[epic music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
-Now. -[crowd cheering]
[Triple H] Forever.
-Together. -[music concludes]
["4X4" playing]
[Joe] Dallas, Texas is home for this week's Raw on Netflix.
A city that shines bright
with imposing size and scope, skyscrapers and glitz,
Texas-branded "bigger and better."
And as we make our way through the American Airlines Center,
we do so knowing that through the years, these locals have seen it all.
These Texas fans have had WrestleMania legendary nights.
Now, 27 Raws in Dallas.
They've seen so many major moments, much like what happened a week ago,
with a dramatic return that sets the stage
for an incredible evening right here, right now.
-["4X4" continues playing] -[crowd cheering]
[music concludes]
[tense music playing]
[Joe] Jimmy and Jey reunited for tag team action.
A Tornado Tag Team match against The Vision,
Bron Breakker and "Big" Bronson Reed.
Oh, they're wasting no time.
[Wade] Utter carnage, expect that in this matchup.
-[Jey] U! -[crowd] So!
[Joe] Bron Breakker just crashes through the announce desk.
[Wade] The Usos completely wiped out,
and it looks like The Vision are only just getting warmed up.
[Joe] Bronson Reed with a Jagged Edge.
-And the Usos are down and laid out. -[music concludes]
-["I Am Greatness" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] OTC1!
[Wade] Four weeks after being wiped out by this duo!
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] And now there is hell to pay!
[Joe] And Roman Reigns going to war with The Vision!
[Wade] But this match is still ongoing! There's no disqualifications!
[Joe] The Usos back in business with a spear!
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] The Uso Splash!
-[crowd counting] -[bell ringing]
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] Roman Reigns is back!
[crowd chanting "Roman, Roman Reigns"]
[music concludes]
[crowd chanting "Roman, Roman Reigns"]
-["I Am Greatness" playing] -[crowd screaming, cheering]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome the OTC,
Roman Reigns!
[Joe] It was an incredible return for Roman Reigns.
Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett with you ringside.
Wade, to see those images of the vicious beating he suffered
at Clash in Paris that hospitalized him.
And then last week, as his family, the Usos,
were stacked and in danger, and there was OTC1 blasting away.
[Wade] You're right, Joe, such a triumphant return
after a month laid out by The Vision,
a modicum of vengeance on the two men who put him there,
helping the Usos defeat The Vision last week.
I'm gonna guess though, knowing Roman Reigns's makeup,
that's not gonna quite be enough.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Boy, what an electric atmosphere here in Dallas, Texas, Joe.
Everyone on their feet, every index finger pointed skywards
in honor of the great Roman Reigns.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Great scene here at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Massive crowd, and they're getting exactly what they wanted.
Roman Reigns, OTC1.
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Roman, Roman Reigns"]
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[crowd cheering]
-Dallas, Texas. -[crowd cheering]
-Acknowledge me. -[crowd cheering]
["Battle Tested" playing]
♪ I'm war ready, I'm battle tested ♪
♪ This is the story of a fighter Who's got nothing to lose ♪
♪ Battle tested next opponent he choose ♪
♪ Will be left broken and bruised Just me and my crew, we battle tested ♪
♪ Coming for everything And you know we'll wreck it ♪
♪ Let the first warrior stronger than me ♪
♪ Take a shot at coming here To try and brawl with me ♪
♪ I'm ready for war ♪
-[music concludes] -[crowd booing]
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
You just out here to stare at me or you gonna say something?
[crowd cheering]
-I don't know… -[crowd booing]
…who's been wise-manning you since you broke my heart…
about public speaking.
But you've ruined the entire schtick. Let me show you how it's done.
-Dallas, Texas. -[crowd booing]
-Acknowledge your Tribal Thief. -[crowd booing]
And Roman Reigns, acknowledge the one man on the face of this planet
that you fear in your heart,
-"Big" Bronson Reed. -[crowd booing]
Aw, come on, you know you fear him,
and well you should.
Not once in your-- Forget about your career,
not once in your entire life have you ever been beaten to such a degree
that you needed a stretcher,
that you couldn't leave on your own volition, not once.
All those football games at Georgia Tech, not once did you leave on a stretcher.
All those Anoa'i family barbecues that doubled as drunken Samoans
having a battle royal in the backyard, not once did you leave on a stretcher.
And in your entire career,
let alone even before you were the Tribal Chief with me
at the height of your greatness, not once in your career
did a man lay a beating on you to such a degree
that you had to be placed on a stretcher, carried out of the arena,
placed into an ambulance,
and taken all the way to the hospital.
[crowd booing]
-Roman Reigns. -[crowd booing]
Don't worry about them, listen to me.
Your father, Sika, 45 years in this business,
-never stretchered out. -[crowd booing]
Your uncle, 45 years in this business, never stretchered out.
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
How do you think they'd feel? Looking down on you,
watching you get stretchered out by my hands. [laughs]
[crowd booing]
It's funny you bring up my father and my uncle.
You didn't know them.
The dumbass next to you, he did.
[crowd cheering]
What do you think my dad would say right now, Paul?
My dad would say, "Fight him now."
[crowd cheering]
So let's do this…
-now! -[crowd cheering]
[inaudible]
Listen to me. Whatever you do, do not fall into the trap.
This is exactly what it is. It's a trap. He's a trap!
You do this on your time! Do this on your schedule!
-You're right. -You call the shots.
Uh, I'm not-- I've ran this before.
I've been over there and I've heard what he has to say.
There's no wise words coming.
Just words of a coward, he's telling you, "Don't fight right now."
He's telling you, "You're on the Tribal Chief's time right now."
He's telling you, "You're on the Tribal Chief's terms right now."
Let's just be honest here.
-I'm levels above you. -[crowd cheering]
It's gonna be my time, no matter the place,
no matter where we go, when you wanna do it.
Whatever fashion you wanna do it in,
let me know because I'm always gonna be your Tribal Chief.
[crowd cheering]
-[inaudible] -Yeah.
[crowd chanting "OTC"]
My compliments,
that was almost as brilliant as if it came from a wise man.
[crowd booing]
You wanna know who, what, when, where, why?
Roman Reigns versus Bronson Reed.
This Saturday night, Perth, Australia, at Crown Jewel.
In a match that Bronson Reed made famous.
In a match that Bronson Reed has never been defeated in.
In a match that Bronson Reed was so dominant in
that WWE recruited him from Australia to the main roster.
This Saturday night at Crown Jewel, Roman Reigns, Bronson Reed
in an Australian Street Fight.
[crowd gasping]
-Too easy, I accept. -[crowd cheering]
Got him! Good night, everybody!
[crowd booing]
Hold on, Dallas, they walked in like some tough guys.
But they seem to be walking out like a couple of [inaudible].
[crowd cheering]
-[Joe] Well, that seemingly did it. -[Wade] Oh my!
[Joe] "Fight him now," was the message that was delivered.
And that looks like it's happening right now, Wade.
[Wade] Oh! Just a few days before the Australian Street Fight,
-here's a warm-up! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Crown Jewel in Perth.
It's been accepted. As he sends him outside onto the floor.
[Wade] Scraping the eyeballs of Roman Reigns there.
Careful what you wish for, Roman. This is what bad Auszilla wanted.
[Joe] Oh, Superman!
It sends him over Timekeeper.
Oh, and Roman's coming our way.
Well, Roman has cleared off the reinforced announce desk.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And now here you see security,
coming down to try to tame the situation
between "Big" Bronson Reed and Roman Reigns.
[Wade] The way this was looking,
Bronson Reed was not gonna make it to Australia.
-[Joe] Oh, there he goes! -[crowd cheering]
-[Joe] Brawling away over the barrier. -[indistinct clamor]
-[Joe] Superman again! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Superman punch.
[Joe] At Clash in Paris,
Reigns was stretchered off because of the beatdown
-put on by "Big" Bronson Reed. -[crowd chanting "OTC"]
[Joe] A week ago he returned.
And now tonight, the challenge was issued.
-And come Saturday… -["I Am Greatness" playing]
…live from Perth, Western Australia, Wade, it is an Australian Street Fight.
Down under.
-[Wade] Oh, wow. That is cannot-miss. -[inaudible]
[inaudible]
[Joe] What a start to Monday Night Raw,
but that is just the beginning of a massive night.
Because look at who is arriving right here
at the American Airlines Center.
CM Punk is here
after his successful mission accomplished at Wrestlepalooza.
Now, sets his sights on a clear target. CM Punk will join us live.
Plus, Lyra Valkyria has arrived in Texas.
Tonight, she does battle with The Judgment Day's Roxanne Perez.
That is coming your way in moments.
And after a week of complete turmoil,
Iyo Sky, you can see it on her face,
betrayed and now on the other side of those she considered family.
Wade, let's remind everybody what happened last week.
[Wade] Yeah, this was last Monday on Raw.
Rhea Ripley once again jumped by The Kabuki Warriors.
This time Iyo Sky came down to talk some sense
-into her longtime friends. -[crowd chanting "Iyo"]
[shouting indistinctly]
[Wade] But the talking worked too well as her now-former mentor Asuka
sprayed Iyo with Poison Mist, blinding the Genius of the Sky.
-We can still be a family. -[whimpers]
[shouts] Leave me alone!
At Crown Jewel, me and you, we are taking on The Kabuki Warriors.
-Let's do it. -[crowd cheering]
-[shouting in Japanese] -I understand.
Oh! Then make the match, make the match!
-[speaks Japanese] Tonight! -Hold on, calm down.
If we're talking about Crown Jewel, the match is official.
-Are you talking about tonight? -[speaks Japanese]
-Tonight! -Hold on. You want Iyo and Kairi tonight?
Okay, if so, I need to talk to Iyo
because Rhea's already down under doing press.
And I gotta find if there's space in the show.
So let me talk to Iyo. If she wants the match,
then I will come back and let you know it's official. Does that work?
[shouts in Japanese]
Make the match tonight!
-[muttering in Japanese] -Okay. Yeah. I need a drink.
-[Sane] Asuka-san. -Oh, Kairi-chan.
-What is going on? -[chuckles]
We're gonna teach Iyo and Rhea respect at Crown Jewel.
But tonight, you will face Iyo Sky! [chuckles]
[speaks Japanese]
[sobbing] No, I don't wanna fight Iyo one-on-one,
because I know I can still bring her back into our family.
-[speaks Japanese] -[shouts in Japanese]
-[crowd gasping] -[shouting in Japanese]
[Sane breathes shakily]
[speaks Japanese]
I understand.
Oh, good girl, good girl. Good, good.
Better win, you better win.
[hand patting]
-[sobs, trembles] -[Asuka shouting] Kairi!
[sobs]
[Joe] Wow, Asuka pushing for Iyo and Kairi as a possibility tonight.
-["New Lows" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ The sleepless nights The desperate calls, the empty road… ♪
-[bell ringing] -[Alicia] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Dublin, Ireland,
she is the Women's Intercontinental Champion,
"The Man" Becky Lynch!
[Joe] The Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch, the quick-witted,
sharp-tongued, all-time great,
who referred to Maxxine Dupri as "five foot, nine inches of failure."
It is Becky against the hardworking, always-improving Maxxine Dupri.
That comes your way next from Dallas.
[music concludes]
["Shoooosh" playing]
[Joe] Maxxine Dupri, training as hard as we've ever seen.
Clearly ready for this big moment, Wade.
Because who better to face
than the greatest female wrestler of all time?
That's what you said.
Everyone says that, okay, Sports Illustrated.
Everyone except for AJ Lee.
-[crowd cheering] -AJ Lee. [chuckles]
-[groans] -Oh!
-[Lynch laughing] -What the hell is wrong with you?
This has nothing to do with Tozawa. Leave him out of it!
-[Lynch grunts] -[Dupri groans]
[Wade] Only too happy to oblige, Lynch gave a beatdown to Maxxine instead.
Lynch has been on a major warpath since tapping out to AJ Lee in a mixed tag
-at Wrestlepalooza a couple of weeks ago. -Come on.
[Joe] So there's no doubt that this matchup
comes with a lot of fire and focus for Maxxine Dupri
after what happened last week backstage.
I'll tell you, she looks completely locked in.
And I mean, in terms of just pre-matchup, watching her moments ago,
perhaps the most confident version we've seen of her.
[Wade] Yeah, confidence tends to fall apart rather quickly
when you're in there
with the greatest women's wrestler of all time.
And it's not just me saying it, you know the rest.
-[Joe] No, no, no. No, no. -[Wade] Joe Tess.
[Joe] And she's taking it right to her,
and I think standing your ground early is critical for Maxxine, Wade.
[Wade] Yeah, 100%. You crumble at the feet of Becky Lynch in the early goings,
you are simply not gonna get back up.
But that may be as good as it gets for Maxxine Dupri,
who is without doubt the least experienced member
of the women's division here on Raw.
[Joe] You see Maxxine going to the offense early,
and I'll take you back to August 11th
when it was very different, when she struggled early.
And Becky was mocking her, just flexing and saying,
"Get out of my ring, you don't deserve to be here."
[Wade] Yeah, that's part of the issue between these two.
Lynch has zero respect for anyone lower down the pecking order,
such as Dupri.
And until you get yourself into that world champion category
that Lynch has made her home,
Lynch views you as simply a waste of space and a waste of oxygen here on Raw.
And that is the complete distaste she has for Maxxine Dupri.
[Joe] You know, there was a glimmer of hope from Dupri
when they met up on August 11th.
There was a moment when Big Time Becks was going for the Manhandle Slam
and Maxxine countered with a stunner
and then was able to put a series of offense together.
And now she's standing right up to Becky.
[Wade] You called it a moment, it may have been a fleeting moment,
but perhaps one of those moments is-- Oh. Speak too soon.
It always is a moment. It's a brief moment in time
where perhaps Lynch drops her guard for a second,
gets a little too arrogant, and Maxxine takes the opportunity.
And right now, this is going about as well as I feared it would go
-for Maxxine Dupri. -[crowd booing]
[Joe] Maxxine's gotta gather herself again.
Against the seven-time World Champion and the Intercontinental Champion
who's held that title for 120 days at this point.
[Wade] Well, I'll tell you right now,
I've got a lot of admiration for Maxxine Dupri.
She's training incredibly hard with the likes of Tyson Kidd and Natalya.
However, there are levels to this and Maxxine, for my money,
should be aiming at more the mid card here,
rather than at the very top, but hold on.
[Joe] Thesz Press into a beatdown.
-[Wade] That's-- -[Joe] A ground and pound.
[Wade] Too much of that humiliation from Becky Lynch,
and that was dropkick that did not find the target,
although it did find a target, the knee of Becky Lynch,
who is now rocked.
And Maxxine has to drop the hammer here, and she--
-[Joe] Oh! Right off the apron, Wade! -Come on!
[Joe] Off the apron, Maxxine Dupri.
[Wade] And this is the part of that killer instinct
that up-and-coming superstars need to learn.
When you get a window, you have to capitalize.
And if you don't make the most of it, someone the caliber of Lynch
is gonna be back at you in the blink of an eye.
[Joe] And just throws her into that barrier.
[Wade] And this is what we're talking about, the levels to this.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] T-bone suplex right into the security barrier,
Lynch in complete control here.
[Joe] Both of our competitors down, Becky Lynch and Maxxine Dupri here,
opening up Monday Night Raw on Netflix in Dallas, Texas.
A week ago, we saw Becky Lynch confront Maxxine Dupri
and Akira Tozawa backstage.
Things got really physical, now we've got this match.
And Maxxine Dupri, who's been improving week after week,
is trying to stand her ground
against the seven-time world champion, Becky Lynch.
[Wade] Well, I'll tell you right now, I feared…
[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[crowd cheering, booing]
[Joe] Just toeing the line in the center of the ring,
and then an uppercut and a spinning kick by Becky Lynch.
[Wade] I feared the worst for Maxxine when this match was announced,
but right now she's scoring A-plus for effort.
-She's still in this thing. -[Joe] Oh! How about that pump knee?
[Wade] Well, Maxxine digging deep and showing gears
that none of us had any clue she possessed.
-[Joe] And putting it all together, Wade. -[Wade] Wow! She might actually do this.
[Joe] Maxxine Dupri, the best we've seen of her
against this level of competition.
[Wade] Suddenly looking fresh as a daisy,
a fisherman sup-- and a kip-up!
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] What the hell is possessing Maxxine Dupri tonight?
[Joe] She can sense it. She is a different competitor right now.
As Lynch blocks that leg sweep, and look at Dupri.
-That was smart and technical. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] The ankle lock is in.
[Wade] Pulling some tricks out of the Alpha Academy,
and it's working, locked in center of the ring.
Becky Lynch in major trouble here,
and I did not think I was gonna be saying that tonight.
But of course, the class of Becky Lynch comes to the fore.
And it could be downhill from here for Maxxine Dupri,
but what an effort from Maxxine there.
[Joe] Yeah, and you can see something was taken out of Becky Lynch,
both that left leg and that continued offensive assault.
And now just the grit of a veteran fighter taking it to Dupri.
[Wade] And this is what we talk about, Joe, levels.
When things get taken out of Superstars, sometimes, they end up completely flat.
Becky Lynch, though, that championship caliber she is,
finds another level when she really needs it.
[Joe] The second Women's Intercontinental Champion in history.
-[Wade] Oh God. -[Joe] Oh, look at Dupri.
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] How about it, Maxxine Dupri.
[Wade] Taking some of the powerhouse stylings of Otis.
This woman simply gets better every time you see her.
And Becky Lynch
did not anticipate any of this tonight.
Two and three quarters away from beating the Intercontinental Champion.
[Joe] Two and very deep water and now Dupri's going up top.
Becky gets to her feet at the very last second.
[Wade] It's so difficult this deep in a match to even climb the ropes
and it just took a beat too long for Maxxine Dupri,
but she ain't giving up yet.
Who the hell had Maxxine Dupri giving us a banger here on Raw
on their bingo card? Certainly not me.
[Joe] It's not just a spirited effort, but impressive with her offense.
But can she stay with Becky Lynch throughout?
Superplex, and now Lynch,
-lateral press to put it away. -[referee counting]
[Joe] Getting that shoulder up-- Oh no, remember--
Remember back in August when the Disarmher was locked in.
[Wade] They got blocked there, Maxxine Dupri learned,
but now that arm is extended.
-[Joe] Whoa! -[Wade] A reversal. Ooh!
[Joe] A reversal and the shoulders were down
and looking to get right back into that ankle lock.
From defense back onto offense once again by Dupri.
-[crowd counting] -[Joe] Shoulders down!
And Dupri finds a way.
[Wade] I don't know who's gonna win this, Joe.
[Joe] Can you believe this effort? No Manhandle. Instead, look at this.
-[Wade] Oh God, come on, Maxxine! -[Joe] Maxxine Dupri. Could she--
-Could she do it right here in Dallas? -[crowd counting]
-[Joe] Oh! -[Wade] What was that?
[crowd cheering]
-[Wade] Oh my God. -[Joe] Two-point-nine-nine-nine-nine…
[Wade] The boos are ringing out, and with good reason.
Completely coldcocking Becky Lynch.
-[crowd counting] -[Wade] Oh!
You could not get any closer to a three-count.
[Joe] We almost had one of the biggest upsets in years.
-[Wade] Oh my God! -[Joe] Crossbody!
Roll right through by Becky.
-[Wade shouting excitedly] -[Joe] And she survives again!
[Wade] Oh my God, Becky Lynch can't believe it.
She's out of ideas.
-[crowd counting] -[Joe] Dupri using the ropes.
Two and change again. She is coming so close.
-Oh! Took that big boot. -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] She paused for a second in disbelief of the moment.
[Wade] Simply cannot feel sorry for yourself
because it's not gone your way in that very moment.
And uh-oh, Becky Lynch has that look in her eye
and things are about to get ugly.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
[Joe] Slamming her into our announce desk and draped over our announce desk.
And now just ragdolling Maxxine Dupri.
[Wade] The audience banging out, "This is awesome."
Nobody expected this from Dupri tonight,
-and the match is still ongoing. -[Joe] Taking her sweet time outside.
[Wade] And Becky Lynch is irate, is pissed off.
Referee trying to get some order back here,
and it's not working too well.
[Joe] I mean, Dupri's just laid out against the barrier.
[overlapping chatter]
[Wade] Lynch taking out her frustrations on the referee too,
using some rather coarse language in the process, but no respite.
[Joe] Oh, slams her head on the steel steps.
Well, Maxxine Dupri's in a bad spot right now.
[Wade] These are… Oh! These are the consequences
for putting up a little too much of a fight against "The Man" Becky Lynch.
Four!
[Wade] Who thought she was coming out here for a victory parade,
for a walk in the park against a woman who conceivably had zero chance
against the Intercontinental Champion.
[Joe] Second time that she's been in there to break the count.
[Wade] This is by far the longest singles match
of Maxxine Dupri's career against, in many people's opinion,
the number one on planet Earth.
-I am the greatest. -[referee] One!
[Joe] Dupri can barely support herself
and her head goes slamming into the announce desk again.
[Wade] You do get the sense that Becky Lynch can end this
anytime she wants at this point.
[crowd booing]
[Joe] Now Becky's just playing to the crowd here
on our announce desk as the count continues on.
-And Dupri's trying to get to her feet. -[referee] Seven!
[Wade] Well, in defense of Becky Lynch, I will say this crowd has been…
-[Joe] Maxxine Dupri is back in the ring. -[referee] Nine!
-Ten! -[Joe] Maxxine Dupri is back in the ring.
-[bell ringing] -[Wade] Get in the ring!
[Joe] She's calling for the bell.
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] Maxxine Dupri is back in the ring.
[Alicia] Here is your winner, as a result of a count-out,
-Maxxine Dupri! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Maxxine Dupri as Becky Lynch has been counted out, Wade!
[Wade] Well, Becky Lynch completely lost her marbles.
Took her eye off the ball, ignored the referee's count.
And Maxxine Dupri has done the unthinkable this evening.
What a performance, capped off…
-I'm the best. -Seven!
[Wade] …with this count, getting eyes on seven already.
-[referee] Eight! -[Wade] There's eight.
Becky Lynch had no clue. And there's nine, ten!
-That was a quick count. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Well, this referee who'd been yelled at
by Becky Lynch just moments earlier, perhaps had the last laugh.
But the cadence of that count brings, perhaps,
that victory into disrepute.
But right now, there will be no consoling Becky Lynch.
What a win for Maxxine Dupri.
[Joe] Yeah, how about you don't get in the ref's face and berate her?
That "seven, eight, nine" had a little pace to it, didn't it?
["Shoooosh" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[music fades]
[Jey] I'll tell you that right now. I'll tell you that right now.
-What up, big uce? -What's up, big uce?
-[grunts] Yeet! -[crowd cheering]
Man, I know them fools not out there talking about our family like that.
Did I just hear them bury Uncle Sika and Uncle Afa?
Hey, listen, uce, at Crown Jewel,
-we got you. We got-- -I got you. I got you. I got you.
-No, don't let that slide. -Hey, I'm good.
I'm good. I don't want no help, especially from you.
We already talked about this.
You should be hyperfocused on what you're doing right now,
your opportunities, right? The doors that are open for you,
owning the rooms that you're gonna walk into.
Matter of fact, who's talking at the top of the hour?
CM Punk.
Hm. Not you, huh?
Man, yeet.
You know I hear and I see everything, right?
What's the problem with him taking advice from me?
Whoo! What's up, Lyra? You got Roxanne Perez next.
I mean, that's a future WrestleMania match if you ask me.
So I would love to be ringside if that's all right with you, please.
Cool. Hey. Okay, who… how… how are you feeling?
I… I feel great. I'm excited. Are you?
Yeah, I'm excited. I love that you waited till right now to ask me.
But Raquel's gonna be out there and I need all the help we can get, so.
-What the hell. Sure. -Yes!
Okay, let's do the handshake, you know?
-The one we… this one. -No.
-No, this one first. -The one we definitely need to work on.
-That's not it. -Yeah.
-Hit it, dog! Let's go! Whoo! -Let's do it! Go!
-["Triumph" playing] -[crowd chanting "Whoo"]
[Joe] I think just a little work on the handshake would be necessary.
[Wade] Euros and handshakes, we're just old fashioned here.
Can't do all the tricks the Americans can.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by Bayley,
from Dublin, Ireland, Lyra Valkyria!
[Joe] Obviously, the more hopeful Bayley
has proven to be the best version of Bayley.
Lyra feels a little more confident with that.
Compelling matchup coming our way here.
Lyra will have Bayley to help even things out against Roxanne Perez,
as Raquel will be by her side.
[music concludes]
["All Fall Down" playing]
[Wade] So this was last week on Raw,
Bayley taking on Judgment Day's Raquel Rodriguez with the--
excuse me-- with the powerhouse Rodriguez,
scoring the win after Roxanne Perez got involved on the outside.
One Tejana Bomb was all it took. Now post-match, Lyra Valkyria
tried her best to run in and prevent a beatdown.
But, of course, succumbing to that numbers game
of The Judgment Day that has been so effective.
Bayley seeing this, something snapped inside Bayley.
And she managed to take out both members of The Judgment Day by herself
before reuniting with Valkyria in a very unique manner.
[Joe] It was interesting a week ago
-when she was asking for Lyra's help. -[bell ringing]
[Joe] Lyra didn't know which version of Bayley you're getting tonight.
Here they are, they've been working on their handshake,
working on high fiving.
Right in the center of the ring, they're getting after it here.
Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez.
[Wade] Had some major beatdowns
across all four of these women in recent weeks, coming to a head.
And clearly, Valkyria and Bayley need to have each other's backs here
because the numbers game of Perez and Rodriguez
is almost a certainty.
[indistinct chatter]
[Joe] Lyra, right in the face of Roxanne,
gets up and delivers a right hand. The ultra talented Roxanne Perez.
She's young but already incredibly experienced.
Especially this year alone, Wade, with 39 televised matches,
that's second most on the entire roster. LA Knight with 40.
[Wade] Yeah, that's the Iron Woman right there,
Roxanne Perez, and getting better every single time she competes.
But young Superstar, highly experienced, really bright future,
always game for a fight.
You can kind of say the exact same thing about Lyra Valkyria,
two of the biggest bright spots
-of the women's division here on Raw. -[Joe] Oh! We've got news.
It is happening right here tonight in Dallas,
Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane.
We saw what happened with Asuka backstage. She slapped Kairi Sane.
Kairi didn't. Said, "I don't want to have to do this."
But Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane just announced
for tonight right here, Raw on Netflix.
[Wade] To my knowledge, that matchup has never happened under the WWE umbrella,
perhaps may have happened in Japan previously,
but certainly not here. So kind of a first-time-ever matchup.
[Joe] Lyra Valkyria getting the best right now of Roxanne Perez
as Raquel Rodriguez looks out on one side, Bayley on the other side.
[Wade] Bayley better keep her eye on Raquel Rodriguez,
always up to no good.
[Joe] Look at the athleticism of Valkyria.
She sweeps the leg and then drives down right into the back.
-[Wade] What I like about Valkyria is-- -[Joe] Hooks the leg.
[Wade] Valkyria is so quick,
but she's also so precise with those shots.
No wasted movement whatsoever. Bullseye every single time.
[Joe] Yeah, both of our competitors are very fluid athletes,
compact, explosive, dynamic, and fluid.
[Wade] Well, they do know each other very well.
They've been competing against each other since their days in NXT.
Lyra's been spending a lot of time in NXT trying
to rekindle a friendship with Tatum Paxley.
Meanwhile, rekindling a friendship with Bayley here on Raw.
Although that shot to the arm there by Roxanne Perez
was the right move at the right time
and may have changed the game in this one.
[Joe] And now just working on that left arm.
Look at that angle and the torque and the pressure.
[Wade] So mean and vindictive.
[Joe] Oh!
Roxanne Perez
just beating down that left arm of Lyra Valkyria here in Dallas.
-[speaks indistinctly] -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett with you here with this massive crowd
at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
The story of this match between Roxanne Perez and Lyra Valkyria
has been Roxanne Perez brutalizing the left arm,
but now you see Lyra Valkyria trying to fight back.
And what does Perez do? She goes right back
to that left shoulder, that left elbow, it has been a constant attack.
[Wade] Well, it's been a horror show thus far for Lyra Valkyria.
Once Perez got the advantage, there was absolutely no let up.
And I feared the worst for Valkyria and certainly that arm health.
-[Bayley banging] -[crowd chanting "Whoo"]
[Wade] She may have somehow engineered an opportunity to get back into this now.
[Joe] Bayley on one side,
Raquel Rodriguez on the other as Bayley has been trying
to rally this crowd to rally support from Lyra Valkyria.
Look at this offensive tack as she has her left arm pinned
against her body, she's been in so much pain.
[Joe] Essentially fighting against all your instincts,
knowing full well that left arm is not useful at all.
-[Joe] Bridging. -[Wade] Figuring it out is Valkyria.
[Joe] Perez rolls right through.
And now Valkyria on the offense.
[referee counting]
[Joe] And a kick-out at two.
[Wade] So that pin there, you really wanna be hooking the neck
and linking your own hands together. Keep an eye on this pin.
After this fisherman suplex, the left hand of Valkyria,
she had to pull it out because of the pain.
And therefore, the pin was simply not tight enough to get the three-count.
There is the issue with having a busted limb.
It's really hindering the attacks of Lyra Valkyria.
[Joe] Trying to put her in position here is Lyra,
but holding on to that top rope is Perez.
Maybe looking for Nightwing right away here
in the center of the ring, but instead, what a great counter by Perez.
And rolling right back is Valkyria.
Back and forth, these young, talented rivals go.
[Wade] Once again with that Nightwing,
I don't think Lyra could quite apply it fully due to that busted arm.
May need something extra creative from Valkyria here
if she's somehow gonna pull out a victory.
[Joe] Raquel Rodriguez is up on the apron, just when Valkyria is trying
to mount offense and go up to the rope.
She's distracting the referee, and with that,
it gives time to Roxanne Perez.
[Wade] Valkyria knew that was the moment to pick up the pace,
but wait a second.
[Wade] Look at Bayley, look at Bayley giving her some leverage and some help.
[Wade] Well, much needed at that moment in time.
[Joe] Oh!
And it works out just fine, hooks the leg.
And a kick-out by Perez.
[Wade] Well, that was the creative offense Valkyria needed,
but it wasn't quite enough.
Clearly, Bayley on the outside being the big equalizer.
[Joe] Oh! Bayley was saying "Nightwing, Nightwing,"
and Raquel Rodriguez was saying something very different.
Oh! And coming right through with the kick is Lyra.
[Wade] Getting even on behalf of her friend, Bayley.
-But taking her eyes off Roxanne Perez. -[Joe] Oh!
[Wade] Tornado DDT headfirst into the concrete on the outside, Joe.
[Joe] And now Perez feels like she has momentum.
Pop Rox, could she do it?
-[crowd counting] -[bell ringing]
["All Fall Down" playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Roxanne Perez!
[Joe] As soon as Lyra gave attention to Raquel Rodriguez
and what happened on the outside to Bayley,
Roxanne Perez, tornado DDT, Pop Rox, victory.
[Wade] We see Lyra Valkyria picking up a head of steam,
taking down Raquel after Raquel had big booted her friend Bayley,
but of course Roxanne Perez does not need a second invite to pounce,
and pounced in a big way she did with Pop Rox,
scoring a huge victory over Lyra Valkyria
thanks to the extracurricular activities of Raquel Rodriguez.
-[yelling] Go get 'em! Come on! -[Wade] Now once again you might see
a clear shift in the mind of Bayley, who looks absolutely livid.
Let's go kick their ass!
[Joe] We have seen this time and again with Bayley.
She's saying, "We got business to take care of," I believe.
[Wade] What a personality shift once again from Bayley.
And we've seen this several times in recent weeks, Joe.
I simply don't know what is going on in the mind of Bayley,
but there appears to be two versions of it.
We want to remind everybody that it's going to be a special start time
for Monday Night Raw from Perth, Australia, next week.
Remember the time differences here.
So it'll be 8:00 a.m. for Raw.
Of course, streaming, you can press and watch whenever you want.
But 8:00 a.m. on the East Coast of the United States next week
after what's going to go down Saturday,
the final chapter in the history of John Cena and AJ Styles.
It will be written in Australia.
[dramatic music playing]
[Jackie] In 2016, John Cena and AJ Styles met
face-to-face for the first time.
[Michael] AJ Styles in the same arena with John Cena.
[JBL] Talk about a moment.
[Jackie] Until then, they'd been on different paths.
John Cena, the face of WWE.
AJ Styles, the face of TNA.
And for the first time ever, fans all over the world
were about to find out the answer to a decades-old question.
What if John Cena faced AJ Styles?
[Michael] Dream match.
Cena, Styles, it's electric.
[JBL] Only ever so often do you get to experience something like this.
Soak it in.
[Jackie] The outcome, phenomenal.
[Michael] Styles is beating Cena.
Career defined.
That right there is a man who has just reached the summit.
[Jackie] AJ Styles took the momentum and became the face that runs the place.
But the story between two legends doesn't end there.
Cena came back at AJ with a new fire lit inside him.
One that propelled Cena to win the WWE Championship
for a record-tying 16th time.
[Michael] And we have witnessed absolute greatness by both performers.
[Jackie] With animosity dissolved and respect earned,
John Cena and AJ Styles went their separate ways.
Until now.
[suspenseful music playing]
[music builds]
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
♪ I was born to be the greatest at life… ♪
[Jackie] With both men approaching the twilight of their careers,
a call from the WWE Universe renewed their rivalry.
♪ Ain't wasting my time I was born to be the greatest at life ♪
[Jackie] At Crown Jewel, John Cena and AJ Styles
will both try to ink their name in the last chapter of their story.
♪ Energy so explosive Locked in, so focused ♪
♪ Everything is predestined Right now is your moment… ♪
[Jackie] Two generational talents,
one final showdown.
♪ Energy so explosive Locked in, so focused ♪
♪ Everything is predestined Right now is your moment ♪
[music fades]
[Joe] Great job by Jackie Redmond on the history of Cena and Styles,
and we could have history, a milestone on Saturday.
With a win, John Cena will have 100 premium live event wins.
Only The Undertaker has more.
[dramatic hip-hop music playing]
-[music fades] -I'm backstage with AJ Styles.
AJ, your long storied rivalry with John Cena,
in the eyes of many fans, is one of the best of all time.
In fact, it was the WWE Universe that demanded this match.
How have you been preparing for it?
Well, the thing you need to know about steel--
-[Dominik] Oh, there he is. -[McDonagh] Look who it is.
Hey, who checked you out of the old folks' home?
AJ Styles, huh? Uncle AJ.
What makes you think you're gonna beat John Cena
when you couldn't even beat me?
Hell, Rusev couldn't even beat me and I'm still your double champ
and you, you've got nothing.
Hey, AJ, a little birdie told me that you and Dragon Lee wanna challenge
the WWE World Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh.
-Yeah. -Well, take this from an old friend.
You're making a huge mistake.
Oh. Well, old friend, kinda sounds like a threat.
I mean, it's easy to threaten someone when there's three against one.
So I'll tell you what, I'll grab Dragon Lee.
We'll see if we can find a third.
I'll talk to Adam Pearce and get us a six-man tag match tonight.
-[crowd cheering] -Then we'll see how tough you guys are.
Right, old friend?
Told you we should have dropped him right here.
There's still time.
I wonder who he's gonna get as his partner.
Doesn't even matter.
Judgment Day is gonna take care of business like we always do.
[exhales]
-[Joe] I like the way AJ's thinking there. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Oh, look who's coming our way.
-[overlapping arguing] -[energetic music playing]
[Joe] CM Punk, next, from right here in Dallas.
[music concludes]
[crowd cheering]
-[Lee] Hey! -[speaks indistinctly]
[Penta] Hey!
[Lee and Penta speaking Spanish]
How are you, my man?
-Good, good. -Good?
-Hey, hey. -Yes?
I heard you was going after the Intercontinental Championship.
-Of course. -Here's a thought.
Why not go after Dominik Mysterio tonight and tag with us?
Get your hands on him a little early, you know?
[speaking Spanish]
Okay, okay. I'm listening, I'm listening, I'm listening.
-[screaming] -[metal thuds]
-Hey, hey. What? -What?
[indistinct clamor]
[metal rattles]
[overlapping clamor]
Get them out of here! Get them out of here! Now!
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd screaming, 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 ♪
♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪
♪ Like Mussolini and Kennedy ♪
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
♪ The cult of personality The cult of personality ♪
-It's… -[crowd] Clobberin' time!
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome CM Punk!
[Joe] He was the proud husband and winner at Wrestlepalooza,
was the World Heavyweight Champion for a moment of time this summer,
and now we all wonder what's next for CM Punk.
[Wade] CM Punk did have a stated goal returning,
that he wanted to climb to the very top of the mountain again.
You mentioned it, Joe, for a fleeting moment,
he did stand there
at SummerSlam, defeating the undefeatable Gunther.
But of course, that moment was taken away
simply too soon for CM Punk by Seth "Freakin" Rollins,
his archnemesis, cashing in Money in the Bank.
Well, he did get some vengeance, of course,
with that victory in mixed tag alongside his wife AJ at Wrestlepalooza.
The big question is, what is next for CM Punk?
♪ And Ghandi ♪
♪ I'm the cult of personality The cult of personality ♪
-[song fades] -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Dallas, Texas, or what?
[crowd cheering]
All right, I don't wanna take up too much of your time,
but I got a couple things I wanna address.
First and foremost, thank you so much
for that huge warm welcome back to the WWE for AJ Lee.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "AJ Lee"]
We're right around the corner from Crown Jewel in Perth.
It's Saturday night, in fact.
And you're gonna see Cody Rhodes…
take on Seth Rollins.
[crowd booing]
Now, one of the reasons I haven't been here in two weeks
is because I promised my friend Cody I would keep my nose out of his business.
This championship match, title versus title,
although I don't think either title is on the line,
so don't anybody yell at me in the back.
But it's for brand dominance, it's for ego.
And as much as I'm involved with Seth, I don't wanna get in Cody's business.
Another reason why I haven't been here in two weeks
is that I've been celebrating with my wife because we beat Becky Lynch
-and Seth Rollins at Wrestlepalooza. -[crowd cheering]
I started this year beating Seth Rollins
on the inaugural Netflix Raw, January 6th.
I'm gonna end this year beating Seth Rollins on Netflix,
and there's a sign over here.
"CM Punk deserves his World Heavyweight Championship back."
[crowd cheering]
And I love the sign, and I appreciate the passion,
but "deserves" is the wrong word, "earned" is the word.
Because at every turn,
when it's one-on-one, straight up, man to man,
Seth Rollins, I got your number.
Seth Rollins, CM Punk is better than you.
And everybody knows it.
I'm gonna get my world title back,
just like I started the year beating Seth Rollins.
I'm gonna become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
-["Welcome to LA" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] There's kavorka in the air, Joe Tess.
[Joe] You can smell it, can't you? LA Knight on cue.
[Wade] I'll tell you right now, LA Knight did mention to GM Adam Pearce
a couple of weeks ago that he wanted next
at Seth "Freakin" Rollins post Crown Jewel.
[Joe] He was very clear in stating that.
[indistinct chatter]
It's my time. This is my ring.
I understand that, but I just got a little something to say.
Don't worry about it. We're cool, all right?
[speaks indistinctly]
[music concludes]
[crowd cheering]
-Let me talk to you. -[crowd] Yeah!
Look in my eyes.
What do you see?
Somebody who interrupted me.
That's very good, 'cause it's a catchy little tune.
But I tell you what, this man that's interrupting you,
this man that's standing in front of you now,
what you see is a man who is a big force,
who walked in this door, blew the doors off the place,
and yet still, I've not gotten what I've deserved,
what I've earned.
And that is my reign as a World Heavyweight Champion.
[crowd] Yeah!
And then you did say some things, though, that I agree with.
And while you said some things that I agree with,
I just wanna point out a couple of omissions.
You are the creator, the owner.
You are the man who is known for the pipe bomb.
However, lately you haven't been known as much for the pipe bomb
as you have been known for being a husband.
-[crowd gasping] -That's not a knock, don't "Oh" that.
-Is that insulting? -No, that is not an insult at all.
As a matter of fact, what I wanna say about that,
everybody out here wants love.
Everybody out here needs love.
Everybody watching, even the most jaded person out here
wants and needs love.
And for that, I commend you for cultivating that.
It's a beautiful thing.
However… as good of a husband as you seem to be,
my man, you are a trash champion.
[crowd gasping, booing]
What'd you have?
No offense, my man, but five minutes as world champion,
and then what happened to you?
At SummerSlam, Seth Rollins pinned your shoulders
in the middle of the ring.
Then let's go on to Clash in Paris. What happened?
Seth Rollins pinned your shoulders in the middle of the ring.
[crowd] Yeah!
You know whose shoulders Seth Rollins has never, ever, not ever,
not never, not ever pinned?
I'd imagine it's the same guy that's never, not ever,
ever been heavyweight champion, right?
[crowd gasps]
[crowd clamoring]
[inaudible]
Here's what I'm telling you.
You might have your cute little line that "I've never been world champion,"
but I've never been pinned by Seth Rollins.
So while you're a two-time loser,
I'm a two-time winner against Seth Rollins.
Albeit one of those times was a disqualification that you caused.
But I am the last one to pin Seth Rollins. I'll damn sure be the next one.
And I will be the World Heavyweight Champion.
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -♪ Uso! ♪
-[crowd cheering] -♪ Aye, aye ♪
♪ Main event Jey Uso is now in your city! Yah-hoo! ♪
[Joe] Guess who else wants in on the conversation?
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
♪ It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish It's Jey, I line 'em all up… ♪
[Wade] Well, form a line of potential World Heavyweight Championship contenders.
Former champ Jey Uso entering the fray.
Only question is, who's gonna be at the front of that line?
♪ Aye, yeah, aye, yeah, yeah, yeah It's go time now, uce ♪
♪ Okay, yeah, okay, yeah ♪
♪ Aye, let's get it, uce Aye, yo, I'm 'bout to get 'em, uce ♪
♪ I'm 'bout to get 'em all Let's go ♪
♪ Uso! ♪
♪ It's just me, uce Okay, 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… ♪
[Joe] Twelve thousand nine hundred thirteen,
here at American Airlines Center welcoming Jey Uso.
♪ Yah-hoo! It's just me, uce… ♪
[song fades]
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
-I'm gonna stop you right there. -[crowd] Yeet!
Yeah.
-'Cause I'm finally thinking clear, uce. -[crowd] Yeet!
-My mind clear. -[crowd] Yeet!
-I'm the one. -[crowd] Yeet!
I'm the one that never got my rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-[crowd] Yeet! -Hey, uce.
And I'm the one who's up next for the World Heavyweight Championship.
-[crowd] Yeet! -[Jey] Uh-uh.
[crowd] Yeet!
-[crowd cheering] -[Jey speaks indistinctly]
Come on.
What is this, deja vu right now?
I'll tell you what, we were in Paris, it's me, it's you, it's you.
And you, always knocking my door, always complaining.
My God, man.
Yeah, you had the World Heavyweight Championship.
-You lost it, your time came, it went. -[crowd jeering]
Here's what I'm telling you.
While you stand there thinking it's your time,
you're standing there thinking it's your time,
-no, no, it's my time. Yeah! -[crowd] Yeah!
And what I'm telling you is you think that you lost the title,
because you're not quite Roman enough.
-[crowd gasping] -That ain't quite right, my man.
I'll tell you this, you're not Roman Reigns,
you're not gonna be Roman Reigns.
And as far as I'm concerned, that's a good thing, that's okay.
You carve your own path, but where you carve your path,
your best shot right now,
you might wanna focus on those tag titles.
Although from what I saw last week,
you probably wanna stop sucking at being a tag team.
[crowd gasping]
But while I'm at it, Jimmy, I didn't mean to give you any shrapnel.
I know you and I are good, but this man keeps getting in my way.
And I will off your on switch.
And you've got to understand what I will do to you.
But when I'm talking about you, I got---
-[Joe] Oh! Superkick. -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] "It was time to shut him up, I guess," said Jey.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Too much trash this evening to a fired up Jey.
All right. All right, I'm assuming we're cool.
I'm assuming you interrupted him, and not me.
But I understand your passion, brother. You want that heavyweight championship.
But you're gonna have to get in line behind me,
and the man does have a point.
Maybe you should focus on being a tag team,
-'cause I love Jey Uso. -[crowd cheering]
I don't like Little Roman.
-[mic thudding] -[crowd gasping, cheering]
[indistinct clamor]
[Joe] Jimmy looking to…
get in the middle of Punk and Jey.
[Wade] Peacemaker, just like John Cena, but it might not be enough.
This thing's ready to explode.
[Joe] And Jey's been taking the words of Roman Reigns recently.
-Oh! -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] He tried to come around with a superkick,
and Jimmy intercepts him.
[indistinct clamor]
[Joe] It is heated. Oh! Punk hits him.
Punk is on the attack.
-A big right hand. -That's what I mean.
-You stay out of my business. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Oh! And Jimmy responds.
[Wade] Punk did shove Jimmy out the way there.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] I heard Punk say, "You stay out of my business."
Three men angling to be the number one contender
-for the World Heavyweight Championship. -["Done With That" playing]
[Wade] Jimmy Uso always one to stand up for his family.
Saw his twin brother, Jey, get popped, and needed to do something about it.
♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey, uce! ♪
♪ Let's welcome these fools To the Uso penitentiary ♪
♪ Damn, all right, okay… ♪
[pensive music playing]
Asuka, what's happened between us isn't Rhea's fault,
it's yours.
You broke my heart.
[in Japanese] I owed everything to you.
Kairi and I are in WWE because of you.
We looked up to you like a big sister.
I wanted to be just like you.
But your jealousy and your disrespect changed everything.
I always gave you credit for my career.
You were one of the reasons I became champion.
But you’re not the only reason I became champ!
I didn’t want to believe Rhea, but she was right.
You only want what’s best for you.
A real family member wouldn’t tell me who to be friends with.
A real family member wouldn’t take credit for what I’ve done.
[in English] We are not family anymore.
[dramatic music playing]
[in Japanese] But I’m starting to find out who is.
[in English] And at Crown Jewel,
you'll find out that Asuka isn't ready for…
Iyo.
[music concludes]
-["Tokyo Shock" playing] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Tokyo, Japan,
-Iyo Sky! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] So talented, so gifted, so respected,
but to think the emotion that Iyo carries this week,
the pairing with Rhea Ripley awaits for Crown Jewel tonight,
perhaps a taste of what's to come. She says, "We're not family anymore."
Kairi Sane, Iyo Sky next on Raw.
[crowd cheering]
[music concludes]
-[energetic music playing] -[Joe] It is hard to believe,
but this Monday Night Raw in Dallas just got even better.
Just announced after what we saw moments ago,
The Usos, Jimmy and Jey, will take on CM Punk and LA Knight,
that is coming your way tonight, Raw on Netflix.
["Voyager" playing]
[Joe] Iyo Sky going up against Kairi Sane.
Of course, they've both been on the other side
of Asuka's manipulation.
And Iyo finally did something about it recently.
[crowd cheering]
-[Joe] So much emotion-- Oh! -[Wade] Oh, hold on! Oh God!
[Joe] Oh! She just went after Asuka.
[Wade] She got poison-misted by Asuka last week.
That is her former mentor, Asuka.
[Wade] Kairi Sane diving in to protect her own mentor, Asuka.
[shouting in Japanese]
[Joe] That tells you exactly the intensity we are in store for…
-[bell ringing] -…when The Kabuki Warriors
take on Iyo and Rhea Ripley in the tag team match
in five days at Crown Jewel. Iyo could not even hold back.
The bell didn't even ring, and she was already going after Asuka.
[Wade] And blinded and attacked by Asuka last week,
stabbed in the back.
And Kairi Sane, who really wanted no part of this match,
-was almost bullied into it… -[crowd chanting "Iyo"]
…by her mentor, Asuka, earlier tonight.
Now, is in a fight for survival against arguably, bell to bell,
the best female competitor on planet Earth,
The Genius of the Sky.
[Joe] Here's Sane as Sky gets out of the way.
You know I'm glad you brought that up
because I think that's such an interesting component
to this match, is how would Sane approach it?
She had to have the door slapped into her, but with what we just saw,
you know that she's ready for it now with the attack on Asuka.
[Wade] You better be ready for it,
if Iyo Sky is coming at you, all guns blazing…
-[Joe] Oh! -…you better protect yourself.
And Kairi is potentially in
for the fight of her life now.
And I'll tell you the difficult thing for Kairi Sane and Iyo…
they're both really not wanting to fight each other here.
But the loyalty and respect are massive in Japanese wrestling culture.
There's an almost maternal relationship
between Iyo and Kairi, and their mentor, Asuka,
-and you don't wanna disappoint. -[shouts in Japanese]
[Joe] You can see Asuka barking out the orders,
that piercing "Kairi" that we hear time and again.
[Wade] Kairi just flinches, she's so subservient to Asuka.
[Joe] Dropkick by Iyo Sky as Iyo Sky gathers a lot of momentum,
-and now, out on the apron. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Looking to line up Kairi Sane, and she does to the floor!
Iyo Sky, The Genius of the Sky, flying through the Texas night.
[Joe] Earlier tonight, Asuka ordered Kairi Sane
to face Iyo Sky in this match.
Kairi pleaded not to take it. You see Asuka there, she slapped Kairi.
And this has been an intense battle.
[Wade] Intense is a great word, Joe Tess,
'cause these two are going hell for leather,
and it really is Kairi Sane who's had the upper hand.
Take a hell of a blow to the back of the head of Iyo Sky
that we're gonna show imminently during the break.
But right now, Iyo Sky is the one trying to turn the tide in this one.
Staggering around and clearly not with all the faculties,
-but trying to get something going here. -[Asuka] Yes! Yes!
[Joe] As Kairi Sane has been in control since that moment that you cite.
And it continues on here as the referee looking for the break.
[Wade] Asuka prowling around on the outside,
very impressed with Kairi Sane.
To be clear, Rhea Ripley is not here right now,
she's in Australia dealing with press responsibilities.
So, there's certainly nothing to neutralize Asuka on the outside.
Right now, that might not be necessary.
[Joe] Sane up top and delivering.
[Wade] Bullseye. Forearm right to the jaw.
[Joe] Here's the-- Hook of the leg, and somehow, Iyo able to survive.
[Wade] This is what we talked about earlier.
The back of the head of Iyo Sky
whipped viciously against the corner of the ring apron,
and somehow, bafflingly, Iyo Sky is not in an ambulance
but continuing to compete.
It just shows you how double tough she is. Oh, wow!
[Joe] Oh, good turnaround by Iyo Sky, and look at this.
Remember earlier tonight, AJ Styles stood up to The Judgment Day,
and he said, "We can do this right now, I'll go, fine."
A third member to put together a six-man tag team match, and it's Penta.
AJ Styles, Penta, Dragon Lee against Finn, JD, and "Dirty" Dom, still to come.
[Wade] Well, the hits are coming thick and fast now.
And unfortunately for Kairi Sane, some of them are going right to her jaw.
Couple of shotei uppercuts and a flapjack now.
And Iyo Sky showing why she is arguably the best on planet Earth, bell to bell.
[Joe] The recent Women's World Champion who is mounting this comeback
after she took that big blow earlier in this match.
And now, here she goes, Iyo Sky doing what she does best,
missile dropkick.
[Wade] This is just freakish toughness from Iyo Sky.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] And that's just part of why planet Earth has fallen in love
with this woman.
You hear the ovation from this packed-out Dallas crowd.
[Joe] What a comeback by Iyo Sky.
After that beating she took out on the outside, into the apron,
missing with the meteora.
[Asuka] Kairi!
[Wade] Kairi Sane had to be nimble on her feet on that one,
but it might not be enough. Ooh!
-[Joe] And bridging, shoulders down. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] And able to get that shoulder up right at the last second.
[Wade] We find the German suplex in the game.
Take a look at the aerial skills of the Genius of the Sky.
Bullseye right to the chest of Kairi Sane.
Signature celebration et al.
And closing in for a big victory now is Iyo Sky.
[Joe] Iyo Sky putting it all to--
Oh! Kairi landed right on her feet.
[Wade] Kairi knows all Iyo Sky's tricks, that's the problem.
[Joe] Hooks the leg, and a kick-out at two and change.
[Wade] Friends, training partners for years and years around planet Earth.
It's all exploding before our eyes and will again at Crown Jewel on Saturday
at Perth, Australia.
And this could be the closing moments of this one.
[Joe] She is in the target zone for an Insane Elbow.
You can see the face of Kairi Sane.
-[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Oh, the feet were up!
[Wade] And that moment of regret from Kairi Sane on the top rope,
that hesitation, could have cost her that.
You cannot do that against somebody as good as Kairi Sane.
[Joe] And the meteora. That's exactly what it was, Wade.
Great analysis. That moment of regret, that contemplation.
-And now… -[crowd cheering]
…the Genius of the Sky. Oh, Asuka's up on the apron.
[Wade] It was only a matter of time till this happened.
But beaten to the punch…
by an angered Iyo Sky.
[Joe] Now, she's gotta deal with Asuka, and Kairi comes right in.
-And Kairi, the pinning combination. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] Oh, look at Asuka! Asuka helped out.
["Voyager” playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Kairi Sane!
[Joe] You saw Asuka pulling those hands, Wade.
[Wade] Yeah, what an absolutely stunning performance there
from Iyo Sky, but essentially cheated out of it at the deck.
But that pinning combination aided and abetted by Asuka.
And keep your eyes peeled,
'cause the Empress of Tomorrow is out to make a statement tonight.
[Joe] And look at this, softening her up
for Saturday at Crown Jewel, and now holding her in position.
She's going up top.
Kairi Sane.
Insane Elbow with all her weight right across the torso
-of Iyo Sky. -["Reigning Warriors" playing]
[Joe] Crown Jewel, The Kabuki Warriors will take on Iyo and Rhea Ripley.
But, Wade, I wonder, after what we just saw,
where does that leave them heading into it?
[Wade] Well, take another look at this.
The Insane Elbow here attempt mid-match by Kairi Sane, just took a beat too long.
Genius of the Sky got out of there but couldn't get out of this.
-[bell ringing] -[Wade] The assist from Asuka.
And this was a take two, that Insane Elbow again,
aided and abetted by Asuka, connecting a beauty.
Victory tonight for one half of The Kabuki Warriors.
It simply won't be that easy this Saturday in Perth, Australia.
Crown Jewel, 'cause Rhea Ripley will be in town to even the odds.
-What a matchup that's gonna be. -That's right.
Remember, that comes your way at 8:00 a.m. Eastern streaming
-from Perth, Western Australia. -["4X4" playing]
Of course, it's also champ-versus-champ from Western Australia
as we offer up the next edition of a look back at Cody Rhodes
-and Seth Rollins through the years. -[music concludes]
["Find Out" playing]
♪ I wouldn't cross me if I was you ♪
♪ Better think twice About what you're gonna do ♪
♪ I wouldn't cross me if I was you ♪
♪ If I was you, I wouldn't cross me ♪
[music concludes]
[tense music playing]
[Rhodes] I was just three months into my WWE homecoming
when I found myself forced onto the shelf.
It's not at all how I pictured my road to the WWE Championship going.
Recovery was hard and… and quite honestly, it's lonely.
Because you can get deep inside your own head
on that long journey back.
Doubt will try to break you.
So, I fought hard, I put in the work, and then I put myself in the Royal Rumble.
I went through 29 other men and earned the right to face Roman Reigns
for the undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania.
And then on that fateful night in Los Angeles,
I learned another hard lesson.
You can't do it alone.
And the reason you can't do it alone,
is because Roman Reigns doesn't do it alone.
At one time, he had a shield.
And now, he has a Bloodline.
I tried to stay clear of Roman, let him run his little empire
over on SmackDown, while I built up the legacy
of the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw.
But the fact is, there's no avoiding Roman Reigns.
Eventually, he and his Bloodline swallowed up all the air
until there's nothing left.
And that type of power…
needed to be checked.
[epic music playing]
[Rollins] And so, I did something I never thought I'd do.
Cody, I helped you.
[Rhodes] Together at WrestleMania, we vanquished The Bloodline.
Together, we liberated the WWE Championship
from the hands of Roman Reigns.
I got to live out not just my dream, but my father's as well.
And for that, Seth, I could not be more grateful.
[music concludes]
I helped you out and it cost me everything.
Cost me the World Heavyweight Championship…
-[foreboding music playing] -…cost me my health.
And I could have lived with that.
Because stopping Roman Reigns was worth it.
But then…
but then you threw it all away.
Not even six months after finally purging Roman Reigns
from WWE, you..
[scoffs] …let him back in.
You step into a ring with Roman, not as an opponent, but…
-as his partner… -[crowd cheering]
…after everything I sacrificed for you.
Was that all for nothing?
[Rhodes] Personal evolution isn't just for architects,
and messiahs, and visionaries, and revolutionaries.
The rest of us, yes, even Roman Reigns, we get a chance to evolve as well.
I thought you of all people could see that enemies can become allies.
What I see is that you are not fit to lead this company.
[epic music playing]
[Rollins] What I see is that you do not have the fortitude
to make the difficult decisions to ensure this company's future.
You talk of the future,
but all I see is you cribbing plays from the past.
Surround yourself with some muscle and a wise man-- Excuse me, oracle.
And act like you are better than everyone else.
But if you want to live in the past, that's fine by me,
because the scoreboard back there still reads three-zero.
The thing is, WWE doesn't need a self-proclaimed QB1.
What it needs is a vision.
And at Crown Jewel, you will find out what happens to those
who stand between me and fulfilling that vision.
[Rhodes] I have never been one to back down from a fight,
and now it's no different.
So, at Crown Jewel, you bring everything you have.
Hell, bring everyone you have.
And you'll find out that it's still not enough to beat me, Seth.
-[music concludes] -[laughs hysterically]
She's got a victory over me.
Me, the greatest female wrestler of all time. Maxxine Dupri.
You're telling me that that ref isn't crooked?
That is the most crooked ref I've ever seen in my entire life.
First, in Indianapolis, and now, now, now. [laughs hysterically]
Maxxine Dupri is getting me out as if I don't know how to count.
You know what? You know what? They don't deserve me.
They don't deserve me. I am-- [mutters]
I'm… I'm not going to go to Perth. I'm going to tell Adam Pearce.
I'm not going to Perth because I need some time to reevaluate everything.
'Cause if this is how they're going to treat me,
they don't deserve me.
Until they get better referee. No, I'm just-- I'm going to go.
Paul.
Sir.
We should talk.
Yes, sir.
I have to win this Saturday.
And you're going to win this Saturday.
What if I don't?
What if you don't what?
-What if I don't beat Cody Rhodes? -But you will beat Cody Rhodes.
But what if I don't beat Cody Rhodes, Paul?
-It's an impossibility. You're-- -Paul! You're not hearing me.
What if I lose?
What happens?
[sighs] You want it straight?
If you lose to Cody Rhodes, you lose the locker room.
You lose the faith of Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed
that your vision is the one that leads us into the future.
You throw away everything that we've built since WrestleMania.
You throw away the fact that the entire Netflix era
has been built around Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
And you become nothing more in history
than a de facto wannabe secondary champion.
So, please, do yourself a favor and don't lose.
I noticed you left somebody out of that equation, Paul.
Yourself.
So, tell me,
what happens if I lose?
I'm your secret weapon. He's 3 and 0 against you.
-That's a streak, and-- -Paul!
Don't give me that. I asked you a straight question.
I want a straight answer.
If you lose to Cody Rhodes,
at some point, I have to ask myself, "Why?"
Why I picked you.
I have to ask myself why I picked you
over Roman Reigns.
Getting hit in the face for no damn reason, uce.
Then got punched in the face for no reason.
-[Jimmy] What's up? -No, explain to me what up, uce.
What's up? What you doing here?
Matter of fact, why is you out there with me?
I'm trying to run the play, uce. Trying to handle business.
Hey, hey, I'm trying to get this World Heavyweight Championship.
Now you got us a tag match.
You trying to protect Punk?
-Are you protecting Punk? -No.
Look, look, you better recognize what side you're on tonight, uce.
You better know what side you're on tonight, uce.
-All right? Okay? Okay? -I'm on your side, bruh.
I'm on your side! Man, you know this.
You know I got him all the time. Man, but you know what, man?
You said you see and hear everything, uce. So do I.
And I see what's going on, uce.
I see you over there pulling your strings, man, messing with his mental.
You gotta thinking a certain way that he don't need to go down on.
So I need you to accept this, uce.
I'm not like you, Jey is nothing like you.
I know you're not hearing me right now…
but you should listen to this.
When your brother won that World Heavyweight Championship…
he became more like me and less like you.
And if you really wanna help your brother…
sometimes…
you just need to get out of his way.
[Joe] Well, that's a tough message for Jimmy to digest.
-["Zero Miedo" playing] -[crowd cheers]
[Wade] Here's an easy message for Planet Earth to digest.
-[crowd] Cero miedo! -♪ Cero miedo ♪
[bell rings]
[Alicia] The following is a six-man Tag Team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Ecatepec, Mexico,
weighing in at 87 kilos, Penta!
[Joe] I mean, how good is that ring entrance?
And how good is this assignment?
Six-man tag team match is next as Penta is the one who joins forces
with AJ Styles and Dragon Lee to take on The Judgment Day.
Cero miedo, next.
[music fades]
["Phenomenal" playing]
[Joe] This six-man Tag Team was made with Penta stepping up
with AJ Styles and Dragon Lee to take on Judgment Day.
Of course, AJ Styles only five sleeps away from facing John Cena
-at Crown Jewel. -[music fades]
Before we get started,
-I need to say something about that-- -["Rulers Of The World" playing]
-♪ Judgement, judgement ♪ -♪ We about to put the pain on 'em ♪
[Wade] Of all the disrespect.
A legend like AJ Styles, something to get off his chest,
no, no, not tonight.
[crowd cheers]
♪ It don't matter who's against us Put ‘em in, we strike them out ♪
[Alicia] And their opponents, the World Tag Team Champions,
Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh!
And their tag team partner,
the AAA Mega and Intercontinental Champion,
"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio!
The Judgement Day!
[Joe] You see the World Tag Team Champions with Finn and JD,
and, of course, the double Champion in "Dirty" Dom
with his AAA Mega Championship as well as the IC title.
And it was earlier tonight when Finn Bálor butted in
to a conversation backstage in the locker room area,
saying that he heard AJ and Dragon Lee are thinking about making a run
at the tag titles, and that is how we arrived at this.
AJ said, "Why don't I go find myself somebody else,
and we'll just do a six-man tonight."
[Wade] There's a lot of gold on The Judgment Day.
Of course, you've got the double champ too.
"Dirty" Dom, who is a former NXT North American Champ,
just like Dragon Lee.
I wonder what Dom thinks about NXT's Ethan Page
defending that title against TNA's Mustafa Ali
tomorrow night at NXT Showdown.
[Joe] NXT Showdown,
you got two Survivor Series-style elimination matches.
-[bell ringing] -[Joe] With teams from both promotions,
TNA and NXT.
All right, so AJ Lee, we said he's got a huge week,
-he's taking on John Cena-- -[Wade] Styles, easy though.
-[Joe] Excuse me, AJ Styles… -[Wade chuckles]
…he's taking on John Cena. And he was just about to talk about it
and Styles took the mic, he was rudely interrupted.
[crowd chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
[indistinct chatter]
[crowd gasping]
[Wade] What a landing there for JD McDonagh.
Yeah, I feel like AJ Styles' got a lot he wants to get off his chest
at the moment.
And he was cruelly denied by The Judgement Day up earlier.
And I think, AJ Styles has just about snapped,
and things have started incredibly bleakly here
for The Judgment Day. Wow, high octane!
[Joe] Dragon Lee goes flying, Penta as well, and AJ Styles.
-Oh! And the Penta swaggy walk… -[Wade] Oh… [chuckles]
…couldn't be better with those three.
[crowd cheering] Cero miedo!
[Joe] Look at this scene here at American Airlines Center
in Dallas, Texas.
Nearly 13,000 in attendance,
the 27th time that Raw has been in Dallas.
Of course, we're just five days away from Crown Jewel.
Penta in position to deliver as he does with that corner handstand kick.
Five days away, I said, from Crown Jewel.
And this guy right here, AJ Styles, will be taking on John Cena.
The WWE Universe demanded it, Wade, and they're getting it.
[Wade] One last chance for AJ Styles to beat up John Cena.
And I will never tire of watching anyone do that.
It's gonna be a fun night at Crown Jewel.
Those two absolute legends of AJ Styles and John Cena,
two faces of their respective companies for many years, dream matches.
And we get it for one last time.
-[Joe] Dragon Lee able to-- -[Wade] Oh God.
[Joe] The Dragon corkscrew is able to catch that leg
and then you can see writhing in pain
is JD McDonagh reaching for his right knee.
[Wade] Mentioned it a little earlier, the high pain threshold of JD McDonagh,
maybe wearing a little thin at this point in the match.
I'll tell you right now,
-The Judgment Day… -[Joe] Lateral press
and the hook of the leg.
[Wade] …have been absolutely rubbish so far in this match.
They've barely got a shot in.
They have been absolutely shocked and awed with moves like this.
And it's astounding that somehow The Judgment Day is still even
in this match, because nothing has worked.
[Joe] I mean, Wade, to see his knee cave into the inside.
-[Wade] Whoa! -[Joe] What timing!
He had to have it, and JD McDonagh comes up big,
-and here comes "Dirty" Dom. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] I think I just heard a cheer
from the Dallas audience when "Dirty" Dom got tagged in.
Clearly, they are "Dirty" Dom truthers too.
-Like Joe Tess. -[Joe] "Dirty" Dom, the double champion.
Of course, able to win that AAA Mega Championship.
He was so impressive in doing that. The Intercontinental Champion,
-he's held that for a 168 days. -[crowd chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
[Wade] What's with the chants?
And that is mainly female voices who simply cannot resist the charms
of "Dirty" Dom Mysterio and his mustache.
[Joe] What's interesting here to see "Dirty" Dom
and Dragon Lee is that Dragon Lee is the number one contender
to that AAA Mega title that Dom has.
[Wade] That's even more reason for "Dirty" Dom
to turn up the ratchet a little bit now and let Dragon Lee know
what's in store for him when those two do collide at AAA.
[Joe] AAA Héroes Inmortales will be on October 25th,
and that is when the championship match is scheduled
between "Dirty" Dom and Dragon Lee.
But right now, high drama in Dallas as Three Amigos
in the midst of this six-man tag team match.
-[Joe] Oh! -[referee counting]
[Wade] Got a little too cocky with Dragon Lee, and that is the result.
Now you need all your power.
Getting back over to the wrong side of the tracks.
And there have been major issues in The Judgment Day of late.
Of course, Finn and JD McDonagh,
tight like brothers, the issues have really been.
With "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, maybe a lack of trust,
but things are really firing on all cylinders now.
-And the one thing that gets teams… -[Joe] Switched the leg.
…back on track is victories,
and it looks like Judgment Day are heading that way.
But don't take your eye off Dragon Lee for too long.
[Joe] Judgment Day feeling confident here in Dallas.
[crowd chanting "Cero miedo"]
[Joe] It has been a tough stretch for Dragon Lee
as he's been desperate to get over to the corner to AJ Styles and Penta,
but "Dirty" Dom has been holding him back.
Here goes Dragon…
-and delivering! -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Well, "Dirty" Dom was getting baited in
by this audience who apparently was supporting him a few moments ago.
They turned on him and started cheering for Penta instead.
Got in the head of "Dirty" Dom,
and that has allowed Dragon Lee to get out of trouble!
[Joe] That Dragon Bomb has opened the door for Penta.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And he has been waiting for this moment.
[Wade] Like a cork out of a bottle, there is simply no stopping
the tide against Penta when he's in this kind of form.
[Joe] And Finn is finding out too!
He used the roll through momentum against Dom
and lands the DDT on Finn.
[Wade] So inventive, just incredible reflexes and reactions here.
Now lining up something big apparently.
-[crowd gasps] -[Joe] Man, oh, man!
And that took even a little something out of Penta.
[Wade] I think it was JD McDonagh in a blink of an eye pulling out
that standing reversal,
Spanish fly, I guess, not what Penta had in mind.
Perhaps going for that Mexican Destroyer. That's the brilliance of JD McDonagh.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
[Wade] I don't know where it ends with that guy.
[Joe] Here comes AJ Styles!
This is exactly what he wanted tonight.
[Wade] Yeah, this is what this audience has been waiting for.
Now the kid that is AJ Styles at the moment now exploding
and "Dirty" Dom is the unfortunate victim.
[Joe] Back on September 1st,
he fought for the IC Championship against "Dirty" Dom.
Now he's looking to finish him here, Styles!
Oh! The save by McDonagh!
[Wade] Once again has been the MVP for The Judgment Day team,
JD McDonagh saving the day.
Referee now has lost complete control of this.
[Joe] We got bodies everywhere, there goes Penta!
[Wade] Bullseye right on target, Bálor, down, Bálor, out,
and then there were two.
[Joe] Meanwhile, in the ring, you can see Dom holding on for dear life.
And delivering on that top rope across the neck of Styles.
[Wade] As a way of creatively escaping to victory,
and now some signature stuff from "Dirty" Dom.
[Joe] Look, he was going for the 619, and all of a sudden he's paralyzed.
Oh, he's here! Here, Rusev is here.
Rusev is coming down the ringside.
[Wade] Rusev who was beaten in questionable fashion last week
by "Dirty" Dom.
-Oh, God, and there is a-- -[Joe] Oh!
[crowd gasps]
[Wade] Well, Penta who apparently was aiming at "Dirty" Dom Mysterio,
missed fire, connected with Rusev.
And this match continues.
[Joe] Meanwhile, back in the ring, Styles lines up JD.
Styles Clash!
[crowd counting]
[bell ringing]
-["Phenomenal" playing] -[Alicia] Here are your winners,
The team of Penta, Dragon Lee,
and "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles!
[Joe] Wade, you nailed it. Penta was going for the super kick.
Now that I've got a second to talk.
This match at Crown Jewel between AJ Styles and John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
We don't need a story, it writes itself.
You got two men who will dance for the last time.
And I will promise you this, we will leave it all in that ring.
It will kick ass!
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] It's gonna be awesome.
The WWE Universe wanted it, and they're getting it.
AJ Styles against John Cena,
it comes your way at Crown Jewel, Wade.
[Wade] Yeah, one last time to beat up John Cena.
Planet Earth expects a banger from those two, cannot wait.
[Joe] Of course, the Women's Crown Jewel Championship match
will be Tiffany Stratton against Stephanie Vaquer,
best versus best.
[Wade] Yeah, this one's gonna get ugly as we heard earlier tonight.
Roman Reigns, the OTC takes on local man,
"Big" Bronson Reed in an Australian Street Fight.
Cover your eyes.
[Joe] We saw what happened with Iyo Sky tonight against Kairi Sane,
Rhea Ripley joins now against The Kabuki Warriors.
That's coming your way from Perth.
[Wade] The prestigious Crown Jewel Championship on the line
as the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes takes on Seth "Freakin" Rollins
in a match Seth has to win.
["One Eyed Bastard" playing]
[Joe] Remember, it all comes your way with special start times.
The kickoff show will be 5:00 a.m. Eastern on Friday,
and then Saturday,
you can get going with The Countdown at 6:00 a.m.
before Crown Jewel at 8:00 a.m., and then the post-show follows.
[song fades]
You don't want this match? I don't want this match.
This doesn't get me closer to the title or Seth.
I get it, we've both been here,
nobody wants it, you don't want it, I don't want it, that's fine.
But we're gonna do it 'cause we gotta do it.
The only thing I ask of you, don't get pinned, all right? Yeah.
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -♪ Uso! ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Ay, ay Main Event Jey Uso Is now in your city! ♪
-♪ Yah-hoo! ♪ -♪ 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 ♪
♪ I did ♪
[Wade] I don't know Joe, did they get lost?
[Joe] Well, they got a big battle ahead, the Usos.
You saw what happened earlier, and now what has come of it.
The Usos are set to take on CM Punk and LA Knight.
-[Wade] There you go. -♪ Let's go! Uso! ♪
♪ It's just me, uce, day one ish ♪
[Joe] Jimmy and Jey, yeeting in Dallas and in action on Raw on Netflix next.
♪ Ay, ay Main Event Jey Uso is now in your city! ♪
-♪ Yah-hoo! ♪ -♪ It's just me, uce, day one ish ♪
♪ It's just me, uce, day one ish ♪
["4X4" playing]
[Joe] Hey, by the way, Monday Night Raw next week
from Australia will have a special start time at 08:00 a.m. live
on the East Coast in the U.S. And Wade, what a match we've got there.
[Wade] Oh, yes. After the epic six-man tag we just saw,
Penta has earned himself a shot at "Dirty" Dom's Intercontinental title.
They go one-on-one next week live on Raw.
[Joe] Now, earlier tonight, you saw Roxanne Perez
hit the Pop Rox against Lyra Valkyria.
Bayley and Lyra against The Judgment Day.
Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez. That's also next week on Monday Night Raw.
["Main Event Ish" playing]
-♪ Uso ♪ -♪ It's just me, uce ♪
[Joe] Jimmy and Jey,
they were in that Tornado Tag Team against The Vision last week.
-And now this unique circumstance tonight. -["Welcome To LA" playing]
-[crowd clamor] -I guess we'll do it.
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd screaming, cheering]
[Alicia] And your opponents, the team of LA Knight
-and CM Punk! -[indistinct chatter]
[Joe] Punk's first match since the mixed tag team win
at Wrestlepalooza.
-They're wasting no time at all. -[bell ringing]
[Wade] Well, Punk and LA Knight both got dropped
by super kicks from the Uso's a little earlier tonight,
so payback is swift.
[Joe] Jey super kicked LA. Punk punched Jey.
-[grunts] -[Joe] Jimmy super kicked Punk.
The chain of events that has led to this tag team matchup.
[Wade] Three of these four competitors are all insisting
they should be the next number one contender
for Seth "Freakin" Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship
post-Crown Jewel this Saturday.
Only one of them will get it, and that is why it's imperative
for all of them to try and get the win here tonight.
[Joe] And it was this guy, LA Knight,
who was the most vocal in making his argument
against Jey Uso, the former World Heavyweight Champion.
As he-- Well, that was a tough tag, huh?
[Wade] Yeah, so these two, Punk and LA Knight, have tagged before.
They beat The Vision, actually, back in August.
But more recently than that, they were opponents
in a Fatal 4-Way Clash in Paris that was won
by Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
So let's not pretend for one second that Punk
and LA Knight like each other.
And there you go, a little payback, a little receipt as we like to call it.
-[crowd clamor] -That's what we're gonna do?
-Yeah, that's what we're gonna do.
[Wade] I mean, on the one side of the ring here…
[Punk] Tag team rust!
…you've got the greatest tag team in the history, The Usos.
On the other side, you've got two egotists who are really gonna struggle
to survive this match as a duo.
[Joe] You mentioned the success of The Usos,
eight-time tag team champions.
And Wade, this tonight
is their 492nd tag team match as teammates.
[Wade] Nobody has ever done it better than The Usos, in my opinion.
Joined at the hip since birth and it showed in the ring,
but that was nice from LA Knight.
You've got a tag team against two individuals,
essentially, in this match.
-Come on, uce. -[grunts]
[Joe] LA Knight, the most active Superstar in WWE this year. Oh, wow.
[Wade] The referee's back was turned there,
and Jey Uso, rarely a cheat these days,
however, he has some burning hatred for LA Knight,
so took his opportunity there.
[Joe] We mentioned LA Knight's activity.
This is his 40th televised match in 2025.
No one's had more.
[Wade] And look again, this is like a--
-Oh! -[Joe] Oh man!
[crowd member] Get his ass, uce.
[Joe] He gets driven and whipped right into the steel steps.
What now?
Come on.
[Joe] The Usos, CM Punk, and LA Knight,
these four have only shared the ring one time,
and that was the Royal Rumble last winter when Jey Uso won it,
but unique circumstances we're dealing with tonight
as CM Punk came out, was addressing the crowd,
talking about his future plans, wanting to fight
for the World Heavyweight Championship again. LA Knight got into the mix.
He was saying, "No, it's my turn to get after it."
Jey Uso came down, the next thing you know,
everybody's getting after everybody and here we are in the main event.
[Wade] I'll tell you what really impresses me, Joe.
There have been some clear tensions between The Usos as of late.
There's this horrible allegation
that Jey is trying to turn himself into a little Roman.
He's barking orders at Jimmy.
When the bell rings, they look as good as ever.
It's like that instinct kicks back in.
Whatever issues they've had between themselves and Roman
go out of the window and they just click back
into that top level tag team gear that they own.
[Joe] Eight times the tag team champions,
of course, a week ago winning the Tornado Tag Team match
against The Vision.
Roman Reigns playing a major role there, as Roman Reigns, as you alluded to,
has been playing a major role in the psyche of Jey Uso.
[Wade] It's working, I like this side of Jey Uso.
He's a little more cutthroat.
At one point he was friends with LA Knight,
but Roman Reigns told Jey very specifically,
"No, it's about blood. If they ain't blood, you don't have them."
And LA Knight managed to help himself on that one, get out of trouble,
but needs this tag.
[Joe] Oh! A jumping neckbreaker
by LA Knight, who is desperate to get to CM Punk.
[Wade] And let me posit this,
what would the smart thing to do have been there?
Jump into a neckbreaker or jump for the tag?
And now, LA Knight needs to make this tag.
I feel like he had the opportunity, he might make it anyway though,
he's close, there it is.
-[Joe] Here comes CM Punk. -[crowd cheering]
[Jimmy groans]
[Wade] Now dropping the man who super kicked him earlier tonight.
[Joe] And Jimmy was trying to play peacemaker.
The next thing you know, Punk pushed him aside,
threw a big right hand at Jey Uso and Jimmy had decided it was time
-and the super kick was landed. -[crowd groans]
[Joe] And a big running knee by Punk right to that corner.
[Wade] Jewelry came flying off Jimmy Uso at one point,
I think the referee has pocketed that.
Sell that for a pretty penny post match, but CM Punk doesn't care about that.
He's got a wind in his sails. Looking to make a statement here.
[Joe] This is less pawn shop and more big time concern
with CM Punk up on that top rope here in Dallas,
looking to fly and deliver the elbow.
-[Wade] Ooh, yeah. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And he's saying it is time.
Looking to line up the GTS.
And Jimmy able to free himself and land the super kick.
-Tag! -[Joe] And now here comes Jey.
[Wade] Just like that, in sync, The Usos doing what they do best.
[Joe] Jey lands the splash to put this away, hooks the leg,
and LA Knight comes in for the save.
[Wade] LA Knight with a little tag team timing there, needed that
because that was game over for Punk. And this one breaking down.
And an inadvertent collision there between LA Knight…
-[Joe] Whoa! -[Wade] Jimmy Uso, BFT dropping Jimmy.
[Joe] A BFT drops Jimmy,
but then a super kick and here's the roll up.
[crowd counting]
[referee] Two!
[Wade] This one's spilling out at all angles right now.
-Oh! -[Joe] Spear! A big spear from Jey Uso.
[Wade] Straight out of the Roman Reigns playbook,
which is a playbook Jey Uso is firmly subscribed to at the moment.
[Joe] Remember, Jey took a BFT.
[Wade] Well, Jey had the opportunity to finish Punk,
now he got distracted by LA Knight.
[Joe] Oh, he's up, he's got him in position.
Punk's got him in position and the GTS is still a…
What is LA Knight doing?
-LA Knight just tapped himself in. -[crowd counting]
-[bell ringing] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
["Welcome To LA" playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners,
the team of CM Punk and LA Knight!
[crowd] Yeah!
[Joe] LA Knight did the work to close it out.
CM Punk… CM Punk did the work and LA Knight took the glory.
Tagged himself in there, Wade.
[Wade] Let's take another look at this Go to Sleep from CM Punk,
knocking Jey Uso out cold.
But before he could make the pin, LA Knight scampers up,
tags Punk, and steals the victory.
Now this win here is pivotal because it adds more weight
to LA's claim that he's got next
on World Heavyweight Champ Seth "Freakin" Rollins after Crown Jewel.
Doesn't Punk know it?
[Joe] The next stop is 10,700 flight miles away, Perth, Australia.
Remember, a special start time of 08:00 a.m. Eastern on Saturday
for Crown Jewel. Best versus best. Champs versus champs.
It is going to be special. We'll see you from Western Australia.
-You damn right. Yeah! -[crowd] Yeah! ou from Western Australia.