[theme music playing]
[girl] Over two decades ago,
a villain was born.
Designed to imprison,
destined to torture.
A structure so evil,
it alters the lives of all who enter through its crimson walls.
And now, it has returned.
For more,
for them.
[Cole] Oh, my God, no. The Fiend is here.
[Seth] I've gotta step inside Hell in a Cell against The Fiend.
It's dangerous, it's your careers.
It's never good to be too attached to something.
If you love something too much, it makes you weak.
Lilly.
[Becky] I told you, Sasha, I'm interested in destroying you in Hell in a Cell.
The only way to that exit is through me.
[Cole] The cell will break bones, it will shred flesh.
Listen here, Becky, the only thing that I'm concerned about is getting back
what's mine.
[Bryan] Do you want to see Roman and me get their disrespecting asses?
[Corey] The future is imminent, as could be the end of Bayley's championship reign.
♪ Here We Go Give it a 100, never nothin' less ♪
♪ Here We Go We comin', you already know the rest ♪
♪ Here We Go We never settle 'cause we know it best ♪
♪ Who wanna test? Who? Leave you outta breath ♪
See you in Hell. [laughs]
[girl] It has returned.
[presenter] And now, WWE 2K20 presents
WWE Hell in a Cell.
[Vic] You are looking live inside the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.
Where tonight, lives will change, careers will be altered.
And the WWE Universe is ready for the one night a year
we step into Hell in a Cell.
And there you see Hell in a Cell.
Are you ready, King?
[King] Well, you better be, because that demonic structure is here,
right in front of everybody's eyes.
It's unbelievable.
[Vic] It's an unbelievable sight.
Vic Joseph alongside WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler, and Dio Maddin.
Dio, you've been taking a look at this structure all day,
you've been in awe.
Yeah, Vic, I mean, you look at it, you look at all the fire, the red.
It's hot in here, but that structure is unfeeling and cold.
[Vic] Well, we are getting set for the second-ever
women's Hell in a Cell match.
[Banks' theme song playing]
[Vic] And there is Sasha Banks,
no doubt, helped set the bar in the women's division, guys.
First ever 30-minute Iron Woman Match,
competed in the only other women's Hell in a Cell match.
One-half of the first-ever women's tag team champions.
Does she, King, have the advantage?
Because she has tasted the steel of the Hell in a Cell.
[King] I've got to say yes, there's nothing like…
there's nothing like experience.
And Sasha Banks has experienced the Hell in a Cell once before.
It's gonna be brand new for Becky Lynch.
[Vic] Well, Sasha Banks is ready.
And we're not the only ones here,
including our Spanish announce table, Marcelo Rodriguez and Carlos Cabrera.
[speaking Spanish]
[Vic] And our German announce team of Calvin Knie,
Carsten Schaefer, and Tim Haber.
[speaking German]
The Fiend, Bray Wyatt.
[speaking German]
[Vic] And there is Sasha Banks looking for her fifth RAW Women's Championship reign.
Ever confident since she returned, King,
believes she should be the center of attention
all the time in the women's division.
[King] Well, I wouldn't expect anything less,
but someone else has something to say about that.
And here she comes, or maybe here he comes, The Man!
[Becky's theme song playing]
[Vic] And if Sasha Banks set the bar, guys,
Becky, she certainly has raised it.
First-ever SmackDown LIVE Women's Champion,
won the first-ever women's main event at WrestleMania.
And you think about the history, King, both these women have had.
Go back to the first-ever Royal Rumble match,
they started one and two.
[King] Well, it's amazing, these two, it's only right,
it's only fitting that this culminates here tonight inside Hell in a Cell.
There's no other way that it should happen.
[Dio] Yeah, guys, as much as these women hate each other, they need each other.
They're what makes each other better.
That's what allows them to raise the bar each and every week.
[King] Well, I think you're right, Dio,
but I don't think you'll ever convince either one of these ladies
that they need each other, they wanna get rid of each other!
[Vic] And we are getting set for the 41st Hell in a Cell match in WWE history.
[bell dings]
[Rome] The following is a Hell in a Cell match
for the RAW Women's Championship.
Introducing the challenger from Boston, Massachusetts,
Sasha Banks.
[crowd booing]
And her opponent, she is
the RAW Women's Champion,
The Man, Becky Lynch.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Well, here we go, guys.
Only way you win, pinfall or submission, nowhere to escape.
And the Hell in a Cell now is being lowered.
The cell designed to torture, as we heard, designed to contain.
Nowhere for Banks to run.
Lynch versus Banks, Man versus Boss,
Champion versus Blueprint.
What a-- Sasha Banks right off the bat, right into the champion.
And look at Banks go now.
[Dio] The cell isn't even down.
[King] No, don't get caught underneath that cell, that could be terrible.
[Vic] Banks getting right on top of the champion, and wait a minute.
Get back inside!
[Vic] Banks getting to the outside with Becky Lynch.
[King] I don't… Oh! I don't really understand what she's thinking here.
[Dio] I'll tell you what she's thinking, King, she's trying to bypass the cell.
[King] Well, we know that's not gonna work,
-that's not gonna happen. -[Vic] Now the cell--
[King] The cell is completely lowering now.
[Vic] The cell is completely being lowered.
[King] And Becky and Sasha Banks are not inside.
[Vic] Talk about a Blueprint, King,
I mean, Sasha Banks is coming with a game plan,
as the door, for a minute, was open.
-Hey, come on, listen, get inside! -Sasha, that's enough!
Get inside.
[Vic] You can hear the WWE Universe trying to rally The Man.
But The Boss taking it right to Lynch.
[King] You see the official there with a heavy metal chain in his hand.
They wanna get him inside, and then they're gonna bar and lock that.
There's that chain, they're gonna lock that door, if they can get--
Becky's in trouble already, big time.
Five-time champion. Me.
[King] You saw what this is all about.
You saw Sasha Banks take Becky
and ram her headfirst into this hard, steel cage.
[Vic] But, King, look at Becky Lynch, pulling herself up.
[Dio] That's the mentality you have to have
if you're stepping into a cage, getting locked into a cell.
[King] Wait a minute! Oh, no!
[Vic] And Becky Lynch turning things around in a hurry.
Cage door into the face, and now, both women inside the cage.
Both women inside Hell in a Cell.
[Dio] Talk about the cell being a weapon,
she deployed the door as a weapon right there.
You gotta get in the ring for the bell,
you gotta get in the ring to start the match.
[Vic] Oh, and Becky Lynch has been waiting all week.
She said on Monday, there'd be nowhere for Sasha Banks to run
once the Hell in a Cell door is shut and locked.
[King] And it's getting that way right now.
-[bell rings] -[Vic] And finally,
we're getting officially underway here in Sacramento.
-[King] Watch out! -[Dio] What is she thinking here?
Becky, hey! Come on, give me the-- Give me the chain, Becky.
[King] Well, guys, I think that's part of this Hell in a Cell.
[Vic] Everything is legal.
And now, Becky Lynch.
[King] Sasha Banks, no! Man, look out.
It's gonna crush her ribs.
[Vic] Becky Lynch, an uppercut, taking it right to Sasha Banks.
Well, you thought this would play into the advantage of Sasha Banks, King,
but right now, The Man certainly has cranked up the aggression.
[King] Yeah, I don't know if the referee
should even try to get that chain away from her or what.
[Vic] But again, because the chain,
the door has not been securely locked to the cell.
Say hi to everybody at home!
[King] Oh, man, lookout.
[Dio] It's like a cheese grater, that fence, that mesh.
[Vic] Becky Lynch has never met a fight she didn't want.
She told the locker room to bring their A-game.
[King] And it's been said before,
when it's flesh against steel, steel wins every time.
[Vic] And look at Becky Lynch, The Man, the RAW Women's Champion,
she's gonna lock the cell door herself.
[Dio] And she's gonna do it on her terms.
[King] Think she's getting overtime pay for this?
[Vic] Lynch said Sasha Banks made it personal,
well, she said tonight, she's gonna make it painful.
-And what a kick by Sasha Banks. -[King] Watch out, watch out.
[Vic] And now again, into the steel goes Lynch.
[King] That's what we're talking about.
[Vic] And now Banks, repeated rights.
RAW Women's Championship means so much to both these women.
Spine first goes Sasha Banks.
[King] Guys, as you can see, there's no way to prepare yourself
for this type of match.
What? Oh-- Don't tell me.
Is it the Hell in a Cell is not weapon enough?
Tables?
[Vic] King, we said, anything goes inside Hell in a Cell.
[King] I know.
[Vic] Becky has been waiting to have Banks trapped,
and now just, what's going through the mind of The Man?
Whoa!
-And now, whoa! -[King] Oh, she didn't see that coming.
[Dio] Sasha finding an old friend in that steel chair.
[Vic] That chair shot ringing through the Golden 1 Center.
You can just see some of the welts starting to form
on both the bodies of Banks and Lynch
through the first moments of this Hell in a Cell match-up.
Now what's on the mind of The Blueprint?
[King] There's no telling, but I'm sure it's not gonna be good.
Oh!
Man, oh man, don't turn your back in this match for a minute.
-Look out! -[all exclaiming]
[Vic] The old equalizer for Becky Lynch.
[Dio] You almost have to have some kind of sick creativity
when you step into these walls.
[King] Yeah, I'm sure they've sat for hours thinking about,
what can I do, how can I make this unique, how can I make this special,
and how can I do the most damage to my opponent?
Watch this! Man!
[Vic] Not only watch it, guys, listen to the impact.
Boom! How hard was that chair shot right here in front of us?
[King] Oh, look at this!
[Vic] Shoulders down, Banks looking for the title
and a kick-out by Becky Lynch.
And one more time, shoulders down again, another near-fall.
Sasha Banks looking for a quick one, is third time the charm?
A little more weight and another kick-out by the RAW Women's Champion.
Is now, shoulders up, backslide, shoulders down,
Lynch able to kick-out.
But Banks holding on, holding on to the arm, the right arm.
[King] You just have to be ready for absolutely anything
in a match like this.
I mean, not only, in one minute, is that cell
going to be used as a weapon against you,
now, metal chairs, tables,
and then you can get beat with a simple roll-up
if you're not careful.
[Vic] Wait a minute. Wait a minute, we saw the Clash of the Champions,
Becky Lynch looking for that Dis-arm-her.
Instead, ooh, Sasha Banks turning things around quickly.
[King] Right in the mouth.
[Vic] Into the cover for the RAW Women's Championship,
and again, Lynch able to kick-out at two.
Guys, remember it was Sasha Banks who had that disqualification victory
over Becky Lynch at Clash of Champions.
It was really Becky who accepted the rematch
and then wanted to defend it inside Hell in a Cell.
[King] Well, she's getting her wish right now.
Here comes that chair again.
Look out.
-[Vic] And, oh! -[King] Missed her.
[Vic] And now, wait a minute, looking for the Bexploder.
[King] I think she was aiming to dump Sasha Banks on that chair,
but she missed her.
Watch out here.
[Vic] Measuring and-- Oh!
Bouncing off the Hell in a Cell wall is Sasha Banks, and again.
[King] Man.
Again? Yes!
[Vic] Ooh.
[King] This time, Sasha Banks went face first
into that hard, that tough and sinful steal.
[Vic] Becky Lynch now, just taking a look,
and ooh, a quick kick by Sasha Banks,
and again, these two women have quite the rivalry,
as Banks, with Lynch in her sights, ooh, into the ladder goes Becky Lynch!
[Dio] We've seen Sasha Banks use that Meteora before, but look at that one.
[Vic] Did you see the eyes of Becky Lynch, King?
For a moment, and now again, ooh, and again, everything legal.
[King] I'm just, I'm in shock now, after seeing this, I'm…
Watch this again. This is brutal!
I mean, the base of her neck.
And watch this, ooh, right into the steel rung of that ladder.
[Dio] And even look, it looks like it could have hurt Sasha Banks, too.
[Vic] Now, Sasha Banks grabbing at her left and right knees,
but now Banks looking for the RAW Women's Championship,
and again, Lynch able to kick-out at two.
We've got to remember, King, Sasha Banks has been in this environment,
she has the experience of competing inside Hell in a Cell in the past.
[King] Yeah, and that is invaluable,
I mean, not just Hell in a Cell, but anything,
if you've done it once, you're more prepared to do it again,
and for Becky Lynch, as you can see,
some of this stuff is coming as-- Oh, no, no!
-[Vic] The left arm! -[King] Stop! Oh, my God!
[Vic] Repeatedly being slammed inside of that cell door.
[King] If that doesn't dislocate a shoulder.
[Vic] Or an elbow.
And again, everything legal,
everything at Sasha Banks' disposal is legal in this match-up.
[King] Ooh!
I had a chance just briefly to speak with Sasha Banks earlier today.
[Vic] Banks into another cover, and another kick-out by The Man.
[King] Not gonna believe what she told me.
I asked her, "Do you regret these actions,
anything that you've done to Becky Lynch before?"
Know what she told me?
She said, "My only regret, King, is that I can't sit in the audience
"and watch myself."
[Vic] Oh, King.
Oh!
To the left hand,
and another cover this time by Banks, and another kick-up by Becky Lynch,
but, you know, King, you think about the damage
to the left arm and the hand,
that's gonna make it hard for Becky Lynch to lock in that Dis-arm-her.
[King] You're right about that,
and I'm sure that's what Sasha Banks had in mind,
and when that opportunity presented itself,
Sasha Banks took it.
[Dio] And, Vic, Sasha Banks wisely leveraging the arms on those pins,
just making it that much harder to kick-out.
[Vic] Banks is ripping down the RAW Women's Champion.
And Sasha Banks in control.
And now, King, really, whatever runs through that mind of The Boss,
she can do anything.
[King] You can say it, that evil, that evil mind,
she is thinking of anything that she can do
to do more damage to Becky Lynch, but Becky's just out of it.
Oh, look out now, wait a minute, look at this.
[Vic] And Lynch doing her best to fight back,
but relentless is Sasha Banks,
as now Banks again, knees, shoulders, cover!
[King] That's it!
[Vic] For the title-- And Lynch again, able to kick-out.
[King] How? How is she able to kick-out of that?
[Banks] Are you kidding me?
[Vic] You can see the eyes of the champion.
-[King] Oh, my gosh. -[Banks screaming]
[Vic] Take a look one more time,
the impact of the double knees, right into a pin,
and I don't know how Becky Lynch is able to kick-out.
[Dio] At this point, it's gotta be pure instinct.
[Vic] And again, Sasha Banks going for yet another steel chair.
[Dio] What is she thinking?
[Vic] King, you mentioned that evil mind.
[King] Well, she's got to lay…
she's had to lay awake at night thinking of these tricks.
How many chairs are under there?
Oh, no.
[Vic] Banks said… And now, wait a minute,
going from behind, Lynch, roll-up, shoulders down,
a kick-out by The Boss who didn't let go of the chair,
she may have wanted to.
What a kick by Lynch!
[King] Yeah, that chair driven right into the chest
and sternum there of Sasha Banks.
Look out!
[Vic] Lynch one step ahead of the challenger,
now the challenger fights back.
And now Lynch again,
just driving Sasha Banks into that unforgiving steel.
[King] Guys, I don't know, are they gonna be able to survive much more of this?
-Watch this. -[Vic] Take a look.
Wasn't so much the kick, King,
it was the nasty landing.
Take a look at it one more time. Boom!
[King] Oh, man, oh, man.
[crowd chanting] Becky! Becky! Becky!
[Vic] WWE Universe trying to rally as they've done all year long,
The Man, Becky Lynch pulling herself up
as is the challenger, The Boss, Sasha Banks.
There goes Lynch, another kick,
look at the combination offense by the champion.
And right into the post, left shoulder first, went Sasha Banks.
And now The Boss trying to get out of the way, but there's nowhere.
[King] No, no, no.
[Vic] Bexploder into the cage,
into that solid steel of the Hell in a Cell.
[King] And look at the pain, the agony on the face of Sasha Banks,
but the hits just keep on coming.
[Dio] Just think about everything these two women
have been through so far in this match, and they're still going.
[King] We're gonna find out.
[Vic] We mentioned that Hell in a Cell
was designed to imprison both Superstars, nowhere to run,
and now both women, slugging it out, center of the ring,
The Man getting the upper hand right now, nice kick by The Boss.
[King] Who's gonna be the fiercest female inside the cell?
-Oh, no! -[Vic] Onto the open steel chair.
And now Becky Lynch follows up again.
Banks may be out, Lynch to retain her RAW Women's Championship--
And The Boss, left shoulder up at two.
Lynch is in disbelief.
[King] I don't blame her. I'm in disbelief.
From what I've seen so far,
neither of these women have any quit in them,
they're just… they're refusing to lose.
[Vic] It's about being the best. It's about being the RAW Women's Champion.
As right now, Sasha Banks,
nice reversal by Lynch,
who is able to weather the storm early on in this match-up.
To the top rope.
And-- Oh, what a kick!
Almost out of desperation by Banks.
[King] Oh, no.
Get down from there, Becky.
Oh, she caught the chair.
[Vic] Nice counter.
-And Lynch to the top rope. -[King] Oh!
[Vic] Kick.
Lynch into the cover to retain her Women's Championship.
And again, Sasha Banks able to kick-out.
[King] Just two, Becky. Just two.
And look at Sasha Banks.
All she's thinking about is immediately going back on the offensive.
She's looking under that ring for something else.
Some other kind of weapon.
[Vic] Could've been looking to crawl away
or try to create some space to recover
because Becky Lynch has been taking it to Sasha Banks.
-[King] Watch this. -[Vic] Boom! Missile dropkick.
[King] Missile dropkick right into that steel chair.
[Vic] And then another near-fall in this match-up.
-See Becky Lynch driving in it. -[King] Oh!
-Oh, no. -[Vic] Oh!
And Sasha Banks now wearing out the champion with that kendo stick.
[King] You know, it's crazy.
All our female Superstars here,
and especially Becky Lynch, have a tremendous drive to succeed.
But it seems like Sasha Banks has a tremendous drive and a desire
not to see any other female succeed.
[Vic] What the heck is going through the mind now of Sasha Banks?
[King] Who knows?
[Dio] It's like she's in a toy box. She's just having fun at this point.
[King] Oh!
Yeah, she's smiling.
How do you smile after what these two have been through?
-[King] Wait a minute. -[Vic] Let's pull the brakes for a moment.
And now the champion fighting back.
-And it's the challenger… -[King] Oh, no!
[Vic] …who tastes those kendo sticks.
[King] This is almost unbelievable,
the punishment that these two are inflicting on each other.
[Dio] What on earth?
[King] Guys, this structure has such an evil reputation.
But after tonight, it's going to be even worse.
[Vic] Becky Lynch now trying to put together something-- Oh!
-Too much time. -[King] Took too long.
[Vic] Sasha Banks able to battle back in repeated forms.
And this is the type of fight, though, Becky Lynch loves.
-This is the type of fight The Man likes. -[King] What?
-[Dio] Sitting her down. -[King] What now?
[Vic] One after another.
Lynch will not be stopped.
[Dio] We've seen some creative ways to emit punishment.
[King] Wait a minute.
What are you-- Look out!
[all exclaiming]
[Dio] Nowhere to go.
Every bit of impact from that dropkick
landing on the chest of Sasha Banks.
[King] I don't know… it's hard to--
[Vic] Becky Lynch willing to destroy herself…
-[King] Watch this. -[Vic] …to destroy Sasha Banks!
[King] It's hard to wrap your mind around the kind of abuse… Oh!
[Vic] And again, Banks bouncing off the Hell in a Cell.
-[King] Look out! -[Vic] Lynch from the top rope.
Leg drop, connect, to retain-- Oh!
[King] Unbelievable!
Can we see that one more time in the chair?
[Vic] This is that running dropkick.
Rocking Sasha Banks, but Banks somehow
being able to recoup…
Dio, you said it earlier, almost instinctively
-kicking out of that top rope leg drop. -[Dio] That's the thing. Absolutely.
Becky Lynch knows what it takes to beat Sasha Banks,
but this is a different Sasha Banks than she's faced before.
[crowd chanting] Table! Table! Table!
[King laughs] Now she's agreeing.
Sounds like the crowd's calling the shots.
They want to see that table come into play.
WWE Universe on their feet here in the Golden 1 Center
as the RAW Women's Champion, Becky Lynch.
[King] Oh, watch your back. Watch your back.
[Vic] Trying to-- Wait a minute. From behind! Sasha Banks.
-[King] Oh, man. -[Vic] That backstabber.
And Banks back to her feet.
[Dio] We've seen her go from that backstabber right into the Bank Statement,
but she clearly has something else in mind.
[Vic] Yeah, pain, punishment, and to send a message to The Man.
I'm The Boss around here.
Yeah.
[Vic] Banks looking back.
No doubt, King, what's on the mind of the challenger here tonight?
[King] I don't know.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch now trying to fight free.
Champion trying to create space. Hurts the challenger.
[King] Oh, she has her. She's got her.
[Vic] Banks fighting back. Repeating right hands.
Breaking the grip of a moment from Becky Lynch.
And now, look at her go!
Banks just drove Lynch through the table for the RAW Women's Championship.
Oh, The Man kicked out.
[King] Yes, my friend, it is unbelievable.
[Vic] The Man somehow kicked out!
[King] Watch this. Disbelief.
[Vic] Again, Sasha Banks driving Becky Lynch through the table.
[King] The table and Becky Lynch broken in half.
These fans cannot believe it.
[Vic] King, you have been a part of, I mean, the first ever Hell in a Cell.
-And right now, you're almost speechless. -[King] You're right.
And there's only a few people that have sat in this spot
with so many Hell in a Cells
and seen the one, the main one that I can remember,
see Mick Foley thrown off the top of the cell
right through our table this close.
But what I'm seeing here between Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch is unreal.
[Vic] Banks with that back stick and almost…
that kendo stick across the face.
Is Becky Lynch going to tap out? Is The Man going to tap?
Is The Man going to submit?
As Lynch crawling over, trying to break the hold desperately.
[King] Trying to get her feet outside the ring.
[Vic] Look at Becky trying to squirm, trying to figure out a way,
navigate a way free, and she does.
[King] Way to to hang on to the… Oh!
[Vic] Hold on to that kendo stick.
And right across the back, repeatedly now, taking it to The Boss.
[King] Wearing out The Boss with that kendo stick.
Guys, how much more can these two females stand?
[all exclaiming]
[Vic] Presence of mind of Sasha Banks.
[Dio] Just think they call her The Blueprint,
the trap that she set so much at the beginning of the match.
[Vic] Whether it was by default or by design, take a look at this, King.
-whatever it was, it worked. -[King] Listen, listen, listen.
Impact is unbelievable here.
And there's more yet to come.
Another steel chair.
[Dio] At what point is it enough?
[King] Obviously not yet.
[Vic] It's not enough until one of these two women
walk out of Hell in a Cell the RAW Women's Champion.
Well, you call her The Blueprint, Dio.
King, you talk about having a plan.
You talk about the evil state.
[King] What is she doing?
[Vic] Whatever Sasha Banks has drawn up
in her mind ahead of this match-up.
[King] You're right, you're right, Vic-- Oh!
-[Vic] Boom! -[King] Good grief.
[Vic] Repeated from The Boss.
Wearing down and beating down the RAW Women's Champion.
[Dio] And just look at the state of Sasha Banks.
She's reveling in it.
[King] Well, I can't really remember a beatdown
any worse than this that Sasha Banks has ever put on anyone.
That's why she's reveling in it.
She's in all her glory right now. Then-- Oh!
[Vic] Banks took a little too much time. And now Becky Lynch.
[Dio] Well, look what she's made for herself.
[Vic] Becky Lynch all the way to the top.
[King] Watch all those chairs back there! Don't do it!
[Vic] Bexploder onto a bed of steel!
And Lynch now locks into Dis-arm-her.
Is Banks going to tap out?
Sasha Banks, will she tap? Center of the ring.
-[Dio] She's got the hair. -[Vic] She got the hair for a moment.
Banks trying to figure out a way to get free.
-And Sasha taps out! -[bell dings]
[Vic] Becky Lynch retains the RAW Women's title.
[Rome] Here is your winner by submission
and still the RAW Women's Champion,
The Man, Becky Lynch!
[Vic] Becky proved one thing.
She can go to hell and back.
[King] That was absolutely amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
Congratulations, Becky Lynch.
What a--
I don't even know how to describe it. A well-earned victory.
What she had to go through to get her hand raised.
[Vic] You know, King, I don't know if it was Booker T
or Coach on the pre-show that said
when you step inside Hell in a Cell,
you have to go to a place not many Superstars have.
And Becky Lynch certainly went there here tonight in Sacramento.
[King] Well, I don't know.
I mean, yes.
You got to hand it to Sasha Banks as well.
Sasha Banks took some of the most brutal punishment
that I've ever seen dished out.
[Vic] That was some of the punishment.
But Banks would turn things around in this match-up,
as Dio pointed out, kind of set up a couple of traps.
But in the end, boom, that Bexploder onto a bed of steel.
One more look at Becky Lynch tossing The Boss, Sasha Banks,
and then would lock in the Dis-arm-her.
Nowhere for Sasha Banks to go.
And, well, Banks had no choice
but to tap out here tonight
and inside Hell in a Cell.
[King] Well, Sasha Banks was partly responsible for her own fate.
She threw all of those chairs into the ring,
and then she wound up getting bounced off of them,
driven through them by Becky Lynch.
[Vic] Take nothing away from Sasha Banks, who certainly had a plan here tonight.
As disappointment's setting in on the face of Sasha Banks,
but standing tall inside Hell in a Cell, Becky Lynch.
And tonight, guys, Becky Lynch continued to prove
that she is one thing besides champion in the women's division.
That is The Man.
[King] What a match.
[crowd cheering]
The best ever. The best ever.
[Cole] And the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event
is in the capital city of California tonight.
This is Sacramento in the Golden 1 Center,
home of the NBA's Sacramento Kings.
Well, congratulations are in order for The Man, Becky Lynch,
successfully retaining her RAW Women's Championship.
A grueling battle to kick-off Hell in a Cell,
but if you wanted to catch your breath, now's not the time.
It's just going to get wilder and more chaotic.
Hey, again, everybody, Michael Cole, Corey Graves
from Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
And coming up next, it is now a Tornado Match.
The unlikeliest of allies, Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan
teaming up against Erick Rowan and Luke Harper.
And for Erick Rowan, this has been all about gaining respect.
For far too long I've been overlooked.
I did what I did to Roman…
to change his perceived dominance that he thinks he has.
Show him it's merely an illusion.
[Cole] No! It's Harper!
[Erick] I'm not a follower.
I'm a leader.
You see, Dan's biggest mistake was thinking we were intellectual equals.
I'm far superior mentally than he'll ever be.
[Cole] Oh, and it's Luke Harper from behind.
All part of the master plan of Rowan.
[Corey] Hold on.
[Cole] Roman Reigns marching towards the ring.
[man] Roman Reigns has his own score to settle.
[Corey] The destruction continues.
[Cole] And the security's trying to control some order here.
[Corey] These maniacs are out of control.
We're not safe.
[Erick] So Roman Reigns,
Daniel Bryan,
never disrespect me again.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan is at the mercy of Erick Rowan.
[man] Here comes The Big Dog.
The numbers catch up to Reigns.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan is helpless.
[man] Oh, wait a minute.
Daniel with the knee.
Roman, spear.
[Corey] Just at the right time.
Do you want to see me and Roman
kick their disrespected asses?
[crowd] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Corey] The common enemy to great unexpected alliances.
[Roman] No matter how hard they try, how tough they talk,
in Hell in a Cell, we bring in the big fight.
[Roman's theme music playing]
[Cole] And here at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event,
comes The Big Dog!
[bell dings]
[Greg] The following contest
is a Tornado Tag Team Match.
Introducing first, from Pensacola, Florida,
weighing in at 265 pounds,
Roman Reigns!
[Corey] The Big Dog promised to bring a big fight tonight.
Roman Reigns always a man of his word.
And if you're looking for a big fight,
you make it Tornado Tag Team rules.
It quantifies the danger of the situation.
Pinfalls and submissions only.
No disqualification, no countout.
Things are going to get out of hand in short order.
[Cole] Erick Rowan was asked about this match-up earlier tonight
on the Hell in a Cell kick-off show,
and he said there are no rules.
Harper and I can do whatever we want.
And for Roman Reigns, Corey,
did you ever see the night
where he would actually be teaming with Daniel Bryan?
[Corey] We've said it time and time again,
this is one of those rare scenarios where the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Roman Reigns promised to stand beside Daniel Bryan
and fight tonight.
[Bryan's theme music playing]
[Greg] And his tag team partner from Aberdeen, Washington,
weighing in at 210 pounds,
Daniel Bryan!
[Corey] This is a situation where both members of this team
are bound by betrayal.
Roman Reigns' life and career was threatened
on numerous occasions courtesy of Erick Rowan.
Rowan was a man that Daniel Bryan thought was one of his best friends,
only to be stabbed in the back by the behemoth Redbeard.
[Cole] Indeed, Daniel Bryan mentored Erick Rowan,
put his complete trust in him
before Erick Rowan decided it was time to do it alone,
or at least with Luke Harper.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan was the one who instilled the confidence in Erick Rowan,
and it's almost a Frankenstein's monster scenario.
Daniel Bryan lost control over what he created.
[Greg] And their opponents,
at a combined weight of 600 pounds,
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan!
[Cole] Two very terrifying individuals.
[Corey] And I think if terrifying were ever an understatement,
this is the case.
Luke Harper and Erick Rowan, motivated, highly intelligent, incredibly malicious.
[Cole] You know, it was back over 80 years ago, in 1937,
where we had our first-ever Tornado Tag Team match-up.
Milo Steinborn and Whisker Savage, Tiger Daula, and Fazul Muhammad
never expected it to turn into something like this
between Reigns and Bryan and Rowan and Harper.
And remember, in this match-up, no tags.
All four men will be involved at the same time.
No disqualifications, no countouts.
You have to win via pinfall or submission inside the squared circle.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan dispatched up here in the early moments.
Now it's a two-on-one, Harper and Rowan taking it to The Big Dog, Roman Reigns.
[Cole] And now working as a tandem, and Roman caught Rowan in the face.
And now Luke Harper's sent outside the ring,
and Erick Rowan delivers a clothesline to Roman Reigns.
Meanwhile, Daniel Bryan, the multi-time world champion,
gonna fly, kip-up, off the missile dropkick,
and Bryan is fired up.
You know, Daniel Bryan, Corey, joined us on commentary.
-[Corey] Look out, Cole! -[Cole] Bang!
On SmackDown this past Friday night on Fox,
he had a lot of things to say,
and meanwhile, I think Harper may have hurt his knee.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan made intense impact on Harper from the outside!
[Cole] Superman Punch by Reigns, coming off the steps.
And again, Luke Harper seriously favoring his knee,
and Daniel Bryan goes to work on it.
[Corey] You've got to expect Daniel Bryan to exploit
any potential weakness in Harper or Rowan.
He's wasting no time in doing just that.
Oh! Easier said than done when you're dealing with a madman like Harper.
[Cole] And Harper continues now the assault on Daniel Bryan
over by the barricade.
Reigns sends Erick Rowan back into the ring.
And remember, for Roman Reigns, an opportunity at retribution.
He got a bit of that this past Friday night
when he delivered a spear to Erick Rowan.
What a dropkick by the big man!
[Corey] Over 300 pounds, that is scary agility.
Look at this height! Splash!
[Cole] Roman Reigns rolls out of harm's way.
[Corey] But Erick Rowan declared earlier tonight that--
[Cole] Roman with the power! And a Samoan drop!
Cover on Erick Rowan, kick-out at two.
[Corey] Erick Rowan declared earlier that Friday night on SmackDown,
that was just a battle that Roman Reigns won.
Erick Rowan fully intends on winning the war.
[Cole] And think about what Erick Rowan has done, though, Corey, to Roman Reigns.
Tried to end this man's career, his life for that matter,
on a couple of different occasions.
[Corey] And Reigns has not forgotten nor forgiven.
[Cole] And meanwhile, Harper with a big kick!
The interception!
Cover now! Hook of the leg! Almost had him in a near-fall.
[Corey] Wow. A half a second away.
[Cole] And that's the danger, Corey,
when you don't have to tag in and out of the match-up.
Everybody's legal.
Cover by Erick Rowan, again on Roman Reigns,
and a kick-out at two.
[Corey] And you can't discount tag team chemistry.
Harper and Rowan have been a tag team for many, many moons,
former tag team champions together.
This is a well-oiled machine in every sense of the word.
[Cole] Yeah, and there's been a lot of ill will
between Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan. Let's not forget about that.
It was only a number of weeks ago where we actually thought Daniel Bryan
may have been behind the attacks of Reigns.
[Corey] Roman Reigns in jeopardy here.
Daniel Bryan reentering the fight, but at his own peril.
[Cole] Yeah, the bigger man, the more powerful man,
able to stop Daniel Bryan in his tracks.
[Corey] Look at Rowan, just over 300 pounds,
standing on the sternum of Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] Roman trying to fight back into this.
Wide hands and uppercuts to both Harper and Rowan,
but Erick Rowan now with the double team.
[Corey] Well, history's taught us that there is nothing short
of an iron will inside The Big Dog, but tonight, Rowan looks to break it,
stomping on the neck, the side of the face of The Big Dog.
[Cole] His shoe is a size 15
as he plants the boot into the back of the neck of Reigns.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Now Erick Rowan outside right here in front of us
-as Bryan was ripped into the barricade. -[Corey] Watch his impressive speed!
Nearly cut Reigns in half.
[Cole] What a collision. A running crossbody by Erick Rowan.
Bulldozing through Roman.
Get him up, Luke!
[Corey] Rowan and Harper in an absolutely sanguinest mood here tonight,
Hell in a Cell, looking to bring an end to The Big Dog.
[Cole] Rowan with those steel steps at hand,
and Roman Reigns face-first off the steps.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Luke Harper promised there would be hell to pay.
[Corey] The most terrifying thing about Luke Harper
is the thousand-yard stare he perpetually wears in his eyes.
It is unsettling.
[Cole] But what's incredible about both of these men,
Corey, and we've talked about it on a number of occasions,
is the intelligence
that both Erick Rowan and Luke Harper possess.
And now the double team again,
this time focused on Daniel Bryan.
[Corey] This had to be Rowan and Harper's plan.
Isolate the smaller of the two competitors, Daniel Bryan.
No shortage of heart, but diminutive in stature compared to these two.
Open hand, palm strikes to the forehead of Bryan.
[Cole] Vicious assault here by Luke Harper.
[man] Come on, Roman!
[Cole] Bryan trying to desperately pull himself back to his feet.
And again, the momentum as Harper is whipped into the corner,
and now Rowan with that spinning kick.
Cover on Bryan. Is it enough?
Kick-out at two.
[Corey] As much punishment as Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns can take,
Harper and Rowan have no problem finding more innovative ways
to hurt their opponents and enjoy every second of it.
[Cole] It's been a picture-perfect game plan, Corey,
-so far for Harper and Rowan. -[Corey] You shouldn't be surprised.
You've got a master strategist like Erick Rowan.
You've got Harper, who's on the same exact page.
Oh, my goodness.
Things are about to go from bad to worse for Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] But Roman Reigns playing defense.
Bryan rolling up Erick Rowan.
Is it enough here? Kick-out at two and near-fall.
[Corey] Rowan just too immense. Just overwhelming Bryan.
[Cole] And Roman Reigns as well.
-Unreal physical-- -What are you trying to do, Dan?
Embarrass me!
You're trying to embarrass me!
[Corey] Accurate or otherwise--
Uh-oh, Daniel Bryan looking for the LeBell Lock.
[Cole] Bryan trying to get Rowan tapped in the center of the ring, perhaps,
trying to lock it in, and now Daniel Bryan has it locked in, center of the ring.
Luke Harper, though, will quickly break things up with a kick to the spine.
[Corey] He couldn't help but notice that-- Oh!
The entire leg of Daniel Bryan was comparatively sized to Erick Rowan's arm.
[Cole] And there is that faraway stare, Corey, you spoke about.
[Corey] Stares right through you.
[Cole] One has to wonder what is going through Luke Harper's mind.
[Corey] Erick Rowan trying to repair some of the damage done
in the few moments spent in the LeBell Lock.
Only takes a few seconds to tear a shoulder out of the socket.
[Cole] Now sending Bryan to Erick Rowan.
Yet another sacrifice!
There's the cover!
Hooks the leg on Daniel Bryan!
He kicks out at two, stays in the match.
[Corey] And notice the small things,
like Luke Harper standing guard on the backside of the ring,
making sure Roman Reigns wouldn't be able to break up the pinfall attempt.
This is masterful teamwork.
[Cole] It has been all Luke Harper and Erick Rowan so far tonight.
[crowd booing]
Roman Reigns has not been the same
since he had steel steps planted in his face.
Daniel Bryan is being dominated.
[Corey] Almost saw something of a grin on the face of Erick Rowan.
It's sickening, the amount of pleasure derived
by Harper and Rowan in the beatings they dish out.
[Cole] And off the full nelson, Daniel Bryan trying to fight out.
Lands on his feet, trying to build some sort of momentum
and use his quickness here.
Shoulder to the post.
Now Daniel Bryan with the right hand, teeing off on Luke Harper.
[Corey] Ripped into the corner. Daniel Bryan up and over.
[Cole] That is classic Daniel Bryan right there.
Harper, though, with the power and a Michinoku Driver!
Here's the cover! Is it enough-- And Roman Reigns breaks it up at two.
[Corey] Daniel Bryan trying to use his speed advantage
to gain any sort of upper hand, momentary as it was.
[Cole] Now Erick Rowan drags Roman Reigns outside the ring.
And Roman Reigns with a couple of right hands stops Harper in his tracks.
And Erick Rowan as well.
And here's Reigns. Down goes Harper.
Roman Reigns, The Big Dog, getting fired up.
[crowd] One! Two! Three! Four!
[Corey] Roman Reigns just battering Luke Harper in the corner.
[crowd] Eight! Nine! Ten!
[Cole] This jam-packed crowd here tonight in Sacramento.
The WWE fans fully behind Reigns, but Erick Rowan hangs him up
and dumps him over the top rope to the floor.
[Corey] Nasty impact on the outside.
I think Roman's face caught the edge of the ring apron.
[Cole] Drop toe-hold, bounced off the second turnbuckle goes Harper.
And now Daniel Bryan with a kick right to the arm.
Soften him up for the LeBell Lock, perhaps.
[Corey] Daniel trying to summon the energy for these explosive kicks in the corner.
[crowd] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Corey] Targeting the sternum and the rib cage of the larger Harper.
[crowd] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Cole] Trying to wear the larger man down.
Luke Harper, though.
[Corey] Oh, Bryan escapes.
[Cole] Oh, right to the knee.
The knee that was injured early on in the match-up.
Daniel Bryan targeted it yet again.
[Corey] Bryan and Roman had to be looking to chop
these two big behemoths down to size.
[Cole] And here come the Yes Kicks.
[crowd] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Corey] To the chest, to the shoulder.
Driving the wind out of the lungs of Harper,
softening up the shoulder for a potential LeBell Lock.
[Cole] Yeah, but now Erick Rowan gets involved again,
and he drags Daniel Bryan out of the ring.
Roman Reigns Drive-By.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] Here comes Harper. -[Corey] Look out.
[Cole] Suicide dive right off the announce table.
Face first goes Harper.
[Corey] You gotta wonder who got the best of that exchange.
Roman Reigns taken out,
Luke Harper's forehead driven right into our announce table.
Everybody's down.
It looks like a battlefield out here.
[Cole] Harper, Rowan, Reigns, and Daniel Bryan,
all four men down in front of us here.
At ringside.
[Corey] Harper and Rowan have been nothing short of merciless,
and look at Harper.
Shocking agility from a man of that size taking out Roman Reigns.
[Cole] Like you said, I'm not sure who got the worst of that, Harper or Roman.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] I heard he's got some sort of tremor happening in his left arm.
Could add some sort of nerve damage.
[Cole] That is a look high above the Golden 1 Center here in Sacramento
for the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event streaming live on the WWE Network.
Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns against Erick Rowan and Luke Harper.
[Corey] Oh, my God, Cole.
[Cole] And bad intentions in their mind in this Tornado Match.
[Corey] This is all perfectly legal.
[Cole] No disqualifications, no countouts.
No tags.
The only win via pinfall or submission inside the ring.
There is equipment being thrown everywhere.
And Reigns and Bryan are still down.
[Corey] I shudder to think what Harper and Rowan
have dreamed up in this scenario.
But I assure you the result will be the same.
The end of Bryan and Reigns.
[Cole] Face first off the apron goes Daniel Bryan.
And now Harper and Erick Rowan will turn their attention to The Big Dog.
And Luke Harper with his sick sadistic smile on his face
as Erick Rowan dumps Reigns.
And now he's gonna dump his own partner.
[Corey] Nearly 300 pounds crashing down across the chest of The Big Dog.
[Cole] We used the word "terrifying" earlier tonight, folks.
We are just a few feet away from these massive men, Rowan and Harper.
And they are destroying everything in their path here.
[Corey] And they're enjoying it, Cole. That's the most disturbing part.
Harper and Rowan are having fun right now.
Oh, God.
[Cole] Erick Rowan is now tearing apart the barricade.
He's tearing the walls apart here at ringside.
[Corey] That thing's gotta be a couple hundred pounds.
[Cole] My God, Roman. Roman's gotta do something.
-[Corey] What can Roman do? -[Cole] He's helpless here.
He's being held prisoner by Luke Harper as Erick Rowan drags the barricade
off the face of Reigns into the WWE Universe.
The sick, sadistic Harper and Rowan.
[Corey] I dare say no one in the WWE Universe
will ever make Harper or Rowan feel disrespected again.
[Cole] I agree with that.
[crowd booing]
[Corey] The referee's trying to get some semblance of control,
but that's downright impossible in this sit--
What the--
[Cole] Well, that was symbolic. Erick Rowan breaking the pencil in half
says that's what he's gonna do to Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns here.
And now Luke Harper is up on our announce table.
Daniel Bryan is helpless.
What on earth are you guys gonna-- What are you planning?
[Corey] You don't have to wait long to find out, Cole.
They're planning the demise of Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] My God, they're gonna-- Oh, and Daniel Bryan with a hurricanrana.
Sent Harper…
Harper off the table. And now a spear!
A spear by Reigns to Erick Rowan through the announce table!
Roman Reigns hit the spear, and he immediately grabbed his right knee.
Roman hit hard.
Erick Rowan driven through the table.
[Corey] That might have been a last-ditch effort
by Roman Reigns to preserve the match,
but at what cost Reigns might have taken himself out.
[Cole] It is a disaster area at ringside.
[Corey] Take another look at this.
Daniel Bryan preserving his own well-being for the moment
until The Big Dog would reemerge from the WWE Universe
and launch itself into a spear.
[Cole] Another look here, Corey. Watch the impact.
Boom! Right through the table!
[Corey] But Roman has barely moved in the moment since.
[Cole] Meanwhile, back inside the ring, it's Daniel Bryan and Luke Harper
as Erick Rowan and Roman Reigns try to recover at ringside.
Daniel Bryan's trying to somehow dig down deep.
There's Daniel Bryan with a running dropkick.
Harper's stunned.
Here comes Bryan again and a second time, but Harper's still on his feet.
A third time, Luke Harper is still standing.
[Corey] But Harper undeniably stunned for the moment.
Can Daniel Bryan continue the momentum? Does Bryan have enough left?
Does he have any tricks in his arsenal to put Harper down?
[Cole] Daniel Bryan, you see, massive welts
growing on the back and side of Daniel Bryan.
[Corey] Taking it high risk all the way from the top rope.
[Cole] Luke Harper, though, says, "No way,"
and now plants him with a massive powerbomb!
Cover by Harper! Bryan kicks out!
[Corey] How was that not it?
Daniel Bryan in desperation mode.
Luke Harper just too strong this deep into a match.
Hellacious impact on the sitout powerbomb from the ropes,
but miraculously, Daniel Bryan's still in this fight.
[Cole] Yeah, this is an incredible match between four high-caliber athletes
here at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event!
Dragon Suplex drops Daniel Bryan on his face,
and now Harper again.
Again, Daniel Bryan taken down and out.
What an incredible match, Corey.
-[Corey] He's about to-- -[Cole] And a third time!
[Corey] No, no, no, no, no!
[Cole] Bryan landed on his feet.
Here's The Big Dog, Superman Punch!
Running Knee!
Spear!
Cover!
Reigns and Bryan with an incredible victory!
[Greg] Here are your winners,
Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns!
[Cole] Corey, it doesn't get much neater or better than that.
[Corey] There is chaos. It looks like some sort of storm just rolled
through the Golden 1 Center here in Sacramento.
Bodies still strewn all over the place, but in the end, it took guts.
It took iron will from both Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan
to survive the onslaught provided by Erick Rowan and Luke Harper.
What a match tonight at Hell in a Cell.
[Cole] Luke Harper and rare Erick Rowan dominated this match.
[Corey] The early moments of the match-up,
it looked like we were closing in on the end,
but Daniel Bryan able to maneuver his way out,
and watch the back of your screen.
Boom!
Thunderous spear from Roman Reigns
takes Erick Rowan down,
and then a litany of offense.
Beautiful teamwork.
Superman Punch followed by a Running Knee
and a spear through the heart of Luke Harper.
What a battle.
What a victory for Reigns and Bryan.
[Cole] They made a pretty good team, didn't they?
[cheers and applause]
[Cole] What a match
here tonight at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
[Corey] I assure you, all four of these men will know
they were in a fight tonight.
[Cole] And as you look inside the ring,
as Daniel Bryan tries to drag himself back to his feet,
The Big Dog nodding a show of respect to Daniel Bryan.
[Corey] And that's what this alliance was all about.
Respect, a common enemy,
standing side-by-side at the mouth of hell.
[cheers and applause]
[crowd exclaiming]
[cheers and applause]
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[crowd booing]
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[cheers and applause]
[Cole] Like I said, they made a hell of a team tonight.
Daniel Bryan and Roman Reigns with an unbelievable victory
over Luke Harper and Erick Rowan.
[Corey] It was an exercise in survival, but at the end of the night,
The Big Dog and Daniel Bryan are the last men standing.
And those "yes" chants really say it all.
And now Hell in a Cell rolling on
after that big victory by Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan.
And now introducing a man
also hoping to secure a victory of his own this evening.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Universal Champion,
The Beast Slayer, Seth Rollins.
[cheers and applause]
Seth, after all of the mind games, after all the vicious attacks
like we saw on Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown,
how do you prepare for The Fiend, Bray Wyatt
tonight inside Hell in a Cell?
You know, Charly, I've been asking myself that same question
for the last 48 hours, and…
You know, look, I've done a lot in my career, all right?
I've slayed monsters, I've slayed kings,
I've slayed beasts, but I've never encountered anything,
never faced anyone
like The Fiend, Bray Wyatt.
The level of psychological warfare that I'm gonna have to endure tonight,
it is going to be
the greatest test of my career. I know that.
But Bray can play all the games he wants.
When that cell lowers, that door locks, that bell rings,
I will have no choice but to be ready.
No choice but to fight, no choice but to survive.
No choice but to burn it down.
At least I hope so.
[Orton's theme song plays]
[Cole] And here's the man who will be the captain of Team Flair
at Crown Jewel, Randy Orton.
Seth Rollins will captain Team Hogan in that huge five-on-five tag team match.
[bell dings]
[Greg] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from St. Louis, Missouri,
weighing in at 250 pounds,
he is The Apex Predator,
Randy Orton!
[Cole] Boy, this match-up tonight between Randy Orton and Ali
came about during the Hell in a Cell kick-off show.
Ali was talking about a lot of missed opportunities in 2019,
how it's made him stronger, and Randy Orton said,
"How about trying your fair against me tonight."
[Corey] It was at the hands of "The Viper" Randy Orton,
that Ali suffered an injury that put him out of action for quite some time,
costing Ali many of those opportunities he referred to.
Tonight, Randy Orton looks to finish what he began.
[Cole] The 13-time World Champion,
the WWE's Apex Predator, Randy Orton,
and what a resume for this man.
He's a two-time winner of the Royal Rumble.
He's won a Money in the Bank Match,
and as I mentioned, there's only three men in history, Corey,
that have held more world championships than Randy Orton.
Their names, Triple H, John Cena, and the Nature Boy, Ric Flair.
[Corey] And it's that surefire Hall of Fame resume
you just rattled off that makes Randy Orton
not only one of the most feared Superstars in WWE,
but for a Superstar like Ali,
Orton is a big-time target to advance your own career here in WWE.
[Ali's theme song playing]
♪ You know it's been a minute Boy, I've been inside ♪
♪ Yeah, I swear on it all I'ma get it out ♪
♪ I'ma, I'ma, I'ma go hard, I'ma go hard ♪
[Greg] And his opponent, from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing in at 182 pounds,
Ali!
[Cole] As the inspiring Ali gets set for action
here tonight against Randy Orton,
we invite you to join us on the WWE Network tonight immediately
following the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
It's WWE Chronicle "Goldberg."
Goldberg will reflect on his legendary career.
He'll talk about his recent match in SummerSlam
with Dolph Ziggler in a very controversial match
earlier this summer against The Undertaker.
That is Chronicle tonight on the WWE Network.
You know, we talked about Ali and some missed opportunities this year.
Take you all the way back to Elimination Chamber back in February,
Corey, and that is the night that Ali was injured,
taken out of that Elimination Chamber Match
that Kofi Kingston would have such a stirring moment that night
would lead to Kofi's magical run to WrestleMania and the WWE Championship.
[Corey] Kofi's magical run, which came to a screeching halt
this past Friday on SmackDown on Fox.
[Cole] Yeah, we'll show you the highlights a little bit later on tonight.
[Corey] Ali realizes it only takes momentum.
Kofi Kingston began momentum that night and continued to ride the wave
all the way to the very top of WWE, to the WWE Championship.
Ali is well aware that if you can string together a few victories,
get the people buzzing, the same could be in store for his future.
[Cole] Especially if you knock off a man like Randy Orton
here tonight at Hell in a Cell.
We have talked a lot about Randy Orton recently.
I've followed his career since the beginning, Corey.
I don't think he's ever looked better than he has this year.
He is gonna have another World Championship reign,
there's no doubt.
[Corey] I have no question in my mind,
as Orton uses his veteran instincts to back Ali into the corner.
Ali can offer no quarter.
A veteran like Orton will exploit every single opportunity
to take an advantage, even if it involves a shortcut.
[Cole] Well, and that shot by Orton was just to put Ali in his place
and show him who's boss here in this match-up.
Big uppercut by Randy Orton to the high-flying Ali.
And if you're Randy Orton, you wanna ground Ali,
not allow him to get any momentum going in this match-up.
[Corey] That's when Ali's at his most dangerous,
when he has the ability to pick up the pace
to soar through the skies.
That's where Ali truly is comfortable.
[Cole] Couple chops of his own,
and Ali not afraid to try to back Orton down.
And here's Randy Orton again, just drops Ali to his knees.
[Corey] Official being a little lenient.
Randy Orton with a well-placed Greco-Roman thumb to the eye.
[Cole] Ali whipped across the ring,
and a boot right to the face stuns Randy a bit, down to one knee.
And now Ali gonna climb up to the top rope.
This is where he's most comfortable,
and Randy Orton takes advantage and dumps Ali to the floor, who hit hard.
[Corey] Randy Orton not gonna get any style points for that defense.
There was nothing fancy about it.
That was great ring awareness that can only be achieved
from years in the WWE,
as Ali sent crashing, belly first, boom, planed out.
[Cole] Never been any absence of malice in the career of Randy Orton.
The reason this man was called the Legend Killer
for so many years, and now, right here, this is vintage Randy Orton,
placing Ali right on our announce table.
[Corey] No placement there, Cole. That was malice right there.
Randy Orton's enjoying every second of this.
[Cole] And again, this time,
oh, and a back suplex right on top of the announce table again.
Orton rolls into the ring to break the count.
And make no mistake about it, Corey,
this is a veteran just telling Ali
to stay in his place here tonight, to stay in his lane,
to realize he still runs things here in WWE.
[Corey] It's The Apex Predator reestablishing dominance.
Eight!
[Corey] You know, we're only less than a week away from the WWE Draft,
things are gonna look very, very different.
Ali's stock would go through the roof with a win over Randy Orton,
whereas Orton, you've got to imagine, is gonna be a very, very high pick.
[Cole] Yeah, the draft begins this coming Friday night,
live from Las Vegas on Friday Night SmackDown.
The two-day event will continue a week from Monday in Denver
for Monday Night RAW.
And Randy Orton, what a--
And look at Randy Orton stomping away on Ali.
[Corey] Orton has focused his attack on the midsection, on the core of Ali,
which is gonna make it very, very difficult for Ali
to push the pace like he wants.
Make it hard to breathe.
[Cole] You gotta wonder if Randy Orton will end up
on Friday Night SmackDown on the Fox Network,
or will he be on Monday Night RAW on USA as he dumps Ali again,
outside the ring, and now Randy Orton, big smile on his face.
He looks like he's actually enjoying himself here tonight.
[Corey] I think Orton's not finished as long as Ali's still moving.
[Cole] And look at Randy Orton now.
Ali, though, will land on his feet,
and Ali with a dropkick, and he drops Randy.
[Corey] Ali bought himself a few valuable seconds.
Can he do anything with them?
Because Orton's still perpetually moving forward.
[Cole] And a right hand right to the midsection,
and Ali driven, body first, off the post.
[Corey] I don't know how Ali's gonna continue after that.
Look at this, Randy Orton using all of his might,
launching Ali sternum first into the ring post.
[Cole] The sinister Orton.
Ali could have a broken rib.
Cover now by Randy as he slithers into the cover,
and a kick-out at two by Ali.
[Corey] No wasted motion from Randy Orton,
wrapping his long, powerful legs across the midsection,
applying a rear chin lock.
Orton just grinding Ali down.
[Cole] He drove Ali rib first into the post.
[Corey] Look at the welt.
Look at the bruise forming on the midsection of Ali.
[Cole] Then Randy went for the quick cover
to force Ali to kick-out using his midsection,
and then now wrapping his legs around the rib cage of Ali.
[referee] Tell me something. Said, "No, nothing yet."
[Cole] Continuing to punish.
[Corey] This is an agonizing situation for Ali.
Difficult to breathe.
Every time he exhales,
Orton's grip with his legs is gonna get a little bit tighter.
His arm around Ali's chin getting a little bit deeper.
[Cole] Ali targeting the knee of Randy Orton, somehow…
[Corey] Figure out some sort of escape.
[Cole] Back to his feet and then driven back down to his knees again
as Randy Orton increases the torque.
There's a chin lock here on Ali.
[Corey] Ali trying his best to get anything going here.
[Cole] Right to the injured ribs.
[Corey] That was just insult to injury from The Viper.
Look how far Randy Orton's craning his back,
applying maximum pressure to this rear chin lock.
Ali able to get his feet underneath him, trying to create some sort of separation.
[Cole] Oh, and a blow right to the spine drops Ali to his knee again.
Oh, kick to Randy.
[Corey] Orton got overconfident for the moment. Ali made him pay.
[Cole] Ali created a little bit of separation.
Elbow to the side of the face, and here comes Ali fighting back.
Big chop to Randy.
Oh, right to the injured ribs yet again.
[Corey] A perfectly placed knee stops the rally of Ali.
[Cole] Oh, right to the midsection.
[Corey] Ali got enough of it.
Might've knocked the wind out of The Viper.
[Cole] Randy rolling out of harm's way.
[Corey] Not usually the same incredible height
we've seen in the past from Ali,
obviously feeling the effects of his rib injuries,
and Ali gonna fly, suicide dive,
and Randy driven right over our announce table.
[Cole] Ali, who had began his career here in WWE
as part of the Cruiserweight division on 205 Live, is showing why.
And look at now, the guts of Ali.
[Corey] Ali just unleashing all the aggression he's got left.
Rapid fire rights,
but is it enough to keep Orton down for any sustained time?
[Cole] One thing about Ali, taking the fight--
And again Randy to the ribs.
[Corey] One short punch to the midsection
changes the situation for The Viper.
Ooh!
[Cole] And a gutsy performance here by Ali.
Randy Orton kicked right in the face.
[Corey] The guts and the heart of Ali is what's captivated the WWE Universe
every time Ali steps in the ring.
Randy Orton not impressed to this point tonight.
That could all change.
-[Cole] And there's the quickness of Ali. -[Corey] Pow!
Got The Viper right on the jaw with a kick.
[Cole] Randy's stunned. Ali rolls through. Face first!
Cover by Ali.
Is it enough to put Randy Orton away? And a near-fall almost had him.
What a win that would be for Ali.
[Corey] In many situations,
that probably could have picked up a victory for Ali.
We've seen him… You can--
It's noticeable how Ali's pace is slow.
He's having a great deal of difficulty catching his breath,
staying in this fight.
[Cole] Again, with the injured ribs.
[Corey] And I guarantee you,
that was Randy Orton's game plan from the start.
Nothing can slow an athlete like Ali down
like taking away his ability to catch his wind.
[Cole] Randy, there's the reversal.
Oh, and there's the powerslam by Orton. Vintage Orton. Cover.
Hook of the leg, and Ali who kicks out at two.
And Randy said, "What?" He couldn't believe it.
[Corey] Take another look at the speed with which Orton delivers a powerslam,
and the impact at the end.
250 pounds of The Viper driving down onto Ali.
[crowd chanting] RKO! RKO! RKO!
[Cole] Orton back to his feet.
Randy Orton has made a career out of the methodical approach.
Meanwhile, Ali, though, able to counter with a spinning heel kick,
and it caught Orton in the face.
With Randy down, Ali looking to go to the top rope.
His finishing maneuver, the inverted 450 called the 054,
and if Ali could connect here, he'd put Randy Orton away.
[Corey] Ali incredibly talented from the top rope.
Look for the 450, able to roll through.
[Cole] And meanwhile, went for the RKO, did Orton.
Ali ducks underneath from the second rope now.
Oh, and a tornado DDT.
[Corey] Orton was spiked.
Ali with yet another golden opportunity.
[Cole] Ali gonna head up to the top rope.
What an upset this would be here tonight for Ali.
Could be a career-defining victory.
Oh, nobody home as Orton rolled out of the way.
[Corey] Ali got overzealous.
The Viper just too aware.
Take another look at this. This is one for the highlight reel.
Ali soaring through the sky here in the Golden 1 Center
before spiking The Apex Predator.
Ali's eyes were as big as saucers before delivering this 450.
Unfortunately, The Viper made an escape.
[crowd chanting] RKO! RKO! RKO!
[Cole] And Randy Orton believes he has Ali right where he wants him.
[Ali grunting]
Oh, no, let's go. Randy, come on, break that.
One, two, three!
[Cole] In the second rope, Randy Orton delivers the DDT.
And look at the welt on the midsection of Ali.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Randy Orton can taste the finish line right now.
Ali has fought valiantly tonight.
Certainly no shortage of effort, but sometimes you're just outmatched.
You are dealing with one of the best
to ever lace a pair of boots in "The Viper" Randy Orton.
[Cole] Third-generation Superstar is coiled and ready to strike.
Ali back to his feet. Randy Orton spins him around.
-RK-- Wait a minute! -[Corey] What-- Whoa!
[Cole] Ali countered the RKO! Orton can't believe it!
-Roll-up almost caught Randy. -[Corey] How innovative.
[Cole] I've never seen that ever before.
And a kick by Ali to the face.
[Corey] Orton on spaghetti legs once again.
-Ali rolling-- Oh! -[Cole] RKO!
From out of nowhere!
[crowd cheering]
No countering that sudden impact of Randy Orton.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[bell dings]
[Orton's theme song playing]
[Greg] Here is your winner, Randy Orton!
[Cole] What an incredible performance tonight by Ali,
but Randy Orton wins the match-up.
[Corey] You can see Randy Orton nodding his head as if to say, "Okay, well done,
"but allow me to take this opportunity
"to remind everyone that I am The Apex Predator."
Watch this impressive counter.
Obviously, Ali did his homework.
Well-prepared, very, very innovative counter.
Almost steals a victory from Randy Orton, but The Viper would endure.
Ali looking for another facebuster,
but instead found his own face busted,
courtesy of the three most destructive letters in sports entertainment,
R-K-O.
[Cole] Very game performance from Ali tonight,
but Randy Orton with the win.
♪ They tell me things that I will do ♪
♪ They show me things I'll do to you ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
♪ Talk to me, talk to me, talk to me ♪
♪ All the warlords are defenseless ♪
♪ All the doctors are diseased ♪
♪ And the preachers are sinners ♪
♪ And police just take the grease ♪
♪ All the doctors, you are guilty ♪
♪ All the bosses are on fire ♪
♪ All your banks will have losses ♪
♪ Politicians are the liars ♪
♪ I see darkness falling ♪
♪ I hear voices calling ♪
♪ I feel justice crawling ♪
[Cole] Let's take it back to Lacey Evans versus Natalya.
[Corey] Another very impressive effort from the Sassy Southern Belle.
Beautiful athleticism.
But Natalya able to escape just in time,
which would open the door for the Hart family Sharpshooter.
Locked in, executed with excellence,
and Lacey left with no option but to submit.
[Cole] But then after the match-up,
Natalya would do something that Lacey usually does,
a Woman's Right, knocking out Lacey Evans.
And because of what happened earlier here tonight,
we have this match set for tomorrow night
live on Monday Night RAW on the USA Network.
Natalya versus the Sassy Southern Belle, Lacey Evans.
Corey, Last Woman Standing.
[Corey] I hope Natalya packs a lunch
because the Sassy Southern Belle will be the last woman standing.
Not the last nasty standing.
[Cole] You win that match when you can keep your opponent down
for a count of ten.
[Corey] Incapacitate them by any means necessary.
[Bliss' theme music playing]
[Corey] WWE Women's Tag Team Championships on the line.
[Cole] Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross, they were very outspoken earlier today
in the kick-off show saying, "Hey, what have The Kabuki Warriors done
"to earn an opportunity for tag titles tonight?"
[Corey] I can agree with that point.
I can see it from The Goddess' perspective.
-The fact is-- -[bell dings]
[Greg] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first, the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss!
[Corey] The fact is, before Hamilton cut me off,
is the match was made, and now the champions have to defend.
It is what it is.
I hope Bliss and Cross are ready for The Kabuki Warriors,
because these two are looking to make their mark
on the Women's Tag Team division.
[The Kabuki Warrior's theme music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Greg] And introducing the challengers,
the team of Kairi Sane and Asuka,
The Kabuki Warriors!
[Cole] Great opportunity tonight for Kairi Sane and Asuka, Corey,
because here's the situation.
We have not seen, I believe, what The Kabuki Warriors can do.
I mean, I don't think we've seen 100% of The Kabuki Warriors yet.
[Corey] I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Once upon a time, Asuka was arguably the most feared Superstar
in all of WWE, male or female.
Kairi Sane reigned atop NXT as the NXT Women's Champion.
You can see she's got the pirate garb.
She's here to loop WWE for all the gold that could begin tonight.
That said, it's time to put up or shut up when you're Asuka and Kairi Sane.
You start racking up some Ws, you capture a title,
people will start talking.
[Cole] Again, this is for the Women's Tag Team titles.
Remember, those titles are defended on both brands,
RAW and SmackDown,
as we head toward the draft this coming Friday on the FOX Network.
It's Friday Night SmackDown and a week from Monday, of course,
on USA Monday Night RAW.
Corey, it's not just about where the Superstars are going to go.
It's about FOX and it's about USA
positioning themselves as the top shows with the top Superstars in all of WWE.
[Corey] You've got a battle for brand supremacy
between RAW and Friday Night SmackDown.
Everyone is forced to step up their game,
no matter who you are
-or you get left behind. -[bell dings]
[Cole] And Kairi Sane will start things off against Nikki Cross.
Kairi Sane, a former NXT Women's Champion from Yamaguchi, Japan.
Kairi looking to start this match off with a show of sportsmanship.
And maybe not.
-[Corey] Oh, look at this! -[Cole] Cheap shot to Bliss.
And Kairi Sane unloading now on Nikki Cross.
[Corey] And this could be what we've been missing
from The Kabuki Warriors recently, this unparalleled aggression.
When Asuka gets going, when Kairi gets going,
you've got two of the most lethal women on the planet Earth.
[Cole] And this is Asuka now in the ring.
Asuka had a 510-day reign as the NXT Women's Champion.
-[Corey] Ho-ho, sliding knee connects! -[Cole] Here's the cover.
Is it enough to win the women's tag team titles?
[Corey] It was just an unlucky ring positioning.
I think Cross was rocked.
[Cole] Asuka, a woman who once had a 914-day winning streak
in WWE,
a former SmackDown Women's Champion,
she won the inaugural Women's Royal Rumble match.
[Corey] Elbow from Nikki Cross,
who's very impressive in her own right recently.
[Cole] Tag. And here comes Alexa Bliss.
Alexa, of course, a five-time women's champion.
Knees right to the midsection, into the moonsault by Bliss.
[Corey] Driving the wind out of the lungs of Asuka.
[crowd groans]
[Cole] Oh, Alexa claiming that she and Nikki have--
Here's the cover again on Asuka. Is it enough? Kick-out at two.
Alexa's saying she and Nikki have revolutionized
the women's tag team division,
said their friendship is stronger than any other here in WWE.
[Corey] Isn't it funny that for months and months,
everybody was speculating that Alexa Bliss was using Nikki Cross?
It's a mutually beneficial friendship.
-Bang! -[crowd groans]
[Cole] Now Nikki getting involved with a snapmare to Asuka.
Cover to retain the tag team titles, and a kick-out at two.
[Corey] Nikki Cross so unorthodox from bell to bell.
It's very difficult for any Superstar to really plan or prepare
when you've got striking ability like Asuka,
you can totally keep yourself in just about any fight.
Jawbreaker.
-Asuka was rocked for the moment, but… -[Cole] Nikki sent outside the ring.
No, no, no, hey!
[Cole] And Asuka caught by Nikki Cross, using the apron to her advantage,
and Alexa Bliss with the double-team.
And the teamwork of Bliss and Cross
has been so impressive over the past few months.
[referee] Whoa, hey!
[Corey] Kairi Sane looking to join the fight.
And a right hand from The Goddess! Good night!
[Cole] Now hit by Asuka!
And Bliss driven into the barricade.
And there is the mean streak from The Empress of Tomorrow.
[Corey] I was about to mention it, Cole.
We haven't seen it in full effect, but we have seen glimpses,
something of a return to form for The Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka.
The ruthlessness that she once possessed was unmatched throughout WWE.
[Cole] And Asuka now into the cover.
Shoulders down on Bliss, near-fall, and a kick-out in two.
And again, we keep talking about the WWE Draft that's looming, Corey,
but this will bring out the best in Superstars
trying to prove themselves,
trying to prove their worth for their brands.
[Corey] We've seen in the past, the WWE Draft drastically changes
the landscape of both RAW and now Friday Night SmackDown.
Tag teams can be split up,
friends sent to opposing brands, allies, enemies, anything can happen.
[Cole] And again, Fox wants their own set of talent for Friday Night SmackDown.
USA wants their own set of talent for Monday Night RAW.
That's what it's all about.
Brand supremacy, being the number one brand.
They're all up now by Bliss.
Shoulders down, almost had her.
Ooh!
[Corey] Big kick from Kairi Sane, stops Bliss' quest for her corner.
-[Cole] Tag. -[Corey] Tag is made. Asuka now legal.
[Cole] Now the double team by The Kabuki Warriors.
[Corey] Nothing too fancy, just utilizing the referee's count of five
to inflict maximum damage.
Bliss sent in hard.
[Cole] And there-- Oh, Asuka!
[Corey] Flying hip attack right to the chest of Alexa Bliss.
The Goddess just collapsed in the corner.
And did you see the smile on the face of Asuka?
[Cole] Asuka, now she has a five count here.
But a lot of damage can be inflicted by a count of five, as she proves there.
[Corey] And it takes a mere second or two to pop something out of the socket.
[Cole] Remember, in order to win the women's tag team titles tonight,
Kairi Sane and Asuka would have to pin or submit either Bliss or Cross.
[Corey] This is what I'm talking about, the killer instinct of Asuka now,
almost toying with Alexa Bliss.
[Cole] At one time, she was considered the most dangerous woman in all of WWE.
[Corey] I'll one-up you.
I think she might've been the most dangerous Superstar, period.
[Cole] Ankle lock in the middle of the ring.
Alexa Bliss with nowhere to go.
Could this be the opportunity for The Kabuki Warriors?
Bliss trying to make it to the bottom rope,
trying to somehow survive here, and got to the rope, and now--
[Corey] Uh-oh, uh-oh, her legs are grapevined.
[Cole] Drags her back to the middle of the ring,
and Bliss writhing in pain.
Submission move locked in by Asuka.
And right back again. Half crab now on Bliss.
[Corey] Seamless transition.
Asuka's so adept at submission,
as Bliss is finding out firsthand right now.
[Cole] Continuing to torture the leg of Alexa Bliss, trying to--
And now Alexa into a side headlock.
Whatever she could do. Oh, and slammed to the mat.
That's your last warning, Asuka. Come on.
[Corey] A little bit of innovative reversal by Alexa Bliss.
[Cole] Tag. Here's Sane.
Kairi Sane and Asuka in complete control
right now of Alexa Bliss.
Kairi walking the plank.
-Oh, and a poke in the eyes! -[Corey laughs]
[Cole] And there's the sliding clothesline by Sane.
Drags her back to the middle of the ring.
-Cover on Bliss! -[Corey] Turn around, referee!
[Cole] That's at least a three-count there.
[Corey] I don't think Nikki Cross even realized it,
but she just saved the tag team championship for her team.
[Cole] Cover again by Kairi Sane, and a kick-out by Bliss.
The Kabuki Warriors so close to winning the women's tag team titles there.
And here comes Asuka.
Bliss desperately needs to make a tag.
[Corey] Rapid tags in and out from Kairi Sane and Asuka,
making sure the fresher competitor is always legal.
Such a sound strategy from The Kabuki Warriors.
[Cole] Bliss fighting back.
-The Goddess caught by The Empress. -[Corey] And again.
[Cole] Ankle lock to Bliss.
[Corey] Alexa Bliss has spent a great deal of time
in Asuka's ankle lock submission position.
This does not bode well for The Goddess.
I don't care how tough you are, your bones are only so strong.
[Cole] Alexa rolls through.
Asuka bounced off the second rope face first.
[Corey] Asuka might've caught the bridge of her nose on the middle rope.
[Cole] And this is Alexa Bliss's opportunity.
Can she make it to the corner, make a tag? She does.
Here comes Nikki, and here comes Kairi.
And Nikki knocks down Kairi Sane, and here comes Nikki Cross.
[Corey] Explosive offense from the unhinged Nikki Cross.
Kairi Sane's all out of sorts in the corner.
[Cole] Very unorthodox offensive style of Nikki.
And there's the running bulldog.
[Corey] Face first goes Kairi.
[Cole] Asuka pays for it.
-[shouting] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Nikki, gonna climb up to the top rope.
-[Corey] Cross body, lateral press. -[Cole] Hooks the leg, enough to win? No!
Kairi Sane keeps the hopes alive for her team.
[Corey] Nikki Cross needs to keep the pressure on.
Nikki could be looking for the swinging neckbreaker,
but Kairi able to reverse.
-Great power by Kairi Sane. -[Cole] Bang!
Alabama Slam to Nikki.
And now Kairi Sane says that's it.
She's gonna head up top, looking to win
the Women's Tag Team Championship here tonight.
Soaring in the air, elbow to the knees!
-Nikki got the knees up. -[Corey] Just in time.
Kairi was looking for the InSane Elbow,
which almost surely would have put Nikki Cross down for three.
[Cole] And now Nikki with a neckbreaker from the top rope.
Cover to retain the Tag Team titles, and Asuka will not allow that to happen.
[Corey] Great timing by Asuka. Able to recover just in time to Bliss…
-[Cole] Boom! -[Corey] …dispatch.
Now look at this height.
The InSane Elbow is a thing of beauty,
but Nikki Cross able to get her boots up just in the nick of time.
[Cole] What about the veteran instincts of Asuka?
Dragging her partner to the corner to allow Kairi to make the tag,
and now Asuka's legal.
And Asuka just measuring Nikki Cross, and she's teeing off!
[Corey] The Empress of Tomorrow about to have herself a field day,
treat Nikki Cross like a heavy bag in the gym.
Stiff kicks to the body.
Oh, look at this.
Just blatant disrespect from Asuka.
[cheers and applause]
[Corey] Oh, Nikki caught her.
If that kick would have connected,
Nikki Cross's lights would have been turned out for sure.
[Cole] Nikki with a clothesline.
[Corey] Big-time impact.
Nikki trying to fire herself back up.
[Cole] What a physical match-up here tonight for the Women's Tag Team titles.
[Corey] See, Alexa's recovered enough. She's found herself back up on the apron.
[Cole] Meanwhile, Kairi Sane…
[Corey] Running near interference on the outside.
[Cole] And Bliss off the apron.
Nikki checking on her tag team partner.
-Asuka! -[all exclaiming]
[Cole] Asuka with a green mist, blinding Nikki!
There's the kick to the face!
Here's the cover!
Asuka and Kairi Sane have won the tag team titles!
[Greg] Here are your winners
and the new WWE
Women's Tag Team Champions,
The Kabuki Warriors!
[Corey] We talked about how The Kabuki Warriors needed this win.
They needed to try something out of the box
to come out of the gate strong.
Asuka harkening back to some of the Japanese legends
like The Great Kabuki, The Great Muta, summoning the poisonous mist.
It may have been questionable, but the results were the desired ones.
Brand new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Cole] Well, I'm gonna show you what happened right before that.
Alexa Bliss taking out Kairi Sane.
As Nikki went back to check on her partner,
Asuka with the green mist, blinding Nikki Cross.
And she would take advantage with a well-placed kick.
The knockout blow.
The Kabuki Warriors are your brand new
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Corey] I can tell you both USA Network and Fox had a close eye on this one.
Where will The Kabuki Warriors end up in the WWE Draft?
[Cole] Asuka and Kairi Sane
finally win the gold here tonight at Hell in a Cell.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, this past Friday night on Fox,
WWE fans tuned in by the millions
and millions for the premiere--
I tried-- of Friday Night SmackDown.
What a night it was.
Sold out nearly 18,000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
A night that will be remembered and talked about for years to come.
What a way to kick off Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
We wanna remind everyone that the start of the two-day WWE Draft
is this coming Friday, live from Las Vegas,
on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
That's this coming Friday,
but let's take you back to last Friday night.
Live at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles,
it is the premiere of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
["Are You Ready" by AC/DC playing]
Welcome to history.
♪ Are you ready? ♪
[Stephanie] Welcome to Fox!
♪ Are you ready? ♪
And welcome to SmackDown!
♪ Are you ready for a good time? ♪
♪ Get with it ♪
[Cole] It is set for this Lumberjack Match between Roman Reigns and Erick Rowan.
Well, here comes Big Luke Harper.
[Corey] This Lumberjack Match is devolving in a hurry.
[Cole] The Big Dog flies, taking everybody out!
And a spear by Reigns!
[Corey] The unlikeliest of allies finding a way…
[Cole] And that's Tyson Fury, heavyweight champion in boxing.
[Corey] Strowman having a little fun.
[Cole] And now Ziggler's sent right into Fury.
Wait a minute, where's Fury going?
Owens, Shane McMahon Ladder Match.
Loser terminated from WWE.
And a frog splash through Shane through the ladder!
Kevin Owens has the briefcase.
[Owens] Hey, Shane.
♪ Are you ready for a good time? ♪
You're fired!
[The Rock] If you smell
what The Rock is cooking.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, The People's Champ, The Rock!
[The Rock] We're all here, live on Fox.
You got The Rock, The Man,
and you looking like a broke-ass Burger King on crack.
Rock, the King says, "Know your roles and shut your mouth."
Just because you won King of the Ring, it doesn't actually make you a king.
Becky Lynch is The Man.
However, you don't see Becky Lynch
walking around here holding a pair of testicles, do you?
But if I did, they'd be a whole lot bigger than yours.
[cheers and applause]
That's what happens when you come out and you insult the jabroni beating,
pie-eating, trailblazing, eyebrow-raising from Los Angeles all the way to Japan.
You're getting ready to get your monkey ass whooped
by The Rock and The Man.
[Cole] Oh, look at Becky going right after Corbin!
And Becky and The Rock working in tandem.
The People's Elbow!
Followed up by the Rock Bottom!
[The Rock] I love you, SmackDown!
If you smell
what The Rock is cooking!
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, it is our main event here tonight
on Friday Night SmackDown for the WWE Championship.
[Corey] We are about to find out in moments
if Kofi's fairy tale comes crashing to a halt tonight,
-courtesy of The Conqueror. -[bell dings]
[Cole] And Brock Lesnar quickly with Kofi Kingston!
And an F-5! An F-5 by Lesnar!
-Here's the cover! We got a new champion! -[bell dings]
[Corey] That's gotta be a record of some sort.
Lesnar is now a five-time WWE champion.
Oh, my God, Brock Lesnar has seen a ghost!
And that ghost's name is Cain Velasquez!
Here with Rey Mysterio!
Cain Velasquez is the man who won
The UFC Heavyweight Championship from Brock Lesnar!
-[man 1] Velasquez! -[Cole] Double leg takedown!
And Velasquez now with the rights and lefts to the face!
[King] Lesnar trying to retreat!
[Cole] Brock Lesnar is in shock, he cannot believe it.
Cain Velasquez staring a hole through The WWE Champion.
[Dio] Man, on Friday Night SmackDown premiere week,
anything could happen, and it sure as heck did.
Would you have imagined it, Vic? King?
[Vic] I mean, it was unbelievable.
[Dio] Cain Velasquez.
-[Vic] I just sat there all night… -[Dio] Tyson Fury.
[Vic] One surprise after another.
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following contest is a six-man
Tag Team Match scheduled for one-fall.
Introducing first, Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson,
and The Phenomenal United States champion,
AJ Styles, The OC!
As surprising as Friday Night SmackDown was on Fox,
there's no surprise these three Superstars looking to do one thing, dominate.
Well, they've done that in the past,
and I don't think tonight will be any exception.
[Vic] The OC getting ready, United States Champion
AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows.
We know they're set for the six-man tag-team match-up deal
to face The Viking Raiders,
but we don't know who The Viking Raiders have brought as a tag-team partner.
[Dio] I know for a fact that The Viking Raiders
can take on more than two men,
but I don't know if they can do it against The Club OC here tonight.
I don't think there's anything doubting the Viking Raiders.
They might be in a two-on-three match at this point.
[King] Well, I don't know about that.
This would be a tough three to beat. Three of a kind right here.
[The Viking Raiders theme music plays]
[announcer] And their opponents, first, at a combined weight
of 590 pounds, Erik and Ivar
"The Viking Raiders!"
[Vic] Well, guys, The Viking Raiders, they have gotten the better
of Gallows and Anderson in the last recent weeks.
[Dio] Absolutely, past two weeks,
they've gotten decisive victories over The OC,
and you can see the look on AJ Styles' face.
He's not happy about it. Maybe he could get them back on track.
[King] Man, look at these guys, Erik and Ivar.
[Vic] Who have The Viking Raiders found to be their tag-team partner here tonight?
[King] I don't know, look at the beard, you might find somebody in there.
[Braun's theme song plays]
[King] What?
-[Dio] Whoa! -[Vic] Wow!
[King] Oh, baby!
[Dio] If you're some vikings and you need a tag-team partner,
you don't just go with some meat.
You go with the whole damn castle.
[King laughs]
[announcer] And their tag-team partner,
weighing in at 385 pounds,
Braun Strowman!
[Vic] And a look of concern on the face now of AJ Styles,
but Braun Strowman, guys, recently has made headlines.
He infuriated Tyson Fury this past Friday night on SmackDown,
boxing's Lineal World Heavyweight Champion.
I mean, Fury said he was disrespected by Braun Strowman,
and Fury will be at RAW tomorrow at Bakersfield.
[King] I cannot wait for that. What a showdown that's gonna be.
Now, like I said, we had three of a kind, but now we got a full house on this side,
and full house usually beats three of a kind.
[Vic] What a showdown it'll be tomorrow night, guys.
How 'bout the showdown we're about to see here?
And tomorrow night, Tyson Fury is live.
He will go face-to-face maybe with Braun Strowman.
I don't know what's gonna happen. I can't wait, King.
[King] I cannot either.
Wouldn't it love to-- wouldn't you love to see these guys just throw down
and start throwing big haymakers at each other?
[Vic] It could happen.
It could-- anything could happen on Monday Night RAW.
[bell dings]
[King] Did you guys happen to see the expression on the face of The OC
change a little bit when Braun Strowman appeared?
[Vic] I mean, wouldn't your face complexion change if you were
staring down at the barrel and looking right at Braun Strowman?
[King] Absolutely.
[Vic] As Karl Anderson now getting just lifted and tossed by Ivar.
We've seen The Viking Raiders, King, in the past,
I mean, they are quick, they are strong.
They certainly are very deceptive with what they can do inside the ring.
Whoa.
[Dio] Yeah, but The Viking Raiders are all those things, but so are The OC.
[Vic] And-- oh!
[King] Man, don't be on the track when that train's coming through.
[Vic] Dio, you know a lot about The Viking Raiders.
[Dio] I sure do, back at the performance center,
these guys used to get in the center of the ring,
they would have all of the trainees try and take 'em on at once.
It didn't matter how many people you sent at 'em,
they would throw them all out one by one.
[King] Did you even knock 'em off their feet?
[Dio] No. Too big, too strong, too fast.
[Vic] Now Ivar just trying to wear down Karl Anderson in this match-up.
And look, these two teams have been The OC, The Viking Raiders,
they've tried to establish dominance, King, in the RAW Tag Team Division.
[King] Well, that's absolutely right, and that's what they should do.
-[King] Uh-oh. -[Vic] Swing and a miss. Oh!
And Karl Anderson to the throat of Ivar.
And no matter your size, chop like that'll, slow anyone down.
And in comes big Luke Gallows.
[King] Wait a minute, nice little dipsy do.
[Dio] Whoopie cushion.
[Vic] Ooh, and an uppercut by Gallows.
[King] Whoopie cushion. I like it, Dio.
[Vic] And Gallows beating back Ivar for the moment.
And Ivar… wow.
Look at the big fella move!
[King] You kidding me?
[Vic] Ivar taking out The OC.
[King] Wait a minute, no way. He's going to the top!
No way!
[Vic] Roll-through tag, in comes Erik.
[King] Surprised the ring didn't fall down.
-[Vic] And look at the strikes of Erik. -[all exclaiming]
-[Vic] What a forearm! -[King] Listen to the strikes of Erik.
[Vic] We have seen these two teams just pummel
each other over the last several weeks on RAW.
But here at Hell in a Cell, Erik and Ivar looking to make
an emphatic statement in this six-man tag-team match.
[Dio] That is a massive man that Erik just threw over his head like a child.
[King] No kidding. Look out, what's he gonna do here?
[Vic] Oh, The United States Champion sticking his nose into the match-up.
AJ Styles off… off a distraction.
Able to just knock Erik completely out of the ring.
[Dio] And maybe that's what it's gonna take,
because The OC hasn't been able to get their footing
against The Viking Raiders on their own.
AJ Styles might need to step in and do what he needs to do.
[King] Well, that's why we've always looked at--
I have always looked at AJ as the brains,
the other two guys are the brawn.
But, you know, it just takes one little move like that by AJ,
and look, the tables have turned.
-[King] Oh, man! -[Vic] Strength by Gallows.
Fall away slam.
[King] And don't think that Gallows--
or don't think that The OC now aren't out to prove
that they're just as strong and just as powerful as The Vikings.
[Vic] Now former RAW Tag Team Champions are Gallows and Anderson.
And look at Gallows beating down Erik.
Tag, made in to AJ Styles.
Well, Dio, how many times did you see Erik get beat down like this?
[Dio] Don't see it very often, which means that he really has to get
to the other side of the ring and make a tag.
[Vic] Long way away is Erik from his tag-team partners as now-- wait a minute.
Erik trying to turn things around, out goes Gallows.
But there's the United States champion, AJ Styles.
[King] Don't ever turn your back on AJ Styles.
Oh, man!
See what I mean? Don't go to sleep on Styles. Whoa-oh!
[King] He just caught--
[Vic] Braun Strowman with one hand.
-[all exclaiming] -[King] Uh-oh.
[Vic] The shiz-kiz by Gallows.
It's Styles now.
Oh, a kick of his own.
-[Dio] Sweet. -[Vic] Into the cover to put Erik away.
Shoulders are down, and Erik has to kick-out at two.
Right now Erik looked over, no one is standing on his corner.
[King] Oh, you're right.
[Vic] Finally, Ivar making his way back to his feet,
but The OC has really cut this ring in half.
[Dio] Talk about ring IQ, Vic.
Nobody is more intelligent in between those ropes than AJ Styles.
[Vic] Well, that's hard to argue with.
[King] Well, you're right, I mean, that's what AJ's all about.
Oh!
Yeah, he's not-- he's not the biggest dog
in the fight, but usually he's the smartest.
[Vic] Tag made, back in comes Karl Anderson, and gotta wonder
The RAW Tag Team Champions, Dolph Ziggler, Robert Roode,
sure watching this match-up very closely with a keen eye
on both Gallows and Anderson along with The Viking Raiders.
-[King] Oh, man. -[Vic] Right handed now.
-Erik starting to… -[King] Nobody there.
…fire back, and there's that IQ of AJ Styles.
Oh, display, and what a spinebuster by Karl Anderson.
Into the cover, and again, Erik has to kick-out at two.
Just got that shoulder up.
[King] Yeah, once again, AJ, just by not even being
where that man thought he was gonna be, it changed the course of this match.
[King] He's got that smile.
He's proud of himself, he knows what he did.
[Vic] Smug arrogance of The United States Champion,
but there's no doubt that Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows
have said it, when they reunited with AJ Styles
several months ago, King, it relit a fire underneath them.
[King] Oh, without a doubt.
[Vic] And now-- ooh!
Little separation of forearm just took Karl Anderson off his feet.
Erik now trying to get over his corner so far away.
Tag was made.
In comes Styles, and Erik not able to make the tag.
-[Dio] Smart move by AJ Styles to go-- -[Vic] Oh, what a backdrop!
-[King] Wow, AJ was launched. -[Dio] There's nobody home.
[King] Wow, look at the hang time on that backdrop.
[Vic] Well, Dio, nobody was home for a moment,
but knocking on the front door is The Monster Among Men.
[King] Oh, boy.
[Vic] And I think someone is about to get these hands.
-[King] Look out! -[Vic] Strowman!
Strowman taking out everything.
United States Champion, Anderson, Gallows. And Strowman now for the first time
tags into the match-up, and look at Strowman, all 385 pounds.
[King] He is fired up.
And suddenly, he's all alone, and I don't blame him.
-[Dio] I know what he's thinking. -[King] What?
[Dio] That's a big man, but he's got to go fast.
[all exclaiming]
[Vic] Gallows level.
Anderson taken out, and there's only one left.
Bam, The United States champion.
Braun Strowman certainly has changed
the entire complexion of this six-man
tag-team match-up, and he did it in a hurry.
-[all exclaiming] -[Dio] Oh, no.
[Vic] Strowman, into the-- his left shoulder into the post,
and now Styles chopping down The Monster.
[King] Oh, man, that had to do some serious damage
to the shoulder of Braun Strowman, and now the leg by AJ.
[Vic] King, you can't question the strategy…
…set up for that possible Calf Crusher.
And Styles has the Calf Crusher locked in.
Is Braun Strowman going to tap out at the center of the ring?
Is The Monster going to give up?
[King] He's almost tapping, look out!
[Vic] Calf Crusher is cinched in deep, and--
-[all exclaiming] -[Vic] What a knee by Erik.
Anderson now evening things up for at least a moment.
-[King] Watch out! -[Vic exclaims]
Big boot by Gallows.
-[King] What a cartwheel! -[all exclaiming]
-[King] Clothesline! -[Vic] Clothesline by Ivar.
[King] Look out!
[Vic] Phenomenal Forearm!
Determination on the face of The United States Champion.
[King] I think he's feeling it. I think AJ knows he's-- Oh!
[Vic] Styles into the post, hoisted up in the air, and oh, Anderson from behind!
And now quickly, Gallows now.
[King] It's like a pack of wolves going after Braun Strowman.
-[all exclaiming] -[King] Good grief.
[Vic] And now the numbers advantage.
-[bell dinging] -Referee rings for the bell.
[King] I don't blame him.
[Vic] Numbers advantage, and The OC beating down Braun.
-The referee had no choice, King. -[King] You're right about that.
[announcer] Your winners, by disqualification,
The Viking Raiders and Braun Strowman!
[King] I think it was out of desperation, but The OC,
I mean, they turned into, like I said, a pack of wolves.
[Vic] And wait a minute, there's The Viking Raiders.
And the numbers advantage no more. Ooh!
Ivar and Erik now.
Again, The OC and The Viking Raiders, they have been going at it.
For several weeks.
Talk about a rivalry.
That is so personal in the tag-team division.
-[Vic] Oh, wait a minute. -[Dio] What do they have in mind here?
-[Vic] King, you don't think. -[King] Oh, baby.
-Yes! -[King exclaims]
Flying Vikings!
[Vic] Viking Raiders taking it to the sky.
[Dio] And Braun is hurt, shoulder, leg.
[Vic] And now, oh, come on.
There's The United States champion, AJ Styles.
[King] Come on, Styles, the match has been stopped.
[Vic] To King's point, the match is over.
[King] AJ just wanting to put his finishing touches on Braun Strowman.
Whoa-oh, look out!
[Vic] Strowman having none of it, ooh!
[Vic] Strowman doing his best, but now AJ Styles…
[King] Oh, man.
[Vic] We talk about making a statement.
King, AJ Styles trying to make just that tonight.
-[King] Here it comes. -[all exclaiming]
[King] Did you see that right hand by Braun Strowman?
[Vic] Well, he said someone was gonna get these hands,
but it was the right hand that just laid out AJ Styles.
[King] Styles has got those Krispy Kreme eyes,
they're glazed over right now.
Uh-oh, he's not finished.
[Vic] What a right fist by Braun Strowman,
and, well, guys, was that a direct message to Tyson Fury?
[Dio] Vic, I don't think it matters
if you're Brian Fury, Nick Fury, or Tyson Fury…
-[Vic] Watch this, watch this. -…Braun Strowman is making sure
that everybody knows that you can get these hands.
-[Vic] Watch this. -[King] Oh, man!
[Vic] The lights turned out quickly of The United States Champion.
[Braun's theme music plays]
What a night it's been in Sacramento,
but I can't wait tomorrow night in Bakersfield.
Monday Night RAW, Tyson Fury,
boxing's Lineal World Heavyweight Champion, is gonna be in the house, live.
What is he gonna say, King? What's Braun Strowman going to do?
[King] Well, I got a feeling that Tyson Fury is watching
Hell in a Cell right now,
and if he just saw that knockout punch by Braun Strowman,
he may be having second thoughts about being at RAW tomorrow.
[King laughs]
[Vic] What a message sent by Braun Strowman here tonight.
Guys, look at the effects of that right hand.
[King] No kidding.
AJ Styles might-- Whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait.
-Oh! -Yes!
[King] Still got those spaghetti legs.
[Luke] You got punched in the face by Braun.
[Dio] Could you imagine the effects?
Braun knocked you out.
[King laughs]
[King] They're having to explain to AJ Styles that he just got knocked out.
-I'm fine. -You're not fine.
-I'm fine, I'm fine. -You're not fine.
[King] Oh, he's not fine.
-[King] Give him a hand. -[referee] Come on, he's got help.
[Vic] Give him a hand, King, AJ Styles having to be carried out.
-[Styles] My belt! -[Luke] It's Sunday in Sacramento.
[Vic] Luke, trynna tell him what day it is, King.
-It's Sunday. -[King] But he's still the champ.
[Vic laughing]
[King] What a right hand, AJ will never forget that.
-I'm good. -You're not good.
I'm good, stop it!
[King] Oh!
[crowd cheering, laughing]
[Vic] Thanks, Braun Strowman.
[crowd cheering]
Hell in a Cell.
Hell in a Cell has been at a complete 300, just like The Romans.
Tell 'em, Dawkins.
Dawkins, come on.
We're live, focus!
Focus?
Fam, we five days away from the WWE draft,
live on Friday Night SmackDown, and tomorrow night on Monday Night RAW.
They having a little draft showcase.
-A draft showcase? -Oh, yeah.
The same night that The Gypsy King, it ain't no thing but a chicken wing.
The Gypsy King is gonna be there, and he's gonna call out Braun Strowman
and tell him that he feels like a street promise, that he wants the smoke.
-Fam, did I stutter? -Oh, my gosh.
Oh, man, what a brawl.
But you know what?
What you got in that top five in the draft rankings?
I know I'm in that top five.
♪ Top five, yeah ♪
Top five? Fam, you ain't even got a Wikipedia page, dawg.
[R-Truth] Come on now!
One, two, three!
[overlapping conversations]
Truth, you good? You good? You good, man?
You good? You good, fam?
What happened to you?
What happened to me?
And where's the 48/7, 7/11, 24/7 European Television Championship at?
Tamina just stole it from me.
But you fell down, so I was distracted.
Which way did they go?
[both] That way.
[crowd laughing]
Much obliged.
You go upstairs, I go downstairs.
Hit the stairs!
What stairs?
Thanks for nothing, fam.
Hit the stairs. Hit the stairs.
Hit the stairs.
-Aye. -Hit the stairs.
Are you going to be okay?
I think I'll live.
Tamina is the new 24/7 Champion here tonight
at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
Well, coming up next, it is a rivalry that has captured
the imaginations of WWE fans over the past couple of weeks.
It's "The King" Baron Corbin, and former Olympian Chad Gable.
Let's take you back to their big battle in the King of the Ring Tournament.
[announcer] The following contest is the final match
in the King of the Ring tournament!
[Renee] Could you imagine what it would do for Chad Gable
to walk away as King of the Ring?
Let's talk about Baron Corbin
and what a gracious ruler he's going to be over WWE as King.
I cannot wait.
[Cole] Gable with the elbows to the side of the face…
…still some fight left in Gable.
And Corbin, End of Days!
[Cole] And the end of a magical run for Chad Gable!
Baron Corbin is your King of the Ring!
Baron Corbin as King of the Ring, well, that is just a breath of fresh air.
And I'm a ruler that exemplifies everything it takes to be King.
I am dominant, I am strong, but I am also generous and fair.
So for my first act as your King,
I want to recognize Chad Gable!
I understand that you've been overlooked most of your career,
but the real reason, the real reason I wanted to bring you out,
you show them that, no matter how big you dream
and how hard you work, in the end, you just come up short!
[man 1] Oh, wait a minute!
-[man 2] Down goes the King! -[man 1] Oh, God!
[Cole] Corbin asked for it.
[Corey] That is no way to treat royalty!
Well, so much for the King, so much for the crown, so much for King Corbin.
[Cole] It is Chad Gable, King Corbin, King of the Ring finals rematch!
Gable, he would love to pick up a win, sense of revenge against the King.
[Renee] Chad Gable showed up with a game plan tonight.
[Corey] Gable picks the ankle!
[Cole] Corbin's got nowhere to go, he's gonna tap!
And Corbin with his scepter in hand!
And that's gonna cause a disqualification!
[Renee] This is disgusting! This is a man you call King?
[Corey] Bend your knee, bow your head, and all hail King Corbin!
[Corbin's theme song plays]
Sit up straight, Cole!
[Cole] Well, we are in the home of the Sacramento Kings.
[Corey] The who?
Nobody cares about them, people are talking about this King,
The King, King Corbin!
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one-fall.
Introducing first, from Kansas City,
weighing in at 285 pounds,
King Corbin!
The Rock and Becky Lynch didn't treat him like a King
this past Friday night on the premiere of SmackDown on Fox.
[Corey] But, Cole, have you learned nothing?
Baron Corbin promised to exile Renee Young for speaking blasphemy.
Is she out here? Nope.
Are you next? Go ahead. I got this.
[Cole] That wasn't blasphemous, I was just repeating what actually happened.
[Corey] Let's revise history,
you can do that when you're royalty, okay? We're not gonna speak about that thing.
We're gonna pretend it didn't happen.
We know that the King Corbin's manhood is perfectly adequate.
He's a super-tough dude,
and he's about to dispatch of Chad Gable once and for all.
[Cole] An STD, King Corbin.
[Corey] It sounds so bad when you abbreviate it.
[crowd booing]
[Chad's theme song plays]
[announcer] And his opponent, from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 202 pounds, Chad Gable!
[Cole] Corey, how impressed have you been with Chad Gable as of late?
[Corey] It's funny.
For somebody who competed and represented the United States in the Olympics,
Chad Gable hasn't really gotten his fair shake of what he's capable of.
In the past several months, particularly the King of the Ring Tournament,
Chad Gable has pried open the eyes of the WWE Universe
and made them all take notice.
It's actually kind of a shame
that he's gonna have to be disposed of tonight by The King.
[Cole] Yeah, but a victory for Chad Gable here tonight
over King Corbin would be a huge jumpstart to his career.
Rematch from the finals of the King of the Ring Tournament.
[Corey] It's The King's prerogative, he can take his time.
You think the King is willing to address
the loyal subjects here in Sacramento, Cole?
Yes.
[Cole] He's taken exception to the STD chant.
[Corey] You think?
[crowd booing]
[Corey] He's a super tough dude.
I agree, I agree.
I am disappointed, too, that I have to face him again.
Especially after the night I had
on Friday Night SmackDown when I put The Rock in his place.
[Corey] That's how I remember it.
[crowd booing]
Hey, hey, hey, hey, you need to show me some respect,
'cause I'm out here to give you all a little glimmer of hope.
[crowd booing]
Look, I understand all of you have it really bad, but think about this.
No matter how bad you have it,
Chad Gable always has it worse.
Chad, look, buddy, I don't mean to belittle you.
I mean, honestly, you should be used to being little,
but… seeing as how you're never gonna be tall enough
to be taken seriously or man enough
to beat someone like me, King Corbin.
[crowd booing]
Look, from the bottom of my heart,
I hope your career is just like your legs, short.
[Corbin laughs]
[Corey laughs]
Okay, okay, as your King,
I now dub thee "Shorty" Gable.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] That's mature.
[Corey] I like it. I can get behind that.
[Cole] So King Corbin and Chad Gable, one-on-one tonight.
[Corey] What do you mean by, "that's for sure"?
[Cole] What's for sure?
-What are you talking about? -[Corey] You said it's for sure.
-What's for sure? -[Cole] I did?
[Cole] And Baron Corbin now sending a one-on-one with Chad Gable here tonight.
Big match-up for Gable at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view event.
And Gable just like that, going right after King Corbin.
He's had enough of the short jokes.
Nice takedown, waist lock takedown by Gable.
[Corey] Look at these cross faces, this is brutality from Gable.
[Cole] Gable riding Corbin now,
and King Corbin has not been able to get out of the blocks.
[Corey] Yeah, I say right now, Gable's a vicious dude.
They gonna start chanting that, too? No.
[Cole] Gable, kick right to the midsection.
And driving Corbin back to the corner.
Gable realizes what a victory here tonight would mean for his career.
Ankle lock by Gable.
Trying to drag Corbin out of the corner, and he does.
Gable relentless in his assault in the beginning of this match-up.
And Corbin able to kick-out of it. Gable with a clothesline!
And now hammering away with the right hands.
Corbin trying to create some sort of space,
but Gable now into the sleeper hold.
And a Gable chant here.
[crowd chanting] Gable! Gable! Gable!
[Cole] And now Gable-- oh my God.
Shoulder first to the post, collapsing to the floor.
[Corey] With that one maneuver, The King regains control.
Corbin has a few moments to compose himself.
[Cole] That was a great start by Gable.
[Corey] Absolutely was, very impressive onslaught.
Gable certainly very motivated.
[Cole] Well, wouldn't you be if you were poked fun at
week after week by the so-called King?
[Corey] I happen to be-- Oh!
[Cole] Off the post, face first.
[Corey] …On the good side of The King.
Corbin, of course, winning the King of the Ring Tournament.
It was a great run by Chad Gable to make it to the finals
and almost pulled off a major upset that night.
And Corbin with a right.
Former Golden Gloves boxer.
The body shots by Corbin.
Whips Gable into the corner with authority.
[Corey] Sternum first, cover here by The King.
[Cole] Hooks the leg, and Gable's got a kick-out at two.
[Corey] Cole, did you know that the city of Kansas City
renamed their baseball team in order… in honor of King Corbin?
They call them The Royals now.
[Cole] What are you talking about? They've been the Royals for 50 years.
And Gable now bounced off the top of the rope and a big forearm by Corbin.
Another right hand.
[Corey] King Corbin told me that's why they called him that.
This is completely disrespectful.
I'm gonna talk really loud and really fast
so that the viewers at home aren't subjected
to the disrespect of the people here in Sacramento.
[Cole] Oh, and Gable runs right into a right hand.
[Corbin] I don't hear you now!
Trying to launch himself over the top rope and Corbin floored him.
[Cole] Now mocking the WWE Universe.
[Corey] Poor "Shorty" Gable might get counted out.
[Cole] Chad Gable.
[Corey] You heard King Corbin,
he's been rechristened.
[Cole] Count of five now for the official.
Gable needs to make it back into the ring before a count of ten.
Trying to drag himself up to the apron.
We don't quite know where he's at after the right hand by Corbin.
And King Corbin back on the attack.
[Corey] The King now in complete control.
"Shorty" Gable's in a lot of trouble.
Could just be a matter of time now.
[Cole] Corbin's really taken this King thing to another level.
[Corey] He's redefining what it means to be The King of the Ring.
Okay, Corbin is finally a King that the WWE Universe can be proud of.
Not that other guy that was at the desk before we came out.
And here now is Corbin, slides underneath the bottom rope.
-Great athleticism by King Corbin. -[all exclaiming]
With a clothesline, turning Gable inside out.
[Corey] Off with his head.
[Cole] Cover by Corbin, kick-out by Gable.
Corbin thought that was it. Watch this impact and feel it.
Boom!
[Corey] You don't have to like King Corbin, but you have to respect
the athletic ability possessed by the man.
[Cole] There's no doubt, a former United States Champion,
former Money in the Bank ladder match winner.
Was once the constable of Monday Night RAW.
And a clubbing blow right to the back of the neck.
[Corey] It would be argued by many that his time spent as constable
better prepared him for his role of King of the Ring.
Give the little guy a hand.
[Corey] See?
Corbin appreciates the fight "Shorty" Gable's putting up.
He wants to applaud it.
[Cole] Chad Gable trying to make it back to his feet.
The man who represented The United States in the 2012 Olympics.
Stay down.
[Cole] Being mocked now by Corbin.
[Corey] I'm sure it was a great honor for "Shorty" Gable
to represent The United States in the Olympics.
But what happened in the end?
He came up short.
[Cole] But now you're gonna get… jump on the bandwagon.
-Straight right hand. -Shut up.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] And another one.
[Corey] Putting those Golden Gloves boxing skills
to use right on the point of Gable's jaw.
And if this lands, there will be lights out for "Shorty" Gable.
[Cole] Yeah, but look at the guts in Chad Gable. Fighting back.
Corbin was looking for a suplex and Gable able to counter.
And Gable with a head-butt, drops Corbin to the center of the ring.
And now Chad Gable from the top rope.
Gable with a missile dropkick, and down goes The king.
Could be the opening that Gable needs.
Came outta the box quickly here tonight and then was slowed down by King Corbin.
And now Gable looks to rally.
Sidestepping Corbin, Gable from behind.
[Corey] Just too short, couldn't muscle Corbin over.
Couldn't pop his hips like necessary.
[Cole] Lands on his feet.
Corbin again.
This time Gable was ready for it.
Second rope cross.
-[all exclaiming] -[Cole] Planted.
Spinebuster by Corbin.
Cover, kick-out at two.
[Cole] You got to admire the guts of Chad Gable.
[Corey] Yeah, it was truly very unexpected
that Gable was able to kick-out and survive
that hellacious spinebuster from The King.
-Two, three. -It was a two count.
-I heard two, three! -It was a two count.
[Cole] King Corbin arguing with the official.
Now turns his attention yet again.
Great counter by Gable.
Oh, basement dropkick.
And now Gable back to his feet.
Can this be the opening that Chad Gable needs?
You think I'm too short!
Who's too small!
[Cole] Oh, and Gable now trash-talking Corbin.
[Corey] And it's the first time in this match,
maybe his life, that Gable's been taller than anybody.
[Cole] Corbin though, caught Gable--
Gable with a counter.
Oh, wow, wow, wow.
Look-- look at the power into the German suplex.
Shoulders are down, almost had him, and a kick-out.
[Corey] Oh, no.
Cole, do you think that maybe Gable's tired of being called short?
[Cole] You think?
[Corey] The more this match goes on, I'm getting concerned.
Maybe he's had enough.
[Cole] Pretty impressive.
Chad Gable there moments ago with the German suplex,
and he has King Corbin stunned.
And Gable realizes this could be his opportunity.
[Corey] Corbin's not quite sure where he's at. Can Gable capitalize?
I mean, shorty.
This is shorty's opportunity?
As far as I'm concerned, The King decreed it--
[Cole] Oh, and caught Corbin right on the bridge of the nose.
And Gable again into the corner.
Corbin this time, knocked back again.
Chad Gable's rolling.
Uh-oh, Corbin caught him!
Oh, and a powerbomb!
[Corey] Oh, man.
[Cole] Cover by the King.
Hooks both legs, and Gable at two.
No!
[Corey] What another impressive display of power by King Corbin,
just nearly driving Shorty straight through the ring.
[Cole] Yeah, but Chad Gable will not go away.
[Corey] I really wish you would stop disrespecting Gable
and use his proper first-given name.
[Cole] And now King Corbin back on the attack,
looking to somehow put Gable away.
Uh-oh!
Oh, and Chad, look at him, armbar, armbar locked in.
He's got a five count before he has to break.
And he uses almost a full five.
And now, drags Corbin out of the ring.
It's punishment time for The King.
Boom!
Wrapping his leg around the ring post, not once, but twice.
[Corey] Oh, don't do this, Shorty.
How's he supposed to rule with a broken leg?
[Cole] That's one way to cut Corbin down to size.
But Corbin, though, Gable rolls through, shoulders down, stacks him up.
Is it enough? Kick-out at two by Corbin.
Oh, Deep Six!
And King Corbin hooks the leg on Gable.
And Gable stays in it again.
A near-fall for Corbin, but Gable's alive.
[Corey] The longer this match goes on, believe it or not,
I think the more of a chance it gives "Shorty" Gable.
I mean, we know that Shorty's in incredible cardiovascular condition.
[Cole] Corbin back to his feet first.
Can Chad Gable somehow counter again?
[crowd chanting] Gable! Gable! Gable!
The Gable chants here at Sacramento.
Right hand by Corbin!
[crowd booing]
[Corey] I think The King's appreciative of the fight that Shorty brought tonight.
[Cole] Chad trying to drag himself to his feet again.
A clubbing blow by The King.
[Corey] I think, The King's offering advice.
You have to admit, I mean, King Corbin can take this one,
put this one away at any time that he wants.
[Cole] He can? Look at Chad.
Chad Gable now sent over the top rope, lands on his feet on the apron.
Shoulder now to the midsection.
Gable slides through.
Here comes Chad Gable.
[Corey] Corbin was looking for End of Days.
[Cole] But Gable made him pay.
Chad Gable with a swinging neck breaker.
Gable up to the top rope.
Gable with a moonsault!
Here's the cover on The King,
hooks the leg and Corbin at two.
[Corey] Gable didn't release the hold, Gable's got the ankle lock.
[Cole] Middle of the leg, ankle lock, submission move.
Corbin trying to use his long arms to make it to the bottom rope.
Gable grabs him back to the middle.
Corbin again, crawling underneath the bottom rope
to the apron and it's gonna force a break.
Chad Gable though, has the damage been done to The King?
[Corey] Corbin now with some time to recover.
[Cole] Now, uh-oh, Corbin with Gable outside,
chokeslam right on the apron.
[Corey] Good night, Shorty.
[Cole] Uh-oh, the scepter.
Remember, he was disqualified the last time these two met
on Monday Night RAW by using the scepter.
And now Corbin with the scepter in hand.
Swinging wildly.
From behind, Gable rolls him up!
-Gable has beat The King! -[bell dings]
[Corey] No!
[announcer] Here is your winner, "Shorty" Gable!
[Cole] How dare Greg Hamilton insult Chad Gable like that?
Chad Gable just took out King Corbin!
That is his name!
-[Corey] It was an edict by King Corbin. -[Cole] Hamilton should be fired!
[Corey] You should be fired for disrespecting the wishes of King Corbin.
"Shorty" Gable with the upset of the century.
It's okay, King.
You're still a super tough dude in my eyes.
Chad Gable with a massive victory here tonight over The King!
Let him eat cake!
[Corey] Shortcake.
This is how it's going to work this coming Friday night
on SmackDown on Fox live from Las Vegas.
It's the first day of the draft.
Then we move to Monday, a week from tomorrow in Denver,
Monday Night RAW on the USA Network.
The landscape is going to change forever for not only
WWE Superstars, but for Fox in USA as well.
The battle for brand supremacy will begin anew.
Everyone is forced to step-up their game, compete at the highest level,
and find out, who truly is supreme.
And right now we're gonna find out who is the SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Corey] I certainly hope The Queen has better luck than The King just did.
[Charlotte's theme music plays]
[Cole] Charlotte tonight, looks to win a tenth Women's Title.
[Corey] We always talk about the importance of momentum
here in WWE as a Superstar.
It could be argued that nobody has momentum on their side
quite like Charlotte Flair after this past Friday.
Yeah, let's take you back to the SmackDown…
Friday Night SmackDown premiere on Fox.
[Cole] It was Charlotte and Becky against Bayley and Sasha,
and it was vintage Charlotte Flair.
[Corey] Under the bright lights in Los Angeles,
The Queen would join forces with The Man,
and not only pick up a victory over Bayley and Sasha Banks,
but in impressive fashion, Charlotte Flair locking in the Figure-Eight Submission,
forcing the SmackDown Women's Champion to submit before the very world.
[Cole] And because of that, Charlotte earned this opportunity
here tonight at the SmackDown Women's Title.
[Bayley's theme song plays]
♪ There ain't no stoppin' us now ♪
♪ We celebrate on the floor ♪
♪ Top down, we're ready to go ♪
♪ To all the people across every nation ♪
♪ Turn it up and give me some more ♪
[Cole] Now, Bayley still considers herself a role model for the WWE Universe.
[Corey] Well, the only reason some people don't consider Bayley a role model
is because you've got talking heads such as
yourself telling people that she's changed.
Just because Bayley chose to be a loyal friend to Sasha Banks.
[Cole] You know, RAW and SmackDown
are broadcast worldwide in over 27 different languages,
and the WWE Network is broadcast all over the world.
We have representatives from some of these countries here tonight,
including the Portuguese announce team of Marco Alfaro and Roberto Figueroa.
[speaking in Portuguese]
[Cole] The Russian announce team of Moti Margolin and Zhan Pomerantsev.
[speaking in Russian]
[Cole] The Mandarin announce team of Meng Ai and Sean Deng.
[speaking in Mandarin]
The Hindi announce team of Obaid Kadwani and Shezi Sardar.
[speaking in Hindi]
[Cole] And the French announce team of Ray Rougeau and Jean Brassard.
[speaking in French]
[Cole] And the Japanese announce team of Shun Yamaguchi and Funaki.
[speaking in Japanese]
[Cole] You should have heard Meng Ai's plot that he had--
[Corey] Hey, wait a minute. Look it, look it, look it.
that's the new 24/7 champion, Tamina.
Wandering around the Golden 1 Center here in Sacramento.
[Corey] Hey, Tamina, get out of the building, okay?
This is-- oh, there's Truth.
[Cole] Yeah, R-Truth, the former-- And now they're up there
at the International Row, just--
[Corey] look it, Funaki!
Tamina's got Funaki!
[Cole] They're using Funaki as a human shield.
[Corey] Number one human shield.
[R-Truth] Bring it on! Bring it on!
[Cole] Uh-oh.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
[Cole] Oh, and Carmella!
Pin her! Pin her! Pin her!
[Cole] Cover by Truth!
[crowd] One, two, three!
[Cole] Truth wins, and I think-- let me look here.
I think that is-- I think Truth just won his 20th 24/7 Championship.
20-time Champ.
[Corey] All I know is hopefully I can finally get some sleep tonight.
[bell dings]
The following contest scheduled for one-fall
is for the SmackDown Women's Championship!
[crowd cheering, applause]
Introducing the challenger from the Queen City…
Charlotte Flair!
[crowd cheering, applause]
And her opponent, from San Jose, California,
she is the SmackDown Women's Champion,
Bayley!
[Cole] So Bayley defends the Championship against Charlotte.
Remember these two met last month at the Clash of Champions pay-per-view event,
and Bayley would expose a turnbuckle
and use it to her advantage to retain The Title
against Charlotte to a rematch here tonight.
[Corey] I think the fact that we're in Sacramento
is gonna play into Bayley's favor.
She's something of a hometown girl here, from not too far away at the Bay Area.
They cheered for her fairly well here in Sacramento.
[Cole] So it's Charlotte and Bayley
here tonight for the SmackDown Women's Title.
[Corey] Two women who know each other so very well.
Their careers have paralleled each other,
and it's actually Charlotte Flair that Bayley sort of-- oh!
Charlotte Flair has really drawn the ire of Bayley
because Bayley feels she doesn't receive the credit
that a Charlotte Flair did as SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Cole] Oh, Bayley, of course, Money in the Bank Ladder Match winner.
Cash in is-- a nice neckbreaker there by Charlotte.
Oh, and from behind, Charlotte taking control of the match.
It's been Bayley's MO since she won The Championship,
Corey, not only upset with the likes of Charlotte,
but Becky Lynch over on the RAW side.
Becky, of course, successful earlier tonight
inside Hell in a Cell against Sasha Banks.
[Corey] You've got to understand the frustration if you're Bayley.
She works just as hard as any other woman on the roster,
maybe harder, yet she's not on the cover of video games.
Bayley's not getting all the media attention.
She feels like she's been playing second fiddle, and she's got a legitimate gripe.
[Cole] Well, beat Charlotte here fair and square tonight…
and misses with the crossbody.
And Charlotte gonna try to put Bayley away early.
-Look at this, Boston crab. -[Corey] Look at the angle.
So much pressure, Bayley trying her best to escape the clutches of The Queen.
[Cole] And Bayley trying to drag herself to the bottom rope,
and remember, she has The Champion's advantage.
Charlotte's got to tap her or pin Bayley to win The Championship here tonight.
[referee] One, two.
[Corey] Charlotte showing her dominance early.
Well, that's why Charlotte Flair has been such a success.
-[Corey] Oh, wait… -[Cole] Poke of the eye!
Bayley, the official never saw it,
Bayley took control, and out blasts Charlotte from behind.
[Corey] It was desperate, but it was necessary.
Bayley learned in their last meeting that you have to get creative.
Yeah, maybe you have to take a shortcut,
but if you're gonna beat a physically superior person
like Charlotte Flair, you need to be creative.
[Cole] Yeah, but when it comes to shortcuts, here we go.
Bayley, cover, hook of the leg and a kick-out.
Shortcuts don't necessarily make a good role model.
-Who's in control right now, Cole? -[Cole] Bayley.
[Corey] Who would you rather support, a winner or a loser?
[Cole] Elbow right to the back of the neck.
Well, I'm a Jets and Mets fan, so… And Bayley again with a forearm.
[Corey] Enough said.
[Cole] Charlotte whipped into the corner by Bayley.
Of course, perhaps a psychological advantage tonight,
after taking out Bayley 48 hours ago
on the premiere of Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
[Corey] I completely agree with that.
It also may have provided Bayley with a sense
of urgency that she needs to be successful.
Oh, and ran into a knee.
[Cole] Got a bit cocky there, and Charlotte made her pay.
[Corey] Contradicted my opinion as it was happening.
[Cole] Clothesline by Charlotte.
[Corey] You can't ever get overconfident when you're dealing with Charlotte Flair.
[Cole] Chopped by Charlotte.
And again.
[Corey] Each one of these knife-edged chops,
driving the breath out of Bayley's lungs.
The Queen is a hungry challenger.
[Cole] Ah, great throw by Charlotte, and a kip-up, and Charlotte's in control.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Such a tremendous athlete.
Many will say the most athletic woman we've ever seen here in WWE.
Charlotte-- oh, Bayley moved out of the way
and looked to-- oh!
[Cole] She ran right into a wicked forearm.
[Corey] The Queen uncorked that one.
[Cole] Bayley, though, great move by Bayley.
Resilient Champion.
Now dragging Charlotte outside the ring and just tossing her to the floor.
[Corey] It wasn't pretty, but this isn't about style points.
Nasty landing for Charlotte Flair.
[Corey] Now, there's one thing about Bayley,
very concerned about getting the job done as of late.
And that's what it takes to-- boom, right into the apron.
What it takes to remain a Champion here in WWE.
And again.
Bayley's learning what it feels like to be the hunted.
[Cole] Ruthless attack by Bayley.
She has developed a mean streak, there's no doubt about that.
Many credit that to her friendship with Sasha Banks.
[Corey] Also have to respect the fact that Bayley truly is a student of the game.
She studies tapes, she learns from her mistakes.
She knows-- oh!
She approaches every match with a game plan, and right now,
it appears she's using Charlotte's own strategy against her.
[Cole] Yeah, take out the legs, weaken the knee and the ankle.
That's what Bayley's doing.
Cover now on Charlotte, kick-out.
[Corey] And aside from the obvious, if Charlotte Flair's got a leg injury,
it's gonna become much, much more difficult to apply
the Figure-Eight Submission that Bayley succumbed to this past Friday.
[Cole] Again continues this assault on the left leg of Charlotte,
who's trying to fight out of the corner here.
Impressive assault by Bayley.
[Corey] This is unfamiliar territory for The Queen, having
some of her own offense, so to speak, used against her.
[Cole] Now lookin' to wrap Charlotte's leg around the ring post.
[Corey] A bold strategy by The Champion!
But it seems to be paying off in the short term.
[Cole] And Bayley looking to put Charlotte away and retain her championship,
and Charlotte, again, at one, kicks out.
And this is unlike the Bayley that we've come to know here
over the years, that fun-loving Superstar.
[Corey] You know what, though, Cole? That's what the problem is.
This has nothing to do with Bayley's characteristics as a human being.
This is as a competitor, Bayley's hardened her edge.
She realized she wasn't gonna cut it.
[Cole] Charlotte roll through.
And look at Charlotte now, shoulders down on Bayley and a kick-out.
[Corey] Bayley wasn't gonna be able to retain the throne
with her old ways, so she stepped up her game.
She's realized she has to be more aggressive. Look at this!
[Cole] Oh, and Charlotte off the second rope!
[Corey] Charlotte's leg was hung across the middle, cover here.
[Cole] Bayley to retain.
And I agree with your points, Corey.
I mean, Bayley being much more aggressive has been a good Champion.
[Corey] Has Bayley treated you any differently recently?
She doesn't talk to me like that.
Okay, well, she never did, but she's been the same
-nice human being to me that she has been… -[Cole] Oh, look at Bayley!
Looked like she was going for the Figure-Four.
Charlotte able to counter, rolls her up, shoulders down,
and see, Charlotte could not plant on the bad leg.
She couldn't plant on the bad leg that time,
and it allowed Bayley to easily kick-out.
[Corey] And the deeper this match-up goes, you can expect to see Charlotte's flair--
Charlotte Flair's offense more severely limited.
[Cole] That buys Charlotte a little bit of time
as she delivered the right to Bayley.
And now it's Charlotte.
And if there's anybody that can fight fire with fire, we know it's Charlotte Flair.
And now she's turning the tables on The Champion,
giving Bayley a little of her own medicine.
[crowd booing]
We saw Bayley tap to the Figure-Eight Friday without a leg injury,
imagine what'll happen with the leg hurt,
and… oh, and again, picks her at the knee.
[Corey] Charlotte with a chop block from the front,
now giving Bayley a little taste of her own medicine.
[Cole] From behind.
[Corey] As this match progresses, you can see Charlotte
regaining a little bit of her ability to plant,
to post off the left foot, left ankle,
that has been attacked by The Champion.
Oh, Bayley out of the way just in time.
[Cole] Backbreaker from The Queen.
And Charlotte, Natural Selection, to win her tenth Championship.
Bayley grabs the bottom rope.
It's two, she's got her hand on the rope. It's two.
So close for Charlotte Flair, but The Champion barely survived.
[Corey] You can see by the smile on The Queen's face,
she realizes she is closing in on the record.
[Cole] And again, to the bad knee of Charlotte.
[Cole] Charlotte pinning Bayley into the corner,
and now it's Charlotte turning her attention to Bayley's left leg.
[Corey] Right across the back of Bayley's knee.
The Queen headed to the high rent district.
How's the leg gonna hold up?
Charlotte from the top rope, moonsault, Bayley got the knees up.
[Cole] Great counter by The Champion.
[Corey] I'm not entirely sure Charlotte didn't realize mid-air
and try to ease her landing a little bit as to minimize the impact,
but the damage was still done to some extent.
Right to the face.
[referee] Bayley, back in the ring. [Bayley] Shut up.
[crowd member] Get her, Bayley, let's go!
[Cole] And Charlotte using her power.
Oh, and Bayley sent flying.
[Corey] Fall away slam on the outside.
Clearly painful for The Champion,
but The Queen needs to get The Champion back in the ring to win the title.
[Cole] Yep, Champion's advantage here tonight.
Pinfall or submission, only way that Charlotte can win.
Count outs, disqualifications don't help.
[Corey] You gotta wonder if Charlotte Flair's so used
to being champion that she might be in the habit of--
Oh, maybe taking it for granted.
[Cole] Again, just-- Oh!
Doing what Bayley did to her earlier on tonight,
using the apron to her advantage.
[crowd 1 chanting] Let's go Bayley!
[crowd 2 chanting] Let's go Charlotte!
Referee's count's at seven.
[Corey] Charlotte Flair's got three seconds
to get herself and The Champ back in the ring.
[Cole] Champ's in, Charlotte will break the count before ten.
Now Charlotte Flair, right to the back leg of Bayley.
Center of the ring, looking for the Figure Four.
Bayley, small package, shoulders down, almost had her!
[Corey] The Queen, the first to her feet.
Looking for the big boot, Bayley saw it coming.
[Cole] Yeah, Bayley able to take control.
Charlotte down, using the ropes for leverage and the official caught her.
[Cole] Charlotte with the boot.
Take down, spins through.
Figure Four, bridge to the Figure Fight!
Bayley's in trouble, nowhere to go!
Charlotte looking for the win, looking for The Championship!
Tap out, Charlotte's a ten-time Women's Champion!
[Charlotte's theme music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner by submission
and the new SmackDown Women's Champion,
Charlotte Flair!
[Cole] At some point, Corey, we're gonna have to start
talking about this woman, Charlotte Flair, as one of the greatest.
[Corey] Start? Cole, I've been singing the praise for years.
Now the numbers back it up.
A record ten reigns
as a Women's Champion in WWE.
The Queen stepped into battle tonight and endured Bayley.
Charlotte Flair doing what she does best, make history.
[Cole] Charlotte Flair is your new SmackDown Women's Champion,
ending the reign of Bayley.
[Corey] Been a bad, bad night for The Boss and Hug connection.
First Sasha Banks, now Bayley,
leaving Sacramento empty-handed.
[Cole] Once again, carries the gold, Charlotte Flair.
And a disappointed, distraught Bayley throwing a fit.
[Corey] Understandably so.
You have to fight again!
[Corey] Bayley has given her life for that SmackDown Women's Championship
and just had it ripped from her clutches.
[crowd chanting] Bayley! Bayley! Bayley!
Why does it always have to happen to me?
Shut up! Get away!
[crowd member] You're the best!
Come on, Bayley, get up!
Come on, girl!
You'll get it, girl!
Come on, Bayley, get up, girl!
Excuse me, Shorty. I'm sorry, I mean Chad.
Call me Shorty.
Call me whatever you want, just call me the winner of the match.
Man, that felt good, you know.
Corbin's been saying forever that I'll never be taken seriously
because of my height.
That I'm not man enough to beat The King.
Well, could you go find him quick?
'Cause I want you to ask him how it felt to come up…
short out there tonight.
You know, that match was more important to me than almost anything I've ever achieved
because finally I shut someone up who just-- he didn't know when to quit.
You know, he called me a joke, but I didn't see Corbin
smiling at the end of the match, did you?
Tonight, we finally saw that Gable is the bigger man.
[crowd cheering]
[all exclaiming]
[Chad coughing]
Chad, Chad, hey.
Hey, try not to move. Hey, hey, let's get some help back here.
[Cole] And right now, it's about The Universal Championship
to be fended inside Hell in a Cell.
What horrors has "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
come up with for inside the Hell in a Cell?
And the other question, can Seth Rollins
have another Herculean effort to survive and prevail?
[Seth] Seth Rollins burns it down.
[Cole] Seth Rollins retains The Universal Championship here tonight at Clash of--
Oh, hey, Fireflies!
It's my future best friend, Seth Rollins!
♪ Having fun, having fun Having fun together ♪
♪ Joking and playing games Talking with our friends ♪
[Rambling Rabbit] Seth, I need to try and warn you before it's too late.
Do not get inside Hell in a Cell with The Fiend, dude.
It won't end well.
Instead of telling Seth what you think is gonna happen
at Hell in a Cell, how about we show him?
Seth, I would turn away right now if I were you.
[Bray] This could get ugly.
[Rambling Rabbit] Ah, please! Help!
We have all hurt…
for so long.
And now…
it's your turn.
See you in Hell!
[Seth] I've got to step inside Hell in a Cell.
I've got to defend my Universal Title against "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
The living embodiment of a nightmare.
Look, I don't need to tell you guys
what that Hell in a Cell structure is capable of,
but facing off inside Hell in a Cell with Bray Wyatt,
that is an entirely different story.
So… what do I do?
I do what I always do.
When my back is against the wall, I survive and I prevail.
It doesn't matter what kind of mind games
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt wants to come at me with.
-I'm going to survive! -[voice distorts]
Let's forgive… but he never forgets.
He never forgets.
[Vic] Man.
[Seth's theme music plays]
[crowd cheering]
[King] Here we go, guys.
[all] Burn in Hell!
[crowd cheering]
[bell dings]
[announcer] The following is a Hell in a Cell Match
for The Universal Championship!
Introducing first, Davenport, Iowa, weighing in at 217 pounds,
he is The Universal Champion,
Seth Rollins!
[Vic] Well, guys, this is just the third time
The Universal Championship has ever been defended inside Hell in a Cell.
[King] Well, this is the match that the entire WWE Universe
has been talking about, has been anticipating.
And, you know, looking at the-- just the expression on Seth's face,
I don't know. He may not be anticipating it.
[Vic] Well, from the current Universal Champion to the former
Universal Champion, Goldberg on this WWE Chronicle.
Goldberg tonight immediately following Hell in a Cell.
But for Seth Rollins,
I mean, what a stretch of championship matches, Dio, he's been on.
He beat The Beast at SummerSlam.
He conquered The Monster at Clash of Champions.
I mean, this has been a heck of a run for Seth Rollins.
[Dio] Nobody can deny Seth Rollins has been a fighting Champion,
taking on a murderer's row of opponents, but none of them have been like this man.
♪ We're really glad That you're our friend ♪
♪ And this is a friendship That'll never, ever end ♪
[electricity crackling]
[Bray's theme song plays]
♪ Let me in ♪
♪ Catching flies ♪
♪ In his mouth ♪
♪ Tasting freedom ♪
♪ While he dares ♪
♪ The Crawling back ♪
♪ Back to the top ♪
♪ Top of the stairs ♪
♪ The stairs ♪
[Vic] King… King, you…
You've been in the grasps of "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt,
can you imagine "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt as Universal Champion.
[King] Oh, my gosh, no.
That would be a black day for the WWE.
But you know what?
It could very well happen here tonight.
Does this not give you, I mean, this gives you the creepiest feeling.
Look at that.
I mean, The Fiend would give Freddy Krueger nightmares.
♪ In amongst the pigeons ♪
♪ In the square ♪
[Vic] "Fiend" Bray Wyatt is playing mind games.
He's got the better of The Universal Champion the last several weeks on RAW.
And tonight, Seth Rollins steps into hell with "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
[Dio] Guys, just look at it.
There's no hesitation, no fear in the eyes.
The Fiend is right at home in Hell in a Cell.
[Vic] As we saw here tonight,
this cell designed to rip away flesh, shorten careers.
And right now, it's all about one thing, The Universal Championship.
I talked to Seth Rollins before the match-up.
He said he enters Hell in a Cell tonight with the realization
he will not be the same upon leaving it.
And it is time now, Universal Championship on the line.
Can Seth Rollins survive and prevail and overcome "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt!
[bell dings]
[King] This Hell in a Cell has affected so many lives, so many careers.
Like I said before, I sat right here in this seat years ago
and watched The Undertaker throw Mick Foley off
of the top of this Hell in a Cell and crashed.
I thought he was dead.
Everybody thought he was dead, and this could happen--
[Vic] The Fiend going right at Seth Rollins.
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
Mind games early on.
Oh! Look at Seth Rollins now, The Universal Champion, firing away.
And Rollins trying to-- Oh!
--pick up the pace and gets dropped.
[Dio] Guys, you talk about preparing for Hell in a Cell.
How do you prepare for The Fiend in Hell in a Cell?
[King] That's a good question.
I think that this is one of those matches that you try to just put out of your mind
until you get in there and do the best you can.
-And now Seth Rollins. -Spur of the moment.
All right, now Seth Rollins is trying to figure out a way.
And now Rollins.
-[Vic] We saw this. -[King] We saw earlier,
there's a lot of stuff under that ring.
[Dio] The Fiend isn't stopping him.
He wants it.
-[Vic] And charging-- -[all exclaiming]
[King] Oh, my…
[Vic] King!
[King] I don't know what to tell ya.
It's having no effect on The Fiend.
[Vic] And "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, just eating…
those kendo sticks.
And now coming back in, but now,
Seth Rollins one more time.
-[Vic] Gets caught. -[King] Look out!
[Vic] Right in the center of the ring.
King, have you ever seen anything like "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt?
[King] No, and I'm glad I haven't.
[Vic] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, now stalking The Universal Champion.
[Dio] You see the words on the hands of The Fiend.
Hurt and heal.
I wonder which one he's planning on doing in Hell in a Cell.
[Vic] I think it's pretty obvious.
[King] If I were Seth Rollins, you asked me how to prepare for this match.
I would try to stay inside the ring as much as possible.
Because the way The Fiend looks tonight,
he don't need any help from that massive cell.
Look at him.
[Vic] There's nowhere for Seth Rollins to run, as Rollins now again right in.
It's a part of that Hell in a Cell structure.
And you saw Rollins just ricochet off of the cell.
-[King] Look out, look out. -[all exclaiming]
[Dio] This slow and methodical pace has to benefit The Fiend.
[Vic] The entire arena is just bathed in this creepy red light.
And now, oh, into the steel steps goes Seth Rollins.
You can just feel just such a weird energy here inside the Golden 1 Center, Jerry.
I mean, from the WWE Universe,
again Seth Rollins into those steel steps.
[crowd cheering]
[Dio] It's becoming a question of whether or not Seth Rollins can win this match.
-Can he survive this match? -[Vic] Exactly.
We talk about the Firefly Funhouse.
It looks like "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt has found a playhouse.
But it looks like Seth Rollins has found a toy.
Those steel steps now, again, into "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
And a comeback being mounted by The Universal Champion.
And this is what Seth Rollins has to do, King.
Dio, this is what Seth Rollins has to do.
He's gotta stick, he's gotta move, he's gotta hit hard,
and he's gotta think fast.
[King] He's got The Fiend down for the moment.
[Vic] And now Seth Rollins realizing that he's gonna
have to go to some dark places tonight if he wants to remain Universal Champion.
[Dio] He doesn't have to go to dark places.
He's already in a dark place, Vic.
[King] I'm just worried that whatever he's thinking about
-doing here is giving-- -[Vic] Rollins, oh!
Into "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
[King] He can't give The Fiend time to recuperate.
[Vic] And Rollins charging in once again, throwing his body on the line.
Seth Rollins time and time again has risen to the occasion as Universal Champion.
Can he do it again tonight?
[Dio] Nobody's going to deny that Seth Rollins is a fighting Champion.
He's fought every step of the way, week in and week out.
The question is, at what point is his body going to give out?
And he's not just fighting with his body here.
This seems like spiritual warfare.
[Vic] Seth Rollins knows what it's like to compete inside Hell in a Cell.
He's done it three times but never against an opponent like "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt,
who rises from the ashes as Seth Rollins sights his set on the challenger.
Rollins looking to fly once again.
Oh, Rollins caught.
-[all exclaiming] -[King] Oh, no!
[Dio] Sister Abigail into the cage.
-Into the cell. -[Vic] Right in…
to the side of the Hell in a Cell.
[King] This thing is sick, demented.
[Vic] And "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt picking up the scraps.
And Dio, to your point, you think about everything Seth Rollins
has been through coming into this match-up tonight.
How much can Seth Rollins take?
[King] I don't know.
I was going to say earlier, it was like every time we've heard from Seth Rollins,
it's like whistling as you're walking through a graveyard.
He tries to-- I think he's trying to convince himself
that he's going to have a chance in this match.
[Vic] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
[Dio] Receiving a message, listening to those gloves on his hands.
[Vic] Looking to put Seth Rollins, to take The Universal Champion for a ride.
But Rollins, a series of elbows, able to break free.
[King] That's what he's got to do. He's got to fight.
Fight with everything that's in him.
[Vic] Rollins, super kick connects.
And "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
-[Dio] Now's his chance. -[Vic] He could be out, Rollins to climb.
Rollins to the top rope.
Looking down.
-[King] Incoming! -[Vic] Splash!
-[all exclaiming] -[King] Cover.
[Vic] Rollins didn't get all of it, but he got enough of it.
But so much has been taken out of Seth Rollins.
[King] That did a lot of damage to Seth Rollins as well.
Rollins, this could be his best opportunity.
Rollins scratching, trying to claw.
But look at The Fiend.
-Oh, my gosh. -Look at "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
[King] It's like sadistic, he enjoys the pain it looks like.
[Vic] Look at the face of Seth Rollins. Rollins is shocked.
Another super kick to the midsection.
Rollins! Oh, the Stomp!
-[Vic] Rollins got the Stomp! -[King] Look at this!
Look at this monster.
[crowd cheering]
[Vic] Oh, again, Rollins charges in.
Gets caught.
Sister Abigail center of the ring!
"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt into the cover.
[King] Are you kidding me?
[Vic] Rollins kicked out.
[King] It's like there's no way to stop him.
You can only hope to slow him down somehow.
I think Seth Rollins better not make The Fiend angry.
Certainly won't like him any better when he's angry.
Look at this thing.
-[all exclaiming] -[King] Oh, my God.
What is The Fiend thinking here?
Or is he thinking?
[Dio] Look at the body of Rollins convulsing.
[Bray] Get away from him!
[King] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, in, in, just…
He's gonna go out and use the cell again.
[crowd cheering]
[Dio] Brings up the question, guys.
What does "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt even want here?
Does he want The Universal Championship?
He picked his target in Seth Rollins.
He picked the poster boy of the WWE Universe.
What does it mean to everyone if he's able to do what he's doing tonight?
[King] I don't think any of us can put our minds
in the same place that his mind would.
-[Vic] King! -[King] What is that?
[King] Some sort of hammer?
[Dio] You've seen what that mallet has done to Rambling Rabbit.
What can it do to "Rambling" Rollins?
[Vic] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
[Dio] Guys, the weight…
of that mallet as it hit the stairs.
[Vic] Stalking Seth Rollins. Rollins--
[King] Oh, no. This is gonna be bad. Look out!
[Vic] No, no, no, no, no.
[Seth groaning]
[Dio] He almost impaled him…
with that mallet.
[Vic] Oh, super kick out of desperation by Rollins followed by another.
Rollins, a third.
[King] You've gotta keep fighting somehow, you've gotta keep fighting.
[Vic] You've gotta keep moving, Rollins has to keep moving.
[King] He may not have the strength left.
[all exclaiming]
[Vic] Stomp onto the mallet, Stomp onto the mallet.
Can Rollins get "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt back into the ring?
There's Seth Rollins now.
Again, it's almost absolute shock
as "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt almost back to his feet.
-[Vic] Rollins. -[King] Look at this.
-Look at this. -[Vic] Jumping knee!
[Dio] The Fiend is still up.
[King] It didn't even knock The Fiend off his feet.
[Vic] Rollins again eyeing up the challenger.
Springboard! The knee connects a second time.
[King] Oh, my gosh. What is it going to take?
[Vic] Another superkick.
[King] This thing has become like, indestructible.
[Vic] Survive. Prevail.
The motto of The Universal Champion.
-[King] That had to do it. -[Vic] The Stomp connects.
[King] Cover him somehow.
[Vic] Rollins again with another Stomp.
[King] Cover him, Seth!
[Vic] Rollins charging, again.
[crowd booing]
Seth Rollins knows he's got to continue the offensive onslaught.
[Dio] No.
[Vic] Now looking for the Pedigree.
Center of the ring!
Another Stomp!
Rollins into the cover.
-To retain-- -[all exclaiming]
[Dio] The Fiend has kicked out at one of all of them.
[King] Guys, what is going on with this thing?
What is happening with this Fiend?
[Vic] Again a Stomp.
[King] It's having no effect on him.
[Vic] Universal Champion is laying waste, but "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt,
keeps coming.
[crowd booing]
[Vic] Oh!
What must Rollins be thinking?
[King] I don't know.
I think he's thinking what is it gonna take, obviously.
Or do I have what it's gonna take?
[Vic] Over and over and over again.
[King] Guys, what is Rollins going to have to do?
[Vic] King, remember when he talked about having to go to that place?
Very few men can find, very few men can go to.
Seth Rollins I think has come to grips with,
he's got to go to somewhere he never even knew existed.
[King] Yeah, well, I'm just afraid that when he gets there,
The Fiend is gonna already be there.
[Dio] Guys, he's in the ring that he never thought existed,
but with something that he never thought existed.
[Dio] Look at this.
[King] I don't ever remember seeing any kind of reaction like…
Is The Fiend out?
He had enough?
[all exclaiming]
-[Dio] What? -[Vic] A cover!
[Vic sputtering]
And again, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt kicked out at one!
[Dio] I cannot believe it.
And neither can Seth.
[King] The first time, oh man, first time I saw the Firefly Funhouse,
I thought The Fiend needs a psychologist,
but now I think he needs an exorcist.
Look at this thing.
[Vic] Well, Seth Rollins realizing what he has to do, now has that ladder.
-Rollins again. -[all exclaiming]
Another cover, to retain--
[King] Did he just smash that metal chair
into the face of The Fiend with that ladder?
[Vic] King, you've talked about everything you've seen in your career.
You talked about other Hell in a Cell matches.
Have you ever seen, I mean, I don't even know what to ask you.
[King] Yeah, I don't know how that didn't just crush his head like a bug.
[Dio] It's just like you said, King, you're not calling The Fiend a man.
He's not just a man, he's something else.
[King] Guys, I don't know about you,
but it's like Bray Wyatt just may be at his wits end.
He's got to be having second thoughts.
He's got to be doubting himself right now.
What can I do?
[Dio] What's he looking for?
Toolbox?
[Vic] Something.
Seth Rollins just grabbed…
Seth Rollins used the chair, a ladder,
he's done just about everything he could think of
to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt here tonight inside Hell in a Cell.
[Dio] Talk about having to go to that dark and creative place.
[Vic] Well, Seth Rollins is an architect.
[King] I think he's gonna try to pile as much metal
as he can upon the face of The Fiend. Look out!
[all exclaiming]
[King] Look out!
[Dio] Guys, I don't know what you're witnessing here.
[crowd booing]
[King] Seth, cover him, I think that's enough.
[Dio] He hasn't moved.
[King] Seth, I think that's enough.
Rollins has become possessed.
Seth doesn't know what to do.
[Vic] What else can he do?
It looks like the referee is trying to get some sort of response
from The Fiend, but I don't think there's been any.
I don't think there's been any movement whatsoever.
Seth Rollins with a sledgehammer.
Seth Rollins now, back into the ring.
And this-- wait, wait, wait.
Do not use that, think about what you're doing.
You could go to jail! You're gonna kill this man!
Do not do do this, think about what you're doing!
This is not who you are.
[crowd cheering]
[Dio] I don't think the referee can talk some…
[King] Seth, you do not want to go where you're about to go.
You do not want to do that to yourself by doing that to The Fiend.
No, no, no, don't do it!
[bell dinging continuously]
[crowd booing]
You made me do this!
He made me do this!
[Dio] Guys, I think The Fiend's face is smashed.
[paramedic] Roll him up at the same time,
and lay him back down on the back board.
You guys ready?
[paramedic] He's hurt, he's hurt. Knock it off.
[King] Oh, look at this!
[Vic] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt!
[King] Unbelievable!
The Fiend has him!
[Vic] The Mandible Claw paralyzing The Universal Champion.
[Dio] After all the punishment
that "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt has been through.
[King] He is a monster!
-[Dio] For him to be standing. -[King] He's not human!
Look at this!
[Vic] And now…
the Hell in a Cell lifted and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt…
[King] It's to pull the-- Oh my God, not another Sister Abigail
[all exclaiming]
The Fiend has completely laid waste to Seth Rollins.
[Vic] How?
How?
[crowd chanting] Restart the match! Restart the match!
[Vic] "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
-Not through yet. [King] Still with evil intentions.
[Vic] Not through yet.
[King] Running through his mind.
Officials just looking on, I don't blame 'em.
I would not try to get close to The Fiend, either.
[Vic] Maybe all of 'em could overpower him, I don't know.
[King] Not on the concrete floor, the unexposed concrete floor.
[Vic] And again! Sister Abigail to Seth Rollins.
[referee 1] That's enough!
Get outta here!
[referee 2] That's enough, that's enough.
[King] Oh, look out, look out.
[Vic] And the Mandible Claw once again.
[King] Enough!
Enough is enough!
[unsettling music]
[Seth Choking]
[Bray laughing menacingly] once again.