{"id":105601,"date":"2020-10-01T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T03:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=105601"},"modified":"2020-10-02T13:28:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T18:28:42","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-2-continued-clash-of-champions-fallout-the-crowning-of-the-chief-sami-defends-against-hardy-alexa-brings-trance-to-the-ko-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/01\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-2-continued-clash-of-champions-fallout-the-crowning-of-the-chief-sami-defends-against-hardy-alexa-brings-trance-to-the-ko-show\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 10\/2:  Continued Clash of Champions Fallout, The Crowning of the Chief, Sami Defends Against Hardy, Alexa Brings Trance to the KO Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1461517062\" 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><h3>WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER<br \/>\nOCTOBER 2, 2020<br \/>\nORLANDO, FL. AT THE THUNDERDOME IN THE AMWAY CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Top Three Developments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Otis said he would not seek legal counsel regarding Miz &amp; John Morrison\u2019s threat to take him to court over the Money in the Bank contract. We learned only Miz\u2019s name is on the lawsuit, and then Otis attacked Morrison.<\/li>\n<li>Lacey Evans defeated Alexa Bliss via DQ when Alexa refused to break a five count while attacking Lacey in the ropes. She then delivered another Sister Abigail.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns attacked Jey Uso ahead of their Universal Championship match at Clash of Champions. Prior to Roman and Paul Heyman coming out for their promo, Alexa Bliss was making her way to the back. She briefly stared at Roman &amp; Paul.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Clash of Champions Results Pertinent to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Lucha House Party to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.<br \/>\nSami Zayn defeated Jeff Hardy &amp; A.J. Styles in a triple threat ladder match to become the undisputed Intercontinental Champion.<\/li>\n<li>Bayley defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka via DQ (to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship. Asuka replaced Nikki Cross, Bayley\u2019s original opponent, when Cross was announced as \u201cnot medically cleared to compete.\u201d Sasha Banks attacked Bayley to cause the match to end.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns defeated Jey Uso to retain the Universal Championship. Jey\u2019s brother Jimmy returned to WWE television and threw in the towel to stop the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>We move past Clash of Champions and head towards Hell in a Cell, which was announced to be taking place on Sunday October 25. WWE is light on items advertised tonight, which is not unusual for them coming out of a PPV. That said, here\u2019s what\u2019s in their preview:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Universal Champion Roman Reigns to be officially crowned as Tribal Chief<\/li>\n<li>Sami Zayn to face Jeff Hardy in Intercontinental Championship showdown<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Owens to bring \u201cThe KO Show\u201d to Smackdown as Alexa Bliss joins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Roman Reigns to be Crowned Tribal Chief<\/h4>\n<p>In defeating his cousin Jey Uso to retain the Universal Championship this past Sunday, Roman Reigns persistently demanded he acknowledge him as the \u201ctribal chief\u201d or the head of the family. Jey refused and said not today. I mentioned earlier how the match concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking over as Roman\u2019s \u201ccounsel,\u201d Paul Heyman has declared him the tribal chief and going back to last week, he told Jey he could never be at the head of the table. Instead, he\u2019s the one that \u201cfeeds the family.\u201d During their exchange last week, Roman did acknowledge the Usos as the greatest tag team of this generation, and the family was proud. Jey couldn\u2019t handle the pressure of being \u201cthe head,\u201d but Jey questioned why it couldn\u2019t be him.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Roman is officially crowned the \u201ctribal chief.\u201d This past week on The Bump, it was discussed whether he could beat another cousin in the legendary Rock. There\u2019s a lot of speculation that there could be a WrestleMania match between them come next year. If you\u2019re into the Bump, here\u2019s the clip:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Could Roman Reigns beat The Rock?: WWE\u2019s The Bump, Sept. 30, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sKX9yIoz20Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m not going to try and get into Vince\u2019s head and think about what they\u2019re going to do tonight. It\u2019s an angle to get to their next step. I\u2019m more interested in where this feud goes if it\u2019s going to continue. Technically, Roman did beat Jey but not via pinfall or submission, and Jimmy got involved on Jey\u2019s behalf, so Hell in a Cell could be in their appointment books. I would guess they\u2019re doing Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton from Raw, and they like to do a women\u2019s match in the cell (Sasha vs. Bayley?), so maybe that bumps Roman and Jey to something else if the feud is going to continue. There\u2019s also talk of Roman vs. Bray given the stare from Alexa Bliss last week. There are too many balls in the air to know for sure.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Intercontinental Championship: Sami Zayn (champ) vs. Jeff Hardy<\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt in any of our minds now. Sami Zayn is the undisputed Intercontinental Champion. In defeating Jeff Hardy and A.J. Styles Sunday night, he \u201chandcuffed\u201d Jeff\u2019s earring to the ladder. He then handcuffed himself to A.J., but later pulled out a key to uncuff himself and was able to climb the ladder and get both belts. He was stripped of the title following WrestleMania when he was \u201cunable to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Sami defeated both Jeff and A.J. in a triple threat match. Tonight, he defends the title one-on-one against Jeff. Here\u2019s Sami in a few WWE exclusives:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3309303058\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn trashes Jeff Hardy and AJ Styles after title victory: WWE Network Exclusive, Sep. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aFJZNdOiX6U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn gloats with the gold: WWE Network Exclusive, Sept. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h9KAQy_TjlM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I can\u2019t see a title switch back to Jeff so soon, although you never know with Sami. Vince may want him to lose quickly by some fluke and be angry, because to him an angry Sami is an entertaining Sami. A.J. is in play as well. I\u2019d like to see Sami hold the title for a while.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>KO Show: Guest Alexa Bliss<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s time for a Raw crossover as Kevin Owens comes back to Smackdown and will have Alexa Bliss as his guest. I mentioned the stare of Roman Reigns following her loss to Lacey Evans via count out, also discussed earlier.<\/p>\n<p>As the weeks go on, Alexa appears more and more to be \u201cpossessed\u201d by the \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt. WWE even put up a video featuring Alexa\u2019s most sinister moments. Tonight, Kevin will no doubt have some real interesting questions for Alexa as he tries to figure out what\u2019s going on with her. He got involved with Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan on Raw several weeks ago, which got them to reunite and now they have a tag team championship match in their future. We\u2019ll see if he can get through to Alexa. I\u2019m not one to promote these \u201ctop 10\u201d videos WWE likes to put out, but here\u2019s the video of which I spoke earlier:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1311365822330425350?s=20<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This couldn\u2019t possibly lead to a feud between Bray and Kevin could it? I\u2019ll tell you I\u2019d rather see that now than something hot-shotted between Roman and Bray. Kevin\u2019s not going to advance to the top of the card anyway, and they\u2019ll probably want to turn him heel again, so why not feud with Bray? As far as Alexa goes, while I\u2019m interested in this story, it\u2019s still hard to see past her being all happy-go-lucky on Twitter. Bray hasn\u2019t put up a thing in a month, pretty much since her lost the Universal Championship. I like that.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley called Sasha Banks a crybaby, and said she admired Nikki Cross\u2019 spirit, but she ought to pay attention to what she did to Sasha with a chair. This was ahead of what was supposed to be a title match between Bayley and Nikki before Nikki was deemed \u201cnot medically cleared.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Tag Team Championship co-holder Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Gran Metalik of Lucha House Party.<\/li>\n<li>King Corbin defeated Matt Riddle. In a post-match interview, he said he\u2019d grind until Smackdown was the \u201cBro Show.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>While I think Smackdown still has a lot of issues, I look forward to it more than I do Raw. The Reigns story is one of the best WWE has done in quite some time. I know I made comments about Alexa\u2019s social media, but I\u2019m still into what she\u2019s doing. She\u2019s always been a favorite of mine. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how they move with the draft a week away. My guess is outside of advancing the top stories, nothing else really moves.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome. Thank you for reading!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1410145546\"><div id=\"pwtor-2859681805\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER OCTOBER 2, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. 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