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00:01For this man tonight, it is all personal.
00:31Well, Chad wants Otis with him, but not Maxine.
00:34Remember, Maxine refused to help Chad Gable out last week.
00:38Maybe Gable just doesn't want to be distracted at ringside.
00:40Can you blame him?
00:46The following contest is a triple threat match.
00:51And it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
01:00Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Otis, representing Alpha Academy, Chad Gable.
01:12So this is why it's personal for Gable.
01:14Think about this for a minute, Corey.
01:16Gable realized he couldn't beat Guthner for the Intercontinental Championship.
01:20He tried it a number of occasions.
01:21So what does he do?
01:22He teaches coaches and trains Sammy with the plan.
01:27Remember what I told you when the time is right.
01:30You got it?
01:31Notice qualifications.
01:32The triple threat so Otis can do whatever he wants.
01:34Nonetheless, Gable helps Sammy beat Gunther right at WrestleMania.
01:38Because Gable believes that it's easier to beat Sammy than Gunther.
01:41He gets his opportunity at Montreal.
01:42What happens?
01:43He loses.
01:44And it sets Gable off the deep end.
01:47And I think it could be the best thing that has ever happened to the career of Chad Gable.
01:51Because Gable needs to focus on number one.
01:55He needs to not worry about Otis.
01:57Not worry about Maxine.
01:58Certainly not the WWE Universe.
02:00Once upon a time, Gable was tasting the success that he so desired.
02:05Lately not the case.
02:06It can all change by cutting all the anchors weighing you down.
02:18That chant used to be reserved for another US Olympian who happened to go on and do some pretty great
02:25things with it here in WWE.
02:33Next, from Black Forest, South Coast Shoes, weighing in at 330 pounds, to Bronson Reed!
02:50And for this man, Big Bronson Reed, it's all about business.
02:53At NXT, he was a North American champion, but he's never held a singles championship here on the main roster.
02:59Bronson Reed hopes to accomplish that here tonight.
03:01I love how it, well, there's that craziness again.
03:05I don't know if you got a chance to check out the latest QR code over the weekend.
03:09I can't figure out the lesson we talk about that.
03:11We need to focus on the Intercontinental Championship triple threat match.
03:15And if Bronson Reed wants to keep business healthy, perhaps increase business, tonight would go a long, long way.
03:21I admire the way Reed objectively approaches each and every match.
03:25It's just business.
03:27I'm a big, strong dude, and I'm going to do what I need to do.
03:30I think tonight we might need to see a little more out of Reed.
03:33A little emotion, perhaps.
03:35I want to see Bronson Reed get angry.
03:39We're ready for war.
03:41We're battle-tested.
03:43We're ready for war.
03:45We're ready for war.
03:55And it's just, I don't know, very, very, very surreal for me to be here.
03:59I can't really, really understand that I'm here.
04:05Let me say, thank you very much.
04:08Thank you very much.
04:10Let me say, thank you very much.
04:53And their opponent, weighing in at 212 pounds.
05:00He is the Intercontinental Champion, Sami Zayn!
05:15You know, Cole, my first instinct as someone who's known Sami Zayn for a lot of years
05:21is to make some sort of snarky comment about how nobody panders like Sami Zayn.
05:27But as a competitor who has spent many nights in a ring against Sami Zayn in our NXT days,
05:33I can tell you firsthand, nobody knows how to use this energy that we're seeing right now in Riyadh at
05:40the WWE Experience.
05:41Even from the other side of the country, no one knows how to turn the energy of the fans into
05:47fuel like Sami Zayn.
05:50The WWE Experience, 600 miles to our east in Riyadh.
05:55First of its kind, interactive, immersive area.
05:58It's tremendous.
05:59I was there on Thursday, and Sami had them eating out of the palm of his hands on Thursday night.
06:08Referee Sean Bennett will officiate this triple threat match where the champion has no advantage.
06:16The first man to gain pinball or submission will be the Intercontinental Champion.
06:21No countouts, no disqualifications.
06:23You must win via pinball or submission.
06:25And you already heard Chad Gable say to his buddy Otis from the Alpha Academy,
06:30remember the plan when it's time.
06:34Good luck executing any type of plan in this environment.
06:39So Sami Zayn with his back against the wall.
06:43Takes on Bronson Reed and Chad Gable.
06:48It is raucous in here.
06:50We're going to start calling the Jetta Superdome Sami's house.
06:52My goodness.
06:55Chad Gable has never won a singles championship in his career in WWE.
07:01Wants to change that fortune tonight.
07:03Sami, of course, personal with Chad.
07:05And that's the problem if you're Sami Zayn.
07:07You've got to put those personal emotions aside,
07:09or Big Bronson Reed's going to turn you into splat.
07:14Sami just found out.
07:16Here comes Gable.
07:18The holster.
07:19And just what a heavy chop from Reed.
07:21And again, and Corey mentioned it, it is thunderous inside the Jetta Superdome.
07:26Big Bronson Reed showing off his power.
07:29But Sami Zayn, obviously, the home crowd behind him.
07:34Like I said, it may sound cliche, but Sami can use it like no other.
07:41He's chanced the songs.
07:43Gable from behind.
07:43Going to fuel the Intercontinental Champion until the wheels fall off.
07:47Well, his hometown, of course, as you see Sami Zayn over the top rope.
07:52With Montreal Canada.
07:53Almost shocked the world and knocked off Roman Reigns a couple of years ago.
07:56And then in front of his home crowd would beat Gable for the Intercontinental title.
08:01Sami Zayn knows how to play off the proverbial sixth man.
08:09What an atmosphere here tonight in Jetta.
08:13And now Otis contemplating.
08:15What does he do?
08:17You know, Chad Gable and that whole Alpha Academy situation has been like the Little League dad.
08:22Oh, and Bronson Reed running through Sami.
08:27And if you're Otis, you've got to feel for him.
08:31If you're Otis, you've got to feel for Gable.
08:33No, if you're Otis, you've got to feel for what he's going through in the hands of Chad Gable.
08:38Are you kidding me?
08:39Otis barely knows what day it is.
08:40No one feels bad for Otis.
08:42Otis needs to listen to Chad Gable.
08:44That's what he needs to do.
08:45Sami caught by Reed.
08:47Unique.
08:47And a big man.
08:49And Sami may be hurt.
08:50And so might Gable.
08:51You notice Chad Gable immediately clutched at his right knee and shin.
08:55And so did Sami as well.
08:57Both men.
08:59He could be on the precipice of a new championship reign, courtesy of Big Bronson Reed.
09:05Watch again.
09:06This is what happened.
09:06I want to watch the collision between Sami and Chad here.
09:09Look at how they...
09:10Oh, my goodness.
09:11Yeah, that was potentially catastrophic for both athletes.
09:14Oh, Gable back up on the apron in the fight, but he caught an elbow to the eye socket.
09:20Man, it is a...
09:22The place is vibrating.
09:24And now Gable.
09:24Look at that.
09:25Fit Fiddly type maneuver.
09:27Wrapping up Sami Zayn in the ring apron.
09:30Again, no disqualifications.
09:31No count outs.
09:32Do whatever the hell you want in this environment.
09:34Gable now making the climb to the top turnbuckle.
09:36Bronson Reed weary in the center of the ring.
09:39Gable.
09:39This little drop kick.
09:40Reed's...
09:41Oh, now he's down.
09:42Reed's down.
09:43What does Chad Gable do?
09:44Who does he go for here?
09:46Sami Zayn trying to struggle to get out of the apron.
09:49Take another look at this.
09:50Chad Gable with both boots right to the chest of Reed.
09:53Finally taking the big man down.
09:55You know, Chad Gable with a real chip on his shoulder.
09:57Talked to him earlier today.
09:59He said he feels so disrespected.
10:01Do you realize this is his first match on a premium live event in 14 months?
10:07And listen, you have to respect what Gable is doing with the rage.
10:10With the fury.
10:11He's trying to channel it into something.
10:13Oh!
10:13As Gable sent to the outside and Bronson Reed gonna join him.
10:16Sami thinking about taking flight.
10:20Intercontinental Champion in his wheelhouse up over the top.
10:25And Sami Zayn taking out Gable and Reed.
10:28And Sami fired up.
10:31You can almost see the adrenaline pulsing through the Intercontinental Champion.
10:39And the sold-out crowd of WWE fans and Jetta cheering Sami Zayn on every step of the way.
10:48Zayn trying to muscle Big Bronson Reed back inside.
10:52Questionable decision, but understandable for an honorable champion like Sami Zayn.
10:56Sami, of course, the Muslim.
10:58Talks a lot about coming to Jetta.
10:59Making the trip, of course, to Mecca, which he did last year.
11:02It was a life-changing experience for Sami.
11:04He's so glad to be back here again defending his Intercontinental Championship.
11:08But Big Bronson Reed, like King Kong, climbing the Empire State Building with Sami Zayn up on his shoulders.
11:16Sami looking forward!
11:17He got it!
11:18Sunset flip!
11:19Powerball!
11:20Cover!
11:21Kick out by Reed!
11:22Wow!
11:25Great situational awareness and wherewithal by the Intercontinental Champion.
11:30Sami seconds from disaster.
11:32Able to shift his weight in such a manner that it took Reed down and nearly put Big Bronson out.
11:41There's no way in hell, Sami.
11:43Looking for a blue thunder bomb against Big Bronson Reed.
11:48Forget it.
11:50And again, trying to get the 330-pounder off his feet.
11:52Not why.
11:53Strategy, I don't believe, for the champion.
11:55Right now, for a smart guy, Sami, you're good at stupid.
11:57Got him up a little bit.
11:59Reed, though.
12:00And Sami, I might have just thrown his back out.
12:03Well, if Sami didn't, Bronson will happily help finish the job.
12:07Well over 300 pounds.
12:10Moves like that!
12:11Able to the knee!
12:12Great move by Chad Gable.
12:15And there are the brains of Gable.
12:18And now Chad hooking Sami Zayn.
12:21Top rope now.
12:22What's Gable planning to do?
12:24Reed now back in the picture.
12:25Big Bronson Reed!
12:27Oh, no!
12:29Massive superplex to Gable and Sami.
12:34Reed now surveying the damage.
12:39Can Big Bronson finish the task at hand?
12:42Putting Sami into position.
12:44Cole, we might be in for a tsunami in the desert.
12:48Yeah, we need Wade Barrett out here.
12:50He was on the kickoff panel earlier.
12:52Well, maybe not, though.
12:53That's the wrong way, Bronson.
12:54Bronson, what the hell?
12:56With the moonsault!
12:57Sami moved out of the way!
12:59And now Gable hits one of his own!
13:01Picks it up for the title!
13:03Sami saves the match, just barely.
13:06I don't know that I've ever seen dueling moonsaults like that.
13:11Look at this from Chad Gable, right on point center of the ring.
13:17And Sami preserves his title reign at the last second.
13:20What a match.
13:22Triple threat rules for the Intercontinental title.
13:25First man to gain pinballer submission.
13:28And it is hometown favorite Sami Zayn.
13:32Sami gonna try this again.
13:34Sami don't.
13:35And Bronson Reed makes him pay yet again.
13:38And now Reed gonna show off his power game.
13:41Maybe not.
13:42Sami Zayn fighting back.
13:44Chops to the chest.
13:46Sami, that's classic Zayn right there!
13:49With a Tornado DDT!
13:50Cover for the win!
13:52And it's Chad Gable!
13:53Barely!
13:54And now into an ankle lock!
13:55Directly into the submission hold.
13:57Sami Zayn in trouble.
13:58Bronson Reed has been neutralized.
14:00Chad Gable's got daylight!
14:02If Sami taps, it's over.
14:03Gable's the champ!
14:05Chad Gable with the ankle lock in!
14:07We mentioned Kurt Angle earlier tonight.
14:10Made this famous.
14:12Gable looking to use it to win the Intercontinental title.
14:16Gable's not thinking about homage right now.
14:19Gable's thinking about a W.
14:20Gable's thinking about gold.
14:22And Sami, the ropes don't matter.
14:23The ropes won't force a break because there are no disqualifications.
14:27Gable slips into the grapevine.
14:29Sami's got to feel the title slipping away.
14:31But here comes Reed!
14:32And now the ankle lock on Reed!
14:33Chad Gable trying to take out the big man here.
14:37Sami can't move.
14:38He's still paralyzed from the ankle lock, or at least was.
14:41And now Sami Zayn going to pick the ankle at Gable!
14:44Oh, dear!
14:47Gable's got a break.
14:48And now Sami Zayn, can you imagine?
14:50You think Chad Gable went up the deep end in Montreal?
14:52Would it be tacked right?
14:53Oh, my God!
14:54Blue Thunderbomb!
14:55Oh, my God!
14:56Blue Thunderbomb!
14:57From the cover!
14:58Kick out by Reed!
15:01I just saw it with my very own eyes,
15:05and I still don't believe it!
15:10Sami Zayn hit a blue Thunderbomb
15:13on a 330-pound man!
15:18One, two, three, four!
15:22Unbelievable!
15:27Sami's still feeling the effects of the time spent in Chad Gable's ankle lock.
15:33Time to dig down deep.
15:35It's anybody's ballgame for the Intercontinental Championship.
15:42Bronson Reed crushing both opponents simultaneously
15:45before positioning Gable up top.
15:48And now with Sami on his shoulders.
15:50Oh, no.
15:51Chad Gable as well.
15:53This is real kaiju stuff.
15:56Oh, and that Samoa drop, dropping both men on the back of their necks.
16:00Double stacked.
16:06Tremendous stamina for a big man.
16:10What the hell is now?
16:12Oh, my God.
16:13Bronson, you've got to be kidding me.
16:15What are you doing?
16:15Suicide dive!
16:18That's like a runaway Mack truck.
16:22No breakdown lanes there.
16:24Bronson Reed now has the opportunity of a lifetime.
16:32Bronson Reed!
16:33Bronson Reed could be looking for insurance
16:36in the form of that 330-plus-pound tsunami.
16:41Reed top rope.
16:42Sammy moved out of the way.
16:44Reed tried to get a foot underneath himself
16:46to try to mitigate the impact.
16:49Yeah, but Reed's in Sammy's position now.
16:52Sammy Zane and Reed where he wants it.
16:54Bronson Reed dragging himself up in the corner.
16:56Sammy Zane looking for an aluba kick.
16:58Picked out of there.
16:59Into a German suplex by Gable.
17:02Gable refusing to relinquish the grip.
17:05A second German suplex to the champion.
17:09Trying for a third German.
17:11Sammy trying to break the grip here.
17:15Finally does.
17:17And now Sammy with a German suplex of his own.
17:21Still locked in.
17:23Another German suplex to Gable.
17:27Sammy Zane.
17:29Oh, now Bronson Reed with a waistlock on Zane.
17:34I don't think Gable even realizes that he's locked in double.
17:37Oh, now he does.
17:38Oh, my God.
17:38No way.
17:39There is absolutely no way.
17:41You got to be kidding me.
17:45Chad Gable suplexed Sammy Zane and Bronson Reed.
17:49That is 515 pounds-ish, if not more.
17:54At the same time, a double-stacked German suplex.
17:59Reed runs around at, what, 330.
18:02Sammy's about 212, 213.
18:04And Gable just took them both down.
18:07Chad Gable, for his size, pound for pound, may be the strongest fan at WWE.
18:12That was absolutely insane, what Gable just did.
18:16That was the time.
18:17That was the time.
18:18And then the plan.
18:20Gable called for the plan to go in.
18:23That's what I've been talking about.
18:26Now we're cooking.
18:27That's the honest I want to see.
18:28And obviously the plan was to take the big man out of the equation.
18:32Take out Bronson Reed.
18:33And now Gable sends Sammy outside the ring.
18:36Otis, you're at the head, too.
18:42He's Otis.
18:43Otis is torn here.
18:45Remember, he apologized to Sammy for getting involved Monday.
18:49Listen to your code, Otis.
18:53No, no, no.
18:57Hey.
18:59Hey.
19:00What's the matter with you?
19:02You're not.
19:04Hit him.
19:04Hit him.
19:04Hit him.
19:06Just like that.
19:07Shut up, Sammy.
19:08Shut up, Otis.
19:09Hit him.
19:10Hit him.
19:12Otis followed the patient, so it doesn't matter what Otis does here.
19:18Otis won't pull the trigger.
19:23What's wrong with you?
19:25What the hell's the matter with you?
19:27I tell you every day, listen to your coach, huh?
19:30What's wrong with you?
19:34Hey.
19:35What are you going to do, huh?
19:37You going to hit me?
19:38What's your best friend now, you idiot?
19:40Huh?
19:40What's it going to take for you to wake up, huh?
19:45Wake up.
19:46At this point in the match is not right for Otis to have an attack of morality.
19:52Here we go.
19:55Otis is going to say to hell with it.
19:57Why not?
19:58Otis.
19:59Oh, no!
20:01Sammy ducked.
20:02Otis inadvertently ran over his coach, Chad Gable.
20:06Otis can't believe it.
20:08Gable's down.
20:09But in the ring, Sammy Zayn has got daylight.
20:13Watson was taken out by Otis, there's the whole low-back kick.
20:19Cover.
20:19One, two.
20:21Sammy returns.
20:26Here's your winner, and
20:28still, the intercontinental champion, Sammy Zayn!
20:39A truly conflicted Otis.
20:43Finally seemed like he was going to do what he needed to do for Chad Gable, and man, did it
20:49backfire.
20:53Let's show you what happened toward the end of this matchup now.
21:04Oh, we've learned it.
21:06Are you going to hit me?
21:07What's he your best friend now, you idiot?
21:09Huh?
21:10What's it going to take for you to wake up, huh?
21:13See, Otis was conflicted about getting involved with Sammy on Monday night.
21:17He had the same conflict tonight, and because of the hesitation, Sammy took advantage.
21:23Chad went down.
21:24Sammy hit the low-back kick.
21:26Retains the championship tonight.
21:27But if you're Otis, it's going to be a long ride back to the States.
21:33Well, they are partying in Riyadh tonight as Sammy Zayn retains his covenant intercontinental championship in a grueling triple threat
21:43match.
21:44It was not easy, but tonight belongs to Sammy Zayn.
21:50Hell of a victory for Sammy Zayn tonight.
21:52Hell of a matchup.
21:54Chad Gable is pissed off.
22:01Man, how can you not feel?
22:04Otis.
22:05I've never screwed up that bad.
22:07Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
22:24oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
22:27oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
22:27oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
22:27oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
22:27oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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