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WWE: Unreal - Season 2 - Episode 05: The Pop
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00:00:06The reality of how much I was going to have to lie to all the people that I care about
00:00:13hadn't really hit me. You know, I can lie to the fans. That's fine. That's part of the business.
00:00:21Lying to, like, my friends and family. And so when it happened, everybody's texting me.
00:00:30And now a moonsault lands on his feet.
00:00:32Oh, fuck. Get Doc in there. Get Doc in there.
00:00:36That is a bleak sight seeing Seth freaking Rollins down and out.
00:00:44And he's not responding to anybody because, you know, he's going through all of this.
00:00:52So everybody's like, how's he doing? His dad is texting me. And I'm like, do I have to like your
00:00:58dad?
00:00:59Like, who do I have to lie to? So I was like breaking out in hives.
00:01:06I think she didn't anticipate having to be an accomplice. I think that part didn't occur to her until the
00:01:13night of.
00:01:14And she's the one answering all the texts while I'm, you know, ignoring them all.
00:01:18I'm much better. I'm a much better liar than she is. She'll be honest with you on that.
00:01:23She's a terrible liar.
00:01:24My manager called me and he's like, how's he doing? Is he okay? What's going on?
00:01:30Is he going to be all right? And I'm like, um, uh, yeah, he'll be fine.
00:01:37He'll be fine, you know? He's going to be fine.
00:01:40You know, and that was like my way of like not, of towing the line, of like not lying, but
00:01:46lying, you know?
00:01:48Okay, next time, just fucking don't tell me.
00:01:51Hmm?
00:01:52Just don't fucking tell me.
00:01:53With what?
00:01:55What's up?
00:01:56I got a fucking, you know, I got a fucking lie to everybody.
00:01:58I got a fucking lie to everybody.
00:02:00I got a fucking lie.
00:02:04Did, did, uh, did you know about it beforehand or after?
00:02:08Yeah, yeah.
00:02:08Okay.
00:02:19Any time I would go into public where there was a possibility that a picture might get out, we were
00:02:25on the crutches with the brace.
00:02:27Crutches were the fucking worst.
00:02:30I have stairs to go to my house.
00:02:32I couldn't do legs at the gym.
00:02:34I flew commercial in a GD brace.
00:02:37You know, you'd stop security.
00:02:38They got to pat the whole thing down.
00:02:40It was obnoxious.
00:02:43Everybody, except my daughter, played their role perfectly.
00:02:47She tried to ruin it immediately.
00:02:49You know, I told her, oh, daddy's got to pretend boo-boo.
00:02:52He doesn't really have a boo-boo.
00:02:53But eventually, she'll tell everyone, daddy doesn't have a boo-boo.
00:02:56And I'll go, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:02:58And everybody will go, oh.
00:03:00Literally the first day, send her into this little summer camp.
00:03:04She does her thing for a few hours.
00:03:05She comes back.
00:03:06She's got this teacher, Miss Joy.
00:03:08She says, I told Miss Joy that you had a pretend boo-boo.
00:03:11I said, no, Rue, you can't do that.
00:03:14She goes, na-na, na-na, boo-boo.
00:03:16I told Miss Joy.
00:03:18Oh.
00:03:22Miss Joy was in the inner circle from day one.
00:03:24And she kept up her end of the bargain, too.
00:03:26Appreciate that, Miss Joy.
00:03:40SummerSlam has always been arguably the second largest event that WWE does.
00:03:47The big tentpole event is the only way that I can think to say it.
00:03:51One of the greatest wrestling matches of all time has their second place here at SummerSlam.
00:04:01You run these big epic storylines through the summer.
00:04:05They peak at SummerSlam.
00:04:07Ray Mysterio has his son back.
00:04:10Oh, broke this on her side.
00:04:13Oh, my God.
00:04:14Give him the earth.
00:04:17History of the business as we move forward.
00:04:19There was so much talent, so much storytelling that could be done.
00:04:24This year, for the first time, SummerSlam now is a two-night event.
00:04:31In laying out the card for SummerSlam, we knew that night one would be headlined by Gunther
00:04:37defending the world title against CM Punk, with obviously the Seth Rollins cash-in surprise
00:04:42included with that, and also Jelly Roll teaming up with Randy Orton to take on Logan Paul and
00:04:49Drew McIntyre.
00:04:50One of the numerous benefits of working with an outside performer like a Jelly Roll is
00:04:55that they have different opportunities outside of our world in which they can promote WWE.
00:05:01We found out that Jelly Roll was actually going to be hosting an episode of the Jimmy Kimmel
00:05:05show, and thought that'd be a perfect opportunity to use it as a platform to kind of promote
00:05:10Jelly's tag match at SummerSlam.
00:05:13I guess we're going to go to commercial break.
00:05:15Commercial break it is.
00:05:17Oh, actually, no, I don't think we're going to go to commercial break.
00:05:22You, my friend, are a greasy, redneck prison rat.
00:05:28Who the f*** is this?
00:05:29Shut the hell up, Jelly Roll.
00:05:31There's your receipt, stupid.
00:05:32Hey, congrats.
00:05:33It's Logan Paul's show now.
00:05:35A real superstar.
00:05:36So, ladies and gentlemen, you want to see a real star?
00:05:40I'm here.
00:05:41Why don't you leave, huh?
00:05:53Getting involved in SummerSlam scared me.
00:05:56I haven't felt fear like that in a long time.
00:05:59I mean, it scared me.
00:06:00It kept me up at night some nights.
00:06:01I'd wake up out of sleeps about it.
00:06:03I wasn't nervous.
00:06:05That's something you feel before a concert.
00:06:06That's healthy.
00:06:07I was scared of, um, I was scared of being rejected.
00:06:16And I haven't had that fear in a long time, neither.
00:06:18It reminded me of, like, the early bar shows.
00:06:21Like, I don't really know how they're going to feel about me out here.
00:06:31You got 20 seconds for me to run somebody?
00:06:33Yes, sir.
00:06:34Is it too early in the day to talk about our finish?
00:06:37No?
00:06:39No?
00:06:39Don't go out here yet.
00:06:41You want to go heels up?
00:06:44I'm not opposed to it.
00:06:45I'm still mulling it over.
00:06:47I've got all the details.
00:06:48I'm weighing out the overall card.
00:06:51Do I need a babyface moment, or do I need a down moment that late in the show?
00:06:56If you ask me where I'm at right now, I'm 60-40, you go down.
00:07:01We get heels up, 60-40.
00:07:03But I want to feel that out for a little bit.
00:07:06I was campaigning to lose.
00:07:08Because we were also trying to clearly tell the story of a man that was unqualified to be in there.
00:07:11Well, I've been thrown through, like, 12, 15 tables getting ready for this.
00:07:15But I haven't actually been through an announcer table with somebody jumping me.
00:07:19You lay on this table just to feel what it's like?
00:07:21I bug y'all, man.
00:07:22I just, I don't want the first time I lay on it before I go through it to be in
00:07:25front of 60,000 people and have no clue what the fuck it feels like.
00:07:28This is the only thing that I'm going to do tonight that I haven't got to try at all.
00:07:34I have no clue how bad it is or isn't going to hurt.
00:07:36I just keep thinking about how far that jump is and how big Logan is.
00:07:40So it's kind of like a little bit like this, but also at an angle.
00:07:43So he'll come, boom.
00:07:44No, no, no, not that angle.
00:07:46Because he'll be coming ahead this way.
00:07:48I'll be on that table, right?
00:07:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:07:52Yeah, you'll be fine.
00:07:54And then just...
00:07:55Boom.
00:07:55Yep.
00:07:57This thing will break.
00:07:58Mm-hmm.
00:07:59Tuck the chin.
00:07:59It's a clean bump, right?
00:08:00Yep, yep, yep.
00:08:02I'll be okay.
00:08:03We'll be all right.
00:08:04My wife will be sitting right there.
00:08:05She's going to shit herself.
00:08:07She's going to lose her mind, dude.
00:08:10You got any words or advice for me here?
00:08:12Kind of sit up a little bit on impact.
00:08:15Sit up a little bit before impact.
00:08:17Well, I heard you.
00:08:18Yep.
00:08:19Just a little bit.
00:08:20Yeah.
00:08:21Kind of tighten up.
00:08:21Yeah, it'll be a snug shot.
00:08:24It may knock the wind out of you, but you'll be fine.
00:08:27You know, later.
00:08:29For sure.
00:08:31I got a minute to sail here.
00:08:32You probably won't feel much of it in the moment when you cool off.
00:08:38That's when you'll feel it.
00:08:40When the adrenaline comes out.
00:08:42When I go back there and sit down, I'm going to feel every one of these.
00:08:44Yes, you are.
00:08:45And you're going to feel it even more tomorrow when you wake up.
00:08:51Feeling good?
00:08:51Yes.
00:08:52So I got to say, at Saturday's main events, I felt really bad for Seth.
00:08:57Seth Rollins?
00:08:58Yeah, I felt really bad for him.
00:08:59Why?
00:08:59Then I came to you and it was like, hey, man, he's out.
00:09:02If you need me.
00:09:03Yeah.
00:09:03And you just didn't even acknowledge it at all.
00:09:05That it was like, hey, man.
00:09:07Suffice obvious.
00:09:08Yeah.
00:09:10Yeah.
00:09:10Look, I don't like giving people information they don't need.
00:09:14No, no, no.
00:09:14It's all good.
00:09:14Yeah, yeah.
00:09:15It's all good.
00:09:15I think of it myself anyway.
00:09:16I wanted to tell you about it.
00:09:17It's funny because in the first moment, I didn't have any mail.
00:09:19I didn't think of it like, hey.
00:09:21I don't know.
00:09:22I believed everybody.
00:09:23Yeah.
00:09:24Poor guy.
00:09:24Yeah, yeah.
00:09:25And you know what we're doing tonight, right?
00:09:28Yeah.
00:09:30Hey, son.
00:09:31Good, you?
00:09:33So, aftermath?
00:09:35Yeah, a second.
00:09:35We'll talk about it again.
00:09:36Yeah, yeah.
00:09:37So, we want to paint the picture where you go over,
00:09:40but you're exhausted.
00:09:42You finally have that moment.
00:09:43We're getting Gunther out.
00:09:44You finally get the fucking year on your knees or whatever that is
00:09:47and they finally get that title and they have that emotional moment
00:09:49like, fuck, you fucking did it.
00:09:51You know what I mean?
00:09:51And as emotional as possible, I'm going to get a camera in the ring
00:09:54to make it look like we're going off the air, you know?
00:09:57You can fucking get up on your feet and you finally just give me that moment
00:09:59where you fucking look and just, before you even get it up,
00:10:04here he comes.
00:10:05And I feel like, you know, you take your time on all that too.
00:10:09Like, you fucking can't fucking believe it.
00:10:12You cry if you can and, you know what I mean?
00:10:15As emotional as fucking possible.
00:10:16As soon as you just do this, it's like, fuck.
00:10:19I will milk that till it is bone dry.
00:10:24Bobby Likudny plans for post-match.
00:10:29Sounds awesome.
00:10:30Sounds good.
00:10:32Yeah, I felt like if you went through a war, you know, you went through a war,
00:10:35can barely get up and fucking, but you've overcome and all that shit.
00:10:39And holy shit, he finally fucking did it.
00:10:40Here's your moment.
00:10:41Bang.
00:10:43We are live at the home of the NFL's Giants and Jets,
00:10:47the finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
00:10:51A neighborhood which has hosted a number of Summer Slams,
00:10:54but tonight makes history with the first ever epic two-night event.
00:11:00Over 50,000 WWE fans are expected tonight for the 38th annual Summer Slam.
00:11:13One minute to party.
00:11:15Hey, just take your time.
00:11:17We're in no rush, so don't feel like you got to rush.
00:11:19Take your time going up the stairs.
00:11:20Take your time doing all of it and have fun.
00:11:22All right?
00:11:23Let's go.
00:11:25Let's do it.
00:11:26It's so nice meeting you.
00:11:27All right.
00:11:28Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:30Hello, it's me.
00:11:32Hello, it's me.
00:11:33Hello, it's me.
00:11:35Hello.
00:11:55What's good, WWE Universe?
00:12:01Who's made a website?
00:12:28I have more tears in my head.
00:12:31Yeah, they count for me, they understand, they talk to me.
00:12:36Jelly Roll weighs in at 299 pounds, the lightest in many, many years.
00:12:41Jelly Roll has been doing all the right things.
00:12:44He's been training with some of the absolute best.
00:12:47What he hasn't done is actually have a match.
00:12:51They talk to me.
00:12:57As the bell rings, Jelly Roll tags himself in.
00:13:01We're going to have to see what Jelly Roll has learned over the past number of weeks as he starts
00:13:06things off.
00:13:07Might have to get a little flurry here from Jelly.
00:13:13And a big elbow by Jelly drops Paul.
00:13:21Don't get a tag to victory.
00:13:24Now the game changes.
00:13:25Yeah, Jelly, you might want to make a tag now to Mr. Orton while you have the opportunity, because here
00:13:29comes McIntyre.
00:13:32Randy trying to psych up Jelly Roll.
00:13:37Now they realize he made a mistake.
00:13:41It is every celebrity's dream to get in this ring until you face reality.
00:13:49Want to put Jelly on the table?
00:13:52Look at your big table spot.
00:13:55Oh man, this is, things are getting out of control here.
00:13:59There's no way to feel what this is going to feel like.
00:14:01I look up and I see him clap those two water bottles together.
00:14:07I'm petrified at this moment.
00:14:22Jelly Roll is going to rue the day that he wanted to become a WWE superstar.
00:14:35Check, check on everybody, please.
00:14:38The medical personnel at ringside have got Jelly Roll to his feet.
00:14:42Everybody's good, everybody's good.
00:14:45A two-on-one situation.
00:14:48Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre continue to pummel away on Orton.
00:14:53Logan Paul laughing and mocking at Jelly Roll.
00:15:00Me and Shane, the producer Shane, we talked about it all night.
00:15:04Like, this is where Windsor dies.
00:15:06When you turn around, it's either going to be one of the pops of the night or it'll fall flat.
00:15:17When I turned around for that comeback, it was like, it happened.
00:15:24I don't know what Jelly's thinking.
00:15:26He's trying to drag himself back in.
00:15:32We got to applaud Jelly Roll to not leave his partner high and dry here in this match.
00:15:38Randy Orton is going to tag in Jelly Roll, and here he comes.
00:15:44And Jelly Roll with a clothesline.
00:15:48Just biting a pure adrenaline hand.
00:15:52Watch for the Claymore.
00:15:53Stay here, stay here.
00:15:56Claymore.
00:15:58Logan Paul up top.
00:16:04For the win.
00:16:09Well, there's no fairytale ending for our celebrity here tonight.
00:16:14He showed us all something here.
00:16:17Jelly Roll went out on his shield.
00:16:22That was awesome.
00:16:23It was great.
00:16:25First of all, shout out to Triple H for believing it, right?
00:16:28Because imagine there's a 480-pound musician in Gorilla taking up the space of three men,
00:16:33going, dude, I'm going to lose a bunch of weight, kick a wrist in a match, I've been a fan
00:16:36my
00:16:37whole life, and Triple H believed me.
00:16:40Love you.
00:16:41I'm in, brother.
00:16:42I'm in fucking in.
00:16:43Congratulations.
00:16:44Love you, man.
00:16:46You said you would.
00:16:47You worked your fucking ass off, man.
00:16:49I know I made a couple mistakes, but I did pretty good.
00:16:50But, dude, nobody even noticed those.
00:16:52I only say this to people that get it.
00:16:54Respect.
00:16:55Respect.
00:16:55Fucking respect.
00:16:56Respect.
00:16:57Okay?
00:16:58Fuck yeah.
00:17:04Are you on your bus?
00:17:07Yes.
00:17:08So I'll come out to see you.
00:17:10Let's make sure it's exactly how we want it.
00:17:13And the next time we come in, we're going for it.
00:17:19Punk wins.
00:17:22We get the title in Punk's hands.
00:17:27When he lifts the title in the air to give it to the audience that chanted his name for
00:17:32ten years, we hit your music.
00:17:35We'll talk through it now or later?
00:17:37I'll talk to you now.
00:17:38Okay.
00:17:38We're doing a cash in, okay?
00:17:39Okay.
00:17:39So Seth is coming back.
00:17:41So when you get to the bottom of the ramp, just kind of wait, because Seth is going to
00:17:44come out.
00:17:45We come out on the stage.
00:17:47I have the briefcase.
00:17:49You're on crutches.
00:17:50Crutches, you're on the brace.
00:17:51And the knee brace.
00:17:53Seth is coming down, and Seth is going to grab you.
00:17:56He's going to slide in.
00:17:57He's going to whack Punk a bunch of times.
00:17:58He's going to come to you, say he's going to cash in.
00:18:00Woo!
00:18:01Walking up with you for the fucking best in the world, baby.
00:18:03Are you cracking him with the briefcase?
00:18:05Oh, yeah.
00:18:07I can't wait.
00:18:07Many times, if I can't wait.
00:18:10Stomp.
00:18:11You do the cash in.
00:18:12He's going to stomp him.
00:18:13You count the one, two, three.
00:18:14Oh, on the ring.
00:18:14We do that, okay.
00:18:15You got it.
00:18:17We stay in a ring?
00:18:18We stay in a ring.
00:18:19We stand over the dead body.
00:18:21Get the heat.
00:18:22Get out one time's ring.
00:18:23You call it.
00:18:24We'll go with your gut.
00:18:25That's great.
00:18:27Yeah, I like that.
00:18:39You're going to have all the cockiness and arrogance in the world when you're in your 20s.
00:18:48But right now, Old Father Time is catching up with CM Punk.
00:18:52It's a win now situation.
00:18:55Jess, I don't know exactly how it's going to go, but just be at the bottom of the ramp.
00:18:58So if Seth points at you or grabs you, just go along with it.
00:19:07The sun's gone to hell.
00:19:09The moon's riding high, and we are ready for a main event for the ages here.
00:19:18Oh!
00:19:20Oh, my goodness.
00:19:22Again.
00:19:23A shotgun-like blast.
00:19:25Stay here.
00:19:26I'm going to get a chop fast, my gutter.
00:19:28And now a chop to the back.
00:19:30And Punk's in trouble now.
00:19:32Keep chopping.
00:19:33One in the belly.
00:19:33The body of CM Punk is being broken down before our eyes.
00:19:38Stacks him up to retain, and Punk kicks it, too.
00:19:41Not quite sure how Punk still has anything left in him.
00:19:46Can you make sure that Heyman's up here, please?
00:19:49Paul Heyman.
00:19:57It's tough to keep her surprised now.
00:20:01Keeping a return, a secret.
00:20:05Not letting people know that Seth Rollins doesn't need crutches.
00:20:11This makes it so much more difficult.
00:20:13It's all it takes is one person goes, shh.
00:20:22What goes into a reveal?
00:20:24Everything.
00:20:26We're doing theater, and the audience is our chorus.
00:20:34We're building to something, and we're asking you to pay to enjoy the ride along with us.
00:20:43What can make this moment that memorable?
00:20:50That's the assignment.
00:20:52That's the job.
00:20:54That's what we do.
00:20:59It's a miracle.
00:21:00You got the crutches?
00:21:03You're gonna take the brace off, too?
00:21:05What's that?
00:21:06Taking the brace off, as well?
00:21:07Yeah.
00:21:08No.
00:21:09Welcome back.
00:21:10No.
00:21:10No.
00:21:11No.
00:21:22No.
00:21:25No.
00:21:26No.
00:21:26No.
00:21:26No.
00:21:27No.
00:21:28No.
00:21:28The world champion has been busted open.
00:21:32Gunther is busted open.
00:21:34My god.
00:21:34I don't know if I've ever seen Gunther covered in his own blood like that.
00:21:39Gunther trying to beg off.
00:21:40I don't remember to your point the last time Gunther's tasted his own blood in a match.
00:21:45Forget everything that's happened previously.
00:21:48The game has changed.
00:21:58oh yeah punk delivers it to gumphor and punk could be closing in on his championship
00:22:04cm punk still with some life left punk now with gumphor up on his shoulders
00:22:10hulk for the gts i'll go to sleep to the champion hulk's gonna go for it again
00:22:18hulk for the second gts hulk into the cover
00:22:23hulk is the world champion see how puck is a world champion here is your winner
00:22:42and milky motherfucker
00:22:48an emotional cf punk filled with tears has finally proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
00:22:56that he is the best in the world on me now
00:23:05burning down
00:23:25once the audience hears the music i was worried they would know what was happening
00:23:33even when i came out on the crutches with the brace
00:23:37and i thought maybe the
00:23:41ruse at the end of the ruse was
00:23:44a bit surplus and the second pop wouldn't be as big as the first pop that's always the
00:23:50big fear is that you know you want your pops to elevate you know you want the excitement to
00:23:54increase as you're moving towards the moment
00:24:05seth will take a step to leave like he's going back through gorilla and then we'll get all of our
00:24:08shakespeare that was the only concern i had was whether we were going in the right direction
00:24:15by doing the walk away and oh he's just here to remind people that he's still got the case
00:24:20that moment i didn't know if that was going to play well
00:24:34when i heard the noise when the crutches drop i was like oh oh yeah
00:25:10i'm sorry were some of my posts misleading
00:25:10but i don't think it's that and see how punk and seth rollins now going after one another
00:25:24and another one another one and another one
00:25:30punk getting the hell beat out of him by seth rollins
00:25:34cash it in cash it in cash it in cash it in cash it in right there right there
00:25:42that's your shot that's the one he's the one he's the only thing in your way
00:25:47this is the vision punk is helpless
00:25:51i'll stop the punk you gotta be kidding me
00:25:55a cover by wallets
00:25:57oh my god
00:26:00wallets is the world heavyweight champion
00:26:03here is your winner
00:26:06a new world heavyweight champion
00:26:14seth
00:26:15freaking
00:26:18rollins
00:26:22step rollins out maneuvered cm punk again
00:26:31that's the the ultimate indicator how's the payoff if the payoff worked then everything else worked
00:26:37and i believe that it worked perfectly
00:26:41i'm just so happy that's over now i don't have to lie anymore
00:26:50this is what we've been dreaming of this is what we've been dreaming of this is the beauty
00:26:58of the work ethic this crazy ass performance art that we lovingly call professional wrestling
00:27:14you're lying
00:27:15you're lying
00:27:15you guys man learn from the best you know what i mean
00:27:20that was badass dude thank you thank you thank you
00:27:27bye bye crushes
00:27:34finally getting the title and moving forward with myself and hayman and breaker and reed
00:27:39it felt like now we're here now we've arrived and we can really start to do some fantastic work
00:27:45for wherever this leads
00:27:48i am beat the up i need an ice bath and some ice cream and some ice
00:27:55it's nights like that that remind me of what i fell in love with to start this entire journey
00:28:06it's a physical business but it's about it's about making people feel what you're feeling
00:28:12you know sometimes sometimes you put yourself through hell to uh for your for your art for your art
00:28:23it's about emotion
00:28:28okay thank you for the opportunity i hope that was everything you wanted oh my god that was
00:28:32that had to feel good oh i mean yes and no yeah yeah a lot of it didn't feel good
00:28:38yes but it had to
00:28:39feel good no but that's what it needed to be dude and then you played that on the end with
00:28:42the tears in
00:28:43your eyes all that was so good and emotional you'll get sick of me saying it but thank you for
00:28:49the
00:28:49opportunity you brought you brought me back here and i i think we're doing great things you make
00:28:54me and mick look like genius magic magic so night one was epic went about as well as i think
00:29:02it could
00:29:02have um but we still got a whole nother night to go
00:29:24i got this thing a long time ago and this finally found an excuse to use it so i was
00:29:28like yes
00:29:28i'm pumped after uh wrestlemania and after losing to john cena i took a little time off
00:29:36inhale left arm up the biggest thing from yoga is being present my mind runs at a pace where i
00:29:44often don't take any time to realize where we're at this is modern wwe where the athleticism is through
00:29:52the roof and if you're not doing the things that fix your body then you end up not being able
00:29:58to do
00:29:59it for very long look at wrestlemania and when you lose the title no matter what anyone tells you
00:30:07if they tell you it doesn't matter or it doesn't feel a certain way they're lying to you
00:30:12i didn't like the end result not in terms of finish in terms of execution i think it was beneath
00:30:19what we can
00:30:19do i need far better and and not just i need far better wwe needs far better so i think
00:30:28that the
00:30:29reason that a lot of people were down on the cena cody wrestlemania match was that it didn't translate
00:30:40and it didn't feel genuine because you know what john they love you they appreciate you you've done
00:30:48maybe more than anybody's ever done for this industry and you're not going to be able to take
00:30:53that away from them they're not going to hate you like you want them to hate you it's not going
00:30:59to
00:30:59happen just go out there and tear it up that's what they want if people were disappointed let's round
00:31:07this out let's remind them that wwe always does have not just a happy ending but a conclusion
00:31:14the goal would be to get back to the title match wrestling against john cena at summer slam
00:31:22namaste john really wanted to make up for the mania match bad he felt he owed cody that
00:31:32the only thing left too was to determine how and when we were going to get john cena back over
00:31:38to
00:31:38being classic baby face john cena john cena is going to defend that title against cody roads
00:31:43but it's no dq or it's a street fight or whatever does he shake cody's hand do all that stuff
00:31:51like have
00:31:52a moment there let the end of the heel run resonate as cody did it then get it done on
00:32:00the other side
00:32:01yeah is the flip side of that john then coming to cody's aid yeah right like to turn back baby
00:32:10face
00:32:11somewhere in august because cody now is in trouble and the guy that actually saves him is john cena
00:32:17under the under the i fuck it i fucked up and i i got ahead of myself here and i
00:32:24realized that i
00:32:25thought you weren't the guy and you are and i support you and believe in you and now he finishes
00:32:30out august to december clean as a baby face is what we were originally thinking and is that the is
00:32:38that
00:32:38the scenario we didn't know at the time cody was going to be then going away to make a movie
00:32:45for six
00:32:45weeks i got to get with john the cody going away thing changes a bunch of on the back side
00:32:53of
00:32:53summer slam i am going to australia to shoot street fighter uh where i will uh be playing the
00:32:59character of guile which is dope um i grew up playing the character so they kind of got me sight
00:33:05unseen which i hope i don't blow it
00:33:12the thought was at that point of let's just get to cena the night before and kind of pull him
00:33:18back
00:33:18so that scene was made whole and back on the good side of things heading into that match
00:33:24a good face turn is never meant to really be a shock
00:33:31a good face turn should be something you're feeling and you already were like come on man
00:33:36we're cheering for you now like just come on
00:33:45and a really good baby face turn is one that we're leading the audience to but also the audience is
00:33:50leading us to uh john's being a prime example of a face turn where he basically said i'm a baby
00:33:58face
00:33:58now mark your calendar cody august 1st 2025 newark new jersey the day that john cena came back to the
00:34:08wwe
00:34:13john doing it in the fashion that he did where he told the audience i i'm gonna be me very
00:34:19john
00:34:19and let me make it even cleaner for you i'm gonna tell him i'm back he's back i'm gonna be
00:34:25me at
00:34:26summer slam and me at summer slam is one of the greatest baby faces if not the greatest baby face
00:34:31of
00:34:31all time
00:34:40the easiest way for us to get you involved if you don't mind yeah would be having these accessible
00:34:46other things you have me get one of these okay i just take them yeah okay that's all right totally
00:34:52fine with me do you want us to use the thing in the match or like sure okay cool yeah
00:34:56yeah i also
00:34:57don't want to put you in a spot where you feel uncomfortable no not at all i'm excited you know
00:35:03yeah
00:35:03awesome awesome i think i think the story that we wanted to tell was
00:35:10we're willing to both go to the lengths that a street fight demands but we don't have to do it
00:35:16without respect i wanted every bit of it to be a warrior's death if you're refusing to hand the torch
00:35:24i'm gonna murder you for it i'm gonna take it by force
00:35:30some of these versions where i'm standing there and watching them come up it's a lot of just looking at
00:35:34it with uh love reverence but also like we're at it i think so and also i don't know is
00:35:40there a
00:35:40little salute in there that whole i love you but i'm sorry you know what i mean kind of thing
00:35:55this was the big finale to me and becky's feud the ultimate battle at the end of our story
00:36:05i felt a lot of pressure going into this one because there's a no disqualification match
00:36:11the main event on the show was john cena and cody rhodes also with a no disqualification stipulation
00:36:20so it was very hard to come up with some unique ideas i get a chain um tighter in her
00:36:28mouth pull her
00:36:30pull her into the steps knock the steps off and we are using right okay so maybe we don't do
00:36:36that
00:36:37so in what we call gimmick matches you know no dq street fight they're hard to prepare for because
00:36:44you can talk them through you can't actually go through them at full speed because you have to
00:36:51save that for the match otherwise you're going to kill the guy or girl before the match and they're
00:36:55not going to be able to perform to their best so you can't do that maybe sometimes maybe how would
00:37:01she
00:37:02get out you get one try at this stuff and it's in front of 60 000 people we're not doing
00:37:08the old
00:37:09music no we're just going straight straight into it we were debuting my new entrance music
00:37:14by the wonder years who were one of my favorite bands new freaking song oh i love it man i
00:37:23love it i
00:37:23i reached it to the wonder years um big fan of them and uh dan campbell the the singer the
00:37:31songwriter
00:37:31of the band i was like man would you guys be interested in doing my song if i can if
00:37:36i can
00:37:38like two seconds later he wrote right like fuck yeah yeah we would love to
00:37:45within like two days he had written this binder of a song
00:37:51he had lots of little easter eggs in it one of them is uh i talk to your ghost every
00:37:59night
00:38:02and i looked where my dad was sitting you know six years ago
00:38:19hey
00:38:27yeah yeah oh man i did not um i got quite emotional on that day sorry all good last time
00:38:36we were here but but i was in the football and there's that line and the song you know i
00:38:42talked
00:38:42to your ghost every night so just kind of got me i got you all good yes good yeah yeah
00:38:50yeah i'm good
00:38:51good good good just got me a bit emotional there you know
00:38:57last time i was here my doll was sitting there yeah my poor doll with cancer was just sitting there
00:39:04with this blanket on you know for the whole show the whole show
00:39:14it's good good good good good yeah sometimes good to remember where you come from and um
00:39:29yeah got me good got me good
00:40:06i have one question for you are you ready
00:40:28i always feel on fire internally i always do but like every time i i feel like this every time
00:40:34and
00:40:34then like it always just seems to to be magic so hopefully it's always gonna stay like that but again
00:40:40i'm always like really nervous and trying to put out the fires in my head and and stay on top
00:40:46of
00:40:46things and you just can't freak out you just can't like it's just we've got it we gotta go
00:40:50well i'm freaking out
00:40:52i'm freaking out
00:40:54the following is a no disqualification match for the women's intercontinental championship
00:41:05becky lynch
00:41:07she is the women's intercontinental champion
00:41:18becky lynch
00:41:20becky lynch has been the standard of irish dominance for the past 10 years and she is not ready to
00:41:28relinquish
00:41:28that role to a young up-and-coming pretender in lyra valkyria not sure i would use the word
00:41:35pretender when it comes to lyra valkyria in the summer slam match i think i'd already lost the battle
00:41:42with that one before i went through the curtain i just didn't switch on
00:41:48i felt a lot of pressure i'm always able to live in the moment and for that match
00:41:55i just couldn't introducing the challenger lyra valkyria when i was making my entrance i was just
00:42:08thinking let's just get the bell ringing let's just do this and that's how i knew i was not in
00:42:15the zone that i needed to be anything that could have gone wrong went wrong lyra now break to the
00:42:23section of becky lynch one of the first things i threw becky into the photographer becky oh that
00:42:30poor a still photo man she said sorry to him she's so nice i was like oh sorry a dangerous
00:42:40place to
00:42:41be for anyone near this ringside area here come the reveal of the zip ties nothing that happened
00:42:48with the weapons went the way it was supposed to becky's got a zip tie and she's gonna zip tie
00:42:54the
00:42:55hands together literally handcuffing valkyria here perfectly legal michael cole guess what valkyria
00:43:02this is what you asked for that was my idea i was like that would be a really cool moment
00:43:10if even
00:43:11though becky had completely incapacitated me i still ended up beating her up with zip ties and
00:43:18now she's got becky trapped in the waist lock and now lyra valkyria using headbutts what happened
00:43:24however was when i was supposed to be stuck in the zip ties they came off
00:43:44i'm trained when something happens that's not planned you throw the plan out the window
00:43:49and you go they're off but in the moment when they came off i was thinking
00:43:55what if the cameras didn't catch that if they missed that then it's like she was zip tied a
00:44:01second ago and now she's not whereas if i slip them back on and hope the cameras didn't see it
00:44:06same match
00:44:08the cameras did catch it which is another unfortunate thing from the match
00:44:15then she put her own hand back in there
00:44:18uh how soon she gets out of this she's gonna go under the ring and we're gonna lose lyra
00:44:23and then he's at the end of these zip ties and becky looking oh and lyra was under the ring
00:44:30with a fire extinguisher in hand and when i was supposed to free myself from the zip ties
00:44:35they stayed on libra trying to use the sharp edge of that fire extinguisher to break the zip tie here
00:44:43i don't know why she's not using the ring like we talked about
00:44:48taking off the zip ties i couldn't get them off so i had to crawl under the ring and get
00:44:52someone to
00:44:52cut them and it was a nightmare
00:45:03heavy as fuck we're almost five minutes have you right now
00:45:08i just didn't respond to things going wrong the way i wish i had library's gonna put her foot out
00:45:13on the table run becky backwards into the post or not i'm not exactly sure what's happening
00:45:20fuck
00:45:23becky lynch who's got lyra trapped now standing on the spanish announce table
00:45:26and becky lynch oh with a kick right to lyra
00:45:31here's the main streak from the man becky lynch is bailey in position okay thank you
00:45:37here comes the finish and now becky went for the manhandle slam nice arm track take down
00:45:42and barely oh my goodness took a swing of becky lynch missed and caught valkyria
00:45:49the manhandle slam the man retains
00:45:56here is your winner how heavy was that at least 10 minutes
00:46:05you've got to be tough you've got to be talented but most of all you've got to be
00:46:09lucky and luck was smiling on becky lynch tonight congratulations to becky lynch
00:46:16oh she's gonna be so mad when she's gonna come back and have some news
00:46:20sorry uh-huh
00:46:23it wasn't great huh it wasn't great it's pretty good it wasn't great i know
00:46:31it's pretty good it's not good enough
00:46:38i don't think it was the drizzling shits like it wasn't the worst match of all time but i think
00:46:44that we had such high expectations maybe it didn't match up to that
00:46:52yeah it wasn't great
00:46:55i want to be the person that people say i absolutely loved wrestling her she gave me
00:46:59my best match ever and i felt like i let myself down or didn't rise to meet the occasion
00:47:05i didn't even want to go back up to gorilla i felt so overwhelmed
00:47:11she was very upset with herself and she just started apologizing to me and i was like it's fine
00:47:18like it's it's fine it's just wrestling and then she was like no it's not fine i need you to
00:47:23yell at
00:47:23me and i was like no i'm never going to be upset because a wrestling move or moves don't go
00:47:32our way
00:47:34she's great and she cares but also that mindset is why she's so great and that's why she's going to
00:47:40continue to be great and that's why she's going to get better because she doesn't want to kick love
00:47:45she she wants to be told that's both a great and terrible mindset great for progress terrible for
00:47:54mental health and i know this i i am this i came to the back and a lot of my
00:48:02co-workers commended the
00:48:04creativity and a lot of the things that we did out there john cena came up to me after that
00:48:12match
00:48:13he said very complimentary things about it that shit was a chair there's no fucking way i'd ever
00:48:18said yes to them like that shit was violent and brutal and we got bailey back in the fray and
00:48:24now
00:48:24it's like mixed emotions and shit like it's it's way better than you think it's just there was no
00:48:30changing my mind on it so that was very hard
00:48:36honestly everything everything up to now has been so amazing but uh you know when you
00:48:42this is everything like this is everything so uh when it when it doesn't
00:48:47when you don't feel the magic or whatever this is the first time i've felt this way so uh
00:48:54i want me to be real that's as real as i can can be right now
00:49:02sometimes just anything that can go wrong does go wrong especially when you're
00:49:07you know using weapons and stuff and you got one take and all this it's it's it's it's not a
00:49:13movie we
00:49:14don't go out and rehearse stuff like actors and stuntmen and all this and that's just doesn't
00:49:20it's go the way you see it in your head and it's just what happens sometimes um but it's it's
00:49:28only
00:49:28like i think this happens to everyone at some point and the only way you can really judge a talent
00:49:33is
00:49:34on what they do afterwards how they handle that and they don't do this let me tell you like you
00:49:39can
00:49:39feel it in the moment and then you just have to pick up and move on because we've always got
00:49:42raw on
00:49:43monday we've always got the next big show and no one like ever has the perfect streak and you have
00:49:49to
00:49:49just like get knocked down and get back up again so i've got raw on monday i'm gonna have to
00:49:53just
00:49:54fucking get back up and be okay anyway that's about as real as i can be and as much as
00:50:02i can say
00:50:03right now so i'm gonna go eat a cookie or something you're you're always telling me to be present and
00:50:10soak it in just had one of those moments where i want to say thanks thank you
00:50:15my man congratulations congratulations let's go let's go you've made it all
00:50:24time man do your thing you know how much i'm up with can't wait until you're back dog i know
00:50:28it man i know it
00:50:31it is main event time for the sixth time in his career and the final time ever john cena will
00:50:39main
00:50:39event summer slam against the former champion the american nightmare cody rhodes
00:51:00cena claims he saw the error of his ways
00:51:03knows he has four months left here in wwe all right leave this sit for a second
00:51:14everybody's standing you're fucking badass
00:51:27you ready
00:51:45in front of 60 000 561 wwe fans at summer slam the old john cena is back much like he
00:51:54proclaimed
00:51:55friday night on smackdown
00:52:15being in the ring at summer slam i'm glad selfishly that i got to be part of
00:52:21the old john cena stepping back into the light
00:52:30long-form storytelling hardest thing is to be patient
00:52:41john cena really has tapped back into what made him great in the first place this evening but superman
00:52:48meet superman and after the show respect here we go cody and steen underway
00:52:57remember street fight rules anything goes you got to win via pinfall or submission
00:53:02john cena gonna reverse cody shoulder first into the steps john's gonna get these stairs and put him in the
00:53:07ring
00:53:08and um
00:53:08and coda
00:53:09and cina has four months left in his career here he wants to go out as the champion
00:53:13and cena oh actually
00:53:16throwing the steps at cody
00:53:20we're gonna work our way to uh halliburton's uh
00:53:22crutch here john will grab it
00:53:26That's Tyrese Halliburton of the Indiana Pacers
00:53:29Out after an Achilles surgery
00:53:33And now John Cena using the crunch
00:53:36Again, perfectly legal tonight
00:53:38Anything goes for the championship
00:53:44Cody quickly throws Cena to the table
00:53:47The body of John Cena has been through wars for the past 20 years
00:53:51Taken way more abuse than most
00:53:54Eventually, it does catch up with you
00:53:57John is, in many ways, doubting himself more than I believe we are doubting him
00:54:06So he is in a place now where he's saying, I can't do what I used to do
00:54:11I can't deliver that level
00:54:15And the truth is, he really still can
00:54:22John Cena has the experience to never run out of options
00:54:28He's been in the deep waters more than anyone
00:55:01Oh God
00:55:01Oh my God, John Cena
00:55:03How is Cena still able to do this?
00:55:05How is Cena still able to do this?
00:55:24There's just a real love between him and the fans right now
00:55:28John's as popular as he's ever been
00:55:30And as over as he has ever been
00:55:32And I have to deal with that
00:55:47That's where it gets tough for fans
00:55:49Moments where they see their all-time favorite getting beaten up
00:55:57Cody Rhodes
00:55:57Oh God
00:55:58Oh
00:55:59With a pile drop from a Cena
00:56:01From their side, it's disrespectful
00:56:05Cody's face is good in the sea
00:56:07He's second-guessing himself, so I've done that
00:56:11Yes, we're going at it
00:56:12But I really love this guy too
00:56:15I know John does not like to tell the fans how we do it
00:56:18And I respect that
00:56:19I will tell you something that John Cena told me in the ring
00:56:22That I'll never forget
00:56:24They were booing
00:56:25This was right before I stomped on his ankle
00:56:27And he just looked up and said, be yourself
00:56:30It's what you want
00:56:35This is very John
00:56:38Because the moment was there to be a bad guy
00:56:41To beat him up with malice
00:56:43To beat him up and be that heel
00:56:46John can figure that out and realize, no
00:56:49Just be yourself
00:56:51Because the story that we wanted to tell was
00:56:55Two characters being virtuous
00:56:58Let them go through absolute hell
00:57:01Knowing I'm not going to stab you in the back
00:57:03But I will stab you in the front
00:57:04Stay with Cody
00:57:05He's going to undo that bottom rope
00:57:08He should refuse to hand the torch
00:57:10Well, cool, then I'm going to take it by force
00:57:13What exactly is Cody doing here?
00:57:16Screwing that turnbuckle
00:57:18The ropes down
00:57:19Cody Rhodes with that piece of steel
00:57:22To be able to tell that story through our faces
00:57:26Cody having doubts again here
00:57:27Well, I mean, he's looking at the all-time great
00:57:35Cody Rhodes doing anything he can
00:57:37To try to fill the champion
00:57:40That's the beauty of a match like that
00:57:42That's very real
00:57:42Up top
00:57:45Cody, Connor, through the table
00:57:48If you're a babyface, you have to stick to those virtues
00:57:53Even if it's not something that is making them happy
00:57:56If you're beating up someone that they really love
00:57:58I don't want to do that with any dishonor
00:58:01I want you to know that
00:58:04In a final salute
00:58:05To the greatest of all time
00:58:07Cody Rhodes
00:58:08With a crossroads to Cena
00:58:10Into the cover
00:58:12Hooks the leg
00:58:14Cody Rhodes
00:58:15Is champion
00:58:31It is a passing of the torch
00:58:33From the greatest of all time
00:58:34John Cena
00:58:35To the man who will carry WWE
00:58:37Into the future
00:58:39The new undisputed
00:58:40WWE champion
00:58:42Cody Rhodes
00:58:48Cody's getting emotional
00:58:50To be around the literal greatest of all time
00:58:52In our business
00:58:53That situation is extremely special
00:58:55I drove John around for two years
00:58:57I learned everything I could from him
00:58:59He didn't know I was learning from him
00:59:00That's what I told him in the ring
00:59:02I told him, sorry it took me so long
00:59:06Cody Rhodes is once again
00:59:08The undisputed
00:59:10WWE champion
00:59:15Always the gentleman
00:59:16Cody Rhodes
00:59:18The American Nightmare
00:59:19Will leave the ring
00:59:20To the one and only
00:59:21The greatest of all time
00:59:23John Cena
00:59:24To bask in the glow
00:59:25Over 60,000 people
00:59:27In what is his last
00:59:28Summer Slam
00:59:42Nobody's leaving
00:59:45Our business is about telling stories
00:59:49Truth is
00:59:50John can still do that
00:59:51Better than almost anyone
00:59:59But the reality of it
01:00:01Is on the other side of this
01:00:02You only have 12 dates left
01:00:05In arguably the greatest career
01:00:07One of the greatest performers
01:00:09Of all time
01:00:10Ladies and gentlemen
01:00:11Enjoy this
01:00:12While you can
01:00:14So
01:00:14How do you make that work
01:00:16In a way that is
01:00:17A rollercoaster ride
01:00:20Where are they bringing him by
01:00:21Bottom of Gorilla
01:00:24Anybody that doesn't need
01:00:26To be up here in Gorilla
01:00:27Needs to get the fuck out of here
01:00:28You go into John's
01:00:32Rivalries
01:00:32And histories
01:00:34How you doing?
01:00:35Good night
01:00:36Hey Bruce
01:00:37How are you sir?
01:00:38Good to see you man
01:00:39Well one of John's
01:00:40Greatest rivalries
01:00:41Was with Brock Lesnar
01:00:43Brock Lesnar
01:00:44I think it was like 2014
01:00:46Gave John Cena
01:00:48His most lopsided loss
01:00:50In John's illustrious career
01:00:53Brock
01:00:5416 suplexes
01:00:57To John Cena
01:00:58That is the most
01:01:00Dominating performance
01:01:01I have ever seen
01:01:03In a championship match
01:01:05In my life
01:01:06It wasn't even close
01:01:09Brock versus Cena
01:01:11Is a big
01:01:13Huge
01:01:13Marquee matchup
01:01:15It's Army Navy
01:01:16It's
01:01:17Georgia Alabama
01:01:19Coupled with the fact
01:01:21I think Brock
01:01:22Was gone from the ring
01:01:23Two years
01:01:24When you don't see
01:01:25Something coming
01:01:26It's really good
01:01:28I'll let him come
01:01:34We have four months
01:01:35Left
01:01:36To enjoy the greatness
01:01:38That is John Cena
01:01:43What?
01:01:48Oh my god
01:01:51It's the beast
01:01:53It's the beast
01:01:55Brock Lesnar
01:01:57Hell has come
01:01:59To the Meadowlands
01:02:05John Cena
01:02:06Once called this man
01:02:07His toughest rival
01:02:09His most physical rival
01:02:10And Brock Lesnar
01:02:12Is here
01:02:13And he's as massive
01:02:14As ever
01:02:19This is a man built
01:02:20For one thing
01:02:21And now Lesnar
01:02:22Into the ring
01:02:23And Brock Lesnar
01:02:23With John Cena
01:02:24On his shoulders
01:02:25Brock Lesnar
01:02:26With an F5
01:02:27To John Cena
01:02:31A message
01:02:32Has been sent
01:02:34And everything
01:02:35We thought we knew
01:02:36About WWE
01:02:38Just changed
01:02:39John Cena's got
01:02:40Four months left
01:02:41And it could be
01:02:41A nightmare
01:02:56That's been the one
01:02:58Five months
01:02:59At the end
01:03:14Heathers
01:03:15Over
01:03:20To야
01:03:33Oh, my God!
01:03:52Oh, my God!
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