1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:03,436 [WWE intro music playing] 2 00:00:03,503 --> 00:00:04,671 [Triple H] Then. 3 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:09,442 Now. 4 00:00:14,414 --> 00:00:15,482 Forever. 5 00:00:23,757 --> 00:00:24,824 Together. 6 00:00:32,265 --> 00:00:33,433 ["Nobody Better Than Me" playing] 7 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:35,969 [Michael Cole] This is Berlin, the capital city of Germany 8 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:39,539 and the largest city in this country, on the banks of the Spree River. 9 00:00:39,606 --> 00:00:44,044 We're at the gorgeous Uber Arena for Friday Night SmackDown on FOX, 10 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:51,184 where the Undisputed WWE Champion, The American Nightmare, has arrived. 11 00:00:51,251 --> 00:00:55,422 Cody Rhodes set to defend his title tomorrow night at Bash in Berlin 12 00:00:55,488 --> 00:01:00,527 against this man, his ally, his friend, KO, Kevin Owens, 13 00:01:00,593 --> 00:01:02,629 hell-bent on winning the championship. 14 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,065 They go face-to-face tonight. 15 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:10,070 And The Queen, WWE Women's Champion is here. 16 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:13,840 Nia Jax and her buddy, Ms. Money in the Bank, Tiffany Stratton. 17 00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:18,912 Nia defends versus Michin in a Street Fight tonight 18 00:01:18,978 --> 00:01:20,680 on Friday Night SmackDown. 19 00:01:23,550 --> 00:01:29,055 For the first time in 27 years, WWE television comes to Germany. 20 00:01:29,122 --> 00:01:32,225 Friday Night SmackDown on FOX is sponsored by Progressive. 21 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:36,029 A triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more. 22 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:43,870 ♪ LA Knight ♪ 23 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:46,039 -[crowd cheering] -["Welcome To LA" playing] 24 00:01:51,511 --> 00:01:55,281 [Cole] What a way to kick off Friday Night SmackDown! 25 00:02:00,353 --> 00:02:03,256 [Samantha Irvin] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome 26 00:02:03,323 --> 00:02:08,962 the United States Champion, LA Knight. 27 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:10,730 [crowd] Yeah! 28 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:14,267 [Cole] LA Knight, who beat Logan Paul at SummerSlam for the title. 29 00:02:14,334 --> 00:02:16,069 He beat Santos Escobar last week. 30 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:19,272 And tonight, he plans an open challenge 31 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:25,278 in front of over 12,000 WWE fans in Berlin. 32 00:02:36,089 --> 00:02:37,724 Well, hello again, everybody. 33 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:41,528 At ringside and back on Friday nights. I'm Michael Cole. 34 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:43,363 And throughout the weekend I get the opportunity 35 00:02:43,429 --> 00:02:49,335 to work with, well, my buddy Wade Barrett here both for SmackDown 36 00:02:49,402 --> 00:02:51,104 and the Premium Live Event tomorrow night. 37 00:02:51,171 --> 00:02:55,008 Look at us two, reunited and our loins are already tingling 38 00:02:55,074 --> 00:02:56,809 because The Megastar's in town. 39 00:02:56,876 --> 00:03:00,380 But let's hand it over to our international colleagues, 40 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:04,017 the German announcers, Holger and Walandi. 41 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:10,256 [in German] Hey there! Coming to you right from the ringside 42 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:13,493 of SmackDown at the Uber Arena in Berlin. 43 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:17,163 We will write history today, and you can expect a lot of action. 44 00:03:17,230 --> 00:03:20,533 Have fun and enjoy the evening together with us. 45 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,102 The first match is about to start. 46 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:25,605 Who will be LA Knight's opponent here in Berlin? 47 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:41,087 [crowd cheering] 48 00:03:42,822 --> 00:03:44,891 [crowd chanting in English] LA Knight! LA Knight! 49 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:47,961 LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! 50 00:03:48,027 --> 00:03:53,900 LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! 51 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,301 LA Knight! 52 00:04:00,039 --> 00:04:03,042 [crowd cheering] 53 00:04:06,145 --> 00:04:07,480 Let me talk to you. 54 00:04:07,547 --> 00:04:09,515 [crowd] Yeah! 55 00:04:12,518 --> 00:04:14,821 [crowd cheering] 56 00:04:14,887 --> 00:04:17,557 Twenty-seven years. 57 00:04:19,158 --> 00:04:23,963 Some of you might not know this, but it's been 27 long years 58 00:04:24,030 --> 00:04:29,502 since the WWE has come here and done a major televised event here in Berlin. 59 00:04:30,403 --> 00:04:32,038 [crowd] Yeah! 60 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:38,344 And my God, what a way to kick it off other than with the man 61 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:39,779 they call The Megastar. 62 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:40,947 Yeah! 63 00:04:41,014 --> 00:04:42,215 [crowd] Yeah! 64 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:51,958 [crowd chanting] LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! 65 00:04:52,025 --> 00:04:55,561 LA Knight! LA Knight! LA Knight! 66 00:04:57,430 --> 00:05:01,301 Now, I understand that sitting on my shoulder right here 67 00:05:01,367 --> 00:05:04,304 is the United States Championship. 68 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:08,141 And, uh, I think to myself, just last week 69 00:05:08,207 --> 00:05:13,012 I had my very first successful title defense, I might add, 70 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:16,582 in the United States capital, Washington, DC. 71 00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:19,619 [crowd booing] 72 00:05:20,687 --> 00:05:22,655 Well, you don't need to boo it. Let's calm down there. 73 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:28,861 But I thought to myself, well, I don't-- 74 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:32,498 [crowd chanting] You deserve it! 75 00:05:32,565 --> 00:05:33,399 [clapping rhythmically] 76 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:34,934 You deserve it! 77 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,202 [clapping rhythmically] 78 00:05:36,269 --> 00:05:37,704 You deserve it! 79 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:38,771 [clapping rhythmically] 80 00:05:38,838 --> 00:05:40,473 You deserve it! 81 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,441 [clapping rhythmically] 82 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:42,942 You deserve it! 83 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,578 Well, hold on now. You might really want to say that here in a minute, 84 00:05:45,645 --> 00:05:46,946 because I thought to myself, 85 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:50,283 if I'm going to defend this, I know it's a US Championship, 86 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:52,785 but if I'm going to defend it in the capital of the United States, 87 00:05:52,852 --> 00:05:56,823 I figure I might as well come over here and defend it in the capital of Germany. 88 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:59,625 [crowd cheering] 89 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,961 We might just keep a little trend going. 90 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:06,065 The capital, we can call this thing the Capital Championship for all I care. 91 00:06:06,132 --> 00:06:07,800 But right here, standing here, 92 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:11,404 your United States Champion, I said last week, 93 00:06:11,471 --> 00:06:16,976 I'm holding the LA Knight Invitational US Open Challenge 94 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,578 right here in Berlin. 95 00:06:18,644 --> 00:06:20,947 Anybody that wants to go ahead and answer it… 96 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:26,552 I tell you what, we're a day away from Bash in Berlin… 97 00:06:28,688 --> 00:06:32,225 but we're here at SmackDown, we're in Berlin, 98 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:35,695 and as far as I'm concerned, if somebody wants to walk down there, 99 00:06:35,762 --> 00:06:37,196 you can get bashed. 100 00:06:37,263 --> 00:06:38,097 Yeah! 101 00:06:38,164 --> 00:06:39,599 [crowd] Yeah! 102 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:46,372 ["Sacred" playing] 103 00:06:46,439 --> 00:06:48,441 [crowd cheering] 104 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,577 [Cole] Well, this is appropriate… 105 00:06:53,179 --> 00:06:54,914 since we are in Germany. 106 00:07:13,900 --> 00:07:17,103 Berlin! 107 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:27,713 Euer kaiser ist zu hause! 108 00:07:27,780 --> 00:07:30,349 [crowd cheering] 109 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:36,255 [in English] LA Knight, if you really are the champion that you say you are, 110 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:41,027 I'm sure that you want to defend that United States Championship 111 00:07:41,093 --> 00:07:44,697 against the very best all over the world, right? 112 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:53,940 Well, myself and the entirety of Berlin… 113 00:07:57,176 --> 00:07:59,345 we can guarantee you 114 00:07:59,412 --> 00:08:04,350 there is no one better on German soil 115 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:08,821 than the German Ludwig Kaiser! 116 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:11,524 [crowd cheering] 117 00:08:13,359 --> 00:08:17,563 So, uh, let me get you a little news flash here, 118 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:22,735 because after I beat you in the capital of my home country, 119 00:08:22,802 --> 00:08:26,672 one, two, three, I'm going to take that championship. 120 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:30,676 I'm going to bring it all across over the pond, 121 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:35,081 I will make it bigger than it ever was, 122 00:08:35,147 --> 00:08:42,088 and I will make it my own personal European Championship. 123 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:43,523 [crowd cheering] 124 00:08:43,589 --> 00:08:45,157 [crowd chanting] Ludwig Kaiser! 125 00:08:45,224 --> 00:08:46,225 [clapping rhythmically] 126 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:47,660 Ludwig Kaiser! 127 00:08:48,194 --> 00:08:49,662 Ludwig Kaiser! 128 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:50,796 [clapping rhythmically] 129 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,632 Ludwig Kaiser! 130 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:55,001 Ludwig Kaiser! 131 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,269 [clapping rhythmically] 132 00:08:56,335 --> 00:08:57,770 Ludwig Kaiser! 133 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:58,771 [clapping rhythmically] 134 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:00,306 Ludwig Kaiser! 135 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:01,240 [clapping rhythmically] 136 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:02,842 Ludwig Kaiser! 137 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:04,076 [clapping rhythmically] 138 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:05,478 Ludwig Kaiser! 139 00:09:06,279 --> 00:09:07,613 I gotta be honest. 140 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:10,583 That's pretty impressive. 141 00:09:12,418 --> 00:09:15,187 That's really impressive for Gunther's stooge. 142 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,658 But I'll tell you like this. 143 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:21,327 You talk about what you want to do with this championship. 144 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:24,263 You can do anything you want to do with this championship, pal. 145 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:27,199 The only problem with that equation is that you got to win it. 146 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:30,770 But you won't because you can't, because I won't let you. 147 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:33,906 So, here's how it goes down. 148 00:09:33,973 --> 00:09:35,708 You talk about what you're going to do with this. 149 00:09:35,775 --> 00:09:38,244 The only thing you're going to do is you're going to lay down 150 00:09:38,311 --> 00:09:40,046 and catch three the hard way, 151 00:09:40,112 --> 00:09:42,848 when I hit it and quit it, move on to the next, 152 00:09:42,915 --> 00:09:46,419 and you, with everybody in Berlin and all around the world, 153 00:09:46,485 --> 00:09:51,223 can pledge allegiance to the Champ of the United States of America, 154 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:53,092 with everybody saying… 155 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:57,029 -[crowd] LA Knight! Yeah! -…LA Knight! Yeah! 156 00:09:57,096 --> 00:09:58,631 ["Welcome To LA" playing] 157 00:09:58,698 --> 00:10:00,399 [Cole] Bring out the official. 158 00:10:00,466 --> 00:10:03,536 It looks like we're going to have LA Knight and Ludwig Kaiser 159 00:10:03,603 --> 00:10:08,107 for the United States Championship, live, next. 160 00:10:08,741 --> 00:10:09,675 Yeah. 161 00:10:12,011 --> 00:10:14,180 -Ring the bell! -[Cole] This matchup now underway. 162 00:10:14,246 --> 00:10:19,051 Official Rod Zapata will be the referee for LA Knight on your left, 163 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:23,456 Ludwig Kaiser on your right for the United States Championship. 164 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:26,492 [crowd chants indistinctly] 165 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:32,365 [Cole] Kaiser goes 6'3", 209 pounds. 166 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:35,134 Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany. 167 00:10:35,201 --> 00:10:36,769 [crowd chanting] Ludwig Kaiser! 168 00:10:36,836 --> 00:10:37,903 [clapping rhythmically] 169 00:10:37,970 --> 00:10:39,372 Ludwig Kaiser! 170 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:40,606 [clapping rhythmically] 171 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,041 Ludwig Kaiser! 172 00:10:42,108 --> 00:10:43,209 [clapping rhythmically] 173 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:44,877 Ludwig Kaiser! 174 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:45,911 [clapping rhythmically] 175 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:47,346 Ludwig Kaiser! 176 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:48,414 [clapping rhythmically] 177 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,515 Ludwig Kaiser! 178 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:52,885 [Cole] As LA Knight finds himself in hostile territory tonight, 179 00:10:52,952 --> 00:10:55,087 it's probably what's going to happen tomorrow night, Wade, 180 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:57,923 for Randy Orton when he takes on Gunther, of course, 181 00:10:57,990 --> 00:11:00,960 who cut his teeth here in Germany as a professional wrestler. 182 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:02,862 Gunther defending against Orton for the World Title. 183 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:05,297 Same type of atmosphere Knight's facing tonight. 184 00:11:05,364 --> 00:11:08,267 [Barrett] Yeah, and it's quite a while since LA Knight has been in the position 185 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:12,104 of perhaps not being the crowd-favorite in a matchup. 186 00:11:12,171 --> 00:11:15,041 And if you're not expecting that, and I'm pretty sure LA Knight 187 00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:17,810 was not anticipating Ludwig Kaiser coming out tonight, 188 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:19,478 it really can throw a Superstar. 189 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:22,148 [Cole] Much like Gunther, Kaiser began his career 190 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:24,383 Westside Xtreme Wrestling here in Germany. 191 00:11:24,450 --> 00:11:27,186 He was actually a World Champion in that promotion. 192 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:29,522 He was a Tag Team Champion as well. 193 00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:33,526 His tag team, Wade, was named Hot & Spicy. 194 00:11:33,592 --> 00:11:35,561 [Barrett] Oh yeah, and if you look up clips of them, 195 00:11:35,628 --> 00:11:37,196 they certainly were hot and spicy. 196 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:39,265 But I'll add to it this, Michael Cole. 197 00:11:39,331 --> 00:11:44,170 As we know, Kaiser has very much been a tag specialist 198 00:11:44,236 --> 00:11:47,540 in his entire time under the WWE umbrella. 199 00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:51,310 This is his first ever opportunity to win singles gold. 200 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:56,382 [Cole] And looking to make it a short-lived championship reign 201 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:57,717 for LA Knight. 202 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,553 And the thing about Kaiser… 203 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:05,091 Wade, is that LA Knight really encapsulates everything 204 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:08,694 that Kaiser says he hates about sports entertainment today. 205 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:11,864 He wants to wipe the silliness out of sports entertainment, 206 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:15,835 and he looks at a guy like LA Knight with the catchphrases and a fan favorite, 207 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:18,237 and the way that he carries himself as one of those people 208 00:12:18,304 --> 00:12:19,805 he would like to take out of the equation. 209 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:22,441 [Barrett] Yeah, you know, I kind of disagree with Kaiser on that one. 210 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:26,679 I get it when you get the clowns, the fools, the jokers in this industry. 211 00:12:26,746 --> 00:12:29,148 The difference with LA Knight is he likes to fool around. 212 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:32,251 He likes a bit of audience participation every now and again. 213 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:34,720 But man, can he back it up when that bell rings. 214 00:12:34,787 --> 00:12:36,088 -And Kaiser knows that. -Indeed. 215 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:38,991 The biggest win of his career back earlier this month at SummerSlam, 216 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:42,762 LA Knight winning his first singles championship here in WWE. 217 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:46,465 A long road and one that Knight earned. 218 00:12:46,532 --> 00:12:48,801 Of course, knocking off Logan Paul at SummerSlam. 219 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:52,505 And Kaiser now with a big right, stunning the champion. 220 00:12:52,571 --> 00:12:55,141 [Barrett] A great opportunity this is for Imperium 221 00:12:55,207 --> 00:12:56,742 to add some more hardware 222 00:12:56,809 --> 00:13:00,613 to go along with Gunther's World Heavyweight Championship. 223 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:03,482 [Cole] Yeah. Kaiser's father a legend here in Germany, 224 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:07,453 Axel Dieter. Taught Ludwig Kaiser how to wrestle. 225 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,021 Oh, and there is LA Knight 226 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:12,091 exploding out of the corner with a clothesline. 227 00:13:12,158 --> 00:13:14,126 [Barrett] Kaiser was a big fan of Alex Wright, 228 00:13:14,193 --> 00:13:18,497 a fellow German Superstar from WCW, aka Berlin. 229 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:24,170 A tribute to Alex Wright it would be if Kaiser wins gold here in Berlin. 230 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:28,274 [Cole] And Kaiser dropped on his back of his neck on the ring apron. 231 00:13:28,340 --> 00:13:34,513 [crowd singing indistinctly] 232 00:13:34,580 --> 00:13:37,650 [Cole] And Kaiser able to slip out 233 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:40,920 and drive Knight kidney-first into the ring. 234 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:45,991 And Kaiser, who has a mean streak, just ask his former partner in Imperium, 235 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:50,129 Giovanni Vinci, who will return to Friday Night SmackDown next week. 236 00:13:50,196 --> 00:13:53,065 Kaiser knocked him out of action for many months, and he's-- 237 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:56,268 It is with this move that Kaiser is about to attempt 238 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:58,938 that took out Vinci, that took out Kofi Kingston. 239 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:01,006 And here comes Kaiser now. 240 00:14:01,073 --> 00:14:03,876 Right into the shoulder, into the steps of Knight! 241 00:14:03,943 --> 00:14:07,179 Can Kaiser win the United States Championship? 242 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:09,815 [crowd cheering] 243 00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:15,754 We're back live on Friday Night SmackDown, 244 00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:19,291 LA Knight may rue the day that he decided to have an open challenge 245 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:21,327 for his United States Championship 246 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:24,730 because Ludwig Kaiser is taking the fight to the champ. 247 00:14:25,598 --> 00:14:27,900 [Barrett] And here's a statement that has never been uttered 248 00:14:27,967 --> 00:14:30,035 in the history of humanity. 249 00:14:30,102 --> 00:14:34,607 We've got an entire arena going bananas for Ludwig Kaiser. 250 00:14:34,673 --> 00:14:36,275 [Cole] We are in Berlin, Germany. 251 00:14:36,342 --> 00:14:38,877 Kaiser brought up in Hamburg, Germany. 252 00:14:39,645 --> 00:14:43,215 Hometown favorite, and they would love to see Kaiser win the championship. 253 00:14:43,282 --> 00:14:46,719 [crowd singing indistinctly] 254 00:14:56,161 --> 00:15:00,966 [Cole] And Knight trying to fight back against this proficient, precise striker 255 00:15:01,033 --> 00:15:02,268 in Ludwig Kaiser. 256 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:05,337 Knight has got the guts and the grit. 257 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:08,540 Been in this business for a very long time. 258 00:15:09,108 --> 00:15:11,543 [Barrett] Body has been through one hell of a beating 259 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:14,780 at the hands and feet of Ludwig Kaiser. 260 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:17,149 [Cole] Guy who worked in a lumber mill 261 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:19,285 as he was learning to become a wrestler, Wade. 262 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:24,523 Did everything he could to put money away to go to school and climb the ladder. 263 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:27,760 And now here he is as the United States Champion. 264 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:31,063 Can he retain tonight on SmackDown? 265 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:32,598 [crowd chanting] Ludwig Kaiser! 266 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:34,066 [clapping rhythmically] 267 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:35,334 Ludwig Kaiser! 268 00:15:35,401 --> 00:15:36,268 [clapping rhythmically] 269 00:15:36,335 --> 00:15:37,836 [Cole] Oh, what a chop! 270 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:41,206 LA Knight trying to take the hometown crowd out of the game 271 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:43,342 and has not been able to do it yet. 272 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:45,811 Kaiser over the top rope and on the German announce table. 273 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,279 And now LA Knight. 274 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:51,016 Gonna dribble Kaiser like a basketball. 275 00:15:51,083 --> 00:15:58,090 [crowd chanting] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 276 00:15:58,857 --> 00:16:02,061 [crowd wailing] 277 00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:03,829 -[Cole] And one for good measure. -[crowd] Yeah! 278 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,297 [Cole] And now Knight's in control. 279 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:08,467 [Barrett] Ludwig Kaiser getting the stuffing knocked out of him 280 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:12,638 after being in complete control for about six minutes. 281 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:14,540 [Cole] And Kaiser, though, missed wildly. 282 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:16,809 Knight, oh, with a neckbreaker from behind! 283 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:18,944 [Barrett] This is the kind of grit 284 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:22,214 that took LA Knight to the United States Championship. 285 00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:25,217 May well be on the way to defending successfully. 286 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:29,955 [crowd] LA Knight! Yeah! 287 00:16:30,022 --> 00:16:31,290 [Cole] Elbow to Kaiser. 288 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:33,459 -Cover by Knight to retain. -One, two… 289 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:35,627 [Cole] Kickout by Kaiser at two. 290 00:16:35,694 --> 00:16:37,396 And you hit the nail on the head earlier, Wade, 291 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:40,366 can you imagine if Kaiser can win the gold here tonight? 292 00:16:40,432 --> 00:16:43,369 It'll give some-- even more momentum 293 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:46,105 to the World Championship defense of Gunther, 294 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:48,774 his fellow Imperium member and countryman. 295 00:16:48,841 --> 00:16:51,977 Then tomorrow night, Gunther, even though he's from Austria, 296 00:16:52,044 --> 00:16:55,114 he's sort of adopted Germany as his homeland. 297 00:16:55,180 --> 00:17:00,419 [Barrett] Lived here, trained here, developed as a top sportsman here 298 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:02,621 and the people of Germany love him for it. 299 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,189 [Cole] And Knight into the corner! 300 00:17:04,256 --> 00:17:06,692 And the knee to the side of the face of Kaiser. 301 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:12,865 LA Knight got that much-needed first championship retention 302 00:17:12,931 --> 00:17:14,767 out of the way last week. 303 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:17,436 Inverted atomic drop. Missed wildly with a clothesline. 304 00:17:17,503 --> 00:17:18,871 Kaiser misses as well. 305 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:21,040 Knight off the ropes and he runs into the kick by Kaiser. 306 00:17:21,106 --> 00:17:22,608 Quickly to the cover to win the title. 307 00:17:22,674 --> 00:17:24,410 -Hooks the leg. Is it enough? -One, two… 308 00:17:24,476 --> 00:17:26,612 [Cole] Almost had at two and a half. 309 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:29,848 [Barrett] Ludwig Kaiser showing all the frustrations, 310 00:17:29,915 --> 00:17:33,652 knowing how close he was to becoming a singles champion. 311 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:38,590 Take another look at this athleticism and timing from the German. 312 00:17:38,657 --> 00:17:40,726 Almost scored him the W. 313 00:17:40,793 --> 00:17:44,329 [Cole] Kaiser is so-- such a great in-ring technician. 314 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:47,833 It's just beautiful to watch Kaiser working the ring. 315 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,036 And now the rights and lefts exchange between these two men. 316 00:17:51,103 --> 00:17:53,906 Champion and challenger for the United States Title. 317 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:56,308 [crowd chanting] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! 318 00:17:57,643 --> 00:17:59,845 [crowd wailing] 319 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:02,114 -Down goes Kaiser! -[crowd] Yeah! 320 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:04,349 [Cole] And Knight's got him where he wants him. 321 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:06,885 [Barrett] And this audience feels it slipping away 322 00:18:06,952 --> 00:18:11,190 from the hometown boy, Ludwig Kaiser. 323 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:13,325 [Cole] Went for BFT. 324 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:15,427 -Kaiser rolls him up, grabs the tights. -One, two… 325 00:18:15,494 --> 00:18:16,895 [Cole] Kick at two. 326 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:18,464 Trying to steal one there. 327 00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:22,835 Clothesline. 328 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:26,872 [Barrett] Ludwig Kaiser just refusing to die in this matchup. 329 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,742 [Cole] Kaiser with a kick. Champion is in trouble again. 330 00:18:30,809 --> 00:18:32,878 And every time Knight starts to build a little momentum, 331 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,447 Kaiser is able to get right back in the matchup. 332 00:18:35,514 --> 00:18:36,648 [Barrett] That was a kick 333 00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:41,153 eerily reminiscent of Miroslav Klose for Germany, 334 00:18:41,220 --> 00:18:42,621 straight to the jaw of The Megastar! 335 00:18:42,688 --> 00:18:44,189 -[Cole] Oh! -[Barrett] Kaiser Roll! 336 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:45,457 [Cole] For the win! 337 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:46,992 -Is it enough to win the title? -One, two… 338 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:48,594 [Cole] Knight stays in it at two. 339 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:50,596 [Barrett] Just milliseconds away, 340 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:54,066 and that championship is getting closer and closer 341 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:56,001 to the waist of Ludwig Kaiser. 342 00:18:56,068 --> 00:19:01,573 [Cole] Kaiser is feeding off this capacity crowd in Berlin. 343 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:02,508 [crowd cheering] 344 00:19:02,574 --> 00:19:05,577 [Barrett] Ludwig Kaiser at his rapacious best. 345 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:10,249 [Cole] Okay, Knight. Knight, though, from behind. 346 00:19:10,315 --> 00:19:12,050 Down goes Kaiser. 347 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:13,886 [crowd booing] 348 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:19,758 BFT! 349 00:19:19,825 --> 00:19:21,326 Blunt Force Trauma. 350 00:19:21,393 --> 00:19:24,062 -Knight covers and retains. -One, two, three! 351 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:25,297 [bell rings] 352 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,733 ["Welcome To LA" playing] 353 00:19:27,799 --> 00:19:30,068 [Irvin] Here is your winner 354 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:35,874 and still the United States Champion, 355 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:38,410 LA Knight! 356 00:19:38,477 --> 00:19:41,246 [Cole] Incredible matchup here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. 357 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:47,252 LA Knight retains, much to the chagrin of the crowd here in Germany, 358 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:51,156 as their countryman, Ludwig Kaiser, came oh-so close. 359 00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:54,960 [Barrett] Take another look at this. Just as Kaiser was going in… 360 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:59,331 Oh, LA Knight was going in for the kill, Kaiser with that Kaiser Roll, 361 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:03,468 followed up by LA Knight hitting that BFT. 362 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:09,107 And when LA Knight connects with that, there is only one result. 363 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:10,409 [bell rings] 364 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:16,215 [Barrett] Successful defense in the first open championship defense 365 00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,816 by LA Knight. 366 00:20:18,450 --> 00:20:21,086 Oh, wow. It has to be said, Cole, Ludwig Kaiser, 367 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:26,625 that was his first singles opportunity for a championship here in WWE. 368 00:20:26,692 --> 00:20:29,461 I promise after a performance like that, it will not be his last. 369 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,497 Cannot wait to call his matches when I move to Raw. 370 00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:34,967 That's on Monday night in Denver with Joe Tessitore. 371 00:20:35,033 --> 00:20:37,502 I'll be on Fridays with Graves starting next week. 372 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:41,974 Well, everyone seems to be a WWE fan nowadays all over the world, 373 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:43,775 sellouts everywhere. 374 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:47,879 How about in the Dallas Cowboys training camp earlier this week, 375 00:20:47,946 --> 00:20:52,618 All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons trying to do the RKO 376 00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:55,153 to his teammate, cornerback Trevon Diggs. 377 00:20:55,220 --> 00:20:57,189 [Barrett] Didn't quite get all of that, though, did he? 378 00:20:57,255 --> 00:20:59,324 Might need a little more practice there. 379 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,727 But, hey, here's a suggestion for you, Cole, 380 00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:04,396 how about we get Micah Parsons in a ring sometime? 381 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:06,064 Maybe next time we're in Dallas. 382 00:21:06,131 --> 00:21:09,067 Well, we may see an RKO tomorrow night. 383 00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:12,638 And if we do, we may have a brand-new World Heavyweight Champion. 384 00:21:12,704 --> 00:21:17,275 Tomorrow night, Bash in Berlin, Randy Orton versus Gunther. 385 00:21:19,878 --> 00:21:22,481 [dramatic music playing] 386 00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:25,017 [Gunther] My name is Gunther. 387 00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:31,223 I am Der Ringgeneral. 388 00:21:34,259 --> 00:21:37,696 I am The King of the Ring. 389 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:44,136 I am your World Heavyweight Champion. 390 00:21:44,202 --> 00:21:46,104 [crowd booing] 391 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:54,112 In this ring, I am above everybody. 392 00:21:56,782 --> 00:22:00,619 I am greatness personified. 393 00:22:00,686 --> 00:22:05,957 From this day forth, the legacy of this great sport 394 00:22:06,024 --> 00:22:11,763 and the World Heavyweight Championship belong to me. 395 00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:22,507 [Orton] When I look at that title, I realize that I'm the only reason 396 00:22:22,574 --> 00:22:25,010 you're carrying the World Heavyweight Championship 397 00:22:25,077 --> 00:22:26,178 in the first place. 398 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:31,750 [Cole] Which man will be crowned The King of the Ring? 399 00:22:33,351 --> 00:22:37,389 Clearly, Orton's shoulder nowhere near on the mat. 400 00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,126 Did you really beat me at King of the Ring? 401 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:43,328 [crowd jeering] 402 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:47,399 I'm the only man in that locker room that can match you in this ring. 403 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:50,402 You consider yourself a living legend. 404 00:22:50,469 --> 00:22:55,107 And that is perfect because I made a career out of killing legends. 405 00:22:56,375 --> 00:23:00,746 And at Bash in Berlin, I'm going to walk out of your home country 406 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:06,017 a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion! 407 00:23:11,156 --> 00:23:12,491 [Gunther] Randy, let's be honest. 408 00:23:12,557 --> 00:23:18,130 When it really, really matters, you always screw it up. 409 00:23:19,564 --> 00:23:22,801 Your grandfather was a screw-up. 410 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:27,472 Your father was a screw-up. 411 00:23:29,207 --> 00:23:30,809 And you, Randy Orton, 412 00:23:30,876 --> 00:23:34,513 you are the biggest screw-up of them all. 413 00:23:36,314 --> 00:23:42,621 If those voices in your head tell you that you can beat me in Berlin, 414 00:23:42,687 --> 00:23:44,956 your voices are wrong. 415 00:23:45,557 --> 00:23:50,362 Absolutely nothing catches me out of nowhere. 416 00:23:51,229 --> 00:23:52,297 But I've heard that before. 417 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:53,598 As a matter of fact… 418 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:57,235 it doesn't need to be out of nowhere. 419 00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:01,072 I want you to see it coming. 420 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:05,277 [Cole] RKO! 421 00:24:05,811 --> 00:24:08,914 [Orton] Gunther has never been put in his place, Bash in Berlin. 422 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:11,216 That's exactly what I intend to do. 423 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:17,189 [dramatic music playing] 424 00:24:17,255 --> 00:24:19,090 [Gunther] You hit an RKO on me. 425 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:23,395 It's never going to happen again. 426 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:25,630 [Cole] Ludwig Kaiser! 427 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:27,833 [Orton] I think you forgot who you were talking to. 428 00:24:30,035 --> 00:24:33,171 [Gunther] And I'm going to leave you exposed for what you really are. 429 00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:36,241 A one-trick pony. 430 00:24:37,042 --> 00:24:40,111 [Cole] It's going to be a battle at Bash in Berlin 431 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:42,814 for the World Heavyweight Championship! 432 00:24:46,184 --> 00:24:50,956 If the kickoff show from Berlin earlier today is any indication, 433 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:55,227 this is going to be electric tomorrow. 434 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:57,996 Gunther defending the World Heavyweight Championship, 435 00:24:58,063 --> 00:25:01,433 his first title defense since winning at SummerSlam, 436 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:07,038 against the man who looks to win a 15th World Championship, Randy Orton. 437 00:25:07,105 --> 00:25:10,408 It's tomorrow, Bash in Berlin. 438 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:14,246 ["Burn The Ships" playing] 439 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:27,759 ♪ Won't take what's mine… ♪ 440 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:28,660 [bell rings] 441 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:32,631 [Irvin] The following is a tag team match scheduled for one fall. 442 00:25:32,697 --> 00:25:34,332 Introducing first, 443 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:37,802 the team of Apollo Crews 444 00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:43,008 and Baron Corbin! 445 00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:46,244 [Cole] This team is starting to grow on me. 446 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:50,048 Corbin and Crews set for tag team action, 447 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:52,617 coming up next on Friday Night SmackDown. 448 00:25:52,684 --> 00:25:57,622 Very important match for Legado Del Fantasma, Los Garza. 449 00:25:57,689 --> 00:26:00,892 Crews and Corbin, tag team action live, 450 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:03,328 next on Friday Night SmackDown. 451 00:26:04,029 --> 00:26:10,835 ♪ All your days, they're over now ♪ 452 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:17,208 ["MUD" by Dorothy playing] 453 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:20,545 [Jax] Greatness is my destiny. 454 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:23,048 ["MUD" continues] 455 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,851 ♪ Gotta get kicked down And get your hands in it ♪ 456 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,955 ♪ Gotta pull the thorns out And love the pain in it ♪ 457 00:26:30,021 --> 00:26:31,189 [Cole] Strong. 458 00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:32,190 Confident. 459 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:34,025 Dominating. 460 00:26:34,092 --> 00:26:37,228 ♪ You ain't living life 'Til you're feeling the drop ♪ 461 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:38,863 ♪ Now if your crown ain't bent… ♪ 462 00:26:38,930 --> 00:26:43,234 [Jax] You put anybody in this ring with me and I will squash them. 463 00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:44,669 ♪ Six feet in dirt, yeah ♪ 464 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:46,404 ♪ Some call it danger ♪ 465 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:47,639 ♪ Some call it trouble ♪ 466 00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:50,809 ♪ I call it digging deep Without a shovel ♪ 467 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,777 ♪ To get dirty ♪ 468 00:26:52,844 --> 00:26:54,713 ♪ You gotta get a little mud on you ♪ 469 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:57,048 [Jax] There are two types of people in this world. 470 00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:02,988 Those who fear Nia Jax and those who learn to fear Nia Jax. 471 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:06,558 ♪ 'Til you get a little mud on you ♪ 472 00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:09,761 ♪ A little mud on you ♪ 473 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:17,268 [Jax] I am your Queen of the Ring. 474 00:27:17,335 --> 00:27:20,271 ♪ If your crown ain't bent And your halo ain't crooked yet ♪ 475 00:27:20,338 --> 00:27:24,376 [Jax] I am the baddest human 476 00:27:24,442 --> 00:27:28,647 in all of WWE. 477 00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:30,248 ♪ Deep without a shovel ♪ 478 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,450 ♪ To get dirty ♪ 479 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:35,253 [Jax] I am the queen of this division. 480 00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:38,923 I'm going to show the world that I am the most dominant woman 481 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:42,027 and become the next Women's Champion. 482 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:45,930 ♪ You can't get dirty 'Til you get a little mud on you ♪ 483 00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:49,200 [Graves] WWE Universe bends the knee. 484 00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:53,405 There is only one Queen Nia Jax. 485 00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:55,040 ♪ You can't get dirty ♪ 486 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:57,275 -[Jax] No one is beating me. -♪ 'Til you get a little ♪ 487 00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:58,410 Period. 488 00:27:58,476 --> 00:27:59,911 ♪ Mud on you ♪ 489 00:28:03,181 --> 00:28:07,318 [Cole] However, tonight, Nia does not have the champion's advantage. 490 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:10,055 No disqualifications, no count outs. 491 00:28:10,121 --> 00:28:14,159 You only win via pinfall or submission and anything goes. 492 00:28:14,225 --> 00:28:19,731 Michin versus Jax in a Street Fight for the WWE Women's Title. 493 00:28:19,798 --> 00:28:22,400 ["Redemption" playing] 494 00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:25,603 And tonight's Friday Night SmackDown on FOX 495 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:27,505 is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 496 00:28:27,572 --> 00:28:30,975 Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. 497 00:28:31,042 --> 00:28:34,045 ["Redemption" continues] 498 00:28:35,447 --> 00:28:38,917 Legado Del Fantasma, Escobar, 499 00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:41,720 Elektra, and of course, Los Garza. 500 00:28:41,786 --> 00:28:44,489 Angel on the left, Berto on the right. 501 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:46,391 They are set for tag team action tonight. 502 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:49,627 Wade, this is an important matchup for Legado Del Fantasma. 503 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:53,465 Here's the deal. Santos said to them a couple of weeks ago, 504 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:56,701 "You both need to know what's at stake." 505 00:28:57,802 --> 00:29:00,138 "We've watched as others have been handed opportunities 506 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:02,741 that belong to me, that belong to us." 507 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:05,176 "You need to be sick of it." 508 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:07,245 "You need to be sick of the disrespect." 509 00:29:07,312 --> 00:29:09,481 "We are Legado Del Fantasma." 510 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:12,383 "Fear our name." Escobar giving them their orders. 511 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:14,419 -[Barrett] Well, Santos Escobar last week… -[bell rings] 512 00:29:14,486 --> 00:29:16,721 …lost to LA Knight for the United States Championship. 513 00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:18,356 Immediately when he got to the back, 514 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:21,626 Baron Corbin was waiting for him and mocked him for it. 515 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:25,363 Once upon a time, nobody mocked Legado Del Fantasma 516 00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:26,631 because they feared them. 517 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:28,032 Something has changed. 518 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:30,201 They need to get that fear back from the locker room 519 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:31,636 and it starts tonight. 520 00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:34,939 [Cole] And that's what they're hoping to do tonight against Crews and Corbin. 521 00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:37,976 Apollo Crews, of course, 6'1", 240. 522 00:29:38,042 --> 00:29:40,345 He has all the tools. Powerhouse, as you see here. 523 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:42,514 He can also fly with the best of them. 524 00:29:42,580 --> 00:29:45,950 Tremendous vertical suplex delayed here by Crews. 525 00:29:46,017 --> 00:29:49,087 [Barrett] And I'm with you. I really like this pairing of Corbin and Crews. 526 00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:52,323 They feel rejuvenated. They feel like guys who are on the rise. 527 00:29:52,390 --> 00:29:53,858 But here's what you've got to remember. 528 00:29:53,925 --> 00:29:56,361 [Cole] Cover by Crews. Hooks the leg and a kickout. 529 00:29:56,427 --> 00:30:00,732 [Barrett] Since linking up as a tag team, Crews and Corbin are 0-2. 530 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:02,901 They simply haven't got the results yet. 531 00:30:02,967 --> 00:30:06,271 I asked them about it. They say it's about building chemistry. 532 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:07,572 Get a little better every week. 533 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:09,374 The results will come. They are not panicked. 534 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,743 [Cole] Well, and again, Wade, there's no doubt, as the tag's made 535 00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:13,545 and Angel now legal for Los Garza. 536 00:30:13,611 --> 00:30:17,315 There's no doubt Corbin is a great tag team competitor. 537 00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:19,384 He won the NXT Tag Titles with Bron Breakker, 538 00:30:19,450 --> 00:30:20,618 so he knows how to get it done. 539 00:30:20,685 --> 00:30:21,920 He knows how to develop chemistry. 540 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,621 And to your point, it takes a while sometimes. 541 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:27,158 [Barrett] Yeah, and I'll tell you this about-- Baron Corbin is a born winner. 542 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:31,563 Golden Gloves Champ. Champ here in WWE, NFL lineman. 543 00:30:31,629 --> 00:30:33,431 This guy has all the tools, 544 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:36,734 and the link-up with another guy that I admire greatly in Apollo, 545 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:37,669 almost can't miss. 546 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:39,604 [Cole] When you want to talk about chemistry, though, 547 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:43,341 talk about Berto and Angel, Los Garza, these two are cousins. 548 00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:45,577 They've wrestled together for over a decade 549 00:30:45,643 --> 00:30:47,478 since their days back in Mexico. 550 00:30:47,545 --> 00:30:50,815 [Barrett] And sometimes you just need a little bit of added motivation 551 00:30:50,882 --> 00:30:52,550 when you've been around each other a long time, 552 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:53,718 and Santos Escobar… 553 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:54,786 [Cole] Bang! 554 00:30:54,852 --> 00:30:57,589 [Barrett] …reading them the riot act and glaring at them from ringside 555 00:30:57,655 --> 00:30:59,057 will certainly do that. 556 00:30:59,123 --> 00:31:01,492 [Cole] And Corbin has been dominating. 557 00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:04,796 [Barrett] And this is what Corbin needs to get back to. 558 00:31:04,862 --> 00:31:07,098 This is what we've seen from him in years past here in WWE. 559 00:31:07,165 --> 00:31:08,733 [Cole] Now, the double-team. 560 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,235 [Barrett] And this is that chemistry. 561 00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:11,569 This is what we were talking about. 562 00:31:11,636 --> 00:31:14,405 This is why Los Garza are such an effective tag team. 563 00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:17,108 [Cole] They're both third-generation Superstars. 564 00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:19,143 Oh, running knee from Angel. 565 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:20,945 [Angel] Come on, did you like it? 566 00:31:21,012 --> 00:31:24,215 -I know you did. -[Cole] Angel the grandson of El Ninja. 567 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:27,452 -Cover now by Berto. -One… 568 00:31:27,518 --> 00:31:28,820 [Cole] And a kickout. 569 00:31:32,957 --> 00:31:35,026 Also a third-generation luchador. 570 00:31:35,093 --> 00:31:38,162 Sent over the top rope by the very powerful Corbin. 571 00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:43,501 [Barrett] Expanding their playbook week by week are Corbin and Crews. 572 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:45,737 You never quite know what to expect from these two. 573 00:31:45,803 --> 00:31:47,005 [Cole] Oh, and Crews! 574 00:31:47,071 --> 00:31:49,507 [Barrett] What makes them can't-miss TV. 575 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:51,242 [Cole] Former United States Champion 576 00:31:51,309 --> 00:31:53,778 and Intercontinental Champion in his own right. 577 00:31:54,979 --> 00:31:58,016 And now Corbin launches Crews over the top rope. 578 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,550 Down goes Los Garza. 579 00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:03,221 Escobar cannot be happy with the way things 580 00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:05,857 are going for Legado Del Fantasma. 581 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:08,092 [crowd cheering, applauding] 582 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:12,463 And we are back on Friday Night SmackDown. 583 00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:17,402 12,021 WWE fans in Berlin tonight at the Uber Arena. 584 00:32:17,468 --> 00:32:18,436 [Barrett] Oh! 585 00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:20,305 [Cole] And oh, what a double-team by Los Garza! 586 00:32:20,371 --> 00:32:21,806 [Barrett] Garza special! 587 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:23,508 [Cole] And here's the cover now. 588 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:26,778 Hook of the leg by Berto, and a kickout by Apollo Crews. 589 00:32:26,844 --> 00:32:29,447 [Barrett] A millisecond away from victory there and Apollo Crews 590 00:32:29,514 --> 00:32:31,182 showing his toughness kicking out of that. 591 00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,583 That has won matches before. 592 00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:35,420 [Cole] First time in over 27 years Monday Night Raw 593 00:32:35,486 --> 00:32:36,554 was here in Germany. 594 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:39,590 Only time we've done a televised event from this country. 595 00:32:39,657 --> 00:32:42,527 And one tonight and of course tomorrow, Bash in Berlin, 596 00:32:42,593 --> 00:32:45,930 as Los Garza is bashing away at Apollo Crews here. 597 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:47,298 [crowd booing] 598 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:52,070 An important matchup for Legado Del Fantasma as Crews 599 00:32:52,136 --> 00:32:54,238 just collapses to the ring. 600 00:32:54,305 --> 00:32:55,807 [Barrett] Yeah, he's hurting in a big way. 601 00:32:55,873 --> 00:32:59,577 Urgently needs this tag, but it might not be coming, Baron Corbin. 602 00:32:59,644 --> 00:33:01,279 [Cole] Angel now in the corner. Tag made. 603 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:02,680 Here comes Berto. 604 00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:06,617 [Barrett] Completely isolated in the corner is Apollo Crews, 605 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:08,586 struggling to fight his way out, but wow! 606 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,521 [Cole] Oh, and into the post shoulder-first. 607 00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:12,056 Crews needs to make a tag. 608 00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:15,727 I thought Berto made the tag, is he legal? 609 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:18,096 Corbin now comes in off the tag. I guess not. 610 00:33:18,162 --> 00:33:19,597 I guess he didn't make the tag because-- 611 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,032 [Barrett] Dan Engler is the referee, 612 00:33:21,099 --> 00:33:22,633 so who knows what's going on with that guy. 613 00:33:22,700 --> 00:33:24,369 [Cole] And big elbow and Corbin now sends… 614 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:27,605 Berto into the ring. 615 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:29,474 And now Corbin with a running knee. 616 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,377 [Barrett] The massive frame of Baron Corbin 617 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:35,847 just throwing opponents and his own body around. 618 00:33:35,913 --> 00:33:39,117 [Cole] Yeah, the powerhouse, 6'8", 285. 619 00:33:39,183 --> 00:33:43,287 [Barrett] Yeah. Very few people can contend with this kind of offense. 620 00:33:43,354 --> 00:33:45,790 [Cole] And Corbin now off the second rope. 621 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:48,893 Down goes Berto, who I guess is the legal man. 622 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:49,861 [yelling] 623 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:51,796 [Cole] Oh! Face-first. 624 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,464 Good night. This could be it. 625 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:54,966 One, two… 626 00:33:55,033 --> 00:33:56,701 [Cole] Angel breaks things up. 627 00:33:56,768 --> 00:34:00,371 [Barrett] Panic all over the face of Elektra Lopez at ringside. 628 00:34:00,438 --> 00:34:03,007 Fury on the face of Santos Escobar. 629 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:06,110 Things slipping away for Legado Del Fantasa-- 630 00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:07,712 Legado Del Fantasma, even. 631 00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,647 [Cole] Great crossbody by Crews. 632 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:12,550 German suplex released on Angel. 633 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:15,253 Berto runs into a forearm. 634 00:34:15,319 --> 00:34:16,387 [grunting] 635 00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:18,890 Crews and Corbin looking great here tonight. 636 00:34:19,457 --> 00:34:20,958 Yeah. This is what they were talking about, 637 00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:23,494 that growing chemistry and confidence together. 638 00:34:23,561 --> 00:34:26,397 -But don't write off Los Garza. -[Cole] Oh! 639 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:29,233 Berto with that springboard kick. 640 00:34:30,401 --> 00:34:32,470 Corbin sends him into the corner. 641 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:34,005 Oh, did you hear that? 642 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,908 [Barrett] Completely rocking the jaw of Baron Corbin. 643 00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:38,476 [crowd wailing] 644 00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:40,411 [Cole] Now-- Oh, and a collision center of the ring. 645 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:42,580 [crowd cheering] 646 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:43,981 [Cole] Everybody down. 647 00:34:44,048 --> 00:34:47,118 Standing ovation from the crowd here in Germany. 648 00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:51,122 [Barrett] Santos Escobar needs to rally his troops immediately. 649 00:34:51,189 --> 00:34:54,192 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 650 00:34:55,726 --> 00:34:57,094 [Cole] Right here in front of us now. 651 00:34:57,161 --> 00:34:59,297 Angel trying to get away from Baron Corbin, 652 00:34:59,363 --> 00:35:01,232 and Corbin now planting him… 653 00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:05,069 on top of the German announce table. 654 00:35:05,136 --> 00:35:08,639 Elektra Lopez now up on the apron, distracting the official. 655 00:35:08,706 --> 00:35:11,976 Escobar driving Corbin into the steps. 656 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:16,147 [Barrett] And there's the deep playbook of Legado Del Fantasma. 657 00:35:16,214 --> 00:35:21,018 [Cole] And a kickout by Apollo Crews, who was distracted momentarily, 658 00:35:21,085 --> 00:35:23,521 but his partner Baron Corbin has been taken out. 659 00:35:23,588 --> 00:35:24,822 Driven into the steps. 660 00:35:24,889 --> 00:35:26,290 [Barrett] Everyone is down. 661 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:29,727 Now, is the time to capitalize for Apollo Crews. 662 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:33,297 [Cole] And now Angel as Crews kicks him away. 663 00:35:33,364 --> 00:35:35,366 It allows Berto to get up to the second rope. 664 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:37,101 Great arm drag takedown. 665 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:39,437 Tag made. Here's Angel. 666 00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:41,906 [Barrett] With all the distractions at ringside, 667 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,543 it is completely up for grabs for Los Garza. 668 00:35:45,610 --> 00:35:46,444 [Cole] Oh! 669 00:35:47,912 --> 00:35:48,779 And the cover now. 670 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:54,118 They call that the MTY, short for Monterey, 671 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:55,319 where both were born and raised. 672 00:35:55,386 --> 00:36:00,024 [Irvin] Here are your winners, Los Garza! 673 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:03,327 [Cole] And Fan-- Los Garza… 674 00:36:04,729 --> 00:36:06,864 picks up a very important victory 675 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:10,201 for Legado Del Fantasma here tonight. 676 00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:13,538 [Barrett] Timing and punishment on the MTY. 677 00:36:13,604 --> 00:36:18,476 A volley to the jaw of Apollo Crews, and no one is kicking out of that. 678 00:36:18,543 --> 00:36:24,248 A rather satisfied-looking Santos Escobar and his men get the victory tonight. 679 00:36:24,315 --> 00:36:26,617 [Cole] I was impressed, though, by Corbin and Crews. 680 00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:28,386 [Barrett] Yeah, they're going to be special. 681 00:36:28,452 --> 00:36:29,954 ["Redemption" playing] 682 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,925 You know what's going to happen next week? 683 00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:36,093 [ominous music playing] 684 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:40,932 The Bloodline versus DIY and The Street Profits… 685 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,771 and the four of you, you will acknowledge me. 686 00:36:49,273 --> 00:36:51,509 So that you understand what you're up against… 687 00:36:53,744 --> 00:36:58,616 The first day I took over The Bloodline, I sacrificed my own brother, Jimmy. 688 00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:01,219 I love you. 689 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:05,056 [crowd exclaiming] 690 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:08,159 Then I took out "The Wiseman" Paul Heyman. 691 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:09,627 [crowd shouting] 692 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:19,170 Then I took out Roman Reigns. 693 00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:25,876 Not only did I take out Roman Reigns, I took his Ula Fala. 694 00:37:27,311 --> 00:37:30,648 I took the rights to be called The Tribal Chief. 695 00:37:32,083 --> 00:37:33,918 I took ownership of this family. 696 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:39,290 Now imagine, if I'd done this to my own family, 697 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:43,394 imagine what the four of us are going to do to the four of you. 698 00:37:45,062 --> 00:37:47,531 [music builds] 699 00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:51,669 -[music peaks, then fades] -[crowd booing] 700 00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:54,438 [tense music playing] 701 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,143 Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, 702 00:38:00,278 --> 00:38:02,947 I don't give a damn which one of you wins. 703 00:38:03,014 --> 00:38:06,617 Because whoever is the champion after tomorrow, 704 00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:08,753 The Tribal Chief… 705 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:13,257 is coming for you. 706 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:22,133 [tense music continues] 707 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:29,040 [Cole] And these two men know what The Bloodline is all about. 708 00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:31,642 Solo has declared he wants the winner. 709 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:34,545 Tomorrow night, Cody and Kevin Owens for the World Title. 710 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:38,382 But up next on Friday Night SmackDown, they go face-to-face. 711 00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:39,383 ♪ Ain't nobody got me ♪ 712 00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:41,319 ♪ Runnin' through the crowd Like there ain't nobody ♪ 713 00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:42,319 ♪ Who better than me? ♪ 714 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:45,956 [announcer] Starting September 13th… 715 00:38:46,023 --> 00:38:47,224 ["Big Moves" playing] 716 00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:49,160 ♪ Top-notch, extraordinary ♪ 717 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:52,897 [announcer] …USA is the new home of Friday Night SmackDown. 718 00:38:53,798 --> 00:38:55,599 ♪ Making big moves, making big moves ♪ 719 00:38:55,666 --> 00:38:57,902 ♪ I'll be making big moves Making big moves ♪ 720 00:38:57,968 --> 00:39:03,140 [announcer] It all goes down on Friday Night SmackDown. 721 00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:08,245 Starts September 13th, 8:00/7:00 Central, only on USA. 722 00:39:09,547 --> 00:39:10,414 ♪ Making big moves ♪ 723 00:39:10,481 --> 00:39:11,482 Yeah! 724 00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:13,551 [crowd cheering] 725 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:18,889 [Cole] Well, I'm so excited and honored and privileged to be back home. 726 00:39:18,956 --> 00:39:20,925 I consider SmackDown my home. 727 00:39:20,991 --> 00:39:23,461 Called that show more than anything else in WWE. 728 00:39:23,527 --> 00:39:29,233 Two weeks from tonight, Friday Night SmackDown moving to USA. 729 00:39:29,300 --> 00:39:34,071 Well, tonight, Friday Night SmackDown is in the capital city of Germany. 730 00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:35,940 This is Berlin. 731 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:38,642 First time in 27 years we've done a televised event 732 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:39,877 in the country of Germany. 733 00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:42,813 Berlin, of course, in the northeastern part of the country, 734 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:45,750 right on the beautiful river here. 735 00:39:45,816 --> 00:39:50,121 Wade and I had some fun last night, at a couple of local watering holes, 736 00:39:50,187 --> 00:39:52,923 and had too many pilsners. 737 00:39:52,990 --> 00:39:54,191 [Barrett] Yes, you certainly did. 738 00:39:54,258 --> 00:39:56,560 You managed to hit every wall of the hotel lobby 739 00:39:56,627 --> 00:39:57,728 when we got back in there. 740 00:39:57,795 --> 00:40:01,532 [Cole] Yeah, but you should learn to speak much quieter 741 00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:02,666 when you're in public. 742 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,502 [Barrett] My mouth gets me in trouble occasionally. 743 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:05,603 What can I say? 744 00:40:07,204 --> 00:40:09,440 [Irvin] Please welcome the General Manager 745 00:40:09,507 --> 00:40:13,944 of Friday Night SmackDown, Nick Aldis. 746 00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:16,313 [crowd cheering] 747 00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:19,350 I tell you what, ladies and gentlemen, 748 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,420 it feels so good to be here with you all tonight 749 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:27,358 live in the beautiful Uber Arena in Berlin for SmackDown. 750 00:40:27,424 --> 00:40:30,294 [crowd cheering] 751 00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:37,168 Now, in 24 hours, Superstars from both Raw and SmackDown 752 00:40:37,234 --> 00:40:40,671 will compete in matchups that have the potential to change 753 00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:43,841 the future of the WWE forever, 754 00:40:43,908 --> 00:40:47,611 as we present to you our latest Premium Live Event, 755 00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:49,847 Bash in Berlin. 756 00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:51,849 [crowd cheering] 757 00:40:53,651 --> 00:40:55,920 Bash in Berlin is the culmination 758 00:40:55,986 --> 00:41:00,825 of what has been an unbelievably successful European tour for the WWE. 759 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:01,992 Take a look. 760 00:41:03,527 --> 00:41:06,363 [Cole] It was quite the week in Europe for WWE Superstars. 761 00:41:06,430 --> 00:41:09,400 It started in the Netherlands in Rotterdam. 762 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,436 Fans in full force to see all the favorite stars 763 00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:16,640 in a hard-hitting confrontation between Gunther and Dragunov. 764 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,976 Then we made our way to Brussels, Belgium. 765 00:41:19,043 --> 00:41:20,978 Fans were ecstatic and on fire, 766 00:41:21,045 --> 00:41:24,582 including a chance to see veteran AJ Styles and The OC. 767 00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:25,783 [dramatic music playing] 768 00:41:29,353 --> 00:41:32,523 We would then move along into Oberhausen, Germany. 769 00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:36,894 Loud crowds cheering for hometown heroes like Kaiser and Gunther and Dragunov. 770 00:41:36,961 --> 00:41:39,330 There's a boy with a sign that says, "Cody, can I have your belt?" 771 00:41:39,396 --> 00:41:44,401 [Cole] And of course, Cody Rhodes was there as well, greeting the WWE fans. 772 00:41:44,468 --> 00:41:47,872 On to Stuttgart, Germany, where "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus 773 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:49,340 would make an appearance. 774 00:41:49,406 --> 00:41:51,876 Naomi would thrill the crowd there as well. 775 00:41:51,942 --> 00:41:57,081 And then on to Frankfurt, which featured a raucous crowd making everyone welcome. 776 00:41:57,147 --> 00:41:59,617 What a tour this week in Europe! 777 00:42:04,655 --> 00:42:06,657 [crowd cheering] 778 00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:12,096 On behalf of SmackDown and the entire WWE… 779 00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:14,765 Ich danke euch aus tiefstem herzen. 780 00:42:14,832 --> 00:42:16,800 [in English] Thank you all so very, very much. 781 00:42:18,235 --> 00:42:19,637 Now, let's get down to business. 782 00:42:20,404 --> 00:42:23,140 One of the most important matchups happening tomorrow night… 783 00:42:23,207 --> 00:42:25,376 Wait, what am I saying? I'm the SmackDown General Manager. 784 00:42:25,442 --> 00:42:29,113 The most important matchup happening tomorrow night 785 00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:32,383 is for the Undisputed WWE Championship. 786 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:38,222 So, at this time, allow me to introduce to you the challenger. 787 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:41,392 Please welcome Kevin Owens. 788 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:44,461 ["Fight" playing] 789 00:42:55,806 --> 00:42:58,809 [crowd cheering] 790 00:43:06,283 --> 00:43:11,922 [Cole] Tremendous reception for Kevin Owens here tonight in Berlin. 791 00:43:15,726 --> 00:43:21,498 And tonight's Friday Night SmackDown on FOX is sponsored by Progressive. 792 00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:26,370 [Barrett] I've got to say, I owe Kevin Owens an apology. 793 00:43:26,437 --> 00:43:29,807 Tagging up with Cody Rhodes last week on SmackDown, 794 00:43:29,873 --> 00:43:33,944 I, and I think the vast majority of the WWE Universe, 795 00:43:34,011 --> 00:43:39,183 expected Kevin Owens to betray Cody, drop the hammer on him. 796 00:43:39,249 --> 00:43:41,118 It didn't happen. KO was good as gold. 797 00:43:41,185 --> 00:43:43,354 He was as good as his word. 798 00:43:43,420 --> 00:43:46,724 And perhaps Kevin Owens is a reformed character. 799 00:43:47,825 --> 00:43:50,761 [Cole] It's been over seven years since Kevin Owens 800 00:43:50,828 --> 00:43:54,698 has held a singles championship in WWE. 801 00:43:54,765 --> 00:43:58,535 Eight years this week when he won the Universal Title. 802 00:43:58,602 --> 00:44:01,005 It's been a long drought for KO. 803 00:44:01,071 --> 00:44:02,773 [Barrett] I had to read that stat twice. 804 00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,074 I couldn't believe it. 805 00:44:05,275 --> 00:44:10,614 [crowd chanting] KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! 806 00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:14,385 [Aldis] And now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome 807 00:44:14,451 --> 00:44:19,590 the Undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes! 808 00:44:19,656 --> 00:44:22,326 ["Kingdom" by Downstait playing] 809 00:44:22,393 --> 00:44:26,397 [Rhodes] Wrestling has more than one royal family. 810 00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:30,768 [crowd cheering] 811 00:44:41,245 --> 00:44:44,381 ♪ Adrenaline in my soul ♪ 812 00:44:44,448 --> 00:44:47,351 ♪ Every thought out of control ♪ 813 00:44:47,418 --> 00:44:51,555 ♪ Do it all to get them off their feet ♪ 814 00:44:53,323 --> 00:44:56,393 ♪ Crowd is here, about to blow ♪ 815 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:59,163 ♪ Waitin' for me to start the show ♪ 816 00:44:59,229 --> 00:45:03,634 ♪ Out the curtain, lights go up I'm home ♪ 817 00:45:03,701 --> 00:45:05,536 [crowd sings along] ♪ Whoa! ♪ 818 00:45:05,602 --> 00:45:07,004 [popping explosions] 819 00:45:07,071 --> 00:45:12,342 ♪ And my father said, when I was younger ♪ 820 00:45:12,409 --> 00:45:16,013 ♪ Hard times breed better men ♪ 821 00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:17,514 ♪ Better men! ♪ 822 00:45:17,581 --> 00:45:21,452 ♪ You took it all away I give it all away ♪ 823 00:45:21,518 --> 00:45:23,721 ♪ Can't take my freedom ♪ 824 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:25,989 ♪ Here to change the game A banner made of pain… ♪ 825 00:45:26,056 --> 00:45:30,794 [Cole] Everybody around the world is singing Cody Rhodes' theme song "Kingdom." 826 00:45:30,861 --> 00:45:36,033 In fact, at the Arkansas Razorbacks college football game last night, 827 00:45:36,100 --> 00:45:40,404 the marching band was actually playing the theme song, "Kingdom." 828 00:45:40,471 --> 00:45:44,308 Cody Rhodes would go to X to appreciate it. 829 00:45:44,374 --> 00:45:47,344 ♪ Tear this roof off for the town ♪ 830 00:45:47,411 --> 00:45:51,281 ♪ Gonna give 'em what they came to see ♪ 831 00:45:53,250 --> 00:45:56,353 ♪ Hear the crowd on their toes ♪ 832 00:45:56,420 --> 00:45:59,323 ♪ Ready for me to start the show ♪ 833 00:45:59,389 --> 00:46:03,794 ♪ Out the curtain Lights go up, I'm home ♪ 834 00:46:03,861 --> 00:46:05,929 [crowd sings along] ♪ Whoa! ♪ 835 00:46:06,530 --> 00:46:10,601 [Cole] The man who has held the Undisputed WWE Championship 836 00:46:10,667 --> 00:46:12,603 since WrestleMania. 837 00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:15,472 He insists on defending it whenever he can, 838 00:46:15,539 --> 00:46:20,778 and insisted that Kevin Owens be his opponent tomorrow night. 839 00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:23,480 ♪ Can't take my freedom ♪ 840 00:46:24,014 --> 00:46:26,116 [Barrett] The entire arena on their feet. 841 00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:30,487 The atmosphere electric for the biggest star in the game, 842 00:46:30,554 --> 00:46:34,291 the WWE Universal Champ, Cody Rhodes, 843 00:46:34,358 --> 00:46:39,229 but that may end in just 24 hours 844 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:42,432 when he defends against KO at Bash in Berlin. 845 00:46:42,499 --> 00:46:44,835 ♪ You tried to tell me what to do ♪ 846 00:46:44,902 --> 00:46:47,771 ♪ I saw the door and kicked it down ♪ 847 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:50,974 ♪ I stepped right over and right through ♪ 848 00:46:51,041 --> 00:46:54,178 ♪ And you can never stop me now ♪ 849 00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:56,713 ♪ Bow! Now! ♪ 850 00:46:56,780 --> 00:47:00,184 ♪ I am the king and you're the crown ♪ 851 00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:01,385 [song fades] 852 00:47:01,451 --> 00:47:03,520 [crowd cheering] 853 00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:07,524 [Rhodes yells indistinctly] 854 00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:16,433 Gentlemen, best of luck to both of you tomorrow night. 855 00:47:17,234 --> 00:47:18,335 The floor is yours. 856 00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:22,072 [Cole] So glad to be back on SmackDown with a competent GM. 857 00:47:22,139 --> 00:47:23,540 [laughs] 858 00:47:24,708 --> 00:47:26,777 [fans chanting] Cody! Cody! Cody! 859 00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:28,412 [Cole] Aldis is always in control. 860 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:33,250 [chanting continues] Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! 861 00:47:35,052 --> 00:47:37,020 [crowd singing indistinctly] 862 00:47:42,359 --> 00:47:44,661 So, uh… [clears throat] 863 00:47:44,728 --> 00:47:48,866 Cody, what do you want to talk about? 864 00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:51,235 You get it? Because you say that all the time. 865 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:56,106 Diese Meisterschaft. 866 00:47:56,673 --> 00:47:57,875 [Owens in English] What? 867 00:47:57,941 --> 00:48:00,344 This. This championship right here. 868 00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:05,649 The North Star in our sport and in sports entertainment alike. 869 00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:08,485 And the fact that you and I, friend, Kevin Owens, 870 00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:11,555 one-on-one, Superstar versus Superstar, 871 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:15,259 sold out here in Berlin, Germany 872 00:48:15,325 --> 00:48:19,730 for the Undisputed WWE Championship! 873 00:48:19,796 --> 00:48:22,065 [crowd cheering] 874 00:48:28,372 --> 00:48:34,444 [crowd chanting] Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody! 875 00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:37,514 [crowd singing indistinctly] 876 00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:54,064 Yeah. We can-- We can talk about that. 877 00:48:54,131 --> 00:48:55,332 It's-It's pretty huge. 878 00:48:55,399 --> 00:48:58,769 But, um, there's something I'd like to talk about. 879 00:48:58,835 --> 00:49:00,737 I'm not sure if you want to, though. 880 00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:04,608 Do you want to talk about the tour you guys just had this week? 881 00:49:04,675 --> 00:49:06,310 More specifically, do you want to talk about 882 00:49:06,376 --> 00:49:10,213 what happened to your knee during that tour? 883 00:49:11,048 --> 00:49:13,083 [crowd jeering] 884 00:49:15,118 --> 00:49:15,953 [Cody] No. 885 00:49:16,019 --> 00:49:17,487 [hesitates] 886 00:49:17,554 --> 00:49:18,889 Nothing happened to my knee. 887 00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:21,658 My-My knee is fine. 888 00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:23,593 Knee is good. 889 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:28,065 In-In the spirit of a friendly conversation, though, let's… 890 00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:30,834 let's talk about last week. 891 00:49:31,735 --> 00:49:36,073 You and I defeating two of WWE's biggest future Superstars, 892 00:49:36,139 --> 00:49:37,374 Grayson Waller and Austin Theory. 893 00:49:37,441 --> 00:49:38,608 That was great. 894 00:49:39,543 --> 00:49:41,078 -[applause] -[inaudible] 895 00:49:41,144 --> 00:49:44,114 [crowd cheering] 896 00:49:47,651 --> 00:49:50,988 However, what happened at the end 897 00:49:51,054 --> 00:49:53,423 is what leaves me pause. 898 00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:58,795 You handed me this WWE Championship, but to a lot of people… 899 00:50:00,063 --> 00:50:03,300 it looked like had I not turned right when I turned… 900 00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:06,403 that you were going to hit me right in the back with it. 901 00:50:07,304 --> 00:50:08,672 [crowd booing] 902 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:14,011 And I am not accusing you, but you've brought it up yourself, 903 00:50:14,077 --> 00:50:16,680 Kevin, with your track record, 904 00:50:18,815 --> 00:50:19,950 I'm just asking. 905 00:50:20,017 --> 00:50:21,151 Look, look. Okay. 906 00:50:22,786 --> 00:50:25,889 You want to talk about this stuff, man? Come on, Cody. 907 00:50:25,956 --> 00:50:27,057 Are you kidding me? 908 00:50:27,124 --> 00:50:30,861 The track record, the history. Look, okay, I get it, right? 909 00:50:30,927 --> 00:50:32,362 But like I said last week, 910 00:50:32,429 --> 00:50:35,665 that video Waller showed, all those guys, I… 911 00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:38,702 whatever you want to call, that I turned on or I stabbed in the back, 912 00:50:38,769 --> 00:50:41,571 I told you, they all pretty much deserved it. 913 00:50:41,638 --> 00:50:45,909 Except for Kofi. Kofi, once again, I'm so sorry, buddy. 914 00:50:45,976 --> 00:50:47,911 [crowd cheering] 915 00:50:47,978 --> 00:50:50,213 But everyone else had it coming. But that's… 916 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:51,882 But that doesn't matter. 917 00:50:51,948 --> 00:50:54,484 You and I have never had that kind of relationship. 918 00:50:54,551 --> 00:50:56,486 You and me have always been close 919 00:50:56,553 --> 00:50:59,423 since the moment we met and even before we met. 920 00:50:59,489 --> 00:51:01,725 You know the relationship I had with your dad. 921 00:51:01,792 --> 00:51:03,894 So, how can you think I would ever… 922 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:05,262 ever do that to you? 923 00:51:06,296 --> 00:51:07,497 Why would I do that to you? 924 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:10,267 Why, indeed, Kevin. I, uh… 925 00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:13,970 Gosh, we've never spoken about this. 926 00:51:14,037 --> 00:51:16,807 Now seems like as good a time as ever. 927 00:51:16,873 --> 00:51:20,844 I don't know, Kevin. Maybe you're a little angry with me. 928 00:51:21,778 --> 00:51:25,515 2015, 2016, when I went out into the world, 929 00:51:26,049 --> 00:51:28,452 I walked in a lot of rooms that you walked into. 930 00:51:28,518 --> 00:51:30,887 I walked with a lot of people that you walked with. 931 00:51:30,954 --> 00:51:32,055 And the whole change, 932 00:51:32,122 --> 00:51:34,224 the whole revolution, the whole renaissance 933 00:51:34,291 --> 00:51:36,526 that's happening in our industry, 934 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:41,965 I feel like Kevin Owens doesn't get enough credit, and perhaps I get too much. 935 00:51:42,032 --> 00:51:42,999 [crowd cheering] 936 00:51:43,066 --> 00:51:44,534 I'd be mad about it too. 937 00:51:51,508 --> 00:51:55,645 [crowd chanting] KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! 938 00:51:55,712 --> 00:52:00,183 KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! KO! 939 00:52:00,250 --> 00:52:01,084 KO! 940 00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:05,155 That's-That's very nice. But I don't even know what to say to that. 941 00:52:05,222 --> 00:52:06,590 Like, you're… 942 00:52:08,024 --> 00:52:12,496 You know why I would never do that to you? 943 00:52:12,562 --> 00:52:16,299 I don't need to hit you with a cheap shot. 944 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:17,434 You know why? 945 00:52:18,502 --> 00:52:21,138 Because of what I was trying to talk about earlier 946 00:52:21,204 --> 00:52:24,741 and that's your knee and what happened to it on this tour. 947 00:52:24,808 --> 00:52:28,712 Look, man, I know you're hurt. I know you got hurt. 948 00:52:28,778 --> 00:52:31,681 You know, I know that because every night after the shows, 949 00:52:31,748 --> 00:52:34,151 I'd get text messages from people backstage 950 00:52:34,217 --> 00:52:36,686 telling me, "Hey, Cody's limping real bad." 951 00:52:36,753 --> 00:52:38,121 "Cody's in the trainer's room." 952 00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:40,056 "He's staying in there for an hour at a time." 953 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:43,493 I know you're hurt, 954 00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:47,330 so if you're not coming into this match tomorrow night 100%, 955 00:52:47,397 --> 00:52:48,932 I don't think that's a good idea. 956 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:50,200 Kevin, let me stop you. 957 00:52:51,167 --> 00:52:56,339 "100%"? My knee? What is all this? This is pure sabotage, man. 958 00:52:56,406 --> 00:52:58,909 Are you just trying to do what you did three weeks ago, 959 00:52:58,975 --> 00:53:01,378 when I asked you for this match in the first place? 960 00:53:01,444 --> 00:53:02,646 You didn't want it then. 961 00:53:02,712 --> 00:53:04,848 Kevin, do you still think you don't deserve-- 962 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:07,951 No. You know what? No. It has nothing to do with that. 963 00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:09,986 First of all, if your knee is fine, 964 00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:12,556 how come you didn't take a knee 965 00:53:12,622 --> 00:53:14,958 like you always do during entrance earlier, huh? 966 00:53:15,025 --> 00:53:17,794 [crowd exclaiming] 967 00:53:17,861 --> 00:53:20,463 And you want to know why I'm saying it's not a good idea 968 00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:22,332 to have this match if you're not 100%? 969 00:53:23,300 --> 00:53:24,534 Let me tell you. 970 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:25,936 Because yesterday… 971 00:53:27,203 --> 00:53:29,472 yesterday marked eight years 972 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:32,809 since the night I won the Universal Championship. 973 00:53:33,510 --> 00:53:36,212 [crowd cheering] 974 00:53:36,279 --> 00:53:40,283 And, you know, I remember that night like it was yesterday. 975 00:53:40,350 --> 00:53:42,052 And I remember what happened when I won. 976 00:53:42,118 --> 00:53:44,754 I won the title. I should have been on top of the world. 977 00:53:44,821 --> 00:53:47,891 And instead what I got was people telling me, 978 00:53:47,958 --> 00:53:49,960 "You don't deserve to be the champion." 979 00:53:50,026 --> 00:53:53,129 "The only reason you won the title is because of Triple H." 980 00:53:54,364 --> 00:53:58,301 And that tainted that reign forever. 981 00:53:58,368 --> 00:54:01,571 To this day, I'm still bitter. So, let me ask you this. 982 00:54:01,638 --> 00:54:05,942 If you walk in tomorrow night not 100%, if you get into this match 983 00:54:06,009 --> 00:54:07,510 with only one good leg, 984 00:54:07,577 --> 00:54:10,814 what's going to happen when I beat you and I become WWE-- 985 00:54:10,880 --> 00:54:12,749 "When"? When you beat me? 986 00:54:12,816 --> 00:54:16,586 Are you hearing yourself? Tainted victory? When you beat me? 987 00:54:16,653 --> 00:54:21,891 Kevin, my knee is 100% rock solid, Prizefighter. 988 00:54:21,958 --> 00:54:24,327 I am ready for you tomorrow. 989 00:54:24,394 --> 00:54:28,098 And you're talking and it sounds like to everybody else 990 00:54:28,164 --> 00:54:29,633 that you're talking with confidence, 991 00:54:29,699 --> 00:54:30,900 but I know what that is. 992 00:54:31,468 --> 00:54:32,602 It's anger. 993 00:54:33,370 --> 00:54:37,907 Angry because you knew what it meant for me coming back to this company. 994 00:54:37,974 --> 00:54:40,243 It meant that I was going to blaze a path, 995 00:54:40,310 --> 00:54:42,679 that I was going to leave people in the rearview mirror, 996 00:54:42,746 --> 00:54:44,014 my friends included. 997 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,049 I couldn't take everybody with me. 998 00:54:46,116 --> 00:54:48,885 You knew, Kevin, WrestleMania 38, 999 00:54:48,952 --> 00:54:51,521 when I came back, the biggest night of your career, 1000 00:54:51,588 --> 00:54:53,323 you versus "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, 1001 00:54:53,390 --> 00:54:57,460 and the next day you had to share the spotlight with me. 1002 00:54:57,527 --> 00:54:59,195 I'd be angry too, Kevin. 1003 00:54:59,829 --> 00:55:01,131 But let me tell you something. 1004 00:55:02,265 --> 00:55:03,366 I love you, dude. 1005 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:06,603 I absolutely do. 1006 00:55:08,872 --> 00:55:11,074 I don't have many friends in this business. 1007 00:55:11,141 --> 00:55:12,742 I consider you one of them. 1008 00:55:14,110 --> 00:55:16,980 Somebody stood across from the ring and asked me the same thing 1009 00:55:17,047 --> 00:55:18,648 I'm about to ask you. 1010 00:55:18,715 --> 00:55:23,119 Because tomorrow at Bash in Berlin, Kevin, I am going to defeat you. 1011 00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:24,988 Nothing will be tainted about it. 1012 00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:26,423 And when it's over, Kevin… 1013 00:55:27,590 --> 00:55:29,326 will we still be friends? 1014 00:55:29,959 --> 00:55:32,562 [crowd buzzing] 1015 00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:35,799 [crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 1016 00:55:35,865 --> 00:55:38,835 Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 1017 00:55:38,902 --> 00:55:42,038 Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 1018 00:55:42,105 --> 00:55:45,041 Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! 1019 00:55:47,911 --> 00:55:48,745 [microphone thudding] 1020 00:55:50,146 --> 00:55:52,949 -[no audible dialogue] -[man] You just made the list! 1021 00:55:55,385 --> 00:55:57,354 [crowd booing] 1022 00:55:57,420 --> 00:55:58,488 ["Fight" playing] 1023 00:55:58,555 --> 00:56:00,256 [Cole] Remember what happened 1024 00:56:00,323 --> 00:56:03,860 the last time somebody tried to have a friendship ceremony 1025 00:56:03,927 --> 00:56:05,695 with that man, Kevin Owens. 1026 00:56:05,762 --> 00:56:10,867 Interesting to see or hear what Owens had whispered into the ear of Cody Rhodes. 1027 00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:12,435 But tomorrow night, 1028 00:56:12,502 --> 00:56:17,407 they meet for the World Championship at Bash in Berlin. 1029 00:56:19,442 --> 00:56:21,211 Man, it's frustrating. It is so frustrating. 1030 00:56:21,277 --> 00:56:23,179 We are on a roll and then it just falls apart. 1031 00:56:23,246 --> 00:56:24,547 I don't understand what is going-- 1032 00:56:24,614 --> 00:56:26,049 Here. Look at these two losers. 1033 00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:29,285 No charisma here. You guys should just break up. 1034 00:56:29,352 --> 00:56:30,487 In fact, Theory was telling me 1035 00:56:30,553 --> 00:56:32,856 you ain't even half the tag team A-Town Down Under is. 1036 00:56:32,922 --> 00:56:35,058 -He did say that. -That true? You running your mouth? Huh? 1037 00:56:35,125 --> 00:56:36,559 Did you say that? 1038 00:56:36,626 --> 00:56:38,595 You want to say it say it to my face, Theory. 1039 00:56:40,463 --> 00:56:42,098 Yeah, I said that. 1040 00:56:42,732 --> 00:56:44,200 -Understand what I would do to you? -Hey. 1041 00:56:44,267 --> 00:56:45,135 Do you understand? 1042 00:56:45,201 --> 00:56:47,604 I would beat the brakes off you, Theory, huh? 1043 00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:48,805 You understand? 1044 00:56:48,872 --> 00:56:50,273 -It ain't worth it, dawg. -Hey. 1045 00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:52,942 Relax, boys. Everything's good. 1046 00:56:53,009 --> 00:56:54,310 [laughing] See you later. 1047 00:56:54,377 --> 00:56:56,312 Hey, man, why would you say that? 1048 00:56:57,247 --> 00:57:00,717 -[splutters] -No, no, no, you always talk. I'm talking. 1049 00:57:00,784 --> 00:57:02,986 Terence Crawford, he knocked me out. 1050 00:57:03,052 --> 00:57:05,889 And who was talking, Grayson? You were talking trash. 1051 00:57:05,955 --> 00:57:07,323 What do you mean, this and that? 1052 00:57:07,390 --> 00:57:09,592 And Baron Corbin and Apollo Crews, 1053 00:57:09,659 --> 00:57:12,095 those two, you're worried about them falling apart? 1054 00:57:12,162 --> 00:57:14,964 You know what I think? I think we're falling apart. 1055 00:57:16,433 --> 00:57:17,600 Look. Look, man, I'm sorry. 1056 00:57:17,667 --> 00:57:21,805 Like, you know, all my mates, all my family's back home in Australia. 1057 00:57:22,839 --> 00:57:24,340 This is-- This is what we do in Australia. 1058 00:57:24,407 --> 00:57:25,875 It's banter and like… 1059 00:57:25,942 --> 00:57:27,944 Honestly, man, you're my best mate. 1060 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:30,113 And I'm sorry, if I haven't been treating you that way. 1061 00:57:30,180 --> 00:57:31,748 Like that-that was uncalled for. 1062 00:57:33,149 --> 00:57:34,184 Are we good? 1063 00:57:37,887 --> 00:57:39,422 -Yeah. -Yeah. Good. 1064 00:57:39,489 --> 00:57:41,691 Hey, man, we're going to go see what Berlin's like, man. 1065 00:57:41,758 --> 00:57:43,426 We're the best tag team in the world right now. 1066 00:57:44,127 --> 00:57:45,495 [Cole] Theory's not too bright. 1067 00:57:45,562 --> 00:57:48,131 [Barrett] Well, there's a couple of friendships in WWE 1068 00:57:48,198 --> 00:57:50,867 not exactly looking watertight at the moment. 1069 00:57:50,934 --> 00:57:53,937 ["Conquistar" playing] 1070 00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:57,807 ♪ Come on, come on ♪ 1071 00:58:03,046 --> 00:58:05,048 ♪ El Idolo ♪ 1072 00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:06,049 [bell rings] 1073 00:58:06,115 --> 00:58:08,852 [Irvin] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 1074 00:58:08,918 --> 00:58:13,556 Introducing first, from Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, 1075 00:58:13,623 --> 00:58:16,659 weighing in at 230 pounds, 1076 00:58:16,726 --> 00:58:21,564 Andrade! 1077 00:58:21,631 --> 00:58:24,534 [Cole] Samantha Irvin killing it as usual. 1078 00:58:24,601 --> 00:58:28,605 Wade, I know you've had the opportunity to call the first three matches 1079 00:58:28,671 --> 00:58:30,773 between Andrade and Carmelo Hayes. 1080 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:33,343 This is going to be my first experience tonight. 1081 00:58:33,409 --> 00:58:39,115 They look like a hell of a lot of fun. Andrade, Hayes, next on SmackDown. 1082 00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:48,992 [Giovanni Vinci in Italian] 1083 00:58:55,698 --> 00:58:59,736 [Barrett in English] Is there anything that Giovanni Vinci can't do in that ring? 1084 00:59:00,270 --> 00:59:03,172 [Graves] Giovanni Vinci brings many, many tools to the table. 1085 00:59:03,239 --> 00:59:04,941 A world-traveled veteran. 1086 00:59:05,475 --> 00:59:07,710 [Vinci in Italian] 1087 00:59:15,785 --> 00:59:17,053 [dramatic music playing] 1088 00:59:19,455 --> 00:59:20,456 Vinci. 1089 00:59:21,591 --> 00:59:22,725 Giovanni Vinci. 1090 00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:29,999 [Barrett] You're going to have some fun with Giovanni Vinci's return next week. 1091 00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:31,601 Make sure you get a picture with him, Cole. 1092 00:59:31,668 --> 00:59:35,872 [Cole] Cannot wait. As Andrade is set for action on SmackDown. 1093 00:59:37,240 --> 00:59:40,376 ["Melo Don't Miss" playing] 1094 00:59:40,443 --> 00:59:43,513 ♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest Ain't no hatin', I'm the best here ♪ 1095 00:59:43,580 --> 00:59:46,549 ♪ You want your shot? Well, I guess you wait 'til next year ♪ 1096 00:59:46,616 --> 00:59:49,619 ♪ I'm at the top Get respect while I get feared ♪ 1097 00:59:49,686 --> 00:59:52,522 ♪ Who got a problem, huh? Tell 'em to step here ♪ 1098 00:59:52,589 --> 00:59:53,456 ♪ Step here ♪ 1099 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:55,024 -♪ What? ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪ 1100 00:59:55,792 --> 00:59:56,960 ♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest… ♪ 1101 00:59:57,026 --> 01:00:01,130 [Irvin] And his opponent, from Boston, Massachusetts, 1102 01:00:01,197 --> 01:00:04,067 weighing in at 210 pounds, 1103 01:00:04,133 --> 01:00:08,938 Carmelo Hayes! 1104 01:00:09,005 --> 01:00:12,408 [Cole] Match number four between these two men. 1105 01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:15,812 Couple of weeks ago, Carmelo finally got into the win column. 1106 01:00:15,878 --> 01:00:19,248 [Barrett] Yeah, this was after Andrade picked up the first two victories, 1107 01:00:19,315 --> 01:00:21,851 but it was a quick one from Carmelo 1108 01:00:21,918 --> 01:00:24,153 who evolves every time he gets in that ring. 1109 01:00:24,220 --> 01:00:27,190 However, after the match, the celebrations 1110 01:00:27,256 --> 01:00:30,893 from Carmelo Hayes are a little too in-your-face 1111 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:34,530 for Andrade, who got a little fed up with Melo's antics. 1112 01:00:34,597 --> 01:00:40,436 Snap. A brawl ensued, and now there is still some lingering ill sentiment 1113 01:00:40,503 --> 01:00:42,038 between these two Superstars. 1114 01:00:42,105 --> 01:00:45,174 [Cole] So, what's the problem between these two guys, Wade? 1115 01:00:45,241 --> 01:00:47,844 Well, there was no problem until Carmelo lost two matches and refused… 1116 01:00:47,910 --> 01:00:49,245 -[bell rings] -Wasted little time! 1117 01:00:49,312 --> 01:00:50,813 Bell rings. We're underway. 1118 01:00:50,880 --> 01:00:53,383 [Barrett] …to accept any form of defeat. 1119 01:00:53,449 --> 01:00:54,951 I'll tell you this about Carmelo Hayes. 1120 01:00:55,018 --> 01:00:59,989 He will not stop until he gets ultimate victory over any opponent. 1121 01:01:00,823 --> 01:01:03,226 [Cole] These two men have been lighting it up here on Friday nights. 1122 01:01:03,292 --> 01:01:05,762 Just like that! Corkscrew plancha. 1123 01:01:06,929 --> 01:01:09,298 [Barrett] Yeah, these two, as much as they dislike one another, 1124 01:01:09,365 --> 01:01:12,568 they completely pull the best out of each other. 1125 01:01:12,635 --> 01:01:15,405 And both men, every single time they've competed, 1126 01:01:15,471 --> 01:01:17,040 have had to raise their game, 1127 01:01:17,106 --> 01:01:21,277 pull out new moves, pull out new tactics just to try and best the other. 1128 01:01:21,344 --> 01:01:23,880 [Cole] Yeah, Andrade 5'9", 210 pounds! 1129 01:01:23,946 --> 01:01:26,983 Carmelo Hayes, springboard clothesline. 1130 01:01:27,050 --> 01:01:31,988 Carmelo goes 5'10", 210, from Boston, Massachusetts. 1131 01:01:32,055 --> 01:01:34,157 Going up to the top rope. Andrade stops him there. 1132 01:01:34,223 --> 01:01:35,391 The more matches these guys have, 1133 01:01:35,458 --> 01:01:36,959 the more familiar they are with each other. 1134 01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:38,528 [Barrett] Yeah, that's what's so amazing. 1135 01:01:38,594 --> 01:01:41,164 You love the athleticism of these two, but it's a chess game, 1136 01:01:41,230 --> 01:01:43,332 both trying to outdo each other's moves. 1137 01:01:43,399 --> 01:01:44,967 [Cole] Oh my goodness! 1138 01:01:45,034 --> 01:01:46,002 [Barrett] Oh no. 1139 01:01:46,803 --> 01:01:50,339 [Cole] Somebody better check on Melo. He may need a stretcher. 1140 01:01:50,406 --> 01:01:51,607 What was that? 1141 01:01:51,674 --> 01:01:54,243 -[applause] -[man] ♪ This is awesome ♪ 1142 01:01:56,145 --> 01:01:58,047 [Cole] And we are back live on Friday Night SmackDown. 1143 01:01:58,114 --> 01:02:01,918 Carmelo Hayes and Andrade, match number four. 1144 01:02:01,984 --> 01:02:04,220 Andrade holds a 2-1 match edge. 1145 01:02:04,287 --> 01:02:08,591 But Carmelo Hayes somehow recuperated after that nasty spill 1146 01:02:08,658 --> 01:02:09,792 before the commercial break. 1147 01:02:09,859 --> 01:02:12,228 [Barrett] It's been a really volatile matchup, 1148 01:02:12,295 --> 01:02:14,263 swinging back and forth between these two. 1149 01:02:14,330 --> 01:02:17,233 Just when Melo looked like he was finally in control, 1150 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:19,635 immediately bouncing back is Andrade. 1151 01:02:19,702 --> 01:02:21,237 So well matched are these two. 1152 01:02:21,304 --> 01:02:24,741 [Cole] Andrade third-generation Superstar. 1153 01:02:24,807 --> 01:02:29,445 Granddad is El Moro, his dad Brillante. 1154 01:02:29,512 --> 01:02:30,613 And, oh, look at this! 1155 01:02:30,680 --> 01:02:32,648 [crowd cheering] 1156 01:02:34,517 --> 01:02:39,055 [Cole] Both men down and Carmelo Hayes now favoring his knee. Kip-up by Andrade. 1157 01:02:39,122 --> 01:02:43,926 [Barrett] That is the last thing you want against a mover as good as Andrade. 1158 01:02:43,993 --> 01:02:47,330 Normally, Melo is a match for him, but with one bad wheel, 1159 01:02:47,396 --> 01:02:48,598 that simply can't be the case. 1160 01:02:48,664 --> 01:02:50,733 [Cole] And speaking of knees, after the show tonight, Wade, 1161 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:52,435 I want to head back to the trainer's room, 1162 01:02:52,502 --> 01:02:55,138 see if we can get any confirmation on Cody Rhodes' knee problem 1163 01:02:55,204 --> 01:02:56,672 heading into tomorrow night. 1164 01:02:56,739 --> 01:02:58,741 Kevin Owens brought it up. Great move by Andrade. 1165 01:02:58,808 --> 01:03:01,244 Cover now. Hook of the leg. Kickout at two. 1166 01:03:01,310 --> 01:03:02,545 [Barrett] Double moonsault there. 1167 01:03:02,612 --> 01:03:05,414 And you have to think with Melo's mind on his knee, 1168 01:03:05,481 --> 01:03:07,683 perhaps not fully in the matchup at this point. 1169 01:03:07,750 --> 01:03:11,354 I've seen him avoid that move a couple of times previously. 1170 01:03:11,420 --> 01:03:12,655 Melo ain't 100%. 1171 01:03:12,722 --> 01:03:16,526 This is desperation times for Carmelo Hayes. 1172 01:03:16,592 --> 01:03:18,561 [Cole] Well, Andrade a former NXT Champion, 1173 01:03:18,628 --> 01:03:20,429 United States Champion as well. 1174 01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:26,569 [Barrett] Yeah, proven pedigree at the top of the card in WWE does Andrade. 1175 01:03:26,636 --> 01:03:28,371 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 1176 01:03:28,437 --> 01:03:31,374 6-1 since returning to WWE. 1177 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:32,909 That one blemish… 1178 01:03:32,975 --> 01:03:35,278 -[Cole] Oh, there it is. -[Barrett] …him. 1179 01:03:35,344 --> 01:03:38,214 [Cole] The First 48 connects 1180 01:03:38,281 --> 01:03:41,717 for Carmelo Hayes who's suddenly back in control. 1181 01:03:41,784 --> 01:03:43,986 [Barrett] Yeah, but he's still hurting from that knee issue. 1182 01:03:44,053 --> 01:03:45,788 Wasn't able to pounce into a pin. 1183 01:03:46,589 --> 01:03:49,725 [Cole] And Melo now with a meteora into the corner. 1184 01:03:49,792 --> 01:03:53,996 Cover now on Andrade for the win. Kickout by Andrade. 1185 01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:58,501 Watch this. First 48! 1186 01:04:01,571 --> 01:04:05,308 And again, Melo, really favoring the right knee. 1187 01:04:05,374 --> 01:04:07,076 [Barrett] Yeah. And this is the problem for Melo. 1188 01:04:07,143 --> 01:04:10,079 This is usually the point he moves up to fifth gear, 1189 01:04:10,146 --> 01:04:11,447 turns it up on his opponent, 1190 01:04:11,514 --> 01:04:13,115 and there's no way to hide from that. 1191 01:04:13,182 --> 01:04:16,519 He simply cannot move as quickly as he normally does. 1192 01:04:16,586 --> 01:04:20,389 [Cole] So much of his offense is based on his agility and his athleticism. 1193 01:04:20,456 --> 01:04:22,191 So smooth in the ring. 1194 01:04:22,258 --> 01:04:25,228 [Barrett] Bell to bell, as good as I have ever seen at this level, 1195 01:04:25,294 --> 01:04:28,097 is Melo and he keeps getting better every single week. 1196 01:04:28,164 --> 01:04:31,901 [Cole] North American Champion at NXT, two-time NXT Champ as well. 1197 01:04:31,968 --> 01:04:35,671 And now Andrade looking for Three Amigos. 1198 01:04:35,738 --> 01:04:37,240 Nope. Carmelo Hayes. 1199 01:04:38,407 --> 01:04:41,244 Standing switch. Andrade drives him to the corner. 1200 01:04:41,310 --> 01:04:42,478 Roll through. 1201 01:04:42,545 --> 01:04:46,816 Andrade powering Hayes up! And Andrade showing off his power there. 1202 01:04:46,883 --> 01:04:49,385 Cover. Stacks him up. And a kickout at two. 1203 01:04:49,452 --> 01:04:52,188 [Barrett] It's a poorly maintained turnbuckle in the corner. 1204 01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:54,156 That got ripped off halfway through that move. 1205 01:04:54,857 --> 01:04:58,127 [Cole] Yeah, the steel turnbuckle exposed, 1206 01:04:58,194 --> 01:05:01,130 the pad, uh… went flying somewhere. 1207 01:05:01,197 --> 01:05:04,267 [Barrett] I think I saw referee Dan Engler tying that on earlier tonight. 1208 01:05:04,333 --> 01:05:07,370 That's the problem once again. But take another look at this. 1209 01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:08,371 [Cole] Bang! 1210 01:05:08,437 --> 01:05:12,275 [Barrett] Just a one-handed powerbomb from an incredibly awkward position. 1211 01:05:12,341 --> 01:05:18,247 Shows the power game of Andrade is neck and neck with his lucha game. 1212 01:05:18,314 --> 01:05:21,517 [crowd singing indistinctly] 1213 01:05:23,185 --> 01:05:27,223 [Cole] 12,021 in Berlin tonight for SmackDown. 1214 01:05:28,491 --> 01:05:30,126 And Andrade went into the corner 1215 01:05:30,192 --> 01:05:32,395 and he stopped because the buckle's exposed, 1216 01:05:32,461 --> 01:05:36,532 and that distraction allowed Carmelo to hit the superkick for the win. 1217 01:05:36,599 --> 01:05:37,533 And a kickout at two! 1218 01:05:37,600 --> 01:05:39,468 [Barrett] I don't think Andrade had any clue 1219 01:05:39,535 --> 01:05:42,438 that inadvertently got ripped off a little earlier in the matchup. 1220 01:05:42,505 --> 01:05:44,206 And this is where he noticed. 1221 01:05:44,273 --> 01:05:47,643 That one beat was enough for Melo to pounce. 1222 01:05:47,710 --> 01:05:50,880 [Cole] And Carmelo Hayes again favoring his knee. 1223 01:05:50,946 --> 01:05:52,982 Andrade beat him to the punch there. 1224 01:05:53,549 --> 01:05:55,284 Both men second rope. 1225 01:05:55,351 --> 01:05:57,253 [crowd wailing] 1226 01:05:58,487 --> 01:06:00,456 What on Earth? My goodness! 1227 01:06:00,523 --> 01:06:02,725 [Barrett] Springboard Spanish fly. 1228 01:06:02,792 --> 01:06:04,994 -[Cole] Cover by Andrade. -One, two… 1229 01:06:05,061 --> 01:06:06,862 [Cole] Melo kicks out! 1230 01:06:06,929 --> 01:06:08,097 What a match! 1231 01:06:09,332 --> 01:06:12,268 Incredible double Spanish fly. 1232 01:06:14,036 --> 01:06:16,172 This match has not disappointed. 1233 01:06:16,238 --> 01:06:19,675 Carmelo Hayes, Andrade on Friday Night SmackDown. 1234 01:06:19,742 --> 01:06:22,945 A back and forth battle. These two are so evenly matched. 1235 01:06:23,012 --> 01:06:24,080 [Barrett] So well matched. 1236 01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:29,352 But you have a little issue with a knee or a neck, you lose 2% of your game. 1237 01:06:29,418 --> 01:06:30,753 That could be the difference maker. 1238 01:06:30,820 --> 01:06:34,590 [Cole] This could be the difference maker. Carmelo, Andrade, high above the ring. 1239 01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:37,493 [crowd cheering] 1240 01:06:42,598 --> 01:06:44,233 [Cole] Andrade into the cover. 1241 01:06:44,300 --> 01:06:46,202 -One, two… -[Cole] Able to barely hook the leg. 1242 01:06:46,268 --> 01:06:49,405 And a kickout by Carmelo. This is incredible. 1243 01:06:49,472 --> 01:06:51,907 [Barrett] Just by a quarter of a millisecond. 1244 01:06:51,974 --> 01:06:53,109 Check this out. 1245 01:06:53,175 --> 01:06:57,580 The agility, power, and timing of Andrade 1246 01:06:57,646 --> 01:06:59,615 took so much out of himself. 1247 01:06:59,682 --> 01:07:02,084 It took three or four seconds to make the pin. 1248 01:07:02,151 --> 01:07:03,719 That was the difference maker. 1249 01:07:03,786 --> 01:07:07,256 [Cole] That's what's interesting about Andrade. He's deceptively strong. 1250 01:07:07,323 --> 01:07:08,991 We know about his quickness, his lucha style, 1251 01:07:09,058 --> 01:07:10,493 but he's a very powerful man. 1252 01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:11,827 He's showing that off tonight. 1253 01:07:11,894 --> 01:07:15,097 [Barrett] And he's evolved his game as he's grown here in WWE. 1254 01:07:15,164 --> 01:07:18,534 Realized lucha alone simply wasn't going to get it done. 1255 01:07:19,402 --> 01:07:22,371 Now, he's as well-rounded as they come. 1256 01:07:22,438 --> 01:07:24,673 [Cole] Going to beat respect into each other. 1257 01:07:25,241 --> 01:07:26,342 Andrade. 1258 01:07:26,409 --> 01:07:28,477 [crowd wailing] 1259 01:07:28,544 --> 01:07:32,214 Carmelo hanging on. Double switch. Standing switch there by Melo. 1260 01:07:32,281 --> 01:07:34,283 Oh! What a back elbow! 1261 01:07:34,350 --> 01:07:37,119 -Cover now by Andrade for the win. -One, two… 1262 01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:38,788 [Cole] Melo kicks out at two. 1263 01:07:38,854 --> 01:07:40,890 [Barrett] What an instinctive kickout! 1264 01:07:40,956 --> 01:07:43,793 Melo's eyes were rolling into the back of his head. 1265 01:07:43,859 --> 01:07:45,227 Nobody can block this. 1266 01:07:45,294 --> 01:07:47,396 You simply don't see it coming. 1267 01:07:47,463 --> 01:07:48,864 Bang on the point of the jaw. 1268 01:07:48,931 --> 01:07:50,166 And hats off to Melo 1269 01:07:50,232 --> 01:07:52,568 for even being capable of kicking out there. 1270 01:07:52,635 --> 01:07:54,904 [Cole] Carmelo still kicking away, the man who says, 1271 01:07:54,970 --> 01:07:57,640 "I'm the overdog, never the underdog." 1272 01:07:57,706 --> 01:07:59,041 Carmelo Hayes. 1273 01:07:59,108 --> 01:08:01,544 [Barrett] I don't think Melo can spell his own name at this point. 1274 01:08:01,610 --> 01:08:03,345 He's in such a bad way. 1275 01:08:03,412 --> 01:08:06,782 And now really is the time for Andrade to put this one away. 1276 01:08:06,849 --> 01:08:09,785 [Cole] These two beating the hell out of each other, Wade. 1277 01:08:09,852 --> 01:08:12,154 [Barrett] Yeah, and this audience is loving every second of it. 1278 01:08:12,221 --> 01:08:13,289 What a bunch of sickos! 1279 01:08:13,355 --> 01:08:15,424 [Cole] Makes you want to get back in the ring, doesn't it? 1280 01:08:15,491 --> 01:08:16,625 [Barrett] Absolutely not. 1281 01:08:16,692 --> 01:08:20,329 It's a lot safer over here, even if my commentators are rather annoying. 1282 01:08:21,697 --> 01:08:22,865 [Cole] Oh, and Melo… 1283 01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:26,268 Oh, off the exposed turnbuckle face-first for Andrade. 1284 01:08:26,335 --> 01:08:27,570 Off the exposed turnbuckle. 1285 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:30,906 [Barrett] Onto that steel turnbuckle corner. 1286 01:08:30,973 --> 01:08:34,844 [Cole] And now Carmelo Hayes looks to take advantage from the top rope. 1287 01:08:34,910 --> 01:08:36,779 Nothing but net. 1288 01:08:36,846 --> 01:08:39,148 -Carmelo Hayes. Cover! -One, two… 1289 01:08:39,215 --> 01:08:41,884 -And he's evened the series at two apiece. -[bell rings] 1290 01:08:41,951 --> 01:08:43,953 ["Melo Don't Miss" playing] 1291 01:08:44,019 --> 01:08:46,322 [Irvin] Here is your winner, 1292 01:08:46,388 --> 01:08:51,227 Carmelo Hayes! 1293 01:08:51,293 --> 01:08:53,596 [Barrett] Well, there was an element of luck. 1294 01:08:53,662 --> 01:08:56,532 An element of bad luck for Andrade. 1295 01:08:56,599 --> 01:08:59,902 That exposed turnbuckle cover coming into play. 1296 01:08:59,969 --> 01:09:01,537 Take another look at this. 1297 01:09:01,604 --> 01:09:04,073 Just when Andrade was going in for the kill, 1298 01:09:04,139 --> 01:09:08,077 face-first onto the steel, and then nothing but net. 1299 01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:12,815 Melo, he's just a man that don't miss. And now, Cole, we're at 2-2. 1300 01:09:12,882 --> 01:09:14,283 -[Cole] Yeah. Interesting. -One, two… 1301 01:09:14,350 --> 01:09:16,118 [Cole] Andrade won the first two matchups, 1302 01:09:16,185 --> 01:09:18,320 Hayes the last couple of them. 1303 01:09:18,387 --> 01:09:22,291 I have a stinking suspicion that this rivalry is far from over. 1304 01:09:22,358 --> 01:09:23,626 [Barrett] Yeah, I hope so, 1305 01:09:23,692 --> 01:09:27,096 because I've loved every second of these four matches. 1306 01:09:27,162 --> 01:09:31,500 Please give us at least one more. We deserve it. The world deserves it. 1307 01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:34,270 [Cole] Well, I'll be thinking about you when you're over on Monday Night Raw 1308 01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:36,672 and Corey Graves and I have the opportunity, hopefully, 1309 01:09:36,739 --> 01:09:38,174 to call another one of those matchups. 1310 01:09:38,240 --> 01:09:40,543 -What a great performance. -Yeah, they're all absolute bangers. 1311 01:09:40,609 --> 01:09:42,244 Shows how great those two competitors are, 1312 01:09:42,311 --> 01:09:44,747 and there has to be gold in both of their futures. 1313 01:09:44,813 --> 01:09:47,216 Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next, 1314 01:09:47,283 --> 01:09:51,754 it is the Street Fight for the WWE Women's Championship. 1315 01:09:51,820 --> 01:09:54,657 Nia Jax defending against Michin. 1316 01:09:54,723 --> 01:09:56,725 Now, this thing got out of control a couple of weeks ago 1317 01:09:56,792 --> 01:09:59,562 during Nia's celebration as champion. 1318 01:09:59,628 --> 01:10:01,830 ♪ Ain't no hatin', I'm the best here ♪ 1319 01:10:01,897 --> 01:10:03,032 Please welcome 1320 01:10:03,098 --> 01:10:08,637 your new WWE Women's Champion, 1321 01:10:08,704 --> 01:10:11,640 Nia Jax! 1322 01:10:11,707 --> 01:10:13,809 [dramatic music playing] 1323 01:10:13,876 --> 01:10:15,544 [man] Great. That's great! That's great! 1324 01:10:16,111 --> 01:10:18,981 [Barrett] Well, the celebration didn't last long. 1325 01:10:19,048 --> 01:10:21,884 Michin, who's had a long-running beef with Nia Jax, 1326 01:10:21,951 --> 01:10:24,753 attacked everyone with a Kendo stick, 1327 01:10:24,820 --> 01:10:28,824 leaving the champ hurting and vowing revenge. 1328 01:10:28,891 --> 01:10:31,126 [Cole] I'm surprised you didn't go to the Pretty Deadly aid. 1329 01:10:32,595 --> 01:10:33,829 ["Not Like Most Girls" playing] 1330 01:10:33,896 --> 01:10:35,798 -They're your buddies. -Too many Kendo sticks around. 1331 01:10:35,864 --> 01:10:37,366 I don't like them that much. 1332 01:10:38,133 --> 01:10:42,271 [Cole] Well, they're going to be able to be used in this Street Fight. 1333 01:10:43,939 --> 01:10:46,075 ♪ There's only one of me… ♪ 1334 01:10:46,141 --> 01:10:46,976 [bell rings] 1335 01:10:47,042 --> 01:10:49,778 [Irvin] The following is a Street Fight 1336 01:10:49,845 --> 01:10:55,484 and it is for the WWE Women's Championship. 1337 01:10:55,551 --> 01:10:59,088 Introducing first, from San Diego, California, 1338 01:10:59,154 --> 01:11:03,759 she is the WWE Women's Champion, 1339 01:11:03,826 --> 01:11:07,162 Nia Jax! 1340 01:11:07,229 --> 01:11:09,832 [Cole] So, there's good news and there's bad news… 1341 01:11:09,898 --> 01:11:11,567 [Barrett] I prefer the latter one, but go ahead. 1342 01:11:11,634 --> 01:11:13,936 [Cole] …if you're Michin. So let's start with the good news. 1343 01:11:14,003 --> 01:11:15,104 There are no rules. 1344 01:11:15,170 --> 01:11:19,008 Michin can use anything she wants to try to win the championship tonight. 1345 01:11:19,074 --> 01:11:22,177 Only via pinfall or submission can you win. 1346 01:11:22,244 --> 01:11:23,879 Here's the bad news for Michin. 1347 01:11:23,946 --> 01:11:26,615 Nia Jax can use anything she wants as a weapon, 1348 01:11:26,682 --> 01:11:29,184 as if she isn't dangerous enough. 1349 01:11:29,251 --> 01:11:31,987 [Barrett] Well, Michin is the hardcore specialist, 1350 01:11:32,054 --> 01:11:34,590 and a specialist she will have to be. 1351 01:11:34,657 --> 01:11:37,059 Women's Championship on the line. 1352 01:11:37,126 --> 01:11:40,963 Michin, Nia Jax, Street Fight, next! 1353 01:11:41,030 --> 01:11:44,800 ♪ I'ma show you how 'Cause I'm the baddest breed ♪ 1354 01:11:44,867 --> 01:11:46,302 ♪ I'm not like most… ♪ 1355 01:11:48,003 --> 01:11:50,539 [Cole] Gonna be a wild day tomorrow in Berlin. 1356 01:11:50,606 --> 01:11:52,708 It all starts five o'clock here in Germany, 1357 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:54,243 eleven o'clock on the East Coast, 1358 01:11:54,309 --> 01:11:55,944 8:00 a.m. West Coast of the United States. 1359 01:11:56,011 --> 01:11:57,913 Countdown. Then, of course, it's Bash in Berlin. 1360 01:11:57,980 --> 01:12:01,950 And then the post-show immediately following the Premium Live Event. 1361 01:12:02,017 --> 01:12:04,520 We also have a Women's Tag Team Title match tomorrow night. 1362 01:12:04,586 --> 01:12:06,855 Here is our Progressive Match Flo. 1363 01:12:07,723 --> 01:12:10,826 ♪ I don't wanna stop We push it to the limit… ♪ 1364 01:12:11,327 --> 01:12:14,029 [announcer] Match Flo is sponsored by Progressive. 1365 01:12:14,096 --> 01:12:17,533 A triple threat of protection with home, auto, and more. 1366 01:12:17,599 --> 01:12:19,335 [dramatic music playing] 1367 01:12:20,736 --> 01:12:22,671 -[crowd and referee] One, two, three! -[crowd cheering] 1368 01:12:22,738 --> 01:12:23,839 [Cole] New Tag Champs! 1369 01:12:23,906 --> 01:12:25,841 You got to be kidding me! 1370 01:12:25,908 --> 01:12:29,745 Dawn and Fyre are the Women's Tag Team Champions. 1371 01:12:30,679 --> 01:12:31,980 [Belair] Let's be real. 1372 01:12:32,047 --> 01:12:34,583 This is more than just a match for you. 1373 01:12:35,317 --> 01:12:36,285 And I get it. 1374 01:12:37,119 --> 01:12:41,390 You come in with big hype and bigger expectations. 1375 01:12:41,457 --> 01:12:44,860 You feel unstoppable, making headlines. 1376 01:12:44,927 --> 01:12:46,929 [both] Everyone's your best friend. 1377 01:12:48,864 --> 01:12:51,433 But then a couple of things go wrong 1378 01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:53,602 and you start to question yourself. 1379 01:12:53,669 --> 01:12:56,405 You start to doubt. I've been there. 1380 01:12:56,472 --> 01:12:58,340 But failure is a part of the process, 1381 01:12:58,941 --> 01:13:00,609 and you can't be afraid to fail. 1382 01:13:01,643 --> 01:13:04,346 [Cargill] We are not here by accident. 1383 01:13:04,413 --> 01:13:06,615 [Belair] We're either up or getting up. 1384 01:13:06,682 --> 01:13:08,617 We define our own legacy. 1385 01:13:08,684 --> 01:13:12,388 Because the fight, it's not in the ring. It's here. 1386 01:13:12,454 --> 01:13:13,789 And it's here. 1387 01:13:13,856 --> 01:13:16,492 Look, I know this is your dream. 1388 01:13:16,558 --> 01:13:19,528 So, are you ready to make your dream a reality? 1389 01:13:19,595 --> 01:13:22,631 [Cargill] Are you ready to take back those Tag Team Titles? 1390 01:13:22,698 --> 01:13:24,133 -Let's go. -Let's go. 1391 01:13:24,199 --> 01:13:26,435 -Let's go. -Let's go! 1392 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:33,542 [Belair] We are here to finish what we started. 1393 01:13:34,543 --> 01:13:39,882 [Cargill] We are coming back for our Tag Team Titles. 1394 01:13:42,684 --> 01:13:43,752 It's inevitable. 1395 01:13:48,891 --> 01:13:51,693 [Cole] At Bash in Berlin tomorrow, 1396 01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:54,363 the Women's Tag Team Titles are on the line. 1397 01:13:54,429 --> 01:13:57,132 Belair and Cargill never pinned to lose the gold. 1398 01:13:57,199 --> 01:14:00,102 They take on the new Tag Champs, Fyre and Dawn, 1399 01:14:00,169 --> 01:14:01,770 Bash in Berlin. 1400 01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:04,106 [Barrett] And the World Heavyweight Championship is on the line 1401 01:14:04,173 --> 01:14:07,075 as "The Ring General" Gunther makes his first defense 1402 01:14:07,142 --> 01:14:09,878 against the man he controversially beat 1403 01:14:09,945 --> 01:14:12,147 in the final at The King of the Ring tournament, 1404 01:14:12,214 --> 01:14:15,951 the 14-time World Champ, Randy Orton. 1405 01:14:16,018 --> 01:14:18,187 [Cole] And I cannot wait for the mixed tag team match. 1406 01:14:18,253 --> 01:14:22,157 The Terror Twins, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, 1407 01:14:22,224 --> 01:14:24,960 take on the Women's World Champion, Liv Morgan, 1408 01:14:25,027 --> 01:14:27,396 and Dominik Mysterio. 1409 01:14:27,463 --> 01:14:31,066 [Barrett] And WWE's most heated rivalry in years 1410 01:14:31,133 --> 01:14:34,736 comes to a head as the lightning rod CM Punk 1411 01:14:34,803 --> 01:14:38,574 goes one-on-one with "The Scottish Warrior" Drew McIntyre 1412 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:42,544 in a brutally unforgiving Strap Match. 1413 01:14:42,611 --> 01:14:45,380 [Cole] And also, the Undisputed WWE Championship 1414 01:14:45,447 --> 01:14:46,515 is on the line. 1415 01:14:46,582 --> 01:14:49,685 Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens. 1416 01:14:49,751 --> 01:14:52,521 Now, if you think what they said earlier tonight was controversial, 1417 01:14:52,588 --> 01:14:57,226 you have to tune in to the Countdown show tomorrow before Bash in Berlin. 1418 01:14:57,292 --> 01:14:59,461 Corey Graves sits down with Cody and Kevin Owens 1419 01:14:59,528 --> 01:15:02,064 for a very open conversation. 1420 01:15:02,130 --> 01:15:04,500 A lot of controversial things were said. 1421 01:15:04,566 --> 01:15:07,302 And I had an opportunity to sit down with Randy Orton. 1422 01:15:07,369 --> 01:15:11,306 You will not believe some of the things Randy Orton said in this interview. 1423 01:15:11,373 --> 01:15:14,776 It all takes place Countdown to Bash in Berlin, 1424 01:15:14,843 --> 01:15:19,715 eleven o'clock East, eight o'clock on the West Coast on Peacock. 1425 01:15:22,150 --> 01:15:23,919 ["Not Like Most Girls" playing] 1426 01:15:23,986 --> 01:15:26,889 [Cole] And tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on FOX 1427 01:15:26,955 --> 01:15:29,124 is sponsored by Progressive Insurance. 1428 01:15:29,191 --> 01:15:32,828 Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance. 1429 01:15:32,895 --> 01:15:34,363 ♪ I'm not like most girls… ♪ 1430 01:15:34,429 --> 01:15:37,966 In front of 12,000 here tonight in Berlin, The Queen of the Ring… 1431 01:15:39,768 --> 01:15:42,638 the WWE Women's Champ Nia Jax set for action. 1432 01:15:43,939 --> 01:15:46,308 I fought my whole life for this. 1433 01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:52,080 Every battle, every war. And it's all led me here in Berlin. 1434 01:15:52,147 --> 01:15:55,150 Now, you can like me or you can hate me, 1435 01:15:55,217 --> 01:16:00,322 but I promise you, after tonight, when I become the new Women's Champion, 1436 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:02,724 you will not forget me. 1437 01:16:02,791 --> 01:16:06,061 You're about to understand that Michin is not who I am. 1438 01:16:06,128 --> 01:16:07,429 It's what I am. 1439 01:16:09,932 --> 01:16:12,868 ["I Am" playing] 1440 01:16:12,935 --> 01:16:18,240 [Cole] And Michin has got a shopping cart full of toys. 1441 01:16:18,307 --> 01:16:19,141 ♪ Hard to see ♪ 1442 01:16:19,207 --> 01:16:21,910 ♪ You know, you know That she's that beauty and that beast ♪ 1443 01:16:21,977 --> 01:16:22,911 ♪ I'm that beast… ♪ 1444 01:16:22,978 --> 01:16:26,581 [Barrett] Rather scary-looking toys, Michael Cole. 1445 01:16:26,648 --> 01:16:29,885 [Cole] And again, this is a Street Fight, ladies and gentlemen, 1446 01:16:29,952 --> 01:16:32,187 which means anything goes. 1447 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:34,890 You have to pin or submit to win the match. 1448 01:16:34,957 --> 01:16:38,594 No champion's advantage for Nia Jax here tonight. 1449 01:16:38,660 --> 01:16:40,829 And what an opportunity for Michin! 1450 01:16:44,199 --> 01:16:45,801 [Irvin] And her opponent, 1451 01:16:45,867 --> 01:16:50,872 from Fontana, California, Michin! 1452 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:53,508 [Barrett] Let's be clear here, Cole. 1453 01:16:53,575 --> 01:16:56,378 Street Fights are Michin territory. 1454 01:16:56,445 --> 01:16:58,246 She's spent her whole career 1455 01:16:58,313 --> 01:17:01,049 as a massive fan of the art of Street Fighting, 1456 01:17:01,116 --> 01:17:05,821 grew up a big fan of the likes of Tommy Dreamer in ECW, 1457 01:17:05,887 --> 01:17:11,059 and she sees this as her pathway to her first gold in WWE. 1458 01:17:11,126 --> 01:17:13,195 What a night it could be for Michin! 1459 01:17:13,261 --> 01:17:17,299 [Cole] Interesting, uh, styles Michin will use in the ring. 1460 01:17:17,366 --> 01:17:19,568 [Cole] Lucha style, Japanese strong style, 1461 01:17:19,635 --> 01:17:22,604 and again with a Kendo stick to start things off in this Street Fight. 1462 01:17:22,671 --> 01:17:26,008 Interesting. Nia Jax did not come to the ring armed with any weapons 1463 01:17:26,074 --> 01:17:28,276 because I guess she figures she is a weapon. 1464 01:17:28,343 --> 01:17:30,679 [Barrett] Well, here's the thing about Nia Jax. 1465 01:17:30,746 --> 01:17:33,949 Normally, it takes a group of women to take her down. 1466 01:17:34,016 --> 01:17:35,684 -You wanna do this, huh? -No, no, no, no, no. 1467 01:17:35,751 --> 01:17:38,820 [Cole] Biggest opportunity of Michin's career. 1468 01:17:40,088 --> 01:17:43,859 A former TNA Impact Knockouts Champion! 1469 01:17:43,925 --> 01:17:47,863 As she drives Nia Jax face-first into the steel post. 1470 01:17:47,929 --> 01:17:49,231 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 1471 01:17:49,297 --> 01:17:52,000 [Cole] This is for the WWE Women's Title. 1472 01:17:52,634 --> 01:17:54,102 Found it interesting as well, Wade… 1473 01:17:54,169 --> 01:17:55,404 Oh! 1474 01:17:55,470 --> 01:17:57,739 Not that I want to start any conspiracy theories. 1475 01:17:57,806 --> 01:17:59,007 That's not my style, but… 1476 01:17:59,074 --> 01:18:02,577 Oh! And Nia Jax taken down and she hit hard. 1477 01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:04,579 -Oh man, what an ugly landing. -Did you hear that? 1478 01:18:04,646 --> 01:18:07,015 Cover by Michin, and Nia able to kick out. 1479 01:18:07,082 --> 01:18:09,184 Referee Jessika Carr going to make sure she's not hurt. 1480 01:18:09,251 --> 01:18:11,053 [Barrett] Yeah, that was a potential knockout, 1481 01:18:11,119 --> 01:18:12,320 a potential stinger. 1482 01:18:12,387 --> 01:18:14,456 Could have been very nasty. Who… 1483 01:18:14,523 --> 01:18:19,161 Right now, Nia Jax is in a world of hurt, and it's about to get even worse. 1484 01:18:19,227 --> 01:18:21,163 [Cole] The point I was making, I was sort of surprised, 1485 01:18:21,229 --> 01:18:24,433 because it's Street Fight Rules, that Nia didn't bring her buddy, 1486 01:18:24,499 --> 01:18:26,802 Ms. Money in the Bank, Tiffany Stratton, out to the ring. 1487 01:18:27,869 --> 01:18:30,706 [Barrett] Does she trust her buddy with that briefcase around? 1488 01:18:30,772 --> 01:18:33,475 Does she really want Ms. Money in the Bank out here? 1489 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:36,445 [Cole] Did you see what Tiffany posted on X? 1490 01:18:36,511 --> 01:18:39,281 She had a picture of herself-- As the tables come out now. 1491 01:18:39,347 --> 01:18:41,950 And now Nia Jax with a Kendo stick to Michin. 1492 01:18:43,185 --> 01:18:47,589 Anyway, unloading on the number one contender for the title. 1493 01:18:49,524 --> 01:18:55,230 Nia Jax's friend Tiffany put on X a picture of herself with Nia's title, 1494 01:18:55,297 --> 01:18:58,033 and then she said, "I'm literally just admiring it, 1495 01:18:58,100 --> 01:19:01,036 if all you weirdos could stop overanalyzing things." 1496 01:19:01,103 --> 01:19:04,439 [Barrett] Yeah, I think you are overanalyzing everything, Cole. 1497 01:19:04,506 --> 01:19:06,975 Tiffany has got a front row seat most weeks 1498 01:19:07,042 --> 01:19:10,812 to see how a champ operates in the form of Nia Jax. 1499 01:19:10,879 --> 01:19:11,980 Why blow that? 1500 01:19:12,047 --> 01:19:15,350 Time in the future to be champ is fair enough, 1501 01:19:15,417 --> 01:19:18,386 but right now, it's time for pain and it's all about Michin. 1502 01:19:18,453 --> 01:19:20,789 Can she win gold tonight? 1503 01:19:22,891 --> 01:19:24,226 [Cole] Bang! 1504 01:19:24,726 --> 01:19:27,863 Michin unloading on the WWE Women's Champion. 1505 01:19:27,929 --> 01:19:29,531 Nia Jax with a Kendo stick. 1506 01:19:29,598 --> 01:19:31,566 This is a Street Fight for the title. 1507 01:19:31,633 --> 01:19:35,237 And Nia Jax about decapitated Michin! 1508 01:19:35,303 --> 01:19:38,607 [Barrett] Michin somehow managed to navigate her way through that, 1509 01:19:38,673 --> 01:19:39,775 but for how much longer? 1510 01:19:39,841 --> 01:19:40,709 [shrieking] 1511 01:19:40,776 --> 01:19:42,577 [Cole] I can't believe Michin's still standing. 1512 01:19:42,644 --> 01:19:43,945 And she won't be after that. 1513 01:19:44,012 --> 01:19:45,781 Little Ura-nage on the apron. 1514 01:19:45,847 --> 01:19:47,749 Nia Jax hit her with a backhand, 1515 01:19:47,816 --> 01:19:51,553 I thought about knocked her block off, and then followed it up with that. 1516 01:19:51,620 --> 01:19:53,455 And Nia is ticked off now. 1517 01:19:53,522 --> 01:19:55,490 [Barrett] Well, here's the thing. In a match like this, 1518 01:19:55,557 --> 01:19:59,394 it kind of negates the power advantage that the bigger Superstar has. 1519 01:19:59,461 --> 01:20:04,399 I don't care how big and strong you are, you get hit with a Kendo stick or a chair, 1520 01:20:04,466 --> 01:20:05,834 it hurts all the same. 1521 01:20:05,901 --> 01:20:09,471 But even so, it's Nia Jax who seems, at this point, 1522 01:20:09,538 --> 01:20:11,506 in complete control once again. 1523 01:20:11,573 --> 01:20:15,510 Tells you just how good Nia Jax has been this year. 1524 01:20:15,577 --> 01:20:16,478 [Cole] And Nia Jax… 1525 01:20:16,545 --> 01:20:19,381 Oh, and a fire extinguisher from Michin to Jax! 1526 01:20:19,447 --> 01:20:22,017 Completely legal under Street Fight Rules. 1527 01:20:22,083 --> 01:20:25,287 And Michin's got an opportunity now, the champion's down. 1528 01:20:25,353 --> 01:20:28,156 [Barrett] Might be about to extinguish the championship reign. 1529 01:20:28,223 --> 01:20:30,058 [Cole] Michin top rope, missile dropkick. 1530 01:20:30,125 --> 01:20:31,726 Nia's down. 1531 01:20:31,793 --> 01:20:33,628 Michin's gotta pin or submit her, though. 1532 01:20:34,229 --> 01:20:36,565 [Barrett] A lot of problems all around the ring 1533 01:20:36,631 --> 01:20:38,500 if you're Nia Jax right now. 1534 01:20:38,567 --> 01:20:41,303 Nothing looks good and there's nowhere to hide. 1535 01:20:42,504 --> 01:20:43,572 [Cole] And Michin… 1536 01:20:43,638 --> 01:20:45,240 [crowd wailing] 1537 01:20:45,307 --> 01:20:51,947 Tornado DDT, but slammed onto the garbage can by the champ. 1538 01:20:52,013 --> 01:20:55,717 [Barrett] Desperation, Nia Jax managing to pull out 1539 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:58,720 perhaps one last power move to save herself. 1540 01:20:58,787 --> 01:21:00,155 [Cole] I'm not sure Nia can even see 1541 01:21:00,222 --> 01:21:03,725 after getting that fire extinguisher fluid into her eyes. 1542 01:21:03,792 --> 01:21:06,661 [crowd chanting indistinctly] 1543 01:21:06,728 --> 01:21:07,963 Michin playing the cymbals. 1544 01:21:10,632 --> 01:21:12,534 -Like what I did there? -[Barrett] Nope. 1545 01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:15,570 I like very little of what you do, but I'm enjoying this match. 1546 01:21:15,637 --> 01:21:17,172 [Cole] Able to connect! 1547 01:21:17,239 --> 01:21:19,374 [applause] 1548 01:21:21,243 --> 01:21:22,477 Dragging her center of the ring. 1549 01:21:22,544 --> 01:21:25,013 -Cover for the championship. -One, two… 1550 01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:26,848 [Cole] Oh, and a kickout by Nia. 1551 01:21:26,915 --> 01:21:28,183 [Barrett] Just goes to show you 1552 01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:33,521 how much good fortune goes in to winning and losing a championship match. 1553 01:21:33,588 --> 01:21:36,658 That landing by Nia Jax, she had no idea where she was. 1554 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:40,328 Had to be dragged away from the ropes in order to make the pin. 1555 01:21:40,395 --> 01:21:42,631 And that was enough time for Jax to recover, 1556 01:21:42,697 --> 01:21:45,066 kickout, but she's still lying prone in the ring. 1557 01:21:45,133 --> 01:21:48,303 [Cole] Yeah, and when's the last time you've seen Nia Jax in that predicament, 1558 01:21:48,370 --> 01:21:49,905 in that situation? 1559 01:21:49,971 --> 01:21:51,039 Down and out. 1560 01:21:51,106 --> 01:21:53,375 [Barrett] This is why you do not put yourself 1561 01:21:53,441 --> 01:21:57,412 in a Street Fight against a specialist like Michin 1562 01:21:57,479 --> 01:21:59,748 who has been doing this her whole career. 1563 01:21:59,814 --> 01:22:02,784 [Cole] Yeah, very impressed with Michin, as she looks to set up the table. 1564 01:22:02,851 --> 01:22:06,454 The Champion, Nia Jax, is still down, trying to recover. 1565 01:22:06,521 --> 01:22:09,925 Dropped face-first onto a garbage can off a DDT. 1566 01:22:10,558 --> 01:22:13,061 Michin doing everything she can. 1567 01:22:13,128 --> 01:22:15,263 [Barrett] She's still not happy with the weaponry out here. 1568 01:22:15,330 --> 01:22:17,565 Looking for something a little extra. 1569 01:22:17,632 --> 01:22:20,602 [Cole] But the problem is, is I think she should be on the attack, Wade, 1570 01:22:20,669 --> 01:22:22,570 taking a little bit too much time here, 1571 01:22:22,637 --> 01:22:24,572 allowing Nia to try to get back to her feet. 1572 01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:27,042 [Barrett] Well, she knows how big and tough Nia Jax is. 1573 01:22:27,108 --> 01:22:30,478 You've got to take an especially large chunk out of the champ 1574 01:22:30,545 --> 01:22:33,415 if you're going to have any chance to defeat her. 1575 01:22:33,481 --> 01:22:36,418 What method of torture is Michin planning? 1576 01:22:36,484 --> 01:22:38,486 But you're right, Cole. It's now backfired. 1577 01:22:38,553 --> 01:22:39,955 [Cole] Again, and that was the point. 1578 01:22:40,021 --> 01:22:43,158 I understand trying to put more weapons into the ring to help your cause. 1579 01:22:43,224 --> 01:22:44,559 But Nia was down and out. 1580 01:22:44,626 --> 01:22:47,028 Michin had an opening. She didn't take advantage. 1581 01:22:47,095 --> 01:22:49,698 And now Nia Jax is back on the attack. 1582 01:22:49,764 --> 01:22:52,100 [Barrett] Well, Michin's mentality 1583 01:22:52,167 --> 01:22:55,804 is that she has a higher pain threshold than anyone, 1584 01:22:55,870 --> 01:22:57,172 including the champ. 1585 01:22:57,238 --> 01:22:58,540 [Cole] Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. 1586 01:22:58,606 --> 01:23:01,276 And Michin-- Wait a minute. Michin off the table. 1587 01:23:01,343 --> 01:23:03,645 Nia was going to go for the Annihilator, I believe. 1588 01:23:03,712 --> 01:23:05,380 And Michin-- Now there is no way. 1589 01:23:05,447 --> 01:23:07,148 There is absolutely no way! 1590 01:23:07,215 --> 01:23:08,249 Through the table! 1591 01:23:08,316 --> 01:23:09,617 Michin with an opportunity! 1592 01:23:09,684 --> 01:23:11,119 Nia through the table! 1593 01:23:11,186 --> 01:23:13,421 [crowd cheering] 1594 01:23:13,488 --> 01:23:15,056 -Can Michin capitalize? -♪ It's Tiffy Time ♪ 1595 01:23:15,123 --> 01:23:16,191 [Barrett] Whoa! 1596 01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:18,893 [Cole] What? 1597 01:23:19,494 --> 01:23:20,895 Oh my God! 1598 01:23:20,962 --> 01:23:22,430 Ms. Money in the Bank, 1599 01:23:22,497 --> 01:23:27,836 Tiffany Stratton making a beeline to the ring with the contract in hand. 1600 01:23:27,902 --> 01:23:31,639 [Barrett] No, she's out here to help Nia Jax, as we said earlier. 1601 01:23:31,706 --> 01:23:34,175 [Cole] Well, no disqualification, so perfectly legal. 1602 01:23:35,577 --> 01:23:39,280 Oh, wait, wait. I think Tiffany just realized Nia is down and out. 1603 01:23:39,347 --> 01:23:40,582 I think Tiffany… 1604 01:23:40,648 --> 01:23:41,783 She… I think she… 1605 01:23:41,850 --> 01:23:44,919 Well, she just got caught red-handed. I think she was going to cash-in. 1606 01:23:44,986 --> 01:23:46,521 Nia Jax said, "What the hell are you doing?" 1607 01:23:46,588 --> 01:23:48,890 And now back on the attack on Michin. 1608 01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:51,292 [Barrett] There was no cash-in. There was no attempt to cash-in. 1609 01:23:51,359 --> 01:23:53,261 -[Cole] And now Nia placed into the cover. -One, two… 1610 01:23:53,328 --> 01:23:54,662 Michin gets the shoulder up. 1611 01:23:54,729 --> 01:23:56,531 [Barrett] Stop stirring the pot, Cole. 1612 01:23:56,598 --> 01:23:59,667 Tiffany Stratton came down to help Nia Jax, 1613 01:23:59,734 --> 01:24:02,237 and, look, has completely turned this match on her head. 1614 01:24:02,303 --> 01:24:03,772 -Oh! -[Cole] Now wait a minute! 1615 01:24:03,838 --> 01:24:07,275 Going for the… Going for the Prettiest Moonsault Ever. 1616 01:24:07,342 --> 01:24:08,877 And look who's back! 1617 01:24:08,943 --> 01:24:12,180 For the first time since SummerSlam, Bayley is here. 1618 01:24:12,714 --> 01:24:15,150 [Barrett] Well, Michin has had Bayley's back for months. 1619 01:24:15,216 --> 01:24:17,052 Now it's time for a little payback. 1620 01:24:17,118 --> 01:24:22,057 [Cole] Tiffany Stratton's distraction cost Bayley the championship at SummerSlam 1621 01:24:22,123 --> 01:24:23,725 and Bayley hasn't forgotten. 1622 01:24:23,792 --> 01:24:27,429 And Bayley now is back, brawling with Ms. Money in the Bank, 1623 01:24:27,495 --> 01:24:29,330 taking the fight to Stratton. 1624 01:24:29,397 --> 01:24:31,433 [Barrett] Wait, Michael Cole returns to SmackDown, 1625 01:24:31,499 --> 01:24:33,201 so does his best friend Bayley? 1626 01:24:34,269 --> 01:24:36,704 [Cole] And meanwhile, the Championship match continues. 1627 01:24:36,771 --> 01:24:39,274 -Michin, roll-up for the title. -One, two… 1628 01:24:39,340 --> 01:24:41,409 Nia Jax kicks out at two. 1629 01:24:41,476 --> 01:24:44,646 [Barrett] Drop the hammer now, Michin! It's now or never. 1630 01:24:45,947 --> 01:24:48,116 [Cole] Michin taking the fight to Jax. 1631 01:24:49,317 --> 01:24:52,487 Nia, though, Samoan drop through the table. 1632 01:24:54,289 --> 01:24:57,325 [Barrett] Just when Michin got a head of steam. 1633 01:24:57,392 --> 01:25:00,161 Just when she had all of the momentum. 1634 01:25:00,228 --> 01:25:02,730 It's one move from Jax. 1635 01:25:02,797 --> 01:25:04,766 That big, that strong, 1636 01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:08,703 and it might be about to be squashing time, Cole. 1637 01:25:08,770 --> 01:25:11,139 [crowd booing] 1638 01:25:11,206 --> 01:25:12,207 [Barrett] Oh no. 1639 01:25:12,273 --> 01:25:13,741 [Cole] Thanks for coming, Michin. 1640 01:25:15,143 --> 01:25:17,579 Nia Jax with the Annihilator! 1641 01:25:18,246 --> 01:25:20,949 One, two, three! 1642 01:25:21,015 --> 01:25:22,851 -[bell rings] -[Cole] Oh my goodness! 1643 01:25:22,917 --> 01:25:24,185 ["Not Like Most Girls" playing] 1644 01:25:24,252 --> 01:25:25,954 [Irvin] Here is your winner 1645 01:25:26,020 --> 01:25:32,393 and still the WWE Women's Champion, 1646 01:25:32,460 --> 01:25:34,896 Nia Jax! 1647 01:25:34,963 --> 01:25:38,433 [Cole] Incredible performance by Michin. 1648 01:25:38,500 --> 01:25:41,703 Nia Jax is just ticked off 1649 01:25:41,769 --> 01:25:44,372 and still now assaulting Michin 1650 01:25:44,439 --> 01:25:47,242 who's caught in that collapsed and destroyed garbage can. 1651 01:25:47,308 --> 01:25:49,544 [Barrett] Well, that's the message from Nia Jax. 1652 01:25:49,611 --> 01:25:51,846 "I'll fight you at your game and I'll beat you." 1653 01:25:51,913 --> 01:25:53,281 [Cole] But, Wade, you got to wonder, 1654 01:25:53,348 --> 01:25:55,717 is she upset because of the fight Michin brought, 1655 01:25:55,783 --> 01:26:00,054 or is she upset because Tiffany Stratton almost cashed in Money in the Bank on her? 1656 01:26:00,121 --> 01:26:01,523 [Barrett] She didn't almost cash it in. 1657 01:26:01,589 --> 01:26:03,758 There was no cash-in. There was no attempted cash-in. 1658 01:26:03,825 --> 01:26:07,061 It was Tiffy helping Nia Jax to victory. 1659 01:26:07,128 --> 01:26:09,230 [Cole] Nia Jax is still the champ. 1660 01:26:09,297 --> 01:26:10,598 Bayley's back. 1661 01:26:10,665 --> 01:26:12,433 Thanks for joining us tonight from Berlin. 1662 01:26:12,500 --> 01:26:14,636 ♪ There's only one of me ♪ rom Berlin.