00:00All right, it's Bayley and Lyra against the irresistible forces.
00:03Lash Legend will start things off against Bayley.
00:06Now, Bayley and Lyra have a bit of momentum.
00:07Remember last week here on Monday Night Raw, they knocked off Asuka and
00:10Kairi, the Kabuki Warriors.
00:12Certainly gotta give Bayley and Lyra a little confidence boost prior to this
00:16matchup, but then you have to deal with game-changing power like Lash Legend
00:21just showed Bayley in the entire world, and you can't plan for that.
00:24And she just grows with confidence each and every week as Nia Jax comes into
00:29the ring, the two-time world champion, a three-time tag team champion with
00:35WrestleMania experience, and the irresistible forces want to head to
00:39Las Vegas two weeks from Saturday with the gold.
00:43Tag made.
00:44Here comes Lyra Valkyria.
00:46Lyra bringing the fight for the much more powerful Nia Jax.
00:50You're taking a high risk.
00:51This could be a great strategy for the challengers.
00:54Remember last year's WrestleMania, Lyra Valkyria would win the tag titles
00:58along with Becky Lynch.
00:59We will find out later on that Becky Lynch had attacked Bayley, costing
01:02Bayley an opportunity at WrestleMania.
01:05So again, another door opens for Bayley tonight with a chance to make it to
01:10Las Vegas, and she's got to keep plugging away, Corey.
01:13I mean, look at what Sami Zayn did this past Friday night on SmackDown.
01:16General Manager Nick Aldis told him, you don't have a spot at WrestleMania.
01:19What does Sami do?
01:20He goes out, wins the United States title, and forces his way to Vegas.
01:23Well, Bayley would love to follow suit.
01:25But on the other hand, if Bayley and Lyra are unable to dethrone the champions
01:28tonight, I don't know how you find a path with this little time left between now
01:33and WrestleMania.
01:34Great point, Bayley in off of the tag now.
01:36Bayley, a former two-time tag team champion.
01:39Look at this.
01:40Nice double team by Bayley and Lyra.
01:43And Bayley quickly, there's that veteran instinct into the cover, hooks the inside
01:46leg and powering out.
01:47One.
01:48Lash Legend, bringing her next level power every time she steps in the ring, just
01:53shrugged Bayley's pinfall attempt off at the count of one.
01:57And for all of Bayley's accolades, I don't care who you are, that's disheartening.
02:01Lash Legend, goes line to Bayley, and a back elbow to Lyra.
02:05So hard to take Lash off her feet.
02:13Now a tag made by Nia Jax, the original irresistible force.
02:19Lyra able to escape out the back door.
02:22I'm going to use her quickness here with a kick to the midsection.
02:26Body shots from Valkyria.
02:28Flurry of offense from the challenger.
02:30Bayley makes the tag.
02:32She's now legal as Nia is driven out of the ring.
02:35And here comes Bayley!
02:36Bayley with a suicide dive.
02:38Good lord.
02:41Sending Nia Jax into the table and the towel into our laps.
02:45I would have settled for a little Nia Jax artwork rather than having my drink in my lap.
02:49But hey, Bayley doing it again.
02:51And Lyra with a follow up drop kick takes down Legend.
02:57Bayley and Lyra are cruising with the tag titles on the line.
03:13And Bayley and Lyra looking great.
03:15They've got the irresistible forces out off their feet and out of their game here, Corey.
03:21You're absolutely right.
03:22But unfortunately, championship, sorry, champions advantage in effect as it always is.
03:28Titles only change hands by pin fall or submission, which has to happen inside the ring.
03:33And thus far, Jax with cover and a kick out.
03:37Jax and Legend have been next to unstoppable in between the ropes.
03:42And now Nia once again regains control.
03:45Tag made to Lash and here comes Legend.
03:48Oh, what a chop dropping Lyra to her knees.
03:55Legend now mocking Bayley who's growing irate on the opposite side of the ring.
03:59But the irresistible forces have done a textbook job of cutting the ring in half, keeping Lyra isolated.
04:06And look at Lash using the middle rope as a weapon.
04:09That was unique.
04:14And now on the other side right in front of us.
04:16Coast to coast whiplash.
04:20I get it. Whiplash.
04:21I didn't even realize that.
04:23That was just happenstance.
04:24Nice job.
04:26Little things happen out here.
04:27Oh, and look at the knee planted right in the spine.
04:30Cover now on Lyra to retain and a kick out at two by Valkyria.
04:34And that may be an instance of lack of experience from Lash Legend.
04:38It was a bit of an overconfident cover.
04:40You can't blame the champions for being confident.
04:42But I think a little more weight on Lyra's shoulders might have ended this one for the champs.
04:47And now Lash cinching in a version of a stretch muffler submission.
04:51This is an absolutely agonizing position to be trapped in if you're Valkyria.
04:56Especially someone with the power of Legend.
04:58With one arm, Cole.
04:59One arm.
05:01Flash is just showing off now.
05:06The scary strength from Legend.
05:09Right now Lyra and Bayley have to feel their championship dreams slipping through their
05:14fingers.
05:14But Lyra somehow able to summon the strength to sit upright.
05:18Looking for a sunset flip.
05:20Can she bring the powerhouse down?
05:23Not quite.
05:28My goodness, what a clothesline.
05:32I just don't know how Lyra climbs back into this.
05:36Well, that makes two of us.
05:41Tag made.
05:42Nia Jax once again legal for the champion's team.
05:50Big headbutt scrambles the brain of Lyra Valkyria.
06:05We are live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
06:1018,171 on hand tonight on the road to WrestleMania.
06:15And the women's tag team titles on the line.
06:18Nia and Lash defended against Lyra and Bayley.
06:20As we saw moments ago, Nia Jax got a little overconfident.
06:23They could have backfired.
06:25Cheap shot by Nia.
06:26Drives Bayley off the apron.
06:28And no one now for Lyra to tag.
06:32Jax now muscling up Valkyria.
06:35Big time Samoan drop.
06:37That could do it.
06:38Cover now, two retained.
06:40And a kick out by Valkyria.
06:46Lyra, tremendous amount of guts.
06:48Ton of heart.
06:50We know that about her.
06:50Former intercontinental champion.
06:53And as technically skilled as Lyra is, the champions have made her and Bayley look downright clueless
07:00since the opening bell.
07:02One-sided dominance.
07:03And Lash trying to prevent Lyra from making a tag.
07:07Valkyria trying to drag herself to Bayley.
07:10And now a step up into Gary catches Legend.
07:13Now Lyra's got an opportunity.
07:16Legend on spaghetti legs, but still refusing to relinquish her grasp on the ankle of Lyra.
07:22And now Legend again showing off her power.
07:25Went for Monaco.
07:26Suplex.
07:27And Lyra countered with a DDT.
07:29Face first goes Legend.
07:32And now Lyra's got a chance.
07:39Bayley wants a tag.
07:41Critical moment in this match.
07:44Tagged to Bayley.
07:48On the second turnbuckle.
07:50Elbow delivered to the back of the neck.
07:52Cover.
07:53Two count kick out by Legend.
07:58Bayley took a moment to survey the scene and make sure Nia was still where she's supposed to be.
08:04Big bow to the face.
08:06That'll break a nose.
08:07We may not see Bayley till WrestleMania next year.
08:10Good God, what a kick.
08:12And Nia with a massive leg drop.
08:14Cover now.
08:16Bayley somehow got the shoulder up.
08:19We've already seen the men's tag titles change hands tonight.
08:22The Vision knocking off the Usos.
08:25Can Bayley and Lyra somehow pull this out to win the tag team gold?
08:30Not if Nia lands this, but.
08:32And Bayley though, back to her feet, into the back of the knee and the hamstring of Nia Jax.
08:38Smart move by the veteran Bayley trying to chop down Nia Jax.
08:41There is no way.
08:42Absolutely no way.
08:44Take that back, Graves.
08:46Oh my God.
08:48Bayley showing some power of the road.
08:50As if tag.
08:53Here comes Valkyria making the climb to the middle rope.
08:58Moonsault on the money.
09:00And Lash Legend breaks it up.
09:05And Bayley now takes the fight to Legend.
09:10Oh!
09:14Valkyria rocks Legend.
09:16Who answers?
09:17Running uppercut.
09:21Everybody's down.
09:29And we've got company.
09:31Is that?
09:32Yes, it is.
09:34Nikki and Bree, the Bellas are here.
09:38And right behind them, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair.
09:43The four teams who have been jockeying for position over these tag titles for weeks.
09:49We were talking about how red hot the tag team division has been.
10:00And now Valkyria saying stay out of her way.
10:03We got a tag title match going on.
10:05Lyra sending to Charlotte and Alexa.
10:07We got a tag title.
10:11We got a tag title.
10:12We got a tag title.
10:13Oh my goodness.
10:14From behind.
10:18Legend has Nikki Bella spine first into the post.
10:25And Bayley now up on the apron.
10:29Caught by Legend and into the apron goes Bayley.
10:33And meanwhile, the tag championship match continues.
10:36Lyra now pop up and down goes Valkyria.
10:41Not with a headbutt.
10:42And now the queen.
10:43And this match isn't underway anymore.
10:46Alexa and Charlotte getting involved because of their hatred for the irresistible forces.
10:53Yeah, but there went Lyra and Bayley's opportunity to become champions.
10:57I can't blame the WWE fans for acting in the way they are.
10:59We're in the middle of a great matchup tonight between these two before the Bellas and Charlotte
11:04and Alexa got down here.
11:08Big kick.
11:09Ready?
11:10Rocks the job.
11:11Nia Jax, Bliss following up.
11:15We got a melee in Manhattan.
11:18Lyra sends Lash into the ropes.
11:22And a knee by Bayley and now Lash sent out.
11:32Despite the chaos, the champions, Nia Jax, Lash Legend, the irresistible forces are gonna retain.
11:43But we have got chaos in the women's tag team division as Las Vegas draws near.
11:53Well, things really out of control on the road to WrestleMania.
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