{"id":209257,"date":"2025-12-25T23:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=209257"},"modified":"2025-12-25T12:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:01:20","slug":"wkpwp-wwe-smackdown-post-show-5-yrs-ago-ad-free-reigns-vs-owens-in-a-cage-sami-vs-big-e-for-ic-title-charlotte-asuka-defend-bryan-vs-jey-uso-seth-rollins-future-122-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-wwe-smackdown-post-show-5-yrs-ago-ad-free-reigns-vs-owens-in-a-cage-sami-vs-big-e-for-ic-title-charlotte-asuka-defend-bryan-vs-jey-uso-seth-rollins-future-122-min\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP WWE Smackdown Post-Show \u2013 5 Yrs Ago (AD-FREE): Reigns vs. Owens in a cage, Sami vs. Big E for IC Title, Charlotte &#038; Asuka defend, Bryan vs. Jey Uso, Seth Rollins future (122 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1962389405\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY: <\/strong>In this week&#8217;s episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (12-25-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch.com\u2019s Nick Barbati. They discussed the Christmas night episode of WWE Friday Night Smackdown including Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens in a cage for the Universal Title, Sami Zayn vs. Big E for the IC Title, Charlotte &amp; Asuka defend in a triple threat tag match, Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso, and the first official Royal Rumble entry declaration. 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