[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[crowd cheering]
[Tessitore] We are live in Boston and since tea was tossed into the harbor,
it's been America's original big fight city
where North End punchers and Southie brawlers
have represented generations of roaring fans right here at TD Garden,
hosting Friday Night SmackDown for the 19th time.
And one nasty, maddened, deranged big man will explain himself.
The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre is here in Boston.
The final moments of last week's SmackDown has so many of us concerned.
He bashed Cody Rhodes with the title and then that Claymore kick
of the Undisputed Champion through the hardened wooden front
of the announce desk.
[security] Drew, get out of there!
[Tessitore] And then hovering and taunting of fallen and damaged Cody.
We will hear from McIntyre as to why and try to figure out what it all means.
Welcome inside one of the most history-rich venues
on the modern WWE tour, TD Garden,
where the banners and retired jerseys hang proudly.
And where some of the most loyal WWE fans always know,
expect the unexpected.
["Taking It All" plays]
♪ We taking it all ♪
♪ Settle the score No, I will not take a loss ♪
♪ Taking it all ♪
♪ We kick in the door Dropping you down to the floor ♪
♪ We taking it all ♪
♪ Ready for war Better than ever before ♪
♪ We taking it all ♪
♪ Break down the walls My bloodline is hard to the core ♪
♪ We taking it all… ♪
[Nash] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome JC Mateo,
Tonga Loa, Talla Tonga,
and the United States Champion, Solo Sikoa!
MFT!
[Tessitore] Solo and his devoted gang of danger,
the MFTs, as he says, My Family Tree.
Well, Wade Barrett, that tree root has been spreading
into other people's yard lately.
[Barrett] Yeah, well, let's take you back to last Friday.
First of all, this was Sami Zayn's hometown of Montreal.
Solo Sikoa and the MFTs tried to ruin the party,
and with Sami Zayn looking like a mouse lost in a maze,
pulled off a shocking quick victory over Solo Sikoa,
but hold the celebrations.
A few days later at Raw this past Monday,
Sami Zayn mid-match when the MFTs arrived on foreign turf,
attacking Zayn with relentless savagery.
This massive boot from the even more massive Talla Tonga, dropping Zayn,
sending a loud message to stay out of the way of Solo and his MFTs.
♪ Taking it all ♪
♪ We kick in the door Dropping you down to the floor ♪
♪ We taking it all… ♪
[music ends]
[crowd boos]
Boston…
[crowd boos]
The MFTs are in the building…
[crowd boos]
…and to remind everybody that we run SmackDown.
[crowd boos]
And to anybody who doesn't like it…
too bad!
[crowd boos]
Last week, Sami Zayn…
[crowd chanting] Solo sucks! Solo sucks!
[chanting continues]
Last week, Sami Zayn came out here,
tried to show up on SmackDown. Uh-uh!
Guess what.
We showed up on Raw, and what happened?
We stomped his ass out!
[crowd boos]
So, Sami Zayn?
Stomped out!
Jimmy Uso?
Stomped out!
[chuckles] Oh! And the Samoan Werewolf Jacob Fatu?
[crowd cheers]
[chuckles] Stomped out!
And if there's anybody in the back who wants to come out here--
-["Worlds Apart" plays] -[crowd cheers]
[crowd] Let's go!
[crowd vocalizing "Worlds Apart"]
[Barrett] Be careful with your next steps, Sami Zayn.
You should have learned your lesson by now.
[music ends]
[crowd chants] Sami! Sami!
Take it down a notch, guys.
Listen, I'm… I'm just here to talk, all right?
Can we talk?
Yeah… [chuckles] Yeah, sure.
Come in the ring, Sami. The floor is all yours.
Come on.
You want to talk or not?
[crowd chants] Solo sucks! Solo sucks!
Look, this past Monday,
I think everybody's heard me talk for weeks, for months
about becoming a world champion.
That's all I've been talking about is becoming a world champion.
This past Monday,
if I had beaten Rusev, there was a very real possibility
that I could have been fighting for the World Championship
at Clash in Paris, but now that's not happening, okay?
Now when that happened, Solo, I was furious, okay?
I was furious, but I felt something else too.
I felt liberated…
because I've been talking so much about becoming a world champion,
and it had to be now, now, now!
I started putting all this pressure like it had to happen now
that it stopped me from accomplishing anything else in WWE.
I was spinning my wheels.
And at least now that that's away for me,
I can kind of go back to doing other things,
other things that I set out to do.
So I guess this is me saying…
thank you.
[crowd boos]
You're welcome.
Anytime! Anytime. You're welcome.
That's the thing, Solo.
Now it made me realize there's so many other things in WWE
that I haven't done yet.
So many other things that I want to accomplish.
Here's a fun fact.
Besides the World Championship,
there is one other title that I have never held in WWE.
[crowd cheers]
And that is the United States Championship.
[crowd cheers]
-[Solo] This one? -[Sami] Yeah.
Well, guess what, Sami,
you're not gonna hold it anytime soon, okay?
So you can use those big-ass eyeballs and take a look all you want.
You know what, Sami? You don't even go to SmackDown.
You're on Raw, so you're never gonna hold this championship.
As a matter of fact, get the hell out of my ring.
Get the hell off my show. I never want to see you again, ever!
[crowd boos]
Actually, Solo…
that's… that's what I really came out here to tell you.
See, as of tonight,
I am officially on SmackDown!
[crowd cheers]
You took something away from me,
and now I am going to take something away from you!
I am coming for the United States Championship,
and I am coming for you!
[crowd cheers]
[Tessitore] Oh, they're gonna throw!
And the MFTs are quick on the spot!
[Barrett] What an egregious error from Sami Zayn
right off the bat, who started off so well…
and is now in the lion's den getting savaged once again.
[Tessitore] Four-on-one with Loa and JC and Talla joining in.
-The MFTs with Solo Sikoa… -["Born A King" plays]
…but guess who's here.
[Barrett] Well, Big Jim's here.
Always ready to throw down with little bro Solo.
[Tessitore] Here comes Big Jim!
[Barrett] I still don't like the odds here at all.
It's four-on-two.
[Tessitore] He delivered some good right hands
before the numbers got to him as Talla Tonga stands over Jimmy Uso.
[Barrett] Well, Jimmy did not need to get involved in this fight whatsoever.
-["Samoan Destroyer" plays] -[Barrett] It's-- Ooh!
[crowd cheers]
[Tessitore] This place is gonna erupt!
[crowd cheering]
[Tessitore] The Samoan Werewolf is on his way.
Fatu!
[Barrett] A major ax to grind with Solo and the MFTs
after being cost the United States Championship
at SummerSlam in the steel cage match.
[Tessitore] They're taking on big Talla.
Sami and Jimmy!
Oh, no! Look at the size and strength of Talla Tonga!
But that final super kick…
And they send him over and out!
[crowd cheers]
[shouting, clamoring]
[Tessitore] What a wild start to SmackDown.
Oh, no, no. Solo, that is no way to welcome the newest member
of the SmackDown roster!
Sami Zayn, welcome to the Blue Brand.
I'm pleased to inform you that you will be in the main event
tonight here in Beantown.
[crowd cheers]
A six-man tag team match.
Any three of you MFTs
versus Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu.
[crowd cheers]
["Samoan Destroyer" plays]
[Barrett] Wow!
[Tessitore] We got ourselves a six-man tag team match,
the main event from here in Boston,
and, Wade, listen, after what happened on Monday Night Raw,
after what happened on SmackDown,
what a great way to settle the past seven days
of craziness with Sami, Solo and the MFTs.
Oh, God. We got a raucous crowd here. We're going to get a savage main event.
Welcome to bedlam in Boston.
I cannot wait and neither can these people.
And big news that Sami Zayn now officially part of the SmackDown roster.
What an awesome crowd here.
What a great stretch this has been from what we had with the sellout
in Montreal to here in Boston.
Let's check in with Byron Saxton.
Joe, Wade, thank you both very much.
I'm currently standing by with Chelsea Green and her Secret Hervice,
and, ladies, as you know-- Thanks, uh…
Piper Niven is scheduled to go one-on-one with Alexa Bliss next… [sighs]
…but from your perspective, how did we get here?
[chuckles]
How did we get here?
I think you know exactly how we got here, Byron,
and you want me to say it, don't you?
You want me to say it out loud?
Do you want me to spell it out for you, dummy?
I bravely broke up a silly little birthday celebration,
and then I bravely took a funfetti cake straight to the face,
and I could have been severely injured.
It was disgusting!
And no one, I mean, no one…
messes with our Canadian hero and gets away with it.
That's why tonight, Piper is going to take out Alexa,
and then the Secret Hervice are going to confiscate those tag titles.
Credentials next time, please.
-[grunts] -Move!
Slaygent P to intel. This is Slaygent P to intel…
Thank you, ladies.
-["The Fury" plays] -[crowd cheers]
[Barrett] Yeah, I wouldn't trust Byron Saxton around VIPs either.
[Tessitore] Oh, come on now.
[Barrett] Secret Hervice really doing their job tonight.
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by Charlotte Flair,
she is one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
from Columbus, Ohio,
Alexa Bliss!
[Tessitore] The five-time World Champion ready to show her stuff.
The skill and will versus the size and strength.
Bliss and Piper next.
[music ends]
[Tessitore] Great night here in Boston for Friday Night SmackDown.
Of course, so much history.
Fourteen Premium Live Events through the years with WWE in Boston.
We told ya, 19th SmackDown TD Garden,
where "Stone Cold" Steve Austin won his first championship
at a WrestleMania, and we're so happy to be here tonight for SmackDown.
…coming for the United States Championship,
and I am coming for you!
[crowd cheers]
[Barrett] Well, Sami Zayn always ready to throw down.
Foolhardy, perhaps,
because the numbers game of the MFTs quickly took over.
However, pretty soon Jimmy Uso and Jacob Fatu joined the fight,
and together that trio flattened the MFTs
until Talla Tonga stood tall for a second.
And, again, was wiped out.
And with the MFTs in disarray, an announcement was made.
[Tessitore] 'Course there's a whole lot of woven history with Sami
and the family matters of Big Jim and Solo.
But look at this six-man tag team match. A whole new dynamic.
For the first time, Sami, Big Jim and Jacob Fatu as a united force.
That is our main event coming up later tonight right here from Boston.
Some of the biggest crowd reactions we've heard this year is caused by that dynamo.
Alexa Bliss, her incredible return at Royal Rumble,
and the pairing with the Queen Charlotte Flair to become champion.
[theme music plays]
[Barrett] Stand to attention, Joe!
[Tessitore] I will not stand at attention, Wade.
[Nash] And her opponent,
accompanied by Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre,
representing the Secret Hervice,
from Ayrshire, Scotland,
Piper Niven!
[Tessitore] Honestly, would you please sit down?
Would you--
[Barrett] Just have a little class. Please for once in your life, Joe Tess.
That's all we're asking.
[Tessitore] Well, last week, Piper had to deal with Bliss ringside
on the birthday cake delivery moment.
[Barrett] Alexa Bliss's birthday cake brought into play.
The plan being-- as Bliss took out the Secret Hervice--
an Unprettier to Charlotte Flair.
However, one reversal later,
and it was a hot mess in the ring
with Charlotte Flair proving you can have your cake
and eat it one Figure-8 later,
and the humiliation to Chelsea Green was complete.
Another disaster as the tag champs roll from strength to strength.
[Tessitore] Just to… just to get them away from the desk. Just…
[bell rings]
[Barrett] It's about the first thing you've done right all night, Joe Tess.
More of the same, please.
[crowd cheers]
[Tessitore] Lilly Doll getting a big roar.
Of course, a week ago, we saw the Charly doll back in action as well
That was presented. Oh, and wasting no time is Piper.
[Barrett] So obsessed with the Lilly Doll.
Taking your eye off Piper Niven is a major, major error.
And now it's really punishment time
after last week's antics from the tag champs.
[Tessitore] Piper chopping cross chop right across the throat of Alexa Bliss.
Get rid of this!
[Tessitore] Oh, she's pointing to the Lilly Doll.
[Barrett] Well, Lilly Dolls should not be at ringside, in my opinion.
-Wait a second. -[Tessitore chuckles] There's backup.
[Barrett] Playing protector.
I thought it was fascinating last week.
Alexa gave Charlotte the Charly doll you mentioned four years ago.
The fact that Charlotte kept that gift all of this time
tells you everything you need to know
about how highly she values Alexa, even if she won't admit it publicly.
[Tessitore] Yeah, everything was going just fine.
They were just about to hug when all of a sudden,
we had the interruption from Chelsea and the Secret Hervice.
[Barrett] This is smart moves right now from Alexa Bliss.
You have to hit and move against the powerhouse Piper Niven,
and doing a great job of that is the five-time champ Alexa Bliss.
And current tag champ powering out now.
[Tessitore] And Piper trying to break free, and she does,
sending Bliss right over the top.
[Barrett] Now the Secret Hervice clearly unable to protect Chelsea Green
from that act of major humiliation last week,
and now there's gonna be hell to pay for that.
[Tessitore] Now look at Piper just bullying Alexa Bliss.
Putting all her weight behind her,
driving her throat across that second rope.
[Barrett] You want to be a part of the cabinet,
you have to earn your keep.
Extinguish all threats to--
[Tessitore] Oh, Boss Man slam!
And did you see the impact from Piper Niven?
-In control here, early. -[crowd boos]
[Tessitore] Piper Niven went for a running cannonball moments ago.
Alexa Bliss was able to get out of the way,
and with that opportunity, look at Bliss.
[Barrett] Oh, my God. What a turnaround.
It has been the Piper Niven Show for the past five minutes,
but one window of opportunity, that is just how good Alexa Bliss is.
[Tessitore] Continued offensive assault from the five-time World Champion.
One half of the WWE Tag Team Champions.
Lateral press and the kick out by Piper.
[Barrett] Yeah, Alexa Bliss just doesn't have the size
to keep the powerhouse down.
That's gonna be the issue here, keeping Piper Niven's shoulders
on the mat for three seconds.
Piper Niven seemingly has no clue where she's at right now,
and things are getting desperate for the Secret Hervice.
There you go.
[Tessitore] Oh, the big headbutt from Piper Niven.
[Barrett] The good old Glaswegian kiss.
[Tessitore] And now the cannonball comes in,
and Bliss unable to escape it.
[Barrett] Second time's a charm.
[Tessitore] Oh, boy.
[Barrett] And gravity is about to lend a hand.
[Tessitore] Oh, and Bliss smart to roll towards the corner.
Right into the DDT!
Here's Alexa in position.
[Barrett] Alexa Bliss hitting top gear here,
and you have to, and what is Chelsea Green up to here?
[Tessitore] I think she could be putting herself in position for Twisted Bliss.
-But Chelsea… -[Barrett] Oh, no.
[Tessitore] Oh! Charlotte clears her on the apron!
[crowd cheers]
[Barrett] Pays to have an equalizer in this game.
[Tessitore] But there's Alba Fyre.
As Bliss had to retreat from that position.
The roll up!
Here's the roll up!
-And the win! -[bell rings]
-["The Fury" plays] -[crowd cheers]
[Nash] Here is your winner, Alexa Bli--
-[Barrett] Oh! -[Tessitore] Oh!
Alba Fyre comes in and attacks, and the Queen is there.
Charlotte Flair!
[Barrett] Here to save the day is the friend, and I use that term loosely.
They certainly don't admit it, but thank goodness if you're an Alexa Bliss fan.
[crowd chanting] Woo!
[Tessitore] A week after she got the best of Chelsea Green--
Oh, and now the numbers catching up to her with a senton from Piper!
[Barrett] Well, this was really the point of tonight.
Deliver some…
[Tessitore] Oh, right into the post goes Flair.
[Barrett] …retribution to the miscreants
involved in last week's shameful humiliation.
[Tessitore] Oh!
[Barrett] And the tag champs are getting decimated here by Chelsea Green
and Her Majesty's Secret Hervice.
[Tessitore] Well, it is three-on-two, Wade.
[Barrett] Three-on-one at this point, Joe.
[Tessitore] Oh, and that's not good for Bliss.
[Barrett] Be careful who you meddle with in this game.
[Tessitore] Gory Bomb, and now-- Oh, no! Piper's in position!
Oh, Alexa Bliss taking such damage.
[crowd boos]
[theme music plays]
[Barrett] Unbridled menace dropping the tag champs.
Bad things in the future of Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, perhaps.
[Tessitore] She is in pain.
-Nobody knows! -He knew I had you beat!
-No, he doesn't! -Everyone knew!
-Okay, bring it! Let's go! -Okay, let's do that!
-Ladies! -You already had your shot!
-Ladies! All right! -Whenever you're ready!
-Oh, my gosh. -All right!
Listen, Jade, I appreciate that you want another title shot.
A lot of people do.
I appreciate that you want to be a fighting champion,
but there's a lot of channels we have to go through before we can get to--
[clears throat] Am I interrupting something?
-You are. -Yes.
Well, I don't know why you're pleading for a rematch.
-Pleading? -You won Queen of the Ring
and didn't have what it takes to become a champ, unlike me.
Why don't you fall back, and I'll handle Miss Tiffy over here
in the fluke of a title reign that she's having?
I fall back for no one.
Nia, I'm gonna tell you the same thing that I told Jade the other day.
The story may be different, but the outcome will always be the same.
And if I have to prove it to you before I prove it to you…
Mmm.
…bring it.
[crowd cheers]
♪ Awesome… ♪
[crowd cheers]
["I Came to Play" plays]
♪ I came to play There's a price to pay ♪
♪ Time for to get down On your knees and pray ♪
♪ Say goodbye To the good old days ♪
♪ They're never coming back Watch your future fade ♪
♪ I came to play Get my dues paid ♪
♪ I guess you had a dream But it can't be saved ♪
♪ I'm here stay Best get out of my… ♪
["Melo Don't Miss" plays]
[crowd cheers]
♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest Ain't no hating, I'm the best here ♪
♪ You want your shot Well, I guess you wait till next year… ♪
[Barrett] Well, Miz and Melo reconnected last week on SmackDown
after an enforced break for The Miz and his extracurricular activities.
Now apparently looking to launch an assault on the tag division
here in SmackDown.
♪ I ain't never run from challenges I handle 'em and face 'em… ♪
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, with a combined weight of 431 pounds,
The Miz and Carmelo Hayes,
Melo Don't Miz!
[Tessitore] You mentioned The Miz's return.
I don't think anybody was more surprised
than his tag team partner you see right there,
the Boston native Carmelo Hayes.
♪ Who go a problem, huh? Tell 'em to step here ♪
♪ I be getting Ws So what's a loss… ♪
[music ends]
♪ Going against me is stupid ♪
♪ They know it I gotta prove it ♪
♪ I'll win And I'll never lose it ♪
♪ Only victory The champ is what you get now ♪
♪ All the struggles lead to this And who the best now? ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm the greatest Ain't no hating, I'm the best here ♪
♪ You want your shot Well, I guess you wait… ♪
[Tessitore] …Intercontinental Championship match here in Boston.
[Barrett] Well, The Miz is one of the GOATs,
and it's about time people started showing The Miz a little bit more respect,
and I'm glad Carmelo Hayes has hooked his talons into a veteran presence.
[Tessitore] Don't blink now. Here they come.
["Just The Frax" playing]
♪ Long-lived days Start counting 'em ♪
♪ You time is over It's the Fraxiom… ♪
[Nash] And their opponents,
the team of Axiom and Nathan Frazer.
Fraxiom!
[Tessitore] Always entertaining is speedy Fraxiom.
They were responsible for so many of the big thrills we had
in the TLC match at SummerSlam.
Namely that Spanish Fly on big Angelo Dawkins
-off the top rope… -[Barrett] Ooh!
…off the post, through the table outside the ring.
-[Barrett] I'm still hurting from that. -Oh!
I can't imagine how the rest of the participants are feeling.
You think about it, it's almost 2 weeks since SummerSlam now.
That's simply not enough time to recover for Fraxiom.
And Melo and Miz may have an easier time than usual tonight.
If they can get on the same page, that is.
[Tessitore] Fraxiom the two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
You mentioned, if they can get on the same page.
Something's grabbing Miz's attention there.
-It's Joe Casey… -[Barrett] Oh!
…one half of the tag team champions, the Wyatt Sicks.
[Barrett] Miz looks thrown for a loop.
Miz has had major issues with the Wyatt Sicks in the past.
Not least, when he was kidnapped by Dexter Lumis once upon a time,
giving him the heebie-jeebies.
It's pretty difficult to focus after something like that.
[Tessitore] It's understandable.
[Barrett] But he's a veteran, he's able to get through this kind of thing.
-Oh, speak of the-- -Oh, speaking of him, Wade!
[Barrett] The kidnapper himself!
[Tessitore] Dexter Lumis.
[Barrett] The Miz looks like he's seen a ghost now.
He's gonna have to show off all of his veteran nous now,
to the kid, Melo, in the corner.
[Tessitore] Of course the Wyatt Sicks able to capture the gold a month ago
and able to defend and retain
in that epic thriller that we saw at MetLife Stadium.
[Tessitore] Oh, and The Miz trying to match a little fire with fire
-against Axiom. -[Barrett] Yeah.
The Miz is so well rounded. He can do lucha stuff.
Try what you want, Axiom.
You can't outfox the old master, The Miz.
Look, transitioning from lucha to catches catch can in the blink of an eye.
[Tessitore] Look at the athleticism from Axiom.
Able to twist and turn.
[Barrett] Oh!
Shot right to the jaw of The Miz,
who just hasn't looked quite himself in the early going so far.
[Tessitore] Now you can tell that, with the style and speed
of Frazer and Axiom.
[Barrett] Oh, here's the problem with Nathan Frazer,
you can't slow him down!
[Tessitore] Lightning fast.
-And Miz makes a decision… -[crowd cheers]
…to just tag Melo.
He says, I got it.
[Barrett] Well, Miz… Oh! Miz's set the table for Melo.
And now Melo, uh,
seemingly having all the speed. And Melo comes to the fore!
[Tessitore] Be careful turning your back though.
[Barrett] Just can't be cocky around someone like Nathan Frazer.
Blink and he's got ya.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Melo!
[Tessitore] Would you look at Nathan Frazer.
This time, Melo… Oh!
He was able to catch that leg, but the kick came up.
And right back to business is Axiom.
[Barrett] Fraxiom have been on such a hot streak
-since arriving on SmackDown. -Oh!
Although, of late they've realized
that it's simply not that easy to keep a streak going.
And you got to prove yourself every single week here.
[Tessitore] They're just a blur when they get going, especially like this.
Here they go, dive after dive to the outside.
[Barrett] So rapid and Melo Don't Miz--
Oh! Are getting flattened at ringside here.
-Could barely get a shot in! -"Carmelo Don't Miz",
-but Fraxiom doesn't miss! -[groans]
The dive train here in Boston.
[Tessitore] Friday Night SmackDown here in Boston,
as Carmelo Hayes, in control right now, against Axiom.
Carmelo Hayes, who's from Boston.
And when he was 8 years old, he came to SmackDown here at the Garden.
He said he saw Rey Mysterio against Eddie Guerrero right here at TD Garden.
[Barrett] That's all great, Joe Tess. But sometimes in this match,
I feel like the emotion has got to Melo,
'cause he's simply not listening to Miz's instructions.
-[Tessitore] I don't know about that. -Well, I do know about that.
And I would say that Melo has got the upper hand in this one.
-Although, look how it turned to Axiom! -Oh, would you look at this from Axiom!
[Tessitore] Remember, it was a week ago when The Miz surprised Melo.
Melo was taking his own course, trying to put himself in position for a title shot.
Miz was backstage, comes from Nick Aldis's office,
-and first rejected… -One, two…
And the kick out by Axiom.
He first rejected The Miz's embrace.
Saying, "Hey, you left me hanging for a couple months."
[Barrett] Well, that's fine. Miz had other things to take care of in Hollywood.
Now he's back. And between himself and Melo,
they're trying to engineer a pathway to tag gold,
an opportunity to perhaps take on the Wyatt Sicks.
But Melo needs to start listening to Miz more.
Follow the blueprint.
And now this match could well turn around,
and Fraxiom could be allowed back in the door unless Miz can stop…
And it's too late!
-Tag to Frazer. -[Tessitore] Here comes Nathan Frazer!
And that all out speed attack against The Miz.
Look at him run the ropes. Are you kidding me, Wade?
[Barrett] Breaking the laws of physics.
[Tessitore] How in the world?
[Barrett] It was about seven shots in the blink of an eye there.
-[Tessitore] Shooting Star Press… -One, two…
…into the cover.
[Barrett] And somehow Miz needs to figure out a way to slow this man down.
And that is easier said than done.
And now Frazer's got that look in his eye.
And when he goes skyward it gets scary.
[Tessitore] He is so dangerous off the top rope.
Oh, he was looking for the Phoenix Splash.
Instead, The Miz…
-There's the roll up. -One, two…
The Miz able to survive.
-[Barrett] Oh! -Oh, and a big knee!
And now the tag to Melo.
[Barrett] Right, let's put him to the sword here. Oh no!
[Melo] Watch out.
[Tessitore] That didn't work out well.
[Barrett] Attempted a Skull Crushing Finale,
but Nathan Frazer is just too fresh in this one.
[Tessitore] Looking for the springboard and Frazer was right there to meet him!
He was right there to meet him!
One, two…
[Barrett] I have never seen such a pacey individual in my life.
How the hell do you keep up with Melo,
and then hit this springboard Spanish Fly from the middle row,
-almost decapitating Melo in the process. -One, two…
And I have no earthly idea how Melo kicked out of that one.
Carmelo Hayes is simply double tough.
But it could be good night here, Joe Tess.
[Tessitore] Here comes Axiom.
Oh! And Melo…
able to get the big boot in.
And deliver the elbow!
[Barrett] Hometown Melo ain't going out without a win.
Oh, no.
Clocked right to the temple there.
[Tessitore] Axiom climbs up. There was the tag.
[Barrett] Oh here we go. We've seen this before, Joe Tess.
[Tessitore] Spanish Fly, could it be, with the Phoenix Splash!
If they get him in position.
-The combo work of Fraxiom. Yes! -[Barrett] It's the one…
-The one-two combo that's beaten them all. -One, two…
-But not the… Oh! -[Tessitore] No!
How did The Miz come up with that save?
[Barrett] Because The Miz is awesome!
And it's about time the world started showing The Miz some respect.
Flashy? No. Brilliant? Yes.
[Tessitore] A step up launch by The Miz saves this.
[Barrett] 2.99 and bang! Right on the nick of the… time.
Two for the price of one.
[Tessitore] That was impressive.
Carmelo Hayes took the damage with the combination work from Fraxiom.
And now Frazer's looking to put him right back in position.
[Barrett] Frazer's got such a giant playbook, he's always cooking up ideas.
Defensively and offensively, he can do it all.
And you would not want to be Carmelo Hayes here.
What the hell are they trying to cook up?
Maybe a double Spanish Fly. No!
-Miz playing spoiler once again. -[Tessitore] Oh!
[Tessitore] Right on the apron, the DDT right on the apron, Wade.
As Frazer continues to work, putting him in position for that superplex.
-[Barrett] Oh! -But instead…
Carmelo Hayes able to counter.
-[Barrett] Oh, God. -Can you believe that? Midair by Hayes.
[Barrett] The front suplex cutter.
And this is the kiss of death now for Nathan Frazer,
who has no clue where he's at.
[Tessitore] He was going for nothing but net.
Why in the world did Miz just tagged there?
-[Barrett] Boom! -Skull Crushing Finale.
One, two, three.
-[Barrett] Yes. -[Tessitore] What do you mean yes?
Look at the face of Hayes.
[Nash] Here are your winners. Carmelo Hayes, The Miz!
Melo Don't Miz!
[Barrett] That, Joe Tess, is a perfect example
of why you rely on veterans in this game.
Veterans close things out.
And that's what The Miz did here,
after Melo pulled out this brilliant cutter off the top rope.
Melo got a little too excited. It's the folly of youth.
But The Miz, ever present, nails that Skull Crushing Finale.
And surely inching closer towards
a potential tag championship opportunity now,
thanks to The Miz. And…
Melo's gonna start understanding the bigger picture in this game.
It's not about grabbing the headlines for yourself all the time.
Sometimes it's about being a team player.
-And the Miz understands that. -I…
I think they got a long way to go on communication,
but they do get the win here.
There are a few times that the two of us are left speechless
and with such concern, with little that we can say.
We had one of those moments
as we were getting ready to sign off the air last week.
We want to let everybody know
that there is no medical update on Cody Rhodes,
as we look back at the horrific attack that took place in Montreal.
[Tessitore] Crow just took down Cody Rhodes
with the title right across his head.
[crowd clamors]
Get out of here! Get up!
[Tessitore] And after this short break, coming your way,
it is the Scottish warrior
who did that level of damage to the undisputed champion Cody Rhodes.
Drew McIntyre is up next.
[crowd cheers]
I've noticed that Jade, and now even Nia
are trying to lock in another opportunity at your championship. [chuckles]
It won't stop there.
The longer you're champion, the more your market value goes up.
[inhales sharply] But so does the list of competitors that are after you.
I advise you get some backup.
And there's no better security than me and my client Giulia.
-Well then, where is-- -Please.
Giulia's way too big of a star to be dotting I's and crossing T's.
I offer more than just protection. I offer upgrades.
Picture this. Brand expansion.
Tiffany Stratton with a custom pink championship around her waist.
I think that the title should match the woman holding it.
Do we have a deal?
I'm kind of the champion already.
So, I don't think I need backup.
-So, I'm good. -[chuckles]
That's fine.
But just know if you're not with us, then you're against us.
I understand that you're undefeated.
That's because you have never had to defeat someone like Giulia.
And just because she has a title does not mean that she can't take yours.
[sighs]
I think that you're kinda getting ahead of yourself.
If you would have actually answered any of my calls,
you would have known that I got Giulia next.
[chuckles] Yeah, well, that'll be under advisement, okay?
Thanks.
[scoffs]
["Gallantry" playing]
[Nash] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome Drew McIntyre!
[Tessitore] Wade, I've said it to you all week long.
When I reflect on what happened in Montreal.
There was something in Drew's eyes that was downright scary.
And then we got the result that was much scarier.
That crisis.
The great concern for Cody Rhodes's health and welfare.
[Barrett] That was a heinous attack we saw
at the conclusion of SmackDown last week.
McIntyre smashing the skull of Cody Rhodes through our announce table,
splintering the desk, rendering Cody completely unconscious.
And we've had very little update regarding the status of Cody.
And there's serious concern for the immediate future of the WWE champ.
And probably anyone else who comes in close proximity of Drew McIntyre
when he's in this kind of mood.
Simply a perennial threat.
[Tessitore] This guy snapped.
285 pounds at full velocity,
just crashing his boot through Cody Rhodes in the front of our announce desk.
[crowd boos]
People have been asking me all week, "Why did you do what you did, Drew?
Why did you Claymore Cody's head right through that announced table?"
[crowd boos]
It was so violent, I think we need to see it again.
Let's see it again, play the clip.
[crowd boos]
[crowd clamors]
I told you, Cody. I told you.
I want you to win…
[crowd boos]
Now, listen closely.
I did not attack Cody Rhodes.
I know.
"Drew, we just watched the clip. We were watching last week."
But your eyes are lying to you.
And as usual, I will explain it to you in a second.
-But first of all, Joe. -[Tessitore] Yes?
Where's the medical update?
What's going on with Cody? It's been a week now.
There is no medical update.
There's no update. That's so weird.
-We always have an after a week. -We can't provide one.
Could somebody be hiding it?
Could management be hiding it because of what I did to their golden boy?
They don't know how long he's going to be out for,
and it's all Drew McIntyre's fault.
[crowd boos]
Here's the thing, people think I hate Cody.
I don't hate Cody.
I feel sorry for Cody.
He cares about your cheers so much.
He needs that validation from all of you.
He cares what management think about him.
He needs that pat on the back, that "Attaboy, great job."
And the reason I know all of that is because I was Cody five years ago.
I was in his position and then I evolved.
I realized when we retire, we're gone.
You all forget about us and you move on.
You got to get yours while you can.
And I want that WWE title.
I've been screwed out of it more times than I can count.
I deserve it. I have earned it!
[crowd boos]
I want it for me.
I want it for my family. I want it for that big paycheck.
Cody Rhodes, he needs the WWE championship.
Who is Cody without his story?
Who is Cody without the title?
He's nobody and he knows it.
And that's why he did what he did last week.
So let's bring it full circle, ladies and gentlemen.
I did not attack Cody Rhodes last week.
He attacked me.
You don't remember? Let me explain.
The AA happened right here. I broke up the pinfall.
Cody knocked me to the floor.
In fact, let's go through the crime scene right now.
I was down here when a disqualification happened.
The match was legally over.
And Cody put my face right into this post.
Then he went over to the announced table and started clearing it off.
Why would he do that Wade?
Did he want to talk, fashion me a fine cuisine?
He was going to put my arse through the table and take me out.
So I defended myself.
And why would he do that?
Maybe because I told him to his face, "I want you to beat Cena.
Then I'm gonna be the one to take the title off you, Cody."
You made the first move, but your biggest mistake was…
Cody Rhodes is so good at pissing people off.
Drew McIntyre's so good at taking people out.
[crowd clamors]
So I am not the bad guy.
But if you provoke me…
I will do very, very violent things.
If you provoke me…
I'm the real nightmare.
Get well soon.
[Tessitore] This guy's just… [vocalizes]
Unsafe atmosphere right now
-with Drew McIntyre. -[Barrett] I think everyone should
heed the words of Drew McIntyre and keep well clear.
I've known Drew a long time.
-But when he gets in this kind of mode… -Oh.
…even I'm incredibly unnerved in his presence.
And the gloating perhaps has subsided,
but the concerns and the questions still linger,
with regards to the health and the future of WWE champ, Cody Rhodes.
[Tessitore] Saying Cody made it personal a long time ago
and left him with no choice.
But a lot of gaslighting as well there.
Let's get backstage to Byron.
Byron?
Joe, Wade, I'm standing by with The Street Profits and B-Fab.
Montez, Angelo,
in just a few moments, you take on one of your longtime rivals in #DIY.
If you win,
do you feel that places you in contention for a WWE Tag Team Championship match?
-Yeah. -[Solo] Another championship match?
Tag team titles? Why?
For what?
How many times you gonna go after the tag team titles, man? Huh?
Listen, I'll tell you what,
after we get done with Jimmy, Sami, and Jacob,
if y'all want those tag team titles you're gonna have to run through us.
Look, fam, it don't matter how much family you got.
Y'all still ain't gonna stop us from doing what we do best.
Yeah, Solo-dolo.
So don't matter if it's #DIY MFT, ABC, EBT.
It don't matter what tag team it is,
Street Profits and B-Fab are still up.
And we want…
[inhales deeply]
…the smoke.
Watch your back around here, it's hot.
No, it's not. What the hell you talking about?
Hey, listen. Don't even worry about it, all right?
Talla. Talla!
Are you all right?
-We good. -All right, we're good.
Let's go take care of business.
["Do It Myself" playing]
[Tessitore] We got Solo and the MFTs coming up
in our main event six-man tag team match against Sami, Jacob and Big Jim.
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by Candice LeRae,
with a combined weight of 407 pounds,
Johnny Gargano!
Tommaso Ciampa!
#DIY!
[Tessitore] #DIY trying to work their way back to a title shot.
Let's see if they can get past The Street Profits.
That's next.
Well, for #DIY, a chance at the Street Profits is always welcome.
The chief rivals,
who they have fought four times for the tag team championships.
[Barrett] Don't forget the #DIY took out the Street Profits
at the end of last year.
["We Want Smoke" playing]
[Nash] And their opponents,
accompanied by B-Fab,
with a combined weight of 492 pounds.
Angelo Dawkins!
Montez Ford!
The Street Profits!
[Tessitore] The Profits, of course, recently had the gold.
Lost to the Wyatt Sicks.
And as much as the guys in front of them, #DIY, are always a major obstacle…
We just saw moments ago. Now, being targeted, are The Street Profits.
And getting a warning about this division by the MFTs and Solo Sikoa,
who are hunting down everything on SmackDown.
We will see them in a six-man tag team match coming up in just a little bit.
[Barrett] Well, the SmackDown tag division
-never sleeps, does it? -[Tessitore] No.
[Barrett] Just when you come out of that mega TLC match
and you think maybe we'll get some clarity here,
we'll get some order restored…
The Wyatt Sicks are lurking around here tonight.
We've seen them a couple of times.
Melo Don't Miz scored a big win.
I'm sure they're currently in Nick Aldis's room,
-demanding a championship opportunity. -[Tessitore] It's like…
[Tessitore] I guarantee one of them is. There's no doubt about that.
[Barrett] Probably the veteran, The Miz.
He's the guy you would send forward.
Let Melo go celebrate.
-But right now, two more tag teams… -[bell rings]
…that are demanding to get back in the hunt for gold.
Both have held gold this year, as you mentioned, Joe.
It's just a red-hot division.
And all the teams are so closely matched.
It's hard to really say this-this one team is the premier team.
[Tessitore] Yeah. We saw that at SummerSlam,
with the outrageous nonstop action in the TLC match.
I mean people are still buzzing about what happened at MetLife,
in Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
[Barrett] Well, I wasn't a tag guy in my career.
If I'd had a tag like that TLC match at SummerSlam,
I would have immediately retired afterwards.
-[Tessitore chuckles] -I'm done with this game.
It's not how I remember watching it as a kid.
You know, it's a lot more painful.
[Tessitore] Honestly, and I sit here
because Candice LeRae is right in front of us.
You see #DIY, there she is.
But every time anybody looks at Candice LeRae now,
the instant memory of those two men bumping into the ladder as she was up top
and causing Candice to fall from inside the ring on top of a ladder
all the way to the floor,
all the way through a bridged ladder below.
[Barrett] Candice LeRae took the worst landing of anyone in the entire match
and she wasn't even in the match.
That's how dangerous that match is.
[Tessitore] Outrageous to think.
You see the instant dynamic athleticism of Tez.
Now the powerhouse Angelo Dawkins
throwing jabs, body shots, and a right cross.
[Barrett] And he can't be feeling right. He took that Spanish Fly to the outside.
Oh, through a bunch of tables, but he's looking pretty damn fly right now.
[Tessitore] Yeah, it was nearly flushed up against the barrier.
There was such long range there. He's spinning in.
Does Dawkins crashing home and then sending the kick.
[Barrett] He just caught the nose of Tommaso Ciampa there.
Ci-Ciampa perhaps getting away without connecting with the worst of it.
But wait up, keep your eyes peeled, Ciampa.
[Candice screaming]
[Tessitore] Oh, Candice getting in between them.
[Barrett] What a massive asset it is for #DIY
to get back with Candice LeRae.
And now amidst that distraction, perhaps #DIY take control.
[Tessitore] As Johnny able to land that kick right on the apron,
as #DIY all smiles for a moment.
Good job. Good job.
[Tessitore] Glad you're with us back here in Boston.
Look at this massive crowd of over 12,600 TD Garden.
The Street Profits taking on #DIY.
[Barrett] Two championship caliber tag teams in the year 2025
currently without goal,
currently desperate to get back to the top of the ladder
and an opportunity at The Wyatt Sicks.
A victory here may well do it in the eyes of Nick Aldis.
[Tessitore] Ciampa running over and in that boot from Tez
as Tez quick to go up to the top rope
where he's most comfortable.
Can you believe the height?
He nearly grazed Larry Bird's retired jersey.
[Barrett] That might be worth something if-if you could grab it next time,
-that'd be great. I'll put it on eBay. -[Tessitore] It's unbelievable
how high he was.
[Barrett] Yeah, Montez Ford moves like a man half his size.
[Tessitore] Tez able to escape that initial effort from Gargano
and then slam his head down.
And delivers as well to Ciampa.
[Barrett] Kind of offense you don't see too often from Montez,
but it really tells you just how skilled this man is!
[Tessitore] Right into the hook of away cover,
and Ciampa able to survive.
[Barrett] And this is really where Tez needs to turn the dial up.
You've got a wounded Ciampa in there, you've got Gargano down
and you've got your own tag partner back in the corner.
Now's the time to make it count.
Ciampa now scrambling for dear life, perhaps didn't see that tag,
or perhaps he did.
How quick is Ciampa?
[Tessitore] He is.
Oh, but the double team effort.
One! Two!
[Tessitore] And Gargano makes the save.
[Barrett] There's no counter for raw power in this game.
Raw power always wins out.
The speed of Gargano and Ciampa is now starting to lack
at this point in the match.
[Tessitore] Oh, he's putting him in position that electric chair.
Could this be time for the double team blockbuster?
[Barrett] Really is the kill switch for this team. It's game over-- Oh!
-Oh, my God! B-Fab! -[Tessitore] Wow!
B-Fab's face was just run right into the steel steps
[Barrett] Right into the point of that steal.
I'm hoping B-Fab is Okay. That was ugly as hell, but the match continues nonetheless.
As Ciampa and Tez-- Oh, the big knee from Tommaso Ciampa.
Bodies are dropping everywhere you look now,
and how much has this swung back in the favor of #DIY?
You've got to stay alive in this game!
[crowd gasps]
[Tessitore] As they've done so many times in the past,
is the fairy tale ending the ending they want?
No. Dawkins comes in to break it up.
[Barrett] You have to be on your toes at all times,
even more so if you're the tag partner who's outside of the ring.
That was crucial there. Street Profits got a one-way ticket to a loss,
but had their wits about them just enough to break up that pin.
[Tessitore] All four of our top competitors
trying to gather themselves now in the center of the ring.
[Barrett] Everyone's so groggy. Just running on fumes at this point. Oh!
-[Tessitore] That was almost a disaster. -Well, that was the disaster.
[Tessitore] Tez runs Gargano right into Ciampa.
-[Barrett] Tez on fire right now. -Gets sent out and onto Ciampa.
[Barrett] Inadvertently by Gargano, looking to capitalize now, however…
[Tessitore] Oh, Gargano wanted to go flying. Instead, Tez met him.
[Barrett] It was right on the throat of Gargano,
and with the referee's back turned back.
High IQ moves once again from #DIY!
[Tessitore] Candice LeRae pulls him off the apron
and that takes out Dawkins as well!
[Barrett] The ref missed the entire thing.
#DIY playing a completely different game to the rest of the division.
-[groans] -[Tessitore] And he takes Gorgano.
-For the win, #DIY! -[Barrett sighs]
[Tessitore] And somehow Tez kicks out.
Can't you see him reaching for that throat again?
[Barrett] No idea. I think he might be feigning that throat.
It certainly worked well to distract the referee, but now…
-Oh! -[Tessitore] Ooh!
B-Fab comes right in and avenges what happened earlier.
Meanwhile, they pull Gargano out.
Perhaps lining up to meet him in the middle, but no!
[Tessitore] There's a roll up, there's a roll up.
Tez with a huge knee.
[Barrett] The game plan of #DIY is coming apart at the seams right now.
And that's not going to help.
Up top!
-And from the heavens… -[crowd] One, two, three!
-…to the win. -[bell rings]
[Nash] Here are your winners!
The Street Profits!
[Barrett] While they never say die,
Street Profits dance with death in this matchup,
pulled out the dub and perhaps inching towards another shot of the goal.
What do I have to do to get a United States Championship?
Mr, Aldis,
I apologize for Carmelo just barging in.
No, no, no, screw that. Don't apologize. I need this.
Please, slow down.
I got this. Let me handle it.
Then handle it.
Mr. Aldis,
-since you're not busy-- -Uh, excuse me, Miz.
Actually, he was busy.
As a matter of fact, kind of the way you're busy, uh,
manipulating poor Carmelo Hayes over here.
What is it, Melo? Are you him?
Or are you his?
[laughs]
Carmelo Hayes cannot be manipulated because he has me watching his back.
Oh, it's the Motor City Machine Guns… More like the Motor City squirt guns.
All noise, no impact.
-Oh, I like how he used… -I see what he did there, yeah.
Yeah, big words coming from you, and you, two people who wrestle in a team
like they just met in catering.
Well, we've been doing this for two decades as a team, right?
We're kind of the kings of this.
You two, you're not even close to being at our level.
I own ten tag team championships!
What have you done?
Gentlemen! Gentlemen!
This is the Miz!
I think there's a very simple solution to this situation.
-Are you thinking what I'm thinking? -Absolutely,
giving us a title match.
Just stop, stop.
No. I'm thinking Motor City Machine Guns versus Melo Don't Miz
next week on SmackDown.
You can put your money where your mouth is.
-I like that. -What do you think, huh?
Exactly what we wanted.
What do you mean we?
-You got that. -[Melo] That's what you want.
I don't think that's what Melo wanted.
-That's what we wanted. -Yeah, I know it's what you wanted.
Well, there you go.
[Barrett] Wow, that is huge news,
from a red-hot tag division to a 6-Man Tag, main event,
we had a heated start to tonight's show.
It's gonna come to a head next when Sami Zayn, main event Jimmy Uso,
and the Samoan Werewolf Jacob Fatu team up to collide with the MFTs.
[Tessitore] That is the scene of what happened last week in Montreal.
Cena and Logan Paul.
Boy, things change really quickly for these two.
We will get into it next.
♪ Krrr, Amadou! ♪
["The Time is Now" plays]
[crowd cheering]
-[music stops] -[crowd chants] Cena! Cena! Cena!
The noise in here is deafening. I can barely hear myself talk.
After tonight, I got eleven… Eleven of these left.
[crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena!
Every single time a day goes by, I get more and more afraid.
I am afraid that every single WWE superstar just got themselves
a big old John Cena problem!
I am not going down without a fight.
So, Brock Lesnar, when you want some, come and get some.
[cheering]
And to anyone brave enough to walk the aisle and stand on this canvas--
♪ Ayo! ♪
[crowd boos]
John, John, John…
Hey, hey. I respected you, John. I really did.
But now I don't even know you.
You don't know who you are.
You turned into a charity case. You're out here just giving out matches.
Well, how about this?
I want one.
Right in the middle of France.
Logan Paul versus John Cena at Clash in Paris.
I mean, that's box office. That's headline.
You might have just made the biggest mistake of your life.
Logan Paul against John Cena, Clash in Paris, I accept!
[Paul] Logan Paul does WWE better than any professional wrestler.
And that includes you.
[Barrett] Logan Paul, John Cena.
Clash in Paris.
[Tessitore] It is happening. The Never-Seen 17 against the Maverick.
John Cena. Logan Paul.
It is the Clash in Paris. Sunday, August 31st.
Right now I'd like to welcome on in my guest, R-Truth.
[crowd cheers]
-What's up, B-Sax? -What's up, Truth?
Listen, we saw your reaction last week, but I had to get a follow up.
How do you feel about John Cena's recent literal attitude adjustment?
♪ I feel good ♪
Hey, B-Sax, I got, you got,
we all got our childhood hero John Cena back.
Imagine being this excited for your other friend, Damian Priest.
I guess with friends like you, who needs enemies, R-Truth?
How are you gonna tell me who I am?
There he is.
Mr. Killings.
I guess I'll see you next week.
You must have forgot.
Man, just like the old days, huh?
When's the last time we teamed up anyway?
Uh, it's been a hot minute.
[both chuckle]
Yeah, but really, I just want to let you know,
I… I know I said it before, but it means a lot,
-you having my back out there. -Come on, dawg.
Hey, Jacob, same goes for you, man.
I really appreciate you having my back out there.
I didn't do that for you.
I went out there to help my brother.
Man, I don't even really know you like that.
All right, well, I don't really know you either,
but guess what, that's my brother too.
And if you're cool with him, then you're cool with me.
So are we…
We gonna be cool here tonight?
Make sure he stays the hell out of my way.
Yadadamean, then?
-Ya-da-mean? -Yeah, it's a good thing.
["Taking It All" plays]
[Tessitore] Welcome to SmackDown, Sami Zayn.
Jacob's wired differently.
So is this group right here.
♪ We taking it all ♪
♪ Settle the score No, I will not take a loss… ♪
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following six-man tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
JC Mateo, Tonga Loa, Talla Tonga,
and the United States Champion Solo Sikoa,
MFT!
[Tessitore] And now Sami here on SmackDown trying to tame Solo and the MFTs.
Six-Man Tag Team next.
♪ Tell 'em my time is now ♪
♪ I'm active and ready to fight ♪
♪ Been through the struggle The hustle, the pain… ♪
[Tessitore] Hey, we're hitting the road next week
because Friday Night SmackDown is going to be
in the magnificent sports passion-filled city of Dublin, Ireland.
And let's go through what's coming your way.
The international portion.
John Cena's tour is back, but this is not the angry Brussels version.
The luck of the Irish get that smiling, old-school passion-filled Cena,
and he's ready to take care of Logan Paul soon enough.
Cena returns to Dublin next week.
Plus, R-Truth.
We just saw moments ago against an incredibly twisted Aleister Black,
who recently told him if someone pushes him,
he will push him off a cliff and wait to hear them fall.
That is next week.
[Barrett] And there's a hell of a lot of motion
in the SmackDown tag ranks,
as always, everyone jockeying to become number one contender
while the former champs, Motor City Machine Guns,
get to argue their case in ring against tonight's victors Melo Don't Miz.
That's next week on SmackDown from Dublin, Ireland.
[Tessitore] There is the United States champion Solo Sikoa
and his destructive disciples, the MFTs.
They showed up at Raw this week and took care of Sami Zayn.
Now they get him right here.
♪ I'm active and ready to fight ♪
♪ Been through the struggle The hustle, the pain ♪
♪ I see the smiles From the fake on they face ♪
♪ This is my time Ain't no time to waste ♪
♪ The warrior's ready They're screaming my name ♪
[song ends]
["Worlds Apart" plays]
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
[crowd] Let's go!
[crowd cheering]
[Barrett] Here is the man who embarrassed Solo Sikoa,
beating him last week in Montreal.
Sami Zayn making it clear he has eyes on the United States Championship
-owned by Solo Sikoa. -["Born A King" playing]
♪ I was born a king Ran with the pack ♪
[Tessitore] Of course, Jimmy Uso has been trying to control the family conflict
between himself and little brother Solo for some time.
[Barrett] Former bros from the Bloodline reuniting tonight against a common foe.
["Samoan Destroyer" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Nash] And their opponents,
making their way to the ring,
the team of Sami Zayn, Jimmy Uso,
and the Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Fatu!
[Tessitore] This is gonna be something.
And by the way, you know all these family matters,
if you heard Jacob Fatu's excellent interview on the Breakfast Club recently,
you know how much the family lineage means to him.
And he feels he'll be on the right side of history,
even if it comes at a price of getting tangled up in moments like this.
Six-Man Tag Team match.
Sami and Jimmy,
used to seeing them together through the years,
add in Jacob Fatu now
against Solo and the MFTs.
[Barrett] Only the first time we've seen Jacob Fatu
since his bitter disappointment at SummerSlam.
[crowd cheering] Fatu, Fatu, Fatu!
[Barrett] His audience firing him up right from the start.
Of course, he was cost that Steel Cage match
by massive outside interference by the MFTs,
and it appears that the biggest MFT of them all, Talla Tonga,
is prowling the outside of the ring,
while the other three are in there doing battle.
Keep your eye on Talla Tonga at all times.
[Tessitore] Just the massive frame of Talla Tonga.
And I really feel like there's been a different edge to the MFTs
ever since that giant has arrived, Wade.
[Barrett] And I would love to point out, you lose a player like Jacob Fatu,
you become weaker, right?
Solo Sikoa somehow lost Jacob Fatu, yet got stronger,
thanks to the acquisition of Talla Tonga.
What brilliant leadership.
[Tessitore] Jimmy Uso trying to get the best
of Former Olympian JC Mateo right now.
[Barrett] Argument could be made, JC Mateo is the most trusted soldier
of Solo Sikoa, the first part of the rebuild,
after the crew was decimated with defections and injuries.
[Tessitore] Sami Zayn now tagged in.
It was made official earlier tonight, as they run Sami right into that corner,
and Sami officially now on the SmackDown roster.
As Tonga Loa gets to work,
going to the body and chopping down on the back of the head.
[Barrett] A man with a 15… Oh, nice. Referee's back turned.
Complete cohesion between Solo and the MFTs right off the bat.
Tonga Loa, a guy who hasn't really received
much of the spotlight of late here,
gets a major opportunity to cause his brand of carnage,
kind of brand of carnage that saw him on a…
-Oh, here we… Oh! -[Tessitore] Oh, man, oh, man!
From that nearly seven-foot frame, the big boot from Talla Tonga.
The last two big TV events, Montreal for SmackDown,
then Quebec City for Raw.
Homecomings of Sami Zayn.
Action against Solo and Rusev.
This is a very different beast.
As he has been struggling to get out of enemy territory
of this Six-Man Tag Team match against Solo and the MFTs.
And just slamming his head down time and again is Solo Sikoa.
[Barrett] This audience being incredibly offensive to Solo Sikoa
and Solo Sikoa is taking his frustrations out on the skull of Sami Zayn,
who embarrassed him last week,
and now Solo Sikoa and the MFTs are out for blood.
[Tessitore] We saw that menacing shot of Talla Tonga.
He started the downfall of Solo in this match.
Oh, and Sami, smart to get out of the way for just a moment,
as the 265-pound JC Mateo was crashing into that corner.
[Barrett] Scrappy enthusiasm of Sami Zayn is keeping him going here,
but he has taken so much abuse.
The body just isn't cooperating.
[Tessitore] You can feel the heat coming off those two,
as Jacob Fatu and Solo Sikoa face-to-face for just a moment.
What a brutal chop as the entire upper body of Sami Zayn
just collapses against that near top rope.
[Barrett] Zayn just looks like a rag doll in corner,
he looks like half a human right now.
[Tessitore] It has been a sustained attack by Solo and the MFTs.
Warning everybody, "This is our domain. We run SmackDown."
Big Talla Tonga looks on.
Oh, Sami!
[Barrett] Well, just when Solo Sikoa got a little too cocky,
you can't do that with Zayn,
a man who is as gutsy and valiant as they come,
and it's gonna take all of those guts right now
to scramble across this ring and tag in the Samoan Werewolf!
[Tessitore] And the Werewolf is uncaged!
Fatu!
[Barrett] And Tonga Loa is about to get dog-walked.
[Tessitore] Would you look at that resistance.
[Barrett] Simply impervious to offense.
[Tessitore] When you get Fatu in a mode like that, watch out.
[crowd] Two, three, four, five…
[Tessitore] Head butt after headbutt, raining down in Boston.
[Barrett] God, how big is your appetite for warfare?
-[Barrett] Ow! -[Tessitore] Running hip attack.
Smashing into Tonga Loa.
[Barrett] Can not be soft bellied when you're in there
with the Samoan Werewolf, who is flattening anything that moves,
hopefully not Jimmy Uso.
[Tessitore] Big Jim flying over the top rope!
Tonga Loa. Pop-up Samoan!
Jacob Fatu to close it out.
Oh, and that left shoulder gets up.
[Barrett] But things only get worse from here
when you're in the ring with Jacob Fatu.
[crowd chanting] Fatu, Fatu, Fatu!
[Barrett] Fatu is simply salivating at this point,
waited two weeks for this.
[Tessitore] Oh, Solo quick to get up there and meet Jacob.
He shrugs him off, kicks him away. Fatu!
-[Barrett] Oh, knees up! -Oh, the knees were up on the swanton.
[Barrett] Well, that little beat from Solo Sikoa was all it took
to knock the Werewolf off his stride. Wait up!
[Tessitore] And now Solo's going up top himself to splash down.
[crowd] One, two…
[Tessitore] And Fatu sends Solo flying off.
[Barrett] Sent Solo flying off, and now there is panic in the eyes of Solo Sikoa.
That should have done it.
That would have kept a normal human being down.
This was the knees-up moment from Tonga Loa
after the distraction from Solo,
who nailed that Uso-style splash, but it wasn't enough.
[crowd chanting] Solo sucks!
[Tessitore] Just a couple of weeks ago,
they fought for the US championship in a steel cage.
Oh, and those recuperative powers of Fatu.
Trading super kicks now.
-[Barrett] Oh. -[Tessitore] Oh, and both men are down.
[Barrett] Damn, two of the toughest men in the game right now.
Poleaxing one another.
And stirring is the man who took the biggest beating of anyone, Sami Zayn,
looking gonna get back in the fight.
[Tessitore] A week ago he scored a quick one win
up in Montreal against Solo.
[Barrett] Wait a second, Fatu seemingly not wanting to tag Zayn,
but to hell with it.
[Tessitore] Well, you heard what he said earlier.
Oh, Blue Thunder. Sami!
And JC Mateo at the last possible second.
And now just beating down on Sami Zayn.
[Barrett] God, how quick was Mateo there?
He could make the Olympic 100-meter team at that pace.
[Barrett] Big Jim with the big kick.
Tonga Loa comes in with the right hand.
[Barrett] This one completely breaking down,
referee completely out of control,
and Talla Tonga flattened!
[Tessitore] Watch out!
Man, oh, man, he just sent a seven footer over the announce desk.
[Barrett] What a crashing landing for Talla Tonga,
but keep your eye in the ring.
[Tessitore] No Spike, instead Sami gets the boot up.
Exploder. Sami hits him with the Exploder!
[crowd cheering]
[Barrett] And this place is about to explode too.
Helluva!
Sami.
[crowd] One, two, three!
-[Tessitore] He does it! -[bell rings]
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Nash] Here are your winners,
Jimmy Uso, Jacob Fatu
and Sami Zayn!
[Barrett] What the hell do you call a match like that?
Just an exhilarating scramble of violence.
[Tessitore] Jacob Fatu eliminated the threat of Talla Tonga.
Sami Zayn then went to work and did his thing, Wade.
[Barrett] Oh, my God, what an effort from these three men
who connected when it mattered
against some of the most vicious opponents you could ever get.
[Tessitore] What a great night in Boston. you could ever get.