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00:03Guys, I am here with Raquel Rodriguez and Raquel.
00:06A couple weeks ago, Liv Morgan alluded to the possibility of you both walking
00:10out of WrestleMania as world champions.
00:12What would that mean for you and for Judgment Day?
00:15Capifonta.
00:16Liv and I being champion of both brands would obviously mean that the Judgment
00:21Day runs WWE, as it should be.
00:24But for now, I'm focusing on what I need to do to win.
00:29You need to focus on yourself, because I can promise you Liv ain't worried about you.
00:39She made a good choice choosing Stephanie, but damn sure set you up, because if you win
00:44tomorrow at Chamber, I'm going to embarrass you, come WrestleMania.
00:51Nos vemos muy pronto, campeona.
00:53I'll see you soon.
00:58Look at Jade, making friends everywhere.
01:03She said everybody's coming after your title, including the hardcore princess, me.
01:11Don't get ahead of yourself.
01:13You might not even be championed by WrestleMania.
01:15Well, if you're going to do something, then do it.
01:19Yeah, you know what?
01:21Hey, hey.
01:21You know what?
01:22You get your chance.
01:25Yeah.
01:33The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, Rhea and Io against Lash and Nia.
01:42That is coming your way next.
02:00Now, here's what we're going to say.
02:03The Android Man is who I need to comment on.
03:06And I wrestled in the asylum in TNA in Nashville, and I wrestled in the Tokyo Dome in Japan, and
03:14I wrestled on the bright lights of Wrestlemania.
03:20But I'll tell you my biggest flex.
03:23My biggest flex is having the best wife in the world.
03:29You never slowed me down.
03:32You've never told me to stop.
03:34You're the one.
03:37I love you.
03:44I didn't take off my gloves at the Royal Rumble because I wanted to come here to Atlanta and lick
03:52my gloves at home.
03:57From the bottom of my heart, thank you for your love, and I love you right back.
04:21Did you ever hear the phrase, if you see me coming, you're already gone?
04:28I changed that phrase a little bit, because if you see me coming, that means you're going.
04:34AJ, it is my esteemed honor to inform you that you are the newest inductee in the 2026 class of
04:55the WWE Hall of Fame.
05:25So now two headliners have gotten a tap on the shoulder from The Undertaker,
05:30and will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
05:33Stephanie McMahon, whoever she found out, and WrestleBalooza.
05:36And then that beautiful scene, Wade, we saw in Atlanta with AJ Styles.
05:41Absolutely incredible.
05:42Two of the best to ever do it here in WWE.
05:45WWE, so many years of entertainment, they're going to the Hall of Fame.
05:49They don't want to, they don't want to, they don't want to, they don't want to, they don't want to,
05:54they don't want to.
06:00This might sound funny, but for what it's worth, I hope it's you in there.
06:13Hey, man.
06:23Jacob.
06:24Hey.
06:26Look, man, I know you got this match coming up, but look, how's Jay doing?
06:32It ain't doing too good, Sammy.
06:34Yeah.
06:34It ain't looking too good for the bro.
06:36Yeah.
06:37Well, look, Jacob, here's the thing.
06:39I know I didn't do it, right?
06:42Yeah.
06:43You know that.
06:44I'm just, I'm not 100% sure I could say the same about you.
06:56What does that even mean, Sammy?
06:58What does it mean, Jacob?
06:58It just looks a little funny, doesn't it?
07:00I mean, you're, you're there when Jay goes down.
07:02You're in the exact right place at the right time.
07:04He gets taken off in an ambulance.
07:06Now he's out of the chamber match, and the first thing you do is you go to Aldous and you
07:10try to take his spot.
07:12And look, I, I get it, because ever since you've come back, all you've had on your mind is getting
07:16your hands on Drew,
07:17and you have left chaos and destruction everywhere you've gone in the name of getting your hands on Drew.
07:23So I see Jay down, I see you trying to get a second chance.
07:26What am I supposed to think?
07:28You know what?
07:31You better be very careful what you say next.
07:39Or what?
07:41I'll end up in the hospital with Jay.
07:45Look, man, I get it.
07:47I get you want to get your hands on Drew, but understand that you're not the only one.
07:51All right?
07:52I want to get my hands on him, too, because guess what?
07:55That elimination chamber match that you lost, that qualifier, you didn't just lose that match.
07:59I lost it, too.
08:00He didn't just screw you.
08:02He screwed you.
08:02Screwed who, Sammy?
08:04Screwed you.
08:05Man, hell, nah.
08:06If anybody got screwed, it was me.
08:10Drew Claymore, me.
08:12Then Cody got Claymore.
08:15The only one that didn't get Claymore was you.
08:21So you talking about Drew screwing you?
08:24Hell nah.
08:25If anything, it looked like Drew was trying to help you win the match, Sammy.
08:33And if there's anybody pointing fingers around here, then maybe I should be watching you.
08:50You're right.
08:52You're right.
08:54I'm sorry.
08:55Okay?
08:57I'm sorry.
08:59My head hasn't really been screwed on right lately, Jacob.
09:03So you know what?
09:05You deserve a second chance.
09:07All right?
09:07Go win.
09:08Go win it for Jay.
09:10All right?
09:29We will have Jacob Fatu and Logan Paul coming up.
09:35But right now, the irresistible forces, Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
09:46I'll tell you what, Joe.
09:48WrestleMania season really brings out the worst demons in everybody.
09:54And I suspect these two have some worst demons the most.
10:01Well, we have seen them everywhere the champs have been causing chaos along the way.
10:11A few weeks ago, they had the brutally physical match that ended in the double countout and the brawl on
10:19the outside.
10:19And now, here it is, the women's tag team championship, Nia Jax and Lash, Rhea and Io.
10:27I don't know if that was actually a double countout or if the ref just completely gave up.
10:33Yeah, exactly.
10:34The rule of law in the match you're referencing went to hell in a handbasket early on because these are
10:39two women who don't always care what the rule of law says.
10:43Although, if they want to win gold tonight, they're going to have to pay attention very closely to this referee.
10:53The genius of the sky, Io Sky, this dynamic relationship that has developed and holding gold with Rhea Ripley.
11:10This is what we're going to do!
11:39What a huge weekend it is for Rhea Ripley.
11:43Tonight, this tag team title defense with Io.
11:48Tomorrow, it is elimination chamber with that weight.
11:53Extremely dangerous mix of top women who are locked in that chamber all vying for a WrestleMania championship match against
12:04J. Cargham.
12:05Yeah, and at what point do you have too much on your plate?
12:08Because these two as the tag champs, who've held the gold since the beginning of January, have had non-stop
12:15defenses.
12:16And on top of that, both women have been competing in singles too.
12:20Obviously, Ripley has had tremendous success in qualifying for tomorrow's elimination chamber.
12:25I just questioned the toll that has taken on both of their bodies over the past six or seven weeks.
12:32And how they could possibly be at near 100% for this massive defense against two of the most damaging
12:41women WWE has ever seen.
12:46Every arena changes with the energy that Io and Rhea bring into it.
12:53And that is the case for this big one.
13:22The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
13:25And it's for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship.
13:36Introducing first the challengers, the team of Nia Jax and Lash Legend, the Irresistible Forces.
13:56And their opponents, they are the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Ioannis Kai and Rhea Ripley.
14:24The prize possessions, the tag team championships to be decided right here in Louisville the night before elimination chamber.
14:36A massive crowd here in Louisville.
14:39What a weekend it is.
14:47Quick start here from Io Sky trying to catch the relatively inexperienced Lash Legend napping.
14:54Simply didn't work.
14:55The power of Legend straight to the forehand.
14:58Former basketball star and then NXT rising star.
15:01She may not have all the experience on this level but she has been so impressive as Io Sky looks
15:07to set the tone early on.
15:09Impressive not least in the Women's Royal Rumble match where MVP was Lash Legend.
15:16Despite the fact she didn't end up winning the matchup and you talk about the inexperience factor here.
15:21Hold on.
15:21The teamwork right away into the cover and Lash obviously survives that very early on.
15:26Of course the last time we saw Lash Legend and Ripley going toe to toe.
15:30It was Lash spearing Rhea through Timekeeper's Barricade.
15:34And here's what's fascinating right now.
15:36Look at this image.
15:37Rhea Ripley looks relatively inert next to these two powerhouses.
15:42When can you ever say that about Rhea Ripley?
15:44Simply diminutive in comparison to Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
15:49It's rare that physically Rhea Ripley is an underdog.
15:53Yeah.
15:54Undoubtedly so.
15:55Immediately.
15:56I mean just size up Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
15:58You see every advantage that they have.
16:01But you can see the speed, the skill, the teamwork out of Io and Ripley.
16:07Yeah of course you expect that speed and movement from Io Sky.
16:10What I did notice the first two, first time these two teams competed a couple of weeks ago
16:14is Rhea Ripley dig deep into her playbook and hit a lot of those high flying almost lucha style moves
16:21that she usually hides.
16:22Oh.
16:22Doesn't have to use and simply didn't work there against Lash Legend.
16:26Now getting ping-ponged around are the tag champs.
16:30The irresistible force is looking really good in this one.
16:42It was a stretch here where Rhea Ripley and Io Sky were in sync
16:47and then all of a sudden the strength of Nia Jax and Lash Legend just took over on the outside.
17:04Now this is about the worst possible place Io Sky could be.
17:09Rhea Ripley, Rhea Ripley still down, trapped in the corner of these two powerhouse women.
17:17And there really is nowhere to run to for the genius of the sky.
17:23And Lash Legend is gonna deliver between the middle rope and the top rope.
17:28That's more of an irritant than anything else to Io Sky.
17:32It's not gonna finish the job.
17:34Certainly a taunt and physically the damage might not be great but mentally just destroying Io Sky before our eyes.
17:42And then driving that knee right into the back.
17:46I mean you've got to admire the confidence of Lash Legend to step up to this level
17:53and within six months be prowling around the ring with Io Sky almost effortlessly is quite something.
18:03Io's in such a tough spot as Nia just splashes into that corner.
18:09And delivers the massive elbow for gold.
18:13This is exactly the moment you badly need a tag.
18:17And even if somehow by some miracle Io could make it over to her corner,
18:20Rhea Ripley has not been there.
18:22Although now stirring and gingerly picking herself back up by the tag rope is the eradicator.
18:30What use she would be if she did get a tag right now, I'm not so sure.
18:34She has been badly rattled in the early goings.
18:42Just throwing down Io Sky back her head, hitting hard.
18:46Yeah, and that was a hard landing and I would guess Nia Jax used about 25% of her power
18:52to do that.
18:53There is a lot more left in the tank.
18:56Now go out, get yourself a breather, recharge and let the bougie bully do some damage.
19:12More damage done to Io Sky.
19:18Soaking in the blues, that is music to the ears of Lash Legend.
19:22An arrogant pin that is almost certainly not going to get the job done at this level.
19:28But message sent to Io Sky and indeed Rhea Ripley on the outside.
19:32We are dominant.
19:34We are controlling this match and there is nothing you can do about it.
19:58The women's tag team championships are trying to claim the women's tag team championships.
20:04They have been getting the best of Io Sky who is trying to fight her way out of position in
20:09the middle of the ring against Legend.
20:11And who delivers just a massive boot.
20:15Could we have new champs right here?
20:17God, you see a lot of big boots in this game.
20:21Big boot does not do whatever that was justice.
20:24Oh my God.
20:26Io Sky almost gets shot out of a cannon at that point.
20:30All the length and leverage of the former SEC basketball star who played at Texas A&M and Mississippi State
20:37and now is an ascendant star.
20:40Instant impact since joining the SmackDown roster and looking to claim tag team championships tonight.
20:47The referee knows something went on behind his back but if he didn't see it he can't call it.
20:52Oh, could it happen right here?
20:53Quote Hunter S Thompson, a Louisville man himself.
20:56The only crime is getting caught.
20:59And Smartly and Ajax did not get caught there.
21:01Something you live by when it comes to this game.
21:04You see what's coming your way.
21:06The bonus Elimination Chamber qualifying match with Jacob Fatu and Logan Paul.
21:10The big story of the night.
21:12Oh!
21:12Jay Uso was injured to start the night.
21:15Was brutally attacked.
21:16He's off to the hospital.
21:17So Fatu and Logan Paul will decide the final spot for Elimination Chamber.
21:22That's coming your way.
21:23Well, both the competitors down now in the center of the ring.
21:26Well, the crowd erupting.
21:27They know there's a fresh Rhea Ripley on the outside.
21:31And Io Sky just inches away.
21:33There it is!
21:34Here comes Mommy Louisville!
21:43Big kick.
21:44A striking combination.
21:46Oh, but Nia Jax!
21:48Rhea able to survive it.
21:50Back on her feet.
21:51Delivering more of these big blows to Nia Jax.
21:54There we go.
21:54Those lucha moves again of Rhea!
21:57Bloody Ripley!
21:58And able to deliver it.
22:00Got to do it on her own now.
22:02Io Sky is down and perhaps out.
22:04This is now two on one.
22:05Make that one on one.
22:07And Ripley knows Nia Jax only too well.
22:10Knows what it takes to put Nia down.
22:13But can she do it here?
22:14Oh!
22:15The missile drop kick!
22:16How about the pace being set by Rhea to retain!
22:20And Nia able to survive it to a change.
22:22Don't forget Rhea Ripley during a match last week with Julia.
22:25Got attacked mid-match by the irresistible forces.
22:29Io Sky there to save the day.
22:30And Io Sky looking to attack back in there.
22:33And much like their first encounter two weeks ago.
22:36Things breaking down on the outside.
22:39Now this might get thrown out again if we're not careful.
22:41Yeah that was a wild brawl on the outside.
22:44Samoan drop by Nia Jax.
22:48Absolute wild brawl.
22:50Remember Nia Jax went through the table.
22:52Oh! Hold on! Hold on Joe!
22:53Oh! Is this annihilator time?
22:55Io Sky is down!
22:57As is last legend!
22:58This connects!
22:59We got new champs!
23:01Rhea's smart to get to her feet.
23:05No way!
23:06No way!
23:06Rhea Ripley!
23:09Oh! Delivers the big kick to Nia Jax.
23:12Oh ho ho ho ho!
23:13And now!
23:14Thinking about it!
23:15Oh my god!
23:15She's got Nia Jax up!
23:18And the powerbomb!
23:19To hold on to gold!
23:22And still enough left in Nia Jax to stay alive in this one.
23:28But you have to think Nia Jax badly needs to tag out after this one.
23:32Oh! Such a tightly stacked pin too!
23:35Normally gets the job done for Mammy.
23:37Not tonight!
23:41Rhea has given so much of herself since being tagged in.
23:46Nia Jax in a really bad way.
23:48But great veteran instincts rolling to the outside.
23:51You can't loose from there.
23:53At least you can't get pinned from there.
23:54Off the apron to the floor.
23:58The Women's Tag Team Championship match is over delivering!
24:03Look at Rhea!
24:14Yeah, let's keep this in the ring guys.
24:16I get scared every time they go out there.
24:18I don't want this one thrown out.
24:19We want a winner tonight.
24:21We want a finish.
24:23Let's have some clarity in the Women's Tag Division.
24:26Look at how Nia can simply just dismiss Rhea like that and throw her onto the floor.
24:33Well that was impressive enough but even more so after the beating that Nia Jax has taken for the past
24:38couple of minutes.
24:39A lot of cobwebs in the mind of Nia Jax but now tagging in the relatively fresh Lash Legend.
24:48And suddenly it is Rhea Ripley who's in big trouble here.
24:53Head slammed against that edge of the apron.
25:01How smart is Lash Legend listening to the plays from Nia Jax on the outside.
25:07The vet.
25:07The former world champ.
25:09The woman who's kind of done it all here in WWE.
25:12That is exactly who Lash Legend needs to be listening to at this point in her career.
25:18And Lash is someone who is highly coachable.
25:21You see a top basketball player in her college and WNBA days.
25:27And now stretching out Rhea bloody Ripley and picking her up effortlessly.
25:34Truly effortlessly.
25:36And we see this time and again with what she does in the ring.
25:41Stretching her out.
25:42All that weight hanging around her neck and her right arm and left arm.
25:47And yet Rhea Ripley is able to fight her way back to the top.
25:53On top of Lash Legend and turn things around.
25:56Shoulders down.
25:56Ripley is scrambling here.
25:58Fighting from underneath and almost decapitated again.
26:02And this is just an intolerable amount of abuse being thrown the way of Rhea Ripley.
26:14I mean where do you find answers from here.
26:17And Rhea Ripley is a absolute master at doing just that.
26:21But slowly but surely those options are running out of runway here for Rhea Ripley.
26:27Oh and that leg drop doing damage to that left knee.
26:31Now Nia has clearly found a target that she's focused in on.
26:39This is desperation times now for Rhea Ripley.
26:42It's rarely you see Ripley in this kind of position.
26:47There's nothing Ripley can do to get any kind of momentum, any kind of space.
26:53That's how effectively she's been shot down by this twin supervillain duo of Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
27:02Good way to describe him.
27:25For 53 days those have been in the hands of Rhea Ripley and Io Sky.
27:31But right now we are in the deep water of a compelling tag team championship match.
27:37Nia Jax and Lash Legend in control for the majority of it.
27:43And Rhea and Io have been incredible tag champs so far on this reign.
27:48But that grip on those tag titles has never looked more tenuous than it does right now.
27:55And Nia Jax smells blood.
27:57Now back on February 13th these teams met up.
28:02And it ended up being a no contest as they were brawling on the outside.
28:05We saw so much damage done.
28:08Oh!
28:09The impact on the post.
28:14And Lash Legend looking to get busy.
28:19Oh!
28:20Right on her!
28:21Announced Esca.
28:22Samoan drop.
28:24Nia Jax.
28:26Oh!
28:27And then chopping down across the sternum of Rhea Ripley.
28:31This has been an absolute masterclass from the irresistible forces.
28:35Ugh!
28:35No time to recover for Rhea Ripley immediately thrown back in the lion's den.
28:41Lash Legend to try to take the championship.
28:44Shoulders are down.
28:46Doing change.
28:46Man.
28:48How much more can Rhea Ripley take, Wade?
28:50I mean, so much punishment already absorbed.
28:54This past me in the piece de resistance.
28:57The spine of Ripley just taking damage after damage after damage.
29:03Let's not forget in 24 hours she's supposed to be competing inside the elimination chamber.
29:09Good luck with that Rhea.
29:12The leg drop from Nia Jax.
29:15This could be it right here.
29:17And Io Sky makes the save.
29:20And that might have been Io Sky completely emptying the tank.
29:28Up over the ropes.
29:29Clinging on is Io Sky.
29:31Nice momentum move from her.
29:33It was pendulum-like.
29:35Turfing Lash Legend out of the ring there.
29:37And it's just pissed off Nia Jax.
29:41Nia's like, you want more?
29:43Put yourself in position.
29:44You're gonna get it.
29:45Oh, but she gets out of the way and drives that right shoulder into the post.
29:50Yeah, and trash talking Rhea Ripley.
29:52Never the smartest of moves.
29:54You know, Rhea Ripley is as durable as they come in the women's division.
30:00And now there's an Io Sky on the outside with a grimace on her face,
30:04but ready to get back into the firefight.
30:07Lash tags in, but here comes Io Sky.
30:11Look at those Shota uppercuts and nicely moving out of the way of Lash Legend.
30:17And it's stomping down.
30:19Lash is a lot of things.
30:20She's never gonna be faster than the genius of the sky.
30:23No one in that division is.
30:25Io Sky in prime form right now.
30:28Looking to defend the tag team championships.
30:32Io's almost stumbling around there.
30:34Trying to get a little head of steam here.
30:36Whoa! Oh my God!
30:37Wow!
30:38It was over-rotated, but managed to cling on to Nia Jax.
30:42Deliver something that put Nia Jax down.
30:47Look at the way Io can manipulate that corner and then bring the big kick.
30:51You see Io's not quite as crisp as she normally is and you wouldn't expect it to be this deep
30:56into a match.
30:57Missile drop kick.
30:59Well that was pretty damn crisp.
31:02She has turned things around.
31:04The genius of the sky.
31:10Out to the outside.
31:12With the suicide dive.
31:14And now back to action.
31:17She's got her in the zone.
31:20Bullet train attack Meteora.
31:22Now blocking out the pain and at least on the surface looks as good as new.
31:27Target zone achieved.
31:29Genius of the sky.
31:35Over the moonsault.
31:39And Nia Jax at the last possible moment.
31:43While both teams should have had this match won on one occasion now.
31:48Only to be thwarted by a last second break up.
31:53Oh!
31:54Annihilator.
31:55An annihilator on Io.
31:59Could it be?
32:01Rhea Ripley drags Lash Legend away.
32:06Well this one now spilling all over the place.
32:09And it is Lash Legend who's legal that attack from Nia Jax occurring behind the back of the referee.
32:15Shot again about the match won.
32:18But Ripley was just equal to it.
32:21Well this is absolute.
32:22Baitland.
32:22Tag title.
32:23Hanging in the balance now.
32:25So smart.
32:26By Rhea.
32:26Grab that middle rope.
32:29Well she has taken some damage.
32:31As has Io Sky.
32:33That annihilator moments ago.
32:35Neither of the tag jams can stand up on their own power at this point.
32:40Oh look at this.
32:42But enough to deliver that.
32:44It's a burst of energy.
32:46A little rush of blood to the head.
32:49A little headbutt to the jaw of Jax.
32:51Oh she's going for Riptide.
32:51She's going for Riptide on Nia Jax.
32:53Just hit Riptide.
32:54I think it's Lash Legend who's legal here.
32:56Oh yeah.
32:57Lash is undoubtedly legal.
32:59She's got her love.
33:00Lash extension.
33:06New champs.
33:09Here are your winners.
33:10And new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
33:16Nia Jax.
33:18Lash Legend.
33:20The Irresistible Forces.
33:24The Irresistible Forces Wade just forced their way to the top of the division.
33:31Gold's in hand.
33:32This was the moment.
33:33Rhea Ripley.
33:34Put down Jax with a Riptide but did not keep around the legal competitor.
33:39Lash Legend.
33:41And one Lash extension later.
33:45The tag gold has changed hands on the road to WrestleMania.
33:51Congratulations.
33:53Irresistible Forces.
34:00Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
34:04Your new tag team champs.
34:13They are new tag team champions.
34:15I know.
34:16I saw.
34:17It's fine.
34:18It's totally fine.
34:20Like how you're fine that I'm in Elimination Chamber?
34:23Charlotte.
34:24It's fine not to be fine.
34:26It'd be fine if I wasn't fine.
34:28But I'm like really fine.
34:30My best friend might be going to WrestleMania.
34:33I couldn't think of a finer situation.
34:37Yeah.
34:38This is not fine.
34:41Alexa.
34:42I hope you're as good of a competitor as you are an actress.
34:44Because your ability to pretend that this is fine.
34:47It's truly commendable.
34:48And you're okay with Julia not being in chamber?
34:50Because when she randomly screamed in my face last week.
34:53It seemed like she's really well adjusted.
34:56I'm just passionate.
34:57See?
34:58She's passionate.
34:59Passionate about things that matter.
35:01Like her still being your United States Women's Champion.
35:03Me becoming WWE Champion.
35:05And us becoming tag team champions.
35:08We'll have all the gold.
35:09And you'll have someone to eat ice cream with?
35:12You can't have any.
35:14I don't want any.
35:15I don't want any.
35:15I don't want any.
35:16You're so good.
35:17You're in the chamber and y'all are so messy.
35:22Anyway.
35:23Two of you my competition going into chamber.
35:25I just came here to say.
35:28Good luck.
35:34I'm fine.
35:39Nick!
35:40Nick!
35:42What the hell was that out there?
35:44Is this how you treat your tag team champions?
35:46Huh?
35:47We need to do something about the Y6.
35:49They coming out there each and every-
35:51I'm sorry.
35:51What I saw was you lose to Howdy Fair and Square.
35:57And then you all jump them after the match.
36:01So maybe we need to do something about you.
36:05More specifically, maybe it's time we do something about the tag team title seat.
36:11They haven't been defended enough for my liking.
36:14So next week on SmackDown, we're going to determine new number one contenders.
36:20How's that sound?
36:22How does that sound?
36:23Good.
36:24Bring anybody.
36:25Bring them all.
36:26Smash.
36:34The breaking news we had earlier tonight.
36:37Jey Uso out injured.
36:39A spot for elimination chamber now has to be filled.
36:42And it'll be Jacob Batu and Logan Ball to decide it.
36:46And that comes your way next.
36:54In Vegas, everything's a game.
36:58Some nights, it's played without cards or dice.
37:03Just tension.
37:06Never knowing who might show up at the table.
37:18WrestleMania Vegas.
37:20It's anyone's game.
37:24New women's tag team champions, Wade.
37:27Yeah, this is how it all broke down moments ago.
37:30A rib-tie was not going to get the job done because Lash Legend was the legal woman and won
37:36Lash extension later.
37:38The irresistible forces brought Rhea Ripley and Io Skye's rained down for God.
37:46A massive powerhouse duo pulled the gold.
37:50Let's go backstage to Cathy Kelly.
37:52Cathy.
37:54Naya Lash, mission accomplished.
37:58Congratulations.
37:58Right, Cathy.
37:59Congratulations to us.
38:01Okay?
38:01I am now a three-time women's tag team champ.
38:05And good luck to anybody who's going to take this from us.
38:08And my partner just won her very first WWE title.
38:12That's right.
38:12My first one of many.
38:14And best believe next week, we're going to celebrate the biggest, the baddest way right here on SmackDown.
38:20That's exciting.
38:21I can't wait.
38:24You're not invited, Cathy.
38:26Okay?
38:30Rude.
38:31Well, we have the main event coming up and whoever comes out on top will be celebrating
38:35because they will go on to Elimination Chamber tomorrow.
38:38Tess, Wade, what's going on out there?
38:39That's right, Cathy.
38:40Jacob and Logan still to come as, of course, the stage is getting set for tomorrow in Chicago.
38:45CM Punk at home in Chicago.
38:47Can you imagine this reaction in Elimination Chamber?
38:50That is going to be a raucous crowd for CM Punk.
38:54You might want to get your volume buttons ready.
38:56You might need to lower it a couple of notches during tomorrow night's show.
38:59Yeah.
39:00Perhaps no athlete represents a city prouder than Punk does with Chicago.
39:13People ask me, does pressure bother you?
39:21Pressure feels like this city I grew up in.
39:26Like the walls that shake when the trains go by.
39:30The wind that hits you head on.
39:35Growing up here, you learn how to stay calm when it's loud.
39:41To think straight when everything's closing in.
39:50That's why the chamber never rattled me.
39:53CM Punk does the impossible!
39:56Whether it's one on one on the outside.
39:59CM Punk!
40:00The no!
40:02Or a battle on the inside.
40:05When that door slams shut and the world goes quiet.
40:11Everyone feels that way.
40:28I wonder if the black mass woke up something inside of you, Randy.
40:35Ooh, is it anger?
40:37Well, dear wife, if it is, then I hope that he utilizes it well tomorrow.
40:44I'm sick, and I'm tired, and I...
40:48You think you know what's going on in my head?
40:50I don't know what's going in my head half the time.
40:52The voices, they're starting to talk more and more and more,
40:55and I don't know if that's because of you.
40:57I know you wish it was, but I'll tell you one thing.
40:59I gotta switch.
41:00I can flip it whenever I want.
41:01You want that anger?
41:02Careful what you wish for.
41:04As a matter of fact, after the chamber, I will find you.
41:13Of course you will.
41:15Because we planned it that way.
41:31The following contest is the men's elimination chamber qualifier match.
41:38Introducing first, accompanied by WWE Hall of Famer,
41:42the Oracle, Paul Damon, and Austin Thierry,
41:46from Dorado v. Cuerco Mico, by way of Cleveland, Ohio,
41:50representing the vision, the Maverick, Logan Paul!
41:56A door of great opportunity has opened for Logan Paul,
42:01the Maverick against Jacob Batu,
42:04to try to make it to elimination chamber next.
42:13Road to WrestleMania 42 and some big news with special start time announcement.
42:18Night one Saturday, April 18th.
42:20Start time 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific.
42:23And the first hour is going to be live on ESPN2.
42:27Now listen, full coverage is going to be on ESPN Unlimited on the app.
42:31But the first hour Saturday is on ESPN2.
42:33Now, Sunday WrestleMania, April 19th.
42:37Once again, special start time 6 p.m. Eastern.
42:39The first hour will be live on ESPN.
42:43You can, of course, watch the entire event on ESPN Unlimited, the app.
42:50WrestleMania, for the first time ever, on ESPN.
42:55Of course, Logan Paul has some pretty big moments at premium live events
42:59and now a chance to be part of the spotlight really this weekend.
43:03Jey Ushu attacked, out injured earlier,
43:05so now a qualifying match for elimination chamber here.
43:31And here's the opponent from Sacramento, California,
43:35playing it at 291 pounds.
43:40The Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Batu!
43:47Man, Batu was ripped and ready.
43:49And you know he wants to rip Drew McIntyre apart
43:52after everything that's been going on.
43:54He can draw a step closer.
43:57If he can get through this.
43:59And then tomorrow is elimination chamber.
44:02Of course, Logan Paul has been put in position.
44:07Jey Ushu attacked earlier tonight, was taken away in an ambulance,
44:11brought to a local hospital here in Louisville.
44:14So now the door is open, Wade, for either Batu or Logan Paul
44:18to be the surprise 11th-hour entrant into elimination chamber.
44:23Yeah, well, when opportunity knocks in this game,
44:25you've got to be ready to answer.
44:27Neither of these two men came here tonight thinking they would be competing
44:30for a spot in the elimination chamber.
44:33That is, of course, assuming neither of them did attack Jey Ushu.
44:38So fingers getting pointed in every direction right now.
44:42But what a gift this could be for one of these two men who now have a clear pathway
44:46to WrestleMania should they win this and go on to the chamber tomorrow night.
44:52Boy, that resistance of Batu after Logan Paul got up to such a hot start
44:57against the Samoan Werewolf who delivers the Senton.
45:00Well, for the player is a hot start because Austin Theory on the outside
45:04was doing what the Vision do better than anybody using that numbers game
45:09against the Samoan Werewolf and the Samoan Werewolf has to be locked in here.
45:15The Vision has been dealing with injuries and disruption,
45:20but Paul Heyman putting Logan Paul in position for this.
45:24Yeah, decimated by that bad load by those injuries,
45:27throwing off their momentum at the worst possible time of the year.
45:31Well, this is a huge chance for Logan Paul to instill some belief,
45:36some prestige back in the group that have caused so much carnage since alive in here on SmackDown.
45:42Heard from Jacob Batu earlier making his argument to General Manager Nick Aldis
45:47as to why he should have this opportunity.
45:51Remember his qualifying match that he felt like he had Cody and Sammy beat
45:55if it wasn't for Drew McIntyre.
45:58Okay, hold on. If it wasn't for Drew McIntyre,
46:00why is Jacob Batu consistently going after Drew McIntyre?
46:03He's still convinced that Drew took him out months and months ago.
46:08That is something that every single time it has been thrown at McIntyre,
46:12McIntyre has vehemently denied.
46:15I actually believed Drew when he said he didn't do it.
46:19Yeah, and we hear Jacob Batu saying,
46:21kick my teeth down my throat.
46:23And as he comes running into that corner,
46:25and Logan Paul is down and struggling to regain his composure against those ropes.
46:32Oh, Batu just sends him out and over onto the floor.
46:36Well, how do you slow down the Samoan Werewolf?
46:39Please let me know if you find the answer because I'm out.
46:44Here comes Bob 2!
46:50Elimination Chamber qualifying match.
46:52Can he get to Chicago?
47:03It was Jey Uso who was scheduled to be in the Elimination Chamber.
47:07And then just before we came on air, all the chaos backstage.
47:14Attacked.
47:16Damaged.
47:17Taken to a local hospital.
47:18And now Nick Aldis had to switch plans.
47:21The general manager feeling strongly that the best solution to replace Jey Uso
47:27in that final spot for the Men's Elimination Chamber,
47:31which will take place tomorrow night in Chicago,
47:33is to have Jacob Batu and Logan Paul have this match to decide it.
47:42Paul able to brace himself and then deliver.
47:45As he slams Batu's head down on the steel steps.
47:49Yeah, it would be a fool who writes off Logan Paul despite this overwhelming amount of force
47:54that Jacob Batu has thrown at him in the early goings.
47:57I'll say this.
47:58You know already that Paul Heyman came into this match with some kind of plan.
48:04We saw a little bit of that with the Austin Theory thing in the early goings of this one.
48:09It didn't work.
48:10There's ten more plans where that came from.
48:13But Paul Heyman needs one of those plans right now
48:15because the Samoan Werewolf is looking unstoppable.
48:24When you see that face, those eyes, that expression, you know what's coming your way.
48:32Oh, and Austin Theory pulls Logan Paul out of the way.
48:36Well, that was right in front of the referee.
48:37There is technically nothing illegal about that.
48:42And there is nothing illegal about that too.
48:45Sinister, underhanded, yes.
48:47But clearly highly effective.
48:51There you go.
48:52Maybe that's another one of those plans of Paul Heyman coming to fruition.
48:57And it has given Logan Paul a major upper-hander.
49:01And now this.
49:01Oh, look at Theory.
49:02Okay, this is with the referee distracted.
49:04And that is exactly what Austin Theory as a member of the division should be doing there.
49:09However distasteful you may find it.
49:20And Fatou has just had the stuffing knocked out of him here.
49:24And it might be about to get even worse.
49:29Yeah, I'll tell you right now.
49:31A pose and a pin like that simply is not going to get the job done
49:35against Jacob Fatou.
49:37Not with a spot in the Elimination Chamber
49:40and a pathway to WrestleMania at stake.
49:49Morgan Paul's turned things around with some help from Austin Theory.
50:00Slammed into that corner.
50:02Yeah, Jacob Fatou does not need any help to turn things around.
50:06But can he get the job done?
50:07Can he get the pin?
50:08Can he qualify for Elimination Chamber?
50:10The spot in the Garden of Oregon.
50:10Go away.
50:11Go away!
50:12Yes!
50:15Saturday night's Elimination Chamber in Chicago.
50:18And right now,
50:19Jacob Fatou and Logan Paul trying to decide
50:22who will replace Jey Uso.
50:24In that final spot, Jey Uso had earned it,
50:27but Jey Uso was shockingly attacked earlier tonight,
50:31was sent to a local hospital,
50:33and now general manager Nick Aldis has put Fatou and Paul in against each other
50:37to see who will be the sixth participant.
50:40It was all Jake and Fatou until Austin Theory involved himself on several occasions
50:46and now has given Logan Paul the upper hand in this match
50:50and maybe the momentum to propel him to the elimination chamber tomorrow night.
50:55Fatou.
50:56Oh man, that impact on the top post.
51:00Wow.
51:01As Logan Paul takes advantage to get to Chicago.
51:05And Fatou gets that shoulder up.
51:08Paul Heyman looks on Paul Heyman
51:10who made the argument for Logan Paul to have this opportunity.
51:14Telling general manager Aldis
51:16even getting unfair treatment has the vision.
51:21You want the biggest stars at Wrestlemania?
51:24He was looking for that prime time five star splash.
51:27What a super kick, Wade.
51:28Guard right to the temple, pinpoint accuracy from the Samoan werewolf.
51:33Look at Fatou.
51:36Could this be it?
51:41Fatou is hurting, but Fatou can cause damage from all angles.
51:46He's simply a freak level athlete with a hell of a lot of force behind everything he does.
51:54There's a late kick out there from Logan Paul.
51:57Panic in the eyes of Paul Heyman who is starting to sweat at ringside.
52:01This could be Paul Heyman's last meal ticket for Wrestlemania here.
52:07Awesome scene at the KFC Young Center in Louisville.
52:10A big right forearm from Logan Paul.
52:13The Maverick quick to his feet to meet Jacob Fatou.
52:17Yeah, speed and high flying has always been the Logan Paul calling car,
52:21but he's packed a ton of muscle on that frame.
52:24He needs to use every ounce of that muscle now to power Fatou over,
52:29but it looks like it's failed.
52:33Fatou dismisses him.
52:36And that is not where you want to be
52:38with a Samoan werewolf on the top rope.
52:41But knees up.
52:43Knees got up on the Swanton.
52:45And now Paul quickly takes advantage.
52:49Nice blockbuster there.
52:52Double stacking the offense.
52:54Look at that Logan Paul.
52:58Hooks the leg to get to the chamber.
53:01A late kick out there.
53:03I'll tell you right now,
53:04Logan Paul slightly overreach with that springboard moonsault.
53:09And that perhaps is the only reason
53:11why Fatou was able to kick out.
53:14I mean, it's an epic launch,
53:16but the landing itself wasn't quite there.
53:19You can't blame Logan Paul this deep into a matchup
53:22with the Samoan werewolf,
53:23but that might have been the difference
53:25between qualifying for the chamber
53:27and failing tonight.
53:29Logan Paul couldn't contain his own athleticism there.
53:33He nearly went all the way across the ring
53:36on that springboard moonsault.
53:38Oh, here we go!
53:38Looking for the Pulverizer instead.
53:41It's Jacob Fatou's super kick.
53:42He got out the back door.
53:44And now he's got Logan Paul in position
53:46and the massive running hip attack.
53:49Oh, Austin Theory's up on the apron.
53:52Austin Theory and...
53:53And now Paul Heyman is up on the apron.
53:55Careful, Paul.
53:57Oh, he's got hands on Heyman.
53:59He's got hands on Heyman.
54:02Oh, well, a low blow!
54:06And a big punch right to the jaw.
54:09The biggest puncher in the game
54:11just connected on Fatou.
54:13That titanium right hand.
54:16Five stars.
54:18Flash.
54:19Two and change.
54:21No change at all! The slimmest amount of change possible! How did Batuu kick out there?
54:30After that bionic fist titanium right hand...
54:34Oh! The mystery masked man is here!
54:39The bane of the vision is back!
54:43Oh and a right hand comes in from Morgan Paul
54:46Dog down cold! Are we gonna fall down?
54:47Are they going for the mask? Who is it?
54:51Are we fu-
54:52Who in the- What? Who the hell is that?
54:55I've never seen that guy ever! Who is this?
54:59Who the hell is that?
55:01Who the hell is that?
55:03That's the masked man!
55:05Get him out of here! Get him out!
55:08Let's go!
55:11I don't even know what to say!
55:14I mean a highly ineffective masked man if that is indeed the masked man!
55:20Well...
55:20But the match rolls on!
55:22Yeah, it continues on! We gotta decide this final spot in the elimination chamber!
55:27Oh!
55:28Two!
55:29Pop-up Samoan!
55:31Just refusing to be denied tonight after all the abuse he's taken!
55:36Here we go!
55:37Mighty-
55:37Drew McIntyre!
55:40Drew McIntyre!
55:40With a title to the aquarium!
55:43Logan Paul!
55:46He did it!
55:49Here is your winner!
55:52The Maverick!
55:54Logan Paul!
55:57Wade!
55:58Fatou was in position!
56:01He had the mighty moonsault in gear!
56:04And then Drew McIntyre!
56:07With a title shot to the dome!
56:10While McIntyre refusing to allow Jacob Fatou into the elimination chamber!
56:17Therefore guaranteeing he will not have to face Fatou at Wrestlemania!
56:24Logan Paul qualifies for the chamber!
56:27And here's where it all went south!
56:29For Batou out of nowhere!
56:31Skulking under the ring!
56:33The WWE champ!
56:36Drilling Batou with the gold right to the temple!
56:40And you don't need to ask!
56:42Logan Paul twice!
56:44He was ready to pass!
56:45He will be at the chamber tomorrow night Joey!
56:47Yep!
56:48We are set!
56:48We are one sleep away!
56:5020 hours away!
56:52From the most critical juncture on the road to Wrestlemania!
56:57And Logan Paul is in!
56:59It is the elimination chamber!
57:02It is tomorrow at 7pm Eastern on ESPN Unlimited app!
57:09Sweet home Chicago!
57:11Logan Paul is coming your way!
57:14nomines Wright Peders!
57:15Triple Peacock!
57:16Straight 2!
57:17Straight 2!
57:19Straight 2!
57:19Straight 2!瓜!
57:19ingl Works debe
57:201! Chris! Mrs.
57:20Watadi! SSCM with 얘기를 좀
57:20ring time! Patrick time!
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