{"id":128244,"date":"2021-10-09T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=128244"},"modified":"2021-10-09T14:24:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T19:24:14","slug":"wwe-smackdown-and-aew-rampage-set-for-head-to-head-battle-next-friday-tony-khan-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/09\/wwe-smackdown-and-aew-rampage-set-for-head-to-head-battle-next-friday-tony-khan-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage set for head-to-head battle next Friday, Tony Khan comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-880833627\" 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><p>For 30 minutes next Friday, WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage will compete head-to-head for the first time ever<\/p>\n<p>Because of the MLB Playoffs on Fox, Smackdown will move to FS1. With the move, the show is extending 30 minutes longer than usual to 10:30 EST, clashing with Rampage, which starts at 10 EST on TNT. WWE has announced a Brock Lesnar appearance and Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks for the show. AEW has announced C.M. Punk vs. Matt Sydal and Inner Circle vs. Men of the Year &amp; Junior Dos Santos with Jorge Masvidal for Rampage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Next Friday on a SUPERSIZED <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FS1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FS1<\/a>!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockLesnar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrockLesnar<\/a> is back!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AlSvBnE7IH\">https:\/\/t.co\/AlSvBnE7IH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQhQUT5mUy\">pic.twitter.com\/DQhQUT5mUy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1446673868287090690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1446913358708592640<\/p>\n<p>Tony Khan commented on the battle on Twitter and said that he couldn&#8217;t wait to beat WWE&#8217;s main show and that the ratings win for AEW was a long time coming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I saw you\u2019re doing a half hour head-to-head with us. I can\u2019t wait to finally beat your main show head-to-head. It\u2019s been a long time coming. See you next Friday for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWRampage?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AEWRampage<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AEWonTNT<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tony Khan (@TonyKhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyKhan\/status\/1446679936903925772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/09\/aew-rampage-hits-misses-10-8-daniel-garcia-needs-better-introduction-a-hit-for-tag-teams-more\/\">AEW RAMPAGE HITS &amp; MISSES 10\/8: Daniel Garcia needs better introduction, a hit for tag teams, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1620732627\"><div id=\"pwtor-441711680\"><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>For 30 minutes next Friday, WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage will compete head-to-head for the first time ever Because of the MLB Playoffs on Fox, Smackdown will move to FS1. With the move, the show <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/09\/wwe-smackdown-and-aew-rampage-set-for-head-to-head-battle-next-friday-tony-khan-comments\/\" title=\"WWE Smackdown and AEW Rampage set for head-to-head battle next Friday, Tony Khan comments\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":80480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6163,2,3],"tags":[6121,6558,6562,72,6118,71,117],"class_list":["post-128244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_wwe","tag-aew","tag-aew-rampage","tag-rampage","tag-smackdown","tag-tony-khan","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2019\/05\/KhanTony_RubinJay_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128245,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128244\/revisions\/128245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}