{"id":41725,"date":"2018-06-24T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T19:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=41725"},"modified":"2018-06-24T14:11:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T19:11:52","slug":"title-match-announced-for-wwe-smackdown-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2018\/06\/24\/title-match-announced-for-wwe-smackdown-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Title match announced for WWE Smackdown Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2363680137\" 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\">@prowrestlingnet<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>WWE Smackdown general manager Paige announced that Jeff Hardy will defend the U.S. Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura on Tuesday&#8217;s Smackdown Live television show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span> Hardy beat Nakamura by DQ in a non-title match on the June 12 edition when Nakamura hit him with a low blow. I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised to see Nakamura take the title since it&#8217;s a nice landing spot for him after he came up short of winning the WWE Championship during his feud with AJ Styles. Join me for live coverage of Smackdown on Tuesday night (Jake Barnett is on vacation).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">As General Manger of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SDLive<\/a>, it\u2019s my responsibility to make matches that you want to SEE &#8230; so, I\u2019m making it official. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JEFFHARDYBRAND?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffHardyBrand<\/a> will defend the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USTitle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USTitle<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinsukeN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShinsukeN<\/a> THIS Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PAIGE (@RealPaigeWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealPaigeWWE\/status\/1010959894852366339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/180116\/54980122\" width=\"1000\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-3541562629\" 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":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":[116,277,101,31],"class_list":["post-41725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-jeff-hardy","tag-shinsuke-nakamura","tag-wwe","tag-wwe-smackdown"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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