Tag: SmackDown

Rey Mysterio’s WWE Return Date Reportedly Set

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Rey Mysterio is set to return to WWE at the SmackDown 1000 show in two weeks from Washington D.C., according to a report from PWInsider.

Mysterio reportedly signed a two-year deal with WWE last month. He had been trying to negotiate an 18-month contract but WWE wanted a two year deal, which they settled on. Mysterio did manage to work in a clause where you could give notices at the 18-month mark if he wants to leave.

Mysterio returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble earlier this year and later worked the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia in April. The two sides have been working on a deal since then.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE And JBL Congratulate AJ Styles On Record For Longest Reigning WWE Champion In SmackDown History.

WWE and JBL took to Twitter this week to congratulate WWE Champion AJ Styles on breaking the record of the longest reigning WWE Champion in SmackDown history. Styles is currently #13 on the all-time list and is set to pass CM Punk for the 12th spot in just under 40 days.

https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1030257936994582529

https://twitter.com/JCLayfield/status/1029843189790912512

Source: WrestlingINC

The Undertaker And Three Big Matches Advertised For SmackDown 1000

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The Undertaker is scheduled to appear at the 1,000th episode of SmackDown on Tuesday, October 16 from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC.

The official website for the arena is also advertising a triple main event with WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz and Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy.

You can check out the full listing from their website below:

WWE Smackdown 1000The 1,000th episode of WWE SmackDown Live will air on Tuesday, October 16th from Washington, DC. WWE SmackDown premiered on broadcast television almost 20 year ago on April 29, 1999. The show has switched days and networks several times since. For more information, visit: https://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown

Triple Main Event!

AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe!

~ WWE Championship Match ~

Daniel Bryan vs The Miz!

Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton!

See your favorite WWE Superstars including:

The Undertaker
United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers
Women’s Champion Carmella

…and many more!

Card is subject to change

WWE Officially Announces 1000th Episode Of SmackDown

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WWE has officially announced the 1,000th episode of SmackDown for Tuesday, October 16 from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. Tickets go on sale this Friday.

Below is the official SmackDown 1000 announcement:

SMACKDOWN® 1000 SET FOR OCTOBER 16STAMFORD, Conn., August 13, 2018 – The historic 1,000th episode of WWE® SmackDown Live will take place from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, and air live on USA Network at 8/7C. Tickets are available starting this Friday, August 17 at 10 am ET at the Capital One Arena box office, via http://www.ticketmaster.com, or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

“1,000 episodes is a tremendous milestone reinforcing the longevity and popularity of WWE,” said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman & CEO. “But it’s only the beginning, and the best is yet to come for SmackDown.”

On air since 1999, SmackDown Live is the second-longest running weekly episodic cable television show in U.S. primetime history, only behind Monday Night Raw. SmackDown Live is currently among the most-watched, regularly scheduled programs on primetime cable and delivers more viewers in primetime than any cable network in the U.S. (2.9 million average viewers). SmackDown Live has aired more original episodes than some of the most popular television series of all time, including The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, Lassie and Monday Night Football.

SmackDown Live has also helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons including Dwayne “The Rock®” Johnson, John Cena®, Undertaker®, Triple H®, “Stone Cold®” Steve Austin and The Bella Twins™.

 

Backstage News On More WWE Programming On FOX Channels

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WWE SmackDown is scheduled to go to Friday nights on Fox beginning October 19, 2019, but it looks like there could be more WWE programming on the Fox networks.

There is said to be a very good chance that FS1 will air a SmackDown pre-show each Friday night, according to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic. There’s also talk of FS1 hosting post-shows following major WWE pay-per-view events, such as SummerSlam.

Regarding on-air talents for the potential WWE pre-shows and post-shows on FS1, Deitsch noted that the talents would be hired by Fox but there would likely be some kind of approval from WWE.

It was reported earlier this summer that there was talk of doing a weekly WWE studio show on FS1, perhaps on Wednesday nights.

Source: WrestlingINC

John Cena Confirmed For Team SmackDown At WWE Survivor Series

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WWE confirmed today that John Cena will be the fifth and final member of Team SmackDown at The Survivor Series:

It is Cena’s first match since losing to Roman Reigns at WWE No Mercy in late September. Cena had been rumored to be the special referee for the Jinder Mahal vs. Brock Lesnar match at the pay-per-view, but those plans apparently changed after WWE had Mahal drop the WWE Championship to AJ Styles on Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Hell In A Cell (SmackDown) Results 10/8/17

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(Kickoff) Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin vs. The Hype Bros – Winners: Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin

SmackDown Tag Team Championship – Hell in a Cell: (C) The New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods w/ Kofi Kingston)vs. The Usos – Winners and new SmackDown Tag Team Champions: The Usos

Rusev vs. Randy Orton – Winner: Randy Orton

United States championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Tye Dillinger – Winner and new United States Champion: Baron Corbin

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair – Winner by DQ: Charlotte Flair – Natalya assaulted Charlotte with a steel chair and got disqualified.

Breezango with the return of the Fashion Files – (Transcript from WrestlingINC) The announcers lead us to the return of The Fashion Files with Breezango. The Ascension, in disguise, makes an appearance at Breezango’s HQ. The case they’ve been working on is still open. The Ascension, in disguise, delivers a poster to Breezango that says the real Ascension wants to be their friends. Tyler Breeze and Fandango insult Konnor and Viktor, who take off their disguises and say Breezango should be ashamed of themselves for the harsh words. They walk off. Someone knocks on the door and Breeze thinks it’s The Ascension again. No one is at the door but there’s a briefcase laying there. They open it and a light is shining inside. “This isn’t just a briefcase, it’s a new case.” Apparently Breezango has a new case to investigate. A new Fashion Files segment based on Pulp Fiction is announced for Tuesday’s SmackDown.

WWE Championship: (C) Jinder Mahal w/Singh Brothers vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – Winner: Jinder Mahal

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler – Winner: Bobby Roode – Ziggler hit Roode with a Zig Zag right after the pin fall.

Hell in a Cell -Falls Count Anywhere: Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens – As Shane jumped off the top of the cell, Sami Zayn pulled Owens off the table as Shane crashed through the table, Zayn then placed Owens on top of Shane for the cover – Winner: Kevin Owens

Shane was carted off on a stretcher.

WWE Hell In A Cell (SmackDown) Card 10/8/17

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Hell in a Cell -Falls Count Anywhere: Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Championship: (C) Jinder Mahal vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Natalya vs. Charlotte Flair

United States championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Tye Dillinger

SmackDown Tag Team Championship – Hell in a Cell: (C) The New Day vs. The Usos

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler

Randy Orton vs. Rusev

The Fashion Files return

(Kickoff) Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin vs. The Hype Bros

WWE Starrcade Live Event Update

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There has been Twitter exchanges between Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and WWE Hall of Famers The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express this week. The RAW tag team issued a challenge to Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson for a match at the November 25th WWE Starrcade live event in Greensboro, North Carolina from the Greensboro Coliseum.

Morton & Gibson were previously advertised to appear at the show. PWInsider now reports that the match is scheduled to happen. WWE has not confirmed the match but they have re-tweeted the comments between the two teams.

There’s been a lot of speculation on the Starrcade event airing on the WWE Network but word as of today is that the show will just be a “jazzed up” non-televised live event. Tickets for the show go on sale this Friday at 10am EST via Ticketmaster.

WWE announced today that Tyler Breeze & Fandango vs. Mike Kanellis (with Maria Kanellis) & Aiden English will also take place at the event.

If The Club vs. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express happens, below is the card for Starrcade:

Steel Cage Match for the WWE Title

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jinder Mahal

Steel Cage Match for the SmackDown Women’s Title

Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya

Triple Threat for the WWE United States Title

Baron Corbin vs. Rusev vs. AJ Styles

Texas Tornado Match for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles

The Usos vs. The New Day

Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens

Bobby Roode vs. Dolph Ziggler

Breezango vs. Aiden English and Mike Kanellis with Maria Kanellis

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express (not confirmed by WWE as of this writing)

* Appearances by The Hardys and WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Draft Scores Highest SmackDown TV Rating In Over Three Years

Source: WrestlingINC

The draft episode of WWE SmackDown this past Tuesday gave the program its highest rating in three-and-a-half years. The show registered a 2.20 rating, according to PWTorch.com, and was watched by 3,170,000 viewers in the United States, according to Showbuzzdaily.com.

You’d have to go back to January 11, 2013, when SmackDown was airing on Friday nights on Syfy to find the last time SmackDown did a rating this high.

The rating and viewership (which are two related but distinct metrics) for SmackDown were very similar to that of the RAW on the previous night. RAW’s rating was a 2.22, while viewership for each of the three hours was 3,204,000 for the first hour, 3,236,000 for the second and 2,960,000 for the final hour. So, on a minute-by-minute average, SmackDown was viewed by more people than the final hour of RAW, but didn’t have higher viewership than the first two hours of RAW.

This was the first time SmackDown came this close to equating RAW in ratings within the same week since around Christmas in 2012, when RAW was stuck on Christmas Eve, and its rating suffered to a 2.20. SmackDown the Friday before beat that episode of RAW, with a 2.29.

Before that, on the week of New Years, going into 2008, New Years Eve fell on a Monday, so RAW did a 2.6. SmackDown, which was on Friday at the time, did a 2.9.

The last time SmackDown outdid RAW when a holiday wasn’t involved, was in 2007. RAW on July 30, 2007, did a 2.51 while SmackDown on August 3, 2007, beat it with a 2.62.

It’ll be interesting to watch how much of this audience SmackDown can retain going forward. The impetus for SmackDown moving to Tuesday nights, going live and having its own roster, was to improve that program’s ratings and better satisfy NBCUniversal, the parent of USA Network: the channel RAW and SmackDown are both broadcast on in the U.S.