- 6/14/2025
#WWE, #Smack Down, # King & Queen Of The Ring, #Night Of Champions, #LA Knight Vs Randy Orton Vs Carmelo Hayes Vs Aleister Black, #Fatal 4 Way Match
WWE Smack Down _June 13, 2025 - King Of The Ring Tournament _Round 1 - LA Knight Vs Randy Orton Vs Carmelo Hayes Vs Aleister Black
WWE Smack Down _June 13, 2025 - King Of The Ring Tournament _Round 1 - LA Knight Vs Randy Orton Vs Carmelo Hayes Vs Aleister Black
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00:00Well, welcome to SmackDown, John, this is not a safe environment.
00:05As you see, the Viper, Randy Orton, the megastar, LA Knight.
00:09They were just in an exchange moments ago.
00:11Cody Rhodes in there as to who will take this very tournament, king of the ring.
00:30The following is a fatal four-way first-round match in the king of the ring tournament scheduled
00:41for one call, making his way to the ring from Boston, Massachusetts, weighing in at 210 pounds.
00:50He is the 2025 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner, Carmelo Hayes.
01:02You know, and since that Battle Royal win, it's been an interesting past few months.
01:07Hasn't been grabbing the Ws, but he's been looking really good,
01:10most recently coming off of closely contested Money in the Bank qualifier with Andrade.
01:14This is Melo's second time competing in the king of the ring tournament.
01:17Yeah, inching closer and closer to smashing through into that top bracket here on SmackDown.
01:24A victory in the king of the ring tournament would really push Melo's career over the edge.
01:47A victory in the king of the ring tournament may win.
01:53After reading and intervening, he sequences that are is the only key in the same way.
01:53That was a silly part of...
01:55A victory in the king of the king next year...
02:00A victory in the king of the king, who won the king of the king of the king's war-inya- blaming the prince.
02:06A victory in the king of the king of the king, he이've been murdered,
02:08Who the king of the king of the king of the king.
02:10I'll get it...
02:11I will never win.
02:12And наши songants are good for the king.
02:14Our king of the king of the Sunday morning.
02:14alistair black is the fourth man in this first round king of the ring tournament fatal four
02:32way his return to the wwe has come with his signature striking attacks being in absolute
02:38prime form past couple weeks ellie knight knows that carmelo hayes knows that the matching skill
02:46with those two and here they are again with so much on the line winner here advances to the
02:54semifinals it'll all be decided saturday june 28th night of champions from saudi arabia
03:08fascinating matchup in terms of styles isn't wade yeah an absolute mix of pretty much
03:38everything my eye of course immediately drawn to the viper randy orton the man who was the runner
03:44up in last year's king of the ring tournament a very controversial ending to that match with gunther
03:51over in saudi arabia randy orton's shoulders not down for the three count but gunther got the win
03:57randy orton will look to fix that this year yeah that was the ref's discretion in that finals of
04:03king in the ring last year terrible discretion i might add it was clearly up in the air obviously
04:08they were able to tangle later that summer it's great to have randy back after what happened at
04:14backlash back on may 10th against john cena and here's what i find interesting oh that was a roll
04:20up mellow quickly trying to finish things off and then he runs right into the viper john cena's made
04:26it clear he's not handing out rematches he's got limited dates limited defenses if anyone wants
04:32another crack at him such as randy orton or cody rhodes he's gonna have to earn that crack the long
04:38way i.e winning this tournament oh would you look at aleister black as he moonsaults his way out onto
04:45the floor right into mellow almost a bft though almost an rko there the firepower is out early and
04:53then a black mass attempt as well fatal four-way king of the ring opening round
04:59wait everybody in this fatal four-way nap bashful about putting forth their best stuff early on well
05:13it's a smart thing to do look there's so many distractions in a four-way like this you've got
05:17to hope your opponent the one you're aiming for at least hasn't got both eyes on you catch him quick
05:22with a bft or an rko etc i'll win this thing before it really gets going la knight and randy orton in
05:31the middle of the ring and now all four participants out onto the floor most punches from alistair black
05:37and carmelo hayes on the other side of the ring they've had quite the confrontation over the past six
05:43weeks or so black generally getting the better of it but highly competitive matches
05:48there's very little the referee can do about this brawling on the outside of the ring no
05:54count outs in this one
05:56randy we're gonna chase down the megastar so much pent-up anger and aggression in randy orton at
06:07the moment clearly still living after what went down in backlash in st louis several weeks ago
06:14cheated out of the wwe championship by john cena versus circumstances far different now than they
06:21were then as r-truth came down to the ring that night
06:25it is an ever-evolving landscape allegiances beliefs friendships they all change in the blink of an eye
06:34here alistair black snaps suplex right to the lateral breast cover and the kick out at a two count
06:40and here's the issue you saw on the outside randy orton and l.a night battling away you can't win a
06:45match on the outside and immediately realizing that was alistair black going for that quick pin and
06:51almost stealing the victory melo sends alistair black out as orton and knight continue on and now
06:59look at melo just smart to at least take the cover against orton after l.a. night and l.a. night looks at
07:05says hold on a second that's not how this is gonna go negotiation going on form an alliance as early
07:11as you can take at least one man out of the equation makes your path to victory just that much easier
07:18and now black drags mevo right out and slams him into the barrier
07:25such a fine balance between keeping on your toes keeping on guard yet wanting to go on the attack
07:33drop your guard for a second and all targets are pointed in your direction and viper hooks the leg
07:42arm is on the rope
07:44alistair black just ate our announce test thanks to that pull on the tights from carmelo hayes i felt
07:51that was a little unnecessary joe test big thud that came crashing down
07:56randy orton right hand after right hand on l.a. night
08:02first round of the king of the ring tournament is underway failed four-way rules no dqs no countouts the first to win by pinfall
08:28your submission will advance get to the night of champions saturday june 28th randy orton l.a. night
08:35alistair black and mellow
08:37well you were there in l.a. wait calling the action at money in the bank
08:46and l.a. night there was a moment there on the ladder where i think everybody in the into it dome
08:52felt knight was going to cash in right in l.a. that was after l.a. night had been attacked by
08:58seth rollins's crew earlier in the matchup still almost winning the thing but denied at the death
09:05we're going to go one better in the king of the ring tournament now oh how about that tremendous
09:11reflexes there from carmelo hayes just too much quick too and then springboarding with the leg drop
09:18backwards lead like that but still so precise really does have gifts that most of the roster
09:25cannot comprehend does carmelo hayes
09:30again springboarding and coming back on the attack of alistair black feline abilities
09:38and from downtown here comes carmelo flying out to the floor carmelo hayes is in control here in this
09:46fatal four-way king of the ring first round but l.a. night cleans things up it's again the issue in
09:52getting excited too quickly with your own performance take your eye off the ball for a split second
09:59and just slamming him into our new reinforced announced desk
10:03and guess who's here oh knight able to get away from it
10:16alistair black unable to do so
10:23the viper smashing alistair black right on top of the announce desk we got a bunch of smashed monitors and
10:31i'm sure the spine of alistair black must be pretty smashed up itself after that impact
10:38meanwhile back in the ring l.a knight taking advantage against mellow yeah and that's the word
10:44advantage you have the advantage it's one on one two men down on the outside you gotta win it now
10:49as mellow trying to regain himself and fight back while seated up on top of the corner
11:06back and forth they go megastar looking to go big here while he has the moment
11:13sees it see mellow lock it up trying to defend against the superplex battling with all his might
11:23but wait up that's just too long for the viper to stay down back into the firefight with an effort of
11:30his own nobody does it better randy orton trying to take that position that knight had mellow rakes the
11:37eyes fights back but look at the step-up kick by alistair black toe to the eyeball from alistair black so
11:44precise with those strikes
11:49he looked to send orton out of the ring but instead he turns things around against the viper right into
11:54the post now for a take two the megastar leap in skyward mellow equal to it gets sent back is he gonna
12:03fly from there frog splash memo for the win oh and coming in and making the save at the last possible
12:12minute is alistair black
12:23boy what an interesting sequence of events here from rup arena in lexington
12:29fatal four way to advance in king of the ring see who can get out of this first round as
12:36carmelo hay spent a lot of time up in the corner there and time again was fighting back and then
12:42eventually was able to create some space against la knight and land the splash yeah milliseconds away
12:48from victory had it not been for the razor sharp timing of alistair black who's now on the offense
12:59he's looking to take advantage well these two know each other so well after the past several
13:06weeks of battles it's now counter for counter what else do you got in the tank
13:12and up back on may 9th on may 16th as well
13:17is black able to hold on against the o'connor roll attempt but then takes the super kick and gets sent out
13:22out of the ring what a sweet shot to the jaw but don't sleep now oh god look who's waiting on him
13:28with a garvin stomp as sadistic as mean as nasty as it gets and at this point orton seems to have
13:37all the time in the world to exact some punishment on this young pretender
13:42just targeting every joint but on the receiving end of this too many times randy orton who came out
13:52received a great reception here in lexington not again oh he's back to our god again randy he's
13:58looking to do more damage on the desk and he does as that back of mevo just crashes home
14:05on the reinforced undounced desk
14:19viper fighting back in that corner against knight delivering right hands as
14:38la knight the megastar able to floor randy and get out of that compromise position well that's the two
14:45powerhouses in this match and they've tied each other up for several minutes of this one while
14:51mellow and alistair black with all the beef between those two are quite happy to scrap it out amongst
14:56themselves it's almost two separate matches within this fatal four-way thus far
15:06big back elbow from mellow
15:08mellow quick on his feet and then the roll up
15:17carmelo hayes just such a natural at this
15:21perhaps ko there
15:24boot to the side of the face match perhaps catching the temple endure carmelo hayes not enough to keep
15:31him down but mellow is right for the picking here
15:41joe tessitore and wade barrett with you ringside a compelling first round tournament of king of the
15:46ring fatal four-way is underway winner here will advance to face sammy zane one-on-one in the
15:52semi-finals bodies are flying left right oh it was a black mass attempt on orton but he was able to
16:01hold on to the ropes and now the roll-up volley of muatai strike from alistair black on all three
16:11opponents went out
16:14megastar eats that big elbow just exhaustion kicking in there for alistair black but denied again was carmelo
16:20hayes look at this strike sequence as well various levels kicks punches elbows into the
16:27cover to try to advance and a count of two before mellow kicks out just nobody has figured out the
16:33kind of defenses you need to stop these relentless attacks from alistair black it's a full body workout
16:40when this guy gets going the speed at which they come it is non-stop as he is sizing up his rivals but
16:48instead randy delivers the two big blows talk about the speed out which they oh scoop slam randy orton
17:00and how about one from night
17:04oh meville you want some oh so much talk and momentum and so much impact on the landing
17:18oh is he going double are we draping ddt times two wade randy orton sensing victory
17:33oh oh my la night comes in with the jumping neck breaker and just barely well the neck breaker connected
17:44on randy orton and in the process a double ddt three for the price of one from the megastar a brilliant move
17:53and it's devastating for la night fans on planet earth that that did not quite get the job done
18:01great scene here in lexington eleven thousand nine hundred and twenty two
18:09million dollar plus gate in lexington highest grossing wwe event here in history and they've got star power
18:16everywhere everywhere every man going for his heaviest hitter here
18:23bft on alistair black alistair black tried his best to roll out of it i don't think he quite did
18:30to win it oh mellow at the last moment saves it fatal four-way and mellow comes in to saves it after the
18:38mega star hit the bft saving his own chances in the match in the process one full finishing it of course
18:49even if the pinfall is not on you it's game over
18:55knight slams down mellow
18:59resourceful coming up with whatever he can and with the ring cleared out apart from carmelo hayes
19:04now is the time oh he loves that leaping elbow when he's able to line it up
19:13big bronson reed arrives
19:16well l.a knight got a little paper
19:18wait a minute the dogs are barking braun breaker spear braun breaker was cost his spot in the king of the
19:28ring tournament by l.a knight on raw a few days ago after all the fallout from money and
19:34the bank and he's paid the price in return now mellow says i'll take advantage top rope slow
19:43mid-air rko mid-air rko and it was on top of that late night
19:49rko mid-air r-ko mid-air r-poor-live rko mid-air rko mid-air rko mid-air r center r underground
20:02R-K-O!
20:05Bronson Reed,
20:06Grom Breaker,
20:08Melo went up for the splash,
20:10but in the end,
20:11R-K-O!
20:14Well, last year's losing
20:16finalists gets a chance
20:18to progress through to the
20:20semi-final,
20:22which I'm reliably told will
20:24take place next week. This is where
20:25L-A-N-A, how he thought he had it, look.
20:28Bronson Reed showing up
20:30shortly followed by
20:32Bronson Breaker, all payback
20:33from Monday, Carmelo Hayes
20:36going big, but
20:37out of nowhere, the Viper catches
20:40Hayes, and L-A Knight,
20:42who is effectively a dead body at this
20:44point after that Bronson Breaker,
20:45Spear, gets the victory,
20:48and now we get the bracket.
20:51The Viper
20:51is on to the semi-finals,
20:54that starts the course for a chance to
20:56avenge last year's
20:57controversy wave that you cited in the
21:00King of the Ring finals, when he
21:01lost to Gunther.
21:03Orton
21:03takes on Sammy Zayn,
21:06who qualified this
21:08past Monday on Raw.
21:11They will be contesting
21:12that semi-final right here
21:14next week on SmackDown.
21:16And still to come tonight, remember the American
21:18nightmare, Cody Rhodes returns
21:20the SmackDown in-ring action
21:22as well, is our Queen
21:23of the Ring
21:24Fatal Four Ways, Jade Cargill,
21:27Meechan, Piper Niven, Nia Jax,
21:29all battled, then it's
21:30Alexa Bliss, Chelsea Green,
21:32Candice LeRae, and the
21:33incomparable
21:34Charlotte
21:36Blair.
21:36Two Women's Fatal Four Ways.
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