{"id":136783,"date":"2023-09-01T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=136783"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:40:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:40:53","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-john-cena-returns-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/09\/01\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-john-cena-returns-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Friday Night Smackdown preview: John Cena returns tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-1344556236\" 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>-John Cena returns<\/p>\n<p>-Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar vs. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller<\/p>\n<p>-Jimmy Uso returns<\/p>\n<p>-The final push for WWE Payback<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Smackdown will be live from Hershey, Pennsylvania at Giant Center. Jake Barnett has the night off, so join me for my live review of Smackdown as the show airs on Fox at 7CT\/8ET. My same night audio review will be available exclusively for <a href=\"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/dot-net-membership-benefits\/\">Dot Net Members<\/a> (including our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/prowrestlingdotnet\">Patreon<\/a> patrons).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-133812558\" 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":[101,31],"class_list":["post-136783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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