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WWE Smack Down _June 27, 2025 - Tiffany Stratton Vs Nia Jax _ Last Woman Standing Match for WWE Women's Championship
WWE Smack Down _June 27, 2025 - Tiffany Stratton Vs Nia Jax _ Last Woman Standing Match for WWE Women's Championship
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00:00Champions.
00:01Meanwhile, here on Friday Night SmackDown,
00:03the WWE Women's Championship is up for grabs.
00:08There's only one day.
00:11The former champion, the irresistible force, Nia Jax.
00:16Looking to take her title back in a last woman standing match.
00:20Most girls, so take a seat.
00:25Incapacitate your opponent, so they can't make it back to their feet
00:29at the count of ten, and you're the champion.
00:31One of the most brutal matches in WWE.
00:34Nia Tiffany for the title, last woman standing.
00:46Individual event, two event combo tickets for Saturday night's main event
00:50and WWE Evolution at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday,
00:56July 12th, and Sunday, July 13th, are on sale now via Ticketmaster.
01:02And what a match at Saturday night's main event.
01:06Because the World Heavyweight Championship's on the line.
01:09Goldberg versus Gunther.
01:13Meanwhile, on Friday Night SmackDown, the WWE Women's Championship is on the line.
01:18Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton.
01:20Last woman standing.
01:26It's Tiffy time.
01:27Well, back in January of 2025, Tiffany Stratton would cash in her Money in the Bank contract
01:50to defeat Nia Jax and win the championship.
01:54Tonight, Nia wants her title back, but things have been heating up over the past
01:58couple of weeks, especially last week on Friday Night SmackDown.
02:02This is gonna be a last woman standing.
02:09And it is always a bad idea to talk smack to the face of Nia Jax.
02:16And once again, just like a week earlier, Tiffy was flattened by the irresistible
02:21force and attempted cashing by Miss Money in the Bank.
02:25What are they going with me?
02:26Naomi was foiled by Nia Jax, and while their backs were turned,
02:32Tiffy struck and stood tall.
02:35And Naomi is the wild card in all of this.
02:38We'll get into that story in just a couple of moments.
02:40The following contest is a last woman standing match and is for the Women's WWE Championship.
03:08The only way to win is to incapacitate your opponent until she cannot stand and
03:17beat the referee's count of 10.
03:22Introducing first, the challenger from San Diego, California, Nia Jax.
03:35And her opponent from Pryor Lake, Minnesota, she is the Women's WWE Champion, Tiffany Stratton.
03:54You know, for a long time, Tiffany Stratton, a protege of Nia Jax,
04:03did a lot of Nia's bidding for her over the past year or so, and till, oh, wait a minute.
04:08Nia Jax wasted little time going after Tiffany Stratton as referee Dan Engler calls for the bell,
04:13and we're underway.
04:14Remember the rules, last woman standing, no pinfalls, no submissions, no disqualifications,
04:18no count outs, you incapacitate your opponent, so they can't make it to their feet by the count of ten.
04:25This is the ultimate physical test in WWE.
04:29You have to quite literally break your opponent to secure victory.
04:35And Nia Jax already ripping the protective pad off the top turnbuckle.
04:38Tiffany Stratton sends Nia Jax outside the ring.
04:41And Tiffany Stratton now, the Women's Champion, with a baseball slide driving Nia into the Arabic announce table.
04:46And now Stratton taking the fight to Nia Jax here outside the ring.
04:49This is gonna be a physical battle.
04:50And what shocks me most of all in all this, Wade, is that Tiffany Stratton was actually one to make the challenge
04:56for last woman standing against the irresistible force Nia Jax, who goes hip first into the steps.
05:02And I agree with you, Cole. I have no idea what Tiffany Stratton was thinking.
05:06Your advantage against- Oh, goodness.
05:11Oh.
05:12Steps right to Stratton, floors the champion.
05:15Now the official gonna begin the count.
05:19I'd love to say that those steps hit Tiffany Stratton's knee, but they didn't.
05:23They hit a knee, her ribs, and the point of a jaw.
05:26And now Nia drives her into the apron and continues the assault now on Tiffany Stratton.
05:31And Nia Jax gonna clear off her announce table.
05:35You're right, just as I was saying, Tiffany Stratton's advantage against Jax's movement.
05:40How are you gonna move well when Jax is about to break it?
05:44Uh-oh.
05:45Drop right on top of our announce table about breaking the champion in half.
05:51Find a part of Tiffany Stratton's body that is not bruised and battered already.
05:58We're about two minutes in.
06:00The official on a count of five now.
06:03Tiffany makes it back to her feet, but Nia will drive her back down again.
06:07Nia Jax dominating the early going in this matchup.
06:11And again, it's been all Nia Jax as she pulls out a second table now from outside the room.
06:16The official begins to count again because Tiffany Stratton collapsed right in front of
06:21our announce table.
06:26The champion has not been able to get into this fight.
06:31I like what you said then.
06:32It's been all Nia Jax.
06:33And again, it's been all Nia Jax as she pulls out a second table now from outside the ring.
06:41The official begins to count again because Tiffany Stratton collapsed right in front of our announce table.
06:46The champion has not been able to get into this fight.
06:48I like what you said then.
06:49It's been all Nia Jax, and that was quite literally what everybody thought was going to happen.
06:55It was inevitable.
06:56Apart from one woman, apparently, Tiffany Stratton.
07:00But she got it wrong tonight.
07:02Nia Jax was successful here last year when she won the Queen of the Ring tournament
07:08to advance to SummerSlam and win the championship from Bayley.
07:11And this is indeed her final night as the official Queen of the Ring.
07:15Of course, we're getting a new one tomorrow.
07:17Either Jay Cargill or Asuka.
07:20But in the meantime, Nia Jax might swap out Queen of the Ring
07:24and become WWE Women's Champ.
07:26Please don't swing that.
07:27Better get out of harm's way as Nia Jax is
07:29swinging a kendo stick around here at ringside.
07:32Tiffany Stratton able to intercept.
07:34And Tiffany Stratton fighting with everything she has in this match.
07:37Gotta watch it. There's bananas everywhere.
07:38You're gonna slip over if you're not careful.
07:40A match like this will change you.
07:42You're gonna dig down deep, find out what you have inside.
07:45Can you be tough enough?
07:47I'll tell you what you've got inside.
07:48You've got bones and you've got soft tissue.
07:50And at the end of this, they won't be intact.
07:55Every time Tiffany has a flurry of offense, it is stopped by Nia Jax.
08:04I mean, two things are important here.
08:06Power and durability.
08:08And I would give both of those advantages to Nia Jax.
08:12Quite significant advantages at that.
08:16Nia is just having her way, taking her time with a fallen champion on the floor.
08:22The official begins to count again.
08:24Nia Jax has not been off her feet long enough to draw a count from our official Dan Engler.
08:29And what great pacing from Nia Jax too, taking all the time in the world.
08:34And the second Tiffany Stratton gets back to a vertical base, she's shot back down again.
08:40Well, you've got to be careful too not to take too much time, Wade, because if you allow your opponent to have almost a full ten count each time, it allows them to recuperate.
08:49Very, very smart point, Cole, but I think we're beyond recuperation for Tiffany Stratton already.
08:56Breaking the count is one thing, summoning up reserves to fight back is something else, but Wade out.
09:02And now Stratton with a kendo stick, and she's gonna unload now on Nia Jax, driving Jax around the ring.
09:08I mean, here's a woman who not only beat Jax for the title by cashing in in January.
09:12Remember what she did to Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania.
09:15An incredible performer, a great champion, trying to get back in this match.
09:20And Nia now down for the count.
09:23We're at a count of five with Nia Jax down.
09:34Back to her feet though, Tiffany Stratton, the champion top rope cross body.
09:38Lateral press will be no cover in this match.
09:40It's last woman standing for the WWE Women's Championship.
09:44Tiffany Stratton now up to the top rope, measuring Nia, center of the ring.
09:52Tiffany gonna fly with a swanton connecting.
10:00Count of two, Tiffany drags herself back to her feet.
10:03Now the focus goes to the challenger Nia.
10:07Nia is stirring and Nia is briefly anyway back up.
10:11Yeah, great move by the champion though.
10:13As soon as she saw Nia Jax getting back to her feet, right back on the attack.
10:17Didn't waste any time.
10:19Really impressed with Tiffany Stratton shrugging off the amount of offense that has already been thrown her way.
10:25And now Tiffany gonna launch herself up to the second rope.
10:28Nia Jax though, able to regain herself.
10:30Tiffany up on Nia's shoulders.
10:32This isn't gonna be good.
10:33Exposed, turnbuckle face first goes Stratton.
10:36And that might be a knockout.
10:41Start counting referee.
10:45Count of two.
10:46Nia Jax could be closing in on what would be her third world championship.
10:52Stratton is barely stirred and this count is starting to get dangerously high.
10:57Count of seven now.
11:00Tiffany trying to use the rope to her advantage.
11:02Count of eight.
11:03Makes it back to her feet at eight.
11:05But Nia Jax right back on the assault.
11:08A weakening clearly now is Tiffany Stratton.
11:11That's as high as the count has got thus far.
11:13Two more seconds and Nia Jax has the gold once again.
11:18And Nia back outside on the hunt.
11:21Listen, Tiffany Stratton is a tremendous athlete.
11:25One of the best in WWE today.
11:27She's been a great champion.
11:28But it takes a different type of individual to be able to compete in a match like
11:32Last Woman Standing.
11:33Yeah, and I think Tiffany Stratton made a major strategic error tonight.
11:39I think she wants to get rid of Jax for good.
11:43And again, this count continues getting higher because Jax has just been
11:47stalking her like a zombie who will not go away.
11:50Count of seven, count of eight.
11:52Stratton barely makes it back to her feet before the ten count again.
11:56And Nia Jax driving her into the barricade.
11:59This has been a fairly, well, uneven match.
12:03Nia Jax really taking out the champion and now placing her on the table.
12:09This could be a disaster for Tiffany Stratton.
12:12This could be a battle for Tiffany Stratton.
12:16Now, a swagger in the step now of Nia Jax who has concocted some investment.
12:21Now, splashes through Tiffany and through the table.
12:24Splat knows the champion and this could be it.
12:28This could be it.
12:30Well, Tiffany Stratton somehow rally here.
12:38A count of five, halfway to the title is Jax.
12:45We're at six, we're at seven.
12:47Stratton trying to get up, a count of eight, using the barricade.
12:51At a count of nine, drives herself barely to her feet.
12:559.5, you couldn't get much closer.
12:59But what's it worth, Stratton?
13:01What the hell can you throw back after absorbing that?
13:06You saw the look of disbelief on the face of Nia Jax that Tiffany Stratton somehow,
13:12maybe instinctively, made it to her feet before the count of ten.
13:15But it could just be a matter of moments before Jax wins another world title.
13:21Well, she already got crushed one table, might as well take out another.
13:25Six.
13:26Six.
13:27Or two.
13:28Six.
13:29Seven.
13:30Eight.
13:31Eight.
13:32Eight.
13:33Count of eight.
13:34Once again, Stratton makes it back to her feet.
13:36She's up.
13:37She's up.
13:38She's up.
13:39She's up.
13:40Let's go.
13:41Let's go.
13:42Let's go.
13:43Let's go.
13:44Let's go.
13:45Let's go.
13:46Let's go.
13:47And now the fighters gun up the entrance ramp here at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
14:04And every time Tiffany starts to rally Wade, Nia Jax does not allow it to happen.
14:09Well, she's trying to damn this to get back into this.
14:11But you have to think that frame of Stratton is so weakened at this point.
14:16A, there's no endurance left to launch a number of attacks.
14:20And B, those attacks are probably too weak to do too much damage anyway.
14:25And every time Tiffany goes down, it's been harder and harder.
14:29And she's been slower and slower, making it back to her feet before the count of ten.
14:34You mentioned it earlier, Tiffany Stratton came through that war in the trenches at WrestleMania
14:40against Charlotte Flair.
14:43We did see a very different side to Tiffany, but this is a whole new level.
14:48Yeah, a whole different ballgame here.
14:50Last woman standing against one of the most vicious women in WWE.
14:54Oh no, Tiffany rolls out of harm's way into the screen goes Nia Jax.
14:59And now Stratton has an opportunity.
15:00Well, you get an opportunity like that, you simply have to make it count.
15:04And Tiffany does not need asking twice.
15:07Where's she going?
15:10Off the kendo stick.
15:12Tiffany Stratton now with one of those equipment cases.
15:17And uses that as a weapon into the knees of Jax.
15:19And Jax now floored by the champ.
15:22Those things are damn heavy.
15:24About 400 pounds, those equipment boxes.
15:27Nia Jax just ate all of it and wants no further part.
15:35Oh, they're that heavy.
15:36Good thing they have wheels.
15:37As Nia Jax now is making her way down the ramp.
15:40Tiffany Stratton still on the attack.
15:42And this could be the opportunity Wade that Tiffany Stratton needed.
15:46Just keep throwing whatever you've got the way of Nia Jax.
15:51And it's astounding that Stratton has bounced back at all.
15:56Yeah, we're learning a lot about the champion tonight.
15:59The resilience of Tiffany Stratton.
16:01Again, last woman standing.
16:08No pinfalls or submissions.
16:11Count outs or disqualifications.
16:13Nia Jax back to her feet and just bulldozing over Stratton.
16:17What time is it?
16:18What time is it?
16:19What time is it?
16:20And now mocking Tiffy Time.
16:22Definitely not Tiffy Time right now.
16:23Tiffy Time may well be about to end for good.
16:24Now Stratton's driven into the barricade.
16:26It's Tiffy Time!
16:27And the official once again will begin to count no Tiffany quickly back to her feet this time.
16:44Steel chair in hand.
16:46Completely legal.
16:47Under last woman standing rules.
16:49Chair to the spine!
16:57Nia Jax with a steel chair to the ribs, one to the spine, drops the champion.
17:06Tiffany brought the chair into the match, perhaps she wishes she didn't.
17:10Both women gonna be hurting so bad at this point, but clearly gotten the worst of it.
17:15And this could be the end of things here for Tiffany Stratton.
17:18If Nia Jax hits this.
17:20The biggest weapon in the match.
17:22Annihilator!
17:23And Nia is not done yet.
17:30One more time.
17:32This time with a steel chair.
17:34Annihilator of a steel chair.
17:38And Tiffany Stratton maybe down and out.
17:41Completely splattered Tiffany Stratton.
17:45Count of five, halfway there.
17:54Halfway to the championship for Jax.
17:56Count of six now.
17:57Count of seven.
17:58Stratton.
17:59Trying to pull herself up at the ropes at a count of eight.
18:02A count of nine.
18:03Stratton makes it to her feet and Jax catches her in the ribs again with a kendo stick.
18:07Right on that weak spot.
18:09Although saying that where is a weak spot not on the body as Stratton.
18:14After this level of abuse and Jax, although she's taken a lot herself, is looking fresh as a daisy.
18:21Nia.
18:22You feel the jump glancing up at that.
18:24That is truly terrifying.
18:25And Nia Jax setting up the table now.
18:29Looking for the final blow.
18:34Uh-oh, with Tiffany on her shoulders.
18:39Nia's gonna climb the ropes here.
18:43Gonna go up at least one more to the second.
18:46Looking for a Samoan drop through the table.
18:49Looks like she did to the announce table earlier on tonight.
18:52Tiffany though.
18:53Trying to slide down.
18:54Lands on her feet.
18:55Looking for a powerbomb.
18:56Oh no!
18:57Powerbomb through the table by Stratton.
19:05Both women are down.
19:07For the WWE Women's Championship.
19:10Count of five.
19:18Nia Jax beginning to stir.
19:21Count of six now.
19:22Who will make it back to their feet first?
19:25Count of seven.
19:26Count of eight.
19:27Count of nine.
19:29Nia Jax beats the count so to Stratton.
19:32Both women up at nine and a half.
19:35Although up perhaps isn't the right word.
19:38Oh God.
19:41Well Naomi said earlier tonight, I'm gonna pick my spot.
19:44Maybe it will be tonight.
19:46And this Money in the Bank heading to the ring.
19:48Naomi, maybe looking to cash in Money in the Bank.
19:51And if she does, that means, I guess she'd be a part of the Last Women Standing match.
19:56But cash in didn't quite happen.
19:58Tiffany Strode cut Naomi off of the pass.
20:01But she's gonna use the Money in the Bank briefcase as a weapon.
20:05She knows very well how to do that.
20:07And she drives Jax into Naomi.
20:09Two for the price of one here.
20:11Jack, Stratton.
20:14Oh, pretty a smooth salt.
20:17And now Jax is down.
20:24Naomi did not officially cash in.
20:27It was thwarted by Stratton.
20:29Split second away from it, but the damage might be done here.
20:33Count of six, Nia Jax down and out.
20:36Stratton looking to retain the championship.
20:38Nia trying to make it back to her feet.
20:40One last gasp by Nia Jax just beats the count.
20:44You cannot keep Nia Jax down for ten.
20:47It is impossible.
20:49Too strong.
20:50Uh-oh, two tables perched outside the ring there.
20:54Nia Jax, evil intentions.
20:57Looking for a suplex of Stratton.
20:59And Nia hung up on the top rope.
21:03Stratton.
21:08Not as dangerous a place as you can be for Jax.
21:11And using the briefcase Jax through both tables.
21:15Nia Jax is down and may be out.
21:23Count of four.
21:25Count of five.
21:27Nia Jax yet to stir.
21:30She may be out.
21:31Jax may be out cold.
21:33Tiffany Stratton is the last woman standing.
21:39Here is your winner.
21:44And still WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton.
21:55Wow, what an absolute car wreck of a matchup.
22:00The entire ringside area has been destroyed.
22:04But Tiffany Stratton showed the drive, the durability,
22:09the desire to retain the goal.
22:12The incredible performance tonight by the Women's Champion.
22:17And how that wasn't the end is beyond me.
22:20But this is the moment we thought history was about to be made.
22:24This Money in the Bank, Naomi.
22:26Trying to cash in.
22:27Split second later, it would have happened.
22:30And then Tiffany Stratton would use the Money in the Bank briefcase to her advantage.
22:35Driving Nia Jax to two tables.
22:38We learned a lot about Tiffany Stratton tonight.
22:41Tiffany Stratton is the last woman standing.
22:44Tiffany Stratton is still your WWE Women's Champion.
22:49Well, what a hell of a matchup here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
22:58The last woman standing.
22:59The last woman standing.
23:01The last woman standing.
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