Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: May 12, 2016 (Des Moines, IA)
Overview
As WWE hurls toward Extreme Rules, SmackDown featured a vicious assault of insane proportions by Chris Jericho, chair-welding mayhem by Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, an eye-catching debut by Dana Brooke and a tag team showdown where no one could be trusted.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2016-05-12
- Runtime
- 81 min
Episode context
May 12, 2016 (Des Moines, IA) is Episode 19 in Season 18 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2016-05-12. The runtime is 81 min.
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Episode 18: May 5, 2016 (Kansas City, MO)
A New Era of WWE came to Thursday night in chaotic fashion, as a tag team main event quickly descended into a fast-and-furious Six-Man Tag Team showdown.
Episode 20: May 19, 2016 (Greenville, SC)
On the final stop before WWE’s craziest event of the year, Roman Reigns battled Luke Gallows in a huge main event showdown, the Intercontinental Title Fatal 4-Way combatants fought to land the final blow before Extreme Rules and The Lunatic Fringe gave The Ayatollah of Rock ’n’ Rolla a preview of his Asylum.
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