'WWE Friday Night SmackDown' (4/23/21): How To Watch FREE Live ...

WWE Friday Night SmackDown! continues its 23rd season on Friday nights at 8 p.m. ET, with episode 17 airing on Friday, April 23 (4/23/2021).

SmackDown! features the Superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment doing battle in long-running, dramatic rivalries in a weekly two-hour showdown. Here’s what you need to know to tune in for FREE:

When is ‘WWE Friday Night SmackDown! on TV?

“WWE Friday Night Smackdown” airs live on Fridays at 8 p.m. on FOX.

Channel finder: Verizon Fios, AT&T TV, Comcast Xfinity, Spectrum/Charter, Optimum/Altice, Cox, DIRECTV, Dish.

How to watch ‘WWE Friday Night SmackDown!’ without cable

WWE Friday Night SmackDown! can be streamed on live TV streaming services that carry your local FOX station, like fuboTV (7-day free trial), Sling, AT&T TV, Hulu + Live TV (7-day free trial) and YouTube TV (7-day free trial).

It will also be available on Peacock, but not for a few weeks after it airs.

How can I catch up on more WWE episodes?

Peacock Premium, a new streaming service from NBC, is the exclusive home of the WWE Network, where wrestling fans can find a huge library of pro wrestling content and upcoming live events, including in-ring shows like “NXT,” “NXT UK” and “WWE 205 Live,” as well as replays of “Raw” and “SmackDown.”

» What’s Peacock Premium, what’s it cost, how do you sign up to watch WWE Network?

What is ‘SmackDown’?

WWE’s flagship weekly live event features superstars of WWE in edge-of-your seat action and unpredictable drama. Per FOX: “On air for almost 20 years and nearly 1,000 episodes, SmackDown Live is the second-longest running weekly episodic cable television show in U.S. primetime history, only behind Monday Night Raw. SmackDown Live is currently among the most-watched, regularly scheduled programs on primetime cable and delivers more viewers in primetime than any cable network in the U.S. (2.9 million average viewers). SmackDown Live has also helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons including Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin and The Bella Twins.”

Here’s a taste of what you can expect from WWE SmackDown!

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