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00:12and their tag team partner from los angeles california
00:24la night has been caught in this bloodline vortex for a number of years now not to mention his
00:33opportunity to try to get a title off roman reigns this man la night won the united states
00:39championship back in 2024 here at summer slam against logan paul oh and wait a minute wasted
00:44little time to get this match up underway and this is going to be a chaotic brawl yeah it was
00:49never
00:50going to be a friendly sporting affair it's about who can get up first on their opponents and put
00:55them away la night though would go on to to lose the united states championship back at wrestlemania
01:01to one jacob fatu let's not forget that la night was actually tagging with the bloodline just this
01:07wrestlemania a few months back against the vision yeah before they were really formed into this
01:12bloodline once again i would certainly waters have got a little murkier with the bloodline ever
01:17simi uso over the top and taking out keys and night and now solo sokoa coming up from main event
01:25jay
01:25uso and now jay uso with the right hand as well and jay uso and his younger brother solo sokoa
01:32going at
01:32it right now in the matchup the usos have a spectacular record weighed at summerslam jay 5-1 in his
01:41career jimmy
01:42uso has never lost a match at this event solo sokoa with a big right they arguably the greatest tag
01:48team of
01:49all time of all time with one of the winningest records of all time
01:54and now solo sokoa is joining jay uso
02:01running back to yeats but uh well got his own take on the yeats
02:06man solo sokoa has really come out of his shell hasn't he yeah a little bro with zero respect for
02:14high achieving twin older brothers balenciam jacob fatu can be a little respected to solo the samoan
02:22werewolf the man who had to join the bloodline after losing to roman reigns back at clash in italy
02:32and now solo with a samoan drop to fatu this is bloodline and look at jacob jacob just sat right
02:40back up solo sokoa doesn't realize that fatu's back on his feet now he does a little too cocky
02:47there this is former bloodline enforcer versus current bloodline enforcer and right now the
02:54current guy jacob fatu is winning that duel you mentioned solo sokoa there's the senton by
03:01fatu solo has refused to go back to the family
03:08jacob fatu said he's gonna beat it into him so i think that's really interesting fatu and the
03:13usos just a few months ago giving specific orders by roman reigns bring solo back to the family they
03:20they failed at that now let's say they fail again tonight to pull away this trio heads may well roll
03:27in the bloodline oh and a cheap shot by jay uso hey listen for solo sokoa he went out on
03:33a limb
03:35practically begging la night and royce keys to join forces to finally end the bloodline once and for
03:41all
03:42and you gotta wonder if royce keys and la night for that matter actually trust solo sokoa i've talked
03:54about this at length on monday night raw la night and this paranoia that has kicked in surrounding
03:59this years-long battle against the bloodline is it really paranoia if it is years-long issues that
04:07scuppered his chances of winning gold numerous times maybe it's not so much paranoia it's just reality
04:12well did you ever think you'd see the day that oh and a cheap shot headbutt you ever think you'd
04:17see
04:17the day when la night was teaming with solo sokoa i never thought i would see that happen but the
04:21enemy of my enemy is my friend at least for the duration of this matchup so i get it all
04:27these guys
04:28royce key solo sokoa and indeed la night are hyper aware that they need to take the bloodline's power
04:34away before total domination of the industry happens once again
04:38you know what time it is bring it down we love you
04:40yes
04:41yeah solo
04:43come back to the family solo
04:47remember jacob fatu was brought into wwe
04:50by that man that he's beaten the hell out of right now solo sokoa
04:55and fatu gonna back it on and up shades of the late great umaga
05:00come on with good chance come on with your ass
05:05fatu a trash talking keys and knight as well cover by jacob hook of the leg and a kick out
05:10by
05:11sokoa smack talk aplenty jacob fatu is a man who is simply uncontrollable as we take another look at
05:17that running hip attack right for the cranium of solo sokoa and there's one on the kisser of la night
05:24for good measure cannot drop your guard around the samoan werewolf no love loss with knight and fatu
05:30and that slight little maneuver to the corner has allowed solo sokoa to try to fight back in this
05:36match and jacob oh what a collision both men down in the middle of the ring sokoa needs this tag
05:44in
05:44the worst way the monster royce keys on the outside looks fresh as a daisy and you know he wants
05:51into
05:51this firefight jacob will make the tag and so will sokoa jimmy usso and royce keys now going at it
06:00keys you burst on the scene mentioned earlier winning the andre the giant memorial battle royal
06:05what a frame royce keys has and he's using it's a full effect big jim now in a world of
06:12huts he's now
06:12sending jim nope reversal keys into the corner but explodes out of there with a close line
06:18and now look at a power jimmy usso up
06:24he's showing off here oh world's strongest slam delivered right in front of mark henry looking on
06:31two he must be impressed and now a pop-up power bomb ultimate spine buster just flattening jay usso
06:41and now royce keys the southpaw unloading with the left hands
06:46he's blasting jacob off the apron royce keys ready to fight anyone at this point yeah but again the
06:53distraction allows jimmy usso now to take control and that chaos in tag action is something that jay
07:01usso and jimmy usso especially are highly accustomed to thriving in that fog he's had things going his
07:09way after that spine buster but an interference and a distraction has allowed jimmy usso to take control
07:15oh he's got five bodies dropped right now although keys back to his feet rapidly and the big man going
07:22to climb up to the second rope what is keys have in mind here i mean he can do whatever
07:27he wants power
07:28wise from the most freakish of angles and i would not want to be jimmy usso right now trying to
07:34power
07:35jimmy up jimmy trying to counter trying to shift his balance so difficult to do on an unstable base on
07:41the ropes but if anyone can royce keys can oh he can oh and he turns it in to an
07:47avalanche slam royce
07:49keys somehow pulled that off royce top choice power slam but so much taken out of keys already just
07:58cannot make that cover on big jimmy usso who may well have sustained a injury to that left leg
08:10and now la knight on the apron looking to make a tag
08:21oh and look at this la knight now exploding into the ring night going to work on jay usso
08:28reversal jay sent into the ropes la knight now scoop slam la knight la knight simply enjoying this a
08:36little too much
08:43this is cathartic this is kvorka and a big brute right to the face of jacob fatu la knight has
08:52been
08:52waiting for this for the bft jay usso and a spear a spear into the cover night kicks out
09:00oh i was gonna say roman reigns would have been proud of that one from jay usso but that kick
09:05out
09:06means there's too much left in the tank of the mega star not letting this one slip between his hands
09:13capacity crowd here tonight us bank stadium minnesota six-man tag team action la knight off the spear
09:22in trouble in the center of the ring is jay usso now heads up toward the top rope la knight
09:27back to his
09:27feet great agility by night superplex now's that mega pledge but look out jimmy usso with an usso splash
09:39a referee losing control here we go buddlam in this one solo sokoa with a spinning solo
09:48jacob fought two down goes solo with the impaler ddt
09:56uh-oh turn around jacob your old buddy you're all running buddy royce keys
10:11and now the fight spills outside the race over here royce keys tried for months
10:19to stay away from a physical confrontation with his long time friend jacob fatu
10:24oh this looks bleak but two now looks into the timekeepers area royce keys with a slam into the
10:32timekeepers area converted that into a power slam at the last moment and both men there may be
10:38completely wiped out of this one and meanwhile la knight from behind screwing up jay usso looking to
10:43put him away knight and a kick out of two la knight misses wildly jay usso with another spear
10:49another spear by jay tag made jimmy's going up top sticking with the double whammy the usso special
10:57usso splash cover by jimmy knight is still in this match there's a tingling in the lines of the
11:08megastar that just about allowed him to kick out much to the shock of the usos what the hell do
11:14we
11:15have to do tonight to put megastars away yeah they cannot understand the referee daryl
11:19sharma with the count there the usos thought it was three i mean it was a double bullseye from the
11:24usso that was perfection and that historically has always worked and now jay usso is the legal
11:30man and they're calling for it the usos are calling for the one d the one and done but solo
11:36samoe and spike jay doesn't realize what happened now he does la knight
11:43bft blood force trauma
11:47they beat the bloodline
11:51here are your winners the team of royce keys solo
12:00sokoa and l hey knight wait what does this mean for knight sokoa and royce keys i mean that is
12:11a highly
12:12effective trio and i don't know what chemistry solo sokoa was cooking up with these three but damn it
12:19worked like a treat for the bloodline they are gonna have to go back to roman reigns the otc and
12:27explain
12:27why they failed here tonight at summer slam
12:33well this is the moment royce keys averted disaster with that power slam to jayko batu
12:40now this is the moment jimmy usso thought he put this one to back from the top row right after
12:46a steer
12:46from jay usso just perfection and it should have been there but the megastar had something stirring tonight
12:53to keep himself in this one and the samoan spike by solo sokoa jay usso just realizing what happened
13:02bft from la knight and the victory
13:08meanwhile in the ring wave solo sokoa is telling la knight
13:13i told you so i told you we needed to bring forces to bring to join forces to bring the
13:19bloodline down
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13:57picking the generals
14:27let's go
14:28The following contest is scheduled for one call.
14:34Introducing first, from Vienna, Austria, weighing in for 250 pounds, the ring general, Goldberg.
14:49The career killer, the man who has ended the careers of Goldberg, John Cena, AJ Styles, and
15:00tonight, he wants to officially end the in-ring career of Nick Aldis.
15:16And this match is presented by the General Insurance.
15:21The General Insurance gives you a break when you need it most.
15:30So Gunther is a dominant wrestler, and he feels in his mind like the system has held
15:36it back, and the face of that system is Nick Aldis.
15:42Yeah, a leave of absence, his SmackDown general manager.
16:11And he's a opponent!
16:14From Kingsland, England, weighing in for 250 pounds, the national treasure, Nick Aldis!
16:29Once a modern-day gladiator, Nick Aldis enters the ring for the first time in nearly three
16:35years.
16:36He's a man who has won world championships around the planet.
16:41But tonight, Nick Aldis has the first opportunity to get into the ring in WWE.
16:47And it has been an emotional time, Wade Barrett, for Nick Aldis.
16:52I'll get to that in a second, Michael Cole, but please, please, this is Nick Aldis making
16:59his WWE in-ring debut at SummerSlam to the Biblical Jews of Oasis.
17:07It's every Englishman's dream!
17:11Congratulations, Nick!
17:13Biblical!
17:14I am a match for it, Michael Cole!
17:16I've never heard your voice go that high.
17:18But what a reception for Nick Aldis here tonight, who on the Chris VanVleet podcast this week
17:24talked about the torturous pressure that is on him tonight.
17:28He was extremely emotional, saying he finally gets an opportunity, and he doesn't want to
17:34let anyone down.
17:35That it might be my one shot here in WWE.
17:39He said, I hadn't come to be quickly.
17:41At 21 years old, I wasn't ready for the big time.
17:44He went on to beat Cody Rhodes for the NWE, a world title.
17:48He would beat the likes of Kurt Angle and AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy in his career.
17:53But tonight, Aldis with an uphill climb against Gunther.
17:56Yeah, make no mistake about it, this is not Michael Scott taking off the suit and stepping in the ring.
18:02This is a world champion level competitor, but I will add the fact that three years out of the ring
18:07and immediately stepping in at this level against arguably the best belt-to-belt in the world in Gunther,
18:14is potential suicide.
18:19Let's face it, at some point ring rust can indeed become permanent,
18:23so these may be nervy early moments here for Nick Aldis.
18:27Yeah, Aldis under a lot of pressure against the ring general, Gunther, one of the greatest wrestlers on the planet
18:32today.
18:33If you're Aldis, what do you need to do to pull off a miracle?
18:36Well, first of all, before anything else, you need to control that emotion.
18:39Look, I started out with Nick Aldis back in 2004, had my first ever in-ring match with Nick in
18:44a pub in front of ten people.
18:45These are boyhood dreams that are coming true for Nick Aldis, but if he's not careful,
18:51this rapidly will descend into a farce and a nightmare for the Englishman.
18:55Wade, you know Nick Aldis perhaps better than anyone when it comes to being in the ring.
19:00You had your very first match of your career against this man.
19:03Yes, I did, going way, way back right now.
19:06And I'll tell you, Nick stepping into the ring with this duration of break these had since his last competing,
19:13it's almost like me stepping back in the ring.
19:15I would never think to do it, because quite simply, I think it's mission impossible,
19:19but that's off to this start from Aldis.
19:21And Gunther now are going to prematurely celebrate on our announce table.
19:27What do you think of Aldis so far?
19:29Well, it's more Gunther I'm focused on. I think Gunther is taking Nick Aldis very lightly.
19:37He doesn't want to make a fool of himself, and Gunther needs to be careful here,
19:41because clearly, physically at least, Nick Aldis absolutely looks the part and more.
19:46Well, Gunther forced this, right? He went after Nick Aldis on a number of occasions,
19:49believes that Aldis was costing him a number of opportunities at the WWE Championship.
19:54Aldis had to be a man. He had to finally defend himself.
19:57Whether you agree with his actions or not, Aldis had to stand up for himself at some point.
20:03Yeah, I did not agree with Nick interfering in the matchup at Saturday night's main event a couple of weeks
20:08ago,
20:08but put that to one side. You are in the hole now, Nick Aldis.
20:12And you have to be very careful that the fun doesn't end once that bell rings,
20:17and this could descend very quickly into a massive humiliation to the...
20:21Oh, and a cheap shot by Gunther. Nick Aldis now fighting back.
20:26This Aldis said to 1992 SummerSlam Wembley Stadium in London was the turning point in his life
20:35when he watched Bret Hart and British Bulldog do battle. In fact, Bret Hart became his idol.
20:39Bret sent him a text this week wishing Nick Aldis luck. And now the power of Aldis with Gunther...
20:45Oh, and down!
20:49Aldis into the cover! Is it enough?
20:51Gunther kicks out at two!
20:53Oh, what a start here from Nick Aldis right up!
20:55And Aldis now looking for the Kings Lynn Cloverleaf.
20:59Kings Lynn, the town in England that Nick comes from in Norfolk.
21:02Didn't quite get it! Oh God, that was nasty!
21:04That chop dropping Aldis to the floor and stopped that little flurry by Aldis.
21:11A heavy, heavy landing by Nick Aldis there.
21:15Gunther taking all of his frustrations out on the chest of Nick Aldis.
21:20One shot per transgression, and this could turn into a bloodbath.
21:25Nick Aldis said that this match up here tonight with Gunther,
21:29he looks at Gunther as a man who's representing opportunities that he didn't get in his career.
21:36He said Gunther had a lot of people in his corner,
21:39but Aldis did not as he's driven face-first into the ring post.
21:46And Gunther now talking trash to Nick Aldis' wife,
21:53with the legendary Mickie James, his son Donovan, looking on here at ringside.
21:59Yeah, and again, that plays into the emotional aspect of this for Nick.
22:02Having your family at ringside, watching you getting beaten down by the ring general, but wait up!
22:07And again, looking for that cloverleaf, and Gunther has another counter.
22:11Well, that's clearly the mission for Nick Aldis.
22:13Slap on that cloverleaf.
22:14That is his pathway to victory, at least in the mind of Nick Aldis.
22:18But trying to put it on a technical wizard, like Gunther, may be very, very difficult.
22:26You know, Wade, we mentioned Nick Aldis not having a match in nearly three years.
22:31As you just take a look at this shot.
22:34Oh, it's the ripples across the chest of Aldis.
22:38That tells its own story, even without sound.
22:41And that will completely knock the wind out of anybody.
22:44Oh!
22:45But again, it's one thing to be in ring shape, right?
22:48Having competed in nearly three years.
22:51But then when you put all this pressure and stress on top of that...
22:55Well...
22:56Aldis clearly has the size and power to match Gunther.
22:59But with that enforced layoff from the ring, does he have the endurance?
23:04And does he have the willpower to battle through the shots Gunther is giving him on this evidence?
23:10The answer is yes.
23:11Aldis with some rights and then some chops.
23:13Whipped into the corner by Gunther.
23:15And it drops Aldis to his knees.
23:17And I'll tell you right now, getting back in the ring at this level, no warm-up matches whatsoever.
23:23No matches against lesser competitors to make sure your ring shot may have been a bad move.
23:29Sparring partners, right?
23:31Say that again?
23:32Sparring partners.
23:33But even in training is one thing.
23:36Doing game speed in front of a life-paying audience.
23:39In front of TV cameras.
23:40Get all the pressure.
23:41Sparring only does one so much.
23:44And you're in the ring against a man who's a two-time world champion.
23:47He won the world title from Damian Priest here at SummerSlam two years ago.
23:53Aldis whipping Gunther into the corner now.
23:54And now Nick Aldis.
23:56Knee right to the spine.
23:57And Aldis showing some signs of life.
23:59And again, looking to lock in the King's Lynn Cloverleaf.
24:05That's a mouthful.
24:06And now Sweeper from Gunther.
24:08Oh, this could be good night right now.
24:10This is usually the kiss of death when Gunther gets this logged in and rapidly.
24:15Now Aldis is fading.
24:16Yeah, ask AJ Styles and John Cena all about this.
24:20Aldis now down to one knee.
24:23Gunther, the ring general, the career killer, looking to end the dreams of Nick Aldis tonight.
24:29It's starting to get overwhelmed at this point.
24:32The referee taking a very close look.
24:34But Nick not ready to give it up quite yet.
24:36Nick trying to make it to the ropes and he drives Gunther head first into the top turnbuckle.
24:41And Aldis now with a little bit of an opportunity.
24:43The fans are on their feet.
24:45Aldis feeding off this crowd.
24:47And Gunther with a clothesline stops him in his tracks.
24:49It's just a game-wrecking move.
24:52I don't care how big and tough you are.
24:54One shot.
24:54Oh, that right hand will stop Gunther from making it from the top rope.
24:58But now, what does Nick Aldis have in mind?
25:00Well, Nick's happy to fight this one out in the trenches.
25:03And a superplex by Aldis!
25:06And Nick's got a chance.
25:08The official Dan Engler checking on both men.
25:12Take another look at this back and forth action.
25:16Just a de-cleating clothesline there from the ring general.
25:21But replied with this superplex from Nick Aldis.
25:25And both men wiped out.
25:33Do you still have a chance from the crowd here in Minnesota directed to Aldis?
25:39I mean, this has been stunning from Aldis.
25:42And Aldis now taking control!
25:45I can't believe Aldis has stayed in the fight as long as he has.
25:49Gunther now with chopped.
25:50Trying to drive Aldis back to the ropes.
25:53Nick Aldis trying to show signs of life.
25:55Off the ropes now with a clothesline dropping.
25:57Gunther again!
25:58Nick Aldis fighting back!
26:00Nick has the...
26:01Oh, just what I was about to say.
26:03Has the momentum snatched right back by the ring general.
26:06And Aldis...
26:08And now...
26:09Outwitted!
26:09Gunther there!
26:12Gunther back to his feet.
26:14All this as well.
26:15Lifting.
26:16Gunther up.
26:18Shades of Davey Boy!
26:19With a running power slam!
26:21Hooks both legs!
26:22Gunther kicks at two!
26:25Yeah, Englishmen of a certain generation love that move more than any.
26:30Thanks, as you said, to Davey Boy Smith, the British Bulldog.
26:34Main events are a SummerSlam 92 winning the Intercontinental Championship.
26:40And as I mentioned, the match that really made Nick Aldis believe he wanted to be a professional wrestler.
26:45And this has just been stunning from Nick.
26:47Aldis now scaling the heights and could put this one away.
26:51Aldis top rope.
26:52Nobody home.
26:52Gunther ducked underneath.
26:54Aldis back to his feet.
26:55Gunther misses with a big boot.
26:56Aldis now with an opportunity.
26:58Right to the leg.
26:59Can he soften it up for the cloverleaf?
27:01But he looks as good as Nick.
27:03Nick and a good driver by Nick Aldis.
27:05A version of it anyway.
27:07Didn't get all of it as he delivered the slam to Gunther.
27:09And now Aldis gonna head up to the top rope now.
27:12And struggling a bit.
27:14You would expect that in this high stakes matchup.
27:17Elbow from the top.
27:19Shades of the Aldis of old.
27:21And what a bullseye.
27:22And Gunther's in big trouble here.
27:24Nick Aldis may be about to pull off a miracle at SummerSlam.
27:28How much does Nick have left?
27:30Can he dig down deep and put the ring general away?
27:33Elbow to the spine of Gunther who's now writhing in pain.
27:37Oh, this is the one thing Gunther did not envision happening here.
27:40And here he comes.
27:42Kings, Lynn, cloverleaf.
27:45Center of the ring.
27:46Aldis has won titles with this move.
27:49Gunther's in trouble.
27:50Gunther has nowhere to go.
27:52Can Aldis pull off a miracle?
27:54Oh, center of the ring and he's turned it over.
27:56And now Gunther.
27:58Look at his face.
27:59Gunther may tap.
28:00Gunther may tap.
28:01How embarrassing this would be for the career killer.
28:05And he makes it to the bottom rope.
28:11Oh, tantalizingly close for Nick Aldis to pull off the biggest shock of the year.
28:17Yeah, but Nick can't be disappointed here.
28:18He's got to get right back on the attack.
28:20It's still there for the taking, Aldis.
28:25Nick Aldis understands this could be his chance.
28:29His opportunity for one of the biggest upsets in WWE history.
28:37Arthur, though, will send Aldis into the turnbuckle.
28:40In the corner now, the sleeper in.
28:41The sleeper in now.
28:42Nice!
28:43Aldis turns it into a sleeper of his own.
28:45Gunther, though, creates separation off a suplex.
28:50And now Gunther up, down.
28:54Powerbomb.
28:55Stacks him up.
28:56Aldis still at it.
28:57Kick at it, too.
28:58Gunther again.
28:59Trying to wear Aldis down.
29:02And this is that callous side of Gunther's sleeper up.
29:05Back in goal.
29:06Yeah, the legs wrapped around the body of Nick Aldis.
29:08Gunther's saying, tap.
29:09Tap out, Nick.
29:10End this.
29:11Aldis flailing away.
29:13Nowhere to go.
29:14Wrapped up by this constrictor in the middle of the leg.
29:18There's a fire burning inside.
29:20Aldis, do it, Nick!
29:23Nick Aldis trying to fight back to a vertical base, and he does.
29:27Aldis trying to create space.
29:29And again, wrestled back to the mat by Gunther.
29:33Does Aldis have anything left?
29:36And Nick Aldis has to tap out.
29:42Here is your winner by submission, the ring general, Gunther!
29:51You have to wonder if the career killer killed another career here tonight.
29:59But what a performance by Nick Aldis.
30:04Well, the face of Gunther really says it all.
30:08Gunther thought this was going to be a walk in the park.
30:11An exercise in humiliating his sometime GM, Nick Aldis.
30:18It ended up being a fight for his life for the ring general and won.
30:24He only just won.
30:26Hats up to you, Nick Aldis.
30:28Once again, Gunther survives here tonight.
30:33Let's take another look and back at some of this action.
30:36This was the moment.
30:37Nick Aldis shot Gunther with a sleeper of his own.
30:40But fighting out with a Saito suplex before drilling Aldis with this power bomb.
30:46And surely this had to be game over.
30:49The high stack pin and somehow Nick Aldis digging deep enough.
30:52And immediately back in the clutches of the ring general.
30:56And locked tight in the center of the ring.
30:59The hooks are in.
31:00And after a magnificent fighting effort from Nick Aldis.
31:04The seemingly inevitable happen.
31:07The tap out and victory for Gunther.
31:11Yes!
31:13Woo!
31:15Nick Aldis has absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about here tonight.
31:21Woo!
31:25Woo!
31:26Woo!
31:27Woo!
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