{"id":144884,"date":"2022-08-20T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=144884"},"modified":"2022-08-19T23:39:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T04:39:15","slug":"wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/20\/wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-7\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES 8\/19: Drew and Roman hit with face to face, Rousey misses with promo, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-334008720\" 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>Ronda Rousey Promo &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fewer words and more violence. Ronda\u2019s promo cadence continues to be awkward. Sticking her with Paul Heyman or a mouthpiece is a must in this new era with Triple H in charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toxic Attraction debut &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match overall was functional at best. It\u2019s just a breath of fresh air to see an NXT call-up win in their debut.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karrion Kross promo &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karrion Kross continues to yell and scream nonsense when delivering a promo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fatal Five-Way -HIT<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-180991786\" 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>Easily the best WWE match of the week. What an entertaining train wreck in the best way. The big dudes knocked the hell out of each other and the crowd was fantastic throughout. Unfortunately, the hometown favorite Sami Zayn came up short, but he put on a hell of a show for Montreal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre promo &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Roman and Drew getting physical was decent. Glad to see Sami Zayn take the bullet for Roman. The production work of Kevin Dunn continues to be awful, but other than that it was a fine closing segment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/19\/8-19-wwe-smackdown-tv-results-mcdonalds-alt-perspective-report-on-reigns-mcintyre-face-to-face-natalya-deville-vs-toxic-attraction-fatal-5-way-for-ic-title-shot\/\">8\/19 WWE SMACKDOWN TV RESULTS: McDonald\u2019s \u201calt perspective\u201d report on Reigns-McIntyre face to face, Natalya\/Deville vs. Toxic Attraction, Fatal 5-Way for IC title shot<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3220256991\"><div id=\"pwtor-3923122390\"><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 Ronda Rousey Promo &#8211; MISS Fewer words and more violence. Ronda\u2019s promo cadence continues to be awkward. Sticking her with Paul Heyman or a mouthpiece is a must in this <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/20\/wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-7\/\" title=\"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES 8\/19: Drew and Roman hit with face to face, Rousey misses with promo, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":136957,"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-144884","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\/04\/Roman-Reigns-Unified.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144884","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=144884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144885,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144884\/revisions\/144885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}