Some Big Matches And Names Already Announced For SmackDown Live #1000

Nineteen years is a long time. Back in August 1999, SmackDown debuted as the official second show of WWE, replacing Sunday Night Heat as the second major television program. The show is still going strong in 2018 and next year it will be moving to the FOX Network to really turn it into something special. It’s also coming up on a big time milestone and it looks like WWE is pulling out all the stops.

According to the Capital One Center’s website, the 1000th episode of SmackDown Live will be taking place at the arena October 16. The arena has also announced three matches and a host of names making appearances. Already announced for the show are AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe in a WWE Championship match (neither is designated as champion), Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz and Randy Orton vs. Jeff Hardy. Also announced as appearing are the Undertaker, Shinsuke Nakamura, the Bludgeon Brothers and Carmella.

Check out how Raw 1000 started out.

The opening to Raw's historic 1,000th episode: Raw, July 23, 2012

Opinion: They’re wasting no time in setting things up and that’s a good sign. WWE went all out for Raw 1000 in 2012 and there’s no reason that the SmackDown Live version shouldn’t get the same treatment. Having the WWE Championship on the line and Undertaker, who was a huge part of SmackDown Live for a long time, appearing makes this feel important. You can imagine what else they’ll have lined up and that’s a nice feeling.

Which of these matches interests you the most? What else do you want to see happen? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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