Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: April 2, 2019 (Baltimore, MD)
Overview
WWE Champion “The New” Daniel Bryan railed on Kofi Kingston’s good name one too many times, as a passionate Kofi finally lashed out verbally just five days before challenging The Planet’s Champion for the title on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2019-04-02
- Runtime
- 86 min
Episode context
April 2, 2019 (Baltimore, MD) is Episode 14 in Season 21 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2019-04-02. The runtime is 86 min.
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Episode 13: March 26, 2019 (Uncasville, CT)
After New Day threatened to quit WWE, Mr. McMahon gave Kofi Kingston one last chance to challenge for the WWE Title at WrestleMania … except his fate wouldn’t be in his hands. The Chairman decreed that if Kofi’s New Day brethren could prevail in a Tag Team Gauntlet Match, then The Dreadlocked Dynamo would get his WWE Championship Match on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
Episode 15: April 9, 2019 (Brooklyn, NY)
Kofi Kingston’s WWE Championship celebration was cut short when The Bar & Drew McIntyre crashed the party, challenging The New Day to a Six-Man Tag Team Match in the main event of SmackDown LIVE. Elsewhere, The Usos and The Hardy Boyz battled for the SmackDown Tag Team Titles, but the winners would not be able to enjoy the victory, as Lars Sullivan emerged to wreak havoc.
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Episode 16: April 16, 2019 (Montreal, Canada)
Night Two of the Superstar Shake-up seen on SmackDown LIVE with many surprises that include the arrivals of Roman Reigns, Finn Bálor, Bayley, Ember Moon and many more. Elsewhere, The New Day appoints a new honorary member of the group after appearing on “The Kevin Owens Show.”
Episode 11: March 12, 2019 (Dayton, OH)
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Episode 17: April 23, 2019 (Lincoln, NE)
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Episode 10: March 5, 2019 (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
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Episode 18: April 30, 2019 (Columbus, OH)
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Episode 9: February 26, 2019 (Charlotte, NC)
Mr. McMahon dropped a bombshell when he announced that Kevin Owens would replace Kofi Kingston as “The New” Daniel Bryan’s challenger for the WWE Championship at WWE Fastlane. However, matters complicated even more when the returning Owens suggested that he and Kingston team up against Bryan & Rowan in the main event of SmackDown LIVE.
Episode 19: May 7, 2019 (Louisville, KY)
The “Wild Card Rule” brought Raw’s AJ Styles and Sami Zayn to SmackDown LIVE, but WWE Champion Kofi Kingston upped the ante when he challenged both Superstars to a Triple Threat Match with WWE’s most prestigious prize on the line. Elsewhere, new SmackDown Tag Team Champions were crowned, but not in the way Shane McMahon intended when the “Wild Card Rule” struck again.
Episode 8: February 19, 2019 (New Orleans, LA)
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Episode 20: May 14, 2019 (London, England)
With WWE Champion Kofi Kingston as the scheduled guest on “The Kevin Owens Show,” it seemed likely that the two WWE Money in the Bank opponents would trade blows only five nights before their WWE Title Match … which they did, but no one could have predicted how it materialized, thanks to Mr. McMahon’s Wild Card Rule.