{"id":28084,"date":"2016-08-02T23:13:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T04:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=28084"},"modified":"2016-08-03T00:25:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T05:25:36","slug":"82-smackdown-live-news-notes-brock-orton-cena-styles-promo-ziggler-2-0-re-build-american-alpha-debuts-contract-match-next-week-ic-title-1-contender-womens-division","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/02\/82-smackdown-live-news-notes-brock-orton-cena-styles-promo-ziggler-2-0-re-build-american-alpha-debuts-contract-match-next-week-ic-title-1-contender-womens-division\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/2 Smackdown Live News &#038; Notes &#8211; Brock-Orton, Cena-Styles promo, Ziggler 2.0 re-build, American Alpha debuts, Contract Match next week, IC Title #1 contender, Women&#8217;s Division"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1852930610\" 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 News &amp; Notes 8\/2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There were two big angles and one big promo exchange that anchored this week&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>The big promo exchange was A.J. Styles and John Cena setting up their singles re-match at Summerslam. Styles&#8217;s advertised &#8220;message&#8221; to Cena was that he wants him out of WWE. This set up Cena&#8217;s regular rah-rah WWE speech speaking to his audience, which drew mock applause from Styles, who vowed to humble Cena and make him admit that he (Styles) is better than Cena.<\/p>\n<p>The two big angles included\u00a0Randy Orton facing consequences for &#8220;crashing&#8221; Raw on Monday night. Smackdown authority figure Shane McMahon hired extra security to protect Orton, but Brock Lesnar &#8220;crashed&#8221; Smackdown to nail an F5 on Orton.<\/p>\n<p>The other big angle was the WWE Title situation involving Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler. WWE took a big step of rebuilding Ziggler by having Ambrose lay out all of the criticism of Ziggler in a promo, setting up Bray Wyatt to challenge Ziggler for his WWE Title spot at Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>Ziggler ended up beating Wyatt in the main event after showing some edge by using a turnbuckle pad to set up a superkick. This kept the WWE Title match as Ambrose vs. Ziggler.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE announced one match and set up one more match for next week&#8217;s show. Officially announced for next week is Heath Slater vs. Rhyno for a Smackdown roster spot.<\/p>\n<p>The other match is a potential tag match of Dean Ambrose &amp; Dolph Ziggler vs. Bray Wyatt &amp; Erick Rowan. After Ziggler beat Bray in the main event, Rowan sneak-attacked Ziggler, drawing in Ambrose, who also took a beating. The former Wyatts ended up standing tall to close Smackdown.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1220945321\" 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>&#8211; On this week&#8217;s Smackdown, American Alpha (Jason Jordan &amp; Chad Gable) made their main roster in-ring debut. Jordan &amp; Gable soundly defeated The Vaudevillains in tag action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Apollo Crews beat Baron Corbin and Kalisto in a three-way match to get an Intercontinental Title shot against The Miz at Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the Women&#8217;s division, WWE set up a new feud between Natalya and Carmella. 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