{"id":142614,"date":"2023-12-15T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=142614"},"modified":"2023-12-14T13:13:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:13:16","slug":"wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-roman-reigns-returns-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2023\/12\/15\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown-preview-roman-reigns-returns-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Friday Night Smackdown preview: Roman Reigns returns tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-3125410198\" 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>-WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns returns<\/p>\n<p>-Grayson Waller vs. Carmelo Hayes in a first-round tournament match to determine the No. 1 contender to the U.S. Title<\/p>\n<p>-Kevin Owens vs. Austin Theory in a first-round tournament match to determine the No. 1 contender to the U.S. Title<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Santos Escobar and Bobby Lashley won the first tournament matches and will meet in the semifinals, while the winner of the matches listed above will meet in the semifinals. Shawn Michaels announced Carmelo Hayes as the mystery tournament entrant from NXT. Smackdown will be live from Green Bay, Wisconsin at Resch Center. Join Jake Barnett for his weekly live review of Smackdown as the show airs Fridays on Fox at 7CT\/8ET. Jake&#8217;s audio reviews are 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-2639260961\" 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-142614","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 v27.3 - 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