Friday Night SmackDown will begin with a commercial-free block for the first half hour of the program.
WWE announced that the show will kick off with a 30-minute commercial-free portion, which will include the steel cage match between Cody Rhodes and Solo Sikoa kicking off the show.
🚨 🚨 🚨 @RealNickAldis has just announced the first 30 MINUTES of tonight's #SmackDown premiere on @USANetwork will be COMMERCIAL-FREE!!!
📺 8/7c on @USANetwork pic.twitter.com/jKqXvE8LyK
— WWE (@WWE) September 13, 2024
The episode is the first of SmackDown’s five-year agreement after leaving Fox.
SmackDown previously aired on the USA Network from 2016 until 2019.
Here is the lineup for tonight’s episode from the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle:
*Undisputed WWE Championship – Steel Cage: Cody Rhodes © vs. Solo Sikoa
*Kevin Owens & TBA vs. A-Town Down Under
*Carmelo Hayes vs. Andrade
Rewind-A-SmackDown airs live at 10:05 p.m. ET with Wai Ting & Neal Flanagan on the POST Wrestling Café
