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00:00Now.
00:30I'm going to tell you all this right now, I don't give a damn what they think about me, because it's just me, it's just me, Saturday night, and it's just me, going to be the new world heavyweight champion.
00:44Four letters, one word, punk, main event, Jey Uso, how far are you willing to go?
01:00Because you're not the only one who needs to be champion again.
01:05I need to be champion like I need air in my lungs, and I know how far I'm willing to go.
01:14Saturday night's main event, you're in a situation you can't eat yourself out of.
01:21Screw you, punk.
01:23I've been in deep waters before, I know how to swim.
01:26You think they're going to feed me to you?
01:28Nah, you can fed to me.
01:31Saturday night, I'll show you who the best of the world is, Uso.
01:35Four letters, one word, ooh, ooh.
01:38Yeah!
01:44A Seth Rollins injury has caused the World Heavyweight Championship to be vacant.
01:53Someone is going to be a new champion live tonight.
01:56a Seth Rollins injury has caused by everyone in the year's
02:09age.
02:10A the baby!
02:10So we can't��end.
02:11One word, a baby!
02:12We, we, we 2, 0, O homo.
02:12It's like the free.
02:13We, we ride.
02:14We, we, we, we, we!
02:15Woo, we, we, we, we sun.
02:16Oh, song.
02:46Welcome to Salt Yeet City.
02:58Main event Jey Uso looking to win the World Heavyweight Championship
03:02for a second time in his career.
03:13Wade, you're supposed to move your arms when you yeet.
03:16I'm doing my own version, my rhythm looks terrible.
03:19My arms are so long and I just can't get the bounce right.
03:22And I don't think you should ever say Salt Yeet City ever again.
03:26It takes something that is organically really cool and
03:30makes it that uncool, Michael Cole.
03:42Now this is cool, watch this Cole.
03:44Yeah, yeet, yeet.
03:45And now you watch this.
03:47There we go, see?
03:48Man, that killed it.
03:50And there's Post Malone involved in this as well.
03:53Listen, Jey Uso will do anything it takes to win this championship.
03:57We saw what he did in the Battle Royal a couple of weeks ago,
04:01where he eliminated the likes of LA Knight, the likes of Dominic Mysterio,
04:04Jey Uso and even his own brother, Jimmy Uso.
04:10Yeah, that's a certain laser focused.
04:13And it's been a while since I've seen that kind of look in the eye of Jey Uso.
04:19In fact, the last time I saw that kind of dead-eye focus in his eyes,
04:25it was right before WrestleMania 42, where Jey Uso fought out of his skin to do the unthinkable,
04:33and to throw jumper for the World Heavyweight Championship.
04:36Well, that kind of superhuman effort is what it's going to take tonight.
04:42And Jey Uso is once again going to grab that crown.
04:45You know, I had lunch with Jey Uso today.
04:47I talked to him about this moment here tonight.
04:49He said he had a bad taste left in his mouth after what happened,
04:54the way he lost the championship.
04:56He wants to win it back again here tonight and prove that he is indeed main event.
05:01A lot of people have had a bad taste left in their mouth when they eat with Michael Cole,
05:05so that's no surprise, but I do get your point.
05:08Softball.
05:10Are we going to run it back?
05:13Go on!
05:14Go on, Music Man.
05:16Yes!
05:17Music Man.
05:19Someone's got to press play.
05:22That'd be Frenchy, and he's a DJ.
05:25Record of whatever he's playing it off.
05:26Drop the needle.
05:28Is this me now?
05:33Doctor Who is.
05:36I'm going to get them all.
05:39Yeah!
05:40I'm going to give him.
05:43I'm going to give him.
05:45I'm going to give him.
06:58I believe tonight is a must win for CM Punk.
07:22There's no Seth Rollins around the Thorne and Punk's side for the past couple of years.
07:28Punk has admitted in recent weeks that that window of opportunity is closing.
07:32He doesn't know we'll ever get a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship ever again.
07:37Punk is putting all the pressure on himself.
07:40And again, what I believe is a must win match for the Second City Saints tonight.
07:46Well, I agree with what you just said, but I'd say for me, it's a must win for Jey Uso.
07:52Look, CM Punk's a made man.
07:55Guaranteed he's going in the Hall of Fame.
07:57Jey Uso's going to go in the Hall of Fame too, but at the moment, he's going in as one half of the greatest tag team in history.
08:05Jey Uso is still trying to prove he's not a one-hit wonder when it comes to the singles World Championship level.
08:13He's done it once.
08:15This is the first time he's slid down the other side of that mountain.
08:19Punk has proven time and again he can reverse that slide, get back to the top.
08:24The question is tonight, can Jey Uso?
08:30Let's head up to the ring and Lillian Garcia.
08:33The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship!
08:50Introducing first, from San Francisco, California, weighing in at 242 pounds, main event, Jey Uso!
09:07And his opponent, from Chicago, Illinois, weighing in at 218 pounds, he is the best in the world, CM Punk!
09:30Well, one note before this matchup gets underway, it's a very emotional night for that man, CM Punk.
09:35Punk is gear, paying homage to Punk's MMA trainer, Duke Rufus of Rufus Sports Gym.
09:41Punk dedicating this match to Duke tonight, who recently passed away.
09:46CM Punk, very emotional about this tribute, as he looks to win the World Heavyweight Championship here tonight.
09:58You know, this harkens back to the old-school Saturday night's main event, back in the day, Wade.
10:04Big-time heavyweight battle for all the gold, between two of the most popular superstars in WWE today.
10:12I'll tell you right now, it's a real rare thing when you get a true 50-50 split in an audience.
10:18It's even more rare when you get a 100-100 split, where every fan in the audience loves both guys equally.
10:26I think they're going to be happy, whoever wins this.
10:36Tense opening moments of this match.
10:39Rod Zapata, the referee, and we're underway with a collar and elbow tie-up.
10:43What do you expect out of Punk here in the early going?
10:44I think Punk has got to take the sting out of Jey Uso early.
10:48I think Punk, at this level, in singles matches, for such a great prize, has more experience than Jey.
10:55And he's going to play some mind games.
10:56And it looks like that has started already.
10:59Friendship goes out the window when it comes to the world title.
11:04What about Jey Uso?
11:05How does he win the championship tonight?
11:08Jey Uso has got to forget the last three or four months of his career.
11:12At times, he's almost mentally spiraled at that loss of the World Heavyweight Championship.
11:17He's going to tap back into the Jey Uso that we saw back in March, April.
11:22The Jey Uso that led all the way to WrestleMania 42 and dethroning Gunther.
11:28Remember that guy.
11:29He's still in there.
11:30Bring him out tonight.
11:31Jey Uso looking to win a second World Championship in his career.
11:36CM Punk looking for number seven.
11:40Punk a way touch on it before.
11:42Already a Hall of Fame resume.
11:43Quickly going for a go to sleep on Jey Uso, who's able to counter, scoop up, roll up, and a kick out by Punk.
11:50Some competitors are slow starters.
11:53Takes him a little while to get the adrenaline going.
11:54I think Punk was counting on Jey Uso.
11:57Having a little nerves in the early goings here.
11:59Harkens back to that experience factor at this level.
12:03Trying to catch Jey Cole, but denied.
12:05Jey is ready.
12:06Now Punk working on the left arm of Uso.
12:10Slow start to this matchup, which we expected.
12:14Neither man historically has been a hundred mile an hour kind of guy, especially when it comes to singles matches for Jey Uso.
12:22Both quite methodical, and they're gonna grind their opponent down, and even more caution, perhaps.
12:27Covered by Punk.
12:28That was just to send a little message there.
12:30Yeah, when the stakes are so high, you just don't want to slip on a banana peel this early in the match and put yourself at a disadvantage.
12:38And again, Punk working on the arm of Uso.
12:46CM Punk won an Intercontinental title in his career, tag titles, two-time money in the bank.
12:54Earned this opportunity, remember, would he beat LA Knight, Jey Uso, pinning Jey in a triple threat match?
13:00Yeah, that's perhaps giving Punk a major mental edge over Jey.
13:05Of course, Jey got a second bite of the cherry once Seth Rollins went down in injury, and winning the second number one contender.
13:13And Jey made no mistake that time, winning a battle royal a couple of weeks ago to earn himself this spot.
13:18And, you know, Wade, we talked a lot about the baggage, right, of the World Heavyweight title that Jey Uso's carrying around.
13:24Let's not forget what Punk has been through emotionally over the past, and there's a shoulders down over the past few months.
13:29Remember, Punk finally climbed to the top of the mountain at SummerSlam.
13:33Five minutes to celebrate before Rollins, with a ruse of the century, cashing in the money to make contract and taking the title from Punk.
13:43And that can have two opposite effects on a perfume.
13:46It can galvanize Punk to make sure something negative like that does not happen tonight after all the disappointment.
13:52But also, there can be a sense of desperation when you've been so close to Glory, and he's having snatched away.
13:58Maybe, maybe you start to realize, it's just not my destiny.
14:02Uh-oh, uh-oh.
14:03To have a storybook ending, and going in for that kill shot again in the early runnings here, Cole.
14:08Smart.
14:09Smart by Jey Uso.
14:11Roll out of the ring and regroup as Punk went for a GTS for the second time.
14:16The go-to-sleep, Punk's bread and butter.
14:17Well, Punk has set up his stall very early in this one, clearly looking to end this as quickly as possible with the GTS.
14:26That's what he sees in his pathway to victory.
14:30Perhaps showing Jey Uso his cards very early.
14:34The questions are, what is Jey Uso's strategy in the early goings here?
14:37We haven't quite figured that out yet.
14:39This is the first time that these two men have ever gone one-on-one in a match, and the stakes could not be higher.
14:48Man, Uso looking to back Punk into the corner.
14:51Really a feeling out process here early on.
14:55You can see last week on Raw, CM Punk was clearly trying to get into the head of Jey Uso.
15:01I don't think it worked.
15:03In fact, it might have had the opposite effect and really solidified Jey Uso's mental state.
15:08And that, in return, can affect the mindset of CM Punk.
15:13Starts to question, oh my, power's waning.
15:15Do I really have the mental edge against this guy?
15:18Four elbows off the snap there.
15:20Cover now, and Jey's got a kick out at two.
15:24Punk just testing out that body of Jey Uso.
15:27Uso does not know his opponent too well, as you mentioned, trying to figure out where are his physical weaknesses.
15:33Is there anything hurting right now?
15:35Both have been through the ringer this year.
15:37Both have been in major battles, and Punk there trying, I think, for a neckbreaker.
15:42I think over-rotating was Jey Uso.
15:44Now he got it, though.
15:46No mistake, the second time.
15:47Cover by Punk's forearm in the throat, and Uso able to kick out.
15:51I'll say Jey Uso in the early runnings here is just looking a little sluggish, and the aggressor has clearly been CM Punk.
15:59He's knocked the wind out of Jey Uso somewhat.
16:02Jey Uso needs to dig deeper.
16:04Jey may hear the whispers in his ear of his very vocal cousin, the tribal chief Roman Reigns.
16:11He's talked a big game with Jey recently, and now Uso with a Samoa drop, and just like that, main event, Jey Uso's back in this.
16:18Yeah, suckered CM Punk in there.
16:20You can see Jey Uso has taken a ton of offense, and Punk clearly thought he had a major upper hand.
16:28Jey Uso is just waiting for his moment to pounce, and this is it.
16:33Jey Uso going for the spear, and Punk able to wrestle him down.
16:37Another neckbreaker to Uso.
16:39Hook of the leg now by Punk in a near fall.
16:43Is this the pace you expected?
16:44Yeah, it's the pace I did expect from CM Punk.
16:48I'm a little surprised from Jey Uso.
16:49I expected Jey Uso to come out of the blocks a little bit hotter.
16:54I think Jey Uso has clearly been listening to the aforementioned Roman Reigns, who has been in his ear,
17:00who traditionally likes this kind of pace himself.
17:03Don't rush into anything.
17:05Don't make a physical error in the early going.
17:08Just ride out the storm and wait for your moment, because it will come.
17:12But again, Wade, you've been in this situation with championships on the line before.
17:16Sometimes you're overthinking.
17:18You're too worried about making a mistake.
17:20Instead of just doing what's natural to you in the ring, what's brought you to the dance.
17:24Yeah, and that's the issue that we talked about a little early with coming down the other side of the mountain after losing gold.
17:30That's when you really start overthinking.
17:32Punk knows that danger really, too.
17:34Well, he's done it five or six times previously.
17:37Jey doesn't.
17:38Jey hasn't been here before, and he's still figuring it out.
17:40Jey now starting to fight back, and Punk going to reverse and whip Jey across the ring.
17:46Jey hangs on.
17:47Punk misses the dropkick.
17:48Jackknife cover now by Jey.
17:49Remember, this is for the vacant world title, and Punk gets his shoulder up.
17:53Once again, you just see Jey.
17:55Pinging predicament.
17:56Jey Uso trying his best to put some questions in the mind of CM Punk.
18:00Just when you think you have the power, just when you think.
18:04Cover again.
18:04And this time, a bridge out.
18:10And Punk now has Jey where he wants him.
18:13And it connects.
18:15They go to sleep.
18:16But Jey Uso collapsed and fell out of the ring.
18:20That was Punk's opportunity.
18:22But Uso, the momentum, he fell out to the floor.
18:25Punk hit the GTS.
18:27And now what does Punk do?
18:28Well, Punk traditionally, as the count starts climbing here, Punk traditionally would try
18:33and do that in the middle of the ring.
18:34It was a reactionary GTS in a bad corner of the ring.
18:38And fortuitously, for Jey Uso, he fell all the way out.
18:42And now we're seeing Punk are pulling water all over Jey, trying to wake him up as he drags
18:47him back into the ring.
18:48Don't wake him up too much.
18:50You need him back in the ring.
18:51But stack the offense once again, because Jey Uso currently has no clue where he's at.
18:56And then, Jey Uso got lucky there.
19:00That GTS connected, but it was too close to the ropes.
19:04And Jey just fell out of the ring.
19:07Well, Jey Uso simply looks like a carcass at this point.
19:11And Punk is now dominating at will.
19:14You felt the GTS before?
19:15Punk floats into the cover.
19:17Off the suplex.
19:18Hook to the leg.
19:19Jey kicks out.
19:20Yeah, I've tasted one GTS.
19:22Don't remember too much about it.
19:23In fact, I don't even remember seeing it, but I've watched videos online.
19:28Nasty, nasty KO move.
19:31And you can see that written all over Jey Uso's body.
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20:10big big frame make no mistake it's almost a dead weight at this point after that gts but now
20:17perhaps the embers starting to glow a little in the furnace of jay usso and punk off the headbutt
20:25jay now from the top rope usso punks underneath great movement once again from cm punk but not
20:32great enough blocks again and now jay usso unloading with the right hands and usso starting
20:39to feel it now hitting that yeet or retreat moment and the yeets are taking over in salt lake city and
20:48you feel like uh jay usso's starting to settle in here wade load out that offense of c and punk
20:55now picking up the pace i was anticipating and punk now looks softened up jay usso and punk though
21:04quickly out of the corner with jay up on his shoulders again looking for another gts but
21:08jay counters with a super kick desperation attempt therefore oh god oh god he's stacking it too
21:15going up top for one two whammy jay usso from the top rope usso splash connecting to win the championship
21:24punch in the leg punk survives it too well how quickly the tables turn at this level when you've
21:33got two competitors as good as this punk trying to desperation gts simply could not block the super
21:42kick the spear the splash off the top top rope it's what has led jay usso to countless gold in his
21:50career but not tonight not yet at least so much for the feeling out press process the slow start
21:58punk and usso picking up the pace now both men down critical moment in this match while we're dropping
22:03bombs here with the world heavyweight championship on the line jay usso survived the gts earlier punk
22:13survived the spear in the usso splash right now you just sense that jay usso was starting to look like
22:19a beaten man but was tapping into that raw that emotion the yeet of this audience and that's when jay
22:27usso starts to access those top gears and now punk again can't get up jay usso to the top rope punk back
22:35to his feet meet jay with the right hand yeah punk had to get up in a bad way there taking a ton of
22:41offense the hand of cm punk now hurting after those shots to the hard hard head of jay usso well placed
22:48elbows by punk tried to do this a bit earlier on and jay was able to to fight out
22:58but not this time around superplex knocking the stuffing out of both men of course jay usso taking
23:05the worst of it but you can see the spine of c and punk took a ton of abuse on that landing
23:12take another look at this crashing down hard now jay eats it first but punk gets an almost double whammy
23:20the upper back then the lower back like a post malone in the background he's loving every second isn't
23:26he aren't we all main event saturday night's main event for the vacant world heavyweight championship
23:33one of these men will head to raw monday night as the champ you just love these stakes always brings
23:40the best out of that top tier of performers you can feel the pressure mounting with every blow and every move
23:48one mistake could cost you those men so driven but also fighting with fear at the prospect of what
23:56they could lose here
23:59when you've been close on a number of occasions in the world championship
24:03it's so hard to finally win the gold it's just utterly devastating when you fail at that attempt and
24:09the truth is you never know if you're gonna get another oh and punk with a clothesline now and now cm
24:14punk with a burst of energy digging down deep second wind for punk when you're gonna block out that
24:19exhaustion every fiber in your body is screaming leave get out of here stop fighting just give up but
24:28then realize why you're doing it you're doing it for the gold you're doing it to be the best in this
24:34industry the best in the world punk's running knee into his bulldog and cm punk now could be closing in
24:41on a seventh world championship punk is now tasting it and it could be night nighttime jay usso
24:52hit the go to sleep earlier jay was knocked silly but knocked out of the ring so punk couldn't
24:57capitalize clearly weakened since that moment in the match and another shot here could be it and
25:02again usso able to slip out from behind deliver a kick to pump and drive punk now out of the ring into
25:09the floor got that burst of adrenaline just when he needed it did jay usso does you fear a shot to the
25:17jaw by the oh god here we go as i die by jay brings punk down jay's down as well what a physical match this
25:25has been did you expect it to be this physical always has to be nobody was going to get a walk in the park to
25:31win the vacant world heavyweight championship not by two opponents of this caliber both men of course
25:38have been world heavyweight champion this calendar year we both they are both in peak form who can drag
25:47themselves over that finish line and let's not forget jay usso won his one and only world heavyweight
25:53championship on the biggest stage in professional wrestling wrestlemania doesn't get any bigger than
25:59that and jay was able to pull it off tell you right now cm punk will not count his victory in the world
26:05heavyweight championship as one for the record books given it lasted about five minutes and punk's brain
26:12it simply didn't exist just a stat in the record box now is the now is the night to change that you
26:20you notice how punk was able to roll back into the ring momentarily to break the count
26:23now we're at a count of five punk trying to make it back to his feet jay usso now measuring cm punk
26:30stalking punk jay usso looking for a spear through the barricade we mentioned his cousin roman reigns
26:37earlier jay usso pulling one out of the book to the tribal chief with a spear through the barricade
26:44the official rod zapata checking on both men i got to give the official credit he's letting a lot go
26:53here in this matchup tonight because there's no champion there's no champion's advantage this is for
26:58the vacant world title well if you're gonna steal from anyone's playbook make sure it's roman reigns the
27:03best of the past 10 years in this industry now jay up top again punk's in trouble usso
27:10black punk got the knees up punk got the knees up that's how punk beat jay usso a couple of weeks ago
27:17just like this with the gts they're gonna sleep shades of raw cover hook of the leg jay kicks out of
27:24two oh punk thought it was over the arena thought it was over punk is devastated
27:34again punk had jay where he wanted him first jay delivered the spear through the barricade but punk was
27:43able to recover as he got the knees up for the usso splash and you mentioned it way the way that
27:50punk earned this opportunity by beating jay in a triple threat with the same move on monday night raw
27:56well the whole arena including post malone thought we had a new world heavyweight champ
28:04it was deja vu until jay usso did the unthinkable and kicked out oh god oh no punk now punk now looking
28:10for a a pile driver and jay is so able to counter and usso now with punk on his shoulders it's a
28:17gone asleep his punk's own move the gts and lj with the spear and punk hit jay with a spear and now the cover
28:26for the title and a kick out by usso oh god all of the oxygen just got sucked out of this arena
28:36it's what you have to do at this level keep your opponent guessing pull a move out of his
28:42playbook the gts from jay usso the spear from punk and now punk says it's time it's time to put this
28:52one to bed it's time to crown me world champion again can see and punk pick his frame up at the amount
29:02of abuse jay usso has thrown his way man this has been a war been a hell of a war punk with usso up on
29:09his shoulders looking for the go to sleep connects on the jaw jay usso just collapses right back out
29:16of the shoulders of punk and punk may be able to do it again oh and no jay usso jay usso look into
29:25the sleeper this is the way that jay beat gummer at wrestlemania with the sleeper hole is punk gonna
29:32attack is punk gonna pass out a long way from the rope here he simply cannot reach squeeze jay usso
29:40if you want to claim the gold again he did it against gunther can he do it against punk tonight
29:45punk now rolls over onto his belly into a cover looking for the anaconda vice
29:51what a reversal just when it looked like it was all right into the anaconda vice
29:56punk submissive move now usso's in trouble can punk get usso to tap oh god squeezing the life out of
30:02jay usso and jay is fading jay trying to make himself to the bottom rope and he grabs the rope and he
30:08saves himself and this war continues but punk's not breaking until he has to and jay usso now looks like
30:17a beaten man and again now jay usso he's got punk cards putting crap punk kicks in two and a half
30:24both men hanging on by a throw and a kick punk looking for the official for some reason usso took
30:30advantage a couple of super kicks this one's swoon back and forth and back and forth in the space of about two minutes
30:37the spear knee by punk knee by punk to usso usso made a critical mistake going to sleep by punk jay
30:47collapses off the ropes back over the shoulders of punk
30:50but with another gts collapses into the cover
30:57zia tuck is the world heavyweight champion here is your winner and the new world heavyweight champion
31:11c m punk what a match both of these men giving everything they had digging down deep fighting
31:24back in the bottom of the night and cm punk able to pull it off
31:31jay usso has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of he made his family proud tonight
31:38but you're looking at cm punk an emotional victory dedicating this to his long time mma trainer
31:45jude rufus who passed away recently and now cm punk is a seven-time world champion
31:57long and arduous journey but with bitter disappointments and major pitfalls but finally
32:05c m punk is back on top of the world of professional wrestling as the world heavyweight champion and this is
32:13jay usso launching a volley of super kicks and then apparently beating c m punk
32:19and just when jay usso goes for that spear it was one lifted knee from cm punk and then not one
32:29but two gts's connecting flush on the jaw and they spent jay usso and a thrilling moment of sheer relief
32:40as this audience loses their collective minds wade you use the best word of the night
32:53to describe cm punk to describe cm punk relief cm punk has finally won the world heavyweight championship
33:04for cm punk it is about vindication there's no set rollins destroy the party cm punk is on top of the world
33:15the best in the world the best in the world the best in the world is on top of the world congratulations to the new world
33:22heavyweight champion cm punk
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