"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 | 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:

Pro Wrestling | WWE | World Wrestling Entertainment | Luchador | Wrestling

Cast

Michael Cole	...	Michael Cole / ... (85 episodes, 1999-2008)
Dave Batista	...	Himself / ... (73 episodes, 2005-2008)
David Finlay	...	Himself / ... (60 episodes, 2006-2008)
John Layfield	...	Himself / ... (59 episodes, 2005-2007)
Mark Calaway	...	The Undertaker / ... (57 episodes, 1999-2008)
Teddy Long	...	Himself / ... (57 episodes, 2002-2008)
Antonio Banks	...	MVP / ... (51 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michelle McCool	...	Herself / ... (49 episodes, 2004-2008)
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Himself / ... (46 episodes, 2002-2008)
Glen Jacobs	...	Kane (46 episodes, 1999-2008)
Vickie Guerrero	...	Vickie Guerrero / ... (43 episodes, 2005-2008)
Mike Mizanin	...	Himself / ... (42 episodes, 2004-2008)
Matt Hardy	...	Himself / ... (42 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jimmy Korderas	...	Jimmy Korderas / ... (42 episodes, 1999-2008)
Salvadore Guerrero Jr.	...	Himself / ... (41 episodes, 2001-2008)
Ken Anderson	...	Himself / ... (38 episodes, 2005-2007)
Dalip Singh	...	The Great Khali (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Booker Huffman	...	Himself / ... (37 episodes, 2005-2007)
Charles Robinson	...	Charles Robinson / ... (35 episodes, 2001-2008)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge / ... (35 episodes, 2002-2008)
Paul London	...	Himself (35 episodes, 2003-2007)
Kara Drew	...	Cherry / ... (35 episodes, 2007-2008)

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-PG | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A

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:

Featured in Hard Knocks: The Chris Benoit Story (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Rise Up 2006

Great! I Love It!

This is a great wrestling show! Great Talent and everything. I don't know if it is as great as Monday Night Raw but it is Second if not tied at first. Like Raw it has lots of great new guys and lots of great old ones. They have new guys such as Randy Orton, Batista , MNM and Older guys such as Bob Orton and Animal. I tune in when I can to watch Smackdown! but sometimes I work on Thursday's. I asked my work to try not to book me Monday nights for obvious reasons. But I recommend this show to any wrestling fan who is in for a good watch of some great professional wrestling.

10/10