{"id":51467,"date":"2019-07-31T06:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T10:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=51467"},"modified":"2019-08-01T23:55:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T03:55:38","slug":"smackdown-highlights-trish-stratus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/07\/31\/smackdown-highlights-trish-stratus\/","title":{"rendered":"SmackDown Highlights \u2013 Charlotte Confronts Trish Stratus (7\/30\/19)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SmackDown LIVE<\/strong> was a weird night to say the very least. We awaited <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong>\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2019\/07\/23\/trish-stratus-summerslam-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SummerSlam<\/a> Challenge\u201d while also getting <strong>Trish Stratus<\/strong> on WWE TV to set up the big-time match with \u201cThe Queen\u201d. Overall a good but confusing show with plenty of highlights to take a look at.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Charlotte vs Trish Stratus made OFFICIAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51470\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51470\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Trish-vs-Charlotte.jpg\" alt=\"Trish Stratus\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Trish-vs-Charlotte.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Trish-vs-Charlotte-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SmackDown LIVE hailed from Memphis, Tennessee which meant it was time for <strong>Jerry Lawler<\/strong> to return to WWE TV. He would hold a \u201cKing\u2019s Court\u201d with special guest, WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. Stratus would discuss with Lawler how she missed Raw Reunion as she was on vacation with her family and being a mother, which is why she could not be there. This led to the one and only queen of the WWE, <strong>Charlotte Flair<\/strong>, making her way down to the ring to do one thing and one thing only. She would <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/23\/trish-stratus-summerslam-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">officially challenge Trish Stratus<\/a> to a match in Trish\u2019s hometown of Toronto at the second biggest show of the year, SummerSlam.<\/p>\n<p>This allows Charlotte to try and prove that she is the greatest of all-time as she already has the most championship reigns for a woman in WWE history, now she wants to beat Trish to further that notion. Trish would make it clear that Charlotte has to \u201cbeat the woman to be the woman\u201d, accepting the challenge and setting up the huge match for <strong><em>SummerSlam<\/em><\/strong>. This could be one of Trish\u2019s last matches, so we always appreciate when she does comeback, especially in a bout with Charlotte Flair that is one of the biggest in WWE\u2019s women\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charlotte Flair challenges Trish Stratus to a SummerSlam showdown: SmackDown LIVE, July 30, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSKKVg6BKIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Firefly Fun House with Rambling Rabbit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Rambling Rabbit appeared as the <strong>Firefly Fun House<\/strong> returned. He brought up his love for <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> before letting the world know that the Fun House wasn\u2019t as it appeared. He would run off as <strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong> would appear, asking for the fireflies to let him in. One of those things you just have to see.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rambling Rabbit fears for Finn B\u00e1lor in the Firefly Funhouse: SmackDown LIVE, July 30, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Oc7KMzwzhmg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Going inside the mind of \u201cThe Viper\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51471\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51471\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Orton-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Orton-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Orton-1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are very few times we get to see the cold, calculating side of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/28\/last-real-stars-wwe-john-cena-and-randy-orton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Randy Orton<\/strong><\/a> anymore. He doesn\u2019t wrestle full time on TV by any means and hasn\u2019t really be included in much since <em>WrestleMania<\/em>. Last week it was made official that he would face<strong> Kofi Kingston<\/strong> at SummerSlam for the WWE Championship. It is a match <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/07\/29\/10-years-later-kofi-kingston-finds-perfect-summerslam-opponent-in-randy-orton\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 years in the making<\/a> which led to a unique sit-down interview with Orton which highlighted the night where Orton screamed the \u201cstupid, stupid, stupid\u201d to Kingston and Kingston\u2019s rise to the main event was halted. Orton discussed once again how being named Randy Orton got him to where he was while Kingston got lucky all because of Orton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Viper\u201d asked why he didn\u2019t get a thank you for injuring <strong>Ali<\/strong> back before the <em>Elimination Chamber<\/em>. Doing that allowed Kofi to get the opportunity and ultimately become WWE Champion. He continued saying the only reason Kofi got there was because of him, and at SummerSlam, that will all come crashing down with an RKO. An excellent interview that can only continue the hype for this bout.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cInside the mind of The Viper\u201d: SmackDown LIVE, July 30, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xST29oAlZgs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Roman Reigns gets squished\u2026 almost<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51472\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51472\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Reigns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Reigns.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Reigns-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As SmackDown LIVE was about to go off the air, Roman Reigns was prepared to lay down his SummerSlam Challenge in an interview with Kayla Braxton backstage. What instead happened was Roman Reigns would almost be completely taken out by a piece of staging equipment. It was weird, it wasn\u2019t revealed who or what went on, which leaves us wondering one thing. Who is behind this attempt of crushing \u201cThe Big Dog\u201d? Guess we will find out next week or at SummerSlam, but who really knows?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Roman Reigns narrowly avoids backstage calamity: SmackDown LIVE, July 30, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8i6tEi_zmyA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><strong>SmackDown LIVE MVP: Ali<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51473\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51473\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Ali.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Ali.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/07\/Ali-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday night, Ali had the opportunity to fight <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> with Finn Balor sick and out. Ali lost but showed the heart that fans knew he had in him. He got another opportunity at the Intercontinental Champion and did not let it go to waste. He came out of the box fast and didn\u2019t really give Nakamura time to breath. Ali would reverse three total Kinshasa attempts, including the final one where he rolled him up for the victory. Ali seemingly has earned a shot at SummerSlam and if these two get the time, a great story should be told.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ali vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: SmackDown LIVE, July 30, 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mKTpQofFylM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another week of WWE TV has gone by and moved ahead a lot of stories while leaving a huge cliffhanger to end SmackDown LIVE. It\u2019ll be interesting to see what comes out further about it and if it leads to Roman Reigns\u2019 SummerSlam match.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for 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.\u00a0 Make sure to subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/wwenetwork\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a> to see everything WWE produces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SmackDown LIVE was a weird night to say the very least. We awaited Roman Reigns\u2019 \u201cSummerSlam Challenge\u201d while also getting Trish Stratus on WWE TV to set up the big-time match with \u201cThe Queen\u201d. Overall a good but confusing show with plenty of highlights to take a look at. 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