{"id":119304,"date":"2021-05-14T08:57:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=119304"},"modified":"2021-05-14T08:57:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:57:33","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-5-14-final-hype-for-wrestlemania-backlash-womens-tag-team-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/05\/14\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-5-14-final-hype-for-wrestlemania-backlash-womens-tag-team-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 5\/14:  Final Hype for WrestleMania Backlash, Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2686504860\" 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 \/>\nMAY 14, 2021<br \/>\nTAMPA, FL. IN THE THUNDERDOME AT THE YUENGLING CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<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>Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins to earn the right to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania Backlash.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cesaro will win the Universal Title for the WWE Universe: SmackDown Exclusive, May 7, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOPtifPRhCk?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>Carmella defeated Ruby Riott (w\/Liv Morgan).<\/li>\n<li>Dominik Mysterio (w\/Rey) defeated Smackdown Tag Team Championship co-holder Dolph Ziggler (w\/Robert Roode).<\/li>\n<li>Tamina (w\/Natalya) defeated Reginald (w\/Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler &amp; Nia Jax).<\/li>\n<li>King Corbin, Sami Zayn, Intercontinental Champion Apollo Crews (w\/Commander Azeez) and Otis &amp; Chad Gable defeated Big E, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens and the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Corbin says the 10-Man victory was all his: SmackDown Exclusive, May 7, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yEEKmOBZwwI?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>Key Segments<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>During the opening segment, Universal Champion Roman Reigns (w\/Paul Heyman and Jey Uso) was giving his \u201ceulogy\u201d to Daniel Bryan whom he defeated in the main event of the previous week\u2019s episode. Jey\u2019s brother Jimmy returned to television. He appeared aligned with \u201cthe family\u201d but then super-kicked Seth Rollins during his match with Cesaro. Later he told Roman \u201cI ain\u2019t nobody\u2019s bitch\u201d and he\u2019s not going to talk to him they way he talked to Jey. He reluctantly assisted Roman and Jey to close out the show when they were under attack by Cesaro.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns expressed frustration that Seth Rollins could not defeat Cesaro, and now \u201che has to deal with him.\u201d Seth told Roman if he didn\u2019t deal with Cesaro, he\u2019d deal with it himself.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bianca Belair and Bayley hyped their match for the title at WrestleMania Backlash and ended with Bayley getting the better of Bianca.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s edition of Smackdown will be the last before WrestleMania Backlash, which comes to us this Sunday on the Peacock Network. Five title matches will take place including three from Smackdown. It was announced that the Mysterios (Rey &amp; Dominik) will challenge Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship. As of this article being posted, WWE does not have their preview available. They\u2019ve advertised that Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Cesaro will make \u201cone last stand\u201d before their match at WrestleMania Backlash for the Universal Championship. In addition, according to WWE.com, there will be a match tonight for the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Here\u2019s the hype video that has aired on TV:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roman Reigns and Cesaro make one last stand this Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cZi2xNR75SA?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>One Last Stand: Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Cesaro<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what WWE is going to do at the moment, as we head into the final show before these two men have their match for the Universal Championship. Historically we\u2019ve seen \u201cface-to-face\u201d segments or a contract signing, or a variation of the match. There are numerous players involved including both Usos now with the return of Jimmy, as well as Seth Rollins. Shinsuke Nakamura is on the outskirts as he came close to facing Roman at the Royal Rumble and hinted at facing him again a few weeks ago when Roman was getting ready to face Daniel Bryan. Here\u2019s a (I think) \u201ccryptic\u201d tweet from Cesaro:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love this picture&#8230; inspired by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinsukeN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShinsukeN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LcayAs6om3\">pic.twitter.com\/LcayAs6om3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Swiss (@ClaudioCSRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaudioCSRO\/status\/1392652201810661380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying we\u2019ll find out tonight how they do the final build towards WrestleMania Backlash.<\/p>\n<h4>Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship: Shayna Baszler &amp; Nia Jax (champs) vs. Tamina &amp; Natalya<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight, Tamina &amp; Natalya challenge Shayna Baszler &amp; Nia Jax for the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Two weeks ago, Tamina &amp; Natalya defeated Shayna &amp; Nia in a non-title match. They challenged for the titles at WrestleMania after winning a fatal four-way match but came up short on night two.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Soak, wash, rinse, spin, repeat. How many times do I have to see this match? I have no interest in match involving challengers of whom one in a preliminary jobber and the other has more heel\/babyface turns that Randy Orton, Big Show, and Kane combined. For all intents and purposes Shayna is now a preliminary talent and Nia Jax, no offense to her, is not a good wrestler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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