{"id":144549,"date":"2022-08-14T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=144549"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:15:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T19:15:23","slug":"wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/14\/wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-6\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES 8\/12: IC main event carries show, Kross misses, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4154664395\" 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><strong>WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &amp; MISSES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening Smackdown with a wrestling match &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, the days of Roman opening Smackdown with the same boring monologue have ended. Crazy concept to open a wrestling show with a wrestling match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karrion Kross promo &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The was not a good promo. Karrion Kross complains he\u2019s not a chosen one, yet he\u2019s brought back from obscurity to be placed into the main event scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hit Row return &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I mentioned last week how effective a jobber squash match can be in wrestling. This was certainly what the doctor ordered for a returning Hit Row.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liv and Shayna contract signing &#8211; An immaculate inning<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3947163002\" 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>For context those who are not baseball fans. An immaculate inning occurs when a pitcher strikes out all three batters he faces in one inning, using the minimum possible. From start to finish this segment was a complete disaster. Rhonda overshadowed both Liv and Shayna in this segment. Liv nor Shayna sounded confident in the promos they delivered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The main event &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was great to see the I.C tile showcased as the main event. Not sure the match hit its potential but certainly a 3.5 out of 5 from Gunther vs Shinsuke.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/12\/8-12-wwe-smackdown-results-kellers-report-on-gunther-vs-nakamura-for-ic-title-rodriguez-aliyah-vs-xia-li-shotzi-in-tournament-match-liv-rousey-contract-signing\/\">8\/12 WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS: Keller\u2019s report on Gunther vs. Nakamura for IC Title, Rodriguez &amp; Aliyah vs. Xia Li &amp; Shotzi in tournament match, Liv-Baszler contract signing<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3605145224\"><div id=\"pwtor-1588418307\"><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>WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &amp; MISSES Opening Smackdown with a wrestling match &#8211; HIT Hopefully, the days of Roman opening Smackdown with the same boring monologue have ended. Crazy concept to open a wrestling show with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/14\/wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-6\/\" title=\"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES 8\/12: IC main event carries show, Kross misses, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":141211,"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":[52,28,27],"tags":[72,71,117],"class_list":["post-144549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists","tag-smackdown","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2022\/06\/Gunther-IC-champion.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144549","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=144549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144550,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144549\/revisions\/144550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}