1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:04,104 [WWE's intro music playing] 2 00:00:04,704 --> 00:00:05,805 [Cena] Then. 3 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:08,475 -[Ric Flair] Woo! -[glass shatters] 4 00:00:08,541 --> 00:00:10,543 [The Rock] If you smell… 5 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,445 -[gong sounds] -[Cena] Now. 6 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,381 [Reigns] Acknowledge me. 7 00:00:14,881 --> 00:00:17,350 -The King of Kings. -You can't see me. 8 00:00:17,417 --> 00:00:18,585 [Cena] Forever. 9 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:20,620 [crowd cheering] 10 00:00:23,323 --> 00:00:24,691 [Cena] Together. 11 00:00:26,893 --> 00:00:28,261 [music fades] 12 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:31,898 [crowd cheering] 13 00:00:36,903 --> 00:00:40,507 [Cole] Emotional roller coaster. Finally snapped last week 14 00:00:40,573 --> 00:00:42,075 in defense of his brother. 15 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:44,811 Tonight, Jey is on the warpath. 16 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:50,050 After the savage attack on Jimmy Uso by Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa last week, 17 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:54,521 the unhinged Jey Uso will stop at nothing to tear The Bloodline to the ground 18 00:00:54,587 --> 00:00:56,289 and get vengeance on his cousin, 19 00:00:56,356 --> 00:01:00,226 the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns. 20 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:04,264 Jey Uso here, live, tonight. 21 00:01:09,436 --> 00:01:11,438 Ladies and gentlemen, Friday Night SmackDown 22 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:16,676 is at the jam-packed PNC Arena at North Carolina State University, 23 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,078 home of the Wolfpack. 24 00:01:18,144 --> 00:01:21,414 And we are live and sponsored by Progressive, 25 00:01:21,481 --> 00:01:26,820 a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more. 26 00:01:29,322 --> 00:01:31,724 ["Watch Me Shine" by CFO$ playing] 27 00:01:31,791 --> 00:01:35,028 [crowd cheers] 28 00:01:35,095 --> 00:01:38,198 ♪ Instead of crying They hear me roar ♪ 29 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:40,533 ♪ And now I see that I'm way better than before ♪ 30 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,168 ♪ I never needed you at all ♪ 31 00:01:42,235 --> 00:01:44,404 ♪ Think I'd fall down I'ma watch you fall down ♪ 32 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:48,141 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome 33 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:53,046 Bianca Belair! 34 00:01:53,746 --> 00:01:59,452 [Cole] Mr. Wade Barrett, what a huge night tonight for Bianca Belair. 35 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:00,887 [Wade] Yeah. You're not lying, Cole. 36 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:05,091 Because after months of waiting, the fiercely determined 37 00:02:05,158 --> 00:02:10,730 "EST of WWE" Bianca Belair finally has her opportunity 38 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:14,200 to regain the WWE Women's Championship 39 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:17,070 when she faces the woman who took her crown, 40 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:21,941 the insidious "Empress of Tomorrow" Asuka, later on tonight. 41 00:02:22,008 --> 00:02:25,411 [Cole] Bianca Belair and Asuka in our main event tonight 42 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:30,383 on Friday Night SmackDown for the WWE Women's Championship. 43 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:33,052 ♪ Think I'd fall down I'ma watch you fall down ♪ 44 00:02:33,119 --> 00:02:34,554 ♪ I'm living large now ♪ 45 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:36,322 ♪ I never needed you at all ♪ 46 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:37,357 [music fades] 47 00:02:37,423 --> 00:02:40,927 [crowd cheering] 48 00:02:48,701 --> 00:02:52,705 [crowd chants "EST!"] 49 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:04,050 You know, they… People always say things like, 50 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:08,988 "Patience is a virtue" and "Good things come to those who wait." 51 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:15,295 But man, is it hard to be patient and wait, 52 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:20,700 especially when you want something so badly. 53 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:27,674 I mean, I feel like I've been waiting for forever just for a rematch with Asuka. 54 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:31,711 You know, I've been waiting since May 27th, Night of Champions in Jeddah, 55 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:35,515 just for an opportunity to get my title back. 56 00:03:38,384 --> 00:03:39,719 And… Hold up. 57 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,022 Let's not even talk about all the hoops that I had to go through 58 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:46,926 just to get what should have been mine in the first place. 59 00:03:50,530 --> 00:03:53,633 So tonight is the night. 60 00:03:54,801 --> 00:03:57,036 [crowd cheers] 61 00:03:58,071 --> 00:04:02,809 No, matter of fact, tonight is my night. 62 00:04:03,409 --> 00:04:05,378 [crowd cheers] 63 00:04:07,146 --> 00:04:11,084 It's my night to show Asuka that not only is patience a virtue, 64 00:04:11,651 --> 00:04:14,654 but vengeance is sweet. 65 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:21,361 So tonight, I'm gonna give Asuka exactly what she deserves, 66 00:04:21,427 --> 00:04:26,332 that's a K.O.D., a one, two, three, 67 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:32,572 and me strutting out of here as the new WWE Women's Champion. 68 00:04:32,639 --> 00:04:36,009 ["All Hail The Queen" by def rebel playing] 69 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:38,878 [crowd cheers] 70 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:07,340 [Cole] When Bianca Belair was talking about jumping through hoops 71 00:05:07,407 --> 00:05:10,543 to get this rematch here tonight against Asuka… 72 00:05:15,381 --> 00:05:17,350 [fireworks blasting] 73 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:24,524 …one of the obstacles in her way was this woman, Charlotte Flair, 74 00:05:24,590 --> 00:05:28,594 who still believes she deserves a title opportunity. 75 00:05:28,661 --> 00:05:32,231 A couple of weeks ago, at the sold-out O2 in London, England, Wade, 76 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:35,802 Charlotte took on Asuka for the WWE Women's Championship. 77 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:39,238 Bianca bought a ticket, sat at ringside, and all chaos broke loose, 78 00:05:39,305 --> 00:05:42,875 so Charlotte believe she didn't really get a full opportunity. 79 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:44,043 [Wade] Of course she didn't. 80 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:47,714 Bianca Belair was banned from ringside by Adam Pearce. 81 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:52,051 Bianca Belair exploited a loophole by buying a ticket, 82 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:56,622 as you mentioned, and that ultimately ruined Charlotte's opportunity 83 00:05:56,689 --> 00:05:59,459 to become a 15-time World Champion. 84 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:02,495 That cannot sit well with Charlotte Flair. 85 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:07,233 [Cole] It does not sit well with Bianca Belair 86 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,936 that Charlotte interrupted her tonight. 87 00:06:10,002 --> 00:06:12,205 [crowd "Woos"] 88 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:25,518 [crowd "Woos"] 89 00:06:28,020 --> 00:06:30,957 Ooh, you got me fired up, Bianca. I feel you! 90 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:34,060 Raleigh, North Carolina, did Bianca get you fired up? 91 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:36,062 [crowd cheering] 92 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:37,497 She got me fired up. 93 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:40,767 I mean, no disrespect to Asuka, 94 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:43,503 but I think you're going to win tonight. 95 00:06:45,271 --> 00:06:51,010 I'm actually manifesting a win in Flair Country. 96 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:53,446 [crowd cheering] 97 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:58,284 I think you're gonna walk out the WWE Women's Champion. 98 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:01,487 That's right. 99 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:03,456 So I'm here to tell you that when you do, 100 00:07:03,523 --> 00:07:07,660 I don't want any confusion on who's next in line. 101 00:07:11,297 --> 00:07:17,270 I think we all know that the line starts and ends with Ms. Charlotte Flair. 102 00:07:20,373 --> 00:07:23,609 I mean, if you want to say it that way. I wouldn't say it that way. 103 00:07:23,676 --> 00:07:26,779 But I'm here, respectfully, face to face, looking you in your eyes, 104 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:29,081 telling you I'm next. 105 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:30,950 So when you do win, 106 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:34,487 it's going to be Charlotte Flair… 107 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:40,259 versus Bianca Belair… 108 00:07:42,862 --> 00:07:47,400 for the WWE Women's Championship. 109 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:52,104 So what do you say? 110 00:07:56,008 --> 00:07:57,410 [crowd cheering] 111 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:13,226 Back up. 112 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:16,596 I'm not even about to jinx myself right now 113 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:19,498 because right now I'm focused on Asuka, 114 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:26,038 but if I do win, I mean, what would be bigger than The EST of WWE 115 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:30,409 versus The Queen for the WWE Women's Championship… 116 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:32,478 at SummerSlam? 117 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:35,081 [crowd cheering] 118 00:08:39,051 --> 00:08:43,155 So, if you win, it's on. 119 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:50,096 And you know what? You're right. 120 00:08:50,162 --> 00:08:52,431 I am ready for Asuka. 121 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:02,108 Woo! 122 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:03,843 [crowd "Woos"] 123 00:09:09,815 --> 00:09:11,083 ["Watch Me Shine" by CFO$ plays] 124 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:14,687 [Cole] So suddenly, Charlotte has a lot riding 125 00:09:14,754 --> 00:09:18,624 on this matchup tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. 126 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:21,627 However, Bianca and Charlotte could be getting ahead of themselves 127 00:09:21,694 --> 00:09:23,629 as far as that woman's concerned, 128 00:09:23,696 --> 00:09:26,699 the WWE Women's Champion, Asuka, 129 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:31,203 who will defend the title tonight against Bianca Belair in our main event. 130 00:09:31,270 --> 00:09:36,442 [Wade] A rare moment of civility in the Women's Division here on SmackDown. 131 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:38,678 We shall see how long that lasts, Michael Cole. 132 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:42,014 Again, a showdown that we could have at WrestleMania. 133 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:44,784 Bianca Belair versus Asuka 134 00:09:44,850 --> 00:09:48,354 for the WWE Women's Championship later on tonight. 135 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:53,259 Meanwhile, Jey Uso is here live on Friday Night SmackDown. 136 00:09:53,326 --> 00:09:57,129 [Wade] Yeah, following last week's savage attack on Jimmy Uso, 137 00:09:57,196 --> 00:10:01,968 a highly emotional and unstable Jey Uso has made it clear 138 00:10:02,034 --> 00:10:05,004 he will stop at nothing to tear The Bloodline 139 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:07,039 and Roman Reigns to the ground. 140 00:10:07,106 --> 00:10:10,910 An unhinged Jey Uso is here tonight. 141 00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:14,413 [Cole] Check this out. Later on tonight, four of the most electrifying Superstars 142 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:15,881 on Friday Night SmackDown. 143 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:17,950 "Phenomenal" AJ Styles. 144 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:20,920 Santos Escobar, who's scintillating. 145 00:10:20,987 --> 00:10:23,322 You've got the "Mangy Mutt" Butch 146 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:26,425 and the "Aussie Icon" Grayson Waller. 147 00:10:26,492 --> 00:10:29,762 They kick off the United States Championship Invitational 148 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:33,099 in a Fatal 4-Way Match later on tonight. 149 00:10:33,165 --> 00:10:35,134 ["Nobody Better Than Me" by def rebel playing] 150 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:38,804 [crowd cheering] 151 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:41,474 What's the craic, lads? You all right? 152 00:10:41,540 --> 00:10:44,443 Big night for The Brawling Brutes tonight, fellas. 153 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:46,579 Our lad, Butch, here, gonna make an advance 154 00:10:46,646 --> 00:10:49,548 in the United States Invitational Tournament, 155 00:10:49,615 --> 00:10:53,853 and of course, me and Ridge "The Fridge" are finally going to get payback 156 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:57,790 on those two bleeding dancing muppets, Pretty Deadly. 157 00:10:57,857 --> 00:10:58,991 What do you say, Ridgey? 158 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:02,061 These two fellas keep talking about Friday Night SmackDown. 159 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:04,330 Well, tonight they're gonna get eaten alive. 160 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:05,531 [laughs] 161 00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:11,971 -Boys! -[all] It's fight night! 162 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:13,606 Come on, fellas. 163 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:16,776 [The Brawling Brutes' music playing] 164 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:19,478 -[Wade] Just did your job for you, Cole. -[Cole] Can I still say it? 165 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:23,349 -[Wade] We don't need you anymore. Sure! -[Cole] It's fight night! 166 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:31,157 -[fireworks blast] -[crowd cheers] 167 00:11:36,095 --> 00:11:37,463 [Cole] Well, ladies and gentlemen, 168 00:11:37,530 --> 00:11:39,632 coming up next on Friday Night SmackDown, 169 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,801 "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus 170 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:45,671 and The Brawling Brutes' resident roughneck Ridge Holland 171 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:50,009 take on SmackDown's two tastiest snacks. 172 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:52,678 Pretty Deadly. It's live, and it's next. 173 00:11:52,745 --> 00:11:54,280 Did you just say… 174 00:11:54,346 --> 00:11:55,347 [Wade] Yeah. 175 00:11:58,184 --> 00:12:01,187 [Cole] Friday Night SmackDown on Fox is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 176 00:12:01,253 --> 00:12:05,491 Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. 177 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:07,893 For Sheamus and Ridge Holland, 178 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,530 tag team action means it's fight night. 179 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,635 ♪ Yes, boy! ♪ 180 00:12:16,702 --> 00:12:18,938 ["On And On" by def rebel playing] 181 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:22,541 ♪ On and on On and on ♪ 182 00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:24,477 ♪ We go on and on On and on ♪ 183 00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:26,579 ♪ 'Cause the night is young ♪ 184 00:12:26,645 --> 00:12:29,482 -[bell rings] -[announcer] The following contest 185 00:12:29,548 --> 00:12:33,619 is a Tag Team Match scheduled for one fall. 186 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:38,991 Making their way to the ring, Kit Wilson and Elton Prince, 187 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:41,961 Pretty Deadly! 188 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:44,230 [Cole] Fresh off a Mamma Mia revival, 189 00:12:44,296 --> 00:12:47,633 Pretty Deadly is here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. 190 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:55,441 And these two men did not make friends with Sheamus last week. 191 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:58,277 Pretty Deadly has been running with Austin Theory as of late. 192 00:12:58,344 --> 00:12:59,512 He was defending against Sheamus 193 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:01,680 at the United States Championship last week. 194 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:06,118 Sheamus closing in on a win when Pretty Deadly would get involved. 195 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:08,554 [Wade] Well, Pretty Deadly have certainly been a perennial thorn 196 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:13,125 in the side of The Brawling Brutes since being drafted to SmackDown. 197 00:13:13,192 --> 00:13:18,030 It wasn't long until Ridge "The Fridge" and Butch came down to level proceedings, 198 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:20,533 but that opened the window for once again 199 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:24,737 another retention of the United States Championship by Austin Theory. 200 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:27,106 [Cole] Well, we would be remiss if we didn't mention the fact 201 00:13:27,173 --> 00:13:29,775 that Austin Theory pulled the tights of Sheamus 202 00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:31,877 to retain his championship. 203 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:36,115 So, nonetheless, the persnickety Pretty Deadly 204 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:40,019 set to take on Sheamus and Ridge Holland here tonight. 205 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,253 [Wade] Persnickety? 206 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,190 That is a word that hasn't been used on television 207 00:13:44,256 --> 00:13:46,825 for over 50 years, Michael Cole. Congratulations. 208 00:13:46,892 --> 00:13:49,495 -[Cole] You should know what it means. -No idea, I'll be honest with you. 209 00:13:49,562 --> 00:13:53,499 [Cole] Snobbish, having an aloof attitude. Sound familiar? 210 00:13:53,566 --> 00:13:56,602 [Wade] You're referring to Pretty Deadly? Sounds nothing like them. 211 00:13:56,669 --> 00:13:58,571 -[bell rings] -[Cole] Here we go. Starting things off. 212 00:13:58,637 --> 00:14:02,641 Now, Sheamus "The Celtic Warrior" sends Elton Prince 213 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:04,710 hightailing it out of the ring. 214 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:09,081 What makes Pretty Deadly so dangerous? Despite the fact that they cheat a lot. 215 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:11,150 [Wade] Well, they unsettle you, first of all. 216 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:12,384 -They are-- -[Cole] Oh! 217 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:14,720 [Wade] …dedi-dedicated followers of… 218 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:17,223 Look, Kit Wilson's not even the legal man here. 219 00:14:17,289 --> 00:14:18,891 What is Sheamus doing? 220 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:22,761 [Cole] Well, he's trying to tick off everybody from Pretty Deadly, 221 00:14:23,896 --> 00:14:26,665 who claim that their tag team name says it all. 222 00:14:26,732 --> 00:14:28,367 They're pretty and they're deadly. 223 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:31,036 But right now, they're getting beaten up by The Celtic Warrior. 224 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:34,773 And Sheamus having fun with another rolling senton. 225 00:14:36,942 --> 00:14:38,777 And there goes Kit Wilson over the top rope. 226 00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:43,315 [Wade] Well, it has been a disastrous start thus far for Pretty Deadly, 227 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:48,520 but just like that, Elton Prince turning this match around, 228 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:49,622 or maybe not. 229 00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:53,058 [Cole] He went for the hip toss and it was blocked by Sheamus, 230 00:14:53,125 --> 00:14:55,127 who follows things up with a clothesline. 231 00:14:55,194 --> 00:14:57,396 Tag made, and here comes Ridge Holland. 232 00:14:57,463 --> 00:15:00,532 Ridge still suffering the ill effects of the Samoan Spike 233 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,935 from a couple of weeks ago by Solo Sikoa, 234 00:15:03,502 --> 00:15:07,506 battling through a throat injury to participate in this Tag Match tonight. 235 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:08,607 Cover by Ridge. 236 00:15:08,674 --> 00:15:11,176 Hook of the leg. Kick out by Elton Prince. 237 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,679 [Wade] It's gonna take a hell of a lot more than a raspy voice 238 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,648 to keep Ridge "The Fridge" down. 239 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:19,585 [Cole] You know, he… Austin Theory and Pretty Deadly were asked 240 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:23,522 on SmackDown LowDown on Peacock last Saturday about their relationship. 241 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:27,459 And Austin Theory said, "I'm sick and tired of all you nosy people. 242 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:31,196 Handsome guys like us hang out, period." 243 00:15:31,263 --> 00:15:34,333 [Wade] Yeah, and then jealous guys like Michael Cole like to sit 244 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,002 in their cheap seats and take potshots 245 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:39,672 at handsome guys like Pretty Deadly and Austin Theory. 246 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,273 [Cole] I have the best seat in the house. 247 00:15:41,340 --> 00:15:43,475 Double-team now by Pretty Deadly on Ridge Holland 248 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:46,278 as Wilson and Prince look to take Holland out. 249 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:47,546 [grunts] 250 00:15:48,914 --> 00:15:50,983 [Cole] Frequent tags in and out. 251 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:53,686 What makes Pretty Deadly such a great tag team, Wade? 252 00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:55,521 [Wade] Well, they unsettle you, first of all. 253 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:56,989 They can throw you off their game. 254 00:15:57,056 --> 00:16:00,426 They can also take a beating like no other, 255 00:16:00,492 --> 00:16:05,364 and if you give them a window of opportunity like they've got right now, 256 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:07,333 they will punish you. 257 00:16:08,500 --> 00:16:11,603 [Cole] It seems like they always have a way to stretch the rules a bit. 258 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:13,973 [Wade] Well, they're superb tag team tacticians. 259 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:15,808 That's part of the game in the tag ranks. 260 00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:18,210 [Cole] Oh, look at the power of Ridge Holland. 261 00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:19,411 [crowd cheering] 262 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:21,680 Dumping Pretty Deadly with a backdrop 263 00:16:21,747 --> 00:16:23,716 and now looks to make a tag to Sheamus. 264 00:16:23,782 --> 00:16:26,819 Gets there. Here comes The Celtic Warrior. 265 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:30,589 [Wade] Time to retreat for Pretty Deadly. 266 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,858 [Wilson] Please, please, please! 267 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,694 No, no, no. 268 00:16:36,295 --> 00:16:38,997 [Cole] And Kit Wilson dumped over the top rope. 269 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:45,371 Ridge Holland now powering Elton Prince up to the top turnbuckle. 270 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:48,574 10 Beats of the Bodhrán on the way, perhaps. 271 00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:51,877 [crowd counts] One, two, 272 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:55,381 three, four, five, six, seven, 273 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:57,616 eight, nine, ten, 274 00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:59,518 eleven, twelve, thirteen… 275 00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:01,253 [Cole] Why stop there? 276 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,189 …sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty… 277 00:17:04,256 --> 00:17:06,425 [crowd cheering] 278 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:11,797 [Cole] Oh, boy, Wade, the complexion of this Tag Team Match 279 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,399 has changed during the commercial break. 280 00:17:13,465 --> 00:17:16,969 Pretty Deadly has taken control of Sheamus and Ridge Holland. 281 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:20,339 [Wade] This is exactly the mistake people make with Pretty Deadly. 282 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:23,475 -[Cole] Oh! -Do not judge a book by its cover. 283 00:17:23,542 --> 00:17:26,678 These two have been nothing short of business, 284 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:29,348 and this is some payback for Sheamus right now. 285 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:32,051 [Cole] Multiple-time Tag Champs down in NXT. 286 00:17:32,117 --> 00:17:34,620 Only a matter of time before they win the gold here. 287 00:17:35,287 --> 00:17:36,588 [Wade] I don't care who you are. 288 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:40,492 If you can do a number on Sheamus like this and have him lying at your feet, 289 00:17:40,559 --> 00:17:42,027 you are dangerous. 290 00:17:42,661 --> 00:17:44,396 [Cole] Sheamus looking to fight back. 291 00:17:45,063 --> 00:17:48,000 Oh, and that running uppercut. 292 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,369 Tag from Wilson. Here comes Elton Prince, 293 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:52,538 and the double-team again by Pretty Deadly. 294 00:17:53,105 --> 00:17:55,240 [Wade] Again, the tag team tacticians. 295 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:59,344 Another shot of the [indistinct] smash from Kit Wilson. 296 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:02,081 The quick tags just smothering Sheamus, 297 00:18:02,147 --> 00:18:05,451 giving him no room to breathe, keeping a fresh man in there. 298 00:18:05,517 --> 00:18:08,220 Just outstanding work from Pretty Deadly. 299 00:18:08,287 --> 00:18:10,722 [Cole] They claim they have the charisma to be on a cheer team 300 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:14,359 and also the technical ability to be on the wrestling mat, 301 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:15,961 which, of course, they are here tonight. 302 00:18:16,028 --> 00:18:20,299 [Wade] Oh, they're a couple of femme fatales here on SmackDown, 303 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:22,701 who are as dangerous as they are gorgeous. 304 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:25,671 [Cole] And Sheamus learning that firsthand. 305 00:18:27,239 --> 00:18:30,776 And the WWE fans here at the PNC Arena 306 00:18:30,843 --> 00:18:33,445 trying to will Sheamus back into this match. 307 00:18:34,079 --> 00:18:37,316 Kit Wilson in trouble on Sheamus's shoulders. 308 00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:42,254 Sheamus creating some separation for himself, 309 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:44,323 but he's got to make a tag to Ridge. 310 00:18:44,389 --> 00:18:46,024 [Wade] Pretty Deadly seem adamant. 311 00:18:46,091 --> 00:18:49,194 They want no part of Ridge Holland in this matchup. 312 00:18:49,261 --> 00:18:51,063 He's the danger man for The Brutes. 313 00:18:51,129 --> 00:18:54,967 [Cole] Now, Elton Prince making sure that a tag will not take place. 314 00:18:57,703 --> 00:19:00,472 Kit Wilson with a neck breaker to Sheamus. 315 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:02,908 Quickly into the cover. Hook to the leg by Wilson. 316 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,243 Sheamus kicks at two. 317 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:07,379 [Wade] Sheamus is just drowning in offense right now. 318 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:09,748 Cannot get a breath of air. 319 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:13,152 [Cole] That's what Pretty Deadly is trying to do, swarm Sheamus, 320 00:19:13,218 --> 00:19:17,122 keep him down, not allow him to get back to a vertical base. 321 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:20,292 Wilson now top rope. Sheamus back to his feet. 322 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:22,961 Oh! And that's what I'm talking about. 323 00:19:23,028 --> 00:19:24,963 You can't allow Sheamus to get back up. 324 00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:27,366 They did that. He delivered the knee. 325 00:19:27,432 --> 00:19:28,700 Now is the chance to make a tag. 326 00:19:28,767 --> 00:19:32,304 [Wade] Well, you open up that window, Sheamus is kicking it through, 327 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:35,073 and then coming after you straight after. 328 00:19:36,208 --> 00:19:41,179 [Cole] And here comes the self-proclaimed "resident roughneck" 329 00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:45,651 of The Brawling Brutes, Ridge Holland, who's wiping out Pretty Deadly. 330 00:19:46,985 --> 00:19:50,088 Man has all the tools, all the potential in the world, 331 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:52,824 having the opportunity here tonight to show it off. 332 00:19:54,459 --> 00:19:58,797 [Wade] Sheamus used Ridge as his own personal protégé, 333 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:04,102 the heir apparent to the meat and potatoes brutalist style 334 00:20:04,169 --> 00:20:05,971 of Sheamus himself. 335 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:09,174 [Cole] Yeah… Oh! That pub brawl mentality. 336 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:10,842 [Ridge growls] 337 00:20:10,909 --> 00:20:14,580 [Wade] I will tell you this, Cole, when Ridge's rage takes over, 338 00:20:14,646 --> 00:20:16,982 -there's simply no stopping him. -[Cole] Oh! 339 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:21,253 [Wade] Just using Pretty Deadly as a missile against one another. 340 00:20:22,020 --> 00:20:25,224 [Cole] And Ridge Holland… Oh! And a Fisherman's Buster. 341 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:27,826 Here's the cover. Is it enough to put him away? 342 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:31,129 Hook of the leg and a kickout by Prince. 343 00:20:31,196 --> 00:20:32,864 [Wade] Hats off to Elton Prince. 344 00:20:32,931 --> 00:20:35,767 That would have put away a ton of competitors, 345 00:20:35,834 --> 00:20:39,238 and wisely, Prince getting out of Dodge while he still can. 346 00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:42,874 [Cole] Meanwhile, Sheamus heading up now to the top rope. 347 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:44,076 Pretty Deadly. 348 00:20:44,643 --> 00:20:47,512 Sheamus… down goes Kit Wilson. 349 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:50,849 [Wade] It cannot be much more terrifying than a leaping Sheamus 350 00:20:50,916 --> 00:20:52,351 coming at you 20 feet in the air. 351 00:20:52,417 --> 00:20:57,089 [Cole] And Ridge Holland off that side slam into the cover. 352 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:59,925 Wilson's gonna break things up and save the matchup for Pretty Deadly. 353 00:20:59,992 --> 00:21:02,094 -[Wade] Leading to Ridge-- -[Cole] Brogue! 354 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:05,330 Kit Wilson Brogued out of the ring. 355 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:08,834 Elton Prince sends Sheamus over the top rope. 356 00:21:12,804 --> 00:21:16,541 And now Elton Prince loosening the protective padding 357 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:18,310 on that steel turnbuckle, 358 00:21:18,377 --> 00:21:23,749 and Ridge throat-first, throat-first into the steel turnbuckle! 359 00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:28,053 The exposed steel to the already injured throat of Ridge Holland. 360 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,122 Prince with the leg drop! 361 00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:32,524 -Cover! -One, two… 362 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:34,626 -Pretty Deadly with the win! -[bell rings] 363 00:21:34,693 --> 00:21:36,695 ["On and On" by def rebel playing] 364 00:21:36,762 --> 00:21:38,664 [announcer] Here are your winners, 365 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:41,733 Pretty Deadly! 366 00:21:43,168 --> 00:21:45,637 [Cole] Pretty Deadly did their homework. 367 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:49,308 [Wade] Tactically astute, fantastic move from Pretty Deadly. 368 00:21:49,374 --> 00:21:52,144 Throat-first onto the exposed turnbuckle. 369 00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:56,181 The damage was done and Elton Prince finishing things 370 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:59,117 in the style that Pretty Deadly are accustomed to. 371 00:21:59,184 --> 00:22:00,052 Big win. 372 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:03,755 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, Pretty Deadly not the only newcomers 373 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:05,123 making an impact. 374 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:07,626 How about Grayson Waller? 375 00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:09,995 Here's our Progressive Match Flo. 376 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:11,229 Every single time. 377 00:22:11,763 --> 00:22:14,399 [announcer] Match Flo is sponsored by Progressive, 378 00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:17,836 a triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more. 379 00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:22,808 [Cole] The Hall of Famer Edge takes on the bombastic Grayson Waller. 380 00:22:22,874 --> 00:22:26,411 Edge's big announcement is that he is retiring. 381 00:22:26,478 --> 00:22:28,046 See, I'm not retiring. 382 00:22:28,113 --> 00:22:31,817 Grayson, you haven't even had a match on the main roster yet, 383 00:22:31,883 --> 00:22:34,119 and it's time to sink or swim. 384 00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:38,090 ♪ Step in the arena ♪ 385 00:22:38,156 --> 00:22:39,257 ♪ We ain't come to play ♪ 386 00:22:40,158 --> 00:22:41,059 ♪ Step into the ring ♪ 387 00:22:41,126 --> 00:22:42,094 [bell rings] 388 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,595 ♪ We don't play no games ♪ 389 00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:45,464 ♪ Just take a look in my eyes ♪ 390 00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:46,998 ♪ You see I'm ready to ride ♪ 391 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:50,402 ♪ I was born ready to fight I've been ready my whole life ♪ 392 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:51,503 Sink or swim! 393 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:54,239 ♪ You claim that you ready We gonna see who's the one ♪ 394 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:55,574 [shouts] 395 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,210 ♪ Yeah, you claim that you ready This was over before it begun ♪ 396 00:22:59,277 --> 00:23:00,312 ♪ I got something to prove ♪ 397 00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:01,947 One, two! 398 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:05,417 ♪ Yeah, I got something to prove I got nothing to lose ♪ 399 00:23:05,484 --> 00:23:06,318 Two! 400 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:09,554 ♪ Yeah, I got something to prove I ain't got nothing to lose ♪ 401 00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:13,658 ♪ Yeah, I got something to prove I ain't got nothing to lose ♪ 402 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:19,197 [Cole] Waller was going for the rolling stunner, 403 00:23:19,264 --> 00:23:23,635 but Edge spears him out of midair, and Edge with the win. 404 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:24,836 Hey, Waller. 405 00:23:24,903 --> 00:23:26,471 ♪ Yeah, I got something to prove ♪ 406 00:23:26,538 --> 00:23:27,806 You swam. 407 00:23:28,540 --> 00:23:30,375 ♪ Nah, I got nothing to lose ♪ 408 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:36,782 Join me in welcoming one of the four men competing 409 00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:40,952 in the United States Championship Invitational tonight, Grayson Waller. 410 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:42,421 [laughs] 411 00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:44,656 [crowd boos] 412 00:23:45,624 --> 00:23:50,228 Now, Grayson, did you imagine yourself getting a championship opportunity 413 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:53,331 this early on in your SmackDown career? 414 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:56,835 I gotta be honest with you, Cathy, I'm not surprised. [chuckles] 415 00:23:57,335 --> 00:24:00,806 Main eventing at Madison Square Garden against Hall-of-Famer Edge, 416 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:02,841 and if I had longer than 15 minutes to get ready, 417 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:06,278 I would have beat him too. But that's okay, because I swam. 418 00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:10,982 So much so that now everyone's talking about Grayson Waller, including… 419 00:24:13,418 --> 00:24:14,653 The Rock. 420 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:16,321 The Great One himself. 421 00:24:16,388 --> 00:24:19,357 Every single week, his family is imploding right in front of him 422 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:22,360 every week on SmackDown, but he's worried about me. 423 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,563 And I know he's desperate for the Grayson Waller rub, 424 00:24:24,629 --> 00:24:27,732 and if he wants more of my clout, he knows where to find me. 425 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:29,768 But enough about him, let's talk about tonight, 426 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:31,970 because I have the opportunity against three 427 00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:36,441 of the best SmackDown has to offer to cement myself here on SmackDown. 428 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:39,177 And I'm gonna do that with my hand raised in victory 429 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:43,548 because that is the Grayson Waller effect. 430 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:48,653 If you smell what I'm cooking. [cackles] 431 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,555 [crowd boos] 432 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:52,991 [Cole] Well, Grayson Waller referred to The Rock's family, 433 00:24:53,058 --> 00:24:55,560 and last week, the tensions between the most dominant group 434 00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:59,197 in WWE history, The Bloodline, exploded into chaos 435 00:24:59,264 --> 00:25:01,733 during a savage and brutal tribal court. 436 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,470 We'll revisit this unforgettable encounter, next. 437 00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:13,144 [Wade] Bianca Belair finally gets her chance. 438 00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:16,147 The EST of WWE has wanted a rematch 439 00:25:16,214 --> 00:25:21,253 with "The Empress of Tomorrow" Asuka since losing the gold to her. 440 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:25,657 Well, that rematch happens later on tonight in our main event. 441 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:30,028 [Cole] And again, a WrestleMania-like main event here tonight 442 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:34,199 between Bianca Belair and Asuka for the WWE Women's Championship. 443 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:38,436 Last week, our main event was the tribal court 444 00:25:38,503 --> 00:25:40,872 for "The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns. 445 00:25:43,542 --> 00:25:47,712 [Cole] It is the moment of truth time for "The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns. 446 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,615 The Usos take him to tribal court. 447 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,150 [crowd cheering] 448 00:25:53,685 --> 00:25:57,055 [Jimmy] They said that he couldn't be beat, 449 00:25:57,722 --> 00:26:01,459 and guess what happened at Money in the Bank, baby? 450 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:04,162 [Cole] Do you believe in miracles? 451 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:06,898 [crowd shouts] One, two, three! 452 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:08,166 -[Cole] Jey did it! -[bell rings] 453 00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:10,869 Jey has pinned Roman Reigns! 454 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:13,838 [Reigns] I got pinned, 455 00:26:15,106 --> 00:26:19,277 but last time I checked, I'm still The Tribal Chief. 456 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:25,317 So I'm… I'm having trouble understanding why I'm here tonight. 457 00:26:25,383 --> 00:26:29,020 If The Tribal Chief didn't call for tribal court, 458 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,289 then this isn't official. 459 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:34,159 Why are you wasting my time, huh? 460 00:26:34,225 --> 00:26:36,027 No, Roman, not this time. 461 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:38,163 See, what you're not going to do 462 00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:40,398 is manipulate us like you always do, right? 463 00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:42,400 -No, no. -This is my ring! 464 00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:43,335 Go home, baby. 465 00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:45,003 I didn't tell you to come out here! 466 00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:47,973 I'm that guy, I make these choices. 467 00:26:50,742 --> 00:26:52,243 That's not who I am. 468 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:54,579 That's who I was forced to be. 469 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:57,482 You think I wanted to do all that? 470 00:26:58,083 --> 00:27:01,853 I did it for you, and I did it for you. 471 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,657 I didn't need The Bloodline. The Bloodline needed me! 472 00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:10,996 [Reigns] This is what this is all about? 473 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:14,566 I don't want it. 474 00:27:17,068 --> 00:27:18,403 I don't need it. 475 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:21,940 I'm done. 476 00:27:23,641 --> 00:27:25,143 I'm done with all of it. 477 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:32,617 I don't want it anymore. 478 00:27:32,684 --> 00:27:34,486 So you want it, it's yours. 479 00:27:44,195 --> 00:27:46,197 [dramatic music] 480 00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:50,535 [crowd booing] 481 00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:55,073 [Cole] And Jimmy Uso now taking up for his brother Jey 482 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:57,175 as he goes after Roman Reigns. 483 00:27:57,242 --> 00:27:59,511 Now Solo Sikoa gets involved. 484 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,280 [suspenseful music playing] 485 00:28:08,653 --> 00:28:11,389 [Cole] Jey Uso again goes after Roman! 486 00:28:12,090 --> 00:28:14,993 Sikoa now plants Jey Uso! 487 00:28:15,660 --> 00:28:17,128 Jey is trapped. 488 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:19,164 You thought you was gonna be The Tribal Chief? 489 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:21,366 It won't ever happen while I'm around. 490 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:23,935 [crowd booing] 491 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:26,371 No! 492 00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:38,016 [crowd booing] 493 00:28:46,024 --> 00:28:49,928 [Cole] Jimmy Uso stretchered out of Madison Square Garden. 494 00:28:49,994 --> 00:28:51,930 He'll be taken to a hospital. 495 00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:54,432 Roman Reigns is at a different level tonight. 496 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:58,570 [somber music playing] 497 00:29:00,705 --> 00:29:02,741 [Reigns] Madison Square Garden, 498 00:29:03,575 --> 00:29:06,644 I didn't really like how this went the first time, so… 499 00:29:08,746 --> 00:29:10,348 acknowledge me! 500 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:11,983 ♪ Uso! ♪ 501 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:17,088 [Cole] Jey marching through Madison Square Garden 502 00:29:17,155 --> 00:29:19,290 down the steps toward the ring. 503 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:25,764 [Wade] After what we witnessed earlier, this might be a very bad idea. 504 00:29:27,298 --> 00:29:31,169 [Cole] Jey now up over the top, attacking Solo Sikoa. 505 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:36,508 [Wade] Guttural rage and animosity is boiling over. 506 00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:40,845 No, you don't have your brother anymore. 507 00:29:41,346 --> 00:29:44,849 [Cole] Roman Reigns runs into the chair by Jey, 508 00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:47,352 who's now unloading on The Tribal Chief. 509 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:53,458 Jey Uso taking out all of the frustration, and anger, and pain. 510 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:56,461 [Jey] Trial of The Tribal Chief. 511 00:29:57,095 --> 00:30:01,633 You're looking at the judge, the jury, and the executioner right now. 512 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,435 Now, I got to get you. 513 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:08,907 Just me and you, one-on-one. 514 00:30:10,108 --> 00:30:14,245 Accept my challenge so I can whoop your ass one more time! 515 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:15,213 [inaudible] 516 00:30:19,918 --> 00:30:24,055 Well, we have the latest medical update tonight, uh, on Jimmy Uso. 517 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:26,224 He suffered ruptured rib cartilage 518 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:29,661 and will be out of action for the foreseeable future. 519 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:33,364 Well, an unhinged Jey Uso remains on the warpath 520 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:37,335 as he awaits an answer to his challenge from his cousin, Roman Reigns. 521 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:42,607 Yeah, Roman Reigns who, tonight, marks his 1,048th day 522 00:30:43,041 --> 00:30:44,676 as the Undisputed Champion. 523 00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,912 [crowd cheering] 524 00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:52,050 Where are you going? 525 00:30:52,116 --> 00:30:54,752 Well, I know you don't like competitors getting involved 526 00:30:54,819 --> 00:30:58,790 in championship matches, and I have a hard time letting things go. 527 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,658 So before you even have to ask, 528 00:31:01,259 --> 00:31:02,327 I'm leaving. 529 00:31:02,393 --> 00:31:03,828 -You're leaving? -I'm leaving. 530 00:31:03,895 --> 00:31:05,230 -Really? -Yes. 531 00:31:05,296 --> 00:31:06,331 I feel good about Bianca. 532 00:31:06,397 --> 00:31:09,300 I feel good about my championship match at SummerSlam. 533 00:31:09,367 --> 00:31:10,368 I feel good. 534 00:31:10,935 --> 00:31:12,804 -Pearce. -Okay. 535 00:31:12,870 --> 00:31:13,705 Wow. 536 00:31:16,007 --> 00:31:19,244 Charlotte's not the only one who feels good about tonight. 537 00:31:19,310 --> 00:31:20,712 [cackles] 538 00:31:21,913 --> 00:31:22,914 I bet. 539 00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,085 [Bayley] Woo. 540 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:32,590 Well, on second thought, 541 00:31:33,224 --> 00:31:34,792 I think I'll be staying. 542 00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:37,962 [crowd cheering] 543 00:31:38,029 --> 00:31:39,697 [sighs] Of course. 544 00:31:39,764 --> 00:31:42,000 [Cole] Adam Pearce is not the only one with a headache. 545 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:44,936 WWE Women's Champion Asuka 546 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:50,575 has some issues as she defends her title against Bianca Belair later tonight. 547 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:56,514 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next, 548 00:31:56,581 --> 00:32:00,818 Damage CTRL's insufferable Bayley takes on this woman, 549 00:32:00,885 --> 00:32:05,356 The LWO's ultimate underdog, the feisty Zelina Vega. 550 00:32:05,423 --> 00:32:09,360 It's live. It's next on Friday Night SmackDown. 551 00:32:09,894 --> 00:32:11,896 [upbeat music playing] 552 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:23,541 [Cole] SummerSlam is sponsored by Rocket Mortgage. 553 00:32:23,608 --> 00:32:26,945 Buy, sell, finance, save. 554 00:32:27,011 --> 00:32:28,413 And by C4 Energy, 555 00:32:28,479 --> 00:32:31,082 the main event energy drink that supercharges your performance 556 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:32,483 to the ultimate level. 557 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:36,454 Go for the ultimate undisputed performance with C4. 558 00:32:36,521 --> 00:32:38,890 And a woman who's looking for an awesome performance tonight, 559 00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:42,226 Zelina Vega, set for one-on-one action. 560 00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:46,331 ["Role Model" by def rebel playing] 561 00:32:53,571 --> 00:32:54,772 [bell rings] 562 00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:58,576 [announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 563 00:32:58,643 --> 00:33:00,511 Making her way to the ring, 564 00:33:00,578 --> 00:33:03,281 accompanied by Ms. Money in the Bank, 565 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:07,285 Iyo Sky, representing Damage CTRL, 566 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:10,388 Bayley! 567 00:33:10,455 --> 00:33:15,126 [Cole] That is a lock of Shotzi's hair that Bayley is carrying to the ring. 568 00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:17,095 Now, let's show you how this all came about. 569 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:19,697 No surprise that Damage CTRL is their name 570 00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:22,567 because they've been doing physical and emotional damage… 571 00:33:22,633 --> 00:33:23,668 I'm not done with you! 572 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:26,070 -You relax, you big idiot! -You think you're funny? 573 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:28,573 [Cole] …for many people in the WWE including Shotzi. 574 00:33:28,639 --> 00:33:32,176 Two weeks ago, Damage CTRL again cost Shotzi an opportunity 575 00:33:32,243 --> 00:33:35,980 to participate in the Money in the Bank Contract Ladder Match. 576 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:39,751 Shotzi confronted them, Shotzi paid for it, 577 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:44,889 the two-on-one assault, and then Bayley, the audacity to cut Shotzi's hair. 578 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:49,026 [Wade] Sometimes in life you've got to accept the L. 579 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:52,096 If you don't accept the L, there are consequences 580 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:55,666 when you continue to antagonize Damage CTRL. 581 00:33:55,733 --> 00:34:00,038 [Cole] Could that be the fate of Zelina Vega tonight? 582 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:04,308 Bayley-Vega, one-on-one here on Friday Night SmackDown. Underway! 583 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:07,745 And Bayley blasts Zelina Vega, driving her out of the ring. 584 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:12,784 And no surprise that Bayley would take a shortcut and try to attack Zelina. 585 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:14,085 [Zelina screams] 586 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:16,487 [Cole] Yeah, it's funny, Bayley. 587 00:34:16,554 --> 00:34:18,056 [Wade] Handing out free makeovers. 588 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:21,526 You might be next, Michael Cole, if you carry on like that. 589 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:26,097 [Cole] And Bayley, with the upper hand on Zelina Vega 590 00:34:26,164 --> 00:34:30,134 attacking Zelina from behind as this matchup got underway. 591 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:34,138 Don't forget… Oh! And Zelina fighting back now, 592 00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:38,543 the underdog from The LWO, The Latino World Order. 593 00:34:39,277 --> 00:34:43,081 [Wade] Refusing to go down quietly, Zelina Vega. 594 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:48,920 [Cole] And The LWO, the meteora by Zelina. 595 00:34:48,986 --> 00:34:51,789 Cover on Bayley, looking for the win and a kickout. 596 00:34:51,856 --> 00:34:54,625 [Wade] Zelina Vega, "Set your heart ablaze." 597 00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:56,961 That's a tattoo she has on her arm. 598 00:34:57,028 --> 00:35:00,064 -[Cole] Isn't that a Roboku quote? -[Wade] No, it's Rengoku. 599 00:35:00,131 --> 00:35:01,632 -Oh, sorry. -[Wade] Nice try, Michael Cole. 600 00:35:01,699 --> 00:35:03,968 Stop trying to be cool. It's from Demon Slayer. 601 00:35:04,035 --> 00:35:06,604 -Trust you to mess it up. -[Cole] Barely taking out Vega. 602 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:11,342 Cover, hook in the leg now, and a kickout by Bayley. 603 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:13,678 Meanwhile, Iyo Sky is at ringside. 604 00:35:13,744 --> 00:35:16,047 Of course, she holds the Money in the Bank briefcase. 605 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:18,950 Inside a contract she can cash in any place, anytime, 606 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:23,387 for a women's championship opportunity, and it could happen tonight. 607 00:35:23,454 --> 00:35:25,323 -That's for you, Michael. -[Cole] There's the chancla 608 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:32,997 that Zelina Vega carries around, symbolic of the Latino culture. 609 00:35:33,064 --> 00:35:38,369 [Wade] Simply cannot take your eyes off the first female member of The LWO. 610 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:43,174 [Cole] Ask… ask any Latino child what the chancla means 611 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:45,409 and they'll give you the explanation. 612 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:48,179 As Zelina Vega drives Bayley out of the ring 613 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:50,181 and now looks to take her back into the ring. 614 00:35:51,215 --> 00:35:52,517 [referee] What's going on over here? 615 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:54,719 -[Cole] Oh! -[referee] You stay back! 616 00:35:56,220 --> 00:35:58,422 [Cole] Zelina hung up again, the distraction, 617 00:35:58,489 --> 00:36:01,325 and Bayley going to capitalize with a Rose Plant. 618 00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:03,895 One, two, three! 619 00:36:03,961 --> 00:36:05,062 [Cole] Bayley with the win! 620 00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:05,963 [bell rings] 621 00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:07,265 ["Role Model" by def rebel playing] 622 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:12,036 [announcer] Here is your winner, Bayley! 623 00:36:12,103 --> 00:36:17,575 [Wade] Veteran instincts of Bayley proving she has countless ways to beat you. 624 00:36:19,911 --> 00:36:23,915 [Cole] Not only inside the briefcase a lock of Shotzi's hair, 625 00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:26,851 but the contract that Iyo could cash in at any place, any time. 626 00:36:26,918 --> 00:36:29,987 Remember, Asuka defends against Bianca in our main event 627 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:34,559 later on tonight, as Bayley and Iyo Sky celebrate. 628 00:36:35,626 --> 00:36:37,295 Surprised to see them in such good graces. 629 00:36:37,361 --> 00:36:38,362 See this right here? 630 00:36:38,429 --> 00:36:40,698 That's Damage CTRL. You're welcome! 631 00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:46,437 You probably thought cutting my hair would intimidate me, scare me. 632 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:51,976 You probably think you have some sort of control over me. 633 00:36:53,411 --> 00:36:55,880 Do I look scared to you? 634 00:36:56,647 --> 00:36:59,517 [scraping] 635 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:04,622 Do I look like someone you can control? 636 00:37:04,689 --> 00:37:05,756 [whirring] 637 00:37:05,823 --> 00:37:07,291 Do I? 638 00:37:08,793 --> 00:37:09,760 [whirring stops] 639 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:13,831 Maybe I am a little weird, 640 00:37:15,099 --> 00:37:18,135 but I'm also in control. 641 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:20,705 -[whirring] -And I want to show you 642 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:25,376 just how chaotic I really am. 643 00:37:27,345 --> 00:37:30,615 [manic laughter] 644 00:37:31,148 --> 00:37:33,084 [Shotzi] I'm in control. 645 00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:34,885 [laughs] 646 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:37,221 Do I look scared to you? 647 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:38,623 I'm not scared. 648 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:40,524 You're scared! 649 00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:42,259 [manic laughter] 650 00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:44,261 I'm in control. 651 00:37:47,698 --> 00:37:50,201 Maybe I am a little weird. 652 00:37:53,704 --> 00:37:57,575 [Wade] Fear written all over the faces of Damage CTRL. 653 00:37:57,642 --> 00:38:03,714 Perhaps that makeover awakening a seemingly maniacal side to Shotzi. 654 00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:05,316 Well, nonetheless, Damage CTRL 655 00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:10,588 severely damaging Shotzi's psyche, maybe beyond repair. 656 00:38:10,655 --> 00:38:14,025 And speaking of beyond repair, what about the psyche of Jey Uso, 657 00:38:14,091 --> 00:38:16,093 and the emotional trauma that he's gone through, 658 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,662 not only over the past couple of weeks, 659 00:38:17,728 --> 00:38:22,033 but over the past couple of years? And Jey Uso is here, live, tonight. 660 00:38:22,099 --> 00:38:24,201 We've been talking about it throughout the show. 661 00:38:24,268 --> 00:38:25,536 He's on the warpath. 662 00:38:25,603 --> 00:38:29,240 He wants to finally get his hands on his cousin, Roman Reigns, 663 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:32,877 after what they did to his brother Jimmy last week. 664 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:36,547 [announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, 665 00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:39,283 please welcome 666 00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:44,622 Jey Uso! 667 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,924 [Cole] You know, Wade, you and I have had the opportunity 668 00:38:46,991 --> 00:38:51,429 to, uh, well, know Jey Uso for a very long time. 669 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:55,833 And, well, you know, the state that Jey has been in, 670 00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:00,237 including what we saw in the arrival earlier tonight, 671 00:39:00,871 --> 00:39:02,707 I don't think we've ever seen Jey like this. 672 00:39:02,773 --> 00:39:06,844 [Wade] This is Jey Uso unhinged and unleashed. 673 00:39:06,911 --> 00:39:10,715 And I personally cannot wait to see what he has to say. 674 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:12,883 That is coming up, next. 675 00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:15,586 ♪ Down since Day one ish ♪ 676 00:39:15,653 --> 00:39:18,956 ♪ We been down since Day one ish ♪ 677 00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:19,990 ♪ Line 'em all up ♪ 678 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,660 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, Survivor Series 679 00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:24,095 is a Thanksgiving week tradition. 680 00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:26,130 This year it's the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 681 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:28,165 But this is huge news. 682 00:39:28,232 --> 00:39:31,902 Back-to-back nights for WWE at the Allstate Arena. 683 00:39:31,969 --> 00:39:35,172 Friday Night SmackDown, Saturday Night Survivor Series, 684 00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:39,443 tickets are available next Friday at 10:00 a.m., Central. 685 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:41,145 That is Chicago time. 686 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:46,283 Tickets available next Friday for SmackDown and Survivor Series. 687 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:48,519 -[Wade] Cannot wait for that. -Victory party tonight. 688 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:51,555 They've had that championship long enough, baby. 689 00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:53,190 [indistinct chatter] 690 00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,825 [Wade] Still to come tonight, 691 00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:59,063 four of the most electrifying Superstars on Friday Night SmackDown, 692 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:01,499 including "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, 693 00:40:01,565 --> 00:40:04,902 kick off the United States Championship Invitational 694 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:07,171 in a Fatal 4-Way Match tonight. 695 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,775 [Cole] And tonight, Friday Night SmackDown is sponsored by Progressive. 696 00:40:10,841 --> 00:40:13,010 Jey Uso is in the ring. 697 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,524 [crowd boos and cheers] 698 00:40:39,804 --> 00:40:43,808 [crowd chants "Uso!"] 699 00:40:51,315 --> 00:40:52,550 [man whistling] 700 00:41:04,495 --> 00:41:05,796 You know what? 701 00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:07,565 [crowd cheering] 702 00:41:12,603 --> 00:41:14,004 Like, growing up… 703 00:41:17,074 --> 00:41:18,476 me and Jimmy… 704 00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:19,610 [crowd] What? 705 00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:21,879 -…inseparable. -[crowd] What? 706 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:24,482 -I'm talking about glued at the hip. -[crowd] What? 707 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:26,650 -If I'm there… -[crowd] What? 708 00:41:26,717 --> 00:41:28,085 -…he's there. -[crowd] What? 709 00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:30,221 -If he's there… -[crowd] What? 710 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:32,256 -…I'm there! -[crowd] What? 711 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:37,127 [crowd cheering] 712 00:41:38,429 --> 00:41:42,066 Like, h-having brothers is a great thing, man, 713 00:41:42,132 --> 00:41:45,502 but there's something about being twins that makes us special. 714 00:41:45,569 --> 00:41:47,972 [crowd cheering] 715 00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:49,940 Twins know. 716 00:41:52,509 --> 00:41:55,813 If he's sad, I'm sad. 717 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:56,847 [crowd] What? 718 00:41:56,914 --> 00:41:58,816 -If he's happy… -[crowd] What? 719 00:41:58,883 --> 00:42:00,751 -…I'm happy. -[crowd] What? 720 00:42:00,818 --> 00:42:02,686 -And if he's mad… -[crowd] What? 721 00:42:02,753 --> 00:42:04,188 -…I'm mad. -[crowd] What? 722 00:42:04,255 --> 00:42:06,423 But if he's hurt, I'm hurt, too! 723 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:08,459 [crowd cheering] 724 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:11,428 [yells] 725 00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:15,466 Hey! Just never in a million years would I think he'd be hurt 726 00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:17,301 by my own family member. 727 00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:22,740 I respect the hierarchy. I respect the culture. 728 00:42:22,806 --> 00:42:26,477 I respect our grandparents, our mothers, our fathers, 729 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:29,713 aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, 730 00:42:29,780 --> 00:42:33,250 but, hey, Roman Reigns, please believe, when it come to you, 731 00:42:33,317 --> 00:42:35,319 I'm disrespecting all of you! 732 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,421 [crowd cheering] 733 00:42:38,455 --> 00:42:39,690 [inaudible] 734 00:42:41,492 --> 00:42:43,093 And Solo! 735 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,631 Man, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna spank you like I did last week, little brother! 736 00:42:47,698 --> 00:42:50,267 -[crowd cheering] -And Wiseman… 737 00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:53,671 Wiseman, oh, man, you've been puppeteering my family 738 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:56,173 for over 40-plus years. 739 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:59,410 Guess what? All that stops right here! 740 00:42:59,476 --> 00:43:00,611 [crowd cheering] 741 00:43:01,178 --> 00:43:04,415 Hey, 'cause you're looking at the real Head of the Table, 742 00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:09,553 the real Chief, and his name is "Main Event" Jey Uso now. 743 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:10,688 [crowd cheering] 744 00:43:10,754 --> 00:43:13,123 [Cole] Jey is fired up! 745 00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:15,559 [Heyman] Ladies and gentlemen… 746 00:43:15,626 --> 00:43:17,962 [crowd booing] 747 00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:29,039 Ladies and gentlemen, 748 00:43:29,106 --> 00:43:34,311 my name is Paul Heyman. 749 00:43:34,912 --> 00:43:38,148 This is The Enforcer 750 00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:41,352 of The Bloodline, Solo. 751 00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:47,458 Except Solo is not here to enforce my will. 752 00:43:47,524 --> 00:43:53,430 Solo is not here to enforce victory for The Bloodline. 753 00:43:53,497 --> 00:44:00,337 Solo is here to enforce the peace. 754 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,808 [crowd booing] 755 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:12,616 Now, Jey, we're going to step into the ring, 756 00:44:13,984 --> 00:44:16,654 and nothing is gonna happen but a conversation, 757 00:44:16,720 --> 00:44:20,257 because you know how this works. 758 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:27,464 It's worked this way long before you were even born. 759 00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:32,336 This is something handed down from Afa and Sika, 760 00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:36,774 and their father, and his father, and his father, 761 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,343 and his father before him. 762 00:44:40,344 --> 00:44:44,248 Next week, here on SmackDown, 763 00:44:44,314 --> 00:44:49,620 you and Roman Reigns will go face-to-face 764 00:44:50,287 --> 00:44:55,793 and you will discuss the Rules of Engagement. 765 00:44:57,294 --> 00:44:58,762 But for tonight… 766 00:45:02,232 --> 00:45:05,335 we're just gonna have a little chat about things. 767 00:45:06,336 --> 00:45:08,739 And I understand you're angry, 768 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:12,776 you're hostile, you're filled with vengeance, 769 00:45:12,843 --> 00:45:17,915 you… you… you want it to manifest in… in some sort of revenge 770 00:45:17,981 --> 00:45:19,983 for your twin brother, Jimmy. 771 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:25,255 And that anger and that hostility, that righteous indignation 772 00:45:25,322 --> 00:45:28,192 on behalf of your family, Jey, 773 00:45:29,059 --> 00:45:32,863 you're sounding more and more like a tribal chief 774 00:45:32,930 --> 00:45:35,599 every single day. 775 00:45:35,666 --> 00:45:37,734 [crowd booing] 776 00:45:46,176 --> 00:45:47,177 You're right. 777 00:45:48,545 --> 00:45:51,115 Solo, you're 100 percent right. 778 00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:54,551 He has no self-awareness. 779 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:57,888 He doesn't understand. 780 00:45:58,889 --> 00:46:05,596 He doesn't have the conscience needed to be the right-hand man. 781 00:46:06,096 --> 00:46:08,999 Jey, don't… don't you understand? 782 00:46:09,566 --> 00:46:11,769 What happened to Jimmy 783 00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,808 is all your fault. 784 00:46:17,875 --> 00:46:20,711 [crowd booing] 785 00:46:22,446 --> 00:46:25,415 You rose up against The Tribal Chief. 786 00:46:25,482 --> 00:46:27,651 You opposed Roman Reigns. 787 00:46:27,718 --> 00:46:30,487 You wanted to become the head of the family. 788 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:34,057 You wanted to become the protector of everybody's children. 789 00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:37,528 You wanted to be the conscience, the goodwill. 790 00:46:37,594 --> 00:46:41,431 You wanted to take this family with another reputation and-- 791 00:46:41,498 --> 00:46:43,000 Why am I bothering telling you? 792 00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:44,201 Jimmy! 793 00:46:44,701 --> 00:46:46,703 Jimmy! Jim! 794 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:50,207 Jim! It's me, your favorite Juice-O. 795 00:46:50,274 --> 00:46:52,643 I'm here to tell you right now. 796 00:46:52,709 --> 00:46:56,547 Do you know why you're in the hospital, Jimmy? 797 00:46:56,613 --> 00:47:01,518 Do you know why you caught that beating, Jimmy? 798 00:47:01,585 --> 00:47:05,923 It's all because of your twin brother, 799 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:08,926 Jey Uso. 800 00:47:08,992 --> 00:47:11,261 [crowd booing] 801 00:47:16,633 --> 00:47:19,269 Anoa'i Fatu Uso Solofa, 802 00:47:19,336 --> 00:47:21,905 I tell you this straight to your face. 803 00:47:22,539 --> 00:47:26,810 I don't know how you can ever forgive yourself. 804 00:47:26,877 --> 00:47:32,850 I don't know how Jimmy will ever forgive you. 805 00:47:35,319 --> 00:47:39,623 Your father will never forgive you. 806 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:42,359 [crowd booing] 807 00:47:45,462 --> 00:47:50,400 Your mother will never forgive you. 808 00:47:50,968 --> 00:47:52,970 [crowd booing] 809 00:47:53,704 --> 00:47:54,538 I… 810 00:47:56,340 --> 00:47:59,576 I love you and Jimmy. 811 00:47:59,643 --> 00:48:02,713 I will never forgive you. 812 00:48:03,113 --> 00:48:07,918 Your Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, 813 00:48:09,653 --> 00:48:12,956 will never forgive you! 814 00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:19,263 [crowd shouting indistinctly] 815 00:48:32,809 --> 00:48:34,378 What happened to Jimmy… 816 00:48:37,915 --> 00:48:39,449 that's all on you. 817 00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:42,586 [crowd booing] 818 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:45,589 But me… 819 00:48:47,791 --> 00:48:49,760 I'll never forgive you either. 820 00:48:50,294 --> 00:48:52,296 [crowd booing] 821 00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:54,631 [crowd shouting indistinctly] 822 00:48:59,503 --> 00:49:04,041 [Cole] Oh! And now the brothers slugging it out in the middle of the ring. 823 00:49:04,107 --> 00:49:06,143 Jey Uso, Solo Sikoa… 824 00:49:14,217 --> 00:49:17,254 [crowd cheering] 825 00:49:19,957 --> 00:49:21,191 [inaudible] 826 00:49:23,427 --> 00:49:24,561 I am The Wiseman! 827 00:49:27,364 --> 00:49:28,398 [indistinct chatter] 828 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,435 Wait a second. 829 00:49:32,069 --> 00:49:33,537 Wait a second. 830 00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,805 I always loved you! 831 00:49:34,871 --> 00:49:36,106 [indistinct chatter] 832 00:49:36,173 --> 00:49:37,541 [crowd cheering] 833 00:49:39,076 --> 00:49:41,044 [Cole] And Solo from behind, 834 00:49:41,111 --> 00:49:44,748 as Jey Uso had Heyman cornered. 835 00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:49,086 Solo Sikoa attacking his older brother from behind. 836 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:53,323 [Wade] The Enforcer just doesn't stay down for long. 837 00:49:54,691 --> 00:49:57,127 [Cole] Measuring Jey for the Samoan Spike. 838 00:49:57,194 --> 00:50:00,063 Jey, though, able to take him down and the fight's on. 839 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:01,665 [grunting] 840 00:50:01,732 --> 00:50:04,267 This emotional powder keg 841 00:50:04,835 --> 00:50:09,473 exploding here tonight in the Anoa'i family! 842 00:50:11,908 --> 00:50:15,645 The puppeteer just had the strings cut. 843 00:50:18,548 --> 00:50:20,083 Solo taken out! 844 00:50:22,019 --> 00:50:23,353 [crowd cheers] 845 00:50:30,327 --> 00:50:35,232 [crowd chants] Uso! Uso! Uso! 846 00:50:53,650 --> 00:50:56,486 [crowd chants] One more time! One more time! 847 00:50:57,254 --> 00:50:58,355 [Heyman] Jey. 848 00:50:58,422 --> 00:51:02,526 Jey! I always… I always wanted it to be you. 849 00:51:03,026 --> 00:51:05,262 I always wanted you to be The Tribal Chief. 850 00:51:05,328 --> 00:51:07,597 -It's your fault. -I love you! 851 00:51:07,664 --> 00:51:08,932 -It's your fault! -No! 852 00:51:08,999 --> 00:51:11,067 -It isn't, no! -[crowd cheers] 853 00:51:11,134 --> 00:51:12,035 No! 854 00:51:13,136 --> 00:51:14,104 No! 855 00:51:14,171 --> 00:51:19,176 [Cole] And Solo Sikoa taking the shot for The Wiseman. 856 00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:21,878 Come on! 857 00:51:23,046 --> 00:51:24,181 Come on, Uce! 858 00:51:26,917 --> 00:51:29,286 [Cole] The family civil war 859 00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:33,223 has just been taken up a notch. 860 00:51:34,424 --> 00:51:39,496 [Wade] Jey Uso is done with the mind games and done with the BS. 861 00:51:39,563 --> 00:51:43,934 [Cole] Roman Reigns will be here live next week 862 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:50,307 on FS1 for a Rules of Engagement with Jey Uso. 863 00:51:50,707 --> 00:51:55,378 You have to wonder what Roman Reigns is thinking right now, 864 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:58,315 as he watched Solo Sikoa, his Enforcer, 865 00:51:58,381 --> 00:52:01,184 and his "Wiseman" Paul Heyman 866 00:52:01,251 --> 00:52:05,722 taken out by Jey Uso, live. 867 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:12,762 -Whoo! -[crowd cheers] 868 00:52:15,799 --> 00:52:17,100 [Cole] Well, ladies and gentlemen, 869 00:52:17,167 --> 00:52:20,303 on what has already been a wild night on Friday Night SmackDown, 870 00:52:20,370 --> 00:52:24,141 still to come, the WWE Women's Champion Asuka 871 00:52:24,207 --> 00:52:26,543 will defend against Bianca Belair, 872 00:52:26,610 --> 00:52:30,780 who after two months finally gets the opportunity 873 00:52:31,181 --> 00:52:33,583 at a rematch in our main event tonight. 874 00:52:33,650 --> 00:52:36,686 And it's going to be a very interesting match, 875 00:52:36,753 --> 00:52:40,223 our main event, as Asuka defends against Bianca Belair 876 00:52:40,290 --> 00:52:45,162 because we also know that Charlotte Flair is still here. 877 00:52:45,228 --> 00:52:49,332 We know that Ms. Money in the Bank, Iyo Sky, along with Bayley, 878 00:52:49,399 --> 00:52:50,500 are still here. 879 00:52:50,567 --> 00:52:52,669 They plan to watch our main event. 880 00:52:52,736 --> 00:52:55,705 Can Bianca defeat Asuka? Will Asuka retain? 881 00:52:55,772 --> 00:52:59,509 Will there be a cash-in? We'll find out tonight, live. 882 00:52:59,576 --> 00:53:02,812 ["A-Town Down" by def rebel playing] 883 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:05,415 ♪ A-town down Tearin' the place down ♪ 884 00:53:05,482 --> 00:53:08,118 ♪ A-town down Like my next sound ♪ 885 00:53:11,955 --> 00:53:13,123 ♪ Yeah! ♪ 886 00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:15,559 ♪You see the future Right in front of your eyes ♪ 887 00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:17,227 ♪ Headed to the top And it's not a surprise ♪ 888 00:53:17,294 --> 00:53:18,528 I'm not going anywhere. 889 00:53:18,595 --> 00:53:21,464 They keep talking, and I just keep winning. 890 00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:22,799 [firework blasts] 891 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:26,002 [announcer] Please welcome 892 00:53:26,069 --> 00:53:30,307 the United States Champion, 893 00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:34,711 Austin Theory! 894 00:53:34,778 --> 00:53:38,548 [Cole] And the question for Theory is, who will be his next challenger? 895 00:53:38,615 --> 00:53:43,587 Well, we will find out as the United States Championship Invitational 896 00:53:43,653 --> 00:53:47,490 gets underway with a Fatal 4-Way Match, 897 00:53:47,557 --> 00:53:49,259 live, next. 898 00:53:52,929 --> 00:53:54,931 [crowd cheering] 899 00:53:57,701 --> 00:54:03,440 [announcer] Two hundred and twenty pounds, Grayson Waller! 900 00:54:03,506 --> 00:54:06,977 [Cole] All of these men battling for an opportunity 901 00:54:07,043 --> 00:54:09,245 to perhaps face our guest. 902 00:54:09,312 --> 00:54:12,415 Here at ringside, the United States Champion, Austin Theory. 903 00:54:12,482 --> 00:54:14,351 Welcome, Mr. Theory. 904 00:54:14,417 --> 00:54:16,853 Yeah. I could've used a way better welcome than that. 905 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:20,257 Yeah, Cole. That was pathetic. This is our esteemed guest. 906 00:54:20,323 --> 00:54:25,328 The greatest United States Champion of all time, Mr. Austin Theory. 907 00:54:25,395 --> 00:54:27,731 Sir, it is a pleasure having you here. 908 00:54:27,797 --> 00:54:30,000 [Theory] Wade, you know exactly how it's done. 909 00:54:30,066 --> 00:54:31,067 [Wade] My man. 910 00:54:32,035 --> 00:54:34,037 ["Phenomenal" by CFO$ playing] 911 00:54:37,340 --> 00:54:38,575 [fireworks blasting] 912 00:54:39,643 --> 00:54:41,511 [announcer] And making his way to the ring, 913 00:54:41,578 --> 00:54:44,347 representing The O.C., from Gainesville, Georgia, 914 00:54:44,414 --> 00:54:46,783 weighing in at 218 pounds, 915 00:54:46,850 --> 00:54:52,222 "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles! 916 00:54:52,288 --> 00:54:54,157 [Cole] And tonight's Friday Night SmackDown on Fox 917 00:54:54,224 --> 00:54:56,059 is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 918 00:54:56,126 --> 00:55:00,130 Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. 919 00:55:00,196 --> 00:55:02,499 So this is how the United States Invitational works. 920 00:55:02,565 --> 00:55:05,969 A Fatal 4-Way Match tonight, the winner will advance to the finals. 921 00:55:06,036 --> 00:55:07,871 Next week, we'll have another Fatal 4-Way. 922 00:55:07,937 --> 00:55:11,207 The winner of that will meet the winner of tonight's match in two weeks, 923 00:55:11,274 --> 00:55:16,146 to determine who faces Austin Theory for the United States Championship. 924 00:55:16,212 --> 00:55:19,683 Fatal 4-Way rules, first man to gain pinfall or submission will win. 925 00:55:19,749 --> 00:55:21,685 No count-outs, no disqualifications. 926 00:55:22,519 --> 00:55:23,453 [Theory laughs] 927 00:55:24,487 --> 00:55:25,755 [Theory] That was great. 928 00:55:26,389 --> 00:55:27,657 -[man] Ring the bell! -[bell rings] 929 00:55:27,724 --> 00:55:32,262 [Cole] And here we go. Styles, Butch, Waller, and Santos Escobar. 930 00:55:32,328 --> 00:55:35,665 And Grayson Waller, who made his in-ring debut… 931 00:55:35,732 --> 00:55:39,035 Blah, blah, blah. Just like everybody online. 932 00:55:39,102 --> 00:55:41,838 -Talk that trash. -Coming for that belt. Watch your back. 933 00:55:41,905 --> 00:55:43,907 -[Cole] Well, Waller, who… -Should watch your match. 934 00:55:43,973 --> 00:55:46,976 …delivered cheap shot to Butch, pays for it. 935 00:55:47,410 --> 00:55:49,846 [Wade] Grayson Waller convinced he already has-- Oh! 936 00:55:49,913 --> 00:55:52,549 [Cole] Escobar looking for the win, and a kickout by Styles. 937 00:55:52,615 --> 00:55:57,053 [Wade] Waller convinced he has the beating of Austin Theory. 938 00:55:57,120 --> 00:55:59,856 He's got a long way to go until he gets an opportunity 939 00:55:59,923 --> 00:56:01,891 at the United States Championship. 940 00:56:01,958 --> 00:56:04,828 Hey, Waller, in his debut match last week on Friday Night SmackDown, 941 00:56:04,894 --> 00:56:07,530 took Hall-of-Famer Edge to the limit. 942 00:56:07,597 --> 00:56:10,767 Escobar over the top rope off the dropkick by AJ Styles, 943 00:56:10,834 --> 00:56:13,370 and Butch with a wicked clothesline. 944 00:56:13,436 --> 00:56:16,272 So Mr. Theory, out of these four, who would you rather face? 945 00:56:16,339 --> 00:56:19,075 [Theory] Well, it's not gonna be Grayson Waller, obviously. 946 00:56:19,142 --> 00:56:21,611 [Cole] Why not? A lot of people have compared him to you. 947 00:56:21,678 --> 00:56:24,948 [Theory] Compared? I beat "The Rated-R Superstar" Edge. 948 00:56:25,014 --> 00:56:26,182 I beat John Cena. 949 00:56:26,249 --> 00:56:28,985 You want me to keep going, Cole, because I'll beat you if I have to. 950 00:56:29,052 --> 00:56:31,121 [Cole] You beat John Cena, of course, at WrestleMania, 951 00:56:31,187 --> 00:56:32,455 the grandest stage of all. 952 00:56:32,522 --> 00:56:34,991 -[Theory] Yes. -Saw John a couple of weeks ago. 953 00:56:35,625 --> 00:56:37,093 [Theory] Okay? Who cares? 954 00:56:37,160 --> 00:56:39,028 [Cole] Nice takedown by Butch. 955 00:56:39,095 --> 00:56:40,630 One, two… 956 00:56:40,697 --> 00:56:43,032 [Cole] Off the jack-knife cover, AJ Styles. 957 00:56:43,099 --> 00:56:44,234 Tremendous core strength. 958 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:48,204 Looking for a backslide, perhaps, as Butch looks to block. 959 00:56:48,271 --> 00:56:50,473 [Wade] Well, a former World Champion, 960 00:56:51,074 --> 00:56:53,576 AJ Styles, it appears that all of the youngsters-- 961 00:56:53,643 --> 00:56:55,945 [Cole] Waller with a double-pin here, 962 00:56:56,012 --> 00:56:58,548 and The Dynamite from Down Under almost picked up the win. 963 00:56:58,615 --> 00:57:00,283 [Theory] All right, I'll say that's impressive. 964 00:57:00,350 --> 00:57:01,417 That's impressive. 965 00:57:02,152 --> 00:57:07,457 Oh. What do you think about a lot of folks calling you a braggadocious man? 966 00:57:07,524 --> 00:57:09,292 [Wade] A lot of folks? Let me back you up there. 967 00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:10,660 One folk kept saying it. 968 00:57:10,727 --> 00:57:13,930 It's a former tabloid reporter named Michael Cole. 969 00:57:13,997 --> 00:57:15,031 How do you feel about that? 970 00:57:15,098 --> 00:57:16,433 [Cole] Oh, Escobar! 971 00:57:16,499 --> 00:57:19,702 [Theory] Listen, I may embody every characteristic of the egotistic, 972 00:57:19,769 --> 00:57:22,305 -but I'm not cocky, I'm just right. -[Cole laughs] 973 00:57:22,372 --> 00:57:23,339 [Theory] Okay? 974 00:57:23,406 --> 00:57:25,909 [Wade] You can't be cocky if you back it up, Michael Cole. 975 00:57:25,975 --> 00:57:28,378 I never wanna hear you say "braggadocious" ever again 976 00:57:28,444 --> 00:57:30,580 against our great United States Champion. 977 00:57:30,647 --> 00:57:33,683 [Cole] Oh! I would use the word "cocky" to describe Mr. Waller 978 00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:36,820 who just ran into a boot from Santos Escobar. 979 00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:39,189 [Wade] Talk about Grayson Waller, who was asked if he could swim 980 00:57:39,255 --> 00:57:40,523 last week by Edge. 981 00:57:40,590 --> 00:57:43,259 Well, he proved that he could swim as well as Michael Phelps. 982 00:57:43,326 --> 00:57:46,229 Big future for Grayson Waller, although that future 983 00:57:46,296 --> 00:57:48,331 -is starting to look a little bleak. -LWO! 984 00:57:48,398 --> 00:57:51,134 [Cole] The "Scintillating" Santos Escobar 985 00:57:51,201 --> 00:57:53,069 has been in control in the Fatal 4-Way. 986 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:57,974 Caught by Waller, AJ Styles runs into a boot by Grayson Waller. 987 00:57:58,842 --> 00:58:00,810 Oh my goodness! 988 00:58:00,877 --> 00:58:03,146 [Wade] Inadvertent double-team move there. 989 00:58:03,213 --> 00:58:04,581 I don't think AJ knew much about that. 990 00:58:04,647 --> 00:58:07,650 [Cole] Grayson Waller talking a lot recently about how the legends 991 00:58:07,717 --> 00:58:11,855 are getting the rub from him. AJ Styles, Edge, and now The Rock, 992 00:58:11,921 --> 00:58:15,825 who got into a social media battle with Grayson Waller this week. 993 00:58:15,892 --> 00:58:19,028 Pelé kick from Styles! Fatal 4-Way continues. 994 00:58:19,095 --> 00:58:22,599 Who advances in the United States Invitational? 995 00:58:26,302 --> 00:58:28,371 [Cole] One of these four men will advance to the finals 996 00:58:28,438 --> 00:58:31,307 of the United States Championship Invitational Tournament. 997 00:58:31,374 --> 00:58:33,009 This is a Fatal 4-Way Match. 998 00:58:33,076 --> 00:58:37,280 Waller, Styles, Escobar, and Butch battling it out. 999 00:58:37,347 --> 00:58:40,416 Opportunity, perhaps, to face this man, our guest, Austin Theory. 1000 00:58:40,483 --> 00:58:42,919 The current United States Champion here at ringside. 1001 00:58:42,986 --> 00:58:44,954 -The greatest. -[Wade] I gotta ask you, Mr. Theory. 1002 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:47,624 A lot of people calling you the future of this industry. 1003 00:58:47,690 --> 00:58:49,826 [Cole] I'd love to hear what Mr. Waller was saying, but-- 1004 00:58:49,893 --> 00:58:51,661 [Wade] He's not saying much now. He's about to have 1005 00:58:51,728 --> 00:58:53,730 -his fingers broken, Cole. -He was gonna say, "Ow." 1006 00:58:53,796 --> 00:58:55,298 [Theory] People are calling me the future? 1007 00:58:55,365 --> 00:58:57,901 [Wade] Future. How do you cope with that kind of pressure? 1008 00:58:57,967 --> 00:59:00,737 [Theory] What do you expect? I beat John Cena at WrestleMania, 1009 00:59:00,803 --> 00:59:03,473 and he went back to Hollywood and became a mermaid. 1010 00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:05,074 Come on. Don't start with me. 1011 00:59:05,141 --> 00:59:06,943 [Wade] You're talking about the new Barbie movie? 1012 00:59:07,010 --> 00:59:08,878 [Theory] I guess so. Is that what it's called? 1013 00:59:08,945 --> 00:59:11,147 [Cole] AJ with a takedown to Waller. 1014 00:59:11,814 --> 00:59:13,650 Oh, and there's that sliding forearm 1015 00:59:13,716 --> 00:59:15,752 by AJ Styles that he's made famous. 1016 00:59:15,818 --> 00:59:18,388 [Theory] I will say, I got to keep my eyes on AJ Styles. 1017 00:59:18,454 --> 00:59:20,590 [Cole] You think? Multi-time World Champion. 1018 00:59:20,657 --> 00:59:22,292 -[Theory] Look, Cole-- -[Cole] Oh! 1019 00:59:22,358 --> 00:59:23,593 Knee to the back of the neck. 1020 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:26,930 Cover by Styles for the win in this Fatal 4-Way. 1021 00:59:26,996 --> 00:59:28,665 And Butch breaks it up. Yes, sir? 1022 00:59:28,731 --> 00:59:30,733 [Theory] Yeah. You need to watch your mouth. 1023 00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:33,403 Okay? I don't know who you think you're sitting out here next to. 1024 00:59:33,469 --> 00:59:34,504 All right? 1025 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:36,406 [Wade] I have been telling him that for months. 1026 00:59:36,472 --> 00:59:37,573 He simply doesn't listen to me, 1027 00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:40,209 but a man with gold on his shoulder, perhaps for once… 1028 00:59:40,276 --> 00:59:41,778 -[Cole] Oh! -…Cole will pay attention. 1029 00:59:41,844 --> 00:59:44,380 [Theory] No, he's gonna listen to me, or he's gonna lose his job. 1030 00:59:46,249 --> 00:59:48,518 [Wade] Had a chat with Santos Escobar earlier, 1031 00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:51,621 said he's desperate to keep the break-neck momentum 1032 00:59:51,688 --> 00:59:55,658 of The LWO going by capturing gold for the unit. 1033 00:59:55,725 --> 00:59:58,328 This gets him one step closer to a victory tonight. 1034 00:59:58,394 --> 01:00:01,064 [Cole] I'd love to see Austin Theory 1035 01:00:01,130 --> 01:00:04,200 against any one of these gentlemen, including AJ Styles! 1036 01:00:04,701 --> 01:00:08,104 [Wade] Talk about the veteran nous of AJ Styles, 1037 01:00:08,171 --> 01:00:11,708 converting potential disaster to almost-victory. 1038 01:00:11,774 --> 01:00:15,378 [Cole] That was a gulp I noticed from Austin Theory. 1039 01:00:15,445 --> 01:00:17,647 Perhaps a bit of a concern. 1040 01:00:17,714 --> 01:00:20,016 [Theory] Cole, you're gonna be gulping a lot through a straw 1041 01:00:20,083 --> 01:00:21,384 when your jaw doesn't work anymore. 1042 01:00:21,451 --> 01:00:24,587 [Cole] Oh, Waller! Now goes Escobar. 1043 01:00:25,888 --> 01:00:28,925 [Theory] I will say Escobar's been climbing the ladder here, all right? 1044 01:00:29,592 --> 01:00:31,461 But, uh… [laughs] 1045 01:00:31,995 --> 01:00:33,429 He ain't got no chance. 1046 01:00:34,397 --> 01:00:36,666 [Cole] There's Butch now with a step-up enzuigiri. 1047 01:00:36,733 --> 01:00:38,901 Catches Waller, Escobar as well. 1048 01:00:38,968 --> 01:00:40,837 Will it be Butch of The Brawling Brutes? 1049 01:00:40,903 --> 01:00:42,572 Many… well, some… 1050 01:00:42,638 --> 01:00:45,842 or someone has called him a mangy mutt, Butch, 1051 01:00:45,908 --> 01:00:47,543 aptly describing this man. 1052 01:00:47,610 --> 01:00:50,313 [Wade] Once again, you, Cole. Nobody else. 1053 01:00:52,281 --> 01:00:53,816 [crowd cheering] 1054 01:00:54,784 --> 01:00:59,355 [Cole] Double-team from Butch and Styles, to Escobar and Waller. 1055 01:00:59,422 --> 01:01:02,592 Now wait a minute. Escobar on the top of the ring post. 1056 01:01:02,658 --> 01:01:07,163 -[Wade] Lucha style. -[Cole] Sunset flip triple powerbomb! 1057 01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:12,468 Are you kidding me? 1058 01:01:12,535 --> 01:01:16,372 [Wade] This has to be there for the taking for Santos Escobar, 1059 01:01:16,439 --> 01:01:18,441 the Emperor of Lucha Libre. 1060 01:01:18,508 --> 01:01:25,048 [Cole] Look at this. The sunset flip triple powerbomb by Escobar. 1061 01:01:25,114 --> 01:01:29,552 I don't think I've ever seen our current United States Champion pull that off. 1062 01:01:29,619 --> 01:01:31,220 [Theory] What'd you just say? 1063 01:01:31,287 --> 01:01:34,957 [Wade] He's pulled off many other things in his time though, Michael Cole. 1064 01:01:35,024 --> 01:01:38,094 [Theory] Look, this is impressive, but this is still not enough. 1065 01:01:38,161 --> 01:01:41,397 [Cole] First man to gain pinfall or submission will advance to the finals, 1066 01:01:41,464 --> 01:01:44,867 in two weeks, of the United States Invitational. 1067 01:01:44,934 --> 01:01:47,770 Santos Escobar right now in control. 1068 01:01:48,404 --> 01:01:49,872 A running knee to Waller. 1069 01:01:52,508 --> 01:01:57,346 Oh! Is it enough to put him away off that phantom driver? 1070 01:01:57,413 --> 01:02:00,483 And breaking things up, the other two men of the matchup. 1071 01:02:00,550 --> 01:02:03,519 [Wade] Desperation save there from Styles and Butch 1072 01:02:03,586 --> 01:02:06,122 who saw their opportunity slipping away. 1073 01:02:06,189 --> 01:02:09,092 But all the momentum right now has to be with Escobar. 1074 01:02:10,526 --> 01:02:12,462 [Cole] Critical moment of this matchup. 1075 01:02:12,528 --> 01:02:14,864 Remember, no disqualifications or count-outs. 1076 01:02:14,931 --> 01:02:16,966 Only pinfalls or submissions. 1077 01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:22,038 [Theory] This is such a hard-fought you know, fight, but it's just… 1078 01:02:22,105 --> 01:02:24,340 Man, none of these guys are gonna make it to the United States-- 1079 01:02:24,407 --> 01:02:26,042 [Cole] Don't sound so enthused about it, champ. 1080 01:02:26,109 --> 01:02:27,510 I mean, this is a hell of a match. 1081 01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:30,012 The WWE fans are chanting, "This is awesome." 1082 01:02:30,079 --> 01:02:32,849 Just because they've never said that about your matches, 1083 01:02:32,915 --> 01:02:34,851 -but nonetheless, I get it. -[Wade] Steady on, Cole. 1084 01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:38,588 [Theory] Oh! Somebody's feeling tough tonight. 1085 01:02:38,654 --> 01:02:41,824 [Cole] Oh! And another step-up enzuigiri catches Styles on the ear. 1086 01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:44,660 AJ over the top rope. Escobar up top! 1087 01:02:44,727 --> 01:02:46,662 Oh, and Butch caught him. 1088 01:02:46,729 --> 01:02:48,564 Cover by Butch to advance, 1089 01:02:48,631 --> 01:02:51,367 hook of the leg. Breaking things up is Waller. 1090 01:02:51,434 --> 01:02:53,669 [Wade] Just in the nick of time from Waller, 1091 01:02:53,736 --> 01:02:57,473 right when the rapacious Butch was getting the steam behind him. 1092 01:02:57,540 --> 01:03:00,710 [Cole] Four of the top stars on SmackDown today, 1093 01:03:00,777 --> 01:03:03,112 and next week we got another Fatal 4-Way. 1094 01:03:03,179 --> 01:03:05,148 [Theory] That's right. Takes a lot to try to get a shot 1095 01:03:05,214 --> 01:03:07,049 at the United States Champion. 1096 01:03:07,116 --> 01:03:08,785 [Cole] Kick right to the back of the neck. 1097 01:03:12,889 --> 01:03:16,592 And Butch sent over the top rope. Lands on his feet. 1098 01:03:16,659 --> 01:03:20,897 Grayson Waller… baseball slide, misses with the attempted clothesline. 1099 01:03:20,963 --> 01:03:22,832 -Butch with a moonsault. -[Wade] Oh. 1100 01:03:24,066 --> 01:03:26,636 Butch may have hurt himself in the process there. 1101 01:03:26,702 --> 01:03:28,371 [crowd cheering] 1102 01:03:28,437 --> 01:03:31,374 [Cole] Escobar with a suicide dive! 1103 01:03:33,075 --> 01:03:35,678 [Wade] All men down bar Escobar. 1104 01:03:35,745 --> 01:03:38,781 This is your big opportunity, Santos. 1105 01:03:38,848 --> 01:03:41,417 [Cole] Escobar with Butch up on his shoulders. 1106 01:03:41,484 --> 01:03:45,087 AJ Styles, Phenomenal Forearm! 1107 01:03:46,622 --> 01:03:48,791 Styles looking for the win! 1108 01:03:48,858 --> 01:03:52,428 -Setting up Butch with a Styles Clash! -[Wade] Oh, no. 1109 01:03:52,495 --> 01:03:53,429 [metal clangs] 1110 01:03:55,031 --> 01:03:56,332 [grunting] 1111 01:03:56,399 --> 01:03:57,767 [Cole] Wait a minute. 1112 01:03:57,834 --> 01:04:01,637 Karrion Kross has got Karl Anderson of The O.C. in the Kross Jacket. 1113 01:04:02,305 --> 01:04:04,540 That's AJ Styles' buddy Anderson from The O.C.-- 1114 01:04:04,607 --> 01:04:05,908 AJ! 1115 01:04:09,278 --> 01:04:10,713 We're not done yet. 1116 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:13,316 -[growls] -[Cole] Karrion Kross 1117 01:04:13,382 --> 01:04:15,818 still has an issue with AJ Styles. 1118 01:04:15,885 --> 01:04:18,554 Styles blasted from behind by Waller. 1119 01:04:18,621 --> 01:04:21,290 [Wade] The O.C. have been completely taken out. Wait a second! 1120 01:04:21,357 --> 01:04:23,593 [Cole] And there it is, the rolling stunner! 1121 01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:28,664 Top rope, Escobar. Crossbody! 1122 01:04:28,731 --> 01:04:30,433 -Hook of the leg. -[crowd] One, two, three! 1123 01:04:30,499 --> 01:04:32,602 -Got him! Escobar advances! -[bell rings] 1124 01:04:32,668 --> 01:04:34,303 [crowd cheering] 1125 01:04:34,370 --> 01:04:35,805 [announcer] Here's your winner, 1126 01:04:35,872 --> 01:04:40,276 Santos Escobar! 1127 01:04:40,343 --> 01:04:43,846 [Cole] So Escobar advances to the finals in two weeks. 1128 01:04:43,913 --> 01:04:46,249 He'll take on the winner of next week's Fatal 4-Way. 1129 01:04:46,315 --> 01:04:48,985 Escobar says, Theory, he's coming for you. 1130 01:04:49,051 --> 01:04:50,953 You wish. You wish. 1131 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:55,057 You wish you had a chance. You ain't got no chance. 1132 01:04:55,124 --> 01:04:56,492 I'm the greatest. 1133 01:04:56,559 --> 01:04:58,294 [Cole] Well, thank you, Mr. Austin Theory. 1134 01:04:58,361 --> 01:05:00,897 We have another championship match later on tonight. 1135 01:05:00,963 --> 01:05:03,833 That woman, Asuka, will defend the Women's Championship 1136 01:05:03,899 --> 01:05:08,671 against Bianca Belair, but there is a huge target on Asuka's back. 1137 01:05:08,738 --> 01:05:09,772 Charlotte's here. 1138 01:05:09,839 --> 01:05:12,341 So is Ms. Money in the Bank, Iyo Sky. 1139 01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:17,947 [Cole] Well, Friday Night SmackDown tonight is at the PNC Arena 1140 01:05:18,014 --> 01:05:20,616 of North Carolina State University, 1141 01:05:20,683 --> 01:05:23,419 the home of the Wolfpack, 1142 01:05:23,486 --> 01:05:27,623 and soon to be the home of the WWE Women's Championship, 1143 01:05:27,690 --> 01:05:30,526 Asuka versus Bianca Belair. 1144 01:05:32,962 --> 01:05:34,363 -[grunts, groans] -I'm gonna get you up. 1145 01:05:34,430 --> 01:05:36,165 -Come on. -I know he got you. 1146 01:05:36,232 --> 01:05:39,001 -Michin, are you okay? -Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. I'm fine. 1147 01:05:39,068 --> 01:05:40,569 -Let's get him up. -[groans] 1148 01:05:40,636 --> 01:05:41,837 There you go. Careful. 1149 01:05:41,904 --> 01:05:43,139 -You good? -I'm good. 1150 01:05:43,773 --> 01:05:45,341 -Kross was right. -Yeah. 1151 01:05:45,408 --> 01:05:47,176 -Kross was right. -Yeah. 1152 01:05:47,243 --> 01:05:50,246 -It's not over. It's not over. -Mm-mm. 1153 01:05:50,313 --> 01:05:52,581 -I'm gonna get him. I'm gonna get him. -Yeah. 1154 01:05:52,648 --> 01:05:53,649 -You good? -Yeah? 1155 01:05:53,716 --> 01:05:56,252 He said he was gonna be here right now, dawg. He ain't even here. 1156 01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:57,787 No, it's got to be him right there. 1157 01:05:57,853 --> 01:05:59,955 -Oh. Oh! -Man. 1158 01:06:00,022 --> 01:06:01,724 He say he gonna be here, he gonna be here. 1159 01:06:01,791 --> 01:06:03,292 -Yeah. I see. -Don't you worry about it. 1160 01:06:03,359 --> 01:06:04,961 If he say he gonna be here, he gonna be here. 1161 01:06:05,027 --> 01:06:06,896 I got you. I got you. I got you. 1162 01:06:07,797 --> 01:06:11,167 -It's gotta be him. Gotta be him. -It's gotta be him, dawg. 1163 01:06:11,233 --> 01:06:13,636 I'm just glad he showed up on time, you know what I'm saying? 1164 01:06:13,703 --> 01:06:15,104 Yeah, yeah. Always. 1165 01:06:17,606 --> 01:06:18,441 [crowd cheers] 1166 01:06:18,507 --> 01:06:20,609 -What's up, gentlemen? -Bobby! 1167 01:06:20,676 --> 01:06:23,446 What up, baby? What's good, fam? 1168 01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:27,216 -Looking good. Looking good. -Oh, yeah. 1169 01:06:27,283 --> 01:06:29,685 -You all ready to talk? -You already know. 1170 01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:33,122 [whooping] 1171 01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:52,508 You know, it's been almost one year 1172 01:06:52,575 --> 01:06:54,977 since my career was full of uncertainty, 1173 01:06:55,745 --> 01:06:57,847 but after joining SmackDown, well… 1174 01:06:58,514 --> 01:07:00,282 [speaking Spanish] 1175 01:07:01,117 --> 01:07:06,055 I have gained a new family in The LWO. 1176 01:07:06,889 --> 01:07:08,457 A Hall of Fame ring. 1177 01:07:09,091 --> 01:07:12,161 Well, now I'm looking for championship gold. 1178 01:07:12,228 --> 01:07:15,164 And after next week's Fatal 4-Way Match, 1179 01:07:15,631 --> 01:07:17,566 [speaking Spanish] 1180 01:07:18,234 --> 01:07:22,438 One step closer to the United States Title. 1181 01:07:23,305 --> 01:07:24,540 Booyaka! 1182 01:07:26,675 --> 01:07:29,145 I was ecstatic when I got the call 1183 01:07:29,211 --> 01:07:32,782 that I was in the United States Championship Invitation. 1184 01:07:33,249 --> 01:07:35,584 What better way to show that I belong 1185 01:07:35,651 --> 01:07:38,287 than by winning that Fatal 4-Way Match next week? 1186 01:07:38,354 --> 01:07:45,027 I'm confident, and I'm going to the moon! 1187 01:07:45,094 --> 01:07:46,228 [laughs] Yeah! 1188 01:07:48,497 --> 01:07:50,266 You know, I'm so over this, yeah? 1189 01:07:50,666 --> 01:07:52,635 Twice now I've had Theory beat, 1190 01:07:52,701 --> 01:07:54,470 and twice his newfound friends 1191 01:07:54,537 --> 01:07:57,873 have come and interfered and cost me the United States Championship. 1192 01:07:57,940 --> 01:08:00,776 That little Cena wannabe has wiggled out so many times, 1193 01:08:00,843 --> 01:08:02,545 I've lost count. 1194 01:08:02,611 --> 01:08:04,313 And now I've got to match with three other men 1195 01:08:04,380 --> 01:08:06,115 just to get another crack at him? 1196 01:08:06,682 --> 01:08:08,017 Well, bring it on, fella! 1197 01:08:08,084 --> 01:08:10,953 And to those three other lads that are standing across the ring from me, 1198 01:08:11,020 --> 01:08:14,657 get out of me bleeding way and know that Theory 1199 01:08:16,358 --> 01:08:17,359 is mine. 1200 01:08:21,597 --> 01:08:24,066 ["Welcome to LA" by def rebel playing] 1201 01:08:32,408 --> 01:08:34,410 [crowd cheering] 1202 01:08:41,484 --> 01:08:42,818 -[indistinct] Cut that. -[music stops] 1203 01:08:46,889 --> 01:08:49,058 [loud cheering] 1204 01:08:53,262 --> 01:08:56,899 [crowd chanting "LA Night"] 1205 01:09:05,574 --> 01:09:07,143 Let me talk to you! 1206 01:09:07,676 --> 01:09:09,111 [cheering] 1207 01:09:12,982 --> 01:09:17,119 All of a sudden, LA Knight's everywhere, huh? 1208 01:09:17,186 --> 01:09:19,121 [crowd] Yeah! 1209 01:09:19,188 --> 01:09:21,957 -Yeah? -[crowd] Yeah! 1210 01:09:22,024 --> 01:09:25,327 Everybody wants to use my name. Everybody on the internet 1211 01:09:25,394 --> 01:09:28,898 wants to use my name to get views and clicks. 1212 01:09:28,964 --> 01:09:30,799 [crowd] Yeah! 1213 01:09:31,267 --> 01:09:32,535 Let's call it what it is. 1214 01:09:32,601 --> 01:09:35,905 I'm the best decision this company ever made. 1215 01:09:35,971 --> 01:09:37,640 [all] Yeah! 1216 01:09:37,706 --> 01:09:40,276 'Cause I stand head and shoulders above. 1217 01:09:40,342 --> 01:09:42,144 Nobody back there can touch me. 1218 01:09:42,211 --> 01:09:43,412 [crowd] Yeah! 1219 01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:46,916 So let's go ahead and talk about the worst decision made. 1220 01:09:46,982 --> 01:09:49,118 United States Title Invitational. 1221 01:09:49,184 --> 01:09:50,219 Nah, nah! 1222 01:09:50,286 --> 01:09:51,854 [crowd shouts indistinctly] 1223 01:09:52,421 --> 01:09:55,090 Austin Theory's title is in a lot of trouble. 1224 01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:59,795 Not because five guys now are vying for that title, 1225 01:09:59,862 --> 01:10:02,531 but because this man is coming for that title. 1226 01:10:02,598 --> 01:10:04,667 [crowd] Yeah! 1227 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:08,971 You've got to understand something. You can call me… 1228 01:10:10,673 --> 01:10:11,941 The Megastar. 1229 01:10:12,007 --> 01:10:13,909 [crowd] Yeah! 1230 01:10:13,976 --> 01:10:16,312 Hell, if you want to, you can call me the GOAT. 1231 01:10:16,378 --> 01:10:17,846 [crowd] Yeah! 1232 01:10:18,681 --> 01:10:22,685 But sooner or later, one way or another, you will be calling me "Champ." 1233 01:10:22,751 --> 01:10:24,820 -Yeah? -[crowd] Yeah! 1234 01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:27,756 'Cause whose game is it with everybody saying… 1235 01:10:27,823 --> 01:10:30,159 [crowd] LA Knight! 1236 01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:33,095 -Yeah! -Yeah! 1237 01:10:33,162 --> 01:10:35,397 [Cole] It is an all-star field next week. 1238 01:10:35,464 --> 01:10:38,133 The "Scintillating" Santos Escobar. 1239 01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:39,802 You're looking at the United States Champion. 1240 01:10:39,868 --> 01:10:41,470 Next week, three men stand in my way. 1241 01:10:41,537 --> 01:10:42,738 Three men get dropped. 1242 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:44,440 Smackdown, FS1. 1243 01:10:44,506 --> 01:10:46,742 [Cole] The "Scintillating" Santos Escobar has already advanced. 1244 01:10:46,809 --> 01:10:47,810 Who will join him? 1245 01:10:47,876 --> 01:10:52,681 Could it be his LWO partner, Rey Mysterio, 1246 01:10:52,748 --> 01:10:56,018 Sheamus, Cameron Grimes or LA Knight? 1247 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:57,620 The second Fatal 4-Way 1248 01:10:57,686 --> 01:11:02,925 of the United States Championship Invitational comes next week on FS1. 1249 01:11:02,992 --> 01:11:04,627 ["Watch Me Shine" by CFO$ playing] 1250 01:11:04,693 --> 01:11:07,162 ♪ The pressure's building But no I will never fall ♪ 1251 01:11:07,229 --> 01:11:10,432 ♪ Instead of crying, they hear me roar ♪ 1252 01:11:10,499 --> 01:11:12,601 ♪ And now I see that I'm way better than before ♪ 1253 01:11:12,668 --> 01:11:14,970 ♪ I never needed you at all ♪ 1254 01:11:15,037 --> 01:11:17,706 [Cole] Well, it has been nearly two months 1255 01:11:17,773 --> 01:11:21,810 since Bianca Belair lost her WWE Women's Championship 1256 01:11:21,877 --> 01:11:25,214 to Asuka at Night of Champions. 1257 01:11:25,281 --> 01:11:27,182 She has been waiting for a rematch. 1258 01:11:27,249 --> 01:11:30,886 She claims she has to, quote, "jump through hoops to get here," 1259 01:11:30,953 --> 01:11:32,921 but she has that opportunity. 1260 01:11:32,988 --> 01:11:35,624 Coming up next, the Empress of Tomorrow, 1261 01:11:35,691 --> 01:11:40,195 the "Insidious" Asuka takes on "The EST of WWE," 1262 01:11:40,262 --> 01:11:41,463 Bianca Belair! 1263 01:11:41,530 --> 01:11:45,467 It is our main event for the WWE Women's Championship 1264 01:11:45,534 --> 01:11:50,172 live, next on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox. 1265 01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:52,408 ♪ I'm on my own against the wall ♪ 1266 01:11:54,476 --> 01:11:56,645 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, he is the most dominant champion 1267 01:11:56,712 --> 01:12:00,082 of the modern era. The man who's held the title for 1,048 days. 1268 01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:03,585 Roman Reigns returns to set the Rules of Engagement 1269 01:12:03,652 --> 01:12:05,521 with Jey Uso next week. 1270 01:12:05,587 --> 01:12:08,657 However, after Jey kicked Roman's "Wiseman" Paul Heyman 1271 01:12:08,724 --> 01:12:10,492 in the face tonight, what's gonna happen? 1272 01:12:10,559 --> 01:12:16,965 Find out. It's on FS1 next week at 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific. 1273 01:12:17,032 --> 01:12:18,867 Roman returns on FS1. 1274 01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:20,669 ♪ And now I see that I'm way better than before ♪ 1275 01:12:20,736 --> 01:12:26,008 Bianca Belair with an opportunity to win the WWE Women's Championship. 1276 01:12:28,444 --> 01:12:30,813 ["You Can't Hide" by def rebel playing] 1277 01:12:30,879 --> 01:12:32,815 [crowd cheering] 1278 01:12:42,291 --> 01:12:44,827 [Cole] This is an incredible main event here tonight. 1279 01:12:44,893 --> 01:12:50,899 Two of the most dominant women of the past number of years in WWE. 1280 01:12:51,367 --> 01:12:58,374 When Asuka burst on the scene, she went undefeated for 914 days. 1281 01:12:59,074 --> 01:13:02,411 She held the NXT Championship for over 500. 1282 01:13:02,478 --> 01:13:07,583 And Bianca Belair, she is the longest-reigning champion 1283 01:13:07,649 --> 01:13:10,819 of the modern era on Raw or SmackDown. 1284 01:13:10,886 --> 01:13:13,756 [Wade] We heard earlier tonight, Charlotte Flair seemed to think 1285 01:13:13,822 --> 01:13:17,860 it was a foregone conclusion that Bianca Belair 1286 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:21,096 was gonna defeat Asuka for the championship tonight. 1287 01:13:21,163 --> 01:13:25,501 I assure you right now, it is not gonna be that easy. 1288 01:13:25,567 --> 01:13:30,406 No one, including Bianca Belair, is ready for Asuka. 1289 01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:39,748 [bell rings] 1290 01:13:40,382 --> 01:13:43,352 [announcer] The following contest scheduled for one fall 1291 01:13:43,419 --> 01:13:50,025 is for the WWE Women's Championship! 1292 01:13:50,092 --> 01:13:52,094 [crowd cheering] 1293 01:13:53,328 --> 01:13:58,967 Introducing the challenger, from Knoxville, Tennessee, 1294 01:13:59,034 --> 01:14:04,973 Bianca Belair! 1295 01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,075 [crowd cheering] 1296 01:14:09,178 --> 01:14:14,483 And her opponent, from Osaka, Japan, 1297 01:14:14,550 --> 01:14:19,421 she is the WWE Women's Champion, 1298 01:14:19,988 --> 01:14:23,692 Asuka! 1299 01:14:23,759 --> 01:14:24,927 [crowd cheering] 1300 01:14:25,494 --> 01:14:28,964 [Cole] So for Bianca Belair, when she lost the championship two months ago 1301 01:14:29,031 --> 01:14:32,401 at Night of Champions, it was a controversial way to lose. 1302 01:14:32,468 --> 01:14:36,405 Asuka involving that blue mist did help her win the title. 1303 01:14:36,472 --> 01:14:39,041 Bianca said she never got the rematch she deserved 1304 01:14:39,107 --> 01:14:42,311 until right now, here, live tonight. 1305 01:14:42,377 --> 01:14:46,849 [Wade] The time to show up and show out is now for Bianca Belair 1306 01:14:46,915 --> 01:14:49,685 -because if it doesn't… Wait a second. -[Cole] Wait a minute. 1307 01:14:49,751 --> 01:14:53,355 Bayley showing off I believe that is a ticket. 1308 01:14:53,422 --> 01:14:56,458 In tow, Ms. Money in the Bank, Iyo Sky. 1309 01:14:56,525 --> 01:14:58,193 -[bell rings] -Asuka, of course, 1310 01:14:58,260 --> 01:15:02,197 as champion, has a threat on a number of fronts tonight, 1311 01:15:02,264 --> 01:15:03,832 not only Bianca Belair, 1312 01:15:03,899 --> 01:15:07,603 but of course Ms. Money in the Bank, Iyo Sky, who can cash in at any time. 1313 01:15:07,669 --> 01:15:10,973 Nice kip-up by the highly athletic Bianca Belair. 1314 01:15:11,039 --> 01:15:12,641 Shoulder tackle by Asuka. 1315 01:15:12,708 --> 01:15:14,843 [Wade] Threats all over the Women's Division. 1316 01:15:14,910 --> 01:15:19,214 In my opinion, the woman with the Money in the Bank contract, 1317 01:15:19,281 --> 01:15:22,618 Iyo Sky, has to be the biggest threat of them all. 1318 01:15:23,352 --> 01:15:25,487 [Cole] Hip toss takedown by Bianca Belair. 1319 01:15:25,554 --> 01:15:28,857 What does Bianca have to do, Wade, to take the title away from Asuka tonight? 1320 01:15:28,924 --> 01:15:32,194 [Wade] You have to accept that you're facing a woman 1321 01:15:32,261 --> 01:15:37,399 who has guile, who has cunning ways, and is prepared to go Machiavellian 1322 01:15:37,466 --> 01:15:39,134 in pursuit of this defense. 1323 01:15:39,201 --> 01:15:41,203 [Cole] Now, if you're Asuka and you're the champion, 1324 01:15:41,270 --> 01:15:44,573 and obviously using Bianca's hair to her advantage here, 1325 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:47,109 -that long braided pony. -[Wade] Hey, it's fair game, Cole. 1326 01:15:47,175 --> 01:15:50,812 [Cole] Oh! But the question is, you got to concentrate on Bianca, 1327 01:15:50,879 --> 01:15:52,080 the former champion in the ring, 1328 01:15:52,147 --> 01:15:54,416 but then you got Ms. Money in the Bank lurking at ringside. 1329 01:15:54,483 --> 01:15:57,986 [Wade] Sleep with one eye open. It's always tough being the champ. 1330 01:15:58,053 --> 01:16:01,990 But after the Money in the Bank briefcase and contracts have been grabbed, 1331 01:16:02,057 --> 01:16:04,960 things get significantly more difficult. 1332 01:16:05,027 --> 01:16:09,831 [Cole] Oh! Power by Bianca, drops Asuka face-first on the top turnbuckle. 1333 01:16:09,898 --> 01:16:14,169 Bianca Belair, Asuka is in position for a K.O.D., 1334 01:16:14,236 --> 01:16:17,372 but Asuka gave her an arm drag, Bianca out of the way. 1335 01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:18,473 [crowd] Oh! 1336 01:16:20,008 --> 01:16:23,712 Fast paced in this matchup, shoulder tackle, 1337 01:16:23,779 --> 01:16:25,347 and both women are down. 1338 01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:29,885 [Wade] Yeah, with Iyo Sky and that contract hanging around close, 1339 01:16:29,952 --> 01:16:34,122 it would behoove you to end this matchup as quickly as you can, 1340 01:16:34,189 --> 01:16:35,691 get out of Dodge safely. 1341 01:16:35,757 --> 01:16:38,860 Easier said than done with the level of competitors in the ring. 1342 01:16:38,927 --> 01:16:41,463 [Cole] But, Wade, this is also a situation with the champion down here 1343 01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:43,465 that Iyo could perhaps try to cash in. 1344 01:16:43,532 --> 01:16:46,368 Meanwhile, we have someone else that bought a ticket. 1345 01:16:46,435 --> 01:16:48,837 Charlotte Flair now in the mix. 1346 01:16:48,904 --> 01:16:52,574 She's heading to ringside. Our championship match continues. 1347 01:16:55,944 --> 01:16:58,246 Here tonight, our main event on Friday Night SmackDown, 1348 01:16:58,313 --> 01:17:01,550 Bianca Belair trying to wrestle the title away 1349 01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:05,020 from the current champion, the WWE Women's Champion, Asuka. 1350 01:17:05,087 --> 01:17:07,255 And Bianca Belair is in control. 1351 01:17:07,322 --> 01:17:10,425 Nice suplex by Bianca. Into the kip-up. 1352 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:11,893 [crowd cheering] 1353 01:17:13,195 --> 01:17:15,030 And Bianca Belair… 1354 01:17:16,498 --> 01:17:19,434 Moonsault. Cover. Is it enough to put Asuka away? 1355 01:17:19,501 --> 01:17:21,870 And a kickout. Now, we've got other issues here at ringside. 1356 01:17:21,937 --> 01:17:26,508 There's Charlotte Flair, who believes that she deserves a title opportunity. 1357 01:17:26,575 --> 01:17:28,110 Bianca Belair said if she wins tonight, 1358 01:17:28,176 --> 01:17:30,078 she'll give Charlotte that opportunity at SummerSlam. 1359 01:17:30,145 --> 01:17:32,781 And on the other side, Damage CTRL. Bayley, flanked, of course, 1360 01:17:32,848 --> 01:17:35,951 by Iyo Sky, Ms. Money in the Bank, who could cash in a contract 1361 01:17:36,018 --> 01:17:37,252 on either one of these women-- 1362 01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:39,921 that's if Bianca wins tonight-- for the championship. 1363 01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:43,291 [Wade] Threats at every angle, no matter which woman 1364 01:17:43,358 --> 01:17:46,094 comes out of this matchup as the champ. 1365 01:17:46,728 --> 01:17:50,032 [Cole] Bianca Belair now with Asuka, the current champion on the top rope. 1366 01:17:50,098 --> 01:17:54,603 Asuka looking to block a possible superplex from Bianca Belair. 1367 01:17:54,670 --> 01:17:56,905 Bianca lands on her feet, Asuka quickly to the top rope. 1368 01:17:56,972 --> 01:17:59,474 Asuka with a missile dropkick. Bianca's in trouble. 1369 01:17:59,541 --> 01:18:01,276 Asuka now looking to retain. 1370 01:18:01,343 --> 01:18:04,012 Floats into the cover for the win. Kick out! 1371 01:18:04,079 --> 01:18:06,481 [Wade] Very few women out there who could compete 1372 01:18:06,548 --> 01:18:09,618 with that kind of athleticism from Bianca Belair, 1373 01:18:09,684 --> 01:18:11,753 but Asuka is certainly one of them. 1374 01:18:14,823 --> 01:18:17,726 [Cole] Charlotte Flair, the 14-time champion, looking on, 1375 01:18:17,793 --> 01:18:20,529 would love another crack at the title. 1376 01:18:20,595 --> 01:18:23,565 [Wade] Temporary truce between Charlotte and Bianca, 1377 01:18:23,632 --> 01:18:26,001 pending the result of this matchup, of course. 1378 01:18:26,068 --> 01:18:29,838 [Cole] Bianca able to block Asuka, launches herself up over the top rope. 1379 01:18:30,639 --> 01:18:32,007 Sidestep by Asuka. 1380 01:18:32,074 --> 01:18:33,475 Oh, and a knee. 1381 01:18:35,243 --> 01:18:36,745 Nice takedown! 1382 01:18:36,812 --> 01:18:38,980 Looking for the armbar to put Bianca away. 1383 01:18:41,216 --> 01:18:42,684 Submission hold, middle of the ring. 1384 01:18:42,751 --> 01:18:44,953 Bianca trying to make it back to her feet, which she does. 1385 01:18:45,020 --> 01:18:49,391 [Wade] Desperation scramble from Belair there, smartly and wisely. 1386 01:18:49,458 --> 01:18:52,294 [Cole] Nice gut wrench by Belair, lifting Asuka up. 1387 01:18:54,730 --> 01:18:56,965 Oh, spinebuster. Cover… 1388 01:18:57,032 --> 01:19:01,169 to win the championship for Belair, and a kickout by Asuka at two. 1389 01:19:01,236 --> 01:19:04,873 [Wade] Belair is just a woman possessed trying to recapture 1390 01:19:04,940 --> 01:19:07,008 -the gold she once owned. -[Cole] Not so… 1391 01:19:07,075 --> 01:19:08,810 Oh, looking for the Asuka Lock. 1392 01:19:08,877 --> 01:19:11,413 Asuka looking for the Asuka Lock, trying to wrap the legs, 1393 01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:12,914 Bianca trying to block. 1394 01:19:12,981 --> 01:19:14,750 Great job rolling through, 1395 01:19:14,816 --> 01:19:17,419 cover forces Asuka to kick out. 1396 01:19:17,486 --> 01:19:21,356 [Wade] Instinctive roll there from Belair at the perfect moment. 1397 01:19:21,990 --> 01:19:25,193 [Cole] The roll through, Bianca is sent outside the ring. 1398 01:19:27,562 --> 01:19:28,997 Come on now, ladies. Hey! 1399 01:19:29,064 --> 01:19:32,200 [Cole] And Asuka hanging up Bianca Belair, 1400 01:19:32,267 --> 01:19:36,972 and now Asuka and that eerie look of the insidious champion. 1401 01:19:37,038 --> 01:19:38,273 Let's go! 1402 01:19:39,174 --> 01:19:42,644 [Cole] With the sliding knee, Bianca Belair able to counter. 1403 01:19:42,711 --> 01:19:45,480 Now Asuka on Bianca's shoulders. 1404 01:19:46,348 --> 01:19:49,017 -Belair, K.O.D. on the table! -[crowd cheers] 1405 01:19:54,456 --> 01:19:58,794 Meanwhile, Iyo Sky and Bayley have hopped the barricade, 1406 01:19:58,860 --> 01:20:00,729 as has Charlotte Flair. 1407 01:20:01,129 --> 01:20:02,764 [Wade] The danger is now. 1408 01:20:02,831 --> 01:20:05,600 [Cole] Big boot by Charlotte, takes out Bayley. 1409 01:20:06,401 --> 01:20:09,004 I'm helping you! I'm helping you! 1410 01:20:09,070 --> 01:20:10,238 [indistinct shouts] 1411 01:20:10,305 --> 01:20:12,240 [Cole] Charlotte saying, "I'm helping you." 1412 01:20:12,307 --> 01:20:15,010 Iyo Sky drives Charlotte into the ring post! 1413 01:20:17,445 --> 01:20:21,483 [indistinct shouts, chatter] 1414 01:20:22,484 --> 01:20:25,453 -[Cole] Spear! -[bell rings] 1415 01:20:25,520 --> 01:20:27,556 Well, that's gonna force a disqualification 1416 01:20:27,622 --> 01:20:29,457 in this championship match. 1417 01:20:31,026 --> 01:20:34,029 Oh, the briefcase off the face of Charlotte. 1418 01:20:34,095 --> 01:20:35,463 [indistinct shouts] 1419 01:20:36,364 --> 01:20:37,966 [indistinct chatter] 1420 01:20:41,469 --> 01:20:43,205 -Yeah, idiots. -[Cole] And now… 1421 01:20:44,673 --> 01:20:48,276 Asuka's down and Iyo Sky wondering, "Is this my chance?" 1422 01:20:48,343 --> 01:20:51,246 Bayley's cashed in a contract once in her career. 1423 01:20:51,313 --> 01:20:53,715 Will she tell Iyo to do the same tonight? 1424 01:20:53,782 --> 01:20:55,350 [screaming] 1425 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:59,855 And Bayley said, "It's time." Bayley said, "It's time, Iyo Sky." 1426 01:21:01,089 --> 01:21:03,658 [Wade] We are about to witness history, Cole. 1427 01:21:03,725 --> 01:21:05,594 [Cole] Looking to cash in the contract. 1428 01:21:05,660 --> 01:21:06,928 [Iyo Sky screaming] 1429 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:11,132 Iyo is headed up to the top rope for a patented moonsault. 1430 01:21:12,100 --> 01:21:14,903 Bayley telling the official it's time to cash in. 1431 01:21:14,970 --> 01:21:18,473 Meanwhile, mist to Bayley! Mist to the face of Bayley, 1432 01:21:18,540 --> 01:21:20,375 and Asuka will escape. 1433 01:21:20,442 --> 01:21:23,745 The contract was never officially cashed in. 1434 01:21:24,279 --> 01:21:25,347 [Iyo Sky] Asuka! 1435 01:21:25,413 --> 01:21:26,514 Asuka! 1436 01:21:27,048 --> 01:21:32,087 [Wade] Asuka, by the skin of her teeth, retaining the championship tonight. 1437 01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:35,156 [Cole] Asuka survives tonight. 1438 01:21:38,560 --> 01:21:40,362 And this is how she did it. 1439 01:21:40,428 --> 01:21:43,999 Iyo was about to cash in when Asuka blasted Bayley 1440 01:21:44,065 --> 01:21:45,800 with the blue mist. 1441 01:21:48,169 --> 01:21:50,205 So Asuka survives tonight. 1442 01:21:50,272 --> 01:21:51,706 [indistinct chatter] 1443 01:21:52,874 --> 01:21:57,545 [Cole] But Bianca Belair, Charlotte, Bayley, 1444 01:21:57,612 --> 01:22:00,916 and "Ms. Money in the Bank" Iyo Sky 1445 01:22:00,982 --> 01:22:04,352 are all stalking the WWE Women's Champion. 1446 01:22:04,419 --> 01:22:07,022 Next Friday, SmackDown, 1447 01:22:07,088 --> 01:22:10,692 head to FS1, 8:00 Eastern, 5:00 Pacific, 1448 01:22:10,759 --> 01:22:12,527 the return of Roman Reigns 1449 01:22:12,594 --> 01:22:14,629 and the Rules of Engagement 1450 01:22:14,696 --> 01:22:17,332 with his cousin, Jey Uso. 1451 01:22:17,399 --> 01:22:18,900 [Iyo Sky shouting] 1452 01:22:20,568 --> 01:22:23,805 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us here tonight. 1453 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:26,541 We'll see you next week on FS1. 1454 01:22:26,608 --> 01:22:28,276 [Iyo Sky yelling]