[WWE intro music playing]
[Cena] Then.
-[Flair] Woo! -[glass shatters]
[The Rock] If you smell…
-[bell tolls] -[Cena] Now.
[Reigns] Acknowledge me!
-♪ The King of Kings ♪ -♪ You can't see me ♪
[Cena] Forever.
[crowd cheers]
Together.
[music fades]
[Cole] Will The Bloodline remain as we know it, or will Jey Uso walk away?
I know what they want.
They want answers, Jey.
Are you in or are you out?
[Jey] You tell me, Uce.
It's either gonna be him… or it's me.
When you're Tribal Chief, you can pick anyone you want to be to be your Wiseman.
This is my Wiseman.
He's here to help me as I lead.
That's what you don't understand.
I was only meant to get us to the promised land.
You're meant to keep us here.
Why do you think you're the right-hand man?
Why do you think we put you in a position to become "The Main Event" Jey Uso?
Because you're meant to lead, just not yet.
So the problem isn't The Wiseman, the problem is your brother.
[crowd boos]
Yo, yo, the problem is not your brother, Jey.
The problem is our cousin.
You actually believe this garbage that is coming out of his mouth?
You believe this over me?
Listen to him. He's an anchor. I'm the wings.
I lift you up, he drags you down.
You have a great future in front of you. I told you.
You're the next Tribal Chief.
The reality is-- Wiseman.
I love you, my Tribal Chief. Yes, my Tribal Chief?
When we made Jey the right-hand man,
who was the only one that had a problem with it?
It wasn't The Wiseman. It was his suggestion.
[tense music playing]
Is that true?
Hey, look at me! Is it true?
It's true, man.
So this whole damn time, you've been doubting me?
-I never doubted you. I was looking-- -No! No!
I expect that from him, but not you!
Let me guess, because you know what's best for both of us, right?
Big brother, right?
"Listen to your older brother, Joshua."
That's all I heard growing up.
You know what? Me and you been competing against him,
when in all reality, I was trying to keep up with your ass!
Mr. Prom King, Player of the Year, Most Likely to Succeed, huh?
A blessing happened in disguise.
You got hurt, I stepped up!
I'm the right-hand man, "Main Event" Jey Uso,
and it's all because of him!
[crowd clamoring]
So guess what, you out!
[dramatic music playing]
And I'm out too.
[Cole] Oh my God!
[crowd cheering]
[shouts indistinctly] You don't need me?
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] The Bloodline is done as we know it!
Roman's empire has crumbled. Et tu, Jey?
[music fades]
["Nobody Better Than Me" playing]
[Cole] The Bloodline Civil War begins now.
You are looking live at a jam-packed Cajundome in Louisiana.
And Friday Night SmackDown on Fox is sponsored by Progressive,
a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more.
♪ Uso! ♪
[crowd cheering]
["Done With That" playing]
♪ Down since Day one ish, damn ♪
♪ Down since Day one ish ♪
♪ We been down since Day one ish ♪
[Rome] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jimmy and Jey,
The Usos!
[Cole] A lifetime of playing second fiddle.
A lifetime of mistreatment all washed away
with dual Superkicks last week,
and a week from tomorrow
with a special start time of 3:00 on the East Coast in the United States,
it is a Bloodline Civil War.
Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa against Jimmy and Jey, The Usos.
♪ Knock 'em down like this ♪
♪ Y'all already know Soon as you feel that creep ♪
♪ You 'bouts to get put to sleep ♪
[music fades]
[crowd cheering and clamoring]
[crowd chants] Uso!
[chanting continues]
-Hey, hey! -[crowd cheers]
The Bloodline--
All right. All right. All right.
The Usos are now in your city.
[crowd cheers]
[Jimmy cheers]
I'm feeling good.
I'm feeling real good.
Yo, Jey, how are you feeling, baby?
[crowd chants] Ucey!
Yo, if I could be 100 right now, we're about to fight our family, Uce.
Family don't do that.
Family is supposed to lift each other up, get each other's backs.
Family is supposed to make sure from the bottom to the top,
we always got each others' backs, Uce.
You know, from day one to the end, bro, we're always supposed to--
Jey…
To me, it sounds like…
you made the absolute perfect choice, my dawg. [chuckles]
[crowd cheers]
-I love you too. -I love you, man.
Just like Roman Reigns, bro, we still love you too, Uce.
We do.
You The Tribal Chief.
For three years, we was in the trenches with you, Uce.
I'd do anything you tell me to do, Uce.
You tell us to jump high, we're gonna jump.
You tell us to go low, we going-- we gonna go low.
We'll always forgive you.
But where you messed up at, Uce, you disrespected me and my brother.
[crowd cheers]
We were obviously raised on respect.
Respect is huge.
It's not about falling in line.
We fell in line, and when we did,
we became the most dominant faction in WWE.
Now that was ran with respect,
and once you started to show us we ain't worth nothing,
once you started to show my brother he ain't worth nothing,
well, guess what, Roman?
Your ass is left on the Island of Relevancy all alone.
[crowd cheers]
No, no, no, no. Hold on.
You, you and the biggest snake of them all, Uce.
Real talk, it ain't even sound like you, Big Uce.
You know, you blood. We can always forgive you.
What we can't forgive is the ones on the outside of the house.
You feel me?
The ones who's on the outside of the circle.
You feel me?
Sounding like rats.
If you follow the rats, if you run with rats,
they're gonna lead to snakes,
and the biggest snake of them all is that dude Paul Heyman.
[crowd cheers]
Yeah. For 40 years, you want to claim you have the utmost respect for our family.
For 40 years, you said you met us when we were four years old,
how much you loved us and respected us.
But how could you?
How could you take orders to somebody that will drive a wedge
between two brothers that were built on nothing
but love and respect for each other?
That's right. Tell 'em, Uce.
And now we got to get all of y'all.
-Now, we gonna go to London… -Yeah!
…and then we gonna go to war with our family,
a civil war in The Bloodline.
So with that being said, though,
you're looking at the best tag team in the game.
Talk to them.
-For real. -[crowd cheers]
Y'all looking at the best tag team in the world.
This ain't no singles competition.
Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns, man, let me talk to you.
On July 1st in London, O2, at Money in the Bank,
it's lockdown!
Solo Sikoa, Roman Reigns…
[both] Welcome to the Uso Penitentiary!
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] A fired up Jimmy and Jey Uso
as they look toward a week from tomorrow at Money in the Bank
at the sold-out O2 in London,
in the beginning of The Bloodline Civil War
as The Usos take on the Undisputed Champion Roman Reigns,
his cousin, The Usos' brother, Solo Sikoa.
The one thing we learned here tonight as we kicked off Friday Night SmackDown
with Jimmy and Jey Uso, Wade,
is there is one word on their mind and that word is respect.
Respect goes out the window.
The Usos have dug their own graves,
and next week, a week tomorrow, Money in the Bank,
they will be lying in said graves.
LA Knight showed Rey Mysterio no respect last week.
Let's take you back to SmackDown
when Rey Mysterio had introduced his LWO brethren, Santos Escobar.
[in Spanish] Thank you for believing in me.
[crowd cheers]
["Welcome To LA" playing]
[Cole] And LA Knight who will join Santos Escobar as part
of the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match next Saturday
went right after Rey Mysterio and Santos Escobar, took offense,
led to a one-on-one matchup.
[Wade] Great back-and-forth matchup.
Could have gone either way in the end.
Ultimately, Santos Escobar pulled out the victory,
but the celebration of the victory remarkably brief.
[Cole] LA Knight upset over the loss.
Attacking Santos Escobar before the Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio,
would return to the ring.
Hence the reason for our next matchup here on SmackDown.
["Booyaka 619" by P.O.D. playing]
♪ Booyaka, booyaka ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, that's my pueblo ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, Rey Mysterio ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, that's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
[bell rings]
[Rome] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, representing the LWO,
WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio!
[Cole] You know, last week's run-in between LA Knight and Rey Mysterio
was not the first between these two,
and they write their latest chapter in this rivalry.
Coming up next, LA Knight looks to take out a Hall of Famer.
Knight, Mysterio, live on Friday Night SmackDown.
This man, Rey Mysterio, looking for a little bit of payback tonight.
["Welcome To LA" playing]
[Rome] And his opponent, from Los Angeles, California,
weighing 240 pounds, LA Knight!
[Cole] You know, LA Knight one of now seven men in the field
for the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match
a week from tomorrow in London.
Inside the briefcase a contract that, if you win,
you can cash in anytime for a World Championship opportunity
on any brand.
And the field really had a shake up this past Monday night on Raw
when we learned that social media Megastar Logan Paul
has been asked to join the field.
Hence the seventh man in this matchup.
Logan Paul, Wade, changes the entire complexion of this match.
[Wade] As if Money in the Bank Matches aren't insane enough,
then you throw in one of the biggest stars on planet Earth
in Logan Paul,
an unpredictable competitor who, to me, has proven
he can hang with the absolute best in this industry
under the brightest of spotlights.
-[bell rings] -That is an insane edition.
[Cole] LA Knight, Rey Mysterio, one-on-one here tonight
on Friday Night SmackDown.
If Logan Paul could win the Money in the Bank contract,
imagine the possibilities.
[Wade] Just imagine the kind of spotlight that is going to be put on that briefcase.
Look, the cameras follow Logan Paul everywhere he goes.
And with that briefcase, it is front page, front cover, front and center,
all over planet Earth.
And LA Knight who, with a couple of shoulders to Mysterio,
knocks the Hall of Famer to his feet.
For LA Knight, he enters
his first-ever Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match next Saturday.
Out of the seven-man field, only two men have ever experienced
this matchup in the past.
Ricochet and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Very interesting interview this past week in The Daily Mail,
a newspaper in the United Kingdom with LA Knight,
who talked a lot about the Money in the Bank Ladder Match
and also about battling smaller men like Rey Mysterio.
He said that he's not out there to do little gymnastics routines
like these guys.
He said. "I'm out there with a big personality,
a big body, big charisma."
Big plans in the future of LA Knight.
[Wade] LA Knight is built for the box office moments.
Did you hear LA Knight when he got the microphone on Raw this past week?
He had that entire audience, in fact, an audience around the world,
in the palm of his hand.
[Cole] Cover by Knight. Hook of the leg on Mysterio.
And a kickout.
What's this I'm hearing that you had something to do
with Mysterio picking out his outfit for this matchup?
[Wade] Absolutely. Look, I was in the locker room.
Rey asked my advice, seeing as I was clearly the smartest guy in the room,
which mask should he wear today.
Color coordination.
I picked the one he's got on, and after this matchup,
hopefully, he'll sign it for me
so I can put it on eBay and make a bit of extra cash.
[Cole] The Robin Egg Blue of Rey Mysterio who now hammers away on LA Knight.
Mysterio trying to hang on.
LA Knight sent into the second rope, position for the 619.
-Connects. -[crowd cheers]
And Mysterio looking to put Knight away and stop Knight's momentum
heading toward Money in the Bank next Saturday.
[Wade] It's all down to the lucky mask that I chose, Michael Cole.
Rey baseball slide drives Knight out of the ring.
-Rey Mysterio. -[Knight grunts]
Knight's in trouble.
Can Mysterio put Knight away?
We're back live on Friday Night SmackDown at the Cajundome in Louisiana.
LA Knight with a Neckbreaker to Rey Mysterio,
looking to put the Hall of Famer away.
Hook of the leg now for the win.
Rey kicks out at two.
[Wade] And the Money in the Bank Megastar LA Knight
taking full control of this matchup.
[Cole] LA Knight one of seven men who will compete a week from tomorrow
in the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match,
a match that if you win and grab a contract,
that you can cash in at any time for a World Championship opportunity,
can change your career, can alter your life.
Over 80% of the time,
when a men's contract winner has cashed in,
he's gone on to win a World Championship.
Mysterio with a Senton!
And Rey looking to build momentum.
Crossbody, lateral press for the win.
Kick at two.
[Wade] Been on the receiving end of exactly this
from Rey Mysterio many times.
Just when you begin to write him off, he finds that second wind.
[Cole] We mentioned Logan Paul as part
of the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match next week.
Logan Paul makes a visit to SmackDown a week from tonight in London.
Part of "The Grayson Waller Effect."
LA Knight planting Mysterio
and that had an effect on the former World Champion.
[crowd yells]
[crowd] LA Knight! Yeah!
[Cole] Big elbow drop by Knight.
Cover.
For the win on SmackDown.
And a kickout at two.
[Wade] You just feel the adrenaline spiking in the arena
every time LA Knight is out here.
[Cole] Knight is so excited to have
this opportunity a week from tomorrow.
He said for many years, friends and family told him,
quote, "You got to get a real job."
Knight said, "You don't understand. I've got something to do here."
"I've got something to make happen and I have that opportunity now."
Catching Mysterio on his shoulders, Rey turns it into a DDT.
Cover.
Is it enough to put Knight away?
And a kickout again, another near fall.
[Wade] This would absolutely be
the biggest scalp LA Knight had ever claimed,
but it's starting to look bleak against the Hall of Famer.
[Cole] Watch this great counter by Mysterio, planting Knight head-first.
[Wade] Rey can just do things that nobody else can.
[Cole] The innovator, the originator.
Step-up Enzuigiri stuns Knight, who, again, is in position for a 619.
This time Knight intercepts.
And powering Rey out of the ropes.
[Wade] 260 pounds of prime beef.
[Cole] Mysterio able to scoot out of the way, again, using his quickness.
-[Wade] Oh! -[Cole] Knight caught Rey.
[Wade] Nice reversal there from LA Knight.
[Cole] Blunt Force Trauma, BFT from Knight for the win.
[bell rings]
["Welcome To LA" playing]
[Rome] Here is your winner, LA Knight!
[Cole] Massive victory.
[Wade] Yeah, he can do it pretty, he can do it ugly,
but ultimately, the Money in the Bank Megastar
is peaking at exactly the right time, Cole.
[Cole] Will it be LA Knight's moment a week from tomorrow?
Will he climb the ladder, grab the briefcase and the contract
to change his life?
[Wade] Rey Mysterio looking woozy towards the end of that matchup,
and that is exactly when The Megastar capitalized with the BFT.
[Cole] LA Knight, who decided to attack Escobar
after losing last week,
decides to go after Rey Mysterio after the match after winning this week.
-[Wade] Trying to get the mask! -[Cole] There's Escobar.
[Cole] Escobar of the LWO,
also a part of the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match,
comes down to make sure that Mysterio suffers no more damage.
A week from tomorrow,
Escobar, Knight, have an opportunity to change their careers
-at Money in the Bank. -[indistinct chatter]
What are you looking at?
-[grunts] -[Cole] Whoa!
[gasps, coughs]
I'm not in the mood tonight.
[wheezing, coughing]
Call Roman Reigns.
Look at me, Ridge.
Do me a favor, go get me Heyman. Go get me Heyman, please.
-Breathe. Calm down. -[gasps, coughs]
-Give me Solo now. -Sheamus, let me handle this.
Okay? I'm trying to get Heyman. Let me handle it. Okay?
Not good enough.
What do you mean, not good enough?
Come on, give me some help over here.
It's his throat. Just relax.
That's the result of a Samoan Spike by Solo Sikoa.
You can't blame Solo Sikoa.
Think about it, his own flesh and blood, his own brothers, The Usos,
stabbed him and The Tribal Chief in the back last week.
Now Solo Sikoa is pissed off.
Understandably so, in my opinion.
-Take it out-- -[Sheamus] Solo! Solo!
I know you're back there, you bleeding rat,
and I saw what you did to Ridge.
You want a fight?
Well, I'll give you a bleeding fight!
You get your arse in that middle of the ring right now tonight,
and you're in for the fight of your bleeding life.
[Cole] Sheamus calling Solo Sikoa out,
and I hope Adam Pearce actually makes this match tonight.
The last thing you want is a raging Sheamus coming after you.
Well, nonetheless, we have championship opportunity now
for the Women's Tag Team Titles.
["Bad Reputation" playing]
And here come the current champs.
Of course, on the left, Ronda Rousey,
on the right, her best friend, Shayna Baszler "The Submission Magician."
Tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on Fox is sponsored by Progressive Insurance,
save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance.
Ladies and gentlemen, also here at ringside tonight
for this WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match,
former Tag Team Champion, Raquel Rodriguez.
Now, you may recall, back in the beginning of May,
Raquel's partner, Liv Morgan was injured, suffering a shoulder injury,
forcing Raquel and Liv to relinquish the Tag Team Titles.
[Wade] Yeah, horrible situation to be in.
Been there myself, lost championships due to injury
and that hurts more than the injury itself.
["Dare Devil" playing]
[Cole] This, of course, a Unification Match.
The WWE Women's Tag Team Titles and the NXT Tag Team Gold
held by those women, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn.
Now, the winner of this matchup will be the Unified Champions,
which means, Wade, they will defend the Tag Team Titles
on all three brands, Raw, SmackDown, and NXT.
[Wade] It's a good job we've got four women competing tonight
who are hungry for a fight every single night of the week.
A lot of egos clashing in this ring tonight
and there simply isn't enough room at the top of the card.
[Cole] Tell me about the NXT Tag Team Champions.
They call themselves The Unholy Union.
[Wade] I mean, these two, Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn, were so dominant in NXT
that they basically went scorched earth.
They completely nuked the entire landscape.
[Rome] The following is a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Unification Match!
[crowd cheers]
Introducing first,
they are the NXT Women's Tag Team Champions,
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn!
[crowd cheers]
And their opponents,
they are the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Shayna Baszler and "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey!
[Cole] Shayna Baszler says when referring to her team,
"We walk in, we take limbs, and we repeat."
That's what Baszler is hoping to do tonight against Fyre and Dawn.
Unification Match for the Tag Team Titles here in WWE.
This is Alba Fyre starting things off against Shayna Baszler.
Baszler a two-time NXT Women's Champion.
Fyre, the longest-reigning NXT Women's United Kingdom Champion.
[Wade] Yeah, I've known Alba Fyre for years.
The number one female competitor in Europe for about a decade.
She really is that good.
[Cole] She's a risk-taking, mouthy warrior, loves to play mind games.
An elbow delivered. Tag made.
Here comes Isla Dawn. Tell me about Isla Dawn.
[Wade] Isla Dawn calls herself a seductress.
A nightmare dressed as a daydream.
And clearly very few women on planet Earth who show zero fear--
[Cole] Cover. Could win the matchup.
Kickout at two.
[Wade] Zero fear in the face of overwhelming intimidation
from the likes of Rousey and Baszler.
[Cole] Ronda Rousey grabs the tag rope and will make a tag.
And here comes "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey to try her fare with Isla Dawn.
[Wade] Plan A clearly not working for Baszler,
so why not give the Baddest Woman in the Planet a shot?
[Cole] Ronda Rousey extremely cocky and confident.
Why not?
One of the greatest female competitors on the planet today.
[Wade] Cocky simply isn't the word, Cole,
because Ronda Rousey has always backed up--
[Cole] Oh! Dawn, though, catches Rousey with a boot.
Dawn who's been described by her opponents as treacherous and diabolical.
Tag made by Alba Fyre.
[Wade] Dawn and Fyre are basically two heads of the hydra.
So dangerous how they've been, destroyed every team on the NXT brand,
and are looking to do the same here on SmackDown.
[Cole] Cover by Fyre for the victory in this Unification Match.
And a kickout by Rousey.
[Wade] It's kind of been one-way traffic thus far.
I don't think too many people called that.
[Cole] Fyre and Dawn, frequent tags in and out of the ring,
followed by double teams.
Baszler knocked off the apron.
Fyre now, face-first goes Rousey.
How impressive have Fyre and Dawn been in this match?
Running Meteora.
Cover by Fyre for the win.
Shayna Baszler breaks things up.
[Wade] For the first time in history,
Rousey and Baszler are getting completely annihilated.
They're overmatched here, Cole.
[Cole] Rousey looking to turn things around.
Whips Fyre into the corner, nobody home.
Rousey went for that high running knee.
Fyre delivered a kick right to the back of the leg,
the hamstring of Rousey.
[Wade] Fyre and Dawn have just been too quick out of the blocks so far.
Rousey hasn't got an answer to this.
[Cole] I am surprised thus far at how Rousey and Baszler
have been dominated!
Ronda Rousey, though, thanks to the Baszler interference,
has turned things around.
By the end of this match, we're only gonna have one set
of Women's Tag Team Champions in WWE.
Will it be Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler,
or will it be Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn?
Meanwhile, Raquel Rodriguez, former Tag Team Champion,
looking on at ringside.
Remember, Raquel and Liv Morgan had to hand over their championships
after Liv got hurt a couple of months ago.
And Ronda Rousey now turning things around in this matchup.
Quick start for Dawn and Fyre,
but the Women's Tag Champs have taken over.
[Wade] Really has done a 180,
and, of course, a tap out here from Alba Fyre
means all of the gold goes over to Baszler and Rousey.
[Cole] Rousey looking for the ankle lock, dragging Fyre back to the center
of the ring. Dawn realizes the predicament.
Step-up Enzuigiri by Fyre creates some space.
Can she make a tag?
[Wade] It takes something really special to put away Alba Fyre.
This might be her chance to get her team back in the matchup.
[Cole] Tag made, here is Shayna Baszler.
-[Cole] Snap. -[Wade] Oh!
One, two…
[Cole] And a kickout at two.
[Wade] That was the knee strike that caved in the face
of former friend, Natalya, several months ago.
That's how dangerous that one is.
[Cole] Baszler, a submission specialist.
[Wade] Just look into the eyes of Baszler, nothing but malice residing there.
[Cole] Yeah, one of the meanest women in WWE today.
One of the most physical.
Tag to Dawn.
[Wade] Just in time.
[Cole] Here comes Isla Dawn, knocking out Baszler.
Rousey knocked off the apron as well.
The NXT Women's Tag Team Champions would love to knock off Baszler and Rousey
in their first major matchup here on SmackDown.
[Wade] It is rare that anybody gets up once on Baszler and Rousey,
to do it twice is unthinkable,
but Isla Dawn is managing it.
[Cole] Off the back suplex by Dawn. Baszler is in trouble.
Top rope now for Isla Dawn.
High-risk move here.
Meteora takes out Baszler.
[Wade] The wobble on the top, didn't quite get all of it.
[Cole] Cover to unify the Tag Titles.
And a kickout at two.
[Wade] Completely knocking the stuffing out of Shayna Baszler.
[Cole] Extremely physical match here tonight.
[Wade] What else could you expect?
You've got two black belt bad asses in the ring
taking on perhaps the toughest team in the history of NXT.
[Cole] Baszler using almost the full five-count.
Referee Jessika Carr admonishing her.
Ronda Rousey with a kick to the midsection.
Now, Baszler looking for the Kirifuda Clutch.
Has Dawn in trouble in the ring.
Alba Fyre top rope!
[Wade] Swanton preventing potential catastrophe there.
[Cole] And now, a Suicide Dive takes out Rousey.
[Wade] All the momentum falling back on the side of Fyre and Dawn.
[Cole] Tag made. Fyre now legal.
Alba Fyre with Rousey out of the equation.
[Wade] Looking to send Baszler to the underworld.
[Cole] Went for the double team.
But Baszler trying to turn it into a Kirifuda Clutch.
Backed into her corner.
Ronda Rousey back in the middle of things.
Ronda Rousey takes out Dawn. Armbar by Rousey.
Kirifuda Clutch by Baszler.
-[bell rings] -Tap out.
["Bad Reputation" playing]
[Rome] Here are your winners,
and the new
Unified WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Shayna Baszler
and "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey!
[Cole] Awesome performance by Fyre and Dawn tonight,
but in the end, Rousey and Baszler unify the titles.
[Wade] What an absolute war that was.
We witnessed levels of callousness we have not seen before in this division.
But all of the gold and all of the power in the women's tag ranks
now goes to Baszler and Rousey.
Raquel.
Raquel, ¿adónde vas?
[in English] I know you and Louisiana
don't know how to speak one language, let alone two.
That means where are you going?
In fact, what are you even doing here in the first place?
I am here because I want a rematch
for the titles that we never lost.
[crowd cheers]
"We"?
Who's "we" because I remember we tearing everybody apart limb by limb.
So who is "we"?
["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Watch me ♪
[Cole] Liv Morgan is back!
We mentioned it earlier.
Liv out with a shoulder injury since early May,
it forced her and Raquel to relinquish the Tag Team Titles.
And as Raquel said, the titles they never lost.
[inaudible]
Wade, sign me up.
[Wade] You get all of the gold,
you get all of the bullseyes on your back too.
[Cole] I would love to see Rousey-Baszler versus Morgan and Rodriguez.
We have breaking news here on Friday Night SmackDown,
ladies and gentlemen.
Sheamus wanted the match and it is going to happen.
Solo Sikoa with a Samoan Spike to Ridge Holland
and The Brawling Brutes earlier tonight, angered "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus.
Sheamus made the challenge.
In our main event, Solo Sikoa
and "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus live tonight.
[Wade] And love him or loathe him,
the arrogant Aussie gets the scoops.
"Grayson Waller Effect" with the Number One Contenders
for the tag team crown, Pretty Deadly,
and that is next here on SmackDown.
["Eye On The Prize" playing]
♪ Now do it 'cause I say so, say so ♪
♪ When I pop out they lay low They know ♪
♪ Blood run hot but that heart cold Stay froze ♪
♪ You know how that thang go I can't stop ♪
♪ Ask who did it, I did it I does it, they finished ♪
♪ They talk it, I live it ♪
-[Rome] Ladies and gentlemen… -[drum roll]
…please welcome the most talked about new sensation
on Friday Night SmackDown,
the Dynamite from Down Under,
he is The Moment Maker, The Aussie Icon.
Your host of "The Grayson Waller Effect…"
["Eye On The Prize" plays]
Grayson Waller!
[crowd clamoring]
Welcome to the hottest talk show in all of WWE,
"The Grayson Waller Effect."
And speaking of hottest,
and that's right, ladies, I am looking for a green card.
Grayson Waller is the hottest new Superstar in all of WWE,
so it's only fitting that tonight
my guests are the hottest new tag team in WWE.
So get up on your feet and welcome Kit Wilson, Elton Prince,
Pretty Deadly!
-♪ Yes, boy! ♪ -Yes, boy!
[Cole] So, Kit and Elton telling me earlier that that glitter ball,
it's brand-new.
It's a gift to them
because of their, quote, "bright, shiny future."
[Wade] Finish the story, Cole.
It's not just a gift, it's a gift from Buckingham Palace,
King Charles himself has named Pretty Deadly
his number one tag team on planet Earth.
[Cole] They're Number One Contenders for the Tag Team Titles as well.
Let's take you back to Friday Night SmackDown last week.
It was a Gauntlet Match.
The Brawling Brutes were about to run the table.
They had already defeated four teams before Pretty Deadly stood in their way.
[Wade] Yeah. What a performance from Pretty Deadly,
essentially defeating five teams in a row to become the number--
-[Cole] That's not actually what happened. -[Wade] No. It's a Gauntlet Match.
If you defeat someone, you acquire their statistics,
which is what happened in the case of Pretty Deadly.
So they had five victories in the Gauntlet Match.
[Cole] Sheamus had four matches before that.
He was obviously exhausted.
Pretty Deadly had to win one,
which earns them an opportunity next Saturday in London.
-[Wade] On home soil. -[Grayson] Wow. Yes, boy.
Welcome to the show, and as you can see, I've rolled out the red carpet
because Pretty Deadly doesn't deserve a standard chair, no.
People with the style of yours deserve some fancy chairs
like I've provided for you.
-Yes, boy. -Yes, boy.
Thank you so much, Grayson.
And we just want you to know that this is our favorite talk show.
[Grayson] Oh.
-So much better than "The KO Show." -Yeah!
-Wow. That's a-- -[crowd boos]
[Kit and Elton] So much better than "The KO Show."
It is true. It is true.
I've got to be honest with you, lads,
it's nice to finally have some guests on the show with style
and with good banter because, as we both know,
Americans don't have any banter, right?
-No. They don't understand sarcasm. -Boring.
-[crowd boos] -Zero banter.
They're boring.
We could go on about that all night, but let's talk about the two of you.
You've been here, what, maybe two months
and already so much success in the Tag Team Division.
In fact, so much, next week on SmackDown,
from your home country of London, England,
you face Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
for the Undisputed Tag Team Championships.
That's wild, right?
Grayson, you said it. In our home country.
Shout out to the Royalty, shout out to the King.
In the greatest city, London.
But this is big. We're not taking it lightly.
We're taking it Pretty Deadly seriously.
This is two men that won the main event of night one Wrestlemania.
But what's starting to annoy us, Grayson, is I don't feel like
they're giving us that same level of respect.
I don't feel like they're giving us our flowers.
[crowd chants] Shut up!
I'm gonna finish. I'm gonna calm--
I need to be calm. I need calm. Yes, boy. Yes, boy.
-Yes, boy. -Yes, boy.
Very good.
They came out there, and they said that they were surprised
that we were the Number One Contenders.
I'm sorry, but what's surprising
about a team that's won WWE Championships before?
A team that's won WWE Championships on their debut,
a team that's even unified WWE Tag Team Championships?
Because I don't see what's confusing about that or surprising.
So you know what?
They can carry on bickering with each other,
trying to see if their two giant egos can fit together in one team.
But me and Kit, mi brain.
Su brain.
We've been on the same page for the last three years
when we joined this company.
We are on the same page today,
and we'll be on the same page for the next ten years
when we're running the Tag Team Division.
[crowd boos]
-Oh yeah! Woo! -Oh yeah!
Boys, I'm gonna be honest with you.
This is a very honest talk show, so I need to tell you something.
I'm not surprised.
-That's our guy! [laughs] -I'm not surprised.
We could keep talking about Kevin and Sami all we want,
but… maybe we need to talk about last week.
Because last week on SmackDown,
the two of you were the Iron Men of that Gauntlet Match.
You didn't beat one team, you didn't beat two teams.
In fact, you beat five of the best teams in all of WWE
in one match, in one night.
It was truly inspiring, if I'm being honest.
The Iron Men of Friday Night…
[both] SmackDown.
Although we do need to be honest. We do need to be honest.
That was a match that there was times in there we didn't know we could continue.
We beat five different teams.
It was grueling, it was tough, it was exhausting.
There was times we didn't know we could go on.
We did it through blood, sweat, and tears.
With every fiber of our beings, but we did it.
That's right. [exhales]
The Brawling Brutes, what a great team.
Fantastic.
And they lasted all the way until the end
just like we did, but, but, but…
[both] We beat them!
-[laughs] Hey. -[crowd boos]
To the LWO, viva la raza! Whatever that means.
-Hey, great T-shirt, great team, but… -But…
[both] We beat them!
The O.C., two big guys, tough guys.
-A couple of good brothers. -But…
[both] We beat them!
[laughs]
-[Cole] They actually didn't. -Who else?
The Hit Row came, and before it even begun we…
[both] We beat them!
[laughs]
-And-- -One more?
Let's not forget SmackDown's sweethearts, The Street Profits.
Hey, you're welcome to join in with us.
["Bring The Swag" playing]
[Wade] That's not an invite.
[Cole] It is amazing to me that two men can go on national television every week
and lie through their teeth.
[Wade] What do you mean? You've been doing it for 27 years.
Dawkins, did they say our name?
-I think they did. -Is it Pretty Deadly?
Oh, they're so cute when they're showing their little chest.
Oh yeah.
But you know what, guys?
It's our favorite crew when your boys are back on the SmackDown blue.
Yes, sir.
Which means, Grayson Waller, you're going to have a season two.
-Congratulations. -Congratulations.
Since you guys haven't been properly introduced to the smoke,
we are the guys to do so.
-Yes, sir. -Because The Street Profits are up…
[both] And we want the smoke!
[Cole] Pretty Deadly's gonna get the smoke as well,
because we've got tag team action coming your way here on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Wade] It's just a rude interruption, isn't it?
When you've got the Number One Contenders with the microphone,
you don't interrupt.
That's a basic rule in this industry.
[Cole] The Street Profits and Pretty Deadly, tag team action,
live next on Friday Night SmackDown.
♪ I bring the swag like nobody can ♪
♪ Don't mean to brag What about it, yeah ♪
♪ I bring the swag like nobody can It's in the bag ♪
♪ Man, I got it yeah ♪
The Undertaker 1 deadMAN Show returns to the United Kingdom next weekend
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Tickets available in a limited basis in Wolverhampton, Manchester, and Glasgow
ahead of Money in the Bank.
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[Wade] Solo Sikoa is on the warpath. Sheamus is out for blood.
Something has to give as the two bruisers go head-to-head
later on in tonight's main event.
[Cole] And in our Tag Team Matchup now,
it is the Number One Contenders for the WWE Tag Team Titles,
Pretty Deadly, to take on the former Tag Champs, The Street Profits.
[bell rings]
This will be Kit Wilson starting things off against Montez Ford
of The Street Profits.
Pretty Deadly basically lied through their teeth earlier on
in "The Grayson Waller Effect,"
claiming that they had defeated five other teams
from the Gauntlet Match last week.
That was not the case.
-[Wade] No. That's how a gauntlet works. -[Cole] Nice takedown by Montez Ford.
[Wade] I've got to tell you,
The Street Profits were a surprise last week in that Gauntlet Match.
They're the number one tag team drafted in the recent draft.
They were personally embarrassed
by their own performance last week in the gauntlet getting eliminated.
They set very high standards for themselves.
They're out to fix things tonight.
[Cole] Let's make no mistake about it,
they were eliminated by The Brawling Brutes, not by Pretty Deadly,
the eventual winners of that matchup.
[Wade] But all that matters in a Gauntlet Match, ultimately,
is who is the winner.
The winner, Pretty Deadly.
[Cole] Pretty Deadly claims that now that they're the new Number One Contenders
for the Tag Team Titles, that they need to be called VIP.
[Wade] Yeah. VIPD. Very Important Pretty Deadly.
It works, Cole.
-[Wade] Put it on a T-shirt. -[Cole] Tag.
Here's Dawkins.
Oh, and a big shoulder tackle to Mr. Wilson, driving him to the corner.
Elton Prince was telling me earlier today that for three consecutive years,
he was voted the best-looking blond in the entire United Kingdom,
where Kit Wilson was voted
the best-looking brunette in the entire land.
[Wade] What's fantastic about that is that everybody knows
people from the UK are absolutely beautiful.
So, if you are the hottest in the--
[Cole] Hey, who says that?
[Wade] The whole world knows that.
Consistently ranked the hottest people on Earth.
[Cole laughs] What magazine are you reading?
Cover now, hook of the leg.
-[Cole] And a kickout. -[Wade] Look at this face, Michael Cole.
I didn't even win. Pretty Deadly did.
How hot must they be?
[Cole] Oh boy.
Dawkins, now a reversal.
Prince whipped into the corner
and catches Dawkins with a big boot to the face.
Oh, what a right by Dawk!
[Wade] Not in the face, Dawkins.
That's a prize-winning face there.
[Cole] Tag made. Montez Ford now legal.
-Nice dropkick. Prince is down and out. -[Wade shouts]
And one to Kit Wilson as well.
[crowd gasps]
[Cole] Chop by Ford.
[chuckles] Having fun now at the expense of Elton Prince.
[Wade] No, no, no. Don't rip off the male bralettes.
-[Cole] It's a male bra? What? -[Wade] Male bralette.
-[Wade] It's high fashion. -[Cole] Oh, okay.
Up over the top rope goes Prince.
And Montez Ford is going to try on the male bralette.
[Wade] Male bralette. It doesn't match your eyes, Montez.
It's inside out too for crying out loud.
[Cole] We used to call it fishnet in the day, and up over the top.
The Profits take out Pretty Deadly!
[crowd cheers]
Yeah!
-[Cole] The Profits are on a roll. -Yeah!
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] The Number One Contenders for the WWE Tag Team Titles,
Pretty Deadly taking on The Street Profits
in this Tag Team Matchup here tonight on SmackDown.
And this is Kit Wilson and Montez Ford going at it.
[Wade] Montez Ford fighting for his life in there now.
This match completely turned around by Pretty Deadly.
Pretty Deadly claims they feel like they're in an episode of The Black Mirror,
with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn as the Tag Team Champions.
Nothing!
[Cole] They hope to end that next week right here
on Friday Night SmackDown in London.
[Wade] What a place to do it.
Crowd will go bananas, blow the roof off the O2 Arena.
[Cole] Montez Ford able to shift his balance and land heavily on Wilson.
Now an opportunity to make a tag.
Can he get to Angelo Dawkins in the corner?
[Wade] Dawkins is fired up and wants in on this matchup in the worst way.
Now might be the big chance.
-[Cole] Tag! -[crowd cheers]
Dawkins legal as is Elton Prince who runs into a big clothesline,
and then a dropkick by Dawkins.
[Wade] Dawkins the absolute powerhouse of this team.
[Cole] Yes, but highly athletic as well as you saw there.
Nice Corkscrew Spinning Elbow.
[Wade] Springs in his boots.
[Cole] Dawkins into the corner with that clothesline,
and then a Step-up Enzuigiri catches Prince.
Oh! Cover off that Double Underhook Spin!
And a kickout now by Prince at two.
[Wade] This is not the kind of matchup
that Pretty Deadly needed just one week away
from the biggest opportunity of their entire career.
[Cole] Why not test their mettle against the former Tag Champs,
The Profits, before they head into the ring
with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn next week?
[Wade] Because you want to be at 100%
when you're taking on the Tag Champs, Michael Cole.
Pretty Deadly's condition is deteriorating before our eyes.
[Cole] Maybe someone like you never wanted to wrestle, anyway,
but nonetheless, here is Dawkins out of the corner.
Double team by The Profits!
Cover by Ford.
Hook of the leg for the win.
And breaking things up is Wilson.
[Wade] How the hell do you develop that kind of power, Dawkins?
-[Wade] Ugh! -[Cole] Oh man, Dawkins.
[Wade] Biggest shoulder tackle in the game.
[Cole] Bodies flying everywhere.
The Profits have been pretty deadly tonight, and look at that!
-Yeah! -[Cole] The Uranage by Ford.
-[Cole] Tag. -[Wade] Prince completely isolated.
[Cole] Dawkins with Prince up on his shoulders.
Kit Wilson, though, drops Ford from the top rope.
[Wade] Pretty ingenious if you ask me.
[Cole] Roll up using the ropes.
-And a little assist. -[bell rings]
[Rome] Here are your winners, Pretty Deadly!
[Wade] Well, they call themselves The Iron Men of SmackDown,
and once again they get the job done.
Will it be the same story in seven days' time at the O2 Arena
with tag gold on the line?
[Cole] The Street Profits were everywhere toward the closing moments of this match.
And just as we thought Ford and Dawkins were gonna close in on the victory,
some shenanigans.
[Wade] Whoa.
Some smarts from the Pretty Deadly playbook.
Once again shows the versatility of PD.
[Cole] Next week, London, England, at the O2
right here on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Owens and Zayn defend the WWE Tag Team Titles
against Pretty Deadly.
From the Tag Team Titles to the WWE Women's Championship,
here is our Progressive Match Flo.
[announcer] Match Flo is sponsored by Progressive,
a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more.
[Grayson] Just when you thought "The Grayson Waller Effect"
couldn't get any bigger, welcome Charlotte Flair!
On SmackDown in London, England,
you and Asuka are going to battle for the WWE Women's Championship.
This isn't the same Asuka you've faced in the past.
I have Asuka's number.
♪ I'm on my own ♪
[Bianca] Somebody going to have to explain to me how things
are working around here right now.
I lost my title.
[Cole] Asuka using the mist!
-[Cole] We got a new champion. -I was told I was gonna get a rematch.
Then you walk in, call your shot, and you get an opportunity.
The line starts and ends with me.
I am a champion with or without the title.
Are you a champion with or without the title?
First of all, I am the longest-reigning Women's Champion of this modern era.
I didn't have to do it 14 times, so put some respect on my name,
because I am done being patient, I am done playing with y'all,
and no matter who wins, I'ma call my shot
because that title is coming back to me.
[crowd cheers]
["All Hail The Queen" playing]
♪ Bow down ♪
♪ All hail the queen ♪
[bell rings]
[Rome] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from the Queen City,
Charlotte Flair!
[Cole] In one week's time,
she could be a 15-time Women's Champion.
One of the greatest of any era.
[fireworks popping]
[Wade] Just a woman who has broken down every barrier,
smashed every glass ceiling she's ever encountered.
Revolutionized the game and continues to do so.
[Cole] Charlotte oozes star.
And up next, Charlotte Flair is in action,
but coming up next week,
right here on Friday Night SmackDown from the O2 in London,
Charlotte Flair with an opportunity
at the WWE Women's Championship against Asuka.
But Flair's in action against Lacey Evans
live next on Friday Night SmackDown.
Back here at Cajundome in Louisiana on Friday Night SmackDown.
Lacey Evans set to take on Charlotte Flair.
[Wade] Stand and salute an American hero, Michael Cole.
You see that hat on Lacey Evans,
that is known as a campaign cover.
Only military leaders get to wear those.
That's the ones who set the standards for the rank and file.
I consider you rank and file, Cole.
[Cole] And Charlotte Flair looks to build some momentum
heading into next week in London, Friday night right here on SmackDown,
when she takes on Asuka for the WWE Women's Championship.
Charlotte looking to become a 15-time Champion.
A tough test for Charlotte here tonight against Lacey Evans.
[Wade] It's been a little while since we've seen Charlotte in competition,
perhaps, back at Wrestlemania.
Not one known for ring rust, however.
[Cole] Yeah. One of the great all-time Wrestlemania matches.
A couple of months ago, Charlotte and Ripley.
Charlotte with a shoulder tackle to take down Lacey Evans.
Classic Flair right there.
[Wade] One of the most physically gifted athletes
-the Women's Division has ever seen. -Come on, Lacey Evans.
-I left my dad at home. -[crowd] Oh!
[Cole] If anybody knows about playing with tricks up their sleeve,
it's Charlotte Flair and she'll have to be able to combat that
against Asuka for the Women's Championship next Friday night.
One more?
[Cole] Asuka's become one of the most dangerous women in WWE today.
New attitude, new aggressiveness.
[Wade] Charlotte's just been dangerous from day one,
no matter where she's been, NXT or here, SmackDown, on Raw.
Constantly dangerous.
What a matchup that is going to be next week.
[Cole] Nice counter by Lacey Evans.
[crowd boos]
[Wade] Perhaps the most sadistic woman in the locker room,
likes to embarrass and humiliate opponents,
and what a scalp it would be to claim.
-Let's go! [indistinct] -[crowd boos]
[Cole] A bit full of herself as well.
[Wade] She demands respect through intimidation if it needs to be.
[Cole] Went for the Moonsault.
Landed on her feet, had to roll through. Charlotte Flair now.
Backbreaker. Face-first into the turnbuckle.
[Wade] Simply cannot take a beat against someone as good as Charlotte Flair.
-Salute me! -[crowd cheers]
Now Charlotte Flair is just mocking Lacey Evans and Evans' attitude.
-[Charlotte grunts] -Nice throw by Charlotte!
[Wade] It's like Charlotte is just playing with her food at this point.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Having fun, that's what Charlotte Flair is doing.
Big boot…
-[Charlotte] Here we go. -[Cole] …to Lacey Evans.
And Charlotte now looking to put Evans away.
[Wade] Usually no way back from this, Cole.
[Cole] Charlotte will step through into a Figure Four,
and once she does that, once she bridges,
it's the Figure Eight that has tapped out just about everybody in the locker room.
-[bell rings] -Add Lacey Evans to the list.
["All Hail The Queen" playing]
[Wade] Just superior athletic skills which is--
-[Wade] Oh! -[Cole] And Asuka!
Asuka from out of nowhere,
where Charlotte was still in the bridge of the Figure Eight,
attacking Charlotte.
And the WWE Women's Champion striking at Flair.
[Wade] Get your licks in while you can,
soften up the 14-time World Champ ahead of next week.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] The crazed Asuka, the current Women's Champion,
sending a little message to Charlotte Flair
before next week in London.
[Wade] If I know Charlotte Flair,
that's only gonna fire her up even more.
Woo!
[Cole] Asuka and Charlotte have a long history against one another.
The latest chapter, Wade, will happen next week right here
on Friday Night SmackDown, sold-out at the O2 in London,
as Charlotte Flair looks to continue to make history
and win a Women's Championship for the 15th time in her career.
Well, that matchup already has the makings of an all-time classic.
I cannot wait to be there at the O2 Arena in London, England.
We're moments away from our main event.
This is how things got started
with the arrival of Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa tonight,
before interrupted by Ridge Holland of The Brawling Brutes.
What are you looking at?
[grunts]
[gasps, coughs]
[coughs]
You want a fight?
Well, I'll give you a bleeding fight.
You get your arse in that middle of that ring right now tonight
and you're in for the fight of your bleeding life.
[mic thuds]
[Cole] So the match was made official
and it happens now in our main event.
["Taking It All" playing]
Beside Roman Reigns, only two men remain in The Bloodline,
Paul Heyman and, of course, Reigns' cousin, Solo Sikoa.
[bell rings]
[Rome] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by special counsel,
"The Wiseman" Paul Heyman,
from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at 250 pounds,
Solo Sikoa!
[Cole] Solo Sikoa not in the mood tonight
after The Usos turned their back on Roman Reigns last week
right here on Friday Night SmackDown.
Solo looks to take out that anger on "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus.
It is our main event tonight from the Cajundome in Louisiana.
Solo Sikoa versus Sheamus,
live on Friday Night SmackDown and it is next.
Last week, the 2023 Special Olympics World Games kicked off
in Berlin, Germany.
Special Olympics Global Ambassador Drew McIntyre
joined over 7,000 athletes from 190 countries.
WWE is proud to continue to support
these extraordinary athletes and we wish them the best of luck
as the 2023 Special Olympics World Games continue.
Yes, I'm waiting for her to arrive right now.
And right on cue, here she is. I'll call you back.
-Bianca. -Hey. What's up?
-You said you want to talk? -Yeah, look.
I'm thinking about the Championship Match next week
between Asuka and Charlotte,
and it brought me back to what you said last week.
Yes. I said what I said, I'm going to be ringside.
Right.
What happens if Asuka or Charlotte take a shot at you,
try to provoke you in some way?
First of all, those two should be focused on each other.
Look, I just want to be ringside
to make sure that nobody else cuts the line,
but if they come for me, yeah, I'm gonna have to defend myself.
As you should, and that's the problem.
Look, you're not gonna like this, but there's too much at stake
and I can't afford this going sideways.
So I am gonna bar you from ringside.
Listen, I need you to trust me here.
Okay?
You will have your opportunity once that match is over
to challenge the winner face-to-face.
Oh, like last time?
Because I should trust you, right?
Mm-mm.
[Cole] The problem here is I can understand both
where Bianca Belair and Adam Pearce are coming from, but next week,
Friday Night SmackDown is coming from London, England,
in the sold-out O2 Arena,
and we have a match for the WWE Women's Championship.
Asuka defends against the 14th-time Champion Charlotte Flair
live next week.
[Wade] Also, next week on SmackDown,
Pretty Deadly get the chance to grab gold on home soil in London.
Tag Titles on the line against the champs, KO and Sami Zayn.
[Cole] And another "Grayson Waller Effect,"
and his guest, Social Media Megastar Logan Paul,
who is now the seventh member
of the Men's Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match next weekend.
[Wade] And stop the presses, Roman Reigns returns to SmackDown next week.
For the first time since the implosion of The Bloodline,
The Tribal Chief will be here on SmackDown from London, England,
next Friday night.
[Cole] Friday Night SmackDown tonight is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.
Save when you bundle, auto, home, or motorcycle insurance.
I can guarantee you,
Roman Reigns is watching our main event here tonight very carefully.
His cousin, Solo Sikoa, the remaining member of The Bloodline,
set to take on The Celtic Warrior.
["Hellfire" playing]
Ladies and gentlemen, it's fight night!
[fireworks popping]
[Rome] And his opponent, representing The Brawling Brutes,
from Dublin, Ireland, weighing in at 267 pounds,
Sheamus!
[Cole] Sheamus going in alone here tonight.
Butch who is in the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match
is already traveling to England.
Ridge Holland, you saw what happened to him earlier tonight,
suffering the Samoan Spike at the hands of Solo Sikoa.
Now for Solo Sikoa, Wade, to me, this is a must-win match tonight.
You can ill-afford to lose with everything that's been going on in The Bloodline
and of course the big Tag Match, the Civil War next week
at Money in the Bank.
Solo's got to win here tonight.
[Wade] Massive turmoil in The Bloodline.
Of course, after what we witnessed over the past couple of weeks,
you're absolutely right, must-win matchup for Solo Sikoa.
Easier said than done against Sheamus at the best of times.
This is a highly motivated, highly enraged Sheamus at that.
[Cole] And Solo Sikoa fighting back as well.
Solo Sikoa told Ridge Holland, not tonight.
I'm not in the mood tonight after The Usos turned their back
on Roman Reigns and their brother, Solo Sikoa, last week.
[Wade] Is Solo Sikoa ever in the mood for a good laugh?
I don't think he is. I don't think he's physically capable of smiling
if I'm perfectly honest.
But perhaps his mood is a little more sour than usual.
[Cole] Went for the Brogue Kick,
and Solo Sikoa ducking out of harm's way.
At ringside, the special counsel, Paul Heyman, to Roman Reigns,
the man who The Usos earlier tonight called a, quote, "snake"
as Sheamus takes out Solo Sikoa.
The Usos-- Excuse me, Wade.
The Usos claiming that Paul Heyman
says that he respects the Anoa'i family,
however, Heyman tried to drive a wedge
between the brothers Uso for many, many months.
[Wade] That is an absolutely insane claim from The Usos.
[Cole] It's not.
[Wade] Of course, Paul Heyman respects the family.
I would trust the judgment of Roman Reigns
way ahead of the judgment of either Uso.
[Cole] Solo with a couple of shots to the kidney
of "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus
looking to wear him down.
[Wade] Not many guarantees in this world, but I guarantee this one
is not going to be a technical masterclass.
It is going to be an ugly, ugly matchup, and that is what I want on a Friday night.
[Cole] Jimmy and Jey Uso kicked off SmackDown tonight,
talking a lot about the reasons for why they turned their back
on Roman Reigns and The Bloodline last week.
One word kept coming to the forefront of the conversation.
That word "respect."
And they feel like they hadn't been respected by Reigns and Solo
and Heyman over the past number of months.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
Sheamus with a polite applause from the crowd
after that highly athletic maneuver,
bringing himself up to the top rope to deliver that,
and a kickout at one by Solo.
[Wade] A one.
Of the amount of abuse that Solo has already encountered
from Sheamus and he can only get a one-count.
Speaks volumes to the resilience of The Enforcer.
[Cole] Now Sheamus mocking Paul Heyman at ringside.
What does Heyman care?
Heyman was so concerned he was going to get kicked out of The Bloodline
because Jey Uso had given him the ultimatum, it's him or me.
Heyman is still in The Bloodline, he still works for Roman Reigns
and he's still got the gravy train, so what is Heyman worried about?
[Wade] Well, Jey Uso was trying to overstep his coverage, in all honesty.
He was acting like he was already The Tribal Chief.
That's not how it works, Jey.
[Cole] He actually wasn't, just like everyone else around here,
you just want to rewrite history.
That's not quite what happened.
Jey Uso said tonight that for three years they respected Roman Reigns.
That they were in the trenches, that they would do anything for him.
Oh! Clothesline by Sheamus.
[Wade] Roman Reigns led The Usos to a world-record Tag Championship reign.
Don't give me the sob story.
And look at this from Sheamus. You want a sob story?
Solo Sikoa might have one after that.
[Cole] I don't recall Roman Reigns ever being in the ring with The Usos
when they held those Tag Titles for a record amount of time.
I do recall, though, The Usos ensuring that Roman Reigns
kept his championship for many, many days.
[Wade] That's primarily because you watch this show
with one eye open and one eye closed, Michael Cole.
[Cole] Speaking of Roman Reigns, it is ironic that The Bloodline
has disintegrated and tonight marks the night that Roman Reigns
has tied Pedro Morales at 1,027 days.
The fifth longest World Championship reign in WWE history.
[Wade] A lot of weight Sheamus is having to pick up here.
A lot of humanity on the edge of that ring.
[Cole] Solo trying to hang on on the top rope.
And now driving Sheamus into the ring post.
[Wade] Kidney-first against that ring post.
[Cole] Again, continuing to work on the back, as you mentioned,
Wade, of Sheamus.
[screams]
Oh, Samoan Drop!
Sikoa in control.
Can Sheamus get back in this?
[crowd boos]
We are back live on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Solo Sikoa in control of Sheamus here at the Cajundome in Louisiana.
This is our main event.
Sikoa, who kicked off the show tonight,
delivering a Samoan Spike
to Sheamus' Brawling Brutes buddy, Ridge Holland.
Obviously, upset and angered
after The Usos turned their backs on that man, Mr. Heyman,
Solo Sikoa and, of course, "The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns last week.
[Wade] This is a potential career ender.
We've seen this before from Solo Sikoa.
Sheamus is a sitting duck right now.
[Cole] Let's not forget, Sheamus went through, what, five matches
last week as part of that Gauntlet Match to kick off Friday Night SmackDown.
[Cole] And Sheamus exploding out of the corner with a clothesline,
and he creates some space and opportunity now
to try to fight back into this match.
[Wade] That might have been the last roll of the dice from Sheamus,
just as Solo Sikoa was steaming in for the kill.
[Cole] And Wade, we talked about it earlier,
but this really is a must-win tonight for Solo Sikoa.
Roman Reigns is looking on.
Reigns returns next week to Friday Night SmackDown.
There's a Civil War against The Usos next Saturday night.
Solo cannot, cannot afford to lose this match.
We are live at the Cajundome in Louisiana for Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
[Wade] You're absolutely right, Cole.
Once the rut sets in in this industry, it's very difficult to shake it off,
and a loss tonight for The Bloodline would compound their problems.
[Cole] Sikoa delivering some right hands, blocked now by The Celtic Warrior.
Now The Brawling Bruiser, Sheamus, fighting back into this.
I still don't know how Sheamus continues to do this at this level
after so many years here in WWE.
[Wade] The amount of wars Sheamus has been through in his career,
if anything, he gets more dangerous, he gets tougher,
and doesn't Solo Sikoa know all about it?
[Cole] But again, you see Sheamus reaching for the lower back.
That has been the target of Sikoa since the beginning of this match.
[Wade] Well, he spotted a weakness on Sheamus and went all out to exploit it.
[Cole] Sheamus, Irish Curse Backbreaker,
driving a knee into the spine of Solo Sikoa.
[Wade] Well, you just look at the difficulties
that Sheamus is having capitalizing on his work,
thanks to that lower back, that kidney injury
that he's apparently sustained.
[Cole] Solo, though, does not want to be out on the apron.
You saw the glow in the eyes of Sheamus
when he realized that Sikoa had rolled out
into 10 Beats of the Bodhrán territory.
[crowd cheers]
[crowd] One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Heyman does not like it. Solo Sikoa is down.
Sheamus could be in position to put this match away.
[Wade] Sheamus was in agony,
delivering those blows to the chest of Sikoa.
Imagine how bad it felt for Sikoa.
Looking for revenge for his Brawling Brutes partner, Ridge Holland,
taken out by Sikoa earlier tonight.
Went for the Brogue Kick and ran into a Superkick by Solo.
Big knee by Sheamus.
Falls into the cover for the win.
Kickout at two!
[Wade] These two absolutely tearing strips off each other.
Take another look at this from Sheamus.
[Cole] Boom!
[Wade] Knee to the point of the jaw that would put away 95%
of the competitors, but Solo Sikoa is just a bit special, isn't he, Cole?
[Cole] Indeed he is.
[crowd chants] This is awesome!
One of the toughest, pure talents
that we've seen arrive on the scene here in WWE in many a year.
[Wade] From zero to main event level in the blink of an eye.
That has been the Solo Sikoa story thus far.
[Cole] Hasn't even been a part of WWE for a year yet.
[Wade] How is Sheamus pulling this-- Spoke too soon.
[Cole] He's not, because again, the back giving-- Oh, maybe not.
Sheamus powering Solo up.
Has him in position for White Noise.
Can he deliver?
-He does! -[crowd cheers]
Once again, cover on Solo, who's got to get the shoulder up at two.
[Wade] Grit, determination, and a never-say-die approach.
That has been the Sheamus story for the past 15 years here in WWE.
[Cole] The White Noise and the impact to Sikoa,
but again, the story here is not just Sheamus' toughness,
but the toughness of Solo as well.
[Wade] You put these two in a ring,
it was never gonna end quickly.
Sheamus trying to lift Solo up in position for a Celtic Cross
as he looks to put Solo away, but the back gives out.
Solo with a kick to the spine.
Samoan Spike drives Sheamus out of the ring.
[Wade] Sheamus took a horrible landing there,
struggling to get oxygen into those lungs after that Samoan Spike no doubt.
[Cole] Now, Sikoa. Uranage to Sheamus on the table.
[Wade] Lower back of Sheamus just annihilated our monitors, Cole.
[Cole] I'm not worried about the monitors, I'm worried about Sheamus' spine.
The referee is counting.
Referee Jessika Carr with both men outside the ring.
[Wade] Sikoa is going to make an example of Sheamus here.
This is what happens when you mess with The Bloodline.
[Cole] Sikoa, and a shoulder through the barricade,
blasting through Sheamus through the barricade.
Everybody down and out.
[indistinct yelling]
The official, I believe, is waving this match off.
Sheamus is out.
[Wade] Sheamus needs medical attention.
That's why it got waved off.
[Cole] Referee Jessika Carr with no reason,
I should say with no other decision
to be made except to wave this match off.
Sheamus is out.
He may be out cold as the medical personnel
have come out to ringside.
Sheamus.
Solo Sikoa, now, just throwing people all over the place!
Just spiked one of the EMTs.
-[clamoring] -What are you doing?
[Cole] Sikoa is out of control.
The rage from the betrayal in his eyes of The Usos, his brothers last week.
♪ Uso! ♪
And speaking of Jimmy and Jey.
Solo Sikoa has left destruction at ringside.
And now, The Usos heading after Solo.
Trying to take out their brother.
Superkick!
Another one!
In Stereo!
[crowd cheers]
["Done With That" plays]
Heyman, perhaps, getting a glimpse of the future.
[Wade] Whoa, whoa, whoa, Cole, two-on-one.
Real nice, Usos.
It's gonna be a very different story a week from tomorrow.
Certainly, it won't be two-on-one then.
The Tribal Chief will be here.
[Cole] It is The Bloodline Civil War
a week from tomorrow in London at the sold-out O2 Arena
at the Money in the Bank Premium Live Event.
Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa against Jimmy and Jey, The Usos,
because they are at war.
A civil war.
Uso Splash!
I hope Roman Reigns is looking on,
because Jimmy and Jey have promised next week
at Money in the Bank, it is time for lockdown…
Call Roman Reigns.
[Cole] …in the Uso Penitentiary. r lockdown…