{"id":86225,"date":"2019-09-17T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T17:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=86225"},"modified":"2019-09-17T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T17:48:08","slug":"wwe-smackdown-primer-9-17-continued-clash-of-champions-fallout-its-a-six-man-yes-it-is-here-ye-here-ye-all-hail-king-corbin-a-bludgeoning-reunion-shane-talks-owens-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/17\/wwe-smackdown-primer-9-17-continued-clash-of-champions-fallout-its-a-six-man-yes-it-is-here-ye-here-ye-all-hail-king-corbin-a-bludgeoning-reunion-shane-talks-owens-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE SMACKDOWN PRIMER 9\/17: Continued Clash of Champions Fallout, It\u2019s a Six-Man Yes It Is, Here Ye Here Ye All Hail King Corbin, A Bludgeoning Reunion, Shane Talks Owens Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3775888632\" 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 17, 2019<br \/>\nATLANTA, GA. AT THE STATE FARM 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>We continue to move away from Clash of Champions tonight as we get ready for another edition of Smackdown. The \u201cblue brand\u201d emanates from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA tonight after appearing last October. The arena opened in 1999 and has hosted not only WWE TV events, but PPVs including the 2010 Royal Rumble which saw Edge surprise everyone and return six months earlier than what had been planned. He won the match and would go on to challenge Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at the ensuing WrestleMania. Roman Reigns won his first WWE Championship in this building at the 2015 Survivor Series but would lose it moments later to Sheamus as he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. WCW held a few Nitros in this building as well upon opening.<\/p>\n<p>There is a quick turnaround in terms of current PPVs as Hell in a Cell, which is slated to take place October 6th, returns to this building after appearing in 2012. Here is what\u2019s advertised for tonight\u2019s show thus far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The New Day meet Randy Orton &amp; The Revival in Six-Man Tag Team Match<\/li>\n<li>King Corbin ready for his coronation<\/li>\n<li>Erick Rowan sits down for interview after Clash of Champions reunion<\/li>\n<li>Shane McMahon to address firing of Kevin Owens<\/li>\n<li>Will Bayley\u2019s dirty victory over Charlotte Flair catch up to her?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p>New Day (WWE Champion Kofi Kingston &amp; Big E &amp; Xavier Woods) vs. Randy Orton and Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder)<\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday, New Day was unsuccessful in their attempt to continue to \u201cthe gold\u201d if you will as the Revival took the Smackdown Tag Team Championship from New Day. The Revival has now held the NXT, Raw, and Smackdown Tag Team titles in their WWE career. Following the match, they cut a promo talking about there\u2019ll be no more swiveling and \u201call that other stuff\u201d New Day does. Kofi Kingston, however, was successful as he defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship as he continues his reign that started with a victory over Daniel Bryan at this year\u2019s WrestleMania. Kofi expressed his disappointment on Twitter despite retaining his title:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bittersweet feeling tonight at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEClash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEClash<\/a>. We came up short, but we also succeeded &amp; around here, we take what we can get. Won\u2019t be long until we\u2019re back at full force. In the meantime, I don\u2019t wanna hear ANYTHING from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandyOrton<\/a> anymore! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeStillChamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeStillChamp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kofi Kingston (@TrueKofi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrueKofi\/status\/1173463821651972096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>New Day, Orton, and the Revival have been circling each other for quite some time now. Most notably, Revival injured Woods\u2019 knee with Orton restraining Kofi about a month ago on Raw:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The New Day vs. The Revival: Raw, Aug. 19, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qU6zyaeQkOw?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>A full-strength New Day takes on Randy Orton and the Revival tonight in six-man tag team action.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Despite Kofi getting a clean win over Orton this past Sunday, they likely may be looking to continue the feud even though it may be hard pressed to get people interested in seeing more matches between these two. Sunday\u2019s match was decent, but not really defining for Kofi. I thought they had a Hell in a Cell match in their future, but with Rollins vs. Wyatt and Lynch vs. Banks in those matches at the next PPV, that\u2019s probably not going to happen. I\u2019m sure Big E &amp; Woods will look to get a title match out of the Revival. The rosters get reset Oct 11th and 14th, so I could see WWE wanting to squeeze a little more juice out the feud with these guys.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1867504742\" 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>The Coronation of \u201cKing\u201d Baron Corbin<\/h3>\n<p>Last night on Raw Baron Corbin took his place with \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage, Harley Race, \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin, Bret \u201cHit Man\u201d Hart, and countless other legends as he won the 2019 King of the Ring tournament defeating Chad Gable in the finals. He becomes the first \u201cKing\u201d since 2015 when Wade Barrett won the honor. Here\u2019s Corbin in a WWE exclusive with Kayla Braxton and also Chad Gable:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"King Corbin motivated by spite: Raw Exclusive, Sept. 16, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GeSsUWHZy0c?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=\"Chad Gable\u2019s journey ends in a dark place: Raw Exclusive, Sept. 16, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gYAWNt45Juc?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Corbin gets coronated tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I said for a while this thing had Baron Corbin written all over it. I wanted to be wrong, as there were better choices and better things that could have been done with this tournament, but Vince McMahon can\u2019t help himself with Corbin. We\u2019ll see if it gets him more heat and gets him more over as a heel, but my money is no. It didn\u2019t work with having him beat Kurt Angle at WrestleMania, it didn\u2019t work during his mega-push times, and I don\u2019t see it working now.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Sit-down Interview with Erick Rowan<\/h3>\n<p>This past Sunday at Clash of Champions, Erick Rowan defeated Roman Reigns in a no-DQ match which came as a result of Rowan being the man behind recent attacks on Reigns on both Raw and Smackdown. He had some help though, as long-time Wyatt Family and Bludgeon Brother partner Luke Harper returned to WWE television. As Rowan and Reigns were brawling on the outside of the ring, Harper intercepted Reigns as he was attempting to spear Rowan.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been quite some time since we\u2019ve seen Harper. What this means for Rowan\u2019s and his future remains to be seen. Rowan sits down for an interview tonight to address this and his hostilities towards Reigns.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Maybe I\u2019m looking too much into things, but Drew McIntyre loses to Reigns in nine minutes at WrestleMania and never got a win over him that I recall. Yet Shane McMahon and Rowan get wins? I know there were shenanigans both times, but still. McIntyre is 100 times better than those guys combined. Maybe I shouldn\u2019t care about this, but it crossed my mind. Anyway, hopefully the Bludgeon Brothers aren\u2019t reuniting. If they want Rowan and Harper to join forces that\u2019s fine. Let them be a dominant tandem. Leave the goofy costumes and bludgeoning promos somewhere else.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Shane McMahon to Address Firing of Kevin Owens<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Shane McMahon replaced Elias in the King of the Ring tournament Smackdown final match against Chad Gable. Kevin Owens, looking to get his $100,000 fine lifted, was the special guest referee chosen by Shane who was looking for Owens to do \u201cthe right thing.\u201d Gable won the match as a result of Owens\u2019 fast count, but Shane made the match two-out-of-three falls. Gable would still win as he tapped out Shane to his ankle lock. Owens was then attacked by Shane and fired. See my on-site report here at PWTorch.com if you want more details as well as Wade Keller\u2019s and Brandon LeClair\u2019s TV reports.<\/p>\n<p>Owens is always animated on Twitter about his life and his family. He posted a few things \u201cwise-ass\u201d tweets regarding what happened to Becky Lynch as she accidentally struck an official at Clash of Champions. It was striking Elias that got Owens the $100,000 fine. Here are those tweets:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2386924268\" 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>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightOwensFight\/status\/1173401670375682048?s=20<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightOwensFight\/status\/1173593020534595590?s=20<\/p>\n<p>Owens also tweeted the numbers that coincide with the letters N-X-T:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">14-24-20<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kevinn (@FightOwensFight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightOwensFight\/status\/1171647202168594433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shane addresses Owens\u2019 firing tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Last week was a mess on a lot of levels. There\u2019s no need to rehash it. There are rumors of Owens going to NXT, which isn\u2019t surprising at least to me especially with NXT going to the USA Network. The question is, is that seen as a demotion? They talk about NXT being the third \u201cinternational touring brand,\u201d but it still seems like the developmental territory. We\u2019ll see how that changes with the move to cable TV. I hate that I think this, but Owens may be better off in NXT. Adam Cole is going to need an opponent for the championship. Owens vs. Cole could work for the next Takeover.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Storyline Follow-Up<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Bayley\u2019s \u201cDirty\u201d Victory over Charlotte Flair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You think Ric Flair is the dirtiest player in the game? You clearly haven\u2019t met the \u201chugger.\u201d Bayley retained her Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship over Charlotte Flair in a surprisingly quick match. She exposed the lower turnbuckle with the referee\u2019s back turned and rammed Charlotte\u2019s head into it and scored the pin. She then ran off with the title. Here she is in a WWE.com exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bayley on the run after retaining SmackDown Women\u2019s Title: WWE Exclusive, Sept. 15, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MhctiQe1Nz8?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><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: While I thought this match could have been more, overall, they were smart to have Bayley show what she is willing to do to keep her championship. She is a different kind of heel, and I\u2019m interested to see what she does as I think a lot of people are which is good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undertaker made a special appearance at MSG. He was interrupted by Sami Zayn and gave him a chokeslam.<\/li>\n<li>The Miz defeated Andrade and was attacked by Shinsuke Nakamura in advance of their Intercontinental Championship match this past Sunday at Clash of Champions. Nakamura retained with the help of Sami Zayn.<\/li>\n<li>Nikki Cross defeated Mandy Rose<\/li>\n<li>Heavy Machinery (Otis &amp; Tucker) won a squash match<\/li>\n<li>Bayley defeated Ember Moon 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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