00:00and again into the accolade this time he's got it really locked in
00:07sitting back on the bad back of Evans
00:11hang in there Javon
00:15trying to fight back
00:19Evans trying to make it back to the vertical base
00:21where is this young man getting it from
00:24what a performance by Evans
00:25Evans has Rusev off his feet
00:28Rusev can't believe it
00:30Javon Evans creates separation
00:33what a counter by Evans
00:34or was that Javon's last gasp
00:41Javon Evans proving to the world
00:43how hungry he is
00:47Javon's got a chance
00:51gonna go for the big
00:53oh Jay Conner
00:54and ran into a right hand
00:56and now Rusev
00:58once again with the accolade
01:01and I believe the dream
01:03may be over
01:04for Javon Evans
01:12get in there Eddie I think Javon's out
01:14the OG trying to show signs of life
01:18this crowd trying to will Evans on
01:20does Javon Evans have something left
01:23anything
01:24he's going to do it again
01:27better performance by Evans
01:30but Rusev though
01:32wrestles him back down to the mat
01:33and now in firm control
01:36notice Rusev adjusted his grip
01:38to cut off all the oxygen flow to Evans
01:41and the young OG's done for
01:44okay break the damn hold Rusev
01:46it's over
01:47Javon Evans has been eliminated
01:51what a performance tonight
01:54by Javon Evans
01:55and now Rusev
01:57will take on Chad Gable
02:01and in recent weeks
02:02there's been no love lost
02:04between these two
02:07and Gable
02:08going right after Rusev
02:11Rusev
02:11Gable mentioned it earlier
02:13what a German suplex
02:14and again
02:15another
02:16yet to release
02:21Gable wanted the chaos theory
02:24wow
02:24what a throw by Gable
02:26cover now
02:28Rusev powers out
02:30Gable made it really clear
02:32his dream
02:33to win his first ever singles championship
02:35in WWE
02:37at SummerSlam
02:38in his hometown of Minneapolis
02:40in his home state of Minnesota
02:42and but Gable still has to get through
02:44Rusev and Ethan Page
02:46to do so
02:48from the top
02:49Rusev catches Gable
02:51down goes Gable
02:52planted by Rusev
02:53here's the cover
02:54hook of the leg
02:55it's not enough
03:17Chad Gable
03:18sent outside the ring
03:19by a very
03:19dominant Rusev
03:21here tonight
03:22I understand Rusev's thought process
03:25he wants to give himself
03:26at least a moment or two
03:27to re-plan his game
03:29re-strategize
03:30understanding
03:30that Chad Gable
03:32is an absolute machine
03:33Gable may have the best stamina
03:35of anybody in this gauntlet match
03:38it's of the utmost importance
03:40for Rusev to find that
03:41knockout shot
03:42Rusev just got about down
03:44as he went into the steel steps
03:46and think about the pressure
03:47Corey
03:48that is on Chad Gable
03:49tonight
03:51he's an opportunity
03:53to perform in front of his family
03:54and friends in Minnesota
03:55at SummerSlam
03:56an opportunity
03:57to perhaps
03:58attempt to win
03:59his first ever singles title
04:01in WWE
04:01let's call it what it is
04:03Chad Gable is still
04:05on a redemption court
04:06this man burned
04:07plenty of bridges
04:08oh
04:10with fans
04:11with friends
04:11cover by Rusev
04:13and a kick out
04:15and let's not forget
04:15Corey
04:16let's look back
04:16a few years
04:17right
04:18Gable's obsession
04:19with the Intercontinental Championship
04:21is what started
04:22this dark
04:23downward spiral
04:24for Gable
04:25that sent him
04:25into the depths of Mexico
04:26to learn the Lucha
04:28Labre tradition
04:29because he couldn't
04:29beat Luchadores
04:30that was started
04:31all over the obsession
04:32for this championship
04:38right now
04:39once again
04:40Rusev is locked in
04:41targeting the lower back
04:42of the former Olympian
05:01Rusev with a big smile
05:02on his face
05:03and this is what's
05:04intriguing to me
05:05if Rusev gets by Gable
05:08guess who's next up
05:10the last entrant
05:11in the gauntlet match
05:14it's Ethan Page
05:15I know
05:16and what you've been
05:17dreaming about for weeks
05:18may finally come to fruition
05:20Cole
05:20Ethan Page
05:21and Rusev may have to
05:22fight one another
05:23yeah and not just
05:24fight one another
05:24but fight for an opportunity
05:26to be at SummerSlam
05:27for the Intercontinental title
05:29and Gable now
05:30big back
05:31by a drop
05:31to Rusev
05:32buys himself some time
05:34nasty landing
05:34for Rusev
05:35right on his tailbone
05:36in the side of his hip
05:37that might have actually
05:38been worse than a flat back
05:41Gable trying to regain
05:43his composure here
05:44Rusev stunned momentarily
06:05Gauntlet match
06:07Rusev
06:07Chad Gable
06:08the winner of this match
06:10will advance to
06:10take on the final
06:12competitor tonight
06:13Ethan Page
06:15Rusev's buddy
06:16his tag team partner
06:20and for Chad Gable
06:21a ton of pressure
06:22as we mentioned earlier
06:23in this match up tonight
06:25but it's self-imposed
06:26Cole
06:26that might be
06:27what's driving
06:28Chad Gable
06:28but Gable really only
06:29has to blame himself
06:30for the past year or so
06:32well I'm talking about
06:32the fact
06:33an opportunity
06:33to perform
06:34in his home state
06:35of Minnesota
06:35his hometown
06:36of Minneapolis
06:36to battle for
06:37a singles championship
06:38he's never won one
06:39in his career
06:40the Intercontinental title
06:41against Penta
06:42in a championship
06:43that Chad Gable
06:44obsessed over
06:45for a year
06:46which led to
06:47his downward spiral
06:50and now Gable
06:52from the top rope
06:53flying
06:54blows line
06:55by Gable
06:57you mentioned it earlier
06:59Gable's redemption
07:00tour
07:07critical moment
07:09we know Penta
07:11is somewhere
07:12looking on
07:12to see who
07:14we'll defend against
07:15in the biggest party
07:16this summer
07:16it begins two weeks
07:18from Saturday
07:18the epic two-night event
07:20SummerSlam
07:29not sure you want
07:30to get into a slugfest
07:31with Rusev
07:35cinder block
07:37right hands
07:38from Rusev
07:38but Gable answering
07:39vicious overhand
07:41strikes
07:42at Piro Tazos
07:43Gable picked up
07:44in Mexico
07:45went for the angle
07:46slam
07:46Rusev able to
07:47rake the eyes
07:48I believe
07:49the official
07:49didn't see it
07:50Moshka kicked by Rusev
07:51cover
07:52now oh look
07:53into the accolade
07:53it took out
07:55Javon Evans
07:55will it take out
07:56Chad Gable
08:01Gable trapped
08:02in the center
08:03of the ring
08:03in the clutches
08:04of the line
08:05of Bulgaria
08:07yeah Chad Gable's
08:08dream about
08:09the turn into
08:09a nightmare
08:12Gable trying to
08:13fight out of this
08:16trying to make it
08:17to a bottom rope
08:19Gable's managed
08:19to get his knees
08:20to get his knees
08:20under himself
08:21which will mitigate
08:22the pain of this
08:23submission
08:24look at where the
08:25fingers are placed
08:25into the eyes
08:26of Gable
08:28Gable though
08:29slips out from
08:29behind
08:30and Chad
08:33oh and a German
08:34suplex into the
08:35turnbuckle
08:37Rusev's neck
08:38struck the top
08:39buckle
08:39Gable with a victory
08:41roll
08:41shoulders down
08:43Gable advances
08:46Rusev has been
08:48eliminated
08:50Rusev not going to
08:52take this defeat
08:53gracefully
08:55of course not
08:57Rusev continuing
08:58to weaken
08:59Chad Gable
09:00for his buddy
09:01and that's
09:01the last entry
09:02in a gauntlet match
09:03trends are
09:04for
09:06all ego
09:07Ethan Page
09:08as Rusev continues
09:11to punish
09:11Chad Gable
09:12with the accolade
09:14and leave Gable
09:15a sitting duck
09:17for Ethan Page
09:18Rusev serving up
09:20Chad Gable
09:20on a silver platter
09:23for the greatest
09:25North America
09:28sorry to disappoint
09:30you Cole
09:30you're not going
09:31to get it tonight
09:31Ethan Page
09:33with a kick to the face
09:34a quick cover
09:35on Gable
09:35two go to
09:36silver slam
09:37and a kick out
09:38by Chad
09:42Page in his
09:42first career
09:43gauntlet match
09:44but he's only
09:44got to win one
09:45cover
09:47Gable again
09:48the near fall
09:49for Page
09:51Page's first
09:52gauntlet match
09:53could lead
09:53to Page's first
09:54Summer Slam
09:55could lead
09:56to Page's first
09:57token of excellence
09:59the Intercontinental Championship
10:01one of these two men
10:02will face Penta
10:03this is what you love
10:04hey
10:06stop making this
10:07so hard buddy
10:08stop making me
10:10work tonight
10:10stay down
10:12stay down
10:14and make this
10:14easy for me
10:15oh and Gable
10:20no quit
10:21inside
10:22Chad Gable
10:23in the 2012
10:24US Olympian
10:27ingrained in his
10:28blood
10:29the no quit
10:30attitude
10:31but that
10:32the accolade
10:33by Rusev
10:34and then
10:34the shenanigans
10:36after the match
10:36may have done
10:37Gable in
10:37I have no good
10:38authority
10:39that Ethan Page
10:39actually declined
10:40several invitations
10:41to compete for
10:42Canada in the Olympics
10:44I think he actually
10:45trained for it
10:46at one point
10:46his career
10:47he did train
10:49he was chosen
10:49and said no
10:50I'm too good
10:51for that
10:51Zach Wheeler
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