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00:00La Ruda. La Mastruda.
00:21Introducing first, from Rio Grande Valley, Texas, representing the Judgment Day.
00:28She is one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champion, Raquel Rodriguez!
00:40Before we get into the street fight tonight, you see Raquel Rodriguez carrying both titles.
00:45The tag team titles, her partner Liv Morgan, will be out for a number of months after shoulder surgery.
00:51So, General Manager Adam Pearce of Friday Night Raw and General Manager Nick Aldis of Friday Night Smackdown, Wade, have a big decision to make on what to do with the Women's Tag Team title.
01:01Yeah, and they need to make it quick, because a competitor like Raquel, you don't need that hanging over you while you're trying to compete.
01:08You want to retain that championship, however they come up with a solution, and there clearly are some options out there that I'm not necessarily going to go into right now, but that needs to be resolved ASAP.
01:19This is the first ever street fight in the history of Night of Champions, in the history of Saudi Arabia.
01:26This is my brutality!
01:29This is my brutality!
01:31I eat sleepy!
01:43The demons in your dreams!
01:45I eat sleepy!
01:47The just, even stop!
01:56And her opponent from Adelaide, South Australia.
02:04Rita Ripley!
02:05Rhea Ripley!
02:09Back in 2021, at NXT, Rhea Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez engaged in a last woman standing match.
02:18Wade was there to call it, and it was a victory for Raquel Rodriguez as she established dominance that night on Rhea Ripley.
02:25However, since that moment, Wade, Raquel has been unable to beat Rhea Ripley in a one-on-one match.
02:32Will that factor into tonight?
02:34I'm glad you brought that up, but sometimes what happens when superstars move from NXT to the main roster with Raw SmackDown,
02:42they hit the ground running, they take to it like a duck to water, and Rhea Ripley did that.
02:47Other times, some superstars come up, and they walk around on eggshells for a little while.
02:52They can't get comfortable in the locker room.
02:54They don't show their best side.
02:56That's been Raquel.
02:57Raquel, on the way, however, has stepped into a new level, I think in large part because of the injury to Liv Morgan.
03:05Raquel needs to fill those shoes in the Judgment Day, and she does it starting tonight.
03:10Yeah, but Raquel Rodriguez is the one that really started this latest chapter in this rivalry when she first cost Rhea Ripley an opportunity to advance to the Queen of the Ring.
03:19If you're Raquel Rodriguez, why are you trying to poke the bear, for lack of a better term?
03:24It's making a statement.
03:26I don't care if Rhea Ripley has a championship or not.
03:29She is always right at the top of the roster when it comes to the women.
03:34To make a name for yourself, to prove a point, to prove that this is your era, you go for Ripley.
03:40But Jackie Redmond on the Countdown Show had a very interesting point she made about Ripley.
03:45It's been a rough patch over the past couple of months for Rhea.
03:47Jackie believes, and so do I, this is really a must-win for Rhea here tonight.
03:51Must-win for both women, and clearly Ripley needs to get rid of the Judgment Day, who have been haunting her career for months now.
03:59They simply will not go away.
04:02Victory tonight might finally do the job.
04:04So this is a street fight.
04:06You envy a pinfall or submission.
04:08However, there are no disqualifications or no count-outs.
04:12We are sold out tonight at Kingdom Arena for a night of champions and Raquel and Rhea Ripley with a collar and elbow tie-up to start things off.
04:20Now, Rhea Ripley, Cole, is a bully in the ring.
04:24I'm not talking about the personality, but she bullies opponents.
04:28That can't happen tonight.
04:30Raquel is simply bigger and stronger than Ripley.
04:34Ripley here is the underdog.
04:36And there's an example of Raquel tossing Rhea across the ring, stopping Rhea from getting the boot up.
04:41And early on, Raquel Rodriguez is beginning to dominate Ripley.
04:45And Ripley, though, lands on her feet.
04:47Kicked by Rhea.
04:49Stopped on the boot.
04:49Oh, face first off the knee.
04:52And Ripley now!
04:53Raquel still on her feet.
04:55Just ate that clothesline that drops literally the entire roster other than Big Mammy Cool.
05:03Oh, wow!
05:04Did you hear that?
05:06Oh, my God.
05:07That was superb.
05:08It was the weaker hand, too.
05:09Wait, did you hear it?
05:10Yes, I did!
05:11And there's the fall-away slam.
05:13Oh, Cole took the big swing with the right, a miss, following it up with a weaker left and still knocking Ripley out of the boots.
05:21And another fall-away slam.
05:23That thud off that chop could be heard echoing throughout the Kingdom Arena.
05:29And Ripley fighting back with a boot to the face.
05:32Yeah, you're in a dogfight now, Ripley.
05:34Swing with everything you got.
05:36Rhea went for the missile dropkick.
05:38Rodriguez moved out of harm's way.
05:39And that's a perfect example of these two women knowing each other so well.
05:43And it's a perfect example for me of Rhea Ripley getting thrown off her game this early because she simply cannot bully her opponent.
05:50And Raquel Rodriguez is doing the bullying right now, burying her shoulder into the midsection of Ripley.
05:55And that elbow caught her in the temple.
05:57And Raquel Rodriguez right now is woman-handling Rhea Ripley in the corner.
06:02Oh, the power is one thing.
06:03It's the movement from Raquel that has been so good.
06:06She looks like a blur in there.
06:07You have that much strength and that much maneuverability.
06:11You're almost unbeatable.
06:13This is really, really good.
06:14Oh!
06:15And another chop by the one-time NXT Women's Champion five times in her career.
06:20Raquel Rodriguez has been a tag-team champion and two times an NXT tag-team champion.
06:25She's had a couple of street fights in her career as well.
06:29Rhea Ripley, Wade, has never been involved in a street fight here in WWE.
06:34Things are changing before our eyes.
06:37And Rhea Ripley's confidence is slowly but surely draining away here.
06:42Tied up, defenseless, with a powerhouse beating the hell out of you.
06:47And again, the official can do nothing here because there are no disqualifications.
06:51Raquel Rodriguez can just tee off like she is with Rhea trapped in the ropes.
06:56Tied up, Rhea!
06:57Taunting as well in the process.
07:00It's both a physical and mental destruction of the eradicator.
07:04Rhea trying desperately to fight out of the ropes as Raquel Rodriguez grabs a steel chair and a kendall stick.
07:13And if you notice, I'm not sure if you can see, Rhea Ripley almost with a look of panic on her face, Wade,
07:18as she realizes she's a city duck.
07:20Realizes she asked for something and she might not be able to deliver the guts against this woman.
07:26And Raquel again, punishing Ripley.
07:38Raquel just reminding the referee, there's nothing you can do here.
07:44Oh, God.
07:46Well, you were sat here alongside me last night at SmackDown.
07:48Tiffany Stratton at Nia Jax completely obliterated the ringside area.
07:53I've got a feeling Raquel's going to do it.
07:55Oh, good job.
07:57Rhea, man, just saved herself there, Wade.
07:59Bouncing the chair off the face of Raquel.
08:02And now Rhea trying to, and she finally does, escape from the ropes.
08:06Tie up the arms, the feet are still swinging.
08:09And Rhea Ripley.
08:10Oh, that caught the head of Raquel on the bottom rope on the way through.
08:14Might get some whiplash injuries there.
08:16Rhea's hurt, though.
08:17You can see the expression on her face, favoring the midsection.
08:20Rodriguez driven shoulder first to the steps.
08:23Rodriguez barely even able to protect herself as you had face first into those steps.
08:30And, Wade, this is important for Rhea because it allows her to buy a little bit of time to recuperate and regroup here.
08:36Yeah, I don't think you can recuperate physically, but mentally you certainly can.
08:41And Ripley is cooking up something nasty here.
08:45Dragging the hood off the Arabic announce table.
08:50And now clearing off the announce table.
08:54And Rhea now, with Raquel Rodriguez, bouncing Raquel face first.
09:04How quickly things have turned around in this one.
09:07One window of opportunity.
09:08That is all Ripley needed.
09:10Oh, this doesn't bode well for Rodriguez.
09:18Ripley.
09:21We're going to hook Raquel.
09:22Raquel able to block.
09:24And again, Raquel blocks.
09:26Ripley just not strong enough to manhandle Raquel.
09:30Both women moving gingerly now.
09:39Now, Rhea's absorbed a ton of punishment here.
09:43Rhea now, from the announce table, going to launch herself.
09:46Raquel Rodriguez, though.
09:48Catching Rhea Ripley in midair.
09:50And now, with Rhea up top, driving Ripley.
09:54Oh, my goodness.
09:57To the cow from the announce table.
10:00Rhea Ripley driven into the timekeeper's area by Raquel.
10:06No count outs.
10:08Street fight rules.
10:10Oh, God.
10:11Let's take another look at this.
10:13This sickening crack.
10:15It wasn't a thought.
10:16It was a crack.
10:17I just hope it wasn't the spite of Rhea Ripley.
10:23Raquel in agony, too.
10:25But clearly, has dominated the majority of this match.
10:32Now you're going to wonder what Raquel is looking for.
10:36Table time now.
10:39And again, Rhea has hasn't moved.
10:42And Raquel, sending the table into the ring.
10:52What an authoritative performance thus far from Raquel,
10:58who is cooking up more weapons of torture inside that ring,
11:01and apparently has all the time in the world to do it,
11:05because Ripley has barely moved.
11:09Rhea now trying to drag herself out of this predicament.
11:15Raquel back outside the ring.
11:19And again, attacking Ripley, bouncing her off.
11:23Not just the announce table, but the apron.
11:25Genuinely, never seen Rhea Ripley treated like this.
11:29I've seen a ton of Ripley matches over the past five years,
11:33up close and personal.
11:34Look at Raquel now.
11:35Look at the power.
11:36Lifting up those steel steps.
11:39Raquel as dangerous as she's ever been.
11:42May look better than she ever has.
11:44As Raquel went to bounce Rhea off the steps.
11:46Rhea, though, able to bounce Raquel face first.
11:49And just like that, Rhea's taking over.
12:05Oh, God, someone might be about to get a whip in here, Cole.
12:10You want to whip me?
12:12You want to whip me?
12:14And it's Raquel now suffering the wrath of Ripley.
12:17Oh, God, a studded belt, too.
12:19Oh, and you can hear it.
12:23Oh, goodness.
12:25There are studs.
12:26Oh, my God.
12:27Off that belt, flying around the ringside area
12:30after making contact with the hide of Raquel.
12:33Raquel trying somehow to get away.
12:35As Rhea Ripley continues, she just whipped the hell
12:38out of Raquel Rodriguez.
12:40Raquel just trying to cover up,
12:42but there's nowhere to go.
12:43Oh, Raquel.
12:49And Ripley...
12:51And Ripley...
12:52Razor's edge!
12:57Kick!
12:59Cover!
13:01Kick out!
13:03Now, both of these women
13:06are really showing us something here tonight.
13:09Of course, we already knew this
13:10about Rhea Ripley,
13:12but it has been a coming-out party
13:14for Raquel Rodriguez.
13:17Razor's edge
13:18and such a high-angle landing
13:20followed up with that folly
13:22to the jaw of Raquel.
13:24What big manny call
13:25was simply equal to it.
13:28Well, now a prism trap!
13:30Yeah, the prism trap,
13:32which is the submission maneuver.
13:33Rhea's not tapped out of many in her career.
13:36Raquel in trouble, center of the ring.
13:38Rhea Ripley's got it...
13:39got it locked in.
13:41That's the biggest weapon of them
13:43all in this kind of match.
13:45Specialist maneuver
13:46executed to perfection.
13:48Hey, that's...
13:53Roxanne Perez!
13:55Roxanne Perez
13:56has been recruited
13:57to the Judgment Day
13:58by Finn Balor.
14:00We saw Roxanne and Raquel
14:02put Rhea through a table
14:04Monday night on Raw.
14:05And, of course,
14:06it's all legal
14:07in a Rhea Boulevard street fight.
14:10And now Rhea Ripley
14:11has had enough of Roxanne Perez
14:14who drops Rhea to the floor.
14:16And now the feisty
14:18Roxanne Perez!
14:23Uh-oh.
14:24Rhea looking to power out.
14:25Roxanne realizes
14:26she's in trouble.
14:27Her face says it all.
14:29Yes!
14:29Please!
14:34Well, whatever
14:36Roxanne Perez
14:37was trying to cook up here
14:38has backfired in a big way.
14:40Well, maybe it hasn't backfired, Wade,
14:41because Rhea's got her attention
14:43turned to Roxanne Perez.
14:44And it may allow
14:46Raquel Rodriguez
14:47to regather herself.
14:50Certainly backfired
14:51on Roxanne.
14:52And this is not
14:52going to be pretty!
14:53I don't know if you can
14:54read lips, but
14:55Rhea Ripley said,
14:57welcome
14:58to the Judgment Day!
14:59Some people would say
15:07that Roxanne Perez
15:08belongs in the trash can.
15:10Unnecessary call.
15:11Oh!
15:12Into the steel
15:13posted!
15:14Like I said,
15:15that allowed
15:16Raquel opportunity,
15:18Wade,
15:18to regroup.
15:19Yeah, yet again,
15:20a selfless act
15:21from Roxanne Perez.
15:22Oh no!
15:23Oh no!
15:23Oh no!
15:24Oh no!
15:25Rhea may be out.
15:27Just missile right into it!
15:29And there's that
15:30that corkscrew splash
15:32off the second rope.
15:33Raquel looking for the victory!
15:35And a kick out
15:36by Rhea at two!
15:39Rhea has taken
15:40so much punishment
15:41in this one.
15:42Now,
15:42Lord darted
15:43into a steel ring post.
15:46Driven again,
15:48face first,
15:49into those steps.
15:50And then this
15:51corkscrew
15:52vader bomb connecting.
15:55Rhea never goes down
15:56without a fight,
15:56however.
15:58But the end
15:59is surely nigh here.
16:00Yeah,
16:00Raquel dragging
16:01Rhea back to her feet,
16:02looking for the
16:03Tejana bomb.
16:04Maybe through the table?
16:06Rhea Ripley,
16:07though,
16:07sends Raquel
16:08close to the table
16:09off the Rana.
16:10Great footwork
16:11from Raquel
16:12that prevented
16:12herself
16:13flying into that table
16:15and immediately
16:16a crushing
16:17big boot.
16:18Raquel was about
16:19to deliver
16:20a Tejana bomb
16:21through the table
16:22when Rhea able
16:24to counter
16:24at least momentarily.
16:25I have been so impressed
16:27how on point
16:28Raquel has been tonight.
16:30Just a step ahead.
16:32Yeah,
16:32very,
16:32very impressive.
16:34One of the best
16:35showings by Raquel
16:36in a long time
16:37here tonight
16:37as she has really
16:38dominated Rhea Ripley
16:40at many points
16:41in this match.
16:42You can see
16:42the growth of confidence
16:44with Raquel
16:45over the past
16:45two or three weeks.
16:46now I don't know
16:49what she's playing
16:49in here.
16:50Raquel,
16:50face first
16:52off the table.
16:53Rhea Ripley
16:54catches her
16:54with a kick.
16:55Right on the edge
16:56of that table
16:56too.
16:58Point of the jaw.
16:59Might have loosened
17:00a few teeth
17:00there on Raquel.
17:02I don't think
17:02she's thinking
17:03about anything
17:03right now,
17:04though.
17:04Brain scramble.
17:05I'm going to figure
17:11out what Rhea
17:13has in mind.
17:15Rhea now
17:16on top of the table
17:17which is hung up
17:18on the top rope
17:20and bouncing Raquel
17:22off the table.
17:28Ripley not exactly
17:29a top turnbuckle
17:30specialist traditionally.
17:32Well,
17:33Ripley now
17:34has Raquel
17:35on the table.
17:35I'm not sure
17:36if that table
17:37is going to hold
17:37these two.
17:39Oh,
17:40God.
17:40Rhea setting up
17:41Raquel.
17:42You've got to be
17:43kidding me.
17:43Oh,
17:44no.
17:45From up there
17:45on top of the table
17:47Riptide.
17:48Avalanche Riptide
17:49cover by Rhea.
17:52And the win.
17:57Here is your winner.
18:01Rhea Ripley.
18:06Wait,
18:06all I can say
18:07is wow.
18:09Just wow.
18:10What a street fight
18:12here tonight.
18:13Such a grizzly affair
18:16from two of the most
18:17militant women
18:19we have ever had
18:21in WWE.
18:22I'll take nothing
18:23away from Raquel.
18:25That was incredible
18:26from Big Mami Cool.
18:29But incredible
18:30doesn't always
18:31get the job done,
18:33especially
18:33when you're in there
18:34with Rhea
18:35bloody Ripley.
18:38Oh,
18:38the turning point
18:39was Raquel Rodriguez
18:41going face first
18:42into the table
18:44that she had set up
18:45Wade.
18:46Yeah,
18:46falling on her own
18:47sword to an extent,
18:48but how resourceful
18:49is Rhea Ripley?
18:51I'll use it
18:52to my benefit
18:53with a massive,
18:54as you called it,
18:56avalanche
18:56riptide
18:58of that platform.
18:59And hey,
19:00there ain't a person
19:01on planet Earth
19:02who's kicking out
19:03of that one.
19:05Wow.
19:07Rhea Ripley,
19:08who's made it
19:08abundantly clear
19:09that she wants
19:11as she said
19:11on the countdown show
19:12for baby back
19:14women's.
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