{"id":145636,"date":"2022-09-03T09:18:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=145636"},"modified":"2022-09-03T09:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:18:34","slug":"wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/09\/03\/wwe-smackdown-hits-and-misses-9\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES 9\/2: Final Reigns\/Drew hype misses, Sami Zayn shines, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3609298078\" 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>New Day vs. Viking Raiders &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Historically, New Day plunder matches are entertaining, but this was a miss for me. This match was certainly a case of all filler, no substance. I don\u2019t think going into a commercial five minutes into the show helped my Viking Experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sami Zayn backstage segment &#8211; HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sami Zayn is easily the M.V.P of Smackdown. It&#8217;s hard not to crack a smile when he&#8217;s on screen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liv Morgan vs. Shayna Baszler promo &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>God lord, what was this segment? For something that was less than two minutes, that wasn&#8217;t very good. The entire dialogue was so fake. Who would talk like that? I&#8217;m apprehensive that WWE May have to abandon ship on this whole feud.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karrion Kross Debut &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TikTok, this match could not have been over quick enough. I didn&#8217;t watch any of Karrion\u2019s independent work after his release, but he&#8217;s lost a step in the ring since his previous work with WWE. God speed to whoever has to work 20 minutes with this man.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1257663464\" 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><strong>Ronda Rousey and Adam Pearce &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was the weirdest damn segment. So Adam Pearce and Ronda Rousey are feuding? Not sure where this is going.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maximum Male Models vs. Hit Row &#8211; MINOR HIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match was ok, but I enjoyed the post-match save from the Street Profits. I don\u2019t hate the idea of Hit Row vs. Street Profits in a few weeks on Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Baron Corbin Open Challenge &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve requested fewer repetitive combinations. I like Shinsuke, but we&#8217;ve seen this combination in one form or another nine times in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Butch vs. Ludwig Kaiser &#8211; MISS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had high expectations for this one, but it didn\u2019t hit. 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