[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[Cole] He is the number one contender for the WWE Championship.
"The Scottish Warrior" Drew McIntyre is here tonight.
As is the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.
Cody and Drew will sign the contract to make their match
at Wrestlepalooza tomorrow night official here live on SmackDown.
Chelsea Green and her Secret Hervice Alba Fyre,
the number one contenders for the women's tag team titles,
are here tonight,
but they've got their work cut out for them
against the fighting Women's Tag Team Champions.
Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair look to retain the gold tonight.
What an opportunity for Carmelo Hayes
as he looks to win his first United States Championship.
It is another United States Championship open challenge from that man,
the champion, Sami Zayn.
Sami, Carmelo for the United States title live tonight.
And you are looking live at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio,
24 hours away from Wrestlepalooza.
We are jam-packed tonight for Friday Night SmackDown.
Hello again, everybody.
At ringside tonight, Michael Cole and Corey Graves.
Corey, 24 hours away from Wrestlepalooza.
I cannot wait to begin the ESPN era here in WWE.
And what bigger way than to kick off Wrestlepalooza
than with a match between the Greatest of All Time, John Cena,
and the Beast, Brock Lesnar.
Speaking of Brock Lesnar, I was supposed to do that sit-down interview
with Brock later on tonight.
I'm being told that Brock wants to do the interview right now,
so I've got to head back to the locker room.
Well, yeah. Far be it from us to keep Brock Lesnar waiting
for much of anything.
I'll hold down the fort until you get finished with that.
So much headed your way tonight on SmackDown.
As Michael Cole said a few moments ago, we make it official.
Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship
-against Drew-- -["Next Big Thing" playing]
[crowd cheers]
[Graves] …against Drew McIntyre
tomorrow at Wrestlepalooza.
And it looks like Cole's not going to be able to make it backstage.
Brock waits for no one.
[crowd cheers]
-[grunts] -[crowd cheers]
[Graves] This is the man who will stand toe-to-toe tomorrow
to kick off Wrestlepalooza with John Cena.
-[grunts] -[Graves] Oh, no. Not again.
-[music ends] -[Cole] Brock, no!
No, Brock! Come on! Put me down!
[Graves] Brock, what are you…
What are you doing?
[Graves] Put Cole…
[crowd cheering]
[Graves] Oh, my… Oh, no. No, no.
Cole, get in the ring.
-[Graves] Be careful, Cole. -[crowd exclaiming]
Brock!
[crowd boos]
[Graves] This is completely uncalled for.
[indistinct]
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena!
[Graves] Not again. Not again.
[mic thuds]
[crowd cheering]
[Graves] Brock! Brock! Please. Please. We gotta cover the show.
Please just stop.
Please! We gotta do the show.
I'm sorry. I'm s--
[crowd cheers]
-[screams] -[crowd cheering, booing]
[crowd member chanting] One more time! One more time!
[cheering, booing continues]
John, I'm coming for you!
It's D Day tomorrow, John! I'm coming for blood.
[crowd boos]
[fan 1 shouts] Get him again, Brock!
[fan 2 shouts] Get him again, baby!
[fan 3 shouts] He's going! He's going!
[crowd cheers]
[clamoring]
[crowd cheers]
-[crowd cheers] -[screams]
Come on!
Come on, Cena!
[cheering continues]
[speaks indistinctly]
[crowd chanting] One more time! One more time!
[chanting continues]
[crowd boos]
-Can we get a doctor? -We can try to get him to a hospital.
His neck. Look at it. He's got swelling behind his ear.
We're gonna take care of it.
-[clamoring] -Easy, guys. Slow, slow.
-Daphanie, you got him down there? -Somebody get in here and grab his legs.
We're gonna take him back.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[crowd members shouting]
-[grunts] -[crowd cheers]
-[music ends] -[Cole] Brock, no!
No, Brock! Come on! Put me down!
[Graves] Brock! Brock! Please. Please. We gotta cover the show.
Please! We gotta do the show.
I'm sorry. I'm s--
[crowd cheers]
[screams]
[crowd cheers]
[screams]
John, I'm coming for you!
It's D Day tomorrow, John! I'm coming for blood.
[crowd cheering, booing]
[chuckles]
[crowd exclaims]
We should talk.
Okay.
[chuckling]
[radio chatter]
[sighs] All right, gentlemen. I'm just gonna say it.
Today? Not the day.
I have a contract signing tonight for the main event of Wrestlepalooza.
What I need are two signatures on that document.
What I don't need are any more problems.
Oh, Mr. Aldis, you… you misread our intentions entirely.
[stammers] I actually came here tonight to broker a peace
between Mr. Breakker, Mr. Reed, and the Usos.
Where would they be?
The Usos are not here. The Usos are in Indianapolis.
But something tells me you already know that.
Me? [stammers]
How would I know such a thing?
To be honest, I think you're the greatest general manager I've ever seen.
I love the way you put SmackDown together.
We are here now.
We'll just enjoy the show.
Nice suit.
Very nice.
-Let's go, Cole. -We love you, Cole.
Let's go, Cole. We love you.
[crowd cheers, applauds]
[Cole clears throat]
[sighs] Well…
[crowd chants] Michael Cole! Michael Cole!
I mean…
Corey's…
[breathes deeply]
Corey's back there getting medical attention
because he… he came to help me.
[stammers] I mean, listen…
I've been doing this a long time, and…
[stammers] I mean, I've been in the ring. I've been beaten up. I've been manhandled.
I've been pushed around, but…
I've never ever felt as helpless
as I did out there tonight.
And…
if that's what, uh…
if that's what awaits John Cena tomorrow…
I don't even know if…
if my friend John has the answers.
[sighs]
-["All Hail the Queen" plays] -[crowd cheers]
♪ Bow down ♪
♪ All hail the Queen ♪
[crowd cheers]
[music stops]
-["The Fury" plays] -[crowd cheers]
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall and is for
the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship!
Introducing first,
they are the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Charlotte Flair,
-Alexa Bliss! -[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Well, uh, we're gonna try to get an update at some point here
on the condition of Corey Graves
after the all-out assault by Brock Lesnar moments ago.
But I'm going to try to regroup here, folks.
Uh, excuse me if it takes me a little bit of time.
I understand that this is a very important matchup tonight.
It's for the women's tag team titles.
Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss defending tonight
in a match that was supposed to happen
a number of weeks ago before an attack by Chelsea Green and Alba Fyre
on Charlotte Flair injured Charlotte's leg.
She was out of action for a number of weeks…
and we find ourselves here tonight.
♪ Pledge your allegiance To Chelsea Green ♪
-["Hot Mess" plays] -[crowd cheers]
♪ Yeah, hey, hey ♪
♪ I'm a hot mess Whoa ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ I'm a hot mess… ♪
[Nash] And their opponents,
the challengers,
the team of Alba Fyre
and Chelsea Green!
[Cole] One other note on this, uh…
this Brock Lesnar situation.
Of course, in 24 hours, he… he faces John Cena at Wrestlepalooza.
Uh, I'm gonna…
I'm having flashbacks to what happened at SummerSlam
of over a decade ago between Lesnar and John Cena.
It was… it was one of the most lopsided matches that I have ever called.
It was very uncomfortable throughout the night.
It was the night that John Cena was introduced to Suplex City
when Brock Lesnar absolutely destroyed the GOAT in his prime.
And I… I shudder to think what…
John Cena faces tomorrow night
against that unhinged man.
So, again, going to focus on what the task is at hand.
This is for the Women's Tag Team Championship tonight.
Of course, Alexa and Charlotte, who won the titles
back in August at SummerSlam by knocking off The Judgment Day,
looking to successfully retain tonight.
Chelsea and Alba, again,
mentioned that they cost themselves a title opportunity
a couple of weeks ago with that sneak attack on Charlotte,
but they have a chance now to win the gold back tonight.
We'll have to see if Charlotte is a hundred percent
as she is medically cleared to be in this match.
And now Alexa legal in this matchup.
Tag champs, uh, trying to work together as a team.
[crowd cheers]
And Fyre now makes the tag.
It's… It is hard to concentrate out here, folks.
I… [stutters] …apologize as, uh…
Chelsea delivers the drop kick. This is for the women's tag team titles.
Oh, goodness. And Alexa whipped face first into the, uh, the ring post.
[cackling]
[crowd boos]
[Cole] We are back live on Friday Night SmackDown.
Michael Cole at ringside, and this is a Tag Team Championship match--
Get that energy up, Michael Cole! Let's go.
You got the most must-see WWE superstar of all time on commentary with you,
and we've got a hell of a match going on right now for the tag team titles.
[Cole] And Miz, of course, joining me at ringside
after the attack by Brock Lesnar on Corey Graves--
-[The Miz exclaims] -[Cole] Oh, wait a minute!
[The Miz] Almost a tag!
[Cole] And Charlotte Flair driven to the apron by Alba Fyre,
and Chelsea Green now begins the attack.
-Chelsea and Alba. -[The Miz] Smart move by Alba Fyre.
Chelsea Green needs to get her over to her side,
get her away from wherever Charlotte Flair actually went.
[Cole] Alexa bounced face-first off the turnbuckle.
They successfully defended the tag team titles
this past Tuesday night on NXT Homecoming against Dame and Paxley of The Culling.
But Green looking to win the tag titles for a second time in her career tonight,
and Alexa Bliss moving out of harm's way, and can she make a tag, Miz?
[The Miz chuckles] If Chelsea Green wins the tag titles,
I don't think we'll hear the end of it, and I think that's a good thing.
And no, Alexa Bliss does not make the tag, and I've got to tell you,
my daughter's favorite superstar, besides myself--
-[Cole] Tag! -[crowd cheers]
[The Miz] Here we go! Here we go!
[Cole] And Charlotte Flair with the clothesline.
I bet you were going to say Alexa Bliss.
[The Miz] Alexa Bliss is my daughter's favorite.
She's got dolls. My daughter's got dolls. Hello, Monroe and Madison.
And now we got some chops by Charlotte Flair.
[Cole] Hey, Miz. I'll tell you something. Charlotte Flair has become a new person
after teaming with Alexa Bliss.
[The Miz] Oh, she's so much more fun. Are you kidding me?
-And now Charlotte Flair-- -[The Miz] Boom!
[Cole] Oh! Big clothesline to Alba Fyre.
[Cole] And Charlotte's fired up here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] First time this year that the women's tag titles
have been defended on Friday Night SmackDown,
and Charlotte is put on a clinic.
[The Miz] What happens if Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss lose these tag titles,
these tag titles that bind this tag team?
You still think they're BFFs, Cole?
[Cole] Well, you mentioned before that Chelsea Green won't let us hear
the end of it, but I don't know.
I can't figure out this relationship between Charlotte and Alexa.
-Alba from behind rolling up Charlotte. -[The Miz] Here we go!
[Cole] Shoulders down and a kickout by Flair!
And Charlotte with a big kick.
Come on!
[Cole] And Flair sends Fyre face-first into the turnbuckle.
And now Charlotte gonna go up top.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] And Chelsea Green going to run interference.
And Alba connects with a kick to the face.
And now Chelsea Green, the former United States Champion.
[The Miz] Look at the chemistry between Chelsea Green…
And Alba Fyre from the top rope! Swanton Bomb!
-Cover! Here we go! -[Cole] For the tag titles!
Oh! Nice save by Alexa Bliss!
[Cole] Alexa Bliss saves things in this matchup.
And now Alba Fyre with a kick as well,
and Fyre and Green looking great together, Miz.
[The Miz] Absolutely. I mean, you're looking at these two,
and you're thinking, "Man, this could be our Tag Team Champions."
I mean, they are going up against two icons in the division
in Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair.
[Cole] Oh, look at that! The double Natural Selection!
Charlotte Flair into the cover! Hook to the leg. Is it enough for the win?
-It is! -[The Miz] Oh, it is!
-[bell rings] -["All Hail the Queen" plays]
[Nash] Here are your winners
and still WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair!
[Cole] What a great performance by the champs who, Miz,
just keep getting better and better each week.
[The Miz] And you got to wonder.
They're Tag Team Champions. They're winning right now.
What happens if they start losing?
Does Alexa Bliss go down a spiral and have the dark side come back?
I don't know.
[Cole] We don't have to talk about it now, though,
because they retained the tag titles tonight!
Look, y'all been together a long time.
You're brothers, but just like brothers,
there's gonna be moments where y'all don't see eye-to-eye, and that's normal.
But if tag team gold is still what y'all want,
y'all gotta find a way to get past whatever this is
and get back to what's best for The Street Profits
because you know it's only a matter of time before--
I am so sorry to interrupt,
but, Bri, uh, Nick is ready to talk to us about next week's tag match
against Kiana and Giulia, so we need to…
We can't… We can't miss out on this.
-No, no. Cool, cool. -Sorry.
Look, y'all talk this out, all right?
Come on.
-Look, man-- -Nah. Look, bro.
We always gonna be good.
I'm gonna go talk to Nick Aldis right now,
so I can figure out how we get back our tag team championships.
We got it.
[clicks tongue] Angelo…
Your brother doesn't want to hear what you have to say.
But I will listen.
[grunts]
[shouting] Why you keep running your mouth, man? Huh?
What you trying to prove between us, huh? Talk!
I'm here to guide lost souls.
[chuckles]
A quest to find the right path.
[laughs]
[grunts]
[Bo Dallas] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[scoffs]
["Just the Frax" playing]
[bell rings]
[Nash] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, with a combined weight of 365 pounds,
Fraxiom!
-[Cole] R-Truth was wearing that-- -[The Miz] Oh, wait a second!
-[Cole] Bron Breakker! -[The Miz] What is going on?
[Cole] Bronson Reed of The Vision attacking Fraxiom.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] What a night this has been.
Chaos all over the place, and now Heyman marching to the ring.
[The Miz] First Brock Lesnar, now this.
Heyman is just causing havoc all over the place on SmackDown.
[Cole] I thought you were going to calm things down when you came out here.
Ladies and gentlemen…
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Obviously, his voice box is better.
Ladies and gentlemen,
-my name is Paul Heyman. -[crowd] …is Paul Heyman.
You know who they remind me of?
The Usos.
Down, out, victimized and flat on their back.
Hey, Jimmy and Jey…
[speaks Samoan]
Huh?
For those of you who don't know what that means,
it's a spoiler for Wrestlepalooza.
It means tomorrow night, you're gonna hear,
"And your winner"…
-[The Miz] Here we go! -[Cole] Fraxiom!
Off the top rope, driving Reed and Breakker
out of the ring.
-And look at this! Oh, my goodness! -[The Miz exclaims]
Oh, my gosh! Do you see the speed?
-[Cole] Suicide dives all over the place. -[The Miz] Here we go again!
They are all over the place! What is going on?
[Cole] Breakker and Reed have been taken out by Fraxiom.
Not what Heyman expected tonight.
[The Miz chuckles] Let's go, baby!
[Aldis] Well, well, gentlemen.
So much for just being here to enjoy the show.
More of that trademark Paul Heyman honesty, I see.
But it looks like you've got your hands full,
and if you come to my show and start a fight,
you finish it.
So it's going to be The Vision versus Fraxiom,
-and it's going to be right now. -[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Great call by our general manager, Nick Aldis.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[crowd boos]
[Cole] Fraxiom and The Vision.
Okay.
[Cole] Impromptu matchup here on Friday Night SmackDown.
Breakker, Reed of The Vision with Paul Heyman hanging out at ringside,
taking on Fraxiom who've been very game so far in this matchup, Miz.
[The Miz] Yeah, it's actually, it's not that it's shocking
because Fraxiom is a very good tag team.
But man, I got to tell you, The Vision,
under the vision of Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman…
My gosh, the sky is the limit for these two.
[Cole] Yeah and tomorrow night at Wrestlepalooza…
it'll be, uh, Breakker and Reed against the reunited Usos, Jimmy and Jey.
One of the greatest tag teams of all time, eighth time Tag Team Champions.
-It's Breakker with a big backdrop. -[The Miz] Jesus.
And look, in a singles match, you can beat Jey, you can beat Jimmy.
But you put the Usos together.
They're twins. They've been together since day one.
There's an elite sense of chemistry as a…
-Oh my God! You want speed? -[Cole] Look at the speed of Breakker!
-[The Miz] How you like that speed? -[Cole] Miz, you make a great point
about the Usos being together since day one.
But they haven't teamed in a traditional tag team match in a couple of years.
Breakker and Reed have been teaming together each and every week,
so I give the advantage to The Vision.
[The Miz] I disagree with you.
[chuckles] I normally would go, "Yes, The Vision, absolutely."
But when you talk about the Usos, when you talk about Jimmy and Jey,
there's an uncanny chemistry.
There is no rust.
They can be away from each other
and as soon as they're in the ring with one another,
it's like they never left.
-[Cole] Big Bronson Reed with that senton. -[The Miz] Oh, my God!
[Cole] 330 pounds!
[The Miz] I don't wish that upon anyone, Cole.
[Cole] The Auszilla.
And the tag made by the unpredictable badass, Bron Breakker,
the man who Paul Heyman said one day will be main-eventing WrestleMania.
And I believe him, as Heyman with that old grin on his face,
looking on as The Vision is dismantling Fraxiom.
And Breakker with a great suplex.
[The Miz] But is Heyman really trustworthy?
-[Cole] No. -[The Miz] If he tells you that…
By the way, Seth Rollins is the World Champion.
He's supposed to be in the main event of WrestleMania.
Then you look at Roman Reigns. He's the main event of WrestleMania.
Brock Lesnar.
I mean, all of these superstars have attached themselves to Paul Heyman
and have become main-eventers.
[Cole] And Breakker was trying to build speed
and he was stopped in his tracks.
[The Miz] But at what cost, Cole?
-At what cost? -Indeed.
[Cole] And Heyman now realizing that
his team can ill afford a loss tonight, heading into Wrestlepalooza.
And what a night it's going to be in Indianapolis.
Historic evening for WWE.
-[The Miz] Here we go. -[Cole] Tag made to Reed.
-Tag made to Nathan Frazer. -[The Miz] Watch the speed, Cole.
[Cole] Yeah. Nathan Frazer, tremendous athlete.
Using speed to his advantage, trying to knock the big man off his feet.
[The Miz] Gonna need all the speed he can get!
-[Cole] Look at Frazer. -[The Miz] Duck and weave!
Here we go!
[Cole] Hanging up Reed on the top rope.
-Frazer, missile dropkick! -[The Miz] There it is.
-[Cole] And Reed down to a knee. -[The Miz] On his knee! Let's go!
[Cole] Reed's down. Frazer quickly to the top rope.
[The Miz] Wasting no time.
-Boom! -[Cole] Oh, what a frog splash! Cover now.
On Reed, and a kickout with authority at two.
[The Miz] What did I say, Cole?
Frog splash is no Tsunami.
You need a million frog splashes to just get one Tsunami. But here we go.
[Cole] And Frazer with that Corkscrew Moonsault landed on his feet.
Reed!
Oh, that's the Jagged Edge!
The Death Valley Driver, the Jagged Edge from Bronson Reed.
And do you want to do the honors?
[The Miz] Oh, no, I do not. Oh, here we go.
[Cole] Oh, and looked like he was going for the Tsunami
before being intercepted by Axiom.
Axiom… Oh, my god!
Tossed into a spear by Breakker!
Tsunami!
[referee] One, two,
three!
[bell rings]
[Nash] Here are your winners.
[Heyman] Whoa!
-[Nash] Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed! -[tapping on mic]
I don't need John Cena's **** announcing them as winners.
That's my job.
Like I was saying before… I was so rudely interrupted before.
A spoiler for Wrestlepalooza,
ladies and gentlemen, your winners.
-[clapping on speakers] -[Jimmy] Well, well, well.
-[Jey] There they go looking dumb. -[Jimmy] I see 'em.
-The Usos are not in Toledo. -[Jey] Especially Bron.
Because right now the Usos are now in Indy.
Yeah, that's right, uce.
We all over SportsCenter, all over ESPN trying to get it out the way.
'Cause tomorrow night it's WrestlePalooza, uce.
-Yeah. -And it's the Bronnies versus the Usos.
The Bronnies' fourth quarter, you're down by two.
Like my man Tyrese Haliburton say…
-[coughs] Don't choke. -No, sir.
Tomorrow night,
-you're going against the day ones. -Yeet.
You're going against the best damn tag team
-in the game. -[Jey] Yeet.
-[Jimmy] Tomorrow night. -Hey, tomorrow night we lock it down
-like 49ers defense, uce. -Ooh-whee!
Welcome to the Uso penitentiary.
[Cole] Well, Jimmy and Jey already in Indianapolis
getting set for Wrestlepalooza.
[The Miz] Oh, I'm psyched, baby!
Are you kidding me? I want to see this matchup.
[Cole] Vision versus one of the greatest tag teams of all time.
Usos, Vision tomorrow at Wrestlepalooza.
Well, after her brutal attack on the WWE Women's Champion,
Tiffany Stratton, and Jade Cargill last week,
Nia Jax is here live, next.
How about this? Fresh off of Monday Night Raw,
-the Usos are here. -[chuckles]
This is fun. Monday Night Raw in the SportsCenter.
We're on ESPN. Come on, man.
The Scottish warrior.
I'm a world champion without a world title.
Finally, I've got Cody Rhodes.
Drew, you are the best guest that we have ever had.
-Triple H is here. -Lets go!
-I gotta get in here?
-Go ahead. -I got to get in here?
We are getting in the ring with Triple H.
Put a powerhouse like WWE in with a powerhouse like ESPN.
-It's next level. -Three-time Divas Champion, AJ Lee.
One of the greatest wrestlers of all time, CM Punk.
Seth Rollins is a huge Bears fan.
I don't want him to experience joy in any facet of his life.
[reporters clamoring]
Here we go with the WWE heavyweight champ.
You and your wife Becky Lynch taking on CM Punk and his wife AJ Lee.
We're gonna find out Saturday night
if you and she are the best or if CM Punk and his wife are the best.
No, no. Me and… Me and the wife.
Bring out the champ.
Cody Rhodes, the American Nightmare.
You're always welcome on this show.
Those who tune in on Saturday night, what are they gonna see?
[Rhodes] WWE's roster has never been this stacked.
There's somebody for everybody.
One of the dopest shows on ESPN.
It's a show we put on like no other.
I don't think they're the greatest of all time.
I think we're gonna whip them on Saturday.
It's been ten years.
I am unpredictable. I don't know what I'm gonna do.
If you have never tuned into WWE before, this is the time to do it.
[Cole] Later on tonight, Cody Rhodes,
who defends the Undisputed WWE Championship tomorrow night
against Drew McIntyre,
will be in the ring face to face with the Scottish Warrior.
They sign the contract later on tonight on SmackDown.
["Not Like Most Girls" playing]
♪ There's only one of me ♪
♪ Look it up I'm written down in history ♪
[Nash] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Nia Jax!
[Cole] The Irresistible Force, Nia Jax,
marching her way to the ring.
She once again forced herself
into the WWE Women's Championship picture last week on SmackDown.
Great matchup between Tiffany Stratton and Jade Cargill.
And then Jade would end up putting Tiffany through the barricade
and Miz, well, Nia Jax would take advantage of the situation.
[The Miz] I mean, is she still upset
that Tiffy Time cashed in her money in the bank contract on Nia Jax?
I mean, look at this.
[Cole] Well, she's upset that Jade Cargill, in her mind,
stepped in front of her
to get an opportunity at the Women's Championship.
And Nia Jax, she was in destruction mode last week.
[The Miz] And boy did she succeed.
[Cole] The Annihilator to the champ.
♪ Most girls, most girls So take a seat ♪
[music ends]
[crowd boos]
You know what I'm sick of?
Well, I mean, yeah.
I'm sick of being in this disgusting town, Toledo, Ohio.
-You're right. -[crowd boos]
Aw, did I hurt your feelings?
You know, you know what I'm sick of is this women's division.
It is embarrassing that these women
continue to call themselves the alpha females.
Let's get one thing clear.
I am the alpha female of this women's division.
[crowd boos]
And it's definitely not Tiffy.
"It's Tiffy Time. It's Tiffy Time.
It's Tiffy Time.
It's Tiffy Time. It's Tiffy Time.
It's Tiffy Time." [vocalizes]
Gosh, she's annoying.
And that's why last week I had to put her in a Tiffy Time-out.
Yeah, that's why she couldn't make it to the precious NXT Homecoming.
You know what, Jade?
Listen, Jade Cargill.
If I could trade appearances with anybody in this division,
it would be Jade Cargill.
I mean, the woman looks incredible.
But if she could trade in-ring ability with anybody,
it would be me.
Because let's face it, she could use it.
Come on. Come on, you guys.
-[crowd booing] -Listen.
She's great. She is great.
I mean, she looks fantastic all the way until she has to get in the ring.
And then…
And then she gets Annihilated by me.
Let's be clear, I'm the most dominant. I'm the alpha.
And I will annihilate any Storm, any Tiffy Time any damn time.
It's Tiffy Time!
["Tiffy Time" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Drop, I'm going in Bass so loud, it's in my skin ♪
You want to know what everyone is actually sick of?
You running your mouth about me.
Quit obsessing over me,
and quit acting like you run this division.
Nobody wants you near this title.
[crowd cheers]
And as for Jade, she can go ahead and take that cape off
because she's not a superhero, she's not here to save anything.
And since you two are so committed to acting delusional,
I'm committed to showing you guys why I am the one and only WWE Women's Champion.
[crowd cheers]
And there is nothing you can do or say about it.
[Cole] Well, Tiffany Stratton had her say, and now she's marching down to the ring
and finally there's officials coming out here
to make sure that this doesn't break down again tonight.
[The Miz] Let's let it break down.
I want to see Nia Jax and Tiffy Time go at--
["A Storm Is Coming" playing]
-[Cole] Uh-oh, there is a… -[The Miz] Someone else wants a piece!
[Cole] …storm arriving in Toledo.
-Jade Cargill… -[The Miz laughing]
[Cole] …just floored the officials.
And now Jade wants some of Nia Jax.
Did you see that right hand?
[The Miz] Yes, I did.
[Aldis] All right, stop. Everybody stop right now.
Take another step, throw another punch and there will be severe consequences.
I know that the three of you want to tear each other apart,
and I'm going to give you the chance to do that.
Because next week the WWE Women's Championship
will be on the line in a triple threat match.
[Cole] Another great call by our general manager.
Look out, Orlando. Next week there's a storm coming.
There's a triple threat for the Women's Championship.
[The Miz] You are not allowed to touch our officials.
-You're not allowed to touch 'em. -Go tell Jade that. Go tell her.
[The Miz chuckles] No, thanks.
[Cole] Tiffany Stratton will defend the WWE Women's Championship
in a triple threat match against both Nia Jax and Jade Cargill.
Remember, the first woman to gain pinfall or submission
will become the WWE Women's Champion.
Well, I'm not quite sure I want to revisit this.
The way that we kicked off Friday Night SmackDown tonight.
I was summoned to the back to interview Brock Lesnar,
although Brock decided to meet me in the aisleway.
Brock, no! No, Brock! Come on! Put me down!
I, uh… I've never felt so helpless
in my entire career.
[Graves] Please. We gotta cover the show.
Please just stop.
Please! We gotta do the show.
I'm sorry. I'm s--
[crowd cheers]
-[screams] -[crowd cheering, booing]
[screams]
John, I'm coming for you!
It's D Day tomorrow, John! I'm coming for blood.
[The Miz] Man, this is John Cena's farewell tour.
The last time he will wrestle in Indianapolis.
And after seeing the way Brock is right now,
it could be the last time we see John Cena wrestle ever.
[Cole] It's Cena and Lesnar.
It'll kick off Wrestlepalooza tomorrow night.
Well, okay. Come on.
-You're the cheerleader. -Let's pick up the energy!
-[Cole] You're the cheerleader. -[The Miz] Carmelo Hayes is in the ring.
And he is going for the United States Championship.
And ever since I first met Carmelo Hayes,
he literally said, "I want to be United States Champion."
And this is his opportunity.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[crowd vocalizing]
[crowd] Let's go!
[Nash] And his opponent from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Weighing in at 212 pounds.
He is the United States Champion,
Sami Zayn!
[Cole] Okay, we know the story.
Sami Zayn, a decade ago when he made his first appearance on Monday Night Raw,
he accepted an open challenge for the United States Championship
from the then champion John Cena.
So to pay homage to Cena in his final year here in WWE,
Miz, Sami Zayn has started his own United States Championship open challenge.
[The Miz] I hate open challenges. You never…
You have to make a person earn the United States Championship.
[Cole] So you're saying Carmelo didn't earn this?
[The Miz] Hold on. Hold on. But Sami opened the floodgates.
Opened the door to anyone.
Last week we saw a barn burner, a five-star match from Rey Fénix.
And honestly,
I mean that match…
Man, he was already on the map, but I'll tell you what,
a lot of people saw what Rey Fénix can absolutely do,
and they're going to see what Carmelo Hayes can do.
And I'm telling…
Carmelo Hayes, when he wins the United States Championship,
we will not allow anyone to do an open challenge.
You will have to earn the right to face Carmelo Hayes.
[Cole] Interesting take on that.
As we get set for the United States Championship match…
here on Friday Night SmackDown.
[bell rings]
Hey, let's talk about the United States Championship.
Miz, you're a former US Champion.
How important and prestigious is this title?
[The Miz] This is what…
This is what Carmelo's been telling me he's been dreaming of as a child.
If you look at the rich history, you know,
you look at Harley Race,
Dusty Rhodes,
myself,
and now Sami Zayn.
Everyone is trying to make sure
that this title has the prestige and honor that it deserves.
[Cole] Now Sami Zayn, of course, has been a fighting champion.
And there's the athleticism of Carmelo Hayes.
-So, Miz-- -[The Miz] Carmelo Hayes
is so confident in this match, Cole, that he told me
he didn't want me to get involved.
[Cole] Well, you did get involved Tuesday at NXT Homecoming.
[The Miz] Because I thought he wanted me to do that.
He told me tonight, "Do not get involved. I can do this on my own."
He reminds me of a young Miz.
A person that wants to have the WWE United States Championship around his waist.
And I told him, "Hey, let me go to Nick Aldis.
I'll get us a number one contendership for the tag team titles."
-[Cole] And you got that done? -[The Miz] And I got that done.
So imagine this.
Carmelo Hayes with the United States Championship
with the Tag Team Championship
will look like a 2010 Miz with all that gold.
-[Cole] I once liked a young Miz as well. -[The Miz] Boom!
[Cole] As Sami Zayn delivers the right hand…
-[The Miz] I got you to wrestleMania. -…to Carmelo Hayes.
-[Cole] That you did. -And you're 1-0, aren't you?
[Cole] And a lot of people regret that.
Nonetheless, it was Carmelo and Trick Williams at NXT Homecoming
that knocked off #DIY thanks to The Miz.
And Sami Zayn dumped out to the apron.
What is it about Carmelo Hayes
that attracted you to want a team with him, Miz?
[The Miz] Has it all. Creativity,
unbelievable work ethic, is one of the hardest-working people I know.
It's what I look at when I was coming up in WWE that I wish I had in WWE.
I wish I had had young Miz basically telling me what to do.
[Cole] You've never done that.
[The Miz] I haven't done that. You're absolutely correct. No one can.
[The Miz] Lay it in harder Carmelo, let's go!
[Cole] Carmelo Hayes in control of the United States Champion, Sami Zayn.
Miz, I asked you this before. I want to reiterate it though.
You won't be jealous if Carmelo Hayes wins some gold tonight and you don't have any?
[The Miz] Why can't you understand that I want success for Carmelo Hayes?
Why can't anyone understand that?
[Cole] And a big leg drop right across the throat of Sami.
Cover now to win the United States Championship!
And a kickout at two.
[The Miz] I got to tell you, the referee is kind of a slow counter.
And I don't like it.
[Cole] The official in this matchup, Daphanie LaShaunn.
[The Miz] Focus! Keep locked in.
[Cole] So what is it? What does Carmelo Hayes need to do
to make the next step in his career?
[The Miz] Listen to me would be step number one.
Step number two would be listen to me.
Step number three, listen to me.
[Cole] Well, maybe he has been listening to you
because he's dominating the champ right now.
Miz, of course a former WWE Champion.
United States Champion, Intercontinental Champion, Tag Team Champion.
-Money in the Bank winner. Sami Zayn! -[The Miz] You gotta watch Sami Zayn.
You gotta watch him.
Sometimes you feel like you're dominating him in the ring
and then all of a sudden something happens within Sami
that allows him to have this fight that I can't stand!
[Cole] Where does he get it from?
[The Miz] Some people have that grit. Some people have that heart.
[Cole] Oh! And now Sami Zayn with that big chop.
And much to the delight of this jam-packed crowd tonight.
[crowd] …six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12…
[clamoring]
[The Miz] Okay, we get that you guys can count.
[Cole] Well, Sami Zayn embarrassing Carmelo right now.
Again, Miz telling us earlier that Carmelo Hayes asked him not to…
-[The Miz] No, no! -[Cole] …get involved in this matchup!
-Tornado DDT! -[The Miz] Kick! Kick!
[Cole] Cover by Sami.
-[The Miz] Oh! -[Cole] Hayes got the shoulder up at two.
-A near-fall for the champion. -[The Miz sighs]
[The Miz] Okay.
[Cole] Relax.
-[The Miz] Regroup. -[Cole] Carmelo's still in this, Miz.
[The Miz] No kidding, Cole. I know.
-I know the heart that… -[Cole] You're hyperventilating over here.
[The Miz] Well, of course. I want my friend to win.
[Cole] You said you got yourself
-a matchup for the tag titles. -[The Miz] Here we go. Watch this.
[Cole] Sami Zayn rolls through. Up over the top.
-Oh! Driving Carmelo Hayes to the mat! -[The Miz] Kick out, kick. There you go!
-[Cole] And a kickout! -[The Miz] That's heart!
That's great. That's resilience right there.
[Cole] And Sami Zayn learning a little bit of something about him.
[The Miz] Can we talk about Carmelo Hayes and what he is able to do in this WWE ring
unlike any other superstar that the roster has?
We've never seen anyone like Carmelo Hayes.
[Cole] Carmelo.
Standing switch now by Sami, one by Hayes as well.
And now Sami Zayn in control. Pushed off to the center of the ring.
-[The Miz] There you go! Get nasty. -[Cole] Big knee by Hayes.
And Carmelo with Sami… Sami Zayn in trouble.
-Carmelo. -[The Miz] Don't waste any time.
-[Cole] Top rope! -[The Miz] Nice. Yes.
[Cole] Oh, knees up!
Carmelo went for the splash.
Sami Zayn got the knees up.
And now Sami Zayn has Carmelo where he wants him.
[The Miz] Get out of the corner!
-[The Miz] Yes, yes, yes, yes! -[Cole] Oh, went for the Helluva Kick.
[Cole] Carmelo Hayes caught him with a kick of his own.
-United States Championship on the line. -[The Miz] Oh!
[The Miz] This is a great time for Carmelo Hayes to regroup,
refocus and lock in.
[Cole] This is the United States Championship open challenge.
Sami Zayn defending against the challenger Carmelo Hayes.
And it has been a hell of a matchup here on SmackDown.
Miz with me at ringside because of the injury to Corey Graves.
And now Sami Zayn looking for the Exploder.
Hayes holding on. It's almost like he had that scouted.
Did you show him some tape?
[The Miz] You kidding me? All we've been doing is watching tape on Sami Zayn.
I've had matches with Sami. I know his resilience.
I know what he's like in this ring.
-And I know the ability of Carmelo Hayes! -[Cole] Oh!
[The Miz] And, wow, did you see his arm get locked in there?
That could be a big deal right there.
[Cole] He could have broken his wrist as he got caught in the ropes.
-And now the splash by Hayes. -[The Miz] Yes, yes, yes! Count! Count!
[Cole] For the United States Championship!
-[The Miz] Hook the leg. Hook the leg! -[Cole] Sami stays in it!
-[The Miz] Hook the leg, Carmelo! -[Cole] I don't think he could.
[The Miz] Hook the leg!
[Cole] I think he injured himself, Miz, in the frog splash
and couldn't hook the leg.
And, again, Sami Zayn really favoring his wrist.
Watch this as he gets caught up in both the second and top rope.
And then the frog splash.
[The Miz] Now we see a weakness in Sami Zayn. Now we see the arm.
-[Cole] But will Carmelo capitalize? -[The Miz] You focus on the arm.
You capitalize on the arm. Yes.
[Cole] See Sami Zayn… Rope burns all over the forearm and wrist of Zayn.
And now Hayes looking for The First 48.
Intercepted now by Sami.
-And Sami going to turn this… -[The Miz] Yes, turn it around!
[Cole] Tried for the Blue Thunder Bomb. And there it is. First 48!
[The Miz] Go, go, yes, yes!
-[Cole] Oh, and a kickout. -[The Miz] No!
[Cole] Now what does Carmelo do here, Miz, to not get frustrated?
He hit Sami Zayn with one of his big moves, the First 48.
Sami kicked out.
[The Miz] Focus. Lock in.
[crowd] One, two…
[The Miz] Do what we discussed.
He knew about this. He knows what Sami Zayn does.
[Cole] Now Sami Zayn trying to hook Carmelo Hayes up.
-[The Miz] Yes! -[Cole] Oh!
[Cole] And now Hayes, springboard off the second rope!
-Takes out Sami. -[The Miz exclaims]
Carmelo Hayes could be closing in on the United States Championship.
[The Miz] I told him, "This is what Sami does,
and you just need to finish him."
[Cole] And he was looking for Nothing But Net,
but Sami Zayn with a boot to the face.
-[The Miz] Oh, no. -[Cole] And a Blue Thunder Bomb!
[crowd] One, two…
-three! -[Cole] Got him!
[bell rings]
["Worlds Apart" plays]
[Nash] Here is your winner,
and still United States Champion,
Sami Zayn!
[Cole] Well, Miz, listen, I know you're upset,
but, I mean, what a great match by Carmelo Hayes.
He's growing leaps and bounds.
But he ran into a buzz saw, a fighting champion,
a very resilient Sami Zayn tonight.
[The Miz] What, do you think we want moral victories here, Cole?
We don't want moral victories. We want titles around our waists.
[Cole] Carmelo was so close to hitting Nothing But Net,
but Sami turned it into the Blue Thunder Bomb.
Wins this United States Championship open challenge tonight.
Another gutsy win for Sami Zayn.
[crowd cheering]
It's a disease, an epidemic of toxic masculinity around these locker rooms--
-[Priest] Nick! -Hey, whoa. Priest, calm down.
Don't tell me to calm down. Where's Aleister?
Look, I know you're upset because you lost last week.
Because I lost? To hell with losing. Everybody around here wins and loses.
The problem is he attacked me in my entrance.
Then he took one of your referees and used them as a shield like a coward.
He wanted the real me, boy, he's got him. No more good guy, no more bad guy.
If you don't get me Aleister, you and everybody else around here
is gonna deal with a punisher.
It's demanding and threatening like that that I'm talking about, Nick.
-Okay, Kit. -A man with a fragile ego,
who can't handle the cards…
-Kit. -…that he has been dealt.
So what does he do?
He acts out in hypermasculine,
-overtly aggressive ways. -Kit.
Maybe it's time that Damian looks in the mirror.
Because, Damian, you are toxic,
-And if you-- Whoa, whoa. -[Priest grunts]
-[Aldis] Priest, geez! -[Cole] Oh, geez!
You heard what I said.
Give me Aleister Black.
What is wrong with you?
[Cole] He's toxic, obviously.
-[sighs] -[Cole] Holy cow.
Yeah, I'm gonna need medical in here.
[Cole] What a night for general manager Nick Aldis.
And, Miz, still to come,
Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre will be in the same ring at the same time
to sign the contract for their huge match at Wrestlepalooza tomorrow night.
That's still to come live on SmackDown.
And coming up next, we'll take a look at the next part in our series.
The history. John Cena, Brock Lesnar.
[Tessitore] As Ernest Hemingway once said, "Courage is grace under pressure."
No WWE superstar epitomizes that phrase more than John Cena.
-[commentator 1] Here he comes. -[commentator 2] He's got him.
[commentator 1] John Cena is the champion.
A powerhouse of spirit and skill.
[commentator] No, you gotta be kidding me.
Just a natural born entertainer.
[commentator] And that right there is the WWE Champion John Cena.
Big-match John, you've done it again!
A leader in both action and deed.
John Cena!
Breaking out of the Ruthless Aggression era,
the WWE had become his stage.
As John Cena transformed
into one of the most recognizable personalities in the world.
-Please welcome John Cena. -John Cena!
[Cena] If you want some, come get some!
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena!
After abruptly leaving the WWE, Brock Lesnar embraced his true calling,
that of a combat athlete.
-[commentator 1] And it is all over! -[commentator 2] He's out.
Trading the ring for the octagon.
-It's the big shot. Got him on his back. -[commentator 2] It is.
Between his imposing stature, intense speed, and freak athleticism,
Brock became one of UFC's biggest draws.
And much like his meteoric rise in WWE,
Lesnar would again shock the world
as he captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship in just his third bout.
-[ring announcer] And new… -[cheers]
[indistinct]
After dominating the world of MMA,
Brock would become one of the most feared men on the planet
with unfinished business.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[commentator 1] Oh, my!
Brock Lesnar, the former WWE Champion!
[commentator 2] Not what John Cena wanted, but it's what he's getting.
The F-5!
After an eight-year hiatus,
the prizefighter returned to the squared circle in 2012,
immediately targeting the face of WWE.
[Lesnar] Why did I come back to the WWE?
John Cena is not the real guy,
and the only reason John is in the spot that he is in
is because I left.
[Cena] If you're sick of me, that's one thing,
but to say that this industry isn't filled with legitimate talent,
that's just being ignorant.
And in one of the most brutal matches in WWE history,
the two men waged war at Extreme Rules.
[Cole] Never before in my career at WWE have I witnessed a matchup as punishing,
as torturous,
as vicious.
But John Cena against all odds, pulls it out.
Overcoming unimaginable odds, John Cena would find a way to prevail,
earning his first ever victory over the Beast Incarnate.
Over the next two years, Cena and Lesnar led the charge
as the standard bearers of WWE.
[commentator 1] John Cena is going to WrestleMania!
[commentator 2] John Cena is an 11-time WWE Champion.
Conquering legends and adding to their Hall of Fame resumes.
One, two, three!
[commentator] The streak is over.
With both superstars in the prime of their careers,
they were poised to clash yet again.
This time at SummerSlam 2014 for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
And as the anticipation swelled in a sold-out arena in LA,
no one could possibly predict what would transpire that night.
[commentator 1] Guys, we're about 30 seconds into this match
and it's almost over.
[commentator 2] It's a merciless assault.
An absolutely dominating performance.
[Lesnar] Well, it's the greatest thing that I've ever accomplished.
In my mind, I came back to this company with one goal in mind,
and that was to become the WWE Heavyweight Champion of the world.
In the single most dominant championship bout in history,
the man many believed to be invincible was in fact a mere mortal.
Lesnar was not only champion, but the Undisputed alpha of WWE.
Tomorrow, hours before Wrestlepalooza…
Let's go to work, buddy.
…we preview Lesnar and Cena's final battle.
He's on some retirement escapade, this staged retirement party.
And I'm about to [bleep] that up.
[Cole] I'll never forget SummerSlam 2014 and the dominant performance,
one of the most uncomfortable matches that I've ever had to call in my career
between Lesnar and Cena.
And after what we saw Brock Lesnar do earlier tonight,
I fear tomorrow could possibly be the same.
It's Cena, Brock Lesnar kicking off Wrestlepalooza
live from Indianapolis.
But a big card tomorrow, Miz.
[The Miz] Very big card.
And my wife and myself will be looking forward to this one.
A mixed tag team match. CM Punk and a returning AJ Lee
versus the World Heavyweight Champion, Seth "Freakin" Rollins,
and your Intercontinental Champion, Becky Lynch.
Couple versus couple. You gotta love it, baby.
[Cole] The eight-time Tag Team Champions, the brothers Uso are together again,
but they are running into two monsters.
Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed of The Vision.
Big tag team matchup at Wrestlepalooza.
[The Miz] If that's not enough,
oh, baby, the Women's World Championship Match.
Iyo Sky, the champion, versus Stephanie Vaquer.
They are going to put on an absolute display of athleticism and determination
for the Women's World Championship.
[Cole] These two men are longtime friends or were longtime friends.
They're also former Tag Team Champions together, but, man, things have changed.
Coming up tomorrow night, Cody Rhodes, the Undisputed WWE Champion,
will put the gold on the line against a very angry
and a very hungry Scottish Warrior, Drew McIntyre.
["Nokia" playing]
♪ Baby girl ♪
♪ Let me see you do your dance Let me see you twirl ♪
♪ Shakin' **** in the club ♪ With your homegirls ♪
Let's take you back to last week on Friday Night SmackDown.
Great main event, Miz, this was Orton versus McIntyre.
Randy Orton looks like he was going to go for the Punt,
and Drew McIntyre, well, he would take advantage.
McIntyre with the Claymore,
wiping out Randy Orton and picking up the win.
And what did McIntyre want to do?
Well, he wanted to injure Randy Orton and do much to the same to Orton
that he did to Cody Rhodes
a few weeks prior, before Cody returned.
Drew McIntyre, I'll see you, my friend,
at Wrestlepalooza!
[Cole] Miz, this thing has become so personal between these two.
[The Miz] When Drew McIntyre is determined,
nothing, and I mean nothing can stop him.
And I got to tell you,
The American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes taking on Drew McIntyre,
I cannot wait to see what's up next.
[Cole] They sign the contract on SmackDown.
You're the only loyal soldier that I have left.
You've been with me from the start of The Bloodline
and you've never betrayed me.
Tanga Loa.
You've shown me love, and you've sacrificed your body for me.
You're the son of Haku, the most dangerous man on the planet.
So that makes you dangerous.
You brought gold to this family.
And I love you for that.
I owe it to you to make you a champion.
I let you down.
But if you trust me, and as long as you're a part of my family tree,
your loyalty will be rewarded.
I love you, Solo.
Ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow night we present Wrestlepalooza,
a landmark night in the history of this company and this industry.
And the main event of Wrestlepalooza will be the match
for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
At this time,
allow me to introduce to you the challenger, Drew McIntyre.
[crowd booing]
["Gallantry" plays]
[roars]
[Cole] You know, Miz, Drew McIntyre has been called a hypocrite.
He's been called delusional.
But in 24 hours, he may be called WWE Champion.
[The Miz] And no one more deserving.
You look at a guy like Drew McIntyre, he looks, walks, talks
and acts like a champion.
Someone that you can put everything behind.
We're going on to ESPN. This is a guy, this is your face.
[Cole] What a night tomorrow night. A main event of Wrestlepalooza.
Drew McIntyre looks to take
the Undisputed WWE Championship
from The American Nightmare.
["Kingdom" plays]
[crowd cheers]
♪ Wrestling has More than one Royal family ♪
♪ Adrenaline In my soul ♪
♪ Every fight out of control ♪
♪ Do it all to get them off their feet ♪
♪ Crowd is here About to blow ♪
♪ Waitin' for me to start the show ♪
♪ Out the curtain Lights go up ♪
♪ I'm home ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ And my father said ♪
♪ When I was younger ♪
-♪ Hard times breed better men ♪ -♪ Better men ♪
♪ You took it all away I give it all away ♪
♪ Can't take my freedom ♪
♪ Here to change the game A banner made of pain ♪
♪ I built my kingdom ♪
♪ Now you bow to me ♪
♪ You took my dreams But not my name ♪
♪ You'll follow me until the end ♪
♪ I am my kingdom ♪
♪ Lights go down I'm ready now ♪
♪ Tear this roof off for the town ♪
♪ Gonna give 'em what they came to see ♪
♪ Hear the crowd on their toes ♪
♪ Ready for me to start the show ♪
♪ Out the curtain Lights go up ♪
♪ I'm home ♪
♪ Whoa ♪
♪ And my father said ♪
♪ When I was younger ♪
-♪ Hard times breed better men ♪ -♪ Better men ♪
♪ You took it all away I give it all away ♪
♪ Can't take my freedom ♪
[crowd cheering]
Before we sign that, question for you, Drew.
Do you know what happened on this very day 15 years ago?
You and I, we won the Tag Team Championships.
Right?
Do you know who was backstage talking about that?
Nobody.
And I think you know why.
The world doesn't revolve around you,
it doesn't revolve around me, your story, my story, it's not…
It's their story.
[crowd cheers]
No, it's simple. They don't need to know all the lore.
Sometimes they pay their hard-earned money and they just want to watch two guys,
two of the best, fight.
I understand who you are. I get it.
In the past you've won a Royal Rumble.
In the past, you've been WWE Champion. In the past, you've slayed The Beast.
You're 6'5", you're 280 pounds. You're the Scottish Warrior!
But lately the Scottish Warrior has just been
a keyboard warrior.
And you know it.
So go ahead. I know you have it on you.
Pull your phone out, skin that smoke wagon.
Go ahead. Let's get viral.
Make a post on social media, get one over on me.
Make sure that you, who's always **** and moaning and whining,
give it all to me right now,
because it's the last time you're going to get one over on me.
Go ahead, have at it, Drew!
What's that supposed to mean?
It means exactly what it says. Thank you, Cody.
All I've wanted was a legitimate shot at the WWE Championship.
No outside interference. Nobody's screwing me over.
And you're not going to let that happen because you're the ultimate company guy.
You're a fighting champion.
And you honestly… You don't really think for yourself anymore, do you?
You always think about the… the bigger picture,
what's best for the company, the stock prices, the sponsors,
your name in the marquee,
you're the corporate champion.
That used to be a bad thing.
I mean, I kicked your head through an announce table, Cody.
You were out for five weeks.
Instead of stomping my brains in like I would do to you,
you're talking me to death.
And I understand.
You can put personal issues aside.
You're not willing to jeopardize the main event of Wrestlepalooza tomorrow.
I was in your chair five years ago. I get it, but here's a reality check.
They're going to turn on you.
They're going to move on to the next flavor of the month,
and you're going to be sitting in my chair telling yourself,
"My God.
Drew was right."
Okay, say you're right,
then tomorrow night, Wrestlepalooza is a great night for you.
And say you're wrong, then guess what happens?
Your legacy isn't all those accomplishments.
Your legacy isn't this content creator you've become.
Your legacy becomes the man who lost to me
at our debut ESPN PLE
for the WWE Undisputed Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, it's official.
And McIntyre with a cheap shot.
The Glasgow Kiss headbutt to Cody Rhodes.
Cody stumbling out of the ring.
And McIntyre now
looking to have the last laugh, the last word tonight, Miz.
And a brawl's underway.
[The Miz] Oh, here we go. Boom!
[Cole] Rhodes bounced off the announce desk.
McIntyre's going to do what he did to Rhodes five weeks ago.
[The Miz] What's he waiting for?
I'm not going to kick your head through the announce table again.
This match is happening tomorrow,
and I'm taking the one thing that means the most to you, that WWE Championship.
[Cole] He answered your question, Miz.
McIntyre wants to have Cody Rhodes ready to go so he can take the title
tomorrow night at Wrestlepalooza.
I ain't gonna screw it up for myself.
[The Miz] Oh, here we go.
[Cole] Wait a minute, Cody Rhodes back into the ring.
Cody Rhodes launching himself onto McIntyre!
And the fight continues.
The general manager trying to separate these two.
[The Miz] Referees coming out.
Here we go!
[Cole] Trying to reserve the main event for tomorrow night.
Things have got…
-[The Miz] Out of control! -[Cole] Oh, and now Cody again.
Cody and McIntyre. The brawl's on!
[The Miz] Crowd chanting, "Let them fight." I say let them fight.
Why wait for Wrestlepalooza?
[Cole, The Miz] Oh!
[Cole] McIntyre with a boot to the face of the champion.
-[The Miz] Oh! -[Cole] Goodness.
[referees, security clamoring]
Stop.
[Cole] McIntyre and Rhodes for the championship
at Wrestlepalooza tomorrow night.
Tomorrow, Cody.
Sleep with the title,
it's the last night you're gonna have it for a long time.
[growls] last night you're gonna have it for a long time.