Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: January 1, 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Overview
On a monumental New Year’s Day SmackDown LIVE, AJ Styles unleashed the newfound aggression he showed Mr. McMahon last week on four other Superstars en route to earning a WWE Championship Match against “The New” Daniel Bryan at Royal Rumble. Plus, John Cena came face to face with The Man in his return to Team Blue.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2019-01-01
- Runtime
- 84 min
Episode context
January 1, 2019 (Pittsburgh, PA) is Episode 1 in Season 21 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2019-01-01. The runtime is 84 min.
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