{"id":9892,"date":"2016-02-04T21:11:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T03:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9892"},"modified":"2016-02-04T23:34:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T05:34:18","slug":"9892","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/04\/9892\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/4 Smackdown News &#8211; Styles vs. Jericho II announced, Reigns-Ambrose, Ryback&#8217;s new look, Lawler, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-916229117\" 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><p><strong>WWE Smackdown News &amp; Notes 2\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE announced A.J. 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It&#8217;s a rare time WWE announced a match for the following Smackdown (instead of Raw) as part of trying to reinvigorate Smackdown now that it&#8217;s on USA Network.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEXT WEEK: It&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AJvsY2JII?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AJvsY2JII<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAmJericho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IAmJericho<\/a> gets his rematch against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThePhenomenal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThePhenomenal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iprF4aByTC\">pic.twitter.com\/iprF4aByTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/695441796554297344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE announced Brock Lesnar for the next Raw continuing to build to Fast Lane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The main emphasis of Smackdown was teasing conflict between &#8220;brothers&#8221; Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. The duo are heading into a triple threat #1 contender match against Lesnar at Fast Lane.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Smackdown emanated from Smackdown announcer Jerry Lawler&#8217;s hometown of Memphis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ryback debuted a new look that was strikingly similar to a former WCW champion Goldberg.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9893\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/035_SD_02022016dg_0348-2052052970.jpg\" alt=\"035_SD_02022016dg_0348-2052052970\" width=\"439\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/035_SD_02022016dg_0348-2052052970.jpg 439w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/02\/035_SD_02022016dg_0348-2052052970-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Photo credit WWE.com]<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2459373803\"><div id=\"pwtor-2607552244\"><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 News &amp; Notes 2\/4 &#8211; WWE announced A.J. 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