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00:00The following is a quarter-finals match in the Last Time Is Now Tournament!
00:30And it is impressed from Vienna, Austria, weighing in at £250,000, the Ring General, Gunther!
00:44So, Wade, we hadn't seen Gunther for a few months, then last week, first round in the Last Time Is Now Tournament, he reminded us just how dangerous he is as you see the updated bracket.
00:54Well, this is where we are heading, quarter-final match-up here to progress through to the semis in this tournament, Gunther successful last week against NXT sensation, Javon Evans goes head-to-head with Carmelo Hayes right here next!
01:10Right here next!
01:11You're welcome!
01:13I'll see you next time!
01:15I'll see you next time!
02:17A blink.
02:21A breath.
02:23A moment that can't be controlled.
02:27But the great ones, they use it to their advantage.
02:32They own it.
02:33They've got them right where they want them.
02:38The rest, just haven't figured it out yet.
02:56WrestleMania Vegas.
02:57It's anyone's game.
03:03The rest, just haven't figured it out yet.
03:36Comello Hayes.
03:40Hey!
03:41Hey!
03:45Hey!
03:47Hey!
03:49Hey!
03:51Hey!
03:53Hey!
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04:20they start a legendary hulk hogan they rest in peace john cena the greatest of all time dusty roads and
04:27logan paul they're returning and wait it happens exclusively at target starting this friday oh
04:34man it's a hot enemy so cool we got four we need one more to make a war games team let's make
04:40ourselves a joe test figure and they have it aside in the cage if they make them with italian shoes
04:47i'll have one i'm keeping custody roads anyway that's my hero right there what a legend
04:53we move forward with the last time is now tournament there's carmelo hayes who noted it would be fitting
04:58a boston area native to be john cena's final opponent this is how he arrived to this match with a big
05:04assist from cody rhodes last week way yeah this is the quarterfinal match on smackdown all hell
05:08breaking loose at ringside division trying to get involved and that was when war games team flooded
05:14the match with paul hayman causing a distraction cody roads have been taken out by drew mcintyre
05:21earlier in the night drilling bronson ring with a crossroads throwing mellow in the ring and then a
05:27victor by count out a massively shocking win for carmelo hayes who perhaps now gets the booby prize of
05:36having to take on gunther in the quarterfinal a fresh and primed gunther
05:48you're always going to hear a little something from carmelo hayes who goes on the attack early you
05:52know it's interesting we visited with carmelo this afternoon and he felt that this was the strategy
05:58he needed to employ as you see him bearing body shots but quickly gets overpowered in the corner yeah no
06:03doubt about it mellow knows this one is gonna hurt however it goes down his game plan is just grit his
06:09teeth get his head down hit gunther early and hard this is not a night for anything fancy from mellow and
06:17he may have just thrown his best shot and it bounced off the austrian right back to action
06:24hell massive shot tripling up that right hand delivering that forearm time and again we saw how
06:32he arrived here and that's why on social media as he feels the power there this week carmelo hayes
06:37posted a pic of cody and simply wrote my qb1 with a salute emoji
06:45not wasting any time at all getting right to power bomb on the corner you can see him reaching for that
06:51chest and left shoulder right away as he delivers the knee so a good start for carmelo hayes it's just
06:56been sloppy from gunther from the off he's treating mellow as if mellow is not him
07:02could he advance right now oh and what a shocking start here from the ring general
07:10just expertly delivered leaping ddt they're connecting to gunther not quite enough but gunther is rocked early
07:18in this one camelo capitalized employing the strategy he said he had to against gunther who
07:25many feel is the top seed of course this was a random draw but when you size up these matchups
07:34the springboard attempt turns into a massive chop and another from the ring general wade
07:41slowly things have turned the corner here for gunther who rode out that early storm and is now taking
07:49command much to the shock of carmelo hayes
08:03you get the sense that carmelo hayes wants to see
08:05if he can take it to gunther early if a mistake he can capitalize on but that was just neutralized
08:13moments ago when out of midair he came flying in and was met with a classic gunther chop yeah that's
08:21a great word for what gunther does he neutralizes anyone any time no matter their style simply had to
08:29absorb early punishment from carmelo hayes and now slowly looking to chop the man down but
08:35that is one gritty gritty customer in carmelo hayes
08:45now you see the slow deliberate pace of gunther admiring his work always enjoying doling out the
08:53punishment which i don't mind at this point in the match now gunther has full control but trying this
08:58early on against someone like carmelo hayes was just a bad bad move from gun through simply let the
09:04the arrogance of the fact that he is a multiple time world champion whereas carmelo as of yet
09:10certainly is not cloud his judgment perhaps half crap as gunther locks it in you can see carmelo hayes
09:18in pain looking for any way to free himself just crazy technique here from gunther
09:25it's a vertical half boston you gotta remember carmelo desperately trying to fight his way out there
09:31such a power imbalance in this one mellow unable to scratch his way to the ropes had to figure out
09:37something else worked for a moment but now straight back in dangerous carmelo hayes
09:44just sense that gunther is annoyed that someone could dare put up a fight dare put up resistance
10:00to what he views as an inevitable victory on his pathway to facing john cena at saturday night's main
10:08event that'll be december 13th in washington dc 16 men entered this tournament vying for the
10:17opportunity the honor as hayes looks to rally here to face john cena in his final match smart to work on
10:24that lower leg of gunther chop down the big man i'm impressed by the mindset of carmelo hayes here
10:32obviously came out here with a game plan to hit hard hit early it simply didn't work at least
10:37well enough to give him control of the match but he is not letting his head drop
10:42he's trying his best to be resilient and stay in the fight
10:54look at the scene here at paycom center home of the nba champions in oklahoma city
11:03a massive crowd and they're enjoying the last time is now tournament second round action quarterfinals
11:11a week ago at madison square garden gunther defeated the young upstart javon evans who put forth a
11:17spirited effort before the sleeper was locked in this past friday carmelo hayes was able to
11:24feed bronson reed by count out oh here's a quick one from hayes and gunther able to survive it and
11:31now here they meet for the chance to move on to the semi-finals the winner of this tournament will
11:38face john cena in cena's historic final match in washington dc saturday night's main event december
11:4513th carmelo hayes a boston boy just like john cena idolized cena and his youth would love to have
11:51an all boston showdown at saturday night's main event and this might be the way to get it done
11:58catching gunther by surprise with a move of the ring general's own that sleeper bar oh and gunther
12:04turns it right around and locks it in and look at this shoulders are down
12:08and right back to it goes hayes love this from carmelo hayes no ladder whatsoever not letting his
12:16mindset crumble beneath a massive shadow of gunther and he's now back on top this is where the size and
12:24the power play a role and you can see the damage done to that lower back of carmelo hayes oh look at
12:33the damage done to the chest of carmelo hayes that is like a signature who did he beat
12:41to be in the ring with me
12:46i don't get anyone he didn't have been anyone
12:50took over the ring general gunther is now trash talking carmelo hayes saying who did he beat he
12:56didn't beat anyone i'll tell you he beat he beat bronson reid and that is a tough tough customer
13:04of course it was cody rhodes who gave a major assist
13:08in that match this past friday the revenge against the vision
13:14but he's gonna hang with me
13:17not many can but he's gonna give it a shot with a massive chop and then return fire with that uppercut
13:23yeah i just guess gunther is taking carmelo hayes way too lightly in my opinion here and
13:29who am i to judge gunther on the way he processes matches but to me carmelo hayes is someone you have
13:37to be careful of despite the fact he might not have been a former world champ
13:41delivers the big kick as gunther came running into that corner these are two guys who both dominated
13:47successive eras in nxt and from very early on in their time here in wwe were highlighted and predicted
13:56to reach the very top of the industry gunther's done it i promise you carmelo hayes time is coming
14:03but is that time now of course carmelo hayes get to win a title on the main roster former nxt champion
14:11while gunther the longest reigning intercontinental champion and a two-time world heavyweight champion
14:17and looking to advance right here in the kick out by hayes who gets that left shoulder up some real
14:22frustration in the face of gunther
14:27this double underhook suplex there connecting with a carmelo hayes who has been beaten and broken in
14:35this match but is refusing to give up talk about carmelo hayes not winning gold yet on the main roster he
14:43might get the chance to do just that if he can face the intercontinental champ oh john cena at saturday
14:50night's main event although cena of course first has to get past dirty dom at survivor series we're seeing
14:57and now a grand slam champion getting that fourth championship oh he's going back to the sleeper wave
15:06docking under that chop just in the nick of time and turning defense into offense in the blink of an eye
15:12one of the greatest movers i've ever seen carmelo hayes and once again just beating gunther to it
15:19oh a couple times now he is springboarded right into danger how about that the counter
15:28from could be power bomb to ddt both men down
15:35superb work by hayes
15:38we brought it up earlier carmelo hayes can gunther make just a few mistakes that open the door and
15:55can hayes capitalize well gunther really has made a ton of mistakes with his approach to this match in
16:03my opinion he's acting like he has a divine right to win this and progress through to the semi-finals
16:09it simply doesn't work that way certainly not against someone as talented as carmelo hayes
16:16although that talent is slowly being beaten out of him by the two-time world heavyweight champ who is
16:23now looking for a count out let's not forget that it's fast count jessica carr in the ring keep an eye on
16:30that cadence becky lynch has had plenty to say about jessica carr this week all unwarranted as lynch
16:38failed to retain her intercontinental championship and was blaming a veteran referee as hayes easily
16:45beats the count rather unimpressed gunther having to go back to the coalface here
16:52clearly making a concerted effort to attack the arm of carmelo hayes look at that leverage
17:01that he's applying with all that weight in those long levers that gunther has i'll tell
17:07you right now joe in wrestling school that is exactly how they teach you to do it and it's really
17:13easy to get it right in wrestling school this deep into a match when you're beaten up you're exhausted
17:19and the fact that you're against an opponent who is simply not cooperating with you it is incredibly
17:28gunther just finds a way as technically astute as they come but right on the money
17:34with that grounded dropkick there was hayes right back to it hayes mounting offense deep in the match
17:41that changes things quickly doesn't it changes a whole lot of things including the bone structure
17:49of carmelo hayes's face who has been completely wiped out with the size 15 boot at the ring general
17:57you see the general demeanor of gunther just changes this match has gone on acted like it was a stroll
18:14in the park in the early goings but now that pitiless look deep in the eyes of the austrian
18:20has come out to play and that does not bode well for carmelo hayes's health
18:27nor did that collision with our desk
18:37carmelo hayes draped over the front of our announced desk as he looks to beat the count
18:43and keep fighting on here and the last time is now tournament against gunther it's a couple of times
18:49gunther has tried for a counter against hayes i sense some frustration on the part of gunther
18:55perhaps exhaustion starting to kick in thought he was going to have it easy tonight oh first 48 out
19:02of nowhere first 48 is this case closed hayes is thinking about it oh but not this time rode out the
19:11second one with that extreme power but that amazing movement those reflexes of carmelo hayes saved him
19:19there as he was attempted to be dumped to the outside oh this time able to get out of the way and
19:24deliver a kick in the zone as gunther was in that compromised position oh here we go here we go joe
19:30hayes is thinking about it he's lining it up oh but the chop just has his body draped awkwardly
19:39back onto the apron just sense that carmelo hayes smelled glory there perhaps going up for that nothing
19:45but net to finish off gunther gunther sense the danger headed it off at the pass
19:54these chops are echoing to the top of the pay comp center here
19:58oh he may have just broken his hand wade perhaps a broken metacarpal there for the ring general and
20:05that changes everything and carmelo hayes knows it springboarding his way out didn't get all of it but
20:13still damage was done on the apron and onto the floor just shows you how beat up carmelo hayes must be
20:19at this point went for i think a ddt on the apron didn't get it at all but landing hard on the knee
20:27there was gunther flush on the outside but the count is rising remember that is how hayes advanced he
20:34won by count out against big bronson reed and now could he pull a similar upset right here whatever gets
20:40the job done counts getting high and so is carmelo up and over onto gunther running flush on the back
20:48of the neck and head of gunther who came crashing down face first onto those thin mats that cover concrete
20:59and now with a major upper hand is carmelo can he make it stick could this be the signature win
21:06that that permelo oh no oh no looking for the power bomb out on the floor oh and steady sets him in the
21:14time paper oh look at this well the count is still rising here we're up about five or six the battle
21:24continues off the barrier ddt out to the floor we're at seven both men down but mellow is stirring
21:33he's gonna beat the count he's gotta beat the count right here right now
21:42nine and three quarters and the ring general is back in it
21:48lamistica connects he thinks he's got it he's going for it again nothing but net oh misses great
21:59oh great instincts from gunther and follows it up with merciless brutality like only he can
22:07the brutality of a power bomb like how did hayes survive it carmelo hayes is just on a mission tonight
22:18all right gunther now just going for bro doing what he does best the big elbows into the sleeper
22:24and there might be no escape here for carmelo hayes it has been a valiant fight but that fight is
22:33fading and the lights are slowly going out for carmelo but he ain't giving up joe he is he's trying to
22:40get to his feet carmelo hayes to his feet desperate to get out of this sleeper right back into the power
22:48power bomb oh the brutality wave
22:54here is your winner the ring general
23:01wow it is always an exhilarating watch when carmelo hayes is in that rain but he showed us something very
23:10different tonight endurance durability and fighting spirit carmelo hayes has it all but it is gunther
23:19who is successful and progresses through to the semi-finals of this tournament and this was the moment
23:26carmelo hayes thought he had it one that springboard ddt on the outside gunther just about beating the count
23:34then turning the dial up to 11 stacking offense upon offense followed by a stacked up pin and gunther who
23:43had to put in a real shift tonight gets one step closer to saturday night's main event and a date with
23:51destiny in john cena's final appearance
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