1 00:00:08,625 --> 00:00:09,660 [Triple H] Then. 2 00:00:13,263 --> 00:00:14,314 Now. 3 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:20,604 Forever. 4 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:30,046 Together. 5 00:00:37,654 --> 00:00:41,291 [Cole] Chicago living up to its reputation as the windy city today, 6 00:00:41,324 --> 00:00:42,326 breezy and cool. 7 00:00:42,358 --> 00:00:45,345 The Cubs won a home game at Wrigley this afternoon 8 00:00:45,379 --> 00:00:47,114 and the White Sox are on the road tonight, 9 00:00:47,147 --> 00:00:53,003 but Friday Night SmackDown is here, sold out at the Allstate Arena. 10 00:00:54,788 --> 00:00:58,342 And finally we may get some resolution to this simmering rivalry. 11 00:00:58,375 --> 00:01:02,461 The former world champion, Damian Priest, plans to raise some hell tonight 12 00:01:02,495 --> 00:01:07,000 when he steps into the ring with a man that wants to take his career. 13 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:09,570 The dangerous Aleister Black. 14 00:01:09,603 --> 00:01:12,472 Priest, Black, live tonight. 15 00:01:13,957 --> 00:01:17,728 Michin with an opportunity to win her first title in WWE. 16 00:01:17,761 --> 00:01:19,313 Earned it with a win last week. 17 00:01:19,345 --> 00:01:24,134 Tonight she goes head-to-head with the Women's United States Champion. 18 00:01:24,167 --> 00:01:26,503 "Beautiful Madness" Giulia. 19 00:01:26,536 --> 00:01:30,741 It's the Women's United States Championship match live tonight 20 00:01:30,774 --> 00:01:33,026 on Friday Night SmackDown. 21 00:01:38,247 --> 00:01:40,350 [crowd cheering] 22 00:01:40,384 --> 00:01:42,002 [Cole] You hear the reaction. 23 00:01:42,035 --> 00:01:47,107 Chicago's own, CM Punk is here live. 24 00:01:49,176 --> 00:01:52,512 And you are looking live at the Allstate Arena. 25 00:01:52,545 --> 00:01:57,568 For 40 years, home to some unreal WWE history. 26 00:01:57,601 --> 00:01:58,936 We're sold out tonight. 27 00:01:58,969 --> 00:02:04,892 16,678 WWE fans on hand 28 00:02:04,925 --> 00:02:07,277 for Friday Night SmackDown. 29 00:02:07,311 --> 00:02:08,728 Hello again at ringside, everybody. 30 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:11,347 Michael Cole, Corey Graves going to be your SmackDown team 31 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:12,549 for the next couple of months. 32 00:02:12,583 --> 00:02:15,085 It feels great to be back home on SmackDown. 33 00:02:15,118 --> 00:02:18,388 There is something in the air all day long in The Second City. 34 00:02:18,422 --> 00:02:22,226 I have a feeling we'll be talking about tonight, this episode of SmackDown, 35 00:02:22,259 --> 00:02:23,626 for a long time to come. 36 00:02:23,660 --> 00:02:27,030 But before we get there, let's take a look back at last Sunday night. 37 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:29,950 The world is talking about Clash in Paris. 38 00:02:32,501 --> 00:02:35,221 You are looking live 39 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:40,260 at the first WWE premium live event ever in Paris. 40 00:02:40,293 --> 00:02:41,795 [Barrett] Vive la, France! 41 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:43,162 I love these people! 42 00:02:43,197 --> 00:02:44,281 ♪ Oh, my God ♪ 43 00:02:44,314 --> 00:02:46,233 [upbeat music playing] 44 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:57,744 [announcer speaking French] 45 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,880 This is amazing! 46 00:02:59,912 --> 00:03:04,051 [Cole] A big fight feel, a goosebump atmosphere. 47 00:03:04,084 --> 00:03:06,887 Cena, Paul, at Clash in Paris. 48 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,554 [crowd] You can't see me! 49 00:03:09,106 --> 00:03:11,591 [Cole] Cena's throwing everything he has at Logan Paul. 50 00:03:11,625 --> 00:03:13,893 -Styles Clash? -Styles Clash! 51 00:03:15,095 --> 00:03:18,632 [Cole] Logan hits him with a right hand. Cena's still in it. 52 00:03:19,183 --> 00:03:20,566 And Paul off the top rope. 53 00:03:20,601 --> 00:03:22,236 Cena, though, rolls through. 54 00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:24,471 Attitude Adjustment! 55 00:03:24,504 --> 00:03:26,340 John Cena wins! 56 00:03:28,007 --> 00:03:32,396 You gain energy from this building, man. Tonight feels like WrestleMania. 57 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:37,684 [Cole] Fatal 4-Way for the World Heavyweight Championship. 58 00:03:37,718 --> 00:03:42,155 Seth Rollins, LA Knight, CM Punk, and Jey Uso. 59 00:03:44,992 --> 00:03:46,260 Oh, no! 60 00:03:46,510 --> 00:03:48,212 Crash and burn! 61 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:49,963 Punk smells blood. 62 00:03:49,997 --> 00:03:53,100 He knows it's coming. He knows it's his moment. 63 00:03:53,132 --> 00:03:54,734 [shouts] 64 00:03:55,101 --> 00:03:56,553 [Cole] Oh my goodness. Who the… 65 00:03:58,539 --> 00:04:02,108 Becky Lynch! Seth Rollins's wife. 66 00:04:03,994 --> 00:04:06,863 The stomp. And the cover. 67 00:04:06,897 --> 00:04:09,899 [referee] One, two, three. 68 00:04:09,933 --> 00:04:11,250 [bell rings] 69 00:04:11,285 --> 00:04:15,122 [Barrett] Seth Rollins stacks the deck in his favor. 70 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:21,577 But the most dangerous card you can lay is the one nobody realized you were holding. 71 00:04:30,219 --> 00:04:31,555 ["The Time Is Now" playing] 72 00:04:31,587 --> 00:04:32,923 [crowd cheering] 73 00:04:52,609 --> 00:04:54,777 ♪ Your time is up, my time is now ♪ 74 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:57,514 ♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪ 75 00:04:57,813 --> 00:05:00,567 ♪ It's the franchise Boy I'm shinin' now ♪ 76 00:05:00,601 --> 00:05:02,853 ♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪ 77 00:05:05,239 --> 00:05:06,406 Scoot back. 78 00:05:08,825 --> 00:05:11,245 [song continues] 79 00:05:16,733 --> 00:05:18,467 For the last time on SmackDown. 80 00:05:19,536 --> 00:05:20,637 Let's go to work. 81 00:05:25,175 --> 00:05:27,010 [crowd cheering] 82 00:05:39,840 --> 00:05:42,058 ♪ You'll never catch me In the next man's sweater ♪ 83 00:05:42,092 --> 00:05:44,962 ♪ If they hate, let 'em hate I drop ya whole clan ♪ 84 00:05:44,995 --> 00:05:47,998 ♪ Lay yo' ass down For the three-second tan ♪ 85 00:05:48,031 --> 00:05:50,868 [crowd cheering] 86 00:05:50,901 --> 00:05:52,318 ♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪ 87 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,020 [Nash] Ladies and gentlemen, 88 00:05:54,054 --> 00:05:59,258 please welcome John Cena! 89 00:05:59,293 --> 00:06:01,794 [song continues] 90 00:06:33,426 --> 00:06:37,431 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 91 00:06:42,703 --> 00:06:46,156 [crowd cheering] 92 00:06:46,190 --> 00:06:48,558 ♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪ 93 00:06:48,592 --> 00:06:51,260 ♪ It's the franchise Boy I'm shinin' now ♪ 94 00:06:51,294 --> 00:06:54,214 ♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪ 95 00:06:54,248 --> 00:06:56,265 ♪ The time is up, my time is now ♪ 96 00:06:56,299 --> 00:06:58,551 -[song fades] -[crowd cheering] 97 00:07:05,409 --> 00:07:08,762 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 98 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:31,801 S… 99 00:07:31,835 --> 00:07:36,272 [crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena! Thank you, Cena! 100 00:07:47,618 --> 00:07:50,587 You guys have no idea what that means coming from Chicago. 101 00:07:50,621 --> 00:07:52,171 I mean it. Thank you so much. 102 00:07:52,205 --> 00:07:53,774 [crowd cheering] 103 00:07:55,659 --> 00:08:00,229 I see people jumping around the scoreboard from limited view seats over there 104 00:08:00,263 --> 00:08:01,414 just to stand on their feet 105 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:05,219 and be a part of a special, special night here in Chicago. 106 00:08:08,037 --> 00:08:10,440 I remember when this farewell tour started, 107 00:08:10,474 --> 00:08:14,645 all of my peers and everyone I was associated with, 108 00:08:14,678 --> 00:08:20,099 the thing I kept hearing was, "Enjoy this, be present, and have fun." 109 00:08:22,536 --> 00:08:24,287 [crowd member] We love you, Cena! 110 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:26,489 [crowd cheering] 111 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:32,446 But you got to understand I was coming off a lot of bad years 112 00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:34,448 and I really needed to get my mojo back. 113 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:39,736 So I focused on doing great work, giving you my heart and soul 114 00:08:39,770 --> 00:08:43,740 and leaving it all in the ring every single night on this farewell tour. 115 00:08:43,774 --> 00:08:45,592 [crowd cheering] 116 00:08:48,512 --> 00:08:51,365 The reason I say that is because I come out and stand out 117 00:08:51,398 --> 00:08:54,535 here in front of you tonight with absolutely nothing planned. 118 00:08:55,685 --> 00:08:58,972 Because tonight I wanted to have fun. 119 00:09:05,329 --> 00:09:08,699 For over half this tour, I have given you everything I've had. 120 00:09:09,031 --> 00:09:11,518 I've had to overcome hurdles, roadblocks, and pivots, 121 00:09:11,552 --> 00:09:13,920 and you have been with me every step of the way. 122 00:09:13,954 --> 00:09:16,740 But tonight, I'm just going to take it in. 123 00:09:17,991 --> 00:09:20,410 [crowd cheering] 124 00:09:27,084 --> 00:09:31,088 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 125 00:09:36,627 --> 00:09:39,496 That is not a familiar sound for me in this building. 126 00:09:39,530 --> 00:09:40,981 You see these two guys right here, 127 00:09:41,014 --> 00:09:43,717 that's what all… all y'all used to look like right there. 128 00:09:45,002 --> 00:09:49,957 When I came out here, I used to see 14,000 people looking like that. 129 00:09:51,007 --> 00:09:54,444 Not saying, "Thank you, Cena." Maybe something different. 130 00:09:54,478 --> 00:09:57,548 I don't know, "F you, Cena," you can fill in the blanks. 131 00:09:58,814 --> 00:10:02,718 But that, that is what makes this night special. 132 00:10:02,752 --> 00:10:07,024 That is what makes this city special. That is what makes this building special. 133 00:10:07,057 --> 00:10:09,209 That is what makes you people special. 134 00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:11,310 [crowd cheering] 135 00:10:13,881 --> 00:10:15,766 You are not afraid 136 00:10:16,415 --> 00:10:17,584 to use your voice. 137 00:10:17,617 --> 00:10:20,654 You are not afraid to cheer for the ones you love, 138 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,089 even if they're not here. 139 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:27,110 Hell, you bring people back to the WWE, and you know what I'm talking about. 140 00:10:27,144 --> 00:10:28,562 [crowd cheering] 141 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:33,884 [crowd member chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 142 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:41,725 [crowd chants] AJ Lee! AJ Lee! AJ Lee! 143 00:10:45,212 --> 00:10:50,516 Boy, are we in for one exciting night tonight. Are we not? 144 00:10:50,550 --> 00:10:52,886 [crowd cheering] 145 00:10:55,988 --> 00:11:01,310 This is my last time in the city of Chicago. 146 00:11:01,344 --> 00:11:03,347 [crowd clamoring] 147 00:11:06,382 --> 00:11:09,953 This is my last time to ever appear on SmackDown. 148 00:11:10,487 --> 00:11:12,622 [crowd clamoring] 149 00:11:14,741 --> 00:11:16,776 I view it as a beautiful moment. 150 00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:21,497 Because 23 years ago in this very city, 151 00:11:22,499 --> 00:11:28,188 you allowed me on SmackDown to walk down this ramp… 152 00:11:31,491 --> 00:11:35,661 in my skimpy little tights, slap Kurt Angle in the face 153 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:41,185 and start this crazy ride that we have been on for over two decades. 154 00:11:41,218 --> 00:11:42,653 [crowd cheering] 155 00:11:45,355 --> 00:11:49,293 I have had WrestleMania matches with Triple H in this building. 156 00:11:49,326 --> 00:11:51,310 [crowd cheering] 157 00:11:51,344 --> 00:11:54,882 I have had US Open Challenge matches in this building. 158 00:11:54,915 --> 00:11:56,916 [crowd cheering] 159 00:11:57,467 --> 00:11:58,452 This is the building 160 00:11:58,485 --> 00:12:00,786 where I might have finished second place in a World Title match. 161 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:05,442 And the title ended up in CM Punk's refrigerator right here in Chicago. 162 00:12:05,475 --> 00:12:06,627 [crowd cheering] 163 00:12:06,660 --> 00:12:09,762 The place is special, man. 164 00:12:11,014 --> 00:12:15,752 There is an argument about what is the greatest crowd in the WWE. 165 00:12:16,236 --> 00:12:19,506 [crowd cheering] 166 00:12:20,641 --> 00:12:22,342 On the inside track, 167 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:26,079 with the WWE superstars, there's an argument. 168 00:12:28,131 --> 00:12:30,250 In my mind there is no argument. 169 00:12:30,284 --> 00:12:33,370 [crowd cheering] 170 00:12:36,823 --> 00:12:38,876 You guys allowed me to start here. 171 00:12:40,276 --> 00:12:42,629 I'm very, very thankful. 172 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:45,314 Because you kept me honest. 173 00:12:46,016 --> 00:12:48,101 You made sure I gave my all. 174 00:12:48,752 --> 00:12:51,271 You let me experience failure. 175 00:12:51,305 --> 00:12:53,557 You let me experience humility. 176 00:12:54,308 --> 00:12:58,945 [crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena! Thank you, Cena! 177 00:13:05,084 --> 00:13:07,120 [chanting continues] 178 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:17,414 And for the last time, when I really need it the most, 179 00:13:18,182 --> 00:13:19,983 you let me experience joy. 180 00:13:20,016 --> 00:13:21,351 That's the Chicago way. 181 00:13:21,385 --> 00:13:23,420 [crowd cheering] 182 00:13:27,574 --> 00:13:28,824 I don't have any other words. 183 00:13:28,858 --> 00:13:33,045 I just wanted to say thank you so much for a beautiful ride. 184 00:13:33,664 --> 00:13:36,800 Enjoy a hell of a night tonight. 185 00:13:36,833 --> 00:13:39,086 [crowd cheering] 186 00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,656 ["Worlds Apart" playing] 187 00:13:42,689 --> 00:13:45,058 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 188 00:13:45,692 --> 00:13:48,060 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 189 00:13:48,612 --> 00:13:50,264 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 190 00:13:50,296 --> 00:13:51,682 ♪ Let's go! ♪ 191 00:13:58,488 --> 00:14:02,226 [Cole] The brand new United States Champion, Sami Zayn, 192 00:14:02,259 --> 00:14:05,679 who defeated Solo Sikoa last week on Friday Night SmackDown. 193 00:14:07,381 --> 00:14:09,149 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 194 00:14:10,033 --> 00:14:12,636 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 195 00:14:13,437 --> 00:14:17,974 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 196 00:14:18,007 --> 00:14:20,294 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 197 00:14:20,827 --> 00:14:23,796 ♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪ 198 00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:26,433 [crowd cheering] 199 00:14:26,466 --> 00:14:28,834 [music continues] 200 00:14:37,261 --> 00:14:38,929 [music fades] 201 00:14:40,347 --> 00:14:42,015 John, uh… 202 00:14:42,049 --> 00:14:44,200 [crowd clamoring, booing] 203 00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:50,373 Hear me out. I'm not here to interrupt. 204 00:14:50,873 --> 00:14:52,425 I just want to tell you, 205 00:14:53,593 --> 00:14:57,231 watching you this last year on this retirement tour, 206 00:14:57,264 --> 00:15:01,968 getting your opportunity to thank the fans in all these cities… 207 00:15:02,886 --> 00:15:04,588 [crowd clamoring, booing] 208 00:15:06,673 --> 00:15:11,562 Yo, yo, it is happy hour in Chicago and I am here for the boos. 209 00:15:11,594 --> 00:15:12,880 Thank you very much. 210 00:15:16,567 --> 00:15:19,218 Look, I just wanted to come out here to tell you 211 00:15:19,887 --> 00:15:24,690 it would feel wrong to come out here 212 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:30,981 and not look you in the eyes on your last night of SmackDown and tell you 213 00:15:31,481 --> 00:15:37,988 thank you on behalf of all of us back there for everything you've done for us. 214 00:15:42,376 --> 00:15:44,678 And not only that, but a little more specifically, 215 00:15:44,711 --> 00:15:47,164 I want to look you in the eye and I want to say thank you 216 00:15:47,197 --> 00:15:49,532 for everything you did for me. 217 00:15:50,067 --> 00:15:52,202 [crowd cheering] 218 00:15:52,236 --> 00:15:55,805 Because I know you're having your own full circle moment right now. 219 00:15:55,839 --> 00:15:57,757 You debuted in Chicago. 220 00:15:58,525 --> 00:16:02,062 And now it's your last SmackDown ever here in Chicago. 221 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:07,601 Well, for me, I made my debut against John Cena for the US Championship. 222 00:16:11,054 --> 00:16:14,473 And now I am standing in the middle of this ring as US Champion. 223 00:16:20,580 --> 00:16:24,535 I… I think of the John Cena US Open Challenge 224 00:16:24,568 --> 00:16:26,620 and everything it did for not just me, 225 00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:30,707 for what it did for so many young talent, and I want to pay it forward. 226 00:16:30,741 --> 00:16:33,443 John, I want to pay it forward the way you paid it forward, 227 00:16:33,477 --> 00:16:35,012 the way you carried this title. 228 00:16:35,045 --> 00:16:36,947 With dignity, with honor, 229 00:16:36,979 --> 00:16:40,467 as an opportunity for other talent to try to get showcased. 230 00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:41,501 I want to do that. 231 00:16:41,535 --> 00:16:47,123 So with your permission, John, I would love to carry on the tradition 232 00:16:48,407 --> 00:16:54,798 and introduce the Sami Zayn US Title Open Challenge with your permission. 233 00:16:54,830 --> 00:16:55,915 [crowd cheering] 234 00:16:57,584 --> 00:17:02,705 A fighting champion giving underrated superstars an opportunity. 235 00:17:02,738 --> 00:17:05,408 A Sami Zayn US Open Challenge. 236 00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:07,761 Man, I think that's a great idea. 237 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:09,812 Thank you very much. I appreciate it. 238 00:17:10,146 --> 00:17:11,514 Thank you, John. 239 00:17:13,300 --> 00:17:17,337 But John, wait, don't… Don't leave so quick. 240 00:17:22,859 --> 00:17:26,613 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 241 00:17:30,117 --> 00:17:33,403 Ten years ago, I barely had one foot in the door 242 00:17:33,437 --> 00:17:35,254 when you gave me this opportunity. 243 00:17:35,289 --> 00:17:38,024 And now I clearly see you've got one foot out the door. 244 00:17:38,058 --> 00:17:41,745 But John, if tonight is your last SmackDown… 245 00:17:44,565 --> 00:17:49,586 and if tonight is the last chance I ever get to share a ring with you… 246 00:17:53,540 --> 00:17:57,511 then it would be my honor to pay you back 247 00:17:58,262 --> 00:18:01,982 and give you what you gave me ten years ago. 248 00:18:02,014 --> 00:18:05,686 And that is a shot at the US Championship! 249 00:18:05,719 --> 00:18:07,788 [crowd cheering] 250 00:18:15,428 --> 00:18:19,533 [crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes! 251 00:18:22,052 --> 00:18:23,270 No, John. 252 00:18:24,104 --> 00:18:26,540 I'm not saying we do it in a month. 253 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:29,793 [crowd] No! 254 00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:35,081 I'm not saying we do it next week. 255 00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:37,283 [crowd] No! 256 00:18:39,052 --> 00:18:41,554 I'm saying we do it in Chicago. 257 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:43,590 [crowd cheering] 258 00:18:44,691 --> 00:18:47,761 And we do it right now! 259 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:50,563 [crowd cheering] 260 00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:00,908 [crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes! 261 00:19:01,658 --> 00:19:07,063 Hey, to quote the greatest of all time, 262 00:19:07,965 --> 00:19:11,885 John Cena, "If you want some, 263 00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:14,238 -come get some!" -[crowd] Come get some! 264 00:19:14,271 --> 00:19:16,657 [crowd cheering] 265 00:19:20,143 --> 00:19:24,514 You want to have a US Championship match 266 00:19:25,165 --> 00:19:30,020 with me, right here, right now? 267 00:19:30,053 --> 00:19:31,738 [crowd cheering] 268 00:19:35,559 --> 00:19:38,562 [crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes! 269 00:19:43,300 --> 00:19:45,319 What the hell, you're on. 270 00:19:47,721 --> 00:19:48,804 ["The Time Is Now" playing] 271 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:50,607 -Let's get a referee. -[Cole] Hell yeah! 272 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:54,428 Let's go! Cena, Sami, for the US title. 273 00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:58,197 [Graves] If I'm dreaming, don't you dare pinch me. This is surreal. 274 00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:05,155 [Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, on May 4th, 2015, 275 00:20:05,188 --> 00:20:07,941 on Monday Night Raw, just over ten years ago, 276 00:20:07,975 --> 00:20:12,829 John Cena beat Sami Zayn in Zayn's main roster debut 277 00:20:12,863 --> 00:20:16,617 in an open challenge for Cena's then United States Championship. 278 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:21,071 Here tonight, a decade later, on John Cena's last match ever 279 00:20:21,104 --> 00:20:24,707 on Friday Night SmackDown, Sami Zayn is going to pay it back, 280 00:20:24,741 --> 00:20:29,562 putting his United States title on the line against the greatest of all time. 281 00:20:30,062 --> 00:20:32,533 [Graves] As exciting as this may be for John Cena, 282 00:20:32,566 --> 00:20:34,484 I'm sure Cena realizes full well 283 00:20:34,518 --> 00:20:38,254 this is not the same starry-eyed young kid looking for an opportunity 284 00:20:38,288 --> 00:20:40,374 that Sami Zayn was ten years ago. 285 00:20:40,407 --> 00:20:42,693 This is a man who has main-evented WrestleMania. 286 00:20:42,726 --> 00:20:46,029 Sami Zayn has seen and done a few things since those ten years. 287 00:20:46,062 --> 00:20:50,417 [Cole] Yeah, including beating Solo Sikoa last week to win the United States title. 288 00:20:50,450 --> 00:20:54,705 And Sami Zayn with an arm drag on John Cena. 289 00:20:54,738 --> 00:21:00,394 The Allstate Arena in Chicago, for 40 years, so many WWE memories. 290 00:21:00,427 --> 00:21:04,364 And probably near the top or maybe at the top of that list, 291 00:21:04,398 --> 00:21:07,985 what happened here on June 25th, 2002. 292 00:21:08,018 --> 00:21:13,657 It was the night that John Cena debuted in WWE in a match against Kurt Angle, 293 00:21:13,690 --> 00:21:16,226 where the Ruthless Aggression Era would begin. 294 00:21:16,260 --> 00:21:17,561 An incredible matchup, 295 00:21:17,594 --> 00:21:20,848 one that The Undertaker would grab John Cena in the locker room area 296 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,551 and say, "Welcome aboard, kid. You're going to be a star." 297 00:21:25,135 --> 00:21:27,337 [Graves] The Deadman's prophecy would hold true. 298 00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:32,176 And John Cena now in control of the United States Champion, Sami Zayn. 299 00:21:32,208 --> 00:21:33,961 [Cole] Well, it is a title that has defined 300 00:21:33,994 --> 00:21:35,896 so much of John Cena's career. 301 00:21:35,928 --> 00:21:38,197 We talk about the 17 World titles, 302 00:21:38,232 --> 00:21:41,268 but John is a five-time United States Champion. 303 00:21:41,301 --> 00:21:46,889 In fact, the first singles championship that John Cena won in WWE 304 00:21:46,924 --> 00:21:48,942 was the United States title. 305 00:21:48,976 --> 00:21:53,397 Who can ever forget the win over the Big Show at Madison Square Garden 306 00:21:53,429 --> 00:21:56,416 at WrestleMania 20 back in 2004? 307 00:21:56,450 --> 00:21:58,452 [crowd chanting] 308 00:22:00,287 --> 00:22:03,473 [Cole] An electric crowd of nearly 17,000 tonight. 309 00:22:03,506 --> 00:22:06,193 -Uh-oh, and John Cena got caught… -[Graves] Boom! 310 00:22:06,226 --> 00:22:08,595 …as Sami Zayn tried to leapfrog, caught him in the shoulder. 311 00:22:08,629 --> 00:22:10,097 -Hook to the leg now on Cena… -One, two! 312 00:22:10,129 --> 00:22:11,415 [Cole] …and a kick out at two. 313 00:22:11,447 --> 00:22:13,884 [Graves] Credit to John Cena for accepting this opportunity 314 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:16,720 without having come out here expecting to compete tonight. 315 00:22:16,753 --> 00:22:19,039 Cena was out here to thank the Chicago fans, 316 00:22:19,072 --> 00:22:22,226 really bask in his last appearance on Friday Night SmackDown, 317 00:22:22,259 --> 00:22:25,044 and instead finds himself in a United States Championship match. 318 00:22:25,078 --> 00:22:28,081 [Cole] Nice suplex by Zayn, and again floats into the cup, 319 00:22:28,115 --> 00:22:29,600 -hooks the leg this time on John… -One, two! 320 00:22:29,633 --> 00:22:31,268 [Cole] …and a kick out at two. 321 00:22:31,301 --> 00:22:33,887 And Cena coming off an incredible performance 322 00:22:33,921 --> 00:22:37,224 at Clash in Paris a week ago, Sunday, 323 00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:40,127 and of course that was against Logan Paul. 324 00:22:41,477 --> 00:22:43,797 [Graves] Absolute barn burner in Paris. 325 00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:45,831 Think back to SummerSlam, even in defeat, 326 00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:49,553 the battle against Cody Rhodes over the WWE Championship. 327 00:22:49,586 --> 00:22:52,422 Cena has been doing some of the best work of his entire career 328 00:22:52,456 --> 00:22:54,006 here in this last run. 329 00:22:54,041 --> 00:22:58,361 [Cole] Imagine winning the United States Championship for a sixth time tonight 330 00:22:58,395 --> 00:23:00,179 on his final night on SmackDown. 331 00:23:00,214 --> 00:23:02,599 Suplexed by the powerful Cena. 332 00:23:04,768 --> 00:23:06,787 [Graves] But again, this is an opportunity for Sami Zayn 333 00:23:06,820 --> 00:23:08,120 to prove not only to himself, 334 00:23:08,155 --> 00:23:10,456 but the WWE universe and the rest of the locker room, 335 00:23:10,490 --> 00:23:13,143 that he is no longer the perennial underdog. 336 00:23:13,177 --> 00:23:16,663 Sami Zayn needs to be taken seriously. He's a veteran of this game. 337 00:23:16,697 --> 00:23:19,233 He has seen and done just about everything there is to do. 338 00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:22,269 But how better of a way to prove it to the world 339 00:23:22,302 --> 00:23:23,954 than to beat the greatest of all time? 340 00:23:25,556 --> 00:23:27,691 [Cole] And Zayn now in control. 341 00:23:28,641 --> 00:23:32,379 Sami Zayn, a former four-time Intercontinental Champion, 342 00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:34,514 Tag Champ on a couple of occasions. 343 00:23:34,548 --> 00:23:37,734 As he whips Cena into the corner with authority. 344 00:23:37,768 --> 00:23:41,120 And Zayn has been controlling most of this matchup. 345 00:23:41,154 --> 00:23:44,191 Much to the chagrin of this sold out crowd in Chicago. 346 00:23:44,224 --> 00:23:45,993 [Graves] And the usually beloved Sami Zayn 347 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:49,346 experiencing a little hostility here in the Allstate Arena. 348 00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:53,684 [Cole] Sami's been red hot over the past couple of months. 349 00:23:56,570 --> 00:23:58,539 Would love to knock off Cena tonight, 350 00:23:58,572 --> 00:24:02,476 ruining Cena's final night here in Chicago. 351 00:24:02,509 --> 00:24:04,945 Into the corner again, and John collapses to the floor. 352 00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:07,481 You got to wonder how much last Sunday's match 353 00:24:07,514 --> 00:24:09,566 has taken out of John Cena against Logan Paul. 354 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,134 I mean, that was what, just five nights ago. 355 00:24:11,168 --> 00:24:13,370 [Graves] You're absolutely right, and no disrespect intended, 356 00:24:13,403 --> 00:24:15,688 but sometimes as you get older, it takes a little longer to heal, 357 00:24:15,722 --> 00:24:20,177 to recover from whatever was ailing John Cena in the wake of Clash in Paris. 358 00:24:21,727 --> 00:24:24,514 [Cole] Now Sami Zayn with that front face lock 359 00:24:25,616 --> 00:24:27,050 and wants to send Cena across the ring. 360 00:24:27,083 --> 00:24:29,785 -Reversal by John and… Sami! -[Graves] Oh! 361 00:24:31,071 --> 00:24:32,072 [Cole] With authority. 362 00:24:32,105 --> 00:24:35,475 And now both men down. United States title on the line. 363 00:24:35,509 --> 00:24:37,811 [crowd cheering] Cena! Cena! Cena! 364 00:24:39,780 --> 00:24:42,832 [Cole] Critical point in this matchup for the United States title, Corey. 365 00:24:42,866 --> 00:24:45,152 Both men down, trying to make it back to their feet. 366 00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:48,437 [Graves] I'd have to imagine at this juncture it would benefit Sami Zayn 367 00:24:48,472 --> 00:24:51,008 should he be able to push the pace of the matchup. 368 00:24:51,591 --> 00:24:53,393 [Cole] And again, a collision and… 369 00:24:56,146 --> 00:25:01,768 Sold out crowd tonight at Allstate Arena, 16,678 on hand. 370 00:25:01,802 --> 00:25:04,204 Dan Engler, the official checking on both men. 371 00:25:04,237 --> 00:25:06,406 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 372 00:25:08,358 --> 00:25:10,293 [Graves] The atmosphere all night long 373 00:25:10,327 --> 00:25:12,562 since they opened the doors has been electric. 374 00:25:13,062 --> 00:25:16,667 Even prior to coming on the air, Allstate Arena has been rocking. 375 00:25:17,083 --> 00:25:19,785 [Cole] Yeah, something special is in the air tonight. 376 00:25:19,820 --> 00:25:24,390 Looking for the AA. Sami Zayn, though, able to turn it into a DDT again. 377 00:25:24,424 --> 00:25:26,059 Cover by the champion. Is it enough? 378 00:25:26,092 --> 00:25:27,694 No, kick out by Cena. 379 00:25:33,567 --> 00:25:35,034 [Graves] Sami Zayn to this point 380 00:25:35,068 --> 00:25:37,588 using a bit more tentative pace than we're used to, 381 00:25:37,620 --> 00:25:40,072 perhaps out of respect for John Cena. 382 00:25:40,107 --> 00:25:42,458 Sami Zayn so familiar with John Cena's game 383 00:25:42,492 --> 00:25:47,063 that Sami knows it only takes one mistake for Cena to make you pay. 384 00:25:47,097 --> 00:25:48,831 [Cole] Been in the ring a number of times together, 385 00:25:48,866 --> 00:25:53,153 but this is just the second time in their careers they've gone one-on-one. 386 00:25:55,839 --> 00:25:57,975 And Sami now just completely controlling the pace. 387 00:25:58,008 --> 00:26:00,210 [Graves] And there's got to be a part of John Cena who's proud 388 00:26:00,244 --> 00:26:02,913 of what Sami Zayn has accomplished over the last ten years, 389 00:26:02,946 --> 00:26:05,198 the way that Sami has grown as a competitor, 390 00:26:05,232 --> 00:26:08,819 the way that Sami has transcended as a WWE superstar. 391 00:26:08,851 --> 00:26:10,470 That was the point of the initial John Cena 392 00:26:10,504 --> 00:26:12,489 United States Championship Open challenge. 393 00:26:12,523 --> 00:26:15,442 [Cole] And you look back at that time, remember Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, 394 00:26:15,475 --> 00:26:18,861 so dominant in NXT and Kevin Owens, Sami's buddy, would come in, right, 395 00:26:18,896 --> 00:26:22,366 and he'd make a name for himself at the hands of John Cena as well. 396 00:26:22,399 --> 00:26:24,985 [Graves] They turned the Open Challenge upside down. 397 00:26:25,018 --> 00:26:26,653 Big ax handle. Cover by Zayn. 398 00:26:26,687 --> 00:26:29,523 [Cole] Hook to the leg on Cena, and a kick out at two. 399 00:26:32,726 --> 00:26:34,544 [Graves] And I know there's a part of John Cena 400 00:26:34,578 --> 00:26:39,550 who is enjoying these matchups on this farewell tour, 401 00:26:39,582 --> 00:26:42,319 knowing that the roster is in good hands. 402 00:26:42,351 --> 00:26:45,772 John Cena cares so deeply about WWE and this business. 403 00:26:45,806 --> 00:26:49,592 I don't think John would honestly walk away unless he felt comfortable doing so. 404 00:26:49,626 --> 00:26:51,962 And being pushed to his limits right now by Sami Zayn 405 00:26:51,995 --> 00:26:54,947 in some backward way has got to feel good for Cena. 406 00:26:54,982 --> 00:26:57,783 [Cole] Cena now with a shoulder tackle and another one to Sami Zayn. 407 00:26:57,818 --> 00:27:01,355 Very familiar to the sellout crowd here in Allstate Arena. 408 00:27:01,388 --> 00:27:03,857 Sami Zayn is down and Cena's got him where he wants him. 409 00:27:04,358 --> 00:27:05,775 [Graves] Did you imagine, Cole? 410 00:27:05,809 --> 00:27:08,896 John Cena may leave Chicago with some new gold. 411 00:27:20,957 --> 00:27:23,110 [crowd] You can't see me! 412 00:27:24,110 --> 00:27:29,149 [Cole] And vintage Cena looking for the Five Knuckle Shuffle and connects. 413 00:27:32,718 --> 00:27:35,088 [Graves] Sami Zayn is in a world of danger right now. 414 00:27:35,121 --> 00:27:39,626 [Cole] Cena measuring his opponent. He's got him in position for an AA. 415 00:27:40,694 --> 00:27:43,580 An Attitude Adjustment, or like I used to call it, the FU. 416 00:27:43,614 --> 00:27:45,566 And here we go now, Sami, though, slips underneath 417 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:49,986 and John misses wild and now Sami with a Blue Thunder Bomb! Is it enough? 418 00:27:50,020 --> 00:27:51,138 [crowd] One, two! 419 00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,805 [Cole] No! Near fall. 420 00:27:57,444 --> 00:28:00,797 [Graves] We've seen Sami Zayn utilize that Blue Thunder Bomb to such great effect 421 00:28:00,831 --> 00:28:03,833 throughout his career, but couldn't get the job done in that instance. 422 00:28:03,867 --> 00:28:06,537 [crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! 423 00:28:10,107 --> 00:28:14,561 [Cole] John Cena, Sami Zayn battling for the United States Championship 424 00:28:14,595 --> 00:28:17,047 in the Sami Zayn Open Challenge tonight, 425 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:20,484 giving back to the man who allowed him to accept an Open Challenge 426 00:28:20,516 --> 00:28:24,221 on his debut in WWE over a decade ago. 427 00:28:24,254 --> 00:28:26,874 [crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena! Let's go, Cena! 428 00:28:26,907 --> 00:28:29,826 [Cole] And Cena now with Sami up on his shoulders 429 00:28:29,860 --> 00:28:33,614 and Sami able to thwart the apparent AA attempt. 430 00:28:35,465 --> 00:28:37,951 Zayn, top rope, caught by Cena. 431 00:28:37,985 --> 00:28:40,320 -John's got Sami where he wants him. -[Graves] Oh, my God! 432 00:28:40,353 --> 00:28:42,155 -[Cole] Attitude Adjustment! -[Graves] Oh, my God! 433 00:28:42,188 --> 00:28:43,823 [Cole] For the United States Championship! 434 00:28:43,857 --> 00:28:47,010 -One, two! -[Cole] Sami just got the shoulder up! 435 00:28:54,501 --> 00:28:56,970 [Graves] Take a look at the impact 436 00:28:57,004 --> 00:29:00,724 -on a thunderous AA by Cena. -One, two! 437 00:29:00,756 --> 00:29:03,677 [Graves] And somehow Zain stays alive. 438 00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:09,632 [Cole] There's 16,000 plus in Chicago who thought 439 00:29:09,666 --> 00:29:13,320 Cena was about to win a sixth United States Championship 440 00:29:13,352 --> 00:29:15,105 in his illustrious career. 441 00:29:17,573 --> 00:29:20,811 [Graves] Kudos to Sami Zayn for surviving the AA. 442 00:29:24,197 --> 00:29:27,216 [Cole] My first time in almost nine years 443 00:29:27,251 --> 00:29:30,454 that John Cena has been involved in a championship match 444 00:29:30,486 --> 00:29:32,489 on Friday Night SmackDown. 445 00:29:32,523 --> 00:29:34,591 [Graves] Think about everything that's… Uh-oh! 446 00:29:34,625 --> 00:29:36,342 [Cole] Sami looking for the Exploder. 447 00:29:36,376 --> 00:29:38,995 Cena with a couple of well-placed elbows. 448 00:29:42,698 --> 00:29:46,019 And now John. Sami, up and down to that Powerbomb by Cena. 449 00:29:46,053 --> 00:29:47,754 -[crowd] One, two! -[Cole] Is it enough? 450 00:29:47,788 --> 00:29:49,423 Almost had him! 451 00:29:49,456 --> 00:29:53,677 [Graves] Taking a page out of the playbook of none other than Kevin Owens. 452 00:29:53,709 --> 00:29:55,478 [Cole] Who we spoke about earlier. 453 00:29:55,512 --> 00:29:59,198 And what John Cena has meant to the career of a young Kevin Owens 454 00:29:59,233 --> 00:30:02,753 when he burst on the scene accepting an open challenge a decade ago. 455 00:30:02,785 --> 00:30:05,973 [Graves] Cena launching Zayn to the sky before dragging him down… 456 00:30:06,005 --> 00:30:08,292 -One, two! -…neck and shoulders first. 457 00:30:08,324 --> 00:30:10,394 But Zayn with too much left in the tank. 458 00:30:10,427 --> 00:30:12,913 [Cole] That Pop-up Powerbomb by Cena 459 00:30:12,946 --> 00:30:15,331 almost won him the United States Championship. 460 00:30:15,365 --> 00:30:17,184 [Graves] Think about what's at stake for Sami Zayn 461 00:30:17,216 --> 00:30:19,136 beyond the United States Championship. 462 00:30:19,168 --> 00:30:21,338 He is in the ring with the measuring stick. 463 00:30:21,370 --> 00:30:23,740 The man who is widely accepted throughout the locker room 464 00:30:23,774 --> 00:30:25,408 as the greatest of all time. 465 00:30:25,442 --> 00:30:28,995 Sami Zayn in doing battle with John Cena is telling the rest of the roster, 466 00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:32,632 "Hey, I'm hanging with the GOAT. Come at me at your own risk." 467 00:30:32,666 --> 00:30:35,936 [Cole] And Sami dragging himself back to his feet, Cena now into the corner. 468 00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:40,791 Sami moves out of harm's way and John goes shoulder first into the post. 469 00:30:40,823 --> 00:30:44,043 And now Sami Zayn has got Cena where he wants him. 470 00:30:45,696 --> 00:30:48,098 Zayn looking to take Cena out. 471 00:30:48,130 --> 00:30:52,002 Sami for the Helluva Kick. Nobody home. Gets hung out on the top rope. 472 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:56,607 And Cena now with a back suplex. Cover, again. 473 00:30:56,639 --> 00:30:58,591 -Looking to win the United States title. -One, two! 474 00:30:58,625 --> 00:31:00,593 [Cole] Sami gets the shoulder up. 475 00:31:01,445 --> 00:31:04,363 [Graves] That almost looked to me like a version of an Angle Slam, 476 00:31:04,398 --> 00:31:09,352 perhaps a callback to John Cena's first night in WWE 477 00:31:09,386 --> 00:31:11,737 against Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle. 478 00:31:13,874 --> 00:31:15,292 Let's take another look. 479 00:31:16,693 --> 00:31:20,613 Cena mustering every last bit of strength in his being, 480 00:31:20,647 --> 00:31:23,283 but it still was not enough. 481 00:31:27,087 --> 00:31:31,390 [Cole] What a matchup for the United States title, Cena, Zayn. 482 00:31:32,543 --> 00:31:35,678 John's last night in Chicago, last night on SmackDown 483 00:31:35,712 --> 00:31:40,617 as his retirement tour nears conclusion in December. 484 00:31:41,150 --> 00:31:42,602 [Graves] Unfortunately for Sami Zayn, 485 00:31:42,636 --> 00:31:44,871 it could be his last night as United States Champion. 486 00:31:44,905 --> 00:31:46,740 [Cole] Yeah, seven day reign, that would be. 487 00:31:56,832 --> 00:31:58,601 These two throwing haymakers. 488 00:32:00,786 --> 00:32:03,823 [Graves] Cena utilizing those massive fists of his 489 00:32:03,857 --> 00:32:06,176 like cinder blocks between the eyes of Zayn. 490 00:32:06,209 --> 00:32:07,261 Who answers? 491 00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:09,379 Both men down again center of the ring. 492 00:32:09,413 --> 00:32:13,065 What a matchup for the United States Championship. 493 00:32:20,340 --> 00:32:23,427 It has been an incredible match for the United States Championship 494 00:32:23,459 --> 00:32:29,332 in front of 16,678 tonight at Allstate Arena in Chicago. 495 00:32:29,366 --> 00:32:33,587 John Cena versus the champ Sami Zayn, and this happened just moments ago. 496 00:32:33,620 --> 00:32:38,225 Sami Zayn looking for a Helluva Kick on a compromised ankle 497 00:32:38,257 --> 00:32:44,197 caught into an AA by Cena and two and nine-tenths. Zayn escapes. 498 00:32:44,231 --> 00:32:45,799 -Wait a minute! -Come back to live action. 499 00:32:45,831 --> 00:32:48,651 [Cole] It was an exploder suplex into the corner by Zayn. 500 00:32:48,685 --> 00:32:51,804 And Zayn now, looking to put Cena away with an Helluva Kick. 501 00:32:51,839 --> 00:32:54,791 Great opportunity for Sami here. Helluva Kick! 502 00:32:54,824 --> 00:32:58,728 Catches Cena. Cena's down, cover by Zayn. 503 00:32:58,762 --> 00:33:00,379 John kicks out. 504 00:33:05,502 --> 00:33:09,488 [Graves] A look of disbelief in the eyes of the United States Champion. 505 00:33:09,523 --> 00:33:12,059 Because he knows that that was his best effort 506 00:33:12,091 --> 00:33:15,428 a last ditch opportunity for Zayn to keep his title. 507 00:33:15,462 --> 00:33:19,565 First the exploder, followed immediately by a Helluva Kick 508 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,937 right on the chin of the GOAT, but somehow, someway, 509 00:33:23,971 --> 00:33:26,689 John Cena finds a way to kick out. 510 00:33:28,492 --> 00:33:31,477 And what an atmosphere here tonight in Chicago. 511 00:33:32,829 --> 00:33:34,697 Cena came here to say goodbye. 512 00:33:34,731 --> 00:33:38,302 Sami Zayn got him to accept a championship match. 513 00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:50,930 Sami placing Cena into position for something. 514 00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:56,069 [Cole] Well, Sami thinking twice about it now… 515 00:33:56,102 --> 00:33:58,338 I'm thinking Sami's starting to feel a little desperate, Cole. 516 00:33:58,371 --> 00:33:59,907 [Cole] Yeah, bad ankle and all. 517 00:33:59,939 --> 00:34:03,159 Sami Zayn's going to try to drag himself to the top rope 518 00:34:03,193 --> 00:34:05,245 high above the Allstate Arena. 519 00:34:05,279 --> 00:34:10,100 John Cena back to his feet, leapfrog by Sami, rolls through, Cena caught him. 520 00:34:13,687 --> 00:34:17,723 Oh, and a knee! We're in Chicago, right? Punk is here. 521 00:34:17,757 --> 00:34:20,960 Cover! Hook of the leg, and a kick out at two! 522 00:34:20,993 --> 00:34:25,799 John Cena paying homage to one of his great rivals in his career. 523 00:34:25,831 --> 00:34:32,471 Remember what happened in this building at Money in the Bank back in 2011. 524 00:34:32,505 --> 00:34:36,476 Cena, Punk. An incredible match for the WWE title. 525 00:34:42,199 --> 00:34:45,168 And Cena, the look on his face, Corey, "What do I have to do?" 526 00:34:45,201 --> 00:34:46,569 [Graves] I mean Cena is borrowing plays 527 00:34:46,603 --> 00:34:48,956 from other superstars' playbooks at this juncture, 528 00:34:48,989 --> 00:34:50,806 and still can't finish the job. 529 00:34:53,060 --> 00:34:57,431 At what point does doubt begin to creep into the mind of a man who is the greatest 530 00:34:57,464 --> 00:35:01,384 of all time, a man who has seen and done everything in this industry? 531 00:35:01,418 --> 00:35:03,904 [Cole] Yeah, but what's this mantra? Never give up. 532 00:35:04,404 --> 00:35:07,406 The man that the great JBL, the Hall of Famer, 533 00:35:07,441 --> 00:35:10,294 has called Big Match John. 534 00:35:10,810 --> 00:35:12,946 We might have another homage on our hands, Cole. 535 00:35:17,250 --> 00:35:21,971 And Cena with a spear! A spear by Cena! Hook of the leg! 536 00:35:22,005 --> 00:35:24,258 And again, a kick out by Zayn. 537 00:35:25,092 --> 00:35:29,897 Think of the battles that John has had with the former Big Dog over the years. 538 00:35:34,651 --> 00:35:37,371 [Graves] Not to mention another infamous Canadian, 539 00:35:37,404 --> 00:35:38,939 one of Cena's greatest rivals, 540 00:35:38,971 --> 00:35:44,611 but John Cena now asking himself, "How, why, what can I possibly do 541 00:35:44,645 --> 00:35:47,047 to put Sami Zayn down for three?" 542 00:35:48,882 --> 00:35:53,020 [crowd chanting] RKO! RKO! RKO! 543 00:36:02,112 --> 00:36:06,933 [Cole] Sami just trying to get his wits about him after that spear by Cena. 544 00:36:10,153 --> 00:36:11,738 Cena stalking the champion. 545 00:36:13,357 --> 00:36:17,728 Uh-oh, went for an RKO and Sami countered and now into a big clothesline. 546 00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,180 [Graves] A brutal landing on the left shoulder of Sami Zayn 547 00:36:20,214 --> 00:36:21,348 after the clothesline. 548 00:36:22,182 --> 00:36:24,835 Sami suffered an unfortunate shoulder injury 10 years ago 549 00:36:24,868 --> 00:36:26,403 in his first encounter with Cena. 550 00:36:26,435 --> 00:36:27,988 [Cole] Yep, great call. 551 00:36:30,656 --> 00:36:32,942 [Graves] Oh, my God, this is gonna do it, Cole. 552 00:36:32,976 --> 00:36:36,296 [Cole] Cena from the 2nd rope, Sami high above the ring. 553 00:36:36,330 --> 00:36:40,584 John Cena… Oh, and Sami Zayn able to counter 554 00:36:40,616 --> 00:36:42,553 with a couple of well-placed elbows. 555 00:36:45,005 --> 00:36:49,593 Cena though, has got him. John Cena. Avalanche! 556 00:36:49,625 --> 00:36:51,612 Attitude Adjustment. 557 00:36:52,412 --> 00:36:55,781 [Graves] Cena's gonna do it. Cover him, John! 558 00:36:55,816 --> 00:36:59,903 [Cole] Can John capitalize here? Cena's got an opportunity. 559 00:37:01,522 --> 00:37:04,875 Both men are down for the United States Championship. 560 00:37:13,165 --> 00:37:16,470 [Graves] This is absolutely incredible. 561 00:37:18,705 --> 00:37:21,074 [crowd chanting] This is awesome! This is awesome! 562 00:37:21,107 --> 00:37:22,593 ["Next Big Thing" playing] 563 00:37:27,413 --> 00:37:28,432 [Graves] Oh, no. 564 00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:30,366 [Cole] Oh, yes! 565 00:37:43,614 --> 00:37:46,299 The Beast is here! 566 00:37:48,919 --> 00:37:54,341 Remember Brock Lesnar fired an opening salvo back at SummerSlam. 567 00:37:57,794 --> 00:38:00,681 [Graves] Lesnar been unleashed on SmackDown. 568 00:38:00,714 --> 00:38:05,685 Well, Lesnar now targeting the United States Champion, Sami Zayn. 569 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,055 An F5 by Lesnar. 570 00:38:19,149 --> 00:38:22,202 [Cole] And now the man apparently he came to target. 571 00:38:22,236 --> 00:38:24,504 Cena up on his shoulders. 572 00:38:24,538 --> 00:38:27,290 Zayn was collateral damage, but this wasn't. 573 00:38:27,324 --> 00:38:31,178 Lesnar targeting John Cena with an F5. 574 00:39:04,011 --> 00:39:09,482 This massive mountain of a man has laid waste to Zayn and Cena, 575 00:39:09,516 --> 00:39:11,067 and I don't believe he's done yet. 576 00:39:12,118 --> 00:39:18,625 Lesnar puts Cena on his shoulders. Brock with an F5 to John Cena again. 577 00:39:23,230 --> 00:39:28,634 And of all nights, "The Beast" Brock Lesnar, 578 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:33,457 one of John Cena's most fierce rivals. 579 00:40:16,732 --> 00:40:18,519 [Cole] Moments ago on Friday Night SmackDown, 580 00:40:18,551 --> 00:40:22,205 John Cena had delivered an Avalanche AA to Sami Zayn 581 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:25,092 with Zayn's United States Championship on the line. 582 00:40:25,942 --> 00:40:32,649 [Graves] But Cena, exhausted from the battle he experienced, would be met 583 00:40:32,683 --> 00:40:37,971 with a shocking SmackDown return, none other than The Beast Incarnate, 584 00:40:38,005 --> 00:40:39,038 Brock Lesnar. 585 00:40:40,057 --> 00:40:43,426 [Cole] One of Cena's most fierce rivals in his career 586 00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:46,046 would ruin John Cena's last time 587 00:40:46,078 --> 00:40:52,051 ever in Chicago, would ruin John Cena's last night on Friday Night SmackDown. 588 00:40:52,085 --> 00:40:57,391 First off, the United States Champion Sami Zayn would be collateral damage. 589 00:40:57,424 --> 00:41:01,094 And then, Corey, Brock turned his sights on the real target. 590 00:41:01,127 --> 00:41:07,183 [Graves] Lesnar was locked and loaded, delivering several thunderous F5s 591 00:41:07,217 --> 00:41:09,720 to the greatest of all time. 592 00:41:11,505 --> 00:41:15,142 John Cena left laying on his final SmackDown. 593 00:41:21,982 --> 00:41:25,836 Hey, John, I'll see you at Wrestlepalooza, ****. 594 00:41:28,555 --> 00:41:30,591 [Cole] Obviously Brock Lesnar doesn't give a damn 595 00:41:30,624 --> 00:41:32,241 that he ruined John Cena's night 596 00:41:32,276 --> 00:41:34,928 in Chicago, but you heard it, and it's official. 597 00:41:34,962 --> 00:41:37,481 It's going to happen two weeks from tomorrow. 598 00:41:37,513 --> 00:41:40,551 It is Wrestlepalooza in Indianapolis. 599 00:41:40,584 --> 00:41:43,187 John Cena versus Brock Lesnar. 600 00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:48,107 This unbelievable rivalry renewed at Wrestlepalooza. 601 00:41:57,868 --> 00:42:01,087 -Hey, hey, Nick-- -No disrespect, this is not a good time. 602 00:42:01,121 --> 00:42:03,557 -I just need to ask you something. -I can't do this right now, Melo. 603 00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:05,325 I just see the opportunity, man. Sami Zayn-- 604 00:42:05,359 --> 00:42:09,779 We would like an opportunity for the tag team titles. 605 00:42:09,813 --> 00:42:12,015 Wyatt Sicks ruined our number one contendership match 606 00:42:12,049 --> 00:42:14,317 because they know Melo Don't Miz can beat 'em. 607 00:42:14,350 --> 00:42:17,037 I'll take it under consideration, okay? I really have to go. 608 00:42:17,069 --> 00:42:19,772 -Huh? Yes. Doing what? -No. Why you keep doing that, man? 609 00:42:19,806 --> 00:42:21,708 -Let me speak for myself. -Speak for yourself? 610 00:42:21,741 --> 00:42:24,962 -I just got us a tag title match. Whoa. -I don't want a tag title-- 611 00:42:33,987 --> 00:42:37,191 [crowd booing] 612 00:42:40,861 --> 00:42:45,482 We know the Second City Saint, CM Punk, is here at Allstate Arena, 613 00:42:45,516 --> 00:42:48,535 and The Man has just come around to SmackDown. 614 00:42:48,569 --> 00:42:51,821 Uh… Incredible what's going to possibly happen here tonight. 615 00:42:51,855 --> 00:42:53,656 Punk and Becky Lynch in the same building. 616 00:42:53,690 --> 00:42:59,229 Also coming up next, Damian Priest goes one on one with Aleister Black. 617 00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:05,953 This… This is what you people want me to be. 618 00:43:05,986 --> 00:43:09,790 So I came home to the WWE hoping things would have changed, 619 00:43:09,823 --> 00:43:12,209 only to find out that the well is still poisoned. 620 00:43:13,060 --> 00:43:15,062 And that brings me to you, Damian Priest. 621 00:43:15,095 --> 00:43:19,066 Tonight you're just not standing across from Aleister Black, 622 00:43:19,098 --> 00:43:25,404 you're standing across from years of hate that this industry has carved into me, 623 00:43:25,439 --> 00:43:28,942 and I… I need to purify the well. 624 00:43:28,975 --> 00:43:33,413 And if that path leads to my own ruin, then well, so be it. 625 00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:38,317 I could be the king that falls on his own sword. 626 00:43:39,502 --> 00:43:45,259 And I will succeed, Damian Priest, because you are who you are 627 00:43:45,609 --> 00:43:47,194 because you follow the rules. 628 00:43:47,911 --> 00:43:51,031 And I am who I am 629 00:43:51,064 --> 00:43:55,551 because I follow the rules until I don't. 630 00:44:00,207 --> 00:44:02,509 ["Rise for the Night" playing] 631 00:44:37,127 --> 00:44:40,580 [Nash] The following contest is scheduled for one fall. 632 00:44:40,614 --> 00:44:44,984 Introducing first, from New York City, 633 00:44:45,018 --> 00:44:49,906 weighing in at 249 pounds, 634 00:44:49,940 --> 00:44:54,745 Damian Priest. 635 00:44:58,432 --> 00:45:02,419 [Cole] The former world champion, looking to finally end things 636 00:45:02,452 --> 00:45:04,688 with a man who's made his life miserable. 637 00:45:04,721 --> 00:45:07,708 And look out from behind! Aleister Black! 638 00:45:07,741 --> 00:45:11,377 [Graves] Well, Black clearly not finished making Priest's life miserable, 639 00:45:11,411 --> 00:45:14,448 trying to gain the upper hand before the opening bell. 640 00:45:14,481 --> 00:45:16,232 [Cole] And Priest with a big right hand. 641 00:45:16,266 --> 00:45:20,037 This match hasn't even started yet. The beatdown is underway. 642 00:45:22,723 --> 00:45:24,607 [Graves] These two have grown to detest one another 643 00:45:24,641 --> 00:45:26,743 in a rather short period of time. 644 00:45:27,327 --> 00:45:30,497 Priest driving… Black driving Priest… 645 00:45:30,531 --> 00:45:34,250 -[Graves] Oh my God! -[Cole] …out into the WWE fans. 646 00:45:34,283 --> 00:45:35,986 [Graves] This match may never get underway. 647 00:45:37,004 --> 00:45:40,324 [Cole] Referee Ryan Tran finally trying to get Black back into the ring. 648 00:45:42,408 --> 00:45:46,529 A sneak attack and ambush by Black to Damian Priest 649 00:45:46,563 --> 00:45:49,049 before this match even started. 650 00:45:49,716 --> 00:45:54,288 [Graves] Aleister Black on a mission to, as he put it, purify the poisoned well, 651 00:45:54,321 --> 00:45:56,440 even if it means his own destruction. 652 00:45:58,975 --> 00:46:01,511 [Cole] An Aleister Black attack on Damian Priest 653 00:46:01,545 --> 00:46:03,547 before this match would even begin. 654 00:46:04,231 --> 00:46:06,917 And Damian Priest, we weren't sure if he's going to be ready to compete 655 00:46:06,950 --> 00:46:10,537 and he may not be, Corey, but he's making his way back to the ring. 656 00:46:10,571 --> 00:46:11,989 [Graves] When you're raised in the Bronx, 657 00:46:12,022 --> 00:46:13,807 you don't learn the meaning of the word quit. 658 00:46:14,391 --> 00:46:16,877 Damian Priest has never met a fight he was afraid of, 659 00:46:16,910 --> 00:46:19,429 but this is a bad, bad situation. 660 00:46:19,462 --> 00:46:22,332 I got to say this is a dumb decision by Damian Priest. 661 00:46:22,366 --> 00:46:23,884 [Cole] Yeah, a dangerous Aleister Black 662 00:46:23,917 --> 00:46:27,104 now tossed to the floor by the former world champ Priest. 663 00:46:27,136 --> 00:46:30,140 And Priest just collapsed. Priest collapsed. 664 00:46:30,174 --> 00:46:33,143 He couldn't follow up on that offense to Aleister Black. 665 00:46:33,911 --> 00:46:36,529 [Graves] And again, I appreciate the guts of Damian Priest, 666 00:46:36,562 --> 00:46:39,633 the grit, the will to never back down. 667 00:46:40,299 --> 00:46:43,203 [Cole] Remember Black back in early August 668 00:46:43,237 --> 00:46:45,288 cost Priest a number of weeks of his career 669 00:46:45,321 --> 00:46:47,891 after an assault on Damian. 670 00:46:47,924 --> 00:46:49,359 Damian has been chomping at the bit 671 00:46:49,393 --> 00:46:53,163 to try to get an opportunity to get back at Aleister Black. 672 00:46:55,214 --> 00:46:57,600 -Priest is in a bad way here. -Priest looks like he's out on his feet. 673 00:46:57,634 --> 00:47:00,170 -[bell dings] -[Graves] Ryan Tran's obviously in there. 674 00:47:00,203 --> 00:47:02,388 This is not smart. 675 00:47:02,422 --> 00:47:04,591 [Cole] Well, the bell rang and the match is now underway. 676 00:47:04,625 --> 00:47:06,676 Priest missed wildly with the right hand 677 00:47:06,710 --> 00:47:10,631 and Priest having a difficult time even making it back to his feet. 678 00:47:10,663 --> 00:47:13,850 He's really a sitting duck here for a very dangerous Black. 679 00:47:13,884 --> 00:47:16,270 [Graves] Aleister Black is absolutely lethal. 680 00:47:16,303 --> 00:47:17,687 This man is a weapon. 681 00:47:17,721 --> 00:47:20,440 He has spent his life, he has dedicated his life 682 00:47:20,473 --> 00:47:22,459 to learning martial arts, 683 00:47:22,491 --> 00:47:25,462 from Pencak Silat to kickboxing and Muay Thai. 684 00:47:25,495 --> 00:47:28,565 Aleister Black is absolutely lethal. 685 00:47:28,598 --> 00:47:31,718 [Cole] And not to mention the dark and somber 686 00:47:31,752 --> 00:47:34,638 mysterious attitude that Black has… 687 00:47:34,671 --> 00:47:36,356 -brought to the WWE-- -[Graves] Oh, baby! 688 00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:40,194 [Cole] And Priest now fighting back. And the street fighter. 689 00:47:40,227 --> 00:47:41,694 Damian Priest though… 690 00:47:41,728 --> 00:47:44,163 And now Aleister Black trying to wrap up Priest. 691 00:47:45,082 --> 00:47:46,700 [Graves] Trying to utilize a submission here. 692 00:47:46,732 --> 00:47:49,819 A lot of torque on the shoulders of Priest right now. 693 00:47:50,470 --> 00:47:51,888 Priest trying to fight out of this 694 00:47:51,922 --> 00:47:54,691 or at least make it to the rope to force some sort of break. 695 00:47:55,359 --> 00:47:58,395 Priest has struggled to just get any sort of offense in this match. 696 00:47:58,428 --> 00:48:00,964 Black, roll through, shoulders down. Is it enough? Kick out! 697 00:48:01,481 --> 00:48:05,452 [Graves] Listen, Damian Priest is a former two-time karate national champion. 698 00:48:05,484 --> 00:48:07,988 Priest is well-versed in the art of karate, 699 00:48:08,020 --> 00:48:11,275 but Aleister Black is so diverse in his skill set. 700 00:48:11,308 --> 00:48:15,529 It's such a dangerous opponent and a difficult opponent to plan for. 701 00:48:15,562 --> 00:48:18,281 [Cole] Black driven into the corner, it buys Priest a little bit of time 702 00:48:18,315 --> 00:48:20,366 to try to gather himself here. 703 00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,020 He's been all out of sorts since the attack by Black. 704 00:48:23,737 --> 00:48:27,406 [Graves] And Damian Priest utilized karate to master his own discipline, 705 00:48:27,441 --> 00:48:30,761 to make himself mentally stronger as well as physically, 706 00:48:30,794 --> 00:48:33,196 but Aleister Black trains to be a weapon. 707 00:48:33,230 --> 00:48:36,767 -[Cole] Look at this! Meteora from Black. -[Graves] Oh, my God! 708 00:48:36,799 --> 00:48:38,819 [Cole] Is it enough to put Priest away? 709 00:48:38,852 --> 00:48:41,754 Hook of the leg and Priest has to kick at two. 710 00:48:41,788 --> 00:48:43,874 Black's in control, however. 711 00:48:49,046 --> 00:48:53,616 [Cole] And Damian Priest back to his feet. Perhaps Aleister Black made a mistake 712 00:48:53,650 --> 00:48:56,353 that's going to allow Damian Priest to climb back into this thing. 713 00:48:56,386 --> 00:48:57,386 [Graves] You might be right. 714 00:48:57,421 --> 00:49:00,107 Aleister Black perhaps got a bit overconfident, 715 00:49:00,140 --> 00:49:03,477 taking his time climbing to the top turnbuckle. 716 00:49:03,509 --> 00:49:06,312 [Cole] Well, it had been all Black since the attack before the bell, 717 00:49:06,346 --> 00:49:09,415 but now Damian Priest getting his wits about him 718 00:49:09,449 --> 00:49:11,451 and looking to put Black away maybe. 719 00:49:11,484 --> 00:49:13,620 -[Graves] Uh-oh. -And now with Black up top, looking… 720 00:49:14,488 --> 00:49:18,442 Damian Priest for a Razor's Edge, but Black able to counter. 721 00:49:20,327 --> 00:49:22,196 [Graves] Uh-oh, we're going to go for a ride. 722 00:49:22,229 --> 00:49:24,314 -Oh! -[Cole] Oh, and a big elbow. 723 00:49:25,031 --> 00:49:26,833 Probably going South of Heaven, but… 724 00:49:26,866 --> 00:49:30,254 [Graves] Oh, and a right kick by Aleister Black drops Priest. 725 00:49:30,537 --> 00:49:33,589 Black now into the cover, hooks the leg on Damian. 726 00:49:33,624 --> 00:49:34,975 And a near fall. 727 00:49:35,008 --> 00:49:37,444 [Cole] And Black beginning perhaps to get frustrated. 728 00:49:42,082 --> 00:49:45,719 [Graves] We saw Black pay for his momentary lapse in reason, 729 00:49:45,752 --> 00:49:47,888 perhaps overlooking how much 730 00:49:47,921 --> 00:49:52,176 gas Damian Priest had left in the tank, but Black has once again 731 00:49:52,926 --> 00:49:54,461 wrestled control of this one. 732 00:49:54,493 --> 00:49:56,279 [Cole] Damian Priest is never going to give up. 733 00:49:56,312 --> 00:49:57,481 He's never going to give in. 734 00:49:58,232 --> 00:50:02,719 Rough ride to the top for Priest and he's been resilient at every turn. 735 00:50:02,752 --> 00:50:05,589 Oh, and a big right by Damian stuns Black. 736 00:50:08,575 --> 00:50:11,144 [Graves] And again another forearm from Priest. 737 00:50:11,178 --> 00:50:13,145 [Cole] Brought up fighting on the streets and in the bars. 738 00:50:13,180 --> 00:50:16,083 Damian Priest… And Black catches him with a kick to the face. 739 00:50:16,116 --> 00:50:17,116 Nobody home. 740 00:50:17,149 --> 00:50:20,404 Damian Priest, full head of steam here, with the clothesline, down goes Black. 741 00:50:21,054 --> 00:50:23,123 Critical moment now in the matchup. 742 00:50:29,395 --> 00:50:32,749 Sellout crowd tonight at the Allstate Arena in Chicago. 743 00:50:34,183 --> 00:50:38,321 We saw John Cena and Sami Zayn earlier on before Brock Lesnar came out 744 00:50:38,355 --> 00:50:40,022 and attacked both Zayn and Cena. 745 00:50:40,958 --> 00:50:44,461 We know CM Punk is here. We know Becky Lynch is here. 746 00:50:45,229 --> 00:50:48,565 [Graves] We know Damian Priest has a little more fight left in him. 747 00:50:48,598 --> 00:50:54,221 [Cole] And Aleister Black's right hand drops Black and another one. 748 00:50:54,254 --> 00:50:56,073 And Priest starting to feel it. 749 00:50:56,573 --> 00:50:59,408 And here's some of that martial arts background of Damian Priest. 750 00:51:01,761 --> 00:51:03,763 Oh, and down goes Black. 751 00:51:03,797 --> 00:51:07,317 [Graves] Priest uncorked that right on the chin of Aleister Black. 752 00:51:07,350 --> 00:51:09,286 [Cole] Some malice behind those punches. 753 00:51:10,604 --> 00:51:11,605 Stage diving… 754 00:51:11,638 --> 00:51:14,208 Oh! And Black, though, caught him with a kick. 755 00:51:14,241 --> 00:51:17,828 And now Damian Priest takes down Black again. 756 00:51:18,712 --> 00:51:20,931 And the momentum shifting here in this match. 757 00:51:26,053 --> 00:51:28,754 Can Priest finish the task at hand? 758 00:51:29,339 --> 00:51:32,526 It's a risky proposition for the former World Heavyweight Champion. 759 00:51:33,759 --> 00:51:35,412 We're gonna walk the tightrope. 760 00:51:36,964 --> 00:51:39,833 On the top rope. Oh, and a cross body. 761 00:51:42,719 --> 00:51:44,837 Unorthodox offensive style of Priest. 762 00:51:44,872 --> 00:51:46,757 [Graves] And Priest understanding maybe it's time 763 00:51:46,790 --> 00:51:48,625 to show Aleister Black something new. 764 00:51:48,658 --> 00:51:50,877 Black has been so effective thus far. 765 00:51:50,911 --> 00:51:52,696 Uh-oh, look out, Cole. 766 00:51:53,513 --> 00:51:54,330 Priest trying to… 767 00:51:55,182 --> 00:51:57,033 Oh! Dropped Black on the apron. 768 00:51:57,067 --> 00:52:01,504 A flatliner on the ring apron, and now Priest has had enough. 769 00:52:01,538 --> 00:52:03,207 [Cole] There goes everything. 770 00:52:04,857 --> 00:52:05,993 Damian Priest… 771 00:52:09,696 --> 00:52:11,397 Wiping out our announce table and… 772 00:52:13,817 --> 00:52:16,854 [Graves] Looks like Aleister Black's about to be wiped out next. 773 00:52:18,187 --> 00:52:22,576 Priest with Black up on his shoulders. 774 00:52:22,609 --> 00:52:25,779 And a Razor's Edge onto the announce table! 775 00:52:27,114 --> 00:52:30,183 You can see the agony etched on the face of Aleister Black, 776 00:52:30,216 --> 00:52:36,038 but Priest knows he wants to get Aleister back inside the ring to finish the job. 777 00:52:36,073 --> 00:52:37,958 [Cole] Black sent back into the ring by Priest, 778 00:52:37,991 --> 00:52:40,377 Damian Priest now with an opportunity 779 00:52:40,894 --> 00:52:44,964 to put Aleister Black away after that Razor's Edge onto our announce table. 780 00:52:44,998 --> 00:52:46,316 [Graves] There's an unfamiliar sight. 781 00:52:46,350 --> 00:52:50,370 Aleister Black now begging for mercy from Damian Priest. 782 00:52:54,408 --> 00:52:57,928 Aleister slowly crawling away from the Outlaw. 783 00:52:57,961 --> 00:53:00,446 [Cole] Maybe he should have thought about that before he attacked Priest 784 00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:04,884 before the opening bell, because Priest is going to make Aleister Black pay. 785 00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,321 [Graves] Here we go-- 786 00:53:08,355 --> 00:53:11,308 [Cole] Went to the South of Heaven. Meanwhile, Black grabbed the official. 787 00:53:11,725 --> 00:53:13,861 Oh! And a Black Mass! 788 00:53:14,895 --> 00:53:16,330 Right on the button. 789 00:53:16,363 --> 00:53:18,649 [Tran] One, two, three! 790 00:53:18,682 --> 00:53:23,020 [Cole] And Black with the win, the sudden impact of the Black Mass. 791 00:53:23,053 --> 00:53:28,825 [Nash] Here is your winner, Aleister Black! 792 00:53:28,859 --> 00:53:32,913 [Cole] Corey, how dangerous is the Black Mass? 793 00:53:32,946 --> 00:53:36,732 [Graves] Aleister Black himself is a weapon. 794 00:53:36,767 --> 00:53:41,488 His fists, his elbows, his knees, his feet, his brain. 795 00:53:41,522 --> 00:53:45,424 Here you see, using Ryan Tran as a diversion 796 00:53:46,210 --> 00:53:51,098 to knock Damian Pries out cold with Black Mass. 797 00:53:51,131 --> 00:53:54,268 And Ryan Tran could have counted to 15 or 20 798 00:53:54,301 --> 00:53:58,238 because Damian Priest has just now started to stir. 799 00:53:58,638 --> 00:54:01,341 I think the lights are on, but nobody's home. 800 00:54:01,375 --> 00:54:05,312 Tonight belongs to Aleister Black. 801 00:54:10,968 --> 00:54:15,506 [Cole] And will tonight belong to the United States Champion Giulia 802 00:54:15,538 --> 00:54:17,875 or the challenger Michin? 803 00:54:17,908 --> 00:54:21,511 These two clash for the women's United States title 804 00:54:21,545 --> 00:54:24,413 live on Friday Night SmackDown tonight. 805 00:54:31,288 --> 00:54:32,705 Drew McIntyre. 806 00:54:33,607 --> 00:54:35,591 Randy Orton. 807 00:54:37,211 --> 00:54:39,863 You'd think that a man that's been around here long enough 808 00:54:39,897 --> 00:54:42,165 to see what I am truly capable of 809 00:54:43,082 --> 00:54:46,220 would quit while he's ahead and shut his damn mouth. 810 00:54:47,888 --> 00:54:50,107 [McIntyre] I want to make one thing perfectly clear. 811 00:54:50,790 --> 00:54:53,460 I don't give a damn what anyone thinks about me. 812 00:54:53,493 --> 00:54:56,062 I always tell the truth and I do what needs to be done, 813 00:54:56,096 --> 00:54:58,932 and the truth is, you're just mad. 814 00:54:59,449 --> 00:55:01,835 You're not willing to pull the trigger when it counts. 815 00:55:03,736 --> 00:55:05,055 But I am. 816 00:55:06,173 --> 00:55:09,225 [Orton] It's like you think you have some kind of superpower 817 00:55:09,259 --> 00:55:12,312 where you read minds and tell what people are thinking. 818 00:55:12,346 --> 00:55:16,817 Well, you don't, and trust me, if you did, you would not want to know 819 00:55:16,850 --> 00:55:19,286 what the voices are saying. 820 00:55:21,538 --> 00:55:25,759 You have no idea what's coming for you. 821 00:55:27,895 --> 00:55:30,497 The winds of change are blowing through WWE. 822 00:55:30,531 --> 00:55:33,716 The future's being written, but you won't be part of it. 823 00:55:34,567 --> 00:55:37,971 The WWE needs a real man like me. 824 00:55:38,772 --> 00:55:40,973 [Orton] I am gonna knock you right back into reality 825 00:55:41,008 --> 00:55:44,711 when I hit you with the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment… 826 00:55:44,745 --> 00:55:45,779 [McIntyre] Drew… 827 00:55:45,812 --> 00:55:46,580 [Orton] R… 828 00:55:46,613 --> 00:55:47,614 McIn… 829 00:55:47,647 --> 00:55:48,649 [Orton] …K… 830 00:55:48,682 --> 00:55:49,383 …tyre. 831 00:55:49,415 --> 00:55:50,567 …O. 832 00:55:53,787 --> 00:55:56,290 [Graves] Buckle up Norfolk, Virginia. 833 00:55:56,323 --> 00:55:58,991 Because next week on SmackDown, 834 00:55:59,026 --> 00:56:02,062 Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton. 835 00:56:02,095 --> 00:56:05,249 One on one next Friday. 836 00:56:05,281 --> 00:56:07,234 The bad blood boils over. 837 00:56:08,202 --> 00:56:11,504 [Cole] And it's also the return of the beast, Brock Lesnar. 838 00:56:11,538 --> 00:56:14,558 After his attack on John Cena earlier tonight, 839 00:56:14,591 --> 00:56:18,377 the announcement he faces Cena two weeks from tomorrow at Wrestlepalooza. 840 00:56:18,412 --> 00:56:21,732 Brock Lesnar will be on SmackDown live. 841 00:56:21,765 --> 00:56:26,319 [Graves] And the WWE Women's Championship will be on the line, 842 00:56:26,353 --> 00:56:29,656 as Tiffany Stratton defends against Jade Cargill. 843 00:56:29,690 --> 00:56:31,859 Will it once again be Tiffy time 844 00:56:31,892 --> 00:56:34,912 or will Cargill finally get her moment in the sun? 845 00:56:37,397 --> 00:56:40,484 Let's throw you backstage to our very own Cathy Kelley. 846 00:56:42,352 --> 00:56:46,272 Yeah, guys. I'm here with WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton. 847 00:56:46,306 --> 00:56:48,008 Tiff, thanks so much for the time. 848 00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,111 I know you have a massive SummerSlam rematch next week 849 00:56:51,144 --> 00:56:53,747 against Jade Cargill for your championship. 850 00:56:53,779 --> 00:56:55,281 The last time you two met, 851 00:56:55,315 --> 00:56:58,835 she claims that she would have won had your foot not been on the ropes. 852 00:56:58,868 --> 00:57:00,037 What's your response? 853 00:57:00,069 --> 00:57:02,256 Cathy, Jade says a whole lot of things. 854 00:57:02,288 --> 00:57:04,441 And I thought I liked the sound of my own voice, 855 00:57:04,473 --> 00:57:06,859 but it turns out Jade loves to run her mouth. 856 00:57:06,894 --> 00:57:08,879 I mean, she says nobody's on her level, 857 00:57:08,912 --> 00:57:12,165 that she's going to take my title, that she's the storm, 858 00:57:12,199 --> 00:57:15,402 but all that talk ends next week once that bell rings. 859 00:57:15,435 --> 00:57:18,020 And Jade isn't gonna have to worry about my foot being on those ropes 860 00:57:18,055 --> 00:57:21,607 because my foot is going to be stuck right up her, 861 00:57:22,392 --> 00:57:25,111 let's just say, eye of the storm. 862 00:57:25,779 --> 00:57:26,779 Bye. 863 00:57:26,812 --> 00:57:28,515 Thanks so much and good luck next week. 864 00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:32,219 That's the kind of stuff I'm talking about… 865 00:57:33,553 --> 00:57:36,272 [chuckles] That's funny. You're watching film on Tiffy now, 866 00:57:36,306 --> 00:57:38,174 but didn't you lose to her at SummerSlam? 867 00:57:38,207 --> 00:57:39,859 I'm confused. Didn't you lose too? 868 00:57:40,460 --> 00:57:41,761 -Right. -Anyway. 869 00:57:41,794 --> 00:57:43,696 You don't even deserve to be number one contender. 870 00:57:43,730 --> 00:57:47,433 You got very lucky with an easy victory when Becky ditched you a couple weeks… 871 00:57:47,466 --> 00:57:48,468 Girl, cut it. 872 00:57:48,502 --> 00:57:51,305 When I get my title from that blow up Barbie, 873 00:57:51,337 --> 00:57:52,806 you can come get your shot. 874 00:57:52,839 --> 00:57:56,310 Until then get out of my way or catch these hands tonight. 875 00:57:58,278 --> 00:57:59,446 We'll see about that. 876 00:58:01,315 --> 00:58:02,316 Bet. 877 00:58:05,368 --> 00:58:10,257 [Cole] Jade and Tiffany for the Women's Championship next week. 878 00:58:10,290 --> 00:58:12,759 ["Time of Arrival" playing] 879 00:58:21,618 --> 00:58:22,618 [bell rings] 880 00:58:22,653 --> 00:58:25,422 [Nash] The following contest is scheduled for one fall, 881 00:58:25,455 --> 00:58:31,144 and is for the Women's United States Championship! 882 00:58:31,178 --> 00:58:35,464 Introducing first, accompanied by Kiana James, 883 00:58:35,499 --> 00:58:37,651 from Tokyo, Japan. 884 00:58:37,683 --> 00:58:43,006 She is the Women's United States Champion, 885 00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:45,658 Giulia! 886 00:58:45,692 --> 00:58:48,694 [Graves] A beautiful madness has come over SmackDown. 887 00:58:54,067 --> 00:58:56,319 [Cole] Giulia, Michin, for the US title. 888 00:59:04,161 --> 00:59:07,598 -[clears throat] Becky. -There you are. How's it going? 889 00:59:07,631 --> 00:59:09,149 Good to see you. 890 00:59:09,183 --> 00:59:11,634 Becky, I-I wasn't aware that you were going to be here tonight. 891 00:59:11,667 --> 00:59:13,120 Of course you were. I invited me. 892 00:59:13,153 --> 00:59:16,455 [sighs] Okay, listen. Becky, I'm dealing with a lot. 893 00:59:16,490 --> 00:59:19,326 I know we're in Chicago and I know that Punk is in the building. 894 00:59:19,359 --> 00:59:20,544 Oh, is he? 895 00:59:20,577 --> 00:59:22,645 So it's no surprise to me that you're here. But listen, 896 00:59:23,145 --> 00:59:26,316 I cannot have any more issues tonight. 897 00:59:26,350 --> 00:59:28,986 -Are we clear? -I never cause issues. 898 00:59:29,019 --> 00:59:30,303 -Never. No. -Okay. 899 00:59:30,337 --> 00:59:31,888 But I'm-I'm just gonna give you some space. 900 00:59:31,922 --> 00:59:33,823 It seems like you need it. Okay. 901 00:59:33,857 --> 00:59:36,192 Oh, almost forgot my title. 902 00:59:36,727 --> 00:59:38,812 [mutters, giggles] 903 00:59:41,915 --> 00:59:45,018 [Graves] Well, the NBA season is right around the corner, 904 00:59:45,051 --> 00:59:46,435 but in the house tonight, 905 00:59:46,470 --> 00:59:51,707 say hello to Coby White, point guard of the Chicago Bulls! 906 00:59:52,209 --> 00:59:54,611 Welcome, Coby. I hope you're having a great time. 907 00:59:54,645 --> 00:59:58,531 [Cole] Great year last year, over 20 points a game on average for Coby, 908 00:59:58,565 --> 01:00:01,835 and there's Giulia, the Women's United States Champion 909 01:00:01,868 --> 01:00:05,239 set to defend the title here live on SmackDown. 910 01:00:18,835 --> 01:00:20,837 ["I Am" playing] 911 01:00:21,971 --> 01:00:22,973 ♪ Yeah ♪ 912 01:00:24,390 --> 01:00:26,192 ♪ I am, I am, I am the one ♪ 913 01:00:26,225 --> 01:00:27,794 ♪ Ain't hard to see Hard to see ♪ 914 01:00:27,828 --> 01:00:29,111 ♪ You know, you know ♪ 915 01:00:29,145 --> 01:00:32,716 [Nash] Introducing the challenger. 916 01:00:32,749 --> 01:00:36,203 From Fontana, California, 917 01:00:37,303 --> 01:00:41,024 Michin! 918 01:00:41,058 --> 01:00:43,143 [Cole] Corey, last week on Friday Night SmackDown, 919 01:00:43,176 --> 01:00:45,062 Michin earned this opportunity 920 01:00:45,095 --> 01:00:47,346 when she went one on one with Giulia's business rep, 921 01:00:47,381 --> 01:00:48,649 -Kiana James. -[bell rings] 922 01:00:48,682 --> 01:00:50,701 [Graves] Well Kiana James, in her defense 923 01:00:50,734 --> 01:00:53,886 was not fully prepared for the offensive onslaught 924 01:00:53,921 --> 01:00:57,674 -that was a schoolboy roll up from Michin. -[Nash] Here's your winner. 925 01:00:57,707 --> 01:01:00,310 -Either way, Michin got what she wanted… -Michin! 926 01:01:00,344 --> 01:01:02,412 …in victory and this opportunity tonight. 927 01:01:02,446 --> 01:01:05,499 But paid dearly in a physical manner. 928 01:01:05,531 --> 01:01:08,819 An onslaught from the United States Champion 929 01:01:08,852 --> 01:01:13,823 Giulia and Kiana James would leave Michin laying. 930 01:01:13,857 --> 01:01:17,009 [Cole] Not prepared. It was one of the quickest matches in WWE history, 931 01:01:17,044 --> 01:01:19,162 embarrassing Kiana James. 932 01:01:19,196 --> 01:01:22,749 [Graves] Kiana James has got some very powerful friends in high places. 933 01:01:22,783 --> 01:01:25,167 I don't want to be the one catching the wrath, okay? 934 01:01:29,957 --> 01:01:32,776 [Cole] And this is for the United States Championship. 935 01:01:32,808 --> 01:01:36,647 Michin seeking her first title here in WWE. 936 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:40,484 Former TNA iMPACT! Knockouts Champion. 937 01:01:40,517 --> 01:01:43,687 [Graves] Let's not forget that Michin actually advanced all the way to the final 938 01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:46,339 to crown the first ever Women's United States Champion. 939 01:01:46,373 --> 01:01:47,674 [bell rings] 940 01:01:50,077 --> 01:01:51,078 Hey, you idiot! 941 01:01:52,044 --> 01:01:55,948 [Graves] Kiana James wasting absolutely no time trying to get involved. 942 01:01:55,982 --> 01:01:57,868 Still technically isn't breaking any rules. 943 01:01:58,919 --> 01:02:00,537 And again Michin. 944 01:02:00,571 --> 01:02:02,154 Flurry of strikes from both women. 945 01:02:02,189 --> 01:02:03,924 Michin getting the best of this exchange, 946 01:02:03,957 --> 01:02:05,776 kicking Giulia all the way out to the floor. 947 01:02:05,808 --> 01:02:08,462 [Cole] She's upset as well after that attack by Giulia 948 01:02:08,495 --> 01:02:09,863 after the matchup last week. 949 01:02:09,897 --> 01:02:13,183 -And now taking the fight to the champion. -Come on, champ! 950 01:02:13,216 --> 01:02:15,986 -Stay back! -[Graves] Earlier today I asked her 951 01:02:16,019 --> 01:02:21,024 the exact nature of the relationship between herself and Giulia, 952 01:02:21,058 --> 01:02:25,611 and she said this is a quote, "mutually beneficial partnership. 953 01:02:25,645 --> 01:02:28,015 -I'm in the business world." -[Cole] Oh! 954 01:02:28,048 --> 01:02:32,402 "Giulia is a shark inside the ring. We can both teach one another a lot." 955 01:02:32,435 --> 01:02:36,656 [Cole] Yeah, but right now it's Michin the one that's smelling blood. 956 01:02:36,690 --> 01:02:40,711 And Giulia, right through the second rope to the floor. 957 01:02:40,743 --> 01:02:42,296 [James] What is happening, ref? 958 01:02:42,995 --> 01:02:46,366 [Graves] Here comes Michin looking to push the pace, take it high risk! 959 01:02:46,399 --> 01:02:48,585 Went for the baseball slide, intercepted by Giulia. 960 01:02:48,618 --> 01:02:51,404 Now "Beautiful Madness" Giulia, the United States Champion… 961 01:02:51,437 --> 01:02:53,774 -[Cole] Oh! -…with a neckbreaker to the floor. 962 01:02:55,576 --> 01:02:57,426 Giulia takes over. 963 01:02:57,461 --> 01:03:00,998 That's what I like to see! That's what I like to see! 964 01:03:03,500 --> 01:03:06,870 [Cole] And now Giulia and Michin pounding away on each other here, 965 01:03:06,904 --> 01:03:09,071 a United States Championship on the line. 966 01:03:09,106 --> 01:03:11,158 Giulia the champ. Michin the challenger. 967 01:03:11,191 --> 01:03:12,993 Now headbutts delivered! 968 01:03:13,026 --> 01:03:15,495 [Graves] Those many rights were landing from Michin, 969 01:03:15,529 --> 01:03:17,047 but Giulia able to turn the tides 970 01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:18,714 -with a series of headbutts! -Oh! 971 01:03:18,749 --> 01:03:20,399 But just got her own brains scrambled. 972 01:03:21,667 --> 01:03:22,752 [Cole] Michin misses widely. 973 01:03:22,785 --> 01:03:24,705 -Giulia now… -[Graves] Oh! German suplex! 974 01:03:24,738 --> 01:03:26,256 Drops her on the back of her neck. 975 01:03:27,591 --> 01:03:29,977 Uh-oh, a little fighting spirit from Michin. 976 01:03:30,009 --> 01:03:31,861 [Cole] Michin delivers one of her own! 977 01:03:32,328 --> 01:03:35,265 Standing toe to toe with the United States Champion. 978 01:03:37,049 --> 01:03:38,051 [Graves] Oh, God. 979 01:03:38,085 --> 01:03:41,772 Vicious strikes from both women landing simultaneously. 980 01:03:43,156 --> 01:03:45,274 Ooh! Both women down. 981 01:03:46,292 --> 01:03:49,162 This is for the United States Championship. 982 01:03:49,196 --> 01:03:51,732 Giulia and Michin here tonight. 983 01:03:54,201 --> 01:03:57,437 Sold out crowd at the Allstate Arena in Chicago, 984 01:03:57,471 --> 01:04:01,707 looking on 16,678 on hand. 985 01:04:07,748 --> 01:04:11,417 As you like to call this a pivotal point in the matchup, Michael Cole. 986 01:04:11,451 --> 01:04:14,705 It's boiled down to which of these two women has more gas left in the tank. 987 01:04:14,738 --> 01:04:17,207 Overhead kick by Michin takes down the champion. 988 01:04:17,241 --> 01:04:20,493 [Cole] Yeah, and it may be Michin who is gaining the upper hand here. 989 01:04:20,527 --> 01:04:22,462 Giulia in the corner in trouble. Michin… Oh! 990 01:04:22,495 --> 01:04:24,248 Cannonball into the corner. 991 01:04:24,281 --> 01:04:26,917 Dragging the champ back toward the center of the ring. 992 01:04:26,950 --> 01:04:28,535 -Stacks her up for the title! -One, two… 993 01:04:28,569 --> 01:04:30,787 [Cole] And a kick out by Giulia at two. 994 01:04:30,821 --> 01:04:33,906 [Graves] Absolutely brutal impact on the cannonball from Michin. 995 01:04:33,941 --> 01:04:38,495 You can see the way that Giulia's head whipped back like a whiplash effect. 996 01:04:38,529 --> 01:04:42,265 [Cole] Now Michin going for Eat Defeat, which is her finishing maneuver. 997 01:04:42,299 --> 01:04:44,051 But Giulia able to counter. 998 01:04:44,685 --> 01:04:46,587 We'll be looking for a Northern Lights Bomb! 999 01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:48,404 [Cole] It connects! Cover. 1000 01:04:48,437 --> 01:04:50,540 -Is it enough to retain the championship? -One, two… 1001 01:04:50,573 --> 01:04:52,491 [Cole] But Michin kicks out! 1002 01:04:54,044 --> 01:04:55,995 [Graves] Sit-out driver by Giulia. 1003 01:04:58,165 --> 01:05:01,118 Extremely effective but not enough to end the matchup. 1004 01:05:02,819 --> 01:05:05,004 [Cole] Now the well placed kick by the champion. 1005 01:05:06,323 --> 01:05:07,558 And another one to Michin. 1006 01:05:07,591 --> 01:05:10,027 [Graves] Look at the confidence now just oozing from Giulia. 1007 01:05:10,060 --> 01:05:12,044 It's like she's daring Michin to fight back. 1008 01:05:12,078 --> 01:05:13,413 [Cole] Yeah, but Michin is fighting back. 1009 01:05:13,446 --> 01:05:16,082 And now the champ's in trouble. Michin lifting her up, 1010 01:05:16,917 --> 01:05:19,102 and taking her down! The sit-out power bomb. 1011 01:05:19,136 --> 01:05:20,870 -Cover for the title. -One, two… 1012 01:05:20,904 --> 01:05:22,388 [Cole] Giulia kicks at two. 1013 01:05:25,959 --> 01:05:29,596 Kiana James extremely upset after that near fall. 1014 01:05:30,714 --> 01:05:32,649 Hey! I don't think so. 1015 01:05:32,683 --> 01:05:34,368 [Cole] Again. James again 1016 01:05:34,401 --> 01:05:35,868 trying to cause a distraction. 1017 01:05:35,903 --> 01:05:38,372 And whipping Giulia into the second rope. 1018 01:05:38,404 --> 01:05:41,441 And Michin now gonna make Kiana James pay! 1019 01:05:41,975 --> 01:05:43,810 Face first, bounced off the mat. 1020 01:05:43,843 --> 01:05:46,547 But Giulia with a running knee! 1021 01:05:46,580 --> 01:05:49,716 -[Graves] Arrivederci! -[Cole] Giulia with the Arrivederci 1022 01:05:49,750 --> 01:05:51,185 -for the victory… -[bell rings] 1023 01:05:51,218 --> 01:05:53,502 …and to retain the championship. 1024 01:05:53,537 --> 01:05:55,506 [Nash] Here is your winner, 1025 01:05:55,538 --> 01:06:00,977 and still Women's United States Champion, 1026 01:06:01,011 --> 01:06:03,647 Giulia! 1027 01:06:03,680 --> 01:06:07,417 [Cole] Well, the distraction by Kiana James paid off. 1028 01:06:07,451 --> 01:06:11,772 Giulia hitting Arrivederci to pick up the victory 1029 01:06:11,805 --> 01:06:15,341 and retain her United States Women's Championship. 1030 01:06:16,310 --> 01:06:18,611 Oh, and now, well Kiana James 1031 01:06:18,645 --> 01:06:21,999 obviously still upset after she was embarrassed last week 1032 01:06:22,031 --> 01:06:25,718 in about three seconds by Michin and James, 1033 01:06:25,752 --> 01:06:28,888 finally being hauled away by the official, Daphanie LaShaunn. 1034 01:06:32,459 --> 01:06:36,846 [Graves] A budding relationship but mutually beneficial nonetheless. 1035 01:06:36,879 --> 01:06:39,966 Big win for the United States Champion, Giulia 1036 01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:43,636 and her official representation, Kiana James. 1037 01:06:43,669 --> 01:06:46,772 United States Championship match here tonight on Friday Night SmackDown. 1038 01:06:46,807 --> 01:06:50,660 Last week we were supposed to have a Women's Tag Team Championship match, 1039 01:06:50,694 --> 01:06:54,615 but Chelsea and Alba had other ideas when they attacked Charlotte Flair 1040 01:06:54,647 --> 01:06:56,133 before the match even began. 1041 01:06:59,203 --> 01:07:01,888 [Graves] As the Queen and Alexa Bliss were making their entrance, 1042 01:07:01,922 --> 01:07:05,759 Chelsea Green, Alba Fyre taking out the knee of Charlotte Flair. 1043 01:07:05,792 --> 01:07:07,426 Leaving Charlotte unable to compete. 1044 01:07:07,461 --> 01:07:10,497 This would lead to a one on one contest between Alexa Bliss 1045 01:07:10,531 --> 01:07:12,466 -and Chelsea Green… -[bell rings] 1046 01:07:12,499 --> 01:07:15,319 …with Little Miss Bliss humiliating Chelsea. 1047 01:07:15,352 --> 01:07:17,437 Unfortunately for Alexa, 1048 01:07:17,471 --> 01:07:21,124 Alba Fyre would hit the scene and attempt to lay waste. 1049 01:07:21,875 --> 01:07:27,564 An unlikely return from the Queen Charlotte Flair was short-lived. 1050 01:07:28,381 --> 01:07:31,585 And everything came up Secret Hervice in Chelsea Green. 1051 01:07:33,319 --> 01:07:36,740 Does nothing ever good happen to me in this city? 1052 01:07:36,772 --> 01:07:38,491 What did I do to deserve… 1053 01:07:38,991 --> 01:07:40,093 [crying] 1054 01:07:40,843 --> 01:07:41,845 What? 1055 01:07:42,828 --> 01:07:44,281 Doctor Lily will see you now. 1056 01:07:44,830 --> 01:07:47,234 Blister, you were supposed to get a real doctor. 1057 01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:50,604 -Don't worry. -I need to get cleared, like yesterday. 1058 01:07:50,636 --> 01:07:51,638 Lily's trained. 1059 01:07:52,138 --> 01:07:53,973 We need revenge on Chelsea and Alba. 1060 01:07:54,691 --> 01:07:56,026 [stammers] 1061 01:07:56,058 --> 01:07:57,528 I have one. It's there. 1062 01:07:58,278 --> 01:07:59,596 If you say so. 1063 01:07:59,629 --> 01:08:02,832 Look, we will get revenge when the time is right. 1064 01:08:02,866 --> 01:08:06,486 But right now is not the right time because you need to rest, relax, 1065 01:08:06,520 --> 01:08:08,388 -and let the power of… -Do I not look relaxed? 1066 01:08:08,422 --> 01:08:10,189 Oh, if you say f… 1067 01:08:10,223 --> 01:08:11,741 it'd make me feel better. 1068 01:08:11,774 --> 01:08:13,442 -…power of… -F… 1069 01:08:14,361 --> 01:08:16,647 …friendship heal your pain. 1070 01:08:21,434 --> 01:08:25,272 S-So what am I not cleared? Seriously? 1071 01:08:29,742 --> 01:08:32,446 ♪ Burn it down ♪ 1072 01:08:32,996 --> 01:08:34,380 [Graves] Now what? 1073 01:08:39,970 --> 01:08:43,023 [crowd singing] 1074 01:08:58,538 --> 01:09:01,591 ♪ Burn it down ♪ 1075 01:09:02,276 --> 01:09:04,094 [Cole] Well, Punk is here. 1076 01:09:05,045 --> 01:09:06,813 Becky Lynch is here. 1077 01:09:07,514 --> 01:09:10,968 And now Becky's husband, the World Heavyweight Champion, 1078 01:09:11,001 --> 01:09:12,885 Seth Rollins, is here. 1079 01:09:17,291 --> 01:09:20,894 What on earth does Rollins have in store for Friday Night SmackDown? 1080 01:09:29,702 --> 01:09:33,506 [Cole] Things have gotten interesting here at Allstate Arena in Chicago 1081 01:09:33,540 --> 01:09:38,261 because the world champ, Seth Rollins has arrived. 1082 01:09:44,218 --> 01:09:47,254 Chicago! 1083 01:09:49,188 --> 01:09:55,062 Tonight we are all witnesses to history 1084 01:09:55,746 --> 01:10:02,486 because the legend of your hero CM Punk 1085 01:10:02,519 --> 01:10:08,258 dies right here, right now! 1086 01:10:08,291 --> 01:10:09,776 [crowd booing] 1087 01:10:09,809 --> 01:10:11,428 [laughs] 1088 01:10:12,862 --> 01:10:15,199 And to do the honors… 1089 01:10:15,232 --> 01:10:17,784 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! 1090 01:10:17,818 --> 01:10:23,440 Yes, yes. One last time, chant his name! 1091 01:10:27,628 --> 01:10:30,280 But to do the honors, 1092 01:10:30,313 --> 01:10:32,933 let me introduce to you 1093 01:10:32,965 --> 01:10:39,639 the greatest female wrestler in the history of planet Earth! 1094 01:10:40,773 --> 01:10:44,760 She is your intercontinental champion. 1095 01:10:45,612 --> 01:10:51,168 And she is my sexy, brilliant, 1096 01:10:51,201 --> 01:10:54,771 incredible, Irish wife. 1097 01:10:54,804 --> 01:10:59,126 Chicago, welcome to the big time. 1098 01:10:59,159 --> 01:11:04,331 I give you "The Man" Becky Lynch! 1099 01:11:04,364 --> 01:11:06,500 [crowd booing] 1100 01:11:06,532 --> 01:11:08,018 ["New Lows" playing] 1101 01:11:08,050 --> 01:11:11,004 ♪ The Man has come around ♪ 1102 01:11:23,183 --> 01:11:25,219 ♪ The sleepless nights The desperate calls ♪ 1103 01:11:25,251 --> 01:11:26,803 ♪ The empty road ♪ 1104 01:11:28,789 --> 01:11:32,342 ♪ I'm spitting blood I'm staring down a broken nose ♪ 1105 01:11:34,010 --> 01:11:37,648 ♪ I'm sick to death Of standing in the bitter cold ♪ 1106 01:11:39,333 --> 01:11:42,769 ♪ They'll rue the day They let me hit a new low ♪ 1107 01:11:45,755 --> 01:11:48,442 ♪ 'Cause I'm no one's shadow ♪ 1108 01:11:48,959 --> 01:11:54,097 ♪ I felt the lights And I'm not going back there ♪ 1109 01:11:54,130 --> 01:11:59,385 ♪ I talk to your ghost Every night in my sleep ♪ 1110 01:11:59,419 --> 01:12:05,259 ♪ And I say "I'm through playing dead" "Man, I don't care" ♪ 1111 01:12:05,291 --> 01:12:08,327 ♪ You can block the exits I ain't flinching ♪ 1112 01:12:08,362 --> 01:12:10,063 ♪ Bayside built me ♪ 1113 01:12:22,376 --> 01:12:26,330 ♪ The pressure builds It bottles up, and then explodes ♪ 1114 01:12:27,447 --> 01:12:31,068 ♪ It rips you out of orbit Like a black hole ♪ 1115 01:12:33,036 --> 01:12:37,107 ♪ I'll burn it down And watch as something better grows ♪ 1116 01:12:38,308 --> 01:12:42,144 ♪ And drag you toward the future With your eyes closed ♪ 1117 01:12:43,914 --> 01:12:46,099 [music fades] 1118 01:12:47,568 --> 01:12:52,739 [crowd chanting] AJ Lee! AJ Lee! 1119 01:13:02,566 --> 01:13:03,983 How dare you? 1120 01:13:04,885 --> 01:13:07,237 [crowd boos] 1121 01:13:09,056 --> 01:13:14,711 How dare you chant another person's name while I'm standing in this ring? 1122 01:13:19,233 --> 01:13:23,170 I am the greatest female wrestler of all time! 1123 01:13:26,740 --> 01:13:30,410 And it's not just me saying it. Other people say it! 1124 01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:36,416 Sports Illustrated says it. 1125 01:13:38,218 --> 01:13:41,021 The Chicago Tribune says it! 1126 01:13:45,224 --> 01:13:48,144 Oh. Classic Chicago. 1127 01:13:48,178 --> 01:13:50,179 Classic Chicago. 1128 01:13:52,165 --> 01:13:56,336 I wouldn't expect you to know what greatness looks like. 1129 01:13:58,554 --> 01:13:59,973 All your teams suck. 1130 01:14:00,941 --> 01:14:02,392 The Blackhawks suck. 1131 01:14:04,827 --> 01:14:06,547 The Cubs suck. 1132 01:14:08,715 --> 01:14:10,784 The White Sox suck. 1133 01:14:13,403 --> 01:14:15,589 The Bulls suck. 1134 01:14:18,825 --> 01:14:20,227 And you suck. 1135 01:14:22,679 --> 01:14:25,365 You suck so bad they're trading your ass. 1136 01:14:26,517 --> 01:14:28,335 [Graves] Talking to Coby White of the Bulls. 1137 01:14:29,503 --> 01:14:32,889 And CM Punk sucks. 1138 01:14:32,923 --> 01:14:34,625 [crowd boos] 1139 01:14:41,764 --> 01:14:45,152 ["Cult of Personality" playing] 1140 01:14:45,184 --> 01:14:46,637 [crowd cheering] 1141 01:14:58,965 --> 01:15:03,469 ♪ Look in my eyes What do you see? ♪ 1142 01:15:05,005 --> 01:15:08,724 ♪ The cult of personality ♪ 1143 01:15:09,358 --> 01:15:14,447 ♪ I know your anger I know your dreams ♪ 1144 01:15:14,947 --> 01:15:19,219 ♪ I've been everything you want to be ♪ 1145 01:15:19,253 --> 01:15:24,657 ♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪ 1146 01:15:24,691 --> 01:15:29,696 ♪ Like Mussolini and Kennedy ♪ 1147 01:15:30,264 --> 01:15:36,303 ♪ I'm the cult of personality The cult of personality ♪ 1148 01:15:36,336 --> 01:15:40,206 ♪ The cult of personality ♪ 1149 01:15:40,240 --> 01:15:42,876 [crowd cheering] 1150 01:15:46,914 --> 01:15:51,434 ♪ Neon lights Nobel Prize ♪ 1151 01:15:51,468 --> 01:15:57,307 ♪ When a mirror speaks The reflection lies ♪ 1152 01:15:57,340 --> 01:16:02,478 ♪ You won't have to follow me ♪ 1153 01:16:02,513 --> 01:16:09,169 ♪ Only you can set me free ♪ 1154 01:16:17,177 --> 01:16:21,965 ♪ I sell the things you need to be ♪ 1155 01:16:22,733 --> 01:16:26,870 ♪ I'm the smiling face of your TV ♪ 1156 01:16:26,904 --> 01:16:31,825 ♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪ 1157 01:16:32,776 --> 01:16:37,614 ♪ I exploit you Still, you love me ♪ 1158 01:16:38,632 --> 01:16:42,568 ♪ I tell you one and one make three ♪ 1159 01:16:42,603 --> 01:16:47,391 ♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪ 1160 01:16:48,358 --> 01:16:53,112 ♪ Like Joseph Stalin and Gandhi ♪ 1161 01:16:53,664 --> 01:16:59,670 ♪ I'm the cult of personality The cult of personality ♪ 1162 01:16:59,702 --> 01:17:03,473 ♪ The cult of personality ♪ 1163 01:17:10,647 --> 01:17:15,619 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 1164 01:17:20,741 --> 01:17:25,879 ♪ You won't have to follow me ♪ 1165 01:17:25,913 --> 01:17:31,718 ♪ Only you can set me free ♪ 1166 01:17:31,751 --> 01:17:34,103 [music fades] 1167 01:17:34,987 --> 01:17:36,857 [crowd cheering] 1168 01:17:51,705 --> 01:17:56,777 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 1169 01:18:04,768 --> 01:18:06,169 This isn't about you. 1170 01:18:06,202 --> 01:18:08,589 It's about your coward of a husband 1171 01:18:08,621 --> 01:18:10,157 that's hiding… 1172 01:18:13,410 --> 01:18:15,027 in a box right now. 1173 01:18:15,062 --> 01:18:17,063 -This… -This is about me. 1174 01:18:17,097 --> 01:18:21,668 And actually, I'm surprised you came out here and showed your face. 1175 01:18:21,702 --> 01:18:23,687 Aren't you embarrassed? 1176 01:18:23,719 --> 01:18:25,856 Aren't you embarrassed? 1177 01:18:28,692 --> 01:18:30,294 Am I embarrassed? 1178 01:18:30,327 --> 01:18:32,829 No, I don't have anything to be embarrassed for, 1179 01:18:32,862 --> 01:18:35,933 unlike your coward of a husband. 1180 01:18:35,965 --> 01:18:37,166 [crowd cheers] 1181 01:18:38,869 --> 01:18:43,223 Hiding in a skybox, hiding behind Paul Heyman, 1182 01:18:43,257 --> 01:18:44,808 hiding behind his goons, 1183 01:18:44,842 --> 01:18:47,110 and now hiding behind his wife. 1184 01:18:47,144 --> 01:18:51,231 I'm going to give you the chance because this has nothing to do with you. 1185 01:18:54,084 --> 01:18:55,702 How's your face feeling? 1186 01:18:58,188 --> 01:19:00,891 How's your pride feeling? 1187 01:19:05,529 --> 01:19:10,050 [crowd chanting] AJ Lee! AJ Lee! 1188 01:19:16,557 --> 01:19:18,025 Shut up! 1189 01:19:18,759 --> 01:19:24,998 No, no, no. You will let them chant the name AJ Lee. 1190 01:19:25,866 --> 01:19:27,251 [cheering] 1191 01:19:30,286 --> 01:19:32,054 If it bothers you so much, 1192 01:19:32,089 --> 01:19:35,608 you shouldn't have stuck your nose in my business. 1193 01:19:35,642 --> 01:19:37,527 We are in Chicago. 1194 01:19:37,561 --> 01:19:39,612 -You don't think… -[crowd cheering] 1195 01:19:41,315 --> 01:19:42,983 You don't think I got friends? 1196 01:19:43,016 --> 01:19:44,418 You don't think I got shooters? 1197 01:19:44,451 --> 01:19:46,904 You don't think I can snap my fingers 1198 01:19:46,937 --> 01:19:50,340 and have one of my sisters jump over this rail 1199 01:19:50,374 --> 01:19:52,626 and get in this ring and beat your ass? 1200 01:19:52,659 --> 01:19:55,679 Okay, come on! Come on. Yeah, come on. 1201 01:19:55,712 --> 01:19:57,197 I'll kick their ass. 1202 01:19:57,231 --> 01:19:59,800 Which one is it? I'll kick all of your asses. 1203 01:20:00,500 --> 01:20:03,954 You don't think I could give a call to Bayley 1204 01:20:03,987 --> 01:20:07,139 and have her come out here and beat your ass? 1205 01:20:08,442 --> 01:20:10,611 I kicked her ass too. 1206 01:20:11,945 --> 01:20:14,481 Who else you got? You got any more friends? 1207 01:20:15,465 --> 01:20:20,454 You don't think I can call in a favor to "The Eradicator" Rhea Ripley? 1208 01:20:24,625 --> 01:20:25,759 I think… 1209 01:20:26,742 --> 01:20:28,728 What are you gonna do about it, huh? 1210 01:20:28,762 --> 01:20:30,697 What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do, huh? 1211 01:20:30,731 --> 01:20:32,299 You gonna do something about it? 1212 01:20:32,766 --> 01:20:35,501 Yeah, where are they? I don't see 'em. 1213 01:20:35,536 --> 01:20:37,838 I don't see 'em. Who's gonna come save you, huh, Punk? 1214 01:20:38,188 --> 01:20:39,639 Huh? Huh? Huh? 1215 01:20:39,673 --> 01:20:40,840 Oh, what… 1216 01:20:40,874 --> 01:20:41,992 Boom! 1217 01:20:42,025 --> 01:20:43,927 Oh. [grunts] 1218 01:20:43,960 --> 01:20:45,996 What you gonna do? You gonna do something? 1219 01:20:46,029 --> 01:20:47,598 Huh? What if I do this again? 1220 01:20:48,098 --> 01:20:49,099 Yeah. 1221 01:20:50,751 --> 01:20:53,337 You're pathetic. You got nobody. 1222 01:20:53,370 --> 01:20:55,906 Okay, yeah. Go, go run away. 1223 01:20:55,938 --> 01:20:58,192 Run away from your hometown! 1224 01:20:59,943 --> 01:21:01,562 Get out of here. 1225 01:21:03,380 --> 01:21:05,632 You're an embarrassment. 1226 01:21:05,666 --> 01:21:09,085 You're an embarrassment to the city of Chicago. 1227 01:21:09,119 --> 01:21:10,704 And that's saying a lot. 1228 01:21:11,237 --> 01:21:12,706 [crowd boos] 1229 01:21:16,043 --> 01:21:19,478 Becky, this is exactly the situation I wanted to avoid. 1230 01:21:19,513 --> 01:21:23,450 Because you know, and I know and everybody knows, 1231 01:21:23,483 --> 01:21:26,085 I would never put my hands on a lady. 1232 01:21:26,670 --> 01:21:28,455 [crowd cheers] 1233 01:21:30,072 --> 01:21:31,074 Thankfully, 1234 01:21:32,643 --> 01:21:34,510 I got somebody who will. 1235 01:21:34,545 --> 01:21:35,829 [crowd cheers] 1236 01:21:40,150 --> 01:21:42,385 ["Let's Light It Up" playing] 1237 01:21:42,419 --> 01:21:43,603 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1238 01:21:43,637 --> 01:21:45,522 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1239 01:21:45,556 --> 01:21:46,607 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1240 01:21:46,639 --> 01:21:48,909 ♪ Like shooting stars are burning Light up the sky ♪ 1241 01:21:48,942 --> 01:21:50,360 ♪ Let's light it up 1242 01:21:50,393 --> 01:21:52,496 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1243 01:21:52,529 --> 01:21:53,630 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1244 01:21:53,664 --> 01:21:56,950 ♪ Let the night Let the diamonds shine in your eyes ♪ 1245 01:21:56,983 --> 01:21:58,952 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light it tonight ♪ 1246 01:21:58,986 --> 01:22:00,187 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1247 01:22:00,219 --> 01:22:02,188 ♪ Like shooting stars are burning Light up the sky ♪ 1248 01:22:02,222 --> 01:22:03,223 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1249 01:22:03,257 --> 01:22:05,791 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1250 01:22:05,826 --> 01:22:06,893 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1251 01:22:06,927 --> 01:22:10,496 ♪ Let the night Let the diamonds shine in your eyes ♪ 1252 01:22:10,531 --> 01:22:12,416 [cheering continues] 1253 01:22:16,553 --> 01:22:19,873 ♪ Something 'bout the madess magic I can't explain ♪ 1254 01:22:19,907 --> 01:22:23,110 ♪ Every time the sun goes down Feel everything change ♪ 1255 01:22:23,143 --> 01:22:26,213 ♪ Feel my body buzzin' Feel my temperature range ♪ 1256 01:22:26,246 --> 01:22:29,049 ♪ Every night a brand new page Yeah ♪ 1257 01:22:29,081 --> 01:22:30,200 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1258 01:22:30,233 --> 01:22:32,469 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1259 01:22:32,501 --> 01:22:33,503 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1260 01:22:33,536 --> 01:22:35,621 ♪ Like shooting stars are burning Light up the sky ♪ 1261 01:22:35,656 --> 01:22:36,657 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1262 01:22:36,690 --> 01:22:39,092 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1263 01:22:39,126 --> 01:22:40,227 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1264 01:22:40,260 --> 01:22:43,730 ♪ Let the night Let the diamonds shine in your eyes ♪ 1265 01:22:43,764 --> 01:22:45,799 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light it tonight ♪ 1266 01:22:45,831 --> 01:22:46,833 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1267 01:22:46,867 --> 01:22:49,018 ♪ Like shooting stars are burning Light up the sky ♪ 1268 01:22:49,052 --> 01:22:50,286 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1269 01:22:50,320 --> 01:22:52,389 ♪ Light it up, light it up Light up tonight ♪ 1270 01:22:52,422 --> 01:22:53,473 ♪ Let's light it up ♪ 1271 01:22:53,507 --> 01:22:57,177 ♪ Let the night Let the diamonds shine in your eyes ♪ 1272 01:22:59,496 --> 01:23:01,882 [crowd cheering] 1273 01:23:27,241 --> 01:23:29,992 [music fades] 1274 01:23:30,027 --> 01:23:34,982 [crowd chanting] AJ Lee! AJ Lee! AJ Lee! AJ Lee! 1275 01:23:43,941 --> 01:23:48,094 [Cole] AJ Lee, CM Punk's wife is here! 1276 01:23:48,128 --> 01:23:51,431 AJ Lee, taking it to Becky Lynch. 1277 01:23:53,717 --> 01:23:55,518 Becky's trying to retreat. 1278 01:23:57,087 --> 01:23:58,956 And AJ Lee 1279 01:23:59,990 --> 01:24:04,962 after a decade, nearly 3,800 days, 1280 01:24:04,995 --> 01:24:05,996 is back! 1281 01:24:06,029 --> 01:24:08,615 Down goes Lynch off the Thesz Press! 1282 01:24:08,648 --> 01:24:12,652 And AJ Lee unloading on Becky Lynch. 1283 01:24:12,686 --> 01:24:16,623 [Graves] AJ Lee going absolutely crazy in the ring right now. 1284 01:24:16,657 --> 01:24:19,059 [Cole] Well, crazy is her superpower, Corey. 1285 01:24:19,092 --> 01:24:20,093 We all know that. 1286 01:24:24,865 --> 01:24:26,717 The trailblazer. 1287 01:24:26,750 --> 01:24:31,321 The original check buster, with a payback to Becky Lynch. 1288 01:24:37,978 --> 01:24:42,432 [crowd chanting] AJ Lee! AJ Lee! 1289 01:24:54,161 --> 01:24:56,045 [cheering] 1290 01:25:09,742 --> 01:25:10,994 [cheering] 1291 01:25:11,027 --> 01:25:14,063 [Graves] Welcome back AJ Lee! 1292 01:25:14,097 --> 01:25:15,849 ["Let's Light It Up" playing] 1293 01:25:17,099 --> 01:25:20,587 Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch don't know what to think. 1294 01:25:25,275 --> 01:25:28,428 The woman who made crazy cool… 1295 01:25:29,478 --> 01:25:30,697 is back! 1296 01:25:32,599 --> 01:25:35,585 What a return for AJ Lee. ool…