[epic music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[music concludes]
-["4X4" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This is the Big Apple, New York City,
the most populated city in America,
and in the midst of the hustle and bustle of midtown Manhattan
is the mecca of professional wrestling.
Longtime home of WWE, the world's most famous arena,
Madison Square Garden, home to the NBA's Knicks,
the NHL's Rangers, and tonight, for the 15th time,
Monday Night Raw. Sold-out tonight, over 19,000.
And we have an angry, an emotional Undisputed WWE Champion,
Cody Rhodes, unloaded on turncoat John Cena
Friday night on SmackDown.
What's next for the American Nightmare? Live tonight.
She shocked the world by beating Rhea Ripley last week
to win the Women's World Championship.
And now, Iyo Sky will defend the said title at WrestleMania
against the winner of the Women's Elimination Chamber.
None other than Bianca Belair,
who's had an emotional week in her own right.
The EST of WWE is here live on Monday Night Raw.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It's a rivalry that's been building and building for years,
and tonight, it comes to a head.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins cost CM Punk a chance
to get to the WrestleMania main event, and now, it's on.
Rollins and this man, CM Punk, locked inside a steel cage,
live tonight from the Garden in New York on Monday Night Raw.
-[Pat] Whoo-hoo! -[music fades]
-[crowd cheering] -[indistinct chatter]
-[crowd chanting "Yeet"] -Here I go! Here I go!
"Main Event" Jey Uso is now in New York City!
Hey! Hey, uce. Hey, uce, please, please,
hit my music!
-Oh yeah! Uh-uh! -[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -♪ Uso! ♪
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] Oh, yeah, Cole.
♪ Main Event Jey Uso Is now in your city! ♪
[Pat] Welcome to New Yeet City, Cole.
♪ Day one ish, it's just me, uce Day one ish, it's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish ♪
♪ I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this, yeah ♪
♪ Hey, hey! ♪
[Michael] What a scene in the Garden!
[crowd chanting "Hey, hey"]
[Pat] They're packed in this place, Cole, and everybody is yeeting!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Hey, did you see the video that went viral this week of that wedding
where the couple came out to Jey Uso's music,
and the entire ceremony, everyone yeeted?
[Pat] Well, they say the wedding night yeet
is the best yeet you can have.
[Michael] It's been 30 years since I've yeeted like that.
-♪ 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… ♪
[Pat] Over 19,000! I think I saw three or four not yeeting.
[Michael] And Pat, we are 40 nights away
from the biggest match in the career of "Main Event" Jey Uso.
The winner of the 2025 Royal Rumble takes on Gunther
-for the World Heavyweight Championship. -Hey! Let's go!
-Yeet! -Yeet, yeet, yeet! [chuckles]
Come on, Cole, we're on The Road to WrestleMania.
[Michael] Nailed it, I can do it with Jey, no one else.
[Pat] You nailed it.
[Michael] And also, here tonight…
-Let's go! -…many, many celebrities,
including comedian, actor, podcaster, Andrew Schulz.
Of course, his new comedy special on Netflix.
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish, it's just me, uce ♪
[Pat] Andrew Schulz's new special is spectacular, called Life.
And life is great,
yeeting in MSG!
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Michael] Life is great for Jey Uso, isn't it?
-♪ Hell, yeah, it's on me, uce ♪ -[crowd cheering]
♪ Yeah, go ♪
♪ It's go time now, uce ♪
♪ Uh-huh, okay, yeah, okay, yeah ♪
♪ Aye, let's get it, uce… ♪
-["Remember the Name" playing] -♪ A-Town Down! ♪
[Pat groans]
♪ Let's go! ♪
♪ A-Town Down! Screamin' out loud ♪
♪ A-Town Down! The future's right now ♪
♪ A-Town Down! Tearin' the place down ♪
♪ A-Town Down! Like my next sound! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
-[explosion booming over speaker] -♪ Let's go! ♪
[bell ringing]
[Mike] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring,
accompanied by Austin Theory from Sydney, Australia,
weighing 204 pounds, representing A-Town Down Under,
-Grayson Waller! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Waller and Theory have been getting into it
with Jey Uso in recent weeks.
And look at that.
[Pat] Grayson just ripped a "Yeet" sign, and…
I don't like anything about these two.
[Michael] Yeah, but Theory seems to be getting into the yeets as of late.
[Pat] He does get captivated. Nobody's ever said his brain is gigantic.
[Michael] But--
[Pat] Grayson Waller has been a hater since the beginning.
[Michael] I spoke to Grayson Waller earlier today,
and he said he's been targeting Jey Uso,
because Uso has a guaranteed match at WrestleMania.
Waller says, "I don't, but if I can knock off Uso tonight,
-I could punch my ticket to Las Vegas." -[bell ringing]
[Michael] So that's the strategy for Grayson Waller tonight,
and for only the second time ever,
these two go one-on-one here to kick off Monday Night Raw.
[crowd] Yeet!
[Pat] I don't know if that's how it works with the whole ticket punching
to Las Vegas to WrestleMania,
but certainly would be the biggest night of Grayson Waller's life.
[Michael] And Jey Uso, he just has to continue, Pat,
to build momentum for the next 40 nights heading into WrestleMania and Gunther.
[Pat] All momentum's good momentum.
Big win at MSG on The Road to WrestleMania would do wonders.
[crowd chanting "Let's go, Uso"]
[Michael] Back in January at Saturday Night's Main Event,
Uso took Gunther to the limit
before getting knocked off by the big man.
But Uso would regroup the following weekend,
and go on to win the Royal Rumble,
earning him the opportunity at WrestleMania.
Nice elbow.
[Pat] Now, Grayson Waller is certainly impressive,
but Jey Uso's got the power, the confidence,
and the skills to beat anybody's ass.
And tonight it could be A-Town Down Under's opportunity.
-Come on, uce! Huh? Huh? -Come on, hey!
Jey, let's go. Back out of there.
[Michael] Jey Uso now a right hand to Grayson Waller.
Waller, a former tag team champion with Austin Theory,
and now, he takes down Uso. And Waller…
he can get down and dirty with the best of them
-as he's doing here. -[Pat] Calls himself an Aussie icon.
-[crowd jeering] -[Pat] Obviously, from Australia.
[Michael] From Sydney, 220-pounder,
loves his showboating style.
He believes he's the most captivating Superstar
in WWE today.
[Pat] That's certainly not real,
but you have to have that type of belief if you wanna be a Superstar.
[Michael] Uso driven shoulder first into the post.
How important, Pat, is each and every match for Uso
as we head towards Las Vegas?
[Pat] Absolutely, every single moment is good for Jey Uso,
whether it's getting tougher with every shot that you take,
or every win that you have.
Every moment is important on this Road to WrestleMania,
could become a world champion in Vegas.
[Michael] Into the corner, Uso went in and sidesteps now Waller.
And Uso into the corner, backing it up, catches him with a step-up enzuigiri,
and Waller stunned.
I mean, it's been debated for…
a lot over the past couple of weeks, Pat. Can Jey Uso beat Gunther?
He hasn't been able to in his career thus far.
And Uso now with a suicide dive takes Waller out outside the ring.
[Pat] If this was a video game, you'd say, "No way."
But on any given night, Jey Uso can beat anybody.
The Yeet Movement can get loud. The Yeet Movement is real.
[Michael] And that's the thing, Pat, people are, myself included,
starting to buy in a little bit into this Jey Uso fever
as Austin Theory gets involved.
And that slight distraction allows Waller to turn things around.
Outside the ring with a clothesline, down goes Uso.
Uso fighting a two-on-one battle here tonight against Waller.
And yeet on him! Who's yeeting now, boy?
[Michael] Waller has control of the matchup now over Jey Uso.
Could be a massive win for the man from Sydney, Australia.
Oh! Off the rope, elbow connects to Jey Uso.
For the win,
and a kick-out at two by "Main Event" Uso.
[Pat] I thought we had a massive upset here in Madison Square Garden.
Grayson Waller had dominated through the break,
then he walks the ropes through the legs.
Elbow drop on Jey Uso.
[Michael] Reminds me of Jalen Brunson of the Knicks
who plays here in the Garden.
[Pat] I don't know if Jalen Brunson's getting up like that,
but certainly plays basketball.
[Michael] Not right now, he's not. He's hurt, but nonetheless…
Theory looking on as Waller continues to control Jey Uso.
-[Pat] I mean… -[crowd chanting "Let's go, Uso"]
-Come on! Come on!
[Michael] Waller with an MMA background, hard talking, braggadocious,
but a tremendous athlete. Now, Jey Uso fighting back.
And that's the thing we've learned about Uso.
And one of the reasons that there are a few people out there
that may give Jey a bit of a chance, not much, but maybe a bit of a chance
against Gunther because of his heart and his resilience.
[Pat] Yeah, he almost takes you into the deep waters,
lets you beat him up, think you're doing something, and then…
-Yeet! -[Michael] Samoan drop!
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] He can take your best shot, and he's still gonna be standing.
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Michael] He understands what's awaiting him at WrestleMania.
Few and far between opportunities at the World Championship,
and that's what Jey has in 40 nights. Again, Theory up on the apron.
The official, Shawn Bennett, over to warn him.
Uso has to roll through as Waller rolls out of harm's way.
Now, lifts Uso up, Uso drops back down,
kicked out on the chin, drives Waller out of the ring.
[Pat] Jey Uso…
[Michael] Went for the suicide dive and caught him.
Hung him up on the second rope, great move by Waller,
into the ring and there it is, a DDT by Waller.
Cover now, for the win.
Kick-out by Uso. Again, that tremendous athletic ability
and a rolling flatliner by Grayson Waller.
[Pat] The dive in through the ropes, the roll, the flatliner,
everything about it, absolutely stupendous.
But yet again, Jey Uso takes your best shot and kicks out.
[Michael] Well, Waller was also upset over his rating in the 2K25 video game.
And again, a kick-out by Uso.
You saw it there in the corner, only a 74 compared to Jey Uso's 90.
[Pat] There's "Main Event" Jey Uso,
and then there's A-Town Down Under trying to climb the ranks.
[Michael] And Waller went for the big right hand.
Uso able to duck underneath.
Looked like he may go for a spear. Waller saw it coming.
And now Grayson Waller-- The big roundhouse right.
Whoa! Super kick.
Waller may be down and out. Theory's gonna eat one as well.
-Uso, spear! -[crowd cheering]
-Jey into the cover. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Jey's rolling toward Vegas and Mania.
["Main Event Ish" playing]
[Mike] Here's your winner, "Main Event"
Jey Uso!
[Pat] Great call by Rome. There is Jey Uso picks up a--
[Michael] And again, Austin Theory into the ring attacking Jey Uso
-after the win over Waller. -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Austin Theory takes his Timbs into the mat and blindsides Jey Uso.
[Michael] And Uso, though, not going down without a fight.
Waller now from behind, and again,
a two-on-one situation faced here by "Main Event" Jey Uso.
[Pat] This is what happens with A-Town Down Under.
Even when you beat them,
they somehow hawk you down like some hyenas.
[Michael] Yeah, upset over being embarrassed here tonight by Jey Uso.
Waller now sent up over the top by Main Event Jey Uso,
ducked to the floor, Austin Theory…
Spear by Uso!
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Jey Uso clears out A-Town Down Under,
and he's not done yeet.
[Michael] Uso, splash! Oh, look out, look out, look out!
From behind, it's Gunther, that damn Gunther.
[crowd booing]
[Pat] He's a World Champion, where the hell did he come from?
[Michael] Ambushing Uso from behind and locking in that sleeper,
looking to choke out Uso again here tonight.
Once again, a sneak attack by the World Champion.
[Pat] Can we get some of the NYPD out here,
get this man out of here!
[Michael] Officials coming up to break up the sleeper hold.
But again, Gunther sending a message
that he's gonna make Jey Uso's life a living hell
over the next 40 nights before WrestleMania.
["Prepare To Fight" playing]
[Pat] That's not how you're supposed to act… as World Champ.
Where the hell did he come from?
♪ Gunther! Der Ringgeneral! ♪
♪ Gunther… ♪
[Michael] Well, it was another sneak attack, another ambush
by the World Champion, Gunther, on Jey Uso.
He's promised to make Uso's life a living hell
over the next 40 nights.
I hope that Jey Uso makes Gunther's life a living hell at WrestleMania.
Absolutely, I think we're all hoping for that.
That is not how a champion, especially our world champion,
is supposed to act.
We're all hoping for a big time yeet in Vegas, Cole.
Well, still to come tonight, it is our main event inside a steel cage.
CM Punk versus Seth Rollins.
Will this be the culmination of this years-old rivalry?
-[tense music playing] -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[crowd chanting "CM Punk"] -[dramatic music playing]
[Punk] CM Punk is home!
[tense music playing]
Don't you dare call this place your home.
Welcome to the house that I built.
I don't need them, Mike. I don't need…
What is the driving force of this disdain that you very clearly feel
for CM Punk?
You wanted this place to die with the echoes of those CM Punk chants.
I think to understand, we have to talk about the history.
I guess if I have to live in my shadow, I'd hate me too.
["Standing Up" playing]
♪ Evil's gonna try to take me from Where I've gotta go ♪
♪ Pull me to the depths of this bay Trying to break my home ♪
[Rollins] On the biggest stage of my life, I couldn't get the job done,
and there's only one thing I can do to seek redemption,
and that's to take your WrestleMania dreams
and flush them down the toilet.
-[crowd cheering] -[intense music playing]
[Alicia] Seth Rollins has been eliminated!
[Michael] Oh, a stomp!
-Seth Rollins just screwed CM Punk! -[bell ringing]
♪ No, I'm standing up ♪
♪ Gonna catch this evil ♪
[Punk] Now, let's start this show off with a bang!
Little brother Seth Rollins, you'll never see CM Punk give up
on his dreams of main eventing WrestleMania.
[Punk] Madison Square Garden,
CM Punk versus Seth Rollins inside a steel cage.
The stakes are much too high. The lights are much too bright.
The pressure is on.
I'm gonna do to him exactly what I did to Roman Reigns.
I will make sure he doesn't make it to WrestleMania.
[Punk] You are dealing with The Best in the World!
There is nobody on this planet better than me!
And one man will get his hand raised, and his name is Seth…
[crowd] "Freakin" Rollins!
-[Punk] C… -[crowd] CM Punk!
[music concludes]
[thrilling music playing]
[Michael] Well, Seth Rollins has made his plans clear.
He's obsessed with making sure CM Punk doesn't make it to WrestleMania.
For CM Punk, it's about payback in this years-long rivalry.
Once and for all,
can Punk and Rollins end it inside a steel cage live tonight?
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
-Thanks. -[Otis] Hey, man.
-You guys saw it. I'm sorry, man. -I just saw, I just saw.
-You good? -I'll be all right, uce.
Going to be all right.
-[Otis] Yes, man. [kisses] -Yeet.
It'll never happen again, never happen again, all right?
Never happen again. We got you, uce. We got you!
[exhales heavily]
["4X4" playing]
[Michael] Uce may be back up.
♪ Damn, lil' bro, he did it One and done, yeah ♪
♪ Out my closet That none-of-none, yeah ♪
♪ That's a vibe That's a one-of-one, yeah ♪
-♪ Fill her tongue ♪ -♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Make you numb Can you run? Can you come? ♪
♪ Girl, the sun Find the moon, find somе fun ♪
♪ Yeah, hella fumes in thе room One of none, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ Like a pro ♪
♪ Not a rook', bend your back Touch your toes ♪
♪ Hit a batch, take the sack Can you roll? ♪
[music concludes]
-[energetic hip-hop music playing] -♪ Hey, yo! ♪
[crowd booing]
[Mike] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
Logan Paul!
[Michael] We are sold-out tonight in Madison Square Garden
in Midtown Manhattan, New York City,
20,142 WWE fans
sending boos the way of the social media megastar,
Logan Paul.
[Pat] In the city where dreams come true and nobody ever sleeps,
you'd think they would respect Logan Paul and his hustle.
This man's great at damn near everything he sets out to do,
including being a WWE Superstar.
-Yeah, kid! -[Michael] Logan didn't like--
[Pat] Take a hike, bum!
[Michael] Guess he doesn't like the new T-shirts that are for sale.
[Pat] Should not be walking around town shirtless,
I'll tell you that from experience. They might throw you in jail.
[Michael] Good thing he didn't rip my shirt off.
[Pat] Well, your buttons tried to on the Impaulsive show with Logan.
Good to see you, Logan.
♪ That's why I'm bragging ♪
♪ You know I'm Paul American I got 'em singing songs ♪
♪ Let's address the elephant I'm really going hard ♪
♪ When I'm vicing with my President I'm dapping on my dog ♪
♪ He said I'm in my Prime Boy, that's what I'm sipping on ♪
-♪ I'm not asking for… ♪ -[music concludes]
-Madison Square Garden. -[crowd booing]
Look, AJ Styles.
[crowd continues booing]
[Pat] They might be saying like, "Whoo, whoo, whoo!"
-[Michael] I don't think so. -AJ Styles was supposed to…
[crowd continues booing]
He was supposed to come out here and call…
[crowd continues booing]
…call me out or something, but…
I thought I beat him to the punch, 'cause…
I don't really associate with guys like AJ Styles.
It sounds and looks like y'all forgot.
-I'm Logan Paul. -[Pat] Jeez.
[crowd booing]
[Logan] And when you hear that name…
you think of names like The Rock.
-[Michael] No. -John Cena.
[Michael] Yeah, I'm sure.
Names that have transcended sports and entertainment.
Names of guys who will do anything that it takes
to get to the top.
[Michael] Sounds like the Celtics are here.
-[crowd chanting "You suck"] -[Pat] That's Logan Paul, buddy.
Which to be honest is why I'm so shocked that Cody Rhodes was dumb enough
to reject The Rock's offer. An opportunity of a lifetime.
[crowd continues booing]
It took John Cena, 20 years,
20 years to realize,
nice guys finish last.
But I've known that since day one,
which is why Dwayne, The Rock,
Final Boss, whatever they're calling you these days.
Buddy, consider my soul for sale.
I don't run away from opportunities when they present themselves.
That's why I'm at Madison Square Garden in the middle of this ring.
And you reggies are all watching from the crowd.
[crowd booing, jeering]
You're watching on TV. I'm the celebrity. I'm the talent.
That's why celebrities come to these events.
That's why guys like Andrew Schulz are here.
I know Schulz is in-- There he is.
Yeah, Schulzie, I see you. And I know you see me.
Real recognize real! Talent recognize talent!
[crowd continues booing]
In fact, check this out. Get this dude a mic.
Give Schulzie your mic. Come on, I've done his podcast, he--
Come on, you always got something to say. Don't be shy.
-[Pat] Oh yeah! -Come on, Schulzie.
-Get up, come on! -Hey.
Come on, tell the people why you came out to MSG tonight.
-Uh… -[crowd booing]
I came out to MSG tonight for the reason we're all here,
to see the steel cage match. That's why I came out.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat snickering]
Yeah, the cage is here--
To see CM Punk and Seth Rollins. That's who I came out to see.
[crowd cheering]
-Yeah, okay. Those are guys who are here. -Yeah.
-But who did you come to see tonight? -Logan, nobody is here to see you.
-[Pat chuckles] Jeez! -[Michael laughs] Well…
You are not in Cleveland, Ohio, buddy. This is New York City.
[crowd cheering]
This is a real city…
a real arena, and we like real wrestlers.
[crowd cheering]
I know who I want to see.
I want to see AJ Styles. That's who I want to see tonight.
[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Jeez! -AJ Styles! Yeah, AJ Styles!
-[Michael] Oh, no, come on, Logan! -[Pat] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Michael] Logan, he's a guest.
You think AJ will come?
[Pat] Andrew Schulz's special on Netflix right now called Life.
[Michael] Yeah, he might not have one soon.
[Pat] It's absolutely spectacular.
This is no way to be treating a comedic genius like Schulz.
-[Michael] Logan, Logan, he's a guest! -[Pat] Logan!
-Don't you-- -[Michael] Oh no, come on now.
-[yells indistinctly] -[Michael] Logan, he--
-[Pat] Don't do it. -["Phenomenal" playing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] Thank you.
[Michael] Here comes AJ Styles. Styles was gonna call out Paul tonight.
And now he comes out to save Schulz. And now Styles and Paul going at it.
AJ Styles has heard enough.
[Styles shouting indistinctly]
You good?
[Pat] AJ Styles just powered Andrew Schulz back up.
And now The Phenomenal One is looking to take to the sky.
[Michael] Phenomenal Forearm delivered to Logan Paul
with 20,000 on their feet in New York.
[indistinct shouting]
[Pat] That was a hell of a high five there between AJ and Schulzie.
[crowd chanting "AJ"]
[crowd applauding, chanting "AJ Styles"]
Get your ass back in this ring! I'm not done with you!
-[Pat] AJ, stop. -Come on, Logan!
Come on!
You don't run!
You don't run from opportunities.
Oh, you're gonna walk your sorry ass to the back.
[crowd booing]
[Styles] Come on, Logan, this is New York City!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd jeering]
Andrew…
-This is New York City! -[crowd cheering]
-["Phenomenal" playing] -[Michael] Indeed it is, and Logan Paul…
is gonna walk away from a fight here tonight with AJ Styles.
[Pat] Good decision after jumping Andrew Schulz
in front of his family, I do believe, and Mark Shapiro, front row.
Schulz has the last laugh.
AJ Styles kicks Logan Paul's ass, and he's walking out of here bummed out.
What a night in Madison Square Garden.
[Michael] Well, also in New York City is AJ Styles--
[Pat] Schulz is going up!
[Michael] That's a dream of a lifetime for that gentleman.
♪ Kings of the south We never had nothing ♪
♪ Blue collar boys Do it with our hands muddied ♪
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They looking scared No, they don't really want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none… ♪
[Michael] That was pretty wild.
Logan Paul getting booed out of his place by 20,000.
Yeah, as soon as he walked out here, he started getting booed,
and then as he walked out of here, he was still booed.
I think it might have been a world record for the length of booing.
Logan Paul is a special individual.
Well, tonight, the main event is a steel cage match.
Seth Rollins versus CM Punk.
Last week, the main event was for the Women's World Championship.
Iyo Sky versus Rhea Ripley.
-[dramatic music playing] -[Michael] Iyo Sky,
the number one contender
for the Women's World Championship, a spot at WrestleMania.
Rhea Ripley cost Iyo Sky an opportunity to qualify
for the Elimination Chamber, led to this matchup.
[bell ringing]
[Pat] Who will face Bianca Belair at WrestleMania?
[Michael] Rhea Ripley establishing dominance early.
[Pat] At some point today, Rhea thought about the fact
that she's never been able to beat Iyo. Will it beat her mentally? I don't know.
Left arm is getting beat up by Iyo.
[referee] One, two, three…
[Michael] And Rhea got her foot on the bottom rope!
Oh, and Iyo's going with a crossbody!
Right off our announce table!
Bianca's saying, "Come on, Iyo, get back in the ring."
She wants to see this matchup continue.
[Ripley] You don't wanna face me at Mania, huh?
I ain't scared of you! Get back in the ring--
[crowd gasping]
[Michael] Bianca's had enough,
and Bianca getting into a qualm of this now.
The official, Jessika Carr, gonna try to separate these two.
[overlapping arguing]
Finish it.
See you at Mania, Bianca!
[Michael] Iyo Sky countered!
Iyo Sky, top rope!
[music builds, fades]
[crowd] One, two, three!
-[triumphant music playing] -[Pat] Iyo Sky is the world champion!
Iyo's going to WrestleMania!
[Michael] Against Bianca Belair!
The sky is the limit for Iyo.
[music concludes]
["4X4" playing]
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, later on tonight,
I have the honor and the privilege
to interview the brand new Women's World Champion,
Iyo Sky, live on Netflix.
[music concludes]
-[energetic hip-hop music playing] -♪ It's your boys, The New Day ♪
[Pat] Guess who's back from their vacation.
[Michael] Is that what it was?
[Pat] I saw Kofi posting all over social media…
mocking others from a beach.
[Michael] Yeah, that's become their MO now.
Poke fun at everybody else.
Absolutely no respect being shown.
Pat, things are about to get wild. A Tornado Tag Team Match.
Mysterio and Lee versus The New Day, live on Netflix.
[Michael] We celebrate some of the great ones
which were televised, including December 15th, 1975.
The great Bruno Sammartino, who sold out Madison Square Garden
a record 188 times,
would retain the WWE Title versus Ivan Koloff on HBO,
the first televised steel cage match from the Garden.
Later on tonight,
we have history once again being made in our main event.
Seth "Freakin'" Rollins, CM Punk look to end a year long rivalry.
Punk takes on Rollins inside a steel cage in the Garden tonight.
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] And that is in the ring
in front of over 20,000, The New Day.
[Pat] It's The New New Day.
Not what you're used to, these are terrible people.
[Michael] Also here tonight, he is the NXT Champion, Oba Femi.
Tomorrow night, he takes on the TNA X Division Champion,
Moose, putting the NXT title on the line
at NXT Roadblock from the theater in Madison Square Garden.
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
♪ Booyaka, Booyaka, 619 ♪
[Pat chuckles]
[Michael] Well, Kofi Kingston just hit me with his jacket.
[Pat] Right in the face. Direct shot. They're talented.
[Mike] And their opponents, representing the LWO,
at a combined weight of 340 pounds,
Dragon Lee and WWE Hall of Famer,
-Rey Mysterio! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, Rey Mysterio's been out of action for a number of weeks now
after a vicious steel chair attack on his ankle and his leg by The New Day.
Rey vowing revenge here tonight along with Dragon Lee.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Coming into this match tonight, The New Day has never lost
to any combination of the Latino World Order.
Two weeks ago, they knocked off Joaquin Wilde
and Cruz Del Toro here on Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] Yeah, The New Day obviously, Hall of Famers in their own right.
One of the greatest tag teams of all time.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Pat] LWO has certainly signed up for a fight.
Love a nice tornado.
[Michael] Yeah, tornado tag, which means there are no tags,
there are no disqualifications. You win via pinfall or submission,
-no count-outs either. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] All four men will be in the ring, and here we go.
And this is gonna be a fight, ladies and gentlemen, in New York City.
33rd and 8th, Penn Station, Madison Square Garden, live for Raw.
[Pat] On Netflix here, as LWO takes early control of The New Day.
[Michael] Dragon Lee, Rey Mysterio.
Dragon Lee, so honored to be tagging with Rey Mysterio,
a man he's considered his idol.
Rey Mysterio called Dragon Lee the future of lucha libre at one point.
[Pat] And Dragon Lee has certainly had to up his game.
-[crowd counting] -[Pat] Whenever you team with a GOAT.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, indeed a Hall of Famer,
despite the fact that he's still an active competitor.
-Double Bulldog by the LWO. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Rey has been a five-time tag team champion
in his career, of course a multi-time world champion.
And now, the fight comes out here in front of us, Mysterio and Xavier Woods.
-And Woods is gonna-- -[Pat] Pain.
[Michael] Yeah, he's gonna feel the pain from Mysterio.
[Pat] And what he did to Mysterio's ankle--
[Michael] Oh! And now, Woods bounced right off our announced table.
-[Pat] That's what you get, Woods. -[Michael] Yeah.
And he sort of deserves it after what he did to Rey.
[Pat] Eat the table, Xavier Woods.
Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] And Woods driven into the steel post.
[Pat] Taking full control here.
[Michael] Rey still--
Or Xavier, I should say, still seeking his first singles championship in WWE.
He's a former King of the Ring, and now, LWO gonna give
the Madison Square Garden faithful what they want.
Well, trying to drag the tables out here, which would be legal in this match.
[Pat] Well, the tables obviously take a bit of time
while they were doing that. The New Day gathered…
[crowd chanting "Tables"]
[Pat] …their feet and attacked the LWO.
Now, are they thinking about getting the tables?
-No, of course. -[Michael] No, of course, they're gonna…
-[crowd cheering] -…put it back under the ring.
[Pat] Wasted energy just to say,
"go to hell" to all of Madison Square Garden.
[Michael] Official Eddie Orengo telling these guys…
Oh!
Get in the ring so we can get a pinfall or submission,
but, Xavier now driven into the barricade.
-[Pat] LWO! -[Michael] Look at this!
Oh, Rey! Wow!
[Pat] Right on the face of Kofi,
and then Dragon Lee says, "Xavier Woods, you can get some too."
[Michael] Kofi Kingston and Madison Square Garden,
remember a number of years ago had a career defining moment
when he leaped high out of the stands to take out Randy Orton.
[crowd chanting "We want tables"]
[Michael] And now the table's being dragged out again by the LWO.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Capacity crowd tonight of 20,142 on hand.
[Pat] Those tables are do-si-do-ing, putting onto the ring and then out.
[Michael] No, no, no, no. Look at this, Kofi's in trouble.
Double team coming from the LWO.
Kofi though, able to kick Rey in the face
and then Xavier Woods taking out Dragon Lee.
[Pat] That kick…
broke Rey Mysterio in half.
[Michael] Yeah, Rey and Lee now driven outside the ring
as Kofi and Xavier Woods now continue the pursuit.
[Pat] A lot of fighting on the outside here from both. There he breaks.
[Michael] He's driven into the step shoulder first.
New attitude by The New Day, so far it's been paying dividends.
Oh, and Dragon Lee got caught.
And a slam to the floor.
[Michael] New Day is dominating this Tornado Tag Team match.
[crowd jeering]
[Kingston shouting] What you wanna see?
[Lee screaming]
We're back up here on Monday Night Raw, very eventful…
[Pat] Yeah.
…time there a few moments ago.
[Pat] Full chaos, Cole, you could say it.
The New New Day has caused full chaos as they throw Rey Mysterio
outside like he's a garbage bin.
[Michael] Yeah, this New Day, they've turned into a bunch of jerks.
I just don't understand it.
[Pat] Still immensely talented, though, which is--
[Michael] Well, yeah, that's why they're dominating this matchup
at this point, but I mean, come on.
[Pat] Double superplex.
[Michael] They ripped your drink out of your hand, poured it all over you,
-and now-- -[Pat] Embarrassed me in front
of my friends here from New York, Kevin McAllister included.
[Michael] Dragon Lee fighting back now, that could have been bad.
[crowd jeering]
[Pat] Dragon Lee thought he was free.
Kofi hops back up and Rey Mysterio, the LWO working together.
New New Day in trouble.
[Michael] Uh-oh, look out, Xavier Woods back into the fray now.
Kofi Kingston hung up, Dragon Lee trying to get some offense in
and Xavier Woods not allowing it to happen.
[Pat] It's a tornado tag, all four dudes are in the fight at all times.
Dragon Lee blocking the shot from Xavier Woods.
[crowd chanting "New Day sucks"]
[Michael] Now, Rey Mysterio back up to the top rope.
-[Pat] What? Oh, goodness. -[Michael] Down goes Woods.
[Pat] Rey Mysterio's already in the Hall of Fame.
[Michael] Oh! Dragon Lee about knocked out Kofi.
-Cover by Lee, for the win! -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Somehow Kofi stayed in the match.
How the hell did Kofi get up?
Watch this.
-My God! -[crowd gasping, applauding]
[Pat] Stomped through Kofi's heart in the middle of Madison Square Garden.
[Michael] Who are on their feet, sold out tonight.
[Michael] Dragon Lee sends Woods right into the table, off a hurricanrana.
[Pat] That's why everybody wants tables, Dragon Lee.
[Michael] Kingston back to his feet,
looking to take advantage as Rey looked on, rolls him up.
Looked like he grabbed the tights, but Rey able to kick out.
[Pat] 619 position now for Mysterio.
[Michael] Kofi Kingston went for Trouble in Paradise.
Rey with a crossbody, takes down Kingston.
Unique cover here!
And a kick-out at two!
[Pat] Vintage Rey Mysterio.
Had the audible midway through.
[Michael] And Rey now, baseball sliding between the legs of Kingston.
Sends Kofi into position again, dial it up.
212 has turned into 619!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Rey about-- Oh, went for the splash.
-Kofi Kingston countered Dragon Lee. -[crowd counting]
[Pat] It's the same. Wow.
[Michael] What a matchup. Tornado tag rules,
which means there are no rules, a pinfall or submission.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
[Michael] Dragon Lee sending Kingston outside the ring to the floor.
[Pat] It's a two on two fight, Cole, and Dragon Lee--
[Michael] Dragon Lee up over the top, down goes Kofi!
[shouts indistinctly]
[Michael] Pat!
-[Pat] What the hell is that? -[Michael] Who the hell--
[Michael] A hurricanrana…
by this guy in a mask!
And now that flying headbutt.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Mysterio now.
Rey bounced face-first off the apron and…
-Wait a-- -[Pat] A delayed German suplex.
[Michael] What? Who the…
Wait, wait.
-Pat. Oh, come on. -Gracias!
[Michael] And the security dragging this luchador out of here.
Did that mask say "American Made"?
[Pat] Who is that?
-[Michael] You know who damn well it is. -[Pat] I don't know who that is.
"American Made" could be anything. You know, tariffs these days.
He's got a mask on.
[Michael] Meanwhile, Kofi Kingston looking to regroup
and get his partner back into this thing.
[Pat] Who was that?
[Michael] Come on, who's the head of American Made?
[Pat] Well, I'm not getting into that question.
[Michael] Who's been in this sabbatical to learn how to counter luchadors?
[Pat] You're alluding to a lot of things right now, Cole.
You shouldn't do that.
You'll get sued. Coming from a man with experience in that department.
Some random luchador just came out here and now The New New Day…
[Michael] Down goes Rey.
-Cover now. -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] And the win for The New Day… -[bell ringing]
…thanks to whoever that was.
[Mike] Here are your winners, The New Day!
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] Well, there's gonna be-- Listen.
You know who that was.
We've been talking about it forever.
The guy's been training for a number of weeks,
trying to get the secret to lucha libre stuff.
[Pat] The guy had a mask on, Cole. I don't…
Did you get any of that coffee on you?
Yeah, I can't sit down 'cause it's drenched everywhere.
Kofi ruined everything but walks out of here with a win.
-Well-- -I guess congrats to him.
You know, The New Day has targeted the LWO.
And for some reason now, The Judgment Day is targeting
the Intercontinental Champion, Bron Breakker.
[barks]
Take you back to Monday Night Raw last week.
[Bálor] Because you know that the first time
you step in the ring with me, there ain't gonna be no dogs barking.
No, they're gonna be watching me put you down.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Yeah, and Finn Bálor trying to take out Bron Breakker
off the Sling Blade, but, Pat, the dogs were barking last week.
[Pat] They certainly were, and Bron Breakker showcased everything…
about Bron Breakker that makes him a bona fide Superstar.
And just when the 100-million-dollar spear was coming, Dom saved Finn.
Last week can never happen again.
This Bron Breakker fella
is really starting to rub me the wrong way.
He suplexed Dominik on the floor outside the ring,
he slammed me in the middle of the ring, and he speared you.
Mate, you been listening to me?
Hello?
Raquel ever ask about me?
-I never mentioned Raquel once. -I'm handsome. [scoffs, mutters]
John Cena's a bad guy, believe that?
Thought he'd be a good guy forever like me, you know?
-[Dominik] Hey, what's up guys? -Hey, guys.
-Hey, where have you guys been? -[chuckles]
-We were actually talking to Adam Pearce. -Oh.
You didn't invite me?
Relax, relax, we've got everything handled already.
For whatever reason,
Bayley feels like she's owed an Intercontinental Championship match,
so tonight it's gonna be Bayley versus Raquel.
And after Raquel beats her, she gets her shot at Lyra. How cool?
-[chuckles] -Now, that's cool.
Right, right?
-[chuckles] -But Dominik has some other news.
Yeah, I actually spoke to Adam Pearce about Bron Breakker.
And let me guess, you went and got yourself a match. [sniffs]
Actually, I got you a match for the Intercontinental Championship.
-[Morgan chuckles] -Bron already agreed to it,
and Adam Pearce is just waiting for you to go make it official for next week.
[crowd cheering]
Thank you.
-My man. -I got you.
Guess I better go talk to Pearce, huh?
-You go get it. -Go make it official.
-All right. -Go get it, Finn.
[both cheer]
-[chuckles] -You got it, Finn.
I still don't know why you didn't just put yourself
-in the match against Bron. -I believe in Finn.
-He's got this. -Whatever you say, Daddy Dom.
-["Kingdom" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Just like everybody does when they see the American Nightmare,
Cody Rhodes.
[Michael] Cody's trying to figure out why John Cena lost his mind.
[Pat] We all are, Cole.
-♪ Adrenaline in my soul… ♪ -[fireworks explode]
[Pat] I thought we were gonna never hear this again.
♪ Do it all to get them off their feet ♪
[Pat] I thought he was gonna sell his soul.
♪ Crowd is here, about to blow… ♪
[Pat] But instead, he picked these people, and these people picked him.
♪ Lights go up, I'm home ♪
[crowd] ♪ Whoa! ♪
♪ And my father said When I was younger… ♪
[Mike] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the Undisputed WWE Champion,
"The American Nightmare"
Cody Rhodes!
[Michael] This past Friday night on SmackDown, what a range of emotions.
with the WWE Champion Cody Rhodes
and he was talking about what happened to him at the hands of John Cena…
at Elimination Chamber.
[Pat] Got a shiner. Busted eardrum.
[Michael] What will Cody say about Cena live tonight at the Garden.
[crowd] ♪ Whoa! ♪
-[crowd cheering] -[music fades]
[Michael] WWE Undisputed Champion Cody Rhodes is in the ring.
["Kingdom" playing]
♪ Hard times breed better men Better men… ♪
[Michael] And at WrestleMania, in 40 nights,
Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship
against--
Well, we still have no explanation for what he did what he did.
But John Cena, the winner of the Elimination Chamber,
will take on Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
[music fades]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Cody"]
So, New York City…
[crowd cheering]
What do we wanna talk about?
[crowd shouting]
So, the… We can talk about why I'm here.
I'm here because it's a cathedral of entertainment history.
It's the home base for WWE.
It's the center of the pro wrestling universe.
It's the Garden.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
My opponent, John Cena…
[crowd jeering, booing]
…who I know is going to be at WrestleMania 41,
is not here tonight.
[crowd booing]
Apparently, he's told his inner circle,
I guess, that consists of Travis Scott…
The Final Boss, The Rock.
He's told them that he wasn't going to be here,
but he will be in Brussels, Belgium next week.
[crowd booing]
[Rhodes] Hmm.
I don't know if I like that. I mean, this is the same John Cena
who won the United States title right here.
The same John Cena who came back from having his back torn off the bone
and won the Royal Rumble here at MSG.
And he can't be with us here tonight. Apparently, it was an easy decision.
It is also an easy decision to swing at somebody
after you have kicked them in the nuts and you have backup.
I do not begrudge a legend
who has earned the rights to call his shots.
I do not begrudge John Cena for having a part time schedule
because John Cena part time is better than most people full time.
What I do begrudge…
is the day after the Elimination Chamber, John Cena going on to social media.
-[crowd 1 chanting "Let's go Cena"] -[crowd 2 chanting "Cena, sucks"]
Well…
Fun things happen when it's live on Netflix,
so go ahead with all that.
John Cena is sitting somewhere watching him.
Let's let him hear it.
[crowd cheering, booing]
What I do begrudge is him going on social media,
where he took to X, and he said,
"Have the discipline to do what needs to be done
even if you don't feel like it."
"What needs to be done."
You ever had that teacher that you wanted to be challenged by?
That mentor that you accepted their lessons
even though they were almost spiteful and jarring.
That coach that stands on the sideline while you're in the midst of the fight,
while you're in the midst of the game and they're still calling plays.
At a certain point, you have to look over and you have to say,
"John, sit down, you [inaudible] moron!"
[crowd cheering]
"Best for business." Best for business, right? Nobody…
nobody defined best for business more than John Cena.
But I don't know, there's almost 17,000 people in here tonight.
-[Pat] More than that, Cody. -[Michael] Yeah, 20.
[Rhodes] I think we know what's best for business,
perhaps the business has changed.
I'll tell you, it's always tacky to tout stats and to carnival bark,
but here's a stat that will never be.
It is simply one man's delusion, one man's fantasy, and that is 17.
Seventeen does not happen.
But what does happen is I get the heartbreaking privilege
of beating my hero in his last chance
while he finds out what the rest of you already know.
[crowd applauding]
And he finds it out in real time.
John, I'm the captain now.
-[crowd cheering, applauding] -New York, God bless you guys. Goodnight.
["Kingdom" playing]
[Michael] Cody Rhodes has always wanted to be the quarterback of WWE,
and that is where he is now.
And, Pat, in 40 nights, he takes on John Cena.
Cena chasing history and a 17th record-breaking World Championship.
But that man, Cody Rhodes, stands in his way.
And what about the massive news dropped on us by Cody tonight?
Next week in Brussels, Belgium, Cena, Cody, in the same building
for the first time since Elimination Chamber.
[Pat] I can't wait to hear what John Cena has to say.
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] We're celebrating Steel Cage Matches
televised from the Garden, perhaps the most famous,
1983, October 17th on the MSG Network.
The Magnificent Muraco versus "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka.
And Snuka's splash from the top of the cage
captivated so many, inspired so many,
including the great Mick Foley, in attendance that night.
["4X4" playing]
[Michael] Steel Cage Match in our main event tonight,
as we continue to write history here at WWE.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins
and that man CM Punk clashed inside a steel cage.
You win via pinfall, submission or escape!
Punk, Rollins in a cage in the Garden live tonight.
[Pat] Shout out to Ali Ahn joining us tonight,
an actress who has starred in Billions, Orange Is the New Black,
Raising Dion, and Agatha All Along, is currently starring
in a London CIA station chief, interesting,
in the series Diplomat, currently streaming only on Netflix.
Thanks for coming out, Ali. And also Selling the City cast.
These are real estate agents who,
you know, sell luxury housing around The Big Apple.
Stream Selling the City on Netflix now.
[screams] Look at us!
[Pat] Rich the Kid, also gracing us with his presence.
A rapper from Queens, New York, known for his song, "CARNIVAL."
His latest single, "Rain Snow" with Kodak Black,
currently available on Spotify and Apple Music.
-[Michael] Love Kodak Black. -[Pat] He's absolutely iced out.
You know who has all the titles?
That's Amanda Serrano, in the GOAT conversation of boxing,
from Puerto Rico, currently the United Featherweight World Champion.
She'll be fighting July 11th here in Madison Square Garden,
against Katie Taylor, streaming exclusively on Netflix.
Amanda Serrano is an absolute beast.
All the stars out, and also Cody Rhodes mentioning Travis Scott
and his relationship with The Rock and John Cena.
Travis Scott actually has a t-shirt up for sale.
Yeah, it's a great one dropped yesterday alongside Travis's brand, Cactus Jack,
the WWE came together, "Wrestling is real."
Okay, currently live at WWEshop.com. Go and get you one!
Go and get you some.
And again, the massive news dropped by Cody Rhodes a few moments ago.
Raw is live next week in Brussels, Belgium.
For the first time since Elimination Chamber,
Cody and John Cena will be in the same building,
live from Brussels, Belgium, next Monday on Netflix.
-["La Mas Ruda" playing] -[bell ringing]
[Mike] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
accompanied by Liv Morgan and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio,
representing The Judgment Day,
she's one half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Raquel Rodriguez!
[Michael] Raquel Rodriguez, looking to be next in line
for the Intercontinental Title, but the veteran Bayley stands in her way.
[Pat] Not a lot of applauding for The Judgment Day.
["Role Model" playing]
[Mike] And her opponent from San Jose, California,
Bayley!
[Michael] Bayley has had a lot of success in her career in New York City,
most specifically on the borough across the river in Brooklyn.
But nonetheless, Bayley tonight with another opportunity.
Liv Morgan showing off her Crown Jewel Championship Ring to us
here at ringside and alongside her…
[Pat] I think he bought her a watch as well.
They're over here showcasing Rolexes.
[Michael] Dom, did you buy that watch
on the street here outside the Garden today?
[Pat] That's fake! That's a fake Rolex he bought you.
That's what scumbags do! That thing goes tick-tock.
Yeah, that's not real. Neither is that one.
Yeah, yeah. Fake Rolexes. Judgment day.
[Michael] I heard you played the shell game earlier today too.
So, it's Bayley and Raquel Rodriguez tonight,
an opportunity to become the number one contender
for the Intercontinental Championship. Lyra Valkyria mentioned it earlier,
she lost to Bayley in an Elimination Chamber
qualifying matchup last month.
Bayley tosses her jacket in the direction…
-[bell ringing] -…of Ms. Morgan and Mysterio.
Bell rings, we are underway.
Bayley, the four-time World Champion, held the NXT Title.
Two-time Tag Team Champ, Money in the Bank and Royal Rumble winner as well,
one of the most decorated women in the history of WWE.
Raquel Rodriguez looking to overpower Bayley tonight,
as a former one-time NXT Women's Champion,
three-time WWE Tag Team Champion, two-time NXT Tag Champ.
[Pat] Yeah, the three-time Tag Team Champion alongside Liv,
they're the first team to ever do that in the WWE, in the women's division.
Ooh! Could have GOAT conversations with that.
Raquel is a ruthless powerhouse, perfect for The Judgment Day.
Her and Liv Morgan bring out the best in each other,
which is bad for everybody else.
[Michael] Well, Raquel and Bayley have met one other time in their career.
Bayley won that matchup. Raquel looking to even the score tonight.
Bayley understands she's got her hands full
with Morgan and Dominik at ringside.
[Pat] Jessika Carr's gonna have to keep some real control out here
-as Judgment Day is… [groans] -[Michael] Ooh, God!
-Raquel. -…to get involved.
[Michael] And Bayley wincing in pain as Raquel sends her back into the ring.
[Pat] Raquel was ready to break her arm right there, not scared at all.
[Michael] Now, Bayley fighting back.
And Liv just does not shut up.
[Pat] Yeah, a lot of talking, a lot of chirping.
[Michael] Bang! What a shoulder tackle by Raquel.
[crowd clamoring]
[Pat] Raquel loves Liv there.
[Michael] Yeah.
[Pat] Yeah. Now Liv's taking a victory lap for Raquel.
On the outside as everybody boos.
[Michael] Nobody home.
Bayley moves out of harm's way. Look for an arm drag, I believe,
and Raquel Rodriguez with yet another shoulder tackle to Bayley.
And Raquel's been dominating in the early going,
one of the most powerful women in WWE today.
[Pat] Raquel's power can stall anybody's offense at any moment.
[Michael] Yeah, but if anybody can find a way to pull this one out, it's Bayley.
[Pat] I agree, Bayley's strategy normally…
[Michael] A nice deep arm drag, that time it worked out for Bayley.
[Pat] Had to build up a little momentum, that's Bayley getting better, learning.
[Michael] Again, still favoring her arm after the big kick from Raquel earlier on.
[Pat] Raquel catches the spear, ragdolls Bayley.
The Raquel ragdoll in the middle of the ring.
[Michael] Yeah, she is just dominating.
[Pat] We saw it, we saw it, thanks.
Just turn around, please.
[Michael] And a fall away slam by Raquel Rodriguez.
[Pat] Raquel has everything you could possibly want to be a world champion.
That's why she's our Tag Team champ right now.
So with-- Same with Bayley.
Bayley throwing some bombs at Raquel.
Big knee to Raquel's mouth.
[Michael] Now Bayley to the corner, and Raquel now in trouble.
The veteran Bayley looking to pull things out this match up tonight.
Raquel though battling back.
[Pat] Bayley was in full control there.
[Michael] Liv Morgan parting some words of wisdom onto Raquel.
Bayley though, at the steps, now to the back of the neck.
And Liv, you did more harm than good there,
allowing Bayley to capitalize.
-Watch this. -Watch what?
-Wait till she gets up. -Watch what?
-[speaks indistinctly] -Watch what?
[Michael] You know, Pat, during the break, Bayley showed a flurry of offense,
but it has been all power for Raquel Rodriguez in this match
to determine the number one contender for the Intercontinental Championship.
[Pat] Yeah, everything about it has been the power
dominating Bayley and the experience.
[Michael] Raquel missed with a leg drop,
favoring her hamstring as she comes up a bit lame.
Take out the leg, take out the power, Bayley realizes that.
And Bayley now hanging Raquel up on the second rope.
Again, the winner gets an opportunity at Lyra Valkyria
in the Intercontinental Championship, running knee by Bayley.
[Pat] Bayley is the second ever Intercontinental Champion.
Would be a beautiful thing to add to the resume.
[Michael] Yep, indeed, won every other title.
Raquel now driving Bayley into the ropes,
and there's that sliding clothesline by Bayley.
Stacks up Raquel,
two advance and a kick-out now.
Again, does Bayley start to get frustrated with the kickouts now by Raquel?
[Pat] I think Bayley's just excited she's back in this.
Full control right now, Raquel Rodriguez.
You're right, I don't know what it's gonna take.
[Michael] And Bayley sent across the ring.
[Pat] For any view from one side of MSG to the other.
Bayley slips out of a suplex roll through.
-One, two… -[Michael] And Raquel kicks out.
[Pat] Bayley with a knee to the mouth.
How about it, Bayley?
[Michael] And Bayley now heading up to the top rope.
Here comes Bayley.
[Pat] Shot at the Intercontinental title on the line.
-[Michael] Bailey now with an elbow. -[Pat] Oh, yeah.
[Michael] Hook of the leg and a kick-out.
Randy Savage had a great steel cage match in the Garden.
We're gonna show you some highlights of that a bit later on in the broadcast.
Bayley paying homage to the Macho Man with the elbow off the top rope
right to the heart of Raquel Rodriguez.
But Raquel able to kick out
and I wonder if Bayley's starting to get frustrated here.
[Pat] Bayley was able to put all of her weight down
on Raquel Rodriguez's sternum.
[Michael] Raquel now power, Bayley sends Raquel into the corner.
Raquel face first off the turnbuckle.
And Bayley with opportunity, Raquel though,
went for the clothesline, Bayley able to duck underneath.
Nice block by Bayley, nice back suplex by Bayley.
-Sacking up Raquel for the win… -One, two…
…and a championship opportunity.
But it slips away from Bayley as Raquel kicks out.
[Pat] This close to Bayley…
having an opportunity at the Intercontinental title.
Raquel Rodriguez rolling out there. I didn't see it coming.
Thought this was a massive upset in front of Judgment Day's face.
[Michael] And Bayley looked like she was going for the Rose Plant.
A counter by Raquel, Bayley up top.
Uh-oh, and Raquel sent out of the ring.
What's Bayley gonna do here?
Driving Raquel to the floor right in front of the announce table.
-[Pat] Bayley. -[Michael] Bayley with a baseball slide,
Raquel moved out of harm's way and caught her with the right hand.
-And now Raquel lifting Bayley up. -[Bayley] What?
[Michael] Looking to try-- Oh, no,
it's Raquel face first into the post and Bayley now with an opportunity.
[crowd counting]
[Pat] Raquel might have a busted nose or forehead, ran right into that post.
Four.
[Michael] Count of four now as Bayley's back in the ring.
Raquel Rodriguez could get counted out here. A count of five now.
And now Dominik up on the apron. Dom-- And on the other side of the ring,
Liv Morgan gets involved, creating interference.
Jessika Carr was dealing with this goofball,
Dominik Mysterio, who's knocked off the apron.
And now Bayley, caught by Raquel.
And Raquel slamming Bayley right on our announce table.
Dominik and Liv,
a double team distraction, and that has cost Bayley here.
[Pat] You talked about the shell game earlier on the street,
Judgment Day just did that to Jessika Carr,
-and now Bayley's laid out. -Five!
[Michael] Come on, Bayley, Jessika's at six, she's at six,
-now she's at seven. -[Pat] Seven!
[Michael] Bayley's in trouble here.
Bayley just falling off our announce table,
a count of eight now.
Bayley will beat the count back in the ring, but just barely.
And Raquel caught her with a boot.
[Pat] She gets greeted with a boot in the middle of the ring.
Welcome back, Raquel Rodriguez.
[Michael] Down goes Bayley.
-Raquel with the cover… -[crowd counting]
…and off the Tejana Bomb.
-Raquel Rodriguez… -[bell ringing]
…is the number one contender.
[Mike] Here is your winner, Raquel Rodriguez.
[Michael] Well, that was a complete Judgment Day sham.
[Pat] That's classic Judgment Day.
Dom distracts Jessika Carr, Liv Morgan gets into it with Bayley.
Bayley has to clean up that dumpster Dom.
And Raquel was able to get her breath,
get set, and bodies Bayley through the commentary table.
[Michael] And now, off the Tejana Bomb,
Raquel Rodriguez picks up the win and is in line for an opportunity
at Lyra Valkyria in the Intercontinental Championship.
[Pat] Judgment Day looking to add a little gold.
[Michael] Let's check in with our colleague, Cathy Kelley.
Thanks so much, Cole.
I'm hoping to get some answers from Chad Gable,
who made his triumphant return to Monday Night Raw
by attacking Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee,
-all while wearing a lucha mask, so-- -Whoa, whoa. Wait, what?
-That wasn't me. -[Michael chuckling softly]
No, that wasn't me. I mean, I saw what happened.
I agree it was ridiculous for a fan to be able to just jump the barricade
and interfere in what was a great match, let me say.
Okay, Chad, the last time we spoke, you said you were going
on this sabbatical to learn all things lucha.
And you're trying to tell me that the man who was out there wearing a lucha mask
and also wearing exactly what you are, exactly your stature, that wasn't you.
What I'm telling you, Cathy, is we're in Madison Square Garden
and security here is clearly pathetic, okay?
They should have had hands on that guy immediately.
They should have drug him out of there before any of that stuff went down, okay?
Oh, I feel like this is the opportunity to be honest with the WWE.
I am being honest, okay? I'm back here taking care of my business.
Stop lying about it. We all saw you out there.
-[Pat] Uh-huh. -[indistinct chatter]
See that? New York security, pathetic.
[Michael] As we get set for our main event, a steel cage match,
we celebrate some of the great steel cage matches televised
in Madison Square Garden history, including 1988.
Randy Savage was the WWE World Champion.
And inside a steel cage, he would battle Ted DiBiase
in one of the most entertaining and physical steel cage matches
in the history of Madison Square Garden.
And tonight, well, we look to follow suit because it is our main event.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins for years has had it with CM Punk.
Tonight, will this be the culmination of this rivalry?
Rollins, Punk, live inside a steel cage tonight.
[energetic rock music playing]
[Pat] Michael Cole is in the middle of the ring,
ready to do some journalism.
[music fades]
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the brand new Women's World Champion, Iyo Sky.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
["Tokyo Shock" playing]
[Pat] What a win last week Iyo Sky had over Rhea Ripley.
The main event of Monday Night Raw.
In Las Vegas, Nevada, at WrestleMania, the Elimination Chamber winner,
Bianca Belair, will take on Iyo Sky
for the Women's World Championship.
WrestleMania is packed, and Iyo Sky punched her ticket last week,
becoming our world champ.
-[music concludes] -[crowd chanting "Iyo"]
Iyo, congratulations.
You're going to WrestleMania as the Women's World Champion.
An unbelievable match last week versus Rhea Ripley.
How are you feeling here tonight?
You know, Michael…
[crowd chanting "You deserve it"]
Thank you so much, all. Thank you.
You know, Michael, it's a dream to be here
at Madison Square Garden as champion.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
I proved that impossible is possible, just as I said.
And now, I'm over the moon
to be champion going to WrestleMania!
[Michael] Well, Iyo, you're gonna have your work cut out for you.
Ladies and gentlemen, the number one contender
for the Women's World Championship, the winner of the Elimination Chamber,
The EST of WWE, Bianca Belair.
["Watch Me Shine" playing]
[Pat] The EST has been through a lot lately.
Including last Friday with Naomi.
It's written all over Bianca Belair's face.
That she's been going through it.
Betrayed.
On the biggest stage.
And through it all…
all she did was do what she's done since she got here, and that's win.
Whenever she says she's The EST, she's the fastest,
the quickest, the toughest, both mentally and physically.
-[music concludes] -[crowd chanting "EST"]
First of all, I just want to say congratulations on last week.
Listen, I know we haven't always seen eye to eye, but I can honestly say
that I am so excited for us to go to WrestleMania.
Bianca, I have to ask you the question.
You were sitting right there last week during the Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley match.
You got into it a little bit with Rhea, so is it fair to say that
if you weren't out here last week,
perhaps Rhea Ripley would be the Women's World Champion
heading into WrestleMania to face you and not Iyo Sky?
Listen, Michael, I was not planning on coming out here and doing anything.
Listen, I've had enough drama as it is, okay?
I was just out here to see
who my WrestleMania opponent was going to be.
Now, listen, I apologize to Rhea. She feels like I disrespected her.
But if she thought she was going to put her hands on me
and I wasn't going to do anything about it, she doesn't know me at all.
So, right now, I'm just trying to focus on WrestleMania.
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
[Pat] The mic's on, Mami.
Cut the music.
-[song fades] -[crowd cheering]
So, Bianca, let me ask you, what was the reason?
What was the reason?
I won Elimination Chamber, that's the reason.
Okay, if you weren't going to intervene,
then what was the reason for you to be out here?
I gave you my reason.
I don't need your excuses, okay? Because this was a championship match.
So, what could you have wanted, huh?
Was it to help Iyo?
Because you're scared of me and you know you can't beat me?
There was absolutely no reason for you to be out here.
Maybe you should have let me handle my business with Iyo
while you handled your own with Naomi and Jade.
[crowd exclaiming]
Really, Rhea?
I got all this going on, you wanna bring that up?
[crowd chattering]
Okay, let's just be real.
You're not mad that I didn't clap for you, you're mad because I clapped for Iyo too.
That don't sound crazy to you?
No, this whole thing is a defense mechanism,
because you know you can't beat Iyo, and you're just trying to blame me.
[crowd exclaiming]
Oh, so you're gonna try and hide behind Iyo,
just like you hid behind Naomi, and just like you hid behind Jade.
Well, ain't nobody hiding right now,
-so what you wanna do about it, huh? -Hey, hey, stop.
What you wanna do? No, no, you're being childish right now.
I'm going through real life stuff, you wanna throw that in my face?
You wanna throw that in my face?
[Michael] Whoa!
Oh! And Iyo Sky's had enough being disrespected.
-[crowd chanting "Iyo"] -[inaudible]
[Michael] Iyo Sky reminding the world, "I will not be an afterthought."
"I'm the Women's World Champion!"
[Pat] She had enough…
-of Mami and EST yelling at each other. -["Tokyo Shock" playing]
[Michael] Well, taking away from her spotlight.
[Pat] And also pushing her face away.
"I'm the champ," smacked them both in the mouth and walked out.
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, The Road to WrestleMania continues.
We kick off a three-week European tour next week live in Brussels.
["4X4" playing]
[Michael] Cody Rhodes, John Cena, under one roof for the first time
since Cena's dastardly deeds at Elimination Chamber.
Also, Penta and Ludwig Kaiser. This will be a barn burner.
No Holds Barred between these two men.
Saw what happened earlier tonight,
Jey Uso kicking off Monday Night Raw with a win over Grayson Waller
then Austin Theory would get involved.
Next week, Jey Uso gets to try to take out Austin Theory.
That'll happen live from Brussels on Netflix.
Personal rivalry heats up. Dakota Kai of Damage CTRL…
goes to battle with a woman who's been a thorn in her side.
The Pitbull of American Made, Ivy Nile, live on Raw next week.
And the Intercontinental Championship's on the line.
The Unpredictable Badass, the Intercontinental Champion,
Bron Breakker to take on Judgment Day's Finn Bálor.
It takes place live next week.
Live exclusively on Netflix!
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Michael] Well, it has come down to this. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Seth Rollins's obsession
costing CM Punk not only the main event at WrestleMania,
but WrestleMania in general continues.
For CM Punk, it's payback.
Get back at the man
who made sure he isn't battling for the title at WrestleMania.
Rollins and Punk in a cage, now.
["The Vision" playing]
[crowd chanting “Oh whoa oh”]
Sing it! Sing it, New York City! Sing it!
♪ Burn it down ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Mike] The following contest
is a Steel Cage Match!
In this match, there are no count-outs, no disqualifications.
The only way to win is by pinfall,
submission, or escaping the cage and both feet hitting the floor.
Introducing first, from Davenport, Iowa,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
Seth "Freakin" Rollins!
[Michael] It is the Mecca
of professional wrestling.
Madison Square Garden sold out tonight for yet another epic main event.
-An arena that has seen… -[crowd chanting “Oh whoa oh”]
…some of the great all time comebacks in WWE history.
Including the return of Triple H in 2002 from a torn quad.
Punk returns next to take on Rollins in a steel cage, live.
["The Vision" playing]
[Michael] You know, the last time a Steel Cage Match
was televised in Madison Square Garden, it was ten years ago, 2015.
Pat, the man in the ring, Seth Rollins was involved in that match.
A full decade later,
he's locked inside the cage in the main event again.
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Look in my eyes, what do you see? ♪
♪ The cult of personality ♪
♪ I know your anger, I know your dreams ♪
♪ I've been everything you wanna be… ♪
[Mike] And his opponent, from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing in at 218 pounds,
CM Punk!
[Michael] Back on the Monday Night Raw debut on Netflix in January of this year,
CM Punk beat Seth Rollins in a matchup.
Seth Rollins, Pat,
has not gotten over the fact that he lost to this man,
who is undefeated in this hollowed building
-of Madison Square Garden. -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
♪ You won't have to follow me ♪
♪ Only you can set me free ♪
[Michael] This situation dates back all the way to 2012.
Here, in the WWE,
the night that Seth Rollins and The Shield debuted.
-[Pat] And here we go! -[bell ringing]
[Michael] We're underway now. Door will be locked, Steel Cage Match!
Rollins, Punk, our main event in front of 20,000 plus in the Garden.
[Pat] The energy is palpable in here,
-20,000 plus. -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Michael] And again, remember the rules of a Steel Cage Match.
You win via pinfall, submission,
or escape from the cage with both feet touching the floor.
And Rollins and Punk now, disdain and hatred for one another,
taking that out in the early going of this matchup.
[Pat] We saw a fist fight early.
[Michael] This is not gonna be pretty, far from it…
-[crowd chanting "CM Punk"] -…flat out brawl between these two men.
Punk eliminated Rollins back at the Royal Rumble.
At the Elimination Chamber,
Rollins cost Punk an opportunity to main event Mania,
handing the match to John Cena.
And Punk hasn't forgotten.
[Pat] Both these men have come out here 100 miles an hour.
Trying to knock each other out quick. Big bombs being thrown.
-Big chops in Madison Square Garden. -[Michael] Oh!
[Michael] And Punk now goes toe to toe, and nose to nose,
face to face with Rollins.
A frenzied atmosphere here inside the Mecca.
-[half crowd chanting "Let's go Rollins"] -[remaining crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Pat] Jeez.
[Michael] Guys are beating the hell out of one another.
[Pat] Right in the middle of the Garden in a steel cage.
-Two legends. -[Michael] Punk went for the kick.
Rollins, and right back to the middle of the ring,
slugfest continues.
We saw Freddie Roach,
the Hall of Fame boxing trainer earlier on,
gotta wonder what he thinks about these two.
[Pat] I don't think you're supposed to just throw haymakers
at each other the entire time, but why not?
-[Michael] Oh, and a chop by Rollins… -[crowd gasping]
…stuns Punk.
-[crowd gasping] -[Michael] And one to Rollins.
[Pat] Couple clap bombs in Madison Square Garden,
-it's like the Rangers are in here. -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] And now Rollins dropped to a knee by the right by Punk
and another one by CM Punk.
And a third and Rollins is now rocked as Punk looked to try
to gain the upper hand and Rollins delivers a right of his own.
These two just wanna maim each other,
-that's all this is about. -[Pat] They certainly do,
CM Punk has been staggered a little bit here.
Wait a minute.
[Michael] Oh, looking for the GTS early on.
Went for the running knee, Rollins is able to catch Punk,
Seth Rollins down with a classic Buckle Bomb, but this time into the cage.
Rollins is taking control.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] You know, as we mentioned, Pat,
one of the things that's interesting about this match so far,
none of these men have gone for a pin yet,
none of these men have gone for a submission,
none of these men have gone for an escape from the cage,
because this is about maiming each other, perhaps ending each other's career.
Make sure that none of them get to WrestleMania,
that's what this is about.
[Pat] It's been a brutal brawl since the beginning,
and I'll tell you what,
Seth "Freakin" Rollins has been making CM Punk feel some steel.
[Michael] Yeah, I mean, throughout the entire break,
Rollins dominated this whole matchup.
It has been all Rollins, just this vicious,
violent assault on CM Punk,
and again, no interest at all in winning this match.
This is about brutality.
[Pat] Seth "Freakin" Rollins could easily climb over the steel cage
and put both feet on the ground right now if he wanted to.
CM Punk has been beat down, here in Madison Square Garden.
[Michael] Oh, yeah, no doubt.
Rollins now with a kick to the midsection, Punk just trying to do anything he can
to try to survive, hang on.
Rollins though, again, just another blow to CM Punk.
Both these men, mid-90s on 2K25 for good reason, legends.
[Michael] Now, look at the doors open and Rollins is saying, go ahead Punk,
go ahead, escape from the cage, take the escape,
take the quick way out here.
[crowd groaning]
[Pat] But Seth "Freakin" Rollins could do the exact same thing,
and instead, he wants to continue.
[Michael] Yeah, because it's about winning this--
It's not about winning, it's about maiming each other.
Rollins promising Punk, "You're not going to WrestleMania,"
Punk said, "Oh, yeah?"
[Pat] That wasn't his pointer finger, it wasn't the ring or the pinky.
[Michael] And here's Rollins, kick right to the midsection.
Up over the top.
Punk now driving Rollins into the cage and Punk has an opportunity.
[Pat] Looking for the third Buckle Bomb into the steel cage,
instead he gets a--
[Michael] Looking for the Go To Sleep and he caught him.
But Punk collapses.
And again, no interest at all in going for any sort of cover here
after the GTS connected to Rollins.
[Pat] I think CM Punk is in no condition to exit this cage.
I think that GTS just gave him some time to get back.
[Michael] You gotta watch the GTS connecting
right to the bridge of the nose.
Both men physically beaten, physically exhausted
inside the confines of a steel cage.
[Pat] Battered, both of these men.
[Michael] And Rollins with a running…
I should say Punk with a running knee caught Rollins.
And now Punk starting to build momentum, turning things around now inside the cage.
-And now it's Punk's turn. -[Pat] To return the favor.
[Michael] To punish Rollins.
Not now-- Oh! And a knee, right to the back of the head.
And Rollins collapses in a heap.
And again, Punk with no interest to go for any sort of cover here.
Now, he opens the door. And Pu…
Punk telling Rollins, now it's your opportunity to get out,
your opportunity to escape, if you wanna win it that way.
And Rollins returns the favor to Punk.
And now Punk with a running knee in the corner.
[Pat] That's why a steel cage is perfect for these men.
They both feel the same way about each other and it ain't good.
[Michael] Neck breaker.
[Pat] Elbow from CM Punk.
When will they decide that they've done enough damage to the other man?
To be able to sleep tonight.
[Michael] And then again an elbow.
You know, I think it's the point where one of these men get carted out
of the cage on a stretcher, taken to the hospital.
[Pat] A forced stop, as you say.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now, Punk from the second rope.
[Pat] Well, top rope.
[Michael] Top rope now for Punk with the elbow.
[Pat] Came down from the jumbo drawn here in Madison Square Garden.
[Michael] And again, Pat, no interest in any type of cover.
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Pat] He's thinking, "I'm back on my bullish."
"Actually, back to back on my bullish. Fabulous is in the building."
"I gotta drop some bombs
with this elbow on Seth "Freakin" Rollins."
[Michael] Punk again with another elbow to Rollins.
[Pat] Is that enough or we got a three-peat?
Are we about to be knee deep in elbow drops?
[crowd chanting "One more time"]
[Michael] The faithful here at the Garden want it one more time.
Punk climbing up again to the top rope.
CM Punk.
[Pat] Two's not enough, need a three-peat.
[Michael] And a third elbow by Punk.
Here's the cover, the first one here for Punk,
and almost had him, and Rollins kicks out.
Still not enough damage has been done.
[Pat] Here's the third elbow drop, first pinning attempt of the night.
Two count.
Seth Rollins barely able to keep this fight rolling.
[Michael] You wonder what's going through the cerebral mind of CM Punk.
Punk now, top rope, Punk going to the top of the cage.
Is Punk gonna try to escape here?
[Pat] CM Punk looking to win old school, old fashioned.
-[Michael] Oh, no, maybe-- Maybe not, Pat… -[Pat] Wait a minute.
…maybe not.
Rollins rolls out of harm's way.
Punk could just jump off the top of the cage and win this thing.
[Pat] It'd be quite a fall, I'd hope he'd at least climb a little bit,
but he's dangling in the sky on the top of the cage.
[Michael] Rollins is gonna meet him there.
Rollins now up to the top of the cage as well.
Rollins and Punk high above the ring in Madison Square Garden.
Dangerous position for these men.
[Pat] Fighting it 25, 30 feet in the sky.
[Michael] Punk now with a kick to Rollins.
[Pat] Rollins off balance.
[crowd groans]
-[Pat] CM Punk straddling the cage. -[Michael] Oh, no.
[Pat] One slip, one fall.
[Michael] And again, Rollins just hanging on.
[Pat] High altitude, high risk.
Here at the Mecca.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, no, Rollins from up there. Punk just trying somehow to hang on.
-Oh! Superplex. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Holy!
[Michael] Rollins collapses into the cover.
And Punk stays in it! Punk still in it!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Pat] From the top of the cage…
a superplex that's should've broke every bone in CM Punk's body.
[Michael] And Rollins in pain as well, collapsed into the cover,
but somehow Punk kicked out.
[crowd applauding, chanting "This is awesome"]
[Michael] What a main event here tonight on Monday Night Raw
between two all time greats and Punk and Rollins.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
-[Pat] Yes, it is. -[crowd chanting "This is awesome!"]
[Michael] Twenty thousand, one hundred and forty-two WWE fans
jammed into the Garden tonight.
These two men will not give in, will not give up.
It's amazing how hatred drives a man, Pat.
[Pat] This far into this fight,
having a standoff in a steel cage with a toughness check,
who's still got it?
-Come on, come on. -[Pat] It's a powerful thing, Cole.
[Michael] Rollins asking for more. Punk now.
Rollins with Punk in position for a Pedigree.
Punk able to counter. Punk now, another GTS to Rollins.
-Is it enough for the win? Cover now. -[crowd] One, two…
-[Michael] On second, kicks out at two! -[Pat] How?
He hit that so clean.
The second GTS of the night, not enough.
[Michael] What an incredible match between these two men.
[Pat] What a dream fight between these two men.
[Michael] Two former multi time world champions.
Punk says it's over. Another Go To Sleep could be coming for Rollins.
Punk's bread and butter move,
the GTS has yet to put Rollins away tonight.
Perhaps the third one will be a charm for CM Punk,
with Rollins up on his shoulders.
[Pat] Staring down the WrestleMania sign.
[Michael] Oh, this time, look at this now. Seth Rollins, Rollins drops into a--
Pat, this is an STF, STF.
This is how John Cena beat CM Punk in the past.
Rollins did his homework. The STF's in.
[Pat] Nightmares of the Elimination Chamber
have to be running through CM Punk's brain.
[Michael] It's Punk.
Come on, go to sleep.
[referee] Come on, Punk, come on.
[Pat] Seth Rollins was yelling "Die" at CM Punk as Cena
had the STF locked in at the Elimination Chamber.
[Michael] And out, Punk able to break it, Punk looking for the Anaconda Vice now.
Punk's own submission move, the Anaconda Vice,
the Anaconda Vice locked in. Will Rollins tap out now?
Rollins is flailing away,
trying to create some space, some separation.
Ropes don't cause a break inside a steel cage.
No disqualification, remember.
Rollins has got to fight out of this, raking the eyes and the nose of Punk.
Desperation, anything he can do.
Stomp.
From out of nowhere, the stomp by Rollins.
[Pat] Is that gonna be enough?
-[Michael] Here's the cover. -[crowd] One, two…
[Michael] Punk kicked out again.
[Pat] Seth Rollins tried to put CM Punk's head in the subway.
[Michael] Rollins in disbelief that Punk kicked out from the Go To Sleep.
[Pat] How much more do these two men have?
[Pat] Seth "Freakin" Rollins just had an idea,
shoves apart, out of the way.
[Michael] With Punk prone again.
Rollins now.
-[Pat] Wait a minute. -[Michael] Measuring his man.
Punk slowly getting to his feet.
Drops Rollins, back of his neck, pumping him up.
Another Go To Sleep to Rollins. Connected,
-cover for the win… -[crowd] One, two…
…over Seth who kicks out, you gotta be kidding me.
[Pat] How, Cole? How did Seth get his shoulder off the mat?
That's three GTSs.
Three times he's supposed to be counting sheep.
Three times this match is supposed to be over.
Three times Seth "Freakin" Rollins kicks out.
[Michael] The will of both of these men driven by disdain,
driven by hatred for one another.
[Pat] CM Punk wondering what the hell it's gonna take.
[Michael] An incredible scene inside the Garden.
What's going through Punk's mind now with Rollins still down
and out after the GTS, a kick-out and a stomp by Rollins.
Punk to Rollins, Punk just stole Rollins's move, the stomp.
-And now the cover of Rollins, -[crowd] One, two…
…who kicks out again. He kicked out of the stomp.
[Pat] Three Go To Sleeps,
a stomp, and Seth Rollins is still fighting with CM Punk.
[Michael] Don't forget the Anaconda Vice. The door is open.
Punk would have the opportunity now to just walk out of the cage,
put both his feet on the floor and win this damn match.
But that's not what it's about for these two men.
Come on!
If you want my house, take it from me!
You want this from me, take it from me.
[Michael] And Punk caught, and now takes down Rollins.
Punk was irate, going for another Go To Sleep on Rollins here.
Punk lifting Seth Rollins up, Seth able to slip out from behind.
And now, Punk.
With a G-- A GTS by Rollins to CM Punk and Rollins with a stomp.
A stomp by Rollins, covered out by Seth to win the cage match.
-[crowd] One, two… -[Michael] Hook of the leg,
and Punk kicked out again.
[Pat] That's the sound
of 20,142 befuddled people.
[Michael] And now, it's Rollins's opportunity to escape from the cage,
to walk out of the cage here.
[Pat] These men have superpowers.
[Michael] Punk hit Rollins with Rollins's stomp.
Rollins hit Punk with Punk GTS, and still these men survive.
And now, Seth Rollins.
Up to the second rope, looking to do more damage.
Rollins from the second rope. Punk's in trouble.
Super Stomp by Rollins.
[Pat] That's gotta be it.
[Michael] Watching CM Punk suffer.
That is what this is about for Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
[Pat] He's admiring his work.
-[Michael] Rollins. -[Pat] Holy--
[Michael] Oh, my God, who the he--
-Roman Reigns! -[Pat] Our Tribal Chief!
[Lilian] Here is your winner, Seth Rollins.
[Michael] Well, Rollins won the match, Superman Punch,
because Reigns dragged him out and threw him to the floor.
But that's not what this is about.
This is Roman Reigns remembering the Rumble,
remembering the two stomps of the Rumble,
remembering what Rollins did to him, and spear now by Reigns.
Roman Reigns… the OTC is out for blood.
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[Pat] Our Tribal Chief, the one Tribal Chief,
the only Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns.
[Michael] Did you see the look, the fear in the eyes of Rollins
when he realized it was Reigns who dragged him out of the cage?
It was Rollins who hit a stomp to the floor,
to the head of Reigns at the Rumble.
And then he stomped Reigns's head into a steel steps at the Rumble as well.
And now, another stomp to Rollins by way of payback tonight.
"That's payback for the Rumble, Seth," says Roman.
[Pat] "That's payback for everything you've done," says Roman.
[Michael] This dates all the way back… to the disintegration of The Shield.
The night that Seth Rollins turned his back on Reigns and Ambrose.
It dates back to the heist of the century at WrestleMania
when Rollins cashed in.
-Reigns involved in that match up. -[speaks indistinctly]
Bite steel, huh? I'm gonna end it all for you now.
[Michael] This dates back to this year's Rumble
when Rollins tried to end the career of Roman Reigns.
It dates back to last year's WrestleMania when Rollins cost Reigns
the Undisputed Championship.
Roman, no! No!
-[Pat] Adam Pearce, and the lads. -Don't! Roman, no! No!
-Seriously, no! -[Pat] Thinking the same thing you were.
Roman was about to end it for Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
[Heyman] No.
[inaudible]
[Michael] Roman Reigns realizing that…
that's his wise man, Paul Heyman… that is in the ring comforting CM Punk,
again, who's a Paul Heyman guy many years ago.
And Roman Reigns now upset and he just drives Punk into the cage,
and Roman Reigns has lost it.
Roman Reigns with a spear to Punk.
-[roars] -[crowd roars]
[Pat] Oh, yeah, Roman Reigns is back.
[Michael] Remember, Heyman still owes Punk a favor.
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[Pat] And we all owe Roman Reigns our acknowledgement.
[crowd cheering]
[speaks indistinctly] oman Reigns our acknowledgement.