00:00I want to see you next time!
00:30From Minneapolis, Minnesota, .286 pounds, Brock Lesnar.
00:41In the year 2000, Brock Lesnar won the NCAA Heavyweight Championship.
00:47He would come to WWE in three times with the WWE title.
00:52He was the 2002 King of the Ring winner and the 2003 Royal Rumble winner.
00:58He would then move on to UFC, where he became a UFC Heavyweight Champion.
01:04And tonight, Brock Lesnar is back.
01:07Brock Lesnar is back in his words to, quote, legitimize WWE.
01:13And the fact that Lesnar said that, King,
01:16it ticked a lot of people off in this company.
01:19That Brock Lesnar claims this company needs to be legitimized.
01:22Well, I don't agree with him, but when you look at this guy, you gotta admit.
01:28With him, comes the fame.
01:30Booker, you were very outspoken over the fact that this guy came in here and
01:33said that we had to legitimize his company.
01:35It all was, but I tell you, I mean, you look at the guy, he's the real deal.
01:39I mean, his credentials says it all, that he is Brock Lesnar,
01:43the guy that's gonna bring a whole lot of pain.
01:46We're out here, you gotta love that.
01:51Unless you're his opponent.
01:52Exactly.
01:53We're out.
02:03Come on.
02:05Come on.
02:07We're out.
02:38John Cena returning to his Thug of Life roots.
02:48Blurring the chain and padlock around his neck,
02:51symbolizing that he is here tonight, and he's ready to fight.
02:55Will we see the John Cena of old?
03:05Or was Cena so affected by his loss to The Rock at WrestleMania,
03:09that he may never recover?
03:12That's the question.
03:14I know you're looking to me for an answer, but I don't have it.
03:17I think we'll go a long way in finding out that answer in this match tonight.
03:23John Cena, ten times WWE Champion, dressed in his traditional jeans,
03:28shorts, knee pads, black sneakers.
03:30Brock Lesnar dressed, of course, in his MMA gear.
03:34Wearing those four XL gloves that he wore to the UFC fights.
03:40Of course, the long shorts, the boots.
03:43I will say this, after Cena losing at WrestleMania to The Rock,
03:49if he loses here tonight to Brock, he may never lose.
03:53Again, this is Extreme Rules.
03:54Anything goes, you must win, be a pinfall or submission.
03:59And you would think that this type of matchup would be right down the alley of Brock Lesnar.
04:03But without a doubt, you definitely gonna see the fear in John Cena's eyes.
04:07He look ready to me tonight, he look like that guy.
04:11And here we go, John Cena, he came right out of the box, and Lesnar with a takedown.
04:15And Brock Lesnar with the elbows and the forearms, right to the face of Cena.
04:19Keep your hands up, Cena.
04:20Brock Lesnar really taking it to Cena, looking to wear Cena down early.
04:24Boy, this may not last long.
04:26Yeah, John Cena's gotta weather the early storm by Lesnar.
04:31But just like that, Brock Lesnar has floored Cena.
04:34Cena's busted open already, man.
04:36Man, this Lesnar is a power.
04:38He's bringing the pain right now, dawg.
04:40And the referee, referee trying to stop this matchup, put it on the rubber rubs,
04:44because Cena's been busted wide open.
04:46But now John Cena from behind, we're gonna take Lester down.
04:48And the power of Cena unloading on Lester now.
04:52This is gonna be a fight.
04:58Hang on for dear life, Cena, and keep your hands up.
05:01Yeah, look at Lesnar.
05:03Lesnar viciously beating away with the right hand to Cena.
05:05The referee's gotta step in, and he's gotta control separation,
05:08so we can work on that cut that has been thrown open now on the head of Cena.
05:12Cena's skull has been busted open.
05:16And the referee's gonna have to at least slow this thing down so the doc can take a look at it.
05:19That was from one of those sharp elbow shots right there, and he caught him with a few of them, man.
05:25Yeah, Lesnar pointing to the crowd.
05:32It was the point of the elbow, I believe, that cut Cena open.
05:36And then this vicious clothesline you're about to see didn't help things either.
05:56Watch that, I think it was this third big elbow.
06:02Right here, nope, not that one.
06:05Not that one, that's first.
06:06Yeah, but watch, watch the next one, watch this one, right, watch this one there, right there.
06:09Right there.
06:10Yeah, there's the shot tonight, I believe it.
06:16And look at Cena, John Cena, again caught by Lesnar.
06:19And every time Cena tries to come out of the blocks, Brock Lesnar begins to hammer lay on Cena.
06:24Well, there's an old saying, fools rush in.
06:26John, you gotta rethink that strategy.
06:28Yeah, John Cena's gotta regroup here, Brock Lesnar's got Cena exactly where he wants him.
06:33Cena is playing into Lesnar's game here, guys.
06:35What this is, it's grounded power right there.
06:38Brock Lesnar just landed on John Cena, and he's landed on thick.
06:42And again, man, and now a knee, and John Cena's being brutalized by Lesnar.
06:48You talking about a legitimizer.
06:59Yeah, well, that Brock Lesnar's saying to Cena, get out of my ring.
07:02You don't belong in my ring.
07:03This is my territory.
07:05And again, to your point, King, what Cena's doing here is he's playing in Lesnar's game.
07:10John Cena's coming at Brock.
07:11He's gotta sit back and regroup.
07:13I know John wants to fight, but he's out of his element here when he goes toe-to-toe
07:17with that man, the way he's doing it, and that's the result.
07:19Well, let me tell you, I think that's John Cena's
07:21only chance is to go out here and try to fight.
07:24He can't beat him in a wrestling match.
07:25Come on.
07:26The Doctors, they put some, like, that super-
07:29Yeah, well, they're slowing the fight again.
07:30They're momentarily pausing this fight for the Doctor to work on Cena.
07:34This has gotta be done, folks.
07:36It's gotta be done.
07:37Is the referee throwing in the towel here?
07:39Not yet.
07:40Not yet.
07:41And again, Lesnar just bullying Cena.
07:47The knee to the ribs.
07:50John Cena's never been in a fight like this in his career.
07:55And there's Cena with an elbow, and Lesnar's stunned momentarily.
07:59There's Cena, Cena's got Lesnar up.
08:01And now Lesnar from behind with a suplex, a German suplex from Lesnar.
08:07And again, another German to Cena.
08:12Two Germans from Lesnar to Cena.
08:14And again, Lesnar's reestablished control, superiority.
08:19Well, Cena rocked him with an elbow of his own, but like you said.
08:25Lesnar is a beast.
08:27And he's toying every shot delivered to the open wound on the skull of Cena.
08:32But Cena fighting back.
08:33Here comes John Cena.
08:36Cena, and there goes Lesnar, and the referee.
08:39Cena jacked the job, Lesnar.
08:41And the officials down as well.
08:43And then Lesnar knocking down Cena.
08:45And again, whenever Cena starts to build a bit of momentum, Lesnar stops him in his tracks.
08:51I wanna tell you, Larry Knight has gotta be the happiest man in the world right now watching this man right here, Brock Lesnar.
08:59This has been a brawl, a street fight, a mugging from the get-go.
09:04And again, do you notice, King, every shot from Lesnar is directed to the open wound on the skull of Cena.
09:10Yeah, you're right.
09:11Larry Knight is sitting, brought in Lesnar to rearrange the face of the WWE.
09:15So far, Lesnar has rearranged the face of John Cena.
09:19Again, watch this, right to the open wound on the skull.
09:22Hammer fist.
09:24John Cena, John Cena said that Lesnar's sole purpose is to end and replace him.
09:29And from what we've seen so far, that apparently is what Lesnar plans to do.
09:33And John Cena going for the chain, but a shot to the kidney from Lesnar.
09:46And this has been very uncomfortable to watch, especially if you're a fan of Cena.
09:52Because very rarely in John Cena's career here, have you seen him as being manhandled,
09:58pushed around, powered around, like he is tonight.
10:01Wait a minute.
10:02Kamara, he's trying to break John Cena's arm right now.
10:07Submission maneuver here.
10:08But again, there's no referee, folks.
10:11That's what's dangerous about this situation.
10:13The official's been knocked out of the ring.
10:15There's no authority right now.
10:17Yeah, if John taps out, there's nobody there to stop this match.
10:19Shoulder first into the turnbuckle as Lesnar continues this brutal attack.
10:23Let me tell you something.
10:24The authority right now is that man right there, Brock Lesnar, and he's doing it.
10:32Brock Lesnar is an absolute beast who is thriving on beating the hell out of Cena.
10:38And again.
10:46Oh my goodness.
10:57These people are shocked.
10:58Well, again, let's show you what happened to the official earlier on here.
11:01A vicious, vicious...
11:05Watch this.
11:07Oh, three-oh.
11:12He may not be back tonight.
11:13He will not be back tonight because Brock Lesnar caught him with a elbow on the way back as well.
11:18Referee is down.
11:19Lesnar's ferocious.
11:20I mean, this is...
11:21Oh, no.
11:22And now Lesnar with the chain.
11:24With the chain.
11:26Wrapped around those huge hands and the gloves that cover them are Brock Lesnar, 6'3", 286 pounds.
11:35You gotta be kidding me.
11:36There is no need for this.
11:38I was gonna say, Lesnar doesn't need a weapon.
11:43Every part of his body's one.
11:47Brock's saying right now, he doesn't need that to finish John Cena off.
11:50Right now, he's just gonna pick the bones of John Cena.
11:54This is what we were afraid of.
11:56Man, did you hear the impact?
11:59Wow.
12:00Knee to the ribs, driving the air from the lungs.
12:03Easily could have been a broken rib right there.
12:05I mean, this is just a nightmare, a disaster.
12:10And now Cena can't get up, Brock.
12:15Cena's legs have been wrapped up in that chain.
12:24And again, just flat-out power.
12:38Brock Lesnar aptly described himself as a...
12:43Symmetron.
12:44And this is one of the...
12:45Check this, yeah, right, check this.
12:47Oh, my goodness.
12:48Right there to the rear barrier.
12:50And this clothesline will take your hand.
12:51Go!
12:53And again, you know, I don't know about you, King,
12:55and we've called so many John Cena matches in the past,
12:57I've never seen Cena dominated like this, ever.
13:00And look at this, the power of Lesnar just lifting Cena up,
13:04putting him on the top rope.
13:04Oh, my God.
13:05Cena's legs are still wrapped up in that damn chain.
13:08I got a lot of respect for John Cena and what he's done,
13:11but sometimes you gotta know when to quit.
13:12Oh, my God.
13:14I've never seen anything like this in my life.
13:15Cena's defenseless.
13:17Lesnar's just teeing off on Cena.
13:23Somebody's gotta do something to get Cena out of his predicament here.
13:26I have no official...
13:28No!
13:28God!
13:31This is almost sickening, this situation.
13:37This is just...
13:50Cena was just like a piece of meat hanging in a meat locker for Lesnar.
13:54A disturbing assault by The Beast.
14:02Now, John Cena back on his feet.
14:08Cena trying to fire back here.
14:10Cena's fighting.
14:10Here comes Cena.
14:11Watch out.
14:14And again, Lesnar turns the tables like that.
14:17Just too big and just too strong right now at this point in the game.
14:22You're nothing, Brock Lesnar.
14:24You're nothing.
14:25You're nothing, Brock Lesnar.
14:29Brock Lesnar said that beating people up makes me happy.
14:34Well, he's gotta be smiling ear to ear tonight.
14:36Did you see that?
14:37He just picked up to referee by the belt with one hand.
14:44I mean, this man is huge.
14:46He's absolutely huge.
14:48As well as scary right now, man.
14:50Dangerous.
14:51He's dangerous.
14:57Let me just say this, guys.
14:58If this is the new face of the WWE, it's horrifying.
15:04It's been a disturbing night.
15:07Just a disturbing night as Lesnar continues to toy with John Cena.
15:13To the point where Cena is as helpless, as defenseless as we've ever seen him before.
15:18And Cena with Lesnar up high.
15:27Lesnar now with Cena up high.
15:29Going to the F5.
15:30Referee down.
15:32God.
15:32Yeah, but he didn't get all in the F5 because the referee was knocked down.
15:35Lesnar into the cover.
15:36But there's nobody to count.
15:37There's nobody to count.
15:38Lesnar into the cover.
15:41And here comes another official.
15:43Into the ring.
15:43Two count.
15:44Lesnar.
15:45I thought he had him.
15:46You gotta be kidding me.
15:50Whoa.
15:51There goes the official.
15:54Hey guys, we need to remind everybody about the demands.
15:58The demands that John Laurinaitis, the general manager of Braun SmackDown agreed to with this man Brock Lesnar.
16:04Then Lesnar will not be fined for assaulting announcers, officials, all that stuff's out the window.
16:10Lesnar can run roughshod over everybody because of the agreement he made with our general manager.
16:15And that agreement is coming back to fight John Laurinaitis in the ass right now.
16:20Well, I'm gonna tell you right now, if I was official, I'll stay the hell out of here.
16:25Ain't no way I could push the Brock Lesnar.
16:28How do you stop this guy when he can knock officials all over the place, beat the hell out of Cena?
16:32How do you stop him?
16:34You don't.
16:35Right now, John Cena is about to feel the pain in the worst way, dawg.
16:41Well, he's already been training.
16:43I've never seen John take a beating like this in my life.
16:46Never, never, ever.
16:47John Cena has mustered absolutely zero offense in this match.
16:51And now like the king of the mountain, the king of the hill, the king of the WWE.
16:55And John Cena defiant to the bitter end.
17:02Here comes Cena.
17:04And there's Lesnar again.
17:06And look at this, look at this, look at this.
17:07Man, he's got the Kimura locked in tight.
17:10And he's gonna break John Cena's arm right here and right there.
17:14Yeah, the Kimura submission which affects the shoulder and the elbow.
17:18Trying to continue to weaken the shoulder and arm of Cena.
17:20Look at Cena.
17:21Look at Cena, look at the strength of John Cena, he will not quit.
17:26As we mentioned before, ever defiant is Cena.
17:29Man.
17:29When at some point Cena's gotta stop letting Pride get in the way or
17:33he's gonna get himself seriously out here.
17:34Check John Cena out, baby.
17:37He's gonna break the arm, rip the arm.
17:39John, you gotta think here, you gotta live to fight another day.
17:44Listen to the 15,000 in Chicago.
17:53Cena somehow trying to reach down deep.
17:53He's got Lesnar up, down to the steel stack.
17:56Wow.
17:57Cena, desperation.
18:01You gotta be kidding me,
18:05the question is, have the damage been done on that arm, baby?
18:08I don't know, but you gotta admit Brock Lesnar felt that.
18:11Cena's got a hole in his head.
18:13He's got no use of his left arm.
18:15He's been beaten and punished and battered, and now he's on the top rope.
18:19Lesnar's in trouble.
18:21Cena's not gonna do this.
18:22John Cena from up high.
18:25It's desperate times.
18:26What are you thinking?
18:28Look out.
18:29Legs rocked, nobody rolled.
18:31Lesnar rolling out of the way.
18:33And now not only does he have a bad skull, a bad arm,
18:37his leg, his hamstring may be blown out.
18:50Trying to figure out exactly what that look was we just saw out of Lesnar.
18:54I think he's trying to find out where Cena is.
18:56Lesnar was stunned over Terrell.
18:58Lesnar cannot figure out where John Cena is.
19:01And now, The Hunted has eyed his prey.
19:07What an arm of the saving shot.
19:17That's scary right there, baby.
19:21No officials out here, I don't blame him.
19:26Look at this, Lesnar stalking Cena, mocking Cena.
19:34Brock Lesnar.
19:35Man, Lesnar, they can see him.
19:37My goodness.
19:38On the top rope.
19:39And I think Lesnar got the front of that, and he may have hurt his knee.
19:44Brock Lesnar, yeah, he suffered the front of that, coming over the top rope.
19:57Now it's officials and doctors in to check on Lesnar.
19:59Watch this.
20:00Watch his knee.
20:01Cena, Cena moving out of the way at the last moment, barely got hit by Lesnar.
20:06And now Lesnar, look at this, Lesnar's like-
20:09He's laughing.
20:10Yeah, he's- He's laughing.
20:11He's feeding off the fact that he was hurt.
20:13Who knows what he did to his knee?
20:17Cena.
20:18He's sick, Lesnar is sick.
20:23Watch Cena, Cena's got, Cena's got that chain in his hand.
20:26Whoa.
20:27This Lesnar looks like a Superman.
20:32And again, back to the point where he mocks and punks and stalks Cena.
20:36Can't believe he's gonna try one more time, he's gonna go to the whale.
20:39He's gonna go to the whale just one more time.
20:42John Cena, look at Cena, watch Cena, right hand.
20:45Cena with a chain to the skull.
20:47John Cena hit him in the head with a chain, and Cena is starting to feel it.
20:57Here comes Cena, listen to this place, thunderous in Chicago.
21:04Lesnar definitely rattled that chain to the head.
21:14Now Lesnar's bleeding.
21:17Lesnar's busted open, baby.
21:19And now it's John Cena stalking Lesnar.
21:21I say we all even now, baby.
21:26John Cena, look at the termination on his face.
21:32Lesnar trying to pull himself back to his feet.
21:35I don't know how Lesnar can even get to his feet.
21:40Look at Cena.
21:41Lesnar.
21:42No.
21:44A-A to the step.
21:45A-A to the step.
21:46A-A to the step.
21:47Here's the cover.
21:48One, two, three.
21:50Cena did it.
21:51Cena did it.
21:52Cena did it.
21:53Cena in a must win pulls it out.
21:57One, two, three.
22:04Never before in my career in WWE have I witnessed a matchup as punishing,
22:14as torturous, as grueling, as vicious as what we just witnessed here tonight.
22:20But John Cena, against all odds, pulls it out.
22:32Unbelievable.
22:33I guess John Cena answered everyone's question.
22:37The Cena of old is back.
22:39Talk about one of the match.
22:40The match, actually the match was stopped twice.
22:43And if it had gone any further, I'm sure it would have been stopped a third time.
22:47Let me tell you something, I've never seen a man get beat down like that.
22:51Just get beat to the point to what you just thought he should quit.
22:55Still overcome.
22:56That's the man right there.
22:58John Cena, you gotta love it.
23:00That is what's more amazing to me tonight than anything else.
23:03The fact that Cena was beaten down to the point where King said earlier,
23:07the match had to be stopped on two separate occasions.
23:10And still to be able to dig deep down inside, and somehow,
23:14pick that big beast off his feet, and put him with an AA through the steel steps,
23:19and pull this out, it's miraculous.
23:21And Brock Lesnar has refused any medical attention whatsoever.
23:25You see we have trainers, we have our doctors.
23:28Everyone out here trying to attend to these two guys.
23:31Let's go back and look, this thing was brutal early on.
23:36Brock Lesnar started out literally on fire.
23:39That's the big one right there that opens Cena up, changed the whole complexion of this match.
23:45It really did.
23:46After this elbow, Cena was busted open.
23:48Doctors- Check it out, right here, right here.
23:50They have to come out, they have to stop this match to slow the bleeding and Cena's skull.
23:55Brock Lesnar wasn't done yet.
23:57The full frontal assault would continue.
24:00Watch this, Elvis knee into the rib cage.
24:05But somehow, after all that, John Cena turns it around right here.
24:10That steel chain opened up Brock Lesnar.
24:17And it evened the playing field just long enough.
24:21And watch this, John Cena, an emphatic attitude adjustment.
24:26My goodness.
24:31John Cena in a must win.
24:35He pulls it out.
24:37Cena is still the face of the WWE.
24:41And as he's done so many times in his illustrious career,
24:51John Cena rises to the occasion again.
24:56Cena knows he was in the fight of his life.
25:26Absolutely stunning.
25:30Mom, how'd I do?
25:31I look okay.
25:32I'm in one piece.
25:33My arm's a little messed up.
25:36He's still in one piece.
25:38Good words from Mom tonight.
25:40Well, I said it earlier, welcome to that loss to the Rock at WrestleMania.
26:00You've seen it and lost to Brock Lesnar here tonight.
26:03I don't think he would have ever been the same, but I like what I'm seeing right now.
26:09I'm probably gonna get sent home for speaking when I'm not spoken to, but I think I'm headed home anyway.
26:31And if I know my boss, he's gonna kick me out the door, but he's gonna do it on air.
26:44So I hope this is for the world to see.
26:47Chicago, I know this is CM Punk's town, but above all else, this is a wrestling town.
27:01Tonight, you people were supposed to see the extreme.
27:06I got no left arm, I'm tasting my own blood, and I'm damn proud to say it was in Chicago, Illinois.
27:18All of us, all of us, good guys, bad guys, big guys, small guys, all of us, give everything we have every night for you guys.
27:28And if I gotta take a vacation, so be it. If I'm going away for a while, I just wanna say thanks for one hell of a last ride.
27:37I feel great tonight, even with this Chicago crowd that may or may not like me.
27:47I listen to that, and I think if I'm going out, I wouldn't wanna do it any other way.
27:51Thank you guys so much. Get home safe.
27:53Let's get home safe.
28:04That is what John Cena is all about.
28:07He's hurt, guys.
28:08With his left arm, he's still hurt.
28:10Love him or hate him, you can't help but respect John Cena.
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