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00:00As Daniel Bryan came off the top rope, but the bottom line is this.
00:04Zayn survived tonight, John.
00:06Thanks again to Cesaro and Nakamura.
00:09Yeah, the punch and the kick that gets you're the one you don't see.
00:12And Daniel Bryan did not see it coming.
00:14And Sami Zayn is the ultimate survivalist.
00:16And Sami Zayn has survived and will walk out of WrestleMania with
00:21the Intercontinental Championship.
00:22Yeah, ha, ha.
00:25Often, it's the smallest acts that mean the most.
00:30How's it going?
00:31It's these moments together that show us what is truly important.
00:36My favorite color is you.
00:39I love you, Big Show.
00:41Away from the bright lights is where we make the biggest difference.
00:44The champ is here.
00:45The champ is here right now.
00:49Because to us,
00:50The champs
00:53Smiles
00:56Matter most.
01:00This was my best day ever.
01:01Don't you ever feel something again?
01:15Isn't he the name?
01:20wrestling is a challenge on a daily basis and when that's gone all of a sudden there's kind of a void
01:27when they gave him the news he had to retire daily life was hard for him sleep was pretty
01:35much non-existent it wasn't until i had that second surgery when i was like my neck doesn't
01:40hurt at all that was the first thing i thought i saw the wheels turning initially this was a story
01:46of life after wrestling then things just started snowballing
01:56the red and r superstar it's been nine long years
02:02oh pete come on man what we said pantyhose right here eat this creamy snickers you could use a
02:26little smoothness pete pete zagarin oh that's peter i taught him social studies
02:34get smooth with the fresh ground nut butters and creamy snickers
02:39the following contest is a triple threat ladder match with a smackdown tag team championship
02:50in this match the first superstar to climb a ladder and retrieve both titles will be the winner
02:57and they along with their partner declared the smackdown tag team champions
03:03it's a new day yes it is
03:07introducing the challengers first representing the new day
03:15kofi kingston
03:19kofi kingston set for action in this ladder match here tonight at wrestlemania for the smackdown tag team
03:28the titles michael cole jbl at ringside john wrestlemania known for some great ladder matches over the years
03:33yeah sean michaels razor ramon probably the greatest of all time certainly the standard bearer but i don't think we've ever had a better collection of athletes in a match for the ladders like we have right now
03:43next representing the usos jimmy smoozo
04:00the new day to the usos have had one of the great rivalries in the last decade
04:06the tag team division here at wwe
04:11and tonight kofi and jimmy usso will be two of the three men battling it out for the smackdown tag team championship
04:21you
04:30here we go
04:31you gotta wonder what's a league without frazier what's hogan without andre rivalries just to find performers
04:39Now listen, this ain't gonna make believe.
04:49And representing the SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
04:53Jon Corrissette.
04:57What a couple of months it's been for this man returning to the WWE for
05:01the first time in a decade, winning the tag team titles with The Miz.
05:04Back at Super Showdown in Saudi Arabia and
05:07now here tonight defending the gold in a ladder match.
05:11But Jon, you were talking earlier about how rivalries define what happens here in WWE.
05:17Absolutely defines what happens here in WWE.
05:21Careers are made, legends are created by who you fight,
05:24by who you win championships against.
05:27But Jon Morrison, since he won Tough Enough 3, to me,
05:29has always had unlimited potential and he's reached a lot of it.
05:33Tonight he can create a moment that will live in infamy.
05:39Three tremendous athletes, there's no telling what they will do
05:44in this ladder match here tonight for the tag team titles.
05:47Again, ladders can be used as weapons, but you need the ladder to climb and grab those.
05:53The two tag team titles.
05:57WrestleMania 10, Shawn and Razor, I thought set the standard for ladder matches.
06:00I think the greatest of all time, in my opinion.
06:02Then you had the Dudleys, Edge and Christian and the Hardys take it
06:05to a whole new level with that athleticism.
06:07I'm expecting these three guys.
06:09I think this is the greatest collection of athletes,
06:11superior athletes we've ever had in a ladder match together.
06:14So, Uso, Morrison and Kofi Kingston.
06:18Kicks, attempted early on.
06:21Kofi misses wildly as well.
06:23And Kofi lands on his feet.
06:25And Morrison lands on his feet in the corner.
06:28And a stalemate between these three men.
06:31Get ready.
06:32I think you're about to see off the chart athleticism.
06:36And now all three men outside the ring and are going to look for the ladder of their choice.
06:46Three ladders in the ring now.
06:48Morrison setting it up.
06:49Now Kofi and Jimmy Uso as well.
06:51Looking to climb the ladders to grab the tag team titles.
06:54Morrison though got the short end of the stick.
06:56Morrison got the wrong ladder by mistake.
06:58But although I do think he's tall enough to get up there.
07:01But nonetheless, Kingston now and Uso.
07:03And now Kofi Kingston with his hands on one of the titles.
07:06Jimmy though, able to thwart that.
07:08And then a chop to Morrison.
07:09And now these men battle high above the ring.
07:14Kingston, Kingston.
07:15Oh my God.
07:16Jimmy Uso hit hard.
07:18Grabbed his knee as soon as he came off the ladder.
07:23Yeah.
07:24There might be an unlucky break for Jimmy Uso and the Usos.
07:27If Jimmy Uso is now hobbled the rest of this match.
07:30And again, you're not just battling for yourself in this matchup.
07:32But you're battling for your tag team partner.
07:36Oh man.
07:37In a cross body.
07:38Off the ladder by Kingston to Jimmy Uso.
07:41I was down in Africa just before Thanksgiving.
07:44And John Morrison making a run for the titles.
07:48Down in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Rwanda.
07:50And all the kids there like they are everywhere in the world.
07:53All they want to talk about was Kofi Kingston.
07:55He has truly become a global phenomenon.
07:58Snapmare take down by Morrison.
08:00Of course, Kofi Mania dominating WrestleMania last year.
08:03When Kofi would go on to win the WWE Championship.
08:06And a kick right into the midsection by Morrison.
08:07And now Morrison unloading with the right hand.
08:08And Morrison continues the assault here.
08:09And the key in a triple, as any triple threat, you just have to be an opportunist.
08:25You have to be at the right place at the right time.
08:33Jimmy Uso still favoring the knee that he injured when he came off the ladder early.
08:38And now Morrison turns his attention to Kofi Kingston.
08:42And Kofi able to duck underneath.
08:46Looking for the SOS to the ladder.
08:49Kingston misses with trouble in paradise.
08:52Now Morrison misses coming off the second rope, and he lands hard.
08:55And now Jimmy Uso gonna grab him.
08:57Gonna try to drag himself to the top of the ladder.
09:00Kofi Kingston trying to intercept on the other side.
09:03The titles dangling above the ring.
09:07The SmackDown Tag Team Championships.
09:10Kofi with a headbutt.
09:13Jimmy Uso down.
09:14And now it's Kofi Kingston's opportunity.
09:17Kofi, can he grab the titles and win the tag team goals?
09:21Morrison trying to continue the match.
09:24Yeah, trying to retain for...
09:26Grab the left to harm of Kofi.
09:27Making sure he can't get those titles down.
09:29And now Kofi down a couple of runs.
09:31Morrison up toward the top of the ladder.
09:33This could be John Morrison's opportunity.
09:35Morrison's there.
09:36Can he retain the championship?
09:38Trying to steady the ladder now.
09:40He's not quite close up, I don't think.
09:41He's trying to actually move the ladder over.
09:43He's not quite in position.
09:44Now it's Jimmy Uso from underneath.
09:46He grabs the leg of Morrison and trying to drag him down now,
09:49back into the ring.
09:50Yeah, unlucky by Morrison.
09:51The ladder was just in the wrong position.
09:53I think Morrison had a chance right there to grab the titles.
09:55You know, the Uso's to me since they came in from day one,
10:05all they really wanted to be is the greatest tag team of all time.
10:08I have such respect for these guys.
10:10And in my opinion, all respect to the New Day.
10:12I think they are the standard bearer of this generation of tag teams.
10:16And now Kofi Kingston launches himself off the top rope, gets caught up in the ladder.
10:21And now Uso and Morrison have him where he wants him.
10:23And now Kofi dumped off the apron onto the floor.
10:28Up over the top rope goes Kofi.
10:31The incredible athleticism of Kofi Kingston trying to create another WrestleMania moment.
10:36But his athleticism gets him into trouble this time as Morrison and Jimmy Uso dump Kofi Mania.
10:44From behind now, John Morrison.
10:47If Morrison can clear Uso out of the ring, he'd have a clear path to the titles.
10:52Slides underneath the ladder.
10:54And now Morrison got lucky there.
10:56And now a thumb to the eye.
10:57Remember, no disqualification in this matchup.
10:59And Jimmy Uso knocked down.
11:01And Morrison standing alone.
11:03Sometime in a triple threat, you just have to get a little lucky.
11:07Maybe that's exactly what Morrison did.
11:09Maybe this is a chance to get those championships.
11:12Look at this.
11:18And now John Morrison.
11:23Ladder in hand.
11:24And Jimmy still favoring the knee.
11:26And John went right back after the knee.
11:28That Jimmy Uso injured in the fall early on in this matchup.
11:32Brilliant.
11:33No disqualifications.
11:34You can use the ladder as a weapon.
11:39Big chop by Uso.
11:41Also just chop a guy's chest in half if you want to, too.
11:44Jimmy again.
11:46And now Morrison stunned.
11:48Those shots echoing through the performance center here in Orlando.
11:51And now Morrison placed up on the top rope by Uso.
11:57And bounce face first off the ladder.
12:03Yeah.
12:04And Jimmy Uso is definitely hobbled.
12:06It's over for you.
12:07Come here, boy.
12:08Yeah.
12:09A balancing act on the ladder.
12:11Two.
12:12Two.
12:13The way the ladder moves around every time he gets hit by Morrison.
12:18Oh, and now dumped on the ladder.
12:20And John Morrison now to the top of the ring post.
12:30John Morrison.
12:32Oh, my God!
12:37The parkour style of Morrison has taken out Jimmy Uso.
12:41And this is what we mean by parkour.
12:44Using everything around you to your advantage.
12:47Top rope, your own body, even a ladder.
12:50Devastating move by Morrison.
12:52That lettuces remind you of Kurt Henning.
12:55Mr. Perfect.
12:57And Morrison just now clears Uso out of the ring.
13:00And it could be clear sailing for John Morrison.
13:03Set up the ladder.
13:05Walk to the top and grab the titles.
13:06What a performance so far in this match by John Morrison.
13:12And Morrison may have a free walk to those titles right now.
13:16To get up the ladder and you got it.
13:22Morrison taking his time to steady the ladder.
13:25Middle of the ring.
13:26Now climbing to the top to grab the gold.
13:28And Kofi Kingston launches himself top rope.
13:31Wow!
13:33Are you kidding me?
13:34Unbelievable!
13:36Wow!
13:38A leaping, flying Hurricanrana.
13:41And I'm not sure if Kofi didn't land just as hard as Morrison.
13:47Watch this!
13:52This has developed rapidly into a war of attrition.
13:56I don't know who's going to be left to climb the ladder.
14:01Uso's down and out.
14:03Morrison's down and out.
14:04Now it's Kofi's opportunity.
14:07And Kofi comes up hobbled as well.
14:14Can Kofi grab the gold so the New Day can win the tag team titles for an eighth time?
14:20Kofi climbing up top.
14:23Here's Jimmy Uso.
14:25Over six time tag team champions.
14:27A couple of shots back and forth.
14:32And Jimmy Uso now sent over the top rope lands on the apron.
14:35Kingston with a big right hand.
14:39And now John Morrison back into the picture with a ladder.
14:42And Kofi Kingston launches himself onto Morrison onto the ladder into the floor.
14:48There are bodies and furniture everywhere here.
14:53These three men pulling out all the stops in this matchup.
14:58Throwing caution to the wind.
15:00Sacrificing their bodies.
15:02All for an opportunity at the SmackDown Tag Team titles.
15:05There are Kofi.
15:07And Kofi Kingston somehow here just trying to drag himself back to his feet.
15:13Can he do it?
15:16Jimmy Uso balanced himself on a ladder and on the barricade.
15:20Going to run the barricade.
15:22Oh my God!
15:23Kingston just launched the ladder into Uso who just collapses as he falls off the barricade.
15:28Not today bro.
15:30Yeah.
15:31Yeah.
15:32Yeah.
15:33John, watch this.
15:35For what Uso had planned.
15:36It didn't work.
15:39You trippy.
15:40I know you got heart.
15:42Kofi Kingston saying, I know you got heart but I gotta keep you down with a kick right to the ribs again.
15:48These two teams.
15:50The New Day and the Usos have just made each other better.
15:53What an incredible rivalry they have had.
15:58You see?
15:59Kofi now trying to build some sort of bridge between the ring and the barricade.
16:06I got to take you out.
16:09You hear Kofi saying, John, I got to take you out.
16:11I got to take you out.
16:12Of course saying that to Jimmy Uso.
16:15Well that is a big part of it in a ladder match like this.
16:19You gotta take your opponents out enough to get up the ladder and get the championships.
16:22Face first off the ladder goes Uso.
16:24Now Kofi Kingston.
16:26Placing Jimmy on the ladder and you can only imagine what he has in store here.
16:34Meanwhile, look in the back corner of your screen.
16:41John Morrison has climbed to the top rope and Kofi Kingston.
16:44It's a gun.
16:45It's a gun.
16:48Playing great defense there, not allowing Morrison to get involved.
16:53These guys are beating the hell out of each other.
16:56It's all for the SmackDown Tag Team titles which hang high above the ring in this ladder match at WrestleMania.
17:05Kingston dragging himself to the top rope.
17:07Morrison is already there.
17:09Jimmy Uso is down and out on top of a ladder.
17:12And look at John Morrison now on a tightrope of the top rope.
17:15Wow.
17:16Look at Morrison.
17:17Incredible.
17:18Ability.
17:23And now.
17:24Oh my God.
17:26Spanish fly from the top.
17:27And now Jimmy Uso to the top rope as well.
17:31Uso splash to Morrison.
17:34And now all men are down in the ring after that massive splash.
17:40Come on.
17:42Watch this.
17:44Come on man.
17:46Push through.
17:47Oh my goodness.
17:48Athleticism.
17:50Michael, that is just a different level.
17:52And now Jimmy Uso with the splash to Morrison as well.
17:57All three of these men banged up.
18:00All three of these men trying to fight through the pain.
18:04Trying to somehow capture the gold.
18:07This is what WrestleMania is all about.
18:13Jimmy Uso trying to position the ladder now.
18:15Can he somehow drag his beat up body to the top of the ladder to grab the gold.
18:21Very rarely does hype of an event live up to that hype.
18:24You talk about the great athleticism coming to this match.
18:26This could be a classic.
18:27It is living up to everything it has been billed as.
18:31Kofi Kingston doing everything he can to crawl and grab at Jimmy Uso.
18:38Jimmy continues to climb now to the top of the ladder.
18:42Reaching up, reaching up there.
18:45Still trying to get up to the titles.
18:49Kofi Kingston.
18:50Jimmy with the right hand.
18:56Teetering high above the ring yet again.
18:58And Kofi knocked off the ladder.
18:59Jimmy barely hanging on.
19:07Look at Kofi.
19:08Kofi's going to the inside of the ladder.
19:10Uso on the outside of the ladder.
19:12How is Kofi able to do this?
19:15He is inside the ladder, John.
19:18This is unbelievable what we're watching.
19:21Now Kofi trying to readjust his body to get to the outside to grab the tag team championships.
19:30Kofi's almost there.
19:31Kofi fingertips away.
19:32All he's got to do is unclip the titles.
19:33But there's John Morrison.
19:35John Morrison now on the other side of the ladder.
19:37Intercepting Kingston.
19:41And Jimmy Uso is completely out of the ring.
19:44John Morrison reaching up.
19:45And now at the top of the ladder, Kingston and Morrison.
19:49And now John Morrison.
19:51This is Kofi's time.
19:52Knocked off the ladder with a headbutt.
19:53Now Kofi Kingston going to the top.
19:54Kingston has an opportunity.
19:56Kofi mania.
19:58John Morrison there trying to drag Kingston off and protect his tag team.
20:01And Kofi off the ladder.
20:04What impact.
20:05Almost drove his body through Morrison.
20:10Kofi landed hard.
20:12Watch this.
20:15Absolutely incredible.
20:17Kofi was up in the air.
20:20I mean the resilience and the heart and the guts of Kofi Kingston tonight.
20:25Off the charts.
20:26And now Kofi looking to reposition the ladder here.
20:34Well Morrison hit hard.
20:37And now as Kofi's in the middle of the ring, Jimmy Uso with a ladder of his own.
20:41And now the tug of war begins.
20:42And a bridge has been made between ladder and rope.
20:49Kofi with a right knocks Uso down to the eight.
20:52The whole problem in a triple threat ladder match.
20:54You got to incapacitate the other two enough to get to the top of that ladder.
20:58And Kofi Kingston again dragging himself up now to the one ladder.
21:04Kick by Uso.
21:06Here we go.
21:08Jimmy Uso driving.
21:09Kofi face first.
21:11Eat that.
21:12Eat that Kofi.
21:14Flatten your face like a pancake boy.
21:16Yeah.
21:18Jimmy Uso still talking trash with everything he's been through here tonight.
21:21In this matchup.
21:24Kofi may be down and out.
21:26Kingston face first into the ladder.
21:28Morrison went over the top.
21:29Jimmy Uso went underneath.
21:31John Morrison.
21:32Watch into a super kick.
21:34Morrison too aggressive.
21:40How are these two men even functioning?
21:44Morrison may not be any longer.
21:46It ain't that much taller.
21:48Watch this.
21:49Yes sir.
21:53And now Jimmy Uso trying to climb to the top of the ladder.
21:56Morrison's in trouble.
21:57Morrison is out on that ladder that has been bridged between the ladder and the ring and the ropes.
22:03And what on earth is Uso playing in here though?
22:05John Morrison though.
22:06Morrison back up off the ladder.
22:08Jimmy in trouble.
22:09Jimmy in trouble.
22:10Oh my God.
22:11Dumped over the top rope off the ladder.
22:14I think John Morrison may have just given himself an opportunity to waltz to the tag team.
22:19titles.
22:20I think you're certainly right.
22:21I say certainly Jimmy Uso.
22:22We're not going to see the rest of this match.
22:25Uso taken out.
22:26Dumped over the top rope.
22:27Kofi.
22:28Oh.
22:29And now Morrison clearing out the ring.
22:31Big smile on his face.
22:32Understands he's close to retaining the SmackDown tag team titles.
22:36Uso going for a home run.
22:37For a home run.
22:38Got caught by John Morrison.
22:39I think Morrison you're right.
22:41Got an easy waltz now after this incredible match to get up to those championships.
22:50Morrison slowly climbing the ladder.
22:52The SmackDown tag team titles hang above the ring.
22:56Still a favoring the shoulder injured early on in this matchup.
22:59Morrison is almost there.
23:00Almost an opportunity to retain here.
23:02John Morrison going to retain the.
23:05Wait a minute.
23:06Wait a minute.
23:08Kofi Kingston's back in the picture.
23:10Kofi Kingston climbing the ladder.
23:12Morrison trying to grab the titles.
23:14But Kofi Kingston somehow dragging himself off the ladder.
23:21Somehow, miraculously, this match continues.
23:26Now it's Kofi Kingston's turn, but what a kick by Morrison.
23:29Even more remarkable.
23:31How is Jimmy Uso conscious?
23:34How is Uso back in this match?
23:36Unbelievable.
23:38Now it's Jimmy Uso setting up the ladder to climb up top.
23:42Jimmy a long way away from the titles though.
23:46Headbutt by Uso.
23:48Kofi Kingston, Jimmy Uso, John Morrison, high above the ring.
23:53Battling for the SmackDown tag team titles.
23:55Everybody has their hands on the championships.
23:57All three in close distance to getting those titles and walking out here tag team champions.
24:03And Uso trying to unclip.
24:05Kofi trying to unclip.
24:06Morrison's got his hands on the titles as well.
24:08They're down.
24:09Yeah, but everybody's got the championships.
24:12Everybody's got the titles.
24:13Everybody has the titles.
24:15You've seen this done.
24:16They're fighting over the championships, which have been unhooked.
24:21Double headbutt, Morrison collapses to the ladder.
24:26Hey, Morrison's got it.
24:30But wait a minute.
24:31John Morrison came off the ladder with the title in his hands.
24:36And John Morrison and The Miz retained the...
24:40Here is your winner and still, the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, John Morrison and The Miz.
24:50That was absolutely incredible.
24:51What an incredible match, followed by an even greater comebacks.
24:57Kingston and Uso with a headbutt to Morrison.
25:01Morrison collapsed off the ladder, but he had the titles with him.
25:05And as he hit, that means he won.
25:07Morrison and Miz retain the tag team titles.
25:10Watch this again, John.
25:15The headbutts created separation.
25:20And as Morrison came loose, he had the titles in his hand, which means he wins the gold.
25:26And I think Jimmy and Kobe know right away what happened.
25:30John Morrison retains the titles.
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