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On this page you find the full WWE Roster in the year 2017. This includes the list of all WWE Wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, NXT and 205 Live, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in World ...
- TNA / Impact Roster
On this page you find the full TNA Roster as of today, July...
- AEW Roster
On this page you find the full AEW Roster as of today, July...
- TNA Hall of Fame
On this page you find the full list of inductees in the TNA...
- WWE Hall of Fame
On this page you find the full list of inductees in the WWE...
- ROH Roster
On this page you find the full ROH Roster as of today, July...
- NJPW Roster
On this page you find the full NJPW Roster as of today, July...
- TNA / Impact Roster
Aug 29, 2016 · The following is a list of all the episodes of SmackDown Live that took place in 2017.
Since the reintroduction of WWE's brand extension in 2016, performers are assigned to one of two primary "main roster" brands: Raw and SmackDown. A third brand, NXT, had originally been designated as a developmental brand for the main roster. In 2019 it was elevated to the third main roster brand.
This is a list of on-air personalities from the professional wrestling television series WWE's SmackDown. On-air personalities include the wrestlers themselves, ring announcers, commentators , and on-screen authority figures.
Authority FiguresPositionDate StartedDate FinishedGeneral managerOctober 13, 2023 ( 2023-10-13)PresentWWE OfficialJanuary 17, 2020 ( 2020-01-17)October 13, 2023 ( 2023-10-13)WWE OfficialJanuary 1, 2021 ( 2021-01-01)May 9, 2022 ( 2022-05-09)General managerApril 10, 2018 ( 2018-04-10)December 18, 2018 ( 2018-12-18)- Production
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Background
SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event produced every August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, referred to as the "Big Four". It has since become considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Announced on September 28, 2015, the 2017 event was the 30th SummerSlam and was scheduled to be held on August 20, 2017, at...
Storylines
The event comprised 13 matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and the cruiserweight-exclusive 2...
Pre-show
Three matches were contested on the SummerSlam Kickoff pre-show. In the first match, The Hardy Boyz (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) and Jason Jordan faced Intercontinental Champion The Miz and The Miztourage (Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas). The Miz performed a "Skull Crushing Finale"on Jordan to win the match for his team. After that, Akira Tozawa defended the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Neville. Neville performed a "Red Arrow"on Tozawa to win his record second Cruiserweight Championship....
Preliminary matches
The actual pay-per-view opened with John Cena facing Baron Corbin. The entire match only featured one finisher, with Cena performing an "Attitude Adjustment" on Corbin to win the match. This was also Cena's first SummerSlam win since 2010. Next, Naomi defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Natalya. In the climax, as Naomi attempted a split-legged moonsault, Natalya raised her knees to counter. Natalya forced Naomi to submit to the Sharpshooter to win her first championship since...
Main event
In the main event, Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defended the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman, Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe in a Fatal Four-Way match, with the stipulation that should Lesnar lose the championship, he and Heyman would leave WWE. Early at ringside, Joe performed a Coquina Clutch on Lesnar and Reigns performed a Spear on Lesnar through the barricade in the timekeeper's area after Joe avoided it. Joe performed a Side Slam on Reigns on an announce table. Strowman...
Raw
On the following episode of Raw, Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to celebrate Lesnar retaining the Universal Championship. They were then interrupted by Braun Strowman, who attacked Lesnar with two Running Powerslams. Later, it was announced that Lesnar would defend the Universal Championship against Strowman at No Mercy. Later in the show, John Cena moved over to the Raw brand and was interrupted by Roman Reigns, and then The Miz and Samoa Joe. Cena and Reigns later teamed up and defea...
SmackDown
On the following episode of SmackDown, as retribution for The Singh Brothers costing Shinsuke Nakamura his WWE Championship match against Jinder Mahal, SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan scheduled Nakamura to face The Singh Brothers in a handicap match that Nakamura won. Afterwards, Mahal attacked Nakamura, but Nakamura countered with the Kinshasa. On the September 5 episode, Nakamura defeated Randy Orton to receive another chance at the WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell. AJ Styles reins...
205 Live
On the following Raw, Big Cass faced Enzo Amore in a Brooklyn Street Fight, which Amore won as Cass suffered a legitimate leg injury during the match and could no longer compete. Amore was subsequently moved to the cruiserweight division on 205 Live. On the following episode of 205 Live, Akira Tozawa received his rematch for Neville's WWE Cruiserweight Championship, but was unsuccessful.
Jinder Mahal defeated Sami Zayn, Luke Harper, Dolph Ziggler, Mojo Rawley & Erick Rowan in a Six-pack challenge to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Championship. Charlotte Flair defeated Naomi - Charlotte becomes No. 1 Contender for the WWE Smackdown Women's Championship.
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Jan 3, 2017 · SmackDown #911: January 31, 2017. The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt & Randy Orton) defeat John Cena & Luke Harper. Carmella defeats Delilah Dawson. Dolph Ziggler defeats Kalisto. Becky Lynch & Naomi defeat Alexa Bliss & Mickie James. AJ Styles defeats Dean Ambrose.
