{"id":113343,"date":"2021-02-13T14:17:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T20:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=113343"},"modified":"2021-02-13T14:17:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T20:17:49","slug":"heydorns-smackdown-receipt-2-12-rollins-vs-cesaro-works-but-seth-needs-to-better-finesse-his-act-this-time-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/02\/13\/heydorns-smackdown-receipt-2-12-rollins-vs-cesaro-works-but-seth-needs-to-better-finesse-his-act-this-time-around\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S SMACKDOWN RECEIPT 2\/12: Rollins vs. Cesaro works, but Seth needs to better finesse his act this time around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2532042711\" 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>This week\u2019s episode of WWE Smackdown has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness.<\/p>\n<p>-One of the best elements of the new Roman Reigns character is the fact that WWE is going all the way with it. Hedging? What hedging? Roman is the Head of the Table. Week to week he acts like it. Elimination Chamber match? \u201cNah, I\u2019ll pass,\u201d Roman says. Great stuff. Adam Pearce continues to be the sympathetic opposite of Reigns and it emphasizes the heel Reigns act perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>-Line of the night goes to Big E with the jab at Tom Brady\u2019s Super Bowl boat party gallivanting fun.<\/p>\n<p>-Speaking of Big E, the match against Shinsuke Nakamura was confusing. Attention WWE. Big E is a babyface. Nakamura just turned babyface. Can we not dilute their ability to shine in those roles by having to face each other? It was a means to an end to further the Big E vs. Crews story, but a multitude of other heel talents are on the roster to fill that spot. Use them.<\/p>\n<p>-I\u2019ll take Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro all the livelong day. Here\u2019s to hoping Rollins can finesse the \u201cI\u2019m your leader\u201d gimmick better on Smackdown than he did on Raw. The act started out fine, but sunk into cookie cutter nonsense with religious undertones that Rollins couldn\u2019t genuinely keep up with. Rollins has something with this, but needs to walk the line more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>-I continue to like the chemistry between Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair. Some of their lines this week were too clever for their own good, but both Banks and Belair got them over with their personalities. This is the WrestleMania match to make, WWE.<\/p>\n<p>-The Elimination Chamber qualifiers made sense and gave the match some stakes that the Raw chamber doesn\u2019t have at the moment. More importantly, outside of Zayn and Corbin, everyone else in the match has some history with Reigns. Seeing as the winner of the match will face him on the same show, it\u2019s important to continue building those stories up.<\/p>\n<p>-Stunners anyone? Yes, it\u2019s cheesy and overdone. I get it, folks. I\u2019m still on board with a good Stunner fest to end shows.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-779155469\" 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<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT HEYDORN&#8217;S WEEKLY EDITORIAL TAKE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/02\/12\/heydorns-take-dont-hold-me-to-this-nxt-takeover-vengeance-day\/\">HEYDORN\u2019S TAKE: Don\u2019t hold me to this \u2013 NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-446056222\"><div id=\"pwtor-2211805479\"><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>This week\u2019s episode of WWE Smackdown has wrapped. 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