{"id":109222,"date":"2022-04-15T16:44:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=109222"},"modified":"2022-04-15T16:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T21:44:40","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-two-matches-set-for-tonights-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2022\/04\/15\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-two-matches-set-for-tonights-show\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Friday Night Smackdown preview: Two matches set for tonight&#8217;s show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-53833273\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><b>By Jason Powell<\/b>, ProWrestling.net Editor (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><i>The following matches and events are advertised for tonight&#8217;s WWE Friday Night Smackdown television show.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>-Ricochet vs. Jinder Mahal for the Intercontinental Championship<\/p>\n<p>-Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn<\/p>\n<p>-Raw Tag Team Champions &#8220;RK-Bro&#8221; Randy Orton and Riddle appear<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> WWE added the RK-Bro segment since our previous update. Apparently, Jinder Mahal&#8217;s last win on October 11, 2021 was impressive enough to land him an Intercontinental Title shot. Smackdown will be live from Worcester, Massachusetts at DCU Center. Join Jake Barnett for our weekly live review of Smackdown as it airs tonight on Fox at 7CT\/8ET. Dot Net Members have exclusive access to my weekly same night audio reviews.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-15368983\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[101,3042,31],"class_list":["post-109222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-friday-night-smackdown","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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