WWE SmackDown | |
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Genre | Sports entertainment Professional wrestling |
Created by | Vince McMahon |
Presented by | Jeremy Borash Booker T |
Starring | SmackDown roster |
Opening theme | "Are You Ready" by AC/DC |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 24 |
No. of episodes | 1,243 |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multicamera setup |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | UPN (April 29, 1999–September 15, 2006) The CW (September 22, 2006–September 26, 2008) MyNetworkTV (October 3, 2008–September 24, 2010) Syfy (October 1, 2010–December 31, 2015) USA Network (January 7, 2016–present) |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) 720p (HDTV) |
Original release | April 29, 1999 – present |
Chronology | |
Related shows | WWE Raw WWE NXT WWE Velocity |
WWE SmackDown, also known as Friday Night SmackDown or simply SmackDown, is a professional wrestling television program that debuted on August 26, 1999. The show's name is also used to refer to the SmackDown brand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program; the other programs and brands currently being Raw and NXT.
SmackDown is currently broadcast live on Tuesday nights on the USA Network. The show was originally broadcast on Thursday nights but moved to Friday on September 9, 2005 before returning to Thursdays on January 15, 2015, on July 19, 2016 it was moved to a live broadcast on Tuesday night. SmackDown! debuted in the United States on the UPN television network on April 29, 1999, but after the merger of UPN and the WB, SmackDown! began airing on The CW in September 2006. The show was moved to MyNetworkTV in October 2008, to Syfy on October 1, 2010 and to USA Network on January 7, 2016. It complements Raw as the second of WWE's two main weekly programs.
In its history, SmackDown has been broadcast from 162 different arenas, in 147 cities and towns, in seven different nations (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Iraq in 2006 and 2007 for Tribute to the Troops, Japan in 2005, Italy in 2007, and Mexico in 2011). Due to time differences, SmackDown premieres a few hours earlier in Ireland and the United Kingdom and a day earlier in Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Philippines than the United States, except for live episodes. For international broadcast listings, see below. The show celebrated its 15th anniversary on October 10, 2014 and its 900th episode on November 15, 2016.
On-Air Personalities[]
- Owner(s)
- Vince McMahon, November 18, 2001 – February 22, 2015
- James Harrison, February 22, 2015 – present
- General Manager(s)
- Stephanie McMahon, July 18, 2002 – October 19, 2003
- Paul Heyman, October 23, 2003 – March 22, 2004
- Kurt Angle, March 25, 2004 – July 22, 2004
- Theodore Long, July 29, 2004 – September 21, 2007
- Vickie Guerrero, September 28, 2007 – April 6, 2009
- Theodore Long, April 10, 2009 – April 1, 2012
- Vickie Guerrero, January 21, 2011 – February 18, 2011
- John Laurinaitis, April 2, 2012 – June 17, 2012
- Interim General Managers, June 22, 2012 – July 20, 2012
- Mick Foley
- Vickie Guerrero
- Zack Ryder
- Booker T, August 3, 2012 – July 12, 2013
- Vickie Guerrero, July 19, 2013 – June 23, 2014
- Daniel Bryan, July 18, 2016 – August 29, 2017
- Edge, September 5, 2017 – January 26, 2020
- Ana Sanchez, January 31, 2020 – present
- Chief Operating Officer
- Triple H, July 25, 2011 – November 23, 2014, December 29, 2014 – April 3, 2016
- Senior Advisor
- Theodore Long, August 3, 2012 – July 12, 2013
- Assistant to General Manager
- Eve Torres, August 17, 2012 – January 14, 2013
- Director of Operations
- Kane, November 4, 2013 – November 23, 2014
- Commissioner
- Shane McMahon, July 11, 2016 – October 4, 2019
Champions[]
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Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days held |
Location | Notes |
World Heavyweight Championship | Damian Priest | 1 | October 5, 2024 | 134 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Defeated Swerve Strickland at Crown Jewel. |
WWE United States Championship | Jey Uso | 1 | January 25, 2025 | 22 | San Antonio, Texas | Defeated Swerve Strickland at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII. |
WWE Global Championship | Mariah May | 1 | August 3, 2024 | 197 | Cleveland, Ohio | Defeated Toni Storm at SummerSlam. |
World Tag Team Championship | Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) |
1 | January 25, 2025 | 22 | San Antonio, Texas | Defeated War Machine (Hanson and Raymond Rowe) at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII. |
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