{"id":109640,"date":"2020-12-13T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=109640"},"modified":"2020-12-13T15:04:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:04:33","slug":"reigns-o-meter-113-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/12\/13\/reigns-o-meter-113-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"REIGNS-O-METER #113: Tracking the Tribal Chief\u2019s ability to check in on KO&#8217;s family, beat the odds, and remain on top"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-425325450\" 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>Beginning an episode of Smackdown with someone other than Roman Reigns is technically a criminal offense in seven states, but this week it\u2019s Sasha Banks who gets top billing. See, AEW fans? The WWE has Snoop Dogg, too. Roman will just have to wait, though WWE does make sure he\u2019s at the top of the show by interrupting the women\u2019s contract signing to talk about Roman Reigns facing Kevin Owens at TLC.<\/p>\n<p>Carmella stole a contract during a contract signing. WWE\u2019s admin team are getting seriously lax if you can steal official contracts. I love how poor management is basically kayfabe in WWE. Not giving the Intercontinental Champion a shirt to sell until now is certainly questionable, let\u2019s be fair. This Smackdown was almost a love letter to how much the WWE makes it up as they go along.<\/p>\n<p>As we approach the end of the first hour, Roman Reigns arrives to bring a little law and order to proceedings. Michael Cole tells us we\u2019re going to relive the shocking and brutal moment from last week next. Great. As you know, nobody watches wrestling so you need to make sure to show the previous two weeks in full during every week of Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>When we eventually get back to live TV, Roman Reigns and Jey Uso are having a tense conversation backstage. They\u2019re good. Are they good? They\u2019re good. Their families? Good. It\u2019s good. They should be good. It\u2019s so good. Is it weird that I have conversations like this all the time?<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Owens comes down to the ring first and fills the ring with tables, ladders, and chairs. I like that. Corey Graves mentions imagination being the only limit and when it comes to Kevin Owens that means that there is no limit. It\u2019s been a long time coming for Kevin Owens to get back to the main event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Owens puts Jey Uso though a table: SmackDown, Dec. 11, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nc9ecOQvHps?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>WWE makes a smart move and gives Kevin Owens a microphone. He talks about family. He doesn\u2019t tell us if his family\u2019s good. Is he good? Where are the interviewers to ask the real pressing questions? We also find out that chairs are cold and I appreciate that lesson. Sometimes good promos are made of the strangest things.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s kind of fitting that Kevin Owens itood in a ring saying that tables, ladders, and chairs are his friends. Remember what he did to Sami Zayn? To Chris Jericho? No wonder his only friends are inanimate objects.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Owens lost the Universal Championship to Goldberg because Goldberg. This is looking like it\u2019ll be a short feud because Goldberg also. A crying shame.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-750204164\" 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>Owens focuses too much on the camera and, while Roman looks on, Jey Uso comes from out of nowhere to assault Owens with a chair. Roman smiles for the first time as he watches Smackdown. It\u2019s nice to know at least he watches. Owens comes back, though. Jey Uso isn\u2019t the destroyer he used to be. Owens puts Jey Uso through a table with a Pop-up Powerbomb and stands his ground as Roman arrives to survey the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Roman wants to fight. He wants to come down and destroy Owens but Paul Heyman shows his worth. It\u2019s very Brock Lesnar. Heyman talks Roman out of the fight. He doesn\u2019t need to fight. He\u2019s good. His family is good. Jey Uso will be good by the end of the segment. Owens isn\u2019t good and, for Roman, that\u2019s good. Owens starts the chase, but a dodgy knee and a chair. That\u2019s going to end well. Once again, Roman Reigns has managed to avoid wrestling on Smackdown. Truly, his talents are limitless.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roman Reigns attacks Kevin Owens: SmackDown, Dec. 11, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JEV-ScMi7I4?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>I was expecting some sort of backstage encounter and I got one. Armed with a chair and an angry streak, Roman Reigns jumps Owens from behind mid interview. He says things about family. Kevin Owens\u2019 family might not be good after all. Roman takes the Owens trick, looks directly into the camera, and talks directly to Owens\u2019 family. Roman puts food on their table, too. Roman makes people watch Smackdown. Leakee returneth. It\u2019s glorious.<\/p>\n<p>This Smackdown wasn\u2019t really about Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens, despite how well Owens dragged the attention span back to them. Smackdown was about Carmella\u2019s new entrance and Sasha Banks putting a stop to it.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly for Sasha Banks, it wasn\u2019t Boss time this time.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH UP&#8230; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/12\/06\/reigns-o-meter-112-tracking-the-tribal-chiefs-ability-to-beat-the-odds-and-remain-on-top\/\">REIGNS-O-METER #112: Tracking the Tribal Chief\u2019s ability to beat the odds and remain on top<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2795595022\"><div id=\"pwtor-2897927644\"><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>Beginning an episode of Smackdown with someone other than Roman Reigns is technically a criminal offense in seven states, but this week it\u2019s Sasha Banks who gets top billing. 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