[intro music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[Joe] Monday Night Raw has come to Southern California's Inland Empire,
a sold out crowd making its way into Ontario's Toyota Arena.
It's a night of nonstop action
that includes an incredibly intriguing championship match.
♪ Watch me do what I got to do ♪
♪ I'm too hot for you… ♪
[Joe] The dogs are barking.
The badass has a massive challenge.
It's Bron Breakker's second defense of the Intercontinental Championship.
And it has been a long and arduous road to singles glory for Jey Uso.
Six times Uso has fought for an individual crown.
Six times he's been denied.
Does that change tonight?
As we are inching closer to Bad Blood, to Hell in a Cell,
to the defining battle in the rivalry war
between CM Punk and that man,
"The Scottish Warrior."
Drew McIntyre will join us live in moments.
Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett with you.
-Wade, the Lucha Low Riders pulling up. -[Wade laughs]
[Wade] Oh, man. Sum it up in a nutshell.
Fast cars. Faster ladies.
That is the "Dirty" Dom Mysterio story.
[Joe laughs] Oh, look at this.
The Lucha Low Rider for "Dirty" Dom and Liv Morgan
to arrive at Monday Night Raw.
[Wade] Who has greater hydraulics, The Low Rider or "Dirty" Dom himself?
[Joe] Now, wait a minute, no.
[Wade] What a man.
[Joe] As the Women's World Champion and Dominik Mysterio
make their way into the arena.
-Here in Ontario, California. -[Bronson screams]
[Joe] Oh, what? What?
-[Wade] That's Bronson Reed. -[Joe] What?
This is still going on.
Braun Strowman and "Big" Bronson Reed taking out the merchandise.
[Wade] The monsters are brawling.
Thankfully, they avoided the lovebirds.
[Joe] Last week they tore up the ring, went through the barrier.
They took it backstage and went through a wall.
[Wade] You're gonna need an army to keep those two apart.
[Joe] Now here comes Liv Morgan
with "Dirty" Dom Mysterio.
["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
and the Women's World Champion,
Liv Morgan!
[Joe] Wade, since winning the title back in Saudi in May,
Liv has really proven herself
as being as talented and accomplished as anybody in the ring.
But it is really, if you think about it,
outside the ring where she can be questioned.
Her Revenge Tour will link up with Judgment Day,
and clearly her choice in whatever possibly attracts her
to "Dirty" Dom Mysterio.
[Wade] Oh, horrible from you, Joe, right off the bat.
This is a man that the entire women's locker room
would love a date with. And I get it.
You're a happily married man, Joe Tessitore.
No one's questioning anything here,
but even you deep down have to admit
that there is a raw sexual magnetism
about "Dirty" Dom Mysterio.
[Joe] The man is a style mishap with regrettable grooming choices.
-[Wade] No, no, no. -[Joe] Unsightly mustache, a mullet.
He's got clothing options best suited for a tag sale.
[Wade] Listen, pal, you need to get yourself some glasses,
because apparently Liv Morgan is seeing the complete opposite
of what you are seeing here.
-She is smitten. -[Joe] She's the focus.
And we need her to be.
Because the Women's World Championship match
comes your way.
Bad Blood October 5th,
Rhea Ripley challenging Liv Morgan
of course, that streaming live on WWE on Peacock.
["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
[crowd booing]
Okay. Okay. Okay.
[crowd booing]
Now, I know some of you guys might not know what we just did,
but what we just did is called a victory lap.
It's for winners.
None of you guys are winners.
[laughing]
And that is because the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour
is going exactly as I planned.
And if you guys needed any more proof as to who runs Monday Night Raw,
let's look at the tape.
[Joe] This was last week, Wade?
[Wade] Yes, indeed. It was "Dirty" Dom against Damian Priest last week.
And now after Priest won the match with a South of Heaven,
well, The Judgment Day did what they do best.
They struck,
laying a beating on the victorious Priest.
That was until Rhea Ripley, Terror Twin, tried to intervene.
Unfortunately, it lasted momentarily
before Liv Morgan came along, battered Rhea Ripley.
And then the decimation of the Terror Twins continued.
Capped off by numerous Coup de Grâces
from Finn Bálor,
it was a scene of complete devastation in ring.
[Joe] Yeah. Note the numbers, Wade. Ridiculous.
[crowd booing]
I promised to take everything from Rhea Ripley,
and that's exactly what I did.
The Women's World Championship,
mine.
The Judgment Day, mine.
And the most gorgeous man
in the whole entire world.
-[crowd booing] -Dominik Mysterio.
And in two weeks' time,
the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour finally--
-["Demon In Your Dreams" playing] -[Joe] Finally deal with this.
[crowd cheering]
Liv.
Liv. Liv, honey.
Honey, honey.
I'm gonna need you to shut up, okay?
And before you can go running away,
because this week you obviously can't attack me from behind,
I just want you to know I'm not gonna hit you, okay?
So you can take it easy.
I actually…
[crowd chanting] Mami, Mami, Mami…
[Rhea Ripley] You hear that, Liv?
Shut up!
[crowd booing]
I actually have something that I need to tell you.
Oh, look who found his cojones, huh?
What are you gonna do, Dom, huh?
What are you gonna do? Exactly, you do nothing.
So get out of my face before I make you get out of my face.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Relax.
But do you know what?
Since we're talking about Dominik,
maybe he would have stayed with you if you cared about him
half as much as you care about Damian Priest.
But let me guess. Let me guess.
What did Rhea want to come out here and say?
Is it that week after week of me bashing your knee,
and you're no longer cleared to compete at Bad Blood?
Is that what it is?
Aww.
Aww. But you know what, Rhea?
Too bad. I'm not gonna let you get out of this match,
because I'm gonna beat you.
And I'm not gonna beat you because I'm bigger than you.
I'm not gonna beat you because I'm stronger than you.
I'm gonna beat you because I'm smarter than you.
[chuckles] And I've had you beat up here for months.
So please, Rhea, please tell us what was so important
that you had to come out here and interrupt our victory lap?
Please let us know.
Oh, Liv.
That's actually not what I wanted to say.
No, because when it comes to Bad Blood,
I'm fully cleared.
[crowd cheering]
This message is actually for both of you.
Since, Dom,
you always want to stick your nose
in the Women's World Championship business.
You know, you're the only reason
that Liv won my championship in the first place.
You're the only reason Liv has retained that championship
every single match.
We're smarter than you.
Adam Pearce has decided something.
Dom,
at Bad Blood,
you're gonna be exactly where you deserve to be,
behind bars.
-[Joe chuckles] -[crowd cheering]
Because in our championship match,
you're gonna be hanging in a shark cage.
[Joe] Oh, I love it.
-I can't-- I can't go back. -No, no, no.
So, Liv, at Bad Blood
when there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide,
and no one to help you win,
I'm gonna win back the one thing that I never lost,
my Women's World Championship!
[crowd cheering]
Oh, and another thing.
What I said before?
I take it back.
What? What?
[Joe] Oh!
What a vicious headbutt that was.
-[Wade] Rhea is an absolute disgrace. -[Joe] What?
[Wade] And from what I understand,
Dominik Mysterio is gonna be hanging from a shark cage
at Bad Blood.
That is dehumanizing.
[Joe] They have been violently attacking the former champion
week after week in the numbers game, ganging up on her.
She was on crutches.
-[Rhea Ripley] Keep my championship warm. -[Joe] You think that's a her problem?
-It won't be with you long. -Dehumanizing.
You can't put a man like Dom in a shark cage.
That is a fair and just decision by Adam Pearce.
-He's been interfering every week. -No.
True love cannot be contained within a cage.
You disgust me almost as much as Rhea Ripley.
On October 5th,
when they fight for the Women's World Championship,
it has now been announced
that Adam Pearce has decided that "Dirty" Dom Mysterio
is gonna be locked in a shark cage
and hanging from the arena rafters.
Justified.
Let's turn our attention to the World Heavyweight Championship scene
and Sami Zayn.
Is there anything you need to tell me?
[crowd exclaims]
[Wade] Ludwig Kaiser was happy to let his fists do the talking,
beating the hell out of wannabe challenger, Sami Zayn.
Regarding your challenge,
the answer is no.
[Wade] The Ring General
refusing to defend the World Heavyweight Championship
against Sami Zayn.
[Joe] As Gunther left though,
after that cheap shot from Ludwig Kaiser,
Sami turned it around on him.
[Wade] Here's the problem bouncing back and dropping Kaiser with a Helluva Kick
as the champ watched on.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd] Let's go! -[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
weighing in at 212 pounds,
Sami Zayn.
[Joe] And now Sami is set for his first match here on Raw
since suffering back to back losses to Bron Breakker.
He's never been one on one in a match with Ludwig Kaiser,
and Sami takes a step closer.
Try to land that big chance at the championship.
Will he get past the champ's main man?
We're gonna find out.
We got Sami Zayn and Ludwig Kaiser
coming up next on Monday Night Raw.
[crowd cheering]
["Fein" playing]
[narrator] Next April,
Las Vegas…
has never had a show like this.
♪ Fein', fein', fein' ♪
♪ Fein', fein' ♪
♪ It's like always They just want a piece of mine ♪
♪ I been focused on the future Never on right now ♪
[Triple H] Welcome to WrestleMania.
What happens… here
becomes legendary.
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Scan the code now to register for exclusive presale opportunities.
[Joe] Been a headline making year for Sami Zayn, Wade,
WrestleMania crowning achievement.
In the end still the guy trying to prove himself,
and he's out to show Gunther that he deserves a title shot,
trying to take care of business against his right-hand man right now.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Wade] This audience certainly believes in Sami Zayn,
but heading out now
is one guy who certainly does not.
["Sacred" playing]
[Samantha] And his opponent, representing Imperium,
from Hamburg, Germany,
weighing in at a 220 pounds,
Ludwig Kaiser.
[Joe] Ludwig Kaiser, who heard plenty from Sami Zayn last week.
Wade, Sami was trying to reason with him,
have him question why he's so loyal to Gunther in the first place.
Why stay under his thumb, my man?
[Wade] That's one way of looking at it.
For me, it was Sami Zayn throwing the mother of all Hail Mary's.
It was a desperation play,
trying to sow a little discord within Imperium.
But what Sami Zayn failed to understand
is that those bonds within Imperium
are a little too strong for a few snide words
from Sami Zayn to tear down.
Now this man Ludwig Kaiser,
he's been given a very specific mission today,
that is snuff out the growing threat from Sami Zayn.
That mission has come from the World Heavyweight Champion himself, Gunther.
[Joe] Who has repeatedly rejected…
Here we go.
…giving Sami Zayn a title opportunity,
even though Sami is the last person to beat him.
Throws his sweatshirt right at Kaiser, who then kicks it away.
[Wade] To a lot of people, that victory you keep referencing,
when Sami did indeed dethrone Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship
back at WrestleMania, that was a lightning in a bottle moment.
Not many people saw it coming.
Shocked the world, still shocks to this day.
Thing about lightning, though, doesn't tend to strike twice.
That doesn't automatically qualify Zayn for a championship opportunity
and a whole new level, the world level.
[Joe] Well, nobody had touched Gunther
in his Intercontinental title reign, 666 days.
The record setting reign for Gunther
when Sami defeated him at WrestleMania 40.
As he's just stomping on the chest of Ludwig Kaiser
and sending him out to the ring.
[Wade] To me, this has to be a must-win moment for Sami Zayn
because he's talked a big game for weeks now,
demanding opportunity at the World Heavyweight Championship.
If you can't beat the right hand man of the World Heavyweight Champion,
you certainly don't deserve a shot at the championship.
[Joe] Although Kaiser recently fought for a championship
that was over in Europe at the end of August.
He was defeated by LA Knight,
it was that open challenge for the US Championship.
We recently saw him in the triple threat qualifying match
that was won by Braun Strowman, to try to put himself in position
to fight for the Intercontinental title.
The match that we will have to cap this evening,
what a match it is with Jey Uso and Bron Breakker.
The Intercontinental Championship to cap tonight's Monday Night Raw.
[Wade] Imagine that's gonna be, but it looks like the threat of Sami Zayn
is about to be snuffed out early.
[Joe] Cover, hook of the leg, and a kickout by Sami.
[Wade] Kaiser's another one with all the tools in the world
to conquer the singles division.
Perhaps a career tag specialist, in the last 12 months
he's moved into the singles game and he grows week by week.
What's known as a complete technician,
increasingly perfecting his brawling, gritty skills
that we saw in those recent matches with the likes of Sheamus,
Kaiser can mix it up with anyone.
[Joe] He just did real damage with that running basement dropkick.
We've seen him race around the outside of the ring,
do that to a competitor against the steel steps.
And a good counter with the elbow from Sami Zayn,
and then he runs into the big boot and Zayn goes up top
with the axe handle and he's looking to rally back here.
[Wade] It's always the problem with someone like Sami Zayn.
He starts looking ragged.
He gets beaten from pillar to post
and somehow still has fight left in him.
You cannot write the guy off.
[Joe] Now out on the floor, big chop.
Speaking of Gunther,
that knife's edge just ripping through the chest of Ludwig Kaiser.
[Wade] Well, he got himself a look in his eye.
-Oh! Ooh! -[Joe] Oh! Oh, my!
I think Sami was thinking moonsault,
but Ludwig just sends him hard into the timekeeper area.
Wow. Look at this. Sami went flying head first.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Monday Night Raw in Ontario, California.
Wade, let's show people what happened just before the commercial break.
[Wade] Yeah, this is Sami Zayn trying one of his usual nimble tricks,
jumping up on a security barrier.
Kaiser too quick for that though.
And a horrible landing for Sami Zayn,
who was lucky he didn't break a clavicle in the process.
Managing to fight on, but it has not looked the same since.
[Joe] And with that, Ludwig Kaiser has been in complete control
as Sami Zayn has been chasing a title shot opportunity with Gunther Kaiser.
Of course, the associates of the heavyweight champion.
[Wade] Kaiser, the sour faced technical perfectionist,
has done everything right thus far.
But this could be a table turning moment for Sami Zayn.
[Joe] Zayn fights back,
powerbomb into the pin,
and a kickout by Kaiser.
[Wade] And this exactly right now is where Sami Zayn gets incredibly dangerous.
He starts feeling this audience.
They get behind him, he gets the wind in his sails,
starts to get adrenaline pumping through his soul
and it's a complete game changer for him.
This is a concern now for Kaiser
and I'm sure, somewhere looking on, Gunther.
[Joe] Exploder by Sami.
[Wade] The enduring spirit of Sami Zayn coming to the fore once again.
[Joe] Got him lined up. Uh-oh. But Kaiser rolls out of the ring.
[Wade] Savvy in-ring guy is Kaiser.
Knows when he's hurting,
knows when he needs some oxygen in those lungs,
and knows every dirty trick in the book with it.
[Joe] Right to the steel steps.
Two, three.
Hey, you can't do that.
[Joe] Kaiser, who had that sneak attack on Sami last week
when Sami was simply trying to reason with him,
to talk about his career situation.
[Wade] Oh, he was talking smack about his body in Imperium,
the World Heavyweight Champ.
[Joe] We've seen this, the runaround.
The full runaround. This is danger zone.
[Joe] Oh, and he gets him with it, right into the steel steps.
He has been delivering that effectively over the course of recent months.
[Wade] They might not like it, but Zayn is out cold,
his skull crashing against those steel steps.
-Listen to this. -[Joe] Oh, that is brutal.
[Wade] That is human skull against steel.
[Joe] And Sami Zayn, there is a sense of hopelessness right now.
This is a man who had the Intercontinental Championship,
had the battles with Bron Breakker.
And it's just-- Look at him.
He cannot even rise to his feet at this point, Wade.
-Trying to beat the count. -[Wade] Yup.
[Joe] Oh, and he miraculously does.
I don't know where he got that energy spurt from.
[Wade] Yeah, you've just jumped into the lion's den
and you're pretty much defenseless.
Kaiser just enraged now.
How dare you get up?
-[Joe] Right hand after right hand. -Stay down.
[Joe] And you can see all the emotion coming out.
He's pounding the back of his head on the canvas.
[Wade] If you had a corner man, they'd be throwing in the towel right now.
Referee needs to take a very good look at Sami Zayn.
Is it really worth it, Sami?
[Joe] Sami trying to find something deep within him.
Blocks the right hand, delivers two, three of his own.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And the crowd rallying support for Sami Zayn.
[Wade] There is life back in Sami Zayn somehow after all that abuse.
[Joe] Sami was thinking Blue Thunder, but instead here's the roll up.
Oh, and he's using the ropes as leverage and the ref sees it.
Thank goodness for that.
[Wade] Sami Zayn may well have got fingers in the eyeballs.
At one point during that I was slightly unsighted.
Kaiser trying every trick in the book.
[Joe] I don't know why Kaiser's upset with our official.
The official did the right thing. He had his feet up on the rope.
-[Wade] Oh. -[Joe] Look at this.
Sami with another exploder.
Remember, he lined him up before and we got the rollout.
Can he find the target this time?
Oh no.
[Wade] Enzuigiri to the face.
[Joe] Hook and a kickout by Zayn.
[Wade] Stay down, Zayn. What is wrong with you?
Just as Sami Zayn lining up for that Helluva Kick.
Out of nowhere, reactionary enzuigiri to the jaw of Zayn,
still not enough.
And Kaiser livid at the fact this one isn't over.
[Joe] Look at the disdain on the face of Ludwig Kaiser.
[Wade] Well, you can write off Sami Zayn because of the way he looked.
You simply cannot write off his ability in that ring
once the bell rings.
[Joe] We have learned you can never write off Sami Zayn.
What does he have left?
Reverses it.
German suplex.
Zayn…
one more time.
Helluva. He got it.
-Drops down the cover. -[crowd] One, two, three.
[Joe] That's a great win by Sami Zayn.
-[bell ringing] -["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Samantha] Here is your winner,
Sami Zayn.
[Wade] Wow. Beaten from pillar to post.
Kaiser knows he'd have beaten 99% of the locker room
with that performance today,
but there is something undeniable
inside Sami Zayn.
And even Gunther has to be impressed with what he just saw.
[Joe] Well, how can you not be?
Look at this, as he's able to counter and hits the German suplex
to set up the Helluva.
[Wade] This is it. Clean to the jaw of Ludwig Kaiser,
the right hand man of the World Heavyweight Champion.
[crowd] One, two, three.
[Wade] Defeated with that signature Helluva Kick from Sami Zayn.
["Worlds Apart" continues]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Gunther ♪
-[crowd cheering] -["Prepare to Fight" playing]
[Joe] Well, you know what that means.
The World Heavyweight Champion,
not pleased to see Ludwig Kaiser grab the L.
[Wade] Gunther looks dressed for combat here.
[Joe] He is enraged.
["Prepare to Fight" continues]
Sami, for weeks
you've been begging me to a match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Well, I have seen enough.
[crowd cheering]
If you really want this more than anything else,
then I think Ontario, California, is the right place for it.
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] Wow. Absolutely it is.
I think tonight is the right time for it,
to step up to you
and tell you right here, right now…
-No. -[Joe] What?
[crowd booing]
-["Prepare to Fight" playing] -[Wade chuckling]
[Joe] Why are-- Why are you chuckling like that?
[Wade chuckles] What? That was comedy genius.
Oh, my word. What-- Here's what just happened.
-[Joe] What do you mean, comedy genius? -[Wade] A lot of people criticize Gunther.
He's dry, whatever. He just came out.
He set the bait, pregnant pause, "No."
Just brilliant. Even you have to enjoy that.
No, I didn't enjoy that and nor did this sold out crowd of 9,300,
as he's constantly pulling the rug from underneath Sami Zayn.
How can Gunther continue to deny this man
who beat him at WrestleMania?
-He's the World Heavyweight Champion. -How?
He sets the rules. That's how it works, Joe.
Love it.
Let's show you what happened last week at Raw.
Interesting development with The New Day during their Tag Team Championship match,
the LWO and Judgment Day brawling ringside.
[Wade] They did. Causing a massive distraction.
Xavier Woods pretty much had the match won.
New Day would have been champs.
And as Xavier Woods lost it, unfortunately for him and The New Day,
The Judgment Day capitalized, got themselves the victory.
[crowd] One, two, three.
[Wade] And the aftermath left New Day in complete disarray.
-I'm supposed to be champion! -I told them to be there.
-What? Why? -I told them.
Tell me this, Kof.
Why does the LWO know the plan for our tag team title match, huh?
I'm your tag team partner. I know nothing. You've been leaving me in the dark,
and I have no clue what the hell is even going on anymore, man.
[crowd cheering]
-Hey, man. -Oh, what's up, man?
-What's up, dude? -Hey.
I've been thinking about what happened last week.
Hey, hey. You know what? Let me stop you.
Tag championship match, emotions were high.
-My bad. I'm sorry. -No, don't even trip.
Water under the bridge.
-Now, it's behind us. -Mm-hm.
But you did mention that we need to get The New Day back on track
before our ten-year anniversary in November, right?
-Mm-hm. -Yeah.
I did a little digging in the archives
and I found some of the items that made The New Day, The New Day.
-Okay. -I'm talkin' bout the Booty O's.
-And look at her. -Oh.
-Look at her. -Baby girl.
Francesca. Looking good.
-Booty O from WrestleMania. -Yeah!
So, we bring it all back out.
We get them clapping one more time. We make everybody feel good.
-Let me stop you. -Yeah, yeah.
-All this was fine when we were on top. -Yeah.
As champions, you can do what you want,
but we haven't had the titles for, like, three years.
We've been losing matches.
We gotta get a little more serious.
-We gotta lock in. -Right.
-You know? -This isn't what you meant, right?
-No. -Uh, no, you're right, man.
Why would we go backwards, right?
It doesn't even make sense.
I tell you what, man, I really haven't been making many good decisions
the past few weeks, have I?
-You said it, not me. -Okay. Fair, fair.
I'll tell you this.
Over the next few weeks
when it comes to The New Day,
you call the shots, man.
-Yeah. All right. -We got a plan. It's your plan, bro.
-All right. -You'll be the QB.
-Let's go with that. -You know?
-You quarterback the team. -[Brutus laughing]
Look, guys, I know I've been telling you what to do to become champions,
but it's also important to know what not to do.
And you're looking at it.
Don't ever become like a couple of has beens
that need to bring out toys and sugar, try to reignite a dead spark.
Whoa. There goes the Uncle Howdy!
-Oh. -[chuckles] You shook, bro!
-He's still scared. -That's cute.
But we're done. We're done with the freak family, okay?
I got my crew focused on serious competition,
which it doesn't look like I'll be finding anywhere here.
Okay.
-I run the play, right? -You, QB.
What's the play?
First play is we show American Made exactly what we're made of
and exactly why we're 12-time tag team champions.
-Your boys, The New Day. -New Day.
-So, you want the Creeds? -Yeah.
-You know. -Come on.
You'd be better off
sitting back here playing your little, uh, video games.
[chuckles] Nerds.
-Okay. -I'll just-- Okay.
-Chill out. -Okay. All right.
-But you're on. -Yeah.
-What is that laugh?
I don't know. He's got a really high-pitched voice, man.
-Come on. -Really strange, man.
We got them tonight, but…
What? My shirt?
No, bro. Your shirt is nice, bro. We got the new stuff.
[Joe] Sold out crowd here in Ontario, California for Monday Night Raw.
What a Monday Night Raw it is, Wade Barrett,
as we will have the Intercontinental Championship matches.
Bron Breakker looks to defend against Jey Uso.
And the path just to get here for Jey Uso from Triple Threat to the Fatal 4-Way
and the digging war of words, here's how we have arrived.
-[dramatic music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[man] This is your turn. This is your chance
The question is, what are you gonna do with it?
Think about it.
♪ Why stop now I was just getting started ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Jey] I got my match with Bron Breakker.
Intercontinental Champion.
I can finally get my first singles championship
and be "Main Event" Jey Uso.
[crowd] Uso.
[Bron] If you came here for the main event, strap in.
Buckle up.
♪ You looking at it ♪
♪ I'm on a ten, I'm on a level ten ♪
♪ I wanna win ♪
♪ And I wanna win again ♪
[Bron] I've managed to do more as a singles Superstar
in six months than you've done in your whole career.
Fourteen years you've been here.
You are nothing without your family.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jey] You got that dog in you, Uce.
I'mma dog walk your ass.
We gonna see how long this lasts 'cause it might end up short and sweet,
just like your NFL career.
[crowd cheering]
[dramatic music playing]
♪ My only goal is to win Put up a fight to the end ♪
♪ Make your next move be a death move ♪
♪ Gotta do what you can ♪
♪ Still determined, I'm coming through ♪
♪ Got the list, feeling bulletproof ♪
♪ 'Cause I can't stop I'm not gonna stop… ♪
[Bron] There isn't a man that can take my title.
♪ Born to be the greatest… ♪
[Joe] A badass has been champ for 51 days.
Jey's been on the main roster for 14 years
without a singles championship.
We get the Intercontinental Championship match later tonight on Monday Night Raw.
♪ Watch me do what I'm about to do I'm not about to lose, I'm the greatest ♪
♪ Big smile for the haters ♪
-A shark cage? -I'm traumatized.
-You don't know what I've been through. -Trauma?
-Are we talking about Dom? -He can't breathe.
-Bad mullet, worse mustache? -Great mullet.
Has interfered in every Women's World Championship.
-That wasn't me, that was Tom. -No, that was you. Save your breath!
You are going in the cage.
Liv, that decision is final.
-Hmm. -I can't be locked up.
I guess you don't care about Rhea giving me a cheap shot then, do you?
No, I don't.
-Huh. Huh. -Have a great Monday.
Don't let Mr. Potato Head talk to you like that.
-Didn't go good with Pearce, huh? -What's his problem?
Nope, nope, it didn't. But we'll worry about that at Bad Blood.
The LWO tried to cost us the tag team title,
so we need to send a message that no one steps to The Judgment Day, okay?
Don't worry.
Tonight, Carlito is gonna finally take down Dragon Lee for good.
And that is gonna be cool.
And just to make sure things go our way,
JD and Daddy Dom will be out there with you.
Teach the LWO a lesson they won't ever forget.
-Let's go. -Let's go.
Come on.
Let's do this.
And look who it is. I'm glad we bumped into you.
-You know something? You are lucky. -[Dominik] What's his name again?
You're lucky your friend was here last week,
or else, I would have torn you apart on the spot.
You're right. I mean, he is not here, right?
So, that is the reason why you…
will do nothing.
[chuckles] Is that right?
-Is that correct? -You know what?
Your luck is still in this week.
Carlito has got a match now, I've got Judgment Day business to handle.
-I understand. -Well, I'll see you around.
Okay. Okay. Keep walking. Just keep walking.
Go, step by step, walk.
Nice tie, by the way.
Walk.
[Wade] Ilja Dragunov better start being careful.
Judgment Day is one terrorizing crew.
["Control the Empire" playing]
♪ Have you walking through flames ♪
♪ Burn it up… ♪
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
accompanied by Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde,
representing the LWO,
Dragon Lee.
[Joe] And you can feel the heat with Dragon Lee's high-flying moves
in WWE 2K24.
He's got a dynamic 77 rating.
Part of the Global Superstars pack.
Gear up for the biggest DLC of the year.
You know, life is very funny in this business
when it comes to turns and twists.
And for Dragon Lee, the biggest turn was at WrestleMania,
dreams that crashed before it.
But now, that could be partially avenged.
The LWO highflyer will be against
a former trusted ally who ruined it all, Carlito.
That is coming up next, Monday Night Raw from SoCal.
♪ Have you walking through flames ♪
♪ Burn it up ♪
♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪
♪ Turn it up ♪
♪ To the top I elevate ♪
♪ Make you pay the price No matter the cost ♪
[Joe] Dragon Lee, last time he was on the other side of Carlito,
it was a wild match.
Saw The Judgment Day defeat LWO.
That was August 26th here on Raw.
-["The Other Side" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] I don't care how long your career is.
You don't get too many opportunities to compete at WrestleMania.
That was taken away, as you mentioned, from Dragon Lee
this year by his opponent tonight.
And there is some real bitterness between the two of them.
["The Other Side" playing]
[Joe] By the way, Finn Bálor not here in Ontario tonight.
[Samantha] And his opponent,
accompanied by "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
and one-half of the World Tag Team Champions,
JD McDonagh from San Juan, Puerto Rico,
weighing in at 240 pounds,
Carlito.
[Joe] Get ready to bite into the action.
Carlito joins WWE 2K24 with an 80 rating in the Global Superstars Pack.
Plus, his iconic apple can be used in-game.
Don't miss the biggest DLC pack of the year.
Now, that's cool.
[Wade] You mentioned that Finn Bálor is not here from The Judgment Day.
Well, correspondingly from the LWO
neither is Rey Mysterio
after he was taken out a couple of weeks ago by Finn Bálor.
Now, interestingly, it was Rey Mysterio who invited Dragon Lee into LWO,
which set Carlito off in the first place, feeling like he was being replaced.
[Joe] Oh, look at this suicide dive by Dragon Lee right off the start.
He goes dropkick, right into the dive.
And you know there's gonna be emotion, Wade,
because of what happened all the way back in the spring
when it was Carlito's backstage attack on Dragon Lee
that cost him an opportunity to compete at WrestleMania 40.
[Wade] Yeah, this is a very different Dragon Lee
to the one we have seen previously.
We expect the spectacular,
but this is Dragon Lee's fire,
but getting depleted by the veteran Carlito.
Perhaps getting a little ahead of himself there,
Dragon Lee so obsessed with punishing Carlito,
but it backfired.
Ride out that early storm and capitalize.
[JD] Keep it up, Carli.
[Joe] There had been recent clashes with LWO and Judgment Day,
but between these two, there's just extra emotion
going all the way back to that moment we cited.
[Wade] Of course, last week, LWO sticking their nose in Judgment Day business
during that tag championship match.
But immediately back into this is Dragon Lee
and Carlito is hurt in the corner.
Oh, and that had a little extra oomph on it,
right to the jaw and nose of Carlito.
And you feel Dragon Lee could have gone for a pin there,
perhaps wanting to punish Carlito.
[Joe] Oh, look at JD.
I mean, Dragon Lee had complete momentum here.
Oh, now, on the outside, a cheap shot by "Dirty" Dom
as Del Toro and Joaquin go flying.
[Wade] Just smart work from The Judgment Day.
That is their policy.
They have each other's backs.
-Uh-oh. -[Joe] Whoa. Look who's here.
How about a West Coast Pop from dad?
[Wade] Taking out his own son.
[Joe] Roll up and a kickout by Carlito.
Rey Mysterio comes out of nowhere to even things up on the outside.
[Wade] That West Coast Pop on Dom.
But now the battle is back to one-on-one in-ring
and Dragon Lee is flying.
-[Joe] Hook of the leg. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Joe] Operation Dragon Lee!
With a little help from his idol.
-LWO celebrating. -[Samantha] Here is your winner.
Dragon Lee.
[Wade] Just goes to show, when you're in competition with The Judgment Day,
you simply need the numbers game to compete.
-[Joe] That West Coast Pop changed things. -["Control the Empire" playing]
♪ It′s getting hot right now Time to heat it up ♪
[crowd cheering]
Kross. I don't have time to talk.
-I've got Bronson Reed up next. -I know.
I'm just coming to check on you, make sure you know what you're doing.
Everybody in the back is saying this match with him is a really bad idea.
What?
I asked for this match.
Why is it so hard to believe?
I know, that's exactly what I told them.
Look, between you and I, I think it's really, really messed up
how nobody respects you around here anymore.
Thank you.
What is your angle?
-What do you want? -[sighs]
Man, I just want you to be The Miz.
I want you to be the guy that doesn't care about what everybody thinks.
I want you to be the guy that goes out and does whatever it takes to win.
You know how to do that.
Braun Strowman's talking about this as a battle of monsters.
No.
Monsters come in all different shapes and sizes.
Yes, they do.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And we welcome our guests from Netflix.
Look at these game changers in entertainment.
Front row for Monday Night Raw.
Love that they're here.
Let's go backstage to Cathy Kelley.
[crowd cheering]
Yeah, Joe, Wade, I am here with Sheamus.
And, Sheamus, I do wanna address what happened last week.
Pete Dunne secured the victory after hitting you with a cricket bat.
Do you feel as though you are now done with Pete?
You know, Ms. Kelley,
that Pete Dunne fella really hit me for six last week.
And since it happened,
I have had people on the streets, in the airport,
and yesterday at the Titans game in Nashville chant, "Call him butch."
"Call him butch."
"Call him butch. Call him butch."
[crowd] Call him butch. Call him butch.
And after what he did, well, I have a score to settle.
As my ancestors would attest, there is nothing more dangerous
than an Irishman with a score to settle.
And I'd also say, let's not make this an English-Irish thing.
But also, let's make this an English-Irish thing.
Butch.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Now, thing's getting heated.
-[Wade] Well, I'm backing the English guy. -[Joe] Uh, yeah, of course you are.
Hey, The Miz has had a lot going through his mind lately.
["I Came To Play" playing]
♪ To the good old days ♪
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds,
The Miz.
[Joe] We talked to Miz earlier.
He said, "I'm sick of people doubting me."
"You know, someone says, 'Oh, I want Seth Rollins,
Braun Strowman, you're going after Bronson Reed?'"
"'Yeah, go get him.' If I say it, people don't believe it."
[Wade] He's got plenty of issues with Bronson Reed
over the past several months,
not least seeing his own sometime tag partner
R-Truth taken out by the big man.
Well, now, he gets another chance for some payback against Bronson Reed
who has been just on a path of destruction.
We even saw him earlier tonight
scrambling and fighting all over the backstage area.
[Joe] Well, I mean, the Braun Strowman-Bronson Reed stuff,
it's like never-ending unrelenting war.
But now, it's The Miz who can focus in on "Big" Bronson Reed.
[Wade] "Big" Bronson Reed is ready to fight all comers.
Miz convinced he can beat a monster.
Now, it's time to back up those words.
[Samantha] And his opponent, from Black Forest, South Australia,
weighing in at 330 pounds,
"Big" Bronson Reed.
[Joe] Yeah, the guy who had that viral clip
when he threw a fan like it was a baseball last week.
-[Wade] Oh. -[Joe] No.
The Monster of All Monsters again,
Braun Strowman attacking Bronson Reed before his match with The Miz.
A big uppercut.
[Wade] Colossal comeback continues with a big Chokeslam.
[Joe] We're trying to be set for Miz.
-And-- -He's over your head.
-I told you I'd take care of it! -I'm sick of you in my business!
-[Wade] Oh no. -[Joe] Whoa.
[Wade] Well, Miz wanted his match with Bronson Reed.
I've no idea what the hell is happening.
Security seemingly staying away for now.
-Here they are. Don't know how wise it is. -[Joe] Here comes security.
Well, remember last week-- What was happening last week
and now, he's headbutting security.
[Wade] Braun Strowman being held back.
The big man perched on the second rope, security getting flattened.
Wait for it, Joe, it's coming.
-Tsunami. -[Joe] No.
A double stack Tsunami and a double Chokeslam.
And now, the monsters face off with each other.
[crowd cheering]
-Hey, no, don't do it. -[Wade] Give the people what they want.
Get rid of the security guys.
[Joe] Over the top rope.
They just cleared out all the security.
More are coming into the ring to try to stop,
um, giants, these absolute mountains of men.
[Wade] GM Adam Pearce is sending out every one we've got.
I fear it's not gonna be enough.
[Joe] It's like ants trying to attack elephants.
Double clothesline.
[Wade] These two are the only thing we have
that can stop each other.
[Joe] It just never ends between Reed and Strowman.
[Wade] There's no way they're paying these security guards enough for this.
[Joe] And now, they got enough body weight to contain Strowman.
-[Wade] Oh God. -[Joe] Everybody's pressing down-- No!
Big right hand from Strowman.
[Wade] Just as perhaps Bronson Reed going up for another Tsunami.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Human beings were not ever designed to be this humongous.
[Joe] If they weigh 330 pounds, there's no way.
No.
[grunting]
[screams]
[Joe] Strowman attacking Bronson Reed
just prior to the match with The Miz.
No. Now, here comes security.
And smartly, they're on top of it to separate them.
[Wade] I don't know if smartly is the word I would use.
[Joe] Well, they're risking things.
[Wade] There's nothing smart about getting in between these two behemoths.
Oh my God.
[Joe] They break free again.
[Wade] Flying dropkick to the hip of Bronson Reed.
[Joe] Week after week.
[Wade] To a normal man's leg.
[Joe] Oh, he powerslams this poor guy.
[Wade] Raw strength of-- Oh!
These poor guys.
[Joe] And the running powerslam for that security guard.
Strowman sizing him up.
[Wade] Strowman's not even breathing heavily.
[crowd cheering]
-[Wade] Don't do it. -[Joe] Climbing up to the top rope.
[Wade] And finally, the big Aussie backs off.
Wisely so.
[Joe] They've crashed through cars,
through barriers, through walls.
And now Miz nowhere to be found as the giants collide again.
[Gene] The party is on its way and it promises to be quite a bash.
[narrator] This December…
[upbeat music playing]
…your Saturday obsession is back.
♪ You are an obsession ♪
♪ You're my obsession ♪
♪ You are an obsession ♪
[narrator] WWE Saturday Night's Main Event on Long Island.
Tickets on sale now.
[Joe] I cannot get enough retro music for Saturday Night Main Event, my man.
-[Wade] Oh, hell, yeah. Gets me tingling. -[Joe] Oh, so good.
-[Joe] So good -[Wade] Like, only LA Knight can normally.
[Joe] Yeah. We got celebrities here in Ontario ringside.
-[Wade] Wow. -[Joe] Mark Sanchez is loving this.
[Wade] Sanchez, that is Michael Cole's favorite and the Jets QB.
[Joe] Adam Jones, the lead guitarist for the band Tool.
-You're a good guitarist. -[Wade] I'm not a good guitarist.
Adam Jones is a very, very good guitarist.
Don't put me in the same category as Adam Jones of Tool.
Come on.
[Joe] The Scottish Warrior has arrived.
Just a week and a half away
from Hell in a Cell against CM Punk.
["Gallantry" playing]
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Drew McIntyre.
[Joe] Remember, Drew thought he had his chief rival CM Punk finished
with an attack a few weeks ago,
but Punk returned last week.
And, Wade, let's take everybody back to that place.
I promise that you are going to have to kill me…
because I am prepared to die.
I am prepared for this heart to stop beating.
I am prepared for all of this to be over with.
I'm prepared for this to be the end of CM Punk.
And if you're prepared
for this to be the end of Drew McIntyre,
then I'll see you in hell.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Significant weight to those words, Wade.
[Wade] Two men are going to hell.
Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood in less than two weeks' time.
It's the most heated rivalry we've had in years.
McIntyre versus Punk.
Win or lose, both men will be permanently changed
by what's gonna happen in Hell in a Cell.
[crowd chatter]
I promise I'm gonna make you bleed.
I promise you're gonna have to kill me.
"I'm prepared for this to be the end of CM Punk
if you're prepared for this to be the end of Drew McIntyre."
[crowd chatter]
I've been thinking about Punk's words all week.
And not just the words, the look in his eyes.
He meant every single word.
For once, you were real.
You were truthful, Punk.
You're ready to sacrifice it all for this to end.
And so am I.
[crowd chatter]
I've always told the truth.
I've always been honest, especially when it comes to Punk.
But usually I keep the personal stuff to myself
because I'm fighting a greater cause.
But I'm gonna put it out.
You wanna put it out there, Punk?
I'll put it all out there.
I do not wanna go back inside Hell in a Cell.
[crowd] What?
I've been in that match more than once,
and it's broke things in me that haven't been fixed to this day.
Your sisters…
begged you not to do this match.
Your wife…
begged you not to do this match.
My family has begged me not to do this match.
They know it's gone too far.
My wife…
has begged me for months to get away from you,
because she can see what this is doing to her husband mentally.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk, CM Punk, CM Punk…
It doesn't matter what you all think.
It doesn't matter what our families think.
It doesn't matter what we think.
This match is gonna happen at Bad Blood.
And I have some promises of my own.
I promise I am gonna make you bleed…
a lot.
I promise I am gonna make you suffer and feel more pain
than you have ever felt in your entire existence.
It's appropriate.
You compared yourself to the devil again last week
because this has always been good versus evil, hasn't it?
And of course, you compare yourself to a supernatural being.
You've always seen yourself as a godlike figure,
but you're just a man.
A man that I've broken
so easily in the past,
and a man that I will break permanently
inside Hell in a Cell.
[crowd booing]
[Wade] There is almost a funereal feeling
about McIntyre and CM Punk
as we close in on Bad Blood and their meeting at Hell in a Cell, Joe.
[Joe] Let's go backstage.
Our ace reporter Jackie Redmond with general manager Adam Pearce.
Tess, thank you so much.
Adam, it is pretty evident that this situation between Bronson Reed
and Braun Strowman has gotten completely out of control.
Security is getting headbutted, matches are getting delayed.
As the GM here on Monday nights, how do you plan to handle this?
When I drafted this roster I knew it would be chaotic.
I just hope that the excitement would overshadow the negative.
And it's obviously with Bronson and Braun, it's obvious that it's gone too far,
and it's obvious it needs to stop.
And obviously, a regular match between the two will not do that.
Therefore, next week on Monday Night Raw,
it will be Bronson Reed versus Braun Strowman one more time,
Last Monster Standing.
Okay, that is some breaking news here on Monday Night Raw.
-I don't know what else to say. -For tonight, have they---
-[men yelling] -Excuse me.
-[Tess] Yeah. -[yelling continues]
Whoa, Pete! Look at me. Look at me! Damn it. Look at me.
Stop, stop. Look at me, look at me, damn it.
-Stop. Damn it. -[Wade] Oh!
Stop! Get them out of here!
[Joe] It's a cricket bat.
-[security] Come on! -Don't call me butch!
-Get me a medic!
Get Pete out of here.
-[Pete] Don't call me that! -[Pearce] Get me a medic.
-[Pete] Don't call me that. -[Pearce] Get that stick out.
[Joe] That'll be incredible.
As we continue here from the Toyota Arena.
A sellout in Ontario.
["The Depths" playing]
[Joe] For 77 days this past Summer, Unholy Union had gold.
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following is a Tag Team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first Isla Dawn
and Alba Fyre.
Unholy Union.
[Joe] Of course, Wade, then they had the trip to Bash in Berlin
and came home empty handed.
[Wade] Yeah, this is a tag team duo that has really dominated the planet,
including in various incarnations of NXT.
However, Domination in the tag ranks here
in the Women's division on Raw,
and on SmackDown a far more difficult proposition to try and dominate,
and even more so when you have the likes of Jade Cargill
and Bianca Belair acting as the linchpins of that division.
[Joe] Now, they did rebound, the Unholy Union.
This will be another meeting with Damage CTRL to maintain lofty status.
They had a victory over Damage CTRL on September 2nd.
[Wade] Certainly more than capable of getting back to the very, very top.
What they're looking to do now.
[crowd cheering]
Iyo.
Now, hold up. I'm not here for that.
I'm here to give credit where it's due.
Because you and I, we had one for the ages last week.
Don't get me wrong. You caught me slipping.
But just let me know when you wanna run it back,
because you best believe that's not happening again next time.
I look forward to it,
because next time I'm not just coming for you.
Next time, Damage CTRL are coming
for those tag team titles.
Now, see that is where you lose the plot.
You might have caught my girl slipping,
but understand we always, always stand on business.
So when you see us, best understand, you won't even touch our tag team titles.
But, you know what?
You know what? Since you wanna bring up the tag team titles,
I think you two need to be focused on Unholy Union.
Because last time I checked, they had y'all number
last time y'all met in the ring.
Hello.
So please understand this.
No matter who wins tonight, these titles, they're not going anywhere.
Mm.
But good luck tonight.
Bye.
Go do your thing.
[Joe] Well, Bianca mentioned it.
And you listen to Busted Open or any of the industry podcasts this week,
everybody was saying Iyo Sky, one of the best women's matches
of the year last week, earning it conquering Bianca Belair.
["Still The Baddest" playing]
[Samantha] And their opponents, representing Damage CTRL,
Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane.
[Joe] But now it's back to tag action.
You take that momentum from last week, you get the tag team back together,
and you're circling around the championship opportunity
with the two you just saw in Jade and Bianca.
[Wade] Yes, indeed.
And, Joe, you can count Bianca Belair singles losses
in WWE, on one hand.
That was a massive win for Iyo Sky last week.
And as great as Iyo Sky is and has always been,
it felt like a shocker.
Here's the key part, though.
You have to follow that up with victory here.
It's so difficult to get momentum in this game when you have that massive
momentum coming off that singles win against Belair.
If you don't follow it up with victory here tonight,
you will be kicking yourself for months.
[Joe] You nailed it with your analysis last week, Wade,
of her technical advantages.
You saw it with the way she countered
the KOD attempt and then the small package for the win.
She is so wildly skilled.
[Wade] Yup. So well-versed.
It really is difficult to outmaneuver somebody like Bianca Belair
and indeed Unholy Union,
but if anyone can do it, it's Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane.
[Joe] Alba Fyre squaring off to open things up.
[Wade] Last week it was supposed to be
Kairi Sane who was in competition in that matchup against Belair.
She got switched at the last minute.
She wasn't cleared, had an eye issue going back several weeks.
It was caused by crashing into our announce desk is now cleared, however.
[Joe] I mean, Wade, that was brutal.
Remember, the Intercontinental Championship match
is coming your way tonight.
Jey Uso he's never had a singles championship.
Against Bron Breakker, who has been one of the most dynamic
ascendant young stars in the game.
That is coming your way.
After checking things out on NXT just moments ago
and Universal Champion and Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes
just simply put out a tweet of endorsement that said "Yeet."
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Jey Uso has gold on his mind.
So do both of these two tag teams looking to earn themselves an opportunity,
potentially at the tag champs Belair and Cargill.
And right now, it is all about Damage CTRL.
[Joe] Kairi Sane lining both of them up.
[Wade] Kairi Sane, of course, a two-time Women's Tag Champ here in WWE
albeit not with Iyo Sky with Asuka.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Sane up top…
big right hand.
-[crowd] One, two… -[Joe] Hooks the legs.
And a kickout at two by Isla Dawn.
[Wade] Unholy Union not even close to getting out of the blocks thus far.
You see that tape or that band aid over the eye of Kairi Sane,
covering up some scarring or whatever from that crash
into our announce desk, but she has looked superb from the off.
Just a step ahead of Isla Dawn thus far.
[Joe] Oh, big kick on the outside to Fyre,
but she's matched up and reaches for that eye.
-Hey, are you okay? -[Joe] You detailed it.
[Wade] Needed something from Unholy Union.
Kairi Sane is down.
Oh.
Divide and conquer approach.
Right now, it is the Unholy Union on top.
Can they score victory?
[crowd booing]
[Joe] Back here in Ontario, where Kairi Sane
has been taking a lot of damage from Fyre and Dawn.
Every so often, she's reaching for that left eye that was badly damaged
when she came crashing down on the announce desk a few weeks ago.
[Wade] I'll tell you something.
You can get medically cleared to compete…
[crowd] One, two…
[Joe] A kickout at two.
[Wade] …does not mean you are 100%.
It goes back to something Rhea Ripley mentioned.
Yeah, she's cleared that knee. Still had strapping on it though.
And the issue is with Kairi Sane, the eye, you don't know how good
that vision is in that eye that was damaged several weeks ago.
And Unholy Union are completely
capitalizing on that perceived weakness now.
-Again in the eye. -[Joe] Look.
I mean, look at this
as Isla Dawn distracts the referee so that
Alba Fyre can grind down on that left eye.
[Wade] Now the band aid has been ripped off
and that wound is completely exposed.
This is a clinic from The Unholy Union, who have mastered
the dark arts of tag wrestling.
[Joe] Kairi Sane is desperate for a tag of Iyo Sky.
Whoa.
Can Kairi inch her way to Iyo Sky--
Oh, and right at the last second, Fyre interrupts.
[Wade] Veteran smarts from Alba Fyre as things were breaking dawn
with The Unholy Union.
[Joe] Oh, she sends Isla Dawn out.
-[Wade] Now is your chance. -[Joe] Here comes Iyo.
[Wade] The completely fresh Iyo Sky,
short uppercuts.
[Wade] This is a woman desperate to get a victory here
and earn themselves an opportunity at tag gold.
[Joe] Iyo Sky with complete momentum.
Oh!
And the dropkick.
The kip-up.
As Damage CTRL takes control.
[Wade] Fast and nimble.
The Genius of the Sky is--
Unholy Union desperate to duck and dive out of the way
of this offense, it may be impossible.
[Joe] Springboard dropkick to each of them.
[Wade] Bullseye.
[Joe] Look at Iyo Sky
coming off that tremendous win last week
against Belair and carrying it right into this tag match.
Meteora.
[Wade] We are seeing peak Iyo Sky.
[Joe] Hook of the leg, the cover.
And a kickout at two and change.
[Wade] Well, Iyo Sky could taste the victory there,
but there's a reason why The Unholy Union are former tag champs,
as you see this textbook missile dropkick
to two opponents connecting.
Not quite enough for the victory yet.
[scattered cheering]
[Joe] A series of big right hands.
Oh, and she ate the kick.
As Alba Fyre able to find that moment
that she so desperately needed.
[Wade] Alba Fyre knows Iyo Sky as well as anybody former tag team in NXT,
won the Dusty Cup together several years ago.
Knows the routine.
Knows the reversals.
[Joe] Here's the rollup for the win.
[Wade] But then again, so does Iyo Sky. Oh!
[Joe] Oh!
[Wade] Referee did not see a thing.
-Isla Dawn lying in wait. -[Joe] Isla Dawn delivered the forearm.
The cover, and a kickout courageously by Iyo Sky.
[Wade] Unholy Union almost stole this one to the shock
of everyone in attendance, and they may yet still grab victory.
Iyo Sky, rocked by that forearm from the outside,
attempted a backstabber, held on.
[Wade] And now it is Damage CTRL once again
in the ascendancy and climbing skyward.
That's never a good thing.
[Joe] Kairi Sane up top.
Insane elbow down to the floor,
Over the Moonsault in the ring for the win.
-Oh, they got it. -[bell rings]
["We Got The Rage" playing]
[Samantha] Here are your winners,
Damage CTRL!
[Wade] Well, what a back and forth contest
at the top of the women's tag division here but in the end,
a decisive victory for Damage CTRL.
And you have to think Belair and Cargill must be looking on
and perhaps looking at a date with destiny with Damage CTRL.
Take a look at this.
The Genius of the Sky, who does it better than anyone,
connecting with that Over the Moonsault.
Inevitable three count from there.
And this audience in Ontario, California, in rapture.
[Joe] And to your point, you gotta wonder what Jade and Bianca
are now thinking about this level of success with Kairi and Iyo.
That was a solid, solid win.
The way they closed things out was impressive.
Remember, Intercontinental Championship match is set to come your way.
Jey Uso, Bron Breakker and based on what we saw last week,
it is gonna be explosive.
♪ Unstoppable ♪
We gonna see what you made of
and we gonna see how long this lasts
because it might end up short and sweet,
just like your NFL career.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Well, that was perhaps a shot
too much for the champ.
But Bron Breakker, who dropped Uso, lined up for his own patented spear
only for Uso to catch Breakker with a spear of his own,
embarrassing the champ.
But later in the night, Jey Uso trying to help his buddy in The Terror Twins
as they were attacked by Judgment Day,
only for Breakker to hit a spear of his own.
Now let's head over to our own Cathy Kelley.
Yeah. Thanks, guys. I'm here with Intercontinental Champion,
Bron Breakker.
And, Bron, as you get set to defend your Intercontinental title
in tonight's massive main event, what's it going to take to stop
Jey Uso's relentless pursuit of his first singles championship?
Cathy, it's game day.
And what game day means is that the dogs are barking in Ontario.
[crowd imitates dogs barking]
It also means…
that there's gonna be a winner
and there's gonna be a loser.
This championship deserves to have the right Superstar
to carry it over their shoulder after tonight.
And I'm sorry, Jey, but it's not going to be you, man,
because somebody's gonna get their ass kicked
and it's not going to be me.
But I'll do you a favor.
A couple months down the line, when you work your way back up the ladder,
maybe I'll give you another chance
because I'm gonna be champion…
for a long time.
[crowd imitates dogs barking]
Well, we'll see who comes out on top in tonight's main event.
Joe, Wade, back to you.
[Joe] Thank you Cathy. Can't wait for that one when we come back.
Far from the ring, nowhere near fans or the spotlight,
Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns and their epic encounter.
A look back at what was said
and where it leaves them next on Monday Night Raw.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Fate is woven.
[Joe] Well, we are just 35 miles east of downtown LA in Ontario.
Reminder that starting on Monday, October 7th, through the finale of Raw
on USA on Monday, December 30th, it's gonna be two hours
from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Awesome crowd here at Toyota Arena.
40th TV sellout for WWE,
59th event sellout.
And they are getting their money's worth
and they still have the Intercontinental Championship to come.
And as you know, Wade, they love to bring out the signs.
[Wade] First time at Raw.
I promise you, it won't be your last.
That is a lifetime addiction. Why?
Because we have Belair we have the Yeet Meister.
Yeet signs should be banned.
-Who have I gotta pay to get those banned? -[Joe] No.
[Wade] They're killing me. CM Punk too and more yeets.
The only thing I'm happy about is, thankfully,
as we see Roman's Empire here,
I paid off the camera guy to not shoot all of the Joe Tess sign.
-What? -Let the people be.
-Revolting. No, ban it. -Let the people be.
Adam Pearce, just ban the yeet signs.
That Roman Reigns sign, the Roman Empire at the end,
very fitting with what we're about to discuss,
because Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns have been in,
of course, a heated rivalry that spanned through WrestleManias.
But with the developments from Roman Reigns in his absence
and then the re-envisioned Solo Sikoa bloodline and Roman's return,
a new chapter that nobody saw coming
with a peculiar alliance this past Friday.
Worlds nearly colliding
in the place that each man claims as his turf.
["I Am The Storm" playing]
♪ I am the storm ♪
♪ When the sky goes dark That's when I arrive ♪
♪ Thrive under pressure I'mma come alive ♪
♪ I'mma shine in the shadows Even when the stakes are high ♪
♪ Yeah, battle from the bottom And we made a name ♪
♪ Yeah, flooded out the gutters When we brought the reign ♪
♪ In the chaos, I become the calm ♪
♪ Push me out the comfort zone That's where I belong ♪
♪ I'mma stand tall, stand strong ♪
♪ I am the storm The thunder that rumbles the night ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ I am the lightning The blinds you when I strike ♪
♪ Yeah ♪
-♪ I rise for the fight ♪ -♪ Come on ♪
♪ Crushing any enemies in sight ♪
♪ I am the storm ♪
♪ Come on ♪
♪ I'll never lose the composure The chaos, I am the calm ♪
♪ I'mma stand tall, stand strong ♪
-♪ Come on ♪ -♪ I am the storm ♪
♪ The thunder that rumbles the night ♪
♪ I am the lightning That blinds you when I strike ♪
-♪ I rise for the fight ♪ -♪ Come on ♪
♪ Crushing any enemies in sight ♪
-♪ I am the storm ♪ -♪ Whoo! ♪
♪ The pressure gives me life ♪
♪ I'm about to come alive ♪
♪ I am the storm ♪
Seven cars.
Subtle.
Why don't we just cut to the chase?
You signed yourself into a lose-lose situation.
And you're dealing with a whole situation
with people who have nothing to lose.
They took Jimmy from me.
They took my wise man.
They took my Bloodline.
And they took my will to follow.
I don't have anything to lose.
For the first time in a long time,
there's no weight on my neck.
It's all on yours.
I'm a man with no country now.
You're telling me this like…
like I'm supposed to be surprised?
I really think you've got nothing to lose.
We already got a Tribal Chief.
It's not you.
And we have a WWE Champion.
It's not you.
So if you can't even beat
your own Bloodline, who's standing here right now?
It's not the biggest box office attraction
in the history of WWE.
It's not that guaranteed WrestleMania main eventer, no.
It's the guy they used to call
Roman Reigns.
What do you want?
Just…
Just tell me what you want.
I want your word.
I want your word
that you will have my back
so that I can have yours.
I give you my word.
I'll have your back.
But just understand this.
When it's all done,
I'm taking back…
what's mine.
[suspenseful music playing]
It's not yours to take.
You're in my way.
You're in my way in life.
["I Am The Storm" playing]
♪ The thunder that rumbles the night ♪
♪ I am the lightning That blinds you when I strike ♪
-♪ I rise for the fight ♪ -♪ Come on ♪
♪ Crushing any enemies in sight ♪
♪ I am the storm ♪
[Joe] The depth of the way he said, "You're in my way."
But they will be paired up for now.
The American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns together.
He says, "I'll have your back" Cody against Solo and Jacob Fatu
at Bad Blood on October 5th.
[Wade] Uneasy Alliance between two of the most
bitter enemies we've ever seen in WWE.
They better have each other's backs against the bloodline.
At Bad Blood.
["New Day, New Way" playing]
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.
The New Day.
[Joe] I think many of us still can't believe just the glimpse
we got of a different side of The New Day lately.
You know, for years, always capturing gold,
smiling every step of the way.
Maybe tonight.
Now a chance to reset themselves after recent frustrations.
It's Kofi and Xavier Woods against American Made.
That's next on Monday Night Raw.
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] In this world,
nothing is as it seems.
On November 30th.
Survival is only the beginning.
[rock music playing]
[narrator] Survivor Series War Games.
Vancouver, British, Columbia November 30th.
Tickets on sale now.
[crowd cheering]
What's up, Uce?
A big night for you, dawg.
Yeet.
Bro, that Intercontinental Championship meant the world to me.
Tonight you make that Intercontinental Championship yours.
-You hear? -Thank you.
-You hear me? -Thank you, my dawg.
-Thank you. Love you. -You got this.
-Go get it. -Yeet.
Come on.
[Joe] Just an absolute massive night
in the career and life of Jey Uso
with the opportunity he will have in just a little bit.
Right now, the focus is on The New Day.
Hey, by the way, the 10-year anniversary approaching
and they wanna get back to past glory.
It's been three and a half years since they had tag titles.
["American Made" playing]
[Samantha] And their opponents,
accompanied by Ivy Nile and Chad Gable,
Brutus, and Julius Creed.
American Made.
[Joe] Wade, the Creed Brothers about to have their fifth match
since being part of Chad Gable's American made.
[Wade] Yeah, so here's the issue for The New Day, Joe.
They've had their tensions lately.
This is supposed to be a get right opportunity.
The last thing you want in a get right opportunity
is to have to compete against a couple of in-ring savages,
like the Creed Brothers.
This is about as difficult as it gets, and it got even more difficult.
Now they are under the wing of the master, Chad Gable.
[Joe] They've only suffered two losses in that time with Gable,
and both of them came when they faced off with the Wyatt Sicks.
And obviously, I mean, the most recent
was just that outrageous eight-person street fight
that we saw back on September 9th.
[Wade] All bets are off when it came to the Wyatt Sicks.
-But in normal competition… -[Joe] Correct.
…the Creeds are pretty much unstoppable.
And I fear for The New Day in this position.
If they're not firing on all cylinders,
if they don't have complete faith in one another,
then they simply will come unglued in a matchup
against opponents like the Creeds.
[Joe] Julius and Xavier Woods will lock up early on.
Julius, with that incredible amateur Pedigree.
Wrestled at Duke, was a two time NCAA All-American,
and was in the Olympic trials in 2016.
[Wade] So what you're saying is basically the Creeds are two athletes
you're best off not locking up with in the first place.
[Joe] Well, I mean, New Day, obviously, with all the great experience
as cohesive and in sync of a tag team as we've seen in history.
Four times, the Raw Tag Team Champion,
Xavier Woods with New Day, seven times the SmackDown Tag Team Champion.
[Wade] You can go on and on.
The Truth is, though, that was ancient history in this game.
There's been over three years, as you mentioned.
[Joe] Yes, but they are still capable of competing and winning at the very top.
We just saw what happened when they fought for the titles against Judgment Day.
-[Wade] They lost. They lost the match. -[Joe] Wade. Wade.
Xavier Woods twice in that match against Judgment Day had it won,
but there was a severe distraction with the referee.
[Wade] He couldn't get over the line.
-Didn't have the communication to win. -[Joe] Wade, everybody who watched saw.
The thing was won. They should have the gold.
[Wade] They don't though, that's the point.
This is a murky industry and if you can't get the job done
when the opportunity is there, then you are not New Day.
You are yesterday's news.
[Joe] Xavier Woods comes in with a big elbow
attack came to Kofi who delivers.
[Wade] The important thing to note here
is that being this team right now is Xavier Woods and…
[Joe] Hooks the leg and a kickout at two.
[Wade] Woods has been pretty unhappy.
Things haven't gone his way.
He feels like Kofi Kingston has not necessarily
been keeping him in the loop when it comes to the plans.
Well, now it's Woods' turn to put this thing right.
The talk is great.
The results have to be better however.
[Joe] I thought the messaging was very, very clear
between the two tonight as Kofi understood what we're saying.
And look at this teamwork as Brutus comes crashing down on Kofi Kingston
and went for the quick cover.
But I thought the messaging was very, very clear tonight.
And Kofi understood and turned to Xavier and said like,
"You quarterback this thing."
"We're gonna go it your way."
And you didn't see some of the antics that you've seen in the past
with Kofi and The New Day of the past.
Big right hand forearm from Brutus.
[Wade] And I like that. Woods has been very explicit.
Let's cut out the joking, the fooling around, the trumpet,
the unicorn nonsense, the pancakes until we get back on track.
And if and when we get back on track, we can bring all that stuff back.
You can have the fun and games, but wins must come first
and they haven't been for New Day.
[Joe] Now, there is a part of me--
As Kofi hooks the leg for the win.
--that says isn't that their ethos?
Isn't that their identity? To think of all the fun stuff?
The New Day without all that stuff,
that is what they are to their core though, Wade.
[Wade] Their identity should be winning, it should be winning championships,
and they haven't done enough of that over the past three years.
[Joe] Great team work to slam that head down.
Turns them over, hooks the leg, looking for the win right away.
[Wade] Finding out about the toughness of the Creeds.
And I'll hand it to the veterans of The New Day.
They have exploited what minor weaknesses the Creeds have,
and it's an experience issue, not an ability issue with the Creeds.
They're being outfoxed by The New Day in there.
[Joe] I think so far, so good for The New Day,
Kofi, right into the cover.
[Wade] Right now Xavier Woods is QBing this thing like Patrick Mahomes.
Got him in the Hall of fame. Sent him to Canton.
[Joe] Patrick Mahomes, he has been seated at Raw right behind us.
Woods gets sent into the corner and now delivers that chop.
[Wade] It's a rarity to see the Creed Brothers
being treated like this.
These are guys who have completely dominated in NXT,
won everything on offer.
Haven't quite hit those heights here yet on Raw,
but that is where Master Gable comes in.
Shine up these rough diamonds.
[Joe] Brutus turning things around
with a big chop across the chest of Xavier Woods.
And look at the intensity of Woods.
Remember how frustrated he was
feeling they should have had the crowns a week ago.
He's standing right up to Brutus and returns fire.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Brutus Creed is one big, strong lad,
but he is getting battered from pillar to post by Xavier Woods.
[crowd] Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Wade] Just a step ahead in every way possible.
Have been The New Day thus far.
[Joe] Julius got a big forearm to Kofi.
Each corner.
You got Julius on one side.
You got Xavier and Brutus on the other side.
[Wade] Two teams battling for supremacy.
[Joe] The superplex there and one to boot.
Back and forth they go.
American Made, The New Day.
Concern for Chad Gable.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Wade, Jackie and Cathy back with you here.
The New Day and America Made a week removed
from when Judgment Day retained their World Tag Team Championships
and defeating The New Day.
We saw a bit of a fracture and frustration.
Right now, Xavier Woods is desperate for a tag of Kofi Kingston.
[Wade] Just millimeters away from that tag.
It must have felt like 1,000 miles over that clothesline,
perhaps opens up the window
that Kofi Kingston has been waiting for.
[Joe] Xavier says, "I'm quarterbacking tonight."
"We're going with my game plan."
Let's see if it works out for The New Day.
[Wade] Worked out so smoothly at first, so tough with the Creeds though.
They turned it around. But that is a referee--
[Joe] What is he doing? That was a legal tag.
[Wade] Chad Gable distracting the referee.
That is the smarts of the genius Chad Gable,
a 4.0 GPA.
[Joe] Xavier Woods, his head is buried under the ring apron
as they were attacking him.
He made a completely legal tag that he had to have.
Kingston comes in and he gets denied by the official.
[crowd chanting] You suck!
[Wade] Kofi Kingston lying in wait for that huge tag.
And you sense that comeback
that Kingston is so renowned for was coming, denied, however,
and now Woods in a world of trouble on the wrong side of the tracks.
[Joe] And look at how much was taken out of him by Brutus Creed.
[Wade] The hopes and dreams of The New Day are dying off before our eyes.
That is how dangerous America Made are with Chad Gable at the helm.
[Joe] Big chop from Woods.
Back and forth he goes with Brutus all night long.
[Wade] I believe Woods is still on his feet.
He's already climbed the mountain once.
He's got to get back up there.
Mission impossible.
[Gable] That's American muscle, baby.
[Joe] He's reaching for his chest.
As Chad Gable says that's American Made muscle.
[Wade] American Made muscle is winning this one.
[Julius] You might wanna tag me.
[Joe] Oh! Big uppercut to the body.
[Wade] I sense Brutus Creed could do well.
Tagging in his brother Julius, perhaps slightly fresher.
[crowd chanting] New Day rocks, New Day rocks.
[Wade] Wants to go it alone for now. May not be wise.
[Joe] Crowd trying to rally support for New Day.
Coming up on their ten-year anniversary of being together.
But three and a half years removed from having gold on the main roster.
[Wade] Brutus Creed starting to move a little too sluggishly at this point.
And once again got himself a window to get out of trouble.
[Joe] Big missile dropkick by Xavier Woods.
[Wade] And Chad Gable knows as well as anybody that was a massive mistake
by Brutus Creed, who needs to make the tag to Julius immediately.
This one's slipping away from American Made.
[Joe] He's got to get to Kofi here.
They need fresh legs.
Julius comes in, but here comes Kofi off the top rope.
[Wade] A disaster for The Creeds a completely fresh Kofi Kingston.
[Joe] Kofi. High energized.
Trouble in Paradise.
Looking for more.
[Wade] Kingston just confusing Julius Creed
but Creed just too big, too strong.
[Joe] Able to send him over the top rope and a big kick.
[Wade] Veteran savvy of Kofi Kingston coming to the fore.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Climbing to the top with American Made outside
and he takes them both down.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Well, we've seen it a million times from The New Day.
They've been down.
They've almost been out,
but they had the ability to bounce back, not too many times recently.
-This could be it. -[Joe] Crossbody, hook of the leg.
And a kickout at two and change
as Ivy Nile and Chad Gable look on.
[Wade] Kofi Kingston, this almost trust fall.
I certainly wouldn't trust Kofi Kingston jumping at me like that,
but American Made had no choice.
-And this is just classic Kingston. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] The Boom Drop and the momentum for Kofi Kingston.
Crowd here in Ontario, a complete sellout.
Over 9,300 loving this rally by Kingston.
[Wade] Almost going for that Trouble in Paradise.
[Joe] Able to counter is Julius Creed.
Kingston breaks free.
[Wade] The American Made training, the strength of the Creeds,
but no training in the world can prevent a KO like that.
Julius Creed was down and out.
Woods demanding the tag.
Now to put this one to bed.
[Joe] Xavier Woods up top.
He demanded the tag when Kofi looked like he had an opportunity for a cover.
-[Wade] Again Chad running interference. -[Joe] Chad Gable!
Referee showing a ton of leeway here.
[Joe] As Gable finds himself opposite a very irate Xavier Woods.
And now, instead of going after the task at hand,
he goes after Gable.
[Wade] Well, you understand the frustrations with Woods
after the past several weeks,
but this is really the referee's job to get Gable out of there.
-Wow. Oh! -[Joe] Oh! Big knee.
[Wade] Woods took his eye off the ball.
[Joe] Big time he did.
And now Julius is sizing up. Here comes Kofi.
[Wade] The referee has completely lost control.
Let's not lose sight of who's legal here.
It's Julius Creed and Xavier Woods, and Xavier Woods is up.
[Joe] They're teeing him up.
That powerbomb tee up position.
Will it be a Brutus Ball, Wade?
[Wade] Well, there's the tag.
Brutus Ball.
[Joe] Oh no!
Woods in trouble. Hooks the leg.
And a win. And a big win for American Made.
["American Made" playing]
[Samantha] Here are your winners,
American Made.
[Wade] Well, that matchup had it all.
Chicanery, athleticism, outside interference.
But what it didn't have was a New Day victory.
[Wade] But wasn't it Xavier Woods who was preaching composure
and none of the silliness and the antics.
And he's the one that gets distracted.
[Wade] Well, he lost his temper
and that essentially cost New Day the matchup.
That's not what you want from the Team QB, but talk about QB, Chad Gable.
The ultimate QB led his men to victory tonight.
Wow.
[Joe] As we close in on Bad Blood
October 5th in Atlanta and one of the featured matches
everyone is buzzing over is Damian Priest and Finn Bálor.
Growing up, there was a saying I used to like to use,
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Now on the street we knew better.
Everybody just wanted what you had.
Ready to stab you in the back.
But life, life can take you to some unexpected places.
Life brought me to The Judgment Day.
A crew that became a family.
A family that gave me a brother to keep.
Finn Bálor.
[upbeat music playing]
[Damian Priest] When you joined me and Rhea,
we talked about running the WWE
and that's exactly what we did.
We put everybody on this roster down and we ran it.
But you always wanted it to be about you.
And then what happened?
Rhea Ripley becomes world champ.
I shed a tear because I was proud of my sister.
You, you sat in a corner with the face of envy.
Then I became world champion.
On camera, nobody was happier for me than you.
But when the cameras stopped rolling,
you were the first person out the door with the same face of envy.
And I should have seen it coming because I know better.
You might think my heart makes me weak.
Am I my brother's keeper?
You're damn right I am.
And I always will be.
Finn Bálor, you are not my brother.
[speaking Spanish]
[in English] And at Bad Blood…
[speaking Spanish]
[Joe] That is the very epitome of Bad Blood.
And it will be on from Atlanta October 5th.
Damian Priest and Finn Bálor, Bad Blood.
[Joe] And up next, here in Ontario,
the much anticipated moment
for the Intercontinental Championship.
The second title defense in Bron Breakker's young
but spectacular career of this IC title
against the man who's been on this main roster 14 years
and has never claimed singles gold.
Can Jey Uso finally break through?
Get ready to yeet
when we come back for Monday Night Raw.
♪ It's a moment in your life ♪
[tense music playing]
[clock ticking]
[tense music playing]
It feels like every group, every faction around here
was created for survival.
Like, they couldn't make it on their own.
So they found other pathetic losers to band together
and pat them on the back and say,
"It's okay, we can be failures together."
"Let's put on our sparkly little outfits and do our stupid little dances."
That'll work.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Shayna] We fight for dominance
and for every opportunity that they tried to keep from us.
We are the foundation and the future of the women's division.
We are Pure Fusion Collective.
So if you want to step up,
shoot your shot.
[gun cocks]
Man, I…
You saw what happened, man.
-It's okay, man. -[Rey] Yo, Kofi, Woods.
Hey, we just wanna be clear on what happened last week, man.
Hey, our bad for the miscommunication.
First off, we know.
Second, we don't want that apology unless it comes with a shot at a tag team title.
-So we good. -Bro, whoa.
Hey, look, Woods, I know you're upset,
but come on, we didn't do it intentionally.
Come on, man, I know you'll get through this.
You're The New Day.
-Yeah, we are The New Day. -[Kofi] We are.
And this is unsolicited advice
that would probably be better used if you went and gave it to your son, Dom.
-Whoa, why… -[Joe] No.
You know what?
Hey, I ain't got time for this, man.
I got Finn Bálor to worry about next week, so I'll leave you two at it.
Here it is. You don't have time for me, but you have time for Finn.
Why?
Oh, 'cause he's a former world champion. Huh?
Just like you are former world champion.
-You don't have time for guys like me? -He did not mean it like that.
He did. Now you wanna chime in to another former world champion.
I'm sick of this. Everybody thinks
'cause I haven't had a singles title, I'm beneath everybody?
Fine, fine, fine. [speaking Spanish]
-Yeah. Come on. -[in English] You want to fight with me?
Finn can wait.
Next week, you got your fight.
[Joe] All right.
Come on, man.
What? It's their fault.
-They're in the wrong. You don't see that? -Bro… it's just unnecessary.
What? None of this is unnecessary, Kof.
We're here to win. And we keep losing.
We got guys out there disrespecting us all the time.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Well, this crowd is so ready.
Hey, Uce, please hit my music.
Yeet.
♪ Uso! ♪
["Main Event Ish" playing]
♪ Ay, ay, "Main Event" Jey Uso Is now in your city! ♪
♪ It's just me, Uce ♪
♪ Day one-ish, it's just me, Uce ♪
♪ Day one-ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this… ♪
[crowd cheering]
[cheering intensifies]
♪ Day one-ish, it's just me, Uce ♪
♪ Day one-ish, it's just me, Uce Day one-… ♪
Come on, Wade.
[Wade] Why does no one bring me the Bron Breakker sign?
How about that guy? [barks]
[Joe] Hey, you can bark all you want.
There's gonna be a lot of that happening.
[Wade] Think of your family.
[Joe] But first, okay-- You gotta-- I mean, folks, Jey Uso,
the guy who's been among the most successful tag team champions ever.
This could be the breakthrough moment he's been waiting for.
[Wade] This place has come unglued
for "Main Event" Jey Uso.
They smell history in the air tonight,
but it is up to Jey Uso to deliver something
he has never delivered before in his career.
That is winning singles gold.
And, oh, guess what?
His opponent, the champ, may well be unbeatable.
[Joe] Six times he has gone after it
to earn a singles championship.
Six times he has failed to do so.
But he's been gathering momentum.
And look at this crowd.
A sellout in Ontario, California,
ready to bring it home with Jey.
[Wade] The audience has done their job, Joe.
History awaits this man.
Jey Uso, Intercontinental Championship on the line.
"Main Event" Jey Uso
with his first chance to grab singles gold
against the IC Champ Bron Breakker.
And it's next here on Raw.
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-[tense music playing] -[Joe] "Big" Bronson Reed.
[Bronson] Pound for pound, I am one of the best in the world.
And the way to prove that is to take all of my competitors out.
[Joe] Braun Strowman, one big SOB.
[Wade] Braun Strowman has sent all the other monsters out to pasture.
[Bronson] I'm going to finish the job with you, Braun.
And the story won't be about Braun Strowman the Monster.
The story will be about Braun Strowman "The Victim."
[Braun] It takes a monster to beat a monster.
[Wade] Well, next week, Raw is in Evansville, Indiana,
and as we just saw, you cannot keep them apart.
So why even try?
The Monster of all Monsters,
Braun Strowman versus "Big" Bronson Reed
in a Last Monster Standing match.
That's next week live on Raw.
[Joe] Also next week on Raw,
it'll be Kofi Kingston against Chad Gable.
Considering what we just saw in tag action earlier.
[Wade] Well, the other half of The New Day and Xavier Woods,
he's sick of former world champs talking down to him.
I know the feeling, pal.
Next week, Xavier Woods gets a chance to prove
he is not inferior to anyone.
He's gonna go one-on-one with the Hall of Famer himself,
the great Rey Mysterio.
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♪ I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[Joe] They're still yeeting here in SoCal.
You got to go back to last Winter, February 19th edition of Raw,
for the last time Jey Uso was able to challenge
for the Intercontinental Championship.
That was in the midst of Gunther's record-breaking reign.
Ring General got the best of Jey.
Now it's a very different type of titlist he faces.
["Breakk and Destroy" playing]
[Joe] You're gonna hear some dogs, Wade.
[Wade] Love it.
♪ Yow! ♪
[Wade] The yeeting has stopped
replaced by a sense of foreboding.
♪ But if I fade away, then that shall go ♪
♪ Will I find salvation… ♪
[Joe] "The Badass" Bron Breakker.
He may have the elite family pedigree legacy,
but he has set his own course.
I mean, this dynamic mix of explosive athleticism,
the high level intensity, the arsenal of offense.
It has him with his first major championship of his career
and he has the look of many more to come as he gets set for this title defense.
[Wade] I have never seen a career play out
like Bron Breakker's has done over the past three years.
Breakneck speed from debut
to becoming NXT Champion,
dominating that landscape, turning up on here on Raw,
grabbing the Intercontinental Championship.
The sky is the limit for "The Badass" Bron Breakker
who fears nothing and nobody.
[Joe] For the official introductions,
here's the sensational Samantha Irvin.
[bell ringing]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for…
the Intercontinental Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing the challenger,
from San Francisco, California,
weighing in at 242 pounds,
"Main Event"
Jey Uso.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Yeet!
[Samantha] And his opponent, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 250 pounds.
He is the Intercontinental Champion,
Bron Breakker.
[crowd booing]
[Joe] So here we go.
[Wade] Got to tell you, Joe, it's been 16 years
since a very young Wade Barrett
saw an even younger Jey Uso
walk in to Florida Championship Wrestling.
I love the man he has become over those years,
but Jey Uso doesn't yet love the man he has become.
He will love that man even more if he walks out tonight
with his first ever singles championship.
[Wade] Now is the time to get the job done, Jey Uso.
[Joe] And of course you know what it is
to be an Intercontinental Champion, Wade Barrett.
As Bron Breakker looks across at Jey Uso.
Of course Bron Breakker has been dealing with Sami Zayn.
Beat him at SummerSlam to capture this championship back on August 3rd
and then defeated him in a two out of three
falls match on August 12th
to retain the championship.
But I would imagine Jey Uso stylistically
is completely different in so many ways than Sami Zayn,
so the strategy and the course has to change.
[Wade] Well, Bron Breakker is a very simple man.
I am bigger, I'm stronger, and I'm faster than you.
And if Jey Uso was in any doubt about that,
he just got a taste of it first hand
and getting hit by a bulldozer.
[Joe] Getting a sense of the power of Bron Breakker right away.
Delivers a big right uppercut that sends back the champion,
and Breakker is out of the ring in front of us.
[Wade] Pretty rare this early on.
[Wade] You see Bron Breakker struggling to stand up after one shot.
-Oh! -[Joe] Oh! Suicide dive.
Jey Uso off to a great start
to get after what could be his first singles championship.
[crowd cheering]
-[crowd chanting] Yeet! -[Joe] Wade, this is what's on the line.
The Intercontinental Championship being defended by Bron Breakker
here in Ontario, California,
with overwhelming support for Jey Uso.
As engaged of a crowd as we have ever heard.
[Wade] Yeah, they just came unglued.
It's pretty much been domination
from Jey Uso from the get-go,
but in a blink of an eye,
this is what Bron Breakker can do
against any opponent.
Explosive physically, explosive mentally,
and the game changed in the blink of an eye.
[Joe] Now he's got Jey pinned in that corner…
but this has been a wave of support since he was introduced
with the-- Even Rhea Ripley came out off to the side.
I don't know many in the crowd saw. Go on her social media you'll see it.
She was yeeting along in support of Jey Uso.
[Wade] Rhea Ripley cannot help Jey Uso at this point.
You're all alone. And historically speaking,
Jey Uso has not excelled in championship matches
when he has been all alone.
He's needed a tag partner.
He's a ten-time world champion.
At moments like this, the self-doubt starts to creep into the mind.
"Can I do it on my own?" He's failed six times.
You're the stats guy, Joe.
Is this number seven?
[Joe] He has been on a win streak gathering momentum lately.
But you just see-- Like these are examples, Wade,
of this dynamic explosive quality of Bron Breakker.
[Wade] It's what is taken him to gold
wherever he has gone in his incredibly short career.
You're a betting man.
You'd be certain Bron Breakker, one day,
WWE title, World Heavyweight Championship.
The man has no limits whatsoever.
[Joe] Foundationally, of course, two times NXT Champion…
just tosses him.
And that lower back of Jey Uso,
you saw him reaching.
He's wincing in pain.
[Wade] Yeah. What we're seeing now
is the difference between the very, very top tier
in the singles world
and the guys who are a couple of steps
away from the mountain top.
Take another look at this,
this effortless power and technique of Bron Breakker
that is slowly destroying the body and hopes of Jey Uso.
[Joe] You legitimately believe
that Bron is on a completely different level in singles than Jey Uso.
Consider everything that Jey has done to reach this opportunity, Wade.
[Wade] Hey, hey, hey, it's a narrow difference,
but the difference-- The proof of that difference
is the gold that currently belongs to Bron Breakker.
There is where the argument
that Jey Uso is on the same level disappears.
It's really, really close.
But it's those couple of percent differences
that makes you a champ here or an also-ran.
[Joe] Each man locking up the suplex attempt.
[crowd cheering]
-[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Right onto that top rope.
[Wade] Here's the difference.
Bron Breakker wants to drag you
into a war of attrition at every opportunity.
Jey Uso can't compete
in that sort of physical firefight with Bron Breakker.
He needs to turn this into a chess game.
He needs to rely on his veteran experience
against the relatively inexperienced Bron Breakker.
He just hasn't figured out a way how to do that.
[Joe] Used all that experience, did Jey Uso, to arrive at this point.
Back on August 26th,
had that Triple Threat qualifying victory against Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston,
then the sensational Fatal 4-Way
getting through Dragunov and Pete Dunne and Braun Strowman.
[Wade] It's an arduous journey.
But is it for naught?
[Joe] Here's the cover to retain the title.
Oh, are you kidding me?
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] How many people on planet Earth
are incapable of doing five push-ups in a row?
Well, Bron Breakker is doing it ten to fifteen minutes
into a championship defense and not even breathing heavily.
What are you gonna do?
[Joe] Will he regret that decision?
The pure arrogance of the young champ,
The Badass, one of the most purely talented and elite athletes
on the entire roster.
Oh, look at Jey looking to rally here.
[Wade] Immediately biting Bron Breakker on the backside.
Is that arrogance that you mentioned?
[crowd chanting] Punk-ass Bron!
[Joe] He's winding him up again.
Here he comes.
Oh, but Bron got the best of him.
[Wade] It's those amazing powers of recovery and recuperation
from the champ, Bron Breakker, who's bounced back.
And now it's the head of Jey Uso getting bounced against our desk.
[Joe] Just bashing our desk in with the back of his head.
The Intercontinental Champion in control outside the ring.
-As Jey was gathering momentum. -[Wade] Keep an eye out here, Joe.
-[Joe] Oh man, oh man. -[Wade] You never say--
-[Joe] From the apron, Wade. -[Wade] From Bron Breakker.
[Joe] Oh my!
The pure violence flying over the desk.
Both men laid out.
Title on the line.
[Joe] The Intercontinental Champion, Bron Breakker,
has this match where he wants it
against the title-seeking Jey Uso.
You saw what happened moments ago
when Breakker came plowing through our announced desk,
sending Jey to the other side.
And now Jey looking for a big right hand and he delivers one, and another.
[crowd] Yeet!
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] A little extra yeet on that one, Wade.
[Wade] This audience, attempting to drag
a beaten and battered Jey Uso
all the way to victory here.
-[Joe] Now-- -[Wade] He just might do it.
[Joe] Jey's hip attack goes into the cover,
and a kickout of Breakker.
[Wade] Jey Uso continuing to bounce back.
Breakker has thrown everything at the challenger.
Everything has not been enough thus far.
[crowd chanting] Uso! Uso!
[Joe] Jey going up top.
[Wade] Connects here, it's over.
[Joe] But Breakker gets out of the way.
[Wade] Too much in the tank, and that effortless power.
[Joe] Busted up that gut, hooks the leg,
and can't retain with that.
[Wade] Well, that is a quick look
into the deepening playbook of Bron Breakker.
Just when you feel you have him where you want him,
he bounces back with something like that.
And Jey Uso again in a world of hurt.
[Joe] You bring it up, but his offensive arsenal
is so varied and impressive.
You can't help but be impressed with Bron Breakker.
[Wade] This is a problem for Jey Uso at this point.
Historically, he's reaching for a tag.
[Joe] He was going for the Gorilla Press.
[Wade] He's getting out of Dodge.
There's nowhere to hide tonight, though.
-Oh! -[Joe] Oh my!
-[Wade] Problem solved! -[Joe] For the win!
Can Jey do it?
No!
[Wade] Milliseconds from a new Intercontinental Champion.
And that despair of that not being a three count
is evident in the eyes of Jey Uso.
A window into the mindset.
"Maybe I'm not good enough."
"Maybe I can't make the grade if my best won't do it."
[Joe] Boy, that's Samoan Drop.
It looked like his best would do it.
[Wade] It should have done it, Joe.
And Jey Uso knows it.
[Joe] But this is championship level.
The rules are just different.
[crowd chanting] Yeet! Yeet! Yeet…
[Joe] Headbutt to the champ.
As Jey is perched up there.
My, oh my!
Top rope Frankensteiner.
Bron Breakker the cover to retain.
-Jey survives. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Bron Breakker can do
what your favorite heavyweight can do simultaneously.
He can do what your favorite cruiserweight can do.
Utterly impossible to pull that off, or so it should be.
They broke the mold with Bron Breakker,
and he might have to break the body of Jey Uso to get a victory here.
[Joe] This young man, The Badass, is the complete package in every way,
and that is why gold is wrapped around his waist.
But for 14 years on the main roster,
Jey Uso has desired this.
Six times he's gone after a singles championship,
six times he's been denied
and now taking it to the limit with Bron Breakker
in what is looking like it could shape up as an instant classic.
Big uppercut from Breakker.
[Wade] And Jey Uso find those reserves he has never found before.
[Wade] The champ sizing him up, going to try for it again.
Hook of the leg.
He thought he had the win.
He raised his hand.
Another moment of arrogance and it cost Bron Breakker.
And he knows it, look at his eyes.
[Wade] Well, Bron Breakker is mentally unraveling before our eyes.
He's hitting moves like this, this deep into a matchup with ease.
He is ragdolling the body of the great Jey Uso,
but he can't get over the line.
[Joe] Jey kicks out of the Gorilla Press powerslam
and Bron heads out onto the floor.
You can see the spear coming.
-Here it comes. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] The spear that did so much damage to Jey Uso last week.
And you sense we are in the final stages of this matchup,
and Bron Breakker is about to put Jey Uso
to the sword once again.
[Joe] The guy who goes 23 miles an hour-- Oh!
Jey counters with a spear.
Jey counters with a spear of his own.
He's climbing up.
Here he goes.
Uso Splash delivers.
Could it be?
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] All of the oxygen sucked out of this arena, Joe.
Could it be? Hell, no.
This is not a fairy tale.
[Joe] How did Bron Breakker just kick out of that?
He is seething.
He is spitting with anger.
And now all that tortured focus comes Jey Uso's way.
He calls it the Super Spear.
He cranks up to 23 miles per hour, and he's going to deliver another one.
[Wade] As highly charged as can be-- No.
-[Joe] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Jey Uso lying in wait with a Superkick.
[Joe] The Superkick outside when a Spear was intended
has laid out Breakker,
and now Jey right through the barrier.
Timekeeper is blown to bits!
Jey! He's going to drag Breakker back into the ring.
[Wade] Jey Uso finding that reserve of energy when he needs it.
[Joe] Spear, could this be the moment?
Could it be for the first time ever?
Could Jey grab gold?
Oh my, Wade!
-Here it is. -[crowd] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Joe] Go ahead and yeet.
-He did it. -["Main Event Ish" playing]
[Samantha] Here is your winner
and new…
Intercontinental Champion.
"Main Event"
Jey Uso.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] How do you not love this?
A veteran who waited,
whose identity was always tagged as he's a twin.
He's part of a tag team.
And after 14 years,
finally a singles champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] He is taking it to the people.
-They are celebrating. -[explosions]
[Joe] Jey Uso is the Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering]
-[cheering continues] -It's right here. It's right here! ds it.