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00:00The following is an unsanctioned match.
00:06There are no disqualifications, no countouts.
00:11The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
00:16WWE will not be held liable for damages or injuries.
00:24Kass! Lua! Kung! Fa! Tu!
00:59Introducing Kirst from Sacramento,
01:03California, weighed in for 291 pounds.
01:09The Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Bantu!
01:18Oh, Wade batten down the hatches.
01:22Well, this is gonna be wild.
01:24So much hatred, so much malignant content has been built up between these two superstars.
01:32The only way to get this done is in unsanctioned fashion.
01:35The company saying, do whatever you want to each other.
01:39We can't control you.
01:41We will not be held liable.
01:43Have at it in front of the eyes of the world.
01:45Drew McIntyre has gone back in time to revisit the history of Jacob Bantu and
01:51the time that he spent behind bars in prison.
01:54Jacob Bantu has talked about how he's changed.
01:57It's about his family now.
01:58It's about his wife and his kids.
02:00He is a werewolf, ready to win titles in WWE.
02:04But he said last night, Wade, if Drew McIntyre wants the old Jacob Bantu back for
02:10one night, he's gonna get him.
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02:25Let's Chumba!
02:32All gas, no breaks.
02:35You have to think that an unsanctioned match was made for Jacob Bantu.
02:42Well, there's certainly a lot of loathing, but there must be some fear, too,
02:46right here in Las Vegas for both of these competitors, knowing full well the damage
02:53that will be incurred by both men who are capable of the highest levels of violent savagery.
02:59Put your estás!
03:24That's where we catch all the scoops that we're on in the game.
03:47His opponent, from Air Scotland, weighed in for 285 pounds,
03:56Drew McIntyre.
04:00Now we know Drew McIntyre can get down and dirty with the best of them.
04:05Last year at WrestleMania, he knocked off Damian Priest in a thin city street fight.
04:12And today McIntyre has no rules to follow except to get a pinfall or
04:17a submission to win the match.
04:19Yeah, and this is a Drew McIntyre who was fully intent a few weeks ago on
04:25walking into WrestleMania as WWE Champion.
04:28That went out of the window when he lost it to Cody Rhodes.
04:32Thanks in large part to the arrival mid match of one Samoan werewolf.
04:39And that is why Drew McIntyre is laser focused on taking the werewolf down.
04:44Don't forget, Jacob Fatu still blames this man for kicking his teeth down his throat last year.
04:49And why did McIntyre do that?
04:51Because Jacob Fatu- So you're admitting he did it.
04:54Well, falsely- Look at this.
04:56Jacob Fatu, wasting a little time, going after Drew McIntyre.
05:00And this unsanctioned match is underway.
05:03Bouncing McIntyre off the barricade.
05:05And here comes an unhinged Jacob Fatu.
05:08Referee has very little he needs to do in this match other than count the three count or
05:13accept a submission, and I would not blame him for being well clear of these two until
05:19he needs to close in.
05:20McIntyre driven into the ring post by Jacob Fatu.
05:24He says, stealing scraps.
05:28I'm a werewolf on the hunt.
05:32And that werewolf looks ravenous right now, catching McIntyre cold.
05:37That's exactly what you need to do, get the upper hand early in this one.
05:42It's getting dangerous out here at ringside early, as Jacob Fatu now, sending a table into
05:48the ring completely legal under the rules of an unsanctioned match.
05:52Do you like the fact that Nick Aldis made this unsanctioned so WWE could not be held liable?
05:58Well, he had no choice whatsoever.
06:00You could have put a bunch of rules in place.
06:03You could have made sure this was an official match as is standard in WWE.
06:08These two are gonna throw it out the window anyway.
06:11Let's not forget, it wasn't that long ago, McIntyre got suspended for taking out a referee
06:16with a Claymore, and I've just noticed it's actually the referee in the ring right now.
06:20Wait up.
06:20And Jacob Fatu now unloading a toolbox.
06:25That is PTSD for McIntyre.
06:27And I'll tell you why, and you see McIntyre backing off here.
06:30McIntyre remembers CM Punk inside him in a cell.
06:34Toolbox and tools where McIntyre had 17 stitches to his skull.
06:39And now McIntyre looking to use the toolbox, or maybe not.
06:44Well, it almost ended the career with Drew McIntyre.
06:46And he wants to see another toolbox again in his life.
06:48Oh, and my goodness, Fatu whipped the back of his head, bouncing off the steel apron.
06:56And there's no letter whatsoever, nor should there be from McIntyre.
07:02It's kill or be kill now.
07:05And Jacob Fatu, both the front and back of his head, getting smashed into the steel of that ring frame.
07:14Jacob Fatu had McIntyre on his heels early.
07:19And just like this, Drew McIntyre has turned the tables.
07:23McIntyre prides himself on being the most vicious man in WWE, and he's certainly shown that over the past couple
07:30of years.
07:31If anyone can match him, it is Jacob Fatu.
07:34And McIntyre now looking to lift Fatu, but he's driven spine first into the post.
07:41So much raw power possessed by both of these men.
07:44So much durability.
07:47And McIntyre with a close eye, did you hear that?
07:49Did you hear the thud when McIntyre collapsed the chest of Jacob Fatu?
08:03And now using the phone to his advantage.
08:06Phone handed to him by his own brother who flew here to watch McIntyre compete for the WWE Championship.
08:14Part of why McIntyre is so irate.
08:16Didn't he learn a couple of years ago when he got involved in selfies and social media
08:20after he won the world title at WrestleMania, what happened to him?
08:24Well, it looks like he just tweeted something.
08:25Go check that out right now as McIntyre continues his assault
08:29with more weapons of war.
08:32And again, that McIntyre wrench comes...
08:35Oh, it's Fatu with an explosive clothesline.
08:38He shows you how quickly someone like Jacob Fatu can bounce back
08:42from the kind of assault levied at him so far.
08:45The grazed eyes, and there's the running senton.
08:48He is a freakish ability that Jacob Fatu possesses.
08:54It's a whirlwind of torture.
08:59Remember last year at WrestleMania, Jacob Fatu won the United States Championship.
09:07Question now is, has Drew McIntyre completely underestimated this warlord
09:15that is the Samoan werewolf?
09:17Payne homage to the great great Umaga and McIntyre.
09:22And look at this, Fatu, pop on Samoan.
09:26Cover by Fatu.
09:29Just to be clear, Drew McIntyre is 280 pounds.
09:35And Jacob Fatu threw him up in the air and caught him with ease.
09:39Let's take another look at this from Jacob Fatu.
09:44Popped in the air, caught on the way back down and driven down hard with that Samoan drop.
09:50This is just the second unstationed match in WrestleMania history.
09:57Remember when Seth Rollins beat Triple H nearly 10 years ago.
10:02Flying Glasgow kiss there, just about saving McIntyre when coming in swinging the steel was Jacob Fatu.
10:10And how quickly this one could turn around where every shot is as lethal as what we've seen.
10:15Yeah, the Velasco kiss, very lethal.
10:19McIntyre has used it to his advantage so many times over the years.
10:23Fatu now reverses this, McIntyre almost ran into his own chair, caught him with a back elbow.
10:28Put the brakes on just in the nick of time.
10:31Both men, ooh, starting to drag a little here and face first into that steel ring post.
10:36And now McIntyre, ooh, up and over goes Jacob Fatu.
10:41And now Drew McIntyre seems like he's entering the zone here.
10:44But McIntyre is just pissed off and he got thrown up in the air by Fatu.
10:49Here's a taste of your own medicine.
10:50I got some power too, Fatu.
10:52He's always pissed off, Wade.
10:54I mean, that probably wasn't the only reason.
10:56Just bitter, unpredictable, and hell-bent on scoring a major victory here in front of the wall.
11:05And the big man gonna fly over the top, take it out Fatu, Drew McIntyre.
11:12He's a Terminator in there.
11:14Just bouncing up immediately, knowing full well you've got to double down on this abuse.
11:19And now McIntyre looking for the death blow.
11:23Three, two, one.
11:26Back to the Claymore, Jacob able to duck underneath.
11:34And McIntyre now.
11:36Skull first into that steel chair and Wade out.
11:40Fatu, Mighty Moonsault, cover on McIntyre.
11:45McIntyre kicked out.
11:47Oh my God.
11:48I'm not sure anyone has ever kicked out of Fatu's Mighty Moonsault.
11:53Well, take a look at this first of all.
11:55McIntyre putting it all on the line and connecting with Fatu.
11:58But just when he'd eaten the steel head first, followed up by this double jump Moonsault,
12:04that is a signature of Fatu's.
12:06Everyone who's tasted that has been beaten until right now at WrestleMania.
12:12And McIntyre staying alive, living dangerously.
12:19Over 50,000 tonight at Allegiant Stadium.
12:23Joining this, enjoying this matchup on ESPN2 and Netflix internationally.
12:29And now McIntyre with a wrench to the back of the knee.
12:32Just kneecapping his opponent here and now going to town with a rough edge of that wrench.
12:38And again, you said it at the start of this match.
12:41Oh my God, he's going to blind him.
12:42Trying to take out the eye of Fatu here.
12:45And this is why it's unsanctioned, Cole.
12:48There's so much disdain, so much hatred, pure violence between these two men.
12:55I'm about to say both men starting to drag.
12:58But Drew McIntyre has found the second wind at exactly the right time.
13:02Oh, he's a machine. There's no doubt about it.
13:04Each and every time we see McIntyre in action, we're more and more impressed with what this man can accomplish.
13:09He may be the greatest in history to come from the British Isles.
13:13And I don't say that lightly, but he proves it time and time again.
13:16And he's only getting better.
13:18And now with a steel chair set up, McIntyre looking for a suplex.
13:22And Fatu sent through the chairs.
13:25Cover by McIntyre.
13:28And a kick out.
13:29I think the only thing that's safe there is he didn't collide with both of those chairs.
13:34Yeah, it took a glancing blow to the back, which will be incredibly painful.
13:39But it's certainly not gonna shatter the spine like McIntyre intended.
13:42And notice who the official is in this match, Dan Engler.
13:45He's had a, quite the history with Drew McIntyre.
13:49Drew McIntyre.
13:52And again, the referee can't do anything about it.
13:55Oh, no, no, no, no.
13:57He just took the belt.
13:58Well, we saw something similar a couple of weeks ago on SmackDown.
14:04McIntyre whipping the hell out of Jacob Fatu, a man he calls an unreformed convict.
14:10He's looking to humiliate him once again at WrestleMania.
14:14The leather belt is set.
14:17Fatu slowly making his way back to his feet and a super kick.
14:21Drops McIntyre.
14:23Just too much glee in the eyes of McIntyre there.
14:27Did not pounce when he could, waited a beat too long.
14:30And you can't do that with the werewolf.
14:32And now a chair to the spine.
14:34You saw McIntyre trying to crawl toward the belt.
14:36But Fatu with another steel chair.
14:38It's not just the spine.
14:41It's the kidneys that get shredded.
14:42And it may be payback time, Cole.
14:44I don't think he's giving it back to Angler.
14:48Jacob Fatu!
15:00Fatu is unleashed!
15:04Did you hear the strikes, Wade?
15:07Just absolute anarchy in that ring.
15:09And the frame of McIntyre may be shattered here.
15:14Payne coursing through his veins.
15:16Brain just shutting off.
15:19And once again, Fatu going back to that toolbox.
15:22McIntyre who's knocked off Brock and Seth and Priest and-
15:26No!
15:27Claymore!
15:27Jacob took a little too much time!
15:30Claymore by McIntyre!
15:32And Fatu kicks out!
15:34Oh, and that was a weak, weak kick out incredibly from Drew McIntyre's biggest weapon, the Claymore.
15:43The one that does all the damage.
15:44And now he's blaming the official for what he perceived was a slow count here.
15:48Both men so blinded by hatred, they've simply taken too long at times to launch vicious attacks.
15:54And their opponents have countered, and now they are both kicked out of their biggest moves.
16:00And where the hell do you go from here?
16:02Wrestlemania Saturday is underway.
16:04Jacob Fatu, Drew McIntyre, unsanctioned match.
16:31And now McIntyre looking to gain the upper hand.
16:34Headbutts go by Fatu, driving McIntyre down to the mat, and look at Jacob Fatu go.
16:38We're about to learn a lot about these two.
16:41Who has the biggest appetite for warfare?
16:46Somebody's hopes are fading rapidly.
16:48Who can dig the deepest?
16:52And Jacob Fatu now set to set up a table.
16:56Again, thank you for joining us on ESPN2 tonight for the first hour of Wrestlemania.
17:01The rest of the show will continue in just a few moments over on the ESPN app.
17:05Part of the unlimited plan as Jacob Fatu now looks to take McIntyre out as he sends him face first
17:12into the table.
17:16And that swaggering confidence of Drew McIntyre feels like a long time ago at this point.
17:24Oh goodness, right across the elbow of McIntyre.
17:30McIntyre's body simply would not cooperate with him at this point.
17:33Trying to get some feeling back in those fingers.
17:35He's got bigger problems than fingers coming up here though.
17:39And then McIntyre throwing on the table, Jacob Fatu looks to take the slow climb to the top rope, and
17:46McIntyre off the table, chair bounced off the face of Fatu, and now McIntyre with an opportunity.
17:54Exactly what you've got to do, wait until your opponent drops his guard, and then hope you've got enough left
18:01in the tank to do something like this.
18:03And now McIntyre, oh my goodness, McIntyre just sent Fatu through the table, which was set up here at ringside.
18:15And now McIntyre may have Fatu exactly where he wants him.
18:21What a devastating landing that was, and it is now all in the hands of McIntyre to put this one
18:27to bed.
18:31Fatu just trying to roll out of harm's way, as McIntyre again stalks his man, looks for the claymore, runs
18:38into a super kick by Fatu.
18:39Fatu, and another one by Fatu, drops McIntyre.
18:44Just incredible bounce back ability from Fatu, and once again loitering with intent, is that toolbox.
18:53Right off the skull of McIntyre, who may be out, Jacob Fatu, Manny Moonshot through the table.
19:09Here is your winner, the Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Fatu.
19:21It was as violent as we expected, and Jacob Fatu, look at him.
19:29Gray's look in his eye, as volatile as they come, what an incendiary matchup that was.
19:40Fatu somehow, some way, simply outlasting McIntyre, the volume of abuse both men absorbed was something to behold.
19:51Jacob Fatu said he was gonna go back in time for one night, and boy did he ever.
19:58Look how we got there, this is the moment McIntyre thought he had this thing, won't he, shot, fall to
20:03the outside, crashing through a table, and crashing down hard.
20:08The issue McIntyre has at this point, he's gotta get his opponent back in the ring, and that is when
20:13Jacob Fatu turned it around.
20:15That toolbox, once again in McIntyre's career, horns again, and then simply no way back from this, a one-two
20:23whammy, massive moonsault through the table, and what a victory for Jacob Fatu.
20:30Jacob Fatu puts to rest the demon known as Drew McIntyre.
20:40One, two, three.
20:49Jacob Fatu, impressive here tonight in this unsanctioned match against the Scottish warrior, Drew McIntyre.
20:57And you have to wonder if this finally closes the book on what has been a long, long, vicious rivalry.
21:06Well, for the safety of these two men, I certainly hope so, but Fatu going onwards and upwards from here,
21:13it always said,
21:14wants to be the number one representative of his family, and claims the top goal here.
21:20Where does Fatu's career go from here?
21:23All options are on the table, but for McIntyre, this is gonna be a bitter pill to swallow,
21:29and it's gonna take a long, long time to get over this loss.
21:33The handcuffs were off for Jacob Fatu tonight in an impressive win on the grand stage of WrestleMania.
21:42Ladies and gentlemen in the States, we would love to thank you for joining us for this special-
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