| Friday Night SmackDown: Season 2 Premiere | |||
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | October 16, 2020 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | WWE ThunderDome at Amway Center | ||
| Attendance | 0 | ||
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Friday Night SmackDown: Season 2 Premiere was a special episode of WWE's weekly television program SmackDown that took place on October 16, 2020, and commemorated the program's second season's premiere. It was broadcast live on Fox, and marked the 1-year celebration of return to Friday nights (thus being renamed Friday Night SmackDown).
The broadcast featured current WWE wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands as well as Hall of Famers and Legends from the past.[1] The main event saw Roman Reigns retain the WWE Universal Championship by defeating Braun Strowman by technical submission. In other matches, Lars Sullivan defeated Jeff Hardy in the opening bout, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) teamed up for the last time as a stable to defeat Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura and Sheamus, and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode via disqualification to retain the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.