{"id":117886,"date":"2021-04-23T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=117886"},"modified":"2021-04-23T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T16:50:02","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-4-23-not-over-between-cesaro-and-seth-whos-next-for-the-head-of-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/04\/23\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-4-23-not-over-between-cesaro-and-seth-whos-next-for-the-head-of-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 4\/23:  Not Over Between Cesaro and Seth, Who\u2019s Next for the Head of the Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3354016400\" 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 \/>\nAPRIL 23, 2021<br \/>\nTAMPA, FL. IN THE THUNDERDOME AT THE YUENGLING 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 Pat McAfee<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Match Results and Exclusives from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Rey Mysterio defeated Otis of the Alpha Academy in about three minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn via count out in a WrestleMania rematch. Prior to the match he claimed he lost at WrestleMania because he was distracted wondering where Logan Paul stood. Here\u2019s Kevin talking about Sami:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kevin Owens still wants to Stun Sami Zayn back to reality: SmackDown Exclusive, April 16, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eHt8f_M1Iu8?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>Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode defeated the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Natalya defeated Shayna Baszler, Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship co-holder, in about three minutes. Here\u2019s Natalya and Tamina:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natalya &amp; Tamina\u2019s WrestleMania defeat means nothing: SmackDown Exclusive, April 16, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WoeWyjzqoyM?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>Cesaro defeated Jey Uso via DQ when Seth Rollins attacked Cesaro while he was giving Jey the Cesaro Swing. He told Cesaro nothing is over until I say it\u2019s over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key Non-Wrestling Segments and Exclusives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Universal Champion Roman Reigns opened the show gloating about his victory at WrestleMania. Cesaro, who had defeated Seth Rollins, came out only to have Reigns (w\/Paul Heyman and Jey Uso) walk away without having any words.<\/li>\n<li>Intercontinental Champion formally introduced Commander Azeez as the former commander of the \u201cElite Guard.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>New Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bianca Belair celebrated her victory over Sasha Banks at WrestleMania with her husband Montez Ford and his Street Profits tag team partner Angelo Dawkins. Here was Bianca getting emotional ahead of the celebration:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bianca Belair gets emotional heading into her celebration: SmackDown Exclusive, April 16, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3km9tq1XWCk?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>Bayley was interviewed by Kayla Braxton where she said she will take back the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019re on our way towards Backlash with another edition of Smackdown. WWE made a big deal out of Cesaro being attacked by Seth Rollins as evidence by the hype video they put out for tonight:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The fallout from Seth Rollins\u2019 attack on Cesaro this Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4vN9yCAWxZM?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 is light on what they\u2019re advertising for tonight in their preview. Aside from follow up on the Cesaro-Seth Rollins situation, they question who is next for Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Roman recently retained the Universal Championship at WrestleMania over Daniel Bryan and Edge in a triple threat match. He stacked Edge on top of Bryan and pinned both men at the same time. Edge was the winner of the 2021 Royal Rumble and chose Roman as his opponent. Daniel Bryan found his way into the match after winning Elimination Chamber but falling to Roman right away in a Universal Championship match. He later challenged Roman at Fastlane but came up short due to interference from Edge.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I already mentioned the happenings of last week. My guess is they will continue the feud between Seth Rollins and Cesaro on television and set up Cesaro as a challenger for Roman Reigns at Backlash. We can\u2019t count out Daniel Bryan and Edge being involved, since we didn\u2019t see them following WrestleMania. With WWE\u2019s typical day-of booking, it\u2019s hard to know what they have in mind week to week. I can\u2019t imagine the end game being anything other than Cesaro vs. Roman for the title.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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