{"id":39694,"date":"2017-03-08T02:23:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39694"},"modified":"2017-03-08T02:23:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T08:23:06","slug":"37-wwe-talking-smack-review-styles-confronts-shane-bryan-hints-wrestling-miz-maryse-fire-shots-crews-wm-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/08\/37-wwe-talking-smack-review-styles-confronts-shane-bryan-hints-wrestling-miz-maryse-fire-shots-crews-wm-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/7 WWE Talking Smack Review: Styles confronts Shane, Bryan hints at wrestling again, Miz and Maryse fire shots, Crews WM plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-324762528\" 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 REVIEW<br \/>\nMARCH 7, 2017<br \/>\nAIRED LIVE ON WWE NETWORK<br \/>\nBY CRAIG ELBE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p>Renee Young welcomed viewers to the show and introduced herself and Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>They go right to Randy Orton winning the right to face Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania. \u00a0Bryan was relieved to finally have the main event set for WrestleMania. \u00a0He briefly talked about how Randy Orton and A.J. Styles each had a right to face Wyatt for the at WrestleMania and the compromise he and Shane McMahon came up with.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan then guilted Renee about doing the \u201csweet\u201d Raw Talk on Sunday following Fastlane. \u00a0She pleaded she is bound by contract to appear where she\u2019s told. \u00a0He gives Renee some professional advice to not appear on shows that are bad while she claimed to bleed blue in her blue blazer for tonight. \u00a0Bryan was still not impressed and congratulated her for hosting a bad Raw Talk. \u00a0They both yell that she\u2019s back and Talking Smack is awesome! \u00a0A Miz dig perhaps??<\/p>\n<p>Renee welcomed the first guest of the show.<\/p>\n<h3>First Guest: Alexa Bliss<\/h3>\n<p>Alexa expressed mixed emotions about her WrestleMania match. \u00a0She said Bryan rudely interrupted her Bliss-ertation, but Bryan said it was sweet despite Shane giving it a failing grade. \u00a0Bryan asked who she was going to announce as her WrestleMania opponent. Alexa said he didn\u2019t care at the time and refused to say who it was going to be. \u00a0Bryan told her she can\u2019t make matches anyway. \u00a0She retaliated by saying it wouldn\u2019t kill him to shave his beard and got a pop out of Renee.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan and Renee said Alexa is obviously angry with Bryan making her match at WrestleMania against all Smackdown women. \u00a0Alexa stated she doesn\u2019t fear anybody; rather, she\u2019s upset with Mickie James. \u00a0She said James shouldn&#8217;t bite the hand that feeds, taking credit for bringing James back to WWE. \u00a0Alexa said James was afraid she was forgotten due to the Women\u2019s Revolution. \u00a0She said James was a distant memory but called her with an idea to bring her back and be remembered, but not with that cheesy &#8217;80s song that Bryan suggested about Mickie being \u201cso fine she blows my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Renee wondered if James in opposition would stress out Alexa at WrestleMania. \u00a0She said James will be her first target. \u00a0Renee gave out a few more names for Alexa to consider, settling on Carmella for a bit. Alexa said she doesn\u2019t know and to ask Bryan about who will be in the match. \u00a0Bryan restated that all available Smackdown women will be in the match, then seemingly challenged Alexa by saying she\u2019s the best.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa said she will do him a favor and welcome the match and prove over and over she is the best woman on Smackdown. \u00a0Renee said she should be happy for the chance to prove that, getting a thanks from Alexa, saying she\u2019s happy she will be champion going into her first WrestleMania. \u00a0Renee seemed to leave it open to non-current women wrestlers being in the match, saying we will see who is available and open to challenge Alexa for the Women\u2019s Title at WrestleMania.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3006168318\" 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>Renee thanked Alexa for being on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Renee gives Bryan a hard time for bringing up the \u201cHey Mickie you\u2019re so fine\u201d song to Alexa. \u00a0Bryan said he had to drop it like it\u2019s hot!<\/p>\n<p>Renee talked over footage of Baron Corbin\u2019s attack on Dean Ambrose earlier tonight. \u00a0She said it\u2019s difficult in her position to watch it again and she hasn\u2019t been able to check in on his condition yet but she will right after the show. \u00a0She asked Bryan how he would handle this. \u00a0He said he takes solace in Ambrose\u2019s toughness and said Ambrose has a roster topping match total over the last two years. \u00a0Bryan goes on to say he had the most matches in 2013 and had surgery in 2014, adding the same is true for Cesaro, Seth Rollins in the years since, and that Ambrose is as durable as they come. \u00a0Renee agrees as that is not news to her, especially since she\u2019s been dating Ambrose. \u00a0Bryan said this is the time year where people do crazy things and Renee concurred. \u00a0Ambrose endures things he shouldn\u2019t endure, but having cracked ribs hurts with every move you make.<\/p>\n<p>Renee then brought out the next guest.<\/p>\n<h3>Second Guest: Apollo Crews<\/h3>\n<p>Apollo Crews made his way to the desk, ready to make an announcement. \u00a0He declared himself an entrant to the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania. \u00a0Crews said he\u2019s excited for his first WrestleMania, as he debuted last year the night after WrestleMania 32. \u00a0He said he\u2019s had many opportunities since then, but not many victories. \u00a0Crews vowed to change that trend at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>Renee recalled Baron Corbin\u2019s constant bragging about winning the Andre the Giant Battle Memorial Royal last year. \u00a0Crews said he feels winning it this year will launch him to the top, adding he\u2019s willing to compete with the best and he\u2019s worked very hard to be in this position. \u00a0He said everybody will be witness to how hard he\u2019s worked.<\/p>\n<p>Renee asked how he feels about being in his first WrestleMania with his declaration. Crews said that being able to compete in his first WrestleMania is awesome, a dream shared by every aspiring and current Superstar. \u00a0He repeated that he\u2019s not just going to live his dream but win the Battle Royal and get his career on track to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Renee pointed out Crews\u2019s large watch, saying winning that Battle Royal means more of that stuff. \u00a0Crews and Bryan laughed, and Crews said he wants some more bling bling!<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2074878746\" 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>Renee thanked Crews for being on the show, allowing them the exclusive on his announcement. Before he left, Crews gave Bryan a quick lesson on how to properly recite \u201cwhen the pimp\u2019s in the crib ma, drop it like it\u2019s hot\u201d line in the song with correct inflection on the word \u201chot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bryan sarcastically wondered if they should be talking about pimps in their cribs, the Renee started talking about the James Ellsworth &amp;\u00a0Carmella, John Cena &amp;\u00a0Nikki Bella, and Miz &amp;\u00a0Maryse situation. Bryan smelled coincidence from Renee with going from pimps straight to Ellsworth. \u00a0Renee hoped for more stank from Ellsworth, meaning sass as Bryan did not know what stank was.<\/p>\n<p>Renee alerted us to a WWE Network exclusive with some breaking news<\/p>\n<h3>Breaking News<\/h3>\n<p>Backstage footage of a despondent A.J. Styles is shown with him coming through the curtain to the Gorilla position, showing a seated Michael Hayes, a standing Adam Pearce on one side, and a seated Michael Cole, next to a headsetted Shane McMahon, with B.G. James next to Shane on the other side of the tables of monitors. \u00a0Vince must have been hiding, perhaps in laughter or embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Everybody gave encouragement to Styles, but Styles got in Shane\u2019s face, yelling at him, \u201cIs this what you call opportunity! I deserve to be in the main event!\u201d \u00a0Styles tells James to shut up as Cole looked bewildered. \u00a0James put himself between Styles and Shane, loudly instructing Styles to look to him and called for somebody to remove Styles while Shane inaudibly yelled back. Hayes got up and we saw Jamie Noble appear along with some referees that helped Hayes get Styles to the next room. \u00a0Shane yelled at Styles that he\u2019s sorry it didn\u2019t work out for him. \u00a0After Styles was gone, \u00a0James told Shane it\u2019s going to be okay, all they gotta do is calm down Styles. \u00a0Shane threw his headset and exclaimed \u201cHIM!\u201d, throwing his hands up that he\u2019s pretty pissed about getting confronted like that by Styles.<\/p>\n<h3>Back to Renee and Bryan<\/h3>\n<p>Bryan said he and Shane get stuff like that a lot being in their positions, but fortunately for Bryan everybody has a chance to cool down before appearing on Talking Smack. \u00a0He feels for Styles, but found it weird he took his frustrations out on Shane as he was the one backing Styles\u2019s claim for the main event spot against Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania. Renee shared Bryan\u2019s feelings for Styles and his position.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan detailed Styles\u2019s long career and how long it took him to get to WWE. He added how frustrated Styles must be to lose out on a main event spot at WrestleMania, not knowing if he will ever see another similar opportunity due to his estimated 17 years of wear and tear. \u00a0Bryan compared his WWE career to Styles\u2019s, that he waited to main event WrestleMania a long time, and his WWE time was only six years.<\/p>\n<p>Renee wondered if Styles took it too far with Shane. Bryan said he\u2019s always been very level headed but told a story of getting in Triple H&#8217;s\u00a0face. \u00a0It was after Triple H\u00a0told the referee to stop the match after Bryan suffered a stinger in match against Randy Orton in 2013. \u00a0He said that B.G. James was the man to separate them as he did tonight with Shane and Styles. \u00a0Renee followed up and asked Bryan if he getting in Triple H&#8217;s\u00a0face was the right thing to do in hindsight. \u00a0Bryan replied that he understands both positions, being in management now. \u00a0He said that match against Orton would have been the biggest win for him at the time. \u00a0He said he would have won if it wasn\u2019t taken away from him. \u00a0Some of the same can be said for Styles and his loss against Orton tonight after already earning the WrestleMania main event last week.<\/p>\n<p>Renee told us the footage of Styles confronting Shane is now available on WWE.com for us to watch again.<\/p>\n<p>Renee then welcomed Miz and his wife Maryse to the show.<\/p>\n<h3>Third Guests: Miz and Maryse<\/h3>\n<p>Renee wasn\u2019t sure where to start so Miz took the initiative and asked Bryan who makes matches. Bryan answered he and Shane McMahon. \u00a0Miz asked how can John Cena make a match between himself &amp;\u00a0Nikki Bella vs James Ellsworth &amp;\u00a0Carmella last week. \u00a0Bryan simply replied Cena proposed it and he and Shane made it official. \u00a0Miz disagreed and wondered how Cena could have this much effect on the higher ups and the WWE Universe, hinting favoritism. \u00a0Bryan restated that wasn&#8217;t the case, that the challenge was accepted by Ellsworth &amp;\u00a0Carmella. \u00a0Miz disputed Ellsworth\u2019s willingness to accept the match, but Bryan said Carmella pushed Ellsworth into the match.<\/p>\n<p>Miz still didn\u2019t buy it and insisted Cena texted Bryan he just made a match and he\u2019ll see Bryan at dinner afterward. \u00a0Miz kept on, recalling how Cena accused him of gimmick theft last week. \u00a0He said that can be true about anyone, including Cena and listed all of Cena\u2019s thefts using the sales pitch trick Cena used against Miz last week of \u201cbut wait, there\u2019s more!\u201d before each example.<\/p>\n<p>Miz continued taking exception to Cena\u2019s reputation and power, thinking the mixed tag match was a shot at him and he\u2019s jealous of Miz\u2019s talent and marriage. \u00a0Miz accused Cena of telling Bryan to draft him to Smackdown around the number 3 spot instead of number 1 so he could be part time and he\u2019s sick of it. \u00a0Bryan said no such thing happened despite Miz claiming to \u201cknow\u201d it. \u00a0Bryan said he knows when Cena\u2019s name is advertised, more people show up than if Miz is advertised. \u00a0Miz continued to insist Cena has brainwashed everybody with his crap, citing Kurt Angle\u2019s and Undertaker\u2019s immediate endorsement upon debuting in 2002. \u00a0Miz said he\u2019s endured more crap, like being told he wouldn\u2019t last three months but didn\u2019t give up.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan told Miz he doesn\u2019t know the full John Cena story, that he was once very close to getting fired after only a couple months of debuting. \u00a0Miz continued to not believe Bryan, even dreaming up a scenario that Cena had everybody sign contracts to be his friend, girlfriend, etc. \u00a0Bryan insisted Miz was never close to being fired at all because he\u2019s always been a WWE patsy and shill. \u00a0Miz said he was a huge star before he got to WWE and could do anything he wants, but chooses WWE because he loves it. \u00a0He said he could be an actor if he wants, to Bryan\u2019s quick retort of being a straight-to-DVD caliber actor. \u00a0Maryse asked Bryan what movies he\u2019s done. Bryan said he didn\u2019t want to be an actor, to which Maryse felt Bryan was a hypocrite. \u00a0Miz piggybacked on that and said Bryan can\u2019t wrestle anymore because of his head. \u00a0Bryan asked if \u00a0he can\u2019t wrestle or if they just won\u2019t let him wrestler, and said in a year and a half we\u2019ll see what happens!<\/p>\n<p>Renee asked why John Cena is jealous of Miz &amp;\u00a0Maryse. \u00a0Miz mocked Cena\u2019s times he\u2019s told Nikki he loves her on reality shows, assuming after many takes. \u00a0Maryse said she and Miz feel Cena and Nikki\u2019s relationship is robotic and plastic only to elevate their brand. \u00a0She added Cena being in a relationship is only to make him look better. \u00a0Miz and Maryse have a discussion about Nikki pre-Cena and post-Cena. \u00a0They conclude Nikki got to where she did because of Cena, listing everything that\u2019s been handed to her. \u00a0Renee asked Maryse if she\u2019s jealous of Nikki. \u00a0Maryse said absolutely not and showed her wedding ring as proof of Nikki\u2019s jealousy of her, which is something she\u2019ll never have.<\/p>\n<p>After trying to field some more brain busters from Renee and Bryan, Miz said next week\u2019s Talking Smack won\u2019t be as good as tonight\u2019s because they won\u2019t be on it and left the desk.<\/p>\n<p>Renee hoped next week\u2019s show will be on a better note as Bryan wished he could say more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S REPORT:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/01\/221-wwe-talking-smack-review-styles-confronts-shane-bryan-whether-gets-keep-wrestlemania-title-shot-plus-alpha-natalya\/\">2\/28 WWE Talking Smack Review: Styles confronts Shane and Bryan about whether he gets to keep his WrestleMania title shot, plus Alpha and Natalya<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1053152793\"><div id=\"pwtor-198459745\"><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 REVIEW MARCH 7, 2017 AIRED LIVE ON WWE NETWORK BY CRAIG ELBE, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Renee Young welcomed viewers to the show and introduced herself and Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan. 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