{"id":39934,"date":"2017-03-14T13:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T18:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=39934"},"modified":"2017-03-15T19:56:26","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T00:56:26","slug":"smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-last-week-including","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/14\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-last-week-including\/","title":{"rendered":"SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week including Bray reacting to Orton burning down the compound, Styles vs. Shane"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-127824650\" 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 \/>\nMARCH 14, 2017<br \/>\nPITTSBURGH, PA. AT THE PPG PAINTS<br \/>\nBy Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTORCH SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>THE WORDS OF A PROPHET\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been almost two weeks since Bray Wyatt\u2019s compound was burned to the ground. Two weeks for him to mull over the \u201cunexpected\u201d betrayal by his new prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019 Randall Orton. After the viper regained his no. 1 contender spot by defeating A.J. Styles the stage is all set for his showdown with the Eater of Worlds. Bray has long been one of the best talkers in the company, but he\u2019s always had a cryptic tone with whomever he\u2019s been feuding with. The idea this time is that Bray has legitimate reasons to be angry, and plenty of time to decipher exactly what to say. THAT\u2019S REASON ENOUGH TO TUNE IN.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cYOU CAN\u2019T STOP WHAT\u2019S COMING\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point there is no denying the inevitable: A.J. Styles will be facing Shane McMahon at WrestleMania. The seed for this was planted last week after A.J. lost his main event opportunity to the aforementioned Apex Predator. Backstage, Styles went beserk, pointing fingers and blaming everyone for his defeat especially Shane-O-Mac. While I am in the area of expecting this feud to be much better than expected, the story REALLY needs to be told in a particular fashion for me to be on board. They recently had a stare-down at the big house show in New York, but since that isn\u2019t canon, expect the groundwork for this match to be laid tonight in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cANYONE AND EVERYONE\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poor Alexa Bliss. (Sarcasm.) After reclaiming the blue-brand women\u2019s championship for the second time her Mania opponent was left in question. That was, until G.M. Daniel Bryan decided to make her defend it against every available superstar on the roster. While some surprises are in store (Naomi, Tamina, maybe Eva?) we know for certain that list will include: Alexa, Becky, Mickie, Natalya, and Carmella at the very least. I wish Nikki could be added to this match but her plans are already set with her hubby to face Maryse &amp; Miz. While Raw is setting up a showdown between\u00a0three-fourths\u00a0of the Horsewomen SD Live is setting up a multi-elimination match which in my opinion has the potential to steal the spotlight. Maybe we\u2019ll see some tag-team action tonight? HOLLA HOLLA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>LACES IN LACES OUT\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Dean Ambrose was sent away in an ambulance after The Lone Wolf attacked him with a forklift. Will the Lunatic respond? Probably, since he\u2019s\u2026 ya know\u2026 crazy.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3483716772\" 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>-Tag Champs may not get to defend their belts at the show of shows, but that would be a missed opportunity so my fingers are crossed that they still make that happen against those Super-Kicking Samoans. More details on this tonight.<\/p>\n<p>-Last week Miz furthered his amazing run with a match-up of words against the Cenation. This mixed-tag feud already has enough to take us to Mania, but that leaves room for it to get even better.<\/p>\n<p>-Will anyone else enter into the Andre Battle Royal for the blue team? DEAR GOD PLEASE BECAUSE SO FAR ALL WE HAVE IS MOJO AND APOLLO.<\/p>\n<p>As I said with Raw this is must watch television since it\u2019s all leading to the big card in Orlando. Make sure to tune it! Also huge match on 205 as well! JG OUT.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S ARTICLE:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/07\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-last-week-including-orton-vs-styles-cena-nikki-vs-carmella-ellsworth\/\">SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week including Orton vs. Styles, Cena &amp; Nikki vs. Carmella &amp; Ellsworth<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2383090680\"><div id=\"pwtor-889365263\"><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 MARCH 14, 2017 PITTSBURGH, PA. AT THE PPG PAINTS By Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTORCH SPECIALIST \u201cTHE WORDS OF A PROPHET\u201d It\u2019s been almost two weeks since Bray Wyatt\u2019s compound was burned to the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/14\/smackdown-primer-expect-tonight-based-happened-last-week-including\/\" title=\"SMACKDOWN PRIMER: What to expect tonight based on what happened last week including Bray reacting to Orton burning down the compound, Styles vs. Shane\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39923,"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":[52,4403,27],"tags":[4672,75,530,72,505],"class_list":["post-39934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opnionandanalysis","category-smackdown-primer","category-specialists","tag-a-j-styles","tag-bray-wyatt","tag-shane-mcmahon","tag-smackdown","tag-the-miz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/03\/WyattBray2017eWK3x2_600.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39934","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=39934"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39991,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39934\/revisions\/39991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}