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00:00allies of convenience as you put it Joe Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss and
00:06Charlotte Flair really after weeks and weeks of keeping Alexa Bliss at arm's
00:11length has fully bought into this tag team and they're in the hunt for gold
00:19it's awesome still some season problems a stiff arm just for good measure we're
00:24not quite fully there but you're right you mentioned it Charlotte Flair it seems
00:28to be having fun again and what a reaction she got at evil if you'd have asked me
00:33two months ago will Charlotte Flair ever get cheered again the answer would have
00:38been no but clearly evolution perhaps the biggest reaction of the night she's back
00:43one half of the tag team champions
00:49and her opponent accompanied by Roxanne Perez representing the judgment day she
00:57is one half over the WWE women's tag team champion
01:03from Rio Grande Valley Texas
01:08Raquel Rodriguez
01:12bringing it tonight it seems like Raquel's cloud of doubt that was hovering over
01:20Roxanne Perez has been clearing a bit as well Wade
01:24oh my Perez earned her stripes in a big way in that fatal four-way tag match at
01:30evolution it was a proven moment for both women as a tag team put to the ultimate test the best of raw
01:38the best of SmackDown the best of NXT in that four way and who were the victors Raquel and Roxanne
01:44we got some legit champ here on SmackDown a good match up to open up Friday night SmackDown
01:49here at Frostbank Center in San Antonio Texas massive crowd out for Friday night SmackDown you mentioned what happened in evolution with the champions then Monday on Raw they defeated the Kabuki Warriors
02:01the Warriors a little help from Dirty Don
02:03yes indeed and clearly putting down a marker now is Raquel who sees herself as the alpha female in WWE the same book could probably be said for Charlotte Flair who doesn't like to back down to anyone but big mammy cool here may not give Charlotte a choice
02:23you see the athleticism by Charlotte countered by the rugged powerful Raquel Rodriguez just pulling her down Raquel just looks like a completely different woman since the recent sad demise of Liv Morgan who's at home recuperating from a surgery right now but big mammy cool has stepped up in a big way and looks like the leader once again really filling that void
02:49Charlotte sends her out to the floor and crossbody Charlotte Flair
02:56and now Roxanne Perez looks to get in love though but she's got company Alexa Bliss just tracks her down a little added protection for Charlotte
03:10pays to have friends this game but friends cannot protect you
03:15and now Raquel Rodriguez when she's in this kind of fall
03:19oh right into the post
03:22the power of Raquel Rodriguez
03:24they're gonna fight for the tag titles at SummerSlam singles action power packed right now
03:30what a hot start to Friday night Smackdown here in San Antonio as Texas's very own Raquel Rodriguez just sent Charlotte Flair into the post
03:53it was a fantastic start from Charlotte Flair who had Raquel tripping over herself but the power of Raquel came to the full
04:00Raquel came to the full
04:02well what an immediate impact that had
04:07came in with a big splash
04:11former college basketball players
04:14Raquel Rodriguez
04:15of course former volleyball players
04:17Charlotte Flair
04:18she is down on her knees as Rodriguez has taken control of this match
04:23it's not quite Raquel's hometown but it's about as close as we will ever get to it here in San Antonio
04:29and hell no you don't want to lose in your hometown guarantee Raquel has family here tonight
04:35this is supposed to be a statement performance
04:38he's trying to stretch Charlotte out and now what a good counter by Flair Wade
04:43wriggling through getting that reversal even more impressive when you got an ab stretch by such a powerhouse as Raquel
04:50Raquel but don't overestimate your own power and we remind you that just moments ago while we were coming on the air
05:00our arrivals were interrupted by what was a car crash we had T-Bone vehicles just outside the arena
05:07we saw Sobel Sokoa in the MFTs we saw numerous eyewitnesses giving accounts as to what they felt happened
05:14and Kathy Kelly was right on the scene hoping to give us an update at some point
05:18and now this is about as vicious a beatdown as Charlotte Flair has received in some time
05:33looking utterly dominant is Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez holding both tag championships on the outside looking incredibly impressed with her partner
05:46Roxanne Perez who was allowed by General Manager Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce to take the place of Liv Morgan when Liv was injured
05:57and then have to prove it last weekend in a title defense
06:01Judgment Day with a whole lot of gold right now
06:05what a huge performance it was from Raquel just three weeks ago at night of champions in that epic brawl that they had
06:16they've come up on the losing end but it had to be a confidence building moment against such a top level star as Rhea Ripley
06:24Raquel just grows and grows from there
06:31kick out by Flair
06:33you can see the frustration on the face of Raquel Rodriguez
06:36almost taken offense at the fact that someone would dare kick out of that move
06:41punishment may be about to get even worse for Charlotte Flair
06:45who's defensive defenses are completely down at this point
06:52you
06:59you
07:01huge crowd here at Frostbanks Center in San Antonio for Friday night Smackdown Joe and Wade with you ringside again our
07:17evening started off unexpectedly with a car crash outside the arena
07:22Kathy Kelly is looking to give us an update as to what happened there with Soto Sotoa and the MFTs
07:26as Raquel Rodriguez and Charlotte Flair have been battling to open up this Smackdown
07:32first time they've been one on one
07:34of course they were in the ring against each other in tag team actions
07:37the Judgment Day was able to retain their titles at Evolution this last Sunday
07:42great counter by Flair but coming back with a stomp was Rodriguez
07:46this has been such a potent authoritative performance from Raquel who is now ragdolling
07:55arguably the very best in Charlotte Flair
07:59how impressive has Raquel Rodriguez become over the past several weeks
08:05and of course in a leadership role now as the tag team champions having to replace Liv Morgan
08:11Roxanne Perez was approved but then having to prove it
08:14this past weekend in Atlanta and they did just that as they were able to make it out of that
08:20fatal four-way still with gold
08:22Flair just about missed the worst of that twist invader bomb there from Raquel
08:28and has perhaps brought herself an opportunity to now get back in the fight
08:33able to parry the right hand and send back a right hand of her own time and again it's Charlotte Flair
08:37and now here come the Flair chops
08:41music to the ears of Charlotte Flair
08:46now has this audience fully behind her once again
08:50and Deliberate is the 14-time world champion who's been receiving excellent receptions
08:59from the WWE Universe in recent weeks
09:02Flair has dropped, oh, dropped her guard, taken off the armor
09:06and is back to having fun again and when Flair is having fun in that ring
09:11that is when she's at her very best
09:13and her unique pairing with the were-not-friends of Alexa Bliss
09:18has been a big part of it
09:20big boot from Flair
09:22picking up some real momentum on this one
09:26what a momentum build it would be ahead of SummerSlam
09:29to put away one half of the tag champs here
09:32oh, the Queen's gonna fly cross body but rolling right through
09:36and look at the power of Rodriguez
09:39such great footwork from Raquel there
09:42and as you mentioned sheer power
09:44hook of the leg into the cover
09:46and getting that left shoulder up with Charlotte
09:49it's just effortless for Raquel isn't it
09:52tornado power slam this deep into a match
09:56and now that frustration really coming to the fore for Raquel
10:00believes that should have been the end but hey you're in there with Charlotte Flair
10:04might take something a little special to put Flair away
10:08these two have been meeting up
10:10we told you what happened Sunday
10:11a week ago on SmackDown
10:13Charlotte tossed Raquel right over our announce desk
10:15went flying was laid out
10:17come on
10:22what what
10:27talking a little smack in the process here
10:29oh going for the big one
10:30oh looking for the Tejana bomb but Charlotte able to get free
10:33that big boot from Flair and now she's getting into position
10:42oh and would you look at Roxanne Perez
10:44little help from your partner here risking a disqualification
10:48referee's got eyes on the whole thing but
10:50oh Alexa's up on the apron as well
10:52hands her up on the top rope
10:54look what Alexa did
10:55referee missed the whole thing
10:57there's a roll up for the win
10:59oh
11:00and Charlotte gets it
11:01with a little help from the
11:03were not friends
11:04I think maybe they are
11:06here is your winner
11:08Charlotte Flair
11:10they almost don't know how to react
11:14with that kind of win
11:16well frustration on the faces of Raquel and Roxanne
11:19they were simply beaten at their own game here
11:22this was the fixer
11:24disqualification
11:25from Roxanne
11:26didn't quite work
11:27but behind the referee's back
11:29Alexa Bliss as you mentioned
11:31pulling out a massive assist here for Flair
11:34with the roll up
11:35and two weeks
11:36before these two teams clash
11:38for tag gold
11:39at SummerSlam
11:41big victory here
11:42for Charlotte Flair
11:44two weeks away from SummerSlam
11:46and a chance for gold
11:48oh
11:52oh

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