{"id":108368,"date":"2020-11-20T12:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=108368"},"modified":"2020-11-20T12:37:54","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T18:37:54","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-11-20-final-survivor-series-build-murphy-vs-rollins-bryan-returns-to-face-jey-drew-and-roman-to-sign-on-the-dotted-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/20\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-11-20-final-survivor-series-build-murphy-vs-rollins-bryan-returns-to-face-jey-drew-and-roman-to-sign-on-the-dotted-line\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 11\/20:  Final Survivor Series Build, Murphy vs. Rollins, Bryan Returns to Face Jey, Drew and Roman to Sign on the Dotted Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1197624859\" 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 \/>\nNOVEMBER 20, 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 CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Michael Cole and Corey Graves<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew McIntyre arrived to confront Universal Champion Roman Reigns ahead of his challenge to Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. He went on to defeat Jey Uso in the main event. Here\u2019s Drew in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre came to SmackDown with a very specific purpose: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 13, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LBTjc0Ewd8Y?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<ul>\n<li>Sami Zayn defeated Apollo Crews via count out to retain the Intercontinental Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Carmella attacked Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Sasha Banks during a promo after retained the title over Bayley in the previous week. Bayley was on her way out when Carmella made the attack.<\/li>\n<li>Otis defeated Dolph Ziggler. Later, Chad Gable suggested Otis join his Alpha Academy, a callback of sorts to Gable\u2019s team of American Alpha with Jason Jordan.<\/li>\n<li>Rey Mysterio defeated Seth Rollins. I\u2019ll expand on this later in the report.<\/li>\n<li>Liv Morgan defeated Natalya, Chelsea Green, and Tamina to qualify for team Smackdown at Survivor Series. Chelsea was injured during the match. WWE followed up with an update on their website saying she has a broken left wrist. Here\u2019s WWE exclusives with Liv &amp; Ruby Riott as well as Natalya:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ruby Riott embraces Liv Morgan after her victory: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 13, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/91QJE6Ua2DI?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=\"Natalya is tired of explaining that she is the BOAT: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 13, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HffX6EBdFtE?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<ul>\n<li>Big E suggested to the Smackdown Tag Team Champion Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) that they were \u201cNew Day Lite.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s edition of Smackdown will be the last before Survivor Series, which is being billed as \u201cBest of the Best\u201d this year. There\u2019s one more spot on the men\u2019s Smackdown team which currently consists of Jey Uso, Kevin Owens, King Corbin, and Seth Rollins. There are two more spots on the women\u2019s team which currently has Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, and Liv Morgan. We now know that Universal Champion Roman Reigns will face new WWE Champion Drew McIntyre because of Drew defeating Randy Orton this past Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Last week we learned that Seth Rollins will face former disciple Murphy tonight. Here\u2019s what else is advertised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daniel Bryan returns to Smackdown to get retribution on Jey Uso.<\/li>\n<li>WWE Championship vs. Universal Championship Survivor Series Contract Signing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Murphy vs. Seth Rollins<\/h4>\n<p>It has been a long run with many twists and turns for Seth Rollins, Murphy, and Rey Mysterio &amp; his family. It started with Rollins shoving Rey\u2019s eye into the ring stairs several months ago. He then defeated him in an Eye for an Eye match at Extreme Rules. Rey\u2019s son Dominik got involved and lost a match to Rollins at SummerSlam, but then Rey &amp; Dominik defeated Rollins and his disciple Muprhy at Payback. Fast forward to more recent events where everyone was moved from Raw to Smackdown and Aalyah, Rey\u2019s daughter, became romantically involved with Murphy. The Mysterio\u2019s didn\u2019t accept Murphy right away and so he realigned with Rollins and splitting off from him several weeks ago. Last week, he double-crossed Rollins and helped Rey defeat Rollins in No Holds Barred Match that was billed as the \u201cend of the line.\u201d Afterwards, Murphy and Rey shook hands and the Mysterio\u2019s finally accepted him and his involvement with Aalyah. Here\u2019s Rey and his family in a WWE exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Mysterio family celebrates payback on Rollins: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 13, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FEpW38oLBuU?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>Later, Rollins approached WWE official Adam Pearce telling him he was done with Rey (thank God) but wanted a chance to get back at Murphy. That match was announced later in the show, and it takes place tonight. Murphy aligned with Rollins last year on Raw after Rollins turned on Kevin Owens. They briefly held the Raw Tag Team Championship. This feud with the Mysterios was their undoing. This is not their first match. They went at it several weeks ago on Smackdown:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Murphy vs. Seth Rollins: SmackDown, Oct. 23, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2a755E0gL7Y?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: This will be a good match, but I\u2019m not sure the plans for Murphy as a babyface. Don\u2019t get me wrong as I\u2019m a fan of his work, but I think he\u2019ll be mid card at best which is fine. People have to fill out the show up and down the card, right? Working with Rollins won\u2019t give him \u201cthe rub,\u201d elevating him to main event status. I could be wrong.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso<\/h4>\n<p>On the Smackdown episode following Hell in a Cell where Jey Uso lost a Universal Championship Hell in a Cell I Quit match to his cousin Roman Reigns, he took on Daniel Bryan in a Survivor Series qualifying match. Jey ended up defeating Bryan, but the story came afterwards where he told Roman \u201cI understand now\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m with you,\u201d beginning his alliance with his cousin and acknowledging him as the tribal chief. He attacked Bryan under orders from Roman, telling Jey to \u201cmake him understand.\u201d Bryan was carried out on a stretcher and hasn\u2019t been heard from since. (Bryan is working a lighter schedule so this was designed to write him off TV for a few weeks.)<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Bryan returns to get a measure of revenge on Jey as Jey moves on to be a part of team Smackdown for Survivor Series. Here\u2019s a WWE exclusive clip, which was included on a previous primer, showing what happened after Smackdown went off the air the night Jey beat Bryan.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1717617840\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Jey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUsos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEUsos<\/a> was FAR from finished with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Wwedanielbryan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWEDanielBryan<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> went off the air! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/490OMkg6jW\">pic.twitter.com\/490OMkg6jW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork\/status\/1322385575853363206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It\u2019s still interesting to see Bryan\u2019s involvement in this situation. My guess is he\u2019s the next program for Roman. Having Jey beat him was eye-opening, but the attack afterwards indicated to me that they might want to move Bryan into a feud over the title, perhaps having a match at TLC or the Royal Rumble.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Contract Signing: WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Universal Champion Roman Reigns Sign Contract for their Non-Title Match This Sunday at Survivor Series<\/h4>\n<p>Drew made a surprise appearance on Smackdown and confronted Roman Reigns. He claimed that he would defeat Randy Orton for the WWE Championship on Raw, which he ended up doing this past Monday on Raw and would be facing Roman at Survivor Series. He somewhat acknowledged their history, and said he made Paul Heyman\u2019s last client (Brock Lesnar) his \u201cbitch\u201d at WrestleMania. Roman said he liked him, but nobody watches Raw because everyone is watching him on Smackdown. Later Jey would come out and issue the challenge to Drew.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Drew and Roman sign the contract for their match. Drew is in his second reign as WWE Champion after regaining the title this past Monday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I don\u2019t have much to say about a contract signing, since we\u2019ve seen so many of them. I\u2019m genuinely concerned about this match coming up not just because of the short build, but because these are two guys that could potentially be the top stars of the company for many years. I think you can tell a better long-term story by Roman winning clean, and Drew getting a win back down the line at a WrestleMania or a big show like that. You want Roman\u2019s heel character to be strong and getting a clean win over a big star would go a long way of doing that. Doing some interference or crap finish would cheapen this match and doesn\u2019t do the winner any favors (if there\u2019s a winner).<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Expectations and Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll wrap up the Survivor Series teams by adding the missing participants, unless they want to do some sort of surprise on the men\u2019s side with one spot open. Rhea Ripley just lost to Io Shirai clean on NXT in a match for the championship, so perhaps Ripley is headed to Smackdown? I think she works better on Raw, but we\u2019ll see. Other than that, look for follow up on Chad Gable and Otis\u2019 interaction, what\u2019s next for Lars Sullivan after the sit-down interviews, and where things are headed with Sasha Banks and Carmella. It sure looks like they\u2019re headed for a title match, but it doesn\u2019t look like Bayley is completely out of the picture. There are a lot of balls in the air, so I expect a newsworthy episode.<\/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-3330305013\"><div id=\"pwtor-4221265910\"><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 NOVEMBER 20, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. 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