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Michael Sidbick from WhatCulture, to discuss everything that might happen on this week's edition

of Friday Night Smackdown. But first, if you're a fan of this sort of thing,

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but also Monday Night Raw, the brand formerly known as NXT 2.0, AW Dynamite, AW Rampage,

Papedies, Premium Live events, we also all wrestle interviews, have round table discussions,

and a round of the week complete, with a bloody good quiz, of course, on wrestling culture.

Sidbick, it's Smackdown. It's Episode 1 of Smackdown Season 25, are you hyped? Are you pumped for

the season premiere? The season premiere and the fall season. Ultimately, my take on Smackdown

is that not just by virtue of being shorter than Raw, the better show at present.

I always hated historically the take of Smackdowns kicking Raw's ass, of Vince McMahon's

punched himself in the face and say, I wish he would have, but that's what I have at work.

Because it's like six good months in 2002 and the fall here, man. Smackdowns are more of the

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