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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.
00:00:15You know, I can lie to the fans.
00:00:17That's fine.
00:00:18That's part of the business.
00:00:21Lying to, like, my friends and family.
00:00:25And so when it happened, everybody's texting me.
00:00:30And now a moonsault lands on his feet.
00:00:32Oh, fuck.
00:00:34Get dark in there.
00:00:35Get dark 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?
00:00:55His dad is texting me.
00:00:56And I'm like, do I have to like your dad?
00:00:59Like, who do I have to lie to?
00:01:02So I was like breaking out in hives.
00:01:06I think she didn't anticipate having to be an accomplice.
00:01:11I think that part didn't occur to her until the night of.
00:01:14And she's the one answering all the texts while I'm, you know, ignoring them all.
00:01:19I'm much better.
00:01:19I'm a much better liar than she is.
00:01:21She'll be honest with you on that.
00:01:23She's a terrible liar.
00:01:24And my manager called me and he's like, how's he, how's he doing?
00:01:28Is he okay?
00:01:28What's going on?
00:01:29Or is he going to be all right?
00:01:31And I'm like, um, uh, yeah, yeah, he'll be fine.
00:01:38Yeah, he'll be fine.
00:01:39You know, he's going to be fine.
00:01:41You know, and that was like my way of like not, of towing the line, of like not lying, but
00:01:46lying.
00:01:47You know, did, did, uh, did you know about it beforehand or after?
00:02:08Okay.
00:02:19Any time I would go into public where there was a possibility that a picture might get
00:02:24out, we were on 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, they 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, literally the first day.
00:03:02Send her into this little summer camp.
00:03:04She does her thing for a few hours.
00:03:05She comes back, she'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, 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.
00:03:40Summer Slam 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 just taken place here at Summer Slam.
00:04:01You run these big epic storylines through the summer.
00:04:05They peak at Summer Slam.
00:04:07Ray Mysterio has his son back.
00:04:11Broke 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.
00:04:20There was so much talent, so much storytelling that could be done.
00:04:24This year, for the first time, Summer Slam now is a two-night event.
00:04:31In laying out the card for Summer Slam, 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
00:05:11Jelly's tag match at Summer Slam.
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.
00:05:33Hey, 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 Summer Slam 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.
00:06:07That'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.
00:06:19It 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 some bites?
00:06:33Yes, sir.
00:06:34Is it too early in the day to talk about our food?
00:06:37No.
00:06:39Don't go out there 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, because we were also trying to clearly tell the story of a
00:07:10man that was unqualified to be in there.
00:07:12Well, I've been thrown through, like, 12, 15 tables getting ready for this, but I haven't
00:07:16actually been through an announcer table with somebody jumping.
00:07:19You lay on this table just to feel what it's like.
00:07:21I bug y'all, man.
00:07:23I don't want the first time I lay on it before I go through it to be in front of
00:07:2560,000 people
00:07:26and 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, not that angle, because he'll be coming ahead this way.
00:07:48Yeah, I'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.
00:08:04We'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 of advice for me here?
00:08:12Kind of sit up a little bit on impact.
00:08:15Sit up a little bit before impact.
00:08:18Well, 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.
00:08:35In the moment, when you cool off, that'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.
00:08:48Oh!
00:08:51Feeling good?
00:08:51Yeah.
00:08:52So I got to say, at Saturday's main event, I felt really bad for you, Seth.
00:08:57Seth Rollins?
00:08:58Yeah, I felt really bad for you.
00:08:59Why?
00:08:59Then I came to you and it was like, hey, man, he's out if 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, something's obvious.
00:09:08Yeah.
00:09:11Look, I don't like giving people information they don't need.
00:09:14No, no, no.
00:09:14It's all good.
00:09:15Yeah, yeah.
00:09:15It's all good.
00:09:15I think of myself anyway.
00:09:16But I wanted to tell them because I thought it's funny.
00:09:18Because in the first moment, I didn't have any mail.
00:09:20Like, I didn't think of it like, hey, I don't know.
00:09:21I believed everybody.
00:09:22It was like, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:09:24It's a burger, right?
00:09:25Yeah, yeah.
00:09:25And you know what we're doing tonight, right?
00:09:28Yeah.
00:09:30Excellent.
00:09:31Good, you?
00:09:33So, aftermath?
00:09:35Yeah, we'll talk about it.
00:09:36Yeah, yeah.
00:09:37So, we want to paint the picture where you go over, but you're exhausted.
00:09:42You finally have that moment.
00:09:43We're getting Gunther out.
00:09:45You finally get the fucking, you're 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
00:09:55that's, we're going off the air, you know?
00:09:57You can fucking get up on your feet.
00:09:58You finally just give me that moment where you fucking look and just, before you even
00:10:04get it up, here he comes.
00:10:05And I feel like, you know, you take your time on all that, too.
00:10:10Like, 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.
00:10:17As soon as you just do this, it's like, fuck.
00:10:19I will milk that till it is bone dry.
00:10:24Bobby, the food needs 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, take your time doing all of it, and have fun.
00:11:22All right, let's go.
00:11:24You're so nice.
00:11:26Let's do it.
00:11:26It's so nice meeting you.
00:11:27All right.
00:11:52It's me, hello, it's me.
00:11:56What's good, WWE Universe!
00:12:02We'll fade a whip, so we're out!
00:12:14Go with your insurance and just don't have to think.
00:12:17You got it.
00:12:19It's already the moves, all that's in there.
00:12:20Yes, sir.
00:12:21Love you, brother.
00:12:22Thank you for the opportunity, man.
00:12:24Fuck yeah.
00:12:24Yes, sir.
00:12:25I'm going to make you proud.
00:12:26Take this shit up.
00:12:26Yes, sir.
00:12:27Enjoy this.
00:12:28I'm going to have a fucking ball.
00:12:36Jelmy Roll weighs in at 299 pounds, the lightest in many, many years.
00:12:42Jelmy 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.
00:12:51Leave it up to me!
00:12:57As the bell rings, Jelmy Roll tags himself in.
00:13:01We're going to have to see what Jelmy Roll has learned over the past number of weeks
00:13:05as he starts things off.
00:13:07I'm going to get a little flurry here from Jelmy.
00:13:13And a big elbow by Jelmy.
00:13:14Drops Paul.
00:13:17Oh!
00:13:20We're going to tag the victory.
00:13:24Now the game changes.
00:13:25And Jelmy, you might want to make a tag now to Mr. Orton while you have the opportunity
00:13:28because here comes McIntyre.
00:13:32Oh, Randy trying to psych up Jelmy Roll.
00:13:37Now they realize he made a mistake.
00:13:41It is every celebrity's dream to get in this ring
00:13:46until you face reality.
00:13:50You want to put Jelmy on the table?
00:13:52Look at your big table spot.
00:13:55Oh, man, this is...
00:13:56Things 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.
00:14:22Jelmy Roll is going to root.
00:14:24He's going to do the day that he wanted to become a WWE superstar.
00:14:35Check on everybody, please.
00:14:38The medical personnel at ringside have got Jelmy Roll to his feet.
00:14:43Everybody's good.
00:14:43Everybody's good.
00:14:46A 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 Jelmy Roll.
00:14:57Bye-bye.
00:14:58Bye-bye.
00:15:00Me and Shane, the producer Shane, we talked about it all night.
00:15:04Like, this is where it wins or dies.
00:15:06When you turn around, it's either going to be one of the pops of the night
00:15:09or it'll fall flat.
00:15:17When I turned around for that comeback,
00:15:20it was like, it happened.
00:15:24I don't know what Jelmy's thinking.
00:15:26He's trying to drag himself back in.
00:15:29Jelmy Roll!
00:15:30Jelmy Roll!
00:15:31Jelmy Roll!
00:15:38Jelmy Roll!
00:15:39Jordan is going to tag in Jelmy Roll, and here he comes!
00:15:44And Jelmy Roll with a clothesline!
00:15:48Just fighting a pure adrenaline hit!
00:15:52Watch for the Claymore.
00:15:53Stay here, stay here.
00:15:56Claymore!
00:15:58Logan Paul up top!
00:16:04For the win!
00:16:09Well, there's no fairytale ending for our celebrity here tonight.
00:16:14He showed us all something here.
00:16:17Jelmy 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.
00:16:28Right?
00:16:28Because imagine there's a 480-pound musician and gorilla
00:16:32taking up the space of three men,
00:16:33going, dude, I'm going to lose a bunch of weight.
00:16:35You can kick a wrist-in match.
00:16:36I've been a fan my whole life.
00:16:39Triple H, believe me.
00:16:40Love you, son.
00:16:42I'm in, brother.
00:16:42I'm in.
00:16:43You got fucking in.
00:16:44Congratulations.
00:16:44Love you, man.
00:16:45You said you will.
00:16:47You worked your fucking ass off, man.
00:16:49I know I made a couple mistakes, but I did pretty good.
00:16:51But, dude, nobody even noticed those.
00:16:52I only say this to people that get it.
00:16:54Respect.
00:16:55Respect.
00:16:55Fucking respect.
00:16:57Okay?
00:16:58Fuck yeah.
00:17:04Are you on your bus?
00:17:07Yes.
00:17:08So I'll come out to see you.
00:17:10Let's make sure it's exactly how we want it.
00:17:13And the next time we come in, we're going for it.
00:17:19Punk wins.
00:17:22We get the title in Punk's hands.
00:17:27When he lifts the title in the air to give it to the audience that chanted his name for
00:17:32ten years, we hit your music.
00:17:35We'll talk through it now or later?
00:17:37No, I'll talk to you now.
00:17:38Okay.
00:17:38We're doing a cash-in, okay?
00:17:39Okay.
00:17:39So Seth is coming back.
00:17:41So when you get to the bottom of the ramp, just kind of wait, because Seth is going to
00:17:45come out.
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.
00:17:52And 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 for the fucking best in the world, baby.
00:18:04Are you cracking him with the briefcase?
00:18:06Oh, yeah.
00:18:07I can't wait.
00:18:08Many times, if I can.
00:18:10Stomp.
00:18:11You do the cash-in, he's going to stomp on you.
00:18:13Count one, two, three.
00:18:14Oh, on the ring.
00:18:14We do that, okay.
00:18:15You got it.
00:18:17We stay in the ring?
00:18:18We stay in the ring.
00:18:20We stand over the dead body.
00:18:21Get 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.
00:18:33From Chicago, Illinois,
00:18:37C.
00:18:39and
00:18:40punch!
00:18:43You can have all the cockiness and arrogance in the world
00:18:46when you're in your 20s,
00:18:48but right now,
00:18:49Old Father Time is catching up with CM Punk.
00:18:52It's a win-now situation.
00:18:55Jess, I don't know exactly how it's going to go,
00:18:57but just be at the bottom of the ramp.
00:18:58So, if Seth points at you or grabs you,
00:19:00just go along with it.
00:19:07The sun's gone to hell.
00:19:09The moon's riding high,
00:19:11and we are ready for a main event for the ages here.
00:19:18Oh!
00:19:20Oh, my goodness.
00:19:22Again, a shotgun-like blast.
00:19:25Stay here.
00:19:26I'm going to get this chop fast, my gutter.
00:19:28And now a chop to the back,
00:19:30and Punk's in trouble now.
00:19:32Keep chopping.
00:19:33One in the belly.
00:19:33The body of CM Punk is being broken down before our eyes.
00:19:38Stacks him up to retain,
00:19:40and 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,
00:20:17What goes into a reveal?
00:20:24Everything.
00:20:26We're doing theater,
00:20:28and the audience is our chorus.
00:20:34We're building to something,
00:20:37and we're asking you to pay
00:20:39to 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 bring 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?
00:21:07Yeah.
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.
00:21:34Oh, my God.
00:21:34I don't know if I've ever seen Gunther
00:21:37covered in his own blood like that.
00:21:39Gunther trying to beg off.
00:21:41I 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.
00:21:49The game has changed.
00:21:59Punk delivers it to Gunther, and 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.
00:22:12Punk is going to go to sleep to the champion.
00:22:15Punk's going to go for it again.
00:22:18Punk with a second GTS.
00:22:21Punk into the cover.
00:22:23Punk is the world champion.
00:22:25CM Punk is a world champion.
00:22:27Here is your winner and 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.
00:23:05Burn it down!
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 as 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.
00:24:04Seth will take a step to leave
00:24:06like he's going back through Gorilla
00:24:07and then we'll get all of our Shakespeare.
00:24:10That was the only concern I had
00:24:12was
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 going to play well.
00:24:34When I heard the noise
00:24:36when the crutches dropped,
00:24:37I was like,
00:24:38oh,
00:24:39oh yeah.
00:24:44Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:45Were some of my posts misleading?
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 see a punk and Seth Rollins now
00:25:15going after one another.
00:25:25And another one.
00:25:27Another one.
00:25:28And 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!
00:25:39Cash 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!
00:25:51I stopped the punk!
00:25:53You gotta be kidding me!
00:25:55A cover by Rollins!
00:25:59Oh, my God!
00:26:00Rollins is the world heavyweight champion!
00:26:02Here is your winner!
00:26:07And new world heavyweight champion!
00:26:14Seth Brickin' Rollins!
00:26:22Seth Rollins outmaneuvered
00:26:25CM Punk again!
00:26:31That's the ultimate indicator.
00:26:34How's the payoff?
00:26:35If the payoff worked,
00:26:36then everything else worked.
00:26:37And I believe that it worked perfectly.
00:26:41I'm just so happy that'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
00:26:58of the work ethic.
00:27:01This crazy-ass performance art
00:27:05that we lovingly call professional wrestling.
00:27:14You're a lion, motherfucker!
00:27:18You guys, man.
00:27:19Life and the best!
00:27:20You know what I mean?
00:27:20That was badass, dude.
00:27:22That was fucking badass.
00:27:24We're done!
00:27:25We're done!
00:27:26We're done!
00:27:26We're done!
00:27:27Bye-bye, crutches!
00:27:28We're done with the lion!
00:27:30We're done with the lion!
00:27:31We're done with the lion!
00:27:34Finally getting the title,
00:27:35moving forward with myself and Heyman,
00:27:37and Breaker and Reed.
00:27:39It felt like now we're here.
00:27:41Now we've arrived.
00:27:43And we can really start to do some fantastic work
00:27:46for wherever this leads.
00:27:49I 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
00:28:02to start this entire journey.
00:28:05It'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
00:28:16for your art.
00:28:18For your art.
00:28:21Oh, 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, a 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, and then you played that shit
00:28:42on the end
00:28:42with the tears in your eyes.
00:28:44All that shit
00:28:45was so fucking good
00:28:47and emotional.
00:28:48You'll get sick of me saying it,
00:28:49but 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
00:28:54look like fucking geniuses.
00:28:55Magic, magic.
00:28:56Fucking A.
00:28:58So night one was epic.
00:29:00Went about as well
00:29:01as I think it could have.
00:29:03But we still got
00:29:04a whole other night to go.
00:29:24I got this thing a long time ago
00:29:26and I just finally found
00:29:26an excuse to use it.
00:29:27So I was like, yes, I'm pumped.
00:29:30After WrestleMania
00:29:31and 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
00:29:40is being present.
00:29:42My mind runs at a pace
00:29:44where I often don't take any time
00:29:47to realize where we're at.
00:29:50This is modern WWE
00:29:51where the athleticism
00:29:52is through the roof
00:29:53and if you're not doing the things
00:29:55that fix your body,
00:29:57then you end up
00:29:58not being able to do it
00:29:59for very long.
00:30:03Look at WrestleMania
00:30:04and when you lose the title,
00:30:06no matter what anyone tells you,
00:30:08if they tell you it doesn't matter
00:30:09or it doesn't feel a certain way,
00:30:10they're lying to you.
00:30:11I didn't like the end result,
00:30:14not in terms of finish,
00:30:15in terms of execution.
00:30:17I think it was beneath
00:30:19what we can do.
00:30:21I need far better
00:30:22and not just I need far better,
00:30:24WWE needs far better.
00:30:26So I think that the reason
00:30:30that a lot of people
00:30:31were down on the
00:30:34Cena-Cody WrestleMania match
00:30:37was that it didn't translate
00:30:40and 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
00:30:49than anybody's ever done
00:30:50for this industry
00:30:51and you're not going to be able
00:30:53to take that away from them.
00:30:54They're not going to hate you
00:30:56like you want them to hate you.
00:30:58It's not going to happen.
00:30:59Just go out there
00:31:01and tear it up.
00:31:02That's what they want.
00:31:05If people were disappointed,
00:31:06let's round this out.
00:31:07let's remind them
00:31:08that WWE always does have
00:31:09not just a happy ending
00:31:11but a conclusion.
00:31:15The goal would be
00:31:16to get back to the title match,
00:31:18wrestling against John Cena
00:31:19at SummerSlam.
00:31:21Namaste.
00:31:22Namaste.
00:31:24John really wanted to make up
00:31:26for the Mania match bad.
00:31:29He felt he owed Cody that.
00:31:32The only thing left too
00:31:33was to determine how
00:31:34and when we were going to get
00:31:36John Cena back over
00:31:38to being classic babyface John Cena.
00:31:40John Cena's going to defend
00:31:42that title against Cody Rhodes,
00:31:43but it's no DQ
00:31:45or it's a street fight
00:31:45or whatever.
00:31:46Does he fucking shake Cody's hand,
00:31:50do all that stuff,
00:31:51like have a moment there?
00:31:53Let the end of the heel run
00:31:56resonate as Cody did it.
00:31:59Then get it done
00:32:00on the other side, yeah.
00:32:02Is the flip side of that
00:32:04John then coming to Cody's aid?
00:32:08Yeah.
00:32:09Right?
00:32:09Like to turn back babyface
00:32:11somewhere in August
00:32:12because Cody now is in trouble
00:32:14and the guy that actually saves him
00:32:16is John Cena
00:32:17under the...
00:32:19I fucked up
00:32:20and I got ahead of myself here
00:32:23and I realized
00:32:25that I thought you weren't the guy
00:32:26and you are
00:32:27and I fucking support you
00:32:28and believe in you
00:32:29and now he finishes out
00:32:31August to December
00:32:33clean as a babyface
00:32:35is what we were originally thinking
00:32:37and is that the scenario?
00:32:42We didn't know at the time
00:32:43Cody was going to be then
00:32:44going away to make a movie
00:32:45for six weeks.
00:32:46I got to get with John.
00:32:49The Cody going away thing
00:32:51changes a bunch of shit.
00:32:52On the backside of SummerSlam
00:32:53I am going to Australia
00:32:55to shoot Street Fighter
00:32:56where I will be playing
00:32:59the character of Guile
00:33:00which is dope.
00:33:01I grew up playing the character
00:33:03so they kind of got me
00:33:05sight unseen
00:33:05which I hope I don't blow it.
00:33:12The thought was
00:33:13at that point of
00:33:14let's just get to
00:33:16Cena the night before
00:33:17and kind of pull him back
00:33:19so that Cena was made whole
00:33:20and back on the
00:33:21good side of things
00:33:22heading into that match.
00:33:24A good face turn
00:33:26is never meant
00:33:27to really be a shock.
00:33:29Don't feel good at you
00:33:30don't feel good at you
00:33:31A good face turn
00:33:32should be something
00:33:33you're feeling
00:33:34and you already were like
00:33:35come on man
00:33:36and we're cheering for you now
00:33:37like just come on.
00:33:45And a really good
00:33:46baby face turn
00:33:47is one that
00:33:48we're leading the audience to
00:33:49but also the audience
00:33:50is leading us to.
00:33:52John's being a prime example
00:33:54of a face turn
00:33:55where he basically said
00:33:57I'm a baby face now.
00:33:59Mark your calendar Cody
00:34:00August 1st 2025
00:34:03Newark, New Jersey
00:34:05the day that
00:34:06John Cena
00:34:07came back
00:34:08to the WWE.
00:34:13John
00:34:14doing it in the fashion
00:34:15that he did
00:34:15where he told the audience
00:34:16I'm going to be me.
00:34:18Very John
00:34:19and let me make it
00:34:20even cleaner for you.
00:34:21I'm going to tell him
00:34:22I'm back.
00:34:23He's back.
00:34:25I'm going to be me
00:34:26at SummerSlam
00:34:26and me at SummerSlam
00:34:27is one of the greatest
00:34:29baby faces
00:34:29if not the greatest
00:34:30baby face of all time.
00:34:39I think the easiest way
00:34:41for us to get you involved
00:34:43if you don't mind
00:34:45would be having these
00:34:46accessible things
00:34:47and have me get one of these
00:34:48and just take them in.
00:34:50Yeah?
00:34:50Okay.
00:34:51That's alright.
00:34:52Totally fine with me.
00:34:52Do you want us to use
00:34:53the thing in the match
00:34:54or like
00:34:55okay cool
00:34:56because I also don't
00:34:57want to put you
00:34:57in a spot
00:34:58where you feel
00:35:01uncomfortable.
00:35:01No not at all.
00:35:02I'm excited you will.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:04Awesome.
00:35:04I think the story
00:35:05that we wanted
00:35:06to tell was
00:35:10we're willing
00:35:11to both go
00:35:12to the lengths
00:35:13that a street fight
00:35:13demands
00:35:15but we don't have
00:35:16to do it
00:35:16without respect.
00:35:18I wanted
00:35:18every bit of it
00:35:19to be a warrior's death
00:35:22if you're refusing
00:35:23to hand the torch
00:35:24I'm going to murder
00:35:25you for it.
00:35:27I'm going to take it
00:35:27by force.
00:35:30Some of these versions
00:35:31where I'm standing there
00:35:32and watching them come up
00:35:33it's a lot of just
00:35:34looking at it
00:35:35with love, reverence
00:35:36but also like
00:35:37we're at it.
00:35:38I think so.
00:35:39And also I don't know
00:35:40is there a little
00:35:40salute in there?
00:35:42That whole fucking
00:35:43I love you but I'm sorry
00:35:44you know what I mean
00:35:45kind of thing.
00:35:55this was the big finale
00:35:57to me and Becky's feud
00:35:59the ultimate
00:36:01battle
00:36:02at the end
00:36:02of our story.
00:36:05I felt a lot of pressure
00:36:07going into this one
00:36:08because
00:36:08it was a no
00:36:09disqualification match
00:36:11the main event
00:36:12on the show
00:36:13was John Cena
00:36:14and Cody Rhodes
00:36:15also with a no
00:36:17disqualification
00:36:18stipulation.
00:36:20So it was very hard
00:36:22to come up with
00:36:23some unique ideas.
00:36:25I get a chain
00:36:26and
00:36:27tie it around
00:36:28her mouth
00:36:28pull her
00:36:30pull her into the steps
00:36:31knock the steps
00:36:32off.
00:36:33And we are using
00:36:34the box.
00:36:34Right there.
00:36:35Right there.
00:36:36So maybe we don't do that.
00:36:37So in what we call
00:36:38gimmick matches
00:36:39you know
00:36:39no DQ
00:36:40street fight
00:36:41they're hard to prepare for
00:36:42because
00:36:43you can
00:36:45talk them through
00:36:46you can't
00:36:47actually
00:36:48go through them
00:36:49at full speed
00:36:50because
00:36:50you have to save that
00:36:52for the match
00:36:53otherwise you're going
00:36:53to kill the guy
00:36:54or girl
00:36:54before the match
00:36:55and they're not
00:36:56going to be able
00:36:56to perform
00:36:56to their best
00:36:57so you can't
00:36:58do that.
00:36:59Maybe
00:36:59how would she
00:37:02get out?
00:37:03You get one try
00:37:04at this stuff
00:37:05and it's
00:37:06in front of
00:37:0660,000 people.
00:37:08We're not doing
00:37:09the old music
00:37:09no we're just
00:37:10going straight
00:37:11straight into it.
00:37:12We were debuting
00:37:13my new entrance music
00:37:15by the Wonder Years
00:37:16who were one
00:37:17of my favorite
00:37:17bands
00:37:19new freaking
00:37:20song
00:37:21oh I love it man
00:37:22I love it
00:37:23I reached out
00:37:24to the Wonder Years
00:37:25big fan of them
00:37:28and Dan Campbell
00:37:29the singer
00:37:30the songwriter
00:37:31of the band
00:37:32I was like
00:37:33man
00:37:33would you guys
00:37:34be interested
00:37:35in doing my song
00:37:35if I can
00:37:36if I can
00:37:38like two seconds
00:37:39later
00:37:40he wrote
00:37:40right
00:37:40fuck yeah
00:37:41yeah
00:37:42yeah we would
00:37:43love to
00:37:45within like
00:37:46two days
00:37:47he had written
00:37:47this binder
00:37:48of a song
00:37:52he had
00:37:53lots of little
00:37:54easter eggs
00:37:54in it
00:37:54and one of them
00:37:56is
00:37:58I talk to your ghost
00:37:59every night
00:38:02and I looked
00:38:03where my dad
00:38:04was sitting
00:38:05you know
00:38:06six years ago
00:38:08there
00:38:09It goes every night in my sleep.
00:38:20Hey, Ben.
00:38:23Want to go over to the United Kingdom?
00:38:25Yeah.
00:38:28Yeah, oh, man, I did not...
00:38:30I got quite emotional on that day.
00:38:34Sorry.
00:38:35All good.
00:38:35The last time we were here, my dad was in the front row.
00:38:40There's that line and the song, you know,
00:38:42I talked to your ghost and everything.
00:38:43It just kind of got me.
00:38:46I got you.
00:38:47All good.
00:38:49Good?
00:38:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:38:51Good, good, good, good.
00:38:53Just got me a bit emotional there, you know.
00:38:58Last time I was here, my dad was sitting there.
00:39:02Yeah, my poor dad with cancer was just sitting there
00:39:04with this fucking blanket on, you know.
00:39:06For the whole show.
00:39:07For the whole show.
00:39:08The whole show.
00:39:15Good to get in there.
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:17Yeah.
00:39:17Sometimes good to remember where you come from.
00:39:21Yeah.
00:39:22And, um...
00:39:29Yeah, got me good.
00:39:30Got me good.
00:39:32Yeah.
00:39:40Got me good.
00:39:51Got me good.
00:39:55Yeah.
00:39:56MetLife Stadium.
00:39:58If you thought last night was something, you ain't seen nothing yet.
00:40:04Yeah.
00:40:07I have one question for you.
00:40:10Are you ready?
00:40:12Yeah.
00:40:13I said...
00:40:16Are...
00:40:17You...
00:40:19Ready?
00:40:28I always feel on fire internally.
00:40:30I always do.
00:40:31But, like, every time I feel like this every time.
00:40:34And then, like, it always just seems to be magic.
00:40:37So hopefully it's always gonna stay like that.
00:40:40But, again, I'm always, like, really nervous and trying to put out the fires in my head
00:40:45and stay on top of things.
00:40:46And you just can't freak out.
00:40:47You just can't.
00:40:48Like, it's just...
00:40:48We gotta...
00:40:49We gotta go.
00:40:50But I'm freaking out.
00:40:54The following is a no-disqualification match for the Women's Intercontinental Championship!
00:41:06She is the Women's Intercontinental Champion, the man, Becky Lynch!
00:41:19Becky Lynch has been the standard of Irish dominance for the past ten years.
00:41:26And she is not ready to relinquish that role to a young up-and-coming pretender in Lyra Valkyria.
00:41:34Not sure I would use the word pretender 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 felt a lot of pressure.
00:41:52I'm always able to live in the moment, and for that match, I just couldn't.
00:41:58Introducing the challenger, Lyra 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.
00:42:13And 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, right to the midsection of Becky Lynch!
00:42:24One of the first things, I threw Becky into the photographer.
00:42:28Becky, oh!
00:42:30That poor still photo man!
00:42:33She said sorry to him!
00:42:35She's so nice!
00:42:37I 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.
00:42:47Nothing that happened with the weapons went the way it was supposed to.
00:42:52Becky's gotta zip tie, and she's gotta zip tie the hands together!
00:42:56Literally handcuffing Valkyria here!
00:42:59Perfectly legal, Michael Cole.
00:43:01Guess what, Valkyria?
00:43:02This is what you asked for!
00:43:05That was my idea.
00:43:08I was like, that would be a really cool moment if, even though Becky had completely incapacitated me, I still
00:43:14ended up beating her up with zip ties.
00:43:18And now she's got Becky trapped in the waist lock, and now Lyra Valkyria using headbutts!
00:43:23What happened, however, was, when I was supposed to be stuck in the zip ties, they came off.
00:43:32Oh shit!
00:43:35Was it off?
00:43:37Is she out of those?
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, and you go, they're off.
00:43:51But in the moment when they came off, I was thinking, what if the cameras didn't catch that?
00:43:58If they missed that, then it's like, she was zip tied a second ago, and now she's not.
00:44:02Whereas if I slip them back on and hope the cameras didn't see it, same match.
00:44:09The cameras did catch it, which is another unfortunate thing from the match.
00:44:14Did it come out?
00:44:15I'm done.
00:44:16And then she put her own hand back into it.
00:44:19How soon feels she gets out of this?
00:44:21She's gonna go under the ring, and we're gonna lose Lyra.
00:44:23And then he's at the end of these zip ties.
00:44:27And Becky looking...
00:44:28Oh! And Lyra was under the ring with a fire extinguisher in hand!
00:44:32And when I was supposed to free myself from the zip ties, they stayed on.
00:44:38Lyra trying to use the sharp edge of that fire extinguisher to break the zip tie here.
00:44:44I don't know why she's not using the ring like we talked about.
00:44:48Taking off the zip ties, I couldn't get them off.
00:44:50So I had to crawl under the ring and get someone to cut them.
00:44:54And it was a nightmare.
00:44:58Ugh!
00:45:01How are we doing time-wise on this?
00:45:03We are heavy as fuck.
00:45:04We're almost five minutes heavy right now.
00:45:06Punishment 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 Becky backwards into the post.
00:45:16Or not.
00:45:17I'm not exactly sure what's happening.
00:45:21Fuck.
00:45:23Becky Lynch, who's got Lyra trapped, now standing on the Spanish announce table.
00:45:27And Becky Lynch, oh, with a kick right to Lyra.
00:45:31Here's the main streak from the man, Becky Lynch.
00:45:34Is Bayley in position?
00:45:36Okay, thank you.
00:45:37Here comes the finish.
00:45:39And now Becky went for the manhandle slam, nice arm track, take down.
00:45:42And Bayley, oh my goodness!
00:45:44Took a swing of Becky Lynch, missed and caught Valkyria!
00:45:49The manhandle slam, the man retains.
00:45:56Here is your winner!
00:45:58How heavy was that?
00:46:00At least ten minutes.
00:46:06You've got to be tough, you've got to be talented, but most of all you've got to be lucky, and
00:46:10luck was smiling on Becky Lynch tonight.
00:46:14Congratulations to Becky Lynch.
00:46:16Oh, she's gonna be so mad when she comes back.
00:46:20Sorry.
00:46:21Uh-uh.
00:46:23It wasn't great.
00:46:24Huh?
00:46:25It wasn't great.
00:46:26It's pretty good.
00:46:27It wasn't great.
00:46:29I know.
00:46:31It's 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, but I think that we had such high expectations, maybe it
00:46:49didn't match up to that.
00:46:52Yeah.
00:46:53It wasn't great.
00:46:55I want to be the person that people say I absolutely loved, wrestling her, she gave me my best match
00:47:00ever.
00:47:00And I felt like I let myself down, or didn't rise to meet the occasion.
00:47:05I didn't even want to go back up to Gorilla.
00:47:07I felt so overwhelmed.
00:47:11She was very upset with herself.
00:47:14And she just started apologizing to me.
00:47:17And 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, I'm never going to be upset because a wrestling move or moves don't go our
00:47:33way.
00:47:34She's great.
00:47:35She 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, because 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.
00:47:55And I know this.
00:47:56I am this.
00:48:00I came to the back and a lot of my coworkers commended the creativity and a lot of the things
00:48:06that we did out there.
00:48:09John Cena came up to me after that match.
00:48:13He said very complimentary things about it.
00:48:15That shit was a chair.
00:48:17There'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.
00:48:24And now it's like mixed emotions and shit.
00:48:26Like, it's way better than you think.
00:48:29There was no changing my mind on it.
00:48:32So 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.
00:48:44So when it doesn't...
00:48:47When you don't feel the magic or 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.
00:49:03Sometimes just anything that can go wrong does go wrong.
00:49:05Especially when you're...
00:49:07You know, using weapons and stuff.
00:49:09And you got one take at all this.
00:49:11It's...
00:49:13It's not a movie.
00:49:14We don't go out and rehearse stuff like actors and stuntmen and all this.
00:49:18It just doesn't go the way you see it in your head.
00:49:22And...
00:49:24It's just what happens sometimes.
00:49:27Um...
00:49:27But it's only like...
00:49:30I think this happens to everyone at some point.
00:49:31And the only way you can really judge a talent is...
00:49:34On what they do afterwards.
00:49:35How they handle that.
00:49:37And...
00:49:37They don't do this.
00:49:38Let me tell you.
00:49:39Like...
00:49:39You can feel it in the moment.
00:49:40And then you just have to pick up and move on.
00:49:42Because we've always got RAW on Monday.
00:49:43We've always got the next big show.
00:49:45And...
00:49:46No one...
00:49:47Like...
00:49:47Ever has the perfect streak.
00:49:49And you have to just like...
00:49:50Get knocked down and get back up again.
00:49:52So...
00:49:52Got 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.
00:50:04So...
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.
00:50:21Let's go.
00:50:22We're proud.
00:50:22Let's go.
00:50:23You've made this all time, man.
00:50:25Do your thing, dude.
00:50:25You know how much I'm up with Smith?
00:50:26Can't wait until you're back, dog.
00:50:28Come on.
00:50:28I know it, man.
00:50:29I know it.
00:50:32It is main event time!
00:50:34For the sixth time in his career, and the final time ever,
00:50:38John Cena will main event SummerSlam
00:50:41against the former champion,
00:50:43the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
00:50:59Cena claims he saw the error of his ways.
00:51:03Knows he has four months left here in WWE.
00:51:06All right.
00:51:07Leave this sit for a second.
00:51:14Everybody standing.
00:51:17Fucking badass.
00:51:27You ready?
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.
00:51:59Y'all know what time it is!
00:52:01It's time to go to work.
00:52:03I've got a fellow.
00:52:05I'm still, I'm not just that long.
00:52:07He's that, that, plus I can't turn a swell on.
00:52:09Brands got a big kitchen boy whole way.
00:52:11I got my full strength.
00:52:13I'm rushing off my cold date.
00:52:15And then he got the one.
00:52:15Being in the ring at SummerSlam,
00:52:17I'm glad, selfishly, that I got to be part of
00:52:21the old John Cena stepping back into the light.
00:52:30Long-form storytelling.
00:52:33Hardest thing is to be patient.
00:52:35Yeah.
00:52:41John Cena really has tapped back into what made him great
00:52:45in the first place this evening.
00:52:47But Superman meets Superman.
00:52:51And after the show of respect, here we go!
00:52:54Cody and Cena underway!
00:52:57Remember, street fight rules.
00:52:59Anything goes.
00:52:59You gotta win via pinfall or submission.
00:53:01John Cena gonna reverse.
00:53:03Cody shoulder first into the steps.
00:53:05John's gonna get these stairs and 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!
00:53:15Actually throwing the steps at Cody.
00:53:20We're gonna work our way to Halliburton's crutch here.
00:53:24John will grab it.
00:53:26That's Tyrese Halliburton of the Indiana Pacers.
00:53:30Out 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!
00:53:46Throws Cena to the table!
00:53:48The body of John Cena has been through wars for the past 20 years,
00:53:51taken way more abuse than most.
00:53:55Eventually, it does catch up with you.
00:53:58John is in many ways doubting himself more than I believe we are doubting him.
00:54:07So he is in a place now where he's saying, I can't do what I used to do.
00:54:11I can't deliver that level.
00:54:15And the truth is, he really still can.
00:54:23John Cena has the experience to never run out of options.
00:54:28He's been in the deep waters more than anyone.
00:54:32Oh God.
00:54:33Oh my God! John Cena! Are you kidding me?!
00:54:45He's been shooting down the country!
00:54:48He's been shooting down the country!
00:54:51The shield of John Cena has landed.
00:54:52The fuck in كل chain is booming.
00:54:53The one who lied?
00:54:54The 2nd revenir is infierno.
00:54:56You lose the glory.
00:54:59triste movie walt greater than ever,
00:55:01джetzel!
00:55:01What? How is Cena still able to do this?
00:55:24It's just a real love between him and the fans right now.
00:55:28John's as popular as he's ever been and as over as he has ever been.
00:55:33And I have to deal with that.
00:55:48That's where it gets tough for fans.
00:55:50Moments where they see their all-time favorite getting beaten up.
00:55:57Cody Rhodes!
00:55:58Oh, God!
00:55:59With a pause, Robert Asina!
00:56:01From their side, it's disrespectful.
00:56:05Cody's face is good in the seas.
00:56:07Second-guessing himself, so I've done that.
00:56:11Yes, we're going at it, but I really love this guy, too.
00:56:15I know John does not like to tell the fans how we do it, and I respect that.
00:56:20I will tell you something that John Cena told me in the ring that I'll never forget.
00:56:24They were booing.
00:56:25This was right before I stomped on his ankle.
00:56:27And he just looked up and said, be yourself.
00:56:30It's what you want!
00:56:35This is very John, because the moment was there to be a bad guy, to beat him up with malice,
00:56:43to beat him up and be that heel.
00:56:46John can figure that out and realize, no, just be yourself.
00:56:51Because the story that we wanted to tell was two characters being virtuous.
00:56:58Let them go through absolute hell, knowing I'm not going to stab you in the back, but I will stab
00:57:04you in the front.
00:57:04Stay with Cody.
00:57:05He's going to undo that bottom rope.
00:57:09He should refuse to hand the torch.
00:57:11Well, cool, then I'm going to take it by force.
00:57:14What exactly is Cody doing here?
00:57:16Screwing that turnbuckle, the rope's down.
00:57:19Cody Rhodes with that piece of steel.
00:57:23To be able to tell that story through our faces.
00:57:26Cody having doubts again here.
00:57:27Well, I mean, he's looking at the all-time great.
00:57:35Cody Rhodes doing anything he can to try to fill the champion.
00:57:40That's the beauty of a match like that.
00:57:42It's very real.
00:57:43Up top.
00:57:45Cody Connor through the table.
00:57:48If you're a babyface, you have to stick to those virtues.
00:57:53Even if it's not something that is making them happy, if you're beating up someone that they really love,
00:57:58I don't want to do that with any dishonor.
00:58:01I want you to know that.
00:58:04In a final salute to the greatest of all time, Cody Rhodes with a crossroads to Cena.
00:58:11Into the cover.
00:58:12Hooks the leg.
00:58:14Cody Rhodes is champion.
00:58:31It is a passing of the torch from the greatest of all time, John Cena,
00:58:35to the man who will carry WWE into the future.
00:58:39The new undisputed WWE champion, Cody Rhodes.
00:58:47Cody Rhodes is getting emotional.
00:58:50To be around the literal greatest of all time in our business, that situation is extremely special.
00:58:56I drove John around for two years.
00:58:58I learned everything I could from him.
00:58:59He didn't know I was learning from him.
00:59:01That's what I told him in the ring.
00:59:02I told him, sorry it took me so long.
00:59:06Cody Rhodes is once again the undisputed WWE champion.
00:59:15Always the gentleman, Cody Rhodes, the American Nightmare, will leave the ring to the one and
00:59:21only, the greatest of all time, John Cena, to bask in the glow over 60,000 people in what
00:59:28that is his last SummerSlam.
00:59:42Nobody's leaving.
00:59:46Our business is about telling stories.
00:59:49Truth is, John can still do that better than almost anyone.
00:59:59But the reality of it is, on the other side of this, you only have 12 dates left in arguably
01:00:06the greatest career, one of the greatest performers of all time.
01:00:10Ladies and gentlemen, enjoy this while you can.
01:00:14So, how do you make that work in a way that is a rollercoaster ride?
01:00:20Where are they bringing him by?
01:00:21Bottom of Gorilla?
01:00:24Anybody that doesn't need to be up here in Gorilla needs to get the fuck out of here.
01:00:28You go into John's rivalries and histories.
01:00:34How you doing?
01:00:35Good night.
01:00:36Hey, Bruce.
01:00:37How are you, sir?
01:00:38Good to see you, man.
01:00:39Well, one of John's greatest rivalries was with Brock Lesnar.
01:00:43Brock Lesnar, I think it was like 2014, gave John Cena his most lopsided loss in John's
01:00:52illustrious career.
01:00:54Brock, 16 suplexes to John Cena.
01:00:59That is the most dominating performance I have ever seen in a championship match in my life.
01:01:06It wasn't even close.
01:01:09Brock versus Cena is a big, huge marquee matchup.
01:01:15It's Army-Navy.
01:01:16It's Georgia-Alabama.
01:01:20Coupled with the fact that I think Brock was gone from the ring two years,
01:01:25when you don't see something coming, it's really good.
01:01:29I'll let him come.
01:01:34We have four months left to enjoy the greatness that is John Cena.
01:01:44What?
01:01:48Oh, my God!
01:01:52It's the beast!
01:01:54It's the beast!
01:01:56Brock Lesnar!
01:01:58Hell has come to the Battlelands!
01:02:05John Cena once called this man his toughest rival, his most physical rival,
01:02:11and Brock Lesnar is here, and he's as massive as ever!
01:02:19This is a man built for one thing!
01:02:21And now Lesnar into the ring, and Brock Lesnar with John Cena on his shoulders!
01:02:25Brock Lesnar with an F5 to John Cena!
01:02:31A message has been sent!
01:02:34And everything we thought we knew about WWE just changed!
01:02:39John Cena's got four months left, and it could be a nightmare!
01:02:53He got this man!
01:02:58He got this man!
01:03:34Oh, my God!
01:04:09You
01:04:19You
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