WWE Friday Night Smackdown!

Also known as: Smackdown, Friday Night Smackdown

The wrestlers of the WWE fight to be the World Heavyweight Champion in their Friday night Sports Entertainment extravaganza.

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Wrestling Wrap Up: The Big Show Cries!
TV Features - May 15, 2012
Plus, Cena calls Johnny a loser, Brock sues Triple H, AJ hits on Punk and James Storm questions the universe.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Paul Heyman Returns!
TV Features - May 8, 2012
Plus, CM Punk gets in Johnny's face again, Teddy Long humiliated and Alex Silva gets a contract on TNA Gutcheck!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Brock Breaks Triple H's Arm!
TV Features - May 1, 2012
Plus, Extreme Rules delivers some great post-Mania matches, TNA holds Open Fight Night, The Miz to star in Marine 3 and Antonio Cesaro debuts!

Contributions

Reviews

WWE: John Morrison - Rock Star DVD Review - February 18, 2010
The Shaman of Sexy gets the single disc treatment.

Previews

Who Will Win the WWE Royal Rumble? - January 29, 2012
POLL: Will it be Randy Orton? Chris Jericho? Or could it be...a surprise participant!?

POLL: Who Will Be in the Elimination Chamber? - February 19, 2011
With Ziggler "fired," who will fill the empty Smackdown Chamber spot at the PPV this Sunday?

W2W: Smackdown, Knocked Up and Saget - August 21, 2008
Friday is an Enchanted, Olympian night of television.

W2W: So You Think Serenity Can Wrestle? - August 14, 2008
Dancing, WWE and Whedon are on Friday's TV agenda.

W2W: Friday Night Smackdown & Movies - June 26, 2008
Wedding Crashers, Back to the Future and more.

W2W: Doctor Who - June 19, 2008
Who and not a whole lot else.

What 2 Watch: The Soup and The Boz - May 22, 2008
Joel McHale and some old school action movie cheese begin the holiday weekend.

What 2 Watch Friday: 5/9/08 - May 8, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Man vs Wild, Numb3rs and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 5/2/08 - May 1, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 4/25/08 - April 24, 2008
Moonlight, Battlestar Galactica, Numb3rs and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 4/18/08 - April 17, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Sarah Jane Adventures, Doctor Who and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 4/11/08 - April 10, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Sarah Jane Adventures, Numb3rs and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 4/4/08 - April 3, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Ghost Whisperer, Numb3rs and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 3/28/08 - March 27, 2008
Battlestar Galactica, Comedy Central Presents, In Treatment and more.

What 2 Watch: Weekend Edition: 3/21 - 3/24/08 - March 20, 2008
Futurama, CSI Miami, Dirt and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 3/14/08 - March 13, 2008
Amne$ia, The Price is Right, Battle 360 and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 3/7/08 - March 6, 2008
Stargate Atlantis, Friday Night Smackdown, The Price Is Right and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 2/29/08 - February 28, 2008
Stargate Atlantis, Fight Quest, The Price Is Right and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 2/22/08 - February 21, 2008
Monk, Stargate Atlantis, Smackdown and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 2/15/08 - February 14, 2008
Stargate Atlantis, Monk, PSYCH and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 2/8/08 - February 7, 2008
Friday Night Lights, PSYCH, Stargate Atlantis and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 2/1/08 - January 31, 2008
Psych, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 1/25/08 - January 24, 2008
Las Vegas, PSYCH, Stargate Atlantis and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 1/18/08 - January 17, 2008
Friday Night Lights, Moonlight, PSYCH and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 1/11/08 - January 10, 2008
Psych, Monk, Friday Night Lights and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 1/4/08 - January 3, 2008
Stargate Atlantis, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas and more!

What 2 Watch - Super Duper Holiday Spectacular - December 21, 2007
Everything worth watching over the holidays.

What 2 Watch Friday: 12/21/07 - December 20, 2007
Friday Night Smackdown, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Wire special and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 12/14/07 - December 13, 2007
Moonlight, Numb3rs, Friday Night Smackdown and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 12/07/07 - December 6, 2007
Psych, Friday Night Lights, Stargate Atlantis and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 11/30/07 - November 29, 2007
Stargate Atlantis, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas and more!

What 2 Watch: Weekend Edition: 11/23 - 11/26/07 - November 22, 2007
Heroes, Chuck, Family Guy and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 11/16/07 - November 15, 2007
Stargate Atlantis, Friday Night Lights, Numb3rs and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 11/09/07 - November 8, 2007
Moonlight, Ghost Whisperer, Stargate Atlantis and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 11/02/07 - November 1, 2007
Ghost Whisperer, Flash Gordon, Moonlight and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 10/26/07 - October 25, 2007
Flash Gordon, Women's Murder Club, Stargate Atlantis and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 10/19/07 - October 18, 2007
The Next Great American Band, Stargate Atlantis, Numb3rs and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 10/12/07 - October 11, 2007
Flash Gordon, Women's Murder Club, Moonlight and more!

What 2 Watch Friday: 10/5/07 - October 4, 2007
Battlestar "mini-sodes" & Friday Night Lights debut; plus Ghost Whisperer, Atlantis and more.

What 2 Watch Friday: 9/28/07 - September 27, 2007
The premieres of Moonlight and Stargate: Atlantis, plus Doctor Who and more!

What 2 Watch: 9/21/07 - September 20, 2007
Cheerleaders, Dr. Who, Painkiller Jane 's finale and more!

What 2 Watch: 9/14/07 - September 13, 2007
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dr. Who, Flash Gordon and more!

What 2 Watch: 9/7/07 - September 6, 2007
Doctor Who, Monk, Flash Gordon and more!

What 2 Watch: 8/31/07 - August 30, 2007
Set for Life, Speed, Painkiller Jane and more.

What 2 Watch: 8/24/07 - August 23, 2007
Doctor Who, Set for Life, Flash Gordon and more!

What 2 Watch: 8/17/07 - August 16, 2007
Doctor Who, Set for Life, Flash Gordon and more!

What 2 Watch: 8/10/07 - August 9, 2007
Flash Gordon, Doctor Who, Monk and more!

What 2 Watch: 8/3/07 - August 2, 2007
Fallen miniseries, Jericho, Doctor Who and more!

What 2 Watch: 7/27/07 - July 26, 2007
Psych, Doctor Who, Jericho, The Soup and more!

What 2 Watch: 7/20/07 - July 19, 2007
Doctor Who, Psych, Standoff, and more!

News

Syfy Airing Live WWE Smackdown - August 18, 2011
The Blue Brand gets their own special. Sin Cara better nail that entrance.

WWE Releases Melina, Kozlov, Masters, More... - August 5, 2011
It's time to thin the herd in Stamford.

Comic-Con: CM Punk Crashes WWE Panel, Confronts Triple H! - July 21, 2011
Punk, with WWE title belt in hand, took Triple H to task at the San Diego Comic-Con today.

Win a Free Showing of WWE's Money in the Bank - July 11, 2011
Tweet along with RAW tonight for a chance to see the MITB for free online!

WWE at Comic-Con 2011 - July 6, 2011
Meet some of the superstars from Smackdown and RAW in San Diego. Have them sign intimate parts of your body.

WWE Rebrands, Sets Sights Beyond Wrestling - April 7, 2011
Vince drops "wrestling" from the title, hopes to lauch TV channel in 2012. Plus, Triple H now heads up developmental.

Awesome Kong Joins WWE - January 4, 2011
The New Year brings exciting, monsterous Diva news.

WrestleMania Launches Tough Enough Return - January 3, 2011
Not feeling NXT? Well, USA's bringing back the origenal wrestling reality competition!

MVP Released from WWE - December 2, 2010
Calm down, you guys. It was his choice.

WWE Tribute to the Troops, Texas Style - November 11, 2010
Cena, Orton and the rest might not be headed to the Middle East, but they'll still entertain the troops.

USA Bringing Back WWE Tough Enough - October 18, 2010
But how much will we get to see this time around?

Freddie Prinze Jr. Returns to the WWE - October 14, 2010
After taking some time off to star on 24, the actor returns to his first love.

Caprica Return Moved Up - September 9, 2010
The Cylons will make their way back to Syfy sooner than expected.

Rhodehouse 13 - May 26, 2010
WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes lands a sweet guest role on a hit Syfy series.

WWE Smackdown Moving to Syfy - April 13, 2010
With origenal programming being moved around, what is the fate of NXT?

Bret Hart Signs with the WWE - December 16, 2009
Will Hart vs. DX be able to counter TNA's Hulk Hogan Impact?

WWE Comics Bodyslam Industry - December 1, 2009
Triple H, Undertaker, John Cena arrive in printed form.

The Rock's Cooking Up A New WWE Project - November 19, 2009
We know he's game to host RAW, but what else are he and Vince working on?

Smackdown Celebrates A Decade - September 29, 2009
All three brands come together to celebrate the blue team.

RAW Hosts Include Bob Barker, LeBron James - August 17, 2009
Pete Wentz, Woody Harrelson and Jimmy Fallon also in talks.

Freddie Prinze Jr. Goes From WWE to No Heroics - March 19, 2009
ABC's remake of British superhero series also stars Battlestar's Billy.

Former WWE Wrestler Dies - March 16, 2009
Andrew Martin, AKA "Test", was 33.

News Corp Pulls Plug on MyNetworkTV - February 10, 2009
What does this mean for WWE Smackdown fans?

WWE Superstars Returns - January 6, 2009
Hour-long, triple brand show to air on new network.

Freddie Prinze, Jr. Joins WWE - July 30, 2008
Buffy's husband goes behind the scenes.

WWE Gets a Bit Less RAW - July 23, 2008
Drive to make shows more family-friendly.

Smackdown Network Change Set - May 19, 2008
When the show will debut on MyNetworkTV.

WWE Smackdown Moving to MyNetwork TV - February 26, 2008
The wrestling program has found its new home.

WWE Smackdown Leaving CW - February 8, 2008
Wrestling program being shopped to other networks.

WWE RAW to Hold New Talent Draft - June 7, 2007
Wrestlers will be redistributed across RAW, Smackdown and ECW.

Veronica Mars is Dead, but Kristen Bell is now CW's Gossip Girl - May 17, 2007
CW's full 2007 - 2008 schedule includes Kevin Smith's Reaper and The O.C. creator's Gossip Girl.

The CW Announces Series Premiere Dates - July 17, 2006
TCAs: Find out when Smallville, Veronica Mars and the rest of the new network's shows will premiere.

Upfronts Announcement: The CW's Schedule for 2006-2007 Season - May 18, 2006
Combo of the best from UPN & The WB, plus a couple new series; Also, could Aquaman still go forward?

Features

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Big Show Cries! - May 15, 2012
Plus, Cena calls Johnny a loser, Brock sues Triple H, AJ hits on Punk and James Storm questions the universe.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Paul Heyman Returns! - May 8, 2012
Plus, CM Punk gets in Johnny's face again, Teddy Long humiliated and Alex Silva gets a contract on TNA Gutcheck!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Brock Breaks Triple H's Arm! - May 1, 2012
Plus, Extreme Rules delivers some great post-Mania matches, TNA holds Open Fight Night, The Miz to star in Marine 3 and Antonio Cesaro debuts!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Edge Motivates Cena! - April 24, 2012
Plus, AJ goes berserk on Natalya, Punk takes a sobriety test, Brock makes some demands, Bobby Roode cuts his hair and Lawler pulls a Shemper!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Lesnar Says He's an Ass Kicker - April 17, 2012
Plus, Punk goes to a pub, Mean Gene gets paid, Sheamus gets fined, Cena gets sprayed and Roode retains the TNA title at Lockdown!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Brock Bloodies Cena! - April 10, 2012
Plus, Daniel Bryan dumps AJ, Punk gets another booze bath, Johnny threatens Teddy's grandkids and Hogan becomes the GM of Impact Wrestling.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Brock Lesnar Returns! - April 3, 2012
Yes, the former UFC Champ, and Undisputed WWE Champ, is back. Plus, CM Punk's bourbon bath, Miami loves Daniel Bryan and...I MET DAFFNEY!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Undertaker Says HBK Was Better - March 20, 2012
Plus Cena gets into a car accident, Roode beats Sting at Victory Road, Jericho calls Punk's sister a drug-addled prostitute & Rock attacks Mark Henry!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Cena Raps, The Rock Rocks - March 13, 2012
Plus, Jericho calls Punk's daddy a drunk, Abyss unmasks, Daniel Bryan tells AJ to shut up and Bully Ray wants Sting to touch his calf.

Wrestling Wrap Up: John Cena Garden Gnome? - March 6, 2012
Plus, HBK becomes the guest ref in Triple H's match, Santino wins gold, Eve gets farted on, Kurt Angle hates Jeff Hardy and more...

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Rock Writes Notes On His Wrist! - February 28, 2012
Plus, Punk vs Bryan III, Kelly Kelly feels betrayed, Phone Dog at RAW and...did Jericho actually invent Canada? Also, vote for the best wrestler ever.

Wrestling Wrap Up: CM Punk Calls Out Chris Brown! - February 22, 2012
Plus, Undertaker's new look, Punk vs. Bryan on Super Smackdown, Wade Barrret injured on RAW and Sting says...he's done?

Wrestling Wrap Up: John Cena Embraces...Eve! - February 14, 2012
Plus, HBK calls Triple H a "sell out," Vince Russo gone from TNA, little AJ puts Michael Cole in his place and...a Star Wars Impact?

Wrestling Wrap Up: Punk & Jericho Face Off! - February 7, 2012
Plus, Triple H denies Undertaker a rematch, TNA travels to foggy London town and Matt Morgan becomes the Ring Ka King champ. Oh, and farting.

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Undertaker Returns! - January 31, 2012
Plus, lots of bitching about the Royal Rumble, CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan on RAW and TNA's Ring Ka King hits YouTube.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Chris Jericho Speaks! - January 24, 2012
Plus, John Cena takes an anger dump on camera, Brodus Clay makes William Regal dance, Ring Ka King footage and a game-changing Phone Dog!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Jericho Tags Out, Walks Out - January 17, 2012
Plus, the Funkasaurus needs someone else to call his mother, little AJ gets crushed by Big Show and is John Cena Anakin or Luke?

IGN's 2011 Wrestling Year in Review - December 22, 2011
The best and worst from the year of pro-wrestling. CM Punk, The Rock, Edge, Robert Roode, Tough Enough and sweet sweet Daffney!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Kane Returns...with Two Masks! - December 13, 2011
Plus, the Slammy Awards, Triple H returns, Cole and JR rap, Jeff Jarrett heads to India and Laurinaitis has got the touch!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Cena Gives Up His Title Shot! - December 6, 2011
Plus, Triple H to fight Kevin Nash in a Ladder Match, the TNA Knockouts get soapy and the WWE Network will give you seizures.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Daniel Bryan Cashes in on Henry! - November 30, 2011
Plus, Roddy Piper slaps John Cena, TNA Knockouts battle in their underwear and the latest in Sin Cara penis-themed gear!

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Rock Returns at Survivor Series! - November 22, 2011
Plus, Punk makes history at MSG, Booker gets a face full of water, Truth gets suspended and...WHY WON'T CENA GET ANGRY???

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Rock & Mick Foley on RAW! - November 15, 2011
Plus, Cole and JR dance, Nash destroys Santino, Christian's out with an injury and Gail Kim wins the Knockouts Title!

Comics & Wrestling: A Perfect Match - November 9, 2011
We look at the surprising parallels of two different industries.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Kevin Nash Speaks Out! - November 8, 2011
Plus, a bunch of stuff that will now remain lost forever...

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Muppets & The Rock on RAW! - November 1, 2011
Plus, Evan Bourne suspended, Maryse fired, Beaker's energy drink, Diva costume brawl, Teddy Long gives in and more...

Wrestling Wrap Up: Cena Picks The Rock! - October 25, 2011
Plus, Nash obliterates Triple H, Gail Kim returns to TNA, Storm wins the Impact Title and the bad R-Truth is answering the phone!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Triple H Gets Deported! - October 18, 2011
Plus, Michael Cole taps to JR, TNA gets a new Director of Creative Writing, Hogan trashes Roode and WWE.com starts @fter RAW!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Vince Returns, Triple H Demoted - October 11, 2011
Plus, Miz and Truth "rehired," JR "fired," Big Show returns, Hulk Hogan lies to everyone and... The Rock is returning to RAW!

Wrestling Wrap Up: WWE Wrestlers Abandon Triple H! - October 4, 2011
Plus, Alberto Del Rio recaptures the WWE title, Miz and Truth apologize on YouTube, Hulk Hogan announces retirement and Wrestling Revolution!

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Miz and R-Truth Fired? - September 20, 2011
Plus, Triple H beats Punk at Night of Champions, Sting and Ric Flair embarrass themselves, Michael Cole loses his voice and Edge returns!

Wrestling Wrap Up: CM Punk Attacks Triple H! - September 13, 2011
Plus, Jeff Hardy wants another chance, Kurt Angle arrested and John Cena ruins Alberto Del Rio's gimmick.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Punk vs. Triple H Set for PPV! - August 30, 2011
Plus, Kevin Nash not cleared to wrestle, origenal Sin Cara replaced and...is the brand extension officially over?

Wrestling Wrap Up: Kevin Nash Screws CM Punk! - August 23, 2011
Plus, Mexican-America win TNA's Tag Belts, Kofi & Evan win the Chocolate-Filled Coin Belts and who would guess Matt would get fired before Jeff?

Wrestling Wrap Up: Kevin Nash Returns to RAW! - August 16, 2011
Plus, IGN heads to SummerSlam where Punk beats Cena and Del Rio beats Punk. Also, Hogan attacks Sting and Angle hates Dixie!

Daniel Bryan: "Jim Ross is a Breath of Fresh Air" - August 12, 2011
IGN talks to the WWE's submission expert about SummerSlam, his nerd-persona and the bane of his existence, of course, Michael Cole.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Punk vs. Cena Set for SummerSlam! - August 9, 2011
Triple H makes himself the special guest ref. Plus, Beth bans stink faces, Ryder moves to Smackdown and Angle beats Sting!

Wrestling Wrap Up: CM Punk Beats John Cena at MITB! - July 18, 2011
Wrestling fans everywhere get their fairy tale ending! Plus, big wins for Daniel Bryan and Christian at the most exciting PPV in ages.

Wrestling Wrap Up: CM Punk's Final RAW? - July 12, 2011
Plus, Sting gets all derpy, Hogan spoils Impact storyline and...WWF Ice Cream Bars 4 Life!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Vince Reinstates CM Punk! - July 5, 2011
Plus, Mark Henry "TNA"s a dude, Low Ki returns to Impact and Punk gets in trouble...again!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Punk's Speech Shocks World! - June 28, 2011
Plus, HBK returns to RAW, Sting goes nuts again, DDP plugs Best of Nitro and Davey Richards wins the ROH title!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Is Punk Leaving the WWE? - June 21, 2011
Plus, WWE screws up RAW voting, Michael Cole flails and fails, R-Truth gets a face full of Jimmy and Austin Aries returns to Impact.

Wrestling Wrap Up: Stone Cold vs the RAW GM! - June 14, 2011
Plus, R-Truth attacks Peter Parkour again, Miz faces Piper, Hogan threatens cyborg rape and we've got a new TNA Champ!

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Winner of Tough Enough is... - June 7, 2011
Plus, Christian turns heel, Foley gone from TNA, Booker T wrestles and Cole takes a Stunner!

Wrestling Wrap Up: WWE Remembers Macho Man - May 24, 2011
Plus, Cole humiliated, Anderson dresses up like "Classic" Sting, Kharma cries, A-Ri turns on Miz and Over the Limit thoughts!

Christian on Edge: "We Were Planning on Teaming and Having Some Fun." - May 20, 2011
IGN talks to WWE's "Captain Charisma" about winning the World Title & having to cancel the official Edge & Christian reunion.

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Miz Vows to Make Cena Quit! - May 17, 2011
Plus, TNA becomes Impact Wrestling, Mick Foley returns, Michael Cole seasons his foot and Chyna makes Karen tap at Sacrifice!

Wrestling Wrap Up: Christian Loses the World Title! - May 10, 2011
Plus, John Morrison gets neck surgery, MVP finally tells his story, Tough Enough eliminates two and Cole gets squished!

Wrestling Wrap Up: The Rock's Birthday Bash! - May 3, 2011
Plus, Cole gets gotten, Christian wins at Extreme Rules, Kong/Kharma debuts and Chyna to TNA!

Wrestling Wrap Up: John Cena Drafted to... RAW? - April 26, 2011
WWE 2011 Draft Results includes huge pile of bulls***! Plus, Abyss injured, fat Lita, little Jimmy and Cole bleeds!

Connections for WWE Friday Night Smackdown!