[epic music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[music concludes]
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] This is Cleveland,
-a historic city for WWE… -["4X4" playing]
…home to SummerSlam this past August,
and tonight, Monday Night Raw for a 30th time.
We welcome you to Raw.
And we are officially on The Road to WrestleMania.
-One more opportunity… -[crowd cheering]
…to get to the main event. That is the Elimination Chamber.
Qualifying matchup tonight for the first time ever.
This man, Sami Zayn, goes one-on-one with the man obsessed
at main eventing his first WrestleMania in his career.
-The controversial Second City Saint… -[crowd cheering]
…CM Punk on The Pat McAfee Show last week, had a lot to say.
We'll get into that later on tonight.
On the women's side of things, to qualify for the Chamber,
will it be the former World Champion,
Liv Morgan, accompanied by her boyfriend Dominik
and the rest of Judgment Day?
Tonight, Liv Morgan takes on a woman she defended her title against
-back in December, Iyo Sky… -[crowd cheering]
…The Genius of the Sky.
These two meet in a qualifying match later on tonight.
And the queen is back.
-Charlotte Flair becomes the first woman… -[crowd cheering]
…to win two Royal Rumble matches. She's here live.
Let's look back at a record-setting Royal Rumble.
[Pat] This great state, this legendary stadium.
[Cena] This is what this year is about.
This truly was a takeover of the city.
[Cena] It's about making moments.
Welcome, everybody, to the 2025 Royal Rumble!
-WWE weekend is finally here in Indy. -[news anchor] The fun's already starting.
-["Von dutch" playing] -Indy deserves this.
In Indianapolis, Indiana, you need to crowd surf for the people!
Indianapolis is all dressed up for WWE coming to town.
[Michael] You are looking live at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Fans, boy, did they show up for the Royal Rumble
and that crowd topped Taylor Swift.
[Joe] The largest attended Royal Rumble ever.
They are hyped and we are ready.
[Pat] Alexa Bliss!
-She's back baby! -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Wade] Trish Stratus.
[Michael] Jordynne Grace is part of WWE! Nikki Bella is back!
[Pat] The biggest crowd in the history of the Royal Rumble!
[Michael] Alabama Slam through the ladder!
Cody Rhodes wins.
[Wade] One of the most sickening matches we have ever witnessed.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] The Queen is back!
[Michael] Charlotte Flair is going to WrestleMania!
-[screams] -[screams] Let's go!
Hah! Hah!
I want it all. I'm coming for all the gold.
[Stephanie] Thank you for making this the biggest Rumble in history!
[Michael] Speed is in the Rumble!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Oh my God!
[Cena] For me, it's my last Rumble. There is no "maybe next year."
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] We're down to Cena and Uso!
-[bell ringing] -Jey won the Royal Rumble!
[squeals]
Jey did it!
[fans cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Jey Uso is going to WrestleMania!
[Pat] You did it, Jey Uso!
Bet y'all didn't see that coming. Me, main event, WrestleMania.
It's going to be a party tonight, uce.
[Pat] Seventy thousand, a volcanic view!
Four letters, one word. Uh-uh.
-Yeet! -[crowd] Yeet!
[music concludes]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Come on, come on. Hey, uce! Hey, uce.
Please, please, hit my music! Oh yeah! Uh-uh! Yeet!
♪ Uso ♪
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Ay, ay Main Event Jey Uso Is now in your city ♪
♪ Yah hoo! ♪
♪ It's just me, uce, okay ♪
♪ Day one ish, it's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish, it's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this… ♪
[Pat] You feeling it?
-Cole? -[Michael] Everyone's feeling it!
-[crowd chanting "Yeet"] -[Pat] This is Yeetland, Ohio!
[Michael] Thirteen thousand, four hundred thirty-two…
-[crowd cheering] -…yeeting in unison!
[overlapping chatter]
[Pat] For our Royal Rumble Champion!
[crowd cheering]
♪ Uso! ♪
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish, it's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish, it's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock ‘em down like this ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
the 2025 Men's Royal Rumble winner!
"Main Event" Jey Uso!
[grunts] Congrats, Jey!
Let's make sure this is clean here. Where's this headed?
-Yeah! -[chuckles]
Hey, hey, hey, hey. That's the main event of WrestleMania.
-[Michael] Thank you. -I'm proud of you, buddy.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, Jey Uso entered the Royal Rumble
at number 20 this past Saturday night.
Lasted nearly 37 minutes before he shocked the world
in one of the biggest upsets in Royal Rumble history,
-eliminating John Cena… -[crowd singing along to music]
…to punch his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania.
-[Pat] You're nowhere near on me, Cole. -[Michael] It doesn't matter.
I'm just celebrating. Now, I am.
[crowd chanting "Hey"]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Pat] And we stop.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Atta baby, Jey.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] How could you not be proud of this man?
Oh, we're up again, we're up again.
-♪ It's just me, uce, day one ish ♪ -[crowd singing along to music]
[Michael] And Pat, you do realize, right,
that the word "yeet" is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
It's used to express surprise, approval, or as we're seeing tonight in Cleveland,
excited enthusiasm for "Main Event" Jey Uso!
[Pat] It could also mean "climax."
Like the climax of a story!
And that's coming in the main event of WrestleMania.
[Michael] Any climax is good, but for Jey Uso…
-the Rumble climax was extraordinary. -[Pat] Certainly was.
I was right there next to him.
And it was an honor…
to ride this yeet train…
to the main event of WrestleMania.
♪ Ay, ay, Main Event Jey Uso Is now in your city ♪
[Pat falters] One more, one more.
♪ Uso! It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish It's just me, uce ♪
[Pat] Yeah.
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] I don't know how Myles Garrett would want out of this town.
Maybe he need to stop by tonight and do some yeeting
with Jey Uso to clear his mind.
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[crowd chanting "One more time"]
[Pat chuckling] Yeah! Yeah!
Should I run it back?
One more time, uce.
-Can you play my music? -[Pat] Let's hear it.
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Day one ish, it’s just me, uce… ♪
[Michael] I knew you were gonna get up there, partner!
♪ Day one, it’s Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[Pat] Yeah!
[Michael] I've heard of encores, but…
this is ridiculous.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
See what I'm saying? Thank you.
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Pat]I don't know how he could talk. I could barely breathe.
-I need a smoke. -[Michael chuckling]
[crowd chanting "You deserve it," applauding rhythmically]
[crowd continues chanting "You deserve it"]
[Pat] Yes, you do, Jey. Yes, you do.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[crowd chanting "Uso"]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd continues cheering]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
-Thank you, guys, for that. -[Pat chuckling]
[crowd cheering]
To be honest, I don't even know…
what to say.
[crowd] Yeet!
Man, besides that, all right?
-[Pat chuckling] -[crowd laughs]
Let me talk.
Let me rap.
Look.
[exhales]
I came in the game…
[Pat] Okay.
Okay.
[crowd cheering]
I came in the game, like almost 15 years ago.
No, no. I tried to make a good living
with me and my twin brother to become professional wrestlers.
As far as carrying on family legacy, I did that, which was cool.
Then I fast forward to, you know, pandemic era.
I go with my cousins.
Fast forward a little bit, uce, I'm with The Bloodline…
which was fire.
They're cool chapters in my career.
I was so, like, scared, uce, like, just not confident in myself
to try to do the singles star thing or singles competitor.
I didn't have it, bruh.
I didn't have it.
But coming out here…
-tonight… -[crowd] Yeet!
-I got it now. -[crowd] Yeet!
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "You deserve it," applauding rhythmically]
[Jey] I worked.
I worked…
really hard…
to…
to get to this spot, man.
[crowd cheering]
[voice quivering] I worked hard to get to this position.
But look, though, I got it, man,
because of… because of every single one of you,
but from my heart and my family, man, thank… thank you, thank…
-Thank you, everybody. -[crowd cheering]
I'm talking about every single week.
Every week with me, man.
[crowd cheering]
Yeet.
And because of you guys, uce, I'm the 2025 Royal Rumble winner.
-Ay, ay! Ay, ay! -[crowd cheering] Yeet.
And now, bruh, I'm going into WrestleMania for the main event.
-And it's just me, uce. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
["Prepare to Fight" playing]
[Pat] Well…
we have company.
[Michael] He's a man that Jey Uso knows very, very well.
A mountain that Jey Uso has not been able to conquer in his career thus far,
the World Heavyweight Champion from Monday Night Raw, Gunther.
And remember, Pat, what happens when you win the Royal Rumble.
You get to choose what champion you'd like to face
in the main event at WrestleMania.
You have to wonder if Gunther will be the pick of Jey Uso.
[Pat] I wonder if Gunther's coming out here to tell Jey
not to pick him because he might be scared of the Yeet Train.
I know he's beat Jey a couple times, obviously on some big stages,
but what Jey Uso's doing right now, nobody can touch.
Maybe Gunther's acknowledging that.
[inaudible]
[crowd jeering]
You know what, Jey? I would offer my congratulations here.
[crowd booing]
For what? In reality…
I'm disappointed.
Because quite honestly, this here…
this possible matchup…
it doesn't appeal to me.
Let's be honest here, Jey…
you can't even lace my boots.
[Pat] Jeez.
You know, I am the World Heavyweight Champion,
and I learned box office,
and I learned how to make all of them believe
that I'm barely holding on to this championship.
While in reality, I am always in control.
And you know what, Jey?
This time, I refuse to do this with you again.
You don't-- Do you even know what it means
to hold this championship that shortly before WrestleMania?
That means I'm in the process of building a legacy for myself.
Oh, quite honestly…
beating you at WrestleMania doesn't add anything to my legacy.
No, no, don't give me that look, you need to understand my expectations.
I mean… beating Cena, beating Roman, beating CM Punk.
That would have added something…
to my legacy.
So, Jey…
the situation here is clear.
You got everything to gain and I got everything to lose.
So, if you choose me,
you force me into a position where I have to give myself…
a little something to gain about all of this.
I want you to understand something.
If you choose me, Jey, every week is going to be hell.
With WrestleMania being the most horrible display of violence
this business has ever seen.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat exhales heavily]
I'm going to hurt you, Jey.
I'm going to put you down like a diseased dog.
[crowd clamoring]
But the good thing is, you got options.
So, I advise you…
consider them.
-[microphone thuds] -[crowd booing]
Hey, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up, hold up.
Ain't you-- You not tired yet?
I'm tired.
No, Cleveland, I'm tired.
[crowd] Yeet!
Everybody telling me what I can and can't be.
[crowd] Yeet!
I'm just a tag team guy.
[crowd] Yeet!
Not supposed to be in the main event.
[crowd] Yeet!
He not supposed to win the Royal Rumble.
[crowd] Yeet!
Gunther, look…
I'm gonna go to Friday Night SmackDown, I'mma holla at Cody.
But, Gunther, I'm telling you this, uce…
whoever I choose,
I'm walking into WrestleMania as the 2025 Royal Rumble winner.
[crowd cheering]
But I guarantee you, Gunther…
I'm walking out of WrestleMania…
as "Main Event" Jey Uso…
and it will be as champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Jey] Yeet.
[crowd] Yeet!
["Main Event Ish'' playing]
[Michael] Well, looks like we're gonna have to wait till Friday
to see if Jey Uso makes his decision.
Jey Uso becomes the fourth member of the Anoa'i family
to win the Royal Rumble.
Yokozuna…
The Rock, Jey Uso, and of course, Roman Reigns have won the Royal Rumble
from the Anoa'i family.
Now speaking of Roman Reigns,
what a disastrous Royal Rumble for The Original Tribal Chief.
["Von dutch" playing]
[Michael] It was a disturbing scene at the Rumble
after both being eliminated by CM Punk,
Seth Rollins snapped.
And he would stomp his longtime rival, Roman Reigns, not once, but twice.
We update Roman Reigns's condition later on tonight.
You know, three weeks from Saturday, it's the Elimination Chamber in Toronto.
Rogers Center, the home of the Blue Jays,
and it'll be John Cena's last night in Toronto.
What about the definitive statement Cena made at the Royal Rumble post show
this past Saturday night?
So, I'm announcing tonight…
that I will compete in the Elimination Chamber.
And I'm saying that because after 23 years of loyal service to this company,
I feel that opportunity is earned.
I am going to the Elimination Chamber to win.
And I'm going to main event my final appearance in WrestleMania
and win a 17th championship.
I will win 17 not for me…
I will win 17 to someday shake the hand of the person who wins 18.
Thank you very much.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
-["Light It Up" playing] -[Michael] Well, John Cena
and Elimination Chamber is coming to Rogers in Toronto.
♪ Run it back again Yeah, light it up ♪
♪ Represent, had to do it, hella big Had to run it back again ♪
♪ Yeah, light it up… ♪
[Michael] Well, we know John Cena is in the Elimination Chamber.
Five other men will be involved. Qualifying matches start tonight.
The importance of the Chamber is this, you must win to have an opportunity
to battle the champion that Jey Uso does not choose
on the grand stage of WrestleMania.
Well, coming up.
Here on Netflix, the exciting luchador Penta,
who has taken the world by storm and embarrassed Ludwig Kaiser
at the Royal Rumble, is in action.
Kaiser looks for payback. It's live on Netflix.
♪ Light it up ♪
♪ Represent, gotta do it, hella big Had to run it back again ♪
Bring it!
[Michael] There's Ludwig Kaiser set for action,
and this is what we were talking about, Pat.
Ludwig Kaiser nearly setting a record at the Rumble.
Kaiser would not enter the ring yet.
He would wait for a moment to try to sneak in, and look what happens.
[Pat] Penta would blow his ass out in six quick seconds.
[Michael] And Kaiser's irate
after our production team showed that footage
to the arena here in Cleveland.
[Pat] I think he's gonna be reliving that forever.
[heavy rock music playing]
♪ Cero miedo ♪
-[Penta grunts] -[crowd cheering]
-[explosion] -[Penta grunts]
-[bell ringing] -Whoo!
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing, from Ecatepec, Mexico,
weighing in at 87 kilos, Penta!
[Michael] Brilliant story of two Rumbles when it comes to Penta and Ludwig Kaiser.
We talked about Kaiser being in the Rumble for six seconds.
Penta was the Iron Man, Pat,
lasting longer than any man in the Royal Rumble match
at 42 minutes, seven seconds, before being eliminated by Finn Bálor.
Penta started at number two.
And Penta would start things off
with the greatest luchador in the world, Rey Mysterio,
who entered the Rumble at number one.
Penta actually tweeted about that moment.
Penta saying that he was so…
honored to share the ring with Rey Mysterio,
and for the first time in history
two wrestlers of Mexican heritage kicking off the Royal Rumble.
[Pat] It was a great start to a fantastic match
-and Penta has certainly… -[bell ringing]
…caught everybody's praises for good reason,
since debuting here on Monday Night Raw.
[Michael] Yeah, first time ever one-on-one between Kaiser and Penta.
Penta would knock off Chad Gable in his debut a few weeks back,
and then he would knock off Pete Dunne,
and Kaiser now looking to…
give Penta his first loss here in WWE.
[Pat] Ludwig Kaiser incredibly jealous of Penta.
Ludwig wants everything that Penta has.
The world talking about him, success and all that,
but a six-second performance in the Royal Rumble
ain't gonna help you with that.
[Michael] And Penta, who would love to pick up the pace here with Kaiser,
sends him flying with a rana towards the corner.
[Pat] Usage of momentum in physics is Penta's bag.
-[Michael] Yeah, Penta… -[Pat] Boom.
-…world-renowned luchador. -[crowd cheering]
One of the greats-- Oh, and Kaiser, though,
the kick right to the ribs, and Kaiser looks to take control.
[Pat] Penta and Roman had a couple of those last night,
or two nights ago, sorry, at the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Penta with an incredible performance in this first Rumble.
-You're trying to embarrass me! -[referee] Off the ropes.
-[Kaiser] You wanna embarrass me? Huh? -[referee] Knock it off! One!
-Two! Three! -I'll show the world.
-I'm gonna embarrass you! -[referee] Let's go, keep it back.
[Pat] I don't think he's trying to embarrass anybody,
just beat people with a little bit of style.
-[Michael] Oh no. -[Pat] Scumbag.
[Michael] Yup, that was rude.
Kaiser, who is known as "The Agitator," is doing just that--
-Now, sent over the top rope and again… -[crowd cheering]
…some more humiliation for Kaiser, shades of Saturday night.
And Penta, kick right to the midsection again.
Penta who loves to fly, springboard-- Oh, and he runs into a right hand.
That'll stop Penta in his tracks.
[Pat] Ludwig in control.
[inaudible]
[Michael] He may be closing in on a win off that Death Valley Driver on the apron.
-Penta's in deep, deep trouble. -[crowd booing]
Embarrass me! Huh?
-[coughs] -[Kaiser] Try to embarrass me now!
[Michael] There's 13,432 here tonight in Cleveland, Ohio.
For the Penta versus Ludwig Kaiser matchup.
First time ever on Monday Night Raw.
And Penta looking to pick up the pace.
He's been grounded by Kaiser so far in this matchup.
Oh, and face first!
[Pat] Tried that earlier, it worked.
[Michael] And then… [grunts] That blow right to the back of the neck.
And Kaiser now, pounding away, the proficient striker.
-Precision offense by Kaiser. -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Big-time rights from Ludwig Kaiser. He has to be sensing a massive dub here.
[Michael] Well, you know, he's known as a razor-sharp technician.
However, he can, uh, get physical with the best of--
And there's a nice stiff clothesline delivered to Penta.
Cover now, hook of the leg. Penta's got a kick at two.
[Pat] And Ludwig not scared to scrap a little bit, if need be.
[Michael] Penta's been a star all over the world.
He was a former World Champion in TNA, World Tag Team Champion there as well.
Wrestled around the planet
and has wild, adoring fans all over the place.
[crowd chanting "Let's go, Penta"]
[Michael] Really accepted with open arms by the fans here at WWE
and making a name for himself here on Netflix.
-Give me more! Give me more! Give me more! -[Michael] And the man who shows no fear.
Give me mo-- [groans]
[Michael] "Cero miedo," uh, zero fear for Penta.
[Pat] Powering up off the power of the fans as…
-[Michael] And now, mocking, uh… -[Pat] "Cero Fondano," says Ludwig Kaiser.
-[Michael] Penta's trademark signature. -Listen!
-[grunts, yells] -[Michael] And Penta, now,
-looking to rally himself. -Cero miedo!
-[crowd cheering] -Give me more.
[Michael] And begging for more, and Kaiser now, runs right into Penta.
And Penta now, with a number of chops. And Kaiser feeling the wrath.
[Pat] Penta and Cleveland just hypnotized Ludwig.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Penta now, into the cover, hook of the leg on Kaiser!
Almost had him!
[Pat] A little bit of a springboard backbreaker there
from Penta on Ludwig. Don't know if he hit it 100% clean,
but he certainly reversed fortune here against Ludwig, he needed it.
Now, he's attacking, big boot to the head.
[Michael] Oh, and Kaiser dropped quickly.
And Penta, handstand and then that kick right to the gut!
Cover by Penta, looks for another win on Raw.
-And a kick-out by Kaiser. -No!
[Pat] This was a thing of beauty and devastation.
Perfect move from Penta.
He stares down Ludwig, says, "Welcome to the show."
Big right from Mexico, returns one from Germany.
[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Chop from south, chop from Europe. -[crowd booing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Penta does not back down. -[crowd booing]
-[Michael] Neither does Kaiser. -[crowd cheering, booing]
[Michael] That knee'll slow Penta, elbow right to the back of the neck.
[Pat] Both these men are chopping the life out of each other.
Who'll be able to get a second wind here?
[Michael] Uh-oh, Kaiser sent over the top, into the floor by Penta.
Look out, in the drop zone.
-Topé con hilo! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Penta! -[referee] One!
[Michael] Wowing the WWE fans in Cleveland.
-[Pat] Perfecto over the top… -Three!
-…from Penta. -[groans]
Four!
-[Pat] Crowd rallying behind Penta here. -[Michael] Penta gonna go up top.
[Pat] Ludwig looks dazed.
[Michael] Penta with a crossbody, lateral press, hooks the leg on Kaiser,
kick-out at two by Ludwig.
[Pat] Perfect flow into a pin there from Penta.
Gets great height on that as he soars in front of the WrestleMania sign.
-[crowd counting] -[referee] One! Two!
[Pat] And we're back to chopping each other.
[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Signs of life from Ludwig. -[crowd booing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael chuckles]
-[Pat] Just a brutal fight. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Cleveland's here for it.
[Michael] And another kick right to the face of Kaiser.
Uh-oh, Kaiser caught and rolling senton. Is it enough to put him away?
[referee] One! Two!
[Michael] Kick-out at two by Penta.
Kaiser can't believe it, he thought he had the win.
[Pat] Now, that looked like a gnarly…
-Ludwig thinks this is his time. -[Michael] It may well be.
[Pat] What's he thinking here?
[Michael] Standing switch now by Penta.
-Kaiser to the rope, forcing the break. -[referee] One! Two!
Come on, what are you doing?
[Pat] Great work from Ludwig.
-Oh, wait a second. -[Michael] Oh, yup.
Penta, we've seen him use this move the last couple of weeks.
-[Pat] Oh yeah! -[Michael] He calls this The Sacrifice.
[crowd cheering]
-Cero… -[crowd] Miedo!
-[Pat] Oh! -[Michael] Oh, goodness!
That might have hyperextended the elbow, separated the shoulder.
And Penta now, with Kaiser in position for the Penta Driver!
-And Penta with another win on Raw! -[crowd counting]
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering]
[heavy rock music playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Penta!
[Pat] Snapped his arm, then planted his body.
That's Penta Wrestling and he's undefeated.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] And what a…
what a way to debut in your first month at WWE.
You knock off Gable, you knock off Pete Dunne,
you knock off Kaiser, you last nearly 45 minutes in the Rumble.
Up in the ring now is our colleague Jackie Redmond.
Penta, congratulations on yet another victory.
You remain undefeated here on Monday Night Raw,
you know, you told us the night of your debut,
"This is the Penta era." So, what can the WWE Universe expect next?
-Thank you so much. -["Stand Tall" playing]
[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] That interview just got butchered. -[Michael] Uh…
[Michael] Well, here comes--
You're not supposed to use that word around Pete Dunne.
Pete Dunne now out to the entranceway, Kaiser from behind,
-an ambush from behind. -[music concludes]
[Michael] Dunne, another one of these sore losers who lost to Penta
and came out here to confront him yet again tonight,
-and Kaiser takes advantage. -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Pete Dunne distracts Penta and Ludwig comes in and…
[Michael] And Penta laid out.
[Pat] Couldn't do it in the match, but he does it after the match.
Classic Ludwig Kaiser.
Don't-ball stuff.
[Michael] Well, Penta's hurtin'.
You know, Pat, Penta hasn't made many friends.
He's made a couple formidable enemies since arriving on the scene
with so much success here in WWE.
[Pat] Yeah, everybody's gonna want a piece of greatness,
and Penta is certainly that. I hate the way they're doing it, though.
Pete Dunne coming out, then Ludwig doing that. It's disgusting.
I thought Jackie asked a great question there.
She walked by and said that.
Well, nonetheless, want to switch gears now
and take you back to last week on Monday Night Raw
on a very scary moment here at the announce table.
It was Dominik and JD McDonagh against The War Raiders
for the tag team titles. Right in front of us, Pat.
I don't know how JD McDonagh survived this.
[Pat] Honestly, it was one of the most gruesome things I've ever witnessed,
especially just being mere inches away.
[Michael] JD McDonagh has suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung.
And this is why we say do not try this at home.
[Pat] And Godspeed, JD.
…after I beat Iyo tonight, I'll be qualified for the Chamber Match.
[crowd cheering]
Let me get this straight.
I'm gone for two weeks, recovering from a brutal street fight.
And while I'm gone,
everything around here seems to fall to pieces.
Dom…
not only did you steal my tag team title rematch,
you stole my tag team partner.
And in the process, you got him hurt, and now he's out injured.
So, in future, if you want to call the shots when I'm not around,
maybe we need to find you a babysitter.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey. -Is that so?
Hey, Finn, that's just not true, though.
Dominik had to take your place in that match.
Otherwise, Adam Pearce was gonna give the opportunity to another tag team.
And The War Raiders hurt JD, not Dominik.
I know that things are looking pretty bad right now,
but after tonight I'll be qualified for the chamber match,
and on top of that, Raquel and I are getting a tag team opportunity soon,
all thanks to Daddy Dom.
Oh, so Dom does all of this for you, and absolutely nothing for me.
No! He's the one that got you your chamber qualifying match.
-That was you? -Yeah, that was me, because we're family.
And on top of that, we're going to listen to you from now on, so relax.
But I've got to go get ready for my match with Iyo, so I'm gonna leave.
Bye, Daddy Dom. [giggles]
-Bye, family. -Told you.
What's up? What did you get me?
Got you that apple…
-["All Hail The Queen" playing] -[Michael] Speaking of WrestleMania…
[Pat] Our queen!
♪ Bow down ♪
♪ All hail the queen ♪
[crowd cheering]
[fireworks bursting]
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the 2025 Women's Royal Rumble winner,
Charlotte Flair!
[Michael] Charlotte Flair, the first woman in history
to win two Royal Rumble matches is here, live.
[Michael] The first two-time Royal Rumble winner
in the history of the Women's Royal Rumble.
She's always finished in the top three in any Rumble that she's been in,
and now she's heading to WrestleMania.
Which champ will she choose?
["All Hail The Queen" playing]
[music fades]
[crowd cheering, booing]
Hi, Cleveland.
[crowd booing]
So, here's the thing.
A year and a half ago, you guys booing me would have bothered me,
but here's the thing, I missed you guys.
-[crowd jeering] -[Michael chuckling]
No, really, it has been a year and two months.
I missed the guys booing me,
and I missed all of you guys that loved me.
Last year sucked.
Actually, up until last year, I really thought I was unbreakable,
but no, last year broke me mentally and physically.
And it…
[crowd cheering]
Actually, there was a point last year that I didn't know
if my knee was gonna get better.
I didn't know if I was gonna make it to Survivor Series.
I didn't know if I was gonna make it to Royal Rumble.
I didn't even know if I was gonna make it to WrestleMania.
You guys don't get it. This is what I think about…
[crowd booing]
-[Pat] They're booing our queen. -I'm going to embrace all these boos
because guess what? I still love all of you.
[crowd cheering]
And do you know why I love all of you?
Because whether you're wooing or booing, love to hate me, hate to love me,
it doesn't change the fact that I am the greatest…
[crowd cheering]
…WWE Superstar in the history of this industry.
So, boo me now!
-[crowd booing] -[Pat] They are listening.
[Charlotte] Wait, is that not what you guys wanted, Cleveland?
Did you not want me to tell you how hard last year was?
Because it broke me.
But I fought every single day to get back here because this ring,
this is what I love, this is my passion,
this is what I want to be the very best at.
[crowd cheering]
So, when I was able to walk that aisle again
and punch my ticket to WrestleMania…
I knew I was coming back for it--
-♪ This is my brutality ♪ -[crowd cheering]
-["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Pat] Well, Queen…
Mami has arrived!
♪ The demons in your dreams I eat, sleep, bleed ♪
[Michael] There is a long history…
between Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair.
They met twice at WrestleMania.
The last time Charlotte Flair won the Royal Rumble
was back in 2020 before she did it last night.
And on that year,
she decided to face Rhea Ripley for the NXT Championship.
She would beat her on that night.
Rhea Ripley would get some revenge back at WrestleMania 39
when she'd win the SmackDown title.
So, it's going to be interesting, Pat,
whether or not Charlotte decides to pick Rhea Ripley yet again.
[Pat] And obviously these two are familiar with each other in the ring,
but Rhea Ripley…
has catapulted to yet another level, yet again.
This is a different Mami at this stage.
And Cleveland appreciates the hell out of it.
[inaudible]
[Michael] "Hello, old friend."
-[crowd cheering] -[music fades]
[crowd chanting "Mami"]
Well, I was trying to have a moment with Cleveland.
[crowd booing]
But hello, Mami.
[crowd cheering]
Your moment? Yeah.
But this is my show.
[crowd cheering]
And now we seem to have the possibility to go to war once again.
And, Charlotte…
you know that when you go to war with someone,
that's when you earn their respect the most, and I do respect you.
So, please, please pick me.
'Cause last time we faced off at WrestleMania, I beat you.
-[laughs] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And that match stole the show.
I know, I mean, I know that's a good point and I make no excuses,
but I think you're forgetting the first time we fought at WrestleMania,
-I beat you. -[crowd jeering]
[Charlotte] Oh, you guys didn't like that, did you?
It's okay, guys, she's right. You're right.
I'll give you that.
But I'm not sure if you understand,
back then, I was just a kid.
[inaudible]
I'm aware, but you see,
I just came out here to get things started,
and you jumped the gun.
You wanted an answer, you wanted to see me,
but I've got nothing but time.
No, no, no, you see, I'm gonna go to NXT tomorrow,
and I'm gonna see if Giulia inspires me.
And then I'm gonna go to SmackDown on Friday
and see if Tiffany inspires me.
No, because I need, I want to feel inspired.
But you know what you did? You came out here,
you jumped the gun, you were impatient. So you know what you showed me?
Rhea, you're still just a kid.
[crowd cheering]
So on that note, I'm gonna see you next week.
[crowd cheering]
You saying that I'm just a kid proves that you do not respect me
the way that I respect you.
So pick me, please pick me
so I can beat the respect into you.
-[crowd cheering] -["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Michael] What do you do if you're Charlotte?
[Pat] I think I stay away from Mami.
[Michael] Charlotte goes to NXT tomorrow.
We'll see what decision the Royal Rumble winner makes.
Qualifying matches
for the Elimination Chamber event start tonight.
Jackie is backstage with one of the combatants.
Cole, thank you so much. I'm here with Sami Zayn.
Sami, tough Rumble for you getting eliminated by your friend Jey Uso.
And now tonight, you have a chance
to qualify for Elimination Chamber when you take on CM Punk
for the first time ever.
Hard to believe you two have never gone one-on-one.
What's your mindset?
Yeah, no, very difficult. Very difficult losing the Royal Rumble.
I really thought that might have been my year.
I had more momentum than I might have ever had,
but I don't have time to think about it.
I have a chance to punch a ticket to WrestleMania,
to a world championship match, to get into Elimination Chamber,
but first I have to go through CM Punk.
That is the only thing on my mind right now.
Well, listen, the other big question on everyone else's minds is Kevin Owens.
Have you had a chance to talk to him following the match that left him--
Jackie, we've got to finish this later, right?
-I've got to go talk to someone. -Okay, no worries. Thank you, Sami.
[crowd cheering]
Look, man, I wasn't aiming for you, uce.
All right, sorry for kicking you in the face.
Stop, uce, stop, are you kidding me?
I'm so happy for you. You did it, man. You did it, my dog, you did it.
Nobody thought you could do it, and you did it.
Hey, this moment is yours.
I know you got a lot on your mind.
Whoever you choose, whether it's Gunther, whether it's Cody, it doesn't matter.
You did this, you got here.
-Now go all the way. -Thanks, uce.
Hey, good luck tonight with CM Punk as well, my dog.
-Love you. I got you, I got you. -Love you too. Yeet.
Now, that was very touching.
Every week you're here for him, watching him live out his dreams.
Hey, real quick question, what's it like watching
everybody else live out your dreams?
You're just back here giving out free hugs, what's that like?
Maybe I haven't been clear enough here, Kross.
I'm getting real sick of seeing you all the time.
If you keep coming up to me like this, we're gonna have a problem, okay?
Problem? Listen, I'm not back here to be a problem for you, but…
I could be, any given second.
♪ It's your boys, The New Day… ♪
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] Well, you can blame Karrion Kross for these two gentlemen
going to the dark side, I guess. He started the whole thing.
[Pat] New intro song, kind of, kind of a bop.
Even though these bums are The Boo Day now, The Poo Day now.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall,
Introducing the team of Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston,
The New Day!
[Michael] These two have some attitudes.
We'll talk all about that here in a little bit.
New Day setting to take on Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee of the LWO next.
[crowd cheering]
Maybe I will see you at WrestleMania.
Maybe.
-[Morgan grunts] -[screams, groans]
-Get off her. -[Morgan chuckles]
[Michael] That was Liv Morgan assaulting Iyo Sky.
-[Ripley] You okay? -[Rodriguez grunting]
[Michael] Now, Raquel Rodriguez involved.
-[laughs] -[crowd jeering]
-Aw, see you later. [chuckles] -[Rodriguez chuckles]
[Pat] Vintage Judgment Day.
[Michael] All those two do is cause problems.
Iyo's got Liv in a Chamber qualifying match later on tonight.
-[Pat] Cheap shot, I oughta… -[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] No more snickering as it comes to The New Day.
They don't have any joy left in them.
They're mad at the world.
Telling us a bit ago that they're upset that they weren't involved
in the Royal Rumble match this past weekend.
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Here's the man that started the Royal Rumble.
♪ Booyaka Booyaka 619 ♪
♪ Hey, Booyaka Booyaka, that's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka Booyaka 619, Hey, Booyaka Booyaka, Rey Mysterio… ♪
[Alicia] And their opponents, representing the LWO,
the team of Dragon Lee and WWE Hall of Famer,
Rey Mysterio!
[Michael] We mentioned qualifying matches start tonight for the Elimination Chamber.
They'll continue for the next couple of weeks,
including next week in Nashville.
This is the renewal of quite the rivalry.
Remember back in November 2023, Logan Paul knocked off Rey Mysterio
to win his first championship here in WWE, the United States title.
Well, Rey gets a chance to some retribution next week.
Logan and Rey in a qualifying match for the Elimination Chamber.
That's next week.
I did Logan Paul's podcast throughout upcoming weeks.
That was fun actually, Impaulsive.
[Pat] I'm sure it was great. I cannot wait to listen.
[Michael] Dragon Lee, Rey Mysterio of the LWO.
You mentioned Rey, he lasted nearly 25 minutes in the Rumble on Saturday
after entering at number one.
He was eliminated by the "Samoan Werewolf" Jacob Fatu.
And Xavier Woods is going to start things off
with the current speed champion, Dragon Lee.
Dragon Lee, really a protege of Rey Mysterio.
Rey once called Dragon Lee the future of lucha libre.
And Dragon still travels around the world with a mask that was gifted to him
by Rey Mysterio in his duffel bag.
[Pat] Absolutely paid a lot of respect to Rey, the LWO.
Kofi Kingston's legal, and Xavier Woods now.
Let's make no mistake about it, despite the change in attitude,
Pat, The New Day, still one of the greatest tag teams
in the history of this game.
[Xavier] He's choking me. It's illegal.
[Michael] Fourteen tag titles, plus an NXT tag title in their career.
Kofi Kingston, nobody home, the quickness now of Dragon Lee.
-[Pat] Great to see Dragon Lee back. -[Michael] It's so impressive.
Missed number of weeks after the birth of his son,
although New Day decided to make fun of it. Cross body.
-[Pat] Daughter. -Daughter, excuse me.
[Pat] No problem.
[Michael] And now, Dragon Lee sends Kofi Kingston toward the ropes
with a hurricanrana.
And New Day's actually making fun over the fact that the man
wanted to take some time off for the birth of his daughter.
[Pat] Yeah, and that's classic New Day right now.
Just hate everything that's good.
[Michael] Cover by Dragon Lee, hook of the leg and a kick-out by Kofi.
[Pat] It wasn't too long ago we were eating Booty O's,
-and celebrating the positivity… -[Michael] Tag.
…and everything like that. Now, they're just the worst of the worst.
[Michael] Here's the double team by Rey,
who has knocked off both Kofi and Xavier in recent weeks.
There's that Basement Dropkick by Mysterio.
Cover now by the Hall of Famer, hook of the leg, and a kick-out.
You know, and it's seriously sad, because we were on the Countdown show
with Wade Barrett and Big E this past Saturday
at the Royal Rumble event, and Big E is so much fun,
that he's in such a great place in his life right now,
and he's doing so many great things,
and he's just turned on by his one-time best friends.
[Pat] Yeah, these two turned on him because he had a broken neck
and then they laughed in his face about it.
And that was the beginning of this.
This is what we're seeing now out of these two.
[Michael] I think there's some jealousy involved as well because, you know,
Big E just got a big role in Spider-Man, a Marvel voice actor,
doing a lot of other great things within the community as well.
And I think The New Day is just jealous of the success that Big E has had.
[Pat] Or maybe The New Day is just finally showcasing
-who they've always been! -[Michael] Oh my wow!
Rey Mysterio just continues to invent things on the fly.
-[Pat] Wow. -[crowd] One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, Dragon Lee with a kick cover.
That may be it. Woods kicks it too.
That was just… I was shocked at the way they disrespected you.
And a lot of the members
of the Indianapolis community this week, New Day.
[Pat] Yeah, New Day has zero respect for anybody at this stage.
And you know, they think it's going to be the thing
that ultimately gets them back to the top.
[Michael] Well, you know, you can do, and say whatever you want,
but the bottom line is you have to win, right?
[Pat] They have all the ability in the world.
Obviously, Hall of Famers as a tag team, The New Day.
[Michael] Uh-oh. Dragon Lee able to slip underneath,
and Kofi caught up on the top rope.
Dragon Lee is so fun to watch.
[Pat] So fast, so innovative.
-[Michael] Oh! Right to the chest of Kofi. -Fire!
-["Take Flight" playing] -[Pat] What?
[Michael] Well, he is from Cleveland.
And we mentioned he has an Elimination Chamber
qualifying match next week against Rey Mysterio.
Logan Paul's here.
The match continues in the ring. Kofi Kingston trying to take advantage.
Xavier Woods takes advantage of the distraction,
sending Rey into the barricade.
Logan Paul's here, this tag match continues.
Hah!
[Michael] He seems to like what happened to Rey.
Hah!
[Michael] We are back on Monday Night Raw.
We are in Cleveland, Ohio.
The New Day has taken control of Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio
because of the presence of Cleveland's own Logan Paul,
who has appeared here at ringside.
Now, the reason this is important is because Paul will take on Rey Mysterio
next week in Nashville
on an Elimination Chamber qualifying matchup.
And since his arrival, Pat,
it has changed the entire complexion of this match.
[Pat] Yeah, the match, the arena, you name it.
[Michael] You know, we talked about it during the break
why I don't get it, so many of our WWE Superstars
are from Cleveland, and they're all jerks.
Logan Paul, Miz, Johnny Gargano, Vic Joseph who else.
And a bang! What a-- Oh my goodness, Kofi Kingston.
That was too far, that was too far. Hey! Hey! That was too far.
[Michael] And now, Xavier Woods just having fun.
-[Logan] I don't care how old you are. -[Michael] What are you doing?
[Logan] I will grab you and throw you…
[Michael] Worry about the match.
[Pat] Logan's threatening to fight somebody in the crowd.
The New Day's taken full control of this match.
One, two…
[Pat] Xavier Woods is telling Michael Cole to sit down, and do his job,
and talk about Kofi Kingston pounding Dragon Lee.
[Michael] I don't get it. These guys used to be the most wonderful people
on the planet to be around. Positivity all the time,
smiling, just having so much fun in the ring.
One of the greatest tag teams of all time.
Oof. Tag. Here comes Woods.
[Pat] Logan enjoying what he's seeing.
[Michael] And now Xavier Woods, right to the back of Dragon Lee.
Rey Mysterio realizing his partner's in deep trouble.
He couldn't even look at that.
[screams]
-[Michael] Embarrassing. -[Pat] Nobody's enjoying anything
about what's happening right now here in Cleveland.
Dragon Lee.
[Michael] You know, maybe Woods should win a singles championship in his career
before he struts around the ring like that.
[Pat] He was the King of the Ring.
[Michael] Yeah, that's not a singles championship.
Dragon Lee now. Look at Lee. Woods in trouble. Sit-Out Powerbomb.
Lee's got an opportunity here.
[Pat] Has had success, but…
certainly acting as if he's done a lot more,
and Dragon Lee needs a tag bad.
[Michael] Woods needs a tag as well.
Woods makes a tag to Kofi. Here comes Mysterio.
Rey Mysterio exploded into the ring. The Hall of Famer.
The former two-time World Champ.
-Winner of the 2006 Rumble. -[crowd cheer]
[wrestlers grunt]
[Michael] Remember, The New Day blamed Rey for really being excommunicated
from the locker room here.
They said Rey should have been more of a leader and backed them
in their change of attitude. Rey didn't agree.
And Kofi slipped a bit on the top rope, may have cost him.
-Mysterio sends Kofi into position. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Pat] What's the phone number for San Diego?
[Michael] Uh. It's 619, but Xavier Woods, he just delivered the 911 for Kofi.
-And now, Mysterio! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Uh-oh, wait a minute.
Oh, and Logan Paul just got dropped on his ass by Mysterio!
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] And now, Rey and Kofi fighting! -[Pat chuckles]
[Michael] And Kofi driven into the post!
[Pat] Hogan says he wasn't ready, whatever the case!
[Michael] Woods went for a kick,
and he ended up ankle-first into the steel post!
[Pat] Holy hell!
-[Michael] Dragon Lee, incredible! -[screams in pain]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now, Mysterio sends Kofi back into the ring.
Logan Paul, the official,
Rod Zapata, never saw Paul get involved.
Now, he sends Mysterio into the ring.
Rey Mysterio stunned after the Paul attack.
Trouble in Paradise.
-[referee] One! -[Michael] Should rename it
-"Trouble in Hell." -[referee] Two, three!
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Kofi Kingston
-and Xavier Woods with a win. -[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners, The New Day.
[Pat] Logan got embarrassed by Rey in his hometown,
and then he decided to get his kick back.
Whoo!
[Michael] Again, this is Logan Paul. Remember, he takes on Mysterio next week
for an opportunity to qualify for the Elimination Chamber.
Kofi Kingston with Trouble in Paradise
and The New Day pick up a tag team victory.
Their first one in a very long time here on Monday Night Raw,
as Logan Paul enjoys what he did to Rey Mysterio.
[Pat] Yeah, they can thank Logan for that win.
[Michael] Again, next Monday, Nashville, Tennessee,
Rey Mysterio, Logan Paul renewed their rivalry.
And again, this is interesting, Pat,
because Paul beat Mysterio to win the United States Championship.
Now, it's about qualifying for the Chamber and the opportunity, Pat,
to battle for the world title at WrestleMania.
Yeah, there's a lot on the line, obviously,
and getting into that chamber is a special opportunity,
and Rey Mysterio wants it just as bad as Logan.
What an incredible Royal Rumble match. At one point,
-we had goosebumps at ringside. -Oh.
A ring full of future Hall of Famers, including Roman Reigns.
However, the night did not go the way that Roman Reigns would expect.
[dramatic music playing]
[Michael] Roman trying to eliminate Seth Rollins.
[Pat] Seth is hanging on. Seth's still hanging on.
[Michael] And now, CM Punk eliminates both men.
[Pat] Wait a second! Punk's out!
-[Michael] Rollins with a stomp to Roman. -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] And now, a brawl.
Somebody separate these two.
Rollins is stalking Paul Heyman.
[yells indistinctly]
[crowd cheering]
[intense music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
So, Pat, I just now have received a text message from our trainer,
Larry Heck, about the Roman Reigns situation, um…
It basically says that we don't have an official injury update on Roman Reigns.
Medical can only share with us what Roman allows to be shared.
Now, we're gonna have some sort of update on Roman Reigns,
but it believes that he'll be out for the foreseeable future.
We love you, Roman. We miss you, Roman. We hope you're okay, Roman.
Let's, uh, head back to Cathy Kelley.
Yeah, Pat, Cole, speaking of Roman Reigns,
the man who eliminated both him and Seth Rollins
in the Royal Rumble match on Saturday, CM Punk.
Punk, I know that wasn't the outcome that you were hoping for
in the Royal Rumble, but silver lining is you have an opportunity
to rectify that tonight
in your Elimination Chamber qualifying match
against Sami Zayn.
No, the silver lining of me not winning the Royal Rumble
was neither did Roman and neither did Seth, all right?
But yeah, my course of action now is take on Sami in a qualifying match.
And apologies in advance, Sami Zayn fans,
it ain't gonna be Sami going to Toronto in the Elimination Chamber.
It's gonna be your boy, CM Punk.
I have goals that I set. I need to make it to WrestleMania.
Maybe I put too much pressure on myself, but in the Elimination Chamber,
something that I've won in the past, pressure's on everybody else.
If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go get ready for my match.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Well, you know that man arguably wants that WrestleMania main event
more than anyone else in the locker room. We'll see if he can do that tonight.
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] Iyo Sky can't be a 100% after being attacked and ambushed
by Liv Morgan earlier on.
You see Pure Fusion Collective in the background.
They've had their issues with Iyo Sky.
Iyo Sky, Liv Morgan, next.
[music fades]
Let's talk about the Royal Rumble match this past Saturday night.
Akira Tozawa of the Alpha Academy was supposed to enter number eight,
but he was attacked in the entranceway
by Carmelo Hayes, who had been eliminated, was upset about that.
So, our boss, Triple H, had to make a choice.
[Pat] Made a play.
-Speed! Speed! -[Speed] What? What?
-You're in the Rumble. Go. -What you mean?
-[bystander] Are you serious? -You're in the Rumble.
-[hesitates] -Go, go, go, go, go, go.
-What you mean?
-Go, go, go, go, go, go. -What you talking about?
[Michael] IShowSpeed actually entered the Royal Rumble,
his first match in WWE, at number eight.
[Pat] Streamer, IShowSpeed,
a man who has the world watch him live his life,
got to see him live life to the fullest as he eliminated Otis
and hit a backflip.
And then-- Oh!
The spear saw around the world.
[Michael] This is incredible.
I have no idea how IShowSpeed got up from this.
Well, he really didn't. He got picked up, eliminated by Breakker,
then tossed over a table. I don't know how he's alive today.
[Pat] His toughness knows no bounds.
[Michael] Well, you know, he is a streamer, like you said, Pat.
He's got to be happy with these numbers.
Absolutely incredible.
[Pat] Three hundred million views in less than 24 hours.
Bron Breakker sawing Speed in half was seen by the world.
-["Breakk And Destroy" playing] -♪ These demons in my head ♪
[tense music playing]
[Cathy] As the road to Las Vegas heats up,
two women's paths collide next week in Nashville,
where their journey to WrestleMania truly begins.
The reigning women's Intercontinental Champion,
one of WWE's fastest rising stars,
is determined to make her mark on WrestleMania
for the very first time.
But to get there, she has to overcome one of the most decorated champions
in WWE history, a woman who has conquered the grandest stage before.
Win and the Elimination Chamber awaits.
Lose and your WrestleMania dreams fade away.
[Michael] Championship opportunity at WrestleMania is at stake.
-[Cathy] Lyra Valkyria. -[Lyra] It's about what comes next.
And what comes next is building a legacy.
-[Cathy] Bayley. -[Bayley] There's not a damn thing
that you can do to stop me.
[Pat] We are full speed ahead towards WrestleMania.
[Michael] One of these women is going to Elimination Chamber.
[Cathy] Next week on Monday Night Raw.
[upbeat music playing]
[Michael] Live in Nashville next week.
Now, that woman, Bayley, knows what it means to main event WrestleMania.
She won the Rumble last year and went on to win the title
from the woman who's going to compete here in a moment, Iyo Sky.
But if Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria can qualify
for the Elimination Chamber and also win,
what a first year for Lyra Valkyria it would be here in WWE.
[Pat] Our Intercontinental Champion, first ever,
beating Dakota Sky-- Kai. Sorry.
-[Michael] Because there's Iyo Sky. -[Pat] Iyo Sky.
[Michael] Dakota and Iyo, of course, part of Damage CTRL.
Now, the reason she's favoring her shoulder
was the sneak attack in the back moments ago by this woman, Liv Morgan.
["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
♪ Watch me ♪
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match!
Accompanied by Raquel Rodriguez!
Representing The Judgment Day, Liv Morgan!
[Michael] So, Pat, you've got to wonder the conditions of Iyo Sky,
not just because of the attack,
but because of what she went through Saturday at the Rumble.
The same goes for Liv Morgan.
Iyo Sky entered the Rumble match at number one on Saturday night.
She lasted one hour, six minutes, 45 seconds.
Eliminated by Nia Jax. Liv Morgan would enter number two,
and last one hour and seven minutes before being eliminated by Nia Jax.
However, they didn't even set the record that was…
set by Bayley last year. Congratulations to Roxanne Perez.
Roxanne Perez
has lasted longer than any woman in the history of the Royal Rumble.
-At one hour, seven minutes, 47 seconds. -[bell ringing]
[Pat] Congrats to Roxanne, obviously a stupendous rumble
for her as Liv and Iyo start on the outside.
[Michael] And this is so important, an opportunity to qualify
for one of the six spots in the Elimination Chamber.
Three weeks from Saturday, Rogers Centre in Toronto.
[Pat] If you don't win the Royal Rumble, all eyes are on the Elimination Chamber.
You need to get in there to get a chance at WrestleMania.
Liv Morgan, obviously, in the Rumble for a long time.
-Looks incredibly fresh. -[Michael] Oh, Iyo Sky.
And again, Pat, you know,
the Rumble winner gets to choose the champion
that they want to face at WrestleMania.
The winner of the Chamber will face the other world champ.
And here we go now. Oh, Iyo Sky. Nice dropkick to Morgan.
[Pat] Yeah, it's the Rumble winner's world that we're all living in,
but getting a shot at a title at Mania.
Nothing to sneeze at as Iyo Sky looking to take advantage
of the opportunity here tonight.
[Michael] That's why it's so important, the Chamber match, of course.
The huge steel structure that surrounds the ring.
[wrestlers grunt]
[Michael] And here we go, Liv Morgan now, into the cover, hooks the leg,
and a kick-out by Sky.
The uniqueness of the Chamber, two women will start,
there's four pods,
and the other women will be locked in those pods.
They'll be let out at regularly scheduled intervals.
It's an elimination match,
and the last woman standing will head to WrestleMania,
one of the most dangerous matches in WWE history.
[Pat] Yeah, it's a gruesome fight to get into, but…
what you're winning on the other side is an opportunity at immortality.
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Running knee by Morgan. Iyo Sky rolls through.
Liv Morgan now with a basement drop kick, catches her.
Cover now for the win and go to the chamber
in Toronto, with a kick-out.
[Pat] Genius strategy here by Liv,
keeping this on the ground, keeping this a fight.
[Michael] Look at this.
Impact by Liv Morgan, who had an incredible 2024.
Won the world championship. Also the Crown Jewel title.
[Pat] Also she considers a success, finding Dom.
[Michael] And also Raquel Rodriguez,
who's once again become her friend and tag team partner.
[Pat] More so security guard.
[Michael] They would love to have an opportunity
at the tag titles down the road, held by Bianca and Naomi--
And Iyo Sky drives Morgan back to the ropes.
[Pat] Now Iyo's picking up the speed a little bit.
This is where she wants to live.
[Michael] Iyo sent through the ropes by Morgan.
These two women met
back at Saturday Night's Main Event in December.
Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.
Liv would defeat Iyo with the world title on the line.
Ooh, right hand by Iyo, driving Morgan out to the ring.
[Pat] That was a massive right by Iyo Sky and now, The Genius of the Sky…
[Michael] …flies, and down goes Morgan.
-Iyo looking to win this match. -[Pat] We see you Iyo.
[Michael] Liv Morgan has been dominating,
but Iyo Sky looking to rally here in this match,
but again, Liv Morgan,
that attack before the matchup in the back, Pat,
really has bothered Iyo Sky.
[Pat] Yeah, it feels like it's starting to affect her a little bit
as we get longer into the match.
[Michael] Look at that, suplex by Liv Morgan,
and of course, learning this from her boyfriend, Dirty Dom,
who learned it from the late, great, legendary Eddie Guerrero.
[Pat] This isn't a tribute.
Liv Morgan off the Three Amigos.
Raquel Rodriguez loving it as she looks on, and now… She's no Eddie.
[Pat] How much more can Iyo Sky take?
[Michael] Nobody home, Iyo ducks out of harm's way,
-and now Iyo's got an opportunity. -[Pat] Oh!
[Michael] Big knee to Morgan, both women down,
could be a key here in this match for Sky. Can she get back in it?
[Pat] Iyo needed that…
like humans need air.
Liv was running away with this.
And a knee to the jaw to give her a sense of relief for half a second.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And down goes Liv Morgan.
Iyo Sky, a low knee drop kick. Now, Morgan's in trouble.
Sky's starting to rally.
Sent across the ring, Iyo Sky slips through the ropes.
[Pat] Look at the quickness.
[Michael] Look at that big smile on Sky's face.
Once again, punishing Morgan.
Genius of the Sky, gonna fly! What a dropkick!
-Kip-up by Iyo! -[Pat] What?
Shoulders! Oh, stomp right to the midsection by Morgan.
[Pat] There'll be some internal bleeding there with that stomp.
[Michael] Again, covered by Sky! kick-out by Liv Morgan. What a matchup!
As you take another look at this springboard dropkick by Sky.
This is to qualify for one of the six spots
in the Women's Elimination Chamber Match three weeks
from Saturday in Toronto.
Uh-oh, nobody home went for the bullet train attack.
Morgan able to move out of harm's way.
Now, Liv with a backstabber from behind. Learned that from Carlito in Judgment Day.
[Pat] That's one bad apple, that Carlito.
[Michael] And now Iyo Sky wrestles Liv down to the mat.
Crossface applied now to Liv.
Liv tries to slip through and does.
Big kick by Iyo!
[Pat] She says, "That's it," as she walks over Liv.
[Michael] And now Raquel Rodriguez up on the apron.
That distraction allows Liv to dump Sky out to the apron.
[Pat] It's always a numbers game with The Judgment Day.
[Michael] Yeah, never a fair, never a fair fight.
Morgan up over the top, looking for a sunset flip powerbomb.
Sky trying to hang on. And does!
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Iyo caught by Morgan.
Liv misses wildly.
Sky, now with a German suplex.
[Pat] On the outside.
That had to hurt both of them as Iyo Sky gets back to her feet.
And asks, "Are you ready?"
[Michael] Two of the best in the world today going at it for an opportunity
to qualify for the Chamber.
Iyo Sky now.
Springboard moonsault, down goes Morgan.
Critical point of the matchup.
Iyo's got to get Liv back in the ring, trying to pick up a pinfall win here.
[Michael] Iyo slowly.
[Pat] Who's getting to Elimination Chamber?
[Michael] Up on the top rope, measuring Morgan.
Oh, Liv caught her with a Codebreaker as she came off the top rope.
Sky's in trouble.
Morgan cover, hooks the leg near the rope, forcing Iyo to kick-out at two!
Another near fall. Liv can't believe it.
-Neither can Raquel. -[Pat] Neither can I.
Codebreaker off the top rope from Liv.
[Michael] Liv throwing all her heavy artillery
at Iyo Sky and hasn't been able to put her away.
Again, looking for a German suplex. Morgan tries to hang on.
-[crowd chanting "This is awesome"] -[Pat] Yes it is, Cleveland.
It is awesome.
So is the opportunity of the Elimination Chamber.
[Michael] A chance to go to WrestleMania and battle for a world title.
Iyo Sky now.
Top rope.
Hurricanrana sends Morgan to the center of the ring.
Iyo Sky may have her where she wants her.
Bullet train attack from Sky!
[Pat] "That's it," says Iyo Sky.
And again, Raquel Rodriguez on the apron.
Now this is getting ridiculous.
Sky now.
Went for the moonsault. Morgan got her knees up.
Looking for a German suplex again. Morgan trying to hang on.
Connected by Sky.
[Pat] Liv, I think got both boots into the mouth
-of Iyo Sky on that over the move. -[Michael] And wait a minute!
From behind, Rhea Ripley's had enough.
She was attacked by Raquel Rodriguez earlier on.
And a head bump by Rhea.
And Rhea Ripley coming out here to try to even the odds.
Now, Liv Morgan gets involved,
and Rhea Ripley punches Morgan in the face,
-and that accident's gonna disqualify Iyo. -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] As a result of a disqualification,
the winner of the match…
is Liv Morgan!
[Michael] I mean, Rhea Ripley has got to feel awful.
I mean, first off, what did you expect her to do?
-Morgan was tearing at her hair… -["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
…Rhea just swung at her and connected.
And the official had nothing he could do except call for the bell
and disqualify Sky.
So, Liv Morgan, because of disqualification,
has advanced into the Elimination Chamber.
She picks the first of six spots
in that matchup three weeks from Saturday.
[Pat] Rhea Ripley coming out to help Iyo Sky and instead costs her.
[indistinct chatter]
I didn't mean to!
My bad! My bad! But you needed help. You needed help.
[Michael] Well, Iyo's visibly upset. You know, Pat, you can't blame her.
I mean, when you don't qualify for the Chamber,
it really takes your main event chance at WrestleMania away.
[Pat] But Rhea wasn't-- That's a tough situation.
[Michael] Well, more qualifying matches next week in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bayley, one of the greatest of all time,
will take on the current Intercontinental Champion, Lyra Valkyria.
On the men's side,
we saw this heat up earlier on tonight, Rey Mysterio,
the Hall of Famer, will take on Logan Paul.
One of these men will qualify
for the Elimination Chamber Match three weeks from Saturday in Toronto.
Hey, Pat, guess what the number one song in the entire United States is?
-[Pat] What's that? -[Michael] Travis Scott's "4X4",
which is an official theme song of Monday Night Raw.
Congratulations to Travis Scott.
[Pat] Cactus Jack's still killing it.
Yeah, guys, I'm here with the WWE World Tag Team Champions.
Congratulations again, heck of a match last week
in retaining your titles over The Judgment Day.
But I do have to ask, what is next for you guys, Erik, Ivar?
Well, Cathy, I never thought I'd say this, but last week,
JD McDonagh gained a level of respect from The War Raiders.
And no one on this planet knows what it takes
to fight through injuries quite like me and Ivar…
Oh, okay, I've heard enough already. You two ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
You injure a stud like JD McNewdge and then run away
just clinging to your titles?
It's pathetic, that's not championship material.
This is championship material.
My boys are about to wrestle circles around you.
Listen, I'll let you assume your boys can out-wrestle us,
but what are they gonna do when we turn this into a fight?
You boys want these championships?
Be prepared to go to war.
Guys, I have to leave you for a bit.
Going on a quest all my own to conquer the dark arts of lucha libre.
And when I get back, I wanna see Ivy with an Intercontinental Championship.
I wanna see the Creeds with tag team gold. American Made flourishing!
So, don't disappoint me.
[breathes deeply] I'll be back.
-["The Vision" playing] -♪ Burn it down! ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪
[crowd chanting "Whoa, oh, oh"]
-♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ -♪ Burn it down! ♪
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
Seth "Freakin" Rollins!
[Michael] Looking like something out of the Dark Tower series.
Seth Rollins is here,
and he went completely ballistic Saturday night at the Rumble.
♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪
-♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪ -♪ Burn it down! ♪
[Michael] He was eliminated by CM Punk.
He went off on Punk and Roman Reigns. Seth Rollins is here, live on Netflix.
-[crowd counting] -[buzzer blaring]
-["Phenomenal" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] The Phenomenal One!
[Wade] Styles is back.
[loud blast]
[Wade] Twenty-five years in the business end of this industry.
♪ We some southern boys With the farmer strength… ♪
[Wade] No ring rust whatsoever.
♪ And you could be next You better give respect… ♪
-[Pat] Vintage AJ Styles. -[Michael] AJ Styles eliminates LA Knight!
-"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles is back. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
Cathy Kelley here with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce.
And Adam, I have heard some rumblings over the weekend
that you had a massive announcement tonight.
-So, could you share? -Massive, that's an understatement.
You know, the transfer window was closing this past weekend, so it's done.
I had limited time to get one final deal done.
Cathy, I got it done.
Ladies and gentlemen, the newest member of the Monday Night Raw roster,
-"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
-[Pat chuckling] Yes! -That is a phenomenal get.
You're damn right it is. I'm so happy, it's gonna be amazing.
Congratulations. Yeah.
-[crowd gasping, barking] -[Pat barking]
AJ Styles.
-That's what I said. -You like him?
Everybody likes him. He'll be here next week.
Why don't you do him a favor and keep him away from me?
You know what? Better yet, let's talk about me.
What's next for the Intercontinental Champion?
'Cause lately, it doesn't seem like that matters too much to you.
Why do you say that?
You know I respect you and that championship.
Okay, can we…
I don't know, go talk business somewhere about how much this matters
to you, how much you respect it? Like, now, please?
-I apologize. Thank you. -Thank you so much.
Massive news.
AJ Styles officially a member of the Raw roster.
And while they go talk business, let's send it out to ringside
to see what business you have there.
["The Vision" playing]
[Rollins] Cleveland!
…he doesn't want anything to do with Bron.
Welcome
to Monday Night
-Rollins! -[crowd] Rollins!
I am a visionary! I am a revolutionary!
-I am Seth… -[crowd] Seth "Freakin" Rollins!
Oh, baby, Cleveland, I got a lot to talk about tonight.
Some of it you guys are gonna love, some of it you're gonna hate,
but I gotta get it off my chest, so let's get it started.
-First of all, Jey Uso… -[crowd] Yeet!
…won the Royal Rumble, punched his ticket to WrestleMania.
That stings a little bit, but I gotta tell you what,
man, I am happy for Jey Uso. I am proud of Jey Uso.
[crowd cheering]
I love to see good things happen to good people.
I love to see people get what they deserve.
And that brings me to CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
CM Punk. Oh yeah, yeah,
you're not gonna like this very much if you wanna chant his name.
-CM Punk lost the Royal Rumble. -[crowd jeering]
Future for WrestleMania still up in the air.
Love to see it, love to see from the bottom of my heart,
a scumbag, a piece of trash, an embarrassment,
get embarrassed by getting dumped over this here top rope
by that idiot, Logan Paul.
Roman Reigns.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
Yeah. You guys really ain't gonna like this then.
OTC lost the Royal Rumble…
[crowd jeering]
…and may not make it to WrestleMania at all.
Nah, you guys have been getting a lot of vague updates all night long.
"Roman Reigns out indefinitely."
"Some sort of injury." Let me tell you something.
Roman Reigns is hurt.
Roman don't want to admit it.
Paul Heyman's not going to tell you the truth.
WWE's not going to tell you the truth.
But I'll tell you the truth because I'm the one who hurt him.
[crowd jeering]
Hey, I told you you weren't going to like some of the things I got to say.
You can blame me all you want, but I wasn't wrong.
And I'll tell you why. Because for the past four years,
Roman Reigns has done nothing but hurt those close to him,
his friends, his family,
and he would have done the exact same thing to me,
if he had the chance.
And the truth is,
Roman and Paul, they love to talk about their limited schedule,
so if you ask me, I kinda just did them a favor.
Now, we save the best for last.
-Seth "Freakin" Rollins. -[crowd cheering]
I lost the Royal Rumble.
And that hurts, man.
I lost the Royal Rumble and that hurts, but luckily for me,
that is in the past.
And there is a future that lies ahead
because there are many different paths to WrestleMania.
And mine goes to Elimination Chamber.
Now, I got a qualifying match in a couple of weeks
against my old rival,
Finn Bálor, and I plan on taking care of that business.
But there is somebody else here tonight, who's going to compete
in a qualifying match, that needs to take care of his business,
-and that man is Sami Zayn. -[crowd cheering]
I know, Sami, you got a match coming up here real soon,
but if you could come out here just a few minutes early,
let me bend your ear,
I got some things I need to tell you about.
Sami Zayn, come on down.
-["Worlds Apart" playing] -[Pat] Okay.
-Let's go! Let's go! -[crowd cheering, applauding]
-♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh! ♪ -♪ Let's go! ♪
[Michael] It should be an interesting conversation
after what Rollins and…
Zayn have been through the past number of weeks.
Remember the Helluva Kick from Sami to Seth a couple of weeks ago.
-[Pat] Inadvertent. -[Michael] Yep. Accidental.
Sami's about to take on Punk
in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match here
in a matter of moments.
[crowd cheering]
♪ Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! ♪
-Sami, Sami, Sami, Sami! -[crowd chanting "Sami"]
-Sami, Sami, Sami! -[crowd chanting "Sami"]
-Sami! Yeah! -[crowd chanting "Sami"]
You're my guy, man, you're my guy. We go back a long way, a long way.
So, I know you're gonna be at your best tonight.
You always are when you get inside this ring.
But look, it's been a tough month for you.
Been a tough couple of months between you and I.
We haven't seen eye to eye. But the past is the past.
The future is in front of us.
The future could be the Elimination Chamber,
could be WrestleMania.
But your immediate future is CM Punk.
Now, look… the world knows I hate CM Punk.
That is a fact. I'm not afraid to admit it.
You and I are two different people. We handle things differently.
What the world doesn't know, but what I do,
is how much you hate CM Punk too.
And I know you put on a good face when the time's right.
You did it at WarGames.
But tonight is not the night for a good face.
Tonight is the night for the fight of your life.
I know you don't like CM Punk.
And after what he said to you two weeks ago. What did he say to you?
He said you weren't on his level.
He said that to your face.
This delusional narcissist, honestly, to your face,
said you weren't on his level. Man, you are Sami Zayn.
[crowd cheering]
You are a WrestleMania main eventer!
You are a good person. That is something CM Punk will never be.
So he's right.
You aren't on his level, you are levels above CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
So tonight is your night.
I need the absolute best out of Sami Zayn to keep CM Punk
out of that Elimination Chamber because people like you deserve
to be in that chamber.
People like CM Punk who don't care about this place,
who don't care about these people, who don't care about this company,
they don't even deserve to be in the ring with you.
So, tonight, Sami, it's your night.
Put his WrestleMania dream in the dirt for good.
[crowd cheering]
Come fight me in that chamber, baby.
-Let's go, let's go, let's go. -[crowd cheering]
["The Second Coming" playing]
[Pat] Motivational speech from Sami Zayn à la Jameis Winston,
formerly of the Cleveland Browns.
[Michael] Sami Zayn, pacing, fired up.
Seth Rollins wants to see him take out his archenemy CM Punk here tonight.
[crowd cheering]
["Cult of Personality" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Look in my eyes, what do you see? ♪
♪ The cult of personality ♪
-[Michael] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I mean, what did they expect to happen after…
the words Seth Rollins used toward Punk moments ago?
[Pat] And what happened after the Rumble on Saturday night.
And everything that's happened for the last ten years.
[Michael] Yeah, Punk eliminated both Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
And of course, the brawl outside the ring. It's…
Rollins coming out here tonight calling Punk a scumbag.
One of these two men gonna qualify for the chamber, live on Netflix.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] Thirteen thousand,
four hundred thirty-two in Cleveland tonight.
This is our main event on Monday Night Raw on Netflix.
For the first time ever, CM Punk and Sami Zayn go one-on-one
for an opportunity to qualify for the Elimination Chamber
and move a step closer to WrestleMania.
Covered by Punk and a kick-out.
I find it hard to believe, Pat,
after the many roads these two have traveled over the years,
that this is the first time they've actually been
in the ring together one-on-one.
Got to wonder how banged up these two were from the Royal Rumble match
on Saturday night.
Sami Zayn was eliminated by Jey Uso.
Not a very impressive performance by Zayn. He would be the first to admit that.
CM Punk would be eliminated by Logan Paul.
Not until he eliminated Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.
-[Pat] CM Punk-- -[Michael] And a cover by Zayn.
-Kick-out. -[Pat] Such an enigma.
Obviously has…
a lot of different confrontations within the roster
of the WWE, but these arenas are awful.
[Michael] Nice takedown, side headlock takedown by Punk.
You know, we all know the history between CM Punk and…
Perhaps going for the Anaconda Vise here on Sami,
trying to make it down to the bottom rope.
We all know the history between CM Punk and John Cena.
Of course, John's retirement tour started Saturday night
at the Royal Rumble, one of the final two before losing to Jey Uso.
After the Rumble, John Cena,
in a very uncharacteristic-like Cena interview,
he said in the post show that it's about time he starts
to think about himself and what's best for business.
And he believes what's best for business is
to enter the chamber and get to WrestleMania.
[Pat] I mean, Cena's already in the chamber,
he's declared himself in there.
If you ask CM Punk, he's gonna earn his way in.
[Michael] Yes, he tweeted that out today.
And again, that goes back to the history between Punk and Cena,
one of the great rivalries of over a decade ago.
Ooh! And for Sami Zayn, so much has been said, Pat,
about him and where he's at in his career at this point.
Punk confronted him a couple of weeks ago, and he said,
"Sami, listen, you're not at my level."
Zayn reminded him, "I did main event at WrestleMania
in a tag match a couple of years ago."
[Pat] Seth "Freakin" Rollins comes out here earlier and says,
"Sami, you're way above CM Punk." Does Sami believe that?
[Michael] You know, one of the things that I do give Sami Zayn credit,
you know, he's been--
Really hit a rough patch here over the past couple of months.
But he just continues to drive forward each and every week.
Never loses sight of what may happen.
Never loses belief in himself.
[Pat] His grit and perseverance and mental health
and mental toughness, I mean, is something you can never,
ever question out of Sami Zayn.
[Michael] Meanwhile, Punk who's fueled by that obsession
to main event WrestleMania for the first time.
Very disappointed after he did not win the Rumble match on Saturday night.
[Pat groans] Geez, wow, pummeling chop from CM Punk.
[Michael] Again, six men, six women will qualify for the Chamber match.
The winner of that match goes on to WrestleMania.
Oh! And there's that chop by CM Punk.
[Pat] Just full power, right through the chest to Sami Zayn.
And he returns one of his own to CM Punk. Sami's fighting back.
[Michael] Yeah, Sami's just got some resilience and toughness.
Springboard, there's the leapfrog over Punk.
He follows it up with a clothesline.
[Pat] A little bit of a power game here between these two.
I don't think I expected this here early.
[Michael] I mean, if you ever question the toughness of Sami Zayn, Pat,
look back just to WrestleMania last year
and what he did to end that 666-day Intercontinental Championship reign
of one of the most dangerous men in WWE in Gunther.
[Pat] Yeah, longest reign in the history of that title.
Sami Zayn on top.
[Michael] Sami now is pounding away on CM Punk.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] And look at Sami go.
Looking to prove himself here tonight.
And Punk just covering up in the corner.
Again, Punk went through a lot,
as did Sami in the Rumble match on Saturday.
Saw CM Punk a bit earlier today. He did say he was a bit banged up.
And he said a lot of that was from the match,
but a lot of it was also from that fight he got in with Rollins here at ringside
after they were both eliminated.
[Pat] It got pretty nasty outside
after they were all eliminated from the Rumble.
All their dreams came shattering down.
They got a little bit heated.
[Michael] A nice swinging neckbreaker by CM Punk.
[Pat] Contentious, but today's today. The Rumble was Saturday.
You guys still got an opportunity, CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Punk just taking his time.
WWE fans have been electric in Cleveland all night.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Michael] You can tell it's WrestleMania season.
We're officially on the road to the big event in April.
CM Punk now, top rope. Sami Zayn, though, back to his feet.
Punk realizing it, lost his balance, and Zayn took control.
[Pat] Great attack by Sami Zayn to reverse the…
[Michael] It's Sami now, high above the ring.
Superplex to CM Punk.
Both men are down. Who's going to the chamber?
[Michael] Cleveland, Ohio tonight is hosting Monday Night Raw,
live on Netflix, over 13,000 strong.
Sami Zayn, CM Punk, battling for an opportunity to qualify
for the Elimination Chamber Match, three weeks from Saturday in Toronto.
Cleveland has not been good to Sami Zayn.
Bron Breakker, last year, ended Sami Zayn's reign
as Intercontinental Champion right here in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sami, looking to turn the tables here tonight.
Tornado DDT as he comes off the top rope.
Sami now trying to drag Punk into position for a pin here,
and Punk is hanging on. And Sami, again, his elbow.
[Pat] I certainly heard after the ranking on it by CM Punk,
what an incredibly cheeky move by Punk, just pinning his shoulder to the mat.
Can't roll him over.
[Michael] Senior official Chad Patton just checking on Sami Zayn.
I believe he injured his elbow there. Sami said, "I will not give up."
There is too much at stake, too much pressure here,
opportunity of a lifetime to continue on the road to WrestleMania.
[Pat] CM Punk banged up, looking a little dazed.
[Michael] He could well be.
Again, Punk went through a war on Saturday night in the Rumble match.
Punk now looking for the GTS.
[Pat] Trying to get him to count some sheep.
[Michael] Missed wildly. Sami Zayn went for the Blue Thunder Bomb.
Punk countered with a kick.
[Pat] Zayn somehow remains on his feet.
[Michael] And Punk now, driving a shoulder into the midsection.
And there's that running knee by Punk.
Following up, went for a bulldog!
Blue Thunder Bomb counter by Zayn!
For the win and a kick-out by Punk!
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] CM Punk was going for a bulldog. Sami Zayn says, "Uh-uh."
Blue Thunder Bomb.
-Which has put people away before. -[Michael] Indeed.
Just a couple of weeks back.
-[crowd chanting "This is awesome"] -[Michael] Indeed it is.
It's about an opportunity to move a step closer to WrestleMania.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
-[Michael] Uh-oh. That's a great move. -[Pat] CM Punk.
[Michael] He continues to work on the injured arm of Zayn.
[Pat] Brilliant stuff out of CM Punk, especially potentially out of desperation.
[Michael] Punk now. Oh, and he went shoulder first to the post.
Sami felt it coming that time. Instinctively moved out of harm's way.
And now Punk's in position.
[Pat] Sami's been landing these kicks on faces for weeks.
[Michael] Yeah, but this one counts. Sami, nobody home. Punk rolls him up.
Shoulders are down. Almost had him.
Side headlock takedown by Punk. And again, looking for the Anaconda Vise.
Submission move by Punk here. Sami Zayn in deep, deep trouble.
Punk worked on the arm through the matchup
to set him up for this move. Can Sami Zayn somehow survive?
Sami trying to fight, trying to stay in this.
WrestleMania opportunity on the line here.
[Pat] It's in the middle of the ring. That thing's in deep.
-[crowd chanting "Sami"] -[Michael] The "Sami" chant in Cleveland.
Punk's got it locked in good.
He's tapped out many Hall of Famers with this move.
And Sami trying to hang on.
Trying to drag himself and Punk to the corner.
And to get to the ropes. Can he get there?
-[Pat] It's close. -[Michael] So close. And he finally does.
And it's going to force a break. But, Pat, has the damage been done?
[Pat] There's certainly damage that has been done,
but somehow Sami able to break it.
[Michael] And now, maybe it's Punk second-guessing himself,
that he couldn't put Zayn away there.
Again, man, you just can't measure the heart of Sami Zayn.
The reason he's been called "The underdog of the underground"
for his entire career, that's what it's about,
ladies and gentlemen.
Move to the chamber, move a step closer to WrestleMania in Las Vegas.
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Michael] Again, a knee flush to the jaw.
Punk again, delivers a knee to Zayn.
Look at it, Ska Boy! Look at it!
That's all for me! You're not on my level!
[Michael] The mind games from Punk.
Sami Zayn, though, Helluva Kick, nobody home.
Punk moved out of harm's way! Zayn collapses to the mat!
Back to his feet. Punk…
Went for the Go To Sleep, countered by Sami!
Small package for the win!
Got it! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! Two count!
[Pat] I don't know.
-[Michael] That was close. -[Pat] I don't know.
[Michael] And the match continues.
[Pat] CM Punk continues to be infatuated with the WrestleMania sign.
How could you not be?
[Michael] Zayn unloading, Punk unloading.
Critical point of the matchup here,
both men worn down, physically beaten, bruised and battered.
Punk picks Sami out of the air, went for the GTS, Sami countered again.
Exploder by Zayn, it's his opportunity, it's Sami's chance.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Sami gonna punch his ticket to the elimination chamber.
If he can connect.
Went for the Helluva Kick. Punk interception. GTS, Go To Sleep.
-Cover by Punk. Punk is going to Toronto. -[bell ringing]
-[Alicia] Here is your winner. CM Punk. -["Cult of Personality" playing]
[Michael] What a match.
CM Punk is a step closer to his dream.
He joins John Cena…
as two of the six men who will be in the Elimination Chamber Match.
[Pat] Helluva Kick was in sight.
CM Punk scooped him, sent him to sheep count.
And a GTS, as CM Punk punches his ticket to Toronto.
[Michael] Three weeks from Saturday, CM Punk and John Cena,
as the all-star field begins to fill out.
-[Michael] What an incredible match, Pat. -[Pat] What a battle, what a duel.
One-upsmanship throughout the entirety of it,
and in the end, The Second City Saint is headed to The Six
for an opportunity at WrestleMania.
[inaudible]
[Michael] The disappointment of Zayn.
CM Punk offering a show of respect.
Maybe now he believes that Sami Zayn's on his level, Pat.
But for Zayn, the frustration has to set in, because…
you know, this road to WrestleMania--
-Oh, wait a minute! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Kevin Owens! Kevin Owens attacking Zayn from behind!
What the hell is he doing here?
He's all banged up, beat up
because of the ladder match with Cody Rhodes,
and now he's out here, beating the hell out of Sami Zayn.
[Pat] What the hell is he attacking Sami Zayn for?
[Michael] No, no, no! Come on, Kevin. Not this, not again!
Stop this. Damn it, stop it!
A package piledriver…
by Kevin Owens to Sami Zayn.
This deranged, this dangerous, this delusional Kevin Owens
for some damn reason has attacked Zayn tonight!
-[Owens groans] -[crowd jeering] Zayn tonight!