{"id":166393,"date":"2025-02-20T20:17:14","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T02:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=166393"},"modified":"2025-02-20T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T02:17:14","slug":"the-rock-will-appear-on-fridays-wwe-smackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2025\/02\/20\/the-rock-will-appear-on-fridays-wwe-smackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rock will appear on Friday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3931947619\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><i>WWE issued the following press release on Thursday to announce that The Rock will appear on Friday&#8217;s WWE Smackdown in New Orleans.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>February 20, 2025\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced that Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson will appear on SmackDown \u2013 live from Smoothie King Center in New Orleans \u2013 tomorrow night at 8pm ET on USA Network.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStrap in,\u201d said WWE Chief Content Officer Paul \u201cTriple H\u201d Levesque. \u201cWhen The Final Boss shows up at this time of year, the audience knows absolutely anything is possible. Everything could change in an instant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fans interested in attending can buy tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-new-orleans-louisiana-02-21-2025\/event\/1B00615CC18928D9?awtrc=true&amp;awtrc=true&amp;c=blue_ext&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADqV62m9V22fr7IYxBzgg5ifXpZ9W&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiAwtu9BhC8ARIsAI9JHana8oO6xh5MXqJgNEnSyRFrKYtqkXuoFnD7s0W1wfMBEeqViu1TFeoaAnQaEALw_wcB\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-new-orleans-louisiana-02-21-2025\/event\/1B00615CC18928D9?awtrc%3Dtrue%26awtrc%3Dtrue%26c%3Dblue_ext%26gclsrc%3Daw.ds%26gad_source%3D1%26gbraid%3D0AAAAADqV62m9V22fr7IYxBzgg5ifXpZ9W%26gclid%3DCj0KCQiAwtu9BhC8ARIsAI9JHana8oO6xh5MXqJgNEnSyRFrKYtqkXuoFnD7s0W1wfMBEeqViu1TFeoaAnQaEALw_wcB&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740190337805000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0vRBi9YGCvfNLHjPsUETL1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> So is The Final Boss different than the nice guy Rock who showed up during Raw&#8217;s premiere on Netflix? Either way, I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing what he&#8217;ll be doing and how it will affect the Smackdown viewership numbers. Join me for my live review of Smackdown as the show airs Friday&#8217;s at 7CT\/8ET. My same night audio reviews are available exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/dot-net-membership-benefits\/\">Dot Net Members<\/a> (including our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/prowrestlingdotnet\">Patreon<\/a> patrons).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3986678481\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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