{"id":115869,"date":"2021-03-26T14:15:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=115869"},"modified":"2021-03-26T14:15:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T19:15:43","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-3-26-continued-fastlane-fallout-sami-on-ko-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/26\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-3-26-continued-fastlane-fallout-sami-on-ko-show\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 3\/26: Continued Fastlane Fallout, Sami on KO Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3834113295\" 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 \/>\nMARCH 26, 2021<br \/>\nTAMPA, FL. IN THE THUNDERDOME AT TROPICANA FIELD<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 Exclusives from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Sasha Banks defeated Nia Jax to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Rey &amp; Dominik Mysterio defeated The Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins). The Mysterios proceeded to lose to Otis &amp; Chad Gable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who deserves a SmackDown Tag Team Title Match?: SmackDown Exclusive, March 19, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WNivc5OXsZ0?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>King Corbin defeated Sami Zayn. Kevin Owens was on commentary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn flips out after hearing what WWE calls his match: SmackDown Exclusive, March 19, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MuO_8bekpac?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 and Shayna Baszler wrestled to a no-contest.<\/li>\n<li>Edge defeated Jey Uso to earn the right to be the enforcer in the Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan for the Universal Championship at Fastlane.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edge reacts to his first SmackDown match in 10 years: SmackDown Exclusive, March 19, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s5FkEhvMAUg?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<h4>Fastlane Results Pertinent to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Shayna Baszler &amp; Nia Jax defeated Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Sasha Banks &amp; Bianca Belair to retain the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Big E defeated Apollo Crews in a questionable finish to retain the Intercontinental Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins defeated Shinsuke Nakamura.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seth Rollins in awe over his &quot;in-ring drip&quot;: Fastlane Exclusive, March 21, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MmtyCwfymSA?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>Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the Universal Championship. Edge was at ringside at the special enforcer and attacked both Bryan and Roman near the conclusion of the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>We put Fastlane behind us now and turn our attention towards WrestleMania. Those of us here in the U.S. enjoyed our last chance to watch a live PPV on the standalone WWE Network as the next event, which will be night two of NXT Takeover: Stand and Deliver, will air on Peacock. Both nights of WrestleMania will be on Peacock as well.<\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, a little less than five hours to showtime, WWE has not posted their preview. They\u2019ve had a hype video for tonight\u2019s show talking about what\u2019s next for Roman Reigns and Edge following the happenings at Fastlane. While not officially announced, it appears Daniel Bryan will be added to the Universal Championship match between Roman and Edge at WrestleMania according to multiple wrestling media outlets. I stop short of saying that WILL happen, as there could be other ways of involving Bryan in the Universal title picture, but the triple threat seems to be the way they\u2019re going. We\u2019ll find out for sure most likely tonight or sometime soon. That said, here\u2019s the hype video and the one item officially advertised for tonight\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edge and Roman Reigns gear up for WrestleMania collision this Friday on SmackDown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNxtb81YAcc?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>Kevin Owens welcomes Sami Zayn to \u201cThe KO Show.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Sami Zayn on the KO Show<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight, Sami Zayn joins his long-time friend &amp; rival Kevin Owens on the KO Show. In addition to losing to King Corbin as I mentioned earlier, Sami had multiple interactions with Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>Sami has been filming a documentary in an attempt to prove there\u2019s a conspiracy against him. He\u2019s wanted Kevin to be a part of it, but he\u2019s resisted. Last week when Sami asked again, Kevin suggested that maybe the problem isn\u2019t everyone else but him. Sami then asked Kevin to be at ringside for his match with Corbin, to which he agreed. Sami lost clean to Corbin via End of Days in minutes and pleaded with Kevin to see the conspiracy. When he didn\u2019t agree, Sami accused him of being part of the conspiracy, and gave him a Helluva kick.<\/p>\n<p>Sami and Kevin have had a long history going all the way back to their days in NXT. On the main roster, they feuded back in 2016 culminating with Sami defeating Kevin at Battleground of that year. One year later, they became aligned and were part of Daniel Bryan\u2019s comeback when they wrestled him and Shane McMahon at WrestleMania. Injuries sidelined Sami, and they unofficially went their separate ways. Pop star Logan Paul is involved in this now. Check it out on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoganPaul\/status\/1375202251153702917?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> Retweet this right now you corporate scumbags <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ymkgy1l0LY\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ymkgy1l0LY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiZayn\/status\/1375224028206673930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2021<\/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: Last week I wondered what was up with Kevin and Sami, and I can\u2019t believe I forgot about the potential of them going at it at WrestleMania. I think it\u2019s perfectly fine, given that it\u2019s been a few years since they\u2019ve interacted either as opponents or partners. Their matches were good back then and should be good now.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4162781534\" 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<h4>Other Expectations and Additional Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>I\u2019ve mentioned the situation with Daniel Bryan. Jey Uso is involved in this as well. I don\u2019t see him being involved in the Universal Championship picture at WrestleMania, but I can\u2019t totally rule it out. I don\u2019t know if they\u2019re going to make Bryan jump through hoops to get into the match at \u2018Mania, perhaps wrestling Jey again, but I expect some method of adding him to match.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha Banks slapped Bianca Belair after their failed attempt to win the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. That clearly puts Sasha in the heel role, at least for this match. Whether they officially turn her heel remains to be seen. Expect interaction with them as they get ready for their Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship match at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>They made a point of putting out a video with the Street Profits, the Mysterios, and Otis &amp; Chad Gable arguing over who should get a chance at the Smackdown Tag Team Championship. For all intents and purposes, I can see that being a fatal four-way at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Look for Big E and Apollo Crews to interact after a botched finish at Fastlane and set up another Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Thank you for reading!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2788181282\"><div id=\"pwtor-2227191654\"><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 MARCH 26, 2021 TAMPA, FL. 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