History Wrestling / WWESmackDown

* Austin Theory

* Grayson Waller

* Cedric Alexander and Ashante "Thee" Andonis
* Wrestling/DamageCTRL ([[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], Kairi Sane and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] [WWE Women's Tag Team Champions] and Dakota Kai)

* New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)

* Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)

* The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn)

* [[Wrestling/BulletClub The O.C.]] (Wrestling/AJStyles, [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke Gallows]], Wrestling/KarlAnderson, and "Michin" Mia Yim)

* [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle New Catch Republic]] (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)

* Ridge Holland

* The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn)

* [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle New Catch Republic]] (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)

* Cedric Alexander and Ashante "Thee" Andonis

* Cedric Alexander

* Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn

* Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate)

* Hit Row (B-Fab and Ashante "Thee" Adonis)

* The Pride (Wrestling/BobbyLashley and The Street Profits [Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford])

* Dakota Kai

* Wrestling/DamageCTRL ([[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], Kairi Sane and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] [WWE Women's Tag Team Champions])

As of February 2, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Wrestling/CoreyGraves & Wrestling/WadeBarrett are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Santos Escobar

* Dakota Kai (inactive)
* Elektra Lopez
* Shotzi

* [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty The Bloodline]] (Wrestling/RomanReigns [Undisputed WWE Universal Champion], Solo Sikoa, and [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy Uso]]; with Wrestling/PaulHeyman)

* Los Lotharios (Angel and Humberto)

* Wrestling/DamageCTRL ([[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], Kairi Sane and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] [WWE Women's Tag Team Champions], Dakota Kai [inactive])

* [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty The Bloodline]] (Wrestling/RomanReigns [Undisputed WWE Universal Champion], [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]], Solo Sikoa, and [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy Uso]]; with Wrestling/PaulHeyman)

* [[Wrestling/SamoanDynasty The Bloodline]] (Wrestling/RomanReigns [Undisputed WWE Universal Champion], Solo Sikoa, and [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jimmy Uso]]; with Wrestling/PaulHeyman)

'''''[=WWE SmackDown=]''''' (also known as ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]'' or simply ''[=SmackDown=]'') is a ProfessionalWrestling {{series}} produced by Wrestling/{{WWE}} that, as of 2021, airs live every Friday at 8:00 PM ET on Creator/{{Fox}}, with the latinamerican version Fox Sports simulcasting the program with Spanish-language commentary. One of the promotion's two flagship wrestling programs alongside Wrestling/{{WWERaw}}, the name was derived from a CatchPhrase of Wrestling/TheRock, who always looked forward to "laying the smack down" on the "roody-poo candy ass(es)" of his opponent(s). As such, The Rock often referred to ''[=SmackDown=]'' as [[ThirdPersonPerson "The Rock's show."]]

As of January 26, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Wrestling/CoreyGraves & Wrestling/WadeBarrett are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}

* Wrestling/DamageCTRL (Wrestling/{{Bayley}} [2024 Women's Royal Rumble Winner], Dakota Kai [inactive], [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], Kairi Sane and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]] [WWE Women's Tag Team Champions])

As of January 26, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Wrestling/CoreyGrave & Wrestling/WadeBarrett are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

As of January 12, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Kevin Partick & Wrestling/CoreyGraves are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Wrestling/DamageCTRL (Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, Dakota Kai [inactive], [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], Kairi Sane and [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]])

This all changed in 2016. WWE announced a big change; beginning in July, not only would ''[=SmackDown=]'' be going live (meaning it will now air on Tuesdays, thereby ending the possibilities of "dirt sheets" posting spoilers), but both it and ''Raw'' would be separated in a brand extension once again. Two years later, Creator/USANetwork, who had picked up ''[=SmackDown=]'' from Syfy in 2015, decided to drop the program in exchange for an extension of their rights to air ''Raw''. Effective October 2019, new episodes of ''[=SmackDown=]'' began airing on Creator/{{Fox}}, marking the show's return to network television and becoming the first WWE program to air on Fox since two episodes of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired on said network in 1992. As part of the move, the show once again airs on Fridays, though this time still broadcasting live as opposed to airing on tape delay. In October 2024, ''[=SmackDown=]'' will leave Fox for the Creator/USANetwork, a few months before WWE's sister program ''Raw'' moves from USA to Creator/{{Netflix}}.

This all changed in 2016. WWE announced a big change; beginning in July, not only would ''[=SmackDown=]'' be going live (meaning it will now air on Tuesdays, thereby ending the possibilities of "dirt sheets" posting spoilers), but both it and ''Raw'' would be separated in a brand extension once again. Two years later, Creator/USANetwork, who had picked up ''[=SmackDown=]'' from Syfy in 2015, decided to drop the program in exchange for an extension of their rights to air ''Raw''. Effective October 2019, new episodes of ''[=SmackDown=]'' began airing on Creator/{{Fox}}, marking the show's return to network television and becoming the first WWE program to air on Fox since two episodes of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired on said network in 1992. As part of the move, the show once again airs on Fridays, though this time still broadcasting live as opposed to airing on tape delay. In October 2024, '[=SmackDown=]'' will leave Fox for the Creator/USANetwork, a few months before WWE's sister program ''Raw'' moves from USA to Creator/{{Netflix}}.

This all changed in 2016. WWE announced a big change; beginning in July, not only would ''[=SmackDown=]'' be going live (meaning it will now air on Tuesdays, thereby ending the possibilities of "dirt sheets" posting spoilers), but both it and ''Raw'' would be separated in a brand extension once again. Two years later, Creator/USANetwork, who had picked up ''[=SmackDown=]'' from Syfy in 2015, decided to drop the program in exchange for an extension of their rights to air ''Raw''. Effective October 2019, new episodes of ''[=SmackDown=]'' will air on Creator/{{Fox}}, marking the show's return to network television and becoming the first WWE program to air on Fox since two episodes of ''Saturday Night's Main Event'' aired on said network in 1992. As part of the move, the show will once again air on Fridays, though this time still broadcasting live as opposed to airing on tape delay.

* [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate]]

* [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Butch and Tyler Bate]]

As of January 5, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Kevin Partick & Wrestling/CoreyGraves are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Wrestling/KarrionKross (with {{Wrestling/Scarlett|Bordeaux}})

* The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar; with Paul Ellering)

* Wrestling/BobbyLashley and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)

* Wrestling/CharlotteFlair

* The Brawling Brutes (Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, Ridge Holland and [[Wrestling/BritishStrongStyle Butch]])

* [[Wrestling/TheUsos Jey Uso]] and Wrestling/CodyRhodes (Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, could appear in any brand)

As of January 1, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Kevin Partick & Wrestling/CoreyGraves are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

As of December 1, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Wrestling/MichaelCole, Kevin Partick & Wrestling/CoreyGraves are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Latino World Order (Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}, Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]])
* [[Wrestling/BulletClub The O.C.]] (Wrestling/AJStyles, [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke Gallows]] (inactive), Wrestling/KarlAnderson, and "Michin" Mia Yim)

''[=SmackDown=]'' was also the name of [[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE's series of video games]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (later ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw''). The games were ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=] 2: Know Your Role'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]: Just Bring It'' (2001); the first ''SD'' game on the [=PS2=]), ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Shut Your Mouth'' (2002); and ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Here Comes the Pain'' (2003). The first three sequels used various sayings of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] as subtitles, while the final game broke tradition by using a PhraseCatcher for Wrestling/BrockLesnar[[note]]It was actually Wrestling/{{Tazz}} who said it, but the CatchPhrase is not associated with him.[[/note]]. Following ''Here Comes the Pain'', the series was re-branded ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw'' to emphasize the current multi-brand nature of the company, and eventually went MultiPlatform.

As of November 5, 2023, here is the list of people who perform on ''[=Friday Night SmackDown=]''. Wrestling/NickAldis runs the show as a General Manager. Wrestling/MichaelCole, Kevin Partick & Wrestling/CoreyGraves are the commentary team, with Cathy Kelley, and Kayla Braxton handling backstage interviews, and Mike Rome as the ring announcer.

* Wrestling/KevinOwens

* [[Wrestling/BulletClub The O.C.]] (Wrestling/AJStyles, [[Wrestling/DrewHankinson Luke Gallows]], Wrestling/KarlAnderson, and "Michin" Mia Yim)

''[=SmackDown=]'' was also the name of [[VideoGame/WWEVideoGames WWE's series of video games]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (later ''[=SmackDown=] vs. Raw''). The games were ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=] 2: Know Your Role'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]: Just Bring It'' (2001); the first ''SD'' game on the [=PS2=]), ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Shut Your Mouth'' (2002); and ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Here Comes the Pain'' (2003). The first three sequels used various sayings of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] as subtitles, while the final game broke tradition by using a PhraseCatcher for Wrestling/BrockLesnar[[note]]It was actually Wrestling/{{Tazz}} who said it, but the CatchPhrase is not associated with him.[[/note]]. Following ''Here Comes the Pain'', the series was re-branded ''VideoGame/SmackDownVsRaw'' to emphasize the current multi-brand nature of the company, and eventually went MultiPlatform.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The 21st of September 2012 episode was one for Wrestling/{{Kane}} and Wrestling/DanielBryan and loosely for the Tag Team Division. This counts considering the previous months of [=SmackDown=] episodes have revolved around Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio having the Main Event, whereas in this episode Wrestling/{{Sheamus}}, [[Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio Del Rio]], Wrestling/BookerT, Wrestling/RandyOrton and Wrestling/DolphZiggler all made their obligatory appearance, but the whole episode basically revolved around Wrestling/{{Kane}}, [[Wrestling/BryanDanielson Daniel Bryan]], Wrestling/DamienSandow and Wrestling/CodyRhodes with those 4 all appearing in the main event, at the time of writing, that essentially makes it one of these.

* FaceHeelDoubleTurn: In 2016 Carmella debuted on the brand as a face (as she had been on NXT), while Nikki Bella made her return on the heel side of a 6-woman tag. The next episode of [=SmackDown=], Carmella was jealous at being pinned by Nikki and attacked her. This turned her heel and Nikki face.
* ForceFeeding: In one episode, Mickie James (nicknamed Piggy James) is held down by Wrestling/BethPhoenix, Michelle [=McCool=], and Layla El in the ring and gets stuffed in the face with a cake shaped like a pig. After that, she then has fruit punch dumped on her head.

* JobberEntrance: As is commonplace for WWE TV shows post-Monday Night Wars.

* LukeIAmYourFather: An infamous storyline in 2005 in which the late Wrestling/EddieGuerrero claimed that Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}}'s son Dominic is actually his.
* MrsHypothetical: While serving as a commentator, Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield would refer to Michelle [=McCool=] as the "next ex-Mrs. Layfield".

** ''[=SmackDown=]'' has been this on every channel it's appeared on, though it tends to bring in consistently superb ratings. Despite that, The CW eventually dumped the show because of this. Now it's on [=Syfy=], which is decaying now anyway and had previously aired WWE's version of ECW.
** This seems to be no longer the case. [=SmackDown=] has [[RescuedfromtheScrappyHeap given Syfy some name recognition]], had the show moved back to Thursdays after years of being on Fridays, and an announcement came earlier in 2015 that the show would be moved to the USA Network in the fall (NBC Universal owns both networks). 2016 saw the show go live weekly on Tuesday nights for the first time.
** Seems to be even less of a case of this after the reinstatement of the brand extension. Since the second brand split, the WWE and Intercontinental Championships, WWE's original world heavyweight and secondary championships, are exclusive to [=SmackDown=], while Raw was left with the Universal (a championship created due to them losing the WWE Championship) and United States (which was originally WCW's secondary title, brought to WWE during the Invasion) Championships. Because of that, you can make a reasonable case for Smackdown being the flagship show now (though since then Raw and [=SmackDown=] swapped the Intercontinental and United States Championships).

** An early storyline in 2011 had [=SmackDown=] General Manager Teddy Long getting taken out. Since Wade Barrett had just formed [[Wrestling/TheNexus The Corre]] on that episode, had done something similar to the previous Raw GM (Wrestling/BretHart) during his time, and Teddy had just [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] by telling them that he would not allow himself to be cowed by their beatdown antics, they were naturally the first suspects. However, they denied having anything to do with it. It eventually turns out that [[spoiler:they were telling the truth. It was [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Vickie Guerrerro]] and [[UnholyMatrimony Dolph Ziggler]] that did it.]]

** There was also Al Snow's brief run with having a chihuahua named Pepper as his, um, companion object. He gave Pepper to Wrestling/JimRoss, who was doing commentary, while he went to do his match. Jim Ross held the dog, noticed that he was scared of the crowds, and got legitimately angrier (for the dog's sake) as the match went on, mostly neglecting the commentary. Pepper would only make one other appearance on live TV, before being (kayfabe) cooked and eaten.

''[=SmackDown=]'' was also the name of WWE's series of video games for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 (later ''VideoGame/SmackDownVsRaw''). The games were ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=] 2: Know Your Role'' (2000); ''WWF [=SmackDown!=]: Just Bring It'' (2001); the first ''SD'' game on the [=PS2=]), ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Shut Your Mouth'' (2002); and ''WWE [=SmackDown!=]: Here Comes the Pain'' (2003). The first three sequels used various sayings of [[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] as subtitles, while the final game broke tradition by using a PhraseCatcher for Wrestling/BrockLesnar[[note]]It was actually Wrestling/{{Tazz}} who said it, but the CatchPhrase is not associated with him.[[/note]]. Following ''Here Comes the Pain'', the series was re-branded ''VideoGame/SmackDownVsRaw'' to emphasize the current multi-brand nature of the company, and eventually went MultiPlatform.

* [[Wrestling/KanakoUrai Asuka]]

* Damage CTRL (Wrestling/{{Bayley}}, Dakota Kai [inactive], [[Wrestling/IoShirai IYO SKY]] [WWE Women's Champion], and Kairi Sane)

* Latino World Order (Wrestling/{{Rey Mysterio|Jr}} [United States Champion], Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro, [[Wrestling/CarlitoColon Carlito]] and [[Wrestling/TheaTrinidad Zelina Vega]])