{"id":128969,"date":"2021-10-22T13:34:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=128969"},"modified":"2021-10-22T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T18:34:30","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-22-new-rosters-take-effect-crown-jewel-fallout-angry-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/22\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-primer-10-22-new-rosters-take-effect-crown-jewel-fallout-angry-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN PRIMER 10\/22:  New Rosters Take Effect, Crown Jewel Fallout, Angry Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-36181929\" 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 22, 2021<br \/>\nWICHITA, KS. AT THE INTRUST BANK ARENA<br \/>\nAIRS ON FOX, 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 Key Segments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Edge opened the show talking about his upcoming Hell in a Cell match with Seth Rollins. Seth did the same later in the show.<\/li>\n<li>Finn Balor beat Sami Zayn to advance to the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Sonya Deville &amp; Shayna Baszler defeated Naomi.<\/li>\n<li>Zelina Vega defeated Carmella, who was distracted by Liv Morgan, to advance to the Queen\u2019s Crown tournament.<\/li>\n<li>The Usos defeated the Street Profits in a Street Fight to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Sasha Banks defeated Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch in a non-title match via a distraction by Bianca Belair.<\/li>\n<li>Universal Champion Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar signed the contract for their title match at Crown Jewel. Roman questioned how Brock could sign the contract without reading it. Brock said he went over it with his advocate, Paul Heyman, Roman\u2019s \u201cwise man.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belair didn&#039;t intend to get involved in Women&#039;s Match: SmackDown Exclusive, Oct. 15, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sadCZG0n1ZI?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=\"Carmella is livid after Liv Morgan costs her Queen\u2019s Crown: SmackDown Exclusive, Oct. 15, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGl6QHkj4es?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>Crown Jewel Results Pertinent to Smackdown and Exclusives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Usos defeated Shelton Benjamin &amp; Cedric Alexander to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Mansoor defeated Mustafa Ali.<\/li>\n<li>Xavier Woods defeated Finn Balor in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar with the help of this cousins, the Usos, to retain the Universal Championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xavier Woods\u2019 emotional first moments as King: Crown Jewel Exclusive, Oct. 21, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aKwYLD4-cLA?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=\"Mansoor celebrates with Tareg Hamedi: Crown Jewel Exclusive, Oct. 21, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-NAEYZrE8v4?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>Smackdown pulls into the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS. The 11-year-old multi-purpose arena has hosted WWE events from time since March of 2010. You\u2019d have to go back to January of 2019 to see when the last episode of Smackdown emanated from this venue.<\/p>\n<p>No matches are advertised for the show as of this posting. They are hyping tonight as a \u201cnew era\u201d of Smackdown and are advertising follow-up on a match at Crown Jewel.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A new era of SmackDown begins this Friday\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tiZvEvmcolI?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>Brock Lesnar Reaction to Crown Jewel Loss<\/h4>\n<p>Yesterday at Crown Jewel, Brock Lesnar came up short in his attempt to regain the Universal Championship for the first time in over two years. He held the title on multiple occasions for two years starting in 2017, ultimately losing to Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2019. Brock returned at this year\u2019s SummerSlam and ultimately challenged Roman Reigns for the title.<\/p>\n<p>Last week during the contract signing for the match at Crown Jewel, Brock alluded to Paul Heyman still being his advocate despite being Roman\u2019s \u201cwise man.\u201d During yesterday\u2019s match, there was a ref bump and then Heyman threw the belt in the ring. It wasn\u2019t to whom, but Brock picked it up after Paul said, \u201cyou know what to do with it.\u201d The Usos attacked Brock with dual superkicks, then Roman hit Brock with the belt. A new ref came out to count the pin for Roman.<\/p>\n<p>According to WWE.com, Brock will be on the show to \u201cbeat Roman senseless\u201d after yesterday\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Let me stipulate that I did not and will not watch yesterday\u2019s show. If there\u2019s something I missed and needed to know, feel free to tweet at me. Otherwise, I\u2019ll take that as I didn\u2019t miss anything important. For whatever reason, they didn\u2019t want to reveal Heyman\u2019s true loyalty. If he is ultimately with Brock, people will care, but they\u2019re not going to feel bad for Roman. If he\u2019s ultimately with Roman, then all remains status quo. I\u2019m sorry, but this story is not as intriguing as it looks. I\u2019m more curious how they\u2019re going to handle the Raw Women\u2019s Champion Charlotte Flair being on Smackdown and the Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion being on Raw. If they do a title switch like they did last year with New Day and the Street Profits, it might be my breaking point with WWE.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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