Season 18
(2016)
Overview
2016 season of WWE SmackDown
Cast
Episodes
January 7, 2016 (Laredo, TX) 5.0
January 7, 2016
On SmackDown's USA Network debut, Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens' Intercontinental Championship battle intensified into a…
January 14, 2016 (Lafayette, LA) 6.0
January 14, 2016
SmackDown on USA Network’s huge triple main event lived up to the hype as The Dudley Boyz and Wyatt Family destroyed so…
January 21, 2016 (Dayton, OH) 5.0
January 21, 2016
Roman Reigns battles The League of Nations, Dolph Ziggler & The Usos take on WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day and…
January 28, 2016 (Tampa, FL) 6.0
January 28, 2016
In this week's SmackDown, Chris Jericho welcomes Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose on The Highlight Reel, Kalisto defends t…
February 4, 2016 (Memphis, TN) 7.0
February 4, 2016
With their WWE World Heavyweight Title No. 1 Contender's Triple Threat Match at WWE Fastlane approaching, would Roman R…
February 11, 2016 (Portland, OR) 7.0
February 11, 2016
On an action-packed episode of SmackDown, AJ Styles and Chris Jericho battled in an epic rematch, The Dudley Boyz made …
February 18, 2016 (Ontario, CA) 5.0
February 18, 2016
With the relationship between the brothers-in-arms uncertain, Brock Lesnar returned to SmackDown for the first time in …
February 25, 2016 (Indianapolis, IN) 7.0
February 25, 2016
As The Road to WrestleMania kicked into overdrive, WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H made it clear that he is all…
March 3, 2016 (Atlanta, GA) 7.0
March 3, 2016
Following two weeks of vicious assaults at the hands of Brock Lesnar and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H, The L…
March 10, 2016 (Milwaukee, WI) 7.0
March 10, 2016
On the final stop before WWE Roadblock, Dean Ambrose joined forces with Dolph Ziggler & The Usos in a huge 8-Man Ta…
March 17, 2016 (Cincinnati, OH) 7.0
March 17, 2016
On a SmackDown filled with big-fight feel, Roman Reigns predicted the destruction of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Tri…
March 24, 2016 (Boston, MA) 6.0
March 24, 2016
Just 10 days before WrestleMania, Brock Leaser, Dean Ambrose and The Wyatt Family went to war, the combatants of the Wr…
March 31, 2016 (New York City, NY) 5.0
March 31, 2016
The Road to WrestleMania made its final stop on SmackDown as Dean Ambrose made a big statement before his battle with B…
April 7, 2016 (Houston, TX) 7.0
April 7, 2016
In the wake of WrestleMania, SmackDown featured WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns, the return of Dean Ambrose…
April 14, 2016 (San Diego, CA) 7.0
April 14, 2016
On a SmackDown filled with turmoil, two more teams advanced in the No 1. Contenders’ Tag Team Tournament, sponsored by …
April 21, 2016 (London, England) 7.0
April 21, 2016
SmackDown traveled across the pond with a hard-fought battle between the Phenomenal and the Awesome, a WrestleMania rem…
April 28, 2016 (Manchester, NH) 6.0
April 28, 2016
On the final stop before the first pay-per-view of a New Era, The Big Dog battled The A-lister in a huge Champion vs. C…
May 5, 2016 (Kansas City, MO) 7.0
May 5, 2016
A New Era of WWE came to Thursday night in chaotic fashion, as a tag team main event quickly descended into a fast-and-…
May 12, 2016 (Des Moines, IA) 6.0
May 12, 2016
As WWE hurls toward Extreme Rules, SmackDown featured a vicious assault of insane proportions by Chris Jericho, chair-w…
May 19, 2016 (Greenville, SC) 8.0
May 19, 2016
On the final stop before WWE’s craziest event of the year, Roman Reigns battled Luke Gallows in a huge main event showd…
May 26, 2016 (Norfolk, VA) 7.0
May 26, 2016
In the wake the groundbreaking announcement that SmackDown will move to Tuesday nights beginning July 19 — airing live …
June 2, 2016 (Rockford, IL) 6.0
June 2, 2016
SmackDown was chockfull of chaos as The Club made an emphatic statement at the expense of The New Day, “Money” competit…
June 9, 2016 (Wichita, KS) 7.0
June 9, 2016
As WWE prepared for a Money in the Bank pay-per-view that could very well rival WrestleMania, SmackDown featured a pair…
June 16, 2016 (Biloxi, MS) 8.0
June 16, 2016
On the final SmackDown before what could be the greatest Money in the Bank pay-per-view ever, Thursday night’s best sho…
June 23, 2016 (Tucson, AZ) 7.0
June 23, 2016
On a fiery edition of SmackDown, Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn battled in an action-packed main event showdown, Sasha Bank…
June 30, 2016 (Miami, FL) 7.0
June 30, 2016
With SmackDown Live less than three weeks away, the second-longest-running weekly episodic television show in history s…
July 07, 2016 (Toledo, OH) 8.0
July 7, 2016
With WWE Battleground 10 days away and Superstars looking to improve their stock heading into the WWE Draft when SmackD…
July 14, 2016 (Grand Rapids, MI) 7.0
July 14, 2016
As Superstars looked to raise their stock en route to Tuesday’s WWE Draft on the premiere of SmackDown Live, the final …
July 19, 2016 (Worcester, MA) 8.0
July 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 w…
July 26, 2016 (Buffalo, NY) 7.0
July 26, 2016
SmackDown Live began the New Era with a Six-Pack Challenge, a high stakes Battle Royal and a serpentine showdown agains…
August 2, 2016 (Nashville, TN) 8.0
August 2, 2016
Dolph Ziggler fights to keep his SummerSlam spot intact while looking down Bray Wyatt in the main event of SmackDown Li…
August 9, 2016 (Bakersfield, CA) 6.0
August 9, 2016
With only two weeks before their SummerSlam clash for the WWE World Championship, Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler attemp…
August 16, 2016 (Austin, TX) 6.0
August 16, 2016
John Cena looked to adjust AJ Styles’ attitude while Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler both looked for the tactical edge w…
August 23, 2016 (Uncasville, CT) 8.0
August 23, 2016
In the wake of SummerSlam, the SmackDown Women’s and Tag Team Championships were introduced as Bryan and Shane McMahon …
August 30, 2016 (Dallas, TX) 6.0
August 30, 2016
With Backlash on the horizon, Dean Ambrose squared off against Baron Corbin - with his No. 1 Contender AJ Styles lurkin…
September 6, 2016 (Lincoln, NE) 6.0
September 6, 2016
With Backlash imminent, AJ Styles and Dean Ambrose both aimed to gain the mental (and physical) advantage ahead of thei…
September 13, 2016 (Philadelphia, PA) 6.0
September 13, 2016
John Cena returned to SmackDown LIVE and immediately changed the game for Team Blue. Meanwhile, The Miz continued to st…
September 20, 2016 (Birmingham, AL) 7.0
September 20, 2016
After John Cena and Dean Ambrose battled intensely in the SmackDown LIVE main event, it was announced that Ambrose will…
September 27, 2016 (Cleveland, OH) 7.0
September 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 Wor…
October 4, 2016 (San Diego, CA) 7.0
October 4, 2016
WWE World Champion AJ Styles, John Cena and Dean Ambrose did not hold back in their face-to-face-to-face confrontation …
October 11, 2016 (San Jose, CA) 6.0
October 11, 2016
October 18, 2016 (Denver ,CO) 6.0
October 18, 2016
October 25, 2016 (Green Bay, WI) 7.0
October 25, 2016
November 1, 2016 (Newark, NJ) 7.0
November 1, 2016
November 8, 2016 (Glasgow, Scotland) 6.0
November 8, 2016
November 15, 2016 (Wilkes-Barre, PA) 9.0
November 15, 2016
November 22, 2016 (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) 8.0
November 22, 2016
November 29, 2016 (Columbia, SC) 6.0
November 29, 2016
December 6, 2016 (Houston, TX) 6.0
December 6, 2016
December 13, 2016 7.0
December 13, 2016
December 20, 2016 (Detroit, MI) 8.0
December 20, 2016
December 27, 2016 (Chicago, IL) 8.0
December 27, 2016