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00:00champion who was red hot after
00:02last week's attack by Jade
00:04Cargill and her crew and then
00:06Rhea wasn't there to help.
00:09She addressed Rhea earlier
00:11tonight and Alexa Bliss who's by
00:15her side had a solution.
00:39They're ready for action only so
00:41much player could take it here
00:43before you got to deal with the
00:44living legend fatal influence
00:46across that line earlier.
00:47So now this as Rupp Arena
00:56explodes for mommy.
01:17And her tag team partner from
01:21Adelaide, South Australia.
01:23She is the WWE Women's Champion,
01:26Rhea Ripley.
01:30Rhea Ripley with that championship
01:31gold in hand.
01:34Of course, Jade Cargill put forth the
01:36challenge for Clashing Italy with
01:39business to take care of here tonight at
01:41SmackDown.
01:42Then tomorrow on Saturday night's main
01:44event when Rhea, Charlotte, and Alexa
01:47will go up against Jade, Meechan, and VFAP.
01:55Nine days away from Turin and streaming on the ESPN app.
02:02It is Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, the WWE Women's Championship.
02:09Yeah, it could be nine days until Rhea Ripley loses the gold in hand right now
02:16back to the woman she took it from at WrestleMania 42.
02:20But first things first, a couple of big time matches ahead of that for Ripley and indeed
02:28Charlotte Flair.
02:29And tomorrow night, Alexa Bliss too at Saturday night's main event.
02:34Now give Alexa Bliss credit for helping us have this match here and this dynamic power pairing.
02:41Well, I don't think Rhea Ripley or Charlotte Flair are quite ready to thank Bliss for her
02:47antics today in putting this match together.
02:51Charlotte Flair clearly wanted to tag with Bliss, not Ripley.
02:55But Bliss did the smart thing with an eye on tomorrow's matchup at Saturday night's main event.
03:00We're gonna iron out the problems right now.
03:02We're gonna be safe in the night, now we won't let you in.
03:07Cause we hold on the light, and I'll blind you in the night.
03:12Better know the fight is you can, say the same, say the way you may tell,
03:20we'll take hold of this game.
03:25And there are both, accompanied by JCJ, representing Fatal Influence,
03:31Lady Reed and Salen Henry!
03:35Wade, how much pleasure has Fatal Influence had
03:39creating as much chaos as possible in the women's division?
03:44So, what is your mission when you come up from NXT
03:48and step up to the biggest stage of them all on Raw and SmackDown?
03:53Your mission is to get in there and make the show about you as quickly as possible.
04:00And I would say, historically, I don't think anyone has done a job quite as well
04:06as this trio of rock stars, Fatal Influence, who have not only the fanbase talking about them,
04:13but also the biggest names in the locker room, names that don't come bigger than Alexa Bliss,
04:20Charlotte Flair and Rhea Bloody Ripley. Job well done, J.C. Jane et al.
04:27And it's the way they've done it, it's what you just pointed out,
04:31because you can have those that are new to the roster who say,
04:34okay, there are going to be rungs on the ladder, and I will climb every rung on the ladder
04:40and try to work my way towards contendership.
04:44Not this group, wasting no time, and Charlotte Flair is wasting no time.
04:48But they wasted no time, Wade, in going right to the top to poke and prod and bother and disrupt.
04:55Well, they've got confidence. They've certainly got talent.
04:57But they've come in here with the smarts of knowing they're not going to walk on eggshells.
05:02They're not going to play good girls. They're not going to wait their turn in catering.
05:06They're going to come out here, and they're going to make a play for gold on the top spots in
05:11WWE,
05:13right from the word go, and I like that.
05:15And by the way, Charlotte Flair delivering on the attitude we heard and saw from her earlier tonight immediately.
05:20I gotta tell you right now, that outfit of Charlotte Flair's should be banned.
05:24It is a cheat code. It is simply mesmerizing the opponents.
05:29How can you possibly focus on your fight with that outfit? Wow.
05:33The ultimate fashionista of WWE.
05:35That needs to be in the loop.
05:43So Fallon Hanley now deciding, tagging out, and giving Lainey Reed a little try here.
05:51Unfortunately for Lainey, a fresh mammy is in the ring.
05:54Unique chemistry as I will tub it between Rhea and Charlotte on that tag exchange.
06:01We just need to go back in time and think about those partners of convenience
06:08that one year ago Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss were.
06:11Well, essentially that is the role of Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair tonight.
06:16It's worked once, it may work again, but right now Lainey Reed looking pretty damn special,
06:21but what a catch from Mammy.
06:23Reed went for the cross body.
06:25Rhea Ripley said, watch out, fall away, slam against Lainey Reed.
06:30Lainey Reed may want to get over to Fallon Hanley and make the, well that's safe.
06:35The pat on the head tag.
06:38Oh, these two.
06:42The two living legends.
06:43I mean, that's a disrespectful time.
06:45I mean, come on.
06:45I think to be fair Charlotte's having to.
06:47They are who they are.
06:49Oh, Charlotte with that big queen boot and then all of a sudden Lainey Reed takes control
06:57and now out on the floor.
06:59Fallon Hanley runs Flair right to the top of our announce deck.
07:03Shot out by that aggression from Hanley here.
07:05Bouncing.
07:06Oh, man.
07:07Charlotte Flair all over the place.
07:09And that distract from JC Jane Pivotal here as finally Fatal Influence have the upper hand.
07:16Fallon Henley.
07:18You're all welcome.
07:36Charlotte Flair just got wrecked on the outside of the ring in the midst of our tag team match
07:42this year.
07:43Fallon Henley and Lainey Reed taking on Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair.
07:49And once Fatal Influence get the upper hand, historically speaking, right of cowgirl.
07:55Historically speaking, they simply do not let up.
07:58That has been their story in NXT over the past couple of years.
08:01And it seems to be the story here now in this match.
08:07Fallon Henley, Fatal Influence bubbling up with confidence.
08:11As they should be.
08:13And if they're bubbling up with confidence now, imagine how bubbling up that confidence
08:17will be if they put away the team of Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley.
08:23And now you see the teamwork.
08:25And Lainey Reed came in with such velocity and now a count of two.
08:30Yeah, that's from drilling in the WWE Performance Center, getting their movement down,
08:36getting their synchronicity down.
08:38And it really is showing here.
08:40And there's a lack of synchronicity between their opponents, Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley.
08:45Two all-timer individuals who simply aren't quite clicking as a team thus far.
08:54J.C. Jane looks on.
08:57She has been the leader, spearheading this charge by Fatal Influence,
09:01through the SmackDown roster, going right to the top.
09:05And it really was J.C. Jane on the outside of this one that calls that distraction so pivotal
09:11to giving Lainey Reed the upper hand here against Charlotte Flair.
09:16And looking damn good while she does it.
09:21As Alexa Bliss looks on, hoping that Charlotte can free herself,
09:26desperate to get the tag to Rhea Ripley.
09:29Alexa Bliss suddenly realizing that she made a major miscalculation,
09:33putting Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley together in this one.
09:36Yeah, but also understanding they need to work through this stuff before
09:40they get to Saturday Night's main event.
09:46Flair.
09:49Just when she started to get going.
09:51One, two, three.
09:54And this has just been relentless from Lainey Reed, who continues to impress.
10:00Fairly young in her career, but listening to the smarts of J.C. Jane,
10:05developing rapidly and becoming a major player and a major force here on SmackDown.
10:12What?
10:15Two.
10:16One.
10:20One, two.
10:21One, two, two.
10:25One, two.
10:37The Young Rising Star's fatal influence continue to impress.
10:42As you see, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reed in there against Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley.
10:48As Charlotte, they've been getting the best of her, but now she starts to fight back.
10:53Talk about impressive, that was impressive from Charlotte Flair, but the hopes are fading away rapidly.
10:59Lainey Reed laughing in the face of Rhea bloody Ripley.
11:02She knows full well they have a major upper hand here over Charlotte Flair.
11:08Lainey Reed just playing with her food for a moment.
11:11Dropping down that elbow to the back of the neck of the 14-time world champion.
11:17Don't get too cocky.
11:19There was Charlotte Flair.
11:21The queen boot from Flair and then JC Jane takes out her feet right on the edge of the apron.
11:29Lainey Reed distracting the referee in ring. Did not see a thing.
11:34It just never ends with fatal influence.
11:36Nor should it. There are three young women looking to go places in a hurry.
11:41A nice twist in suplex connecting there.
11:44And now you see the teamwork as Fallon Henley tags in right into the cover.
11:50Looking to put away Charlotte.
11:52Charlotte is so desperate to get to Rhea right now.
11:55And people might not like the attitude of fatal influence, but this is just textbook tag work from Fallon Henley
12:04and Lainey Reed.
12:05And this is something that Rhea and Charlotte could learn a lot from if we're being perfectly honest.
12:11There is Rhea Ripley.
12:13Alexa Bliss had to play Peacemaker earlier tonight.
12:17Saying they're letting their personal issues get in the way of good business.
12:22Talk to Nick Aldis.
12:24Match was made. Rhea and Charlotte.
12:28Six woman tag team awaits at Saturday night's main event against Jade, Meechan, and BFAP.
12:33But they are in major trouble here in the depths of this tag match against Fatal Influence.
12:39But right now Fallon Henley desperately clinging on trying to prevent this tag.
12:43You cannot let Rhea Ripley tag in.
12:46Oh, yeah.
12:46She is so close.
12:50Tantalizingly close and a smart shot there from Henley.
12:54Fallon Henley looking to take out the lower.
12:56Oh, what a big right forearm from Flair.
13:00Oh.
13:00Oh, knocks her right off the ropes.
13:03Charlotte's got hope here, Wade.
13:05A disaster moment for Fatal Influence who have to stop the tag.
13:09Oh, and Lainey Reed cuts down her leg.
13:13Ain't gonna happen today, Mommy.
13:15Ain't gonna happen today, Mommy.
13:20Flair rolls her up.
13:22A little too cocky there, did Lainey Reed.
13:25Oh, and now both are down.
13:29And how crucial could that little flurry from Charlotte Flair be here?
13:34If, if she can make this tag to a fresh Rhea bloody Ripley.
13:40A fresh, highly motivated, highly agitated Rhea Ripley,
13:45who is ready to unleash mayhem.
13:48Here she comes.
13:51Brutality in Lexington.
13:54Well, I hope you had your fun Fatal Influence,
13:57because the game just changed.
14:00What a massive right forearm from Rhea on Lainey Reed.
14:07Fatal Influence is finding out.
14:10And Rhea Ripley's finding that gear.
14:14Gets the best of Henley.
14:19Big kick.
14:20A kick right to the temple of Lainey Reed, and it could be good night right here.
14:25Racer's Edge lined up.
14:29Lainey goes flying.
14:31Mommy drops her.
14:35And coming in to make the save is Fallon Henley.
14:39Oh, what a massive boot from Flair.
14:42Clutch timing from Fallon Henley to save the match for Fatal Influence,
14:47but it might be for Nort here.
14:49Charlotte to the outside.
14:53And now Lainey Reed is left alone with Rhea Ripley.
14:59The tide is completely turned in this one at the right time for Ripley and Charlotte Flair.
15:06Oh no, got out of the way, and Flair took that kick.
15:10Well, Mami might finish it regardless.
15:13It's one on one now.
15:16Lining her up.
15:18The Riptide and Flair blind tag natural selection.
15:24One, two, three.
15:27Whatever it takes.
15:29Here are your winners, the WWE Women's Champion Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair.
15:37Well, I think Charlotte Flair, to be fair to Charlotte, wanted to tag back in
15:42because she'd just been blasted off the apron by Lainey Reed.
15:47But regardless, it works.
15:49A new tag team here.
15:52Jade Cargill, B-Fab, and Mee-Chan, 24 hours removed from Saturday night's main event.
16:01They attack.
16:02Just been laying in wait the entire night for the exact right moment to pounce.
16:10And what a job, what a mugging it has been.
16:14Fatal influence getting him on the act two.
16:16J.C. Jane is all over Lexi.
16:18And now Fallon Henley and Lainey Reed getting their shots in as well.
16:23As Jade Cargill just stands back and watches B-Fab and Mee-Chan.
16:28And now Clash in Italy is nine days away.
16:33And these two powerhouses are exchanging big shots.
16:38Rhea Ripley heavily worn down and now being beaten by the woman she faces in nine days time.
16:44Oh no, for that WWE Women's Championship.
16:48Jaden!
16:51Jaden!
16:52Cargill turning off the dial as she closes in on that championship showdown at Clash in Italy.
17:01The rematch of WrestleMania.
17:03It happened Sunday, May 31st from Torino, Italy, streaming on the ESPN app.
17:12Shade and Rhea Clash in Italy.
17:17Do you know what I had to do?
17:19See you at Clash in Italy.
17:20Thank you!
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