Global InformationHistory of WWE SmackDown information
The history of WWF/E SmackDown!, began with the show's debut on August 26, 1999, in Kansas City, Missouri. The show was originally broadcast on Thursday nights but moved to Friday on September 9, 2005, before returning to Thursdays on January 15, 2015.[1] On July 19, 2016, it was moved to Tuesday Nights.[2] 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,[3][4] to Syfy on October 1, 2010[5][6] and to USA Network on January 7, 2016.[7][8][9]
In its WWF/E SmackDown! history, SmackDown has been broadcast from 162 arenas, in 147 cities and towns, in seven countries (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Iraq in 2003 and 2004 for Tribute to the Troops, Japan in 2005, Italy in 2007, and Mexico in 2011). Prior to switching to the current live format, taped episodes premiered a few hours earlier in Ireland and the United Kingdom and a day earlier in Australia, Canada, and Singapore than the United States, due to time differences. The show celebrated its 15th anniversary on October 10, 2014,[10] and its 1,000th episode on October 16, 2018.
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- ^ "SmackDown Goes SyFy". World Wrestling Entertainment. 2010-04-13. Archived from the original on 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
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