Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: November 27, 2018 (Minneapolis, MN)
Overview
Asuka won a Battle Royal to secure her place in the SmackDown Women’s Championship TLC Match against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair at WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs. Elsewhere, Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton engaged in a wild brawl one week after The Viper stole Mysterio’s mask.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 48
- Air date
- 2018-11-27
- Runtime
- 85 min
Episode context
November 27, 2018 (Minneapolis, MN) is Episode 48 in Season 20 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2018-11-27. The runtime is 85 min.
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Episode 47: November 20, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)
Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton’s main event match took a horrifying turn when The Viper sadistically targeted The Biggest Little Man after the bell. Elsewhere, Charlotte Flair and Daniel Bryan addressed their surprising actions over the past week.
Episode 49: December 04, 2018 (Austin, TX)
Two weeks from WWE TLC, AJ Styles’ pursuit of the “New” Daniel Bryan led him into a showdown with The Miz. Plus, Samoa Joe continued to antagonize Jeff Hardy, and the contract signing for the first-ever Women’s Triple Threat TLC Match resulted in a reluctant tag team partnership between Charlotte Flair & Asuka.
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Episode 50: December 11, 2018 (Las Vegas, NV)
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Episode 45: November 6, 2018 (Manchester, England)
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Episode 51: December 18, 2018 (Fresno, CA)
Episode 44: October 30, 2018 (Atlanta, GA)
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Episode 52: December 25, 2018 (Fresno, CA)
Episode 43: October 23, 2018 (Newark, NJ)
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Episode 42: October 16, 2018 (Washington, DC)
An absolutely loaded SmackDown 1000 saw Rey Mysterio make an unbelievable return to the blue brand, cameos from Mr. McMahon, Batista, Ric Flair and Edge, as well as The Big Show making a catastrophic impact on the SmackDown Tag Team division.
Episode 41: October 9, 2018 (Indianapolis, IN)
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Episode 40: October 2, 2018 (Portland, OR)
Poised for WWE Super Show-Down in Melbourne, Australia, the blue brand descended into all-out chaos as Charlotte Flair hurled SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch through her own custom poster, Randy Orton injured Tye Dillinger’s finger in the turnbuckle and The Bar served up SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day.