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Episode 01: This Week in WWE 883
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00:07Then, now, forever, together,
00:33together, together, together, together, together, together, together.
00:34Okay, did I go to Drew McIntyre's home?
00:36Did a member of law enforcement get thrown into the water?
00:40Did things get physical?
00:41Yes.
00:54that little yard brawl was one-tenth of what should happen right here right now with me and
01:02drew mcintyre in this very ring cody i don't think you appreciate the situation you've got yourself
01:11into and to make things worse i had to make a bad deal if i come back i get my
01:17wb championship match
01:18with cody awards but i want to pick the stipulation i can live with that okay pleasure doing business
01:25with you buddy yes you're the champ but you're not above the law when drew comes back if he pays
01:33the fine and makes that public apology to dan engler cody you can't lay a finger on drew mcintyre
01:44or what or i have to strip you of the wwe championship
01:54merry christmas ass
01:57you're out of control you're not good for that championship you're not fit for the job but i am
02:04i feel like you've forgotten who you're talking to and here you are saying that i'm not above the law
02:11as long as i have this title i am the law
02:18mr aldis my friend your demand his demand remember one thing while i am holding this
02:26i don't work for you i work for them
02:32and you my friend you work for me
02:47the heated rivalry between drew mcintyre and cody rhodes is truly the gift that keeps on giving
02:52and this week in wwe was certainly no exception welcome on in everyone to a fun and fresh new
02:59episode i'm megan morant and if there's one thing about drew mcintyre it's that he can get under a
03:05person's skin specifically the undisputed wwe champion cody rhodes with drew having already begun
03:12to fulfill his terms by signing the contract nick aldis was quick to remind cody that he couldn't
03:17lay his hands on mcintyre once drew apologized to wwe official dan engler and paid his fine not
03:25unless cody wanted to be stripped of his championship the american nightmare grew more
03:29and more agitated as the night continued but finally the scottish warrior held up his end of
03:35the bargain handing the smackdown general manager a check and apologizing to dan engler and while the
03:41apology seems sincere at first well you can't teach an old dog new tricks
03:47i also apologize that it was obviously your dream to be a wrestler right here in this ring doing what
03:54i do former world champion but you weren't good enough so you had to be a referee
04:01let me come down to your level
04:05i apologize that your lovely wife melissa had to watch me claymore you in the face
04:12and she had to think to herself i wish i had a husband like drew that stood up for his
04:18convictions
04:19no matter the consequences i get why you did it you had to save yourself you had to screw me
04:25to save
04:26yourself protect cody but i feel sorry and i apologize for your children
04:35that they have such a coward corporate stooge for a father
04:41oh i'm not finished there i could go on all day you want to do something you want to be
04:45a man
04:46do you want to hit me do you want to get revenge on me right now
04:51go for it dan
04:59i know why you're so upset it's because they attacked you on your tour bus your home away from home
05:06where your family sleeps but your family weren't there when i attacked you were they
05:14but i wish they were there
05:18i wish your children could see a real man put the boots to you
05:25i wish your wife brandy could see what a real daddy looks like
05:33come on come on i know you want to do it do it strike
05:42you want to know the stipulation you want to know we're not doing this match in america you've
05:50screwed me three times here we're taking this to berlin germany
05:56tried to make my life hell i'm obviously in your head making it hell how about this drew mcintyre
06:04against cody rhodes for the wwe championship three stages of hell
06:16absolutely you agree
06:20we're agreed there's one more thing
06:30when i torture you in berlin
06:36when i send you straight to hell
06:43say hi to your dad for me
06:51cloymore
07:04mcintyre knows exactly what he's doing cody rose is handcuffed
07:12he can't touch drew mcintyre for another two weeks
07:34last thinking about ending this one could be looking for the lash extension charlotte able to muscle her way up
07:40and over turns into a ddt great counter by charlotte
07:46flair
07:47looking for a cover
07:49charlotte flair i think is all out of sorts this has been a beat down courtesy of lash legend
07:55charlotte needs to compose herself a little disrespect from the queen making the climb to the top
08:04charlotte top rope
08:08moonsault by flair
08:09here's the cover
08:11oh and legend just able to kick out and you know honestly cole i think charlotte has to blame herself
08:17let's take another look at this a picture perfect moonsault from flair we've seen her do it a million times
08:23but charlotte got a little cute on the cover she she used an unorthodox hook of the leg and that
08:28may have cost the queen to win
08:32and now attacking the base of lash legend
08:37a smart strategy i i'm a little surprised that charlotte didn't employ it earlier
08:43but flair kicked into the turnbuckle after she took her eye off the ball
08:47look out naya naya jacks now alexa bless from behind gonna make naya jacks pay
08:53and lash legend
08:56looking on and charlotte flair up and over gonna make lash pay shoulders down again charlotte with the win
09:06here is your winner charlotte flair
09:19not gonna lie after last week it was nice to see lash lose well as long as we do that
09:24to every
09:25team every week and bring the tag team titles back
09:32you guys told me about the tag team titles
09:37because you seem uh very confident and i feel like i need to remind you that
09:43you and i we have a tag team championship match coming up you do yeah and once we win they're
09:52gonna
09:52stay with us
09:53okay all right this chaos has gone far enough so here's what we're gonna do
10:20next week on smackdown in buffalo new york you're gonna be an eight woman tag team match
10:25so you can all face off before your big tag title match on raw in brooklyn
10:29maybe that way you can get this intense dislike for each other out of your system
10:35it's a little bit more than it's a little bit more than an intense
10:41after months of betrayals insults and bloodthirst across the women's tag team division an opportunity
10:49for all hell to break loose comes on friday night smackdown rio alexa bliss and charlotte flair
10:55face off against naya jack slash legend and the current tag team champions the kabuki warriors in an
11:01eight woman tag team match certain to turn the ring into a war zone
11:08even in the midst of all the chaos you can always count on oscar to find time to gloat
11:13after defeating rhea ripley two weeks ago oscar wanted to make it clear that mommy was no match
11:19for her and if you thought she stood a chance well then you are just a stupid baby oscar's words
11:25not
11:25not mine the empress of tomorrow went on to say that the outcome of the women's tag team championship
11:30match monday on raw will have the same outcome as their one-on-one match but ria and io just
11:35couldn't bear another word
11:42they are the number one contenders for tag goal but it looks like ahead of next week's showdown
11:49we might get a little taste of what's to come we got a big taste of poison mist and insane
11:56elbows as
11:57to find the early part of the championship reign of the kabuki warriors and now here we go we're a
12:04week
12:04away from meeting up in brooklyn and io and ria take the ring
12:10and io moving a lot better than she was last week and that's the ball for the kabuki warriors
12:16what a throw down we're getting it ringside here the kabuki warriors came down to talk trash but now
12:24they are eating shots left right and center oh oh it is back right to the edge of our reinforced
12:46announce
12:46do some damage now especially to io ahead of that showdown in seven days time for the gold make your
12:54job that much easier oh now it's just a beat down of two on one as they throw ria back
13:00into the ring
13:00the kabuki warriors just pummeling pummeling ria ripley and it tells you what a mistake by next week's
13:09challenges to head out here and try and attack the kabuki warriors stay wrapped up in cotton wool
13:15oh no until you're up at you oh oh oh oh he's back forget the insane elbow here's io sky
13:23yo moving like a bolt of lightning and this one has turned around in a hurry the kabuki warriors getting
13:29smashed in that ring she's got rip time lined up oh out the back doors kairi saint but a big
13:36elbow from ripley
13:40the kabuki warriors the reigning tag champs looking completely ragged after that assault by ria
13:47ripley and io sky
13:56from brooklyn the women's tag team championship match the kabuki warriors against ripley and io sky
14:09the stage is set for this battle fueled by resentment and pride with the kabuki warriors
14:14striving to prove that they are two competitors who are simply untouchable in the ring by putting
14:20an end to ria and io just as soon as their new tag team is getting started but there is
14:26no chance
14:27afka and kairi supremacy will go uncontested because when it comes to the tag team titles rio is not backing
14:34down
14:41and hayes now out to the apron looking for a ddt but dragunoff caught him
14:46to still possess this type of power this deep into a matchup speaks volumes about the physical
14:52condition of ilia dragunoff dragunoff gonna do here hayes in desperation glimmer and elbows to the jaw
15:05both men bruised battered but too proud to quit beating the hell out of each other
15:12dragunoff now out of the apron
15:17hayes may be out
15:23i'm not sure carmelo hayes has any idea where he is dragunoff does though he's got hayes in his sights
15:29drag it off from the top rope
15:34first 48 first 48 mellow's got a chance mellow's got a chance he's gonna do it
15:43carmelo hayes nothing but net the cover
15:48case closed case closed hayes is a champion
15:54here is your winner and the new united states champion
16:02carmelo hayes
16:18what a fighting champion ilia dragunoff was and what a tremendous show of sportsmanship
16:33after ilia dragunoff let the pain entertain us for seven intense united states championship defenses
16:40carmelo hayes was the one to turn that pain into triumph in a match with both competitors leaving
16:46everything in the ring hayes coming out on top shows beyond a shadow of a doubt why he is him
16:52but
16:52carmelo isn't the only one leaving the wwe universe stunned as the women's intercontinental
16:57champion maxine dupree's feud has brought out a whole new vicious side of the champ and a whole
17:03new holier than thou side of the challenger
17:08becky choose your next move wisely because if i get a hold of that
17:13you've got two choices a and my personal favorite i'll break it
17:20or b b is still a good option you submit again
17:31who's a moody maxi this is what i'm talking about you're very very moody i i didn't come out here
17:38to fight i never start a fight although i do finish them
17:45i i came to give you
17:56credit okay when when i first saw you i thought you were awful terrible the worst thing that i've ever
18:03seen do you have a point yes over the last few weeks or months you you
18:17you've you've gotten a tiny bit better and you were able to get away with stealing a title
18:23and that's not nothing becky the only thing i stole from you is the spotlight
18:29i earned this title and if you can't realize that i will make you realize it next week and
18:35you're not gonna come out here and blame the wrath and claim corruption no no no it'll be all me
18:41but
18:42i won't be the only one saying it everybody will be saying it hey sports illustrated might even say it
18:49and becky lynch you will say it maxine dupree intercontinental champion
19:00listen to me you little pump i came out here to be nice okay because i'm a very nice person
19:06okay
19:07all right but you think you think four weeks of training in a dungeon is gonna make up for the
19:13lifetime that i've given to this business i am a royal rumble winner i am a grand slam champion i
19:21won
19:21the main event of wrestlemania i am the greatest female wrestler of all time and it's not just me
19:26sports illustrated says that everybody says the bleacher report says it okay and i i didn't i didn't
19:35just get there because everything went my way no i climbed every mountain i overcame every corruption
19:42and injustice perpetrated against me okay and it is not over it is never over until i win and i
19:51always find a
19:53way to win but you you you you you think you stole the spotlight well in one week in one
20:02week maxine all
20:03eyes are gonna be on you and you gotta ask yourself are you everything they think you are
20:14or are you gonna be everything that i know you are welcome to the big time
20:27the fuse is lit for an explosive rematch between becky lynch and maxine dupree with the women's
20:32intercontinental championship on the line monday on raw a becky lynch with an unbreakable determination to
20:39put the rookie in her place is a dangerous becky lynch but with such a massive opportunity for
20:44maxine to take down a seasoned veteran will the burden of expectation become too much for dupree
20:50or will she beat the odds on the final monday night raw of 2025 stephanie vaquer defended her women's
21:02world title against raquel rodriguez and wwe hall of famer nikki bella all three of these superstars have
21:09a bone to pick with one another and it all goes back to survivor series nikki bella was inconsolable
21:15after her loss in san diego to stephanie and refused to go to the back of the line instead bella
21:21decided to interfere in stephanie's championship match against raquel rodriguez a few weeks later
21:26to remind stephanie that nikki wasn't going anywhere and while it seemed that bella successfully
21:32turned stephanie's attention back to the hall of famer raquel rodriguez wasn't going to go away
21:37quietly so the champ took matters into her own hands demanding both at the same time in a triple
21:44threat match for the women's world championship stephanie vaquer trying to rally here and create
21:50some momentum with offense
21:55oh raquel denying it well raquel just a momentum stopper in her own right
22:02oh oh how about it right here to return no raquel rodriguez able to get that shoulder up at two
22:09and
22:09change raquel trying her best to deadlift power up vaquer into a vertical suplex but
22:16fell victim to that trap of a small package and this one is anybody's guess at this point joe
22:25all three women have massive opportunities to put this to bed all three women bringing their a game
22:33but we'll just put her in the target zone here she's lining her up
22:38this time doesn't go her way meanwhile nikki bella's right back in the mix of it nikki bella pin in
22:43combination to try to take gold she's had a little difficulty manipulating the frame of raquel there for
22:51that pin and it proved pivotal just in the nick of time raquel kicking out there
22:58was that the final chance for nikki bella to win this thing no compromise position right here for
23:06a care oh are you kidding me raquel rodriguez how about a two for one
23:1310 to that doubles are harder bomb we only get a single oh watch out raquel oh she went for
23:19the roll
23:19up but instead out of the ring meanwhile back in the ring that is how the care retains
23:50what the hell are you doing
23:54i wanted you to know why i was wearing the mask
24:00i wanted everybody to feel my actions before they saw my face and i've made some bad decisions
24:07i got comfortable i got injured but then i saw the vision you didn't wait for anything
24:16you took and that's me now i take and i know the vision's got a match tonight and i'd love
24:23to take that
24:24opportunity and help out very interesting austin theory now wants another chance to prove himself
24:33worthy of the vision
24:38austin theory might be a missing piece in the vision
24:50a stop by theory a cover on ray and a win by the vision
24:57i'd say austin theory i'd say austin theory nailed his audition
25:13the rumors are true ladies and gentlemen the newest member of the vision
25:29is austin theory
25:41earn your keep young man they're all yours
25:54i have waited my entire life for this moment
26:05i have worked my entire career for this moment
26:16hey uh wise man can you uh educate me on this part again yes sir the goals of the vision
26:28outweigh the individual needs of any exclusive athlete inside of the group
26:49well your first mistake is assuming that you know what i think of you you think i was going
26:54to come out here and tell you that you're not ready when your entire life you've been told
27:00you're ready and you're prepared brother you're more ready than anybody i've ever seen you're
27:05more ready than anybody back there you're more ready than anybody else in the vision
27:11there's one problem brawn i'm not ready
27:17you want what i got
27:22pick it up
27:27it's a lot heavier than you think and i'm not just talking about the physical weight
27:31it is a privilege to carry the strap and it's something that i've earned and i'm not ready to
27:38let it go
27:42i'm not ready
27:44to stop coming into sold out arenas nationwide and getting the privilege to say is it good
27:53to be alive on a monday night in orlando florida or what
28:05i'm not ready to stop being champion you're big you're bad you're strong you're tough you're fast
28:14you got what it takes but you're right we're not the same because one of us is cm punk
28:26someday i'm not gonna wake up but that wasn't today someday i'm gonna run out of row but it's
28:32not january 5th and someday somebody is gonna beat me for this but it ain't gonna be you
28:43i'll see you january 5th
28:49the whole world will see that man one of us is cm punk yet that one just put the other
28:54on blast
28:57in one corner the mad dog brawn breaker is biting at the chance to earn the world heavyweight title
29:03and in the other the best in the world cm punk is not ready to relinquish his championship to
29:08anyone tensions are at an all-time high before the bell rings on this explosive rivalry
29:18the vision has been quite busy after the reveal of austin theory as a masked man whether it's the
29:24tag team match two weeks ago or last monday when paul hayman announced that austin theory is the
29:29newest member of the vision it seems that with each passing week the vision is on to the next big
29:35thing
29:35however the same can't be said for wwe hall of famer ray mysterio who is still very mad about austin
29:43theory interfering in his match against logan paul not once but twice so ray was out to teach theory
29:49a lesson the best way he knows how but with logan paul ringside it wasn't long before mysterio was
29:55going to need some backup of his own
30:02just tying theory up a notch here oh could this be the 619 opportunity is delivered on
30:09oh god he's got him oh logan paul oh logan paul and the bell rings as logan paul interferes
30:21with the match just when mysterio had it in place it was never about the match joe test this was
30:28a
30:28bonding session come on now as paul hayman put it a chance to grow those bonds with the newest
30:35member this is why punk said oh no oh
30:42he's back
30:46penta's back well this is exactly why ray mysterio said i got some connections don't worry
30:54punk penta who we haven't seen since he got injured in the last time is now tournament
31:00he had to stick up for his gun buddy just in the nick of time oh all the reports of
31:06the shoulder
31:06injury oh did you see that i did logan paul how about a 619 for you
31:16penta clears up oh it is so good to have penta back here on raw
31:36well a huge shock to the vision a message attempted to be sent to ray mysterio in physical fashion but
31:46for race sake thank goodness for the return of the incredible panther
31:57do you have any sort of response to the widespread belief that your commentary and
32:04general behavior has been classified as disrespectful since defeating john cena
32:10yes defeating that's not very precise i made john cena tap out
32:16the disrespect got to stop you made john cena tap out 17-time world champion grand slam champion
32:29the goat my hero and a hero to a lot of other people but every week you sing the same
32:37old song
32:38it makes you a piece of
32:47another good person the world's greatest wrestler now second time you done done that it won't be a third
33:08that's supposed to be a challenge
33:12see you in the ring
33:20sports entertainment world that still aches over what happened in john cena's final match
33:29nobody hurts more than our truth and now hurt literally in the center of the ring
33:34against gunther and sends him down with a thudding blow again one foot does what he wants he walks where
33:42he wants including on our desk and he beats whoever he wants gunther owns this entire industry
33:52oh come on no come on wade it's so unnecessary barrett
34:01oh let's go shoulder tackle r-truth
34:04and another that might have been a major major error by no
34:10bounce back ability from the massive austrian
34:29this is a message to anybody in the locker room who wants to step to gunther hammering elbows you just
34:36have the sense yes and that's where it's going when the shoulders were down and it could have been over
34:41he's applying the sleeper
34:43here is your winner by submission the ring general
35:06gunther absolutely pummeling our truth once again asserting his dominance in a way that
35:12absolutely infuriates the crowd while the ring general revels in being a grinch over the blue brand
35:19it's joe hendry who is still trying to bring us all a little holiday cheer but hendry's new rendition
35:25of an old favorite wasn't enough to make everyone believe
35:28jingle bells jingle bells miss has tiny balls he'd rather be in hollywood but they won't
35:46do you know what this means when my hand goes up your mouth goes shut
35:56you think some cheap jingle's gonna turn me into the joke i've spent 20 years outlasting people that
36:03laughed at me harder than you sing i've earned the right to be the locker room leader and take this
36:10company to the future the jokes stop now clear this ring clear this stuff me and you have a match
36:20right
36:20here right here right now oh whoa miz miz over here uh just one little thing i forgot to mention
36:28your match it is now a miracle on 34th street fight all right the holiday tradition is back that's it
36:39canceled christmas anything goes
36:55i don't need what to say anymore uh-oh miz gonna go for a ride again
37:12what would you call this in the christmas spirit
37:18well we paused the worm oh well he's trying a cookie break well he carved up
37:22and now tozawa
37:26you know reindeer fly but
37:31i guess elves do as well of course they do cole how do you think they get to and from
37:37the north pole
37:38the miz just threw up the cookies
37:44of course of course it's truth of course it's truth in the bunny outfit
38:03i'm having flashbacks to the rose butts michael cole this is oh the guitar just smashed through the
38:11miz and a standing ovation coming
38:15henry push this through the table
38:20and embarrasses miz again
38:25here is your winner joe
38:28henry i believe in the magic of christmas i believe in joe henry
38:45oh yeah
38:46oh yeah are you ready to get back our tag team championships tonight i'm ready i'm ready i'm
38:55ready come on man you all right i'm good i'm ready listen man you my brother when something ain't right
39:04i feel
39:05i need you locked in but i need you by me tonight you all right
39:12man let me be 100 with you i feel like ain't nothing been going right my way
39:20everywhere i turn to
39:23it's it's one thing for me to put me in a bad spot
39:27it's another thing for me to put my brother in a bad spot too man and i ain't trying to
39:31do that to
39:32you tonight man the only bad spot is in your head brother i've been telling you i need you bro
39:40you it you a world champion all right the jayuso i know eight time tag team champion longest reigning
39:48tag team champion brother you him the jayuso i know just like me got everybody around the world
39:56got everybody in that arena ready to yell one word four letters i need you you all right
40:18together let's get at you i love you back at you
40:24jimmy did his best to hype up his twin but whether the brothers were on the same page
40:29remained to be seen for the usos there was only one way to prove they are back on top
40:34by becoming nine-time tag team champions but the brothers haven't seen the top of the mountain for
40:39a while two years and nine months to be exact and the men who were at the top of that
40:44mountain going
40:45into the world tag team title match last monday aj styles and dragon lee they've proven that they're
40:51fighting champions and they wouldn't go down easy so if the usos wanted to reclaim their former glory
40:56they were going to have to pull out all the stops
41:06you can see big jim reaching for his ribs there as he comes over you saw the drop in the
41:13spirits of
41:14jayuso have our powers wading a little pep talk in the corner there on that tag from brother jimmy
41:20and it took a beat too long because back in the fight now is dragon lee you could see that
41:27was
41:27exactly where the usos were looking for that double splash perhaps but things have changed in a big way
41:33since dragon league oh my he just launched himself all the way over our desk and took out big jim
41:44an
41:44absolute kamikaze dive there from dragon league who may have maimed himself in the process big jim
41:51looks absolutely wasted here on our announce desk oh there's a wall of the town look at this
41:58jay survives it did you see the distance that was covered by lee meanwhile back in the center of the
42:05ring back and forth they go styles and main event jay oh styles clash being lined up and he hits
42:14it
42:14he hits it he hits it he hits it
42:20this is outrageous both teams and no one is losing his mind at ringside too but both teams dropping the
42:30heaviest of artillery absolute psycho behavior though from dragon league devastating effectiveness but
42:38this is the moment surely the champs were going to retain jayuso dig about as deep as he's ever digged
42:47in his career to kick out why styles is in disbelief in absolute disbelief the paylay kick the styles
42:55clash and still they fight on in front of this massive crowd for the world tag team championship
43:03both teams have had their moments of despair in this one but from despair to where the answer for the
43:10tag
43:11champs is perhaps incoming now and with big jim down and out jayuso left
43:18to looking for this wow the combo stop styles clash oh but big jim's back
43:28the eight-time world champion usos have no quit in them
43:34it's beaten to the punch that once again by aj styles who now has the momentum phenomenal forearm is in
43:45it's
43:47stereo super kick
43:51they want it they get it
43:55the usos
43:59they did it number nine is mighty five
44:03here are your winners
44:06the new world tag team champions
44:14the usos
44:182025 goes out with a one day championship bang on top of the world again baron
44:31oh god what a match the final five minutes of that one swung all over the place but the statistically
44:40greatest tag team in history just got statistically even greater with number nine welcome back to the
44:49mountain top a place the usos call home and that moment right there considering what we heard earlier
44:57tonight big jim lifting up and bringing out the best from one of the best his brother jay
45:06look at this scene to close out the year on raw
45:13jimmy and j will be ringing in 2026 adorned in gold as world tag team champions the usos are back
45:19on
45:20top and have proven to be a united force to be reckoned with while we all yeet our way into
45:25the new
45:25year this week carries several golden opportunities of its own io sky and rhea ripley make their best
45:31attempt at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions the kabuki warriors while becky lynch
45:36looks to do the same to maxine dupree and her intercontinental title that is if jessica carr
45:42stays out of the man's way and in his biggest title defense to date cm punk puts the world heavyweight
45:49championship up against brawn breaker who kicks off 2026 with some new hardware we're gonna find out
45:56monday night a raw i surely won't be missing out on so until we meet again i'm megan moran and
46:02we hope
46:02you've enjoyed this week in wwe
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