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00:25As soon as the bell rang and we were victorious at WrestleMania, we spent our tag team run as fighting
00:30Jack.
00:31And we've come out ahead every single time. No tricks, no cheat codes.
00:36We put everything we have into keeping our titles because we know exactly what happens when you start taking things
00:41for granted.
00:43Nia Jax and Lash Legend, on the other hand, they're used to walking all over people to get what they
00:48want.
00:49You already beat them.
00:50And they're desperate to come up with excuses. They said, we cheated.
00:54But what they call cheating, we call experience. Survival instinct.
00:59There's more to being and staying champions than just brute strength.
01:03We are two of the most influential history-making women on this roster.
01:09So the irresistible forces can underestimate us all day long, baby.
01:14Because that Saturday night's main event, when we step into that ring, they won't know what hit them.
01:24I mean, that's just an example of the next nine days.
01:27As good a stretch of action as you're going to see the highest quality of the matches.
01:33Saturday night's main event streaming on Peacock.
01:35Let's go through the card and show you what you're in store for tomorrow night, Wade.
01:40Yes, indeed.
01:41Because the Vision will be defending their World Tag Team Championships against the former tag champs,
01:47the Street Profits, who had some issues of late, but are looking to reclaim gold tomorrow night.
01:53Also in action on Saturday night's main event.
01:58It will be the Intercontinental Championship match.
02:01Penta looks to defend against all-ego Ethan Page.
02:05Do you see that interview with quote-unquote Mike Cole, all-ego Ethan Page?
02:10Yeah, Michael Cole was very disrespectful on my ass.
02:13He was not disrespectful at all.
02:14I'm talking about disrespectful.
02:14It was Paige who was disrespectful.
02:16Sol Ruka has been incredibly disrespectful to the Intercontinental champs, Becky Lynch.
02:22And Becky Lynch aims to teach Sol Ruka a little lesson tomorrow night at Saturday night's main event.
02:28Well, our action here at SmackDown in Lexington has been wild,
02:33including what we just saw moments ago with the vicious attack as Jade Targo jaded Rhea Ripley.
02:40And now less than 24 hours to turn it around.
02:43Six-woman tag match.
02:45Rhea, Charlotte, Alexa against Jade, Nietzsche, and B-Fast.
02:49And Lash Legend lost out earlier tonight to Tiffany Stratton.
02:52And Nia Jax ended up eating a pole thanks to Chelsea Green.
02:57They're on the warpath, but it'll all be soothed tomorrow
03:00if they can win the WWE Women's Tag Team titles
03:04against the champs Paige and Brie Bella at Saturday night's main event.
03:12We'll be forever after that.
03:20Hi, I'm Blake Menor.
03:22I'm Chelsea Green, but you probably already knew that.
03:24Yeah, I did.
03:25I actually watched you out there, and I just wanted to say that I wish I didn't.
03:37Look at you trying to make more friends.
03:39You're just making enemies.
03:41Let's see how helpful you are now.
03:42Yeah, Chelsea.
03:44Come on, get out of here.
03:45Come on, get out of here.
03:46Come on, let's go, get out.
03:48Get out.
03:49Let's go, leave.
03:51We're gonna match.
03:52We're gonna match.
03:53Got you, got you.
03:54Well, Nia and Lash are a little payback after what happened in our Women's US Championship match.
03:58Don't look who it is, it's the last good guy left.
04:03Huh?
04:03Let's go!
04:08The following contest is scheduled for one call.
04:11Introducing first, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, weighing in at 212 pounds, Sammy Zay!
04:20What was that title you gave him?
04:21I said he's the last good guy left!
04:26You seem thoroughly unenthusiastic about this.
04:29It's been a rollercoaster of frustration for Sammy Zayn in recent months.
04:34Well, I guess that could all be remedied right here.
04:36He can prove himself against the Undisputed Champion.
04:39Non-title match, but so much on the line for Sammy against the American Nightmare.
04:44Cody Rose, that's next.
04:53Hey, Priest!
04:54Priest!
04:56What's up with that grabbing me by my throat?
04:58Your partner called me to make sure I had your back tonight.
05:03Let me get this straight.
05:06You get involved in my business, and you ask me what my problem is.
05:11You got the balls to question me.
05:13I don't care if my partner called you.
05:16I don't know you.
05:17I don't trust you.
05:18For all I know, you work with the MFTs.
05:21Now, I'm out there.
05:23I get it jumped.
05:25Something you know about.
05:26Somebody grabs me from behind, and I grab you.
05:30What would you have done?
05:32I get it.
05:33I get it.
05:33I get it.
05:34We've both been there.
05:35But remember this.
05:37If it's the issue you want, it's the issue you're going to get.
05:40And anybody can get it.
05:47There's some tough talk between Royce Keys and Dave.
06:01Do you think he can use his Power Sword at Cringer and becomes Battle Cat?
06:05Ryder died.
06:05Sammy Zane's back.
06:06You know too much about him.
06:07Way too much dope.
06:08Well, let's see if the Power Sword for Sammy Zane can come out in this critical moment.
06:13He was on a tear earlier tonight with Nick Aldis and Cody Rhodes.
06:17That's what I'm talking about.
06:20I see you have something in my royal family.
06:26I see you have something in my royal family.
06:49That smile of a champion that lights up in the arena.
07:09From Atlanta, Georgia, playing in at 222 pounds.
07:14He is the undisputed WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes.
07:26Cody Rhodes, who earlier tonight was listening to Sami Zayn complain that,
07:33hey, if Gunnar's going to play games, why not him?
07:35Why not Sami for a shot at Cody?
07:38Cody always willing for a fight.
07:41Yeah, no doubt about that.
07:43Felt he was a little disrespected by the words of Sami Zayn.
07:46Well, Cody wants that signature on the contract from Gunnar for Clash in Italy.
07:51But as yet, it's not forthcoming.
07:54But as he says, easy to find, hard to beat.
07:58Take your shot, Sami.
08:08Of course, the end of last week's SmackDown.
08:11That version of Cody, a champ who took matters into his own hands, made a statement.
08:15That cross rose.
08:16So, Gunnar spoke volumes and now nine days until Clash in Italy.
08:21Weeks of dealing with Gunnar's hesitation to sign the contract, the mind games.
08:26Yeah, and it almost cost Conta last week when he ended up having to defeat Royce Keys to maintain his
08:34position as number one contender.
08:36And it's a strange game he's playing in my book.
08:39But right now, Cody cannot focus on that because he's got a very game Sami Zayn on his hands.
08:59Well, almost universal approval for Cody Rhodes here tonight in this arena.
09:04The Sami Zayn ride or dies are thin on the ground.
09:09Sami Zayn not deterred whatsoever.
09:15Sami Zayn looking to test Cody early on.
09:29Cody Rhodes saying, we've done the handshake part.
09:32Let's stop playing around here.
09:33Let's throw down.
09:37We go way back.
09:39Close friends, although that friendship has been massively frayed over the past two or three months.
09:44As Sami Zayn's career at times has spiraled.
09:54Cody quick to it.
09:58Slam Zayn.
10:00Now he says, you want to shake now?
10:17Cody was so red hot earlier after overhearing what Sami had to say.
10:21As Sami was making his argument that he deserves the chance.
10:26But it was the implication that for some reason Cody gets an easy ride around here.
10:30And I'll tell you right now, if you're the champ, you should get at times advantageous support from management.
10:37You should at times get an easy ride.
10:39But Cody undoubtedly has taken a long and arduous path to get to be the champ.
10:45And he's earned every piece of his status as the number one in this entire industry.
10:51And I think that is what rankled with Cody Rhodes earlier.
10:54Oh, Sami.
10:56Quick to send him down.
10:57The hot out of the blocks there with Sami Zayn, who now has an advantage.
11:20Cody Rhodes, the three-time undisputed WWE Champion.
11:26A performance at WrestleMania 42 in Vegas.
11:30And then the attack afterwards that cost him time.
11:33The horrible injury.
11:35Against Sami Zayn in ring, who is a zero-time world champion.
11:40And how much does that irritate Sami Zayn?
11:43For the moment it would be if he could put away the current WWE champ tonight.
11:49Imagine he would skip the showers and go straight to the door of Nick Aldis.
11:54And start making some demands on championship opportunities.
11:59As he continues to work on that left leg of Cody Rhodes.
12:03The recent United States Champion Sami Zayn.
12:10Cody looks in real trouble here. The damage to that left knee is quite clear to anyone watching.
12:17Simply no way to hide that level of pain.
12:20And Sami Zayn acutely aware of what is damaged on Cody Rhodes.
12:24And now he's going to attack relentlessly.
12:26.
12:36Sami Zayn and his referee has been a little overzealous in getting between the two fighters.
12:42Just going to further irritate the mindset of Sami Zayn.
12:49chop after chop and you can see how much cody is favoring that leg
12:55i mean your job as someone with an injury in the ring is to try and a
12:59hide and b protect that injury from your opponent and cody's in such a bad way he's
13:05simply not in a position to do so oh great turnaround by cody but still
13:11doesn't have total stability on that left knee there's a little taste of his own
13:15medicine therefore zane it was kind of the same thing that caught coley cody earlier
13:19in the match but cody unable to capitalize on that advantage that he got himself
13:24thanks to that busted knee
13:28sammy slams him down and he can feel all the momentum
13:36and the bruise ring out and sammy is now searching for the one or two fans that are still
13:43believing in zane at this point
13:45i just can't understand why there's that reaction
14:00now we're going to torture that left knee of cody rhodes you know there's no quitting cody
14:05but severely hampered in his abilities to fight back here is the champ
14:20story of this match between sammy zane and cody rhodes has been the attack on the left knee
14:26of cody rhodes and how impacted he is he's trying to find stability and support as sammy zane
14:32has targeted that leg well cody's got no option at this point in the match to play anything other than
14:39defense he simply doesn't have offensive capabilities because sammy zane has completely taken that out of
14:47but somehow cody does that digs down and finds enough but how do you follow that up with
14:57one bad leg struggling now to even get up to a vertical base he's just about there but wobbling
15:05look at how much attention he's having to give to that left knee and that attention on the knee means
15:10it's
15:11tension you simply cannot focus on your opponent although giving it a good old try now is cody
15:18and delivering but still stumbling around and it's those beats in between moves that can be
15:26oh cody connor
15:31sammy just beats the count cody's still dealing with that injury just when i write off cody rhodes a
15:37one-legged springboard leap off that middle rope and a cody cutter almost gets the job done cody in
15:45a bad way physically but that fighting spirit still living on nine days to clash in italy sammy overheard
15:53that gunther still hasn't signed the contract arguing that he deserves a chance cody was enraged in some
15:59of the things that sammy said that he overheard with nick aldis earlier so this came his way cody's quite
16:06clear he's having to fight anyone but you know his target has to hook up oh no he just blasted
16:13the
16:14champ all the way across our announce desk while cody landing hard on the desk ribs and side first and
16:21then with the bounce he lands knee first on the floor too and cody's in a world of trouble here
16:28oh the
16:29distance traveled wade already joe that count is climbing we're on four already and that injured left
16:36knee of cody rhodes can he beat the count on that bad leg we're on seven joe
16:45will he make it in cody does it by the skin of his teeth but low water waiting him in
16:53there sammy zane and
16:55now cody rhodes with that busted up knee probably some busted ribs for good measure looks like a beaten
17:02man i cannot believe what he just had to endure he went flying he got sent all the way from
17:11the
17:11rigol hallufa's lined up he's got hallufa lined up cody's just a sitting duck now
17:19cody able to get out of the way for a moment oh and he delivers the cutter again this time
17:26from
17:27the very top a super cutter by cody
17:32and a millisecond away from victory the difference there being how long it took cody
17:39to cover after connecting with this top rope cody cutter the body just not cooperating in time but cody
17:47now believes
17:51still stumbling around but it's sammy zane who is completely away with the fairies now there are
17:58certain qualities that a champion possesses cody is showing you that oh look at this brilliant counter by
18:04say almost stealing it there from roads blue thunder bomb could he do it and now it is cody once
18:17again
18:17struggling to cling on as despair is in the eyes of sammy zane who thought he got it done with
18:24this blue
18:25thunder bomb
18:30they have pushed each other to the limit perhaps in the case of cody past the limit with the damage
18:38he
18:39has taken here in lexington and now right back to that damaged left leg oh no bigger four
18:50a move that cody has made his own at times now torturing qb1 in the center of the ring after
18:58everything that's happened to that left leg now this now the will of cody really being tested
19:14cody trying his best i think to reverse this can he get that leverage can he turn that corner sammy's
19:24trying to hold up but cody does all the pressure now on the knee of sammy zane cody turns it
19:31over
19:33sammy's looking for that rope break and he gets it as referee ryan tran forces the break
19:40both men on about five percent battery life at this point in the match struggling to even stand
19:46up well this is really a test of will and a test of grit for both competitors
19:56great right hands you can still see the effect of the damage to that left leg
20:05cody disaster kick cody having to block out the pain and go on autopilot here but it is crucially
20:12working a disaster kick may turn things around for cody rose good there's up on the apron gutter
20:20is here the referee's missing the entirety of it oh no
20:27rose
20:33he did it here is your winner the undisputed wwe champion oh gunther's right back in their way
20:43well gunther came here tonight on a mission to take down cody rhodes and by hook or crook
20:49he will complete said mission oh that lariat it now puts him in position for that signature power bomb
20:57nine days to clash in italy
21:22sleepers in
21:25as sammy watches on
21:41sammy zayn exits the ring as gunther
21:48as the sleeper walked in on cody sammy is distraught that he lost the match but
21:55now cope now gunther has free reign to do whatever he wants to the carcass of the wwe jam cody
22:03roads
22:04as he has done so many times over the course of the past year to so many legends at the
22:12end of their careers
22:17and now that undisputed
22:21wwe championship held high by the man who earned a championship shot at it
22:43in torino italy is just nine days away the ring general gunther will battle cody rose for the undisputed
22:55wwe championship in torino italy streaming live on the espn app
23:03and what a showdown it will be gunther as far as i'm aware still has not fully signed the contract
23:10but it seems
23:11inevitable
23:19a week from sunday they meet in italy
23:23that time
23:23to mainly
23:23what a showdown it's done
23:23a week for this搞
23:24why
23:24it's terrible
23:24it's terrible
23:24it's my pleasure
23:25i'm
23:25i'm
23:25i'm
23:26you
23:26it's terrible
23:27for tonight
23:27why
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