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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 ring, 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 you?
09:59I don't think so.
10:05Stop!
10:09Everybody stop!
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 out of your system.
10:35It's a little bit more than an intense fall.
10:42After months of betrayal, insults, and bloodthirst across the women's tag team division,
10:48an opportunity for all hell to break loose comes on Friday Night SmackDown.
10:53Rio, Alexa Bliss, and Charlotte Flair face off against Nia Jax, Flash Legend,
10:58and the current tag team champions, the Kabuki Warriors, in 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, you can always count on Asuka to find time to gloat.
11:13After defeating Rhea Ripley two weeks ago, Asuka wanted to make it clear that mommy was no match for her.
11:19And if you thought she stood a chance, well, then you are just a stupid baby.
11:24Asuka's words, not mine.
11:25The Empress of Tomorrow went on to say that the outcome of the women's tag team championship match Monday on
11:31Raw
11:31will have the same outcome as 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 gold, but it looks like ahead of next week's showdown,
11:49we might get a little taste of what's to come.
11:52We've gotten a big taste of poison mist and insane elbows as defying the early part of the championship reign
12:00of the Kabuki Warriors.
12:01And now, here we go!
12:03We're a week away from meeting up in Brooklyn,
12:08and 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, we're getting it ringside here.
12:20The Kabuki Warriors came down to talk trash,
12:23but now they are eating shots left, right, and center.
12:27Oh!
12:29Oh, Io's back,
12:30right into 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!
12:42Asuka, right to work.
12:44This is a chance for the Kabuki Warriors to redo some damage now,
12:48especially to Io,
12:49ahead of that showdown in seven days' time for the gold.
12:53Make your job that much easier.
12:56Now it's just a beatdown of two-on-one as they throw Rhea back into the ring.
13:00The Kabuki Warriors just pummeling, pummeling Rhea Ripley.
13:06And it tells you what a mistake by next week's challenges
13:09to head out here and try and attack the Kabuki Warriors.
13:13Stay wrapped up in cotton wool until you're up at you.
13:17Oh!
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 in a hurry.
13:28The Kabuki Warriors getting smashed in that ring.
13:31She's got Riptide lined up!
13:34Oh, out the back doors, Kairi Sane,
13:36but a big elbow from Ripley.
13:40Kabuki Warriors,
13:42the reigning tag champs looking completely ragged
13:45after that assault by Rhea Ripley and Io Sky.
13:56From Brooklyn,
13:57the women's tag team championship match,
14:01the Kabuki Warriors against Ripley and Io Sky.
14:08The stage is set for this battle,
14:11fueled by resentment and pride,
14:13with the Kabuki Warriors striving to prove
14:15that they are two competitors
14:17who are simply untouchable in the ring
14:19by putting an end to Rhea and Io
14:21just as soon as their new tag team is getting started.
14:25But there is no chance
14:27Asuka and Kairi's supremacy will go uncontested
14:30because when it comes to 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 it.
14:46To still possess this type of power,
14:49this deep into a matchup,
14:50speaks volumes about the physical condition
14:52of Ilya Dragunov.
14:54What's Dragunov going to do here?
14:55Hayes in desperation,
14:57delivering elbows to the jaw.
15:05Both men cruised, battered,
15:08but too proud to quit.
15:09Beating the hell out of each other.
15:12Dragunov now,
15:13not on the apron.
15:17Hayes may be out.
15:23I'm not sure Carmelo Hayes has any idea
15:25where he is.
15:27Dragunov does though.
15:28He's got Hayes in his sights.
15:30Dragunov from the top rope.
15:34First 48!
15:36First 48!
15:38Melo's got a chance!
15:40Melo's got a chance!
15:41He's going to do it!
15:43Carmelo Hayes,
15:45nothing but net!
15:47The cover!
15:48Case closed!
15:51Case closed!
15:52Hayes is a champion!
15:54Here is your winner
15:55and the new
15:57United States champion,
16:02Carmelo Hayes!
16:19What a fighting champion
16:22Ilya Dragunov was!
16:24And what a tremendous show
16:26of sportsmanship!
16:33After Ilya Dragunov let the pain
16:36entertain us for seven intense
16:38United States Championship defenses,
16:40Carmelo Hayes was the one
16:42to turn that pain into triumph.
16:43In a match with both competitors
16:45leaving everything in the ring,
16:47Hayes coming out on top
16:48shows beyond a shadow of a doubt
16:50why he is him.
16:52But Carmelo isn't the only one
16:54leaving the WWE universe stunned
16:56as the women's intercontinental champion
16:58Maxine Dupree's feud
16:59has brought out
17:00a whole new vicious side
17:01of the champ
17:02and a whole new
17:03holier-than-thou side
17:05of the challenger.
17:08Becky, choose your next move wisely.
17:11Because if I get a hold of that,
17:13you've got two choices.
17:15A, and my personal favorite,
17:17I'll break it.
17:20Or B, B is still a good option.
17:24You submit again.
17:31Who's a moody, Maxie?
17:32This is what I'm talking about.
17:33You're very, very moody.
17:36I, 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, when, when I first saw you,
18:00I 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
18:09or months, you've, you've,
18:17you've, you've gotten
18:19a tiny bit better
18:20and you were able to get away
18:21with stealing a title
18:22and that's not nothing.
18:24Becky, the only thing I stole
18:26from you is the spotlight.
18:29I earned this title
18:31and if you can't realize that,
18:33I will make you realize it next week
18:35and you're not gonna come out here
18:36and blame the ref
18:37and claim corruption.
18:39No, no, no.
18:40It'll be all me,
18:42but I won't be the only one saying it.
18:44Everybody will be saying it.
18:46Hey, Sports Illustrated
18:47might even say it.
18:49And Becky Lynch,
18:50you will say it.
18:52Maxine Dupree,
18:55Intercontinental Champion.
19:00Listen to me, you little pup.
19:02I came out here to be nice, okay?
19:04Because I'm a very nice person.
19:06Okay?
19:07All right.
19:08But you think,
19:09you think four weeks of training
19:11in a dungeon
19:12is gonna make up
19:13for the lifetime
19:13that I've given
19:14to this business?
19:16I am a Royal Rumble winner.
19:18I am a Grand Slam champion.
19:20I won the main event
19:22of WrestleMania.
19:22I am the greatest
19:23female wrestler of all time
19:25and it's not just me saying it.
19:27Sports Illustrated says it.
19:28Everybody says it.
19:29The Bleacher Report says it.
19:31Okay?
19:33And I didn't just get there
19:36because everything went my way.
19:37No, I climbed every mountain.
19:40I overcame every corruption
19:42and injustice
19:43perpetrated against me.
19:45Okay?
19:46And it is not over.
19:48It is never over
19:49until I win
19:51and I always
19:52find a way
19:53to win.
19:56But you,
19:57you, you, you,
19:58you think you stole
19:59the spotlight.
19:59Well, in one week,
20:01in one week,
20:02Maxine,
20:03all eyes are gonna be on you
20:05and you gotta ask yourself,
20:07are you everything
20:09they think you are?
20:14Or are you gonna be
20:16everything
20:16that I know
20:18you are?
20:19Welcome
20:20to the big time.
20:27The fuse is lit
20:28for an explosive rematch
20:29between Becky Lynch
20:30and Maxine Dupree
20:31with the Women's
20:32Intercontinental Championship
20:33on the line
20:34Monday on Raw.
20:35A Becky Lynch
20:37with an unbreakable
20:38determination
20:38to put the rookie
20:39in her place
20:40is a dangerous
20:41Becky Lynch.
20:42But with such
20:43a massive opportunity
20:44for Maxine
20:45to take down
20:46a seasoned veteran,
20:47will the burden
20:47of expectation
20:48become too much
20:49for Dupree
20:50or will she beat
20:51the odds?
20:57On the final
20:58of Monday Night Raw
20:59of 2025,
21:00Stephanie Vaquer
21:01defended her
21:02women's world title
21:03against Raquel Rodriguez
21:04and WWE Hall of Famer
21:06Nikki Bella.
21:07All three of these
21:08superstars have a bone
21:09to pick with one another
21:10and it all goes back
21:12to Survivor Series.
21:13Nikki Bella
21:14was inconsolable
21:15after her loss
21:16in San Diego
21:16to Stephanie
21:17and refused to go
21:19to the back of the line.
21:20Instead,
21:21Bella decided
21:21to interfere
21:22in Stephanie's
21:23championship match
21:24against Raquel Rodriguez
21:25a few weeks later
21:26to remind Stephanie
21:27that Nikki
21:28wasn't going anywhere.
21:29And while it seemed
21:30that Bella
21:31successfully turned
21:32Stephanie's attention
21:33back to the Hall of Famer,
21:35Raquel Rodriguez
21:36wasn't going to go
21:37away quietly.
21:38So the champ
21:39took matters
21:40into her own hands,
21:41demanding both
21:42at the same time
21:43in a triple threat match
21:44for the women's
21:45world championship.
21:48Stephanie Vaquer
21:48trying to rally here
21:49and create some
21:50momentum with offense.
21:56Oh, Raquel denying it.
21:57Well, Raquel just
21:58a momentum stopper
22:00in her own right.
22:02Oh, oh, oh.
22:03How about it right here?
22:05To attack.
22:05No, Raquel Rodriguez
22:07able to get that shoulder
22:08up at two and change.
22:09Raquel trying her best
22:10to deadlift,
22:12power up Vaquer
22:13into a vertical suplex,
22:15but fell victim
22:17to that trap
22:17of a small package.
22:19And this one
22:20is anybody's guess
22:21at this point, Joe.
22:25All three women
22:26have massive opportunities
22:27to put this to bed.
22:29All three women
22:30bringing their A game.
22:33But Willis
22:34putting her
22:34in the target zone here.
22:35She's lining her up.
22:37That's what
22:38Vader this time
22:38doesn't go her way.
22:40Meanwhile,
22:40Nikki Bella's right back
22:41in the midst of it.
22:42Nikki Bella
22:43pin in combination
22:44to try to take gold.
22:46She's had a little
22:48difficulty manipulating
22:49the frame of Raquel
22:51there for that pin
22:52and it proved pivotal.
22:54Just in the nick of time,
22:56Raquel kicking out there.
22:58Was that the final chance
23:00for Nikki Bella
23:01to win this thing?
23:02No compromise.
23:03Position right here
23:05for Vaquer.
23:06Oh, are you kidding me?
23:09Raquel Rodriguez.
23:11How about a two for one?
23:13Ten to the double
23:15to Hanabomb.
23:16We only get a single.
23:17Oh, watch out Raquel.
23:18Oh, she went
23:19for the roll-up
23:19and instead
23:20out of the ring.
23:21Meanwhile,
23:21back in the ring.
23:22That is how
23:23The Care retains.
23:25Here is your winner
23:29and still
23:30the women's
23:31world champion
23:35Stephanie
23:37The Care.
23:50What the hell
23:51are you doing?
23:54I wanted you to know
23:56why I was wearing
23:57the mask.
24:00I wanted everybody
24:01to fill my actions
24:03before they saw my face.
24:05and I've made
24:06some bad decisions.
24:07I got comfortable.
24:09I got injured.
24:11But then I saw
24:12The Vision.
24:14You didn't wait
24:14for anything.
24:16You took
24:17and that's me now.
24:19I take.
24:20And I know
24:21The Vision's got
24:21a match tonight
24:22and I'd love to
24:23take that opportunity
24:24and help out.
24:25Very interesting.
24:29Austin Theory
24:30now wants
24:31another chance
24:32to prove himself
24:33worthy of The Vision.
24:38Austin Theory
24:39might be a missing piece
24:40in The Vision.
24:49A stomp
24:51by Theory
24:52a cover
24:53on Rey
24:54and a win
24:55by The Vision.
24:58I'd say
24:59Austin Theory
24:59nailed his audition.
25:08Stam!
25:14The Rumors
25:16are True
25:17ladies and gentlemen
25:18the newest
25:20member
25:21of The Vision
25:29is Austin Theory.
25:34Stam!
25:36Stam!
25:37Stam!
25:37Stam!
25:38Stam!
25:39Stam!
25:40Stam!
25:41Earn your keep
25:42young man
25:43they're all yours.
25:48Stam!
25:49Stam!
25:52Stam!
25:55Stam!
25:56Stam!
25:56I have waited
25:57my entire life
25:59for this moment.
26:01Stam!
26:01Stam!
26:02Stam!
26:03Stam!
26:05I have worked
26:07my entire career
26:09for this
26:10moment.
26:12Stam!
26:13Stam!
26:15Stam!
26:16Stam!
26:17Stam!
26:17Hey, uh,
26:19wise man.
26:20Can you, uh,
26:22educate me
26:23on this part again?
26:24Yes, sir.
26:25Stam!
26:26The goals
26:26of The Vision
26:28outweigh
26:29the individual
26:30needs
26:30of any
26:31exclusive
26:32athlete
26:33inside
26:34of the group.
26:35here.
26:49Well,
26:49your first mistake
26:50is assuming that you know
26:52what I think of you.
26:53You think I was gonna
26:54come out here
26:55and tell you that
26:56you're not ready?
26:57When your entire life
26:59you've been told
27:00you're ready
27:00and you're prepared?
27:02Brother,
27:02you're more ready
27:03than anybody I've ever seen. You're more ready than anybody back there. You're more ready than
27:09anybody else in the vision. There's one problem, Braun. I'm not ready. You want what I got?
27:22Pick it up.
27:27It's a lot heavier than you think, and I'm not just talking about the physical weight.
27:31It is a privilege to carry the strap, and it's something that I've earned, and I'm not ready
27:38to let it go. I'm not ready to stop coming into sold-out arenas nationwide and getting
27:50the privilege to say, is it good to be alive on a Monday night in Orlando, Florida?
28:06I'm not ready to stop being champion. You're big, you're bad, you're strong, you're tough,
28:14you're fast. You got what it takes. But you're right, we're not the same, because one of us
28:21is CM Punk. Someday I'm not going to wake up, but that wasn't today. Someday I'm going to
28:31run out of road, but it's not January 5th. And someday, somebody is going to beat me for
28:36this. But it ain't going to be you. I'll see you January 5th.
28:49The whole world will see that man. One of us is CM Punk, yet that one just put the other
28:54on blast. In one corner, the mad dog, Braun Breaker, is biting at the chance to earn the world
29:02heavyweight title. And in the other, the best in the world, CM Punk, is not ready to relinquish
29:07his championship to anyone. Tensions are at an all-time high before the bell rings on this
29:13explosive rivalry. The Vision has been quite busy after the reveal of Austin Theory as the Masked Man.
29:23Whether it's the tag team match two weeks ago or last Monday when Paul Heyman announced that Austin
29:28Theory is the newest member of The Vision, it seems that with each passing week, The Vision is on to
29:34the
29:34next big thing. However, the same can't be said for WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio, who is still
29:40very mad about Austin Theory interfering in his match against Logan Paul. Not once, but twice.
29:47So, Rey was out to teach Theory a lesson the best way he knows how. But with Logan Paul ringside,
29:53it wasn't long before Mysterio was going to need some backup of his own.
30:02Just tying Theory up a notch here. Oh, could this be? The 6-1-9 opportunity is delivered on!
30:09Oh, God, this is... He's got him! Oh, Logan Paul! Oh, Logan Paul!
30:16And the bell rings as Logan Paul interferes with the match just when Mysterio had it in place.
30:26It was never about the match, Joe Test. This was a bonding session.
30:29Oh, look at this. Come on, now. As Paul Heyman put it, a chance to grow those bonds with the
30:35newest member of The Vision.
30:36This is why Punk said, whoa! No! Whoa!
30:42He's back!
30:46PENTA's back!
30:48Well, this is exactly why Rey Mysterio said,
30:51I got some connections. Don't worry, Punk.
30:54PENTA, who we haven't seen since he got injured in the last time,
30:58is now tournament.
31:00He had to stick up for his go to Buddy just in the nick of time.
31:04Oh, all the reports of the shoulder injury back.
31:07Oh, did you see that?
31:08I did.
31:10Logan Paul!
31:11How about a 6-1-9 for you?
31:14And look out!
31:16PENTA clears him!
31:18Oh, it is so good to have PENTA back here on Raw!
31:25Go!
31:27Go!
31:28Go!
31:30Go!
31:31Go!
31:35Go!
31:36Well, a huge shock to The Vision,
31:40a message attempted to be sent to Rey Mysterio in physical fashion,
31:45but for Rey's sake, thank goodness for the return of the incredible PENTA.
31:57do you have any sort of response to the widespread belief that your commentary and
32:03general behavior has been classified as disrespectful since defeating john cena
32:10defeating that's not very precise i made john cena tap out
32:20the disrespect gotta stop you made john cena tap out 17-time world champion grand slam champion
32:29the goat my hero and a hero to a lot of other people but every week you sing the same
32:37old song
32:38it makes you a piece of
32:47he's not a good person the world's greatest wrestler now
32:52second time you done done that it won't be a third
33:08that's supposed to be a challenge
33:12see you in the ring
33:20sports entertainment world that still aches over what happened in john cena's final match
33:29nobody hurts more than r-truth and now hurt literally in the center of the ring
33:34against gunther who sends him down with a thudding blow again
33:39gunther does what he wants he walks where he wants including on our desk
33:45and he beats whoever he wants gunther owns this entire industry
33:52oh come on
33:54no come on wade
33:56it's so unnecessary barrett
34:00oh let's go
34:02shoulder tackle r-truth
34:04and another
34:05that might have been a major major error by
34:08bounce back ability from the massive austrian
34:21and the vicious power bomb
34:23puts him down
34:24shoulders down
34:26no we're not done yet
34:27come on
34:28we're not done yet
34:29this is a message to anybody in the locker room who wants to step to gunther
34:34hammering elbows
34:36you just have the sense yes and that's where it's going
34:38when the shoulders were down and it could have been over
34:41he's applying the sleeper
34:43it's the barbarity and is it time to tap out like a bee
34:54here is your winner by submission
34:58the ring general
35:02gunther
35:06gunther absolutely pummeled
35:08r-truth
35:09once again asserting his dominance in a way that absolutely infuriates the crowd
35:14while the ring general revels in being a grinch over the blue brand
35:19it's joe hendry who is still trying to bring us all a little holiday cheer
35:23but hendry's new rendition of an old favorite wasn't enough to make everyone believe
35:30jingle bells jingle bells
35:32miss has tiny balls
35:35he'd rather be in hollywood but they won't return his calls
35:46do you know what this means
35:49when my hand goes up
35:53your mouth goes shut
35:55you think some cheap jingle's gonna turn me into the joke
35:59i've spent 20 years outlasting people that laughed at me harder than you sing
36:04i've earned the right to be the locker room leader and take this company to the future
36:12the jokes stop now
36:15clear this ring clear this stuff
36:18me and you have a match right here right now
36:22oh whoa miz miz
36:25over here uh just one little thing i forgot to mention
36:28your match it is now a miracle on 34th street fight
36:36all right the holiday tradition is back
36:38that's it cancel christmas
36:40anything goes
36:41anything goes
36:42anything goes
36:42anything goes
36:56i don't need what to say anymore
36:58uh-oh
37:00miz gonna go for a ride again
37:12what would you call this in the christmas spirit
37:18we paused the worm
37:19oh well he's trying to cookie break
37:21well he carved up
37:22and now to zawa
37:25you know reindeer fly but
37:32i guess elves do as well
37:35of course they do cole
37:36how do you think they get to and from the north pole
37:38miz just threw up the cookies
37:44of course of course it's truth
37:46of course it's truth in the bunny outfit
38:02i'm having flashbacks to the rosebuds michael cole
38:06this is oh the guitar just smashed through the miz
38:11and a standing ovation coming
38:14henry puts miz through the table
38:20embarrasses miz again
38:24here is your winner
38:26joe henry
38:29i believe in the magic of christmas
38:33i believe in joe henry
38:45oh yeah
38:46are you ready to get back our tag team championships tonight
38:53i'm ready i'm ready i'm ready come on man you all right i'm good i'm ready you listen man you
39:02my brother when something ain't right i feel it i need you locked in bro i need you by me
39:08tonight you all right
39:12man let me be 100 with you
39:15i feel like ain't nothing been going right my way man
39:20everywhere i turn it's
39:23it's it's one thing for me to put me in a bad spot
39:27it's another thing for me to put my brother in a bad spot too man and i ain't trying to
39:31do that to you tonight man the only bad spot is in your head brother i've been telling you i
39:38need you bruh you it
39:41you're a world champion all right you're a world champion all right the jay usso i know
39:45all right the jay usso i know
39:47all right the jay usso i know
40:11yeah
40:11all right
40:16together
40:18let's get out
40:19i love you
40:21back at you
40:24jimmy did his best to hype up his twin but whether the brothers were on the same page remained to
40:29be seen
40:30for the usos there was only one way to prove they are back on top
40:34by becoming nine-time tag team champions.
40:37But the brothers haven't seen the top of the mountain for a while.
40:40Two years and nine months, to be exact.
40:42And the men who were at the top of that mountain
40:45going into the world tag team title match last Monday,
40:48AJ Styles and Dragon Lee,
40:49they've proven that they're fighting champions
40:51and they wouldn't go down easy.
40:53So if the Usos wanted to reclaim their former glory,
40:56they were going to have to pull out all the stops.
41:07You can see Big Jim reaching for his ribs there
41:10as he comes over.
41:11You saw the drop in the spirits of Jey Uso.
41:15Have our powers waning.
41:16He got a little pep talk in the corner there on that tag
41:18from Brother Jimmy.
41:20And it took a beat too long
41:22because back in the fight now is Dragon Lee.
41:26You can see that was exactly where the Usos
41:29were looking for that double splash perhaps.
41:31But things have changed in a big way
41:33since Dragon Lee got punched in the hole.
41:34Dragon Lee's rubbing it out.
41:35Oh my!
41:37He just launched himself all the way
41:41over our desk and took out Big Jim.
41:44An absolute kamikaze dive there from Dragon Lee
41:48who may have maimed himself in the process.
41:50Big Jim looks absolutely wasted here
41:53on our announce desk.
41:56Oh, there's a roll of the town.
41:57Look at this.
41:58Turbots hit.
41:59Jey survives it.
42:00Did you see the distance that was covered by Lee?
42:03Meanwhile, back in the center of the ring.
42:06Back and forth they go.
42:07Styles and main of NJ.
42:11Oh, Styles clash being lined up.
42:13And he hits it.
42:14He hits it.
42:15He hits it.
42:16One, two, three.
42:18Jey survives!
42:20This is outrageous!
42:22Whoa!
42:24Both teams, and Noah Lyles is losing his mind
42:27at ringside too,
42:28but both teams dropping the heaviest of artillery.
42:32Absolute psycho behavior though from Dragon Lee.
42:35Devastating effectiveness.
42:37But this is the moment, surely,
42:41the champs were going to retain.
42:43Jey Lusso digged about as deep as he's ever digged
42:47in his career to kick out.
42:49Why?
42:49Styles is in disbelief.
42:51In absolute disbelief.
42:53The Pele kick, the Styles clash,
42:55and still they fight on
42:57in front of this massive crowd
43:00for the World Tag Team Championship.
43:03Both teams have had their moments of despair in this one,
43:06but from despair to where,
43:08the answer for the tag champs
43:12is perhaps incoming now,
43:14and with Big Jim down and out,
43:17Jey Lusso left!
43:19Looking for it!
43:20The combo!
43:22Stop!
43:23Styles clash!
43:25Oh!
43:26But Big Jim's back!
43:28The eight-time world champion Usos
43:31have no quid in them.
43:34It's beaten to the plunge there once again
43:37by AJ Styles,
43:38who now has the momentum.
43:40Phenomenal forearm is in...
43:43Oh!
43:47Stereo superkick!
43:51They want it!
43:52They get it!
43:55The Usos!
43:57One, two, three!
43:59They did it!
44:00Number nine is Mighty Five!
44:03Here are your winners!
44:06And new World Tag Team Champions!
44:15The Uto!
44:18The Uto!
44:19The Uto!
44:192025 goes out with a one-day championship bang!
44:25On top of the world again, Barron!
44:28The Uto!
44:28The Uto!
44:28The Uto!
44:30The Uto!
44:31Oh, God!
44:32What a match!
44:33The final five minutes of that one swung all over the place,
44:38but the statistically greatest tag team in history
44:43just got statistically even greater with number nine.
44:47Welcome back to the mountaintop,
44:50a place the Uto's call home.
44:53And that moment right there,
44:55considering what we heard earlier tonight.
44:58Big Jim lifting up and bringing out the best
45:01from one of the best,
45:03his brother Jay.
45:06Look at this scene to close out the year on Raw!
45:13Jimmy and Jay will be ringing in 2026,
45:15adorned in gold as World Tag Team Champions.
45:18The Uto's are back on top
45:20and have proven to be a united force to be reckoned with.
45:23While we all yeet our way into the new year,
45:26this week carries several golden opportunities of its own.
45:29Io Sky and Rhea Ripley make their best attempt
45:32at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions,
45:34of the Kabuki Warriors,
45:35while Becky Lynch looks to do the same
45:37to 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,
45:47CM Punk puts the World Heavyweight Championship
45:49up against Braun Breaker.
45:51Who kicks off 2026 with some new hardware?
45:55We're gonna find out Monday night,
45:56a Raw I surely won't be missing out on.
45:59So, until we meet again, I'm Megan Morant,
46:02and we hope you've enjoyed this week in WWE.
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