{"id":109121,"date":"2020-12-04T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=109121"},"modified":"2020-12-04T13:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:00:39","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-12-4-build-towards-tlc-reigns-responds-to-owens-corbin-vs-murphy-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/12\/04\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-12-4-build-towards-tlc-reigns-responds-to-owens-corbin-vs-murphy-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 12\/4:  Build Towards TLC, Reigns Responds to Owens, Corbin vs. Murphy Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2494657301\" 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 \/>\nDECEMBER 4, 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>Universal Champion Roman Reigns lambasted his cousin Jey Uso for helping him during his match with WWE Champion Drew McIntyre at Survivor Series, as well as losing to team Raw in a clean sweep. Jey then attacked Otis, who was scheduled to have a match with King Corbin.<\/li>\n<li>Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode defeated Smackdown Tag Team Champions the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) in a non-title match. Here\u2019s Ziggler &amp; Roode in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode see gold in their future: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G1qQPwT5kSY?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>Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defeated Daniel Bryan via count out in non-title match. Jey Uso later attacked Bryan, who was saved by Kevin Owens. Here\u2019s Sami in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn demands the conspiracy stop: SmackDown Exclusive, Nov. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nl_YxzInNA4?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>Bianca Belair defeated Natalya.<\/li>\n<li>Murphy defeated King Corbin with assistance from the Mysterio family.<\/li>\n<li>Big E squeezed Sami Zayn\u2019s hand hard for 10 Mississippi\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Sasha Banks attacked Carmella after she cut a generic, store-brand heel promo. (You know not all store-brands are bad, so maybe I shouldn\u2019t use that term. Her promo was freakin\u2019 boring, how\u2019s that?)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Owens defeated Jey Uso via DQ. After the match he attacked Jey and said he fears no one, including Roman Reigns. He dared Roman to say it to his face if he had a problem with him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019re on our way towards TLC, which will close out the 2020 WWE PPV\/Network Special calendar. As of this writing, WWE does not have their preview up, but we can look at the two items we know about currently:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Murphy vs. King Corbin<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns responds to Kevin Owens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Murphy vs. King Corbin<\/h4>\n<p>Prior to the match where Murphy defeated King Corbin, and after Corbin\u2019s original opponent Otis was attacked, the Mysterio family (Rey, Dominik, and Aalyah) and Murphy were being interviewed by Kayla Braxton. They were talking about moving on from Seth Rollins when Corbin walked in. He mocked their thinking they were one big happy family after Murphy defeating Rollins, and also said Rey never passed his wrestling skills to his son Dominik.<\/p>\n<p>Rey and Dominik got involved in the match. At one point, Rey jumped on the apron after Corbin hit a Deep Six on Murphy. Later, Dominik grabbed Corbin\u2019s leg as he was running into the ropes. After Murphy delivered a high knee, and when Corbin put his leg on the rope during a pin attempt, Dominik pushed Corbin\u2019s leg off allowing Murphy to get the win. Corey Graves expressed outrage from the announce booth.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Corbin expressed outrage of his own, saying it was four-on-one. He demanded a rematch and said he would \u201cbe prepared.\u201d That rematch takes place tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It\u2019s pretty bad when you feel sympathy for Corbin. It was talked about enough on Torch podcasts, so I won\u2019t pile on. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how Corbin will be \u201cprepared.\u201d I\u2019ve seen the idea of the Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker, Wesley Blake, and Steven Sutler) being brought back. There were issues with social media posts Ryker put up, and thus they were removed from television over the summer. They could bring Cutler and Blake back without Ryker as heavies. Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura could align with Corbin as well. We haven\u2019t seen Aleister Black lately neither, who has history with Murphy and Rey.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Roman Reigns Responds to Kevin Owens<\/h4>\n<p>WWE has been showing a video hyping tonight\u2019s show, highlighting Roman Reigns\u2019 response to Kevin Owens regarding his words and actions following his match with Roman\u2019s cousin Jey Uso. As I talked about in the recap, Jey was weaved in throughout the show attacking Otis and Daniel Bryan until Kevin stepped in. That led to their match, which was their second in the past month. Jey defeated Kevin about a month ago with the help of Roman. All that said, here\u2019s the video hyping tonight:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roman Reigns responds to Kevin Owens this Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2Xi8z0yiLM?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>Roman and Kevin do have history going back to 2016, when Kevin was the Universal Champion. They had several matches including one inside a steel cage on Raw in September of that year. Things are much different now with Kevin as the babyface and Roman the strong heel, with Roman being the Universal Champion. We\u2019ll see what that response is tonight.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3150178942\" 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><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Without knowing what they\u2019re going to do, it\u2019s hard to predict what this response will be outside of a face-to-face in the ring. I like a program with Kevin and Roman, but I worry it\u2019ll be put into a TLC match. Their feud is not at that level. Even if they tag Kevin with Daniel Bryan to face Roman and Jey in such a match, that feels forced. The upside is that the talent will deliver as they always do.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Expectations and Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>The Roman Reigns story is what\u2019s making Smackdown very enjoyable at the moment outside of what else is going on throughout the show. Sami Zayn is also a delight. Isn\u2019t it crazy how the heels are what makes the show great? I\u2019m not optimistic about Sasha Banks vs. Carmella but hope to be pleasantly surprised. The Mysterio family dynamic with Murphy is weird and I\u2019m curious if we haven\u2019t seen the last wrinkle in that situation. The tag team division is a big zero, but it hasn\u2019t been good for a while. That said, I look forward to the show.<\/p>\n<p>Allow me to use this platform to announce that I will be launching a new show for the PWTorch VIP library called WWE Then and Now. I\u2019m thrilled to have Pro Wrestling Torch columnist Greg Parks join me for the first edition. We\u2019ll take the currently scheduled PPV for the month and do a round table review of a previous edition. This month we\u2019ll be looking at the first TLC event from 2009. We\u2019ll then head to last year\u2019s show, list the results, and talk about the major stories and where the characters are now. We\u2019ll be recording on Thursday night, and I anticipate the episode will drop the next day. I am excited to be doing this and I hope the show becomes part of your rotation!<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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