01:33

Rhea Ripley & Tegan Nox team up on Friday Night SmackDown and look to make a statement against Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville.

With SmackDown already under siege by NXT, the hits kept coming for the blue brand when the night shifted to women’s tag team competition.

This time, Rhea Ripley & Tegan Nox took out Fire and Desire in an impromptu challenge.

Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville expected a matchup with Carmella & Dana Brooke, but the camera cut backstage to find NXT's Bianca Belair demolishing their scheduled opponents, ending her assault by launching The Princess of Staten Island over a set of crates in savage fashion.

That prompted Ripley & Nox to arrive and insert themselves in the match. Seemingly catching the confused and stunned Fire & Desire off-guard, Nox dispatched of Deville by tossing her into the announce team before flooring Mandy with the Shiniest Wizard. The Golden Goddess had little choice but to tap to Ripley's expertly applied inverted Texas Cloverleaf.

00:42

Following a loss to Rhea Ripley & Tegan Nox, Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville explain they were unprepared to face an opponent they’ve never heard of.