[WWE intro music playing]
[John Cena] Then.
[Flair] Woo!
-[glass shatters] -[The Rock] If ya smell…
-[bell tolls] -[Cena] Now.
-♪ The King of Kings ♪ -♪ You can't see me ♪
[Cena] Forever.
[crowd cheering]
Together.
[music fades]
[crowd singing "Olé"]
[Cole] Tonight, in front of his wife, in front of 17,000 countrymen in Montreal,
can Sami Zayn take down the King?
Roman Reigns looking to weather the emotional storm of Sami Zayn
and put him in his place.
You understand me? It's his fault.
It's your fault. It's your fault.
[chanting] Let's go, Sami!
[Cole] Now, Sami Zayn starting to unload.
Let the anger come out of him.
Is this Sami's moment?
Helluva Kick! The cover on Roman.
[Graves] Wake up!
[Cole] The official's down!
Sami Zayn had the championship won!
Ah, now look who's here.
Jimmy Uso taking advantage of the official being down.
[dramatic music playing]
Wait a minute. It is Jey Uso.
[Roman] It's either me or it's him.
-What's wrong with you? -[crowd] Whoa!
[Cole] Sami Zayn back on his feet. Oh my God!
[Graves] Sami speared Jey Uso.
[crowd groans]
One! Two! Three!
-[bell rings] -[crowd gasps]
[Graves] We may have been in Sami Zayn's house,
but we exist in Roman Reigns' universe.
["Fight" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Montreal's own Kevin Owens.
And KO is coming after Jimmy Uso.
-[Graves] Oh my God! -[Cole] Taking down Roman.
Stunner!
[dramatic music playing]
[crowd chants] Sami! Sami! Sami!
[Sami] After coming so close to putting a bow on a storybook ending
in front of my family, my city, my country,
I realize now more than ever… the story is never over.
[crowd cheers]
There's one person that I do need to talk to tonight.
[cheering]
Kevin Owens.
[cheering]
I know we're kind of past the point of words at this point,
but here's the thing, Kevin,
I will not rest till I see with my own eyes
that Roman Reigns and The Bloodline come crumbling down.
[crowd cheers]
You couldn't do it alone and I couldn't really do it alone.
There's only one way to get it done, and that is if we do it together.
[crowd cheering, chanting] Yes! Yes!
[Owens] You know, I don't need an apology from you.
I don't even need your gratitude.
Because Saturday, what I did, it had nothing to do with you.
I did it for your family.
Your wife, your son, so that they wouldn't have to watch you
get the hell beaten out of you
like my family had to watch it happen.
That's why I did it!
And as far as I'm concerned,
if you need help taking down The Bloodline…
[tense music playing]
…just ask your buddy, Jey.
[crowd sighs in disappointment]
[grim music plays]
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday Night SmackDown.
I'm awaiting the arrival of Jimmy Uso
to hopefully get some questions answered surrounding what's--
Jimmy, hi.
A quick word, if you don't mind.
There's a lot of questions surrounding what's happening within The Bloodline.
Have you had a chance to speak with Jey
since the Elimination Chamber?
You know what? I haven't spoken with my brother yet. Um…
I texted him. I've called him.
Left a voicemail and told him
he can meet me in the middle of that ring later on tonight.
And… And I told him whatever he needed to get off his chest,
he could look me in my face and he could tell me.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] So the question is, will it be a moment of truth tonight for Jey Uso?
Thirty-six nights remain on the road to WrestleMania.
And Friday Night SmackDown on Fox is sponsored tonight by Progressive.
A triple threat of protection, with home, auto, and more.
["I Am Stronger" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[all yelling]
[effects popping]
[bell rings]
[Irvin] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is a six-man tag team match.
Introducing first, the team of Madcap Moss,
Ricochet, and Braun Strowman!
[Cole] Wade, pretty formidable team here.
[Wade] Yeah, this was a duo at first,
Ricochet and Braun, of complete misfits
that have somehow formed incredible chemistry together.
However, how Madcap Moss fits into this
and forms a trio is beyond me.
It remains to be seen.
[Gunther's theme music playing]
[Irvin] And their opponents, Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci,
and the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther,
Imperium!
[Cole] Well, there's a common enemy, Wade,
for the team of Ricochet, Strowman, and Madcap,
and that would be Imperium.
All three have had run-ins with this team over the past number of months.
[Wade] Yeah, and let's be honest, outside of perhaps Roman,
there's nobody in WWE that I would back to beat Gunther.
Adding to the fact that these three in Imperium know each other so well.
They have incredible chemistry as a unit.
They go back years.
I struggle to see how their opponents tonight can possibly gel
to the extent that Imperium already have, though.
[Cole] We're going to find out, but there is the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther,
who has had some battles with Strowman and Ricochet
and, as recently as last week, with Madcap Moss.
Remember, it was back in June of last year, Wade,
where Gunther took the Intercontinental Championship from Ricochet,
and he has not relinquished the title since.
[Wade] Yeah, what a reign Gunther is having.
You struggle to really see who on earth
will be able to pry that championship away from Gunther.
[Cole] It'll be Vinci starting things off here against Madcap Moss
in this six-man tag team matchup.
Madcap with a great battle against Gunther
for the Intercontinental Championship last week
after winning a Fatal 4-Way to qualify for the title match.
Interesting interview with Madcap and Emma last week on The SmackDown LowDown.
Basically, Emma talking Madcap into believing
that the crowd turned on him
and really cost him the match against Gunther.
[Wade] Yeah, and Madcap did agree with that.
It was a heated moment.
It was perhaps emotional after a loss.
Listen, Madcap's brother, the new defensive coordinator
for the Arizona Cardinals,
put Madcap on public blast for losing to Gunther.
So Madcap certainly felt the pressure publicly from that.
But it has to be said, Madcap opened a ton of eyes last week with that performance.
We've said time and time again, Madcap is a breakout waiting to happen
and it might be happening right now.
[Cole] Yeah. A bundle of energy, Madcap Moss.
Tag made and here comes "The Highlight of the Night" Ricochet.
And Ricochet, oh! Unique move off the top rope.
Cover now.
Is it enough to put Vinci away early on?
And a kickout.
Ricochet, a former Intercontinental Champion,
United States Champion, and NXT North American Champion.
He is so creative with his offense in the ring.
[indistinct shouts]
[Wade] You ain't gonna win a tug of war against, pound for pound,
the strongest in WWE in Giovanni Vinci, however.
[Cole] Imperium in an interview this week
called itself the strongest faction in WWE history.
Ricochet, cover. Is it enough to put him away?
A kickout.
[Wade] I suspect The Bloodline might have something to say about that,
but I get the point.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] And Ricochet says that he's the, uh…
Well, wanted to make the tag to "The Monster of all Monsters"
and Vinci trying to make sure that does not happen.
Oh! What a clothesline! Did you hear that impact?
[Wade] Oh. Baseball bat across the chest.
[Cole] And Strowman not able to get into this matchup.
-Listen to this. -[heavy impact]
-[Cole] Oh! Goodness. -[Wade] Didn't need to listen to it.
I felt it, Cole.
[Cole] And here comes Ludwig Kaiser.
Very successful tag team with Vinci over the years,
a multiple-time NXT Tag Team Champion.
Kaiser, of course, a second-generation Superstar.
Dad, uh, very famous in the European circles.
Oh, and Ricochet smashed into the second rope.
Kaiser is just a technical magician.
[Wade] No doubt about it.
Listen, this trio, the Imperium,
is just mentally more advanced than the competition.
In terms of their prep work,
there is a Victorian rigidity to them
that very few have found an answer for.
[Cole] Ricochet trying to fight back, but Kaiser slows the pace.
Madcap tried to make a tag, did not quite get there.
Ricochet rolls through, and again, that-- Oh, goodness!
Right to the throat.
[Wade] Two stars going trick for trick in there.
That might backfire, though.
And Strowman… on the official.
Kaiser and Vinci double-team on Ricochet, and now Gunther gets into the action.
[Wade] Pouring scorn on the notion of fair competition.
This match continues.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] We are sold out tonight
at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana for Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Massive six-man tag team matchup.
Strowman, Madcap, and Ricochet against Imperium.
And it has been textbook tag-team wrestling
for that group, Imperium.
[Wade] It's exactly what you anticipate when you get Imperium in there.
Never a day off, never satisfied with their abilities,
always developing something new,
and we've seen that several times in this matchup.
[Cole] Ricochet trying to fight back, but Kaiser and company
have done a great job isolating Ricochet from his partners.
[Wade] Ricochet very upfront about what his job is in this particular tag unit.
It's to absorb punishment, tire out opponents,
and then tag the big man in.
[Cole] Been trying to get to Strowman, hasn't been able to.
Kaiser, right to the ear of Ricochet.
A big knee by Ricochet creates some space. Can he make a tag?
Oh, Kaiser, so physical!
Cover on Ricochet to try to win this matchup.
Near fall.
[Wade] Ricochet is very verbal.
[Cole] Let's show you what happened, though, Wade, during the break.
The rip off the t-shirt. Now, listen to this.
-[shouts] -[heavy impact]
[Cole] Oh my goodness!
Now, the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther, in the ring.
[Wade] The amount of punishment
that Ricochet has already absorbed in this match,
it would have put away 90% of the roster.
There's a certain durability to Ricochet that just makes no sense.
[Cole] Uh-oh, wait a moment. Look who's here.
"The Scottish Warrior" Drew McIntyre wandering out into the entranceway.
Gunther probably asking the same question that we are, "Why?" Oh!
[Wade] Gunther is a man acutely aware of his surroundings and everybody in it.
We know he's well-prepped.
[Cole] Tag made, here comes Vinci.
Gunther, who's the Intercontinental Champion for 259 days and counting.
Oh.
Gunther, of course, has set a record.
An hour 11 minutes 40 seconds in the Royal Rumble this year.
Started at number one and lasting to the end
before being eliminated by the winner, Cody Rhodes.
Again, McIntyre looking on.
Uh-oh, Ricochet lands on his feet, able to duck underneath. Tag made!
-Here comes Strowman. -[crowd cheering]
And the Monster of All Monsters exploding into the ring.
[Wade] The game plan is coming good for Strowman, Ricochet, and Madcap.
-Steamroller time. -[crowd cheers]
[Cole] That's like getting hit across the chest by a tree limb.
And now, Vinci, I think he's gonna pay for that.
[Wade] Gunther almost retreated into his shell momentarily there.
[Cole] The Intercontinental Champion is in the ring.
Strowman not aware.
Now, he is. Chop to Strowman. Barely stuns him.
-[crowd gasping] -[shouts]
[Cole] And Gunther goes to the knee.
[Wade] If Plan A doesn't work, go to Plan B, then Plan C.
[Cole] Yeah, trying to wear the big man down.
Gunther tossed away by Strowman.
Driving Strowman into the corner. Madcap makes the tag.
Madcap and Gunther now legal.
[grunting]
Driving his shoulders into the midsection of the Intercontinental Champion.
Still ticked off over the fact that he didn't win the title last week. Oh!
[Wade] Gonna be a lot of ticked-off people
who haven't won that championship from Gunther.
[Cole] Uh-oh. Gunther takes advantage of the distraction by Kaiser.
Release German suplex.
Big clothesline!
[Wade] One shot was all it took
to completely reverse momentum in this matchup. Here we go.
[Cole] Powerbomb by Gunther!
-One! Two! Three! -Will cover Madcap
-and pick up the victory. -[bell rings]
[Gunther's theme music playing]
[Irvin] Here are your winners, Imperium!
[Cole] Impressive performance by Gunther, Vinci, and Kaiser, Imperium, here tonight.
[Wade] There's a serene excellence to Imperium, week in, week out.
[Cole] Was McIntyre impressed?
And apparently maybe an answer for why he's out here.
And from behind, The Viking Raiders!
Erik and Ivar, who, of course, developed quite the rivalry with McIntyre.
Now ambushing and attacking Drew, two-on-one.
McIntyre driven into the barricade.
[Wade] Just a pure mugging.
There was an air of inevitability
that The Viking Raiders were gonna be coming.
-Oh, here we go. -[Cole] Here comes McIntyre's friend.
His partner Sheamus, "The Celtic Warrior,"
going right after Erik and Ivar, but Ivar blasting now.
[Wade] Trying to even up the odds,
but it's two-on-one whichever way you split it.
[Cole] Oh, the Strowman Express!
[Wade] The Viking Raiders had Drew and Sheamus in the palms of their hands
before Braun Strowman, and now Ricochet getting involved.
-[Cole] Ricochet flies! -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The Viking Raiders driven into the WWE fans.
[yelling]
The Raiders not making many friends, more enemies, tonight.
Not only McIntyre and Sheamus, but Strowman and Ricochet.
[Wade] I got a feeling we haven't heard the last of that one, Cole.
[Cole] What an explosive start to Friday Night SmackDown tonight.
[all screaming]
[crowd cheering]
Friday Night SmackDown is off to a chaotic start.
And my next guest has been embroiled in plenty of chaos of his own,
Rey Mysterio.
[crowd cheers]
Thank you, Kayla.
Tonight, I will make sure I put an end to Karrion Kross once and--
[person clears throat]
[crowd cheering]
There's one thing Legado Del Fantasma and my familia values,
and that's respect.
I had the honor of receiving a mask…
[repeating in Spanish]
[in English] From the legendary Rey Mysterio.
And I want to show the WWE Universe how much I respect you.
[repeats in Spanish]
[speaking Spanish]
[repeats in English] That's a mutual feeling.
[male voice] How pathetic.
-[crowd booing] -Let me ask you this, Santos.
How long are you gonna keep kissing up to the "legendary" Rey Mysterio, huh?
Even after Kross puts him to sleep tonight?
Hey, if you need to learn some respect para tu padre,
-I will teach you. -Yeah?
You know, in prison, those who didn't back up what they said got dealt with.
[laughs]
[chuckles]
Good luck, Rey.
[Escobar sighs]
[Rey sighs]
Don't let that bother you. [speaks Spanish]
[repeats in English] You know who you are.
How can it not bother me?
[speaks Spanish]
[repeats in English] That's my son.
[Cole] A lot on Rey's mind tonight, not just Dominik.
He faces Karrion Kross, live.
That's our brother.
Since Royal Rumble, things been getting crazy, man.
A few weeks ago, when we defended those tag-team championships,
I knew Jey was gonna be there for me, for us.
Since Montreal, man, I don't know, man.
It feels different.
I think he might be spooked over this whole… this whole Sami thing.
If that's the case, why doesn't Solo stay back here with me
and you handle Jey face-to-face, man-to-man,
twin-to-twin, Uso to Uso…
personally.
Yeet.
[Cole] And that's if Jey Uso shows up here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
["Welcome To LA" playing]
[Irvin] Please welcome LA Knight!
[Cole] I know you're excited about the LA Knight matchup.
Get into that in just a moment
because, tonight, Friday Night SmackDown on Fox
is sponsored by Progressive Insurance.
Save when you bundle auto, home, or motorcycle insurance.
[Wade] You made a good point, Cole. I've gotta tell you something.
The happiest moments of the past two years of my entire life
have been when The Megastar has been in close proximity
with a microphone in hand.
And if we're lucky, he's gonna talk to us tonight. Yeah.
[Cole] You don't have much going on in life, do you?
[Wade] It doesn't get better than LA Knight.
You better wise up, Cole.
[crowd booing]
-Let me talk to you. -[crowd cheers]
'Tis the season.
Everybody's back here talking about the WrestleMania moments.
-I just wanna have a WrestleMania moment. -[crowd] What?
I didn't come here for a WrestleMania moment.
I came here to make money.
I came here to win titles.
And I came here to be recognized as the best.
How do I do that? By going to WrestleMania.
-Yeah? -[crowd] Yeah!
But here's the twist.
I'm not the one who's gonna be having a WrestleMania moment.
You got to understand something right now.
You can't have an LA WrestleMania without LA Knight.
-[crowd] Yeah! -Yeah!
[crowd] Yeah!
-Shut up, I'm talking. -[crowd laughs]
Now, what that means is I'm gonna give WrestleMania an LA Knight moment.
-Yeah! -[crowd] Yeah!
["New Day, New Way" playing]
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] You look disappointed.
[Wade] I'm all for fun and games, but I want to hear from The Megastar,
not these two.
Hey!
[laughs] Oh!
"I want to have a WrestleMania moment. Hand it to me now."
Boy, I don't think he realizes how this whole thing works.
As a matter of fact, LA, ain't you only been in the roster
for, what, two-and-a-half months?
So who are you to be demanding anything right now?
[crowd repeating] Who? Who? Who?
Wait, wait. Hold on a second.
I don't recall inviting The Nerd Day down here.
You know, if you guys weren't so busy playing your video games,
you might look in this ring and realize
you're looking at a perpetual motion machine.
The man with the undeniable kavorka
and the man that they call "The Megastar" LA Knight, yeah!
-[crowd] Yeah! -[intermittent booing]
Well, first off, being nerds has made us a hell of a lot of money.
-A hell of a lot of money! A lot of money! -[Cole laughs]
And second, you're talking about handouts.
We can tell just from looking at you that you love handouts,
considering the fake leather vest you got on right now.
[Kofi] Like a little handy. Like a little handy.
WrestleMania moments are not handed out, they are earned.
Case in point, one Kofi Kingston.
[crowd cheers]
This man fought for 11 years to get his moment,
and when he did, he turned it into the best WrestleMania moment of all time.
[crowd member shouts] KofiMania!
Fake leather, huh?
Nah, nah, because here's what I'm looking at.
You gotta understand something.
I don't care about your path. I don't care what you did.
I'm a creator of circumstance, not a creature of circumstance.
And the circumstance that I create
is a circumstance that's advantageous to me.
And by the way, Kofi,
how'd that little KofiMania thing work out for you anyway?
[crowd] Oh!
Well, I would say it worked out pretty well.
I won the WWE Championship on the grandest stage of them all.
-What do y'all think? -[crowd cheers]
And I was not waiting for a WrestleMania moment.
I was fighting in the ring and behind the scenes.
But what I will not wait for
is the chance to shut your ass up right here, right now
in Evansville, Indiana.
[crowd cheers]
[inaudible]
[LA laughs]
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
All right, I tell you what, if they feel so froggy about it, is that a challenge?
-Is that what you're doing right now? -Is he dumb?
Yeah!
So, Adam Pearce, if you can hear me
and you're great at your job so I know you can,
and you approve it, go ahead and send a referee out here
-and let's get this match going. -Let's go!
[crowd cheers]
Let's go! [inaudible]
[Cole] There's an official on his way.
It looks like we're gonna have Kofi and LA Knight next.
Yeah!
[Cole] We are back, live, on Friday Night SmackDown.
It's Kofi Kingston against the man who says he's the star
that every show needs, LA Knight, one-on-one here tonight.
[Wade] I don't get it, Cole. Here's the problem, right?
LA Knight comes out here to talk to his people
and Nerd Day come out busting his chops
about how much money they've made and how many championships they've won.
Can they give a man a little peace?
[Cole] Well, let's look at Kofi Kingston's resume.
A former WWE champion.
He had his WrestleMania moment.
KofiMania took over WWE for a number of months.
Kofi's also a four-time Intercontinental Champion.
A three-time United States Champion.
Of course, a record-setting multi-time Tag Team Champion.
Oh!
[Wade] You've been on Wikipedia in the break.
[Cole] Cover now. Hook of the leg by Kingston on LA Knight.
-And a kickout. -[Wade] The point is this.
You cannot have a WrestleMania in Los Angeles without LA Knight.
He's reigning straight out of, probably not Compton,
but Malibu or Beverly Hills or somewhere nice like that,
but he is the hometown hero.
[Cole] Whipped into the corner is Kingston,
and the veteran with a kick right to the midsection.
Again, what Kofi says is right, Wade.
You've gotta earn your way into WrestleMania.
Kingston, off that move, will try to put Knight away.
And a near fall, kickout at two.
[Wade] You know what that smacks of to me?
That smacks of a veteran gatekeeping.
As we see the brilliance of Kofi Kingston.
I will not deny that. Been in the ring with him enough times.
I know how good he is, but to me, it smacks
of a veteran gatekeeping a newcomer,
keeping him away from the plum spots at WrestleMania.
[Cole] Wade, you were once the newcomer.
You fought and clawed your way to an opportunity
and a spot at WrestleMania.
You know what it's all about.
[Wade] I do, and I had to fight and claw because veterans of my day
were trying to hold me down.
I've got a feeling that that is New Day's aim today
with The Megastar, LA Knight, a man who cannot be put down.
[Cole] I don't agree with you. I think New Day's done so much
to trumpet the young up-and-coming Superstars of WWE.
Nonetheless, Kingston going up to the top rope.
He loves to fly. Crossbody, lateral press.
-Is it enough now to put Knight away? -One! Two!
Again, a near fall by Kofi.
[Wade] Yeah, they built LA Knight a little differently, let's be honest.
That move from Kingston would've put away a ton of the roster,
but LA Knight, he's just a little bit special.
[Cole] Well, LA Knight trying to get out of the blocks here
in this matchup against Kingston.
Kofi has been dominating since the get-go.
[Wade] Hold on, you said he's been dominating since the get-go.
LA Knight has been caught cold tonight.
Wasn't warmed up. Didn't come out here prepared for a matchup.
Apparently, New Day had a plot or a scheme to take down The Megastar.
[Cole] Do you listen to yourself? Seriously?
[Wade] I listen to myself back. As soon as I get home,
I watch SmackDown again and revel in the brilliance of my lines.
[Cole laughs] Kofi wearing LA Knight down.
LA Knight came out here demanding a spot at WrestleMania, right?
-[Wade] And not a match tonight. Okay. -[Cole] In Los Angeles? So win the match!
[Wade] He didn't demand a match tonight. Wasn't warmed up. Wasn't prepared.
Who knows what his diet has been like today.
Who knows if he's even hydrated.
It's not surprising he will be struggling when caught cold like this
against a former world champion, but that was nice.
[Cole] Back elbow by LA Knight.
Looking to turn things around in this-- And a high elbow that time caught Kofi.
[Wade] And here's what Kofi Kingston needs to realize.
He's in the ring right now with an ice cold, not warmed up
perpetual motion machine.
[Cole] That's what he calls himself, LA Knight does.
Unapologetic charisma by Mr. Knight.
Now he hammers away on Kofi with the right hands.
[Wade] LA Knight has the look, the charisma, and the ability,
not just of someone who should be on the WrestleMania card,
but one day should be a WrestleMania main eventer.
[Cole] Nobody's denying his ability, Wade. He's a tremendous athlete.
Kofi Kingston creates some space.
The problem is he's a narcissist.
Plain and simple. Oh, Knight planting Kingston!
Hook of the leg. Is it enough to put him away?
A kickout again, this time by Kofi.
[Wade] LA Knight should feel aggrieved of his treatment lately
because we should be rolling out the red carpet at SoFi Stadium for him.
[Cole] Well, we'll see if that happens.
-This is the pace that Knight wants. -[crowd chants] New Day rocks!
No doubt about it. Went for the neckbreaker.
And Kingston was able to hang on.
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Cole] WWE fans trying to rally Kofi Kingston.
[Kofi grunts]
[Wade] Speaks volumes to Kingston's ability.
Been in the ring with him many times. I know all about it.
His ability and speed of thought while under the cosh,
exhausted in that deep water, is something that sets him apart from the field.
[Cole] But there's the power of LA Knight. Kingston face-first off the turnbuckle.
Oh! And Knight creating a whiplash, and he's taken over in this match.
Can Kofi climb back in it here on SmackDown?
You good. You good. Come on…
[Cole] Back live on Friday Night SmackDown on Fox.
Kofi Kingston trying to fight back in this matchup against LA Knight,
who has been dominating throughout the commercial break.
[Wade] LA Knight once again proving such a commanding presence,
and this is what took him in control of this matchup,
snapping the neck of Kingston back against that bottom turnbuckle.
[Cole] Kingston. Second rope, nice dropkick to Knight.
And now Xavier Woods looks to rally his partner.
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Cole] Along with the WWE fans here,
sold-out tonight at the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana.
Kofi sent over the top rope right in front of us.
Two!
[Cole] Now LA Knight looking to regroup as Xavier Woods…
Uh-oh, wait a minute.
[Wade] The action's getting too close for comfort.
Get out! Go! Do it!
Do it. Get him disqualified right now.
Go ahead, hit me right there. Do it. Please.
Come on. Then see what happens. Huh?
I didn't think so. I didn't think-- Play your little trombone.
Come on now. Go back. Bring your fighter, now, let's go. In the ring.
Let me give him some more. How about that?
[Cole] Right in front of Xavier Woods, Knight continues.
Like that? You could be next. Two for one special.
Keep talking to me.
-[Cole] Loves to talk, doesn't he? -[Wade] Goading and mocking Woods.
That's giving Woods a taste of his own medicine.
Let's not forget who started this.
It was Woods and Kingston.
[Cole] Ah! Kofi into the bottom rope.
And LA Knight now dominating.
-This is the pace Knight likes. -[inaudible]
[Wade] He's done a superb job of taking full control,
taking the wind out the sails of Kingston
and all these New Day fans in this arena.
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[indistinct yelling]
[Cole] Again, right in front of his friend and partner, Xavier Woods,
Knight is punishing Kingston.
Oh.
-[ref] Get inside now. -[Cole] Kofi's in deep trouble.
-Wanna see another one? -Get him in here.
[Cole] Big smile on Knight's face.
-[Wade] So there should be. -[yelling]
Oh! That flying shoulder tackle.
Cover now. Hooks the leg on Kingston for the win.
And a kickout.
What a victory this would be for LA Knight here tonight
over the former WWE champion.
[Wade] Anytime you get a chance to knock off a champion in WWE
just climbs you up a ladder higher and higher,
and people start looking at you as championship material.
-[yelling] -[Cole] Kingston, oh, the knee!
-Now Kofi buys himself some time. -[trombone playing]
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Cole] Can Kofi get back in this match?
[Wade] You sense it was just getting to desperation stations for Kofi Kingston.
Has to make it count now.
[Cole] Knight missed wildly. Kofi knocked him down.
And Kofi Kingston starting to rally.
Nice heel kick caught Knight in the jaw.
[indistinct yelling]
Uh-oh, LA Knight though.
Kofi slips underneath, stacks him up for the win.
Kickout at two.
[Wade] Kofi reaching into the ascendancy with momentum.
[Cole] Down goes Knight again.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] And Kofi Kingston… -[crowd shouts] New Day!
-…with a boom drop action! -[crowd cheering]
[yelling]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chants] New Day rocks! New Day rocks!
[Cole] And Kingston has LA Knight right where he wants him.
Went for Trouble in Paradise. Knight able to duck underneath.
[Kofi grunts]
Oh, and planting Kingston.
-Cover for the win. -One! Two!
Kofi at two.
[Wade] Such incredible split-second reactions from them.
-Someone stop this idiot at ringside. -[crowd] New Day rocks!
[Cole] He's just trying to support his tag team partner.
As you take another look, watch the impact here.
Dunking Kingston.
[Wade] His tag team partner might need a lot more--
Uh-oh.
[Cole] LA Knight from behind has heard enough.
[Wade] That is exactly what Xavier Woods deserves.
Meanwhile, Kofi Kingston over the top rope!
Knight took his eye off his opponent and he paid for it.
[Wade] He had no choice. He was playing the trumpet out there.
[Cole] It's a trombone.
And Kofi heading up now to the top rope. LA Knight's gonna meet him there.
Kofi's absorbed a tremendous amount of punishment in this matchup.
Not quite as quick to the top rope as he normally would've been there.
[Wade] Both men running on fumes at this point.
-[Wade] Really has turned into a war. -[Cole] Nobody home.
-LA Knight, though. Look at this! -[crowd laughs]
Xavier, the trombone, the distraction.
Kofi Kingston took advantage.
-Come on. -[Cole] Trouble in Paradise!
-[Cole] Cover. -[crowd] One! Two! Three!
-[bell rings] -[crowd cheering]
[Irvin] Here is your winner, Kofi Kingston!
[Cole] Well, LA Knight just got a New Day moment
here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
[Wade] Well, I'm glad you're happy, Michael Cole.
This to me was an absolute disgrace.
-We see the incredible athleticism… -[horn blares]
…of LA Knight neutralized
by a trumpet-playing idiot named Xavier Woods.
[Cole] Then Trouble in Paradise by Kofi Kingston,
and Kingston with a win over LA Knight here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
Not quite the way LA Knight wanted this night to go.
[Wade] Well, of course not, because LA Knight was valiantly battling
on separate fronts tonight
and he had victory cruelly taken away from him by New Day.
Expect it to be a headline-making night here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown.
In moments, the SmackDown Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair,
will go face-to-face
with her WrestleMania challenger Rhea Ripley.
Here is our Progressive Match Flo.
[narrator] Match Flo is sponsored by Progressive.
A triple threat of protection, with home, auto, and more.
[Rhea] I did the unthinkable.
[Cole] Rhea Ripley entering at number one.
[Graves] It looks like Mami's in for a long night.
-[Rhea] I went the distance. -[bell rings]
-[Cole] Rhea's going to WrestleMania! -[crowd cheers]
One hour, one minute, eight seconds.
Rhea Ripley sets the record.
[Rhea] Three years ago, I challenged Charlotte Flair,
and she… she put me in my place.
The normal flow here in the WWE is that Charlotte Flair is at the top.
But I'm the disruptor and I don't like things being overplayed,
so, Charlotte, at WrestleMania, I put you in your place.
I didn't put her in her place three years ago. I taught her a lesson.
It's gonna take more than just three years to get on my level.
The only lesson here is that Rhea Ripley doesn't make the same mistakes twice.
I'm the best bloody woman here in the WWE.
[Charlotte] Rhea chose me because she knew I was the mountain she had to climb.
WrestleMania at SoFi Stadium,
I'm gonna put Rhea Ripley in her place once and for all.
I'll walk out of WrestleMania the new SmackDown Women's Champion.
[Cole] In 36 nights, they meet at WrestleMania, but up next,
they'll be in the same ring at the same time.
SmackDown Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair,
number-one contender Rhea Ripley, live, next.
["Psycho In My Head" playing]
♪ I'm closer to the edge ♪
♪ Makin' me feel Like I'm livin' in misery, misery ♪
♪ Insane ♪
♪ These voices in my brain ♪
♪ Starting to feel like it's gonna be The death of me, death of me ♪
♪ There's a psycho in my There's a psycho in my head ♪
[Cole] Quite the weekend in Montreal,
the most watched Elimination Chamber in history.
["All Hail The Queen" playing]
♪ Bow down, bow down, bow down All hail the Queen ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Irvin] Please welcome the SmackDown Women's Champion,
Charlotte Flair!
[Cole] The 14-time world champion.
♪ Bow down, bow down ♪
[effects popping]
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, once again, Charlotte Flair
will be on the grand stage of WrestleMania.
Five weeks from tomorrow, Wade,
Charlotte defends against Rhea Ripley.
[Wade] Absolute pinnacle of the industry against the industry disruptor.
Cannot wait.
SmackDown Women's Championship on the line at WrestleMania.
[Cole] Charlotte said she taught Rhea Ripley a lesson three years ago.
This time around, she'll put Rhea in her place.
[Wade] This is a very, very different Rhea Ripley
to the one we saw three years ago.
[Cole] It's a different Charlotte Flair too.
[crowd cheers]
Thirty-five days till WrestleMania.
Now, I know Rhea Ripley likes to run her mouth on Monday Night Raw,
so I can't wait to hear what she has to say to my face.
All right, Rhea Ripley, come on out.
Hmm. I think I smell hesitation. No?
You guys? That's funny.
Rhea, are you remembering the last time we were in the ring together?
It's okay to be scared.
Having second thoughts about choosing me, right?
-No? -[male voice] Queeny.
-[crowd booing] -Queeny, can I call you that?
Ugh.
[crowd booing]
You know what? Never mind, sweetheart.
I'm not gonna let you run down Mami, my queen.
No, no, no.
Look at you out here taking orders like a good little niño.
Dom, this is adult time.
How about you go get your Mami and tell her to come out here
and face me like a real woman instead of hiding behind her, um…
boy toy.
[crowd] Oh!
You sound jealous, almost bitter.
Because you know that the hottest thing in WWE right now
is Rhea bloody Ripley.
-[intermittent cheering] -[booing]
And no other mamacita has ever entered the Royal Rumble
at number one and won it all.
You see, look at that smile. You should smile more often.
You know, you're a beautiful woman.
[chuckles] I mean… I mean, look at you.
They say that the woman is the softer sex, delicate,
but Mami, she's strong, she's real strong.
When she hugs me, she damn near breaks my back.
And when she makes sweet--
-Whoa, whoa. -[Cole laughs]
I have a real Latino man at home that calls me mommy…
[crowd cheers]
…with a much thicker…
accent.
So I don't know what the hell you're talking about.
I just… I just wanted to chat.
I thought, you and me, we had a lot in common.
Enlighten me, Dom.
You know, we're both generational WWE Superstars.
You're second generation. I'm third generation.
We both know what it's like to be compared to our fathers,
be better than them, surpass them,
even though they don't like to see it.
[crowd booing]
But you know what?
I know that my dad was a lot worse.
My dad was… he was a deadbeat.
He didn't even bother showing up.
He was an afterthought of a father.
And that messed me up.
You people don't understand what it's like.
He messed me up.
And that put a big chip on my shoulder, just like you.
But you know, at WrestleMania, when Mami beats you,
you'll know that your dad was right.
You're just not good enough.
[crowd booing]
Well, unlike you, Dom, I love my dad.
[crowd cheering]
And he's 73.
Actually, he's 74 tomorrow, so happy early birthday, Dad.
[crowd cheers]
And he still could go, and can go.
And if he-- [laughs]
[crowd cheers]
Listen, no, and if he was here, he'd kick your butt.
But since he's not here…
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh, please slap the taste out of his mouth.
[inaudible]
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Cole] Looks like, Wade, Dom has been saved by his Mami again.
[Wade] Oh, boy. Who's gonna save Charlotte Flair?
That's the question, Cole.
[Cole] The number-one contender
for Charlotte Flair's SmackDown Women's Championship
marching her way to the ring.
The winner of the Royal Rumble match this year
chose to face Charlotte at WrestleMania.
-[crowd booing] -[inaudible]
[intermittent chants] Mami! Mami!
[indistinct yelling]
It's not gonna be yours for much longer, princess.
Bye-bye, Rhea.
[inaudible]
[Charlotte] Bye-bye.
[Cole] Well, there will be no walking away five weeks from tomorrow
when Charlotte defends against Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania.
[Wade] WrestleMania almost came early.
Looks like we're gonna have to wait just a little bit longer.
[Cole] Meanwhile, this Dominik is a real piece of work.
-He's delusional. -No, are you crazy?
I thought they were flirting in there.
Nonetheless, switching gears now.
You know, WWE is the hottest ticket in entertainment now.
We talked about Elimination Chamber, sold out in Montreal,
most viewed Elimination Chamber ever.
How about earlier today?
Money in the Bank at the O2 in London sold out instantly.
And now we can tell you this.
Earlier today, we put a number of full-view seats on sale
for both Saturday and Sunday night at WrestleMania.
They're now available.
They're going fast because this is the hottest-selling ticket
in WrestleMania history.
Ladies and gentlemen, switching gears now to talk a little bit
about this social media battle that's been going on
between Shayna Baszler and Natalya.
Natalya thanking the Montreal, Canada crowd
for Elimination Chamber, said she was a bit banged up.
Shayna Baszler made fun of Natalya being injured yet again.
Challenged her to a match tonight.
Natalya said, "I gotta see if I'm cleared by our medical team."
["New Foundation" playing]
[Cole] And I believe she has been.
[crowd cheering]
[bell rings]
[Irvin] he following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Tegan Nox,
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
Natalya!
[Cole] Natalya earlier today was cleared to compete in this match tonight.
If the match happens with Shayna tonight or not, it's totally up to you.
Well, then I want to do it. I want to do this.
Okay, I'll do it, but I want you to watch your back, okay?
Because as you know, where Shayna goes, Ronda Rousey goes.
-I'm so sorry to interrupt, Adam. -No, please.
Nattie, I saw what Ronda and Shayna have been doing to you.
So if it means anything, I've got your back if you want it.
[exhales] Thank you so much, Tegan. That means a lot to me.
Thank you.
So…
So I guess I will make it official.
-We're good? -We're good.
You got this.
[Cole] That's the reason Tegan is out here tonight.
Wade, long-time friends, now bitter rivals,
Natalya looks to settle the score
with "The Submission Magician" Shayna Baszler.
I'm sure Ronda will be at her side as well.
That match is next on SmackDown.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] What an emotional weekend it was for Sami Zayn
as he returned to Montreal the conquering hometown hero.
And WWE's social media team was there every step of the way
with this very special vlog
that covers Sami's 48 hours,
from Friday morning before SmackDown up through Saturday night's conclusion
-of Elimination Chamber. -The cage!
You can check it all out.
Very emotional story right now on WWE's YouTube channel.
And Natalya set for one-on-one action with the support of Tegan Nox.
-[Wade] Clearly a less than 100% Natalya. -["Bad Reputation" plays]
Which is the last thing you want when this lady's in town.
["Bad Reputation" continues]
[Irvin] And her opponent,
accompanied to the ring by The Baddest Woman on the Planet, "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey,
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Shayna Baszler!
[Cole] Shayna Baszler set to go one-on-one with Natalya.
Now, UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW is a must-see event.
Two shows were just announced.
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on Friday, March 24th,
or The Novo in LA on Friday, March 31st, to hear untold stories
from his WWE Hall of Fame career in an intimate setting.
Tickets for both those shows are available right now.
This has been, for Natalya, really eating at her, Wade,
over the past number of months.
Very upset because she used to be real close friends with Ronda Rousey.
In fact trained Ronda as she first came into the scene here at WWE.
Also friends and partners with Shayna Baszler.
And now, they've turned bitter enemies.
[Wade] Real history with them.
Essentially, Ronda and Shayna took what they needed from Natalya.
Once they were finished,
once they'd learned what they felt they needed,
threw her to the side, smashed in her nose and cost her months of her career.
[Cole] Meanwhile, Natalya banged up, as you mentioned earlier, Wade,
because of her performance inside Elimination Chamber
just six nights ago.
[Wade] I've gotta tell you, Natalya is as smart and experienced as anyone.
This is a bad move.
If you're in the ring with someone as vicious,
as dangerous as Shayna Baszler,
you need all your physical attributes firing in sync right now.
Natalya just doesn't have that.
Baszler picking apart the arm of Natalya.
Ronda Rousey looking on, laughing about this.
Remember, Shayna Baszler already broke Natalya's nose,
cost her a number of months of her career late last year.
Natalya looking to battle back.
Baszler and Ronda really been running roughshod
-over the tag team division here. -[groans]
[Wade] They are a two-headed monster in the women's division,
black belt badasses.
And they are out to demonstrate to the rest of the locker room
-that they don't match up well. -[Cole] Uh-oh.
[Wade] And we've seen this before.
[Cole] We've talked about the broken nose.
[Wade] This is what caved in the face of Natalya previously.
-[Wade] Take two. -[Cole] Baszler looking to do it again.
This time Natalya able to roll Shayna up. A kickout at two.
And Natalya the veteran with a side Russian leg sweep
to Shayna Baszler, kick right to the face.
[Wade] Luckily for Natalya, shaking off the cobwebs,
-and now going to town on Baszler. -[groans]
[Cole] Just like that, though, Shayna…
Standing switch.
A German suplex by Natalya.
Tegan Nox again in support of Natalya outside the ring.
-Discus clothesline there by Natalya. -One! Two!
[Cole] Cover. Near fall.
[Wade] You get the sense that the women's locker room realize
they have to have each other's backs
when Shayna and Ronda Rousey are around.
-[Cole] Sharpshooter. -[Wade] Sharpshooter attempt.
Baszler able to counter.
[Wade] You can counter with the best of them. Black belt in Brazilian jiujitsu.
[crowd boos]
[Cole] Oh, baseball slide caught Shayna on the back of the neck.
[indistinct shouting]
I'm not involved!
-Come on, Shayna! -[Natalya grunts]
-[ref] Come on, ladies. Watch it. Come on. -[indistinct]
Hey! Knock it off! Inside here, Nattie!
[Ronda talking indistinctly]
[Cole] Baszler with the knee to the jaw.
[Wade] Perfect connection. Natalya might be out cold.
[Cole] Natalya, for one quick second, took her eyes off Baszler
to look at Rousey.
Shayna took advantage.
Submission locked in.
[inaudible]
[Wade] There's just no way out, Cole.
-[Cole] Tap out. -[bell ringing]
[Irvin] Here is your winner by submission,
Shayna Baszl--
[Cole] Oh! And Tegan Nox.
[Wade] Now we're having an after-party, Cole.
Natalya's emotion just got the best of her momentarily.
Baszler, the predator, pounced.
Get her up!
[Wade] This is gonna get ugly.
[Cole] Listen to Ronda just barking orders.
And Tegan Nox intercepting Ronda Rousey
and perhaps saving Natalya from much further damage.
[Wade] Tegan Nox just put herself in the crosshairs of Ronda Rousey.
Who the hell is this?! Who is this?
It's Tegan Nox.
-Are you kidding me?! -No, don't worry about her.
No. You're done next week, Skittles.
Gonna be tasting the rainbow on Friday.
[Cole] Well, you made the point, Wade.
Tegan Nox did not make friends with Ronda tonight.
And that could come back to bite her.
[Wade] Could be the stuff of nightmares.
Talking about nightmares, ha, cannot wait for this next one.
Bray Wyatt and his cast of zany characters are back.
Firefly Fun House returns next.
[Cole] Wade, can you believe
that WrestleMania is actually five weeks from tomorrow?
Both Saturday and Sunday in Los Angeles, WrestleMania goes Hollywood.
Once again, our WWE Superstars
showing that they are the toast of the town
and the very best Superstars on the planet.
[rock music playing]
♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪
[music stops]
[in gruff vice] What was that?
Interpretative dance. Helps me collect my thoughts.
And?
I can't stop thinking about WrestleMania.
No one can.
The whole city's on the edge of its seat.
I didn't know you were such a close talker.
What's with the face paint?
It's exfoliating. What's with the voice?
[grunts] Gotta run.
Late for the man cave.
I didn't know we had a man cave.
You wouldn't, because I'm the man.
She is the man.
-[Becky in normal voice] I'm the man. -[laughs]
["Good Friendship Song" playing]
♪ We're really glad That you're our friend ♪
♪ And this is a friendship That'll never ever end ♪
[children cheer and applaud]
[Bray] Lie for me.
[rock music playing]
The beast is rising!
Rest in peace.
No, you do.
[grunting]
Bobby Lashley.
[laughs]
Brock Lesnar.
What? [laughs]
Whichever one of you walks out alive,
-whichever one of you is the winner, know… -Ooh.
…you should run.
Ooh.
I will not be disrespected by nobody in this locker room.
-Not Brock Lesnar, not Bray Wyatt. -[trombone plays]
If you disrespect me, I'm gonna put you down.
[upbeat music playing]
Hey, everybody. Welcome to Fun House News.
If I'm being honest with you guys today, it's pretty urgent
because… is not okay here. [laughs]
Yowie Wowie, am I right?
Turns out there's a dragon rising out of the scene.
It's got seven horns and ten crowns. It blasts for me.
It's bad. [giggles] That's the deal. It's bad.
Okay? But even more importantly, who opened the door?
[children gasp]
[laughs] Anyways, howdy, y'all.
It's time for the weather.
I… am… all… of… us.
Welcome, everyone, to America's favorite game show,
Can You Keep A Secret?
[cheering]
Well, can ya?
Stay tuned to Channel 6.
Coming up next, Can You Keep A Secret?
Followed by, Can You Keep A Secret?
Then later, Well, Can You?
[beeping]
[whispers] Can you keep a secret? Can you see a secret?
-[panicked shouts] -[man] Somebody, help!
[woman] Get away from me! Please, just get away!
-[indistinct yelling] -[man] Somebody, help!
[woman] Get away from me! Please, just get away!
-[child whispering indistinctly] -[indistinct yelling]
[eerie music playing]
If I told you a story, could you keep a secret?
I'm nervous, man.
I know he'll be there to show up like he did
in our tag match a few weeks ago.
Maybe we can hash things out face-to-face, personally.
I hope so.
Because look at this text I just got from our Tribal Chief.
Roman Reigns will be here live next week on SmackDown.
Jimmy, he wants you to know…
you handle Jey tonight…
or The Tribal Chief will handle him for you next week…
personally.
[Cole] Well, the pressure is on Jimmy
with Roman Reigns coming to Washington, D.C. next week.
But up next, Rey Mysterio says Karrion Kross made this personal
when he called out Rey as a dad.
It's Rey versus Kross, live, next on SmackDown.
["Cash In" playing]
♪ See what it can do for you ♪
♪ That money, money, money, money ♪
♪ Gotta get that money, money, money Money, money ♪
♪ Feeling good, you know it's true See what it can do for you ♪
[Cole] Wade, London must have known that you were coming home.
An instant sell-out for Money in the Bank.
Also SmackDown, don't forget, the night before in London at the O2.
[Wade] Move quick or miss out when we're in town.
[bell rings]
[Irvin] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 175 pounds,
Rey Mysterio!
[Cole] I feel completely awful for this man.
I've known Rey for close to 20 years and…
The struggle he's going through right now,
the situation with his son.
Rey moving to SmackDown to get away from Dominik to put that behind him.
And now, Dominik showing up here tonight.
I mean, it's just an absolute mess,
and now Rey's gotta concentrate on this match with Karrion Kross.
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A man who has been a legend over the years at WrestleMania.
[Wade] Apparently, he is not a legendary father
to Dominik Mysterio, and therein lies the issues
that you've just been talking about.
[Cole] That's the most ridiculous thing that I've ever heard.
[Wade] You're the expert, are you? Or is Dominik Mysterio the expert?
["Dead Silent" playing]
[Irvin] And his opponent, accompanied to the ring by Scarlett,
Karrion Kross!
♪ The end is here ♪
-♪ Fall and pray ♪ -[Scarlett lip-syncing]
♪ Fall and pray ♪
[music continues dramatically]
[grunts]
[Karrion screams]
[Cole] You know, Rey Mysterio's made a career out of being an underdog,
in being able to fight back through all the odds
and knock off some of the biggest Superstars in WWE.
But this is a different situation for Rey.
He steps into the ring with a very dangerous man.
And obviously, in the back of his mind,
the situation that's going on with his son.
Can Rey put those emotions aside
to focus on the task at hand tonight, and that is Karrion Kross?
[Wade] Well, he's gonna have to,
otherwise he's gonna end up plastered all over this arena by Karrion Kross.
In this industry, you have to be able to compartmentalize,
leave your baggage at the door, and pick it up on the way back out.
[Cole] It's hard, Wade, when it's your son, however.
As Kross goes over the top rope.
Rey Mysterio, though, comes out of the blocks hot.
And now Rey Mysterio, 619 to the back of the head of Karrion Kross.
[Wade] Well, it's a great tactic, no doubt.
Rey Mysterio wants to finish this one quickly and get out of Dodge.
[Cole] Oh! Down goes Kross! Rey's rolling on SmackDown.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] This is Friday Night SmackDown on Fox,
and Karrion Kross has taken over this match against Rey Mysterio.
[Wade] Since he took control, it has been one-way traffic,
a flood of misery washing over Mysterio,
but there is fight in the guy still.
[Cole] Rey fighting back against Kross here, middle of the ring.
Rey Mysterio, former world champion.
Kross, with an elbow, drops Rey.
This is how Karrion took over this match during the commercial break.
[Wade] Oh! Just genius levels of nasty from Karrion Kross,
as you've come to expect over the previous months.
[Cole] Kross measuring his man, looks for the splash in the corner.
I've seen this before, Rey.
-[Cole] Had Rey well-scouted. -I know you!
[Wade] These two have gone back and forth.
Fatal 4-Way match and, of course, one-on-one a few weeks ago.
Rey Mysterio perhaps getting a lucky victory on that occasion.
Only angered Karrion Kross further.
[Cole] Well, lucky.
[Wade] I mean, it was a dominant performance from Kross.
Rey Mysterio's done that in his entire career, though,
fighting from underneath and pulling out victory when all hope is lost.
[Cole] Biggest little man in the history of WWE.
And Rey Mysterio sent flying outside the ring
with authority by Kross.
[Wade] Pure power and timing from Karrion Kross
as "The Angel of Doom" Scarlett looks on with approval.
-[Cole] What impact. -[Wade] That was nasty.
It really is Scarlett who holds the curse of the cards.
She controls the prey of which Karrion Kross goes for next.
Tarot cards did not fall kindly for Rey Mysterio.
[Karrion talking indistinctly]
[Cole] And Kross continues to punish Rey.
Oh, a knee right to the stomach.
[Wade] Gut-busting beating.
[referee] Six!
[Cole] Kross has said he's made it a point to
want to destroy the legend of Rey Mysterio.
[crowd chants] Let's go, Rey! Let's go, Rey! Let's go, Rey!
[Wade] Kross has also made it clear this only ends when he decides it ends.
It only ends Kross' way.
[Cole] The pace that Kross likes,
that methodical plotting pace where he just picks apart and punishes
and tortures his opponent.
[Wade] Always the sign of an outstanding competitor,
being able to dictate the pace of a matchup,
no matter who he's in the ring with.
[Cole] Yeah, slow things down against the Highflyer, the luchador Mysterio.
Karrion with Rey on his shoulders.
Rey fighting back. You gotta love the guts and heart of this man.
[Wade] He's got no choice. He's facing annihilation.
[Cole] And Rey-- Hurricanrana!
Rey's got a chance, crawls to the cover. Is it enough?
Near fall.
[groans, panting]
[Wade] Karrion Kross has a long history of competing in Mexico against luchadors.
I don't think he ever came across anything quite like that.
[Cole] There's nobody like Rey Mysterio.
Santos Escobar, who has shown nothing but respect for this man in recent weeks.
And look at Karrion Kross.
Rey, though, has him in position for a 619.
[crowd cheering]
And Scarlett now up on the apron.
Uh-oh.
Scarlett hit hard.
Rey going for the 619, and who the heck-- Oh my God!
It's that goof Dominik.
[crowd boos]
Do something! Let's go! That's why I'm here!
Come on, hit me. Do something. Come on.
You gonna do something about it or what?
Huh? You gonna hit me? Huh?
[referee speaks indistinctly]
[Cole] How much more disrespect can Rey Mysterio take
from his own flesh and blood?
And Karrion Kross!
[Wade] Smashed in the face of Rey Mysterio.
Rey's out cold.
[Cole] Now, Kross looking to put Mysterio away.
Kross Jacket.
Rey Mysterio off the distraction by his son, Dominik,
fading in the middle of the ring, nowhere to go.
-Rey Mysterio is out. -That's it. He's out. He's out.
[bell rings]
[Cole] You should start showing him some respect! Yeah, you should!
[Irvin] Here is your winner, Karrion Kross!
[Wade] Better watch your mouth here, Cole, or you'll get it prison-style,
but here's where it all went wrong for Mysterio.
Dominik showed up out of nowhere, catching Mysterio in full flight.
That distraction led to the Kross Hammer to the face
and ultimately annihilation in the form of the Kross Jacket.
The referee throwing this one out.
[Cole] How much more of this disrespect can Rey Mysterio take?
He walked away once again from his son, Dominik.
-Get up. -[Cole] A disgrace of a son.
-[crowd booing] -Come on. Get up. Come on.
Come on, get up. Come on, hit me. Get up!
Get your ass up and be a man.
Be a man and do something about it.
-Come on. Come on! -[crowd shouting]
What you gonna do about it? Come on and hit me.
[crowd continues shouting]
What you gonna do about it, huh?
Huh?
-You gonna hit me? Huh? -[crowd booing]
[inaudible]
-[crowd chattering] -[man] Come on!
-[crowd cheers] -[inaudible]
-What? You want me to punch you? -Yeah, hit me. Do it.
Be a man and do it!
That's what I thought. That's exactly what I thought.
[crowd chants] Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it!
Do it!
Do something about it!
Come on!
[crowd continues chanting] Do it! Do it!
You ain't gonna do it? Huh?
[mumbles indistinctly]
You're my son… [inaudible]
[Dominik] That's it?
That? That's it?
[crowd boos]
[Cole] You gotta applaud Rey's restraint.
[Wade] Perhaps, but here's Jimmy Uso,
who's hoping to talk to his brother Jey Uso
and get to the bottom of The Bloodline issues, next.
[Cole] Meanwhile, WWE celebrates Black History Month,
empowering the next generation of community leaders.
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those whose mission it is to enrich the lives of kids
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The men and women who have spent 25 years providing knowledge, skills, and courage
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And the people who provide academic support
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This month, we celebrate those who work hard
to strengthen our communities.
The true Community Champions.
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Next week, Wade, we're in Washington, D.C.
[Wade] Yeah, Cole.
If Jimmy Uso doesn't take care of business with Jey right now,
Roman Reigns will handle it himself next week on SmackDown.
[Cole] Look at this match just set up.
The number-one contender for the SmackDown women's title, Rhea Ripley,
in action against Liv Morgan,
the final two for the Women's Royal Rumble next week.
[Wade] And after what we saw earlier, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
look to make Natalya and Tegan Nox pay in tag action next week on SmackDown.
["Done With That" playing]
[Irvin] Please welcome one half
of the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions,
Jimmy Uso!
[Cole] Wade, a couple of weeks ago when The Usos had to defend the tag titles,
Jimmy was pretty confident Jey was gonna show up, and he did,
to help his brother.
Jimmy seems a lot less confident tonight
that his brother Jey is going to show up and explain the situation with Bloodline.
[Wade] Jey Uso showed up a couple of weeks ago.
I thought all questions were answered,
but we're just left with even more after Montreal.
[music fades]
[intermittent booing]
So, if you're not here, I know you're out there watching somewhere.
From brother to brother…
I know you're torn.
I know you're hurting.
I know.
And when you hurt, I hurt, Uce.
But I just want to tell you…
I will always, always be here for you, no matter what.
I'm always here for you, Uce,
just like I need you to be here for me right… right now.
They talking. People saying there's cracks in The Bloodline.
Now, listen.
I know there's issues going on. Everything's been crazy.
We got a Sami Zayn problem.
We got a Kevin Owens problem.
Me and you need to defend these Tag Team Championships.
And on top of that, I know you got issues with The Tribal Chief,
and I can't do this alone.
[crowd cheers]
[crowd chanting] Sami! Sami! Sami!
I'm not here to fight. I'm not here to fight.
I know you want to talk to Jey.
Trust me, I'd like to talk to him too. But right now, I need to talk to you.
'Cause every time I hear you use that word "brother,"
that breaks my heart, man, because that's what you were to me.
You were my dawg, man. Remember that?
We were dawgs.
You had my back in The Bloodline from day one.
When Jey Uso didn't trust me, you did.
When Paul Heyman saw no value in me
and shoo'd me from Roman's locker room, you saw value in me.
You were the one who made me the Honorary Uce. Remember that?
[crowd cheers]
Without you, there is no Honorary Uce,
there's no Sami Uso, there's no Feeling Ucey.
[crowd chants] Ucey! Ucey! Ucey!
But when things went south at the Royal Rumble,
you didn't even think twice.
You took me down with zero hesitation.
Jimmy, I have to let you know, man, that that hurt.
That hurt!
[crowd chants] Sami! Sami! Sami!
[inaudible]
You're so damn selfish.
You want to blame me?
You want to put the blame on me?
It was you!
You're the one that made that choice!
You had that chair in your hand! You're the one that pulled the trigger!
You're the one that made the choice!
You stepped on me and you stepped on Jey!
What was I supposed to do? Huh?
Listen, you made the choice and I did what I had to do.
That's what family do, but you know what family don't do, Uce?
They don't betray you.
-Nah. [inaudible] -No, no, no, no.
Let me tell you what else family doesn't do, okay?
They don't make you test your loyalty every single week.
They don't make you jump through hoops just to prove that you're worth something.
They don't manipulate you every single week
like Roman Reigns did to me,
the way Roman Reigns has done to your twin.
That's what he did, not for weeks, not for months, for years.
-[crowd cheers] -J…
Listen to me, The Bloodline is not about Roman Reigns.
The Bloodline is about one man,
and I am gonna make sure, if it's the last thing I do,
that Roman Reigns and The Bloodline comes crumbling down!
But there's a way out for you, okay?
Just like I told Jey, there's a way out for you.
You don't have to go down with the ship.
And I'm looking in your eyes and I know you know what I'm saying is true.
[whistles]
[Cole] Oh!
Sami was glancing up at Jey Uso, who's arrived here in the arena.
And Jimmy with a cheap shot, I guess you would describe,
went right after Sami Zayn.
He didn't want to hear any more, despite the fact
that Sami may have been making some sense.
[Wade] Sami Zayn walked straight into a trap tonight.
The trap is sprung.
[inaudible shouts]
Come on!
[Cole] Helluva Kick by Sami to Jimmy Uso.
Jimmy was looking back at his brother, Sami struck.
[crowd chants] Sami! Sami! Sami!
[chanting continues] Sami! Sami! Sami!
[chanting fades]
[Cole] I don't think that's quite the way Sami Zayn wanted tonight to go,
but nonetheless, Sami gets out of the ring
because Solo Sikoa, Jimmy and Jey's younger brother,
is out here.
[overlapping shouts]
[crowd members shouting, cheering]
[man] Attaboy, Sami! You got this.
[Cole] And again, Jimmy was looking at his brother and…
Sami Zayn with a Helluva Kick.
And there was a very interesting look here between Jey and Sami.
[Wade] We're just left with more questions here, Cole.
-[crowd cheers, shouts] -[man] Sami!
[Cole] A lot of questions, Wade.
Next week, Roman Reigns will be here.
[crowd members chanting] Sami! Sami!
[man] Sami! rs chanting] Sami! Sami!