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00:00:00I can't believe there's less than six months left in John Cena's retirement tour.
00:00:05A lot of people will be happy when John Cena retires based on his attitude.
00:00:10However, they won't be happy if he retires with the WWE title intact.
00:00:14Well, tomorrow night, it is our main event.
00:00:16It is the culmination of one of the greatest rivalries in the history of WWE.
00:00:21Night of Champions, Cena vs Punk.
00:00:24Yin and Yang.
00:00:31Two seemingly opposite forces that in truth complement and interconnect with the other.
00:00:38Two entities in constant flux and transformation.
00:00:43Totally interdependent to exist.
00:00:46John Cena and CM Punk.
00:00:51Yin and Yang.
00:00:53From Whitstewberry, Massachusetts.
00:00:58John Cena.
00:01:00The clean-cut, untouchable chosen one.
00:01:03If you want some, come get some.
00:01:08A decorated champion.
00:01:11A valiant in-ring competitor and above all else, a man of the people.
00:01:16And after more than two decades in the spotlight, an icon who once set the standard of hustle, loyalty, and respect.
00:01:28From Chicago, Illinois.
00:01:31CM Punk.
00:01:33CM Punk.
00:01:34The loud, defiant, voice of the voiceless.
00:01:38The rebel who was never meant to be king.
00:01:41I've been the best ever since day one.
00:01:43There's one thing you're better at than I am, John, and that's kissing ass.
00:01:48Raging against the system brought imagination, but never enough to fill the hole deep within.
00:01:57His desire to sit alone atop the summit would lead to bitterness, resentment, self-destruction, and banishment.
00:02:05But time.
00:02:06Time changes everything.
00:02:10Yin becomes Yang.
00:02:15Yang becomes Yin.
00:02:17In an infinite dance, struggling to find harmony.
00:02:22Contrasting dualities destined to be bound.
00:02:27And the battle in which these two have been endlessly engaged finds itself with new motivation.
00:02:33That title has corrupted you.
00:02:37I've been the victim of an abusive relationship.
00:02:42Because all you've ever done there for 25 years is going to sit on your ass and watch me be great.
00:02:53Instead of a graceful exit, Johnson is detached and disillusioned.
00:02:58Has vowed to ruin wrestling for everyone.
00:03:03While CM Punk has returned from exile, a beacon of hope and change.
00:03:08A new face for the company he once vowed to burn down.
00:03:15The balance has shifted.
00:03:18Light becomes shadow.
00:03:20Shadow now stands in the sun.
00:03:23I have shut your mouth and beaten your best.
00:03:29You can't beat me.
00:03:31When I'm at my best, you never could.
00:03:33I won the title.
00:03:35I left with the title.
00:03:37You're trying to follow in my footsteps.
00:03:41I hate this idea that you're the best in the world.
00:03:44You're not.
00:03:45I'm the greatest of all time.
00:03:48The truth is, Punk, I'm jealous of you.
00:03:52I am jealous that you have conned these people into believing the myth that you're the best in the world.
00:04:00Remember who gave you the stage for your pipe bomb, pal?
00:04:08What have you done with it since then, huh?
00:04:11Because you change your values as much as I change my t-shirts.
00:04:20You're just a loud mouth opportunist who will step on the necks of people who actually work hard if it gets you ahead.
00:04:27The greatest of all time.
00:04:28The greatest of all time.
00:04:29Night of champions.
00:04:30Balls in your court, hero.
00:04:33The best in the world.
00:04:35You can't see me.
00:04:37I see through you.
00:04:40Yin and Yang.
00:04:42Positioned once again upon opposing shores.
00:04:46For a final reckoning.
00:04:55Well, ladies and gentlemen, John Cena will join us a bit later on tonight here on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:04:59But, Wade, you and I are going to have the privilege to be able to call the final match in this great rivalry.
00:05:05Oh, man, it's been incredible.
00:05:06I mean, go back 14 years and it was...
00:05:10Well, uh...
00:05:11Okay.
00:05:18Our truth.
00:05:21Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:05:23What's up?
00:05:24What's up?
00:05:26I'm going to tell you what's up.
00:05:28I am Ron Killings.
00:05:30I am the truth.
00:05:32The whole truth.
00:05:34And nothing but the truth.
00:05:36Now put some respect on my name.
00:05:39John Cena.
00:05:40I ain't letting it slide.
00:05:42I ain't letting it ride.
00:05:43Get out of here right now.
00:05:45I want you right now.
00:05:47Come on, John Cena.
00:05:49Where you at?
00:05:50Let's go, buddy.
00:05:54Oh, truth.
00:05:55Let's go.
00:05:56Uh-oh.
00:05:59Truth, you better turn around.
00:06:01Black Mass.
00:06:02From Alistair Black.
00:06:04Who's been interrupted two weeks in a row by a ranting R-Truth.
00:06:18I told you, Ron, not to drink from this cup.
00:06:22And I guess in a weird way, we're even now, Ron.
00:06:23Why, Alistair?
00:06:24Why?
00:06:25Why?
00:06:26Why?
00:06:27Well, Alistair Black had warned R-Truth.
00:06:29Black Mass took out Truth here tonight.
00:06:31and he won't have a plan for me.
00:06:34And now, they will never be.
00:06:36Hold that it's deep for me.
00:06:38I know that it ain't deep for me.
00:06:39I know that it's deep for me.
00:06:40Black Mass took out Truth here tonight.
00:06:45Hey, Street Profits, mind if I talk to you guys for a second?
00:07:03Yo, what's good?
00:07:04So, in just a few minutes, you have the unenviable task of defending your WWE Tag Team titles against the Wyatt Six.
00:07:12What's your game plan?
00:07:13You know what, Byron, Saudi Arabia, let me ask you a question.
00:07:18When's the last time that the Street Profits have had Tag Team gold?
00:07:23Four years, Byron, and we had to go through fire to get back to the mountaintop.
00:07:29So the Wyatt Six or any tag team must be out their damn mind if they think they're going to take these Tag Team championships from us anytime soon.
00:07:37Look, fam, we're the class of this division.
00:07:39People keep asking dogs, why are you and Ted's defending your titles against the Wyatts?
00:07:43The answer is simple.
00:07:45They the only threat we got.
00:07:47So we approach that threat, and we eliminate that threat.
00:07:51You heard what he said, Byron.
00:07:53It's Friday, so that means it's time to go to work.
00:07:55Let's go, baby.
00:07:59Let's go.
00:08:01Boys.
00:08:03Look, what's understood doesn't have to be explained.
00:08:06But if need be, I got y'all back.
00:08:09Appreciate that.
00:08:10Yeah.
00:08:10Go take care of business.
00:08:11I know y'all got this.
00:08:12Tag Team Championship time.
00:08:26He's scheduled for one call.
00:08:40And it's for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
00:08:46Introducing first, with a combined weight of 492 pounds, they are the WWE Tag Team Champions,
00:08:59Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford, The Street Profits.
00:09:06Oh, Wade, the Profits have their work cut out for them tonight.
00:09:12This is a team who have been transformed since returning back in January.
00:09:17It took them all the way to the goal.
00:09:18If anyone could stop the Wyatts, it's the easy one.
00:09:22We're going to see how it all plays out.
00:09:25Street Profits, Wyatt 6, Tag Team Titles on SmackDown.
00:09:36You're feeling real tough right about now, huh?
00:10:01Yeah.
00:10:02No, but if you truly are his friend, you'll tell him to stay away.
00:10:07Besides, as far as I'm concerned, his debt is paid.
00:10:11You know, I know truth.
00:10:15Love, next time you're looking for payment, why don't you do it face-to-face with him?
00:10:20I'm pretty sure we'll be a lot different.
00:10:28Sure he will be.
00:10:32This guy.
00:10:38Look, who am I to tell you what to do, okay?
00:10:41But if it was me, I'd mind my own business.
00:10:44Especially when it comes to this whole R-Truth-wrong-killing situation, man.
00:10:48If you're really his boy, you let him handle his business,
00:10:50and you stay out the way before you end up a casualty.
00:10:55Melo, you should walk away now.
00:10:58I get him.
00:11:00Two-thirds.
00:11:07Melo can't stay out of anybody's business, Kenny.
00:11:11He doesn't have to.
00:11:12He's that good.
00:11:13Now, Street Profit's set to defend the Tag Team Titles.
00:11:16I'm proud of the mother of the big man, man.
00:11:18Let's make a trip with the prom.
00:11:19He's here to come together, hey.
00:11:24Come on down.
00:11:25See you next time, man.
00:11:26Get at son.
00:11:43I'm proud of the eliminate.
00:13:24Only Wyatt's six are here.
00:13:27Made their appearance on Friday Night Smackdown about a month ago, Wade, when they interrupted a Street Profits Tag Team Championship match and then went on to take out all the tag teams in Friday Night Smackdown.
00:13:38So here we go. Montez Ford is going to start things off against Dexter Loomis, who portrays Mercy the buzzer.
00:13:51The Wyatt Six have attacked every single tag team on Smackdown since returning, showing no mercy.
00:14:03Now they finally got what they wanted, a shot of the goal.
00:14:07Yeah, Montez Ford, Dexter Loomis starting things off now. Tag Team Championship match is underway.
00:14:12Street Profits the current tag team champs.
00:14:15And Loomis, who has been described as a tortured artist throughout much of his career, finally found a group that he could cling to and shared a lot of his same ideals and tag made.
00:14:30And here comes Joe Gacy with a big right hand.
00:14:34You want this entire crew of the Wyatts are a bunch of whack jobs, no matter how you slice it.
00:14:40And Loomis isn't even legal.
00:14:41And Gacy now, who portrays Huskus the big boy, off the senton, into the cover.
00:14:46And now Angelo Dawkins is going to pull Gacy off the potential victory.
00:14:51Just get the sense of these Wyatts.
00:14:52Someone's not quite an overwader.
00:14:55At ringside, big of the tag teams, the Wyatt Six have targeted Fraxium is out here.
00:15:00Los Garzas, we saw the Motor City Machine Guns.
00:15:04And Montez Ford trying to steal the victory off the distraction.
00:15:07A couple of weeks ago, the Motor City Machine Guns had their match with the Wyatt Six,
00:15:11ultimately ended up losing and got being the hell of a platform.
00:15:17Gacy with a clothesline delivered to Montez Ford.
00:15:21Tag team titles on the line.
00:15:23DIY's out here as well.
00:15:25Everyone looking on.
00:15:27We're out here for your own good.
00:15:41Tag made, and here comes Dexter Loomis.
00:15:49I was telling the story about Loomis a bit earlier on, Wade.
00:15:53The fact that here's a man who has, throughout his career, gravitated away from normalcy.
00:16:01Here's a guy who actually kidnapped the Miz at one point.
00:16:04That's what this man's all about, the kickout now.
00:16:06Well, that was the one thing he's done that I didn't actually mind when he kidnapped and told you to Miz.
00:16:10That was kind of cool.
00:16:11That was a brief window of understandability when it comes to Dexter Loomis.
00:16:17Pretty much everything else he's ever done, too weird for me.
00:16:20Double team now between Loomis and Gacy.
00:16:23And Joe Gacy dropped right on top of Montez Ford.
00:16:26Cover now for the tag team goal, and a kickout.
00:16:29That's the frustrating thing.
00:16:31When it comes to the Wyatt Six, no matter how warped and demented they clearly are,
00:16:35Bell to Bell, they are so damn effective.
00:16:39And you do this to achieve the level of the Street Profits, the current champs.
00:16:46Just getting manhandled in there.
00:16:48Another tag made to Dexter Loomis, a double team coming from the Wyatt Six.
00:16:54Of course, Uncle Howdy and Go to Alice and Abby.
00:16:57The Witch, Nikki Cross, along with Big Red, Eric Rowan.
00:17:02Looking on at ringside.
00:17:04Feel the tension if you look at the four corners right outside the ring.
00:17:09Tag teams just loitering.
00:17:11Intent on seeing A, who wins this, and of course, in the back of their minds,
00:17:16remembering that the Wyatt Six did indeed beat the hell out of all four teams around the edge.
00:17:22All up now, and a kickout.
00:17:29And now Dexter Loomis.
00:17:31Again, tag made by Gacy.
00:17:34Gacy once led a group, you may remember, Wade, or a clan.
00:17:38As a wannabe messiah, back in his NXT days.
00:17:43Got himself some followers.
00:17:45Made a real name for himself in NXT.
00:17:48But at heart, Joe Gacy is a hardcore brawler.
00:17:53Came up the old-fashioned way on the independency.
00:17:56And has gone from strength to strength since arriving on SmackDown.
00:17:59Imagine sharing a locker room with that.
00:18:01Oh, and a double team.
00:18:03Montez dropped right on the back of his neck.
00:18:05And Loomis cover for the tag team.
00:18:08Championships in a kickout.
00:18:09Yeah, such incredible cohesion there between Loomis and Gacy.
00:18:14Outlines exactly why, outside of the crazy mentality, they are so effective, belt-to-belt.
00:18:21Yeah, Wade, it's interesting that they're able to concentrate on this match as well,
00:18:24with the fact that all the other tag teams on SmackDown are hanging around outside the ring,
00:18:29looking on, and have a score to settle with a Wyatt Six.
00:18:32The Wyatt Six of Dexter Loomis and Joe Gacy have been dominating Montez Ford of the Street Profits
00:18:52with the tag titles on the line.
00:18:54Ford looking to rally here.
00:18:55And the powerhouse team of the Street Profits have really been unhandled and dominated by the Wyatt Six.
00:19:03It's something we have not seen since the Profits returned to SmackDown in January.
00:19:08And the rest of the tag teams on SmackDown have surrounded the ring,
00:19:12looking on at this matchup.
00:19:13Collision!
00:19:14Boltman down, center of the ring, could be the turning point of the match.
00:19:16Angelo Dawkins on the apron, wants to get in here, knows Taz needs to make a tag.
00:19:25That is a fired-up Dawkins on the outside, and he's in!
00:19:29And so's Gacy.
00:19:31And Angelo Dawkins, taking out Gacy with a couple of clotheslines.
00:19:36Knocks Loomis out to the floor.
00:19:40Dawkins, wow, what agility!
00:19:42And there's that spinning corkscrew elbow by Dawkins, who's fired up.
00:19:48Little nod to Cristiano Ronaldo, plays right here in Riyadh for El Nassar FC.
00:19:55Glad you knew that.
00:19:57Oh, and a big headbutt by Gacy.
00:19:59Tried a new two-year contract yesterday.
00:20:01I did see a picture of him on social media, celebrating.
00:20:04Oh, and from behind now, Los Garza gets involved.
00:20:07They ripped Loomis out of the ring.
00:20:09Well, it was only a matter of time before someone took a cheap shot.
00:20:14I have to say, the White Six are certainly owed at least that one.
00:20:18Oh, and Dawkins wiping out everybody.
00:20:22Turning Loomis into a human missile.
00:20:27Loomis back into the ring.
00:20:29Angelo Dawkins now dragged out by DIY.
00:20:31Oh, here we go, here we go.
00:20:33Now Los Garza gets involved.
00:20:35The official has to call for the bell.
00:20:37The official calls for the bell.
00:20:39It'll be a disqualification.
00:20:40And now everyone getting involved.
00:20:42There's bodies everywhere.
00:20:43Suddenly looks like the Royal Rumble in such a heated environment.
00:20:47And the White Six are the boots of everybody.
00:20:52Loomis and Gacy are down.
00:20:55Bo Dallas, Uncle Howdy, says Big Red Eric Rowan to the ring.
00:20:59And Rowan now pancaking DIY.
00:21:05The one-man army.
00:21:07Those Garza take it out.
00:21:12Motor City machine guns may want to think twice.
00:21:15God, I want this guy on my side.
00:21:17And Fraxium gets into the fray.
00:21:22Four on one.
00:21:24Rowan finally sent over the top rope.
00:21:26And still on his feet somehow.
00:21:29Absolute freak of nature.
00:21:32Frazer.
00:21:33Caught.
00:21:35Rowan.
00:21:38With a big smile on his face.
00:21:41Los Garza.
00:21:44Finally.
00:21:45Eric Rowan hits the deck.
00:21:48Of the Cousin.
00:21:49Chaos window.
00:21:51Sister Abigail.
00:21:51Uncle Howdy.
00:21:59Runs into a kick by Montez Ford.
00:22:02Simply cannot celebrate too soon.
00:22:04Around this crew of tag teams.
00:22:08Dawkins.
00:22:09Gonna fly.
00:22:16Oh God.
00:22:17Montez Ford as well.
00:22:19Everybody's down.
00:22:23Montez Ford playing high stakes.
00:22:2510-pin bullet.
00:22:27I gotta steer right.
00:22:30And the Street Profits, the tag team champions, standing tall.
00:22:36But I don't believe the Wyatt Six are through yet.
00:22:40This mess between these tag teams on Friday Night Smackdown weighs far, far from over.
00:22:49It is the best tag team division on planet Earth by far.
00:22:54So much chaos, so much talent, and so much to look forward to.
00:22:58A programming note, next week's Friday Night Smackdown from Pittsburgh is a two-hour, two-hour Friday Night Smackdown.
00:23:04As Smackdown goes to two hours starting next week.
00:23:07Well, tonight on Friday Night Smackdown, we kick things off with a big matchup between Jimmy Uso and Solo Sokoa's enforcer, J.C.
00:23:15Mateo turned pretty ugly.
00:23:19Jimmy Uso was looking good.
00:23:21An olive branch extended by Solo Sokoa, but it served as a distraction.
00:23:26And J.C.
00:23:27Mateo took Big Jim on a core of the islands.
00:23:31Grabbing the three counts.
00:23:33But things didn't really end there.
00:23:34Yeah, Solo Sokoa offering Jimmy Uso an opportunity to come back to the family.
00:23:39Come back in the fold.
00:23:40Jimmy Uso said, no way.
00:23:41Big slap.
00:23:42Mateo would attack from behind.
00:23:44And then Jimmy Uso would get some help from an unlikely source.
00:23:48There was a source that Big Jim had helped in the same scenario a week earlier.
00:23:55This is the man, Jacob Fatu, the United States champion, who will be fighting Solo Sokoa tomorrow at night.
00:24:02Off-Champions getting a chance to send a message to Solo ahead of that.
00:24:09And Solo wanted no part of it one-on-one tomorrow.
00:24:15Different story, but once again, Big Jim coming to the aid of Jacob Fatu.
00:24:28Yeah.
00:24:32Tonight, I didn't need your help.
00:24:40Last week, I didn't need your help.
00:24:43In fact, is there a problem here?
00:24:45Ain't no problem, Uso.
00:24:47It's just respect.
00:24:48I give respect where it's doing.
00:24:50And the way you stepping up to Solo, that's what I should have done a long time ago.
00:24:54That's all I'm saying.
00:24:55Okay.
00:24:55Check this out.
00:24:59If you just get in where you fit in, then we're going to be all right, Big Jim.
00:25:06And that's just keeping it 100.
00:25:08You feel me?
00:25:10Yeah.
00:25:13Yada-da, man.
00:25:14Jacob defends the United States Championship tomorrow night at Night of Champions.
00:25:25Meanwhile, here on Friday Night SmackDown, the WWE Women's Championship is up for grabs.
00:25:32The former champion, the irresistible force, Nia Jax.
00:25:41Look at her take her title back in a last woman standing match.
00:25:50Incapacitate your opponent.
00:25:52They can't make it back to their feet at the count of ten, and you're the champion.
00:25:55One of the most brutal matches in WWE.
00:25:58Nia Tiffany for the title.
00:26:00Last woman standing.
00:26:07Individual event, two event combo tickets for Saturday night's main event.
00:26:11And WWE Evolution at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, July 12th.
00:26:17And Sunday, July 13th are on sale now via Ticketmaster.
00:26:23And what a match at Saturday night's main event.
00:26:27Because the World Heavyweight Championship's on the line.
00:26:30Goldberg versus Gunther.
00:26:34Meanwhile, on Friday Night SmackDown, the WWE Women's Championship is on the line.
00:26:39Nia Jax, Tiffany, Stratton.
00:26:41Last woman standing.
00:26:46It's Tiffy time.
00:26:48It's Tiffy time.
00:26:53Well, back in January of 2025, Tiffany Stratton would cash in her Money in the Bank contract
00:27:11to defeat Nia Jax and win the championship.
00:27:15Tonight, Nia wants her title back.
00:27:17But things have been heating up over the past couple of weeks, especially last week on Friday
00:27:22Night SmackDown.
00:27:25This is going to be a last woman standing.
00:27:31And it is always a bad idea to talk smack to the face of Nia Jax.
00:27:37And once again, just like a week earlier, Tiffy was flattened by the irresistible falls and
00:27:44attended cash-in by Miss Money in the Bank.
00:27:47Naomi was foiled by Nia Jax.
00:27:52And while their backs were turned, Tiffy struck and stood tall.
00:27:57And Naomi is the wild card in all of this.
00:27:59We'll get into that story in just a couple of moments.
00:28:01The following contest is a last woman standing match and is for the Women's WWE Championship.
00:28:29The only way to win is to incapacitate your opponent until she cannot stand and beat the referee's count of ten.
00:28:43Introducing first, the challenger from San Diego, California, Nia Jax!
00:28:55And her opponent, from Pryor Lake, Minnesota, she is the Women's WWE Champion, Tiffany Stratton!
00:29:17You know, for a long time, Tiffany Stratton, a protege of Nia Jax, did a lot of Nia's bidding for her over the past year or so.
00:29:28And until, uh, oh, wait a minute.
00:29:29Nia Jax wasted a little time going after Tiffany Stratton as referee Dan Engler calls for the bell.
00:29:34And we're underway.
00:29:35Remember the rules.
00:29:36Last woman standing.
00:29:37No pinfalls.
00:29:38No submissions.
00:29:39No disqualifications.
00:29:40No countouts.
00:29:41You incapacitate your opponent, so they can't make it to their feet by the count of ten.
00:29:46This is the ultimate physical test in WWE.
00:29:50You have to quite literally break your opponent to secure victory.
00:29:56And Nia Jax already ripping the protective pad off the top turnbuckle.
00:30:00Tiffany Stratton sends Nia Jax outside the ring.
00:30:03And Tiffany Stratton now, the Women's Champion, with a baseball slide.
00:30:06Driving Nia into the Arabic announce table.
00:30:08And now Stratton taking the fight to Nia Jax here outside the ring.
00:30:11This is going to be a physical battle.
00:30:12And what shocks me most of all in all this, Wade, is that Tiffany Stratton was actually one to make the challenge for last woman standing
00:30:19against the irresistible force, Nia Jax, who goes hip-first into the steps.
00:30:24And I agree with you, Cole.
00:30:26I have no idea what Tiffany Stratton was thinking.
00:30:28Your advantage against...
00:30:30Oh, goodness!
00:30:31Oh!
00:30:33Steps right to Stratton.
00:30:35Floor is the champion.
00:30:36Now the official is going to begin the count.
00:30:41I'd love to say that those steps hit Tiffany Stratton's knee, but they didn't.
00:30:45They hit a knee, her ribs, and the point of a jaw.
00:30:48And now Nia drives her into the apron and continues the assault now on Tiffany Stratton.
00:30:53And Nia Jax is going to clear off our announce table.
00:30:55You're right, just as I was saying, Tiffany Stratton's advantage against Jax's movement.
00:31:02How are you going to move well when Jax is about to break everything?
00:31:07Oh, so my drop right on top of our announce table about breaking the champion in half.
00:31:13Find a part of Tiffany Stratton's body that is not bruised and battered already.
00:31:20We're about two minutes in.
00:31:22The official on a count of five now.
00:31:25Tiffany makes it back to her feet, but Nia will drive her back down again.
00:31:29Nia Jax dominating the early going in this matchup.
00:31:50And again, it's been all Nia Jax as she pulls out a second table now from outside the ring.
00:32:03The official begins to count again because Tiffany Stratton collapsed right in front of our announce table.
00:32:09The champion has not been able to get into this fight.
00:32:11I like what you said then.
00:32:12It's been all Nia Jax, and that was quite literally what everybody thought was going to happen.
00:32:17And it was inevitable, apart from one woman, apparently, Tiffany Stratton.
00:32:22She got it wrong tonight.
00:32:24Nia Jax, oh, was successful here last year when she won the Queen of the Ring tournament
00:32:30to advance to SummerSlam and win the championship from Bayley.
00:32:33And this is indeed her final night as the official Queen of the Ring.
00:32:37Of course, we're getting a new one tomorrow.
00:32:39Either Jay Cargill or Asuka.
00:32:41But in the meantime, Nia Jax might swap out Queen of the Ring and become WWE women's champ.
00:32:48Please don't swing that.
00:32:49Going to get out of harm's way as Nia Jax is swinging a kendo stick around here at ringside.
00:32:54Tiffany Stratton able to intercept.
00:32:56And Tiffany Stratton fighting with everything she has in this match.
00:32:59Got to watch it.
00:32:59There's bananas everywhere.
00:33:00You're going to slip over if you're not careful.
00:33:02A match like this will change you.
00:33:04You're going to dig down deep.
00:33:05Find out what you have inside.
00:33:07Can you be tough enough?
00:33:08I'll tell you what you've got inside.
00:33:10You've got bones and you've got soft tissue.
00:33:12And at the end of this, they won't be intact.
00:33:17Every time Tiffany has a flurry of offense, it is stopped by Nia Jax.
00:33:26I mean, two things are important here.
00:33:28Power and durability.
00:33:30And I will give both of those advantages to Nia Jax.
00:33:34Quite significant advantages at that.
00:33:38Nia is just having her way, taking her time with a fallen champion on the floor.
00:33:44The official begins to count again.
00:33:46Nia Jax has not been off her feet long enough to draw a count from our official Dan Engler.
00:33:51What great pacing from Nia Jax, too.
00:33:54Taking all the time in the world.
00:33:56And the second, Tiffany Stratton gets back to a vertical base.
00:34:01She's shot back down again.
00:34:02Well, you've got to be careful, too, not to take too much time, Wade.
00:34:05Because if you allow your opponent to have almost a full 10 count each time, it allows them to recuperate.
00:34:10Very, very smart point, Cole.
00:34:13But I think we're beyond recuperation for Tiffany Stratton already.
00:34:18Breaking the count is one thing.
00:34:20Summoning up reserves to fight back is something else.
00:34:23And now Stratton with a kendo stick.
00:34:26And she's going to unload now on Nia Jax.
00:34:28Driving Jax around the ring.
00:34:30I mean, here's a woman who not only beat Jax for the title by cashing in in January.
00:34:34Remember what she did to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania.
00:34:38An incredible performer.
00:34:39A great champion.
00:34:40Trying to get back in this match.
00:34:42And Nia now down for the count.
00:34:43We're at a count of five with Nia Jax down.
00:34:56Back to her feet, though.
00:34:57Tiffany Stratton, the champion, top rope, cross body.
00:35:00Lateral press will be no cover in this match.
00:35:02It's last woman standing to the WWE Women's Championship.
00:35:08Tiffany Stratton now up to the top rope.
00:35:11Measuring Nia, center of the ring.
00:35:14Tiffany going to fly for the Swanton.
00:35:18Connecting.
00:35:22Count of two.
00:35:23Tiffany drags herself back to her feet.
00:35:25Now the focus goes to the challenger, Nia.
00:35:29Nia is stirring.
00:35:31And Nia is briefly, anyway, back up.
00:35:34Yeah, great move by the champion, though.
00:35:35As soon as she saw Nia Jax getting back to her feet.
00:35:38Right back on the attack.
00:35:40Didn't waste any time.
00:35:41Really impressed with Tiffany Stratton shrugging off the amount of offense that has already been thrown her way.
00:35:48And now Tiffany going to launch herself up to the second rope.
00:35:50Nia Jax, though, able to regain herself.
00:35:53Tiffany up by Nia's shoulders.
00:35:54This isn't going to be good.
00:35:56Exposed.
00:35:56Turnbuckle face first.
00:35:58Go Stratton.
00:36:00And that might be a knockout.
00:36:03Start counting, referee.
00:36:04Count of two.
00:36:07Count of two.
00:36:08Nia Jax could be closing in on what would be her third world championship.
00:36:14Stratton is barely stirred.
00:36:17And this count is starting to get dangerously high.
00:36:21Count of seven now.
00:36:22Tiffany trying to use the rope to her advantage.
00:36:24Count of eight.
00:36:25Makes it back to her feet at eight.
00:36:27But Nia Jax right back on the assault.
00:36:30A weakening clearly now is Tiffany Stratton.
00:36:33That's as high as the count has got thus far.
00:36:36Two more seconds.
00:36:37And Nia Jax has the gold once again.
00:36:40And Nia back outside on the hunt.
00:36:43Listen, Tiffany Stratton is a tremendous athlete.
00:36:46One of the best in WWE today.
00:36:49She's been a great champion.
00:36:50But it takes a different type of individual to be able to compete in a match like Last Woman Standing.
00:36:56Yeah, and I think Tiffany Stratton made a major strategic error tonight.
00:37:01I think she wants to get rid of Jax for good.
00:37:05Again, this count continues getting high.
00:37:08Because Jax has just been stalking her like a zombie who will not go away.
00:37:12Count of seven.
00:37:13Count of eight.
00:37:14Stratton barely makes it back to her feet before the ten count again.
00:37:17And Nia Jax driving her into the barricade.
00:37:21This has been a fairly, well, uneven match.
00:37:25Nia Jax really taking out the champion and now placing her on the table.
00:37:31This could be a disaster for Tiffany Stratton.
00:37:38Bit of swagger in the step now of Nia Jax who has concocted some investment.
00:37:44Now splashes through Tiffany and through the table.
00:37:47Splat knows the champion.
00:37:49And this could be it.
00:37:56Will Tiffany Stratton somehow rally here?
00:38:02A count of five.
00:38:04Halfway to the title is Jax.
00:38:06We're at six.
00:38:07We're at seven.
00:38:09Stratton trying to get up.
00:38:10A count of eight.
00:38:11Uses the barricade.
00:38:13At a count of nine.
00:38:14Scratch herself barely to her feet.
00:38:169.5.
00:38:18You couldn't get much closer.
00:38:20But what's it worth, Stratton?
00:38:22What the hell can you throw back after absorbing that?
00:38:26You saw the look of disbelief on the face of Nia Jax that Tiffany Stratton somehow, maybe instinctively, made it to her feet before the count of ten.
00:38:36But it could just be a matter of moments before Jax wins another world title.
00:38:42Oh, she already got crushed one table.
00:38:44Might as well take out another.
00:38:48Or two.
00:38:49Count of eight.
00:38:55Once again, Stratton makes it back to her feet.
00:38:58She's it.
00:39:00Let's go.
00:39:01Let's go.
00:39:17And now the fight has gone up the entrance ramp here at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:39:26And every time Tiffany starts to rally, Wade, Nia Jax does not allow it to happen.
00:39:31Well, she's trying to damn this to get back into this.
00:39:33But you have to think that frame of Stratton is so weakened at this point.
00:39:38A, there's no endurance left to launch a number of attacks.
00:39:43And B, those attacks are probably too weak to do too much damage anyway.
00:39:47And every time Tiffany goes down, it's been harder and harder.
00:39:51And she's been slower and slower, making it back to her feet.
00:39:55And before the count of ten.
00:39:57You mentioned it earlier, Tiffany Stratton came through that war in the trenches at WrestleMania
00:40:02against Charlotte Flair.
00:40:05We did see a very different side to Tiffany, but this is a whole new level.
00:40:10Yeah, a whole different ball game here.
00:40:12Last woman standing against one of the most vicious women in WWE.
00:40:16Oh, no.
00:40:17Tiffany rolls out of harm's way into the screen.
00:40:20Goes Nia Jax, and now Stratton has an opportunity.
00:40:23Well, you get an opportunity like that, you simply have to make it count.
00:40:27And Tiffany does not need asking twice.
00:40:29Where's she going?
00:40:32Off the kendo stick.
00:40:34Tiffany Stratton now with one of those equipment cases.
00:40:39And uses that as a weapon into the knees of Jax.
00:40:42And Jax now floored by the champ.
00:40:44Those things are damn heavy.
00:40:47About 400 pounds, those equipment boxes.
00:40:53Nia Jax just ate all of it and wants no further part.
00:40:58Oh, they're that heavy.
00:40:58Good thing they have wheels.
00:41:00As Nia Jax now is making her way down the ramp.
00:41:03Tiffany Stratton still on the attack.
00:41:04And this could be the opportunity, Wade, that Tiffany Stratton needed.
00:41:08Just keep throwing whatever you've got the way of Nia Jax.
00:41:12And it's astounding that Stratton has bounced back at all.
00:41:19Yeah, we're learning a lot about the champion tonight.
00:41:21The resilience of Tiffany Stratton.
00:41:28Again, last woman standing.
00:41:30No pinfalls or submissions.
00:41:33Countouts or disqualifications.
00:41:35Nia Jax back to her feet and just bulldozing over Stratton.
00:41:39What time is it?
00:41:45What time is it?
00:41:46And now mocking Tiffy time.
00:41:48Definitely not Tiffy time right now.
00:41:51Tiffy time may well be about to end for good.
00:41:56Now Stratton's driven into the barricade.
00:41:59It's Tiffy time!
00:42:00And the official once again will begin to count no Tiffany quickly back to her feet this time.
00:42:07Steel chair in hand.
00:42:08Completely legal.
00:42:09Under last woman standing rules.
00:42:12Chair to the spine!
00:42:13Nia Jax with a steel chair to the ribs, one to the spine, drops the champion.
00:42:28Tiffany brought the chair into the match.
00:42:29Perhaps she wishes she didn't.
00:42:31Both women are going to be hurting so bad at this point, but clearly got the worst of it.
00:42:37And this could be the end of things here for Tiffany Stratton.
00:42:40If Nia Jax hits this.
00:42:42The biggest weapon in the match!
00:42:44Annihilator!
00:42:45And Nia's not done yet.
00:42:53One more time.
00:42:55This time with a steel chair!
00:42:58Annihilator to the steel chair!
00:43:01And Tiffany Stratton maybe down and out.
00:43:04Completely splattered Tiffany Stratton.
00:43:08Go!
00:43:12Go!
00:43:15Count of five, halfway there.
00:43:17Halfway to the championship for Jax.
00:43:19Count of six now.
00:43:20Count of seven.
00:43:21Stratton.
00:43:22Trying to pull herself up at the ropes at a count of eight.
00:43:25A count of nine.
00:43:26Stratton makes it to her feet.
00:43:27Jax catches her in the ribs again with a kendo stick.
00:43:30Right on that weak spot.
00:43:32Although saying that, where is a weak spot not on the body as Stratton?
00:43:36After this level of abuse at Jax.
00:43:39Although she's taken a lot herself.
00:43:41Is looking fresh as a daisy.
00:43:43If you're the champ glancing up at that, that is truly terrifying.
00:43:48And Nia Jax setting up the table now.
00:43:52Looking for the final blow.
00:43:53Uh-oh.
00:44:00And Tiffany on her shoulders.
00:44:02Nia's going to climb the ropes here.
00:44:05Going to go up at least one more to the second.
00:44:09Looking for a Samoan drop through the table.
00:44:11Looks like she did to the announce table earlier on tonight.
00:44:14Tiffany, though, trying to slide down.
00:44:16Lands on her feet.
00:44:17Looking for a powerbomb.
00:44:19Oh, no!
00:44:20Powerbomb through the table by Stratton.
00:44:27Both women are down.
00:44:29For the WWE Women's Championship.
00:44:32Count of five.
00:44:41Nia Jax beginning to stir.
00:44:43Count of six now.
00:44:45Who will make it back to their feet first?
00:44:47Count of seven.
00:44:49Count of eight.
00:44:50Count of nine.
00:44:52Nia Jax beats the count so to Stratton.
00:44:54Both women up at nine and a half.
00:44:58Although up perhaps isn't the right word.
00:45:01Oh, God.
00:45:04Well, Naomi said earlier tonight, I'm going to pick my spot.
00:45:07Maybe it will be tonight.
00:45:09And there's Money in the Bank heading to the ring.
00:45:11Naomi.
00:45:12Maybe looking to cash in Money in the Bank.
00:45:15And if she does, that means I guess she'd be a part of the last women's standing match.
00:45:19But cash in didn't quite happen.
00:45:21Tiffany Stroh cut Naomi off of the pass.
00:45:24But she's going to use the Money in the Bank briefcase as a weapon.
00:45:28She knows very well how to do that as she drives Jax into Naomi.
00:45:32Well, you're two for the price of one here.
00:45:35Jack.
00:45:36Stratton.
00:45:37Oh, pretty a smooth salt.
00:45:44And now Jax is down.
00:45:47Naomi did not officially cash in.
00:45:50It was thwarted by Stratton.
00:45:52A split second away from it.
00:45:55But the damage might be done here.
00:45:57Count of six.
00:45:58Nia Jax down and out.
00:45:59Stratton looking to retain the championship.
00:46:01Nia trying to make it back to her feet.
00:46:03One last gasp by Nia Jax.
00:46:05Just beats the count.
00:46:06You cannot keep Nia Jax down for ten.
00:46:10It is impossible.
00:46:12Too strong.
00:46:13Uh-oh.
00:46:14Two tables.
00:46:15Perked outside the ring there.
00:46:17Nia Jax.
00:46:19Evil intentions.
00:46:20Looking for a suplex of Stratton.
00:46:24And Nia hung up on the top rope.
00:46:29Stratton.
00:46:31As dangerous a place as you can be for Jax.
00:46:34And using the briefcase, Jax drew both tables.
00:46:37Two.
00:46:38Two.
00:46:38Two.
00:46:39Two.
00:46:39Two.
00:46:40Two.
00:46:40Two.
00:46:41Two.
00:46:41Two.
00:46:42Nia Jax is down and maybe out.
00:46:45Two.
00:46:47Two.
00:46:48Two.
00:46:49Two.
00:46:50Two.
00:46:51Nia Jax yet to stir.
00:46:53She may be out.
00:46:54Jax may be out cold.
00:46:56Two.
00:46:57Two.
00:46:58Two.
00:46:59Tiffany Stratton is the last woman standing.
00:47:02Two.
00:47:03Two.
00:47:04Two.
00:47:05Here is your winner.
00:47:07And still, WWE Women's Champion, Tiffany Stratton.
00:47:14Wow, what an absolute car wreck of a match-off.
00:47:21The entire ringside area has been destroyed.
00:47:26But Tiffany Stratton showed the drive, the durability, the desire to retain the goal.
00:47:33The incredible performance tonight by the Women's Champion.
00:47:40And how that wasn't the end is beyond me.
00:47:43But this is the moment we thought history was about to be made.
00:47:46This Money in the Bank, Naomi, trying to cash in.
00:47:50Split second later, it would have happened.
00:47:53And then Tiffany Stratton would use the Money in the Bank briefcase to her advantage.
00:47:58Driving Nia Jax to two tables.
00:48:00We learned a lot about Tiffany Stratton tonight.
00:48:04Tiffany Stratton is the last woman standing.
00:48:07Tiffany Stratton is still your WWE Women's Champion.
00:48:12Well, what a hell of a match-up here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown, Wade.
00:48:21Last woman standing, Tiffany Stratton, impressive tonight.
00:48:24Incredible stuff from Stratton.
00:48:26Matches like that make guys like me feel so happy to be retired and able to watch from the relative safety of this boot.
00:48:33Ladies and gentlemen, a couple of programming notes.
00:48:35Want to remind everyone that this coming Monday night,
00:48:38Raw on Netflix has a special start time live from Pittsburgh.
00:48:42It'll be 6 o'clock Eastern, 3 o'clock on the West Coast in the United States.
00:48:47Again, 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific for Monday Night Raw on Netflix.
00:48:51And then next week, Friday Night SmackDown, we'll move to two hours each and every week.
00:48:56Now we get ready for tomorrow night's Night of Champions.
00:48:59Special Start Time 8 here in Saudi Arabia, 1 on the East Coast, 10 o'clock in the morning on the West Coast.
00:49:04And it's the King of the Ring Tournament Finals, where we'll see Cody Rhodes, the American Nightmare,
00:49:10take on Randy Orton.
00:49:12The winner gets a World Championship opportunity SummerSlam.
00:49:16And not only that, United States Champ of Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Batu puts it on the line
00:49:23against family member, former buddy, Solo Sekoa.
00:49:28Karrion Kross has been the devil on the shoulder of Sami Zayn for many months now.
00:49:34Finally, Sami Zayn has had enough.
00:49:37The underdog from the underground, Sami Zayn, will try to take out Karrion Kross live tomorrow night.
00:49:43And we just saw some carnage between Tiffany Stratton and Nia Jax.
00:49:48We're getting even more tomorrow in a street fight.
00:49:52That's two powerhouses, Rhea, Bloody Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez, who have so much history together.
00:49:59And even more bad blood.
00:50:01They go one on one tomorrow at Night of Champions.
00:50:04And tomorrow at Night of Champions, we will crown the Queen of the Ring.
00:50:09Will it be the Empress of tomorrow?
00:50:11Asuka from Monday Night Raw?
00:50:12Or the Storm from Friday Night SmackDown?
00:50:14Jade Cargill?
00:50:15We'll find out the winner with a world title opportunity at SummerSlam.
00:50:19Hanging in the balance in the finals of Queen of the Ring.
00:50:2214 years after their history-making clash back in 2011, CM Punk and the WWE champ John Cena are gonna do it again tomorrow night.
00:50:36WWE Championship on the line.
00:50:39Can CM Punk prevent John Cena from ruining wrestling?
00:50:44And here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown, CM Punk is here.
00:50:51John Cena is here.
00:50:54They go face-to-face for the final time before Night of Champions next on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:51:003, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5, 6, 7, 8, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 8, 11, on the way.
00:51:06Counting heroes every day.
00:51:07You know that we.
00:51:09This August, WWE brings the vibes to MetLife Stadium.
00:51:15You know what time it is.
00:51:20Two nights.
00:51:22Too many stars to count.
00:51:25SummerSlam.
00:51:27On a whole nother level.
00:51:32WWE SummerSlam.
00:51:34Ladies and gentlemen, it has been quite the night.
00:51:36Quite the night.
00:51:37Here on Friday Night SmackDown, live from the capital city of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
00:51:43Of course, we just saw an unbelievable last woman standing match between Tiffany Stratton and Nia Jax.
00:51:49Tiffany Stratton still your WWE Women's Champion.
00:51:53Counting heroes every day.
00:51:54You know that we never play.
00:51:55Ayy.
00:51:56Time I've never been wanna play with.
00:51:58Money talking, it's my first language.
00:52:00Me and RM gang, we gangin'.
00:52:01Boss level, you ain't in the rankin'.
00:52:02They wanna smell with the how they be cookin'.
00:52:04They don't rock when they see me at the cooking.
00:52:06Just know when it's time for me to give my lick back.
00:52:08All y'all finna be finished.
00:52:09Ayy.
00:52:10Blue hair like no more big chee-chees.
00:52:11Blue on blue when a big D.E.
00:52:12Continuous audio he makes inner music tears in theness of a dynasty.
00:52:29Blue!
00:52:30Blue!
00:52:31Blueestazioni with us.
00:52:33анные!
00:52:34What's that going to do?
00:52:37Blue!
00:52:39Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the undisputed
00:53:06WWE Champion, John Cena!
00:53:36Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the greatest of all time, the Never Seen 17, Gracie
00:54:06Champion, John Cena!
00:54:19Riyadh!
00:54:20Riyadh!
00:54:21Riyadh!
00:54:22Riyadh!
00:54:23Riyadh!
00:54:24Riyadh!
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00:54:41Riyadh!
00:54:42Riyadh!
00:54:43Riyadh!
00:54:44Get used to it, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:54:47This is what a winner looks like.
00:54:55I am a winner.
00:54:57CM Punk is a loser because he's been outcornered.
00:55:03He's been outmaneuvered.
00:55:06And he is out of tricks because I am a genius.
00:55:11Night of Champions is now a formality.
00:55:13And CM Punk can do nothing about it.
00:55:43Oh ho ho.
00:55:52Oh ho ho.
00:55:59In the defensive position
00:56:01In the ass you can dance
00:56:03Heavyweight up there
00:56:04The microphone
00:56:05The microphone
00:56:07He was at the floor
00:56:08The new fight choice
00:56:09Like a rookie needle
00:56:11Can't you miss the point
00:56:12He dominated the conference
00:56:14With offense
00:56:15And so nonsense
00:56:15My teeth on his
00:56:17Get you reinforced me
00:56:18He's quite quick
00:56:19And Bob can't
00:56:20Look at nice things
00:56:21Wait, John Cena
00:56:22Looking in a mirror
00:56:23From like 20 years ago
00:56:25I forgot how much
00:56:27I love this entrance thing
00:56:29I love the outfit
00:56:34Maybe not so much
00:56:59I don't touch the floor
00:57:00But I'm for you
00:57:01You're really dancing
00:57:01Of the process
00:57:02That's your political concept
00:57:04The heart, death, the power
00:57:05I love it
00:57:06I love it
00:57:06I love it
00:57:07I love it
00:57:08I love it
00:57:09I love it
00:57:09I love it
00:57:09I love it
00:57:09I love it
00:57:10I love it
00:57:11Yo
00:57:20Yo, check it
00:57:35This is basic punkonomics.
00:57:40Don't adjust your television set.
00:57:43Your eyes are working just right.
00:57:46This clown plagiarized my pipe bomb,
00:57:48so now I'm stealing word life.
00:57:53And you had to rip me off to cut your best promo
00:57:57just to distract from the fact that we all see you move in slow-mo.
00:58:05Remember when he used to rap?
00:58:10Yeah, you deserve all the criticism.
00:58:12You're like a T-Mu Macklemore, but with Mackle-less rhythm.
00:58:21And he said, I'm a problem.
00:58:23He called me a player-hater.
00:58:26Let's be honest.
00:58:27John Cena's buried more talent than The Undertaker.
00:58:35That's why he's the champ, and he went and lost all his respects.
00:58:40But hey, John, I get it.
00:58:42I'd retire, too, if this place rehired my ex.
00:58:44If you never said your prayers, ate your vitamins, or fixed your bald spot,
00:58:53you wouldn't be a pro wrestler.
00:58:55You'd be a Boston mall cop.
00:59:01But hey, he gets good movie roles.
00:59:05That much is a fact.
00:59:06But then we see Batista act, and we realize that John ain't that.
00:59:13Same shirt, same hat.
00:59:16Man, your persona's straight tragic.
00:59:19You're like a fish-belly-white Hulk Hogan, but somehow more problematic.
00:59:23Yo, yo, when it comes to best in the world, I'm your vessel.
00:59:43Because millions chant my name, and at you, they chant, you can't wrestle.
00:59:49Get it in while you can.
01:00:05In six months, he'll be gone, and I'll still be here having fun.
01:00:08He won't have time for you little people anymore.
01:00:11He'll be busy washing underwears for James Gunn.
01:00:15Yeah, yeah, he's a superhero now.
01:00:20He works for DC.
01:00:22But no matter how hard you try, you still always be the Marine to me.
01:00:29And that's straight to DVD.
01:00:31Better find a PS3.
01:00:33I now understand you can't see me.
01:00:38It's a hell of a catchphrase, John.
01:00:41But now it's all done, because we all see you, and we're looking at a washed-up bum.
01:00:5214 years ago today, I dropped a legendary pipe bomb, and you tried to make it all about you,
01:00:59because that's what you do, John.
01:01:01You're a leech.
01:01:04You're a phony.
01:01:06You're a fraud.
01:01:07You're an ass kiss.
01:01:0817-time world champion, but ain't never been in my class.
01:01:13Before you go, John, there's one more wish to make.
01:01:32Tomorrow night, you're going to lose to Kendrick, because, bitch, you're my Drake.
01:01:38A bit of verbal payback for CM Punk tonight.
01:01:56As we get set for tomorrow night, perhaps for the final time in this long-storied rivalry,
01:02:11Ying and Yang concludes.
01:02:14It is Punk versus Cena for the undisputed WWE Championship and Night of Champions.
01:02:23denisputed WWE Championship and Night of Champions.
01:02:39Realize, normalize and fears.
01:02:42The reflection lies.
01:02:45He was acting followed me.
01:02:49Only you can set me free

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