00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:30Dallas is home to this week's Friday Night SmackDown, the bright lights of Big D that
00:35sets the scene for the immense pressure this time of the year.
00:38The American Airlines Center, a big stop on the road to WrestleMania, a road with one
00:43last express lane to a world championship match.
00:46A certain superstar is desperate to get that.
00:50Cody Rhodes has been enraged.
00:52Drew McIntyre is the reason Cody running out of WrestleMania pathways gets the Elimination
00:56Chamber qualifier that chance tonight.
00:59It won't be easy.
01:00The Triple Threat includes Sami Zayn looking for championship redemption and the last piece
01:06of the puzzle, the ultra dangerous Jacob Batu, a spot in the chambers on the road.
01:13That's tonight.
01:15Also trying to earn a chamber spot.
01:17Three dynamic women including Alexa Bliss.
01:20Her Hall of Fame resume has an Elimination Chamber of Pascori.
01:24Now she wants back in.
01:26Her three rivals.
01:28Julia, flanked by Kiana James.
01:30The U.S. champ wants to be a double champ and make history.
01:34And rounding it out, the Triple Threat includes Zelina.
01:38These three have charted their course.
01:39Now a big payoff could come.
01:41One, two, three, four.
01:43And we have a championship match here in Dallas.
01:46The storm has come to Texas.
01:48Jade Carville's been dealing with the newest powerhouse on the roster.
01:51Jordan Grace gets her chance at the biggest prize.
01:54The WWE Women's Championship is on the line tonight right here.
01:59Glad you're with us on SyFy with the altered Olympic TV schedule.
02:03We'll be right here next week as well.
02:05Look at this great crowd here in Dallas.
02:08Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett with you on a power-packed SmackDown, Wade.
02:13Yeah, cannot wait for this.
02:14We're excited at the desk, right?
02:16All these people in attendance, they're buzzing with excitement for WrestleMania season.
02:20The locker room, they're starting to get nervy because there's no guarantee that any of them
02:25will make it to the big dance.
02:27Yeah, that's the big picture.
02:28Who will land a championship match at WrestleMania?
02:32We know one former champ who's now in position to possibly return to the top.
02:39It's tippy time!
02:57Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Tiffany Stratton!
03:05Of course, it was last year in Vegas when Tiffany had her Barbie-inspired entrance and successful
03:10title defense.
03:12Now doing everything to return.
03:15Last week, she took a major step forward, Wade.
03:17Yeah, this was one hell of a match.
03:20Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend and Chelsea Green all competing for a spot in the women's
03:25Elimination Chamber match.
03:27Now all three women did have chances to win, but it was the former women's WWE champ Tiffany
03:33Stratton reversing an unpretty heart and then drilling a prettiest moonsault ever to get
03:39the dub on the night and block her ticket to Chicago, where she will take on five other women in
03:46the
03:46Elimination Chamber.
03:55Oh, Dallas!
04:00What time is it?
04:02Three months ago, I lost the WWE Women's Championship after having a rookie year most women would dream
04:11of having.
04:14Which is why I decided to qualify for Elimination Chamber.
04:17Not because I asked, not because I got lucky, but because when I say I'm gonna do something, I do
04:23it.
04:26Five women are walking in the chamber hoping to get a match at WrestleMania, but I don't just walk in
04:32hoping.
04:33I walk in expecting to win.
04:38And based on what I've seen the past couple of months, I feel like the WWE Women's Championship misses me.
04:47Hey!
04:48Baby, I'm like, you part of the way, gonna win.
04:54I'm a darling.
04:56Come and for me.
04:58assume the night needs to win.
05:04And but it feels the most funny Ribe.
05:08utilities and know the script.
05:10So it sucks.
05:18tiffy i would love to say it's so good to see your face again
05:24but you know i'm not a liar no because we actually keep it real around here
05:30and uh the truth is tiffy you did get lucky last week okay lash naya why are you so obsessed
05:39with
05:40me i mean didn't you learn your lesson already and i see you've already got yourself a little
05:46replacement i'm gonna need you to calm all that down bitter betty okay before i have to last shout
05:54on you and the reality is i am the upgrade and now after tonight when we beat rio for those
06:05tag team
06:06titles yeah yeah for those tag team titles then my girl naya is gonna win her qualifying match next
06:15week and then y'all two will be locked up in the chamber and my girl is gonna pin you
06:22faster than
06:23you can say it's tiffy time
06:41honestly we should just save you the embarrassment and uh take care of this tonight
06:47i know that's right i know that's right tiffy you remember what i'm capable of what lose
06:55so this is another title match
06:57yeah
06:58this is one
06:59this is one
07:42Don't get ahead of yourselves, ladies
07:45because neither of you are going to be walking out of the Elimination Chamber,
07:51let alone walking out with the golden opportunity to go to WrestleMania.
07:57You want to know why?
08:00Because I'm in there, and soon Io's going to be in there too.
08:07And we're going to do what we do best,
08:10and that's work together until we are the last two standing.
08:18But don't let me get ahead of myself,
08:21because first we need to beat the living crap out of you two
08:27for thinking that you're going to be walking out of Dallas
08:30with our Women's Tag Team Championship.
08:38The Women's Tag Team Championship match to open up Friday Night SmackDown
08:43in front of this massive crowd here in Dallas.
08:49The hottest division in wrestling, and there's no slowing down for the tag champs.
08:55Constantly number one contenders lurking.
08:58This time the powerhouse duo of the Irresistible Forces.
09:01What a major test this is for the champs.
09:05Nia and Lash have been very outspoken recently.
09:08That is on the line.
09:09The gold here in Dallas.
09:12The Women's Tag Team Championships.
09:15Last week there was that backstage confrontation,
09:17and Nia and Lash legend, they said that Rhea and Io have been
09:20ducking them too long was the exact quote,
09:23as Io's going to try to get things started against Nia Jax.
09:27And Rhea fired back and said,
09:28you know, you make a lot of excuses like whiny little bees.
09:31Now it's time to stop the talking and just get after it.
09:34Oh, drops the elbow down immediately.
09:36Well, what a smart start that was from Io.
09:40Immediately rushing Nia Jax,
09:42knowing full well you've got to pull something special to defeat Nia Jax.
09:45However, the war power of Nia Jax
09:47immediately chopping the Genius of the Sky back down.
09:53Right idea.
09:54The execution just wasn't there.
09:56And how do you execute against someone like Nia Jax
09:59who possesses no physical weaknesses?
10:03Now just toying with Io in that corner.
10:06Yeah, that's the mental breakdown now of Io Sky.
10:09This is how easy it is for Nia Jax.
10:12Oh, big boot by Sky.
10:14And then gets out of the way.
10:16Fala Brom would be a little too cocky and confident
10:18against a multiple-time world champion like Io.
10:21And now showing the speed, the skill, and the dynamic strategy
10:26to chop down Nia Jax.
10:30And all that momentum and the shotgun dropkick from Io Sky.
10:36Nicely swinging back the upper hand in the favor of the tag champs here.
10:42But can they make it stick?
10:46They're stomping down on Nia as Rhea Ripley has entered the fray.
10:51A big knee right into the cover.
10:54And that's part of the problem with being like Nia Jax.
10:57You have such a massive power advantage over everybody.
11:00You do come into every match being a little overconfident, a little cocky.
11:04And this has backfired badly now for Nia.
11:08And let's see what Lash can do.
11:09No, Lash Legend gets sent out as well.
11:13And just the speed of tags and the cohesion of Io and Rhea
11:17has been too much to stop this off.
11:19Oh, genius of the sky with an early statement here.
11:26This crowd absolutely erupting.
11:29It is the champion's match to lose from this point.
11:38That is part of the issue with getting a powerhouse like Nia Jax outside of the ring.
11:42You've got to drag that carcass back in there to get the dub.
11:46Unless, of course, you go for a countout.
11:48That is not really in the wheelhouse of Rhea Ripley and Io Sky.
11:52They're like dominant victories, authoritative victories.
11:56But they might not get one at all at this rate.
11:58A massive forearm by Nia Jax.
12:01Oh, the Samoan drop just turns things around, covering for the win.
12:06And able to beat the counts.
12:08Back and forth they go for the tag team.
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