00:00Look at this, Soul not even allowing Zarya to have that moment right there.
00:05She's taking it right to her former partner, her former friend.
00:09And Jeremy Mark is trying to separate the two to ring the bell.
00:11There it is, this is underway and you can understand why Soul is very angry.
00:15Not a single part of you feels bad for Soul Ruka.
00:18Had her titles taken from her to an injury, one was lost by Zarya.
00:22Everything Zarya has said, everything that Zarya has done to this woman.
00:26All she did was try to make sure everyone said Soul's name, they said Zarya's.
00:30Come on, I'm not going to feel sorry for Soul Ruka or anything like that.
00:34But I'm going to say it, she made her own breaks of experience.
00:36Every opportunity that Soul Ruka got, she got it by her own will because she's talented, man.
00:42I give her that, I'm not going to take that away from her.
00:44I know we saw a brand new NXT Women's Champion to start our night is off that larian.
00:48Instead of going for a cover, we just see Zarya ripping away at the body of Soul.
00:53And also look at Zarya, you can see that right shoulder is heavily taped.
00:58Wonder if that will have anything to do with the power game later on in the matchup.
01:01But we saw that new Women's Champion, congratulations to Lola Vice.
01:05But do both of these women need to move past their issues with one another?
01:09Do they need to put that in the rearview mirror just to move on?
01:12Yes, I agree with that, I agree with that.
01:15I mean, but this right here, just sit right here.
01:17This is that big payback for Zarya. Zarya's the one who's been sitting in the shadows,
01:23waiting for that opportunity that we've been talking about since the beginning of the year.
01:29This is it, this is standard deliver, man.
01:31And again, these women who know each other so very well, you saw Zarya get out of the way
01:36moments ago of Soul Ruka, and then just dropped Soul face first over the steal.
01:41The official is counting these two, he is at six. We do not want to see this end in a
01:46double countout,
01:47and Zarya certainly wants to beat Soul Ruka in the center of the ring here tonight.
01:52You just heard Zarya scream and just charge right in on Soul, another vicious clothesline.
01:59And you know, I'll ask this too, did Soul need Zarya? Because I don't think a lot of people feel
02:04that
02:04that's the case. I feel a lot of people think that Soul had a great friend, that Zarya wanted to
02:09also
02:10give her the spotlight. Do you really think Soul Ruka would have got through all of those matches,
02:14all those major, major matches, without Zarya at her side? There's no way, there's no way,
02:20of course, of course she needed Zarya. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, because I would have used
02:26her too, Vic. I would have used her too, just like Soul Ruka did. You talk about all these things.
02:32Did you hear that? Used, used. I heard what you said, but has Soul not worked hard for those
02:38opportunities. I mean, Booker, she doesn't make the matches. I don't blame Zarya. I don't blame
02:43Soul Ruka. I blame Zarya. I blame Zarya for getting lowered in. You know what I mean? You know,
02:50getting hood weak. Led astray, run amok. That's who I blame. Zarya took a second to look out
02:59to the capacity crowd here in the factory in St. Louis. Took a little bit too much time, got caught,
03:04and now flying through the air. And again, it's that power. The power out, that untapped power as
03:09well, Vic. We really don't know exactly what Zarya actually had. We don't know. We haven't seen it.
03:16Off that all the way, slam into the cover and a kick out. And back to Soul being selfish.
03:20Those were Zarya's words, not mine. Both were part of the Women's North American
03:24Championship ladder match last year at this event. And Zarya's the one who reminded us,
03:29it was Soul that pushed her from the top. In that match though, Vic, it's every woman for themselves,
03:37is it not? Between these two women, you got both in the same. You know, it's a selfish business,
03:43and it's a selfless business. Like, sorry, she's been selfish. She's given Soul Ruka every opportunity
03:49and been there at her back. Vic, wouldn't you be a little bit frustrated? Come on, let's be honest.
03:54Let's just be honest for a moment. Wouldn't you be a little bit frustrated? If I had the opportunities,
03:59and I fell short? No, she lost the ladder match. She had the same opportunity as Soul Ruka didn't
04:04to win that title. She didn't do it. Who knocked her off? Her best friend.
04:07Soul knocked her off. Her best friend. But again, Booker, every woman for themselves.
04:10What are friends for, Vic? What are friends for? You tell me there are no friends in this business.
04:13She's into the cover, hook of the leg, and in her fall. I didn't say it. Soul Ruka said it.
04:18Zarya's. They were buddies. They were friends to the end. I'm talking about blood to the bone.
04:23What happened to all that, Vic? Well, Zarya's the one who threw it out the window. She got angry
04:27that she didn't receive a phone call to be in the Royal Rumble. It was Soul Ruka who got a
04:33call,
04:33not Zarya. At one point again, Soul Ruka was double champion. Zarya lost one of those titles,
04:39and you know what? She may have lost it on purpose as Soul lands on her feet, charges back in,
04:43trying to roll right through, and double stomped to the gut. Okay, that was a big shot. I mean,
04:48all you're talking right now, you said a whole lot, but the OJs, they wrote a song. It was called
04:52a big
04:52payback. Is this the big payback for Zarya here tonight? Just to one up, to one up Soul Ruka.
04:59That's all it takes. Do you think a victory for Zarya here tonight will wipe away all those
05:04championship matches she didn't have if she's able to put that feather in her cap? I think,
05:08I think she will be able to put Soul Ruka behind, man. Like you just said in a minute ago,
05:12put her in the rear view mirror, and that was a huge knee right there by Zarya. Zarya has a
05:16lot of talent.
05:17She came here to NXT, highly touted, man. Like I said, she just haven't gotten the same opportunities.
05:23And look here, like I said, I'm a promoter. I know how it is. I see the star power in
05:29Soul Ruka.
05:29I'm going to give her opportunities if I possibly can. I get it, Vic. Well,
05:33Zarya right now charging in, Soul having to hop up and over. And again, these two do know each other
05:38so
05:38very well. Big shot. You start to wonder if someone's going to have to do something a little
05:42bit extra, put a new wrinkle in their game to pull out the victory. And we saw this earlier from
05:46Zarya, just trying to hang Soul Ruka out to dry. Soul firing back with a few sharp elbows,
05:51right to the side of the face, and then a big kick rocking Zarya. And what's on the mind now
05:58of Soul Ruka all the way to the top. Never met a risk. She didn't want to take. And a
06:04big
06:04hurricanrana. And that might have turned the matchup around for Soul.
06:09Soul Ruka athleticism personified. Man, she could do anything in the middle of that ring, Vic.
06:15She's an extraordinary talent. She's like the wind, Vic. You can see it, but you can't touch it.
06:22That's the way it is with Soul Ruka, man. Well, you go back to the last time they were in
06:27the
06:27squared circle with one another. It was a triple threat match in Houston. They're trying to one-up
06:32the other. Zarya, F5, Soul. Took the chance. They both have cost themselves championship
06:37opportunities as now they come face to face. Yes!
06:50So much anger between these two. So much pent-up aggression over the last calendar year.
07:01Big kick from Zarya. Soul answering right back. And Zarya swinging.
07:13It looks like Soul Ruka starting to lay it all on the line. What an uppercut.
07:18Soul always brings her best under the bright lights. Of course, you remember her big victory earlier
07:24in the year actually came at the end of last year when she beat Bayley at Saturday Night's main event.
07:30Not to mention the Royal Rumble appearance where she almost won the Rumble and was able to send herself
07:36to Wrestlemania as BAM! Big drop kick almost through the chest of Zarya. And it seems that
07:42Soul's back on that wave of moment. You gotta wonder if all that muscle of Zarya is beginning to
07:48come into play with the lactic acid buildup. But right now, she's back in it. She's back in it, Vic.
07:54Sine Q maybe looking for that F5. Gotta wonder where we're at with the damage done. And Zarya's
07:59right shoulder is up, over, and whoa! Whoa!
08:03Flung out to dry! God! Both women, again, just the familiarity of both, easier for me to say.
08:10And it's a scary situation as I'm getting a little tongue-tied here for these two women, because that
08:14was a nasty, gnarly landing. But is this where the hatred comes in, that they're willing to do anything
08:24to destroy the other? I don't think it's hatred. I think it's envy. I think it's envy more than
08:28And I don't know if you're noticing this book, but here's someone who always picks up the little
08:34things when we're talking after the match. Did you see almost like Zarya was going into the side of
08:39the ring, liver first? And we've seen people's bodies buckle under certain pressures, especially a
08:45good liver shot. And we've seen Ruka land a few good kicks. I mean, that steel beam running across
08:50that side of the ring right there definitely going to come into play with something like that.
08:54Let me tell you right now, don't think for a moment. Hold on a second, Sol!
08:57Oh, yes! Oh, is looking for that Sol Snatcher instead.
09:01Got caught by Zarya. Beautiful counter there.
09:04It's Zarya! Ooh, nasty landing. Again, I walked that ramp earlier.
09:07That is a solid steel ramp. There is no give up there.
09:11Look, I say, don't think Sol Ruka don't understand everything she's doing in
09:14this ring right now, Vick. She's calculating. She's very cunning. Hoping she just got caught, Vick.
09:23Looking for the chokeslam. Sol able to counter, able to duck the clothesline.
09:26No way, no freaking way, no freaking way, no freaking way.
09:30Right there on that solid steel ramp. And I think Zarya might be out.
09:35Sol trying to get feeling in her arms.
09:37Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit.
09:43I mean that, you just hear the sound. Listen again.
09:50And this goes back
09:54to how far are these two women willing to go to destroy the other?
10:03I mean, Sol Ruka just, just proved how far she's willing to go right there, Vick.
10:09Oh, my word. Zarya rising up.
10:14Yes! Taking it right to Sol.
10:16Yes! And this, that hatred, everything she's
10:18talked about being villain in stories and what's been going through her mind.
10:22Well, right now it's blood that's boiling through her veins. And the back,
10:26the back just gave out for Zarya. Oh, baby.
10:29And Zarya just got caught.
10:36I don't know if I've ever seen someone this late in the game kick out of not just one,
10:44but that was the second soul snatcher.
10:49Wow. You gotta be kidding me. There's no way.
10:54Booker, I'm speechless in this moment is
10:59This might be that new wrinkle Sol has to add.
11:02Trying to springboard. Fly in. Got caught with a spear.
11:06Big time, dude. Right now.
11:08And we've seen Zarya after that spear
11:10enter into the zone of destruction.
11:14She's so close, Vick. She's so close to put this story in the rear view mirror.
11:19Could that be it? Could that be it?
11:31What is starting to set in
11:35to Zarya's mind? I mean, Booker.
11:38What went through your mind when you delivered your best shot and it wasn't good enough?
11:44Those questions, man, that's when you start asking those questions, those dumb dumb questions.
11:48Can I get the thing done? And that was a big shot.
11:50That should have been it right there.
11:52That should have been a three count pick.
11:55Shane woulda, coulda, it was not.
11:58As we are in the factory in St. Louis, this stand and deliver.
12:21Zarya not to be fooled that she was last year.
12:25Massive headbutts, one after another, looking for yet another F5.
12:32Well, I said earlier, a massive proportions.
12:36I was wrong.
12:37Avalanche, big.
12:39Oh, yes.
12:40So we were trying her best, trying to fight her way free.
12:42A couple of elbows right there to the jaw of Zarya.
12:45Now focusing on that shoulder that's heavily bandaged.
12:48And now, Soul, what's on Ruka's mind?
12:51Zarya's starting to fight back.
12:52Precarious position for both these women.
12:55Let's go Ruka, let's go Ruka, let's go Ruka, let's go Ruka.
13:05Soul, massive X Factor.
13:09Dropping Zarya a third time with a Soul Snatcher.
13:15Will it be enough?
13:16One, two, three.
13:18Ruka snatches the soul of Zarya.
13:23Here is the winner, Soul Ruka.
13:29Booker, we talked about the new women's champion Lola Vice.
13:33I take nothing away from Zarya.
13:36And I believe that there are more opportunities in line for both these women this year in NXT.
13:44I can tell you this, there's a whole lot of competition waiting in the wings for Lola Vice.
13:50Trust me on that.
13:51Well, this was the moment last year.
13:55And Zarya would not be fooled again.
13:58No!
13:59Screaming through the pain, battling through.
14:02This, though, the X Factor from the top.
14:04Maybe Zarya went a little bit too much looking for a huge F5.
14:10Got caught for the third time.
14:12So nice, see it twice.
14:14Zarya after that was rocked.
14:16She was down.
14:17She was out.
14:19And tonight in St. Louis belongs.
14:21They're just so much fun.
14:21They had a chance to die on his own league.
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