{"id":50834,"date":"2025-05-09T14:24:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=50834"},"modified":"2025-05-09T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T13:24:31","slug":"wwe-smackdown-tonight-friday-night-smackdown-may-9-start-time-andmore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe-smackdown-tonight-friday-night-smackdown-may-9-start-time-andmore\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SmackDown Tonight \u2013 Friday Night SmackDown May 9, 2025, Start Time and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WWE will be airing its final edition of Friday Night SmackDown on May 9, 2025. This will be the last <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wwe\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WWE<\/a> Friday weekly show happens before the next event, Backlash on May 10, 2025.<\/p><p>WWE stars competing in Backlash will be appearing on <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/smackdown-start-time-tonight-may-2nd-smackdown-announced-matches-and-featured-segments\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Friday Night SmackDown<\/a> before the event this week. They will be competing in matches in the show. Let&rsquo;s have a look at the starting time, venue, streaming platforms, match card and segments of Friday Night SmackDown.&nbsp;<\/p><p><strong>Read More:- <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/smackdown-announced-matches-and-segments-what-to-expect-from-smackdown-tonight\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Learn All About What Matches and Segments Have Been Planned for SmackDown on May 9, 2025.<\/a><\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Time Is Friday Night SmackDown Tonight?<\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown for May 9, 2025 is expected to start at 7:30 pm as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/event\/friday-night-smackdown-51\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>their official site<\/a>. WWE Friday Night SmackDown fans can watch the show on USA TV on 8 pm CT\/ 7 pm ET as per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/smackdown\/2025-05-09#full-detail-40125422\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>their official site<\/a>. The fans can also stream the show on Netflix in the United States as well as in international regions. However, the timings for the show may depend for the international fans due to time zones.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where Is WWE Friday Night SmackDown Tonight?<\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown show for May 9, 2025&nbsp; will occur at Nutter Center in Dayton, Ohio, United States as per their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/event\/friday-night-smackdown-51\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>official site<\/a>. Nutter Center serves as the home of the Wright State Raiders college basketball teams for men and women. The Nutter Center is also the home of the Wright State Raiders women&rsquo;s volleyball team. These teams are from Wright State University in NCAA Division I. The arena in Nutter Center has a seating capacity of 11,200 fans as per their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuttercenter.com\/arena-information\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>official site<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WWE Friday Night SmackDown Matches and Segments Tonight<\/h2><p>The WWE has planned two matches and one segment for the fans at Friday Night SmackDown so far for May 9, 2025. The two matches announced so far include-<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LA Knight and Damian Priest vs Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa (Tag-Team Match)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jade Cargill vs Nia Jax (No.1 contender for the WWE Women&rsquo;s Championship match)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The major segment for Friday Night SmackDown will involve John Cena and Randy Orton once again.&nbsp;<\/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\">A sign of things to come this Saturday at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEBacklash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#WWEBacklash<\/a>? &#128064;<br><br>&#9654;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dOlS50KRJl\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>https:\/\/t.co\/dOlS50KRJl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjbDCQJsuS\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/gjbDCQJsuS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1920637340885688338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>May 9, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>These two will be meeting for the final time to build up their feud at Backlash. Randy Orton has challenged John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship at the event.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Chelsea Green will also get a segment or a match of her own based on what the WWE has planned for her in the show.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Long Is WWE Friday Night SmackDown Tonight?<\/h2><p>WWE Friday Night SmackDown for May 9, 2025 will have a run time of 2 to 2 and a half hours based on the requirement of the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get All the Details About WWE Friday Night SmackDown on May 9, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":50839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[438],"tags":[807,4690],"class_list":["post-50834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-friday-night-smackdown"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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