A Friday Night War will break out, two days from now as WWE Smackdown’s final 30 minutes will go head-to-head against the first 30 minutes of AEW Rampage. All Elite Wrestling is all amped up to beat WWE’s mainstay show in viewership as it leaves the original streaming platform of FOX for FS1. The stakes have been made high for the competition by AEW.
AEW President Tony Khan appeared on WFAN’s Moose and Maggie Show in New York City to announce that there would be a live Buy In this Friday at 9 PM ET on AEW’s YouTube. This means that the YouTube streaming will also go head-to-head with SmackDown ahead of the actual Rampage show, which starts at 10 PM ET on TNT.
Two big matches have been confirmed for the Buy In Rampage streaming where Bobby Fish is set to wrestle Lee Moriarty. Also, on the pre-show Bryan Danielson (fka Daniel Bryan in WWE) is going up against NJPW star Minoru Suzuki. The two have previously met in singles competition one-time in NJPW (2004), as per Khan’s revelation.
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With an FS1 airing and heavy competition from AEW Rampage, Smackdown is likely to suffer a lot in terms of viewership and key demo rating. As of now, the cards for AEW programming stands as follows,
Rampage: The Buy In (Oct 15 – 9 PM onwards)
* Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki
* Bobby Fish vs. Lee Moriarty
Rampage (Oct 15 – 10 PM onwards)
* CM Punk vs. Matt Sydal
* Ruby Soho vs. The Bunny
* Men of the Year and Junior dos Santos with Dan Lambert and Jorge Masvidal vs. Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, and Sammy Guevara)
Saturday Night Dynamite (Oct 16)
* The Lucha Brothers (c) vs. Mystery Masked Tag Team with Andrade El Idolo (AAA Tag Team Championship)
* Dante Martin vs. Malakai Black
* Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish
* AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament bracket reveal
WWE Supersized Smackdown coming with a loaded card
WWE is promoting a Supersized Smackdown this week ahead of the Crown Jewel PPV 2021. During Saturday’s Iowa vs. Penn State college football game on FOX, an ad aired to promote the show on FS1, it was revealed that the last 30 minutes of the show will be commercial-free.
The full card for this week’s Supersized Smackdown stands as follows,
* SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks in a non-title match
* King of the Ring Tournament Semi-finals Match: Finn Balor vs. Sami Zayn
* Queen’s Crown Tournament Semi-finals Match: Carmella vs. Zelina Vega
* Sonya Deville makes in-ring return against Naomi
* Brock Lesnar will make his return on FOX
