00:00To compete for the match at WrestleMania.
00:02So good luck to Nikki as she gets ready for WrestleMania 12 nights away.
00:05Hall of Famer or not, it doesn't matter when you get to WrestleMania,
00:08you need to be 100%, especially when you're dealing with someone as powerful as
00:12Lash Legend and Nia Jax.
00:14Just ask Bayley.
00:16Going down right in front of Nia Jax, who's talking trash.
00:19Quite the history between Bayley and Nia Jax.
00:22I guarantee you, Nia provided a few valuable pointers to Lash Legend before
00:25this matchup.
00:26And look at the power of Lash is able to stuff the stomp attempt of Bayley,
00:32of the role model.
00:34And as this first time ever matchup gets underway,
00:37do want to send our congratulations out to the new NXT Women's Champion,
00:41Lola Vice, getting the job done at NXT Stand and Deliver this past Saturday.
00:46And Bayley now taking the fight to Lash Legend.
00:49Talked to Bayley earlier today.
00:50She told me that she's been ticked off because for the past year,
00:54no one has taken her and Lyra serious as a team.
00:57So she needs to do whatever she can do.
01:00Oh, look out.
01:02That ain't gonna help anything.
01:03Gonna say she said she needs to do whatever she can do to change that narrative,
01:09but does not look like it's going too well.
01:12I want to find a new book.
01:23Corey, Lash Legend has been so impressive.
01:28I agree with you wholeheartedly.
01:29And this is a woman that we've witnessed grow from her days in NXT.
01:33Coming to the WWE from the world of basketball, where she had great success.
01:39She told you to zip it.
01:41She didn't like what you were saying.
01:44What the hell with her?
01:44I ain't gonna talk about her anymore.
01:45I'm not gonna say anything good.
01:46I actually like her now.
01:48Oh!
01:49Bayley, call this solo, Cole.
01:51Driven into the ring post.
01:52Joey styled it for us.
01:53I've spent most of my career calling this place solo before you showed up.
02:02And Legend now tossing Bayley into the ring.
02:05Again, Lash Legend.
02:06And the thing is, she's learned so much from Nia Jax.
02:10Not just what to do in the ring, but that attitude.
02:12Oh, what a splash!
02:14Cover!
02:15Bayley's gotta kick out.
02:16Well, that's the difference.
02:17I think Lash actually arrived in NXT with the attitude.
02:20She's always had that part down.
02:22It was putting all of her tools to the right use.
02:25Learning to put things together.
02:26Stringing together offensive sequences.
02:28She learns every time she gets in the ring.
02:31Whether it be standing by Nia Jax or across the ring from someone else.
02:35Lash Legend has become a student of this business.
02:37Oh, and one of the...
02:38Even when she arrived here on SmackDown,
02:41the thing you noticed about Lash is the confidence.
02:44Look at the way she's acting in the ring.
02:45Nothing seems to bother her.
02:47She always seems to be in control.
02:50And she rolled outside of the ring to tell me to stop talking
02:52when I was saying good things about her.
02:54So, I mean, case in point.
02:55I'm laying out again.
02:56Take over.
02:57And here now is Bayley whipped into the corner.
03:00Up over the top now, Lash.
03:02Trying to scoop her up.
03:02But again, the power legend not allowing it to happen.
03:07Bayley, of course, one of the most decorated stars
03:10in the history of our business.
03:11Four-time world champ.
03:13Oh, my God!
03:14Look at this!
03:15Getting splattered right now by Legend.
03:18And to that point, Cole, there isn't much in this business
03:21that Bayley hasn't seen or experienced firsthand.
03:24She has been in the ring with the best of the best.
03:26She's held championships.
03:26She's lost championships.
03:28She's felt elation.
03:29She's had her heart broken.
03:31So for Bayley to look this ineffective,
03:33this deep into a match against Lash Legend,
03:35to me just speaks volumes as to how talented Lash truly is.
03:39And what we're seeing now is just one of the reasons
03:42that she's been called the Uji bully.
03:44Legend just bullying Bayley here.
03:47Nonchalant cover.
03:48And the veteran gets the shoulder up.
03:51Sophisticated confidence.
03:52The way I like to describe what Legend shows in the ring.
04:00Looking down at Nia Jax, who's just smiling with glee
04:04as she watches her protege take down Bayley.
04:19And we are back live on Monday Night Raw.
04:22Lash Legend, who has dominated most of this matchup,
04:25finds herself in a bit of trouble now against Bayley.
04:28And I like this urgency we're seeing out of Bayley.
04:30The role model realizes she isn't gonna have much of a window
04:33to inflict offense on Lash Legend.
04:35So you gotta strike while you have the chance.
04:37Yeah, a week from Saturday WrestleMania.
04:40She was going for that sunset flip and Lash Legend just overpowered Bayley.
04:45Drove her into the corner.
04:49And now, what a backbreaker.
04:52You can't teach power.
04:54And Bayley kicks out.
04:58And as talented and skilled as Bayley is,
05:01it's obviously tough to game plan for power as well.
05:03I know how much time Bayley spends trying to strategize before a matchup.
05:07But then you get in there and you experience the power firsthand of someone like Lash Legend.
05:11It's tough to deal with.
05:12It's tough to collect your thoughts and call an audible when need be.
05:15Bayley has been effective against powerful competitors in the past.
05:20I mentioned her rivalry with Nia Jax earlier tonight.
05:23Here now is the cover by Lash Legend.
05:27Stacks her up and a kick out.
05:29But I think there's definitely a difference in style between Nia Jax and Lash Legend.
05:35Nia is a more straightforward smash mouth style competitor.
05:38Lash has a little bit more speed than Nia does.
05:40She's got a little bit more agility.
05:42That's right.
05:42And I don't mean that in a bad way.
05:44No, no.
05:44Nia Jax is as good as they come.
05:46Just a difference in styles.
05:48Difference in skill sets.
05:49Both incredibly effective as Bayley will attest to.
05:52Bayley again just trying to survive right here in this matchup.
05:55As someone.
05:57A week from Saturday, WrestleMania begins as the fatal four way for the tag titles.
06:03Legend and Nia Jax upset with that.
06:05Because remember, Corey, they do not have to be pinned or submitted to lose the goal.
06:10First team to gain pinfall or submission will win.
06:12So the champs.
06:14That could almost be looked at as a champion's disadvantage.
06:16Exactly.
06:17And that's what Nia and Lash were upset about.
06:19And now Bayley.
06:21Who right to the face of Legend.
06:23Driving her into the corner.
06:24And now Bayley again.
06:25By that drop kick.
06:27That unorthodox style of Bayley.
06:30Oh!
06:30What a knee!
06:32Bayley got all that one.
06:35Lyra Valkyria cheering Bayley on.
06:38Dragging herself now.
06:39Up to the second rope.
06:40Delivers an elbow right to the back of the neck.
06:43Shoots the half.
06:43Cover.
06:44Hook of the leg.
06:45Kick out by Legend at two.
06:50Take another look at this.
06:52Bayley from the middle turnbuckle.
06:53Boom!
06:54The elbow right to the small of Legend's back I believe.
06:57Very effective but not enough to finish the job yet.
07:01And now Bayley unloading on Legend.
07:03And I like this side of Bayley.
07:04We haven't seen this much recently.
07:05Just, oh no!
07:07Well Nia Jax behind the official's back.
07:10Just tripped up Bayley.
07:13And Last Legend trying to take advantage.
07:15Posted.
07:16Shoulder to the post.
07:18And now Lyra Valkyria!
07:21Oh!
07:22That wasn't wise, Lyra.
07:24She's driven kidney first into the apron.
07:27And we got company.
07:31Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss are here.
07:33They're part of that fatal four-way at WrestleMania.
07:38A unique offense being utilized by Charlotte Flair.
07:42A little jacket trick.
07:43And here's Bayley now!
07:44Wiping out everybody!
07:48That's what it's gonna take at WrestleMania.
07:50The role model has a little bit of daylight.
07:52Yeah, but Last Legend quickly back to her feet.
07:55And Bayley getting involved in the shenanigans outside
07:57allows Legend to deliver right hand.
08:08I don't know what Lash is thinking here,
08:10but it could end this entire matchup.
08:14Perhaps a superplex.
08:17Look out Bayley.
08:21Oh!
08:22Oh no!
08:23That was shifted her way!
08:24Cover now!
08:26Hooks the leg!
08:28And Lyra Valkyria holding Legend's leg, helping Bayley win!
08:32Here is your winner!
08:35Bayley!
08:36Hey, guess what?
08:38Fight fire with fire.
08:39I gotta agree with you, Cole.
08:41Credit where it's due.
08:42We saw Nia interfere a few moments ago.
08:45She got away with it, but it didn't lead to the results she so desired.
08:48And here's the other thing, Corey.
08:49You can pull that off at WrestleMania.
08:51No disguise.
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