[epic music playing]
-[Triple H] Then. -[crowd cheering]
-[Triple H] Now. -[crowd cheering]
-[Triple H] Forever. -[crowd cheering]
[Triple H] Together.
[music concludes]
-["4X4" playing] -[Joe] For the first time ever,
Raw is in New Mexico.
This dynamic Albuquerque region, home to such a vibrant landscape
and incredible combat sports history.
And fittingly, it's the championship landscape
of WWE that has now changed so drastically.
We have a jam-packed setting, Rio Rancho Events Center,
for a night that will be filled with celebration and anticipation.
Welcome to WWE Raw live on Netflix.
Our first time gathered ringside since the moment we crowned
-a new World Heavyweight Champion. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[music fades]
[dramatic exciting music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Will it be Jey Uso?
[Jey] I'll show you who the best in the world is, uce.
[Michael] Will it be CM Punk?
[CM Punk] I need to be champion, like I need air in my lungs.
[Michael] Big time heavyweight battle for all the gold between two of the most
popular Superstars in WWE today.
[Wade] It's a rare thing when you get 100-100 split.
-Oh my God. -[Wade] Where every fan in the audience
-loves both guys equally. -[Michael] Spear!
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Punk survives at two!
Oh no!
[Michael] Pressure mounting with every blow and every move.
Jey Uso measuring CM Punk…
-through the barricade! -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] Jey Uso pulling one out of the book of the Tribal Chief.
Uso Splash, Punk got the knees up.
-[crowd counting] -[Michael] Jey kicks out at two!
Went for the spear.
-Knee by Punk. -Yes!
[Michael] Go to Sleep by Punk. Back onto the shoulders of Punk.
Another GTS into the cover.
-[crowd counting] -Let's go!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] CM Punk is the world heavyweight champion!
He's done it.
-And the new… -New…
-[chuckles] The new, let's go Punk. -Yeah, Posty gets it.
[Michael] The Best in the World is on top of the world!
[music concludes]
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] The champ is here, The Best in the World,
and he doesn't need to tell us anymore. He just is the world champion.
A couple days ago, when he made his way to the ring,
-he did so honoring his MMA trainer… -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
…Duke Roufus, who passed away recently.
Well, Duke would be proud of the stellar performance
that Punk put forth to now be
-a seven-time world champion. Here he is! -["Cult of Personality" playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Look in my eyes, what do you see? ♪
-♪ The cult of personality ♪ -[crowd singing along]
♪ I know your anger, I know your dreams ♪
♪ I've been everything you want to be ♪
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
♪ Like Mussolini and Kennedy ♪
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
-♪ The cult of personality ♪ -I can't hear you.
-♪ The cult of personality… ♪ -There we go, there we go.
-[shouts] It's… -[crowd] Clobberin' time!
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the new
World Heavyweight Champion,
CM Punk!
[Joe] Wade Barrett, it wasn't just that he did it,
that he has the championship. It's how he did it.
Trading signature moves, surviving submissions,
and gathering strength to double up his GTS in the deepest water
of a championship match.
[Wade] It was an epic performance from two of the best competitors
in this industry.
Hats off to Jey Uso, who absolutely aced it,
but was just simply bested on the night.
This is the culmination of years in the wilderness,
followed by years of toil, crying, and bitter disappointments for CM Punk.
But finally, the ultimate glory. He is the best in the world,
and he now has the hardware to prove it.
-[inaudible] -♪ The cult of personality ♪
♪ The cult of personality ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Neon lights, a Nobel prize ♪
-♪ When a mirror speaks ♪ -[Punk] Best in the world!
-[crowd cheering] -♪ The reflection lies ♪
♪ You won't have to… ♪
[Joe] Soaking it all in here at the Rio Rancho Events Center,
sold out just outside Albuquerque to celebrate CM Punk.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[inaudible]
-[music concludes] -[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Is it great
to be champ on a Monday night in the great state of New Mexico, or what?
[crowd cheering, applauding]
I feel good, Rio Rancho. How you feeling tonight?
[crowd cheering, applauding]
I said I feel real good, but I didn't get here alone.
There is an entire litany of people that I need to thank for getting me here.
-But listen. -[crowd chattering]
[crowd chanting "You deserve it"]
I appreciate the sentiment. We're gonna cover the difference
between deserved and earned in a couple seconds here.
I don't wanna make this sound like an overly saccharine Oscar speech.
There's gonna be people I forget, so I'm gonna keep it short and sweet.
Number one with a bullet,
hopefully sitting at home right now with little Larry.
My smart, very funny, intelligent, beautiful, tough,
mean when she needs to be, ass that won't quit, AJ Lee.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Thank you, babe, for always standing next to me
in the bad times so we can stand next to each other,
chest puffed out, and enjoy the good times.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Now, number two.
-Number two is all of you. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
Some call it the WWE Universe. Hell, to me, y'all just CM Punk fans.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
I don't get here, I don't get to hold this above my head
and call myself champion without each and every single one of you.
Thank you. Give yourselves a round of applause, you deserve it.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
The third person I would like to thank is Jey Uso, "Main Event" Jey Uso.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
Thank you for the tough match. Thank you for the hard fight.
I couldn't have done it without you and I appreciate you.
You truly are a main event.
Yeet. Now, I'd like to think
that going forward, we can still be friends,
but I understand if that can't be. I won't cry about it.
Because I said originally when I came back to this place almost two years ago,
I did not come here to make friends.
I came here to make money and be champion,
-and now I am that. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
I don't know how much time I got left, but what I do know
and what SummerSlam taught me is
I held on to this title after beating Gunther.
And I held this title for, what, three minutes?
And it wasn't long enough. So it tells me that going forward,
I need to hold on to this strap as tight as I possibly can.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
The good news, ladies and gentlemen, is that there is no snake in the grass,
-Seth Rollins, waiting in the wings… -[crowd booing]
…creeping around in the dark with a Money in the Bank briefcase
to cash in on me, no.
Oh. One second, if you would indulge me.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Seth, that was for you.
I hope you liked it, speedy recovery.
If you come back and get in my business, I will put you back on the couch.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
This title is validation. For two years, I came back and I walked the halls,
a king without a crown, and now I got the crown.
And with the crown…
comes a target, and I know there's a target on my back.
There's a target on my front.
And I look at that locker room full of badass talent.
And I know that every single Monday I show up, if I don't tie my tights on
as tight as I can, get my boots on as tight as I can,
if I'm not who I say I am, the best in the world, on any given day…
I could lose this title.
And I know there's already a line, I hear Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed.
[crowd booing]
I hear The Vision saying they're coming for my gold.
And listen, I wanna be a fighting champion,
and I wanna be a fighting champion for a multitude of reasons.
The first one being,
there's a lot of people I wanna punch in the face.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, Paul Heyman, you're three of them.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
And I wanna test myself against the best that this company has to offer,
the best professional wrestlers walking the earth right now.
And I'm talking about guys like AJ Styles.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Y'all chanted at me, "You deserve it."
Well, he's somebody who I think has earned the right
to step up and get a title shot.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Conversely, somebody who has two belts right now and hasn't earned
or deserved a single one, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
Yeah, we can file you under who I wanna punch in the face.
The locker room is full of killers, and I'm talking about…
JD McDonagh, who is an exceptional professional wrestler.
And if I'm not me on my best day, and he's him on his best day,
well, then this title could go goodbye.
Finn Bálor, you're another one I'm looking for.
-I'm not hiding from anybody. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
-Sheamus, you wanna have a banger? -[crowd cheering, applauding]
I'm your Huckleberry. And finally, my contemporary,
somebody who's only got a few short dates left, John Cena.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
I know you're busy, I know you don't got long,
but ladies and gentlemen,
I'm not here for a long time, I'm here for a good time.
You wanna try to be Mr. 18 Time World Heavyweight Champion,
I'm your Huckleberry. You want some, come get some.
-[crowd cheering, applauding] -Basically, New Mexico,
what I'm saying is anybody who's earned it,
anybody who deserves it,
get in line because the champ is here.
[crowd cheering]
-["Still Humble" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[inaudible]
-[Joe] "Get in line," he said. -[crowd booing]
[Joe] I don't think anybody expected Logan Paul…
-I'm still humble! -…to put himself first in line.
[Wade] Well, if there is a spotlight…
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Wait, wait. Okay. Okay. Okay.
No!
[mic thudding]
No, no, no. I-- Listen, I… I made a mistake.
-I spoke too soon. -[music concludes]
-[crowd booing] -All right, I wanna be
a fighting champion, but listen ladies, I…
-Look, anybody but you, all right? -No, no, no, no, no.
I… I want nothing to do with your famous-for-nothing ass.
Anybody but you. Hey! Listen. No, no, no, listen, listen.
[crowd jeering]
[Punk groans] Oh, my big mouth.
Listen, listen, I think blue's your color.
Why don't you go to SmackDown? I hear it's lovely this time of year.
Ilja Dragunov is having a Open Challenge, and I think that is more your lane.
I think that's perfect for you right now.
I think that's what you should do.
[crowd jeering]
-No! -[Paul] Let me get a mic.
[crowd booing]
No!
He said "anyone." The noble CM Punk, a man of his word, right?
[crowd booing]
You said "more my lane." Brother, I am a 1000-horsepower Ferrari
that nobody in here can afford, by the way.
-[crowd booing] -[Punk] Boo!
Congrats, you're broke.
But you already knew that, that's why you live here.
You are a used Honda Civic with upwards of 270,000 miles, brother.
I have been in the ring with the Roman Reigns,
with John Cena, with, by the way, AJ Styles,
who you mentioned, by the way!
I beat AJ Styles at WrestleMania.
[crowd booing]
You boo 'cause you're mad. Some of the guys you name can't say that.
So, CM Punk, if anyone in this industry has earned a title shot,
you know it, New Mexico knows it,
-and I know that it's me! -[crowd booing]
-[Heyman] Gentlemen. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd barking]
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is
-Paul Heyman. -[crowd] Paul Heyman.
And we're about to take a walk
all the way down to that ring.
[crowd booing]
I heard the reference that there is a king without a crown.
I don't just see a king with a crown.
I see a [muted] without an owner!
[crowd jeering]
-No, that's for you, Mr. YouTube. -[crowd jeering]
-[inaudible] -The front of the line, my ass.
The front of the line belongs to the man
that pinned Roman Reigns.
The OTT, the Tribal Thief,
Bronson Reed.
[crowd booing]
The front of the line belongs
to the future of WrestleMania.
-Bron Breakker! -[crowd booing]
You're not the front of the line. You're not even the back of the line.
You're on the line waiting just to get in line
for an opportunity at a champion that has been champion for two days.
Which makes you 432 days' short of when we were
the World Heavyweight Champion.
And need I remind you, I'm not the one that lost our title!
[crowd booing]
Your move.
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Heyman] You're in the wrong place…
at the wrong time.
[crowd booing]
Get to stepping.
Now!
[inaudible]
Um… newsflash, you snooze, you lose.
You're three pretty big guys, you're pretty slow. I was here first.
If you wanted the spot,
you should have put a little pep in the step
and got some hustle, Mr. Hustle.
[crowd jeering]
-[chuckles] -[crowd barking]
The reality of this…
is that he bought everybody two weeks to live.
Because we had to sit back there and be patient for two weeks
right after we dropped Seth Rollins in the dirt.
Had to be patient for weeks until a new champion is crowned.
And congratulations, Punk, you had your moment,
but the dog isn't waiting anymore!
[crowd barking]
I'm coming for what belongs to me.
And there is nothing else that stands in my way
but a man holding on to my championship and keeping it warm for me
and some dumbass YouTuber who thinks he's tough.
-[crowd jeering] -[inaudible]
So I suggest both of you get out of my ring,
or I will whip both of you like a dog!
-[mic thuds] -[crowd cheering]
You see what's going on here? Yeah, it's time to fight.
So you're either fighting with me or you get the hell out of my ring.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] As The Vision surrounds the ring and…
-[crowd booing] -…and Logan's made his choice, Wade.
[Wade] I don't exactly blame Logan Paul.
I don't think I'd wanna fight The Vision either.
-Perhaps a smart move by The Maverick. -[speaks indistinctly]
-[crowd member] Get him, Bron! -Yeah.
-Uh… I'll just-- Yeah. -Just go this way.
-Yeah, yeah. I'll go. -That's cool.
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] Oh. Slams him.
Wrong place, wrong time, he just found out.
And now, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed
circling the new World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk.
And Punk's gonna try to fight his way out of it.
[Wade] Paul got off lightly,
and the celebration has ended for CM Punk,
replaced by the reality of what being
-World Heavyweight Champ really means. -[inaudible]
[Wade] Fear, foreboding,
and the constant threat of killers in the Raw locker room like The Vision.
[Joe] Just as they did to the last World Heavyweight champ, Seth Rollins.
As… Oh, Logan Paul is, Logan Paul…
-He's going back in the ring! -[Wade] What the hell are you doing?
[Joe] He's taking 'em on.
[Wade] That may be the worst move of Logan Paul's career,
but he's giving a hell of a fight
-until the inevitable happens. -[Joe] Yeah, the numbers game.
The Vision, Breakker and Reed beating down on Logan Paul.
First time we've seen Paul back inside the rope since Clash in Paris.
-Oh! And he is slammed down. -[crowd groans]
[Wade] Oh God. Oh God.
-Look at this, Joe Tess. -[Joe] No, no, no.
[Wade] In the drop zone, and big boy's going up.
-[Joe] And being held. -[Wade] Tsunami!
[Joe] Oh! A Tsunami by Reed,
and here comes Punk, steel chair in hand, Wade.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Desperately trying to get some control,
the damage already done to Logan Paul,
but the World Heavyweight Champ living dangerously here.
[crowd cheering]
[indistinct clamor]
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
[Joe] As CM Punk chases off The Vision for the moment.
[crowd whistling]
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[Joe] And Logan Paul
having been Tsunami-ed by Bronson Reed as he came to the aid of Punk.
[Wade] Clear from The Vision, there are no line jumpers.
-They rule by fear and intimidation. -[barking mockingly]
[Wade] The road to the number one contendership
for that World Heavyweight Championship
apparently runs through The Vision.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] We are here in New Mexico.
[music concludes]
-[upbeat music playing] -[Joe] And it was a wild scene
a week ago with The Kabuki Warriors
putting forth yet another post-match beatdown.
Tonight, they'll have to answer for it.
Bayley and Lyra are opposite Asuka and Kairi
from here at Rio Rancho Events Center.
And a couple weeks after they conquered the World Tag Team Championships,
now AJ Styles and Dragon Lee boldly return for the rematch.
Can they hold off Judgment Day?
Our World Tag Team Championship match is ahead.
♪ So you doubt me and everyone around me ♪
♪ But everybody is sleeping on you And I feel drowsy… ♪
[music concludes]
-["Bury Me" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] The Women's World Champion.
Of course, many feel Stephanie Vaquer is the hottest star
in the business and also proving to be a loyal friend.
[crowd cheering]
["You Can Look (But You Can't Touch)" playing]
♪ You can look but you can't touch You keep dreaming on the stars above… ♪
[Joe] And five years removed from Hall of Fame induction,
Nikki Bella not backing down from any challenges of this generation.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is a Tag Team match,
scheduled for one fall. Introducing first,
the team of the WWE Women's World Champion,
Stephanie Vaquer,
and WWE Hall of Famer, Nikki Bella!
[Joe] Set to mix it up with Judgment Day, a week removed from a vicious attack,
now Bella joins the Women's World Champ to battle them, Vaquer and Nikki Bella
against Perez and Rodriguez.
♪ 'Cause you can look But you can't touch ♪
♪ You keep dreaming on the stars above ♪
-♪ I can see that you want me so much ♪ -[song fades]
-["Rulers Of The World" playing] -[Joe] Judgment Day,
the former Women's Tag Team Champions.
Wade, last week, Roxanne Perez able to defeat Nikki Bella
in a hard-fought back-and-forth match, but it went too far afterwards.
[Wade] Yeah, Bella was closing in on victory.
Some nimble footwork, however, from Perez
followed up with a rapid Pop Rox
gave the youngster a three count
against the Hall of Famer.
Now, post-match is where things got very interesting.
Raquel got in the ring, quick celebration,
then looked to make a statement at the expense of Bella.
That was before the Women's World Champ Stephanie Vaquer hit the scene,
leading to a rather tense staredown
with the powerhouse Big Mami Cool, Raquel Gonzál--
Raquel Rodriguez, excuse me. Going back in time now.
["Bury Me" playing]
[music fades]
-[Joe] And now here they are… -[bell ringing]
…to get this evening of action,
of official match action underway here in New Mexico
after we have the stunning events
with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed beating down Logan Paul
who came on to meet CM Punk and saying,
"I wanna be first in line for that World Heavyweight Championship."
[Wade] This is really where this, tag matches,
come from on the women's side of things.
Both Roxanne and Raquel making it quite clear
they want an opportunity
at Stephanie Vaquer's Women's World Championship.
And it was really that bullying nature
of those two that brought Nikki Bella into the fray.
The locker room friendship with Stephanie Vaquer,
and she stepped up to protect Vaquer.
And here we are now, two on two.
[Joe] Now seven days removed from these two meeting in singles action.
You get the sense that Nikki Bella picked up a few things
being in there with Roxanne Perez, the veteran showing all that experience.
[Wade] Roxanne Perez has Nikki Bella so well scouted,
grew up as a huge fan of Nikki Bella.
Knows all her moves and also knows all of her weaknesses,
including that surgically repaired neck of Nikki Bella that she used
to her advantage in gaining that victory last week.
[Joe] Boy, did she go to work on that, just targeting that spot time and again.
You know, you think of which way that could go when you're sitting there
and you're seeing your idol and you don't wanna be in awe of them.
That's the opposite for Roxanne Perez.
She was all business seven days ago.
[Wade] And I love that attitude of Roxanne.
There's no fear, no intimidation when it comes to other Superstars
at the top of the food chain.
And talking about the top of the food chain,
the absolute alpha female of the women's division.
Nobody more powerful than Raquel Rodriguez.
[Joe] Right. And just look at that,
the sheer power in making a statement early on against Nikki Bella.
[Wade] Yeah, and that's surprising from a Hall of Famer like Nikki Bella.
You try tying up with Raquel, it probably isn't gonna work out too well.
While coming up with an alternative form of attack now is Bella.
[Joe] Did you see the force
that Nikki Bella's back just went into that corner with?
[referee] Get out of there. Come on.
[Wade] Raquel is just a woman in the locker room
who simply nobody can physically dominate.
Look at the likes of Jade Cargill, the new WWE Women's Champion.
Congrats to her. Nia Jax, Rhea Ripley.
Well, I'd argue that Raquel perhaps
-bests all of them in the power game. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Well, we got a sneak peek at the staredown a week ago,
and that's where they go.
Right in the center of the ring, Stephanie Vaquer, Raquel Rodriguez.
[Wade] Welcome to Big Mami Cool, Stephanie.
[Vaquer] No!
[Joe] Rodriguez, look at the power, and Vaquer.
[Wade] See how nimble Vaquer is, it simply isn't…
-[Joe] Oh! -[Wade] …helping against Raquel.
Although that shot to the jaw certainly did.
[Joe] And now she turns and says,
"Hey, Roxanne, you want some, come get some here."
[Wade] Part of what makes Stephanie so devastating in that ring.
She learns, develops so quickly,
and now a one-two whammy from Vaquer and Nikki Bella.
Keep your eyes peeled at all times, though, especially around Roxanne.
[Joe] Roxanne finds herself in a tough spot again with La Primera.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] You know this crowd's reacting for one thing,
and Raquel Rodriguez is trying to stop it from happening,
-denying the Devil's Kiss from Vaquer. -[crowd booing]
[Wade] The smartest thing Raquel could have done right there,
but not paying attention here.
[Joe] Oh! Teamwork off the apron,
double crossbodies for Vaquer and Nikki Bella here in New Mexico.
-[crowd cheering] -[referee] Four!
[Joe] Nikki Bella could really use the tag of Stephanie Vaquer
because she has been taking constant punishment
from Perez and Rodriguez. Of course, a couple of weeks ago, Wade,
Stephanie Vaquer defeated Roxanne Perez,
as you see Perez with a double rope springboard moonsault.
And then there was the attack by Rodriguez after on Vaquer,
and it was Nikki Bella who ran down to save her.
Afterwards they pledged friendship and loyalty.
And then returning the favor a week ago was Stephanie Vaquer.
And now teaming together here, Vaquer and Bella
against The Judgment Day.
[Wade] Yeah, and I just don't know how smart it was of Nikki Bella
to get herself involved in this situation.
Clearly, the real target was Stephanie Vaquer
for The Judgment Day. They want the gold off her.
Nikki Bella could have washed her hands of this situation.
Instead, she's perhaps done the noble thing,
but as a result, she's now in the line of fire herself.
[Joe] And here comes Raquel Rodriguez,
-dragging Nikki Bella away… -[Wade exclaims]
…from that tag of Vaquer.
[Wade] Just inches away, trying to kick off the powerhouse.
Easier said than done, bought a little room there.
Is it enough to get this vital tag?
[Joe] That big boot could create just enough offense,
-and she does. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Tornado DDT spiking Raquel right on the top of her head.
And it has to be, now or never, for the Hall of Famer, Nikki Bella,
who needs a tag in the worst way.
And the people are demanding it in this sold-out arena,
-and they get it. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Here comes the Women's World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer.
-Looking for a quick one right away. -[crowd counting]
[Wade] Stephanie Vaquer just a blur when she gets going, a technical assassin.
Strikes and submissions aplenty.
[Joe] As good an offensive weaponry as anybody has.
And a big right hand driven into Raquel Rodriguez,
and oh man, that corner dragon screw.
And you can see the instant impact it makes
on the right knee of Rodriguez.
[Wade] How smart is that against a bigger, more powerful Superstar?
-Ground them. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And the running Meteora!
And did she put a little something extra into that?
[Wade] Raquel is fading rapidly. Roxanne on the outside knows it,
but there is absolutely nothing she can do right now.
-She's looking for that SVB. -[Joe] Look at the package.
The powerful Raquel Rodriguez is trying to resist it.
If she can get that SVB,
but instead Rodriguez breaks free and escapes the corner.
[Wade] Massive frame of Raquel came in very handy there,
just wasn't softened up enough to hit that SVB.
[Joe] Out and over onto the apron,
able to parry that right hand and the headbutt lands flush.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Up top is Stephanie.
-Beautiful crossbody. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Went over halfway
-across the ring to put it away. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] And that left shoulder got up.
[Wade] And once again, taking flight is the woman
who made her name in the world of lucha libre in Mexico,
Stephanie Vaquer.
Try and spot a weakness in this woman's offensive arsenal.
There simply is not one.
But once again, trying for that SVB, and it simply didn't work,
and now clubbed down to the ground.
[Joe] All it takes is one big blow from Rodriguez
-to instantly turn things around, Wade. -[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
[Wade] And immediately tagging in the dynamo that is Roxanne Perez.
[Joe] Now Perez feeling very confident.
She was going for that double springboard moonsault again,
but instead Stephanie Vaquer had it well scouted.
[Wade] That's the caliber of Stephanie Vaquer.
You cannot give her an inch
because this is gonna happen, Joe Tess.
[Joe] Gives the people what they want, Wade.
Count along, New Mexico.
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Joe] Devil's Kiss.
[Wade] And this building just came unglued.
And now softened up for something huge, perhaps, is Roxanne Perez,
-who has no clue where she's at. -[Joe] Is she thinking Rack Attack 2.0?
-[Wade] Yes! [Joe] Nikki Bella to put it away.
[crowd counting]
[Joe] And Rodriguez comes in to save her.
[Wade] That's perfect tag team timing there from Big Mami Cool.
-The people don't like it. Oh my God. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] She caught the crossbody. Are you kidding me?
-The strength, the power of Rodriguez. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Now getting dumped to the outside, but clinging on.
[Joe] Both competitors out on the apron.
[Wade] Turning Raquel inside out there
and won't be kicking up-- hold on a second.
-[Joe] No, no, no, no! -[Wade] This looks bleak.
[Joe] Devil's Kiss on the apron! Could it be?
Rodriguez able to turn it around.
Oh! Slams down the champ.
[Wade] Now that's two or three occasions
that Vaquer has underestimated the power of Raquel.
[Joe] Trying to get her in position.
-[crowd counting] -[Joe] What a smart move by Nikki.
-[Wade] Yeah, really. -[Joe] Sent forward.
-[Wade] Boom. -[Joe] Huge right hand by Rodriguez.
[Wade] Behind the back of the referee once again.
Absolutely clueless how that went down.
[Joe] Pop Rox!
-Perez hits Pop Rox. -[crowd counting]
-[cheering] -[bell ringing]
["Rulers Of The World" playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners, The Judgment Day!
[Wade] Conniving and underhanded
but it's led them to tag team gold tonight.
But it led them to a massive victory against the Women's World Champ
and the Hall of Famer in tag action. That is a win to hang your hat on.
It will only reinforce these two's claims
for an opportunity for Stephanie Vaquer's gold.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] And this is when Stephanie Vaquer tried
for the second Devil's Kiss, but the power of Raquel was too much.
Ready to capitalize was Roxanne, denied by a crafty Nikki Bella.
But not this crafty. Cheap shot by Raquel, followed by a rapid Pop Rox,
led this duo to a big dub. And things are real happy
-in The Judgment Day clubhouse… -[bell ringing]
…after that victory.
[Joe] It's a big, solid tag win for The Judgment Day.
Pop Rox does it, here just outside of Albuquerque.
Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett
on this incredible night here in New Mexico.
What do you say we move forward
to one of the most exciting developments we've heard?
We're less than six weeks away from John Cena's final match.
As for who will land that coveted spot as his opponent,
well, the 17-time champion himself says that will be earned, not given,
by way of a wide-reaching 16-man tournament.
[music concludes]
[solemn music playing]
[Cena] From the moment I announced my farewell tour
over a year ago,
the one question I've been asked more than any other is,
"Who do you want to face in your last match?"
My answer has always been the same.
On my last day,
I want to face whoever is willing to step up and seize
the same kind of opportunity I was given on my first day.
Therefore, starting on Raw from my hometown in Boston,
a 16-man tournament will commence.
The field will be chosen at random, filled with competitors from Raw,
SmackDown, NXT, and maybe even some faces who don't even work here.
There will be stars with whom I have a storied history.
But even more from a generation of talent
that I've never gone one-on-one with in my life.
By the time we get to December 13th, in Washington, D.C.,
for our next Saturday Night's Main Event,
my final opponent isn't gonna be hand-picked.
It's going to be hard-earned.
To everyone seizing this opportunity, I say good luck.
And to the winner, I say for one final time…
You want some?
-Come get some! -[crowd] Come get some!
-[crowd chanting "Cena"] -[music concludes]
[Joe] Wade, I love this. Oh, look, the tumbler is out!
They're ready for The Last Time is Now Tournament.
There's general manager Adam Pearce. The first two matches to determine
who will become the final opponent for Cena.
It all begins next week, but the draw is tonight.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[exhales sharply]
Look, I know I've been all over the place, right, Punk?
Yeah.
I seen what happened out there though.
Something telling my heart, man, telling me to help you out, man.
Do some good by you.
Can I trust you, man? Who am I talking to right now?
Am I talking to Jey Uso or am I talking to Little Roman?
Man, you're talking to "Main Event" Jey Uso, Punk.
The man that went toe to toe with you Saturday.
Trust me, uce, I appreciate that fight. You're the best in the world, uce.
If I was champ, they'd be coming after me.
You're champ now, uce.
They're coming after your ass and they ain't gonna stop.
-I'm gonna need help. -All right?
Let me help you, uce.
Come on, what's up? We body this Vision problem tonight.
[crowd cheering]
I'm gonna go get my gear on.
-Yeet. -Yeet.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] That's great to hear by Jey.
-["Zero Miedo" playing] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Wade] Well, surprising too, but apparently, Jey taking that loss well.
Ready to throw down on behalf of CM Punk.
-Cero miedo! -[crowd] ♪ Cero Miedo ♪
[Joe] Oh, how good is this?
Whoo!
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Ecatepec, Mexico,
weighing in at 87 kilos,
-Penta! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Just 48 hours removed from nearly dethroning
the self-proclaimed King of the Luchadors.
Now Penta faces the dubious, debatable luchador.
Penta against El Grande Americano. That is coming your way next.
[music fades]
["Mascara" playing]
[Joe] As El Grande Americano and his dastardly sidekicks,
Rayo and Bravo Americano, make their way to the ring.
[Wade] That was a little unnecessary, Joe.
Now to be clear, Penta obviously lost out to "Dirty" Dom
in a Triple Threat at Saturday Night's Main Event.
However, one week ago,
the Los Americanos family attacked Penta and Rusev.
during their Intercontinental title number one contender matchup.
So there's some major lucha beef going on between our two contestants tonight.
Penta looking to get even with the Americano family.
[Joe] And I suppose you would make an excuse for your beloved "Dirty" Dom
and the phone call he made to this group
and their willingness to cross any line possible.
[Wade] I mean, it was a smart move, it was highly effective,
and in the end, Dom has retained the gold.
So as far as I'm concerned,
rather Machiavellian, which I'm sure you would appreciate as an Italian,
the end justifies the means.
-[music concludes] -[Joe] Yeah, sure.
-[bell ringing] -[Joe] And by the way, you even trying
to compare El Grande Americano's entrance to Penta and the Penta strut.
And I heard what you and Michael Cole were saying,
killing me the other night for my love of Penta's strut.
Pushing this theory that I mimic it naked in my hotel room mirror.
Meanwhile, the two of you get more excited than muskrats in breeding season
every time Jey Uso's entrance yeets his way down to the announce desk.
The fawning, the geeked-out dap-up with the triple hand slaps,
that's obnoxious.
[Wade] Thou doth protest too much, Joe Tess, perhaps,
but what a potential lucha banger we've got on our hands here.
And the power of El Grande Americano comes to the fore early on.
[referee counting]
[Joe] Cover and the kick out by Penta.
We heard Jey Uso moments ago backstage with CM Punk.
And now look at what's just announced, Wade.
[Wade] What a massive, I assume, main event.
Jey Uso teaming up with the World Heavyweight champ, CM Punk,
to take on The Vision's Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.
That is later on tonight right here on Raw.
[Joe] That is going to be outrageous to see that in action here in New Mexico.
-El Grande is going right to the mask. -[Wade] And so he should.
How many times have the luchadors of this world demand
that El Grande Americano gets de-masked?
[Joe] Well-placed kick. Five-hole right there.
And Penta says no, think again.
[Wade] Penta simply too quick, what a unique style of offense.
-Suplex there from Penta. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] And the kick-out as the right shoulder gets up
from El Grande Americano.
As you see, Rayo and "Brrrrravo," as he told me earlier today,
there are five Rs in Bravo's name.
-[Wade] Five? -[Joe] Five, that's what he says.
[Wade] Wow, that's how you know "Brrrrravo" is good.
[Joe] Good for an Englishman right there. Rolling those R's.
Is he thinking about it right away here? And El Grande meets him in the corner.
[Wade] It's been an absolute war from the get-go between these two.
Now they do have a little bit of history competing together.
They competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match
earlier this year, although physically speaking,
El Grande Americano has gone through some major changes since then.
So I don't know how much we can read into that particular bout.
[Joe] Off the body shot from Penta as now he looks to springboard his way,
but he eats a right hand from El Grande. And now the kick,
and he's thinking Mexican Destroyer on the apron.
Wow, oh, instead the backdrop.
[Wade] El Grande was just too smart for that one.
[Joe] Oh! And the baseball slide dropkick as El Grande Americano takes--
-[Wade] Oh yes! -[Joe] No! Do not do that.
The disrespect, the derision,
-to mock Cero Miedo's strutting. -[referee] Two!
[crowd booing]
[Joe] What a great scene here as we are sold out in New Mexico.
First time Raw has ever been here just outside Albuquerque in Rio Rancho.
-[crowd chanting "Let's go, Penta"] -[Joe] And what a showcase
as Penta and El Grande Americano are battling.
Oh, good kick by Penta, he needs a comeback here and fast.
[Wade] Yes he does, and it's not been the high flying
that's got him back into the fight.
But it may be the high flying that wins him this one.
[Joe] Penta is gathering momentum.
[Wade] Peppering the tall frame of El Grande Americano
with shots from head to toe.
[Joe] Corner handstand kick right into the cover
and El Grande survives it.
[Wade] The lads on the outside are starting to look a little panicked.
Barking instructions over at El Grande Americano
who appears to have no clue where he's at right now.
[Joe] That is Rayo in the red and Brrrrravo in the blue
as Penta goes up top.
He is up top and he's looking forward again.
And this time he's met by El Grande.
[Wade] Smart move by El Grande-- Oh, wow.
[crowd jeering]
[Joe] And now El Grande Americano is feeling like he has taken back control.
[Wade] A little Mexican roll there from El Grande Americano.
[Joe] Trying to balance himself on the top.
[Wade] Oh, such a big frame, it's difficult to balance at that height
and take an advantage.
[Joe] And Penta to close it out.
[groans]
[Wade] Difficulty breathing perhaps is Penta,
some real abuse thrown at the neck and throat
of Penta earlier in this one by El Grande Americano.
There's some oxygen back in those lungs.
[Joe] I mean, Wade, to take the impact of that double cross chop
right on the Adam's apple, you'd have to think so, right?
[Wade] You would think so,
but it appears back with the wind in his sails
and the oxygen in his lungs now
-is Penta. -[Joe] Good chop.
Now Grande returns fire right across the face
and it sends Penta all the way back across the ring.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Man, oh, man. A discus right hand.
[Wade] Battle of wills right there.
Again, it's the superior balancing skills of Penta.
[Joe] Is it ever?
Tornado DDT as El Grande's in trouble and Penta is looking for takeoff.
[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Simply nowhere to hide when you're competing against Penta.
The ring, the ringside area, he can leap wherever you go.
[Joe] Look at the distance that he covered.
[crowd chanting "Penta"]
[Joe] Penta back up on the apron, back to business.
-[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Oh! Bravo sweeps his legs.
Nuh-uh! No, no, no, no, no! You gotta go out of here!
[Joe] You're out of here! Get him out of here!
[Wade] The referee missed the sweep, but saw Bravo place hands on Penta,
shoving him back in the ring.
That's why that is not a disqualification, but in the--
[Joe] Oh, Wade, wait a second here.
[Wade] In the confusion here, referee's back turned.
[Joe] Rayo just gave him the metal plate to load the mask.
That mask is loaded right now. The referee didn't see it.
[Wade] Are you sure it's not smelling salts?
[Joe] Smelling salts, are you nuts? He's got a slab of metal in his mask.
[Wade] Oh, ducking the headbutt, however.
[Joe] Stabs it.
Penza avoided it for now.
[Wade] Well, this may once again have backfired for El Grande America--
-Oh. -[Joe] Oh, and Rayo's up on the apron.
-And you know what? You can go too. -[crowd cheers]
[Wade] Goodbye, Bravo. Goodbye, Rayo.
[Joe] Penta-- How about that? Out onto the floor.
Rayo's down and out, the Americanos have been cleared.
Oh, he tried to go with the flying headbutt
with the loaded mask.
[Wade] A superkick right on that metal plate,
-and now he's gone loopy! -[Joe] Mexican Destroyer off the ropes!
[crowd counting]
-[Joe] How do you not love this guy? -[bell ringing]
-[crowd cheering] -["Zero Miedo" playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Penta!
[Wade] While with the odds stacked against him,
this absolute phenom from Mexico,
Penta does it again, gets a major victory amidst all the--
-Hold the phone here. -[Joe] They've got him cornered here.
There's Rayo and Bravo pinning Penta. And somehow Penta
able to get free for a moment, the Americanos on the attack.
[Wade] Sliding out of trouble, and off to winner's enclosure,
much to the frustration of the Americano family, is Penta.
-[Joe] Penta just schooled them. -[Wade] Simply a step ahead all night.
I am the number one in the world!
The real king of luchadors, and of wrestlers.
[Asuka] There will be no more disrespect shown to Asuka.
[in Japanese] Is that right?
Yes it is, yes it is!
Everyone needs to recognize
that I am the one true legend of the Women's Division.
What we did last week
was just a small taste of what we are capable of.
[crowd cheering]
[Asuka] We will keep tearing this division apart
until we are given our rightful Tag Team Title Match!
[in English] Bayley, we haven't forgotten about you.
[in Japanese] Last week, out of the kindness of my heart
I let you walk away.
[in English] Bayley, you should be thankful to Asuka.
[Asuka in Japanese] But my kindness will not last forever.
Tonight, we will still do whatever it takes to prove
that the most dominant tag team in WWE are…
[in English] The Kabuki Warriors!
[music concludes]
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Joe] Asuka and Kairi against Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.
That is happening tonight.
Coming your way from here, just outside Albuquerque, New Mexico.
♪ I get the money, I'mma flex ♪
♪ You now rockin' with the best ♪
[music concludes]
[upbeat music playing]
[Joe] That ninth title defense just happened
-on Saturday Night's Main Event. -[crowd cheering]
["It Is My Time" playing]
♪ Este es el tiempo ahora Now I'm coming for ya ♪
♪ Ya no pueden conmigo That's why I'm coming for ya… ♪
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the AAA Mega
and the WWE Intercontinental Champion,
"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio!
-[Joe] Well, there's your guy, Wade. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] The champ-champ is in the house.
-[Joe] Did you say champ-champ? -[Wade] Yeah, he's got two titles.
That's what you call a guy with two titles.
I think Conor McGregor called himself that first.
We've kind of stolen that.
[Joe] The AAA on top of the IC.
He's got a lot of letters associated with him.
AAA, IC, some would say POS.
[Wade] A lot of people would say G-O-A-T too.
I would certainly say that, especially in the world of lucha libre.
[Joe] There is nobody that would--
You just watched Penta, and you're gonna say that?
Listen, I just told Berkley and Alicia
and everybody in Timekeeper has that bell hammer secured
to a metal chain-weighted base.
[Wade] You're a little stooge, aren't you, Joe Tess, a little snitch,
a little teacher's pet.
Well, "Dirty" Dom will constantly figure out something
just like he did on Saturday night.
Because Rusev thought that he tapped Penta out
-to The Accolade and won the gold. -[bell ringing]
[Wade] However, he'd been fooled by "Dirty" Dom's dirty tricks.
He rang the bell to break the hold.
And with Dom scrambling to hold on to his championship, Rusev got dropped,
Penta ended up picking up the aforementioned bell hammer,
inadvertently dropping Rusev with it before "Dirty" Dom pounced
with a top rope splash, unbelievably scoring the win
and continuing this long, historic reign as the Intercontinental Champion.
-Great job, Dom. -[crowd cheering]
♪ Yo no paro, yo sigo Now I'm coming for ya ♪
♪ El estilo peligro That's why I'm coming for ya ♪
-[song concludes] -[crowd cheering]
Bow down to the king of the luchadores,
-"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio. -[crowd cheering]
Saturday, I proved that I am 100%
without a doubt the greatest intercontinental champion of all time.
[crowd cheering]
The greatest AAA Megacampeón of all time.
[crowd cheering]
The greatest luchador of all time,
and there is no man on this planet that can stop me.
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -[Joe] Oh! [laughing]
-[Wade] No way. -[Joe laughing]
-[Joe] Daddy's home. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Wow.
Well, rumors have been circling behind the scenes all day,
but Rey Mysterio has been medically cleared.
He was injured just prior to WrestleMania 41,
and has not been in competition since.
The question being,
what on earth has he got to say to his son,
the Intercontinental champ, "Dirty" Dom?
[Joe] Rey's been out injured since April 18th,
it was the night before Mania.
But we got the word that he had come to Albuquerque
to be tested, to see if he has been medically cleared.
And look who's here, Dom.
[Wade] It's deadbeat dad.
[Joe] It's the Hall of Famer. It's the master of the 619.
It's truly one of the greatest to ever do it.
[Wade] Well, it better be one of the greatest apologies of all time
for ruining "Dirty" Dom's upbringing by being the worst father
in the history of our species.
[Joe] I can't. Honestly, I can't with you.
[song concludes]
[crowd chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
[crowd continues chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
You look surprised.
Listen, Dom…
on the real, you can say you are the greatest champion of all time
all day long, I don't care.
But I have to draw the line when you say you're king of the luchadores.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Because every time you say that, every time you say that…
[crowd chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
[crowd continues chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
Every time you say that, insultas nuestra cultura.
You insult our family, the name, and you insult our blood.
You really think you're the greatest luchador of all time, huh?
[crowd cheering]
What about El Santo?
Blue Demon?
Eddie Guerrero?
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting "Eddie"]
[crowd continues chanting "Eddie"]
You think you're better than them?
You keep my father's name out of your mouth.
[crowd cheering]
And yes, I am better than him.
El Santo, I'm better than him. Blue Demon, I'm better than him.
Any Guerrero you mention, I am better than him.
[crowd gasping]
But there's one luchador
that I know for a fact that I'm better than,
and you didn't mention him…
and that's you.
[crowd cheering]
Listen, you can disrespect me all you want. I don't care.
But I'm not gonna stand here and let you disrespect lucha libre.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
Or what, huh? What are you gonna do?
I see what this is all about.
You're jealous. [chuckles] I mean, look at you.
You're already stealing my mustache.
[crowd exclaiming]
Right? But…
at the end of the day…
[crowd chanting "Whoop his ass"]
You're just here to cash in because I made the Mysterio name relevant.
[crowd jeering]
And not only that…
but I've already surpassed everything you've ever done
in every way, shape, and form.
So, what am I gonna have to do, kick your ass? Again?
[crowd cheering]
So, why don't you listen to the King of the Luchadores
and get out of my ring?
[crowd cheering]
Okay.
Okay, I'm gonna leave.
But before I leave,
please understand three things.
As long as I'm around,
you will never be king of the luchadores.
[crowd cheering]
As long as I'm around, this will never be your ring.
[crowd cheering]
And as long as I'm around, you will never be the greatest Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Oh, tried to throw a right hand at Rey, and Rey fires back.
[Wade] "Dirty" Dom just a little too sharp for Dad right now, however…
[Joe] Well, you heard what the crowd wanted.
-And Rey's looking to give it to him. -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] Oh, he's got him set up.
[crowd cheering]
-[Joe] Hall of Famer, 619! -[Wade exclaims]
Oh, God, what a disaster this has turned out for "Dirty" Dom.
[Joe] Dom asked, "Or what?" Well, that's what.
[crowd booing]
[Wade] Well, apparently absence does not always
-make the heart grow fonder. -["Booyaka 619" playing]
[Wade] Father and son picking up right where they left off.
"Dirty" Dom now has major egg on his face,
courtesy of Rey Mysterio, who is back.
[Joe] So good to have Rey back to business inside the ropes.
-Remember, still to come tonight… -[energetic hip-hop music playing]
…we find out who's in The Last Time is Now Tournament.
The draw to find out the opening matches that'll work our way
towards naming John Cena's final opponent,
one of the most exciting big prizes out there, that's ahead.
♪ I get the money, I'mma flex… ♪
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Valkyria] Hey!
Okay, tell me what's going on.
Don't freeze me out, okay? You've been weird all day.
Is it 'cause of last week? We need to talk about the fact
that we did not win the tag team title, okay?
Oh, no, it's not even about losing the match.
It's actually about what happened after the match,
because I had to see Kairi and Asuka in the ring
-and it just brought back-- -Hang on, that's what's in your head?
-Look… -What, is it their mind games,
the fact that they attacked everyone else except you?
-'Cause we need to talk about that too. -Can we talk about it later?
We actually have a big match
with The Kabuki Warriors coming up right now.
-What can we talk about? -Look--
You wanna talk about the match?
Let's talk about it later, okay? We got something to focus on.
-Let's go. -Okay.
As long as I know I can count on you.
Yeah-- [grunts] You can count on me. I swear, I'm sorry.
-You can count on me. -We need to talk about this stuff.
No.
-Are we good? Are we good out there? -Let's go. Yes. We're good!
Okay.
See you out there.
-[crowd cheering] -[scoffs]
I sit back here, Wade,
-and I think it's totally understandable… -["4X4" playing]
…that Lyra would have these kinds of concerns,
trying to figure out everything as they're about to take on
one of the most dangerous tag teams on the roster
and explain what happened last week with Bayley and Asuka.
Well, just when it seems like they built some bridges,
had a little understanding between each other,
it immediately seems like Lyra is already starting to question
her trust once again in Bayley.
Bayley, so temperamental right now.
That was unique circumstances a week ago, as you saw the attack that happened,
and then all of a sudden, Asuka's leaving Bayley alone.
-There's a lot to read into there. -Yeah, absolutely.
-I mean, how-- Oh, whoa. -What?
Shut up, Joe Tessitore.
-The Man has come around! -[crowd cheering, applauding]
And I got a lot to get off my chest.
Because… [hesitates] …I've been going…
I've been going through a lot the last few weeks, okay?
I got… I got… I got a hot husband who's injured at home.
[crowd booing]
The Vision have lost their GD minds and ruined everything!
[crowd booing]
I have been saddled with a crooked referee
who is hell bent on holding me down!
And… and… and… and… and after all of that,
Adam Pearce sends me home to cool down, okay?
Me, I'm cool. I'm cool, okay? I'm the definition of cool.
[crowd jeering]
Oh, shut up, you wouldn't know what cool is.
The only cool thing to come out of New Mexico
is a show about how much meth you people do!
[crowd cheering, jeering]
You know… you know who's not cool? You know who's not cool?
Maxxine Dupri is not cool.
But she's lucky, okay? She's lucky.
She's lucky because she got to step in the ring with me
and live to tell about it, and now she won't shut up about it!
She won't shut up about it because you idiots
make her feel like she belongs! She does not!
[crowd booing]
But let me tell you something, Maxxine.
You don't survive in this business by being lucky,
you survive by being good.
But lucky for me, I'm not just good.
I am the greatest female wrestler of all time!
And it's not just me saying it, other people say it.
Sports Illustrated says it. The Bleacher Report says it.
[crowd cheering]
Because I am a lifelong student of the game, and this… this, Maxxine,
isn't a test you can cram for.
But I know, try, try as you will, take all the time that you want,
train with the best of the best, it won't make a difference.
Do you know why? Because the next time you step in the ring with me,
one wrong move, and it won't just be the biggest opportunity of your career,
it will be your last!
-Welcome to the Big Time! -[mic thuds]
-[crowd cheering] -["New Lows" playing]
[Wade] Wow!
[Joe] Intercontinental Champion just hijacking the broadcast here.
[Wade] She told you to shut up, Joe Tess.
[Joe] She told the whole world to shut up, Wade.
[Wade] Welcome to the Big Time indeed.
That is a irate woman on the warpath and I would not wanna get in her way.
Maxxine Dupri, be careful.
-["Reigning Warriors" playing] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Wade] Maybe a little collision at the junction here.
[Joe] This will be interesting.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is a tag team match,
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
the team of Asuka and Kairi Sane,
-The Kabuki Warriors! -[Joe] It is…
fair to describe Asuka as deranged lately,
and Kairi has been following disturbing orders.
All of our eardrums have paid the price,
and now barking out about disrespect
and how tag title opportunities should be theirs.
Well, Bayley and Lyra opposite The Kabuki Warriors next.
[music fades]
-["Triumph" playing] -[Joe] Moments ago, we got a sense
that Lyra Valkyria had some doubts and questions
for her partner Bayley when it comes to what happened last week,
the post-match attack by The Kabuki Warriors.
Lyra and Bayley, of course,
have been a curious but dynamic pairing at their best, Wade.
[Wade] The question is, why didn't The Kabuki Warriors attack Bayley?
They attacked everyone else,
including the tag champs and Lyra Valkyria.
According to The Kabuki Warriors earlier, if we trust the translation,
it was out of the kindness of their hearts,
-which I find a tad suspect. -[bell ringing]
-[Wade] And apparently… -[Joe] A tad?
…Lyra Valkyria does too.
[Wade] Now, of course, there is some history
between Bayley and The Kabuki Warriors.
Bayley was essentially their leader during their days in Damage CTRL,
although that ended with acrimony when The Kabuki Warriors
kicked Bayley out of the group with quite a vicious beatdown.
[Joe] Underway here with Lyra and Asuka.
As you can see, a hop and a step from Lyra Valkyria tonight.
She is amped up for this matchup.
[Wade] The dance moves of The Kabuki Warriors.
I think The Kabuki Warriors pull it off with a little more panache
than Lyra Valkyria. Stick to the "whoo" stuff, Lyra.
[Joe] There was a great reception for that "whoo" stuff
here at Rio Rancho Events Center,
sold out just outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
And we heard earlier tonight in a stunning event
that our main event would be CM Punk and Jey Uso
against Bron Breakker and "Big" Bronson Reed.
[Wade] Did not see that one coming
midway through our Saturday Night's Main Event clash
between Jey and CM Punk, but now in cahoots…
they're gonna protect one another against the devastating duo
of The Vision later on tonight.
[Joe] What a dynamic attack from Lyra
to get up and quickly go with the series of kicks.
-Seeing the best of her early on here. -[Wade] Oh! Wow.
[Joe] Basement dropkick, and now lateral press,
and a hook of the leg, looking to put her away,
but able to get that left shoulder up is Asuka.
[Wade] Oh, just as good a mover as anyone in the women's division, and…
right before Bayley gets in, Asuka backing off.
-Get the fresh partner in perhaps. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Wade] Being Kairi.
[Joe] We were talking about the fact that Asuka did not attack Bayley
-a week ago in that post-match attack… -[crowd chanting "Bayley"]
…and then when Bayley just tagged in,
Asuka went to the corner and tagged in Kairi.
[Wade] I'm not gonna read too much into that.
Asuka's burned herself out somewhat in the early goings,
-competing against Lyra. -[Joe] Oh, for sure.
[Wade] Getting a fresh partner in is the smart thing to do.
Of course, something we have to mention…
as we are competing at altitude here, 5,000 feet high,
and I promise you, that will suck the wind out of you
in double quick time, if you're not used to it.
[Joe] Obviously.
[Wade] Competing at places like Denver and Mexico City,
and two minutes into a match, just gasping for oxygen.
Very similar environment here at Rio Rancho.
-[Joe] No doubt about it. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] Worked her way up here into the hilltops just beyond Albuquerque
to this magnificent events center.
-Oh, pinning combination… -[crowd counting]
…as Bayley tried to get the best of Kairi that time…
-[Wade] Ooh! -…but that spinning elbow by Kairi
hit right on the target.
[Wade] The way she was stinging these shots around,
Kairi Sane completely softening up the Raw model here.
[Joe] That's exactly what you were talking about,
this newfound aggression from Kairi.
[Wade] So smart, she's clearly been listening to Asuka,
realizing that Asuka is the leader of the team.
-Do what Asuka says. -[Joe] And look at how quick to the top,
and did you see the height on that attack?
-[crowd counting] -[Joe] Kairi Sane, as Bayley survives it.
[Wade] It was almost like an Undertaker-esque clothesline
from the top rope there.
Connecting flush on the jaw, and then the belly. Ooh!
[Joe] Kairi was just potentially looking for the tag of Asuka,
and she said, "No, stay in there and get to work."
[Wade] Good orders from Asuka,
however, that loss of concentration from Kairi is costing her now.
[Joe] Good elbow drop from Bayley.
-And Lyra, the cover. -[crowd counting]
[Wade] Now again barking instructions is Asuka,
who's demanding that tag from Kairi, unfortunately--
[Joe] With Lyra in the ring, there's the bridging pinning combination.
[Wade] Kairi in no position to reach over at this point.
Better start thinking quick, Kairi.
You're on the wrong side of the tracks against two highly accomplished women.
Struggling her way out of there.
-And there I think was the tag. -[Joe] Yeah, it was a blind tag there.
And quick to the attack is Asuka now…
as the teamwork-- Oh! Crossbody takes both of them out by Lyra.
[Wade] Lyra looking to build up a head of steam here
-with The Kabuki Warriors on the ground. -[crowd chanting "Whoo"]
[Joe] Here she goes, Lyra Valkyria.
Able to get out of the way, The Kabuki Warriors.
-[Wade] Boom! -[Joe] And a big boot by Asuka.
-[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Onto the floor with a German.
Kairi! Kairi!
[Wade] Don't get in the way of The Kabuki Warriors in this one.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] What a great scene here at Rio Rancho Events Center.
It is completely sold out for the first Raw
ever to be held in New Mexico.
We are watching Bayley and Lyra Valkyria against The Kabuki Warriors.
The Kabuki Warriors, last week, after a match, attacked Lyra,
Charlotte, Alexa, but not Bayley.
There's some curiosity about that that was expressed earlier tonight.
-But right now, Lyra's desperate… -[crowd counting]
…for Bayley to get into the mix here.
[Wade] Well, the body of Lyra Valkyria has been put through the wringer
by The Kabuki Warriors tonight.
There is gonna be bruises covering the body
of the Dubliner tomorrow.
But they're gonna feel even worse if she takes defeat here
to The Kabuki Warriors.
-[Joe] Lyra Valkyria! -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] Oh, boy, did she need that!
[Wade] Snap gutwrench powerbomb just out of nowhere from Valkyria.
-[crowd cheering] -Come on!
[Wade] Shows how adaptive this woman is, just in the nick of time maybe.
And Bayley, looking fresh as a daisy, is about to get the pin.
-[Joe] Is she ever. There's the tag. -[Wade] Tag, excuse me. I'm too excited.
[Joe] Here comes Asuka, Bayley on the attack.
Bayley just dominating. Thesz press, ground and pound.
Look at Bayley.
[Wade] Well, the kindness that Asuka showed Bayley last week
is clearly not being repaid here.
A vicious beatdown now.
[Joe] Driving that knee as Asuka just drapes her body…
back into the ring.
And the elbow drop by Bayley to put this away.
-[crowd counting] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Wade] And it's just no stopping this tide from Bayley.
as we see this expertly delivered elbow to the back of the neck of Asuka.
Didn't quite get the win, but wobbled now is the Empress of Tomorrow.
And the pin… tag there.
[Joe] Oh, she's trying to chase her down, she wants more of Asuka.
[Wade] Bayley didn't see the tag, I think that's the issue.
[Joe] Kairi's legal, and here she comes off the apron.
[Wade] Confusing spot there for Bayley, who was high tailing her way after Asuka.
Meanwhile, Kairi taking advantage of it, perhaps going in for the kill here.
[Joe] Bayley able to get out of the way. What a smart move by Bayley.
And now fights her way out of position.
-[Wade] Oh! -[Joe] Bayley to Belly.
-[crowd counting] -[Joe] Kick-out at two, and change.
[Wade] A lot of frustration on the face of Bayley,
who thought she had this one won, and many times she won
-once that Bayley to Belly connects. -[crowd counting]
[Wade] Just too much left in the tank of Kairi Sane.
[Joe] She was looking for Rose Plant on Kairi,
but Kairi fights her way into a better position.
Sends her directly into Asuka, a delivery of elbows from Bayley.
[Wade] Just turning into The Bayley Show at this point.
[Joe] She has been on fire-- Oh! Right into the corner.
[Wade] Sunset flip head first into that bottom buckle,
and now going skyward.
Perry Patea connects.
-[Joe] And with that massive leg drop… -[crowd counting]
-[Wade groans] -…cannot put it away.
[Joe] And Lyra's in disbelief.
[Wade] Well, how tough is Kairi Sane,
who's taken a volley of high-impact offense
-over the past two minutes. -[crowd chanting "Kairi"]
[Wade] Barely kicking out of this one, but still in the fight.
Without Asuka on the apron to tag to,
things are starting to look really bleak here for The Kabuki Warriors.
[Joe] And Lyra looking to put more damage onto Kairi, as Asuka's up on the apron.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
-[Wade] Distraction there from Asuka… -[Joe] That paid off.
…to turn this around.
And storming around the corner is Bayley. What is going on?
Stay the hell out of this!
[Joe] To the outside, as you see the two of them face-to-face--
-Oh! The stomp! -[Wade] Oh!
[Joe] The double stomp by Kairi.
-What an attack on Lyra… -[crowd counting]
…and Bayley able to save it.
[Wade] Take a look at this, the stomp to the chest,
but then the head snapping against the canvas hard.
-And Lyra Valkyria was out cold there… -[crowd counting]
…and needed Bayley to break that one up.
Thankfully, Bayley, right place, right time,
but this one balanced on a knife edge.
-[Joe] And able to catch the crossbody. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] Impressive power there from Lyra Valkyria.
-[Joe] She's the total package, isn't she? -[Wade] Truly, truly is.
Can they get the dub here?
-[Joe] Oh! The backbreaker into the elbow. -[crowd counting]
-[Joe] And pulling on the leg is Asuka. -[Wade] Saving it for her team.
Now both teams have had the opportunity
to win this broken up brawl on the outside.
[Joe] Man, oh, man, you would think that flying elbow drop would have done it,
but Asuka able to get in the way.
-And now, could it be? -[crowd counting]
[Joe] As Kairi tried to finish it quickly that time.
[Wade] Bayley trying to conjure something up here,
-and once again, Asuka taking the shot… -[Joe] Ooh! Ooh!
…after that tag to Lyra Valkyria.
[Joe] Asuka slamming her face right into the edge of the apron.
The hardest part of the ring, that edge of the apron.
[Wade] The referee is really struggling to control this one
that has gone all over the ringside area, numerous cheap shots.
You feel the end is nigh though, for Lyra Valkyria,
not where you wanna be.
[Joe] Now the Empress of Tomorrow
lining up Lyra, Kairi Sane,
and Bayley saves the day.
[Wade] Absolute scramble this has turned into,
perhaps going for Nightwing there was Lyra Valkyria.
Oh, thrown into Bayley!
-[Joe] There was a Nightwing opportunity… -[crowd counting]
…but instead, now Asuka, count of two.
Lyra.
-Oh! Asuka Lock locked in! -[Wade] Oh! [exclaims]
[Joe] Asuka Lock locked in!
[Wade] Amazing reaction to Bayley's--
And there it is, tap out!
-[bell ringing] -[Joe] She taps out.
["Reigning Warriors" playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners by submission,
The Kabuki Warriors!
[Wade] Another impressive performance and a massive win
for The Kabuki Warriors,
and it really was those reflex reactions of Asuka locking in that Asuka Lock
in the final seconds of this one after it had all broken down,
and Bayley had inadvertently been knocked down by Lyra Valkyria.
And The Kabuki Warriors just reinforcing their claim
-for a tag championship opportunity. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] Now Lyra is alone in the ring
-as her former opponent-- -["Spiteful" playing]
[Joe] Oh, remember what happened a week ago,
and now the champs are here, Charlotte and Alexa.
[Wade] Smartly moving out of the way this time are The Kabuki Warriors.
They've got what they came for, which is a big victory.
But in the process, they have the attention
of the Tag Team Champs, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss,
and you feel the showdown between those four is imminent.
[Joe] Speaking of showdowns,
we have a World Tag Team Championship match still to come tonight.
Judgment Day, JD McDonagh and Finn Bálor.
It'll be the rematch World Tag Team Championship
against AJ Styles and Dragon Lee, and last week,
JD McDonagh with one of the biggest wins in his singles career.
-[dramatic music playing] -[Joe] JD McDonagh against Sheamus.
-[crowd cheering] -[Joe] It's fight night!
[Wade] A rather gung-ho, JD McDonagh. "Yeah, I'll fight Sheamus."
What the hell is wrong with JD McDonagh?
Finn Bálor got himself a front row seat.
[Joe] Finn went, grabbed the foot, put it on the rope.
Finn attacks with the shillelagh.
-[Wade] Referee didn't see any of it. -[Joe] Spanish fly.
[crowd counting]
[Wade] McDonagh, a massive win. What a performance.
[music concludes]
-[Perez] Whoo! You did it. -[Rodriguez] Oh, my God.
-[Perez] You did it! -Two and zero versus Nikki Bella?
-I know, but you. -What are you so happy about?
Guess who's going to face Stephanie Vaquer, next week,
for the Women's World Championship?
-"Big Mami Cool!" -Ain't she amazing!
-Yes! -[all cheer, chuckle]
-Good for you. -Congratulations, sis.
-[indistinct chatter] -Finally, finally, the Women's World title
-is coming home to the clubhouse. -Yes.
But first, me and JD, we're gonna go--
I can't believe he's back and doing this again to me.
Honestly, this is so great.
This deadbeat is-- And where the hell were you guys, huh?
Where were we?
Well, if we had been invited to your celebration,
maybe we could have been of some help.
But no, no, no, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio wanted all the spotlight for himself.
It's on you, Sucio.
So, now, mate, you're gonna have to excuse us,
because we need to go win back our tag team titles.
-Remember them ones? -Whoosh.
Keep this safe.
-Bring them home, boys. -[crowd chanting "Dirty, Dirty Dom"]
What's up with those guys? Are they seriously still upset…
-[scoffs] -…about this whole tag team thing?
-Dom-- -It's not my fault.
You are the reason that they had to put the titles on the line in the first place.
Okay, everybody relax. Dom, sit down.
Look, I think that you should go out there and be in their corner tonight.
What, why?
Because at some point, someone's gotta be the bigger person,
and obviously, I think it's gotta be you.
-I'm already the bigger person. -Look, look,
they'll probably stop being mad,
and it'll mean a lot to them if you're out there.
Come on. You're the king of the luchadors, right?
All right. Yeah, you make a good point. All right.
-See that? Bull's-eye. -Whoo!
-My gosh, but where are we gonna put it? -Yeah, where are we gonna put it?
-["Phenomenal" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
♪ They looking scared No they don't really want none ♪
♪ We some southern boys With the farmer strength ♪
♪ Ain't nobody man enough To feel the pain ♪
♪ And you could be next You better give respect ♪
♪ Cause ain't nobody Breaking this red neck ♪
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
-♪ They don't want none, no… ♪ -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the World Tag Team Championship.
Introducing first, they are the World Tag Team Champions,
the team of Dragon Lee
and "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles!
[Joe] Or you could call them "Phenomenal Lee."
Fast-paced, thrilling win to take the titles.
Now, the rematch, Styles and Lee
against The Judgment Day, World Tag Team Championship match next.
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none ♪
-♪ They looking scared ♪ -[music fades]
-All right, we are ready. Judgment Day… -["Rulers Of The World" playing]
…they put forth their absolute best in the match two weeks ago,
-looking to defend their championships. -[bell ringing]
[Joe] The JD McDonagh moonsault, Finn, the Coup de Grâce.
But it was the high-flying aerial assault by Dragon Lee that saved things.
And that is why gold is around AJ Styles and Dragon Lee.
And will you look at the pace to start off this rematch
as JD McDonagh and Finn on fire.
[Wade] Absolute blitzkrieg attack there from the tag,
former tag champs of The Judgment Day.
And that was a little mistake there, really, from the tag champs.
The bell rang, so it was fair game. Not exactly sporting,
but sportsmanship goes out the window when gold's on the line.
[crowd counting]
[Joe] Oh, it was an instant classic just a couple weeks ago.
And Finn was going to attempt AJ's own move on him.
The Styles Clash, but then AJ able to reverse things.
You know, you brought it up earlier of AJ being so clear
about this phase of his career, his future and eventual retirement.
But hard to think about that when you watch his present run,
what we're seeing with this amazing pairing
he has struck out with Dragon Lee.
[Wade] Yeah, AJ has clearly got a ton left in the tank.
He's retiring through choice,
-which is not enough. -[Joe exclaims]
[Wade] But Dragon Lee coming along for the ride with AJ Styles.
And he's absolutely equal to everything the Phenomenal One has done,
but really needed him tagged there.
-Unfortunately for Dragon-- Oh, wow. -[Joe] Wow.
[Wade] And landed on his feet in the process.
[Joe] A rana to the outside on McDonagh.
And now, slamming that shoulder into the gut of Finn.
[crowd exclaiming]
[Joe] Quick dropkick by Bálor into the cover,
-looking to get gold back. -[crowd counting]
[Wade] How smart was it of The Judgment Day to clear AJ Styles
off the apron when Dragon Lee went over for the tag.
Obviously, AJ was down, which has kept a partially beaten down,
-now Dragon Lee in the fight. -[Styles] Yep.
[Wade] Against an incredibly angry and motivated Judgment Day.
[Joe] And the fast start was a good strategy by The Judgment Day.
Just to neutralize AJ Styles and the role that he could play early on.
[Wade] Judgment Day was on a mission to write themselves
in the record books as three-time Tag Team Champions here.
[crowd cheering, applauding]
What a start it has been for them.
[Joe] Reminder, our main event will be CM Punk and Jey Uso
teaming up against Bron Breakker and "Big" Bronson Reed
after what we saw to open up this evening here in New Mexico.
-Look at Dragon Lee! -[crowd screaming, applauding]
-[Joe] The Dragon Bomb sit out. -Come on!
[Joe] And both men are down.
[Wade] Ridiculous power for a high-flying luchador.
Dragon Lee though, beat up, busted up by The Judgment Day.
-Looking for this tag, and AJ is in there. -[crowd chanting indistinctly, cheering]
[Joe] And listen to the roar.
The striking combination by one of the greatest ever do it.
[Wade] Completely lighting up Finn Bálor there,
JD McDonagh, look at that.
-How about his tag partner? -[Joe exclaims, laughs]
-[Wade] Made a bit of a mistake. -[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Joe] The pace of Styles on this attack, right onto the knee.
[Wade] As good as he has ever been, absolutely phenomenal.
-[crowd screaming, cheering] -[Wade] Eyes open!
-[Joe] To the outside. -[crowd member] Get him AJ!
-[grunts] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Joe] The Tag Team Champions, looking to defend here in New Mexico.
[Joe] Great scene here in New Mexico.
The titles, ringside, the World Tag Team Championship match.
AJ Styles, Dragon Lee, the rematch of a classic from two weeks ago.
[Wade] And "Dirty" Dom has made his way out here
after being asked to do so by Roxanne Perez a little earlier.
[Joe] Dragon Lee putting forth the offense now against Finn Bálor.
[crowd cheering]
-[Wade] Ah! -[Joe] Finn--
[Wade] Closing in on the first title defense
of the tag gold here is Dragon Lee.
Frustrated figure on the outside is "Dirty" Dom, who presumably came out
to help The Judgment Day on their path to victory and reclaiming the gold.
It's not worked thus far.
[Joe] Oh, and instead, it's a sling blade that takes down Dragon Lee.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
-[Joe] And the shotgun running dropkick. -[Wade exclaims]
[Joe] And now, the target zone for a Coup de Grâce.
[Wade] He's got power and momentum, and this could be good night here.
[Joe] Dragon gets out of the way.
-And in combination, shoulders down. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] Moments away from defending, and now, that kick right to the gut.
[Wade] Remember what a back and forth affair the first match
-between these two sides were. -[Joe] Oh! What a counter by Finn.
[Wade] Absolutely nothing in this match. The same as the last one,
edged by AJ Styles and Dragon Lee the first time around.
You feel like it's gonna be a real close ending in this one.
-Could go either way. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
Is "Dirty" Dom on the outside gonna be the difference maker?
[Joe] There's the tag to AJ Styles as JD looks to meet him,
and AJ's on the attack.
[Wade] Oh! AJ Styles, cheap one to the jaw.
Perhaps, assuming Dom was gonna get involved at some point,
AJ got his offense early.
[Joe] Now Dom is up on the apron.
As you can see, the cover, the shoulders have been down,
and Dom's up on the apron distracting the referee.
[Wade] And now behind the referee's back, a double team move,
a highly illegal one of that.
-[Joe] He held on, it backfired. -[Wade] Oh no!
[Joe] He tried to hold him for a Coup de Grâce,
instead, JD takes it.
[Wade] Well, AJ Styles just has all the answers tonight.
[crowd cheers]
[Wade] All right, going for the big one.
But McDonagh struggling his way out of that.
[Joe] There's a forearm.
Oh, he's loading it up, Wade!
Phenomenal Forearm!
-To keep the gold right here! -[crowd counting]
[Joe] Oh! Finn comes in and saves it.
[Wade] Oh, double stomp just in the nick of time there.
Gold was slipping away after a major, major mistake by The Judgment Day.
-[crowd chanting "This is awesome"] -[indistinct chatter]
[Wade] When you listen to Finn, The Judgment Day win.
-"Dirty" Dom's got his marching orders. -[Joe] He's gonna use the Championship…
Oh! [laughs]
Oh, there's Sheamus!
[Wade] Sheamus, who got blasted with a shillelagh last week by Finn Bálor,
en route to JD McDonagh beating the Irishman.
[Joe] The big man shows up, and look at Dom,
like a little net on his ankle.
The shillelagh is used right on the head of AJ Styles,
-and now draped into a cover. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] Oh, Dragon Lee saves it.
[Wade] Well, Dragon Lee needed to be like Usain Bolt to get to that,
and he did just in the nick of time.
The gold was slipping away,
but Dom's life might be slipping away here.
[Joe] Sheamus has got Dom cornered.
-Oh, what a knee to the dome! -[crowd cheers]
[Joe] Rana!
[Wade] Clearing out Finn Bálor,
and following it up like only Dragon Lee can!
[Joe] Airborne over the top!
[Wade] Gold in the balance now, it's one-on-one,
McDonagh and AJ Styles!
[Joe] Oh, think twice!
Styles Clash!
-[crowd counting] -[bell rings]
["Phenomenal" playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners
and still the World Tag Team Champions,
Dragon Lee and "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles!
[Joe] Saw AJ Styles reaching for his head.
He got caught by the shillelagh
and somehow gold is still in their hands.
[Wade] You can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs,
then yours is the gold.
Big victory for AJ Styles and Dragon Lee.
-[crowd cheers] -[music fades]
[speaks indistinctly]
Um, I just wanted to say I'm sorry.
Just tonight, the loss, I'm just so disappointed in myself.
And then now you have to defend your title next week against Raquel,
and I'm just sorry, it's all my fault.
She doesn't know what's coming for her.
I'm ready, bonita, it's okay, really, it's fine, don't worry about it.
But that's the thing, it's not fine.
I mean, I came back and I thought I could hang with all you ladies.
And I just feel like I'm rusty and I'm making bad decisions out there.
And you all are just so strong
and you all are crushing it in this division.
I'm like, "What am I doing here? Why am I here?"
-I don't-- -What are you talking about?
No, stop.
Tú eres Nikki Bella.
You're amazing.
And I think you need to believe in yourself more.
Because you are one of the women
who paved the way for this division.
You are one of the greats.
-Oh my gosh. [chuckles] -Todo va a estar bien.
You have no idea how much I really needed to hear that tonight
and how much your words mean to me. Like, you'll never know how much.
And I know you're gonna crush it next week,
by the way, 'cause you're Stephanie and you're amazing.
And I wish you all the luck and I will be there to cheer you on.
-My bonita. -Gracias, bonita.
-Okay, you get home safe, all right? -Thank you, you too.
-Yeah, thank you. -[Vaquer] Bye.
Hi. You don't mind if I sit for a moment, do you?
You know, Jey, you were always my favorite member
of The Bloodline, 'cause you always kept me guessing.
Which is why I love the fact tonight I can't figure out
why you would team with the very man, who two nights ago,
prevented you from becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the world.
Not that I owe you an explanation, OG.
I do got everybody in my ear, right?
CM Punk faced me one-on-one, man to man, uce.
No tricks, none of that.
So, I respect that, OG.
That's not how the Tribal Chief would--
Hey, hey, hey, OG, I don't care what the Tribal Chief say.
I don't care what Jimmy say.
I don't care what my family say, what the whole world gotta say about me.
All I care about is what Jey Uso say now…
-[crowd] Yeet! -…all my heart, uce.
That's it, OG.
-Yeah. -I like that.
And it saves me a very difficult conversation
that I was tasked to having because I asked the Brons to wait.
I asked the Brons to wait with the Battle Royal.
I asked the Brons not to get involved in your match,
but now the leashes are off.
It's all out war with the entire roster.
Someone doesn't conform to The Vision, they get smacked at the door.
It's not like the old days. "Are you with The Vision now?"
"No."
"Are you with the Vision this week?"
"No."
"Are you with The Vision this week?"
"No!"
No, now it's at the door.
Now, if someone is not conforming with The Vision,
they get their asses handed to them at the door,
every single solitary week that they show up.
But that doesn't apply to you.
As I can see, Jey Uso,
you have a vision all of your own.
And I like it.
Good luck tonight.
[Joe] This may be one of the hottest tickets of all,
John Cena's last match.
It's gonna be at Saturday Night's Main Event
at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Saturday, December 13th.
["The Time Is Now" playing]
[Joe] And it is time for The Last Time Is Now Tournament draw
to find out the first participants
to see who will be John Cena's final opponent.
[dramatic music playing]
All right, ladies and gentlemen, the names have been drawn at random.
The ink is dry and the phone calls are made.
I am proud to announce the first two opening round matches
taking place next week in The Last Time Is Now Tournament.
First up, in a brawl that quite frankly may go all over Boston,
the "Bulgarian Brute" Rusev goes one-on-one
with former World Heavyweight Champion, punishment personified, Damian Priest.
Next in what's sure to be a certified banger,
The King of Strong Style himself,
Shinsuke Nakamura will battle "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus.
My long time close personal friend,
Nick Aldis will draw the next two opening round matches
this Friday on SmackDown.
Until then, I wanna wish everybody the best of luck,
and that is official.
[Joe] I just love the way Cena is serving the fans with this tournament.
And next week, he will be there under the famed banners at the Garden.
The living legend, the final time,
John Cena in front of his hometown fans.
Boston will be roaring for the Never Seen Seventeen.
And as for The Last Time Is Now tourney,
you heard it, the big man matchup.
Former World Heavyweight Champion, Damian Priest from SmackDown,
taking on the recent IC title challenger, Rusev.
The Last Time Is Now Tournament, Wade.
[Wade] And hot off the press,
The King of Strong Style versus The Celtic Warrior.
And that can only equal one thing, banger alert!
Sheamus versus Shinsuke Nakamura
in The Last Time Is Now Tournament. That's next week on Raw.
[Joe] And we saw what just happened moments ago in Women's Tag Team action.
Now Charlotte and Alexa meet up with The Kabuki Warriors
with it all on the line,
the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match from Boston.
[Wade] And the power of Raquel Rodriguez was simply too much
for the Women's World Champ, Stephanie Vaquer,
early tonight in tag action.
Will that be the case next week when the gold is on the line?
Will Big Mami Cool become the Women's World Champ
against Stephanie Vaquer next week on Raw from Boston?
[overlapping chatter]
-Yeah, let's go. Come on! -[crowd] Yeet! Yeet! Yeet!
Please, please! Hit my music! Oh yeah! Uh-uh!
-♪ Uso! ♪ -["Main Event Ish" playing]
♪ Aye, aye Main Event Jey Uso is now in your city! ♪
♪ It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish, It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[Joe] CM Punk and that guy, Jey Uso, against the Brons, next.
[music fades]
[Joe] This stretch for Jey has been complex.
["Main Event Ish" playing]
[Joe] Finding his way through Roman's advice,
having the dynamic with his brother Jimmy that challenged his purpose.
And then Saturday night going to the limit with CM Punk
in that World Heavyweight Championship match.
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] Speaking of.
♪ 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 want to be ♪
♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality ♪
-It's clobberin' time! -[Alicia] And his tag team partner
from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing in at 218 pounds.
He is the World Heavyweight Champion,
CM Punk!
[Joe] Wade, how quickly things change.
Tag team partners, 48 hours removed
from fighting for the World Heavyweight Championship
against each other.
[Wade] "Look in my eyes, what do you see?"
Well, CM Punk, I just see targets in your eyes
and all over your body now that you are holding the biggest prize on Raw,
the World Heavyweight Championship.
And everybody in that locker room wants a piece of you.
♪ I sell the things you need to be ♪
♪ I'm the smiling face on your TV ♪
[Joe] As he said, "Earned, not just deserved," that gold in his hand.
And to your point, the immediate reality of the target on his back,
that happened earlier tonight when The Vision attacked.
["Battle Tested" playing]
[Alicia] And their opponents accompanied by WWE Hall of Famer,
"The Oracle" Paul Heyman.
Representing The Vision,
the team of "Big" Bronson Reed
and Bron Breakker!
[Joe] Those spiked leather jackets are a perfect fit
for the most destructive members on the roster.
Breakker and Reed, they have taken a path
that only has one vision, their vision.
[Wade] Well, Bron Breakker beat LA Knight last week
and made it quite clear he viewed that
as earning him the right to the first opportunity
at whoever won the gold at Saturday Night's Main Event.
And of course, his tag partner,
"Big" Bronson Reed, the man who beat the great Roman Reigns
in the Aussie Street Fight at Crown Jewel,
similarly feels like he is deserving of an opportunity
at CM Punk's gold.
By the way,
they are not letting anybody step in front of them.
And right now they may be looking to mow down Jey Uso
and CM Punk this evening.
[Joe] And yet earlier tonight, that's exactly what happened
if somebody stepped into the front of the line
as shockingly, Logan Paul arrived just when CM Punk was saying,
"I know there's a line."
And then Logan Paul arrived to say, "I'm first in line."
[Wade] Well, that was the message being said by The Vision.
You think the rest of the locker room are gonna try
and jump the line ahead of The Vision now?
That's the warning to everyone else. Look, this guy was dumb enough to try it.
Nobody else should try it or you will get the same treatment.
[Joe] A Tsunami by Reed was the treatment that Logan Paul received.
[Wade] Who knows what treatment Logan Paul is currently receiving.
-[Joe] That's right. -[Wade] Whatever medical facility
-he ended up at. -[Joe] When 330 plus pounds comes
crashing down out of the sky onto you.
[Wade] And this is really interesting to me.
CM Punk and Jey Uso obviously at each other's throats just 48 hours ago
at Saturday Night's Main Event. Can you really trust that guy?
Especially if you're CM Punk, Jey Uso, despite saying all the right things,
the best man won it in a sporting way, of course.
Paul Heyman tried to stir the pot a bit earlier,
seems to have bounced off Jey Uso.
But how much trust is really there between those two?
[Joe] I thought that Jey and Punk had a very sincere exchange earlier tonight.
When Jey turned to him,
he said, "Listen, I saw what happened with The Vision, I'm with you."
And Punk didn't hesitate much in thinking about it,
and thus why they are pairing here.
[Wade] I would agree, unlike the WrestleMania press
we've had recently, there was no poker tell from Jey Uso,
certainly seemed incredibly sincere.
However, you've gotta consider the bodies of both CM Punk
and Jey Uso after that war 48 hours ago
must be racked with pain unlike The Vision who are relatively fresh.
[Joe] And step-up big knee into the corner and then the super kick.
[Wade] Like a well-oiled machine are CM Punk and Jey Uso.
[Joe] And how about some teamwork, as Jey goes flying
and takes out the Brons to floor!
-To a big roar here in New Mexico! -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] The World Heavyweight Championship reign of CM Punk
is 48 hours old,
and now he's right back to action in tag action against The Vision,
the destructive force of Bron Breakker.
And look at this, "Big" Bronson Reed piggyback,
slamming down all that weight,
and somehow Punk gets his shoulders up.
[Wade] 330 of Bronson Reed, add that to what, 260 of Bron Breakker,
That's a hell of a lot of weight coming crashing down
on the ribs of CM Punk
who took some severe punishment just 48 hours ago
at Saturday Night's Main Event.
[Joe] Forty-eight hours ago, it was Jey and Punk opposite each other.
Both men taking it to the limit, exhausted.
And then Punk hit the back-to-back GTS, doubled up for the pinfall victory.
Then Jey did the right thing earlier tonight,
coming to Punk and saying, "Let me help you."
"We gotta deal with The Vision." And thus they team up here.
But it is The Vision in complete control right now, Wade.
[Wade] Yeah, an emotional loss for Jey Uso after he put everything into regaining
that World Heavyweight Championship.
It's been a real reset moment for Jey, you feel?
[Joe] Breakker's got Punk lined up in the corner.
[Wade] Jey Uso looking to do things in his own words,
his own way, the Jey Uso way.
Stop listening to anyone else, but right now he's completely helpless.
Helpless, cornered had been Punk,
but overestimating his coverage there was Bron Breakker.
And now the crawl is on with every sinew in that body of CM Punk
screaming in agony.
It'll get a lot worse if he does not get this tag to Jey Uso.
-[Joe sighs] -[Wade] He doesn't.
[Joe] Massive elbow drop across the top of the back from Bronson Reed
-who then clears Jey Uso off the apron. -[Wade] I like that, I like that.
Massive elbow drop.
You tell me one thing Bron Breakker does in that ring that isn't massive.
Everything he does is massive.
A massive lock up, a massive clothesline.
And of course, if it comes to it, as we saw earlier, a massive Tsunami.
[Joe] Yeah, we saw that as he landed… Look at the teamwork!
-Look at the teamwork of The Vision. -[crowd counting]
[Joe] And a save by Uso!
[Wade] FlapJack Lung Blower there.
That would have been a three count you feel against CM Punk,
and Jey Uso with that tag-team timing that nobody can do better.
Just getting there in a nick of a time, but perhaps simply prolonging the agony
for the World Heavyweight Champ, CM Punk.
[Joe] It looks like Breakker's ready to rev that engine
as Punk tries to fight back.
He went to the body and now a headshot comes raining in on Bron Breakker.
But a big knee equalizes things.
[Wade] Punk is slugging away there with all his might,
-but in bouncing off Breakker… -[Joe] Oh, oh, oh!
The gorilla press, but Punk out the back door of it.
[Wade] Speed of thought, speed of movement from CM Punk.
-Instinct kicking in. -[crowd cheering]
[Wade] But is that one last leap here from CM Punk?
[Joe] The current World Heavyweight Champion trying to reach out
-to the former World Heavyweight Champion. -[crowd cheering]
[Joe] And here he comes, Jey Uso, toe to toe with "Big" Bronson Reed.
[crowd cheers] Yeet!
[Wade] Simply nobody gets this kind of bite from an audience
than the Yeet-man himself, "Main Event" Jey Uso.
Shrugging off Saturday night's disappointment
and getting straight back in the fight.
[Joe] With purpose.
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Joe] That running hip attack had something special on it for Bronson Reed.
[Wade] No time to lick his wounds,
straight back against the very best in the game,
Jey Uso looking so good.
[Joe] I think he was looking for the Jagged Edge there,
but instead it's Uso
with a spear, with a spear and hook of the leg!
Oh! And at the last possible second, Bron Breakker saves it.
[Wade] Well, we know all about Bron Breakker's top speed.
Almost didn't get there, but made it in time.
And now flattened by CM Punk.
And this one breaking down before our eyes.
[Joe] Oh God! Onto the floor!
[Wade] Completely wiping out Bron Breakker.
And things are looking so good now for Punk and Jey Uso,
who are just a step ahead of The Vision.
[Joe] Suicide dive!
[Wade] A hard landing for Jey Uso,
but completely flattening the massive Auszilla, Bronson Reed.
[Joe] Action everywhere you look right now.
[crowd] Five.
[Joe] And down on the floor as Reed--
-[Wade] This count's getting high. -[Joe] It is.
[crowd] Seven!
[Wade] Gotta get back in the ring here, guys.
[Joe] All four of them are out on the floor.
[Wade] No, no!
-[Joe] Oh, no, no, no, no, no. -[crowd] Ten!
-[bell ringing] -[crowd booing]
[Joe] I don't think they even care about a bell right now.
[Wade] The aim of the game is winning a match,
but that has now transitioned to survival.
Because The Vision are apparently out here to take a major chunk
of flesh out of Jey Uso, and perhaps more importantly,
-the World Heavyweight Champ, CM Punk. -[Joe] Oh!
And Jey turns him around and sends Breakker right into the steel steps.
[Wade] Somebody's getting hurt badly in this scenario.
We're gonna have four men walking out of this situation.
We'll notice our security team is staying well clear,
perhaps with very good reason.
And now they actually get a little too close to us.
[Joe] Boy, you got the big man on the announce desk
as Punk is gonna clear it.
[Wade] And Punk has to, it's either him or it's them.
[Joe] And remember, he said, "We gotta take care of The Vision."
That's what Jey said.
Right now, they're taking care of "Big" Bronson Reed,
right on top of our reinforced announce desk.
I'mma go on. Get him, Punk.
[Joe] They've got him lined up, laid out.
-[Wade] Oh! Watch out! -[Joe] Oh!
-A super spear on Uso. -[Wade] A flying Bron Breakker.
You drop your guard for a second… and Punk's back.
Oh! Right into the security barrier!
Three hundred and thirty pounds of Bronson Reed cracking those ribs
-of CM Punk. -[Joe] Bodies flying everywhere.
[Wade] And they are not done yet, apparently.
[Joe] He sends CM Punk over the timekeeper barrier.
And now Jey is in such a compromised position
as The Vision has him in the ring, two on one.
[Wade] This is what happens when you get in the way of The Vision.
[Joe] He's gonna run the ropes at 23 miles an hour,
set up for a devastating spear.
[Wade] It's physical consequences, that is the message
from these two killers.
We are looking like an action replay of what we saw earlier tonight.
Tsunami!
[Joe] The destruction of Jey, a spear and a Tsunami.
And, oh! Punk's got the steel chair again.
[Wade] Well, the damage has been done to Jey Uso.
But before it could get even worse,
CM Punk saving the day or saving what is left.
And his tag partner tonight, Jey Uso, but The Vision are not relenting.
[Joe] Weapons in hand, they grab their own chairs.
[Wade] Just when CM Punk thought he had an equalizer,
the mathematics have changed significantly.
[Joe] Have they ever, two on one still.
-[Wade] Oh God. -[Joe] Logan Paul arrives.
[Wade] Logan Paul got flattened earlier tonight.
[Joe] The brass knuckles are on Logan Paul.
He's there for Punk against The Vision.
[Wade] I don't think anyone saw--
-[Joe] Why did he do that! -[Wade] Oh my God!
[Joe] What! He just knocked out CM Punk with knucks.
[crowd booing]
[inaudible]
[Joe] Punk is knocked out.
[Wade] What?
[Joe] Brass knuckle attack from Logan Paul.
Your move. Your move!
He hits me, kill him.
[crowd booing]
[Joe] Disarmed and handed over. Logan Paul and Paul Heyman.
[crowd jeering] nd handed over. Logan Paul and Paul Heyman.