Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: June 9, 2016 (Wichita, KS)
Overview
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.”
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2016-06-09
- Runtime
- 83 min
Episode context
June 9, 2016 (Wichita, KS) is Episode 23 in Season 18 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2016-06-09. The runtime is 83 min.
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Episode 22: June 2, 2016 (Rockford, IL)
SmackDown was chockfull of chaos as The Club made an emphatic statement at the expense of The New Day, “Money” competitors squared off in a tag team showdown and Natalya helped Becky Lynch even the odds against WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte and Dana Brooke.
Episode 24: June 16, 2016 (Biloxi, MS)
On the final SmackDown before what could be the greatest Money in the Bank pay-per-view ever, Thursday night’s best show spun out of control with a Fatal 4-Way Match, a one-on-one showdown pitting The Phenomenal One against a WWE Tag Team Champion, and a manic main event collision between Money in the Bank Ladder Match competitors.
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