WWE SmackDown followers within the UK will get an earlier evening tonight because the European tour rolls on.
Continuing with tonight’s episode, the blue model’s weekly present and Monday Night Raw are each being broadcast live on Netflix with a global flavour, following current stops in Barcelona and Brussels.
This tour marks the primary time ever that WWE has aired a run of major shows outside North America within the buildup to WrestleMania, which is heading to Las Vegas on April 19 and 20.
Last week’s SmackDown Spain’s own Axiom delight a hometown crowd as he tackled World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER.
And Monday’s episode of Raw has been hailed by followers as having the most effective crowds of the final 12 months, notably with the way in which the Belgian fans reacted to John Cena’s heel turn.
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Tonight, it’s one other nation’s probability to absorb the motion live – right here’s the whole lot you want to know.
What time is WWE SmackDown on tonight within the UK?
Tonight, WWE SmackDown begins at 7pm for followers within the UK.
Raw and SmackDown usually air within the early hours for us, however British viewers are loving life in the mean time with the live Netflix stream kicking off at a way more sociable time.
Where is WWE SmackDown tonight?
Tonight, SmackDown is being broadcast live from Bologna in Italy.
After tonight, WWE’s worldwide run of live broadcasts strikes to the UK, with Monday’s episode of Raw heading to Glasgow earlier than two nights at London’s O2 enviornment on March 28 (SmackDown) and 31 (Raw).
WWE SmackDown preview: match card and bulletins for March 21, 2025 episode
- Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins will all seem
- Jade Cargill vs. Liv Morgan
- Jacob Fatu vs. Braun Strowman
- Zelina Vega vs. Piper Niven
Why are Raw and SmackDown altering start occasions?
The new Netflix deal has led to a really welcome change amid WWE’s ongoing Road to WrestleMania tour throughout Europe.
Whenever WWE aired Raw and SmackDown from the UK prior to now, they’d often be broadcast on a delay to match up with the US broadcast occasions, which means they nonetheless got here on TV within the early hours for us.
That’s all modified with Netflix, with the streamer has the WWE rights for many of the world exterior the United States – plus international crowds have raised the bar lately, prompting the change.
Monday Night Raw airs on the streamer just about in every single place together with the US at this level, so the present will all the time be live wherever they’re on the earth.
Thankfully for followers exterior the US, that features SmackDown, which is a part of our Netflix subscription, regardless of nonetheless airing on the USA Network for followers within the States.
Those within the US must wait until the same old timeslot to tune in, however the remainder of us can benefit from the motion because it occurs.
WWE SmackDown roster and champions
Since WrestleMania final 12 months, Cody Rhodes has been flying the flag on the SmackDown model because the Undisputed WWE Champion.
Tiffany Stratton is the present WWE Women’s Champion after cashing in her Money In The Bank briefcase on Nia Jax on the January 3 present.
Chelsea Green and LA Knight each hold the United States Title of their respective divisions, whereas the Street Profits duo Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford received the WWE Tag Team Titles final week from #DIY.
SmackDown’s on-air common supervisor Nick Aldis has a wealth of expertise as his disposal, as the lads’s roster boasts the likes of Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu.
Braun Strowman, Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Shinsuke Nakamura, Carmelo Hayes, Damian Priest, The Miz and Santos Escobar are amongst the names making up the remainder of the lads’s area.
On the ladies’s aspect, Bianca Belair continues to be technically on the present, together with Charlotte Flair, B-Fab, Alba Fyre, Piper Niven, Jade Cargill, Candice LeRae, Michin, Zelina Vega, Nia Jax and Naomi.
Meanwhile, new tag champs the Street Profits nonetheless have stiff competitors because the division consists of Motor City Machine Guns, Los Garzas and the UK’s personal Pretty Deadly.
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