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00:00:00Don't even know that he has a long degree.
00:00:02And her opponent, France-Victoria, British Columbia, Canada,
00:00:07she ends the WWE Women's United States Champion, Chelsea Green!
00:00:19Chelsea Green, who suffered a non-title loss by count-out
00:00:23because she was too busy complaining to this announced desk
00:00:26when she forgot to get back in the ring by a simple count of ten.
00:00:31Ten.
00:00:32She was complaining that you power the blue Joe Tess.
00:00:35Stop already before the match starts.
00:00:37You are distracting the champion.
00:00:39She's looking this way.
00:00:40Talk about distraction.
00:00:42She tried to pull off the same stunt she did a week ago
00:00:44when she started off against Vega.
00:00:46It didn't work out this time.
00:00:47Well, Zelina Vega has been demanding an opportunity
00:00:50at the United States title for weeks now.
00:00:54And a victory here would augment that.
00:00:56Chelsea trying to make quick work of her.
00:00:59Well, this is Chelsea Green really entering championship mode now.
00:01:04Turn off the hair!
00:01:06Far from commanding victory for Zelina Vega one week ago in that count-out.
00:01:12Feels like a long way away now
00:01:15as Vega is taking maximum punishment from the champ.
00:01:19Now, Vega delivering the kick.
00:01:22A little drag.
00:01:27Chelsea.
00:01:29Try the best to ride out that stomp.
00:01:32Got enough of Vega to take her down
00:01:35and then following it with some brutal shots to the kidney.
00:01:38And now it's just ground and pound time.
00:01:40There is no denying Chelsea Green in-ring.
00:01:43Do not salute.
00:01:44Do not bear.
00:01:45Do not.
00:01:46I pledge allegiance to Chelsea Green.
00:01:51Say what you want about Chelsea Green.
00:01:53She is an entertainment goddess.
00:01:55She has excellent in-ring skill.
00:01:58She sends Vega hard into the barrier.
00:02:01It's the constant complaining.
00:02:03Nick Aldis knows exactly what I'm talking about.
00:02:06Well, if people didn't mistreat Chelsea Green,
00:02:09she would not have to complain.
00:02:11Look at this.
00:02:11This is exactly what I'm talking about.
00:02:12Well, the referee, once again, Charles Robinson, this week,
00:02:15he was trying to fast count Chelsea Green once again.
00:02:18She smartly got in and broke the count.
00:02:20I don't act as a distraction to the champ.
00:02:23Well, she comes flying in and Vega sends her over.
00:02:25It's a timekeeper.
00:02:26Well, that was the referee distracting Chelsea Green long enough
00:02:30for Zelina Vega to recover.
00:02:32Talk about the DIY conspiracy.
00:02:34There is a Chelsea Green conspiracy.
00:02:37Again, Chelsea Green does this to herself.
00:02:39The constant complaining.
00:02:44And now here is a potential 10 count.
00:02:47Look at this.
00:02:48And both participants rolling back into the ring this time.
00:02:54Sizing each other up after a week ago.
00:02:57Going toe-to-toe.
00:02:59In a situation like this,
00:03:00you simply cannot back the underdog, Vega,
00:03:03against a much more powerful athlete in Chelsea Green.
00:03:07But those shots were on Vega had a little extra stank on them.
00:03:11Oh, how about Zelina Vega?
00:03:12Look at Zelina Vega.
00:03:14And she's rallying against the U.S. champion.
00:03:17She has set her sights on a title opportunity.
00:03:21But to earn it,
00:03:22this is the kind of performance she needs.
00:03:25This would be a statement victory.
00:03:26If Vega could pull it off.
00:03:27Perhaps going for that 619 shades of her mentor.
00:03:31Rey Mysterio denied.
00:03:32Green.
00:03:33And now frustration starting to build with the champion.
00:03:41Who really, for much of this matchup,
00:03:42has had it her own way,
00:03:43but has not been able to put Vega away.
00:03:46Oh, she's sizing her up.
00:03:47Putting her up on top of the rope, says.
00:03:50Green.
00:03:51Clearly with momentum right now.
00:03:53Referee Charles Robinson.
00:03:54Against the hopeful Zelina Vega.
00:03:55Once again, distracting Chelsea Green
00:03:58when she's trying her best to compete.
00:04:00That's all she's doing, Joe.
00:04:02Vega fighting back.
00:04:03Slamming down her head.
00:04:04Zelina Vega.
00:04:06Perhaps an opportunity.
00:04:07Oh, she's getting in position.
00:04:09Are you kidding me?
00:04:10Zelina Vega.
00:04:11Can she pull it off?
00:04:12Oh!
00:04:13Super cold red.
00:04:14Can she do it?
00:04:15Oh, that's a great win.
00:04:17That's a great win by Zelina Vega.
00:04:18Here is your winner,
00:04:22Zelina Vega!
00:04:27Well, that was a scandal of every proportion.
00:04:30But with that victory,
00:04:31Zelina Vega may well have earned herself
00:04:33a future championship opportunity.
00:04:35That was spectacular by Vega.
00:04:42A week ago, Cody Rhodes,
00:04:44he spoke to camera, told John Cena,
00:04:46that I do my best work when I'm backed into a corner.
00:04:49I don't flinch.
00:04:50I fight.
00:04:50I wrestle.
00:04:51Well, this weekend,
00:04:52they do just that for the Undisputed Championship.
00:04:55And in just a few minutes,
00:04:56Cody will be face-to-face with John Cena.
00:05:02The Mega Star is here
00:05:04and in action against Solo Sokoa.
00:05:06When we come back,
00:05:07it's L.A. Night!
00:05:10Yeah!
00:05:10How about this weekend in Vegas?
00:05:18And we've got you covered from start to finish tomorrow.
00:05:21And look what time this thing gets started
00:05:22with an awesome NXT stand and deliver.
00:05:26You got Obiseming,
00:05:27Trick Williams,
00:05:28Javon Evans,
00:05:29and a triple threat for the NXT Championship
00:05:30before we get into the meat of the matter
00:05:32with WrestleMania.
00:05:33Is there a moment tomorrow
00:05:34you're not on air,
00:05:35Wade Barrett,
00:05:35Saturday and Sunday?
00:05:36I don't know about that.
00:05:37When are you going to sleep?
00:05:37I tell you what,
00:05:38WrestleMania weekend,
00:05:39keep me on air for the entire thing.
00:05:42I am so pumped up,
00:05:43as is our entire WWE universe.
00:05:46What a weekend it's going to be.
00:05:47I can't wait to hear Vic Joseph
00:05:48and the guys for NXT stand and deliver.
00:05:52This Hungry for Mania moment
00:05:54is presented by Snickers.
00:05:56You're not you when you're hungry.
00:05:58Snickers satisfies.
00:06:00Over 70,000 WWE fans
00:06:04on the silver anniversary of WrestleMania.
00:06:07From the rafters
00:06:09comes the heartbreak kid,
00:06:11Shawn Michaels.
00:06:15Conversely,
00:06:16from the depths of hell
00:06:18comes The Undertaker.
00:06:21The Undertaker is 16-0
00:06:24at WrestleMania.
00:06:27Shawn is caught!
00:06:28Tilt!
00:06:29Oh!
00:06:30Tilt's gone!
00:06:30And a kick out!
00:06:37I do not believe in this!
00:06:40The Undertaker has never defeated
00:06:41Shawn Michaels in a one-on-one contest.
00:06:45Sweet chin music!
00:06:48Hit the streak of eye!
00:06:50What?
00:06:51The world is watching a classic!
00:06:54Catching Michaels in mid-air!
00:07:01Tombstone!
00:07:02Piledriver!
00:07:08It's in it!
00:07:09It's a routine of all!
00:07:12Well matched.
00:07:14This is what WrestleMania
00:07:16is all about.
00:07:18Ladies and gentlemen,
00:07:39please welcome the WWE
00:07:42United States Champion!
00:07:45L.A.
00:07:46Now last week,
00:07:49we were in the Pacific Northwest
00:07:51and I think a lot of fans
00:07:52were sleepless in Seattle
00:07:53after what they saw
00:07:54and what happened at L.A.
00:07:56Now,
00:07:56he looked spectacular
00:07:57when he teamed up with Randy Orton
00:07:58against Solo and Tomatanga.
00:08:01But the werewolf sighting
00:08:02that happened.
00:08:03Yeah,
00:08:03after L.A.
00:08:04pulled out the victory
00:08:06almost immediately
00:08:07for two struck
00:08:08and it was his usual brand
00:08:10of savagery
00:08:11in the U.S. Championship
00:08:12repeatedly
00:08:13by the WrestleMania
00:08:15challenger,
00:08:16Patu making it abundantly clear
00:08:18that the Megastar's grip
00:08:20on the United States title
00:08:22is loosening
00:08:24by the day
00:08:25as we close in
00:08:26of their WrestleMania
00:08:28Saturday showdown.
00:08:29United States Championship
00:08:36will be on the line
00:08:37L.A. Night
00:08:37Jacob Patu
00:08:39tomorrow
00:08:40streaming on Peacock.
00:08:41Let me talk to you.
00:09:00I don't know
00:09:01if you just saw
00:09:01what was on the screen
00:09:02but with what happened
00:09:04last week
00:09:04I call that inspiration
00:09:06because week after week
00:09:09Solo Sokoa
00:09:10Jacob Fatu
00:09:11Tomatanga
00:09:12they like to use numbers
00:09:13they like to use
00:09:14sneak attacks
00:09:15well if you want to sneak
00:09:16then I got to sneak
00:09:18and sneaking
00:09:20is what I did
00:09:21so out of the
00:09:22out of the equation
00:09:23is Tomatanga
00:09:24and next on the list
00:09:26Solo
00:09:26which means
00:09:27tomorrow at WrestleMania
00:09:28it's just me
00:09:29and it's
00:09:30Jacob Fatu
00:09:31now I understand
00:09:35Jacob Fatu
00:09:36is a force
00:09:37the man's a monster
00:09:38he's destroyed
00:09:39everything in front of him
00:09:41ain't ever seen
00:09:43anything like him
00:09:44right
00:09:44but Jacob
00:09:46you don't understand
00:09:48because with that
00:09:49same energy
00:09:49I walked into this place
00:09:51turned the world
00:09:52upside down
00:09:53stand here now
00:09:54the U.S. champion
00:09:55two times
00:09:56most matches
00:09:57most wins
00:09:59and what that means
00:10:00is this is the
00:10:01title of titles
00:10:02we ain't ever seen
00:10:03anything like you
00:10:04no no
00:10:05you ain't ever seen
00:10:06anything like me
00:10:07so when you grab
00:10:13my title last week
00:10:14I can be cliche
00:10:15and I can say
00:10:16that's the closest
00:10:17you're ever gonna get
00:10:18to touching this
00:10:19U.S. champ
00:10:20but I ain't a dummy
00:10:21I can look at you
00:10:22and I can see
00:10:23that someday
00:10:24somewhere
00:10:25chances are
00:10:26you will be a champion
00:10:27now whether that's
00:10:28the U.S. champ
00:10:29or anything else
00:10:30I don't know
00:10:31but the chances are
00:10:32and while I'm standing here
00:10:34in the city of chances
00:10:35I ain't talking about chances
00:10:36I'm talking about guarantees
00:10:38and the guarantee tonight
00:10:40is that Solo Sokoa
00:10:41is about to come out here
00:10:42and eat one
00:10:43and tomorrow night
00:10:44at Wrestlemania
00:10:44Jacob Fatu
00:10:45I guarantee
00:10:46you will eat a BFT
00:10:48courtesy of the man
00:10:49they call the megastar
00:10:50with everybody saying
00:10:52L-A-N-I
00:10:54yeah
00:10:55but right now
00:11:01here's the business
00:11:03at hand
00:11:04he says
00:11:06next
00:11:06on his list
00:11:07making his way
00:11:17to the ring
00:11:18please welcome
00:11:19Solo
00:11:20oh and making his way
00:11:22right into the white fist
00:11:23of L-A-Night
00:11:25is Solo Sokoa Wade
00:11:26well we saw
00:11:27what L-A-Night did earlier
00:11:28tonight
00:11:29taking out
00:11:29Tama Tonga
00:11:30with that car door
00:11:32to the arms
00:11:33we're having a full update
00:11:34on Tonga
00:11:35but clearly
00:11:36the megastar L-A-Night
00:11:37knows full well
00:11:38you have to fight
00:11:40fire with power
00:11:41when it comes to
00:11:42Solo Sokoa
00:11:43but this may have
00:11:44backfired
00:11:44they are going to do
00:11:45bottle
00:11:46next
00:11:46back here in Vegas
00:11:52and let's remind you
00:11:53what happened
00:11:54earlier tonight
00:11:55when L-A-Night
00:11:56arrived
00:11:57here at T-Mobile
00:11:58as he's out on the floor
00:11:59against Solo Sokoa
00:12:00it was L-A-Night
00:12:02attacking
00:12:02Tama Tonga
00:12:04smashing his arm
00:12:05with a car door
00:12:06and we can tell you
00:12:07that
00:12:07oh and look at
00:12:08the lower back
00:12:09just being slammed
00:12:09we can tell you
00:12:10that Tama Tonga
00:12:11is at a local
00:12:11medical facility
00:12:12getting x-rays
00:12:13meanwhile
00:12:14Solo Sokoa
00:12:15is doing such
00:12:15damage to L-A-Night
00:12:17perhaps
00:12:18readying him
00:12:19softening him up
00:12:19for Jacob Sokoa
00:12:20tomorrow
00:12:21that'll be
00:12:22one of the featured
00:12:23attractions at
00:12:24Wrestlemania
00:12:24when L-A-Night
00:12:25and Jacob Sokoa
00:12:26meet for the
00:12:27U.S. Championship
00:12:28look victory
00:12:29is one thing
00:12:30in a match like this
00:12:31what is clearly
00:12:32far more important
00:12:33for Solo Sokoa
00:12:34here
00:12:35is taking a
00:12:36huge chunk
00:12:37out of the champ
00:12:38before tomorrow
00:12:39meanwhile
00:12:41able to kick out
00:12:43get that shoulder up
00:12:44was L-A-Night
00:12:45of course
00:12:46there have been
00:12:46major tensions
00:12:47between Sokoa
00:12:48and Jacob
00:12:49Fatu
00:12:50of late
00:12:50this is the
00:12:51best possible
00:12:52way
00:12:52you can get
00:12:53back
00:12:54in Fatu's
00:12:55good graces
00:12:56oh great opportunity
00:12:58for L-A-Night
00:12:59with a neckbreaker
00:13:00as it has been
00:13:01all Solo Sokoa
00:13:03to this point
00:13:03L-A-Night said
00:13:04I took care of Tama
00:13:05I'm gonna take care of Solo
00:13:06you're next on my list
00:13:07and then it comes down
00:13:09to Jacob Fatu
00:13:10tomorrow
00:13:10but you question
00:13:11the judgment
00:13:12just 24 hours away
00:13:14for Knight
00:13:14to take on
00:13:15a challenge
00:13:15like this
00:13:16weight
00:13:16and the amount
00:13:17of damage
00:13:18that Knight
00:13:18has absorbed
00:13:19especially
00:13:19by his spine
00:13:20and now the midsection
00:13:22by this
00:13:23street fighting champ
00:13:25from the island
00:13:26Solo Sokoa
00:13:27who is doing
00:13:28his job
00:13:28to perfection
00:13:30this evening
00:13:31and to consider
00:13:32what he's up against
00:13:33physically
00:13:34tomorrow
00:13:34the brutality
00:13:35power
00:13:36size of Fatu
00:13:37and I think
00:13:38dead on
00:13:39in terms of
00:13:39Solo Sokoa's strategy
00:13:41soften up
00:13:42L-A-Night
00:13:43so that
00:13:43Jacob Fatu
00:13:44can finish the job
00:13:46this is just
00:13:46a completely
00:13:47remorseless effort
00:13:49from Solo Sokoa
00:13:50who is refinding
00:13:51that form
00:13:52that took him
00:13:53to the very top
00:13:54of the card
00:13:55in 2024
00:13:56and may well
00:13:59make that mission
00:13:59for Jacob Fatu
00:14:01tomorrow
00:14:01at Wrestlemania
00:14:02Saturday
00:14:03that much easier
00:14:04bringing all
00:14:05250 plus pounds
00:14:07down on the
00:14:07midsection
00:14:08of the Megastar
00:14:09the US champion
00:14:11oh but a great
00:14:15move by Knight
00:14:15to get the knees up
00:14:17well it was that
00:14:17taunt from Solo Sokoa
00:14:19mocking the Megastar
00:14:20just gave
00:14:21L-A Knight
00:14:22a small window
00:14:24to get those knees up
00:14:25and this may be
00:14:26a big problem
00:14:27for Solo Sokoa
00:14:28but I think
00:14:29damage has already
00:14:30done
00:14:30been done
00:14:31to L-A Knight
00:14:32for sure
00:14:32and now
00:14:33the Megastar
00:14:34as he often
00:14:35does
00:14:35looking to rally
00:14:36back with a series
00:14:37of right hands
00:14:38Megastar's wobbling
00:14:40all over the place
00:14:41fighting for survival
00:14:42but now getting
00:14:43some momentum
00:14:43looking to line him up
00:14:48and look at the power
00:14:51and look at the power
00:14:53the rally off the DDT
00:14:55the explosiveness
00:14:56of L-A Knight
00:14:58Jacob Batu
00:14:59Jacob Batu
00:15:01has interfered
00:15:02with his Wrestlemania
00:15:04rival
00:15:05they will be fighting
00:15:06for the championship
00:15:07tomorrow
00:15:08and now Batu
00:15:09is beating down
00:15:10the champion
00:15:11less than 24 hours
00:15:13away from meeting
00:15:14him in the race
00:15:14it was never
00:15:15over the second
00:15:16as the mugging
00:15:18commences
00:15:19we may have
00:15:20a major equalizer
00:15:22in the form of one
00:15:23big S-O-B
00:15:24Ron Strowman
00:15:27to the rescue
00:15:28double cross body
00:15:30well I haven't seen
00:15:31Strowman since he lost
00:15:33a couple of weeks ago
00:15:34to Jacob Batu
00:15:35in that last man
00:15:36standing matchup
00:15:37that gave Batu
00:15:38the number one
00:15:39contendership
00:15:40well gentlemen gentlemen
00:15:40please
00:15:41it seems to me
00:15:43that Jacob Batu
00:15:45doesn't want to wait
00:15:45until Wrestlemania
00:15:46and seeing as the rest
00:15:48of you can't keep
00:15:49your hands to yourselves
00:15:50Las Vegas
00:15:51are you thinking
00:15:53what I'm thinking
00:15:54yeah
00:15:54we're going to have
00:15:57a tag team match
00:15:58and that's going to start
00:16:00right now
00:16:01oh I'm all about it
00:16:03Knight Strowman
00:16:05Solo
00:16:06and Fatu
00:16:07right now
00:16:09you never know
00:16:19what you're going to get
00:16:21on a Wrestlemania weekend
00:16:23often filled with surprises
00:16:25and Wade Barrett
00:16:26we just got one
00:16:28well I'll tell you right now
00:16:29if I was getting mugged up
00:16:30by anybody
00:16:31especially
00:16:32Solo Sokoa
00:16:34and Jacob Batu
00:16:35if I could get
00:16:36one friend
00:16:37on speed dial
00:16:38it would be
00:16:39the monster
00:16:40of all monsters
00:16:42Braun Strowman
00:16:44what a turn
00:16:45this one has taken
00:16:46Braun Strowman
00:16:47and Jacob Batu
00:16:48who have been doing battle
00:16:49for the better part
00:16:51of this year
00:16:52but of course
00:16:53things have funneled
00:16:54to Wrestlemania
00:16:55where Jacob Batu
00:16:56has earned that
00:16:57number one
00:16:57contender spot
00:16:59and he will meet
00:17:00LA Knight
00:17:01but oh
00:17:01listen it doesn't end
00:17:03any chance
00:17:04Fatu gets
00:17:05he's attacking
00:17:06LA Knight
00:17:07well it's such a smart move
00:17:09by Solo Sokoa
00:17:10distracting the referee
00:17:11of course
00:17:12Batu was going to pounce
00:17:14both Solo Sokoa
00:17:16and Jacob Batu
00:17:18back singing
00:17:19from the same entry
00:17:20they have come here
00:17:25tonight to team mobile
00:17:27with a clear strategy
00:17:28there is one target
00:17:29and one goal
00:17:31and that is to prepare
00:17:32Jacob Batu
00:17:33and put him in the best
00:17:34possible position
00:17:35to claim the US
00:17:37championship
00:17:37at Wrestlemania tomorrow
00:17:39and I'll tell you right now
00:17:40I love the mega starter
00:17:41but what a major error
00:17:44it was by LA Knight
00:17:45insisting
00:17:46on staying in the match
00:17:48when he has a fresh
00:17:49Braun Strowman
00:17:50who could have started
00:17:51off the tag match
00:17:52for him
00:17:52that's a great point
00:17:54and Strowman might not
00:17:55even get tagged in
00:17:56at this rate
00:17:56and more punishment
00:17:58being absorbed
00:17:59by the body
00:18:00of the mega star
00:18:01the United States champ
00:18:03ahead of his matchup
00:18:04tomorrow night
00:18:05against Jacob Batu
00:18:06and a headbutt
00:18:08from Fatu
00:18:09I love you
00:18:12I love you
00:18:14it's been a while
00:18:15since we were back
00:18:16as it ever
00:18:17I think the relationship
00:18:18is seemingly
00:18:19fully mended
00:18:20ye ye ye ye ye
00:18:22yeah
00:18:22little message there
00:18:23from Solo to Koa
00:18:25to a falling covering
00:18:26in Tama Tonga
00:18:28this one's for you pal
00:18:29Tama Tonga
00:18:30is off to a local
00:18:31medical facility
00:18:32where he is being
00:18:33x-rayed
00:18:34if we get an update
00:18:36we'll give you the extent
00:18:37of that injury
00:18:38an injury that occurred
00:18:39when L.A. Knight
00:18:40attacked him
00:18:41and slammed his arm
00:18:43with a cargo
00:18:45he knew he had to get his shots
00:18:48in first
00:18:49against this trio
00:18:50in whatever way
00:18:51he could
00:18:52because he's been
00:18:54laid out
00:18:54several times
00:18:55by them
00:18:56in a variety
00:18:57of underhanded tactics
00:18:59and Braun Strowman
00:19:00who was here
00:19:01in theory
00:19:02as the equalizer
00:19:03has been completely
00:19:04isolated on the outside
00:19:05and the megastar
00:19:07now helpless
00:19:08he was prowling
00:19:26around the ring
00:19:27licking his chops
00:19:28staring down
00:19:29the monster
00:19:30Braun Strowman
00:19:31tomorrow
00:19:43L.A. Knight
00:19:43is going to be
00:19:44defending
00:19:45his United States
00:19:46Championship
00:19:47against
00:19:47Jacob Fatu
00:19:49what version
00:19:50of him
00:19:51are we going to get
00:19:52though
00:19:52after what we have
00:19:53been watching
00:19:54with Solo Sokoa
00:19:55and Jacob Fatu
00:19:57doing such
00:19:58damage
00:19:58to L.A. Knight
00:19:59L.A. Knight
00:20:00is starting to look
00:20:01like a shadow
00:20:02of his former self
00:20:03and the punishment
00:20:04isn't over
00:20:05but finally
00:20:06there's daylight
00:20:07and there's a
00:20:08tantalizing tag
00:20:09inches away
00:20:10there it is
00:20:11and did he ever
00:20:12need the monster
00:20:14to arrive
00:20:15a tag team match
00:20:18that came out
00:20:19of left field
00:20:20when Jacob Fatu
00:20:21interfered moments ago
00:20:23and now he goes
00:20:25flying out
00:20:26and hits the corner
00:20:27of our announced desk
00:20:28well the damage
00:20:29has already been
00:20:30gone to L.A. Knight
00:20:31but now perhaps
00:20:32Jacob Fatu
00:20:32is getting a taste
00:20:33of that medicine
00:20:34the express is rolling
00:20:37oh and he sends him
00:20:40right into the corner
00:20:41of the steel steps
00:20:43trying to equalize
00:20:45some of that damage
00:20:46on the frame
00:20:46of Jacob Fatu
00:20:48match him up
00:20:49with L.A. Knight
00:20:50his opponent
00:20:50tomorrow at Wrestlemania
00:20:51what a huge favor
00:20:54this is
00:20:55for Braun Strowman
00:20:56towards the United States
00:20:57champ
00:20:58Fatu
00:20:59with the elbow
00:21:00and then the super kick
00:21:02and he comes in
00:21:05against the big man
00:21:06he has been
00:21:07fearlessly attacking him
00:21:08for the better part
00:21:09of 2025
00:21:11yeah the issue is
00:21:13Braun Strowman
00:21:14just keeps coming
00:21:15back for more
00:21:15people get that
00:21:18shoulder up
00:21:19and just how
00:21:19frustrated must
00:21:20Braun Strowman be
00:21:21he lost his first
00:21:23ever
00:21:23last man standing
00:21:25match up
00:21:25to this man
00:21:26how quickly
00:21:27will he want to gain
00:21:28some vengeance
00:21:29for that loss
00:21:30it's a match
00:21:31we thought Braun Strowman
00:21:32was completely
00:21:33unbeatable in
00:21:34until the legend
00:21:36of Jacob Fatu
00:21:37grew before our
00:21:38ice two weeks ago
00:21:39by the way you saw
00:21:40that documentary
00:21:41being advertised
00:21:42becoming a spectacle
00:21:43the story of
00:21:44Wrestlemania 9
00:21:44cannot recommend it
00:21:45enough
00:21:46that was the first
00:21:47Wrestlemania to ever
00:21:48be held here in
00:21:49Vegas and tomorrow
00:21:50will be the second
00:21:51and the countdown
00:21:52to Wrestlemania
00:21:53will get your
00:21:53Saturday started
00:21:54at 4pm eastern
00:21:551pm local
00:21:57streaming on
00:21:58Peacock
00:21:58and then
00:21:59we will see
00:22:00LA Knight
00:22:02and Jacob Fatu
00:22:03for the US
00:22:04championship
00:22:05and Gibran Strowman
00:22:06is slowly fading
00:22:08in that vice grip
00:22:09of Solo Sokoa
00:22:10doing his best
00:22:11to battle his way
00:22:12out but out of
00:22:13the frying pan
00:22:14and into the fire
00:22:15you free up the
00:22:17fists of Solo Sokoa
00:22:19you're getting one
00:22:19on the jaw
00:22:20and it's that simple
00:22:21as the Samoan
00:22:24werewolf
00:22:24back in there
00:22:26against
00:22:27the monster
00:22:28there's an element
00:22:28of mind games
00:22:29going on
00:22:30with LA Knight
00:22:31now
00:22:31who's stuck
00:22:32on the outside
00:22:33having to look
00:22:33at the torture
00:22:34they're exacting
00:22:35on another human
00:22:36being
00:22:36more of this
00:22:37heading your way
00:22:38tomorrow night
00:22:38LA Knight
00:22:39LA Knight has
00:22:40got a good
00:22:41dose of it
00:22:41as Braun Strowman
00:22:42shows you a glimpse
00:22:44of power
00:22:44that tries to
00:22:46create a rally
00:22:47here
00:22:47deep in this
00:22:48tag team match
00:22:49yeah the problem
00:22:50with Jacob Fatu
00:22:51who simply
00:22:52doesn't stay down
00:22:53long at all
00:22:54no matter what
00:22:54you throw it in
00:22:55but here's the tag
00:22:57and here comes
00:22:58Knight
00:22:59and Solo
00:23:00LA Knight
00:23:01has put off
00:23:02so much energy
00:23:03already in this
00:23:04one
00:23:05but still in
00:23:06pursuit of
00:23:07oh man
00:23:08oh man
00:23:08he just
00:23:09launched him
00:23:10the jaw
00:23:11burst onto
00:23:12our announce
00:23:12table
00:23:13power slam
00:23:14Megastar has
00:23:15just hit
00:23:15Top Gear
00:23:16what do the
00:23:17people want
00:23:17Top Gear
00:23:20Top Gear
00:23:21Leaping elbow
00:23:24Fatu
00:23:26somehow
00:23:27back to his
00:23:28feet to come
00:23:28in and make
00:23:29the save
00:23:30Lion Senton
00:23:31just in the
00:23:31nick of
00:23:32time
00:23:32wow
00:23:32pounced out
00:23:34of the ring
00:23:34is Jacob
00:23:35Fatu
00:23:36by this
00:23:36absolute
00:23:37beast
00:23:38of a human
00:23:38pin
00:23:39oh god
00:23:39oh boy
00:23:40here comes
00:23:41the big
00:23:41man
00:23:41oh and he
00:23:42goes flying
00:23:43over our
00:23:43announce desk
00:23:44Ron Strowman
00:23:48is laid out
00:23:49and there
00:23:49goes Fatu
00:23:50as well
00:23:51meanwhile
00:23:56back in the
00:23:56ring
00:23:57looking for the
00:23:59Samoan Spike
00:24:00he's got a
00:24:01funny
00:24:01on his
00:24:01stand
00:24:01BFT
00:24:02platform
00:24:03here are your
00:24:10winners
00:24:11bronze
00:24:12Strowman
00:24:13and the
00:24:14United States
00:24:15champion
00:24:16L.A.
00:24:18Knight
00:24:18L.A.
00:24:20Knight will look
00:24:21to defend
00:24:21tomorrow at
00:24:23Wrestlemania
00:24:24what was taken
00:24:25out of him
00:24:25here of course
00:24:26also this
00:24:27weekend at
00:24:27Wrestlemania
00:24:28it'll be
00:24:29Tiffany Stratton
00:24:30and Charlotte
00:24:31Flair
00:24:32and our
00:24:32Wade Barrett
00:24:33was able to
00:24:34catch up with
00:24:35Tiffany Stratton
00:24:36here's a sneak
00:24:37peek at that
00:24:37conversation you'll
00:24:38see on the
00:24:39countdown show
00:24:40this weekend
00:24:40well you are
00:24:49someone who has
00:24:50risen to
00:24:50superstardom
00:24:51in record time
00:24:53you are learning
00:24:54on the job
00:24:54and we had an
00:24:55interesting
00:24:55experience a
00:24:57couple of
00:24:57weeks ago in
00:24:57an interview
00:24:58segment at
00:24:59the Allstate
00:24:59Arena in
00:25:00Chicago it
00:25:01was myself in
00:25:02ring with you
00:25:03and Charlotte
00:25:04it's created a
00:25:05ton of buzz
00:25:06around this
00:25:07match perhaps
00:25:08for the wrong
00:25:09reasons because
00:25:09to put it
00:25:10mildly that
00:25:11interview went
00:25:12off the rails
00:25:12what happened
00:25:13there?
00:25:15I feel like
00:25:16over the last
00:25:17couple of weeks
00:25:17I felt bullied
00:25:19I felt taken
00:25:20advantage of
00:25:21during that
00:25:21split screen
00:25:22interview I
00:25:23had a moment
00:25:23of insane
00:25:24discouragement
00:25:25I almost
00:25:26felt like I'm
00:25:27not cut out
00:25:28for this
00:25:28I'm not made
00:25:29for this
00:25:29it was a
00:25:30moment of
00:25:31panic for me
00:25:32but I used
00:25:32that feeling
00:25:33and I turned
00:25:34it into
00:25:34motivation
00:25:34and I went
00:25:35back to the
00:25:36drawing board
00:25:36and I did
00:25:37my research
00:25:37and I made
00:25:38sure that me
00:25:40and Charlotte
00:25:40face to face
00:25:41again I was
00:25:42going to come
00:25:42prepared
00:25:43I felt my
00:25:44moment and I
00:25:45came at her
00:25:45with a kill
00:25:46shot
00:25:46I played
00:25:47Charlotte Fleur
00:25:48on her own
00:25:48game and I
00:25:49gave her a
00:25:49taste of her
00:25:50own medicine
00:25:50she doesn't
00:25:51have to like
00:25:51me she doesn't
00:25:52have to love
00:25:52me but she
00:25:53damn sure does
00:25:54have to respect
00:25:54me now
00:25:55given the
00:25:56level of
00:25:56animosity
00:25:57between the
00:25:57two of you
00:25:58and of course
00:25:58the prize on
00:25:59the line being
00:26:00the WWE
00:26:01Women's
00:26:02Championship
00:26:03this feels like
00:26:04a must win
00:26:05match for both
00:26:06women but what
00:26:07happens if
00:26:08Tiffy time
00:26:09ends at
00:26:10WrestleMania 41
00:26:11well I'm
00:26:12well I'm just
00:26:12going to go
00:26:13ahead and say
00:26:13that that's
00:26:14not going to
00:26:14happen when
00:26:15the bell rings
00:26:16I am fully
00:26:17aware that it's
00:26:17going to be a
00:26:18fight it's
00:26:19going to be
00:26:20one of the
00:26:21hardest matches
00:26:22that I'll
00:26:22probably ever
00:26:23have to go
00:26:23through I'm
00:26:24going to channel
00:26:25that discouragement
00:26:26that I felt and
00:26:27I'm going to turn
00:26:28it into motivation
00:26:29and I'm going to
00:26:30stand up to her
00:26:30I'm I'm standing
00:26:31up to a bully
00:26:32like I said I
00:26:33felt taken
00:26:34advantage of at
00:26:35WrestleMania not
00:26:36only am I walking
00:26:37in as champion but
00:26:38I'm going to be
00:26:38walking out as
00:26:39champion well thank
00:26:40you Tiffany this
00:26:41is one of the
00:26:42most hotly
00:26:43anticipated matches
00:26:44of the entire
00:26:45weekend at
00:26:45WrestleMania 41
00:26:46best of luck in
00:26:48your WWE women's
00:26:49championship defense
00:26:51against Charlotte
00:26:52Flair thank you
00:26:53thank you
00:26:54of course that'll
00:26:56be coming your
00:26:56way Saturday
00:26:57night WrestleMania
00:26:5841 streaming on
00:27:00Peacock it begins
00:27:01at 7 p.m.
00:27:02Eastern for local
00:27:04the WWE women's
00:27:05championship match
00:27:06Tiffany Stratton
00:27:07you heard a very
00:27:08confident version of
00:27:09Tiffany Stratton
00:27:10air against the
00:27:11future hall of
00:27:11fame for the
00:27:1214-time world
00:27:13champion Charlotte
00:27:14Flair
00:27:15the following contest
00:27:34this is a six-man
00:27:36tag team match
00:27:37scheduled for one
00:27:39fall
00:27:39introducing first
00:27:41the team of
00:27:43Dragon Lee
00:27:44and WWE
00:27:45Hall of Famer
00:27:46Rey Mysterio
00:27:49should be interesting
00:27:53to see what happens
00:27:54against American
00:27:56maiden Chad
00:27:57Gable
00:27:57next
00:27:58hey give a hand to
00:28:05Vegas for the way
00:28:06they've already
00:28:06gotten this
00:28:07WrestleMania week
00:28:08started and now
00:28:09hosting their 11th
00:28:10Smackdown
00:28:11nine PLEs
00:28:13including the
00:28:14all-time classic
00:28:15WrestleMania 9
00:28:17that doc that's out
00:28:18on Peacock
00:28:19folks that is a
00:28:19must watch
00:28:20on becoming a
00:28:21spectacle
00:28:22the turn of the
00:28:23industry that
00:28:23happened here in
00:28:24Vegas the first
00:28:25time they hosted
00:28:26WrestleMania
00:28:27we should add
00:28:30you come down
00:28:31to the ring on
00:28:32a camel just
00:28:33like Bobby
00:28:33the toga party
00:28:35we missed a
00:28:38massive trick
00:28:38tonight I can
00:28:39only apologize
00:28:40Heenan was
00:28:40backwards on the
00:28:41camel when he
00:28:42came in he was
00:28:43holding out for
00:28:43dear life that
00:28:44night
00:28:44earlier tonight we
00:28:52saw Chad Gable
00:28:53surrounded by
00:28:55many he will
00:28:56now be opposed
00:28:56to and
00:28:58eliminated from
00:28:58the Andre the
00:28:59Giant Memorial
00:29:00Battle Royal
00:29:01and their
00:29:05opponent
00:29:06Juliet
00:29:07Green
00:29:08Bruton
00:29:09Green
00:29:09and Chad
00:29:11Gable
00:29:11American
00:29:13May
00:29:14Chad Gable
00:29:17was eliminated
00:29:18by Ray
00:29:18Phoenix in the
00:29:19Battle Royal
00:29:20and then there
00:29:20was this shocking
00:29:22arrival of
00:29:23Al Grunde
00:29:24Americano
00:29:25who eliminated
00:29:27Ray
00:29:27Phoenix
00:29:28keep in mind
00:29:29Ray Mysterio
00:29:30is going to
00:29:30meet up with
00:29:31El Grande
00:29:32Americano
00:29:32tomorrow on
00:29:34the Wrestlemania
00:29:34Saturday
00:29:35Park
00:29:35Ray Mysterio
00:29:38has really
00:29:38poisoned the
00:29:39world for
00:29:40Chad Gable
00:29:41when it comes
00:29:42to the locker
00:29:43room and all
00:29:43the lucha
00:29:44personalities we
00:29:45now have here
00:29:46on Smackdown
00:29:46accusing Chad
00:29:48Gable of
00:29:49putting on a
00:29:50mask and being
00:29:50El Grande
00:29:51Americano
00:29:52the most
00:29:52ridiculous thing
00:29:53I personally
00:29:54ever heard
00:29:55and I think
00:29:56Ray Mysterio
00:29:56may well get
00:29:57punished tonight
00:29:58by Chad
00:29:59Gable
00:29:59which will do
00:30:00a massive
00:30:00favor for
00:30:01El Grande
00:30:02Americano
00:30:03tomorrow
00:30:03at Wrestlemania
00:30:04Saturday
00:30:05meanwhile the
00:30:06guy who has
00:30:06quickly become
00:30:07a fan favorite
00:30:08starts things
00:30:09off and he's
00:30:10finding out
00:30:10just what you
00:30:11get with the
00:30:12power of
00:30:13Brutus Creed
00:30:13and that is
00:30:14Ray Phoenix
00:30:14dynamic effort
00:30:16by Phoenix
00:30:17and Brutus
00:30:23finds a way
00:30:24out but look
00:30:25at the speed
00:30:25and pace
00:30:26and pace
00:30:26that Ray
00:30:27Phoenix
00:30:27is setting
00:30:28here
00:30:28I mean the
00:30:29eyeball test
00:30:30tells you
00:30:30that pairing
00:30:31Brutus Creed
00:30:32and Ray
00:30:33Phoenix
00:30:34is a huge
00:30:35mismatch
00:30:35but it's
00:30:36the athleticism
00:30:37the speed
00:30:37and movement
00:30:37the unpredictability
00:30:38of Phoenix
00:30:39that has really
00:30:41taken Brutus Creed
00:30:42down from the
00:30:43off and now
00:30:43Dragon Lee
00:30:44gets his chance
00:30:45to impress
00:30:46remember coming
00:30:47up in just a
00:30:48couple hours
00:30:48if you're here
00:30:49in Vegas
00:30:49you have time
00:30:50to get down
00:30:50to the
00:30:50fountain blue
00:30:51if you want
00:30:52to watch
00:30:52it's going
00:30:52to be available
00:30:53on Peacock
00:30:53YouTube X
00:30:54and you can
00:30:55see the
00:30:56Hall of Fame
00:30:57ceremony
00:30:58Triple H
00:30:59Michelle McCool
00:31:00Lex Luger
00:31:00the immortal
00:31:01moment
00:31:02it's going
00:31:02to be dynamic
00:31:03to hear
00:31:03when HBK
00:31:05inducts Triple H
00:31:07into the
00:31:07WWE Hall of Fame
00:31:09that's coming up
00:31:09a little later
00:31:10on
00:31:10Dragon Lee
00:31:12looks to take
00:31:12control here
00:31:13six man
00:31:14tag team
00:31:14Dragon Lee
00:31:16reminded everyone
00:31:16wow
00:31:17Rey Mysterio
00:31:19told the world
00:31:20that this guy
00:31:21Dragon Lee
00:31:22is the future
00:31:23of Lucha Libre
00:31:24not so long ago
00:31:25we've had some
00:31:26great newcomers
00:31:27from that world
00:31:28of late
00:31:28but do not forget
00:31:29Dragon Lee
00:31:30he's every bit
00:31:31they're equal
00:31:32look at this
00:31:33crossbody
00:31:34for the win
00:31:34and coming in
00:31:35and making the save
00:31:36is Chad Cable
00:31:37then sends a
00:31:38break to the post
00:31:39the rise of
00:31:40Lucha Libre
00:31:41here in WWE
00:31:42there's going to be
00:31:43a learning curve
00:31:44for some of the
00:31:44other athletes
00:31:45who are simply
00:31:45not used to
00:31:46that style
00:31:47and now
00:31:49Rey Mysterio
00:31:50with those
00:31:50crazy eyes
00:31:52staring down
00:31:53Chad Cable
00:31:54he's warped
00:31:54his own mind
00:31:55it's a
00:31:55believe
00:31:56and that is
00:31:56El Grande
00:31:57Americano
00:31:58but
00:31:59taking his eye
00:32:00off the creeds
00:32:00was a major error
00:32:01and now pushing
00:32:02down Rey
00:32:03Phoenix
00:32:03off the top rope
00:32:05and then a German
00:32:05suplex
00:32:06on Dragon Lee
00:32:07as Chad Cable
00:32:08right in the
00:32:09center of the ring
00:32:10he was getting
00:32:11away
00:32:12from Rey
00:32:13and now
00:32:14American
00:32:15made
00:32:16all three
00:32:18corners
00:32:19the flying
00:32:21headbutts
00:32:22American
00:32:23made
00:32:23getting the
00:32:24best of
00:32:25things
00:32:25here in
00:32:26Vegas
00:32:26Joe and Wade
00:32:34with you
00:32:35here
00:32:35the final
00:32:36step
00:32:37on the road
00:32:38to Wrestlemania
00:32:3941
00:32:40and American
00:32:42made
00:32:43now giving
00:32:43the
00:32:44lucha
00:32:45stars
00:32:45and especially
00:32:46Dragon Lee
00:32:47a taste
00:32:47of their
00:32:48own
00:32:48medicine
00:32:49synchronized
00:32:50diving
00:32:50headbutts
00:32:51destroying
00:32:53the frame
00:32:53of Dragon
00:32:54Lee
00:32:55and now
00:32:55he's isolated
00:32:56on the wrong
00:32:57side of the
00:32:57tracks
00:32:57with no
00:32:58help
00:32:58whatsoever
00:32:59from his
00:33:00Chad team
00:33:01partners
00:33:01Rey
00:33:01Phoenix
00:33:02and Rey
00:33:03Mysterio
00:33:03who were
00:33:04similarly
00:33:04wiped out
00:33:05by American
00:33:06made
00:33:06we spoke
00:33:13a little
00:33:13earlier
00:33:13about a
00:33:13learning curve
00:33:14for the
00:33:14non-lucha
00:33:15superstars
00:33:16when it
00:33:17comes to
00:33:17combating
00:33:18this star
00:33:19while the
00:33:19lucha
00:33:20stars
00:33:20need to
00:33:21learn
00:33:21that there
00:33:22is a
00:33:22whole
00:33:22new
00:33:23level
00:33:23of
00:33:24dirty
00:33:24tricks
00:33:24here
00:33:25in the
00:33:25USA
00:33:26and the
00:33:26American
00:33:27made
00:33:28crew
00:33:28are
00:33:29absolute
00:33:29experts
00:33:30at
00:33:30delivering
00:33:31that
00:33:31the
00:33:32compact
00:33:32powerhouse
00:33:33that
00:33:34Brutus
00:33:34is
00:33:34now
00:33:39there
00:33:39has
00:33:39been
00:33:40a
00:33:40major
00:33:41issue
00:33:42to the
00:33:43team
00:33:43of
00:33:43Rey
00:33:43Phoenix
00:33:44Rey
00:33:44Mysterio
00:33:45as they
00:33:45are
00:33:46now
00:33:46yelling
00:33:47from the
00:33:47sidelines
00:33:48to try
00:33:48and help
00:33:48out
00:33:48Dragon Lee
00:33:49who's
00:33:49taken
00:33:50a ton
00:33:50of
00:33:50abuse
00:33:51you can
00:33:58see him
00:33:59reaching
00:33:59for that
00:33:59lower
00:34:00back
00:34:00as
00:34:00Julius
00:34:02Creed
00:34:02continues
00:34:03to keep
00:34:05him
00:34:05in
00:34:05control
00:34:06really
00:34:07concerned
00:34:08for the
00:34:08wellness
00:34:09of
00:34:09Rey
00:34:10Mysterio
00:34:10has been
00:34:11down
00:34:11a
00:34:11significant
00:34:12amount
00:34:12of
00:34:12time
00:34:12it's
00:34:12essentially
00:34:13at this
00:34:13point
00:34:13a
00:34:14three
00:34:14on
00:34:14two
00:34:15matchup
00:34:15which
00:34:16is
00:34:16exactly
00:34:17what
00:34:18Chad
00:34:18Gable
00:34:19and his
00:34:19crew
00:34:20wanted
00:34:20whatever
00:34:21advantage
00:34:21you can
00:34:22take
00:34:22in a
00:34:22match
00:34:23like
00:34:23this
00:34:23you
00:34:23grab
00:34:24it
00:34:24that
00:34:24is
00:34:25what
00:34:25American
00:34:25made
00:34:25is
00:34:26doing
00:34:26as
00:34:26Chad
00:34:27Gable
00:34:27works
00:34:28on
00:34:29that
00:34:29left
00:34:29shoulder
00:34:30of
00:34:31Dragon
00:34:31Lee
00:34:31well
00:34:35drilled
00:34:35unit
00:34:36American
00:34:36made
00:34:37have
00:34:37become
00:34:38they
00:34:38train
00:34:38harder
00:34:39than
00:34:39anybody
00:34:39else
00:34:40high
00:34:42pressure
00:34:42creates
00:34:43diamonds
00:34:44and that's
00:34:44exactly
00:34:45what
00:34:45Chad
00:34:45Gable
00:34:46and the
00:34:46Creed
00:34:46are
00:34:47here
00:34:47on
00:34:48Smackdown
00:34:48and there's
00:34:56no
00:34:57respite
00:34:57whatsoever
00:34:58for
00:34:59Dragon
00:35:00Lee
00:35:00nor
00:35:00should
00:35:01there
00:35:01be
00:35:01he
00:35:03delivers
00:35:04a little
00:35:04something
00:35:05to
00:35:05Ray
00:35:06Phoenix
00:35:06yeah
00:35:06didn't
00:35:07like
00:35:07three
00:35:07on
00:35:07two
00:35:08will
00:35:08make
00:35:08it
00:35:08three
00:35:09on
00:35:09one
00:35:09brilliant
00:35:10there
00:35:10from
00:35:10Chad
00:35:11Gable
00:35:11Dragon
00:35:15Lee
00:35:15able to
00:35:16parry that
00:35:17right hand
00:35:17and deliver
00:35:18a series
00:35:18of overhand
00:35:19rights to
00:35:20himself
00:35:20before
00:35:20Gable
00:35:21chops
00:35:21him
00:35:21down
00:35:21this
00:35:22is
00:35:22the
00:35:22picture
00:35:23of
00:35:23complete
00:35:24control
00:35:25from
00:35:25Chad
00:35:26Gable
00:35:26the
00:35:262012
00:35:27Olympian
00:35:28who has
00:35:30all the
00:35:30grit
00:35:31and drive
00:35:32you could
00:35:32ever want
00:35:33in a
00:35:33superstar
00:35:33it's been
00:36:00an outrageously
00:36:01entertaining
00:36:02Friday night
00:36:03Smackdown
00:36:04here in
00:36:05Las Vegas
00:36:05the night
00:36:06before
00:36:07Wrestlemania
00:36:0741
00:36:08Chad
00:36:10Gable
00:36:10who was
00:36:11eliminated
00:36:11earlier
00:36:12tonight
00:36:13from the
00:36:13Andre
00:36:13the Giant
00:36:14Memorial
00:36:14Battle Royal
00:36:15by Ray
00:36:16Phoenix
00:36:16has been
00:36:16in complete
00:36:17control
00:36:17against
00:36:18Dragon
00:36:18Lee
00:36:18who's
00:36:19looking
00:36:19for an
00:36:20opportunity
00:36:20to rally
00:36:21back
00:36:21look at
00:36:22the teamwork
00:36:23from
00:36:24American
00:36:24Made
00:36:25everybody
00:36:26getting
00:36:27in
00:36:27Brutus
00:36:28Ball
00:36:29off the
00:36:30top rope
00:36:30into the
00:36:31cover
00:36:31and coming
00:36:33in and
00:36:33making the
00:36:34save
00:36:34is Ray
00:36:34Phoenix
00:36:35who eats
00:36:35a right
00:36:36hand
00:36:36from
00:36:37Julius
00:36:37Creed
00:36:38and it's
00:36:38beginning
00:36:38to feel
00:36:39like a
00:36:40lost cause
00:36:40here for
00:36:41this
00:36:41lucha
00:36:41crew
00:36:42there have
00:36:43been
00:36:43a
00:36:43plethora
00:36:44of
00:36:44dirty
00:36:45tricks
00:36:45thrown
00:36:46their
00:36:46way
00:36:46by
00:36:47America
00:36:47Made
00:36:48it has
00:36:48been
00:36:48so
00:36:49effective
00:36:50that
00:36:51they
00:36:51may
00:36:51well
00:36:51not
00:36:52be
00:36:52regretting
00:36:52demanding
00:36:53this
00:36:53matchup
00:36:54in the
00:36:54first
00:36:54place
00:36:55that's
00:36:55what
00:36:56happens
00:36:56after
00:36:57all
00:36:58the
00:36:58heated
00:36:58exchanges
00:36:59backstage
00:36:59after
00:37:00the
00:37:01Battle
00:37:01Royal
00:37:01remember
00:37:02stand-in
00:37:03delivers
00:37:03coming
00:37:03your
00:37:03way
00:37:04tomorrow
00:37:04Saturday
00:37:051pm
00:37:05Eastern
00:37:06tickets
00:37:07still on
00:37:07sale
00:37:08if you
00:37:08want
00:37:08to
00:37:08get
00:37:08here
00:37:08to
00:37:09T-Mobile
00:37:09if you're
00:37:10local in
00:37:10Vegas
00:37:11for
00:37:11Wrestlemania
00:37:11Chad
00:37:12Gable
00:37:13climbing
00:37:13right up
00:37:14there
00:37:14with
00:37:15Dragon
00:37:15Lee
00:37:15well
00:37:26that is
00:37:27about
00:37:27the
00:37:27first
00:37:28daylight
00:37:28Dragon
00:37:29Lee
00:37:30has
00:37:30seen
00:37:30after
00:37:31about
00:37:31seven
00:37:31straight
00:37:32minutes
00:37:32of
00:37:33abuse
00:37:33now
00:37:34desperately
00:37:35clawing
00:37:36his way
00:37:36over
00:37:36to
00:37:37the
00:37:37relatively
00:37:38fresh
00:37:39Ray
00:37:39Phoenix
00:37:39he's
00:37:40desperate
00:37:41to get
00:37:41there
00:37:41and he
00:37:42does
00:37:42and
00:37:42here
00:37:43comes
00:37:43the
00:37:44celebrated
00:37:45widely
00:37:46accomplished
00:37:47Luchador
00:37:47who has
00:37:48been
00:37:48a star
00:37:49in the
00:37:49making
00:37:50in his
00:37:50recent
00:37:51arrival
00:37:51to
00:37:52WWE
00:37:52Ray
00:37:54Phoenix
00:37:54has set
00:37:55the world
00:37:55on fire
00:37:56thus far
00:37:57but if
00:37:57he pulls
00:37:57a victory
00:37:58here
00:37:58it really
00:37:59will be
00:38:00something
00:38:00to shout
00:38:01about
00:38:01time and
00:38:02again
00:38:02you see
00:38:03things out
00:38:03of Phoenix
00:38:04just like
00:38:04that
00:38:04as
00:38:05Julius
00:38:05is able
00:38:06to
00:38:06survive
00:38:06it's
00:38:07just
00:38:08over
00:38:08two
00:38:08weeks
00:38:09since
00:38:09Ray
00:38:09Phoenix
00:38:10debuted
00:38:11here
00:38:12in
00:38:12WWE
00:38:13and he
00:38:15has
00:38:15completely
00:38:16dominated
00:38:16the
00:38:17conversation
00:38:17ever
00:38:18since
00:38:18but
00:38:19that
00:38:20shot
00:38:20to the
00:38:20gun
00:38:21will
00:38:22knock
00:38:22the
00:38:22stuffing
00:38:22out
00:38:23of
00:38:23anybody
00:38:23Julius
00:38:25Creed
00:38:25such an
00:38:26accomplished
00:38:27athlete
00:38:28a two
00:38:28time
00:38:28All-American
00:38:29at
00:38:30Duke
00:38:30University
00:38:31just
00:38:34unmatched
00:38:35physicality
00:38:37from someone
00:38:37who describes
00:38:38himself
00:38:39as an
00:38:39in-ring
00:38:40savage
00:38:41and
00:38:41Ray
00:38:42Phoenix
00:38:42this
00:38:44is the
00:38:44welcome
00:38:45you are
00:38:45certainly
00:38:46not waiting
00:38:47for
00:38:47boy
00:38:49did he
00:38:49ever get
00:38:50sent
00:38:50into that
00:38:51corner
00:38:51his
00:38:52body
00:38:53went
00:38:53arching
00:38:54and
00:38:54flying
00:38:55and I
00:38:57don't know
00:38:57how well
00:38:58adjusted
00:38:58Ray
00:38:59Phoenix
00:38:59is to
00:38:59competing
00:39:00twice
00:39:01in one
00:39:01night
00:39:02once
00:39:02the
00:39:02body
00:39:02cools
00:39:02down
00:39:03after
00:39:03the
00:39:03first
00:39:04match
00:39:04it
00:39:05can
00:39:05be
00:39:05difficult
00:39:05to
00:39:06get
00:39:06going
00:39:06again
00:39:06but
00:39:06Ray
00:39:07Phoenix
00:39:07Springboard
00:39:10and
00:39:10Phoenix
00:39:11stops
00:39:12down
00:39:13on
00:39:13Julius
00:39:14and
00:39:15just
00:39:15no
00:39:16defense
00:39:16whatsoever
00:39:17for
00:39:17these
00:39:18kind
00:39:18of
00:39:18attacks
00:39:18nobody
00:39:19trains
00:39:19in
00:39:20the
00:39:20US
00:39:20to
00:39:21withstand
00:39:21this
00:39:21kind
00:39:22of
00:39:22abuse
00:39:22oh
00:39:23stepping
00:39:23stone
00:39:24hurrican
00:39:25Rana
00:39:25okay
00:39:26how quick
00:39:27your reactions
00:39:27are
00:39:28you are
00:39:28not
00:39:29stopping
00:39:29Ray
00:39:30Phoenix
00:39:30count like
00:39:34speed
00:39:35goodbye
00:39:35amigo
00:39:36tried it
00:39:37earlier
00:39:38tonight
00:39:38and he was
00:39:40preventively connected
00:39:41this time
00:39:42Operation Dragon
00:39:43would you look at the pace
00:39:46these two are setting
00:39:47Ray Phoenix
00:39:51up top
00:39:52Meteora
00:39:53how about it
00:39:55for the win
00:39:56oh they just cleared them out
00:39:58here are your winners
00:40:01the team of
00:40:03Dragon
00:40:03Lee
00:40:04Ray
00:40:05Mysterio
00:40:06and
00:40:06Ray
00:40:07Phoenix
00:40:08well it looked like it was game over for the lucha crew but that brilliance
00:40:14from Ray Phoenix combined with the fire of Dragon Lee managed to pull out that victory
00:40:19what it looked like always long
00:40:20hey I'm excited for you ready to call Wrestlemania here at this desk with Pat McAfee and Michael Gold
00:40:26it's a dream come true it's gonna be a magical weekend
00:40:29well it's gonna be amazing the whole world is gonna be waiting to see this tug of war over the loyalty and friendship of Paul Heyman and the reality check of Seth Rollins
00:40:39the names in the bright lights that's what matters most Roman Seth
00:40:45Paul
00:40:46he's sailing into the black
00:41:1012 years ago we came down those stairs to remake this company in our image
00:41:28we died a long time ago
00:41:38you messed up and your biggest mistake is not understanding the danger that's right in front of us
00:41:51for two people it's clearly personal
00:41:56for me it's just business
00:42:00it's become simple math
00:42:03the two men who want to stand in my way gotta go
00:42:07it's in there
00:42:09you are a Wrestlemania main eventer
00:42:14thank you
00:42:16but that's not the favor that I'm owed
00:42:18one favor
00:42:20I owe you a favor
00:42:22no
00:42:23our
00:42:24wise man
00:42:25will owe me a favor
00:42:26and Wrestlemania
00:42:28in my corner
00:42:30your wise man
00:42:32with a mouthful of spit and protest
00:42:39tell him no
00:42:41no my tribal chief I can't do that
00:42:45the light
00:42:46the black and the fire
00:42:47the black and the fire
00:42:48go disappear
00:42:52lost and forever broken
00:42:54shadow like glass
00:42:55the stars and the sex
00:42:56the eyes and the fin
00:42:58both we tell
00:42:59I've brought you into this business.
00:43:21I cannot wait to be the man that takes you both out of it.
00:43:26There can be only one, and it's gotta be me.
00:43:30Wise man, how could you betray me?
00:43:33Wise man.
00:43:40We've seen the tears of the light.
00:43:49We've seen the tears of the light.
00:43:55We've seen the tears of the light.
00:44:02We've seen the tears of the light.
00:44:05We've seen the tears of the light.
00:44:12We've seen the tears of the light.
00:44:19It has been fused together for years.
00:44:21Tomorrow night, it could all explode apart.
00:44:24Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, CM Punk with Paul Heyman in his corner.
00:44:28The WrestleMania night one main event, a triple threat from here in Vegas.
00:44:35And when we come back, the record-seeking John Cena, the undisputed champion Cody Rhodes.
00:44:42The final face-off is next.
00:44:49It has been a spectacular night before mania here on SmackDown in Vegas.
00:44:57The battle royal, the Andre the Giant Memorial battle royal was won by Carmelo Hayes.
00:45:02We had DIY causing a no-contest interference in our tag team championship match.
00:45:08A super cold red by Zelina Vega earned her the victory.
00:45:13L.A. Knight Braun Strowman came up with the win.
00:45:16And that moments ago, we just saw Ray Phoenix do his damage in a six-man tag team match.
00:45:23I'm here to put can't just know when it's time for me to get my nick back.
00:45:25All y'all finna be finished.
00:45:26All right!
00:45:27Blue hair like one of the big Chi-Chi's.
00:45:28Blue hair like one of the big Chi-Chi's.
00:45:29Blue hair like one of the big Chi-Chi's.
00:45:30Wrestling has made a new way.
00:45:36The world's in.
00:45:38And now it's in.
00:45:39Yeah!
00:45:43Mike and I.
00:45:45Well, we've seen...
00:45:50A dream of a man in his soul
00:45:56Every fight I'm of control
00:45:59Do it all to get him on the beat
00:46:04While I'm here about the foe
00:46:08Painful means to start the show
00:46:11I've to turn the lights to up and hold
00:46:16Whoa!
00:46:20Ladies and gentlemen
00:46:31Please welcome from Atlanta, Georgia
00:46:35The undisputed WWE Champion
00:46:40The American Nightmare
00:46:43Cody Rhodes
00:46:46A week removed from displaying all the versions through the years of the WWE Championship
00:46:53And now holding on to the only one that matters
00:46:57The question is
00:46:58Will it still be Cody's when this weekend in Vegas ends?
00:47:04Hear the crowd on my phone
00:47:08Ready for me to start the show
00:47:11The leading light of WWE QB1
00:47:20The man who has the weight of the entire industry
00:47:25On his shoulders this weekend as he tries to protect the future of that championship from an opponent in John Cena who seemingly wants to burn down everything to the ground
00:47:44The future of that championship from an opponent in John Cena who seemingly wants to burn down everything to the ground
00:47:55Cody Rhodes, John Cena streaming on Peacock
00:47:58WrestleMania Sunday begins 7 p.m. Eastern Time
00:48:02I can't believe any more
00:48:07Thank you
00:48:11Outro music
00:48:12Outro music
00:48:13Outro music
00:48:15Outro music
00:48:21Outro music
00:48:28Outro music
00:49:31To not even let the champ get a word out.
00:49:36Disrespect to the fan base that he has built over the past 20 years.
00:49:41Disrespect to this entire industry.
00:49:45John Cena has already tarnished his own legacy.
00:49:48He now seemingly wants to go down in infamy.
00:49:52As the man who will have destroyed the future of the most important championship in history.
00:50:00And he wants to do that Sunday night in the main event of Wrestlemania.
00:51:05Shut your mouth, kid.
00:51:15This is going to be my 20th Wrestlemania.
00:51:24My 12th title match at Wrestlemania.
00:51:26I know just as well as anybody right around now, you can get lost in all the noise, all these voices.
00:51:35There is one voice you should listen to, and that's the one coming from the man looking to you in the eye.
00:51:43Sunday is the last time I will ever compete in a Wrestlemania ring.
00:51:50No one has ever had the courage to end their career the way I have.
00:51:58And there is nothing you could possibly do to prepare to face a man who knows he's going to die.
00:52:07What I'm doing is so unprecedented, they don't think it's real.
00:52:15They don't believe it.
00:52:17They think I'm going to come back because everyone always comes crawling back.
00:52:21There's no such thing as a wrestling retirement.
00:52:24There's always one more match.
00:52:27The reason there isn't a wrestling retirement is because every other wrestler is a scared, insecure loser.
00:52:38Every other wrestler needs these people, needs these people to care about them, to post about them, to talk about them.
00:52:51Because the second they get away from this, they're left alone, by themselves, with their pathetic lives.
00:52:59So they come crawling back as a shell of themselves.
00:53:04I have love, joy, and worth in my life.
00:53:08I don't need a single damn one of you.
00:53:18The only reason I'm here is to take that away from you and all of you forever.
00:53:30Don't say I didn't warn you because I did.
00:53:32Last year, when you won that championship, everybody's raising you on their shoulder and giving you watches and stuff and saying,
00:53:40Good job, champ.
00:53:42When I had my moment alone with you like a man to your face, I didn't say, Good job, champ.
00:53:48I said, Every day you hold that, it gets heavier.
00:53:51And Sunday, it finally becomes too heavy for you to hold.
00:53:56You will lose.
00:53:57You will lose.
00:53:57You will lose because you care about them.
00:54:08You people do not write history.
00:54:16Winners do.
00:54:17I came out here tonight because I wanted to share one more thing with you before Sunday.
00:54:27When I won that Elimination Chamber, I knew it would be impossible to beat you in a match at WrestleMania.
00:54:34And then in one moment, you changed all that.
00:54:38You changed all that with what you said to The Rock.
00:54:45You see, kid, The Rock just gave you a choice.
00:54:50Do you want to do what they think is right?
00:54:56Or do you want to win?
00:54:58And in the moment you made your choice, not only did I think I could beat you,
00:55:02I realized Sunday, you don't stand a chance.
00:55:08And that night, all that was left for me to do was the one thing you couldn't.
00:55:14Prove to them that they don't matter.
00:55:22You see, all of this, all of this noise from them,
00:55:25these people will always make up their own version of the truth they want to believe.
00:55:31And when you stop caring about that and stop caring about them,
00:55:34you can start accomplishing anything you want in life.
00:55:37But you are too weak to understand that.
00:55:45Sunday, in order to beat me, you are going to have to choose.
00:55:50Do you do what they think is right?
00:55:56Or do you win?
00:56:00And Cody, you are strong, you are tough, and you are driven,
00:56:02but you are also scared, insecure, and naive.
00:56:08You say you wear this suit because you want to be somebody.
00:56:12You have your tattoo because you want to be somebody.
00:56:15You didn't need the tattoo or the suit because Sunday I'm going to make you somebody.
00:56:19Somebody who finally realizes that to become a winner,
00:56:30you have to sever ties with all the losers in your life.
00:56:33Or somebody who had a chance to be a real winner and blew it.
00:56:44And in that very moment, you will realize that you are not the captain.
00:56:49You are not the quarterback.
00:56:52You're still just a kid in a man's world who doesn't have the balls of the last real champion.
00:56:59Okay, John, the noise.
00:57:11You always have to say something, right?
00:57:13This crowd, how they feel about you.
00:57:33This is who you fight for.
00:57:37This.
00:57:39This matters to you.
00:57:40You said in London, you said that you don't bury talent.
00:57:44That you are talent.
00:57:48Well, I know a graveyard of talent that would disagree with that statement.
00:57:53But we're not talking about them.
00:57:55We're talking about WrestleMania.
00:57:58Let me ask you a question, John.
00:58:00Do you know, do you know his name?
00:58:06The one who handed you the microphone, you know his name?
00:58:09No, no.
00:58:10You don't know her name either, do you?
00:58:12And I'd wager if you walk backstage, you don't know any of those people either.
00:58:16This is a different WWE, John.
00:58:18And when this was your WWE, I worshipped you.
00:58:22They worshipped you.
00:58:24But since the GOAT hasn't shown up since Elimination Chamber, allow me to offer you a little perspective, okay?
00:58:30You called me underwhelming.
00:58:32Guess what?
00:58:33You're overrated.
00:58:34You're overbearing.
00:58:39And more importantly, you're out of touch.
00:58:42And you're out of time.
00:58:43Your face is melting wax.
00:58:45You got a stack of dimes for a neck.
00:58:47Spindly ass legs.
00:58:49You're paler than Sting at Star K97.
00:58:52And you're sanctimonious.
00:58:55Sanctimonious comments about how I'm an errand boy when the whole world watched you sonar on the Oscar stage.
00:59:04Butt-ass naked for the people that you run errands for now.
00:59:08And by God, John Cena, it is 2025 and you still can't wrestle.
00:59:34ake for the people that you run errands for now.
00:59:53Idiots.
01:00:23They're just like you.
01:00:33They don't know what they want.
01:00:35And Cody, on Sunday to beat you, I don't have to wrestle.
01:00:43Oh, Cena.
01:00:49Oh, he tried to go AA, but instead.
01:00:53Crossroads.
01:01:00The war of words just went physical.
01:01:07The American nightmare, Cody Rhodes, with the undisputed WWE championship in his hand.
01:01:16He has been making a message of fighting for the fans to save the industry.
01:01:23To keep that championship for the present and future of sports entertainment.
01:01:30WrestleMania Sunday.
01:01:36It'll headline it all and cap what is turning out to be a spectacular weekend in Vegas.
01:01:45We have no further steps to take on this road to WrestleMania.
01:01:54We have arrived, Wade.
01:01:56The final face-off turned into this.
01:02:00Well, what a staple from Cody Rhodes.
01:02:06I don't have to wrestle.
01:02:08Cheap shot from John Cena.
01:02:12But we got a champ who has every bit ready for it and more.
01:02:18Is this a window into the main event of WrestleMania Sunday with the WWE championship on the line?
01:02:29One crossroads may be all it takes to put away Cena for good in his final WrestleMania.
01:02:36It is coming your way.
01:02:38WrestleMania 41 Sunday night will be the undisputed WWE championship match.
01:02:45Starts streaming at 7 Eastern, 4 Pacific on Peacock.
01:02:49Now, Wade.
01:02:50Let's tell everybody what they're in store for tomorrow on night one.
01:02:53WrestleMania Saturday World Heavyweight Championship on the line as the ring general defense against main event.
01:03:01Jey Uso, will we have a stadium yeeting in unison for a new champ?
01:03:10The WWE Women's Championship.
01:03:13This thing has gotten red hot.
01:03:16There have been personal attacks.
01:03:18There have been honest conversations recently.
01:03:21And tomorrow, it is tippy time against the future Hall of Famer.
01:03:25Tiffany Stratton looks to defend against Charlotte Flair.
01:03:28We had a war earlier tonight here on SmackDown.
01:03:33A lot of damage absorbed by these two men.
01:03:35But the United States title will be on the line tomorrow as L.A. night defense against the terrifying Jacob Batu.
01:03:45And for Rey Mysterio, another WrestleMania.
01:03:48But this one comes against the luchador who has burst onto the scene recently.
01:03:55It is El Grande Americano against the Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio.
01:04:01And we got ourselves a World Tag Team Championship clash as the boo day.
01:04:07They suck.
01:04:08Well, they're challenging the champs, the war raiders tomorrow on WrestleMania Saturday.
01:04:13World Tag Team Championship clash tomorrow between those two.
01:04:20Proceed with caution, says Naomi.
01:04:24The storm is coming for Jade and Naomi.
01:04:29Perhaps the most emotionally charged of all the WrestleMania 41 matches.
01:04:35Three of the biggest names.
01:04:37Three of the biggest egos.
01:04:39Well, they're going to compete in triple threat action.
01:04:43In the main event of WrestleMania Saturday.
01:04:46Roman Reigns, Seth Freakin' Rollins and CM Punk.
01:04:51With the wise man Paul Heyman in his corner.
01:04:55Who will be victorious in the main event tomorrow?
01:04:57Of course, moments ago, the face-to-face.
01:05:03John Cena and Cody Rhodes.
01:05:07As Cody was able to counter.
01:05:11The cross, Rhodes was hit on Cena.
01:05:14Cena's going for the record-breaking win Sunday night.
01:05:18But Rhodes is determined to save pro wrestling.
01:05:22There are just times in life that you know you have to take it all in with your eyes wide open.
01:05:29For all the fans, from the hardcores to the casuals, this, right now in Vegas, is that time.
01:05:36This weekend in Sin City, it is must-watch.
01:05:40It is can't-miss.
01:05:41It's the unthinkable now a reality.
01:05:44This version of John Cena against the hope for the current and future of the industry.
01:05:50Cody Rhodes.
01:05:51WrestleMania 41 comes your way tomorrow.
01:05:55We'll see you there.