{"id":45109,"date":"2017-07-18T18:55:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=45109"},"modified":"2017-07-18T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T23:55:08","slug":"smackdown-primer-718-jinder-brings-punjabi-prison-womens-five-way-battleground-title-shot-styles-nakamura-vs-corbin-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/18\/smackdown-primer-718-jinder-brings-punjabi-prison-womens-five-way-battleground-title-shot-styles-nakamura-vs-corbin-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"SMACKDOWN PRIMER 7\/18: Jinder brings the Punjabi Prison, Women&#8217;s Five-Way for Battleground Title shot, Styles &#038; Nakamura vs. Corbin &#038; Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-172905414\" 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 PRIMER<br \/>\nJULY 18, 2017<br \/>\nBIRMINGHAM, ALA. AT THE LEGACY ARENA<br \/>\nBy Joey Galizia (@RamJam89), PWTORCH SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cTRAVELING PRISON\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not one to bad mouth the WWE. The truth is that its professional wrestling and it\u2019s suppose to be silly and entertaining and once in a while blow your perpetual socks off. However, it seems silly to me that Jinder Mahal, who was given all the essential tools to succeed, has had to be trapped into a feud with Randall K. Orton for the better part of three months. It\u2019s not that the two don\u2019t have chemistry, but this isn\u2019t a Roman\/Braun dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>With that said, Mahal will be brining his Punjabi Prison with him to Birmingham tonight in an effort to frighten the Viper. Randy has seen a lot of crazy #@$% in his long career, and becoming intimidated by one of WWE\u2019s other <i>OTHER<\/i> structure matches doesn\u2019t rank too high. 6 more days until they clash, and then hopefully, move on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>TAG TEAM MAIN EVENT PLAYA PLAYA\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now if there is something to get excited about it\u2019s the future for the 4 men included in tonight\u2019s tag match. New U.S. champ A.J. Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura will battle Mr. Money in the Bank Baron Corbin and former U.S. champ Kevin Owens. In case you haven\u2019t been keeping up: Styles defeated K.O. at a house show in MSG for the belt, and Shinsuke and Corbin have been beating each other so bad that every time a match is booked they have to be separated by officials. The two feuds are currently scheduled to conclude at <i>Battleground<\/i> which will give <i>Summerslam<\/i> a strong possibility of some DREAM bookings, but tonight in Alabama, a war should ensue.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cDEADLY ROULETTE\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Naomi may still be champion, but her next challenger prepares to make a big run. Who that challenger will be determined this Sunday as Charlotte, Becky, Tamina, Lana, and Natalya fight it out in a five-way elimination match. You\u2019ll notice that Carmella is not in the scenario, and that\u2019s because she could choose to have a match at any moment of her choosing, and it still waiting for the correct moment to strike. Odds haven\u2019t come in yet but it\u2019s really anyone\u2019s match. I just hope that Becky stays focused considering she\u2019s been picking a fight with Cyborg over the Twitter machine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<i>ONE ALPHA LEFT\u201d<\/i><\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-953233294\" 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>-Chad Gable has been fighting solo for the several episodes of SD Live now, and seeing as his former partner turned out to be Kurt Angle\u2019s love-child, he\u2019ll probably need to start picking up some W\u2019s since he\u2019s now a singles star.<\/p>\n<p>-As much fun as rap battles are, they won\u2019t win you championships. (At least not in wrestling.) Last week Xavier woods scored a victory over Jimmy, so can the Superkicking Samoans respond tonight?<\/p>\n<p>-People are aware that there are two \u201cAmerica Sucks\u201d storylines going at once yes? And that both of those storylines are happening on the same brand specific show? Okay just checking. Anyways Cena and Rusev will have a flag match and this all just seems like a holder until <i>Summerslam<\/i> so let\u2019s just call it what it is.<\/p>\n<p>-Sami Zayn may still be picking glass out of his head after Mike Kannelis smashed him over the head with a glass jar. Hopefully the likeable one was able to do some strategizing, because he\u2019ll be facing Maria\u2019s husband in a matchup tonight!<\/p>\n<p>-The Fashion Police are still hard on the case of who destroyed their office. My main guess was American Alpha, but seeing as that\u2019s no longer possible\u2026WHO\u2026WHO\u2026WHOO\u2026could have done it?<\/p>\n<p>-205\u2019s big angle tonight will conclude the Mustafa Ali and Drew Gulak \u201cno high flying\u201d storyline and WOW how did\u00a0 <i>Talking Smack <\/i>get canceled and the cruiserweights show didn\u2019t?<\/p>\n<p>Go-home show for <i>Battleground.<\/i> You in?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S COLUMN:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/11\/smackdown-primer-711-jinder-mahal-randy-orton-styles-owens-u-s-title-change-fallout-baron-corbin-shinsuke-nakamura-cena-rusev\/\">SMACKDOWN PRIMER 7\/11: Jinder Mahal-Randy Orton, Styles-Owens U.S. Title change fallout, Baron Corbin-Shinsuke Nakamura, Cena-Rusev<\/a><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4265575601\" 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<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1747148763\"><div id=\"pwtor-3040313939\"><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 PRIMER JULY 18, 2017 BIRMINGHAM, ALA. 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