00:03Oh, for the first time in almost 900 days, Shayna Baszler has a match for a women's championship.
00:12She won a gauntlet match on SmackDown to get here and earn this opportunity for the Queen of Spades.
00:22Baszler has made her intentions crystal clear.
00:25Shayna Baszler wants to make Liv Morgan suffer and then win the SmackDown Women's Championship.
00:32I'm curious to see which Shayna Baszler we're going to get here tonight in Cardiff.
00:37The dominant NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler.
00:40The one that Ronda Rousey once said used to be a killer?
00:43That one.
00:43One of the most sanguine superstars we've ever known, quite literally at times.
00:48Shayna Baszler is capable of hurting anyone who steps in her way, including Liv Morgan.
00:54But where is Shayna mentally?
00:56That's what I want to find out.
01:23Watch me.
01:25Watch me.
01:29so live morgan is the only superstar in wwe history to have pinned ronda rousey on two
01:36different occasions uh speaking about rousey last night she had her suspension lifted on
01:40smackdown then she went on to attack wwe official adam pierce so who knows what's going to happen
01:46to ronda it's up to a much higher level than mr pierce now punishment's been handed down just yet
01:51but i would not want to be ronda rousey's account so gentlemen do you realize that wales was the
01:56only country in all of britain that was allowed to showcase women's wrestling through the 1980s
02:03so uh they've been getting a a great couple of matches so far here tonight at classic
02:08the castle a continuation to that lineage of history here tonight with the smackdown women's title on
02:19the line that question is before you brought up what version of shana baser are we going to see
02:24what kind of version of liv morgan are we going to see are we going to see an ultra aggressive
02:28liv morgan because that's what it's going to take if she wants to walk away there's no chance i agree
02:32with you saxon and i think liv morgan still has a lot of proving to do about herself as smackdown
02:38women's champion the following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for the smackdown women's
02:47championship
02:52introducing the challenger from sioux falls south dakota shana baser
03:06and her opponent from elmwood park new jersey she is the smackdown women's champion
03:21so in order to prepare for this match tonight against shana baser
03:26liv morgan spent time guys sparring with riddle who also has an mma background much like shana does
03:33to prepare for what shana is going to throw at liv here tonight very very smart decision by liv to
03:38spend her time trying to prepare for the submission expertise of the challenger shana baser will it be
03:44enough we are about to find out it is the first one-on-one match ever between liv morgan and
03:50shana
03:50baser and it's for the smackdown women's championship here tonight at clash at the castle a very confident
03:55baser who once held the nxt women's championship for over 540 days over two different reigns
04:01liv morgan roll up now on baser and a kick out in her first defense of any championship here at
04:08wwe
04:09well karifuda clutch right out of the gate escape by morgan roll through now shoulders down and a kick
04:14out and again looking for the karifuda clutch which is shana baser's hold and baser not even sweating
04:21shana's such a pro so comfortable on the ground on the mat and now looking for the arm bar on
04:25morgan
04:26and liv morgan looking to roll through and put shana away early shoulder down and a kick out remember
04:31liv morgan has the bad arm and i just spoke a moment ago this is her second title defense because
04:36back
04:36at summer slam liv defended against ronda rousey ronda severely injured the arm of liv morgan in that
04:42controversial win for morgan at summer slam i love even in the early going here liv morgan talking a little
04:48trash of her own letting shana know i nearly had to beat and live morgan now and if she can
04:54do
04:54stuff like that and keep baser off her feet it'll bode well for the champion tonight
05:02and morgan drop kick to the back of baser shana's got to slow this match down she's got to be
05:08able
05:08to uh tear apart liv punish her put her in those excruciating holds
05:15liv needs to be careful not to burn herself out in the early moments trying to throw everything she
05:20has at baser it's a smart strategy but it can backfire morgan looking for oh and baser
05:27and again the bad arm of liv morgan and that was not the time to get fancy that was not
05:31the time to
05:32be cute shana baser is still as close to 100 as she's going to get morgan took a high risk
05:38and it
05:38backfired and the longer this match goes the better off it is for baser she has to pin or submit
05:43the
05:43champion in the title i would be remiss if i didn't mention the major oh women's championship
05:49match tomorrow 4 p.m eastern nxt worlds collide where you have blair davenport
05:57neko satomora and mandy rose trying to unify the nxt and the nxt uk wins championship and a
06:04kick out at two by morgan we said from the outset that shana basler was going to have to be
06:09ruthless
06:10tonight and here is our first shining example that sort of impact can separate your shoulder
06:18yeah you saw the style for morgan earlier trying to have an up-tempo pace to avoid situations like
06:22this where shana can settle down and focus on the left arm and this is what shana enjoys doing she
06:28enjoys this she said that she wants to rip the limbs up live morgan's body like you would let
06:33rip the bones up a turkey leg on thanksgiving dinner those were shana's words and remember a couple
06:39weeks ago shana had the opportunity to break live's arm she purposely said i'm holding off
06:44until clash at the castle let's be honest shana basler thrives when she's torturing her opponent
06:52and live oh through and rubs into a close line by basler shana into the cover again for the
06:57championship and live kicks out at two shana with a smile on her face knew she didn't have live there
07:02she just wanted to rub some salt in the wounds and say hey it was that close it's actually a
07:07better maneuver by shana basler every time you cover your opponent force them to kick out you're forcing
07:12them to exert a little bit more energy that adds up throughout the course of a match there's a great
07:17interview that shana basler did with the new york post this week where she talked about being more
07:21comfortable in her skin more comfortable performing in front of crowds this size and she said tonight we're
07:27going to learn if live morgan has what it takes to hang oh and a suplex by basler morgan said
07:33all the
07:33right things coming into this match she told shana you're gonna have to kill me to win this title but
07:38this is where morgan gets cover again by basler hook to the leg and morgan's got to power it too
07:43and every one of these covers forces morgan to to uh kick out with a bad arm continue to exacerbate
07:50any
07:51pain she's currently feeling as we look once again at the german suplex from the challenger
07:55basler now stalking a down champion live needs to do her best to protect her left arm she hasn't
08:02been able to do that basler a former two-time tag team champion who says i'm better as a singles
08:09competitor but that all plays right into the hand of someone as dangerous as basler if you start
08:15protecting your left arm you're likely to expose your right and basler is okay with that everyone
08:20around the world is talking about clash at the castle number one not only in the united states
08:24but also in the united kingdom
08:29basler continues to manipulate
08:33morgan's joints and trying to wear it live morgan down the bad arm
08:39ronda rousey punished with summer slam
08:43the screams to live morgan in absolute agony
08:48the screams of live morgan are feeding the ego of the challenger they're trying to fight back with
08:53some knees to the back of the head and trying to create some space able to do that momentarily
08:58basler went for the kick to the bad arm live momentarily rolled out of harm's way jawbreaker
09:04just enough to create separation between herself and shana basler
09:08live loves being champion so much well but will that be enough to will her through this match both
09:14women down center of the ring with her smackdown women's championship up for grabs take a look at
09:20this morgan able to perch on the second rope nail a drop kick on shana basler basler came down rough
09:27on
09:27the back of her neck over 60 000 here tonight in cardiff wales the hottest ticket in all the united
09:34kingdom opportunity to be here tonight at clash the castle
09:41count of eight now and basler and a dip up by morgan showing basler i'm not done yet i got
09:47some fire left
09:48champ displaying new life despite the bad arm oh that step up enziguri drops basler now basler's in
09:55trouble for the first time in the match lib morgan sent across the rink basler misses wildly
10:02and live no face first goes basler morgan trying to retain the cover on shana at two and a half
10:13every offensive maneuver that that morgan has in her playbook she's got to reconsider potentially
10:19because of the damage to her left arm live needs to figure out a way to keep applying the pressure
10:24we see the double knees to the face take down basler but live hasn't had enough in her gas tank
10:30to
10:30sustain an offensive attack
10:34when you're dealing with somebody as lethal as basler is you need every weapon in your arsenal firing
10:39at 100 percent well live morgan learning quickly what shana basler learned as a champion it is hard
10:44to be on top when you're the hunted everyone wants a piece of you
10:50pay for the title stacks up morgan hooks the leg and left kicks it too again
10:57i think the first few rows might have got a piece of live morgan's teeth
11:03basler's screaming at morgan
11:11it almost seems as though morgan's frustrating the challenger just
11:14by staying in this fight well that's what lib has done her whole career right
11:20but again the exposed bad arm of live morgan
11:24and basler is this where it all ends for live morgan
11:30basler showing her
11:31every single time they're trying to fight back and now i'm looking for a triangle looking for a
11:39triangle and basler here trying to lift her up and morgan fighting her back to the mat a triangle
11:45locked in submission hold on basler and remember morgan last night promised to break the arm to break the
11:53arm of shana basler and morgan's going to try to do just that with the arm bar
11:58and now the shoulders down and live still got it locked in morgan holding on for dear life
12:04but notice how calm basler is in this extremely painful situation jane has locked her hands once
12:10again that's going to minimize any pressure on the elbow joint that live morgan's trying to apply and
12:15there's a reason the submission magician goes your way out of every submission and now right back
12:19to work on the injured arm of morgan live morgan had a chance but it may be over cinderella may
12:26strike midnight a knee to the jaw of live morgan kicks out but i don't think live has any clue
12:33where
12:33she is i think in this particular moment cinderella would rather be back at the castle scrubbing floors
12:38a knee right to the jaw the champion and somehow basically on instinct alone live morgan kicks out
12:48and shana can't believe it now the smile from early in the match has turned to disappointment
12:53it's turned to frustration shana trying to figure out what she needs to do to knock live off and that's
12:58a big key if shana basler's frustration takes hold that could create a critical opening for live morgan
13:07for basler cory this match has gone as well as she could have designed you're absolutely right it's the
13:14only thing stopping shana basler from becoming women's champion is the sheer will of live morgan
13:19the fact that live is living her dream every single day and refusing to relinquish it even
13:25while perched on the top rope she sends out a tweet every day look at this i love this and
13:30live does love it and she's trying to punish basler now and trying to retain a championship with one arm
13:39basler in a precarious position on the top
13:43oh whoa whoa whoa play it oh oh power bomb for the win
13:48basler to retain it's in a kick
13:51through the clutch the carafuda that is it food is in the clutch is in
13:57it lives somehow counter but basler looking like she's having trouble applying it completely with her left arm
14:03now with a single arm arm bar applied yeah because remember the damage that was done by the arm bar
14:08when morgan earlier on shana couldn't keep the carafuda clutch in morgan makes it to the rope and survives
14:13extremely close call for live morgan there who was panicked understanding i gotta do something quick
14:19is this an opportunity for the smackdown women's champion to turn the tides or is live simply prolonging the inevitable
14:28shana with a killer instinct the look in her eyes and now she goes to the carafuda with a good
14:34arm
14:34goes through live now has got the shoulders down shana's got a kick
14:39went for the knee morgan code breaker
14:43and now live morgan has shana set up for oblivion morgan into the cover can she do it will she
14:50do it she does
15:06what a gutsy win for live morgan yeah this is one of those cases i'm looking at live morgan
15:12i'm looking at everything that was done to live morgan and i'm going i have no idea how live morgan
15:18i'm going to pull this one out
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