{"id":85605,"date":"2019-09-03T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=85605"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:37:26","slug":"wwe-smackdown-primer-9-3-king-of-the-ring-second-rounders-ali-vs-elias-and-gable-vs-andrade-im-still-waiting-for-that-apology-big-dog-thats-what-you-get-kofi-come-try-and-get-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/03\/wwe-smackdown-primer-9-3-king-of-the-ring-second-rounders-ali-vs-elias-and-gable-vs-andrade-im-still-waiting-for-that-apology-big-dog-thats-what-you-get-kofi-come-try-and-get-a\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER 9\/3: King of the Ring Second Rounders Ali vs. Elias and Gable vs. Andrade, I\u2019m Still Waiting for That Apology Big Dog, That\u2019s What You Get Kofi, Come Try and Get a Hug Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2636164166\" 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 \/>\nSEPTEMBER 3, 2019<br \/>\nNORFOLK, VA. AT THE NORFOLK SCOPE ARENA<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 Smackdown returns to the Norfolk Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA. after last appearing on the Halloween episode in October of 2017. The arena opened in 1971 and was an occasional venue for Jim Crockett Promotions which of course eventually became WCW. Events such as Starrcade, Clash of the Champions, World War 3, and the Great American Bash took place here. TNA even snuck in with a Destination X event in 2008. WWE began coming here in 2002 with their events. The 2012 Tribute to the Troops December tradition emanated from this arena.<\/p>\n<p>We continue on course for the September 15th Clash of Champions. The two second round matches of the King of the Ring tournament matches take place tonight, as well as some storyline follow-up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ali clashes with Elias in King of the ring quarterfinal action<\/li>\n<li>Chad Gable battles Andrade in King of the Ring quarterfinal showdown<\/li>\n<li>Will Roman Reigns apologize to Daniel Bryan?<\/li>\n<li>Will Kofi Kingston be out for payback after Orton\u2019s vicious attack?<\/li>\n<li>What will be the fallout of Bayley\u2019s shocking attack on Becky Lynch?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>King of the Ring Second Round Matches: Ali vs. Elias and Chad Gable vs. Andrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tonight, the two second round Smackdown matches of the King of the Ring tournament take place as Ali takes on Elias and Chad Gable goes one on one with Andrade. Last week, Ali defeated Buddy Murphy who had recently lost to Roman Reigns but defeated Daniel Bryan. Murphy had also been involved in the ongoing whodunnit story with Roman Reigns. Chad Gable defeated former tag team partner Shelton Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>Ali goes one-on-one with Elias. They have not met on TV to date but will vie to advance to the Smackdown finals next week. Ali was recently involved with Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura and holds a non-title victory over him, which WWE hasn\u2019t discussed much since it happened. Elias has been involved with the 24\/7 Championship as of late, and last week sat on the throne soon people will chant \u201cLong Live King Elias.\u201d He lost the 24\/7 title to Drake Maverick, who got out of Baton Rouge in a hurry:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: NEW <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/247Champion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#247Champion<\/a> @WWEMaverick and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/1ReneeMichelle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@1ReneeMichelle<\/a> got out of Baton Rouge in HURRY! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l6vRXXGChR\">pic.twitter.com\/l6vRXXGChR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1166983825626476544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Does anybody know if he consummated his marriage? He\u2019s been quiet on Twitter. I haven\u2019t slept well not knowing. No, I\u2019ve actually been fine. Anyway, Chad Gable takes on Andrade. They also go at it for the first time. Here are WWE exclusives from both men:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chad Gable is ready for Andrade: SmackDown Exclusive, Aug. 27, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lkxzzf3pr3Q?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Andrade relishes opportunity to face Chad Gable: SmackDown Exclusive, Aug. 27, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z69wz0TCJ9Y?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>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Again, I say these WWE exclusives are better than the promos we see on TV. That said, let\u2019s hope Ali gets past Elias because him against either Chad Gable or Andrade will be a very nice Smackdown final match. I\u2019ll pick Ali vs. Andrade as that seems to be the most logical, but Ali vs. Gable works too! Elias has no business going any further in this tournament.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-291081682\" 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<h3>Storyline Follow-Up:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Daniel Bryan Still Wants an Apology from Roman Reigns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, as Roman Reigns stood in the ring in his allotted timeslot to apologize to Daniel Bryan, he revealed footage of the equipment falling on him that somehow wasn\u2019t available for a month. In the upper right-hand corner was a person with a beard wearing a hoodie, which appeared to be red. Rowan looked shocked and Daniel Bryan smacked him, expressing frustration with \u201cbeing betrayed.\u201d He went to the ring and continued to yell saying he had nothing to do with this, that someone had Rowan attack him. Roman then speared Bryan.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Bryan released this statement to WWE.com, which was shown on Raw last night as well when Michael Cole talked about the story that has been \u201cgripping WWE as of late\u201d :<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRoman Reigns speared me last week and I understand his frustration. I know how it looks. I know a lot of people don\u2019t like me and I know I seem guilty by association, but that doesn\u2019t make me a liar. Erick Rowan is the one to blame and I have had nothing to do with this. Therefore, I still deserve an apology from Roman Reigns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see if this apology comes tonight. Here\u2019s Roman on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERomanReigns\/status\/1166781756395200513?s=20<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I can\u2019t believe I typed all of this with a straight face.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>WWE Champion Kofi Kingston Response to Randy Orton Attack<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Kofi Kingston opened Smackdown discussing how he had attacked Randy Orton and the Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder) with a chair a week earlier. He cited how they made it personal going after his family and trying to take out his New Day partner, Xavier Woods. (Woods is fine BTW as he appeared on the FOX Fall Lineup Preview show with Big E) At any rate, Orton interrupted calling Kofi \u201cstupid\u201d god knows how many times. He read a \u201cfan letter\u201d begging him to stop hurting Kofi, and that he is so mean because he makes Kofi cry at night. He said Kofi isn\u2019t just his hero, but rather his dad. Kofi did not take too kindly and went to the back, only to be intercepted by Orton in Gorilla. Orton DDT\u2019d him onto a table.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1739071989\" 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>Later on, Big E took on Randy Orton but came up short. He was later RKO\u2019d by Orton with help from the Revival. Here\u2019s Orton and Kofi on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Help me save you from yourself, Kofi. Bring your smiles, your pancakes, your happy family, your storybook reign to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEClash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEClash<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019ll end it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RKO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RKO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vl0UXPKPB3\">https:\/\/t.co\/vl0UXPKPB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randy Orton (@RandyOrton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyOrton\/status\/1166473741687250944?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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is supposed to be where I talk more about how he went too far, he\u2019s taken out my friends and now he\u2019s made it more personal. All of this is true. But the positive thing is knowing that what comes next is not on me.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueKofi\/status\/1167079006837063683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Orton challenges Kofi for the WWE Championship at Clash of Champions in a rematch from SummerSlam.<\/p>\n<h3>The Fallout of Bayley\u2019s Attack on Becky Lynch on Raw<\/h3>\n<p>Last night on Raw, the \u201cchampions\u201d all got together in a matter of speaking as Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley and Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch teamed up to face Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss &amp; Nikki Cross. The match ended when Sasha Banks, who had come down to watch the match, attacked Becky causing Bliss &amp; Cross to be DQ\u2019d<\/p>\n<p>Sasha would proceed to attack Becky with a chair when she would be stopped by Bayley. After several minutes they smiled at each other when Bayley would proceed to attack Becky with the chair, turning heel for the first time in her WWE tenure including her time in NXT. Earlier in the evening, Bayley acknowledged that Sasha was still her best friend. What they had discussed was private. When Sarah Schreiber tried to talk to Sasha, she told her to get out of her face. Here\u2019s a tweet from WWE which includes a WWE.com exclusive of what happened after Raw went off the air. At least Bayley is still a hugger. Also see a tweet from Sasha:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@itsBayleyWWE<\/a> &amp; @SashaBanksWWE officially the most dangerous duo around?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s what happened after <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAW<\/a> went off the air. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r1DjwsfD0t\">pic.twitter.com\/r1DjwsfD0t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1168737273132666880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I pop out when I feel like it and kill it every time<br \/>See I&#39;m doin&#39; fine and you chicks should get in line<br \/>I&#39;m the one they really watchin&#39;, you bitches is out of time <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fD5HSXlW3n\">pic.twitter.com\/fD5HSXlW3n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mercedes Mon\u00e9 Varnado (@MercedesVarnado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MercedesVarnado\/status\/1168885897099730945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the evening, we learned Sasha will challenge Becky for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship at Clash of Champions. Bayley puts the Smackdown title on the line against Charlotte Flair.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Let me just get this out of the way. This could have been done in 2017 when she was feuding with Alexa Bliss and they had that Kendo Stick match. Last year Bayley attacked Sasha on Raw in what appeared to be a heel turn. You could even go back to when she first won the Raw title from Charlotte with the help of Sasha Banks and refused to give back the title. Her babyface booking on the main roster has been terrible. With that said, this is the refresh she desperately needed, and we\u2019ll see where it goes from here. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if things stay status quo with the match against Charlotte. Clash of Champions is in Charlotte, N.C., so Charlotte is going to get cheered anyway if the match stays as is. Ember Moon could get slotted into the match to make it a triple threat. She could certainly be the buffer if they want to protect Charlotte.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Other Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Miz challenged Shinsuke Nakamura for the Intercontinental Championship at Clash of Champions. Sami Zayn came out and talked about Shinsuke being the King of Strong Style while Miz is the King of Soft Style. Nakamura attacked Miz from behind and would give him two Kinshasas. The Miz got his match as requested. Last night he defeated Cesaro.<\/li>\n<li>Bayley defeated Lacey Evans in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome. 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