{"id":56903,"date":"2018-03-18T14:24:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T19:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56903"},"modified":"2018-03-18T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T19:24:56","slug":"3-13-wwe-smackdown-indianapolis-ind-holt-report-site-notes-happenings-off-live-tv-including-pops-styles-compared-nakamura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/18\/3-13-wwe-smackdown-indianapolis-ind-holt-report-site-notes-happenings-off-live-tv-including-pops-styles-compared-nakamura\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/13 WWE Smackdown in Indianapolis, Ind. HOLT Report: On-site notes of happenings off live TV including pops for Styles compared to Nakamura"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-929091585\" 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 SMACKDOWN HOLT REPORT<br \/>\nMARCH 13, 2018<br \/>\nINDIANAPOLIS, IND.<br \/>\nREPORT BY CHRIS DAVY, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thank you! Also, please include any photos you take of either the arena setting, entrance stage, and clear pictures of wrestlers on way to ring or inside the ring.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>-The arena was pretty packed.\u00a0 Only the upper level on the hard camera side was tarped off.\u00a0 The rest of the arena seemed almost full.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PRE-SHOW DARK MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Breezango &amp; Tye Dillinger beat Mojo Rawley &amp; Shelton Benjamin &amp; Chad Gable.\u00a0The finish was the same as the Fastlane pre-show, with Tye pinning Rawley after a Tye Breaker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SMACKDOWN &amp; 205 LIVE NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-The crowd seemed pretty hot for A.J. Styles and Nakamura.\u00a0 I would say A.J. had the slightly better pop.\u00a0 However, the crowd seemed to be split down the middle between Rusev Day and A.J.<\/p>\n<p>-In the backstage segment between A.J. and Nakamura, the sound was too quiet for the live audience.\u00a0 I have no idea what was said,<\/p>\n<p>-During the commercial break before the Bludgeon Brothers vs. Big E &amp; Jimmy Uso match, the Bludgeon Brothers teased walking away from the match, but Big E and Jimmy got on the mic and taunted them, saying they were scared.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2830512788\" 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>-Asuka got quite a pop from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>-Randy Orton&#8217;s RKO on Jinder Mahal got arguably the biggest pop of the night.<\/p>\n<p>-No real heat for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn until the beat down on Shane McMahon.<\/p>\n<p>-During Mixed Match Challenge, Rusev and Lana actually seemed to be booed quite heavily.<\/p>\n<p>-The jobber who faced Jack Gallagher on 205 Live was a local wrestler.<\/p>\n<p>-The match of the night in Roderick Strong vs Cedric Alexander<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL DARK MATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Randy Orton &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin &amp; Dolph Ziggler in the main event of the night.\u00a0Ziggler was in full heel mode.\u00a0 One of the best spots involved Nakamura doing his &#8220;Come On!&#8221; taunt to Corbin, only for Corbin to wave him off and lean against the ropes.\u00a0 Nakamura came closer and tried a couple of times, only to be greeted by the same response.\u00a0 In the end, Nakamura just grabbed Corbin&#8217;s hand and cracked his fingers, Marty Scurll style.\u00a0The finish came when Orton gave Ziggler an eye poke into an RKO while he was taunting Nakamura, then Nakamura gave Corbin a Kinshasa for the pin.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3781797454\" 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<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. 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