This is a list of special episodes of the professional wrestling television series WWE SmackDown. Throughout its broadcast history, the show has aired editions that have different themes. Some of them are yearly events such as the WWE draft. Others include tributes to various professional wrestlers who have recently died or retired from actively performing.
1999
2000s
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
See also
References
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- Scott Taylor. SmackDown LIVE Results — Jan. 29, 2015: Daniel Bryan closed the casket on Kane; Triple H teased a monumental announcement WWE.com, January 29, 2015, retrieved December 15, 2015^
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- Joseph Rejent. TV Ratings Friday: 'Hawaii Five-O' stays strong, 'Dateline' recovers TV By The Numbers, 2019-11-02, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- Lesnar quits, NXT invades Smackdown canoe.com, retrieved 2019-11-02^
- WWE Sets Announcers for 'SmackDown' in Wake of Saudi Arabia Delays TheWrap, 2019-11-01, retrieved 2019-11-02^
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- Brock Lesnar And More Announced For Next Week's WWE Supersized SmackDown On FS1 Wrestling Inc., 9 October 2021^
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- Update on WWE SmackDown TV schedule for holiday season WON/F4W, 2021-12-05, retrieved 2021-12-05^
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