On July 15, 1990 The Road Warriors made their WWF TV debut on an episode of Wrestling Challenge from Huntington Civic Center in Huntington, West Virginia, dismantling jobbers Al Burke and Bob Bradley. In the WWF The Road Warriors would be known as the "Legion of Doom" or simply “LOD”. Despite the altered team name, they were still individually introduced as "Road Warrior" Hawk and "Road Warrior" Animal for some time. Vince McMahon wanted to retire The Road Warriors moniker, since at the time the

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On August 26, 1999 the official debut episode of WWF SmackDown! aired on UPN from the Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. In the main event, WWF World Heavyweight Champion Triple H (with Chyna) took on The Rock with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. WWF SmackDown! was set up to compete against WCW’s Thursday night show, Thunder. SmackDown! first appeared on April 29, 1999 using the Raw set as a single television special on UPN. | Davenport Sports Network