00:20Ladies and gentlemen,
00:22please welcome the new undisputed
00:27WWE Champion.
00:48Ladies and gentlemen, you saw it just moments ago.
00:51The miracle in this past Saturday at Night of Champions in Riyadh,
00:57Saudi Arabia, on his tenth try, after a quarter of a century in the business,
01:03Sami Zayn wins his first WWE Championship.
01:08The culmination of a lifelong dream before our very eyes in Riyadh.
01:15A moment that will never be forgotten, especially for Sami Zayn.
01:38Sami admitted himself, he never thought it would happen.
01:45And he finally climbed to the top of the mountain.
01:51The perilous, the relief.
02:18This day, the vur Representator'sееest.
02:21It seems to me like a lot of folks out here tonight came to ride or die
02:32with the last real good guy.
02:43And I just want to say before I even get started,
02:46the overwhelming reaction, the love that I've gotten over the last few days since winning this,
02:51it's really touched me from the bottom of my heart. Thank you. I mean that. Thank you.
03:03But the whole thing is really kind of funny considering for the past six months,
03:07I've come out here and I've been booed out of the building every single time.
03:17And it's funny because the people booing were the same people who three years ago
03:22were dying to see Sami Zayn as the WWE champion.
03:27But then they decided, oh, this guy's never gonna do it. They jumped off the bandwagon.
03:32They turned their backs on me. They wanted to boo me. But now I have this. So I could be
03:39petty if I
03:40wanted to. I could be petty and tell every single one of those people who turned their backs on me
03:47to kiss my ass.
03:56But I won't. But I won't. And you want to know why?
04:02Because I am a good guy. And that is the same reason why I'm holding this. Because I never
04:13changed. Everyone told me if you want to win, you have to be a bit more selfish. You need to
04:20be a bit
04:20more cutthroat. You need to do some things you don't want to do. And I didn't. I won this the
04:27way
04:27I always said I would win it. I did it my way. I did it the right way.
04:38And I could be petty. Trust me, I could be petty. And I could tell every single one of those
04:44people
04:44that said, oh, he's not championship material. He'll never win the big one. I could very easily tell
04:52each and every single one of them to kiss my ass.
05:05But I won't. I won't. Because this is a celebration, people. Huh? Am I right? Am I right?
05:19And you know what it is we're celebrating here tonight?
05:34You're damn right, Sami. We are celebrating me. We are celebrating the new WWE Champion.
05:44We are celebrating the end of the debate once and for all. I forever go down now as one of
05:51the
05:51all-time greats. I will forever be known now as Sami Zayn, WrestleMania Main Eventer, Grand Slam Champion.
06:07Until the day I die and beyond, I will forever be known as a WWE Champion.
06:17And no amount of booing, no amount of hate, no amount of noise will ever, ever take that away from
06:25me.
06:30Wrestling has more than one, Royal Family.
06:34his other one, Royal Family.
06:57He wants me to be known as the world.
07:01I am.
07:02I am.
07:02He wants you to be known as the world.
07:19Well, the man who was the WWE champion, Cody Rhodes,
07:27pinned by Sami Zayn in the triple threat match this past Saturday night.
07:33As for Sami Zayn, Corey Graves, not quite the celebratory speech that I was
07:39expecting from the champion.
07:42Sami Zayn has more than earned the right to air his grievances.
07:46He is now the kingpin here on SmackDown.
07:49And I gotta be perfectly honest, seeing Cody make the walk to the ring without
07:54the gold around his waist feels a little uncomfortable.
08:03I'm so ready for me to start the show.
08:07After cutting lights go off of holes.
08:12Whoa!
08:13And on my wrist sad.
08:17When I was younger.
08:20I've got three celestial events.
08:24You took it all away.
08:27I give it all away.
08:52Sammy, Cody, so I don't know what you're saying.
09:01What do you want to talk about?
09:08It's very simple.
09:10You said something I had forgotten.
09:12You reminded me of it.
09:13When I won that WWE Championship, you were the very first to come into the ring and celebrate with me.
09:22So I didn't want to wait in line.
09:24I wanted to be the first here, as you put it, during this celebration to tell you, congratulations, champ.
09:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
10:00What, that's it?
10:01Hey, hey, hey.
10:03Come back here.
10:07Come back here a sec, Cody.
10:08Come on.
10:09Let's not do this, okay?
10:10Let's not play this game.
10:12For once in your soul, just drop the act for a second, okay?
10:16Drop the American Nightmare.
10:18Drop the Golden Boy and just be Cody for one second.
10:21We both know that's not the only reason you came out here.
10:25I have something that you once had.
10:29Now it's mine.
10:32It's something I know you want.
10:34It's something I know you are addicted to.
10:38So just be honest with me.
10:40For once in your life, Cody.
10:42No, no, no.
10:42Forget the games.
10:44Just come right out and say it.
10:45Tell me why you're really out here.
11:00We found out Monday night exactly why main event Jey Uso is here on SmackDown.
11:08He had Mark Jr. to order some Roman Reigns during the King of the Ring Tournament
11:12to win and go on to take the WWE Championship so the bloodline could have all the gold.
11:19That didn't happen.
11:20Now that Sami Zayn's champion, Jey Uso said he was going to show up here tonight.
11:24Tell Sami he wanted a shot at the title.
11:36Hey, let's get it, Lose.
11:38Hey, I'm about to get it, Lose.
11:43Cody, what up?
11:44Come on, dawg.
11:47Come on.
11:56Hey.
12:06I'm not going to run it back.
12:09Because it's about my dog Sami Zayn right now.
12:12I'm so proud of you, Uso.
12:14Uso, man, you earned that.
12:18You deserved that.
12:25But you know why I'm here, Uso.
12:31Bloodline Business.
12:34Sami, this your warning shot.
12:38I need to bring that gold back to the family.
12:45The family, what year is this?
12:49The family, do we not know who each other are?
12:53I mean, it's him who's standing here, WWE Champion.
12:57And since those days, correct me if I'm wrong, you've been World Heavyweight Champion.
13:02So at what point did my friend Jey Uso revert to just running errands for the Tribal Chief?
13:12And besides, we were just talking about my rematch.
13:19Were we?
13:20Okay, I'm going to put a stop to this right now.
13:22We're not doing this, okay?
13:24Jey, no one was happier for you than me.
13:27When you won the World Championship, I laid back.
13:30And Cody, despite what you might think, I never came for you.
13:34I never stabbed you in the back.
13:35I never gunned for your title.
13:37You had your chance.
13:38You had your chance.
13:39Now it is my time to be WWE Champion.
13:47What was it that you told me, Cody?
13:49As long as I have this, you never will.
13:54Well, now it's mine.
13:57And Jey, what did you say?
13:58You said the WWE Championship needs to come back to the family.
14:02As far as I'm concerned, it's still in the family.
14:08And it's going to stay on my shoulders.
14:11No one's touching this.
14:13You understand?
14:14No one is touching this.
14:17So I say this as a friend.
14:19I say this as family.
14:21Both of you, stay away from me.
14:31Hold on, hold on.
14:32Sammy, Sammy, actually, hold on, Sammy, if you don't mind.
14:37Now, I know you're aware all this isn't here.
14:39You know, he got sent home after his little dust-up with Gunther,
14:42which means for the first time in a very long time,
14:45and it feels pretty damn good,
14:47I am the acting general manager of SmackDown.
14:52Which is big for you, Sammy,
14:54because that means my first order of business
14:56is to find you a challenger.
15:02With respect, Adam,
15:05don't I, as champion,
15:08have a little bit of say
15:09who I face at SummerSlam?
15:15With respect, Sammy,
15:17who said anything about SummerSlam?
15:21Look, I get it.
15:22If Aldis could bother to show up and do his job,
15:25he'd probably give you exactly what you want,
15:27but Nick's not here.
15:29I am, so we do it my way.
15:31And that means you will defend
15:34that undisputed WWE Championship
15:36this Monday on Raw.
15:42But it gets better, Sammy.
15:44Like I said,
15:45you're going to have a challenger,
15:46and we're going to have a number one contender
15:49after Jey Uso battles Cody Rhodes
15:53tonight in Atlantic City.
