WWE Friday Night Smackdown airs on Friday nights at 8 p.m. There are several ways to watch with a free live stream. Friday, Dec. 19 will serve as the 51st episode of Season 27, and it will air on USA.

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It was subsequently revealed that Rhodes and McIntyre would wrestle for the undisputed WWE title on the Jan. 9 episode of SmackDown. Their match would be the seventh Three Stages of Hell match in WWE history, and the first on the main roster since 2013. McIntyre attacked Rhodes, standing over him to close the show.

WWE SmackDown saw a slight decrease in viewership on October 24. According to Wrestlenomics, SmackDown averaged 1.147 million viewers on Friday. The show drew a 0.29 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is slightly down from last week's ...

The final two-hour edition of "WWE SmackDown" featured a title change and the introduction of some new faces along with many of the familiar ones.

WWE SmackDown saw another decrease in viewership on August 22. According to Wrestlenomics, SmackDown averaged 1.258 million viewers on Friday. The show drew a 0.35 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. The viewership is down from last week’s episode, when ...

The latest episode of WWE SmackDown was a TV-taped show, and it concluded with Drew McIntyre standing tall over Cody Rhodes.