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An added feature to the original set was the ability for the OvalTron to be moved to either the left or right of the stage. The first SmackDown! set was also unique as it featured an oval-shaped TitanTron (which was dubbed the "OvalTron"), entrance and stage which made it stand out from the RAW set and its rectangular TitanTrons. The original SmackDown! theme was not performed by a band like the RAW is WAR theme instead, the WWF created a fast-paced theme that was a mixture of techno and rock. SmackDown!, like Thunder, made heavy use of the color blue, earning it the nickname "The Blue Show" amongst wrestling fans. The new WWF show was so popular that WCW movedThunder to Wednesdays in the hope of holding on to fans rather than losing them to the WWF. Like WCW Thunder, SmackDown! was recorded on Tuesdays and then broadcast on Thursdays. On August 26, 1999, SmackDown! officially debuted on UPN. SmackDown! first appeared on Apusing the RAW is WAR set as a single television special on UPN. However, this did not work out, and instead SmackDown! became a complementary show toRAW is WAR. In the spirit of the WWF's Attitude Era, the show was originally planned to be two hours of WWF Divas in primetime TV. WWF SmackDown! (as it was originally known) was set up to compete against WCW's Thursday night show,Thunder. The show celebrated its 15th anniversary on Octoand its 900th episode on November 15, 2016. For international broadcast listings, see below. Prior to switching to the current live format, taped episodes premiered a few hours earlier in Ireland and the United Kingdom and a day earlier in Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Philippines than the United States, due to time differences. In its history, SmackDown has been broadcast from 162 different arenas, in 147 cities and towns, in seven different countries (the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Iraq in 20 for Tribute to the Troops, Japan in 2005, Italy in 2007, and Mexicoin 2011). As of March 3, 2017, all archived episodes of the show are available for on demand viewing via the WWE Network. It complementsRaw as the second of WWE's two main weekly programs. The show was moved toMyNetworkTV in October 2008, to Syfy on Octoand to USA Network on January 7, 2016. SmackDown! debuted in the United States on the UPN television network on April 29, 1999, but after the merger of UPN and the WB, SmackDown! began airing on The CW in September 2006. The show was originally broadcast on Thursday nights but moved to Friday on Septembefore returning to Thursdays on January 15, 2015, On July 19, 2016, it was moved to a live broadcast on Tuesday night. SmackDown is currently broadcast live on Tuesday nights on the USA Network. The show's name is also used to refer to the SmackDownbrand, in which WWE employees are assigned to work and perform on that program currently the other brands are Raw and NXT. WWE SmackDown, also currently referred to as SmackDown Live (stylized as SmackDown LIVE) or simply SmackDown, is aprofessional wrestling television program that debuted on August 26, 1999. The Royal Rumble is considered one of WWE's most popular pay-per-view events. With the exception of the initial Royal Rumble event in 1988, which was shown as a television special on USA Network, the Royal Rumble has been shown on pay-per-view (first in 1989) and is one of WWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The event is named after the Royal Rumble match, a Battle royal match whose participants enter at timed intervals.
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The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced every January by professional wrestling promotion WWE.