Waltman, who had been out with an injury, returned on the March 21 episode of SmackDown!

This storyline was immediately dropped with the nWo members being drafted to Raw while Hogan being drafted to SmackDown!

The same year, Bozell and the PTC appeared as the subject of criticism in the book Foley is Good: And The Real World is Faker Than Wrestling, a memoir published by former WWF wrestler Mick Foley, who questioned the reasoning and research that the PTC used to associate SmackDown with violent acts performed by children watching the program.

He later formed a tag team with Edge ; the two participated in a tournament for the newly created and SmackDown !- exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship.

After an unsuccessful attempt at regaining the Cruiserweight Title, Mysterio formed a tag team with Rob Van Dam, and went on to win the Tag Team Championship from Kenzo Suzuki and René Dupreé on the December 9 episode of SmackDown !.

On the December 30 episode of SmackDown !, MNM invoked their rematch clause, defeating Batista and Mysterio with help from Mark Henry to regain the Tag Team Championship.

This rivalry continued for several weeks and saw Mysterio defeating Booker's court member William Regal on an episode of SmackDown !, moments before attacking the challenger and hitting him with a 619 around the steel post.

On the September 7 episode of SmackDown !, Mysterio had an " I Quit " match with Chavo Guerrero, which he won after hitting Guerrero's knee with a chair repeatedly in a similar manner to which Mysterio had been put out of action.

Five days later on SmackDown, Punk challenged Mysterio to another match at Extreme Rules, with the stipulation that if Mysterio won, Punk would have his head shaved bald.

Mysterio would continue his feud with Del Rio which culminated on the January 7, 2011 episode of SmackDown in a 2 out of 3 falls match, which Del Rio ultimately won by countout due to interference from his personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, ending the feud.

Four days later on SmackDown, Mysterio returned to in-ring action when he teamed up with World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus to defeat Del Rio and Dolph Ziggler via disqualification.

He also appeared on both Raw and SmackDown on occasion during the Invasion storyline in non-wrestling roles, usually in conjunction with Vince McMahon.

He made an appearance on the Decade of SmackDown on October 2, 2009 where he had an altercation with the Iron Sheik about which country was the greatest, USA or Iran.

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On the June 13 episode of SmackDown !, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory.

She briefly feuded with fellow SmackDown!

The following year, she was the SmackDown General Manager, but stopped appearing regularly on television after an " I Quit " match with her father Vince.

Triple H held the WWF Championship and Stephanie held the WWF Women's Championship after defeating champion Jacqueline with the help of Tori and D-Generation X on the March 28 edition of SmackDown!

She was also credited with signing Hulk Hogan back to SmackDown !, which caused friction between herself and her father.

She is perhaps best known for her appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling ( ECW ) and the SmackDown!

He then formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio ; the two participated in a tournament for the newly created and SmackDown !- exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship.

The following week, Cena made a deal with Edge: if Edge could defeat him in a match for the WWE Championship, he would sign a contract to move to SmackDown !.

Edge then began a feud with Kane after SmackDown!

At the February event No Way Out, Edge lost the WWE title in an Elimination Chamber after being pinned by Jeff Hardy, being the first to be eliminated, with the title eventually being won by Triple H. Later that night, Edge inserted himself into the World Championship Elimination Chamber match after attacking Kofi Kingston and barricading himself inside one of the Chamber's pods, proceeding to win his eighth World Championship, last eliminating Rey Mysterio and taking the title over to SmackDown.

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This was partly because MyNetworkTV was set to launch on September 5. SmackDown !, however, was aired in those markets on WB stations owned by Tribune, which have since become CW stations.

On April 29, 1999, the WWF made its return to terrestrial television by launching a special program known as SmackDown!

This was followed by guest appearances on the television shows Beauty and the Beast ( 1987 ), Murder, She Wrote ( 1984 ), Tarzan ( 1991 ), Relic Hunter ( 1999 ), and as himself in WWF SmackDown ( 1999 ).

The next week on SmackDown !, Mysterio gained revenge by attacking Booker and his " court ".

On October 28, after fighting to a " no contest " at No Mercy, followed by a double-disqualification in a number one contender's match for Batista's World Heavyweight title on the next SmackDown!

Mysterio was defeated by Batista again in a street fight on the 11th December episode of SmackDown.

On June 4, 2010, Mysterio won a Battle Royal involving the whole SmackDown roster by lastly eliminating Kane to earn The Undertaker's vacated spot, joining then-champion Jack Swagger, Big Show, and CM Punk at the pay-per-view.

On the August 27 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio lost a No Disqualification match to Kane, and afterwards was attacked by Alberto Del Rio on his injured left arm, sparking a feud between the two.

At Bragging Rights, Mysterio represented Team SmackDown, and despite an attack by teammate Del Rio, he and Edge managed to defeat the rest of Team Raw, giving Team SmackDown the victory.

Five days later on SmackDown, Mysterio qualified for a spot in the Elimination Chamber match at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view for the World Heavyweight Championship by defeating Jack Swagger.

On the February 25 episode of SmackDown, Mysterio was tricked and attacked by Cody Rhodes and his father, Dusty Rhodes, resulting in Mysterio being unmasked by Rhodes.

On June 15, 2004, he was fired by WWE for no-showing a SmackDown!

The storyline was cut short on the August 21 episode of SmackDown, when Gowen defeated Brock Lesnar by disqualification after Lesnar broke Gowen's leg in storyline.

On the October 23 episode of SmackDown, Gowen lost to Tajiri in a singles match, and afterward was attacked by two of Tajiri's associates and was legitimately knocked unconscious.

On November 23, 2008 at Survivor Series, Edge returned to WWE after an introduction by SmackDown General Manager and his on-screen wife Vickie Guerrero, replacing Jeff Hardy in the Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship involving champion Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov.

They were defeated by Team Angle ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ) on the February 6, 2003 episode of SmackDown !.

Hornswoggle ( AKA " Little Bastard "), a character on WWE's SmackDown !, is regularly dragged out from under the ring ( where he " lives ") and is tossed by Finlay into his opponents.

General Manager Theodore Long announced a six-man elimination match between John " Bradshaw " Layfield, Booker T, Chris Benoit, The Undertaker, Christian ( replacing The Big Show, who was picked by Raw in the lottery ), and Muhammad Hassan to crown the first SmackDown!