WWE & Big 12 Conference are bringing SmackDown to an international market during the upcoming college football season.
It was previously reported that the partnership between WWE and the collegiate football conference would be expanded, with ‘several episodes’ of SmackDown emanating from Big 12 markets.
Details have emerged for SmackDown, including shows in Dublin, Ireland, through an official press release confirming the partnership expansion that reads:
WWE® & Big 12 Conference to Bring Friday Night Smackdown to Big 12 Markets During 2025 College Football Season
WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), and the Big 12 Conference today announced an expansion to their multi-faceted partnership that will see Friday Night SmackDown broadcast from Big 12 markets on the eve of four conference football games throughout the 2025 season.
The first SmackDown will be held on Friday, August 22 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland, a day before the 30th year of Big 12 Football kicks off with a Week 0 matchup between the Iowa State Cyclones and Kansas State Wildcats in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic on Saturday, August 23 at Aviva Stadium.
Full dates include:
Friday, August 22 – SmackDown at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland (Iowa State vs. Kansas State on Saturday, August 23)
Friday, October 3 – SmackDown at Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati, Ohio (Iowa State at Cincinnati on Saturday, October 4)
Friday, October 24 – SmackDown at Mullet Arena in Tempe, Arizona (Houston at Arizona State on Saturday, October 25)
Friday, October 31 – SmackDown at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah (Cincinnati at Utah on Saturday, November 1)
The Big 12 Conference consists of sixteen full-member universities and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1.
Alongside the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten Conference, and Southeastern Conference (SEC), the collective are known as the Power Four conferences.
WWE once again goes international with Clash in Paris on August 31 taking place at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France.
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