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00:00Lay it in harder, Carmelo, let's go!
00:03Carmelo Hayes in control, the United States Champion, Sami Zayn.
00:07Miz, I asked you this before, I wanna reiterate it though.
00:10You won't be jealous if Carmelo Hayes wins some gold tonight and
00:12you don't have any?
00:13Why can't you understand that I want success from Carmelo Hayes?
00:17Why can anyone understand that?
00:19Boom!
00:20Big leg drop right across the throat of Sami.
00:22Cover now to win the United States Championship and a kick out at two.
00:27I gotta tell you, the referee's kind of a slow counter.
00:30And I don't like it.
00:31The official in this matchup, Daphne.
00:33Focus!
00:34Keep locked in.
00:36But what is it?
00:37What does Carmelo Hayes need to do to make the next step in his career?
00:41Listen to me, would be step number one.
00:43Step number two, would be listen to me.
00:46Step number three, listen to me.
00:49Well, maybe he has been listening to you because he's dominating the champ right now.
00:53Miz, of course, a former WWE Champion, United States Champion,
00:56Intercontinental Champion, Tag Team Champion.
00:58Put him in the back when it's Sami Zayn.
01:00You gotta watch Sami Zayn.
01:01You gotta watch him.
01:03Sometimes you feel like you're dominating him in the ring,
01:06and then all of a sudden something happens within Sami that allows him to have this fight
01:10that I can't stand.
01:12Where does he get it from?
01:13Some people have that grit.
01:16Some people have that heart.
01:18Oh!
01:19And now Sami Zayn with a big chop and much the delight of this jam-packed crowd tonight.
01:26Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
01:31Okay, we get that you guys can count.
01:34Well, Sami Zayn embarrassing Carmelo right now.
01:37Again, Miz telling us earlier
01:43that Carmelo Hayes has to
01:45No, no, no, no, no!
01:46This matchup! Tornado DDT!
01:48Kick! Kick!
01:50Cover by Sammy!
01:52Hayes got his shoulder up at two.
01:54An ear falls for the champion.
01:57Okay.
01:59Relax.
02:01Regroup.
02:02Carmelo's still in this, Miz.
02:04No kidding, Cole. I know.
02:05I know the heart that...
02:07Well, you're hyperventilating over here.
02:09Well, of course. I want my friend to win.
02:12And you said you got yourself a number one
02:14Here we go. Watch this.
02:16For the tag title.
02:17Sammy Zane rolls through up over the top.
02:19Oh! Driving!
02:22Carmelo Hayes to the mat and a kick out!
02:24There you go! That's heart.
02:26That's grit. That's resilience right there.
02:30And Sammy Zane learning
02:32a little bit of something about him.
02:34Can we talk about Carmelo Hayes
02:36and what he is able to do
02:38in this WWE ring
02:39unlike any other superstar
02:41that the roster has?
02:43We've never seen anyone
02:44like Carmelo Hayes.
02:46Carmelo
02:47standing switch now by Sammy.
02:49One by Hayes as well.
02:50And now Sammy Zane
02:52in control.
02:53Pushed off to the center of the ring.
02:54Oh! Big knee by Hayes!
02:56Get nasty!
02:57And Carmelo with
03:02Sammy Hayes and
03:03Sammy Zane in trouble.
03:05Carmelo
03:06Don't waste any time.
03:07Top right!
03:08Nice!
03:08Yes!
03:09Oh! Knees up!
03:13Carmelo went for the splash.
03:15Sammy Zane got the knees up
03:17and now Sammy Zane
03:18asked Carmelo where he wants it.
03:19Get out of the corner!
03:22Yes!
03:22Oh!
03:23Look at the Luba kick!
03:24Yes!
03:24Yes!
03:25Carmelo Hayes
03:26caught him with a kick of his own.
03:28United States Championship
03:29on the line.
03:42Miss, what an incredible matchup
03:44this has been
03:44between the champ
03:45Sammy Zane
03:46and the challenger
03:47Carmelo Hayes.
03:48I knew it was gonna be.
03:49And you know what the
03:50interesting part about
03:51an open challenge is?
03:52Usually you don't get time.
03:54Carmelo Hayes
03:55allowed
03:55Sammy Zane
03:57to have time.
03:59He gave him
03:59an entire week
04:00to prepare.
04:01That's the thing
04:01about an open challenge.
04:02You don't have any time.
04:03You just,
04:04a guy comes out
04:04you don't have any time
04:05to prepare.
04:06Last week against
04:06Ray Phoenix
04:07he didn't have time
04:07to prepare.
04:08Carmelo has said
04:09I'm so confident
04:10in winning this
04:11United States Championship
04:12against Sammy Zane
04:13that I
04:14I am gonna give you
04:15an entire week
04:16to prepare for me.
04:17Well he's
04:18under, by the way
04:19and I told him
04:19not to do that.
04:21I'm sure you did.
04:21You always try to
04:22take the easy way
04:23I guess.
04:23I didn't say
04:24he's not trying
04:25to take the easy way.
04:26He's trying to be smart
04:27in this business.
04:28Why do you think
04:28I've been here
04:29for 20 years?
04:29Why do you think
04:30I've carried
04:30every single title
04:31and made every title
04:33prestigious and relevant?
04:34I'm not questioning
04:35your resume,
04:36Miss.
04:37Calm down.
04:37Obviously you are.
04:38No I'm not.
04:39I know what you're all about.
04:39I got you to a
04:40WrestleMania match
04:41and you went 1-0.
04:41You're welcome.
04:43Here we go.
04:45And Sami Zayn
04:46wildly misses again.
04:48There's the quickness
04:48of Carmelo Hayes.
04:50Who can do that?
04:51Who can do that?
04:52What a move
04:53for the championship.
04:54Come on ref.
04:56Come on ref.
05:04Carmelo questioning
05:05the count.
05:06I'm questioning
05:07the count.
05:09Look Nick Aldis
05:10should get out here
05:10and be like look
05:11we might need a new ref.
05:12Count a little quicker.
05:14I mean my gosh.
05:15I think she's fine
05:16but.
05:23I can't tell
05:24if this crowd
05:24is saying
05:25this is awesome
05:25or Miz is awesome
05:26but either way
05:27it is.
05:27It's this is awesome.
05:29I don't know.
05:30Sammy delivering chop after chop.
05:40Uh-oh.
05:42No!
05:43No!
05:43No!
05:44The powerbomb.
05:45Kick!
05:46He did.
05:47Yes!
05:48Yes!
05:49You have no idea
05:53how much I want
05:53to get involved
05:54with this match.
05:55Do you have any idea
05:56how hard it is
05:57for me to sit here
05:58and watch my friend
05:59and know
05:59and know
06:00I can get him
06:01a victory right now.
06:02I'm surprised
06:03that you haven't
06:03got involved yet.
06:05I'm not going to get involved.
06:06He asked me
06:07not to get involved.
06:11Nice guy Cole.
06:12You're maturing.
06:13I get that.
06:15I don't want to be mature
06:16to be honest with you.
06:17I don't want to listen to him
06:18but I respect him that much.
06:19I could have called you old.
06:21Old?
06:21What do you mean?
06:22I'm in my prime baby.
06:25I'm old.
06:25Sammy Zayn now
06:26with the rights to Carmelo
06:28and Carmelo fighting back.
06:30And this has been
06:31a great matchup.
06:33United States Championship
06:34Open Challenge.
06:36Sammy's been a fighting champ.
06:39And now Zayn and Hayes
06:40collision.
06:41Middle of the ring
06:42both men down.
06:43All right.
06:46Critical point
06:47in this matchup.
07:05This is a great time
07:07for Carmelo Hayes
07:07to regroup,
07:08refocus,
07:09and lock in.
07:10This is the United States
07:12Championship Open Challenge.
07:14Sammy Zayn defended
07:15against the challenger,
07:16Carmelo Hayes.
07:17And it has been
07:18a hell of a matchup
07:19here on SmackDown.
07:20Miz with me at ringside
07:21because of the injury
07:22to Corey Graves.
07:23And now Sammy Zayn
07:24looking for the exploder.
07:26Hayes holding on.
07:27It's almost like
07:27he had that scouted.
07:28Did you show him some tape?
07:29You kidding me?
07:30All we've been doing
07:30is watching tape
07:31on Sammy Zayn.
07:32I've had matches with Sammy.
07:34I know his resilience.
07:35I know what he's like
07:36in this ring.
07:37And I know the ability
07:39of Carmelo Hayes.
07:41And wow,
07:42did you see his arm
07:43getting locked in there?
07:44Sammy Zayn.
07:45That could be a big deal
07:46right there.
07:46He could have broken
07:46his wrist as he got
07:47across the ropes.
07:48Now the smash
07:50by Hayes
07:51to the United States
07:52Championship.
07:54Hook the leg.
07:55Sammy Zayn's in it.
07:56Hook the leg.
07:57I don't think he could.
07:59I think he injured himself
08:00in the frog splash
08:01and couldn't hook the leg.
08:02And again,
08:04Sammy Zayn really
08:05favoring his wrist.
08:06Watch this
08:07as he gets caught
08:08off the boat
08:08the second
08:09and top rope
08:10and then the frog splash.
08:12Now we see a weakness
08:13in Sammy Zayn.
08:14Now we see the arm.
08:15What will Carmelo
08:16capitalize on the arm?
08:18You capitalize on the arm.
08:20Yes.
08:23See Sammy Zayn rope burns
08:25all over the forearm
08:28and wrist of Zayn.
08:29And now Hayes
08:30looking at the first 48.
08:32Intercepted now
08:33by Sammy.
08:35And Sammy
08:36going to turn this
08:37right for the
08:38right for the blue thunder.
08:39And there it is!
08:40Yes!
08:41The first 48!
08:42Go!
08:43Go!
08:43Yes!
08:44Yes!
08:44Oh, and a kick out!
08:50Now what does Carmelo
08:51do here, Miz?
08:52To not get frustrated.
08:54He hit Sammy Zayn
08:55with one of his big moves.
08:57The first 48.
08:58Sammy kicked out.
09:00Focus.
09:01Lock in.
09:03One, two, three!
09:06Do what we discussed.
09:08He knew about this.
09:12He knows what Sammy Zayn does.
09:15And now Sammy Zayn
09:17trying to hook Carmelo Hayes up.
09:19And now Hayes springboard
09:30off the second rope
09:31takes out Sammy.
09:32Good!
09:33Carmelo Hayes could be
09:35closing in on the United States
09:36Championship.
09:39I told him this is what Sammy does
09:41and you just need to finish him.
09:43And he was looking for nothing but net
09:44but Sammy Zayn
09:45with a boot to the face.
09:47Oh, no.
09:47And a blue thunderbomb!
09:49One, two, three!
09:51Got him!
09:55Here is your winner
09:56and still United States Champion
10:02Sammy Zayn!
10:05Oh, Miz, listen.
10:08I know you're upset
10:09but, I mean,
10:10what a great match
10:11by Carmelo Hayes.
10:12He's throwing leaps and bounds
10:14but he ran into a buzzsaw
10:16a fighting champion
10:18a very resilient
10:19Sammy Zayn tonight.
10:20What do you think we want
10:23moral victories here, Cole?
10:26What, do you think
10:27we want moral victories here, Cole?
10:29We don't want moral victories.
10:31We want titles around our waist.
10:33Carmelo was so close
10:34to hitting nothing but net
10:36but Sammy turned it
10:37into the blue thunderbomb
10:39wins this United States
10:41Championship Open Challenge
10:42tonight.
10:44Another gutsy win
10:45for Sammy Zayn.
10:50It's a disease.
10:58An epidemic of toxic masculinity
11:00around these locker rooms.
11:01Nick!
11:02In the...
11:02Hey, whoa.
11:03Priest, calm down.
11:04Don't tell me to calm down.
11:05Where's Alistair?
11:06Look, I know you're upset
11:07because you lost last week.
11:08Because I lost?
11:09The hell we're losing?
11:10Everybody around here wins and loses.
11:12The problem is
11:13he attacked me in my entrance.
11:16Then he took one of your referees
11:17and used him as a shield
11:18like a coward.
11:19He wanted the real me?
11:21Well, he's got him.
11:22No more good guy,
11:23no more bad guy.
11:25If you don't give me Alistair,
11:27you and everybody else around here
11:29is gonna deal with a punisher.
11:32It's demanding and threatening
11:34like that that I'm talking about, Nick.
11:36A man with a fragile ego
11:38who can't handle the cards
11:39that he has been dealt.
11:41So what does he do?
11:42He acts out in hyper-masculine,
11:44overtly aggressive ways.
11:46Maybe it's time that Damien
11:48looks in the mirror
11:48because, Damien,
11:49you are toxic.
11:51And if you...
11:52Whoa.
11:53Jeez.
11:53Jeez.
11:54Jeez.
11:55You heard what I said.
11:57Give me Alistair Black.
12:01What is wrong with you?
12:03He's toxic, obviously.
12:06Holy cow.
12:07I'm gonna need medical in there.
12:11What a night for general manager
12:13Nick Alderson.
12:15Still to come,
12:16Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre
12:19will be in the same ring
12:21at the same time
12:23to sign the contract
12:24for their huge match
12:25at Wrestlepalooza
12:26tomorrow night.
12:27That's still to come live
12:28on SmackDown.
12:30And coming up next,
12:31we'll take a look
12:32at the next part
12:34in our series,
12:35the history
12:36of John Cena
12:37and Brock Lesnar.
12:46As Ernest Hemingway
12:47once said,
12:48courage
12:49is grace
12:50under pressure.
12:51No WWE superstar
12:52epitomizes
12:53that phrase
12:54more
12:54than John Cena.
12:56Oh, here he comes!
13:06I've got him!
13:08John Cena
13:09is the champion!
13:12A powerhouse
13:14of spirit
13:15and skill.
13:17No!
13:17You gotta be kidding me!
13:20This is a natural-born
13:22entertainer.
13:24And that right there
13:25is the WWE champion
13:27John Cena.
13:28Big match, John.
13:30You've done it again.
13:31A leader
13:32in both action
13:33and deed.
13:42Breaking out
13:42of the ruthless
13:43aggression era,
13:44the WWE
13:45had become his stage
13:46as John Cena
13:47transformed
13:48into one of the most
13:49recognizable personalities
13:51in the world.
13:55Please welcome
13:55John Cena.
13:56John Cena!
13:58You want some?
14:00Come!
14:03Get some!
14:05John Cena!
14:05John Cena!
14:06John Cena!
14:06John Cena!
14:07John Cena!
14:08John Cena!
14:08John Cena!
14:09John Cena!
14:09John Cena!
14:10After abruptly
14:11leaving the WWE,
14:12Brock Lesnar
14:13embraced his true calling,
14:15that of a combat athlete.
14:18And it is all over!
14:20He's out!
14:21Trading the ring
14:21for the octagon.
14:24It's a big shot.
14:25He's got a match back.
14:27Between his imposing
14:29stature,
14:30intense speed,
14:30and freak athleticism,
14:32Brock became one of
14:34UFC's biggest draws.
14:36And much like his
14:38meteoric rise in WWE,
14:41Lesnar would again
14:42shock the world
14:43as he captured
14:44the UFC Heavyweight
14:45Championship
14:46in just his third
14:48bout.
14:48He's right.
14:58After dominating
14:59the world of MMA,
15:01Brock would become
15:02one of the most feared
15:03men on the planet
15:03with unfinished business.
15:13Oh my!
15:16Brock Lesnar!
15:18The former WWE Champion!
15:22Not what John Cena wanted,
15:25but that's what he's getting.
15:29The F5!
15:31After an eight-year hiatus,
15:33the prize fighter returned
15:35to the squared circle in 2012,
15:38immediately targeting
15:39the face of WWE.
15:40Why did I come back
15:42to the WWE?
15:44John Cena's not the real guy.
15:46And the only reason
15:47John is in the spot
15:48that he is in
15:49is because I left.
15:51You're sick of me,
15:52that's one thing.
15:53But to say that this industry
15:54isn't filled with
15:55legitimate talent,
15:57that's just being ignorant.
15:59And in one of the most
16:01brutal matches
16:02in WWE history,
16:03the two men
16:04waged war
16:05at Extreme Rules.
16:07Never before
16:09in my career
16:09in WWE
16:10have I witnessed
16:12a matchup
16:13as punishing,
16:15as torturous,
16:17as vicious,
16:19but John Cena
16:23against all odds
16:25pulled it out.
16:27Overcoming unimaginable odds,
16:29John Cena would find
16:30a way to prevail,
16:32earning his first-ever victory
16:34over the Beast Incarnate.
16:41Over the next two years,
16:43Cena and Lesnar
16:44led the charge
16:45as the standard bearers
16:46of WWE.
16:48John Cena
16:49is going
16:50to Wrestlemania!
16:52John Cena
16:54is an 11-time
16:56WWE Champion!
16:59Conquering legends
17:00and adding
17:01to their Hall of Fame resumes.
17:07The streak
17:08is over!
17:11With both superstars
17:13in the prime
17:14of their careers,
17:15they were poised
17:16to clash yet again,
17:17this time
17:18at SummerSlam 2014
17:20for the undisputed
17:21WWE Championship.
17:23And as the anticipation
17:25swelled
17:25in a sold-out arena
17:27in L.A.,
17:28no one
17:29could possibly
17:30predict
17:30what would
17:31transpire that night.
17:38Guys,
17:39we're about
17:3930 seconds
17:40into this match
17:41and it's almost over!
17:42It's a merciless
17:43assault!
17:46An absolutely
17:47dominating performance!
17:49It's the greatest thing
17:52that I've ever accomplished.
17:53In my mind,
17:54I came back
17:55to this company
17:56with one goal
17:57in mind
17:58and that was
17:59to become
17:59the WWE
18:01heavyweight champion
18:02of the world.
18:05In the single
18:06most dominant
18:07championship
18:08out in history,
18:09the man many
18:10believe to be
18:11invincible
18:12was,
18:12in fact,
18:14a mere mortal.
18:15Lesnar was not
18:16only champion,
18:18but the undisputed
18:19alpha of WWE.
18:24Tomorrow,
18:26hours before
18:27Wrestlepalooza,
18:27we preview
18:31Lesnar
18:32and Cena's
18:33final battle.
18:34He's on some
18:35retirement escapade,
18:37this staged
18:38retirement party
18:39and I'm about
18:42to f*** that up.
18:46I'll never forget
18:47SummerSlam 2014
18:49and the dominant
18:50performance,
18:50one of the most
18:51uncomfortable matches
18:52that I've ever had
18:53to call in my career
18:54between Lesnar
18:55and Cena.
18:56And after what we saw
18:57Brock Lesnar do,
18:57earlier tonight,
18:59I fear tomorrow
19:00could possibly
19:01be the same.
19:03It's Cena,
19:04Brock Lesnar
19:05kicking off
19:06Wrestlepalooza
19:07live on the ESPN app
19:10from Indianapolis.
19:11But a big card
19:12tomorrow,
19:13Miz.
19:14Very big card
19:15and my wife
19:16and myself
19:16will be looking
19:17forward to this one.
19:17A mixed tag team
19:19match with CM Punk
19:20and a returning
19:22AJ Lee
19:23versus the world
19:24heavyweight champion
19:25Seth freaking Rollins
19:27and your
19:27intercontinental champion,
19:30Becky Lynch.
19:31Couple versus couple.
19:32You gotta love it, baby.
19:34The eight-time tag team
19:35champions,
19:36the brothers,
19:37Uso,
19:37are together again.
19:39But they are running
19:40into two monsters.
19:43Braun Breaker,
19:44Bronson Reed,
19:45of the division.
19:46Big tag team matchup
19:47and wrestle to lose up.
19:49If that's not enough,
19:51oh, baby.
19:53The women's world championship match.
19:57Io Sky,
19:58the champion,
19:59versus Stephanie Valcure.
20:01They are going to put on
20:03an absolute display
20:04of athleticism
20:06and determination
20:07for the women's
20:09world championship.
20:11These two men
20:12are long-time friends
20:13or were long-time friends.
20:15They're also former
20:16tag team champions together,
20:17but, man,
20:18things have changed.
20:19And coming up tomorrow night,
20:22Cody Rhodes,
20:23the undisputed
20:23WWE champion,
20:25will put the gold
20:26on the line
20:27against a very angry
20:28and a very hungry
20:29Scottish warrior,
20:31Drew McIntyre.
20:33It happens at 7 Eastern,
20:354 Pacific,
20:36live from Indianapolis.
20:37It is Wrestlepalooza.
20:39The first time
20:40a WWE premium live event
20:42will stream live
20:43on the ESPN app.
20:47Let's take you back
20:48to last week
20:48on Friday Night SmackDown.
20:50Great main event, Miz.
20:51This is Orton
20:51versus McIntyre.
20:53Randy Orton looks like
20:54he was going to go
20:54for the punt.
20:55And Drew McIntyre,
20:57well, he would take advantage.
21:01McIntyre with a claymore
21:02wiping out Randy Orton
21:04and picking up the win.
21:09And what did McIntyre
21:10want to do?
21:10Well, he wanted to
21:11injure Randy Orton
21:13and do much of the same
21:15to Orton that he did
21:15to Cody Rhodes
21:17a few weeks prior
21:19before Cody returned.
21:21Drew McIntyre.
21:25Drew McIntyre!
21:26I'll see you, my friend,
21:28at Wrestlepalooza!
21:32Miz, this thing has become
21:34so personal
21:35between these two.
21:37When Drew McIntyre
21:39is determined,
21:40nothing,
21:41and I mean nothing,
21:42can stop him.
21:43And I gotta tell you,
21:45the American nightmare,
21:46Cody Rhodes,
21:47taking on Drew McIntyre,
21:48I cannot wait
21:50to see what's up next.
21:52They signed the contract
21:53on SmackDown.
21:57Ladies and gentlemen,
21:58Wrestlepalooza.
22:00Tomorrow night
22:00is presented by
22:01Xfinity,
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22:05WWE.
22:07Xfinity,
22:08imagine that.
22:09You're the only loyal soldier
22:24that I have left.
22:28You've been with me
22:30from the start
22:31of the bloodline,
22:32and you've never
22:33betrayed me.
22:36told the Lord.
22:42You've showed me love,
22:45and you've sacrificed
22:47your body for God.
22:50You're the son
22:51of Haku,
22:53the most dangerous man
22:55on the planet.
22:57So that makes
22:58you dangerous.
23:00You brought gold
23:02to this family,
23:04and I love you for that.
23:06I owe it to you
23:08to make you a champion.
23:12I'll let you down.
23:15But if you trust me,
23:18and as long as you're a part
23:19of my family tree,
23:22your loyalty
23:24will be
23:25rewarded.
23:27I love you,
23:37Solo.
23:38I love you,
23:38Solo.
23:48Ladies and gentlemen,
23:50tomorrow night,
23:51we present
23:52Wrestlepalooza,
23:54a landmark night
23:55in the history
23:55of this company
23:56and this industry.
23:59And the main event
24:00of Wrestlepalooza
24:02will be the match
24:03for the undisputed
24:04WWE Championship.
24:08At this time,
24:10allow me to introduce
24:11to you
24:12the challenger,
24:14Drew McIntyre.
24:15McIntyre.
24:46You know, Mr. McIntyre has been called a hypocrite.
25:03He's been called delusional, but in 24 hours he may be called WWE Champion.
25:11And no one more deserving.
25:16You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, who looks, walks, talks, and acts like a champion, someone
25:25that you can put everything behind.
25:28We're going on to ESPN.
25:30This is a guy.
25:31This is your face.
25:35What a night, tomorrow night, the main event of Wrestlepalooza, the first ever premium live
25:54event, streaming live on the ESPN app.
25:59Drew McIntyre looks to take the undisputed WWE Championship from the American nightmare.
26:10Whoo!
28:54Before we sign that, question for you, Drew.
29:08Do you know what happened on this very day 15 years ago?
29:13You and I, we won the tag team championships, right?
29:24Do you know who was backstage talking about that?
29:28Nobody.
29:31And I think you know why.
29:33The world doesn't revolve around you.
29:36It doesn't revolve around me, your story, my story.
29:40It's not.
29:41It's their story.
29:42No, it's simple.
29:46They don't need to know all the lore.
29:49Sometimes they pay their hard-earned money and they just want to watch two guys, two of the best, fight.
29:55I understand who you are.
30:01I get it.
30:02In the past, you've won a Royal Rumble.
30:05In the past, you've been WWE champion.
30:08In the past, you've slayed the beast.
30:11You're 6'5".
30:12You're 280 pounds.
30:14You're the Scottish Warrior.
30:20But lately, the Scottish Warrior has just been a keyboard warrior.
30:31And you know it.
30:33So go ahead.
30:35I know you have it on you.
30:36Pull your phone out.
30:38Skin that smoke wagon.
30:39Go ahead.
30:40Let's get viral.
30:42Make a post on social media.
30:44Get one over on me.
30:46Make sure that you, who's always bitching and moaning and whining, give it all to me right now.
30:53Because it's the last time you're going to get one over on me.
30:57Go ahead.
30:57Have at it, Drew.
31:07What's that supposed to mean?
31:08It means exactly what it says.
31:12It means exactly what it says.
31:15Thank you, Cody.
31:17All I've wanted was a legitimate shot at the WWE Championship.
31:23No outside interference.
31:25Nobody's screwing me over.
31:27And you're not going to let that happen.
31:29Because you're the ultimate company guy.
31:31You're a fighting champion.
31:33And you honestly, you don't really think for yourself anymore, do you?
31:38You always think about the bigger picture, what's best for the company, the stock prices, the sponsors, your name and the marquee.
31:48Cody, you're the corporate champion.
31:52That used to be a bad thing.
31:54I mean, I kicked your head through an announce table, Cody.
31:58You were out for five weeks.
31:59Instead of stomping my brains in like I would do to you, you're talking me to death.
32:08And I understand.
32:11You could put personal issues aside.
32:13You're not willing to jeopardize the main event of Wrestlepalooza tomorrow.
32:17I was in your chair five years ago, I get it, but here's a reality check, they're going to turn on you, they're going to move on to the next flavor of the month, and you're going to be sitting in my chair telling yourself, my God.
32:37Drew was right.
32:38Okay, say you're right, then tomorrow night Wrestlepalooza is a great night for you.
32:50And say you're wrong, then guess what happens?
32:53Your legacy isn't all those accomplishments.
32:56Your legacy isn't this content creator you've become.
32:59Your legacy becomes the man who lost to me at our debut ESPN-PLE for the WWE Undisputed Championship.
33:22Well, it's official.
33:24And McIntyre with a cheap shot.
33:31The Glasgow Kiss headbutt to Cody Rhodes.
33:36Cody's stumbling out of the ring, and McIntyre now.
33:40We're going to have the last, last, last lap, the last throw tonight, Miz.
33:45And the ball's underway.
33:47Oh, here we go.
33:48Whoa.
33:52Rhodes bounce off me now.
33:53Oh, here we go.
33:53McIntyre's going to do what he did in a row five weeks to go.
34:04What a good!
34:04He's waiting for him.
34:10I'm not going to kick your head through the announce table again.
34:13This match is happening tomorrow, and I'm taking the one thing that means the most to you,
34:18that WWE Championship.
34:20The answer to your question, Miz, McIntyre wants to have Cody Rhodes ready to go so he can take the title tomorrow night at Wrestle-Palooza.
34:33I ain't going to screw it up for myself.
34:41Oh, here we go.
34:42Wait a minute, Cody Rhodes back into the ring.
34:44Cody Rhodes looks up on a McIntyre, and the fight continues.
34:49The general manager trying to summarize these two.
34:55Referees coming out.
34:57Here we go.
34:58Trying to preserve the main event for tomorrow night.
35:02Things have gone.
35:04And now, Cody again.
35:07Cody and McIntyre.
35:09The brawl is on.
35:10Let him fight, I say let him fight.
35:16Why wait for Wrestle-Palooza?
35:19McIntyre with a boot to the face of the champion.
35:25Get out of here.
35:28My goodness.
35:29Come on, come on.
35:32Come on, come on.
35:36McIntyre and Rhodes for the championship and
35:40Wrestle-Palooza tomorrow night on the ESPN app.
35:44Sleep with a title.
35:46It's the last night you're gonna have it for a long time.
35:49Come on, Drew.
35:52Come on, Drew.
35:53No.
35:54No.
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