WWE SmackDown's 20th Anniversary
| 20th Anniversary of SmackDown | |||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | October 4, 2019 | ||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | Staples Center | ||
| Attendance | 17,588 | ||
| Tagline(s) | We're All Superstars Celebrating 20 Years | ||
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SmackDown's 20th Anniversary, or the 20th Anniversary of SmackDown, was a special episode of WWE's weekly television program SmackDown that took place on October 4, 2019, and commemorated the program's 20th anniversary. It was broadcast live on Fox, and marked the SmackDown's return to Friday nights (thus it was renamed to Friday Night SmackDown).
The broadcast featured current WWE wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions as well as Hall of Famers and Legends from the past. The main event saw Brock Lesnar defeat Kofi Kingston in eight seconds to win the WWE Championship for a fifth time in what was Lesnar's first match on the brand in 15 years. In other prominent matches, Kevin Owens defeated Shane McMahon in a ladder match resulting in Shane being (kayfabe) fired, Roman Reigns defeated Erick Rowan in a lumberjack match, and in the opening bout, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch defeated Bayley and Sasha Banks.
The event also saw Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's first appearance on SmackDown in over five years, and the WWE debut of mixed martial artist Cain Velasquez and professional boxer Tyson Fury.