The Best Episodes of WWE Friday Night SmackDown Season 18

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8.1/10(28 votes)
#1 - July 07, 2016 (Toledo, OH)
S18:E277/7/2016
With WWE Battleground 10 days away and Superstars looking to improve their stock heading into the WWE Draft when SmackDown Live premieres on July 19, the second-longest weekly episodic television show in history went absolutely off the rails.
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8.1/10(44 votes)
#2 - November 15, 2016 (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
S18:E4611/15/2016
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8.1/10(44 votes)
#3 - December 27, 2016 (Chicago, IL)
S18:E5212/27/2016
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8.0/10(30 votes)
#4 - August 2, 2016 (Nashville, TN)
S18:E318/2/2016
Dolph Ziggler fights to keep his SummerSlam spot intact while looking down Bray Wyatt in the main event of SmackDown Live.
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7.9/10(30 votes)
#5 - September 27, 2016 (Cleveland, OH)
S18:E399/27/2016
John Cena took more than a front row seat as his No Mercy opponents AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose collided for the WWE World Title in a monumental SmackDown LIVE main event. Meanwhile, Bray Wyatt and Randy Orton engaged in a game of cat and mouse, The Miz challenged Dolph Ziggler to put his career on the line at No Mercy and the Tag Team and Women’s divisions continued to be as explosive and unpredictable as ever.
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7.8/10(32 votes)
#6 - September 20, 2016 (Birmingham, AL)
S18:E389/20/2016
After John Cena and Dean Ambrose battled intensely in the SmackDown LIVE main event, it was announced that Ambrose will square off against AJ Styles for the WWE Championship on SmackDown LIVE next week! Meanwhile, Intercontinental Champion The Miz put his title on the line against Dolph Ziggler, The Usos and American Alpha battled to become the SmackDown Tag Team Championship No. 1 contenders and matters only got stranger between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt.
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7.7/10(29 votes)
#7 - July 26, 2016 (Buffalo, NY)
S18:E307/26/2016
SmackDown Live began the New Era with a Six-Pack Challenge, a high stakes Battle Royal and a serpentine showdown against the reigning Intercontinental Champion.
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7.4/10(36 votes)
#8 - July 19, 2016 (Worcester, MA)
S18:E297/19/2016
WWE's New Era got off to a spectacular start on SmackDown Live's premiere, highlighted by a WWE Draft that was packed with eye-opening picks and a five-star WWE Championship Rematch between Dean Ambrose (representing SmackDown Live) and Seth Rollins (representing Raw). Find out which Superstars are now on Raw and SmackDown Live after the huge roster shakeup.
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7.4/10(26 votes)
#9 - August 9, 2016 (Bakersfield, CA)
S18:E328/9/2016
With only two weeks before their SummerSlam clash for the WWE World Championship, Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler attempted to put their differences aside to take down Bray Wyatt and Erick Rowan on SmackDown Live.
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7.3/10(24 votes)
#10 - March 24, 2016 (Boston, MA)
S18:E123/24/2016
Just 10 days before WrestleMania, Brock Leaser, Dean Ambrose and The Wyatt Family went to war, the combatants of the WrestleMania Intercontinental Title Ladder Match fought for momentum and Roman Reigns continued to unleash his own vicious brand of authority.
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7.3/10(27 votes)
#11 - June 30, 2016 (Miami, FL)
S18:E266/30/2016
With SmackDown Live less than three weeks away, the second-longest-running weekly episodic television show in history showcased a Fatal 4-Way United States Title No. 1 Contender’s Match, a United States Championship Match and a Champion vs. Champion Match.
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7.3/10(28 votes)
#12 - September 13, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA)
S18:E379/13/2016
John Cena returned to SmackDown LIVE and immediately changed the game for Team Blue. Meanwhile, The Miz continued to struggle for respect, a new No. 1 contender to the SmackDown Women’s Title was crowned and Heath Slater finally signed his SmackDown LIVE contract.
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7.3/10(28 votes)
#13 - December 13, 2016
S18:E5012/13/2016
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7.2/10(21 votes)
#14 - April 14, 2016 (San Diego, CA)
S18:E154/14/2016
On a SmackDown filled with turmoil, two more teams advanced in the No 1. Contenders’ Tag Team Tournament, sponsored by Booty-O’s, AJ Styles showed Alberto Del Rio he is worthy of his spot in the “big leagues” and Sami Zayn’s main event showdown with Chris Jericho involved some rowdy guest announcers.
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7.2/10(24 votes)
#15 - June 9, 2016 (Wichita, KS)
S18:E236/9/2016
As WWE prepared for a Money in the Bank pay-per-view that could very well rival WrestleMania, SmackDown featured a pair of outrageous tag team matches, a highly personal Women’s division contest, and a main event showdown pitting The Lunatic Fringe against “The Best in the World at What He Does.”
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7.2/10(26 votes)
#16 - October 4, 2016 (San Diego, CA)
S18:E4010/4/2016
WWE World Champion AJ Styles, John Cena and Dean Ambrose did not hold back in their face-to-face-to-face confrontation that proved extremely explosive. Elsewhere, the mind games between Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt took a mysterious turn, the Tag Team and Women’s divisions rose to new heights and several rising stars of the New Era looked to make their mark on Team Blue.
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7.1/10(26 votes)
#17 - February 11, 2016 (Portland, OR)
S18:E62/11/2016
On an action-packed episode of SmackDown, AJ Styles and Chris Jericho battled in an epic rematch, The Dudley Boyz made a shocking announcement and Sasha Banks delivered a statement to her former Team B.A.D. partners.
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7.1/10(24 votes)
#18 - April 7, 2016 (Houston, TX)
S18:E144/7/2016
In the wake of WrestleMania, SmackDown featured WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns, the return of Dean Ambrose from his Show of Shows clash against Brock Lesnar, the debut of The Vaudevillians, an Intercontinental Title rematch and a turbulent tag team main event.
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7.1/10(28 votes)
#19 - October 25, 2016 (Green Bay, WI)
S18:E4310/25/2016
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7.0/10(28 votes)
#20 - October 11, 2016 (San Jose, CA)
S18:E4110/11/2016
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7.0/10(27 votes)
#21 - October 18, 2016 (Denver ,CO)
S18:E4210/18/2016
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7.0/10(31 votes)
#22 - November 1, 2016 (Newark, NJ)
S18:E4411/1/2016
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7.0/10(29 votes)
#23 - November 22, 2016 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
S18:E4711/22/2016
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6.9/10(24 votes)
#24 - March 3, 2016 (Atlanta, GA)
S18:E93/3/2016
Following two weeks of vicious assaults at the hands of Brock Lesnar and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, The Lunatic Fringe opened old wounds and a new chapter of his longstanding rivalry against Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens. Plus, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks battled for a chance at WrestleMania and Bray Wyatt set a Roadblock for The Beast.
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6.9/10(23 votes)
#25 - April 21, 2016 (London, England)
S18:E164/21/2016
SmackDown traveled across the pond with a hard-fought battle between the Phenomenal and the Awesome, a WrestleMania rematch and a fierce tag team main event showdown with huge WWE Payback implications.
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