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00:00And their opponents, with a combined weight of 431 pounds, the team of Kit Wilson and The Miz!
00:11The first title defense for Priest and Truth comes against The Miz and Kit Wilson because of the circumstances we
00:19saw with Truth backstage.
00:22And they took advantage of a little confusion, and this is how we get this title match.
00:27Yeah, well, I'm liking this team of Kit Wilson and The Miz already.
00:32Instant chemistry, and of course, Damian Priest and R-Truth, a major on-couple tag team that somehow has worked
00:42for several weeks.
00:44But, a nice shot there right off the bat, fooling R-Truth on the man who lost to Jelly Roll
00:52unfathomably last week, Kit Wilson, back in top 4.
00:56Yeah, Kit Wilson shockingly upset by Jelly Roll.
01:01That's a toxic dance right off the bat.
01:05R-Truth showing him how the hips actually move.
01:08A little too much thrusting for my liking, Joe Test.
01:11This is a family show.
01:13Right now, teaching him a lesson in toxicity is Kit Wilson.
01:17Now The Miz trying to get to action.
01:19Master inspiring and zone in on his former tag team partner.
01:24Kit Wilson liked that one.
01:25Did he ever, of course, The Miz has been purporting himself to be the veteran leader of the locker room.
01:31Yes!
01:31It's about time The Miz got some respect.
01:33He's basically Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton all built into one.
01:39Well, we got running shoulder blocks here.
01:40We got R-Truth finding his Cena-esque Ron Cena gear.
01:45It's not Ron Cena.
01:47He thinks he literally is John Cena.
01:51And the kick from The Miz.
01:53And the referee didn't see that at all.
01:57And R-Truth now in a big, big amount of trouble.
02:01It's only getting worse.
02:02Oh, man, that flying uppercut by Kit Wilson.
02:18Here in St. Louis, that's what's- What are you doing with your hips, Barrett?
02:21What are you doing?
02:22What are you- You're mirroring Kit Wilson?
02:24Do you tell him?
02:24Get him up.
02:25Just come on.
02:26Yeah, tell him to sit down.
02:28Oh, that's a toxic act there by Damian Priest.
02:31That was just dancing, enjoying the show.
02:34Oh, and The Miz just driving R-Truth back into the side of the apron there.
02:44Master, inspire, and zone in.
02:46That's how it's done.
02:48Joe Tesh, you're learning something tonight.
02:50This has just been textbook brilliance from The Miz.
02:53He wasn't even blazing down his backside.
02:55The two-time Grand Slam champion who gets zero respect from this audience and from you,
03:01Joe Tesh, I might add.
03:02Miz, one of the greatest of all time with his new protege, Mr. Anti-Toxicity himself, Kit Wilson.
03:12Oh, with the hips.
03:13Stop it.
03:14Divine.
03:14Stop it.
03:15Honestly, I gotta put the winders on you.
03:18Well, he's got Sexy Red behind me.
03:20I've got Kit Wilson in front of me.
03:22A man can only have so much happiness in one night, Joe Tesh.
03:26I think I've reached the limit.
03:28No, it's gonna get better.
03:29You've got the United States Championship rematch coming up.
03:31Sami Zayn and Carmelo Hayes coming their way.
03:34Then, of course, in two weeks, you'll be broadcasting WrestleMania.
03:36Feel like I'm in El Dorado.
03:41And in El Dorado will be Kit Wilson and the Miz if they win the goal tonight.
03:47But now inching closer and closer to that tag to Damian Priest, the powerhouse of the team, but denied once
03:55again.
04:02And we're up and on his elbows down on R-Truth.
04:05Although we've seen some of the offense of Kit Wilson over the years during his time in NXT.
04:10And, of course, he's part of pretty deadly.
04:12But he is evolving before our eyes.
04:14And that evolution only gets better and better under the tutelage of the...
04:30Boy, R-Truth's in a world of hurt right here.
04:55And it's nothing less than he deserves, Joe Tess.
04:58I don't know about that.
04:59But just bringing an air of toxicity everywhere he goes.
05:03More veteran presence and appreciation and beloved by fans everywhere.
05:07Now you're talking about John Cena.
05:09He's not John Cena.
05:10He's R-Truth.
05:11Don't let him fool you with his nonsense.
05:13Of course, John Cena recently announced as the host of WrestleMania 42.
05:18That is gonna be so special to have Cena in that role in Las Vegas.
05:22Who needs a wishbone?
05:28I sense you have a real problem with Kit Wilson.
05:32I've had some issues with Kit Wilson in recent weeks.
05:35I have issues with them getting this title opportunity.
05:38And how they came about getting it.
05:40Your problem is, Joe Tess, you are a caveman of yesteryear.
05:44You're not a modern man like Kit Wilson and The Miz.
05:54First championship defense of the tag titles for Damian Priest and R-Truth.
05:59And it comes against The Miz and Kit Wilson.
06:02Oh, and look at The Miz looking for score pushing finale against R-Truth.
06:06He's trying to mount a comeback here.
06:08And here comes Priest.
06:11Watch out.
06:15Oh, and this suddenly turned incredibly ugly for The Miz and Kit Wilson, who were dominating proceedings.
06:23One tag later, things have done a major 180.
06:28Everything Priest brings in moments like this.
06:32About as imposing a human being as you can get.
06:36You want some old school here in St. Louis?
06:39Oh, it's punishment time indeed.
06:46And making it look effortless is the former world heavyweight champ.
06:51Because we're going to shut this down right now.
06:54Two weeks of holding goals.
06:57And now defending here in St. Louis.
07:01Here's Priest.
07:03And flying in to save it was Wilson.
07:08Well, the tag team factor and Kit Wilson just with expert timing.
07:12Oh, going for a tourniquet.
07:13But instead of the tourniquet, the big boop and the kick from Priest.
07:20Kit Wilson may have done himself a major mischief.
07:22And it's, oh, no.
07:24Well, that may have finished Kit Wilson's night for good.
07:27And The Miz might be, oh, no.
07:29Oh, Truth was looking for a little AA.
07:33Both men down.
07:35Well, both men know each other incredibly well from their time tagging together.
07:40Both had the same.
07:41Oh, no.
07:42Oh, how good is this?
07:43Oh, no.
07:44Oh, how good is this?
07:45Oh, no.
07:47Dan Housen.
07:48It's that little freak.
07:51Oh, he's not a freak at all.
07:52Very powerful.
07:55Very evil, very nice.
07:56And here comes Dan Housen in the midst of this championship match.
08:00And he's marching like a demented Oba Femi.
08:03He was trying to reason this with Kit.
08:06Oh, the jar of teeth is right on the apron.
08:08This is good stuff.
08:09Get this man.
08:11Bang from WWE.
08:13He's one of the best additions in the WWE.
08:15He's looking for the tag.
08:16What do you mean, what is he doing?
08:17He's not in the match.
08:18This is outstanding stuff.
08:20What are you doing?
08:21You can't fit.
08:22No, no, you're not in the match.
08:24No, you can't tag.
08:25No.
08:26Get a tag house in Miz.
08:28You can't tag a man who's not in the match.
08:33Yeah.
08:37All right, it's not this.
08:45Well, now he's got the rope.
08:46He's got the tag rope.
08:47That wasn't the problem.
08:48Now this will work out just fine.
08:50Here.
08:51That's not the rules.
08:52If you're not in the match,
08:53holding the tag rope doesn't make a bloody deal.
08:56Oh, R-Truth a little confused.
08:58He just tagged Danhausen into the championship match.
09:00I think we're all confused at this point, Joe.
09:04Crowd's going crazy.
09:06A lot of fan houses,
09:07borderline Stanhausen level here.
09:09Careful, all you in here.
09:10You can't get out right now.
09:18Get out.
09:21Oh, a curse shield, and it got the referee.
09:25There is no curse.
09:27The curse isn't real.
09:28That's all.
09:28This is real.
09:30Curse isn't real.
09:35Curse isn't real.
09:36How do you do that?
09:36Be a believer.
09:39Ah!
09:42Danhausen arrives.
09:43Oh, no.
09:43Meanwhile, R-Truth.
09:45AA.
09:46Attitude adjustment.
09:48Yes.
09:49New champs.
09:50Oh, skull crushing finale.
09:51Could it be?
09:52Could it be?
09:53New champs.
09:57Be a believer, Barrett.
09:59No.
10:00What is the referee doing?
10:05There is no curse.
10:08Use your hands, referee.
10:10The Miz pulled him in, and he was cursed.
10:13He's a cheat.
10:14There's nothing wrong with his hand.
10:15Then you tell me why his right hand couldn't make a three count.
10:19Meanwhile, Priest, south of heaven.
10:23Go, Lefty.
10:24Go, Lefty.
10:25Oh, that's great.
10:29Here are your winners.
10:30And still, WWE Tag Team Champions, R-Truth and Damian Priest.
10:41Have faith, Thousand Barrett.
10:43Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
10:45You do not destroy the sanctity of a Tag Team Championship match with nonsense curses.
10:53And this referee, Dan Engler, he should be fired instantly.
10:58He can't, he can't, he can't offer Tony Barrett.
10:59Failing a curse, what was it, dehydration or something?
11:03You got crowned for the wrong time.
11:05You do have to hydrate on me.
11:07Uh-oh, hold on.
11:09Cody Rhodes!
11:10What is Cody doing?
11:16This is Cody got beat down earlier.
11:18We got all dressed up in St. Louis tonight to find out who Randy Orton was talking to on the
11:26phone.
11:29And color me surprised, it was Pat McAfee.
11:38That's like if Scott Hall and Kevin Nash talked about the third man in the NWO, and instead of Hulk
11:46Hogan, it was Disco Inferno.
11:53Pat, you stoner, grifter, Logan Paul without muscles, human hat rack, fly by night, you're gonna get your receipt.
12:04And boy, I felt it, and I should have.
12:06You're a former NFL putter, but Pat, you and everyone who represents you, and I know who I'm talking to,
12:14can kiss my ass.
12:22Oh no, is that too far, what are you gonna do, fire me, it sure worked out for you the
12:29last time.
12:34That's what Randy Orton wants for his legacy, for 15, St. Louis' own Randy Orton.
12:45My mentor, my hero, when John Cena was the angel on my shoulder, he was the devil, this was simple.
12:52You keep saying, it's not personal.
12:55And even Stephanie McMahon comes out here, someone I love and respect, and tells me I need to go there.
13:01I need to go to a dark place.
13:03I've gotta become a bad guy.
13:05And I hear it, dark hair, the whole thing, the truth is better than my excuse usually is.
13:12I don't know if I know how to do it anymore.
13:15I got two kids.
13:17I got my dream job here in front of this audience here tonight.
13:25And that's what you want.
13:26You got Pat tagging all these sites that only exist because WWE is hot right now.
13:35And you talk about me coming back in Dallas next year in Los Angeles, that's a record.
13:41The year after that in Philadelphia, that's a record.
13:44Followed by Las Vegas, another nearly untouchable record.
13:48And I was wrestling Roman Reigns, John Cena, and even The Rock.
13:52But made no mistake about it, they were also wrestling me.
14:04It's as simple as this.
14:06It's a wrestling match with 20 years of history with the two very best wrestlers to do it.
14:13And I am hearing it.
14:15I am.
14:15I am hearing those voices inside my head, finally.
14:26But you don't want to hear what they have to say.
14:32Wow.
14:33The intensity of Cody Rhodes on the heels of how this evening started off with Randy Orton and Pat McAfee
14:43attacking him.
15:06We get close to one of the most anticipated matches in WrestleMania history.
15:12It awaits.
15:18Runs to the sky at the Garden.
15:21As Roman Reigns has set the head into a main event once again at a WrestleMania.
15:50We might have a fight on our hands, Cole.
15:52And Reigns and Puck going at one another.
15:57We might have a fight on our hands, Cole.
15:57We may have a fight on our hands.
16:14You're not seein' bunk.
16:15You're just a punk-ass.
16:21That title on your waist, it's an embarrassment, because at the end of the day, you're old.
16:34Roman Reigns put through the table.
16:38Get on now.
16:45Big time superstars with even bigger egos, the World Heavyweight Championship on the line.
16:53A CM Punk event against Roman Reigns in one of your main events at WrestleMania.
17:00Among the other matches coming your way, you saw what happened at Madison Square Garden
17:07when Gunther surprise attacked Seth in the sleeper hole.
17:10And now it's Seth Rollins against the ring.
17:12General Gunther in Vegas at Mania.
17:15And two women who simply cannot get along under any circumstances.
17:21The intercontinental champion, the diminutive AJ Lee, defends against the man, Becky Lynch.
17:28There are certain matches where you know exactly what you're going to get, like jaw-dropping moments.
17:35It's sure to happen with the Intercontinental Championship Fatal 5-Way as Penta defends against Dragon Lee, Javon Evans, J
17:42.D. McDonough, and Rusev.
17:44Think of that combination in a ladder match.
17:48And Joe, how many tag matches have we had implode over the past couple of months when it all gets
17:53figured out at WrestleMania Women's Tag Team Championship?
17:58On the line as the irresistible forces defend in fatal four-way action.
18:04Wade, former Judgment Day brothers, now heated rivals, will meet up at WrestleMania in Vegas.
18:11Finn Balor against Dirty Dom Mysterio.
18:19And the women's world champ, Stephanie Vaquer, has taken the world by storm over the past 12 months.
18:27Can she continue to do so as she defends against Liv Morgan at WrestleMania?
18:34We had a major development earlier tonight that affects what we will see in the women's championship match.
18:41Rhea Ripley now with the support of EO Sky coming to help out, balance things out against Jade Cargill.
18:49That comes your way for the WWE Women's Championship.
18:52And gentlemen, we can't control you.
18:56We've given up trying.
18:57So have yourselves an unsanctioned match.
19:01What is likely to be a ferocious affair as the Samoan werewolf, Jacob Fatu, battles Drew McIntyre.
19:09And then the match that is creating so much buzz.
19:15The palpable anticipation.
19:17You hear the crowd here in St. Louis reacting.
19:20Obafemi, Brock Lesnar, WrestleMania 42.
19:25And as we saw earlier tonight, a shocking development.
19:29Randy Orton now in cahoots with Pat McAfee.
19:34Well, he goes up against the WWE champ, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
19:41And this WrestleMania will be even more special because the greatest of all time is hosting it.
19:48The Never Seen 17 is back in a host role.
19:53John Cena at WrestleMania.
19:55And this match is currently penciled in because Trick Williams will be competing against Sami Zayn for the United States
20:05Championship at WrestleMania.
20:07Here's the caveat.
20:08Sami Zayn has to win the next match here on SmackDown to go there.
20:14And he's defending right now against Carmelo Hayes.
20:18Win and you are in.
20:21Sami putting his status at risk.
20:35The following contest is the United States Championship Open Challenge Match.
20:41Introducing first, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, weighing in at 212 pounds,
20:49he is the United States Champion, Sami.
20:54Sami Zayn!
20:56It's on the line.
20:58This instantly made rematch.
21:01Sami hesitated for a moment, thought about it.
21:05The United States Championship Match.
21:09Sami Zayn and Carmelo Hayes is coming your way.
21:13And I understand the hesitation.
21:15It's not been a great year for Sami Zayn until last week when he won gold.
21:20Well, it's going to have to be a repeat this week if he's going to Mania.
21:24Up next, Zayn Hayes for the U.S. title.
21:31I want to break some big news.
21:34NXT will be bringing one of its biggest PLEs to one of the greatest wrestling cities in all the world.
21:40Tomorrow.
21:42Get ready for a fight.
21:44NXT stands up in St. Louis.
21:47The stakes are high.
21:49The world is watching.
21:51And only the best.
21:53Stand and deliver.
21:55NXT stand and deliver.
21:57Tomorrow.
22:04That's Trick Williams who is riding the wave of popularity here in St. Louis from atop our announced desk.
22:11With those size 15 lemon pepper steppers and Sami just looks on in mere disgust.
22:16Oh, man.
22:17Jealousy more like.
22:18Trick Williams has the moves.
22:20He has the aura.
22:22Very soon, he may well have the United States Championship.
22:27Now, here's the guy who just had it.
22:54And listen, Carmelo Hayes' wage should be proud of the way he carried the U.S.
22:59Championship.
23:00He helped carry SmackDown in recent months.
23:03But he also has reason to be very upset from what happened last week when Sami Zayn was able to
23:11capture that title because of the role Trick Williams played, the interference, the way it all went down.
23:17And now a chance to right that wrong.
23:20Yeah, no doubt about it.
23:20You can be excited for Sami Zayn for finally getting over that slump that he's been in for the past
23:26three months.
23:26But you have to acknowledge that Melo was completely screwed by the intervention of Trick Williams last week.
23:34Lost the gold.
23:35Lost a slot at WrestleMania.
23:38Needs this win tonight to put things right.
23:42Now, the inadvertent punch from Trick Williams, the damage it did to Hayes, the advantage that Sami was able to
23:51grab.
23:51And now Sami, who was confronted by Trick Williams.
23:54By the way, you see Lil Yachty sitting here.
23:56It's awesome to have the music superstar with us here at SmackDown.
24:02Lil Yachty next to Trick Williams.
24:05Lil Rowan Boat.
24:06Joe Tess next to me.
24:07Wait, wait, wait.
24:07Look at you, you're Lil Rowan, but you can't afford a yacht.
24:10Canoe over here.
24:13But serious business in ring.
24:15So much on the line here.
24:17Of course, gold is always a major, major deal here.
24:20But at that sweetener of a spot at WrestleMania, the loser, well, they might as well stay home WrestleMania weekend.
24:28That scenario, remember last week, Sami was so upset.
24:31Oh, the drop kick.
24:33And he heard that there was not a WrestleMania plan for him.
24:37Then he took the Open Challenge, won the U.S. Championship, and everything changed.
24:42But for now, and that is the beauty of this main event here on SmackDown.
24:48For now, two weeks out, and yet this could determine, will determine a WrestleMania spot.
24:53And you can tell, quite rightly, Carmelo Hayes has come into this match with a major chip on his shoulder.
25:00And needs to use that as fuel to topple Zayn tonight then.
25:03And spring on to WrestleMania and get even with Trick Williams, the man who cost him last week.
25:10Of course, Trick and Melo, Trick Melo gang from back in their days at NXT.
25:15A lot of history there.
25:16Used to be so tight together.
25:18Bitter, acrimonious split in NXT.
25:20And last week's proceedings will not have helped that relationship.
25:24Of course, Hayes, a former NXT champion.
25:26Two-time NXT North American champion.
25:29Tomorrow, the biggest day of all the year of NXT.
25:32It's Stand and Deliver right here in St. Louis.
25:36You can see it on YouTube domestically.
25:38Netflix internationally.
25:39Should be interesting.
25:41North American champion Miles Bourne will be up against Johnny Gargano tomorrow here in St. Louis on Stand and Deliver.
25:47A major test for Miles Bourne, who I'm a huge fan of, but Gargano is the real deal, especially in
25:53NXT.
25:55And Sami Zayn knows a thing or two about being the real deal in NXT and indeed here on SmackDown.
26:01Trying to go for it quickly to retain, but you see Hayes.
26:04So much fight left in him.
26:08Another lockout.
26:09There's just a massive connection there from Sami Zayn.
26:13And part of the problem with taking on someone like Carmelo, Hayes, he is such a great mover.
26:18He can be incredibly fast, elusive, but Sami Zayn was just a step ahead on that one.
26:27Rematch of last week's thriller that was disrupted by Trick Williams.
26:33And I'll tell you what, Joe, these open challenges that we've seen over the past several months from Zayn, from
26:40Carmelo, Hayes, from Ilya Dragunov,
26:42just made this entire division so unpredictable.
26:47It does indeed.
26:48Championship's almost been hot potatoed around at times.
26:51And I know for one that Carmelo, Hayes is hoping there's one more hot potato pass tonight.
26:56And he gets the ball.
26:58Oh, Hayes, springboarding into the leg drop against Sami into the cover.
27:04Nobody else can move like that.
27:06I'll tell you right now.
27:07And look at Melo's face.
27:10He just finds it so easy.
27:15Some words directed at Trick Williams.
27:18See you at WrestleMania.
27:20What a spirit of St. Louis in flight.
27:23The up and over is Carmelo Hayes's ankle.
27:27Melo's tweaked something.
27:28Yeah, you can see him reaching for that left leg.
27:30Hold on, hold on.
27:43So just when Carmelo Hayes had so much momentum, he has clearly damaged his left leg on that landing he
27:52had.
27:53And he is moving gingerly.
27:55It's one of those injuries that you hope over the next couple of minutes with a bit of movement, you
28:00can kind of block out the pain, get a bit of looseness back in there.
28:04But that is a major wrinkle in the plan of Carmelo Hayes tonight, who came here to win back his
28:11U.S. title and buck himself a matchup at WrestleMania against the challenger, the guaranteed challenger, Trick Williams.
28:18Suddenly, the game plan needs a rewrite for Carmelo Hayes.
28:23Trick Williams and Lil Yachty sitting ringside to take in this U.S. championship match that will decide Trick's opponent
28:30at WrestleMania.
28:31Trick Williams has been ringside for pretty much every Sami Zayn match of late, mostly to provide a little taunting
28:39and agitation towards Zayn.
28:41A little, a little.
28:42Tonight, it could well be just a scouting mission two weeks ahead of that showdown.
28:48And it is looking increasingly likely that it will be Sami Zayn due to this knee injury sustained by Carmelo
28:56Hayes.
29:06You can hear that throughout the Midwest.
29:09Well, Zayn's been in this position before.
29:11He's battled against injured opponents.
29:14He's also had to battle from injuries against his opponents, so he knows full well just how debilitating this is.
29:23Good reversal by Hayes for just a moment before.
29:26Sami takes advantage again.
29:29Yeah, and that's part of the problem when you have an injured opponent.
29:32You start to lighten up.
29:33You start to think, hey, this is going to be a cakewalk.
29:36I should get there pretty easily, right?
29:38But with someone as inventive and resourceful as Carmelo Hayes, he's never down.
29:44Although he has clearly lost a little spring.
30:02It was that close.
30:05Count of two here.
30:06United States Championship, the rematch.
30:08Sami defending against Carmelo Hayes.
30:13And Sami Zayn now probably wisely, slowly deciding how to rip Carmelo Hayes apart here.
30:21You don't want to overcommit.
30:22You don't want to make a mistake.
30:24The ball completely in your court here.
30:27As Carmelo Hayes looks like half the competitor he was 10 minutes ago.
30:36Series of right hands invited by Hayes who brings return fire.
30:51Earlier tonight, Trick Williams told Sami Zayn to make it right.
30:55That if he was really honorable, if he was really the guy who likes to hold up the integrity
31:00of the United States Championship, he would give Carmelo Hayes another shot.
31:05And that is what we have here.
31:08WrestleMania is just two weeks away.
31:10The winner of this match, whoever holds that gold, the United States Championship, will
31:16face Trick Williams at WrestleMania.
31:18And this is a severely hampered Carmelo Hayes who took a dive on the outside towards Sami Zayn
31:25a little earlier in the match and hasn't looked the same since.
31:28Clearly, done himself a mischief to that knee.
31:31Although...
31:32Oh, dirty Diana in play!
31:37But you see, right on the pin there, he couldn't fully grab both legs and stack a tight pin because
31:43one hand automatically, instinctively, went to that injured left knee.
31:48And Melo is in agony.
31:50His movement is not looking like it was.
31:52But he's motivated to win back his gold and book his ticket to WrestleMania to take on Trick
31:58Williams.
32:00Saw Grammy-nominated superstar Lil Yachty sitting right next to Trick Williams.
32:04They're waiting to see who will be the opponent for two weeks.
32:07Oh, he went from first 48 and Sami denied it.
32:11Boy, that knee is clearly affecting him.
32:13Looking for the exploder.
32:14Instead, shoulders down.
32:17Sami survives it.
32:19Great counter by Melo.
32:20Yeah, Melo needs to go big here.
32:21He needs to end this ASAP.
32:23The longer this goes on, the more it favors Sami Zayn.
32:27Go for broke, Melo.
32:28Put this to bed.
32:29That knee is really hurting him.
32:31There's the exploder.
32:32Exploder by Zayn.
32:37A cascade of booze raining down here in St. Louis.
32:42Because the people feel like an injustice happened last week.
32:45Instead of a halloufa, Hayes finds a little something left.
32:51Dig deep, Carmelo.
32:53Slowly ascending to the top.
32:56This could be it.
32:58The splash.
33:00Oh.
33:01The damage that has been done.
33:04And with that little...
33:05Oh, look at this counter.
33:07Living dangerously.
33:08That was Carmelo Hayes.
33:10Never want to turn your back on your opponent under any circumstances.
33:15Just a textbook frog splash.
33:17But the landing.
33:18Shooting thunderbolts up the knee of Carmelo Hayes.
33:22And...
33:23Almost catching Hayes.
33:25Unaware there was Sami Zayn.
33:27Great scene here in St. Louis.
33:3011,620 on this road to WrestleMania.
33:35And now we're at the business end of this match.
33:39Who's got the most motivation?
33:41Who can dig the deepest?
33:43Who is physically in the best condition?
33:46First 48!
33:48Carmelo Hayes.
33:50With that damaged leg as he's trying to shake it out as he goes to the top rope.
33:57Just half a second too long getting up due to that leg injury.
34:02And that was all Zayn needed to duck out of the way.
34:06He's writhing in pain.
34:08Went for nothing but net.
34:09But he is writhing in pain.
34:11Hold on, Joe.
34:11Referee taking a very close look at Carmelo Hayes here.
34:14He might be looking to throw this one out.
34:17I don't know if Hayes can continue here.
34:23I mean, that would be a sickener.
34:26Referee, understandably, has the best interest of the athletes' help.
34:30Yep, he's trying to help out.
34:32And take a good look at Carmelo Hayes.
34:35Meanwhile, Sami comes in with a hallouva.
34:39While the ref was checking on Hayes.
34:44Here is your winner, and still United States champion, Sami Zayn.
34:54Well, Melo completely blindsided there.
34:58You can't blame Zayn with a place at WrestleMania on the line.
35:01This is where it went wrong for Hayes.
35:03He was so gutsy to fight through this wave.
35:05Yeah, Nasty Landing tweaked the leg.
35:08And then a beat too long going up top to put this one away.
35:11Hurt in the leg, and then the referee checking on Melo.
35:14Melo says, I'm fine.
35:16And immediately, with a hallouva kick, is Sami Zayn.
35:20And, well, that concludes it.
35:22You might not like it, but Sami Zayn is the U.S. champion.
35:25Sami Zayn is going to WrestleMania to defend that title.
35:30Cut the music.
35:30Cut the music.
35:32Against this man.
35:34Congratulations, Sami Zayn.
35:36I guess you're going to WrestleMania.
35:40In two weeks, we had a United States champion match
35:45with the man in the place, the hostess with the mostest,
35:50the coolest, Trick Willie Williams versus the gingerbread man.
36:06Oh, big shot from behind by Trick, and now the beatdown is on.
36:11Just a mugging, a little message to Sami Zayn
36:14about what's to come in two weeks' time.
36:17Oh, Yachty is holding his hands on Sami Zayn.
36:22Getting physical here.
36:24Kind of guy you want in your corner.
36:25Oh, and Trick Willie.
36:26Trick shot right to the jaw of the champ.
36:31A little preview of Vegas, perhaps.
36:34That WrestleMania sign off in the distance.
36:37Two weeks away.
36:40That United States championship will be on the line.
36:46Sami Zayn and Trick Williams from Vegas.
36:51What a wild night here in St. Louis.
36:58Loll Yachty with Trick Williams.
37:01We'll see them together in Vegas.
37:14We'll see you next time.
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37:19We'll see you next time.
37:20We'll see you next time.
37:20We'll see you next time.
37:21We'll see you next time.
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