page_title: SmackDown (WWE brand)
hierarchical_section_title: SmackDown (WWE brand)
context_page_description: SmackDown is a brand of the U.S. based professional wrestling promotion WWE. The brand was first established on March 25, 2002 with a draft on Monday Night Raw and went into effect one week later on April 4. The brand would be discontinued for a period between August 2011 and July 2016.
  Wrestlers assigned to the SmackDown brand wrestle predominantly on WWE's weekly Friday Night SmackDown television program on Fox, as well as branded and co-branded pay-per-view events and WWE Network events. The brand has also appeared in the Mixed Match Challenge and the interbrand Worlds Collide events. During the first brand split, they also competed on an exclusive supplementary show, Velocity, and on ECW, under a talent exchange program.
context_section_description: SmackDown is a brand of the U.S. based professional wrestling promotion WWE. The brand was first established on March 25, 2002 with a draft on Monday Night Raw and went into effect one week later on April 4. The brand would be discontinued for a period between August 2011 and July 2016.
  Wrestlers assigned to the SmackDown brand wrestle predominantly on WWE's weekly Friday Night SmackDown television program on Fox, as well as branded and co-branded pay-per-view events and WWE Network events. The brand has also appeared in the Mixed Match Challenge and the interbrand Worlds Collide events. During the first brand split, they also competed on an exclusive supplementary show, Velocity, and on ECW, under a talent exchange program.
caption: Logo for the brand and the WWE SmackDown television program as of October 4, 2019