{"id":126529,"date":"2021-09-10T09:08:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=126529"},"modified":"2021-09-10T10:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:07:01","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-9-10-edge-vs-rollins-beast-in-the-garden-becky-and-bianca-sign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/09\/10\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-9-10-edge-vs-rollins-beast-in-the-garden-becky-and-bianca-sign\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 9\/10:  Edge vs. Rollins, Beast in the Garden, Becky and Bianca Sign, Profits Challenge Usos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-250149820\" 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 \/>\nSEPTEMBER 10, 2021<br \/>\nNEW YORK, NY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN<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>Personal Message<\/h4>\n<p>I apologize to all PWTorch.com readers that you haven\u2019t seen the primers for the last few weeks. My family and I have been through a rather serious situation that precluded me from allotting time to write the reports. WWE Then and Now has also been \u201con hold,\u201d but I\u2019m getting ready to restart that soon. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.<\/p>\n<h4>Match Results, Key Segments and Exclusives from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins &amp; Montez Ford) defeated Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Usos (Jimmy &amp; Jey) via DQ in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<li>Rick Boogs (w\/Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Dolph Ziggler (w\/Robert Roode).<\/li>\n<li>Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins via DQ.<\/li>\n<li>Sami Zayn defeated Dominik Mysterio.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns defeated Finn Balor to retain the Universal Championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Street Profits want the smoke from The Usos: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 3, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Sah28QaJWE?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rick Boogs is ready to take the WWE Universe on a ride: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 3, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y8gJIKLrjGY?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Apollo Crews is outraged by King Nakamura: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 3, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MGTH5AxrLmg?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>Arena<\/h4>\n<p>What better arena to hold a WWE event than the \u201cmecca\u201d in Madison Square Garden in New York, NY. \u201cMSG\u201d as it\u2019s typically called is home to the NHL\u2019s New York Rangers and the NBA\u2019s New York Knicks (two of my beloved teams) and has hosted WWE events for decades. WWE Hall of Famer and multi-time champion Bruno Sammartino routinely sold out the building in the 1970s. The first WrestleMania and SummerSlam events emanated from the building. I can still here the late Gorilla Monsoon frequently saying, \u201chistory has been made here in the garden!\u201d Numerous historic WWE moments have occurred here. There are too many to list and I don\u2019t want to leave anything out. That said, here\u2019s the hype video put out by WWE for tonight\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SmackDown returns to MSG with the return of The Beast and Edge vs. Seth Rollins this Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NiMkKtNFub0?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<h3>Advertised Matches &amp; Segments<\/h3>\n<h4>Edge vs. Seth Rollins<\/h4>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, Cesaro defeated long-time rival Seth Rollins via DQ. Cesaro was charging at Seth on the outside when Seth hit him with a chair, causing the disqualification. He continued with a post-match attack which featured him breaking a piece of a chair and giving Cesaro an STF (like what Edge was doing to the Usos over the summer). Speaking of Edge, he came out for the save and Seth retreated to the back. Later, he challenged Seth to a match which was made official and announced prior to the main event last week.<\/p>\n<h4>Brock Lesnar returns to Madison Square Garden<\/h4>\n<p>Paul Heyman was making his way from Universal Champion Roman Reigns\u2019 dressing room to get the Usos when he was intercepted by Kayla Braxton. As Kayla was talking to Paul, his phone rang with Brock Lesnar\u2019s ringtone playing. He nervously ignored the call, but the phone rang again. He answered it, nervously, and said he didn\u2019t have a lot of privacy but would \u201cdeliver the message.\u201d He attempted to continue talking, but the person hung out. Later, Paul revealed to Roman that Brock had called to inform him that he would be at Madison Square Garden tonight. Roman was \u201ccalm and collected\u201d but questioned how Paul knew Brock\u2019s exact whereabouts, perhaps indicating that he was worried.<\/p>\n<p>After retaining the Universal Championship over Finn Balor, Paul &amp; Roman were making their way to the back when a brief beat of a different song interrupted Roman\u2019s theme. It sounded like a cut from the intro to the \u201cDemon\u201d version of Finn\u2019s theme. It was announced that Finn would get another shot at the title at Extreme Rules.\u00a0 He was attacked by the Usos prior to the match with Roman last week, but still competed are nearly regained the title first held by him in 2016.<\/p>\n<h4>Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair Contract Signing<\/h4>\n<p>Becky Lynch came out to discuss her victory over Bianca Belair at SummerSlam. She alluded to her being portrayed as the \u201cbad guy\u201d and said it was too bad that Bianca wasn\u2019t ready when it was announced that Sasha Banks couldn\u2019t compete. Bianca interrupted and said she wasn\u2019t going to make excuses. When she was denied a rematch by Becky during the previous week, she went out and earned a championship match (by winning a fatal four-way elimination match). She attempted to goad Becky into defending the title like how Roman Reigns was defending the Universal Championship against Finn Balor. Becky again denied Bianca and walked away.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Becky was walking backstage when she was informed by Sonya Deville and Adam Pearce that Bianca would get her match for the title at Extreme Rules, and they would sign the contract for the match tonight. Here\u2019s Becky on Twitter. She put up many tweets, as she does when she\u2019s in a feud with someone. It\u2019s always fun to view her account:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3167550055\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t know what she\u2019s smiling about. I beat her in 26 seconds. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/recordbreaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#recordbreaker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HistoryMaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HistoryMaker<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gamechanger?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gamechanger<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/armtaker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#armtaker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ClIGOAjXxn\">https:\/\/t.co\/ClIGOAjXxn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rebecca Quin (@BeckyLynchWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1436158753850732545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Smackdown Tag Team Championship: The Usos (champs) vs. Street Profits<\/h4>\n<p>After earning a no-DQ win last week, and intervening when the Usos were attacking Finn Balor prior to his match with Roman Reigns, the Street Profits will get a Smackdown Tag Team Championship match tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Technically the Profits were the Raw Tag Team Champions when they did a &#8220;title switch&#8221; with Smackdown Champions New Day during the October draft.\u00a0 They were drafted to Smackdown while New Day were drafted to Raw.\u00a0 They lost the titles to Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode back in January.\u00a0 Prior to last week, the Usos faced the Profits in their return match as a team back in May:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Street Profits vs. The Usos: SmackDown, May 28, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YDR1ywDcCpo?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><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I expect a hot show given WWE\u2019s return to Madison Square Garden as we continue to (hopefully) come out of the pandemic. I would say AEW having an amazing PPV on Sunday with All Out and a great follow-up with Dynamite are factors in what WWE is going to do tonight, but I\u2019m not sure they care about that stuff. They should since Dynamite beat Raw in the key 18-49 demographic. Edge vs. Seth is a smart match to have, but with Extreme Rules around the corner, I can\u2019t rule out a screwy finish leading to an Extreme Rules match at the PPV. None of the title programs or personal feuds happening around WWE feel like they\u2019re at that level, unless Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair do something along those lines, but that\u2019s about it. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As far as Brock Lesnar\u2019s appearance, it should get a huge pop from the New York crowd. The dynamics between he, Paul Heyman, and Roman Reigns should make for big drama. It\u2019s too bad I feel like that match is ticketed for Saudi Arabia. It deserves a better setting.\u00a0 It&#8217;s interesting that Finn Balor is getting another shot at the Universal Championship at Extreme Rules.\u00a0 Since a cut of his &#8220;Demon&#8221; theme played as Paul and Roman were making their way to the back after their match last week, I wonder if the Demon character will challenge Roman.\u00a0 The Demon is undefeated, and I don&#8217;t see Roman losing the title, so how do they handle that?\u00a0 DQ or count-out win?\u00a0 (No thanks). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lastly there\u2019s not much to say about the contract signing. WWE has done a million of these this year. The dynamic between Bianca and Becky is good, and dare I say they\u2019re doing a decent job making Becky a heel. It\u2019s still a dumb idea given her popularity, but if it\u2019s successful it could make a future babyface run feel fresh.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The tag team title match should be fun, but it&#8217;s the second week in a row these teams are facing each other.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the formula for WWE, so it is what it is, but it&#8217;s still hard to get overly excited and spend time trying to figure out what they&#8217;ll do.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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