Episode
WWE Friday Night SmackDown: July 9, 2019 (Manchester, NH)
Overview
Kevin Owens finally exploded on Shane McMahon, verbally assaulting The Best in the World at the start of the night and dropping him with a Stunner at the end of it, massively altering the main event between Roman Reigns and Dolph Ziggler.
Details
- Series
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown
- Season
- Season 21
- Episode
- Episode 28
- Air date
- 2019-07-09
- Runtime
- 85 min
Episode context
July 9, 2019 (Manchester, NH) is Episode 28 in Season 21 of WWE Friday Night SmackDown. It aired on 2019-07-09. The runtime is 85 min.
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Episode 27: July 2, 2019 (San Antonio, TX)
After a chaotic set of circumstances, Kevin Owens & Dolph Ziggler collided with Heavy Machinery, and the winning team would earn their way into the SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match at WWE Extreme Rules. Elsewhere, Samoa Joe made a chilling proposition to Kofi Kingston, but the WWE Champion would not blink in the face of The Samoan Submission Machine.
Episode 29: July 16, 2019 (Worcester, MA)
The beef between Kevin Owens and Shane McMahon continued, first with Shane-O-Mac’s Town Hall Meeting quickly going south when KO abruptly arrived and then again in the main event when Owens tussled with Dolph Ziggler, but the conclusion would be altered when Shane hit the scene with some backup clearly aiming to take KO out.
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Episode 30: July 23, 2019 (Miami, FL)
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Episode 25: June 18, 2019 (Ontario, CA)
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Episode 31: July 30, 2019 (Memphis, TN)
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Episode 24: June 11, 2019 (Sacramento, CA)
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Episode 32: August 6, 2019 (Detroit, MI)
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Episode 23: June 4, 2019 (Laredo, TX)
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Episode 33: August 13, 2019 (Toronto, ON)
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Episode 22: May 28, 2019 (Tulsa, OK)
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Episode 34: August 20, 2019 (Sioux Falls, SD)
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