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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 him because I thought it was funny.
00:09:18Because 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.
00:09:21I believed everybody.
00:09:22It was like, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
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.
00:09:35You have 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.
00:09:45You finally get the fucking ear on your knees or whatever that is.
00:09:47And they finally get that title.
00:09:48And 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 to make it look like
00:09:55we're going off the air, you know?
00:09:57You can fucking get up on your feet.
00:09:58And you finally just give me that moment where you fucking look.
00:10:00And just before you even get it up, here 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.
00:10:14And 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, can barely
00:10:36get 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, the finals of the 2026 FIFA World
00:10:50Cup, a neighborhood which has hosted a number of Summer Slams, but tonight makes history
00:10:56with 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.
00:11:30Hello, it's me.
00:11:32Hello, it's me.
00:11:33Hello, it's me.
00:11:35Hello.
00:11:56What's good, WWE Universe?
00:12:02Who's made a whip so bad?
00:12:16You got it.
00:12:18It's all in the mood.
00:12:19It's all that's in there.
00:12:20Yes, sir.
00:12:22Love you, brother.
00:12:22Thank you for the opportunity, man.
00:12:24Fuck yeah.
00:12:24Yes, sir.
00:12:25I'm gonna make you proud.
00:12:26Taste this shit up.
00:12:26Yes, sir.
00:12:27Enjoy this.
00:12:27I'm gonna have a fucking ball.
00:12:35Jelly 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.
00:12:57As 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.
00:13:07I'm about to get a little flurry here from Jelly.
00:13:13And a big elbow by Jelly drops Paul.
00:13:17Oh!
00:13:20You're going to 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.
00:13:31Oh, Randy 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.
00:13:49You want 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.
00:14:12Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
00:14:17Holy shit! Holy shit!
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.
00:14:43Everybody'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.
00:14:54Logan Paul laughing and mocking at Jelly Roll.
00:14:58Bye-bye!
00:15:00Me and Shane, the producer Shane, we talked about it all night.
00:15:04Like, this is where wins or 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. Stay 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.
00:16:27Right?
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' match,
00:16:36I've been a fan my whole 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.
00:16:51Dude, nobody even noticed those.
00:16:52I only say this to people that get it.
00:16:54Respect.
00:16:56Fucking respect.
00:16:56Okay?
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 10
00:17:32years,
00:17:34we hit your music.
00:17:35Talk 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 come
00:17:45out.
00:17:45We come out on the stage.
00:17:47I have the briefcase.
00:17:49You're on crutches.
00:17:50Crutches and 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?
00:18:06Oh, yeah.
00:18:07I can't wait.
00:18:07Many times, if I can.
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.
00:18:14On the ring.
00:18:14We do that, okay.
00:18:16We stay in the ring?
00:18:18We stay in the ring.
00:18:20We stand over the dead body.
00:18:22Get the heat.
00:18:22Get out one time.
00:18:23You call it.
00:18:24We'll go with your gut.
00:18:25That's great.
00:18:26Yeah, I like that.
00:18:31From Chicago, Illinois, CM Punk!
00:18:42You can have all the cockiness and arrogance in the world when you're in your 20s, but right now, old
00:18:49father 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.
00:19:08The 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, again.
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, and 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?
00:19:56It'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.
00:20:14It's all it takes is one person goes,
00:20:21What 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,
00:20:36and we're asking you to pay to enjoy the ride along with us.
00:20:44What 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?
00:21:02Hey, I'm going to get them up here, Seth.
00:21:04Are you going to take the brace off, too?
00:21:05What's that?
00:21:06Taking the brace off as well?
00:21:09Welcome back.
00:21:11These fucking crutches are the death of me, Larry.
00:21:14Gunther's taking a victory lap already.
00:21:18Wait a minute.
00:21:19CM Punk back at his feet.
00:21:20And Gunther may have made a critical error there.
00:21:23This is going to be fucking great.
00:21:24I think so.
00:21:25Oh, my goodness.
00:21:26Oh, my goodness.
00:21:28Oh, wow.
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,
00:21:42the 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.
00:21:59Punk delivers it to Gunther.
00:22:01And Punk could be closing in on his championship.
00:22:05CM Punk still with some life left.
00:22:07Punk now with Gunther up on his shoulders.
00:22:11Punk for the GTS.
00:22:13A go to sleep to the champion.
00:22:15Punk's going to go for it again.
00:22:16Punk for the second GTS.
00:22:21Punk into the cover.
00:22:23Punk is the world champion.
00:22:25CM Punk is the world champion.
00:22:28Here is your winner.
00:22:32The new world heavyweight champion.
00:22:40CM Punk.
00:22:42And milky, motherfucker.
00:22:47An emotional CM Punk filled with tears
00:22:52has finally proven beyond a shadow of a doubt
00:22:56that he is the best in the world.
00:23:01On me.
00:23:04Now.
00:23:25Once the audience hears the music,
00:23:28I was worried
00:23:30they would know
00:23:32what was happening.
00:23:33Even when I came out on the crutches
00:23:35with the brace.
00:23:37And I thought
00:23:38maybe the
00:23:41ruse at the end of the ruse
00:23:42was
00:23:44a bit surplus.
00:23:46And
00:23:46the second pop wouldn't be as big
00:23:48as the first pop.
00:23:49That's always the big fear
00:23:51is that
00:23:51you want your pops to elevate.
00:23:53You want the excitement to increase
00:23:55as you're moving towards the moment.
00:23:57We're gonna land, let me go.
00:23:59We're gonna land, let me go.
00:24:00We're gonna land, let me go.
00:24:01We're gonna land, let me go.
00:24:01We're gonna land, let me go.
00:24:02All right, let me go.
00:24:04We're gonna land, let me go.
00:24:05Seth will take a step to lead
00:24:06like he's going back through Gorilla
00:24:07and then we'll get all of our shakes here.
00:24:10That was the only concern I had
00:24:11was
00:24:12whether we were going in the right direction
00:24:15by doing the walk away
00:24:16and oh, he's just here to remind people
00:24:18that he's still got the case.
00:24:20That moment,
00:24:21I didn't know if that was gonna play well.
00:24:34When I heard the noise
00:24:36when the crutches drop,
00:24:37I was like, oh, oh, yeah.
00:24:44Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:45Were some of my posts misleading?
00:24:47Ha, ha, ha.
00:24:56Oh, my, God.
00:25:00Oh, no.
00:25:01Oh, no.
00:25:03Not tonight.
00:25:05Not tonight of all nights.
00:25:08I call it a miracle,
00:25:10but I don't think it's that.
00:25:12And CM Punk and Seth Rollins now
00:25:14going after one another.
00:25:17Oh, my God.
00:25:23Oh, my God.
00:25:25And another one.
00:25:26Another one.
00:25:27And another one.
00:25:30Punk getting the hell beat out of him
00:25:32by Seth Rollins.
00:25:34Cash it in.
00:25:35Cash it in.
00:25:36Cash it in.
00:25:38Cash it in.
00:25:40Right there.
00:25:41Right there.
00:25:42That's your shot.
00:25:43That's the one.
00:25:45He's the one.
00:25:45He's the only thing in your way.
00:25:47This is the vision.
00:25:49Punk is helpless.
00:25:51Oh, stop the punk.
00:25:53You've got to be kidding me.
00:25:55A cover by Rollins.
00:25:58Oh, my God.
00:26:00Rollins is the world heavyweight champion.
00:26:03Here is your winner.
00:26:07A new world heavyweight champion.
00:26:18Seth Rollins outmaneuvered CM Punk again.
00:26:31That's the ultimate indicator.
00:26:33How is the payoff?
00:26:35If the payoff worked, then everything else worked.
00:26:37And I believe that it worked perfectly.
00:26:41I'm just so happy that it's over.
00:26:43Now I don't have to lie anymore.
00:26:50This is what we've been dreaming of.
00:26:53This is what we've been dreaming of.
00:26:56This is the beauty of the work ethic.
00:27:01This crazy-ass performance art
00:27:05that we lovingly call professional wrestling.
00:27:14You're lying, motherfucker.
00:27:18You guys, man.
00:27:19Learn from the best.
00:27:20You know what I mean?
00:27:20That was badass, dude.
00:27:22That was fucking badass.
00:27:24We got it.
00:27:25We got it.
00:27:26We got it.
00:27:26We got it.
00:27:27Bye-bye, Crutches.
00:27:28We got him with the lion.
00:27:34Finally getting the title
00:27:35and moving forward with myself
00:27:37and Heyman and Breaker and Reed,
00:27:39it felt like now we're here.
00:27:41Now we've arrived.
00:27:42And we can really start to do some fantastic work
00:27:46for wherever this leads.
00:27:48I am beat the fuck up.
00:27:50I need an ice bath
00:27:51and some ice cream
00:27:52and some ice.
00:27:55It's nights like that
00:27:56that remind me of
00:28:00what I fell in love with
00:28:01to start this entire journey.
00:28:06It's a physical business,
00:28:07but it's about making people feel
00:28:10what you're feeling.
00:28:12You know,
00:28:13sometimes you put yourself through hell
00:28:15for your art.
00:28:18For your art.
00:28:20Oh, man.
00:28:23It's about emotion.
00:28:28Okay.
00:28:29Thank you for the opportunity.
00:28:30I hope that was everything you wanted.
00:28:31Oh, my God.
00:28:32That was bad.
00:28:32That had to feel good.
00:28:33Oh, I mean, yes and no.
00:28:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:28:36Yeah.
00:28:37A lot of it didn't feel good.
00:28:38Yes and no.
00:28:38But it had to feel good.
00:28:39No, but that's what it needed to be.
00:28:40Dude.
00:28:41And then you played that shit on the end
00:28:42with the tears in your eyes.
00:28:44All that shit was so fucking good and emotional.
00:28:47You'll get sick of me saying it,
00:28:48but thank you for the opportunity.
00:28:50You brought me back here,
00:28:51and I think we're doing great things.
00:28:53You make me and Mick look like fucking geniuses.
00:28:55Magic, magic.
00:28:56Fucking A.
00:28:57So night one was epic.
00:29:01Went about as well as I think it could have,
00:29:03but we still got a whole other night to go.
00:29:24I got this thing a long time ago,
00:29:26and I just finally found an excuse to use it.
00:29:27So I was like, yes, I'm pumped.
00:29:30After WrestleMania and after losing to John Cena,
00:29:33I took a little time off.
00:29:36Inhale, left arm up.
00:29:38The biggest thing from yoga is being present.
00:29:41My mind runs at a pace where I often don't take any time
00:29:47to realize where we're at.
00:29:49This is modern WWE where the athleticism is through the roof,
00:29:53and if you're not doing the things that fix your body,
00:29:57then you end up not being able to do it for very long.
00:30:03Look at WrestleMania, and when you lose the title,
00:30:06no matter what anyone tells you,
00:30:07if they tell you it doesn't matter or it doesn't feel a certain way,
00:30:10they're lying to you.
00:30:12I didn't like the end result, not in terms of finish,
00:30:15in terms of execution.
00:30:17I think it was beneath what we can do.
00:30:21I need far better.
00:30:22And not just I need far better, WWE needs far better.
00:30:25So I think that the reason that a lot of people were down
00:30:33on the Cena-Cody WrestleMania match
00:30:36was that it didn't translate, and it didn't feel genuine.
00:30:42Because you know what, John?
00:30:44They love you.
00:30:45They appreciate you.
00:30:47You've done maybe more than anybody's ever done for this industry,
00:30:51and you're not going to be able to take that away from them.
00:30:54They're not going to hate you like you want them to hate you.
00:30:58It's not going to happen.
00:30:59Just go out there and tear it up.
00:31:02That's what they want.
00:31:04If people were disappointed, let's round this out.
00:31:07Let's remind them that WWE always does have
00:31:09not just a happy ending, but a conclusion.
00:31:14The goal would be to get back to the title match,
00:31:18wrestling against John Cena at SummerSlam.
00:31:21Namaste.
00:31:22Namaste.
00:31:24John really wanted to make up for the Mania match.
00:31:28Bad.
00:31:28He felt he owed Cody that.
00:31:32The only thing left, too, was to determine how and when
00:31:35we were going to get John Cena back over
00:31:38to being classic babyface John Cena.
00:31:40John Cena's going to defend that title against Cody Rhodes,
00:31:43but it's no DQ, or it's a street fight, or whatever.
00:31:46Does he fucking shake Cody's hand,
00:31:50do all that stuff, like have a moment there?
00:31:52Let the end of the heel run resonate as Cody did it,
00:31:58then get it done on the other side, yeah.
00:32:01Is the flip side of that John then coming to Cody's aid?
00:32:08Yeah.
00:32:09Right?
00:32:09Like, to turn back babyface somewhere in August
00:32:12because Cody now is in trouble
00:32:14and the guy that actually saves him is John Cena
00:32:17under the...
00:32:19I fucked up and I got ahead of myself here
00:32:23and I realized that I thought you weren't the guy.
00:32:26And you are.
00:32:27And I fucking support you and believe in you.
00:32:29And now he finishes out August to December clean as a babyface
00:32:35is what we were originally thinking.
00:32:37And is that the scenario?
00:32:41We didn't know at the time Cody was going to be then going away
00:32:44to make a movie for six weeks.
00:32:46I got to get with John.
00:32:49The Cody going away thing changes a bunch of shit.
00:32:52On the backside of SummerSlam,
00:32:53I am going to Australia to shoot Street Fighter,
00:32:56where I will be playing the character of Guile,
00:33:00which is dope.
00:33:01I grew up playing the character.
00:33:03So they kind of got me sight unseen,
00:33:06which I hope I don't blow it.
00:33:12The thought was at that point of,
00:33:14let's just get to Cena the night before
00:33:17and kind of pull him back so that Cena was made whole
00:33:20and 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
00:33:34and you already were like,
00:33:35come on, man, we're cheering for you now.
00:33:37Like, just come on.
00:33:45And a really good babyface turn is one
00:33:47that we're leading the audience to,
00:33:49but also the audience is leading us to.
00:33:52John's being a prime example of a face turn
00:33:55where he basically said,
00:33:57I'm a babyface now.
00:33:58Mark your calendar, Cody.
00:34:01August 1st, 2025.
00:34:03Newark, New Jersey.
00:34:05The day that John Cena came back to the WWE.
00:34:13John, doing it in the fashion that he did,
00:34:15where he told the audience,
00:34:17I'm going to be me.
00:34:18Very John, and let me make it even cleaner for you.
00:34:21I'm going to tell him I'm back.
00:34:23He's back!
00:34:25I'm going to be me at SummerSlam.
00:34:26And me at SummerSlam is one of the greatest babyfaces,
00:34:29if not the greatest babyface of all time.
00:34:39I think the easiest way for us to get you involved,
00:34:43if you don't mind,
00:34:45would be having these accessible.
00:34:47You have me get one of these.
00:34:49Okay.
00:34:49And just take them in the ass.
00:34:50Yeah, okay.
00:34:51That's all right.
00:34:52Totally fine with me.
00:34:52Do you want us to use the thing in the match?
00:34:54Or like,
00:34:55Okay, cool, cool.
00:34:56I also don't want to put you in a spot
00:34:58where you feel uncomfortable.
00:35:01No, not at all.
00:35:02I'm excited you are.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:04I think the story that we wanted to tell was,
00:35:10we're willing to both go to the lengths
00:35:12that a street fight demands,
00:35:15but we don't have to do it without respect.
00:35:18I wanted every bit of it to be a warrior's death.
00:35:22If you're refusing to hand the torch,
00:35:24I'm going to murder you for it.
00:35:26I'm going to take it by force.
00:35:30Some of these versions where I'm standing there
00:35:32and watching them come up,
00:35:33it's a lot of just looking at it with love, reverence,
00:35:36but also like, we're at it.
00:35:38I think so.
00:35:39And also, I don't know,
00:35:39is there a little salute in there?
00:35:42That whole fucking,
00:35:43I love you, but I'm sorry,
00:35:44you know what I mean, kind of thing.
00:35:55This was the big finale to me and Becky's feud,
00:35:59the ultimate battle at the end of our story.
00:36:05I felt a lot of pressure going into this one
00:36:07because it was a no-disqualification match.
00:36:11The main event on the show was John Cena
00:36:14and Cody Rhodes also with a no-disqualification stipulation.
00:36:18How are you doing? You look so cool.
00:36:20So it was very hard to come up with some unique ideas.
00:36:24I get a chain,
00:36:27tie it around her mouth,
00:36:29pull her,
00:36:30pull her into the steps,
00:36:31knock the steps off.
00:36:33And we are using the box.
00:36:34Right there.
00:36:35Right there.
00:36:36Maybe we don't do that.
00:36:37So in what we call gimmick matches,
00:36:39you know,
00:36:39no DQ,
00:36:40street fight,
00:36:41they're hard to prepare for
00:36:42because you can talk them through.
00:36:46You can't actually go through them at full speed
00:36:50because you have to save that for the match.
00:36:52Otherwise,
00:36:53you're going to kill the guy or girl before the match
00:36:55and they're not going to be able to perform to their best.
00:36:57So you can't do that.
00:36:59Maybe sometimes.
00:37:00Maybe.
00:37:01How would she get out?
00:37:03You get one try of this stuff
00:37:05and it's in front of 60,000 people.
00:37:08We're not doing the old music, no.
00:37:10We're just the...
00:37:10We're going straight into it.
00:37:11Straight into it.
00:37:12We were debuting my new entrance music
00:37:14by the Wonder Years,
00:37:16who were one of my favorite bands.
00:37:19New freaking song.
00:37:21Oh, I love it, man.
00:37:22I love it.
00:37:23I reached out to the Wonder Years.
00:37:25Big fan of them.
00:37:28And Dan Campbell,
00:37:29the singer,
00:37:31the songwriter of the band,
00:37:32I was like,
00:37:33man,
00:37:33would you guys be interested
00:37:35in doing my song
00:37:35if I can?
00:37:36If I can.
00:37:38Like, two seconds later,
00:37:40he wrote,
00:37:40right?
00:37:40Fuck yeah!
00:37:42Yeah, we would love to.
00:37:45Within, like, two days,
00:37:47he had written this binder of a song.
00:37:51He had lots of little Easter eggs in it.
00:37:55And one of them
00:37:56is, uh,
00:37:58I talk to your ghost every night.
00:38:02And I looked where my dad was sitting,
00:38:05you know,
00:38:07six years ago.
00:38:08And I looked where my dad was sitting,
00:38:12you know,
00:38:12six years ago.
00:38:20And that's thehaba από them.
00:38:20Hey, Finn.
00:38:23Want to go over some video I'd need you to?
00:38:25Yeah.
00:38:28Yeah.
00:38:29Oh, man,
00:38:30I did not,
00:38:30um,
00:38:31I got quite emotional
00:38:32on that day.
00:38:34Sorry.
00:38:35Oh, good.
00:38:35Last time we were here but but I was in the front row
00:38:40There's that line and the song, you know, I talked to your ghost and people like to just
00:38:44Kind of got me. I got you. Oh good
00:38:49Yes, good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, she got me a bit emotional there, you know
00:38:58Last time I was here my dad sitting there
00:39:02Yeah, my poor dad with cancer was just sitting there with this fucking blanket on, you know for the whole
00:39:06show the whole show
00:39:17Yeah, sometimes good to remember where you come from and
00:39:27um
00:39:29Yeah, got me good got me good
00:39:55Oh
00:39:56That like stadium if you thought last night was something you ain't seen nothing yet
00:40:07I have one question for you. Are you ready?
00:40:13I said
00:40:28I
00:40:28Always feel on fire internally. I always do but like every time I feel like this every time and then
00:40:34like it always just seems to
00:40:36To be magic. So hopefully it's always gonna stay like that. But again, I'm always like really nervous and
00:40:43Trying to put out the fires in my head and stay on top of things and you just can't freak
00:40:47out
00:40:47You just can't like it's just we got it. We got to go
00:40:49Wow, I'm freaking out
00:40:53The following is a no disqualification match for the women's intercontinental championship
00:41:06She is the women's intercontinental champion
00:41:12the man
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 that role to a young up-and-coming
00:41:31Pretender in Lyra Valkyria. Not sure I would use the word
00:41:35Pretender when it comes to Lyra Valkyria
00:41:39In the SummerSlam match, I think I'd already lost the battle with that one before I went through the curtain.
00:41:44I just didn't switch on
00:41:48I
00:41:49I felt a lot of pressure
00:41:52I'm always able to live in the moment and for that match. I just couldn't
00:41:57Introducing the challenger
00:42:03Lyra Valkyria
00:42:05When I was making my entrance I was just thinking let's just get the bell ringing
00:42:11Let's just do this and that's how I knew I was not in the zone that I needed to be
00:42:18Anything that could have gone wrong went wrong
00:42:21Lyra now boot rate to the midsection of Becky Lynch
00:42:24One of the first things I threw Becky into the photographer
00:42:27Becky
00:42:28Oh
00:42:29That poor still photo man
00:42:33She said sorry to him
00:42:35She's so nice
00:42:36I was like oh sorry
00:42:39It's a dangerous place to be for anyone near this ringside area
00:42:44Here come the reveal of the zip ties
00:42:46Nothing
00:42:48That happened with the weapons went the way it was supposed to
00:42:51Becky's gotta zip tie and she's gotta zip tie the hands together
00:42:55Literally handcuffing Valkyria here
00:42:58Perfectly legal Michael Cole
00:43:01Guess what Valkyria
00:43:02This is what you asked for
00:43:05That was
00:43:06My idea
00:43:07I was like that would be a really cool moment
00:43:10Not if even though Becky had completely incapacitated me
00:43:13I still ended up beating her up with zip ties
00:43:18And now she's got Becky trapped in the waist lock
00:43:20And now Lyra Valkyria using headbutts
00:43:23What happened however was
00:43:25When I was supposed to be stuck in the zip ties
00:43:27They came off
00:43:31Oh shit
00:43:34What was it off?
00:43:37Is she out of those?
00:43:38Yeah
00:43:38She's gotta just fucking get out of them
00:43:41They're loose then tell her just that they're off
00:43:44I'm trained when something happens that's not planned
00:43:47You throw the plan out the window
00:43:49And you go they're off
00:43:51But in the moment when they came off
00:43:53I was thinking
00:43:55What if the cameras didn't catch that?
00:43:58If they missed that
00:43:59Then it's like
00:44:00She was zip tied a second ago
00:44:01And now she's not
00:44:02Whereas if I slip them back on
00:44:04And hope the cameras didn't see it
00:44:05Same match
00:44:08The cameras did catch it
00:44:10Which is another unfortunate thing from the match
00:44:14Did it come out?
00:44:15I'm down
00:44:15Then she put her own hand back in there
00:44:19How soon until she gets out of this?
00:44:21She's gonna go under the ring
00:44:22And we're gonna lose Lyra
00:44:23And then he's at the end of these zip ties
00:44:26And Becky looking
00:44:27Oh! And Lyra was under the ring
00:44:30With a fire extinguisher in hand
00:44:32And when I was supposed to free myself from the zip ties
00:44:35They stayed on
00:44:38Lyra trying to use the sharp edge of that fire extinguisher
00:44:40To 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
00:44:49Taking off the zip ties
00:44:49I couldn't get them off
00:44:50So I had to crawl under the ring
00:44:51And get someone to cut them
00:44:54And it was a nightmare
00:45:00How are we doing time-wise on this?
00:45:03We are heavy as fuck
00:45:04We're almost five minutes heavy right now
00:45:05Punishment here tonight
00:45:08I just didn't respond to things going wrong the way I wish I had
00:45:12Lyra's gonna put her foot out on the table run
00:45:14Becky backwards into the post
00:45:16Or not
00:45:17I'm not exactly sure what's happening
00:45:21Fuck
00:45:22Becky Lynch who's got Lyra trapped
00:45:24Now standing on the Spanish announce table
00:45:26And Becky Lynch
00:45:28Oh! With a kick right to Lyra
00:45:30Here's the main streak from the man
00:45:33Becky Lynch
00:45:34Is Bayley in position?
00:45:36Okay, thank you
00:45:37Here comes the finish
00:45:38And now Becky went for the manhandle slam
00:45:40Nice arm drag take down
00:45:41And Bayley, oh my goodness
00:45:43Took a swing to Becky Lynch
00:45:46Missed and caught Valkyria
00:45:48The manhandle slam
00:45:51The man retains
00:45:56Here is your winner
00:45:58How heavy was that?
00:46:00At least ten minutes
00:46:05You've gotta be tough
00:46:07You've gotta be talented
00:46:08But most of all
00:46:09You've gotta be lucky
00:46:10And luck was smiling on Becky Lynch tonight
00:46:13Congratulations to Becky Lynch
00:46:15Oh, she's gonna be so mad when she comes back
00:46:18And everything else
00:46:20Sorry
00:46:21Huh?
00:46:23It wasn't great
00:46:23Huh?
00:46:24It wasn't great
00:46:25It was pretty good
00:46:27It wasn't great
00:46:29I know
00:46:31It was pretty good
00:46:33It's not good enough
00:46:38I don't think it was the drizzling shit
00:46:41Like it wasn't the worst match of all time
00:46:43But I think that we had such high expectations
00:46:48Maybe it didn't match up to that
00:46:52Yeah, it wasn't great
00:46:55I wanna be the person that people say I absolutely loved wrestling her
00:46:58She gave me my best match ever
00:47:00And I felt like I let myself down
00:47:02Or didn't rise to meet the occasion
00:47:05I didn't even want to go back up to Gorilla
00:47:07I felt so overwhelmed
00:47:11She was very upset with herself
00:47:14And she just started apologizing to me
00:47:16And I was like, it's fine
00:47:18Like, it's fine
00:47:19It's just wrestling
00:47:20And then she was like, no, it's not fine
00:47:22I need you to yell at me
00:47:23And I was like, no
00:47:24I'm never going to be upset
00:47:27Because a wrestling move or moves don't go our way
00:47:34She's great and she cares
00:47:35But also, that mindset is why she's so great
00:47:39And that's why she's going to continue to be great
00:47:41And that's why she's going to get better
00:47:43Because she doesn't want to kick love
00:47:45She wants to be told
00:47:47That's both a great and terrible mindset
00:47:51Great for progress
00:47:53Terrible for mental health
00:47:54And I know this
00:47:55I am this
00:47:59I came to the back
00:48:01And a lot of my co-workers commended the creativity
00:48:05And a lot of the things that we did out there
00:48:09John Cena came up to me after that match
00:48:13He said very complimentary things about it
00:48:15Yes!
00:48:15That shit was legit
00:48:16There's no fucking way I'd ever said yes to them
00:48:19Like, that shit was violent and brutal
00:48:22And we got Bailey back in the fray
00:48:23And now it's like mixed emotions and shit
00:48:26Like, it's way better than you think
00:48:29It's just the problem
00:48:29There was no changing my mind on it
00:48:31So that was very hard
00:48:36Honestly, everything up to now has been so amazing
00:48:39But, you know, when you...
00:48:42This is everything
00:48:43Like, this is everything
00:48:44So, when it doesn't...
00:48:47When you don't feel the magic
00:48:48Or whatever
00:48:49This is the first time I've felt this way
00:48:51So, uh...
00:48:54I want me to be real
00:48:55That's as real as I can...
00:48:56Can be right now
00:49:02Sometimes just anything that can go wrong
00:49:04Does go wrong
00:49:05Especially when you're...
00:49:07You know...
00:49:08Using weapons and stuff
00:49:09And...
00:49:10You got one take and all this
00:49:11It's...
00:49:12It's...
00:49:12It's not a movie
00:49:14We don't go out and rehearse stuff
00:49:15Like actors and stuntmen and all this
00:49:18And, uh...
00:49:18Sometimes it just doesn't...
00:49:20Go the way you see it in your head
00:49:22And...
00:49:23It's just what happens sometimes
00:49:27Um...
00:49:27But...
00:49:28It's only like...
00:49:29I think this happens to everyone at some point
00:49:31And the only way you can really judge a talent
00:49:33Is...
00:49:34On what they do afterwards
00:49:35How they handle that
00:49:36And...
00:49:37They don't do this, let me tell you
00:49:38Like...
00:49:39You can feel it in the moment
00:49:40And then you just have to pick up and move on
00:49:41Because we've always got RAW on Monday
00:49:43We've always got the next big show
00:49:45And...
00:49:46No one, like, ever has the perfect streak
00:49:48And you have to just, like, get knocked down
00:49:50And get back up again, so...
00:49:52I've got RAW on Monday
00:49:53I'm gonna have to just fucking
00:49:54Get back up and...
00:49:56Be okay
00:50:00Anyway, that's about as real as I can be
00:50:02And as much as I can say right now, so...
00:50:04I'm gonna go eat a cookie or something
00:50:08You're...
00:50:08You're always telling me to be present and soak it in
00:50:11Just had one of those moments where I wanna say thanks
00:50:15Thank you, man
00:50:18My man, congratulations
00:50:20Congratulations
00:50:20Congratulations
00:50:21Let's go
00:50:22We're proud
00:50:22Let's go
00:50:23You mean it's an all-time, man
00:50:24Do your thing, dude
00:50:25You know how much I'm up with?
00:50:26Can't wait until you're back, dog
00:50:27I know it, man
00:50:29I know it
00:50:30I know it
00:50:46Don't get back in my soul
00:50:48Every thought out of control
00:50:50Do it all to give them up with?
00:50:57Whoa...
00:50:58Come on, m 시�acağım
00:51:00Mina claims he saw the error of his ways.
00:51:03Knows he has four months left here in WWE.
00:51:06All right, leave this sit for a second.
00:51:14Everybody's standing.
00:51:17Fucking badass.
00:51:27Ready?
00:51:45In front of 60,561 WWE fans at SummerSlam,
00:51:52the old John Cena is back,
00:51:54much like he proclaimed Friday night on SmackDown.
00:51:57Now, now, now, it's the place that I will show you.
00:51:59Y'all know what time it is.
00:52:01Time to go to work.
00:52:03I've got a fellow,
00:52:04and still I'm not just fellow.
00:52:06He's that, that's what my cancer is well on.
00:52:09Grand job, it's your boy, hold weight.
00:52:11I got my soul straight.
00:52:13I'm rushing my point, no date.
00:52:14And then he's got the one.
00:52:15Being in the ring at SummerSlam,
00:52:17I'm glad, selfishly,
00:52:20that I got to be part of the old John Cena,
00:52:23stepping back into the light.
00:52:30Long-form storytelling.
00:52:32Hardest thing is to be patient.
00:52:41John Cena really has tapped back
00:52:44into what made him great in the first place this evening.
00:52:47But Superman meets Superman.
00:52:51And after the show of respect,
00:52:53here we go.
00:52:54Cody and Cena underway.
00:52:57Remember, street fight rules.
00:52:59Anything goes.
00:52:59You got to win via pinfall or submission.
00:53:01John Cena going to reverse.
00:53:03Cody shoulder first into the steps.
00:53:05John's going to get these stairs
00:53:06and put him in the ring.
00:53:08Cena has four months left in his career here.
00:53:11He wants to go out as the champion.
00:53:13And Cena, oh!
00:53:16Actually throwing the steps at Cody.
00:53:20We're going to work our way
00:53:21to Halliburton's crutch here.
00:53:24John will grab it.
00:53:26That's Tyrese Halliburton
00:53:27of the Indiana Pacers.
00:53:29Out after an Achilles surgery.
00:53:33And now John Cena using the crutch.
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
00:53:49has been through wars
00:53:50for the past 20 years,
00:53:51taking way more abuse than most.
00:53:54Eventually, it does catch up with you.
00:53:58John is, in many ways,
00:54:02doubting himself
00:54:03more than I believe we are doubting him.
00:54:06So he is in a place now
00:54:09where he's saying,
00:54:09I can't do what I used to do.
00:54:11I can't deliver that level.
00:54:15And the truth is,
00:54:16he really still can.
00:54:23John Cena has the experience
00:54:25to never run out of options.
00:54:28He's been in the deep waters
00:54:30more than anyone.
00:54:32Oh, God.
00:54:33Oh, my God.
00:54:34John Cena!
00:54:34Are you kidding me?
00:54:50At some point in time,
00:54:53Father Time beats us all.
00:54:55But I'm watching him do certain things
00:54:58just like he always did.
00:55:00And it's magic.
00:55:03How is Cena still able to do this?
00:55:24It's just a real love
00:55:25between 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.
00:55:33And I have to deal with that.
00:55:47That's where it gets tough for fans.
00:55:50Moments where they see
00:55:51their all-time favorite
00:55:53getting beaten up.
00:55:56Cody Rhodes!
00:55:58Oh, God.
00:55:58With a pause, Robert, to Cena!
00:56:01From their side,
00:56:02it's disrespectful.
00:56:05Cody's face is good,
00:56:06and it sees
00:56:07second-guessing himself
00:56:08that 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
00:56:16to tell the fans how we do it,
00:56:18and I respect that.
00:56:19I will tell you something
00:56:21that 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
00:56:26I stomped on his ankle,
00:56:27and he just looked up and said,
00:56:28be yourself.
00:56:30It's what you want!
00:56:35This is very John
00:56:39because the moment was there
00:56:40to 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
00:56:47and realize, no,
00:56:49just be yourself
00:56:51because the story
00:56:53that we wanted to tell
00:56:54was two characters
00:56:56being virtuous.
00:56:58Let them go through
00:56:59absolute hell
00:57:01knowing I'm not going to
00:57:02stab 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
00:57:06that bottom rope.
00:57:09He should refuse
00:57:10to hand the torch.
00:57:11Well, cool.
00:57:12Then I'm going to take it
00:57:13by force.
00:57:14What exactly is Cody
00:57:15doing here?
00:57:16Screwing that turnbuckle,
00:57:18the rope's down.
00:57:19Cody Rhodes
00:57:20with that piece of steel.
00:57:22To be able to tell
00:57:23that story through our faces.
00:57:26Cody having doubts
00:57:27again here.
00:57:27Well, I mean,
00:57:28he's looking at
00:57:29the all-time great.
00:57:35Cody Rhodes
00:57:36doing anything he can
00:57:37to try to fill
00:57:38the champion.
00:57:40That's the beauty
00:57:41of a match like that.
00:57:42It's very real.
00:57:47If you're a babyface,
00:57:49you have to stick
00:57:50to those virtues.
00:57:53Even if it's not something
00:57:54that is making them happy,
00:57:56if you're beating up
00:57:57someone that they
00:57:57really love,
00:57:58I don't want to do that
00:57:59with any dishonor.
00:58:01I want you to know that.
00:58:04In a final salute
00:58:06to the greatest
00:58:06of all time,
00:58:08Cody Rhodes
00:58:08with a crossroads
00:58:10to 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
00:58:32of the torch
00:58:33from the greatest
00:58:34of all time,
00:58:34John Cena,
00:58:35to the man
00:58:36who will carry WWE
00:58:37into the future,
00:58:39the new,
00:58:39undisputed
00:58:40WWE champion,
00:58:42Cody Rhodes.
00:58:44Cody Rhodes
00:59:00is once again
00:59:08the undisputed
00:59:09WWE champion.
00:59:15always the gentleman,
00:59:17Cody Rhodes,
00:59:18the American Nightmare
00:59:19will leave the ring
00:59:20to the one and only,
00:59:22the greatest
00:59:22of 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
00:59:28last SummerSlam.
00:59:31Thank you, Cena!
00:59:33Thank you, Cena!
00:59:37Thank you, Cena!
00:59:39Thank you, Cena!
00:59:40Thank you, Cena!
00:59:41Thank you, Cena!
00:59:41Thank you, Cena!
00:59:41Thank you, Cena!
00:59:42Nobody's leaving.
00:59:45Our business
00:59:46is about telling stories.
00:59:49Truth is,
00:59:50John can still do that
00:59:51better than almost anyone.
00:59:55Thank you, Cena!
00:59:56Thank you, Cena!
00:59:57Thank you, Cena!
00:59:59But the reality of it
01:00:01is on the other side
01:00:02of this,
01:00:02you only have 12 dates
01:00:03left in arguably
01:00:06the greatest career,
01:00:07one of the greatest
01:00:08performers of all time.
01:00:10Ladies and gentlemen,
01:00:11enjoy this while you can.
01:00:13So, how 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
01:00:27out of here.
01:00:28You go into John's
01:00:32rivalries and histories.
01:00:33How are you doing?
01:00:35Good, man.
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,
01:00:45I think it was like 2014,
01:00:47gave John Cena
01:00:48his most lopsided loss
01:00:50in John's illustrious career.
01:00:54Brock, 16 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 marquee matchup.
01:01:15It's Army-Navy.
01:01:16It's Georgia-Alabama.
01:01:19Coupled with the fact,
01:01:21I think Brock was gone
01:01:23from the ring two 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 left
01:01:36to enjoy the greatness
01:01:38that is John Cena.
01:01:44What?
01:01:48Oh!
01:01:49My!
01:01:50God!
01:01:52It's the beast!
01:01:54It's the beast!
01:01:56Brock Lesnar!
01:01:58Hell has come
01:01:59to the Battlelands!
01:02:05John Cena once called
01:02:07this man his toughest rival,
01:02:09his most physical rival,
01:02:11and Brock Lesnar is here,
01:02:13and he's as massive as 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,
01:02:24with John Cena
01:02:24bringing it on his shoulders,
01:02:25Brock Lesnar,
01:02:26with an F5 to John Cena!
01:02:31A message has been sent,
01:02:34and everything we thought we knew
01:02:36about WWE just changed.
01:02:39John Cena's got four months left,
01:02:41and it could be a nightmare.
01:02:51As you mentioned,
01:02:54No!
01:02:54when let's see what happens!
01:02:54You understand?
01:02:57I want to see what happens!
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