{"id":127752,"date":"2021-10-01T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=127752"},"modified":"2021-10-01T10:47:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T15:47:19","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-1-continued-extreme-rules-fallout-draft-night-one-edge-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/01\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-1-continued-extreme-rules-fallout-draft-night-one-edge-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 10\/1:  Continued Extreme Rules Fallout, Draft Night One, Edge Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2549248775\" 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 \/>\nOCTOBER 1, 2021<br \/>\nBALTIMORE, MD. AT THE ROYAL FARMS ARENA<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, Key Segments and Exclusives from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Shinsuke Nakamura (w\/Rick Boogs) defeated Apollo Crews (w\/Commander Azeez) to retain the Intercontinental Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins called out Edge.<\/li>\n<li>Liv Morgan defeated Zelina Vega.<\/li>\n<li>Happy Corbin debuted his talk show \u201cHappy Talk\u201d with the first guest being himself. As he talked about his recent fortunes and his attack on Kevin Owens two weeks ago, Owens himself appeared and went after Corbin. Riddick Moss, whom we hadn\u2019t seen on TV in some time, appeared to assist Corbin.<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship co-holder Nikki ASH (w\/Rhea Ripley) defeated Natalya (w\/Tamina).<\/li>\n<li>Rey and Dominik Mysterio had a disagreement about Dominik\u2019s recent misfortunes. Sami Zayn walked in and said Dominik ought to listen less to his father and more to his instincts.<\/li>\n<li>Naomi demanded a match and went so far as to challenge Sonya Deville. Deville, now being a WWE official, rejected the challenge and had her escorted out by security.<\/li>\n<li>Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated Montez Ford of the Street Profits in a non-title match. Afterwards, Smackdown Tag Team Champions the Usos (Jimmy &amp; Jey) came out to attack Montez after he called them \u201cbloodline bitches\u201d earlier. \u201cThe Demon\u201d Finn Balor came out to assist Montez.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zelina Vega &amp; Carmella belittle Liv Morgan: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 24, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jg2oTBlFtO4?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=\"Nikki A.S.H and Rhea Ripley are ready for Shotzi &amp; Nox: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 24, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-CNTv7gpLPQ?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=\"Who is the man hanging out with Happy Corbin?: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 24, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VNySWYEh4uU?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>Extreme Rules Results Pertinent to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Liv Morgan defeated Carmella on the Kickoff Show.<\/li>\n<li>The Usos defeated the Street Profits to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Belair defeated Becky Lynch via DQ when Sasha Banks returned to WWE TV and attacked Bianca. Becky retained the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns defeated \u201cThe Demon\u201d Finn Balor to retain the Universal Championship. The ropes broke JUST AS Balor was setting up for the Coup de Grace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Liv Morgan tells WWE Universe to keep watching: WWE Digital Exclusive, Sept. 26, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXtRhEObT6w?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>WWE returns to the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, MD. Formerly known as the Baltimore Arena and the Baltimore Civic Center, the venue has a rich history of wrestling events including Jim Crockett Promotions of the NWA which eventually became WCW, Nitro, various WWE television tapings, and most recently AEW for their 2019 Full Gear event. Ric Flair defeated Terry Funk at the 1989 Great American Bash to retain the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. WWE\u2019s last appearance here was for a Raw in September of 2019.<\/p>\n<h4>Advertised Matches &amp; Segments<\/h4>\n<h4>Draft Night One<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight, will be night one of the annual WWE Draft as has been heavily advertised. The Torch picked up on a report by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer that the NXT talent will be involved. It\u2019s unknown to what extent or how many of the wrestlers could get drafted. The draft will conclude this Monday on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Some notable names to move shows last year were Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Rey Mysterio, and Bianca Belair to Smackdown. Jeff Hardy, Sheamus, Riddle, and Alexa Bliss moved to Raw. Recently released Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt moved to Raw while Aleister Black went to Smackdown. Andrade went undrafted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: For the women I\u2019m imagining that Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair stay put on Smackdown and Raw respectively. Bianca Belair and\/or Sasha Banks, both of Smackdown, could potentially back their bags for Raw. On the men\u2019s side I could see Drew McIntyre shifting to Smackdown, and I wouldn\u2019t sleep on Bobby Lashley moving. If Lashley stays on Raw, that tells me Big E could lose the WWE Championship back to him at some point. I\u2019d keep my eye on U.S. Champion Damian Priest and Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura changing addresses. It\u2019s been a while since the mid-card titles changed shows, and Nakamura has been on Smackdown forever. I sense Priest is a favorite of Vince\u2019s, which is why I think he can move to Smackdown. Keith Lee is another name to watch. The rest of the names are a crap shoot. From NXT it\u2019s hard to say whom would get the call but Hit Row comes to mind. Whether that\u2019s the entire faction or just Isaiah \u201cSwerve\u201d Scott remains to be seen as far as I\u2019m concerned. I could see Vince liking the Grizzled Young Veterans and oddly enough, Dexter Lumis. One name I would LOVE to see and that\u2019s Io Shirai. It\u2019s time. Dakota Kai wouldn\u2019t be a bad draft either. We\u2019ll see!<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Edge Returns to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, Seth Rollins called out Edge to appear on Smackdown. He demanded that Edge show up and say that he wasn\u2019t Edge-Lite, and that he was the man responsible for ending his career. If Edge didn\u2019t show up, he would hunt him down and beat it out of him in front of his family.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the show, it was announced that Edge answered the \u201cinvitation,\u201d and would appear on Smackdown tonight. Here\u2019s some Twitter talk:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This isn\u2019t even a debate at this point. And Friday, the man himself will tell the world on his way out of the business. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bj9eRitNlS\">https:\/\/t.co\/bj9eRitNlS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERollins\/status\/1442154723872854022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019ll see you at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> next week<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RatedRCope\/status\/1441566306453442574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 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: I have to say I like this feud. It\u2019s personal, which WWE doesn\u2019t necessarily do well these days. It\u2019s bringing out a better side of Rollins. I haven\u2019t personally been into his heel characters, but he seems to be hitting his stride. I hope their next match isn\u2019t pegged for Crown Jewel, but this will be the first time they\u2019ll have access to Edge since the pandemic broke out shortly after his return. I\u2019m sure they want to see an Edge match.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4019956285\" 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<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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