{"id":38829,"date":"2017-02-14T12:28:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=38829"},"modified":"2017-02-14T12:28:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:28:07","slug":"smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-elimination-chamber-including-bray-defends-cena-ortons-reaction-naomi-celebrates-corbin-ambrose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/14\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-elimination-chamber-including-bray-defends-cena-ortons-reaction-naomi-celebrates-corbin-ambrose\/","title":{"rendered":"SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened at Elimination Chamber including Bray defends against Cena, Orton&#8217;s reaction, Naomi celebrates, Corbin-Ambrose"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3549655810\" 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>SMACKDOWN PREVIEW<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 14, 2017<br \/>\nANAHEIM. CALIF. AT THE HONDA CENTER<br \/>\nBy Joey Galizia (@RamJam89)<\/h3>\n<p><b><\/b><strong><i>\u201cTHE ERA OF WYATT\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The past few months have been good to Bray Wyatt. Actually, to put it in perspective he has been DOMINANT to them. He was one of the sole survivors during the huge SD vs. Raw match, he was in the final-three at the Royal Rumble, and this past Sunday he finally claimed his throne as World Heavyweight Champion, and pinned A.J. Styles and John Cena to do it. To say that the Eater of Worlds has deserved this honor is an understatement: HE BELONGS IN THIS SPOT. He has consistently one of the best talkers in the company (depending on how you feel about his gimmick) and his \u201cdown with the machine\u201d attitude will certainly make for an interesting championship run. However, tonight he has to face the icon John Cena, who could claim his record breaking 17<span style=\"font-size: small;\">th<\/span>\u00a0world championship if he manages to defeat the new face of fear. John and Bray have a battered and bruised past, but I don\u2019t think John has what it takes to stop Wyatt\u2019s incredible main event run. How will Randy Orton perceive tonight\u2019s title bout? At the end of Elimination Chamber Orton stood on the ramp to watch his new comrade celebrate his long-awaited victory, but was he viewing Bray as his Mania challenger? Or as his brother whom he may have to do battle with? I\u2019ve said a dozen times but this particular storyline has been THE BEST angle that WWE has and that includes NXT and 205. While Orton and Wyatt have faced each other in the past, I feel like this momentum could deliver an ACES main event for the show of shows.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cFEEL THE GLOW\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bray wasn\u2019t the only superstar who walked away with gold on Sunday. Naomi proved that her energetic make-over wasn\u2019t just to please the crowd. She came to fight, to prove that she is just as vital to women\u2019s wrestling as the Four Horsewomen. Not only that, but her and Alexa put on a WAY better match than previously anticipated, and the pop that Miss Glow got (after her gorgeous looking split-legged moonsault) was one of the loudest pops Pheonix gave all night. Alexa on the other hand blamed the loss on LITERALLY everything else including the Arizona dry air. Expect a rematch, or at least an address of a rematch on tonight\u2019s show, and also expect your new women\u2019s champ to happily accept that rematch because she\u2019s been waiting to her entire life.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cWOLF SMELLS BLOOD\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another guy who\u00a0belongs in the Main Event is Baron Corbin. (It\u2019s true FIGHT ME MARKS.) After cleaning house at EC that sneaky Lunatic Dean Ambrose rolled up Baron (man he\u2019s just not good at escaping roll-ups) and sent the Lone Wolf home early. At least that\u2019s what he thought would happen. Instead, an enraged Corbin MKD\u2019d Ambrose, throwing him through a chamber pod, wrenching his face off the steel chains, and then delivering the End of Days. Miz would pin Ambrose, but only because of the assault. Will this be addressed tonight? You bet your sweet rocking chair it will be, and I\u2019m more than excited to dive into this feud. #teamBARON<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cA DIVISION OF INTRIGUE\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure I wasn\u2019t the only one who was excited that this recent SD PPV featured three women\u2019s matches. While Raw last night gave us a fantastic main event between Bayley and Charlotte, the blue brand has presented it\u2019s ladies as a featured ensemble and in doing so, given it the strength to tell intriguing tales. Becky defeated Mickie James but I don\u2019t believe that will be the end. Nikki and Natty went to a double-count out so THAT ALSO may not be the end. Nikki then had a run in with Maryse which could possibly set up the aforementioned Mixed-Tag Mania match? Your guess is as good as mine, all I know that I\u2019m as excited about this women\u2019s division as I am about Wyatt\u2019s title run.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2136875734\" 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><i>\u201cDISCUS CLOTHESLINE\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Randy Orton is headlining WrestleMania so I understand the idea to put him over but MAN was I rooting for Luke Harper on Sunday. Even in defeat Harper looked like a million bucks, and if treated correctly the guy could be a beast in the mid-card\/main event scene. What\u2019s next for Harper I don\u2019t know, but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s done with his former family just yet.<\/p>\n<p>-American Alpha overcame the \u201codds\u201d and remained tag-team champs. I love AA, I do, but they need a feud and they need one bad because if there is one weak link on SD (Raw\u2019s isn\u2019t any better) it\u2019s the tag-team spot. They have the talent necessary, but besides the Usos are there really any legitimate contenders? There are, but they\u2019re in Full Sail.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight is worth checking out just for the sheer joy of Wyatt possibly burning the title on air calling it \u201ca prop for man that a God doesn\u2019t need.\u201d You have my attention. Does he have yours? 205 after!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S ARTICLE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/07\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-last-week-including-cena-vs-orton-mickie-james-shane-naomi-tag-turmoil\/\">SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week including Cena vs. Orton, Mickie James, Shane, Naomi, Tag Turmoil<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2305946888\"><div id=\"pwtor-256551019\"><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>SMACKDOWN PREVIEW FEBRUARY 14, 2017 ANAHEIM. CALIF. AT THE HONDA CENTER By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89) \u201cTHE ERA OF WYATT\u201d The past few months have been good to Bray Wyatt. Actually, to put it in perspective <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/14\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-elimination-chamber-including-bray-defends-cena-ortons-reaction-naomi-celebrates-corbin-ambrose\/\" title=\"SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened at Elimination Chamber including Bray defends against Cena, Orton&#8217;s reaction, Naomi celebrates, Corbin-Ambrose\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5700,"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":[46,52,4403,27],"tags":[1790,652,75,257,321,73,72,802],"class_list":["post-38829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-opnionandanalysis","category-smackdown-primer","category-specialists","tag-american-alpha","tag-becky-lynch","tag-bray-wyatt","tag-dean-ambrose","tag-naomi","tag-randy-orton","tag-smackdown","tag-usos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/WyattBraySisterAbigailWK_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829","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=38829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38830,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38829\/revisions\/38830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}