WWE SMACKDAWN 5 SEPTEMBER 2025 JOHN CENA VS SAMI ZAYN FULL MATCH

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WWE SMACKDAWN 5 SEPTEMBER 2025 JOHN CENA VS SAMI ZAYN FULL MATCH   #wwe  #smackdawn  #wrestling  #sports  #highlights

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00:00And being pushed to his limits right now by Sami Zayn in some

00:05backwards way has got to feel good for Cena.

00:09Cena now with a shoulder tackle and another one to Sami Zayn.

00:12Very familiar to the sellout crowd here in Allstate Arena.

00:15Sami Zayn is down and Cena's got him where he wants him.

00:18Could you imagine Cole?

00:20John Cena may leave Chicago with some new gold.

00:30And Vintage Cena looking for the five knuckle shuffle and connects.

00:43Sami Zayn is in a world of danger right now.

00:49Cena measuring his opponent, he's got him in position for an AA.

00:53An attitude adjustment or a use to call you a few.

00:58And here we go now, Sami Zayn slips underneath.

00:59And John misses, Wilde, and now Sami with a blue thunderbomb.

01:03Is it enough?

01:05No, near fall.

01:06But everything that, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, Sami looking for the exploder.

01:16Cena with a couple of well-placed elbows.

01:22And now John, Sami, up and down, got a powerbomb by Cena.

01:26Is it enough?

01:27Almost had him.

01:29Taking a page out of the playbook of none other than Kevin Owens.

01:32Cena now into the corner, Sami moves out of harm's way.

01:36And John goes shoulder first into the post.

01:40And now Sami Zayn has got Cena where he wants him.

01:43Zayn looking to take Cena out.

01:47Sami for the hallouma kick, nobody home.

01:49Sami gets hung out on the top rope.

01:51And Cena now with a back suplex.

01:54Cover, again, looking to win the United States title.

01:58Sami gets the shoulder up.

01:59Well, that almost looked to me like a version of an angle slam, perhaps a callback to

02:04John Cena's first night in WWE against Hall of Famer Kurt Angle.

02:10Heard Cena himself say how much he respects Sami's desire to be a fighting champion.

02:16Speaking of Kurt Angle, ankle lock is in.

02:18Looking for the STFU locked in on Sami Zayn.

02:23John Cena, though, turns it into the ankle lock to the Hall of Famer Kurt Angle.

02:27And now, if he could get Sami Zayn to tap out, to tap out to the ankle lock, folks,

02:33we'll have a new United States champion.

02:35Sami Zayn can feel the United States Championship slipping through his fingers.

02:39Sami Zayn trying to fight out of this.

02:41John drags him back.

02:42There he is.

02:42Now we go to the STFU.

02:45Now John with it in, center of the ring.

02:48Zayn nowhere to go.

02:52His last few feet to the bottom rope have got to feel like miles to Sami Zayn.

02:57Zayn's got to get to the rope to force a break and save his championship.

03:01Sami trying to drag himself to the bottom rope.

03:04Cena trying to hold on with the STFU that has tapped so many men in his illustrious career.

03:10John again.

03:12Sami with nowhere to go.

03:15Zayn may tap out.

03:17This place will explode if Zayn taps out.

03:22And now Sami trying to dig down deep and claw and scratch his way.

03:27For a break here.

03:29Cena holding onto this STF with everything he's got left.

03:33And again gonna drag Sami back to the center of the ring.

03:35But Sami wisely rolled on his back.

03:38Great counter by Sami Zayn.

03:40Look at the muscle.

03:40Now Zayn.

03:41No way, no way.

03:43With an AA to Cena.

03:45Sami, cover.

03:47Is it enough?

03:48John has to kick out of his own move.

03:50Yeah, bad ankle and all.

03:54Sami Zayn's gonna try to drag himself to the top rope.

03:57High above the All-State Arena.

04:00John Cena back to his feet.

04:01Leap forward by Sami.

04:03Rolls through.

04:03Cena caught him.

04:05Oh, and a knee.

04:09We're in Chicago right.

04:11Punk is here.

04:12Cover.

04:13Hook in the leg and a kick out at two.

04:16John Cena paying homage to one of his great rivals in his career.

04:20Remember what happened in this building at Money in the Bank.

04:26A man who has seen and done everything in this industry.

04:30Yeah, but what's his mantra?

04:31Never give up.

04:33The man that the great JBL, the Hall of Famer.

04:36I think it was called Big Match John.

04:39We might have another homage on our hands, Cole.

04:41And Cena with a spear.

04:47A spear by Cena, hook to the leg, and again a kick out by Zayn.

04:53Think of the battles that John has had with the former Big Dog over the years.

05:00Cena stalking the champion.

05:03Uh-oh, went for her KO, and Sami countered it now into a big clothesline.

05:07A brutal landing on the left shoulder of Sami Zayn after the clothesline.

05:12Sami suffered an unfortunate shoulder injury ten years ago in his first encounter with Cena.

05:16Yep, great call.

05:20My God, this is gonna do it, Cole.

05:23Cena from the second rope, Sami high above the ring.

05:26John Cena.

05:27And Sami Zayn able to counter with a couple of well-placed elbows.

05:35Cena, though, has got him.

05:36John Cena, out of the ramps.

05:39Out of tune adjustment.

05:42Cena's gonna do it.

05:44Clever and John.

05:45Can John capitalize here?

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