{"id":85266,"date":"2019-08-27T16:27:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=85266"},"modified":"2019-08-27T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T21:27:54","slug":"wwe-smackdown-primer-8-27-king-of-the-ring-first-rounders-ali-vs-buddy-and-gable-vs-shelton-you-apologize-to-us-right-now-she-doesnt-hug-she-shoves-you-call-me-stupid-randy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/08\/27\/wwe-smackdown-primer-8-27-king-of-the-ring-first-rounders-ali-vs-buddy-and-gable-vs-shelton-you-apologize-to-us-right-now-she-doesnt-hug-she-shoves-you-call-me-stupid-randy\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER 8\/27: King of the Ring First Rounders Ali vs. Buddy and Gable vs. Shelton, You Apologize to Us Right Now, She Doesn\u2019t Hug She Shoves, You Call Me Stupid Randy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1947078227\" 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 PRIMER<br \/>\nAUGUST 27, 2019<br \/>\nBATON ROUGE, LA. AT THE RAISING CANE\u2019S RIVER CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Arena and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>WWE returns to the Raising Cane\u2019s River Center in Baton Rouge, LA. for tonight\u2019s Smackdown. The arena opened in 1977 and carried the names of the Riverside Centroplex Arena until 2004 and then the Baton Rouge River Center Arena until 2016. WWE has been an on-and-off guest since 2001 bringing Raw, Smackdown, Main Event, the original version of NXT, the defunct Jakked, and the revived ECW brand that ran from 2006-2010.<\/p>\n<p>Thus far there are the two remaining King of the Ring first round matches along with some other storyline items advertised for follow-up thus far for tonight\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali and Buddy Murphy renew their rivalry in King of the Ring<\/li>\n<li>Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin clash in King of the Ring<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Bryan &amp; Erick Rowan demand an apology from Roman Reigns<\/li>\n<li>How will Charlotte Flair respond to Bayley\u2019s defiance?<\/li>\n<li>Will Randy Orton have an answer for Kofi Kingston\u2019s surprise attack?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>King of the Ring First Round Matches: Ali vs. Buddy Murphy and Chad Gable vs. Shelton Benjamin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, we wrap up the first round of the King of the Ring tournament with two matches on the Smackdown side. Last week, Elias won his match against Kevin Owens while Andrade defeated Apollo Crews. Elias will face the winner of Ali vs. Buddy Murphy while Andrade takes on the winner of Chad Gable vs. Shelton Benjamin<\/p>\n<p>There is some history wrapped in both of these matches. Ali and Murphy worked together in 205Live and had arguably one of the best matches in 2018 when they faced off in a no-DQ match that saw Ali (then known as Mustafa Ali) come out victorious. Ali came up short in his quest to become Cruiserweight Champion while Murphy accomplished that feat in his home country of Australia at Super Showdown in October of last year defeating fellow King of the Ring contender Cedric Alexander. Here\u2019s highlights from that amazing match I spoke of earlier:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy-  No Disqualification Match: WWE 205 Live, July 3, 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y1qi89mk41Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Chad Gable was part of the American Alpha team brought up in 2016 that featured himself and Jason Jordan. When Jordan was moved to Raw in 2017 and revealed as Kurt Angle\u2019s long-lost son, Gable was given a new partner in the returning Shelton Benjamin. They teamed together until Gable was moved to Raw in the 2018 Superstar Shakeup, and nearly took the Smackdown Tag Team Championships from the Usos on a TV episode before the referee reversed his decision.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterfinals of the Raw side were determined last night when Ricochet defeated Drew McIntyre and Baron Corbin defeated the Miz. The Smackdown side gets set up tonight.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-936824973\" 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><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m not sure how much more Buddy Murphy is still going to be involved in the Roman Reigns mystery and if it will tie into this match against Ali. It likely won\u2019t live up to what their contest on 205Live was like, but it should still be good. I\u2019ll pick Ali but Murphy winning would not surprise me. Considering the winner faces Elias I don\u2019t have a strong feeling either way. As far as Gable vs. Shelton, considering the winner faces Andrade I think Gable is a safe bet. It\u2019s as clear as mud what they\u2019re doing with Shelton. Gable vs. Andrade is intriguing even if WWE wants to define Gable down as a small wrestler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rowan and Daniel Bryan Demand an Apology from Roman Reigns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, on Smackdown, Daniel Bryan and Rowan told Roman Reigns they\u2019ve been doing an investigation and found who\u2019s been attacking him. Last week, before Buddy Murphy took on and defeated Daniel Bryan, Roman confronted him in the locker room. Murphy claimed that he was \u201cpretty sure\u201d that he saw Rowan attack Roman but wasn\u2019t 100% sure. At the close of Smackdown, Bryan and Rowan revealed the culprit to Roman and it turned out to be a Rowan look-a-like. Roman put out this tweet in response to WWE:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Y\u2019all call that an answer? This whole situation is getting out of control and I don\u2019t know what to think&#8230;.but I know what I need to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uzrAjIkl8p\">https:\/\/t.co\/uzrAjIkl8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Roman Reigns (@WWERomanReigns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERomanReigns\/status\/1164636874427850761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Bryan and Rowan are upset being accused of something they had nothing to with and will demand an apology from Roman tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m still waiting for that career altering announcement Daniel Bryan was going to make.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Storyline Follow-Up:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Flair Response to Bayley\u2019s Defiance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was discussed in yesterday\u2019s primer, as Bayley\u2019s attack on Charlotte Flair during A Moment of Bliss led to a non-title match last night on Raw between Bayley and Nikki Cross. To briefly recap, Charlotte was a guest of Alexa Bliss and Nikki when Bayley interrupted. Charlotte, in a roundabout way, challenged Bayley to a Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship match at Clash of Champions which Bayley accepted. Bayley then proceeded to shove Charlotte off her chair and onto a table. Other than what was included in yesterday\u2019s primer, social media has been relatively quiet in regard to the feud between these two women other than this from Bayley last night:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> I go. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> locker room. SMACKDOWN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yq8eMlUSAr\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yq8eMlUSAr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE\/status\/1166166619611156484?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We can expect more build towards the Clash of Champions match tonight. Whether it\u2019s a promo or either woman involved in a match remains to be seen, but Charlotte will without question respond to the attack.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2955593610\" 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><strong>Randy Orton Response to Kofi Kingston Attack<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week on Smackdown, Randy Orton opened the show discussing his recent match with WWE Champion Kofi Kingston at SummerSlam as well as he and the Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder) taking over Kofi\u2019s New Day partner Xavier Woods. He called him \u201cstupid\u201d numerous times and said the power of positivity can be crushed by RKO, the three most destructive letters in sports entertainment (pro wrestling). Kofi had enough and attacked Randy from behind with his Trouble in Paradise. When he was about to take out his leg with a chair, similar to what was done to Woods, the Revival came out. Kofi fended them each off with chair shots. The Revival later on defeated Heavy Machinery. Follow-up is expected in some fashion tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: At the moment nothing is on tap for Clash of Champions for any of the parties involved, but we can certainly expect a Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston match for the WWE Championship considering they had a double count-out at SummerSlam. New Day vs. Revival for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship is certainly a possibility. I wouldn\u2019t rule out a six-man tag with a \u201cwinner takes all\u201d stipulation with all of New Day teaming to face Randy and the Revival. That would create a buffer of sorts if they want to save another Randy vs. Kofi match for the October Hell in a Cell PPV and have such a match between those two men. They can then go to New Day vs. the Revival, if they even want to wait that long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On a MizTV segment, Miz had Sami Zayn as his guest. He acknowledged he had been losing a lot lately but had an epiphany. He realized he must help others, and then introduced Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura as that someone he is going to \u201chelp.\u201d They then attacked Miz with Shinsuke ultimately laying him out with his Kinshasa. Here\u2019s a WWE.com exclusive with Sami prior to last week\u2019s Smackdown following his loss to Cedric Alexander in a first round King of the Ring match. This likely led to his \u201cepiphany\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am one of the best pro wrestlers on earth and I have been reduced to this. This is where I&#39;m at now.  <br \/>Enough is enough, and it&#39;s time for a change.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROoqt2Dz1b\">pic.twitter.com\/ROoqt2Dz1b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiZayn\/status\/1163885506058493955?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Prior to losing to Elias in their first round King of the Ring match, Kevin Owens pleaded with Shane McMahon to reconsider the $100,000 fine levied on him a week earlier. Shane agreed to reconsider it but said if he ever put his hands on a WWE official again, he would be fired. Shane would insert himself in the match as another official and Owens came close but resisted hitting him during the match. Shane would fast count Owens on an Elias roll-up, eliminating Owens from the tournament and allowing Elias to advance and face the winner of Ali vs. Buddy Murphy tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome. Thank you for reading!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>RECOMMENDED NEXT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/08\/20\/leclairs-wwe-smackdown-report-8-20-alt-perspective-on-going-coverage-of-daniel-bryan-and-roman-reigns-saga-king-of-the-ring-night-two-more\/\">LECLAIR\u2019S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 8\/20: Alt perspective, detailed coverage of King of the Ring matches, Daniel Bryan\u2019s culprit reveal, KO\u2019s rough night, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-533346326\"><div id=\"pwtor-1328118581\"><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 SMACKDOWN PRIMER AUGUST 27, 2019 BATON ROUGE, LA. 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