{"id":129311,"date":"2021-10-30T07:09:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T12:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/recovery\/?p=129311"},"modified":"2021-12-05T21:13:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T03:13:23","slug":"heydorns-smackdown-receipt-10-29-random-shotzi-elevation-a-fresh-twist-to-smackdown-womens-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/30\/heydorns-smackdown-receipt-10-29-random-shotzi-elevation-a-fresh-twist-to-smackdown-womens-division\/","title":{"rendered":"HEYDORN&#8217;S SMACKDOWN RECEIPT 10\/29: Random Shotzi elevation a fresh twist to Smackdown women&#8217;s division"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2981267736\" 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>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/29\/10-29-wwe-smackdown-tv-report-mcdonalds-alt-perspective-report-on-fs1-takeover-lesnar-reigns-fallout-banks-charlotte-fallout\/\">episode of WWE Smackdown<\/a> has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness.<\/p>\n<p>-Charlotte opened the show with a stellar promo. Yes, she has to keep her attitude in check, but inside WWE\u2019s overproduced and corporate environment, it\u2019s nice to see a star step out and rock the boat, as ridiculous her argument last week concerning the title swap may have been. Sometimes stars gotta star.<\/p>\n<p>-Anyone have a Shotzi elevation on their bingo card this week? Shotzi turning heel was out of left field, but a fresh tweak of the women\u2019s division on Smackdown. Shotzi has to step up and deliver. With Sasha Banks across the ring from her, she\u2019ll have every chance to succeed. Shotzi, drop the tank. Overall? Good stuff and a logical curveball to throw concerning an undefined character.<\/p>\n<p>-Is there anything more \u201cWWE\u201d mid-card than Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss? These guys exist to fill time and it\u2019s exhausting to see them pretend to be relevant week in and week out.<\/p>\n<p>-Paul Heyman sprinkled some more Heyman pixie dust on the Roman Reigns\/Brock Lesnar program. Heyman\u2019s ability to finesse getting fired up in advocate mode about a fine for Lesnar and tiptoeing backward around it seconds later was masterful. He continues to significantly help the progression of that story without burning up Lesnar appearances.<\/p>\n<p>-Drew McIntyre is in a dangerous holding pattern. He\u2019s new to Smackdown and has yet to play opposite its biggest stars. McIntyre\u2019s character is rooted in being the top guy. The essence of his push was always rooted in that and the championship. Too much time in the mid card waiting for Survivor Series to pass could damage his perception on the show.<\/p>\n<p>-WWE, don\u2019t go to the evil foreigner route. Just don\u2019t do it. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>-My advice for Hit Row is to run far away from the King gimmick. Far away. Just keep running. That said, you can look at their involvement next to New Day in two ways. One, yeah, just run away and run away fast. Two, Vince McMahon sees significant value in New Day and associating with them is a signal that the train is on the right track. Time will tell, but not the start I wanted to see.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2680541718\" 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>-Speaking of the King gimmick, someone wake me up from this nightmare. For the last year plus, the exact gimmick Woods is trying to get over as a babyface was laughed out of every arena and multiple iterations of the ThunderDome while on Baron Corbin. This isn\u2019t funny or entertaining and dragging down the already limited credibility that New Day has.<\/p>\n<p>-Look, the Trick or Street Fight was an abomination, boring, and hurt the aura that a street fight stipulation can bring to a feud that needs it. Pumpkins, silly goblins, and Michael Cole laughing will do that. It didn\u2019t involve world title challengers, so, WWE \u2013 1 and AEW \u2013 0 when it comes to Halloween themed match nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>-I like Naomi in a slow burn push. It fits right now and though tonight was more of the same, it feels like they\u2019re going somewhere and it\u2019s worth seeing through.<\/p>\n<p>-Do the Usos and New Day ever have bad matches? No. Tonight was a good match, but lacked meaning. It was there, it was good, but that was it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/29\/leclairs-wwe-smackdown-report-10-29-alt-perspective-detailed-coverage-of-halloween-edition-on-fs1\/\">LECLAIR\u2019S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 10\/29: Detailed coverage of Halloween edition on FS1 \u2013 Trick or Street Fight, Kofi\u2019s \u201cKnighting\u201d, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1095026279\"><div id=\"pwtor-1056242392\"><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>This week\u2019s episode of WWE Smackdown has wrapped. Let\u2019s take a stroll down memory lane and relive some of the madness. -Charlotte opened the show with a stellar promo. Yes, she has to keep her <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/30\/heydorns-smackdown-receipt-10-29-random-shotzi-elevation-a-fresh-twist-to-smackdown-womens-division\/\" title=\"HEYDORN&#8217;S SMACKDOWN RECEIPT 10\/29: Random Shotzi elevation a fresh twist to Smackdown women&#8217;s division\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122663,"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":[52,6454,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-heydorns-take","category-opinion_stafftakes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2021\/07\/Shotzi-and-Nox.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129311","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129313,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129311\/revisions\/129313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}