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00:00She has clearly stated her goal range, SummerSlam, to get what Rhea currently has, that women's championship, and tonight could
00:09be a step towards a chance at number 15 for Charlotte Flair.
00:14Yeah, the stated goal that you mentioned, Joe Tess, of regaining a world title, of course, from Rhea Ripley, is
00:22kind of a constant theme for someone as accomplished as Charlotte Flair.
00:27A woman who simply is not herself, unless she's in pursuit of or in the process of acquiring gold.
00:39Queen of the ring, first round, looking to fill out the semifinals.
00:51And a fresh-faced rookie will be part of it.
00:58Next, from Honolulu, Hawaii, she is the women's Intercontinental Champion, Sol Ruka!
01:06Of course, for Sol Ruka, Turin was home to her shining moment, and Monday was an impressive title defense.
01:13Now, Sol Ruka trying to position herself for a shot at being a double champion weight.
01:19Yeah, simply no slowing down once you hit this level.
01:22It's been a hell of a ride for Sol Ruka since arriving on Raw and SmackDown, competing with the very
01:28best,
01:29and on occasion, of course, beating the very best, which explains why she is now in possession of that Intercontinental
01:37Championship.
01:38Doubling up a major task, not least with the field of competitors she's in there with tonight.
02:04Next, from Dublin, Ireland, Lyra Valkyria!
02:11And it was Lyra, who just came up short against Sol Ruka, the inaugural women's IC champion.
02:20She was so close, a hundred-night draw.
02:22A hidden tight wing before Sol escaped, and Lyra felt victim to the Sol Snatcher,
02:27but she is so capable at any moment in spots like this.
02:31Yeah, so Lyra Valkyria, probably a couple of years ago, you would have said, was the rookie on the women's
02:37roster.
02:39However, now that role fulfilled by Sol Ruka, and right now, Lyra Valkyria needs to use that veteran experience
02:47to pump the loss to Ruka on Monday in the rearview mirror.
02:52Refocus on getting yourself all the way to that crown.
03:03A storm is coming.
03:09A storm is coming.
03:31And they're accompanied by Neachan and B-Fast, from Barrow Beach, Florida, Jay Cargill!
03:41Jay, the winner of the 2025 Tween of the Ring Tournament.
03:47And her words have been backed up with her actions for months now, red-hot-angry,
03:54since losing the women's championship to Rhea in Vegas.
03:58She says no one is getting their hands on Rhea before she does again.
04:04Of course, there has been some major beat brewing between Jay Cargill and Charlotte Flair,
04:10as we get a look at the 14-time world champion.
04:13And let's not forget, two weeks ago, Jay Cargill and pals did take out Charlotte Flair's tag partner,
04:20Alexa Bliss, with that jaded on a steel chair.
04:24And Charlotte, no doubt, will want some revenge on behalf of her tag buddy, Blister, tonight.
04:29And she got a little bit with the results in Clash in Italy,
04:32but you know how the emotions go when you see that happen.
04:35That was a violent, violent attack.
04:38So we are underway as Jay turns right to Charlotte and hits her with a big right hand.
04:44And Lyra jumps on Jay, now maybe they're looking to team up.
04:48Oh, big kick by Charlotte.
04:50Simply bedlam from the off, chaos, and you need eyes in the back of your head.
04:55But right now, it appears to be Jay Cargill that has made a trio of enemies in this match,
05:00and they're all teaming up against her.
05:01Yeah, Soruka and Charlotte Flair looking to double up.
05:05Suplex, but Jay Cargill, the pure strength and power of Jay.
05:11Yeah, just a physical mismatch for anybody in the locker room.
05:16And the always slam that takes out Soruka way.
05:18Yeah, taking out all three women with ease, but right now we are down to one-on-one.
05:24Well, what a clash this could be.
05:32Charlotte says, let's do this right here, right now, and Flair Chops are on their way.
05:47Charlotte getting the best of it early on.
05:49Well, Charlotte Flair simply synonymous with success.
05:53Never far away from the championship conversation, and
05:57taking out Jay Cargill in the early goings here would be a major,
06:01major shot in the arm for Charlotte's chances to win.
06:04Of course, on the outside.
06:06B-Fab and Meachin involving themselves right away.
06:10Of course, there are no disqualifications in this type of matchup.
06:14Taking full-on, oh, wait, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
06:18Alexa Bliss!
06:22Well, we just mentioned her being taken out with that Jayden on a chair a couple of weeks ago.
06:27Apparently back and looking for vengeance.
06:30I know this is a two-on-one scenario.
06:32Oh, and a two-on-one.
06:34Of course.
06:35Oh!
06:35Are you kidding me?
06:38Tiffany Stratton sprinting down to even fix them.
06:42What a massive right hand she delivered on B-Fab.
06:46Well, Jay Cargill talked a little trash about Tiffany earlier and
06:49may be regretting that now because Tiffany out here leaning up.
06:54And chasing the miscreants out of town alongside Alexa Bliss.
06:59Jay Cargill looks on as B-Fab and Meachin fighting off into the crowd and
07:06up the entry.
07:07Meanwhile, Charlotte, winner crossbody, into the cover.
07:11And the save made by Sol Ruka.
07:15What a wild start to SmackDown.
07:27Glad you're with us from here in Providence, Rhode Island.
07:30Friday Night SmackDown.
07:31Queen of the Ring first round matchup.
07:33Fatal four-way Charlotte Flair, Lyra Valkaria, Sol Ruka, and Jade Cargill,
07:39who just saw her allies, Meachin and B-Fab, come down to the ring before Alexa Bliss
07:44and Tiffany Stratton were able to fight them away.
07:47Yeah, and if you're Jade, oh wait up.
07:49If you're Jade Cargill and that was your master plan to victory here tonight,
07:53you need another plan ASAP because B-Fab and Meachin seem to be long gone now.
07:59And this is a true fatal fall.
08:07So it is totally hot in this arena and we'll see if that affects the
08:13endurance of these four athletes as the match goes on.
08:16A scorching heat wave up and down the I-95 corridor in the Northeast Quadrant of the United States.
08:24As you see, Jade Cargill getting the best of Charlotte Flair just driving the bottom of that boot along her
08:31throat.
08:31And let's be honest, Jade Cargill is someone who will certainly take the advantage of having-
08:36A little back of her ringside but it's not because she needs it.
08:40She can certainly get the job done alone as we see before our eyes now.
08:44She may not need it but she does use it and that has been often in the course of recent
08:49months.
08:50I mean, why change that winning formula has proved incredibly successful for
08:55Cargill, Meachin, and B-Fab over the past several months and they don't look like
09:00they're slowing down anytime soon.
09:02Look for a quick one here, Charlotte Flair.
09:07Before she's leveled, lateral press.
09:11Charlotte easily escapes that.
09:17And now you do sense Jay Cargill slowly getting a foothold in the match and
09:22looking to dominate from here out.
09:29And now Sol Ruka taking the punishment.
09:35Snap suplex by Cargill, shoulders pinned down.
09:39And I like these rapid pins from Jay Cargill.
09:42When you do have two of your three opponents turf to the outside of the ring,
09:46you have to maximize your opportunity to win the match where no one's available to break that pin up.
09:51And clearly getting softened up in a major way now is the Intercontinental champ Sol Ruka.
10:03Charlotte Flair, back in the center of the ring with Jayne.
10:12Jayne able to get away.
10:14It's the trash talk from Charlotte Flair.
10:18Women do not like each other at all.
10:21In fact, Jay Cargill does not like anybody who dares step two.
10:25That includes Lyra Valkyrie.
10:27One, two.
10:39Queen of the ring, first round matchup.
10:42Fatal four way here.
10:43Charlotte Flair, Lyra Valkyrie, Sol Ruka.
10:45And Jade Cargill, the 2025 winner of Queen of the Ring.
10:49There's never been a two-time Queen of the Ring.
10:52Sol Ruka's trying to solve that right now.
10:54But Jade survives that.
10:56Io Sky, Raquel Rodriguez, and Liv Morgan have already advanced the semifinals.
11:02Who will need them there?
11:03So Sol Ruka simply doesn't have the power or experience of a Jade Cargill.
11:07But what she does have is this ability to be nimble.
11:11Wow.
11:12Jeez.
11:13Springer, but rolling all the way through was Cargill.
11:17And then Lyra Valkyrie coming in with the drop kick.
11:21Lyra Valkyrie making sure that Sol Ruka did not steal a victory off that,
11:25off her own hard work.
11:26That was a wild sequence there.
11:29And now Lyra Valkyrie looks to take momentum.
11:33Yeah, looking to bounce back in this one.
11:35Has been quiet thus far in the match,
11:36although things can change really quickly at this level.
11:39As we are seeing here, the adaptive Lyra Valkyrie,
11:43slowly taking control of the entire match.
11:47Lyra going at a good pace right now.
11:51That's Fisherman's suplex there.
11:52Although, immediately on the scene, of course,
11:55Jay Cargill once again, adamant that he's gonna be her.
12:00What a counter into the DDT.
12:03Spike right on the top of the head.
12:05Natural selection by Flair.
12:07Could this be it for Charlotte Flair to advance?
12:10And Sol Ruka comes flying in with a senton to break it up.
12:15Man, just in the nick of time.
12:17Perfect timing there from Sol Ruka, who is looking to snatch this right now.
12:22Charlotte's smart to get out of the way.
12:24Then eats an elbow.
12:26This is where all four women are now hurting.
12:28They're groggy and somebody is ripe to be pinned or submitted.
12:32Make sure it isn't you.
12:37That big queen boot that Sol Ruka runs right into it.
12:41Now Flair is going up top.
12:43Yeah, this is that championship rhythm of Charlotte Flair and Sol Ruka knew it.
12:49Pretty hard to defend yourself against this kind of athleticism.
12:52Would you look at the balancing act by Sol Ruka.
12:58Lands on her feet.
13:00It's ludicrous.
13:01But gets run right into the corner and that drops Flair as Lyra Valkyria now takes over control.
13:08Killed two birds with one stone, Lyra, but wait up, here's Jay Cargill.
13:12Jay Cargill.
13:13Jay Cargill.
13:15Could she grab the two for one here?
13:21This is gonna be ugly for somebody.
13:24Lyra's got Charlotte up on her shoulders and they both go down.
13:28One, two.
13:29And Flair able to kick out at the last possible moment.
13:34Jay Cargill turned that almost into a avalanche Samoan drop and it almost got the job done.
13:41But Charlotte Flair is simply too damn tough and will not give up when there's something special,
13:47something gleaming on the line here.
13:50You saw Flair reaching for her back, reaching for her right arm after taking that.
13:55She's got her around the neck.
13:57But a massive right forearm and a chop and another right hand.
14:03Back and forth goes Flair.
14:05To show you how deep Charlotte Flair can dig when there's something precious at stake.
14:11Flair with a signature walkover clothesline.
14:15Flair closing in on that semifinal spot, the final spot alongside Io, Raquel, and Liv Morgan.
14:22Flair looking to close it out right here, but missile drop kick from Sol Ruka.
14:29Sol Ruka clearly hurting in a big way, that body in agony right now, but trying to block it out.
14:37The kip up and the rally up.
14:45Able to get out of the way.
14:47Jay runs right to that court.
14:48Meanwhile, quick roll up.
14:51Lyra looking to take advantage.
14:53Sol Ruka.
14:54Plays to have your wits about you.
14:55All times at this point in the matchup can steal a victory out of nowhere.
15:02Now Lyra sizes things up.
15:05And she delivers and just wipes out Cargo out on the floor.
15:11Meanwhile, back in the ring, here's Sol.
15:16Out to the floor, takes all the rivals out.
15:20Absolute car crash outside the ring.
15:23And Sol, this is yours for the taking.
15:29But how much did that take out of Sol Ruka?
15:32And of course, you need at least one of those women back in the ring with you to score that
15:36decisive fall.
15:38The women's Intercontinental Champion.
15:41Could she be setting the course for possibly fighting to be a double champion?
15:48Lyra denies it.
15:50What a match.
15:51First round action.
15:52Queen of the ring tournament.
16:05Well, we have seen some great performances in the first round of Queen of the Ring.
16:11Io Sky who moves into the semis defeating Roxanne Perez and Julia and Lash Legge.
16:17Raquel Rodriguez was able to get through.
16:20And then in a classic, Liv Morgan has Becky Lynch, Alexa Bliss, and Chelsea Green.
16:26And now these four women trying to fight and battle their way to see who advances.
16:32Yeah, what a scramble it is at this point in the matchup.
16:35You see how quickly a ping can get turned inside out and almost stealing it there again.
16:39Was Sol Ruka who is fighting a very smart fight here.
16:43And this looks as nasty as they come, almost a modified tarantula.
16:47Wow, look at stretching out Charlotte.
16:50And finally Lyra able to free her as Lyra looks to do her own damage.
17:00And she's gonna stretch her out every which way, Wade.
17:04A little pendulum swing on its way.
17:08But she eats a massive kick from Jane.
17:11Right on the point of the nose there, referee, wake up!
17:15Late to get there.
17:16Yeah, and I'd be furious if I was Jay Cargill after that.
17:19A good three seconds of pin went awry there.
17:23Referee slowly out of position, checking in on Lyra Valkyria,
17:27who may be in a bad way in the corner.
17:32Talk about a bad way,
17:34knocking the stuffing out of Charlotte Flair now.
17:36Two women who simply do not like each other.
17:46Jade now getting the best of Sol Ruka in the corner.
17:50I mean, Jade is really sport for choice at this point.
17:53Three opponents, all of whom seem severely wounded now.
17:57Pick one, focus on her and finish the job, Jade.
18:01Get yourself into those semi-finals.
18:04Get yourself that matchup with Liv Morgan.
18:07Let's go, Jade!
18:11Let's go, Jade!
18:14Right now you see the damage that Jade has done in every corner of this ring.
18:17Yeah, and get real frustration over Jade Cargill now.
18:20He's thrown out more offense than anybody in this matchup,
18:23but somehow these women are not giving up.
18:30Doing more damage to the 14 time champion Charlotte Flair.
18:36Every time you focus on Charlotte, of course Sol Ruka and Lyra Valkyria get
18:41valuable time to recover, try and will themselves back into the fight.
18:47Jade comes crashing into that corner.
18:50This has started to look too easy for Jade Cargill,
18:54the former women's WWE Champion,
18:57perhaps soon to be once again.
19:15Back here in Providence for SmackDown.
19:17The winner of this Queen of the Ring tournament will be the fourth Queen of
19:21the Ring in history.
19:22Of course, we will have the finals on Night of Champions from Saudi Arabia,
19:27streaming on ESPN on Saturday, June 27th.
19:30Jade Cargill is looking to advance out of this first round right now.
19:35Sol Ruka is in a much compromised position in the drop zone.
19:38Yeah, you have to say Cargill's been the MVP of this one, at least in terms of
19:42offense thrown out.
19:44But Charlotte Flair persistent in her pursuit of getting that crown,
19:50of progressing through to the semifinals, taking on Liv Morgan,
19:54whoever is victorious here tonight.
19:56Liv Morgan won her first round Fatal 4-Way.
19:59The winner here will face Liv Morgan.
20:01Charlotte Flair was taking some damage just moments ago in the corner.
20:04Now right back on her feet as Sol Ruka joins her,
20:07as they look to double up against Jade Cargill.
20:10And they do.
20:11All the women in this match acutely aware that Jade Cargill is such a major,
20:17major threat here.
20:18So big, so powerful, teaming up on her multiple times.
20:26Libra was wasting no time looking to take advantage.
20:29You have to move fast at this point in the matchup.
20:32You've got three women down, three women hurting.
20:34Pick the weak one and try and get that fork.
20:40Flair back on her feet.
20:41Oh, and she eats a massive kick from Ruka.
20:44Yeah, it's that quickness of Ruka once again that has proven pivotal.
20:48Oh!
20:48Would you look at the level of athleticism from Sol Ruka.
20:52Yeah, so much momentum and time and it was pinpoint accuracy as was that boot
20:57from Jade Cargill.
20:59Massive pump kick from Jade Cargill.
21:03Took a nasty shot to the head earlier did Cargill and she's looking to end
21:07this now with a jaded joke.
21:09She's lining up Charlotte Flair for a jaded.
21:13This could be over right here, right now.
21:16One, two, three.
21:18Oh, and Lyra Valkyria with just a half a second to spare.
21:24An absolute bullseye and it had to be because it was game over there, Joe.
21:29Lyra was trying to set up Jade, but she gets sent out of the ring.
21:33Oh!
21:33A soul snatcher!
21:35A soul snatcher!
21:38One, two, three.
21:40Oh!
21:42She gets pulled out to the floor.
21:45Well, not Lyra Valkyria knows better than anybody the dangers of the soul snatcher
21:50after falling victim to it on Monday, but wait up!
21:53Harry Potter!
21:54This could be Lyra's for the taking.
21:58Natural selection!
21:59Slipped out of it!
22:00Charlotte Flair!
22:01Shoulders down counter!
22:03Oh!
22:05Somehow Lyra Valkyria slipping out of that natural selection,
22:08going for Nightwing maybe!
22:10She was looking for Nightwing, but Soruka was waiting on it!
22:14What a big boot from the Queen!
22:17The pace of this is unreal!
22:19Watch out!
22:19Charlotte, if she locks it in, if she can bridge it!
22:23Charlotte Flair's figure eight leg lock!
22:27There it is!
22:31Here is your winner by submission, Charlotte Flair!
22:38Man, the last two minutes of that matchup, just an absolute demolition derby, Joe Tess!
22:45The stretch run to the wire of that fatal four-way was at an absolute outrageous pace,
22:54and in the end, the living legend, the future Hall of Famer,
22:59the 14th time world champion, did what she does best!
23:06And this is where it all went wrong for Jay Cargill, either that Soul Snatcher and Soul had victory in
23:14the bag,
23:14but Lyra Valkyria on the outside, perfect timing to break that one up and end.
23:20Moments later, locked in the figure eight, there's the decision, through to the semi-finals now,
23:27is Charlotte Flair, and a matchup with the current women's world champion, Liv Morgan,
23:34all for the rights to progress to that final of the Queen of the Ring tournament at Night of Champions.
23:40Remember, the winner of the tournament gets a title shot at SummerSlam!
23:45Ooh!
23:45Two-night SummerSlam at US Bank Stadium in Minnesota, August 1st and 2nd.
23:51Will it be Charlotte Flair's time to shine?
23:56That was incredible down the stretch of that victory by Charlotte.
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