Reliving The War: WWF SmackDown Weekly Debut - Aug 26th 1999

Support Wrestling Bios: https://www.patreon.com/wrestling_bios Back-up Channel / RTW Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/@wrestlingbios2/ Sweet Merch: https://www.wrestlingbios.com Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/wrestlingbios The first ever weekly episode of Smackdown! The WWF aired a pilot episode back in April 1999 however the show made it's "full time" UPN weekly debut on August 26th 1999. The branding of the show, the unique oval titantron and oval entranceway all made their debut on this very show, and this historic episode of Smackdown features a blockbuster main event pitting WWF Champion Triple H against The Rock (with Shawn Michaels serving as the special guest referee). Elsewhere on the show Test gets his marriage proposal answered by Stephanie McMahon, The Big Boss Man promises to give Pepper back to Al Snow, Billy Gunn faces Jeff Jarrett in a singles match, and The Undertaker puts Big Show to the test in a Triple Threat tag team match. 00:00 - Intro 01:47 - Triple H Promo 05:42 - Billy Gunn vs Jeff Jarrett 07:42 - Triple Threat Tag Team Match 09:33 - Big Boss Man & Al Snow Promo 11:43 - Chris Jericho vs Road Dogg 15:08 - Test & Stephanie Promo / Shane McMahon vs Mankind 18:37 - Steve Austin Update 20:19 - Triple H vs The Rock 24:02 - Final Thoughts / Credits