00:00And here is the current United States champion, AJ Styles, who claims that he doesn't need
00:23his OC brethren, Anderson and Gallows, out here tonight to help him defend his championship
00:27against Braun Strowman.
00:28Let's show you how this United States championship match came about tonight.
00:32It was last week on Monday Night Raw, Braun and AJ battling it out for the title.
00:39And Braun Strowman was dominating AJ Styles before Anderson and Gallows got involved,
00:44forcing a disqualification, costing Braun an opportunity at the championship.
00:48The mob mentality of the OC would just overwhelm Braun Strowman for the moment, until an unlikely
00:54ally would join the fray in the form of Seth Rollins, the universal champion.
00:59Well, Seth Rollins and Anderson and Gallows have all been bet barred from ringside here
01:04tonight for the AJ Styles, Braun Strowman United States championship match.
01:08How convenient Seth Rollins was barred while he was in Hawaii.
01:15And you are looking at the two men that are the current Raw Tag Team Champions, Rollins
01:20and Strowman.
01:24AJ's out here to remind everyone just how phenomenal he is all on his own.
01:50There is the monster among men, Braun Strowman, toting the one half of the Raw Tag Team titles.
02:00So this is a first time ever in three weeks, the clash of champions from Charlotte, North
02:05Carolina, streaming live on the WWE network.
02:08Because this is what's going to happen.
02:10First Strowman and Rollins, who are teammates and the Tag Team champs, are going to defend
02:14those titles against the team that won the Tag Team turmoil tonight of Dolph Ziggler
02:18and Robert Roode.
02:19No matter what happens in that match, we are now going to have a universal championship
02:24match where the Tag Team champions are going to have to battle each other for the universal
02:28title.
02:29Rollins versus Strowman.
02:30This has never happened before.
02:32And listen, I've known Seth Rollins a long time and you can almost see it in his eyes
02:35in the interview we saw earlier in the night.
02:38Seth Rollins does not want to defend his universal championship against Braun Strowman.
02:43He will.
02:44Seth Rollins is sometimes brave to a fault.
02:46He will never back down from a challenge, but Seth was a little more anxious to defend
02:50the tag titles.
02:51The following contest scheduled for one fall is for the United States Championship.
03:00Introducing the challenger, weighing in at 385 pounds, he is one half of the Raw Tag
03:08Team Champions, Braun Strowman.
03:18And his opponent, he is the United States Champion, the O.C.'s phenomenal AJ Styles.
03:32One thing you guys left out is going into Clash of Champions, Braun Strowman could be
03:36heading in as the United States Champion.
03:38It could be winner takes all.
03:39Yeah, Strowman could have three matches in one night at Clash of Champions.
03:43That's the case.
03:44Seth Rollins, I'm certain, wouldn't be offended by it.
03:47You know, one of the things...
03:53And here's Strowman now sending Styles over the top rope and Braun Strowman dominating.
04:00Oh, here we go.
04:02And here's Strowman now.
04:03Whoa!
04:04There goes Styles.
04:05Like a freight train with broken brakes.
04:09To your earlier point, should Braun Strowman become United States Champion tonight?
04:13How do we know it wouldn't be?
04:14Boom!
04:15Only two matches.
04:16Maybe it's winner take all.
04:17We've seen that pretty recently here in WWE.
04:21Now we're all speculating as Styles is sent back into the ring by Strowman.
04:25And now the monster among men, Braun Strowman, looking to dominate Styles as fighting back
04:30in this match.
04:32While we're all speculating, it'd be one tag team championship match.
04:35One United States Champion versus Universal Champion winner take all match.
04:39That's two matches.
04:40Oh!
04:41Chokeslam.
04:42And here we go.
04:43Here's the cover by Strowman.
04:44Hook to the leg and AJ Styles gets his leg on the bottom rope.
04:48Veteran move from Styles.
04:49Good ring awareness.
04:50And you're speculating that that match actually may happen that way.
04:53Anything is possible.
04:54I'm just saying.
04:55Oh!
04:56Everybody's talking about three matches, four matches, 11 matches.
04:59Last I checked, I just fixed it all with two.
05:01Braun Strowman trying to win the United States Championship.
05:07If you're AJ Styles, what do you do?
05:09You're defending the United States Championship against the monster among men, Braun Strowman.
05:12And Strowman so far has been dominating.
05:14But right now, AJ Styles has turned this into a sleeper hold.
05:17AJ Styles has proven in the past you can never count him out of a fight, no matter the size
05:22of the opponent, as Braun Strowman is finding out right now.
05:25Strowman's down to a knee.
05:26There is no substitute for experience on the level that AJ Styles has.
05:31AJ's always had the numbers game in his back pocket.
05:34But now we get to see just why we call AJ Styles one of the best to ever do this.
05:38Strowman down to a knee.
05:39Now trying to make it back to both feet in a vertical base.
05:41Somehow break this sleeper hold.
05:43Drive Styles into the corner.
05:45But Braun Strowman is in trouble.
05:47Braun trying to catch his breath.
05:49Coming in.
05:50Oh!
05:51Nobody home as Styles moves out of the way.
05:52And that goes for the leg.
05:53Great move by the veteran, Styles.
05:55And this is what makes the Phenomenal One so, so dangerous.
05:58Never missing the opportunity to exploit an opponent, a weakness, an opening of any sort.
06:04And that's exactly what Styles just found.
06:06How do you take the power away from Strowman?
06:08You take out his base.
06:09Take out his legs.
06:10And that's what Styles is doing here.
06:12You chop down the monster.
06:14Vicious intent from Styles.
06:16Boom!
06:17And now a blow right to the back of the neck.
06:19Strowman's in trouble.
06:20Can Styles capitalize?
06:22At the moment on his back,
06:23Braun Strowman is not nearly as imposing or powerful as he usually is.
06:27The Monster Among Men has been cut down to size.
06:30AJ Styles in control.
06:32AJ slipping a bit on the second rope.
06:34Now delivers himself that moonsault to Strowman.
06:36Is it enough to put Braun away?
06:37Cover by Styles on the Monster Among Men two count.
06:40And a kick out at two and a half.
06:42You have to ask yourself the question.
06:44If Styles didn't have that slight misstep,
06:46had delivered the moonsault more perfectly,
06:48would Strowman have stayed down for three?
06:51It's a great question.
06:52Strowman is down and he's still down.
06:54And Styles has done a great job taking over this match.
06:57And again, the blow to the back of the neck.
07:00Applying forearm by Styles.
07:03Calf crusher.
07:05Submission hold.
07:06Listen to Strowman.
07:08Listen to Strowman.
07:09AJ Styles cranking with everything he has.
07:11Can you imagine if Styles can get the monster to tap to the calf crusher?
07:16Right in the middle of the ring.
07:18He's done a great job breaking down the legs of Strowman in this match.
07:24Strowman reaching.
07:25Grasping for the bottom rope with everything he's got in his being.
07:27AJ Styles.
07:28He's going to tap.
07:29Strowman's going to tap.
07:30Strowman's going to tap.
07:32Calf crusher's in.
07:34Strowman's going to tap to Styles.
07:36Strowman trying to summon something within.
07:39Something to give him the power.
07:40Here we go.
07:41To make it to the rope.
07:42To break the hold.
07:43Oh my God.
07:44Oh, Braun Strowman is just breaking out in a calf crusher.
07:47And Styles has realized it.
07:49Headbutt to the face.
07:51Cover for the championship.
07:53And Styles has got to get his shoulder up.
07:55Look at Strowman.
07:56The damage has been done to the leg.
07:58Some damage has been done.
07:59But what we just witnessed was superhuman.
08:01Has anybody ever just straight up powered out of AJ Styles' calf crusher?
08:06I don't believe so until tonight.
08:08The monster among men.
08:10It sure came at a cost.
08:11Strowman's wounded.
08:13Maybe severely.
08:14Maybe irreparably.
08:15But AJ Styles was not able to put the monster away with the calf crusher.
08:19Strowman's up on his feet now.
08:22Braun trying to get the blood flowing.
08:24Shoulder tackle by Strowman.
08:26Flattening the United States champion.
08:28And now AJ flipped inside out.
08:31The United States champion in trouble.
08:34Braun not able to sustain much momentum on the wounded leg.
08:38Looking for the power slam.
08:40Shoulder first goes Strowman.
08:43No momentum.
08:44Yeah, the official averted disaster.
08:46Diving out of the way just in time.
08:48But Strowman made heavy impact with the ring post.
08:51Yeah, Chad Patton's leg didn't get crushed.
08:55And Strowman back to his feet.
08:57Styles now driving Strowman into the officials.
08:59Knocked off the apron.
09:00Not so lucky that time.
09:03The official is down.
09:05And Styles is down.
09:07The official is down.
09:09And Styles taking the fight to Braun.
09:14There's currently no referee in this match.
09:16Uh-oh, AJ went to the eyes.
09:18Strowman was looking for a choke slam.
09:20And AJ right to the eyes.
09:22A low blow.
09:23How big you are, how strong you are.
09:26The eyes and that area.
09:28Always a weakness.
09:30AJ Styles made a career using low blows back when he was over on SmackDown.
09:35Converted to that here tonight.
09:39The official's down and out.
09:40AJ Styles is simply exploiting an opportunity.
09:43And Styles unloading with a steel chair.
09:54The official is out.
09:56Styles doing everything he can in his power.
09:58But Strowman lifts him up and slams him down.
10:01Cover.
10:02One, two, three.
10:04There's no official.
10:07Come on.
10:08This is garbage.
10:10The original.
10:11The OC.
10:12Look at this.
10:13Anderson and Gallows who were barred from ringside.
10:16Remember, Rollins is not here tonight.
10:18Anderson and Gallows barred from ringside.
10:20And now trying to take out Strowman.
10:23Braun's fighting back with everything he has.
10:25The referees down and out.
10:27Anderson and Gallows are barred.
10:29I mean, while Strowman is unloading with steel chairs to the OC.
10:33And now turns his attention to Styles.
10:35Oh, no, no, no, no.
10:36Styles is playing possum.
10:52Oh, no.
10:58The official says he heard the chair shots.
11:00But the problem is Strowman never struck AJ with the chair.
11:03That's garbage.
11:05The chair shots took out Anderson and Gallows who were barred.
11:08Not legal competitors.
11:10Strowman was disqualified and now he's gonna make people pay.
11:13Braun's gonna get his pound of flesh right now.
11:18The monster is now unleashed.
11:25Well, the OC's gonna rue the day they poked the monster.
11:29Look at this. That's Gallows slammed.
11:33The OC's feeling the wrath of Braun Strowman.
11:35But AJ Styles is still the United States Champion.
11:39Braun's not afraid of that numbers game now.
11:41The entire OC on the ground.
11:47Strowman has taken out Anderson and Gallows.
11:49And now turns his attention to the United States Champion, AJ Styles.
11:56Strowman with a running power slam.
11:58Romano will defend the tag team titles in Gorf
12:01after the Universal Championship and Clash of Champions.
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