the case in years past.

2023 will mark the first time a WWE Tribute To The Troops event will air live. It is also one of few times the event, now in its 21st year, has been open to the public. The event started as a private event on military bases. Some later ones were only open to veterans and active duty military.

“Since its inception in 2003, WWE’s Tribute to the Troops has honored our U.S. service members, veterans and their families for their continued sacrifice and commitment to our country, and is widely considered one of television’s most patriotic and heartwarming shows of the year,” WWE wrote in a press release announcing the event. “WWE has a multi-decade commitment to the U.S. Armed Forces, which includes visiting nearly 400 military installations throughout the world, offering all U.S. military personnel free tickets to WWE live events, and has partnered with military organizations, such as Hire Heroes USA. WWE currently supports the USO and tells stories of heroism and valor of our nation’s bravest through the company’s partnership with National Medal of Honor Museum to make an impact in the community.”

Source: WrestleZone

WWE SmackDown Preview 11/10/2023

WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FOX from the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

  • Fallout out from last Saturday’s Crown Jewel
  • LA Knight vs. Grayson Waller
  • Carlito vs. Bobby Lashley

WWE SmackDown Preview 11/3/2023

WWE taped tonight’s episode of SmackDown last week from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI. Go home show for Saturday’s Crown Jewell PLE.

  • United States Championship weigh-in with Rey Mysterio & Logan Paul
  • Bianca Belair vs. Bayley
  • Donnybrook Rules match: Ridge Holland & Butch vs. Kit Wilson & Elton Prince
  • Kevin Owens vs. Austin Theory

WWE SmackDown Preview 10/27/2023

WWE SmackDown will air live tonight on FS1 due to FOX’s coverage of the MLB’s World Series. Tonight’s show will take place from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, WI.

  • Contract Signing between Roman Reigns and LA Knight for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at Crown Jewel.
  • Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar vs. The Street Profits
  • John Cena to appear
  • Bianca Belair to appear

WWE SmackDown Preview 10/20/2023

Tonight’s WWE SmackDown Live on FOX from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.

  • WWE Women’s Championship: Iyo Sky (c) vs Charlotte Flair
  • Santos Escobar vs Montez Ford
  • Logan Paul to confront Rey Mysterio

Triple H Introduces Nick Aldis As New WWE SmackDown GM, Kevin Owens Traded From Raw

The season premiere of “WWE SmackDown” was always set to have an announcement from Chief Creative Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque, but what we got was a triple-whammy, with Adam Pearce announced as the new General Manager of “Raw,” Kevin Owens as the trade chip returned to “SmackDown” in exchange for Jey Uso, and former NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Nick Aldis, introduced as the new GM of “Smackdown.”

After the appointment of Pearce, who Levesque acknowledged for doing a great job as the all-encompassing authority figure on both brands for the last several years and subsequently promoted to “Raw” GM, Levesque alluded to the “SmackDown” side of things. He was interrupted by “NXT” North American Champion — and The Judgment Day’s biggest heat magnet — Dominik Mysterio before calling Aldis into the ring.

Aldis, following a handshake agreement with Levesque, fought off Dom’s interjections and the ensuing crowd displeasure, to turn the conversation back to the completion of the Jey Uso trade. That’s when Owens’ music hit and “KO” made his way to the ring. Not showing any patience whatsoever, Owens immediately Stunned Dom, putting an end to the segment and seemingly kicking off a new era for both brands on the road to Survivor Series.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

WWE SmackDown To Go Head-to-Head With AEW Collision Next Month

The latest battle between WWE and AEW was this past Tuesday between NXT and Dynamite, with NXT outdrawing the rival show in the ratings.  

Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the next head-to-head ratings battle between WWE and AEW will happen on November 17. 

“The next head-to-head situations will be on 11/17, when Collision is moved to Friday from 8-10 p.m., meaning there will be a live three-hour block from the Forum in Los Angeles with Rampage at 10-11 p.m. So the first two hours will go against Smackdown on FOX.”

AEW can’t air its program in the normal timeslot because of the Full Gear pay-per-view event on November 18th. 

There will also be a head-to-head on November 25 with Collision against Survivor Series and on December 9 with Collision against NXT Deadline from Bridgeport, CT.

Source: eWn