1 00:00:01,084 --> 00:00:03,436 [inspiring music playing] 2 00:00:03,470 --> 00:00:04,571 [narrator] Then. 3 00:00:08,241 --> 00:00:09,275 Now. 4 00:00:14,247 --> 00:00:15,281 Forever. 5 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:24,974 Together. 6 00:00:27,544 --> 00:00:30,063 [music fades] 7 00:00:32,115 --> 00:00:33,616 [cheers and applause] 8 00:00:33,650 --> 00:00:35,168 [Joe] This is Boston. 9 00:00:35,201 --> 00:00:40,256 Woven into the fabric of WWE's history, the TD Garden. 10 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:44,060 Just 48 hours from the star-studded Saturday Night Main Event, 11 00:00:44,094 --> 00:00:46,696 the Garden crowd at the hub is ready to roar. 12 00:00:46,730 --> 00:00:50,717 We have big names to hear from, and championships to decide. 13 00:00:51,918 --> 00:00:53,820 Including the World Tag Team Title. 14 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:55,872 Finn Bálor and J.D. McDonagh arrive in Boston 15 00:00:55,905 --> 00:00:59,359 knowing they won't have their typical game plan available. 16 00:00:59,392 --> 00:01:03,263 They'll have to defend with the rest of the Judgment Day far from ringside. 17 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:06,983 Will that be enough for the War Raiders? 18 00:01:07,016 --> 00:01:10,203 Can they get across the finish line tonight? 19 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:11,688 As Bron Breakker, 20 00:01:11,721 --> 00:01:15,158 the dynamic Intercontinental Championship match is ahead. 21 00:01:15,191 --> 00:01:17,343 He gave everything he had at Survivor Series 22 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:18,845 to retain his championship. 23 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:21,748 The dogs will be barking in Beantown. 24 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:23,983 ♪ You can bet that I'm better Than anyone expects ♪ 25 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,735 ♪ Be the best Standing with the veterans… ♪ 26 00:01:25,769 --> 00:01:29,239 [Joe] Ludwig Kaiser gets another chance at the championship. 27 00:01:29,272 --> 00:01:30,990 For the third time in recent weeks, 28 00:01:31,024 --> 00:01:33,359 he will be inside the ropes with the badass 29 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:37,781 as Ludwig is seeking the biggest accomplishment of his career. 30 00:01:38,298 --> 00:01:39,699 And of course, we will detail 31 00:01:39,732 --> 00:01:44,154 what happened after we went off the air with Saturday Night's Main Event, 32 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:49,626 Kevin Owens' heinous attack on the Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. 33 00:01:49,659 --> 00:01:54,547 The latest medical update on the American Nightmare is coming your way. 34 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:59,819 It's all right now on Monday Night Raw! 35 00:01:59,853 --> 00:02:01,855 [crowd cheering] 36 00:02:04,057 --> 00:02:06,693 ["Cult Of Personality" by Living Colour playing] 37 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:23,977 ♪ Look in my eyes ♪ 38 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:26,012 ♪ What do you see? ♪ 39 00:02:27,497 --> 00:02:30,934 ♪ The cult of personality ♪ 40 00:02:31,634 --> 00:02:36,973 ♪ I know your anger, I know your dreams ♪ 41 00:02:37,006 --> 00:02:40,043 [Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, 42 00:02:40,076 --> 00:02:45,415 please welcome CM Punk! 43 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:49,185 [Joe] The best in the world has something to say. 44 00:02:49,219 --> 00:02:50,687 Glad you're with us here in Boston. 45 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,773 Joe Tessitore here on ringside, with Wade Barrett. 46 00:02:53,806 --> 00:02:58,228 Wade, this war of words with Seth Rollins, it is ready to take a big step forward. 47 00:02:58,261 --> 00:03:00,213 [Wade] The voice of the voiceless. 48 00:03:00,246 --> 00:03:03,016 What a way to kick off Monday Night Raw. 49 00:03:03,049 --> 00:03:05,852 The sometimes controversial 50 00:03:05,885 --> 00:03:10,290 but always must-see, CM Punk. 51 00:03:10,323 --> 00:03:11,658 [crowd cheering] 52 00:03:11,691 --> 00:03:13,643 ♪ Nobel prize ♪ 53 00:03:13,676 --> 00:03:19,582 ♪ When a mirror speaks The reflection lies ♪ 54 00:03:19,616 --> 00:03:24,687 ♪ You don't have to follow me ♪ 55 00:03:24,721 --> 00:03:30,126 ♪ Only you can set me free ♪ 56 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:33,546 [Joe] A week removed from his honest and revealing 57 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,932 sit-down interview with Jackie Redman. 58 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:44,407 ♪ I sell the things you need to be ♪ 59 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:49,279 ♪ I'm the smiling face on your TV ♪ 60 00:03:49,312 --> 00:03:53,399 ♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪ 61 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:58,104 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 62 00:03:58,137 --> 00:04:00,173 CM Punk! CM Punk! 63 00:04:00,206 --> 00:04:02,976 CM Punk! CM Punk! 64 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:05,411 CM Punk! CM Punk! 65 00:04:05,445 --> 00:04:07,847 Careful, careful. 66 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:12,251 Some people might get mad when you chant my name. 67 00:04:12,285 --> 00:04:15,488 [cheers and applause] 68 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:18,191 Not to call attention to people that don't matter, 69 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:19,776 but somebody that might get mad 70 00:04:19,809 --> 00:04:22,979 is the brave guy in the New York jersey over here. 71 00:04:23,012 --> 00:04:24,180 [crowd exclaiming] 72 00:04:24,213 --> 00:04:29,552 It takes a lot of balls to show up in Boston wearing a New York anything. 73 00:04:30,119 --> 00:04:31,004 But, hey! 74 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:32,789 Getting ahead of myself. 75 00:04:32,822 --> 00:04:38,678 Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Boston, or what? 76 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,748 [crowd cheering] 77 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,935 I gotta be honest with you, Boston. 78 00:04:47,587 --> 00:04:49,172 I'm feeling a little low. 79 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:54,594 I'm in a bit of a bad mood. 80 00:04:56,095 --> 00:04:59,599 Because two weeks ago in this ring, 81 00:04:59,632 --> 00:05:03,536 face-to-face, I told Seth Rollins, 82 00:05:03,569 --> 00:05:04,570 after he… 83 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,141 told me that he spends a lot of time thinking about me, 84 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:11,511 I told him that I don't think about him at all. 85 00:05:12,962 --> 00:05:15,281 Over the course of the last two weeks, 86 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:19,035 while every waking hour wasn't spent thinking about Seth Rollins, 87 00:05:19,068 --> 00:05:21,671 my mind wanders back to him from time to time. 88 00:05:22,288 --> 00:05:26,509 And it's put me in a bad mood. I'm mad because Seth is right. 89 00:05:27,744 --> 00:05:30,596 Whatever this thing is between me and him, 90 00:05:31,581 --> 00:05:34,751 as much as I want to sidestep it and put it in the past, 91 00:05:34,784 --> 00:05:36,736 may be completely avoided, 92 00:05:36,769 --> 00:05:40,490 it's only a matter of time before we lock up here in this ring. 93 00:05:40,523 --> 00:05:43,326 [crowd cheering] 94 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:48,631 I'm also upset because something I very much enjoyed doing, 95 00:05:48,664 --> 00:05:52,352 which is coming to this ring, holding a microphone in my hand, 96 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:54,053 and talking to my people… 97 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:57,607 [crowd cheering] 98 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:03,329 …I feel is always going to be overshadowed by the fact that every time I do it, 99 00:06:03,363 --> 00:06:06,532 I know at some point, 100 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,787 that stupid music is going to hit. 101 00:06:10,820 --> 00:06:13,256 [crowd exclaims] 102 00:06:13,289 --> 00:06:14,373 That's the one. 103 00:06:15,041 --> 00:06:15,925 Yeah. 104 00:06:19,212 --> 00:06:22,131 And he's going to tiptoe out here in clogs 105 00:06:22,165 --> 00:06:24,967 like the Purple Pie Man from Porcupine Peak. 106 00:06:25,001 --> 00:06:26,786 [mocking laughter] 107 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:30,006 Dressed like Liberace… No! 108 00:06:30,039 --> 00:06:34,010 For all the sensitive people, calling him Liberace is not an insult. 109 00:06:34,043 --> 00:06:38,014 I happen to think Liberace is cool as hell. 110 00:06:38,915 --> 00:06:41,567 The point I'm trying to make, Seth, 111 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:44,303 if you want to interrupt me before I make it, 112 00:06:46,005 --> 00:06:49,842 is that, just because you wear Elton John sunglasses, 113 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:52,195 it does not make you Elton John. 114 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:58,818 And just because you grew up idolizing me, 115 00:06:58,851 --> 00:07:03,306 putting on a pair of wrestling boots does not make you CM Punk! 116 00:07:03,890 --> 00:07:05,908 [crowd cheering] 117 00:07:05,942 --> 00:07:12,165 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 118 00:07:12,198 --> 00:07:17,019 CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk…! 119 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:20,790 Seth came out here. 120 00:07:20,823 --> 00:07:24,594 With a straight face he told the world that I ghosted him. 121 00:07:27,063 --> 00:07:28,331 It's true. 122 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:32,585 But I'm not here to litigate the past. 123 00:07:32,618 --> 00:07:36,289 I'm looking forward to the future, and little brother Seth, 124 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:38,307 I would love to say that's not you, 125 00:07:38,341 --> 00:07:41,194 but it seems like me and you are on a bit of a collision course. 126 00:07:41,227 --> 00:07:44,547 He wants to paint this picture that I'm bad. 127 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:47,033 I'll go ahead and say I'm the bad guy. 128 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:48,351 Boston? 129 00:07:49,235 --> 00:07:50,620 A show of hands. 130 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:53,539 Have you ever been a bad guy in your life? 131 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:55,575 [crowd cheering] 132 00:07:55,608 --> 00:07:58,211 Come on, Boston, bad boys, Beantown, let's go. 133 00:08:00,213 --> 00:08:03,382 I'm the bad guy in this situation, 100%. 134 00:08:03,416 --> 00:08:06,486 And that's because there's no such thing 135 00:08:07,103 --> 00:08:10,907 as a bad student, just bad teachers. 136 00:08:10,940 --> 00:08:12,341 Okay? 137 00:08:12,375 --> 00:08:15,962 Seth Rollins is CM Punk's failure. 138 00:08:17,363 --> 00:08:22,485 That 19-year-old kid who came to CM Punk and said, "Please train me." 139 00:08:23,085 --> 00:08:26,072 I'm ready-- I'm absolutely ready to do it all over again. 140 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:30,042 I'm ready to try again. So, Seth, if you want to interrupt me, 141 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:33,212 I'm willing to give you the wrestling lesson 142 00:08:33,246 --> 00:08:37,016 that you asked for years ago, for free. 143 00:08:37,049 --> 00:08:40,186 [crowd cheering] 144 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,326 Hold on. 145 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,862 We are going to get there, ladies and gentlemen. 146 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:54,033 Seth Rollins, you want to give me shoes to fill? I will gladly fill them. 147 00:08:54,066 --> 00:08:55,701 The bad news for you is, 148 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:59,338 the last guy who did that was Drew McIntyre. 149 00:09:01,390 --> 00:09:03,993 So ask yourself the question, Seth. 150 00:09:04,994 --> 00:09:07,713 Are you tougher than Drew McIntyre? 151 00:09:08,331 --> 00:09:10,333 [crowd exclaiming] 152 00:09:11,133 --> 00:09:12,618 You might think you are. 153 00:09:12,652 --> 00:09:15,371 Boston knows that you're not. 154 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:19,709 And one thing I know beyond a shadow of a doubt, 155 00:09:20,526 --> 00:09:23,379 there's not enough staples in the world 156 00:09:23,412 --> 00:09:26,182 to put you back together when I'm done with you. 157 00:09:32,555 --> 00:09:35,841 If that doesn't piss him off enough to come up and interrupt me, 158 00:09:35,875 --> 00:09:37,577 I know something that will. 159 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:39,762 The same thing that has pissed him off 160 00:09:39,795 --> 00:09:42,698 for the seven years I was gone from this company. 161 00:09:42,732 --> 00:09:46,352 And that's hearing, during his scheduled television time, 162 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:48,754 the world chant my name! 163 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:54,944 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 164 00:09:54,977 --> 00:09:58,547 [mocking voice] CM Punk! CM Punk! 165 00:09:58,581 --> 00:10:02,168 CM Punk! CM Punk! 166 00:10:02,201 --> 00:10:05,972 CM Punk! CM Punk! 167 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:08,007 Come on, Boston! 168 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,610 [crowd cheering] 169 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,913 [mocking] CM Punk! CM Punk! 170 00:10:14,463 --> 00:10:20,586 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! 171 00:10:24,924 --> 00:10:27,977 Life is about perspective. 172 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,848 I thought maybe if I came out here, 173 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:38,170 and saw you the way these people see you, 174 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:41,190 it might give me a new perspective. 175 00:10:41,223 --> 00:10:44,727 Might make me feel differently about who you are. 176 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,814 So, if you don't mind, let me take a good, hard look here. 177 00:10:48,848 --> 00:10:50,316 Let me see. 178 00:10:53,936 --> 00:10:55,354 Uh… 179 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:59,792 No, no, even from way out here, 180 00:10:59,825 --> 00:11:01,627 you're still an ass [bleep]. 181 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:04,130 [crowd exclaiming] 182 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:11,270 While I'm overjoyed 183 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:14,874 you didn't come out here with that stupid song of yours, 184 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:19,945 for the first time in your life you're actually coming from the right spot 185 00:11:19,979 --> 00:11:24,467 because you belong in the audience with the rest of the CM Punk fans. 186 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:27,453 -[crowd exclaiming] -[Seth] Ooh. 187 00:11:27,486 --> 00:11:29,822 You think that embarrasses me? 188 00:11:29,855 --> 00:11:33,292 It doesn't embarrass me to be out here with these people. 189 00:11:33,325 --> 00:11:36,645 [crowd cheering] 190 00:11:38,030 --> 00:11:41,400 I'm a fan, I always will be. I love this place. 191 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:45,621 When you abandoned this place and you hoped it would die without you, 192 00:11:45,654 --> 00:11:47,289 I put it on my back. 193 00:11:47,323 --> 00:11:49,792 I made it stronger than it's ever been! 194 00:11:49,825 --> 00:11:52,712 [crowd cheering] 195 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:58,017 If anyone should be embarrassed, it's you. 196 00:11:58,050 --> 00:12:00,786 Because this "fan," 197 00:12:00,820 --> 00:12:04,640 he's got more WrestleMania main events than you ever will. 198 00:12:04,673 --> 00:12:07,760 [crowd exclaiming] 199 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:09,895 That's a fact, feel? 200 00:12:12,364 --> 00:12:15,367 [Joe] He said it was only a matter of time before they lock up in the ring. 201 00:12:15,401 --> 00:12:17,636 They may just brawl outside of it. 202 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:19,822 -[Wade] Here they go. -[Joe] Here they go! 203 00:12:19,855 --> 00:12:22,775 CM Punk, Seth "Freakin'" Rollins! 204 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:24,193 Right to the barrier! 205 00:12:24,226 --> 00:12:29,265 [Wade] Ten years' worth of simmering bile has just boiled over. 206 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:33,135 Now security officials heading out here. 207 00:12:33,803 --> 00:12:37,807 [Joe] Referees, producers, security quick to break them up. 208 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,327 Just beyond the barrier to our right ringside. 209 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:43,295 [Wade] The opening salvo last week. 210 00:12:43,329 --> 00:12:45,664 [Joe] Punk is loose! Punk is loose! 211 00:12:45,698 --> 00:12:47,016 [Wade] So much! 212 00:12:47,883 --> 00:12:49,552 [Joe] They are still going at it! 213 00:12:52,021 --> 00:12:54,840 That's Adam Pearce, the Raw GM… 214 00:12:54,874 --> 00:12:58,844 The referees taking everything they can 215 00:12:58,878 --> 00:13:02,014 to separate Rollins and Punk! 216 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,315 Off the steps! 217 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:07,236 [Wade] Separating these two may well be mission impossible! 218 00:13:09,822 --> 00:13:13,843 [clamoring] 219 00:13:13,876 --> 00:13:17,730 [Joe] Punk said Seth Rollins is CM Punk's failure. 220 00:13:17,763 --> 00:13:20,933 And now they are in the ring opposite each other! 221 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:25,805 [Wade] This has been inevitable for years and it has been building. 222 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:29,692 Right now it's almost impossible to keep these two apart. 223 00:13:29,725 --> 00:13:33,729 [Joe] They went toe-to-toe, throwing right hands after right hand, 224 00:13:33,762 --> 00:13:36,015 and still trying to get after each other. 225 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:40,719 [crowd chanting] CM Punk! Cm Punk! 226 00:13:40,753 --> 00:13:42,755 [Joe] Now Punk on the outside. 227 00:13:42,788 --> 00:13:44,139 On the floor, 228 00:13:44,173 --> 00:13:48,210 Rollins inside being contained as they try to push Punk back. 229 00:13:48,244 --> 00:13:51,630 -He picks up a steel chair! -[Wade] How? 230 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:55,367 Seth "Freakin'" Rollins, no Liberace outfit tonight. 231 00:13:55,401 --> 00:13:58,320 No Elton John sunglasses. 232 00:13:58,354 --> 00:14:00,973 Seth Rollins came here tonight to fight. 233 00:14:01,590 --> 00:14:05,077 [Joe] His so-called "stupid music" never hit. 234 00:14:05,110 --> 00:14:07,680 Rollins said, "I wanted a different perspective." 235 00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:09,899 "The fans' perspective." 236 00:14:10,849 --> 00:14:13,619 He's wrapping around here, going around the barrier. 237 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:15,871 He's going through the crowd at TD Garden, 238 00:14:15,905 --> 00:14:17,089 trying to get to Punk. 239 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:19,058 This is outrageous! 240 00:14:19,842 --> 00:14:25,364 Out of the back end of the floor and they are throwing haymakers again! 241 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,335 A kick right to the gut for Punk! 242 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:34,924 [Wade] Highly apropos in this building, the home of the Boston Bruins. 243 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:36,625 Come on! Let's go! 244 00:14:36,659 --> 00:14:40,145 [Joe] Look at the bulging eyes of CM Punk. 245 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:42,581 [clamoring] 246 00:14:44,733 --> 00:14:49,221 [Joe] It takes every referee, all the ringside security, 247 00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:52,808 and General Manager Adam Pearce directing everyone… 248 00:14:52,841 --> 00:14:54,560 Look at the face of Punk. 249 00:14:54,593 --> 00:14:56,595 …to separate this man. 250 00:14:56,629 --> 00:15:02,551 And that is how Monday Night Raw kicks off to a red-hot start in Boston! 251 00:15:04,353 --> 00:15:06,622 [indistinct] 252 00:15:07,323 --> 00:15:11,126 [Liv] I was trying to. And then I did and I won! 253 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,445 -[laughs] -You're right. 254 00:15:13,479 --> 00:15:16,031 Why-- Why did it work for me and not for him? 255 00:15:16,065 --> 00:15:18,067 That's a great question. 256 00:15:18,817 --> 00:15:20,119 [Finn] I'm wondering… 257 00:15:21,036 --> 00:15:24,707 where the heck all you guys were on Saturday night, 258 00:15:24,740 --> 00:15:26,942 when you left me out there two-on-one. 259 00:15:26,976 --> 00:15:29,111 We're supposed to be a team, no? 260 00:15:29,144 --> 00:15:31,130 We believe in you. We didn't think you needed help. 261 00:15:31,163 --> 00:15:33,015 Plus, JD was focusing on the War Raiders, 262 00:15:33,048 --> 00:15:36,735 keeping the team titles like he was asked to do, and… 263 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:40,172 I'm not trying to tell you what to do, but maybe you should focus on the same 264 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:41,890 because we are all banned from ringside 265 00:15:41,924 --> 00:15:43,626 with your match with the War Raiders tonight. 266 00:15:43,659 --> 00:15:44,493 Yeah. 267 00:15:44,526 --> 00:15:45,928 But don't worry, 268 00:15:45,961 --> 00:15:48,797 because you have everything under control just like you always do. 269 00:15:48,831 --> 00:15:52,301 Just like Raquel has her Intercontinental Championship tonight. 270 00:15:52,334 --> 00:15:53,469 -Right, Raquel? -That's right. 271 00:15:53,502 --> 00:15:55,387 Because when you listen to Finn, you win. 272 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:56,889 Exactly. 273 00:15:56,922 --> 00:15:59,775 So, so much good luck to you guys. 274 00:15:59,808 --> 00:16:02,061 You guys are gonna kill it! I'm so excited. 275 00:16:02,578 --> 00:16:05,147 -Thank you so much. -Of course. 276 00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:08,117 But I have something special. You guys want to come? 277 00:16:08,150 --> 00:16:10,352 -Yes! Yes, yes, yes. -[giggles] 278 00:16:10,386 --> 00:16:12,438 Grab the megaphone. Bye, guys! 279 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,023 -Have fun. -See you guys later. 280 00:16:16,008 --> 00:16:17,259 [indistinct] 281 00:16:18,093 --> 00:16:20,829 ["Sacred" playing] 282 00:16:20,863 --> 00:16:24,983 [Wade] All is not harmonious in the clubhouse right now. 283 00:16:33,208 --> 00:16:34,126 [bell rings] 284 00:16:34,777 --> 00:16:37,730 [Lilian] The following contest is scheduled for one fall 285 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:43,769 and it is for the Intercontinental Championship. 286 00:16:44,753 --> 00:16:46,238 Introducing first, 287 00:16:46,271 --> 00:16:47,990 the challenger, 288 00:16:48,023 --> 00:16:49,708 from Hamburg, Germany, 289 00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:52,761 weighing in at 220 pounds, 290 00:16:52,795 --> 00:16:56,749 Ludwig Kaiser! 291 00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:59,685 [Joe] Absolutely chiseled specimen is Ludwig Kaiser. 292 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:03,005 Last time we saw him, he was cracking Sheamus' ribs. 293 00:17:03,038 --> 00:17:06,725 From Survivor Series, they said that was a goal. One of them. 294 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:11,030 The bigger target is the gold he wants to wrap around his waist. 295 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:14,633 He gets that chance right here, the Intercontinental Championship 296 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:17,236 against Bron Breakker is up next. 297 00:17:26,862 --> 00:17:27,913 [Pearce] Seth! 298 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:29,932 Seth Rollins! 299 00:17:30,432 --> 00:17:33,185 Don't walk away from me! Listen to me, for cryin' out loud! 300 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:34,686 -What? -What do you mean, "What?" 301 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:37,339 -What you said! -You listen to me for once! 302 00:17:37,372 --> 00:17:38,657 I want this fight! 303 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:42,377 I want the world to see this is the biggest fight you can put on. 304 00:17:42,411 --> 00:17:45,781 You know what to do, and I want you to make it happen, stat. 305 00:17:45,814 --> 00:17:49,768 If the two of you'd stop trying to pull each other's eyes out for ten minutes, 306 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:51,770 I might be able to get something done! 307 00:17:51,804 --> 00:17:54,273 Stop! Give it a rest and let me do my job! 308 00:17:54,306 --> 00:17:55,707 Then do your job. 309 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,076 Do your job! 310 00:18:00,963 --> 00:18:03,549 [crowd exclaiming] 311 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:06,835 You once told me 312 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,855 when it comes to Roman in The Bloodline, 313 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:11,723 I needed to just get over it. 314 00:18:12,908 --> 00:18:15,744 It's not easy when it's staring you in the face, is it? 315 00:18:15,778 --> 00:18:17,913 What Roman had to say this past Friday, 316 00:18:18,447 --> 00:18:19,965 once he vanquishes his family, 317 00:18:19,998 --> 00:18:25,070 the whole world will have no choice but to once again acknowledge him. 318 00:18:25,888 --> 00:18:28,140 It's the same person. 319 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:30,859 Everybody's fought but you and I. 320 00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:35,047 I know you know deep down in your heart, everyone enabled him. 321 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:39,351 It's taken out. That includes Jey, that includes Sami. 322 00:18:39,384 --> 00:18:42,437 That includes Jimmy and ends. 323 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:45,858 [breathing heavily] 324 00:18:45,891 --> 00:18:47,209 [chuckles] 325 00:18:47,242 --> 00:18:48,193 You know I'm right. 326 00:18:48,227 --> 00:18:50,863 Yeah, yeah, you think we've got this common cause. 327 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:52,498 That means we're friends, right? 328 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:57,236 I took Roman out of power already at WrestleMania. 329 00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:59,771 You know who was by my side when we did that? 330 00:19:00,589 --> 00:19:03,258 Jey and Sami. 331 00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:06,428 They're my friends. 332 00:19:06,461 --> 00:19:08,580 You are not my friend. 333 00:19:09,097 --> 00:19:12,084 You know why? Common interests don't make friendships. 334 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:14,219 Friendships are forged on respect. 335 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:17,089 I respect Sami, I respect Jey. 336 00:19:17,122 --> 00:19:18,123 You… 337 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:21,927 Jury's out with you. 338 00:19:23,745 --> 00:19:24,780 If you don't mind, 339 00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:28,600 I've gotta go do something you couldn't do. 340 00:19:29,651 --> 00:19:31,653 That's end CM Punk. 341 00:19:37,426 --> 00:19:38,427 Okay. 342 00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:43,632 [Wade] CM Punk, Drew McIntyre. Pick one, Seth. 343 00:19:43,665 --> 00:19:46,668 Don't spread yourself too thin. 344 00:19:54,309 --> 00:19:58,063 [Joe] Over 11,700 here at TD Garden. 345 00:19:58,096 --> 00:20:00,916 We will see the Intercontinental Championship match. 346 00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:04,987 Ludwig Kaiser looking to shed that label, simply being Gunther's right-hand man. 347 00:20:05,020 --> 00:20:08,106 The Heavyweight World Champion lit a fire under Kaiser a month ago 348 00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:11,860 with his jab at pointed encouragement, saying, "Improve yourself." 349 00:20:11,894 --> 00:20:14,263 This was the scene last week during the third-hour brawl 350 00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:16,498 as Ludwig tangled with Bron Breakker. 351 00:20:17,883 --> 00:20:19,885 Next week at the Intercontinental Championship, 352 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:24,389 I'm not worried about Gunther's watchdog. 353 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:26,291 Okay? 354 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:27,626 Watchdog? 355 00:20:28,377 --> 00:20:29,678 You calling me a watchdog? 356 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,614 -You calling me a watchdog? -Somebody help! 357 00:20:33,415 --> 00:20:35,567 -What do you want to do? -No, what do you want to do? 358 00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:37,536 -I'm good. -Break it up. 359 00:20:37,569 --> 00:20:39,454 -Okay. I'm good. -What do you want to do? 360 00:20:39,488 --> 00:20:41,340 -I'm not doing anything. I'm good. -Break it up. 361 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,458 See you next week, alright? We're good. 362 00:20:44,092 --> 00:20:45,527 Hey, hey, hey! 363 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,313 Calm down, calm down. Hey, come on! 364 00:20:48,347 --> 00:20:49,514 Calm down, calm down. 365 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:52,034 [sirens blaring] 366 00:20:52,067 --> 00:20:55,387 [Wade] Kaiser may have been in Gunther's shadow for a little while, 367 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:57,806 but he is certainly no watchdog. 368 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:02,411 This man has main event potential running through his veins. 369 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:08,183 ["Breakk and Destroy" playing] 370 00:21:16,508 --> 00:21:18,176 [Lilian] And his opponent, 371 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:19,778 from Atlanta, Georgia, 372 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:22,748 weighing in at 250 pounds, 373 00:21:22,781 --> 00:21:27,769 he is the Intercontinental Champion, 374 00:21:27,803 --> 00:21:31,923 Bron Breakker! 375 00:21:32,708 --> 00:21:37,713 [Joe] Third title defense of Bron Breakker's current reign as champion. 376 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,098 ♪ Never falling under ♪ 377 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,100 ♪ Now take it away ♪ 378 00:21:42,718 --> 00:21:46,421 ♪ Never seem to get better, get better ♪ 379 00:21:51,393 --> 00:21:53,745 [screams] 380 00:21:53,779 --> 00:21:56,448 ♪ It stops when you bend ♪ 381 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:02,070 ♪ That's what you're going to do ♪ 382 00:22:02,104 --> 00:22:03,789 [Wade] You mentioned it a little earlier. 383 00:22:03,822 --> 00:22:10,062 These two crossed paths several weeks ago at Survivor Series in triple threat match, 384 00:22:10,095 --> 00:22:12,664 ultimately won by the champ, Bron Breakker. 385 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:16,618 But now Kaiser has managed to shoehorn himself back 386 00:22:16,651 --> 00:22:19,388 into another championship opportunity. 387 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:22,040 He's been telling the world he is the real deal. 388 00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:24,026 -Now he's got to back up those words… -[bell rings] 389 00:22:24,059 --> 00:22:28,513 …against the man who may potentially be unbeatable in Bron Breakker. 390 00:22:28,547 --> 00:22:33,785 [Joe] There was a level of intensity at Survivor Series triple threat, 391 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:36,521 unlike what we have seen in the recent past. 392 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:38,557 This is Breakker's control here. 393 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:42,394 [Wade] There's a whole new mean streak from Kaiser 394 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:45,130 when he put the Celtic Warrior, Sheamus, on the shelf 395 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:48,433 with his cracked ribs from a shillelagh shot. 396 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,769 Do you know how hard it is to hurt Sheamus? 397 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:53,739 [Joe] It was incredible to see the shillelagh snap. 398 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:57,275 And that attack on the floor ringside, that was such a beat down. 399 00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:59,194 [Wade] Sheamus has a thick hide. 400 00:22:59,227 --> 00:23:01,096 -He's like a rhinoceros. -[Joe laughs] 401 00:23:01,129 --> 00:23:04,850 [Wade] I punched him, and my hands are still hurting to this day. 402 00:23:04,883 --> 00:23:09,371 The fact that he's on the shelf shows you the level Kaiser has climbed. 403 00:23:09,404 --> 00:23:10,405 [grunts] 404 00:23:12,908 --> 00:23:14,376 [yells] 405 00:23:14,409 --> 00:23:16,445 [Joe] Ludwig comes back with the slap. 406 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,334 [Wade] It's going to take more than that to put Bron Breakker down. 407 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:24,536 He just antagonized the champ. 408 00:23:24,569 --> 00:23:26,671 [Joe] Look at the reaction from the badass. 409 00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:29,474 Just tackling and ground-and-pound. 410 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,326 Let him try again to slap! 411 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,747 [Wade] Almost some elitist snobbery from Kaiser, 412 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:38,817 thinking he could just dismiss Bron Breakker. 413 00:23:38,850 --> 00:23:40,602 Here comes-- Oh, to the neck! 414 00:23:40,635 --> 00:23:46,274 A 23-mile-an-hour speed check and Kaiser backpedaling rapidly. 415 00:23:46,308 --> 00:23:49,995 [Joe] And there is the payback for Ludwig with the slap. 416 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:53,532 Intercontinental Championship. More to come after the short break. 417 00:23:57,702 --> 00:23:59,488 [Joe] Joe and Wade with you in Boston. 418 00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:02,457 Monday Night Raw, Intercontinental Championship. 419 00:24:02,491 --> 00:24:07,679 The 11th Intercontinental Championship match on Raw in 2024. 420 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:10,849 Big kick comes in from Ludwig Kaiser. 421 00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:14,736 His last one-on-one title opportunity came on August 30th, 422 00:24:14,769 --> 00:24:19,024 and that was against L.A. Knight over in Germany for the U.S. Championship. 423 00:24:20,008 --> 00:24:20,859 [crowd cheering] 424 00:24:20,892 --> 00:24:24,246 [Wade] War of attrition so far in this one. 425 00:24:24,312 --> 00:24:29,534 [crowd] …four, five, six, seven, eight, nine…! 426 00:24:30,802 --> 00:24:32,370 [Joe] The Boston crowd wants one more, 427 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,874 and they get that big hammering right hand from Bron Breakker. 428 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:38,610 [Wade] It's just all gone the way of Bron so far. 429 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:41,446 Ludwig Kaiser would be wise… 430 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,314 Two…! 431 00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:45,500 …to try to turn this into a more technical affair. 432 00:24:45,534 --> 00:24:47,169 You see, he attempted 433 00:24:47,202 --> 00:24:50,655 to walk over the shoulder of Bron Breakker earlier in the match. 434 00:24:50,689 --> 00:24:53,925 It's had very little impact thus far, however. 435 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:57,395 [Joe] You can see two times Bron Breakker reaching for that left shoulder. 436 00:24:57,429 --> 00:25:03,985 A big kick comes up as again Breakker puts his hand up to his left shoulder, 437 00:25:04,019 --> 00:25:06,755 and now, immediately, Kaiser takes advantage, 438 00:25:06,788 --> 00:25:09,991 trying to work that left arm. 439 00:25:10,025 --> 00:25:13,695 [Wade] You absolutely need some sort of game plan against Bron Breakker, 440 00:25:13,728 --> 00:25:15,931 or else he's going to eat you alive. 441 00:25:15,964 --> 00:25:19,801 The effectiveness, however, thus far-- Straight to the eyeball now. 442 00:25:19,834 --> 00:25:24,155 Referee on site, and that is one way to soften up the champ. 443 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,524 That is enough. 444 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,459 [Joe] And right back to that left arm, Wade. 445 00:25:27,492 --> 00:25:33,298 [Wade] It's clear what Kaiser is doing, working over the champ slowly but surely, 446 00:25:33,331 --> 00:25:38,119 looking to cause some soft ligament and tendon damage to that left arm. 447 00:25:38,153 --> 00:25:41,673 You take whatever chance you can get against Bron Breakker because, believe me, 448 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,141 he does not give you many. 449 00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:45,143 [crowd booing] 450 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,379 [grunts] 451 00:25:51,666 --> 00:25:53,568 [Joe] Kaiser clearly affected. 452 00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:57,756 [Wade] This is the issue. Just when you think 453 00:25:57,789 --> 00:26:01,376 you're starting to get the upper hand against someone like Bron Breakker, 454 00:26:01,409 --> 00:26:02,794 he sprints up-- 455 00:26:02,827 --> 00:26:06,548 [Joe] Oh, the apron across the announce desk! 456 00:26:07,449 --> 00:26:10,285 [Wade] Both men taken out in the process. 457 00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:12,904 Incredible athleticism from Breakker, 458 00:26:12,938 --> 00:26:17,492 who once again is grabbing that left shoulder. 459 00:26:17,525 --> 00:26:21,179 There's simply nowhere to hide from the champ. 460 00:26:21,212 --> 00:26:24,899 [Joe] So explosive in the velocity, 461 00:26:24,933 --> 00:26:28,687 as again you see the champion clearly affected 462 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,906 and doing damage to himself with that left shoulder. 463 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:35,043 He's not even raising that left arm right now. 464 00:26:37,045 --> 00:26:41,549 He has gotten the best of it against Ludwig, but clearly, 465 00:26:41,583 --> 00:26:44,152 that left arm is greatly affected. 466 00:26:44,185 --> 00:26:47,856 [Wade] Almost a kamikaze-type dive from Bron Breakker, 467 00:26:47,889 --> 00:26:50,625 who may be regretting his actions now. 468 00:26:56,014 --> 00:27:00,485 [Joe] Third defense of this reign of his Intercontinental Championship, 469 00:27:00,518 --> 00:27:05,156 as Kaiser looks to work now on that left shoulder, 470 00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:09,477 twisting it and bringing it right down to the mat, 471 00:27:09,511 --> 00:27:15,233 and now stomping on that clearly injured left shoulder time and again 472 00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:18,820 as the referee calls for a break in the action. 473 00:27:18,853 --> 00:27:21,640 [Wade] Kaiser so well-versed. 474 00:27:21,673 --> 00:27:23,625 Once he's found a weakness, 475 00:27:23,658 --> 00:27:28,346 he just has a long list of maneuvers he can pull off against an opponent. 476 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,382 Take another look at this. 477 00:27:31,333 --> 00:27:36,554 Kaiser yanking down that left shoulder, that's previously been damaged, 478 00:27:36,588 --> 00:27:40,575 and now you see the grimace, the agony on the face of Bron Breakker. 479 00:27:40,608 --> 00:27:44,529 This is about as much in jeopardy as we've seen Breakker in for some time. 480 00:27:44,562 --> 00:27:50,018 [Joe] Ludwig Kaiser has yet to win a singles championship in his WWE career, 481 00:27:50,051 --> 00:27:54,105 but right now, he has Bron Breakker damaged. 482 00:27:54,139 --> 00:27:59,227 [Wade] Trust me, I would never bet against Bron Breakker in any form of matchup. 483 00:27:59,260 --> 00:28:04,749 However, in this circumstance right now, I wouldn't bet against Kaiser either. 484 00:28:04,783 --> 00:28:06,167 -[slam] -[screams in pain] 485 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:13,525 [Wade] So technically astute and the game plan of Bron Breakker, 486 00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:17,979 that war of attrition he attempted earlier has completely gone out of the window. 487 00:28:18,012 --> 00:28:21,032 [Joe] And now wrapping it around the top rope, 488 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:24,469 just continuing to work on it 489 00:28:24,502 --> 00:28:26,938 as it comes in with a dropkick into the corner. 490 00:28:27,756 --> 00:28:30,325 Ludwig Kaiser is in control. 491 00:28:30,358 --> 00:28:32,394 Can he close in on Bron? 492 00:28:32,427 --> 00:28:34,429 [crowd booing] 493 00:28:37,665 --> 00:28:41,519 [Joe] Bron Breakker has been a constant ascendant star. 494 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:44,639 His second reign as Intercontinental Champion, 495 00:28:44,672 --> 00:28:46,074 but he's in a bit of a hole, 496 00:28:46,107 --> 00:28:49,561 trying to rally back against Ludwig Kaiser. 497 00:28:50,095 --> 00:28:53,114 And right now, he's doing it with one arm. 498 00:28:53,148 --> 00:28:57,419 [Wade] The power of Bron Breakker is starting to wane. 499 00:28:58,019 --> 00:29:00,655 But it would be a fool who writes off the champ 500 00:29:00,688 --> 00:29:02,440 after what we've seen from this man 501 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:06,611 over the past several years in the WWE umbrella. 502 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:09,781 But Kaiser may have him bang to rights here. 503 00:29:09,814 --> 00:29:13,318 [Joe] And right away, just constantly working on it. 504 00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:14,986 What an opportunity for Kaiser. 505 00:29:15,019 --> 00:29:19,240 [Wade] "Gunther's watchdog," that is what Bron Breakker called this man. 506 00:29:19,274 --> 00:29:21,226 Far from it, believe me. 507 00:29:21,726 --> 00:29:23,478 And Bron knows that now. 508 00:29:23,511 --> 00:29:26,464 Just cheap talk he may well be regretting. 509 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:32,253 [Joe] Bron, just trying to rally off the ropes. 510 00:29:32,287 --> 00:29:35,356 But again, now turns it over, hooks the leg to win it… 511 00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:37,108 Good kick-out by the badass. 512 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:39,360 [Wade] And immediately back on the arm. 513 00:29:39,394 --> 00:29:42,580 Two seconds later, immediately another attack. 514 00:29:42,614 --> 00:29:47,368 Even the speed of Bron Breakker seems to have left his body. 515 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:49,971 It's completely draining. 516 00:29:50,004 --> 00:29:52,307 [Joe] Intercontinental Championship. 517 00:29:53,391 --> 00:29:55,760 You can see the referee 518 00:29:55,793 --> 00:30:01,633 asking Bron Breakker about the left arm and left shoulder specifically. 519 00:30:01,666 --> 00:30:04,152 It has been taking damage upon damage, 520 00:30:04,185 --> 00:30:07,172 but now trying to fight his way out of the hole is Breakker. 521 00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:10,124 [Wade] Certainly, Bron Breakker is tougher than most, 522 00:30:10,158 --> 00:30:12,160 but how about that pep talk from Kais--? 523 00:30:12,193 --> 00:30:13,261 [both] Oh! 524 00:30:13,294 --> 00:30:16,681 [Joe] Big knee comes up just when he needed it the most, Wade! 525 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:20,535 [Wade] I was going to say, "How about that pep talk from Gunther several weeks ago?" 526 00:30:20,568 --> 00:30:25,623 Kaiser a massive underachiever here on Raw. 527 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,960 It seems to have fixed whatever problem Kaiser was having. 528 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:33,264 But now his brain has been completely scrambled from that knee to the jaw. 529 00:30:33,298 --> 00:30:36,100 [Joe] We saw that in the effort he put forward in the Survivor Series, 530 00:30:36,134 --> 00:30:40,705 A triple threat, and now, even with just the one good arm, 531 00:30:40,738 --> 00:30:43,007 here comes the badass! 532 00:30:44,375 --> 00:30:45,944 [crowd exclaiming] 533 00:30:47,362 --> 00:30:51,566 [Wade] He's the one-armed bandit now, but he's proving highly effective 534 00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:54,586 at 50% of striking capacity. 535 00:30:54,619 --> 00:30:57,822 [Joe] He has not moved that left arm in minutes. 536 00:30:58,957 --> 00:31:00,241 [Wade] Never a good sign. 537 00:31:00,275 --> 00:31:02,627 But, you know, there's no quit in Bron Breakker. 538 00:31:02,660 --> 00:31:05,914 That is not what's taking him to the top. 539 00:31:10,184 --> 00:31:11,686 [Joe] Is he thinking top rope? 540 00:31:11,719 --> 00:31:13,821 Frankensteiner! How about it? 541 00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:17,108 Into the cover! 542 00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:18,543 One, two…! 543 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:19,911 [Joe] And the kick out. 544 00:31:19,944 --> 00:31:23,831 I don't know how much leverage he can get with just that right hand, Wade. 545 00:31:23,865 --> 00:31:27,302 [Wade] I'm just blown away at a guy the size of Bron Breakker, 546 00:31:27,335 --> 00:31:28,636 at this point in the matchup, 547 00:31:28,670 --> 00:31:34,192 leaping to the top rope effortlessly using no hands for balance 548 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:38,062 and pulling off that top-rope Frankensteiner. 549 00:31:38,096 --> 00:31:38,980 [Joe] Pound for pound, 550 00:31:39,013 --> 00:31:43,034 arguably one of the most dynamic athletes on the entire roster. 551 00:31:43,851 --> 00:31:44,903 [grunts] 552 00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:47,038 Kaiser rolls! 553 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:50,792 Into the cover to win gold here in Boston! 554 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:56,197 [Wade] Landing high on the damaged shoulder of Bron Breakker 555 00:31:56,230 --> 00:32:01,202 and immediately back on the offense, stretching every sinew 556 00:32:01,235 --> 00:32:03,821 in that… shoulder. 557 00:32:04,422 --> 00:32:08,476 [Joe] Three times he has put him in this shoulder lock submission hold. 558 00:32:08,509 --> 00:32:11,579 Three times tonight to work on it. 559 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:16,067 And can Breakker get out of it again? 560 00:32:16,718 --> 00:32:20,638 [Wade] Now, trying to navigate his way out of that hold any way he possibly can. 561 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,590 Brute force did it. Oh no! 562 00:32:22,624 --> 00:32:26,027 [Joe] Able to get out of the way, and what takes the damage? 563 00:32:26,060 --> 00:32:27,578 The left shoulder. 564 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:33,267 [Wade] Kaiser is just one step ahead of the beat-up Breakker at this time. 565 00:32:33,301 --> 00:32:37,689 And now, sitting in the danger zone is the champ, 566 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:40,491 and, my oh my, doesn't Kaiser realize it? 567 00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,528 [Joe] That is the worst position to be in against Kaiser. 568 00:32:43,561 --> 00:32:45,546 -[Wade] We've seen this before. -[Joe] Here it goes. 569 00:32:45,580 --> 00:32:47,849 He's been putting forth the runaround, 570 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:51,135 full-speed basement dropkick into the steel stairs! 571 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:54,305 -[Wade] And crossed him! Whoa! -[Joe] Nobody is home. Nobody is home. 572 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:56,741 [Wade] Breakker smiling all the way-- Speed check? 573 00:32:56,774 --> 00:32:58,009 [Joe] Ooh! 574 00:32:58,042 --> 00:33:00,028 How about it, badass?! 575 00:33:00,528 --> 00:33:05,049 [Wade] Bron put his own shoulder on the line with that attack. 576 00:33:05,967 --> 00:33:08,519 Both men down, maybe at risk. 577 00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:12,357 And they can-- How smart was that from Bron Breakker? 578 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:17,912 [Joe] As he throws it back into the ring with just that right hand. 579 00:33:19,113 --> 00:33:22,850 [Wade] It would behoove Bron Breakker to end this as quickly as he can, 580 00:33:22,884 --> 00:33:25,386 but Kaiser has other ideas. 581 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:28,790 -[slam] -[crowd exclaims] 582 00:33:28,823 --> 00:33:30,441 [Joe] Busting up that gut. 583 00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:36,330 [Wade] Kaiser's ribs must feel at this point cracked. 584 00:33:36,364 --> 00:33:39,400 And it might be about to get a whole hell of a lot worse. 585 00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:41,569 [Joe] Is he going to rev that engine? 586 00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:45,306 Super spear! 587 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:48,659 To retain! 588 00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:49,811 Two, three! 589 00:33:49,844 --> 00:33:52,130 -[bell rings] -[Joe] What a match! 590 00:33:53,264 --> 00:34:00,238 [Lilian] Here is your winner and still the Intercontinental Champion, 591 00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:04,459 Bron Breakker! 592 00:34:05,910 --> 00:34:10,915 [Wade] More questions asked of the young champ, Bron Breakker. 593 00:34:10,948 --> 00:34:14,385 And he answered every single one of them. 594 00:34:16,421 --> 00:34:21,392 An absolute masterclass from Kaiser, but it was simply not enough. 595 00:34:21,426 --> 00:34:24,078 Great retention by the champ, Bron. 596 00:34:24,112 --> 00:34:29,383 [Joe] 56-day reign now for his second run as IC title. 597 00:34:29,417 --> 00:34:31,486 ♪ Got better ♪ 598 00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:32,837 What is that? 599 00:34:32,870 --> 00:34:36,657 -Huh? -Everybody in this building, it's-- Oh! 600 00:34:39,243 --> 00:34:41,245 [crowd cheering] 601 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,498 What? You're not gonna let us in the locker room? 602 00:34:43,531 --> 00:34:45,133 You got a problem with us too? 603 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:48,035 It's not just me. It's everyone in there too. 604 00:34:48,069 --> 00:34:50,171 Wait, wait. Hold on a minute, man. 605 00:34:50,204 --> 00:34:53,958 It's bad enough that the audience is treating us like that, but now you too? 606 00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:56,978 You mean to tell me after ten years of sharing a locker room with everybody, 607 00:34:57,011 --> 00:34:58,346 nobody has our back? 608 00:34:58,379 --> 00:35:01,349 You're supposed to be a locker room leader, man. Do something. 609 00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:05,303 No sé qué quieren que les diga. I don't know what to tell you. 610 00:35:05,887 --> 00:35:07,555 You guys crossed the line with E. 611 00:35:08,272 --> 00:35:11,592 And I think it's best for your own good 612 00:35:12,226 --> 00:35:14,228 if you find somewhere else to change. 613 00:35:14,896 --> 00:35:16,714 -[chuckles] -[crowd exclaims] 614 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:19,116 You know what? That's fine, Rey, 'cause… 615 00:35:20,001 --> 00:35:22,320 we didn't want to share a locker room with y'all anyway. 616 00:35:30,978 --> 00:35:31,896 [intense music playing] 617 00:35:31,929 --> 00:35:37,635 [Cole] It's our main event, at Saturday Night's Main Event. 618 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:40,571 Cody Rhodes versus Kevin Owens. 619 00:35:41,105 --> 00:35:43,074 It may be the WWE title. 620 00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:45,059 [bell ringing] 621 00:35:45,092 --> 00:35:47,178 [intense music continues] 622 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:52,316 [Cole] Oh, that's the Randy Orton move that he delivers to Rhodes! 623 00:35:52,350 --> 00:35:53,417 Hi, Randy! 624 00:35:54,785 --> 00:35:58,589 [Cole] Now Kevin Owens, shades of Cody's dad. 625 00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:04,762 Cody is not going to take that. Cody delivers a left of his own! 626 00:36:04,795 --> 00:36:07,431 Cody Rhodes on the offense here! 627 00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:10,101 Oh, he got him! 628 00:36:10,134 --> 00:36:14,472 Cody Rhodes with an RKO to Kevin Owens! 629 00:36:15,473 --> 00:36:17,925 Cody looking to put him away on crossroads. 630 00:36:17,959 --> 00:36:22,547 Oh, and Owens sends Rhodes inadvertently into our official! 631 00:36:23,297 --> 00:36:24,382 Stunner! 632 00:36:24,916 --> 00:36:27,018 [Ventura] Who's gonna count? Where's the ref? 633 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:29,487 [McAfee] Oh and here's the new wrangler! 634 00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:32,056 [crowd cheering] 635 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:36,727 [Cole] Owens had Rhodes defeated with the stunner, but there's no official! 636 00:36:39,063 --> 00:36:42,416 Oh no! Now another official is taken out! 637 00:36:43,834 --> 00:36:45,553 [intense music continues] 638 00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:49,590 [McAfee] KO grabbing a steel chair! 639 00:36:49,624 --> 00:36:53,077 [Ventura] The refs are down! He's thinking he can get away with it. 640 00:36:53,110 --> 00:36:54,579 [Cole] He misses! 641 00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:58,182 Cody! Cover! 642 00:37:01,018 --> 00:37:04,088 [Ventura] Is Rhodes gonna cheat and use the chair? 643 00:37:04,989 --> 00:37:07,191 [Cole] Crossroads over the chair! 644 00:37:07,225 --> 00:37:09,160 Cody gets rid of the evidence! 645 00:37:09,193 --> 00:37:10,628 Pull of the leg! 646 00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:15,800 Referee Charles Robinson is back up, and Rhodes retains the title! 647 00:37:15,833 --> 00:37:17,168 [bell ringing] 648 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:19,620 [Cole] Kevin Owens is going to be frustrated, guys. 649 00:37:19,654 --> 00:37:21,672 Meanwhile, the celebration! 650 00:37:21,706 --> 00:37:26,944 The undisputed WWE Champion is underway! 651 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:32,883 I got him! 652 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:34,986 [loud sting] 653 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:56,841 [tense music playing] 654 00:38:07,885 --> 00:38:10,087 [crowd booing] 655 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,496 [tense music continues] 656 00:38:18,529 --> 00:38:20,931 [clamoring] 657 00:38:23,784 --> 00:38:26,187 [siren blaring] 658 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:29,674 [Joe] The happenings on Long Island. 659 00:38:29,707 --> 00:38:31,359 And by the way, Wade, 660 00:38:31,392 --> 00:38:35,813 you saw everybody with a cell phone at the main event afterwards, 661 00:38:35,846 --> 00:38:41,419 and all the reaction showing what happened after the main event. 662 00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:45,006 There was Triple H, and Kevin Owens, the moment of tension. 663 00:38:45,039 --> 00:38:47,224 Forty-five million. 664 00:38:47,258 --> 00:38:50,928 Forty-five million total social media views. 665 00:38:52,747 --> 00:38:57,735 Yet another use of a banned piledriver by Kevin Owens. 666 00:38:57,768 --> 00:39:01,355 It's the same piledriver that took out Randy Orton several weeks ago. 667 00:39:01,389 --> 00:39:06,527 This time, a package piledriver takes out the WWE champ Cody Rhodes. 668 00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,529 That was a heinous attack in Long Island. 669 00:39:08,562 --> 00:39:11,649 Let's get you up to speed on what's going on with Cody Rhodes. 670 00:39:11,682 --> 00:39:13,234 He suffered cervical swelling. 671 00:39:13,267 --> 00:39:15,936 The champ was kept overnight at a local hospital. 672 00:39:15,970 --> 00:39:17,838 That was for observation. 673 00:39:17,872 --> 00:39:19,090 He has been diagnosed. 674 00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:23,244 We can tell you that he has axial compression of the cervical spine. 675 00:39:23,277 --> 00:39:28,065 X-rays, fortunately, were negative when it came for looking for fractures. 676 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:31,018 Cody, right now, he's back home, he's resting. 677 00:39:31,052 --> 00:39:35,022 And everybody from the crew, the staff, and all the fans here in Boston, 678 00:39:35,056 --> 00:39:37,525 wish Cody, wish the champ a very speedy recovery. 679 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:41,796 [tense music playing] 680 00:39:46,467 --> 00:39:49,520 Tonight, we go to war with The Judgment Day. 681 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:53,307 And for us, it's more than just the tag titles on the line. 682 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:55,993 When we first laced up our boots, 683 00:39:56,026 --> 00:40:01,048 the last thing on our minds was, what could go wrong when the bell rings? 684 00:40:01,082 --> 00:40:03,884 But now, we know all too well. 685 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:07,872 No one can describe the unbearable guilt 686 00:40:08,556 --> 00:40:10,408 when the strength hasn't returned to your arms 687 00:40:10,441 --> 00:40:12,109 and you can't pick up your son. 688 00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:18,332 No one will tell you what it's like to sit in a hospital bed 689 00:40:18,833 --> 00:40:23,921 and wonder if the nerve pain in your arms and legs will ever go away. 690 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:27,675 What happened to us should have ended our careers. 691 00:40:28,926 --> 00:40:30,895 [both] But it didn't. 692 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:35,349 [Ivar] I walked out of the hospital, twice. 693 00:40:35,966 --> 00:40:38,536 Two weeks ago, I held my newborn son. 694 00:40:39,753 --> 00:40:44,341 [Ivar] The Judgment Day tried to end our careers. 695 00:40:45,709 --> 00:40:49,613 [Erik] They cheated us out of our chance for glory once. 696 00:40:49,647 --> 00:40:53,617 -[bell rings] -But we are stronger than ever. 697 00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:57,121 Every match could be our last. 698 00:40:57,154 --> 00:41:00,090 Our moment has to be now. 699 00:41:00,858 --> 00:41:07,031 My sons have to know if all the pain and damage were worth it. 700 00:41:07,898 --> 00:41:11,702 And the only way we can prove that 701 00:41:12,369 --> 00:41:16,557 is bringing them the World Tag Team Championships. 702 00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:20,811 [music fades] 703 00:41:23,497 --> 00:41:26,317 [Joe] We now know what is coming your way 704 00:41:26,350 --> 00:41:29,870 three weeks from tonight when Raw debuts on Netflix. 705 00:41:29,904 --> 00:41:31,622 It is tribal combat. 706 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:36,410 The winner will be the Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa. 707 00:41:36,443 --> 00:41:39,547 How about that for Raw's debut on Netflix? 708 00:41:42,233 --> 00:41:46,103 Raw's debut on Netflix is highly anticipated already, 709 00:41:46,136 --> 00:41:50,524 and I am here with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce. 710 00:41:50,558 --> 00:41:52,676 Now, we've heard some rumblings 711 00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:56,413 about other matches potentially slated for January 6th. 712 00:41:56,447 --> 00:41:58,899 Are there any others you are able to confirm at this time? 713 00:41:58,933 --> 00:42:00,017 Cathy, you're in luck. 714 00:42:00,050 --> 00:42:03,053 One of the biggest nights in WWE history just got bigger. 715 00:42:03,087 --> 00:42:05,873 After negotiations with representatives of both men, 716 00:42:05,906 --> 00:42:08,275 which were exacerbated by tonight, I might add, 717 00:42:08,309 --> 00:42:11,996 January 6th in Los Angeles on Monday Night Raw's debut on Netflix, 718 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:13,430 one-on-one, 719 00:42:13,464 --> 00:42:17,501 CM Punk versus Seth "Freakin'" Rollins. 720 00:42:17,535 --> 00:42:18,819 [crowd cheering] 721 00:42:18,852 --> 00:42:21,472 Somehow, a big night got even bigger. 722 00:42:21,505 --> 00:42:22,523 Way bigger. 723 00:42:22,556 --> 00:42:24,008 Joe, Wade. 724 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:25,476 [Joe] Wade, this is just awesome now. 725 00:42:25,509 --> 00:42:29,563 What January 6th is turning into, as you just heard from Adam Pearce. 726 00:42:29,597 --> 00:42:32,650 Your first reaction to know that it is happening. 727 00:42:32,683 --> 00:42:35,703 Punk and Rollins' Raw debut on Netflix. 728 00:42:35,736 --> 00:42:36,937 [Wade] Well, it sounds obvious, 729 00:42:36,971 --> 00:42:40,357 but it's gonna be the biggest show of the year, only six days in. 730 00:42:40,391 --> 00:42:43,227 Cannot wait for January 6th, 731 00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:46,647 the big debut of Raw on Netflix. Wow. 732 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,400 ♪ Big boy famous Mr. Amazing, blazing ♪ 733 00:42:49,433 --> 00:42:51,418 ♪ Call me the greatest Say it again… ♪ 734 00:42:51,452 --> 00:42:54,471 ["Liv Gone Mad" playing] 735 00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:56,507 [crowd cheering] 736 00:42:57,274 --> 00:42:58,459 ♪ Watch me ♪ 737 00:43:04,648 --> 00:43:06,183 [Lilian] Ladies and gentlemen, 738 00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:09,186 representing The Judgment Day, 739 00:43:09,219 --> 00:43:10,638 please welcome 740 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:13,207 Raquel Rodriguez, 741 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:16,277 "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, 742 00:43:16,310 --> 00:43:19,780 and the Women's World Champion, 743 00:43:19,813 --> 00:43:23,550 Liv Morgan! 744 00:43:23,584 --> 00:43:25,552 [Joe] I was sitting with Jesse "The Body" Ventura, 745 00:43:25,586 --> 00:43:27,671 the other day on Saturday Night's Main Event, 746 00:43:27,705 --> 00:43:30,507 he couldn't have enough things to say about Liv Morgan 747 00:43:30,541 --> 00:43:33,177 after her title defense against Iyo Sky. 748 00:43:33,210 --> 00:43:36,463 The question is, what will come next for Liv? 749 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:42,252 [Wade] Well, I'm happy to see that Morgan's nose looks as perfect as ever, 750 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:46,557 because it got plastered all over her face at Saturday Night's Main Event. 751 00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:49,843 Despite that, she still won the match. 752 00:43:49,877 --> 00:43:54,698 What a 2024 it has been for the champ, Liv Morgan. 753 00:43:54,732 --> 00:43:58,435 who, for my money, is Superstar of the Year. 754 00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:03,173 And things are only going to get better and better in 2025. 755 00:44:03,207 --> 00:44:06,276 Congrats once again to Liv Morgan. 756 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,479 [Joe] You can make that argument for that honor… 757 00:44:08,512 --> 00:44:10,748 [Wade] Oh, that's how I look at it. Oh. 758 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:14,368 [Joe] You know what should be next? An optometrist to help with her eyesight. 759 00:44:14,401 --> 00:44:16,820 [Wade] That's something. You are hater of the year. 760 00:44:16,854 --> 00:44:20,307 Liv Morgan, Superstar of the Year. Joe Tess, Hater of the Year. 761 00:44:20,341 --> 00:44:24,194 [Joe] In the ring, in the résumé, the Revenge Tour, Crown Jewel conquering, 762 00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:27,181 what she did Saturday night, no doubt about it. 763 00:44:28,332 --> 00:44:30,184 But what she sees in that man? 764 00:44:30,217 --> 00:44:32,603 -[Wade] You're jealous of Dom. -[Joe] I'm not jealous. 765 00:44:32,636 --> 00:44:33,687 [crowd exclaiming] 766 00:44:33,721 --> 00:44:36,674 -[Wade] The size of this entire arena. -[Joe] That's "Dirty" Dom, by the way. 767 00:44:38,142 --> 00:44:40,144 [crowd booing] 768 00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:44,915 [Joe] What is this? 769 00:44:49,053 --> 00:44:51,488 [crowd booing louder] 770 00:44:53,674 --> 00:44:55,392 Everyone, please! 771 00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:58,228 [booing continues] 772 00:44:58,262 --> 00:45:02,866 Put your hands together, welcoming the greatest 773 00:45:03,617 --> 00:45:05,903 Women's World Champion 774 00:45:07,087 --> 00:45:08,839 of all time! 775 00:45:10,891 --> 00:45:12,543 ¡Mi güerita! 776 00:45:15,312 --> 00:45:19,883 I… I don't think you guys really heard what Daddy Dom is trying to say. 777 00:45:19,917 --> 00:45:22,236 He's trying to say that 778 00:45:22,269 --> 00:45:28,992 I am the greatest Women's World Champion on Earth! 779 00:45:29,026 --> 00:45:30,627 Aah! 780 00:45:32,546 --> 00:45:34,131 [laughs] 781 00:45:34,164 --> 00:45:35,899 [Liv yells] 782 00:45:35,933 --> 00:45:38,285 [Wade, laughing] Cry more! 783 00:45:41,021 --> 00:45:44,641 Thank you, Daddy Dom, because without a shadow of a doubt, 784 00:45:44,675 --> 00:45:50,981 2024 was the year of Monday Night Morgan. 785 00:45:51,014 --> 00:45:52,516 [crowd exclaims] 786 00:45:52,549 --> 00:45:57,588 Oh, be mad, because we are just getting started! 787 00:46:00,991 --> 00:46:07,097 There are a lot of historic changes happening in WWE next year. 788 00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:12,786 And there is no one better, hotter, more iconic, and more dominant 789 00:46:12,820 --> 00:46:17,574 to lead this company into the future than me. 790 00:46:18,225 --> 00:46:20,611 [crowd booing] 791 00:46:20,644 --> 00:46:23,113 So if you guys think I've been so great this year, 792 00:46:23,147 --> 00:46:25,582 just wait until next year, because-- 793 00:46:25,616 --> 00:46:27,785 -♪ This is my brutality ♪ -[Wade] Oh no. 794 00:46:27,818 --> 00:46:28,719 [crowd cheering] 795 00:46:28,752 --> 00:46:34,424 [Joe] If she plans on a bigger 2025, she still has to deal with Rhea Ripley. 796 00:46:34,458 --> 00:46:37,194 [Wade] It's Monday Night Morgan! 797 00:46:37,227 --> 00:46:43,801 Who the hell invited the bitter, and vengeful Rhea "Bloody" Ripley? 798 00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:45,435 Hey, Liv! 799 00:46:47,488 --> 00:46:52,576 You are going to want to stick around to hear what I have to say. 800 00:46:57,214 --> 00:46:58,949 Well, Rhea, guess what. 801 00:46:58,982 --> 00:47:02,819 Nobody in this arena cares about what you have to say. 802 00:47:02,853 --> 00:47:04,488 Liv, shut the hell up! 803 00:47:04,521 --> 00:47:07,491 [crowd cheering] 804 00:47:11,495 --> 00:47:14,765 This has gone on long enough. 805 00:47:14,798 --> 00:47:19,353 It's time that we settle this once and for all. 806 00:47:19,903 --> 00:47:23,240 [crowd cheering] 807 00:47:23,273 --> 00:47:24,708 Adam Pearce, 808 00:47:25,442 --> 00:47:27,244 he's made it official. 809 00:47:27,761 --> 00:47:29,179 [crowd cheering] 810 00:47:29,213 --> 00:47:32,950 You are looking at the number one contender 811 00:47:32,983 --> 00:47:36,653 for your Women's World Championship. 812 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:38,689 [crowd cheering] 813 00:47:39,673 --> 00:47:41,425 And Liv, 814 00:47:41,458 --> 00:47:44,144 I can see into the future, too. 815 00:47:44,945 --> 00:47:48,565 And the only thing that you can really get excited about 816 00:47:48,599 --> 00:47:51,518 is the end of your title reign. 817 00:47:51,552 --> 00:47:57,891 Because I will be the new Women's World Champion. 818 00:47:57,925 --> 00:48:00,244 [crowd cheering] 819 00:48:01,245 --> 00:48:03,180 And all that you will be left with, 820 00:48:03,897 --> 00:48:06,667 is your little chicken tender slut! 821 00:48:06,700 --> 00:48:09,353 [crowd cheering] 822 00:48:09,886 --> 00:48:11,655 [intense music playing] 823 00:48:11,688 --> 00:48:14,091 [Wade] I beg your pardon, Ripley? 824 00:48:14,124 --> 00:48:15,926 [inaudible] 825 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:20,213 There are a long line of bodies that have fallen 826 00:48:20,247 --> 00:48:24,418 at the feet of the champ, Liv Morgan, including Ripley. 827 00:48:24,451 --> 00:48:26,203 [Joe] Iyo was number one contender. 828 00:48:26,236 --> 00:48:30,007 Now she will have to defend against Rhea at some point officially. 829 00:48:31,475 --> 00:48:35,796 Seth, I know you're on your way out, but Adam Pearce just made it official. 830 00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:38,465 You're going to get exactly what you want. 831 00:48:38,498 --> 00:48:41,084 You versus CM Punk. 832 00:48:41,118 --> 00:48:43,854 -And you're gonna-- -[crashing and clattering] 833 00:48:43,887 --> 00:48:46,823 [clamoring] 834 00:48:50,727 --> 00:48:52,279 -Let go of me! -Come on! 835 00:48:52,312 --> 00:48:55,198 -[clamoring] -[man] Come on, come on! 836 00:48:57,184 --> 00:48:59,870 [clamoring] 837 00:49:00,637 --> 00:49:02,439 I'll beat you to a pulp! 838 00:49:02,472 --> 00:49:04,524 -Stop! -Anytime! Anytime! 839 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:07,911 -[man 1] Come on! -[man 2] Just get him out of here! 840 00:49:07,944 --> 00:49:10,130 Stop now! 841 00:49:10,163 --> 00:49:12,165 [intense music playing] 842 00:49:14,835 --> 00:49:16,903 [Wade] Looks like Drew McIntyre 843 00:49:16,937 --> 00:49:21,041 was trying to launch a sneak attack on Seth "Freakin'" Rollins. 844 00:49:21,074 --> 00:49:25,012 The only thing that prevented that was Sami Zayn! 845 00:49:26,997 --> 00:49:28,131 [bell rings] 846 00:49:28,165 --> 00:49:32,235 [Lilian] The following is a first-round triple-threat match 847 00:49:32,269 --> 00:49:38,642 in the Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament! 848 00:49:39,142 --> 00:49:44,314 Making her way to the ring, representing Pure Fusion Collective, 849 00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:46,416 from Las Vegas, Nevada, 850 00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:49,903 Zoey Stark! 851 00:49:49,936 --> 00:49:53,373 [Joe] The wildly athletic, incredibly skilled Zoey Stark 852 00:49:53,407 --> 00:49:58,228 trying to represent PFC well in advance in this inaugural championship tournament. 853 00:49:58,261 --> 00:49:59,680 Triple threat is next. 854 00:50:02,766 --> 00:50:03,867 [music fades] 855 00:50:07,020 --> 00:50:08,772 I can't tell you guys this enough. 856 00:50:08,805 --> 00:50:11,224 I have been proud to team with you. 857 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:12,142 Paul, 858 00:50:12,843 --> 00:50:13,927 you were terrifying. 859 00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,096 And you two are big and powerful. 860 00:50:16,129 --> 00:50:17,497 You don't need me anymore. 861 00:50:17,531 --> 00:50:20,183 -You don't need anybody-- -Oh, wow, what are we talking about? 862 00:50:20,217 --> 00:50:22,986 Just that… we're done with The Wyatts. We did what we set out to do. 863 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:26,807 We beat The Wyatt Sicks, and now, I can go my own separate way. 864 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,576 -And you can go on your separate way-- -[grunts] Shh! 865 00:50:31,912 --> 00:50:33,196 Don't say another word. 866 00:50:33,230 --> 00:50:34,231 [inhales deeply] 867 00:50:34,264 --> 00:50:38,035 What they did to him and what they did to her. 868 00:50:38,668 --> 00:50:42,622 This whole thing isn't over until I say it's over. 869 00:50:42,656 --> 00:50:43,690 -I j-- -Shh! 870 00:50:47,477 --> 00:50:49,713 We've been reacting to The Wyatts this entire time. 871 00:50:49,746 --> 00:50:52,165 Now, we are going to take the first strike. 872 00:50:52,199 --> 00:50:54,868 Remember that guy who kidnapped you and tortured you? 873 00:50:55,769 --> 00:50:57,687 -Dexter Lumis? -Dexter Lumis? Yes. 874 00:50:57,721 --> 00:51:01,541 You are going to fight him next week on Monday Night Raw. 875 00:51:01,575 --> 00:51:02,509 I'm not gonna do that. 876 00:51:02,542 --> 00:51:03,977 Ah, yes! 877 00:51:04,010 --> 00:51:05,162 You are. 878 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:10,033 Miz, the way I see it, 879 00:51:10,751 --> 00:51:13,870 is I saved you twice. 880 00:51:14,805 --> 00:51:17,741 You owe us. 881 00:51:19,392 --> 00:51:20,243 Very simple. 882 00:51:20,277 --> 00:51:22,295 You go to Adam Pearce and get the match done. 883 00:51:22,329 --> 00:51:27,951 And by the way, I just want to remind you, you've won 22 titles in your WWE career. 884 00:51:28,668 --> 00:51:31,071 You can do this. 885 00:51:35,292 --> 00:51:36,693 Just gonna go to Pierce. 886 00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:42,616 You think he can take Lumis, honestly? 887 00:51:42,649 --> 00:51:43,800 I don't know. 888 00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,986 But we are going to keep testing The Wyatts. 889 00:51:46,019 --> 00:51:48,872 And Miz is about to learn a very valuable lesson. 890 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:51,274 When you make a deal with the devil, 891 00:51:52,292 --> 00:51:54,361 you don't run out on him. 892 00:51:57,681 --> 00:52:00,684 [intense music playing] 893 00:52:00,717 --> 00:52:03,303 [Joe] So we start and we have incredible upside. 894 00:52:03,937 --> 00:52:05,372 Let's keep telling that. 895 00:52:05,906 --> 00:52:08,892 ♪ Three, two, one ♪ 896 00:52:08,925 --> 00:52:10,944 ["Life of the Party" playing] 897 00:52:12,012 --> 00:52:14,581 [Lilian] And from the Philippine Islands, 898 00:52:14,614 --> 00:52:17,884 Kayden Carter! 899 00:52:19,035 --> 00:52:21,588 [Joe] Triple threat now. Kayden Carter, two weeks ago, 900 00:52:21,621 --> 00:52:24,007 sort of had a chance to come up in triple-threat. 901 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,309 Now, it's her dear friend and tag team partner. 902 00:52:26,343 --> 00:52:28,295 Kayden Carter will test herself. 903 00:52:28,328 --> 00:52:31,014 Here's how the bracket sets up, Wade. Let's go through it with this 904 00:52:31,047 --> 00:52:34,067 Intercontinental Championship tournament bracket. 905 00:52:34,100 --> 00:52:37,621 [Wade] Three women in the ring now looking to join the semifinals 906 00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:40,273 of this Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament. 907 00:52:40,307 --> 00:52:43,577 Of course, we saw Dakota Kai get through a couple of weeks ago, 908 00:52:43,610 --> 00:52:46,496 and Lyra Valkyria joined her last week. 909 00:52:46,530 --> 00:52:50,133 Who will be the third woman through to the semifinals? 910 00:52:50,167 --> 00:52:52,502 We are about to find out now. 911 00:52:53,053 --> 00:52:56,323 [Joe] It was just recently that Raquel Rodriguez 912 00:52:56,356 --> 00:53:01,311 was going through hell in that anything-goes match with Rhea Ripley. 913 00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:04,681 [Wade] Yeah, Rhea "Bloody" Ripley, who was just out here a few moments ago 914 00:53:04,714 --> 00:53:09,052 being incredibly rude to Liv and "Dirty" Dom. 915 00:53:09,085 --> 00:53:13,290 Raquel has been stewing ever since and hot out of the blocks. 916 00:53:13,323 --> 00:53:17,961 Some of that rage getting unleashed on these two victims in the ring with her. 917 00:53:17,994 --> 00:53:20,413 [Joe] Wade, what do you mean, "being incredibly rude"? 918 00:53:20,447 --> 00:53:21,798 [Wade] You heard what Ripley said. 919 00:53:21,831 --> 00:53:24,201 [Joe] The woman never lost her championship, technically. 920 00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:25,986 She was injured. 921 00:53:26,019 --> 00:53:29,155 [Wade] That doesn't give you the right to come out and be vulgar on live TV. 922 00:53:29,189 --> 00:53:33,109 [Joe] It's not vulgar. She's simply one of the rivalries in the entire industry 923 00:53:33,143 --> 00:53:34,911 and it's coming to a collision course 924 00:53:34,945 --> 00:53:37,414 now that the number one contender has been dismissed. 925 00:53:37,447 --> 00:53:39,783 She's been elevated to number one contender, Rhea Ripley. 926 00:53:39,816 --> 00:53:44,487 [Wade] It was the kind of language that would make a sailor blush, Joe Tess. 927 00:53:44,521 --> 00:53:46,573 Not for me, not at all. 928 00:53:46,606 --> 00:53:49,826 Hopefully, she learns a valuable lesson soon. 929 00:53:49,859 --> 00:53:53,230 [Joe] Women's Intercontinental Championship first-round action. 930 00:53:53,263 --> 00:53:55,849 Carter, Rodriguez, and Stark. 931 00:53:55,882 --> 00:54:00,003 [Wade] Rodriguez, I'd say, has to be the heavy favorite in this one, 932 00:54:00,036 --> 00:54:01,504 obviously the… Powerhouse! 933 00:54:01,538 --> 00:54:03,657 …in the matchup, the only woman 934 00:54:03,690 --> 00:54:07,928 who has won singles gold under the WWE umbrella. 935 00:54:07,961 --> 00:54:12,499 It was the Women's NXT champ several years ago. 936 00:54:12,532 --> 00:54:14,384 [Joe] Look at this from Carter! 937 00:54:14,417 --> 00:54:19,306 [Wade] Carter and Zoey Stark have previously won tag championships in WWE. 938 00:54:19,339 --> 00:54:21,224 Now they have to go at it alone. 939 00:54:21,258 --> 00:54:25,495 [Joe] Big kick from Zoey Stark, right into the cover to try to advance! 940 00:54:25,528 --> 00:54:26,496 Two…! 941 00:54:26,529 --> 00:54:27,781 [Joe] And the kick out at two. 942 00:54:27,814 --> 00:54:30,166 I had a conversation with Kayden Carter earlier 943 00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:31,718 about this kind of experience, 944 00:54:31,751 --> 00:54:35,305 taking on a singles challenge for the first time on the Raw roster. 945 00:54:35,338 --> 00:54:37,540 She was very aware of the moment, Wade. 946 00:54:37,574 --> 00:54:40,410 [Wade] Yeah, so much of the arsenal of Kayden Carter 947 00:54:40,443 --> 00:54:45,382 relies on these acrobatic moves she performs in tandem with Katana Chance, 948 00:54:45,415 --> 00:54:49,886 and it might be an issue for Carter to revert to a solo mindset. 949 00:54:49,919 --> 00:54:54,090 What a nice job she is doing of hit-and-run right now. 950 00:54:54,124 --> 00:54:56,559 [Joe] Big boot from Rodriguez. 951 00:54:56,593 --> 00:55:00,046 [Wade] Dakota Kai is undersized, but she sees that as an advantage. 952 00:55:00,080 --> 00:55:01,731 It allows her to be dimin-- 953 00:55:01,765 --> 00:55:05,101 [Joe] Oh! Spinning through the ropes to the outside! 954 00:55:05,935 --> 00:55:10,223 Taking out both Raquel Rodriguez and Zoey Stark. 955 00:55:10,256 --> 00:55:13,109 Triple threat in this tournament first round. 956 00:55:18,231 --> 00:55:22,252 [Joe] Joe and Wade back here in front of a big crowd in Boston, 957 00:55:22,285 --> 00:55:24,187 as we're watching first-round action 958 00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:27,223 of the Women's Intercontinental Championship tournament. 959 00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:30,060 We have said in recent weeks the depth of this division-- 960 00:55:30,093 --> 00:55:33,780 And by the way, congratulations, Wade, to Chelsea Green 961 00:55:33,813 --> 00:55:37,634 for winning the new Women's U.S. Championship, defeating Michin 962 00:55:37,667 --> 00:55:39,819 at Saturday Night's Main Event on Long Island. 963 00:55:39,853 --> 00:55:42,839 I thought that was a signature performance by Chelsea Green. 964 00:55:42,872 --> 00:55:46,526 [Wade] It was superb. Every woman in the Raw locker room 965 00:55:46,559 --> 00:55:49,579 wants to make history for themselves on the red brand 966 00:55:49,612 --> 00:55:53,483 by becoming the inaugural Intercontinental Champion. 967 00:55:53,516 --> 00:55:59,339 What a performance this has been from a highly innovative Kayden Carter, 968 00:55:59,372 --> 00:56:02,642 who perhaps could pull off a shock victory tonight. 969 00:56:02,675 --> 00:56:04,711 I don't think anyone was expecting 970 00:56:04,744 --> 00:56:08,181 this level of dominance from Kayden Carter, 971 00:56:08,214 --> 00:56:10,216 but she is opening a lot of eyes here. 972 00:56:10,250 --> 00:56:14,537 [Joe] You can see the focus in her eyes as she comes in strong against Zoey Stark. 973 00:56:14,571 --> 00:56:18,541 All of the success as a tag team champ with Katana Chance 974 00:56:18,575 --> 00:56:20,927 and now this opportunity right here! 975 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,980 But Raquel Rodriguez pulling her out to the floor. 976 00:56:24,013 --> 00:56:27,317 [Wade] What a deep playbook Kayden Carter has proven to have. 977 00:56:27,350 --> 00:56:31,855 There is very little you can do against the power of Raquel Rodriguez. 978 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,007 For my money, the strongest woman 979 00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:36,860 in either the Raw or SmackDown locker rooms. 980 00:56:36,893 --> 00:56:39,329 -Take out that wheel-- -[Joe] Whoa! 981 00:56:39,362 --> 00:56:41,448 -The power goes away. -[yells] 982 00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:44,784 [Joe] Crossbody from Zoey Stark to the outside! 983 00:56:44,818 --> 00:56:50,190 [Wade] I'll tell you this, Joe, PFC claim they run the women's division here on Raw. 984 00:56:50,223 --> 00:56:53,626 That is a claim that, for me, rings a little hollow, 985 00:56:53,660 --> 00:56:55,829 in that they have no gold. 986 00:56:55,862 --> 00:56:58,948 Zoey Stark is on a mission to change that. 987 00:57:01,734 --> 00:57:02,752 [yelling] 988 00:57:02,786 --> 00:57:08,641 [Joe] There is an example of pure raw power from Raquel Rodriguez. 989 00:57:09,993 --> 00:57:12,378 [Joe] Carter looking for the roll-up! 990 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:16,533 [Wade] Not even the one count-- Oh, that might do it! Right to the kisser! 991 00:57:16,566 --> 00:57:19,903 [Joe] Springboard basement dropkick! Cover and kick out by Rodriguez, 992 00:57:19,936 --> 00:57:24,457 who acquitted herself so well in that anything-goes match against Rhea Ripley. 993 00:57:24,491 --> 00:57:29,562 Incredibly well until being sent through the table by way of Riptide by Rhea. 994 00:57:29,596 --> 00:57:32,332 [Wade] Kayden Carter, well-skilled in lucha libre. 995 00:57:32,365 --> 00:57:35,702 She trained and competed in Mexico earlier in her career. 996 00:57:35,735 --> 00:57:38,321 We are seeing all of that and more tonight. 997 00:57:38,922 --> 00:57:41,741 I have been blown away by Kayden Carter. 998 00:57:41,774 --> 00:57:43,209 [grunting] 999 00:57:44,444 --> 00:57:47,397 [Wade] But being impressive on its own, it's not enough! 1000 00:57:47,430 --> 00:57:48,648 -Oh! -[Joe] Look at that. 1001 00:57:48,681 --> 00:57:53,570 As Stark went into position, and then Rodriguez just blasted both of them. 1002 00:57:53,603 --> 00:57:54,437 [yells] 1003 00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:57,790 [Wade] It turned into a German suplex-like move there from Stark. 1004 00:57:57,824 --> 00:57:59,425 How the hell did she know about it? 1005 00:57:59,459 --> 00:58:00,393 [yelling] 1006 00:58:00,426 --> 00:58:03,313 [Joe] Big clothesline from Raquel Rodriguez 1007 00:58:03,346 --> 00:58:06,833 straight into the cover to advance on the first round with Zoe. 1008 00:58:06,866 --> 00:58:07,951 She survives it. 1009 00:58:07,984 --> 00:58:12,539 [Wade] Such a commanding presence is Raquel Rodriguez. 1010 00:58:12,572 --> 00:58:15,491 She really has come back in a rich vein of form 1011 00:58:15,525 --> 00:58:19,679 since returning here on the wall and aligning herself with Liv Morgan. 1012 00:58:19,712 --> 00:58:21,598 Put in more gold to that stable. 1013 00:58:21,631 --> 00:58:24,667 [in Spanish] I'm the most powerful! It's not-- [yells] 1014 00:58:24,701 --> 00:58:27,270 [Joe, in English] Looking for the roll-up again is Carter, 1015 00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:31,374 but does she have enough strength? Straight into the arms of Rodriguez! 1016 00:58:31,407 --> 00:58:33,259 -[slam] -[crowd exclaims] 1017 00:58:33,293 --> 00:58:37,480 [Wade] Absolute alpha female performance here from Raquel. 1018 00:58:38,114 --> 00:58:39,132 [slam] 1019 00:58:39,165 --> 00:58:42,852 [Joe] A big moment for Raquel Rodriguez in command. 1020 00:58:43,586 --> 00:58:45,855 [Wade] Twisting… Almost there. 1021 00:58:45,889 --> 00:58:47,507 And This is it, the Tejana Bomb! 1022 00:58:47,540 --> 00:58:50,760 [Joe] Tejana Bomb opportunity. Can she deliver? 1023 00:58:51,628 --> 00:58:55,615 Oh no! Missile dropkick, Zoey Stark! 1024 00:58:56,115 --> 00:58:58,568 [Wade] Hit the target right on the spot. 1025 00:58:58,601 --> 00:59:01,154 And now Kayden Carter is all alone in the ring! 1026 00:59:01,187 --> 00:59:03,523 [Joe] See, 360 chance! 1027 00:59:03,556 --> 00:59:06,476 This to advance out of the first round! 1028 00:59:06,509 --> 00:59:07,443 Three! 1029 00:59:07,477 --> 00:59:09,045 -[bell rings] -[Joe] Zoey Stark! 1030 00:59:11,147 --> 00:59:13,516 [Lilian] Here is your winner, 1031 00:59:13,549 --> 00:59:16,519 Zoey Stark! 1032 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:20,423 [Wade] A victory for PFC's Zoey Stark. 1033 00:59:20,456 --> 00:59:23,810 Let's take a look at the updated bracket. 1034 00:59:23,843 --> 00:59:28,748 So joining Lyra Valkyria and Dakota Kai in the semifinals 1035 00:59:28,781 --> 00:59:33,937 is Zoey Stark, who will face the Kiwi, Dakota Kai, 1036 00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:37,307 on her path through to the final of this tournament. 1037 00:59:38,241 --> 00:59:39,475 This is it! 1038 00:59:39,509 --> 00:59:43,379 -Me! PFC! -[woman yells] 1039 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:46,299 So, what did you think of our commercial? 1040 00:59:48,351 --> 00:59:50,270 Outstanding! 1041 00:59:50,303 --> 00:59:52,438 You influence the influencers. 1042 00:59:52,472 --> 00:59:56,492 I'm talking squats, lunges, the passe, and the scorpion. 1043 00:59:56,526 --> 00:59:59,062 I changed my whole workout, you know what I'm saying? 1044 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:02,348 If that son of a Butch had taken your advice, 1045 01:00:02,382 --> 01:00:04,150 maybe I wouldn't have beat them so easily. 1046 01:00:04,183 --> 01:00:05,918 -I was in… -[Butch] Oy, oy! 1047 01:00:05,952 --> 01:00:08,171 There you are. Keep that name out of your mouth. 1048 01:00:08,204 --> 01:00:11,541 I'm sick of hearing it. Everywhere I go, I hear it because of you. 1049 01:00:11,574 --> 01:00:14,310 -I didn't tell them to say that name! -Yes, you did. 1050 01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:16,346 This all came from you. This is your fault. 1051 01:00:16,379 --> 01:00:19,382 If I have to hear it one more time, I'm gonna break your jaw. 1052 01:00:19,415 --> 01:00:20,583 Butch, please! 1053 01:00:20,616 --> 01:00:22,919 -I'm trying to help you out, man. -Guys, guys… 1054 01:00:24,537 --> 01:00:25,755 Last warning. 1055 01:00:27,390 --> 01:00:28,608 [softly] Butch, please. 1056 01:00:30,343 --> 01:00:32,011 Look at this clown show. 1057 01:00:32,945 --> 01:00:36,049 Are you happy with what you've done to my Academy? Huh? 1058 01:00:36,082 --> 01:00:37,784 Huh? You ruined it! 1059 01:00:38,634 --> 01:00:40,920 I made you all into the superstars you could've never been. 1060 01:00:40,953 --> 01:00:43,589 And then I left it in your hands to help it flourish, 1061 01:00:43,623 --> 01:00:45,158 and you turned it into a joke! 1062 01:00:45,191 --> 01:00:48,494 I saw your little commercial you did last week. It's pathetic! 1063 01:00:48,528 --> 01:00:50,330 Alright? Every one of you is to blame. 1064 01:00:50,363 --> 01:00:53,533 You're pathetic, you're pathetic, and you're the worst of all. 1065 01:00:53,566 --> 01:00:57,136 When I first met you, Otis, you were an insignificant nobody. 1066 01:00:57,170 --> 01:00:58,087 Shut up! 1067 01:00:58,905 --> 01:01:01,424 [crowd cheering] 1068 01:01:02,558 --> 01:01:03,810 Looks like I was right. 1069 01:01:04,894 --> 01:01:06,863 It's time to kill my darlings. 1070 01:01:08,448 --> 01:01:09,432 And I'm starting 1071 01:01:11,050 --> 01:01:12,001 with you. 1072 01:01:24,630 --> 01:01:26,299 I'm backstage with The New Day. 1073 01:01:26,332 --> 01:01:29,168 Guys, I see you're still looking for a locker room 1074 01:01:29,202 --> 01:01:30,636 but that's… that's beside the point. 1075 01:01:30,670 --> 01:01:35,775 Last week our team tried to interview you, and, um… It didn't go well. 1076 01:01:35,808 --> 01:01:38,661 With biased journalism, that's what they tried to do. 1077 01:01:38,694 --> 01:01:40,897 -If someone would give us a chance-- -[clattering] 1078 01:01:40,930 --> 01:01:44,267 I want to listen to what you have to say, but we've got to see what's going on. 1079 01:01:44,300 --> 01:01:47,170 -[clamoring] -[yelling] 1080 01:01:47,203 --> 01:01:48,538 Perfect! 1081 01:01:48,571 --> 01:01:51,774 -[screaming] -[man] Hey, hey! 1082 01:01:51,808 --> 01:01:53,242 [screaming] 1083 01:01:53,276 --> 01:01:56,979 -[sobbing] -[man] We need help! 1084 01:01:57,013 --> 01:01:58,498 [screaming] 1085 01:01:58,531 --> 01:02:00,333 That is one way to celebrate 1086 01:02:00,366 --> 01:02:04,220 progressing in the Intercontinental Championship tournament, Zoey Stark! 1087 01:02:04,253 --> 01:02:06,773 Once again, with a targeted attack 1088 01:02:06,806 --> 01:02:09,959 designed to injure members of the women's locker room. 1089 01:02:09,992 --> 01:02:11,277 PFC are a disgrace. 1090 01:02:11,310 --> 01:02:13,679 Too many times we have witnessed this scene. 1091 01:02:13,713 --> 01:02:16,883 We will try to get you an update as to the condition of Kairi Sane 1092 01:02:16,916 --> 01:02:19,285 after what we just unfortunately saw there. 1093 01:02:19,318 --> 01:02:21,754 But right now we have the World Tag Team Championship match, 1094 01:02:21,788 --> 01:02:27,427 and, Wade, you know exactly what that means. 1095 01:02:28,244 --> 01:02:31,497 -[Wade] It's time, isn't it, Joe? -[Joe] It is. Go ahead and take it, man. 1096 01:02:31,531 --> 01:02:33,599 There's the sirens because… 1097 01:02:33,633 --> 01:02:38,821 Raw is war! 1098 01:02:39,322 --> 01:02:41,324 [hard rock music playing] 1099 01:02:42,625 --> 01:02:43,676 [slam] 1100 01:02:47,296 --> 01:02:48,681 [Wade] Oh, that felt good. 1101 01:02:48,714 --> 01:02:51,384 [Joe] Back on November 25th, The War Raiders, Erik and Ivar, 1102 01:02:51,417 --> 01:02:54,103 they came so close to claiming gold. 1103 01:02:54,137 --> 01:02:56,205 Whatever we're calling that action there. 1104 01:02:56,839 --> 01:02:59,158 Four days later, by the way, Erik had a great blessing, 1105 01:02:59,192 --> 01:03:03,779 announcing on Instagram the birth of his son, Ezekiel Joseph. 1106 01:03:03,813 --> 01:03:08,000 Now, Dad and Uncle Ivar can bring baby Ezekiel a big Christmas gift 1107 01:03:08,034 --> 01:03:09,919 if they can conquer this challenge. 1108 01:03:09,952 --> 01:03:12,255 [Wade] Congrats to Erik and his wife, Sarah. 1109 01:03:12,288 --> 01:03:17,143 I believe Michael Cole sent them some baby antlers as a gift. 1110 01:03:17,176 --> 01:03:20,096 He's a big antler guy as Michael. Or are they horns? I can never remember. 1111 01:03:20,129 --> 01:03:21,547 [Joe laughs] 1112 01:03:21,581 --> 01:03:23,583 [hard rock music continues] 1113 01:03:36,529 --> 01:03:39,048 ["The Other Side" by Alter Bridge playing] 1114 01:04:05,758 --> 01:04:06,642 [bang] 1115 01:04:10,213 --> 01:04:12,031 [inaudible] 1116 01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:17,370 [Joe] It has been a complicated past month for The Judgment Day. 1117 01:04:17,403 --> 01:04:21,240 JD McDonagh and Finn Bálor defending their championships, 1118 01:04:21,274 --> 01:04:27,029 something that I think everybody would agree hasn't happened. 1119 01:04:27,063 --> 01:04:28,981 -[Wade] I wouldn't agree with that. -[Joe] What? 1120 01:04:29,015 --> 01:04:33,953 [Wade] Long tag championship reigns are grounded in simple strategy. 1121 01:04:33,986 --> 01:04:39,709 Avoid defenses at all costs until you're forced into one by management. 1122 01:04:39,742 --> 01:04:43,613 It might not be a popular way to do business, but it's highly effective. 1123 01:04:43,646 --> 01:04:49,919 [Joe] 175 days as tag team champions, and this is their third defense. Come now. 1124 01:04:49,952 --> 01:04:52,021 [Wade] Who was their second defense against? 1125 01:04:52,054 --> 01:04:54,190 Their opponents tonight and they were victorious, 1126 01:04:54,223 --> 01:04:55,992 albeit in controversial fashion. 1127 01:04:56,025 --> 01:05:00,313 ♪ Once you reach the other side ♪ 1128 01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:10,056 ♪ The trigger warm, anticipating ♪ 1129 01:05:10,089 --> 01:05:14,243 ♪ The ritual's begun ♪ 1130 01:05:15,478 --> 01:05:19,432 ♪ You think that Heaven's gates are waiting ♪ 1131 01:05:19,465 --> 01:05:22,301 -[Wade] A highly agitated Finn Bálor. -[bell rings] 1132 01:05:23,052 --> 01:05:27,056 [Lilian] The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall. 1133 01:05:27,089 --> 01:05:33,679 And it is for the World Tag Team Championship! 1134 01:05:33,713 --> 01:05:35,398 [crowd cheering] 1135 01:05:35,431 --> 01:05:36,832 Introducing first, 1136 01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:38,551 the challengers, 1137 01:05:38,584 --> 01:05:43,189 at a combined weight of 597 pounds, 1138 01:05:43,222 --> 01:05:47,176 they are the team of Erik and Ivar, 1139 01:05:47,209 --> 01:05:51,647 The War Raiders! 1140 01:05:51,681 --> 01:05:54,233 [crowd cheering] 1141 01:05:55,451 --> 01:05:57,019 And their opponents. 1142 01:05:57,053 --> 01:05:59,205 Representing The Judgment Day, 1143 01:05:59,238 --> 01:06:02,692 at a combined weight of 385 pounds, 1144 01:06:02,725 --> 01:06:08,197 they are the World Tag Team Champions, 1145 01:06:08,230 --> 01:06:14,353 JD McDonagh and Finn Bálor! 1146 01:06:14,387 --> 01:06:16,372 [crowd cheering] 1147 01:06:16,405 --> 01:06:18,791 [Joe] World Tag Team Championship match, 1148 01:06:18,824 --> 01:06:22,395 The War Raiders against the champs, The Judgment Day. 1149 01:06:23,996 --> 01:06:26,432 [Wade] Finn Bálor looking to get back to winning ways 1150 01:06:26,465 --> 01:06:29,502 after the disappointment of defeat to Gunther 1151 01:06:29,535 --> 01:06:31,387 at Saturday Night's Main Event. 1152 01:06:31,420 --> 01:06:37,626 I'll tell you this. His anger, his fury, only got even more pointed 1153 01:06:37,660 --> 01:06:40,463 after Liv Morgan seemingly stuck the knife in 1154 01:06:40,496 --> 01:06:43,349 -at The Judgment Day clubhouse. -[bell rings] 1155 01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:48,604 [grunting] 1156 01:06:48,637 --> 01:06:51,123 [laughs] You like that? I'll show you. 1157 01:06:52,525 --> 01:06:54,927 [Joe] Third title defense for The Judgment Day. 1158 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:58,547 The rest of their brethren is barred from ringside, 1159 01:06:58,581 --> 01:07:03,085 which, of course, puts a smile on the face having that condition for Erik and Ivar, 1160 01:07:03,119 --> 01:07:06,055 considering what happened when they went after the titles 1161 01:07:06,088 --> 01:07:08,307 the last time against these two. 1162 01:07:08,340 --> 01:07:12,194 [Wade] McDonagh with about the worst possible strategy I've ever seen 1163 01:07:12,228 --> 01:07:13,546 against The War Raiders. 1164 01:07:13,579 --> 01:07:17,733 Going in, trying to go toe-to-toe with these guys simply isn't going to work. 1165 01:07:17,767 --> 01:07:20,469 They are too big, too strong, too dangerous. 1166 01:07:20,503 --> 01:07:25,825 E=mc2, which means, in layman's terms, 1167 01:07:25,858 --> 01:07:28,294 "Damn, that was bloody painful." 1168 01:07:28,327 --> 01:07:32,114 [Joe] 350 pounds of Ivar! 1169 01:07:37,770 --> 01:07:43,325 [Joe] TD Garden, huge crowd of 11,785 here in Boston 1170 01:07:43,359 --> 01:07:45,828 to see the World Tag Team Championship match 1171 01:07:45,861 --> 01:07:48,581 between The War Raiders and The Judgment Day. 1172 01:07:48,614 --> 01:07:51,400 How much this means to Big Ivar. 1173 01:07:51,434 --> 01:07:56,071 He's a New England native, Boston-trained and worked early in his career. 1174 01:07:56,105 --> 01:07:59,975 He has been glowing all day for this golden opportunity. 1175 01:08:00,009 --> 01:08:03,045 [Wade] Only one team has looked like champions thus far, 1176 01:08:03,078 --> 01:08:05,481 and it's not the guys with the gold, but it's the challengers. 1177 01:08:05,514 --> 01:08:09,585 The War Raiders have been all over Judgment Day. What the hell? 1178 01:08:09,618 --> 01:08:13,672 Can Finn Bálor, a veteran, figure it out? There we go, divide and conquer. 1179 01:08:13,706 --> 01:08:17,693 Blindsided the referee, underhanded tactics. 1180 01:08:17,726 --> 01:08:19,578 [Joe] Elbow drop into the hook of the leg. 1181 01:08:19,612 --> 01:08:21,413 And the kick-out by Ivar. 1182 01:08:21,447 --> 01:08:24,533 [Joe] That's exactly what happened to tactics by McDonagh and Finn. 1183 01:08:24,567 --> 01:08:26,585 [Wade] Yeah, sometimes in a matchup like this, 1184 01:08:26,619 --> 01:08:29,088 against opponents as dominant as The War Raiders, 1185 01:08:29,121 --> 01:08:32,308 you've got to figure out a way to get your foot in the door. 1186 01:08:32,341 --> 01:08:34,827 Get a little bit of daylight coming through there, 1187 01:08:34,860 --> 01:08:38,230 and when you get that, kick that door wide open, 1188 01:08:38,264 --> 01:08:40,916 which is about what we're going to witness here. 1189 01:08:41,433 --> 01:08:43,118 [Joe] Think about the career of Finn Bálor, 1190 01:08:43,152 --> 01:08:47,289 and everything he's dealing with, complexities to carry into this match. 1191 01:08:47,323 --> 01:08:49,108 His obsession with Damian Priest, 1192 01:08:49,141 --> 01:08:51,577 his desire to win the World Heavyweight Championship. 1193 01:08:51,610 --> 01:08:53,212 He was just defeated on Saturday. 1194 01:08:53,245 --> 01:08:56,198 [to JD] Now, why are you messing with us? You gotta defend your titles! 1195 01:08:56,232 --> 01:08:58,100 You worry about your job, I'll worry about mine! 1196 01:08:58,134 --> 01:09:01,787 [Wade] Why don't you show some respect to a champion, Joe Tess, 1197 01:09:01,821 --> 01:09:06,342 before you get one of those patented JD McDonagh headbutts flying your way? 1198 01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:11,463 [Joe] I was in the middle of mentioning Finn Bálor in his recent activity, 1199 01:09:11,497 --> 01:09:13,799 and the unique role-- We even saw it earlier tonight. 1200 01:09:13,833 --> 01:09:18,254 The tension we have been feeling and sensing within The Judgment Day, 1201 01:09:18,287 --> 01:09:20,439 specifically the relationship with Finn and Liv. 1202 01:09:20,472 --> 01:09:22,825 [Wade] Yeah, no doubt it's gonna be a bit of a power struggle. 1203 01:09:22,858 --> 01:09:26,228 There apparently is no leader in The Judgment Day currently. 1204 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:31,016 [Joe] How mind-boggling is that by Ivar and his size? Six-two, 350. 1205 01:09:31,050 --> 01:09:34,503 [Wade] A barrage of moves that a guy his size 1206 01:09:34,537 --> 01:09:38,040 has no right whatsoever in possessing, 1207 01:09:38,073 --> 01:09:42,244 completely knocking the tag champs loopy in the blink of an eye. 1208 01:09:43,162 --> 01:09:45,030 JD McDonagh in a tug-of-war 1209 01:09:45,064 --> 01:09:49,468 with the guy he simply cannot beat in that kind of matchup. 1210 01:09:50,002 --> 01:09:54,590 [Joe] And here comes Erik as Ivar was dragging JD. 1211 01:09:54,623 --> 01:09:57,176 [Wade] Completely fresh Erik. 1212 01:09:57,209 --> 01:10:00,629 He wants to win some gold for that newborn at home. 1213 01:10:00,663 --> 01:10:05,000 I heard The War Raiders earlier. This is more than just titles on the line. 1214 01:10:05,034 --> 01:10:07,036 Tonight, we go to war. 1215 01:10:08,737 --> 01:10:10,973 High landing there for JD McDonagh. 1216 01:10:11,006 --> 01:10:14,176 Finn Bálor desperately trying to stem the tide of this one. 1217 01:10:15,544 --> 01:10:16,679 No chance. 1218 01:10:17,346 --> 01:10:20,532 Massive Uranagi there from Erik. 1219 01:10:20,566 --> 01:10:23,652 [Joe] Great momentum for The War Raiders, 1220 01:10:25,254 --> 01:10:27,473 trying to claim gold. 1221 01:10:29,141 --> 01:10:30,292 [grunts] 1222 01:10:31,026 --> 01:10:33,429 [Wade] It has just been one-way traffic. 1223 01:10:33,462 --> 01:10:37,416 Aside from that brief flurry of offense from The Judgment Day, 1224 01:10:37,449 --> 01:10:40,169 it has been too easy for The War Raiders. 1225 01:10:40,202 --> 01:10:43,072 [Joe] Two-time tag team champions in WWE, 1226 01:10:43,105 --> 01:10:45,507 but all the medical adversity they faced. 1227 01:10:45,541 --> 01:10:48,844 Time away wondering if their careers would even be able to advance. 1228 01:10:48,877 --> 01:10:50,930 And Finn looked to trim him up! 1229 01:10:50,963 --> 01:10:54,083 [Wade] Once again, it's those underhanded tactics 1230 01:10:54,116 --> 01:10:56,835 that The Judgment Day have made their own. 1231 01:10:56,869 --> 01:11:01,206 And there's a lot of history between Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh. 1232 01:11:01,240 --> 01:11:04,810 McDonagh, who trained at Finn Bálor's Fight Factory in Ireland. 1233 01:11:04,843 --> 01:11:07,212 [Joe] Oh, right to the steel steps! 1234 01:11:07,246 --> 01:11:10,766 And you could see, even with that momentum and weight velocity 1235 01:11:10,799 --> 01:11:12,167 how much they moved. 1236 01:11:12,201 --> 01:11:15,504 [Wade] So impressive. The cohesion, the chemistry, and the trust 1237 01:11:15,537 --> 01:11:17,690 between Bálor and McDonagh. 1238 01:11:17,723 --> 01:11:20,492 It's got them back on top in this match! 1239 01:11:20,526 --> 01:11:25,064 [Joe] Again, just sliding the steel steps across the floor 1240 01:11:25,097 --> 01:11:28,334 with his body coming into all that force as The Judgment Day looks to defend… 1241 01:11:28,367 --> 01:11:30,786 That's the champs! That's what the champs do! 1242 01:11:30,819 --> 01:11:33,272 …the World Tag Team Championship here in Boston. 1243 01:11:37,660 --> 01:11:39,578 [Joe] For 175 days, 1244 01:11:39,611 --> 01:11:44,316 those championships have been owned by Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh. 1245 01:11:44,350 --> 01:11:47,269 They are on the line here in Boston tonight. 1246 01:11:47,303 --> 01:11:51,840 The War Raiders, who have overcome so much adversity in their careers to come back. 1247 01:11:51,874 --> 01:11:55,477 They are four and one since their return to WWE in October. 1248 01:11:55,511 --> 01:11:57,179 And they went after these belts-- 1249 01:11:57,212 --> 01:11:58,847 Here's the coverage to retain. 1250 01:11:58,881 --> 01:12:00,599 And the kick out by Erik. 1251 01:12:00,632 --> 01:12:03,786 They went after these belts back in November 25th, Wade. 1252 01:12:03,819 --> 01:12:07,856 There was a moment when you thought The War Raiders were going to claim gold, 1253 01:12:07,890 --> 01:12:11,126 but Dom Mysterio and Carlito got involved. 1254 01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:13,495 JD's foot was moved to the ropes, 1255 01:12:13,529 --> 01:12:16,398 and next thing you know, they were ejected, they were distracted, 1256 01:12:16,432 --> 01:12:18,550 and Bálor and McDonagh were able to retain. 1257 01:12:18,584 --> 01:12:21,503 Now, the rest of The Judgment Day is barred from ringside. 1258 01:12:21,537 --> 01:12:22,838 [Wade] If you come to a matchup 1259 01:12:22,871 --> 01:12:26,475 with Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh, of The Judgment Day, 1260 01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:30,562 not expecting underhand tactics, you're simply a fool, 1261 01:12:30,596 --> 01:12:33,148 and you haven't done your research. 1262 01:12:33,182 --> 01:12:37,953 Although Erik, a little wise to the diving elbow of JD McDonagh, 1263 01:12:38,454 --> 01:12:41,790 bought himself a little window of opportunity. 1264 01:12:42,491 --> 01:12:43,459 [Joe] Just enough. 1265 01:12:43,492 --> 01:12:45,761 [Wade] Needs this tag in the worst way and he gets it! 1266 01:12:45,794 --> 01:12:49,098 [Joe] Here comes the New England native here in Boston 1267 01:12:49,131 --> 01:12:50,816 looking to rally in the Hub! 1268 01:12:50,849 --> 01:12:54,236 Ivar slamming down Finn. 1269 01:12:54,269 --> 01:12:57,473 -The big man, crossbody! -[screams] 1270 01:12:57,506 --> 01:12:59,842 [Wade] Sternum crushing offense 1271 01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:03,712 and speeds unthinkable for a frame that huge. 1272 01:13:05,414 --> 01:13:06,882 Ooh! 1273 01:13:07,483 --> 01:13:09,835 [Joe] Is this the moment? 1274 01:13:11,153 --> 01:13:13,589 The spinning kick from Ivar! 1275 01:13:13,622 --> 01:13:16,175 [Wade] How are you supposed to defend yourself 1276 01:13:16,208 --> 01:13:18,677 against a guy who can do that? 1277 01:13:18,710 --> 01:13:20,996 [crowd chanting] 1278 01:13:23,982 --> 01:13:27,436 [Joe] Smashing right in against Finn Bálor! 1279 01:13:28,804 --> 01:13:30,439 And he's going for it. 1280 01:13:31,256 --> 01:13:32,975 [crowd cheering] 1281 01:13:35,544 --> 01:13:37,446 [Joe] Ivar heading up top. 1282 01:13:37,980 --> 01:13:39,448 Finn quick to get up. 1283 01:13:40,265 --> 01:13:44,019 [Wade] Smartest move Finn Bálor has ever pulled out. 1284 01:13:44,052 --> 01:13:48,857 Get the hell out of the way of a flying Ivar at any cost. 1285 01:13:50,058 --> 01:13:51,360 [Joe] Now JD. 1286 01:13:52,444 --> 01:13:55,898 [Wade] They are looking to muscle up Ivar from that position. 1287 01:13:55,931 --> 01:13:59,301 -You've got zero chance! Oh no! -[Joe] Oh, wow! 1288 01:13:59,334 --> 01:14:01,937 Hooks the leg to become the champs! 1289 01:14:01,970 --> 01:14:05,307 And JD finds a way to survive it with the kick out. 1290 01:14:05,340 --> 01:14:09,194 [Wade] Huge powerslam off the ropes there from Big Ivar! 1291 01:14:09,912 --> 01:14:14,933 But JD McDonagh showing championship durability! 1292 01:14:14,967 --> 01:14:16,185 [Joe] For the win! 1293 01:14:17,352 --> 01:14:19,822 And Finn comes flying in. 1294 01:14:19,855 --> 01:14:23,158 [Wade] Now the heavy artillery is coming out. 1295 01:14:23,192 --> 01:14:28,680 First of all, this off the second rope from Ivar that did not get the job done, 1296 01:14:28,714 --> 01:14:34,770 and then this power slam combination, again, broken up. 1297 01:14:34,803 --> 01:14:36,939 And you sense the War Raiders 1298 01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:40,075 are inching closer and closer to grabbing the gold. 1299 01:14:42,811 --> 01:14:45,047 [Joe] Looking to set up War Machine. 1300 01:14:45,080 --> 01:14:46,999 Can they deliver? 1301 01:14:47,032 --> 01:14:50,435 No! Finn drags him out onto the floor. 1302 01:14:50,469 --> 01:14:52,771 [Wade] Championship time, and once again… 1303 01:14:52,804 --> 01:14:55,190 [Joe] Here is the roll-up to retain! 1304 01:14:55,224 --> 01:14:56,208 The kick out. 1305 01:14:56,241 --> 01:15:00,963 [Wade] McDonagh almost stealing one. A headbutt that almost came your way, Joe! 1306 01:15:01,797 --> 01:15:03,665 Connected with Erik. 1307 01:15:03,699 --> 01:15:08,537 And now Finn Bálor looking to put the War Raiders to the sword. 1308 01:15:09,104 --> 01:15:12,574 [Joe] Smart offensive attack by Erik against Finn. 1309 01:15:12,608 --> 01:15:13,842 [grunting] 1310 01:15:14,660 --> 01:15:16,094 And that knee… 1311 01:15:17,145 --> 01:15:19,882 [Wade] To the back of the neck of Bálor. 1312 01:15:20,549 --> 01:15:23,252 [Joe] The Sling Blade by Bálor. 1313 01:15:23,285 --> 01:15:25,621 [Wade] Just textbook Bálor. 1314 01:15:25,654 --> 01:15:28,924 [Joe] Got them lined up! Running shotgun dropkick! 1315 01:15:28,957 --> 01:15:33,061 Signature Finn Bálor as he tags JD in. 1316 01:15:33,095 --> 01:15:37,132 [Wade] Incredible tandem offense from The Judgment Day! 1317 01:15:37,165 --> 01:15:40,435 [Joe] Moonsault! And now… 1318 01:15:40,969 --> 01:15:43,755 Finn up top… Coup de Grâce! 1319 01:15:44,373 --> 01:15:49,144 Judgment Day in complete control to hold on to gold! 1320 01:15:49,177 --> 01:15:54,316 But Ivar… Ivar, with the roar of the crowd here in Boston! 1321 01:15:54,349 --> 01:15:57,920 [Wade] No hope, no prayer left for the War Raiders, 1322 01:15:57,953 --> 01:15:59,788 until Ivar broke that one up, 1323 01:15:59,821 --> 01:16:03,592 much to the [indistinct] of this hometown audience, 1324 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:05,627 but it may be for naught. 1325 01:16:06,361 --> 01:16:08,397 [Joe] World Tag Team Championships. 1326 01:16:08,430 --> 01:16:13,201 And what in the world is JD getting involved with, taking on the steel chair? 1327 01:16:13,235 --> 01:16:18,190 [Wade] If this is a disqualification, Judgment Day retains those championships-- 1328 01:16:18,223 --> 01:16:21,593 -What on earth is Finn Bálor up to? -[Joe] What is Finn doing? 1329 01:16:21,627 --> 01:16:25,897 As the referee is distracted, pulled a chair of his own. 1330 01:16:25,931 --> 01:16:27,683 [Joe] Why is that chair not moving? 1331 01:16:27,716 --> 01:16:29,985 -[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Oh my! 1332 01:16:30,936 --> 01:16:32,754 Damian Priest! 1333 01:16:32,788 --> 01:16:35,123 [Wade] It's the Ghost of Christmas Past. 1334 01:16:35,857 --> 01:16:38,644 Former running buddy in the Judgment Day, 1335 01:16:38,677 --> 01:16:42,230 Damian Priest comes back to haunt Finn Bálor. 1336 01:16:42,264 --> 01:16:43,899 [crowd cheering] 1337 01:16:44,983 --> 01:16:48,971 [Joe] Damian Priest held onto the chair. 1338 01:16:49,004 --> 01:16:51,306 War Machine! 1339 01:16:51,340 --> 01:16:54,743 Do we have new champions? 1340 01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:56,411 -[bell rings] -[Joe] Yes! 1341 01:16:58,246 --> 01:17:00,882 [Lilian] Here are your winners, 1342 01:17:00,916 --> 01:17:06,888 and the new World Tag Team champions, 1343 01:17:06,922 --> 01:17:09,091 Erik and Ivar, 1344 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:12,995 The War Raiders! 1345 01:17:13,028 --> 01:17:15,814 [Joe] There have been a lot of great point guards 1346 01:17:15,847 --> 01:17:20,052 for the Boston Celtics in this building with massive assists, 1347 01:17:20,085 --> 01:17:24,790 but none bigger than what Damian Priest just did for The War Raiders, 1348 01:17:24,823 --> 01:17:27,309 who overdelivered, Wade. 1349 01:17:27,342 --> 01:17:29,344 [fireworks popping] 1350 01:17:32,014 --> 01:17:34,232 [crowd cheering] 1351 01:17:34,266 --> 01:17:35,350 Finn! cheering]