[WWE intro music plays]
[John Cena] Then…
-[glass shattering] -[The Rock] If ya smell…
-[bell tolls] -[Cena] Now…
-♪ The King of Kings ♪ -♪ You can't see me ♪
[Cena] Forever.
[crowd cheering]
Together.
[music fades out]
[tense music playing]
[narrator] Brock Lesnar planned to ring in the new year
as the Universal Champion at Day 1,
but it was not to be.
[Michael Cole] Roman Reigns has tested positive for COVID-19.
[narrator] With the Tribal Chief medically unable to compete,
Lesnar found himself in need of a new challenge.
[Pat McAfee] Brock Lesnar is still hungry for a championship.
[narrator] The Beast victimized four elite Superstars…
-[bell ringing] -…to become the new WWE Champion.
The greatest WWE Champion of all time,
Brock Lesnar!
[crowd cheering]
[Lesnar] Roman Reigns, acknowledge me.
[narrator] With his advocate and new title in tow,
The Beast confronted Roman Reigns with a high-stakes proposal.
Title versus title.
It's a good idea, but it's not my idea.
[narrator] At Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar defended his WWE Title
against "The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley.
[announcer] Oh!
Referee is absolutely laid out.
[narrator] Determined to deny Brock, the Universal Champion intervened.
[announcer] What the hell? Roman Reigns!
[narrator] At the Head of the Table's behest,
Paul Heyman showed his true colors once more.
[heartbeat]
[announcer] Lesnar is down.
[announcer 2] Lashley with a cover!
-And we have a new champion. -[crowd cheering]
[narrator] But on this night, The Beast would not be denied.
[crowd] Three, two, one.
[buzzer sounds]
-[rock music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] The alpha male of our species is infuriated.
[driving rock music plays]
-Brock Lesnar's going to WrestleMania! -[bell rings]
[narrator] For most men, that would be more than enough,
but Brock Lesnar is not most men.
[Lesnar] You see, at WrestleMania,
Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns is gonna be title versus title.
[announcer] How do you make Brock Lesnar more dangerous?
You unleash The Beast inside the Elimination Chamber.
[narrator] With nothing to lose,
Brock Lesnar entered himself into the Elimination Chamber…
[Cole] Lesnar out of the pod. Lesnar wasn't gonna wait.
[narrator] …and decimated four other challengers
to become WWE Champion once again.
[announcer] No, not up there!
Brock, please!
[Cole] Oh my God!
[crowd] One, two, three.
-Brock Lesnar's the WWE Champion. -[bell rings]
[narrator] And now, destiny awaits.
[announcer] The road to WrestleMania runs straight through Suplex City.
[narrator] At the Showcase of the Immortals
on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
It will truly be a clash of the titans
in the main event of WrestleMania.
[Cole] Title versus title.
[narrator] A Winner-Take-All Championship Unification
in the biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
-[crowd cheering] -[music fades out]
-[crowd cheering] -[rock music plays]
[Pat] You are looking live at a sold-out,
packed-to-the-gills Giant Center
in beautiful Hershey, Pennsylvania.
Tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on Fox is sponsored by Progressive,
a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more.
[rock music plays]
[Pat] As reported earlier today by espn.com,
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar faces Universal Champion Roman Reigns
in the biggest WrestleMania match of all time,
Winner-Take-All Championship Unification on WrestleMania,
Sunday, April 3rd, streaming live on Peacock.
Tonight, for the first time since the Royal Rumble,
Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns will be in the same ring
to make the biggest WrestleMania match of all time official
with a contract signing.
All hell is gonna break loose here on SmackDown.
[singer] ♪ Are you ready for a… ♪
[Pat] Standing by in the ring,
the greatest commentator in the history of sports entertainment,
Michael Cole.
Ladies and gentlemen,
she is a former Raw Women's Champion.
She is the winner of the 2022 Women's Royal Rumble Match.
[cheers and applause]
She is The Baddest Woman on the Planet.
Please welcome "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.
[crowd cheering]
["Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts playing]
[crowd cheering and applauding]
♪ I don't give a damn About my reputation ♪
♪ Living in the past It's a new generation… ♪
[Pat] An arm breaker beloved by the WWE Universe.
♪ And I don't give a damn About my bad reputation… ♪
[Pat] Universally known ass-kicking machine.
♪ Not me… ♪
[Pat] Ronda Rousey on Friday. This is beautiful.
♪ And I don't give a damn About my reputation ♪
♪ I never said I wanted To improve my station ♪
♪ And I'm only doing good When I'm having fun ♪
♪ And I don't have to please no one ♪
-[song ends] -Ronda, welcome.
[crowd] Ronda! Ronda! Ronda!
Ronda! Ronda! Ronda!
[cheers and applause]
Ronda, it'd been three years
since you had stepped foot inside a WWE ring.
Why did you decide to return at the Royal Rumble?
[sighs]
Well, um, while main eventing WrestleMania in 2019, I broke my hand,
and after I rehabbed that, I broke my other hand.
And after I rehabbed that, I became pregnant with my daughter.
-[crowd cheers] -[chuckles] Yeah.
[cheers and applause]
And as soon as I calculated my due date,
I knew that four months after giving birth,
I wanted to come back, win the Royal Rumble,
and punch my ticket to my second main event at WrestleMania.
-[crowd cheering] -Awesome.
And I did it. [laughing]
Um, but that's because my mom…
She was the first American to win the World Championships in judo
while she was a single mother.
[crowd cheering]
This is while she was working as an engineer
while she was working for her PhD.
-[person whoops] -Yeah, she's amazing, and…
I wanted to set that same example of bad-assery for my daughter,
and that's why I came back.
[crowd cheering]
I tell you, your, uh, your daughter has quite the role model,
because you've accomplished so many firsts in your career.
You were the first American woman to medal in judo at the Olympics.
You were the first woman UFC Champion.
You were the first woman to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame,
and as you mentioned earlier, you were one of three women
to main event WrestleMania for the very first time.
[cheers and applause]
So with all those accomplishments, how did it feel
to finally win the Royal Rumble?
Uh, well, it felt great in the moment,
but, honestly, I don't like to dwell on past accomplishments.
I'm already looking forward to what's next,
and what's next is I want to be the first woman
in half a quadrennial to tap out Charlotte Flair.
[cheers and applause]
You had your first taste of Charlotte Flair
this past Saturday at Elimination Chamber.
You teamed with Naomi to take on Sonya Deville
and the SmackDown Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair,
in a tag team match.
However, you competed with one arm behind your back.
Now, you did pretty well against Sonya Deville,
but with Charlotte… it was a different story.
[dramatic music plays]
[Pat] Here's what Michael Cole is alluding to.
Charlotte Flair brutalized Ronda Rousey,
who would inevitably go on to tap out Sonya Deville.
But Charlotte Flair savagely attacked the one-armed Ronda Rousey
with zero care in the world.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
["Recognition" playing]
[cheers and applause]
[Pat] Speaking of…
our champion.
[song continues]
[Pat] Charlotte oozing confidence…
[fireworks popping]
[Pat] …for good reason.
[song fades out]
Ronda, last Saturday I gave you a little taste of a welcome back,
and it was so much fun.
[mixed crowd response]
I actually showed you a lot of mercy, Ronda,
because I felt so sorry for you, you know,
with the one arm tied behind her back.
I felt so sorry for you.
Now, it's not gonna be like that at WrestleMania.
You wanna know why? Because WrestleMania is supposed to be stupendous!
And it's going to be when I put you in the Figure-Eight,
and for the first time in your life,
you are going to scream for mercy
and tap out.
[crowd booing]
Which means
I remain the SmackDown Women's Champion.
[crowd booing]
And, Ronda, the silver lining for you is
you get to go home and work on baby number two.
-[Flair laughing] Ah! -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Oh my God.
That scumbag Sonya Deville
-just attacked Ronda Rousey. -You got two arms now,
so why can't you fight me?
Why? You got two arms now.
What's your excuse now?
[Pat] And Charlotte taking advantage of Sonya being a scumbag…
[Ronda] Aah!
[Pat] …breaking the right knee of Ronda Rousey,
the same one that's been surgically repaired seven times,
around the post.
Why is it? Explain to me. Why is it that you're such a failure?
Why is it that you're such a failure? Huh?
You have two arms now.
[Cole] And Ronda turning the tables on the cowardly Sonya Deville.
-[Pat] Happy you're safe, Michael Cole. -That's all you got?
[Pat] Charlotte and Sonya staged an attack on Ronda Rousey.
["Bad Reputation" plays]
[Pat] Ronda remains standing in the end.
♪ And that's what I'm gonna do ♪
♪ And I don't give a damn About my bad reputation… ♪
[taunting indistinctly]
[rap music plays]
[Pat] Big E riding on his birthday gift from Kofi.
Taking on Los Lotharios next on Fox.
[singer] ♪ In the game And I'm killing, I'm killing it ♪
[crowd booing]
[indistinct shouting]
What are you doing? I can't believe you keep getting involved
in matches like this, and where's your jacket?
-Well-- -Listen, no matter.
Sonya, it's my duty to inform you
that because of those actions and her request,
next week you are gonna go one-on-one with Ronda Rousey.
And Sonya, upper management has already made that match official.
[Pat] Adam Pearce making dreams come true
next week in Miami.
Sonya, Ronda, let's go.
[Los Lotharios' theme music plays]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Angel and Humberto,
"the Lethal Lovers," Los Lotharios!
[Cole] "The Lethal Lovers."
[announcer] And now, the Los Lotharios Kiss Cam.
[Pat] What's that? This-this started when I was gone?
[Cole] Yeah, it did. This is, uh, this is something new.
Uh, some lucky lady is going to be involved
in the Kiss Cam here tonight, Pat.
[Pat] Congratulations to her.
You know, I would've never expected this.
The world needs a little bit more love, doesn't it?
-How you doing? -Oh my God.
[Pat] Yeah, a little Los Lotharios sandwich.
[music continues]
[Cole] All right. So now Los Lotharios is set for tag team action.
This is a rubber match of sorts tonight because Los Lotharios taking on New Day.
Each team owns a victory in this rivalry.
[Pat] Wow.
Los Lotharios is very impressive. I mean, let's…
I mean, the Kiss Cam, the way they look, the way they act.
Everything about them says champions.
But can they do that against the big boys?
We'll find out.
♪ It's a new day! Yes, it is! ♪
["New Day, New Way" plays]
[cheers and applause]
[ATV engine revving]
[announcer] And their opponents, the team of Big E and Kofi Kingston.
[Cole] So Pat, Big E celebrating a birthday next week,
so an early birthday gift from Kofi Kingston, an ATV.
So my birthday's coming up in a number of months.
Maybe you can get me something cool like that.
[Pat] I don't know if you would have any idea how to operate a quad like that.
Big E and Kofi look fantastic.
They look powerful. They look better than ever.
Happy birthday, Big E.
-Ah! -So, New Day.
And let me officially welcome you back
after a two-week hiatus at the Super Bowl, Pat McAfee.
Welcome back to Friday Night SmackDown.
It is an honor to be here in beautiful Hershey, Pennsylvania.
I've missed this. I've yearned for this moment.
It is great to be back.
[Cole] So someone who knows a lot about money, listen to this.
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[Pat] That sounds amazing.
So does this match we have.
[Cole] Again, each tag team owns a victory…
-[bell rings] - …in this rivalry.
The rubber match here tonight.
Kofi Kingston gonna start things off with Humberto of Los Lotharios.
Hey, did you get a chance to check out on the WWE YouTube channel
our celebration of Black History Month,
a great conversation with the three Black champions of the modern era,
Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Bobby Lashley?
Cover by Kofi, and a kick out.
[Pat] I did get to check that out. Byron Saxton did an incredible job there.
An amazing conversation and also one that the world…
-Tag. - …would enjoy listening to.
-The New Day has been fantastic. -[Cole] Quite the week for Big E.
We mentioned his birthday in a couple of days.
Also, he was the honorary pace car driver at the Daytona 500
this past weekend here on Fox.
Cover by Big E and a kick out by Humberto.
[Pat] Ratings were up big for that Daytona 500 down there,
and I think it's because Big E was involved.
[Cole] Abdominal stretch by Big E,
teaming once again with his long-time partner, Kofi Kingston,
both former WWE Champions.
Would like to win the Tag Team Titles again one day.
-[crowd chanting] New Day rocks! -The current champs, the Usos…
[crowd] New Day rocks!
[Cole] They were supposed to defend the titles
back in Elimination Chamber this past Saturday
but attacked the Viking Raiders before the match could even begin.
[Pat] And the Lethal Lover there was sick of The New Day rocks chant
being started on his ribcage,
but inevitably, Big E is too strong.
[Cole] And just pounding away on Humberto.
The tag made here's Kingston.
[Pat] What New Day has been able to accomplish as a tag team,
Los Lotharios should be looking at this as their Super Bowl, their WrestleMania.
They're at the--
[Cole] Double team.
And Kofi into the cover. Is it enough to put Humberto away?
And a kick out. Great point, Pat.
New Day, former 11-time Tag Team Champions
because of moves like that.
-Ooh! -[Pat] Going over top.
Booty to the sternum.
[Cole] Kofi Kingston launched out to the apron.
Tremendous balance by Kofi who catches Humberto with a kick.
Now Angel with a distraction, and Humberto takes over.
Tag made, Angel's legal.
[Pat] Kofi, too tough for his own good.
Didn't flinch. Got distracted.
[Cole] And now Los Lotharios with a double team opportunity.
And Kofi Kingston driven into the apron kidney-first.
-There we go! -[Cole] Los Lotharios cruising.
Can New Day get back in this?
-Oh! -[Pat] We got quads out.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] It has been all Los Lotharios during the commercial break here
on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Angel and Humberto beating the hell out of Kofi Kingston,
looking to knock off the former 11-time Tag Team Champions,
The New Day, here tonight.
[Pat] The Lethal Lovers have been exactly that,
on the same page.
-[Cole] Cover. -One, two…
[Cole] Kick out, near fall.
[Pat] This would be a shocker here on the road to WrestleMania.
[Cole] I cannot tell you how impressed the WWE Universe has been
with Los Lotharios, the Lethal Lovers in recent weeks.
[crowd chanting] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Pat] People can be impressed,
but sold-out arenas are chanting for the other team for a reason.
[Cole] Yeah, Giant Arena, Hershey, Pennsylvania tonight
jammed to the rafters for Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Can you believe, Pat, tomorrow,
five weeks until WrestleMania?
-[Pat] I can't wait. -[referee] Come on!
It'll be the first WrestleMania I've ever been a part of
aside from the one where you tried to fire me for wearing shorts.
It's the most stupendous WrestleMania of all time.
WrestleMania Saturday. WrestleMania Sunday.
[Cole] Tag. And here comes Angel
and the double team by Los Lotharios.
-One… -[Cole] Oh, and Kofi in deep trouble!
Two…
-[moaning] -[Pat] Did you see that maneuver?
-[grunting] -Cole, you've been doing this 25 years.
What the hell was that?
[Cole] I'm gonna show you once again, Pat.
You asked for it, you get it.
[Pat] Ugh! Like a slingshot.
[Cole] And now Angel continues to work on Kofi Kingston's leg.
Kofi rolls back,
creates some space and separation,
and Kofi Kingston now!
But can he make a tag?
Big E back up to the apron.
Left leg of Kofi Kingston.
[Pat] He did not catch all of it.
[crowd chanting] New Day rocks! New Day Rocks!
[Pat] But you can tell the capacity crowd here in Pennsylvania…
[crowd chanting] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
-[Pat] …knows that Kofi-- -[Cole] Tag!
Here's Big E and here's Humberto
and a belly-to-belly by the 285-pounder,
the former WWE Champion.
[Pat] The Iowa Hawkeye, the megaman.
[Cole] And another belly-to-belly.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] It is coming alive here.
[Cole] Big E feeding off the WWE fans.
[Pat] "Wipe it down," he said.
-Brush it off. -[Cole] Splash!
[crowd chanting] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
New Day rocks! New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Cole] And Big E looking to put… Los Lotharios away.
Again, the distraction by Angel. Superkick.
[Pat] Big E caught him.
But these Lethal Lovers are so damn clever.
[overlapping shouting]
[Pat] What?
[both] Tag!
[Cole] Kofi's legal.
[Pat] The power of Big E.
[Pat] Face-first.
Little Midnight Hour action for The New Day.
Oh, wait a minute.
[Cole] A kick out at two.
[Pat] Where the hell did he come from?
[Cole] Version of the Midnight Hour. Couldn't pull it off.
And now, Kingston with a dropkick.
[both grunting]
[Cole] Angel, Kofi Kingston looking for the SOS.
Kofi dropped outside the ring.
Here comes Angel now. Whoa!
Suicide dive, driving Kingston to the floor.
[referee] One…
[Pat] This thing was over just moments ago for The New Day.
Now all of a sudden-- What's he thinking?
Kofi gifted that to Big E for his birthday.
Don't touch the quad.
[engine rumbling]
[Pat] Listen to that thing purr.
[Cole] Kofi Kingston launching himself off the steps into Angel.
[Pat] He was getting lost in the Polaris.
Kofi took advantage.
[Cole] Uh-oh, Humberto belly-to-belly.
What a throw… by Big E.
Kofi heading up now to the top rope.
Kingston gonna fly and runs into a kick.
Is it enough for the big win?
-One, two… -[Cole] Hook of the leg.
Kofi at two.
Angel can't believe it.
Kingston kicked out, a near fall.
[Pat] Neither can I, Cole.
He came from 20 feet in the sky right to a boot to his jaw
and somehow kicked out.
[Cole] Angel now up to the top rope.
Look at this, Big E with the ATV.
[Pat] He'll do it, he says.
I've seen it run over trees bigger than that Lethal Lover.
Run his ass over, Big E.
[Cole] And Kingston from behind. Angel able to roll through.
Knee by Kofi.
Tag made. Big E's legal.
Big E into the ring,
and now Kofi with a Midnight Hour.
-Cover. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[Cole] New Day with a win.
-[bell rings] -What a match!
["New Day, New Way" playing]
[announcer] Here are your winners,
the team of Kofi Kingston and Big E.
[Cole] Incredible matchup here tonight.
New Day with the win over Los Lotharios.
[Pat] That was special.
-[theme music playing] -[Pat] Oh my God.
That's Usos, and that bald stooge on the right…
Sammy Bran Muffins.
Sam Roberts is here on SmackDown?
What the hell is Sam Roberts doing on SmackDown?
[announcer] The most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history.
♪ I sacrificed, sacrificed ♪
♪ Your love for more of the night Of the night ♪
♪ I try to put up a fight, up a fight ♪
♪ Can't tie me down ♪
[announcer] Stupendous!
♪ I don't wanna sacrifice ♪
♪ For your love, I try ♪
♪ I don't wanna sacrifice ♪
♪ But I love my time ♪
♪ My ooh ♪
♪ My ooh… ♪
[announcer] The most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history.
♪ I try to put up a fight… ♪
Well, well, well, well. Would you look at this?
Got yourself a new toy, have youse?
Nice, nice.
Well, here's a little note for you.
If you two ever decide to show your big ugly mugs
up at Fight Night with me and young Holland here…
you're gonna need this yoke
just to carry your sorry asses out of the building.
-Ain't that right, Ridgey? -Too right, man.
[laughter]
Step outta the way.
[screeching laughter]
Don't dare a bleedin' fellow, Ridge!
Fight him.
Sam Roberts here on SmackDown with my guests,
the SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
the Usos.
[Pat] Great work, Sam.
Gentlemen, tonight you've got a contract signing.
No, no, no, no, no.
This just ain't no regular-degular contract signing, Toucan Sam.
Nope.
This contract signing is
for the biggest WrestleMania match of all time, Uce.
Winner-Takes-All Championship Unification.
Mm-hmm.
Brock got no idea what he signed up for.
-Mm-hmm. -Big Uce gon' put that work on Brock.
Mm-hmm.
Just like we 'bout to put that work on the Viking Raiders.
[both] Mm-hmm.
Smelly Vikings what I like to call them.
-Yeah, Sam. They kinda smell like you. -I know. You know what?
We can smell them coming from a mile away.
-Did you know that? -Aah!
-[Pat] The Viking Raiders. -You smell that?
[Pat] It wasn't Sam that smelled terrible.
-It was the Viking Raiders. -We want our Tag Team Title shot.
-We want it. -We want it!
-We want that Tag Team Title shot. -We want it.
-You can't run from… -Here's the problem.
The Viking Raiders were supposed to have their Tag Team Championship Match
at Elimination Chamber last Saturday.
The Usos attacked them before the match even began.
Yeah, then obviously those two got a lot of beef,
but the Usos are The Bloodline for a reason.
From one rivalry to another.
Aliyah has had Natalya's number until two weeks ago.
This was a matchup we had to win via pinfall or submission,
so the ropes did not cause a break.
Natalya with a sharpshooter would tap out Aliyah.
Natalya wasn't done there.
She'd had enough of Aliyah over the past couple of weeks
beating her in matches, so then she would beat down Aliyah after the matchup,
before The Protector, Xia Li, would make her way to the ring.
[Pat] Xia Li said, "Stop being a bully. Stop being a bum,"
and came out and handled business.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest,
a Superstar about to compete in her first match in WWE,
"The Protector" Xia Li.
Hello.
Xia, you're about to compete in a match tonight against Natalya.
She's a three-time Guinness World Record holder.
I've been waiting for this moment for my whole life.
I worked so hard in NXT.
I dreamed about being here
and competing in my first match on SmackDown.
I'm nervous but I'm also confident,
because I am The Protector.
Tonight, Natalya will need protection.
[Cole] Confident words from Xia Li
as she makes her in-ring debut
on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Xia Li's theme music plays]
[music stops]
-[shouting] -[intense music plays]
[shouting]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Chongqing, China, Xia Li.
[Pat] That was awesome.
[Cole] You know, Pat, Natalya has won more matches
than any woman in WWE history,
but do you think all that experience is going to be enough
to withstand the onslaught of this woman, "The Protector" Xia Li?
Coming up next, Xia Li competes for the first time ever
in WWE. Xia Li.
[Pat] Natalya, who has 642 wins in her career.
[Cole] Versus Xia Li, live next on Fox.
[dramatic music playing]
[Cole] Friday Night SmackDown on Fox tonight
is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.
Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance.
We're so excited tonight for the in-ring debut of that woman,
Xia Li, on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Natalya's theme music plays]
[Pat] Tall task for Xia Li's debut.
[announcer] And her opponent from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
Natalya!
[Cole] Natalya of course, carrying the Guinness Book of World Records.
-And there you see, uh… -[Pat] Is that Gulak?
[Cole] A crowd has gathered in the locker room area
to watch this matchup tonight.
A lot of interest in the debut of Xia Li.
[Pat] I see the snap, tap, and crack queen,
Shayna Baszler herself. Drew Gulak looking on.
[Cole] Xia Li, the first Chinese woman to ever compete in a WWE ring.
And this is what Natalya faces tonight, and this is pretty high praise for Xia Li.
Beth Phoenix, WWE Hall of Famer,
said that Xia Li is one of the strongest strikers
that she has ever encountered.
Beth had done some training with Xia Li.
-[Pat] Everybody says that Xia Li… -[bell rings]
…is a weapon. Now we get a chance to watch her
against a record holder.
[Cole] And Natalya would love to ruin the debut tonight of Xia Li.
[Pat] I said this earlier. 642 wins for Natalya.
She's the one that told me that earlier, but then she said,
"Who's counting?"
[chuckling] So that's fascinating. She's unbelievable, yeah.
[Cole] Natalya's incredible.
Former champion, one of the best of all time,
as she whips Xia Li into the corner.
Looking to set an example, make an example of Xia Li tonight.
Look at Xia, quickly up to the second rope.
-Leapfrog and a roll through. -[Pat] Over Natalya.
[Cole] Oh, and a nice dropkick to Natalya.
Cover now by Li. Is it enough to put her away?
And a kick out at two by Natalya.
[Pat] Natalya did get stunned by Aliyah in 3.17 seconds.
Did she underestimate Aliyah like she's underestimating Xia right now?
[Cole] And Natalya lands on her feet.
Oh! There's the big discus clothesline.
May knock off Xia Li here.
Cover, hook of the leg, kick out by Li.
[Pat] Natalya's assistant's assistant told me earlier
that she's looking to break a record of records.
-[referee] Hey, watch it now. -[Pat] Whoo hoo.
-You said a lot without saying anything. -Xia sucks.
[Pat] She wants to have all the records for having the most records.
[Cole] Oh! Nice snap suplex by Natalya.
Punishing Xia Li now.
-Shut up! -Hey, watch it on that one.
[Pat] She was talking to somebody here in Pennsylvania, I believe.
"Xia Li, welcome to SmackDown," says Natalya.
[Cole] And Natalya just methodically beating Xia Li down.
-[grunting] -[Cole] The abdominal stretch locked in.
[Pat] Xia The Protector…
[both grunting]
[Pat] …being attacked by the record-breaker.
[grunting]
[Cole] Natalya just controlling the match, big smile on her face.
-[Pat] What is this? -[referee, indistinct]
[Pat] The power…
[Cole] Trying to tap Xia Li here.
Submit Xia Li in the middle of the ring.
[Pat] Full-body bend here. Think of the spine, the T1, the T2.
You like that?
[groaning]
-Hey. -[Cole] Xia Li trying to fight out.
And couple of elbows delivered to the knee will break Natalya.
[crowd chanting] Xia Li's got it. Xia Li's got it.
[Cole] Oh! And Xia fighting back now.
[crowd chanting] Xia Li's got it.
Xia Li's got it.
[Cole] And Xia Li…
wearing Natalya down.
[Pat] Pennsylvania saying, "Xia Li's got it."
[Xia] Come on!
[Pat] And they're a hundred percent right.
[grunting]
[Cole] And now Xia with a knee.
And another jumping knee to Natalya. Kick right to the midsection.
And Xia Li firing up.
[shouting]
[Pat] Elbow to the top of the dome.
-Uh-oh. -What's Xia got planned here?
Oh! Great throw by Xia Li.
[Pat] The explosion there from Xia Li…
[Cole] Dragging Natalya to the middle of the ring.
Hook of the leg now. Shoulders are down.
Natalya's got a kick at two, a near fall.
[Pat] Xia Li, almost undefeated in her debut here.
[Cole] You mean almost defeated in her debut.
[Pat] No, Xia Li is currently undefeated.
[Cole] Okay, got it.
[Cole] Now Natalya looking for the sharpshooter.
Looking to try to step through here on Xia Li and put Xia Li away,
make her tap out much like she did Aliyah a couple of weeks ago.
[Pat] Natalya's been trying to say she's the best there is,
the best there was, and the best there ever will be,
but Xia Li said, "I'm here to change that last one."
-"I wanna be the best there ever will be." -[screaming]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And Xia Li measuring her opponent.
Oh! And a spinning heel kick flooring Natalya.
-One, two, three. -[Cole] Cover by Xia to win in her debut!
[bell rings]
[Xia Li's theme music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner,
Xia Li!
[Cole] An impressive victory for Xia Li tonight over the veteran Natalya.
[Pat] What a moment.
Xia Li will remember this forever.
[Cole] So will Natalya.
-Watch Xia Li… -[screaming]
…fired up,
and watch this impact, Pat.
Boom!
[Pat] Picture-perfect roundhouse spinning back heel kick.
-One, two, three! -[bell rings]
[Cole] Xia Li wins her debut match here on Friday Night SmackDown.
-Well, partner, I'm so glad-- -[indistinct shouting]
[Pat] 642. Yeah, right, who's counting?
[Cole] Pat, I'm so glad to have you back, but you missed a hell of a match last week
with the Intercontinental Championship.
Let's take it back in our Progressive Match Flo.
-[Pat] Oh, I heard about this. -[Xia, indistinct]
[announcer] Match Flo is sponsored by Progressive,
a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more.
[Cole] Shinsuke Nakamura defends tonight against Sami Zayn.
Battle for one of the most prestigious championships,
-the Intercontinental Title. -[bell rings]
[Cole] This is the strong style Sami Zayn did not want to see.
Oh! Zayn rolled out of harm's way.
Sami Zayn a step ahead.
And that's the bad knee of Nakamura Zayn targeted.
Sami Zayn able to block the kick.
[dramatic music playing]
[Cole] Cover to win the title.
One, two, three.
-[Cole] Oh my God! -[bell rings]
[Cole] Sami Zayn, for the third time, wins the Intercontinental Title.
Sami Zayn exploiting the injured knee,
and tonight the new Intercontinental Champion.
Sami Zayn forever.
[Sami Zayn's theme music plays]
[Cole] And we have not heard the end of it for the past seven days
from the new Intercontinental Champion.
-He has been unbearable. -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Well, I don't think the last seven days
there's been a change in his unbearable-ness,
but certainly louder now for sure, and he should be.
He's a champion, I guess.
[driving rock music plays]
[announcer] Please welcome your new Intercontinental Champion,
Sami Zayn!
[crowd cheers and boos]
[Cole] A three-time Intercontinental Champion,
Sami told me earlier today this victory was the sweetest.
[Sami, indistinct] …but here I am.
[Cole] He claimed Shinsuke was dodging him for weeks and weeks and weeks
and finally got the job done last week.
[crowd cheering, shouting]
[Cole] Now Sami claims he was victorious.
He says he was finally vindicated,
and now he's ready for a celebration
befit the perfect Intercontinental Champion.
[Pat] And the world rejoices.
[Cole] And it happens live, next.
Thank you very much.
[Cole] In the ring, the brand-new Intercontinental Champion,
Sami Zayn.
[laughing]
♪ Oh, happy day ♪
Yes! [laughs]
Finally… justice!
Justice is served.
Yeah! [laughs]
That's all I've ever wanted.
You know it's true what they say? You can't keep a good man down.
No, sir.
They have tried everything.
I was the victim of a massive conspiracy
that targeted me and robbed me of my Intercontinental Championship,
but here I stand before you.
Look at it.
Look at this setup. [laughs]
I mean, actually, if I'm-- if I'm being honest,
this isn't really what I asked for.
The colors don't even match. The balloon--
Eh, it doesn't matter.
See, the old Sami Zayn… the old Sami Zayn would've said,
"Oh, that's just part of the conspiracy."
Which actually brings us to the million-dollar question.
People are saying now, "Well, Sami Zayn, hang on."
"If you were able to recapture the Intercontinental Championship,
that begs the question,
is there or was there ever a conspiracy targeting you?"
And the answer is a resounding yes!
[crowd shouting]
They will persecute me any chance they get, but now I know.
Now I know that no matter what they throw at me,
I can overcome all of it.
[laughs]
Show a little respect, ladies and gentlemen.
-Show a little respect… -[crowd booing]
…for your new Intercontinental Champion.
[booing continues]
[Pat] The title does warrant respect.
Now hang on. There is some important business to address.
I want everyone to know
I am happy to give Shinsuke Nakamura a rematch for the championship,
but he's still picking up pieces of his kneecap
which I shattered! [laughs]
So unfortunately, he's not available.
He is not available.
But, unlike Shinsuke Nakamura,
I am happy defend this championship against any and all comers.
Anyone who's brave enough to set foot in the ring with Sami Zayn,
I have no problem with that.
Now that that business is taken care of,
let's get down to the festivities, shall we?
-[Johnny Knoxville's music plays] -I have--
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] What?
[Cole] Crashing the party.
[Pat] There's a jackass in Pennsylvania?
[Cole] Jackass Forever star Johnny Knoxville is here.
Has developed quite the rivalry with Mr. Zayn over the past few weeks.
[Pat] "Any and all challengers" says Sami.
[Johnny laughs]
Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. [laughs] All right.
[crowd] Johnny! Johnny! Johnny! Johnny!
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
-Johnny, Johnny, Johnny… -[laughs]
Okay, okay. Okay.
Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Knoxville.
[cheers and applause]
[Sami] All right, okay.
You got them to cheer. Um…
So now I… [chuckles]
W-what the hell do you think you're doing here?
Well, you crashed my premiere and my celebration,
so I thought I should do the same for you.
How you doing, Sami?
[crowd cheering]
I'm doing good. No, I'm actually… I'm actually doing great.
I'm doing great. I'm doing great. And it's really… It's great to have you.
It really is, but you're in the middle of a big celebration thing.
We can catch up later. So what I'm gonna do now, respectfully,
respectfully, I'm just gonna ask you to turn around
and get the hell outta here right now.
-[crowd booing] -Now, wait.
I thought you threw out a challenge
to anyone brave enough to take you on for the title.
[cheers and applause]
[Pat] Valid.
So let's do it.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd shouting and cheering]
[laughs]
Apparently, you don't learn. Ha! No problem. I'll tell you again.
I told you before, but I'll tell you again.
I have no problem telling you again.
You don't belong here. You dig?
-What-- -No, no, no, no, no.
You don't belong in the same ring as Sami Zayn.
Listen, I-I-I-I-- [laughs maniacally]
I know what you're trying to do.
You're trying to get under my skin. You're trying to get in my head.
And I'll give you credit. You're actually pretty good at it.
You are. You are.
But I see through you.
It's not going to work.
What's the matter, Sami?
Don't you wanna be a fightin' champion?
[crowd cheering]
Or don't you have enough balls?
-[crowd groans, cheers] -[Pat] Oh!
[crowd chanting] No balls, no balls, no balls, no balls.
No balls, no balls, no balls, no balls.
[Cole] Pennsylvania has an opinion.
[crowd shouting]
I oughta knock you out right now
in front of all these people, you understand?
-I oughta drop you right now. -Try it. Just try it.
No, I'm not going to,
because you're not worth it.
[crowd chanting] Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
[Cole] Oh, Sami, with a cheap shot.
And now beating the hell out of Johnny Knoxville.
[Pat] Johnny was basking in the chants of his name,
and Sami took advantage.
[Cole] Sami, embarrassed, I guess.
Oh no, not this.
[Pat] Sami said Johnny doesn't deserve to be in the same ring as him.
[Cole] Knoxville can't even defend himself.
Helluva Kick from Zayn.
No balls, huh?
I don't have the balls, Johnny, huh?
That's what you said. Is that what you said?
-Sami, hey. Back up, Sami. -[shouting indistinctly]
Back it up, Sam. Let's go. Go.
-You're the reason… [indistinct] -Stop it, Sami.
Listen, stop! Cut it out.
-Enough. -Take your hands off of me.
Relax. Come on.
[referee] Hey, no, hey!
-[Cole] Oh, not again. -[crowd groans]
[crowd booing]
[Pat] Helluva Kicks…
sending a helluva message.
[Cole] That was an embarrassing display from our new Intercontinental Champion.
[Pat] That is not a homeless man who found a nice suit.
That's our Intercontinental Champion.
You wanna try me? Huh?
[Cole] Wanna remind everyone that still to come tonight, Pat,
that Brock Lesnar, the WWE Champion,
meets the Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the ring for the first time
since their ill-fated encounter at the Royal Rumble
to make the biggest WrestleMania match of all time official.
They sign the contract live tonight.
["Sacrifice" playing]
[announcer] This Black History Month, WWE is proud to spotlight
Black-led organizations around the country.
We are highlighting the work of our very own WWE Superstar
and Global Ambassador Titus O'Neil.
Titus is the founder of the Bullard Family Foundation.
Each year the Bullard Family Foundation hosts programs to support local children
like the Back to School Bash.
In 2021, the Bash collected and donated 30,000 backpacks
filled with school supplies to under-resourced students.
Titus's work for students and children
led him to support a local Tampa school which was renamed
the Thaddeus M Bullard Academy at Sligh Middle Magnet School.
Last year at WrestleMania 37,
WWE and the Bullard Family Foundation supported Sligh
by building five community gardens
for students and community members to utilize.
Titus has also been honored as a WWE Warrior award winner
and is in the Boys & Girls Club Hall of Fame.
Join us in celebrating the work of our very own Titus O'Neil
and the Bullard Family Foundation this Black History Month.
[Cole] This was moments ago.
Johnny Knoxville interrupting Sami Zayn's championship celebration.
Sami Zayn embarrassed, took a cheap shot, but that wasn't it.
Sami Zayn, after pummeling Johnny Knoxville, would do this.
Watch the impact. A Helluva… Bang!
Right to the face of Johnny Knoxville.
You gave me that TV time to have my championship celebration,
so I didn't even start it.
I know you don't believe me, but I am sorry.
I am sorry. I overreacted.
It's just he gets under my skin. He's so annoying.
I-I get it, but you're giving me a headache.
And frankly, sorry's not gonna cut it, 'cause you left him busted up pretty good.
-Johnny Knoxville busted up. -I appreciate that I did it--
Hey, hey, hey, Sami.
I know you guys got a lotta stuff going on right now.
Yeah, we're kind of in the middle of something important.
-But listen. -Yes!
I happened to overhear you say that you wanted to be a fighting champion,
so I'm here to step up.
Well, that's great. I'll tell you what.
Uh, take a number, and go to the back of the line, okay?
Actually, he might be on to something.
As a matter of fact, I don't know if you guys like this or not,
but I do. So why don't we go ahead and make it official for next week?
Ricochet, Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Championship.
[crowd cheering]
-That's a deal. -I haven't--
See you, No Balls. [laughs]
[Sasha Banks' theme music plays]
[Cole] Here on Friday Night SmackDown, it's Boss Time.
[bell rings]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome a six-time Women's Champion,
a two-time Tag Team Champion.
She is The Boss,
Sasha Banks!
[Cole] Indeed, she is the blueprint.
Sasha Banks making her way to the ring for in-ring action here tonight.
What about Ricochet? Big opportunity next week in Miami
for the Intercontinental Title against Sami Zayn.
[Pat] Yeah, that's massive for Ricochet,
but The Boss is back on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Cole] First time we've seen Sasha Banks since the Women's Royal Rumble Match
at the end of January.
[fireworks popping]
[Cole] Tonight, takes on a familiar foe in Shotzi.
Some history between these two Superstars.
And tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on Fox
is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.
Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance.
Shotzi looking on.
Looked to make a name for herself at the hands of Sasha Banks
toward the end of last year.
[Pat] Sasha Banks, Global Superstar.
-Absolute-- -[Naomi's theme music plays]
[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Okay. -[Cole] Speaking of glow-ble Superstars…
-See what I did there? -[Pat] Professional.
[Cole] Exactly.
Naomi.
Making her way out here
to watch the Sasha Banks-Shotzi one-on-one matchup, and--
Pat, get up there. Come on, Pat.
I mean, come on, Cole.
How could you not let the glow hit your body, Cole?
Yeah, come on. Ha ha!
[Cole] It looks like Naomi's gonna join us here
on commentary for this matchup tonight.
Sasha, one-on-one with Shotzi.
Welcome back, Sasha.
-[Pat] Welcome to the table. -[Cole] Welcome, Naomi.
Hey, little known fact is I actually beat you in a dance contest.
Isn't that right?
[Naomi] You remind me every time I see you.
-One… -[Cole] Nonetheless, congratulations.
Great matchup a couple of weeks ago against Charlotte Flair
for the SmackDown Women's Title. Incredible match.
Your hair looks fantastic. It's not great for the headset.
But it's fantastic to have you here.
We gotta make it work. This is on my forehead.
[Cole] Do we have anybody that works audio that could help Naomi with her headset?
Now, going for the Three Amigos,
of course made famous by Sasha's idol growing up,
the late, great Eddie Guerrero.
And now Sasha off the top rope and to the apron.
-One, two… -[Cole] Naomi, of course…
-[Naomi] Wow. - …competed last week
at Elimination Chamber as well,
teaming with Ronda Rousey against Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville.
The winning team… Kick out. …was Naomi and Ronda.
Ronda actually said, Naomi, that you stole the show.
Quote, Ronda said she had "the best seat in the house."
[Naomi] No, I don't know about all that.
Being in there with Ronda Rousey, legit The Baddest Woman on the Planet,
oh my gosh, I couldn't have asked for more.
-She's awesome. -[Cole] Kick out.
And to get… back at Charlotte and Sonya, oh my gosh.
It was the best. It's all I wanted.
[Cole] Sonya Deville harassing you for months.
That had to feel great last Saturday night.
[Naomi] It was… it was… it was amazing.
[Cole] And Shotzi now with Sasha Banks up toward the top rope.
Sasha able to block and now roll through, shoulders down.
Is it enough? And a kick out at two.
Naomi came this close to winning
the SmackDown Women's Championship two weeks ago,
one that many are calling a match-of-the-year candidate.
-Oh, Meteora! -[Naomi] Whoo!
[Cole] Right off the face of Shotzi.
-Wow. -[Pat] Boss Time.
[Naomi] Boss Time is right.
Really ain't nothing you can do when that time comes.
[Cole] Not when Sasha's rolling like that.
[Naomi] Wow.
[Cole] That's new out of Sasha's playbook.
[Naomi] That was fire right there.
-It's Boss Time. -[Pat] Devastating.
[Cole] And Sasha now with a Back Stabber to Shotzi.
Floats through into the Bank Statement.
Shotzi, middle of the ring's, gotta tap out.
[bell ringing]
[Sasha Banks' theme music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner…
-Naomi very excited over the Sasha-- -Nice talking to you guys.
-Gotta go -[Pat] You did fantastic. Thank you.
Congrats on everything.
[theme music continues]
[Cole] Watch this Meteora by Sasha Banks.
Her knee exploding right into the face of Shotzi.
And it's great to see The Boss back.
An innovative offense, a new offense by Sasha.
[Pat] I was about to say, that's brand new,
but the Bank Statement's OG.
Shotzi tapped like many other have in the past.
Welcome back, Boss.
[music fades out]
[crowd cheering]
I just want to say
you're looking at the next WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] What?
[Pat] That's huge.
[Cole] Naomi and Sasha as a team?
[Naomi's theme music plays]
[Cole] Look out, Zelina and Carmella.
[Pat] They already got a handshake. They already got a handshake.
-[Cole] We need one of those. -[Pat] No, we don't.
I'm not too sure what Naomi meant by "next Women's Tag Team Champions."
Nonetheless, please welcome my guests
Madcap Moss and the undefeated Happy Corbin.
[crowd booing]
Happy Corbin, tonight you'll face Drew McIntyre,
the man who nearly ended your friend Madcap Moss's career
at Elimination Chamber, and that was no laughing matter.
Let's take a look.
[Cole] This was last Saturday night at Elimination Chamber.
Watch this. Going for the Alabama Slam.
Madcap Moss lands right on the top of his head.
[Pat] First time I saw it, I almost puked.
Seeing it again… Oh my.
[Cole] Well, somehow Moss survived.
And then Drew McIntyre using Angela to try to take out Corbin,
who had been interfering throughout the whole night
in the Falls Count Anywhere Match.
And then with Angela in hand-- Claymore!
One, two, three.
-And Drew said to Corbin… -[bell rings]
[Pat] "You're next."
[unintelligible]
Now, that's using your head. [laughing]
I… I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Megan, thankfully, my man Madcap here has the strongest neck I've ever seen.
Otherwise, things at Elimination Chamber,
they could've ended up a disaster, and I'm happy that they didn't.
And now, I can't say the same for Drew McIntyre,
because tonight he has to deal with me.
Happy Corbin versus Drew McIntyre is a WrestleMania-caliber match,
and it's gonna happen right here on SmackDown.
'Cause we saw at Elimination Chamber, Drew McIntyre's off his rocker.
He tried to take my head off with a sword.
And you don't get to disrespect an undefeated powerhouse like Happy Corbin
and get away with it.
You don't get to do that to my friends either.
So tonight…
tonight I'm gonna show Drew McIntyre who the real warrior is.
And that's no joke.
[chuckling]
[Cole] Corbin calling an audible.
He is set to go one-on-one with this man, The SmackDown Warrior.
[Drew McIntyre's bagpipe music plays]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Ayr, Scotland,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
-Drew McIntyre. -[explosion]
[Pat] I know he's from Scotland,
but he looks like Greek god.
[Cole] Indeed, he does.
Carrying the sword named Angela to the ring,
Drew McIntyre set for action.
Of course, the sword Angela named after his mother.
The two-time WWE Champion.
So as we mentioned before, Happy Corbin has decided to call an audible
and step in for his fellow jokester, Madcap Moss,
to take on Drew McIntyre one-on-one here tonight,
and it's next, live on Fox.
[McIntyre roars]
-[fireworks popping] -[crowd cheering]
[bagpipe music playing]
[Cole] WrestleMania is sponsored by Snickers.
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Drew McIntyre set to go one-on-one with a man who's become quite the rival,
-Happy Corbin. -[Happy Corbin's theme music plays]
[Pat] Every time I could create a character on 2K,
I would create myself to look like Drew McIntyre.
That's obviously not attainable for me, but--
[Cole] That's… that's a stretch.
[Pat] Yeah, but it's 2K. I can do that.
This man's gonna wish this was a video game
by the end of this, I believe.
[announcer] And his opponent, accompanied to the ring by Madcap Moss,
weighing in at 285 pounds,
-the undefeated Happy Corbin. -[shouts, laughs]
[Cole] As Happy Corbin gets set to go one-on-one with Drew McIntyre,
I wanna remind you of the debut of a brand-new reality series
this coming Monday. WWE YouTube channel.
You've never seen anything like this before.
Corey & Carmella premiering this Monday.
[Pat] It's gonna be fantastic. I can't wait to check it out.
Speaking of checking out, how is Madcap walking?
[Cole] Yeah, we saw the footage moments ago
of Madcap Moss being planted on the top of his head
after an attempted-- or I should say an Alabama Slam
by Drew McIntyre.
[Pat] Like… very scary.
If he wasn't as yoked, I don't think he's here.
Now, Drew, I said this moments ago.
This… is a WrestleMania-caliber match.
Are you sure that you want me to embarrass you
right here in Hershey, Pennsylvania?
[crowd booing]
I mean, just-just look around.
These people are pathetic.
-[crowd booing] -[Pat] Aw.
That's not true.
And you know, nothing would make me happier
than stomping you into a pulp.
But speaking of things that make me happy,
my man Madcap Moss, right there,
that man is tough as nails. That man is an inspiration.
[man] He's a pain in the neck.
[chuckles] That man landed on his head and neck
and continued to fight.
You know what, Madcap, step up on that apron.
-The apron? -Step up on that apron.
Madcap, show these people how good-- No, no, no, no.
Show these people how great you really are.
[crowd cheering, booing]
[Pat] All right.
-That'll do it. -Whoo!
Madcap, you know what, buddy?
Why don't you… Why don't you take this match?
You deserve it. You deserve this rematch.
-My neck… -[Happy] Yes, you got it.
My neck… Really?
[Cole] Well, Madcap Moss, uh--
Look, man, you got this. Look.
It's only… Drew McIntyre.
[chuckles] You can take him.
You got this.
[Cole] Madcap looked a bit surprised
that he was volunteered for this matchup by Happy Corbin tonight,
and Happy Corbin with a cheap shot before the bell rings,
and a double team now on McIntyre.
[Pat] We should've known there were shenanigans in order with these two.
[Cole] That's all they did, was double team McIntyre
this past Saturday in the Falls Count Anywhere Match
where there were no disqualifications.
Drew still managed to survive.
[Pat] We should've known Happy wasn't gonna wrestle.
-[bell rings] -He has a Rollie on, four rings.
[Cole] And Madcap Moss, taking advantage as the bell rings,
and again, his neck still injured after the incident this past Saturday.
That's an Elimination Chamber Glasgow Kiss.
You could hear that echo throughout the arena.
[Pat] It's not Drew McIntyre's fault for…
-[Madcap] No, no, no, no. -[Pat] What? No.
[Cole] Now looking for the Alabama Slam again.
[Pat] No, no, no, no. Oh my God. What are we doing?
[Cole] Looking straight at Corbin.
-"This could be you." -No, no, no!
[Cole] And Madcap Moss hanging on and escaping tonight.
McIntyre-Moss continues live.
-[crowd cheering] -Just a matter of time.
-[inaudible] -Just a matter of time. You…
[Cole] We are back on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox
in a match completely set up, completely orchestrated by Happy Corbin.
Happy Corbin supposed to be in this match one-on-on with McIntyre.
Instead, it's Madcap Moss who's taken control
by driving McIntyre into the barricade.
[Pat] I'm not a hundred percent sure Madcap knew he was gonna be in this match,
but Happy Corbin certainly did.
[Cole] Ooh. And now Madcap dropping McIntyre.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, go!
-[Pat] Happy cheering on Madcap Moss. -Go! Go! Go!
[Cole] Madcap, a tremendous athlete
and showing it off here with a shoulder tackle.
Cover on McIntyre, and a kickoff by Drew.
Again, Corbin told McIntyre, "We're gonna have this match tonight."
Then, he decided, "Nope."
"Madcap Moss is going to have this matchup."
A rematch of what happened at Elimination Chamber this past Saturday.
Moss, who injured his neck in that matchup.
[Pat] Injured is an interesting way to describe that.
Almost a catastrophic injury to Madcap in the match
at Elimination Chamber.
It's a miracle he's back in the ring right now,
but it's only because Happy…
-[Cole] Oh! - …forcing him to be.
Come on, Cap. Let's go, baby.
[Cole] Happy Corbin threw Madcap Moss into this match tonight.
It was supposed to be Corbin and McIntyre, but it's now Madcap Moss who…
is now back to his feet and runs into another one by McIntyre.
Now a right hand by Moss, and exchanging blows center of the ring.
[Pat] Two big bodies…
-[Cole] Ooh! - …throwing bombs at each other.
[Cole] Clothesline by McIntyre.
Madcap Moss back to his feet. Another clothesline.
McIntyre, the former WWE Champion, with a great throw.
And now another one to Moss.
Neckbreaker by McIntyre. Kip-up.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] Successful.
[Cole] And now, McIntyre has Moss where he wants him.
-[Pat] The fact that this match has gone-- -[crowd] Three, two, one.
-Hey, hey, hey! -[Cole] And a distraction again by Corbin.
And Moss with a thumb to the eye.
Moss hit McIntyre with a thumb to the eye
and now drives McIntyre shoulder-first into the ring post
and drops him with a DDT.
Cover. Could it be a win here for Moss?
Near fall.
[Pat] This is miraculous stuff from Madcap Moss.
[Cole] Whatever sympathy there was for Madcap Moss was just lost.
Madcap Moss almost pulling off the win over McIntyre there,
as he went thumb to the eye to Drew McIntyre
off the Corbin distraction.
[screaming]
[Cole] Now Moss perhaps getting frustrated.
[grunting]
You can't kill Madcap, Drew.
[Cole] And Moss…
Claymore from out of nowhere by McIntyre.
-Corbin can't believe it. -Three, two, one.
-McIntyre with a win. -[bell rings]
[Drew McIntyre's theme music plays]
[announcer] Here's your winner,
Drew McIntyre!
[Cole] That was incredible.
[Pat] Madcap impressive.
He talks trash to Drew McIntyre.
[Cole] Watch this.
Boom! And one day, that may be the fate of Happy Corbin.
It's been quite the night on Friday Night SmackDown.
In fact, we kicked things off with an interview
with "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.
She was interrupted by Charlotte Flair.
And now celebrating with Angela is Drew McIntyre.
Again, back to the top of the program.
Charlotte Flair interrupting the Ronda Rousey interview,
and from behind, Sonya Deville,
a chop block and an attack on Rousey.
[Pat] She attacks…
You got two arms now, so why can't you fight me?
[Pat] …the knee of Ronda,
that has been surgically repaired seven times,
from behind.
What's your excuse now?
And then Charlotte took advantage.
[Cole] And again going after the injured knee of Ronda Rousey.
[Charlotte] Come here.
Aah!
[Pat] No ACL in that right knee.
Charlotte brutally beating her down.
You have two arms now.
[Cole] Ronda Rousey, though, would strike…
on one leg.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest,
The Baddest Woman on the Planet, Ronda Rousey.
[cheers and applause]
Ronda, what can we look forward to in your match against Sonya next week?
Well, for all the times Sonya ambushed me and bullied Naomi,
I'm gonna show everyone what happens when authority figures step outta line.
[Pat, chuckling] Oh, I love that.
[Cole] Well, Pat, it happens next week.
Live on Fox, Friday Night SmackDown in Miami.
Sonya Deville has to go one-on-one with The Baddest Woman on the Planet,
Ronda Rousey.
[Pat] Sonya Deville has been asking for it with her despicable actions.
Next Friday we get it.
["Head of the Table" plays]
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] It's great to feel this again.
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Please welcome Paul Heyman,
the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, the Usos,
and the Universal Champion,
Roman Reigns!
[Cole] Five hundred forty-four days.
The historic reign as Universal Champion continues.
[fireworks booming]
[cheers and applause]
[Cole] This past Saturday
at the Elimination Chamber premium live event,
Roman Reigns with a guillotine
would tap out the icon,
the Hall of Famer, the legendary Goldberg.
And we know that…
[unintelligible]
…as Friday Night SmackDown heads to Miami next week,
Roman Reigns will force the WWE Universe in Florida
to acknowledge him.
[Pat] Dominance personified.
Roman Reigns with Paul Heyman in tow.
[Cole] Five weeks from Sunday.
The biggest WrestleMania match of all time…
Reigns and Lesnar.
They sign the contract to make it official.
Lesnar, Reigns, same ring, same time, live, next.
[Cole] And it's WrestleMania season on SmackDown next Friday in Miami.
Finally, the Viking Raiders get their opportunity
at the SmackDown Tag Team Titles against the Usos live, next week.
[Pat] Next week's card in Miami is packed.
An Intercontinental Championship Match
as Sami Zayn defends for the first time against the electrifying Ricochet.
[Cole] And here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown,
the Universal Champion Roman Reigns is in the ring,
moments away from going face-to-face with Brock Lesnar
to sign the contract, as reported earlier today…
[fireworks booming]
…by espn.com.
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar faces that man,
the Universal Champion Roman Reigns,
in the biggest WrestleMania match of all time,
Winner-Take-All Championship Unification
on WrestleMania, Sunday,
streaming live on WWE on Peacock.
[crowd cheering]
Hershey, Pennsylvania.
[crowd cheering]
Acknowledge me.
[cheering and booing]
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
Ladies and gentlemen,
we have come to a point in history
where there is no way to embellish
or exaggerate the enormity
of the main event of this year's WrestleMania.
What we are facing right now is
the single biggest match in history.
The biggest main event on the biggest WrestleMania of all time.
Bigger than Hulk Hogan versus André the Giant.
[crowd booing]
Bigger… bigger
than "Stone Cold" Steve Austin versus The Rock.
-[crowd booing] -[Pat] What?
Bigger… bigger than the night I conquered The Undertaker's undefeated streak
at WrestleMania.
[crowd booing]
And to be fair, Brock Lesnar,
I will still give you half-credit for that.
Ladies and gentlemen,
WrestleMania Sunday will be main evented
by your Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns,
solidifying his GOAT status against The Beast,
The Conqueror,
the now, and maybe not by then, WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World
in a title-versus-title, champion-versus-champion
Winner-Take-All Title Unification Match.
So now we get down to the business at hand.
Ladies and gentlemen, the contract signing
for the biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
These security guards are here tonight
to protect Brock Lesnar
-from his own impulsiveness… -[crowd booing]
…and to protect Brock Lesnar
from his Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns.
[crowd booing]
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what they call a cliffhanger.
[Cole] …Brock. He was a guest on The Pat McAfee Show
and raised some hell that night.
Will he raise hell tonight as he signs the contract with Roman Reigns
to make it official
at WrestleMania?
-[Pat] Roman's not impressed… -[crowd cheering]
…but Hershey is.
[rock music playing]
[announcer] Please welcome the WWE Champion,
Brock Lesnar!
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Brock Lesnar marching to the ring,
which is filled with security guards,
The Bloodline, and the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.
Lesnar and Reigns clash five weeks from Sunday
in the biggest WrestleMania match of all time,
where the landscape in WWE will be changed forever.
Because it's Winner-Take -All Championship Unification.
[Pat] Brock Lesnar stalking the ring.
The alpha male of our species,
Cowboy Brock.
[Cole] Champion Brock.
[rock music continues]
[Pat] Bad-ass Brock.
Intimidating Brock. GOAT Brock.
-[music ends] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Look how big that dude is.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Suplex City.
Suplex City.
-Suplex City. -Mr. Acknowledgement…
…and Mr. Dick…
-[chuckles] -[crowd cheers]
Allow me to introduce myself
as your new reigning, defending
WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World…
-Brock Lesnar. -[crowd] Brock Lesnar!
[cheers and applause]
[Pat] Damn good.
And it's…
[sighs]
I have to contain myself a little bit here.
Impulsiveness?
Yes, I am.
Very impulsive.
If you think for one second
that these skid mark security guards are gonna stop me
from jumping across this table and kicking your ass…
[crowd cheering]
…and your ass,
…you got another thing coming.
You see, the only thing that's stopping Brock Lesnar
from coming across this table and kicking your ass and your ass
is Brock Lesnar and…
this contract.
You see, I'm gonna sign this contract,
because at WrestleMania,
I'm gonna kick your ass, and I'm gonna kick your ass,
and you can bet your ass I'm gonna get paid for it.
-[laughs] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Fresh off the farm,
eating Lesnar-blend seasoning.
[crowd chanting] Suplex City.
Suplex City.
You know, I've had it with your disrespect.
Had it!
You-you know, it was just business what went down.
You wanna make this personal? Here's something personal for you.
Biggest match in the history of WrestleMania
will not be a Unification Match,
because you're not going to make it to WrestleMania
as the WWE Champion.
You are going to lose that title next Saturday
in Madison Square Garden.
-[microphone clatters] -[crowd booing]
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Heyman] Here, here. Yeah.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Tell him, my Tribal Chief.
You must be confused, farm boy.
That title…
that's my title, and you don't even realize it,
'cause I'm gonna smash you at WrestleMania.
And it's not even your fault, Brock.
You ain't got a chance. This is my show.
-This is my ring. -Tribal Chief here!
This cameraman right here, this is my cameraman.
These people, these are all my people
because they acknowledge me.
[crowd cheering and booing]
These two right here, they work for me.
This commentary team is mine
because they brag and talk about me the whole time.
That sign right there is mine
because I am WrestleMania.
I am this show.
I run this show, and everybody works for me.
Including the security in the ring with you.
[Cole] Oh no.
[Pat, indistinct] …setup for Brock Lesnar!
Brock Lesnar now… Brock Lesnar creating chaos in the ring.
Roman Reigns and The Bloodline…
set up Brock Lesnar, and Lesnar's making them pay.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] F5 for good measure.
Take a long look, Roman,
because this is what you face on WrestleMania Sunday
in biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
Winner-Take-All Championship Unification.
Reigns, Lesnar,
WrestleMania, Sunday.
[rock music plays] y.