"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

US TV Schedule:

Fri. Nov. 27

8:00 PM

MyNetwork

Cast

Michael Cole	...	Himself / ... (106 episodes, 1999-2009)
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker / ... (91 episodes, 1999-2009)
Michelle McCool	...	Herself / ... (86 episodes, 2004-2009)
Dave Batista	...	Himself / ... (82 episodes, 2005-2009)
Teddy Long	...	Himself (81 episodes, 1999-2009)
Glenn Jacobs	...	Kane (78 episodes, 1999-2009)
John Layfield	...	Himself / ... (77 episodes, 1999-2009)
Antonio Banks	...	MVP / ... (77 episodes, 2005-2009)
David Finlay	...	Finlay / ... (75 episodes, 2006-2009)
Matt Hardy	...	Himself (71 episodes, 1999-2009)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge / ... (71 episodes, 1999-2009)
Salvadore Guerrero Jr.	...	Chavo Guerrero / ... (70 episodes, 2001-2009)
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio / ... (68 episodes, 2002-2009)
Charles Robinson	...	Himself / ... (67 episodes, 2001-2009)
Vickie Guerrero	...	Herself / ... (67 episodes, 2005-2009)
Dalip Singh	...	The Great Khali (67 episodes, 2006-2009)
Paul Wight	...	The Big Show / ... (64 episodes, 1999-2009)
John Hennigan	...	John Morrison / ... (61 episodes, 2005-2009)
Mike Mizanin	...	The Miz / ... (56 episodes, 2004-2009)
Brian Kendrick	...	Himself / ... (52 episodes, 2003-2009)
Jeff Hardy	...	Himself (51 episodes, 1999-2009)
Peter Senerchia	...	Tazz (51 episodes, 2000-2009)
Jim Ross	...	Jim Ross / ... (48 episodes, 1999-2009)
Jimmy Korderas	...	Himself (48 episodes, 1999-2008)
Ken Anderson	...	Himself / ... (44 episodes, 2005-2009)

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: [On the Boogeyman] Who were his parents? Mr and Mrs Man?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Relative Strangers (2006)

Soundtrack:

Let It Roll

This is great

Smackdown! is intended as the follow-up to Monday Night Raw . Smackdown! has more actual Wrestling , and less segments and interviews . This is a better show for fans of old-style WWF , because it resembles the good old days of 'Saturday Night's Main Event' and 'Prime Time Wrestling' when there were less pyrotechnics , and more wrestling . This is a truly excellent show , and better than raw if you're new to pro Wrestling .