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00:00I took everything that I want. I took everything that I want.
00:15And his opponent from East Palo Alto, California, laying in at 291 pounds.
00:22He is the winner of the 2026 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, Royce King.
00:31Yeah, he grabbed the spotlight the night before WrestleMania 42 and winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
00:38But it has been in recent weeks showing us jaw-dropping power in recent weeks, Wade.
00:44Yeah, and Royce Keys, I swear, gets bigger every single time he walks past this desk.
00:49That is a freak-sized human being.
00:52And if you're Gunther, it's the last guy you want to be in the ring with,
00:56knowing full well that your opportunity at the WWE champ, Cody Rhodes,
01:02at Clash in Italy in two weeks' time, hangs in the balance here.
01:06This is fascinating to see Royce Keys in a spot like this.
01:10Just his fourth match on SmackDown.
01:13And already taking on an ultra, ultra-elite competitor and a chance to face Cody Rhodes for the biggest prize
01:20of all.
01:21Who do you think you are, huh? Come on, huh?
01:24Yeah, that's who he thinks he is.
01:26I'll tell you right now, Gunther is not one to make mistakes, but he's made several tonight.
01:30And he could well turn what should have been a triumph into disaster now.
01:36Because that was a guaranteed opportunity that he's put in serious jeopardy,
01:41thanks to the fact he has to take on Keys.
01:45And Keys is a man that no one in WWE so far has remotely slowed down.
01:51291 pounds and just the massive upper body.
02:11Gunther was playing games a bit with Cody Rhodes and with Nick Aldis.
02:16There was a verbal agreement for Gunther's arrival to SmackDown.
02:19The contract was laid out right in front of him.
02:22And Aldis says, I'm not taking it anymore.
02:24Really, you want to do this? Fine.
02:26We'll have a number one contenders match.
02:28I'll tell you right now, any top star feels like they should have the red carpet rolled out for them.
02:32And to an extent, that is always the case.
02:34And of course, there's a hell of a lot of value in Gunther, the ring general.
02:38However, even that has limits.
02:43The question is, does Royce Keys have limits?
02:46Because if he does, we haven't seen them yet on SmackDown.
02:49I love the fact that Royce himself wanted to find out.
02:52That Royce said, I will step forward.
02:55Cody was quick to hand him the pen, by the way.
02:58And then it was Gunther who came into the ring to rip it away.
03:00Say, what are we doing here?
03:01I'm the one that's earned all this.
03:03I'm the one that was put in position.
03:04You're not taking it away from me.
03:05Let's face facts.
03:06Cody is scared of no man.
03:08But the man he really wanted was Gunther after those sneak attacks from Gunther.
03:12But you know what?
03:13You're going to stall?
03:14Send me a man who will fight.
03:16And if that's Royce Keys, I'll take him on too.
03:19Listen, Gunther has as powerful and devastating a nice etched chop as anybody.
03:24And Royce Keys just stands up to it, Wade.
03:28Yeah, he's got about four inches of pure lead in that chest.
03:32That's how thick that muscle is.
03:34And those chops of Gunther practically just bounced off.
03:38Runs into a big boot.
03:42Oh, man.
03:47David Bowie power slam.
03:49Royce Keys hooks the leg.
03:52It's a thing.
03:53Gunther is a bully in the ring.
03:55He likes to physically dominate opponents.
03:57I don't think there's anybody who can physically dominate Royce Keys.
04:01So where does Gunther go from here?
04:03Gunther, a man I've previously called match-up proof.
04:08I may have overextended myself on that one because Royce Keys is making this look like child's play so far.
04:19Gunther's worried here.
04:21Gunther's shook up.
04:23Unsurprisingly so.
04:24And there's no lap at all from Royce Keys.
04:26What a thud into the barrier.
04:27Royce Keys smell an opportunity now.
04:30And he's fast-tracking himself to the very top here on SmackDown.
04:33He is bubbling up with so much confidence that he's slapping five with the fans in the front row.
04:39Yeah, you're just not supposed to do that against Gunther in the first three or four minutes of a match.
04:43You're supposed to be under the hammer, struggling to survive, trying to get some breathing room.
04:49As this Terminator-like Austrian rips you straight, rips you apart.
04:54Oh, literally a career Terminator over the course of the past year.
05:05Whoa, man!
05:08He just sent him full force over the table.
05:33Absolute mess.
05:37Ringside here as Gunther and Royce Keys are just destroying everything in sight, including our announce desk.
05:44And then Keys sent hard into the steel steps.
05:52Well, that was a desperation move there from Gunther.
05:56But thankfully for him, it did work.
05:58And the count is now rising rapidly as Royce Keys laid out after that collision into the steel steps.
06:06And finally, Gunther's figured out how to slow down this mass of muscle.
06:11Look at how much those steel steps move just from the impact.
06:21Oh, just beating the count is Keys.
06:259.75.
06:26That's how close Gunther was to securing that matchup at Clash at Italy against the WWE champ, Cody Rhodes.
06:39And this is where Gunther really thrives once he slowed an opponent down.
06:44Now stalking his prey.
06:47Slowly, methodically tearing that prey apart.
06:52Controlled violence and enjoys every second of it.
06:56I mean, here's one of the problems for Gunther.
06:59He is a preparation king.
07:00He's the kind of guy that leaves no stone unturned when taking an opponent apart.
07:05He had no idea coming in tonight he was going to take on someone like a Royce Keys.
07:10And I don't know if Gunther in his entire career has taken on someone like a Royce Keys.
07:15So you question where the strategy is going to come from with that little time to prepare.
07:26It was like the cogs are turning behind the eyes of Gunther as we look.
07:30Trying to figure out how do I keep this guy down?
07:33Whatever he's trying, it's not working.
07:36That is one-arm power while being locked up.
07:40Look at this, Wade.
07:42Ridiculous.
07:43How many guys on the entire roster could even consider doing that?
07:48And then Gunther takes him down.
07:50There's a booze that ring out.
07:51We have a clear weak spot now on Royce Keys.
07:54It's that arm shoulder that collided with those steel steps.
07:59Gunther knows it as well as anybody and that's what's being targeted now.
08:03And Royce Keys is in serious trouble here.
08:12And suddenly all that confidence is back with Gunther.
08:20Go!
08:30There is so much on the line right now between Gunther and Royce Keys.
08:38Number one contender to have a championship match against Cody Rhodes at Clash in Italy.
08:45Both men have been damaged.
08:48Royce Keys taking damage to that left shoulder and arm.
08:51You can see him favoring it here as a nice edge chop comes in from the ring general.
08:59Yeah, when you look at the two competitors in this match,
09:02it was never going to be a highly technical affair between them.
09:05It was always going to be about brute force meeting brute force.
09:09Who can take the most abuse?
09:14And right now it's Gunther looking to abuse Keys.
09:18Gunther's doing a hell of a job of it, but throwing Keys' carcass around, easier said than done,
09:26even if he is warmed down.
09:28The power of Royce Keys testing Gunther and another chop.
09:36And right back to it, but Keys delivers the suplex.
09:41Yeah, Keys with just enough left in that tank to keep on ticking.
09:46Severely hampered.
09:52Just take another look at this.
09:54Look at the strength at lifting Gunther up.
09:57That's with one good arm and shoulder.
09:59And even the landing was hurting Royce Keys.
10:02But Royce Keys smells opportunity tonight.
10:05And the opportunities come no bigger than a showdown with Cody Rhodes at Clash and in Italy.
10:12Just over two weeks' time, May 31st, winner of this one gets the champ.
10:18Gunther had it all lined up, had all the leverage, started playing some games.
10:23Nick Aldis was bothered, as was Cody Rhodes.
10:25And he said, fine, Royce wants an opportunity.
10:28Let's give it to him.
10:30Fight each other tonight.
10:31You brought up the point that Gunther's a preparation freak, and he didn't know this was coming.
10:36Yeah, no preparation in the world perhaps is good enough to take on Royce Keys,
10:40especially that super quick time which Gunther had to try and get ready for this one.
10:45By the time you put your boots on, put your trunks on, stretched out, you've got to go out to
10:49the ring.
10:51But it's all Gunther's fault.
10:54Gunther could have had that contract signed, sealed, and delivered, yet here we are.
10:59His arrival at SmackDown has come with multiple attacks to Cody Rhodes.
11:04It came with the hesitation, delay, and complaints about how business was being done,
11:09and dealing with the contract.
11:11And now, you can do it the easy way, or you can do it this way.
11:14The hard way of having to get through Royce Keys.
11:17Well, just the hard way.
11:18It's the hardest way.
11:22Royce Keys, right back to the desk.
11:26World's strongest slam on top of the desk.
11:28And again.
11:31Look at the power of keys, lifting Gunther time and again, and then throwing him back into the ring.
11:39The Royce Keys coming alive at exactly the right time.
11:50But it's just one shot from Gunther that turns the top rope.
11:54Oh!
11:55Or is it?
11:56Draping that big right leg over the top rope.
12:01And then smashing him into the corner.
12:04It's the midsection of Gunther taking a real beat and hit.
12:06Oh my!
12:08What a close line.
12:10There's that durability we've seen time and time again from the ring general.
12:14So explosive.
12:15Keys goes up to meet him.
12:17Well, Gunther was going in for the kill there, but Keys just has too much left.
12:21Oh!
12:24Big old superplex crunching both men in the process.
12:29The ring was shaking.
12:31That's a loose cover there.
12:33Take another look at this massive lariat from the ring general, who has won numerous matches against the very best
12:42with that move.
12:43Barely kept Keys down at all.
12:45Bounced up and replied with that superplex.
12:47And almost scored the victory.
12:49Great scene here in Columbia, South Carolina.
12:53We work our way to two weeks out to clash in Italy, where the undisputed WWE Championship will be determined
13:02in Turin.
13:04We'll be streaming on the ESPN app, but who will be opposite Cody Rhodes?
13:08Will it be Gunther?
13:10Or will it be Royce Keys?
13:13Keys is as combative as a competitor that I've ever seen, simply not willing to let this big opportunity slip
13:23through his grasp.
13:26Back and forth.
13:27Oh!
13:28The sleeper's in!
13:29The sleeper is in!
13:31I'm fading rapidly now is Keys, and all the power in the world, once your lights go out, is not
13:37going to help you.
13:38Crumbling to the mat, and Gunther using his body to guard those ropes.
13:43And this is just tech spot from the ring general.
13:46Time and again, we have seen legends fall prey to this with Gunther.
13:53I don't care how big and strong you are.
13:55Come off the oxygen.
13:56Very soon.
13:57Oh, Solo Sokoa's ringside now.
13:59Hold on.
14:00What's up?
14:01Will!
14:02Will!
14:03Come on!
14:04Solo Sokoa, who has been pursuing Royce Keys, has arrived ringside, and now it gets the attention of Gunther.
14:12It looked like Keys was completely fading, but fighting up at the right time.
14:17Gunther's eyes have been taken by Solo Sokoa.
14:20Oh, and with that momentary break, an opening for Royce Keys.
14:28Back and forth these big men go.
14:30Center of the ring.
14:32Keys survived the sleeper.
14:34Solo arrived, just enough of a distraction.
14:38And just two brutes knocking seven bells out of each other.
14:43And it is the bigger, stronger man, Royce Keys, who seems to be winning out here.
14:50Royce Keys floors Gunther.
14:53Could it be a chance at Cody?
14:55And Gunther kicks out.
14:57Just slabs of meat, throwing leather at one another.
15:02One shall stand, one shall fall.
15:06Solo Sokoa continues to take some attention at ringside while the fight rages up.
15:13He took just enough attention from Gunther.
15:17With, oh, the sleeper's back in.
15:18The sleeper is back in, Wade.
15:21Now fading once again as Keys got out the first time.
15:25Perhaps in part because of Solo Sokoa's presence.
15:28May not be so lucky this time.
15:32Parking instructions is Solo Sokoa.
15:34I don't know if Royce Keys can hear any of it.
15:37Solo Sokoa spent recent weeks trying to get Royce Keys to join up as part of the MFT.
15:43And now he arrives at the most critical moment of Keys' career.
15:50Winner gets Cody at Clash in Italy.
15:53Look at the will of Royce Keys to fight back and free himself again.
15:58It doesn't matter what Gunther tries.
16:00He keys down to the referee.
16:03The massive power of Royce Keys.
16:09Solo sliding in a steel chair.
16:21Referee's down.
16:23Oh!
16:25No thank you, Solo!
16:29He rejects the offer and wipes him out.
16:32Meanwhile, Gunther back up on his feet.
16:35And he levels Keys.
16:37Well, jump from behind us.
16:39Keys was distracted by Solo Sokoa.
16:41The ring general.
16:43Massive power bomb.
16:45Stacks him up.
16:51Here is your winner.
16:53Gunther!
16:56Well, it is official.
16:58Cody Rhodes will defend the WWE title against the ring general at Clash in Italy in two weeks' time.
17:07But, boy, how we got there.
17:10The story of that will rage on.
17:13Take a look at this.
17:15This is Gunther going down and catching the referee in the process.
17:20At this point, Solo Sokoa gifted a steel chair to Royce Keys.
17:25Royce Keys would have won it easily had he used it.
17:28Declined the offer, but that distraction opened the door for the ring general to hit yet another massive clothesline.
17:35And then, unfathomably, drilling the big man keys with this power bomb.
17:41And keeping it down for the count to punch his ticket.
17:44The Clash in Italy in a showdown with QB1.
17:48Come here!
17:49In Italy!
17:51The world is best!
17:52In the era!
17:54Nothing you can do, Corby!
17:56I don't want to go!
17:56He earned it.
17:57I love you, Elibor!
17:59Oh, the American Nightmare is here!
18:02We also earned this!
18:04Crossroads!
18:13That look on the face of Cody Rhodes.
18:17We are set for Italy.
18:19We are set for history.
18:23Back down!
18:25Gunther has arrived at SmackDown.
18:27But Cody's not playing games.
18:30Cody versus Gunther at Clash in Italy in just two weeks.
18:38And that is home turf for Gunther.
18:42Can he return home to Europe and become undisputed champ?
18:48We will find out.
18:50Clash in Italy.
18:52Sunday the 31st.
18:53In Turin.
18:55Andiamo Cody.
18:56Crossroads delivered.
18:58New York.
18:58We are now out.
18:58Grandlais is on my mind.
18:59Daily Flo
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