10 Most Important Episodes In WWE SmackDown History
There have been some big episodes in WWE SmackDown's history
On April 29, 1999, WWE aired a one-off TV special on UPN to counter-programme WCW Thunder. The network liked it so much that, later that same year, it was made a permanent fixture of the company’s schedule.
With a name borrowed from The Rock and a colour scheme borrowed from Eiffel 55, SmackDown would become the Federation’s second weekly show and their second most important series behind Raw.
Whilst at times it was treated like an afterthought, it has seen some historical moments in its time. But what are the 10 biggest and best episodes?
These are the 10 Most Important Episodes of WWE SmackDown in History.
10. August 26, 1999
Four months after that one-off special, the first regular episode of SmackDown premiered on August 26, 1999, with a tantalising match as its main event.
WWE Champion Triple H was defending his gold against his great rival The Rock, but that wasn’t all. Shawn Michaels, who was retired at this point, would serve as the match’s special referee.
It looked as if The Brahma Bull was about to unseat The Game when HBK and his budgie smugglers stopped him with a Sweet Chin Music, the closest fans would ever get to seeing these two icons go one-on-one.
Triple H retained and SmackDown had just presented its first major angle.
Elsewhere on the card, there was a triple threat for the tag team titles, Al Snow defeated Big Boss Man for the Hardcore Title, and a young lad from Winnipeg in Chris Jericho had his first ever televised WWE match.
There was also an Evening Gown Match between Tori and Ivory, but I don’t think we need to spend any time on that.
