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00:00A.J. Style!
00:10Proverbial wall, one-on-one with the career killer.
00:24Welcome to Monday Night Raw!
00:28But there's a man in the back that would claim that would be the last time I'd ever say it.
00:34He's gonna end my WWE career at the Royal Rumble.
00:39But I'm not going anywhere.
00:41Now, I've made it clear, 2026 will be the year that A.J. Styles retires.
00:502025 was the year of John Cena.
00:52There is no reason it can't be the year of A.J. Styles.
00:58I want to be world champion.
01:01My back is against the wall, yes.
01:03He is not phenomenal.
01:06No way.
01:13Do you guys figure out why I'm out here yet?
01:16you guys figure out why i'm out here yet i have known this man 20 plus years there's nothing but
01:34respect here between us right aj putting your career on the line against gunther still got a
01:40lot of gas left in the tank there's still a lot of moments i've watched your career and i look at
01:46saturday like gosh man the stakes are just too high you do not think i can beat gunther is that
01:53what you're saying i know you can beat gunther i saw you beat gunther we saw the referee raise
01:58gunther's hand if it doesn't go your way cm punk and aj styles never get to go one-on-one in a wwe
02:05ring i'm not trying to be disrespectful i know i can beat gunther and i know i can beat you but
02:11again man it's hard to be the good team twice you don't get to prove to yourself and everybody else
02:17that you can beat cm punk let's just say we do fight tonight and i beat you then i'm the number one
02:26contender for that championship
02:28if me and you are gonna do this right here tonight in toronto it's gonna be for the belt
02:37aj styles versus cm punk heavyweight championship
02:44hell yeah cm punk could have his match that he wants with aj styles
02:53the involvement of raquel rodriguez but to everyone surprise me
03:03stephanie marquez
03:08this coming saturday from riyadh saudi arabia world championship
03:21but all three of these women clubhouse will inspire a locker room it could do a lot
03:26roxanne perez as she steps up to the apron she lasted an hour and seven minutes
03:31eo sky last year excluding stephanie vaker are only concerned about
03:37big right hand by eo rocks the job electric crowd tonight in toronto nearly 18
03:44next level teamwork from the judgment day and a tag made and here comes
03:48lib morgan the two top back elbows from raquel rodriguez to eo sky
03:53now it seems like she's finally locked in like focused and here comes the women's world champion stephanie vaker with a oh big leg drop to lib morgan hook of both legs and a kick out corey general manager adam pierce
04:07la primera and a snap suplex back center of the ring and another suplex delivered by on two separate occasions and uh-oh
04:14kiss and raquel rodriguez not going to allow it to happen and raquel rodriguez who has made life living hell cover and a kick out this is stephanie's great cardio that's different than being able to run on a treadmill ultra confident roxanne perez who had one of the great years in wwe perez giving chase and this is the ruthlessness of roxanne perez tag with raquel rodriguez for those
04:37many months before the return of live morgan i wasn't oh sowing the seeds of descent here's the oh okay
04:44so she loves being around roxanne perez morgan with a clothesline the corner makes another tag to
04:50aggression i think that's what the biggest difference is again we talked about it a few moments ago
04:54oh and a big shoulder tackle by raquel dominating the women's champion stephanie vaker needs to make it
05:01oh to her corner and tag one of the tag live morgan from the outside driving ria into the steel steps
05:08sends her into the corner fouls it up with an uppercut tag made stephanie though rolled out of the way
05:13raquel hit hard and now morgan legal backbreaker corner to eo sky tag eo throwing show taze oh first goes perez
05:23rockel and now eo missile drop kick from the top incoming bullet train attack either way eo avoided
05:32disaster can't say the same look at live morgan feeding the apron to roxanne developed organically
05:37naturally and perez to the eyes setting up for a double team cold breaker and a kick out by sky at two
05:45morgan wanted oblivion eo sky creates space that was a chance fall away slam to morgan i believe for
05:55raquel rodriguez mommy able to muscle up lift morgan razors edge into raquel race first into the knee
06:04ria looking to fly ripley missile drop kick of her own trying to catch ripley from behind ria with a right
06:10hand from the second rope went for the tornado and drop neo sky saves the matchup but care now entering
06:18the fray eat the feet now rodriguez with a big boot rodriguez now set up over the top into the floor
06:26recovers raquel rodriguez take it out double team coming ria able to thwart it ria with riptide
06:35real company with a win in the normally sure-footed women's world champion hey punk
06:46i've been thinking about everything that happened last week i wanted to be champion but things didn't
06:51go to plan and even though i didn't win you were still part of the most memorable night of my career
06:58and you gave me my flowers i didn't return them so i will now look it takes two to tango all right i'm
07:03not the best in the world okay i'm not handing out title shots to people who deserve them john just
07:08retired aj's put his career on the line i look around there's not a lot of guys like me and you
07:13left okay you want to be champ maybe you need to ditch judgment day because you can't be champ
07:18hanging around garbage like dom misterio win the rumble and i'll see you in vegas
07:32the vision turned over a new leaf in his career logan paul
07:38it should be
07:52my name is paul heyman if you keep booing this is gonna go on all night long
08:00brawn breaker
08:03leading with the raw general manager adam pierce let's examine why
08:16and i am not sorry for wearing my heart on my sleeve
08:20brawn breaker to admit to you in front of the world that things get out of hand
08:25because i put my hands on you first and for that i apologize it is official you are in the royal
08:34rumble welcome back congratulations the vision is in the 2026 royal rumble you need a chance at
08:42redemption against the hall of famer with ray mysterio i'm not quite sure i see it that way but
08:51we'll get into all that in a moment
08:57a few weeks back when breaker was a challenging punk for the world title
09:02is it not clear as day i mean obviously he's trying to pit one star against another but i get what you're
09:07saying i mean all four members of the vision monday night raw so this is pierce's backhanded way
09:12because i guarantee you someone's not here mysterio i mean he got what he wanted he got all four of
09:18his men you've known paul heyman for many many years when have you ever known anything by accident
09:25heyman always talks a lot about how he lost everything and no way listen it would be the ultimate
09:30and you'd be careful talking about brawn breaker michael cole he's about two feet in front of you man
09:34tabbed as a future wrestlemania main adventure planting foreign objects to be utilized against
09:39division and as austin theory continues to apply the pressure six and one of the greatest performances
09:44ever blasting ray looking for the 619 austin theory ray trying to fight back and oh drives theory into
09:51the post trying to compete oh and mysterio take it out theory and now stick with the plan and ray mysterio
09:58again side had it oh past tense of superb young athletes in whom he's in charge and who knows maybe
10:06there is some grandiose plan michael cole theory with a fly slam to ray mysterio members into the
10:11rumble match saturday that's why oh ray looking to use his quickness right into one it's ray mysterio
10:20that's ataxia and a kick out by ray let's not forget about logan uh austin theory you can't sleep on the
10:27the man unbelievable but ray turns it into a lot into the apron super kick by pinta big bronson reed
10:36there's the power of the austila oh logan paul austin theory looks to take advantage with a stomp
10:44stereo theory with the win and there's the austin leary only has himself to blame but right now fight
10:53back against breaker ball breaker with a spear up to the top rope with a pole
11:03spear to penta tsunami
11:08not again front breaker with a super spear
11:11maxine i made you and you failed you think because you've rolled with a legend but that
11:22will never happen again i'm coming for it all
11:28because natalia elevates decimates i'm on the phone will you shut up pierce's office is that way okay
11:36okay you two better be glad i have other business to deal with
11:40let me love
11:51javon evans i'm good i'm good i'm good you straight i'm straight because last week on rob you took on el
11:58grande americano to this point we still haven't got an explanation as to why so you know thankfully
12:03nothing happened to my shoulder seriously but she had to throw away the match because um i'm all
12:09straight you know i mean i feel good and i'm just ready to focus on what's next but since you do
12:14mention it what is next for javon evans there's a lot of goals that the young og wants to accomplish
12:22here on raw and one of those goals is to main event wrestlemania i have to win the royal rumble
12:29officially declaring to be in the 2026 royal rumble match in the match you know the 29 other guys hey
12:36if you try to get me out just know i got something for all y'all bouncy straight like that appreciation
12:43roman reigns has declared for the royal rumble gunther thanks for joining me today you take on
12:50aj styles why did you back aj into a corner well if it's bugging you then you don't understand because
12:57what is there for me to gain i have a lot of things to gain i have something phenomenal i can
13:02now beat him for his career listen aj's made it real clear 2026 is going to be his final year why rob
13:09the fans of these moments i'm sick and tired of all those old timers around here chasing one moment
13:17those moments they belong to me bill goldberg was chasing another moment john cena was chasing moment
13:24after moment for a full year they're going to talk about when he gave up to me in his very last match
13:30and aj idea about this long very exciting emotional retirement or farewell tour whatever he wants to
13:38call it in him taking the moments away that belonged to me talking about old timers i think you fall in
13:45that category as well i could kick the chair over and i could end your career right now because on saturday
13:52i want you to sit there and i want to hear you call that match the career aj styles is over
14:02cm punk defends his world heavyweight championship against the phenomenal
14:06main event jay usso went out for the tag champs he will no doubt be bringing his aid jay usso would
14:22love to become number five i'm coming to you to say i'm officially declaring myself in this year's royal
14:43rumble all due respect for him okay you had your crack at the world title last week i had to fill that
14:49spot me up that no royal rumble is full without finn bar the rumble's full you don't actually believe
14:57he was showing you respect last week do you he showed you up in your own hometown and then raised
15:02your arm like some kind of participation trophy you don't believe he actually wants to become world
15:05champion right because the judgment day is your family this ain't as straightforward as it seems okay
15:12so let me figure this out
15:25close americanos in the ring as is american made
15:31all i do is tell the truth whether or not you choose to believe it is on you well the new day are
15:36upset because they're still mourning the death of the tag team division real smart i was going to say
15:41morning why couldn't you play along we are now underway with this fatal four-way match-up is why it is
15:47of the utmost importance to keep a member of your own as frequently as possible okay mr uh and look
15:53at the distraction by xavier bravo yes bravo mega stars in mexico any sort of association of new movies
16:00tozawa now the legal man they did to julius creed there and creed now legal it may be a little heavy oh
16:07oh man created brutus south of the border double suplex by the these two kids so strong great tag team
16:15brutus ball off the top rope and otis now driven into the step shoulder first nice knee to the body
16:24from julius cole could you not antagonize the new day they're delusional too well the fact they hang out
16:30with wallers creed brothers former nxt tag team champions tag team titles yet here wwe both creed
16:38brothers still relatively new to the game river and that means it's blue i don't think it has anything
16:42to do with anything double team coming and bravo with the right hand of the now launches himself up
16:47over the top tag and here's xavier woods and speaking of jbl i noticed bang woods and kingston could be well
17:00on their way covered by kingston that's right rio red it's a lucha libre out here
17:07raid mark of the open tazawa got his his boot up
17:12tazawa utilizing his powerful leg look at rio go
17:17you keep asking that and i've already explained as el grande americano oh you don't allow your travel
17:22to the corner make a tag to his partner otis but a cheap shot has spent the last five to six days
17:27inside of a bariatric chamber recovering to salvo oh wow to go deep into a matchup the guy's got a
17:34gas pan his partner otis is about as intelligent as a male once won the money the bank contract
17:39woods into bravo americano
17:46otis off the caterpillar
17:48look at this treatment of otis look at tozawa go to the back door snap german oh incoming
17:58tozawa with a suicide dog an american made as well versus everybody
18:05this with trouble in paradise today grayson waller here comes big does
18:10and oh main event jay usso oh my god sent out over the top by bang oh my god
18:22senton
18:25they did it alpha academy the number one contenders
18:30let's head back to our own jackie redmond becky congratulations on a successful title defense last
18:35week monumental victories now would you wear in a jacket like that unfortunately there was a bit of
18:40controversy not on my end i would be very disappointed if i trained somebody from nothing
18:44and they remained nothing the same happened to me with loser lyra she betrayed me she's implying that
18:49she's gonna come after my title well that's gonna be impossible bad news because i'm going to be
18:54entering the royal rumble you will not win the royal rumble no one is ready for oscar in fact
19:04actually we would have won more games if it wasn't for you and oscar you lost it for the team
19:07naysa see you in the royal rumble
19:18oh gee oh gee hey look look i know you got a big match tonight and a bigger match
19:22saturday but i hope i get to see you on that fair world too that means let's let's do it yeah i know
19:29i know what it means i was all right have a good night all right good luck stephanie every week you've
19:36been ducking me someone else wants to stick their nose in my business but i get it la primera you're
19:42scared he has much then i will take that women's world championship give me the match make the match
19:57let me guess raquel won this and i won raquel i want to fight next week you defend that women's world
20:03championship against rachel rodriguez in a philadelphia street fight look we all got into
20:11the rumble right so i think we should go in there with one goal extend all the way up to wrestlemania
20:17because we have an advantage boys no one can stop us since we have an advantage to make sure that one
20:23of us leaves as the winner of the royal rumble and i think that winner should be bron breaker i agree with
20:31that i agree that is the vision the new year here on netflix with a title defense against braun breaker last
20:55march to the ring on monday night raw later that year and over the years and independence
21:01across the country and the world let's go up to the ring and the legendary lillian garcia world
21:06heavyweight championship the gunther versus styles at the rumble saturday is not only going to be free
21:15and we are underway these men going one-on-one phenomenal even a.j styles career past number of
21:23years of years a absolute gentleman tremendous
21:29more than earned that but seeing the performance he wants to go out on top of his game as being great
21:34familiar and punk now with a and gunther still oh has a lot of work to do wants to be at the top of
21:42the mountain and styles picture perfect to the apron and now catches punk with that sliding knee corey he
21:50does not see his career ending on saturday a couple of weeks ago he's tapped out before remember jay
21:56usso at wrestlemania past the ring general sternum snap merit takedown by aj and there's the well-placed
22:03and aj nice headlock takedown again on punk
22:09risky proposition for both men my god into the corner become world heavyweight champion punk now
22:15ooh caught him with a heel kick to the jaw but the knee connects and the bulldog and he wants to
22:21put aj styles to sleep oh shining wizard for the champion cover interesting the way punk's changed his
22:29strategy day goes to work boom what a clothesline now trying to rally the fans here in toronto
22:36i got the back door oh retain the title and a kick out my styles at two styles now oh
22:44oh who's she grows heavyweight championship and a kick out by two the top rope now styles set to
22:52the mat with a flying elbow to styles uh-oh trying to put punk in the position for the styles and
22:59styles looking to roll through now looking for a sliding knee go to sleep outside the ring
23:05a count of three a count of nine styles just and look at styles styles now here's the cover position
23:17middle of the ring oh styles clash punk kicks out at two saturday night looking for the phenomenal forearm
23:25styles as well
23:31peli kick
23:35punk styles hanging on to the top rope
23:38what feed balor oh come on now the champion cf punk well these are actions of a of a desperate man
23:48and balor now with a kick to punk into the barricade isn't done yet balor throwing cf
23:56attention now coup de grace
24:01oh god of the riffs balor with a third to coup de grace
24:15oh
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