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00:00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:00:30He is the number one contender for the WWE Championship.
00:00:34The Scottish warrior Drew McIntyre is here tonight.
00:00:39As is the undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
00:00:42Cody and Drew will sign the contract to make their match at Wrestle Palooza
00:00:47tomorrow night, official here live on SmackDown.
00:00:51Chelsea Green and her secret Herbis Albafire, the number one contenders for
00:00:55the women's tag team titles, are here tonight.
00:00:58But they've got their work cut out for them against the fighting women's
00:01:02tag team champions.
00:01:04Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair, look to retain the gold tonight.
00:01:09What an opportunity for Carmelo Hayes as he looks to win his first United
00:01:14States Championship.
00:01:16It is another United States Championship Open challenge from that man.
00:01:20The champion, Sami Zayn.
00:01:22Sami Carmelo for the United States title live tonight.
00:01:28And you are looking live at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.
00:01:3424 hours away from Wrestle Palooza.
00:01:37We are jam packed tonight for Friday night SmackDown.
00:01:41Hello again everybody at ringside tonight.
00:01:44Michael Cole and Corey Graves.
00:01:45Corey, 24 hours away from Wrestle Palooza.
00:01:49I cannot wait to begin the ESPN era here in WWE and what bigger way than to kick off Wrestle
00:01:55Palooza than with a match between the greatest of all time John Cena and the beast Brock Lesnar.
00:02:01Speaking of Brock Lesnar, I was supposed to do that sit down interview with Brock later on tonight.
00:02:05I'm being told that Brock wants to do the interview right now.
00:02:08So I've got to head back to the locker room.
00:02:11Well, yeah, far be it from us to keep Brock Lesnar waiting for much of anything.
00:02:15But I'll hold down the fort until you get finished with that.
00:02:18So much headed your way tonight on SmackDown.
00:02:21As Michael Cole said a few moments ago, we make it official.
00:02:24Cody Rhodes will defend the undisputed WWE Championship
00:02:28against Drew McIntyre.
00:02:35Tomorrow at Wrestle Palooza, it looks like Cole's not going to be able to make it backstage.
00:02:40Brock waits for no one.
00:02:58This is the man who will stand toe-to-toe tomorrow to kick off Wrestle Palooza with John Cena.
00:03:19Oh, no.
00:03:21Not again.
00:03:28Brock, what are you?
00:03:31What are you doing?
00:03:32What are you doing?
00:03:36What are you doing?
00:03:48Oh, no, no, no.
00:03:52Be careful.
00:03:56Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:05:26It's D-Day tomorrow, John.
00:05:28I'm coming for blood.
00:05:29I'm coming for blood.
00:05:59I'm coming for blood.
00:06:29I'm coming for blood.
00:06:31Come on, you're fucking...
00:06:41Come on, Cena!
00:06:49Come on, you're fucking cool.
00:09:01John, I'm coming for you.
00:09:09It's D-Day tomorrow, John.
00:09:11I'm coming for blood.
00:09:12I'm coming for you.
00:09:43We should talk.
00:09:51All right, gentlemen, I'm just going to say it.
00:09:57Today, not the day.
00:10:00I have a contract signing tonight for the main event of Wrestle Palooza.
00:10:04And what I need are two signatures on that document.
00:10:08What I don't need are any more problems.
00:10:11Mr. Aldis, you misread our intentions entirely.
00:10:16I actually came here tonight to broker a peace between Mr. Breaker, Mr. Reid and the Usos.
00:10:23The Usos, where would they be?
00:10:27The Usos are not here.
00:10:28The Usos are in Indianapolis.
00:10:30But something tells me you already know that.
00:10:33Me?
00:10:34How would I know such a thing?
00:10:36To be honest, I think you're the greatest general manager I've ever seen.
00:10:40I love the way you put SmackDown together.
00:10:42We are here now.
00:10:45We'll just enjoy the show.
00:10:47Nice suit.
00:10:49Very nice.
00:10:50Well, I mean, Corey's.
00:11:20Corey's back there getting medical attention because he came to help me.
00:11:28I mean, listen, I've been doing this a long time.
00:11:33I mean, I've been in the ring.
00:11:35I've been beaten up.
00:11:36I've been manhandled.
00:11:37I've been pushed around.
00:11:38But I've never, ever felt as helpless as I did out there tonight.
00:11:48And if that's what awaits John Cena tomorrow, I don't even know if my friend John has the answers.
00:12:02All hail the Queen.
00:12:24Let's go.
00:12:54Let's go.
00:13:24Let's go.
00:13:26Introducing first, they are the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Charlotte Blair, Alexa Blair.
00:13:37Well, we're going to try to get an update at some point here on the condition of Corey Graves after the all-out assault by Brock Lesnar moments ago.
00:13:48But I'm going to try to regroup here, folks.
00:13:51Excuse me if it takes me a little bit of time.
00:13:54I understand that this is a very important matchup tonight.
00:13:57It's for the Women's Tag Team titles.
00:14:01Charlotte Blair and Alexa Bliss defending tonight in a match that was supposed to happen a number of weeks ago.
00:14:07Before an attack by Chelsea Green and Alba Fire on Charlotte Blair injured Charlotte's leg.
00:14:12She was out of action for a number of weeks.
00:14:14And we find ourselves here tonight.
00:14:19Pledge your allegiance to Chelsea Green.
00:14:26And there are the challengers, the team of Alba Fire and Chelsea Green!
00:14:51One other note on this is Brock Lesnar's situation.
00:14:56Of course, in 24 hours, he faces John Cena and WrestlePalooza.
00:15:02But I'm going to have the flashbacks to what happened in SummerSlam over a decade ago between Lesnar and John Cena.
00:15:13It was one of the most lopsided matches that I have ever called.
00:15:18It was very uncomfortable throughout the night.
00:15:21It was the night that John Cena was introduced to Suplex City when Brock Lesnar absolutely destroyed the GOAT in his prime.
00:15:32And I shudder to think what John Cena faces tomorrow night against that unhinged man.
00:15:44So, again, going to focus on what the task is at hand.
00:15:47This is for the Women's Tag Team Championship tonight.
00:15:50Of course, Alexa and Charlotte who won the titles back in August at SummerSlam by knocking off the Judgment Day.
00:15:56Looking to successfully retain tonight.
00:15:58Chelsea and Alba again mentioned they cost themselves a title opportunity a couple of weeks ago with that sneak attack on Charlotte.
00:16:04But they have a chance now to win the gold back tonight.
00:16:06We'll have to see if Charlotte is 100% as she is medically cleared to be in this match.
00:16:11And now Alexa legal in this matchup.
00:16:25Tag champs are trying to work together as a team.
00:16:28Fire now makes the tag.
00:16:40It is hard to concentrate out here, folks.
00:16:43I apologize as Chelsea delivers the dropkick.
00:16:48This is for the Women's Tag Team titles.
00:16:50Oh, goodness.
00:16:51And Alexa whipped face first into the ring post.
00:16:54Hey, get in the ring.
00:17:11I'm coming, I'm coming.
00:17:12Hey, she's kicking.
00:17:21Alexa.
00:17:22Back her up, back her up.
00:17:24In the ring.
00:17:34What's her problem?
00:17:40Back, back, back, back, back.
00:17:49Go first.
00:17:49Now, here's the cover by Chelsea, and Bliss kicks out.
00:18:11Again, the women's tag titles are on the line here in this matchup.
00:18:15And I'm still trying to get some information on the condition of my broadcast colleague, Corey Graves,
00:18:21who moments ago was hit with two F5s by just an out-of-control Brock Lesnar.
00:18:34He was foaming from the mouth at points.
00:18:45Well, it looks like we're gonna have some help for the rest of the show.
00:18:55Wait a minute, a cover and a kick out.
00:18:57Welcome.
00:18:57Yes, you will have help.
00:18:59I was backstage, saw Corey Graves getting medical attention.
00:19:02Wish him a speedy recovery.
00:19:03How did he look?
00:19:04I mean, does he look okay?
00:19:06Honestly, no.
00:19:07No, he does not look okay.
00:19:09Miz, you've been in the ring with Brock.
00:19:12I mean, have you ever seen him in the mood that he was in tonight?
00:19:14No, and if he comes back out here, I'm not protecting you.
00:19:17I'm not protecting anyone.
00:19:18I think everyone would run.
00:19:19Let's run.
00:19:20And if I'm John Cena, I would run.
00:19:22I don't know if that's what I want my farewell to be like, especially in Indianapolis and
00:19:26Russell Palooza.
00:19:27I agree.
00:19:28And this is a tag title match, and I'm a fire now with the kick out by Alexa Bliss.
00:19:32And I gotta tell you, Alba Fire is one of the most underrated superstars I have seen
00:19:37in all of WWE.
00:19:38I see what Chelsea Green sees in her.
00:19:40Could you imagine if Chelsea Green and Alba Fire win the tag team titles tonight?
00:19:44Oh, man.
00:19:46Well, you mentioned Alba Fire.
00:19:48She once held the NXT United Kingdom Championship 649 days.
00:19:54So that's just telling you what type of competitor she is.
00:19:57As a WWE superstar, I watch, I learn, I try to see what the abilities are of another
00:20:03superstar, and I gotta tell you, she's got everything.
00:20:06She has absolutely it.
00:20:07All right, let's have a fight.
00:20:10I'm sorry.
00:20:11That's it.
00:20:12What?
00:20:1330 seconds.
00:20:1310 seconds.
00:20:1410 seconds.
00:20:1510 seconds.
00:20:1710 seconds.
00:20:18I'm not going to give you the TZ, I tell you.
00:20:2020 seconds.
00:20:21I'm going to hit a big pistol.
00:20:24We're going to get it.
00:20:2510 seconds.
00:20:2710 seconds.
00:20:2810 seconds.
00:20:3110 seconds.
00:20:3110 seconds.
00:20:3210 seconds.
00:20:35Well, we are back live on Friday night SmackDown.
00:20:38Michael Cole at ringside, and this is a tag team championship match.
00:20:41Get that energy up, Michael Cole, let's go.
00:20:43You got the most must-see WWE superstar of all time on commentary with you.
00:20:47And we've got a hell of a match going on right now for the tag team titles.
00:20:52And Miz, of course, joining me at ringside after the attack by Brock Lesnar on
00:20:56a Corey Gray- Wait a minute.
00:20:59Almost a tag.
00:21:01And Charlotte Flair, driven to the apron by Alba Fire, and Chelsea Green now begins
00:21:06the attack.
00:21:07Smart move by Alba Fire.
00:21:09Chelsea Green needs to get her over to her side, get her away from wherever Charlotte
00:21:15Flair actually went.
00:21:16Well, Alexa bounced face herself off the turnbuckle.
00:21:19They successfully defended the tag team titles this past Tuesday night at NXT Homecoming against
00:21:24Damon Paxley of The Culling.
00:21:26But Green looking to win the tag titles for a second time in her career tonight.
00:21:32And Alexa Bliss moving out of harm's way.
00:21:35And can she make a tag miss?
00:21:36If Chelsea Green wins the tag titles, I don't think we'll hear the end of it.
00:21:40And I think that's a good thing.
00:21:41And no, Alexa Bliss does not make the tag.
00:21:44And I got to tell you, my daughter's favorite superstar besides my tag.
00:21:47Here we go.
00:21:49Here we go.
00:21:50And Charlotte Flair with the clothesline.
00:21:52I think you were going to say Alexa Bliss.
00:21:53Alexa Bliss is my daughter's favorite.
00:21:55She's got dolls.
00:21:56My daughter's got dolls.
00:21:57Hello, Monroe Madison.
00:21:58And now we got some chops by Charlotte Flair.
00:22:01Hey, miss, I'll tell you something.
00:22:02Charlotte Flair has become a new person after teaming with Alexa Bliss.
00:22:05Oh, she's so much more fun.
00:22:06Are you kidding me?
00:22:08And now Charlotte Flair.
00:22:09Oh, big clothesline to Alba Fire.
00:22:13And Charlotte's fired up here tonight.
00:22:17First time this year that the women's tag titles have been defended on Friday night's
00:22:22SmackDown.
00:22:22And Charlotte has put it on a clinic.
00:22:25What happens if Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss lose these tag titles?
00:22:29These tag titles that bind this tag team.
00:22:31You still think they're BFFs, Cole?
00:22:32Well, you mentioned before that Chelsea Green won't let us hear the end of it.
00:22:35But I don't know.
00:22:36I can't figure out this relationship between Charlotte and Alexa Bliss.
00:22:40Here we go.
00:22:40From behind.
00:22:41Rolling up Charlotte Flair.
00:22:42Shoulders down and a kick out by Flair.
00:22:45And Charlotte with a big kick.
00:22:46And Flair sends fire face first into the turnbuckle.
00:22:56And now Charlotte going to go up top.
00:22:58And Chelsea Green going to run interference.
00:23:07And Alba connects with a kick to the face.
00:23:10And now Chelsea Green, the former United States champion.
00:23:16Look at this chemistry between Chelsea Green and Alba.
00:23:18Fire from the top rope.
00:23:20Swanton bump.
00:23:21Cover.
00:23:21Here we go.
00:23:22For the tag titles.
00:23:23Oh, nice save by Alexa Bliss.
00:23:26Saves things in this matchup.
00:23:28And now Alba fire with a kick as well.
00:23:29And Flair and Green looking great together, Miz.
00:23:32Absolutely.
00:23:33I mean, you're looking at these two and you're thinking, man, this could be our tag team champions.
00:23:40I mean, they are going up against two icons in the division in Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair.
00:23:45Oh, and look at that.
00:23:46Another natural selection.
00:23:47Charlotte Flair into the cover.
00:23:48Hook to the leg.
00:23:49Is it enough for the win?
00:23:50And it is.
00:23:51Oh, it is.
00:23:52Here are your winners and still WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair.
00:24:10What a great performance by the champs.
00:24:12And let's just keep getting better and better each week.
00:24:14And you've got to wonder, they're tag team champions.
00:24:17They're winning right now.
00:24:18What happens if they start losing?
00:24:20Does Alexa Bliss go down a spiral and have the dark side come back?
00:24:24I don't know.
00:24:24We don't have to talk about it now.
00:24:26We don't.
00:24:26Because they retained the tag titles tonight.
00:24:33Look.
00:24:34Y'all been together a long time.
00:24:36You're brothers.
00:24:38But just like brothers, it's going to be moments where y'all don't see eye to eye and that's normal.
00:24:41But if tag team gold is still what y'all want, y'all got to find a way to get past whatever this is and get back to what's best for the street profits.
00:24:52Because you know, it's only a matter of time.
00:24:54I am so sorry to interrupt, but Brie, Nick is ready to talk to us about next week's tag match against Kiana and Julia.
00:25:01So we need to, we can't, we can't miss out on this opportunity.
00:25:03No, no, cool, cool.
00:25:04Sorry.
00:25:05Look, y'all talk this out, all right?
00:25:07Come on.
00:25:16Look, man.
00:25:16Yeah, look, bro.
00:25:17We always going to be good.
00:25:19I'm going to go talk to Nick on us right now so I can figure out how we get back our tag team championships.
00:25:24Angelo, your brother doesn't want to hear what you have to say, but I will listen.
00:25:48Why do you keep rid of your mouth, man?
00:25:50Huh?
00:25:50What you trying to prove between us?
00:25:52Huh?
00:25:52Stop.
00:25:52I'm here to guide lost souls.
00:25:57A quest to find the right path.
00:26:00Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:26:22AJ Lee is back and you can collect your new card and WWE Supercard today.
00:26:31Claim an exclusive card back on WWE.Supercard.com slash redeem with code LOVEBITESBACK.
00:26:39I'm showing you all how to watch WWE Supercard tomorrow night.
00:26:48My big fan.
00:26:49Amigo, amigo.
00:26:51I'm asking you, what are you selling here, like WWE merch, Voters with Truth, or what?
00:27:02What are you doing?
00:27:03This is a genius bar, dog.
00:27:05I'm a tech guy.
00:27:06Okay.
00:27:07I'm an appologist.
00:27:08I'm showing gals and guys how to use the ESPN app so you can watch Wrestle Paloza tomorrow night.
00:27:15Very good, Truth.
00:27:16Where can I find this ESPN app?
00:27:19App Store, Google Play, Smart TV.
00:27:24Type in ESPN and download it, dog, or scan this code right here.
00:27:31BAM!
00:27:33And what if I already got ESPN with my cable?
00:27:39If you already got ESPN with your cable, go to your cable login and you see it, dog.
00:27:48It's right in the app.
00:27:50See, most big providers already got that taken care of.
00:27:53So you go in, and you watch it, and then you go scan it.
00:27:56Truth.
00:27:57Yeah.
00:27:57What if I don't have cable?
00:27:58He got you.
00:28:00He got you, right?
00:28:00Touche.
00:28:03You ain't got cable.
00:28:05For real?
00:28:07For real.
00:28:08If you ain't got cable, dog, go to string.espn.com.
00:28:15But you wanna sign up for the ESPN Unlimited.
00:28:18Sign in, and you can watch Wrestle Paloza tomorrow night.
00:28:22Oh, here it is, yeah.
00:28:24That is it.
00:28:25Okay.
00:28:25All right, amigos, you two, run along.
00:28:28I'll be teaching a Zoom class later on how you can turn your microwave into a hot spot.
00:28:33See what I'm saying?
00:28:34Buena suerte.
00:28:35No, Nintendo.
00:28:36No, Nintendo.
00:28:37Hablas Inglas.
00:28:38Amigo.
00:28:39Did you get all that, Cole?
00:28:41Did you get all that?
00:28:42Yeah, I did.
00:28:43Because I'm gonna be watching Wrestle Paloza just like R-Truth.
00:28:47The following tag team contest is scheduled for one call.
00:28:54Introducing Perks with a combined weight of 365 pounds, Fraxium!
00:29:00Well, our troop was wearing that.
00:29:01Oh, wait a second!
00:29:02Oh, look out!
00:29:03Brock Breaker!
00:29:04What is going on?
00:29:05Bronson Reed of the vision attacking Fraxium!
00:29:09What a night this has been!
00:29:13Chaos all over the place, and now Heyman marching to the ring.
00:29:16First Brock Lesnar, now this.
00:29:18Heyman is just causing havoc all over the place on SmackDown.
00:29:22I thought you were gonna calm things down when you came out here.
00:29:24Ladies and gentlemen.
00:29:27Well, obviously his voice box is better.
00:29:31Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman!
00:29:38You know who they remind me of?
00:29:41The Usos.
00:29:46Down, out, victimized, and flat on their back.
00:29:52Hey Jimmy and Jay.
00:29:55For those of you who don't know what that means,
00:30:06it's a spoiler for Wrestle Palooza.
00:30:10It means tomorrow night you're gonna heal!
00:30:14And you're a winner!
00:30:17Oh, look at Fraxium!
00:30:19Off the top rope driving!
00:30:21Reed and Breaker out of the ring!
00:30:23And look at that!
00:30:24Oh my goodness!
00:30:25Oh my goodness!
00:30:26You see the speed?
00:30:29Suicide dies all over the place!
00:30:32They are all over the place!
00:30:33What is going on?
00:30:35Breaker and Reed have been taken out by Fraxium!
00:30:38Not what Heyman expected tonight!
00:30:40Let's go, baby!
00:30:42Well, well, gentlemen.
00:30:45So much for just being here to enjoy the show.
00:30:47More of that trademark Paul Heyman honesty, I see.
00:30:51But it looks like you've got your hands full.
00:30:53And if you come to my show and start a fight, you finish it.
00:30:57So it's gonna be the vision versus Fraxium and it's gonna be right now.
00:31:03Great call by our general manager, Nick Aldis.
00:31:07Fraxium and the vision.
00:31:10So Miz, we've got an impromptu tag team matchup tonight.
00:31:16Breaker and Reed who tomorrow at Wrestle Palooza take on the reuniting Usos to take on Frazier and Axiom, the tag team of Fraxium.
00:31:22I love it, I mean, Fraxium has such speed.
00:31:27I mean, they are the fastest tag team I've ever been in the ring with.
00:31:31But man, when you talk about the vision, when you talk about Bronson Reed and Braun Breaker, they are dominant.
00:31:37And they are going up against the Usos at Wrestle Palooza.
00:31:53The Usos being one of the greatest tag teams of our generation of all time, dare I say.
00:31:58You know, you've been spending a lot of time over here on SmackDown and but I'm sure you've seen the damage that those two have made.
00:32:05I'm sure you've seen the damage that those two men, Breaker and Reed, have been doing on Monday Night Raw as of late.
00:32:11I mean, some people do a five star frog splash.
00:32:14When you hit that tsunami by Bronson Reed, I felt it.
00:32:19I still feel it.
00:32:20I had it hit on me exactly a year ago.
00:32:22And then Bronson, I mean, Braun Breaker, my gosh, the spear, there's a spear.
00:32:27And then there's when Braun Breaker hits a spear.
00:32:31I can't imagine what that must feel like as Axiom.
00:32:34As speed.
00:32:35Axiom.
00:32:36As I show speed.
00:32:37Starts things off against Braun Breaker here tonight.
00:32:39So Braun Breaker, former Intercontinental Champion, tell me about him.
00:32:42He has all the tools.
00:32:43All the tools.
00:32:44He has the it factor.
00:32:45And now he has Seth Rollins.
00:32:47He has Paul Heyman to literally just pick the brain.
00:32:51And that's what you want to do as an up and coming superstar.
00:32:54I mean, look at the look.
00:32:55He has the genetics.
00:32:56He's got everything it takes.
00:32:58He's got the speed, the agility, the strength, the dominance.
00:33:01He is it.
00:33:02Nathan Frazier, now the legal man.
00:33:05Frazier and Axiom, they have some history against Braun Breaker.
00:33:09Battled them a number of times at NXT when Breaker was the tag team champion with Baron Corbin.
00:33:14As a tag is made now by Axiom is going to head up to the top rope.
00:33:21And now the cross body.
00:33:23Oh, and Breaker caught him into a slam.
00:33:29That was absolutely incredible.
00:33:31Paul Heyman with a big old grin on his face at ringside watching his charges from the vision.
00:33:38Just look at the attitude of these two.
00:33:42Paul, who are you talking to in the middle of the match?
00:33:45He is making a phone call.
00:33:46He is.
00:33:47Oh, and Reed.
00:33:49But the man is always busy.
00:33:51He's got people on speed dial left and right.
00:33:53He's talking to everyone he wants to talk about.
00:33:55Well, as I mentioned before.
00:33:56Maybe he's uploading the ESPN app.
00:33:58His vocal cords are better.
00:33:59Remember, he was choked out by Roman Reigns a number of weeks ago.
00:34:03He was sent to the hospital with a vocal cord issue.
00:34:06But apparently, he's a lot better.
00:34:08And speaking of Roman Reigns, what about what Bronson Reed and Braun Breaker did to Roman Reigns?
00:34:15The tsunamis.
00:34:16We haven't seen Reigns since he was taken to the hospital with injured ribs.
00:34:20You can hear this audience wanting, yearning for the OTC.
00:34:25I don't know when we're going to see Roman Reigns again, if ever.
00:34:27I don't know either.
00:34:28And Breaker now in control of Axiom.
00:34:33Think about what happens when the Vision takes on the Usos and if they beat the Usos.
00:34:39We're gonna find out tomorrow night.
00:34:41And prompt to match up here on Friday Night SmackDown.
00:34:51Break a read of the Vision with Paul Hamming hanging out at ringside.
00:34:54Taking on Fraxium, who have been very game so far in this matchup, Miz.
00:34:58Yeah, it's actually, it's not that it's shocking because Fraxium is a very good tag team.
00:35:04But man, I gotta tell you, the Vision, under the Vision of Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman.
00:35:10My gosh, the sky is the limit for these two.
00:35:13Yeah, tomorrow night at Wrestle Palooza, streaming live on the brand new ESPN app.
00:35:19It'll be a Breaker and Reed against the reuniting Usos, Jimmy and Jay.
00:35:23One of the greatest tag teams of all time.
00:35:25Eighth time tag team champions is Breaker.
00:35:28Jesus.
00:35:29With a big backdrop.
00:35:31And look, in a singles match, you can beat Jay.
00:35:35You can beat Jimmy.
00:35:36But you put the Usos together.
00:35:38They're twins.
00:35:39They've been together since day one.
00:35:41There's an elite sense of chemistry as a tag.
00:35:44Oh my God.
00:35:45Look at the speed of Breaker.
00:35:46You want speed?
00:35:47How do you like that speed?
00:35:48Now Miz, you make a great point about the Usos being together since day one.
00:35:51But they haven't teamed in a traditional tag team match in a couple of years.
00:35:54Breaker and Reed have been teaming together each and every week.
00:35:58So I give the advantage to the vision.
00:36:00I disagree with you.
00:36:02I normally would go, yes, the vision, absolutely.
00:36:05But when you talk about the Usos, when you talk about Jimmy and Jay, there's an uncanny chemistry.
00:36:10There is no rust.
00:36:11They can be away from each other.
00:36:13And as soon as they're in the ring with one another, it's like they've never left.
00:36:17Big Bronx and Reed.
00:36:18Oh my God.
00:36:19Anton.
00:36:20330 pounds.
00:36:21I don't wish that upon anyone, Cole.
00:36:23The Oscilla.
00:36:24And the tag made by the unpredictable badass, Braun Breaker.
00:36:30The man who Paul Heyman said one day will be main eventing WrestleMania.
00:36:35And I believe him as Heyman with that old grin on his face, looking on as the vision is dismantling Fraxium.
00:36:41And Breaker with a great suplex.
00:36:44But is Heyman really trustworthy?
00:36:46No.
00:36:47He tells you that.
00:36:48By the way, Seth Rollins is the world champion.
00:36:50He's supposed to be in the main event of WrestleMania.
00:36:53Then you look at Roman Reigns.
00:36:54He's the main event of WrestleMania.
00:36:56Brock Lesnar.
00:36:57I mean, all of these superstars have attached themselves to Paul Heyman and have become main eventers.
00:37:03And Breaker was trying to build speed and he was stopped in his tracks.
00:37:06But at what cost, Cole?
00:37:08At what cost?
00:37:09Indeed.
00:37:10And Heyman now realizing that his team can ill afford a loss tonight.
00:37:15Heading into Wrestlepalooza.
00:37:17And what a night it's gonna be in Indianapolis.
00:37:20Historic evening for WWE.
00:37:22Here we go.
00:37:24Here we go.
00:37:25Watch the speed.
00:37:27Watch the speed, Cole.
00:37:28Yeah, Nathan Frazier.
00:37:29Tremendous athlete.
00:37:31Using speed to his advantage.
00:37:33Trying to knock the big man off his team.
00:37:34He's gonna need all the speed he can get.
00:37:37Look at Frazier.
00:37:38Duck and weave.
00:37:39Duck and weave.
00:37:40Here we go.
00:37:41Hanging up Reed on the top rope.
00:37:43Frazier.
00:37:44Mitchell Brock kicking.
00:37:45Reed down to a knee.
00:37:46On his knee.
00:37:47Let's go.
00:37:48Reed's down.
00:37:49Frazier quickly to the top rope.
00:37:51Wasting no time.
00:37:56Boom.
00:37:57What a frog splash.
00:37:58Cover now.
00:37:59On Reed and a kick out with authority.
00:38:01Boom.
00:38:02What did I say, Cole?
00:38:03Frog splash is no tsunami.
00:38:05You need a million frog splashes to just get one tsunami.
00:38:09And here we go.
00:38:10Frazier with that corkscrew moonsault.
00:38:12Landed on his feet.
00:38:13Reed.
00:38:14That's the jagged edge.
00:38:16The Death Valley driver.
00:38:18The jagged edge from Boston Reed.
00:38:20No.
00:38:21And do you wanna do the honors?
00:38:22No, I do not.
00:38:24Here we go.
00:38:25Looked like he was going for the tsunami before being intercepted by Axiom.
00:38:30Axiom.
00:38:33Oh my god.
00:38:34Tossed into a spear by Breaker.
00:38:38This is.
00:38:39Oh god.
00:38:40One, two, three.
00:38:44Here are your winners.
00:38:45Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:38:46Braun Breaker.
00:38:47And Braun Senre.
00:38:48I don't need John Cena's bitch announcing them as a winner.
00:39:01That's my job.
00:39:03Like I was saying before, I was so rudely interrupted before.
00:39:08A spoiler for Wrestlepalooza.
00:39:11Ladies and gentlemen, your winners.
00:39:18Well, well, well.
00:39:19There they go right there looking dumb.
00:39:21I see you.
00:39:22The Usos are not in Toledo.
00:39:23Especially Braun.
00:39:24Cause right now, the Usos are now in, in day.
00:39:30Man, that's right, Usos.
00:39:31We all over SportsCenter.
00:39:33All over ESPN trying to get it out the way.
00:39:35Cause tomorrow night, it's Wrestlepalooza, Usos.
00:39:38Yeah.
00:39:39And it's the Bronies versus the Usos.
00:39:40The Bronies fourth quarter.
00:39:41Yeah.
00:39:42Y'all down by two.
00:39:43Like my man Tyrese Halliburton saying.
00:39:45Don't choke.
00:39:46No, sir.
00:39:47Tomorrow night, you going against the day ones.
00:39:49Yeah.
00:39:50You going against the best damn tag team in the game.
00:39:52Yeah.
00:39:53Tomorrow night.
00:39:54Hey, tomorrow night, we lock it down like 49er defense.
00:39:56Yeah.
00:39:57Welcome to the Usos Penitentiary.
00:40:00Vision.
00:40:04Well, Jimmy and Jay already in Indianapolis getting set for Wrestlepalooza.
00:40:08Oh, I'm such baby.
00:40:09Are you kidding me?
00:40:10I want to see this matchup.
00:40:12Vision versus one of the greatest tag teams of all time.
00:40:16Usos vision tomorrow at Wrestlepalooza.
00:40:20Well, after her brutal attack on the WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill last week.
00:40:30Nia Jax is here live next.
00:40:33The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes the undisputed WWE Champion and this Saturday WWE Wrestlepalooza is coming for the very first time.
00:40:45A PLE coming to ESPN.
00:40:47Here's everything you need to know.
00:40:48Step one.
00:40:49Go to stream.espn.com.
00:40:52Step two.
00:40:53Sign up for the ESPN unlimited plan or if you're a subscriber to DirecTV, Fubo2D, Hulu Plus Live TV, Spectrum or Verizon Fios, you can authenticate your account.
00:41:04Step three.
00:41:05Download the ESPN app on your TV or your mobile device.
00:41:08Congrats.
00:41:09Now you have access to all of WWE's premium live events, all of ESPN and all in one place.
00:41:15And that brings us to step four.
00:41:16Tune in on Saturday to watch Wrestlepalooza.
00:41:19Orlando, Florida.
00:41:20And we just heard General Manager Nick Aldis tell us what one of the huge matchups is going to be in Orlando next week on SmackDown.
00:41:31Where Tiffany Stratton will defend the WWE Women's Championship in a triple threat match against both Nia Jax and Jade Cargill.
00:41:40Remember, the first woman to gain pinfall or submission will become the WWE Women's Champion.
00:41:47Well, not quite sure I want to want to revisit this the way that we kicked off Friday night SmackDown tonight.
00:41:53I was summoned to the back to interview Brock Lesnar, although Brock decided to meet me in the aisle way.
00:41:59I, uh, I've never felt so helpless in my entire career.
00:42:24BONDA!!!!
00:42:46JOHN!
00:42:47I'M COMIN' FOR YOU!!!
00:42:49IT'S D-Day TOMORROW JOHN, I'M COMIN' FOR BLOOD!!!
00:42:53this is john cena's farewell tour the last time he will wrestle in indianapolis and after seeing
00:43:02the way brock is right now could be the last time we see john cena wrestle ever
00:43:07it's cena and lesnar it'll kick off wrestle palooza tomorrow night streaming live on the new
00:43:16espn app well okay come on you're the let's pick up the energy there's your guy in the ring and he is
00:43:23going for the united states championship and ever since i first met kamala hayes he literally said
00:43:28i want to be united states champion and this is his opportunity
00:43:40and his opponent from montreal quebec canada weighing in at 212 pounds he is
00:43:52the united states champion
00:44:02okay we know the story sammy zane a decade ago when he made his first appearance on monday
00:44:09night raw he accepted an open challenge for the united states championship from the then champion
00:44:14john cena so to pay homage to cena in his final year here in wwe miss sammy zane has started his own
00:44:22united states championship open challenge i hate open challenges you never you have to make a person
00:44:28earn the united states champion so you're saying carmella hold on hold on but sammy opened the
00:44:34floodgate open the door to anyone last week we saw a barn burner a five-star match from ray phoenix
00:44:41and honestly put i mean that match ben he was already on the map but i'll tell you what a lot of people
00:44:48saw what ray phoenix can absolutely do and they're gonna see what carmelo hayes can do and i'm i'm
00:44:54telling carmelo hayes when he wins united states championship we will not allow anyone to do an open
00:45:01challenge you will have to earn the right to face carmelo hayes interesting take on that
00:45:08as we get set for the united states championship match
00:45:15here on friday night smackdown and tonight's matchup is presented by jimmy john's order a
00:45:20toasted pizza sandwich at jimmyjohns.com carmelo i'm buying carmelo a turkey tom baby so let's talk
00:45:26we're gonna celebrate jimmy john's tonight hey let's talk about the united states championship
00:45:31miss you're a former u.s champion how important and prestigious is this title this is what this is
00:45:36what carmelo's been telling me he's been dreamed of as a child if you look at the rich history you
00:45:42know you look at harley race dusty roads myself and now sammy zane everyone is trying to make sure that
00:45:49this title has the prestige and honor that it deserves now sammy zane of course has been a
00:45:55fighting champion and there's the athleticism of carmelo hayes so miz carmelo hayes is so confident
00:46:01in this match call that he told me he didn't want me to get involved well you you did get involved
00:46:07tuesday at nxt homecoming because i thought he wanted me to do that he told me tonight do not get
00:46:13involved i can do this on my own he reminds me of a young miz a person that wants to have the wwe
00:46:19united states championship around his waist and i told him hey let me go to nick aldis i'll get
00:46:24us a number one contendership for the tag team titles you got that done and i got that done
00:46:29so imagine this carmelo hayes with the united states championship with the tag team championship
00:46:34will look like a 2010 nits with all that gold i want to boom oh i once liked a young miz as well
00:46:40as sammy zane delivers the right hand i got you to wrestlemania to carmelo hayes that you did
00:46:45and you want to know aren't you yeah a lot of people regret that nonetheless it was carmelo and trick
00:46:49williams at nxt homecoming that knocked off diy thanks to the miss and sammy zane dumped out to
00:46:56the apron what is it about carmelo hayes that attracted you to want a team with a miss has it
00:47:00all creativity unbelievable work ethic is one of the hardest work wow it's what i look at when i was
00:47:08coming up in wwe that i wish i had in wwe i wish i had a young miz basically telling me what to do
00:47:15you've never done that i haven't done that you're absolutely correct no one can
00:47:33and the uber athletic carmelo hayes in control the united states champion sammy zane the miz with me at
00:47:38ringside because the situation with cory grace and brock lesnar earlier tonight but
00:47:43is you get a front row seat to watch your buddy in action front row seat to him winning the united
00:47:48states championship would be an africano i would jump out of my seat run over there put him in
00:47:52wait a minute you put that title around his waist you wouldn't be a little bit jealous if carmelo had
00:47:58gold and you didn't no i wouldn't be are you kidding me i want you that is so unlike you i want see you don't
00:48:05get me no one gets me i want to see success in people that i believe in i believe in carmelo hayes
00:48:12i believe in his ability this man has the it factor this audience should be wearing shirts that say him
00:48:18on it because supporting carmelo hayes cheering him him on but they're not why are they not
00:48:25they don't because they maybe because he teams with you i don't know people love me were you not in europe
00:48:30did you not hear them celebrating the people in europe what the people in europe love everyone
00:48:34toledo loves me i'm 30 minutes from cleveland my hometown great oh and there's sammy zane with
00:48:40a slam of hayes cover now by the united states champion and a kick out by carmelo hayes i warned
00:48:45carmelo i said look you're going up against sammy zane whenever i'm in the ring with sammy zane i know
00:48:50the heart i know the grit i know the fight that sammy zane he yearns for this he lives for this all he
00:48:57thinks about is being a wwe superstar and how he can be better so you need to be that much better
00:49:03than him so what is it do you think that carmelo hayes is missing to get him up over the top to win
00:49:08that big title i wish he would listen to me more if i'm being completely honest with you and i i
00:49:13probably shouldn't be saying this but i wish he would listen to me more i think sometimes he's got
00:49:17a lot of bravado some maybe even a little bit of ego but i mean i had a lot of ego i had a lot of
00:49:22bravado so that's what i see i see me in him yeah but sometimes there it is there it is you got this
00:49:28but again miss ego and bravado got you to the wwe championship exactly carmelo hayes hasn't reached
00:49:33that level yet and i am going to make sure that all his talents is shown here and showcased here
00:49:41hey he's covered can he win the title sammy's forced to kick out at two i want you to watch the
00:49:45moves that carmelo does the way he does them sometimes you don't watch the way a wrestler watches
00:49:51another wrestler like no i don't because i don't i don't wrestle and i see the intricacies i see the
00:49:56little things that that a superstar needs to be to make it to that next level and he has it going up
00:50:02against a sammy zane and beating a sammy zane will allow that see what i'm saying what a clothesline by
00:50:09hayes and he's in control the champ there it is turning another level
00:50:13big right hands by carmelo hayes to the united states champion
00:50:26and sammy fighting back now come on lay it in turn it into a brawl
00:50:34lay it in harder carmelo let's go carmelo hayes in control the united states champion sammy zane
00:50:40miz i asked you this before i want to reiterate it though you won't be jealous if carmelo hayes
00:50:44wins some gold tonight and you don't have any why can't you understand that i want success for
00:50:49carmelo hayes why can anyone understand that big leg drop right across the throat of sammy cover now
00:50:56to win the united states championship and a kick out at two i gotta tell you the referee's kind of a slow
00:51:01counter and i don't like it the official in this matchup daphne focus on keep locked in
00:51:08but what is it what does carmelo hayes need to do to make the next step in his career listen to me
00:51:14would be step number one step number two would be listen to me step number three listen to me
00:51:22well maybe he has been listening to you because he's dominating the champ right now miz of course a
00:51:27former wwe champion the united states champion intercontinental champion tag team champion plenty
00:51:31the bank winner it's sammy zane you gotta watch him sometimes you feel like you're dominating him in
00:51:38the ring and then all of a sudden something happens within sammy that allows me to have this fight
00:51:43that i can't stand where does he get it from some people have that grit some people have that heart
00:51:50oh and now sammy zane with a big chop and much the delight of this jam-packed crowd tonight
00:52:04okay we get that you guys can count well sammy zane embarrassing carmelo right now
00:52:09now again miz telling us earlier that carmelo hayes has to no no no no no no this matchup tornado ddt kick kick
00:52:22cover by sammy oh hey he's got his shoulder up at two a near fall champion okay relax
00:52:32regroup carmelo's still in this miss no kidding paul i know i know the heart that well you're
00:52:40hyperventilating over here of course i want my friend to win and you said you got yourself a
00:52:46number one here we go watch this for the tag title sammy zane rolls through up over the top oh
00:52:53driving out kick carmelo hayes to the back and a kick out there you go that's hard that's grit
00:52:59that's resilience right there and sammy zane learning a little bit of something about can we
00:53:07talk about carmelo hayes and what he is able to do in this wwe ring unlike any other superstar
00:53:14that the roster has we've never seen anyone like carmelo hayes carmelo standing switch
00:53:21now by sammy one by hayes as well and now sammy zane in control pushed off to the center of the
00:53:27range oh big knee by hayes get nasty
00:53:33and carmelo with sammy hayes and sammy zane in trouble carmelo don't waste any time top right
00:53:41nice yes oh knees up
00:53:46carmelo went for the splash sammy zane got the knees up and now sammy zane has
00:53:51get out of the corner get out of the corner yes yes carmelo hayes caught him with a kick of his own
00:54:00united states championship on the line
00:54:03miss what an incredible matchup this has been between the champ sammy zane and the challenger
00:54:20carmelo hayes i knew it was gonna be and you know what the interesting part about an open challenge is
00:54:25usually you don't get time carmelo hayes allowed sammy zane to have time he gave him an entire week
00:54:33to prepare that's the thing about an open challenge you you don't have any time you just a guy comes out
00:54:37you don't have any time to prepare last week against ray phoenix he didn't have time to prepare carmelo
00:54:42has said i'm so confident in winning this united states championship against sammy zane that i i am
00:54:48gonna give you an entire week to prepare for me well he's under by the way and i told him not to do that
00:54:53i'm sure you did you always try to take the easy way i guess i didn't he's not trying to take the
00:54:58easy way he's trying to be smart in this business why do you think i've been here for 20 years why do
00:55:02you think i've carried every single title and made every title prestigious and relevant i'm not
00:55:08questioning your resume miss calm down obviously you are no i'm not i know i got you to a wrestlemania
00:55:13match and you went 1-0 you're welcome thank you here we go and sammy zane wildly misses again
00:55:20there's the quickness of carmelo hayes who can do that who can do that what i'm over the championship
00:55:29come on ref
00:55:37carmelo questioning the count i'm questioning the count
00:55:42look nick aldish should get out here and be like look we might need a new ref
00:55:45count a little quicker i mean my gosh i think she's fine but
00:55:56you can't tell if this crowd is saying this is awesome or mrs awesome but either way it is it's
00:56:00this is awesome i don't know
00:56:10sammy delivering chop after chop uh-oh no no the power bomb kick he did yes yes
00:56:24you have no idea how much i want to get involved with this match
00:56:27do you have any idea how hard it is for me to sit here and watch my friend and know and
00:56:33know i can get him a victory right now i'm surprised that you haven't got involved yet
00:56:38i'm not going to get involved he asked me not to get involved
00:56:44nice guy cole you're maturing i i get that i don't want to be mature to be honest with you i don't
00:56:50want to listen to him but i respect him that much i could have called you old oh what do you mean
00:56:55i'm in my prime baby i'm old sammy zane now with the the rights to carmelo and carmelo fighting back
00:57:03and it's been a great matchup united states championship open challenge
00:57:09sammy's been a fighting champ and now zane and hayes collision middle of the ring both men down all right
00:57:16critical point in this matchup
00:57:38this is a great time for carmelo hayes to regroup refocus and lock in
00:57:43this is the united states championship open challenge sammy zane defended against the
00:57:48challenger carmelo hayes and it has been a hell of a match up here on smackdown miz with me at
00:57:54ringside because of the injury to cory grave oh and now sammy zane looking for the exploder
00:57:59hayes holding on it's almost like he had that scouted did you show him some tape you kidding me all
00:58:03we've been doing is watching tape on sammy zane i've had matches with sammy i know his resilience i
00:58:08know what he's like in this ring and oh i know the ability of carmelo hayes this is wow did you
00:58:15see his arm get locked in there sammy zane that could be a big deal right there he could have broken
00:58:19his wrist as he got here we go here we go yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes to the united states
00:58:25championship hook the leg hook the leg he stays in it i don't think he could i think he injured himself
00:58:33miz in the frog splash and couldn't hook the leg and again sammy zane really favoring his wrist watch
00:58:39this as he gets caught up in both the second and top rope and then the splash now we see a weakness
00:58:46in sammy zane now we see the arm what will carmelo focus on the arm you capitalize on the arm yes
00:58:53see sammy zane rope burns uh all over the the forearm and wrist of zane and now hayes looking at the
00:59:04first 48 intercepted now by sammy and sammy gonna turn this yeah turn around right for the blue thunder
00:59:12but there it is the first 48 now what does carmelo do here miz did not get frustrated
00:59:27he hit sammy zane with one of his big moves the first 48 sammy kicked out focus rock in
00:59:35do what we discussed
00:59:44he knew about this he knows what sammy zane does
00:59:49and now sammy zane trying to hook carmelo hayes up
00:59:52and now hayes springboard off the second rope takes out sammy carmelo hayes could be closing in on
01:00:08the united states championship
01:00:13this is what sammy does and you just need to finish it and he was looking for nothing but net but sammy's
01:00:18here is your winner and still united states champion sammy zane
01:00:40oh miss listen i know you're upset but
01:00:42i mean what a great match by carmelo hayes he's throwing leaps and bounds
01:00:48but he ran into a buzzsaw a fighting champion a very resilient sammy zane tonight
01:00:59what do you think we want moral victories here cole we don't want moral victories
01:01:03i want titles around our waist carmelo was so close to hitting nothing but net but sammy
01:01:10turned it into the blue thunder bomb wins this united states championship open challenge tonight
01:01:16another gutsy win for sammy zane
01:01:29it's a disease an epidemic of toxic masculinity around these locker rooms in the hey whoa
01:01:36priest calm down don't tell me to calm down where's alistair look i know you're up
01:01:40upset because you lost last week because i lost the hell we're losing everybody around here wins and
01:01:44loses the problem is he attacked me in my entrance then he took one of your referees and used him as
01:01:51a shield like a coward he wanted the real me well he's got him no more good guy no more bad guy
01:01:58if you don't give me alistair you and everybody else around here is gonna deal with a punisher
01:02:05is demanding and threatening like that that i'm talking about nick a man with a fragile ego you
01:02:11can't handle the card that he has been dealt so what does he do he acts out in hyper masculine
01:02:17overtly aggressive ways maybe it's time that damien looks in the mirror because damien you are toxic and if
01:02:25he's in the mirror you are toxic if you make you excuse oh geez you heard what i said give me alistair black
01:02:34what's wrong with you he's toxic obviously holy cow
01:02:41i'm gonna need medical in here what a nice for central manager nick aldison
01:02:46And still to come, Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre
01:02:52will be in the same ring at the same time
01:02:56to sign the contract for their huge match at Wrestlepalooza
01:02:59tomorrow night.
01:03:00That's still to come live on SmackDown.
01:03:03And coming up next, we'll take a look
01:03:05at the next part in our series,
01:03:07the history of John Cena, Brock Lesnar.
01:03:16As Ernest Hemingway once said,
01:03:21courage is grace under pressure.
01:03:24No WWE superstar epitomizes that phrase more than John Cena.
01:03:37Oh, here he comes!
01:03:39Got him!
01:03:41John Cena is the champion!
01:03:43A powerhouse of spirit and skill.
01:03:50No!
01:03:50You gotta be kid-based!
01:03:53Just a natural-born entertainer.
01:03:56And that right there is the WWE champion, John Cena.
01:04:01Big match, John.
01:04:02You've done it again.
01:04:03A leader in both action and deed.
01:04:07Breaking out of the ruthless aggression era,
01:04:17the WWE had become his stage
01:04:19as John Cena transformed
01:04:21into one of the most recognizable personalities in the world.
01:04:27Please welcome John Cena.
01:04:29John Cena!
01:04:30You want some?
01:04:33Come!
01:04:36Get some!
01:04:37G-O!
01:04:38G-O!
01:04:39G-O!
01:04:40G-O!
01:04:41G-O!
01:04:42G-O!
01:04:42After abruptly leaving the WWE,
01:04:45Brock Lesnar embraced his true calling,
01:04:48that of a combat athlete.
01:04:51And it is all over!
01:04:53He's out!
01:04:54Trading the ring for the octagon.
01:04:56It's a big shot.
01:04:58He's got much back.
01:05:00Between his imposing stature,
01:05:02intense speed,
01:05:03and freak athleticism,
01:05:05Brock became one of UFC's biggest draws.
01:05:09And much like his meteoric rise in WWE,
01:05:13Lesnar would again shock the world
01:05:16as he captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship
01:05:19in just his third bout.
01:05:23Ah, no!
01:05:28He's right.
01:05:30After dominating the world of MMA,
01:05:34Brock would become one of the most feared men on the planet
01:05:36with unfinished business.
01:05:38Oh, my!
01:05:47Brock Lesnar!
01:05:52The former WWE Champion!
01:05:55Not what John Cena wanted,
01:05:57but it's what he's getting.
01:05:59They have fun!
01:06:03After an eight-year hiatus,
01:06:06the prize fighter returned to the squared circle in 2012,
01:06:10immediately targeting the face of WWE.
01:06:13Why did I come back to the WWE?
01:06:16John Cena is not the real guy.
01:06:19And the only reason John is in the spot that he is in
01:06:22is because I left.
01:06:24If you're sick of me,
01:06:25that's one thing.
01:06:25But to say that this industry isn't filled with
01:06:27legitimate talent,
01:06:30that's just being ignorant.
01:06:32And in one of the most brutal matches in WWE history,
01:06:36the two men waged war at Extreme Rules.
01:06:40Never before in my career in WWE
01:06:43have I witnessed a matchup as punishing,
01:06:47as torturous,
01:06:50as vicious.
01:06:55But John Cena, against all odds,
01:06:58pulled it out.
01:06:59Overcoming unimaginable odds,
01:07:02John Cena would find a way to prevail,
01:07:05earning his first-ever victory over the Beast Incarnate.
01:07:08Over the next two years,
01:07:16Cena and Lesnar led the charge
01:07:18as the standard bearers of WWE.
01:07:21John Cena is going to WrestleMania!
01:07:25John Cena is an 11-time WWE Champion!
01:07:32Conquering legends
01:07:33and adding to their Hall of Fame resumes.
01:07:38The streak is over!
01:07:45With both superstars in the prime of their careers,
01:07:48they were poised to clash yet again,
01:07:50this time at SummerSlam 2014
01:07:53for the undisputed WWE Championship.
01:07:56And as the anticipation swelled
01:07:58in a sold-out arena in L.A.
01:08:01No one could possibly predict
01:08:03what would transpire that night.
01:08:05Guys, we're about 30 seconds into this match
01:08:14and it's almost over!
01:08:15It's a merciless assault!
01:08:19An absolutely dominating performance!
01:08:23It's the greatest thing that I've ever accomplished.
01:08:25In my mind, I came back to this company
01:08:29with one goal in mind
01:08:31and that was to become
01:08:32the WWE Heavyweight Champion of the world.
01:08:38In the single most dominant championship
01:08:41bout in history,
01:08:42the man many believed to be invincible
01:08:44was, in fact,
01:08:47a mere mortal.
01:08:48Lesnar was not only champion,
01:08:50but the undisputed alpha of WWE.
01:08:57Tomorrow,
01:08:59hours before WrestlePalooza,
01:09:01we preview Lesnar and Cena's final battle.
01:09:07He's on some retirement escapade,
01:09:10this staged retirement party.
01:09:13And I'm about to f*** that up.
01:09:19I'll never forget
01:09:20SummerSlam 2014
01:09:22and the dominant performance,
01:09:23one of the most uncomfortable matches
01:09:25that I've ever had to call in my career
01:09:27between Lesnar and Cena.
01:09:28And after what we saw Brock Lesnar do
01:09:30earlier tonight,
01:09:32I fear tomorrow could possibly be the same.
01:09:36It's Cena, Brock Lesnar,
01:09:38kicking off WrestlePalooza
01:09:40live on the ESPN app
01:09:43from Indianapolis.
01:09:44But a big card tomorrow, Miz.
01:09:47Very big card
01:09:48and my wife and myself
01:09:49will be looking forward to this one.
01:09:50A mixed tag team match.
01:09:52CM Punk
01:09:53and a returning
01:09:55AJ Lee
01:09:56versus the world heavyweight champion,
01:09:58Seth freaking Rollins
01:09:59and your
01:10:00intercontinental champion,
01:10:03Becky Lynch.
01:10:04Couple versus couple.
01:10:05You gotta love it, baby.
01:10:06Big time tag team champions.
01:10:09The brothers,
01:10:09Uso are together again.
01:10:12But they are running into two monsters.
01:10:16Braun Breaker,
01:10:17Bronson Reed
01:10:18of the Vision.
01:10:19Big tag team matchup
01:10:20women wrestled to lose up.
01:10:22If that's not enough,
01:10:24baby,
01:10:26the women's world championship match.
01:10:30Io Sky,
01:10:31the champion
01:10:32versus Stephanie Valcure.
01:10:34They are going to put on
01:10:36an absolute display
01:10:37of athleticism
01:10:39and determination
01:10:40for the women's world championship.
01:10:43These two men are long-time friends
01:10:46or were long-time friends.
01:10:48They're also former
01:10:49tag team champions together,
01:10:50but man,
01:10:51things have changed.
01:10:52And coming up tomorrow night,
01:10:55Cody Rhodes,
01:10:55the undisputed
01:10:56WWE champion,
01:10:58will put the gold on the line
01:11:00against a very angry
01:11:01and a very hungry
01:11:02Scottish warrior,
01:11:04Drew McIntyre.
01:11:05It happens at 7 Eastern,
01:11:084 Pacific,
01:11:08live from Indianapolis.
01:11:10It is Wrestlepalooza.
01:11:12The first time
01:11:13a WWE premium live event
01:11:15will stream live
01:11:16on the ESPN app.
01:11:20Let's take it back
01:11:21to last week
01:11:21on Friday Night SmackDown.
01:11:23Great main event, Miz.
01:11:24This is Orton versus McIntyre.
01:11:26Randy Orton looks like
01:11:27he was going to go for the punt.
01:11:28And Drew McIntyre,
01:11:30well, he would take advantage.
01:11:34McIntyre with the claymore.
01:11:35Wiping out Randy Orton
01:11:37and picking up the win.
01:11:41And what did McIntyre want to do?
01:11:43Well, he wanted to injure
01:11:45Randy Orton
01:11:46and do much of the same
01:11:47to Orton that he did
01:11:48to Cody Rhodes
01:11:50a few weeks prior
01:11:52before Cody returned.
01:11:56Drew McIntyre!
01:11:59I'll see you, my friend,
01:12:01at Wrestlepalooza!
01:12:04Miz, this thing has become
01:12:07so personal
01:12:08between these two.
01:12:10When Drew McIntyre
01:12:11is determined,
01:12:13nothing,
01:12:13and I mean nothing,
01:12:15can stop him.
01:12:16And I gotta tell you,
01:12:18the American nightmare,
01:12:19Cody Rhodes,
01:12:20taking on Drew McIntyre,
01:12:21I cannot wait to see
01:12:23what's up next.
01:12:25They signed the contract
01:12:26on SmackDown.
01:12:30Ladies and gentlemen,
01:12:31Wrestlepalooza.
01:12:33Tomorrow night
01:12:33is presented by
01:12:34Xfinity,
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01:12:40Xfinity,
01:12:40imagine that.
01:12:41You're the only loyal soldier
01:12:57that I have left.
01:13:01You've been with me
01:13:03from the start
01:13:04of the bloodline,
01:13:05and you've never
01:13:06betrayed me.
01:13:10It's all the Lord.
01:13:15You've shown me love,
01:13:18and you've sacrificed
01:13:20your body for God.
01:13:21You're the son
01:13:24of Hakuk,
01:13:26the most dangerous man
01:13:28on the planet.
01:13:30So that makes
01:13:31you dangerous.
01:13:33You brought gold
01:13:35to this family,
01:13:37and I love you for that.
01:13:39I owe it to you
01:13:41to make you a champion.
01:13:45I let you down.
01:13:48But if you trust me,
01:13:49and as long as
01:13:52you're part
01:13:52of my family tree,
01:13:55your loyalty
01:13:57will be
01:13:58rewarded.
01:14:09I love you,
01:14:10Solo.
01:14:19Ladies and gentlemen,
01:14:23tomorrow night,
01:14:24we present
01:14:25Wrestlepalooza,
01:14:26a landmark night
01:14:28in the history
01:14:28of this company
01:14:29and this industry.
01:14:31And the main event
01:14:33of Wrestlepalooza
01:14:35will be the match
01:14:36for the undisputed
01:14:37WWE Championship.
01:14:41At this time,
01:14:43allow me to introduce
01:14:44to you
01:14:44the challenger,
01:14:47Drew McIntyre.
01:14:48The
01:14:54equation
01:14:55gli
01:15:02i
01:15:04i
01:15:05i
01:15:10i
01:15:10and
01:15:10i
01:15:14You know, Mr. McIntyre has been called a hypocrite.
01:15:35He's been called delusional, but in 24 hours he may be called WWE Champion.
01:15:44And no one more deserving.
01:15:48You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre who looks, walks, talks and acts like a champion.
01:15:57Someone that you can put everything behind.
01:16:01We're going on to ESPN.
01:16:03This is a guy, this is your face.
01:16:14What a night, tomorrow night, the main event of Wrestle Palooza.
01:16:24The first ever premium live event, streaming live on the ESPN app.
01:16:32Drew McIntyre looks to take the undisputed WWE Championship from the American Nightmare.
01:16:42The last ever.
01:16:50The last ever.
01:19:30Before we sign that, question for you, Drew, do you know what happened on this very day 15 years ago?
01:19:46You and I, we won the tag team championships, right?
01:19:56Do you know who was backstage talking about that?
01:19:59Nobody.
01:20:01And I think you know why.
01:20:07The world doesn't revolve around you.
01:20:09It doesn't revolve around me, your story, my story.
01:20:13It's not.
01:20:13It's their story.
01:20:15No, it's simple.
01:20:19They don't need to know all the lore.
01:20:22Sometimes they pay their hard-earned money and they just want to watch two guys, two of the best, fight.
01:20:28I understand who you are.
01:20:35I get it.
01:20:36In the past, you've won a Royal Rumble.
01:20:38In the past, you've been WWE champion.
01:20:41In the past, you've slayed the beast.
01:20:44You're 6'5".
01:20:45You're 280 pounds.
01:20:47You're the Scottish Warrior.
01:20:53But lately, the Scottish Warrior has just been a keyboard warrior.
01:21:04And you know it.
01:21:06So go ahead.
01:21:07I know you have it on you.
01:21:09Pull your phone out.
01:21:11Skin that smoke wagon.
01:21:12Go ahead.
01:21:13Let's get viral.
01:21:15Make a post on social media.
01:21:17Get one over on me.
01:21:19Make sure that you, who's always bitching and moaning and whining, give it all to me right now.
01:21:26Because it's the last time you're going to get one over on me.
01:21:30Go ahead.
01:21:30Have at it, Drew.
01:21:40What's that supposed to mean?
01:21:41It means exactly what it says.
01:21:48Thank you, Cody.
01:21:49All I've wanted was a legitimate shot at the WWE championship.
01:21:56No outside interference.
01:21:58Nobody's screwing me over.
01:22:00And you're not going to let that happen.
01:22:03Because you're the ultimate company guy.
01:22:04You're a fighting champion.
01:22:06And you honestly, you don't really think for yourself anymore, do you?
01:22:12You always think about the bigger picture, what's best for the company, the stock prices, the sponsors, your name and the marquee.
01:22:21Cody, you're the corporate champion.
01:22:25That used to be a bad thing.
01:22:27I mean, I kicked your head through an announce table, Cody.
01:22:31You were out for five weeks.
01:22:32Instead of stomping my brains in like I would do to you, you're talking me to death.
01:22:38And I understand you could put personal issues aside.
01:22:46You're not willing to jeopardize the main event of Wrestlepalooza tomorrow.
01:22:51I was in your chair five years ago.
01:22:53I get it.
01:22:54But here's a reality check.
01:22:56They're going to turn on you.
01:22:58They're going to move on to the next flavor of the month.
01:23:01And you're going to be sitting in my chair telling yourself, my God, Drew was right.
01:23:16Okay, say you're right.
01:23:19Then tomorrow night Wrestlepalooza is a great night for you.
01:23:22And say you're wrong.
01:23:25Then guess what happens?
01:23:26Your legacy isn't all those accomplishments.
01:23:29Your legacy isn't this content creator you've become.
01:23:32Your legacy becomes the man who lost to me at our debut ESPN PLE for
01:23:41the WWE Undisputed Championship.
01:23:55Well, it's official.
01:23:59And McIntyre with a cheap shot.
01:24:04The Glasgow Kiss headbutt to Cody Rhodes.
01:24:09Cody stumbling out of the ring and McIntyre now.
01:24:13We're going to have the last lap, the last lap, the last floor tonight, Miz.
01:24:18And the brawl's on the way.
01:24:20Oh, here we go.
01:24:21Whoa.
01:24:24Rhodes bounced off the ground.
01:24:26McIntyre's going to do what he did to Rhodes five weeks ago.
01:24:29He's waiting for him.
01:24:43I'm not going to kick your head through the announce table again.
01:24:46This match is happening tomorrow.
01:24:48And I'm taking the one thing that means the most to you, that WWE Championship.
01:24:53The 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.
01:25:06I ain't going to screw it up for myself.
01:25:14Oh, here we go.
01:25:15Wait a minute, Cody Rhodes back into the ring.
01:25:17Cody Rhodes looks up on a McIntyre, and the fight continues.
01:25:21Go, go, go, go, go, go.
01:25:25The general manager trying to separate these two.
01:25:28Referees coming out.
01:25:30Here we go.
01:25:32Trying to preserve the main event for tomorrow night.
01:25:34Things have gone.
01:25:37And now, Cody again.
01:25:40Cody and McIntyre.
01:25:42The brawls on.
01:25:43Let him fight, I say let him fight.
01:25:49Why wait for Wrestle Palooza?
01:25:52McIntyre with a boot to the face of the champion.
01:25:58Get out of here.
01:26:00My goodness.
01:26:02Come on.
01:26:07McIntyre and Rollins for the championship at Wrestle Palooza tomorrow night on the ESPN app.
01:26:17Sleep with a title.
01:26:19It's the last night you're gonna have it for a long time.
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