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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 that?
09:59I don't think so.
10:00I don't think so.
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 intense balls.
10:42After months of betrayals, 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,
11:01in an eight-woman tag team match, certain 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.
15:44Carmelo Hayes,
15:45nothing but net.
15:46The cover.
15:49Case 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!
16:18What a fighting champion
16:22Ilya Dragunov was.
16:24And what a tremendous show
16:26of sportsmanship.
16:33After Ilya Dragunov
16:35let the pain entertain us
16:37for 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
16:57intercontinental 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
17:10because 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,
17:21B 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,
17:36I didn't come out here to fight.
17:38I never start a fight
17:40although I do finish them.
17:45I, I,
17:46I came to give you
17:55credit.
17:57Okay.
17:58When,
17:58when I first saw you
18:00I thought you were awful,
18:01terrible,
18:02the worst thing
18:02that I've ever seen.
18:03Do you have a point?
18:05Yes.
18:07Over the last few weeks
18:09or months
18:10you've,
18:11you've,
18:17you've,
18:17you've,
18:18you've,
18:18you've gotten
18:19a tiny bit better
18:20and you were able
18:21to get away
18:21with stealing a title
18:22and that's not nothing.
18:24Becky,
18:25the only thing
18:26I stole from you
18:27is the spotlight.
18:29I earned
18:30this title
18:31and if you can't
18:32realize that
18:33I will make you
18:34realize it next week
18:35and you're not
18:35going to come out here
18:36and blame the ref
18:37and claim corruption.
18:39No, no, no.
18:40It'll be all me
18:41but I won't be
18:42the only one saying it.
18:44Everybody will be saying it.
18:46Hey,
18:46Sports Illustrated
18:47might even say it
18:49and Becky Lynch,
18:51you will say it.
18:52Maxine Dupree,
18:54Intercontinental Champion.
19:00Listen to me,
19:01you little pump.
19:02I came out here
19:03to be nice,
19:03okay,
19:04because I'm a very nice person,
19:06okay,
19:07all right,
19:08but you think,
19:09you think four weeks
19:10of training
19:11in a dungeon
19:12is going to 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
19:24of all time
19:25and it's not just me
19:26saying it.
19:26Sports Illustrated
19:28says it,
19:28everybody says it.
19:29The Bleacher Report
19:30says it,
19:32okay?
19:33And I didn't just
19:35get there
19:36because everything
19:36went my way.
19:37No,
19:38I climbed every mountain.
19:40I overcame
19:40every 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 going
20:04to be on you
20:05and you've got
20:06to ask yourself,
20:08are you everything
20:09they think you are?
20:14Or are you going
20:15to be everything
20:16that I know you are?
20:19welcome
20:20to the big time?
20:27The fuse is lit
20:28for an explosive
20:29rematch
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,
20:46will 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 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
21:18to go to the back
21:19of 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 successfully
21:32turned Stephanie's
21:33attention back
21:34to the Hall of Famer,
21:35Raquel Rodriguez
21:36wasn't going
21:36to go away 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
21:48Vaquer
21:48trying to rally
21:49here and create
21:50some momentum
21:50with offense.
21:56Oh, Raquel denying it.
21:57Well, Raquel
21:58just a momentum
21:59stopper
22:00in her own right.
22:02Oh,
22:03oh,
22:03oh,
22:03how about it
22:04right here
22:04to attack?
22:06No,
22:06Raquel Rodriguez
22:07able to get that
22:08shoulder up
22:08at two and change.
22:09Raquel trying her best
22:10to deadlift,
22:12power up
22:12Vaquer
22:13into a vertical
22:14suplex,
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,
22:22Joe.
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 we'll just put her
22:34in the target zone
22:35here.
22:35She's lining her up.
22:37That's what
22:38Vader this time
22:39doesn't go her way.
22:40Meanwhile,
22:40Nikki Bella's right
22:41back in the mix of it.
22:42Nikki Bella pin
22:43in 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.
23:03Oh!
23:04Position right here
23:05for Vaquer.
23:06Oh,
23:07are you kidding me?
23:09Raquel Rodriguez,
23:11how about a two for one?
23:13Ten to the double
23:15to Hanabom.
23:16We only get a single.
23:17Oh,
23:17watch out Raquel.
23:18Oh,
23:18she went for the roll-up
23:19and instead out 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 feel my actions
24:03before they saw
24:04my 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.
24:13You 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 take
24:23that opportunity
24:24and help out.
24:26Very 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
24:40a 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.
25:02Austin Theory
25:02nailed his audition.
25:14The Rumors
25:16are True
25:17ladies and gentlemen
25:18the newest
25:20member
25:21of The Vision
25:29is Austin Theory.
25:41Earn your keep
25:42young man.
25:44They're all yours.
25:55I have waited
25:57my entire life
25:59for this moment.
26:05I have worked
26:07my entire career
26:09for this
26:10moment.
26:17A wise man
26:20can you
26:21educate me
26:23on this part
26:23again?
26:24Yes sir.
26:24The 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.
26:36The
26:36goal
26:37is
26:37the
26:37goal
26:38is
26:38the
26:39goal
26:41the
26:42is
26:44the
26:45goal
26:47of the
26:48Well your
26:49first mistake
26:50is assuming
26:51that you know
26:52what I think
26:52of you.
26:53You think
26:53I was going
26:54to come
26:54out here
26:55and tell
26:56you that
26:56you're not
26:57ready?
26:58When your
26:58entire life
26:59you've been
26:59told you're
27:00ready and
27:01you're prepared?
27:02Brother you're
27:03more ready
27:03than anybody
27:04I've ever
27:04seen.
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 Vision.
27:11There's one
27:12problem Braun
27:14I'm not
27:15ready.
27:17You want
27:17what I got?
27:22pick it
27:23up.
27:27It's a lot
27:27heavier
27:28than you
27:29think and
27:29I'm not
27:29just talking
27:30about the
27:30physical
27:31weight.
27:31It is a
27:32privilege to
27:33carry this
27:34strap and
27:35it's something
27:36that I've
27:36earned and
27:37I'm not
27:38ready to
27:38let it
27:39go.
27:42I'm not
27:43ready to
27:45stop coming
27:46into sold
27:47out arenas
27:47nationwide and
27:49getting the
27:50privilege to
27:51say is it
27:52good to be
27:53alive on a
27:55Monday night
27:56in Orlando
27:57Florida or
27:58what?
28:05I'm not
28:07ready to
28:08stop being
28:08champion.
28:09You're
28:10big.
28:11You're
28:11bad.
28:12You're
28:12strong.
28:13You're
28:13tough.
28:14You're
28:14fast.
28:15You got
28:15what it
28:16takes.
28:17But you're
28:18right.
28:18We're
28:18not the
28:18same.
28:19Because
28:20one of
28:20us is
28:21CM Punk.
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
28:31going to
28:31run out
28:31of
28:31row
28:32but it's
28:32not
28:32January
28:335th.
28:34And
28:34someday
28:34somebody
28:35is
28:36going to
28:36beat
28:36me
28:36for
28:36this.
28:38But it
28:39ain't
28:39going to
28:40be
28:40you.
28:44I'll
28:44see you
28:44January
28:455th.
28:49The whole
28:49world will
28:50see that
28:50man.
28:51One of
28:51us is
28:52CM Punk
28:53that one
28:53just put
28:54the other
28:54on blast.
28:57In one
28:58corner,
28:58the mad
28:59dog,
28:59Braun
28:59Breaker,
29:00is biting
29:00at the
29:01chance to
29:01earn the
29:02world heavyweight
29:02title.
29:03And in
29:03the other,
29:04the best
29:04in the
29:05world,
29:05CM Punk,
29:06is not
29:06ready to
29:07relinquish his
29:07championship to
29:08anyone.
29:10Tensions are
29:10at an all-time
29:11high before the
29:12bell rings on
29:13this explosive
29:14rivalry.
29:18The Vision has
29:19been quite
29:19busy after the
29:20reveal of Austin
29:21Theory as the
29:22masked man.
29:23Whether it's the
29:23tag team match
29:24two weeks ago or
29:25last Monday when
29:26Paul Heyman announced
29:27that Austin Theory is
29:29the newest member of
29:29The Vision, it seems
29:31that with each
29:31passing week, The
29:32Vision is on to the
29:34next big thing.
29:35However, the same
29:36can't be said for
29:37WWE Hall of Famer
29:39Rey Mysterio, who is
29:40still very mad about
29:42Austin Theory interfering
29:44in his match against
29:45Logan Paul, not
29:46once, but twice.
29:47So, Rey was out to
29:48teach Theory a lesson
29:50the best way he
29:50knows how.
29:51But with Logan Paul
29:52ringside, it wasn't
29:53long before Mysterio
29:54was going to need
29:55some backup of his
29:56own.
30:02I'm just tying Theory
30:03up a notch here.
30:05Oh, could this be?
30:06The 619 opportunity
30:07is delivered on!
30:09Oh, God.
30:10He's got him!
30:11Oh, Logan Paul!
30:13Oh, Logan Paul!
30:16And the bell rings as
30:18Logan Paul interferes
30:21with the match just
30:23when Mysterio had it
30:25in place.
30:26It was never about the
30:27match, Joe Test.
30:28This was a bonding
30:29session.
30:29Come on now.
30:30As Paul Heyman put it,
30:31a chance to grow those
30:34bonds with the newest
30:35member of the team.
30:36This is why Punk said
30:37whoa, no, whoa!
30:42He's back!
30:46Penta's back!
30:48Well, this is exactly
30:50why Rey Mysterio said
30:51I got some connections.
30:53Don't worry, Punk.
30:54Penta, who we haven't
30:56seen since he got injured
30:57in the last time
30:58in his now tournament.
31:00He had to stick up
31:01for his guard
31:01and buddy
31:02just in the nick of time.
31:04Oh, all the reports
31:05of the shoulder injury
31:07back.
31:07Oh, did you see that?
31:08I did.
31:10Logan Paul!
31:11How about a 619
31:13for you?
31:16Penta clears him.
31:18Oh, it is so good
31:20to have Penta back
31:21here on Raw.
31:25Goal!
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
31:45but 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.
32:16Get out there!
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 sing the same old song
32:37that makes you
32:39a piece of...
32:47you're not a good person.
32:49You're the world's greatest
32:51wrestler 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.
33:15I told you not.
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
33:33of the ring
33:34against Gunther
33:36who sends him down
33:37with a thudding blow
33:38again.
33:40Gunther does what he wants,
33:41he 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
34:11ability
34:12from the massive
34:13Austrian.
34:21And the vicious
34:22power 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
34:31in 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
34:38where it's going.
34:39When the shoulders
34:40were down
34:40and it could have
34:41been over,
34:42he's applying
34:42the sleeper.
34:43It's a barbarity
34:45and is it time
34:46to tap out
34:47like a bee?
34:54Here is your winner
34:56by submission,
34:59the ring
34:59general
35:02Gunther!
35:06Gunther absolutely
35:08pummeling
35:09R-Truth,
35:09once again
35:10asserting his
35:11dominance
35:11in a way that
35:12absolutely
35:13infuriates the crowd.
35:14While the ring
35:15general revels
35:16in being a Grinch
35:18over the blue
35:18brand,
35:19it's Joe Hendry
35:20who is still
35:21trying to bring us
35:21all a little
35:22holiday cheer.
35:23But Hendry's
35:24new rendition
35:25of an old
35:25favorite
35:26wasn't enough
35:26to make
35:27everyone believe.
35:29Jingle Bells,
35:31Jingle Bells,
35:33Miz has
35:33tiny balls.
35:35He'd rather
35:36be in Hollywood
35:38but they won't
35:39return his
35:39calls.
35:41Oh,
35:42Jingle Bells,
35:44Jingle Bells,
35:45Miz has
35:46tiny balls.
35:48Do you know
35:48what this means?
35:50When my hand
35:52goes up,
35:53your mouth
35:54goes shut.
35:55You think
35:56some cheap
35:57jingle's
35:58gonna turn
35:58me into
35:59the joke?
35:59I've spent
36:0020 years
36:01outlasting
36:02people that
36:03laughed at me
36:03harder than
36:04you sing.
36:05I've earned
36:06the right
36:07to be the
36:08locker room
36:09leader and
36:10take this
36:10company to
36:11the future.
36:13The jokes
36:14stop now.
36:16Clear this
36:16ring,
36:17clear this
36:17stuff.
36:18Me and you
36:19have a match
36:20right here,
36:21right now.
36:23Oh,
36:24whoa,
36:24Miz,
36:24Miz,
36:25over here,
36:26just one
36:27little thing
36:27I forgot
36:28to mention.
36:29Your match,
36:30it is now
36:31a miracle
36:32on 34th
36:33street fight.
36:36All right,
36:37the holiday
36:37tradition is
36:38back.
36:39That's it.
36:39Cancel Christmas.
36:40Anything goes.
36:42The holidays.
36:56I don't hear what to say
36:57anymore.
36:58Uh-oh.
37:00Miz gonna go for a ride
37:01again.
37:12What would you call
37:13this in the Christmas
37:14spirit?
37:18We paused the worm.
37:19Oh,
37:20well,
37:20he's trying to
37:20cookie break.
37:21Well,
37:21he carved up.
37:22And now
37:23Tozawa,
37:26you know,
37:26reindeer fly,
37:27but
37:31I 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,
37:45it's truth.
37:46Of course,
37:47it's truth
37:48in the bunny
37:48outfit.
38:03I'm having flashbacks
38:04to the Rosebugs,
38:05Michael Cole.
38:07Oh,
38:08the guitar
38:09just smashed
38:11through the Miz
38:11and a standing
38:13ovation coming.
38:15Henry
38:15puts Miz
38:16through the table.
38:21Embarrasses
38:22Miz
38:22again.
38:24Here is
38:26your winner,
38:27Joe
38:28Henry.
38:30I believe
38:31in the magic
38:32of Christmas.
38:33I believe
38:34in Joe
38:35Henry.
38:45Oh,
38:46yeah.
38:48are you ready
38:49to get back
38:50our tag team
38:51championships
38:52tonight?
38:53I'm ready,
38:54I'm ready.
38:55I'm ready.
38:56Come on,
38:57man.
38:57You all right?
38:59I'm good.
38:59I'm ready,
39:00listen,
39:01man.
39:02You my brother.
39:03When something
39:04ain't right,
39:04I feel it.
39:05I need you locked in.
39:07I need you by me tonight.
39:08You all right?
39:12Man,
39:12let 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,
39:33the only bad spot is in your head, brother.
39:36I'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,
39:45eight-time tag team champion.
39:47Longest-reigning tag team champion, brother.
39:50You him.
39:51The Jey Uso I know,
39:52just like me,
39:54got everybody around the world,
39:57got everybody in that arena,
39:58ready to yell
40:00one word,
40:02four letters,
40:03I need you.
40:08You all right?
40:16You together.
40:18Let's get at you.
40:19I love you.
40:21Back at you.
40:24Jimmy did his best to hype up his twin,
40:27but whether the brothers were on the same page
40:29remained to be seen.
40:30For the Usos,
40:31there was only one way to prove
40:33they are back on top
40:34by becoming nine-time tag team champions.
40:37But the brothers haven't seen
40:38the 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
40:44of that mountain
40:45going into the world tag team title match
40:47last 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
40:55their former glory,
40:56they were going to have to pull out
40:58all the stops.
41:07You can see Big Jim reaching
41:09for his ribs there
41:10as he comes over.
41:11You saw the drop in the spirits
41:14of Jey Uso.
41:15Have our powers wading.
41:16He got a little pep talk
41:17in the corner there
41:18on that tag
41:19from Brother Jimmy.
41:20And it took a beat too long
41:22because back in the fight now
41:24is Dragon Lee.
41:26You can see that was exactly
41:28where the Usos were looking
41:29for that double splash perhaps.
41:31But things have changed
41:32in a big way
41:33since Dragon Lee got...
41:34Dragon Lee's rubbing it out.
41:36Oh my!
41:37He just launched himself
41:39all the way
41:41over our desk
41:42and took out Big Jim.
41:44An absolute kamikaze dive
41:46there from Dragon Lee
41:48who may have maimed himself
41:49in the process.
41:50Big Jim looks absolutely wasted
41:53here on our announce desk.
41:56Oh, there's a wall of the town.
41:57Look at this!
41:58True, it's in!
41:59Jey survives it.
42:00Did you see the distance
42:02that was covered by Lee?
42:03Meanwhile,
42:04back in the center of the ring.
42:06Back and forth they go.
42:07Styles 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, four!
42:18Jey survives!
42:21This is outrageous!
42:22Wow!
42:24Both teams,
42:25and Noah Lyles
42:26is losing his mind
42:27at ringside too,
42:28but both teams
42:29dropping the heaviest
42:31of artillery.
42:32Absolute psycho behavior
42:33though from Dragon Lee.
42:35Devastating effectiveness.
42:38But this is the moment.
42:40Surely,
42:41the champs
42:41were going to retain
42:42Jey Lusso
42:44dig about as deep
42:46as he's ever digged
42:47in his career
42:48to kick out wide.
42:49Styles is in disbelief.
42:51in absolute disbelief.
42:53The Pele kick,
42:54the Styles clash,
42:55and still
42:56they fight on
42:57in front of this
42:59massive crowd
43:00for the World Tag Team Championship.
43:03Both teams
43:04have had their moments
43:05of despair
43:05in this one,
43:06but from despair
43:07to where
43:08the answer for the tag
43:10champs
43:12is perhaps
43:13incoming now,
43:14and with Big Jim
43:15down and out,
43:17Jey Lusso left.
43:19So looking for this,
43:20wow.
43:20the combo
43:21stop,
43:23Styles clash.
43:25Oh,
43:26but Big Jim's back.
43:28The eight-time
43:30World Champion
43:31Usos
43:31have no quit in them.
43:34It was beaten
43:35to the plunge
43:36that once again
43:37by AJ Styles
43:38who now has
43:39the momentum.
43:40Phenomenal forearm
43:41is in
43:43slow!
43:46Stereo superkick!
43:51They want it!
43:52They get it!
43:55The Usos!
43:57One,
43:58two,
43:59three!
43:59They did it!
44:00Number nine
44:01is Mighty Five!
44:03Here are your winners
44:06the new
44:08World Tag Team
44:12Champions!
44:15The Usos!
44:182025
44:19goes out
44:21with a
44:22one-day
44:23championship
44:24bang
44:25on top of the world
44:26again,
44:27Baron!
44:30Oh,
44:31God,
44:32what a match.
44:33The final five minutes
44:35of that one
44:36swung all
44:37over the place
44:38but the statistically
44:40greatest tag team
44:42in history
44:43just got statistically
44:45even greater
44:46with number nine.
44:48Welcome back
44:49to the mountaintop
44:50a place
44:51the Usos
44:52call home.
44:53And that moment
44:54right there
44:55considering what we heard
44:56earlier tonight.
44:58Big Jim
44:59lifting up
45:00and bringing out
45:01the best
45:01from one of the best
45:03his brother
45:04Jay.
45:06look at this
45:07scene
45:07to close out
45:08the year
45:09on Raw.
45:13Jimmy and Jay
45:14will be
45:14ringing in
45:142026
45:15adorned in gold
45:16as world
45:17tag team
45:17champions.
45:18The Usos
45:19are back
45:19on top
45:20and have
45:20proven to be
45:21a united
45:22force
45:22to be reckoned
45:23with.
45:23While we all
45:24yeet our way
45:25into the new
45:25year,
45:26this week
45:26carries several
45:27golden opportunities
45:28of its own.
45:29Io Sky and Rhea Ripley
45:30make their best
45:31attempt at dethroning
45:32the reigning
45:33women's tag team
45:34champions
45:34the Kabuki Warriors
45:35while Becky Lynch
45:36looks to do the same
45:37to Maxine Dupree
45:38and her
45:39intercontinental title.
45:40That is,
45:41if Jessica Carr
45:42stays out of the man's way.
45:44And in his biggest
45:45title defense to date,
45:47CM Punk puts the world
45:48heavyweight championship
45:49up against Braun Breaker.
45:51Who kicks off
45:522026
45:53with some new hardware?
45:55We're gonna find out
45:56Monday night.
45:56A Raw I surely
45:58won'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
46:04in WWE.
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