{"id":38861,"date":"2017-02-15T11:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=38861"},"modified":"2017-02-22T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T07:54:06","slug":"214-wwe-talking-smack-review-daniel-bryan-announces-battle-royal-replace-orton-opponent-wyatt-wrestlemania-bliss-learns-patriots-won-plus-crews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/15\/214-wwe-talking-smack-review-daniel-bryan-announces-battle-royal-replace-orton-opponent-wyatt-wrestlemania-bliss-learns-patriots-won-plus-crews\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/14 WWE Talking Smack Review: Daniel Bryan announces Battle Royal to replace Orton as opponent for Wyatt at WrestleMania, Bliss learns Patriots won, plus Crews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-115148433\" 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>WWE TALKING SMACK REPORT<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 14, 2017<br \/>\nAIRED ON WWE NETWORK<br \/>\nREPORT BY CRAIG ELBE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s edition of Talking Smack begins with a lonesome and bewildered Renee Young, assuring us Daniel Bryan will join her, implying urgency to his General Manager duties following Randy Orton\u2019s statement after Bray Wyatt won his maiden title defense. \u00a0Renee informs us Dean Ambrose sustained injuries from tonight\u2019s Baron Corbin\u2019s attack, falling short of injury details but relieves concern with news of his release from the hospital facility, promising updates as they become available.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan apologetically joins the show in tardy fashion as Renee continues to be openly flustered with WrestleMania\u2019s Smackdown title match in question. \u00a0Bryan announces he and Shane will be swapping tools from a monkey wrench to a Battle Royal next week to determine a new \u00a0no. 1 contentender to Bray Wyatt\u2019s title for WrestleMania. \u00a0Renee asks about Randy Orton, with Bryan claiming he can\u2019t force him to a match he doesn\u2019t want, blaming Renee for jinxing it with her proclamation Sunday night of Wyatt vs. Orton at WrestleMania following Wyatt\u2019s title win at the Elimination Chamber. \u00a0Renee pleads innocence, adding she was reacting to what she saw and wasn\u2019t alone. \u00a0Bryan persists she hexed it all and recalls he said a lot can change in the seven weeks leading into WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan whips out his first batch of sarcasm of the night, deflecting potential blame to Renee for what she may say, and Renee points the finger right back at Bryan. \u00a0They find positivity by hyping next week\u2019s Battle Royal for a new no. 1 contender while being sympathetic for\u00a0themselves for missing out on a Wyatt-Orton match despite Orton earning it with a Royal Rumble victory and showing he was a badass during his visit to the Talking Smack desk a mere two weeks ago, before submitting to Wyatt servanthood tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Renee pivots to their first guest.<\/p>\n<h3>First Guest: Alexa Bliss<\/h3>\n<p>Bliss is welcomed to the show by a smattering of golf claps. Renee asked\u00a0how she is. Bliss replied \u201cgreat\u201d followed by forced reciprocation. \u00a0Renee talks to about Bliss\u2019 supposed high spirits after learning about Naomi\u2019s knee injury. \u00a0Bliss offers confusion and embarrassment for Naomi\u2019s celebration, saying it took her five months to win the Women\u2019s Championship to Naomi\u2019s eight years. \u00a0Alexa hints at a feigned knee injury after Renee defends Naomi\u2019s journey, speculating a strategy to keep her WrestleMania dream alive by postponing their rematch until then, arriving as champion in her hometown of Orlando as she feels Naomi knows she\u2019ll lose her title in said rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Bliss threatens to make Naomi\u2019s \u201cinjury\u201d \u00a0real, offering to buy her a ticket to WrestleMania and watch a what a real champion looks like &#8211; in the form of her, of course. \u00a0Renee asks her to relate to Naomi&#8217;s title quest as she has some similarities on the road to her title win. \u00a0Bliss adds Naomi shouldn&#8217;t be celebrating eight years of losses while claiming not to discredit her. Bliss extrapolates her career in eight years while Bryan points out early successes ending in long-term failures across all professional sports, asking Bliss if she feels worried about that. \u00a0Bliss retorts with heel cockiness, touting her athletic background with Renee offering the same concern of burnout. Alexa replies with confidence to being burnout impervious, that she is the future and shouldn\u2019t entertain the idea. \u00a0Renee wonders to Bliss if she is concerned about injuries, putting over Naomi as a top athlete with locker room reverence who can\u2019t escape the injury bug either.<\/p>\n<p>Bliss throws more dirt, saying she is no Naomi and is better than Naomi. \u00a0Bryan quips she wasn\u2019t better than Naomi on Sunday while offering her excuses of a lack of sleep and hydration, dripped in more sarcasm of course. \u00a0Bliss continues using those excuses while entering Bizzaro World where the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and adds that her off day reasoning. \u00a0Bryan quickly brings her back to Earth with a congratulations of her Patriots actually winning the Super Bowl while she regains her heel demeanor, insisting she speak as she is the former champion as Bryan continues to proclaims her elation. \u00a0I wonder how many memes she will have to tolerate after that exchange. \u00a0Bliss tries to use it, claiming the airing of the Super Bowl on the plane where she didn\u2019t remember who won negatively impacted her sleep a week before she lost her title.<\/p>\n<p>Renee asks Bliss when she became such a Patriots fan, followed by more congratulations from Bryan that drew Bliss\u2019s own sarcastic chuckle. \u00a0Renee hopes for Bliss to be in a better state of mind when the rematch with Naomi occurs. Bliss says\u00a0she already is as she is aware of Naomi\u2019s tactics. \u00a0Bryan puts a cherry on top of her great state of mind with her just finding out her Patriots won the Super Bowl! \u00a0Bliss asks Bryan if his rudeness has ever been brought to his attention, with Renee telling her she did just last week. \u00a0Renee apologizes on Bryan\u2019s behalf and thanks Alexa for being on the show. Bliss thanks\u00a0her back, visibly anticipating a rack of ribs.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2176671062\" 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>Too bad this show airs live, but I have to wonder if she was fed that Super Bowl \u00a0line and messed it up or if she improvised it and fell on her face without remembering who won the game and when it took place. \u00a0Dusty impressions shall commence.<\/p>\n<p>Renee speaks with a grin difficult to talk with, telling Bryan he\u2019s the worst while he keeps the Super Bowl joke going. \u00a0He says she didn\u2019t even celebrate the Patriot\u2019s big win as she just found out. \u00a0He compares it to how happy he\u2019d be if was a Seahawks fan (he actually is) and he found out they won the Super Bowl two weeks after the fact on the show. He says he\u2019d be doing backflips on the desk, medically cleared or not! \u00a0Renee did add he was devastated when the Seahawks lost the Super Bowl two years ago, but that didn\u2019t damper his imagination\u2019s enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p>Renee regains focus and brings up a match Bryan made for next week, a Falls Count Anywhere Match between Nikki Bella and Natalya. \u00a0Renee asks Bryan if he was nervous when he made the match. Bryan said he wasn\u2019t, claiming the nerves came to the surface after the fact. \u00a0He said he made the match out of anger after Renee asks if he regrets it. \u00a0Bryan says he made the match Falls Count Anywhere, citing their many weeks in a row of fighting outside the ring, including tonight, and their countout draw from Sunday\u2019s Elimination Chamber. \u00a0Bryan goes on to say he feels this is what they need and he wants to give them the opportunity to resolve this conflict that has resulted in chaos. \u00a0If they want to fight, then let them fight he says, and hopes Nikki and Natalya are better after that match.<\/p>\n<p>Renee then recounts\u00a0Baron Corbin\u2019s assault on Dean Ambrose. \u00a0Bryan talks about how he \u00a0is confused by Corbin\u2019s actions but understands Ambrose cost him a chance at winning the title in the Elimination Chamber match. \u00a0He plays psychologist, drawing on Corbin\u2019s past successes and how frustrating it can be to get to high level in WWE but not replicate that same success as quickly as hoped, attaching the same concern to Alexa Bliss. \u00a0Bryan feels Corbin has not developed thick enough skin to rebound from losses in a positive enough manner, choosing instead to act out and blame others. \u00a0Bryan remembers all the times that Corbin came on the show, imploring attention and opportunities from Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan puts more heat on Corbin for robbing him of seeing the Big Hog wrestle, Ambrose vs James Ellsworth was the intended match before Corbin\u2019s attack. \u00a0Renee tries to comfort Bryan with his interaction with Ellsworth but then wonders if that was even fair for Ellsworth. \u00a0She feels Ambrose is a different class while Bryan counters, citing their unfinished business and the fact he is a wrestler under contract and he should be wrestling, but dips his hand in sarcasm jar agian, claiming to know the caliber an athlete Ellsworth is.<\/p>\n<p>Renee uses the segway to introduce a high caliber athlete as their next guest to the show.<\/p>\n<h3>Guest Two: Apollo Crews<\/h3>\n<p>Renee calls him a fine specimen as he approaches the desk, with him showing some personality with his callback of Alexa Bilss\u2019 fail. \u00a0Renee calls for part of Dolph Ziggler\u2019s promo, asking Crews his thoughts. \u00a0Crews recalls Dolph always being there for advice and support, but is confused with his new approach. \u00a0He gives an example of a few weeks ago when he confronted Dolph after his sore loser assault on his friend Kalisto. \u00a0Renee asks the result of the conflict. Crews answers with he got a headbutt for his troubles.<\/p>\n<p>Crews goes on to talk about his background of loyalty and sticking up for his friends, wondering if Dolph feels threatened by Crews trying to take his spot, which Crews says he has no intention of doing. \u00a0Bryan adds people should be threatened, putting over his talent and ability with Renee chiming in that he\u2019s also charming. \u00a0Apollo continues, saying everybody\u2019s fighting for the same thing but Ziggler has now made it personal with injuring his ankle. \u00a0He touts his love for WWE and what he does and that Ziggler tried to take that away. \u00a0He promises this is only the beginning.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-142436133\" 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<p>Bryan then gets Crews to talk about his family coming to America from Nigeria in about 1985 with nothing, detailing that struggle and his humble upbringing as a foundation for his determination and loyalty, his military high school being a huge factor. \u00a0Crews finishes by reiterating his promise of revenge on Ziggler while<\/p>\n<p>Renee and Bryan continue talking of their admiration for Crews and his positivity and how they&#8217;ve wanted him on the show for a long time to share his story and for people to know his roots.<\/p>\n<p>On Ziggler, they go on about their disappointment in him, comparing him to the Nikki and Natalya feud with him trying to ruin careers. \u00a0Bryan recall Ziggler\u2019s past failures after big successes, using his own experience to relate on Dolph&#8217;s potential mental state.<\/p>\n<p>Renee uses next week\u2019s Battle Royal as a segway for tonight\u2019s final guest.<\/p>\n<h3>Guest Three: \u00a0A.J. Styles<\/h3>\n<p>A.J. brings awkward and reciprocated silence to the desk, speaking first with an upset tone, saying hi to Bryan. \u00a0He immediately stares a hole into Bryan, telling him he was supposed to have a one-on-one title rematch. \u00a0Bryan denies the offer and A.J. concurs, remembering it was a Shane McMahon deal, and a promise. \u00a0He implores a rematch but not immediately, lamenting he had tonight\u2019s triple threat match won many times but there was always that second opponent.<\/p>\n<p>A.J. asks why Bryan has to make things difficult for him. \u00a0Bryan answers he\u2019s doing his best for the fans, A.J. says he understands Bryan\u2019s position that Shane is his boss, asking Bryan to honor Shane&#8217;s promise of a one-on-one rematch for the WWE Championship. \u00a0They agree that Bryan isn\u2019t the sole maker of decisions, then A.J. indicates Bryan doesn\u2019t always follow orders. \u00a0\u00a0They continue by bickering over John Cena\u2019s rematch occurring tonight \u00a0before A.J.\u2019s one on one rematch. \u00a0Bryan says the match was advertised and made above his paygrade.<\/p>\n<p>In the backdrop of footage showing A.J. not winning tonight, Renee asks A.J. how hard it is to watch it and where he goes from there. \u00a0A.J. continues to say he wants his one-on-one rematch for the title, recalling Randy Orton\u2019s withdrawal of his title opportunity against Bray Wyatt. \u00a0Bryan \u00a0goes on to say that he can win next week\u2019s Battle Royal to gain a one on one title match, giving A.J. a sarcastic out due to his bruised bicep he got in tonight\u2019s match. \u00a0A.J. reacts unfavorably, saying he\u2019ll take what he can get from Bryan as he feels Bryan is dragging his feet on his one on one rematch.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan tells A.J. a match had to made for the Elimination Chamber following his title loss two weeks before at the Royal Rumble, adding Cena asked for his rematch tonight and was granted his rematch, being the most recent champion. \u00a0A.J. disputes the logic, saying he asked for his rematch earlier than when the Elimination Chamber happened. \u00a0Renee suggests it was just odd timing, with Bryan asking if he has patience, as he will get his one-on-one rematch. A.J. says\u00a0he\u2019ll believe it when he sees it. \u00a0Renee also begs his patience, with Bryan reiterating Smackdown gives opportunities. \u00a0A.J. speaks down to Renee as not having any authority while she just wants to keep things from getting more awkward. \u00a0A.J. takes that as his cue and walks out.<\/p>\n<p>Renee and Bryan take a breath and talk about how tense things are in this WrestleMania season while pointing out A.J. has a point in his rematch quest. Bryan finishes out the show by hyping next week\u2019s Falls Count Anywhere match between Nikki Bella and Natalya and the Battle Royal to determine a new no. 1 contender to the WWE World Title.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"m_5929820405012532242yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487154750783_3001\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THE PREVIOUS RECAP:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/13\/212-wwe-talking-smack-review-naomi-glows-pride-bliss-james-lament-show-bad-night-american-alpha-josh-around-bryan\/\">2\/12 WWE Talking Smack Review: Naomi glows with pride, Bliss &amp; James lament being on show after bad night, American Alpha josh around with Bryan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1450790815\"><div id=\"pwtor-757028859\"><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>WWE TALKING SMACK REPORT FEBRUARY 14, 2017 AIRED ON WWE NETWORK REPORT BY CRAIG ELBE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Tonight\u2019s edition of Talking Smack begins with a lonesome and bewildered Renee Young, assuring us Daniel Bryan will <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/02\/15\/214-wwe-talking-smack-review-daniel-bryan-announces-battle-royal-replace-orton-opponent-wyatt-wrestlemania-bliss-learns-patriots-won-plus-crews\/\" title=\"2\/14 WWE Talking Smack Review: Daniel Bryan announces Battle Royal to replace Orton as opponent for Wyatt at WrestleMania, Bliss learns Patriots won, plus Crews\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35579,"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":[18,4307,20],"tags":[90,1008,1465,224,504,4747],"class_list":["post-38861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tvshowsandevents","category-talking-smack","category-tv_wwetvreports","tag-aj-styles","tag-alexa-bliss","tag-battle-royal","tag-daniel-bryan","tag-renee-young","tag-talking-smack-apollo-crews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/11\/Logo_TalkingSmack_3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38861","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=38861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38862,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38861\/revisions\/38862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}