{"id":28081,"date":"2016-08-02T20:07:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28081"},"modified":"2016-08-03T01:48:13","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T06:48:13","slug":"smackdown-update-brock-lesnar-crashes-smackdown-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/02\/smackdown-update-brock-lesnar-crashes-smackdown-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown Update &#8211; Brock Lesnar &#8220;crashes&#8221; Smackdown Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4065237591\" 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>By James Caldwell, PWTorch assistant editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock Lesnar has now appeared on back-to-back WWE shows after returning to WWE TV Monday night on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar &#8220;crashed&#8221; Smackdown Live on Tuesday night to get payback on Randy Orton for &#8220;crashing&#8221; Raw on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The set-up was Orton facing Fandango in singles action after Orton took a dig at Fandango in his WWE TV return interview with Chris Jericho at the Battleground PPV.<\/p>\n<p>With security surrounding the ring for Orton&#8217;s match, Lesnar came out through the crowd to intimidate Orton. 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