Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: May 16, 2017 (Manchester, New Hampshire)
Overview
WWE Champion Randy Orton and Jinder Mahal both tried to garner momentum heading into their WWE Title Match at WWE Backlash, as Orton squared off with Baron Corbin and Jinder Mahal took on AJ Styles on SmackDown LIVE.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 19
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2017-05-16
- Runtime
- 82 min
Episode context
May 16, 2017 (Manchester, New Hampshire) is Episode 20 in Season 19 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2017-05-16. The runtime is 82 min.
Previous / Next
Episode 19: May 9, 2017 (London, England)
With WWE Backlash just nine days away, WWE Champion Randy Orton and Jinder Mahal squared off against one another in Six-Man Tag Team action in the SmackDown LIVE main event. Elsewhere, Dolph Ziggler and Shinsuke Nakamura’s blossoming rivalry continued.
Episode 21: May 23, 2017 (Toledo, Ohio)
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Episode 22: May 30, 2017 (Atlanta, Georgia)
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Episode 15: April 11, 2017 (Boston, MA)
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Episode 26: June 27, 2017 (San Diego, California)