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00:00:01The WrestleMania highlight of the night is presented by Aviator.
00:00:05Fly high with Aviator.
00:00:31Zabin, Zabin, Gaudir, Rampage!
00:00:35Oh, ten feet, it's gone, knock up your gate!
00:00:39Incredible! With Bri Vela, congratulations to her.
00:00:43We come, of course, on the moments for the match.
00:00:47And the first match for Bri Vela is the first match for Bri Vela
00:00:52after a long time out of the WWE.
00:00:58You know, there's watch parties all over the world
00:01:01watching internationally on Netflix, like in Delhi, India.
00:01:05How about Dublin, Ireland?
00:01:07They're having fun tonight in Toronto, Canada.
00:01:11Enjoying WrestleMania 42.
00:01:13Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
00:01:16In the United Kingdom at Southampton,
00:01:20enjoying WrestleMania tonight.
00:01:22Into the home of Triple-A, Mexico City!
00:01:32And WrestleMania is brought to you by Chumba Casino.
00:01:36Step into the ring, play hundreds of free casino-style games.
00:01:39It's smashed boredom.
00:01:41Let's Chumba!
00:01:43We're gonna remind everybody that immediately following the main event
00:01:47here on WrestleMania Saturday,
00:01:49we're gonna head over to the post-show.
00:01:51Of course, Joe Test hosting the festivities.
00:01:54Big E will be there.
00:01:55Corey Graves, along with Jacob Fatu.
00:01:58How about the Bella Twins?
00:01:59And the returning Paige.
00:02:02All in the post-show, immediately following the main event.
00:02:04We're gonna be there.
00:02:06We're gonna be there.
00:02:08We're gonna be there.
00:02:09We're gonna be there.
00:02:11We're gonna be there.
00:02:12Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the WWE Hall of Fame.
00:02:17Class of 2026.
00:02:21We're gonna be there.
00:02:22Represented by Nick Hogan, Robin Musinoff,
00:02:26WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy Hart,
00:02:30The Immortal Moment Recipient,
00:02:33Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant.
00:02:39Legacy Hall of Fame inductee Bad News Brown.
00:02:50The Worm, Dennis Rodman.
00:02:59Axe in Smash, Demolition.
00:03:09Legacy Hall of Fame inductee Sid Vicious.
00:03:27The Phenomenal AJ Styles.
00:03:33The Phenomenal AJ Styles.
00:03:51And please welcome...
00:03:54Stephanie McMahon!
00:04:07Ladies and gentlemen, your WWE Home of Fame Class of 2026!
00:04:26WrestleMania is in Las Vegas tonight. This is WrestleMania Saturday at Allegiant Stadium.
00:04:31But we are not done tonight. This is a two-night event.
00:04:35Tomorrow, WrestleMania Sunday, the first hour will be on ESPN for the first time ever.
00:04:41It will kick off with Brock Lesnar versus Oba Femi.
00:04:45The rest of the night takes place on the ESPN app with the unlimited plan.
00:04:50And the main event will be the world champion CM Punk versus Roman Reigns.
00:04:55And it's been a long and winding road for the Second City Saint.
00:04:59His wrestling debut, LWF 1997.
00:05:02His journey through the Indies would continue mid-American wrestling.
00:05:06Then off to St. Paul Championship Wrestling.
00:05:08He would find his feet in Ring of Honor two decades ago.
00:05:12Then his dream would come true 20 years ago.
00:05:15His WWE debut in the reborn ECW.
00:05:18Then he would win his first world championship in 2008.
00:05:22The famous controversial pipe bomb in 2011.
00:05:262014.
00:05:26He would leave WWE for nearly a decade before the improbable return in 2023.
00:05:32And now, Reigns as the world champion to face Roman Reigns tomorrow night.
00:05:38High-Niams, high-niamis.
00:05:39The core-niamis playing,Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha ha ha ha ha.
00:05:45Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
00:05:46Jamie!
00:05:47Jamie!
00:05:49Jamie!
00:05:50I feel like bad decisions but you'll still want to write.
00:05:55Hmm.
00:05:56I feel like bad decisions but you'll still want to write.
00:06:02Hmm!
00:06:04Trouble, trouble, that's me
00:06:08Cheer it in, sit back at a date
00:06:11Say once, say it twice, then I'll give it to you all night
00:06:15I'm your bad, bad, your bad advice
00:06:20I mean
00:06:21Say my name like it's a secret, say it low and say it out
00:06:26Try to frame me as the problem like I don't enjoy it now
00:06:29You aren't sweet, you aren't careful, you aren't safe behind the eyes
00:06:33But I flirt with every danger and I'm gonna apologize
00:06:39Fight me
00:06:45All your eyes are on me lately
00:06:48Do I make you uncomfortable?
00:06:52I'm the fault that you shouldn't vanish
00:06:56I'm listening to you, but you can't confess
00:06:59Trouble, trouble, that's me
00:07:03Cheer it in, sit back at a date
00:07:06Say once, say it twice, then I'll give it to you all night
00:07:10I'm your bad, bad, your bad advice
00:07:14I feel like bad decisions, but you still wanna fight
00:07:21I was never felt to bend
00:07:23If you push, I push it further
00:07:25Baby, watch who you offend
00:07:26Yeah, you'll be looking in the mirror
00:07:28I was made in your mouth
00:07:30Not choked on every word
00:07:32I was never what you wanted
00:07:34I'm just what you deserve
00:07:36All your eyes are on me lately
00:07:40Do I make you uncomfortable?
00:07:44I'm the fault that you shouldn't vanish
00:07:47I'm listening to you, but you can't confess
00:07:51Trouble, trouble, that's me
00:07:54Cheer it in, sit back at a date
00:07:58Say once, say it twice, then I'll give it to you all night
00:08:02I'm your bad, bad, your bad advice
00:08:06Trouble, trouble, that's me
00:08:10Cheer it in, sit back at a date
00:08:13Say once, say it twice, then I'll give it to you all night
00:08:17I'm your bad, bad, your bad advice
00:08:48Yeah Iu said eclipse
00:08:49What do you mean?
00:08:49Hear it
00:08:50Oh, fine
00:08:50I want to hope
00:09:50The very first time ever.
00:09:52A match that has become so personal.
00:09:54Just look at the face of Lynn Morgan.
00:09:56The bruises still on display after an attack a couple of weeks ago.
00:10:01Morgan winning the Royal Rumble this year after being the bridesmaid a couple of times.
00:10:07Earned this opportunity.
00:10:09Chose Stephanie Vakera.
00:10:10And here we are tonight.
00:10:36She won the title in September at Wrestlepalooza tonight.
00:10:42She defends.
00:10:44And the Women's World Championship match is brought to you by Fortnite.
00:10:48Lynn Morgan and Stone Cold Steve Austin just crouched the biggest rivalry in Battle Royal.
00:10:54Team Foundation versus Team Ice King.
00:10:57Time to settle the score.
00:10:58Available now in the Fortnite Item Shop.
00:11:08With me at Wrestlemania without the great Alicia Taylor.
00:11:14The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:11:20And it is for the Women's World Championship.
00:11:30Introducing first the challenger from Elmwood Park, New Jersey, Liv Morgan.
00:11:46And her opponent from San Fernando, Chile.
00:11:53Today, she is the Women's World Champion, Stephanie Vakera.
00:12:06You are looking at two of the biggest stars in our industry today.
00:12:12Stephanie Vakera, Liv Morgan could not have had more opposite upbringings.
00:12:17A more opposite pathway to get to this moment in their careers.
00:12:23The official Eddie Arengo will be the referee for this match tonight.
00:12:28And I'll tell you right now.
00:12:30What Stephanie Vakera has done since arriving in WWE has been absolutely incredible.
00:12:36The past two years has just been a long victory streak.
00:12:40She's been amazing.
00:12:41How has she done it?
00:12:42By being calm and composed.
00:12:44The masterstroke of Liv Morgan leading into this match is she's turned highly emotional.
00:12:50And can Stephanie Vakera compete with that considering Liv Morgan is a woman who thrives in chaos.
00:12:57And as you can see, the way this matchup starts.
00:12:59No love lost between these two women, Morgan and Vakera.
00:13:02And Stephanie going to chase Liv outside the ring.
00:13:04Now here's my question for you.
00:13:06Stephanie's been focused on this match for weeks and weeks and weeks.
00:13:09Liv Morgan has to an extent.
00:13:11But she's off film and music videos.
00:13:13Cutting that brand new song Trouble.
00:13:15You think her head's here or elsewhere?
00:13:17No, absolutely not.
00:13:18I think her head is right where it should be.
00:13:20She had one of the greatest 2024s of anybody.
00:13:242025 was wiped out by injury.
00:13:26Liv Morgan came back for one reason.
00:13:28To get back to the very top.
00:13:30Did the right thing in January.
00:13:32Won the Royal Rumble.
00:13:33Now is the time to finish the job.
00:13:35And Morgan, a two-time world champion.
00:13:37Hasn't had great success at Mania over her career.
00:13:41But hopes to change that tonight.
00:13:42Off the ropes.
00:13:43Touched it into a power bomb.
00:13:44Stacks up the champ now.
00:13:46And Stephanie kicks out at two.
00:13:48Yeah, Liv Morgan's a woman who's been looked down upon by some quarters through her path of her career.
00:13:54Never quite considered at that top echelon.
00:13:56That changed in a big way over the past couple of years.
00:13:59And even to this day, Vakera isn't quite giving her the credit.
00:14:02I believe Liv Morgan deserves.
00:14:04Well, Stephanie extremely confident.
00:14:05And there's a reason.
00:14:06She's not been pinned or submitted since coming to the main roster.
00:14:10Liv Morgan, nice suplex.
00:14:12And again, her boyfriend, Dirty Dominic Mysterio.
00:14:15And they both use this move.
00:14:16The three amigos made famous by the late, great Eddie Guerrero.
00:14:21He's so influential to the career of Dominic Mysterio.
00:14:25Liv Morgan now finds herself in control.
00:14:29What does Liv have to do to win the title tonight?
00:14:31That's to keep the pressure on Stephanie Vakera at all times.
00:14:35We know full well that Stephanie Vakera with a win in her sails only ever leads to victory.
00:14:40And Liv Morgan has to be acutely aware of getting the upper hand, which he has, finishing the job.
00:14:45Liv now from high above the ring.
00:14:47Top rope.
00:14:48Went for the front splash.
00:14:49And there you go.
00:14:50It was that beat on top of the turnbuckle that Liv Morgan doesn't normally pull off.
00:14:56That one moment was all the care needed.
00:14:58And here's your favorite move, Michael Cole.
00:15:02It's Booker's, by the way.
00:15:04And yours.
00:15:05Don't lie.
00:15:05Don't get shy now.
00:15:06And now Stephanie going to turn into the devil's kiss on Liv Morgan.
00:15:13And you would be wise to stay quiet.
00:15:21It doesn't seem like the pressure of the first WrestleMania has been getting to Stephanie at all here.
00:15:27Oh, knees right to the jaw.
00:15:29That was beautiful.
00:15:30Cover by Stephanie Vakera.
00:15:32And a kick out by Morgan.
00:15:36And you're right.
00:15:37The pressure just doesn't get to Vakera.
00:15:39That has been true of day one since she arrived in NXT a couple of years ago on a crash
00:15:45course all the way to the NXT Championship.
00:15:48And that momentum never slowed.
00:15:50And here we go, Cole.
00:15:51Oh, nice reversal there from Liv Morgan.
00:15:55And Morgan now with a backstab.
00:16:00Vakera might have been looking for that SVP at one point there,
00:16:04but quickly turning around, acutely aware of the danger of that particular move was Morgan.
00:16:10And again, Liv Morgan.
00:16:11Oh, hold on.
00:16:12What's going on here, Cole?
00:16:15Hold on.
00:16:16It looked like she was going to go for devil's kiss.
00:16:18It almost got caught.
00:16:20And that's the problem.
00:16:20You get a little too cocky in there with a world champ like Stephanie Vakera.
00:16:24You're going to get into problems.
00:16:26Now Stephanie with...
00:16:27Liv on.
00:16:29Is it enough to retain the championship?
00:16:32Knee to the small, the back, forcing Morgan to kick out.
00:16:35Just about kicking out there and living incredibly dangerously here is Liv Morgan.
00:16:41And things are going completely off the rails.
00:16:45Double underhug with the knee blasted into the back of the neck.
00:16:49That has done so much damage to all opponents throughout the career of Vakera.
00:16:54And somehow Liv Morgan is alive in this one, but only just.
00:17:01Vakera is also dragging at this point too.
00:17:04If she can pick up the pace here, but no.
00:17:06Code breaker by Morgan.
00:17:09Dropping Vakera back toward the rope.
00:17:11Stephanie though, able to roll through.
00:17:12Perhaps playing possum.
00:17:13I don't think we've got all of it.
00:17:14Oblivion.
00:17:15Stephanie just hit Liv with her own move.
00:17:18Oblivion into the cover.
00:17:19Hooks both legs and Morgan's got to kick out.
00:17:22Well, what a major statement it would have been for Vakera.
00:17:25Putting Liv Morgan away with her own specialized move.
00:17:30The Oblivion.
00:17:31But it was not to be.
00:17:33And now it's just a crisis starting to stir up in the mind of Lapera.
00:17:37Exactly.
00:17:38But mentally, this could screw up Morgan as well.
00:17:41Getting hit by her own move, the Oblivion.
00:17:43Well, Matt, Morgan's barely got anything in in the past couple of minutes in here.
00:17:46And she's been hit with some major, major offense from Lapera, who looks like she's up.
00:17:51Up to the top rope.
00:17:52That's Roxanne Perez.
00:17:53Well, not a moment too soon.
00:17:54Stephanie Vakera.
00:17:55Purse, perhaps, with a Vakera Inferno, is what she calls it.
00:17:59And now Vakera Rodriguez getting involved.
00:18:01The numbers game from the Judgment Day.
00:18:04Morgan.
00:18:05Oblivion.
00:18:07Covered by Liv.
00:18:10Stephanie kicks out.
00:18:12Well, that was the game plan.
00:18:14If things go wrong, hit the ring.
00:18:16Help me out.
00:18:17Roxanne with the distract.
00:18:18The damage caused by the massive Raquel.
00:18:21But somehow, Vakera still lives on here.
00:18:25And this is where it looked like it had gone south for Lapera.
00:18:28Lapera draped over the top rope.
00:18:30Followed up quickly with oblivion.
00:18:32Referee absolutely clueless to what just went down.
00:18:36And that was a late kick out, but a kick out all the same.
00:18:39And now if you're lit, what do you do?
00:18:40You just hit your finishing move.
00:18:42Couldn't put Stephanie Vakera away.
00:18:44Well, it's clearly going for a second by the charity.
00:18:46Oh, come on.
00:18:46The official's got to do something about this.
00:18:48Judgment Day is just swarming all over the place out here.
00:18:51Well, that's always been the playbook of the Judgment Day.
00:18:55Lapera was clearly ready for it.
00:18:57Oh, no.
00:18:58What now?
00:18:59Looked like she was setting up for oblivion.
00:19:01Ended up going through the ropes and taking out her Judgment Day colleagues.
00:19:04Almost a sixth sense there from Stephanie Vakera.
00:19:09Wait up!
00:19:09Big cross body from the top rope.
00:19:12Morgan, though, was able to escape.
00:19:15Well, took out the two miscreants on the outside.
00:19:18Oh, no.
00:19:18And Morgan driving Vakera into the steps.
00:19:21No distraction.
00:19:22Sometimes that is all it needs.
00:19:27And look at the codebreaker from the second rope.
00:19:30Stephanie in trouble.
00:19:32Morgan now oblivion for a second time.
00:19:35Cover.
00:19:36Lem Morgan wins the championship.
00:19:40Here is your winner.
00:19:53And the man who faces the demon tomorrow, Dirty Dominic Mysterio, comes out to celebrate.
00:20:02And the greatest love story of our time continues.
00:20:07What a celebration it is going to be tonight in Sin City for these two.
00:20:12Don't party too hard, Dom.
00:20:14Don't burn off all your energy this evening.
00:20:16You'll need some of that tomorrow when you take on the demon Finn Balor.
00:20:19But for now, it is party time in the clubhouse.
00:20:23But what a champion Stephanie Vakera was.
00:20:26And this ended up being a three-on-one match, Wade.
00:20:29I mean, very little chance at this point.
00:20:31It looked like, miraculously, Stephanie Vakera was going to pull it out again.
00:20:36So many distractions on the outside.
00:20:39And this was one too many for the now former champ after her first reign comes to a close.
00:20:45What oblivion right here.
00:20:49And Liv Morgan is back where she belongs.
00:20:51Right at the very business end of the women's division, your new world champ.
00:20:57Liv Morgan as world champion is going to cause a lot of trouble on Monday Night Raw.
00:21:05The Judgment Day in full force.
00:21:09Wade's dancing to the theme song.
00:21:11Dominic Sol smiles.
00:21:12Hey, Doc, don't forget, you got the demon tomorrow.
00:21:17I told you, I'm the greatest women's world champion of all time.
00:21:32Well, hey, bring them all the action.
00:21:34With all new LJN WWE Superstars vintage style action figures.
00:21:39Wave 2 features some of the all-time greats of WWE, including King Kong Bundy, along with the Hall of
00:21:45Famers, the Ultimate Warrior, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Jesse the Body Matura.
00:21:51Look for these figures beginning April 26th at Target in the United States.
00:21:58Hey, Wade, now we're talking.
00:22:01WrestleMania is brought to you by Mad Dog by MD 2020.
00:22:05Flavor that hits hard at 15% alcohol.
00:22:08Find it in an alcohol retailer near you.
00:22:11Yes, please.
00:22:15So, again, ladies and gentlemen, despite what you think about Liv Morgan, despite what you think about the Judgment Day,
00:22:21congratulations.
00:22:22She earned this by winning the Royal Rumble at nearly 45 minutes just passed a couple months ago.
00:22:28Yeah, it tells you exactly how vital it is to earn opportunities for yourself here in WWE.
00:22:34Liv did that, and she converted tonight.
00:22:36New World Champ.
00:22:37Congrats, Liv, and the Judgment Day.
00:22:38And you can't take anything away from Stephanie Baccaro.
00:22:41What an unbelievable champion she was.
00:22:44And it's always hard when you come into WWE.
00:22:46It's not your native language here.
00:22:48It's not your native culture.
00:22:49She has been absolutely stunningly good for two straight years.
00:22:53She will be back to the top eventually.
00:22:56Congrats to you on that, Wade.
00:22:57And still to come tonight, and just moments away from this, it is our main event, Cody Rhodes, the American
00:23:03Nightmare,
00:23:03in a match that has been building for 20 years.
00:23:07Defends the undisputed WWE Championship against the Viper Randy Orton.
00:23:12What role, if any, will Pat McAfee play in all this?
00:23:15The Viper Rhodes for the undisputed WWE title.
00:23:20We are moments away from WrestleMania Saturday's main event here in Las Vegas.
00:23:41Night One WrestleMania.
00:23:44What an amazing evening it's been so far.
00:23:51As your host, I have the luxury of announcing tonight's attendance.
00:24:03There has been a lot of speculation on what it might be.
00:24:09Vegas is the perfect city, and I would have bet the over.
00:24:15I look around, and there are people everywhere.
00:24:24I am proud to announce tonight's official attendance, 50,816 people.
00:24:37Las Vegas and those around the world, thank you so much.
00:24:42As much.
00:25:42WWE fans let out a roar when the EST music hit.
00:25:49Oh, man, Bianca, it has simply been too long.
00:25:52The EST live here in living color.
00:25:57And I cannot wait to see what Bianca Belair has up her sleeve.
00:26:02And I cannot wait to see what it was now.
00:26:03I never needed you at all.
00:26:09I never needed you at all.
00:26:12Watch me, watch me shine now.
00:26:13Watch me, watch me shine now.
00:26:15I never needed you at all.
00:26:21I never needed you at all.
00:26:23I never needed you at all.
00:26:30I never needed you at all.
00:26:55Now, you know you can't spell Wrestlemania without E-S-T!
00:27:07Now, I know it's been a long time since I've been out here with you guys, and I just want
00:27:11to say from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for all the love and all the support,
00:27:17whether it's me at home or me in this ring.
00:27:21Thank you so much.
00:27:25I miss you, too.
00:27:28Now, you know you can't have Wrestlemania without a few surprises now, right?
00:27:36So, John, I think we need to add one more to the attendance list.
00:28:15Because the E-S-T is having a baby!
00:28:29Thank you so much for allowing our family to share this moment with yours.
00:28:42I stand corrected.
00:28:45We need to include the youngest WWE superstar in history for 50,817 in attendance tonight!
00:28:59And you can feel the energy here in Las Vegas, all the noise, everybody's focused on this
00:29:09box right here, because next up is your main event!
00:29:21Congratulations to Bianca Belair!
00:29:24Of course, her husband, Montez Ford.
00:29:29Wow, what a shocker at Wrestlemania.
00:29:33I'll tell you right now, that kid is going to be an athlete.
00:29:36Great genetics.
00:29:37Minutes away from Cody and Randy.
00:29:40Alright, Wrestlemania fans, we got something exciting for you.
00:29:43A special look at one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
00:29:46Street Fighter.
00:29:48Coming to theaters this October!
00:29:49Check it out!
00:29:52Sergeant Yari Arista from the USO and the Air Force here in Nevada.
00:29:56Wheatley raises a glass to SAF, Sergeant Arista, and all retired and active members of the US military.
00:30:02Thank you for your service.
00:30:05Buckle up.
00:30:06It's time for our main event!
00:30:19You know, I always watch the relationship between Triple H and Randy.
00:30:25Triple H was Randy's mentor.
00:30:27They became opponents.
00:30:29The relationship wasn't as cozy.
00:30:33And I always thought, I don't know if that's how I want to be one day.
00:30:38With Randy Orton, my mentor.
00:30:41And in the case of Randy, I don't think it will be that way.
00:30:46I don't think it will be that way.
00:30:48I don't think it will be that way.
00:30:53I'm not your son and I'm not your brother, but I have always been proud to be your boy.
00:31:01And after the main event of WrestleMania, I want you to know, I will always love you.
00:31:13This is the house of woe and pain.
00:31:18I'm not saying I will break down the ashes that hold me in here.
00:31:23Who has to keep me in here no more?
00:31:28This is where the vengeance has stayed.
00:31:31It's not personal between Cody and I.
00:31:34I want my legacy to be how much gold I have put around my waist.
00:31:41Here I find myself in a pool of blood.
00:31:46Sitting in a home I built below the God above.
00:31:51Don't let that monster in.
00:31:53I just don't understand why you're fighting so hard to go back to being a version of yourself you've already
00:31:57beaten.
00:32:01I don't know if it's the voices in your head.
00:32:03I don't know if it's somebody in your ear.
00:32:06Now break the...
00:32:12I don't even think I know this version of you, man.
00:32:17Cody said that I could listen to the voices.
00:32:20He said I could be the Viper.
00:32:23What you have broken inside of me, there's no putting back to bed.
00:32:27Randy Orton!
00:32:30I am hearing those voices inside my head.
00:32:33Finally!
00:32:36There is one person outside of my head whose voice I am listening to.
00:32:43Pat McAfee?
00:32:45The business that you're leading is terrible.
00:32:50Randy is gonna save this business.
00:32:56This is what this business is supposed to look like.
00:33:02This is the house of what we've played.
00:33:07I'm not scared and I will break down.
00:33:11Pat!
00:33:12You and everyone who represents you can kiss my ass!
00:33:17This is what this business is supposed to look like.
00:33:20Tony walks right up onto the stage to ruin our safe.
00:33:26Guess what?
00:33:27How do you wear it?
00:33:29At WrestleMania in Las Vegas?
00:33:31Randy saves the business.
00:33:33This is the house of what we're in vain.
00:33:37This is where I will begin again.
00:33:41This is where I will begin again.
00:33:42This is where I will begin again.
00:33:49Hey!
00:33:51Let's go!
00:33:55Hey!
00:33:56Hey!
00:33:57Hey!
00:33:59Hey!
00:34:05Hey!
00:34:10Hey!
00:34:13Hey!
00:34:15Hey!
00:34:18Hey!
00:34:18Hey!
00:34:20Hey!
00:34:20Hey!
00:34:21Hey!
00:34:21Hey!
00:34:23yeah you know what i've given a lot of thought to this over the past few weeks
00:34:28that man right there who now is telling the wwe fans what he thinks about him
00:34:34this is a man who embraced these fans over the past number of years this is the man who stood
00:34:41next to me when cody rhodes finished his story the night that cody rhodes won the championship
00:34:50at wrestlemania he had tears in his eyes he was as emotional as i was for cody rhodes and what
00:34:57rhodes had finally accomplished and now a few short years later this guy walks into our business
00:35:05he disrespects everyone struts out here with this massive ego and claims that he's going to change
00:35:13the way things are done around here i don't know what's happened to this guy i don't know what's
00:35:19got in his head except that this ass has an ego that is blowing completely out of control
00:35:26well i'm not going to try and add reason to the rhyme of some of the things pat mcafee has
00:35:32said
00:35:33in recent weeks like you there's very little of it that i agree with but what it has done
00:35:39is created buzz it's created eyeballs on this matchup now that perhaps might not have been there
00:35:45otherwise well i agree there's no doubt about it i said it on espn this week pat mcafee being a
00:35:52part of
00:35:52this product will always generate buzz people are talking about it he talks about it on his show on espn
00:35:59but it's the way he's going about this and this attitude he has
00:36:05this larger than thou feeling well he's somebody and i'll use a michael cole slash john cena word from
00:36:14earlier in the night he is polarizing here in wwe yeah i got a lot of other words i can
00:36:19say about him
00:36:20too we'll get taken off air if you do he has been loved he has been hated he's been everything
00:36:25in
00:36:25between and right now i think it's pretty much a hundred percent on the hated end of that spectrum
00:36:32so
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00:41:29their own american dream grab an american mule today with wheatley the official vodka of wwe
00:41:35please enjoy responsibly
00:41:55listen to this place i don't understand why orton needs mcafee in his ear i'll tell you why he needs
00:42:01mcafee in his ear there is nothing mcafee can offer alter when it comes to this business no advice
00:42:07he can give him that will help orton what mcafee has done is divided the attention of orton's
00:42:13opponent cody rose 90 of the interviews in the lead-up to this that cody has done have been
00:42:19about mcafee that's a mistake
00:42:44so
00:42:48so
00:43:27Don't look at me!
00:43:29You always won't give me love
00:43:41Embrace the strange
00:43:55From undesirable to undeniable
00:44:19Worms are the same
00:44:20You always won't give me love
00:44:23Love, love, love, love
00:44:32Love, love, love, love
00:44:48Love, love, love, love
00:44:48Love, love, love, love
00:44:51Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:45:34Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:46:18Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:46:28Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:47:10Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:47:14Wrestling has more than one royal family.
00:47:19Joni's beautiful daughter.
00:47:23Beautiful wife here as well.
00:47:26in what has been a very trying couple of months
00:47:30for the undisputed WWE champion,
00:47:33the man who wants to be QB1,
00:47:35who wants to be the champion that people,
00:47:38that kids will look up to,
00:47:39the man to carry this company into the next generation,
00:47:42doing everything right.
00:47:44But even men like Cody Rhodes,
00:47:46after what he's been put through the past three years,
00:47:51will reach a breaking point.
00:47:53Will that breaking point be tonight?
00:48:07We've used the word polarizing a lot tonight, Wayne.
00:48:11You can hear the reaction from the 50,000 plus here tonight in Las Vegas.
00:48:16Well, in unison, they're completely behind QB1, Cody Rhodes.
00:48:21They know what he's done for this.
00:48:23Industry, they know the words of Pat McAfee several weeks ago,
00:48:27criticizing what QB1, Cody Rhodes represents here.
00:48:32They know that's nonsense.
00:48:33He just didn't criticize Cody Rhodes.
00:48:35He criticized our industry.
00:48:37He criticized our business.
00:48:39He criticized all the WWE fans that have made that what this is today.
00:48:44All to stroke his own ego for some damn reason
00:48:47that none of us can understand.
00:48:49Well, does Pat actually believe a word of what he said,
00:48:52or was he simply trying to get into the head of Cody Rhodes for whatever reason?
00:48:57Well, if that was the game plan, it has worked.
00:49:01Let's be clear.
00:49:02The focus of Cody is split tonight.
00:49:05It's main event time.
00:49:06Here's Alicia Taylor.
00:49:12The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the undisputed WWE Championship.
00:49:28And she'll introducing first, the challenger.
00:49:37Yeah, right, Alicia.
00:49:45Listen up, you disgusting pigs.
00:49:49Make some noise for the man who stands at 6'5", 275 pounds.
00:50:01A depiction of perfection in professional wrestling.
00:50:07When he walks out of here tonight, he's going to show each and every one of you fat-ass bums
00:50:17what greatness looks like as he becomes a 15-time world champion.
00:50:29The man who's going to save the business tonight, Randy Orton.
00:50:52And his opponent, from Atlanta, Georgia, weighed in at 222 pounds.
00:51:04He is the undisputed WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
00:51:27What an atmosphere.
00:51:29Senior official, Charles Robinson, will referee this championship match tonight.
00:51:36A match 20 years in the making.
00:51:40The mentor, Orton.
00:51:42The student, Rhodes.
00:51:45Randy creeping up on history.
00:51:47He wins.
00:51:48Charles Willis!
00:51:50Oh, my God!
00:51:51Come on!
00:51:53McAfee assaulting Rhodes with a microphone.
00:51:56And now Randy Orton beating the hell out of the champion.
00:51:59And the match hasn't even started yet.
00:52:01And right before the bell was going to ring, the fix is in.
00:52:04McAfee knows exactly what he's doing.
00:52:06As callous, as cold as you like.
00:52:09And Cody trying to fight back now.
00:52:11Randy Orton sent into the corner.
00:52:13And now Pat McAfee trying to get into the free.
00:52:17Sitting up.
00:52:18Cody Rhodes.
00:52:19Get him!
00:52:20Crossroads!
00:52:21Well, good night, Pat McAfee.
00:52:23Take a walk, McAfee.
00:52:24Thanks for coming.
00:52:25Thanks for coming.
00:52:30Well, the master plan simply didn't work for McAfee and Orton here.
00:52:34Okay, Cody Rhodes isn't done yet.
00:52:36You can't blame him.
00:52:37You can't blame Cody Rhodes, Wade.
00:52:38Oh, God.
00:52:39You cannot blame Cody Rhodes.
00:52:40Cody has to do this.
00:52:41Take him out, Cody.
00:52:42Take him out.
00:52:46Man who threw so many barbs at Cody Rhodes, through physical shots at Cody Rhodes.
00:52:52Well, welcome to the main event of WrestleMania, Pat McAfee.
00:52:56Everything he's done to you, Cody.
00:52:58Beat the hell out of him.
00:53:00Everything he's done to you.
00:53:03Jelly Roll is here.
00:53:06The man also fought by McAfee.
00:53:09Jelly Roll on the Spanish announce table.
00:53:14Jelly Roll, and Algo, driving Pat McAfee halfway to hell.
00:53:26Now go give him a one-on-one fight they came to see.
00:53:29Go give him a fight they came to see.
00:53:36Bring the garbage truck out and take out the trash.
00:53:39Oh, wow, McAfee completely wiped out.
00:53:43The ball hasn't even rung on everything.
00:53:46Now back in the favor of the champ, Cody Rhodes.
00:53:49Yeah, Cody telling Kittle to take out the trash.
00:53:55McAfee's out.
00:53:56Well, McAfee needs a stretcher.
00:53:57I think there's one on the way here.
00:54:00He needs a slink is what he needs.
00:54:01And Randy Orton looking on at a flattened Pat McAfee.
00:54:05Whatever game plan was in place for the challenger here has completely gone out the window.
00:54:11One other look.
00:54:12Jelly Roll with an elbow.
00:54:13Driving McAfee through our announce table as Cody Rhodes looks off with a smile.
00:54:18And now, as they get McAfee out of here, Wade, here's the situation.
00:54:22Finally, we're going to get that one-on-one thing I need.
00:54:25That's the match between Orton and Rhodes.
00:54:28Finally, equal playing field.
00:54:31Nobody's screwing around.
00:54:33Rhodes and Orton for the title.
00:54:35Well, the fix was attempted by McAfee.
00:54:38The jumpstart before the bell even rang.
00:54:41And McAfee now has a one-way ticket to hospital.
00:54:44So, Wade, I do want to bring this up as they deal with McAfee at ringside.
00:54:47Randy Orton.
00:54:49Randy Orton.
00:54:50There's been rumors running rampant online all week long.
00:54:54About Randy Orton possibly being injured.
00:54:57From what I understand here, from what I understand, in the locker room today,
00:55:02there was a lot of talk about Randy Orton having a back injury.
00:55:05So, will he be 100% down?
00:55:07You know what you call that?
00:55:08You call that a red herring.
00:55:10That's just another thing being thrown at Cody Rhodes to think about.
00:55:14I don't believe it for a second.
00:55:16Randy's been through the walls in his career.
00:55:18We know he's had major back issues.
00:55:20I don't see any sign of that right now.
00:55:23Randy's fine.
00:55:23So, does this McAfee situation screw Randy up and off?
00:55:26100%!
00:55:27Clearly McAfee was here to be on the outside,
00:55:30to be a major issue and a dawn in the size.
00:55:33We take another look at what just went down
00:55:35before our main event even got started.
00:55:38It was a crossroads,
00:55:40followed up by this elbow drop through the table
00:55:43by Jelly Roll, who'd been attacked by Orton and McAfee in the build-up for this.
00:56:01McAfee is being carted out.
00:56:03Cody Rhodes is ready for a fight.
00:56:05The Viper Randy Orton looks to regroup.
00:56:08What is at stake here is Rhodes' undisputed WWE Championship
00:56:14and Randy Orton's march toward history.
00:56:16A win tonight moves him ahead of Triple H
00:56:19into third place all time with 15 world titles.
00:56:23Flair is 16, Cena 17.
00:56:25Orton would love to break the records.
00:56:27He moves a minute closer if he wins tonight.
00:56:33Randy! Randy! Randy! Randy! Randy! Randy!
00:56:39This is the third main event at WrestleMania in Randy Orton's career.
00:56:4522 years at WrestleMania this year.
00:56:50This is really a position that neither man thought they were going to be in
00:56:54at this point of the match.
00:56:56The opening bell, no Pat McAfee here to help Orton,
00:56:59no Pat McAfee here to distract Cody Rhodes.
00:57:03We're getting straight up student versus teacher.
00:57:07And I'll tell you right now, Cole, it rarely works out well
00:57:10when the student starts to outshine that teacher.
00:57:14So now the lock-up collar and elbow tie-up into a headlock
00:57:17by Randy Orton.
00:57:19Orton and Rhodes here tonight.
00:57:20What does Orton have to do to win the title?
00:57:21Well, Orton needs to think fast
00:57:23because whatever game plan he had on the outside
00:57:25with Pat McAfee, he needs to lean into 25 years of experience
00:57:29and come up with a new game plan pretty damn quickly.
00:57:32For Cody Rhodes, a man who's had a mixed bag in WrestleMania over the years.
00:57:37What does Cody need to do to keep the title?
00:57:38Well, Cody needs to stay calm.
00:57:40He's been popped through the wood chipper by Randy Orton emotionally and physically
00:57:44over the past several weeks.
00:57:46He needs to block that out, realize this is just another man you are competing against.
00:57:51Time and again, Cody has beaten the best of this industry over the past three years.
00:57:55Well, he needs to do it again tonight.
00:57:57Well, Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes, the relationship dates back 20 years.
00:58:01The formation of Legacy with Ted DiBiase Jr., Cody Rhodes, and Randy Orton.
00:58:06Really giving Rhodes his start here at this level in WWE.
00:58:10And there's the shoulder tackle by Orton, who seems to be moving principally so far.
00:58:15Yeah, don't believe a word of the hype you see online, Michael Cole.
00:58:18Well, it's not just online.
00:58:19There was a lot of talk in the locker room today about it as well.
00:58:22Because people in the locker room believe the nonsense they read online.
00:58:25Well, this is Randy Orton, who looks absolutely back to a physical peak.
00:58:29Cody bounced off the top turnbuckle by the Viper.
00:58:33Randy Orton, who has nine wins at WrestleMania.
00:58:36He's tied fifth all-time with a man we saw earlier tonight, Seth Rollins.
00:58:41And what is Randy's primary motivation?
00:58:44He wants to be the greatest of all time in terms of total championships.
00:58:48He gets one step closer tonight with a victory at number 15.
00:58:52Rhodes looking to out-quickle it.
00:58:55There's the drop down with the right hand.
00:58:57Randy misses Wilder.
00:58:58Cody Rhodes on a power swing.
00:59:00And I'll tell you right now, speaking to Cody,
00:59:02I was very close to him during my in-ring career.
00:59:05And Cody would always, always talk on in rental cars at bars
00:59:09about how much he was inspired and impressed by Randy Orton.
00:59:13How Randy Orton was the perfect wrestler.
00:59:15Nobody has studied Randy Orton as deeply as Cody Rhodes has.
00:59:20Rhodes now off the second row.
00:59:21Went for the Cody Cutter.
00:59:22Got caught by Orton now.
00:59:24And Randy.
00:59:24Oh, and we haven't seen Randy do that in a while.
00:59:26He delivered a backbreaker.
00:59:28Randy came up a bit lame.
00:59:30Oh.
00:59:31You saw the way that Randy's back, his body torqued
00:59:34as he delivered that to Cody Rhodes.
00:59:36Now the moment of truth.
00:59:37Remember the king of the ring a couple of years back,
00:59:40earlier on, a few months back.
00:59:42Randy Orton now with a thumb to the eye.
00:59:43Cody Rhodes wouldn't pull the trigger on Randy.
00:59:45It almost cost him.
00:59:46Talk about a back issue.
00:59:48Of course, Randy's career almost ended just a couple of years ago
00:59:51by a major back surgery.
00:59:53And that was certainly something tweaked in that lower back.
00:59:56And we'll see if Randy can shrug that off.
00:59:58That sometimes happens early in matches.
01:00:00You're not quite warm.
01:00:01Those were long entrances.
01:00:03A lot of nonsense on the outside before the match even starts.
01:00:06Sometimes your body cools down.
01:00:07Randy may have just tweaked a little something.
01:00:10And once the body temperature gets back up here,
01:00:12he's running back.
01:00:14Oh, Cody Rhodes.
01:00:15Delivering Randy with the slam.
01:00:16Randy now.
01:00:17Vildly standing in the right hand.
01:00:19And Randy's hurting.
01:00:19He's hurting.
01:00:20And he's going to roll out of the ring.
01:00:21It was that back once again.
01:00:23And then I called it a red herring earlier.
01:00:26Maybe this is what the hype was in the locker room.
01:00:30I told you the rumors started to come out earlier in the week.
01:00:34And then there was a lot of talk about it today.
01:00:36And Randy isn't really hurting.
01:00:38Imagine being Randy Orton.
01:00:39You came down here expecting to be 100%.
01:00:42You came down here expecting to have Pat McAfee in your corner.
01:00:45You're the challenger in the main event of WrestleMania.
01:00:47And everything just went to hell in a handbasket.
01:00:54Randy's even just looking slow.
01:00:56Forget the pain part.
01:00:57Just moving slow.
01:00:58Oh, and now driving.
01:01:00Randy into the corner back first.
01:01:02Cody Rhodes being extremely aggressive here tonight.
01:01:05Understanding Orton's got a problem.
01:01:07And now with a half crab, Cody Rhodes going to continue to apply the pressure
01:01:11to the injured back of Orton.
01:01:13I mean, this is what you have to do when you're as good as these two.
01:01:17That any weakness whatsoever, you have to exploit it.
01:01:22You cannot have a single hesitation.
01:01:25Gold is on the line here.
01:01:27Your career legacy is on the line here.
01:01:29This man wants to take everything from you.
01:01:32Randy Orton admitting in an interview he did with you, Wade,
01:01:35that Cody's like a brother to him.
01:01:38But this is about his legacy.
01:01:40That is what drives Randy at this point in his career.
01:01:43Yeah, it was a fascinating interview.
01:01:44I was amazed at how calm and controlled Randy was.
01:01:48There's a certain controlled psychosis about him,
01:01:53which I realize is an oxymoron, but it's true.
01:01:55It's like Randy can flick a switch,
01:01:57and that absolute beast inside him comes out to play.
01:02:00And I'm impressed with what Cody's doing tonight.
01:02:02No hesitation to attack the weakness of Orton.
01:02:05Well, not at all.
01:02:06And this is what you have to do at this level.
01:02:09And after everything Orton has done to Cody
01:02:11over the past four or so weeks,
01:02:13this is exactly what Orton deserves.
01:02:17Who can forget the blast to the head
01:02:19with that steel chair several weeks ago on SmackDown
01:02:22that left Cody a bloody mess or ended that friendship.
01:02:25Orton blames Cody for all of this,
01:02:27saying that Cody Rhodes is the one that unleashed the demons,
01:02:30told him to be who you are.
01:02:32And Randy took it to heart.
01:02:34I mean, Randy is just a binary personality.
01:02:40It's black and it's white.
01:02:42It's friend or it's foe.
01:02:44And when gold is on the line, you make a choice.
01:02:48Even if you go back to the King of the Ring tournament,
01:02:51the final last year,
01:02:53Randy momentarily hesitated to put Cody away in that match.
01:02:57He's regretted it ever since.
01:03:00And if he gets a chance tonight,
01:03:02he certainly will not make that same mistake again.
01:03:04And Cody had the same issue in that tournament with Orton.
01:03:07And you saw tonight,
01:03:08he wasn't going to allow it to happen when this time around.
01:03:11All bets are off at this point.
01:03:13You hesitate when it's a friend.
01:03:15And these two stopped being friends several weeks ago.
01:03:18Well, not if you listen to Randy.
01:03:22Elbows to the ear.
01:03:24Cody Rhodes.
01:03:25Reverse that road center to the corner.
01:03:28Over the top.
01:03:30Scoops up Orton.
01:03:31An incumidation to kick out at two.
01:03:38And again, right to the kidney area.
01:03:41And Randy's having trouble just standing here.
01:03:44Look at the way his feet are.
01:03:45He can't even stand right.
01:03:47Randy is a shadow of the man
01:03:49that has been on the road to WrestleMania
01:03:52that got himself here.
01:03:53Well, it's all going to ride tonight.
01:03:56Cody now delivers a suplex.
01:03:58Great strategy by the champ.
01:04:00Into the cover.
01:04:01And again, these frequent hovers
01:04:03also hurting the back of Orton
01:04:05as he has to kick out.
01:04:06Yeah, absolutely.
01:04:07It plows pressure to the midsection.
01:04:10Constantly having to squeeze your torso
01:04:13and you ride that kick out
01:04:14just triggering whatever sciatic issue that might be.
01:04:23Randy just trying to somehow
01:04:24get himself back in the match
01:04:26as Cody Rhodes now
01:04:27looks to climb to the top rope.
01:04:29Randy's barely got a shot in
01:04:31for the past five minutes.
01:04:33He's been absorbing abuse.
01:04:35And Randy Orton
01:04:37able to cause Cody to lose his balance.
01:04:41And now Randy has a chance.
01:05:06And now Randy Orton
01:05:08and Cody Rhodes exchanging blows.
01:05:13Randy Orton needs to end this match quickly
01:05:15to have a chance.
01:05:17I mean, can he block out the pain enough
01:05:19to deliver enough damage to Cody
01:05:21to put him away?
01:05:22That's the problem.
01:05:23This is not smart for Orton.
01:05:44And look at this.
01:05:45You go big or you go home at WrestleMania
01:05:47and it may be time for Randy Orton to go home
01:05:50because going big there was a big mistake.
01:05:58But at least the superplex from Orton's standpoint
01:06:00has slowed Cody down a bit.
01:06:02And there's a clothesline by Randy.
01:06:04And now Randy looking to build off adrenaline.
01:06:07There's the power slam by Orton.
01:06:09And Randy looking back to his superlative best.
01:06:17And that pain as much as it's hindering Orton's abilities,
01:06:22if he can block it out, if he can focus,
01:06:25if you just do enough,
01:06:26there is a pack to victory.
01:06:28And this is it.
01:06:30And there's the drapey DDT,
01:06:31that vintage Randy Orton move,
01:06:33but again, torque in the back.
01:06:35I'll tell you right now,
01:06:36there may not be a move
01:06:38in the entirety of wrestling
01:06:40that does not involve the back somehow.
01:06:44And even going down and...
01:06:49dropping to apparently bang the mat
01:06:53was an issue for Orton there.
01:06:55But there's more than one way to skin a cat.
01:07:01Back to his feet.
01:07:02Went for the RKO.
01:07:04Cody able to counter.
01:07:05Randy grabbed his back again.
01:07:07Now sent out to the floor
01:07:08right here in front of us.
01:07:10Just a beat too slow is Orton
01:07:12to follow up on what he's planning.
01:07:14And Cody now runs into a right hand by Randy.
01:07:16And Randy needed that.
01:07:17A nice club right to the temple of Cody Rhodes.
01:07:20And Randy Orton knocking the wind
01:07:23out of Cody at the right time.
01:07:26As we look at the mess of destruction around us,
01:07:30it may be about to get worse here.
01:07:32Oh, and...
01:07:34Randy Orton loves delivering those blows
01:07:37on the announce table,
01:07:38which he's doing to Cody Rhodes here.
01:07:43Cody does have the advantage tonight
01:07:45being the champion.
01:07:47Randy's got to pin or submit Rhodes
01:07:49to win the title.
01:07:50A brave referee
01:07:52who does a double count out here.
01:07:54And thinking about brave,
01:07:55I'm keeping well back from Randy Orton.
01:07:58You know that smile
01:07:59across the face of the Viper?
01:08:11Suddenly, you see that belief
01:08:13might be back in the eyes
01:08:14of Randy Orton.
01:08:15Oh, no, Orton driven into the post by Cody.
01:08:19And Cody looking to rally.
01:08:23Cody's been softened up,
01:08:25but he's got a die-hard spirit.
01:08:33Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
01:08:33no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:34Which might have been the best thing that could have happened
01:08:42to Cody Rhodes based on how things turned out in the aftermath of set attack.
01:08:49and now oh randy orton
01:08:53orton's been busted open and now cody rhodes with the right hand and cody now going to focus
01:08:58on that wound on the forehead of randy head first into that steel ring post and the effects are
01:09:05apparent to the entire world now and randy orton's problems continue to spiral in this main event
01:09:12with the wwe title hanging in the balance and now when i rate cody rhodes and angry rhodes
01:09:18taking advantage of everything he can against randy orton
01:09:26you imagine cody rhodes four weeks ago perhaps would have had some sympathy some empathy from
01:09:32his former mentor from his former friend we can't show that tonight cody yeah but a lot has changed
01:09:39in the last four weeks
01:09:44complexion of the industry the business has changed so quickly because of what has happened in this
01:09:51rivalry cody as randy orton is begging for mercy here cody never thought he would be in this position
01:10:02he didn't think he'd get a viper so softened up by injury and cody's showing no mercy at all nor
01:10:12should he oh and there it is the disaster kick by rhodes randy orton drops in the ring cody's got
01:10:19a
01:10:19chance into the cover to retain the championship orton just gets the shoulder up well orton is a shell
01:10:25of a competitor right now and you're in there with one of the greatest in cody rhodes not where you'll
01:10:31want to be we're going rambo style tonight
01:10:38this has become just a methodical beat down by cody almost enjoying what he's doing to orton
01:10:45well it's catharsis isn't it everything orton has put cody through over the past month or so
01:10:50well here's your reward viper well i mentioned at the top of the match rate at some point everybody
01:10:56reaches that breaking point and we wondered if cody was going to reach it tonight
01:11:02cody beating the hell out of randy orton here and randy orton just looking limp
01:11:10cody's been through so much mentally
01:11:24and now dragging randy orton up to the second rope and cody rhodes may be about to deliver
01:11:30some of randy's own medicine
01:11:36this will be an emphatic way to put down the viper for good this is a different cody rhodes tonight
01:11:50randy talked about his legacy it's about cody's legacy as well
01:11:57a three-time world champion
01:11:59and you feel if cody can put something on orton here it really is game over and
01:12:06cody wants to do it in style
01:12:11and now just mocking randy
01:12:19randy slowly to his feet and cody sent it to the corner randy yarton
01:12:27randy
01:12:30crossroads to cody
01:12:34cody kicked out
01:12:35or not close to a 15th world championship
01:12:40well a burst of energy and a burst of ideas and exactly the right time there from randy orton
01:12:48simply transcendent from the viper connecting just when it looked like it was over
01:12:53with that crossroads
01:12:56and spinning momentum back in his favor
01:12:59but how quickly can orton get back to being the viper
01:13:03how quickly can he put a stranglehold on this match now he has the advantage
01:13:09because cody has been rocked
01:13:12and now orton
01:13:13slithers into position
01:13:15coiled and ready to strike
01:13:17randy orton measuring rose
01:13:20went for the rko
01:13:21backslide by cody
01:13:22shoulders down
01:13:23orton kicks out
01:13:26got him
01:13:28rko by rose
01:13:30and randy kicks out
01:13:32the most dangerous three letters in all of wrestling
01:13:38but only
01:13:39when applied by the viper
01:13:41warm backslide immediately pounced upon
01:13:44with an rko
01:13:46delivered with panache
01:13:48but not delivered with enough to get the three count
01:14:03it is crunch time
01:14:05in the disputed wwe championship match
01:14:09cody rhodes the champion
01:14:10randy orton the busted open challenger
01:14:13who just collapsed on the floor in front of us
01:14:16cody the man who has this industry pumping through his veins
01:14:20the man who has defended us
01:14:21against all the insults from mcafee
01:14:24from all the attacks
01:14:25by randy orton
01:14:27now looking
01:14:27to finish the job
01:14:29randy orton took the low road
01:14:31while cody rhodes
01:14:32happy to meet him there
01:14:33and now delivering
01:14:34orton slammed to him as well
01:14:37and this is a completely different cody rhodes
01:14:39the breaking point has been reached
01:14:41for the champion
01:14:44it's wrestlemania
01:14:45it's the main event
01:14:46the gold is on the line
01:14:48against your current most hated nemesis
01:14:51a man who tried to take from you
01:14:53everything you hold dear
01:14:56i don't even know if randy knows where he's at
01:14:59wade
01:15:01and he's won matches from that position before though cole
01:15:04no doubt
01:15:05he can never write off the viper
01:15:07although that moment is looking near
01:15:13cody measuring orton
01:15:15rko
01:15:16out of nowhere
01:15:18randy
01:15:19for a 15th world title
01:15:21rhodes kicks out
01:15:23well coiled
01:15:25ready to strike
01:15:27written off
01:15:28by the entire planet
01:15:30but still
01:15:31venomous as ever
01:15:33but somehow it wasn't enough
01:15:35this is where it's game over for orton
01:15:37until it wasn't
01:15:39rko connecting
01:15:40and
01:15:42astoundingly
01:15:43a kick out
01:15:44from a broken cody rhodes
01:15:46and two men
01:15:49who look completely spent
01:15:51in this main event
01:15:53but someone has to win this thing
01:15:58orton spent
01:16:00rhodes is spent
01:16:03the main event
01:16:04of wrestlemania
01:16:06saturday
01:16:06everything on the line
01:16:08the prestigious
01:16:09wwe championship
01:16:39kody rhodes
01:16:41maybe getting to the upper hand
01:16:43here
01:16:44randy orton
01:16:45turns it around
01:16:46the bigger man
01:16:49unless that bigger man
01:16:51is partially injured
01:16:52or his opponent
01:16:54pokes you in the eye
01:16:55and rose to the eye
01:16:56oh
01:16:56to the official
01:16:58charles robinson
01:17:00well randy was blinded
01:17:01i don't know if he even was aware
01:17:03that that was the official
01:17:06cody
01:17:06poked orton in the eyes
01:17:08the official didn't see it
01:17:11and now randy orton
01:17:13stalking rose
01:17:14as he goes to his long time friend
01:17:16charles robinson
01:17:17orton now
01:17:18from behind
01:17:21and randy went to
01:17:23he was gonna go low
01:17:24wasn't he
01:17:25and cody went low
01:17:27on his own
01:17:27pumped to the eyes
01:17:29low blow by rose
01:17:31will take this spot
01:17:33wherever you want to
01:17:34randy
01:17:35that's the message
01:17:36from cody rhodes
01:17:37do what you gotta do
01:17:39the way this man
01:17:40has been treated
01:17:41you can't blame him
01:17:46rko
01:17:47rko
01:17:47by rton
01:17:49cody went for the cody
01:17:51cutter
01:17:51randy rton
01:17:52with an rko
01:17:53out of nowhere
01:17:54and there's no official
01:18:00oh jesus
01:18:02oh
01:18:02what the hell
01:18:06who gave him a referee shirt
01:18:08who made him a damn official
01:18:10is this is this
01:18:12levy
01:18:35there's no way
01:18:36this is legal
01:18:37pat mcafee apparently
01:18:39protected by higher ups
01:18:41in tko
01:18:42as has been alluded to
01:18:43on smackdown
01:18:44the past couple of weeks
01:18:45who knows at this point
01:18:47cole
01:18:47referee charles robinson
01:18:49starting to come through
01:18:53randy orton now
01:18:56rk on the back of faith
01:18:58sit down pat
01:18:59put out another
01:19:00deathless brace
01:19:01crossroads
01:19:04cover
01:19:06cody retains
01:19:14the undisputed
01:19:16wwe champion
01:19:19the american nightmare
01:19:22cody ron
01:19:25cody rhodes
01:19:26the student
01:19:26became the teacher
01:19:28tonight
01:19:29cody rhodes
01:19:32with the killer instinct
01:19:35and that stupid
01:19:37and that stupid
01:19:37pat mcafee
01:19:38may have cost
01:19:39horton
01:19:40an opportunity
01:19:41to win his
01:19:4215th world title
01:19:48well this is a matchup
01:19:50that ended up looking
01:19:51nothing like
01:19:53any of us
01:19:54anticipated
01:19:56and this is where
01:19:57cody
01:19:57put randy in the eye
01:19:58ref missed it
01:19:59ref then ate
01:20:00it's an rko
01:20:03randy attempted
01:20:05the low blow
01:20:05cody was wise to it
01:20:07low blow
01:20:08of his own
01:20:09well this is where
01:20:11things really took
01:20:13a crazy crazy turn
01:20:15an attempt
01:20:16from cody
01:20:18turned into an rko
01:20:20and before randy
01:20:22could make the cover
01:20:23pat mcafee had turned up
01:20:25made the pink fall
01:20:26didn't make it
01:20:28randy
01:20:28threw an rko
01:20:30goes out
01:20:30with abandon
01:20:31but cody
01:20:32ready to capitalize
01:20:33one crossroads later
01:20:35still
01:20:36qb1
01:20:37and still the champ
01:20:39cody rhodes
01:20:40we talked about
01:20:41all this man has been through
01:20:42over the past few months
01:20:44hell
01:20:44the last three years
01:20:46but cody rhodes
01:20:48stands victorious tonight
01:20:49oh
01:20:50and arton
01:20:52with the title
01:20:52up and already
01:20:53bloody cody
01:20:56we talked about
01:20:57a lot of
01:21:10did
01:21:11come on
01:21:13km
01:21:38Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Randy, Randy, don't, Randy, don't.
01:21:53The Viper showing his true colors.
01:22:14So much for his brother, Cody.
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