{"id":168171,"date":"2023-10-29T16:31:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T21:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=168171"},"modified":"2023-10-31T16:26:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T21:26:13","slug":"wwe-smackdown-hits-misses-10-27-reigns-la-knight-contract-signing-jimmy-usos-interaction-with-reigns-cenas-acting-dragon-lee-vs-cedric-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/10\/29\/wwe-smackdown-hits-misses-10-27-reigns-la-knight-contract-signing-jimmy-usos-interaction-with-reigns-cenas-acting-dragon-lee-vs-cedric-more\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES (10\/27): Reigns-LA Knight contract signing, Jimmy Uso&#8217;s interaction with Reigns, Cena&#8217;s acting, Dragon Lee vs. Cedric, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4252115369\" 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>HITS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Opening Segment: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A typical contract singing with everyone playing their parts well, but the majority of this Hit goes to the slight tweak to Roman&#8217;s entrance that I don&#8217;t think I can ever recall seeing before, with Roman&#8217;s music being cut, followed by the total walk-by blowoff by L.A. Knight walking past him. Knight taking the Head of the Table seat was unique, as well. As much as I love arrogant Roman, flustered Roman is fun to watch, too<\/p>\n<p><strong>Street Profits vs. L.W.O.: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match was great with the talent involved (expect for the ending, more on that later), but a bigger Hit goes to The Profits finally ditching their old music in favor of new music to reflect their hell turn. Long overdue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jimmy Uso: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another week, another Hit for Jimmy! He&#8217;s become my guilty pleasure in The Bloodline. His continuance of &#8220;Yeet&#8221; and his ridiculous overuse of football terminology\/slang (&#8220;I&#8217;m on injured reserve&#8221;) cracks me up every week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dragon Lee vs. Cedric Alexander: Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please let this be a return to featuring Alexander on a regular basis. He is one of the most underutilized talents on the roster. I feel sorry for Dragon Lee, he just doesn&#8217;t seem to be connecting with the fans. I think matches like this help, as they were far more invested in him as the match went on. As I&#8217;ve said many times before, he would have benefited from weeks of vignettes prior to his debut.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-480551391\" 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>L.A. Knight vs. Jimmy Uso: Minor Hit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match was fine and entertaining, but there was never any question of its outcome<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>MISSES<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Unified Tag Titles: Major Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so this slightly off topic, but PLEASE separate the titles again. There are too many great tag teams now on both brands that could benefit from having a set of titles for both brands. I&#8217;m hoping the Pierce\/Aldis rivalry leads to a brand split of the tag titles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea Green vs. Shotzi: Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I love Chelsea Green and her character and I like Shotzi, but this match didn&#8217;t click with me. I used to call Shotzi careless at times, as she always seemed to do moves that were borderline career-ending, but since she toned it down, her moves seem &#8216;robotic&#8217;. I don&#8217;t want to see her (or anyone get hurt), but it seems like dialing back has affected Shotzi&#8217;s style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Cena: Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have I made it clear the past two weeks, that this version of Cena annoys me. He has gone from &#8220;pre-acting career&#8221; Cena, who always seemed to have a genuine sense of passion, but &#8220;acting career&#8221; Cena&#8217;s promos are like a &#8220;highlight reel&#8221; for an audition, seeing how many emotions he can channel in one moment in time. I liked his working with Heyman, though.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-40473741\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/10\/25\/wwe-raw-hits-misses-10-23-too-much-judgment-day-super-cody-aldis-visits-raw-sami-vs-drew-womens-five-way-contract-signing-logan-and-dom-more\/\">WWE RAW HITS &amp; MISSES (10\/23): Too Much Judgment Day, Super Cody, Aldis visits Raw, Sami vs. Drew, Women\u2019s Five-Way Contract Signing, Logan and Dom, more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OR CHECK THIS OUT AT PROWRESTLING.NET:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/10\/26\/baron-corbin-on-pat-mcafee-receiving-death-threats-over-a-wwe-angle-with-becky-lynch-creating-the-end-of-days-finisher-retiring-kurt-angle\/\">Baron Corbin on Pat McAfee, receiving death threats over a WWE angle with Becky Lynch, creating the End of Days finisher, retiring Kurt Angle<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-44603790\"><div id=\"pwtor-3060438127\"><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>HITS Opening Segment: Hit A typical contract singing with everyone playing their parts well, but the majority of this Hit goes to the slight tweak to Roman&#8217;s entrance that I don&#8217;t think I can ever <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/10\/29\/wwe-smackdown-hits-misses-10-27-reigns-la-knight-contract-signing-jimmy-usos-interaction-with-reigns-cenas-acting-dragon-lee-vs-cedric-more\/\" title=\"WWE SMACKDOWN HITS &#038; MISSES (10\/27): Reigns-LA Knight contract signing, Jimmy Uso&#8217;s interaction with Reigns, Cena&#8217;s acting, Dragon Lee vs. Cedric, more\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":168173,"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":[],"class_list":["post-168171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-specialists_hitsandmisses","category-specialists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-29-at-4.29.52-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168171","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=168171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168176,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168171\/revisions\/168176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}