Syfy Teams Up with WWE

NEW YORK: The Syfy channel is teaming up with the WWE to air its first SmackDown special, SuperSmackdown Live, on August 30.

The two-hour special, which will be broadcast on Syfy, is taking place at the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas. It will feature WWE superstars, including World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton, Christian, Sheamus, Mark Henry, Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes, Wade Barrett, Daniel Bryan, Brodus Clay, Natalya and Alicia Fox.

SuperSmackdown Live will re-air in SmackDown’s regular time slot on Friday, September 2. SmackDown currently averages 3.1 million total viewers for 2011 to date.