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01:00It's here, fallin' free, fallin' free, fallin' free.
01:13Oh!
01:15You know, after months and months of taunting to Sami Zayn,
01:30harian cross finally got what he wanted when he pushed sammy over the edge this past monday on raw
01:39stop that all this the way you are the way you want to be
01:48sammy you're never going to be world champion
01:53i talked to adam pierce our match is official tick tock
02:17stop it got him clearly it's what cross wanted
02:23yes he did and perhaps the mask has slipped on sammy zayn
02:28you might not like the words of the devil on your shoulder but when the words are true perhaps
02:34they hurt even more sammy and the hatred you have inside your heart was apparent for all to see
02:42this past week at raw i think carrying across is completely insane well you know what a lot of
02:48people believe this stuff makes sense
03:01so
03:06so
03:10The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
03:37Making his way to the ring, from Montreal to Canada, weighing in at 212 pounds, Sammy Zay!
04:07Karrion Kross says that his main targets in WWE are liars.
04:34Because he hates dishonesty and misdirection.
04:39He claims that Sammy Zayn is one of those liars.
04:42Well, he says Sammy Zayn weaponizes sympathy, which I thought was very interesting on that entrance.
04:49Look, Sammy Zayn wearing that traditional headdress here, okay, to get the people on his side.
04:54Why does he do that? Because it helps advance his own career.
04:58This is the lies, this is the misdirection that Karrion Kross has been trying to point out with regards to Sammy Zayn.
05:06He's not trying to curry favor with anyone, he's celebrating his heritage, but nonetheless, it's Sammy Zayn.
05:11I'm from England, I never walked down the island of Polar Hat when we were in London.
05:15You would have if they let you, and bell rings were underway.
05:19Sammy Kross, one-on-one here tonight.
05:23There's this groundswell of support that has surrounded Karrion Kross over the past couple of months, but for some reason, there's many WWE fans that are back in this cycle.
05:36Social media has been very vocal about it, however, now you gotta prove yourself if you're Karrion Kross against Sammy Zayn.
05:43Well, stop castigating the man first of all, you call him a psycho, that's my opinion.
05:48Okay, well, apparently, the reason there's a groundswell of support behind Karrion Kross is because certain people, and large numbers of them, actually listen to the message and agree with what he's saying.
06:00Yeah, guys like The New Day, look how they've been acting over the past few months since they had a run in with this guy.
06:05The New Day, and thousands and thousands of others.
06:15Well, you are right, the message is one thing, the demand for opportunity is another.
06:20Tonight, opportunity looks for Karrion Kross, and you have to deliver.
06:25Not quite sure, taking advice and listening to the message of a psycho is a good way to live your life, but I guess some people do that.
06:36Again, a warped perspective.
06:42Is this the pace you expected this match to start at?
06:45Well, it's a goading from Karrion Kross historically, and this guy dominated NXT, let's be clear.
06:51Hasn't had the same level of success as moving to Raw SmackDown, but he's always been a manipulator, a guy able to break people mentally and then break them physically.
07:01Yeah, and here he's doing just that to Sami Zayn, the viciousness of Kross.
07:07And the official, official Daphne LaShawn backing Kross off, you see Scarlett barking at Sami Zayn.
07:13And now Sami fighting back.
07:22Sami is such a scrappy underdog fighter, unrivaled spirit in that ring.
07:28Oh, Sami's been on this, what some may say is an obsessive quest in trying to win his first ever world championship in WWE.
07:37And that's been part of the issue for Sami Zayn, Kross is told that you're simply not good enough to win it.
07:42Sami Zayn does not believe that.
07:47Well, history with Sami Zayn hasn't been good enough to win it thus far.
07:51And I think Kross's point is, you need to bring out the hatred in your heart if you want to get to the top of the five games.
08:03The cunning, seductive, manipulative, Scarlett, offering some words of wisdom in the ear of Karrion Kross.
08:11The modern day, Mickey and Mallory.
08:15Oh!
08:16Whatever those words of wisdom there, absolutely works.
08:20And her man is back on top.
08:22And forearm dropping Zayn.
08:24And now Kross looks to take over with his power.
08:29Sami though, gonna end up on the barricade.
08:32Moonsault will take down Karrion Kross, and Sami's fired up.
08:36Great, nimble ability from Sami Zayn.
08:40Rooster, you can never write this guy off.
08:42And that is frustration, frustration to a powerhouse, like Karrion Kross.
08:47And Kross now, with a smile on his face!
08:50Sends Sami Zayn across the ring with a great throw.
08:52Saito suplex there from Kross, an absolute specialist with that move.
09:00Yeah, the doomsday Saito, he calls it, as he continues the attack on Zayn.
09:06Take another look.
09:08Great maneuver, he won an NXT Championship with Once Upon a Time.
09:12And now perhaps getting back to that kind of form here at Knight of Champions.
09:21Another straight forearm to Sami, but there again is just the resilience of Zayn,
09:27a never-say-die attitude.
09:29Oh!
09:32That elbow well-connected.
09:34And Sami able to kick at one.
09:45Just been this plodding style by Karrion Kross to wear his opponent down.
09:52Cave mindset that lives inside the head of Karrion Kross.
09:57Karrion Kross, draw out the pain, draw out the torture.
10:02Well, Wade, you gotta wonder if Kross actually believes in all this doomsday rhetoric,
10:08or does he just like playing mind games with his opponent?
10:12Well, in the end, regardless of which one is true, it's highly effective,
10:17and Sami Zayn hasn't been his normal self from the word go tonight.
10:20Sami with a couple of elbows.
10:28What's Sami gonna do here? We Kross down to one knee.
10:34Oh, right to the back, a blow by Kross.
10:37Sami now hung up, dangerous position here for Zayn.
10:40That's the point for Karrion Kross, you called it a plod.
10:43You liar!
10:45Plodding style earlier, when Kross needs to move quickly,
10:48when he needs to close down that space like he did there, he absolutely can.
10:52The cover, Sami kicks out, and I did not mean applauding in a negative way.
10:57I mean, an opportunity to slow the pace down and just beat the hell out of his opponent,
11:01which he's doing now to Sami Zayn.
11:03Well, that surprises me, because you've been nothing but negative about Karrion Kross since he walked out here this evening.
11:09I just think the guy's a fly short of a happy meal. I mean, what do you expect?
11:12Well, Scarlett doesn't agree. Thousands and thousands of people around the world don't agree.
11:18And I'm pretty sure, right now, Sami Zayn might be adjusting his way of thinking before our eyes.
11:24You realize there's been a lot of cycles over the years that have had millions of people following him, right?
11:29Doesn't make him right.
11:30You're the straight right.
11:35I brought up a good point now, but that does not prove that Karrion Kross is amazing.
11:42Oh, and Sami fighting back, and here comes Zayn.
11:46Man, Sami Zayn just digging down deep again.
11:51But technically Sogut was Kross covering up and blocking almost all of those shots.
11:55Sami Zayn leapfrog, and a crossline drops Kross.
12:03Oh, that was massive from Sami Zayn.
12:06Knocking Kross out of his boots there with that one. Did not expect that at all.
12:11Perhaps that rage now boiling up inside Sami Zayn, and to be fair, he looks better for it.
12:18Which is Kross's point.
12:19Not going to stop at 10.
12:31Sami Zayn now measuring his man, Zayn.
12:34An axe handle right across the head of Karrion Kross.
12:38The game really has changed before our eyes, something is broken inside Sami Zayn.
12:54And he's now in the ascendancy, and defenseless is Karrion Kross.
12:58Karrion Kross.
13:03And Karrion again quickly back to his feet.
13:05Sami though, leapfrog rolls through.
13:08Caught by Kross, Kross has got Sami in possession.
13:10Down goes Sami Zayn.
13:12Cover now.
13:13Is good enough to put him away, and a kick out.
13:16So loud.
13:21Once again, the power of Karrion Kross on display.
13:25Technique and everything with that leaping dead valley driver.
13:30Not quite enough to put Sami away, but Sami is looking like a broken man now.
13:36Yeah, Kross could be closing in on an important victory here.
13:40Heard him screaming earlier at Zayn,
13:42Zayn, you're a liar, you're nothing but a liar.
13:46And now, we're going to put Sami Zayn away.
13:49Got to lock in that Kross jacket.
13:51Sami Zayn, go for it though.
13:53And Sami went for the blue thunder bomb.
13:55Countered by Kross.
14:00Oh, what a throw!
14:01Dropping Sami right on the back of his head.
14:03Once again, the go-to, that doomsday, Saito.
14:07Wiping the brain of Sami Zayn.
14:10And I think I know what's coming next, Cole.
14:13Could be Kross hammer time.
14:15Paying homage to my broadcast partner.
14:22This lands with a second in four.
14:25And Sami Zayn though, able to turn it around.
14:27Into a blue thunder bomb!
14:31The move that almost beat Randy Orton in the King of the Ring semifinals.
14:35Almost beat Kross here tonight.
14:38But another look at the doomsday Saito that Kross uses so effectively.
14:42Really his go-to move.
14:44That landing is so sickening on the back of the neck.
14:47And just when the killer blow was about to hit,
14:50Sami Zayn pulls it out of nowhere.
14:53Perhaps celebrating a snitch too soon.
14:55Because this Karrion Kross is double top.
15:01Sami trying to psych himself up.
15:04Get back into this matchup off that blue thunder bomb.
15:07Really is tapping into the energy of this Riyadh audience.
15:11This is their man. They believe in Sami Zayn now.
15:14Karrion Kross just collapsing to the center of the mat.
15:16This is dead weight for Sami Zayn.
15:19It's a lot of weight. Karrion Kross in about 280, 270.
15:23Oh, nice German suplex release by Karrion Kross.
15:26And it's almost like he suckered Zayn in.
15:28Yes, he did. Mind games once again.
15:31Burn out your energy lifting up this massive frame.
15:34And when you think you've done it, it's German suplex o'clock.
15:38Karrion Kross, well versed in all aspects of the grappling game.
15:42In fact, he's a brown belt and comes to Judo.
15:47He's a guy who can snap baseball bats with his bare arms.
15:50Videos online of it, if you don't believe me.
15:53Multiple in one go.
15:55Sami Zayn slips from behind, Karrion Kross.
15:58Zayn caught him.
16:00The explorer into the corner.
16:02I don't know if he got quite all of it, but maybe enough.
16:05As Kross landed on the back of his head.
16:07Oh God, not where you want to be if you're Karrion Kross.
16:10Not when Sami has momentum.
16:13Went for the halluba kick. Kross caught him in the Kross jacket.
16:17And that is firmly locked in now.
16:20Sami desperately reaching for those ropes.
16:23Sami had an opportunity. Kross intercepted him.
16:26Kross jacket in. Karrion Kross.
16:29They're gonna tap out Sami or pass it out here tonight.
16:32Cutting off the oxygen supply.
16:34Cutting off the blood supply to the brain.
16:36And now the hooks are in.
16:38Locked in.
16:39Wrapping the legs around the body of Sami Zayn.
16:42And Sami starting to fade.
16:44Nowhere to go. Kross has got him hooked good.
16:46Lips are turning blue.
16:48Body is going limp.
16:50Lights are fading.
16:52A matter of time now.
16:54Sami Zayn may be out.
16:56Oh God, his face is going purple.
16:57The official Daphne LaShawn right there.
17:00Seeing if Sami taps it.
17:01I think he's gone.
17:02I think he's gone.
17:03He may be out here.
17:04It's out!
17:05And he goes down this time.
17:06It's over ladies and gentlemen.
17:07Sami though keeps it up.
17:08And Sami still on the fight.
17:09Somehow.
17:10Oh, a quick burst of life to the mind of Sami Zayn.
17:11But what can you do with it, Sami?
17:12Yeah, but he's got to drag this 280 pound frame of Karrion Kross to the bottom rope.
17:15Sami's fading again.
17:16Sami's fading again and he's only a fingertip away from the bottom rope.
17:18Oh, a quick burst of life to the mind of Sami Zayn.
17:21But what can you do with it, Sami?
17:23Yeah, but he's got to drag this 280 pound frame of Karrion Kross to the bottom rope.
17:30Sami about a hand's length away.
17:32Fingertips away now.
17:33Trying to get to the bottom rope.
17:35Kross wisely shifts his weight.
17:37Oh, that was so good from Karrion Kross.
17:39But is it enough?
17:40And Sami's fading again.
17:41Sami's fading again.
17:42And he's only a fingertip away from the bottom rope.
17:44I told you.
17:45I told you.
17:46I told you.
17:47Sami Zayn will force a break.
17:48And perhaps that tort was a little too much for Sami to take.
17:51It's broken for now.
17:52Sami looks like a beaten man.
17:53What's wrong with you?
17:54You've got to learn to stay down.
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18:38He's looking like a manish in here, but...
18:40Haluba kick! Haluba kick by Sami Zayn!
18:44Drops cross, falls into the cover!
18:47Sami Zayn with a miracle!
18:53Here is your winner, Sami Zayn!
19:01He had no interest, Wade, in admitting that he was a liar.
19:05He was very truthful when he said earlier today he was going to beat Karrion Kross at Night of Champions.
19:13Well, Karrion Kross just stole defeat from the jaws of victory.
19:17He had his man beat, but one talk too many energized whatever spirit is inside Sami Zayn.
19:26And Sami Zayn with that flash Haluba kick gets the job done.
19:35Sami got caught in the cross jacket by Karrion Kross here, and we thought it was over.
19:39Oh man, this felt like an eternity.
19:41I have no idea how this wasn't the end for Sami Zayn.
19:46It was all but over.
19:49Until Sami Zayn fired up, got to the ropes.
19:54And clothesline after clothesline in the corner.
19:58Made it look...
19:59Hold the truth!
20:02Mike, game over, but one talk too many, and boom!
20:06Right to the temple, Haluba kick!
20:09From Sami Zayn.
20:12Grounds the job here in Riyadh.
20:19Let's go!
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