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12 unusual facts about WWE SmackDown!


2012 nL Draft

The 2012 nL Draft was the first annual nL Draft featured on WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006, which took place on October 6, 2012.

22nd Century Lifestyle

"Can't Stop (22nd Century Lifestyle)" was also featured prominently in the video games: WWE Day of Reckoning, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW, and WWE WrestleMania 21.

Adam Birch

After signing with WWE, the group were called up to the SmackDown! roster and on their debut in April 2005, Birch and Nitro went on to win the WWE Tag Team Championship.

D-Ray 3000

In March 2007 Hill made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut on an episode of SmackDown! as the "Ethiopian Heavyweight Champion" Viko Batomango, where he lost a match to Montel Vontavious Porter.

Hunico

On the August 12 SmackDown, Arias made his WWE television debut, when he took over the role of Sin Cara from Luis Urive, the former CMLL Místico, who was serving a 30 day suspension for violating WWE's wellness program, and defeated Tyson Kidd in a singles match.

KUTP

From April 29, 1999 to September 15, 2006 and from October 3, 2008 to September 24, 2010, KUTP aired WWE's Friday Night SmackDown during its respective affiliations with UPN and MyNetworkTV.

Michael Pavone

It was reported in the August 4, 2008 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Pavone was hired by WWE as a creative consultant to the writers of the company's shows Monday Night Raw on USA Network and Friday Night SmackDown on Syfy

Nick Hamilton

After the brand extension, Patrick was used as the head referee on the SmackDown! brand.

Shuckey Duckey

Fellow Texan, and former commentator of WWE SmackDown, Booker T has been known to use Armstrong's catchphrase to express his appreciation for the beauty of the female talent.

Sylvester Terkay

After more training with WWE's Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) developmental territory, Terkay was brought up to the main roster of SmackDown! on July 28, 2006 working an MMA gimmick with Elijah Burke, who acted as his cornerman.

WWE Breaking Point

Breaking Point featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw, SmackDown, ECW and WWE SuperstarsWorld Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) television programs.

WWE United States Championship

In July 2003, the title was reactivated as the WWE United States Championship by SmackDown General Manager, Stephanie McMahon, and was commissioned to be a secondary championship to the SmackDown brand.


3-Minute Warning

During the September 12 episode of SmackDown! Three Minute Warning and Eric Bischoff crashed the "commitment ceremony" being held for the Billy and Chuck tag team.

Bunkhouse Buck

On the July 16, 2010 edition of WWE Smackdown, Golden appeared portraying the character of Jack Swagger's father, and Swagger abandoned him to be chokeslammed and tombstoned by Kane.

Joe C.

He appeared on the May 18, 2000 edition of WWF Smackdown during a taping in Detroit to drink beer with The Acolytes, and on the May 29 edition of Raw Is War, helping Too Cool win their only WWF Tag Team Championship in 2000 from Edge and Christian.

Rust Epique

Their song,"Can't Stop" was featured in two of the WWE's video games in 2004, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW (PlayStation 2) and WWE Day of Reckoning (GameCube).

Tucson Convention Center

The Tucson Convention Center has been host to many other events including the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, concerts, monster truck shows as well as many live WWE television broadcasts featuring Raw, SmackDown & ECW on Sci Fi.

WWE Day of Reckoning

The game's single player mode involves the player guiding a created wrestler through the ranks as a rookie and into main event stardom on either of WWE's brands RAW or SmackDown!.

WWF No Mercy

A similar idea of linking a portable port to the console port would eventually be used in WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006, for unlocking Jake "The Snake" Roberts on the PlayStation 2.