[intro music playing]
[John Cena] Then.
[Ric Flair] Woooo!
-[glass shattering] -[The Rock] If you smell…
-[bell tolling] -[Cena] Now.
[Roman Reigns] Acknowledge me.
-[Triple H] The king of kings… -[Cena] You can't see me…
[Cena] Forever.
Together.
[Cole] And we are five nights away from WrestleMania,
where for the first time in a quarter of a century,
Philadelphia will host entertainment's greatest event,
at Lincoln Financial Field, just off of I95, in the city of brotherly love.
But tonight, the final Raw before WrestleMania 40 is sold out here
in New York City, this is Barclays Center
in the borough of Brooklyn, which will play host tinight
to Cody Rhodes, to Seth Rollins,
to the final boss, The Rock.
To The Bloodline, and the man who ordered the hit on Cody Rhodes last week,
Roman Reigns, live here tonight.
Our tribal chief.
Yes, I am backstage, hoping to get a word with The Rock
before he leaves the building after a moment that has social--
Excuse me, Rock, I have to ask the question on everybody's mind,
what exactly did you say to Cody Rhodes out there?
[inaudible]
Go ask Cody Rhodes.
It's not something that I'd rather repeat.
However, I can tell you it was a promise that he can't keep.
[overlapping indistinct whispers]
Hey, something don't feel tonight, man.
Cody and I, we got your back, get that W.
Yeet.
Shinsuke Nakamura, Jey Uso, one-on-one.
We've got company. Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa as well.
And Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins.
Cody takes the fight to Jimmy.
And now McIntyre.
Future Shock!
Cameras now have once again caught up to Cody Rhodes.
Now Solo Sikoa going after Cody.
From behind! The Rock!
[The Rock] You think The Rock was just gonna let you talk trash?
Upset that The Rock wasn't saying anything.
The Rock's got your attention now, doesn't he?
To all you Cody cry babies, to him, to Mama Rhodes,
and to everybody, it didn't have to be like this?
You want to be a hero? The Rock's not your hero.
Look at you now.
Look at your hero.
-[groaning] -Here he comes.
Mama Rhodes, The Rock has got a special gift for you.
The Rock is a man of his word.
He said he's gonna put your son's blood on this belt.
The Rock is gonna remind you about hard times for life.
The Rock and Cody Rhodes aren't tied, 'cause this
is what happens when you [bleep] with the Final Boss.
Look at your son, Mama Rhodes.
What, just because the show's over, that doesn't mean this stops.
[screaming]
[The Rock] I'll see you at WrestleMania.
[Cole] We are sold out tonight at Barclays Center.
Welcome to a commercial-free first hour of Monday Night Raw.
But I still cannot get those images out of my head
of what we witnessed last week.
One of the most horrible, one of the most dispicable, one of the most disgusting
assault that I have witnessed here in WWE.
I mean that's one way to describe it for sure
especially on the Cody Rhodes end.
But The Rock is obviously all in on kicking ass.
Cody Rhodes is not medically cleared
to be here at Monday Night Raw.
But he will be medically cleared to participate.
And try to win both nights of WrestleMania.
["Electrifying" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Rock.
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, this Saturday night,
the eight time World Champion,
The Rock will have his first match in eight years.
[McAfee] The most famous man on earth,
will have his first match in eight years.
[Cole] For the first time ever, teaming with his cousin,
the Universal Champion, the undisputed WWE Champion,
Roman Reigns.
And Pat, for the twelfth time in his career,
The Rock will walk into a match at WrestleMania.
It just so happens, this time it's the biggest tag-team match
in WrestleMania history.
[McAfee] Anything The Rock does at this stage of life and success,
will be the biggest insert-whatever-it-is of all time.
Plus you add in the GOAT, Roman Reigns,
and what, Cody and the cry babies and Seth "Freakin" Rollins added to it,
Saturday night will be remembered forever.
[Cole] And if Cody Rhodes wants to have any chance at finishing his story,
they better win that tag match on Staturday night.
[McAfee] Let Brooklyn chant his name, Cole.
Oh, I stepped on it, too.
[Cole] That's all me.
[McAfee] This is an alien here in front of us, not from here, one of one, anomaly,
there will never be another. That's what you're looking at.
His arms are thighs.
His traps are a barn.
-[Cole] A barn? -[McAfee] A barn.
[McAfee] The size of a barn and his hands are phenomenal.
He's got a cow on him, you see.
There's a cow on him, he's wearing it.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[Cole chuckles] It's gonna be a good night.
I made that boy bleed.
[crowd cheering]
The Rock took his hands and he wrapped it around that little head.
And I rammed that boy's head in that bus.
And I split his head wide open.
And there was blood all over The Rock's hands.
[crowd chanting "blood"]
And just as promised, The Rock took his blood and he wiped it on that belt.
And now the only thing missing from that belt,
is the tears of Mama Rhodes.
[crowd cheering]
The Rock is a man of his word, he whispered to Cody Rhodes last week.
At the beginning of the show, The Rock said,
"I'm gonna make you bleed tonight," and that's exactly what The Rock did.
And all the Cody crybabies
did not like that.
[crowd booing]
[The Rock chuckling]
All the Cody crybabies around the world were so upset
that The Rock made their hero bleed.
We got any Cody crybabies here tonight?
[McAfee] That's you, Cole.
[crowd chanting] Cody! Cody!
[Cole] I'm not ashamed of it.
[crowd chanting] Cody! Cody!
The Cody crybabies din't like that, The Rock just laughed
because they're grown adults crying about Cody Rhodes, crying.
Crying about the whooping that The Rock laid on him,
The Rock said he was gonna beat him like a dog
and that's what he did.
Now, there were some reactions that The Rock saw
that stopped The Rock in his tracks.
Let's show the footage.
[indistinct shouting on TV]
'Cause this is what happens when you [bleep] with the Final Boss.
-[woman] You're never watching Moana-- -[girl crying] Never again.
-[woman] My baby. -[man] Zoey, it's okay.
Stupid Rock, you injured my baby.
[girl crying]
[woman] Hey, why you so upset?
-'Cause I want him back. -[woman] Who?
-Cody Rhodes. -[woman] What happened to him?
He just died.
[woman] Cody's okay, mama, okay?
[crowd booing]
Now, as you see,
stuff like that,
it breaks The Rock's heart.
Just like I know that it breaks your heart, too. Like a lot of you.
You got little ones at home, The Rock is a proud three-time girl dad.
So when I see your little ones crying like that, it breaks my heart.
However…
To those Mommies and Daddies of all those little kids who were crying,
The Rock wants you take your kids right now, put them in front of the TV,
right now, because Uncle Rock is gonna drop some gospel on you.
[McAfee] Amen.
Uncle Rock and everyone here tonight…
Little boys and little girls, here's the deal.
there are moments in life when a man's gotta do what a man has gotta do.
And there are moments in life where we gotta do what we gotta do.
There are moments where people stick their nose in business it doesn't belong.
There are moments in life where people talk when they shouldn't be talking.
And that's exactly what Cody Rhodes did.
So there are moments in life like now, when The Rock has just gotta
beat that punk ass down over and over and over again.
Do you feel that, Brooklyn?
[crowd cheering]
Because what you're feeling right now, you're feling the energy,
you're feeling the mana, because right now,
professional wrestling is cool.
Right now, the ratings have skyrocketed because of The Rock.
Right now, tonight, you have set a record for the largest,
hear me out,
you've set a record for the largest gate in the history of Raw, ever.
Congratulations.
[McAfee] Heck, yeah!
And there's one reason why, because finally…
[crowd chanting]
finally…
blood was shed, finally, we are five days out from WrestleMania.
And finally the Final Boss has come back to Brooklyn.
[crowd chanting]
But Brooklyn, The Rock didn't come alone.
["I Am Greatness" playing]
[McAfee] Yes!
Yes!
There was a two-hour documentary on this man last night
that we all wish was three hours long.
[McAfee cackles]
[announcer] Please welcome special counsel Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa,
Jimmy Uso
and the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion,
Roman Reigns.
[McAfee] 1,310 days.
3.5 years.
Roman Reigns has ruled
as the Undisputed Champion.
[Cole] What a glorious 3.5 years it has been.
Witnessing the GOAT fulfill everything
he was put on this earth to do.
[McAfee] However, does tonight mark the final appearance
on Monday Night Raw for Roman Reigns as Champion?
There was a lot of chatter on social media over the past 24 hours
ever since the airing of the Roman Reigns biography on A&E last night.
Where Roman Reigns said, "If I lose the Championship Sunday night,
at WrestleMania to Cody Rhodes,
then I am gone."
For the love of everything, let's make sure we're never in a time
where Roman Reigns isn't our Champion, Cole.
It feels great to be back in the arena
of the man who's on a different level,
Roman Reigns, your tribal chief, my tribal chief.
[Cole] We talk a lot about the accomplishments…
[McAfee] Our tribal chief.
[Cole] …of Roman Reigns in what has been a already legendary career.
But listen to these numbers, Pat.
WrestleMania, Saturday Night, Roman Reigns will tie Hulk Hogan
as he main events his eighth WrestleMania.
On Sunday night, Roman Reigns breaks the all-time record
when he stands in The Main Event at WrestleMania
for a ninth time in his career.
[McAfee] Greatness is what this man is addicted to.
And it's obvious that he's getting his fix.
He's on top of the world, on top of the game, on top of the business,
and has been for years.
Brooklyn, New York.
[crowd cheering]
Acknowledge me.
[crowd cheering]
Now, if you've seen my A&E bio last night
then you already know this. But if you look at my hoodie,
you'll clearly understand that
it's family above all.
And that's how i've always felt,
that's how I've always operated
and I wouldn't come to Raw for no reason.
No, no, no.
I came here…
to acknowledge my family.
[crowd jeering]
No "Yeet"
[crowd booing]
And if you continue with that, I leave.
[crowd chanting] Yeet, yeet.
Whoa, whoa!
I have to apologize for these idiots.
They're distracting me.
I'm trying to cover some business here.
And I'm trying to put my family over, so please shut your mouths.
[crowd booing]
I want to take this opportunity to thank my cousin,
because, to be completely transparent,
this is gonna be the easiest WrestleMania of my life.
Thank you.
A tag-team match?
To determine the stipulation for Sunday night?
I mean, come on. We're gonna smash those fools.
And then it's Bloodline rules on Sunday.
And that means we're gonna have our way with Cody.
But for that, I'd like to say, thank you, cousin.
But that's not it. No, no, no.
He went above and beyond, as he usually does,
and he made that boy bleed.
You've seen it. And if you didn't watch it, you've seen it all over the Internet.
He whooped Cody. And it's not that I needed him to do it.
But damn, did it feel good to see him do it.
So for that,
I want to thank you again, Uso.
You put your family above all, just like me.
And that sets the example that only the final boss can set.
That's how you lead.
And you see, Cody,
he's not fit for these shoes. He's not fit for leadership.
I told you guys, he's a politician. He's lucky to be here.
Because when we started making this thing cool again back in 2020,
He was off somewhere doing a whole lot of nothing.
And then he saw what the tribal chief was doing.
And he's like, "My God, I need to be a part of that."
And we were nice. We were generous.
We allowed you to have a little bit of fun.
We allowed you in these open doors, but enough is enough.
We can't have you trying to take me off the top of the mountain.
My children can't have that.
The Usos' children can't have that.
The final boss' children, we can't have that.
This is our mountain.
We run this business.
And on Sunday,
it ain't ever gonna be more crystal--
["Visionary" playing]
[McAfee] A big wind gust right before Seth "Freakin" Rollins'
music hits the ring distracts our combo team
and now we got all of Brooklyn singing instead of the GOAT still talking.
[Cole] We're going a little old school tonight.
Misdirection.
Roman should know this entrance well.
[crowd singing]
Now, if you two idiots think I'm walking into that ambush
after what you pulled on Cody Rhodes, last week,
then you are even stupider than I thought you were.
You want to pull that crap on me, then you gotta come on up here
and fight the whole city of Brooklyn.
[crowd cheering]
Now last week, you crossed the line.
And so the way I feel the time for talk is over.
I'm ready for a fight.
And I'm not just talking about five days at WrestleMania.
No.
I want to fight tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[man shouting] We got your back, we got your back, kid.
So here's what I'm thinking.
WrestleMania. Five days away, biggest WrestleMania
of all time, tonight, here in Brooklyn, biggest Monday Night Raw of all time.
I think, Brooklyn,
you deserve the biggest main event of all time.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] What's he thinking?
[McAfee] He's not thinking what I'm thinking he's thinking is he?
So, you think this is all here because of you, right?
You think you're responsible for all of these people
filing into this building tonight?
Well, how about you put your money where your mouth is.
How about tonight in the main event,
it's Seth "Freakin" Rollins versus the final boss,
The Rock.
[crowd cheering]
Or, hey, hey. Guess what?
Oh, we love it, Brooklyn. We love it.
But I don't think I don't think old DJ's got the balls.
But, but his cousin, the tribal chief,
he might have grown a set in the last few years, I don't know.
So if The Rock doesn't want to fight me tonight,
I'd be more than happy to take on Roman Reigns
in the main event tonight.
As a matter of fact, boys, I'll leave it all up to you.
You guys pick. Who wants to fight the real champ?
Who's it gonna be?
You can even name the stipulation.
We can do this in a cage, we can do your stupid little Bloodline rules,
we can do a ladder match.
We can do first blood match, since that's your thing.
Who's got the balls?
[crowd chanting]
Let The Rock tell you something right now, punk.
You come out here and you run your mouth. You challenge the rock.
You challenge Roman Reigns, you challenge the most
dominant Universal Champion in the history of WWE, you challenge the final boss.
Did you not see what The Rock did to your partner last week?
Beat his brains in.
So bad, that boy's got brain damage.
You don't want none of that.
You don't want none of it at WrestleMania.
You don't want none of it tonight.
You ain't gonna fight The Rock, boy.
You ain't gonna fight Roman Reigns, boy.
[crowd booing]
You sit there, shut your mouth and enjoy the ride that The Rock has taken you on.
[crowd booing]
You're a tough, crazy son of a bitch.
The Rock knows it.
You ain't fighting us.
However, we always got a plan.
[crowd chanting]
[crowd booing]
Yo, Seth.
You ain't fighting the tribal chief tonight.
You not fight the final boss tonight either.
You're fighting me tonight.
[crowd booing]
So it turns out Solo's got the biggest bag in The Bloodline.
You're on.
Seth Rollins, Solo, the biggest Raw of all time,
leading into the biggest WrestleMania of all time tonight, one-on-one.
But here's the thing, it's Bloodline rules.
We'll see you tonight, boy.
[intense music playing]
[Cole] I sure hope Seth Rollins knows what he's doing.
[McAfee] Why?
[Cole] Because tonight he goes one on one with Solo Sikoa
under Bloodline rules, which means anything goes,
and perhaps a little preview of what could happen at WrestleMania Sunday.
But Drew McIntyre has been making a lot about this, Pat.
The fact that Seth Rollins is burning the candle at both ends.
Not worried about his title defense against Drew,
worried about this big picture. What do you think?
I'm pretty baffled about why he would walk in here
through the crowd and then basically say, "Yeah, five days before
the biggest tag team match of all time, five days before WrestleMania starts,
where I got to take on Drew McIntyre,
I'm gonna get my ass beat by The Bloodline."
Why would you ever sign up for that?
Other than the fact that Seth feels like he has to.
He has no other options, which is a wild thing.
That comes your way later tonight.
Solo and Seth, Bloodline rules. Been that kind of day already.
Earlier today, Rhea Ripley, the women's champion,
was a guest on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani.
Are you excited about this challenge?
If Becky brings the same fire that I saw last Monday, then it excites me.
Mm-hmm. She's calling again.
-[chuckles] -Do you mind if I pick it up?
-Go got it. -All right, I'm gonna pick it up here.
-Here's Becky Lynch. -[Lynch] I've been trying to call you.
I'm sorry. She told me, she told me to ignore it.
[Lynch] Hi. Well, I actually happened to be in New York,
and I hear you guys can't stop talking about me.
And if she's looking for a little bit of attention
well, I'm right here.
[Ariel] What do you mean by right here?
[Lynch] I'm outside the building.
They're opening the door right now.
[Lynch] Thank you so much for letting--
Hello, Becky. How are you?
Well, you wanted my attention, I'm here.
You want to talk about my daughter?
You want to talk about my daughter to get my attention?
Is that what you think? You think this is a joke?
It's always a joke. It's always a joke.
Because you're a joke.
[Lynch] You think I'm a joke?
You got a target on your arm.
You want to hurt me, You want to help me break it?
[Lynch] Yeah, I would love to. I would--
Break it then.
Becky Lynch, we just watched the altercation
that transpired earlier today on the MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani
against your WrestleMania 40 opponent, Rhea Ripley.
Would you care to comment on what happened?
Well, I'm here tonight to finish what I started.
So I will be out in that ring later.
If Rhea cares to answer the call.
Thank you so much.
[Cole] Well, ladies and gentlemen, tonight, Monday Night Raw
is presented by American Home Shield.
Be at one with your home systems and appliances.
Don't worry. Be warranty.
[McAfee] Ariel Helwani had a hell of a show.
[voice over PA system] It's a New Day. Yes it is.
[Cole] We've got a hell of a show for you tonight.
[McAfee] Absolutely.
[announcer] The following is an eight-man tag team match
scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, Kofi Kingston
and Xavier Woods,
The New Day!
[Cole] Big tag-team match-up here tonight, The New Day and a team with
DIY to take on the Judgment Day.
They are teammates tonight, but on Saturday, they will be opponents
in the six pack the Ladder Match for the Undisputed Tag Team Championship.
Now, Pat, we understand that both the Raw
and SmackDown tag team titles will be hanging above the ring.
The match continues until both sets of the titles are retrieved.
[McAfee] A lot of humans.
Ladders are involved.
It's going to be epic.
[announcer] And their tag team partners,
Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano
DIY!
[Cole] Well, this is how we ended up here with this tag team match up tonight.
Last week, on Monday Night Raw,
DIY was going up against The New Day in a tag-team match-up.
And then the Judgment Day would strike.
Remember, Damien Priest said, earlier on, that they needed to tip
the scales in their favor, and they did just that.
Tonight, I'm commentary.
I'm not fighting tonight.
Going to commercial!
[Cole] And man, did Judgment Day ever lay waste
to some of their opponents in that tag team ladder match
This coming Saturday at WrestleMania,
[intense music playing]
[crowd booing]
[announcer] And their opponents, JD McDonagh,
Dominik Mysterio,
and the undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor,
and Señor Money in the Bank, Damien Priest.
The Judgment Day!
[Cole] Well, that goofball, Dominik Mysterio,
again sticking his nose in his father's business,
again gets another WrestleMania match running the coattails of his father.
Rey Mysterio, because on WrestleMania, Saturday, Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee.
take on Santos Escobar and "Dirty"Dom in a tag team match.
[McAfee] The only good thing about this is the world will get to see
"Dirty" Dom get his ass beat
by his father on the biggest stage. But yes, I agree. Sleazed his way
into another WrestleMania because he's a sleaze bag
who looks like a trash bag and part of a dumb group.
[Cole] Here we go. Match-up underway, already.
New Day and DIY looking to take out the Judgment Day early on.
[McAfee] That synergy for the team of DIY
and New Day all hitting springboard cross bodies
at the same damn time at the same time.
[Cole] This is a traditional tag team match tonight, Pat.
[bell rings]
The bell rings to officially start this match-up.
On Saturday, there's going to be ladders in the ring, titles hanging above the ring
No disqualifications or count outs or pin falls or submission.
You win when you retrieve the Championships.
[McAfee] The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
[Cole] And Finn Bálor will make a tag to "Dirty" Dom and a couple of cheap shots
over there in the New Day as he looks to go to work now on Johnny Gargano.
You might have noticed that big welt on the forehead of Finn Bálor moments ago
that was caused by The New Day in a live event in Syracuse, New York.
[McAfee] People calling that an Easter egg on the Internet, Cole.
[Cole] It looks like.
[McAfee] it did look like a big ass egg right there on his forehead.
Right now, Dominik Mysterio,
looking for three amigos.
Johnny Gargano able to counter, tag made.
Here comes Bálor once again.
15,546 here tonight.
Sold out Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Thirteenth straight television sellout.
Heading into WrestleMania and the largest domestic gate in the history.
of Monday Night Raw here tonight.
[McAfee] That's huge. I mean, that's ridiculous. The history of Raw?
Raw has been around forever.
[Cole] JD McDonagh and Tommaso Ciampa now.
The legal man for his team.
DIY, lot of history in this Barclay Center for Ciampa and Gargano.
This is the building where DIY first formed, Pat, back in NXT.
[McAfee] I was lucky enough to be there.
They would go on to have a magical run.
Speaking of run, watch Ciampa run for the next 20 minutes.
-[Cole] Tremendous stamina. -[McAfee] Supreme athlete.
[Cole] No limits to his ability.
Ciampa has taken out the Judgment Day, "Dirty" Dom and JD McDonagh,
[McAfee] That's a beautiful sight to see, one person clobbering the Judgment Day,
JD McDonagh, Dumb Dom.
[Cole] And Kofi Kingston,
directed traffic, Damien Priest now
into the mix. Big kick to Ciampa Kofi Kingston now.
Top rope.
Kofi takes out Priest.
And Kofi, the legal man in this match-up for his team.
[McAfee] Kofi Kingston, former World Champion.
[Cole] Kofi mania.
One WrestleMania moment for the New Day over the years,
cross body lateral press hook of the leg
and a kick out. I was talking to Xavier Woods earlier today.
He's never won a WrestleMania match.
Big E has never won a WrestleMania match.
Kofi Kingston's won one. But what a victory it was,
winning the WWE title as part of Kofi Mania.
[McAfee] It certainly was. JD McDonagh trying to steal one.
[Cole] Almost had a kick out by Kofi at two, tag made.
Here comes the aforementioned Xavier Woods.
[McAfee] Remember New Day are all singing the same tune.
[Cole] New Day, eleven time tag team champions, including, I should say,
in addition to a run as NXT tag champs as well.
[McAfee] One band, one sound as Xavier Wood reels in… JD McDonagh!
[Cole] Down goes McDonagh covered now by Wood. Hook to the leg and "Dirty" Dom
will break things up for his team.
[McAfee] Snake slithering in and saving this match-up.
[Cole] Now, Tommaso Ciampa, toe hold into the ropes,
and Dirty Dom's got him where he wants him.
[McAfee] Looking to do that move he stole from his dad.
[Cole] And Dominik was intercepted!
Gargano, now, with a kick to the face.
Gargano, suicide dive, taking out Dominik,
[McAfee] Okay.
Okay.
[Cole] And Xavier Woods kick to the midsection.
And Woods now, McDonagh will land on his feet, duck underneath,
JD McDonagh!
[McAfee] Standing Spanish Fly! What a move.
[Cole] Our tag team match-up continuing.
We're in the midst of a commercial-free first hour of Monday Night Raw,
here tonight, sold out
at Barclays Center, in Brooklyn.
These four teams will participate
as part of the six pack challenge.
Along with the New Catch Republic and A-Town Down Under from Friday night's
SmackDown to compete for the tag titles on that ladder match, Saturday night.
[McAfee] Climb the ladder, snag two sets of titles,
change your life.
That's what this weekend has in store for one of these teams.
Tommaso Ciampa gets taken out by Damien Priest.
Priest picking Kofi Kingston out of mid air and a boot
to the face of Garganos, chokeslam,
down goes Kofi. That Priest means business now.
[McAfee] Tommaso Ciampa lifted up high,
Damien Priest with Ciampa, the razor's edge.
Cover by Priest.
-[crowd] One, two, three! -[McAfee] Got him!
[bell rings]
A dominant Priest, a dominant Judgment Day.
[announcer] Your winners, the Judgment Day!
[Cole] The question is, will they keep their Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania.
[McAfee] It's an absolutely diesel performance
by Damien Priest and Judgment Day, which we all hate to see,
but we have to respect.
For the Judgment Day,
for the victory here tonight, and we prepare now
for our main event on Monday Night Raw,
and a little bit later on, it will be Seth Rollins
taking on Solo Sikoa of The Bloodline.
But here's the stip.
It's under Bloodline rules, which means anything goes.
That's a good step. I think that step is going to be one
that's going to be electrifying for the entire world,
because that means The Bloodline is going to be here.
And Seth "Freakin" Rollins is probably gonna get his ass beat.
But it could also be a sneak peek of what Cody Rhodes may have
to face Sunday night at WrestleMania
if they lose the tag-team match-up on Saturday night.
I'll tell you, he's ready.
He's ready.
You got this thing on lock. I should get out of here.
-Get. -You good with that?
-I'm good. -Final Boss?
On lock.
Where you going?
I got to write the speech.
-You writing that speech? -It's beautiful.
-You're writing the Wiseman speech? -Somebody's gotta induct him.
-Hall of Fame. -You're welcome, Wiseman.
All right. Hit me up if you need anything.
-Congratulations. -Thank you so much, sir.
Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you
who don't understand, what you've just learned
is that the tribal chief will induct the Wiseman
into the Hall of Fame, this Friday.
Thank you, Final Boss.
Have a good night.
[Cole] That's huge news.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, we talked about it earlier on.
We are sold out tonight, Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Fifteen thousand five hundred forty six.
It is our 13th consecutive televised sellout, and we also set
the largest domestic gate record in the history of Monday Night Raw
at WrestleMania weeks here.
This Thursday, the WrestleMania superstore opens at WWE World
at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
The superstar is your exclusive home to event merchandise, championship titles,
WWE Superstar apparel and so much more.
Go to wwe.com for details.
WrestleMania Saturday. It's Gunther versus Sami Zayn
for the Intercontinental Championship.
We understand that Sami has enlisted the help of the man who took
Gunther to the limit, Chad Gable, to get him ready for this match.
I appreciate you doing this, buddy.
Are you ready to change your approach?
Let's do this.
[Chad] It could very well be the hardest match of your life.
And this can be avoided if you just grab onto one of his legs.
We've got to walk through this cache that we've got to focus on.
And one, deeper Sami. Two. I need you to push, that ain't hard enough.
This is the biggest mountain you've ever had to climb, higher.
Again.
Round 12. Too slow, faster!
[inspirational music playing]
Faster.
Let's go! Let's go!
This is it. Last one.
Come on, Sami, come on.
[grunts]
What the hell was that?
What the hell was that, Chad?
You think Gunther's gonna care if you're exhausted?
Get up! Run it again.
We're not running it again, no.
I don't know what I'm thinking,
letting you run me into the ground one week before this match.
What do you think, I'm not good enough?
No, no. You're better than good enough.
You made the main event at WrestleMania last year, all right.
But that's when you had the hunger and that hunger is gone.
Okay? I'm trying to pull it out from you.
That's what we're doing here. But you won't let it out. What's holding you back?
-Nothing is holding me back, Chad. -What is holding you back?
-Why are you-- -I am afraid. Okay?
Is that what you want to hear?
I'm afraid of letting people down.
I'm afraid of letting myself down.
Everyone who's believed in me, I'm afraid, okay, I don't want to,
I'm afraid of seeing that disappointment on my wife's face again.
I'm afraid of seeing tears stream down my son's face.
The way I saw them stream down your daughter's cheeks.
Don't you get that do you get that?
Do you get that, Chad? Do you understand that?
Sami?
I understand that better than anyone.
I know that you get it.
But you still looked me right in the eyes.
And you told me you don't believe I can beat Gunther.
You can't beat Gunther.
I wasn't telling you what you wanted to hear.
I was telling you what you needed to hear.
You're at your best when people are doubting you.
So let's find that hunger.
And let's prove them wrong.
Together.
Find that fire again. Bring it out just like this.
That's what we're talking about, Sami.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
[McAfee] That was awesome.
[Cole] Will it pay off?
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the Montreal Quebec Canadian,
weighing in at 210 pounds,
Sami Zayn!
[Cole] Last week, Pat, a distraction by the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther,
cost Sami Zayn a matchup against Bronson Reed.
Well, he's going to run it back tonight
with an opportunity to try to knock off Reed,
build some momentum toward the weekend.
[McAfee] He has trained with the Alpha Academy's Chad Gable since then.
Has he learned anything? Can he not get distracted?
Can he head into WrestleMania with a real shot
at beating Gunther.
We learned live, on Raw.
[Cole] WWE World WrestleMania kicks off this week in Philadelphia
at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
And due to such high demand today, WWE announced additional
VIP Meet and greets. Bayley on Thursday.
"Dirty" Dom, on Sunday, and LA Knight next Monday.
General admission ticket holders can purchase VIP tickets
for these meet-greets at fanaticsevents.com/wwe.
[McAfee] A lot of good things WWE is doing.
Putting Dom out for a meet and greet seems to be working backwards.
I guess we are ready for WrestleMania, huh?
We ready. Hey, we saw what went down at the MMA Hour.
-You good? -Yeah, I'm good.
I got Becky's attention now.
Hey, what's up, guys?
[speaking Spanish]
You didn't tell us we had company.
We gave you our blessing to handle your father at WrestleMania,
but this, this is too much.
Cut the crap.
I'm gonna make a call.
You've done it now.
Mommy, can you talk to Priest?
Maybe tell him not to get so angry or something.
[both muttering indistinctly]
Fine. I'll talk to Priest.
But remember, we need to get this communications situation working again.
Yeah? Yeah? Talk to me next time.
Deal with your friends.
Legado Fantasma, meet Judgment Day, Mommy, JD, Finn,
Don't touch me.
[speaking Spanish]
Hey, how about we play some darts?
Here, I got you.
No, not you.
[Cole] Dominik better get on the same page.
[McAfee] Have you ever seen a worse party?
[Cole] We are looking ahead to WrestleMania, Saturday.
Gunther, as of tonight,
six hundred and sixty one days.
The longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time.
Can Sami Zayn pull off the upset at WrestleMania, Saturday?
Seems like he has his confidence back.
[McAfee] Nice, him and Chad Gable went to work.
Testing the limits of where Sami can go.
Speaking of testing the limits. Spandex on this man.
What a monster.
[announcer] And his opponent, from Black Forest, South Australia,
weighing in at 330 pounds,
Big Bronson Reed.
[Cole] Again, we mentioned before the commercial break
that this is a rematch from last week on Monday Night Raw.
[McAfee] Big Bronson Reed actually got the win over Sami Zayn last week.
Gunther came out and distracted Sami.
[Cole] Sami Zayn was rolling.
In fact, he had Bronson down and in trouble before, as you mentioned, Gunther,
the Intercontinental Champion, would come out into the arena.
Caused the distraction, which allowed Bronson Reed
to make Sami Zayn pay.
The tsunami from the top rope
will redo that again tonight.
Or will Sami Zayn prove to the world that he can knock off the big man?
[bell rings]
[McAfee] Gunther enjoyed toying with Sami last week.
The head games, the mind games in which Chad Gable was trying to work
with Sami Zayn.
[Cole] Chad trying to Tell Sami Zayn
you need to get your hunger back.
You need to get your confidence back.
You can knock off Gunther and listen,
if Sami can knock off a big man
like Bronson Reed tonight, it just gives him even more confidence
heading into Saturday.
[McAfee] Great sparring partner going into championship weekend.
Pretty similar traits.
You know, I will say, Bronson, much more wide than tall.
[Cole] Three hundred and thirty pounds
as Bronson misses wildly with the chopping.
Sami Zayn continues on the attack in the corner.
[McAfee] You can't mimic Gunther completely,
but you certainly can punch him--
There's the power of Reed. Kick right to the midsection.
and Sami Zayn driven down the mat.
[McAfee] I had a chance to speak with Alpha Academy's Chad Gable earlier
about the workout he had with Sami Zayn. Mentally, physically, spiritually
trying to work on him at the Alpha Academy.
Feels like Sami grew in all three phases.
[Cole] Sami, here's the pinning combination.
And a kick out by Reed at two.
And Pat, obviously, you're a professional athlete
once played in a Super Bowl all decade,
punter with the Colts. The question I have is this,
you can really get in your own head as a professional athlete, right?
Even when things aren't going your way.
[McAfee] Absolutely, overanalyzing things is
always terrible, especially in something
we've got to react and move quick.
You can't be thinking, if you start overthinking it,
it slows you down, takes away everything you have.
Sami.
Potentially, he is having to remind himself that he's a champion.
That's why everybody's talking.
Rocky, Rocky, Rocky.
Obviously Rocky IV here, a champion who had to find himself again,
and I think he's done that.
[Cole] Another big chop by Bronson Reed.
Now, has he done it, or is he trying to convince himself?
He talked about letting people down.
He still hasn't forgotten Montreal, a year ago, this past February,
when he had an opportunity to knock off Roman Reigns
to win the undisputed championship,
he just couldn't quite get the job done in his hometown
of Montreal. Sami up over the top rope, down goes Reed.
[McAfee] There's a chance that Sami Zayn
stopped appreciating every single fight.
And only started thinking about the big fights.
Took his eye off the ball maybe.
[Cole] But Sami can win the big matches.
[McAfee] Absolutely, Wrestle Zaynia will tell you as such.
[Cole] The main event last year, WrestleMania Saturday,
Sami and Kevin Owens, knocking off The Usos for the tag titles.
[McAfee] He was an honorary Uce in The Bloodline.
Sami, top rope, cross body, caught, though, by Bronson Reed,
who drives him spine first into the turnbuckle, running powerslam, cover.
First kick out by Zayn at two.
[McAfee] This is good for Sami.
Have they continued to build the calluses
and the coach, Chad Gable, looking on.
[Cole] Chad Gable, obviously, a former US Olympian
has done wonders with his Alpha Academy.
Trying to bring the same to Sami Zayn.
[McAfee] You can say 1% body fat.
Incredibly intelligent. I think he's like a doctor or something.
[Cole] Sami, second rope, elbow to the top of the skull of Reed, down to one knee.
Sami Zayn looking to rally yet again
with another elbow, Reed this time down to a knee again.
Sami Zayn, second rope.
And the third elbow he's caught, uranage,
just plants Sami, elbow to the chest, cover by "Big" Bronson Reed,
and Sami stays in it.
[McAfee] Three hundred and thirty pounds dropping down on your sternum.
And Sami's still kicking out.
[Cole] Yeah, it's the guts, the heart, the resilience that really has been
emblematic of the career of Sami Zayn,
[McAfee] Big right from "Big" Bronson Reed,
[Cole] Sami with that never say die attitude, always in the fight.
He's got to keep that in mind as he heads into WrestleMania.
If he survives tonight because Bronson Reed,
with Sami on his shoulders high above the ring, Sami,
looking for a sunset flip power bomb for the win.
Cover and Reed at two in air fall for Sami.
And now this is where Sami can't get in his own head.
He's got to realize,
Listen, I had Reed down, I've got him on the ropes.
Keep up the attack. Don't get frustrated.
[McAfee] But you don't have to be a robot either.
You can keep your moxie and stay on task.
I don't think Sami is balancing that right now.
[Cole] I'm not sure how wise this strategy is.
[McAfee] Trying to lift the 330-pounder off his feet.
And now Bronson Reed with ease.
Lifts Sami up and drives him, cover
but the Death Valley driver
and a kick out by Sami Zayn, Sami is still in it.
Somehow.
You know, Pat, Sami Zayn has showed some flurries here tonight,
but hasn't been able to sustain a rally
against "Big" Bronson Reed, who's now dominating.
[McAfee] Bronson Reed has stopped every single turn that Sami has tried to make.
[Cole] Sami Zayn over the past week has been training with the Alpha Academy's
Chad Gable, training to get ready for the
seemingly impossible task of knocking off Gunther
for the Intercontinental Championship on WrestleMania Saturday.
[McAfee] I actually got a sneak peek at the Alpha Academy train,
and we've never seen that before.
[Cole] They're very intense.
And Sami Zayn, fighting back.
Now Sami, Tornado DDT.
He runs the tightrope, cover, hook to the leg.
[McAfee] Sami can sense it. He was close.
He's just gotta remind himself,
let's close the door here, Sami.
[Cole] Yeah, let's put the game away.
[McAfee] Chad Gable's in the back, yelling at a TV I assume.
Telling Sami to stay focused
because Bronson Reed can change things.
[Cole] Just like that front face lock sends Sami to the corner.
Sami looking for an exploder suplex.
And again, I'm not quite sure about the strategy with Sami here tonight.
Trying to overpower the big man.
And Bronson Reed, however,
that corkscrew suplex
turns it into a senton.
Reed can power you.
He can play the power game.
Sami, he's not going to do that against a 330-pounder.
I don't know why he keeps trying to
[McAfee] Reed can also out quick you, Which is why he's such a weapon.
[Cole] Bronson out on the top rope looking for the tsunami perhaps.
Sami Zayn uses the quickness to get back to his feet.
[McAfee] The bowling ball is on the second rope.
[Cole] With WrestleMania looming in five nights,
Sami Zayn and his date with destiny against Gunther
for the Intercontinental Championship.
Trying to build some momentum and knock off "Big" Bronson Reed.
Reed with an opportunity now with Sami Zayn.
Sami Zayn is down.
Bronson Reed now, top rope, tsunami, nobody home!
And Sami's got an opportunity.
Bronson really landed on Sami last week, just one sign that he's gotten better
from one workout with the Alpha Academy.
And now Sami, looking for, oh my goodness.
Oh, no. Gunther, the Intercontinental champion,
dragging the carcass of Chad Gable out entrance way.
This is unbecoming of Gunther, The Ring General.
And again playing the mind games of Sami Zayn, who now rushes to the aid
of his fallen coach, Chad Gable, who was obviously assaulted.
By Gunther, and now, Gunther!
With a cheap attack.
Sami Zayn was on his knees.
What the hell is The Ring General doing?
Beat the hell out of his opponent on Saturday.
I've never seen Gunther feel obligated to do this.
Gunther believes Sami Zayn, does not deserve to be in the same ring with him.
[McAfee] That's what he's saying.
Despite the fact that Sami ran a gauntlet
to earn the opportunity.
And now, Gunther just beating the hell out of Zayn.
A relentless attack.
[indistinct shouting]
[Cole] Oh, my God.
[shouts indistinctly] Stop dreaming.
Look at me! [shouts indistinctly]
[Cole] Will this be the scene
on Saturday night in Philadelphia?
[indistinct shouting]
[McAfee] I don't think there will be a blindside attack in Philadelphia.
Sami's hand was in the middle of a match.
[Cole] Sami had expressed self doubt.
[McAfee] Sami's back up, Cole!
[Cole] A defiant Sami Zayn is back on his feet.
And this time using the championship.
[McAfee] Sami's down.
[crowd booing]
Hold on.
I know, I know.
[indistinct shouting]
Hey, what's up?
[crowd cheering]
Stop playing.
I'm gonna let you know right now.
If you're free next weekend, all right.
I mean, I know you've got a busy schedule, but that ain't clear, man.
Hey, come through Philly.
WrestleMania 40.
Where my brother at? You trying to come with something?
I'm gonna be there. And you know what?
I'm bringing my single, world premiere.
WrestleMania. You know what…
Say less.
I'm gonna see you.
WrestleMania, you already know.
[Cole] Lil Wayne at WrestleMania.
[McAfee] The world premiere of the new Weezy Song.
[Cole] We know Damage CTRL is going to be at WrestleMania.
They're also going to be here tonight in action later, on Monday Night Raw.
[McAfee] We're getting a new Weezy song.
[Cole] And the breaking news came earlier tonight,
as first posted by The Rock on his Instagram story.
The Rock will induct his grandmother, Lia Maivia
into the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame. Incredible class,
including Paul Heyman going in, in Philadelphia.
And guess who is going to induct the Wisemen?
-[McAfee] Our tribal chief. -[Cole] Indeed, Roman Reigns
told us earlier tonight that he will induct Paul Heyman
into the WWE Hall of Fame this coming Friday night.
Immediately following SmackDown on Peacock.
[McAfee] I learned a lot about Lia Maivia--
[Cole] The legend, legend.
Of course, the wife of the "High Chief" Peter Maivia.
[announcer] The following is a tag-team match scheduled for one fall,
introducing first the team of Ivy Nile,
and Maxxine Dupri.
[Cole] Give Ivy Nile so much credit.
She's really been spending a lot of time trying to get Maxxine better in the ring.
Help her be more competitive in these matches,
and we'll see her involved in here tonight.
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Big score to settle for Maxxine and Ivy tonight.
[announcer] And their opponents, the team of Indi Hartwell
and Candice LeRae!
[Cole] Candice LeRae has been doing everything in her power
to win.
And she's been doing that as of late, even last week,
feigning an injury to pick up a victory.
Indi Hartwell, her partner does not seem to be pleased
with Candice LeRae's recent action.
[McAfee] Indi Hartwell is kind of put in a spot here by Candice LeRae,
she's guilty by association.
Candice has been acting like one of the most despicable humans
you could be in the WWE over the last few weeks,
and Indi Hartwell has to be your tag team partner.
Let's see how that comes together.
But Candice has been winning so has Indi.
[Cole] I'm not condoning the actions of Candice--
You kind of did though. You said, Wayne Wayne Wayne.
[Cole] But she's been winning right?
And that's the name of the game.
But how has she been doing it, Cole? Dirty tactics.
[Cole] Hey, you surround yourself with some despicable human beings
like Connor, for instance, on your show. So you know what it's all about.
That's what Indi Hartwell is going through at this point.
I mean, she's known Candice for years.
They've been best friends for years, but she's been taken aback
by these recent actions of this woman that she thought she knew so well.
[McAfee] None of my guys are anywhere near as bad of a human
as Candice LeRae has been in the last month.
[Cole] And now Indi Hartwell goes to work on Ivy Nile.
Indi, of course, a former NXT Women's Champion.
I want to remind everyone NXT stand and deliver
comes your way, Saturday high noon, 9am on Peacock, WrestleMania Saturday.
Here comes Maxxine Dupri.
Maxxine off the second rope and goes to work on Indi.
[McAfee] Maxxine, Ivy, Chad Gable, working to make her the best superstar she can be.
But Indi Hartwell is, you know, very experienced again.
Very good. As is Candice LeRae.
Maxxine might get exposed.
[Cole] Candice LeRae goes to work.
She will show no remorse.
[McAfee] None. Ivy Nile trying to make the business better.
Candice LeRae is trying to do complete opposite.
Throwing Maxxine's head into the turnbuckle.
Candice isn't scared to utilize whatever's available.
[referee counting]
She would grab that ref's belt if she could.
What's the name of the referee, Cole?
-[Cole] Eddie Munster. -[McAfee] I've heard that name before.
[Cole] And now Ivy Nile, look at the look on her face.
[McAfee] She's an intimidating presence.
[Cole] She's also upset with the way that Candice LeRae has treated Maxxine
some of the really mean things, she said. Roll up now.
Maxxine almost stole one.
[McAfee] Everybody with a conscience has been upset with the way
Candice LeRae has been operating. But she is talented whenever she's in the ring.
And look at Candice go, hammering away at Maxxine!
Cover again by Candice.
Kick out at two.
[McAfee] Obviously, the women's tag team champions are something
both these teams are striving to be someday.
Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell are putting themselves in the driver's seat.
[Cole] Now backing Maxxine into the corner
As Candice continues, to hammer away at Maxxine
and just the look of disdain on the face of Candice
as Maxxine moves out of harm's way, trying to somehow make a tag and get
to the corner of Ivy Nile. Indi Hartwell not going to allow it to happen.
At least momentarily. Tag! Here comes Ivy.
[McAfee] Maxxine with a great counter. Obviously getting better.
Ivy comes in with a big right and a kick.
[Cole] Yeah, the pit bull, Ivy Nile shot out of a cannon.
It's so impressive here in WWE, as she sends Indi Hartwell flying.
And Ivy, an enzuigiri caught Indi in the back of the neck.
[McAfee] Such a clean kick.
She's a spitfire, isn't she?
[McAfee] Yes!
[Cole] Ivy Nile, so much fun to watch.
Fired up here tonight and Indi Hartwell back to her feet and catches Ivy.
[McAfee] Ivy, able to regain advantage. Candice LeRae!
[Cole] Candice behind the official's back.
Sent flying off the top rope.
Went face first into the rope.
[McAfee] That's smart tag team wrestling there.
Indi Hartwell is not happy.
[Cole] Not happy at all.
And now from behind, Maxxine, with a dropkick,
rolls up Indi, shoulders down. That's got to feel good
for Maxxine Dupri.
[announcer] Here are your winners, the team of Ivy Nile
and Maxxine Dupri.
[McAfee] Karma is real, Cole.
You work hard, try to get better.
And do good.
Good things will happen. If you're a bad person, bad things will happen.
[Indi] You should be ashamed at yourself.
Embarassing.
You lost to Maxxine Dupri.
Embarassing.
[Cole] Hartwell obviously took exception to Candice LeRae
getting involved in that match-up.
And it cost her, and Candice not happy.
Candice, you've been too negative. You've been too negative.
Try to be a better person. That's what everybody's saying.
People are trying to tell The Rock to be a better person.
That's your boss. That's your final boss.
Nonetheless, let's talk about Cody Rhodes, who, of course, was attacked by The Rock
last week here on Monday Night Raw, not medically cleared to be here tonight,
but we're told Cody will be ready for both the main events
on WrestleMania Saturday and WrestleMania Sunday.
However, The Bloodline was here tonight, The Rock and Roman Reigns
kicking off the show, interrupted by Seth Rollins,
who challenged The Rock for Roman to a match tonight
and said, "Hey, guys, tell me who wants to face me?"
[Rollins] As a matter of fact, boys, I'll leave it all up to you.
You guys pick who wants to fight the real champ.
Who's it gonna be?
You ain't fighting the tribal chieftain tonight.
You not fight the final boss tonight either.
You're fighting me tonight.
But here's the thing.
It's Bloodline rules.
We'll see you tonight, boy.
[Cole] That means anything goes. There are no rules.
Bloodline rules.
Seth Rollins, Solo Sikoa, later on tonight.
And if Solo wins that match and Seth is destroyed,
imagine the mood The Rock and Roman will be in.
Because, for the first time ever, The Rock and Roman Reigns
will sit down together on The Tonight Show, starring Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
Catch their late night appearance, Wednesday, at 11:35pm.
[McAfee] They look in the mirror and see themselves.
They're always in a good mood.
-Seth "Freakin" Rollins. -Jey Uso, Just the man I wanted to see.
Hey, what's up? Hey, man, you one crazy dude, but check it out.
Hey, it's Bloodline rules tonight.
Anything goes. If they try something shady, I got your back
the way you had mine last week, I got you.
I got you.
-I'm glad to hear you say that. -Yeet.
-Take a walk with me. -Yeet.
[both speaking indistinctly]
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Growing up, my favorite WrestleMania moment of all time
would have to be Owen Hart versus Bret Hart, WrestleMania 10.
[commentator] History is going to be made today.
Listen to that ovation!
[Natalya] Their story was a simple story, brother versus brother.
And, yes, I'm a biased because they're both family.
But it was such an incredible match and anybody that ever wants
to get it into the industry or wants to come work in WWE
as a WWE Superstar, I always say watch that match.
[commentator] This is gonna be a brawl all the way!
Bret Hart versus Owen Hart, WrestleMania 10.
It's truly one of the greatest WrestleMania matches of all time,
and it took place in my favorite arena in the world,
Madison Square Garden.
[commentator exclaiming]
[commentator] Sing his praises.
The world is in shock right now.
[CM Punk echoing] My goal, my dream
was The Main Event WrestleMania, but it's just not in the cards.
Taking down The Bloodline is bigger than us.
[McIntyre] Look at my eyes.
What do you see?
CM Punk has no match in Philly.
On January 27, the world lost the opportunity
to see an out of shape has-been Main Event WrestleMania.
When his brittle,
fragile body failed him worse than it did in the UFC.
Punk tried Seth.
Like the rest of us, wanted to get as far away from him as possible.
Now we're left with a thin-skinned guy who saw Jared Leto as the Joker
and built his entire personality off of him.
Seth "cringe lord" Rollins. Seth, you're broken.
You already have one foot in the grave,
and your pride has you convinced you'll survive The Rock,
Roman and The Bloodline, and then still beat me?
You deserve all the beatings coming your way.
You deserve all the pain and the suffering and the misery
because you have begged me for it.
You deserve the casket closed on your championship ring.
At WrestleMania, I will do just that.
I will take that broken down old workhorse out back.
Put him down.
Once and for all.
Amen.
[Cole] That eulogy could come as early as tonight
in Bloodline rules against Solo Sikoa for Seth Rollins.
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Las Vegas, Navada, weighing in at 207 pounds,
Ricochet!
[Cole] Pat, truly the highlight of the night.
[McAfee] Every night.
Ricochet has been on fire
as of late, he's gone 3-0 against DominiK and JD
of the Judgment Day.
He said earlier on, bring me Priest.
Bring me Bálor.
Even bring me Mommy.
I'm ready to take them all on.
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[McAfee] Shout out to American Home Shield.
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[Cole] AHS.com
[announcer] And his opponent, Viking Raider, Ivar.
[Cole] I got to admit, I am a little disappointed.
-[McAfee] No antlers? -[Cole] No Valhala, no antlers.
[McAfee] Everybody saw you going to town on yourself.
Whenever those antlers came out the last time,
But the good news is we get a chance to see Ricochet in action.
I understand a Viking is something you don't see every day.
But if you were to take somebody that has never watched
professional wrestling before, and show them Ricochet,
they would think to themselves,
"Is this the greatest?" It is. Ricochet's about to blow minds.
[Cole] Ricochet and Ivar are going to be part
of the night before WrestleMania tradition
on Friday Night SmackDown, known as the Andre the Giant Memorial
Battle Royal, paying homage to The Eight Wonder of the World,
Andre the Giant, well, Ivar, Ricochet will be a part of that.
Some of the great Andre the Giant Battle Royal
winners in the past, Bobby Lashley won last year.
Jey Uso won a couple of years ago.
Braun Strowman, Baron Corbin, Cesaro, Big Show, among others.
[McAfee] I think the barrel build of Ivar has helped him in a Rumble.
Ricochet, not necessarily maybe built perfectly for a Rumble-type match.
-He is phenomenal to watch. -[Cole] Ricochet is unbelievable.
Ivar is as well, for a 300 plus pounder,
he can do some incredible things in the ring
as Ricochet brings Ivar down and follows it up
with a dropkick driving Ivar outside the ring.
[McAfee] It's just one spectacular thing after another, done so effortlessly.
[Cole] Ivar just swatted Ricochet out of the air.
[McAfee] Ivar with the quickness.
[Cole] And the power.
Ricochet load lands on the apron.
[McAfee] And then what?
[Cole] Oh, goodness.
Ivar.
Ricochet falls on the back of his neck as Ivar takes over this match.
We are back live on Monday Night Raw.
It has been quite the night.
Quite the match under way, Ivar and Ricochet.
And Ivar has done a great job, Pat, of grounding Ricochet.
[McAfee] He's been keeping the meat on him, kinda wearing him down.
Speaking of that, look at this. Cross body on the side.
I mean…
Flattening Ricochet. That's what you get whenever you're wrestling a Viking.
A lot of meat.
Able to fly around, quick, agile, not as quick and agile as Ricochet.
Lands on his feet,
[Cole] 300-plus pounder
as Ricochet moves out of harm's way.
Ricochet is just so phenomenal.
[both exclaiming]
[Cole] Sit down, splat! That was two Viking hamstrings
across the shoulders of Ricochet.
Takes a sitting on Ricochet's throat.
Wow!
-[referee] Get in the ring right now. -[McAfee] You'd think he wouldn't want
to make this a speed match-up with the Viking.
But he's beating Ricochet at his own game.
[Cole] Ricochet has been pummeled.
That cross body with a crushed Ricochet, who moves out of harm's way
and now Ricochet has a chance.
[McAfee] Ricochet, like most superior athletes, has good memory.
Wasn't gonna let Ivar get that fang on him two times in a row.
[commentators exclaiming]
Incredible!
Absolute standing O for Ricochet.
[Cole] We asked this last week.
What the hell was that?
And how? And now Ricochet, going up to the top rope.
Ivar is in trouble.
Has to roll through as Ivar rolls out of harm's way
and sends Ricochet out to the apron.
Big kick by Ricochet.
Ivar stunned again,
Off the top rope, the flying clothesline.
Ricochet's rolling. Ivar had him grounded for much of the match-up,
Ricochet's turned things around,
standing to a press, cover now, hook of the leg, Ivar kicks at two.
[McAfee] What Ricochet is able to do,
-just so effortless. -[Cole] Describe this.
[McAfee] Ground off, moonsault,
outside of the ring onto Ivar's head, and then springboard,
lariat to perfection from Ricochet.
-He is just-- -[Cole] Look at Ricochet powering up Ivar.
Just did not have enough.
Back gave out. Ivar misses with a spin kick.
Ricochet.
Ivar knocked down to a knee. Ricochet again
with another springboard up over the top.
Big kick by Ivar!
Ricochet may be down and out.
[crowd gasping]
Big powerbomb!
Sit down.
Ricochet kicks it, too.
[McAfee] I thought that was it.
[Cole] Incredible night so far on Monday Night Raw.
Fifteen thousand five hundred and forty six in all.
With the agility
and the power of the big Viking Ivar.
In the corner. Nobody home, Ricochet able to move out of harm's way.
[McAfee] Bareback buck on the turnbuckle.
Backflip off of sternum.
[Cole] Lands on his feet, running knee,
catches Ivar, wobbly in the knees, letting him wobble a little bit.
A springboard cross body caught by Ivar, spinning slam!
He wasn't actually wobbling. He was playing possum.
[Cole] Smart Viking, watch springboard,
second rope, just barreling through,
bulldozing through Ricochet, who somehow is still in this
and Ivar can't believe it!
[McAfee] The people that put these
rings together at the WWE are the greatest on Earth.
[Cole] And now Ivar going to climb to the top rope.
Could be time for the doomsault from high above the ring at the Barclay Center.
Ivar, nobody home!
What? Ricochet just caught Ivar!
He caught Ivar!
And he powers it over into a fallaway slam!
You've got to be kidding me.
Ricochet is super human.
Ricochet is gonna go up top.
Yes, finally!
Cover!
[crowd chanting] One! Two!
[Cole] Holy cow!
[bell rings]
[announcer] Here is your winner, Ricochet!
[Cole] Just when I say we've seen it all, we've seen it all.
That is incredible.
[McAfee] Somehow we've seen more.
[Cole] Well, Pat, it is time for the Peer-o-Pat-istrator, at the 6:30.
[McAfee] And as you see here, this is the face of a man
who does things that nobody else what on earth can do.
He starts, and what is he gonna do? A front flip?
Is that what he's gonna do?
One with the greatest of ease?
And look, eyes, straight on.
Did he over rotate?
Did he under rotate?
Is his brain about to get splattered around Brooklyn?
Uh-uh, he's going around again.
He's going around again.
He's doing something that nobody else on Earth can do
as he buries a Viking, one, two, three.
Our Puma is the prince
who's promised, and damn, he is magnetic.
[Cole] There may not be a hotter athlete right now in WWE.
As Ricochet heads into the Andre the Giant Battle Royal,
Friday night, the heat of WrestleMania.
I got it, I got it.
I was born doing this. I got this.
I don't understand why Ricochet hasn't been handled yet.
Are we not The Judgment Day?
Damn right we're the Judgment Day.
Listen, me and Ricochet are both gonna be
in the Andre Battle Royal SmackDown on Friday.
Okay? There will be more than enough opportunity for me to get him there.
And I will.
Please do, because I am getting sick
and tired of that clown, Ricochet.
In fact, what sort of a name is Ricochet?
Guys, don't worry.
I know JD will handle the Ricochet situation.
But for whatever reason, just in case he doesn't,
I have just the guy for the job.
[speaking Spanish]
Santos, Andrade, Andrade, Santos.
-I remember you. You too. -Yeah?
Forget it.
Andrade.
If you take care of our little Ricochet situation,
we'll make you a full member of the crew.
I see. You need me.
[JD] We don't need you.
To take care of your business?
I want you to take care of my business, yes.
Okay.
Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I've seen enough.
I've heard Becky's on her way to the ring.
I'm gonna go say hi.
[speaking Spanish]
Are they using my guards?
I told them not to touch anything.
[Cole] A special thanks to Philadelphia's own Meek Mill.
for Big Boy off his EP, HEATHENISM and Dreams and Nightmares,
both available on Apple Music and Spotify.
You'll see Meek Mill this weekend as the voice of the WrestleMania 40, open.
[Meek Mill rapping]
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
The Man, Becky Lynch!
[Cole] Got my autographed copy today. Did you get one?
Becky Lynch, The Man, Not Your Average Average Girl, which is available now.
[McAfee] I didn't get an autographed one, but I did support the biz.
My wife bought a copy, she's reading it right now.
Inspiring the world.
[Cole] I'll tell you what, I've heard nothing but rave reviews.
Well, coming up, WrestleMania Saturday,
The Man, Becky Lynch, looks to take the women's
World Championship from The Eradicator, Rhea Ripley.
Rhea has had a one year stranglehold on the title.
Will Becky Lynch take it away at WrestleMania?
The Man has come around to Brooklyn.
And she came here looking for a fight.
No, I started one earlier, but we don't have to wait
until WrestleMania to finish it.
We can finish it right here, right now.
Rhea Ripley, we have done all the talking that we need to do.
So come on out here and fight me.
[McAfee] All right!
-I like that. -[Pearce] Becky, Becky. No.
[Cole] Oh, of course.
That's okay, you can boo me all you want.
I'm the April Fool for trying to do the right thing.
We are not doing this tonight.
After what I saw earlier, there is no way I could jeopardize
one of the biggest matches on the biggest WrestleMania of all time.
I know what you want.
You're gonna wait till WrestleMania.
Becky. Respectfully, I'm asking you, leave the ring.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] Good job, Pearce, now you really started stuff.
The women's World Champion, The Eradicator, Rhea Ripley,
No. Save it for WrestleMania, Rhea.
Listen to me, WrestleMania is less than a week away.
-[speaking indistinctly] -I know that.
-Save it for WrestleMania. -[continues speaking indistinctly]
Save it for WrestleMania, please.
Please.
Seriously.
[McAfee] If they want to fight, let them fight.
[Cole] Those things become so emotional, so personal.
Spilled over on Ariel Helwani's MMA Hour earlier today.
And now Rhea Ripley, gonna blast her way through the security guards
trying to make it to Becky Lynch in the ring.
Why wait till Saturday?
Why wait till Philadelphia? Bring it to the streets of New York tonight
Down goes Becky, Rhea and Becky!
And security trying to separate these two.
And Becky's had enough.
[McAfee] I love everything about it.
These two want to fight!
[Cole] Becky taking down everybody!
Can you imagine what it's going to be like WrestleMania Saturday?
These two are fighting over the Women's World Title.
[McAfee] Deeply personal.
[Becky shouting indistinctly]
Bianca, Jade and Naomi can celebrate their pathetic moment from SmackDown
last Friday, but that doesn't change the fact that Damage CTRL
is the most dominant faction in the history of the woman's division.
Do I need to remind you who holds the WWE Women's Tag titles?
Who holds the WWE Women's championship?
So WrestleMania XL,
we're going to prove to Naomi, Jade, Bianca and Bayley
that Damage CTRL is the future.
But for now, we're here at Raw to see if anyone
has what it takes to prove us wrong.
But the reality is, WrestleMania XL is the biggest WrestleMania of all time.
And it doesn't get much bigger than Damage CTRL.
[Cole] This match is presented by American Home Shield, next.
[Cole] Hey, we've got breaking news tonight, Pat.
Big tease because tomorrow stay tuned to WWE social media channels and wwe.com
Saturday night, June 15. The premium live event,
Clash at the Castle, returns.
But in what part of Europe?
In what stadium?
What city? Find out tomorrow.
[McAfee] That is a big tease. All a tease, all a tease.
[Cole] Let's take it to the Peer-o-Pat-istrator
to show you what happened moments ago between Rhea and Becky.
[McAfee] Here's what went down.
We have one middle management stooge who had one job, and that's to keep
Rhea Ripley, away from Becky Lynch.
What does he do? He gets distracted by a title.
Never seen one of those before, says Adam Pearce.
And then Rhea says, I'm cleaning house,
and there's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven
eight, fifteen dudes that she runs through.
Powers threw, out physicals.
And in the end, Becky Lynch turns the tables
goes to the skies and takes everybody out.
These two detest each other, and on Saturday,
they're going to get the battle for the title.
And the fight still going on in the locker room area.
Pearce, Get your show together.
You're an embarrassment.
[indistinct shouting]
Get it! Get her!
-Get her back! -[Becky] Get off me!
Get her out of here!
Get out! Get out of here!
Get out of here!
Get Becky out of here!
Get out! Get out of here!
Get control of your body!
Control her!
[Cole] Pearce called himself an April fool.
[McAfee] He's proving it.
[Cole] Well, look who's here tonight, from Friday Night SmackDown.
Dakota Kai called them the most dominant--
[announcer] The following is a six-woman tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Making their way to the ring, accompanied by the WWE Women's Champion, Iyo Sky,
the team of Dakota Kai, and the WWE Women's Tag Team Champion
The Kabuki Warriors, Damage CTRL!
[McAfee] Don't ever step on Samantha or anything like that ever again.
[Cole] My apologies.
Let's see what happened on Friday Night's SmackDown involving the Damage CTRL.
[narrator] Tonight's "Who's Got Your Back?" moment
is presented by American Home Shield.
Don't worry. Be warranty.
Kairi Sane and Asuka laying waste to Belair.
And here comes Naomi.
Naomi and Bianca trying to fight side by side.
But the numbers game once again!
The storm is here.
Jade Cargill!
Look at this power.
Single-handedly decimating Damage CTRL.
The storm has landed here on SmackDown.
[Cole] The Dakota Kai and The Kabuki Warriors
set to take on Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark, and Tegan Nox.
Six-Woman Tag Team action tonight.
A little preview of what could happen at WrestleMania Saturday.
Talk about that in just a moment.
Because this match is presented by American Home Shield, be at one
with your home systems and appliances,
Don't worry, be warranty.
Dakota and company,
beating down Tegan Knox to start this match up.
[McAfee] This is what Damage CTRL does.
They come in, act like menaces, and I'll tell you what, it's worked for them.
[Cole] Dakota Kai calls them the most dominant women's faction in history.
This coming WrestleMania Saturday, The Kabuki Warriors' Dakota Kai
will take on the team of Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill, at WrestleMania.
[McAfee] The world very excited.
[Cole] Cover by Asuka and a kick out. We saw what she was capable
of doing back in the the Royal Rumble match.
[McAfee] She was picking everybody up and throwing them.
[Cole] One way to describe it. [McAfee] That's all she was doing.
Just picking humans up and throwing them. So much strength.
Perfect superstar.
[Cole] Tegan Nox in all kinds of trouble. Meanwhile, Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark,
back into the mix, in a triple German suplex.
And Damage CTRL runs into a bunch of kicks.
Tegan Nox, Shayna Baszler, baseball slides.
Nox and Stark and Baszler.
Damage CTRL is in trouble!
We are live on Monday Night Raw.
Sold out tonight at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The final Monday Night Raw before WrestleMania.
Damage CTRL, taking on Tegan Nox and Baszler.
And Zoey Stark, who comes in off the tag on this six woman tag team matchup.
Of course, Damage CTRL takes on the team of Bianca Belair,
Naomi and Jade Cargill, WrestleMania Saturday, Iyo Sky,
The WWE women's champion who's at ringside, takes on Bayley
for the championship WrestleMania Sunday.
What a German suplex by Zoey Stark into the hip up.
[McAfee] I mean, this is how we start.
Superstar written all over her.
[Cole] So impressive, as she sends Kairi Sane
with the tag champs into the corner.
Stark and Shayna still have their eye set on the women's tag team titles.
Zoey, top rope, misses. Cover now by Zoey.
We're gonna put Kairi away.
Who's got a kick out at two.
[McAfee] I thought she missile dropped, kicked the soul out of Kairi right there.
Putting her through the canvas.
Zoey has that ability.
She can fly. She can get into a power game if you need it.
[Cole] No doubt. Future champion written all over
And there's the power you were talking about.
Great counter and now an opportunity to make a tag.
[McAfee] She needs it. Damage CTRL needs it.
Dakota Kai eagerly waiting as is Tegan Nox on the other side.
[Cole] Dakota Kai really stabbed Bayley in the back.
Bayley, of course, formed Damage CTRL a couple of years ago.
Dakota Kai really became the leader.
Bayley was excommunicated and Tegan Nox with a big slam.
[McAfee] Choke slam from Tegan Nox with a head butt.
[Cole] Tegan, growing up, was The Big Red Machine Kane.
It's the chokeslam.
[McAfee] I don't know what's going on here.
Kairi Sane had some bad words for you here at ringside.
[Cole] It does appear as if that was the case.
And Tegan out of the corner, taking out Dakota,
Tegan Nox on the cusp of just breaking through,
cover, hook to the leg, breaking things up is Asuka.
[McAfee] What a perfect teammate for Shayna and Zoey.
Tegan Nox.
Tegan now going for the kirafuta clutch.
Is Shayna Baszler, Kairi Sane going to get involved?
And Asuka, with a big kick, takes advantage.
Zoey has been awesome.
[McAfee] Absolutely.
Kairi sending Zoey out to the apron.
Zoey caught her with a kick.
[McAfee] Right to the mouth.
And now Dakota shoving Kairi out of harm's way.
Taking out Zoey Stark.
Roll up by Tegan.
Kick out at two.
Tegan Nox by that running uppercut
into the corner, Dakota Kai, cannonball misses moves out of harm's way.
Running kick right in the face.
Tag now to Asuka!
Tag made, Kairi Sane's legal.
Asuka has got Tegan Nox set up
for Kairi Sane, who's calling for it.
The Kabuki Warriors… Insane elbow, cover,
Damage CTRL for the win.
[announcer] Here are your winners, Damage CTRL!
[Cole] Will they be successful
come WrestleMania Saturday against Bianca Belair, Naomi and Jade Cargill?
Iyo Sky's gonna be the champion
come WrestleMania Sunday when she takes on Bayley.
Still to come,
tonight, the enforcer of The Bloodline, the king of the Samoan spike, Solo Sikoa
takes on Seth Rollins, the world heavyweight champion
in a Bloodline match where anything goes, live, tonight.
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It is streaming now, on Peacock.
Ladies and gentlemen, we're in the midst of WrestleMania Week.
The final Raw before WrestleMania, over 30 hours of live programming
during WrestleMania week, including Wednesday,
the debut of a new show called WWE Speed on X.
Friday, of course, is the the kickoff show
you and I host, five o'clock, SmackDown and the Hall of Fame that night.
And then, of course, the countdown
to WrestleMania and WrestleMania as well on Saturday.
NXT Stand and Deliver at high noon on Saturday as well.
Same thing on Sunday, including the Slammy Awards this year.
That's going to be the interesting part of WrestleMania Week.
The Pat McAfee Show on Friday from WWE World.
[McAfee] I think the cerebral assassin is going to be there.
Cody Rhodes and many others. Michael Cole.
[Cole] Nonetheless, let's talk about WrestleMania Saturday.
Rhea Ripley, The Eradicator, will defend
the women's championship against
Becky Lynch on WrestleMania Saturday.
[McAfee] Ladies and gentlemen, we saw Sami Zayn earlier
get his ass beat by Gunther.
They battle for the Intercontinental Championship
-on Saturday. -[Cole] For just the third time
in WrestleMania history, real brothers will go one on one.
Jimmy and Jey Uso battle it out at WrestleMania.
[McAfee] They meet first, but how about a power trio
the world has been dreaming of? Bianca Belair,
Naomi and Jade Cargill will take on Damage CTRL
who we just saw get a massive W.
[McAfee] Also, the six pack ladder match for the undisputed tag team titles.
These six teams are involved. Both the Raw and Smackdown tag titles
will be hanging above the ring, and the match continues
until both sets of titles are retrieved.
[Cole] And in a great display of riding coattails, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
is in WrestleMania again alongside Santos Escobar,
as they take on legend Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee.
This Saturday, the biggest tag team match in WrestleMania history.
The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes and
Seth "Freakin" Rollins take on Roman Reigns
and The Rock. Major stipulations,
which will affect what happens on WrestleMania Sunday,
which we'll get into in just a moment.
Also, WrestleMania Sunday, the world heavyweight
championship match, what type of shape is Seth Rollins
gonna be in when he defends against Drew McIntyre?
[McAfee] I can't wait to find out on Sunday
how about the WWE women's championship?
As Bayley tries to get a little
bit of revenge, on our champion, Iyo Sky.
[Cole] Also a six-man Philadelphia Street Fight where anything goes.
Lashley and The Street Profits
against The Final Testament, WrestleMania Sunday.
[McAfee] United States Championship is on the line in a triple threat match
as Kevin Owens, Randy Orton and Logan Paul
will beat the hell out of each other on Sunday.
[Cole] First man to gain pitfall submission wins the title.
Plus, this match-up is extremely personal.
They've been going at it for months.
Finally, LA Knight versus AJ Styles at WrestleMania Sunday
And then, of course, the big one.
Will it be one-on-one?
Will it be contested
under Bloodline rules depends what happens on Saturday night's tag team match-up.
But will it be it? Will the right end with Cody Rhodes finally finish the story?
We will find out WrestleMania Sunday.
Let's check in with our broadcast colleague, Cathy Kelley
Thanks, Cole.
I'm standing with world heavyweight champion, Seth "Freakin" Rollins
as he makes his way to the ring for the main event this evening.
Seth, a big weekend ahead at WrestleMania 40 and a lot on the line.
Why take on this match tonight against Solo Sikoa?
Cathy, I've only got one gear.
It's pedal to the metal.
Empty the tank.
I don't know if you know me that well, but I've always got a Plan B.
[crowd booing]
I ain't dead yet.
[Drew] Yet.
["I Am Greatness" playing]
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and will be contested under Bloodline rules.
Introducing first, from Davenport, Iowa, weighing in at 225 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion, Seth "Freakin" Rollins!
[Cole] Well, you know, WrestleMania weekend,
so we're filling out the limited tickets
for this Friday SmackDown and Hall of Fame NXT Stand and Deliver
on Saturday and Raw after WrestleMania on Monday,
all taking place at the Wells Fargo Center.
Don't miss out on your chance to be a part of all the action.
Visit Ticketmaster, get your tickets before they are gone.
[McAfee] It's about to be the greatest event of all time.
[Cole] And this could be the downfall right now of Seth Rollins.
Our main event is coming up next. It's Seth-Solo Sikoa.
Bloodline rules, anything goes, live.
It's gonna be quite the Friday. Pat McAfee Show on ESPN earlier in the day
and then Pat and I will host the WrestleMania kickoff event,
which is going to be outside the Wells Fargo Center,
a huge plethora of WWE Superstars will be joining us.
[McAfee] It's gonna be a magnificent start to a weekend that's going to be legendary.
I do wish they would use a different photo of me.
[Cole laughing]
[Cole] It still has my soul patch. [McAfee] There it is again.
[Cole] WrestleMania Countdown on Saturday and Sunday
starts at five, Eastern, two, Pacific.
Pat and I host the the first hour of the show with Big E and CM Punk,
then Jackie Redmond. Wade Barrett will be a part of the the second hour of Countdown
at WrestleMania, Saturday and Sunday.
[McAfee] CM Punk's talking right now, I'm loving it.
I'm loving it.
[Cole] Monday Night Raw tonight is presented by American Home Shield.
Be at one with your home systems and appliances.
Don't worry, be warranty.
[McAfee] Ahs.com.
[Cole] I hope Seth Rollins has a warranty because he's going into a Bloodline
rules match against Solo Sikoa tonight.
[McAfee] This is the first time seeing Seth.
[Cole] Yes. In a televised match since his knee injury.
[McAfee] This is not who I'd sign up for Bloodlines rules--
[Cole] I don't understand any of this, honestly.
[announcer] And his opponent, from Las Vegas, Nevada,
weighing in at 250 pounds,
Solo Sikoa!
[Cole] If you're Seth Rollins, you've got the biggest tag match
in the history of WrestleMania,
Saturday night, you defend your title
against a dangerous Drew McIntyre on Sunday,
why on earth would you make a challenge tonight
to take on a member of The Bloodline
and then agree to The Bloodline rule stipulation
that was laid out there by The Rock?
[McAfee] Yeah, the prize fighter of The Island of Relevancy,
is walking right into his home game.
[Cole] I'm sure Cody Rhodes is watching this at home tonight
because Bloodline rules could be when he faces WrestleMania Sunday.
If he and Seth can't get the job done
in the tag match Saturday night and Seth Rollins with a suicide dive
going after Solo Sikoa early on.
[McAfee] Taking the fight to Solo.
This is a smart play by Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
[Cole] Rollins driving Solo face first off the apron and Seth Rollins now.
Remember, Bloodline rules.
Anything goes here tonight.
Seth Rollins, gonna try to take out Solo early.
Send a message to The Rock and Roman Reigns.
[crowd chanting]
[Cole] A sellout crowd of 15,546 in Brooklyn, asking for the tables.
the furniture, to be brought out early.
[McAfee] They want carnage. I think we all do.
What the hell is Bloodline rules? We're about to find out.
[Cole] Solo crashing into the steel steps.
Rollins, on top of his game tonight.
So, Pat, we mentioned first televised matches since the injury.
Psychologically, for Seth Rollins,
he needs to prove, I guess to himself, that he can go tonight.
[McAfee] Seth Rollins is obviously a champion.
He's a confident person, I'm sure he feels good to be medically cleared.
This is our first time getting to watch our champion back at it.
[Cole] Rollins bounced face-first off the announcer table.
[McAfee] We've seen what Seth's been able to do in the past,
which is why he's World Heavyweight Champion.
[Cole] But there may be some truth to what McIntyre has been saying, Pat,
and that's Seth Rollins is burning the candle at both ends.
[McAfee] He's worried about a lot of things.
He's been worried about a knee recovery as well.
[Cole] And worried about a bad back,
he's worried about defending his title against McIntyre.
He's in the midst of this Bloodline situation,
but when Seth tells the story, he says he has to be involved in all this.
Because they finally got to take down the evil empire.
The Roman Empire, The Bloodline, and Rollins thinks the opportunity
is now at WrestleMania this weekend.
Steel chair off the face, and another one at Sikoa.
[McAfee] Is that Ken Shamrock? No, it's Solo eating chair shots
-[Cole] And Rollins… -[McAfee] In the head!
[Cole] …taking out everybody.
[McAfee] This is Bloodline rules, Cole. This is what this means.
[Cole] Steel chair again, right to the gut of Solo Sikoa.
And Rollins gonna unload on the enforcer of The Bloodline.
DDT! Right off the chair.
Did you hear that thud?
[McAfee] The chair's mangled. Solo driven right through the seat of it.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins is looking to do damage.
[Cole] Just listen to this.
Solo has not been able to get out of the blocks in this match
and it's been all Rollins with a massive message being sent to Bloodline tonight
[McAfee] Lookie lookie, what's shown up in Brooklyn, a table.
Rollins means business. He looks phenomenal, too.
[crowd chanting] Table! Table!
Gets the table set up as Solo enters the--
[Cole] Took too much time and Solo
able to recover and now get back in the ring
on the attack on the World Heavyweight Champion, Rollins. Solo Sikoa.
Looking to put Seth through the table,
Rollins able to counter with some well placed
elbows to the jaw, kicked by Rollins.
Seth again with another super kick.
[McAfee] I don't know if the first one was as clean as he likes,
so he hits him with another one. Solo draped over the table.
Seth Rollins, looking to put Sikoa away early. Solo set him up.
[McAfee] He's from The Bloodline.
It's going to have a high in-ring IQ.
[Cole] And head butts to Rollins.
-My goodness. -[McAfee] At dangerous altitude, Cole.
[Cole] Sikoa somehow dropped through that table.
Bloodline rules continues.
It was an early rally by Seth Rollins.
But Solo has turned Bloodline rules in his favor and has been
a dollar dominating performance thus far, by the enforcer of The Bloodline,
who has his marching orders to take out Seth Rollins tonight.
[McAfee] Yeah, but Seth marched straight into this, literally through the crowd.
I want to fight, he said. Okay, you got it.
Solo Sikoa, Bloodline rules.
You already went through a table.
Nobody home, seth rolls out of harm's way, Sikoa, into the steel steps
and Rollins has an opening, has an opportunity.
[McAfee] Seth "Freakin" Rollins, two huge matches this weekend
in the biggest WrestleMania of all time.
Now a Bloodline rules match?
On Monday beforehand. A machine.
His first televised match since his knee injury.
What a stunt. That's why he's our champion.
[Cole] Rollins fired up. Listen to this place.
[McAfee] I don't think he missed a week. Through his entire knee recovery.
[Cole] No, not at all.
Seth Rollins, though, showing no ring rust, zero.
[McAfee] Two tables. Brooklyn's about to go bananas like you with those antlers.
[Cole] Rollins sending the tables into the ring.
Sikoa's been taken out on the outside.
[McAfee] You gotta think one more table might do it for this match.
We've had chairs. We've had a table.
We've had stairs.
The hell is Seth thinking now?
[Cole] The World Heavyweight Champion,
trying to bring Sikoa into the ring and perhaps to the table.
Sikoa looking to block him.
There's the power, Solo hanging Rollins up on the top rope.
[McAfee] I think he was thinking superflex but couldn't get him all the way over.
So he just drops him on the top rope.
[Cole] And now Solo Sikoa will turn his attention to the table.
[McAfee] Nice audible there, by Solo, now in full control.
Got that thumb taped up.
[Cole] For the possible Samoan Spike.
[McAfee] Don't want to eat one of those.
[Cole] That's John Cena all about that.
[McAfee] Put it in your larynx. You won't be able to breathe.
That's how it works.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins signed up for this.,
[Cole] Rollins,
the fighter fighting champion, two huge matches at WrestleMania weekend.
Solo looking to do the same thing he did earlier on.
Seth Rollins looking to block, reverse sunset flip, Solo, trying to hang on.
Now he's got Solo up top, through the table!
Stomp!
Look who's here.
Jimmy Uso, taking advantage of Bloodline rules. This match should be over.
And here comes Brother Jey.
He told Seth he'd have his back tonight.
Yeet has shown up and WrestleMania Saturday,
it's brother versus brother, and it explodes here tonight.
On Monday Night Raw.
Jey and Jimmy brawling through the entranceway.
Oh, no.
[McAfee] The final boss!
The Rock.
[Cole] The Rock will do to Seth
what he did last week to Cody Rhodes, beat the hell out of Rollins.
[McAfee] That's not what he said.
[Cole] A vulnerable Rollins, taken out by Jimmy Uso,
Now in the crosshairs of The Rock.
[inaudible]
["Kingdom" playing]
Yeah! He wasn't cleared to be here.
You saw the smile on Seth's face.
Cody and Seth set the trap.
Here comes Rhodes and here we go!
The American Nightmare taking on The Rock.
Payback.
He's not medically cleared to be doing this.
Man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
He already messed with The Bloodline earlier.
Cody Rhodes!
That's it, boss.
That's the Final Boss.
Rollins and Rhodes having their way with The Rock.
What's Cody thinking here? A little comeuppance.
Oh, my God!
Our Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, I thought he left.
Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
Way out here.
This is chaos.
Roman Reigns came from under the ring, surprising everyone
Can I believe
there's gonna be hell to pay for The Bloodline
evens the numbers with Roman Reigns.
Superman Punch.
Just when Cody and Seth thought they set the trap,
Roman Reigns pulled the trump card.
Slam!
You understand me?
This is it.
This is everything.
How do you stop that?
[McAfee] You can't. You just can't.
What's the ref gonna do.
It's the final boss.
This may be the final stand.
With Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins.
Get this beast.
No, no, no, no, no.
[McAfee] I can't even watch this.
Look at your Champion.
Would you mess with The Bloodline?
Somebody come up with a plan to take this from me.
That's what I want you to understand.
This is a Vice Grip.
You ain't never gonna get it.
This is what it looks like.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] For the sake of Cody Rhodes and Seth Rolins' careers,
for the sake of their livelihoods.
For the sake of their lives.
They better win this tag match Saturday night.
Because if they don't… match Saturday night.