{"id":16901,"date":"2016-12-05T09:22:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=16901"},"modified":"2016-12-05T09:17:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T15:17:51","slug":"wwe-announces-a-title-match-for-smackdown-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/12\/05\/wwe-announces-a-title-match-for-smackdown-live\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces a title match for Smackdown Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2606187434\" 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><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10722 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?resize=299%2C168\" alt=\"newsmackdownlogo1\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?w=299&amp;ssl=1 299w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/07\/newsmackdownlogo1.jpg?resize=139%2C78&amp;ssl=1 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/>AJ Styles vs. James Ellsworth for the WWE Championship is the main event of Tuesday&#8217;s Smackdown Live television show. The match was announced on the Talking Smack show that followed the TLC pay-per-view.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Ellsworth played up his 3-0 record against Styles as the reason he turned on Dean Ambrose and cost him the match at TLC. My best guess is that Styles and Ellsworth will be aligned coming out of Smackdown.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-802148969\" 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>AJ Styles vs. James Ellsworth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10722,"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":[97,138,1091,1080,101],"class_list":["post-16901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-aj-styles","tag-dean-ambrose","tag-james-ellsworth","tag-smackdown-live","tag-wwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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