WWE Smackdown May 16th 2025 - Full Show (Part-1)
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00:00:00We are in Greensboro, North Carolina, and it's a huge night of action ahead on Friday
00:00:19Night Smackdown.
00:00:20In-ring history runs deep in this city, and tonight, we're going to add to it.
00:00:26Look at the scene inside the First Horizon Coliseum, as the WWE Women's Championship
00:00:33will be on the line.
00:00:35It is tiffy time here in Greensboro.
00:00:38It's been nearly four weeks since Tiffany Shredden defended her title at WrestleMania.
00:00:42Now comes an equally tough task.
00:00:45For 153 days, Nia Jax was the champion.
00:00:50Now after some time away, she's been breaking everything in sight.
00:00:54Tonight, Nia Jax, having just claimed the number one contender status, up against Tiffany
00:00:58Shredden, who has defended this championship three times already.
00:01:02Jax, tiffy time for the championship tonight, as we are on the heels of the shocking events
00:01:06that took place just six days ago at Backlash.
00:01:09You are looking live at the sold-out Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.
00:01:23For WWE Backlash!
00:01:30Fatal four-way match for the United States Championship.
00:01:36All bets are off now, every man for himself.
00:01:42He's bored out of work.
00:01:44Stop the heavy chokeslam!
00:01:46First man wiped out.
00:01:48Solo Sokoa!
00:01:50Who the hell?
00:01:53One of the biggest free agents on the planet!
00:01:56Fatu looks as perplexed as the rest of us.
00:02:10I still get goosebumps every time these two men grace the ring.
00:02:16Two most iconic professional wrestlers of this millennium.
00:02:22Big fight atmosphere.
00:02:24Orton, Cena, perhaps the final time for the undisputed WWE Championship.
00:02:32It is the final months of Cena's legendary career.
00:02:35He wants to retire as champion.
00:02:37Orton has something to say about it tonight.
00:02:40Oh, wait a minute!
00:02:41AA!
00:02:42AA by Cena!
00:02:43Cut down by Randy!
00:02:46Randy now went for an RKO, and Orton shoved into the official.
00:02:51RKO out of nowhere!
00:02:54Official letting a ring go, into the ring!
00:02:58Cena takes it too!
00:02:59Not quite quick enough for Randy Orton.
00:03:04Oh, the championship!
00:03:07RKO!
00:03:08The official's down again!
00:03:10Randy Orton's got the damn championship won, again!
00:03:15Nick Alderson, a bunch of officials heading down to the ring.
00:03:18Randy, of course, went straight. He had this one!
00:03:22Randy Orton, completely out of his mind!
00:03:30One final legend to kill.
00:03:37R-Truth!
00:03:38Hell, you're doing true.
00:03:40RKO!
00:03:41Truth, a longtime fan, coming out here to defend John.
00:03:48John!
00:03:55I can't believe it!
00:04:03Absolutely furious!
00:04:07Now I don't even know what to say anymore.
00:04:10Except the fact that the old John Cena, never...
00:04:13...would have taken a victory like that.
00:04:15What a scene that was in St. Louis, and now here in Greensboro, Joe Tessitore and Wade
00:04:28Barrett with you, and it has been an interesting path lately for Solo Sokoa.
00:04:35Ever present by the side of Jacob Batu in the midst of his championship ascent, Wade
00:04:39then a week ago at Backlash bringing new heavy muscle into the fold.
00:04:43Well despite the name Solo, the M.O. of Solo Sokoa since arriving on both Raw and Smackdown
00:04:51has quite simply been the numbers game.
00:04:54It's very hard to use the numbers game when your numbers have dropped through injury.
00:05:00Solo Sokoa lost the Tongan Terrace not so long ago, but he found himself a major new
00:05:07acquisition of what a ball of muscle that man is, a man who wrecked shock at Backlash,
00:05:14most specifically wrecking the body and chances of L.A. Knight in the United States Championship
00:05:23Fatal 4-Way Matchup.
00:05:25And coming up later tonight, Solo will have a chance to chart his own course.
00:05:28We're only three weeks away from Money in the Bank, and it will be a men's qualifier
00:05:33that will feature Solo Sokoa against big brother Jimmy Uso and the thrilling Ray Phoenix.
00:06:03Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the man who helped keep the United States
00:06:25Championship in this family, my man J.C.
00:06:44When Roman lost to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania, he ruined everything for my family.
00:06:54He ruined everything.
00:06:57We lost everything, but now I'm here to take it all back.
00:07:09And that starts with me by winning the qualifying match, going on to Money in the Bank, grabbing
00:07:16that briefcase, and then going after the title, bringing it back to this family where it all
00:07:22belongs.
00:07:28And if there's anybody in the back that tries to step in front of me, they will get dealt
00:07:33with by my man J.C. and the Samoan werewolf, Jacob Fatu.
00:07:41Oh yeah, hey, check it.
00:07:45Hey, check it.
00:07:47Because they better get in where they fit in, because I don't care.
00:08:09Let's keep it 100.
00:08:14Don't you ever get this thing twisted over here.
00:08:18I told y'all I was bringing the U.S. title to the family.
00:08:26And I told you I was going to do it with you or without you.
00:08:33And if anybody gets in my way, we'll line them up, because I'm going to deal with them
00:08:38all by myself.
00:08:39Because at the end of the day, Jacob Fatu is all gas, no brakes, winning.
00:08:58Of course I know what you mean.
00:09:02Everybody knows what you mean.
00:09:03I know what you mean.
00:09:04J.C. knows what you mean.
00:09:07Okay?
00:09:08But Jacob, don't worry.
00:09:09You got to understand something.
00:09:10The reason I'm doing all of this is because I love you.
00:09:19Everything I'm doing is to help.
00:09:21Jacob, look at your shoulder.
00:09:23What is that?
00:09:24That's proof.
00:09:27That's proof of me telling you that I love you, Jacob.
00:09:39But there's something I need to hear from you.
00:09:46You remember that thing you used to tell me all the time?
00:09:49Remember?
00:09:50You used to say it loud and proud every minute of the day?
00:09:54It was like, I love you.
00:09:56What was that?
00:09:57How did you used to say it?
00:09:59What was that?
00:10:00I love you, Solo.
00:10:09No, that ain't it.
00:10:19That's not how you used to say it.
00:10:20Everybody here knows how you used to say it.
00:10:23You used to say it loud and proud.
00:10:25Jacob, come on, man.
00:10:26Hey, man.
00:10:27Tell them how you used to say it.
00:10:28Tell them how.
00:10:29Jacob.
00:10:30Who do you love?
00:10:31Tell everybody how you used to say it.
00:10:32Who do you love, Jacob?
00:10:33They may not want this.
00:10:34Well, I don't know if Solo Sikoa really wanted that answer from Jacob Fatou, but hold the
00:10:35phone.
00:10:36Oh!
00:10:37Oh!
00:10:38Oh!
00:10:39Oh!
00:10:40Oh!
00:10:41Oh!
00:10:42Oh!
00:10:43Oh!
00:10:44Oh!
00:10:45Oh!
00:10:46Oh!
00:10:47Oh!
00:10:48Oh!
00:10:49Oh!
00:10:50Oh!
00:10:51Oh!
00:10:52Oh!
00:10:53Oh!
00:10:54Oh!
00:10:55They're all looking at the entryway.
00:10:56He's elsewhere.
00:10:57L.A. Knight!
00:10:58L.A.
00:10:59Knight, who got jumped by Jaycee at Backlash.
00:11:03Getting a monocomb of payback here.
00:11:07A hit and run, but you can only run so far.
00:11:12Eventually, this crew is going to hit back.
00:11:16that attacked LA at Backlash and Aiden Potts, who's win, LA Knight.
00:11:28Meechan and the Bank sounds great, OK?
00:11:31So I need you to go out there and win this qualifying match,
00:11:34because you know what goes good with that briefcase?
00:11:36What? Those tag titles.
00:11:38Listen, once I qualify and bring that briefcase back to us,
00:11:42we're going to get all the gold right here, baby.
00:11:46Oh, my gosh, girls, that's so cute.
00:11:48But if anyone's going to win this money in the bank, it's the VIP of last year.
00:11:53That's right. And once I win, I'm going to implement a
00:11:57beautiful social economic policy with trickle down effects
00:12:01that will lower interest rates for my secret harvest.
00:12:07Look at that.
00:12:08See you out there.
00:12:14See you.
00:12:15I know that your stress is going to be fine.
00:12:18We're going to be with you.
00:12:19Oh, you didn't hear that.
00:12:22Y'all won't be out there.
00:12:23Yeah, nobody's going to be allowed inside.
00:12:25What? Who approved this?
00:12:28You'll be back here watching with me.
00:12:31Have fun.
00:12:32Oh, look at these sad faces.
00:12:35I'm putting tariffs on mediocrity and you guys are first.
00:12:39And then that nasty little blip.
00:12:42The secret harvest for Chelsea.
00:12:46Listen to this reception.
00:13:02The following contest is a woman's money in the bank qualifier
00:13:06triple threat match and is scheduled for one fall.
00:13:10Introducing first from Columbus, Ohio.
00:13:20And Bliss has set things ablaze with her two returns this year.
00:13:23Royal Rumble then here on SmackDown.
00:13:25Women's money in the bank qualifier.
00:13:27Meech and Chelsea Reeves and Alexa Bliss next.
00:13:36On June 7th.
00:13:37Los Angeles hosts two epic events.
00:13:40WWE Worlds Collide featuring Triple A Lucha Libre.
00:13:44All gas, no brakes.
00:13:46Here we go.
00:13:47In WWE money in the bank.
00:13:49The opportunity of a lifetime.
00:13:51Rise.
00:13:52Above.
00:13:53The rest.
00:13:54The rest.
00:13:55The rest.
00:13:56The rest.
00:13:57The rest.
00:13:58The rest.
00:13:59The rest.
00:14:00The rest.
00:14:01The rest.
00:14:02The rest.
00:14:03The rest.
00:14:04The rest.
00:14:06WWE Worlds Collide and money in the bank in Los Angeles.
00:14:10June 7th.
00:14:13Hey, what a stretch coming up in Tampa.
00:14:16WWE's coming to Tampa, Florida.
00:14:18Beginning next Saturday for Saturday Night's Main Event.
00:14:21Remember, that's Jey Uso and Logan Paul.
00:14:23WWE Battleground is on May 25th.
00:14:25Raw will be there as well in the midst of that four-day stretch.
00:14:29And NXT on May 27th.
00:14:32Individual event tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.
00:14:41Alexa Bliss trying to gain entry to money in the bank.
00:14:43She won it in 2018.
00:14:45That same night, successfully cashed in on Nia Jax to become champion.
00:14:50An opportunity again.
00:14:52Mystical and perplexing individuals we've ever witnessed here on SmackDown.
00:14:57But crucially, a five-time world champ.
00:15:00She has the pedigree.
00:15:02Will she head back to money in the bank?
00:15:05As for who she faces in this qualifying triple threat match...
00:15:12And her opponent...
00:15:15From Montana, California...
00:15:19Meechan!
00:15:21Meechan!
00:15:29It would be huge for her at this stage of her career.
00:15:32She's yet to hold a title in WWE.
00:15:34Win the money in the bank contract.
00:15:37And that will change in a hurry.
00:15:39Every woman has been successful when trying to cash in that contract.
00:15:43Unlike the men's division.
00:15:45Hey, you can enter!
00:15:51The fury on the fire.
00:15:52Now we on the top.
00:15:54We on the ladder.
00:15:55Moving higher.
00:15:56Going for the top.
00:15:57We not late.
00:15:59Take a look.
00:16:00Get it hot.
00:16:00Make it cook.
00:16:01Make it pop.
00:16:02Make it slow.
00:16:03On the tour.
00:16:07Pledge your allegiance.
00:16:09Do not sit down, Wade.
00:16:12Let me take this one, Joe Tess.
00:16:15Because, hands on hearts,
00:16:17this desk unanimously pledges allegiance to Chelsea Green.
00:16:25And their opponent...
00:16:27From Victoria, British Columbia, Canada...
00:16:32Chelsea Green!
00:16:37The proceeding was not an endorsement of Chelsea Green,
00:16:41but yet another display of blatant bias by Wade Barrett
00:16:46in discussing anything involving the former...
00:16:49The former United States champion,
00:16:52who, noticeably, is still wearing black in mourning.
00:16:55All right, Rebel Threat qualifier for Money in the Bank.
00:16:58Let's talk about bias, shall we?
00:17:01Go ahead.
00:17:01Notably absent from the ringside area are the Secret Purvis.
00:17:06And that stinks to me of high-level political chicanery
00:17:11from the likes of GM Nick Aldis and 1B Fat.
00:17:15Here we go. We are underway.
00:17:17And right away, Chelsea Green eats a kick from Mee Chin
00:17:23and is rolled down.
00:17:24And these two are just high-fiving and laughing at her immediately.
00:17:28What a great start by Mee Chin.
00:17:29Nothing great about that.
00:17:31And Mee Chin has got plenty of bad blood with Chelsea Green
00:17:34going back to their feud over the United States championship
00:17:37that you mentioned earlier, Joe.
00:17:39I'm sure she enjoyed that shot to the jaw of Miss Chelsea Green.
00:17:44Mee Chin has never competed in a Money in the Bank ladder match.
00:17:48Lost in qualifying in 2023 and in 2024.
00:17:53That's when Bayley got through,
00:17:54and Chelsea Green a year ago made her way there.
00:17:57Oh, and trips up Chelsea as Chelsea re-enters
00:18:00and then takes that basement drop kick.
00:18:02And this has just been unfair from the office.
00:18:04No, there's a roll-up to get to Money in the Bank.
00:18:09And I'll tell you this about Alexa Bliss.
00:18:12Shoulders are down.
00:18:13Shoulders are down.
00:18:15Here, there, some weeks not here,
00:18:17but the past two years has barely competed, however.
00:18:20Would you look at the technical skill we're seeing
00:18:22between Mee Chin and Bliss right away.
00:18:24Astoundingly shows no sign of ring rust whatsoever.
00:18:28Each of these highly skilled competitors
00:18:31trying to get through right away to Money in the Bank.
00:18:34It'll be coming your way June 7th from L.A.
00:18:37as they take care of Green again.
00:18:40Well, that should be a double disqualification.
00:18:42I don't know what the referee is doing.
00:18:44Good strategy by Bliss and Mee Chin.
00:18:47Here they come.
00:18:49And you're applauding this, Joe Tetz.
00:18:51You think this is fair?
00:18:52Broadcasting, documenting, detailing.
00:18:55A heavy bias, and it stinks to high hell.
00:18:58Now Mee Chin, she sends Green back in,
00:19:02and what is Bliss doing?
00:19:04Bliss wants to get after Chelsea Green,
00:19:06and now all of a sudden they're not on the same page
00:19:09at all.
00:19:10Oh, and here comes Green!
00:19:12Takes them both out!
00:19:14Women's Money in the Bank qualifier triple threat match
00:19:18from here in North Carolina.
00:19:30Joan Wade with you here from the First Horizon Coliseum
00:19:34in Greensboro, North Carolina.
00:19:36It's an interesting start, Wade,
00:19:38to this triple threat match
00:19:40because you saw teamwork with Mee Chin and Alexa Bliss.
00:19:44Even though they were both going for the early wins,
00:19:46there was definitely teamwork against Chelsea Green,
00:19:48and all of a sudden, the first moment there was discord
00:19:50with their communication as to how they're handling
00:19:53Chelsea Green, Green took advantage.
00:19:55Yeah, and I call that justice.
00:19:56What a disgusting start from Mee Chin and Alexa Bliss.
00:20:00Watch the leg.
00:20:01Able to get that shoulder up is Bliss.
00:20:03Taking advantage of the lack of Secret Hervis out here
00:20:06to protect Chelsea Green,
00:20:08well, things have turned around in a hurry now,
00:20:10haven't they?
00:20:12About time, too.
00:20:16She yells to the crowd.
00:20:20Well, this is a little payback now for Alexa Bliss
00:20:23who surprised Chelsea Green with her shocking return
00:20:26once again last week,
00:20:28tagging up with Selena Vega
00:20:30to take on Chelsea and Piper,
00:20:33Chelsea Green had no time to prepare whatsoever
00:20:36for that last week.
00:20:37This week, clearly a different story.
00:20:41And the shoulders up at the count of two by Alexa Bliss.
00:20:50Chelsea sends her out of the ring.
00:20:53Pledge your allegiance, she demands,
00:20:54and Wade Barrett stands up and does so.
00:20:57Honestly.
00:20:58Standing to attention.
00:21:00You're a disgrace.
00:21:01I am not.
00:21:02I am a journalist and a presenter and a broadcaster
00:21:05is what I am.
00:21:06I'm not an acolyte of Chelsea Green.
00:21:09You're a hater, Joe Tess.
00:21:12You hate the good stuff,
00:21:13and Chelsea Green is the good stuff.
00:21:16Swamming into the barrier,
00:21:18she's been in complete control of Alexa Bliss.
00:21:22It just feels right when Chelsea Green
00:21:24is running things around here on the blue brand.
00:21:30Nick Aldis' worst nightmare.
00:21:33Yes, in terms of complaining constantly.
00:21:37The squeaky wheel does indeed get the grease in this game.
00:21:40A big move that sends Meechan out into the floor.
00:21:43Here's a roll-up by Bliss.
00:21:45And that's consistently been Chelsea Green's biggest problem.
00:21:48Distractions at the worst possible moment.
00:21:53And that has just opened a huge doorway.
00:21:56Oh, or has it?
00:21:58Immediately.
00:21:59Shutting that doorway back off
00:22:01just as Alexa Bliss looked to get a little momentum.
00:22:10Oh, Meechan!
00:22:13Meechan being an absolute menace once again.
00:22:16This is a woman who once upon a time
00:22:18threw Chelsea Green in a garbage dumpster.
00:22:23And Chelsea Green smelled terrible for about three weeks.
00:22:28Meechan has her up high.
00:22:31Sit-out powerbomb.
00:22:42Great action to get the night started here
00:22:44on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:22:45Alexa Bliss, Meechan, Chelsea Green.
00:22:48Who will qualify for the Women's Money in the Bank?
00:22:51That will be coming your way on June 7th.
00:22:55Meechan, one of the toughest women in the division
00:22:58at home in street fights.
00:23:00Well, that's not the game tonight.
00:23:02But Meechan more than happy to brawl with anything that moves.
00:23:05Oh!
00:23:07And now...
00:23:08Oh, she's got him stacked up in the corner.
00:23:11Chelsea Green and Alexa Bliss
00:23:13with that long back attack of Meechan.
00:23:17Cannonball right in there.
00:23:19Inching closer to victory and qualification
00:23:22for the Money in the Bank ladder match.
00:23:24She's never competed for it, but...
00:23:26A kick out at two by Bliss.
00:23:28And right back on top of Chelsea.
00:23:31Yeah, sometimes the stats don't tell the full story
00:23:34with a superstar.
00:23:35And the fact that Meechan has never held gold here in WWE
00:23:39or indeed been in a Money in the Bank ladder match
00:23:42is quite simply astounding.
00:23:44She was looking for eat defeat.
00:23:46And Chelsea now right in the center of the ring.
00:23:49Not a good position to be in,
00:23:51but instead gets out of the way.
00:23:52And Bliss takes the big boot.
00:23:54Now, all three of them are down.
00:23:56The double kick to the head.
00:23:58You didn't say a single nice thing about Chelsea Green
00:24:01bobbing and weaving.
00:24:02She got out of the way.
00:24:03Dodging and diving.
00:24:05Excellent defensive movement by Chelsea Green.
00:24:08Finally, a compliment.
00:24:10You'll go far in this game, Joe Tess,
00:24:12if you carry on like that.
00:24:13Look at this scene here in Greensboro.
00:24:16Over 12,000 plus packing the First Horizon Coliseum.
00:24:21And they're already chanting, this is awesome.
00:24:24The kind of competition that qualifying for Money in the Bank
00:24:28brings around.
00:24:30Alexa Bliss tapping into that historical greatness
00:24:34we've seen in the past.
00:24:35Duking it out with Miss Chelsea Green.
00:24:39Alexa able to parry the punch and deliver the drop kick.
00:24:47This place coming unglued once again for Bliss.
00:24:51Out of nowhere comes Meechan.
00:24:53The inherent problem with a triple threat matchup.
00:24:56She's going for a prettier.
00:24:57She's going for a prettier.
00:24:59Oh, but instead it's a defeat.
00:25:02Chelsea's in trouble for the win.
00:25:05And Bliss comes in and saves it.
00:25:08A millisecond away from qualification there for Meechan.
00:25:13Bliss.
00:25:15A tornado DDT on Meechan.
00:25:17Spiked right on the top of the cranium.
00:25:21The brain completely scrambled for Meechan.
00:25:24Like a sitting duck.
00:25:26And now in the drop zone.
00:25:27Oh, she is in the drop zone.
00:25:29She is in Alexa's favorite drop zone.
00:25:33The return of Alexa Bliss.
00:25:36Alexa Bliss and it comes with twisted Bliss to advance.
00:25:42Money in the bank.
00:25:44Oh, and Chelsea rips her off.
00:25:46Yeah, just in the nick of time.
00:25:48Chelsea Green keeping her own chances alive.
00:25:50Wait for it.
00:25:51On prettier.
00:25:53Is Chelsea going to do it?
00:25:55Bliss pulls out Meechan.
00:25:57Green was too busy celebrating.
00:26:00Chelsea thought she was in position to win.
00:26:03Celebrate after the three count.
00:26:05Oh, you get that.
00:26:07Sister Abigail DDT.
00:26:09Locked.
00:26:10Loaded.
00:26:11Delivered.
00:26:13One.
00:26:14Two.
00:26:15Three.
00:26:19Here is your winner.
00:26:22Alexa Bliss.
00:26:27Twisted.
00:26:29Contorted.
00:26:30Unearthly.
00:26:31But most importantly, Alexa Bliss is our first qualifier for the
00:26:37Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
00:26:40Congratulations, Miss Bliss.
00:26:43That was an outstanding match.
00:26:46I just love the high level of urgent competition knowing what's on the
00:26:51line, Wade.
00:26:52Oh, this looked like victory.
00:26:53Twisted Bliss from the top.
00:26:55And it would have been victory had it not been for the former United
00:26:59States Women's Champion, connected with on prettier.
00:27:04Took her eye off the ball and that was all that Alexa Bliss needed to lock
00:27:09in the Sister Abigail DDT.
00:27:12One plant later and Bliss is qualified for the big one.
00:27:17I love money in the bank season.
00:27:20Alexa Bliss just earned her way to her fourth money in the bank.
00:27:25Of course, won it in 2018.
00:27:27Was in it in 21 and 22 before her recent years away from WWE action.
00:27:33Great start to SmackDown.
00:27:36Of course, recently we have seen this tag team division that has been
00:27:39red-hot at SmackDown.
00:27:41Recent weeks, the red-hot arrival of Proxium getting everybody's
00:27:43attention.
00:27:44Last week, they made a huge statement, a non-title win against the
00:27:47current champions.
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00:28:00Proxium announced themselves as major players here on the blue brand.
00:28:05When we see an opportunity, we go ahead and we teach it.
00:28:11They haven't proven themselves worthy of a title shot yet.
00:28:16I can't think of a better opportunity than to face the Street Profits
00:28:21right now.
00:28:52What a shock win here for the newcomers.
00:28:58Proxium are for real.
00:29:00And someday soon, they will be coming for the gold.
00:29:03You know, eventually, at one point, it's going to be Proxium and the
00:29:06Motor City Machine.
00:29:09To win out there, they took advantage of two guys hanged up from TLC.
00:29:14Only a couple of lowlifes would do that.
00:29:22♪♪
00:29:27Never slow down!
00:29:30♪♪
00:29:37♪♪
00:29:44The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:29:50Introducing first, with a combined weight of 365 pounds,
00:29:57Proxium!
00:30:01♪♪
00:30:06♪♪
00:30:11♪♪
00:30:16♪♪
00:30:22♪♪
00:30:25Back here in Greensboro, as the blistering fast Nathan Fraser and
00:30:29Axiom are in the ring.
00:30:31The two-time NXT Tag Team Champions.
00:30:34They have quickly established themselves as the top contenders here
00:30:38on SmackDown.
00:30:42One, two, three, four!
00:30:44♪♪
00:30:53And their opponents, with a combined weight of 407 pounds,
00:31:00Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, D-I-Y!
00:31:10All right, Wade, so here is D-I-Y in their first match since losing
00:31:15that epic, I mean, all-time triple threat TLC match.
00:31:20Yeah, and they're far from impressed with the newcomers,
00:31:24Proxium, who have really taken the SmackDown landscape by storm.
00:31:29Now looking to slow them down somewhat.
00:31:32D-I-Y aiming to get back on track and back to the top.
00:31:37The two-time WWE Tag Team Champions.
00:31:42They defeated the Motor City Machine Guns back in December of 24
00:31:46for their most recent reign.
00:31:48And this match is presented by Chime, teaming up with you to help
00:31:52unlock financial progress.
00:31:55It was interesting, we were talking about the strategy to put forth
00:31:59when you go up against Fraxium, Axiom, and Nathan Fraser,
00:32:02and all the speed they possess.
00:32:05How does D-I-Y deal with that?
00:32:08Well, the speed certainly has been the killer thus far for Fraxium.
00:32:11I spoke to D-I-Y a little earlier today.
00:32:13They're no slouches themselves.
00:32:15I asked them how they were going to deal with it.
00:32:17They told me quite specifically the speed of thought of Fraxium
00:32:21is not as fast as their speed of body movement.
00:32:24And that's where mistakes are bound to creep in.
00:32:27And you simply cannot afford mistakes against veterans
00:32:30like Ciampa and Gargano.
00:32:33He's got him stretched out.
00:32:35And then the big running, and there's the speed
00:32:37turning into power right away.
00:32:39Yeah, it was a little raggedy for me.
00:32:41I could tell Axiom was perhaps going for that octopus hold,
00:32:44but Ciampa did full well to sit out on it,
00:32:46and the connection wasn't as flush as usual.
00:32:49And here they go.
00:32:51That dive train that we have seen time and again
00:32:55when they rev this engine.
00:32:57Look at how quickly as they send Ciampa over the barrier.
00:33:00What in the world?
00:33:02And you can see the pain as Gargano took that
00:33:06right in the middle of the back.
00:33:08An absolute blitzkrieg start here from Fraxium.
00:33:12And D-I-Y have not got a clue what has hit them.
00:33:15What was that Ciampa said about speed leading to mistakes?
00:33:18No mistakes early on here from Fraxium.
00:33:22What an absolute whirlwind this duo has been.
00:33:27Oh, he went for the springboard,
00:33:29but Johnny pulled down that rope.
00:33:31Johnny Gargano clearly pulled down that rope
00:33:33when he was going for the springboard.
00:33:35Well, that was inadvertent from Gargano
00:33:37climbing up in the ring.
00:33:38You could say it was a fraxident,
00:33:40if you really like a pun.
00:33:41Oh, and now the huge clothesline.
00:33:44No fraxident there.
00:33:45That was flush to the jaw of Axiom.
00:33:48And in the blink of an eye,
00:33:49two vets can change the game just like that.
00:33:53By the way, they're in complete control.
00:33:56And then all of a sudden,
00:33:58right when he was going for that springboard,
00:34:00you saw Johnny Gargano.
00:34:01I mean, maybe he was trying to climb his way
00:34:03back into the ring.
00:34:04Of course he was trying to climb his way.
00:34:06That's why it wasn't a disqualification.
00:34:08Referee saw the whole thing
00:34:09and yeah, pat yourselves on the backs.
00:34:15As you see D-I-Y
00:34:19enjoying, celebrating their work.
00:34:21How smart was that?
00:34:22Enjoying things.
00:34:23By D-I-Y, get yourselves the upper hand.
00:34:25Make sure your opponent is at your feet.
00:34:27Then take a breather.
00:34:28This has been a rapid start to the matchup.
00:34:31Now you're in control.
00:34:32Do it at your pace.
00:34:34There's Axiom.
00:34:37The young rising star from Madrid, Spain
00:34:40is trying to work his way back into things.
00:34:42But Gargano slams him down
00:34:45and catches the ropes as well.
00:34:48D-I-Y is in control here in Greensboro.
00:34:58Well, it's interesting how one moment
00:35:00can change the course of a match
00:35:03because we were having a detailed conversation
00:35:06about the speed advantage
00:35:07of Nathan Frazier and Axiom
00:35:09and it was playing out that way.
00:35:11With every single thing they put forth,
00:35:14the offensive assault,
00:35:15the dive train was operating
00:35:17and as soon as Axiom,
00:35:19who was in complete control,
00:35:20went for that springboard,
00:35:22all players were in control.
00:35:24All of a sudden, the entire match turned
00:35:26when Johnny Gargano pulled down
00:35:28on that middle rope wave.
00:35:30Just climbing himself back up onto the apron
00:35:32where he's supposed to be.
00:35:33Johnny Gargano did nothing wrong.
00:35:35The fact that D-I-Y have immediately
00:35:38taken advantage, oh!
00:35:40I mean, this attack in the corners,
00:35:42you could see Axiom's head turn
00:35:44and his upper body just going limp
00:35:46in that corner wave.
00:35:47Yeah, and about that speed of Fraxiom,
00:35:49it's pretty difficult to catch.
00:35:51When you can't even get yourself
00:35:52up to a vertical base.
00:35:55This has changed in a big way.
00:35:57What a tactical masterclass by D-I-Y.
00:36:04Oh, see.
00:36:06I didn't break it up.
00:36:07Fish is going to say,
00:36:08don't work on that mass there of Axiom.
00:36:11More than anything,
00:36:12meshing with the mind of Axiom,
00:36:14fiddling around with that mass
00:36:16and then he's going to go for it.
00:36:19Just driving that big heel
00:36:20right under his chin.
00:36:24Axiom is in a real bad spot here.
00:36:27Yeah, complete disarray
00:36:28as Fraxion on the outside
00:36:29desperately wants that tag.
00:36:31He ain't going to get it,
00:36:32not with Tommaso Ciampa in control.
00:36:35Ciampa, one of the most cerebral
00:36:37competitors I've ever witnessed.
00:36:40Nothing left to do.
00:36:41He's going to go for it.
00:36:42He's going to go for it.
00:36:43He's going to go for it.
00:36:44He's going to go for it.
00:36:45He's going to go for it.
00:36:46I've never witnessed
00:36:47nothing left a chance.
00:36:55Kick out at two.
00:36:58Been a lot of online discourse
00:37:00about Fraxion being the best tag team
00:37:02in the world.
00:37:03Well, I'm certainly not ready to go there yet.
00:37:06You've got to learn everything
00:37:07the hard way here on the blue brand,
00:37:09especially in such a competitive division.
00:37:13I would agree with that assessment.
00:37:14You can't be thrown around
00:37:15best tag team in the world.
00:37:16You can say the tag team that perhaps
00:37:19has the most current momentum
00:37:20in recent weeks.
00:37:22The best streak going.
00:37:23I agree with you.
00:37:24Guys like D.I.Y.
00:37:25who are now doing a complete number
00:37:28behind the referees.
00:37:29Guys like D.I.Y.
00:37:30who have done the hard yards,
00:37:32who have been to the top of the mountain.
00:37:33It just gets their backs up
00:37:35when the shiny new toys out of NXT
00:37:38getting spoken about in the same breath
00:37:40as the greats like D.I.Y.
00:37:42And this is punishment time.
00:37:43This is punishment time now.
00:37:44And thus what we saw a week ago,
00:37:46the reaction on SmackDown backstage
00:37:48by D.I.Y.
00:37:49as Ciampa gets back to work on Axiom.
00:37:54Axiom has been on the wrong end of this
00:37:57for many minutes now.
00:38:14Great scene here in Greensboro.
00:38:16Over 12,000 plus capacity crowd.
00:38:19We're in the midst of tag team action.
00:38:21Fraxium and D.I.Y.
00:38:23Axiom is desperate to get that tag.
00:38:26Man, oh man.
00:38:27A week ago,
00:38:28D.I.Y. attacked them backstage
00:38:30after Fraxium came up with a big non-title win
00:38:33against the Street Profits.
00:38:34There's the tag they needed.
00:38:36And here comes Nathan Frazer.
00:38:38A sudden turn of speed here for Fraxium
00:38:41after Axiom was getting paintbrushed
00:38:44for the last five minutes.
00:38:45Finally, the Freshman in.
00:38:47And the complexion totally different now.
00:38:50Frazer's on fire.
00:38:52Springboards it.
00:38:55And puts down Gargano.
00:38:58The problem with Paige Luskens.
00:38:59Shooting Tsar.
00:39:01Hooks the leg.
00:39:03And Johnny kicks out.
00:39:05Nathan Frazer just moving around
00:39:08like a blur in this one.
00:39:11As we try and get our breath back,
00:39:13the cogs are whirring in the mind of Nathan Frazer.
00:39:16And I think we know where he's going here.
00:39:19Rematch win streak
00:39:21since their SmackDown debut.
00:39:24He's lining it up.
00:39:25Looking for the Phoenix Flash.
00:39:26Lands on his feet.
00:39:28Gargano delivers a huge left hand.
00:39:31Just took way too long climbing up there,
00:39:33did Frazer.
00:39:34May pay for that.
00:39:35Oh!
00:39:36Super kick to the jaw.
00:39:38In the midst of that springboard moonsault.
00:39:40And now here comes Ciampa.
00:39:42Again, once over committed.
00:39:44Oh, fairytale ending.
00:39:46That kick delivered for the win.
00:39:50Oh, and coming in and saving things was Axiom.
00:39:53Well, back from the death
00:39:54just at a crucial moment there.
00:39:56We talk about the momentum that Axiom have got.
00:39:58The last thing you want is to take an L here
00:40:01and lose it all.
00:40:02Cross body flying out onto the floor from Gargano.
00:40:06Project Ciampa delivered.
00:40:11Oh, and somehow, somehow Nathan Frazer
00:40:15finds a way to get that shoulder up.
00:40:17What a devastating connection.
00:40:19Take another look at how high Nathan Frazer
00:40:22bounces off the knees of that Project Ciampa.
00:40:25How the hell he kicked out there, I have no idea.
00:40:30What's he doing with his knee pads?
00:40:33What's he doing with his knee pads?
00:40:36Dropping it down and now about to drop the hammer
00:40:39with the exposed knee.
00:40:40Oh!
00:40:41Knee straight to the buckle.
00:40:43No protection whatsoever.
00:40:45Huge regret there for Ciampa.
00:40:50Gargano delivers the big boot.
00:40:53But then, Frazer looking to rally back.
00:40:56Talk about rally.
00:40:57This one is like a tennis match.
00:40:59Back and forth over the net.
00:41:04Who is going to smash this one home to victory?
00:41:08Frazer's got him in position.
00:41:11Gargano trying to fight back in front of this massive crowd.
00:41:15As he sends him flying.
00:41:17Takes care of business against Ciampa.
00:41:20Frazer managing to land on his feet somehow.
00:41:22There was a tag there too.
00:41:23Look at the speed into the superplex.
00:41:26Axiom the legal man here.
00:41:28Oh, the kick with the Brain Buster combination.
00:41:33Oh, and a massive knee from Ciampa.
00:41:36Jaw-breaking knee.
00:41:38Once again, that exposed knee of Ciampa.
00:41:41The buckle a couple of minutes ago.
00:41:44This time connects flush on the jaw.
00:41:46After this epic double team move.
00:41:49What to have victory in sight.
00:41:51Oh!
00:41:52For Francium Ciampa there just at the deck.
00:41:54I mean, the super kick with the Brain Buster
00:41:57but that exposed knee.
00:42:00Fraxium, red hot since their debut.
00:42:04But DIY after they attacked him backstage.
00:42:07After that victory against a not 100% street profits.
00:42:12Yeah, not 100%.
00:42:14I'm a big advocate.
00:42:15If you beat the champs in a non-title match,
00:42:17you deserve a championship opportunity.
00:42:20The caveat is, if the champs were some 100%,
00:42:24who did you really beat?
00:42:27That was the case as they were coming out of that TLC match.
00:42:30Close for the German suplex attempt.
00:42:33Able to stop the O'Connor roll.
00:42:36And instead the big kick by Gargano.
00:42:38Here's the roll-up.
00:42:42Johnny Gargano there with a handful of tights there.
00:42:44Oh, he's got him in a submission.
00:42:46What a tremendous transition in the blink of an eye.
00:42:49From defense to offense just like that.
00:42:52And Ciampa again.
00:42:53Oh, he's got his mask off.
00:42:55He nearly has Axiom's mask off.
00:42:59Nathan Fraser playing clean up duty there.
00:43:01Saving the blushes of Axiom.
00:43:04Look at this counter by Axiom.
00:43:08Wow!
00:43:12Here are your winners, Fraxium!
00:43:17Well, fast in body, fast in mind too.
00:43:20Well, Fraxium, they got the W.
00:43:23But at what cost?
00:43:25Now it's the punishment beating.
00:43:28And it was such a superb match.
00:43:31And now the beatdown.
00:43:33But there is company.
00:43:35Motor City Machine Guns.
00:43:38Two men who were jumped by DIY last week.
00:43:41Not for the first time.
00:43:42Oh, Saban and Shelly getting the best of Ciampa.
00:43:45Well, these are those consequences.
00:43:47And Gargano, former best buddy of the Motor City Machine Guns
00:43:51who stabbed them in the back several months ago.
00:43:55Now caught between a rock and a hard place.
00:43:58Oh, a big kick by Saban.
00:44:02Motor City Machine Guns arriving just in time
00:44:07after another impressive outing by the upstarts.
00:44:13The former NXT Tag Team Champions
00:44:17who have won four straight now on SmackDown
00:44:21defeating DIY as Fraxium.
00:44:33Good luck, man.
00:44:34Muchas gracias, Andrade.
00:44:35Last week, we did a great job.
00:44:40Do you know, maybe we will see each other
00:44:45in that Money in the Bank later match?
00:44:48Do you know that?
00:44:49Sabes algo?
00:44:50I had my WrestleMania moment and I fell.
00:44:53But the fire inside me is burning deeper than ever.
00:44:57I am ready for the next level.
00:44:59And the next level is called Money in the Bank.
00:45:03Hey, Canda!
00:45:06Ponlele, Canda.
00:45:08What's up?
00:45:09Where the hell is LA Knight?
00:45:11¿Lo has visto?
00:45:12Yo no lo he visto. ¿Tú lo has visto?
00:45:14Yo no lo he visto.
00:45:16¿Tú lo has visto?
00:45:21Remember, triple threat qualifying match coming up.
00:45:23A week ago, Nia Jax won a number one contender's match.
00:45:26Tonight, she gets the reward.
00:45:28Chance to be the WWE Women's Champion again.
00:45:31Tiffany Stratton defends against Nia Jax tonight.
00:45:35What a championship ahead.
00:45:37And when we come back, R-Truth played an unexpected role at Backlash.
00:45:42You know what happened at the press conference.
00:45:44Wade Barrett's exclusive one-on-one conversation with R-Truth
00:45:48to get his reaction to everything that happened in St. Louis.
00:45:51That's coming up next.
00:45:58I want to see our four finalists show up and show out.
00:46:01On the season finale of LFG.
00:46:04Only one woman and only one man will move on.
00:46:07And that's the one man and one woman who steals the show.
00:46:10WWE Superstar Sunday. Season finale Sunday.
00:46:13June 20th through the 22nd.
00:46:15And you can secure your tickets now at fanaticsbest.com.
00:46:20How about that lineup in New York?
00:46:29We're on a roll, baby. No one can stop us out here.
00:46:36Congratulations, boys. You're on a roll.
00:46:38You beat D-I-Y, Pretty Deadly, Los Garzas, and heard or not,
00:46:42y'all even got one over on us.
00:46:44Ooh, and what you guys are doing is so special.
00:46:47So special, in fact, we just left Nick Otis' office
00:46:50and he has granted you guys a WWE Tag Team Championship.
00:46:54Wow.
00:46:55How about that? How about that?
00:46:59But guess what? Here's the best part.
00:47:00What's the best part?
00:47:01Oh, oh, oh.
00:47:02What?
00:47:03They ain't got to wait till Monday to pay.
00:47:04No.
00:47:05They ain't got to wait till Saturday night to pay anything.
00:47:06Don't be patient.
00:47:07The WWE Tag Team Championship match is next week.
00:47:11Yes!
00:47:12Hey, let's go, baby.
00:47:13So I guess all we have to do now is sit.
00:47:15Hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:47:16All right, what he's trying to say is we're really looking forward to this.
00:47:19Oh, all right.
00:47:20Appreciate it.
00:47:23Because we're going to be 100 percent.
00:47:25Hopefully you boys are, too.
00:47:31All right.
00:47:33Mate, we have speed running this whole thing, fam.
00:47:35We're on a roll.
00:47:36All we have to do next week is go to BMX.
00:47:38I take it you're rushing it.
00:47:39All we have to do is worry about next week.
00:47:41Okay?
00:47:42Okay.
00:47:43Let's go worry about next week, then.
00:47:47I have no idea how you even begin to start slowing Fraxium down,
00:47:52but if the Street Profits can't figure that out by next week on SmackDown,
00:47:56they will be losing tag gold.
00:47:58I am looking forward to broadcasting that match.
00:48:00I don't think anyone would have thought that we would leave John Cena,
00:48:04Randy Orton mega match at Backlash.
00:48:06Talk about R-Truth, but always expect the unexpected.
00:48:10Wade sat down with R-Truth earlier today.
00:48:15R-Truth, thank you for joining me.
00:48:17I know you're a busy man, so I'm going to get straight to it.
00:48:20The Backlash press conference.
00:48:22John Cena AA'd you through a table.
00:48:25What is going on between the two of you?
00:48:29Wade, life is tough.
00:48:32This constant pressure, man.
00:48:34Career, family, friends, bills.
00:48:41But regardless of what's going on in your world,
00:48:44you could always depend on John Cena.
00:48:49When you felt like you wanted to quit,
00:48:52what did John say?
00:48:54Never give up.
00:48:58You didn't know when it was going to come.
00:49:01You didn't think it was going to happen.
00:49:04What did John say?
00:49:06Your time is now.
00:49:10Hustle, loyalty, respect.
00:49:14Those are not just words, Wade.
00:49:17It's a beacon of light.
00:49:20If John Cena did it, so can you.
00:49:26Truth, listen to yourself.
00:49:28This sounds crazy.
00:49:31You won John Cena the match at Backlash.
00:49:33You prevented John Cena from being punted.
00:49:38And look how he repaid you.
00:49:42And you want to sing that guy's praises?
00:49:44Wade, John Cena won that match on his own.
00:49:48You don't know John Cena like I know John Cena.
00:49:50That man at the press conference was not John Cena.
00:49:54The John that I know, he wouldn't turn his back
00:49:57on the people that support and love him.
00:50:01The John that I know, he wouldn't be talking about
00:50:04ruining wrestling.
00:50:06Put his friend, his brother, through a table?
00:50:11I don't want to fight John.
00:50:14But if I have to beat him back to his senses,
00:50:19then I will do it.
00:50:21I'm going to do it.
00:50:23I already talked to Nick Aldis.
00:50:26It's set.
00:50:28Saturday night, main event.
00:50:32Wade, John is the greatest of all time.
00:50:35But I remember what my hero told me
00:50:37when facing the impossible.
00:50:40Never give up.
00:50:43And regardless of what happens Saturday night,
00:50:46I'm going to walk out with my head held high.
00:50:49Because I'm going to live by three words.
00:50:53Hustle, loyalty, and respect.
00:50:58That's what's up.
00:51:00Well, Truth, this has been enlightening.
00:51:03And best of luck against John Cena
00:51:05at Saturday night's main event.
00:51:08Much obliged, Wade.
00:51:11Great job, Wade.
00:51:12And look what's coming our way now next week.
00:51:14Saturday night's main event in Tampa.
00:51:17Live nationwide on NBC.
00:51:19R-Truth against the 17-time world champion,
00:51:22John Cena.
00:51:24That is next Saturday night.
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00:53:49Oh, yeah!
00:53:51Oh, yeah!
00:53:53Oh, yeah!
00:53:55Oh, yeah!
00:53:57Oh, yeah!
00:53:59in this vortex that is Drew McIntyre's petty,
00:54:02childish, vindictive bull.
00:54:07We need a conclusion, Drew.
00:54:09The rage, the disdain between these two
00:54:12coming to a boiling point.
00:54:15At Saturday night's main event,
00:54:17a simple match won't do it.
00:54:19I want you to hurt real bad.
00:54:22I want you to feel real pain.
00:54:26I want to bash your face in so bad
00:54:29that the hospital will need dental records to identify you.
00:54:35Anarchy, violence.
00:54:39I want this to happen inside a steel cage.
00:54:43I hope this is what you wanted, Drew,
00:54:46because it's what you're gonna get.
00:54:48The cycle ends here.
00:54:56Oh, I love where Priest's mind is.
00:54:58Are you kidding me?
00:54:59Steel cage with those two?
00:55:00Please, please let that happen.
00:55:02Aleister Black, a week ago,
00:55:04he rolled up Carmelo Hayes for a win.
00:55:07Melo accidentally knocked The Miz off the apron.
00:55:10Of course, it was Black who defeated The Miz
00:55:12a couple of weeks ago.
00:55:18Allow me to explain exactly what is about to happen.
00:55:22Every minute of happening.
00:55:23I got this.
00:55:25Aleister Black, even saying your name makes me sick.
00:55:29Last week, you had the opportunity to take my head off
00:55:31and you didn't take it.
00:55:32And that's the biggest mistake of your life
00:55:34because now this beef, it will never end.
00:55:37Okay, it's not over till I win.
00:55:39You're in the playoffs now, big dog.
00:55:41Ask the last guy, because it's Melo over everybody.
00:55:44It's MOE.
00:55:45I'm the 10th wonder of the world.
00:55:46I am him.
00:55:48Who's him?
00:55:49I am.
00:55:50Who's him?
00:55:50I am.
00:55:51Who's him?
00:55:52I am.
00:55:53And one month ago was your grand opening
00:55:54and tonight in Greensboro, it's your grand closing.
00:55:58Hit his music.
00:56:04They're still proudly boasting of the WrestleMania weekend
00:56:06with that Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
00:56:09Giant Gold Head pendant that The Miz gifted him.
00:56:13They'll be boasting for the next 12 months.
00:56:15What an accolade that was for Carmelo Hayes.
00:56:18♪ I'm the greatest, the one we've been debating ♪
00:56:22The following contest is scheduled for one fall
00:56:26accompanied by The Miz from Boston, Massachusetts
00:56:31weighing in at 210 pounds, Carmelo Hayes!
00:56:40Hey, by the way, speaking of The Miz.
00:56:42♪ Part of struggles like this and we're the best at it ♪
00:56:46♪ I'm the greatest, ain't no hating, I'm the best hit ♪
00:56:49♪ You want your shot, well I guess you wait till next year ♪
00:56:52♪ I'm at the top, get respect while I get big ♪
00:56:55♪ Who got a problem, huh, tell them to step in ♪
00:56:57♪ I be hitting W's or what's a loss ♪
00:56:59♪ I'm at the top, got my muscle on ♪
00:57:02♪ They be the op, till they rush along ♪
00:57:04♪ Never quit and handle problems, then I crush them all ♪
00:57:07♪ Shoulders used to hold weight, now I dust them off ♪
00:57:10♪ All these bosses think they tough until I come along ♪
00:57:13♪ I've been in this here for years and I'm running strong ♪
00:57:19This thing looks so uncomfortable to me.
00:57:20I mean, he's got ladies like a harness
00:57:22for the gray gold medallions.
00:57:24It looks like over 10 pounds.
00:57:26It's worth the pain of carrying that thing around
00:57:29because it's such an impressive thing to win.
00:57:32What a gift from The Miz that was.
00:57:34What a benevolent mentor The Miz really is.
00:57:37Well, here they go locking up
00:57:39Aleister Black and Carmelo Hayes.
00:57:42Had a good match a week ago.
00:57:45Yeah, it was a real back and forth effort.
00:57:47And despite the L for Carmelo Hayes at the end,
00:57:52you have to say he was pretty much an equal
00:57:54to Aleister Black on almost every level
00:57:56throughout the duration of it,
00:57:58except for that final three count.
00:58:03First time they competed against each other last week
00:58:06when Black won by that roll up.
00:58:08Mention the fact that The Miz got up on the apron.
00:58:13Hayes accidentally knocked off his ally.
00:58:18Here goes Black.
00:58:22Nice maneuverings there from Aleister Black,
00:58:24stopping short and catching Young Mellow by surprise.
00:58:28Not easy to do against a great mover like Carmelo Hayes.
00:58:33Hayes, back and forth, these two go!
00:58:37Matching skill and athleticism.
00:58:40Quick burst dynamic between these two.
00:58:43Black and, oh!
00:58:45Oh, he went for Black Mass right away
00:58:47and Mellow is able to avoid it.
00:58:50Yeah, Mellow looks like he's just seen a ghost
00:58:52and that's not just staring at the bizarre Aleister Black.
00:58:59But Black Mass really is the ultimate one hitter quitter.
00:59:02Isn't it?
00:59:04At that time, Black was able to deny Mellow's effort.
00:59:09Black once again going for that German suplex.
00:59:11It's clear he-
00:59:12Oh, he springboarded right into a big boot
00:59:15that he never saw coming.
00:59:17They're just incredible reflexes
00:59:19and it's fortunate for Carmelo Hayes
00:59:20that he managed to roll out of the ring on that one.
00:59:23And here goes, oh, he tried to moonsault,
00:59:26but The Miz threw him back in the ring.
00:59:28What great-
00:59:29Oh, and instead it's Mellow!
00:59:31Tremendous mentorship there from The Miz
00:59:34who is truly guiding Carmelo Hayes
00:59:36over these small bumps in the road
00:59:39as Mellow tries to become the number one competitor
00:59:42here on SmackDown.
00:59:44Oh, The Miz helping things out dynamically
00:59:48as he was able to throw Mellow back into the ring
00:59:51and that left shoulder gets up.
00:59:53Carmelo Hayes, Aleister Black,
00:59:56back in here at Friday Night SmackDown.
01:00:02Going way back here in Greensboro, North Carolina,
01:00:06Aleister Black-
01:00:07We have seen him in recent weeks
01:00:10on the other end of Carmelo Hayes' attack.
01:00:13What has impressed you early on
01:00:15with Aleister Black in his return?
01:00:17Well, it's the fight that first of all.
01:00:19He's shrouded in a certain mystique and symbolism
01:00:23that leaves a lot of questions at opponent's minds.
01:00:25So to be honest with you,
01:00:26I think when you talk to Okay,
01:00:28that leaves a lot of questions in opponents mind it's that psychological
01:00:33attack but the one thing we do know for sure that he is the most devastating
01:00:37striker we have seen in some time here and the Miz certainly knows all about
01:00:43that having taken three black masses back to back to back here on SmackDown
01:00:49Oh big knee to the upper back as Melo admiring his work
01:01:03I'll tell you right now way to go for as they come it's always been the playbook
01:01:09of Carmelo Hayes and historically it's led to success but perhaps against
01:01:14someone the caliber of Alistair Black pump the brakes on that cockiness
01:01:21see the Miz yelling encouragement feel like the Miz has been far more engaged
01:01:28in terms of the coaching of Carmelo Hayes here
01:01:34Black able to drive that knee right into the midsection and then comes again with a striking
01:01:48attack and that time as he tried to springboard back in Carmelo Hayes smart
01:01:54to push him right onto the floor and with the referees back turn Miz goes on
01:01:59the attack well it pays dividends to have a man as cold and calculating as
01:02:04the mid Miz in your corner Carmelo Hayes is certainly no fool knock that one out of the park
01:02:12looks down and his fallen opponent out onto the floor
01:02:21quick to strike again is Melo into the cover right back in it tossed off kicked out by
01:02:35Alistair Black Carmelo Hayes really now he has the advantage needs to stop dropping the
01:02:40hammer on his opponent take advantage of the advantage that's been handed to you by the Miz
01:02:51I don't care about you, we don't care about you
01:02:54I don't care about you, we don't care about you
01:03:18it is the third match in the return of Alistair Black
01:03:23who just went up high and leveled Carmelo Hayes with a big kick that sends him to the floor
01:03:29I'll tell you right now when it comes to movement and reflexes I think Carmelo Hayes and Alistair Black are 1A and 1A
01:03:38when it comes to the Smackdown roster absolutely matching each other but right now it's Hayes in big trouble
01:03:45in risk of being counted out here in the Miz yelling encouragement trying to get the mentee back in the ring
01:03:52he's able to get back in and beat that count
01:03:56Black
01:03:59showing you that speed and that striking ability the kickboxing in Muay Thai pedigree coming up big for Alistair Black
01:04:10had the gap in action on WWE from October of 2020 to then coming back and winning on May 2nd of this year
01:04:20Black once again trying to go for that German suplex it's quite simply Carmelo Hayes has had it well scouted
01:04:26but right now Carmelo Hayes is rocked and it just got even worse
01:04:31that time he delivers
01:04:36look at the pace by Black right to the cover
01:04:39Alistair Black just rolling now he got that second wind and he has not looked back take a look at this
01:04:45sticking it landing on his feet
01:04:49and now whirring through the gears on how do you put this cocky youngster Carmelo Hayes away
01:04:55see both of our competitors looking to dig deep in this match now they've given so much
01:05:04it's almost a carbon copy of last week step for step move for move there is simply no give by either of these two superstars
01:05:15remember last week finished with a roll up and now Hayes trying to turn the tables on a big kick
01:05:22Black wobbly on his feet
01:05:26and Hayes is in control
01:05:29finally connecting with it planting face first was Alistair Black
01:05:33oh what a counter what a counter by Alistair Black
01:05:40and yet Hayes comes back
01:05:42both men have got to be running on fumes at this point but still the big hits keep coming
01:05:48they are off the top rope
01:05:50absolutely precision right there and Melo has no idea where he's at there you go
01:05:56bridging pin attempt
01:05:59well that was the move that Alistair Black has attempted several times finally he connects with it
01:06:06it was a very slow kick out from Melo but just enough to keep this one going
01:06:10spectacular scene over 12,000 plus here in Greensboro on a Friday night Smackdown
01:06:16that will be topped by the WWE Women's Championship match between Tiffany Stratton and Nia Jax
01:06:23but we are in the midst of Alistair Black and Carmelo Hayes the rematch as The Miz acting as a distraction into the roll up
01:06:32and able to kick out
01:06:35and that big knee by Black
01:06:38and again
01:06:41Carmelo Hayes
01:06:44into the cover for the win
01:06:48well Carmelo Hayes digging deep into the massive playbook that he owns
01:06:53that has only got deeper with the addition of Miz on the outside
01:06:57he thought that was victory
01:07:00but it speaks volumes to the durability of the Muay Thai expert Alistair Black
01:07:06he simply wasn't out cold
01:07:09and Miz is getting very close to crossing the line here
01:07:14Miz highly animated
01:07:16Carmelo Hayes is getting sick of it
01:07:18I think he's saying listen go up top
01:07:20maybe nothing but net but instead
01:07:22he gets pushed back and that disagreement may cost him
01:07:28oh that back spinning elbow
01:07:31a devastating right
01:07:32a left to the body
01:07:33a kick down low
01:07:35but what a response by Carmelo Hayes
01:07:40you get rocked but you keep ticking
01:07:42no one's gonna tick after that tiger knee to the jaw
01:07:47and now is this the opportunity that Alistair Black looks for
01:07:52yes
01:07:53looking to lift him into position for
01:07:55oh!
01:07:57he was going for Black Mass
01:07:59and The Miz interrupts everything and the bell rings
01:08:03Miz has essentially saved his mentee Carmelo Hayes
01:08:07from a Black Mass
01:08:08and he knows how dangerous that is
01:08:10wait a second
01:08:11he was going for skull crushing but instead
01:08:13The Miz is laid out again
01:08:15but Milo right on the attack is Melo
01:08:18four weeks in a row Miz has taken that Black Mass
01:08:22that allowed Carmelo Hayes to clip that knee
01:08:25of the unprotected Alistair Black
01:08:28and now he's at the mercy of the young cocky pretender
01:08:31that is Carmelo Hayes
01:08:33The Miz was laid out by Black Mass
01:08:36and Melo got right into the ring
01:08:40nothing but net
01:08:46well it's not the way Carmelo Hayes thought this was gonna play out
01:08:54the match thrown out thanks to the involvement of The Miz
01:08:58but it is indeed Carmelo Hayes who stands tall in the aftermath
01:09:03so no winner between Black and Hayes
01:09:06but it's Hayes who stands tall delivering nothing but net
01:09:12excuse me Alexa
01:09:13real quick
01:09:14last week we saw you make your return
01:09:16and then tonight
01:09:17you became the first competitor to qualify for this year's
01:09:20Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match
01:09:23how does it feel?
01:09:24amazing
01:09:25amazing
01:09:26and now my goal is to be the first woman to win it twice
01:09:29I want to take that briefcase
01:09:31sorry Byron can I just
01:09:33so sorry
01:09:41hey
01:09:48Alexa
01:09:49what are we doing here?
01:09:51just wanted to know if you gave any thought to what we talked about
01:09:54yeah friends
01:09:56we weren't even that close
01:09:58no
01:09:59but
01:10:00when I first came to NXT
01:10:02no one would give me the time of day
01:10:04and you took me under our wing
01:10:06and you were a decent human being for some reason
01:10:09and I never forgot about it
01:10:12yeah
01:10:14I don't remember that
01:10:24Alexa
01:10:30Alexa
01:10:31Charlotte
01:10:32meet the newest member of the Smackdown roster
01:10:35it's Yulia
01:10:41let's you and I talk about money in the bank
01:10:47if you want to help Lexi
01:10:48stay out of my way
01:10:50because I don't need you
01:10:55oh
01:10:57keep telling yourself that
01:11:00Bliss Charlotte dynamic
01:11:01but Julia now on Smackdown
01:11:03and this guy
01:11:05barely still feeling the effects of backlash
01:11:08the challenge was put forth by Damien Priest
01:11:11to Drew for a steel cage match
01:11:13Scottish Warrior next
01:11:19now it is going to be tippy time
01:11:21here in Greensboro
01:11:23tonight Tiffany Stratton
01:11:25she ended Nia Jax's reign
01:11:27and tonight is the next chapter to be written
01:11:29between Tiffany Stratton
01:11:31and Nia Jax
01:11:32that's coming up later
01:11:39Nia Jax defends the WWE Women's title
01:11:43Tiffany from behind with a briefcase
01:11:47Tiffany's gonna cash in
01:11:48Tiffany's gonna cash in
01:11:54Tiffany Stratton
01:11:55goes from Miss Money in the Bank
01:11:58to the WWE Women's Champion
01:12:03what a tippy turn of events you guys
01:12:06am I right?
01:12:07less than a year ago
01:12:09I befriended Nia
01:12:11the queen of the ring
01:12:13and the princess of the ring
01:12:16she thought I was naive
01:12:17she thought I was just a dumb blonde
01:12:21ah
01:12:22don't forget who got this for you
01:12:26if this ends bad for me
01:12:28this will end really bad for you
01:12:34and now
01:12:36I'm at the tippy top of my game
01:12:41Tiffany Stratton
01:12:42has vaulted herself to the top
01:12:44of the women's division
01:12:47what a win at Wrestlemania
01:12:55it sounds like you all missed me
01:12:59I was gone
01:13:01and your champion Tiffany Stratton
01:13:03was running around here like a Barbie doll
01:13:05with her head cut off
01:13:07I was regrouping
01:13:09so I can come back here
01:13:11and take what is mine
01:13:14newsflash
01:13:15I'm not the same Tiffany Stratton
01:13:17that used to bully around anymore
01:13:21what time is it?
01:13:23it's tippy time
01:13:25time's up
01:13:27Nia Jax has got a championship opportunity
01:13:30a tippy time may well end
01:13:37well after everything they've been through
01:13:39tonight they battle with it all on the line again
01:13:42can Tiffany Stratton find a way
01:13:44to stop all this momentum of Nia Jax
01:13:46WWE women's championship match
01:13:48it is later on tonight
01:14:13Nia Jax!
01:14:16Nia Jax!
01:14:41ladies and gentlemen
01:14:43please welcome
01:14:45Drew McIntyre
01:15:13what has been months and months of bad blood
01:15:15they spun off
01:15:18and the intense hatred
01:15:20culminated in this horrific crash landing
01:15:23a kamikaze
01:15:25south of heaven from height
01:15:27rendering both men down
01:15:29and unsurprisingly
01:15:31out for the rest of the match
01:15:35Drew McIntyre a man at
01:15:37aghast at showing any sign of pain
01:15:40simply can't cover it today
01:15:42we heard from Damian Priest earlier
01:15:46he's made a challenge to McIntyre
01:15:48he wants to meet McIntyre
01:15:50inside a steel cage to put this to bed
01:15:53once and for all
01:15:55we await McIntyre's answer
01:16:02look at how gingerly he's even climbing up
01:16:05for the second rope
01:16:07but he is here
01:16:09in front of this crowd in Greensboro
01:16:11massive crowd
01:16:13packed house at First Horizon Coliseum
01:16:1512,000 plus
01:16:22unless a man would have taken the week off
01:16:24but not McIntyre
01:16:26and certainly not
01:16:28when he has somebody like Damian Priest
01:16:30calling him out
01:16:42crowd cheers
01:17:07I heard what you had to say Priest
01:17:11the only thing that was accurate in that entire video
01:17:14is how much violence we've inflicted upon each other
01:17:18but you're stuck in the Drew McIntyre vortex
01:17:20is that what you said?
01:17:23I've been in this vortex for over a year
01:17:25that so called Drew McIntyre vortex you're in
01:17:29is the only reason you're relevant
01:17:31and the only reason anyone gives a damn about you
01:17:34I've been trying to get rid of you
01:17:40I've been trying to get rid of you
01:17:42for months and months
01:17:44I beat you at Wrestlemania
01:17:46in your own match
01:17:48I beat you in a street fight clean
01:17:50and you keep getting involved
01:17:52in my business
01:17:54you're obsessed with me
01:17:58it's getting to the point I was genuinely concerned
01:18:00you want to wear my skin to your birthday party
01:18:04but I know what this is
01:18:06this is jealousy
01:18:08this is a psychotic level of jealousy
01:18:11you look at me and you see everything you've ever wanted
01:18:15I am better than you
01:18:17in every single way
01:18:19I've got all the accolades
01:18:21I would have been a Grand Slam champion
01:18:23if it wasn't for you at Backlash
01:18:26you're trying to take out the competition
01:18:30and I genuinely believe
01:18:32you're willing to kill me to do it
01:18:34because you chokeslammed me
01:18:36off a 15 foot platform
01:18:38and slammed my head into the concrete
01:18:56this has to end
01:18:59I'll see you inside that cage next Saturday
01:19:04and I'm going to make you a guarantee
01:19:06because when Drew McIntyre makes a guarantee
01:19:11it happens
01:19:13only one man is going to walk out of that cage
01:19:17the other is leaving on a stretcher
01:19:21Drew McIntyre
01:19:52a lot of beef
01:19:54and even more bad intentions
01:19:56it is official
01:19:58Priest and McIntyre aim to settle it all
01:20:01one week from tomorrow
01:20:03in Tampa, Florida
01:20:04and Saturday night's main event
01:20:06inside a steel cage
01:20:08also now official
01:20:10as we found out earlier tonight
01:20:11Saturday night's main event
01:20:12live on NBC Nationwide
01:20:15it is in Tampa
01:20:17John Cena and R-Truth
01:20:19forget this one
01:20:20not an alliance I ever saw coming
01:20:23but they've got no choice
01:20:24Sami Zayn
01:20:25and the second City Zayn
01:20:27CM Punk
01:20:29they're going to team up
01:20:30at Saturday night's main event
01:20:31to take on the power duo
01:20:33who run Raw
01:20:35Braun Breaker
01:20:36and Seth Freaking Rollins
01:20:38also in primetime on NBC
01:20:39the World Heavyweight Championship
01:20:40will be on the line
01:20:41a few weeks ago
01:20:42Logan Paul sucker punching Jey Uso
01:20:45when Raw went off the air
01:20:46now in Tampa
01:20:47everybody's going to be eating
01:20:48Jey's defense of the Wellman