{"id":41426,"date":"2025-04-18T19:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=41426"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:01:01","slug":"what-time-is-wwe-smackdown-tonight-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-apr-18-2025-preview-wwe-smackdown-live-today-smackdown-matches-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/what-time-is-wwe-smackdown-tonight-wwe-friday-night-smackdown-apr-18-2025-preview-wwe-smackdown-live-today-smackdown-matches-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"What time is WWE SmackDown Tonight? WWE Friday Night SmackDown Apr 18, 2025 Preview, WWE SmackDown Live today, SmackDown Matches tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last Friday Night SmackDown before WrestleMania is going to be a blast. WWE has announced that John Cena will be in the house and the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal returns today. Randy Orton is still waiting on his WrestleMania match however, he closed last WWE SmackDown brawling with Solo Sikoa. Will WWE announce their match for WrestleMania today?<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We really hope <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealNickAldis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@RealNickAldis<\/a> has a plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@RandyOrton<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#WrestleMania<\/a> this weekend&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A74GHMubNR\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/A74GHMubNR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1912975606209544627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What time is WWE Friday Night SmackDown tonight?<\/strong><\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown will air live on April 18, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT \/ 8 p.m. ET \/ 7 p.m. CT.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where is WWE Friday Night SmackDown Tonight?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The three-hour-long SmackDown will air live from T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada. The arena can hold 20,000 fans and is the home of the Vegas Golden Knights&nbsp;of the&nbsp;National Hockey League.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WWE SmackDown Matches Tonight<\/strong><\/h2><p>WWE has announced two matches for SmackDown tonight. John Cena will appear one last time before his match at WrestleMania. Randy Orton will be eagerly waiting for Nick Aldis to announce his match. <\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/jimmy-uso-injury-update-what-happened-to-jimmy-uso\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Jimmy Uso Injury Update: What happened to Jimmy Uso?<\/a><\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Street Profits vs Motor City Machine Gun for WWE Tag Team Title<\/h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.<\/h3><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Cena in the House<\/h3><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long is Friday Night SmackDown?<\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown will be three hours long.<\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/drew-mcintyre-injury-update-what-happened-to-drew-mcintyre\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Drew McIntyre Injury Update: What Happened to Drew McIntyre<\/a><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to watch WWE Friday Night SmackDown?<\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown will stream live on the USA Network from 8 pm ET \/ 7 pm CT.<\/p><p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-raw-on-netflix-john-cena-claimed-to-retire-wwe-championship-and-spoil-wrestling-cody-responded\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WWE Raw on Netflix: John Cena claimed to retire WWE Championship and spoil Wrestling, Cody responded<\/a><\/p><p>Image Credit: WWE.com<\/p><p><\/p><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cena to enter Friday Night SmackDown one last time before WrestleMania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":41429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[1484,4673,807,4300,2491],"class_list":["post-41426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","tag-friday-night-smackdown","tag-friday-night-smackdown-live","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown","tag-wwe-smackdown-live"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What time is WWE SmackDown Tonight? 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