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00:00Well, they will do at the bar later tonight, I promise you that.
00:02Oh, it's Americans, too.
00:22The WWE Hall of Famer, Nikki Bella, new attitude in tow.
00:27She told Good Morning America this week that it is Nikki's time.
00:31She wants to show her young son, Mateo, what she could do in the ring,
00:35and that's capture the Women's World Championship.
00:40Now, Nikki Bella made a comeback to win-win competition not so long ago, earlier this year.
00:46I personally thought there was a little something missing.
00:50I talked some smack about Nikki.
00:51It upset some people, including Nikki herself.
00:54But I thought Nikki was a shadow of the first time around when she completely dominated competition.
01:01That was never going to work for someone as accomplished as Nikki Bella.
01:06You're not here to make up the numbers.
01:09You are here to stop this generation and win gold.
01:13And it looks like Nikki Bella has had a little change of attitude.
01:17And for me, it is going to lead us to gold tonight.
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01:38Major, major opportunity to re-establish yourself back at the very pinnacle of this industry for Nikki Bella.
01:59Where she belongs.
02:29She is a dark angel known as La Primera.
02:48The women's world champion, Stephanie Krakura.
02:53Who won the title at Wrestlepalooza in a match against D.O. Sky.
02:57She went to Crown Jewel in Australia to knock off the dead WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton.
03:02She took out Raquel Rodriguez a couple of weeks ago.
03:05And tonight, for the first time at WWE, inside a stadium, in front of over 45,000,
03:12Stephanie Krakura defends the championship against the WWE Hall of Famer.
03:18While life changed very quickly indeed for Stephanie Krakura when she became the women's world champion.
03:28Suddenly, all the knives in the locker room got sharpened and pointed towards her.
03:34She had one friend backing her up.
03:36That was Nikki Bella looking out for her, protecting her,
03:40stepping up for the likes of the Judgment Day who were attacking Stephanie Krakura.
03:44But that just got Nikki Bella closer and closer to what she really wants.
03:50That is the prize on the left shoulder of La Primera, the Women's World Championship.
03:56And when the moment was right, Nikki Bella stuck Stephanie Vakere in the back
04:03and let her know that gold is coming home to the Bella Army.
04:07And set up to the ring of the great Alicia Taylor.
04:21The following contest is scheduled for one fall
04:25and is for the Women's World Championship.
04:34Introducing first, the challenger from Scottsdale, Arizona,
04:44WWE Hall of Famer, Nikki Bella.
04:51And her opponent, from San Fernando, Chile.
05:06She is the Women's World Champion, Stephanie Vakere.
05:18You know, Wade, you mentioned a moment ago about how you were lambasted by many of the Bella Army
05:26because of some of the remarks you made about Nikki Bella.
05:28However, it seems like Nikki took some of those remarks to heart with this new attitude,
05:34the fact that she wants to win the Women's World Championship,
05:38and she's going to do it her way.
05:40That's because sometimes the things we say on commentary that are the most hurtful
05:45are actually the ones that are the truest, and I think, after a little bit of time.
05:49And wait a little time!
05:51I saw that, and this is just a completely different woman now.
05:55This is the Bella of old.
05:57She is back, and she is hungry for gold.
06:00And I love it.
06:01I applaud Nikki Bella for this new approach.
06:04And what a veteran move by Nikki.
06:06She saw Stephanie turn her attention away momentarily,
06:08and Nikki Bella pounced on the champion.
06:11Remember, Nikki is a two-time Divas Champion.
06:14At one point, held that title for 300 days in her career.
06:18And now Stephanie with a dropkick.
06:20Nikki says herself, she's just from a different era
06:23where people simply did not play nice
06:25because playing nice did not get you what you wanted.
06:29She sees the current era and the likes of Stephanie Vakere
06:32and how everyone's friends.
06:34And she sees them as simply too soft to survive the kind of era
06:38that Nikki Bella came up in.
06:41It's going to be telling tonight if that toughness of Nikki Bella
06:44leads her to the gold.
06:45Well, you never can tell what's going to happen over the next few years
06:49in Stephanie Vakere's career,
06:50but you've got to admit if she keeps it up,
06:52she'll be a Hall of Famer one day, much like Nikki Bella.
06:55No doubt about it.
06:56It's been a fantastic 12 months from Stephanie Vakere,
06:59the difference being it has been a fantastic career.
07:03I like this, Wade.
07:03I like this attitude out of Stephanie.
07:05Not going to take any crap from Nikki Bella.
07:07She's going to take the fight right to her.
07:08I'll tell you the one thing about Stephanie Vakere
07:10that has been true from the beginning
07:12is that no matter who her opponent is,
07:15she matches them at whatever they do best.
07:18You want to take the gloves off?
07:19It seems like Vakere is happy to do so too.
07:22And now Nikki Vakere and Stephanie now
07:24with a right hand to Bella.
07:27Bouncing to Nikki off the apron.
07:29And now sending Nikki right into our announce table.
07:32Right now there's a very different look
07:34on the face of the Dark Angel right now.
07:37Looks highly agitated
07:38for the past several weeks of disrespect
07:40from her former friend,
07:43perhaps mentor Nikki Bella.
07:44Wade, think about it.
07:45I mean, she was stabbed in the back.
07:47She trusted Nikki.
07:48Nikki saying all the right things.
07:51Oh, goodness.
07:53And Stephanie Vakere now injuring the knee.
07:55Nice nimble movement there from Speller
07:58and face-planting the champ
08:00right down to that thin padding
08:03of a concrete on the outside of the ring.
08:07And now Nikki gonna send Stephanie
08:09back into the ring wisely
08:10because she needs to pin or submit the champ
08:12in order to win the title tonight.
08:16I think a lot about how Stephanie Vakere
08:19has had an amazing 12 months.
08:20A lot of people in the locker room
08:22are simply not ready
08:24to give Vakere that top-level billing
08:28quite yet.
08:29She needs to put together
08:30a sustained championship run
08:32in order to get to the point
08:34that the likes of Nikki Bella
08:35have already been at.
08:36Kick out.
08:37Yeah, but think about what Stephanie's accomplished
08:38just in a few short months.
08:40I mean, she beat Io Sky,
08:41probably the best wrestler
08:42on the planet today, right?
08:44She knocked off Tiffany Stratton
08:45and crowd jeweled.
08:46Tiffany hadn't lost a match all year.
08:48Yeah, and if she continues to do that
08:49for the next five or six years,
08:51she'll have the kind of resume
08:52that Nikki Bella put together
08:54ten or so years ago.
08:56But right now,
08:56it's not looking good for the champ.
08:59I agree with you, Wade.
09:00You have to have a sustained run here
09:01in WWE.
09:03And Nikki Bella could be closing in
09:05on her first Women's World Championship.
09:08Just look how confident
09:09Nikki Bella suddenly looks.
09:11This is three weeks ago.
09:13She wasn't anything like this.
09:15She was propping up another superstar.
09:17She was the backing dancer
09:19for Stephanie Vakere.
09:21You're Nikki Bella.
09:22You are way too good,
09:24way too important,
09:25and have way too much left in the tank
09:27to be anybody's backing dancer,
09:28even the world champ.
09:30Oh, and now,
09:32Nikki,
09:33slamming,
09:35Stephanie Vakere
09:36in the center of the ring.
09:39Love what Nikki is mouthing off
09:41to the world champ.
09:43Do you know who I am?
09:45So what changed, Wade?
09:47Proximity to the championship,
09:48perhaps finally realizing
09:50that coming back and playing nice
09:51was never going to get her
09:53to where she wanted to be.
09:54and people like Nikki Bella
09:55only want one thing.
09:57They want to be at the very top
09:59of the industry.
10:00She's that kind of competitor.
10:04That's that proximity
10:05to Stephanie Vakere
10:06over the past several months.
10:08Gained us some insight
10:10into the weaknesses of the champ.
10:11Cover now and a kick out.
10:13Weaknesses that are being
10:14fully exploited now
10:16by the Hall of Famer,
10:18who really has found
10:19a new gear so far this evening.
10:23Nikki Bella has just
10:24completely slowed the pace,
10:26completely dominating.
10:29Bella's not even breathing heavily,
10:31and she's completely
10:32suffocating the champ right now,
10:35who has been dominant
10:37over the past 12 months.
10:40Do you like this game plan?
10:41I think it's fantastic.
10:43It's completely exposing
10:44weaknesses of Stephanie Vakere,
10:46and Stephanie Vakere
10:47thus far has not had
10:49any answers at all.
10:53Nikki Bella
10:53actually looking for
10:55the rack attack there,
10:56and Stephanie able to
10:58fight out of it
11:01by grabbing the top.
11:02Oh, here we go.
11:03Here we go.
11:03Now Vakere now.
11:04Vakere,
11:05an arm bar locked in.
11:06You've got a five count
11:07before she breaks,
11:09and that could turn things around.
11:10Well, Vakere was hurting,
11:12but that technical assassin
11:13that lives inside the champ
11:15really made the play
11:16at the right time of that arm.
11:18Oh, spinebuster by Nikki.
11:21Nikki Bella just buying herself
11:22enough room
11:23that the champ overcommitted
11:25on that last attack
11:26and then pounce him
11:27when it really mattered.
11:28And again,
11:28a better move.
11:29Nikki went across the ring
11:30and then ropes on the other side.
11:32Hold on,
11:32this could be good.
11:33And Nikki Bella
11:34perhaps going to steal a page
11:36out of Stephanie Vakere,
11:37but no,
11:38Stephanie going to roll her up,
11:39shoulders down,
11:39and a kick out by Nikki.
11:40Cannot take you
11:41that much time
11:42against the competitor
11:43as good as Stephanie Vakere.
11:45Back suplex by the champ.
11:47This one may have just swung
11:49before our eyes, Cole.
11:50And now before your eyes,
11:52because I'm about to close mine,
11:54to be the big one.
11:56Yeah,
11:56don't say anything about this wave.
11:58And rolling out
11:59out of the apron.
12:00One, two, three,
12:02and Nikki grabs the ropes
12:03and it's going to force a break.
12:05I think Stephanie was going
12:06for the devil's kiss.
12:07Well,
12:07clearly was attempting it there,
12:09but how small was Nikki Bella
12:10to keep rolling
12:11and get out of trouble?
12:13Well,
12:13there's a new trouble
12:14on the right.
12:14No,
12:14there's not.
12:15Nice again from Bella.
12:17Yeah,
12:17great counter by Nikki.
12:20She doesn't like it.
12:21I think she was complimenting.
12:22Oh,
12:22really?
12:23Oh,
12:23big kick by Stephanie
12:25and both women are down
12:26center of the ring.
12:28And that shows you the issue
12:29with diverting your attention
12:30even momentarily
12:31to anything but your opponent
12:34at the very top level
12:35when gold is on the line.
12:36World Championship match.
12:38You have to keep your focus
12:39locked on one person.
12:41The person you are trying
12:43to dethrow.
12:46Stephanie with a headbutt.
12:49Aggressiveness of both women
12:50here in this championship match
12:52tonight.
12:53This is where it gets down,
12:55dirty,
12:55and gritty.
12:56This is where champions
12:57come out to play.
13:01Big hitbutt by Stephanie.
13:04Oh,
13:04and a close line
13:05by the champ.
13:06In the cover now,
13:07trying to pick up the pace.
13:10Well,
13:10Rodeau,
13:10a massive storm
13:11from Nikki Bella
13:13and now
13:13has transformed this matchup
13:16with a volley of offense.
13:18A snap suplex
13:19by the champ.
13:22Roll up now
13:23on Nikki.
13:24What a pin
13:25and a kick out at two.
13:26So close.
13:27Fantastic pin there
13:28from Vaker.
13:30Yeah,
13:30all of that weight stack
13:31high on the shoulders
13:32of Nikki Bella
13:33and Nikki Bella
13:34looks completely transformed
13:36from the woman
13:36we saw just a couple
13:37of minutes ago
13:38now clinging on
13:39in this match.
13:41Into the corner,
13:42runs into a poop
13:43by Nikki.
13:44Pulled up just in time.
13:45Yeah.
13:48Nikki caught by
13:50Stephanie.
13:51There's that dragon screw.
13:53Oh,
13:54that is a ligament shredder
13:55right there.
13:56Major damage
13:59caused to that knee
14:00of Nikki Bella.
14:01Well,
14:02there's about to be
14:02some more damage done,
14:03I believe.
14:04Looking for the SVP.
14:06Stephanie McCare bomb
14:07the knee
14:08right to the spine.
14:09Isn't it enough
14:10to put her away
14:11and a kick out
14:11by Nikki?
14:12And Nikki Bella
14:13was never gonna give up
14:14easily in this
14:15kind of match
14:16but that was a
14:17hard,
14:17hard landing
14:18for Bella
14:18on the back
14:19of that surgically
14:20repaired neck
14:21of hers.
14:22Now Bella
14:24is starting to struggle.
14:25An incredible scene
14:26tonight.
14:27Over 45,000
14:28at Survivor Series.
14:29Nikki Bella
14:30trying to wrestle
14:31the Women's World
14:32Championship away
14:33from Stephanie McCare.
14:36Power's of recovery
14:37there from Nikki Bella
14:38bouncing back
14:39just when it mattered.
14:40Here we go, Cole.
14:41Looking for the rack attack.
14:422.0.
14:43Nothing home there.
14:44Now,
14:45oh,
14:45Stephanie rolling
14:46out of harm's way.
14:47Now into the corner
14:47follows it up
14:48with a clothesline.
14:49McCare takes out
14:50Nikki at the knees.
14:50Both women have
14:51their big hitters
14:52of their opponent
14:53so well scouted
14:54ready to counter
14:55but you can't
14:56counter that.
14:57Meteora
14:57into the corner.
15:00Now groggy
15:02as you like
15:03is Nikki Bella
15:04woozy
15:04but perhaps
15:06taken to the skies.
15:09Nope,
15:09not quite.
15:10Maybe she was going
15:11for that
15:11corkscrew splash
15:13that's put away
15:14a number of opponents
15:15and oh,
15:15Nikki
15:16launching herself
15:17with a kick
15:18off the second rope.
15:19to the jaw
15:20of the champ
15:21there
15:21and the jaw
15:22has been rocked.
15:23And now Nikki Bella
15:24oh,
15:25look at a put Stephanie
15:26away.
15:26Rack attack.
15:272.0.
15:28Cover.
15:28Hook of the leg
15:29on the champ
15:30who gets her foot
15:31under the bottom rope.
15:33But that is the one
15:34thing you cannot do
15:37when a pin
15:38is almost guaranteed.
15:39Nikki Bella
15:40with all her experience
15:41just making an error
15:43there on ring positioning.
15:45You can yell
15:46at the referee
15:46all you want
15:47but Vakere
15:48getting her foot
15:49to the bottom rope
15:49just in the nick
15:50of time
15:50to break that pin
15:51but living dangerously
15:53now is the champ.
15:54And now out on the apron
15:55delivering those forearms
15:57to Stephanie Vakere.
16:00Bella now
16:00with another forearm.
16:01Vakere looks right down
16:02but still bouncing back
16:04and oh
16:04forget where this one's going.
16:06Dropping Nikki
16:07right here
16:07in front of us.
16:09Nikki now.
16:11Uh oh.
16:11Look out.
16:12Stephanie trying to hang on.
16:14Dangerous situation here.
16:15Power struggle here
16:17and Vakere wins
16:18that power struggle.
16:19Oh jeez.
16:20He ran across the chest.
16:22Oh my god.
16:23Referee.
16:23Take a good look
16:24at Nikki Bella please
16:26because that was
16:26as nasty as they come.
16:29Driving the uh
16:30the wind
16:32out of Nikki Bella
16:33and now placing Nikki
16:34here on our announce desk.
16:39A little renovating
16:41while she's at it.
16:43Uh you think
16:44from up here.
16:46Do you think
16:46she from here
16:47away?
16:48Oh there's no way.
16:48Oh no my goodness.
16:49Oh god.
16:50That's a steel table.
16:52Oh god.
16:52And the devil's kiss
16:53to Nikki Bella
16:55on the announce table.
17:03Well that has to be
17:04the most impactful
17:06devil's kiss
17:08we have seen yet.
17:09but the count is rising
17:11and can Vakere
17:12get her opponent
17:13in the ring here
17:14and finish the job.
17:15Yeah that was a uh
17:16a unique devil's kiss
17:18that time.
17:20You got the best view
17:21in the house
17:21Michael Cole.
17:22I'm not saying anything.
17:25And now back in the ring
17:27a slap by Stephanie.
17:28Well Bella's up
17:29but Bella looks
17:30defenseless after that.
17:32That back suplex
17:32delivered by
17:33Vakere.
17:35And now
17:36in the middle of the ring
17:37Nikki in trouble again.
17:40And devil's kiss
17:41for the champion.
17:46Well Nikki Bella
17:48is looking like
17:48a beaten woman
17:49at this point.
17:52But can Vakere
17:53finish the job
17:55and secure the gold
17:56in what would be
17:58yet another
17:59incredible defense.
18:02Stephanie
18:03top rope
18:04corkscrew flash.
18:07Here is your winner
18:15and still
18:17the women's world champion
18:19Stephanie
18:21Vakere.
18:25Well that was an epic performance
18:27from the Hall of Famer
18:29Nikki Bella
18:30but it really
18:31all turned
18:33with that devil's kiss
18:36on our announce table
18:37and Stephanie Vakere
18:39simply did not
18:40lock back.
18:42Another test
18:43passed
18:43by the chap.
18:44So Wade
18:53I've never been this close
18:54to the devil's kiss
18:55before
18:56and the smile
18:57has not left
18:57your face
18:58ever since
18:59but it will not be
19:00a smile on the face
19:01of Nikki Bella
19:02for a long time
19:03after taking
19:04this much punishment
19:06on our announce stats.
19:07Remember this was just
19:08the first
19:09of two
19:10devil's kiss
19:11applications
19:12to the face
19:14of Nikki Bella
19:15who just looked like
19:17a corpse
19:17at this point
19:18and perhaps even
19:19straight up
19:20to that move
19:21could have been pinned
19:21but why not
19:23ensure the victory
19:24with his corpse
19:26through the splash
19:27and Stephanie Vakere's
19:29arsenal
19:29clearly knows
19:31no bounds
19:32and can do it all.
19:34Hard hitting
19:35technical
19:36high flying
19:38the sky's the limit
19:39for the women's
19:40world champ
19:41Stephanie Vakere.
19:42Another notch
19:43in her belt
19:44this time
19:46she adds a
19:47hall of favor
19:48to her resume.
19:51The women's
19:51world champion
19:52on top of the world.
19:57They lead the
19:59flashbacks
20:01into the
20:05oco reparations
20:06of the
20:06black
20:07and
20:07people
20:08have
20:08covered
20:09by
20:09the
20:09ones
20:10and
20:10they
20:11could not
20:11hear
20:12have
20:13the
20:14«
20:16beeper
20:19air
20:22canceled
20:22by
20:23Peter
20:23kam
20:23last
20:24fire
20:24beeper
20:25speaking
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