The Top 25 Moments in WWE Smackdown History
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00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:30It's in your seatbelts for the hottest series on TV.
00:34Smackdown!
00:36The rock show, the people show.
00:39Acknowledge me.
00:41Give me a hell yeah.
00:43Smackdown fans are on their feet and ready.
00:46This is history.
00:49This is Smackdown.
00:54The ring just imploded.
00:56Yippee-ki-yay.
00:59Look at Mysterio on the top of the cage.
01:02And new!
01:04A celebration for Eddie Guerrero.
01:09I am, in fact, at your house.
01:12Who's here?
01:13Schwarzenegger level Triple H.
01:16That's a DX Express bus.
01:19Nice check on a jackass.
01:21It is the premiere of Friday Night Smackdown on Fox.
01:25Rest in peace.
01:28What is the one quality that you possess?
01:31Ruthless aggression.
01:39You know the crowd is ready.
01:42Get loud and ready.
01:44It's time to settle the score.
01:46Get loud and ready.
01:48We'll take the offer for more.
01:531,260 shows.
01:57That's more than 127,000 minutes.
02:01It would literally take you three months,
02:03watching 24 hours a day,
02:05to binge every single episode.
02:08Just some of the crazy impressive numbers
02:10about the Smash series Smackdown
02:13since it first burst onto the scene back in 1999.
02:17Hello, everybody, and welcome to the show.
02:19I'm your host, Jackie Redman.
02:21And as we celebrate the 25th anniversary
02:23of the Smackdown series premiere,
02:25we're counting down the top 25 moments
02:28in the show's illustrious history.
02:31We'll be joined by Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio,
02:34plus WWE superstars Becky Lynch,
02:37Kofi Kingston, Seth Freakin' Rollins,
02:40Charlotte Flair, and none other than John Cena.
02:45So how do we even begin to rank them all?
02:48Well, the Academy of Sports Entertainment
02:50carefully considered many factors,
02:53including historical significance, rarity,
02:56and of course, the wow factor.
03:02So let's get this party started already.
03:04Our countdown begins with a bang, quite literally.
03:11The DX Express!
03:14Seems the only thing I've ever been good at
03:16is tearing s*** up.
03:18I guess what I'm saying is,
03:19I'm good at deconstruction.
03:21What we got here is my own little toy.
03:24That's a DX Express bus!
03:29So-called Steve Austin just destroyed the DX Express bus!
03:37Austin 316 says,
03:39I just wrecked your bus!
03:41And that's the bottom line,
03:43cuz don't go set zone.
03:47Tonight, I'm gonna prove that I'm a better entertainer.
03:51Shawn Michaels thinks he's so great
03:53because he sang his own song.
03:55Well, Shawn, anything you can do,
03:58we can do better.
04:00Hit the music!
04:02Oh, oh, yeah!
04:04I think I'm cute.
04:06I got little medals.
04:08I got the moves.
04:10That makes them all tap.
04:12I'm Justin Timberlake.
04:14All tap.
04:15I'm just a sexy girl.
04:19I'll make your ankle hurt.
04:23I'm just a sexy girl.
04:27I'll make your ankle hurt.
04:35A celebration for the new WWE Champion!
04:41Frog Splash!
04:42He got it!
04:43Can you believe it?
04:45Let's get the party going!
04:47We're gonna have a fiesta with me!
04:50For everyone that supported me
04:52since the beginning,
04:54I say, gracias!
04:57An impossible dream
04:59literally coming true
05:01for Eddie Guerrero.
05:03I am the WWE Champion!
05:08Or should I say,
05:10we are the WWE Champion!
05:21In terms of championship celebrations,
05:23the late, great Eddie Guerrero
05:25is Dionne Primetime Sanders' high step-in
05:29combined with, like, Michael Jordan
05:31crying on the trophy.
05:33And we are so honored now
05:35to be joined by Eddie's dear friend
05:37and WWE Hall of Famer,
05:40Rey Mysterio.
05:42Rey, how would you compare
05:44that championship celebration
05:46to any others?
05:47Oh my God, that was a very special moment
05:50not just for me
05:52as his personal friend,
05:54for all of those that grew up watching Eddie
05:57and knew that finally
05:59he became champion in the WWE.
06:02We all know about your special,
06:04personal connection to Eddie.
06:06Take us to Rey Mysterio on that night.
06:08What was your reaction
06:10in the moment when he won?
06:12I was a spectator,
06:13and I enjoyed it to the fullest.
06:15And when he got the one, two, three,
06:18I was like, oh my God, he did it.
06:20He did it.
06:21You know, it was just such a loving moment.
06:24I hugged him.
06:25I said, I love you.
06:26Rey, all these years later,
06:28I mean, this celebration
06:29still resonates with the WWE Universe.
06:32Why do you think that is?
06:34I truly believe
06:35that was a very special night for Eddie.
06:38I am truly honored and blessed
06:41to have this special bond
06:44and connection with Eddie
06:46that in some way or form,
06:48fans can see or relate to Eddie through me.
06:52You can only imagine
06:53how that makes me feel as a human.
06:55Well, Rey, thank you so much for joining us.
06:57In some respects,
06:58it really feels like Eddie's party
07:00is still going.
07:01Long live Eddie.
07:02Long live Eddie.
07:03Eddie will live forever.
07:09Continuing with our countdown,
07:11this next moment proves money
07:13actually can buy happiness.
07:19There are few better in the world
07:21than the Queen.
07:26Absolute relentless attack here.
07:28Charlotte Flair is completely lifeless right now.
07:31She can't defend herself.
07:32Carmella!
07:34This is brilliant!
07:40Carmella is cashing in
07:42her Money in the Bank contract.
07:44Carmella with the kick!
07:46Yes!
07:48Carmella just keeps making history.
07:51Mella is money.
07:53And now,
07:54Mella has the gold.
07:58Brock Lesnar,
08:00he's landed,
08:01and he's on his way.
08:03He's on his way here!
08:07Roman Reigns in the bloodline
08:08trying to get out of the Elited.
08:18Yeah!
08:22That's what I'm talking about.
08:27Yeah!
08:33Go, go!
08:34Apparently Brock wasn't done.
08:43Next, our silver anniversary
08:46gets a taste of steel.
08:48We'll explain
08:50when the man Becky Lynch joins us.
08:58This Friday.
09:00The ultimate needle mover!
09:02The SmackDown season premiere.
09:04The greatest of the modern era.
09:06Has ascended.
09:07Acknowledge me!
09:09As the most dominant,
09:10godlike champion in WWE
09:13returns.
09:14I'm in god mode.
09:15Roman Reigns,
09:16live on the season premiere
09:18of Friday Night SmackDown.
09:20This Friday, 8, 7 central.
09:21Only on Fox.
09:28Finally,
09:29The Rock
09:30has come back home.
09:35The Rock says
09:36Kazamau SmackDown
09:38forever will be known
09:39as the people's show.
09:41The Rock can lay it,
09:43the smack it down
09:44on your candy asses.
09:46Charge your bitch ass up.
09:48Do you like pie?
09:50Well, everybody knows
09:51The Rock likes pie.
09:53The Rock, thank you so much.
09:56The Rock thanks you for that.
09:57Dance at Charleston, coach.
09:59Yeah!
10:01Get your monkey ass
10:02out of The Rock's picture.
10:04I see you trying to smile.
10:07Give The Rock the camera.
10:08The Brahma Bull
10:09is going to take his size 14 boot,
10:10turn it sideways,
10:11and stick it straight up
10:12your candy ass.
10:14Yeah, the people,
10:15that's my boy!
10:19Hear the smell!
10:23What The Rock is cooking!
10:31There's only one Rock,
10:34and The Great One
10:35has provided millions
10:37and millions of memories
10:39throughout the years
10:40on SmackDown,
10:41the show named
10:42for his catchphrase.
10:44Rock's return to SmackDown
10:45a few weeks ago
10:46generated a staggering
10:48175 million views.
10:52Yeah, making it
10:53the most socially viewed
10:54video of the year.
10:56Rock's now the biggest
10:57movie star in the world.
11:02And this next moment
11:03looks like it came
11:04straight out of one
11:05of the Brahma Bull's
11:07biggest action films.
11:11Oh my God!
11:12Randy Orton,
11:13the legend killer,
11:15with an RKO
11:16to The Undertaker.
11:22Randy Orton,
11:23the legend killer,
11:24with an RKO
11:25to The Undertaker.
11:33Oh my God!
11:34No, no, no!
11:35No!
11:36No!
11:37No!
11:38No!
11:39No!
11:40No!
11:41No!
11:42No!
11:43No!
11:44No!
11:45No!
11:46No!
11:47No!
11:48No!
11:49No!
11:50No!
11:52No!
11:53No!
12:00History about to be made.
12:01History about to be made.
12:02For the first time ever,
12:03the SmackDown Women's
12:04Championship contestants
12:05inside a steel cage.
12:11Oh my God!
12:12Oh my god!
12:13Oh my God!
12:16S***!
12:17Get outta here, bro!
12:18No!
12:19Becky Lynch going for a submission.
12:26Becky's got it, interference.
12:29Alexa retains the SmackDown Women's Championship, thanks to a mystery woman.
12:36Well, Becky might have lost the title that day, but
12:39since then has gone on to become a four time SmackDown Women's Champion.
12:44And let's not forget, Grand Slam champ too.
12:47We are so excited to have big time Bex, Becky Lynch, joining us here on the show.
12:53Becky, listen, you've been in a lot of steel cages.
12:56What does steel actually taste like?
12:58Victory.
12:59Except in this scenario, which I don't love, but still we made history that night.
13:06How do you want that match to be remembered?
13:08For me, it was the last time I was ever gonna lose a steel cage match.
13:13Then I learned a lot from that one match.
13:15Won't make those mistakes again.
13:17Keep eyes on the back of my head for El Luchadores all over the place.
13:21You just had another amazing steel cage match against Trish Stratus.
13:25Arguably the greatest steel cage match in WWE history.
13:29I didn't say that, other people are saying that, I'll also say that.
13:32Going back to your cage match against Alexa, it's so memorable.
13:36And yet, you lost that match.
13:38How do you reconcile that?
13:41I haven't lost one since.
13:43Wow.
13:44And if anyone rattles the cages in WWE, it is you.
13:48It is me, the man of the cage.
13:51Bye, Becky.
13:53Moving on, the next moment features two of Becky's biggest rivals.
13:58Get loud and ready.
13:59Get loud and ready.
14:00Get loud and ready.
14:03Bayley has an opportunity to recapture her coveted SmackDown Women's Championship.
14:08Get loud and ready.
14:09Get loud and ready.
14:13What a hook.
14:14After losing the title, Bayley's undergone some sort of metamorphosis.
14:18A complete change in personality from Bayley.
14:22A very aggressive Bayley.
14:27Charlotte with a natural selection.
14:30Bayley, two fistfuls of hair.
14:33Bayley wins the title.
14:37Screw all of you.
14:42The Usos, with a victory tonight,
14:46will become the longest reigning tag team champions of all time.
14:53The New Day, the team with the longest reign ever, at 483 days,
14:59will try to stop the Usos from breaking their record.
15:04Both teams tonight showing industrial levels of resilience.
15:10What's Kofi gonna do here?
15:13One key by the Usos.
15:15Here's the cover.
15:17The Usos make history.
15:20The longest reigning tag team champions of WWE.
15:26Get ready.
15:30Get ready.
15:32Next, we'll find out what freaking number Seth Rollins is on the countdown
15:37when we talk with the Grand Slam champ.
15:42Get ready.
15:53Are you ready?
15:54It doesn't matter if you're ready.
15:57Buckle up, Teddy.
15:59Is that enough?
16:04No, Titus, no.
16:06I'm gonna get sick.
16:08Why are they dressed as soldiers?
16:13Collaborate and listen.
16:15Guys, how's this look?
16:17I feel like a real cowboy.
16:19Dance break!
16:28That hurt.
16:29Lately, he just hasn't been very Usi.
16:37Usi?
16:39Jimmy Crackhorn and I don't care.
16:41Jimmy Crackhorn and I don't care.
16:43Jimmy Crackhorn and I don't care.
16:48I gotta let it go.
16:51Damn!
16:53Well, what can you say after all that?
16:55Except funny how time flies when you're having fun, right?
16:59Hard to believe we're hitting the 25th SmackDown season premiere this Friday.
17:04And as for our countdown, we're already at the Sweet 16.
17:10And our next moment puts King Charles' coronation to shame.
17:22Hear ye, hear ye, loyal SmackDown subjects.
17:26We are here to bear witness to the coronation of a king.
17:31Your Imperial Majesty!
17:34The one true king.
17:38And every powerful king needs a powerful queen.
17:43Queen Charmelle. We're never gonna hear the end of this.
17:46All hail King Bunker!
17:51We have a fairytale that has come to life in front of us.
17:56All hail King Bunker!
18:04Lesnar, Angle, tonight they meet in an Iron Man match.
18:09The most falls in a one hour time limit will become champion.
18:13What is Brock Lesnar doing here? Ringing that chair in the ring.
18:16Lesnar's disqualified.
18:18What a game plan. That chair shot weakened Angle for this incline.
18:22Did the ankle lock rock Lesnar up two falls?
18:25I don't know how much the champion has left.
18:30Lesnar leads, five falls to two.
18:33And Kurt Angle's beginning to build momentum.
18:35It's five to three, five to four.
18:38Kurt Angle needs one fall.
18:40Brock has to tamper for Kurt Angle to tie.
18:44And it's over. Brock Lesnar did not tamp out.
18:49Brock Lesnar is the new champion.
18:58I'm not at SmackDown this week. I am in fact at your house.
19:05I would love to meet the girls.
19:09Uncle Seth is here.
19:13How could you do that? That is adorable.
19:16Listen to me. Seth is at the house.
19:19This place was hard to find. I appreciate that.
19:24Go to your brothers and you call me when you get there and you stay there. Do you understand?
19:27That is amazing. What a beautiful family.
19:32That is amazing. What a beautiful family.
19:38I could stay here all night.
19:44I mean, creepy, right?
19:46And joining us now is the perpetrator of that alleged home invasion.
19:51Five-time world champion, Seth freaking Rollins.
19:55Seth with the...
19:58Oh, creepy, genius.
20:04Many words used to describe it.
20:06But whatever you want to pick.
20:08Hey, tomato, tomato.
20:10But with the perspective of time, any regrets maybe about breaking into Edge and Beth's home?
20:15Ooh, regrets.
20:16You know, I guess maybe I would have taken a little more time and gotten deeper into the refrigerator.
20:23Would have loved to get some of Beth's baking.
20:25I'm sure she's got some cookies, maybe a cake in there. Would have been delicious.
20:28Is that how you are at everyone's house?
20:31As a guest, just making yourself at home?
20:33You know, no regard for manners, drinking OJ out of the bottle.
20:36Of course, if you're a guest in someone's home, you know, mi casa es su casa.
20:41Absolutely. You go in, your house, my house, my house, your house.
20:45We're all one. We're all one, Jackie.
20:48Why are we arguing semantics?
20:50Well, Seth, you're famous for a lot of things.
20:53And one thing is your very unique fashion sense.
20:56So we thought we would have a little fun and ask who wears it better.
21:00I mean, can I pull off the big red boots?
21:03What do you think?
21:06Let's remind everybody, that's a graphic.
21:08I got to know, Jackie, did you actually put on the fit?
21:12I mean, I can't confirm or deny.
21:14Of course you did.
21:17Look, nobody knows what it's like until you're in my shoes, or in this case, my big red boots.
21:23So as good as you look, you're never going to be me, Jackie.
21:29Fair enough. Listen, Seth, we'd like to give you the honor of leading to our next moment in the countdown.
21:34You down?
21:35Oh yeah, let's do it. Let's go.
21:39It's lucky number 13, and HBK's impersonation was dead on.
21:51In the beginning, God said, let there be light, and there was light.
21:56He called the light day and the darkness night.
22:00The undertaker walks amongst the shadows where I thrive in the spotlight.
22:08The undertaker strikes fear in the hearts of all of his opponents, yet here I stand unafraid.
22:17My god is the undertaker. Shawn Michaels, tribute to the undertaker. Not taken well.
22:23I had victory over death, hell in the grave. Undertaker, I have eternal life.
22:38It is all about the most prestigious prize in the history of sports entertainment.
22:43Styles N. Mahal in the United Kingdom.
22:47The last time a WWE championship changed hands on SmackDown was in September of 2003.
22:55Jinder Mahal may be bigger than me.
22:57Just end this mercifully, Jinder.
22:59He may be stronger than me.
23:01Styles got his foot on the rope.
23:03But he's not me.
23:08One, two, three.
23:11Styles has done it again.
23:13For the first time in history, the WWE championship has changed hands outside of North America.
23:26On behalf of World Wrestling Entertainment, we have come here to simply say thank you.
23:33The WWE is going to be performing for the troops in Iraq.
23:38You are looking at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq.
23:44I'm excited about this when President Bush came over.
23:49It's you that protects the freedoms of the flag that I live under. Thank you so much.
23:55This was more than I could have ever imagined.
23:58WWE concert!
24:08Next, we relive one of the most special celebrations in history with Kofi himself.
24:28We are gathered here tonight to celebrate one of life's greatest moments.
24:33Love is a beautiful thing.
24:35Mamacita, I want you forever.
24:38I love love.
24:42Hold on a second, hold on a second now.
24:44Let's get to the good stuff.
24:47No!
24:48I promised to tie my wedding bow without my wedding dress on.
24:53There's an old saying which is appropriate here.
24:55Love hurts.
24:57I would be honored to sing you an original.
25:02Wedding dance!
25:12Not Smackdown being scandalous.
25:15Yeah, there's certainly no shortage of wedding nightmares on the show.
25:21But as we move into the top ten of our countdown, this next moment is much more of a fairytale ending.
25:33Sami Zayn coming out here for this confrontation.
25:37The one time I put my guard down to somebody who I thought loved me.
25:41What'd you do? You betrayed me.
25:43I don't think you're mad at me, Jay. I think you're mad at yourself.
25:46Oh, and Jey Uso's heard enough.
25:48Sami Zayn is about to be a sacrificial lamb for the Bloodline.
25:55He's here!
25:56Kevin Owens is back!
25:58Coming to Sami Zayn's aid!
26:04Truly great friends are hard to find.
26:08KO and Sami are back!
26:12Your new WWE Champion!
26:17Kofi Kingston made it to the mountaintop and earned the right to call himself WWE Champion.
26:28We came together in an effort to reshape culture and change history.
26:33At WrestleMania, Kof, that is exactly what you did.
26:37This right here is an impossible moment.
26:40This wasn't supposed to happen, but here we are.
26:43On behalf of every single person in the WWE Universe, congratulations!
26:50Tonight, it's all about celebrating Kofi Kingston as WWE Champion.
26:59One of the most memorable moments of the night was when Kofi Kingston
27:05One of the most improbable and inspiring championship stories of all time.
27:11And joining us now is the one, the only, Kofi Kingston is in the house!
27:21Absolutely love the energy, as we always do, Kofi.
27:25But I'll start with this question. What was your favorite part of KofiMania?
27:31The fact that it actually happened.
27:33Because it was just really organic and it was accidental.
27:37And in my mind, I never allowed myself to believe that it was actually going to happen.
27:42And I'm really fortunate that, you know, that the tides kept on flowing in my favor
27:48and it actually came to fruition.
27:50And you celebrated in the ring with your sons that night.
27:54What was it like to share that with your family?
27:56It was incredible because I'm gone for a lot of special moments.
28:00For a lot of birthdays, a lot of, you know, graduations.
28:04So it was really special for them to actually be in between the ropes with me for that moment
28:11and feel that energy. It was tremendous.
28:14Alright, how about this one? What's more impressive?
28:17You winning the WWE Championship or Big E doing the splits that night?
28:26It is a feat to be seen, man. A man that large should not be able to get into a split.
28:31It's a cross between being impressed and being concerned
28:35because you feel like he might just rip in half.
28:38Because it's not supposed to be happening.
28:40Well listen, Kofi, don't you dare be sour now.
28:44But we're out of time. Thank you so much for joining us.
28:47We appreciate you and we appreciate KofiMania.
28:52Right on, thank you. I see what you did there with the don't be sour.
28:55That's what we say. I see what you did there, Jackie.
29:00Moving on, who could forget when Stone Cold left Booker T in a food coma?
29:06Booker T in a food coma.
29:20Do you have any grapefruit, boy?
29:22Shabba gets me tired.
29:29Booker T with a shot to the jaw, Austin.
29:37Thanks, Book. You got milked up.
29:39There you go, little baby. Let's go check out.
29:42It's been fun shopping with you.
29:44Nice check on a jackass.
29:51I have my mom and my sister here with us tonight.
29:54Did you know that you married a deadbeat?
29:58You sat there every night while he abandoned me.
30:02So that makes you a deadbeat mom.
30:06Dominic.
30:09Mom?
30:11Shut up!
30:14The ultimate disrespect shown from Dominic Mysterio.
30:19Oh, yeah! You pushed me to do this.
30:22You made me, didn't you?
30:24You don't disrespect your mother like that.
30:28The most exciting sports entertainment series on television.
30:32This is SmackDown.
30:35The title on the line right here.
30:37Triple H against The Rock and Shawn Michaels will be the special referee.
30:45Rock Bottom. We're going to have a new champion.
30:48The most electrifying move.
30:51And the category. Look at this collusion.
30:55The Rock has the title won.
30:57Triple H still the champion.
31:03Get ready.
31:05Next, it's top five time.
31:08And the queen of the counter.
31:10The queen of the counter.
31:12The queen of the counter.
31:14The queen of the counter.
31:16The queen of the counter.
31:18Next, it's top five time.
31:20And the queen of the counter.
31:22Charlotte Flair is our guest.
31:26Get ready.
31:47Welcome back to the countdown.
31:48We've now hit the top five.
31:50And forget the 86 Red Sox.
31:52This is the biggest collapse in history.
32:01It's Big Show and Brock Lesnar with the WWE title on the line.
32:07Lesnar's loose. He's ready to go.
32:09Charming suplex.
32:11Big Show ain't no cruiserweight.
32:13He's 500 pounds.
32:14Lesnar to the top rope.
32:16No, he can't do this.
32:23The ring just imploded.
32:31Both Lesnar and Big Show are down and out.
32:36A superplex imploded the ring.
32:48The queen is here.
32:53The last time we saw Charlotte,
32:55he was back when Ronda Rousey broke her arm.
32:59Ronda, I'm challenging you tonight.
33:05You're in luck because I'm feeling spicy.
33:07Are we going to have a championship match right here, right now?
33:10We are.
33:11With the SmackDown Women's title.
33:13Spare by Charlotte.
33:15Ronda turns it around.
33:17Shoulders down.
33:19Charlotte got her.
33:20Charlotte got her.
33:21Charlotte got her.
33:22And new SmackDown Women's Champion,
33:28Charlotte Flair.
33:34The queen is back on her throne.
33:43Charlotte returns for a record-setting 7th Women's World Championship
33:48and the queen's 14th Women's title overall.
33:52Impressive might just be an understatement
33:55as we welcome Charlotte Flair to the show.
33:57Charlotte, if you go back to winning the title that night on SmackDown,
34:01how would you describe the feeling?
34:04I definitely think the fans made the moment.
34:07I was excited to be back.
34:09They were excited for me to be back.
34:11And anytime getting to beat Ronda is a plus.
34:15How would you describe going into the crowd
34:17and really being one with the WWE Universe?
34:20I mean, I care about the WWE Universe so much.
34:23And I give them 100% every night.
34:26And to know how excited they were, genuinely excited,
34:30made the moment so special for me.
34:32There was no rust whatsoever.
34:34What do you attribute that to?
34:36So I felt like there was rust just because I knew
34:40I was going to have new music.
34:42So I was nervous about my music.
34:44I was nervous how the fans were going to react.
34:46But the warm reception was amazing.
34:49Thank you so much, Charlotte.
34:50It has been an absolute pleasure.
34:56Next, we name the number one moment in SmackDown history
35:02with perhaps the number one superstar joining us, John Cena.
35:08John Cena.
35:16This Friday.
35:17The ultimate needle mover.
35:19The SmackDown season premiere.
35:21The greatest of the modern era.
35:23Has ascended.
35:24Acknowledge me.
35:26As the most dominant God-like champion in WWE returns.
35:31I'm in God mode.
35:33Roman Reigns, live on the season premiere of Friday Night SmackDown.
35:37Sunday, 8, 7 Central.
35:38Only on Fox.
35:48The stars are out on Friday Night SmackDown.
35:50Woo!
35:52Bad Bunny is here!
35:54This is unbelievable.
35:55Look at that.
36:00You never know who's going to show up.
36:02You're damn right.
36:05How you doing?
36:07That's Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers.
36:14And Knoxville dumping Zayn over the top rope.
36:17Listen to this place.
36:19What?
36:21Wait a minute, where's Fury going?
36:23No way.
36:26And now Trae Young.
36:27And the official caught Trae Young,
36:29and he's going to send the Atlanta Hawks guard back to the locker room.
36:33I want to see everybody going crazy.
36:37I'm putting the SmackDown on the air.
36:41I can smell it when you're cooking on Friday night.
36:44Hasta la vista, baby.
36:50SmackDown, where the stars come out at night.
36:53The show is such a cultural phenomenon.
36:56The word SmackDown was officially listed in Webster's Dictionary back in 2007.
37:01Heck, SmackDown's even been used in a Flintstones movie title.
37:05Yeah, true story.
37:09And as we hit number three, it's yet another star-studded affair.
37:18You're looking live at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles.
37:22It is the premiere of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
37:31Roman Reigns taking everybody out.
37:36And a false blast through Shane.
37:40If you smell the people's champ.
37:44We're all here live on Fox.
37:47You got The Rock, The Man, and you looking like a broke-ass Burger King on crack.
37:52Becky Lynch is the man.
37:54However, you don't see Becky Lynch walking around here holding a pair of testicles, do you?
37:59But if I did, they'd be a whole lot bigger than yours.
38:02Oh, look at Becky going right after Corbin.
38:04And Becky and The Rock working in tandem.
38:06The People's Elbow.
38:08Followed up by The Rock Bottom.
38:11I love you, SmackDown.
38:12If you're some man, what The Rock is cooking.
38:25I am issuing a challenge
38:28to anyone in that locker room to come down here and face Kurt Angle.
38:41Who in the hell are you?
38:43I'm John Cena.
38:45What is the one quality that you possess?
38:50Ruthless aggression.
38:53Mr. McMahon told these young superstars to seize the opportunity.
38:57And this is what Cena is trying to do tonight against Angle.
39:02John Cena giving Kurt Angle all he can handle and then some.
39:06What a great accounting for this kid here tonight.
39:09What's your name?
39:12John Cena.
39:15John Cena.
39:22Nice job.
39:28Look, if you're not down with John Cena, we got two words for you.
39:33Ruthless aggression.
39:35That moment just so iconic.
39:37And it's an absolute pleasure now to welcome the 16-time world champion himself, John Cena.
39:44Thank you very much.
39:46What do you remember about that night with Kurt Angle?
39:49The night was very stressful.
39:51It went by extremely fast.
39:53A lot of cool stuff happened that day.
39:54So when looking back on my journey, that's a very important SmackDown moment to me.
39:59Did you have any sense after that segment was over,
40:02what kind of impact it would actually have on the WWE Universe?
40:06No.
40:07I literally was just trying to get a spot on the roster and keep that spot on the roster.
40:13That era didn't work out for me so well.
40:16I was almost let go.
40:18So I learned a lot.
40:20And I'm so glad to be here now.
40:22You can't have a finish without a start.
40:25So I'm happy for the first step.
40:26All right, John, don't go anywhere.
40:28Because it's time to name the number one moment in our SmackDown Top 25 countdown.
40:35What could it be?
40:37All right.
40:38Well, August 26, 1999, the day SmackDown officially debuted.
40:44And now more than 1,200 episodes later, we're celebrating the 25th season premiere.
40:51SmackDown's the second longest running weekly episodic TV program in the U.S.
40:56behind only Raw, broadcast in 180 countries in over 25 languages.
41:02Countless matches, moments, memories, all leading to this.
41:11A moment so shocking, it'll make your blood run cold.
41:22The bloodline are as deep as they are dangerous.
41:27Acknowledge me.
41:33The Tribal Chief in the bloodline runs WWE.
41:39Roman continues to reign through fear and respect.
41:46You thought you were just going to lose in the main event of WrestleMania and we weren't going to talk about it?
41:51You come out here, you embarrass me.
41:53Apologize.
41:55I'd apologize.
41:57You going to do something?
41:59You going to do something?
42:01You are nothing without me.
42:03Kick him in the face and fix this right now.
42:06The only one that needs fixing is you.
42:14Will the bloodline remain as we know it?
42:18You believe this over me?
42:21Guess what?
42:23You out.
42:26And I'm out too.
42:29Oh my God.
42:31Roman's empire is crumbled.
42:37The bloodline is done as we know it.
42:44We the ones on this countdown.
42:47But I mean it must be a little bittersweet to take the top spot.
42:50That moment also left the bloodline forever fractured.
42:54The Usos are now separated.
42:56Jey on Raw, Jimmy on SmackDown.
42:58And who knows what comes next.
43:00And with that, we welcome back John Cena.
43:03John, what's your reaction to this moment from the bloodline taking number one?
43:07I think it's warranted.
43:10This is a storyline that we were all brought to the edge of our seats on.
43:14It certainly had people talking outside of the WWE universe.
43:17And I think those are all really important points on to what makes an important SmackDown moment.
43:22And what a moment to see.
43:23There is no shame in looking upwards at this moment.
43:26Very gracious of you, John.
43:28Thank you so much.
43:29The WWE universe is truly so, so excited to have you back on our TV screens each and every.
43:36Oh, you're doing the we can't see.
43:39All right.
43:40And now we actually really can't see you.
43:42Bye, John.
43:43But we will see John on the SmackDown season premiere.
43:46And we'll also see the return of Roman Reigns.
43:50We could easily have a new top 25 moment this Friday on Fox.
43:57Thanks, everyone, for counting down SmackDown's history with us.
44:01J's out.
44:03And we're out, too.