{"id":30130,"date":"2016-08-23T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=30130"},"modified":"2016-08-23T21:27:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T02:27:01","slug":"823-wwe-smackdown-live-preview-summerslam-fall-j-styless-message-nikki-bellas-debut-raw-stars-advertised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/23\/823-wwe-smackdown-live-preview-summerslam-fall-j-styless-message-nikki-bellas-debut-raw-stars-advertised\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/23 WWE Smackdown Live Update &#8211; new titles to be introduced tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1819375992\" 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>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>WWE is planning to introduce two new titles on tonight&#8217;s Smackdown Live episode following Summerslam.<\/p>\n<p>WWE Smackdown GM Daniel Bryan tweeted the update a few hours before Smackdown. The assumption is WWE will be introducing a Women&#8217;s Title and\u00a0Tag Titles exclusive to Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>WWE has a quick turnaround to their first brand-exclusive PPV, Backlash, in three weeks on September 11, prompting the decision to introduce new titles for the PPV.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NewEra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NewEra<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> and a new era needs NEW Championships! Tonight <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shanemcmahon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shanemcmahon<\/a> &amp; I will debut TWO new titles exclusive to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Danielson (@bryandanielson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bryandanielson\/status\/768182472744001540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Smackdown Live TV Preview 8\/23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After three nights in Brooklyn, New York, WWE shifts to the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut\u00a0for Smackdown Live.<\/p>\n<p>Included is the Smackdown brand fall-out from Summerslam, including A.J. Styles&#8217;s clean victory over John Cena at Summerslam. Both Styles and Cena are advertised for Smackdown.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, Dean Ambrose is still WWE champion after defeating Dolph Ziggler. Will WWE link up Ambrose and Styles following Styles&#8217;s big singles victory?<\/p>\n<p>WWE will also have follow-up on Randy Orton&#8217;s injury status following his match against Brock Lesnar at Summerslam.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1100361440\" 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>Also in-play is the Smackdown debut of Nikki Bella, who took Eva Marie&#8217;s place on the roster following Eva&#8217;s Wellness Policy suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Also advertised are Bray Wyatt, IC champion The Miz (with Maryse), Ziggler, Kane, and Becky Lynch. Alberto Del Rio is advertised, but he is suspended.<\/p>\n<p>WWE is also advertising Raw brand stars Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins for off-air happenings. Included is a bonus main event of Cena &amp; Ambrose &amp; Reigns vs. Rollins &amp; Styles &amp; Wyatt in a six-man tag match.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2774114377\"><div id=\"pwtor-185743637\"><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>Update:\u00a0WWE is planning to introduce two new titles on tonight&#8217;s Smackdown Live episode following Summerslam. WWE Smackdown GM Daniel Bryan tweeted the update a few hours before Smackdown. The assumption is WWE will be introducing <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/08\/23\/823-wwe-smackdown-live-preview-summerslam-fall-j-styless-message-nikki-bellas-debut-raw-stars-advertised\/\" title=\"8\/23 WWE Smackdown Live Update &#8211; new titles to be introduced tonight\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27171,"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":[18,48,20],"tags":[3717,72,2872,117],"class_list":["post-30130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-tv_wwesmackdown","category-tv_wwetvreports","tag-august-23-smackdown","tag-smackdown","tag-smackdown-live","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/Logo_SmackdownLive2016_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30178,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30130\/revisions\/30178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}