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10/4/2021 - Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Commentators : Michael Cole, Tom Philips, Byron Saxton, Jerry Lawler & Samoa Joe
Commentators : Michael Cole, Tom Philips, Byron Saxton, Jerry Lawler & Samoa Joe
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00:00WWE Championship!
00:47Ladies and gentlemen, the Scottish warrior, Drew McIntyre, hellbent on getting his WWE Championship back last year at WrestleMania.
00:57He would beat Brock Lesnar, he would carry Raw through the pandemic era.
01:02This guy's, his moment, his reward, the first match of WrestleMania in front of the WWE Universe.
01:10We saw Drew McIntyre a few moments ago nearly jumping out of his skin.
01:14He could not wait any longer for this moment right here, right now.
01:18And to quote Drew McIntyre himself and Bobby Lashley are going to tear each other to shreds.
01:25That's right, Joe, this is not going to be a match for the Phantom Heart.
01:28No, indeed it will be not.
01:30Drew McIntyre is primed and ready and laser focused on what he needs to do.
01:34And at the risk of amping another famous Highlanders line.
01:38Tonight, Drew McIntyre realizes there can only be one.
01:55All you have to do is look at the smile on the face of Drew McIntyre to know what this
02:00moment means to him.
02:08That's right now.
02:11He's back.
02:12He's back.
02:13He is back.
02:15He is back.
02:26Are you guys?
02:27No, just go on.
02:28And it's still coming.
02:28All right, keep going.
02:29Here we go!
02:29Here we go.
02:30Let's go!
02:30Look at him!
02:31He's back.
02:31And now, we're here.
02:54to me two words describe the almighty wwe champion those words are supreme
03:02dominance lashley has been as dominant as any champion that i can remember in recent memory
03:07and aside from being dominant michael cole he has been completely and utterly ruthless in all
03:13things that he does bobby lashley only knows one way to handle himself and that's by destroying
03:18anything that dares to stand in front of him byron look at the eyes of bobby lashley look at the
03:23gaze
03:24staring down mcintyre ready for battle think about what mbp said earlier on that championship
03:29changes you that's 16 pounds of gold that wwe title has changed bobby lashley it forced him to
03:35several relationships he had with his former associate cedric alexander shelton benjamin
03:40because it's all about the championship it's all about bobby lashley it's about what bobby
03:44lashley wants and that is to absolutely dominate wwe you've been a world champion that's what you have
03:50to do to be on top well without a doubt and bobby lashley understands that these are the things the
03:55the ruthlessness the aggression the dominance that make him wwe champion
04:12the following contest scheduled for one fall is for the wwe championship
04:25introducing the challenger from air scotland weighing in at 265 pounds drew mcintyre
04:41and his opponent accompanied to the ring by mvp the almighty wwe champion bobby lashley
04:57and that ladies and gentlemen is what it is all about for 60 years the wwe championship has been
05:06the most important title in the world of sports entertainment to become a legend in this business
05:12to become a hall of famer you have to have held the wwe championship and tonight lashley and mcintyre clash
05:21for the prize to kick off wrestlemania mcintyre and lashley have not taken the rise off each other
05:30and here we go mcintyre and lashley lock up center of the ring and the powerful bobby lashley now trying
05:37to back mcintyre in the corner drew mcintyre look at this two pulls in there right now lastly and mcintyre
05:42and
05:42mcintyre holding his own against the powerful lashley
05:47maybe he's been trying to jockey for position
05:52and a stalemate in the early going mcintyre 65 265
05:57lashley 63 260. two bulls going at it in this matchup i cannot i cannot tell you enough how important
06:06it is
06:06to establish a dominant posture early on in this matchup mcintyre looking to win his third wwe
06:13championship and a shoulder tackle by lashley and mcintyre pops right back up think about the message
06:19that sends to bobby lashley right now if you're drew mcintyre lastly it's gonna take a whole lot more
06:25than you expect to keep me down and you you saw mvp here at a ringside shouting instructions to lashley
06:32you have to know that they spent a lot of time watching tape on mcintyre heading into this matchup
06:39mcintyre lost the wwe title when the miz cashed in the money in the bank contract
06:43lashley would go on to beat miz leapfrog by lashley mcintyre whoa
06:53now it is drew mcintyre who takes the wwe champion off of his feet
07:02lashley's shocked by the reaction from mcintyre
07:07lastly will not be disrespected
07:10and neither will mcintyre and now the slugfest begins and lastly drives the needle midsection
07:16now the former champion driven back to the corner this is what you expected you knew it wasn't going
07:20to be pretty but you knew it was going to be ultra painful and mcintyre now reverses things and
07:25he's going to unload on lashley mcintyre's teeing off and remember champion has the advantage tonight
07:31mcintyre can only win the title via pinfall or submission
07:36see lashley seek out the help of other superstars to attempt to derail
07:40drew mcintyre's path here to wrestlemania obviously those efforts failed
07:45oh and lashley knocked over the top rope countouts do not help mcintyre he'll have to get
07:51the champion back of the ring mcintyre well aware allowing no reprieve for bobby lashley
07:57and mcintyre stalking lashley and lashley now driving mcintyre kidney first into the barricade
08:03i mean one does not stop bobby lashley
08:08now lashley driving mcintyre into the barricade and lashley has taken control now in this matchup
08:16joe is going to ask you what lashley needed to do to knock off mcintyre here tonight well i believe
08:21bobby lashley is demonstrating it right now and now mcintyre again driven into the barricade by the
08:27champion it's not often you see a superstar able to manhandle drew mcintyre the way that bobby
08:34lashley is right now i followed lashley's career since he first burst on the scene in wwe we have never
08:38seen him as intense as he has been the past couple of months he understands what it means to be
08:44wwe
08:45champion what it means for his career what it means to his life now lashley with a neck breaker let's
08:53not forget it took drew mcintyre 17 years for this first championship from brock lesnar and you better
08:57believe tonight he is going to win it right back again well joe and i agree bobby lashley 16 years
09:02to
09:02win his first wwe championship i'm not taking anything away from either one of these superstars
09:07so much on the line here tonight at wrestlemania all those 16 years that bobby lashley has worked
09:13for this moment you are going to have to do unimaginable things to wrestle that championship
09:17away from him and joe i think drew mcintyre is capable of doing unimaginable things well we've
09:23seen it in the past michael cole oh but look look at bobby lashley just absolutely domineering
09:30lashley has a point to prove here tonight he's heard whispers there's been a lot of whispers out
09:35there that lashley beat ms for the title he didn't knock off the true champion mcintyre
09:40leslie wants to lashley wants to dispel those rumors tonight hey i don't totally agree with that i think
09:46you've seen over the last few months how dominant actually has been and that dominance has only got
09:51oh man oh even worse since becoming wwe champion
09:58and lashley into the corner mcintyre sidesteps and lashley goes shoulder first into the post
10:04i'm opening right now for drew mcintyre mcintyre now goes to work on the left arm oh oh
10:10mcintyre is targeted at all and lashley a great technical wrestler an amateur wrestler as well
10:16looking to block now the arm bar submission by mcintyre bobby lashley doing his best to fight that arm
10:20board how smart though is mcintyre going right for the arm after lashley went shoulder first to the
10:26post and out pound and ground by lashley dropping those cinder block like fists
10:33immediately thwarting the plans that drew mcintyre had but it's smart for mcintyre to target the arm
10:39joe because of course lashley's submission hold the hurt block is so dangerous and it relies on the strength
10:44in the arms and so much of the power-based offense of bobby lashley is predicated on the use of
10:49those
10:50arms mcintyre dragging himself up in the corner wwe fans looking to cheer mcintyre on here at raymond
10:58james stadium for wrestlemania viciously driving those shoulders into the abdomen of drew mcintyre
11:06is bobby lashley but notice he was using the right shoulder that time jump yeah i did notice i did
11:11not
11:12but i will say this bobby lashley is a very very difficult man to hurt and al mcintyre whipped
11:21across the ring with authority and when he explodes out of the corner and catches lashley with a clothesline
11:25and now mcintyre looking to rally in this matchup for the wwe title
11:34mcintyre ducks underneath the clothesline and another great throw by mcintyre this is how
11:40quickly true mcintyre can turn the situation around can turn a match around and suddenly
11:45lashley may be on his heels oh by mcintyre an mvp with a look of concern on his face at
11:52ringside
11:53as well as lashley's in trouble deathbreaker by mcintyre ashley is down mcintyre well well not for
12:01long chip up by mcintyre i spoke too soon here comes the scottish warrior the challenger is getting amped up
12:13feeling the moment
12:19and mcintyre kicked to the med section setting up lashley looking for the future shock ddt looking
12:24for it but lashley backs it into the corner does not allow mcintyre to deliver
12:30a ddt could have ended this match this shows you the familiarity lashley and mcintyre have for each
12:36other's styles and bobby runs into an elbow by mcintyre and mcintyre with a waist lock applied was he
12:43looking for a german suplex oh here's the cover and a kick out by lashley at two great innovation
12:50there joe by mcintyre a tremendous tremendous innovation by mcintyre and an amazing counter to
12:56a charging bobby lashley one word needed focus mvp telling the champion that and again mcintyre
13:06working on the injured left arm of lashley lastly fighting out of it
13:14oh my god what a collision and bobby lashley now looking at wait a minute
13:20mcintyre away has about top face first goes mcintyre to retain the championship
13:39and again another look watch the impact mcintyre face first
13:44it's gonna have been the best shot that bobby lashley has fired up to this point in this matchup
13:50doesn't look like bobby lashley's done firing yet firing mvp screaming to lashley to finish mcintyre that's
13:56what bobby's gonna try to do here mcintyre able to slip underneath oh give us a kiss bobby
14:00right back at it and now oh my goodness the power what a response by the wwe champion mcintyre may
14:09be
14:09cover cover cover to retain for lashley mcintyre with a shoulder up at two
14:18bobby lashley thought he had mcintyre put away watch the impact
14:25the impact on the mcintyre uh-oh lastly stalking looking for the hurt lock on mcintyre can he get
14:33his hands locked in mcintyre able to fight off at least for the moment
14:38your back entire felt the effects of that hook lock a couple weeks ago on raw he knows how dangerous
14:43it can be and now lastly with mcintyre up on his shoulders drew able to fight out of it
14:51and mcintyre realizes the danger of the hurt lock he's been in it before
14:56a couple of elbows now hard elbows and another by mcintyre oh and a cavalcade of strikes from
15:04mcintyre this match is physical as we expected that's about to get more physical michael uh-oh
15:10lashley the champion in trouble this could be it this could finish the wwe champion
15:15lashley face first mcintyre with an opportunity to regain the championship cover now on lashley
15:21is it enough and a kick out by lashley at two
15:26and that was a hair's breath away michael cole right now drew mcintyre knows he cannot let up
15:32you might be frustrated right now but you cannot let up you've got bobby lashley right where you want
15:36him mcintyre has waited a long time for this night to perform at wrestlemania in front of the wwe
15:43universe with a championship on the line lashley now up to the top rope what is macket oh and the
15:52thunder's rolling through the highlands michael cole
15:57it's a dangerous position for both mcintyre and lashley right now yeah the danger the danger zone
16:03for these two huge men oh boy all the way up top rope
16:09what the hell is he gonna do here the rough right down oh my goodness i thought mcintyre seemingly
16:15looking for a superplex yeah but lashley had it scouted was able to shift the balance and take control
16:23this is smart right now look at this mcintyre with that double wrist like that kimura
16:28mcintyre of course uh knows what the kimura is all about
16:32having faced brock lesnar and now lashley though fighting out of it mcintyre didn't have it nearly
16:37locked in enough joe oh and now mcintyre is in a very very precarious situation bobby last
16:45oh my goodness by mcintyre you gotta be kidding me last ditch effort and it worked for drew mcintyre
16:57mcintyre lining lashley up and lastly a second time in this match
17:06is this the beginning of the end for drew mcintyre i believe joe mcintyre was going for the claymore
17:12he indeed was and bobby lashley said not today sir lastly intercepting mcintyre and a thunder and now
17:19mcintyre comes up and the look of disbelief in the eyes of the champion i can't believe it
17:29bring it bitch whoa and lastly will and so will mcintyre
17:34mcintyre is bringing it to lashley and now lastly lastly lastly fighting back backing
17:40mcintyre into the ropes and bobby lashley now unloading
17:47reversal by mcintyre and another belly to belly by mcintyre
17:55and now ducks underneath future shock ddt is it enough to win the championship
18:01well mcintyre's not done he's going for it again a second time no he's not finished looking for the
18:07trifecta mcintyre
18:13with a fire future shock cover to win the title for a third time
18:21still not enough are you kidding me
18:30how in the world did bobby lashley kick out after three of those ddt's well michael
18:36and you know what because he's bobby lashley because bobby lashley is just that tough i mean
18:41it's amazing bobby lashley's even conscious right now
18:52mcintyre feeding off the wwe fans he may have the champion where he wants him
18:59oh and bobby lashley wisely falling to the mat and slipping out of harm's way
19:06i don't think last is going to be safe out there mcintyre
19:09i love it drew mcintyre pulling out all the stocks that is a 265 pound airbus that just went flying
19:21over the top rope
19:22he's got mbp too
19:28this is a frightening sight for lashley and mbp drew mcintyre taking to the skies and doing whatever it takes
19:43and now mcintyre pulling himself up to the apron lashley still stunned middle of the ring and drew
19:49mcintyre looks like he's going to climb to the top rope again another high risk maneuver coming from
19:54mcintyre lashley caught mcintyre looking for the heart lock oh he's fishing for it bobby lashley
20:00he's almost there he's almost connected it but again mcintyre was able to block at least momentarily
20:07but lashley face first goes back and tire
20:16now it is bobby lashley who is poised to end this bobby lashley looking for the hurt lock on the
20:25challenger stalking drew mcintyre and looking to lock it in but mcintyre again able to block still
20:30lashley does not have his fingers together but lashley is close he is very very close his fingers
20:35just inches apart for lashley oh this is a battle of wills mcintyre looking to stay out of the hurt
20:40oh my
20:41goodness that is one way to get out of the situation mcintyre's down but quickly back to his feet
20:49but this match has taken its toll on mcintyre oh wait a minute he went for the spy buster again
20:54he's right back in the kimura he turned it into the kimura again oh he got a boxy this time
20:59lashley
21:00struggling to hold on lashes in the middle of the ring there's nowhere to go michael cole
21:04mcintyre's got the kimura and if lashley taps mcintyre wins the title is lashley gonna tap
21:10lashley's close to tapping the kimura locked in mcintyre with everything he's got
21:15mcintyre holding out with their life oh mcintyre just pushing through on the force with all the
21:19pressure lashley trying to somehow drag mcintyre toward the ropes so the champion have anything
21:25left that he does and it forces the break
21:32man joe if you're drew mcintyre what is going through your mind now you're wondering what bobby
21:37lashley is made out of i mean the amount of punishment he has taken and he is still and he
21:42is still
21:42standing but byron mcintyre and then again if you're bobby lashley right now you got to be
21:47thinking what do i have to do to somehow leave wrestlemania with my wwe championship let's not
21:52forget mcintyre still has one weapon left you see mcintyre attempt to use that claymore was
21:59unsuccessful earlier on this is raymond james stadium this is tampa bay this is wrestlemania this is for
22:05the wwe title mcintyre and lashley in a slugfest now do you want more it's about who wants it the
22:12most
22:15mcintyre now driven into the top turnbuckle by lashley
22:22and now bobby lashley runs into a kick by mcintyre that'll stop lashley in his tracks
22:29oh laskow kiss ashley looks a little rocked in the corner here it comes here comes the claymore wait a
22:39minute nvp nvp caused a distraction screaming at mcintyre lashley took advantage mcintyre was
22:47looking for the claymore and bobby lashley took advantage and now lashley looking for it it's in
22:52trying to get the hurt locked in it's locked in it's in but she's got it in actually's got the
22:57hurt locked in mcintyre fading mcintyre's fading lashley's got it in mcintyre's a long way from salvation
23:03those ropes are already far far way away mcintyre trying to somehow fight out one last gasp against
23:10the champion he's gonna do it mcintyre's gonna do it he's gonna power out of this yeah but mcintyre's
23:14back down to one knee bobby lashley's got the hurt lock in good look at the grip by lashley around
23:20the
23:20back of the neck by mcintyre who's trying to rally mcintyre using the uh the turnbuckle to his
23:31advantage but lastly will not let go there is no escape from bobby lashley this has got to be
23:37excruciating pain for drew mcintyre the almighty is just relentless and mcintyre's fading mcintyre is
23:45fading mcintyre may be out the official's right there hurt lock in and it's over bobby lashley
23:51retains here's your winner and still the almighty wwe champion bobby lashley
24:02drew mcintyre did not tap out drew mcintyre passed out bobby lashley with a hurt lock retains the
24:09championship it doesn't matter it doesn't matter because you're looking at the champion standing in the
24:14middle of the ring and bobby lashley this was a physical war between drew mcintyre and the still
24:23wwe champion bobby lashley so i want you guys to show i want to show you guys the turning point
24:29of
24:29the match drew mcintyre was setting up for the claymore kick and you have to believe if he hit
24:34it he may have won the wwe championship but mvp paying dividends byron watch the distraction by mvp
24:41mcintyre turns his attention and that allows lashley to take control uncharacteristic move by
24:48mcintyre to hold paul pray to that distraction and lashley would take advantage the devastating hurt lock
24:59mcintyre passes out bobby lashley retains and the almighty wwe champion continues his impressive
25:10reign congratulations to bobby lashley
25:18the almighty era has begun gentlemen
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