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00:00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:00:30You can start to feel the emotion bubbling up.
00:00:39We're all here tonight paying tribute to John Cena.
00:00:43It feels like for many of us, we're saying goodbye to their talent.
00:00:48Wouldn't miss tonight for the world. It's going to be a hell of a night.
00:00:51John Cena is a once-in-a-generation superstar.
00:00:53John Cena is the hardest-working guy anybody will ever meet,
00:00:57and that's what he passes on to the next generation.
00:01:00I don't know, he just has this incredible connection, not only with fans, but just with people.
00:01:05And that's what makes him such a wonderful human being.
00:01:07Ladies and gentlemen, John Cena's 23-year journey now reaches the finish line.
00:01:16I'm going to break your spirit.
00:01:24I'm going to force you to give up.
00:01:30It's like a vision, intuition.
00:01:33It's a feeling deep inside.
00:01:36And everything looks different from what you left behind.
00:01:40Is it the light, is it the fight?
00:01:44Something has changed, but it's all right.
00:01:47A new sensation that couldn't make you try.
00:01:53Cause when the outsider takes control of the game, a place to fall,
00:01:58there's nowhere else to hurt any longer.
00:02:01Any longer.
00:02:03Cause what you're feeling is better.
00:02:06Trust what I'm playing for.
00:02:08How much does Cena have left?
00:02:35I'm out.
00:03:05Tonight, professional wrestling destroyed sports entertainment.
00:05:05Washington, D.C. last Saturday night was truncated.
00:05:08Another attack by Drew McIntyre.
00:05:10But it didn't end there between Cody and Drew.
00:05:13And we'll take a look at the explosive altercation that took place at Drew McIntyre's home this past week later on tonight.
00:05:23And look who is here.
00:05:25The undisputed WWE champion, Cody Rhodes, has arrived to SmackDown.
00:05:33Cody has plenty to be fired up about over Drew McIntyre.
00:05:37We will hear from Cody ahead.
00:05:40Plus, the WWE Tag Team Championship match is coming your way.
00:05:45Solo Sokoa, he has put the champs on notice.
00:05:49He says his MFTs are ready to show the world how to capture gold.
00:05:52The Wyatt Six, the target.
00:06:09Mike, who is there.
00:06:18He says his MFTs are ready to be fired.
00:06:22He says his MFTs are ready to step with him.
00:06:24expectation is he interests the defender.
00:06:26Oh, my God.
00:06:56Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, Damian Priest!
00:07:06Wait, Damian Priest's ongoing feud with Aleister Black took a turn last week.
00:07:12Yeah, this was the main event of SmackDown last week.
00:07:16A very bad-tempered mixed tag team match.
00:07:19Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest reminding the entire world why they are known as the Terror Twins with this double Razor's Edge connected on their opponents followed up with a Riptide from Rhea Bloody Ripley for a major victory against their long-time rivals.
00:07:42How about to hide down that Riptide with Zelina up nearly over her head to deliver that.
00:07:54Too many people would change places with Zelina and Aleister Black during that matchup.
00:08:01But let's see what's coming next for the Punisher himself, Damian Priest.
00:08:05Hershey, Pennsylvania!
00:08:12It's nice to hear that energy, because I know the last few days weren't easy.
00:08:23Saturday night's main event, we were forced to say goodbye to the career of John Cena.
00:08:28I can't tell you how much I agree with that emotion.
00:08:35I really do.
00:08:36But I think I can speak for all of us when I say to someone who inspired so many, when I say to the man, without a shadow of a doubt, he is the greatest of all time.
00:08:55We say, thank you, Cena.
00:08:58Thank you, Cena!
00:09:08I feel that.
00:09:18Thank you for that.
00:09:19Now, let's talk about some good times.
00:09:22good times like last friday night smackdown when zelena and alistair got their asses dropped by
00:09:33the terror twins yeah that business has been handled so now we can look to 2026 and in 2026
00:09:44oh damien you are such a hypocrite you really think that getting your mommy to fight your battles
00:10:04for you makes you a real man newsflash you didn't even get the pin and you call that
00:10:13salvation you just can't stand the fact that alistair broke you
00:10:21you made your decision and now you'll have to live with ours or more importantly his
00:10:33oh alistair black was behind damien priest and he's beating him down what a sneak attack
00:10:50aided and abetted by zelena but the punisher damien priest fighting back fighting for his
00:10:57life at this point massive right hand delivered by priest just when damien priest thought he put
00:11:04this to bed with alistair black and zelena they are back with a vengeance but things are backfired
00:11:09just like last week no he's able to reverse onto the attempt for the razor's edge
00:11:13oh big knee from black muatai strikes of alistair black coming to the fort once again this is one
00:11:22dangerous man but caught in midair a driven south of heaven onto the apron south of heaven
00:11:29damien priest reaching under the ring
00:11:40this crowd's gonna explode
00:11:45nothing more they want to see than that
00:11:49damien priest apparently looking to finish the alistair black problem off for good
00:11:55well this might be one way to do it selena looks hopelessly on yes oh black is back to his feet
00:12:03with the steel chair
00:12:04right across the back table just not cooperating with damien priest and
00:12:12taken advantage briefly was alistair black but here we go no right into the post
00:12:19desperate struggle these big kicks by alistair black you know the damage they can do wade
00:12:26roundhouse right to the temple of damien priest who still fights up from the death
00:12:34spinning back elbow from black able to get out of that south of heaven attempt again now up on the apron
00:12:40absolute scramble this is oh my
00:12:47the double knees off the apron right through the table
00:12:55the damage done black himself reaching for his leg as damien priest
00:13:03through the table think of that left alistair black in pain just imagine what it did to damien
00:13:10priest who got jumped tonight by alistair black and selena let's go backstage
00:13:21joe wade thank you so much i'm standing by with the pairing of last legend and naya jacks
00:13:26last i do want to start with you and deliver you your flowers and congratulate you on the upset
00:13:31victory over
00:13:32what are you talking about upset byron she clearly be alexibus handily tell him lash exactly and no
00:13:41matter how great little lexi is she didn't stand a chance against me because i was whipping her little
00:13:47tail all up and down that ring because that's what the bougie bully does and now that we're done
00:13:52with lexi and charlotte we're moving on and once we annihilate the kabuki warriors we are going to
00:13:59slide into that tag team championship match and become the new tag team champions i should point
00:14:05out that rhea ripley and io sky do have an upcoming tag team title opportunities so you may have to
00:14:14you're so annoying byron it doesn't matter who all of a sudden wants to become best friends
00:14:18those tag team titles are ours right forget rio forget the kabukis forget charlexa it's about the
00:14:25irresistible force and the bougie bully now and we're coming after those tag team titles
00:14:34i'm lashing i am giving wrapping paper
00:14:39a couple of santa's little helpers right there well here's a couple of ladies who don't help anybody but
00:14:45that sounds no they don't no they don't the following is a tag team master one ball introducing
00:14:55first they are the women's tag team champions oscar and kairi sane the kabuki warriors
00:15:10the kabuki warriors against nia jax and lash legend when we return to friday night
00:15:21smash down
00:15:26and
00:15:30and
00:15:32and
00:15:34and
00:15:36and
00:15:38and
00:15:40and
00:15:44Get back! Get back! Get back!
00:15:46That's enough!
00:15:47I owe you something!
00:15:49No, no, no!
00:15:51Get back! Get back!
00:15:53Get back! Get back!
00:15:55Get back!
00:15:57That's enough!
00:15:59I owe you something!
00:16:01No, no, no!
00:16:03Get back! Get back!
00:16:05Let him do what he doesn't do!
00:16:07Stay back! Stay back!
00:16:09It's time for me to end this. Come on!
00:16:12I owe you something!
00:16:14Hey!
00:16:15That's enough!
00:16:16Don't do it!
00:16:17You don't want that?
00:16:19Go!
00:16:20I owe you something!
00:16:22Get back!
00:16:27Get off of here!
00:16:29Hey!
00:16:30Get out of here!
00:16:31Get out of here!
00:16:32The Kabuki Warriors, just a matter of days ago attack with Rhea and Io again tonight,
00:16:41a far different challenge.
00:16:44The pure power and size of perhaps the most intimidating new tag team in the division.
00:16:49Number 1, we'll run in the division of Rhea and Io and Io.
00:16:51Inisputation will be your player and known at Lash.
00:16:52And the benefits, this team are given you andpara, but in the division of the Gen.
00:16:53And your opponents, the team of LashLegends and Nia Jax!
00:17:23Instantly wait as dangerous a pairing as the women's division can have.
00:17:27Let's go back to last week.
00:17:29Yeah, this is SmackDown.
00:17:31Seven days ago, LashLegend taking on Alexa Bliss.
00:17:35Alexa looking good, that was until Jax got involved,
00:17:39which triggered a huge brawl on the outside with Charlotte Flair,
00:17:44who was then taken down by LashLegend.
00:17:47The power of LashLegend proving too much took over,
00:17:51and one Lash extension later.
00:17:54The new powerhouse on the block scored the biggest singles win of her career.
00:18:00LashLegend, the former college and pro basketball star,
00:18:07she has been on a rocket ride of success and impressive outings in the ring.
00:18:12So here are the former teammates from Survivor Series War Games.
00:18:16Now opposite each other is everybody has eyes on those tag team championships.
00:18:22Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett filling in for Michael Cole and Corey Graves here on SmackDown.
00:18:34Great to think, not so long ago, these four women teaming together inside of War Games.
00:18:41Now, of course, all bets are off.
00:18:45Clearly LashLegend and Nia Jax have an eye for the gold that belongs to the Kabuki Warriors.
00:18:51Doing everything in their power to convince management to give themselves an opportunity at the gold.
00:18:57A victory here, of course, will do them a massive favor with that argument.
00:19:03Legend coming in looking for that big leg, but instead gets chopped down from behind by Kairi Sane.
00:19:09Well, that's smart of Kairi Sane.
00:19:10You simply cannot match power with someone like LashLegend.
00:19:13You have to try and outmaneuver her.
00:19:16And outmaneuvering her, Kairi Sane is at this point in the match.
00:19:20And here's what she does best.
00:19:22Off the top rope.
00:19:23Oh, but would you look at the strength and power of the former first-team All-SEC athlete.
00:19:32Sane able to reverse it.
00:19:34Legend trying to keep that body control.
00:19:36Brilliant.
00:19:37Wow.
00:19:38Oh, what a nice pivot there from LashLegend.
00:19:41And trying to make no mistakes the second time around against Kairi Sane using power to advantage,
00:19:46but denied once again.
00:19:49The veteran wiles of Kairi Sane.
00:19:52Highly beneficial.
00:19:53Oh my!
00:19:54Oh my!
00:19:55There's just no competing with that kind of timing and power from LashLegend.
00:20:02And with that tag, it does not get any easier.
00:20:05I mean, and then just dragging her into position for Nadia Jax to squash in the corner.
00:20:11Oh, and then Legend comes in as well.
00:20:15Completely dominant display this has been from these two superpowers.
00:20:19Shoulders down and Sane able to get out of position.
00:20:23You've got to remember Lash and Jax were instrumental in the Kabuki Warriors winning goal from Flair and Bliss in the first place several weeks ago,
00:20:32causing chaos at ringside during that showdown.
00:20:36And clearly, Lash and Jax feel their own a little something when it comes to that goal.
00:20:42We're in that opportunity now, perhaps.
00:20:44The teamwork from Asuka and Kairi.
00:20:47Here's the lateral press cover from Asuka.
00:20:50And Nia easily dismisses and denies that.
00:20:53Yeah, taking the Kabuki Warriors lightly is a fool's errand in this game.
00:20:58One of the most dominant female tag teams in history.
00:21:01And this woman might be the greatest striker in women's combat history.
00:21:06The power of Nia Jax just not quite enough to stop Asuka in her stride.
00:21:12Oh!
00:21:13Changed everything.
00:21:14Did it ever.
00:21:15And was it effortless?
00:21:17Pop-up headbutt right to the sternum of the Empress of Tomorrow.
00:21:21Walks right into the big booth though.
00:21:23Opportunity for Asuka.
00:21:25Hailing that lung blower completely rocking Nia Jax.
00:21:29But Jax, of course, still on her feet.
00:21:31Might change now though.
00:21:33Double drop kick sends Nia Jax out of the ring.
00:21:38This one breaking down in a hurry.
00:21:40Lash Legend trying her best to do something here.
00:21:43Referee being incredibly lenient.
00:21:45Here comes Asuka.
00:21:50From an Empress Impact to Kairi Sane up top.
00:21:55Out to the floor.
00:21:57Are you kidding me?
00:21:59Takes them both out.
00:22:01Asuka and Kairi Sane.
00:22:04Look at her fly.
00:22:11Back to action here.
00:22:12Asuka and Kairi Sane against Lash Legend and Nia Jax.
00:22:17Let's take a look at what happened during the break.
00:22:21This is what turned the match around a few moments ago.
00:22:24This tag that Kairi Sane was not aware of to Lash Legend.
00:22:28Followed up by that pump kick right to the jaw.
00:22:31Of the Pirate Princess.
00:22:33Who's not looked quite the same ever since.
00:22:35And now ready to drop the hammer.
00:22:37The hammer is the Bougie Bully.
00:22:44Lash Legend is just a cheat code.
00:22:46So big.
00:22:47So strong.
00:22:48So tough.
00:22:49There's only one weakness.
00:22:51And that's really the lack of experience at the very top level here.
00:22:54But guess what?
00:22:55You've got Nia Jax tagging with you.
00:22:57And all the veteran experience of Jax is now getting passed on to Lash Legend.
00:23:02Of course the early part of her athletic success was on the hardwood.
00:23:06She was a superstar at Texas A&M, SEC basketball.
00:23:09And then a first round draft pick into the WNBA before finding her home in WWE.
00:23:16And she's not going away.
00:23:18Some people are just too aggressive for a basketball court, Joe Tess.
00:23:22And those people, if they're tough enough, they'll make their way to WWE.
00:23:27And thank goodness Lash Legend has really found her spot here on SmackDown.
00:23:31She is explosive.
00:23:32She is tough.
00:23:33As Nia just dismisses Asuka from the apron.
00:23:37Well, the eye for talent that Nia Jax has.
00:23:40She's not going to waste her time with people who simply won't cut it at this level.
00:23:44She's been studying Lash Legend's movements in NXT for the past couple of years.
00:23:49And picked the exact right spot to find out where they are.
00:23:53Oh!
00:23:54They go for that double suplex again.
00:23:56And instead it's a double DDT by Kairi Sane.
00:24:00What an opportunity, Wade.
00:24:02There it might be the issue with being so big and powerful.
00:24:05And you get a little overconfident against those on the roster who can't match your power.
00:24:10But Kairi Sane pulling out a tag at the most vital moment.
00:24:15And in comes Asuka.
00:24:17Here she is.
00:24:19Missile drop kick for two.
00:24:22Asuka running in with that elbow.
00:24:26And getting out of the way as Legend smashes into Jax.
00:24:33Beautiful kicks from Asuka as she revs that offensive engine.
00:24:37Denies the Samoan drop.
00:24:40And now the striking combination from one of the best to ever do it.
00:24:44It seemed Nia Jax and Lash Legend simply were not ready for Asuka.
00:24:49Oh!
00:24:50It is locked in!
00:24:51And somehow, some way, Nia Jax just powers her up.
00:25:03Trying to get out the back door.
00:25:04Oh!
00:25:05Missing.
00:25:06The drop is Jax.
00:25:08And instead Asuka delivers.
00:25:10One, two, one!
00:25:12And the save by Lash Legend.
00:25:14Incredible speed there from some of the size of Lash Legend.
00:25:17And it needed to be.
00:25:18But that spinning back elbow completely rocking the Bougie Bully.
00:25:28She got her up top.
00:25:30Powering the way out of it though is Lash Legend.
00:25:33And there is a shot to the jaw that changes the night of the Kabuki Warriors perhaps.
00:25:39Certainly Kairi Sane.
00:25:40I think Asuka might have to do it on her own.
00:25:42Right into the post.
00:25:43Asuka trying to rally here as best she can.
00:25:48Effectively be two on one.
00:25:50There is only one Kabuki Warrior left standing.
00:25:53Although in the drop zone now is Nia Jax.
00:25:56Sensing it is Lash Legend.
00:25:59Lash Legend getting pulled back down to the floor by Kairi Sane.
00:26:04And now Nia Jax is going up top.
00:26:07Oh this is going to be ugly for Asuka.
00:26:11Or is it?
00:26:13Would you look at Asuka?
00:26:16There's the tag.
00:26:20Delivering and what a thud it was.
00:26:22Oh.
00:26:23Oh what a scramble.
00:26:24These two are not legal but the fight continues.
00:26:27It's now down to Kairi Sane to try and win this for her team.
00:26:31Off the apron does damage.
00:26:33I think Asuka caught a piece of that corner and steel steps away.
00:26:37Recklessly right onto Lash Legend but it did the job.
00:26:41And now can Kairi Sane score the dub?
00:26:44He's looking for that insane elbow.
00:26:46Oh but instead Nia meets her.
00:26:49Oh.
00:26:51Devastating chokeslam.
00:26:53And now dragging the carcass of Kairi Sane into what may well be the end.
00:26:59Looking for the annihilator and delivering.
00:27:01One, two, three.
00:27:03And just like that.
00:27:07Here are your winners.
00:27:09The team of Lash Legend and Nia Jax.
00:27:17While the tag champs the Kabuki Warriors have a date with Desi.
00:27:22Oh wait a minute.
00:27:24Not the celebrations.
00:27:28Charlotte and Alexa heading straight to them.
00:27:32The former tag champs have got major issues with all four of the women who are out here.
00:27:37Now focusing on the winners.
00:27:39Jax and Lash Legend.
00:27:41Look at Alexa.
00:27:43Taking it right to Lash Legend.
00:27:45A week ago you know exactly what happened when they met up.
00:27:48With a max brawl and of course the reason.
00:27:51Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair no longer have the gold is in large part.
00:27:56Because of this duo they're now beating out of the ring.
00:27:59Look at the teamwork.
00:28:02The 14 time world champion.
00:28:06Putting Lash Legend right into that drop zone.
00:28:09Oh but Nia Jax clears her.
00:28:12Saving Lash Legend from certain devastation.
00:28:16Issues between these four clearly not concluded.
00:28:20They want those in their hands for good again.
00:28:31As we go backstage to Jackie Redman.
00:28:34Yeah Tess thank you so much.
00:28:37It's already been quite an eventful start to Friday Night Smackdown.
00:28:40So without further ado.
00:28:41Please welcome my guest.
00:28:43Excuse me.
00:28:44Hi.
00:28:45Kiana James.
00:28:46I don't know who you think you are.
00:28:47But over here on Smackdown if you want to address my client you have to go through me first.
00:28:51Okay.
00:28:52Okay.
00:28:53I'm sorry.
00:28:54I don't normally do this show.
00:28:55Can I please speak with your client Julia.
00:28:59You may.
00:29:00But don't make this mistake again.
00:29:02Okay.
00:29:03Please welcome my guest.
00:29:04Former Women's United States Champion Julia.
00:29:07Julia thanks for the time.
00:29:09You've made it aggressively clear that you want that Women's United States Championship
00:29:14back.
00:29:15But Chelsea Green is making life difficult.
00:29:17Making you go through Alba Fire in a match tonight.
00:29:20Chelsea wants to hide with the Women's US title.
00:29:23Okay.
00:29:25I will take out Alba Fire.
00:29:28Chelsea.
00:29:30Time is running out.
00:29:32Arrivederci.
00:29:34Matana.
00:29:39When we return, it has social media roaring with curiosity.
00:29:46We'll take a look at the explosive alteration that took place at Drew McIntyre's home this
00:29:51past week.
00:29:52That's Nets.
00:30:01So I brought you guys with me here today to document everything because unfortunately
00:30:05it's come to this.
00:30:06I have to make sure I catch everything on camera because there's no way of knowing
00:30:11what Drew will misrepresent if I don't.
00:30:16Okay.
00:30:17First things first.
00:30:18Thank you for inviting me into your home.
00:30:19You're welcome.
00:30:20Goes without saying that this could have happened at the office, but out of respect
00:30:24and in the interest of good faith, here I am.
00:30:26And given the stunt you pulled in DC, really questioning why I still came, but Cody wants
00:30:36you reinstated.
00:30:37We all want you reinstated.
00:30:39You're a top talent in WWE, obviously an integral part of SmackDown.
00:30:45So, I have a proposal.
00:30:48I think that you're going to like the terms.
00:30:54You get a one-on-one match with WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
00:30:59The title will be on the line.
00:31:01And, secondly, to show our officials and the WWE Universe that you've repented, I'd like
00:31:09a public apology to Dan Engler for that heinous attack.
00:31:14He's lucky he's not in intensive care.
00:31:18There's also a hefty fine.
00:31:21But, I think that your payday from Survivor Series War Games should just about cover that.
00:31:29So, those are the terms.
00:31:31Take it or leave it.
00:31:34I get my match.
00:31:36The WWE Championship.
00:31:37Yes.
00:31:40The thing I want more than anything.
00:31:44I've got no choice.
00:31:47No.
00:31:50Absolutely not.
00:31:51No.
00:31:52No. This is what Cody wants.
00:31:54This is what you want.
00:31:55You've created an unsafe working environment.
00:31:59I accept these terms.
00:32:01I'm just going to get screwed again.
00:32:03So, no.
00:32:05I don't accept your terms.
00:32:07Instead of another monologue about all the ways you've been screwed,
00:32:10why don't you just tell me what you want?
00:32:11Okay.
00:32:12What I want was fair.
00:32:13Fair.
00:32:14That's it.
00:32:15If I come back, if I come back, I get my WWE Championship match with Cody Rhodes.
00:32:20That's deserved.
00:32:22I'm learning how much you're willing to protect your golden boy, but I want to pick the stipulation.
00:32:27I can live with that.
00:32:28I can live with that.
00:32:29Okay.
00:32:30And last, by no means least, I want you to fly back to Stamford, Connecticut after we finish here.
00:32:37I want you to get your little lawyers together.
00:32:40And I want you to draw up some documents that say, Cody Rhodes cannot lay one finger on me before that championship match, or he is stripped of the WWE Championship.
00:32:54You know, I really hate this, but get the match in the ring.
00:33:03You've got a deal.
00:33:04Pleasure doing business with you, buddy.
00:33:13Come on, mate.
00:33:14How quick can I see those documents?
00:33:15How quick is it going to take to draw them up?
00:33:16Well, I have to tell Cody, and then I have to talk to legal, but maybe by the end of the day.
00:33:25End of the day.
00:33:26Fantastic.
00:33:27Fantastic.
00:33:28I'll never get out of here, though.
00:33:29What the hell is this?
00:33:30Oh, come on, man.
00:33:31You've got to be kidding me.
00:33:32You've seriously got to be kidding me.
00:33:33My house.
00:33:34My home.
00:33:35Really all this.
00:33:36You set me up like this.
00:33:37You come to talk business.
00:33:38You bring them to my house while their family sleeps.
00:33:39Just stay there.
00:33:40I'll handle it.
00:33:41He's out there right now.
00:33:42I'll handle it.
00:33:43Handle it.
00:33:44I'll handle it.
00:33:45I'll handle it.
00:33:46I'll handle it.
00:33:47I'll handle it.
00:33:48I'll handle it.
00:33:49I'll handle it.
00:33:50I'll handle it.
00:33:51I'll handle it.
00:33:52I'll handle it.
00:33:53I'll handle it.
00:33:54I'll handle it.
00:33:55I'll handle it.
00:33:56I'll handle it.
00:33:57I'll handle it.
00:33:58I'll handle it.
00:33:59I'll handle it.
00:34:00Why are we negotiating with it?
00:34:01What are you doing?
00:34:02Why are you here?
00:34:03You're ruining everything coming out of town.
00:34:04What am I ruining it?
00:34:05You're seriously going to show up and back down property?
00:34:18Letting me on.
00:34:19Are you kidding me?
00:34:20Come down.
00:34:21He asked for it. He asked for it.
00:34:30Merry Christmas, ass.
00:34:46Nick, we just watched the footage from that uncomfortable altercation earlier on this week.
00:34:50What do you make of how deeply personal things have gotten between Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes?
00:34:55Well, the whole thing's gotten out of hand sacks.
00:34:57I mean, I'm having legal letters. I'm hiring extra security.
00:34:59Ava's pissed off because her champion's big night got ruined.
00:35:02And on top of all that, SmackDown is still without one of its biggest stars.
00:35:05Yeah, Drew, I said it because while there's no love lost right now, I tell it like it is.
00:35:09And I have to tell it like it is when it comes to Cody because what he did was completely out of line.
00:35:14But a lot of that is out of my hands because it didn't happen at a WWE event.
00:35:17So it's up to local authorities what happens to Cody from here on out.
00:35:21But I do plan on meeting with Cody to discuss everything.
00:35:24And Drew has sent in some comments.
00:35:25Mr. Aldis.
00:35:29Do you know why everyone was shocked at Saturday night's main event?
00:35:32Because he who should not be named ruined it.
00:35:35And I want to match with him.
00:35:37Him?
00:35:37Oh, you mean Carmelo Hayes?
00:35:39No, not Carmelo.
00:35:40Well, you know, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on Carmelo Hayes.
00:35:43But no, you know who I'm talking about.
00:35:44I'm just kidding. I know you mean Joe Hayes.
00:35:46Don't say his name.
00:35:49You crazy?
00:35:50But yes, that guy, I want to match next week on SmackDown.
00:35:55You know what, Miz? That's actually a good idea.
00:35:57Let me give Ava a call and hopefully if she's calmed down some, she'll see to it.
00:36:01But, you know, in the meantime, you could always just say his name.
00:36:04I believe in Joe Patsy.
00:36:16Nick, he's just mad because I saw your British balls.
00:36:19The following contest is scheduled for one call.
00:36:43The recent U.S. champ, Julia, as talented and capable as anybody on the roster.
00:37:02Chelsea Green, she wants her hands on.
00:37:06But the next best thing is opposite her in moments.
00:37:09Alba Fire.
00:37:10That is next.
00:37:12Julia and Alba Fire on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:37:16For the former women's U.S. champ, Julia in the ring now, flanked by her official representative,
00:37:35Keanu James, not so well with her that she lost the gold to Chelsea Green several weeks back
00:37:42and clearly on a mission now to try and get back to said gold.
00:37:48But if you want to find a pathway to the U.S. champ, Chelsea Green, first things first,
00:37:53you've got to get past the secret Hermes, and that is easier said than done.
00:37:57This is a Alba Fire who is a mean, nasty Scottish veteran.
00:38:03And, you know, I think it's interesting to see Julia's disposition here, Wade,
00:38:07because you always wonder when it's your first match since losing a championship.
00:38:12What is the case here?
00:38:13And that's exactly what you could sense coming, just coming right out on the attack
00:38:19because this is her first match since November 7th when she dropped the Women's United States Championship.
00:38:25She's very unhappy about how she lost that championship.
00:38:29feels like she was screwed out of the title, which is a major chicanery from Chelsea Green and her cohorts.
00:38:37It looks like payback is now being exacted on Alba Fire.
00:38:42Well, she has proven herself in spots like this.
00:38:45She has not lost back-to-back singles matches since being on the main roster
00:38:49when she joined the main roster earlier this year.
00:38:51And she has a certain, I mean, she is coming out red hot here as Julia.
00:38:56Yeah, absolutely unglued.
00:38:58And, of course, highly motivated by the screechings of Chelsea Green.
00:39:04Honestly, I forgot what it's like to call a match when she's anywhere either in the ring or outside the ring.
00:39:10And what it does to the eardrums is to get her on the desk.
00:39:13Never, please.
00:39:14Someone to talk some sense, please.
00:39:16Mute button only.
00:39:19Julia really needs to try her best to keep her focus on one person here.
00:39:24Try, if possible, to ignore Chelsea Green on the outside, as tough as that may be.
00:39:29Focus fully on Alba Fire.
00:39:31You've got the upper hand.
00:39:32You have to make it count.
00:39:33That's tough.
00:39:34Let's see.
00:39:34That's exactly the problem.
00:39:37She keeps looking over that way.
00:39:38And with it, Alba Fire takes advantage.
00:39:40And those are the results of the problem.
00:39:42You simply cannot do that against someone the caliber of Alba Fire.
00:39:48Alba Fire is so skilled in her own right.
00:39:52Nato DDT.
00:39:53Boy, look at the impact it had on Julia.
00:39:57We make a lot of talk about how Julia really was such a dominant champion in Japan
00:40:02before she headed over to the US and got involved with NXT.
00:40:06And, of course, now SmackDown.
00:40:07The same could be said of Alba Fire, who was-
00:40:11Boom!
00:40:12Almost ripped a giant chunk out of the hair of Alba Fire there.
00:40:19Alba Fire completely reeling at this point.
00:40:21This is a highly enraged, beautiful madness.
00:40:24There's nothing beautiful about this, but there's certainly a ton of madness on display.
00:40:29Madness and fury.
00:40:30And this could be a short night for Alba Fire, but too much left in the tank.
00:40:35Able to get out of the way of that right hand.
00:40:38And now you see Julia getting a look.
00:40:40Just stretching out Alba Fire.
00:40:41Nice abdominal stretch and agony etched all over the face of Alba Fire now compounding that damage.
00:40:49Those hammer elbows right into the pinning combination and then reverse this time by Alba Fire.
00:40:53Look at them going round and round.
00:40:55Shoulders are down.
00:40:57Two technical wizards in that ring going hole for hole, but completely rotten now as Alba Fire.
00:41:03And if Julia can pick up the pace or pick up the punishment, a win could be imminent here.
00:41:09Of course, Chelsea Green is having to watch all of this go down.
00:41:15Fire able to escape.
00:41:18Delivers the kick.
00:41:20And arching back and falling is Julia.
00:41:23And this could be over right here.
00:41:24The lateral press put the kick out.
00:41:25Nice pin right across the shoulders of Julia.
00:41:28Just too much left in the tank of the beautiful madness.
00:41:31But for how much longer?
00:41:32Oh, perhaps going back to the face buster, but reversed.
00:41:36Oh, Arriba Durgey.
00:41:41That Arriba Durgey knee, you know the damage it can do.
00:41:48Julia putting a little something extra into it.
00:41:53To end it right here.
00:41:55One, two, three.
00:41:56As she stares at Chelsea Green and doing it.
00:42:01Here is your winner.
00:42:02I don't care.
00:42:03Who are you winning next?
00:42:04Julia.
00:42:04Julia.
00:42:06A physical message viscerally received by the United States champ, Chelsea Green.
00:42:14Julia wants her goal back.
00:42:18Her first match since losing the Women's United States Championship.
00:42:23A statement made right in front of Chelsea Green.
00:42:28Oh.
00:42:30Green ends up on her backside, Wade.
00:42:33Don't help her up.
00:42:33Women help her up.
00:42:34She's the first lady of professional wrestling, Joe.
00:42:37Be a gentleman.
00:42:42Cody Rhodes is making his way here.
00:42:46The American Nightmare joins us live.
00:42:50The Undisputed Champ.
00:42:52Now.
00:42:52Listen closely, Solo.
00:43:06Your greed for status and power have led you down a dark path.
00:43:13The truth lies beneath the surface.
00:43:22And this image you portray is going to catapult your family into a whole new world.
00:43:30A world filled with adversity and abandonment.
00:43:38There will be no way for you to run.
00:43:45Solo, tonight you begin your journey.
00:43:50A journey that will force you and your family to surrender.
00:43:57The best thing you've ever met.
00:44:11You are a friend.
00:44:15The best thing that's really in the world.
00:44:15You are a friend.
00:44:15A man in the soul
00:44:34Everybody up on the throne
00:44:37Do it all, get them on the beat
00:44:41The crowd is here, about to blow
00:44:46Made for me to start the show
00:44:49I've become the last show of the moon
00:44:53Ladies and gentlemen
00:45:03Please welcome
00:45:05The undisputed WWE Champion
00:45:12The American Nightmare
00:45:16Cody Rhodes
00:45:19Wade, it has been a roller coaster of a week for Cody Rhodes
00:45:23And it all began with that match in Washington, D.C.
00:45:26Against one of the next great ones, Obafemi
00:45:28Yes, Saturday night's main event, NXT champ, Obafemi
00:45:31Looking incredible against WWE champ, Cody Rhodes
00:45:35But Cody showing us all, why he's QB1 in the industry
00:45:39What a match this was, until it was ruined by Drew McIntyre
00:45:44Attacking his arch-rival, until Obafemi
00:45:48Got involved too
00:45:50But Oba and Cody combined to drop the Scottish Warrior
00:45:57Issues with Drew and Cody are clearly a long, long way from being Oba
00:46:02Of course, all the emotion with John Cena's last match for Cody too
00:46:17What an incredible way he honored Cena
00:46:19Carried that emotion even on to the post-show afterwards
00:46:23Now, all the drama with Drew McIntyre
00:46:26Home invasion
00:46:28Uncharacteristic
00:46:30And I would say unbecoming
00:46:33Of a WWE Champion
00:46:36I question the mental state of Cody Rhodes right now
00:46:39Clearly, Drew McIntyre firmly under the skin of the champion
00:46:43That's how far this thing has gone
00:46:45Like, in history
00:46:58Hershey P.A.
00:47:07Hershey P.A.
00:47:12What do you want to talk about?
00:47:19Okay, did I go to Drew McIntyre's home?
00:47:24Did a member of law enforcement get thrown into the water?
00:47:27Did things get physical?
00:47:29Yes.
00:47:30But Drew McIntyre has stated that WWE currently is an unsafe working environment.
00:47:45That's all of you.
00:47:48He said that we collectively are an unsafe working environment.
00:47:54So Drew, you are surrounded by MMA stars,
00:48:02second generation wrestlers, NIL, college and pro athletes.
00:48:07What would be a safe environment for you?
00:48:11Staples?
00:48:14And besides, that little yard brawl was one tenth of what should happen right here,
00:48:20right now, with me and Drew McIntyre in this very ring.
00:48:25Cody, I don't think you appreciate the situation you've got yourself into.
00:48:33Or me, or the company, actually.
00:48:37See, Drew is claiming an unsafe work environment.
00:48:41And you and I know that that's a load of crap.
00:48:44But the problem is, is when you showed up at his house and started a brawl,
00:48:51you made his point for him.
00:48:53And to make things worse, I had to make a bad deal.
00:48:58Because you made me look like a liar.
00:49:01So I'm telling you this is your friend.
00:49:06Yes, you're the champ.
00:49:09QB won.
00:49:11But you're not above the law.
00:49:13And I can't help you with that one.
00:49:16Cody, you should have trusted me to get this thing over the finish line.
00:49:23But you didn't.
00:49:25So now, when Drew comes back,
00:49:29if he pays the fine and makes that public apology to Dan Engler.
00:49:34Cody, you can't lay a finger on Drew McIntyre.
00:49:46Or what?
00:49:48Nick, or what?
00:49:52I have to strip you of the WWE Championship.
00:50:04You want me to acquiesce to that demand and your demand?
00:50:08I, okay, I can guarantee you that I will not touch Drew McIntyre.
00:50:15But in the spirit of all these demands, I should ask you something.
00:50:24I feel like Nick, I feel like you've forgotten who you're talking to.
00:50:31Right?
00:50:34Ask our mutual friend, Wade Barrett right there, who you're talking to.
00:50:39Ask Marty on the camera who you're talking to.
00:50:42You should say my name because you know it.
00:50:45I'm the one who sent the tweet that changed the game.
00:50:48I'm the one who came back here and run the Royal Rumble, not once, but twice.
00:50:52I am the reigning king of the ring.
00:50:55I unseated the tribal chief, Roman Reigns.
00:50:58And I even defeated the greatest of all time, John Cena, for this title.
00:51:03I'm QB1, damn it.
00:51:05And here you are saying that I'm not above the law as long as I have this title.
00:51:15I am the law.
00:51:18Mr. Aldis, my friend, your demand, his demand.
00:51:24Remember one thing, while I am holding this.
00:51:27I don't work for you, I work for them.
00:51:31And you, my friend, you work for me.
00:51:40Cody Rhodes is one bad, bad dude.
00:51:49Never forget that, Nicole.
00:51:51There's QB1 and the WWE champ, the man who changed the game.
00:51:57Hey, listen, Melo.
00:52:07I'm not usually the type of person who settles for others.
00:52:10Like, being the United States champion, usually people come out and settle for me,
00:52:14but after what you did for me last week, I just wanted to say thank you.
00:52:21Really.
00:52:22Look, don't even mention it, all right?
00:52:24Tommaso screwed me out that championship, so I had to go and get it back in blood.
00:52:27The issue with Johnny Gargano, he just happened to be collateral.
00:52:30Plus, all that jumping people from behind, you know I don't play that.
00:52:33Nah.
00:52:34Not anymore.
00:52:35Not anymore.
00:52:36But listen, tonight, we fight DIY and that ring.
00:52:41And tonight, we put them down.
00:52:46Hello, boys.
00:52:47Well, we just wanted to wish you good luck tonight, but do us a favor, okay?
00:52:51Save some for us.
00:52:52Yeah, we kind of want to DIY ourselves, but I don't know.
00:52:56I guess you guys jumped the queue or something.
00:52:58What we're saying is that they stole my mask and they need to pay for it.
00:53:02Oh, okay, okay, okay.
00:53:03Look, you're talking to the wrong two guys.
00:53:05We got our own backs and we won't miss.
00:53:08Well, in case you guys do miss, we'll be there.
00:53:13We'll be there.
00:53:14Okay, listen, gentlemen.
00:53:16DIY asked for this battle.
00:53:18And if they ask for a battle, they will get a battle.
00:53:20And especially after last week, when Champa made me bleed,
00:53:23he is not just a jackass anymore.
00:53:27Now, he is my prey.
00:53:30So, let's go.
00:53:33Let's go.
00:53:35Suerte.
00:53:38What's that name?
00:53:39I love my prey.
00:53:41I love my prey.
00:53:422,
00:53:431,
00:53:442,
00:53:453,
00:53:461,
00:53:472,
00:53:481,
00:53:501,
00:53:512,
00:53:521,
00:53:531,
00:53:541,
00:53:552,
00:53:561,
00:53:571,
00:53:581,
00:53:592,
00:54:001,
00:54:012,
00:54:021,
00:54:031,
00:54:04WWE is a tag team match.
00:54:07Take it for one call.
00:54:09Introducing first, accompanied by Candice LeRae,
00:54:15the team of Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.
00:54:21D-I-Y.
00:54:25The two-time WWE Tag Team Champion.
00:54:29Ciampa and Gargano against Ilya Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes coming your way back.
00:54:59Ciampa and Gargano with Candice LeRae focused and ready
00:55:13for what should be a great match opposite opponents who definitely want a piece of it.
00:55:19Come on!
00:55:34Go, Roy!
00:55:49And your opponents, the team of Carmelo Hayes
00:56:01and the United States Champion, Ilya Dragunov.
00:56:09Well, the Mad Dragonweight has kept up the great standards of the U.S. Championship
00:56:13and being a fighting champion,
00:56:14but thank goodness Carmelo Hayes was nearby a week ago.
00:56:18Yeah, this was last week on SmackDown.
00:56:21Ciampa taking on Ilya Dragunov for the United States Championship.
00:56:25A lot of extracurriculars on the outside,
00:56:28but it was an absolute war inside the ring
00:56:31with Ilya Dragunov, the champ,
00:56:33managing to pull out a win
00:56:36with this very quick pin against Ciampa.
00:56:39But hold the celebrations, guys,
00:56:41because D-I-Y were rather unhappy with the result.
00:56:45But thankfully for Dragunov, another victim of D-I-Y's came out to lend a hand in Carmelo Hayes,
00:56:52and Carmelo Hayes evening the odds, and this has led us to tonight.
00:56:56And I'm the best hit, you watch your shot,
00:56:58well I guess you wait too late.
00:57:01Oh, right to action, not wasting any time.
00:57:03One, two, three.
00:57:06A great hand after great hand from Carmelo Hayes against Johnny Gargano.
00:57:10Well, Hayes and Dragunov just know this duo only too well,
00:57:14and were fully aware there was likely to be a cheap shot start.
00:57:18They were lying in wait, ready for it,
00:57:21and it's back five barely now on D-I-Y.
00:57:24What momentum that was created that time,
00:57:26and now Dragunov comes in with the knee.
00:57:29It is non-stop against Ciampa.
00:57:33Dragunov, a man who doesn't normally like to team with other people,
00:57:37however, he gained a major appreciation for the abilities and the respect
00:57:41of Carmelo Hayes a couple of weeks ago in their United States Championship clash.
00:57:46I'll say this about Ilya Dragunov.
00:57:49He is perhaps the most fightingest of fighting champs I've ever seen,
00:57:54insisting he goes to Raw every single week.
00:57:58I love it.
00:57:59It has been awesome to watch what he has done with his title reign.
00:58:03We saw him against Ciampa recently.
00:58:07Ciampa who campaigned for weeks and weeks to get that opportunity,
00:58:12highly distraught that it went begging,
00:58:15thanks to the skills of Ilya Dragunov.
00:58:17Now looking to take out some revenge this week,
00:58:20but it's not going well.
00:58:21No, it isn't.
00:58:27Hayes revving that engine and delivering with the leg drop.
00:58:31He hooks the leg in the cover and quickly Ciampa out of it.
00:58:34Of course, Carmelo Hayes did a hell of a job in his match against Ilya Dragunov.
00:58:38Looked close to winning the thing that was until involvement from Tommaso Ciampa,
00:58:42which Ilya Dragunov didn't actually see,
00:58:44but it helped Ilya Dragunov end up winning the match.
00:58:48Now, the aftermath of that, of course,
00:58:50Ilya was kind of disgusted that he won it in such a way.
00:58:54So maybe at some point, Carmelo Hayes and Dragunov will meet again.
00:58:58Oh, the world would love that.
00:58:59But for now, business to take care of in the form of DIY.
00:59:03Yeah, that was back on December 5th.
00:59:05And as you mentioned, it goes against the grain of everything he is.
00:59:09Oh, as soon as our official's back was turned,
00:59:12Johnny Gargano up on the apron to tear him down.
00:59:15Oh, no!
00:59:21That is just a DIY way as the jaw of Ilya Dragunov may have just shattered
00:59:27against our desk.
00:59:33Pat yourself on the back, DIY.
00:59:35Joe and Wade in for Michael Cole and Corey Graves
00:59:46here on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:59:47A week ago, Tommaso Ciampa lost in the United States Championship match
00:59:51against Ilya Dragunov, but was attacked afterwards.
00:59:54Carmelo Hayes came to his aid.
00:59:56And now tag team action between these four former NXT champions.
01:00:01And it has been all DIY ever since Candice LeRae
01:00:05got involved, and they've been putting a stomping
01:00:08on Ilya Dragunov ever since.
01:00:10But Ilya Dragunov finally showing some signs of life.
01:00:15Is he ever?
01:00:17Konstantin Special Dragunov.
01:00:20Does he have enough left in the tank to get this tag
01:00:23to a fresh Carmelo Hayes
01:00:25so Carmelo Hayes can show the world why he is him?
01:00:31Hayes is ready to explode.
01:00:33Here he comes after Gargano.
01:00:34And delivers to Ciampa.
01:00:39What a shot.
01:00:40Backs him up to the ropes.
01:00:43Oh, man, oh, man.
01:00:46Springboard.
01:00:47Like a cat.
01:00:49Would you look at this from Hayes.
01:00:51La Mystica.
01:00:52One, two, three, four.
01:00:54I'm going to tell you something.
01:00:55The movement of Carmelo Hayes is just governed by a different set of rules
01:00:59to everyone else on planet.
01:01:01Oh, my God.
01:01:02Yeah, there is no gravity.
01:01:03Sticks the landing, too.
01:01:05Meanwhile, the Mad Dragon.
01:01:09Massive senton off the top.
01:01:12To put it away.
01:01:16That high-flying senton after everything Carmelo Hayes did.
01:01:21Check this action.
01:01:23Carmelo Hayes taking that jumper and sticking the landing.
01:01:26And then this sky-high senton from the top rope right to the midsection of Gargano.
01:01:33Not quite enough to put away DIY, but you feel that is getting closer and closer.
01:01:41One of the amazing powers of recovery here from the Mad Dragon shows exactly why he is
01:01:46an almost unbeatable United States champ at times.
01:01:50With a tag there, I don't think Gargano saw it.
01:01:52Hayes.
01:01:53Out of the way is Johnny.
01:01:56Oh, they got him in a compromised position in that corner.
01:01:59And the superkick, and now DIY gains some momentum.
01:02:04Do they ever?
01:02:05Right mistake there from Carmelo Hayes.
01:02:08Oh, nasty, nasty landing there.
01:02:12Project Champa.
01:02:13Off the Project Champa right into the cover.
01:02:15And meanwhile, the Mad Dragon saves it.
01:02:17That powerbomb onto the knees is something that Project Champa,
01:02:21time and again, we've seen the success he has with it.
01:02:23It's a match winner, if not really a dragon off.
01:02:26And now this one's spilling out all over the place.
01:02:28Oh, right into the pole.
01:02:29It's Champa and Hayes who are legal.
01:02:32And Champa now going in for the kill.
01:02:34He takes down that knee pad.
01:02:36But Carmelo Hayes, smart enough to see it coming.
01:02:45Oh, Candice LeRae.
01:02:46Again, LeRae in full behind the referee's back.
01:02:50And there's a KO blow to the temple.
01:02:52This could be over because of that.
01:02:55Hayes able to get the shoulder up.
01:02:58And Champa's in complete disbelief.
01:03:00Well, Dragunov down.
01:03:02Dragunov may be out.
01:03:04But now the double whammy.
01:03:07Fairy tale ending right here.
01:03:10One, two, three.
01:03:11He survives it again.
01:03:13Talk about the toughness of Carmelo Hayes.
01:03:16That move has put so many away.
01:03:19But now I've got a feeling this might be the ending.
01:03:23Right in the middle.
01:03:24This will be over right here from DIY Wade.
01:03:27Slow down.
01:03:29Oh, no.
01:03:31Dragunov.
01:03:32How about at first 48?
01:03:35This one twisting back and forth.
01:03:38Such movement.
01:03:39So many swings.
01:03:41H-Bomb delivered.
01:03:43The Mad Dragon.
01:03:45But they're not done yet.
01:03:48Nothing but neck as big as he can go.
01:03:57Here are your winners.
01:04:03The team of Carmelo Hayes.
01:04:07And the United States Champion, Ilya Dragunov.
01:04:16Well, instant chemistry from these two victors against a veteran tag team.
01:04:21We've been together over 10 years.
01:04:24It needed a mind-blowing performance.
01:04:26And we got it.
01:04:28And glorious victory for Ilya Dragunov and Carmelo Hayes.
01:04:32Excuse me, Alexa, Charlotte, can I get a comment on why you guys attacked Nia Jax and Lash Legend earlier tonight?
01:04:43I mean, what message are you trying to send?
01:04:46The message that if you look too far in the future, you tend to forget who's standing right in front of you.
01:04:50Now, Rhea and Io have a tag team title match on January 5th.
01:04:53And I'm sure Lash and Nia, I think that they're next in line.
01:04:55But they're not.
01:04:56They're in our way.
01:04:57And whoever wins the tag team championships will be waiting.
01:05:01Okay, thank you.
01:05:02Actually, Jade, Jade, since you're here, is there anything you'd like to say about attacking Meechan last week on SmackDown?
01:05:19It's okay.
01:05:19It's the season.
01:05:20So I guess I'll say something nice.
01:05:23I was shocked to see Meechan get back up after I knocked her down.
01:05:27Now she and the rest, they gonna take these Ls.
01:05:30Now I'm big on charity, so I'm gonna give her a little spotlight.
01:05:35And then I'm gonna knock her lights out.
01:05:38Now, we done?
01:05:40Yeah.
01:05:42I didn't scratch sleep.
01:05:44It seems like you forgot.
01:05:45Let me remind you.
01:05:48What are you going to do?
01:05:49No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:05:57Get it out, get it out, get it out, get it out, get it out, get it out.
01:05:58Let's get some help.
01:05:59Are you all right?
01:06:01Still to come, the WWE Tag Team Championship match.
01:06:10The Wyatt Six and the MMT's Solo Sakoa has made his statement.
01:06:17Can they deliver?
01:06:19We find out on Friday Night SmackDown.
01:06:21A reminder, when the new year starts, you get even more Friday Night SmackDown as SmackDown will move to three hours starting on January 2nd.
01:06:35Let's tell you what you're in store for on next week's Friday Night SmackDown.
01:06:39We just saw him perform in tag action.
01:06:43He never gets a week off, but that is how he likes it.
01:06:46The United States Championship will be on the line in an open challenge as Ilya Dragunov defends against, well, we'll find out next week.
01:06:56And just say his name after all the controversy with The Miz and what happened in the last time is now tournament.
01:07:03It's a battle between Joe Hendry and The Miz, we all believe.
01:07:07And of course, the Scottish Psychopath himself, a victim of a home invasion from WWE champ Cody Rhodes.
01:07:18Post-suspension, Drew McIntyre returns to SmackDown next week.
01:07:24Howdy.
01:07:30You talk a whole lot of nonsense about absolutely nothing.
01:07:35But when you threaten my family, that's when we got a problem.
01:07:39You think this is a game, huh?
01:07:41When it comes to my family, I don't play no damn games.
01:07:44You understand me?
01:07:45We are going to humiliate you, embarrass you in front of the whole wide world.
01:07:52Wait.
01:07:54You hear that?
01:07:55Can you hear that?
01:07:58The Fireflies are here.
01:08:00And they are going to watch us take those tag team titles.
01:08:11Because whether they like it or not, I've got the whole world in my hands.
01:08:22Well, that is one way to get under the skin of Uncle Howdy and the Wyatt Six.
01:08:41But it's something Solo Sokoa does better than anyone.
01:08:45Does he ever.
01:08:46The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
01:09:05And it's for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
01:09:11The WWE Tag Team Championship match is next.
01:09:40A tomorrow night, Triple A, Guerra de Titanis.
01:09:55It will be streaming live 9 p.m. Eastern, 6 p.m. Pacific on WWE's YouTube channel.
01:10:01And WWE Espanol, Dominic Mysterio will be in action.
01:10:05El Grande, Americano, Dragon Lee, and many more.
01:10:08The best of Triple A.
01:10:10Tomorrow might not come for one of the two teams we have in action.
01:10:15Because it looks like the MFTs are ready for war.
01:10:19MFTs are ready for war.
01:12:31Needs a couple of right uppercuts as Loomis stalks his prey.
01:12:35Watch out, watch out.
01:12:38The neatness of Dexter Loomis.
01:12:40That's one word to use.
01:12:41Yeah, that's a euphemism for a lot of other things we could say, isn't it?
01:12:45But as odd as he is, as unnerving as he is, he's utterly devastating in that ring.
01:12:52Jumps back with the leg drop and quickly tried to hook the leg and end things early here.
01:12:57Don't be thrown by the oddness of the Wyatt Six in that ring.
01:13:02They are technically astute.
01:13:04Joe Gacy a maker powerhouse in his own right.
01:13:07Having to put his body on the line in pursuit of victory for a hardcore style of wrestler.
01:13:13That's a good brawl.
01:13:16He's going to get that and more tonight from Tonga Loa and of course, his other partner tonight, JC Mateo.
01:13:23And JC Mateo, the powerhouse, is now into some action of his own.
01:13:34JC Mateo might be the most trusted soldier of Solo Sokoa's.
01:13:39He was the first piece of Solo Sokoa's rebuild when he put this MFT unit together.
01:13:46And he's been utterly devastating ever since.
01:13:48Just a ball of muscle.
01:13:50He's got an outmaneuver now by Joe Gacy.
01:13:53Gacy delivers the drop kick and now tags Dexter Loomis.
01:13:56Let's see the teamwork from the Wyatt Six in action here.
01:14:00So exactly why they are the tag team champions.
01:14:03That's what you get with Loomis and Gacy.
01:14:07And the senton as he comes off the ropes.
01:14:10Lateral press in the hook of the leg.
01:14:13And rolling out to safety is JC Mateo.
01:14:17Having time to talk a little tactics on the outside here as Solo Sokoa has made himself comfortable.
01:14:23And we're still outshadowed by the massive presence of Talon Tonga.
01:14:28Every time I look to my left here, I'm always a little concerned about this ringside.
01:14:35Mateo just able to get out of the way as Joe Gacy was charging.
01:14:38Giant arm of Tonga Loa clubbing across the face.
01:14:47God.
01:14:48Look at this.
01:14:49Look at the power.
01:14:51Right into the post and then throws him down to the floor.
01:14:55Way to break someone's spine.
01:14:57JC Mateo.
01:14:58Look at stupid.
01:15:00That's what I'm talking about.
01:15:01Imposing Tonga Loa taking advantage here.
01:15:08WWE Tag Team Championship match.
01:15:10Solo Sokoa has put forth his MFTs.
01:15:14He says they have walked in ready for war.
01:15:16They're going to walk out as the new champions over the Wyatt Six.
01:15:19And their respective units are looking on.
01:15:23Could be right here.
01:15:25Hopefully or in desperation in the case of the Wyatt Six as the Tag Team Championships hang in the balance here.
01:15:32But they are undeniably moving closer and closer to the coaches of the MFTs who've looked completely dominant since getting the upper hand.
01:15:41Just glanced at what we saw.
01:15:43That moment Uncle Howdy with concern on his face.
01:15:46Big Eric Rowan and Nikki Cross.
01:15:48Because in the ring right now, Dexter Loomis over in that corner where he cannot escape Loa and JC Mateo.
01:15:55I can't imagine either of these sides either going back to Uncle Howdy or to Solo Sokoa having disappointed them in this match.
01:16:03Both teams know they better win this thing.
01:16:07Solo Sokoa has been very outspoken directing those messages straight to Uncle Howdy.
01:16:13The message is clear.
01:16:15The entire mentality of the MFTs is the acquisition of every single piece of gold here on SmackDown.
01:16:24Well, this could be the first piece of the puzzle.
01:16:27Slam and right to the cover of Mateo.
01:16:31And now he hooks the leg but can't capture gold.
01:16:35You can see the frustration on his face for a moment there as back to work he goes.
01:16:40Mateo is just a human battering ram.
01:16:42And right now the body of Dexter Loomis has taken a devastating battering over the past several minutes.
01:16:49But it does not get easier when the massive Tonga Loa gets in there.
01:16:54Nothing technical, nothing pretty about Tonga Loa.
01:16:58More likely to rip your eyeballs out than a player.
01:17:01Technical hold.
01:17:03Look at it.
01:17:04Oh!
01:17:04Cave in the ribcage of Dexter Loomis.
01:17:06Absolutely.
01:17:07They are coming closer and closer to capturing the Tag Team Championships.
01:17:13Tonga Loa is going to be closer and closer to becoming unglued with frustration.
01:17:17He knows full well there should be these clutches by now.
01:17:21But taking a beat too long to do anything about it and getting tagged on the jaw.
01:17:25Well, he gets dragged back by the waist as he was just about to get to Joe Gacy.
01:17:30Look how nimble Dexter Loomis is finishing up with that super kick to the jaw of J.C. Mateo.
01:17:37Boy, oh boy, do they need this tag.
01:17:40Here he comes, Joe Gacy.
01:17:44Well, that lunatic Nikki Cross is running around the outside of the ring too.
01:17:47I'll try and focus on the match.
01:17:50Look at Gacy.
01:17:51Rallying back to Wyatt Six.
01:17:53Look at what he's able to do to Mateo.
01:17:55Give him the super specialist a taste of his own medicine.
01:18:00Massive right hand from Gacy.
01:18:05And showing you just enough power and grit.
01:18:10Oh, but cannot retain right there.
01:18:13Stalling Saito suplex against the man the size of J.C.
01:18:16What the hell?
01:18:19Getting out of the way was J.C. Mateo off that springboard attempt.
01:18:23Oh.
01:18:25And this could be it for Gold right here.
01:18:28Getting that left shoulder up.
01:18:30So much talk in that side suplex from J.C. Mateo, the former Olympian.
01:18:35Gacy at his best.
01:18:40Unfeasible athleticism from Joe Gacy.
01:18:44And now it's about a take-two, Tongaloa.
01:18:46Tongaloa gets some.
01:18:48Joe Gacy, one man showing it right now.
01:18:52You can't judge a buck by his cover when it comes to Joe Gacy.
01:18:56This guy can do some crazy stuff.
01:18:58Like that.
01:19:00Throwing his body on the line.
01:19:03Taking out two men in one go.
01:19:05And perhaps giving the opportunity for the Wyatt Six to finish this thing for good.
01:19:09And now everything Solo Sokoa said could go the other way right here.
01:19:16Suplex powerbomb combo and J.C. Mateo may be out.
01:19:20But why not look up with the win, Joe Tess?
01:19:23Loomis is going to fly, Wade.
01:19:28This to hold on to go.
01:19:29And the save.
01:19:32Well, Tongaloa had to be on point with that breakup.
01:19:35Because why that was J.C. Mateo.
01:19:37And now we're going.
01:19:38Oh, no.
01:19:39And that's behind the referees back.
01:19:41The massive Tongaloa.
01:19:42Keep your eyes open, though.
01:19:44Rowan takes him out.
01:19:45Oh, it's on.
01:19:46It is on on the floor.
01:19:50It was a matter of when not in.
01:19:52Oh, my.
01:19:54No worries.
01:19:54That's Eric Rowan.
01:19:55No worries.
01:19:56Oh, no.
01:19:57Uncle Howdy's in the mix.
01:19:58Oh, my God.
01:19:58It is an all-out brawl between the MFTs and the Wyatt Six.
01:20:03This one's thrown out.
01:20:05This is craziness here.
01:20:07Pandemonium breaking out.
01:20:10In our main event, this one has been thrown out by the referee.
01:20:13Good luck getting control of this.
01:20:16We need a stun gun.
01:20:17We need tasers.
01:20:19We need tear gas.
01:20:20We need riot police.
01:20:22This is out of control, Barrett.
01:20:24Absolutely out of control.
01:20:27It's been bubbling up for weeks.
01:20:31Tolotonga was out on the floor.
01:20:34He did damage.
01:20:35And Big Rowan said, not so fast.
01:20:38And now everywhere you look, they are flying at each other.
01:20:43Now, the two bosses, Uncle Howdy and Solo, Cicola getting into it, too.
01:20:48Who would want to be in the front row for this?
01:20:51Keep well back.
01:20:53As they send in Joe Casey as well in the numbers game in the center of the ring.
01:20:57Oh, the numbers game.
01:20:58Talk about a numbers game.
01:20:59Tellotonga is a one-man numbers game.
01:21:03And he's going up top.
01:21:05He's almost 7-foot tall.
01:21:07Wow.
01:21:08Oh, a cross-body wipeout.
01:21:11Boom.
01:21:12Rowan with a dropkick.
01:21:20Well, why is it 6'8?
01:21:22We got a monster of our owning, Eric Rowan.
01:21:32Nikki wants a piece of it.
01:21:35She says, I want in.
01:21:36She's out of her damn mind.
01:21:37That's why.
01:21:40A Nikki bomb.
01:21:48Oh, big spike.
01:21:49Samoan spike.
01:21:51A Samoan spike.
01:21:54Turn around, Solo.
01:21:56Guess who's there.
01:21:58Sister Abigail.
01:21:59Oh.
01:22:00Oh.
01:22:00Oh.
01:22:01Wyatt 6.
01:22:06MLT's absolutely wild.
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