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For nearly 30 years, WWE Friday Night SmackDown has been a weekend essential for pro wrestling fans around the world. While the TV show highlights the best and brightest in the WWE with explosive matches and developing storylines, especially after premium live events, like SummerSlam and WrestleMania.
Want to watch SmackDown online? The WWE TV event airs live on Fridays on USA Network with a start time of 8 p.m. ET/PT, and there are plenty of streaming options that’ll allow you to catch all the action.
Who’s Performing During WWE SmackDown ?
Throughout its history on TV, there has been a number of popular recording artists who made surprise appearances during SmackDown , including Travis Scott, Jelly Roll, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit, Lil Yachty, Wale, Rick Ross and others. To find out who’s going appear on the show, tune-in to SmackDown .
How to Watch WWE SmackDown Online
For those with traditional cable, you can watch on Fridays on USA Network starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT. However, if you don’t have cable then the best way to watch online is with a subscription to DirecTV or Peacock .
Peacock
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The official USA Network streamer.
There are two different plans offered on Peacock: The Premium Plan for $10.99 per month or the Premium Plus Plan for $16.99 per month. If you’re looking to save, you can get 17% off when you do the annual plan for $109.99 per year or $169.99 per year, respectively. With the Premium Plan, it’s ad-supported and you’ll receive access to a wide range of movies, TV shows, originals, live sports from NBC Sports and live news from NBC News.
Peacock’s Premium Plus plan comes with everything in the Premium plan , no ads, your local NBC channel live and the ability to download and stream offline.
Alongside SmackDown , you’ll have access to the entire Peacock library, including Obsession , Yellowstone , Five Nights At Freddy’s 2 , The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills , Poker Face , Saturday Night Live and others.
The streaming service also offers a number of music documentaries and specials, such as Toby Keith: An American Icon , Bowie: The Man Who Changed The World , Bob Dylan: The Folk Years , Stevie Nicks: Through The Looking Glass , Katy Perry: Main Square , Welcome To The A: 50 Years of Hip-Hop in Atlanta and much more.
Although the service doesn’t offer a free trial, you can still watch Peacock with a clever workaround to watch online for as low as $1. Learn more about how to get cheap to access Peacock here .
DirecTV
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Sign up for a five-day free trial to watch for free.
Sling TV
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Sling Blue
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Hulu + Live TV comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost.
WWE SmackDown — with the opening theme “Neva Play” by Megan Thee Stallion with RM of BTS — is available to watch on USA Network on DirecTV or Peacock , on Fridays, starting at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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