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Episode 01: This Week in WWE 883
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00:07Then, now, forever, together,
00:33it's a shame, it's a shame.
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!
00:44Are you kidding me?!
00:46Don't get away from everyone's house!
00:53Merry Christmas ass !
00:55That little yard brawl was 1-tenth
00:58of what should happen right here, right now,
01:01with me and Drew McIntyre in this very ring.
01:07Cody, I don't think you appreciate the situation you've got yourself into.
01:12And to make things worse, I had to make a bad deal.
01:15If I come back, I get my WWE Championship match with Cody Woods,
01:19but I want to pick the stipulation.
01:22I can live with that.
01:22Okay.
01:24Pleasure doing business with you, buddy.
01:26Yes, you're the champ.
01:28But you're not above the law.
01:30When Drew comes back, if he pays the fine
01:34and makes that public apology to Dan Engler,
01:38Cody, you can't lay a finger on Drew McIntyre.
01:44Or what?
01:47Or I have to strip you of the WWE Championship.
01:53Merry Christmas, asshole.
01:57You're out of control.
01:59You're not good for that championship.
02:01You're not fit for the job, but I am.
02:04I feel like you've forgotten who you're talking to.
02:08And here you are saying that I'm not above the law.
02:11As long as I have this title, I am the law.
02:18Mr. Aldis, my friend, your demand, his demand.
02:23Remember one thing.
02:24While I am holding this, I don't work for you.
02:28I work for them.
02:32And you, my friend, you work for me.
02:47The heated rivalry between Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes
02:50is truly the gift that keeps on giving.
02:53And this week in WWE was certainly no exception.
02:56Welcome on in, everyone, to a fun and fresh new episode.
02:59I'm Megan Morant.
03:00And if there's one thing about Drew McIntyre,
03:03it's that he can get under a person's skin,
03:05specifically the undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes.
03:09With Drew having already begun to fulfill his terms
03:13by signing the contract,
03:14Nick Aldis was quick to remind Cody
03:16that he couldn't lay his hands on McIntyre
03:19once Drew apologized to WWE official Dan Angler
03:23and paid his fine.
03:24Not unless Cody wanted to be stripped of his championship.
03:28The American nightmare grew more and more agitated
03:31as the night continued.
03:32But finally, the Scottish warrior
03:33held up his end of the bargain,
03:35handing the SmackDown general manager a check
03:38and apologizing to Dan Angler.
03:40And while the apology seems sincere at first,
03:43well, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.
03:47I also apologize
03:49that it was obviously your dream
03:51to be a wrestler right here in this ring,
03:54doing what I do, former world champion,
03:56but you weren't good enough,
03:57so you had to be a referee.
04:01Let me come down to your level.
04:05I apologize
04:06that your lovely wife, Melissa,
04:10had to watch me claymore you in the face.
04:13And she had to think to herself,
04:15I wish I had a husband like Drew
04:17that stood up for his convictions
04:19no matter the consequences.
04:21I get why you did it.
04:23You had to save yourself.
04:24You had to screw me to save yourself,
04:26protect Cody.
04:28But I feel sorry and I apologize
04:31for your children.
04:35That they have such a coward,
04:38corporate stooge for a father.
04:41Oh, I'm not finished there.
04:43I could go on all day.
04:44You want to do something?
04:45You want to be a man?
04:46Do you want to hit me?
04:47Do you want to get revenge on me right now?
04:58I know why you're so upset.
05:02It's because they attacked you
05:04on your tour bus,
05:05your home away from home,
05:07where your family sleeps.
05:10But your family weren't there
05:11when I attacked you, were they?
05:14But I wish they were there.
05:18I wish your children
05:21could see a real man
05:23put the boots to you.
05:26I wish your wife, Brandi,
05:27could see what a real daddy looks like.
05:33Come on, Cody.
05:34Come on, I know you want to do it.
05:36Do it.
05:36Strike.
05:38Strike.
05:38Strike.
05:39Strike.
05:40Strike.
05:41Strike.
05:42You want to know the stipulation?
05:45You want to know?
05:47Help me!
05:47We're not doing this match in America.
05:49You've screwed me three times here.
05:52We're taking this to Berlin, Germany.
05:56Try to make my life hell.
05:58I'm obviously in your head making it hell.
06:00How about this?
06:03Drew McIntyre
06:04against Cody Rhodes
06:06for the WWE Championship.
06:09Three stages of hell.
06:16Absolutely.
06:17You're done.
06:18You're done.
06:18You're done.
06:18You're done.
06:19I agree.
06:20We're agreed.
06:22There's one more thing.
06:31When I torture you in Berlin,
06:35when I send you straight to hell.
06:43Say hi to your dad for me.
06:51Claymore!
07:05McIntyre knows exactly
07:07what he's doing.
07:09Cody Rhodes is handcuffed.
07:12He can't touch Drew McIntyre
07:15for another two weeks.
07:31Oh, Lash thinking about ending this one.
07:37Could be looking for the Lash extension.
07:39Charlotte able to muscle her way up and over.
07:41Turns it into a DDT.
07:43Great counter by Charlotte.
07:46Looking for a cover.
07:49Charlotte Flair, I think, is all out of sorts.
07:51This has been a beatdown
07:53courtesy of Lash Legend.
07:55Charlotte needs to compose herself.
07:57A little disrespect from the Queen.
08:00Megan to climb to the top.
08:04Charlotte, top rope.
08:08Moves off by Flair.
08:09Here's the cover.
08:11Oh, and Legend just able to kick out.
08:14And you know, honestly, Cole,
08:16I think Charlotte has to blame herself.
08:18Let's take another look at this.
08:19A picture-perfect moonsault from Flair.
08:21We've seen her do it a million times,
08:23but Charlotte got a little cute on the cover.
08:26She used an unorthodox hook of the leg,
08:28and that may have cost the Queen the win.
08:32And now attacking the base of Lash Legend.
08:37A smart strategy.
08:39I'm a little surprised that Charlotte
08:41didn't employ it earlier.
08:42But Flair kicked into the turnbuckle
08:45after she took her eye off the ball.
08:47Look out, Nia.
08:48Nia Jax now.
08:49Alexa plays from behind.
08:51Going to make Nia Jax pay.
08:53And Lash Legend.
08:56Looking on, and Charlotte Flair
08:58going to make Lash pay.
09:01Shoulders down again.
09:02Charlotte with the win.
09:06Here is your winner,
09:09Charlotte Flair!
09:19Not gonna lie,
09:20after last week,
09:21it was nice to see Lash Liz.
09:23Well, as long as we do that to every team
09:25every week and bring the tag team titles back.
09:32Are you guys talking about the tag team titles?
09:35Mm-hmm.
09:37Hmm.
09:38Because you seem, uh,
09:39very confident.
09:41And I feel like I need to remind you
09:43that, Io and I,
09:44we have a tag team championship match coming up.
09:48You do?
09:49Yeah.
09:50And once we win,
09:52they're gonna stay with us.
09:53Okay, I don't think so.
09:54Why don't you count us out?
09:56Hey, the kind of bull crap you pulled out there.
09:57What happened to you?
09:59I don't teach you.
10:00Oh!
10:05Stop!
10:09Hey!
10:10Enough!
10:11Everybody stop!
10:12Enough!
10:15All adults here.
10:16All right.
10:17This chaos has gone far enough,
10:19so here's what we're gonna do.
10:20Next week on SmackDown in Buffalo, New York,
10:23you're gonna be in an eight-woman tag team match.
10:25So you can all face off
10:27before your big tag title match on Raw in Brooklyn.
10:29Maybe that way,
10:30you can get this intense dislike for each other
10:33out of your system.
10:35It's a little bit more than an intense ball.
10:36I just want to.
10:38Hey!
10:38Hey!
10:39Hey!
10:39Hey!
10:40Hey!
10:40Hey!
10:40Hey!
10:40Hey!
10:41Hey!
10:43Hey!
10:48Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:12Hey!
11:13See ya!
11:13gloat. After defeating Rhea Ripley two weeks ago, Asuka wanted to make it clear that mommy was no
11:18match for her. And if you thought she stood a chance, well, then you are just a stupid baby.
11:24Asuka's words, not not mine. The Empress of Tomorrow went on to say that the outcome of the
11:29Women's Tag Team Championship match Monday on Raw will have the same outcome as their
11:33one-on-one match. But Rhea and Io just couldn't bear another word.
11:43They are the number one contenders for Tag Gold, but it looks like ahead of next week's
11:49showdown, we might get a little taste of what's to come.
11:53We got a big taste of poison mist and insane elbows as defined the early part of the championship
11:59reign of the Brooklyn Warriors.
12:01And now here we go. We're a week away from meeting up in Brooklyn.
12:08And Io and Rhea take the ring.
12:10Io moving a lot better than she was last week.
12:13And that's the ball for the Kabuki Warriors.
12:17What a throwdown. We're getting it ringside here.
12:20The Kabuki Warriors came down to talk trash.
12:24But now they are eating shots left, right, and center.
12:29Io's back.
12:30Right to the edge of our reinforced announce desk.
12:33Watch your back, Kyrie.
12:34Oh, big right hand from mommy.
12:37Right on the jaw.
12:38And she checks.
12:40Oh!
12:41Asuka.
12:43Right to work.
12:44This is a chance for the Kabuki Warriors to run through some damage now, especially to Io.
12:49Ahead of that showdown in seven days' time for the gold.
12:53Make your jump that much easier.
12:55Oh, now it's just a beatdown of two-on-one as they throw Rhea back into the ring.
13:01The Kabuki Warriors just pummeling, pummeling Rhea Ripley.
13:06And it tells you what a mistake by next week's challenges to head out here and try and attack the
13:12Kabuki Warriors.
13:13Stay wrapped up in cotton wool until you're up at you.
13:17Oh, oh, oh!
13:18Io's back!
13:19Forget the insane elbow!
13:22Here's Io Sky!
13:23Io moving like a bolt of lightning, and this one has turned around in a hurry.
13:28The Kabuki Warriors getting smashed in that ring.
13:32She's got rip time lined up!
13:34All out the back doors, Kyrie Saint, but a big elbow from Ripley.
13:40Kabuki Warriors, the reigning tag champs looking completely ragged after that assault by Rhea Ripley and Io Sky.
13:55From Brooklyn, the women's tag team championship match, the Kabuki Warriors against Ripley and Io Sky.
14:08The stage is set for this battle, fueled by resentment and pride, with the Kabuki Warriors striving to prove that
14:16they are two competitors who are simply untouchable in the ring by putting an end to Rhea and Io just
14:22as soon as their new tag team is getting started.
14:25But there is no chance Asuka and Kyrie's supremacy will go uncontested, because when it comes to the tag team
14:32titles, Rhea is not backing down.
14:41And Hayes now out to the apron, looking for a DDT, but Dragunov caught him.
14:46To still possess this type of power, this deep into a matchup, speaks volumes about the physical condition of Ilya
14:53Dragunov.
14:54What's Dragunov gonna do here?
14:55Hayes in desperation, glimmering elbows to the jaw.
15:05Both men, bruised, battered, but too proud to quit.
15:09Beating the hell out of each other.
15:12Dragunov now.
15:14No!
15:14Out of the apron!
15:17Hayes may be out!
15:23I'm not sure Carmelo Hayes has any idea where he is.
15:27Dragunov does, though.
15:28He's got Hayes in his sights.
15:30Dragunov from the top rope.
15:34First 48!
15:36First 48!
15:38Melo's got a chance!
15:40Melo's got a chance!
15:42He's gonna do it!
15:43Carmelo Hayes, nothing but net!
15:47The cover!
15:49Case closed!
15:51Case closed!
15:52Hayes is a champion!
15:54Here is your winner, and the new United States champion, Carmelo Hayes!
16:19What a fighting champion Ilya Dragunov was!
16:24And what a tremendous show of sportsmanship!
16:33After Ilya Dragunov let the pain entertain us for seven intense United States championship
16:39defenses, Carmelo Hayes was the one to turn that pain into triumph.
16:43In a match with both competitors leaving everything in the ring, Hayes coming out on top shows
16:49beyond a shadow of a doubt why he is him.
16:52But Carmelo isn't the only one leaving the WWE Universe stunned.
16:56As the women's intercontinental champion, Maxine Dupree's feud has brought out a whole
17:00new vicious side of the champ, and a whole new holier-than-thou side of the challenger.
17:08Becky, choose your next move wisely.
17:11Because if I get a hold of that, you've got two choices.
17:15A, and my personal favorite, I'll break it.
17:20Or B, B is still a good option.
17:24You submit again.
17:31Who's a moody, Maxie?
17:32This is what I'm talking about.
17:33You're very, very moody.
17:35I, I didn't come out here to fight.
17:38I never start a fight.
17:40Although I do finish them.
17:45I, I, I, I came to give you credit.
17:57Okay.
17:58When, when I first saw you, I thought you were awful, terrible.
18:02The worst thing that I've ever seen.
18:03Do you have a point?
18:05Yes.
18:07Over the last few weeks or months, you've, you've.
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.
18:24Becky, the only thing I stole from you is the spotlight.
18:30I earned this title, and if you can't realize that, I will make you realize it next week,
18:35and you're not gonna come out here, and blame the ref, and claim corruption.
18:39No, no, no.
18:40It'll be all me, but I won't be the only one saying it.
18:44Everybody will be saying it.
18:46Hey, Sports Illustrated might even say it.
18:49And Becky Lynch, you will say it, Maxine Dupree, Intercontinental Champion.
19:00Listen to me, you little pup.
19:02I came out here to be nice, okay?
19:04Because I'm a very nice person, okay?
19:07All right.
19:08But you think, you think four weeks of training in a dungeon is gonna make up for the lifetime
19:13that I've given to this business?
19:16I am a Royal Rumble winner.
19:18I am a Grand Slam champion.
19:20I won the main event of WrestleMania.
19:23I am the greatest female wrestler of all time, and it's not just me saying it.
19:27Sports Illustrated says it.
19:28Everybody says it.
19:29The Bleacher Report says it, okay?
19:33And I didn't just get there because everything went my way.
19:37No, I climbed every mountain.
19:40I overcame every corruption and injustice perpetrated against me, okay?
19:46And it is not over.
19:48It is never over until I win.
19:51And I always find a way to win.
19:56But you, you, you, you, you think you stole the spotlight.
20:00Well, in one week, in one week, Maxine, all eyes are gonna be on you.
20:05And you gotta ask yourself, are you everything they think you are?
20:14Or are you gonna be everything that I know you are?
20:19Welcome 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.
20:36A Becky Lynch with an unbreakable determination to put the rookie in her place is a dangerous
20:41Becky Lynch.
20:42But with such a massive opportunity for Maxine to take down a seasoned veteran,
20:47will the burden of expectation become too much for Dupree?
20:50Or will she beat the odds?
20:57On the final Monday Night Raw of 2025, Stephanie Vaquer defended her Women's World title
21:03against Raquel Rodriguez and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella.
21:07All three of these superstars have a bone to pick with one another, and it all goes back
21:12to Survivor Series.
21:13Nikki Bella was inconsolable after her loss in San Diego to Stephanie and refused to go
21:19to the back of the line.
21:20Instead, Bella decided to interfere in Stephanie's championship match against Raquel Rodriguez a
21:25few weeks later to remind Stephanie that Nikki wasn't going anywhere.
21:29And while it seemed that Bella successfully turned Stephanie's attention back to the Hall of
21:34Famer, Raquel Rodriguez wasn't going to go away quietly.
21:38So 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.
21:48Stephanie Vaqueria trying to rally here and create some momentum with offense.
21:56Oh, Raquel denying it.
21:57Well, Raquel just a momentum stopper in her own right.
22:01Oh, Raquel trying her best to deadlift, power up Vaqueria into a vertical suplex, but fell
22:16victim to that trap of a small package.
22:19And this one is anybody's guess at this point, Joe.
22:25All three women have massive opportunities to put this to bed.
22:29All three women bringing their A game.
22:33Oh, she's putting her in the target zone here.
22:35She's lining her up.
22:37She's putting Vader this time.
22:39Doesn't go her way.
22:40Meanwhile, Nikki Bella's right back in the mix of it.
22:42Nikki Bella pinning combination to try to take gold.
22:46She's had a little difficulty manipulating the frame of Raquel there for that pin, and it
22:52proved pivotal just in the nick of time.
22:56Raquel kicking out there.
22:58Or was that the final chance for Nikki Bella to win this thing?
23:02No compromise position right here for Vaqueria.
23:07Oh, are you kidding me?
23:09Raquel Rodriguez.
23:11How about a two for one?
23:13Ten to the double to Harder Bomb.
23:16We only get a single.
23:17Oh, watch out, Raquel.
23:18Oh, she went for the roll-up, but instead out of the ring.
23:21Meanwhile, back in the ring.
23:22That is how Vakir retains.
23:25Here is your winner.
23:29And still the women's world champion, Stephanie Vakir.
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.
24:05And I've made some bad decisions.
24:07I got comfortable.
24:09I got injured.
24:11But then I saw the vision.
24:14You didn't wait for anything.
24:16You took.
24:17And that's me now.
24:19I take.
24:20And I know the vision's got a match tonight, and I'd love to take that opportunity and help
24:25out.
24:25Very interesting.
24:29Austin Theory now wants another chance to prove himself worthy of the vision.
24:38Austin Theory might be a missing piece in the vision.
24:49A stomp by Theory.
24:52A cover on Rae.
24:54And a win by the vision.
24:58I'd say Austin Theory nailed his audition.
25:08Stam.
25:14The rumors are true.
25:17Ladies and gentlemen, the newest member of the vision is Austin Theory.
25:41Earn your keep, young man.
25:44They're all yours.
25:55I have waited my entire life for this moment.
26:05I have worked my entire career for this moment.
26:17Hey, uh, wise man.
26:20Can you, uh, educate me on this part again?
26:23Yes, sir.
26:26Yes, sir.
26:26The goals of the vision outweigh the individual needs of any exclusive athlete inside of the group.
26:36The goals is the goal.
26:38It's a goal.
26:44It's what it's the goal.
26:49Well, your first mistake is assuming that you know what I think of you.
26:53You think I was going to come out here and tell you that you're not ready?
26:57When your entire life you've been told you're ready and you're prepared?
27:02Brother, you're more ready than anybody I've ever seen.
27:05You're more ready than anybody back there.
27:07You're more ready than anybody else in the vision.
27:11There's one problem, Braun.
27:14I'm not ready.
27:17You want what I got?
27:22Pick it up.
27:27It's a lot heavier than you think,
27:29and I'm not just talking about the physical weight.
27:32It is a privilege to carry the strap,
27:35and it's something that I've earned,
27:37and I'm not ready to let it go.
27:42I'm not ready to stop coming into sold-out arenas nationwide
27:48and getting the privilege to say,
27:52is it good to be alive on a Monday night in Orlando, Florida, or what?
28:06I'm not ready to stop being champion.
28:09You're big.
28:11You're bad.
28:12You're strong.
28:13You're tough.
28:14You're fast.
28:15You got what it takes.
28:17But you're right.
28:18We're not the same,
28:19because one of us is CM Punk.
28:27Someday I'm not going to wake up,
28:28but that wasn't today.
28:30Someday I'm going to run out of row,
28:32but it's not January 5th,
28:33and someday somebody is going to beat me for this.
28:38But it ain't going to be you.
28:44I'll see you January 5th.
28:49The whole world will see that man.
28:51One of us is CM Punk,
28:53and that one just put the other on blast.
28:57In one corner,
28:58the mad dog,
28:59Braun Breaker,
29:00is biting at the chance to earn the world heavyweight title,
29:03and in the other,
29:04the best in the world,
29:05CM Punk,
29:06is not ready to relinquish his championship to anyone.
29:10Tensions are at an all-time high
29:11before the bell rings on this explosive rivalry.
29:18The Vision has been quite busy
29:20after the reveal of Austin Theory as a masked man.
29:23Whether it's the tag team match two weeks ago,
29:25or last Monday,
29:26when Paul Heyman announced that Austin Theory
29:28is the newest member of The Vision,
29:30it seems that with each passing week,
29:32The Vision is on to the next big thing.
29:35However,
29:36the same can't be said for WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio,
29:40who is still very mad about Austin Theory
29:43interfering in his match
29:44against Logan Paul,
29:45not once,
29:46but twice.
29:47So,
29:48Rey was out to teach Theory a lesson,
29:50the best way he knows how.
29:51But with Logan Paul ringside,
29:53it wasn't long before Mysterio
29:54was going to need some backup of his own.
30:02I'm just tying Theory up a notch here.
30:05Oh, could this be?
30:06The 6-1-9 opportunity
30:07is delivered on!
30:09Oh, God.
30:10He's got it!
30:11Oh, Logan Paul!
30:14Oh, Logan Paul!
30:14Logan Paul!
30:16And the bell rings
30:18as Logan Paul
30:21interferes with the match
30:22just when Mysterio
30:24had it in place.
30:26It was never about the match,
30:27Joe Test.
30:28This was a bonding session.
30:29Come on now.
30:30As Paul Heyman put it,
30:31a chance
30:32to grow those bonds
30:34with the newest member
30:35of The Vision.
30:36This is why Punk said
30:37Oh, no!
30:38Oh!
30:42He's back!
30:46Penta's back!
30:48Well, this is exactly
30:50why Rey Mysterio
30:51said,
30:52I got some connections.
30:53Don't worry, Punk.
30:54Penta,
30:55who we haven't seen
30:56since he got injured
30:57in the last time
30:58is now tournament.
31:00He had to stick up
31:01for his gun,
31:02buddy,
31:02just in the nick of time.
31:04Oh, all the reports
31:05of the shoulder injury back.
31:07Oh, did you see that?
31:08I did.
31:10Logan Paul!
31:11How about a 6-1-9
31:13for you?
31:14Penta!
31:15Look out!
31:16Penta clears him!
31:18Oh, it is so good
31:20to have Penta back here
31:22on Raw.
31:36Well, a huge shock
31:39to The Vision,
31:40a message attempted
31:41to be sent
31:43to Rey Mysterio
31:44in physical fashion,
31:46but for Rey's sake,
31:47thank goodness
31:48for the return
31:49of the incredible Penta.
31:57Do you have
31:58any sort of response
32:00to the widespread belief
32:01that your commentary
32:03and general behavior
32:04has been classified
32:07as disrespectful
32:08since defeating
32:09John Cena?
32:10Defeating?
32:11That's not very precise.
32:14I made John Cena
32:15tap out.
32:16Arthur!
32:20The disrespect
32:21got to stop.
32:23You made John Cena
32:24tap out.
32:2617-time world champion,
32:28Grand Slam champion,
32:30the GOAT,
32:31my hero,
32:32and a hero
32:33to a lot of other people.
32:34But every week
32:36you sing the same old song,
32:38it makes you a piece of...
32:47you're not a good person.
32:49You're the world's greatest
32:51wrestler now.
32:52Second time you done done that,
32:54you won't be a third.
33:08that's supposed to be a challenge?
33:12See you in the ring.
33:20sports entertainment world
33:22that still aches
33:23over what happened
33:24in John Cena's
33:25final match.
33:29Nobody hurts more
33:31than R-Truth
33:32and now hurt literally
33:33in the center of the ring
33:35against Gunther
33:36and sends him down
33:37with a thudding blow
33:38again.
33:39Gunther does what he wants,
33:42he walks where he wants,
33:43including on our desk,
33:45and he beats
33:46whoever he wants.
33:48Gunther owns
33:49this entire industry.
33:52Oh, come on.
33:54No, come on, Wade.
33:57It's so unnecessary, Barrett.
34:01Oh, let's go.
34:02Shoulder tackle,
34:03R-Truth.
34:04And another.
34:05That might have been
34:06a major, major error.
34:08No.
34:10Bounce back ability
34:12from the massive Austrian.
34:21And the vicious power bomb
34:23puts him down.
34:25Shoulders down.
34:26Oh, we're not done yet.
34:27Come on.
34:28We're not done yet.
34:29This is a message
34:31to anybody in the locker room
34:33who wants to step
34:34to Gunther.
34:35Hammering elbows.
34:36You just have the sense,
34:37yes, and that's
34:38where it's going.
34:39When the shoulders
34:40were down
34:40and it could have been over,
34:41he's applying the sleeper.
34:43Jim and Bob Barrett
34:45and is it time
34:46to tap out like a bee?
34:54Here is your winner
34:56by submission,
34:59the ring general,
35:02Gunther.
35:06Gunther absolutely
35:07pummeling R-Truth,
35:10once again asserting
35:10his dominance
35:11in a way that
35:12absolutely infuriates
35:14the crowd.
35:15While the ring general
35:16revels in being a Grinch
35:18over the blue brand,
35:19it's Joe Hendry
35:20who is still trying
35:21to bring us all
35:22a little holiday cheer.
35:23But Hendry's new rendition
35:25of an old favorite
35:26wasn't enough
35:27to make everyone believe.
35:30Jingle bells,
35:31jingle bells,
35:33Miz has tiny balls.
35:35He'd rather be in Hollywood,
35:38but they won't return
35:39his calls.
35:41Oh, jingle bells,
35:44jingle bells,
35:45Miz has tiny balls.
35:48Do you know
35:48what this means?
35:50When my hand goes up,
35:53your mouth goes shut.
35:56You think some cheap
35:57jingle's gonna turn me
35:59into the joke?
35:59I've spent 20 years
36:01outlasting people
36:02that laughed at me
36:03harder than you sing.
36:05I've earned the right
36:07to be the locker room leader
36:09and take this company
36:11to the future.
36:12The jokes stop now.
36:16Clear this ring,
36:17clear this stuff.
36:18Me and you
36:19have a match
36:20right here,
36:21right now.
36:23Oh, whoa,
36:24Miz,
36:24Miz,
36:25over here,
36:26just one little thing
36:27I forgot to mention.
36:29Your match,
36:30it is now
36:31a Miracle on 34th
36:33street fight.
36:36All right,
36:37the holiday tradition
36:38is back.
36:39That's it.
36:39Cancel Christmas.
36:41Anything goes.
36:55I don't know what to say anymore.
36:58Uh-oh.
37:00Miz gonna go for a ride
37:01again.
37:04Beautiful!
37:09Oh, yeah.
37:10Can you see it?
37:12What would you call this
37:13in the Christmas spirit?
37:18We paused the worm.
37:19Oh.
37:20Well, he's trying
37:20to cookie break.
37:21Well, he carved up.
37:22And now Tozawa.
37:25You know,
37:26reindeer fly,
37:27but...
37:31I guess
37:33elves do as well.
37:35Of course they do, Cole.
37:36How do you think
37:36they get to and from
37:37the North Pole?
37:38The Miz just threw up
37:39the cookies.
37:44Of course,
37:45of course it's truth.
37:46Of course
37:47it's truth
37:48in the bunny outfit.
38:03I'm having flashbacks
38:04to the Rosebutts,
38:05Michael Cole.
38:06This is...
38:07Oh!
38:08The guitar
38:09just smashed
38:11through the Miz
38:12and a standing
38:13ovation coming.
38:14Henry
38:15pushed Miz
38:16through the table.
38:19One, two...
38:20Embarrasses Miz again.
38:24Here is your winner,
38:27Joe Henry!
38:30I believe
38:31in the magic
38:32of Christmas.
38:33I believe
38:34in Joe Henry!
38:37I believe
38:38in Joe Henry!
38:39I believe
38:39I believe
38:41in Joe Henry!
38:43I believe
38:44in Joe Henry!
38:45I believe
38:46Oh yeah!
38:47Oh yeah!
38:48Are you ready
38:49to get back
38:50our Tag Team Championships
38:52tonight?
38:53I'm ready, Uzz.
38:54I'm ready.
38:55I'm ready.
38:55I'm ready.
38:56Come on, man!
38:57You all right?
38:59I'm good.
38:59I'm ready, Uzz.
39:00Listen, man.
39:02You my brother.
39:03When something ain't right,
39:04I feel it.
39:06I need you locked in.
39:07I need you by me tonight.
39:08You all right?
39:12Man, let me be 100 with you.
39:15I feel like ain't nothing
39:16been going right my way, man.
39:20Everywhere I turn to.
39:23It's one thing for me
39:25to put me in a bad spot.
39:27It's another thing for me
39:29to put my brother in a bad spot,
39:30too, man.
39:31And I ain't trying to do that
39:32to you tonight.
39:32Like, man, the only bad spot
39:34is in your head, brother.
39:36I've been telling you.
39:38I need you, bro.
39:40You it.
39:41You a world champion, all right?
39:43The Jey Uso I know,
39:45eight-time Tag Team Champion.
39:47Longest-rated Tag Team Champion,
39:49brother, you him.
39:51The Jey Uso I know,
39:53just like me,
39:54got everybody around the world,
39:57got everybody in that arena,
39:58ready to yell, one word, four letters,
40:03uh-uh-uh, I need you.
40:08You all right?
40:13Yeah.
40:16Together.
40:18Let's get at you.
40:19I love you.
40:21Back at you.
40:24Jimmy did his best to hype up his twin,
40:26but whether the brothers were on the same page
40:29remain to be seen.
40:30For the Usos,
40:31there was only one way to prove
40:33they are back on top,
40:34by becoming nine-time Tag Team Champions.
40:36But the brothers haven't seen
40:38the top of the mountain for a while,
40:40two years and nine months to be exact.
40:42And the men who were at the top of that mountain
40:45going into the World Tag Team Title match
40:47last Monday, AJ Styles and Dragon Lee,
40:49they've proven that they're fighting champions,
40:51and they wouldn't go down easy.
40:53So, if the Usos wanted to reclaim their former glory,
40:56they were going to have to pull out all the stops.
41:07You can see Big Jim reaching for his ribs there
41:10as he comes over.
41:11You saw the drop in the spirits of Jey Uso,
41:15have our powers wane.
41:16He got a little pep talk in the corner there on that tag,
41:19from Brother Jimmy, and it took a beat too long,
41:22because back in the fight now is Dragon Lee.
41:26You can see that was exactly where the Usos
41:29were looking for that double splash, perhaps.
41:31But things have changed in a big way
41:33since Dragon Lee got back in the open.
41:34Dragon Lee's repping it out, oh my, oh my!
41:37He just launched himself all the way over our desk
41:42and took out Big Jim.
41:44What an absolute kamikaze dive there from Dragon Lee,
41:48who may have maimed himself in the process.
41:50Big Jim looks absolutely wasted here
41:53on our announce desk.
41:56Oh, there's a roll of the town.
41:57Look at this!
41:58Jey survives it.
42:00Did you see the distance that was covered by Lee?
42:03Meanwhile, back in the center of the ring,
42:06back and forth they go, Styles and main event Jey.
42:10Oh, Styles Clash being lined up, and he hits it!
42:14He hits it!
42:15He hits it!
42:16One, two, three, four!
42:18Jey survives!
42:21This is outrageous!
42:24Both teams, and Noah Lyles is losing his mind at ringside too,
42:28but both teams dropping the heaviest of artillery.
42:32Absolute psycho behavior though from Dragon Lee.
42:36Devastating effectiveness, but this is the moment.
42:40Surely, the champs were going to retain.
42:43Jey Lusso digged about as deep as he's ever digged
42:47in his career to kick out.
42:49Wow.
42:49Styles is in disbelief.
42:51In absolute disbelief.
42:53The Pele kick, the Styles Clash, and still they fight on
42:58in front of this massive crowd for the World Tag Team Championship.
43:03Both teams have had their moments of despair in this one,
43:06but from despair to where, the answer for the tag champs
43:12is perhaps incoming now, and with Big Jim down and out,
43:17Jey Lusso left!
43:19Looking for this!
43:20Wow!
43:21The combo!
43:22Stop!
43:23Styles Clash!
43:25Oh!
43:26But Big Jim's back!
43:27The eight-time world champion Usos have no quit in them.
43:34It was beaten to the plunge that once again by AJ Styles,
43:38who now has the momentum.
43:40Phenomenal forearm is in...
43:43SOUL!
43:47Stereo superkick!
43:51They want it!
43:52They get it!
43:54The Usos!
43:57The Usos!
43:57One, two, three!
43:59They did it!
44:00Number nine is Mighty Five!
44:03Here are your winners!
44:06The new World Tag Team Champions!
44:15The Usos!
44:17Oh!
44:1820-25 goes out with a one-day championship bang on top of the world again, Barron!
44:31Oh, God!
44:32What a match!
44:33The final five minutes of that one swung all over the place,
44:38but the statistically greatest tag team in history just got statistically even greater with number nine.
44:48Welcome back to the mountaintop, a place the Usos call home.
44:53And that moment right there, considering what we heard earlier tonight.
44:58Big 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 Jay will be ringing in 2026 adorned in gold as World Tag Team Champions.
45:18The Usos are back on top and have proven to be a united force to be reckoned with.
45:23While we all yeet our way into the new year, this week carries several golden opportunities of its own.
45:29Io Sky and Rhea Ripley make their best attempt at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions,
45:34the Kabuki Warriors, while Becky Lynch looks to do the same to Maxine Dupree and her intercontinental title.
45:40That is, if Jessica Carr stays out of the man's way.
45:44And in his biggest title defense to date, CM Punk puts the World Heavyweight Championship up against Braun Breaker.
45:51Who kicks off 2026 with some new hardware?
45:55We're gonna find out Monday night.
45:57A Raw I surely won't be missing out on.
46:00So, until we meet again, I'm Megan Morant and we hope you've enjoyed this week in WWE.
46:05We hope you leave now.
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