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00:00This bell rings, and we are underway for the World Heavyweight Championship
00:19A symbol of the days of old
00:23As Seth continues to play mind games with the OTC
00:28Yeah, I mean, the OTC, as always, a picture of ice-cold confidence externally
00:36But you know, internally, there is just a mania building in his mind right now
00:42And the ghost of Christmas past right there
00:45Seth Rollins continues to haunt the island of relevancy
00:50This is our main event of SummerSlam Sunday
01:22And the second time
01:32the talking is over it's time to fight for the world title
01:40big fight feel here tonight at u.s bank stadium in minnesota as roman reigns looked at outpower
01:47early on power was always going to be roman reigns's advantage here how does roman keep
01:58his championship tonight he has to keep the red mist from descending that neurosis in his head
02:05he has to block it out as best he can if he gets emotional if he gets raggedy in there
02:11i promise
02:12you seth rollins is going to exploit that crack and turn it into a major chasm and seth rollins
02:19right from the off just toying with roman reigns trying to make him pray we mentioned the 1300 16
02:25day reign of roman reigns as champion it ended because roman reigns let his emotions get the
02:33best of him at wrestlemania when seth rollins came to the ring and it allowed cody rhodes to win the
02:39title roman reigns has never forgotten that night so if you're rollins how do you beat
02:44reigns to win a seventh world title tonight you make reigns come unglued look everyone's aware that
02:50physically speaking very few can match the all-round abilities of roman reigns although let's face it
02:56seth rollins gets a hell of a lot closer than most what you have to do is throw roman off
03:02his game
03:03and stop moments like this
03:10rollins with a leapfrog went for the side headlock while it's with one of his own
03:17set now across the ring fast pace to start things here woman reigns got turned around a bit and
03:25collins turns it into a sling blade and again a speed a technical advantage has to go to rollins and
03:32this it's really not much between either of them at any level here it's interesting two of the most
03:39popular most respected superstars in the world yes they are but there is a historical ledger between these
03:49two whatever they encounter and it's completely one-sided in favor of robins yeah again right
03:57reigns missed wildly set rollins down teen off on the champion roman reigns well seth is just baiting
04:04roman in at this point he's inside the head of roman and again pure power winning out but again well
04:09he's been inside the head of roman most of roman's career every big match they've had shatner-rollins wins
04:26and roman explodes out of the corner with a close line yeah this is some rage inside
04:31roman now a little catharsis temporarily perhaps trains across the ring missed wildly
04:37rollins with a kick right to the knee drops roman reigns to a knee super kick to the face and
04:43again
04:44rollins is countering everything that roman's trying on this historical ghost that haunts roman is
04:52continuing right now that is how you get in the head of the otc well you heard what rollins said
04:58right
04:58he believes he's the architect of roman reigns that he created the reigns that we see today
05:05right now we are seeing the psyche of roman reigns being shattered
05:11rollins nobody home roman reigns using some quickness with a big jumping clothesline to take
05:17rollins down
05:20and now it's roman's turn to punish rollins
05:39oh what a big boom yeah this is a sustained moment of authority for roman in this match for the
05:46first time sending a little something back the way of set freaking rollins and roman's starting to
05:52settle a little bit now you can feel it locked and loaded
06:02roman went for the superman punch rollins able to turn it around with a forearm of his own
06:09and now seth sets roman over the top rope to the floor and these counters are seth telling roman i
06:14know
06:15you better than you know yourself
06:20rollins across the ring suicide dive driving reigns back first to the barricade very little that roman
06:27is trying is working thus far and rollins again driving roman into the barricade and the champions reeling
06:38and roman starting to feel it rollins now driving open into the spanish announce desk
06:48wait shutts had an answer for everything listen cole you've been ringside for the entirety of roman
06:54reigns's career he does not have off nights he does not have kryptonite unless seth rollins is there
07:02great way to describe it because that is what rollins has been to roman reigns throughout his
07:07career he's the only one rollins now clearing the spanish announce desk
07:15the official sean bennett telling rollins to get back in the ring and break the count you have to
07:19believe the official is going to have a lot of leeway in this big title match tonight no doubt about
07:24that no
07:25one wants to see this one blown up for a minor he went to the well once too often and
07:31roman
07:32reigns made him pay for it with the right hand it was just too much of a weight there for
07:36roman reigns
07:37and seth may have made a critical error and a drive-by by roman well seth opened the door and
07:43he can only
07:43blame himself for that one and now seth rollins
07:52try to regroup and gather himself look roman made a few errors in the early goings of this one but
08:02that was seth's error that has allowed roman back into this and that is a mistake you cannot afford to
08:07make with the otc roman reigns now he climbs into the crowd to go after rollins and again i mentioned
08:14there's going to be a lot of leeway that the officials going to let these two get away with tonight
08:27so much on the line in this matchup not just the championship but the respect
08:36i mean for both men at this point strategy clearly out the window this has just turned into a violent
08:42brawl here hopefully both guys keeping their eyes on what is really at stake which is the
08:48world heavyweight championship well the absolute disdain that these two have for one another
08:54one of the greatest rivalries of this era we talked about it earlier though it's crucial to keep in control
09:03keep control your faculties keep control of where you're trying to head in this one
09:12now look at rollins utilizing that stanch into the midsection of the brains
09:24roman uh breathing heavily
09:30referee referee really giving a ton of leeway as you mentioned colin rightly so nobody wants this
09:36thing thrown out i said let him fight that's what they're doing oh god and a suplex onto the steel
09:45and i'll tell you right now just bolts of lightning shooting up the spine of seth rollins detonating
09:53right at the top straight into his brain and that is devastating for rollins and physically he's not
10:03going to be the same for the rest of this match after that impact and rollins making his way back
10:08to the
10:08timekeepers area roman reigns though here he comes well like a knee lift right to the jaw of roman just
10:15in
10:16the nick of time there from seth freak and rollins and now getting close to getting back in the ring
10:21but
10:21major damage to state by bow off the apron and a high knee by rollins
10:32and both men looking wiped out at this stage but we know they can ratchet through the gears we've
10:39seen it time and again and seth rollins looks like he's got some major plans here
10:47roman just trying to stand up trying to use the barricade to balance
10:51robin's in a battle for survival and seth rollins has bloodlust in his eyes
11:00now mocking reigns
11:02the real roman reigns has just awakened
11:28seth rollins body buckling
11:33well rollins cooked up something devious but it backfired and powered through that table
11:40by the otc who has swung this one around
11:45get back in here let's go the official admonishing roman reigns to break the count the champion back into
11:52the ring momentarily
11:53the ring moment come on
12:04the minnesota vikings here at ringside
12:08mocking rollins uh football ability
12:11and roman something that's completely renewed we've seen this from him in the past back from the dead
12:18with bad intent in mind
12:30what does roman have in mind more punishment for seth rollins gonna use all the announce table
12:36no
12:38no
12:39rollins
12:40rollins gonna turn the tables
12:42oh god
12:43rollins with the bomb through the announce table
13:10on the side of the ring here a scene of utter devastation
13:17it looks like a car crash enjoying themselves but these competitors clearly not
13:24and now crucially a count has started and both men may be completely toasted
13:30and this only favors roman a count out with keep the title around the waist of roman reigns
13:36seth rollins has to get reigns back in the ring but at least break the count
13:40but even you know roman reigns doesn't want to end it like this roman reigns wants a definitive victory
13:46over the ghost of his past seth rollins he might not get it the official at seven the officials at
13:52seven
13:52reigns and rollins trying to come through we're at a count of eight now
13:56rollins is close reigns a million miles off a count of nine rollins beats the count
14:02reigns beats the count south rollins
14:06pedigree cover
14:09for the title
14:10for the title
14:41an incredible main event
14:47i mean it's lunacy that these two are even moving at this point but one man is moving
14:53better than the other and that uh oh the challenge is in position
14:57seth freaking rollins rollins is in position roman reigns trying to make it back to his feet
15:03rollins was looking for a stop but he ran into a superman punch cover by the champion
15:08under the leg rollins got the shoulder up at two and that's just an instinctive kick out from one of
15:17the greatest in history seth rollins who has no clue where he's at right now going in for the kill
15:23and simply beaten to the punch by the otc wait are the emotions starting to run through reign's brain
15:29what do i need to do to beat him how can i beat him i gotta be honest with you
15:33at this point in the
15:35match this deep in the match it's not about emotion it's about who has those championship instincts
15:40who has the drive who has the grip who can fight through this faculties are simply not firing in
15:48the mind as they were but there's the prize on the line two of the most important figures
15:53in the history of wwe are battling it out tonight for the world heavyweight championship to be the
16:01man in this business will it be reigns will it be rollins
16:09if you're a betting man you're putting the house on roman reigns right now not quite sure i take that
16:17bet
16:47absolutely stunning from the otc
16:51dead and buried and somehow digging his way back into this thing going in for him eating the time
16:59off his own spear he's rocked he's rattled and he's stumped by Seth Freak and Rawlings but that
17:06is not enough when you're up against the OTC Rawlings pulled an ace out of the deck
17:14but Roman Reigns was able to kick out what's going through Seth's mind right now what has
17:20Roman said this week you'll never be a one you'll always be in my shadow you'll always be one
17:25level below me and that hates at Seth Rollins Seth wants to shove those words down the throat of
17:33Roman Reigns and it might be about to do just that Rollins yeah putting Roman up on his shoulders
17:44it's an insane level of power this deep into a matchup when you've been bruised battered and
17:49bloody yeah two of the most well-conditioned men in WWE today
17:56we talked about it earlier in the show those championship gears when the spotlight is the
18:01brightest do you have them yes or no these two have both proved it time and time again they
18:07certainly do massive crowd looking on as Rollins heads to the top rope trying to control Roman
18:15Reigns here trying to bring the world title home Roman Reigns is a big big opponent to try and lift
18:22up from that position and I don't think Seth has it in him right now Roman with a headbutt driving
18:30Rollins to the mat
18:34uh oh Rollins up top hooks he hooks Roman
18:40Rollins with a superplex and he's gonna roll through can he get Roman up look at the falconel but no
18:47guillotine
18:48guillotine cover by Reigns guillotine by Reigns Rollins is slowly is Rollins gonna tap that choke is locked in deep
18:57and struggling with a severe lack of power now is Seth Freakin' Rollins and he's made it cold
19:03Reigns has got it locked in Rollins with nowhere to go now showing some signs of life it's frantic moments
19:11now for Seth Freakin' Rollins and that is completely synched in now
19:15Roman wrapping his legs like a constrictor around the waist of Rollins looking to pass Rollins out
19:22I mean you simply can't fight back from that position you've got no oh here we go
19:27Seth Rollins though still in this
19:30Seth needs to get to the ropes it's his only hope
19:35Rollins said not yet not yet I've got fight I've still got fight
19:42oh my god talk about willpower talk about willpower Seth Rollins trying to fight back to a vertical base
19:50oh this is completely insane that is not a cruiserweight he's picking up there
19:55that's one of the biggest on the roster
19:57and Rollins is able to slip his his arm around the around the face of of Roman Roman
20:05landed on his feet from behind
20:07SMEAR! SMEAR by Reigns!
20:10TO RETAIN!
20:12ZET KICKED OUT!
20:13Rollins KICKED OUT!
20:15HOW THE HELL DID ROLLINS KICK OUT?
20:17OH MAN AN ACTION REPLAY ON THAT COUNT PLEASE
20:22because I thought that was over the entire stadium
20:26thought it was over a flush spear right to the midsection
20:31of an exhausted Seth Rollins and just about
20:36kicking out achieving this one alive
20:39Seth you absolute freaking ninja
20:43that was three
20:47man number three
20:49this bitch is a ten
20:51I'm the one
20:53that was the two
20:55you know what I mean
20:57that's what Rollins was
20:59I told you before
21:01you're number two
21:02that's all that would be
21:05boom
21:07if you want to try to change that one
21:08I can't tell you
21:10this is amazing
21:12this is amazing
21:18see again Roman's got to get in control of his emotions
21:21doesn't want to go down that rabbit hole again
21:23it's cost him way too many times
21:25against Rollins
21:26yeah this is that red mist is now descended
21:28in the mind of the OTC
21:30Clarity has completely gone
21:34and this could be a problem for Roman
21:36despite the fact that he's in control here
21:38he continues to call himself
21:41A1
21:43bigger and better than Rollins
21:45but does he believe it
21:47Rollins with a spear
21:50Rollins
21:51crawl into the cover
21:52Seth's gonna do it here
21:56Roman kicks out again
21:59an instant classic
22:01an instant classic
22:02at SummerSlam
22:04but it was the goading
22:06by Roman Reigns
22:08the taunting
22:09the pie facing
22:10and it almost cost him again
22:12open that window for Seth
22:14to pull out this
22:16and almost steal it
22:17from Roman Reigns
22:20will win it
22:21the World Heavyweight Championship
22:23and you've got to see the reaction in the arena
22:25this is the Vikings
22:27the Minnesota Vikings team
22:29loving what they're seeing
22:33They're all right
22:34No!
22:35You're passing the corner
22:36I'm a big tip
22:37No!
22:40No!
22:41No!
22:43No!
22:43No!
22:45No!
22:45No!
22:46No!
22:47No!
22:48own your ass. The only reason you're number one is because they make you number one. You
22:56understand that? Tonight, I take that for you. And Rollins' mind games continue. Rifting
23:15Roman up. Middle of the ring. Rollins with a buckle bomb to Reigns. And now, with a stop caught by
23:27Roman. Reigns down. With a buckle bomb to Rollins. And a stop by Roman. A stop by Roman. A stop
23:42by Reigns. The cover.
23:45Reigns is alive. Reigns is alive.
23:52Oh God. Both men tonight at their supreme best at times. Losing focus on the real prize of the world
24:01heavyweight champion. But driven by something else. I don't know if it's competition. If it's hatred.
24:08It's about being the best. It's about being number one. That's what this is about. The top of the food
24:14chain. For 12 years, these two men have been fighting over who's on top. On who's the best. And tonight,
24:22that's what it's about. That's what they want to prove.
24:24And we're still waiting for the answer, Cole.
24:30What a damn match.
24:36I mean, how are you even stirring at this point? How are you not completely laid out? It's like they
24:45both get re-energized.
25:05The rooster. It's only been me and you.
25:29I need to prove to you that I'm the man.
25:39Listen to this place.
25:58Rollins thought he was getting the upper hand, but no.
26:01Wait a minute. Rollins into the official. The official is down.
26:05And that Burton shot to the jaw of the official.
26:09And two titans of this industry slugging it out.
26:12Oh, and talk about a little wacky lie.
26:15Hello, Dean Ambrose.
26:23And another, well, look like he's gonna go for another road.
26:27But Roman Reigns does to the third Shield member.
26:35He's got his bearings back, too. Roman Reigns could kill it here.
26:46Reigns holds it out. Oh, no. He just speared the official.
26:51Stomped by Rollins. But there's no referee.
26:55And there's no coming back from that spear. Not if you're an official.
27:05And I don't even know if Seth had the energy to go for a pin after that stomp.
27:09It was a desperation move. It worked.
27:12This is one of the damnedest matches that I've had an opportunity to call.
27:19Industrial levels of durability from two men driven to be nothing.
27:25But the guy stood on top of this mountain alone.
27:37This is one of those matches, Wade.
27:40You never want to see it.
27:48The official Sean Bennett is down and out.
28:09And when a referee is down, Cole, normal rules suddenly don't apply.
28:18Rollins with a steel chair.
28:23The weapon that started this all 12 years ago.
28:30A blast from the past.
28:38Much like the betrayal of 2014.
28:43Seth Rollins with a steel chair in hand.
28:48Roman Reigns oblivious.
28:51No, he's not.
28:52Rollins stepped down.
28:55And Seth just took way too long.
28:58And that sword has suddenly switched hands.
29:01A hesitation by Rollins.
29:04And what a moment of catharsis this could be for Roman Reigns.
29:1112 years in the making.
29:167.
29:1710.
29:2530.
29:263.
29:3210.
29:3610.
29:4011.
29:4216.
29:4222.
29:4224.
29:4324.
29:51Roman Reigns shedding the obsession.
29:57I'll move past this.
29:59We're going to end this man to man.
30:29Former brothers in arms, now bitter rivals, battling for the World Heavyweight Championship.
30:35Just two heavyweights slugging it out in Route 12 here, Cole.
30:43Who is going to dig down deeper? Who's got a little bit more left?
30:48Who is the better man?
31:10Come on, come on.
31:18Yes, yes, yes.
31:21Come on, Roman.
31:23Come on.
31:24Come on.
31:25Come on.
31:27You're the man.
31:29You're the man.
31:30Headbutt by Reigns.
31:32And another.
31:32Now taking out his anger.
31:35Seth Rollins with a kick to the midsection.
31:37Yes, yes, yes, yes.
31:40Just Boseman pushing way past breaking points.
31:44Roman with a right.
31:53Silverman punch.
31:55And Seth stays off.
32:00Oh, Pedigree turns a spear into a Pedigree.
32:15Went for the stop.
32:16Roman able to duck underneath.
32:18And I think Seth landed a bit gingerly on his ankle.
32:22Still moving pretty down.
32:23Stop!
32:24Oh!
32:27Reigns is flatlined here.
32:30Reigns is done.
32:32From the top rope.
32:35Looking for a super stop.
32:39Smear!
32:41There's still no referee.
32:49Another spear!
32:52Smear!
33:03Smear!
33:05Smear!
33:09Smear!
33:11Smear!
33:16Smear!
33:18Smear!
33:25A third spear, the death blow to the shield, the death blow to Seth Lyons.
33:33Roman Reigns retains the title.
33:36Here is your winner, and still, the World Heavyweight Champion, the OTC, Roman Reigns!
33:57I don't even know what to say.
34:04Except that was one of the greatest main events I've witnessed at SummerSlam.
34:11I don't think we have ever seen two competitors expend as much energy, as much violence,
34:21as much of their souls in pursuit of victory as we did in tonight's main event.
34:29And Roman Reigns had the option to go cheaply, to take a cheap path to victory.
34:36He said, no, I need to be set the right way.
34:41I need to show the world that I am the better man.
34:49There was no bloodline.
34:52It was straight up one on one.
34:57And Roman Reigns retains the championship.
35:12Well, I've seen a lot of title defenses from Roman Reigns.
35:16None more arduous than this.
35:18Yes, that was the pedigree out of nowhere.
35:21Seth Rollins going for this super stop.
35:24From the very top, a nimble Roman Reigns somehow pulling a spear out of nowhere
35:30after all these two had gone through.
35:32And here was spear number two, driven into the sternum of Seth Rollins.
35:37It was almost poetic that Roman Reigns would end this.
35:43But not one, not two, but three spears.
35:50Remember the shield.
35:52The brothers of three.
35:56Justin Jefferson loving it at ringside.
36:01Ladies and gentlemen, Roman Reigns has now tied up all loose ends.
36:07Everybody knows.
36:10One, two champion.
36:12One, two, six star.
36:18He finally got rid of all the skeletons in his closet.
36:26Roman Reigns exercised the visionary.
36:39And for tonight, Roman Reigns proves he was just one step better.
36:51The number two shades might cry.
37:05The middle's CD ön.
37:05The gliding, special, critical.
37:05But it's gonna move.
37:18Human light gas
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