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00:00Now, in his final year in the ring, the self-proclaimed last real champion,
00:05John Cena, will attempt to enthrone the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes,
00:09as the undisputed WWE Champion, right after this break.
00:12Right now, here's the breakdown of the jaw-dropping moments
00:14that have shocked the world as John Cena closes out his career
00:18in pursuit of a record 17th world title.
00:30My name is John Cena. I'm a kid who grew up in a small town in West Newberry.
00:36Ruthless aggression!
00:38The champ is here!
00:432025 will be my retirement from the WWE.
00:48Thank you so much for letting me play in the house that you built for so many years.
00:56John Cena's going to WrestleMania!
00:58Hit an opportunity to win a 17th world title.
01:05Cody Rhodes, if you become my champion,
01:09I can open up doors and possibilities for you that you never knew existed.
01:15I gave my soul to these people a long time ago.
01:40Hustle.
01:42Loyalty.
01:43Respect.
01:44After everything he's accomplished in his career, he's gonna stoop to this.
01:48You want some? Come get some!
01:52What is best for business is I main event WrestleMania.
01:56You can't see me!
01:59What is best for business?
02:01I never back down and I never quit.
02:05I win a 17th championship.
02:06The champ is here!
02:11The champ is here!
02:32The champ is here!
02:36But I don't really care about yourselves!
02:39I don't care about you!
02:42At WrestleMania, I make history.
02:46I will win that championship and retire with it.
02:5117 does not happen.
02:54But what does happen is I get the heartbreaking privilege of beating my hero in his last chance.
03:03You, with that, disgusts me.
03:07All you have done here is ride the coattails of my success.
03:13You sat by my side for years and stole every secret.
03:18You are a common fan like them.
03:23I was chosen.
03:26But you know who chose me?
03:28They chose me.
03:29John, I am standing right here.
03:32I am holding this above my head at WrestleMania 41.
03:36The last real champion is taking that hold forever.
03:4017 does not happen.
03:42I am going to ruin wrestling for everyone.
03:48This stays with us.
03:58All right.
04:02All right.
04:12All right.
04:21You got the best.
04:22Let's go.
05:22And ends up retiring with the WWE Championship.
05:25It is John Cena's final WrestleMania.
05:29It is his final year of active competition in WWE.
05:34And he vows tonight to win a record 17th world title.
05:45But the odds do not load well for John Cena.
05:48His last singles win was seven years ago.
05:52His last singles win at WrestleMania was ten years, a decade ago.
06:05And just a look of disgust and disdain on the face of Cena as he flips over this audience.
06:17And tonight's great event.
06:34Those things are so good.
06:37Wade, we talked, I'm sorry, Pat.
06:39Wade, we talked on the countdown show today.
06:41You give John Cena absolutely no chance to win tonight.
06:44Yeah, look, you've called John Cena time and again the GOAT, the greatest of all time.
06:49That is an argument that you can make based on his history.
06:53The truth is, if you do agree that he's the GOAT, we haven't seen the GOAT version in seven or
06:59eight years.
07:00He's lost his last three matches at WrestleMania, I believe.
07:03When was the last time he actually won a singles match in WWE?
07:07This man is a shadow of his former self.
07:52Wrestling has more than one, Royal Finn.
08:29He's lost his last three matches, he's lost his last three matches.
08:37He's lost his last three matches, he's lost his last three matches, he's lost his last three matches.
09:33He's lost his last three matches, he's lost his last three matches, he's lost his last three matches.
09:37I was dead when I was younger.
09:42Well, ladies and gentlemen, the Drumstick Squad has taken over the WrestleMania main event.
09:46Leading the charge is the OG Drumstick Coat.
09:49He's dancing, he's dabbing, and he's dripping in deliciousness.
09:52This Las Vegas crowd can't get enough.
09:54And that's why Drumstick is America's favorite.
09:56It's crunchy, chocolatey, creamy and crispy.
09:59What more can he ask for?
10:00Drumstick is the ultimate snack.
10:03Well, ladies and gentlemen, Cody Rhodes' mother, Michelle, his lovely wife, Brandi, and his daughter, Liberty, are in the front
10:09row tonight.
10:10Cody Rhodes and his daughter, Liberty, soon to be three, in his arms, looking on as her daddy tries to
10:17stop John Cena from making history tonight.
10:21There's his sister as well.
10:23Cena trying to win a 17th World Championship.
10:26That would break the record that he now holds with the Nature Board.
10:30Ric Flair for Cody Rhodes.
10:32It is about being the man.
10:34It is about being the quarterback.
10:36It is about leading WWE into the next generation.
10:40Something that John Cena did over a decade ago.
10:44Cody Rhodes hopes to keep the title.
10:46John Cena hopes to steal it away.
10:48It is our main event of Wrestlemania.
10:56The following contest scheduled for one fall is for the undisputed WWE Championship.
11:17Introducing first, the challenger, from West Newbury, Massachusetts, weighing in at 251 pounds,
11:35Gian Cena, and his opponent, from Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 222 pounds.
12:02He is the undisputed WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
12:23Ladies and gentlemen, I want to start my call this matchup tonight by saying I plan to be very unbiased
12:29in this match.
12:30Everyone knows the relationship I've had with John Cena for 20 years.
12:33Cody Rhodes for 20 years as well.
12:35I was very vocal on the night that John Cena did what he did to Cody.
12:38But this match, one of the biggest in the history of Wrestlemania, deserves straight down-the-line commentary.
12:43I plan to provide that for you tonight.
12:46It is a massive main event in the city that makes champions.
12:49Las Vegas, Nevada, on the strip.
12:51Rhodes, Cena, and John Cena's final Wrestlemania.
12:55Will Cena set the record?
12:56Will Cody keep the title?
12:58It happens right now!
13:22We are underway.
13:24Rhodes and Cena for the Undisputed Championship.
13:28Wade, if you're Cody Rhodes, what do you need to do to keep the title?
13:32You simply need to be yourself.
13:34You historically have competed against John Cena when you were always the underdog.
13:39The roles tonight have completely flipped.
13:41Today, Cody Rhodes is the hood ornament of WWE, and John Cena is a massive underdog.
13:49What do you need to do to keep the title of WWE, and John Cena is a massive underdog?
13:52What do you need to do to keep the title of WWE, and John Cena is a massive underdog?
14:05Pat, can John Cena pull off what many think is the unthinkable tonight?
14:09Absolutely.
14:11This big match, John, for a reason.
14:14Any given night could be a John Cena night, no matter how long it's been since he's got a dub.
14:20Because once you get in there, you've got to feel the aura of John Cena.
14:24You've got to feel the energy of a stadium with John Cena inside of it.
14:29Cody Rhodes has had a lot of big moments.
14:31Tonight, his biggest without a doubt.
14:34Shoulder tackle by Cody, and Cena regroups.
14:36For John Cena, he won his first world title all the way back at WrestleMania 21,
14:42when he defeated the now Hall of Famer JBL.
14:44And it was that night I talked to JBL in a bar after that matchup.
14:48And he looked at me and Michael, he said,
14:50this guy's name is going to be Big Match John.
14:53He is going to be massive and big events for the rest of his career, and he has been.
14:58Can John Cena do it one more time tonight?
15:12John Cena, a little different John Cena than what we've seen in the past.
15:16You would think Cody would have a lot of film study capabilities,
15:19but we haven't met this John Cena in the ring once.
15:25Seemingly taunting the crowd, giving them nasty looks,
15:28telling them they're bums like he's been doing for the last couple months.
15:31And historically, the high-pitched voices used to cheer for John Cena.
15:36The deep voices would boo him.
15:37Now, they seem to be in unison.
15:40Screw John Cena.
15:41John Cena in his ninth world title match at WrestleMania.
15:46For Cody Rhodes, this marks his fourth straight main event at the big show.
15:53John Cena's not scared to use the ropes.
15:54He can take a break.
15:55Not scared to step outside, get a timeout.
15:58This is the new John Cena.
15:59I was looking at some statistics earlier.
16:01It's interesting.
16:02Cody's 0-4 against Cena in his career.
16:04But, Wade, those numbers can probably be tossed out the window.
16:07That was well over a decade ago.
16:08Look at all.
16:08It was a stardust.
16:09Who else are we talking about?
16:11Very young Cody Rhodes.
16:13This is a different animal.
16:14John Cena claimed that Cody was a scared little boy.
16:18It's like he's missed the last eight years of growth of Cody Rhodes,
16:21who has turned into absolute leading light of this industry.
16:24Cody won the title last year when he finished the story at WrestleMania.
16:27He's the crown jewel champion after beating Gunther in Saudi Arabia.
16:31And a nice headlock takedown by Cena.
16:35Cena needs to keep the pace of this match slow.
16:38Definitely.
16:39Anytime the old guard's taking on the young guard,
16:41you want to keep that thing at a slow pace.
16:44The scissors applied by Cody Rhodes.
16:48John Cena's got a timeout or two already.
16:51Cody Rhodes sends Cena outside again, and John's got to regroup.
16:55John Cena has just been a step behind from the word go in this one.
16:59Cody is swarming him.
17:00Is that age and rust?
17:01It's age, it's ring rust.
17:02Old Father Time is undefeated.
17:04John Cena can cut a great promo.
17:06And Cody with a suicide dive, and Cena's taken out.
17:08And Cody Rhodes is fired up tonight.
17:11John Cena's taken a lot of personal shots at Cody over the last few months.
17:15Cody Rhodes has sent a few back as well.
17:17He said that John Cena can't wrestle, and now Cody's wrestling his best he's ever done.
17:23A big right hand.
17:25I think John Cena wants to prove to the world that he can wrestle tonight.
17:28Hence yet another side headlock on Rhodes, who backs him into the corner.
17:32His best offense so far has been a big right hand.
17:34The last thing a heavyweight will lose is his punch.
17:37He doesn't seem very much in the way of wrestling from John Cena thus far.
17:42And Cena now stomping away on Cody Rhodes, and now the meanness comes out of Cena.
17:48Whatever has set him off into this current state, it eats Cena up inside as Cody is driven
17:54into the corner.
17:55I mean, despite his recent actions, I still stand behind the claim that John Cena is the
18:00GOAT, that he is the greatest of all time, and he could prove that tonight.
18:03Tonight's stat, if he became the all-time leader in title ranks, you'd have to say he's
18:08the GOAT, as a matter of fact.
18:11Deep down, he cannot beat Cody Rhodes in a good, clean fight.
18:15He has to turn this into a dogfight.
18:19Absolutely, muddy it up a little bit, slow it down a little bit.
18:23Old John Cena's a GOAT for a reason.
18:24He knows how to win matches.
18:27WrestleMania 20, the first time we saw John Cena on the grand stage.
18:31Now at WrestleMania 41, it'll be the last time that we've seen John Cena at
18:35WrestleMania, stomp right to the leg, and John Cena trying to pull out all the
18:40stomp and a vicious knee to the side of the head.
18:43He knows Cody Rhodes gonna be able to go post to post with him, but what if I beat
18:48Cody Rhodes down a little bit, is the question Cena's asking.
18:51Well, Cena's also been through it all, he's seen it all, he knows all the tricks
18:54in the book.
18:56Sends Cody across the ring with authority, what an Irish whip by Cena.
18:59Extra effort, Irish whip trying to break the back a little bit of Cody Rhodes.
19:04Still has that immense power that he's always had.
19:07And I like what John's doing here, Wade, the pace.
19:09Slow pace of the matchup, not trying to get himself all tired and out of sorts
19:13early on.
19:14Endurance, you're always gonna back the younger guy in that kind of situation.
19:18Especially a guy like Cody, who's in the ring each and every week, three, four
19:22days a week.
19:23He's our champion, he's in his prime.
19:26Cena's gotta get him out of that for a night.
19:30Wade, you know better than anyone, you can work out in the gym as much as you
19:32want, but it doesn't prepare you for what you have to do inside the wrestling
19:35ring.
19:35Oh, you can do miles and miles on the treadmill, absolutely worthless when
19:39you get to game speed in the ring.
19:42Try inhaling when you're getting kicked in the gut repeatedly by the likes of
19:46John Cena.
19:46And Pat, what we're seeing here, is this getting Cody's head a little bit,
19:49John's sort of dominating, playing with him a little bit.
19:52Oh, and it's not like what we've seen before from John.
19:55Those are two just big kicks that have cleared out, Cody Rhodes, a big lariat there.
20:01John Cena's got a new offense apparently, and Cody's reeling.
20:06Yeah, another clothesline by Cena, cover now for the championship, Cody at one.
20:10Well, look, something we haven't really focused on is the amount of pressure on
20:13the shoulders of Cody Rhodes.
20:15It's not just a championship match here.
20:17He is trying to defend the future of this industry, the legacy of that championship that
20:23has so much history behind it, that John Cena wants to take home for good.
20:27And wait, it's also the legacy of Cody's family.
20:29I did an interview with Cody Rhodes for the Countdown Show.
20:32We talked a lot about the tremendous rivalry that Cody's late father, Dusty Rhodes,
20:37had with Ric Flair, one of the greatest rivalries in professional wrestling history.
20:41And I asked Cody if he felt something like that he couldn't let Ric Flair down
20:45and couldn't allow Cena to beat that title reign.
20:48And Cody said he did feel some of that pressure, that he didn't want to let Flair down,
20:51who's been such a mentor in his career as well.
20:54And that can be a kryptonite to Cody Rhodes.
20:56He does have a certain hero complex at this point as the leading light of this industry,
21:01which is at an absolute peak.
21:03And he feels solely responsible for holding it together.
21:06Dice slam by Cena, cover, championship up for grabs, and Cody kicks out.
21:10And what I'm seeing out of Cena now is the confidence.
21:13It's not a cockiness right now, it's a confidence.
21:16John feels like he's back in this thing.
21:18He feels like he's at home.
21:19That's because he's back at home, exactly, Cole.
21:22In between those ropes, that's where John Cena spent most of his life.
21:25Yeah, opening five minutes of this match, John Cena looked like a dead man walking.
21:29This is turned around in a big way.
21:31It's the experience factor.
21:33He knows exactly what he's doing, where he's doing.
21:36John in tremendous shape as well as he takes a seat on the top rope
21:40and watches Cody make it to his feet.
21:42There's the big axe handle right across the top of the head.
21:45Cody looks a bit out of sorts here.
21:46Certainly, John Cena knows what to do and when to do it.
21:49We'll talk about the pressure on John Cena's shoulders, the final ever WrestleMania.
21:54If he loses this match, what happens to the rest of this retirement tour?
21:59Do we just cancel it?
22:00Does he go away for good?
22:01He kind of has to win here.
22:03I don't think that's the case.
22:04I think if he wins in his last one against Cody Rhodes, who hopefully has another 15.
22:09And again, he's going to feel great about himself.
22:13John Cena said the last time is now.
22:16He might be walking out of here as the record-breaking champ.
22:19Wade, so far, this has been a pretty perfect match for John Cena.
22:23Yeah, he rode out an early storm from Cody Rhodes,
22:27and now he's dictating the pace and turning this into the kind of fight that-
22:30And Cody votes!
22:31John Cena, but just a little too slow on those ropes against the best on planet Earth.
22:37He went back to the well too many times, and our champion's not going to let that happen.
22:41Cody trying to fight back with the big blows, and then a shot right to the eyes.
22:45Official, senior official Chad Patton.
22:47I don't believe shot.
22:49Such a veteran move.
22:50Cover!
22:51Kick out!
22:52Now, John Cena just tried to steal a little bit of a cover there,
22:55because I think the eye gouge had Cody completely out of sorts.
23:02Yeah, you see him on that pin, just pressing his weight right on the chest of Cody Rhodes,
23:07making Cody Rhodes work hard just to kick out.
23:10Yeah, look at the smile, and Cena's laughing at Rhodes.
23:14It's a wear-down factor, gradually grinding down the endurance, the spirit,
23:21the will of Cody Rhodes.
23:29John Cena's ring IQ is just second to none, and we're witnessing that firsthand.
23:35That's why he's the goat, Wade.
23:36That's why I say that.
23:37Cena whipped across the ring by Rhodes.
23:39Rhodes runs into a boot again.
23:41John Cena.
23:42Tornado DDT!
23:44By Cena!
23:45Cover!
23:45Hooks the leg!
23:46Almost had him!
23:49Just turned up the speed real quick.
23:52John Cena lifts the boot, then a Tornado DDT!
23:55John Cena has turned this into a chess game,
23:58and pouncing with the big artillery at the right moments.
24:02Close Sicilian right now.
24:03John Cena's thinking two, three moves ahead of Cody Rhodes.
24:06And you don't think about this smile, right?
24:07And the laugh.
24:08Cody made such a big deal about Cena can't wrestle,
24:11so do the WWE fans.
24:12I think Cena's proven a lot of people wrong tonight.
24:15And John Cena's shoulder tackle!
24:17Uh-oh!
24:18We've seen this before!
24:24All right, I've never seen this pause before.
24:27Remix of sorts.
24:29And every time there's a break in the action,
24:32John Cena's just mouthing trash to Cody Rhodes.
24:38Another tackle by Cena.
24:41You have to think, is Cody Rhodes' mind moving back in time at this point
24:45to his past as Stardust,
24:47or dashing Cody Rhodes,
24:49when John Cena would eat him alive in that ring?
24:51That's a really good point, Wade.
24:52I never thought about that,
24:53but the mental games that John can play with Cody.
24:56Cody, in some way,
24:58probably never thought he could ever match up
25:00to what John Cena was all about,
25:02and Cena may be proving that again tonight.
25:04He's breaking the psyche of the American Nightmare,
25:07and this has gone horribly wrong for the champ.
25:10Look at the slow motion, almost, that John Cena's doing.
25:13Just a matter of fact, through the moves.
25:15I mean, you sort of got to applaud
25:17what Cena's been able to do tonight.
25:19And we all know where this is headed.
25:21Shoulder tackle.
25:23Shoulder tackle.
25:29Oh!
25:30Cody, hook to the eye!
25:32Cody, no five-knuckle shuffle.
25:34Rody up over the...
25:35Oh, there it is!
25:36Power slam by Cody!
25:37A little taste of your own medicine, John Cena.
25:40Something awakening inside Cody Rhodes.
25:42He's ready for a dogfight!
25:44Off the second rope, disaster kick by Cody.
25:46Here comes Rhodes!
25:47And Cody's firing up!
25:51John Cena was taking his sweet-ass time.
25:55Cody was gathering strength.
25:59You understand the reaction from the WWE fans tonight.
26:03Many of them wanted the greatest hits from Cena.
26:05Cody Cutter from Rhodes!
26:07Cover to retain!
26:08Hook to the leg!
26:09John kicks it, too!
26:16The Cody Cutter has ended matches before.
26:22Couldn't end one tonight, but it was hit perfectly on the grandest stage.
26:27And now Cody.
26:29Speaking of his pops, the late great American dream.
26:33The southpaw unloading.
26:35A little bionic elbow, but John Cena didn't allow him to have it!
26:38Drop toehold!
26:40And Cody Rhodes creates space.
26:43Cena again!
26:44Looking for the AA!
26:45And Cody!
26:46Cena's gonna do it!
26:47AA to Rhodes!
26:48Cody kicked out at two!
26:50That close!
26:53An attitude was adjusted, but a record wasn't broken!
26:58Just when Cody was trying to build up a head of steam, the AA connecting.
27:02And the kick out from Cody, which perhaps not enough yet, taken out of the chamber.
27:09We are inching closer to a championship change here.
27:14I'm beginning to believe, too, Wade.
27:17John Cena has turned back the clock a decade.
27:21The last five-knuckle shuffle of Wrestlemania, perhaps.
27:27And he's got Cody up again, looking for another AA.
27:30Cody able to slip down underneath, roll through, shoulders down.
27:33Can he get Cena?
27:34And a kick right to the face.
27:36And Cody blocks.
27:37Get a right hit by Cody.
27:44Cody caught Cena with a right.
27:47Rhodes now up to the top rope.
27:49And a great move by Cena.
27:50Wonderful move by the veteran.
27:52Yeah, I can't knock him for that.
27:53That was the right move at the right moment.
27:55You don't like it.
27:57It's not something historically John Cena would have turned to.
27:59But these are desperate times in the final year of the career of John Cena.
28:04I think it showcases that Cena still has that feel.
28:08He knew exactly what he needed to do.
28:13Cena to the second rope.
28:17John Cena hoping to put an exclamation point on the main event of Wrestlemania Sunday.
28:25Cody on his shoulders.
28:28Cena with an AA!
28:29Middle of the ring for the 17th world title kick out by Cody!
28:36A super AA followed by panic in the eyes of John Cena.
28:42How quickly the confidence goes away with this avalanche AA from the second rope by Cena.
28:49He thought he had him.
28:50We thought he had him.
28:51Cody stayed alive.
28:52And this is the moment the master plan starts cracking in the mind of John Cena.
28:58Who has dictated 90% of the matchup.
29:01Hit his nuclear weapon.
29:04And it simply didn't work.
29:06He's underestimated the resolve of Cody Rhodes.
29:10John Cena's rolling through the Rolodex of moves.
29:13Throughout the past 21 years of WrestleManias.
29:16What is it going to take to put Cody Rhodes away?
29:19Cena from the top rope.
29:21Cody Rhodes caught him!
29:23Stacks him up!
29:25Kick out by Cena.
29:26Well that's just answered the question for me.
29:28How deep can John Cena dig when he's on defense?
29:33When he's taking heat?
29:35When he's getting beaten around the ring?
29:36And that was a massive, massive impact.
29:39High on the neck and shoulders of John Cena.
29:42And he had an answer.
29:43But how much longer?
29:44Well that's the problem.
29:46The longer this match goes,
29:47the better off it is for Cody Rhodes.
29:51Top rope for Cody.
29:53Cody caught it from up top!
29:54He caught Cena to retain!
29:56Hook of the leg!
29:57John kicks out again!
30:00Both of them have hit their best shot on each other.
30:05Well there was a huge question mark about whether John Cena can reach his historical best
30:10on the offense.
30:12Yes, but taking a beating too.
30:14And he's still kicking out after some of Cody Rhodes' greatest hits.
30:19And again guys, John Cena has nothing to lose here.
30:22This is his last WrestleMania.
30:24John Cena is playing with house money in Vegas.
30:27Cody Rhodes has all the pressure on his shoulders tonight.
30:32John Cena's been in Hollywood.
30:33Oh, looking for crossroads.
30:34John Cena turns it around.
30:36Cena with Cody up again.
30:37Looking for another A.A.
30:38A third one tonight.
30:40And now he's going to turn it around.
30:42John Cena turning back the clock.
30:44The STFU from John Cena.
30:47Cody Rhodes scrambling for his dear life.
30:50Scrambling to keep a hold of the championship.
30:54The hold that gave Cena championships.
30:56Cody Rhodes trying to drag himself to the bottom rope.
31:00Rhodes' championship reign could be fading.
31:03Cena!
31:03Cena!
31:04Desperately trying to put him away.
31:06Bites his arm.
31:08Do whatever you have to.
31:09Oh, God.
31:09Drags it back to the center of the ring again.
31:11Cena going to lock it in one more time.
31:13Get the hell out of that, Cody.
31:15Cody Rhodes.
31:16Can he somehow survive?
31:18Cody could be fading.
31:19This could be it for Rhodes' over one-year reign as champion.
31:24The GOAT's trying to tap him out or knock him out or pass him out in the middle of the
31:29ring.
31:29Cody trying to dig down deep.
31:31All the grit, the determination, everything he worked for to finish the story last year is on the line here
31:38tonight.
31:38Can he make it to the bottom rope?
31:40Can Cody make it to the bottom rope?
31:43John Cena says no.
31:44Cena grabs him back again.
31:46No, you cannot.
31:48And Cody turns it around and referee Chad Patton take it out.
31:53Well, Cody's out of there.
31:54There's been so much sucked out of him already.
31:57Cody Rhodes from behind.
32:00Crossroads of Cena.
32:02The problem is there's no official.
32:06Cody has the title retained.
32:09Chad Patton is out.
32:13Well, sometimes you don't have to be the better man.
32:16You have to be the luckier man.
32:18And John Cena just came up with all of the aces inadvertently taking out the referee.
32:26Cena was a beaten man there.
32:28And Cody now trying to check on the official, get him waking up.
32:32Now he's actually looking to the back to see if we can send another official down.
32:35Meanwhile, John Cena, you never would have seen Cena do this in the past.
32:38But John Cena has exposed the steel turnbuckle here, ripping the pad off.
32:43Wow, the ref's still out of it.
32:44John Cena says, I'll do whatever I please.
32:47And now Cody and Cena exchanging blows in a critical moment of this match.
32:53And Cody, oh no.
32:55Hand off the steel.
32:57And a second time off the steel.
33:00It's like a hammer to the head.
33:02And Cena now.
33:03Is that the fourth AA?
33:06Cover.
33:07Patton's back in it.
33:09One, two, three.
33:11Cody kicks out.
33:13What a match.
33:15One, two, three.
33:18What is it gonna take?
33:21And now John Cena's beginning to believe what Cody Rhodes is all about.
33:28Well, it suddenly feels in John Cena's mind like Mission Impossible.
33:33Because he's up against a man, Joe's.
33:40God damn it.
33:45Wait a minute!
33:49Well, he was at WWE World earlier today.
34:04Travis Scott is here.
34:07The Jack boys are in the building, too.
34:11Shaq West and Chase B.
34:19And we know what Travis Scott did to Cody Rhodes back at Elimination Chamber.
34:25Don't focus on the future, never on right now.
34:28One of the-
34:29Yes, boys!
34:30Two!
34:31On the way, Wade!
34:33And it feels like things have just gotten a bit interesting.
34:38Well, it seems like you're a massive fanboy of Travis Scott.
34:41I think he's a cheap shot artist.
34:43And what the hell he's doing, inserting himself into the main event of WrestleMania.
34:48He gave Cody Rhodes a black guy.
34:51He busted his eardrum.
34:52You don't think he's here because The Rock told him to be here?
34:54Come on.
34:56I don't like it at all.
34:58He's also the man who created the official theme of WrestleMania.
35:04Fiend, Fiend, Fiend, Fiend, Fiend.
35:08And Scott just slowly sauntering down to the ring.
35:14Cody Rhodes is a beaten heap in the middle of the ring.
35:18And John Cena all smiles for the arrival of Travis Scott.
35:23Let me help you up here, friends, says John Cena to Travis Scott.
35:37Travis Scott on the apron, calling the shots.
35:43Well, dangerous situation here.
35:45Cody Rhodes fighting back.
35:46Cody now went up for Scott and dropped to the floor.
35:48And now Cody Rhodes goes back to Cena.
35:50Cody Rhodes looking for a crossroads on John Cena.
35:53Crossroads on Cena.
35:54Here's the cover.
35:57And Travis Scott just pulled the official out of the ring.
36:05Patton is out again.
36:12Well, referee Chad Patton couldn't make any sort of call because apparently he was knocked down when he hit the
36:17floor.
36:20Cody's inviting Travis Scott into the ring.
36:23Cody owes Travis Scott a major receipt.
36:29Travis Scott is actually going to walk in the ring on Cody Rhodes.
36:34Knock his teeth out, Cody.
36:35You've got to be kidding me.
36:36You've got to be kidding me.
36:39You've got to be kidding me.
36:48Oh, no.
36:50Cody Rhodes isn't going to let that happen again.
36:52Rhodes has got him in position.
36:56Crossroads.
36:57I get those goosebumps every time Cody Rhodes hits that.
37:05Travis Scott gets crossroaded out of WrestleMania.
37:13Meanwhile, guys, meanwhile, guys, meanwhile, guys, Cody, turn around, turn around, Cody, turn around, Cody.
37:17Cody, John Cena's in the ring with the championship.
37:22Cena with the championship.
37:25And Cody Rhodes.
37:29In a tug of war with Cena over the title.
37:32And Cody now has it.
37:34And Cena begging off.
37:37John Cena.
37:39John Cena said to Cody Rhodes, at some point, you're going to have to make a choice.
37:44Do it, Cody.
37:45Be a good guy or be a bad guy?
37:47What is Cody Rhodes going to choose?
37:49Oh, come on.
37:51And he chose to be the good guy.
37:52And John Cena just kicked him in the.
37:56Well, there's your kryptonite, Cody.
37:59And John Cena has absolutely.
38:06No problem being a bad guy.
38:10Cody Rhodes wanted to do it fair and square.
38:13John Cena didn't give a damn.
38:16John Cena didn't give a damn.
38:16Chad Patton is back.
38:18You cannot be a perfect ambassador.
38:20Cena now, cover by Cena, cover by Cena.
38:23Patton's in the ring.
38:25John Cena has set the record.
38:28John Cena is a 17-time world champion.
38:32Here is your winner, the new undisputed WWE champion,
38:46Shawn Cena.
38:51You may not like it.
38:53In fact, you probably hate it.
38:56But at the end of the day, like it or not, John Cena is the GOAT.
39:04There is no longer a debate.
39:06With a 17th world title, John Cena is the greatest of all time.
39:13You can call it what you want, Cole.
39:16That was a bunch of bull crap.
39:18I agree with you, Wade.
39:19And John Cena is the biggest piece of garbage I have ever witnessed in this industry.
39:25Wade, I agree with you.
39:26Screw you, John.
39:27But Ric Flair didn't win 16 world titles being a nice guy.
39:32He was the dirtiest player in the game.
39:35John Cena did the same thing tonight.
39:38And he set the record at Wrestlemania.
39:42Travis Scott came out to assist.
39:46Sheck West and Chase B are here.
39:49He used the title off of Cody's head.
39:53And here we are.
39:55Celebrating the greatest of all time when it was all said and done.
40:00And it's going to be an interesting Pat McAfee show tomorrow morning.
40:05When John Cena appears at 12.15 Eastern.
40:09To talk about what was an incredible main event up to the point when Travis Scott arrived.
40:17Travis Scott saved John Cena.
40:20Then he went to smack Cody in again.
40:23And found himself on the wrong end of a crossroads at Wrestlemania.
40:34But this was the moment of truth.
40:36Remember John Cena.
40:37Cena had said a little bit ago that Cody, you're going to have to make a choice at some point.
40:42Do you want to be the good guy or do you want to be the bad guy?
40:45Cody decided he wanted to be a good guy.
40:48And it cost him the championship.
40:51Because John Cena had no issue tonight being that badass SOB.
40:56And because of what he did, John Cena now stands at the pinnacle of professional wrestling.
41:04With a 17th world championship at his final Wrestlemania.
41:11John Cena may well have the goal, but he is not the leader of this industry.
41:16Not after this disgraceful performance.
41:1820 years of hustle, loyalty and respect spat back in the face of anyone who stood shoulder to shoulder with
41:29John Cena.
41:30Hey Wade, you know my feelings.
41:35I love John for many, many years and I still respect him.
41:39But tonight, John Cena has done it.
41:43John Cena has become the GOAT.
41:47Greatest of all time alongside Travis Scott.
41:51Might be an unbeatable duo.
41:55Don't forget folks, the post show is coming up.
41:58Joe Testatore and company with plenty to break down tonight.
42:01I want to thank everyone.
42:03The over 124,000 that showed up at Allegiant Stadium over the past couple of nights.
42:10Everyone that attended every event here in Las Vegas during Wrestlemania weekend.
42:16We're not done yet.
42:18We got Monday Night Raw.
42:20The Raw after Wrestlemania tomorrow night here in Vegas.
42:25Good night everybody from Sin City.
42:28For Wade Barrett, who had a tremendous debut at the commentary desk at Wrestlemania.
42:34To my buddy and co-heart partner Pat McAfee.
42:37I'm Michael Cole.
42:38The post show is next.
42:40We'll see you tomorrow night on Monday Night Raw.
42:42We'll see you tomorrow night on Monday Night Raw.
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