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00:00San Jose, welcome to SmackDown!
00:02Contest scheduled for tonight between Drew McIntyre and Jacob Batuu.
00:09That that matchup is now a number one contenders match,
00:14which means the winner will face this man.
00:30Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
00:40Crown Jewel Seth Rollins beat me for the Crown Jewel Championship.
00:462020 vision to see that Seth of his own issues with the bronze,
00:51and I will handle SmackDown business.
00:57Will it be the Scottish warrior Drew McIntyre?
01:00Will it be someone you are rather familiar with?
01:04The Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Batuu!
01:09It's Friday night, the lights are on bright.
01:12Runs through San Jose!
01:15Heaviest hitters on the roster doing battle for the right to be the number one contender.
01:20Yo, cameraman, cameraman, stop.
01:22Take my pictures right now, I'm ready to go.
01:24You can wait for your turn.
01:25Phoenix, you're done.
01:26Now, move.
01:27What is your problem, Solo?
01:28Me?
01:29Get him out!
01:30Get him out!
01:31Get him out!
01:32Get him out!
01:33Get him out!
01:34Get him out!
01:35Get him out!
01:36It's enough.
01:37Get out of here!
01:38Now!
01:39Adding Ray Phoenix to their growing list of victims.
01:41Women's Tag Team Championship!
01:44Get him out!
01:45That's the second one!
01:46Get him out!
01:47Get him out!
01:48Get him out!
01:49Get him out!
01:50Get him out!
01:51Get him out!
01:54Get him out!
01:55Hey, heah!
01:56Oh, god!
01:57Oh, Ben!
01:58Hold on here, are you alright?
01:59Did you bring her with you?
02:00I start to look over at Blake Monroe and wonder what she's actually...
02:03She's starting the mental warfare before the matchup even begins!
02:06Pasty crowd here and no doubt about it harkens back to my time down there with me, but the
02:12game has changed the game has continued to evolve your tune on that as Charlotte Flair
02:16takes over.
02:17Well I haven't seen anything that would, about Zarya, for some reason I can't trust
02:19it.
02:20Reaching out making the tag and quite like success and you can't taste any greater success
02:25from Zarya.
02:27Nice counter, for counter again the titles on the line and BAM!
02:32Ruka defeated the Green Regime earlier this month, championship, which will be defended
02:37in Halloween Havoc a week from tomorrow.
02:39Just hoisting Bliss off her toes in Zaruka.
02:43Listen, whatever the champions have to tell themselves.
02:46Right back up and right back down, big clothesline.
02:50Every pin imaginable because as you know, a half a second longer than she was expecting,
02:54we've got new champions.
02:55Boom!
02:56Fantastic teamwork by the challengers!
02:58Oh, another drop kick, a fraction of a second, inside cradle by Bliss!
03:02Shoulders down to retain and a kick out!
03:04Halfway there, and Sol Ruka BAM!
03:07Zarya beating Charlotte Flair and Bliss at their own game in that instance.
03:11The offensive pressure, double team connects, challengers have been in control.
03:16There you see Blake Monroe who will challenge Sol Ruka matchup, seems she's impressing you
03:20even.
03:21You're a hard person to impress.
03:22Look at the last moment and start to think this, what if an NXT tag team?
03:26And around the world we go, look at this power from Sol Ruka!
03:30Faceplant, tag made, and Bliss just getting out of the way at the last moment.
03:36Reach out!
03:37Make that tag and Charlotte's legal!
03:41Charlotte Flair taking out.
03:43Boom!
03:44Boom!
03:45Boom!
03:46Boom!
03:47Boom!
03:48Boom!
03:49Boom!
03:50Bouncing off the top, coming in a third time' still not the charm, but she's not
03:54standing
03:56any more!
03:57Hook of the leggings, Aria able to get the left shoulder.
03:59Can all boil down to this experience, big match experience, high pressure experience possessed
04:04by the champions.
04:05And we could be moments when in catering to a suplex out of the corner.
04:08In her sights.
04:09Oh, she got caught! Charlotte Flair one step ahead! And she turned! Got her in the Boston Crab!
04:15Right back up! Here it comes! Oh, Saul! Snatcher! Bliss saving the match! Oh!
04:24Zarya sending Bliss back to the outside of the ring! And almost in a big way, but Zarya!
04:30That is terrifying strength! Oh, the slugger! But a boot from Charlotte Flair! Friends of
04:37convenience! Look at that! Saul! Whoa! Saul, you need to keep your head in the game,
04:42keep your eye on the ball! Back there! Oh, Charlotte! Brilliant! Blake Monroe causing a distraction!
04:48No matter who you are, comes a figure four! Locking it in! Absolutely relentless effort from
04:54Charlotte! It's cinched in! Saul though! Pass the tap! And the champions retain on NXT! Nice show of respect
05:04from champions! Codyll! Welcome to the Shark Tank, baby! Hey! When I'm finished dog walking, Drew,
05:14I'm gonna show you the real meaning of Ghost Ride the Whip! Jacob Fatou! It's all gas! Go Bryce with it!
05:22You got what I mean?
05:24You know what I'm the most proud of? Four weeks. Everything I have done has been a calculated move
05:32in my head. This accomplished. As me aligning with my wife. Always part of the plan. Always by our design.
05:38We are not the infection, just the mirror. We are the balance. The venom isn't poison, it's salvation.
05:47I want it to be big. Big. Think big. I'll take it into consideration. Thank you. Nick, what's going
05:57on here, man? I'm supposed to do this US title open challenge. I'm not even on the show tonight. Okay.
06:01First of all, I wanted to make sure that Shin got a proper rematch, okay? For the MFTs. I saw what
06:06they did to you last week. I can't have any more of that happening with the MFTs running around. Nick, since when
06:10is that how things work around here? That's not how it works. That's not how I work. What, I'm supposed to just
06:14hide back here? Because they got a problem with me. They got a problem. They got something to prove.
06:19Nick, I'm sorry. It doesn't work for me. This actually means something, okay? This means something
06:23to me. This means something to a locker room full of guys who are hungry. I'm going out there,
06:28and I'm going to defend this United States Championship. Because I'll be in the middle of that ring.
06:35Did you need something else, Miz? I'm good. Real good.
06:41My favorites are my childhood.
06:42I'm not here.
06:43United States Championship Open Challenge.
06:53Guesses.
06:53Awesome.
06:54Yep.
06:55What do you mean, yeah?
06:57I am so sick of these Open Challenge. I am so-
07:01Oh, from Carmelo Hayes, payback.
07:04Melo didn't miss that one, obviously.
07:06He certainly did not.
07:08Melo Hayes returning the favor just like Miz did to him.
07:10I am so sick of him.
07:13Graves!
07:13Yes!
07:14Yeah!
07:16Dragunov!
07:17The Mad Dragon is on SmackDown!
07:21Answering the United States Championship.
07:24Get ready, grit your teeth!
07:30Second championship match of the night.
07:32Dragunov's even bigger than before, added a couple pounds.
07:35After a year away, bam! Running right over.
07:38I can only imagine that Dragunov was through the pain.
07:41Boom!
07:42He's persevere.
07:43An absolutely explosive specimen.
07:46Big boom!
07:47Starving for competition.
07:48Oh, big zenton.
07:49It's what defines Ilya.
07:51Early on, you know, you can't blame Sami Zayn.
07:54Sami Zayn, this could be a turning point in the matchup!
07:57For almost 13 months, letting himself regroup.
08:00In the ring, up and down.
08:02Boom!
08:03You never really know.
08:04Now Zayn can sink into his game.
08:06Trying to slow the momentum of this matchup.
08:08And that may be another good strategy too.
08:10As long as possible, if you're Sami Zayn.
08:12If that is possible at all.
08:14But I mean, if that isn't the definition of a fighting champion,
08:17Graves, United States Championship on the line.
08:20Open challenge answered.
08:21He's in there with Sami Zayn.
08:23And Zayn just dropping the down into his bag of tricks.
08:26Sami's a world-class veteran.
08:28Sami Zayn who talked to Nick Aldis earlier about Solo Sokoa in the MFTs.
08:33Big DDT out of the corner.
08:34Set his sights, charges in!
08:36He might've been looking for the balls into the cover!
08:38And Sami Zayn just...
08:40Tonight, Dragunov wants to feast on Sami Zayn.
08:44Swing and a miss from the challenger.
08:46Champion with a German suplex of his own.
08:48Still with that waist lock and another German suplex's purest form.
08:51Extremely deep arsenals.
08:53They're always...
08:54Dragunov could've been looking for a knockout instead.
08:56Just overpowering!
08:57Wow!
08:57High-impact offense against Sami Zayn.
09:00Got caught!
09:01And bam!
09:01Mitja Noguk, center of the ring!
09:04And again, it grazed.
09:05Freely at Dragunov, is how difficult is it to return?
09:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
09:10Oh!
09:11And he went on!
09:11That was shoulder first!
09:12The ring would have this sort of opportunity,
09:14and now it's starting to break down.
09:16Fire chops and headbutts from the challenger!
09:19Not up!
09:20Look at Sami!
09:20Oh, it's breaking down in San Jose!
09:24It's two winners!
09:24There's powerbomb!
09:26Hook in the inside leg!
09:27Nooo!
09:28Man!
09:29Taste the United States title!
09:32Until Carmelo Hayes came out of left field.
09:35Sami Zayn to punch you in the mouth.
09:36Sami Zayn's gonna punch you in the mouth.
09:37Shinsuke Nakamura, he's gotta worry about surviving this one here tonight.
09:41Looking for the send!
09:43Todd!
09:43He got all of it!
09:44For!
09:45The!
09:46To!
09:46Oh!
09:48How?
09:49A superplex!
09:52Floating right over!
09:53The H0 counter!
09:55Sami got a boot up!
09:56And look at the strength!
09:58How does he have this much strength dragging off this late in the match?
10:01Caught with a kick by Zayn!
10:02Charge it back in though, the big knee fell to the cover!
10:04Amazing at this point, to keep up this pace to this point in the matchup!
10:08Duck in the clothesline, dragging off, going right through!
10:11Constantine's special!
10:14Got caught with a move!
10:15Pulling up a prone challenger!
10:17Move!
10:18To retake!
10:22Possibly looking for that halluva kick!
10:25What's the cut we're doing out here?
10:27Right now, Sami Zayn took his eye off the ball, and oh, caught!
10:31Exploder!
10:32Lining it up!
10:33Oh!
10:34Torpedo Moscow!
10:36Right back up!
10:37Bam!
10:38With an H-bomb!
10:39And drag it off!
10:41D-throws!
10:42Zayn!
10:43Say it 10 more times, say it 20 more times!
10:46Ear on the shelf!
10:48Due to a devastating right knee injury!
10:50By a better man tonight!
10:52Oh no!
10:53Come on!
10:54The MFTs strike again!
10:58This is a damn massacre!
11:01Coming out here, scraps, and there again we see...
11:04Earlier tonight...
11:05He's got a bone to pick with all these men!
11:08To the front!
11:09Oh no!
11:10It's a long way up!
11:14And the MFTs have been unleashed once again!
11:20Did you all forget?
11:22Let me remind you then...
11:24MFTs run SmackDown!
11:27They are going to get back everything that my family has lost!
11:43What the hell is waiting on the other side?
11:47We saw you suffer a rare setback at Crown Jewel!
11:50So does that loss to Stephanie Vacker affect how you move forward as champion?
11:54Stephanie Vacker is a great champion and she took me to my limits!
11:57But I've been undefeated for the past year, so one loss does not define me!
12:02That's inspiring and all, but at the end of the day, you still lost!
12:05So let me put this into words that you'll understand!
12:07That loss is precisely the reason why I offered my professional expertise!
12:12I only represent premium talent like your United States Champion Julia!
12:16You don't have it!
12:19Those who can do and those who can't!
12:21I'm perfectly capable of getting the job done in the ring!
12:24Then prove it!
12:24Face me in a match next week!
12:27Gladly!
12:28Machine Gun's one year anniversary in the WWE Universe!
12:31Two weeks for us to win the WWE Tag Team Titles!
12:33That's right!
12:34Oh my first anniversary with WWE!
12:38I remember from these guys!
12:39Those were like a Ferrari!
12:41You guys look more like my grandfather's lawnmower!
12:44Do you remember who we beat in that debut match?
12:46No, no, no!
12:47You remember?
12:47No, no!
12:48Never happened!
12:48We remember!
12:49Yeah, it was you guys!
12:51It was you!
12:52What do you think?
12:52We can beat you guys again!
12:54Are you guys sure you want to do it?
12:55Well, this is going to be high octane!
13:01The following tag team contest is scheduled for us all!
13:04Your favorite tag team's favorite tag team!
13:08Los Garza!
13:11Impressive reign as Triple A Tag Team Champions here in WWE's Tag Team Division!
13:16You've got the Machine Guns!
13:17This one is going to be memorable!
13:20Last year as we heard from Motor City Machine Guns earlier celebrating
13:24It's right now, Los Garza is taking control!
13:27Is the amount of tape that has been studied on you!
13:29Dude!
13:29Boom!
13:30Has been studied by every tag team competitor on the roster!
13:33Foot off the gas!
13:35Chris Saban wiping out the opposition!
13:37By Los Garza who continue to improve again every time they step into the ring on what
13:42they're capable of and what they want to do next!
13:45But tag made!
13:46This man is an absolute encyclopedia of technical wrestling maneuvers!
13:50It's extremely healthy and should be!
13:52Oh!
13:52Which team's walking out with the W tonight?
13:55How about it when it comes to aerial abilities when necessary in the SmackDown Tag Team Division
14:01Here comes Angel!
14:02Oh!
14:02Wow!
14:03Missing ingredient but is that what Los Garza has to do to start separating opportunities
14:08This is a pivotal matchup in the tag team division!
14:11My word!
14:12I've never seen a pin adding in a punch right to the jaw!
14:15Disrespect!
14:15Alex Shelley hasn't been the same since he took that knee!
14:18And here's where that expertise comes in!
14:20Two men who know each other so well make a tag and Chris Saban can check into the match!
14:25The past several minutes!
14:25Whoa!
14:26Chris Saban desperately needs a tag!
14:28Here it comes!
14:29High cross body from Chris Saban!
14:31A few weeks of their debut nearly one!
14:33Tying them right back up into a not crucifix style isn't enough in another near fall!
14:38One of the reasons they're one of the greatest tag teams of the generation!
14:41More than anyone!
14:42Big super kick from Saban!
14:43Oh man!
14:45Power on display!
14:47Thou powerbomb and no!
14:49Counter tag made!
14:51Here comes Angel once again!
14:52And you know Los Garza!
14:54Sheet and Guns turning right around!
14:55Uh oh!
14:55Modified!
14:56And now take a look at this textbook!
14:59Tag team!
15:00And oh at the last moment!
15:02Shelley wasn't able to get it done again!
15:04We are live tonight!
15:06Caught for a moment!
15:07And that's a unique position to be in!
15:09Super kick under the chin of Shelley!
15:11Uh oh!
15:12Looking to fly!
15:14Wiping out!
15:16Garza came to play!
15:18Picking up a W over a decorated tag team like the Motor City Machine Guns!
15:22Big boot though!
15:24Referee right now!
15:24I mean this is almost the official right now!
15:26I don't know!
15:27There it is!
15:29And the Motor City Machine Guns will be celebrating!
15:33Two pioneers who continue to raise the bar in the tag team division!
15:37Motor City!
15:38They've just built some momentum!
15:39The MFTs and the Wyatts are now on a bro!
15:41We're gonna do something!
15:42All right!
15:42Let's go punch someone in the face!
15:44Let's skip the queue!
15:44Let's make an impact!
15:45You know what I mean?
15:46I don't know about that!
15:48You scheming about titles!
15:50News flash boys!
15:51Ain't gonna happen for you!
15:53I mean I could tell by your face!
15:54You definitely missed us!
15:56So that the Street Profits could no longer point fingers at DIY!
16:01They showed the world that they are who we thought they were!
16:05Matter of fact!
16:06Nothing's changed around here!
16:07How Quill wants a stupid mask for Halloween!
16:09Where are we gonna find a stupid mask?
16:11He has a stupid mask!
16:12Huh?
16:12That is a stupid mask!
16:13You want to keep disrespecting me like that?
16:15Anytime you want!
16:17And then you'll see who's behind this mask!
16:19Oh baby!
16:20Bay Area stand up!
16:23And he is to determine the number one contender!
16:26WWE!
16:27What the hell?
16:30I got Cory!
16:31Go get medical!
16:36Get medical!
16:36Right now!
16:36Don't move!
16:37Don't move!
16:38All right!
16:38Hey!
16:38Jacob!
16:39Jacob!
16:39Hey!
16:40Relax!
16:45There is the man that...
16:47Aldis certainly has a big decision to make!
16:49As I was saying there's got to be a lot going through his mind in the WWE Universe!
16:52It appears your boy, Bleeding Gums Fatu, is no breaks!
17:01All gas, no breaks!
17:04And raised the hand of the new number one contender!
17:08Now I don't know what just happened back there!
17:10Absolutely nothing to do with that!
17:14You've known me for 20 years, man!
17:18Do the right thing and name me the number one contender!
17:21This is not...
17:22We're done with all this!
17:23And you think this entire group of people want to sit here and watch you talk?
17:28Oh, man!
17:30I think we should, right?
17:32I think we should give him something right now!
17:34On your title match, Drew McIntyre!
17:37Let's do it!
17:37Oh, my...
17:38What the hell?
17:39Oh, my God!
17:41The fight is off!
17:42Graves, the fight is off!
17:43The American nightmare!
17:44I don't know what the hell's going on, Cory!
17:47Right over here to your right, after everything Drew's done, over the last...
17:51Not only months, for the universe!
17:53And he's taking it to Drew McIntyre!
17:56Technical about anything, but you saw Cody Rhodes look at the official!
17:59I'm not blaming him, I'm just letting everybody know, nothing has officially begun!
18:03Seth Rollins, and now Rhodes taking out his angst!
18:07And it hasn't been official, but Cody Rhodes said the words...
18:10Of chaos!
18:15Oh!
18:17We do know, it's Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre!
18:20The champions that ring the damn bell!
18:22So, a clash!
18:24It's Rhodes!
18:24And Rhodes just got tossed all the way across the ring!
18:27All the way from the start, I still wonder, a main event slip away from everyone here!
18:32Cody's intentions, man, to honor him!
18:34Bam!
18:34Cody's right back on top!
18:36It could be one of those instances, Cody's gonna take his eye out!
18:38Declare me the number one contender!
18:42Dangerous Drew McIntyre is!
18:44Just how dangerous, how personal, I mean, Corey, how personal is it for Drew McIntyre?
18:50Cody's not even dressed to compete!
18:53Dude, into the cover, hook of the leg, and a kick out left shoulder coming off the mat!
18:56Brian, have you heard anything?
18:57Any updates?
18:58What are the rules?
18:59I don't know, this has been madness!
19:00Becoming champion, future shock DDT!
19:03Just dropped the champ!
19:04No, that left shoulder just off the mat!
19:06Been guilty of thinking with his heart on more than one occasion.
19:09Yes, Cody's passionate!
19:10But sometimes that passion outweighs his intellect!
19:14Breaking down and beating down!
19:16A chaotic evening here at SmackDown!
19:19We were expecting Drew McIntyre and Jacob, and now here we are!
19:23The American Nightmare and the Scottish Warrior!
19:26In this moment right now, Drew McIntyre, Rhodes out with a counter,
19:30turning around, bam!
19:30Right to the jaw, and Rhodes now, Cody Cotter!
19:35Cody fired up!
19:36The American Nightmare!
19:38Oh!
19:39McIntyre putting a stop to turn your lights out with one clean shot!
19:43Oh!
19:44Oh!
19:48Did you see that man's eyes?
19:50Pull the heel!
19:51Cody!
19:52Jesus!
19:52Is it to him?
19:53Did you see the man?
19:54Oh, Drew!
19:55Drew, Drew, Drew!
19:56Right to the eyes!
19:56Some more officials!
19:58Cody trying his best right now, you're right, Corey!
20:00We need everybody out here!
20:04For Crossroads!
20:08Finally, Corey, a little bit of sense of order!
20:11Saying it's over, Cody saying!
20:13Until the champion says so!
20:18Cody Rhodes wants more!
20:20An American!
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