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00:00The transfer window is now closed, but not before Drew McIntyre joined the blue brand.
00:17Perhaps the biggest acquisition of them all by GM Nick Aldis.
00:30The following is a Triple Threat Elimination Chamber qualifying match.
00:45Introducing first, from Air Scotland, weighing in at 275 pounds, Drew McIntyre.
01:00Wade, I know like many last week, he was your pick to win the Royal Rumble.
01:04And I know he's not happy with the way things turned out there.
01:07Yeah, the man was absolutely livid after being eliminated in the Royal Rumble.
01:12Trashed a locker room, got in his car, and seemingly rode off into the sunsets.
01:18Perhaps for good, until Nick Aldis, an old friend from the UK, talked Drew off a cliff.
01:25And gave Drew what he deserved if he signed for SmackDown.
01:28A fair shake of things to all Drew McIntyre has ever asked for.
01:33Well, he's got that now, and he's got a pathway to Wrestlemania,
01:37if he can qualify for the Elimination Chamber match.
01:40And the smile has returned to the face of the Scottish Warrior,
01:58after seemingly years of being in a downward spiral.
02:03McIntyre, for now at least, it's all just sunshine and rainbows.
02:08Once again, a fresh start here on SmackDown, with a GM he actually respects.
02:26You know what, Memphis?
02:28Screw Raw, Drew McIntyre's officially back on Friday Night SmackDown.
02:38You know, this past Saturday at the Rumble, after I was eliminated from behind by a coward,
02:46I went to the back, I was pretty angry, I might have torn some things up.
02:51And I got in my car, and I drove from Indy back to Nashville.
02:55I slept in my own bed, full of rage.
02:58And when I woke up in the morning, something had come over me, I had clarity.
03:03I had an epiphany.
03:04I got out of my big bed in my huge house beside my hot wife,
03:09and I looked in the mirror, and I went,
03:10My God, you're jacked and handsome, Drew.
03:15Why are you so angry all the time?
03:19And I realized I'm a product of my environment.
03:23Raw is a toxic workplace.
03:26Everybody tries to stab you in the back, bunch of egos.
03:29If you're a good person, try to do the right thing and tell them the truth,
03:33you're apparently the bad guy,
03:34and that bald idiot Adam Pearce has no idea what he's doing.
03:40So now I can see clearly I needed a solution,
03:44and that's when my phone rang.
03:46Nick Aldis.
03:47And I've known Nick since we were teenagers,
03:49and he told me,
03:50Drew, I want you on SmackDown,
03:53and I promise no more BS.
03:56You can finally be unleashed.
03:58Drew will be allowed to be Drew 100%.
04:02So why am I here?
04:08I'm here for you, Cody.
04:12Not specifically you.
04:15What you've got, what was stolen from me,
04:18what is mine.
04:19I'm here for the WWE Championship.
04:24So...
04:25Well, One Twin has already booked his spot at Wrestlemania.
04:41Is it me?
04:42Tell me it's not just me.
04:45Tell me it ain't just me.
04:46It's just me.
04:47Every single week, though.
04:49Every single week, though.
04:51You come out here.
04:52You're living in the past, bruh.
04:53You're sounding like...
04:55You're sounding like an ex-girlfriend.
05:00Yeah.
05:01You're complaining.
05:02They stole something from me.
05:04Homie, nobody stole it.
05:05You're lost.
05:09All right?
05:09And you out here.
05:10He's literally standing out here.
05:14Acting like you don't got to earn your spot tonight, Oos.
05:18Tonight, you got to get through me.
05:20You got to get through LA night.
05:21Tonight, I'm here to earn mines.
05:26Yeah.
05:28That's cool.
05:29A couple of weeks ago,
05:31I would be angry about everything you just said.
05:34But I'm a different man.
05:35I'm cool, Jay.
05:36Sorry, Jimmy.
05:37It's been 20 years.
05:46I can still barely tell you apart.
05:48Actually,
05:49it must eat you up inside.
05:51You and your brother are so similar
05:53in every single way.
05:55Just as talented.
05:57And maybe
05:58you would be where he's at right now
06:00if he just said yeet first.
06:02Hey, that's funny, Drew.
06:11Let me remind you
06:12who's standing in front of you, bruh.
06:15You see, this is big, bruh.
06:18This big gym.
06:19If I wanted to say yeet,
06:21I can say yeet.
06:22Watch.
06:22Yeet.
06:23If I wanted to say no yeet,
06:25I can throw the no right in front of this.
06:26Watch this.
06:27No yeet.
06:28So let me remind you, who's,
06:30tonight, I gots to get mine.
06:32I got to punch my ticket.
06:33I got to go to Vegas.
06:35Catch them chimps in.
06:36I got to get mine.
06:37See, you right.
06:38There is a difference.
06:39Jay did clock his.
06:40What about yours?
06:42Yeah, who's.
06:46So if you want to go to WrestleMania, bruh,
06:48you got to get through Big Jim first.
06:51Then you got to make it
06:52to the Elimination Chamber
06:53and you got to get through that.
06:54But tonight, I ain't living in the past.
06:56I'm right here present,
06:57ready to kick your ass.
07:03Jimmy Uso,
07:05I'm going to WrestleMania, Uso.
07:13Yo, the megastar
07:15is making his presence felt.
07:17Yeah.
07:19You can't have a triple threat
07:21quite yet, boys.
07:24Let me go and get right to this.
07:31Jimmy Uso, Big Jim,
07:32whatever you want to call yourself,
07:33I ain't got any love for you.
07:35You're the main reason
07:36that I didn't become WWE Champion
07:38just a little over a year ago.
07:40So I ain't got any love for you,
07:42but I ain't going to complain about it.
07:43I'm going to make good on it tonight.
07:47But if I could for a second,
07:50and I do need to say this,
07:53in my life, in my career,
07:54I want to be somebody
07:56who affects good change
07:57before I die.
07:58So I'm going to speak to
07:59all the men, all the boys
08:01here in Memphis tonight
08:03and around the world.
08:05I mean this from the bottom of my heart.
08:08If something arises in your life
08:10that hits you just,
08:12it hits you in the feels
08:13and you have to cry,
08:15let it out.
08:16It's good for your mental health.
08:17It's good for you.
08:18It doesn't make you
08:19any less of a man.
08:25But with that said,
08:27there is a line
08:28where it becomes too much.
08:31There are three guarantees
08:32in this life.
08:34Death, taxes,
08:35and Drew McIntyre
08:37crying like a damn baby.
08:42My God,
08:43Monday through Friday,
08:44every single week,
08:46all you do is cry.
08:47I think I went,
08:48I walked out here,
08:49I think I heard somebody
08:50over here
08:50call you Drew McIntyre.
08:57But let's get all the silliness
08:58out of the way
08:59and let's really think
08:59about this right now.
09:01What we're talking about right now,
09:02we're talking about WrestleMania,
09:03we're talking about
09:04Elimination Chamber
09:05and we're talking about
09:06me giving both of you
09:08something really to cry about,
09:09which is you two
09:10meeting a three count
09:11just like that.
09:12All your WrestleMania hopes
09:14getting dashed,
09:15so it goes.
09:19Oh wait,
09:21I forgot to get my stuff in.
09:23Memphis,
09:23tell them whose game this is.
09:25L-A-9!
09:27Yeah!
09:31Men's Elimination Chamber
09:32qualifying triple threat match,
09:35Drew,
09:35Jimmy,
09:36and L-A-9.
09:38Yeah!
09:43In three weeks,
09:45it'll be the Elimination Chamber
09:46in Toronto,
09:47the Rogers Center,
09:48the home to Major League Baseball's
09:50Blue Jays.
09:50But for right now,
09:51compelling men's Elimination Chamber
09:54qualifying triple threat match
09:56between Drew McIntyre,
09:58Jimmy Uso,
09:58and L-A-9.
10:00Well,
10:00the early goings of this one
10:01saw L-A-9 and Jimmy Uso
10:03team up together
10:04to completely neutralize McIntyre,
10:06but that relationship
10:08now broken down,
10:09and that plays into the hands
10:11of the massive Scotsman.
10:13McIntyre,
10:14officially part of the
10:16SmackDown roster.
10:17Well,
10:18this is ugly as hell.
10:19What a brawl that turned into
10:20between these two.
10:21Every which way.
10:22The big chop
10:23from Big Jim.
10:29Good amount of tension
10:30from this group
10:30after Royal Rumble
10:32misfortunes
10:33among these three.
10:37Big kick
10:37from Jimmy Uso.
10:39And the uppercut!
10:41And as that sends
10:41L-A-9 into the corner,
10:43and then Drew rises
10:44to his feet.
10:45There is your issue
10:46in a triple threat matchup.
10:47Never get too focused
10:49on either one
10:50of your opponents,
10:51because believe me,
10:53the other guy
10:54that you've taken
10:54your eye off
10:55is just waiting
10:57for his chance
10:57to get back
10:58in the match.
10:59Oh!
10:59Oh!
10:59Oh!
11:00Oh!
11:00Oh!
11:01Oh!
11:02Oh!
11:02Oh!
11:03Oh!
11:03Oh!
11:04Oh!
11:04Oh!
11:05Oh!
11:05Oh!
11:06Oh!
11:06Oh!
11:07Oh!
11:07Oh!
11:08Oh!
11:08Oh!
11:09Oh!
11:09Oh!
11:10Oh!
11:10Oh!
11:11Oh!
11:12Oh!
11:12Oh!
11:13Oh!
11:14Oh!
11:14Oh!
11:15Oh!
11:15Oh!
11:16Oh!
11:16Oh!
11:16Samoan drop
11:17from Jimmy Uso
11:18into the cover,
11:19trying to get to Toronto,
11:20but of course,
11:21triple threat action,
11:22LA Knight
11:23quick to get there.
11:24Jimmy Uso
11:25trying to shake off
11:26that perception
11:26that he's been left behind
11:28compared with twin
11:29brother Jay,
11:31who is now
11:31a bona fide
11:32main event
11:33singles player.
11:39Knight slams down
11:40Jimmy Uso.
11:41What a Glaswegian kiss
11:58by McIntyre,
11:59scrambling the brains
12:00of the megastar.
12:03McIntyre now
12:03spoilt for choice
12:05on which opponent
12:06he decides to finish off.
12:08just that sheer power
12:13at 6'5",
12:15275 pounds
12:18chiseled.
12:19And I'm still
12:20trying to get used
12:21to a
12:21Drew McIntyre
12:22seemingly floating
12:24on cloud nine
12:25since arriving here
12:26on SmackDown.
12:27Now with his destiny
12:29in his hands,
12:30of course,
12:31both the men's
12:32and women's
12:32elimination chambers
12:33will,
12:34winners will,
12:35go on to compete
12:36for one of the
12:36world titles
12:37at Wrestlemania.
12:39And I thought
12:39you did a great job
12:40of detailing
12:41the circumstances
12:42and how enraged
12:43he was coming
12:44off of the Royal Rumble,
12:45but yet the reset
12:46and the opportunity
12:47that Nick Aldis
12:48saw to go out
12:50and say,
12:50you need a fresh start.
12:52Yeah,
12:52he certainly did.
12:53I saw the state
12:53of the locker room
12:54that McIntyre
12:55smashed up there
12:56in Indianapolis.
12:59But he's really
13:00feeling himself
13:01once again
13:02thanks to GM Aldis.
13:04You see Drew McIntyre,
13:05that fresh start,
13:07that confidence
13:07as he's in control
13:08here.
13:09Triple threat match,
13:10an opportunity
13:11to make it
13:11to Elimination Chamber.
13:15Oh,
13:15the flyer right out,
13:17suicide dive
13:18out into the floor
13:18by Big Jim.
13:20And immediately
13:21capitalizing
13:22is the megastar
13:23LA Knight.
13:26There's a lot
13:26of danger
13:27outside this ring.
13:28Just slamming
13:30Drew's head
13:31into our announce desk.
13:32this bigger,
13:34newer,
13:34reinforced
13:35announce desk
13:36that has
13:36very little
13:37give to it.
13:38The cleared
13:39mind of McIntyre
13:40might be ringing
13:42in his ears
13:43right now.
13:43Now Jimmy Uso
13:44gets a taste
13:45for good measure.
13:47It's LA Knight
13:48taking it out
13:49on Jimmy Uso.
13:52And one more
13:53for good measure.
13:54Who will make it
13:59to Toronto?
14:00Don't go anywhere.
14:05Back here
14:06on Friday Night
14:06Smackdown.
14:07A big chop
14:08from Drew McIntyre
14:09into the chest
14:10of Jimmy Uso
14:11in this men's
14:12Elimination Chamber
14:13qualifying match,
14:14triple threat match
14:15with McIntyre,
14:16Jimmy Uso,
14:17and LA Knight.
14:18So much on the line.
14:20The winner
14:20will join John Cena
14:22and CM Punk
14:23as we fill out
14:24the entrance
14:25for the men's
14:26Elimination Chamber.
14:27Three weeks
14:27in Toronto.
14:28McIntyre
14:29up high.
14:30The road
14:31to WrestleMania
14:32is underway.
14:33All three superstars
14:35looking incredibly
14:36worn out
14:37as we are getting
14:37to the business
14:38end of this
14:40matchup.
14:41Can Big Jim
14:42get the job
14:43done here?
14:46Has a chance
14:47here.
14:47The naysayers.
14:50The only night
14:51works his way
14:51back in.
14:53Of course,
14:53so much on the line
14:54with the reward
14:55to win this match.
14:56But Wade,
14:56the two guys
14:57who don't win
14:58this triple threat,
14:59the road to Mania
15:00becomes that much harder.
15:01Yeah,
15:01incredibly murky
15:02for those that
15:03do not progress
15:04through.
15:07Would you look
15:08at that?
15:10Feel the
15:10Kevorka
15:11in the order.
15:12Whoa!
15:14Box jump,
15:15top rope,
15:15superplex
15:16with something
15:17added by McIntyre
15:19to send both
15:20Jimmy Uso
15:21and L.A.
15:22Knight flying
15:23and everybody's
15:24laid out.
15:26Well,
15:26Drew McIntyre,
15:27such a domineering
15:29presence,
15:30even went down
15:31and seemingly
15:32are tied up
15:33in the ropes,
15:34still managing
15:35to pull off
15:36that,
15:36essentially,
15:37a double
15:37German suplex.
15:39It's incredible.
15:40I mean,
15:41from that
15:42compromised position
15:43to have
15:44that level
15:45of core power
15:47for McIntyre
15:48to do that
15:48after Knight
15:50had the box jump,
15:51top rope,
15:51superplex cinched in.
15:53Well,
15:53L.A. Knight
15:54saw his name
15:54up in lights
15:55on that one,
15:56felt the Kevorka
15:57in the air,
15:58but Drew McIntyre
16:00did not like
16:01the scent
16:01and he's looking
16:03to mangle
16:04the megastar.
16:06Pretended
16:06a future shot,
16:07DDT denied.
16:08Oh,
16:09and instead
16:09it's Knight!
16:12Planning straight
16:13on the top
16:14of the Scotsman's
16:16head,
16:16who is now
16:16in the drop zone,
16:18starry-eyed.
16:21And without
16:22hope,
16:23the leaping elbow
16:24from Knight
16:25for the win!
16:28And Jimmy Uso
16:30comes in.
16:31Well,
16:31just in the nick
16:32of time
16:33from Jimmy Uso,
16:34take another
16:35look at this.
16:36Bullseye elbow
16:37drop there
16:38from L.A. Knight
16:39and 2.99,
16:41Jimmy Uso,
16:42who is highly
16:43adept at breaking
16:44up pins
16:45from his many
16:45years
16:46in the tag ranks,
16:48clearly got his
16:48timing spot on there.
16:52Big Jim
16:53putting Knight
16:55up top.
16:58Looking for BFT,
16:59team, but instead,
17:01spinebuster,
17:02Jackknife!
17:02And that was a
17:06weak kick out
17:07there from the
17:08megastar.
17:09The smile
17:10fully gone
17:11from the face
17:11of McIntyre now.
17:13He is in the zone.
17:14This is the
17:15no-mercy era
17:16of Drew McIntyre,
17:19who has to be
17:19closing in
17:20on victory now.
17:21and the kick-up
17:24and the determination
17:26and that look
17:27in his face.
17:28Center on those
17:29eyes, you see it
17:30all.
17:31Well, the busted
17:32up ribs of McIntyre
17:33clearly causing
17:34some major issues.
17:35Wants to finish this
17:36as quickly as
17:37possible.
17:37This is it.
17:40Play more to find
17:42your way to the
17:43elimination.
17:44Chamber instead,
17:45it's a super pick.
17:46Just beaten to the
17:47shot by Big Jim.
17:49And now we're
17:50down to two.
17:53Big chance
17:55for LA Knight.
17:57Telegraph the
17:58backdrop.
18:01But Jimmy Uso
18:03still rallying here.
18:05Super kick!
18:06Well, Jimmy Uso
18:08finds his way
18:09into the
18:10elimination chamber.
18:12His brother
18:13won the Rumble
18:14and now Big Jim's
18:16trying to get
18:17to Toronto.
18:19Oh!
18:20Oh, McIntyre
18:22pulls out the
18:23referee.
18:24And pulls
18:25away Jimmy Uso's
18:27dream of going
18:28to Toronto
18:29at the
18:29elimination chamber.
18:30How smart
18:31was that from
18:32McIntyre?
18:33Had no chance
18:34of breaking
18:34the pinup
18:35and it's legal
18:36in this match.
18:37Oh, and McIntyre
18:38is laid out over
18:39our announce desk.
18:40No mistakes
18:41the second time
18:42around for Big
18:43Jimmy Uso.
18:44Back up top
18:46looking for
18:47the splash
18:48and steady
18:49eats the knees
18:50rolled up
18:51by LA Knight.
18:53And the
18:54kick out
18:55somehow
18:55someway.
18:57Well, that extra
18:57beat that it took
18:58Charles Robinson,
18:59the referee,
19:00to get an old
19:00BFT attempt.
19:01Oh, man!
19:02That was a
19:02Claymore
19:03in the midst
19:03of a BFT
19:04attempt.
19:05Both men laid
19:06out.
19:07This to get
19:07to the
19:07elimination chamber
19:08and he does!
19:09Here is your
19:13winner,
19:14Drew McIntyre!
19:17A two-for-one
19:19Claymore win.
19:20Well, that's
19:20what you have
19:21to do in a
19:22triple threat
19:23matchup.
19:24Beat two men.
19:25A BFT connecting
19:27in part thanks
19:28to Drew McIntyre's
19:30Claymore to the
19:31back of the skull
19:32of the megastar
19:35LA Knight
19:36and now a
19:37third spot
19:38in the elimination
19:39chamber for the
19:40men is Phil.
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