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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.
00:01:18I'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?
00:01:27Is he okay?
00:01:28What's going on?
00:01:30Is he going to be all right?
00:01:31And I'm like, um, uh, yeah, yeah, he'll be fine.
00:01:38He'll be, 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.
00:01:45Of like, not lying, but lying, you know?
00:01:48Okay, next time just fucking don't tell me.
00:01:52Hmm?
00:01:52Just don't fucking tell me.
00:01:53With what?
00:01:55What's up?
00:01:56No, I got a fucking, no, I got a fucking lie to you.
00:01:58I got a fucking lie to you.
00:02:00I don't care what fucking lie.
00:02:04Did, did, uh, did you know about it beforehand or after?
00:02:08Yeah, yeah.
00:02:08Okay.
00:02:09Yeah.
00:02:11Yeah.
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.
00:02:38They 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 a pretend boo-boo.
00:02:52He doesn't really have a boo-boo, but eventually, we'll tell everyone, daddy doesn't have a boo-boo,
00:02:56and I'll go, ha, ha, ha, ha, and everybody will go, oh.
00:03:00Literally the first day, send her into this little summer camp.
00:03:04She does her thing for a few hours.
00:03:05She comes back.
00:03:06She'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-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.
00:03:40SummerSlam 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 SummerSlam.
00:04:01You run these big, epic storylines through the summer.
00:04:05They peak at SummerSlam.
00:04:07Ray Mysterio has his son back.
00:04:11Broke this on her side.
00:04:13The ball is out.
00:04:14Living the earth.
00:04:17History of the business as we move forward.
00:04:19There was so much talent, so much storytelling that can be done.
00:04:24This year, for the first time, SummerSlam now is a two-night event.
00:04:31In laying out the card for SummerSlam, 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
00:04:42who is included with that, and also Jelly Roll teaming up with Randy Orton to take on Logan
00:04:48Paul and Drew McIntyre.
00:04:50One of the numerous benefits of working with an outside performer like a Jelly Roll is that
00:04:55they 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
00:05:10Jelly's tag match at SummerSlam.
00:05:13I guess we're going to go to commercial break.
00:05:15Commercial break it is, huh?
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.
00:05:32Hey, congrats.
00:05:33It's Logan Paul 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 SummerSlam 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.
00:06:06That'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 something by you?
00:06:33Yes, sir.
00:06:34Is it too early in the day to talk about our food?
00:06:37No.
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.
00:07:00You, you, we get heels up, 60-40.
00:07:03But I'm, I'm, I want to, I want to feel that out for a little bit.
00:07:06I was campaigning to lose.
00:07:08Because we were also trying to clearly tell the story of a man that was unqualified to be in there.
00:07:12Well, I've been thrown through, like, 12, 15 tables getting ready for this.
00:07:16But I haven't actually been through an announcer table with somebody jumping.
00:07:19You lay on this table just to feel what it's like.
00:07:21Can I bug y'all, man?
00:07:22I just, I don't want the first time I lay on it before I go through it to be in
00:07:25front of 60,000 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, no, not that angle.
00:07:46Because he'll be coming ahead this way.
00:07:48Yeah, well, I'll be on that table, right?
00:07:50Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:07:52Yeah, you'll be fine.
00:07:54And then just, boom, yep.
00:07:57This thing will break.
00:07:59Tuck the chin.
00:07:59It's a clean bump, right?
00:08:00Yep, yep, yep.
00:08:02I'll be okay.
00:08:03We'll be all right.
00:08:04My wife will be sitting right there.
00:08:06She's going to shit herself.
00:08:07She's going to lose her mind, dude.
00:08:10You got any word or advice for me here?
00:08:12You kind of sit up a little bit on impact.
00:08:15Sit up a little bit before impact.
00:08:19Just a little bit.
00:08:20Yeah.
00:08:21Kind of tight.
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.
00:08:31I got a bit to say here.
00:08:32You probably won't feel much of it in the moment when you cool off.
00:08:38That's when you'll feel it, when 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.
00:08:51Feeling good?
00:08:51Yes.
00:08:52So I got to say, at Saturday's main event, I felt really bad for Seth.
00:08:57Seth Rollins?
00:08:58Yeah, I felt really bad for him.
00:08:59Why?
00:08:59Then I came to you and it was like, hey, man, he's out.
00:09:02If you need me.
00:09:03Yeah.
00:09:03And you just didn't even acknowledge it at all, that 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, it's all good.
00:09:15Yeah, yeah.
00:09:15It's all good.
00:09:15I think of myself anyway.
00:09:16I wanted to tell him because I thought it's funny because in the first moment, I didn't have any mail.
00:09:19I didn't think of it like, hey, I don't know.
00:09:21I believed everybody.
00:09:23Yeah, yeah.
00:09:24Poor guy.
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.
00:09:35You got a second.
00:09:35We'll talk about it.
00:09:36Yeah, yeah.
00:09:38So, 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 and have that emotional moment like, 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 that's,
00:09:55we're going off the air, you know?
00:09:57You can fucking get up on your feet and you finally just give me that moment where you fucking look.
00:10:00You can just, before you even get 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.
00:10:16As 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 get
00:10:36up 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.
00:10:43We are live at the home of the NFL's Giants and Jets.
00:10:47The finals of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
00:10:51A neighborhood which has hosted a number of Summer Slams, but tonight makes history with the first ever epic two
00:10:58-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 upstairs.
00:11:20Take your time doing all of it and have fun.
00:11:22Okay.
00:11:23All right?
00:11:23Let's go.
00:11:24You're so nice.
00:11:25Let's do it.
00:11:26It's so nice meeting you.
00:11:27All right.
00:11:40Let's do it.
00:11:42I'm trying to fuck the party.
00:11:44I'm kicking off my body.
00:11:46She's worth a cup for me.
00:11:47Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:11:49Hello, it's me.
00:11:51Hello, it's me.
00:11:52Hello, it's me.
00:11:56What's good, WWE Universe?
00:12:02Who's made a whip?
00:12:14Go in!
00:12:15Go in here, you sir.
00:12:16Just don't hope you think.
00:12:18You got it, it's already.
00:12:19The move's 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. I'm going to make you proud.
00:12:26Take this shit up. Enjoy this.
00:12:27I'm going to have a fucking ball.
00:12:36Jelly Roll weighs in at 299 pounds, the lightest in many, many years.
00:12:41Jelly 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.
00:12:57As the bell rings, Jelly Roll tags himself in.
00:13:01We're going to have to see what Jelly Roll has learned over the past number of weeks as he starts
00:13:06things off.
00:13:07I'm going to get a little flurry here from Jelly.
00:13:13And a big elbow by Jelly drops Paul.
00:13:17Oh!
00:13:20We're going to tag the big dream.
00:13:24Look at how the game changes.
00:13:26Yeah, and Jelly, you might want to make a tag now to Mr. Orton while you have the opportunity, because
00:13:28here comes McIntyre.
00:13:31Oh, Randy trying to psych up Jelly Roll.
00:13:37Now they realize he made a mistake.
00:13:41It is every celebrity's dream to get in this ring until you face reality.
00:13:49You want to put Jelly on the table?
00:13:52Look at your big table spot.
00:13:55Oh, man, this is, things 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.
00:14:22Jelly Roll is going to rue the day that he wanted to become a WWE superstar.
00:14:35Check, check on everybody, please.
00:14:38The medical personnel at ringside have got Jelly 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 Jelly Roll.
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.
00:15:11Jelly Roll!
00:15:12Jelly Roll!
00:15:14Jelly Roll!
00:15:16Jelly Roll!
00:15:17When I turned around for that comeback,
00:15:21it was like, it happened.
00:15:24I don't know what Jelly's thinking.
00:15:26He's trying to drag himself back in.
00:15:29Jelly Roll!
00:15:30Jelly Roll!
00:15:31Jelly Roll!
00:15:32We got to applaud Jelly Roll
00:15:34to not leave his partner high and dry here in this match.
00:15:39Randy Orton is going to tag in Jelly Roll,
00:15:41and here he comes.
00:15:44And Jelly Roll with a clothesline.
00:15:48Just fighting on pure adrenaline here.
00:15:51Watch 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.
00:16:17Jelly Roll went out on his shield.
00:16:22That was awesome.
00:16:23It was fucking 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 in Gorilla
00:16:32taking up the space of three men,
00:16:33going, dude, I'm going to lose a bunch of weight,
00:16:35kick a wrist-in match,
00:16:36I've been a fan my whole life,
00:16:37and Triple H believed me.
00:16:40Love you.
00:16:41Come in, brother.
00:16:42I got fucking in.
00:16:43Congratulations.
00:16:44Love you, man.
00:16:45You said you would, you 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
00:17:29to give it to the audience that chanted his name for 10 years,
00:17:34we 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,
00:17:43just kind of wait,
00:17:44because Seth is going to come out.
00:17:45We come out on the stage.
00:17:47I have the briefcase.
00:17:49You're on crutches.
00:17:50Crutches, man.
00:17:51Brace.
00:17:51And the knee brace.
00:17:53Seth is coming down,
00:17:54and 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,
00:17:59say he's going to cash in.
00:18:00Woo!
00:18:01Walking up with the fucking best in the world, baby.
00:18:03Are you cracking him with the briefcase?
00:18:05Oh, yeah.
00:18:07I can't wait.
00:18:08Many times, if I can.
00:18:10Stomp.
00:18:11You do the cash in.
00:18:12He'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.
00:18:19We stand over the dead body.
00:18:21Get the heat.
00:18:22Get out one time is right.
00:18:23You call it.
00:18:24I'll go with your gut.
00:18:25That's great.
00:18:26Yeah, I like that.
00:18:32From Chicago, Illinois, CM Punk!
00:18:42You 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.
00:19:08Sun'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 a 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,
00:20:21What 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.
00:20:36And 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?
00:21:03Are you going to take the brace off, too?
00:21:05What's that?
00:21:06Taking the brace off as well?
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.
00:21:22This is going to be fucking great.
00:21:24I think so.
00:21:25Oh, my goodness.
00:21:26Oh, my goodness.
00:21:28Wow.
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.
00:21:58Oh, yeah.
00:21:59Punk delivers it to Gunther,
00:22:01and 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.
00:22:13Punk going to sleep to the champion.
00:22:15Punk's going to go for it again.
00:22:18Punk for the second GTS.
00:22:20Punk into the cover.
00:22:23Punk is the world champion.
00:22:25CM Punk is the world champion.
00:22:28Here is your winner,
00:22:32a new world heavyweight champion.
00:22:40CM Punk.
00:22:42And milky, motherfucker.
00:22:48An 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.
00:23:25Once 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
00:23:48wouldn't be as big
00:23:49as 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.
00:23:57Let him, let him, let him, let him, let him, let him, let him, let him.
00:24:02Oh, my God.
00:24:03Let him, let him, let him, let him, let him.
00:24:04Seth will take a step to lead
00:24:06like he's going back through Gorilla,
00:24:07and then we'll get all of our shakes here.
00:24:10That was the only concern I had
00:24:12was
00:24:13whether 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 drop,
00:24:37I was like, oh.
00:24:39Oh, yeah.
00:24:44Oh, I'm sorry.
00:24:45Were some of my posts misleading?
00:24:56Oh, my God.
00:24:59Oh, 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 CM Punk and Seth Rollins down
00:25:15going after one another.
00:25:25And another one.
00:25:26Another 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.
00:25:37Cash it in.
00:25:40Right there.
00:25:41Right there.
00:25:42That's your shot.
00:25:43That's the one.
00:25:44He'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've got to be kidding me.
00:25:54A cover by Rollins.
00:25:58Oh, my God.
00:26:00Rollins is the World Heavyweight Champion.
00:26:03Here is your winner.
00:26:06And new world heavyweight champion, Seth Brickin' Rollins.
00:26:21Seth Rollins outmaneuvered CM Punk again.
00:26:31That's the ultimate indicator.
00:26:34How's the payoff?
00:26:35If the payoff worked, then 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 of the work ethic.
00:27:00This crazy-ass performance art that we lovingly call professional wrestling.
00:27:14You're lying, motherfucker.
00:27:18You guys, man.
00:27:19Life and the best, you 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.
00:27:25We're done.
00:27:26We're done.
00:27:27Bye-bye, Crutches.
00:27:28We're done with the lion.
00:27:29We're done with the lion.
00:27:31We're done with the lion.
00:27:34Finally getting the title and moving forward with myself and Heyman and Breaker
00:27:38and Reed, it felt like now we're here.
00:27:41Now we've arrived and we can really start to do some fantastic work for wherever this leads.
00:27:49I am beat the fuck up.
00:27:50I need an ice bath and some ice cream and some ice.
00:27:55It's nights like that that remind me of what I fell in love with to start this entire journey.
00:28:05It's a physical business, but it's about making people feel what you're feeling, you know?
00:28:13Sometimes you put yourself through hell for 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 fucking bad.
00:28:32That had to feel good.
00:28:33Oh, I mean, yes and no.
00:28:35Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:28:36Yeah.
00:28:37A 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.
00:28:41And then you played that shit on the end with the tears in your eyes.
00:28:44All that shit was so fucking good and emotional.
00:28:47You'll get sick of me saying it, but thank you for the opportunity.
00:28:50You brought me back here, and I think we're doing great things.
00:28:53You make me and Mick look like fucking geniuses.
00:28:55Magic.
00:28:56Magic.
00:28:56Fucking A.
00:28:58So night one was epic.
00:29:01Went about as well as I think it could have.
00:29:03But we still got a whole other night to go.
00:29:24I got this thing a long time ago, and this finally found an excuse to use it.
00:29:27So I was like, yes, I'm pumped.
00:29:30After WrestleMania and after losing to John Cena, I took a little time off.
00:29:36Inhale, left arm up.
00:29:38The biggest thing from yoga is being present.
00:29:42My mind runs at a pace where I often don't take any time to realize where we're at.
00:29:50This is modern WWE where the athleticism is through the roof.
00:29:53And if you're not doing the things that fix your body,
00:29:57then you end up not being able to do it for very long.
00:30:03Look at WrestleMania, and when you lose the title, no matter what anyone tells you,
00:30:08if they tell you it doesn't matter or it doesn't feel a certain way, they're lying to you.
00:30:12I didn't like the end result, not in terms of finish, in terms of execution.
00:30:17I think it was beneath what we can do.
00:30:21I need far better.
00:30:23And not just I need far better, WWE needs far better.
00:30:25So I think that the reason that a lot of people were down on the Cena-Cody WrestleMania match
00:30:37was that it didn't translate and it didn't feel genuine.
00:30:43Because you know what, John?
00:30:44They love you.
00:30:45They appreciate you.
00:30:47You've done maybe more than anybody's ever done for this industry,
00:30:51and you're not going to be able to take that away from them.
00:30:54They're not going to hate you like you want them to hate you.
00:30:58It's not going to happen.
00:30:59Just go out there and tear it up.
00:31:02That's what they want.
00:31:04If people were disappointed, let's round this out.
00:31:07Let's remind them that WWE always does have not just a happy ending, but a conclusion.
00:31:15The goal would be to get back to the title match,
00:31:18wrestling against John Cena at SummerSlam.
00:31:24John really wanted to make up for the Mania match.
00:31:28Bad.
00:31:29He felt he owed Cody that.
00:31:32The only thing left, too, was to determine how and when
00:31:35we were going to get John Cena back over to being classic babyface John Cena.
00:31:40John Cena's going to defend that title against Cody Rhodes,
00:31:43but it's no DQ or it's a street fight or whatever.
00:31:46Does he fucking shake Cody's hand, do all that stuff, like have a moment there.
00:31:53Let the end of the heel run resonate as Cody did it.
00:31:58Then get it done on the other side, yeah.
00:32:01Is the flip side of that John then coming to Cody's aid?
00:32:08To turn back babyface somewhere in August because Cody now is in trouble
00:32:14and the guy that actually saves him is John Cena under the...
00:32:19I fucked up and I got ahead of myself here and I realized that I thought you weren't the guy.
00:32:26And you are.
00:32:27And I fucking support you and believe in you.
00:32:29And now he finishes out August to December clean as a babyface is what we were originally thinking.
00:32:37And is that the scenario?
00:32:42We didn't know at the time Cody was going to be then going away to make a movie for six
00:32:46weeks.
00:32:46I got to get with John.
00:32:49The Cody going away thing changes a bunch of shit.
00:32:52On the backside of SummerSlam I am going to Australia to shoot Street Fighter
00:32:56where I will be playing the character of Guile, which is dope.
00:33:01I grew up playing the character.
00:33:03So they kind of got me sight unseen, which I hope I don't blow it.
00:33:12The thought was at that point of let's just get to Cena the night before
00:33:17and kind of pull him back so that Cena was made whole
00:33:20and back on the good side of things heading into that match.
00:33:24A good face turn is never meant to really be a shock.
00:33:28Don't feel good at you, birdface!
00:33:31A good face turn should be something you're feeling
00:33:34and you already were like, come on, man, we're cheering for you now.
00:33:37Like, just come on.
00:33:45And a really good babyface turn
00:33:47is one that we're leading the audience to
00:33:49but also the audience is leading us to.
00:33:52John's being a prime example of a face turn
00:33:55where he basically said, I'm a babyface now.
00:33:59Mark your calendar, Cody.
00:34:01August 1st, 2025, Newark, New Jersey.
00:34:05The day that John Cena came back to the WWE!
00:34:13John doing it in the fashion that he did
00:34:15where he told the audience, I'm going to be me.
00:34:18Very John, and let me make it even cleaner for you.
00:34:21I'm going to tell him I'm back.
00:34:23He's back!
00:34:25I'm going to be me at SummerSlam.
00:34:26And me at SummerSlam is one of the greatest babyfaces,
00:34:29if not the greatest babyface of all time.
00:34:39I think the easiest way for us to get you involved,
00:34:43if you don't mind,
00:34:45would be having these accessible.
00:34:47You have me get one of these.
00:34:48Okay.
00:34:49And just take them in.
00:34:50Yeah, okay.
00:34:51That's all right.
00:34:52Totally fine with me.
00:34:52Do you want us to use the thing in the match?
00:34:54Or like...
00:34:55Sure.
00:34:55Okay, cool, cool.
00:34:56I also don't want to put you in a spot
00:34:58where you feel uncomfortable.
00:35:01No, not at all.
00:35:02I'm excited you are.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:03Awesome.
00:35:04I think the story that we wanted to tell was...
00:35:10We're willing to both go to the lengths
00:35:12that a street fight demands,
00:35:15but we don't have to do it without respect.
00:35:18I wanted every bit of it to be a warrior's death.
00:35:22If you're refusing to hand the torch,
00:35:24I'm going to murder you for it.
00:35:26I'm going to take it by force.
00:35:30Some of these versions where I'm standing there
00:35:32and watching them come up,
00:35:33it's a lot of just looking at it with love, reverence,
00:35:36but also, like, we're at it.
00:35:38I think so.
00:35:39And also, I don't know,
00:35:40is there a little salute in there?
00:35:42That whole fucking,
00:35:43I love you, but I'm sorry,
00:35:45you know what I mean, kind of thing.
00:35:46Yeah.
00:35:55This was the big finale
00:35:57to me and Becky's feud,
00:35:59the ultimate battle
00:36:02at the end of our story.
00:36:05I felt a lot of pressure going into this one
00:36:08because it was a no-disqualification match.
00:36:11The main event on the show
00:36:13was John Cena and Cody Rhodes,
00:36:16also with a no-disqualification stipulation.
00:36:18How are you doing?
00:36:19You look so cool.
00:36:20So it was very hard
00:36:22to come up with some unique ideas.
00:36:25I get a chain,
00:36:27tie it around her mouth,
00:36:29pull her,
00:36:30pull her into the steps,
00:36:31knock the steps.
00:36:33Oh, yeah, we are using your box.
00:36:34You're right there.
00:36:35Right, okay, so maybe we don't do that.
00:36:37So in what we call gimmick matches,
00:36:39you know, no DQ, street fight,
00:36:41they're hard to prepare for
00:36:43because you can talk them through,
00:36:46you can't actually go through them
00:36:49at full speed
00:36:50because you have to save that for the match,
00:36:52otherwise you're going to kill
00:36:53the guy or girl before the match
00:36:55and they're not going to be able
00:36:56to perform to their best.
00:36:57So you can't do that.
00:36:59Maybe zip ties.
00:37:00Maybe.
00:37:01How would she get out?
00:37:03You get one try at this stuff
00:37:05and it's in front of 60,000 people.
00:37:08We're not doing the old music, no.
00:37:10We're just the...
00:37:10We're going straight into it.
00:37:11Straight into it.
00:37:12We were debuting my new entrance music
00:37:14by The Wonder Years,
00:37:16who were one of my favourite bands.
00:37:19New frickin' song.
00:37:21Oh, I love it, man.
00:37:22I love it.
00:37:23I reached out to The Wonder Years.
00:37:25Big fan of them.
00:37:28And Dan Campbell,
00:37:29the singer, songwriter of the band,
00:37:32I was like,
00:37:33man, would you guys be interested
00:37:35in doing my song?
00:37:36If I can.
00:37:36If I can.
00:37:38Like two seconds later,
00:37:40he wrote, right?
00:37:41Fuck yeah.
00:37:42Yeah, we would love to.
00:37:45Within like two days,
00:37:47he had written this binder of a song.
00:37:52He had lots of little Easter eggs in it.
00:37:55One of them is,
00:37:58I Talk To Your Ghost Every Night.
00:38:02And I looked where my dad was sitting,
00:38:05you know,
00:38:07six years ago.
00:38:11you must dream.
00:38:12You must dream.
00:38:14They must dream.
00:38:20Hey, Ben.
00:38:23Want to go over to some of them?
00:38:24You too?
00:38:25Yeah.
00:38:28Yeah.
00:38:29Man, I did not,
00:38:30I got quite emotional on that day.
00:38:34Sorry.
00:38:35All good.
00:38:35Last time we were here,
00:38:37my dad was in the football,
00:38:40There's that line and the song, you know, I talked to your ghost and people just kind of got me.
00:38:46I got you. All good.
00:38:48Yeah, so.
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 with his fucking blanket on, you know.
00:39:06For the whole show.
00:39:07The whole show.
00:39:16Yeah, sometimes good to remember where you come from.
00:39:21And, um, yeah, got me good, got me good.
00:39:56MetLife Stadium.
00:39:57If you thought last night was something, you ain't seen nothing yet.
00:40:07I have one question for you.
00:40:10Are you ready?
00:40:14I said...
00:40:28I always feel on fire internally.
00:40:30I always do, but, like, every time I feel like this every time and then, like, it always just seems
00:40:35to be magic.
00:40:37So, hopefully, it's always going to stay like that.
00:40:40But, again, I'm always, like, really nervous and trying to put out the fires in my head and stay on
00:40:46top of things.
00:40:46And you just can't freak out.
00:40:47You just can't.
00:40:48Like, it's just, like, it's just, we've got to, we've got to go.
00:40:50But I'm freaking out.
00:40:52The following is a no-disqualification match for the Women's Intercontinental Championship!
00:41:05She is the Women's Intercontinental Champion!
00:41:12The Man, Becky Lynch!
00:41:20Becky Lynch has been the standard of Irish dominance for the past 10 years.
00:41:26And she is not ready to relinquish that role to a young up-and-coming pretender in Lyra Valkyria.
00:41:33I'm not 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.
00:42:12And 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 skill 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 got a zip tie and she's got it.
00:42:54Zip 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,
00:43:13I still ended up beating her up with zip ties.
00:43:18And now she's got Becky trapped in the waist lock.
00:43:21And 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.
00:43:34What?
00:43:35Was it off?
00:43:37Is she out of those?
00:43:39She's got to just fucking get out of them.
00:43:41They're loose.
00:43:41Then tell her just if 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.
00:44:08The cameras did catch it, which is another unfortunate thing from the match.
00:44:14Did it come out?
00:44:15Undone.
00:44:16Then she put her own hand back in there.
00:44:19How soon do you feel she gets out of it?
00:44:21She's going to go under the ring and we're going to lose Lyra.
00:44:23And then he's at the end of these zip ties.
00:44:27And Becky looking.
00:44:28Oh!
00:44:28And 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.
00:44:53And it was a nightmare.
00:44:58Oh!
00:45:08I just didn't respond to things going wrong the way I wish I had.
00:45:12Lyra's going to 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.
00:45:20Fuck.
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.
00:45:33Becky Lynch.
00:45:34Is Bayley in position?
00:45:36Okay, thank you.
00:45:37Here comes the finish.
00:45:38And now Becky went for the manhandle slam, nice arm track, takedown.
00:45:42And Bayley, oh my goodness!
00:45:44Took a swing at 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 10 minutes.
00:46:05You've got to be tough, you've got to be talented, but most of all, you've got to be lucky.
00:46:10And Luck was smiling on Becky Lynch tonight.
00:46:14Congratulations to Becky Lynch.
00:46:16Oh, she's going to be so mad when she comes back every single day.
00:46:20Sorry.
00:46:21Uh-huh.
00:46:23It wasn't great.
00:46:24Huh?
00:46:24It wasn't great.
00:46:26It was pretty good.
00:46:27It wasn't great.
00:46:29I know.
00:46:31It was 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.
00:46:48Maybe it didn't match up to that.
00:46:52Yeah, it wasn't great.
00:46:55I want to be the person that people say I absolutely loved wrestling her.
00:46:59She gave me my best match ever.
00:47:00And I felt like I let myself down, or it 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, and 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.
00:47:22And I 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.
00:47:34Because she's great and she cares, but 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, terrible 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 co-workers commended the creativity and a lot of the
00:48:06things that 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 Bayley 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 me now has been so amazing.
00:48:39But, you know, when you...
00:48:42This is everything.
00:48:43Like, this 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.
00:48:55It's as real as I can be right now.
00:49:02Sometimes just anything that can go wrong does go wrong.
00:49:05Especially when you're, you know, using weapons and stuff.
00:49:09And you got one take at all this.
00:49:11It's, it's...
00:49:13It's not a movie.
00:49:14We don't go out and rehearse stuff.
00:49:16Like, actors and stuntmen and all this.
00:49:18And, uh...
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...
00:49:29I 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, let me tell you.
00:49:39Like, you 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, like, ever has the perfect streak.
00:49:48And you have to just, like, get knocked down and get back up again.
00:49:51So, I've got Raw on Monday, I'm going to have to just fucking get back up and be 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, I'm going to go eat a cookie or something.
00:50:08You're always telling me to be present and soak it in.
00:50:11Just had one of those moments where I want to say thanks.
00:50:15Thank you, man.
00:50:18My man, congratulations.
00:50:20Congratulations.
00:50:21Let's go.
00:50:22Let's go.
00:50:23You've made it's an all-time, man.
00:50:25Do your thing, dude.
00:50:25You know how much I'm up with this business?
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 for the sixth time in his career.
00:50:36And the final time ever, John Cena will main event SummerSlam
00:50:41against the former champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes.
00:50:45He's the man in my soul.
00:50:48Every fight out of control.
00:50:51Do it all to get them on the feet.
00:50:56Whoa!
00:50:58My man.
00:50:59Cena claims he saw the error of his ways.
00:51:03Knows he has four months left here in WWE.
00:51:05All right.
00:51:07Let this sit for a second.
00:51:14Everybody's standing.
00:51:16Fucking badass.
00:51:27You ready?
00:51:45In front of 60,561 WWE fans at SummerSlam,
00:51:51the old John Cena is back, much like he proclaimed Friday night on SmackDown.
00:51:59Y'all know what time it is.
00:52:02Time's gonna work.
00:52:15Being in the ring at SummerSlam,
00:52:17I'm glad, selfishly, that I got to be part of the old John Cena,
00:52:23stepping back into the light.
00:52:30Long-form storytelling, hardest thing is to be patient.
00:52:41John Cena really has tapped back into what made him great in 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 for submission.
00:53:02John Cena gonna reverse Cody's 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.
00:53:14And Cena...
00:53:15Oh!
00:53:15Actually throwing the steps at Cody!
00:53:20We're gonna work our way to Halliburton's, uh, 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 drops Cena to the table!
00:53:47The body of John Cena has been through wars for the past 20 years.
00:53:51Taken way more abuse than most.
00:53:54Eventually, it does catch up with you.
00:53:58John is, in many ways, doubting himself more than I believe we are doubting him.
00:54:06So, he is in a place now where he's saying,
00:54:09I 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.
00:54:34John Cena!
00:54:35Are you kidding me?
00:54:37Are you kidding me?
00:54:51At some point in time, Father Time beats us all.
00:54:55But I'm watching him do certain things, just like he always did.
00:55:00And it's magic.
00:55:02Life's wrong!
00:55:03How is Cena still able to do this?
00:55:05Come on!
00:55:07Come on!
00:55:08Come on!
00:55:09Come on!
00:55:10Come on!
00:55:11Come on!
00:55:12Come on!
00:55:12Come on!
00:55:14Come on!
00:55:14Come on!
00:55:15Come on!
00:55:15Come on!
00:55:16Come on!
00:55:24There'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.
00:55:56Cody Rhodes!
00:55:58Oh, God!
00:55:58Oh!
00:55:59With a pile drop of a Cena!
00:56:01From their side, it's disrespectful.
00:56:05Cody's face is good in this.
00:56:07He's second-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.
00:56:25They 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,
00:56:41to beat him up with malice, to 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,
00:57:03but I will stab you 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.
00:57:22To 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
00:57:57really love, I 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.
00:58:12Into 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, to the man who will
00:58:36carry WWE into the future.
00:58:39The new, undisputed WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes!
00:58:46Cody Rhodes is getting emotional.
00:59:15Always the gentleman, Cody Rhodes, the American Nightmare, will leave the ring to the one and only, the greatest of
00:59:22all time, John Cena, to bask in the glow of over 60,000 people in what is his last SummerSlam.
00:59:31The new, undisputed WWE Champion!
00:59:42Nobody's leaving.
00:59:45Our 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, uh, 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, where are they bringing him by? Bottom 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?
01:00:36Hey, 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.
01:00:44Brock Lesnar, I think it was like 2014,
01:00:46gave John Cena his most lopsided loss in John's illustrious 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, it's Georgia-Alabama.
01:01:20Coupled with the fact that I think Brock was gone from the ring two years,
01:01:24when 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, hell, 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, and everything we thought we knew about WWE just changed.
01:02:39John Cena's got four months left, and it could be a nightmare.
01:02:42Sam Cena's got four months left, and everyone just fell in there!
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