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Episode 01: This Week in WWE 883
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00:07Then, now, forever, together.
00:33Okay, 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.
00:55That little yard brawl was one-tenth
00:58of what should happen right here, right now,
01:01with me and Drew McIntyre in this very ring.
01:05Cody,
01:07I 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.
01:16If 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.
01:27Yes, you're the champ, but you're not above the law.
01:30When Drew comes back,
01:32if he pays the fine and makes that public apology to Dan Engler,
01:38Cody, you can't lay a finger on Drew McIntyre.
01:45Or what?
01:47Or I have to strip you of the WWE Championship.
01:54Merry 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.
02:14I am the law.
02:18Mr. Aldis, my friend,
02:21your demand, his demand,
02:23remember one thing while I am holding this.
02:26I don't work for you.
02:28I work for them.
02:32And you, my friend,
02:35you 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,
02:58to 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,
03:06specifically the undisputed WWE champion, Cody Rhodes.
03:10With 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.
03:25Not 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 held up his end of the bargain,
03:36handing 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 that 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, so you had to be a referee.
04:01Let me come down to your level.
04:05I apologize that 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.
04:25You had to screw me to save yourself, protect Cody.
04:28But I feel sorry, and I apologize for your children.
04:35That they have such a coward, corporate, stooge for a father.
04:42Oh, 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?
04:51Go for it, Dan.
04:53Get...
04:59I know why you're so upset.
05:02It's because they attacked you on your tour bus,
05:05your home away from home,
05:07where your family sleeps.
05:10But your family weren't there when I attacked you, were they?
05:15But I wish they were there.
05:19I wish your children could see a real man put the boots to you.
05:26I wish your wife, Brandi, could see what a real daddy looks like.
05:33Come on, come on.
05:34Come on, I know you want to do it.
05:36Do it.
05:37Strike!
05:38Strike!
05:43You want to know the stipulation?
05:46You want to know?
05:47Help me!
05:47We're not doing this match in America.
05:50You've screwed me three times here.
05:52We're taking this to Berlin, Germany.
05:56Trying to make my life hell.
05:58I'm obviously in your head making it hell.
06:00How about this?
06:03Drew McIntyre against Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship.
06:09Three stages of hell.
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.
06:46Say hi to your dad for me.
06:51Claymore!
07:05McIntyre knows exactly what he's doing.
07:09Cody Rhodes is handcuffed.
07:12He can't touch Drew McIntyre for 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.
07:41Oh, it turns into a DDT.
07:43Great counter by Charlotte.
07:44Oh, Lash.
07:46Looking for a cover.
07:49Charlotte Flair, I think, is all out of sorts.
07:51This has been a beatdown courtesy of Lash Legend.
07:55Charlotte needs to compose herself.
07:58A little disrespect from the Queen.
08:00Making 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.
08:14And, you know, honestly, Cole, I think Charlotte has to blame herself.
08:18Let's take another look at this.
08:19A picture-perfect moonsault from Flair.
08:22We'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, and that may have cost the Queen the win.
08:32And now attacking the base of Lash Legend.
08:37A smart strategy.
08:38I'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, Nia.
08:48Nia Jax now Alexa Bliss from behind.
08:51Going to make Nia Jax pay.
08:53And Lash Legend.
08:56Looking on, and Charlotte Flair.
08:59Going to make Lash pay.
09:01Shoulders down again.
09:02Charlotte with the win.
09:06Here is your winner, Charlotte Flair!
09:10Charlotte Flair!
09:19I'm not going to lie, after last week, it was nice to see Lash Liz.
09:23Well, as long as we do that to every team every 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 very confident.
09:41And I feel like I need to remind you that, Io and I, we have a tag team championship match
09:47coming up.
09:48You do.
09:49Yeah.
09:50And once we ring, they're going to stay with us.
09:53Okay, I don't think so.
09:55Why don't you count us out?
09:56The kind of bull crap you pulled out there.
09:58What happened to everyone?
09:59You talk to me now.
09:59I don't think so.
10:01Oh!
10:02Oh!
10:09Hey!
10:10Enough!
10:11Everybody stop!
10:12Enough!
10:15All adults here.
10:16All right.
10:17This chaos has gone far enough, so here's what we're going to do.
10:21Next week on SmackDown in Buffalo, New York,
10:23you're going to be in an eight-woman tag team match.
10:26So you can all face off before your big tag title match on Raw in Brooklyn.
10:30Maybe that way, you can get this intense dislike for each other out of your system.
10:35It's a little bit more than an intense ball.
10:43After months of betrayals, insults, and bloodthirst
10:46to cross the women's tag team division,
10:48an opportunity for all hell to break loose comes on Friday Night SmackDown.
10:53Rio, Alexa Bliss, and Charlotte Flair face off against Nia Jax,
10:57Flash Legend, and the current tag team champions, the Kabuki Warriors,
11:01in an eight-woman tag team match,
11:03certain to turn the ring into a war zone.
11:08Even in the midst of all the chaos,
11:10you can always count on Asuka to find time to gloat.
11:13After defeating Rio Ripley two weeks ago,
11:16Asuka wanted to make it clear that Mami was no match for her,
11:19and if you thought she stood a chance,
11:21well, then you are just a stupid baby.
11:24Asuka's words, not mine.
11:26The Empress of Tomorrow went on to say
11:28that the outcome of the women's tag team championship match Monday on Raw
11:31will have the same outcome as their one-on-one match,
11:34but Rhea and Io just couldn't bear another word.
11:42They are the number one contenders for tag goal,
11:46but it looks like ahead of next week's showdown,
11:50we might get a little taste of what's to come.
11:53We've gotten a big taste of poison mist and insane elbows
11:57as defined the early part of the championship reign of the Kabuki Warriors.
12:01And now, here we go!
12:03We'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 goal for the Kabuki Warriors.
12:17What a throwdown.
12:18We're getting it ringside here.
12:21The Kabuki Warriors came down to talk trash,
12:23but now they are eating shots left, right, and center.
12:28Io!
12:29Oh, Io's back, right to the edge of our reinforced announce desk.
12:33Oh, watch your back, Irie.
12:35Oh, big right hand from Mami.
12:37Right on the jaw.
12:38She checks.
12:40Oh!
12:42Asuka, right to work.
12:44This is a chance for the Kabuki Warriors to do some damage now,
12:48especially to Io,
12:50ahead of that showdown in seven days' time for the goal.
12:53Make your job that much easier.
12:56Oh, now it's just a beatdown of two-on-one
12:58as they throw Rhea back into the ring.
13:01The Kabuki Warriors just pummeling,
13:05pummeling Rhea Ripley.
13:06And it tells you what a mistake
13:08by next week's challenges
13:09to head out here and try and attack the Kabuki Warriors.
13:13Stay wrapped up in cotton wool
13:15until 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,
13:26and this one has turned around in a hurry.
13:28The Kabuki Warriors getting smashed in that ring.
13:31She's got Riptide lined up!
13:34All out the back doors,
13:35Kairi Sane,
13:36but a big elbow from Ripley.
13:41Kabuki Warriors,
13:42the reigning tag champs,
13:43looking completely ragged
13:45after that assault by Rhea Ripley and Io Sky.
13:56From Brooklyn,
13:58the women's tag team championship match,
14:01the Kabuki Warriors,
14:03against Ripley and Io Sky.
14:08The stage is set for this battle,
14:11fueled by resentment and pride,
14:14with the Kabuki Warriors striving to prove
14:15that they are two competitors
14:17who are simply untouchable in the ring
14:20by putting an end to Rhea and Io
14:22just as soon as their new tag team is getting started.
14:25But there is no chance
14:27Afga and Kairi's supremacy
14:29will go uncontested,
14:30because when it comes to the tag team titles,
14:33Rhea is not backing down.
14:41And Hayes now out to the apron,
14:43looking for a DDT,
14:44but Dragunov caught him.
14:46To still possess this type of power,
14:49this deep into a matchup,
14:50speaks volumes about the physical condition
14:52of Ilya Dragunov.
14:54What's Dragunov gonna do here?
14:55Hayes in desperation,
14:58women elbows to the jaw.
15:05Both men bruised, battered,
15:08but too proud to quit.
15:10Beating the hell out of each other.
15:13Dragunov now.
15:14No!
15:14Out of the apron!
15:18Hayes may be out.
15:23I'm not sure Carmelo Hayes has any idea
15:26where 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!
15:44Carmelo Hayes,
15:45nothing but net!
15:47The cover!
15:49Case closed!
15:51Case closed!
15:53Hayes is a champion!
15:54Here is your winner,
15:56and the new
15:58United States champion!
16:05Carmelo Hayes!
16:19What a fighting champion
16:22Ilya Dragunov was!
16:24And what a tremendous
16:26show of sportsmanship!
16:34After Ilya Dragunov
16:35let the pain
16:36entertain us
16:37for seven
16:38intense
16:38United States
16:39championship defenses,
16:41Carmelo Hayes
16:41was the one
16:42to turn that pain
16:43into triumph.
16:44In a match
16:44with both competitors
16:45leaving everything
16:46in the ring,
16:47Hayes coming out
16:48on top shows
16:49beyond a shadow
16:50of a doubt
16:50why he is him.
16:52But Carmelo
16:53isn't the only one
16:54leaving the WWE
16:55universe stunned
16:56as the women's
16:57intercontinental champion
16:58Maxine Dupree's feud
16:59has brought out
17:00a whole new
17:01vicious side
17:02of the champ
17:02and a whole new
17:03holier-than-thou
17:04side of the challenger.
17:08Becky,
17:09choose your next
17:10move wisely
17:10because if I get
17:12a hold of that
17:13you've got two choices.
17:15A,
17:16and my personal
17:16favorite,
17:18I'll break it.
17:20Or B,
17:21B is still
17:22a good option.
17:24You submit
17:26again.
17:31Who's a moody,
17:32Maxie?
17:33This is what
17:33I'm talking about.
17:34You're very,
17:34very moody.
17:35I,
17:36I didn't come
17:38out here to fight.
17:39I never start a fight.
17:40Although I do
17:40finish them.
17:45I,
17:46I,
17:46I came
17:47to give you
17:53credit.
17:57Okay,
17:58when,
17:58when I first
17:59saw you
18:00I thought
18:00you were awful,
18:01terrible,
18:02the worst thing
18:02that I've ever seen.
18:03Do you have a point?
18:05Yes.
18:07Over the last
18:08few weeks
18:09or months
18:11you've,
18:11you've,
18:17you've,
18:18you've gotten
18:19a tiny bit better
18:20and you were able
18:21to get away
18:21with stealing a title
18:23and that's not nothing.
18:25Becky,
18:25the only thing
18:26I stole from you
18:27is the spotlight.
18:30I earned
18:31this title
18:32and if you can't
18:33realize that
18:33I will make
18:34you realize
18:34it next week
18:35and you're not
18:35going to come
18:36out here
18:36and blame
18:37the ref
18:37and claim
18:38corruption.
18:39No,
18:39no,
18:40no.
18:40It'll be
18:40all me
18:42but I won't
18:42be the only
18:43one saying
18:43it.
18:44Everybody
18:45will be
18:45saying it.
18:46Hey,
18:46Sports Illustrated
18:48might even
18:48say it
18:49and Becky
18:50Lynch,
18:51you
18:51will say
18:52it.
18:53Maxine Dupree
18:55Intercontinental
18:55Champion.
19:00Listen to me
19:01you little
19:02pup.
19:02I came
19:03out here
19:03to be
19:03nice
19:03because I'm
19:04a very
19:05nice
19:05person.
19:06Okay?
19:07All right.
19:08But you
19:09think
19:09four weeks
19:10of training
19:11in a dungeon
19:12is going to
19:12make up for
19:13the lifetime
19:14that I've
19:14given to
19:15this business?
19:16I am a
19:17Royal Rumble
19:17winner.
19:18I am a
19:19Grand Slam
19:20Champion.
19:20I won the
19:21main event
19:22of Wrestlemania.
19:23I am the
19:23greatest
19:24female wrestler
19:25of all time
19:25and it's
19:26not just me
19:26saying it.
19:27Sports Illustrated
19:28says it.
19:28Everybody
19:29says it.
19:29The Bleacher Report
19:30says it.
19:32Okay?
19:33And I didn't
19:35just get there
19:36because everything
19:37went my way.
19:37No, I climbed
19:39every mountain.
19:40I overcame
19:41every corruption
19:42and injustice
19:43perpetrated against
19:45me.
19:45Okay?
19:46And it is not
19:47over.
19:48It is never
19:49over until I
19:50win.
19:51And I always
19:52find a way
19:53to win.
19:56But you,
19:57you, you, you,
19:58you think you
19:58stole the spotlight.
20:00Well, in one
20:01week, in one
20:02week, Maxine,
20:03all eyes are
20:04going to be on
20:05you.
20:05And you've
20:06got to ask
20:06yourself,
20:08are you
20:08everything they
20:10think you
20:11are?
20:14Or are you
20:15going to be
20:16everything that
20:17I know you
20:18are?
20:19Welcome
20:20to the
20:21big time.
20:27The fuse is
20:28lit for an
20:28explosive rematch
20:30between Becky
20:30Lynch and
20:31Maxine Dupree
20:32with the
20:32Women's
20:32Intercontinental
20:33Championship
20:34on the line
20:34Monday on
20:35Raw.
20:36A Becky
20:36Lynch with
20:37an unbreakable
20:38determination to
20:39put the rookie
20:40in her place
20:40is a dangerous
20:42Becky Lynch.
20:43But with such
20:43a massive
20:44opportunity for
20:45Maxine to take
20:45down a seasoned
20:46veteran, will
20:47the burden of
20:48expectation become
20:49too much for
20:50Dupree or will
20:51she beat the
20:51odds?
20:57On the
20:58final Monday
20:59Night Raw of
21:002025, Stephanie
21:01Vaquer defended
21:02her women's
21:02world title
21:03against Raquel
21:04Rodriguez and
21:05WWE Hall of
21:06Famer Nikki
21:07Bela.
21:07All three of
21:08these superstars
21:09have a bone to
21:10pick with one
21:10another and it
21:11all goes back to
21:12Survivor Series.
21:13Nikki Bela was
21:14inconsolable after
21:16her loss in San
21:16Diego to
21:17Stephanie and
21:18refused to go to
21:19the back of the
21:19line.
21:20Instead, Bela
21:21decided to
21:22interfere in
21:23Stephanie's
21:23championship match
21:24against Raquel
21:24Rodriguez a few
21:25weeks later to
21:26remind Stephanie
21:27that Nikki wasn't
21:29going anywhere.
21:30And while it
21:30seemed that Bela
21:31successfully turned
21:32Stephanie's attention
21:33back to the
21:34Hall of Famer,
21:35Raquel Rodriguez
21:36wasn't going to go
21:37away quietly.
21:38So the champ took
21:40matters into her
21:40own hands, demanding
21:42both at the same
21:43time in a triple
21:44threat match for the
21:45women's world
21:45championship.
21:48Stephanie
21:48Vaquer trying to
21:49rally here and
21:50create some momentum
21:51with offense.
21:56Oh, Raquel denying
21:57it.
21:58Well, Raquel just a
21:59momentum stopper in
22:00her own right.
22:02Oh, oh, oh,
22:04how about it right
22:04here?
22:05No, Raquel Rodriguez
22:07able to get that
22:08shoulder up at two
22:09and change.
22:09Raquel trying her best
22:11to deadlift, power up
22:13Vaquer into a vertical
22:14suplex, but fell
22:16victim to that trap
22:18of a small package
22:19and this one is
22:21anybody's guess at
22:22this point, Joe.
22:25All three women have
22:26massive opportunities
22:28to put this to bed.
22:29All three women
22:30bringing their A-game.
22:33But she's putting her
22:34in the target zone
22:35here.
22:36She's lining her up.
22:38This time doesn't go
22:39her way.
22:40Meanwhile, Nikki
22:41Bell is right back
22:41in the mix of it.
22:43Nikki Bell a pin
22:43in combination to
22:45try to take gold.
22:47She's had a little
22:48difficulty manipulating
22:49the frame of Raquel
22:51there for that pin
22:52and it proved
22:53pivotal.
22:55Just in the nick of
22:56time, Raquel kicking
22:57out there.
22:59Was that the final
23:00chance for Nikki
23:01Bell to win this
23:02thing?
23:02No compromise
23:03position right here
23:05for the care.
23:07Oh, are you
23:08kidding me?
23:09Raquel Rodriguez.
23:11How about a two
23:12for one?
23:1410 to that.
23:15Double to
23:15Hardabomb.
23:16We only get a
23:16single.
23:17Oh, watch out,
23:18Raquel.
23:18Oh, she went for
23:19the roll-up, but
23:20instead out of the
23:21ring.
23:21Meanwhile, back in
23:22the ring.
23:22That is how
23:23the care retains.
23:26Here is your
23:27winner.
23:29It's still
23:30the women's
23:32world champion,
23:35Stephanie
23:35Baird Care.
23:50What the hell are you
23:51doing?
23:54I wanted you to know
23:56why I was wearing
23:57the mask.
24:00I wanted everybody
24:01to feel my actions
24:03before they saw my
24:04face.
24:05And I've made some
24:06bad decisions.
24:07I got comfortable.
24:10I got injured.
24:11But then I saw the
24:12vision.
24:14You didn't wait for
24:15anything.
24:16You took.
24:18And that's me now.
24:19I take.
24:20And I know the
24:21vision's got a match
24:22tonight, and I'd love
24:23to take that
24:24opportunity and help
24:25out.
24:26Very interesting.
24:29Austin Theory now
24:31wants another chance
24:32to prove himself
24:33worthy of the vision.
24:38Austin Theory might
24:40be a missing piece
24:41in the vision.
24:50A stop by Theory!
24:52A cover on Ray!
24:54And a win by the
24:56vision!
24:58I'd say Austin Theory
25:00nailed his audition.
25:08Stam!
25:14The rumors are true.
25:17Ladies and gentlemen,
25:19the newest member
25:21of the vision
25:29is Austin Theory.
25:41earn your keep, young
25:43man.
25:44They're all yours.
25:55I have waited my entire
25:58life for this moment.
26:05I have worked my entire
26:08career for this moment.
26:18A wise man, can you
26:21educate me on this part
26:23again?
26:24Yes, sir.
26:25The goals of the vision
26:28outweigh the individual
26:30needs of any
26:32exclusive athlete
26:33inside of the group.
26:36The goals!
26:37The goals!
26:39The goals!
26:42The goals!
26:44The goals!
26:49Well, your first mistake
26:50is assuming that you
26:52know what I think of you.
26:53You think I was going
26:54to come out here
26:55and tell you that
26:56you're not ready?
26:58When your entire life
26:59you've been told
27:00you're ready
27:01and you're prepared?
27:02Brother, you're more ready
27:03than anybody
27:04I've ever seen.
27:05You're more ready
27:05than anybody
27:06back there.
27:08You're more ready
27:09than anybody else
27:10in the vision.
27:11There's one problem,
27:13Braun.
27:14I'm not ready.
27:17You want what I got?
27:22Pick it up.
27:27It's a lot heavier
27:28than you think
27:29and I'm not just talking
27:30about the physical weight.
27:31It is a privilege
27:33to carry the strap
27:35and it's something
27:36that I've earned
27:37and I'm not ready
27:38to let it go.
27:42I'm not ready
27:43to stop coming
27:46into sold-out arenas
27:48nationwide
27:48and getting the privilege
27:51to say,
27:52is it good
27:53to be alive
27:54on a Monday night
27:56in Orlando, Florida
27:58know or what?
28:06I'm not ready
28:07to stop being champion.
28:10You'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
28:21is CM Punk.
28:27Someday I'm not
28:28going to wake up
28:28but that wasn't today.
28:30Someday I'm going
28:31to run out of row
28:32but it's not January 5th
28:33and someday
28:35somebody is going
28:36to beat me for this.
28:39But it ain't going
28:40to be you.
28:44I'll see you
28:45January 5th.
28:49The whole world
28:50will see them there.
28:51One of us
28:52is CM Punk
28:53yet that one
28:54just put the other
28:55on blast.
28:57In one corner,
28:59the mad dog
28:59Braun Breaker
29:00is biting
29:01at the chance
29:02to earn the world
29:02heavyweight title
29:03and in the other,
29:04the best in the world
29:05CM Punk
29:06is not ready
29:07to relinquish
29:07his championship
29:08to anyone.
29:10Tensions are
29:10at an all-time high
29:11before the bell rings
29:13on this explosive rivalry.
29:18The Vision
29:19has been quite busy
29:20after the reveal
29:21of Austin Theory
29:22as the masked man.
29:23Whether it's
29:23the tag team match
29:25two weeks ago
29:25or last Monday
29:26when Paul Heyman
29:27announced that
29:28Austin Theory
29:28is the newest member
29:29of The Vision,
29:30it seems that
29:31with each passing week,
29:32The Vision is on
29:34to the next big thing.
29:35However,
29:36the same can't be said
29:37for WWE Hall of Famer
29:39Rey Mysterio
29:40who is still
29:41very mad
29:42about Austin Theory
29:43interfering in his match
29:45against Logan Paul.
29:45Not once,
29:46but twice.
29:47So,
29:48Rey was out
29:49to teach Theory
29:49a lesson
29:50the best way
29:50he knows how.
29:51But with Logan Paul
29:52ringside,
29:53it wasn't long
29:54before Mysterio
29:55was going to need
29:55some backup
29:56of his own.
30:15and the bell rings
30:18as Logan Paul
30:20interferes with the match
30:22just when Mysterio
30:24had it in place.
30:26It was never about
30:27the match,
30:27Joe Test.
30:28This was a bonding
30:29session.
30:30Come on now.
30:30As Paul Heyman put it,
30:32a chance
30:33to grow those bonds
30:34with the newest member
30:36of The Vision.
30:36This is why Punk said
30:37Whoa!
30:38No!
30:38Oh!
30:42He's back!
30:46Penta's back!
30:48Well,
30:49this is exactly
30:50why Rey Mysterio
30:51said,
30:52I've got some connections.
30:53Don't worry,
30:54Punk.
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 government buddy
31:02just in the nick of time.
31:05Oh,
31:05all the reports
31:06of the shoulder injury
31:07about,
31:07did you see that?
31:08I did.
31:10Logan Paul,
31:11how about a 6-1-9
31:13for you?
31:14Oh,
31:15look out!
31:16Penta clears him.
31:18Oh,
31:19it is so good
31:20to have Penta
31:21back here
31:22on Raw.
31:26Go!
31:27Go!
31:37Well,
31:37a 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
31:51Penta.
31:57Do you have
31:58any sort of response
32:00to the widespread
32:01belief that your
32:02commentary
32:03and general behavior
32:05has been classified
32:07as disrespectful
32:08since defeating
32:09John Cena?
32:10Defeating?
32:12That's not very precise.
32:13I made John Cena
32:15tap out.
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.
32:35But every week
32:36you sing the same old song,
32:38it makes you a piece of...
32:48He's not a good person.
32:50He's the world's
32:51greatest wrestler now.
32:53Second time
32:53he done done that,
32:55there won't be a third.
33:08That's supposed
33:09to be a challenge?
33:12See you in the ring.
33:15I told you I.
33:20Sports entertainment world
33:22that still aches
33:23over what happened
33:24in John Cena's
33:25final match.
33:30Nobody hurts more
33:31than R-Truth
33:32and now hurt literally
33:33in the center of the ring
33:34against Gunther
33:36who sends him down
33:38with a thudding blow
33:39again.
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.
33:53Oh, come on.
33:54No, come on, Wade.
33:57It's so unnecessary, Barrett.
34:01Oh, let's go.
34:02Shoulder tackle
34:03R-Truth.
34:04Right.
34:05And another.
34:06That might have been
34:06a major, major error.
34:10bounce-back ability
34:12from the massive Austrian.
34:21And the vicious power bomb
34:23puts him down.
34:25Shoulders down.
34:26No, 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,
34:42he's applying
34:42the sleeper.
34:43It's the barbarity
34:45and is it time
34:46to tap out
34:47like a bee?
34:54Here is your winner
34:56by submission
34:58the ring general
35:02Gunther.
35:06Gunther absolutely
35:08pummeling R-Truth
35:10once again
35:10asserting his 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
35:37in Hollywood
35:38but they won't
35:39return his calls.
35:41Oh, jingle bells,
35:44jingle bells,
35:45Miz has tiny balls.
35:48Do you know what this means?
35:51When my hand goes up,
35:53your mouth goes shut.
35:56You think some cheap jingle
35:58is going to turn me
35:59into the joke?
36:00I'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
36:10and take this company
36:11to the future.
36:13The 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, Miz,
36:25over here,
36:26just one little thing
36:28I forgot to mention.
36:29Your match,
36:30it is now
36:31a miracle
36:32on 34th
36:33street fight.
36:36All right,
36:37the holiday tradition
36:38is back.
36:39That's it.
36:40Cancel Christmas.
36:41Anything goes.
36:42I don't know
36:43what to say anymore.
36:56I don't know
36:57what to say anymore.
36:58Uh-oh.
37:00Miz gonna go
37:01for a ride again.
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.
37:20Oh.
37:20Well, he's trying
37:20to cookie break.
37:21Well, he carved up.
37:23And now Tozawa.
37:26You know,
37:26reindeer fly,
37:28but...
37:32I guess
37:33elves do as well.
37:35Of course they do,
37:36Cole.
37:36How do you think
37:37they get to
37:37and from the North Pole?
37:38Miz 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.
37:55Truth is TV!
38:03I'm having flashbacks
38:04to the rose butts,
38:06Michael Cole.
38:06This is...
38:07Oh!
38:08The guitar
38:09just smashed
38:11through the Miz
38:12and a standing
38:13ovation coming!
38:15Henry
38:15puts Miz
38:16through the table!
38:19One, two...
38:21Embarrasses Miz
38:22again!
38:25Here is your winner,
38:27Joe Henry!
38:30Joe Henry!
38:30I believe in the magic
38:32of Christmas!
38:33I believe in Joe Henry!
38:40I believe in Joe Henry!
38:46Yeah!
38:47Oh, yeah!
38:48Are you ready
38:49to get back
38:50our Tag Team Championships
38:52tonight?
38:53I'm ready,
38:54I'm ready,
38:55I'm ready.
38:56Come on, man.
38:57You all right?
38:59I'm good, I'm ready, listen.
39:01Listen, man, you my brother, when something ain't right, I feel it.
39:06I need you locked in, bro, I need you by me tonight, you all right?
39:12Man, let me be 100 with you.
39:15I feel like ain't nothing been going right my way, man.
39:20Everywhere I turn to.
39:23It's one thing to put me in a bad spot.
39:27Man, it's another thing for me to put my brother in a bad spot too, man,
39:31and I ain't trying to do that to you tonight.
39:32Man, the only bad spot is in your head, brother.
39:37I've been telling you, I need you, bro.
39:40You it.
39:41You a world champion, all right?
39:43The Jey Uso I know, eight-time tag team champion,
39:48longest-reigning tag team champion, brother, you him.
39:51The Jey Uso I know, just like me, got everybody around the world,
39:56got everybody in that arena, ready to yell.
40:00One word, four letters, I need you, you all right?
40:17Together, let's get at you.
40:19I love you.
40:21Back at you.
40:24Jimmy did his best to hype up his twin,
40:27but whether the brothers were on the same page remains to be seen.
40:30For the Usos, there was only one way to prove they are back on top
40:34by becoming nine-time tag team champions.
40:37But the brothers haven't seen the 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 last Monday,
40:48AJ Styles and Dragon Lee,
40:49they've proven that they're fighting champions
40:52and 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 as he comes over.
41:12You saw the drop in the spirits of Jey Uso.
41:15Have our powers wane.
41:17He got a little pep talk in the corner there on that tag
41:19from Brother Jimmy.
41:21And 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 were looking
41:29for that double splash, perhaps.
41:31But things have changed in a big way since Dragon Lee.
41:34Dragon Lee's rubbing it out.
41:36Oh my!
41:37He just launched himself all the way over our desk
41:42and took out Big Jim.
41:44An absolute kamikaze dive there from Dragon Lee
41:48who may have maimed himself in the process.
41:50Big Jim looks absolutely wasted here on our announce desk.
41:56Oh, there's a roll of the talent.
41:58Look at this!
41:58Turbots hit!
41:59Jey survives it.
42:01Did you see the distance that was covered by Lee?
42:03Meanwhile, back in the center of the ring.
42:06Back and forth they go.
42:08Styles and main event Jey.
42:11Oh, Styles clash being lined up.
42:13And he hits it!
42:14He hits it!
42:15He hits it!
42:16One, two, three!
42:18Jey survives!
42:21This is outrageous!
42:22Wow!
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.
42:38But this is the moment.
42:40Surely, the champs were going to retain.
42:43Jey Lusso dig about as deep as he's ever digged in his career
42:48to kick out wide.
42:49Styles is in disbelief.
42:51In absolute disbelief.
42:54The Pelé kick, the Styles clash,
42:55and still they fight on in front of this massive crowd
43:00for the World Tag Team Championship.
43:03Both teams have had their moments of despair in this one,
43:06but from despair to where,
43:09the answer for the tag champs
43:12is perhaps incoming now.
43:15And with Big Jim down and out,
43:17Jey Lusso left.
43:19So looking for this.
43:21Wow.
43:21The combo!
43:22Stop!
43:23Styles clash!
43:25Oh!
43:26But Big Jim's back!
43:28The eight-time world champion Usos
43:32have no quid in them.
43:34It was beaten to the plunge that once again
43:37by AJ Styles,
43:38who now has the momentum.
43:40Phenomenal forearm is in...
43:44Oh!
43:47Stereo superkick!
43:51They want it!
43:53They get it!
43:55The Usos!
43:57One, two, three!
43:59They did it!
44:00Number nine is Mighty Five!
44:04Here are your winners!
44:07And new World Tag Team Champions!
44:15The Usos!
44:182025 goes out with a one-day championship bang
44:25on top of the world again, Barron!
44:31Oh, God, what a match!
44:33The final five minutes of that one
44:36swung all over the place,
44:38but the statistically greatest tag team in history
44:43just got statistically even greater
44:46with number nine.
44:48Welcome back to the mountaintop,
44:50a place the Usos call home.
44:53And that moment right there,
44:55considering what we heard earlier tonight.
44:58Big Jim lifting up and bringing out the best
45:01from one of the best,
45:03his brother Jay.
45:06Look at this scene
45:08to close out the year on Raw!
45:13Jimmy and Jay will be ringing in 2026
45:15adorned in gold
45:17as World Tag Team Champions.
45:18The Usos are back on top
45:20and have proven to be a united force
45:22to be reckoned with.
45:23While we all yeet our way into the new year,
45:26this week carries several golden opportunities
45:28of its own.
45:30Io Sky and Rhea Ripley make their best attempt
45:32at dethroning the reigning women's tag team champions,
45:34the Kabuki Warriors,
45:35while Becky Lynch looks to do the same
45:38to Maxine Dupree and her intercontinental title.
45:41That is, if Jessica Carr stays out of the man's way.
45:44And in his biggest title defense to date,
45:47CM Punk puts the World Heavyweight Championship
45:50up against Braun Breaker.
45:51Who kicks off 2026 with some new hardware?
45:55We're going to find out Monday night.
45:57A Raw I surely won't be missing out on.
46:00So, until we meet again,
46:01I'm Megan Morant,
46:02and we hope you've enjoyed this week in WWE.
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