{"id":122699,"date":"2024-02-21T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=122699"},"modified":"2024-02-16T23:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T04:43:53","slug":"preview-wwe-smackdown-2-23-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/02\/21\/preview-wwe-smackdown-2-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE SmackDown (2\/23\/24) &#8211; Elimination Chamber Go-Home Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are on the fast track to <em><strong>Elimination Chamber<\/strong><\/em> live in Perth, Australia. This week&#8217;s edition of\u00a0<em><strong>WWE SmackDown\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>will be the final destination before the momentous Premium Live Event, with\u00a0<em>Elimination Chamber<\/em> itself serving as the last glass ceiling to break through before we reach the &#8220;Showcase of the Immortals&#8221; <em><strong>WrestleMania 40<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That said, the\u00a0<strong>WWE\u00a0<\/strong>Superstars will not hold back and are poised to provide that brand of fast-paced and exciting action the Friday night program is famous for. So, with everything out of the way, here is a preview of\u00a0<em><strong>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/strong><\/em><em>.\u00a0<\/em>Let&#8217;s run it down.<\/p>\n<h3>Full WWE SmackDown Match Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bron Breakker WWE SmackDown Debut<\/li>\n<li>The Street Profits vs. Authors of Pain<\/li>\n<li>Tyler Bate &amp; Pete Dunne vs. &#8216;Dirty&#8217; Dominik Mysterio &amp; JD McDonagh<\/li>\n<li>LA Knight vs. Drew McIntyre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ready to Break(k) Friday Nights<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WELCOME TO <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SMACKDOWN?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SMACKDOWN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bronbreakkerwwe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@bronbreakkerwwe<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>HUGE WIN FOR THE BLUE BRAND!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cZiKsvJyJ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cZiKsvJyJ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1758681713188704682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After weeks of negotiation with both\u00a0<em><strong>SmackDown<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>WWE <\/strong><strong>Raw<\/strong><\/em> General Managers <strong>Nick Aldis<\/strong> and <strong>Adam Pearce<\/strong>, one-half of the new\u00a0<em><strong>NXT <\/strong><\/em>Tag Team Champions\u00a0<strong>Bron Breakker<\/strong> has officially signed with the Friday Night brand. Breakker&#8217;s monstrous performance at this year&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>Royal Rumble<\/strong><\/em> put everyone on notice and had the WWE Universe on the edge of their seats.<\/p>\n<p>No one has to wait any longer to see Bron Breakker step into a main roster ring again. On this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>, Breakker will be making his Friday night debut! Who will Bron Breakker&#8217;s first victim be?<\/p>\n<h3>Carnage Before the Chamber<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">THE MEN&#8217;S <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEChamber?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEChamber<\/a> MATCH IS SET! \u26d3\ufe0f\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>SEE YA IN PERTH AUSTRALIA, BOYS! \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qlClHdzhRQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qlClHdzhRQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1758676371797086209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two of the competitors stepping into the Men&#8217;s Elimination Chamber for a shot at <strong>Seth Rollin&#8217;s<\/strong> WWE World Heavyweight Championship at <em><strong>WrestleMania XL<\/strong><\/em> face off on this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>SmackDown<\/em>. The &#8216;Scottish Warrior&#8217;\u00a0<strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> and the &#8216;Megastar&#8217;\u00a0<strong>LA Knight<\/strong> got in the face of one another on last week&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>McIntyre stated that he <em>needed<\/em> to win this match to get to &#8216;Mania, beat Rollins, and finally have his championship-winning moment in front of tens of thousands\u00a0in attendance, which he did not receive during the pandemic era of sports entertainment. Knight immediately stepped to make his voice heard.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Megastar&#8217; stated that Drew consistently talks about &#8216;stealing moments&#8217; and that if he&#8217;s so obsessed with that happening, Knight is more than happy to steal one from him. This statement led to a scuffle between the two, leading to officials having to separate them. Fortunately, there will be no officials getting in the way of these two on this Friday&#8217;s <em>WWE SmackDown<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>It will be LA Knight versus Drew McIntyre! Who will be heading into the <em>Elimination Chamber<\/em> with momentum on their side?<\/p>\n<p>Find out and more on this week&#8217;s\u00a0<em>WWE Friday Night SmackDown<\/em> only on Fox!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More Here<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/02\/16\/wwe-smackdown-spoilers-2-23-24\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE SmackDown Spoilers (2\/23\/24) \u2013 Full Results &amp; News<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>WWE Network<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Peacock<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are on the fast track to Elimination Chamber live in Perth, Australia. This week&#8217;s edition of\u00a0WWE SmackDown\u00a0will be the final destination before the momentous Premium Live Event, with\u00a0Elimination Chamber itself serving as the last glass ceiling to break through before we reach the &#8220;Showcase of the Immortals&#8221; WrestleMania 40. That said, the\u00a0WWE\u00a0Superstars will not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3735,"featured_media":122711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,26,4,3],"tags":[527,7986,6530,686,8592,7482,536,8751,8611,5452,472],"class_list":["post-122699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-smackdown","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-authors-of-pain","tag-bron-breakker","tag-dominik-mysterio","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-jd-mcdonagh","tag-la-knight","tag-pete-dunne","tag-the-final-testament","tag-the-judgment-day","tag-the-street-profits","tag-tyler-bate"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3735"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}