00:00Free Fire!
00:53The following is a six-woman tag team match.
00:59The following is scheduled for one call. Introducing first, the team of Paige and WWE Hall of Famers, Brie and
01:11Nikki the Bella Twins.
01:15You're listening to the voice of our ring announcer, the great Alicia Taylor. These three women telling me earlier today,
01:20Wade, that their gear is unique tonight. It's all blended together.
01:24Everyone has a checker look for Brie, flames and chains for Paige, and their names on the back of their
01:32gear for Nikki Bella.
01:33And that's not all they told you, was it, Michael Cole? They also told you to stay well away from
01:39them, you big creep.
01:41But I will agree that their gear looks immense. Will the performance of this trio match the gear?
01:47You and I should coordinate like that.
01:50Nikki Bella returning to action tonight for the first time in months.
01:54She broke her ankle, suffered a severe sprain.
02:21And their opponents.
02:23J.C. Jane and the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Lainey Reed and Fallon Henley, Fatal Influence.
02:39Wade, the group that has really taken Friday Night Smackdown by school.
02:44Oh, I love this trio since Inception.
02:47Ladies of Fatal Influence, completely dominant for a couple of years in NXT and have seamlessly added to the Smackdown
02:57roster with complete dominance and control.
03:01Of course, their crowning achievement being grabbing Tag Team Gold a couple of weeks ago from two of their opponents
03:08tonight, Brie Bella and Paige.
03:11Yeah, that happened at Saturday night's main event, historic Madison Square Garden, a couple of weeks ago.
03:17Yeah, these are just a trio of women who are simply not happy to make up the numbers, not happy
03:23to sit in catering.
03:25They want the kingdom and they want it now.
03:29As we're about to get underway in this matchup, I want to thank my guys back in Stanford, Connecticut.
03:34John Chick, Brett Miller, providing all the stats for this great Summer Slam weekend.
03:41So the question for me, Cole, is this.
03:44Right off the bat, the entire methodology of Fatal Influence, the reason they've had all this success over the past
03:51couple of years and indeed on Smackdown has been the numbers game.
03:54In the three-on-one, the three-on-two situations now, the return of Nikki Bella has completely neutralized that.
04:01Can they get the job done when the numbers game is not an option?
04:05What a right hand by Fallon Henley, the former one-time NXT North American champion, NXT Tag champ as well,
04:13and now the current Women's Tag Team champion.
04:15In there against the Hall of Famer, Brie Bella, former Divas champion in her own right, looking for her first
04:23win ever at Summer Slam.
04:25We've got a bit of twin magic back in action here in the Women's Division.
04:30Oh, we're going heavy early.
04:32And now the yes kick's being delivered by Brie.
04:40It's going to be interesting to see how Nikki Bella fares when she makes it into this matchup.
04:47Went for the cheap shots.
04:48Paige and Nikki drop off the apron.
04:51Got some cheap shots off their own.
04:53You come at us, you better not miss.
04:55You miss and you get your face planted straight in those steel steps.
04:59And Paige now, that running crossbody, taking out Lainey Reed.
05:04J.C. Jane goes down, thanks to Nikki Bella.
05:06Meanwhile, action back in the ring.
05:08Brie and Fallon Henley, the legal women in this matchup.
05:11And Nikki Bella testing out that ankle early with a clothesline off to the floor.
05:15But now it's Brie Bella, the legal woman, and Fallon now.
05:18Oh, here we go.
05:18J.C. Jane now takes advantage, ripping Brie.
05:22And the referee, Daphne LaShawn, has her work cut out for her in this one.
05:26As Lainey Reed continues the assault now on Brie Bella Storm in her face into the steel steps.
05:33Oh, that was so ugly.
05:34And I heard Brie just screaming right there.
05:37All behind the referee's back.
05:40As underhanded as you lie.
05:42Now J.C. Jane with that cannonball into Brie in the corner.
05:46That may effectively make this a three-on-two match.
05:48And that's why we're taking over the division.
05:50And get back to the numbers game you were talking about.
05:52With that all.
05:54And it's my fake news, baby.
05:57I highly advise all of the women of the locker room to keep well clear of fatal influence.
06:03These ladies are vicious.
06:06Indeed they are.
06:08J.C. Jane, a former two-time NXT champion.
06:12NXT tag champ as well.
06:13Beat Stephanie McCurr to win one of her titles.
06:15And there's the senton by J.C.
06:18Hooks the leg.
06:19And a kick out now by Brie who really has to make a tag.
06:21Yeah, she's in a really, really bad way now.
06:23And it's not going to get any easier now that you're in there with that leader of fatal influence.
06:28J.C. Jane, who has so much confidence and assuredness despite being such a new member here on the main
06:35roster.
06:36And here's a woman that I'm so impressed with.
06:38She's only been in the wrestling ring for a couple of years.
06:40Lainey Reid, former record-breaking track athlete in Alabama.
06:44Cover now.
06:44Hook to the leg and a kick out.
06:46Former rodeo champion in her own right.
06:48She's really taken her to the squared circle.
06:50Yeah, J.C. Jane has really taken Lainey Reid under her wing.
06:53And brought out this vicious, vindictive side of Lainey Reid.
06:57And I'm liking everything I'm seeing.
06:59Somebody who takes the orders, follows them to A.T. and executes.
07:03And this fatal influence trio is really cooking now.
07:07And Brie trying to fight out of the corner.
07:09Elbow well placed to Reid.
07:11And a shot to Paige as well.
07:14I should say to J.C. as well as she needs to make a tag to Paige.
07:17And now sent outside the ring is Reid.
07:18And Brie Bella with an opportunity to make a tag.
07:21Yeah, that was crucial movement there from Brie Bella.
07:23But is there enough left in the tank to make it over to either Nikki or to Paige?
07:28And that was a small move there by Lainey Reid.
07:30Yeah, great move by Lainey to get back into the ring and prevent Brie from making a tag.
07:34Taking the right angle at the right time.
07:36And you can tell fatal influence, I think, at one point wanted Nikki Bella in the ring.
07:41Presumably a little ring rust after that injury.
07:44And they may not want her in right now.
07:47She's fresh.
07:48Lainey's down.
07:48And this is a pivotal moment.
07:50And here comes Nikki Bella exploding out of the corner.
07:54A couple of clotheslines now to Lainey Reid.
07:57Nikki bounces Reid's face off her knee.
07:59Yeah, I'm not seeing any ring rust whatsoever with Nikki Bella.
08:03Looks back to her Hall of Fame best.
08:06And sends Fallon Henley into J.C. Jane and rolls it up with a clothesline.
08:09Smart move.
08:10Taking out three women in one go there.
08:13Nikki, a two-time Divas champion.
08:16Hall of Famer.
08:17X-Factor.
08:18Here's the cover now by Nikki Bella.
08:22And a kick out.
08:23And this is the Nikki Bella we have been missing.
08:26A generational great to help turn the women's division into what it is today.
08:33And now the power of Nikki perhaps looking for the rack attack 2.0.
08:38She drops Reid.
08:40Goes into the corner to take out Jane.
08:42So many distractions in a match like this.
08:44One, two.
08:45Almost had her.
08:46Gonna pull a quick one there.
08:47Quick thinking from Lainey Reid.
08:48But not enough.
08:49And a massive forearm smash to the jaw, Cole.
08:53And Nikki Bella.
08:56Again, looking for a finishing move.
08:58Fallon Henley trying to hang on.
09:00Paige catches her with a kick.
09:02And Paige out with a cannonball off the apron.
09:05Meanwhile, Nikki connecting.
09:07Here's the cover on Reid.
09:09Hook to the leg.
09:10J.C.
09:10Jane breaks it up.
09:12And that had to be pinpoint timing from the leader of Fatal Influencer.
09:16What a pinpoint shot to the jaw of Paige for good measure.
09:22Just complete dominance and cockiness.
09:24But do not take your eye off the Bellas.
09:27Yeah, Brie with a right.
09:31Now trying to drag her sister, Nikki, back to her feet.
09:37Not quite sure what the Bellas are cooking up here.
09:40There's a plan in hand.
09:42Can the plan be pulled off?
09:44Uh-oh.
09:45Intercepted his pre.
09:46They were going for a double team.
09:48Lainey Reid now with a slip underneath.
09:49Roll through now.
09:51Oh, and a running knee by Lainey Reid.
09:54Tag made.
09:55To the other half of the tag team champions, Fallon Henley.
09:57The Reid receipt there right to the jaw of Nikki Bella.
10:00And oh, we've seen this before, Cole.
10:02A double team by the tag champs.
10:05Cover.
10:05Hook to the leg.
10:06And Paige breaks it up.
10:08And that was game over if not for Paige right there.
10:11It's a move that he's several times.
10:13It's beat Dowson.
10:14This one's breaking down in a bad way.
10:16Yeah, Fallon Henley right to the neck of Paige.
10:19And now Brie back into the ring.
10:21With that kick to Reid.
10:23JC Jane now.
10:26Sends Brie.
10:27No, Jane sent outside the ring.
10:29Just nimble footwork there from Brie Bella.
10:31Oh, what a move by Fallon Henley.
10:33We run them now!
10:38There are bodies everywhere.
10:40Oh, Michael Cohen.
10:42And Henley mocking the Bellas.
10:44Ride them, cowgirl.
10:48And now Henley.
10:50Uh-oh.
10:52Oh, wow.
10:53What a collision.
10:54Both women down.
10:55Yeah, both had the same idea.
10:57One big swing.
10:58Big swing in shock.
11:00Connecting to two jaws.
11:02JC Jane wanting to make a tag.
11:06And she does.
11:07JC Jane is legal.
11:08Yeah, this match is right for the pickings right now.
11:11But Paige just about saving Nikki Bella.
11:15And perhaps making a tag at the same time.
11:16Yeah, she did up over the top.
11:18Sunset flip into a pinning combination.
11:20So this down kick out now by Jane.
11:23And Fallon Henley causing the distraction.
11:26Too much left in the tank.
11:27Bang!
11:28JC Jane into the cover.
11:31Off the rolling encore for the win.
11:36Here are all winners.
11:39Fatal Influence.
11:42Well, what a chaotic matchup.
11:45We asked in the early goings.
11:46Could Fatal Influence still dominate
11:49without the numerical advantage?
11:52And on the evidence before us,
11:54the answer is a resounding yes.
11:58A force to be reckoned with.
12:01The future of the women's division
12:03on Friday night SmackDown.
12:07Oh, this is the moment.
12:09JC Jane in the early goings took out Brie Bella.
12:13This is when things started breaking down
12:16towards the end page.
12:17Saving Nikki Bella
12:18taking herself in in the process
12:20and coming close here
12:22to scoring a major, major victory
12:24over the newcomer's Fatal Influence.
12:26But it was all to be denied.
12:28One rolling encore.
12:30That is the kiss of death
12:31to the opponents
12:32of all but more JC Jane
12:35at a major win
12:36on their SummerSlam debut.
12:38You're not needed here anymore.
12:42Go back home.
12:44Go back home.
12:45I know it now.
12:57Three Bella talked a lot about
12:59not wanting to go forward
13:00at WrestleMania
13:01with the injury to her sister Nikki
13:03until she found out.
13:06What the?
13:09Well, the Bella's taken that loss badly
13:12and all the blame
13:13being laid at the feet of Paige.
13:16Wait a minute.
13:17Paige is a woman
13:20that came to Brie Bella's age
13:22when her sister got injured
13:23at WrestleMania.
13:24They go on to win
13:25the tag team titles together.
13:27And Nikki knows damn well
13:28that Paige has suffered
13:29from a series of neck injuries.
13:32Surgically repaired neck
13:33that once ended the career of Paige
13:35and it might be about
13:36to get an action replay.
13:39What?
13:40What?
13:45What is this all about, Ray?
13:47Is it jealousy
13:48over what happened
13:48at WrestleMania?
13:50You lose.
13:51There has to be consequences, Cole.
13:53That is the balance measure.
13:56I don't think this is
13:57just about a loss tonight.
13:58This has to go deeper than that.
14:00These three women
14:01were as close as sisters.
14:04Paige failed Brie out
14:05at WrestleMania.
14:07And now they pulled this stunt
14:09at SummerSlam.
14:10on the real
14:12Bellas
14:13are back.
14:20Best to learn.
14:21So never take my spot.
14:23You got that?
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