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Fans at last night’s taping of WWE SmackDown on FOX got an extra treat once the blue brand went off the air.

Last night’s SmackDown took place at the Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, and saw WWE continue on the road to Survivor Series WarGames.

The main event of the show saw Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos retain their titles against the New Day.

After the Show

After SmackDown went off the air, WWE filmed their annual Tribute to the Troops special.

The shows results are as follows:

Braun Strowman defeated L.A. Knight.

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler defeated Emma and Tamina.

Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, and Ricochet defeated Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER, Giovanni Vinci, and Ludwig Kaiser of Imperium.

Tribute to the Troops

WWE’s annual Tribute to the Troops event began in 2003 when John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield pitched the show to then-WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

From 2003 to 2009, events were held in various U.S. military bases across the middle east but WWE began hosting domestic events in 2010.

A day before the 2006 event at Baghdad’s Camp Victory, a mortar attack resulted in 14 people being injured but none were WWE talent or crew.

WWE has received several awards for its efforts, and has received recognition from U.S. Presidents including George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Since 2015, WWE has presented custom WWE Championship to serving personnel as part of the Tribute to the Troops events.

WWE is bringing back their Tribute to the Troops special for another year. 

This 17th annual event will take place on Friday, December 6, in Fayetteville, North Carolina at the Crown Coliseum. The event will be taped as part of the Friday Night SmackDown event the same evening.

This marks the first show in the city in over seven years. As of this writing, WWE has yet to provide an airing date for the special on the USA Network but it will likely air around Christmas.

Last year’s show was taped on Tuesday, December 4th, at Fort Hood, Texas.

WWE has previously touted the show as an “honor our servicemen and women and their families. In the tradition of Bob Hope, WWE brings together the best of sports, entertainment and pop culture with celebrity appearances and performances from music’s most popular acts in what is considered TV’s most patriotic and heartwarming show of the year.”

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Crown Coliseum is advertising the following stars to appear at the show. 

• Roman Reigns
• The Fiend Bray Wyatt
• Daniel Bryan
• The New Day
• Braun Strowman
• Bayley
• Sasha Banks
• Shinsuke Nakamura
• Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode
• King Corbin

WWE has yet to announce any matches or segments for the show but will do so as it gets closer. 

WWE taped the following tonight from Washington, DC for the 2016 Tribute to the Troops. This airs on the USA Network tomorrow night.

– Lilian Garcia sang the National Anthem

– Mick Foley made Big Cass and Roman Reigns vs. Rusev and Kevin Owens for tonight’s main event after an in-ring segment

– Cesaro and Sheamus defeated Golden Truth, Gallows & Anderson, The Shining Stars to become new #1 contenders to the RAW Tag Team Championships. They face New Day at Roadblock

– Apollo Crews defeated WWE IC Champion The Miz in a non-title match after Miz issued a challenge. Gabriel Iglesias was at ringside with Crews and helped him win

– The Wyatt Family defeated American Alpha and Dolph Ziggler

– Bayley defeated Dana Brooke with Charlotte at ringside

– WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann, Jack Gallagher and TJ Perkins defeated Drew Gulak, Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese

– Cass and Reigns defeated Rusev and Owens

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– The WWE TLC pay-per-view ranked #2 for the night in Nielsen’s social media TV ratings, right behind The Walking Dead. TLC drew 181,000 Twitter interactions with 31,000 unique authors and 173,000 Facebook interactions with 94,000 unique authors.

– As seen at TLC, Carmella revealed that it was Natalya who attacked Nikki Bella at Survivor Series, not Carmella. It appears we will get Natalya vs. Carmella on this week’s SmackDown as Natalya tweeted the following today:

Rookies need to learn the consequences of opening their mouths. You talked at #WWETLC @CarmellaWWE but better be ready to fight on #SDLive!

— Nattie (@NatbyNature) December 5, 2016

– WWE posted this new promo for the 2016 Tribute to The Troops, which airs next Saturday night on the USA Network:

WWE Tribute To The #Troops is NEXT WEEK on @USA_Network! pic.twitter.com/5GmWX9ZkYh

— WWE (@WWE) December 5, 2016

– WWE will tape the 2016 Tribute To The Troops on Tuesday, 12/13 from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

– As seen at WWE No Mercy last night, Luke Harper returned and helped Bray Wyatt defeat Randy Orton in the main event. SmackDown GM Daniel Bryan confirmed on Talking Smack that he and Shane McMahon just signed Harper but they didn’t expect him to make such an impact that quick.

– WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus announced today that she is expecting her second child. She tweeted the following:

This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for my growing family, for my babies…#herewegoagain #babyontheway #babynumber2 #maxisgoingtobeabigbrother pic.twitter.com/ihauTtzmig

— Trish Stratus (@trishstratuscom) October 10, 2016

– Featured above is the latest edition of “Eden’s Style,” which features Nikki Bella, Corey Graves and other stars talking about the fashion at this year’s Slammy Awards. Renee Young, who is also featured in the clip, jokes to Eden about haing “the body of a young boy.” Young was also told by Kevin Owens that she looks ridiculous this week.

– The WWE Tribute To The Troops 2015 special, which aired on the USA Network on Wednesday, December 23rd, drew 1.802 million viewers. The show finished second on the night in cable viewership and in the 18-49 demographic, trailing only college football.

– As seen below, Mick Foley and his children, Noelle, Dewey, Hughie and Mickey Foley all participated in a family Christmas photo parodying the Four Horsewomen of NXT — Sasha Banks, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Bayley. Also featured are comments from Becky Lynch and Bayley regarding the photo.

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@RealMickFoley @SashaBanksWWE @itsBayleyWWE @MsCharlotteWWE this is amazing!!!

— Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) December 24, 2015

@RealMickFoley @BeckyLynchWWE @SashaBanksWWE @MsCharlotteWWE Mr. Foley, you're missing a headband!

— Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) December 24, 2015

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– In the above Super SmackDown Fallout video, Santino Marella mourns his ruined Christmas party and vows revenge on those responsible for ruining it.

– The following matches were recently taped for tonight’s edition of NXT on the WWE Network:

* The Vaudevillains vs. Mojo Rawley & Zack Ryder vs. Blake & Murphy vs. Chad Gable & Jason Jordan
* Elias Samson vs. Bull Dempsey
* Sami Zayn vs. Tye Dillinger

– WWE tweeted the following link to a clip of Big Show’s appearance on ESPN SportsCenter on Tuesday night.

.@WWETheBigShow talks @TributeToTroops with @TheCoachESPN on @SportsCenter. WATCH: https://t.co/RoepCAlNZR pic.twitter.com/0KGw9T5XaA

— WWE (@WWE) December 23, 2015

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Based on overnight ratings, WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” special on NBC on Saturday night drew 2.31 million viewers.

Compared to last year’s Troops special, this was a boost in numbers, as last year’s special, which was an edited replay of a show that first-aired on the USA Network, was among the lowest rated NBC shows of the year.

NBC finished third place out of the four major networks in terms of viewership for Saturday night.

The following matches are confirmed for tonight’s WWE “Tribute To The Troops” special on NBC:

– Daniel Bryan vs. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan
– 3MB vs. The Prime Time Players
– Divas Battle Royal
– Rey Mysterio & The Usos vs. The Shield
– R-Truth vs. Fandango
– Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston

Full SPOILERS For Tonight’s WWE “Tribute To The Troops” Special

As covered in-depth the past week, there was an incident during the WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” television taping in Washington involving AJ Lee and Access Hollywood co-host Michelle Beadle regarding Beadle’s comments to CM Punk.

In addition to all of the heat on AJ for her role in the ordeal, apparently CM Punk garnered some heat on himself by his way of handling the issue.

Punk decided to tweet about hockey on his official Twitter account, and WWE officials were apparently unhappy with that decision, as they felt he should be tweeting about something TLC-related instead of hockey.

– Apparently WWE’s recent Vintage Collection show featuring Bill Goldberg was done because the company still has interest in bringing him back for a match at WrestleMania XXX, and promoting his name through the show was a way to keep him fresh in the minds of the WWE viewing audience.

– WWE announcer Michael Cole recently posted the following tweet, which contains an Instagram link to a photo from inside the hangar where they are filming the WWE Tribute To The Troops special on Thursday evening. Make sure to check back here at the website on Thursday evening for full spoilers of the Tribute To The Troops show.

Welcome to Tribute to the #Troops, #WWE Universe! http://t.co/Jga0RT5c20

— Michael Cole (@MichaelCole) December 12, 2013

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[Partial Credit: Wrestling Observer Newsletter]

WWE released the official details for their 2013 “Tribute To The Troops” special event on Saturday evening.

WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” special event will be taped on Wednesday, December 11th at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Fort Lewis, Washington. The special will air on NBC television on Saturday, December 28th.

For more information on the WWE’s “Tribute To The Troops” 2013 special, visit JBLMMWR.com.