"WWF SmackDown!" (1999) TV series 1999-????

Directors:

Tim Walbert
Casey Lynn De Stefano

Writers:

Court Bauer (writer)
Sean Conaway (writer) (2004-2005)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | unknown

Release Date:

9 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Sport

Tagline:

TV Thats Changing Friday Nights

Plot:

Weekly sports show, with frequent commentary, interviews, side plots and hype.

Plot Keywords:

World Wrestling Federation | World Wrestling Entertainment | Wrestling | Luchador | Acronym In Title

Cast

Michael Cole	...	Himself / ... (113 episodes, 1999-2009)
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker / ... (101 episodes, 1999-2009)
Michelle McCool	...	Herself / ... (89 episodes, 2004-2009)
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane (88 episodes, 1999-2009)
John Layfield	...	Himself / ... (88 episodes, 1999-2009)
Dave Batista	...	Himself / ... (85 episodes, 2005-2009)
Matt Hardy	...	Himself (84 episodes, 1999-2009)
Teddy Long	...	Himself / ... (84 episodes, 1999-2009)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge / ... (80 episodes, 1999-2009)
Salvadore Guerrero Jr.	...	Chavo Guerrero / ... (78 episodes, 2001-2009)
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio / ... (77 episodes, 2002-2009)
Antonio Banks	...	MVP / ... (77 episodes, 2005-2009)
David Finlay	...	Finlay / ... (76 episodes, 2006-2009)
Paul Wight	...	The Big Show / ... (73 episodes, 1999-2009)
Charles Robinson	...	Himself / ... (69 episodes, 2001-2009)
Vickie Guerrero	...	Herself / ... (69 episodes, 2005-2009)
Dalip Singh	...	The Great Khali (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
John Hennigan	...	John Morrison / ... (64 episodes, 2005-2009)
Jeff Hardy	...	Himself (60 episodes, 1999-2009)
Peter Senerchia	...	Tazz (60 episodes, 2000-2009)
Mike Mizanin	...	The Miz / ... (55 episodes, 2004-2009)
Brian Kendrick	...	Himself / ... (52 episodes, 2003-2009)
Chris Jericho	...	Himself (51 episodes, 1999-2009)
Booker Huffman	...	Himself / ... (51 episodes, 2001-2007)
Jim Ross	...	Jim Ross / ... (50 episodes, 1999-2009)
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H (48 episodes, 1999-2009)
Jimmy Korderas	...	Himself (48 episodes, 1999-2008)

Also Known As:

Friday Night Smackdown! (USA) (new title)
Smackdown! (USA) (new title)
Smackdown! Xtreme (USA)
WWE Smackdown! (USA) (new title)
World Wrestling Federation Smackdown! (USA)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A | USA:TV-PG (new rating)

Filming Locations:

Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim - 2695 E. Katella Avenue, Anaheim, California, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

The show is taped Tuesday nights and broadcast Friday nights. Their 11 September 2001 event was canceled due to the terrorist attacks. On 13 September 2001, Smackdown was broadcast live as the first major and televised event since the attacks as thousands were in attendance. The ring ropes are usually blue for the Smackdown shows but were red, white and blue for this night; these colors were commonly used during the 1980s.

Quotes:

John Bradshaw Layfield: [to The Big Show in February 2005] Big Show put down your pizza, look at the monitor and realise you are about to get in the ring with greatness!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion (2000) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Let It Roll

A good Friday night entertainer

Friday Night Smackdown - it's a wrestling TV-show that is shown every week on TV. It is not some kind of boring field of sport where everything is made up. It's the other way round - wrestlers have incredible matches and there are huge rivalries between them. You can see unbelievable fights, wrestlers being sued, famous people visiting the show and much more. When even Mike Tyson, Arnold Scwarznegger and Ben Stiffler have visited it, why shouldn't You like it. The number of different match types is huge, that makes the show last for ever, e.g. "You can't see me" match (1 wrestler is blindfolded, the other one is not), "Chairs and Tables" (these are used as weapons), different types of cage matches, "Ambulance match", "Buried Alive Match", and many matches with women, e.g. "Bra & Panties Match", "Evening Gown Match", and much more. When you see it, you can't quit it.