[intro music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[Michael] Well, they're booing Dominik,
but you just heard him tell Rhea you can't win the title like this.
[crowd cheering]
And Liv Morgan retains the championship.
What the hell?
Dominik, you sorry, two-timing son of a--
[crowd booing]
Priest with a South of Heaven to Gunther.
What the hell? What are you doing, Finn?
It's over.
Gunther, is the world champion.
[bell rings]
SummerSlam will be forever known as the implosion of The Judgment Day
as we know it.
Finn Bálor.
Get your ass out here and let the beatings begin.
Damian.
Just want you to know.
You brought this all upon yourself.
You see, I didn't betray you.
You betrayed The Judgment Day.
You know how it was supposed to be.
We all have each other's backs.
No leaders.
But that all changed when you became champion.
You went back on your word.
And I'm not gonna fight you. No.
JD will.
[Michael] JD McDonagh, one half of the world tag team champions.
Takes on an angry and ticked off Damian Priest.
[Finn] Me? I'm going wait till you feel safe.
[Pat] This has to feel so good for Damian Priest.
This treasonous Judgment Day getting some comeuppance.
[Finn] Then when your back is turned… I'll be there
to stab you in it, again and again and again.
And it won't just be me.
We all will.
[Michael] Liv Morgan saving Bálor.
And now Dirty Dom.
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
Mami is here.
And she's making a beeline.
And Dominik and Liv scrambling out of the ring.
And Rhea Ripley has got Morgan.
Liv Morgan's gonna pay tonight on Raw.
[Pat] Do what you gotta do, Mami.
[Michael] Razor's Edge time.
And Dominik saving his love, Morgan.
Meanwhile, back in the ring.
JD, your night's about to go from bad to worse.
South of Heaven.
[Pat] The Terror Twins leave the new Judgment Day
scurrying like rats through the arena.
[Michael] Oh, this is far from over.
Finn Bálor.
Liv Morgan.
Judgment Day.
You better watch your backs.
-[dramatic music playing] -[crowd cheering]
Monday Night Raw is live tonight and sold out in Austin, Texas.
The campus of the University of Texas.
The Moody Center.
Over 13,000 strong for Monday Night Raw.
Ladies and Gentlemen, they are the new Judgment Day.
Claiming they are all equal
and will be better than the original version.
They are here live tonight.
[upbeat music playing]
The WWE's Apex Predator, Randy Orton.
Now the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
He meets Gunther two weeks from Saturday at Bash in Berlin.
Orton is here, live.
And Sami Zayn looks to become a five time Intercontinental Champion tonight.
But oh, is the road a tough one.
His first title defense, for this man.
The unpredictable badass Bron Breakker.
It is a two out of three fall match versus Sami Zayn
for the Intercontinental Championship.
Live tonight on Monday Night Raw.
♪ This is my brutality ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] This place is at a fever pitch.
♪ I eat, sleep, bleed ♪
♪ The demons in your dreams ♪
♪ I eat, sleep, bleed ♪
[stomps]
[Samantha] Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome
Rhea Ripley!
[Michael] Well, Pat McAfee it has been a wild few weeks
for Rhea Ripley.
Her two-timing ex Dominik Mysterio cost her the women's championship.
He is now dating the champion Liv Morgan.
And Rhea has been booted from the new Judgment Day.
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Pat] Rhea has seemingly lost everything,
but also gained the respect of the entire WWE Universe.
She's on the right side of all of this and she knows it, and we know it.
And we can't wait to see how Mami gets her…
vengeance.
Rhea Ripley is in a mood.
[Pat] That's certified ass kicker right there, Cole.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It is thunderous here at the Moody Center.
[Pat] Hello again everybody from ringside.
Hook 'em Horns.
We are at the University of Texas tonight.
Michael Cole and Pat McAfee from Monday Night Raw.
The Moody Center is packed down here in this beautiful city of Austin.
And tonight is about to be legendary.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Mami, Mami, Mami.
I've…
I've had a lot of time to think about
exactly what happened at SummerSlam.
[crowd booing]
I've relived it in my head every single day since, and…
I've felt every single emotion you could possibly feel in a situation like this.
[crowd murmuring]
I've felt embarrassment.
I've felt heartbreak.
But…
Right now, the feeling that I am feeling is…
I'm really just pissed the hell off.
[crowd cheering]
Dominik.
[crowd booing]
Dominik.
You stabbed me in the back.
And the thing is,
and this is probably something that you've heard before.
It just wasn't deep enough.
[Michael] Jeez.
[crowd exclaiming]
[Pat laughing]
And then Liv Morgan.
[crowd booing]
You managed to run away with my championship.
But the thing is, you can't run forever.
[crowd cheering]
I'm Rhea Bloody Ripley.
[crowd cheering]
And it's time that I remind Liv and Dom
exactly who the hell I am.
So I invite you both to come out to my--
-[Liv] Hi, Rhea. -[stammers] Well.
[Liv] Hello.
[mic thuds]
[Pat] They're up there.
[Michael] Thanks, Pat.
[crowd booing]
[Liv] Hi, Rhea.
[crowd booing]
I think that Daddy Dom
has some things that he'd like to get off of his chest.
[crowd booing]
[Dom] Rhea.
[crowd booing]
Do you know why I left you for Liv?
[crowd booing]
Guys, guys.
Don't worry.
I'm loving the fact that you're booing him, too.
But I kind of want to know what he's about to say.
Because I love hearing excuses.
You want to know why I left you for Liv?
[crowd booing]
[speaking Spanish]
[crowd cheering]
I am a man and deserve to be treated like one.
[crowd booing]
[crowd chanting "You Suck"]
You tried to change me instead of letting me be me.
[crowd booing]
Do you know how embarrassing it was for you to be bossing me around?
A grown man calling you Mami?
Now.
Now I got a girl that calls me Daddy.
[crowd booing]
She gives me tendies whenever I want.
She lets me play video games whenever I want.
She lets me be me.
And she did something you could never do.
[crowd exclaiming]
Finally helping me beat my deadbeat dad.
[crowd booing]
You know what, Dom?
I'm going to say something that you probably haven't heard for a long time.
I'm proud of you.
I'm proud of everything that you've accomplished the last couple of years.
Watching you grow into the man that you are today,
it's one of my biggest accomplishments.
I mean…
You finally did something for yourself and you, you won gold.
We've been able to accomplish so much,
but the one thing is…
When it comes to your dad,
I re-- I really just wanted you to beat him on your own.
Because I wanted there to be no excuse that you were better than him.
But now I guess since you want to start making your own decisions like a man.
I should probably be proud of you for that, too.
The only problem is,
it's the last decision that you're ever gonna make
[crowd cheering]
Oh, my goodness. Oh, Rhea, please.
There's only one thing…
[crowd booing]
There's only one thing you said that is true.
And it's that Dominik is a man.
And he's all mine.
I mean, look at yourself, Rhea.
You literally…
You quite literally have nothing.
Look at yourself.
You have no family.
Your real family is a million miles away.
And the family that you thought you found in The Judgment Day?
I took them.
They're mine.
Dominik.
[crowd booing]
He's mine.
The Women's World Championship.
It's mine.
[crowd chanting]
[Pat] Wow.
I'll have Dominik's sloppy seconds all day, every day.
And this women's division is mine.
Everything that you loved is mine.
[Rhea laughing hysterically]
Are you done?
-You're done. Yeah? -I can keep going, if you'd like.
No, no, no. I would love you to shut the hell up.
[crowd cheering]
You said you've taken everything from me.
But that's actually wrong.
Look, you've taken a lot from me, yeah.
A lot of, uh, my weak links.
[crowd cheering]
But the one thing that you really did wrong was you left me standing, Liv.
And as long as I am standing.
I am going to be coming for you,
and you're going to have to kill me to stop me.
[crowd cheering]
And you know, it's…
It's quite flattering that you love the sound of your own voice because…
We've been able to find out exactly where you are.
What?
-What are you talking about? -Who's we?
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Look behind you, dummies.
[Michael] Damian Priest has got Dominik.
Dominik wants to be a man.
He's about to be treated like one.
[crowd cheering]
Meanwhile, Liv Morgan's got nowhere to go.
And Priest and Dominik now brawling into the concession area here.
Morgan now on Priest's back.
And he's still slugging away at Dominik.
And Rhea going to get her hands on Morgan.
Hell has broken loose…
[crowd cheering]
…at the Moody Center.
[Pat] From the concessions back to the arena,
Damian Priest is beating the crap out of some trash bag.
[Michael] Dominik Mysterio trying somehow to get away from Priest.
But Priest still within striking distance.
And the chase is on.
[Pat] Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan thought they had it all figured out.
They were playing chess.
They're gonna be up above the stairs.
Boom.
Damian Priest with a right to the mouth.
[Michael] But Rhea Ripley set the trap.
And Priest capitalized.
And Dominik's about to get his payback, coming for Dirty Dom.
[Pat] What a dumb dumb this Dirty Dom.
[Michael] That wasn't smart.
From behind.
That's Carlito.
He's got a match with Priest tonight.
Carlito was lying in wait.
And Priest taking out Carlito.
Sending Carlito over the top rope.
Priest on fire here tonight on Raw.
[crowd cheering]
Meanwhile, this is Monday Night Raw.
Sold out tonight, Austin, Texas.
Damian Priest with a boot to Carlito and we are underway.
Damian Priest was attacked from behind by Carlito moments ago
as Priest was trying to beat the hell out of Dom Mysterio.
[Pat] Damian Priest wasn't ever really sure of Carlito in The Judgment Day.
And certainly now has a little bit of an ax to grind.
[Michael] And Damian Priest, who was world champion until SummerSlam
when Finn Bálor cost him the championship.
Carlito whipped into the corner, and now face first goes Carlito.
Carlito told me earlier today he was looking forward to this match-up tonight.
Because he said Damian Priest never gave him a chance
to actually be a member of The Judgment Day.
Said Priest would talk down to him, made him jump hoops to get into the group.
He said, "Listen I was a world champion all over the globe."
Well, Damian Priest is living in a box under a bridge
and bouncing in bars to make some cash.
[Pat] Funny you say that Carlito said all those things
because in Damian Priest's documentary,
he actually watched Carlito's father's promotion in Puerto Rico, The WWC.
So obviously, a lot of history and respect and everything like that.
[Michael] Carlito was the champ there at one point in time.
Also a former Intercontinental Champion
and United States Champion, tag team champion, as well, here in WWE.
[Pat] Damian Priest right now is humming on all cylinders.
[Michael] So is Rhea Ripley.
Priest and Ripley with a massive score to settle with Dominik and Liv.
[Wade] The power here of Damian Priest, Carlito.
[Michael] The razor's edge, Carlito lands on his feet.
Oh, and a DDT plants Priest.
[Pat] This bad apple has been doing this for a long time, this Carlito.
[Michael] Cover now by Carlito. Kick-out by Priest, you know the--
Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio
sort of become the modern day Bonnie and Clyde.
Reference made, of course, because we're in Texas here, tonight.
[Pat] Bonnie and Clyde really had a hell of a run.
[Michael] And that's where Liv and Dominik appear to be going.
Carlito now takes control of this match over Priest.
[Pat] I wonder if Bonnie and Clyde knew what they'd be compared to in 2024.
-[Michael] Probably not. -[Pat] What a run, I mean, Liv--
[Michael] They were gunned down a while ago, Pat, but nonetheless.
[Pat] That's what I'm saying.
Liv and Dom, though, certainly causing mischief everywhere.
[Michael] Oh, boxing the ears of Carlito is Priest.
Damian Priest, of course, a former Mister Money in the Bank.
Cashed in at WrestleMania to win the world championship.
And now looks to take out one member of the new Judgment Day.
Carlito.
Flatliner, face first goes Carlito.
Priest into the cover. He'll hook the leg.
Kick-out at two by Carlito.
[Pat] Finn Bálor didn't love it.
But Damian Priest was certainly the leader of that Judgment Day.
On plenty of occasions he spoke as a leader of that group
and they've ousted him and Mami.
[Michael] Oh, Finn Bálor said there was supposed to be no leaders in the group.
In the new Judgment Day, everyone is equal.
[Pat] But if you want to start something, you can always find a reason, right?
[Michael] Oh, headbutt by Priest to Carlito, and another one.
Damian Priest said, "They think they know pain.
They don't know a damn thing yet."
Gonna make them rain with pain as Priests is--
Caused to lose his balance and landed on the top turnbuckle.
And now Carlito looking to take over.
[Pat] I mean, Damian didn't lose a boyfriend,
but Damian's been betrayed in this entire thing as well.
Mightily.
[Michael] Oh, and a big suplex by Carlito,
to Damian Priest.
Match-up continues live on Monday Night Raw.
Sold out crowd. Moody Center, Austin, Texas.
Tonight, campus of the University of Texas.
Priest and Carlito one-on-one and Priest looking to rally against Carlito,
who was dominating during the commercial break.
Face first off the ring post, Carlito now.
Looking to put Priest away.
That running knee by Carlito.
And the veteran taking out Priests.
[Pat] What we're seeing from Carlito--
[Michael] Swinging Neck Breaker cover now on Priest.
Hook of the leg, is it enough? Kick-out.
[Pat] He's got down his leg…
[speaking Spanish]
…which I believe is "Judgment Day" in Spanish.
And I'll tell you, what Carlito's done here tonight in the ring,
none of us could've expected
as you and me get popped up in the lower left corner.
[Michael] I wonder if he got dressed in the dark, however.
[Pat] Well, the two different colored boots,
uh, because his feet are actually shaped differently so…
These boots are actually tailor made to the feet
so that he can be at his premium performance level
this evening on Monday Night Raw.
Against a Priest who's firing up right now.
[Michael] Damian Priest taking the punishment once more.
And Priest now.
Stops Carlito in his tracks.
Knee to the midsection by Carlito.
Priest with that spinning heel kick to Carlito.
[Pat] So effortless.
He's able to do that and how tall and big he is.
A man who's a two-time national champion
in full contact MMA.
Showing off his skills here tonight.
Big right hand, down goes Carlito.
And here comes Priest.
[crowd cheering]
Running elbow by Priest.
And Carlito set for a ride with a broken arrow.
[Pat] A broken arrow with a toss in the middle.
Throwing Carlito about a third of the way across the ring.
So much power on display here when you're watching Priest's work.
Even though it is dazzling.
[Michael] And Priest misses wildly with clothesline and Carlito kicks.
Catches him with a kick, and a big kick to the temple by Priest.
Carlito.
Oh! Did you hear that?
Wicked clothesline by Priest.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] He just turned Carlito inside out.
And now he's about to take him way up and way down.
[Michael] Carlito up for the South of Heaven chokeslam.
Cover by Priest.
And the win.
[bell rings]
-[Michael] Damian Priest. -[Samantha] Here's your winner.
-[Michael] Wait a minute. -[Pat] Oh there it is.
[Michael] JD McDonagh, who Priest beat and battered last week,
attacking Priest from behind.
And Priest with a right hand, rocking McDonagh.
And here comes Bálor,
who promised he would get to Damian Priest
when Priest least expected it.
And Dominik, and Liv Morgan directing traffic.
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Pat] Pack of hyenas.
[Michael] Better call an Uber and quick.
Carlito trying to talk some sense into Rhea Ripley.
That didn't help.
[Pat] One kick to the midsection.
Carlito, the bad apple is gone.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now Rhea face to face with Bálor.
-Priest as well. -[Pat laughing hysterically]
[Michael] Oh, and JD McDonagh just took a bullet for Finn Bálor.
Bálor escapes again.
[crowd chanting]
[Pat] I mean McDonagh.
Snuck in in the nick of time.
[Michael] Hey.
The more things change the more things the same
when it comes to Judgment Day.
JD McDonagh taken out again.
[Pat] Finn Bálor gets out of here relatively unscathed but…
JD McDonagh is going to feel the wrath of the Terror Twins
for the next week.
[Michael] Priest and Rhea Ripley with a bit of revenge tonight.
Wait a minute.
Dirty Dom off the top rope.
Caught by Priest.
[Pat] What was that dumbass gonna do?
What did he think was--
[Michael] Rhea Ripley.
Kick to the midsection.
Gonna get herself some.
Dom's about to go for a ride.
[crowd cheering]
Looking for Riptide.
And now this week, it's Liv Morgan, saving her love,
Dominik Mysterio.
[crowd booing]
["Rise For The Night" playing]
And the new Judgment Day will regroup.
Rhea almost had him again.
[Pat] In the last two weeks, Rhea Ripley beat the hell out of the entire couple.
They need to bail.
-A hell of a match. -A hell of a match
-Yeah. -Guys.
Uh, can I talk to you for a sec?
-Yeah. -From the trees.
Hey, listen, um… I don't think you should be out there tonight.
The guys are going through a lot.
I think you need to let them hash it out.
Ivy, I can't abandon them. They're my family.
Listen, let me talk to Chad.
Maybe you can be a part of our group.
-I don't know about them, but-- -No, no, no.
That's not necessary.
I'm staying with my family.
I thought you would say that.
[Pat] Loyalty.
-All right, boys, you got this. -Check this.
Got the wrong door at the wrong time, baby.
[Michael] Monday Night Raw is live tonight in the capital city of Texas.
This is Austin.
We're on the campus of the University of Texas.
Sold out, over 13000-plus at the Moody Center.
Last week on Monday Night Raw
we saw the debut of the Wyatt 6 in ring action,
and Uncle Howdy was proud.
[upbeat music playing]
Everything is coming full circle.
It's been heavy lately.
A lot of emotions.
[static crackles]
Especially last week in Baltimore.
That's where it all started.
[echoing] It all started.
The Whytt 6 had their debut.
[echoing] Had their debut.
Where it all began.
[distorted] Where it all began.
He was there.
Something's happening, man. Something big.
[static crackles]
But the work isn't done.
[static crackles]
[echoing] The work.
The work, the work.
[distorted] The work must continue.
Continue.
The work must continue.
Other doors shall be open.
Other doors.
Other doors shall be open.
My life, for you.
For you.
-My life. -My life.
-For you. -For you.
-My life. -My life.
For you.
[merged voices] My life for you.
[demonic voice] There you are.
[static crackles]
[suspenseful music playing]
Yep, That's gonna be dangerous too.
You're the best analyst in the business.
Analyze that.
I…you know, everything about this group
is just something that you don't want to be on the opposite side of,
but you want to see what they do.
A successful debut for Wyatt 6 last week on Monday Night Raw.
Also we saw the debut
of the 385-pound Odyssey Jones. The New Day taking on AOP.
Karrion Kross and the final testament got involved.
Look who arrived, this gargantuan man known as Odyssey Jones.
And it allowed Xavier Woods to pick up the victory for New Day.
But AOP wanted to beat down The New Day.
At that point, Pat, Odyssey Jones would once again make his presence felt.
[Pat] And this is where Odyssey Jones would showcase to the world that… Oh!
He's one of the strongest human beings walking.
AOP are giant individuals, and he picked them up
like they were tiny little baby dolls.
[crowd cheering]
Bro.
Get the pump bro.
Get that pump, bro.
Oh, hey.
What's up man?
I've been looking for you everywhere. What's up man?
-What's good, dude? -Want to talk about tonight.
I want to talk to you about tonight too.
You know how Odyssey had our back last week?
Tonight, we get the chance to return the favor, baby.
-His debut. -Whoo!
All right.
[all chattering excitedly]
Let's go bro, we're gonna be with the ringside bro.
-Ringside? Okay. -That's right.
Support, bro. You comin', right?
-I'm coming. -You wearing that?
-Yeah -No, it's cool.
We should've got you one of these. But it's all good. Let's go.
-Come on, bro. -Yep, yep.
-Catch you out there, bro. -Yeah.
[yelling indistinctly]
[Michael] Monday Night Raw is sold out
tonight at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
This is our 35th TV sellout tonight.
52nd live event sellout.
Thank you to all of the great WWE fans for making this historic year possible.
["Larger Than Life" playing]
[Pat] Speaking of historic, this man might be just that.
[Odyssey's music continues]
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following contest is schedule for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by The New Day,
from Coram, New York, weighing in at 385 pounds,
Odyssey Jones.
[Michael] He's six foot five. He's 385.
He's charismatic, he's explosive and he's from the 'cues.
My alma mater, played offensive guard for the Syracuse University football team.
And tonight Monday Night Raw
is presented by MTV's The Challenge 40, Battle of the Eras.
Premiering Wednesday at 8/7 Central on MTV.
So Odyssey Jones his debut here tonight on Monday Night Raw.
He takes on a man from the performance center.
Former division one football player from Morehead State, Vincent Winey.
Who may be whining after this match-up tonight.
[Pat] I see what you did there, and you might be right.
But they call him Vincent Winey, and he can't spell Winey without "win."
It's the first three letters.
That's what this man had to do to earn this opportunity.
He actually won a Decathlon down at the performance center,
There was cardiovascular, there was strength.
There was hot dog eating there.
[Michael] Winey quickly out of the box going right after Odyssey Jones.
[Pat] This could be a one-way trip to the top for Winey.
You beat Odyssey Jones, especially after what he did last week,
could be top contender for Heavyweight Championship.
[Michael] This is the man that Triple H said,
Odyssey Jones has strength and size and star power.
He's a game changer.
And there's the power of the man who once dead lifted 800 pounds.
Setting a record at the performance center's combine.
[Pat] Could have done more, they stopped him at 800 because that was the record.
[Michael] And watch the power and strength again of Odyssey Jones.
[Pat] Big deal for Vincent Winey, who's getting his ass beat.
[Michael] And Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods,
cheering on Jones, who had their backs last week.
[Pat] Xavier Woods seems to be clapping less enthusiastically as Kofi.
[Michael] Oh, look at the power now of Odyssey Jones.
[yelling]
[Pat] I love this Odyssey Jones.
[Michael] He's just deceptively quick.
Explosive.
It looks like a bowling ball rolling over you there and once again.
[Pat] Kofi screaming from the outside.
Luchador, Luchador, well trained, this Odyssey Jones.
[Michael] Interesting because you know who Odyssey Jones' hero was growing up?
-[Pat] Who? -[Michael] None other than Rey Mysterio.
Because Odyssey Jones, when he was in school,
was always picked on for being the smallest in his class.
He said, "Okay, I'm Rey Mysterio"
and then grew up like this.
[Pat] And he had a growth spurt and said, "What's that?"
And can still move like Rey.
[Michael] From behind trying to chop the big man down.
He did so successfully.
[Pat] Smart play by Mr. Winey.
[Michael] Yeah, and look at this.
Spinning sidewalk slam.
Almost driving Whiney through the ring.
Cover and it's over.
Dirty end for Odyssey Jones.
[Samantha] Here is your winner.
Odyssey Jones.
[Pat] Vincent Losey really had no shot here.
[Michael] It's Winey.
[Pat] Yeah, but that would that would imply "win."
He lost.
He took the L.
[Michael] I see what you did.
[Pat] Odyssey Jones.
He should be on a rocket ship alongside The New Day,
who certainly rocks.
[Michael] Man, Jones, impressive.
What an addition this would be
if The New Day will have Jones in their corner at some point.
[Pat] Wait a minute.
["The End Is Cold" playing]
Time out.
[crowd booing]
Is this another day for The New Day?
I mean, really?
Or is this another day of more lies and misdirection?
Because at first glance,
we can clearly see
Kofi Kingston is using Odyssey Jones to replace Big E.
Austin.
Show me some respect.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] I don't think Xavier will.
No, no, no, Woods.
You see the truth.
The truth is,
Kofi is using Odyssey to replace you.
[crowd chanting "New Day Rocks"]
Karrion.
Are you not tired of this?
Are you not tired of coming after here
week after week after week, doing your absolute best
to try to drive a wedge between us, huh?
It's not gonna work.
So you know what?
Why don't we go ahead and fast forward to the part
where we find out which two of you next week are going to step up and--
Hold hold. Hold up. No, no, I got an idea.
I got a better idea.
Because if we make this a tag team match,
the one of you that's not involved
is gonna get themselves involved.
So how about we get everybody involved from the jump?
In a six-man tag team match.
[crowd cheering]
I'm talking about the Final Testament
versus your boys, The New Day!
And…
Odyssey Jones.
Big O.
What you say, Karrion?
You know, there's an old saying.
The devil's work is never done.
I accept your challenge.
Well, there you go. There you have it.
It's us three versus the final testicle and--
[both] Testament.
Testament next week here on Raw.
And do you know why?
[crowd shouting] Why?
Because…
[Pat] Hit that note.
[crowd chanting "New Day Rocks"]
-[Michael] I'd love to see it. -[Pat] Me too.
[Michael] Six-man tag team match next week.
Make it happen, Adam Pearce.
[Karrion] We'll see you next week.
Yes, both of them.
I want to make it official by the end of the night.
Okay, great. Thank you.
-I appreciate it. -[knock at door]
Let me call you back. [sighs]
-Hi. -Hi.
Drew, before you say anything else,
look at the time I don't have for it.
CM Punk's not here. He had travel issues.
And frankly, I'm not sure there's anything I can do to help you tonight.
-That hurts. -Good.
I honestly look like a man that cares at all about CM Punk?
I already beat him at SummerSlam.
He's the past. I'm looking to the future and the present.
I'm wondering why Randy Orton of SmackDown
is fighting for the world title.
You know why.
Yeah, because he was screwed.
What was it, three months ago?
And then did nothing.
Sat there, people started to wonder. What Randy going to do? No big matches.
Is he Cody's guardian?
Is Farrow retired?
Is he Cody's new lapdog?
No. I know Randy Orton.
He's a snake in the grass.
He waited for the right moment to strike and thinks he'll strike on my turf
because he got screwed one time?
-I've been screwed time and time… -Here we go.
You know what? I'm wasting my breath.
I'm gonna do you a solid I'm gonna do your job tonight
-and take care of this. -Of course.
-So you're welcome. -Whoa.
The last person to say they'd handle something is Bronson Reed.
-I don't need-- -Do look like Bronson Reed, mate?
You gotta be more trusting.
I'm one of the veterans around here. Trust me.
I'll be on my best behavior.
Scout's honor.
[Michael] I'm sure he had his fingers crossed behind his back.
[Pat] Yeah, I mean, do they have scouts in Scotland growing up?
I don't know.
Adam Pearce will figure out how to,
you know.
Mess it up.
["Shoooosh" playing]
[Samantha] The following is a Texas Tornado Tag Team Match.
Introducing first, accompanied by Maxxine Dupri,
Akira Tozawa and Otis,
Alpha Academy!
[Michael] They kept the name.
Chad Gable said you can remain the Alpha Academy.
I'm renaming my new team American Made.
Otis and Tozawa are set for tag team action here tonight
against the Creed Brothers.
[Pat] Man, I can't wait to see Alpha Academy do their thing
without that big bad bum.
Chad Gable, looking over him, yelling at him, talking down to him.
[Michael] Chad was at the Olympics. I'll tell you that story in a moment.
[Pat] Loyalty being shown by Maxxine Dupri here--
[Michael] Speaking of royalty, Oba Femi.
The NXT North American Champion.
And this is interesting.
Remember, he issued open challenge for his championship.
Tomorrow night on NXT right here on USA.
[Pat] Otis just told him to kiss his ass I do believe.
I thought we could say kiss my ass.
[Michael] That Oba Femi is the real deal, Pat.
[Pat] Well, Otis told him to go ahead and kiss one of the cheeks.
[Michael] Well, we are in Texas.
It's a Tornado Tag Team Match.
The Alpha Academy, American Made, live next.
Got it, Otis. Two stepping.
[Pat] I see the Texas twostep.
[Metro] Cody We've been out here since July
and we still ain't seen nothing.
You gotta know what you're looking for, Metro.
I'm looking to get up out this car.
[hip-hop music playing]
Who you talking to?
[hip-hop music continues]
[Michael] We're back inside the Moody Center.
Tozawa, Otis, and there's Maxxine, the Alpha Academy.
Set for tag team action.
[Pat] Let's go, Otis, lead the way, bub.
Lead the way. Otis.
Come on, Dozer.
["American Made" playing]
[Samantha] And their opponents,
First, Julius and Brutus,
The Creed Brothers.
[Michael] The new pupils of one Chad Gable.
Chad ditched--
Well, Alpha Academy really ditched Chad.
So Chad went running to Julius and Brutus Creed
and they are now known as American Made.
Chad Gable not here tonight.
He was in France for the Olympics.
He was traveling back through Madrid when he sent us this.
Well, I got the Creed boys at home, holding down the fort,
embarrassing Alpha Academy.
I had to get away.
I needed a little culture in my life.
I came to Europe.
World knows I needed it after being chased around by the Wyatt 6.
Whatever swamp they crawled out of for weeks.
I'm a man of intellect.
But I ain't here to play.
I came to Paris to watch the Olympic Games.
Gold medal matches and do some recruiting of my own.
See what's out there.
But it made me realize,
I need to get back home.
I've got unfinished business with those Wyatts
and it starts now,
because at the end of the day, Chad Gable
always has been and always will be
American Made.
[Michael] Well speaking of the Olympics, Triple H congratulated one of our own.
Masai Russell, she won the gold in the 100-meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics.
Russell is part of WWE's inaugural next in line.
Ni…NIL Class.
She may be the future WWE superstar,
but for now she's the best in the world at the 100-meter hurdles.
[Pat] Congratulations to the United States Olympic team.
Obviously coming home with the most amount of medals.
We're the greatest country on Earth. That's awesome.
[Michael] Well, here we go now, it's Texas Tornado rules,
which means all four men in the ring at the same time.
You only win via pinfall or submission. No count outs, no disqualifications.
And there's the 330 pounds Otis dropping Brutus on the back of his neck.
[Pat] I love seeing this Alpha Academy.
[Michael] And Tozawa, oh, caught by Julius Creed.
And Creed sends Tozawa flying.
[Pat] With a kip-up on the outside.
Just outstanding athletes, these two Ohio brothers.
[Michael] And Otis trying to club away.
Julius with the chop block and now the double team by the Creeds,
which is legal in this matchup.
[Pat] It's hard to get Otis to the ground because his low center of gravity.
But the Creed Brothers, obviously chopping at the knees.
[Michael] Creed Brothers, both unbelievable college athletes.
Brutus was ranked number one in the nation.
Unbeaten in his senior year.
Julius, a two time All-American from Duke.
Holds the record for most wins in Duke wrestling history.
[Pat] He also has, like four degrees or something like that from Duke.
[Michael] And, of course, they're led by Chad Gable, who's a former US Olympian.
[Pat] And Chad and the Creed Brothers all have wild cases of cauliflower ear,
which means they can beat your ass on the spot.
[Michael] And this is a Tornado Tag Team Match.
There's the cover and a kick out by Otis.
All four men in the ring at the same time, don't have to tag in and out.
No disqualifications, no count outs.
You win via pinfall or submission.
[Pat] American Made is truly a powerful group put together by Chad Gable,
but Otis is the power.
[Michael] We saw them in action last week.
The debut of the Wyatt-6. Successful.
Debuting the six man tag team match by Uncle Howdy Group.
[Pat] Man, they're just beating the hell out of Otis
in Texas Tornado Tag Team Match.
[Michael] And Tozawa.
I don't know what he's doing.
There's no tags, or maybe he's trying to cheer Otis on.
But again, Tozawa, now up to the top rope, Tozawa leaps over Otis
and the cross body takes out Julius and Brutus Creed.
[Pat] There was a sneak attack from Tozawa
Alpha Academy is seeing the same field.
[Michael] And now Otis.
I'm going for the double team.
Using Tozawa as a battering ram.
[Pat] I love it.
[Wade] Down goes Brutus Creed.
[Pat] Massive brain by Otis.
-[Michael] Hope Tozawa's not too dizzy. -[Pat] He ran the wrong direction.
Yep, yep pu-put him back the right way.
[yelling]
Oh no, actually.
[crowd cheering]
Go ahead and throw his ass, Otis.
[Michael] Otis crushing Tozawa and taking out the Creeds.
[Pat] Shotputting Tozawa like Krauser.
Otis and the Alpha Academy in command in the Texas Tornado.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And we are back live on Monday Night Raw.
This is a Tornado Tag Team Match.
The Creed Brothers against the Alpha Academy.
No disqualifications, no count outs, no tags.
First team to get pinfall or submission wins the match-up.
And Otis now being dominated by Julius.
And Brutus Creed of American Made. Chad Gable not here tonight.
[Pat] Oh, whoa, whoa!
[Michael] Chad is traveling back from Paris, France,
where he attended the Olympics, said he was on a recruiting mission.
Perhaps some new members for American Made.
[Pat] And he threw my water.
These American Made boys are a bunch of bums.
A bunch of trash.
They're incredibly talented, strong, smart.
[Michael] I think they might want to put 330 pound Otis through our announce table.
And Tozawa though, caught.
Caught by Julius Creed.
And Tozawa sent into the barricade.
[Pat] And then you got Brutus over here handling Otis.
The Alpha Academy's just getting beat down,
by these Ohio brothers.
[Michael] And here's the cover by Julius
and Tozawa able to kick-out.
[Pat] Otis is down out here.
Tozawa is somehow fighting back.
These Creed Brothers have been completely dominating.
[Michael] Yeah, Otis taken out of the picture.
Now, Tozawa about to be dominated by Ju--
Oh, wait a minute, double DDT by Tozawa.
Who's looking to rally in this match-up.
[Pat] The entire Moody Center is behind Tozawa.
Otis is still down on the ground in front of us.
[Michael] Tozawa trying to fight up, Otis trying to fight up as well.
Otis is back on his feet, and here he comes Otis.
The Creed Brothers about to be rocked.
[Pat] The stars are convulsing.
[Michael] Free Otis indeed.
Down go the Creeds.
[crowd cheering]
Maxxine's fired up.
[Pat] This is what the Alpha Academy is all about.
Defying the odds.
[Michael] That big Bear Paw.
[Pat] Turning the tables,
[Michael] Just driving Julius tonight, and Brutus into the corner.
[Pat] Otis is kicking some ass.
[Michael] And Julius caught.
Julius caught in midair.
230 plus pounds.
[Pat] The world's strongest slam in Austin, Texas, is a beautiful thing.
And also you know what time it is, Cole.
[Michael] The Caterpillar.
[Pat] The big old worm from Otis.
[Michael] Elbow cover.
For the win for the Alpha--
And breaking things up is Brutus.
[Pat] We did not know if Brutus could count to three or not,
and he was able to sneak in there and save this thing.
But Otis is still in complete control.
[Michael] Otis is taking out the Creed Brothers by himself.
Wicked clothesline
by this big, heavy machinery-type competitor.
Oh, and a running knee by Julius.
Dropping. A outstanding moonsault by Brutus.
450 from Julius.
Cover now.
Should say Shooting Star by Julius,
and Tozawa breaking things up.
And now Tozawa trying to get Otis back into the fight.
What a match-up here.
Tornado Tag Team rules.
Creeds against Alpha Academy.
[Pat] For what it's worth, Chad Gable has an eye for talent.
All four of these men, obviously, going at it here in Austin.
[Michael] And now to Tozawa.
Way high above the ring.
And Tozawa turns it around with a hurricanrana.
Went for the big kick, slides underneath.
There's the quickness of the former cruiserweight champion Tozawa.
[crowd cheering]
And Tozawa with a suicide dive.
but he got caught up with the ropes and he hit hard.
[Pat] I don't know if he caught as clean as he wanted to either.
-[Michael] No, not at all. -[Pat] Had Julius reeling already, though.
[Michael] Tozawa is still fired up.
[crowd cheering]
And Tozawa, I don't know how he's still functioning.
Heading up to the top rope, Brutus gonna make sure--
[Pat] That had to slow him down little bit.
[Michael] And now Otis clubbing away.
What a match-up.
[Pat] What a battle.
[Michael] Between the Creeds and the Alpha Academy.
[Pat] What the hell is happening here?
[Michael] Julius with Otis on his shoulders.
[Pat] Otis can't be comfortable up there.
[Michael] Otis now with--
[Pat] Oh, he's thinking about Superplex and I don't think Julius knows.
[Michael] But Brutus locked in.
A massive superplex.
Julius landed right on his tailbone.
And now that big time senton by Tozawa.
-Everybody's down. -Come on, boys!
[Pat] You have got to be kidding me.
[crowd chanting]
A sellout crowd.
The Moody Center willing The Alpha Academy on.
All four men are down.
Texas Tornado Tag Team Match.
[Pat] Wildly accurate analysis from the people of Austin here.
That is the only true reaction as we watch the Alpha Academy.
Otis back to his feet with Tozawa.
And from behind Ivy Nile.
Ivy Nile attacking, attacking Maxxine!
What the hell, Ivy now told her to--
[Michael] And face first off our announce desk.
Ivy what are you doing?
[Pat] Ivy was acting like she--
You chose this!
[Michael] How is it her fault?
I thought you were best friends.
[Pat] Ivy, what are you doing?
[Michael] Dragon Sleeper locked in.
[Pat] Don't do it Ivy.
[Michael] Otis and Tozawa watching Ivy Nile the Pitbull.
And now Tozawa.
And from behind scoop up by Brutus.
[all] Two, three.
[Michael] And a win for the Creed Brothers off the distraction by Ivy Nile.
The pitbull Ivy Nile attacking her once--
[Samantha] Here are your winners, American Made.
[Michael] Ivy, what did you do with Maxxine?
One of your best friends.
[Pat] She's under Chad Gable's spell.
This happens to good people all the time.
They become bad people.
Because even worse people manipulate them.
Ivy Nile, now, rag-dolling Maxxine and American Made gets it done.
[Michael] Well, Ivy Nile going back to where it all started.
A diamond mine here tonight for Ivy and the Creeds.
It appears Ivy is now part of American Made
and somebody's got to get help out here.
For Maxxine, who was assaulted and attacked by a woman
who was once one of her best friends.
[Pat] Yeah, a blindside attack on Maxxine Dupri.
I mean…
Truly despicable stuff with this American Made crew that is…
lower than low, they're…
Diarrhea in the totem pole of morals.
As we await for help for Maxxine,
we're going to head back to an interview as we regroup
that was conducted earlier today by our own Jackie Redmond.
Come on, somebody get out here and help her, please.
[Pat] Please.
Pete, Thank you so much for taking the time to sit down with me.
I'm going to get right into it.
Obviously you've been at odds with Sheamus in recent weeks,
which has left the WWE Universe a little confused.
I mean, when you came up from NXT, it was Sheamus that took you under his wing--
Jackie. Come on, Jackie.
Okay.
I was never under Sheamus's Wing.
He was under mine.
He never elevated me.
He held me down.
I elevated him.
He went on the run of a lifetime
with me in his corner.
And where did that get me?
A terrible nickname and a front row seat to the Sheamus Show.
So let me ask you this.
If he was really all about the boys,
if he really had the brutes under his wing,
then what happened to Ridge?
Where is he?
Okay. It's clear that you…
hold some sort of resentment for the way things ended with Sheamus.
For being called Butch.
-I understand that-- -Don't say that name
-Okay. -I never want to hear that name again.
For two years, I had to swallow my pride.
I had to let Sheamus little brother me.
I'm not Butch.
I'm the bruiserweight.
I'm Pete Dunne, I'm an 18 year vet in my own right.
And if I have to shut Sheamus up
so I never, ever hear that name again then that's what I'll do.
Okay. Well, listen, Pete, I really appreciate
you being honest with me about where you stand on this.
Thank you again.
Appreciate it.
[Michael] That sounds like a very bitter Pete Dunne.
Well, nonetheless,
Bron Breakker, the Intercontinental Champion,
set to defend the title tonight,
in a two out of three falls match against Sami Zayn.
Live on Raw.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, tickets for Bash in Berlin.
In Berlin, Germany, on Saturday, August 31st are on sale
now via www.ticketmaster.dc.
[Pat speaking German]
[Michael] What does that mean?
[Pat] I asked if you speak German.
[Michael] Oh, I don't.
Nonetheless, the world talking about what happened last week on Monday Night Raw.
Bronson Reed's assault on Seth Rollins.
We revisit what we like to call Raw physics,
[Pat] Big Bronson Reed is a big man, standing six feet tall,
and weighing in at over 350 pounds.
A man that size shouldn't be able to do this from the top rope.
[Michael] Over the course of two minutes and fifteen seconds,
Bronson Reed repeatedly launched himself at a 45 degree angle,
crashing down onto Seth Rollins
from a pinnacle of nearly nine feet in the air.
[Pat] Reed was the living embodiment of force equals mass times acceleration.
The force created by this Aussie? Well over 1700 pounds.
[Michael] And Reed executed the Tsunami an astounding six times.
[Pat] As for Seth "Freakin" Rollins, well,
he absorbed thousands of pounds of impact on his body.
That left him laying in the ring an additional two minutes
before medical personnel was able to safely evacuate him.
The Visionary was destroyed by Big Bronson Reed.
[Michael] Add it all up and Rollins received over 10,000 pounds of impact.
[Pat] That weight is equivalent to two small elephants.
Ten wild boars.
Or fifty Kangaroo.
[Michael] What?
[Pat] Bronson Reed is an absolute animal.
It's not funny, and who knows how long Seth's gonna be out now.
Cracked ribs, internal bruising because of you.
You're lucky you only had to pay a fine.
Pearce, you didn't give me an opportunity, so I had to go and make one for myself.
Don't give me that.
And I warned you I was going to make an impact.
And what better way than to go and impale everyone's favorite WWE superstar,
Seth Rollins?
But, hey, I'm gonna give you a second chance.
What do you mean?
You can go and find me an opponent tonight.
Or…
I will go and find my next victim.
Let's not let that thing loose, okay?
We saw what it did last week.
We saw the physics, let's make sure we keep him under control.
Fifteen kangaroos.
Ten wild boars, two small elephants.
-Nonetheless -That's a big man.
Coming up next on Monday Night Raw.
We will determine who are the number one contenders for the women's tag team titles
It could be this team
Damage CTRL.
[upbeat music playing]
[speaking Japanese]
We want to make one thing perfectly clear.
Damage CTRL is done.
And there's a new era.
The Pure Fusion Collective.
We are going to destroy, one by one, like we already have,
first, taking out Zelena Vega, second, destroying Katana Chance.
And third leaving Dakota Kai sitting at home a broken mess.
So you have one choice.
Sit down, show us some damn respect and get ready.
We should already be women's tag team champions.
I made Jade Cargill tap out at Clash at the Castle and the entire world saw it.
But that's okay.
We have ripped through this division once.
And we will rip through this entire division again.
Limb by limb.
And after tonight we are the most dominant force in the women's locker room.
But hell.
You want to step up?
Shoot your shot.
[Michael] One of those two teams will meet the current tag team champions
this Unholy Union.
["The Depths" playing]
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions.
Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre.
[Michael] They got people looking for them all over.
They got problems on SmackDown with Naomi, Bianca, Jade.
Of course, the two teams battling it out here tonight.
[Pat] That's life as the women's tag team champions.
You gotta defend it on all shows,
[Michael] Coming up next, we will determine
who will be the number one contenders for the women's tag team title.
["We Got The Rage" playing]
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following is a WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
number-one contender match.
Introducing first, representing Damage CTRL,
the team of Kairi Sane
and Iyo Sky.
[Michael] So much history in this upcoming tag team match, we'll get into it.
Kairi Sane and Iyo Sky of Damage CTRL
head to ring to determine who will be the number one contenders
for the women's tag team title.
And there are the tag team champions.
Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre looking on.
And also looking on tonight WWE legend
Candice Michelle, here live tonight
in Austin, Texas, for Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] Hell, yeah.
Always love seeing folks that helped build the company we have today.
[Michael] And tonight's Monday Night Raw
is presented by MTV's The Challenge 40, Battle of the Eras,
premiering Wednesday at 8-7 Central on MTV.
[Pat] I have a simple rule of CT and Johnny Bananas are on a show,
I'll watch the show.
I believe from the preview they are, so I can't wait to watch.
I also can't wait to watch…
How this all unfolds.
Champs are here.
Number one contender title match.
["Loyalty Is Everything" playing]
[Samantha] And their opponents.
Accompanied by Sonya Deville.
Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler.
The Pure Fusion Collective!
[Michael] That is the name of this group.
We heard that from Sonya Deville moments ago.
And they have been very, very dangerous as of late.
I want to take you back to last week On Monday Night Raw.
Supposed to be Dakota Kai and Sunny DeVille one on one action.
Look, what Damage CTRL does.
They attack Dakota Kai and attack her already surgically repaired knee.
To the point where she's gonna miss 8 to 10 weeks of action.
With a torn meniscus.
She needs meniscus surgery.
Meanwhile Iyo Sky would replace Dakota Kai in this matchup against Sonya DeVille.
Things got out of control before Iyo Sky
and Kairi Sane would take matter into their own hands.
[Pat] And it's Pure Fusion Collective has certainly raised a lot of hell
since arriving, but Damage CTRL is still looking to run Monday Night Raw.
A lot of history, a lot of pent up and a lot on the line here.
Pure Fusion Collective.
A fusion obviously in mixed martial arts and wrestling.
[Michael] And Iyo Sky now starting things off with Shayna Baszler.
Baszler and Sky with a lot of history
dating all the way back to Japan.
Iyo Sky teeming with Kairi Sane tonight.
They were once known as the Sky Pirates back at NXT.
They'd love to become the number one contenders to the tag team titles.
Shayna Baszler all out of sorts with this double team action
now from Damage CTRL.
[Pat] They're kind of hypnotizing Shayna a little bit.
Look this way. Look that way.
Oh, double missile drop kick to your back.
Damage CTRL in control earlier.
[Michael] And DeVille looking on at ringside.
[Pat] She's chirping with somebody.
Needs to be worried about the Pure Fusion Collective.
[Michael] And Kairi Sane now with Baszler in trouble in the corner.
And there's that sliding forearm by Kairi Sane.
[Pat] Damage CTRL taking it to PFC.
[Michael] Kairi, top rope.
Ah, down goes Baszler.
Sane and Baszler, cover now.
They've had some great battles over the years for the NXT.
Women's championship, have Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler.
Also the Mae Young Classic.
[Pat] Smart move by Shayna getting a breather.
But I don't think it's gonna help.
[Michael] Baseler now turns things around
and sends Kairi Sane back into the ring.
Submission Magician.
Shayna Baszler former two-time NXT women's champion,
And Tag made and here comes Zoey Stark.
What's also interesting, Pat, is that Zoey Stark is a former tag team champion.
As you see the double team.
Sliding forearm by Stark.
Get into that in just a moment as Stark and Shayna Baszler.
Pure Collective take control.
We are live on Monday Night Raw. Important match-up here.
One of these teams will become the number one contender
to the women's tag team titles.
Currently held by Fyre and Dawn, who are at ringside with us tonight.
It is Damage CTRL.
Kairi Sane trying to make a tag to Iyo Sky.
Against the team now known as the Pure Fusion Collective.
Say that ten times.
[Pat] Pure Fusion Collective, Pure Fusion Collective!
[Michael] Oh!
Kairi Sane with a DDT to Shayna Baszler.
It's Iyo Sky looking on.
What's interesting is Zoey Stark, former tag team champion
at NXT with Iyo Sky.
[Pat] And they find themselves on the opposite side of the ring
with number one contender opportunity on the line.
[Michael] Shayna makes the tag, and here comes Zoey Stark.
Tag made to Iyo Sky.
Sky and Stark going at it.
[Pat] How about this?
Iyo Sky taking it to Zoey Stark.
[Michael] Former WWE women's champion.
Money in the Bank winner.
NXT Champ.
Iyo Sky.
Blocks Stark.
Big kick to the side of the face.
[Pat] Zoey all discombobulated.
[Michael] And so is Shayna Baszler, hung up on the top rope by Sky.
Damage CTRL wants to prove they run the women's division.
And a double missile dropkick by Sky into a kip-up.
The tag champs.
I'm not sure if Iook impressed or not.
[Pat] They need to be.
How could you not be impressed?
Austin, Texas is going crazy for Damage CTRL.
[Michael] Oh, and there's the bullet train attack
from Iyo Sky.
In the corner, cover, to become the number-one contenders.
And Zoey Stark kicks out.
[Pat] Here, Fusion Collective
gets a nice combo missile dropkick from Iyo Sky.
Into a kip-up, into a flip, I mean…
[Michael] And Zoey with a nice counter.
And a German suplex to Iyo Sky.
[Pat] I think Zoey thinks that she took Sky's best effort there
and is still able to kick-out.
[Michael] Tag, Shayna Baszler.
Double team coming.
And there's the running knee, didn't quite get all of it.
[Pat] I think Zoey might have moved.
-Got that though. -[Michael] Got that.
Stacked up now for the win.
Kairi Sane.
Saving the match-up for her team.
[Pat] If you're Fyre and Dawn, you're watching this,
you've got to be a little bit worried
about whoever's haunting those titles next.
[Michael] Indeed, Kairi Sane sent out to the floor.
[Pat] Front row seat, Fyre and Dawn.
[Michael] Right in front of the tag champs.
[Pat] They have this confidence about them that
they aren't worried about nothing, they need to be.
[Michael] Fyre and Dawn.
Indeed, when the tag team titles, at Clash of the Castle
in their home country of Scotland.
And now Iyo Sky will take out Zoey Stark.
Look at the power.
Right to the knee, right to the back.
And Iyo says it's over.
[crowd cheering]
And Sonya Deville…
[Pat] Ah, Sonya Deville.
[Michael] A distraction, and Shayna Baszler, and now Kairi Sane.
[Pat] This Pure Fusion Collective
isn't scared to use extra tactics.
And obviously, Sonya DeVille is always gonna take…
an opportunity when there is one.
[Michael] Iyo Sky now, driving Zoey Stark to the floor.
And Sky and Stark now.
Uh-oh, Sky shoved into Fyre.
And now a kick to one half of the tag champs.
[Pat] Catching shrapnel, Zoey says sorry about it.
[Michael] And Iyo Sky with a right.
And this matchup continues.
Sky, looking for over the moonsault to try to put Zoey Stark away.
[crowd cheering]
Iyo Sky connects.
Here's the cover, one…
And Isla Dawn of the tag champs,
breaking this up.
And now Alba Fyre involved.
DeVille runs into a kick.
[Pat] Beatin' up everybody, these champs.
[Michael] The tag team champions dismantling everyone.
[Pat] Just trying to showcase dominance.
I don't fully understand what the hell is going on.
Fyre and Dawn said it doesn't matter.
[Michael] And the tag team champions are making an example tonight.
["The Depths" playing]
Still no number one contender.
So Pat, who is the strongest group in the women's division in WWE?
As Fyre and Dawn would say, they are.
Tag team champs dismantling all the competition.
What's up, dawg?
[crowd cheering]
I hate seeing you like this, disappointed,
because you didn't have a match in your hometown at SummerSlam.
Because you lost to the Rock and Roll Express last week.
A-Town Down under.
Them too?
Damn!
Dawg, I'm gonna cheer you up.
Check this out.
I talked to Adam Pearce.
I got you a title match.
Intercontinental Championship Match against Bron.
-Bron Breakker. -You, dawg.
Doesn't he have a match against Sami Zayn tonight?
I don't know about that.
Look, that's you, ain't it?
-Truth. -That's you, dawg.
That's not Bron Breakker.
That's Bronson Reed.
Bronson.
-Bronson. -They look alike.
Ain't that the guy who killed Seth?
-Yes! -My bad.
What's the matter with him?
[crowd cheering]
He got a match against Big Bronson Reed tonight.
Isn't that the guy that killed Rollins last week?
Yes.
Listen, Miz, you're awesome.
You're like one of the most decorated WWE superstars ever, of all time.
You're a Grand Slam champion,
two-time Grand Slam champion.
You main evented at WrestleMania against John Cena and won.
You got this guy.
You think I got this?
-You got this. -Think I got this?
I think you got it.
-You got it. -I got this.
-Get him! -Go get him!
Go get him!
You really think he got a chance, dawg?
Come on.
Nonetheless, The Apex Predator,
the number one contender for the world title,
Randy Orton, is here live next.
-[upbeat music playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They counsel me ♪
♪ They understand ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
[Pat] Thousands and thousands are excited about…
♪ You got your rules and your religion ♪
♪ All designed to keep you safe ♪
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
The Viper
Randy Orton.
[Pat] But when they talk about aura, this is what they are speaking of.
Randy Orton entering an arena.
♪ I hear voices cryin' ♪
♪ I see heroes dyin' ♪
♪ I taste blood that's dryin' ♪
♪ I feel tension risin' ♪
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They counsel me, they understand ♪
♪ They talk to me ♪
[Michael] Well, two weeks from Saturday…
[crowd singing]
…we are in Berlin, Germany. Bash in Berlin.
Randy Orton looks to become the 15-time World Champion.
Randy Orton will take on the brand new world champion,
The Ring General, Gunther.
Orton trying to creep closer and closer to history.
And the 16-time title reign
of both John Cena and Ric Flair.
[Pat] Bigger, stronger faster than ever.
And this is how Randy Orton earned this opportunity to battle Gunther.
This is back at the end of May.
Saudi Arabia, King and Queen of the ring tournament.
Finals of the King of the Ring tournament.
RKO Randy Orton with a bum knee.
Gunther took advantage.
And then happened, Pat.
Clearly Orton's right shoulder nowhere near on the mat.
The referee still called the one, two, three.
Gunther became the king of the ring, Randy Orton
lost the opportunity to battle for the title of SummerSlam,
where Gunther would go on to win the gold.
[Pat] And Randy Orton was able to get a get back real quick.
And we as the WWE universe
get an opportunity to see a dream.
[crowd cheering]
Randy Orton and Gunther.
For the World Championship in Berlin.
Are you kidding me?
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Legendary.
Randy Orton.
[Pat] Master at his craft.
A legend.
A possible Mount Rushmore when it's all said and done.
[crowd chanting "Randy"]
[crowd cheering]
How are you doin', Austin, Texas?
[crowd cheering]
I got a little history for you.
Twenty years ago this month.
Twenty years ago, I won the world title for the very first time.
[crowd cheering]
I became the youngest world champion in history
on that night 20 years ago.
[crowd cheering]
And in a few short weeks at the Bash in Berlin,
history will repeat itself,
and I will become a 15 time world heavyweight champion.
[crowd cheering]
Now…
["Symphony No. 9 In E Minor" playing]
[Michael] Well, here is the current world heavyweight champion,
the reigning King of the Ring.
The man who beat Damian Priest at SummerSlam.
We saw an interesting stat about Gunther today.
[Pat] Seventy five percent of his time here in the WWE
he has been a champion.
In a class of his own since starting.
[Michael] I'm not sure anybody's even close to that.
[Pat] He has a championship pedigree.
He has all the tools.
He is certainly capable.
[Michael] But Randy Orton is a different animal.
[Pat] Especially at this stage with history on the line.
He just said he could become a 15 time world champion.
Gunther said I don't want to hear about any of that.
[crowd chanting]
Ladies and gentlemen, take a picture.
Remember this moment in time.
Remember the atmosphere.
Because in a few short weeks
at the Bash in Berlin, I'm gonna beat this guy.
[crowd cheering]
And then his Friday nights aren't going to be free anymore.
And Monday Night Raw is going to be my new home.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] You like that?
Well, you're right, everybody.
Take a picture of him, memorize that moment, because…
that's Randy Orton,
one of the greatest of all time.
[crowd chanting "RKO"]
But Randy, let's be honest.
Instead of that, you should be the greatest of all time.
The most natural and physical gifted talent
this industry has ever seen.
Unlimited potential, and Randy
you took all of that and wasted it.
Randy…
You better look at me because I want you to understand something.
This is a new era.
This is the era of The Ring General.
[crowd cheering]
And in my era
there's no room for people that waste their potential.
In the future of my era, Randy,
you won't play a role anymore.
I'm gonna have to stop you right there, man.
I never claimed to be perfect.
I've made mistakes.
I've actually made a lot of mistakes.
I would venture to say that I've made more mistakes
than just about everybody in that locker room.
But here's the thing, Gunther.
I owned up to those mistakes.
I changed course.
You see, I think maybe you forgot who you were talking to.
Let me remind you just who you were talking to.
My name is Randy Orton.
And I am the most unpredictable,
the most violent,
the most controversial yet successful WWE Superstar in the history of the game.
You say…
that this is a curse?
My friend, you've got it all wrong.
I look at it as a gift.
Now, you can have your opinion.
But I've done it my way the entire time,
and I always will do it my way.
The American way.
I've got five beautiful kids at home.
I have got a hot ass smoke show of a wife
waiting for me back in St. Louis.
And the cherry on top, Gunther,
is I'm a fourteen, soon to be fifteen time WWE World Champion.
So…
Again.
I appreciate your opinion.
But I think I've done pretty damn good for myself.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "USA"]
Randy, that's all good for you.
But I got stuck when you said you're unpredictable.
I think it's the opposite.
I think you're very predictable.
So let me predict a few things for you.
Prediction number one.
I'm going to give you the beating of your lifetime when we meet in Berlin.
I'm aware.
Prediction number two.
Because of that, Randy,
you will never be World Heavyweight Champion again.
And if anybody wonders why I'm so sure about that…
Randy, Let's be honest.
When it really, really matters you always screw it up.
Hey.
Listen to me.
I don't want to throw this at you like an insult because…
it just comes naturally to you, I feel like.
Because your grandfather
was a screw up.
[mic thuds]
[crowd booing]
Your father…
[crowd chanting]
…was a screw up.
[crowd chanting]
And you, Randy Orton.
You are the biggest screw up of them all.
[mic thuds]
[crowd murmuring]
[Michael] It's Gunther.
["Gallantry" playing]
[Michael] McIntyre.
[Pat] Some incredibly disrespectful things from Gunther to Randy Orton now.
Now we got Drew McIntyre coming out.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] RKO out of nowhere.
Gunther just screwed up.
[crowd cheering]
Gunther said he would always see it coming.
But he didn't see him coming tonight.
Meanwhile, Punk.
It's Punk.
Punk attacking McIntyre.
Punk coming out of nowhere to attack McIntyre.
[Pat] Punk allegedly had travel issues, wasn't able to make it.
Certainly wasn't going to miss an opportunity to attack Drew McIntyre.
What the hell is he thinking?
[Michael] McIntyre is gonna--
[Pat] He's obviously going to punish Punk here.
[Michael] Belt in hand.
Punk getting out of harm's way.
Now Punk with the right hand.
And these two continue to brawl, this personal issue…
between Punk and McIntyre simmering tonight.
And now Punk with the belt in hand.
Punk whipping the hell out of McIntyre.
[Pat] His own belt.
Great shot from CM Punk.
[Michael] Punk's not done yet.
Publicily flogging Drew McIntyre on Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] Drew McIntyre might have got the win at SummerSlam, but CM Punk--
[Michael] And McIntyre in retreat.
That had to feel great for CM Punk.
A long time coming for that loudmouth McIntyre.
[Pat] Physically, spiritually, emotionally.
What a night for CM Punk here in Austin.
[crowd cheering]
["Cult Of Personality" playing]
[Michael] What an incredible moment.
First the RKO out of nowhere to Gunther.
And then CM Punk turning the tables on McIntyre.
[Pat] Oui, oui, says CM Punk,
on the whole damn scene.
I'm backstage with Sheamus.
And Sheamus I was hoping to get your reaction to what
Pete Dunn had to say earlier today.
He seems to hold a lot of resentment towards the name Butch and you.
I could understand a lot of mysteries, Jackie.
You know how the pyramids were built.
If aliens really exist.
I could even give you Bigfoot's name and address.
But the one mystery I can't understand is why Pete Dunn has so much beef with me.
I mean, all I ever did was try to raise that angry Englishman up.
And yet somehow he blames me for falling off the WWE radar.
Me, I mean, I was I was there six months in traction.
Nerves getting burned in the back of my neck, not knowing
if I was ever going to get back, and he blames me.
But the ironic thing is,
now he's making himself relevant again off my name.
The truth is, Jackie, you're damned if you do--
Hey old fella.
Excuse me, Jackie.
I put you through a real banger last week, didn't I?
Right?
Well, I'm just here to tell you don't make the mistake
of believing that this is over.
Because it's not.
It is far from over.
I told you I'll come back to put an end
to The Celtic Warrior once…
and for all.
You get that?
-Oh, I get it. -Yeah?
I broke your skull.
Must have damaged your brain last week, but if you want to go with me--
[yelling]
[Michael] Oh, Pete Dunne from behind with a shillelagh.
[Pat] Pent up rage.
[yelling]
Taken out on Sheamus.
[yelling]
[Pat] Been brewing a long time for Pete Dunne.
Come on, keep it back. That's enough.
[Michael] Blaming Sheamus here.
Now-- Oh, my goodness, may have broken his hand.
Get out of here.
[yelling]
[Michael] Look at the smile on the way out.
["I Came To Play" playing]
[Michael] That's been simmering for a long time at Pete Dunne
Heard what he had to say earlier tonight in the interview with Jackie Redmond.
Awesome.
♪ I came to play, I came to play there's a price to pay ♪
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by R-Truth,
residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds,
The Miz!
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
The Miz is in this predicament because of R-Truth.
Thought he was getting Miz a match with Bron Breakker
for the Intercontinental title.
Instead it's Bronson Reed.
[Pat] Uh R-truth and The Miz are certainly a unique relationship.
And, of course, The Miz, a former MTV star.
And this match is presented by MTV's The Challenge 40, Battle of the Eras.
Premiering Wednesday at 8/7 Central on MTV.
Miz, Big Bronson Reed, live next.
["I Came To Play" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[thuds]
Excuse me, Punk.
Earlier tonight, it was cited that you were experiencing travel issues but,
correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure we were
on the same flight to Austin, and I experienced no sort of delay.
No, you are not wrong.
That was me on your flight we…
We sat next to each other.
I told a little white lie.
Because I figured if I showed up, Drew wouldn't.
And we saw how fast he ran out there.
I just got done watching a bunch of the Olympic athletes on the track and field.
Drew could give them a run for their money.
No, I told a little white lie to get my hands on Drew
because he's running around with the bracelet
with my wife's name on it with my dog's name on it,
and it's not about the bracelet.
In fact, Drew can keep the bracelet.
It's the context, it's the…
It's the names that are on the bracelet.
He can keep the bracelet, but he'll keep my wife's name out of his mouth.
He's not allowed to speak Larry's name
without the consequences and the repercussions.
And I'm glad I came to Austin, Texas.
I've flown a lot farther…
to put a beating on Drew.
I went to Glasgow, to watch him embarrass himself
in front of his home country.
This isn't going to stop until I get my hands on him.
And it's funny because I know he's going to call me a hypocrite
for saying I had travel problems and showing up when he least expected it.
But this is a man who says he hates my guts but wants to stay attached to me
via the bracelet.
He wants to run from a fight that he picked.
And I'm glad I showed up in Austin because I think…
I just figured out a way to make everybody happy.
Thanks so much for clarifying.
[Pat] The journalism.
["I Came To Play" playing]
[Pat] The Miz, hell of a run.
[Michael] I mean, she was also in the flight with Punk.
She could have reported that long ago.
Well, there's Miz, not happy with R-truth right now.
R-Truth got him into this mix up,
this match with Big Bronson Reed.
[Pat] He's gonna need some help.
[Michael] Special guest here tonight, Pat.
WWE Hall of Famer.
[crowd cheering]
Boston open legend.
Mark Henry.
[Michael] And don't forget his son, Jacob.
[Pat] His son Jacob is squatting 650 pounds already.
[Michael] From the University of Oklahoma.
Part of the NIL program here in WWE.
We had an interesting chat with this young man earlier today.
[Pat] Absolutely, Mark Henry, one of the finest gentlemen to ever walk this Earth.
And obviously the strongest, and his son is following suit.
["Battle Tested" playing]
[Samantha] And his opponent,
from Black Forest, South Australia,
weighing in at 330 pounds,
Big Bronson Reed.
[Michael] General manager Adam Pearce,
upset that he was called out for not being out here
for the attack by Reed on Rollins last week.
Said he was escorting Drew McIntyre from the building at the time,
fined this man not once but twice
because of the six Tsunamis he delivered
in an unprecedented assault on Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
He's going to be out of action now,
for a while, with broken ribs and internal bruising.
[Pat] And Bronson Reed said the fines were worth it
to make a name for himself.
[Michael] "I did what I had to do.
I crushed one of WWE's golden boys."
[Pat] He certainly did, and then…
Somehow now he has a match with the Miz, and The Miz is…
contemplating everything, I assume.
[Michael] Of course, The Miz is veteran, two time WWE champion.
Eight time Intercontinental Champion among his other accolades
As Bronson Reed misses wildly and Miz gonna have to try to use
that veteran instinct to try to stay away
and pick up some sort of big win over Bronson Reed here tonight.
[Pat] You know what, the Miz says to hell with it.
I'm gonna take the attack to Big Bronson Reed. I like it.
Until it doesn't work.
Everyone has a plan until they're punched.
We shall see.
[Michael] And Reed misses wildly again.
Oh, goodness.
[Pat] There's the punch, but not with a fist.
It was with his stomach.
[Michael] He just ran into a brick wall and delivered an elbow.
I still have nightmares of that attack
last week on Seth Rollins by this man, Big Bronson Reed.
Like a bowling ball, running through Miz.
[Pat] 10,000 plus pounds of…
Demolition of Seth "Freakin" Rollins last week.
And now that Miz is on the receiving end.
[Michael] And R-Truth trying to help out his buddy, his tag team partner.
And Bronson Reed, now, off the apron.
Just drilling Miz.
Reed dominating again.
How do you stop this man?
[crowd cheering]
We are back live on Monday Night Raw.
The Miz and Big Bronson Reed.
R-truth got the Miz into this predicament.
The veteran Miz trying to stay in here.
Reed, the one who had just destroyed Seth Rollins
after the sneak attack last week.
[Pat] Ah, Big Bronson Reed's attitude has changed over the last couple of weeks.
[Michael] Oh, and Bronson Reed sent outside the ring.
Reed may be in trouble, here comes Miz.
Miz going to take the big man down.
Driving him back to the barricade.
[Pat] Ah, he's got the big--
[Michael] Miz launches himself over the top rope.
Bronson Reed could be in trouble.
[Pat] He's got the big man reeling,
Big Bronson reeling.
[Michael] R-truth playing cheerleader.
[Pat] Two plus decades in the ring for The Miz.
[Michael] Miz hanging Bronson Reed on the top rope, Miz could have a chance.
Miz slides underneath the former WWE champion.
Head of steam.
Reed misses wildly.
Uh-oh.
Goodnight, Miz.
Oh, no, Miz with a great counter.
A DDT.
Here's the cover for the win and Reed kick at one.
[Pat] You see that's,
that's where the Miz, you see the shock on his face.
Because The Miz just did everything he possibly thought he had to do.
And Bronson kicks out after one.
Didn't even phase the Big Bronson Reed.
[Michael] Again Truth trying to will The Miz in this match-up.
One-on-one with Big Bronson Reed.
And Reed begging for more in the…
Self-proclaimed, uh…
Big kicks.
Not even phasing Mr. Reed.
And he caught Miz.
Miz in trouble.
Miz lands on his feet, though, into the corner.
Side steps Reed, using his quickness here.
Miz into the corner with his patented clothesline.
[Pat] The Miz is as quick as a meerkat here.
[Michael] Miz has been a step ahead of Reed for much of this match-up.
Miz now top rope going to launch himself.
Caught, though, by Reed.
With Miz up on his shoulders.
Death Valley driver.
[Pat] Perfectly placed.
[Michael] Batten down the hatches.
There is a storm a'coming!
Tsunami.
[all] One, two, three.
[bell rings]
["Battle Tested" playing]
[Samantha] Here is your winner.
Big Bronson Reed.
[Michael] Big Bronson Reed takes out The Miz here tonight.
The man who said, "I've been telling the world.
I'm one of the best in business.
It's been falling on deaf ears.
I'm not here to play around."
And Reed is heading up to the top rope again.
R-Truth trying to talk the big man down to save his friend.
And he moves Miz out of harm's way,
and a flying crossbody by Bronson Reed.
About Split R-Truth in half.
[Pat] Crossbody Tsunami.
[Michael] And Reed not done yet.
330 pound tsunami.
A category five ripping through Texas.
[Pat] Somebody said-- Come on, now!
[Michael] Enough is enough.
He already cost Seth Rollins who knows how long of his career.
Reed up on the top rope again.
Here come officials.
[Pat] Call the Texas Rangers.
Get this big guy off of me!
[Michael] And here's Pearce.
The general manager is out here now.
Do something, Pearce, do something.
[Pat] Come on, you bastards.
Stop this big bastard.
He's going to kill a national treasure.
[Corey] And again, Tsunami to Truth.
Truth a damn national treasure.
[Pat] Stop it.
[Michael] Truth gonna be on the extinction list.
[Pat] Somebody get a net for this thing.
[Michael] The officials trying to drrag Truth from harm's way,
and Pearce reading the riot act.
[Pat] Get a train in here Pearce.
Get a train in here.
King Kong.
Needs to be controlled.
We're not gonna have a roster anymore.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] Pearce needs to do something.
This maniac is out of control.
He was already fined twice by the general manager.
And tonight he about killed R-Truth.
[yelling]
And Reed's not done now he is going up on the corner.
[yelling]
Jamie Noble is going to get out of the way.
Another tsunami by Bronson Reed.
[yelling]
Absolutely out of control.
[Pat] This wild animal
This wildebeest.
This loose cannon.
This wrecking ball.
This son of a bitch.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] When Bronson Reed's fined, general manager Adam Pearce
brought this all on himself.
Reed didn't believe he got any opportunities from this man.
And he decided to take matters into his own hands.
And on consecutive weeks.
You get fined or get a damn suspension.
Move!
Let's move!
What are you doing?
[Pat] Adam Pearce, obviously, has a lot.
Of plates spinning at one time.
And this Big Bronson Reed
one is the most destructive in Austin, Texas, and Reed,
[Michael] And Reed ignoring Adam Pearce's command
to head to the back.
Bronson Reed heading back up to the top rope again.
That's Jamie Noble trying to get in his way.
And another Tsunami to Truth.
R-Truth has been destroyed by Reed.
Where the hell are the doctors?
[Pat] Where the hell?
[Michael] Where are the paramedics?
[Pat] Where are the zookeepers?
Where is security?
Where is anybody to stop this thing?
Yeet Yeet.
Let's go man.
Let's go.
Hey, all you gotta do tonight.
It'll be you, Sami Zayn bro.
Go get that title back, my dwag, huh.
It's not gonna be easy, dwag.
-I gotta beat him. -Come on, bro.
-Already beat him. -Not easy to beat.
I got to beat him twice.
Then you're gonna beat him again.
And then you're gonna beat him again.
And then after that,
me and you going after The Judgment Day.
And getting these Tag Team Championships, UCE.
And guess what?
We're gonna beat them again.
Yeet.
But, hey.
Are you ready, though?
Come on, talk to me.
Talk to me, bro.
I said my dwag.
Are you ready for the night now huh?
Huh?
My dwag you know, you know man.
I knew you wouldn't come on like a hot boat.
Here we go. Here we go.
Wait for the match.
All right. Love you. Love you.
[Damian] I get asked all the time.
What's the best part of what I do for a living?
[suspenseful music playing]
My family suffered emotionally.
Seeing me go through a lot of downtime.
Literally having nothing.
I'm out of shape.
What do I do?
Go make a name for yourself.
He has a presence about him.
He kind of set himself apart.
Damian felt like he had to act a certain way.
It was frustrating.
There was this time to have something big.
The biggest one in your life.
Think about everything that had to happen to get here.
Wouldn't change anything.
[crowd cheering]
[suspenseful music continues]
[Michael] Tonight, Pat, we are in the capital city of Texas.
This is Austin,
where Monday Night Raw is presented by.
MTV The Challenge 40 The Battle of the Eras,
premiering Wednesday, at 8/7 Central on MTV.
[Pat] Start--I am sorry.
[Michael] I got breaking news.
[Pat] I was about to say the stars are out but…
[Michael] Get to that in a moment, have breaking news tonight Bash in Berlin.
This match-up just added.
Two weeks from Saturday.
Mix tag team action.
Pat calls them the Terrors Twins.
Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley
going to take on Dirty Dom
and the Women's World champion Liv Morgan.
Bash in Berlin, oh boy, Liv and Dom gonna finally get theirs,
[intense music playing]
We are the Judgment Day.
No leaders.
No Egos.
No Rhea.
No Damian.
Terror Twins.
You two losers are a joke.
No couple in WWE,
no couple in the world compares to me and Liv.
In a few short weeks on the Judgment Day revenge tour,
we make a stop at Bash in Berlin
where we make Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest pay.
For putting their hands on the most gorgeous man in the world.
Oh and Damian.
Watch out.
Because backstabber Bálor is about.
[dramatic music playing]
[Michael] That's two weeks from Saturday, Bash in Berlin.
But next week Monday Night Raw. is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
Where I have a triple threat match for the women's tag team title.
Fyre and Dawn against Damage CTRL.
And the brand new group,
of Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark in that match-up.
Pure Fusion Selective.
-Meanwhile. -[Pat] Collective, Collective.
[Michael] Collective. I'll get there.
Meanwhile, Sheamus and Pete Dunne this is going to be a banger.
[Pat] Absolutely banger after banger is what Seamus produces.
But there's a lot of spite coming from Pete Dunne.
Next Monday.
[Michael] Also next week, six-man tag team match up.
The New Day and Odyssey Jones
take on The Final Testament.
Next week, right here on Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] I'm excited to see Odyssey Jones alongside The New Day.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Pat] Also pumped for this main event.
The stars are out here in Austin, at the Moody Center.
Mark Henry here, his son.
I believe there was a cake sighting earlier.
The band Nether Hour is here.
Uncle Lazar is here.
[Michael] Candice Michelle.
And Sami Zayn
[Pat] And McCool.
What a night in Austin, Texas.
[Michael] Sami looking to become a five time Intercontinental Champion.
But in order to do that, Pat.
He's gonna have to beat Bron Breakker.
Two out of three falls.
[Pat] Yeah certainly not…
the best odds for Sami Zayn against the man Bron Breakker.
But this man loves to fight.
And he's in for a few tonight.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Sami Zayn who defeated Bron Breakker back in July,
at Money in the Bank.
Breakker knocked off Sami Zayn earlier this month
at SummerSlam in Cleveland
to win his first major championship here in the main roster in WWE.
Talked to Sami earlier today.
He is very confident heading into this matchup tonight.
[Pat] His resilience is great,
which certainly bode well for him in a 2/3 fall's match.
But he's taken on Bron Breakker.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
I see everyone when they do these things.
They like to talk about how great they are.
Or maybe what they'll do to someone in the ring.
That's just not my style.
So I'm gonna do things the good old fashioned way.
A little bit of actions speak louder than words.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
I'm a badass.
And it's time to do what badasses do.
Football guy, Pat McAfee,
We got any dogs
barking in Austin?
[crowd chanting]
Hit my music.
[Pat] Yes, we do.
The dogs are barking in Texas.
[Michael] You're ridiculous.
[Pat] I didn't tell him to say that.
It is a good question, though.
["Breakk And Destroy" playing]
[Michael] The unpredictable badass Bron Breakker
who's current Intercontinental Champion.
[Pat] Dogs are barking all around the globe for this man.
How could you not be excited?
To become Intercontinental Champion this quick into his career.
There's a sign of things to come.
[Michael] Meteoric rise for Bron Breakker.
First NXT.
And now here on Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] Obviously a generational talent.
But his physical capabilities are just as good.
As is in-ring IQ.
Built to be a force.
[Michael] Yeah, but will he still be the Intercontinental champion
when Monday Night Raw heads to Fort Lauderdale, florida, next week?
Will it be Breskker, or will it be Sami Zayn carrying the gold?
[Pat] Shout out.
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following is a two out of three fall's match.
And it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
Introducing the challenger
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Weighing in at 212 pounds.
Sami Zayn.
[crowd cheering]
And his opponent.
From Atlanta, Georgia.
Weighing in at 250 pounds.
He is the Intercontinental champion.
Bron Breakker.
[barking]
[Michael] So this is two out of three falls.
Pat, who does that format in your mind favor here tonight?
[Pat] In my mind, any match that Bron Breakker is in, he is favored in.
He is built for success.
But Sami Zayn has all of the traits that you would need
in this type of stamina battle.
[Michael] It's for the prestigious Intercontinental Championship.
Breakker, Zayn, best two out of three falls.
And Breakker gonna take the fight to Sami Zayn early.
The veteran Zayn looking to weather the early storm of Breakker.
Stay in this.
I'm hoping that the younger Breakker makes a mistake that Zayn can capitalize on.
[Pat] Sami's a veteran obviously but…
Bron Breakker been in the business since he was a kid.
He understands everything about everything in here.
[Michael] Leapfrog by Sami.
Sends Breakker up over the top rope to the floor.
And Sami Zayn.
May have Breakker where he wants him.
Zayn gonna fly through ropes.
Sami McFly.
Takes out Bron Breakker.
Can Sami win the Intercontinental Championship?
This is the best out of two three falls in our main event on Raw.
We are back live on Monday Night Raw.
Bron Breakker, cover on Sami Zayn.
Hook of the leg and a kick-out. Best two out of three falls.
For the Intercontinental Championship, no one has a fall yet.
Breakker the current champion, Sami Zayn.
the number one contender, Breakker, has taken over, Pat, now.
During the commercial break.
[Pat] Yeah this is a PLE match on a Monday night.
[Bron] It's not going anywhere.
Do you understand me?
Do not take this from me.
[Pat] It's that ruthlessness
that Bron Breakker has.
[Michael] That's an in your face attitude.
The no BS attitude.
Bron Breakker power house style.
[Pat] People love it.
[Michael] And Sami to Breakker telegraph that. Sami took advantage
and Zayn, now with an elbow.
And of course, Sami Zayn.
He's talking about his heart and resilience.
But what a slam.
Cover by Breakker.
And Sami kicked out somehow.
But what about the sudden impact of Bron Breakker.
[Pat] Just studying film, knowing exactly what Sami's going to do at the right time.
And bang.
Having a slam reversal like that.
There's a reason this guy is the Intercontinental Champion already.
[Michael] He's so ahead of the curve and big match experience.
Not only here, but of course at NXT.
[Pat] So much field.
[Michael] Sami Zayn.
Lands on his feet, stumbled a bit, able to regroup.
A couple of chops to Breakker.
Sami Zayn gonna run the tightrope here.
From the top rope Breakker set down with a DDT.
Sami cover.
To try to win the first fall. And Breakker kicks.
[Pat] It's amazing how quick Sami can get to his moves.
Do you think he's out?
Bang Tornado DDT.
[Michael] Just digs down deep.
He loves what he does.
Never say die attitude.
Went for the Blue Thunder Bomb.
Breakker was able to counter.
[Pat] It's good weight control by Bron Breakker there.
[Michael] Breakker with a straight right hand to Zayn.
Sami went across the ring and
gonna come off the bottom rope, caught the waist lock by Breakker.
Into a German suplex.
[crowd chanting]
[Pat] Anything he does is just technically sound.
[Michael] Breaker with a…
a big clothesline in the corner.
The intense and gruff Breakker.
Current Intercontinental Champion.
Sami though, Helluva Kick.
A Helluva Kick by Sami from out of nowhere.
Collapses into the cover.
Sami's got the first fall.
[Pat] Caught him on the button Cole.
[Samantha] Winner of the first fall is Sami Zayn.
[Michael] Sami Zayn caught Bron Breakker with a Helluva Kick.
He wins the first fall. He's one fall away
from winning the Intercontinental Championship for a fifth time.
[Pat] That is not what our champion wanted or needed.
[Michael] Breakker stunned by Zayn.
And suddenly, Pat, Sami Zayn is in the driver's seat.
And that's what the veteran needed.
He needed just a small opening, and he capitalized.
And now Sami is taking the fight to Breakker.
[Pat] Put that Helluva Kick right on the button.
[Michael] Sami off the barricade.
Moonsault Breakker catches him, though,
And now driving Sami. Oh, my God.
[yelling]
Sami's dead.
[Pat] Who?
[Michael] Sami Zayn is up one fall to none.
But the Intercontinental champion,
Bron Breakker, has taken over.
Losing that first fall is just ticked Breakker off.
Sami trying to stay into this.
[Pat] And Bron Breakker has flipped a switch since that first loss.
But Sami can end this.
[Michael] Looking for a clean sweep here of the champion.
[Pat] Breakker Steiner.
[Michael] Sami sent across the ring.
Cover by Breakker.
Sami Kick-out.
I want to show you what happened. This is unbelievable.
What we witnessed right before the commercial break.
Bron Breakker.
Look at this angle.
Sending Sami Zayn flying head over heels
into the timekeeper's area.
[Pat] Not only the power obviously,
the agility of Bron Breakker is what makes him so special.
With a Breakker Steiner almost catching back up.
[Michael] You think Bron is getting a bit frustrated?
He hasn't been able to put the veteran Sami Zayn away.
Sami up one fall to none best two out of three falls
for the Intercontinental Championship.
Guerrilla press powerslam
By Breakker.
[Pat] Bron knew what he was signing up for with Sami.
Knew he was going to be in for a fight.
Spear.
And Breakker going straps down.
He's not done yet.
[Michael] Bron Breakker wants to punish and torture Sami Zayn.
Another spear to Sami.
Cover by the champion.
We are knotted at a fall apiece.
[Samantha] The winner of the second fall is Bron Breakker.
[Michael] So now, Pat, we're in sudden death.
The winner of the next fall will be the Intercontinental champion.
That's if they can scrape Sami off the mat.
After these two massive spears by Bron Breakker.
[Pat] Bron so explosive coming off the ropes.
Twenty plus mile an hour.
Sawing Sami in half.
You have to believe that…
[Michael] And official Chad Patton, keeping Breakker away.
Making sure that Sami is going to be able to go.
For a third round here.
[Pat] The dogs are barking in Austin as Bron Breakker.
And Breakker with a…
[Michael] Wait, Sami reversal, thinks that he almost stole
the championship from Breakker.
Nonchalant cover.
Sami trying to take advantage.
[Pat] Sami was baiting Bron Breakker.
And almost took advantage of the young buck.
[Michael] And Sami Zayn, now just collapsing on our announce table.
And Bron Breakker
with that intense look in his eyes bouncing Sami.
Of the announce table.
Official Chad Patton
trying to get some sort of control here.
Breakker breaks the count.
Sami Zayn in trouble.
Bron Breakker.
[Pat] Like a jungle cat.
[Michael] Like a Texas longhorn.
Driving through the announce table.
He was pulling at the dirt.
And he drove Sami Zayn right into the table,
[Pat] Pounces from the ring to the commentary table.
[Michael] This is incredible.
The athleticism, the power.
The intensity.
Of Bron Breakker.
And Sami Zayn could be counted out in this match-up.
The official on the count of three.
Senior official Chad Patton.
Now on the count of four.
[crowd cheering]
Bron Breakker gonna take a count out victory.
At seven now on Sami Zayn.
[Pat] Could you imagine keeping Sami Zayn out of the ring for a ten count?
[Michael] A count of eight.
A count of nine.
Sami Zayn barely beats the count into the ring.
Bron Breakker now, just realizing what happen.
[Pat] Bron Breakker about an eighth of a second away from retaining
his intercontinental title here tonight.
Sami wants more I guess.
[Michael] Look at the sneer on the face of Breakker.
[crowd murmuring]
And Breakker is not done yet.
Sami Zayn, in a world of trouble here.
Breakker trying to hook him.
Sami able to block.
Sami hanging in there.
Sami still in this fight, a couple of shots to the ribs
And out of the back by Zayn.
And Zayn fighting away with everything he's got.
Against the champion.
[Pat] Where is this coming from?
[Michael] Sunset flip powerbomb.
[Pat] To take the championship but kick-out at two.
How is Sami still doing this?
[Michael] How did Breakker kick out of this?
The sunset flip powerbomb.
Sami Zayn to Bron Breakker.
[Pat] Austin, Texas, can't help but be impressed
with the fight that Sami Zayn is showing.
[Michael] There the fight of the veteran.
The fight of the challenger, Sami Zayn
Showing the heart, guts and resilience
that has made him one of the best.
And Breakker, back to his feet.
Sami Zayn, looking for the exploder Suplex in the corner.
Breakker able to block and deliver a belly to belly.
[Pat] A big throw from Bron Breakker.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] And the dogs are out.
Whipper Spears, leapfrog by Zayn.
Sami roll-up to win the championship.
Breakker kicks at two.
[Pat] Bron was stunned at the turnbuckle there.
[Michael] Oh, what a knee by Breakker.
[Pat] A desperation knee to the mouth from Bron Breakker.
Still reeling from the Miss Spear.
He's found his balance.
[Michael] Full head of steam Sami caught him with a kick.
Almost a version to the Helluva Kick
in the middle of the ring for the win and the title.
Bron Breakker Kicks out.
[crowd clapping]
[Pat] Sami Zayn was almost Intercontinental Champion.
[Michael] Sami can't believe it.
He almost had Breakker done there and almost won the title for the fifth time.
We're tied at one.
We're in sudden death. Next fall,
the winner will be champ.
Sami heading up to the top rope.
[Pat] This is awesome.
[Michael] Breakker struggling to his feet.
[Pat] Another.
[Michael] Sami with a head-butt driving Breakker back to the middle of the ring.
Sami Zayn now top rope gonna fly.
[Pat] Spear out of midair.
[Michael] A spear out of midair.
Bron Breakker retains the title.
[Samantha] Here is your winner.
And still.
The Intercontinental Champion.
Bron Breakker.
[Michael] An impressive victory tonight
for Bron Breakker, Pat.
[Pat] He did some physics earlier this evening,
I don't know how Sami Zayn's soul is still in his body.
But he almost won this a few times.
Right here.
That body goes limp quick.
And Bron Breakker puts the finishing touches
on his Intercontinental Championship defense.
[Michael] Bron Breakker a force to be reckoned with.
We could see Bron breaking records.
Left and right in WWE.
Congratulations.
The Intercontinental Champion.