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00:00Y'all get to see how our camera guys stay fit.
00:12You know what I'm saying?
00:13They're holding that thing like that right there.
00:14It take arm muscle for that.
00:16This is what they're doing.
00:17Oh, he's shaking.
00:19I'm going to cut that shit.
00:24He was shaking on that one.
00:25We didn't cut that one yet.
00:28Government name is Ron Killings.
00:32Name I've gone by since I've been in the wrestling business.
00:36K Crush, K Malik Shabazz, yeah, K Quick, and R-Truth.
00:47Oh, Ron the Truth Killings.
00:51Damn, I had all them names.
00:52Yeah, that's me.
00:54When you say WWE, you think R-Truth is a feel-good
00:58character.
00:58Oh, that was fun.
01:03Yeah, it's always been a stable of my identity 25 years.
01:09Well, Jesus, how long has R-Truth been with WWE?
01:15I think he wrestled Dave Lincoln here one time.
01:18I'm talking about what the Truth is going to do in Money in the Bay this Sunday.
01:23You're not even in the match.
01:25This is on me.
01:27Kane, my bad.
01:29Truth is the best person here in this company.
01:34I love R-Truth.
01:36He's one of the most multifaceted, talented wrestlers of all time.
01:42You may be a big, big, big man, but you will go flying over that top rope.
01:52Oh, Heyman!
01:55Ronny is your funny uncle.
01:57He brings a light into every room he enters.
02:00Some of the biggest laughs in the last 10, 20 years have been R-Truth.
02:06I think R-Truth thinks this is a ladder match for the championship.
02:12That is a very valuable character.
02:15It works for him because you know there's a little wink going on between Truth and the
02:20audience.
02:21I feel like I'm the blood that flows through WWE just for my tenure and my longevity.
02:34But then, boom, stop.
02:38R-Truth took to his official X account to officially announce that he has been released from WWE.
02:51In our world, there are a million different opinions.
03:06There are a million different thoughts on where things should go.
03:10The ultimate deciding factor of what's working and what's not is our fan base.
03:17I tell you the truth.
03:23My government issue name is Brian Gerard James, but in professional wrestling, sports entertainment,
03:29I've been known as the roadie, the road dog, Brian Armstrong, Brian Jesse James Armstrong.
03:39Asshole.
03:40No, wait, that was what my dad called me.
03:43I think that was it.
03:45I run the creative of the live event department.
03:48I'm also in charge of the producers.
03:50I know Randy's going to lay it in.
03:52I want to manage his expectations.
03:53One hundred percent.
03:54Yes, sir.
03:55And also, I'm the co-lead writer of SmackDown.
03:57Americana.
03:58My greatest asset as a performer was my gift of gab.
04:01Oh, you didn't know.
04:04You asked me to call somebody.
04:08You asked me to call somebody.
04:12Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, tonight D-Generation X proudly brings
04:18to you.
04:19It's WWF.
04:20I have some memorable moments that I'm proud of as far as wrestling goes.
04:28But the in-ring part is difficult for me, and I'll tell you why.
04:32Recovering drug addict, a lot of my performance was under the influence.
04:41It's the relationships that I've forged through my addiction.
04:46Our truth is one of them, Ron Killings.
04:48That's probably what I'm most proud of, is I'm sorry.
04:52I always hate when people say I'm sorry, because I'm not sorry at all.
04:57I'm so happy that I can share that with you, and that I'm here and sober.
05:01Like, that's such a rewarding thing for me.
05:06The first time I saw truth, I'm pretty sure it was close to 2000.
05:11I went to Memphis to do a show, and I saw Ronnie Killings rap down to the ring, and then
05:18I saw him wrestle, and I literally said, who is this, and what in the fudge is going on
05:26here?
05:31What a scissors kick.
05:32Wrestling wasn't my first choice, but it saved my life.
05:38I wanted to be a big rap star.
05:41I recorded my own music, got me some background dancers.
05:45I was meeting people like Tupac Shakur, Eazy-E.
05:50But then I was introduced to professional wrestling.
05:52I got bit by the bug.
05:54Hey, crush.
05:55Pretty impressive.
05:57I can still do my rap.
05:58I was going to Memphis to train.
06:08They told me six months, and you'd be on national television.
06:13But then seven months came, eight months came.
06:15I wasn't doing nothing.
06:17I thought, I just ain't got it.
06:20I just ain't cut out for it.
06:21And then Road Dogg saw me wrestling, and he's like, is that you out there rapping and dancing
06:26and singing on to her?
06:27I said, yeah.
06:28How would you like to be my tag team partner?
06:30I said, bro, I'm about to quit.
06:31But he said, for you give me two months, man, I have you on TV.
06:35I have you to snap.
06:36I said, all right, cool.
06:37And about, I think, two months later, he was up there, and we were doing it.
06:44I don't even know if the people know K-Quick yet.
06:47But he's dang sure been hanging with me for a while, and we've been putting some music together.
06:51Three, two, one.
06:53Oh, you didn't know, you better call somebody.
06:55The D-O-double-G.
06:56Hey, K-Quick, get rowdy.
06:58I was just going to hitch my wagon to him, because I thought, he's so talented, he can
07:08even make my dumb ass look good.
07:10Look at this.
07:11K-Quick's unbelievable.
07:14I loved his love for music, and I love listening to his music.
07:23From then on, we've been connected at the hip.
07:26I couldn't be connected to a better human being.
07:37Dig the dog, come here, dog.
07:43For him to show up, it means a lot to me, man.
07:45Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
07:51Let's knock it out.
07:56It's really cool to see his music finally take the forefront, because that's where his
08:06heart is.
08:06I know y'all want to die.
08:10We'll get that out of the way.
08:12Y'all ready?
08:15He brings joy to people.
08:27I say best friends.
08:28I don't need him to say it back.
08:30I love him.
08:31Watch out!
08:33Watch out!
08:34Watch out!
08:35Watch out!
08:37Mr. Stena!
08:38I would miss this for the world.
08:41How you doing?
08:42Is y'all seeing that?
08:43What?
08:44Oh, I would miss this for the world.
08:48Mr. Stena!
08:49Oh, my God.
08:50When they told me you were here, I said, no way!
08:55I had an old idea.
08:56I wanted to come down here, and you'd pretend I was your son, and then it'd go on.
09:00Oh, that would be great!
09:01Yeah, oh, my God.
09:02I had a whole thing.
09:03Ask John about it.
09:05Ask John.
09:06I'm going to ask him.
09:07I am going to ask him!
09:09Thank you, Mr. Stena!
09:10I love you, man.
09:11John and Ron have a long period of time in which they were friends, and at various times
09:19when John would leave the company, R-Truth would sort of pick up the mantle of being
09:25John's biggest fan, and, you know, he would play that up for comedic value.
09:30Ever since I was a young kid, I always wanted to be like my hero, John Cena.
09:37R-Truth is five years older than John Cena.
09:43Some day when I grow up, I'm going to be just like him.
09:47Truth would do John's moves.
09:51R-Truth channeling the strength of a childhood hero.
09:56That's Ron Cena, baby!
09:59With John turned heel, who would be one of the people that was most disappointed in John
10:05becoming a bad guy, but his biggest fan in R-Truth.
10:10Hear me out.
10:12Just because it could be entertaining as hell.
10:15Saturday night's main event, we have Cena for that.
10:20Do you get to Cena and R-Truth?
10:23This is an opportunity for John to get some heat.
10:26A sympathetic character.
10:28I don't hate that.
10:29Ron being as entertaining as he is, you've got to bring R-Truth into this to react to
10:38the turning of John Cena, the man that R-Truth idolized.
10:45To have John Cena put truth through the table at the press conference, it was a unique way
10:50to get it started.
10:50I'm going to congratulate you.
10:52Hey, JC!
10:53John!
10:54Hey, dog!
10:54Hey, congratulations, man!
10:56I am so proud of you.
10:58I never gave up.
10:59I've always supported you.
11:00You know, we got a lot of history.
11:02You know what I'm talking about.
11:03You know what I'm saying, dog?
11:04I'm so proud of you.
11:07Even if people say you suck and can't wrestle.
11:15Ron, that was over the line.
11:18Ron, I just wanted to tell you.
11:36March R-Truth facing John Cena.
11:38I think he wanted to shave his head for the match or something.
11:42Brian was talking to him.
11:43Yeah, he wants to shave his head for the match.
11:46What?
11:47Like, Drew, reveal it when they face-to-face for the introductions, he takes his hood off
11:54and his head's shaved.
11:55Why?
11:55He wants to cut his hair.
11:56He wants to cut his hair.
11:57Yeah, it doesn't make any sense.
11:59Like, why?
11:59Like, oh, like, what am I supposed to think of that?
12:01Like, oh, look, truth cut his hair.
12:04With the John Cena story, it's been a little bit difficult creatively for us to find our way
12:09with him.
12:10So for me, that's difficult.
12:12You know what I mean?
12:13This is why I've been very scared to pitch anything for this story.
12:18Like, it just, everything is just horrible and the shits.
12:22And so I don't want to pitch anything else for this story.
12:24I can't wait till John to fucking beat him, to tell you the truth.
12:28Like, I don't know what to do here.
12:30Brian, Brodug, and Ron have a really powerful friendship.
12:37Sometimes his personal feelings can skew his creative feelings over what is right for business.
12:44We're trying to, in a week, so today's Wednesday.
12:49By Saturday, we're going to tell him, this is an all-new fucking hard truth.
12:53John Cena should be afraid?
12:56Well, no.
12:57But we should do something.
12:58No, but I think it's, yeah.
13:01Well, like, don't fucking cut me off.
13:02Let me get mad.
13:03You know what I mean?
13:04Like, I don't understand what we're supposed to do here.
13:07The way you're saying it, there's nothing we can do that will-
13:10No, I'm not.
13:11I'm not.
13:12What does he think that accomplishes, is my question, other than he wants to cut his hair?
13:17I don't know.
13:18It just hurts my heart.
13:20So my heart's going to be hurt.
13:21So let's move on.
13:28I got y'all.
13:32Y'all believe in the truth?
13:33Yes!
13:34Ron Cena on the way.
13:35True, true, true, true.
13:39So who is Ron Cena?
13:41Ron Cena is John Cena's brother.
13:44Yes, he did 23 of me.
13:47Bro, yes, John Cena and Ron Cena are brothers, man.
13:50He is the glorious of all time.
14:17November 10th, 2017, John Cena!
14:29Is truth coming up here in a second?
14:32Give me a few minutes.
14:33Paul, that's truth.
14:37Oh, shit.
14:38Oh, shit.
14:40Damn.
14:40I know.
14:41That shit's going to be confusing in the ring.
14:43And here comes perhaps his biggest fan, decked out in Cena gear.
14:56It's like looking in a mirror.
14:59But R-Truth said tonight he has one job, to beat, hustle, loyalty, and respect back into his hero, John Cena.
15:08And Cena wastes a little time.
15:15John Cena now assaulting R-Truth.
15:19Cena and Ron Cena are putting on a fight here in Tampa.
15:26Picking up Ron's earring.
15:29Ron Cena lost both of his earrings.
15:31John Cena disgustingly throws him back on top of him.
15:36Truth is going to come out of this.
15:37And truthfully, he'll have seen it come back on Cena.
15:39Truth, though, able to slip out underneath.
15:41And R-Truth now looks to go move in.
15:43Shoulder tackle on his own.
15:44And now R-Truth, another shoulder tackle.
15:46This looks familiar.
15:47A little deja vu.
15:48A little deja vu.
15:52We can't see it.
15:54It's picked into the steel post now by Cena.
16:12John Cena throws Truth back into the ring.
16:14And what's he thinking here?
16:15We've seen him do this time and time again.
16:17Yeah, John Cena with the title at hand.
16:19When Cena brings the belt in, we want to get these reactions from these two back and forth.
16:30Maybe this is the moment.
16:32Maybe...
16:33Maybe he has a conscience.
16:37Maybe he has a conscience.
16:48Maybe he has a conscience.
16:51Oh!
16:52Cena went low!
16:54A-A delivered!
16:57One, two, three...
16:59Yet another despicable act
17:05by John Cena.
17:13John, you okay, buddy?
17:14I'm okay.
17:15I think so, as they said.
17:19Is there water over here?
17:20Perfect.
17:20Perfect.
17:21Did we hit the time okay?
17:22Yeah.
17:22Billy, good on time, right?
17:23Yeah.
17:24Yeah.
17:24Any time I'm able to do something with John,
17:31it's a check off on my list, man.
17:36And to be at the level we are now,
17:39umpteen years,
17:41and to be involved with his fair work,
17:45come on, man, that's...
17:47that's legendary.
17:50Truth, you good, baby?
17:51Yeah.
17:52Awesome.
17:53Thank you, buddy.
17:53Thank you, buddy.
17:54Yeah.
17:54Good job, buddy.
18:01That's fine.
18:06That works.
18:07Amazing.
18:08That's great.
18:08Great.
18:10I came back from the ring.
18:12Well, everything was great, man.
18:15And then everything comes to a stop.
18:18I was taking my daughter to dance that day.
18:36I got the call.
18:39I was released.
18:39And I put the tweet out.
18:42I put the tweet out.
18:47It was...
18:48It was...
18:49It was gut-wrenching.
18:50That morning, I was going to run an errand,
18:59and Truth texted me and said,
19:02hey, I got let go.
19:05I'll see you down the road.
19:06Like, whatever.
19:06It was very out of the blue,
19:08and it did break my heart.
19:09I pulled over, and I sat there for a second,
19:12and that's when I put the tweet out.
19:21It was kind of just off that raw moment.
19:25That was all real.
19:31When we first heard that he wasn't going to be at work anymore,
19:35we were all, like, confused.
19:38This isn't real.
19:40Like, what are you talking about?
19:41It was just like a wave of sadness
19:43kind of took over everyone here in the WWE.
19:55My phone was blowing up.
20:00Holy shit, I got, like, a thousand text messages.
20:03What the hell?
20:07I wasn't expecting all that.
20:12There are things that's no.
20:13That's a no.
20:14Can't touch them.
20:16So I don't care if we're paying them.
20:19Well, I don't care.
20:20We need our truth.
20:22You know...
20:23I'll just give it to you all of it.
20:31We got to a point in Truth's run
20:36where his contract was coming up.
20:40When you are dealing with contracts and money,
20:44and you are very far apart in the numbers
20:47and communication breaks down,
20:50it's very easy for both sides
20:52to read into the communications differently.
20:56Okay, well, if you're not going to come to us,
20:59then, Truth, we're going to let your contract lapse.
21:02Your contract is at the end.
21:04We're not going to renew.
21:06Knowing that hopefully maybe this will force his hand
21:08to say, well, hold on a second.
21:09Can we talk?
21:10He immediately went out on social
21:12and said he was fired,
21:14which he was never fired.
21:15Contrary to prior belief,
21:17he was never not under contract with us.
21:19I got the call that my contract wasn't going to be renewed,
21:23and I'm like, so am I released?
21:26Am I?
21:26I took it as I was released.
21:28I just, I was hurt.
21:31While it broke my heart,
21:32it made perfect business sense
21:34to not renew his contract.
21:36At his age,
21:38you might not get that reward back.
21:40He makes the statement,
21:44people react,
21:45he fires up the Internet.
21:48The WWE Universe said,
21:51no, that's not acceptable.
22:05If there is a desire from the audience
22:08to see a performer,
22:09I would love to have that performer.
22:13I would be silly not to.
22:15Then it just becomes,
22:16can we get to a place
22:17where we can do business together?
22:19That's the business side.
22:21I mean, if we're honest,
22:22no one ever really wanted him to leave.
22:24All we wanted to do
22:25was get to an amicable place.
22:28It's like what happened with Naomi.
22:32Go ahead and tell him, Trent.
22:33What?
22:34Go ahead and tell him.
22:34What?
22:36John is the cook in the house and the family.
22:38I mean, I can do a little
22:40boiled egg or something,
22:43but that's just about all
22:44you're going to get out of me.
22:45If you left it out to her to feed me,
22:47my stomach would be touching my back.
22:51Yeah.
22:51Hold on now.
22:52I'm going to make sure we eat.
22:53I'm going to get it from somewhere.
22:55I don't know where,
22:55but we'll figure it out.
22:57See, we eat good when I cook.
22:59We get by when she cooks.
23:01You know what I mean?
23:01He's the cook in the family,
23:04and he's a great cook.
23:07My government name is Trinity Fatu.
23:12Formerly, earlier in my career,
23:13known as Naomi Knight.
23:15But now, I drop the knight,
23:16and I just go by Naomi.
23:18I am a former Orlando Magic dancer
23:23and thought I would go on to Broadway.
23:27But I ended up becoming a WWE superstar
23:30since 2009.
23:33During that era, when I came in,
23:35the women weren't giving as much time
23:39on the show to showcase like we do now
23:41to transition to really being able
23:46to showcase the athletic ability,
23:48that took a couple years.
23:51Oh!
23:55In 2017, I won my first WWE Women's Championship.
24:01Oh!
24:01Free course, split leg, and moves up!
24:04Naomi McCover!
24:06It meant everything,
24:08not just to me, but to the fans.
24:10Bring it to the club!
24:13And then, in 2022,
24:16it all just came to a halt.
24:20Switching gears now,
24:21I want to talk about what happened
24:22this past Monday night.
24:34I'm not going to go too much into detail
24:35because I just don't like talking about it.
24:37So, in 2022, my tag team partner, Sasha Banks,
24:43and I, at the time, were tag team champions.
24:46There was a lot that happened that day at work
24:49that led us to leave,
24:54like, literally walk out.
24:59Sasha and Naomi took the tag team championships
25:01into the office of our head of talent relations,
25:04left them there,
25:05and then promptly walked out of the arena.
25:08I just remember after my match,
25:10I went to look for her, though, right after.
25:11And I couldn't even find her.
25:14Then I called her.
25:15And she was like, I left.
25:17I was like, damn.
25:18I was there that day.
25:20We were doing Raw in Norfolk, Virginia.
25:23Different time, different head of creative,
25:25different head of talent relations.
25:27Naomi and her partner were going to be
25:29in a six-pack challenge
25:30to see who was going to get a title shot
25:32at the next POA.
25:33Naomi and her partner weren't comfortable
25:36at that point being in a match
25:38where they'd be pitted against each other.
25:41And unfortunately, what happened was
25:42is the show started,
25:44and I was in guerrilla position
25:45when the then head of talent relations came up
25:49and told us that Naomi and her partner
25:51had left the building.
25:52I was very surprised and shocked
25:54that Trin decided to get up and walk out.
25:58That's the wrong thing to do.
26:00That's just the wrong thing to do.
26:02You work the show.
26:04And you work the show
26:04not because you don't want to then.
26:07It's down the line when things cool off
26:09and you go,
26:11glad I really didn't burn that bridge.
26:13I wasn't involved in that time frame
26:15around the main roster when she left.
26:20Sometimes it's frustrating for talent
26:22because everybody can't be the top person
26:24and everybody can't be in a major storyline
26:27at all times.
26:30She and Sasha Banks had just had enough
26:32and they left.
26:36I needed to stand up for myself
26:38and not as Naomi,
26:41but as Trinity.
26:43And that was the first time in my life,
26:49in my career,
26:52not employed
26:53and not knowing what to do next
26:57and where to go next.
26:59What are you making?
27:00Your grilled chicken.
27:01For us today, Big Jim.
27:02Your grilled chicken.
27:03Listen, it ain't no marinade chicken today.
27:05It's just seasoned today.
27:06Yeah.
27:06Hook you up.
27:07Beggars can be choosers.
27:08Just like I hooked you up
27:08when I gave you my number.
27:11Hold on.
27:12Let them know.
27:13Let them know.
27:14Let them know.
27:14I gave you my number.
27:16Let them know.
27:16Let them know what happened.
27:17My husband is Jonathan Fatu,
27:20also known as Jimmy Uso.
27:23We met in 2009 in FCW,
27:27which was WWE's developmental school at the time.
27:30And we've been stuck at the hip ever since.
27:34Mwah.
27:35Mwah.
27:36Love you.
27:37Mwah.
27:38I think we work great together on air.
27:42One of the cons is you're always together.
27:45One of the pros is you're always together.
27:49When I left WWE,
27:52it was a challenge
27:54because we had never been separated
27:57or apart from the time we met.
28:02Y'all leaving the company
28:03was obviously a blow.
28:07Of course you know
28:08when your ride will die,
28:09anybody in you,
28:09of course you feel that effect.
28:11Huh?
28:12Now we're not working together,
28:15traveling together,
28:15on the road together.
28:17And that was a very difficult,
28:20scary time for me.
28:23Just like the truth situation,
28:29we never wanted Naomi gone.
28:31The company always felt like
28:34this was where she belonged,
28:35this was her home,
28:36and she's an incredible talent
28:38that should be here doing what she does.
28:40So that's a big driving force for us
28:42to go try to say to her,
28:45hey, would you like to come back?
28:48Bring it to the top.
28:49Naomi!
28:56Guys, she's back!
28:58Welcome back, Naomi!
29:01It was back in May of 2022
29:04that Naomi had her last match in WWE.
29:08She is back tonight at the Royal Rumble.
29:13What led to me returning to WWE
29:14was my family.
29:16All of my family was there.
29:18I do understand the significance
29:22of the Samoan dynasty
29:24and the family that I'm in.
29:26And it also makes me want to, like,
29:28pull my weight
29:29because I'm surrounded by great wrestlers.
29:33I'm very blessed to have somebody
29:34in my life like that.
29:36And she's in my brother's life
29:37and all my other brothers,
29:38so I'm very blessed
29:39to be able to have her, man.
29:40And she's one of one to me.
29:45I believe things happen for a reason.
29:47Timing is everything in this business.
29:51I'm happy that we were able
29:53to come to a good place with her
29:55where she was able to return
29:57and have the opportunity
29:58that she's having now.
30:01Since I've been back,
30:02I felt that the character Naomi
30:05needed a fresh coat of paint.
30:0890% of my career
30:10has been positive, happy, uplifting.
30:13If the right time came,
30:16I wasn't afraid for Naomi
30:17to go heel and become a heel.
30:22If we turn her heel,
30:25it's bigger than anything
30:26she's going to be able to do
30:27as a babyface.
30:28So we turn her
30:29and then we listen.
30:32Naomi teamed up with the EST,
30:34Bianca Belair,
30:35and Jade Cargill.
30:38It all started to fall apart
30:40because Naomi got a little envious
30:43of her and Bianca's relationship
30:45and ended up pushing Jade Cargill
30:47onto a car
30:49off a very high platform.
30:52In ring, Jade Cargill attacked,
30:55laid out on a car,
30:57emergency medical personnel.
31:01But what the hell
31:02has snapped inside of Naomi?
31:05Now her ears are all caution tape themed
31:08because of the crime scene.
31:10She kind of left Jade at.
31:13Naomi, she is pissed,
31:15she is mad,
31:16she is hurting people.
31:17She feels that she has been slighted.
31:19She felt not appreciated,
31:22not validated.
31:23So there's a very interesting dynamic
31:26because some people
31:27actually sympathize with her.
31:31They actually woke up so many.
31:33Like, it was a beast who woke up, man.
31:36She sounds different.
31:37She looks different.
31:39Fans are invested.
31:40We might be talking about Naomi
31:41in the next six months
31:42as the best heel in the company.
31:44This new character,
31:46this homo game
31:47that has me shook every week,
31:49Naomi's heel turn.
31:52I think it's one of the most successful heel turns
31:54in at least the last 10 years.
31:57It's incredible.
31:58It's a chef's kiss.
32:00When I first heard about
32:02turning Naomi heel,
32:04I was suspect.
32:06Deep down inside,
32:07Trin is such a sweet person
32:09and a great person.
32:11And you'll find out sometimes
32:12those people make the greatest villains.
32:14You know, I feel Naomi
32:19is really embraced this
32:21far more than I ever thought she would,
32:23and I'm glad to be wrong.
32:24I do think that Naomi
32:26was in that
32:27Money in the Bank.
32:28I think she's a top contender
32:30to win that for sure.
32:31I think she's hot,
32:32like, right now, you know?
32:33Money in the Bank is one of the most dangerous matches
32:45here in the WWE.
32:49It is a ladder match.
32:51So you have all these ladders
32:54all around the ring,
32:55in the ring,
32:57and there is six competitors.
33:02We're all trying to set up ladders.
33:08Climb ladders.
33:11Not fall from ladders.
33:13And grab a briefcase
33:14that is hanging from the ceiling,
33:15which has a contract
33:16that you can cash in at any time
33:18for any championship that you want.
33:21You can imagine
33:24just climbing a ladder at home
33:26and hoping not to fall.
33:27Imagine climbing one
33:28inside of a ring
33:29in front of thousands
33:30of people watching.
33:34And if you get hit with a ladder,
33:36you know you've just been hit
33:37with a ladder
33:38because that shit hurts badly.
33:45Money!
33:48The Money in the Bank briefcase
33:50can change your entire career.
33:56You can literally go from being
33:59at the bottom
34:00to literally being at the top
34:02in one moment.
34:04Perfect.
34:06And I never envisioned that
34:07or thought that for myself
34:08until I set out
34:10as this new version of Naomi.
34:14With Money in the Bank,
34:16it has to be the right person.
34:17It has to be the right timing.
34:20Naomi, we see the reaction
34:22that she's getting as a heel.
34:24We see an opportunity there
34:25to make her a main player
34:27and really grow her.
34:31It's one of those things
34:32where she has to then deliver.
34:36You got it.
34:36I'm here.
34:37I'll be talking.
34:38We'll have a lot of reps
34:39around the ring,
34:40so I'll help communicate.
34:41Thanks, guys.
34:43I'm going to go finish getting ready.
34:47We got it.
34:48You got it.
34:49You get through, and we're great.
34:50Just keep going over in your head, Trin.
34:52Okay.
34:52All right.
34:56When Money in the Bank comes around,
34:58Truth's contract
34:59was being worked on
35:00behind the scenes
35:01before his contract
35:03actually comes to an end.
35:04We're trying to
35:05put a new one in place
35:07and have him
35:08be
35:09have Money in the Bank.
35:11Me and Nick
35:11called and talked
35:12for about an hour that day.
35:14Jay's going to be on that table.
35:16I was hurt.
35:17Nick kind of like
35:18he padded that wound.
35:21We had made the deal.
35:22We agreed.
35:23The ink was dried.
35:25He said,
35:25Money in the Bank
35:26will be the best time.
35:27That's going to be the
35:27you return.
35:31Not a lot of people knew.
35:33Very few.
35:33The deal wasn't even done
35:35until the day of
35:37Money in the Bank.
35:40It was,
35:41all right,
35:41well,
35:41we can do this
35:42at the end of the show
35:43because it was like,
35:44hey,
35:45this is a nice punctuation
35:46at the end of the night.
35:48Going good?
35:49Great.
35:51You want to talk about
35:52the end of it?
35:53Yeah,
35:53whatever you want.
35:54What we have is
35:55Logan and Jay
35:56moonsault.
35:57Yeah.
35:58Cody's dead in the rain.
35:59Thank you also
36:00for making that Jay,
36:01not you.
36:02I was going to say no
36:03on the you
36:04and then
36:04I didn't have to
36:05argue with you about it.
36:06Yeah.
36:07So,
36:07I go get the title.
36:08I was using a Cody.
36:10All we had was
36:11Trif coming in
36:11and taking the thing
36:13and being like,
36:14I can't handle the truth.
36:15And I go into the cross.
36:16You can have me
36:16take the thing
36:17and give me a fucking AA
36:19or knock me
36:20into the cross.
36:21All right,
36:21Shane,
36:21can you hop on?
36:22One thing was
36:22I don't want him
36:24to beat me
36:25in that Cody thing.
36:26Yeah,
36:26yeah,
36:26yeah.
36:27My thought was,
36:28does he tackle you?
36:29Does he have the hoodie on?
36:30Does he pick that title up?
36:32Does he pull the hood back?
36:33You see it's him
36:34and you get up
36:34and he goes
36:35boom
36:35and he rolls out
36:37and now you
36:38and Cody come up
36:38and it's like
36:39almost the two of you
36:40come up.
36:41Do you fucking go
36:41to do something
36:42and he goes
36:42bang?
36:44What do you think?
36:45That's absolutely it.
36:47Okay.
36:47I'll say one thing real quick.
36:48No.
36:49We got to go.
36:51Cody.
36:51Sir.
36:52How about truth?
36:53No.
36:53Like literally me,
36:54Nick,
36:55you,
36:55Cena,
36:56no.
36:56We had him leave the room
36:58when we talked.
36:58Pat and Cole,
37:01I'm sure we'll tell
37:02right before the show.
37:03I'll tell Bruce and Ed
37:04right before the show.
37:07Easy.
37:08Sounds good.
37:09Good plan.
37:10Excited.
37:11Yeah,
37:11it should be fun.
37:12Yeah,
37:12yeah.
37:12So I asked McAfee,
37:14I said,
37:14did Nick talk to you?
37:15And he goes,
37:16about what?
37:16Yeah.
37:17You told Pat,
37:18I feel like I should tell Cole.
37:19For sure.
37:19Right before the match
37:20goes to the ring,
37:21I'm going to tell Logan
37:22and Jay,
37:22because it's unfair
37:23for them to not know
37:23what's going on
37:24in their match.
37:25Yep.
37:26And Cole,
37:27remember,
37:27he did great
37:28on the Pantford tournament.
37:30So.
37:30Well,
37:30you know,
37:30maybe I won't tell him.
37:32He doesn't need to know.
37:33And he won't,
37:34he'll be like,
37:35oh,
37:35that's fucking cool
37:35that you guys
37:36didn't tell me.
37:36I'll call it real.
37:47The following.
37:49is the women's money-in-the-bank
37:53letter match.
37:59So here we go,
38:01gentlemen.
38:02Someone's career
38:03will take a very drastic turn.
38:10From Orlando
38:11on a
38:13man
38:15show me.
38:17I'm stuck in it.
38:19This is a very different woman.
38:22Proceed with caution.
38:26Now,
38:27let's change somebody's career, Cole.
38:29Here we go.
38:32Every woman
38:33for herself tonight.
38:34It's a knife
38:36when you know
38:37they're waiting
38:37for you to choke.
38:39It's a knife
38:40when a journalist
38:41does a misquote.
38:42It's a knife
38:43when a friend
38:44is suddenly
38:44stepping on your throat.
38:46It's a knife
38:46Naomi dominating right now.
38:48Doing things you don't.
38:50A wax off
38:50push
38:51on the offense.
38:53Ripley has such
38:54an intimidating aura.
38:56Damage
38:59has not been
39:00completed yet.
39:03Oh!
39:05Rhea Ripley's
39:06back in charge.
39:09Mommy's on top.
39:14Up in
39:16to the position
39:16for the Rangers.
39:17Oh my goodness.
39:20Wow.
39:22Springboard moves up.
39:23It's a knife
39:26when
39:27It's a knife
39:28when
39:28It's a knife
39:30time
39:30Wow.
39:32Naomi
39:32stacked those
39:35ladders.
39:35Barry Rhea Ripley.
39:40Uh-oh.
39:42Rhea Ripley
39:43coming out
39:44of the rubble
39:45and the wreckage.
39:47God,
39:47Rhea's got that
39:48love in her eye.
39:51The power
39:52face first.
39:53goes Julia.
39:57Roxanne Perez.
39:58Razor's on
39:59it's into Naomi.
40:02Julia.
40:03Oh!
40:05When Mommy
40:05is in this
40:06kind of mood
40:07all that
40:08results
40:08is
40:09physical
40:09destruction.
40:14Watch out
40:15for Booker T.
40:16High!
40:16High!
40:17High!
40:18High!
40:18High!
40:19High!
40:20High!
40:21High!
40:21High!
40:22High!
40:23High!
40:24High!
40:24High!
40:25High!
40:25High!
40:26High!
40:26High!
40:26High!
40:26What the hell?
40:28Oh, my God!
40:30Yes!
40:31Dueling Cone Reds!
40:34In stereo, Cone Reds on the ladder.
40:39Four bodies strewn around the ringside area.
40:44Now, Alexa Bliss in Mami.
40:47Two women with the biggest resumes in this match.
40:52And yes, LA.
40:54This is awesome.
40:56One of the biggest prizes in the game.
40:59Tantalizingly close for these two women.
41:01Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, race to the top, race to the briefcase.
41:04Naomi back into the ring.
41:06Naomi now.
41:08Oh, Maria!
41:10Face first off the ladder.
41:11Bliss is down as well.
41:13Naomi with a chance.
41:17Climbing up the ladder to get the briefcase,
41:18I still wasn't telling myself that it's real.
41:22Naomi close to the top of the ladder.
41:26Is this Naomi's moment?
41:34Naomi has the briefcase.
41:37Naomi is Miss Money in the Bank.
41:41Here is your winner!
41:46The 2025 Miss Money in the Bank!
41:55Naomi!
41:56Naomi!
41:57That's when I really was able to, like, soak it in.
42:04After everything that's happened in my career,
42:07to have that reminds me of why this place,
42:13this job, these fans,
42:15and this whole thing is so special.
42:23They better watch out!
42:26Miss Money is back!
42:32Great stuff.
42:33You okay?
42:34Thank you, AJ.
42:34Everybody okay?
42:35Yeah.
42:35Congrats.
42:36One more.
42:38Three, two.
42:41Awesome.
42:42Congrats.
42:42Hey, AJ.
42:43Come on, can I get some tape
42:45and put it on here at Customers?
42:46Yeah, yeah.
42:48Talk to the props guys.
42:50They can make one for you as well.
42:54Trin!
42:54Good job, man.
42:55Good job, Peter.
42:56Yeah!
42:57Good job, Rhea.
42:58No problem, see?
42:59We always struck out for nothing.
43:00No problem.
43:01Easy.
43:01Easy.
43:01That was my first ever ladder match, in general.
43:04So it's like, I feel accomplished.
43:06I feel like I've ticked another thing
43:07off my bucket list, in a way.
43:09Obviously, outcome wasn't what I wanted,
43:12but I'm just glad that I'm not injured again,
43:16to be completely honest with you.
43:18I'm so proud of you.
43:20Really?
43:21I know.
43:22I have seen you in the locker room,
43:23like, for so many years.
43:25Just the way that you,
43:27what you've put in the business.
43:28Really?
43:29I'm so proud of you.
43:31You've earned every bit of it.
43:34You have earned every bit of it.
43:42You too?
43:43Nah, nah.
43:44Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
43:46Look at that cold.
43:47Hey.
43:47Look at that cold.
43:49Look at that cold of that thing, girl.
43:51Woo-hoo!
43:52Um, well, I don't feel too good.
43:55My back, my stomach, my knees, my elbows,
43:57and my neck hurt.
43:58What don't hurt is this bank right here.
44:06In the women's money in the bank ladder match,
44:13numerous brawls between the pair of...
44:15You need me for anything?
44:16Let's get this straight.
44:16First line repeater for the NXT Championship.
44:19Then...
44:19You have the Cena match?
44:21Yeah.
44:22So, so, then,
44:26the only people that know this, right,
44:27Bruce, Ed, myself,
44:31John, and Cody know.
44:32So, R-Truth is gonna come to the end of the fight.
44:35R-Truth takes Cena down, gets on him.
44:38Cena will drop the title.
44:39That person will pick the belt up,
44:41pull the hood back.
44:42R-Truth, holy shit,
44:44he'll blast Cena.
44:45He'll throw the belt down,
44:46he'll roll out of the ring,
44:47and he'll take off.
44:48Yeah, great.
44:49Okay, I'll get with John.
44:50Yeah.
44:50All right, thanks.
44:51I'm gonna...
44:59Hopefully, they'll bring him to Guerrilla.
45:01I haven't seen him.
45:02He can get here until after doors.
45:03Trying to steal my gimmick, man.
45:04Yeah.
45:05I ended up getting there
45:06to match before this was come out.
45:08I had the hoodie on,
45:09double-tick it all.
45:11Sherlock Holmes couldn't have found me, man.
45:13Yeah.
45:15Well, this match tonight,
45:17our main event.
45:18Cody Rose
45:21and the world NBA champion,
45:23Jey Uso.
45:25Standing in their way,
45:26the Undisputed champion,
45:27John Cena and Logan Paul.
45:30Massive fight feel.
45:35We are true!
45:36We are true!
45:37We are true!
45:39We are true!
45:40We are true!
45:42We are true!
45:42I don't listen to the people.
45:44Those fans,
45:46they put that S back on my chest.
45:48So on the end of this thing,
45:54there's a run-in.
45:57And then we're going to go into the finish.
45:59There's no music.
45:59There's no anything.
46:00I just don't want anybody panicking,
46:02thinking like,
46:02what the fuck?
46:03Try to get off the shot or something.
46:05All truth is going to drop Cena
46:07while only a couple people know.
46:11This thing has just turned into a brawl.
46:13Cody with a suicide dive!
46:19John's going to have Cody on his shoulders.
46:22Jey's going to run off the other table and spear him.
46:26Cena looking for the A.A.
46:29Spear!
46:30Spear by Jey Uso under the table!
46:33So Logan, we're good to go.
46:35Let's see Logan.
46:35Let's see Logan.
46:36Come on, baby.
46:38Logan Paul now!
46:40Logan Paul!
46:41Oh my God!
46:42A-S-I-Moonside!
46:44To the table!
46:45But better down!
46:47Told you!
46:48Where we at?
46:49Told you that motherfucker can make it.
46:51I got there and it was just time to do time to do that
47:01and it was time to go.
47:03Well, wait a minute now.
47:04Official trend is over here with Uso and Logan.
47:07Meanwhile, John Cena has the championship in hand.
47:13Send him, send him, send him.
47:14Wait a minute!
47:22Who the...
47:23Who the hell?
47:27A spear!
47:28A spear on Cena!
47:31He's going to pick up the title.
47:33We'll see the reveal here.
47:37Oh my God!
47:38Oh my God!
47:41R-Truth is here!
47:43R-Truth!
47:44R-Truth!
47:45R-Truth is back!
47:48When it was revealed, those fans reminded me of who I was.
47:52Wait, what?
47:53What?
47:54Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!
47:58Is that true?
47:58Is that R-Truth?
48:00Oh my God!
48:01It is!
48:01R-Truth!
48:02R-Truth!
48:04R-Truth!
48:05R-Truth!
48:06Yes!
48:08Yes!
48:09R-Truth!
48:10I knew it was Ron Killings immediately
48:13because of his ankles.
48:14I know that sounds funny, but like I knew his ankles.
48:22I started crying right then.
48:28R-Truth is back!
48:29We want truth!
48:30We want truth!
48:32R-Truth is back!
48:36R-Truth is back!
48:37ever know how that felt nobody will ever know how that felt all right here comes the title shot
48:59back to the ring back to the ring truth returns to get some revenge on cena
49:04one of the biggest shockers in recent memory
49:19we thought our truth was gone for good
49:27dude man what's up man welcome back thank you
49:29what does it look like yeah yes man good to be back you good yes sir thank you
49:38hey happy this all worked out man i'm really happy all this worked out thank you
49:44none of that i hope you know none of that was meant in any way other than
49:49just where we were right and it's just a business but man i'm so happy you're still here all that
49:53thank you man yeah appreciate you i remember my son saying um daddy wasn't a waste
50:03i've missed birthday parties anniversaries graduations he said daddy wasn't all a waste
50:08baby look at those people i love you i love you i love you i'm so happy to be here
50:14i tell you what a bum what a bum what a bum
50:18what a bum what a bum what a bum what a bum what a bum what a bum what a bum i meant to tell you and
50:32jay right before you watch out no jay didn't know either i'm like what the i meant to tell i meant to
50:39tell you both when i found out that r-truth was going to be returning i was really honored that i
50:49was laying there selling in the ring when he got in because i could feel it and hear it and i went in
50:54there he didn't know either he knew that's every wrestler's dream i had to tell him i didn't want him
51:02hit you with a bond of galbo well no i mean so few people knew even our truth's best friend road dog
51:10didn't know who's a senior member of the creative team so i went through a couple of emotions right
51:15then god they didn't tell me you know what i mean nobody told me uh but then it was like i'm so glad
51:21i didn't know i'm so glad i got to feel this right here as a fan that was super cool to me
51:27i came out of the curtains and there he was
51:39this is all a dream
51:40sunshine in my in my day is ron killings that's all i got to say
52:01like i said before dawg is
52:20he don't realize where i was at you know what i'm saying like he don't he think he know when like
52:26yeah my brother's not purple like bro i i ain't given up when i was in memphis man i was
52:38he took me on his wing dog he took me on the wing he took care of me
52:43he took me to uh speak up for me so yeah
53:00yeah man he got he always have a spot with me
53:03hey
53:11we might have locked into this being the best thing ever for you
53:14all right
53:15i mean you never know you see what happens right
53:18this is the craziest business man so yeah it's
53:20fucking it is why that's the thing yeah yeah and there's moments in time where you just all of
53:25a sudden you see something and you go oh man let's make that something bad
53:28let's make it something okay here we are yes all right
53:35the impact that it had doesn't make me question doesn't make me
53:40look back at or try to analyze i'll make sure it worked out the way it worked out
53:45it worked out yes it reinvented me worldwide
53:49anything beyond that but i got blinders on the appreciation and the love tell me why xy
54:04it's just a moment when i can do it
54:07become your brother what's that me you what do you know the head oh you want to shave it tonight
54:14cut it you good with that i am why cut the hair
54:23it's got my strength oh god that was just the accessory i had
54:34you see who i am you've been with me the whole time
54:36so much has done to happen the hair just had to be done this is great thanks this is my daughter
54:47leah she said dad what did you do and i was going bald
55:06she said dad is it did her last week no one's been with me
55:08so
55:13i
55:13i
55:15i
55:17i
55:19i
55:19i
55:19i
55:23i
55:25i
55:27i
55:29i
55:31Oh, my God!
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