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00:11Cody was not cleared to compete.
00:14And he has come to be with his fans again here on SmackDown.
00:25Tulsa, Oklahoma!
00:28What do you want to talk about?
00:29It's always nice when we can come out here, new information, medical staff, I met with
00:35my friend, our general manager, if I would be medically cleared for action.
00:40I AM CLEARED FOR ACTION!
00:45Which begets the question, what's next for Cody Rhodes on SmackDown?
00:51Wow!
00:52Ho ho ho ho ho ho!
00:54Maybe who's next?
00:56On arrival, Ricky Sainz!
01:06Just loves Ricky Sainz!
01:09Right here on the blue brand.
01:14You boo what you don't understand!
01:17I'm Ricky Sainz!
01:19And I am the hottest free agent standing right in front of you.
01:25Ho ho ho ho!
01:25But I know that you feel the change in the air.
01:28We talk about who's leading the revolution.
01:31Welcome to Friday Night Saints!
01:43i'm glad to have you you know how i feel about you but bold move here so i'll go ahead
01:48and ask you
01:49what's the difference between now and the last time i'm standing in front of a man
01:55your eyes still busted up you're barely hanging on and there ain't nobody that could do that
02:02except for me because i'm absolute okay okay i told all our friends in tulsa that i was cleared for
02:11action ricky saints versus cody rhodes is that what you want to do let's do it then
02:19one more thing actually i didn't come out here to make a statement i came out here to change who
02:26this show is about fair ricky i'm easy to find hard to beat the new kid in town massive start
02:35to
02:35smackdown with cody coming out waiting saying last week fatal influence made a big statement in their
02:40debut charlotte tonight you have a one-on-one against jc jane
02:48listen i tried to take on fatal influence i got ambushed i'm willing to put our differences aside
02:54to help out ria thank you that's so nice i know we've teamed before but doesn't mean we need to
03:01team
03:02again there are three of them there's two of you guys i mean i know you guys got this like
03:07cute goth
03:08thing going on three's kind of a crowd aoc besties trying to make a dramatic exit oh sorry i gotta
03:16go she's trying to get mad maria willing to help but the queen couldn't be more direct
03:23charlotte flair looking for some thank you gm nick aldus give yourself a pay raise
03:32all right cut the music i got something to say you all got just a small taste i thrive off
03:41that
03:42loves to do it's embarrass a legend
03:48are gonna take out your precious then with charlotte flair
03:56they are destined for the top well pulled page off the ring apron in the midst of that match with
04:01charlotte alexa and then so here is charlotte really focused jc jane issue after what happened
04:07cautiously dealt with her i know she fully entrusts her charlotte flair two of the goals of all time
04:14maybe a little easy to have that confidence when you have fatal and they teamed up and held up ria
04:19hit her with the rolling encore look at the queen 14 time here's part of the problem you step up
04:24from
04:25nxt there oh that's what it's about and roman reigns far in the match but with charlotte suddenly
04:35stepping up fatal influence getting involved as far as i'm aware alexa bliss played a major role in
04:41what just happened moments ago and that driving that knee straight up
04:44oh it's rodeo time joe tess i see that
04:51flair right now as flair tries to break free how about that flair you can never get too confident
04:58because charlotte flair and all these legends fall one by one those flair
05:03oh it's in a real oh the walkover clothesline never get used to this high crossbody pulling
05:13herself back from the break or is she big here goes charlotte
05:20and at the last major frustration in the face of charlotte flair jane
05:25that's the knee that's taken oh beautiful and flair survives it shockwave for jc jane oh she was
05:32looking for the rolling encore trying to lock it in can she arch that figure eight oh
05:38fallon watch out fallon oh and lexa laney comes in knee of her own
05:44these are some heavy but look out rolling encore
05:52and now what are they doing oh alexa trying to get in there
06:04now and tara in the locker room a nice attempt alexa fatal influence is all mommy's here
06:13rhea ripley in the eyes of fatal influence looking for riptide reverse
06:26extends the handshake of gratitude excuse me brie paige uh if you don't mind i just wanted to get
06:32your reaction as well as what we just witnessed we're impressed by fatal influence jc
06:37fallon sooner or later their actions will catch up to them and i will say you know i haven't been
06:43around for a while but what i do know is karma is very real we have to concentrate on two
06:47women naya
06:48jacks and lash legend nyan lash they're strong they're powerful they're former champions we will
06:55get the job done plus she's back that's right baby did you miss me bar take care bye ladies best
07:03of
07:03like tonight everything you know what i'm saying easy as one two three what's up dp talking to those
07:09americanos dawg i know what you were talking about but that's not these are the type of guys i've
07:12been telling you about for axiom i look forward to defending the tag titles against you guys tonight
07:17actually i know what we're talking about oh you don't even have to break a sweat we'll go talk to
07:21nick right now you're the man bro hey hold up guys what are you doing you're telling me that that's
07:27not what you were talking about no we're talking about taxes you're giving somebody advice on taxes i'm the
07:32best we can't just be giving anybody title shots are you okay dp don't you gotta get your head in
07:38the game i gotta get dressed our truth and damien freeze against craxiom that'll be coming your way
07:45next but dan housing wants he needs free human monies we temporarily blind him that's it that's when we
07:52get him and jump him come on go go go go get him down whoa free human monies wow this
08:03is great
08:04i can buy so much things with this didn't work so hard oh yeah it should have worked
08:16it worked so sick of this oh oh immediately he's a pest and four hundred dollars he's picking up the
08:25bar tab and i'll hook it davian priest and our true freebie title shot to fraxium fraxium jumped
08:38right on it and thus fraxia should we get nathan a mask they're not gonna hold it for much longer
08:45now of course those prize possession the wwe tag team the tag team terminal back in march axiom and
08:53frazer who drew that first possible spot and they gave it a hell of a run clean break come within
09:01a
09:01head agonizingly fell short several times and oh damn whatsoever now r-truth ready for that teamwork
09:11feel that priest has to have a sense of purpose with the position he put them in tonight probably
09:15sooner or later gonna do something pretty damn stupid not stupid that will get the hell out of
09:21damian priest's way especially twice the size of his two opponents here and was looking for racer edge
09:27but what a great counter now r-truth is in a whole world of trouble here and now here they
09:33go
09:35several weeks with some fantastic wins but the true chemistry in this match your analysis time and
09:41again and yet the individuals can make a good tag team as we see befuddled with one another unsurprisingly
09:47so but somehow able to pull wins out of the bag now that is teamwork look at this blocks right
09:54to so
09:54much of their offense oh drop kick from axiom such height he gets and r-truth is hurting in a
10:00big way
10:01here and damian priest needs this tag tulsa oklahoma damian priest and r-truth attack from frazer and axiom but
10:09here for too long oh a two for one remember it was damian priest who put them in this position
10:16tonight unexpected not the best of r-truth but priest is making the most oh and frazer and here comes
10:25a freshened up r-truth and he's got him where he little five knuckle truth to it can he put
10:33it away
10:34and went up oh chaos on the outside getting thrown there by fraxia and it seems to be working major
10:40burst
10:40of speed but you cannot win this thing on the outside fast-paced high-flying youngsters regret his
10:47mistake earlier had a oh and priest and things may have just changed for damian oh look at this control
10:56the axiom hands south of heaven nearly scraping might be about to score a major victory one edge
11:10uh-oh tomatonga is in the center of the ring toe two oh we saw the mfts solo sokoa with
11:18a double
11:20jesus looks like solo sokoa has something to say next don't go anywhere last week on smackdown jacob made
11:29a big big mistake he took out his family it's my family his brothers it's my brothers but they're not
11:42standing right here right now because of you jacob so jacob when your ass gets to this building you are
11:48dead man walking
11:55jay and jimmy on time
12:05hey hey hey we get it little brother but you gotta understand you ain't the only one that got an
12:10issue
12:11with him the otc roman reigns got some big big big problem with him too
12:18the mistake jacob made it's not when he took out the mistake he made was on monday when he put
12:24his
12:24hands that move is handed down taught generation to generation your dad used that move taller that
12:31move is last resort jacob is on last resort that means the otc is too that's got to hold up
12:38until
12:39travel chief is done with him there's plenty of jacob to go around for all of us so we're not
12:45asking you
12:46we're telling you
12:51let's go
12:57oh one little nod of the head activates
13:02what a force talatanga is you tell roman reigns that he ain't my tribal chief
13:09so whether roman likes it or not jacob is a dead man delivery from talatanga
13:18hey man i'm glad i bumped into you i heard what you said last week did you really call me
13:22sarcastic
13:23because i called you golden boy cody that hey that's not an insult we all want to be golden boy
13:29i wish i was the golden boy i'm not are you really upset that you got to wear a gold
13:33crown and a gold
13:34cape cody come on man look i'm tired of these misunderstandings between us we got to stick
13:39together man how far back do we go not only that but i feel like we're the last of the
13:43dying breed
13:43you and me were like the last real good guys we're friends cody you and i were the same a
13:50lot
13:50truth here sammy but one thing we're not the same
14:08week in week out and i'll be honest with you joe test this is the revolution ricky
14:14saints they're thinking highly of himself and one ricky saint this is somebody who is built for the
14:22big time or not you're challenging my analysis and position on a guy cody is back cody who said
14:29earlier looking like qb1 it looks like ricky saints flexes the speed of saints but just the power
14:36since immediately after wrestlemania a fast pace two weeks ago main event of perhaps not and it showed
14:46in the early going on the ribs and then a forearm up top and a forearm to the back and
14:50he's done just
14:50that in the early goings matter entirely a house that cody built for those who are completely i say
15:00that with all due respect to the champ but of course the fact that he makes is doing the thing
15:04here in
15:05oklahoma ricky saint certainly is good enough when cody looked like he was getting a foothold in the
15:11man directly targeting that left eye of cody got that lock in his eye now cody cutter what a reversal
15:19by ricky saints jeez hooks the leg cody gets that left shoulder up revolution ddt by ricky saints and cody
15:29survives it yeah cody survives it really is his to win now rochambeau potential here the big one oh cody
15:37turning things around the champ crossroads
15:42oh sickening
15:47medically cleared and healthy what oh gunther sleeper locked in
15:52oh no gunther and attacks with the sleeper again oh no oh gunther just as he did to seth two
16:03times
16:03and it's good undisputed championship is raised up ricky saints gunther does that
16:12go for the fight
16:17this goofball in this bar bar wagon but cash's human monies jotes clear off oh no
16:30hello fan houses i would spend it on the fan houses by buying some dan house and merchandise
16:37so generous what is the rest of this nothing nice about this guy he's a troublemaker
16:46my wedding renewal with my wife ruined referee got a cramp in his arm i have come to a realization
16:54i am cursed i will be your mentor ms hausen oh that's beautiful
17:06no no no miss you were mentoring me remember you enable this toxic little goblin wake up no you wake
17:19up do you know why everyone's talking about dan house in because he's master on what it truly takes
17:25superstar can you stay the same nope you're not even in the same league no no no ms ms come
17:34on ms
17:35i'm begging you i wrote a poem i wrote a poem you don't belong in this building you should be
17:43banned
17:44oh no you don't shake danhausen's hand
18:02oh no yes
18:07it was a trap yeah that's what i came to smackdown for
18:12cursed both of them during the match against them it's a skull crushing yes
18:17the men pride to elbow feel really good now danhausen has been extinguished
18:27i'm the glow
18:30i'm when the world thinks it's ready then blake munro
18:38the material girl blake munro coming soon a few weeks ago of course we saw
18:45making his way to the ring from east palo alto california royce kees
18:51so likeable so much at percy
18:53quanting kees the physical specimen and angel knows that because kees beat up berto
18:59you're all smart start there but it's simply a weakness and now you exploit
19:03oh distraction before you get exploited that might be the issue
19:08shoulders and the girth up top
19:10look at this are you kidding me baron
19:14ultimate spine buster
19:19and heralding a new star
19:21it is royce keys
19:24tiffany you won that title off of julia last week what's your plan for this rain
19:28i feel like people should be coming to meet for opportunities with this title and this title
19:32needs to be defended more frequently and who doesn't love the sound of a good open challenge
19:36so i brought you a birthday gift
19:38it's me walking it's a miracle
19:40sir nicholas the prickless ruins everything so instead
19:43you know chelsea i couldn't think of a worse way to spend my birthday
19:47first order of business we will discuss my reign as your first united states women's champion
19:52probably for the best that chelsea's phony little birthday celebration
19:56i mean it's not like tiffany is going to be united states champion for long
20:00i wouldn't be doing my job if i didn't secure julia
20:03i have the entire locker room to think about and actually i was talking to you
20:08let's see how you do when you're not being held back
20:11see you then little
20:13i wish you the best
20:15all right let me call you back
20:20what's up bro
20:22congratulations bro
20:23i appreciate that i've known you for about what 14 15 years
20:28come on i'm still that same guy that'll put 10 toes down
20:32yeah and still run with you seven days a week
20:35when i had the 89 accord we still drove 10 hours to vegas
20:39it still had to pull a 12-hour shift at the warehouse
20:42roman and the usos they're back on top
20:45so you know what that means
20:47they're back in business
20:48now what i need you to do is werewolf your ass up
20:53yeah you know you gonna be the man that goes on top
20:56or you gonna let roman take food off your table
20:59made you forget the smell of the streets
21:01people like us
21:02we take everything
21:04tap in big bro all day come on with that
21:20hit the best of jacob fatu
21:23as he arrived
21:24this is a jarring
21:26in more ways than one apparently
21:29i mean guys
21:35are we having fun or what
21:37huh
21:37i love coming to tulsa oklahoma
21:41you know what happened when bob dylan went electric
21:44they turned on him
21:46and i just thought to myself
21:48man can i relate
21:50to deserve some of the reactions that i've been getting lately
21:54it doesn't bother me
21:56i can deal with it
21:57and do you want to know why
21:58that i've had my back since day one
22:00and will continue to have my back
22:02what i don't deal with well
22:04is disrespect
22:06that someone
22:07like trick
22:10williams
22:11whoop that trick
22:12trick's great
22:12trick's fun
22:13shell
22:14of a man
22:15wearing a costume
22:16i could do that in my sleep
22:19coming out here
22:21night in night out
22:22year in year out
22:23that's hard
22:24when i look at old gingerbread over here
22:27i see trick williams
22:30not taking me seriously
22:32every time
22:33i look at this gingerbread man
22:35oh come on sammy
22:37this is a veritable ginger snap
22:40trick williams after sammy
22:43no too late to save me talk
22:45and here is your repayment sammy zay
22:49oh
22:50see if we're gonna give him a little bit of his own medicine there
22:55meanwhile that gingerbread man is just shredded
22:57decimated
22:58the axe is thrown up
23:00and that's never a good thing
23:02horses as this match
23:04page and brie bell against the irresistible forces
23:06i can't imagine how you're feeling any comment
23:08sammy zayn this time you crossed the line
23:10last week you took out yadick
23:11he's not back this week
23:13i don't know if he's gonna make it
23:14nobody touches the gingerbread man
23:16now you messing with my money
23:18and nobody messes with trick williams money
23:20look at my wrist
23:2130 000 on trick williams does not play around
23:24with his money
23:25that the gingerbread man is okay
23:26you gotta match with trick williams at backlash
23:29cause i beat you once on the biggest stage of them all
23:32i have no problem doing it again
23:34trick williams always gets what he wants
23:36when trick williams wants it
23:37he gets that ass
23:39same with the news doc
23:45sammy
23:45at backlash
23:46i'm gonna want that trick
23:47i'm gonna want that trick
23:48three more
23:52the wcw women's tag team championship
23:55unpaging no one planned for that now joe test
24:01the irresistible forces
24:04has them now seeking gold again
24:06so what you're saying
24:07first championship in wwe since 2014
24:11shared with us the unique circumstances
24:13ready to get back to it
24:16flash legend making a very
24:17simply cannot match power for
24:19you gotta keep on focus too
24:21distraction there
24:23forget that injury that causes
24:25flash legend off to a very strong
24:28strong start and talk about strong
24:31welcome back
24:32simply cannot take your eyes off naya jacks
24:35and brie right to the act with a missile drop kick
24:38says a brie mode knee
24:40brie mode knee indeed
24:42now lash legend pretty angered too by that cheap shot from brie bell
24:45delivering those rope burns
24:47the count
24:49billam smith is going to be in action
24:50against
24:51naya jackson's looking for that big splash in the corner
24:54but instead brie able to get out of the way
24:56in that corner of naya and lash
24:58staggering amount of force thrown with
25:01as usual in the tag division as soon as they possibly
25:04are looking to win back the women's tag team championship
25:07look at the power
25:08but could this be the opening
25:11needs yes
25:12here comes page
25:15looks to defend the goal
25:17huge part of the women's revolution
25:19oh hold on
25:20little page turner
25:22and now brie the legal participant
25:25and a baller buster
25:26position to retain no
25:28naya
25:29and suddenly things are coming apart at the seams
25:33but page is lurking
25:34oh and page takes out her legs for his back
25:37page look look at this
25:38shoulders down
25:39that was brilliant work
25:41they were taking the goal
25:43but if i were in the irresistible forces
25:51i can't
25:52oh oh no
25:53and she's chosen kiana james for a title defense of the u.s championship next week
25:58with bereavement standing sprays
26:00and heartfelt sympathy baskets pouring in
26:03talking about is this a joke
26:04seriously is this a joke
26:05we're giving television time on smackdown to the funeral of the gingerbread man
26:10sammy please
26:11it's bad enough when he's doing he's trying to get under my skin i don't need
26:14look he talked a big game he wants to have a title match with me at backlash
26:17i'll take back the united states championship and we can all move on
26:20fine with me at backlash it's you and trick williams for the u.s championship
26:24thank you very much
26:24all right thank you that's it
26:27ah
26:27ah
26:28dan housen
26:29mr nicholas
26:30ms kit dan housen demands a match with them
26:33how about at backlash i can put you in a match with ms and kit
26:38that's good
26:39if you find a tag team partner
26:41you need a tag team partner but if you can the match is yours
26:45all right fine
26:46oh you want me to disappear
26:48okay
26:49ah
26:56can't be feeling physically too good right now
27:00next
27:03our little brother solo stay out of the jacob patu situation with roman back off
27:07like frexium damian priest r-truth representing mft
27:13to roman usos at raw is one thing but he has gold on smackdown by any means
27:20look at the size of this man against jay who's trying to fight back out of the corner with a
27:26series of before
27:27what a chase classic uppercut
27:29he has the size oh my god body control has a major engine
27:34he has been coming on strong you know what he can do at a moment's notice
27:38and batter version of his older bros jay damage but this may have backfired
28:04he is the mastermind here as these two take it over
28:10get off my turf
28:12get off my turf
28:12get off my turf
28:13so let's say world championship or otherwise
28:16wow
28:16argued with him either
28:18here he goes again and another hip attack
28:20back alongside jay uso is now looking a shadow
28:24stop doing roman's job for him
28:26well that might all
28:27i was gonna say if sakura brought him into the
28:30oh
28:30how about the way this guy can move
28:32what an asset tala tonga is
28:35and what a sustain
28:36but jay uso may not get the opportunity the way this is looking
28:41oh
28:42and he sends solo
28:43as hard as could be
28:44yeah that was a nasty landing
28:45oh
28:46oh
28:47now's your chance
28:49to the outside
28:52spear
28:53and tala tonga makes the save
28:56takes a lot to get rid of the big man
28:58here comes
29:00big goal
29:03wow did he get him into the barrier
29:05bouncing back is the seven
29:07oh
29:09tala tonga ripping apart
29:11oh
29:13boss
29:14fratuhu is taken home
29:16oh he cracks him with him
29:21oh
29:22i love you solo
29:22remember that
29:23damn
29:25oh
29:25chagan death grip
29:27monday world solo
29:28here's a pitch for you
29:30one way to start
29:32a bow in for the desk
29:35four
29:35two
29:36just cannot stop
29:38jay kubbatu
29:43walk right through them
29:45you have a massive problem at batu
29:48the world
29:49and getting gold
29:50but now jaykub batu awaits
29:53hi
29:54tell roman reign's
29:57that i'm a dog walk his ass
29:58yeah
29:59bar
30:03backlash
30:04you
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