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00:00:00Then.
00:00:06Now.
00:00:12Forever.
00:00:21Together.
00:00:30Two weeks from tomorrow, four champions will converge and compete in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:00:36Jax, Morgan, Rhodes, Gunther, at stake, global recognition as the best of the best
00:00:43and the prestige of becoming the first ever WWE Crown Jewel Champion.
00:00:49Meanwhile, tonight in Colombia, for former undisputed WWE Champion Roman Reigns,
00:00:54his quest back to the head of the table is looking less and less likely.
00:00:58As last week, Reigns once again found himself at the mercy of the new bloodline
00:01:04and still achieved without a try.
00:01:11Tonight we're going to change things up a little bit.
00:01:15Join me and acknowledge Big Jim!
00:01:24Oh my goodness!
00:01:26Jimmy's back!
00:01:30I'm the Tribal Chief and that means that tape was mine.
00:01:34That's exactly what we've done. We took what was ours.
00:01:38We had it all. We ran around here and everybody feared us.
00:01:43When we step foot in this ring, I want you to know that we are the ones.
00:01:51Yeah, but we're not though.
00:01:54I stand here in the middle of this ring and I see a chief with no tribe right now.
00:01:59I see you with no ulufala around your neck.
00:02:04Man, I came back because you needed me.
00:02:07You needed help.
00:02:09Yo, we need help.
00:02:18No need.
00:02:21You'll forever be my Tribal Chief, man.
00:02:24But I am the only one in the family that still acknowledges you.
00:02:29The bloodline acknowledges Solo Sokoa.
00:02:33He's the man who had his own brother attacked and kicked out of the bloodline.
00:02:37Jimmy Uso seeks revenge.
00:02:40Solo Sokoa said that Jimmy will acknowledge him.
00:02:44Here comes Tama Taga.
00:02:46And now on the other side, Jacob Batu!
00:02:50The moment spiked by Solo!
00:02:55And now the bloodline assaulting Jimmy Uso.
00:03:01Roman Reigns on his way to the ring!
00:03:04Roman returning a favor from bad blood coming to the aid.
00:03:11And now Solo and Roman going at it!
00:03:15And again, the bloodline's strength it numbers.
00:03:21Terrifying athleticism from the Samoan werewolf.
00:03:28Samoan spike to Reigns!
00:03:46Got a second?
00:03:50Yeah.
00:03:59Please, just hear me out real quick.
00:04:01I said no!
00:04:04Get out of my face, man.
00:04:21And tonight, live from Columbia, South Carolina,
00:04:24the new bloodline looks to continue right where they left off last week.
00:04:32Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
00:04:36Jacob Batu
00:04:38and the WWE Tag Team Champions
00:04:42Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa
00:04:45and Solo Sokoa!
00:04:49The bloodline!
00:05:07Welcome to ringside, everybody. I am still Corey Graves.
00:05:10Michael Cole's off on special assignment tonight,
00:05:12so I'm afraid I've got a little bad news rejoining me in the booth.
00:05:16The band is back together. Mr. Wade Barrett.
00:05:18Juan Esparel, it is great to be back here on SmackDown.
00:05:21Excited to see what the new version of the bloodline have in store for us.
00:05:25Wade, I'm going to ask you a question that Roman Reigns is no doubt asking himself.
00:05:29In your opinion, is there any conceivable way to stop this new outlaw rogue bloodline?
00:05:35Well, last week told its own story.
00:05:38Roman Reigns and Jey Uso, but certainly out of manpower and more scarily,
00:05:44perhaps out of ideas to deal with Solo Sokoa and his troops.
00:05:50I can't imagine there are too many men walking God's green earth
00:05:53who want to stand eye to eye with a Samoan werewolf.
00:06:14Oh.
00:06:30Columbia, South Carolina.
00:06:39Acknowledge me.
00:07:06You all better get used to seeing this because you're looking at the present and the future.
00:07:16You're looking at the bloodline.
00:07:23And you're looking at the tribal chief.
00:07:33You see, I'm the man that created a bigger and stronger family.
00:07:40I'm the man that created a bigger and stronger bloodline.
00:07:49Yeah, I did.
00:07:51And Roman Reigns can't do nothing about it.
00:08:00Jimmy can't do nothing about it either.
00:08:07Oh, and then check this out.
00:08:09And then Jimmy goes to Monday Night Raw and tries to get Jey's help.
00:08:13But Jey don't want nothing to do with it either.
00:08:26No, Jey.
00:08:31These beatdowns will continue to happen to Roman Reigns unless he does one thing.
00:08:43Unless he comes down to the ring by the end of the night and acknowledges me.
00:08:58Uso!
00:09:02Hang on a second, Wade.
00:09:17Colonial life arena just exploded into a sea of yeet.
00:09:23The intercontinental champion, main event Jey Uso, is on SmackDown tonight.
00:09:33Well, as this place explodes, conspicuous by their lack of yeeting,
00:09:38are the four men stunned in that ring, namely Solo Sakoa and his band of men,
00:09:45known as the Bloodline.
00:09:47All the less celebratory from them.
00:09:49I've got to ask you, is this a smart decision for Jey Uso to come here by himself
00:09:55after refusing to give his own brother Jimmy audience at Raw this Monday?
00:09:59I'll tell you, the only way it is smart for Jey Uso
00:10:03to be stepping in a ring with Solo Sakoa at all is if he is prepared
00:10:09to acknowledge Solo Sakoa as his tribal chief.
00:10:13Outside or out, I'd be staying wild clear if I were Jey Uso.
00:10:20Well, what's done last week on SmackDown is Solo Sakoa and his Bloodline dismantled.
00:10:26Solo and Jey's brother Jimmy.
00:10:31But the intercontinental champion is in the house to kick things off.
00:10:43Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, Jey Uso, J
00:11:13Uso, Uso, Uso, Uso
00:11:15I'm gonna call out on all this brav
00:11:18Perhaps Barnett's doing a little Usi tonight
00:11:22My new go-to guitar performance
00:11:25He's found out that we're the rules
00:11:28Okay, okay, yae, it's gettin' old
00:11:33You're about to get one
00:11:35You're about to get one
00:11:43What's up, little brother?
00:11:53It's been a minute.
00:11:56I promise, I'm not out here to fight you, because at the end of the day, I still care
00:12:07about you.
00:12:08You still my little brother.
00:12:15Look, Jimmy and Roman not here yet, so I came out here to talk to you one-on-one, ooze to ooze.
00:12:25But think about what you're doing.
00:12:35Think about what you're doing to the family.
00:12:40Think about what you're doing to the bloodline.
00:12:48Don't nobody got bigger issues with Roman than I do?
00:12:53With dividing the family like this?
00:12:55It ain't it.
00:12:56I left.
00:12:57I left the family, ooze.
00:12:59I left to be my own man.
00:13:01I left to roll.
00:13:03Man, I became the Intercontinental Champion, little brother.
00:13:07Look, though.
00:13:19Look, though.
00:13:26Yes, I did.
00:13:31Amen.
00:13:33Look, ooze.
00:13:36Fighting over the Ula Fala, though, is not it.
00:13:40That right there is earned, not taken.
00:13:44You know better.
00:13:48But if you want to end Roman's power, then do it.
00:13:54Just don't divide the family while you do it.
00:13:59Are you done wasting my time?
00:14:04You come out here, you yeet, yeet, yeet.
00:14:07Who said anything about dividing the family?
00:14:10I'm not trying to divide the family.
00:14:12I'm trying to unite the family.
00:14:20And stop calling me your little brother.
00:14:24I'm your tribal chief now.
00:14:29And I'll always have a place for you and Roman in my bloodline.
00:14:34But all you have to do is acknowledge me.
00:14:43You see, I don't want you to follow Jimmy's footsteps, because look where I got him.
00:14:50So are you in?
00:14:55Or are you out?
00:15:17Man, look.
00:15:20If what you're saying is true, and you're trying to unite our bloodline,
00:15:29then why did you have to go and get them?
00:15:33Why'd you have to go get them, ooze?
00:15:35Tama, Tonga.
00:15:39Why'd you have to go get Jacob?
00:15:41There's a reason why we stayed away from him.
00:15:44If you keep staring at me like that, I'm going to knock your ass out.
00:16:07Forget that. I'm not here for that, all right?
00:16:09Forget all that.
00:16:12Next time I see you, ooze, it's going to be different.
00:16:19Yeet.
00:16:28Wade, what on earth do you think Jey Uso meant by that?
00:16:32Next time I see you, it's going to be different.
00:16:35Top Dog, things are going very well for Jey Uso, ever since he blazed his own trail,
00:16:42but now tread carefully around little bro, or should I say, the tribal chief, Solo Sekoa,
00:16:49especially when he's backed up by that trail.
00:16:55Solo telling Jey he's looking to unite the family,
00:16:59and there will always be a place in the bloodline for Jey and Roman Reigns.
00:17:11We are just getting started tonight on SmackDown,
00:17:15and coming up next is our first of two triple threat tag team qualifying matchup.
00:17:20Who will earn the right to a championship match?
00:17:23We will have our answer beginning tonight as DIY battles The Street Prophet
00:17:28and Pretty Deadly in a triple threat next.
00:17:36Welcome back to SmackDown. Get ready for triple threat tag team action.
00:17:52The following is a triple threat tag team qualifying match.
00:18:00Introducing the company by B-Fab, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford, The Street Prophet.
00:18:12We are preparing for the first of two triple threat tag team qualifying matches tonight on SmackDown.
00:18:19The second to come later in the evening, the winners of each match will advance
00:18:24and battle one another next week on Friday Night SmackDown
00:18:27for the opportunity to challenge for the WWE tag team titles currently held by,
00:18:33you guessed it, The Bloodline.
00:18:36Be careful what you wish for.
00:18:38This feels like the first step in the journey of a thousand miles
00:18:42if you really are going to win gold here in the tag ranks on SmackDown.
00:18:47Entering now, of course, The Street Prophet already in the ring.
00:18:50D-I-Y-N.
00:18:52Of all the things I've missed, not being on SmackDown.
00:18:56Yes, boys. Pretty Deadly in there.
00:18:59And look at their outfits.
00:19:01A couple of dedicated followers of fashion.
00:19:04They've got poppies on their male bralettes, Corey.
00:19:07Imagine wearing a pair of those in your favorite pub in Pittsburgh.
00:19:10High fashion, even higher impact.
00:19:12Remember, ooh, triple threat tag team rules in effect.
00:19:15And by Montez Ford, one member of each team will be legal at all times.
00:19:20But you must tag your own teammate for them to make entry into this matchup.
00:19:25Montez Ford sent to the apron, met by a knee from Ciampa.
00:19:29Keep your eyes on Pretty Deadly, Wade.
00:19:32I always do, mate. I never take my eyes off.
00:19:38I think that might have been a miscalculation by Elton Prince,
00:19:42who is now hightailing it out of the ring,
00:19:44being run down by the Sicilian Psycho Power.
00:19:48Tim Wilson, expert level tag team trap.
00:19:54That was far from expert level, just sheer brutality.
00:19:59From Angelo Dawkins, keep your eyes peeled at all times, gentlemen.
00:20:04This thing breaking down in a hurry to the surprise of absolutely no one.
00:20:08Here comes Paz.
00:20:10My God, what athleticism.
00:20:13Stop the landing, Drew.
00:20:15Montez Ford setting his sights on Johnny Gargano.
00:20:19Kick connects on the ear of Johnny Wrestling.
00:20:21Here comes Paz. Big knee by Ciampa.
00:20:24Into the cover, hook of the leg to advance.
00:20:27And Ford keeps the Street Profits' chances alive.
00:20:30Oh, man, that was a thousand miles per hour start from all three teams.
00:20:35And Kit Wilson from behind.
00:20:38Such is the nature of triple threat action.
00:20:41Even in the tag division, you simply are not safe.
00:20:44Tag made. Elton Prince now legal for Pretty Deadly.
00:20:47No matter how much you feel like you're in control of this kind of matchup.
00:20:51Three teams that are effectively two wins away for a shot at the gold.
00:20:56Cover. Tremendous tag team innovation by Pretty Deadly.
00:21:02But Ciampa has enough left in the tank to keep this match alive.
00:21:06Let's look at this again.
00:21:07Off of the back of Prince.
00:21:09Into a Codebreaker-type maneuver.
00:21:12Double knees to the face of Ciampa.
00:21:14Straight out of the PD playbook.
00:21:17Dazzling with their poppy-clad outfits.
00:21:20And now battering with their offense.
00:21:23What is your obsession with poppies? That's a British thing, isn't it?
00:21:26Oh, man, the poppy is the symbol of greatness in the UK.
00:21:30Our greatest generations wore cladded poppies.
00:21:33And I know how these two threw out.
00:21:35And what a display.
00:21:36Those four found Pretty Deadly advancing this quarter.
00:21:39Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
00:21:41Shoulder down.
00:21:43Bacchusoto.
00:21:45Oh, my God. Tommaso Ciampa from the middle row.
00:21:49Air raid crash.
00:21:51Montage four with a 450.
00:21:54Two at bats.
00:21:56And Johnny Gargano keeps it alive for DIY.
00:22:00Ciampa going for broke.
00:22:02And it almost backfired.
00:22:04Such is the speed of Montage Four.
00:22:07Remember, triple threat tag team rules are in effect despite the chaos at the moment.
00:22:13Only one member of each respective team can be legal at any given time.
00:22:18Good luck to this referee trying to figure out exactly who is legal at any one point.
00:22:22Beautiful double team by The Prophets.
00:22:25Down goes Ciampa.
00:22:26But Pretty Deadly making their presence felt.
00:22:28Kirk Wilson looking to steal it.
00:22:32DIY will not be denied yet.
00:22:35Just milliseconds away from victory.
00:22:37And now Tommaso Ciampa isolated completely alone in the ring.
00:22:41This could be the moment Pretty Deadly have been waiting for.
00:22:43But keep your eyes on Montage Four.
00:22:46Fast as lightning.
00:22:48Montage Four back to save the day for the Street Prophets.
00:22:52The adrenaline pumping through the veins of Montage Four.
00:22:57Making the long climb to the top.
00:23:00And Prince takes out Tez's legs.
00:23:04Desperation move there from Elton Prince.
00:23:07But it may come good in the end.
00:23:09PD have to go in for the kill.
00:23:11And they have to do it now.
00:23:13Here comes Angelo Dawkins to the aid of Montage.
00:23:16Wilson spills to the floor.
00:23:18This is not where Elton wants to be, Wade.
00:23:22Boom! Dave blockbuster by the Street Prophets.
00:23:25But Ciampa and Gargano meet in the middle.
00:23:28It's anyone's ballgame.
00:23:32Who's legal?
00:23:37DIY!
00:23:41I need to see that fight.
00:23:43Both of Ciampa hit the legal man, okay, here?
00:23:46Montage Four did not.
00:23:48Okay, here? Montage Four did not.
00:23:50Are you winners?
00:23:52DIY!
00:23:55Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:57the winners of the match
00:23:59are DIY!
00:24:03Well, you heard exactly what Jessica Carr, the referee, just said there.
00:24:07Let's try and break this down here.
00:24:11A great job by Jessica Carr, keeping her eyes on the action during all of this.
00:24:16The legal man there was Kit Wilson.
00:24:18He actually got knocked out of the ring.
00:24:20Now, at this point, Elton Prince is not legal.
00:24:23There has been a tag to Kit Wilson.
00:24:25The Street Prophets clearly got confused at this point,
00:24:28as were everybody else in the arena.
00:24:30But Tommaso Ciampa got his eye on the ball.
00:24:35Well, here's that tag to Kit Wilson,
00:24:37that took Elton Prince out of the equation.
00:24:41Wow!
00:24:43Street Prophets
00:24:45thought they had this 1-1,
00:24:47but it was DIY who kept their eye on the ball,
00:24:49getting the legal man a down match.
00:24:51Well, it certainly won't sit well with the Street Prophets,
00:24:54no doubt about that,
00:24:55but it is undeniable that DIY took that ever-important next step
00:24:59towards hopefully once again becoming tag team champions.
00:25:02Another superstar, Wade, who took the important next step
00:25:05toward potentially earning gold
00:25:07happened last week here on SmackDown in the women's division.
00:25:10Yeah, this, as you say, on SmackDown,
00:25:12Jax versus Naomi.
00:25:14Tiffany Stratton was prevented from intervening
00:25:18by the massive Raquel,
00:25:20and as Jax was looking to close herself in on victory,
00:25:25once again intervening was Raquel,
00:25:29allowing Liv Morgan to smash Nia Jax
00:25:32with the Money in the Bank briefcase,
00:25:34and Naomi picked up a massive W against the champ,
00:25:38much to the degree of Nia Jax.
00:25:42Well, we were scheduled to have a tag team matchup tonight,
00:25:45but we understand there is some news breaking backstage
00:25:48at this very moment regarding this
00:25:50Bayley, Naomi, Nia, Tiffany tag team matchup.
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00:26:36I don't think I ever heard that one.
00:26:48That's because it ain't out yet.
00:26:50You know what I'm saying?
00:26:51I do. I do.
00:26:55What is happening?
00:27:06I'm proud of you.
00:27:20We all are.
00:27:28And no you.
00:27:42I told you.
00:27:46Come on.
00:27:54Speak up. I can't hear you.
00:27:56What do you mean you have the flu, Tiffy?
00:27:58Now is not the time to abandon me.
00:28:01Liv Morgan and her greasy boyfriend
00:28:03are trying to get in the way of me
00:28:04becoming the first ever crown jewel champion.
00:28:07And then I have Naomi on my back.
00:28:09And I thought tonight I could teach her a lesson.
00:28:11But now that you have the sniffles,
00:28:13Nick Aldis is going to have to cancel the match.
00:28:15The match isn't canceled.
00:28:18Excuse me?
00:28:19The match, it's not canceled.
00:28:22Shut up, Tiffany.
00:28:24But my partner's sick.
00:28:27Naya, SmackDown has a deep talent roster,
00:28:30so the simple solution here is find somebody else.
00:28:33Who? Who else?
00:28:37Would you look at that.
00:28:40Excuse you.
00:28:41Sorry, Naya, but we couldn't help but overhear
00:28:43that you're in need of a tag partner tonight.
00:28:46And I am the first ever women's speed champion,
00:28:49so champion to champion.
00:28:51I really wouldn't mind helping you out.
00:28:53Two champions, champion to champion.
00:28:55Don't even.
00:28:57Smells like money to me.
00:28:58That's my perfume.
00:28:59Book it.
00:29:00Look at that.
00:29:02It's booked.
00:29:06You better hold up your end of the bargain,
00:29:08or I will end you,
00:29:10and it'll take me less than three minutes.
00:29:19You're welcome.
00:29:22Breaking news.
00:29:23Tiffany Stratton out of tonight's tag team matchup.
00:29:26Candice LeRae, the WWE women's speed champion, is in.
00:29:30That one's still to come tonight.
00:29:32Both grossly unfair and disrespectful from Nichols.
00:29:38The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:29:42Introducing first, accompanied by Chelsea Green.
00:29:49From Ayrshire, Scotland, Piper Niven.
00:29:57With Piper Niven making her way to the ring,
00:29:59accompanied by Chelsea Green,
00:30:02who I understand has remedied the odor issue
00:30:05she has been suffering from.
00:30:06I was nervous.
00:30:07I thought it would smell terrible, but it doesn't.
00:30:09But Piper Niven is looking mean, nudey, and magnificent,
00:30:13and she is up against the bougie bolly from NXT.
00:30:17Lash Legend.
00:30:18These two go head-to-head here on SmackDown.
00:30:20Next.
00:30:30Accompanied by Jakara Jackson,
00:30:33from Atlanta, Georgia,
00:30:35representing Metaphor,
00:30:38Lash Legend.
00:30:43As we prepare for singles action in the women's division,
00:30:46I would not be surprised for there to be some implications
00:30:49in the tag team division,
00:30:51as Lash Legend prepares to go one-on-one with Piper Niven,
00:30:55the WWE Women's Tag Team Champion.
00:30:58Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair
00:31:00with some of the best seats in the house.
00:31:03Obviously, it was last week here on SmackDown
00:31:06where Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson
00:31:08had the opportunity to challenge for those championships.
00:31:11Piper Niven played a role.
00:31:12Chelsea Green played a role.
00:31:14It followed all the way to Monday Night Raw
00:31:16involving damage control in their championship opportunity, Wade.
00:31:19Ultimately, it was Niven and Chelsea Green on the outside
00:31:22who cost Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson their big opportunity,
00:31:26and hence we have this fallout right now.
00:31:28A little standoff.
00:31:29Not too many women have the strength to stand up to Piper Niven,
00:31:33but I assure you Niven will not be bullied
00:31:36by the bougie bolly, Lash Legend.
00:31:39Two of the biggest and baddest women we've ever had here
00:31:42in WWE.
00:31:43Neither woman looking to take a step back.
00:31:48Piper Niven just mowing through the competition.
00:31:52Look out.
00:31:53Legend out of the way just in the nick of time.
00:31:55That was smart from Lash.
00:31:56That basement just body.
00:31:58Oh, big bump kick to the jaw.
00:32:00Chelsea Green knows exactly how that feels.
00:32:02Big splash by Legend into the cover.
00:32:05Last week, it was Lash Legend
00:32:07delivering that exact same kick to Chelsea Green
00:32:10which sent Chelsea spilling over our announce desk,
00:32:13which could be argued opened the door
00:32:15for the champions to retain.
00:32:16The power of Niven on display.
00:32:19These women just dropping bombs from the World Cup.
00:32:22Cover by Piper.
00:32:26Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson, of course,
00:32:28members of Meta 4 who've run roughshod over NXT
00:32:31for quite some time.
00:32:33Keep a very close eye on Chelsea Green
00:32:36and Jakara Jackson on the outside
00:32:39desperately willing their partners to victory here.
00:32:43I'm a happily married man, Wade.
00:32:44That's just getting me in trouble.
00:32:46Nobody home.
00:32:50Big overhand shot by Legend.
00:32:53The technique went out of the window
00:32:55from the off when it came to these two.
00:32:57No way.
00:32:58Throwing everything they have at one another.
00:33:01It looked to me like Lash Legend
00:33:03was going to attempt to chokeslam Piper Niven.
00:33:06We've seen in NXT the power possessed by Legend.
00:33:10This woman is the real deal.
00:33:13Look.
00:33:14That just gave way.
00:33:16She did a lot better than most
00:33:18when it came to lifting up Piper Niven
00:33:20who is now going in for the count.
00:33:22Oh my God.
00:33:23How's this for power?
00:33:25Wow.
00:33:26Big body slam to Niven.
00:33:29Chelsea Green obviously doesn't like what she's seeing.
00:33:33Ms. Green letting her presence be felt again
00:33:36to the surprise of no one.
00:33:38Well, that's the distraction
00:33:39that cost Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson last week.
00:33:42Will it do the same here?
00:33:43Legend took her eyes off of her opponent
00:33:46and that could cost Lash in a big way.
00:33:50Niven making the climb.
00:33:52Bone crushing offense.
00:33:55Legend out of the way.
00:33:59Can Lash Legend
00:34:02topple Piper Niven?
00:34:04Look at this.
00:34:05This is outrageous.
00:34:07Unbelievable.
00:34:09Into the cover.
00:34:10Hooks the leg.
00:34:12Lash Legend with the win.
00:34:16Here is your winner,
00:34:19Lash Legend.
00:34:22Well, that has to be the biggest win of Lash Legend's
00:34:26short career thus far.
00:34:29And even the tag chumps, Belair and Cargill,
00:34:32looked impressed.
00:34:33And this is where it all went into meltdown
00:34:35on the outside of the ring,
00:34:36allowing Piper Niven to capitalize.
00:34:39But just when she thought she had this one in the bag,
00:34:42the athleticism and power of Lash Legend
00:34:45came to the fore, scoring the victory.
00:34:47And I've got to say, Wade,
00:34:48after the official three count,
00:34:50both Belair and Cargill
00:34:52looked extremely impressed
00:34:54by what Lash Legend was able to do moments ago.
00:34:58Is that impressed or is that terrified?
00:35:00Because Lash Legend and Ja'Karli Jackson
00:35:03are coming for those championships.
00:35:05Well, the good news is,
00:35:06the winners here at the WWE Universe,
00:35:08the women's tag division,
00:35:09continues to heat up.
00:35:12And if we are talking championships,
00:35:15how about this?
00:35:16Over 150 carats in diamond weight
00:35:19in each championship.
00:35:21The crown jewel title,
00:35:23one of the combatants,
00:35:24the WWE champion, Cody Rhodes,
00:35:27is here live next.
00:35:33Smackdown comes to you tonight
00:35:34from Colonial Life Arena in Soda City,
00:35:37Columbia, South Carolina,
00:35:39home of the University of South Carolina
00:35:41where our own NXT champ,
00:35:43Trick Williams,
00:35:44shined on the gridiron
00:35:45and where our superstars return to American soil
00:35:48after a wildly successful tour this week
00:35:51in your neck of the woods, Wade, the UK.
00:35:53Yeah, what a party it was over in the UK
00:35:56and what a party we're having here tonight
00:35:58on Smackdown in Columbia, South Carolina.
00:36:01This audience really doing their part
00:36:04with their signs.
00:36:05Every city seemingly trying to outdo The Last
00:36:08with their Amazon sign.
00:36:09My personal view is that Evansville, Indiana,
00:36:11several weeks ago,
00:36:12was the best with the signs.
00:36:14They broke the world record
00:36:15for Wade Barrett signs with one.
00:36:27What are you doing?
00:36:30Sorry.
00:36:31Why are you right there?
00:36:32I'm trying to relax you.
00:36:33It's the wise man spot.
00:36:34I was just trying to relax you.
00:36:35Are you?
00:36:36You're not the wise man.
00:36:38I'm not.
00:36:39But listen,
00:36:40I'm just trying to relax you.
00:36:42I still think
00:36:43you need to talk to brother Jay.
00:36:48I think if the wise man was here,
00:36:50this would be done by now.
00:36:51I'm not talking to Jay.
00:36:52We already saw Jay.
00:36:53He made it clear.
00:36:56It don't matter.
00:36:58Look,
00:37:00I give you a shot.
00:37:02You try.
00:37:04I'm going to do it my way.
00:37:07I'm going to fix this.
00:37:08Tonight.
00:37:12How the hell
00:37:14are you going to do that?
00:37:16I'm going to acknowledge
00:37:20Solo.
00:37:31Did we just hear that correctly, Wade?
00:37:33Roman's going to acknowledge Solo.
00:37:35We'll find out as the night goes on.
00:37:37We'll find out.
00:37:38We'll find out.
00:37:39We'll find out.
00:37:40We'll find out.
00:37:41We'll find out.
00:37:42We'll find out.
00:37:43We'll find out.
00:37:44We'll find out as the night progresses,
00:37:45but this is what it's all about.
00:37:47Two weeks from tomorrow,
00:37:48Crown Jewel Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:37:51The beautiful, prestigious
00:37:53WWE Crown Jewel Championship.
00:37:57Over 150 carats in diamond weight
00:38:00on each championship.
00:38:01Absolutely beautiful.
00:38:03Here comes one of the combatants.
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00:43:05Again, champion versus champion.
00:43:08I am not going to stand here and disparage my opponent, RAW's World Heavyweight Champion,
00:43:15Gunther.
00:43:24Widely respected by his peers and legends alike, brother could chop a tree down with
00:43:29his hand.
00:43:31Most men who walk those hallways are terrified of Gunther.
00:43:38I'm not.
00:43:42But even if I was, I wouldn't bet against me.
00:43:48Why do I think that I am leaving Crown Jewel as champion?
00:43:54Well, for starters, look at this thing.
00:44:00Corey Gray's been talking about it all night on commentary, one of the most beautifully
00:44:05designed title belts in the history of our sport.
00:44:09But beauty, beauty is only skin deep.
00:44:13In the last two plus years, you and I, the WWE audience, pro wrestling fans alike, we
00:44:19have gotten to know each other, have we not?
00:44:24So you know, when I came back to WWE, I wanted to take the John Cena schedule.
00:44:33I wanted to take that model.
00:44:35And by God, we did take that schedule.
00:44:38Hell, we even added to that schedule.
00:44:40I have bled.
00:44:41I have sweat.
00:44:42I have paid the price.
00:44:44And I am not foolish enough to think that I am done paying the price.
00:44:48But again, it's almost skin deep.
00:44:57The real reason that I think I am leaving Crown Jewel as champion, she's sitting at
00:45:05home right now.
00:45:08She's about three foot tall, and I need her to know that when my bones turn to dust, my
00:45:15name will be attached to this title as its first champion.
00:45:18I need her to know the name was given to me is the same name that was given to her, and
00:45:24it will matter, and she will know you play the game not to lose, but you play to win.
00:45:31Now, I'd like to invite next Friday on SmackDown, the World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther, to
00:45:45stand in this ring with me.
00:45:47I'd like to ask him what his reasons for all of this are, and I'd like to look him in the
00:45:54eyes and say, hey, champ, what do you want to talk about?
00:46:05Well, there you have it, the American nightmare laying down the gauntlet and fighting the
00:46:11World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther, to SmackDown next week.
00:46:15Wade, do you think Gunther's going to answer the call?
00:46:18Gunther backs down to nobody, and let me tell you this, Corey, at Crown Jewel, there are
00:46:23massive implications for the legacies of both Cody Rhodes and the ring general, Gunther,
00:46:29depending who wins that matchup and that new champion.
00:46:32Well, it certainly seems that Cody Rhodes has been able to shift his focus to Gunther
00:46:36and the Crown Jewel Championship.
00:46:37However, I've got to believe that in the back of the American nightmare's mind, one man
00:46:43is haunting every thought of Cody's.
00:46:46You know what I'm talking about?
00:46:47I know exactly who you're talking about.
00:46:49Here is the couple of weeks ago, KO, inexplicably jumping Cody Rhodes in the aftermath of the
00:46:56bad blood PLA.
00:46:57What's the reason, KO?
00:46:59People are asking me why I turned on Cody Rhodes.
00:47:02Cody Rhodes turned on...
00:47:04Kevin was told not to show up last week on SmackDown, and moments before a confrontation
00:47:10between Owens and Rhodes, Randy Orton, of all people, would play peacekeeper between
00:47:14his two friends.
00:47:16Randy Orton tried to calm down KO, received an errant shot immediately, gave one back
00:47:23to KO, and then later on, as these two were discussing the issue, KO savagely attacked
00:47:30his now former friend, Randy Orton.
00:47:33It would appear that Kevin Owens is now back to his most unpredictable works.
00:47:39Keep clear.
00:47:46I've been in WWE now for about 10 years.
00:47:50Actually, it's been over 10 years, just recently.
00:47:54And I've had a lot of ups and downs over those 10 years, but I don't think things have ever
00:48:00felt as bad as they do right now.
00:48:07Because for WWE officials to tell me to stay home and not come to work, not come to SmackDown
00:48:14where I belong, because of what I did to Cody Rhodes after Bad Blood, is just so unfair
00:48:24and ridiculous.
00:48:26I mean, look at what we've seen WWE superstars do to each other in and out of the ring, in
00:48:33the locker rooms, all the ambush attacks, the beatdowns.
00:48:37And I get told to stay away because I dropped their little golden boy outside of a stupid
00:48:44bus?
00:48:47Come on.
00:48:48You know, that really makes me ask myself just how appreciated and valued I am by this
00:48:58company.
00:49:01But that, you know, that I can live with.
00:49:03I can kind of get past that.
00:49:04What I can't get over, though, is what Randy Orton did to me.
00:49:11Randy, I can't believe you betrayed me like that.
00:49:19You know, you can let people say whatever they want about me.
00:49:22Kevin Owens turns on all his friends, blah, blah, blah.
00:49:24It doesn't matter.
00:49:25I would have never done that to you, ever.
00:49:30Because I thought what we had was different.
00:49:34Dude, I.
00:49:39I just can't believe you picked Cody Rhodes over me.
00:49:45And, you know, I got to be honest with everybody, I with everything that's happening right now
00:49:51between the disrespect shown to me by WWE and Randy breaking my my trust like that, I.
00:50:01I really don't know if or when.
00:50:06I can come back.
00:50:19Kevin Owens, I don't know what anyone else has planned for Kevin Owens, but I need to
00:50:24get my hands on Kevin Owens and I want to do it at Crown Jewel.
00:50:27I had a feeling this was coming, Randy.
00:50:30I'm sorry.
00:50:33It's just not something I can do right now.
00:50:36What do you mean it's not something that you can do it right now?
00:50:39You don't understand.
00:50:41It's not that I won't.
00:50:43I can't.
00:50:44You can't.
00:50:45I don't think you understand what I'm saying.
00:50:47I don't think you understand.
00:50:48I don't think you understand what I'm saying.
00:50:50I'm not asking permission.
00:50:52What I'm saying is I want Kevin Owens at Crown Jewel.
00:50:55With all due respect.
00:50:57I'm saying I can't because it's coming from up above.
00:51:07Right.
00:51:09Well then I guess I know who I need to talk to.
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00:53:34And your opponents, the team of Alex Shelley and Chris Saban, Motor City Machine Guns!
00:53:38This debut has been a long time coming!
00:53:40The Motor City Machine Guns, the newest addition to the Tag Team Division.
00:53:45Nick Ault is looking to his past to help shape the future here on SmackDown.
00:53:51Quite simply, Wade, Alex Shelley, Chris Saban have innovated and influenced the entire modern-day tag team game.
00:54:00They're quite simply your favorite tag team's favorite tag team.
00:54:05Three-time TNA Wrestling Tag Team Champions looking to test their skills in WWE.
00:54:12You might be right there, Corey.
00:54:13These guys, and Cody Rhodes mentioned a few historical examples earlier, but the Motor City Machine Guns are the ultimate.
00:54:21What if... These guys are great, but what if they competed in WWE?
00:54:27Now we're going to find out, and it has not started well at all.
00:54:31Chris Saban receiving a very painful welcome to WWE.
00:54:34Again, under triple threat tag team rules, one member of each team remains legal at all times.
00:54:38So the Motor City Machine Guns have been trending online all day.
00:54:43After it was announced they're here, the knives are out in the locker room for the Motor City Machine Guns.
00:54:49You're not just going to waltz into SmackDown and take over.
00:54:53Well, again, when it comes to tag team chemistry, Saban and Shelley, second to none.
00:54:58They have influenced and created a brand new style of tag team wrestling, which has really become the norm over the last decade or so.
00:55:05And it could be argued that Shelley and Saban were the innovators of it.
00:55:08Yeah, absolutely. They have dominated around the world.
00:55:11The question is, can you do it under the biggest spotlight of all against the best teams here in WWE?
00:55:19Here we go.
00:55:21A shot out of a cannon. Chris Saban taking everybody down.
00:55:24But Waller just dropped Shelley with a right hand.
00:55:28Remember, Waller, in theory, back at WrestleMania, became tag team champions in a six pack challenge ladder match.
00:55:34He's been complaining about losing those championships ever since this is their ticket back to the big time.
00:55:42Although that ticket may have just been ripped off by the Motor City Machine Guns.
00:55:47Let me ask you this, Wade.
00:55:49With all of the accomplishments in the Machine Guns career, is it an advantage having inspired so many wrestlers over the last generation?
00:55:57Just puts added pressure on the shoulders of the Motor City Machine Guns.
00:56:01Yeah, you've dominated around the world.
00:56:03You are expected to do the same here on SmackDown.
00:56:07Can you live up to the billing that you've created for yourselves over the past 18 or so years?
00:56:13Alex Shelley, an absolute wizard when it comes to technical wrestling.
00:56:17There was nothing fancy there.
00:56:19Waller just knocked Shelley's teeth down his throat.
00:56:23Beautiful double team by Legado del Fantasma, Angel and Berto.
00:56:30Alex Shelley spending a significant amount of time up in the air before being driven face first into the buckle.
00:56:37High, low, that could do it.
00:56:39Alex Shelley getting beaten from pillar to post on his debut here on SmackDown.
00:56:46Good kick by Angel right between the eyes of Grayson Waller.
00:56:49And again, at stake here, an opportunity.
00:56:51Beautiful dueling moonsault.
00:56:54Santos Escobar has been demanding opportunities for his men here on SmackDown.
00:57:00As well as Electro Lopez who stood at ringside.
00:57:04They are proving their worth right now.
00:57:06And again, the winners of this triple threat will advance to battle DIY next week with the winners of that contest.
00:57:13Earning a tag team title opportunity.
00:57:16Grayson Waller looking for Vintage Waller.
00:57:19Denied.
00:57:21Caught out of mid-air by Alex Shelley who's firing off knees.
00:57:26Spectacular double team by the Motor City Machine Guns.
00:57:30It's about time the Motor City Machine Guns started bouncing back.
00:57:34But immediately on the offense once again is Angel.
00:57:38This could be a bit of a learning curve we're seeing here, Wade.
00:57:41Different level of competition.
00:57:43Well, I've been a cynic from the word go.
00:57:46You have to prove it once you get here to the very top level on SmackDown.
00:57:50Oh my goodness.
00:57:51What power being shown by Angel and Berto now.
00:57:54From the top turnbuckle.
00:57:56My God!
00:57:59What a devastation in ring.
00:58:01Can they get the three count?
00:58:03Covered by Berto.
00:58:05This fortuitous landing for A-Town down under.
00:58:10Spectacular effort there.
00:58:14Austin Theory now legal for A-Town down under.
00:58:16Angel hung across the top turnbuckle.
00:58:18Big drop kick by Austin Theory.
00:58:21Keep your eyes on Berto.
00:58:24Caught Shelley with an enziguri in mid-air.
00:58:28Back elbow rocks Berto.
00:58:33And Theory driving Berto down across his own knee.
00:58:37A-Town down under wants the gold yet again.
00:58:40No idea how Alex Shelley is still standing at this point.
00:58:43Given the volume of abuse he's received.
00:58:45But he caught the tag.
00:58:46And Saban's in there.
00:58:48And this is why the Machine Guns are so special.
00:58:52Flawless teamwork.
00:58:54This is what Aldis wanted.
00:58:55Freshen up the tag division.
00:58:57And prove you are the best team in the industry.
00:59:00Great teams are always on the same page.
00:59:02The Motor City Machine Guns practically in the same syllable.
00:59:06Now Alex Shelley.
00:59:07Purse on the top.
00:59:09Saban with Berto in his clutches.
00:59:12Beautiful splash into the neckbreaker.
00:59:15The Motor City Machine Guns do it in their debut.
00:59:20Here are your winners.
00:59:23Motor City Machine Guns.
00:59:29It was not easy.
00:59:30Nor did Saban and Shelley expect it to be.
00:59:33But the outcome was the desired one.
00:59:36Welcome to SmackDown.
00:59:38Motor City Machine Guns.
00:59:40They advance against D.I.Y. next week.
00:59:44Right now I'd like to welcome my guests.
00:59:46Both Carmelo Hayes and Andrade.
00:59:49Just one week before their scheduled proverbial Game 7 matchup.
00:59:54Here on SmackDown.
00:59:55But tonight.
00:59:57And there really ain't nothing to talk about.
00:59:59You close your mouth bro.
01:00:01Hey close your mouth.
01:00:02No don't have to tell him to close his mouth.
01:00:04Ain't nobody paying to hear you speak anyway.
01:00:05How about you shut the hell up.
01:00:07I got a cough.
01:00:28Game 7 coming your way.
01:00:30It has gotten so personal between Carmelo and Andrade.
01:00:33I think that was Game 6.5.
01:00:35But next week is the big one.
01:00:36You're right Corey.
01:00:38I don't know anything about snatching another man's chain.
01:00:40It never ends well with a person doing the stealing.
01:01:00The following contest is a tag team match.
01:01:04Check it for one call.
01:01:05Introducing first from Orlando, Florida.
01:01:10Naomi!
01:01:13Well Naomi no doubt riding high after pinning Nia Jax in the middle of the ring last week.
01:01:19But the work is just beginning.
01:01:21Naomi joins forces with Bayley to battle Nia Jax and Candice LeRae in tag team action.
01:01:28Live next on SmackDown.
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01:03:59WWE women's speed championship but imagine pulling out another victory here
01:04:04tonight well that's a real momentum find WWE speed streaming each and every
01:04:09Wednesday exclusively on X right now Naomi having a little fun at the
01:04:15champions expense a little too much fun my goodness Jack's feeling the glow very
01:04:24careful how much fun you're having when you're at mid-match the irresistible
01:04:32force into the cover take it on Nia Jax is a number of experiences none of which
01:04:41can ever be described as fun pain personified you have to keep your focus
01:04:49Naomi this is what happens big spine buster by the WWE women's champion and
01:04:55that's gonna do it what a senton by Nia somehow Naomi survives this tag team
01:05:04match continues can Naomi and Bayley get back in it
01:05:11tag team action continues tonight on Smackdown Naomi and Bayley battling
01:05:17Candice LeRae and WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax tags made on both sides here comes the role model
01:05:24this is the crash at Bayley after Naomi has taken an utter beatdown over the past five
01:05:29minutes or so and now Candice LeRae has to start figuring out something very
01:05:35quick indeed Bayley like a one-woman wrecking crew right now flattening Jax
01:05:40and LeRae looking for the belly-to-back suplex technique there from LeRae
01:05:45stopping the role model in her tracks and the poisoned pixie eats the top
01:05:53turnbuckle been a huge prove it opportunity for Candice LeRae sunset
01:05:59flip spine first into the turnbuckle Bayley scrambling for a cover and Nia
01:06:06Jax making her presence known big kick by Naomi bouncing back and cleaning the
01:06:14clock of the champ and queen of the ring Nia Jax in synchro
01:06:21Bayley right now is feeling it as is Naomi Naomi takes down Jax on the
01:06:29outside high risk and it paid off but it backfired now on Bayley, Indi Hartwell on
01:06:35the outside geeing up her mentor Candice LeRae, can Candice LeRae score a
01:06:41shocking victory here? LeRae going for broke and Bayley one step ahead
01:06:49LeRae tossed unceremoniously back into the ring, but watch Indi Hartwell
01:06:55Indi Hartwell just shoved Bayley into the ring post, pays to have good friends at ringside
01:07:01when you're up against the best like Bayley, what a moonsault! Into the cover, what an upset!
01:07:12Here are your winners, the team of Candice LeRae and the WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax!
01:07:23Wait, I don't know if there's anybody in this arena as shocked as Candice's own partner Nia Jax
01:07:29That was incredible, one of the most incongruous duos we have ever seen tagging together here
01:07:37on SmackDown and it seems Nia Jax is angry that she didn't get the victory herself but still
01:07:43it's a big dog, congrats to Candice LeRae for stepping up when it really counts
01:07:49What a win for Nia Jax and Candice LeRae, the time is almost upon us Wade, we heard from
01:07:54Roman Reigns himself earlier tonight that Roman would acknowledge Solo in this very arena
01:08:01I don't know how it's going to go down but it's coming our way, what do you think SmackDown will
01:08:05look like next week when we get to Brooklyn if Roman acknowledges Solo tonight? I'll believe it
01:08:09when I see it but you're right, we are heading over to Brooklyn next Friday and you heard from
01:08:15Tony Rhodes earlier tonight, he challenged Gunther to meet him in the ring at SmackDown, well it
01:08:21is happening, what will go down a little over a week before these two will clash and ground you'll
01:08:27find out next week at SmackDown. Tonight we have witnessed two incredible triple threat tag team
01:08:33match qualifiers, the winners of both will meet next Friday in Brooklyn, the Motor City Machine
01:08:39Guns in their second ever match on SmackDown, battle DIY for a shot at the champions
01:08:45And they are tied at 3-3, of these two bitterest of enemies, they get to decide in game seven
01:08:54next week and draw they mellow in a match, neither man's ego will allow him to lose that
01:09:01is next Friday here on SmackDown
01:09:09I am standing by with SmackDown general manager Nick Aldis, Nick we just saw what took place
01:09:14between Andrade and Carmelo Hayes, Andrade and Carmelo have been escorted from the building
01:09:18because this thing isn't going to be settled backstage, it's going to be settled in the squared
01:09:21circle and that's next week on SmackDown from Brooklyn but the thing is because this is such
01:09:25a personal issue and because this is game seven, I decided we needed a special referee who could
01:09:30handle business, a referee who quite frankly hates both of these men equally. You know that's
01:09:35the funny thing about this because I have no reason even to be involved in this if you're quite honest
01:09:39I've already beaten both of them twice so here's the thing if you want me to go ahead and go in
01:09:43there I'll put on the zebra stripes I'll be the best referee WWE has ever seen as a matter of
01:09:47fact in 20 years you probably put me in as a wrestler and as a referee I accept but here's
01:09:51the thing gentlemen if you come in there I'm calling it down the middle and here's how it
01:09:55goes you think you're signing up for a little shot at this no no all you're signing up for
01:09:59is to get smacked back to factory settings and your aspirations for this championship
01:10:04up in smoke so it goes yeah
01:10:10LA Knight special guest referee next week
01:10:59Will Roman Reigns acknowledge the new Tribal Chief Solo Sakoa? We find out next!
01:11:29RPC! RPC! RPC!
01:11:59Columbia, South Carolina!
01:12:17Maybe for the last time
01:12:30Acknowledge me!
01:12:49This is absolutely unfathomable Roman Reigns admitted to Jimmy Uso earlier
01:12:57that Roman himself the OTC would acknowledge Solo Sakoa
01:13:04Well if Roman Reigns really is about to acknowledge the new Tribal Chief
01:13:11my how the mighty will have fallen
01:13:16It's said that the greatest of leaders know when they're outgunned could that be the case with
01:13:22Roman as Roman just resigned himself to the reality that Solo and the Tongans and Jacob Fatu
01:13:31are just too powerful Solo Sakoa looks like he's out here ready to fight so whatever Roman Reigns
01:13:40has in store here he needs to tread very carefully
01:13:45He's solo edging Ulo Doan and the sacred Ulo Fala
01:14:16RPC! RPC! RPC!
01:14:27Earlier tonight
01:14:33I heard that you told Jay
01:14:39that our family's stronger now
01:14:41You told Jay that our bloodline we're stronger now
01:15:02I don't see it
01:15:04I don't see it
01:15:08I don't see anything that tells me we're better off now if anything we're divided and broken
01:15:21After everything we've been through everything we went through in the spring
01:15:26everything that we lost through the summer and we stand here divided like this
01:15:38Solo
01:15:42I told my father
01:15:47that I could fix this
01:15:49All I want to do
01:15:53is put us back in the promised land
01:15:58I want titles around our waist I want paydays coming from the heavens I want abundance
01:16:05I want our family to be priority tell me what I have to do to fix this
01:16:11What you have to do
01:16:14That's an easy fix Roman well what do you have to do to fix this? I'll tell you what all you have to do
01:16:22is acknowledge me
01:16:29I'm not going to lie to you
01:16:31All you have to do
01:16:35is acknowledge me
01:17:01So
01:17:18I acknowledge you
01:17:21There I acknowledge you
01:17:25Does that make you feel better? Oh no no no no no no Roman that's not good enough
01:17:39I need you to acknowledge me
01:17:45as your tribal chief
01:17:55So
01:18:14I need you to acknowledge me as your tribal chief or else
01:18:25Or else what?
01:18:35Look look at you there he is I knew it you never changed
01:18:40You never changed you've always wanted this huh since you never changed I'll never change either
01:18:54Oh
01:19:12There he is there he is
01:19:24Oh
01:19:46He's a devastating superstar in our industry holding his own against a bunch of sandwiches
01:19:55Beautiful
01:20:20Solo from behind
01:20:25By their own set of rules
01:20:35Tonight the hyenas feast on Roman Reigns
01:20:40And there is simply nobody to help the now former tribal chief
01:20:54My father
01:21:04For the second week in a row roman reigns has attempted to stand against his bloodline and as a result
01:21:13Has been sacrificed
01:21:17At the altar of solo
01:21:25Ah
01:21:45Another spike by solo
01:21:47Oh
01:21:53Stand against the bloodline at your own peril, even if you are the otc
01:22:12This is my ring now
01:22:14This is my
01:22:20Acknowledge me
01:22:44Foreign