SmackDown 1,000 Details Announced

WWE has announced preliminary information regarding the SmackDown 1,000 special that is coming up in a matter of months.

The historic 1,000 episode of SmackDown Live takes place on Tuesday, October 16th from Washington, D.C. at the Capital One Arena. No further details have been announced at this time. That said, you can expect to see a stacked show with cameos from SmackDown legends.

WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was quoted in the announcement. “One thousand episodes is a tremendous milestone reinforcing the longevity and popularity of WWE,” he said. “But it’s only the beginning, and the best is yet to come for SmackDown.”

WWE is touting that SmackDown helped ‘launch the careers’ of ‘pop-culture icons’ such as The Rock, Steve Austin, The Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H and the Bella Twins. Most of the names on that list were wrestling long before the creation of SmackDown, but that’s only a minor detail.

Tickets for SmackDown 1,000 will be available this Friday morning (8/17) at Ticketmaster, the Capital One Arena box office or by calling 1-800-745-3000.

WWE SmackDown premiered back in 1999 at the height of WWE’s Attitude Era. The show averages approximately 2.9 million viewers on the USA Network. It is also one of the longest running episodic shows in television history.

SmackDown Live moves to the FOX broadcast network in October 2019. That deal with Fox Sports will generate more than $1 billion for WWE over a 5-year period.