WWE SmackDown Review: King & Queen of the Ring Four-Ways, John Cena & CM Punk, Night of Champions Hype

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<v Speaker 3>First of all, let's talk about some Money in the
<v Speaker 3>Bank results, and we had Naomi with the win for
<v Speaker 3>the women's match, which I think is actually pretty awesome.
<v Speaker 3>Quite looking forward to seeing that. And although Stephanie was
<v Speaker 3>my first pick, I did say that a Naomi win
<v Speaker 3>would be pretty cool, so I'm going to take that one.
<v Speaker 3>The men's match, Men's Money in the Bank won by Seth.
<v Speaker 3>I think we all knew that would be the case, right,
<v Speaker 3>But we did get the Fatou turn on Solo, which
<v Speaker 3>is cool and he even yelled I hate you Solo
<v Speaker 3>up the ladder, which was quite fun. Becky beat Lyra
<v Speaker 3>and takes the title and let's see where that goes,
<v Speaker 3>I'm guessing Bailey versus Becky at Evolution dom held onto
<v Speaker 3>it is ICEE title in a hastily arranged match after
<v Speaker 3>World's Collide, and in the main event Sina and Logan
<v Speaker 3>Paul versus Cody and Jay. We had the return of
<v Speaker 3>Our Truth as a hooded figure taking out Sena and
<v Speaker 3>allowing Cody to pick up the win, and that brings
<v Speaker 3>us onto Raw, which it would be wrong of me
<v Speaker 3>not to comment on as it was the best and
<v Speaker 3>most exciting role we've had in our long old time.
<v Speaker 3>We had Sena, we had a killer Our Truth l
<v Speaker 3>Ron Killing's promo. We had Jay droppis titled de Ganther,
<v Speaker 3>and a return in Bailey taking out Becky, hopefully setting
<v Speaker 3>up the feud between those two. We had Nikki Beller
<v Speaker 3>in our hometown, which to be honest, I couldn't really
<v Speaker 3>be asked about until we got live come out and
<v Speaker 3>set up, and maybe another match for Evolution, which I'm
<v Speaker 3>not super excited about, but it's always good to see
<v Speaker 3>living her flow. So before I watched this SmackDown, I've
<v Speaker 3>got really high hopes for it. So let's get to
<v Speaker 3>it and review the show that aired on Friday the
<v Speaker 3>thirteenth from Lexington. Never been there. No, it's in Kentucky. No,
<v Speaker 3>you have the Kentucky Derby. And that is the sum
<v Speaker 3>total of my knowledge, I'm afraid. So first up tonight,
<v Speaker 3>we've got Joe Tess giving us a look at what's
<v Speaker 3>coming up tonight, and it's mostly focused toward King and
<v Speaker 3>Queen of the Ring matches with two men's and two
<v Speaker 3>women's fatal four way qualifiers. Then we get traditionally our arrivals.
<v Speaker 3>We see Fatu after his turn, and we see miss
<v Speaker 3>Money in the Bank and Naomi. First out tonight, though
<v Speaker 3>a bit of a surprise, we've got mister Dower himself,
<v Speaker 3>John Cena, and let's see what he's got to say
<v Speaker 3>after Money in the Bank and the Truth return. He
<v Speaker 3>looks happy as ever as per usual, and he demands
<v Speaker 3>his special entrance announcement. He has the mic and he says,
<v Speaker 3>Wrestling's Mount Rushmore is John Cena, John Cena, John Sena
<v Speaker 3>John Cena. He says, yes, there have been great wrestlers
<v Speaker 3>and great talkers, but no one in the past, most
<v Speaker 3>importantly the present or the future is comparable to him.
<v Speaker 3>He says, the reason he will always outmaneuver them is
<v Speaker 3>because he's smarter. He says, you will want to be me,
<v Speaker 3>whether you're watching at home or mesmerized like those watching
<v Speaker 3>in the arena. He says that he's always ten steps
<v Speaker 3>ahead and that he announced his retirement early so he
<v Speaker 3>could scout his likely opponents. He says that he knew
<v Speaker 3>anyone could enter the rumble, so he did. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>I don't know why we've bother having qualifying for in
<v Speaker 3>that case. Then he knew if he lost the Rumble,
<v Speaker 3>he could use his position to get a shot in
<v Speaker 3>elimination chamber, and he says a result of that, he
<v Speaker 3>knew that Setan Punk would implode and take each other out.
<v Speaker 3>He knew that Cody would be focused on the final boss,
<v Speaker 3>so he knew he could seize the moment and shock
<v Speaker 3>the world. He then says that he used Cody's obsession
<v Speaker 3>with being loved Randy's hometown to his advantage, and he
<v Speaker 3>even managed to put our truth in the main event.
<v Speaker 3>He says he formed an alliance with Logan Paul in
<v Speaker 3>order to neutralize him as threat, and he used Punk's
<v Speaker 3>sociopathic nature to back him into corner and make himself
<v Speaker 3>and make him admit that he's a hypocrite. He says
<v Speaker 3>that he doesn't have to worry about Seth cashing in
<v Speaker 3>on him, as he knows that he wants that Seth
<v Speaker 3>wants Sena to leave with the title, meaning that Seth
<v Speaker 3>can win the World Championship and stay in WWE as
<v Speaker 3>the only champion. He says he has put all the
<v Speaker 3>math in his favor and when wins matches before they start,
<v Speaker 3>he says, in twenty five years, he solved it all
<v Speaker 3>resistants anyone's appreciation, and they won't realize how good he
<v Speaker 3>is until three years after he's gone. He says, there
<v Speaker 3>will be no one worthy to hold the title ever. Again,
<v Speaker 3>that's quite a long old diatribe from Sena, and the
<v Speaker 3>only thing I really say about that is that he's
<v Speaker 3>got a point. I won't recount exactly what the tweet
<v Speaker 3>did say, but several years ago there was a particularly
<v Speaker 3>mean tweet that Punk put out about people going over
<v Speaker 3>to compete in the Saudi shows, et cetera, et cetera.
<v Speaker 3>Which is good that they're bringing that into the storyline,
<v Speaker 3>because it's always better when there's a little bit of
<v Speaker 3>truth there. Anyway, that finally brings out Cody, who makes
<v Speaker 3>his way to the ring and tells Sina, what did
<v Speaker 3>you just say? You're so smart? Thousands of steps ahead?
<v Speaker 3>He says, it's unfortunate everything he said has come true
<v Speaker 3>and Mount Rushmore, Yes, sure, Cody says, you forgot to
<v Speaker 3>mention that this Saturday I pinned you in the center
<v Speaker 3>of the ring. He says he isn't part of scene
<v Speaker 3>as plan Seena is part of his. Cody says, so
<v Speaker 3>where does that leave you and I. We then get
<v Speaker 3>Randy out, who we're reminded we haven't seen it four
<v Speaker 3>or five weeks, and Randy looks mad as hell. He
<v Speaker 3>gives a mic and says, anyone who saw the fire
<v Speaker 3>backlash knows that Randy had him beat until someone came
<v Speaker 3>and saved the day. He says he knows now what
<v Speaker 3>he has to do to get number fifteen, and he
<v Speaker 3>will go through anyone, even Cody, who he loves as
<v Speaker 3>a brother. Then he'll do that. We then get La
<v Speaker 3>Night out, who if you'd have let me guess all day,
<v Speaker 3>I probably wouldn't have guessed La Night But get l
<v Speaker 3>a night out, which is surprise him. He says, all
<v Speaker 3>week the whole world has been chatting for La Night.
<v Speaker 3>He says, as he walks to the ring, he is
<v Speaker 3>looking at the WWE establishment and he is the sore thumb.
<v Speaker 3>He says, nice month's master plan to Sena, but he
<v Speaker 3>didn't plan for night. He says, King of the Ring
<v Speaker 3>is around the corner, and he will win, and then
<v Speaker 3>he's going to take the title. That Sena bails from
<v Speaker 3>the ring, leaving the three guys there, and as he
<v Speaker 3>walks up the ramp, he is blindsided and attacked by Truth,
<v Speaker 3>leaving Sena lying in the walkway. So wow, we're after
<v Speaker 3>a great start tonight water open to the show. Looks
<v Speaker 3>like SmackDown is going to be almost as good or
<v Speaker 3>as good as Raw Loved seen as promo, his ego
<v Speaker 3>and his pure disdainful everyone. Cody as always brilliant, Randy
<v Speaker 3>returning and telling Sena he had him beat, and then
<v Speaker 3>La Knight a surprise, yes, but a good one. So
<v Speaker 3>I think the angle looks to be that Sena is
<v Speaker 3>building up a massive gang of competitors who have a
<v Speaker 3>bone to pick with him, and will that be his
<v Speaker 3>eventual downfall? Great stuff got me thinking about Mount Rushmore's though,
<v Speaker 3>and who would be on mine? I think mine's probably
<v Speaker 3>a little bit controversial, but I would say, and here's mine.
<v Speaker 3>Don't hate me for this. Stone Cold can't really you
<v Speaker 3>can't really disagree with that, surely China. I know it's
<v Speaker 3>a bit controversial, but if you look at the work
<v Speaker 3>she did as the enforcer for DX back in the day,
<v Speaker 3>she was years ahead of her time and it's a
<v Speaker 3>travesty the way she's been cheated by WWE. So Stone
<v Speaker 3>Cold definitely, China, definitely. My third one would be Cactus
<v Speaker 3>Check straight Mankind because just wow, the character work, the wrestling,
<v Speaker 3>the complete non caring about his own safety or future
<v Speaker 3>or sometimes life. What a character, What a guy. And
<v Speaker 3>then the fourth spot I went back and forth about
<v Speaker 3>do you know what I think. I'm gonna leave it
<v Speaker 3>blank because that's my hope for the future, that we
<v Speaker 3>haven't seen the best. So maybe I'm going to leave
<v Speaker 3>one free, like the blank plumph in Trafalgar Square, if
<v Speaker 3>you like, for the future greatness. So that's my amount. Rushmore,
<v Speaker 3>I would say, let me know yours, but I don't
<v Speaker 3>know how on earth you do that. Perhaps you could
<v Speaker 3>drop it into the mail bag. I'll listen to that.
<v Speaker 3>I don't know. Maybe I'm going to have to go
<v Speaker 3>back on X at some point. Maybe I can now,
<v Speaker 3>you know, things have changed a little bit. But anyway,
<v Speaker 3>that was a little side shoot. So if we didn't
<v Speaker 3>get seen it backstage going absolutely mad at Nick, Ldust
<v Speaker 3>and Sena never noticed this before. I don't know if
<v Speaker 3>Nick's really tall or if seen us on the shorter side,
<v Speaker 3>but there's definitely a disparity in size. Scena looks short
<v Speaker 3>compared to Nick. And we have Night and Randy in
<v Speaker 3>the ring ready for the first of the knights. King
<v Speaker 3>of the Ring qualifies. They're joined by Mellow with no miss,
<v Speaker 3>no stupid Andre the giant necklace. Is that over now,
<v Speaker 3>I'm thinking, I kind of hope so. And then last
<v Speaker 3>ye out we've got alistair back Black and this one
<v Speaker 3>kicks off as Mellow and Black face off with Randy
<v Speaker 3>and Knight biding their time like the wily veterans they are.
<v Speaker 3>But soon enough it all kicks off and we have
<v Speaker 3>Mellow looking for a sneaky roll up, but he fails,
<v Speaker 3>and we've got Black starting off the strongest, brilliantly flying
<v Speaker 3>off the top to the outside. We then get Mellow
<v Speaker 3>showing some offense, doing a good job, dispatching Night and
<v Speaker 3>then back Black, and Randy's been down somewhere since. Quite
<v Speaker 3>early on in the match, he hasn't featured much, but then,
<v Speaker 3>of course, from nowhere here comes Randy, smashing people against
<v Speaker 3>the announced desk. Now all four men back in the ring. Briefly,
<v Speaker 3>as Black takes out Randy, Mellow lands a big splash
<v Speaker 3>on Night and the cover is broken up by Black.
<v Speaker 3>Black hits massive kicks on all three men, going for
<v Speaker 3>a cover on Mellow, who kicks in two. Black now
<v Speaker 3>looks to be in control, but Randy, with a scoop
<v Speaker 3>slam to Black, Night and Mellow in quick succession. Sets
<v Speaker 3>up for a double draping DDT on Black and Mellow,
<v Speaker 3>but he stopped by Night, who hits a net breaker
<v Speaker 3>on Randy, and that results in a double DDT for
<v Speaker 3>the other two as well. We get Night looking for
<v Speaker 3>his finish, and then Bronson read appears takes him out,
<v Speaker 3>and then we get bron Breaker spearing him from the
<v Speaker 3>other side of the ring. Mellow looks to take advantage
<v Speaker 3>by going off the top, but he is intercepted mid
<v Speaker 3>air by an awesome RKAO from Randy, landing right on
<v Speaker 3>Night and Randy gets the pint on Night and takes
<v Speaker 3>the win. So the end of that match particularly was brilliant.
<v Speaker 3>The RKO has always looking absolutely fantastic. It was frenetic
<v Speaker 3>and fast paced, great match to start show, and a
<v Speaker 3>real treat to see those four guys just go for it.
<v Speaker 3>I have to say I didn't see the interference coming
<v Speaker 3>because I was in the moment and I really thought
<v Speaker 3>Night was going to pick up the win, especially after
<v Speaker 3>his earlier promo. But Randy progresses in a tournament and
<v Speaker 3>for me, that's great. Mellow minus miss try to say
<v Speaker 3>that with a mouthful of ying gums. Seems to be
<v Speaker 3>a thing now. And what about Black? Hopefully some plans
<v Speaker 3>for him. As you know, I'm a big Black fan
<v Speaker 3>and I would love to see him with some kind
<v Speaker 3>of any kind of title at some point. Next for
<v Speaker 3>Randy Samuzain, that's a fun match with those two being
<v Speaker 3>friends as well. And we get a pre promo from
<v Speaker 3>Fatuu who's up next? And this should be good Now
<v Speaker 3>he comes to a great pop from the crowd and
<v Speaker 3>they seem to love him even more since he did
<v Speaker 3>the dirty on solo. We get a reminder of how
<v Speaker 3>SOO exactly signed his death war at last week taking
<v Speaker 3>the pee out of Solo, and then where you see
<v Speaker 3>what went on at Money in the Bank. The Crown
<v Speaker 3>are charm him for Fattoo, and he says, just because
<v Speaker 3>you are family doesn't mean you can go behind their
<v Speaker 3>back and snake them. Just because they're from the same
<v Speaker 3>bloodline doesn't mean you can take credit for all of
<v Speaker 3>their achievements. Solo says Fatou would be nothing without him.
<v Speaker 3>He says he showed Solo money in the bank, that
<v Speaker 3>you have to get him where you fit in and
<v Speaker 3>it's just him now. He's then interrupted by Solo, but
<v Speaker 3>on the big screen, I guess he doesn't have the
<v Speaker 3>balls to meet Fatou face to face, even with JC
<v Speaker 3>in tow. He gives him the slow clap and says,
<v Speaker 3>tell him how you feel, Fatoo. He says, ah, you
<v Speaker 3>done getting everything off your chest. He says money in
<v Speaker 3>the Bank he could have made the biggest mistake of
<v Speaker 3>his life. He says that a year ago he brought
<v Speaker 3>him into WWE. He gave your money, success and the title,
<v Speaker 3>and it was all down to Solo. He says, next
<v Speaker 3>week he will be in the middle of the ring
<v Speaker 3>with open arms, ready to forgive him if he tells
<v Speaker 3>him he loves him. He says, remember, he brought him
<v Speaker 3>into this world and he can take him out of it.
<v Speaker 3>I think there's no way that's happening. There's absolutely no
<v Speaker 3>way that Fatou is going to tell Solowie loves him.
<v Speaker 3>I think he's quite happy on his own. So I
<v Speaker 3>really think this huge should be off the chart. I
<v Speaker 3>can't wait to see these two just rip each other apart.
<v Speaker 3>We're now straight backstage to Nick, who is with the
<v Speaker 3>secret Harvist. They tell him that Chelsea needs to speak
<v Speaker 3>with him urgently. He says she's not here and because
<v Speaker 3>hasn't she got trouble problems, but they have her on
<v Speaker 3>face time. She demands that the Queen of the Ring
<v Speaker 3>matches postponed till next week. Nick says no way and
<v Speaker 3>basically puts Albert in the match in her place. We
<v Speaker 3>then get Zelena, who comes to Nick and sways that
<v Speaker 3>she needs Julia right now. Nick says she isn't here.
<v Speaker 3>Selena says she's been hit harder by better. I mean,
<v Speaker 3>Zelena has been hit by everybody better and worse, harder
<v Speaker 3>and not harder, and that he should be more worried
<v Speaker 3>about Juliet and what Zelina will do to her next week.
<v Speaker 3>Now we're straight back into the action because we're quite
<v Speaker 3>wrestling heavy tonight, which as a wrestling show makes me
<v Speaker 3>quite happy. And we've got the fatal four way for
<v Speaker 3>the Queen of the Ring. This is Jade versus Piper
<v Speaker 3>and versus Nya versus Meet Chim. Joe Test reminds us
<v Speaker 3>that Nya is the reigning Queen of the Ring and
<v Speaker 3>I had totally forgot that, but don't worry, we are
<v Speaker 3>about to hear it on repeat throughout this whole match.
<v Speaker 3>This one's interesting. We've got three really strong women in
<v Speaker 3>this one, and we've got Meechin who definitely shouldn't be
<v Speaker 3>underestimating given her a recent form. She's been pretty hard
<v Speaker 3>care herself. So we start off. We've got Jaden with
<v Speaker 3>Meetchim and Jade making a strong start and makes a
<v Speaker 3>move for a pin, getting a two count. Some good
<v Speaker 3>moves off Mietchan, though, who goes for a quick cover herself.
<v Speaker 3>Nya and Piper get involved, generally squishing the other women
<v Speaker 3>and using their power well. A quick alliance formed between
<v Speaker 3>Piper and Naya, who try and gang up on Jade,
<v Speaker 3>but to be fair. She fights back really well. We
<v Speaker 3>get a moon salt from meeting, which is beautiful and
<v Speaker 3>takes out all three women on the outside meeting hits
<v Speaker 3>a tornado ddity on Piper and gets a close cover.
<v Speaker 3>Jade hits a power bomb and also gets close cover.
<v Speaker 3>Piper and Nya gang up on Jade as they throw
<v Speaker 3>her over the announced desk, also taking out Wade. Not
<v Speaker 3>sure if that was planned or not, but it looked
<v Speaker 3>pretty good. The alliance wears off, shocking and Nya takes
<v Speaker 3>out Piper, lining up meaching for the Annia later, which
<v Speaker 3>she hits and almost gets the win, but we've got
<v Speaker 3>Piper breaking things up in the nick of time. From nowhere,
<v Speaker 3>Jade rises from the dead the announced desk, hits Jaded
<v Speaker 3>on Piper and gets to win. This was a good match.
<v Speaker 3>I briefly thought that we were lining up Naya versus
<v Speaker 3>Bliss at some point, but not to be a win
<v Speaker 3>for Jade makes sense. I guess she faces Roxanne Perez
<v Speaker 3>next week. We literally haven't heard anything about Naya being
<v Speaker 3>Queen in the Wing forever, and tonight kept calling her
<v Speaker 3>Queen Nya. I mean, come on, wwe if it's gonna
<v Speaker 3>be a thing. It needs to be consistently layered through
<v Speaker 3>the year. You can't just make a big deal out
<v Speaker 3>of it for the two weeks and then it becomes
<v Speaker 3>a thing. You've got to keep it up. We then
<v Speaker 3>get Naomi backstage looking really menacing with her money in
<v Speaker 3>the bank briefcase. She's coming up next. She's in the
<v Speaker 3>ring and she says, I see some of you looking
<v Speaker 3>really surprised, shocked and stupid. She doesn't know why. She says,
<v Speaker 3>she said she would do it. She took what she deserves,
<v Speaker 3>and now she's missed money in the bank. She says,
<v Speaker 3>the whole time she was trying to beat Naya Jacks,
<v Speaker 3>the person that was standing in her way was Tiffany
<v Speaker 3>Stratton and nice Naomi let it happen, but not this Naomi.
<v Speaker 3>She says she's going to hit Tiffy in the head
<v Speaker 3>with a briefcase and win the title. And that brings
<v Speaker 3>out Tiffy, who says, you talk a big game. She says,
<v Speaker 3>why don't you just do it? Do it right now?
<v Speaker 3>She says, you haven't changed. She's the same all Naomi,
<v Speaker 3>ll talk, no action. She says, please prove us all wrong.
<v Speaker 3>So she's clearly trying to get a rise out of Naomi,
<v Speaker 3>but Naomi's wise to it. She says, do I look stupid?
<v Speaker 3>Do you? I'm going to cash in when you least
<v Speaker 3>expect it. And also she kills the watchance, which is awesome.
<v Speaker 3>She says she's going to enjoy it making her life hell,
<v Speaker 3>and she says, TikTok, Tiffy, your time is nearly over
<v Speaker 3>is brilliant stuff. The briefcase suits Naomi's new persona perfectly
<v Speaker 3>and this is going to be awesome. Just as we
<v Speaker 3>are wrapping up, Nya tries to blindside Tiffy, but tif
<v Speaker 3>he spots her coming. Naomi tries to in on it,
<v Speaker 3>it gets knocked out by Tiffy. Off the distraction, n
<v Speaker 3>I manages to hit the annihilator on Tiffy. Naomi seems
<v Speaker 3>to think about the cash in, but it's warned off
<v Speaker 3>by nia I'm not super thrilled about having Nya still
<v Speaker 3>in the title picture, but having Naomi with the briefcase
<v Speaker 3>makes it all okay for me at the moment. Next
<v Speaker 3>we go backstage where Nick has all the tag teams
<v Speaker 3>with him. He says he wanted to talk about the
<v Speaker 3>Wyatt situation. We get DIY desperately trying to palm it
<v Speaker 3>off on literally any of the other teams, and Nick
<v Speaker 3>says he's decided that the most machine Guns will get
<v Speaker 3>the shot at the Wyatts tonight, as they are the veterans.
<v Speaker 3>That seems like a pretty dubious honor to me. But
<v Speaker 3>that match is coming up now. I've got to say,
<v Speaker 3>I absolutely I love the Wyatts entrance, just since shivers
<v Speaker 3>down his spine. It's just absolutely brilliant. We kick off
<v Speaker 3>as the Wyatt team take the early lead. Dexter loomis
<v Speaker 3>on absolute fire, tagging in Joe Jacey and these guys
<v Speaker 3>are very impressive. We've got saving though, making a best
<v Speaker 3>of a comeback, so he gets the tags tag and
<v Speaker 3>the most City machine Guns with some of their awesome
<v Speaker 3>double team moves. And I really like the way the
<v Speaker 3>rest of the Wyat six are positioned in the walkway,
<v Speaker 3>which is really menacing. It's like if you stray too
<v Speaker 3>far out of the ring, they're going to get you.
<v Speaker 3>And also it cuts off that angle for inference as well,
<v Speaker 3>which has been a big problem in this tag team division.
<v Speaker 3>So that's a really nice touch. This was a good match,
<v Speaker 3>but this one wraps up as decks of Loomis hits
<v Speaker 3>an absolutely massive leg drop from the top which felt
<v Speaker 3>like it nearly hit the top of the arena. Gets
<v Speaker 3>the pin for the Wyatts, and they look like they're
<v Speaker 3>being built to be a bit undertaker if f in
<v Speaker 3>his prime though not sad old taker who couldn't go,
<v Speaker 3>but in his prime taker. I wonder if the plan
<v Speaker 3>is for them to go through the whole division, finishing
<v Speaker 3>up with the profits and take the titles. That would
<v Speaker 3>be really cool. We now have seen it. Backstage, he
<v Speaker 3>bumps into Jimmy and asked him if he's seen Truth
<v Speaker 3>or on killings. Jimmy says no. He says, tell him
<v Speaker 3>mom and why to the ring right now and tell
<v Speaker 3>him to meet me there. And now we have seen
<v Speaker 3>it in the ring again. He cuts his music and
<v Speaker 3>tells the crowd to shut their stupid mouse. He says
<v Speaker 3>there is a level of disrespect that he can tolerate,
<v Speaker 3>but tells Truth he just crossed all the lines. He
<v Speaker 3>calls Truth out for a fight, but instead he gets Punk,
<v Speaker 3>who heads out and grabs a mic. And this should
<v Speaker 3>be off the chart, he says to Sena, you're tired
<v Speaker 3>of being disrespected. He says, these people are being tired
<v Speaker 3>of being disrespected. He says, see and Punk has got
<v Speaker 3>a mic crohone and the disrespect hasn't even begun yet.
<v Speaker 3>He says, for old time's sake, he's going to give
<v Speaker 3>Zena a chance to stop what he's doing and let
<v Speaker 3>the crowd have their happy ending, and he makes several
<v Speaker 3>Star Wars references. Sena says, why would he waste his time?
<v Speaker 3>He says, these people don't matter, This place doesn't matter.
<v Speaker 3>The only thing that matters is the title. Punk says,
<v Speaker 3>to let the record show that he tried to keep
<v Speaker 3>it nice. He says it's about to get real. He
<v Speaker 3>says he is pissed off that scene called him a
<v Speaker 3>hypocrite and hears the truth you can't beat me. When
<v Speaker 3>he said he's best, he never could. Punk says he
<v Speaker 3>will stop Seena ruining wrestling, and he says that he
<v Speaker 3>sees his confidence as a strength. He says, Sina looks
<v Speaker 3>like a toddler who's just struck out at Evil, which
<v Speaker 3>I thought was completely hilarious, and he really now you
<v Speaker 3>can't unswee it. He says Sena is copying what Punk did,
<v Speaker 3>and Punk says that he is here to make the
<v Speaker 3>farewell Tour palatable. He says he will follow him to
<v Speaker 3>hell if he has to, and then he says they're
<v Speaker 3>both goats, but a night of Champions, he will spit
<v Speaker 3>roast him. I'm not sure what that means in the US,
<v Speaker 3>but in the UK that has quite the meaning, and
<v Speaker 3>I'm pretty sure that's not what's c M. Punk wanted
<v Speaker 3>to do. But anyway, he calls him a joke and
<v Speaker 3>says he sees through him and that he always has
<v Speaker 3>and that's the truth. So I don't know if this
<v Speaker 3>is true, but it does feel like there is real
<v Speaker 3>beef between these two, which is brilliant as always. Punk
<v Speaker 3>is great on the mic and completely eviscerates Sina, who
<v Speaker 3>has no reply to him and just skunks away. And
<v Speaker 3>then again from behind, Truth attacks Sina, getting him in
<v Speaker 3>the STFU, And I thought, wouldn't it be cool if
<v Speaker 3>for the rest of scene is farewell Tour, Truth just
<v Speaker 3>literally stalks him around the world and attacks him just
<v Speaker 3>time and time again. They don't have a match, it's
<v Speaker 3>just literally just true attacking Sena from every angle would
<v Speaker 3>just be hilarious. Backstage, Byron has Bliss with him and
<v Speaker 3>he asked what her mind set is, she says tonight,
<v Speaker 3>she reminds everyone who she is and becomes Queen of
<v Speaker 3>the Ring. She's interrupted by Charlotte who says there is
<v Speaker 3>only one queen in this division, and she heads out
<v Speaker 3>for this fatal four way qualifying match, and this one
<v Speaker 3>is Bliss, Flair, Candice Larray and should have been Chelsea Green,
<v Speaker 3>but albu Fire and the beef between Bliss and Flair
<v Speaker 3>carries on as Flair having her entrance music, and before
<v Speaker 3>she can get halfway down the walkway, Bliss's music cuts off,
<v Speaker 3>cuts her off and she saunters to the ring past her,
<v Speaker 3>which I thought is just brilliant touch. Before the match,
<v Speaker 3>we go to Truth backstage with Nick. Truth asked for
<v Speaker 3>a match of scene the next week, and Nick agrees
<v Speaker 3>to it, so that quickly scuffers my theory, although I
<v Speaker 3>still think it should happen. It would be hilarious. We
<v Speaker 3>kick off this match with Bliss and Flair facing off,
<v Speaker 3>so Albra and Candace take advantage and get the early start,
<v Speaker 3>but Flair quickly turning things around. Ways says on comms
<v Speaker 3>that by far and away, Flair is the least popular
<v Speaker 3>member of the woman's locker room, and he goes on
<v Speaker 3>to list all of her recent losses. I thought that
<v Speaker 3>was a bit weird. I mean, it's probably true if
<v Speaker 3>what you read and watches is to be believed, but
<v Speaker 3>to say it on comms just out there seems a
<v Speaker 3>bit weird. Fire and the Array with an alliance teping
<v Speaker 3>up against Flair. They then break up a sister Abigail
<v Speaker 3>from Bliss Bliss on Fire, taking out the whole field,
<v Speaker 3>but Candice it's a codebreaker on Flair. Bliss hits twisted
<v Speaker 3>Bliss on Fire and gets a two count, broken up
<v Speaker 3>by Flair two huge booze. It's very clear who the
<v Speaker 3>crowd want to win here. Flair has on the figure
<v Speaker 3>eight to fire, but then to the side of them,
<v Speaker 3>Bliss hits sister Abigail on Candice gets the cover and
<v Speaker 3>the win with Fire tapping milliseconds after the pins. So
<v Speaker 3>Alexa is through and that's awesome. This match was decent
<v Speaker 3>with a good finish, something new and interesting which we
<v Speaker 3>haven't seen for a while. We now have Cody veckstage.
<v Speaker 3>He bumps into Punk and says we can't run away
<v Speaker 3>from each other forever. Punk says that's true, but not tonight.
<v Speaker 3>They shake hands now, that would be cool. Those guys
<v Speaker 3>obviously have a history, both good on the mic, both
<v Speaker 3>good in the ring. Yes please. Next up, we have
<v Speaker 3>the final men's qualifying match of the night, and that's
<v Speaker 3>Cody versus Andrade vers Shinski versus Priest, and this one
<v Speaker 3>starts off with Andrade looking great, but he is soon
<v Speaker 3>put down by Priest, who then faces off with Cody.
<v Speaker 3>We get Andrade hitting a moon salt off the ring
<v Speaker 3>post to the outside and takes out everyone. And then
<v Speaker 3>we get the awful slimjin table out, So I guess
<v Speaker 3>someone is going through that and after some back and forth,
<v Speaker 3>will they won't they? It's Cody who gets put through
<v Speaker 3>the table and Joe Tess calls it a slim Jim
<v Speaker 3>table snap, which is awful. I hate it, not the spot,
<v Speaker 3>the phrase a slim Jim table snap. I mean, honestly,
<v Speaker 3>have a word with yourself. WW want earth are you doing?
<v Speaker 3>I just I can't even all four men now back in.
<v Speaker 3>It's Cody who's clearing everyone else. Shinsky counters the Cody
<v Speaker 3>cutter and hits the conchaser. We get Andra da breaking
<v Speaker 3>up that cover and this one moves to its finish
<v Speaker 3>with Cody hitting Cody Cutter on Priest and Crossroads and
<v Speaker 3>Andrade and Shinskay getting the pin on Shin to progress
<v Speaker 3>to the next round. Exciting match and a pretty worthy
<v Speaker 3>main event. Loving what they're doing with Andrade, he is
<v Speaker 3>looking awesome at the moment. Shinskate eating another loss, what
<v Speaker 3>is going on with him? But I guess predictably, question Mark,
<v Speaker 3>We've now got Cody fruit King of the Ring the
<v Speaker 3>next round, so my guess would be that we're going
<v Speaker 3>to get Cody victorious at Night Champions, setting him on
<v Speaker 3>a crash course with Sena. I'm guessing. I think seein
<v Speaker 3>as ry. I don't think Seph is going to cash
<v Speaker 3>in on scene. I think it'll be on whoever has
<v Speaker 3>the other title at the time Seth wants to cash in.
<v Speaker 3>I'm not sure Gumpha will hold the title long term.
<v Speaker 3>I'm not completely sure about that, but that seems to
<v Speaker 3>be where we're moving. And I have to say, on
<v Speaker 3>the other side, I'm so pleased to see Bliss through.
<v Speaker 3>I would love to see her get another run at
<v Speaker 3>the title. So I thought this was a great show tonight.
<v Speaker 3>Maybe not quite as good as Raw, but not far off.
<v Speaker 3>Really enjoyable, some brilliant matches, plenty of wrestling tonight, which
<v Speaker 3>is the reason we'll watch after all, and great development
<v Speaker 3>of storylines both new and existing. So yeah, double thumbs
<v Speaker 3>up from me anyway, guys, that just aboutdoes it for
<v Speaker 3>this week's show. Thanks for having me in your ears
<v Speaker 3>once again, and remember, until next time, be kind.
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