00:00Kyria, all coming up just a week from tomorrow at Wrestlemania Saturday.
00:15This match delivered by Papa John's.
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00:23Next Saturday at Allegiant Stadium in Vegas.
00:27These will be two of the participants.
00:30The Fatal 4-Way going up against the irresistible forces for the Women's Tag Team Championship.
00:42And it's not often you hear an audience 100% against Alexa Bliss.
00:48One of the most popular superstars we have.
00:50But here in San Jose, this is Bayley Ville.
00:53No doubt about it.
00:54Such appreciation for everything she has put together in her dynamic career.
00:59A four-time World Champion.
01:02Two-time WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.
01:05Trying to make it three next week.
01:06Shoulders are down.
01:07And these two really are two of the best of the past ten years.
01:09Here in WWE know each other incredibly well.
01:13Have been competing against each other since their NXT days.
01:16Both multiple-time World Champions and many other various types of gold sins.
01:23Looking to add to their resumes just a week from tomorrow at Wrestlemania.
01:28See that red-hot pace that they created early on.
01:31And then just looking at each other with such respect.
01:33Understanding what the other brings to the ring.
01:38Oh, and that right knee.
01:40And that's part of the problem with being in your hometown.
01:43You sometimes get a little rush of blood to the head.
01:46Get a little overexcited.
01:48Overcommit yourself.
01:49And that's what happened to Bayley right there.
01:51Completely understandable.
01:53And just pounding down on her head for a moment.
01:57And what a vet move by Alexa Bliss.
01:59Who had this crowd vocally against her.
02:02Is now going to lean into that taunt Lyra Valkyria somewhat.
02:06But absolute veteran presence to step out of the way of Bayley there and take command of this match.
02:13Until right there.
02:18Oh, and Bayley out onto the floor.
02:21In her hometown of San Jose.
02:24Massive crowd for SmackDown.
02:27One, two, three, four.
02:46Now this past week on Raw.
02:47Alexa and Sharvick involved with the Bayley-Lash Legend match.
02:51Bayley came up with the victory against Lash Legend.
02:54Of course, these two teams have been circled around.
02:56Those women's tag team championships.
02:59Irresistible forces have found ways to hold on.
03:03And now there will be a fatal four-way come WrestleMania.
03:07And Bayley into the cover off the suplex.
03:08I'll tell you right now, the women's tag gold, certainly over the past six months, have been magnets for chaos,
03:15bedlam, content, ill-feeling.
03:18So many matches just blown out of the water by outside interference.
03:22Because it's such a competitive division, packed with some of the best, most experienced women we have seen over the
03:31past ten years.
03:32Smart of Alexa to fight back with that body blow moments ago and just get herself away from the barrier.
03:37And this is the frustrating part.
03:39If you're Charlotte Flair, if you're Lyra Valkyria being so close to the action, seeing your tag partner perhaps in
03:45peril,
03:46this kind of match there's nothing you can do about it.
03:49Unlike, of course, a week from tomorrow, WrestleMania.
03:59Bayley just has a little extra pep in her step this evening.
04:03And of course, family, present, friends, present.
04:07Hook on the leg.
04:09Kind of place Bayley would have attended many wrestling shows in her younger years
04:14before ascending to the absolute top levels of this industry.
04:18You always want to do a little bit better in your hometown.
04:26Delivering those big kicks to Alexa's frame.
04:30Bliss really has had the stuffing knocked out of her on this one.
04:33Got a brief moment in the match where she took control, but really it's been 90% Bayley.
04:39May have been looking to finish things there.
04:44Spot the problem.
04:45Don't write off Alexa Bliss no matter what you do.
04:49Although a stiff forearm to the jaw
04:52starts to make the likelihood of victory for Bliss here.
04:55Ebb away.
05:01Here's Charlotte Flair trying to get a Lexi chant going here in San Jose.
05:05Good luck with that, with the support,
05:07the overwhelming support that Bayley's getting going.
05:10Yeah, that Lexi chant has morphed into a Bayley chant.
05:14That might be enough to get Bayley back into the fight here.
05:19Working on that left arm.
05:26Now both women down.
05:28Knock the stuffing out of each of them.
05:30Who can recover quicker here?
05:32Who can build some momentum
05:34out of this showdown at WrestleMania?
05:46Friday Night SmackDown here at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
05:51Bayley and Alexa Bliss putting on a show here right in the center of the ring
05:56where the action has been red hot.
05:58And Bayley has dominated this matchup, but to Bliss' credit, she's done what she's always done.
06:05Dusted herself down.
06:06Picked herself off the canvas and may have just won this thing.
06:09Could be right here.
06:11And left shoulder getting up.
06:15So got a modified version of the natural selection there.
06:18Did some real damage to Bayley.
06:20And Bayley could be in big trouble here in her hometown of San Jose.
06:25Bliss has taken control.
06:26Bayley trying to steady herself.
06:33Delivering those knees right to the midsection.
06:35But this time, Bayley gets out of the way.
06:37Yeah, Bayley had the wherewithal to move at exactly the right moment.
06:41Wow!
06:42Right into the corner.
06:44Sunset flip into that turnbuckle.
06:46And Bliss might be out cold.
06:48Hook in the leg.
06:49Looking to win at her.
06:51And both women illustrating right now why they are at the top of the card.
06:57Why they are so dangerous.
06:59Why they're multiple-time world champs.
07:01And wait a second.
07:02Oh, boy.
07:02Know the history between those two.
07:04Well, major bad blood.
07:06I don't think Bayley appreciated.
07:08Flair sticking her head underneath that bottom rope.
07:11But that distraction has opened a window for Alexa Bliss to take control there.
07:16Bayley needed to stay focused on her opponent.
07:19All she needed was one moment.
07:21And then the running shotgun dropkick brings Bayley down.
07:25And now she's right in that target zone, Wade.
07:29Well, this is the way to finish the job for good.
07:32But Bayley simply too quick.
07:34Too much left in the tank.
07:41Bliss back in position.
07:43You can see Bayley favoring that right leg.
07:46DDT.
07:49This could be it right here.
07:51I'm not sure what Bliss was going for there.
07:53Whether it was a DDT or a suplex.
07:55But regardless, planted directly on the crown of the head was Bayley.
08:00Bayley, who is also nursing, apparently, a knee injury.
08:04Take another look at this.
08:06You'll sense that I think Bliss was going for a suplex.
08:10Oh, oh.
08:11Was looking for her sister Abigail.
08:13But it's Bayley to belly instead.
08:16What a turnaround.
08:17So much taken out of Bayley.
08:19She's not able to immediately bounce up with a pin here.
08:22That could have got the victory.
08:24Barely still nursing the wounds of that spike right on top of her head.
08:29Of course, it was the right knee earlier than the DDT.
08:32And now there they are, center of the ring, just blasting away on each other.
08:38Alexa.
08:40What a scramble this match has turned into.
08:44Jack Knight.
08:44Bayley.
08:45Back and forth they go.
08:48To Supreme Veterans.
08:50Pitting combination.
08:51And right on the rope as the break is made.
08:55Bayley aware of exactly how close she was to that rope.
08:59Why not grab it?
09:00Why not get out of this pin?
09:01Or why not get back on the offense?
09:03Again slamming her into that corner.
09:06Charlotte checking on Alexa.
09:09Major whiplash to the neck of Alexa Bliss there.
09:12And stumbling her way to apparently climb the rope.
09:17Contempt for Charlotte Flair continues.
09:21Oh, and that flying elbow drop of Bayley.
09:26And somehow, somehow Bliss was able to find just enough room to get that right shoulder up.
09:34Oh man, and this was a perfectly executed elbow of the top rope.
09:39That is a victory 99% of the time.
09:43And what a late kick out.
09:45There was almost a photo finish there.
09:56Things in danger are boiling over at ringside here.
10:04That's not going to help.
10:05Locking her right in Charlotte's face.
10:10Oh, and Charlotte just throws her jacket back and forth.
10:14Where these two old heated rivals go.
10:17Oh, wait a minute.
10:18Oh, meanwhile, quick one.
10:23Here is your winner, Alexa Bliss.
10:29Just a moment between...
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