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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 you?
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!
10:15While 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 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 going to do here?
14:55Hayes in desperation
14:57delivering elbows to the jaw.
15:05Both men
15:06cruised, battered
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
15:57United States
16:00champion
16:07Carmelo Hayes!
16:08Here is your winner
16:22and the new
16:23United States champion
16:23Carmelo Hayes!
16:24was!
16:24And what a tremendous
16:26show of sportsmanship!
16:33After Ilya Dragunov
16:35let the pain
16:36entertain us
16:37for seven
16:37intense
16:38United States
16:39championship defenses
16:40Carmelo Hayes
16:41was the one
16:42to turn that pain
16:43into triumph.
16:43in a match
16:44with both competitors
16:45leaving everything
16:46in the ring
16:47Hayes coming out
16:48on top
16:48shows beyond a shadow
16:49of a doubt
16:50why he is him
16:52but Carmelo
16:52isn't the only one
16:54leaving the WWE
16:55universe stunned
16:56as the women's
16:57intercontinental champion
16:58Maxine Dupree's feud
16:59has brought out
17:00a whole new vicious
17:01side of the champ
17:02and a whole new
17:03holier than thou
17:04side of the challenger
17:08Becky choose your
17:09next move wisely
17:10because if I get a hold
17:12of that
17:13you've got two choices
17:15A
17:15and my personal favorite
17:17I'll break it
17:20or B
17:21B is still a good option
17:23you
17:24submit
17:25again
17:30who's a moody
17:31Maxie
17:32this is what I'm
17:33talking about
17:33you're very very
17:34moody
17:35I
17:36I
17:37didn't come out
17:38here to fight
17:38I never start a fight
17:40although I do
17:40finish them
17:45I
17:45I
17:46I
17:47came to give you
17:55credit
17:57okay
17:58when
17:58when I first
17:59saw you
18:00I thought you
18:00were awful
18:01terrible
18:01the worst
18:02thing that I've
18:02ever seen
18:03do you have a point
18:05yes
18:07over the last
18:08few weeks
18:09or months
18:10you
18:11you
18:17you've
18:18you've gotten
18:19a tiny bit
18:19better
18:20and you were
18:21able to get
18:21away with
18:22stealing a title
18:22and that's
18:23not nothing
18:24Becky
18:25the only thing
18:26I stole
18:26from you
18:27is the
18:27spotlight
18:29I
18:30earned
18:30this title
18:31and if you
18:32can't realize
18:33that I
18:33will make
18:34you realize
18:34it next week
18:35and you're
18:35not gonna
18:35come out
18:36here
18:36and blame
18:37the wrath
18:37and claim
18:38corruption
18:39no no no
18:40it'll be
18:40all me
18:41but I won't
18:42be the only
18:42one saying
18:43it
18:43everybody
18:44will be
18:45saying it
18:45hey
18:46sports
18:46illustrated
18:47might even
18:48say it
18:49and Becky
18:50Lynch
18:50you
18:51will say
18:52it
18:52Maxine Dupree
18:54Intercontinental Champion
19:00listen to me
19:01you little
19:01pump
19:02I came out
19:02here to be
19:03nice
19:03okay
19:04because I'm
19:04a very nice
19:05person
19:06okay
19:06all right
19:08but you think
19:09you think
19:09four weeks
19:10of training
19:11in a dungeon
19:12is gonna
19:12make up
19:13for the
19:13lifetime
19:13that I've
19:14given
19:14to this
19:15business
19:15I am
19:16a Royal
19:17Rumble
19:17winner
19:18I am
19:19a Grand
19:19Slang
19:19champion
19:20I won
19:21the main
19:21event
19:22of Wrestlemania
19:22I am
19:23the greatest
19:23female
19:24wrestler
19:25of all
19:25time
19:25and it's
19:25not just
19:26me
19:26saying
19:26sports
19:27illustrated
19:28says
19:28it
19:28everybody
19:28says
19:29it
19:29the
19:29Bleacher
19:30report
19:30says
19:31it
19:31okay
19:32and I
19:34didn't
19:34I didn't
19:35just
19:35get there
19:36because
19:36everything
19:36went
19:37my way
19:37no
19:37I
19:38climbed
19:39every
19:39mountain
19:39I
19:40overcame
19:40every
19:41corruption
19:42and
19:42injustice
19:43perpetrated
19:44against
19:45me
19:45okay
19:46and it
19:47is not
19:47over
19:48it
19:48is
19:49never
19:49over
19:49until
19:50I
19:50win
19:50and
19:51I
19:51always
19:52find
19:52a way
19:53to
19:53win
19:55but
19:56you
19:57you
19:57you
19:58you
19:58you
19:58think
19:58you
19:58stole
19:59the spotlight
20:00well in
20:00one week
20:01in one week
20:02Maxine
20:03all eyes
20:04are gonna be on
20:04you
20:05and you gotta
20:06ask yourself
20:07are you
20:08everything
20:09they
20:10think you
20:11are
20:14or are you
20:15gonna be
20:16everything
20:16that I
20:17know
20:18you
20:18are
20:19welcome
20:20to the
20:21big time
20:27the fuse is lit
20:28for an
20:28explosive
20:29rematch
20:29between
20:30Becky Lynch
20:30and Maxine
20:31Dupree
20:31with the
20:32Women's
20:32Intercontinental
20:33Championship
20:33on the line
20:34Monday on
20:35Raw
20:35of Becky
20:36Lynch
20:37with an
20:37unbreakable
20:38determination
20:38to put the
20:39rookie in
20:40her place
20:40is a dangerous
20:41Becky Lynch
20:42but with such
20:43a massive
20:44opportunity for
20:44Maxine to take
20:45down a seasoned
20:46veteran
20:46will the burden
20:47of expectation
20:48become too much
20:49for Dupree
20:50or will she
20:51beat the odds
20:57on the final
20:58Monday Night
20:59Raw
20:59of 2025
21:00Stephanie
21:01Vaquer defended
21:02her women's
21:02world title
21:03against Raquel
21:04Rodriguez
21:04and WWE
21:06Hall of Famer
21:06Nikki Bella
21:07all three of
21:08these superstars
21:09have a bone
21:09to pick
21:10with one another
21:10and it all
21:11goes back
21:12to Survivor
21:13Series
21:13Nikki Bella
21:14was inconsolable
21:15after her
21:16loss in San
21:16Diego to
21:17Stephanie
21:17and refused
21:18to go to
21:19the back
21:19of the line
21:20instead
21:20Bella
21:21decided to
21:21interfere
21:22in Stephanie's
21:23championship
21:23match against
21:24Raquel Rodriguez
21:25a few weeks
21:25later
21:26to remind
21:27Stephanie
21:27that Nikki
21:28wasn't going
21:29anywhere
21:29and while it
21:30seemed that
21:31Bella successfully
21:32turned Stephanie's
21:33attention back
21:34to the Hall of Famer
21:35Raquel Rodriguez
21:36wasn't going to
21:37go away quietly
21:38so the champ
21:39took matters
21:40into her own
21:40hands
21:41demanding
21:41both at the
21:42same time
21:43in a triple threat
21:44match for the
21:44women's world
21:45championship
21:47Stephanie
21:48Vaquer
21:48trying to rally
21:49here
21:49and create
21:50some momentum
21:50with offense
21:56Raquel
21:57denying it
21:57Raquel
21:58just a
21:58momentum
21:59stopper
22:00in her own
22:01right
22:06Raquel
22:07Rodriguez
22:07able to get
22:07that shoulder
22:08up at two
22:08and change
22:09Raquel
22:10trying her best
22:10to deadlift
22:11power up
22:12Vaquer
22:13into a vertical
22:14suplex
22:15but
22:15fell victim
22:17to that trap
22:17of a small
22:18package
22:19and this one
22:20is anybody's
22:21guess at this
22:22point
22:22Joe
22:25all three
22:26women have
22:26massive
22:27opportunities
22:27to put this
22:28to bed
22:29all three
22:30women bringing
22:30their A game
22:33but
22:34she's putting her
22:34in the target
22:35zone
22:35here
22:35she's lining
22:36her up
22:38this time
22:38doesn't go
22:39her way
22:40meanwhile
22:40Nikki
22:40Bella's
22:41right back
22:41in the
22:41mix of
22:42it
22:42Nikki
22:43Bella
22:43pin in
22:43combination
22:44to try
22:45to take
22:45gold
22:46just had
22:47a little
22:48difficulty
22:48manipulating
22:49the frame
22:50of Raquel
22:51there for
22:51that pin
22:52and it
22:52proved
22:53pivotal
22:54just
22:55in the
22:55nick of
22:56time
22:56Raquel
22:57kicking
22:57out
22:57there
22:58was that
22:59the final
23:00chance
23:00for Nikki
23:01Bella
23:01to win
23:01this thing
23:02no compromise
23:03position
23:04right here
23:05for
23:05Viqueir
23:06are you
23:08kidding
23:08me
23:08Raquel
23:09Rodriguez
23:10how about
23:11a two
23:11for one
23:1310 to
23:14that
23:14double
23:15we only
23:16get a
23:16single
23:17oh
23:17watch
23:17out
23:17Raquel
23:18oh
23:18she went
23:19for the
23:19roll up
23:19and instead
23:20out of the
23:20ring
23:20meanwhile
23:21back in
23:21the ring
23:22that is
23:23how Viqueir
23:23retains
23:25here is
23:26the winner
23:28and
23:29still
23:29the
23:30women's
23:31world
23:33champion
23:34Stephanie
23:38Viqueir
23:50what the
23:51hell are
23:51you doing
23:54I wanted
23:55you to
23:55know
23:56why I was
23:57wearing the
23:57mask
24:00I wanted
24:00everybody
24:01to fill my
24:02actions
24:03before they
24:04saw my
24:04face
24:05and I've
24:06made some
24:06bad decisions
24:07I got
24:08comfortable
24:09I got
24:10injured
24:10but then I
24:12saw the
24:12vision
24:13you didn't
24:14wait for
24:15anything
24:16you took
24:17and that's
24:18me now
24:19I take
24:20and I know
24:21the vision's
24:21got a match
24:22tonight
24:22and I'd love
24:23to take that
24:23opportunity
24:24and help
24:25out
24:26very
24:27interesting
24:29Austin Theory
24:30now wants
24:31another chance
24:32to prove
24:33himself worthy
24:34of the
24:34vision
24:38Austin Theory
24:39might be a
24:40missing piece
24:40in the
24:41vision
24:49a stomp
24:51by Theory
24:52a cover
24:53on Ray
24:54and a win
24:55by the
24:55vision
24:57I'd say
24:59Austin Theory
24:59nailed his
25:00audition
25:08snap
25:14the rumors
25:16are true
25:17ladies and
25:18gentlemen
25:18the newest
25:20member of
25:21the vision
25:30is Austin
25:31Theory
25:41earn your
25:42keep young
25:42man
25:43they're all
25:45yours
25:55I have
25:56waited
25:57my entire
25:58life
25:59for this
26:00moment
26:00I have
26:06worked
26:07my entire
26:08career
26:09for this
26:10moment
26:16hey
26:17wise man
26:20can you
26:21educate me
26:23on this
26:23part again
26:23yes sir
26:24the goals
26:26of the
26:27vision
26:28outweigh
26:29the individual
26:30needs
26:30of any
26:31exclusive
26:32athlete
26:33inside
26:34of the
26:35group
26:49well your
26:49first mistake
26:50is assuming
26:51that you
26:51know what
26:52I think
26:52of you
26:53you think
26:53I was
26:54going to
26:54come out
26:55here
26:55and tell
26:56you that
26:56you're
26:56not ready
26:57when your
26:58entire life
26:59you've been
26:59told you're
27:00ready
27:00and you're
27:01prepared
27:02brother
27:02you're more
27:03ready than
27:03anybody I've
27:04ever seen
27:05you're more
27:05ready than
27:06anybody
27:06back there
27:07you're more
27:08ready than
27:09anybody else
27:09in the
27:10vision
27:11there's one
27:12problem
27:12braun
27:14I'm not
27:15ready
27:17you want
27:17what I
27:18got
27:22pick it
27:23up
27:27it's a lot
27:27heavier than
27:28you think
27:29and I'm not
27:29just talking
27:30about the
27:30physical
27:31weight
27:31it is a
27:32privilege
27:33to carry
27:34the strap
27:35and it's
27:35something
27:36that I've
27:36earned
27:36and I'm
27:37not ready
27:38to let
27:39it go
27:42I'm not
27:43ready
27:43to stop
27:45coming into
27:46sold out
27:47arenas
27:47nationwide
27:48and getting
27:50the privilege
27:50to say
27:51is it good
27:53to be alive
27:54on a Monday
27:55night in
27:56Orlando
27:57Florida
28:05know
28:06I'm not
28:06ready
28:07to stop
28:08being
28:08champion
28:09you're big
28:10you're bad
28:12you're strong
28:13you're tough
28:13you're fast
28:14you got
28:15what it takes
28:17but you're
28:18right
28:18we're not
28:18the same
28:19because one
28:20of us
28:21is CM
28:26punk
28:27someday
28:27I'm not
28:28going to
28:28wake up
28:28but that
28:29wasn't
28:29today
28:30someday
28:30I'm going
28:31to run
28:31out of
28:31row
28:32but it's
28:32not
28:32January
28:335th
28:33and
28:34someday
28:35somebody
28:35is going
28:36to beat
28:36me
28:36for this
28:38but it
28:39ain't
28:39going
28:39to be
28:40you
28:44I'll
28:44see you
28:44January
28:465th
28:49the whole
28:49world
28:50will see
28:50that
28:50one of
28:51us
28:52is CM
28:52punk
28:53yet
28:53that
28:53one
28:53just
28:54put
28:54the
28:54other
28:54on
28:55blast
28:57in
28:57one
28:58corner
28:58the
28:58mad
28:59dog
28:59braun
28:59breaker
29:00is
29:00biting
29:00at
29:01the
29:01chance
29:01to
29:01earn
29:02the
29:02world
29:02heavyweight
29:02title
29:03and
29:03in
29:03the
29:04other
29:04the
29:04best
29:04in
29:05the
29:05world
29:05CM
29:05punk
29:06is
29:06not
29:06ready
29:06to
29:07relinquish
29:07his
29:08championship
29:08to
29:08anyone
29:09tensions
29:10are
29:10at an
29:10all-time
29:11high
29:11before
29:12the bell
29:12rings
29:13on
29:13this
29:13explosive
29:14rivalry
29:18the
29:18vision
29:19has
29:19been
29:19quite
29:19busy
29:20after
29:20the
29:20reveal
29:21of
29:21Austin
29:21Theory
29:21as
29:22a
29:22masked
29:22man
29:22whether
29:23it's
29:23the
29:23tag
29:24team
29:24match
29:24two
29:25weeks
29:25ago
29:25or
29:26last
29:26Monday
29:26when
29:26Paul
29:27Heyman
29:27announced
29:27that
29:28Austin
29:28Theory
29:28is
29:29the
29:29newest
29:29member
29:29of
29:29the
29:30vision
29:30it
29:30seems
29:31that
29:31with
29:31each
29:31passing
29:32week
29:32the
29:32vision
29:33is
29:33on
29:33to
29:34the
29:34next
29:34big
29:34thing
29:35however
29:35the
29:36same
29:36can't
29:37be
29:37said
29:37for
29:37WWE
29:38Hall
29:38of
29:38Famer
29:39Rey
29:39Mysterio
29:40who
29:40is
29:40still
29:40very
29:41mad
29:42about
29:42Austin
29:43Theory
29:43interfering
29:44in his
29:44match
29:44against
29:45Logan
29:45Paul
29:45not
29:46once
29:46but
29:46twice
29:47so
29:47Rey
29:48was
29:48out
29:48to
29:48teach
29:49Theory
29:49a
29:49lesson
29:50the
29:50best
29:50way
29:50he
29:50knows
29:51how
29:51but
29:51with
29:52Logan
29:52Paul
29:52ringside
29:53it
29:53wasn't
29:53long
29:54before
29:54Mysterio
29:54was
29:55going
29:55to
29:55need
29:55some
29:55backup
29:56of
29:56his
29:56own
30:10Steve
30:10Scott
30:11Logan
30:12Paul
30:14Logan
30:14Paul
30:16and
30:17the
30:17bell
30:17rings
30:18as
30:18Logan
30:19Paul
30:21interferes
30:21with
30:21the
30:22match
30:22just
30:23when
30:23Mysterio
30:24had it
30:25in place
30:26it was
30:26never about
30:26the match
30:27Joe
30:27Tess
30:27this was
30:28a bonding
30:29session
30:29as Paul
30:30Heyman
30:31put it
30:31a chance
30:32to grow
30:33those bonds
30:34with the
30:35newest
30:35member
30:35this is
30:36why
30:36Pucks
30:37say
30:37oh
30:37no
30:38oh
30:42he's
30:42back
30:46Penta's
30:47back
30:48well
30:49this is
30:49exactly
30:50why
30:50Rey
30:50Mysterio
30:51said
30:51I got
30:52some
30:52connections
30:53don't
30:53worry
30:53Puck
30:54Penta
30:55who we
30:55haven't
30:56seen
30:56since he
30:57got injured
30:57in the
30:57last
30:58time
30:58is now
30:59tournament
30:59he had
31:00to stick
31:01up for
31:01his
31:01gun
31:01to
31:02Buddy
31:02just
31:03in the
31:03nick of
31:04time
31:04oh
31:05all the
31:05reports
31:05of the
31:06shoulder
31:06injury
31:07bow
31:07did
31:07you
31:07see
31:08that
31:09Logan
31:10Paul
31:11how
31:12about
31:12a
31:126-1-9
31:13for
31:13you
31:16Penta
31:16clears
31:17them
31:18oh
31:19it is
31:19so
31:19good
31:20to have
31:20Penta
31:21back
31:21here
31:21on
31:22Raw
31:25go
31:36well a huge
31:38shock
31:39to the
31:39vision
31:40a message
31:41attempted
31:41to be
31:42sent
31:43to Rey
31:43Mysterio
31:44in physical
31:45fashion
31:45but for
31:46Rey's
31:47sake
31:47thank
31:47goodness
31:48for the
31:48return
31:49of the
31:50incredible
31:51Penta
31:52do you
31:58have any
31:59sort of
31:59response
32:00to the
32:00widespread
32:01belief
32:01that your
32:02commentary
32:03and
32:03general
32:04behavior
32:04has been
32:06classified
32:07as
32:07disrespectful
32:08since
32:09defeating
32:09John Cena
32:10defeating
32:11that's not
32:12very precise
32:13I made
32:14John Cena
32:15tap
32:16out
32:16the
32:20disrespect
32:21gotta stop
32:23you made
32:23John Cena
32:24tap out
32:2617-time
32:27world champion
32:28Grand Slam
32:29champion
32:29the GOAT
32:30my hero
32:32and a hero
32:33to a lot
32:33of other people
32:34but every week
32:36you sing
32:36the same old
32:37song
32:37it makes
32:39you a piece
32:40of
32:47he's not
32:48a good
32:48person
32:50the world's
32:50greatest
32:51wrestler
32:51now
32:52second time
32:53you done
32:53done that
32:54there won't
32:55be a third
33:08that's supposed
33:09to be a
33:09challenge
33:12see you
33:13in the ring
33:20sports
33:20entertainment
33:21world
33:21that still
33:22aches
33:23over
33:23what
33:23happened
33:24in
33:24John Cena's
33:24final match
33:29nobody
33:30hurts
33:30more
33:31than
33:31R-Truth
33:32and now
33:32hurt
33:32literally
33:33in the
33:33center
33:33of
33:33the
33:34ring
33:34against
33:35Gunther
33:36who sends
33:37him down
33:37with a
33:38thudding
33:38blow
33:38again
33:39Gunther
33:40does what
33:41he wants
33:41he walks
33:42where he
33:43wants
33:43including
33:43on our
33:44desk
33:45and he
33:46beats
33:46whoever
33:47he wants
33:47Gunther
33:49owns
33:49this
33:49entire
33:50industry
33:52come on
33:54no
33:55come on
33:55Wade
33:56it's so
33:58unnecessary
33:58Barrett
34:00oh let's go
34:02shoulder tackle
34:03R-Truth
34:04and another
34:05that might be
34:06that might be a
34:06major
34:07major
34:07major
34:07error
34:07by
34:08bounce
34:10back
34:11ability
34:12from the
34:12massive
34:13Austrian
34:21and
34:21and the
34:21vicious
34:22power
34:23bomb
34:23puts
34:24him
34:24down
34:24shoulders
34:25down
34:26come on
34:28we're not done
34:29yet
34:29this is a
34:30message to
34:31anybody in
34:32the locker
34:32room who
34:33wants to
34:33step to
34:34Gunther
34:34hammering
34:35elbows
34:36you just
34:36have the
34:37sense
34:37yes and
34:37that's
34:38where it's
34:38going
34:38when the
34:39shoulders
34:40were down
34:40and it
34:41could have
34:41been over
34:41he's
34:42applying
34:42the
34:42sleeper
34:44and is
34:45it time
34:46to tap
34:47out like
34:47a bee
34:54here is
34:55your winner
34:56by
34:56submission
34:58the ring
34:59general
35:02Gunther
35:06Gunther
35:06absolutely
35:07pummeling
35:09R-Truth
35:09once again
35:10asserting
35:10his
35:11dominance
35:11in a
35:11way that
35:12absolutely
35:13infuriates
35:14the crowd
35:14while the
35:15ring
35:15general
35:16revels
35:16in being
35:17a Grinch
35:18over the
35:18blue brand
35:19it's Joe
35:19Hendry
35:20who is still
35:21trying to
35:21bring us
35:21all a
35:22little holiday
35:22cheer
35:23but Hendry's
35:24new rendition
35:25of an
35:25old
35:25favorite
35:26wasn't
35:26enough
35:26to make
35:27everyone
35:28believe
35:40and
35:42jingle
35:43bells
35:44jingle
35:44bells
35:45miss
35:45has
35:46tiny
35:46balls
35:47Do you know what this means?
35:50When my hand goes up, your mouth goes shut.
35:56You 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.
36:05I've earned the right to be the locker room leader and take this company to the future.
36:13The jokes stop now.
36:15Clear this ring, clear this stuff.
36:18Me and you have a match right here, right now.
36:23Oh, whoa, Miz, Miz, over here.
36:26Just one little thing I forgot to mention.
36:29Your match, it is now a Miracle on 34th Street fight.
36:36All right, the holiday tradition is back.
36:39That's it. Cancel Christmas.
36:40Anything goes.
36:41I read the holidays.
36:56I don't even know what to say anymore.
36:58Uh-oh.
37:00Miz gonna go for a ride again.
37:04Beautiful!
37:12What would you call this in the Christmas spirit?
37:18We paused the worm.
37:19Oh!
37:20Well, he's trying to cookie break.
37:21Well, he carved up.
37:22And now Tozawa.
37:26You know, reindeer fly, but...
37:31I 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.
38:03I'm having flashbacks to the rosebuds, Michael Cole.
38:06Oh, the guitar just smashed through the Miz, and a standing ovation coming.
38:15Henry puts Miz through the table.
38:18One, two, three.
38:21Embarrasses Miz again.
38:24Here is your winner, Joe Henry!
38:29I believe in the magic of Christmas.
38:33I believe in Joe Henry!
38:45Oh, yeah!
38:47Oh, yeah!
38:48Are you ready to get back our Tag Team Championships tonight?
38:53I'm ready, Miz.
38:54I'm ready.
38:55I'm ready.
38:56Come on, man.
38:57You all right?
38:58I'm good.
38:59I'm ready, Miz.
39:00Listen, man.
39:02You my brother.
39:03When something ain't right, I feel it.
39:05I need you locked in, or I need you by me tonight.
39:08You 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 to.
39:23It'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.
39:31And I ain't trying to do that to you tonight.
39:32Man, the only bad spot is in your head, brother.
39:36Brother, I've been telling you.
39:38I need you, bro.
39:39You it.
39:41You a world champion, all right?
39:43The Jey Uso I know, eight-time Tag Team Champion.
39:47Longest-reigning Tag Team Champion, brother.
39:50You him.
39:50The Jey Uso I know, just like me.
39:54Got everybody around the world.
39:57Got everybody in that arena ready to yell.
40:00One word, four letters, I need you.
40:08You all right?
40:16Together.
40:18Let's get at it.
40:19I love you.
40:21Back at you.
40:24Jimmy did his best to hype up his twin,
40:26but whether the brothers were on the same page remain to be 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.
40:36But 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 as 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
41:19from 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 were looking
41:29for that double splash, perhaps.
41:31But things have changed in a big way since Dragon Lee got...
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 on our announce desk.
41:56Oh, there's a roll of the talent.
41:57Look at this!
41:58Drew it's in!
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!
42:08Styles and main event Jey!
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!
42:21This is outrageous!
42:24Both teams, and Noah Lyles is losing his mind at 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, the champs were going to retain.
42:43Jey Lusso dig about as deep as he's ever digged in 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 in 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!
43:19So looking for this!
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.
43:33It's beaten to the plunge there once again
43:37by AJ Styles,
43:38who now has the momentum.
43:40Phenomenal forearm is in...
43:43Slow!
43:47Stereo superkick!
43:49Superkick!
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 Usos!
44:182025 goes out with a one-day championship bang!
44:25On top of the world again, Baron!
44:31Oh, God, what a match!
44:33The final five minutes of that one
44:36swung all over the place,
44:38but the statistically greatest tag team in history
44:43just got statistically even greater
44:46with number nine.
44:48Welcome back to the mountaintop,
44:50a place the Usos call home.
44:53And that moment right there,
44:55considering what we heard earlier tonight.
44:58Big Jim lifting up
45:00and bringing out the best
45:01from one of the best,
45:03his brother Jay.
45:06Look at this scene
45:07to close out the year on Raw!
45:13Jimmy and Jay will be ringing in 2026
45:15adorned in gold
45:16as World Tag Team Champions.
45:18The Usos are back on top
45:20and have proven to be a united force
45:22to be reckoned with.
45:23While we all yeet our way into the new year,
45:26this week carries several golden opportunities
45:28of its own.
45:29Io Sky and Rhea Ripley
45:30make their best attempt
45:32at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions,
45:34the Kabuki Warriors,
45:35while Becky Lynch looks to do the same
45:37to Maxine Dupree
45:38and her intercontinental title.
45:40That is, if Jessica Carr
45:42stays 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
45:53with some new hardware?
45:55We're going to find out Monday night.
45:56A Raw I surely won't be missing out on.
45:59So, until we meet again,
46:01I'm Megan Morant
46:02and we hope you've enjoyed
46:03this week in WWE.
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