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00:00We'll be the most hopeful, we'll dance to fire with our mercy.
11:16We're right back.
14:27We're right back.
15:00C.
15:17Now, this is like Jordan vs.
15:19LeBron in a one, this is LeBron in a one-on-one in a one-on-one game.
15:48Who truly is who truly is who, who truly is the best.
16:36great way let's talk strategy if you're roman reigns what do you do to win the world title
16:40tonight it's pure power against the man who simply cannot match you in that department
16:45and reigns the biggest stronger athlete that has to be the go-to if you're cm punk how do you
16:50keep
16:50the gold you lean on the fact that you are so proud of your heritage your history in this game
16:56your deep
16:56range of attacks catch roman reigns with something he's simply not prepared for
17:06right from the off you see how agitated roman reigns is i feel already punk is in the mind
17:12of roman reigns here yeah the question has been over the past few weeks who is in control
17:18mentally has it been punk has it been roman i don't know if cm punk has ever not been in
17:24control mentally of any rivalry in the history of his career at least he would believe so
17:38big starting to heat upside headlock now by punk animosity began back in 2012 when the shield
17:45burst on the scene rollins ambrose and reigns at the behest of cm punk roman told me in interview
17:51they punk was nice to them for two weeks and then he turned into an ass you know what i
17:55mean
17:55and punk would turn his back on them yeah it was clearly never a benevolent act from punk at the
18:01time it was a move to help protect punk at the top of the car this is a difference these
18:07days
18:07even things up but that one rocked the champ and then cm punk would leave the company for almost a
18:15decade roman reigns would come into his own cm punk with a disrespectful slap to roman roman would carry
18:21this company through some of the most important times in its history including the pandemic era
18:26and then one of the greatest title reigns of all time then punk would return to much fanfare which
18:31ticked off roman reigns roman now simon dropped the punk
18:36and this is roman showing early that i have the power i control the pace in this ring not you
18:43punk
18:43there's going to be no quick victory here tonight i promise you that both men
18:47so durable can dig deep so motivated that's why they are right here where they belong in the main
18:54event and punk now in the top to reigns that just ticked reigns off and delivers a right hand
18:59the thing about punk he can't get into a fist fight with roman that's not going to help him
19:06he's got to outwit reigns tonight it's that cerebral power of punk that can help him in this match
19:12i promise you cm punk knows every angle and every strategy thought it all through he never once
19:19thought he was going to win a slope fest with roman and now roman sending punk over the top rope
19:24to
19:24the floor remember punk's got the champ's advantage reigns has got a pin or submit punk to win the
19:29title tonight and our official rod sapata who has to control this match begins the count
19:39and now roman reigns steps out of the ring always in control never a hurry nor should they be that
19:47has been the strategy of roman reigns going back over a decade is what's led into main event after main
19:53event here at wrestlemania but looking for some breathing room now is the champ and he's gonna get
20:00and now punk he's gonna get bounced off the table he's able to block it now it's roman reigns who
20:05goes
20:06headfirst into the spanish announced desk
20:14and now it's punk unloading looking around roman reigns now sends punk into the barricade
20:22so after this power of reigns that has come to the floor once again just when it looked like punk
20:27may
20:28have built up a little head of steam turned around in the blink of an eye and hold on here
20:33and smart
20:34move by reigns back into the ring to break the count and now brings the fight again to punk here
20:38outside right hand punk lands on our table roman reigns is just the picture of effortless calm
20:46never want to panic always in control and look out of the way and punk now sent into the wwe
20:54universe
20:56roman telling the official just hang on one sec back into the ring to break the count
21:00you got to believe rod zapata oh wait a minute roman off on our announce table
21:09reeds again
21:12standing on our announce table here punk took a seat in the front row
21:18the point i was going to make is you got to believe the official
21:21well suckering in roman reigns there playing a little possum
21:26now back on the attack is the champion you got to believe the official is going to give some leeway
21:30here in this match well so should he nobody wants to see this one team now off the barricade to
21:36take
21:36out roman the whole world now is feeling it
21:50that he's being stubbornness the defiance the charisma that has led cn punk to have the career he was never
21:58supposed to have yeah but maybe punks and worry about wade could just take him out of the table
22:02and that was tailbone first for cm punk you know it's been said a number of times
22:09that cm punk's arrogance can hurt him wade and we saw an example of that there
22:16cm punk would never be anywhere near the main event of wrestlemania if he didn't have said arrogance
22:21yes at times it catches him cover cover by roman reigns for the world title
22:30without that cm punk would not be the man he is today let's face it
22:34you like that huh yeah mock me again bitch
22:37mock me again huh that's what happens huh
22:40this ain't promo day it ain't twitter son
22:46now roman's in his element
22:52i'm still fighting back
22:54a man who's been an underdog a lot of his career wade we know about the guts and the hearts
22:59and the
23:00determination of punk oh and a big vote to punk here's the cover hook of the leg and a kick
23:08out
23:08punk talked to us earlier today and he talked about how he knows he's lucky how he knows it's a
23:12special
23:13time for him to be world champion he would have never been in this position but seth
23:17rollins got hurt so then he had the opportunity to take on jay uso at saturday night's main event
23:22where he won the title
23:23punk said he's going to live every day understanding that he wasn't supposed to be here
23:28some people don't get invited they have to break right into heaven and that is what cm punk did
23:34but heaven ain't feeling too good right now it's starting to feel like burning fires in hell
23:43punk of course brought into this mess roman's late great father cica wild samoans who once competed at
23:51wrestlemania that brought this to another level roman said no one in his legendary family respects cm punk
24:20and there is just an extra level of stank on every shot that roman range is throwing at cm punk
24:30he said it himself when he won the
24:31royal rumble immediately choosing cm punk why because punk i hate you i hate everything about you
24:39and now that is playing out in the ring remember both of these men were involved in that triple
24:44threat with ron's last year at wrestlemania well heyman and ron's would join forces and now roman
24:50reigns locked and loaded in the corner punk trying to hang on went for a superman punch
24:57long sidestep close line to reigns the beat too long you can't do that against someone who's gonna see
25:03him punk even when you think you've got him beat punk from the top red cross body and now pounded
25:11away
25:11on roman reigns punk showing that he can pounding ground with the best of them
25:16point is just unfading here and he's taken a hell of a beating already from roman reigns but now
25:21giving it back in spades yeah but how many times during his title reign have we thought punk was
25:27down and out that it was all over and he was able to fight back just go back to that
25:32matchup with
25:32somerslam against gunsler written off a million times but somehow some way found a path to victory that
25:40he'll kick by cm punk shocking roman and this is that great inside cm punk from hard scrabble beginnings
25:50in this industry scratching and clawing for every opportunity this is that grit that could prove a path
25:59the victory now for cm punk that's the running bulldog by punk and punk says let's go nighty night
26:09looking for the go to sleep to retain the world title well it's always been the killer blow from cm
26:15punk
26:16connect with this victory is yours history tells us that punk measuring roman he's trying to get his wits
26:24about him trying to make it back to his feet i don't think he's going to like what's going to
26:28meet him
26:28there reigns is in shock right now but now got him in position looking for the gts range though
26:34deliver a couple of elbows and post punk in the corner and that burst of adrenaline just when you
26:42need it that is a signature of roman reigns silverman punch another signature punks down is he out no kick
26:51out
26:53i mean how impressive is the resistance here of a perfectly executed straight to the left of the
27:02jaw of cm punk that's a ko in anyone's money but not tonight roman says he feels naked without a
27:12championship he should have gold around his waist for 1316 days he held the wwe championship as he
27:22ruled with an iron fist over wwe he wants to get back to the top here tonight
27:28how odd was it watching roman reigns come to the ring first tonight on his entrance
27:39and punk though met him with a high knee punk had reigns outsmarted there
27:56and now completely surprising range by this pace this deep into the matchup that short
28:03arm clothesline by punk another one taking reigns down and punk looking completely assertive at this
28:09stage in the match i don't think anyone's nice neck breaker and punk's got a chip on his shoulder
28:15he's got a lot to prove wade he's been proving it his entire career like roman roman was spotted for
28:22the top from the very beginning to his credit and now he's proven management right there out to the
28:28floor here comes punk suicide die range driven into the spanish announce table that lower back hit hard
28:34right on the corner of that table and there's no respite whatsoever
28:44punk doing what he wants his way which has been his career range bounced off our table and you just
28:52see
28:52the belief in cm punk thinks he's got this completely in hand now
29:00and perhaps that is sapping the strength out of roman reigns
29:06roman has been all out of sorts here as punk has taken control of this match just peppering roman
29:12reigns with shots here the otc looking absolutely spent on the desk here and now punk is the one breaking
29:19the
29:19count temporarily
29:23and roman reigns is out on our announce desk here the referee admonishing punk but
29:32punk's got that look in his eye
29:38punk's got some big ideas oh my god punk going up to the top rope roman's in trouble here on
29:44the desk
29:46and roman reigns
29:47and roman reigns punk took too much time
29:51and a recovery oh no just in the nick of time for roman reigns there as disaster loop
29:59nice elbow from punk to reigns as these these two battle out on the apron back to that slugfest that
30:06cm punk surely did not want any part of but he's holding his own here
30:11paintbrush poop by roman and these are just all shots i'll go that would drop a normal human being
30:19not these two
30:23and roman's got punk hung up and they tied up there a lot of strain on that left knee of
30:28cm punk and
30:29again the referee in this match wade letting the lot go and you can't blame him one of the most
30:35anticipated main events in wrestlemania history like a human punch back here this could be very
30:41dangerous see a punk's defenseless roman reigns is teeing off on punk punk can't defend himself here
30:51that is why it's a master plan from the otc
30:59oh no roman reigns superman punch to a helpless punk
31:06and he's not stopping there cole
31:09another one well you know the official's got to step in here and try to get punk out of this
31:13situation
31:14this is dangerous now for punk just shot after shot the biggest shots imaginable and punk is toast
31:27roman unloading on the champion we're looking right in his eyes glossed over eyes in the back of his head
31:34blood rushing to the brain covered in bruises around that forehead those temples
31:41oh wow and i think he's bleeding from the mouth roman i think punk is bleeding from the mouth
31:47probably loosened a few teeth in the process and now i don't know what the hell roman reigns
31:52is cooking up this could risk a disqualification you got to do something rod you got to get in
31:56here no the steps off the face of cm punk and i know you got to give leeway in this
32:02match right
32:03god punk is in a real mess oh god yeah punch been busted open by those steps oh roman needs
32:11to be
32:11really careful he's really lost it here and i'm surprised the ref didn't throw that out you're
32:16right though it's the main event of wrestlemania nobody wants that
32:22it's personal there's a lot of animosity here
32:26cm punk is in a really bad way and of course gloating now is roman reigns who's a completely
32:33in pole position and this is why that's what busted the mouth of of cm punk and he was busted
32:38in the
32:39forehead by the steps oh no and you saw the official put on gloves out here he's got to deal
32:43with a
32:44with punk who's injured as roman reigns now clears off the spanish announce table and you're now seeing
32:48the very worst of roman reigns oh this is the reason this man was a four-year champion he shows
32:55remorse for no one
33:01well roman didn't just come here to win did he he came here to make a public spectacle
33:07of a man
33:11that he was going to embarrass punk that he was going to humiliate him and now speaking of the shield
33:20punk is up high cm punk onto the spanish announce table and throw it
33:28punk's a mess reigns has put him through the table
33:35we'll take another look at this we talked about the power advantage of reigns this is how you use it
33:40and you maximize that advantage the body which has been beaten battered to a bloody pulp
33:49and the referee may end up having to stop this and again wait for roman reigns this is about the
33:54world
33:54title right but it's about much more than that it's about punishing this man it's about torturing this
33:59man it's about taking out all that anger and all that frustration that roman reigns has had for punk over
34:05the years here tonight this is ten plus years of hatred from roman reigns but what he feels punk did
34:11to him what punk said about him it's all coming out here in vegas in our main event
34:16and now roman reigns
34:24and now roman
34:27Wait for the spear, Punk, Punk, with a, oh, GTS, out of nowhere, cover by Punk, is he gonna do
34:33it?
34:34Robin Ray's kicked out.
34:44Well, Punk's dead and buried here, surely, lining up for the spear, but no, CM Punk shocking the world once
34:53again,
34:53but even more shockingly, perhaps, a late kickout from the OTC, keeping this alive.
35:0355,255 tonight, looking on in Las Vegas, at an incredible main event between CM Punk, the world champion, and
35:12the challenger, Roman Reigns,
35:14and somehow, and I don't know how, Roman Reigns has lost control of this match.
35:19Well, after getting a paint-brushing, CM Punk, unfathomably, may be about to secure this championship.
35:27Looking for another G, go to sleep, and Roman Reigns now with momentum, fail!
35:33Cover!
35:35Punk stays alive!
35:39Now we're cooking!
35:40Well, both men have taken the biggest shots, both men have been equal to it, and this spear, to a
35:50severely debilitated CM Punk, had to be the end!
35:55And this is what we were talking about earlier, Wade.
35:59I don't know how he does it, but CM Punk never says die, he never gives up.
36:04There's something inside this man, that drives him to do these unhuman things!
36:10He's the most stubborn human being, you could ever meet, it's why management have always despised him,
36:17it's why he never got the invite to the dance, but it's why he is who he is, and it's
36:23why Roman Reigns is now losing it!
36:25Yeah, Roman Reigns, he saw the look on his face, complete and utter shock, and Punk being able to kick
36:30out,
36:30and now continuing to punish Punk, driving his beaten up face into the mat, shoving his face into the mat!
36:36And it is rare you see Roman Reigns completely unglued, but perhaps now Serene Karl passing back over the great
36:44man,
36:45realizing he has the ball in his court, and...
36:48And now he tells Punk, it's time for a night-time story!
36:52It's been so late, I'm not a sleeper.
36:57You don't need to do this.
36:59I don't need to do this.
37:02I don't need to do this.
37:03Oh!
37:05Hit again.
37:07The Rebel in Punk.
37:10CM Punk has been as gutsy as can be here, but it's slipping away very quickly,
37:17and this could be a humiliating end to CM Punk's World Heavyweight Championship reign.
37:25Roman Reigns has in store here what I think he does.
37:29And Roman's loving this, he's got Punk in position to utilize Punk's own move against him.
37:36Acknowledge me, Las Vegas.
37:42Wait for the GTS, blocked out by Punk, Punk caught him with a kick to the ear.
37:46Roman Reigns down to retain, from out of nowhere, Roman kicks it too again!
37:50Well, right at the death, CM Punk just finding a little something,
37:55and that roundhouse kick may have spawned this around again,
37:58but Punk looks like a broken man here.
38:04But a broken man possessed!
38:13He doesn't know how to die.
38:14I mean, it's been his entire career.
38:16Every time you think this man was dead and buried,
38:19that his career was over,
38:20that he couldn't come back and do anything again,
38:22he's here.
38:22He's the world champion,
38:23and he's doing it against one of the best ever,
38:25and Roman Reigns,
38:26and now,
38:27gonna pull out Roman Reigns' own move on him.
38:30Locked and loaded is CM Punk!
38:38And the Superman Punks had connected!
38:40Covered by Punk!
38:41Can you imagine?
38:42No!
38:44Can you imagine the embarrassment if Reigns had lost to that?
38:48Well, now a little ground and pound from CM Punk,
38:51struggling to stay at a vertical base.
38:55Gonna use the ropes to prop him up,
38:57but suddenly, the calm man in this match seems to be CM Punk,
39:01and if the body can keep on cooperating,
39:04it's Punk's to win.
39:05What is Punk up to win?
39:07Well, he just took a...
39:09That's an ulapala, of course,
39:11that one of our fans was wearing,
39:12and now,
39:13this is really gonna stick to Roman Reigns.
39:16The ulapala, of course,
39:17the symbol that represents the king,
39:20the tribal chief,
39:21the OTC Roman Reigns,
39:23and Punk now shoving it in Reigns' face!
39:27We may have a new tribal chief imminently here, Cole,
39:32and Reigns is not gonna like this!
39:36Looking for a spear!
39:37Reigns caught him!
39:38Reigns caught him!
39:39In a guillotine!
39:40In a guillotine!
39:42Roman's got Punk in a guillotine!
39:43And it might be lights out time
39:45for the second City Saint here,
39:48who's getting swung around!
39:49Oh, Punk throws him up, though!
39:51Almost had him!
39:52Almost had him!
39:53That was two and three quarters!
39:55Anaconda Vice!
39:57Locked in,
39:58center of the ring!
39:59And Reigns is a long way from the road!
40:02Desperation times for the OTC!
40:04His reign's gonna top out
40:05to the Anaconda Vice!
40:07Oh, see him, Punk!
40:08He's got it locked in!
40:09In sheer agony,
40:10and the lights are fading for Reigns!
40:13And this might be the only chance he has!
40:16Roman trying to fight his way out of this,
40:18trying to somehow break this hold!
40:20Well, Punk ain't releasing it,
40:21but he's forced to now!
40:22And now Roman turns it into a choke again!
40:25Reigns now with a guillotine!
40:26Locked in on Punk!
40:28Counter for Counter!
40:29And it's now Reigns who's got control!
40:32Will Punk tap out?
40:34Will Reigns win the title by submission?
40:37Oh, Punk is fading badly here!
40:39The legs are locked in!
40:40What is Punk chucking up?
40:41Punk now!
40:43Oh, what a counter!
40:45What a reversal!
40:45Woo!
40:49Put him in the sharpshooter!
40:51And Roman Reigns
40:53doesn't allow it to happen!
40:55That last shot,
40:56that last heel,
40:57and straight back into the guillotine!
40:59And Punk may be out,
41:01Reigns has got it in here!
41:02That might have been the last gasp for Punk!
41:04Well, it was an upward strike from the heel
41:06right to the jaw of CM Punk,
41:08and he dropped instantly
41:09in the worst possible spot!
41:13Fortuitous for Roman Reigns,
41:15but still!
41:15And again, Punk turns this into a petty combination!
41:18It actually looked like both men's shoulders were down there!
41:21But nonetheless, both men collide center of the ring!
41:26Listen to this place!
41:27Oh, my God!
41:31Well, I think we both need a breather at the desk here right now,
41:34I feel for the two competitors in the ring!
41:37Where the hell do they go from here?
41:40Who has any energy left?
41:56Critical point in the matchup!
41:58Champ and challenger have been beaten up!
42:01Energy completely sapped both men!
42:05Perhaps terminally weakened,
42:07but somebody has to win this thing!
42:11And they're still talking slash to one another!
42:14I'm still here!
42:19You're still there now, huh?
42:21No!
42:22No!
42:23No!
42:25No!
42:26No!
42:27No!
42:28No!
42:28No!
42:31No!
42:31No!
42:31No!
42:33No!
42:34No!
42:36No!
42:40No!
42:40No!
42:41Box in the ears of Roman!
42:43No!
42:43Box in the ears of Puck!
42:45Chopped to Reigns!
42:46Chopped to Puck!
42:47Chopped to Reigns!
42:49White hand by Roman!
42:50And how the Slugfest continues!
42:53Two sluggers in the twelfth round!
42:55Who's gonna drop?
42:57Hang on, Puck!
42:59Knee caught Roman still on his feet!
43:02Knee caught Puck, who's still on his feet!
43:04Something's gotta give him weight!
43:07both men driven by pure hatred this would have been over a long time ago without that
43:16and again pucks got that wound on the head i'm not sure that was wise
43:19gonna drop both men in the process forehead to forehead both men woozy shots now missing
43:28you mentioned 12th round fourth quarter ninth inning what do you have left who's got more heart
43:38who's got more guts las vegas knows all about 12th round magic who's gonna bring it now
43:44it's like old school haggler hearns here tonight
43:51punk with a low blow he distracted the official he delivered a low blow
43:57and punk with a go to sleep punk gonna steal the championship retention and a kick out
44:13do what you gotta do to keep your title well that was a hail mary from cm punk but it
44:21was not answered
44:28and when this doesn't work the referee temporarily unsighted a low blow
44:36a gts and maybe you have to accept that it ain't gonna be your night well punk dropping elbow after
44:46elbow
44:48and another one as range just tries to recover from this onslaught now
44:54by punk well i don't know what else punk has in store i don't know what else tactically he can
45:00possibly have after that that was a break glass in emergency scenario when reigns kicked out
45:16this place is electric i told you it's going to be one of the great main events in wrestlemania history
45:26and now cm punk gonna place roman reigns on the table he has not yet recovered from the low blow
45:32and the numerous elbows delivered by punk to reigns punk barely has the strength to get the massive
45:37frame of reigns there but he manages it in the end and there's nothing nothing at all happening in the
45:44eyes of the otc perhaps on a different planet right now and no clue what cm punk is currently conspiring
45:55to
45:56execute i'll tell you what he's thinking of doing he's coming up to the top rope roman reigns is on
46:00the announce table high risk maneuver coming for cm punk do what you gotta do to keep your title
46:08go big or go home
46:11go big or go home
46:11go big or go home
46:21pop with an elbow through reigns through the table 12 men break it in half
46:43and surprisingly the referee taking a very close look after what we just saw punk going for broke
46:50punk connecting roman reigns looking dead and buried at this point and punk
46:56barely faring any better this looks like a disaster scene out here
47:01somehow punk's back to his feet roman reigns is writhing in pain
47:06punk simply cannot stay on his feet stumbling around but somehow looking the better of these two
47:14warriors who put it all on the line here in the main event warriors is the apt word to describe
47:20these two men
47:22this has been one hell of a match the referee's now barking at cm punk get back in the ring
47:27i think
47:27it's a little too late for law and order ref putting everything on the line for the championship punk
47:36crawling toward roman reigns
47:40punk has raised exactly where he needs him now can he deliver that killer blow
47:47punk has done everything he's pulled out all the stops and now he's looking to put roman reigns away with
47:52one more go to sleep
48:00gts connecting caught roman on the chin
48:05range though he just fell right back out of punk's shoulders it bounced off the road there's no way
48:10range could even hold his own way up there but what a landing for range the worst possible one
48:17punk with reigns up yet again and he just collapsed punk just collapsed punk punk is spent punk is toast
48:27what a lucky escape for roman reigns although can he do anything with it it looks unlikely
48:39what's austin now setting in pushing the limits of humanity both men
48:54but roman can't capitalize oh punk just ate it
49:15what's austin now setting in pushing the limits of humanity both men and women and women and women
49:21reigns again with momentum another spear to punk cover by roman proud of new champ
49:30got it
49:34here is your winner
49:38and new world heavyweight champion
49:46the otc roman reigns
49:55roman reigns
49:56roman reigns is now a seven-time world champion
50:01the tribal chief is back at the head of the table
50:12i mean you can't take anything away from the warrior cm punk what a tremendous champion
50:22what an epic main event to cap off wrestlemania two men in that ring who went above and beyond the
50:32realms of what should be possible in pursuit of the world heavyweight championship
50:39cm punk never says die i mentioned it before it is the mo of his entire career in fact the
50:47mo
50:48of his entire life and it looked like once again tonight cm punk was going to do
50:53everything in his power to continue to reign as world heavyweight champion but in the end
51:00it was just too much the exhaustion got to punk roman reigns capitalized
51:06and is the new champion well let's look at some of the highlights of this match this is cm
51:13going for bro connecting
51:16from the top row through the announce table
51:20running his body on the line that's how much he needed this way but here's where the exhaustion kicked in
51:26going for yet another gts this would have been the killer blow
51:30that much we know but cm punk after so much abuse simply wilting under the weight of the otc's carcass
51:39that at that point was defenseless but here
51:43that spear number one followed up by number two and cm punk as groggy as you like simply was spent
52:01just one of the most stunning matches i have ever personally witnessed here
52:09on roman reigns tonight in the main event of wrestlemania the glory and the gold are all yours
52:27all seems right in the world once again roman reigns is holding gold roman reigns
52:38this is a world champion once to the sky for the otc the tribal chief who's back at the head
52:49of the table
52:50yes
53:02so
53:29you can all say what you want
53:33but Roman Reigns
53:35was built
53:37for Wrestlemania
54:17and Roman Reigns
54:20and Roman Reigns
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