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WWE Saturday Nights Main Event November 1st 2025 ( Pt 2 )
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00:00Cody at the ref.
00:01And to your point moments ago, a couple of weeks ago,
00:03they had that impromptu matchup on Friday night SmackDown
00:06between Rhodes and McIntyre.
00:08And Rhodes was so upset over the fact
00:10that he believes McIntyre attacked Jacob Fatu.
00:14We should temporarily have done the past few weeks.
00:16Get qualified, come on.
00:19McIntyre again trying to just bait Rhodes
00:22into doing something that'll break the rules.
00:25We'll talk about breaking the rules.
00:26How many times have people broken the rules
00:28against McIntyre in the last couple of years
00:30when championships have been on the line?
00:33Time and again.
00:34Wade, you're a five-time Intercontinental Champion.
00:37You do understand that comes with the territory, correct?
00:40Look at the man who later on tonight
00:41battles for the world title, CM Punk.
00:43Nobody's had it worse off than he has
00:45over the past couple of years.
00:46That's nonsense, Drew McIntyre has had it worse
00:48than CM Punk.
00:50Everything that's happened to CM Punk
00:52has all been above board and legal for the most part,
00:55including the famous Money in the Bank
00:57cash-in at SummerSlam.
00:59Now the close fist by McIntyre,
01:01dropping the champion in Drew now.
01:03Look at McIntyre.
01:04Wait a minute, ref.
01:06McIntyre was just fighting Cody Rhodes.
01:08He had shielded the official,
01:10so Engler did not see that.
01:12This referee is no dummy.
01:14He knows full well something was going on,
01:16but with it being a championship match,
01:18maybe a little leniency there.
01:20You know, we talked a lot about the Cody Rhodes and the state.
01:23He's in here tonight.
01:24How about McIntyre?
01:25I believe McIntyre's desperate at this point in time,
01:28doing anything he can to try to win the world title,
01:31the WWE title.
01:32Well, as he shall be,
01:33when gold's on the line,
01:34you should be able to disperate the referee.
01:37Hey, Cody now.
01:38Now that's a shove on the referee there after a long five count.
01:42Wade, I want to defend the official Dan Engler here.
01:45I believe that was inadvertent by Cody,
01:47and now Drew takes advantage.
01:48Inadvertently struck the official there,
01:50and the official understands the emotions that are at stake.
01:53Everybody's on edge.
01:54Everyone's off their game,
01:55and he's going to let a little thing like that get by.
01:58All right, a little shove on the referee, perhaps.
02:01Had that been overpriced by McIntyre.
02:03Had that been McIntyre shoving the referee,
02:05I would argue,
02:07given the referee's form in recent months,
02:09he would have been disqualified.
02:11Yeah, but I have to give WWE officials credit,
02:14as Rhodes is driven into the barricade,
02:16the official Ryan Tran,
02:17who has been at fault in many people's minds
02:22in these matches over the past couple of months,
02:24not working this match tonight.
02:27Now McIntyre,
02:28he's asking for a count out on Cody,
02:29so he can win the championship.
02:31This is getting high here.
02:32Cody better hightail it back in the ring.
02:34Just breaking the count there.
02:36You saw the frustration on McIntyre's face,
02:40looking for a count out win to win the championship
02:42for what would be a fourth time as a world champ,
02:46three times as WWE.
02:47And here's McIntyre now unloading on Rhodes,
02:50and he's got to be careful as well not to get disqualified.
02:53You would argue that McIntyre,
02:55in the early runners of this one,
02:56has the mental edge over Cody Rhodes.
02:59He's constantly been goading and baiting Cody,
03:03and Cody has fallen for it on several occasions.
03:05Cody looks rattled,
03:07and almost always in McIntyre matches.
03:09Of course,
03:10he has a major physical advantage.
03:13Great throw by McIntyre.
03:15He's making that advantage count now.
03:18285-pounder into the cover,
03:20hooks the leg,
03:20and the champ kicks out at one.
03:22Take another look at this raw power
03:25from the 285-pound Scotsman
03:29that may be closing in
03:31on his fourth world championship here.
03:35McIntyre with one win in his career
03:37on Saturday night's main event.
03:39Cody Rhodes undefeated
03:41at this spectacle.
03:44Well, that streak continued tonight.
03:49McIntyre quickly.
03:51Cover again on the champ.
03:54Cody forced to kick a two this time.
03:58Frustration perhaps now for McIntyre,
04:01although McIntyre has a strong hand
04:03in this matchup,
04:04and that is what they're playing
04:06for all the marbles of WWE Championship.
04:09It looks like it's slowly slipping away
04:12from QB1.
04:13You know, I mentioned the interview
04:15that McIntyre conducted.
04:17He said in that interview
04:19that the world needs Drew McIntyre.
04:21We don't need the fake smile
04:23of the current WWE Champion.
04:26WWE fans in Drew's mind
04:28need the harsh, brutal truth,
04:30the reality of life.
04:32Look, and I'll tell you right now,
04:33I'm friends with both of these guys,
04:35but there are elements of truth
04:36to what McIntyre is saying.
04:38Wow!
04:39Cody has been given advantages
04:41at times by management
04:43that Drew has never given.
04:45Cover by McIntyre
04:46off the big back body drop again,
04:48forcing the champion to kick out.
04:50Now, this is one thing
04:50Drew's got to be careful of.
04:52Wade is getting frustrated.
04:53Yeah, look at that height.
04:54Cody Rhodes gets thrown up
04:56in the air with this backdrop landing card.
04:59It was almost a double landing for Cody,
05:01smashing the base of his spine
05:02and the back of his head.
05:05And that frustration you talked about
05:06for McIntyre just evaporated
05:08as he now takes stock
05:10of who's really in the driver's seat
05:13of this match.
05:13Again, Cody has been a step off
05:15in this matchup.
05:17McIntyre really has Cody off his game.
05:21This has just been a walk in the park
05:23for McIntyre the last couple of minutes.
05:26But do not walk in the park
05:28against an opponent the caliber
05:29of Cody Rhodes.
05:31Yeah, Cody back to his feet
05:32and does not allow McIntyre
05:33to make it to the top rope.
05:34Cody going to go up after him.
05:37Got to remember,
05:38even Cody Rhodes on an off night,
05:40a step off the pace
05:42is almost certainly going to bring you
05:44the kind of fight
05:45you are simply not able to withstand.
05:48He's proven that time and time again
05:50over the past several years.
05:52Rhodes hooking McIntyre here
05:54from high above the ring.
05:57Superplex!
06:00Well, let me tell you,
06:00285 pounds being superplexed
06:04from the top rope
06:05is absolutely devastating
06:08no matter how durable your frame is.
06:10I think this is a very critical point
06:12in this matchup
06:13for the champion Cody Rhodes.
06:14An opportunity to catch a breath,
06:16fight back into this match.
06:18Well, big matches like this
06:19always change on big moments.
06:21And that was a huge moment for Cody
06:23to try and somehow get a stranglehold
06:26of this match that has been escaping him
06:29from the word go.
06:30Big WWE weekend here in Salt Lake City.
06:33We kicked things off tonight
06:34on Saturday night's main event
06:36with our undisputed WWE Championship match.
06:40You don't want to get in a slugfest
06:41with McIntyre,
06:42but McIntyre's back is hurting.
06:46Taking some of the sting
06:47out of those big slugs
06:48from the Scotsman.
06:49As you can see
06:50in the lower right-hand corner
06:51of your screen,
06:52every match tonight
06:53is for a championship.
06:55And McIntyre and Rhodes now
06:57unloading on each other.
06:59It's a dogfight,
07:00and somehow Cody's getting
07:01the better of Drew,
07:02or is he?
07:02There's the quickness of Rhodes.
07:06McIntyre stunned momentarily.
07:07Rhodes up over the top.
07:09And there's a power slam by Cody.
07:12Now it's Cody finally working
07:14on his instincts,
07:16taking the training wheels off.
07:18Yeah, don't think,
07:20just move.
07:21But that adrenaline pumping,
07:22the fear has left his body.
07:24Now it's fight time.
07:25Cody off the second rope.
07:29And there it is,
07:30the disaster kick.
07:31Drops McIntyre.
07:33But Cody not able to...
07:35Cody might go for a cover there,
07:36but instead,
07:37I think he understood
07:38he wasn't going to put
07:39Drew away there.
07:40Yeah, very often
07:41you will take a cover,
07:42but not against an opponent
07:43the caliber of Drew McIntyre.
07:45You know full well
07:46it's going to take a little more
07:48to put him down.
07:49And Cody
07:49went for the Cody cutter,
07:51and McIntyre
07:52in trouble.
07:54Cody, cover!
07:55McIntyre kicks it too!
07:57McIntyre tried his best
07:59to power out
08:00and reverse that.
08:01What a unique landing it was.
08:04Added a little spin
08:05and momentum
08:06into this one.
08:07Ultimately,
08:08same result.
08:10But McIntyre
08:11just with enough left
08:13with a late, late kick out,
08:14but Drew is wobbling.
08:15Yeah, a little extra mustard
08:17on that Cody cutter
08:18by the champion.
08:20McIntyre back to his feet
08:22and now Cody Rhodes.
08:24Speaking of the American dream,
08:25unloading on McIntyre
08:27with the jabs.
08:29Little up.
08:30Botic elbow time!
08:38McIntyre just like that
08:39with a spy buster
08:40into a jackknife cover
08:42trying to win the title
08:43and a kick out at two.
08:45And immediately
08:45back up
08:46and on the offense.
08:47Wow!
08:48Get out!
08:48Powerbomb!
08:49And another near fall
08:51for the number one contender.
08:53And that is a huge part
08:54of what makes McIntyre
08:56so devastating.
08:57He's obviously big,
08:58he's obviously strong,
09:00but it's that rapid movement
09:01that guys his size
09:03simply are incapable
09:04of matching.
09:06Just puts Drew
09:06on a whole different tier
09:08when it comes to
09:09the true heavyweights
09:10in this game.
09:10There is no wasted movement
09:12when it comes to McIntyre.
09:14Everything's thought through.
09:15What an absolute veteran
09:16of the game
09:17who simply spends his life
09:19trying to get better
09:20and what is he cooking up here?
09:23McIntyre looking for the
09:24the world championship.
09:28The WWE title
09:30dragged into the ring
09:31by McIntyre.
09:32Disqualified.
09:33Cody now,
09:34Cody can't use it.
09:35Cody, don't use it.
09:40Cody Rhodes runs into the kick
09:42by McIntyre.
09:42Claymore.
09:43Off the distraction.
09:44That sudden Claymore
09:46by McIntyre.
09:47That one-step Claymore
09:49by McIntyre
09:50almost won
09:51the championship.
09:52Well, it was all mind games
09:53by McIntyre
09:54baiting Cody in.
09:56He knew Cody
09:56was not going to fall for that
09:58but that distraction
09:59opened the window
10:00for this flash Claymore.
10:02The guard is dropped
10:03for a second
10:04and I would argue
10:06a flash Claymore
10:07simply didn't have
10:08the same impact
10:09as the standard
10:11run-up version.
10:12It's the only reason
10:13Cody is still champ
10:14but he's a sitting duck now, Cole.
10:16Yeah, there's no momentum
10:17behind that one-step Claymore
10:19by McIntyre
10:20and it allowed Cody
10:21to kick out
10:22but Cody's in deep,
10:23deep trouble
10:23just a few feet away
10:24from us
10:25and Cody's got to be
10:26concerned now
10:27of course about a count-out
10:28and McIntyre realizes
10:29he's got the champ
10:30on the ropes
10:31and is going to go
10:32on the attack.
10:33Cody is so
10:33this is what McIntyre
10:36did to Rhodes
10:36a few months ago
10:37cost him a month
10:38of his career.
10:39Cody Rhodes though
10:40able to counter.
10:42Well, Cody
10:42had to be nimble there.
10:44He was back
10:44on the shelf
10:45if not
10:46and we would have
10:46had a new champion.
10:48Thankfully,
10:49the referee
10:49didn't intervene
10:50on this one
10:50like the last match
10:52and now
10:52Cody
10:53sent out to the apron
10:55and McIntyre now
10:58driving Cody
10:59through the table.
11:00Cody went through
11:01the damn table.
11:02Oh my God,
11:03there's a countdown now, Cole.
11:04Cody, come on there,
11:05Cody.
11:06There are two.
11:07Come on, Cody.
11:08Come on.
11:10This is like four.
11:12Cody, come on.
11:14We're going to get
11:15a new jam-bread six.
11:16Cody trying to
11:17make his way
11:18through the level.
11:19A count of eight.
11:20Cody grabs himself
11:21into the right
11:22to beat the count.
11:23Just barely.
11:24Rhodes barely
11:25beat the count.
11:26Well, McIntyre
11:27is absolutely
11:27devastated
11:29upon the impact
11:30there.
11:31Immediately grabbing
11:32the referee.
11:33Referee wasting
11:34no time
11:35in starting that count.
11:36Wade,
11:37one more second
11:38and we would have
11:39had a brand new
11:40undisputed
11:41WWE champion.
11:42That is a
11:45limb-breaking move.
11:46That is a
11:47rib-breaking move
11:48that Cody Rhodes
11:49had to bounce up
11:50in under
11:5210 seconds.
11:54But out of the
11:55frying pan
11:56and into the fire.
11:57Watch out now.
11:58This is not going to be
11:59a flash Claymore.
12:00This is going to be
12:01a real Claymore.
12:02Cody ducks out
12:03of harm's way.
12:04Well, completely
12:05instinctive
12:06from Cody there
12:07who has absolutely
12:08been put through
12:09the ringer
12:10in the last couple
12:11of minutes of this match.
12:12perhaps saving
12:14the championship
12:15for him here.
12:16Yeah, Cody
12:16trying to dig
12:17down deep.
12:18McIntyre
12:19going for the
12:20future shock
12:21and misses
12:22wildly.
12:23Cody,
12:23Cody,
12:23Cody just,
12:26what happened?
12:28Cody's knee
12:28buckled
12:29as he tried
12:30to climb up
12:31the ropes there.
12:32Well, he had
12:32to dodge
12:32out the way
12:33of the referee
12:34and he could
12:34have tweaked
12:35something in
12:35the process.
12:36That could be
12:36a knee injury.
12:38Could be
12:38an ankle injury.
12:40Now, this is
12:41all fair game.
12:42The referee's
12:42getting involved
12:43here.
12:43If I was McIntyre,
12:44I want to be
12:45all over Cody.
12:45He's just being
12:46a human being
12:46and he's making
12:47sure Cody's
12:47okay here.
12:48Well, who cares
12:49when gold's
12:49on the line?
12:50Let's see this
12:51again.
12:52Watch this.
12:52Cody Rhodes
12:53running into
12:53the corner,
12:54presumably for a
12:55disaster kick.
12:56Referee in the
12:57way.
12:58Cody there.
12:58What is going
12:59on?
13:00And now up
13:00to the top rope.
13:01Super cutter
13:02by Cody Rhodes.
13:03Cover now.
13:06McIntyre
13:07still in it.
13:07Oh, I've got
13:09huge questions
13:11about what just
13:12played out.
13:13Cody's back
13:13with a hurt knee
13:14here.
13:15He tried to
13:16hail Mary.
13:17This is the one
13:18he actually connects
13:19with.
13:19He tried a couple
13:20of seconds earlier
13:21and injured that
13:22knee in the process.
13:23McIntyre with a
13:24late-late kickout
13:25but the question
13:26for me now is
13:27what condition
13:28is the knee
13:29of the champ
13:30Cody Rhodes in.
13:31Well, Cody
13:31running on pure
13:33adrenaline there.
13:34Almost a desperation
13:36move that super
13:36cutter weighed.
13:38Cody realizing
13:38he's in trouble
13:39wanting to put
13:40Drew away quickly.
13:41Yeah, that's
13:41where you want
13:42to drop the big
13:42bomb.
13:43You know you've
13:43been injured.
13:44You know your
13:45leg is rattled.
13:46The longer this
13:47goes on at this
13:48point, the more
13:49it benefits McIntyre.
13:51Now, Cody
13:52measuring his man
13:53setting up
13:54Drew for the
13:55crossroads.
13:56Drew caught him
13:56in a kick to the
13:57face.
13:57Nice reaction
13:58kick there
13:59from Drew
13:59but no.
14:00Cody's just
14:01too quick now.
14:02And now McIntyre
14:03and Cody
14:04sent it to the
14:05corner into
14:05the official.
14:07McIntyre
14:07used his own
14:08momentum to
14:09shove Cody
14:10into the official.
14:11Well, McIntyre
14:11didn't see the
14:12official there
14:13either to be
14:13fair.
14:14He was blindsided.
14:15The official
14:15ain't seeing
14:16anything now.
14:16There's a
14:17clutch go
14:17kiss by
14:18McIntyre.
14:20Our official
14:21Dan Engler
14:22is down.
14:24Well, Dan
14:24Engler got
14:25crushed in the
14:25corner.
14:28And McIntyre
14:28is now
14:29realizing he
14:30has the
14:30upper hand
14:31but with
14:31the referee
14:32down.
14:34Well, McIntyre
14:35again bringing
14:36the WWE
14:37championship
14:38into the ring
14:39like he did
14:40earlier in this
14:40matchup.
14:41But now the
14:42official's down.
14:42Has no idea
14:43what's going on
14:44here.
14:45McIntyre
14:45going to use
14:45the title
14:46as a weapon.
14:48Well, it's a
14:48trick that's been
14:49played out against
14:49McIntyre many
14:50times.
14:51And McIntyre
14:52missed wildly.
14:54Cody Rhodes
14:54now.
14:56Oh, and a
14:57collision in the
14:57center of the
14:58ring.
15:00Both men's
15:01bodies bruised
15:02and battered in
15:04this one.
15:05Doesn't take much
15:06to not the
15:06stuffing out of a
15:08competitor when
15:08you're in deep
15:09waters like this.
15:11Somebody may want
15:11to check on our
15:12official.
15:12Dan Engler is
15:13barely moved
15:15since he was
15:16crushed in the
15:16corner by
15:17McIntyre and
15:18Rhodes.
15:19Let me tell you
15:19this.
15:19Ryan Tran runs
15:21down to the
15:21ring now.
15:22McIntyre is
15:23going to lose
15:24his mind.
15:25The referee
15:26who cost
15:27McIntyre the
15:27last time goal
15:28was on the
15:29line.
15:29And now
15:29there's a
15:30boatman
15:30crawling for
15:31the weapon,
15:32the championship.
15:33McIntyre has
15:34it first.
15:34Cody Rhodes
15:35now.
15:35And a DDT
15:36out of the
15:37title by Rhodes.
15:38Well, that's
15:39illegal.
15:41Well, hold
15:41another second.
15:43And the
15:44referee didn't
15:45see any of
15:45that.
15:46Well, I
15:46mean, you're
15:47right.
15:48Cody could
15:49have been
15:49disqualified,
15:50but it was
15:50McIntyre
15:51Wade who
15:51brought the
15:52title into
15:53the ring in
15:53the first
15:53place.
15:54McIntyre
15:54didn't use
15:55the title.
15:57Now the
15:57official has
15:57come to
15:58and Cody
16:00Rhodes with
16:01a crossroads
16:02to McIntyre.
16:04No way.
16:05Into the
16:05cover.
16:08Cody
16:08survived.
16:12Here is
16:13your winner
16:14and still
16:15the
16:16undisputed
16:18WWE
16:19champion,
16:20the
16:22American
16:23nightmare,
16:24Cody
16:25Rhodes.
16:28Cody
16:28Rhodes
16:28retains
16:29the
16:30undisputed
16:30WWE
16:31championship.
16:35Now once
16:37again,
16:37I am going
16:38to argue
16:38Cole,
16:39that McIntyre
16:40simply did
16:41not get a
16:42fair shake
16:43of things
16:43here.
16:44He was
16:44DDT'd
16:45onto a
16:46championship
16:47title by
16:48Cody Rhodes,
16:49who to be
16:49clear,
16:50checked that the
16:50referee wasn't
16:51looking before he
16:52did it.
16:53Hey, listen,
16:54at the end of
16:54the day,
16:55Cody's still the
16:56champ.
16:57Tweaked his knee
16:57as he tried to
16:58avoid the
16:59official there.
17:00Highly controversial
17:01moment where the
17:02tie turned in this
17:03way, closely
17:04followed up by
17:05this Cody
17:06cutter, a
17:06desperation
17:07one from Cody,
17:08but McIntyre was
17:09equal to it.
17:11And then it was
17:11McIntyre shoving
17:13Cody in the
17:14official, the
17:14official was
17:15knocked down.
17:15Now McIntyre
17:16would realize that
17:17Dan Engler was
17:18down and out,
17:18so he once again
17:19introduced the
17:20WWE championship
17:22into this matchup.
17:24McIntyre did not
17:25hit Cody with
17:26the championship.
17:26But he introduced
17:27the title.
17:28But that in
17:29itself is not a
17:29disqualification.
17:31Here's where it
17:31gets really murky.
17:33Cody checking the
17:33referees are
17:34looking, and then
17:35DDT and McIntyre
17:37on the title.
17:38Referee comes
17:39around, one Cody
17:41cutter later, to
17:42an already beaten
17:43Drew McIntyre,
17:45one, two, three,
17:46defense, and it
17:47should have been a
17:48disqualification on
17:49Cody Rhodes.
17:50It wasn't very
17:51clear to me that
17:52Cody even knew the
17:52title was there.
17:53He just turned
17:54around and delivered
17:55a DDT to Drew
17:56McIntyre.
17:57Wrong place, wrong
17:58time.
17:59Hey, argue however
18:00you want.
18:01It doesn't matter.
18:02The American
18:02Nightmare, Cody
18:03Rhodes, has taken
18:04out Drew McIntyre
18:06to retain the
18:07championship.
18:15Well, that man,
18:16CM Punk, looks for
18:18vindication tonight.
18:19No Seth Rollins
18:21standing in his way.
18:22He meets Jey Uso for
18:24the World Heavyweight
18:25Championship tonight.
18:27And again,
18:31congratulations to
18:32Cody Rhodes, who
18:33went to our
18:34announce table moments
18:35ago, but still able
18:36to retain the
18:37undisputed WWE
18:38Championship.
18:39Absolute chaos of
18:40ringside.
18:40This is pretty much
18:42exactly what the
18:43mind of Drew
18:44McIntyre is going to
18:45look like when he
18:45recovers after that.
18:47Coming up next,
18:47ladies and gentlemen,
18:48we mentioned every
18:49match tonight is a
18:50title match.
18:50It's a banged up
18:51WWE Women's Champion,
18:53Tiffany Stratton,
18:54taking on a vindictive
18:55Jade Cargill.
18:59What time is it?
19:03What an incredible
19:0520-25 for Tiffany
19:07Stratton.
19:09She's right at that
19:09championship, and
19:10we're past the moon.
19:12And there's WWE
19:15Women's Champion.
19:18That title is mine.
19:20Everyone knows I had
19:21you beat.
19:22Fine.
19:22Tiffany gets to foot
19:24on the bottom rope,
19:25and the official has
19:26to pull off the cover.
19:28After the line.
19:30The referee with the
19:32count.
19:33After the line.
19:35Nia Jax brought the
19:37official out of the
19:38ring.
19:39This doesn't serve me.
19:41I want that title.
19:45Jade Cargill just
19:46blocked the champ.
19:48Look at the eyes of Jade
19:52Cargill.
19:52This is like a woman
19:53possessed.
19:54The storm has snapped.
19:58At Saturday night,
20:00main event, time is up.
20:02Tiffany, I just want to
20:16make sure that you're
20:17okay physically and
20:19mentally.
20:20All right?
20:20For this match with Jade,
20:22I want to give you one
20:22last opportunity.
20:23Nick, enough.
20:25I know you're just doing
20:26your job, but I'm ready
20:27for this.
20:28I'm the champion, and I
20:29want to defend my title
20:30tonight, and I'm ready
20:32for this fight.
20:37I give Tiffany Stratton
20:38credit for being a
20:39fighting champion, but
20:40she is about to go into
20:42the eye of a storm.
20:44Tiffany Stratton, Jade
20:45Cargill, on Saturday
20:47night's main event battle
20:48for the WWE Women's
20:50Championship, and it's
20:52next.
20:52Two rings surrounded by
20:59a steel cage.
21:09You want to play games?
21:11We're going to play games.
21:14Oh, my God.
21:15Are you kidding me?
21:16This is going to be a war.
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