{"id":64477,"date":"2018-08-13T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=64477"},"modified":"2018-08-13T16:11:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T21:11:12","slug":"wwe-special-edition-of-wwe-smackdown-celebrating-its-1000th-episode-on-oct-16-in-washington-d-c-tickets-on-sale-this-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/13\/wwe-special-edition-of-wwe-smackdown-celebrating-its-1000th-episode-on-oct-16-in-washington-d-c-tickets-on-sale-this-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE special edition of WWE Smackdown celebrating its 1000th episode on Oct. 16 in Washington D.C., tickets on sale this Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1242042837\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>WWE has begun to hype Episode #1000 of Smackdown. The following is the full press release with details as issued to PWTorch by WWE&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><em>SMACKDOWN<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a01000 SET FOR OCTOBER 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TICKETS AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAMFORD, Conn., August 13, 2018 <\/strong>\u2013 The historic 1,000th episode of <em>WWE<\/em> <em>SmackDown Live<\/em> will take place from the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC on Tuesday, October 16, 2018, and air live on USA Network at 8\/7C. Tickets are available starting this Friday, August 17 at 10 am ET at the Capital One Arena box office, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534274661981000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFVYQeRhocYSafDzCJJ0tXLzXNUQQ\">www.ticketmaster.com<\/a>, or by calling 1-800-745-3000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c1,000 episodes is a tremendous milestone reinforcing the longevity and popularity of WWE,\u201d said Vince McMahon, WWE Chairman &amp; CEO. \u201cBut it\u2019s only the beginning, and the best is yet to come for <em>SmackDown<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On air since 1999, <em>SmackDown Live<\/em> is the second-longest running weekly episodic cable television show in U.S. primetime history, only behind<em>Monday Night Raw<\/em>. <em>SmackDown Live<\/em> 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). <em>SmackDown Live<\/em> has aired more original episodes than some of the most popular television series of all time, including The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, Lassie and Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n<p><em>SmackDown Live<\/em> has also helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons including Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson, John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin and The Bella Twins.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2047785975\"><div id=\"pwtor-3378750729\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE has begun to hype Episode #1000 of Smackdown. The following is the full press release with details as issued to PWTorch by WWE&#8230; SMACKDOWN\u00a01000 SET FOR OCTOBER 16 TICKETS AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY STAMFORD, Conn., <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/08\/13\/wwe-special-edition-of-wwe-smackdown-celebrating-its-1000th-episode-on-oct-16-in-washington-d-c-tickets-on-sale-this-friday\/\" title=\"WWE special edition of WWE Smackdown celebrating its 1000th episode on Oct. 16 in Washington D.C., tickets on sale this Friday\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/03\/SmackdownStage2017WK3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64478,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64477\/revisions\/64478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}