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[WWE intro music plays]

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[Cena] Then.

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-[Ric Flair] Woo!
-[glass shatters]

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[The Rock] If you smell…

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-[bell rings]
-[Cena] Now.

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-♪ The King of Kings ♪
-♪ You can't see me ♪

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[Cena] Forever.

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[crowd cheering]

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Together.

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[music fades]

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[Cole] And we are live
at the Allstate Arena in Chicago tonight.

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Part of The Bloodline are arriving.

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We're being told
that the Tag Team Champions, The Usos,

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along with the "Honorary Uce" Sami Zayn…

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[Sami] Oh my God! I can't believe
we ate the whole pie!

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[Cole] …are in the limousine.
You can see Sami there.

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Sami's got to be anxious and excited.

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A lot of speculation that
tonight Sami becomes

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a made man within The Bloodline.

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The "honorary" label could
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as we await the arrival of Roman Reigns,

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-live tonight.
-Make way for the dawg.

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[def rebel's
"Nobody Better Than Me" playing]

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♪ Hey ♪

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♪ Hey ♪

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♪ Let's go! ♪

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♪ Who better than me?
I don't see nobody ♪

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♪ I don't see nobody, who stepping to me ♪

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♪ I don't see nobody, I don't see nobody ♪

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♪ Who can tussle with the beast?
I don't see nobody ♪

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♪ 'Cause there ain't nobody ♪

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♪ I say I'm the best
'Cause ain't nobody got me ♪

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♪ Running through the crowd
Like there ain't nobody ♪

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♪ Who better than me? ♪

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♪ Woo, woo ♪

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[pyrotechnics explode]

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♪ Flexing and focused ♪

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♪ I'm leaving dem all
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♪ How am I hot but
I'm dressing the coldest ♪

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[Cole] It is electric tonight.

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You are looking live at a sold-out

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Allstate Arena in Chicago,

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where there are 15,103

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WWE fans here
for Friday Night SmackDown on Fox,

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sponsored by Progressive,

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a triple threat of protection,

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with home, auto, and more.

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And it's Friday.

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And you know what that means.

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[def rebel's "Liv Gone Mad" playing]

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A championship night!

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♪ Watch me ♪

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[bell rings]

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[Samantha Irvin] The following contest
scheduled for one fall

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is for the WWE Women's
Tag Team Championship.

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Introducing first, from Elmwood Park,
New Jersey, Liv Morgan.

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[Cole] Michael Cole,
Wade Barrett at ringside.

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Two weeks ago, Bayley and Damage CTRL

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were out here complaining
about the Women's Division.

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And what does Liv Morgan do, Wade?

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She comes to the ring,
and tries to take on…

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[def rebel's "Blue Marvel" playing]

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…Damage CTRL, three-on-one,
before the return of Tegan Nox.

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[Wade] Yeah, not a moment too soon

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just as Liv Morgan was
about to get a whopping,

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a big surprise return, Tegan Nox came

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to even the odds.

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And then, of course,
Liv Morgan went extreme

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just like we know she can do,

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cleaning house, leading us to tonight.

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[Cole] The girl with the Shiniest Wizard.
Tegan Nox making a statement.

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Last week, Liv and Tegan
knocked off Ronda Rousey.

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And Shayna Baszler turned this
opportunity tonight.

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[def rebel's "Blue Marvel" playing]

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[Irvin] And her tag team partner

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from the Welsh Valleys, Tegan Nox.

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[Cole] Ronda Rousey was not happy
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She said, "Funny how the glitter twins,"
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Morgan and Tegan Nox,
"can cheat and still be loved for it.

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You want us to take this seriously?
Well, it's your funeral."

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Those the words of Ronda Rousey.

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[Wade] Yeah, I don't know how smart it is

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upsetting someone like Ronda Rousey
and Shayna Baszler,

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but it seems to have worked out in
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getting an opportunity for the gold.

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♪ Damage CTRL ♪

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♪ Yeah ♪

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♪ We got the power, we got the rage ♪

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♪ Control the stage, control the cage ♪

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♪ We got the power, we got the rage ♪

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♪ Control the stage, control the cage ♪

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[Irvin] And their opponents,

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accompanied to the ring by Bayley,

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they are the WWE
Women's Tag Team Champions,

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Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky,

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Damage CTRL.

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[Cole] Wade,
this past Monday night on Raw,

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mixed bag for Damage CTRL.

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Iyo Sky picked up a win over
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but Bayley didn't fare too well on her

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Number One Contender Match
with Alexa Bliss.

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Becky Lynch would take out Damage CTRL,
leaving Bayley all alone.

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[Wade] Oh, let's be honest, overall,

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December has been an absolutely
horrible month for Damage CTRL.

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Go back to WarGames,
they're on a reverse there.

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And of course, as you mentioned,

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Bayley missing out on
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If Damage CTRL lose this matchup
tonight, it would cap off

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what has been an absolutely
dreadful December for them.

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[Cole] So, you're saying that there is
more pressure on Damage CTRL tonight

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than there is actually on Tegan and Liv.

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[Wade] Well, let's face it, Dam--

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[inaudible]

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[Cole] We have been talking about
Damage CTRL, Bayley.

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Nonetheless, you were saying?

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[Wade] It's not exactly been
glowing, though, has it?

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Let's be honest, Michael Cole.

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Yeah, of course, you have the pressure
of losing the gold tonight.

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Tegan Nox must be--

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Must be counting her lucky stars
that she's returned

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to WWE here on SmackDown,
and has already found herself

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in line for the gold.
That is almost break-neck speed.

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[bell rings]

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[Cole] Liv Morgan saying that
they are about to be

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the new and shiniest Tag Team Champions
with a win tonight.

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And Liv Morgan right out of the box.
Tag made from Tegan Nox

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and she cannot wait to get
her hands on Dakota Kai.

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Who will ever forget what happened?

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Tegan and Dakota Kai once great
friends, allies, and then Dakota Kai,

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a few years ago at WarGames at NXT,

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turning her back on Tegan Nox

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in one of the most heinous assaults
in NXT history.

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[Wade] Yes, some real history between
the women in this matchup.

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As you mentioned, Liv and Nox,
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-but they really have not…
-[Cole] Oh!

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…tagged many times together.

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How good is that chemistry gonna be
when you're up against

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the absolute best in Damage CTRL?

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[Cole] Iyo Sky makes the tag.

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Again, the two-time Tag Team Champions
here at WWE.

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Tegan Nox has never won gold in WWE.

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Would like to correct that here tonight.

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[Wade] That is an absolutely
remarkable stat.

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-[Cole] Oh!
-[Wade] I've followed Nox's career.

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The fact she hadn't held gold here
is truly astounding to me.

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[Cole] Tag made and once again

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the former SmackDown Women's Champion,

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once Miss "Money in the Bank,"

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Liv Morgan, and Tegan Nox causing
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[referee] One, two--

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[Cole] Liv with a cover for the gold
and a kickout by Iyo Sky

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as we take another look.

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[Iyo screams]

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[Cole] Faceplanting Iyo.

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Morgan just trash talking Dakota Kai.

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Nice snapmare takedown by Morgan.

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You know, Iyo Sky,
the referee never saw that.

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Now a basement dropkick
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[Wade] Certainly didn't have the impact

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that Dakota Kai felt it would,
but it's done enough.

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-[Cole] Uh-oh!
-[Wade] Uh-oh.

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[Cole] Morgan, Kendo stick in hand,
and remember,

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she'd be disqualified here,
no chance at the Tag Team gold.

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[screaming]

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[Cole] Tegan Nox trying to talk
Morgan off the ledge.

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[referee] Come on!

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[Cole] Now Dakota from behind,
and Iyo from behind as well.

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[Wade] Just the smarts
of the Tag Champions, Damage CTRL.

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[Cole] Yeah, but turning it around
are the challengers.

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[Wade] Certain durability
to the ladies in the ring now

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proving highly valuable.

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[Cole] What you saw moments ago
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she just hasn't been the same, Wade,

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since losing the SmackDown
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She's gone extreme, in her words.

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[Wade] Yeah, it's given her
a new lease on life.

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Let's be honest, this perhaps is an even
better version of Liv Morgan

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than the one who held
the SmackDown Women's Championship.

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[Cole] And Liv Morgan distracting
Damage CTRL.

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Tegan Nox… crossbody from the top rope.

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Can Liv and Nox win the Tag Team gold
on SmackDown?

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[crowd cheering]

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[Cole] We are back live on
Friday Night SmackDown

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here in a sold-out,
red-hot Chicago, Illinois.

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It's Damage CTRL defending
against Tegan Nox and Liv Morgan.

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Tegan trying desperately, Wade,
to make a tag.

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[Wade] Yeah, Tegan Nox had the short
end of the stick midway through the break.

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-And there really is a question…
-[Cole] Oh!

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…as to the cardio capacity
of Tegan Nox right now.

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[Cole] Cover. And a kickout at two.

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You see Bayley, who has taken
Iyo and Dakota under her wing,

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and really done a good job
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A great job.

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[Cole] A great job, in Bayley's words,
but nonetheless, double-team again.

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And you made the point earlier, Wade.

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Tegan and Liv Morgan,
I don't know when the last time is

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they actually tagged together
and it's showing here

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as the champs have taken control.

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[Wade] You're absolutely right,

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and the thing is,
Tegan was away from WWE for a while.

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[Cole] Cover, hook of a leg now on Nox,
who's got a kick at two.

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[Wade] She was not active
in that time away.

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I'll tell you from my own experience,
any time I had time off,

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it took me a good two months of competing
until I felt 100% again.

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Tegan Nox hasn't had that.

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[Cole] Tegan Nox, an incredible story.

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Grew up as a soccer star in Wales,

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had a knee surgery at an early age,
and has struggled

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with knee issues throughout
her career here,

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but has battled back
to come to this moment,

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the possibility of winning her
first-ever gold in WWE.

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Headbutt by Tegan!

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This is her chance to make a tag
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Can Liv somehow get in this matchup?

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And she does.

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Liv now legalizes Dakota Kai.

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[screams]

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[Cole] Oh, and a step-up enzuigiri
for Morgan.

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[Wade] Liv Morgan, who has
completely lost all fear of pain.

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[Cole] Oh, and a big knee by Morgan.

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WWE Universe has SmackDown

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trending number one in the United States.

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Morgan off the missile dropkick.

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A kip-up, and Morgan's in control.

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Bayley understands the situation's
dire now for the Tag Champs.

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[Wade] The gloating of Bayley
has certainly--

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-[Cole] Oh! Dakota!
-[Wade] Calmed down.

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[Wade] Wow, what a game-changer
from Dakota Kai once again.

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[Cole] That running kick, and it allows
Damage CTRL to once again

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double-team the challengers.

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Down goes Morgan.

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Iyo Sky, cover, hook of the leg,

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and Tegan Nox saves
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as we take another look at what happened

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with Dakota Kai and the boot
right into the face of Morgan.

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[Wade] Cleaning the clock of Morgan,
fortunately for her--

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[Cole] Oh!

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[Wade] Tegan Nox
able to break things up, but…

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now, things starting to go south.

241
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[Cole] Dakota did not get all of that,
but it was effective.

242
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Iyo now went to roll up Morgan.

243
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Morgan able to hang on.

244
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Oh, and a Codebreaker to the face.

245
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Tag.

246
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And now Morgan and Tegan Nox
working together.

247
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Down goes Sky.

248
00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:28,187
And the Shiniest Wizard.

249
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Cover now for the Tag Team Titles.

250
00:11:30,556 --> 00:11:33,759
And Iyo Sky breaks things up
before a three count.

251
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[Wade] Well, Dakota Kai got in there,

252
00:11:35,694 --> 00:11:37,630
made the break up just in the nick of time

253
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as their grasp on the gold
was slipping away.

254
00:11:40,933 --> 00:11:43,602
[Cole] And Dakota Kai
stopping the momentum

255
00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:45,704
of Liv Morgan momentarily.

256
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And Morgan up over the top,
sunset flip powerbomb.

257
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[screams]

258
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Oh! And then Iyo Sky.

259
00:11:59,418 --> 00:12:02,221
[Wade] Genius of the Sky
doing what she does best.

260
00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:04,190
[Cole] Tegan with an uppercut
in the corner.

261
00:12:04,256 --> 00:12:07,193
Here comes Tegan Nox unloading on Iyo Sky.

262
00:12:07,593 --> 00:12:11,130
[Wade] What a comeback story
this might be, Michael Cole.

263
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-[crowd gasps]
-[Cole] Tag Team Championship on the line.

264
00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:16,102
Bayley realizes her team's in trouble.

265
00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:19,705
[crowd cheering, whistling]

266
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Oh! She was looking for
the Shiniest Wizard again

267
00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:25,945
and Iyo Sky was ready for it.

268
00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:28,114
[Wade] Shotei uppercut.

269
00:12:29,982 --> 00:12:31,684
[crowd boos]

270
00:12:32,351 --> 00:12:34,487
[Cole] Sky calling for the moonsault.

271
00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:36,455
Tegan Nox, though,
does not allow it to happen.

272
00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:38,691
[Wade] Completely had that one scouted.

273
00:12:39,458 --> 00:12:40,526
[Cole] And now, Bayley.

274
00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:44,296
Official Jessika Carr with Iyo Sky,
does not see Bayley's involvement.

275
00:12:44,363 --> 00:12:46,132
Bayley sent over
into the timekeeper's area.

276
00:12:46,198 --> 00:12:47,633
Who the hell?

277
00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:51,737
Who the hell was that?

278
00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,740
[Wade] Cleaned the clock of Tegan Nox.

279
00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:56,509
[Cole] Somebody just kicked
Nox's head off!

280
00:12:56,575 --> 00:12:59,411
[Wade] Referee did not see any of it.

281
00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:03,115
[Cole] Somebody in a hoodie
just kicked off Nox's head

282
00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:06,752
and Iyo Sky gonna take advantage
from the top rope.

283
00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:08,220
The Genius of the Sky.

284
00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:10,055
-With a moonsault, connecting.
-[Wade] Perfect.

285
00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:10,956
[all] One, two, three!

286
00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:13,559
[Cole] And just like that,
Damage CTRL retains the gold.

287
00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:14,727
[bell rings]

288
00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:16,295
[def rebel's "We Got the Rage" playing]

289
00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:18,097
[Irvin] Here are your winners

290
00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:24,537
and still the WWE Women's
Tag Team Champions,

291
00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:27,640
Damage CTRL.

292
00:13:27,706 --> 00:13:30,543
[Wade] Oh man, we were getting
one hell of a championship matchup…

293
00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:33,212
-[Cole] I wanna see this thing again.
-[Wade] …to kick this thing off.

294
00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:38,217
[Cole] Here's the beautiful moonsault
from Iyo Sky.

295
00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:40,653
[crowd shouting]

296
00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:42,855
[referee] One, two, three!

297
00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:46,725
[Cole] And Iyo and Dakota retain
the Tag Team Titles,

298
00:13:46,792 --> 00:13:48,527
but thanks to some--

299
00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:50,729
some individual who--

300
00:13:50,796 --> 00:13:52,131
who attacked…

301
00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:56,902
[Wade] Let's be honest,
that was an absolutely incredible way

302
00:13:56,969 --> 00:13:59,171
to kick SmackDown off,

303
00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:02,575
but that suspicious mystery individual

304
00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:04,677
who spoiled the matchup for all of us--

305
00:14:04,743 --> 00:14:06,912
not that Damage CTRL
are complaining about it--

306
00:14:06,979 --> 00:14:08,214
I want to know who that was.

307
00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,849
Yes, I want to get to the bottom of it.
I'd love to know who was involved

308
00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:13,185
in allowing Damage CTRL
to retain the Tag Team gold.

309
00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:15,988
But, moving on, this is
a championship night here tonight

310
00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:17,323
on Friday Night SmackDown.

311
00:14:17,389 --> 00:14:18,257
Still to come,

312
00:14:18,324 --> 00:14:21,460
the Intercontinental Championship
is up for grabs.

313
00:14:21,527 --> 00:14:22,862
The Number One Contender,

314
00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:25,197
the winner of the SmackDown
World Cup, Ricochet,

315
00:14:25,264 --> 00:14:27,600
versus this man, the champion,

316
00:14:27,666 --> 00:14:28,634
Gunther.

317
00:14:32,438 --> 00:14:38,611
[Irvin] Representing Imperium,
the Intercontinental Champion,

318
00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:41,447
Gunther!

319
00:14:41,513 --> 00:14:44,383
[Gunther] It's about passion, respect.

320
00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:47,887
And that is protecting this title,

321
00:14:47,953 --> 00:14:50,756
the Grand Prix of this great sport.

322
00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:56,128
The Ring General will break you!

323
00:14:56,195 --> 00:14:57,029
[grunts]

324
00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:00,966
[Gunther] Ricochet comes in all excited.

325
00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:01,934
[bell rings]

326
00:15:02,001 --> 00:15:05,271
[Cole] Ricochet wins
the SmackDown World Cup.

327
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,339
[Gunther] Congratulations.

328
00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:10,009
He's one of the most gifted athletes
I've ever seen.

329
00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:15,614
[Wade] The excellence of Ricochet's
high-flying skills.

330
00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:18,250
[Gunther]
Gunther impressed everybody else.

331
00:15:19,051 --> 00:15:21,086
But all of that don't matter.

332
00:15:21,153 --> 00:15:22,354
[groaning]

333
00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:24,323
[Gunther] It's about physicality.

334
00:15:25,991 --> 00:15:27,359
If I take your face

335
00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:29,695
and grind it down on that mat.

336
00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:33,232
[grunting in distress]

337
00:15:33,299 --> 00:15:34,600
[roars]

338
00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,635
[Wade] Sneering disdain for anybody

339
00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:39,371
who does not meet the standards
of the Imperium.

340
00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:40,706
-[slapping]
-[grunts]

341
00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:44,743
I am gonna chop your whole body
into pieces.

342
00:15:46,812 --> 00:15:51,216
Then I'm gonna grab your lifeless body
and smash it all around that ring.

343
00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:57,389
[Ludwig Kaiser] Gunther is the embodiment
of greatness.

344
00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:01,093
[Gunther] Ricochet,
I'm gonna break your spirit.

345
00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:10,569
I am the Intercontinental Champion.

346
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,572
[def rebel's
"Nobody Better Than Me" playing]

347
00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:17,509
[Wade] Smackdown World Cup winner
Ricochet gets part two

348
00:16:17,576 --> 00:16:22,481
of his prize later on tonight,
an opportunity at Gunther

349
00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:25,684
and the Intercontinental Championship.

350
00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:27,820
[Cole] Also tonight on
Friday Night SmackDown,

351
00:16:27,886 --> 00:16:31,290
it has been one of the most
bizarre stories

352
00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:32,858
we've ever been a part of.

353
00:16:32,925 --> 00:16:37,596
The saga with LA Knight,
Uncle Howdy, and Bray Wyatt.

354
00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:40,299
We've received a QR code
with disturbing footage

355
00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:42,267
of what happened when the lights
turned off last week.

356
00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:44,236
We're gonna see that live, next.

357
00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,078
[Ricochet] I hate to say "I told you so."

358
00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:57,483
Because I told everybody
that if I had to be the last man standing

359
00:16:57,549 --> 00:17:00,019
holding that SmackDown World Cup
to get my rematch,

360
00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:00,953
then so be it.

361
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:01,854
[bell rings]

362
00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:04,356
[Cole] Ricochet wins the SmackDown
World Cup.

363
00:17:04,423 --> 00:17:08,827
Ricochet, Gunther
for the Intercontinental Championship.

364
00:17:08,894 --> 00:17:11,530
[Ricochet] I had already envisioned
the pyro, the trophy,

365
00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:14,233
the WWE Universe Champion, Ricochet.

366
00:17:14,299 --> 00:17:17,036
[crowd chants "Ricochet"]

367
00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:19,538
Despite everything that I made happen,

368
00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:21,473
I still hear what they have to say,

369
00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:24,109
and they think Gunther
already has the match won.

370
00:17:24,510 --> 00:17:26,845
[Gunther] I am the one who took
that title off you.

371
00:17:26,912 --> 00:17:28,947
I'm gonna beat you again.

372
00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:30,582
I'm gonna do it in the worst way.

373
00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:33,685
There is nothing that can
save you from that.

374
00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,056
[Ricochet] You are in for the fight
of your life.

375
00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:38,857
I will not give up.

376
00:17:38,924 --> 00:17:42,161
Everybody will bear witness
to Ricochet taking that

377
00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:45,397
Intercontinental Championship
that you hold over your shoulder.

378
00:17:46,765 --> 00:17:48,867
[Ricochet] I'm gonna do
what Ricochet does best.

379
00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,969
I'm gonna flip.

380
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:55,307
Because it's time to flip the odds
in my favor.

381
00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:57,876
So go ahead.

382
00:17:59,611 --> 00:18:00,813
Go ahead and bet on Gunther.

383
00:18:02,414 --> 00:18:04,216
I'm gonna bet on Ricochet.

384
00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:11,824
Ricochet has been riding
a wave of success.

385
00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,826
Will it lead him to gold tonight?

386
00:18:13,892 --> 00:18:16,095
Also, tonight,
we are expecting the arrival

387
00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:18,530
of the Undisputed Champion,
the Head of the Table,

388
00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:20,966
The Tribal Chief of The Bloodline,
Roman Reigns,

389
00:18:21,033 --> 00:18:23,836
who has a problem he has to deal with.

390
00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:26,972
That problem is the Kevin Owens problem.

391
00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:28,907
Here's our Progressive Match Flo.

392
00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:33,078
[narrator] Match Flo is sponsored
by Progressive,

393
00:18:33,145 --> 00:18:34,646
a triple threat of protection,

394
00:18:34,713 --> 00:18:36,615
with home, auto, and more.

395
00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:41,687
[Corey Graves] Oh, this is about teaching
The Original Bro a lesson

396
00:18:41,753 --> 00:18:44,356
on behalf of the entire Bloodline.

397
00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:49,962
[Kevin Patrick] There's Kevin Owens!

398
00:18:50,028 --> 00:18:53,765
[Graves] Kevin Owens with the equalizer,
running off the champions.

399
00:18:55,834 --> 00:19:00,072
Solo Sikoa doing the dirty work
of The Bloodline.

400
00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,342
A Samoan Spike!

401
00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:08,213
[crowd gasps]

402
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,548
[grunts]

403
00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,117
[groans in agony]

404
00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:13,519
[referee] We need some help out here.

405
00:19:16,021 --> 00:19:19,658
[Graves] Possible long-term damage
to Matt Riddle.

406
00:19:19,725 --> 00:19:22,027
[siren blaring]

407
00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:27,533
[Kevin Patrick] Elias against Solo Sikoa
in one-on-one action.

408
00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:31,703
[Graves] Elias opted to step up
on behalf of The Original Bro.

409
00:19:33,672 --> 00:19:36,975
Solo is only getting started.

410
00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:38,844
The man is a menace.

411
00:19:38,911 --> 00:19:40,245
[referee] One, two, three!

412
00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:41,280
[bell rings]

413
00:19:41,346 --> 00:19:46,351
[Graves] Another impressive victory
by the enforcer of The Bloodline.

414
00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:49,321
[yells]

415
00:19:49,922 --> 00:19:53,192
Samoan Spike to the throat of Elias.

416
00:19:55,627 --> 00:19:56,728
[Kevin Patrick] Kevin Owens!

417
00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:59,064
Stunner.

418
00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,867
[Graves] Sami hightailing it out of Dodge.

419
00:20:01,934 --> 00:20:05,470
Kevin Owens with plenty
of unfinished business.

420
00:20:09,808 --> 00:20:10,842
Big night, boys.

421
00:20:10,909 --> 00:20:11,743
-Hey.
-Big night.

422
00:20:11,810 --> 00:20:13,445
-Big night.
-My dawg's night.

423
00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:16,215
No, it's all of our night.
It is all of our night.

424
00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,716
But I did get my hair did, though.

425
00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:19,985
-It look clean too.
-Right? You think so?

426
00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,253
-Yeah.
-It's not bad.

427
00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:22,721
Hey, I went to your beard guy, Yankee.

428
00:20:22,788 --> 00:20:24,656
-Yeet.
-Not bad, right?

429
00:20:24,723 --> 00:20:25,591
No flyaways.

430
00:20:25,657 --> 00:20:27,025
Right? Be honest now, though.

431
00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:28,994
-What do you think about the jacket?
-You look good.

432
00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:31,029
-Come on, tell me the truth.
-If I'm honest?

433
00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:31,964
-Yeah.
-You look good.

434
00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:34,533
-All right. Okay, 'cause I'm--
-A little loose, but…

435
00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,168
'Cause I had a little thing
with the tailor.

436
00:20:36,235 --> 00:20:37,703
I made a joke, he didn't laugh.

437
00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:39,104
Got weird in there.

438
00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:40,005
Anyways, all right.

439
00:20:40,072 --> 00:20:41,974
If you say it looks good
then it looks good.

440
00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,642
Hey, where's Solo, by the way? I'm…

441
00:20:44,409 --> 00:20:46,378
He's with The Tribal Chief.
They on the way.

442
00:20:46,445 --> 00:20:48,347
-Yeet.
-Okay.

443
00:20:48,413 --> 00:20:50,282
You know, I'm just, I got this--
I'm nervous.

444
00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:52,251
Breathe. Hey, breathe.

445
00:20:52,317 --> 00:20:53,452
-Right.
-There you go.

446
00:20:53,518 --> 00:20:54,753
You know what?

447
00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:56,555
Give me two minutes, let me get…

448
00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:57,589
let me get some water.

449
00:20:57,656 --> 00:20:59,157
-Let me decompress a bit. All right?
-Yeet.

450
00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:01,126
-All right. Yeet! Yeet!
-Yeet.

451
00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:03,262
Big night, Uce.

452
00:21:03,328 --> 00:21:05,230
Tonight The Tribal Chief

453
00:21:05,297 --> 00:21:07,566
is gonna take away the Honorary Uce

454
00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:10,902
and make that man a full-blown Uce.

455
00:21:10,969 --> 00:21:12,571
[crowd cheering]

456
00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:15,674
Man, you got him all dressed up
and everything, man.

457
00:21:16,375 --> 00:21:18,176
I don't think Roman's
gonna make him tonight.

458
00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,878
And did you at least talk to Roman?

459
00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:22,881
It's cool, man. It's gonna be good.

460
00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:27,486
Man, you know how The Tribal Chief is,
you know how he be.

461
00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:30,555
I mean, since Monday
and Kevin Owens popping up.

462
00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:33,392
Hey, honestly,

463
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:36,261
I think we setting Sami up
for a big disappointment.

464
00:21:40,332 --> 00:21:43,335
Tonight… is gonna be a good night.

465
00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:46,204
Okay. It's all good.

466
00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:49,207
[together] Yeet. Yeet.

467
00:21:50,742 --> 00:21:54,212
I will say this, Sami Zayn
scrubs up pretty damn well,

468
00:21:54,279 --> 00:21:56,815
but is tonight the night that he becomes

469
00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:58,984
an official member of The Bloodline?

470
00:21:59,051 --> 00:22:01,920
Well, could potentially be
a great night for Sami Zayn.

471
00:22:01,987 --> 00:22:03,755
But, how about LA Knight?

472
00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:06,692
Life has not been so great
for Mr. Knight as of late

473
00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:08,894
in this bizarre conflict with Bray Wyatt.

474
00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,663
Let's take you back to last week
on SmackDown.

475
00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,300
If nobody else is gonna do
anything about it,

476
00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:17,769
I'll tell you what, Bray,
I'll come back here

477
00:22:17,836 --> 00:22:19,304
and do something about it myself.

478
00:22:19,371 --> 00:22:22,007
I'll come back and find you right now.
Yeah!

479
00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:23,275
[crowd] Yeah!

480
00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:26,878
[indistinct speech]

481
00:22:31,283 --> 00:22:32,617
What is this crap?

482
00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:34,219
I don't even know what's happening.

483
00:22:34,786 --> 00:22:35,620
[thud]

484
00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:43,929
[LA Knight] What?

485
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,466
[Cole] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
just a few moments ago,

486
00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:50,702
we received a QR code
that apparently has some

487
00:22:50,769 --> 00:22:52,504
disturbing footage of what happened

488
00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:54,973
after that scene on SmackDown last week.

489
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:56,308
Let's show it to you now.

490
00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:05,851
[distorted, ethereal male voices]
Little pig… Little pig.

491
00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:07,886
Little pig. Pig.

492
00:23:07,953 --> 00:23:11,423
-Let me in.
-Little pig.

493
00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:15,093
-Not by the hair…
-Let me in.

494
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:20,999
…on my… chinny chin chin.

495
00:23:21,066 --> 00:23:23,568
[LA Knight groans]

496
00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:27,472
-[muffled groaning]
-[man shushing]

497
00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:36,148
[muffled shouting]

498
00:23:46,158 --> 00:23:48,593
[muffled shouting]

499
00:23:51,797 --> 00:23:53,465
[Cole] What on earth was that?

500
00:23:55,500 --> 00:23:57,436
LA Knight cannot be happy
about any of this.

501
00:23:57,502 --> 00:23:58,637
Can you blame him?

502
00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:02,908
LA Knight, he's here live,
next on SmackDown.

503
00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,813
[def rebel's "Welcome To LA" playing]

504
00:24:07,879 --> 00:24:10,515
[Cole] Friday Night SmackDown on Fox
is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.

505
00:24:10,582 --> 00:24:13,251
For a job you'll love, visit Progressive.

506
00:24:14,553 --> 00:24:17,289
LA Knight in the ring here on SmackDown.

507
00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:19,958
[music stops]

508
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,762
Let me talk to you.

509
00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:30,502
I didn't ask any of you. Shut up,
'cause I got business to deal with.

510
00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:33,004
[crowd boos]

511
00:24:33,071 --> 00:24:35,740
I don't need to go through this
with a fine-tooth comb.

512
00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:37,309
Let's go ahead and say this.

513
00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:39,578
Look, for the past few weeks,

514
00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:42,380
I've been blindsided,
I've been cheap-shotted.

515
00:24:42,447 --> 00:24:45,150
Hell, I've been abducted
and I've been tied up,

516
00:24:45,217 --> 00:24:50,021
but still, I'm still knocking
on Bray Wyatt's front door.

517
00:24:51,456 --> 00:24:53,158
Let's go ahead and put it all
into perspective.

518
00:24:53,225 --> 00:24:54,292
Bray Wyatt…

519
00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,762
you're a former WWE Champion.

520
00:24:57,829 --> 00:25:01,466
You are one of the biggest
WWE Superstars of all time,

521
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:04,035
and if I'm honest, your recent return,

522
00:25:04,102 --> 00:25:06,972
one of the most talked about returns ever.

523
00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:09,941
[crowd cheers]

524
00:25:11,142 --> 00:25:13,612
Yet, all you've done since you've returned

525
00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:15,547
is dress like a damn circus freak.

526
00:25:16,147 --> 00:25:19,150
You've whined and cried
with your victim complex.

527
00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:22,554
You've said a bunch of gobbledygook
that never gets to the point.

528
00:25:23,455 --> 00:25:26,925
And most of all, you've taken advantage

529
00:25:26,992 --> 00:25:30,228
to blindside and attack me
anytime I ain't looking.

530
00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:35,433
And you say,
"Well, it wasn't me, my brother.

531
00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:38,603
It was Boy Howdy. You don't know."

532
00:25:38,670 --> 00:25:41,306
I know! I know who it was.

533
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:45,043
I know it was you,
I can hear you, I can feel you.

534
00:25:45,844 --> 00:25:47,812
So here's what I need you to do.

535
00:25:47,879 --> 00:25:50,849
I need you to put on whatever mask
you need to,

536
00:25:50,916 --> 00:25:54,352
I need you to put on
whatever costume you need to.

537
00:25:54,419 --> 00:25:57,155
Call yourself anything you need to

538
00:25:57,222 --> 00:26:02,494
so that you can walk down here
and you can get stomped out.

539
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:06,898
-Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
-[crowd] Yeah!

540
00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:08,333
-Yeah!
-[crowd] Yeah!

541
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,135
-Yeah!
-[crowd] Yeah!

542
00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:13,305
[cheering]

543
00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:26,284
[Code Orange's "Shatter" playing]

544
00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:36,461
[Wyatt] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

545
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:37,529
[chuckles]

546
00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:49,374
[crowd cheers]

547
00:26:51,676 --> 00:26:56,381
Oh. Oh, Chicago, how I have missed you.

548
00:26:56,448 --> 00:27:00,385
[crowd cheers]

549
00:27:01,786 --> 00:27:05,223
But you, brother, I am sick of you.

550
00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:13,498
[crowd chants "Bray"]

551
00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:20,005
I am sick of this entire game
that we keep playing, man.

552
00:27:20,905 --> 00:27:21,906
Here's the deal…

553
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:28,947
I know you don't believe me, man,
and I understand why.

554
00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:33,084
But I'm being honest when I tell you,

555
00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:35,186
you're barking up the wrong tree.

556
00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:40,091
I haven't touched you.

557
00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:43,028
And I think the ironic part is that,

558
00:27:43,928 --> 00:27:49,968
deep down, we both know
how this story ends,

559
00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,236
don't we?

560
00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:57,676
Yeah.

561
00:27:57,742 --> 00:27:58,743
Mm.

562
00:27:58,810 --> 00:28:00,478
Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

563
00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:04,749
So, I have decided that since
we both know how it ends,

564
00:28:04,816 --> 00:28:08,086
I'm gonna give you one more chance
to deliver your message,

565
00:28:08,953 --> 00:28:11,022
and when I do, you better deliver it good

566
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:12,891
and make it worth my while.

567
00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:14,959
Capiche?

568
00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:16,661
[laughs] Come on.

569
00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:18,963
[Cole] Oh!

570
00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:24,069
LA Knight attacking Wyatt.

571
00:28:24,135 --> 00:28:26,237
[Wade] Well, don't say
he didn't warn Bray Wyatt.

572
00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:29,941
But right now I feel that LA Knight
is messing with forces

573
00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:31,309
he doesn't understand.

574
00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,344
[crowd boos]

575
00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:38,416
[distorted audio]

576
00:28:38,483 --> 00:28:39,651
[eerie music]

577
00:28:39,717 --> 00:28:42,721
Little pig, little pig, little pig.

578
00:28:42,787 --> 00:28:43,988
Little pig.

579
00:28:44,522 --> 00:28:46,658
What have you done?

580
00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:50,862
What have you done?

581
00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,397
[sinister laughter]

582
00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:53,531
Little pi--

583
00:28:54,933 --> 00:28:56,468
What have you done?

584
00:28:56,935 --> 00:28:57,769
Hey.

585
00:28:58,269 --> 00:29:01,172
You want to see something really scary?

586
00:29:03,274 --> 00:29:04,609
[eerie music stops]

587
00:29:04,676 --> 00:29:05,977
[fan] Who's that?

588
00:29:06,044 --> 00:29:07,645
[indistinct]

589
00:29:07,712 --> 00:29:09,581
[indistinct]

590
00:29:09,647 --> 00:29:11,015
[grunts]

591
00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:12,884
[eerie music playing]

592
00:29:22,794 --> 00:29:25,063
[eerie music continues]

593
00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:29,734
[crowd cheering]

594
00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:33,104
What is that?

595
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:48,486
[eerie music continues]

596
00:29:57,295 --> 00:30:01,366
[sinister laughter]

597
00:30:09,007 --> 00:30:10,775
[laughter continues]

598
00:30:17,081 --> 00:30:19,317
[laughter continues]

599
00:30:25,123 --> 00:30:27,025
I don't know who you [indistinct]…

600
00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:32,363
[laughs]

601
00:30:39,070 --> 00:30:41,906
[laughter continues, echoing]

602
00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:53,484
[Cole] And there he is,
the Head of the Table.

603
00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:57,155
The Undisputed WWE
Universal Champion, Roman Reigns,

604
00:30:57,222 --> 00:30:59,390
flanked by Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman.

605
00:30:59,457 --> 00:31:01,593
-[Cole] A lot of speculation that we--
-Where to, Wiseman?

606
00:31:01,659 --> 00:31:03,127
This way, my Tribal Chief.

607
00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:06,297
[Cole] A lot of speculation that
Roman Reigns may make Sami Zayn

608
00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,666
an official part of The Bloodline tonight.

609
00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:09,834
["Nobody Better Than Me" plays]

610
00:31:09,901 --> 00:31:11,803
[Wade] Yes, indeed. What a night.

611
00:31:11,870 --> 00:31:14,239
For the first time since
The Bloodline's victory

612
00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:17,575
at Survivor Series WarGames,
the Universal Champ,

613
00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:20,511
"The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns is here,

614
00:31:20,578 --> 00:31:23,248
and we're gonna hear from him
later on tonight.

615
00:31:23,948 --> 00:31:26,317
[Cole] Meanwhile, got to get back
into the flow of things.

616
00:31:26,384 --> 00:31:30,722
I'm still trying to comprehend
what happened a few moments ago

617
00:31:30,788 --> 00:31:31,756
with Bray Wyatt.

618
00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:39,631
Now we turn our attention to an
Intercontinental Championship Match.

619
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:43,201
It's time for the highlight of the night.

620
00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:49,707
[def rebel's
"It's About to Go Down" playing]

621
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:54,112
[Cole] Mustafa Ali,

622
00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:55,680
Braun Strowman,

623
00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:57,982
Santos Escobar…

624
00:31:58,049 --> 00:32:00,952
the names of the men
that Ricochet took out

625
00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:04,122
to win the SmackDown World Cup on Fox,

626
00:32:04,188 --> 00:32:07,892
and earn him
this opportunity here tonight.

627
00:32:08,393 --> 00:32:11,863
[Wade] Ricochet has been riding
a crest of a wave

628
00:32:12,263 --> 00:32:15,099
for the past few weeks here on SmackDown,

629
00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:20,672
but will that wave lead him all the way
to El Dorado and gold tonight

630
00:32:20,738 --> 00:32:24,776
in the form of Gunther's
Intercontinental Championship.

631
00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:31,983
[Cole] "I won't give up."

632
00:32:32,050 --> 00:32:35,286
The rallying cry from Ricochet.

633
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:37,055
[indistinct]

634
00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:48,066
[def rebel's "Prepare to Fight" playing]

635
00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:52,437
♪ Gunther ♪

636
00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,708
[Cole] In the middle
is the Intercontinental Champion,

637
00:32:56,774 --> 00:33:00,411
Gunther, flanked by the Imperium members,
Vinci on the left,

638
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,180
Kaiser on the right.

639
00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:06,017
There is one date that
Ricochet will not allow

640
00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:12,023
to get out of his head,
and that date is June 10th of 2022.

641
00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:13,524
That was the night that

642
00:33:13,591 --> 00:33:16,828
Gunther defeated Ricochet
to win the Intercontinental Title.

643
00:33:16,894 --> 00:33:22,600
A title that Gunther has held
proudly for the past 187 days.

644
00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:24,302
[speaking German]

645
00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:28,740
[Wade] It's also the day
that Ricochet's career

646
00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:33,311
went into a tail spin after losing that
Intercontinental Championship.

647
00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:34,379
[Cole] Well, wait a minute.

648
00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:36,681
That's one way that you
might want to describe it, Wade.

649
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:40,485
I like to look at it as,
it was Ricochet's chance to fight back.

650
00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:42,353
His chance to get to redemption,

651
00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:44,255
and that redemption could come tonight,

652
00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:46,090
because Ricochet never gave up.

653
00:33:46,157 --> 00:33:47,091
He never gave in.

654
00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:49,794
He could have stuck his tail
between his legs and ran away,

655
00:33:49,861 --> 00:33:51,329
but he never did that.

656
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:54,832
[Wade] Well, his redeemer was
the SmackDown World Cup

657
00:33:54,899 --> 00:33:58,469
because until then Ricochet
was having an incredibly quiet

658
00:33:58,536 --> 00:33:59,971
second half of 2022.

659
00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:05,410
[Adam Pearce stating indistinct rules]

660
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:12,183
You and you are out of here
and this is one-on-one.

661
00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:14,919
[Cole] Good job by the official,
Adam Pearce, sending Imperium to the back.

662
00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:16,587
He's had a busy week.

663
00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:19,323
[Wade] He fired Lashley on Monday,

664
00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:21,325
rescinded that firing on Tuesday.

665
00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:24,529
He seems to have
his ducks in order tonight, though.

666
00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:26,531
[Pearce] Thank you.

667
00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:29,767
[Cole] Great ruling by
official Adam Pearce

668
00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:32,303
to truly make this
a one-on-one match tonight.

669
00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:34,205
[bell rings]

670
00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:36,641
[Irvin] The following contest
scheduled for one fall,

671
00:34:36,707 --> 00:34:40,812
is for the Intercontinental

672
00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:44,248
Championship.

673
00:34:47,051 --> 00:34:50,421
Introducing the challenger,
from Las Vegas,

674
00:34:50,488 --> 00:34:53,157
weighing in at 207 pounds.

675
00:34:53,224 --> 00:34:59,063
He is the winner
of the SmackDown World Cup on Fox,

676
00:34:59,130 --> 00:35:03,367
Ricochet!

677
00:35:09,574 --> 00:35:15,646
And his opponent, representing Imperium,
from Vienna, Austria,

678
00:35:15,713 --> 00:35:18,549
weighing in at 250 pounds,

679
00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:23,221
he is the Intercontinental Champion,

680
00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:26,524
Gunther!

681
00:35:27,225 --> 00:35:30,495
[Cole] Since 1979,
the Intercontinental Championship

682
00:35:30,561 --> 00:35:34,499
has been known as the Workman's
Championship, here in WWE,

683
00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:36,501
and that is why Ricochet believes

684
00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:39,537
he would be a great person
to hold the Championship.

685
00:35:39,604 --> 00:35:42,406
On the After The Bell podcast
with Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick

686
00:35:42,473 --> 00:35:43,741
a couple of weeks ago,

687
00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,510
Ricochet talked about the fact

688
00:35:45,576 --> 00:35:47,745
that nothing has ever been handed to him.

689
00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:49,914
When he was growing up,
he worked in a log factory,

690
00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:53,151
in a fiberglass plant, and it proved
that he needed work ethic.

691
00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:55,820
He needed to work hard to make it,
and he's brought that work ethic

692
00:35:55,887 --> 00:35:58,022
into the WWE world today.

693
00:35:58,089 --> 00:35:59,590
And he thinks he has an opportunity now

694
00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:01,792
to knock off Gunther here tonight.

695
00:36:03,628 --> 00:36:07,632
Gunther, the first-ever
Austrian-born Superstar

696
00:36:07,698 --> 00:36:09,600
to compete in WWE.

697
00:36:09,667 --> 00:36:13,704
CBS Sports once said he had
the match of the year down in NXT.

698
00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:16,841
A former NXT United Kingdom Champion,
and looks to make

699
00:36:16,908 --> 00:36:18,643
quick work of Ricochet tonight.

700
00:36:18,709 --> 00:36:20,978
[Wade] Short time in WWE.

701
00:36:21,779 --> 00:36:25,583
Gunther has become
one of the greats already.

702
00:36:25,650 --> 00:36:27,618
How far his career can go.

703
00:36:29,387 --> 00:36:31,722
[Cole] Now if you're Ricochet, Wade,
what do you need to do

704
00:36:31,789 --> 00:36:34,025
to try to knock off Gunther tonight?

705
00:36:34,458 --> 00:36:35,593
[Wade] Well, let's be honest.

706
00:36:35,660 --> 00:36:37,995
Part one of the problem
was the fact that Imperium were going

707
00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:39,330
to be on the outside.

708
00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:43,067
We've already had one
championship matchup ruined

709
00:36:43,134 --> 00:36:44,535
from outside interference tonight.

710
00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:45,903
Not gonna happen twice.

711
00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:47,672
[Cole] I love this strategy,
though, by Gunther,

712
00:36:47,738 --> 00:36:49,707
immediately going for the legs
of Ricochet.

713
00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:52,743
You take the legs out,
you take out that high-flying ability,

714
00:36:52,810 --> 00:36:56,247
the quickness of Ricochet,
and give the advantage to the champion.

715
00:36:56,314 --> 00:36:57,415
[Wade] Well, that's exactly it.

716
00:36:57,481 --> 00:37:00,218
Ricochet has to keep his distance
from Gunther,

717
00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:03,187
hit and move, because
get in the clutches of the big man

718
00:37:03,254 --> 00:37:04,555
and it's game over.

719
00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:07,158
[Cole] Gunther said that,
"Ricochet is a gifted athlete.

720
00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:08,993
However, I have beaten him twice."

721
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:10,294
[Gunther grunting]

722
00:37:10,361 --> 00:37:11,729
Oh, and a nice takedown by Gunther.

723
00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:14,098
He says that Ricochet's full of himself,

724
00:37:14,165 --> 00:37:16,867
that he's only in this for himself,
but Gunther says,

725
00:37:16,934 --> 00:37:18,736
"I'm in this for the greater good.

726
00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:22,340
I believe the mat is sacred
and I want to prove to the world

727
00:37:22,406 --> 00:37:25,409
what it means to be a WWE Superstar.

728
00:37:25,476 --> 00:37:26,744
An Intercontinental Champion."

729
00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:30,248
[Wade] Yeah, Gunther knows exactly
just how good Ricochet is.

730
00:37:30,314 --> 00:37:32,216
Anyone with a pair of eyes can see that,

731
00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:36,754
but Gunther's quest, in part,
is to erase from this industry

732
00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:40,992
the acrobatics
that are more suited to a circus.

733
00:37:41,058 --> 00:37:42,026
His words.

734
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:46,764
[Cole] And Ricochet showing off
a little bit of that athleticism there.

735
00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:50,468
Gunther wants to be able to keep
Ricochet close, to wear him down,

736
00:37:50,534 --> 00:37:52,903
to continue to work on his body.

737
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,706
-Oh, and just toss him about like that.
-[Gunther] Come on!

738
00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:57,141
[Cole] Ricochet needs to stay away.

739
00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,176
He needs to create space.

740
00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:01,979
[Wade] In close combat, there's only
one winner between these two.

741
00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:04,682
It is the power, the strength,
the brutality…

742
00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:07,785
[Cole] Oh! Hits with a chop,
and Ricochet now goes to work on

743
00:38:07,852 --> 00:38:10,721
the hamstrings, the back of the knee,
trying to chop the big man down.

744
00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:11,656
[Gunther grunts]

745
00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:14,158
Nice side headlock takedown by Ricochet.

746
00:38:14,225 --> 00:38:16,360
[Wade] Using Gunther's momentum
against him.

747
00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:19,297
Really nice change of technique
here from Ricochet.

748
00:38:19,363 --> 00:38:20,598
Needs more of that.

749
00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:22,667
[Cole] Ricochet, he's a former
Intercontinental Champion.

750
00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:24,068
United States Champion.

751
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:26,070
NXT North American Champion.

752
00:38:27,505 --> 00:38:29,240
Ricochet off the second rope, but again,

753
00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:31,108
Gunther not allowing any space.

754
00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:32,843
Ricochet able to hang on.

755
00:38:32,910 --> 00:38:34,712
[Wade] Certainly no slouch for a big man.

756
00:38:34,779 --> 00:38:36,580
[Cole] Yeah, but he moves
right into a suplex.

757
00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:38,716
However, Ricochet lands on his feet.

758
00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:43,120
Ricochet quick as a puma,
and he catches Gunther

759
00:38:43,187 --> 00:38:45,289
with an enzuigiri to the back of the neck.

760
00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:46,957
Now Ricochet unloading on Gunther,

761
00:38:47,024 --> 00:38:48,592
trying to drive
the champion into the corner.

762
00:38:48,659 --> 00:38:51,629
[Wade] Gunther completely
rocked there momentarily.

763
00:38:51,696 --> 00:38:52,530
[crowd cheers]

764
00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:56,067
[Cole] And a dropkick by Ricochet.

765
00:38:56,133 --> 00:38:58,736
[Wade] This is why Ricochet
needs to stay on Gunther,

766
00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:00,838
not give him a moment of respite.

767
00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:05,576
[Cole] Gunther's 6'4, 250 pounds.

768
00:39:05,643 --> 00:39:08,179
-Ricochet goes 5'9, 188.
-[Wade] Oh!

769
00:39:08,245 --> 00:39:12,183
[Cole] And Gunther with a big boot
sending Ricochet to the outside,

770
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:15,119
and Gunther realizing
he has the advantage.

771
00:39:15,186 --> 00:39:17,054
Will not allow Ricochet
any time to recover.

772
00:39:17,121 --> 00:39:17,955
[Gunther screams]

773
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:19,957
[Cole] Right onto the apron.
Gunther dominating.

774
00:39:20,024 --> 00:39:21,959
Does Ricochet have an opportunity

775
00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:24,161
to somehow climb back
into this title match?

776
00:39:24,228 --> 00:39:25,062
[Gunther grunts]

777
00:39:25,129 --> 00:39:26,464
[Cole] Oh!

778
00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:31,902
[speaking German]

779
00:39:33,637 --> 00:39:36,507
[Cole] It is a night of championships
here on Friday Night SmackDown.

780
00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:38,476
Right now Gunther defending
the Intercontinental Title

781
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:39,744
against Ricochet.

782
00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:41,011
We are sold out tonight

783
00:39:41,078 --> 00:39:43,047
at the Allstate Arena
in Chicago, Illinois.

784
00:39:43,114 --> 00:39:47,184
15,103 WWE fans on hand.

785
00:39:47,251 --> 00:39:50,321
Trying to see if Ricochet
can pull off what many believe

786
00:39:50,388 --> 00:39:53,457
will be an upset over Gunther.

787
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:57,428
[Wade] I got to tell you,
the SmackDown World Cup final

788
00:39:57,495 --> 00:40:01,132
against Escobar was perhaps
the greatest performance

789
00:40:01,198 --> 00:40:02,867
of Ricochet's career.

790
00:40:02,933 --> 00:40:05,002
If he's gonna pull himself
out of a ditch tonight,

791
00:40:05,069 --> 00:40:07,772
he might have to top
that SmackDown World Cup final.

792
00:40:07,838 --> 00:40:09,473
[Cole] Well, you know what may have been

793
00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:11,308
the biggest moment of Gunther's career?

794
00:40:11,375 --> 00:40:13,010
Was back at Clash at the Castle,

795
00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,413
and that physical battle with Sheamus.

796
00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:20,217
Friday Night SmackDown on Fox tonight,
is sponsored by Progressive.

797
00:40:20,284 --> 00:40:22,553
You notice that Imperium
is not out here at ringside.

798
00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:23,988
Oh! As the match began,

799
00:40:24,054 --> 00:40:27,925
WWE official Adam Pearce
sent Kaiser and Vinci

800
00:40:27,992 --> 00:40:30,594
back to the locker room
to ensure this is a one-on-one match.

801
00:40:30,661 --> 00:40:33,330
[Wade] Yeah, get this, Cole,
breaking on WWE social media,

802
00:40:33,397 --> 00:40:35,833
the mystery person who attacked Tegan Nox

803
00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:38,102
in the Tag Championship Match
earlier tonight,

804
00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:40,704
none other than Xia Li.

805
00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:44,108
[Cole] Yeah, I just saw that breaking.
It's exclusive right now

806
00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:47,444
on WWE social media.
Hopefully we'll get more word

807
00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:51,415
on why Xia did what she did
a little bit later on tonight.

808
00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:55,319
Meanwhile, Gunther continues
the attack on Ricochet.

809
00:40:59,323 --> 00:41:02,159
Successfully grounding
Ricochet at this point

810
00:41:02,226 --> 00:41:05,329
for the prestigious
Intercontinental Championship.

811
00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:09,200
Dozens of Hall of Famers in WWE
have held this title.

812
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:10,734
[Gunther yells]

813
00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:11,869
[Cole] Boston crab.

814
00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:14,505
[Wade] Such a clash of styles
between these two.

815
00:41:14,572 --> 00:41:16,540
A live wire competitor in Ricochet

816
00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:21,178
against a no-frills devastator
in the form of Gunther.

817
00:41:21,245 --> 00:41:25,549
And the no-frills devastator
is absolutely smashing it right now.

818
00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:28,252
[Cole] Ricochet desperately trying
to hang on. Can he make it to the ropes?

819
00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:29,753
Remember the advantage for the champion,

820
00:41:29,820 --> 00:41:32,056
Ricochet has to pin or submit Gunther
to win the title.

821
00:41:32,122 --> 00:41:34,058
Ricochet trying to fight out of this.

822
00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:36,560
Again, there are the heart
and the guts we've talked about

823
00:41:36,627 --> 00:41:38,262
with the innovative Ricochet.

824
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:42,600
[Wade] A career underdog
with an irrepressible spirit,

825
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:45,736
that is what's taken Ricochet
all the way to this

826
00:41:45,803 --> 00:41:48,172
Intercontinental Championship matchup.

827
00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:52,009
[Cole] Ricochet with a well-placed kick,

828
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:54,078
and another one.
And you notice Gunther is on his heels.

829
00:41:54,144 --> 00:41:56,146
He could be in trouble here, Wade.

830
00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:58,215
Ricochet trying to build
a little momentum.

831
00:41:59,083 --> 00:42:03,554
[Wade] The certain durability of Gunther
that we've seen time and time again.

832
00:42:03,621 --> 00:42:05,155
[Cole] Oh, backbreaker.

833
00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:07,424
-Cover to retain the championship.
-[referee] One, two--

834
00:42:07,491 --> 00:42:09,260
[Cole] Ricochet kicks at two.

835
00:42:09,326 --> 00:42:11,462
[Wade] Such a well-conditioned athlete.

836
00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:14,899
And immediately back into that
Boston crab, center of the ring,

837
00:42:14,965 --> 00:42:18,269
technical proficiency personified.

838
00:42:18,335 --> 00:42:19,503
[Cole] The Boston crab, Wade,

839
00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:21,739
it just continues to work
on the lower back.

840
00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:25,109
[Wade] It sucks all of the oxygen
out of your lungs,

841
00:42:25,175 --> 00:42:27,611
as did that spinning backbreaker,

842
00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:30,214
targeted to perfection on that lower back,

843
00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:33,751
as you mentioned, Cole.
Continues to have the bullseye on it.

844
00:42:33,817 --> 00:42:35,286
[Cole] Into a crossface.

845
00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:38,455
Looked like he was going for an STFU,
but nonetheless,

846
00:42:38,522 --> 00:42:39,857
Ricochet able to get his foot

847
00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:41,692
on the bottom rope and force the break.

848
00:42:41,759 --> 00:42:42,793
[referee warning Gunther]

849
00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:45,496
[Wade] You know, Gunther sees himself

850
00:42:45,563 --> 00:42:48,399
as being above the likes of Ricochet.

851
00:42:48,465 --> 00:42:49,567
Rightly or wrongly.

852
00:42:49,633 --> 00:42:50,968
Just has no respect

853
00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:55,105
for the high-risk,
high-entertainment style of Ricochet.

854
00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:56,140
[Gunther shouting]

855
00:42:56,206 --> 00:42:59,209
[Wade] He uses style over substance.

856
00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:04,882
[Cole] Ricochet claims that Gunther
has a weakness.

857
00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:07,284
He would not reveal what that weakness is,

858
00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:09,320
but I'm sure it's in the back of his mind

859
00:43:09,386 --> 00:43:11,488
as he tries to fight
out of this predicament.

860
00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:13,424
Ricochet again needs to pick up the pace.

861
00:43:13,490 --> 00:43:15,526
He's got to start flying around the ring
to have a chance.

862
00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:18,462
Gunther doing a great job with
a front face lock and Ricochet now--

863
00:43:18,529 --> 00:43:19,463
[Gunther yells]

864
00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:20,898
[Cole] Oh goodness!

865
00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:25,869
[Wade] Well, how do you fly around
the ring with a beat-up lower back?

866
00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:27,871
[Cole] Or a collapsed chest.

867
00:43:27,938 --> 00:43:32,309
Oh, and now Gunther, submission hold,
locked in on Ricochet.

868
00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:34,612
[Wade] …collapsed trachea,
the way this is going.

869
00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:37,848
[Cole] Ricochet trying to block.

870
00:43:39,016 --> 00:43:41,018
And just listen to this.

871
00:43:41,752 --> 00:43:42,720
[yells]

872
00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:47,091
What does that feel like?

873
00:43:47,157 --> 00:43:48,392
[Wade] Are you kidding me?

874
00:43:48,459 --> 00:43:50,761
I've never taken one
from Gunther, thankfully.

875
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:52,763
He came after I had retired.

876
00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:56,700
[Cole] Ricochet again still trying
to fight out here, but he could be fading.

877
00:43:56,767 --> 00:43:59,370
Gunther could be close
to putting away Ricochet

878
00:43:59,436 --> 00:44:01,805
and retaining the Intercontinental
Championship.

879
00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:06,043
Ricochet, though,
able to pin him momentarily.

880
00:44:06,110 --> 00:44:09,013
[Wade] Just has that indomitable spirit,
does Ricochet,

881
00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:12,783
but is it gonna be enough
with the overwhelming offense

882
00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:14,084
from the big Austrian?

883
00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:16,220
[Cole] Yes, and a sleeper
locked in by Gunther.

884
00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:19,323
The 250 pounder putting all his weight
on Ricochet

885
00:44:19,390 --> 00:44:22,159
and continuing to wear Ricochet down.

886
00:44:22,226 --> 00:44:25,062
As everyone in the United States
seems to be talking about this

887
00:44:25,129 --> 00:44:28,332
Intercontinental Championship Match
on social media,

888
00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:30,100
Gunther and Ricochet.

889
00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:32,603
[Wade] I think this referee
is taking a close look,

890
00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,772
thinking about bre--
ending this one, but no,

891
00:44:34,838 --> 00:44:36,774
still some resilience from Ricochet.

892
00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,109
Where he's finding this from,
I have no idea.

893
00:44:39,176 --> 00:44:40,544
[Cole] Official Ryan Tran right there.

894
00:44:40,611 --> 00:44:43,313
Ricochet, now with some power,
trying to lift Gunther up,

895
00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:45,582
and a kidney shot by the champion.

896
00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:49,153
[Wade] Just too much has been taken out
of Ricochet's spine at this point.

897
00:44:49,219 --> 00:44:51,188
You ain't picking up the big man.

898
00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:52,256
[Gunther yells]

899
00:44:52,322 --> 00:44:54,758
[Cole] Oh, what a throw by Gunther.
Into the cover to retain…

900
00:44:54,825 --> 00:44:55,659
[referee] One, two--

901
00:44:55,726 --> 00:44:59,863
…the Intercontinental Title.
Kickout at two by Ricochet.

902
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:02,099
[Ricochet]
[indistinct] I kicked out at two.

903
00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:05,736
[Wade] Just sense Gunther
starting to perhaps get

904
00:45:05,803 --> 00:45:10,441
a little frustrated with
this resilience of Ricochet.

905
00:45:10,507 --> 00:45:13,577
[Cole] Did you notice the welts
all over the back of Ricochet?

906
00:45:14,478 --> 00:45:17,047
Oh! Kidney shot by Gunther.

907
00:45:17,114 --> 00:45:19,850
[Wade] Well, those welts on the back
of Ricochet are on the outside.

908
00:45:19,917 --> 00:45:22,252
It's the internal stuff
I'm more worried about.

909
00:45:22,319 --> 00:45:24,922
[Cole] Yeah, but Ricochet
will not say die.

910
00:45:24,988 --> 00:45:25,823
[Gunther yells]

911
00:45:25,889 --> 00:45:26,723
[Wade] Oh!

912
00:45:27,791 --> 00:45:29,093
[referee] Let's go. Let go.

913
00:45:30,594 --> 00:45:31,528
[slap]

914
00:45:31,595 --> 00:45:32,596
[Cole] Goodness.

915
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:35,833
[Wade] Ricochet just getting
turned into mince meat, Cole.

916
00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:41,338
[Cole] Saw the official again
checking on Ricochet.

917
00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:42,573
How much does--

918
00:45:42,639 --> 00:45:45,576
-Was ist los? Was ist los?
-[referee] Gunther, let's go.

919
00:45:46,176 --> 00:45:48,178
[Cole] How much does the challenger
have left?

920
00:45:49,046 --> 00:45:50,114
[Wade] It's one-way traffic.

921
00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:51,682
[Cole] Ducks underneath that.

922
00:45:51,749 --> 00:45:54,151
Now from behind,
a kick to the back of the neck.

923
00:45:54,218 --> 00:45:56,053
[Wade] You saw how wobbly Ricochet was.

924
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:59,423
I'm impressed he's getting
any offense off at all.

925
00:45:59,490 --> 00:46:01,125
[Cole] Trying to fight back into this.

926
00:46:01,191 --> 00:46:02,292
Step-up enzuigiri.

927
00:46:02,359 --> 00:46:04,128
Drives the champ into the corner.

928
00:46:04,194 --> 00:46:06,263
And Ricochet looking to rally.

929
00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:09,733
Dropkick. The champ's in trouble…

930
00:46:11,969 --> 00:46:14,538
and trying now, uh, to cover up.

931
00:46:16,306 --> 00:46:18,142
Now Gunther wants space.

932
00:46:18,208 --> 00:46:19,810
Ricochet won't allow him to have it.

933
00:46:24,348 --> 00:46:28,652
The challenger went for a suplex,
just not enough.

934
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,755
Gunther able to turn it around
and send Ricochet face-first.

935
00:46:31,822 --> 00:46:33,056
[Wade] Once again a--

936
00:46:33,123 --> 00:46:34,558
[Cole] Dropkick by the champion.

937
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:36,226
[Wade] Error from Ricochet.

938
00:46:36,293 --> 00:46:39,196
Going for a power move
when he's so beat up at this stage.

939
00:46:39,263 --> 00:46:41,098
[Cole] Ricochet trying to do
everything he can.

940
00:46:41,165 --> 00:46:43,467
Went for the powerbomb, did Gunther.
Ricochet sends

941
00:46:43,534 --> 00:46:46,436
the champ outside the ring
and Ricochet hangs on.

942
00:46:48,906 --> 00:46:50,374
[referee] Ricochet, come on.

943
00:46:51,441 --> 00:46:52,709
[Cole] On the apron.

944
00:46:52,776 --> 00:46:55,078
Dropkick to Gunther into the barricade.

945
00:46:55,145 --> 00:46:57,047
Ricochet's got some fight left.

946
00:46:57,114 --> 00:46:59,917
[Wade] And it's this unorthodox
offense of Ricochet

947
00:46:59,983 --> 00:47:02,653
that is working for him in this match.

948
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,189
Brief glimpses of hope.

949
00:47:05,255 --> 00:47:06,857
Can he capitalize?

950
00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:10,594
[Cole] Again, he's got to get
the champion into the ring.

951
00:47:10,661 --> 00:47:13,063
He can only win the title via pinfall
or submission.

952
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:16,300
Gunther continues the damage.

953
00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:19,336
Ricochet lands on the apron.

954
00:47:20,771 --> 00:47:21,972
Kick to Gunther.

955
00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:23,674
Into the ring to break the count.

956
00:47:28,245 --> 00:47:29,479
Ricochet…

957
00:47:30,881 --> 00:47:32,316
springboard moonsault.

958
00:47:32,382 --> 00:47:33,684
Champ's down.

959
00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:35,185
Can Ricochet capitalize?

960
00:47:35,252 --> 00:47:38,255
Can he somehow win
the Intercontinental Title?

961
00:47:38,989 --> 00:47:40,057
[groans]

962
00:47:42,025 --> 00:47:46,597
[Cole] 15,103 sold-out tonight
at the Allstate Arena in Chicago.

963
00:47:46,663 --> 00:47:48,932
This is for
the Intercontinental Championship,

964
00:47:48,999 --> 00:47:51,101
live on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.

965
00:47:51,168 --> 00:47:52,870
Ricochet in the ring, the challenger.

966
00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:57,574
The champion, Gunther,
in trouble as Ricochet looks to fly

967
00:47:57,641 --> 00:47:59,343
and takes out Gunther!

968
00:47:59,409 --> 00:48:01,879
And Ricochet is rolling.

969
00:48:01,945 --> 00:48:04,414
[Wade] Huge shift in momentum
in this matchup.

970
00:48:04,481 --> 00:48:08,552
Both competitors completely
exhausted at this stage.

971
00:48:08,619 --> 00:48:10,320
It is up for grabs now, Michael.

972
00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:13,056
[Cole] Yeah, but Ricochet seems to be
building momentum.

973
00:48:13,123 --> 00:48:14,024
Top rope, though.

974
00:48:14,091 --> 00:48:17,227
A chop by Gunther
will stop that momentum quickly.

975
00:48:17,294 --> 00:48:20,797
[Wade] Just too easy when you have
the arsenal of Gunther

976
00:48:20,864 --> 00:48:23,000
to stop anyone in their tracks.

977
00:48:23,066 --> 00:48:25,302
[Cole] Ricochet top rope,
lands on his feet.

978
00:48:25,369 --> 00:48:27,804
Gunther bore the brunt of that.

979
00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:33,043
New life in Ricochet.

980
00:48:33,710 --> 00:48:36,380
[Wade] Much to the horror of Gunther.

981
00:48:36,446 --> 00:48:37,614
[Cole] Running knee.

982
00:48:38,815 --> 00:48:40,317
Big boot.

983
00:48:40,384 --> 00:48:42,085
And just like that…

984
00:48:42,853 --> 00:48:44,688
Gunther has taken over.

985
00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:46,223
Big clothesline. He's gonna stack

986
00:48:46,290 --> 00:48:48,158
-Ricochet up to try to retain--
-[referee] One, two--

987
00:48:48,225 --> 00:48:49,826
-And Ricochet at two.
-[crowd cheers]

988
00:48:49,893 --> 00:48:54,331
[Wade] And what a jaw-breaking
clothesline there from Gunther.

989
00:48:55,299 --> 00:48:58,435
Astounded that somehow, after this,

990
00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:01,538
Ricochet had enough in the tank,

991
00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:04,708
or perhaps, simply, on instinct,
to kick out.

992
00:49:05,242 --> 00:49:07,277
[crowd chanting "Ricochet"]

993
00:49:07,344 --> 00:49:10,180
[Cole] "Ricochet" chants here in Chicago.

994
00:49:10,247 --> 00:49:12,916
Ricochet knew he was in trouble
coming into this matchup,

995
00:49:12,983 --> 00:49:15,852
understood what was in front of him
in Gunther,

996
00:49:15,919 --> 00:49:18,955
who tries the high-risk offense
from the top rope. It didn't work out.

997
00:49:19,022 --> 00:49:20,824
Ricochet trying to fire up now.

998
00:49:20,891 --> 00:49:25,195
[Wade] Ricochet perhaps playing
a little possum, suckered in the Austrian.

999
00:49:28,065 --> 00:49:32,069
[Cole] And this time Ricochet
will deliver the vertical suplex.

1000
00:49:32,135 --> 00:49:34,671
-Cover to win the championship,
-[referee] One, two--

1001
00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:35,973
and a kickout.

1002
00:49:36,039 --> 00:49:39,242
[Wade] Well, third time's a charm
for Ricochet.

1003
00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:42,746
[Cole] Where is Ricochet
getting this second wind from?

1004
00:49:42,813 --> 00:49:44,715
Top rope for the challenger,

1005
00:49:44,781 --> 00:49:46,883
looking to put Gunther away.

1006
00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:51,688
-Shooting star connects--
-[Wade] Nailed to perfection!

1007
00:49:51,755 --> 00:49:54,091
-[Cole] For the win and the title.
-[referee and crowd] One, two--

1008
00:49:54,157 --> 00:49:55,659
[Cole] Gunther at two and a half.

1009
00:49:56,126 --> 00:49:57,594
[crowd cheering]

1010
00:50:00,430 --> 00:50:01,498
[Wade] Oh, Cole.

1011
00:50:01,565 --> 00:50:04,801
When you connect with a move like this,

1012
00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:09,473
executed to perfection, bang on target,

1013
00:50:09,539 --> 00:50:13,210
and it still isn't enough
to win you the gold,

1014
00:50:13,276 --> 00:50:15,612
you simply must despair.

1015
00:50:18,315 --> 00:50:21,351
[Cole] Ricochet realizing
that was his opportunity.

1016
00:50:21,418 --> 00:50:24,588
But was it his only opportunity?

1017
00:50:24,654 --> 00:50:27,257
Does Ricochet still have something left?

1018
00:50:28,258 --> 00:50:31,528
[Wade] Ricochet's got to go to
a place he's never been to before.

1019
00:50:31,595 --> 00:50:34,965
[Cole] Yeah, taking the fight
to the larger champion.

1020
00:50:35,031 --> 00:50:37,134
[Wade] I would have said
this is the worst idea possible,

1021
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,935
but it's absolutely working.

1022
00:50:39,002 --> 00:50:42,172
[Cole] Yeah, the champ trying to cover up,
trying to create space.

1023
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:43,740
Ricochet, though, back on the attack.

1024
00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:45,542
He's got the champion in trouble.

1025
00:50:47,511 --> 00:50:51,281
Now turn to the kicks
and then a chop of his own.

1026
00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:55,652
[Wade] This is not how Gunther
saw this evening going.

1027
00:50:55,719 --> 00:50:58,255
[Cole] Kick by Ricochet,
Gunther able to block part of it.

1028
00:50:58,321 --> 00:51:00,690
Ricochet didn't get all of it,
but he got all of that one.

1029
00:51:03,060 --> 00:51:04,461
Oh goodness!

1030
00:51:04,528 --> 00:51:07,364
Chopping Ricochet out of midair.

1031
00:51:07,431 --> 00:51:08,999
Powerbomb by Gunther.

1032
00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:10,500
-Stacks him up.
-[crowd] One, two--

1033
00:51:10,567 --> 00:51:12,736
-[Cole] Ricochet is still in it!
-[crowd cheers]

1034
00:51:12,803 --> 00:51:14,237
Ricochet is still in it.

1035
00:51:19,309 --> 00:51:22,779
15,000 have come unglued in Chicago.

1036
00:51:23,313 --> 00:51:26,083
[Wade] Cannot believe
what we're seeing, Michael.

1037
00:51:27,317 --> 00:51:29,286
[Cole] Here comes the challenger.

1038
00:51:30,087 --> 00:51:32,122
[Wade] Ricochet can't even stand up.

1039
00:51:33,690 --> 00:51:35,759
[Cole] And Gunther, just like that.

1040
00:51:35,826 --> 00:51:38,662
The cover on Ricochet
with the Last Symphony.

1041
00:51:38,728 --> 00:51:39,563
[bell rings]

1042
00:51:39,629 --> 00:51:42,199
-Gunther retains.
-[def rebel's "Prepare to Fight" playing]

1043
00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:46,436
[Irvin] Here is your winner and still

1044
00:51:46,503 --> 00:51:50,240
the Intercontinental Champion,

1045
00:51:50,307 --> 00:51:54,077
Gunther!

1046
00:51:54,144 --> 00:51:56,179
[Wade] Oh my God, Cole.

1047
00:51:56,246 --> 00:51:58,949
[Cole] Now Vinci and Kaiser,
the rest of Imperium,

1048
00:51:59,015 --> 00:52:01,651
out to the ring to celebrate with Gunther,

1049
00:52:01,718 --> 00:52:04,454
who retains
the Intercontinental Championship

1050
00:52:04,521 --> 00:52:07,224
over a very game Ricochet.

1051
00:52:07,290 --> 00:52:11,394
[Wade] If Gunther was not
at his absolute best this evening,

1052
00:52:11,461 --> 00:52:13,296
that gold would be around the waist of--

1053
00:52:13,363 --> 00:52:15,932
-[Cole] Oh my goodness!
-[Wade] Ricochet right now.

1054
00:52:15,999 --> 00:52:17,200
There's no one on the planet

1055
00:52:17,267 --> 00:52:20,637
who could have an answer
for offense like this.

1056
00:52:20,704 --> 00:52:23,507
[Cole] But Ricochet actually
kicked out of the powerbomb.

1057
00:52:23,573 --> 00:52:25,609
Gunther couldn't believe it,
so what does he do?

1058
00:52:25,675 --> 00:52:27,577
He goes to his brand-new finishing move--

1059
00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:29,546
It's called the Last Symphony.

1060
00:52:29,613 --> 00:52:32,249
As Ricochet tried to fight back.

1061
00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:33,783
But it was not to be.

1062
00:52:33,850 --> 00:52:37,154
[Wade] Just too much, too much abuse
in the direction of Ricochet.

1063
00:52:37,220 --> 00:52:39,556
Put through the wringer too many times,

1064
00:52:39,623 --> 00:52:45,395
and when you've got an arsenal that deep,
there's just no answer to the General,

1065
00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:49,366
and still the Intercontinental Champion,
Gunther.

1066
00:52:49,432 --> 00:52:52,369
[Cole] What a performance
by Ricochet tonight.

1067
00:52:53,336 --> 00:52:55,839
[Wade] Everything you could've hoped for--

1068
00:52:55,906 --> 00:52:58,174
[Cole] Now-- Now why this?

1069
00:52:58,241 --> 00:53:00,410
What is the point? The match is over.

1070
00:53:00,477 --> 00:53:02,579
The champion already beat
the hell out of the man.

1071
00:53:02,646 --> 00:53:04,948
[Wade] Completely defenseless.

1072
00:53:05,015 --> 00:53:06,816
[def rebel's
"Monster of All Monsters" playing]

1073
00:53:06,883 --> 00:53:08,652
[Cole] Well, maybe not.

1074
00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:11,054
I think Ricochet's got some backup.

1075
00:53:11,121 --> 00:53:15,458
The monster of all monsters,
who's had some issues with Imperium.

1076
00:53:15,525 --> 00:53:19,129
[Wade] Man, if I had one guy coming
out to save me,

1077
00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:20,697
it would be Braun Strowman.

1078
00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:24,467
[Cole] Well, remember, Strowman believes
he should've had this match tonight,

1079
00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:28,405
this championship opportunity.
Imperium stole it from him

1080
00:53:28,471 --> 00:53:29,940
back in the SmackDown World Cup,

1081
00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:31,841
and Strowman has not forgotten.

1082
00:53:39,416 --> 00:53:42,586
I haven't forgotten about either one
of y'all, not one of y'all.

1083
00:53:47,190 --> 00:53:48,825
[indistinct]

1084
00:53:50,927 --> 00:53:52,729
[Cole] Wade, Imperium's got some problems.

1085
00:53:52,796 --> 00:53:55,732
[Wade] Yeah, a big, big problem.

1086
00:53:55,799 --> 00:53:57,634
[Cole] A monster problem.

1087
00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:00,770
[crowd cheering]

1088
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:11,114
[yells in German]

1089
00:54:13,283 --> 00:54:15,318
Yeet. Solo.

1090
00:54:15,385 --> 00:54:16,686
Boss man.

1091
00:54:16,753 --> 00:54:17,721
Big Uce.

1092
00:54:19,022 --> 00:54:20,223
What's going on, man?

1093
00:54:20,757 --> 00:54:22,058
It's good.

1094
00:54:23,026 --> 00:54:25,295
What you got going on?
What you got planned tonight?

1095
00:54:26,963 --> 00:54:28,865
Come on, man. You gonna leave me out?

1096
00:54:29,566 --> 00:54:31,101
You really gonna leave me out?

1097
00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:33,903
What you brewing up there?

1098
00:54:34,838 --> 00:54:38,842
Hey, if you're gonna make Sami tonight,

1099
00:54:38,908 --> 00:54:41,344
you gonna make him Sami Uso, I'm with it.

1100
00:54:42,545 --> 00:54:45,048
Honestly, Sami's my dawg.

1101
00:54:45,582 --> 00:54:48,251
Sami Uso, I like it. That's my dawg.

1102
00:54:48,318 --> 00:54:49,919
I like him a lot.

1103
00:54:51,988 --> 00:54:53,456
But I love our family.

1104
00:54:55,091 --> 00:54:56,926
I love The Bloodline, Uce.

1105
00:54:58,094 --> 00:54:59,062
I love you.

1106
00:54:59,929 --> 00:55:00,897
Us.

1107
00:55:02,299 --> 00:55:03,633
And if you don't want to make him

1108
00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:08,138
just because of his past with
Kevin Owens and how they are…

1109
00:55:12,842 --> 00:55:14,644
Hey, Uce, I'll see you out there.

1110
00:55:14,711 --> 00:55:15,645
I got you.

1111
00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:16,913
Yeet?

1112
00:55:25,288 --> 00:55:26,623
Wiseman.

1113
00:55:26,690 --> 00:55:28,658
Yes, my Tribal Chief?

1114
00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:29,893
Pearce.

1115
00:55:31,561 --> 00:55:34,030
Call Pearce.

1116
00:55:39,235 --> 00:55:40,804
[def rebel's
"Nobody Better Than Me" playing]

1117
00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:43,073
[Cole] Hey, Wade, it's beginning
to look a lot like Christmas,

1118
00:55:43,139 --> 00:55:45,675
because we are in Chicago tonight,

1119
00:55:45,742 --> 00:55:48,011
sold out at the Allstate Arena,

1120
00:55:48,078 --> 00:55:51,481
15,103 WWE fans on hand.

1121
00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:54,384
I know you're heading to Mexico
on a much-needed vacation,

1122
00:55:54,451 --> 00:55:56,853
and to get you out of this.

1123
00:55:56,920 --> 00:55:59,155
Good luck driving back
to your hotel tonight.

1124
00:56:00,390 --> 00:56:02,992
The Californians
don't do well in the snow.

1125
00:56:03,059 --> 00:56:06,663
…interject, and I don't need
anything like this.

1126
00:56:07,130 --> 00:56:09,599
Pardon me, gentlemen. I was summoned.

1127
00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:12,035
Sit.

1128
00:56:16,072 --> 00:56:17,006
Okay.

1129
00:56:18,575 --> 00:56:19,943
Wiseman.

1130
00:56:20,009 --> 00:56:22,379
Mr. Pearce,

1131
00:56:22,445 --> 00:56:25,448
The Tribal Chief has decided
to bless your entire life,

1132
00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:28,852
get you out of all the trouble
you caused for yourself

1133
00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:30,487
with those shenanigans involving

1134
00:56:30,553 --> 00:56:33,723
Bobby Lashley on Monday Night Raw.

1135
00:56:33,790 --> 00:56:40,430
Imagine this, Mr. Pearce:
Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn

1136
00:56:40,497 --> 00:56:43,867
versus… Kevin Owens,

1137
00:56:43,933 --> 00:56:47,937
and any partner of his choice.

1138
00:56:48,004 --> 00:56:50,673
Mr. Pearce, if you like,

1139
00:56:50,740 --> 00:56:54,377
that partner could even be you.

1140
00:56:56,112 --> 00:56:57,647
Do you want to do it tonight?

1141
00:56:58,081 --> 00:57:00,350
[laughter]

1142
00:57:02,652 --> 00:57:04,187
I'm glad I'm funny. Look, okay, I get it.

1143
00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:06,356
Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn
against Kevin Owens

1144
00:57:06,423 --> 00:57:08,625
and a partner of his choosing, where?

1145
00:57:08,691 --> 00:57:09,793
Uh…

1146
00:57:09,859 --> 00:57:11,928
The Royal Rumble?

1147
00:57:11,995 --> 00:57:14,731
My Tribal Chief, what if--

1148
00:57:15,665 --> 00:57:20,036
if you did this live,

1149
00:57:20,103 --> 00:57:23,973
on network TV, on Fox…

1150
00:57:26,209 --> 00:57:28,978
December 30th,

1151
00:57:29,045 --> 00:57:30,880
Tampa, Florida?

1152
00:57:30,947 --> 00:57:33,116
[crowd boos]

1153
00:57:33,183 --> 00:57:35,985
That sounds a whole lot better
than Chicago.

1154
00:57:37,887 --> 00:57:40,657
Mr. Pearce,

1155
00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:42,091
congratulations.

1156
00:57:42,625 --> 00:57:45,462
You just scored the biggest

1157
00:57:45,528 --> 00:57:49,232
tag team match of 2022,

1158
00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:53,169
live on Fox.

1159
00:57:55,305 --> 00:57:56,840
Thank--

1160
00:58:00,176 --> 00:58:01,277
Thank you.

1161
00:58:02,378 --> 00:58:03,947
I'll let Kevin know.

1162
00:58:12,188 --> 00:58:15,592
So, Kevin Owens is known
in the locker room as a lone wolf.

1163
00:58:15,658 --> 00:58:18,761
He better find himself a friend fast
because he needs one

1164
00:58:18,828 --> 00:58:20,196
in the worst way.

1165
00:58:20,263 --> 00:58:22,866
We invite all of you to join us
tomorrow afternoon

1166
00:58:22,932 --> 00:58:25,034
right here on Fox, 2:30 Eastern,

1167
00:58:25,101 --> 00:58:26,569
for a very special show,

1168
00:58:26,636 --> 00:58:28,204
a show that is very near
and dear to my heart

1169
00:58:28,271 --> 00:58:30,440
and so many others that work in WWE.

1170
00:58:30,507 --> 00:58:35,245
It is the 20th anniversary
of WWE Tribute to the Troops,

1171
00:58:35,311 --> 00:58:38,548
as we look back at an amazing 20 years,

1172
00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:41,117
narrated by John Cena.

1173
00:58:44,888 --> 00:58:46,389
[Cena] The scene…

1174
00:58:47,190 --> 00:58:51,594
Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Florida, 2003.

1175
00:58:52,662 --> 00:58:55,965
A devoted team of WWE
Superstars and staffers

1176
00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:58,134
volunteered their services

1177
00:58:58,201 --> 00:59:00,904
in support of the men and women
who risk all

1178
00:59:00,970 --> 00:59:02,505
defending our freedom.

1179
00:59:03,473 --> 00:59:04,674
Hell yeah.

1180
00:59:04,741 --> 00:59:08,077
[Cena] No one could've imagined
that this would be the first leg

1181
00:59:08,144 --> 00:59:10,313
of an ongoing 20-year journey.

1182
00:59:11,481 --> 00:59:14,284
You're taking the same risk we do
to come here and put this show on.

1183
00:59:14,918 --> 00:59:17,820
[Cena] As we boarded
the massive military plane,

1184
00:59:17,887 --> 00:59:19,389
tensions were high.

1185
00:59:19,455 --> 00:59:21,591
We were headed into a war zone.

1186
00:59:21,658 --> 00:59:23,960
Get your body armor on, your Kevlar on,

1187
00:59:25,028 --> 00:59:26,329
and start taking your seats.

1188
00:59:27,630 --> 00:59:31,134
[Cena] Final destination: Baghdad, Iraq.

1189
00:59:31,901 --> 00:59:33,269
[woman] The WWE--

1190
00:59:33,336 --> 00:59:34,971
[man] It's SmackDown time for U.S.--

1191
00:59:35,038 --> 00:59:36,773
[woman 2] …the Superstars in Iraq.

1192
00:59:36,839 --> 00:59:37,807
The excitement and emotion.

1193
00:59:38,207 --> 00:59:40,276
On behalf of my fellow Americans,

1194
00:59:40,343 --> 00:59:44,180
we have come here
to simply say, thank you.

1195
00:59:44,247 --> 00:59:45,081
[crowd cheering]

1196
00:59:46,316 --> 00:59:51,020
[Cole] You are looking at Camp Victory,
Baghdad, Iraq.

1197
00:59:51,087 --> 00:59:53,523
[Cena] The intent was simply
to bring a piece of home

1198
00:59:53,589 --> 00:59:58,061
to those who were sacrificing so much
those 20 years ago.

1199
00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:03,032
♪ I've been thinking 'bout the times
When you and I would fight away ♪

1200
01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:06,436
I realized it was
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin.

1201
01:00:06,502 --> 01:00:07,337
He's my hero.

1202
01:00:07,403 --> 01:00:09,405
♪ Tomorrow is a brand new day ♪

1203
01:00:10,239 --> 01:00:13,009
This was more than
I could have ever imagined.

1204
01:00:13,076 --> 01:00:16,479
[Austin] It's been our pleasure
and our privilege to come out here

1205
01:00:16,546 --> 01:00:18,114
to see exactly what you do.

1206
01:00:18,715 --> 01:00:19,849
They don't come here.

1207
01:00:19,916 --> 01:00:21,150
[interviewer] Who comes here?

1208
01:00:21,217 --> 01:00:23,219
WWE comes here!

1209
01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:24,887
Whoo!

1210
01:00:24,954 --> 01:00:27,323
♪ Gonna change the world ♪

1211
01:00:27,390 --> 01:00:31,427
[Cena] Twenty years later,
it's become a tradition like no other.

1212
01:00:31,494 --> 01:00:33,830
Merry Christmas from WWE. Get in here.

1213
01:00:33,896 --> 01:00:35,064
[soldiers shouting]

1214
01:00:36,199 --> 01:00:40,069
[Cena] From Baghdad to Bagram to Balad,

1215
01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:41,471
the show will go on

1216
01:00:41,537 --> 01:00:44,574
wherever our troops are stationed
across the world.

1217
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:46,376
[Mysterio] They're thanking us for coming?

1218
01:00:46,442 --> 01:00:47,844
In all reality,

1219
01:00:47,910 --> 01:00:50,079
we thank them for what they're doing.

1220
01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:53,983
[Cena] WWE's commitment to those
who serve has remained steadfast

1221
01:00:54,050 --> 01:00:55,485
for two decades.

1222
01:00:55,551 --> 01:00:57,353
[Bush] The WWE knows what I know.

1223
01:00:57,420 --> 01:01:00,356
Our troops are our finest citizens
and we owe them

1224
01:01:00,423 --> 01:01:03,393
a debt that can never be fully repaid.

1225
01:01:03,459 --> 01:01:06,295
♪ Change the world ♪

1226
01:01:06,362 --> 01:01:07,864
Say hello to my little friend.

1227
01:01:07,930 --> 01:01:09,065
[gunshots]

1228
01:01:09,132 --> 01:01:10,033
Fire.

1229
01:01:10,099 --> 01:01:11,134
Yeah!

1230
01:01:12,201 --> 01:01:17,006
[Cena] So, as we celebrate 20 years
of WWE Tribute to the Troops,

1231
01:01:17,073 --> 01:01:19,909
WWE has one message.

1232
01:01:19,976 --> 01:01:20,877
[Stephanie] Thank you,

1233
01:01:20,943 --> 01:01:22,211
to our servicemen and women

1234
01:01:22,278 --> 01:01:25,848
who sacrifice so much
to defend our freedom.

1235
01:01:26,749 --> 01:01:29,986
[Cena] It is you that protect the freedoms
of the flag that I live under.

1236
01:01:30,053 --> 01:01:31,621
Thank you so much.

1237
01:01:31,687 --> 01:01:35,224
♪ Change the world ♪

1238
01:01:35,291 --> 01:01:38,895
[crowd chants "USA"]

1239
01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:48,271
[Cole] It is the most gratifying,
the most important show

1240
01:01:48,337 --> 01:01:52,008
that WWE does each and every year.

1241
01:01:52,575 --> 01:01:56,145
Tomorrow we celebrate the 20th anniversary

1242
01:01:56,212 --> 01:02:00,750
of Tribute to the Troops,
right here on Fox.

1243
01:02:03,753 --> 01:02:06,422
[def rebel's
"Legacy of the Ghost" playing]

1244
01:02:07,356 --> 01:02:09,659
[Cole] Incredible memories,
Tribute to the Troops.

1245
01:02:09,725 --> 01:02:10,560
[bell rings]

1246
01:02:10,626 --> 01:02:13,563
[Irvin] The following is
a Triple Threat Tag Team Match

1247
01:02:13,629 --> 01:02:15,598
scheduled for one fall.

1248
01:02:15,665 --> 01:02:18,034
Introducing first, accompanied to the ring

1249
01:02:18,101 --> 01:02:21,971
by Zelina Vega and Santos Escobar,

1250
01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:25,108
Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde,

1251
01:02:25,174 --> 01:02:29,879
Legado Del Fantasma!

1252
01:02:33,382 --> 01:02:36,986
[Cole] The Royal Rumble
is sponsored by Cricket.

1253
01:02:37,053 --> 01:02:39,388
With fast and powerful
nationwide 5G coverage,

1254
01:02:39,455 --> 01:02:41,257
you can stress less and smile more,

1255
01:02:41,324 --> 01:02:44,727
and by the official
WWE CreditOne Visa card.

1256
01:02:44,794 --> 01:02:47,964
If you want to show off your
WWE pride every time you pay,

1257
01:02:48,030 --> 01:02:51,968
visit UltimateWWECard.com
to see if you pre-qualify now.

1258
01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:54,237
Terms apply.

1259
01:02:54,937 --> 01:02:57,406
Well, coming up next,
a Triple Threat Match.

1260
01:02:57,473 --> 01:03:00,576
One of these teams
will earn an opportunity

1261
01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:04,447
for the Tag Team Titles and The Usos live.

1262
01:03:04,514 --> 01:03:06,149
That match is next week.

1263
01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:09,785
The Triple Threat Match
is right now on Fox.

1264
01:03:13,289 --> 01:03:16,092
[Cole] Back at the Allstate Arena
in Chicago on Friday Night SmackDown.

1265
01:03:16,159 --> 01:03:18,928
-Hit Row set for Triple Threat action
-[def rebel's "Best of the Best" playing]

1266
01:03:18,995 --> 01:03:20,897
to determine Number One Contenders

1267
01:03:20,963 --> 01:03:22,899
for the Undisputed Tag Team Titles.

1268
01:03:22,965 --> 01:03:25,234
Speaking of tag team matches, Wade.

1269
01:03:25,301 --> 01:03:26,135
[Wade] Yes, indeed.

1270
01:03:26,202 --> 01:03:28,805
Roman Reigns is here,
and as we saw earlier,

1271
01:03:28,871 --> 01:03:30,840
he's already forced Adam Pearce
to make a Tag Match

1272
01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:32,175
in two weeks' time.

1273
01:03:32,241 --> 01:03:34,343
But still to come, we are gonna see

1274
01:03:34,410 --> 01:03:38,881
if The Tribal Chief decides
to officially induct Sami Zayn

1275
01:03:38,948 --> 01:03:40,483
into The Bloodline.

1276
01:03:41,384 --> 01:03:43,886
[Cole] And Hit Row, of course,
made their name at NXT.

1277
01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:46,956
And speaking of NXT,
heading back out on the road.

1278
01:03:47,023 --> 01:03:50,126
February 4th in Charlotte
for NXT Vengeance Day.

1279
01:03:50,193 --> 01:03:54,330
Tickets available for that show,
just became available today

1280
01:03:54,397 --> 01:03:57,800
for NXT Vengeance Day in Charlotte.

1281
01:03:57,867 --> 01:04:02,338
[def rebel's "Vicious" playing]

1282
01:04:17,587 --> 01:04:20,656
♪ Valhalla is here ♪

1283
01:04:22,525 --> 01:04:24,227
[Irvin] And their opponents,

1284
01:04:24,293 --> 01:04:26,495
accompanied to the ring by Valhalla,

1285
01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:30,700
at a combined weight of 590 pounds,

1286
01:04:30,766 --> 01:04:32,802
Erik and Ivar,

1287
01:04:32,868 --> 01:04:38,174
The Viking Raiders.

1288
01:04:38,241 --> 01:04:43,579
[Cole] The menacing scowls on the face
of the Viking Raiders.

1289
01:04:45,114 --> 01:04:47,583
And there is Valhalla.

1290
01:04:47,650 --> 01:04:51,954
And tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on Fox
is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.

1291
01:04:52,021 --> 01:04:55,424
For a job you'll love, visit Progressive.

1292
01:04:55,491 --> 01:04:58,794
And this is a job I love because
we get to call matches like this.

1293
01:04:58,861 --> 01:05:02,164
A Triple Threat Match,
to determine who will face

1294
01:05:02,231 --> 01:05:07,303
The Usos next week
for the Undisputed Tag Team Titles.

1295
01:05:07,370 --> 01:05:10,172
[Wade] Yeah, and this match
really illustrates the depth

1296
01:05:10,239 --> 01:05:12,208
of the tag division on SmackDown.

1297
01:05:12,275 --> 01:05:15,444
No sooner did The Usos singly
put all top teams

1298
01:05:15,511 --> 01:05:18,814
in their rearview mirrors,
three more teams step up

1299
01:05:18,881 --> 01:05:21,317
wanting an opportunity at that gold.

1300
01:05:21,384 --> 01:05:24,253
[Cole] Now, again,
the rules of this matchup,

1301
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,657
first team to gain pinfall or submission

1302
01:05:27,723 --> 01:05:29,091
will win this match

1303
01:05:29,158 --> 01:05:33,129
and become the Number One Contenders
for the Tag Team Titles.

1304
01:05:36,165 --> 01:05:37,366
Joaquin Wilde will…

1305
01:05:37,433 --> 01:05:38,334
[bell rings]

1306
01:05:38,401 --> 01:05:40,703
start things off for Legado Del Fantasma

1307
01:05:40,770 --> 01:05:44,407
against Ivar and Ashante "Thee" Adonis.

1308
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:46,342
And what a kick by Ivar.

1309
01:05:46,409 --> 01:05:51,147
[Wade] Dropping the heavy artillery,
Ivar of the Viking Raiders.

1310
01:05:52,348 --> 01:05:54,417
[Cole] Ashante whipped into
the ropes, and Ivar.

1311
01:05:54,483 --> 01:05:56,552
Ashante using his quickness,
lands on his feet.

1312
01:05:57,086 --> 01:05:59,322
Not gonna outpower Ivar.

1313
01:05:59,388 --> 01:06:01,590
[Wade] May outmaneuver him however.

1314
01:06:01,657 --> 01:06:05,628
I'll tell you this, Ashante "Thee" Adonis
can get down and dirty

1315
01:06:05,695 --> 01:06:07,596
in the trenches when he needs to.

1316
01:06:07,663 --> 01:06:09,999
He knows that hand-to-hand
dirty fighting from his time

1317
01:06:10,066 --> 01:06:12,501
-in the US military.
-[Cole] Oh!

1318
01:06:12,568 --> 01:06:14,937
Nice dropkick,
as Ivar's sent outside the ring.

1319
01:06:15,004 --> 01:06:16,806
[Wade] Calls that the Airdrop.

1320
01:06:16,872 --> 01:06:20,042
[Cole] Erik, from behind,
sending Ashante over the top rope.

1321
01:06:20,109 --> 01:06:22,411
Now Top Dolla gets involved.

1322
01:06:22,478 --> 01:06:24,613
[Wade] This one completely breaking down.

1323
01:06:25,514 --> 01:06:29,018
[Cole] Things did not go well
for Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde.

1324
01:06:29,085 --> 01:06:30,953
Whoa. A double tackle.

1325
01:06:31,854 --> 01:06:33,823
Former NFL player
sends them out of the ring.

1326
01:06:33,889 --> 01:06:35,624
Now Top Dolla.

1327
01:06:36,325 --> 01:06:39,295
[Wade] Former nose tackle,
one of the strongest men on the roster.

1328
01:06:39,362 --> 01:06:41,630
[Cole] Oh, and runs right into Erik.

1329
01:06:41,697 --> 01:06:42,531
[Erik shouts]

1330
01:06:42,598 --> 01:06:47,370
And now, double-team
by Legado Del Fantasma.

1331
01:06:47,436 --> 01:06:49,538
[Wade] This team of Legado
hasn't really had

1332
01:06:49,605 --> 01:06:51,307
the spotlight they would've hoped for

1333
01:06:51,374 --> 01:06:54,977
since arriving on SmackDown,
but these two used to run NXT.

1334
01:06:55,044 --> 01:06:57,446
Make no mistake, they're the real deal.

1335
01:06:57,513 --> 01:06:58,347
[Cole] Everybody down.

1336
01:06:58,414 --> 01:07:01,617
Who'll become the Number One
Contenders for the Tag Team Titles?

1337
01:07:04,620 --> 01:07:07,256
[Cole] One team's gonna earn
an early Christmas present.

1338
01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:09,792
That's an opportunity
at the Tag Team Titles

1339
01:07:09,859 --> 01:07:11,193
next week on SmackDown.

1340
01:07:11,260 --> 01:07:12,361
Will it be the Viking Raiders,

1341
01:07:12,428 --> 01:07:15,831
will it be Hit Row,
or will it be Legado Del Fantasma

1342
01:07:15,898 --> 01:07:17,933
in this Triple Threat Match
here on SmackDown?

1343
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:19,468
[Wade] Well, it's been all Viking Raiders

1344
01:07:19,535 --> 01:07:22,338
in the break, but finally,
Top Dolla in there

1345
01:07:22,405 --> 01:07:24,774
throwing his weight around with abandon.

1346
01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:26,142
[Cole] Yeah, not much weight left.

1347
01:07:26,208 --> 01:07:29,311
He's lost a ton of weight,
nearly a hundred pounds, Wade.

1348
01:07:29,845 --> 01:07:32,581
[Wade] Still might be the biggest man
in the matchup, Cole.

1349
01:07:32,648 --> 01:07:33,649
[shouting]

1350
01:07:33,716 --> 01:07:35,418
-He's sleek.
-[Cole] Look at B-Fab looking on,

1351
01:07:35,484 --> 01:07:37,920
and look at Top Dolla

1352
01:07:37,987 --> 01:07:40,823
with Ivar on his shoulders.

1353
01:07:40,890 --> 01:07:42,625
[Wade] That is some ridiculous strength.

1354
01:07:42,691 --> 01:07:46,028
[Cole] Oh! And Erik saving his partner.

1355
01:07:47,863 --> 01:07:50,833
[Wade] Viking Raiders out here
trying to please the gods.

1356
01:07:50,900 --> 01:07:54,503
[Cole] Yeah, plundering and pillaging
everyone in this match.

1357
01:07:55,304 --> 01:07:57,807
First team to gain pinfall
or submission will win.

1358
01:07:57,873 --> 01:08:01,644
Zelina Vega looking on at the damage
the Viking Raiders have done.

1359
01:08:02,445 --> 01:08:05,581
Now, the double-team on Top Dolla
who's in all kinds of trouble.

1360
01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:11,220
Ivar using the second rope
to his advantage.

1361
01:08:11,287 --> 01:08:13,289
Meanwhile, Joaquin Wilde, top rope.

1362
01:08:13,355 --> 01:08:15,658
Crossbody right to the back of Erik.

1363
01:08:15,724 --> 01:08:20,496
[Wade] Just in the nick of time,
the "High-flying Hyena" Joaquin Wilde,

1364
01:08:20,563 --> 01:08:22,364
saving it for his team.

1365
01:08:22,998 --> 01:08:25,167
[Cole] I never knew that hyenas
were high-flying.

1366
01:08:25,234 --> 01:08:27,770
[Wade] That's what he calls himself,
don't ask me.

1367
01:08:27,837 --> 01:08:28,871
[Cole] Tag made.

1368
01:08:28,938 --> 01:08:30,973
Here's Cruz Del Toro.

1369
01:08:32,608 --> 01:08:36,479
Gonna launch himself off
the top rope with one foot.

1370
01:08:36,545 --> 01:08:38,113
[Wade] Just about connecting there.

1371
01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:40,015
[Cole] Missile dropkick.
Didn't get all of it, but--

1372
01:08:40,082 --> 01:08:43,853
[Wade] Sleek moving.
Sleek moves of Top Dolla.

1373
01:08:43,919 --> 01:08:46,555
[Cole] Oh! Del Toro
pulls off a pretty one.

1374
01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:47,890
-Cover to win.
-[referee] One, two--

1375
01:08:47,957 --> 01:08:50,126
[Cole] Top Dolla's got a kick at two.

1376
01:08:50,192 --> 01:08:51,727
[woman] Come on!

1377
01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:54,964
[Wade] B-Fab on the outside
looking stressed because her man

1378
01:08:55,030 --> 01:08:59,068
almost put to bed with this move
from Cruz Del Toro.

1379
01:08:59,135 --> 01:09:01,337
[referee] One, two--

1380
01:09:04,240 --> 01:09:07,510
[Cole] Legado Del Fantasma now
with a double-team on Top Dolla.

1381
01:09:07,576 --> 01:09:09,345
This could be their moment.

1382
01:09:09,411 --> 01:09:11,147
Ashante "Thee" Adonis gets involved.

1383
01:09:11,981 --> 01:09:12,982
[grunts]

1384
01:09:13,048 --> 01:09:14,350
[woman] Oh my gosh!

1385
01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:16,318
[Cole] Adonis back into the ring.

1386
01:09:17,286 --> 01:09:19,054
Oh, what a DDT.

1387
01:09:19,788 --> 01:09:21,123
[Wade] Was that the rewind?

1388
01:09:21,190 --> 01:09:22,992
[Cole] German suplex by Erik.

1389
01:09:25,094 --> 01:09:25,928
-Oh!
-Ow!

1390
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:30,065
[Wade] This matchup just swinging
back and forth between all three teams.

1391
01:09:30,132 --> 01:09:31,433
[Cole laughs] Oh, sit down!

1392
01:09:31,500 --> 01:09:33,302
Top Dolla with a big boot.

1393
01:09:34,637 --> 01:09:38,407
[Wade] Already turning into
a Last Man Standing kind of matchup.

1394
01:09:39,408 --> 01:09:41,510
Oh no. He's got that look
in his eye, Cole.

1395
01:09:41,577 --> 01:09:43,112
[Cole] What is Top Dolla thinking?

1396
01:09:43,179 --> 01:09:44,980
[Wade] I already don't like it.

1397
01:09:45,047 --> 01:09:46,582
[Cole] There is absolutely no way.

1398
01:09:46,649 --> 01:09:48,684
You got to be kidding me!

1399
01:09:49,985 --> 01:09:52,354
I guess there's a reason
he doesn't do that often.

1400
01:09:54,890 --> 01:09:56,492
[Wade] Take that one back to the lab.

1401
01:09:56,559 --> 01:10:00,563
But somehow dropping
the rest of the opponents.

1402
01:10:03,799 --> 01:10:05,935
[Cole] Uh-oh.
Zelina Vega getting involved.

1403
01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:08,170
Remember, no disqualification
in this matchup.

1404
01:10:08,237 --> 01:10:09,538
Now B-Fab.

1405
01:10:10,139 --> 01:10:13,108
[Wade] Dan Engler, referee,
losing all control.

1406
01:10:13,175 --> 01:10:14,009
[Cole] Valhalla.

1407
01:10:14,076 --> 01:10:16,445
Again, there's no disqualification,
so it doesn't really matter.

1408
01:10:18,547 --> 01:10:19,949
[woman shouts]

1409
01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:22,351
[Wade] I know where
this one's going, Cole.

1410
01:10:22,418 --> 01:10:23,919
Getting a little too close for comfort.

1411
01:10:23,986 --> 01:10:29,592
[Cole] Zelina, second rope,
taking out Valhalla.

1412
01:10:30,192 --> 01:10:33,395
I'm not quite sure how Top Dolla
is actually still standing,

1413
01:10:33,462 --> 01:10:35,531
but he came over the top rope
and landed hard.

1414
01:10:35,598 --> 01:10:36,498
Tag made.

1415
01:10:36,565 --> 01:10:38,000
Here's Ashante.

1416
01:10:40,302 --> 01:10:42,871
Joaquin Wilde caught.

1417
01:10:44,406 --> 01:10:46,408
Top Dolla powering him up.

1418
01:10:46,475 --> 01:10:47,476
[Wade] Just about got it.

1419
01:10:47,543 --> 01:10:48,744
Beautiful connection there.

1420
01:10:48,811 --> 01:10:49,745
That might be it, Cole.

1421
01:10:49,812 --> 01:10:52,248
[Cole] Cover by Ashante
off the heavy hitter.

1422
01:10:52,314 --> 01:10:54,016
-[Wade] Boom!
-[bell rings]

1423
01:10:54,083 --> 01:10:55,618
[def rebel's "Best of the Best" playing]

1424
01:10:55,684 --> 01:11:00,589
[Irvin] Here are your winners, Hit Row.

1425
01:11:00,656 --> 01:11:04,393
[Wade] We got ourselves some
new Number One Contenders

1426
01:11:04,460 --> 01:11:06,895
in the force of Hit Row.

1427
01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:09,732
[Cole] Well, next week, The Usos put their

1428
01:11:09,798 --> 01:11:14,069
500-plus-day reign on the line

1429
01:11:14,637 --> 01:11:16,572
as they take on Hit Row

1430
01:11:16,639 --> 01:11:22,278
for the Undisputed WWE
Tag Team Championship.

1431
01:11:22,344 --> 01:11:23,979
♪ One look and then they know ♪

1432
01:11:24,046 --> 01:11:25,447
♪ I brake, next thing I go ♪

1433
01:11:25,514 --> 01:11:28,851
♪ I speed off like I’m tryna’
Make them breathe exhaust ♪

1434
01:11:28,917 --> 01:11:30,552
♪ Shoulders, bе with sauce ♪

1435
01:11:30,619 --> 01:11:32,988
♪ Play with me, you pay the cost ♪

1436
01:11:33,055 --> 01:11:34,256
Thanks.

1437
01:11:34,323 --> 01:11:36,458
Raquel, next week,
there's going to be a Gauntlet Match

1438
01:11:36,525 --> 01:11:38,527
to determine Ronda Rousey's
next challenger,

1439
01:11:38,594 --> 01:11:41,430
but do you think you're
going to be cleared to compete?

1440
01:11:42,097 --> 01:11:45,167
Well, Kayla, Doc does recommend caution

1441
01:11:45,234 --> 01:11:47,403
and he doesn't want me
rushing my comeback,

1442
01:11:47,469 --> 01:11:50,372
but… this is personal.

1443
01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:54,443
Every time I go to straighten my arm,
I remember what Ronda

1444
01:11:54,510 --> 01:11:56,278
and Shayna did to me.

1445
01:11:56,345 --> 01:11:59,415
The pain, the humiliation!

1446
01:11:59,481 --> 01:12:02,017
And last week,
they hurt my friend, Shotzi.

1447
01:12:02,084 --> 01:12:04,887
Oh, I want payback.

1448
01:12:04,953 --> 01:12:07,956
So, yes, I will be in the Gauntlet Match
next week

1449
01:12:08,023 --> 01:12:09,925
and I won't stop until I humiliate--

1450
01:12:09,992 --> 01:12:12,728
-[Raquel cries out]
-[Cole] Oh my--!

1451
01:12:12,795 --> 01:12:15,397
-You want to get involved, Raquel?
-[shouting]

1452
01:12:15,464 --> 01:12:17,199
You're taking it personal?

1453
01:12:17,266 --> 01:12:20,169
Yeah, we know a thing or two
about arms, huh?

1454
01:12:20,235 --> 01:12:21,804
-[grunting]
-[Cole] Oh!

1455
01:12:21,870 --> 01:12:23,005
[Ronda] You taking it personal?

1456
01:12:23,072 --> 01:12:24,873
How's the mobility look, Ronda?

1457
01:12:24,940 --> 01:12:26,975
[Rousey] Hypermobile, almost.

1458
01:12:27,042 --> 01:12:28,911
[Cole] Raquel's already
got a broken elbow!

1459
01:12:28,977 --> 01:12:29,845
Hold her up.

1460
01:12:29,912 --> 01:12:31,847
-[grunts]
-Hold her.

1461
01:12:32,848 --> 01:12:34,216
[grunting]

1462
01:12:35,784 --> 01:12:38,954
I don't know,
I think you look clear to me.

1463
01:12:39,021 --> 01:12:40,422
You know what? No.

1464
01:12:41,957 --> 01:12:42,925
Ice it.

1465
01:12:42,991 --> 01:12:44,326
Twenty minutes should do it.

1466
01:12:48,063 --> 01:12:50,566
[Cole] Raquel's supposed to be
in next week's Gauntlet Match.

1467
01:12:51,867 --> 01:12:53,769
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
coming up next,

1468
01:12:53,836 --> 01:12:56,271
for the first time since WarGames,

1469
01:12:56,338 --> 01:13:00,676
Roman Reigns is live on SmackDown.

1470
01:13:04,580 --> 01:13:07,116
[Flair] Ric Flair was never a character.

1471
01:13:08,183 --> 01:13:09,752
It's been my life.

1472
01:13:10,986 --> 01:13:14,189
The good and the bad.

1473
01:13:15,524 --> 01:13:18,827
It's fair to say, I'm a complicated man.

1474
01:13:19,828 --> 01:13:20,763
He was ahead of his time.

1475
01:13:20,829 --> 01:13:22,364
He was very colorful.

1476
01:13:23,198 --> 01:13:25,200
Just unbelievably captivating.

1477
01:13:25,267 --> 01:13:27,703
The most prolific [bleep] talker.

1478
01:13:27,770 --> 01:13:29,438
The greatest World Champion of all time.

1479
01:13:29,505 --> 01:13:33,609
Willing to do it his way
no matter the consequences.

1480
01:13:34,176 --> 01:13:35,811
People were starting to worry about him.

1481
01:13:35,878 --> 01:13:37,012
Ric Flair? Are you kidding me?

1482
01:13:37,079 --> 01:13:38,414
My dad has to slow down.

1483
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:40,282
How in the hell is he doing this?

1484
01:13:40,349 --> 01:13:42,050
It was almost like he wanted to die.

1485
01:13:42,117 --> 01:13:43,552
I don't know how he survived.

1486
01:13:43,619 --> 01:13:46,121
[Flair] People keep reminding me
that I should be dead.

1487
01:13:46,188 --> 01:13:47,890
[laughs]

1488
01:13:49,024 --> 01:13:50,392
[Flair] Woo!

1489
01:13:55,497 --> 01:13:57,966
[Cole] A special holiday edition
of Friday Night SmackDown next week.

1490
01:13:58,033 --> 01:14:00,369
Will Raquel Rodriguez be able
to compete after the assault

1491
01:14:00,436 --> 01:14:01,904
by Ronda and Shayna earlier on?

1492
01:14:01,970 --> 01:14:04,773
One of these women will earn
an opportunity at Ronda Rousey

1493
01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:08,877
and the SmackDown Women's Title
if they can run the Gauntlet next week.

1494
01:14:09,478 --> 01:14:11,980
[Wade] And Christmas
is all about tradition.

1495
01:14:12,047 --> 01:14:15,017
Well, we've got a tradition like no other.

1496
01:14:15,083 --> 01:14:19,688
Next week, "The Monster" Braun Strowman
and the high-flying Ricochet

1497
01:14:19,755 --> 01:14:21,723
combine to take on Imperium,

1498
01:14:21,790 --> 01:14:25,828
in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight, Cole.

1499
01:14:25,894 --> 01:14:30,032
[Cole] Adam Pearce made that match
official a bit earlier on social media.

1500
01:14:31,333 --> 01:14:33,902
[def rebel's "I Am Greatness" playing]

1501
01:14:52,721 --> 01:14:55,757
["I Am Greatness" continues]

1502
01:15:02,264 --> 01:15:05,434
[crowd cheering]

1503
01:15:07,102 --> 01:15:12,007
[Cole] Eight hundred thirty-eight days…

1504
01:15:14,543 --> 01:15:20,916
as your Undisputed WWE Universal Champion.

1505
01:15:21,750 --> 01:15:25,787
For the first time since
Survivor Series WarGames,

1506
01:15:27,155 --> 01:15:30,259
Roman Reigns is here.

1507
01:15:43,372 --> 01:15:45,807
[pyrotechnics explode]

1508
01:15:52,281 --> 01:15:54,750
[Irvin] Please welcome Paul Heyman,

1509
01:15:54,816 --> 01:15:57,953
Sami Zayn, Solo Sikoa,

1510
01:15:58,020 --> 01:16:02,758
the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions,

1511
01:16:02,824 --> 01:16:04,326
The Usos,

1512
01:16:04,393 --> 01:16:06,762
and the Undisputed

1513
01:16:06,828 --> 01:16:12,301
WWE Universal Champion,

1514
01:16:12,367 --> 01:16:17,873
Roman Reigns!

1515
01:16:19,708 --> 01:16:23,445
[Cole] Our ring announcer, Samantha Irvin,
acknowledging The Tribal Chief.

1516
01:16:23,512 --> 01:16:26,581
And it has already been
a busy night for Roman Reigns.

1517
01:16:26,648 --> 01:16:32,387
Earlier on telling WWE official
Adam Pearce to make it official

1518
01:16:32,454 --> 01:16:34,156
two weeks from tonight:

1519
01:16:34,222 --> 01:16:36,525
Live in Tampa, Florida, Roman Reigns

1520
01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:40,462
returns to the ring for the first time
since midsummer,

1521
01:16:40,529 --> 01:16:43,532
since June here on SmackDown,

1522
01:16:43,599 --> 01:16:45,734
when he'll team with Sami Zayn

1523
01:16:45,801 --> 01:16:51,340
against Kevin Owens and a partner,
if Kevin Owens can find one.

1524
01:16:52,374 --> 01:16:57,212
[Wade] Might be easier said than done,
but the whole world should be

1525
01:16:57,279 --> 01:17:02,451
dressed to the nines
when Roman Reigns is in town.

1526
01:17:02,517 --> 01:17:07,055
Sami Zayn has got his Sunday best on.

1527
01:17:07,122 --> 01:17:09,291
Looking real sharp.

1528
01:17:09,358 --> 01:17:14,997
Is tonight the night that it gets
made official for Sami Zayn?

1529
01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:20,669
Is this the commencement
ceremony for Sami Zayn

1530
01:17:20,736 --> 01:17:24,139
as he becomes officially Bloodline?

1531
01:17:24,206 --> 01:17:25,807
[Cole] Wade, we've been talking about it

1532
01:17:25,874 --> 01:17:27,976
ever since Survivor Series WarGames,

1533
01:17:28,043 --> 01:17:31,747
when, in my words,
Sami Zayn sold his soul,

1534
01:17:31,813 --> 01:17:34,416
sold out his former best friend,
Kevin Owens,

1535
01:17:34,483 --> 01:17:37,352
to align himself officially
with The Bloodline.

1536
01:17:37,419 --> 01:17:39,921
And as you mentioned,
is tonight the night for Sami Zayn

1537
01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:44,760
to finally lose the "honorary"
in Honorary Uce?

1538
01:17:46,094 --> 01:17:48,997
[Wade] Just cannot read The Tribal Chief.

1539
01:17:49,064 --> 01:17:51,433
Plays his cards close to his chest.

1540
01:17:52,134 --> 01:17:54,703
[pyrotechnics explode]

1541
01:18:02,010 --> 01:18:03,512
[Cole] Startling numbers.

1542
01:18:03,578 --> 01:18:07,516
Roman Reigns, champion 838 days.

1543
01:18:07,582 --> 01:18:12,954
The Usos, champion 516 days.

1544
01:18:15,957 --> 01:18:17,959
[crowd cheering]

1545
01:18:28,403 --> 01:18:33,208
[crowd chants "Ucey"]

1546
01:18:42,384 --> 01:18:44,920
[cheering, whistling]

1547
01:18:51,359 --> 01:18:52,994
Chicago!

1548
01:18:53,061 --> 01:18:56,498
[crowd cheers]

1549
01:19:00,635 --> 01:19:02,270
Acknowledge me.

1550
01:19:02,337 --> 01:19:05,907
[cheering]

1551
01:19:14,750 --> 01:19:20,755
Boy, I ain't seen my Bloodline
since WarGames.

1552
01:19:24,159 --> 01:19:26,328
And in case you didn't know,

1553
01:19:27,429 --> 01:19:29,965
we dominated WarGames.

1554
01:19:37,472 --> 01:19:39,775
It was easy. It was easy.

1555
01:19:40,408 --> 01:19:41,243
Easy.

1556
01:19:45,814 --> 01:19:49,417
[crowd chants "Ucey"]

1557
01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:53,522
[loud cheering]

1558
01:19:55,924 --> 01:19:58,126
I mean, what a night that was, huh?

1559
01:19:58,727 --> 01:20:00,562
What a night that was.

1560
01:20:01,463 --> 01:20:02,898
But let's talk about tonight,

1561
01:20:02,964 --> 01:20:05,700
'cause tonight is the night.

1562
01:20:06,668 --> 01:20:11,039
You see, every night's a good night
for The Tribal Chief, but…

1563
01:20:13,675 --> 01:20:18,513
tonight was gonna be a good night for you.

1564
01:20:21,550 --> 01:20:23,285
But we got a problem.

1565
01:20:26,021 --> 01:20:27,989
We got a KO problem.

1566
01:20:31,560 --> 01:20:33,595
He's a problem, Sami.

1567
01:20:33,662 --> 01:20:36,398
He won't leave you alone,
he won't stop stalking you.

1568
01:20:36,464 --> 01:20:40,035
He won't keep dragging you down,
and if he's a problem for you,

1569
01:20:40,101 --> 01:20:41,269
he's a problem for me.

1570
01:20:41,336 --> 01:20:43,605
If he's a problem for me,
he's a problem for The Bloodline.

1571
01:20:46,541 --> 01:20:51,146
But don't worry,
The Tribal Chief has got a solution.

1572
01:20:53,081 --> 01:20:54,282
Because, Sami,

1573
01:20:55,317 --> 01:20:57,719
you and I, we're gonna team up,

1574
01:20:57,786 --> 01:21:00,288
and we're gonna have a tag match

1575
01:21:00,355 --> 01:21:02,090
against KO,

1576
01:21:02,724 --> 01:21:05,560
and he can find anybody he wants,

1577
01:21:05,627 --> 01:21:08,597
but it doesn't matter,
because we're gonna smash him.

1578
01:21:08,663 --> 01:21:10,131
We're gonna smash him.

1579
01:21:10,198 --> 01:21:12,667
We gonna get rid of him,
and we ain't ever gonna see

1580
01:21:12,734 --> 01:21:14,169
Kevin Owens again!

1581
01:21:14,236 --> 01:21:16,238
[crowd cheering]

1582
01:21:17,806 --> 01:21:19,207
No, you're absolutely right.

1583
01:21:19,274 --> 01:21:20,275
You're absolutely right.

1584
01:21:20,342 --> 01:21:24,512
Even after all this time,
he continues to drag me down.

1585
01:21:24,579 --> 01:21:27,916
He's a cancer.
He betrays everyone in his life.

1586
01:21:27,983 --> 01:21:31,453
I mean, for crying out loud,
I'm his only friend.

1587
01:21:33,655 --> 01:21:35,190
I-- Hang on.

1588
01:21:36,925 --> 01:21:38,627
I-- I misspoke. I misspoke.

1589
01:21:39,794 --> 01:21:42,797
I-- I was his only friend.

1590
01:21:42,864 --> 01:21:47,435
I… I was his only friend, okay?

1591
01:21:47,502 --> 01:21:49,771
Listen, it'll be an honor and a privilege

1592
01:21:49,838 --> 01:21:51,439
to stand side by side with you

1593
01:21:51,506 --> 01:21:53,808
and team up and take him out,
and it'll be easy

1594
01:21:53,875 --> 01:21:55,477
-because he's got no one.
-Surprise!

1595
01:21:55,543 --> 01:21:57,812
[crowd cheers]

1596
01:21:57,879 --> 01:22:02,050
I bet you're a little surprised to see me.

1597
01:22:02,117 --> 01:22:02,951
[laughs]

1598
01:22:03,385 --> 01:22:04,352
Had to do it.

1599
01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:07,055
Well, it's the holiday season

1600
01:22:07,122 --> 01:22:09,891
and everybody loves a good
holiday surprise,

1601
01:22:09,958 --> 01:22:11,993
including this guy.

1602
01:22:12,427 --> 01:22:13,995
And boy was I surprised

1603
01:22:14,062 --> 01:22:17,465
when I got a text message,
out of the blue,

1604
01:22:17,532 --> 01:22:19,934
from my long-time friend Kevin Owens.

1605
01:22:20,001 --> 01:22:20,835
[crowd cheers]

1606
01:22:20,902 --> 01:22:24,139
He said, "Sup, Peacemaker."

1607
01:22:24,205 --> 01:22:26,574
Merman emoji, peace sign emoji.

1608
01:22:26,641 --> 01:22:27,475
[laughs]

1609
01:22:27,542 --> 01:22:28,376
Kev.

1610
01:22:29,277 --> 01:22:30,845
And then he said,

1611
01:22:30,912 --> 01:22:34,983
"Did you know you've had a WWE match

1612
01:22:35,050 --> 01:22:39,854
every year for the past 20 years
except this one?

1613
01:22:40,755 --> 01:22:43,224
Your streak's about to be broken."

1614
01:22:44,392 --> 01:22:47,262
Mind blown emoji, eggplant emoji,

1615
01:22:47,329 --> 01:22:49,864
Santa Claus emoji, peach emoji.

1616
01:22:52,300 --> 01:22:56,137
"Do you want to be my tag team partner
on SmackDown,

1617
01:22:56,204 --> 01:22:58,773
December 30th, in Tampa, Florida?"

1618
01:23:00,275 --> 01:23:01,810
[crowd cheering]

1619
01:23:02,877 --> 01:23:04,446
So, let me get this straight.

1620
01:23:04,879 --> 01:23:10,418
I haven't had a match in 2022
and we are running out of chances,

1621
01:23:10,819 --> 01:23:15,123
and you're asking me
that on the last SmackDown of the year,

1622
01:23:15,190 --> 01:23:19,861
December 30th,
if I want to partner with Kevin Owens

1623
01:23:19,928 --> 01:23:24,632
against the Ucey-est Sami Zayn
and The Tribal Chief,

1624
01:23:24,699 --> 01:23:29,304
the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion,
Roman Reigns,

1625
01:23:29,371 --> 01:23:32,807
in a Main Event Match
that can't be missed?

1626
01:23:34,776 --> 01:23:36,978
Hell yes, I'll be there!

1627
01:23:37,045 --> 01:23:42,584
Hell yes, I will be your partner,
and hell yes, we will bring the fight

1628
01:23:42,650 --> 01:23:46,921
to The Bloodline
in the final SmackDown of 2022.

1629
01:23:48,123 --> 01:23:50,558
Make your list, check it twice.

1630
01:23:50,625 --> 01:23:55,663
The Bloodline's been naughty
and won't it be nice when Cena Claus

1631
01:23:55,730 --> 01:23:57,832
is coming to town.

1632
01:23:57,899 --> 01:24:00,068
-Ho-ho holy-- [bleep]
-[crowd cheers]

1633
01:24:00,135 --> 01:24:03,338
["The Time Is Now" playing]
♪ Your time is up, my time is now… ♪

1634
01:24:03,405 --> 01:24:07,409
[Cole] The greatest of all time,
John Cena,

1635
01:24:07,475 --> 01:24:13,481
the 16-time World Champion,
returns to SmackDown in two weeks,

1636
01:24:13,548 --> 01:24:18,987
to team with Kevin Owens
against Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn,

1637
01:24:19,054 --> 01:24:20,655
two weeks from tonight.

1638
01:24:21,389 --> 01:24:23,291
Let's go!

1639
01:24:23,358 --> 01:24:26,961
Happy holidays from all of us
at SmackDown.

1640
01:24:27,862 --> 01:24:30,632
♪ Aimin' guns in all your photos
That's a no-no ♪