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WWE smackdown
WWE SmackDown is commonly known as SmackDown Live or simply SmackDown. It’s a professional wrestling television program. The program had a debut on April 29, 1999.
SmackDown currently broadcasts live on USA Network on Tuesday nights. The show is returning with the announcement of over-the-air broadcast television on October 4, 2019, with the Fox Friday night schedule. The show was used to be broadcast on Thursday nights, but on September 9, 2005, moved to Friday, and again later on January 15, 2015, it returned to Thursday night. Since July 19, 2016, the program moved to a live broadcast on Tuesday night.
History of WWE
SmackDown had a debut on the UPN television network in the United States on April 29, 1999. Later the UPN merged with the WB, and the SmackDown began broadcasting on The CW in September 2006. The show moved in October 2008 to MyNetworkTV, on October 1, 2010, to Syfy, and on January 7, 2016, to USA Network. Later it announced on March 3, 2017, that all archived episodes were available for on-demand viewing through the WWE Network.
SmackDown broadcasts from 163 arenas, in seven countries, in 148 cities and towns. The episodes began airing the taped episodes a few hours earlier in the United Kingdom and Ireland, a day earlier in Australia, Singapore, Canada, and the Philippines than the United States due to their differences in time. Recently on October 16, 2018, the show celebrated its 1000th episode.
The championship is mainly contested in professional wrestling matches. Likewise, the participant ends the scripted finishes than contesting on the direct competition. The current champions are Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods, who are now in their fourth reign. Subsequently, they won at the Extreme Rules on July 14, 2019.
Records of WWE
Till now, there have been 16 reigns, with the 20 individual champions between the 10 teams. Moreover, the one holding the most records with the champions is Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso, who are toed with The New day’s Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, and Big Eat, for four reigns. Likewise, their third reign was the longest combined reign of 381 days. Meanwhile, the shortest reign of 21 days tied up by the team, Shane McMahon, The Hardy Boyz, and The Miz. Furthermore, the oldest champion is Shane McMohan, who won the title at 49 years old, and the youngest is Jason Jordan, who won at 28.
Going through the broadcast history of the SmackDown, the show has aired different themes. Meanwhile, in each theme, it includes the tributes to many professional wrestlers who recently retired or died from the active performer.
Cast and Crews of the Season 19 includes:
- Becky Lynch
- Kofi Kingston
- Roman Reigns
- Daniel Bryan
- Charlotte Flair
- Asuka
- Carmella
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Xavier Woods
- Sheamus
- Randy Orton
- Rusev
- Sin Cara
- Ali
- Mandy Rose
- Rowan
- Lana
- Jeff Hardy
- Cesaro
- Big E Langston
- Matt Hardy
- Finn Balor
- Bayley
- Apollo Crews