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00:00:06The reality of how much I was going to have to lie to all the people that I care about
00:00:13hadn't really hit me. You know, I can lie to the fans. That's fine. That's part of the business.
00:00:21Lying to, like, my friends and family. And so when it happened, everybody's texting me.
00:00:30And now a moonsault lands on his feet.
00:00:32Oh, fuck. Get Doc in there. Get Doc in there.
00:00:36That is a bleak sight seeing Seth freaking Rollins down and out.
00:00:44And he's not responding to anybody because, you know, he's going through all of this.
00:00:52So everybody's like, how's he doing? His dad is texting me. And I'm like, do I have to like your
00:00:58dad?
00:00:59Like, who do I have to lie to? So I was like breaking out in hives.
00:01:06I think she didn't anticipate having to be an accomplice. I think that part didn't occur to her until the
00:01:13night of.
00:01:14And she's the one answering all the texts while I'm, you know, ignoring them all.
00:01:18I'm much better. I'm a much better liar than she is. She'll be honest with you on that.
00:01:23She's a terrible liar.
00:01:24My manager called me and he's like, how's he doing? Is he okay? What's going on?
00:01:30Is he going to be all right? And I'm like, um, uh, yeah, he'll be fine.
00:01:37He'll be fine, you know? He's going to be fine.
00:01:40You know, and that was like my way of like not, of towing the line, of like not lying, but
00:01:46lying, you know?
00:01:48Okay, next time, just fucking don't tell me.
00:01:51Hmm?
00:01:52Just don't fucking tell me.
00:01:53With what?
00:01:55What's up?
00:01:56I got a fucking, you know, I got a fucking lie to everybody.
00:01:58I got a fucking lie to everybody.
00:02:00I got a fucking lie.
00:02:04Did, did, uh, did you know about it beforehand or after?
00:02:08Yeah, yeah.
00:02:08Okay.
00:02:19Any time I would go into public where there was a possibility that a picture might get out, we were
00:02:25on the crutches with the brace.
00:02:27Crutches were the fucking worst.
00:02:30I have stairs to go to my house.
00:02:32I couldn't do legs at the gym.
00:02:34I flew commercial in a GD brace.
00:02:37You know, you'd stop security.
00:02:38They got to pat the whole thing down.
00:02:40It was obnoxious.
00:02:43Everybody, except my daughter, played their role perfectly.
00:02:47She tried to ruin it immediately.
00:02:49You know, I told her, oh, daddy's got to pretend boo-boo.
00:02:52He doesn't really have a boo-boo.
00:02:53But eventually, she'll tell everyone, daddy doesn't have a boo-boo.
00:02:56And I'll go, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:02:58And everybody will go, oh.
00:03:00Literally the first day, send her into this little summer camp.
00:03:04She does her thing for a few hours.
00:03:05She comes back.
00:03:06She's got this teacher, Miss Joy.
00:03:08She says, I told Miss Joy that you had a pretend boo-boo.
00:03:11I said, no, Rue, you can't do that.
00:03:14She goes, na-na, na-na, boo-boo.
00:03:16I told Miss Joy.
00:03:18Oh.
00:03:22Miss Joy was in the inner circle from day one.
00:03:24And she kept up her end of the bargain, too.
00:03:26Appreciate that, Miss Joy.
00:03:40SummerSlam has always been arguably the second largest event that WWE does.
00:03:47The big tentpole event is the only way that I can think to say it.
00:03:51One of the greatest wrestling matches of all time has their second place here at SummerSlam.
00:04:01You run these big epic storylines through the summer.
00:04:05They peak at SummerSlam.
00:04:07Ray Mysterio has his son back.
00:04:10Oh, broke this on her side.
00:04:13Oh, my God.
00:04:14Give him the earth.
00:04:17History of the business as we move forward.
00:04:19There was so much talent, so much storytelling that could be done.
00:04:24This year, for the first time, SummerSlam now is a two-night event.
00:04:31In laying out the card for SummerSlam, we knew that night one would be headlined by Gunther
00:04:37defending the world title against CM Punk, with obviously the Seth Rollins cash-in surprise
00:04:42included with that, and also Jelly Roll teaming up with Randy Orton to take on Logan Paul and
00:04:49Drew McIntyre.
00:04:50One of the numerous benefits of working with an outside performer like a Jelly Roll is
00:04:55that they have different opportunities outside of our world in which they can promote WWE.
00:05:01We found out that Jelly Roll was actually going to be hosting an episode of the Jimmy Kimmel
00:05:05show, and thought that'd be a perfect opportunity to use it as a platform to kind of promote
00:05:10Jelly's tag match at SummerSlam.
00:05:13I guess we're going to go to commercial break.
00:05:15Commercial break it is.
00:05:17Oh, actually, no, I don't think we're going to go to commercial break.
00:05:22You, my friend, are a greasy, redneck prison rat.
00:05:28Who the f*** is this?
00:05:29Shut the hell up, Jelly Roll.
00:05:31There's your receipt, stupid.
00:05:32Hey, congrats.
00:05:33It's Logan Paul's show now.
00:05:35A real superstar.
00:05:36So, ladies and gentlemen, you want to see a real star?
00:05:40I'm here.
00:05:41Why don't you leave, huh?
00:05:53Getting involved in SummerSlam scared me.
00:05:56I haven't felt fear like that in a long time.
00:05:59I mean, it scared me.
00:06:00It kept me up at night some nights.
00:06:01I'd wake up out of sleeps about it.
00:06:03I wasn't nervous.
00:06:05That's something you feel before a concert.
00:06:06That's healthy.
00:06:07I was scared of, um, I was scared of being rejected.
00:06:16And I haven't had that fear in a long time, neither.
00:06:18It reminded me of, like, the early bar shows.
00:06:21Like, I don't really know how they're going to feel about me out here.
00:06:31You got 20 seconds for me to run somebody?
00:06:33Yes, sir.
00:06:34Is it too early in the day to talk about our finish?
00:06:37No?
00:06:39No?
00:06:39Don't go out here yet.
00:06:41You want to go heels up?
00:06:44I'm not opposed to it.
00:06:45I'm still mulling it over.
00:06:47I've got all the details.
00:06:48I'm weighing out the overall card.
00:06:51Do I need a babyface moment, or do I need a down moment that late in the show?
00:06:56If you ask me where I'm at right now, I'm 60-40, you go down.
00:07:01We get heels up, 60-40.
00:07:03But I want to feel that out for a little bit.
00:07:06I was campaigning to lose.
00:07:08Because we were also trying to clearly tell the story of a man that was unqualified to be in there.
00:07:11Well, I've been thrown through, like, 12, 15 tables getting ready for this.
00:07:15But I haven't actually been through an announcer table with somebody jumping me.
00:07:19You lay on this table just to feel what it's like?
00:07:21I bug y'all, man.
00:07:22I just, I don't want the first time I lay on it before I go through it to be in
00:07:25front of 60,000 people and have no clue what the fuck it feels like.
00:07:28This is the only thing that I'm going to do tonight that I haven't got to try at all.
00:07:34I have no clue how bad it is or isn't going to hurt.
00:07:36I just keep thinking about how far that jump is and how big Logan is.
00:07:40So it's kind of like a little bit like this, but also at an angle.
00:07:43So he'll come, boom.
00:07:44No, no, no, not that angle.
00:07:46Because he'll be coming ahead this way.
00:07:48I'll be on that table, right?
00:07:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:07:52Yeah, you'll be fine.
00:07:54And then just...
00:07:55Boom.
00:07:55Yep.
00:07:57This thing will break.
00:07:58Mm-hmm.
00:07:59Tuck the chin.
00:07:59It's a clean bump, right?
00:08:00Yep, yep, yep.
00:08:02I'll be okay.
00:08:03We'll be all right.
00:08:04My wife will be sitting right there.
00:08:05She's going to shit herself.
00:08:07She's going to lose her mind, dude.
00:08:10You got any words or advice for me here?
00:08:12Kind of sit up a little bit on impact.
00:08:15Sit up a little bit before impact.
00:08:17Well, I heard you.
00:08:18Yep.
00:08:19Just a little bit.
00:08:20Yeah.
00:08:21Kind of tighten up.
00:08:21Yeah, it'll be a snug shot.
00:08:24It may knock the wind out of you, but you'll be fine.
00:08:27You know, later.
00:08:29For sure.
00:08:31I got a minute to sail here.
00:08:32You probably won't feel much of it in the moment when you cool off.
00:08:38That's when you'll feel it.
00:08:40When the adrenaline comes out.
00:08:42When I go back there and sit down, I'm going to feel every one of these.
00:08:44Yes, you are.
00:08:45And you're going to feel it even more tomorrow when you wake up.
00:08:51Feeling good?
00:08:51Yes.
00:08:52So I got to say, at Saturday's main events, I felt really bad for Seth.
00:08:57Seth Rollins?
00:08:58Yeah, I felt really bad for him.
00:08:59Why?
00:08:59Then I came to you and it was like, hey, man, he's out.
00:09:02If you need me.
00:09:03Yeah.
00:09:03And you just didn't even acknowledge it at all.
00:09:05That it was like, hey, man.
00:09:07Suffice obvious.
00:09:08Yeah.
00:09:10Yeah.
00:09:10Look, I don't like giving people information they don't need.
00:09:14No, no, no.
00:09:14It's all good.
00:09:14Yeah, yeah.
00:09:15It's all good.
00:09:15I think of it myself anyway.
00:09:16Yeah.
00:09:16I wanted to tell him because I thought it was funny.
00:09:18Because in the first moment, I didn't have any mail.
00:09:19Like, I didn't think of it like, hey.
00:09:21I don't know.
00:09:21I believed everybody.
00:09:22It was like, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:09:24Poor guy.
00:09:24Yeah, yeah.
00:09:26And you know what we're doing tonight, right?
00:09:28Yeah.
00:09:30Hey, son.
00:09:31Good, you?
00:09:33So, aftermath?
00:09:35Yeah, a second.
00:09:35We'll talk about it again.
00:09:36Yeah, yeah.
00:09:37So, we want to paint the picture where you go over,
00:09:40but you're exhausted.
00:09:42You finally have that moment.
00:09:43We're getting Gunther out.
00:09:44You finally get the fucking, you're on your knees
00:09:46or whatever that is, and they finally get that title
00:09:48and have that emotional moment like, fuck,
00:09:50you fucking did it.
00:09:51You know what I mean?
00:09:51And as emotional as possible,
00:09:53I'm going to get a camera in the ring
00:09:54to make it look like we're going off the air, you know?
00:09:57You can fucking get up on your feet
00:09:58and you finally just give me that moment
00:09:59where you fucking look and just,
00:10:03before you even get it up, here he comes.
00:10:05And I feel like, you know,
00:10:08you take your time on all that too.
00:10:09Like, you fucking can't fucking believe it.
00:10:12You cry if you can, you know what I mean?
00:10:15As emotional as fucking possible.
00:10:16As soon as you just do this, it's like, fuck.
00:10:19I will milk that till it is bone dry.
00:10:24Bobby Kapudny plans for post-match.
00:10:29Sounds awesome.
00:10:30Sound good?
00:10:32Yeah, I felt like if you went through a war,
00:10:34you know, you went through a war,
00:10:35can barely get up and fucking,
00:10:37but you've overcome and all that shit.
00:10:39And holy shit, he finally fucking did it.
00:10:40Here's your moment.
00:10:41Bang.
00:10:43We are live at the home of the NFL's Giants and Jets,
00:10:47the finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
00:10:51A neighborhood which has hosted a number of Summer Slams,
00:10:54but tonight makes history
00:10:56with the first ever epic two-night event.
00:11:00Over 50,000 WWE fans are expected tonight
00:11:03for the 38th annual Summer Slam.
00:11:13One minute to party.
00:11:15Hey, just take your time.
00:11:17We're in no rush, so don't feel like you got to rush.
00:11:19Take your time going up the stairs.
00:11:20Take your time doing all of it and have fun.
00:11:22All right?
00:11:23Let's go.
00:11:25Let's do it.
00:11:26It's so nice meeting you.
00:11:27All right.
00:11:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:30Hello, it's me.
00:11:32Hello, it's me.
00:11:33Hello, it's me.
00:11:35Hello.
00:11:56What's good, WWE Universe?
00:12:02Who's made a whip so bad?
00:12:28I have more tears in my head.
00:12:31Yeah, they count for me, they understand, they talk to me.
00:12:36Jelly Roll weighs in at 299 pounds,
00:12:39the lightest in many, many years.
00:12:41Jelly Roll has been doing all the right things.
00:12:44He's been training with some of the absolute best.
00:12:47What he hasn't done is actually have a match.
00:12:51They talk to me.
00:12:57As the bell rings, Jelly Roll tags himself in.
00:13:01We're going to have to see what Jelly Roll has learned over the past number of weeks as he starts
00:13:06things off.
00:13:07Might have to get a little flurry here from Jelly.
00:13:13And a big elbow by Jelly Drops Paul.
00:13:17Oh!
00:13:20Don't get a tag to victory.
00:13:24Now the game changes.
00:13:25Yeah, Jelly, you might want to make a tag now to Mr. Orton while you have the opportunity,
00:13:28because here comes McIntyre.
00:13:32Oh, Randy trying to psych up Jelly Roll.
00:13:37Now they realize he made a mistake.
00:13:41It is every celebrity's dream to get in this ring until you face reality.
00:13:49You want to put Jelly on the table?
00:13:52Look at your big table spot.
00:13:55Oh, man, this is...
00:13:56Things are getting out of control here.
00:13:59There's no way to feel what this is going to feel like.
00:14:01I look up, and I see him clap those two water bottles together.
00:14:07I'm petrified at this moment.
00:14:12Holy shit!
00:14:14Holy shit!
00:14:15Holy shit!
00:14:16Holy shit!
00:14:17Holy shit!
00:14:22Holy shit!
00:14:23Jelly Roll is going to rue the day that he wanted to become a WWE superstar!
00:14:35Check on everybody, please.
00:14:38The medical personnel at ringside have got Jelly Roll to his feet.
00:14:43Everybody's good.
00:14:43Everybody's good.
00:14:45A two-on-one situation.
00:14:47Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre continue to pummel away on Orton.
00:14:53Logan Paul laughing and mocking at Jelly Roll.
00:14:59Bye-bye!
00:15:00Me and Shane, the producer Shane, we talked about it all night.
00:15:04Like, this is where it wins or dies.
00:15:06When you turn around, it's either going to be one of the pops of the night, or it'll fall flat.
00:15:11Jelly Roll!
00:15:12Jelly Roll!
00:15:14Jelly Roll!
00:15:15Jelly Roll!
00:15:16Jelly Roll!
00:15:17Jelly Roll!
00:15:18When I turned around for that comeback, it was like, it happened.
00:15:24I don't know what Jelly's thinking.
00:15:26He's trying to drag himself back in.
00:15:28Jelly Roll!
00:15:30Jelly Roll!
00:15:31Jelly Roll!
00:15:31Jelly Roll!
00:15:32Jelly Roll!
00:15:32Jelly Roll!
00:15:33Jelly Roll!
00:15:33We gotta applaud Jelly Roll to not leave his partner high and dry here in this match.
00:15:39Randy Orton is gonna tag in Jelly Roll.
00:15:42And here he comes.
00:15:44And Jelly Roll with a clothesline.
00:15:48Just biting up pure and trembling here.
00:15:51Watch for the Claymore.
00:15:53Stay here, stay here.
00:15:56Claymore!
00:15:58Logan Paul up top!
00:16:04For the win!
00:16:09Well, there's no fairytale ending for our celebrity here tonight.
00:16:14He showed us all something here.
00:16:17Jelly Roll went out on his shield.
00:16:22That was awesome.
00:16:23It was fucking great.
00:16:25First of all, shout out to Triple H for believing it.
00:16:28Right?
00:16:28Because imagine there's a 480-pound musician in Gorilla taking up the space of three men,
00:16:33going, dude, I'm gonna lose a bunch of weight and kick a wrist in a match.
00:16:36I've been a fan my whole life.
00:16:37And Triple H believed me.
00:16:40Love you.
00:16:41Good shit.
00:16:42Come in, brother.
00:16:42I'm fucking ill.
00:16:43Congratulations.
00:16:44Love you, man.
00:16:45You said you would.
00:16:47You worked your fucking ass off, man.
00:16:49I know I made a couple mistakes, but I did pretty good.
00:16:51But, dude, nobody even noticed those.
00:16:52I only say this to people that get it.
00:16:54Respect.
00:16:55Respect.
00:16:55Fucking respect.
00:16:56Okay?
00:16:58Fuck yeah.
00:16:58Respect.
00:17:04Are you on your bus?
00:17:07Yes.
00:17:08So I'll come out to see you.
00:17:10Let's make sure it's exactly how we want it.
00:17:13And the next time we come in, we're going for it.
00:17:19Punk wins.
00:17:22We get the title in Punk's hands.
00:17:27When he lifts the title in the air to give it to the audience that chanted his name for
00:17:3210 years, we hit your music.
00:17:35Talk through it now or later?
00:17:37I'll talk to you now.
00:17:38Okay.
00:17:38We're doing a cash in, okay?
00:17:39Okay.
00:17:39So Seth is coming back.
00:17:41So when you get to the bottom of the ramp, just kind of wait.
00:17:44Is Seth is going to come out?
00:17:45We come out on the stage.
00:17:47I have the briefcase.
00:17:49You're on crutches.
00:17:50Crutches and the brace.
00:17:51And the knee brace.
00:17:53Seth is coming down, and Seth is going to grab you.
00:17:56He's going to slide in.
00:17:57He's going to whack Punk a bunch of times.
00:17:58He's going to come to you, say he's going to cash in.
00:18:00Woo!
00:18:01Walking up for the fucking best in the world, baby.
00:18:03Are you cracking him with the briefcase?
00:18:06Oh, yeah.
00:18:07I can't wait.
00:18:07Many times, if I can.
00:18:10Stomp.
00:18:11You do the cash in.
00:18:12He's going to stomp him.
00:18:13You count the one, two, three.
00:18:14On the ring.
00:18:14We do that, okay?
00:18:15Got it.
00:18:17We stay in the ring?
00:18:18We stay in the ring.
00:18:19We stand over the dead body.
00:18:21Get the heat.
00:18:22Get out one time is ready.
00:18:23You call it.
00:18:24We'll go with your gut.
00:18:25That's great.
00:18:26Yeah, I like that.
00:18:33From Chicago, Illinois,
00:18:37C.
00:18:43You can have all the cockiness and arrogance in the world when you're in your 20s, but
00:18:48right now, old father time is catching up with CM Punk.
00:18:52It's a win now situation.
00:18:55Jess, I don't know exactly how it's going to go, but just be at the bottom of the ramp.
00:18:58So, if Seth points at you or grabs you, just go along with it.
00:19:08Sun's gone to hell.
00:19:09The moon's riding high, and we are ready for a main event for the ages here.
00:19:20Oh, my goodness, again, a shotgun-like blast.
00:19:25I stay here.
00:19:26I'm going to get a chop fast, my gutter.
00:19:28And now a chop to the back, and Punk's in trouble now.
00:19:32Keep chopping.
00:19:33One in the belly.
00:19:33The body of CM Punk is being broken down before our eyes.
00:19:38Stacks him up to retain, and Punk kicks it too.
00:19:41Not quite sure how Punk still has anything left in him.
00:19:46Can you make sure that Heyman's up here, please?
00:19:49Paul Heyman.
00:19:56It's tough to keep her surprised now.
00:20:01Keeping a return a secret?
00:20:05Not letting people know that Seth Rollins doesn't need crutches?
00:20:11This makes it so much more difficult.
00:20:14It's all it takes is one person goes, shh.
00:20:21What goes into a reveal?
00:20:24Everything.
00:20:26We're doing theater, and the audience is our chorus.
00:20:34We're building to something, and we're asking you to pay to enjoy the ride along with us.
00:20:43What can make this moment that memorable?
00:20:50That's the assignment.
00:20:52That's the job.
00:20:54That's what we do.
00:20:59It's a miracle.
00:21:00You got the crutches?
00:21:02Hey, I'm going to get them up here, Seth.
00:21:04Are you going to take the brace off, too?
00:21:05What's that?
00:21:06Taking the brace off as well?
00:21:09Welcome back.
00:21:11These fucking crutches are the death of me, Larry.
00:21:14Gunther's taking a victory lap already.
00:21:18Wait a minute.
00:21:19CM Punk back at his feet.
00:21:20And Gunther may have made a critical error there.
00:21:23This is going to be fucking great.
00:21:24I think so.
00:21:25Oh, my goodness.
00:21:26Oh, my goodness.
00:21:28Oh, wow.
00:21:28The world champion has been busted open.
00:21:32Gunther is busted open.
00:21:34Oh, my God.
00:21:34I don't know if I've ever seen Gunther covered in his own blood like that.
00:21:39Gunther trying to beg off.
00:21:40I don't remember, to your point, the last time Gunther's tasted his own blood in a match.
00:21:45Forget everything that's happened previously.
00:21:48The game has changed.
00:21:58Oh, yeah.
00:21:59Punk delivers it to Gunther.
00:22:01And Punk could be closing in on his championship.
00:22:05CM Punk still with some life left.
00:22:07Punk now with Gunther up on his shoulders.
00:22:10Punk for the GTS.
00:22:12GTS will go to sleep to the champion.
00:22:15Punk's going to go for it again.
00:22:18Punk for the second GTS.
00:22:21Punk into the cover.
00:22:23Punk is the world champion.
00:22:25CM Punk is a world champion.
00:22:28Here is your winner.
00:22:31The new World Heavyweight Champion.
00:22:38The new World Heavyweight Champion.
00:22:40C.M.
00:22:42And Milky, motherfucker.
00:22:47An emotional CM Punk filled with tears has finally proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is the
00:22:57best in the world.
00:23:00On me.
00:23:04Now.
00:23:05Burning down!
00:23:24Once the audience hears the music, I was worried.
00:23:30They would know what was happening.
00:23:33Even when I came out on the crutches with the brace.
00:23:37And I thought maybe the ruse at the end of the ruse was a bit surplus.
00:23:46And the second pop wouldn't be as big as the first pop.
00:23:49That's always the big fear is that, you know, you want your pops to elevate.
00:23:53You know, you want the excitement to increase as you're moving towards the moment.
00:24:04Seth will take a step to lead like he's going back through Gorilla, and then we'll get all of our
00:24:08shakes here.
00:24:10That was the only concern I had was whether we were going in the right direction by doing the walk
00:24:16away.
00:24:17And, oh, he's just here to remind people that he's still got the case.
00:24:20Because that moment, I didn't know if that was going to play well.
00:24:34When I heard the noise when the crutches drop, I was like, oh, oh, yeah.
00:24:43Oh, I'm sorry, were some of my posts misleading?
00:24:55Oh, my God.
00:24:59Oh, no.
00:25:01Oh, no.
00:25:03Not tonight.
00:25:05Not tonight of all nights.
00:25:08I call it a miracle, but I don't think it's that.
00:25:12And see how Punk and Seth Rollins now going after one another.
00:25:25And another one.
00:25:26Another one.
00:25:28And another one.
00:25:29Punk getting the hell beat out of him by Seth Rollins.
00:25:34Cash it in.
00:25:35Cash it in.
00:25:36Cash it in.
00:25:38Cash it in.
00:25:39Cash it in.
00:25:40Right there.
00:25:41Right there.
00:25:42That's your shot.
00:25:43That's the one.
00:25:45He's the one.
00:25:45He's the only thing in your way.
00:25:47This is the vision.
00:25:49Punk is helpless.
00:25:51I'll stop the Punk.
00:25:53You've got to be kidding me.
00:25:55A cover by Rollins.
00:25:57Oh, my God, Rollins is the World Heavyweight Champion.
00:26:03Here is your winner and new World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Ricken Rollins.
00:26:22Seth Rollins outmaneuvered CM Punk again.
00:26:31That's the ultimate indicator.
00:26:34How is the payoff?
00:26:35If the payoff worked, then everything else worked.
00:26:37And I believe that it worked perfectly.
00:26:41I'm just so happy that it's over.
00:26:43Now I don't have to lie anymore.
00:26:50This is what we've been dreaming of.
00:26:53This is what we've been dreaming of.
00:26:55This is the beauty of the work ethic.
00:27:01This crazy-ass performance art
00:27:05that we lovingly call professional wrestling.
00:27:14You're lying, motherfucker.
00:27:18You guys, man.
00:27:19Learn from the best.
00:27:20You know what I mean?
00:27:20That was badass, dude.
00:27:22That was fucking badass.
00:27:23We got it.
00:27:25We got it.
00:27:25We got it.
00:27:26We got it.
00:27:27My mind crunches.
00:27:28I got him with the lion.
00:27:29Yeah, I got him with the lion.
00:27:31I got him with the lion.
00:27:34Finally getting the title
00:27:35and moving forward with myself and Heyman and Breaker and Reed,
00:27:39it felt like now we're here.
00:27:41Now we've arrived.
00:27:42And we can really start to do some fantastic work
00:27:46for wherever this leads.
00:27:49I am beat the fuck up.
00:27:50I need an ice bath and some ice cream
00:27:52and some ice.
00:27:55It's nights like that
00:27:56that remind me of what I fell in love with
00:28:01to start this entire journey.
00:28:06It's a physical business,
00:28:07but it's about making people feel what you're feeling.
00:28:12You know, sometimes you put yourself through hell
00:28:15for your art.
00:28:18For your art.
00:28:23It's about emotion.
00:28:29Thank you for the opportunity.
00:28:30I hope that was everything you wanted.
00:28:31Oh my God, that was bad.
00:28:32That had to feel good.
00:28:34I mean, yes and no.
00:28:36Yeah, a lot of it didn't feel good,
00:28:38but it had to feel good.
00:28:39But that's what it needed to be.
00:28:40Dude, and then you played that shit on the end
00:28:42with the tears in your eyes.
00:28:44All that shit was so fucking good and emotional.
00:28:47You'll get sick of me saying it,
00:28:48but thank you for the opportunity.
00:28:50You brought me back here,
00:28:51and I think we're doing great things.
00:28:53You make me and Mick look like fucking geniuses.
00:28:55Magic, magic.
00:28:56Fucking A.
00:28:58So night one was epic.
00:29:00Went about as well as I think it could have,
00:29:03but we still got a whole nother night to go.
00:29:24I got this thing a long time ago,
00:29:26and this finally found an excuse to use it.
00:29:27So I was like, yes, I'm pumped.
00:29:30After WrestleMania and after losing to John Cena,
00:29:33I took a little time off.
00:29:36Inhale, left arm up.
00:29:38The biggest thing from yoga is being present.
00:29:41My mind runs at a pace where I often don't take any time
00:29:47to realize where we're at.
00:29:49This is modern WWE,
00:29:51where the athleticism is through the roof,
00:29:53and if you're not doing the things that fix your body,
00:29:57then you end up not being able to do it for very long.
00:30:03Look at WrestleMania,
00:30:04and when you lose the title,
00:30:06no matter what anyone tells you,
00:30:07if they tell you it doesn't matter
00:30:09or it doesn't feel a certain way,
00:30:10they're lying to you.
00:30:12I didn't like the end result,
00:30:14not in terms of finish,
00:30:15in terms of execution.
00:30:17I think it was beneath what we can do.
00:30:21I need far better,
00:30:22and not just I need far better,
00:30:24WWE needs far better.
00:30:26So I think that the reason
00:30:29that a lot of people were down
00:30:33on the Cena-Cody WrestleMania match
00:30:36was that it didn't translate,
00:30:40and it didn't feel genuine.
00:30:42Because you know what, John?
00:30:44They love you.
00:30:45They appreciate you.
00:30:47You've done maybe more than anybody's ever done
00:30:50for this industry,
00:30:51and you're not going to be able
00:30:53to take that away from them.
00:30:54They're not going to hate you
00:30:56like you want them to hate you.
00:30:58It's not going to happen.
00:30:59Just go out there and tear it up.
00:31:02That's what they want.
00:31:04If people were disappointed,
00:31:06let's round this out.
00:31:07Let's remind them that WWE always does have
00:31:09not just a happy ending,
00:31:11but a conclusion.
00:31:15The goal would be to get back
00:31:16to the title match,
00:31:18wrestling against John Cena
00:31:19at SummerSlam.
00:31:21Namaste.
00:31:22Namaste.
00:31:24John really wanted to make up
00:31:26for the Mania match bad.
00:31:29He felt he owed Cody that.
00:31:32The only thing left, too,
00:31:33was to determine how and when
00:31:35we were going to get John Cena
00:31:37back over to being classic babyface John Cena.
00:31:40John Cena's going to defend that title
00:31:42against Cody Rhodes,
00:31:43but it's no DQ,
00:31:45or it's a street fight,
00:31:45or whatever.
00:31:46Does he fucking shake Cody's hand,
00:31:50do all that stuff,
00:31:51like have a moment there,
00:31:53let the end of the heel run
00:31:56resonate as Cody did it,
00:31:59then get it done on the other side?
00:32:01Yeah.
00:32:01Is the flip side of that
00:32:04John then coming to Cody's aid?
00:32:08Yeah.
00:32:08Right?
00:32:09Like to turn back babyface
00:32:11somewhere in August
00:32:12because Cody now is in trouble
00:32:14and the guy that actually saves him
00:32:16is John Cena
00:32:17under the,
00:32:19I fucked up
00:32:20and I got ahead of myself here
00:32:23and I realized that I thought
00:32:25you weren't the guy.
00:32:26And you are.
00:32:27And I fucking support you
00:32:28and believe in you
00:32:29and now he finishes out August
00:32:31to December
00:32:33clean as a babyface
00:32:35is what we were originally thinking.
00:32:37And is that the,
00:32:38is that the scenario?
00:32:41We didn't know at the time
00:32:43Cody was going to be then
00:32:43going away to make a movie
00:32:45for six weeks.
00:32:46I got to get with John.
00:32:49The Cody going away thing
00:32:51changes a bunch of shit.
00:32:52On the backside of SummerSlam,
00:32:53I am going to Australia
00:32:55to shoot Street Fighter
00:32:56where I will be playing
00:32:58the character of Guile,
00:33:00which is dope.
00:33:01I grew up playing the character.
00:33:03So they kind of got me
00:33:05sight unseen,
00:33:06which I hope I don't blow it.
00:33:12The thought was at that point of
00:33:14let's just get to Cena
00:33:16the night before
00:33:17and kind of pull him back
00:33:19so that Cena was made whole
00:33:20and back on the good side of things
00:33:22heading into that match.
00:33:24A good face turn
00:33:26is never meant to really be a shock.
00:33:31A good face turn
00:33:32should be something
00:33:33you're feeling
00:33:34and you already were like,
00:33:35come on, man.
00:33:36We're cheering for you now.
00:33:37Like, just come on.
00:33:39Cena! Cena! Cena! Cena!
00:33:45Cena! Cena!
00:33:45And a really good baby face turn
00:33:47is one that
00:33:48we're leading the audience to,
00:33:49but also the audience
00:33:50is leading us to.
00:33:52John's being a prime example
00:33:54of a face turn
00:33:55where he basically said,
00:33:56I'm a baby face now.
00:33:59Mark your calendar, Cody.
00:34:01August 1st, 2025.
00:34:03Newark, New Jersey.
00:34:05The day that John Cena
00:34:07came back to the WWE!
00:34:13John, doing it in the fashion
00:34:15that he did
00:34:15where he told the audience,
00:34:17I'm going to be me.
00:34:18Very John,
00:34:19and let me make it
00:34:20even cleaner for you.
00:34:21I'm going to tell him I'm back.
00:34:23He's back!
00:34:25I'm going to be me
00:34:25at SummerSlam,
00:34:26and me at SummerSlam
00:34:27is one of the greatest
00:34:29babyfaces,
00:34:29if not the greatest
00:34:30babyface of all time.
00:34:40The easiest way
00:34:41for us to get you involved,
00:34:43if you don't mind,
00:34:45would be having these
00:34:46accessible.
00:34:47You have me get one of these.
00:34:48Okay.
00:34:49I just take them.
00:34:50Yeah, okay.
00:34:51That's all right.
00:34:52Totally fine with me.
00:34:52Do you want us to use
00:34:53this thing in the match,
00:34:54or like...
00:34:55Sure.
00:34:55Okay, cool, cool.
00:34:56I also don't want to put you
00:34:57in a spot where you feel
00:35:00uncomfortable.
00:35:01No, not at all.
00:35:02I'm excited you are.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:04I think the story
00:35:05that we wanted to tell
00:35:07was...
00:35:10we're willing to both
00:35:12go to the lengths
00:35:12that a street fight demands,
00:35:15but we don't have to do it
00:35:16without respect.
00:35:18I wanted every bit of it
00:35:19to be a warrior's death.
00:35:22If you're refusing
00:35:23to hand the torch,
00:35:24I'm going to murder you
00:35:25for it.
00:35:26I'm going to take it
00:35:27by force.
00:35:30Some of these versions
00:35:31where I'm standing there
00:35:32and watching them come up,
00:35:33it's a lot of just looking
00:35:34at it with love, reverence,
00:35:36but also, like,
00:35:37we're at it.
00:35:38I think so.
00:35:39And also, I don't know,
00:35:39is there a little salute
00:35:40in there?
00:35:42That whole fucking
00:35:43I love you,
00:35:44but I'm sorry,
00:35:44you know what I mean,
00:35:45kind of thing.
00:35:55This was the big finale
00:35:57to me and Becky's feud.
00:35:59The ultimate battle
00:36:01at the end of our story.
00:36:05I felt a lot of pressure
00:36:06going into this one
00:36:07because it was
00:36:09a no-disqualification match.
00:36:11The main event
00:36:12on the show
00:36:13was John Cena
00:36:14and Cody Rhodes,
00:36:16also with a no-disqualification
00:36:17stipulation.
00:36:18How are you doing?
00:36:19You look so cool!
00:36:20So it was very hard
00:36:22to come up with
00:36:22some unique ideas.
00:36:24I get a chain,
00:36:27tie it around her mouth,
00:36:29pull her,
00:36:30pull her into the steps,
00:36:31knock the steps off.
00:36:33And we are using
00:36:34your box.
00:36:34Right there.
00:36:35Right there.
00:36:36Maybe we don't do that.
00:36:37So in what we call
00:36:38gimmick matches,
00:36:39you know,
00:36:39no DQ,
00:36:40street fight.
00:36:41They're hard to prepare for
00:36:42because you can
00:36:44talk them through.
00:36:46You can't actually
00:36:47go through them
00:36:49at full speed
00:36:50because you have
00:36:51to save that
00:36:52for the match,
00:36:52otherwise you're going
00:36:53to kill the guy
00:36:54or girl before the match
00:36:55and they're not going
00:36:56to be able to perform
00:36:56to their best.
00:36:57So you can't do that.
00:36:59Maybe sometimes.
00:37:00Maybe.
00:37:01How would she get out?
00:37:03You get one try
00:37:04at this stuff
00:37:05and it's in front
00:37:06of 60,000 people.
00:37:08We're not doing
00:37:08the old music,
00:37:09no, we're just the...
00:37:10We're going straight
00:37:11into it.
00:37:11Straight into it.
00:37:12We were debuting
00:37:13my new entrance music
00:37:14by the Wonder Years
00:37:16who were one
00:37:17of my favourite bands.
00:37:19New frickin' song.
00:37:21Oh, I love it, man.
00:37:22I love it.
00:37:23I reached out
00:37:24to the Wonder Years,
00:37:25and I was a big fan
00:37:26of them.
00:37:28And Dan Campbell,
00:37:29the singer,
00:37:31the songwriter
00:37:31of the band,
00:37:32I was like,
00:37:33man, would you guys
00:37:34be interested
00:37:35in doing my song
00:37:35if I can?
00:37:38Like two seconds later,
00:37:40he wrote the band.
00:37:41Fuck yeah!
00:37:42Yeah, we would love to.
00:37:45Within like two days,
00:37:47he had written
00:37:47this biner of a song.
00:37:51He had lots
00:37:53of little Easter eggs
00:37:54in it.
00:37:54And one of them
00:37:57is I talk
00:37:58to your ghost
00:37:59every night.
00:38:02And I looked
00:38:03where my dad
00:38:04was sitting,
00:38:05you know,
00:38:07six years ago.
00:38:20Hey, Ben.
00:38:27I got you.
00:38:47All good.
00:38:48Yes.
00:38:49You good?
00:38:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:51I'm good.
00:38:51Good, good, good.
00:38:52Just got me
00:38:53a bit emotional there,
00:38:54you know?
00:38:58Last time I was here,
00:38:59my dad was sitting there.
00:39:02Yeah, my poor dad
00:39:03with cancer
00:39:03was just sitting there
00:39:04with this fucking
00:39:05blanket on,
00:39:06you know?
00:39:06For the whole show.
00:39:07For the whole show.
00:39:15Good to get him, ma'am.
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:16Yeah, sometimes good
00:39:18to remember
00:39:18where you come from.
00:39:21Yeah.
00:39:21And, um...
00:39:29Yeah, got me good.
00:39:30Got me good.
00:39:32Got me good.
00:39:56MetLife Stadium.
00:39:57If you thought
00:39:59last night
00:40:00was something,
00:40:02you ain't seen
00:40:03nothing yet.
00:40:07I have one question
00:40:09for you.
00:40:10Are you ready?
00:40:14I said...
00:40:15Are you ready?
00:40:20Yeah!
00:40:21Yeah!
00:40:22Yeah!
00:40:23Yeah!
00:40:23Yeah!
00:40:23Yeah!
00:40:23Yeah!
00:40:25Yeah!
00:40:26Yeah!
00:40:28I always feel
00:40:29on fire
00:40:30internally.
00:40:31I always do.
00:40:31But, like,
00:40:32every time I feel
00:40:33like this every time
00:40:34and then, like,
00:40:34it always just seems
00:40:35to be magic.
00:40:37So, hopefully,
00:40:38it's always gonna
00:40:39stay like that.
00:40:40But, again,
00:40:40I'm always, like,
00:40:41really nervous
00:40:41and trying to put out
00:40:44the fires in my head
00:40:45and stay on top of things
00:40:46and you just can't
00:40:47freak out.
00:40:47You just can't.
00:40:48Like, it's just...
00:40:48We gotta go.
00:40:50Why I'm freaking out.
00:40:54The following
00:40:55is a no-dip-up
00:40:56disqualification match
00:40:58for the Women's
00:41:00Intercontinental Championship!
00:41:05She is the Women's
00:41:09Intercontinental Champion!
00:41:12The Man!
00:41:14Becky Lynch!
00:41:20Becky Lynch has been
00:41:22the standard
00:41:22of Irish dominance
00:41:24for the past 10 years
00:41:26and she is not ready
00:41:27to relinquish
00:41:28that role
00:41:29to a young
00:41:30up-and-coming
00:41:31pretender
00:41:32in Lyra Valkyria.
00:41:33Not sure I would
00:41:34use the word
00:41:35pretender
00:41:36when it comes
00:41:37to Lyra Valkyria.
00:41:39In the SummerSlam match,
00:41:41I think I'd already
00:41:42lost the battle
00:41:42with that one
00:41:43before I went
00:41:44through the curtain.
00:41:44I just didn't
00:41:46switch on.
00:41:48I felt a lot
00:41:49of pressure.
00:41:52I'm always able
00:41:53to live in the moment
00:41:54and for that match,
00:41:55I just couldn't.
00:41:57Introducing
00:41:58the challenger,
00:42:03Lyra Valkyria!
00:42:05When I was making
00:42:07my entrance,
00:42:07I was just thinking,
00:42:09let's just get
00:42:10the bell ringing.
00:42:11Let's just do this.
00:42:12And that's how I knew
00:42:14I was not in the zone
00:42:15that I needed to be.
00:42:18Anything that could
00:42:19have gone wrong
00:42:20went wrong.
00:42:21Lyra now,
00:42:22boot rake to the
00:42:23midsection of
00:42:23Becky Lynch.
00:42:24One of the first
00:42:25things,
00:42:26I threw Becky
00:42:26into the photographer.
00:42:28Becky,
00:42:28oh!
00:42:30That poor
00:42:30still photo man.
00:42:33She said sorry,
00:42:34Naomi.
00:42:35She's so nice.
00:42:37I was like,
00:42:37oh, sorry.
00:42:39A dangerous place
00:42:40to be for anyone
00:42:41near this ringside area.
00:42:44Here come the reveal
00:42:45of the zip ties.
00:42:47Nothing that happened
00:42:48with the weapons
00:42:49went the way
00:42:50it was supposed to.
00:42:52Becky's got a zip tie.
00:42:53She's got to zip tie
00:42:54the hands together.
00:42:56Literally handcuffing
00:42:57Valkyria here.
00:42:59Perfectly legal,
00:43:00Michael Cole.
00:43:01Guess what,
00:43:01Valkyria?
00:43:02This is what
00:43:03you asked for.
00:43:05That was my idea.
00:43:07I was like,
00:43:08that would be
00:43:09a really cool moment
00:43:10if even though
00:43:11Becky had completely
00:43:12incapacitated me,
00:43:13I still ended up
00:43:15beating her up
00:43:16with zip ties.
00:43:18And now she's got
00:43:19Becky trapped
00:43:20in the waist lock
00:43:20and now
00:43:21Lyra Valkyria
00:43:22using headbutts.
00:43:23What happened,
00:43:24however,
00:43:25was when I was
00:43:26supposed to be
00:43:27stuck in the zip ties,
00:43:28they came off.
00:43:31Oh shit.
00:43:34What?
00:43:35Was it off?
00:43:37Was she out of those?
00:43:38Yeah.
00:43:39She's got to just
00:43:40fucking get out of them.
00:43:41They're loose.
00:43:41Then tell her just
00:43:42that they're off.
00:43:44I'm trained
00:43:45when something happens
00:43:46that's not planned.
00:43:47You throw the plan
00:43:48out the window
00:43:49and you go,
00:43:50they're off.
00:43:51But in the moment
00:43:52when they came off,
00:43:53I was thinking,
00:43:55what if the cameras
00:43:56didn't catch that?
00:43:58If they miss that,
00:43:59then it's like,
00:44:00she was zip tied
00:44:01a second ago
00:44:01and now she's not.
00:44:02Whereas if I slip them
00:44:03back on and hope
00:44:04the cameras didn't see it,
00:44:06same match.
00:44:08The cameras did catch it,
00:44:10which is another
00:44:11unfortunate thing
00:44:12from the match.
00:44:14Did it come up?
00:44:15I'm done.
00:44:16Then she put her own
00:44:17hand back in there.
00:44:19How soon until
00:44:20she gets out of this?
00:44:21She's going to go
00:44:21under the ring
00:44:22and we're going to lose
00:44:22Lyra over the moon.
00:44:24And then he's at
00:44:24the end of these zip ties.
00:44:27And Becky looking...
00:44:28Oh!
00:44:28And Lyra was under the ring
00:44:30with a fire extinguisher
00:44:31in hand!
00:44:32And when I was supposed
00:44:33to free myself
00:44:34from the zip ties,
00:44:35they stayed on.
00:44:38Lyra trying to use
00:44:39the sharp edge
00:44:39of that fire extinguisher
00:44:40to break these zip tie here!
00:44:43I don't know why
00:44:44she's not using the ring
00:44:45like we talked about.
00:44:48Taking off the zip ties,
00:44:49I couldn't get them off.
00:44:50So I had to crawl
00:44:51under the ring
00:44:51and get someone
00:44:52to cut them.
00:44:53And it was a nightmare.
00:45:08I just didn't respond
00:45:09to things going wrong
00:45:10the way I wish I had.
00:45:12Lyra's going to put her foot
00:45:13out on the table,
00:45:14run Becky backwards
00:45:15into the post.
00:45:16Or not.
00:45:17I'm not exactly sure
00:45:19what's happening.
00:45:20Fuck.
00:45:23Becky Lynch,
00:45:23who's got Lyra trapped,
00:45:25now standing
00:45:25on the Spanish
00:45:26announce table.
00:45:27And Becky Lynch...
00:45:28Oh!
00:45:28With a kick
00:45:29right to Lyra!
00:45:31Here's the main streak
00:45:32from the man!
00:45:33Becky Lynch...
00:45:34Is Bayley in position?
00:45:36Okay, thank you.
00:45:37Here comes the finish.
00:45:39And now Becky
00:45:39went for the manhandle slam,
00:45:40nice arm drag,
00:45:41takedown.
00:45:42And Bayley,
00:45:43oh my goodness!
00:45:44Took a swing
00:45:45to Becky Lynch,
00:45:46missed,
00:45:47and caught Valkyria!
00:45:49The manhandle slam,
00:45:51the man retains.
00:45:56Here is your winner!
00:45:58How heavy was that?
00:46:00At least 10 minutes.
00:46:05You've got to be tough,
00:46:07you've got to be talented,
00:46:08but most of all,
00:46:09you've got to be lucky,
00:46:10and Luck was smiling
00:46:11on Becky Lynch tonight.
00:46:13Congratulations
00:46:14to Becky Lynch.
00:46:16Oh, she's going to be
00:46:17so mad when she comes back.
00:46:38I don't think it was the drizzling shits.
00:46:41Like, it wasn't the worst match
00:46:43of all time,
00:46:43but I think that we had
00:46:45such high expectations.
00:46:48Maybe it didn't match up to that.
00:46:52Yeah, it wasn't great.
00:46:55I want to be the person
00:46:56that people say
00:46:57I absolutely loved.
00:46:58Wrestling her,
00:46:59she gave me my best match ever.
00:47:00And I felt like
00:47:01I let myself down,
00:47:02or didn't rise
00:47:03to meet the occasion.
00:47:05I didn't even want to go back up to Gorilla.
00:47:07I felt so overwhelmed.
00:47:11She was very upset with herself.
00:47:14And she just started apologizing to me.
00:47:17And I was like,
00:47:17it's fine.
00:47:18Like, it's fine.
00:47:19It's just wrestling.
00:47:20And then she was like,
00:47:21no, it's not fine.
00:47:22I need you to yell at me.
00:47:23And I was like,
00:47:24no, I'm never going to be upset
00:47:27because a wrestling move
00:47:30or moves don't go our way.
00:47:34She's great and she cares.
00:47:35But also,
00:47:36that mindset
00:47:38is why she's so great.
00:47:39And that's why she's going
00:47:40to continue to be great.
00:47:41And that's why she's
00:47:42going to get better
00:47:43because she doesn't want
00:47:44to kick love.
00:47:45She wants to be told.
00:47:47That's both a great
00:47:49and terrible mindset.
00:47:51Great for progress,
00:47:53terrible for mental health.
00:47:55And I know this.
00:47:56I am this.
00:48:00I came to the back
00:48:01and a lot of my co-workers
00:48:04commended the creativity
00:48:05and a lot of the things
00:48:06that we did out there.
00:48:09John Cena
00:48:11came up to me after that match.
00:48:13He said very complimentary
00:48:14things about it.
00:48:15That shit was legit.
00:48:16There's no fucking way
00:48:17I'd ever said yes to them.
00:48:19Like, that shit was violent.
00:48:21It's brutal.
00:48:22And we got Bailey back
00:48:23in the fray.
00:48:24And now it's like
00:48:24mixed emotions and shit.
00:48:26Like, it's way better
00:48:28than you think.
00:48:29There was no changing
00:48:30my mind on it.
00:48:32So that was very hard.
00:48:36Honestly, everything up to now
00:48:38has been so amazing.
00:48:39But, uh, you know,
00:48:40you know, when you're...
00:48:42This is everything.
00:48:43Like, this is everything.
00:48:44So, uh, when it doesn't...
00:48:47When you don't feel the magic
00:48:48or whatever,
00:48:49this is the first time
00:48:50I've felt this way.
00:48:51So, uh...
00:48:54I want me to be real.
00:48:55This is as real
00:48:56as I can be right now.
00:49:02Sometimes just anything
00:49:03that can go wrong
00:49:04does go wrong,
00:49:05especially when you're,
00:49:07you know,
00:49:08using weapons and stuff
00:49:09and you got one take
00:49:11and all this.
00:49:11It's...
00:49:13It's not a movie.
00:49:14We don't go out
00:49:14and rehearse stuff
00:49:15like actors
00:49:16and stuntmen
00:49:17and all this.
00:49:18And, uh,
00:49:18it just doesn't
00:49:20go the way you see it
00:49:21in your head.
00:49:22And...
00:49:24It's just what happens
00:49:24sometimes.
00:49:27Um...
00:49:27But it's only like...
00:49:29I think this happens
00:49:30to everyone at some point
00:49:31and the only way
00:49:32you can really judge
00:49:33a talent is
00:49:34on what they do
00:49:35afterwards,
00:49:35how they handle that.
00:49:36And they don't do this,
00:49:38let me tell you.
00:49:39Like, you can feel it
00:49:40in the moment
00:49:40and then you just have
00:49:41to pick up
00:49:41and move on
00:49:41because we've always
00:49:42got raw on Monday.
00:49:43We've always got
00:49:44the next big show
00:49:45and no one, like,
00:49:47ever has the perfect streak
00:49:48and you have to just,
00:49:49like, get knocked down
00:49:50and get back up again.
00:49:51So, I've got raw on Monday.
00:49:53I'm gonna have to just
00:49:54fucking get back up
00:49:55and be okay.
00:50:00Anyway,
00:50:01that's about as real
00:50:01as I can be
00:50:02and as much as I can say
00:50:03right now.
00:50:03So, I'm gonna go
00:50:04eat a cookie or something.
00:50:08You're...
00:50:08You're always telling me
00:50:09to be present
00:50:10and soak it in.
00:50:11I just had one
00:50:12of those moments
00:50:12where I want to say thanks.
00:50:15Thank you, man.
00:50:18My man, congratulations.
00:50:20Congratulations.
00:50:21Let's go.
00:50:22Let's go.
00:50:23You've made it all time, man.
00:50:24Do your thing, dude.
00:50:25You know how much
00:50:26I'm up with this?
00:50:26Can't wait until you're back, dog.
00:50:28I know it, man.
00:50:29I know it.
00:50:31It is main event time
00:50:33for the sixth time
00:50:35in his career
00:50:36and the final time ever.
00:50:38John Cena
00:50:39will main event
00:50:40SummerSlam
00:50:41against the former champion,
00:50:43the American Nightmare,
00:50:45Cody Rhodes.
00:50:45There's a man in my soul
00:50:48Every fight out of control
00:50:50Do it all
00:50:52to get them off the beat
00:50:55Whoa
00:50:58My man
00:50:59Cena claims he saw
00:51:01the error of his ways
00:51:02knows he has four months
00:51:04left here in WWE
00:51:05All right, leave this sit
00:51:07for a second
00:51:14Everybody's standing
00:51:16Fucking badass
00:51:27You ready?
00:51:45In front of 60,561 WWE fans
00:51:50at SummerSlam
00:51:51The old John Cena
00:51:53is back
00:51:54much like he proclaimed
00:51:55Friday night on SmackDown
00:51:59Y'all know what time it is
00:52:01Time's gonna work
00:52:15Being in the ring
00:52:16at SummerSlam
00:52:17I'm glad
00:52:19selfishly
00:52:20that I got to be part
00:52:21of the old John Cena
00:52:22stepping back into the light
00:52:30Long-form storytelling
00:52:32Hardest thing
00:52:33is to be patient
00:52:41John Cena really has
00:52:43tapped back into what
00:52:44made him great
00:52:45in the first place
00:52:46this evening
00:52:47But Superman
00:52:48meets Superman
00:52:51And after the show of respect
00:52:53here we go
00:52:54Cody and Cena underway
00:52:57Remember, street fight rules
00:52:58Anything goes
00:52:59You gotta win
00:53:00via pinfall
00:53:00towards the mission
00:53:01John Cena
00:53:02gonna reverse
00:53:03Cody's shoulder first
00:53:04into the steps
00:53:05John's gonna get
00:53:06these stairs
00:53:06and put him in the ring
00:53:08Cena has four months
00:53:09left in his career here
00:53:10He wants to go out
00:53:11as the champion
00:53:13And Cena
00:53:14Oh!
00:53:15Actually
00:53:16throwing the steps
00:53:18at Cody
00:53:20We're gonna work
00:53:20our way to
00:53:21Halliburton's
00:53:23crutch here
00:53:23John will grab it
00:53:25That's Tyrese Halliburton
00:53:27of the Indiana Pacers
00:53:29Out after an Achilles surgery
00:53:33And now John Cena
00:53:35using the crutch
00:53:36Again, perfectly legal tonight
00:53:38Anything goes
00:53:39for the championship
00:53:44Cody quickly
00:53:45Throws Cena
00:53:46to the table
00:53:47The body of John Cena
00:53:49has been through
00:53:49wars for the past
00:53:5120 years
00:53:51taken way more
00:53:52abuse than most
00:53:54Eventually
00:53:55it does catch up
00:53:56with you
00:53:57John is
00:53:59in many ways
00:54:02doubting himself
00:54:03more than I believe
00:54:05we are doubting him
00:54:06So he is
00:54:08in a place now
00:54:09where he's saying
00:54:09I can't do
00:54:10what I used to do
00:54:11I can't deliver
00:54:13that level
00:54:15And the truth is
00:54:16he really still can
00:54:23John Cena
00:54:24has the experience
00:54:25to never run out
00:54:26of options
00:54:28He's been in the deep waters
00:54:30more than anyone
00:54:32Oh God
00:54:33Oh my God
00:54:34John Cena
00:54:34Are you kidding me?
00:54:51At some point in time
00:54:53Father Time
00:54:54beats us all
00:54:55But
00:54:56I'm watching him
00:54:57do certain things
00:54:58just like he always did
00:55:00And it's magic
00:55:03How is Cena
00:55:04still able to do this?
00:55:24It's just a real love
00:55:25between him and the fans
00:55:26right now
00:55:28John's as popular
00:55:29as he's ever been
00:55:30and as over
00:55:31as he has ever been
00:55:32and I have to deal
00:55:34with that
00:55:47That's where it gets
00:55:48tough for fans
00:55:49Moments where they see
00:55:51their
00:55:52all-time favorite
00:55:53getting beaten up
00:55:55Cody Rhodes
00:55:57Oh God
00:55:58Oh
00:56:01From their side
00:56:02it's disrespectful
00:56:05Cody's face is good
00:56:06and it sees
00:56:07second-guessing himself
00:56:08so I've done that
00:56:10Yes
00:56:11we're going at it
00:56:12but I really love
00:56:13this guy too
00:56:15I know John
00:56:16does not like
00:56:16to tell the fans
00:56:17how we do it
00:56:18and I respect that
00:56:19I will tell you
00:56:20something that
00:56:21John Cena told me
00:56:22in the ring
00:56:22that I'll never forget
00:56:24They were booing
00:56:25This was right
00:56:26before I stomped
00:56:26on his ankle
00:56:27and he just looked up
00:56:28and said
00:56:28be yourself
00:56:30It's what you want
00:56:35This is very John
00:56:38because the moment
00:56:40was there to be
00:56:40a bad guy
00:56:41to beat him up
00:56:42with malice
00:56:43to beat him up
00:56:44and be that heel
00:56:46John can figure that
00:56:47out and realize
00:56:48no
00:56:49just be yourself
00:56:51because the story
00:56:53that we wanted
00:56:54to tell was
00:56:55two characters
00:56:56being virtuous
00:56:58Let them go
00:56:59through absolute hell
00:57:01knowing I'm not
00:57:02going to stab you
00:57:02in the back
00:57:03but I will stab you
00:57:04in the front
00:57:04Stay with Cody
00:57:05He's going to undo
00:57:06that bottom rope
00:57:08He should refuse
00:57:10to hand the torch
00:57:10Well cool
00:57:12then I'm going to
00:57:12take it by force
00:57:13What exactly
00:57:15is Cody doing here
00:57:16Screwing that
00:57:17turnbuckle
00:57:18the ropes down
00:57:19Cody Rhodes
00:57:20with that piece
00:57:21of steel
00:57:22To be able
00:57:23to tell that story
00:57:24through our faces
00:57:26Cody having doubts
00:57:27again here
00:57:27Well uh
00:57:28I mean he's looking
00:57:29at the all time
00:57:30great
00:57:35Cody Rhodes
00:57:36doing anything
00:57:36he can
00:57:37to try to
00:57:38fill the champion
00:57:40That's the beauty
00:57:41of a match like that
00:57:42it's very real
00:57:47If you're a babyface
00:57:49you have to stick
00:57:50to those virtues
00:57:53Even if it's not
00:57:54something that is
00:57:55making them happy
00:57:56if you're beating up
00:57:57someone that they
00:57:57really love
00:57:58I don't want to do
00:57:59that with any dishonor
00:58:01I want you to know that
00:58:04In a final salute
00:58:06to the greatest
00:58:06of all time
00:58:07Cody Rhodes
00:58:08with a crossroads
00:58:10to Cena
00:58:11into the cover
00:58:12hooks the leg
00:58:13Cody Rhodes
00:58:15is champion
00:58:31It is a passing
00:58:32of the torch
00:58:33from the greatest
00:58:34of all time
00:58:34John Cena
00:58:35to the man
00:58:36who will carry
00:58:36WWE
00:58:37into the future
00:58:39the new
00:58:39undisputed
00:58:40WWE champion
00:58:42Cody Rhodes
00:59:00is once again
00:59:08the undisputed
00:59:09WWE champion
00:59:15always the gentleman
00:59:16Cody Rhodes
00:59:18the American Nightmare
00:59:19will leave the ring
00:59:20to the one and only
00:59:21the greatest of all time
00:59:23John Cena
00:59:24to bask in the glow
00:59:25over 60,000 people
00:59:27in what is his last
00:59:28SummerSlam
00:59:42Nobody's leaving
00:59:45Our business is about
00:59:47telling stories
00:59:49Truth is
00:59:50John can still do that
00:59:51better than almost anyone
00:59:59But the reality
01:00:01of it is
01:00:01on the other side
01:00:02of this
01:00:02you only have
01:00:0212 dates left
01:00:03in arguably
01:00:06the greatest career
01:00:07one of the greatest
01:00:08performers
01:00:09of all time
01:00:10Ladies and gentlemen
01:00:11enjoy this
01:00:12while you can
01:00:13So
01:00:14how do you make
01:00:16that work
01:00:16in a way
01:00:17that is
01:00:17a rollercoaster ride
01:00:19Where are they
01:00:21bringing him by
01:00:21bottom of Gorilla
01:00:24Anybody that doesn't
01:00:25need to be up here
01:00:26in Gorilla
01:00:27needs to get the
01:00:27fuck out of here
01:00:28You go into
01:00:29John's
01:00:32rivalries
01:00:32and histories
01:00:33How you doing?
01:00:35Good night
01:00:36Hey Bruce
01:00:37How are you
01:00:38sir?
01:00:38Good to see you man
01:00:39Well one of
01:00:40John's greatest
01:00:40rivalries
01:00:41was with
01:00:42Brock Lesnar
01:00:43Brock Lesnar
01:00:44I think it was
01:00:45like 2014
01:00:46gave John Cena
01:00:48his most
01:00:49lopsided loss
01:00:50in John's
01:00:52illustrious career
01:00:53Brock
01:00:5416 suplexes
01:00:57to John Cena
01:00:58That is the most
01:01:00dominating performance
01:01:01I have ever seen
01:01:03in a championship
01:01:04match
01:01:05in my life
01:01:06It wasn't
01:01:07even close
01:01:09Brock vs. Cena
01:01:11is a
01:01:12big
01:01:13huge
01:01:13marquee matchup
01:01:15It's Army
01:01:15Navy
01:01:16It's
01:01:17Georgia
01:01:18Alabama
01:01:20Coupled with
01:01:20the fact
01:01:21I think
01:01:22Brock was gone
01:01:23from the ring
01:01:23two years
01:01:24When you don't
01:01:25see something
01:01:26coming
01:01:26it's really good
01:01:28I'll let him
01:01:29come
01:01:34We have
01:01:35four months
01:01:35left
01:01:36to enjoy
01:01:37the greatness
01:01:38that is
01:01:39John Cena
01:02:05John Cena
01:02:06once called this man
01:02:07his toughest rival
01:02:09his toughest rival
01:02:09his most physical rival
01:02:10and Brock Lesnar
01:02:12is here
01:02:13and he's as massive
01:02:14as ever
01:02:19This is a man built
01:02:20for one thing
01:02:21And now Lesnar
01:02:22into the ring
01:02:23and Brock Lesnar
01:02:23with John Cena
01:02:24on his shoulders
01:02:25Brock Lesnar
01:02:26with an F5
01:02:27to John Cena
01:02:31A message
01:02:32has been sent
01:02:34and everything
01:02:35we thought we knew
01:02:36about WWE
01:02:38just changed
01:02:39John Cena's got
01:02:40four months left
01:02:41and it could be
01:02:41a nightmare
01:03:09and it could be
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