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Episode 01: This Week in WWE 883
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00:07Then, now, forever, together.
00:33Okay, did I go to Drew McIntyre's home?
00:36Did a member of law enforcement get thrown into the water?
00:40Did things get physical?
00:41Yes.
00:54That little yard brawl was one-tenth of what should happen
00:59right here, right now, with me and Drew McIntyre in this very ring.
01:06Cody, I don't think you appreciate the situation you've got yourself into.
01:12And to make things worse, I had to make a bad deal.
01:15If I come back, I get my WWE Championship match with Cody Woods.
01:19But I want to pick the stipulation.
01:22I can live with that.
01:22Okay.
01:23Pleasure doing business with you, buddy.
01:26Yes, you're the champ, but you're not above the law.
01:30When Drew comes back, if he pays the fine and makes that public apology to Dan Engler,
01:38Cody, you can't lay a finger on Drew McIntyre.
01:43McIntyre.
01:44Or what?
01:47Or I have to strip you of the WWE Championship.
01:54Merry Christmas, asshole.
01:57You're out of control.
01:59You're not good for that championship.
02:01You're not fit for the job, but I am.
02:04I feel like you've forgotten who you're talking to.
02:08And here you are saying that I'm not above the law as long as I have this title.
02:13I am the law.
02:18Mr. Aldis, my friend, your demand, his demand.
02:23Remember one thing while I am holding this.
02:26I don't work for you.
02:28I work for them.
02:32And you, my friend, you work for me.
02:47The heated rivalry between Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
02:53And this week in WWE was certainly no exception.
02:56Welcome on in, everyone, to a fun and fresh new episode.
02:59I'm Megan Morant.
03:00And if there's one thing about Drew McIntyre, it's that he can get under a person's skin.
03:05Specifically, the undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes.
03:09With Drew having already begun to fulfill his terms by signing the contract,
03:14Nick Aldis was quick to remind Cody that he couldn't lay his hands on McIntyre
03:19once Drew apologized to WWE official Dan Angler and paid his fine.
03:24Not unless Cody wanted to be stripped of his championship.
03:27The American nightmare grew more and more agitated as the night continued.
03:32But finally, the Scottish warrior held up his end of the bargain, handing the SmackDown general manager a check
03:38and apologizing to Dan Angler.
03:40And while the apology seems sincere at first, well, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
03:47I also apologize that it was obviously your dream to be a wrestler right here in this ring,
03:54doing what I do, former world champion.
03:56But you weren't good enough, so you had to be a referee.
04:01Let me come down to your level.
04:05I apologize that your lovely wife, Melissa, had to watch me claymore you in the face.
04:13And she had to think to herself, I wish I had a husband like Drew
04:17that stood up for his convictions no matter the consequences.
04:21I get why you did it, you had to save yourself, you had to screw me to save yourself, protect
04:26Cody.
04:28But I feel sorry and I apologize for your children.
04:35That they have such a coward, corporate, stooge for a father.
04:41Oh, I'm not finished there.
04:43I could go on all day.
04:44You want to do something?
04:45You want to be a man?
04:46Do you want to hit me?
04:47Do you want to get revenge on me right now?
04:50Go for it, Dan.
04:53Get.
04:59I know why you're so upset.
05:02It's because they attacked you on your tour bus, your home away from home,
05:07where your family sleeps.
05:10But your family weren't there when I attacked you, were they?
05:14But I wish they were there.
05:18I wish your children could see a real man put the boots to you.
05:25I wish your wife, Brandi, could see what a real daddy looks like.
05:33Come on, come on, come on, I know you want to do it.
05:36Do it, strike.
05:42You want to know the stipulation?
05:46You want to know?
05:47Help me!
05:47We're not doing this match in America.
05:49You've screwed me three times here.
05:51We're taking this to Berlin, Germany.
05:56Trying to make my life hell.
05:58I'm obviously in your head making it hell.
06:00How about this?
06:03Drew McIntyre against Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship.
06:09Three stages of hell.
06:16Absolutely, you're done.
06:17You agree?
06:18Yes, I agree.
06:20We're agreed.
06:22There's one more thing.
06:31When I torture you in Berlin,
06:35when I send you straight to hell.
06:43Say hi to your dad for me.
06:46Say hi to your dad for me.
06:51Claymore!
07:05McIntyre knows exactly what he's doing.
07:09Cody Rhodes is handcuffed.
07:12He can't touch Drew McIntyre for another two weeks.
07:34Oh, Lash thinking about ending this one.
07:36Could be looking for the Lash extension.
07:39Charlotte able to muscle her way up and over.
07:41Oh, and it turns into a DDT.
07:42Great counter by Charlotte.
07:46Looking for a cover.
07:49Charlotte Flair, I think, is all out of sorts.
07:51This has been a beatdown, courtesy of Lash Legend.
07:55Charlotte needs to compose herself.
07:57A little disrespect from the Queen.
08:00Megan to climb to the top.
08:04Charlotte, top rope.
08:08Moonsault by Flair.
08:09Here's the cover.
08:11Oh, and Legend just able to kick out.
08:14And, you know, honestly, Cole,
08:15I think Charlotte has to blame herself.
08:17Let's take another look at this.
08:19A picture-perfect moonsault from Flair.
08:21We've seen her do it a million times.
08:23But Charlotte got a little cute on the cover.
08:26She used an unorthodox hook of the leg,
08:28and that may have cost the Queen the win.
08:32And now attacking the base of Lash Legend.
08:37A smart strategy.
08:38I'm a little surprised that Charlotte didn't employ it earlier.
08:42But Flair kicked into the turnbuckle after she took her eye off the ball.
08:47Look out, Nia.
08:48Nia Jax now.
08:49Alexa plays from behind.
08:50Going to make Nia Jax pay.
08:53And Lash Legend.
08:56Looking on.
08:57And Charlotte Flair.
08:58Up and over.
08:59Going to make Lash pay.
09:01Shoulders down again.
09:02Charlotte with the win.
09:06Here is your winner, Charlotte Flair!
09:19Not going to lie, after last week, it was nice to see Lash lose.
09:23Well, as long as we do that to every team every week
09:25and bring the tag team titles back.
09:32Are you guys talking about the tag team titles?
09:35No.
09:38Because you seem very confident.
09:41And I feel like I need to remind you that,
09:44you and I, we have a tag team championship match coming up.
09:48You do?
09:49Yeah.
09:49And once we win, they're going to stay with us.
09:53Okay, I don't think so.
09:54Why don't you count us out?
09:56The kind of bull crap you pulled out there.
09:58What happened to me?
09:59I don't think so.
10:00I don't think so.
10:05Stop!
10:09Hey, come on.
10:10Enough!
10:11Everybody stop!
10:12Enough!
10:15All adults here.
10:16All right.
10:17This chaos has gone far enough.
10:18So here's what we're going to do.
10:20Next week on SmackDown in Buffalo, New York,
10:23you're going to be in an eight-woman tag team match.
10:25So you can all face off before your big tag title match on Raw in Brooklyn.
10:30Maybe that way, you can get this intense dislike for each other
10:32out of your system.
10:35It's a little bit more than an intense fall.
10:42After months of betrayals, insults, and bloodthirst
10:46across the women's tag team division,
10:48an opportunity for all hell to break loose
10:50comes on Friday Night SmackDown.
10:53Rio, Alexa Bliss, and Charlotte Flair
10:55face off against Nia Jax, Flash Legend,
10:58and the current tag team champions, the Kabuki Warriors,
11:01in an eight-woman tag team match,
11:03certain to turn the ring into a war zone.
11:08Even in the midst of all the chaos,
11:10you can always count on Asuka to find time to gloat.
11:13After defeating Rhea Ripley two weeks ago,
11:16Asuka wanted to make it clear that mommy was no match for her,
11:19and if you thought she stood a chance,
11:21well, then you are just a stupid baby.
11:24Asuka's words, not mine.
11:26The Empress of Tomorrow went on to say
11:27that the outcome of the women's tag team championship match
11:30Monday on Raw will have the same outcome
11:32as their one-on-one match,
11:34but Rhea and Io just couldn't bear another word.
11:42They are the number one contenders for tag goal,
11:46but it looks like ahead of next week's showdown,
11:49we might get a little taste of what's to come.
11:53We've gotten a big taste of poison mist
11:55and insane elbows as the finally early part
11:58of the championship reign of the Kabuki Warriors.
12:01And now, here we go!
12:03We're a week away
12:04from meeting up in Brooklyn,
12:07and Io and Rhea take the ring.
12:10Io moving a lot better than she was last week,
12:13and that's the ball for the Kabuki Warriors.
12:17What a throwdown.
12:18We're getting it ringside here.
12:20The Kabuki Warriors came down to talk trash,
12:23but now they are eating shots
12:26left, right, and center.
12:27Io!
12:29Io's back,
12:30right to the edge of our reinforced announce desk.
12:33Oh, watch your back, Jairi.
12:34Oh, big right hand from Mami.
12:37Right on the jaw.
12:38She checks.
12:40Oh!
12:41Asuka,
12:43right to work.
12:44This is a chance for the Kabuki Warriors
12:46to redo some damage now,
12:48especially to Io,
12:49ahead of that showdown
12:51in seven days' time for the gold.
12:53Make your job that much easier.
12:56Oh, now it's just a beatdown of two-on-one
12:58as they throw Rhea back into the ring.
13:01The Kabuki Warriors
13:02just pummeling,
13:04pummeling Rhea Ripley.
13:06And it tells you what a mistake
13:08by next week's challenges
13:09to head out here
13:10and try and attack the Kabuki Warriors.
13:13Stay wrapped up in cotton wool
13:15until you're up at your...
13:17Oh!
13:17Oh!
13:18Io's back!
13:19Forget the insane elbow!
13:21Here's Io Sky!
13:23Io moving like a bolt of lightning
13:26and this one has turned around
13:27in a hurry.
13:28The Kabuki Warriors
13:29getting smashed in that ring.
13:31She's got RIP time lined up!
13:34Oh, out the back doors,
13:35Kairi Sane,
13:36but a big elbow from Ripley.
13:40Kabuki Warriors,
13:42the reigning tag champs,
13:43looking completely ragged
13:45after that assault by Rhea Ripley
13:47and Io Sky.
13:55From Brooklyn,
13:57the women's tag team championship match,
14:01the Kabuki Warriors
14:02against Ripley
14:04and Io Sky.
14:08The stage is set for this battle,
14:11fueled by resentment and pride
14:13with the Kabuki Warriors
14:14striving to prove
14:15that they are two competitors
14:17who are simply untouchable
14:19in the ring
14:19by putting an end
14:20to Rhea and Io
14:21just as soon
14:23as their new tag team
14:24is getting started.
14:25But there is no chance
14:27Asuka and Kairi's supremacy
14:28will go uncontested
14:30because when it comes
14:31to the tag team titles,
14:33Rhea is not backing down.
14:41And Hayes now out to the apron
14:43looking for a DDT,
14:44but Dragunov caught him.
14:46To still possess
14:47this type of power
14:48this deep into a matchup
14:50speaks volumes
14:50about the physical condition
14:52of Ilya Dragunov.
14:54What's Dragunov gonna do here?
14:55Hayes in desperation
14:57delivering elbows to the jaw.
15:05Both men cruised,
15:07battered,
15:08but too proud to quit.
15:09Beating the hell
15:10out of each other.
15:12Dragunov now.
15:14No!
15:14Out of the apron!
15:17Hayes may be out.
15:23I'm not sure
15:24Carmelo Hayes
15:25has any idea
15:25where he is.
15:27Dragunov does though.
15:28He's got Hayes
15:29in his sights.
15:30Dragunov.
15:30From the top rope.
15:34First 48!
15:36First 48!
15:38Melo's got a chance!
15:40Melo's got a chance!
15:42He's gonna do it!
15:43Carmelo Hayes
15:45nothing but net!
15:47The cover!
15:49Case closed!
15:51Case closed!
15:52Hayes is a champion!
15:54Here is your winner
15:55and the new
15:59United States
16:00champion!
16:03Carmelo Hayes!
16:08Never quit and handle problems
16:10and I crush them all.
16:11Yeah!
16:11Shoulders use the whole weight
16:13and now I dust them all.
16:14All these busts
16:15and they tough
16:16until I come along.
16:17I've been in this
16:18here for years
16:19and I'm running strong.
16:20What a fighting champion
16:22Ilya Dragunov was!
16:24And what a tremendous
16:26show of sportsmanship!
16:33After Ilya Dragunov let the pain entertain us for seven intense United States Championship defenses,
16:40Carmelo Hayes was the one to turn that pain into triumph.
16:43In a match with both competitors leaving everything in the ring,
16:47Hayes coming out on top shows beyond a shadow of a doubt why he is him.
16:52But Carmelo isn't the only one leaving the WWE Universe stunned
16:56as the women's intercontinental champion Maxine Dupree's feud has brought out a whole new vicious side of the champ
17:02and a whole new holier-than-thou side of the challenger.
17:08Becky, choose your next move wisely.
17:11Because if I get a hold of that, you've got two choices.
17:15A, and my personal favorite, I'll break it.
17:20Or B, B is still a good option.
17:24You submit again.
17:30Who's a moody Maxie?
17:32This is what I'm talking about.
17:33You're very, very moody.
17:35I, I didn't come out here to fight.
17:38I never start a fight.
17:40Although I do finish them.
17:45I, I, I came to give you
17:52credit.
17:57Okay.
17:58When, when I first saw you, I thought you were awful, terrible.
18:02The worst thing that I've ever seen.
18:03Do you have a point?
18:05Yes.
18:07Over the last few weeks or months, you've, you've.
18:17You've, you've gotten a tiny bit better, and you were able to get away with stealing a title, and that's
18:23not nothing.
18:24Becky, the only thing I stole from you is the spotlight.
18:30I earned this title, and if you can't realize that, I will make you realize it next week.
18:35And you're not going to come out here, and blame the ref, and claim corruption.
18:39No, no, no.
18:40It'll be all me, but I won't be the only one saying it.
18:44Everybody will be saying it.
18:46Hey, Sports Illustrated might even say it.
18:49And Becky Lynch, you will say it.
18:52Maxine Dupree, Intercontinental Champion.
19:00Listen to me, you little pump.
19:02I came out here to be nice, okay?
19:04Because I'm a very nice person, okay?
19:07All right.
19:08But you think, you think four weeks of training in a dungeon is going to make up for the lifetime
19:13that I've given to this business?
19:16I am a Royal Rumble winner.
19:18I am a Grand Slam champion.
19:20I won the main event of WrestleMania.
19:22I am the greatest female wrestler of all time, and it's not just me saying it.
19:27Sports Illustrated says it.
19:28Everybody says it.
19:29The Bleacher Report says it, okay?
19:33And I didn't just get there because everything went my way.
19:37No, I climbed every mountain.
19:40I overcame every corruption and injustice perpetrated against me, okay?
19:46And it is not over.
19:48It is never over until I win.
19:51And I always find a way to win.
19:56But you, you, you, you, you think you stole the spotlight.
20:00Well, in one week, in one week, Maxine, all eyes are going to be on you.
20:05And you've got to ask yourself, are you everything they think you are?
20:14Or are you going to be everything that I know you are?
20:19Welcome to the big time.
20:27The fuse is lit for an explosive rematch between Becky Lynch and Maxine Dupree
20:31with the Women's Intercontinental Championship on the line Monday on Raw.
20:35A Becky Lynch with an unbreakable determination to put the rookie in her place
20:40is a dangerous Becky Lynch.
20:42But with such a massive opportunity for Maxine to take down a seasoned veteran,
20:46will the burden of expectation become too much for Dupree, or will she beat the odds?
20:57On the final Monday Night Raw of 2025,
21:00Stephanie Vaquer defended her Women's World title against Raquel Rodriguez
21:04and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella.
21:07All three of these superstars have a bone to pick with one another,
21:11and it all goes back to Survivor Series.
21:13Nikki Bella was inconsolable after her loss in San Diego to Stephanie
21:17and refused to go to the back of the line.
21:20Instead, Bella decided to interfere in Stephanie's championship match
21:24against Raquel Rodriguez a few weeks later
21:26to remind Stephanie that Nikki wasn't going anywhere.
21:29And while it seemed that Bella successfully turned Stephanie's attention back
21:34to the Hall of Famer, Raquel Rodriguez wasn't going to go away quietly.
21:38So the champ took matters into her own hands, demanding both at the same time
21:43in a triple threat match for the Women's World Championship.
21:48Stephanie Vaquer trying to rally here and create some momentum with offense.
21:56Oh, Raquel denying it.
21:57Well, Raquel just a momentum stopper in her own right.
22:05Oh, Raquel trying her best to deadlift, power up Vaquer into a vertical suplex,
22:15but fell victim to that trap of a small package.
22:19And this one is anybody's guess at this point, Joe.
22:25All three women have massive opportunities to put this to bed.
22:29All three women bringing their A game.
22:33But Will's putting her in the target zone here.
22:35She's lining her up.
22:37Stephanie Vaquer this time doesn't go her way.
22:40Meanwhile, Nikki Bella's right back in the mix of it.
22:42Nikki Bella pin and combination to try to take gold.
22:46She's had a little difficulty manipulating the frame of Raquel there for that pin,
22:52and it proved pivotal.
22:54Just in the nick of time, Raquel kicking out there.
22:58And was that the final chance for Nikki Bella to win this thing?
23:02No compromise position right here for Vaquer.
23:07Oh, are you kidding me?
23:09Raquel Rodriguez, how about a two for one?
23:14Tend to that double to Hanabom.
23:16We only get a single.
23:17Oh, watch out, Raquel.
23:18Oh, she went for the roll-up and instead out of the ring.
23:20Meanwhile, back in the ring.
23:22That is how Vaquer retains.
23:25Here is the winner.
23:28And still, the women's world champion, Stephanie Vaquer.
23:50What the hell are you doing?
23:54I wanted you to know why I was wearing the mask.
23:59I wanted everybody to fill my actions before they saw my face.
24:05And I've made some bad decisions.
24:07I got comfortable.
24:09I got injured.
24:11But then I saw the vision.
24:13You didn't wait for anything.
24:16You took.
24:17And that's me now.
24:19I take.
24:20And I know the vision's got a match tonight.
24:22And I'd love to take that opportunity and help out.
24:26Very interesting.
24:29Austin Theory now wants another chance to prove himself worthy of the vision.
24:38Austin Theory might be a missing piece in the vision.
24:49A stomp by Theory.
24:52A cover on Rae.
24:54And a win by the vision.
24:58I'd say Austin Theory nailed his audition.
25:14The rumors are true.
25:17Ladies and gentlemen, the newest member of the vision
25:29is Austin Theory.
25:40Earn your keep, young man.
25:43They're all yours.
25:51They're all yours.
25:55I have waited my entire life for this moment.
26:05I have worked my entire career for this moment.
26:17Hey, uh, wise man.
26:20Can you, uh, educate me on this part again?
26:24Yes, sir.
26:25The goals of the vision outweigh the individual needs
26:30of any exclusive athlete inside of the group.
26:49Well, your first mistake is assuming that you know what I think of you.
26:53You think I was going to come out here
26:55and tell you that you're not ready?
26:57When your entire life you've been told you're ready
27:00and you're prepared?
27:02Brother, you're more ready than anybody I've ever seen.
27:05You're more ready than anybody back there.
27:07You're more ready than anybody else in the vision.
27:11There's one problem, Braun.
27:14I'm not ready.
27:17You want what I got?
27:22Pick it up.
27:27It's a lot heavier than you think.
27:29And I'm not just talking about the physical weight.
27:31It is a privilege to carry the strap.
27:35And it's something that I've earned.
27:37And I'm not ready to let it go.
27:42I'm not ready to stop coming into sold-out arenas nationwide
27:48and getting the privilege to say,
27:51Is it good to be alive on a Monday night in Orlando, Florida or what?
28:06I'm not ready to stop being champion.
28:09You're big.
28:10You're bad.
28:12You're strong.
28:13You're tough.
28:14You're fast.
28:15You got what it takes.
28:17But you're right.
28:18We're not the same.
28:19Because one of us is CM Punk.
28:27Someday I'm not going to wake up, but that wasn't today.
28:30Someday I'm going to run out of row, but it's not January 5th.
28:34And someday, somebody is going to beat me for this.
28:38But it ain't going to be you.
28:43I'll see you January 5th.
28:49The whole world will see that man.
28:51One of us is CM Punk.
28:53Yeah, that one just put the other on blast.
28:57In one corner, the mad dog, Braun Breaker,
29:00is biting at the chance to earn the world heavyweight title.
29:03And in the other, the best in the world, CM Punk,
29:06is not ready to relinquish his championship to anyone.
29:09Tensions are at an all-time high
29:11before the bell rings on this explosive rivalry.
29:18The Vision has been quite busy
29:20after the reveal of Austin Theory as the masked man.
29:23Whether it's the tag team match two weeks ago
29:25or last Monday when Paul Heyman announced
29:27that Austin Theory is the newest member of The Vision,
29:30it seems that with each passing week,
29:32The Vision is on to the next big thing.
29:35However, the same can't be said
29:37for a WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio,
29:40who is still very mad about Austin Theory
29:43interfering in his match against Logan Paul.
29:45Not once, but twice.
29:47So, Rey was out to teach Theory a lesson
29:50the best way he knows how.
29:51But with Logan Paul ringside,
29:53it wasn't long before Mysterio
29:54was going to need some backup of his own.
30:02Just tying Theory up a notch here.
30:05Oh, could this be?
30:06The 619 opportunity is delivered on!
30:09Oh, God.
30:10He's got him!
30:11Oh, Logan Paul!
30:13Oh, Logan Paul!
30:16And the bell rings as Logan Paul
30:20interferes with the match
30:22just when Mysterio had it in place.
30:26It was never about the match, Joe Test.
30:28This was a bonding session.
30:29Oh, look at this. Come on, now.
30:30As Paul Heyman put it.
30:31A chance to grow those bonds
30:34with the newest member of The Vision.
30:36This is why Punk said,
30:37Whoa! No!
30:38Whoa!
30:42He's back!
30:48Well, this is exactly why Rey Mysterio
30:51said, I got some connections.
30:53Don't worry, Punk.
30:54Penta, who we haven't seen
30:56since he got injured
30:57in the last time
30:58is now tournament.
31:00He had to stick up
31:01for his go to Buddy
31:02just in the nick of time.
31:04Oh, all the reports
31:05of the shoulder injury back.
31:07Oh, did you see that?
31:08Oh, I did.
31:09Logan Paul!
31:11How about a 6-1-9 for you?
31:14And look out!
31:16Penta clears him.
31:18Oh, it is so good
31:20to have Penta back here
31:21on Raw.
31:25Go!
31:36Well, a huge shock
31:39to The Vision.
31:40A message attempted
31:41to be sent
31:43to Rey Mysterio
31:44in physical fashion,
31:46but for Rey's sake,
31:47thank goodness
31:48for the return
31:49of the incredible Penta.
31:57Do you have
31:58any sort of response
32:00to the widespread belief
32:01that your commentary
32:03and general behavior
32:04has been classified
32:07as disrespectful
32:08since defeating
32:09John Cena?
32:10Defeating?
32:11That's not very precise.
32:13I made John Cena
32:15tap out.
32:16Arthur!
32:20The disrespect
32:21got to stop.
32:23You made John Cena
32:24tap out.
32:2617-time World Champion,
32:28Grand Slam Champion,
32:30the GOAT,
32:31my hero,
32:32and a hero
32:33to a lot of other people.
32:34But every week
32:36you sang the same old song,
32:38it makes you a piece of...
32:47You're not a good person.
32:49You're the world's
32:50greatest wrestler now.
32:53Second time
32:53you done done that,
32:54you won't be a third.
33:08That's supposed
33:09to be a challenge?
33:12See you in the ring.
33:20Sports Entertainment World
33:21that still aches
33:23over what happened
33:24in John Cena's
33:24final match.
33:29Nobody hurts more
33:31than R-Truth
33:32and now hurt literally
33:33in the center of the ring
33:34against Gunther
33:36who sends him down
33:37with a thudding blow
33:38again.
33:39Gunther does what he wants.
33:42He walks where he wants
33:43including on our desk
33:45and he beats
33:46whoever he wants.
33:48Gunther owns
33:49this entire industry.
33:52Oh, come on.
33:54No, come on, Wade.
33:57It's so unnecessary, Barrett.
34:01Oh, let's go.
34:02Shoulder tackle,
34:03R-Truth.
34:04Right.
34:05And another.
34:05That might have been
34:06a major, major error
34:07by...
34:08Oh!
34:10Bounce back ability
34:12from the massive Austrian.
34:21And the vicious power bomb
34:23puts him down.
34:25Shoulders down.
34:26No, we're not done yet.
34:27Come on!
34:28We're not done yet.
34:29This is a message
34:31to anybody in the locker room
34:33who wants to step
34:34to Gunther.
34:35Hammering elbows.
34:36You just have the sense
34:37yes, and that's where it's going.
34:39When the shoulders were down
34:40and it could have been over,
34:41he's applying the sleeper.
34:43It's the barbarity
34:45and is it time
34:46to tap out like a bee?
34:54Here is your winner
34:56by submission,
34:58the ring general
35:02Gunther!
35:06Gunther absolutely
35:08pummeling R-Truth,
35:09once again,
35:10asserting his dominance
35:11in a way that
35:12absolutely infuriates
35:14the crowd.
35:14While the ring general
35:15revels in being a Grinch
35:18over the blue brand,
35:19it's Joe Hendry
35:20who is still trying
35:21to bring us all
35:22a little holiday cheer.
35:23But Hendry's new rendition
35:25of an old favorite
35:26wasn't enough
35:26to make everyone
35:28believe.
35:30Jingle bells,
35:31jingle bells,
35:33Miz has tiny balls.
35:35He'd rather be in Hollywood,
35:38but they won't
35:39return his calls.
35:41Oh, jingle bells,
35:44jingle bells,
35:45Miz has tiny balls.
35:48Do you know
35:48what this means?
35:50When my hand goes up,
35:53your mouth goes shut.
35:56You think some cheap
35:57jingle's gonna turn me
35:59into the joke?
35:59I've spent 20 years
36:01outlasting people
36:02that laughed at me
36:03harder than you sing.
36:05I've earned the right
36:07to be the locker room
36:09leader and take this
36:10company to the future.
36:13The jokes stop now.
36:15Clear this ring,
36:17clear this stuff.
36:18Me and you
36:19have a match
36:20right here,
36:21right now.
36:23Oh, whoa,
36:24Miz, Miz,
36:25over here,
36:26just one little thing
36:27I forgot to mention.
36:29Your match,
36:30it is now
36:31a miracle
36:32on 34th street fight.
36:36All right,
36:37the holiday tradition
36:38is back.
36:39That's it.
36:39Cancel Christmas.
36:40Anything goes.
36:42The holidays.
36:56I don't hear what
36:57to say anymore.
36:58Uh-oh.
37:00Miz gonna go for a ride
37:01again.
37:04Beautiful.
37:12What would you call
37:13this in the Christmas
37:14spirit?
37:18We paused the worm.
37:19Oh, well,
37:20he's trying to cookie
37:21break.
37:21Well, he carved up.
37:22And now Tozawa.
37:25You know,
37:26reindeer fly,
37:27but...
37:32I guess...
37:33Elves do as well.
37:35Of course they do,
37:36Cole.
37:36How do you think
37:36they get to and from
37:37the North Pole?
37:38Miz just threw up
37:39the cookies.
37:44Of course,
37:45of course it's truth.
37:46Of course it's truth
37:48in the bunny outfit.
38:02I'm having flashbacks
38:04to the Rosebuts,
38:05Michael Cole.
38:07Oh!
38:08The guitar
38:09just smashed
38:11through the Miz
38:11and a standing
38:13ovation coming.
38:14Henry
38:15puts Miz
38:16through the table.
38:19One, two, three,
38:21embarrasses Miz
38:22again.
38:25Here is your winner,
38:27Joe Henry!
38:30I believe
38:31in the magic
38:32of Christmas.
38:33I believe
38:34in Joe Henry!
38:37Joe Henry!
38:37The gold?
38:47He's his
38:48Are you ready
38:49to get back
38:50our tag team
38:51championships tonight?
38:53I'm ready,
38:53Iz.
38:54I'm ready.
38:55I'm ready.
38:56I'm ready.
38:56Come on man.
38:57You all right?
38:59I'm good, I'm ready, Iz.
39:00Listen man,
39:01you my brother when something ain't right i feel it i need you locked in i need you by me
39:08tonight
39:08you all right man let me be 100 with you i feel like ain't nothing been going right my way
39:20everywhere i turn to it's it's one thing for me to put me in a bad spot it's another thing
39:28for me
39:29to put my brother in a bad spot too man and i ain't trying to do that to you tonight
39:32man the only
39:34bad spot is in your head brother i've been telling you i need you bro you it you a world
39:42champion
39:42all right the jay uso i know eight time tag team champion longest reigning tag team champion
39:49brother you him the jay uso i know just like me got everybody around the world got everybody in that
39:58arena ready to yell one word four letters i need you you all right
40:17together let's get at it i love you back at you
40:24jimmy did his best to hype up his twin but whether the brothers were on the same page
40:29remained to be seen for the usos there was only one way to prove they are back on top
40:34by becoming nine time tag team champions but the brothers haven't seen the top of the mountain for
40:39a while two years and nine months to be exact and the men who were at the top of that
40:44mountain going
40:45into the world tag team title match last monday aj styles and dragon lee they've proven that they're
40:51fighting champions and they wouldn't go down easy so if the usos wanted to reclaim their former glory
40:56they were going to have to pull out all the stops
41:06you can see big jim reaching for his ribs there as he comes over you saw the drop in the
41:13spirits
41:14of jay uso have our powers wading a little pep talk in the corner there on that tag from brother
41:20jimmy
41:20and it took a beat too long because back in the fight now is dragon lee
41:26you can see that was exactly where the usos were looking for that double splash perhaps
41:31but things have changed in a big way since dragon league dragon lee's revving it oh my oh my
41:37he just launched himself all the way over our desk and took out big jim an absolute kamikaze dive
41:46there from dragon lee who may have maimed himself in the process big jim looks absolutely wasted here
41:53on our announce desk oh there's a roll of the town look at this turban's head jay survives it
42:00did you see the distance that was covered by lee meanwhile back in the center of the ring
42:05back and forth they go styles and main event jay oh styles clash being lined up and he hits it
42:14he hits it he hits it jay survives this is outrageous both teams and no one allows is losing his
42:26mind at
42:27ringside too but both teams dropping the heaviest of artillery absolute psycho behavior though from
42:34dragon lake devastating effectiveness but this is the moment surely the champs were going to retain
42:42jay lusso dig about as deep as he's ever digged in his career to kick out why styles is in
42:50disbelief
42:51in absolute disbelief the pelle kick the styles clash and still they fight on in front of this massive
42:59crowd for the world tag team championship both teams have had their moments of despair in this one
43:06but from despair to where the answer for the tag champs is perhaps incoming now and with big jim down
43:16and
43:16now jay lusso left to look at this wow the combo stop styles clash oh but big jim's back
43:27the eight-time world champion usos have no quit in them
43:33was beaten to the plunge that once again by aj styles who now has the momentum
43:39phenomenal forearm is in
43:46stereo super kick
43:50they want it
43:52they get it
43:54the usos
43:58they did it
44:00number nine is mighty five
44:03here are your winners
44:06the new world tag team champions the usos
44:182025 goes out with a one day championship bang on top of the world again baron
44:31oh god what a match the final five minutes of that one swung all over the place but the statistically
44:40greatest tag team in history just got statistically even greater with number nine welcome back to the
44:49mountain top a place the usos call home and that moment right there considering what we heard earlier tonight
44:57big jim lifting up and bringing out the best from one of the best his brother jay
45:06look at this scene to close out the year on raw
45:13jimmy and jay will be ringing in 2026 adorned in gold as world tag team champions the usos are back
45:19on top and have proven to be a united force to be reckoned with
45:23while we all yeet our way into the new year this week carries several golden opportunities of its own
45:29eoskye and rhea ripley make their best attempt at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions the kabuki warriors
45:35while becky lynch looks to do the same to maxine dupree and her intercontinental title
45:40that is if jessica carr stays out of the man's way
45:44and in his biggest title defense to date cm punk puts the world heavyweight championship up against brawn breaker
45:51who kicks off 2026 with some new hardware we're gonna find out monday night a raw i surely won't be
45:59missing out on so until we meet again i'm megan moran and we hope you've enjoyed this week
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46:04you
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