Vince McMahon To Kick Off 8/21 WWE SmackDown

Vince McMahon will kick off the ThunderDome era tonight on SmackDown.

WWE announced that McMahon will make an appearance at the start of SmackDown tonight, which is taking place at the ThunderDome at the Amway Center. This will be McMahon's first appearance on SmackDown since the Triple H 25th Anniversary celebration back in April, which took place at the WWE Performance Center.

Previously announced for SmackDown are a number of title matches:

* Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.

* Aj Styles vs. Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship.

* Big E vs. Sheamus

This will be the first-ever WWE show with the ThunderDome set-up as Raw, SmackDown and WWE pay-per-views will make the Amway Center its new home for the foreseeable future. Fightful will have live coverage of SmackDown.

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