[The Miz] Awesome!
♪ I came to play ♪
♪ I came to play There's a price to pay… ♪
[Roberts] Ladies and gentlemen, the host of SummerSlam,
The Miz!
♪ I came to play ♪
♪ I came to play To get my dues paid ♪
♪ I guess you had a dream But it can't be saved ♪
-♪ I came to play ♪ -♪ I'm here to stay ♪
♪ Best get out of my way… ♪
[music fades]
Welcome to "The Biggest Event of the Summer."
Welcome to the 26th annual SummerSlam.
[cheering]
And as your host,
I promise to make this the most must-see SummerSlam yet.
Tonight, we have two main events.
First, it's "The Best" versus "The Beast,"
where CM Punk
will take on Brock Lesnar.
And in our other main event,
the WWE Championship is on the line
with special guest referee Triple H.
It's "The Beard" versus "The Champ."
Daniel Bryan
versus John Cena.
With that said,
we're gonna kick things off right about now
with a--
[Fandango's theme music playing]
[crowd sing along with theme music]
[Layfield] Fandango!
[Lawler] And Summer Rae!
[crowd continue to sing along]
[Miz] Really?
Really?
Welcome to SummerSlam!
[cheering]
[electronic fanfare playing]
-[intriguing music playing] -[man] Los Angeles, California.
La-La Land.
The entertainment capital of the world,
where aspiration and inspiration
go hand-in-hand with desperation.
And where glitz and glam
is only a heartbeat away from has-been.
Home to "The Biggest Event of the Summer."
Home to the stars, the superstardom,
the Superstars.
[music fades]
-[tense music playing] -[man] Here,
in a town that eats the weak for breakfast,
two men on two different journeys.
-[crowd chanting] Daniel Bryan! -[man] One driven by desire.
[Bryan] I have waited my entire career
for this opportunity.
[man] Another fueled by retribution.
[Punk] Damn it, Paul, I trusted you.
[Heyman] You failed us.
[man] Standing in their path
lie the greatest obstacles they'll ever face.
A champion who never backs down.
You are the best competition right now,
and I will prove even the best isn't good enough.
[man] An egomaniac blinded by delusion.
[Heyman] We were "The Best in the World."
-[man] And a monster… -[Layfield] Look at this beast.
Look at the strength of Lesnar.
[man] …with an appetite for destruction.
[tense music playing]
[snarling]
Tonight, "The Game" could change.
[Cole] There will be a special guest referee.
Triple H!
[man] On this crash course with destiny,
prepare yourself,
as passion…
[Bryan] This is the biggest match…
-[man] …battles… -[Bryan] …of my life!
[man] …for respect.
And fury…
[Heyman] Ladies and gentlemen, "The Beast."
[man] …collides…
[Punk] I am not afraid of Paul Heyman's monster.
[man] …with vengeance.
This is one epic night.
-[cheering] -This is SummerSlam.
-[rumbling] -[objects rattling]
["Gold Rush" by Clinton Sparks playing]
And now WWE presents
WWE SummerSlam.
♪ You want this money ♪
♪ Come take it from me ♪
♪ Won't stop at nothing ♪
♪ You're a gold, gold rush, girl ♪
♪ You chasing paper ♪
♪ You almost famous… ♪
[Cole] For the 26th consecutive year,
we welcome you to SummerSlam.
You are looking live at the Staples Center,
sold-out here for a fifth straight year.
17,739 WWE fans on hand
for "The Biggest Party of the Summer,"
SummerSlam!
[music fades]
[Garcia] Ladies and gentlemen,
here to sing our national anthem,
please welcome, from the cast of Total Divas,
JoJo!
["The Star-Spangled Banner" playing]
♪ O say, can you see ♪
♪ By the dawn's early light ♪
♪ What so proudly we hailed ♪
♪ At the twilight's last gleaming ♪
♪ Whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪
♪ Through the perilous fight ♪
♪ O'er the ramparts we watched ♪
♪ Were so gallantly streaming? ♪
♪ And the rocket's red glare ♪
♪ The bombs bursting in air ♪
♪ Gave proof through the night ♪
♪ That our flag was still there ♪
♪ O say ♪
♪ Does that star-spangled banner ♪
♪ Yet wave ♪
♪ O'er the land of the free ♪
♪ And the home ♪
♪ Of the brave? ♪
-[cheering] -[music fades]
And what an incredible job by JoJo,
one of the stars of Total Divas on E!
Hey, everybody. Michael Cole, legendary JBL,
and the Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler
at ringside for SummerSlam.
"The Biggest Party of the Summer"!
Who doesn't love a party?
Everyone does, including our Spanish announce team,
Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez, standing by. Hola!
[both speaking in Spanish]
[bell rings]
[Roberts] Ladies and gentlemen, this is a Ring of Fire match.
[Lawler] Here we go!
[Roberts] There will be no count-outs and no disqualifications.
The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
[Kane's theme music playing]
Approaching the ring, weighing 323 lbs,
Kane!
[Cole] If you think those flames are hot,
you haven't seen anything or felt anything yet.
[Lawler] I said this a few weeks ago about Kane.
If you can't stand the heat, don't tickle the dragon.
[Cole] Important night for "The Big Red Monster."
He's been the target of this diabolical Wyatt Family
for the past couple of months.
[Layfield] But when Bray Wyatt found out he's in a Ring of Fire match,
he laughed, guys.
[Cole] You saw Kane surveying the, uh…
that black railing which surrounds the ring apron.
Flames will be shooting out of that railing moments ago,
much like we got during the kick-off show just a few minutes ago.
[Layfield] Talk about baptism by fire.
Bray Wyatt's got this monster in his debut match.
[cheering]
[thunder rumbling]
We're here.
[cheering]
-[blows] -[The Wyatt Family's theme music playing]
[Cole] For the first time ever,
the perplexing Bray Wyatt
will be in action tonight
here at SummerSlam.
You know, King, we've seen both Harper and Rowan
in action leading up to tonight,
but never have we seen Bray Wyatt in a match,
let alone a Ring of Fire match.
[Lawler] You're right about that. This is absolutely gonna be history-making.
We've never seen Bray Wyatt in action
in any sort of match,
and we've never seen any sort of…
I mean, anything like this Ring of Fire that he's gonna be competing in tonight.
So, uh, he may laugh when he heard about the match,
but I don't think Bray Wyatt is gonna be laughing when this match starts.
[Layfield] Can you imagine, King, your first match in the WWE,
you not only have Kane, "The Big Red Monster,"
you're surrounded by fire.
I don't know, King. Bray Wyatt laughed
when he found out he was in this match.
[Cole] You know, Bray Wyatt at one point said that
"fire will raise upon you,
because fire is afraid of me, Kane."
[Lawler] Look at this thing. This guy is still laughing.
-[music fades] -[cheering]
[Layfield] Kane's not.
[Cole] The Ring of Fire designed to…
to keep the two men behind Bray Wyatt,
to your left is Harper, to the right is Erick Rowan…
[Layfield] This Bray Wyatt is a different kind of human being.
I don't think we've ever seen anything like this guy.
He calls himself "a man of a thousand truths."
As soon as Wyatt is established in the ring,
the Ring of Fire will be lit.
[Lawler] We really don't know what to expect,
but I'm told that we may be witnessing from Bray Wyatt
one of the most unique styles that we've ever seen here in the WWE.
[Cole] And as this matchup gets underway, here come the flames,
and the Ring of Fire has begun.
[Lawler] Wow.
[Cole] And we're just sitting a few feet, uh, from these flames here at ringside,
and extremely hot here.
And again, as we mentioned before, these flames are designed
to keep those two men, Harper and Rowan, out of the ring,
to ensure that Kane and Wyatt are one-on-one here tonight
inside a Ring of Fire, and here we go.
Kicking off SummerSlam, and Kane unloading on Bray Wyatt.
Remember, the Wyatt Family took Kane out of action for a number of weeks.
They've targeted "The Big Red Monster" since arriving here in WWE.
[Lawler] Those flames may be designed to keep any outside interference out,
but… Oh!
-Oh my God! -[cheering]
[Layfield] That is hot.
[Cole] Kane gazing to Rowan and Harper, who have begun to creep around ringside.
-Again, those flames keeping them at bay. -[Lawler] You're not kidding!
[Cole] And Kane with a right hand.
Look at Wyatt. You notice how he went toward the ropes
and quickly stumbled away, realizing those flames were lapping at his feet.
[Lawler] That's the point I was about to make.
This is gonna keep anyone outside from trying to enter the ring,
but what about if the guys inside the ring get thrown out?
[Cole] That'd be extremely painful, as Wyatt goes on offense
for the first time here tonight in this matchup.
Kane warned Bray Wyatt that inside a Ring of Fire,
"no one does the devil's work like I do."
Bray Wyatt trying to suplex Kane,
and there's a block by former champion Kane,
who's been very successful at SummerSlam over the years.
And there's the power.
And there are the flames!
It must be extremely disconcerting to be in the ring with a…
with that fire surrounding it.
[Lawler] I don't even know how you concentrate on your opponent.
Whoa!
[Cole] Bray Wyatt rolling out of the way. Missed the kick by Kane.
Bray missed wildly, and notice that.
Again, quickly trying to avoid the flame as much as his opponent.
[Layfield] Can you imagine the poor referee in there?
[Cole] I mentioned we can feel it a number of feet away at ringside,
and Bray Wyatt…
who we've never seen in action before inside the ring
and in this type of an environment, but…
[Layfield] Yeah, but so far, this Ring of Fire's doing its job.
It's keeping Harper and Rowan out.
This is in Kane's yard right now.
-[Cole] And Bray Wyatt… -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] …knocking the big man down.
[Layfield] We don't know what to expect out of Bray.
We do know what to expect out of Kane.
[Lawler] Bray Wyatt, with that look and that long beard,
it's like Duck Dynasty meets Charles Manson or something here.
This guy is absolutely scary,
but when you add these flames to the mix,
anything can happen in this… this match.
[Layfield] Then you throw in Kane. This is something out of a horror movie.
Look.
Harper and Rowan pacing around this ring.
[Lawler] Well, Bray Wyatt has already come close a couple of times
to having one of his body parts…
You are no match for me!
[Lawler] …outside the rope
and mixing in with those flames.
[Cole] And can you make out what Wyatt is screaming in the ring?
[Lawler] It's almost unintelligible.
-Uh-oh! -[Cole] Uh-oh, and Kane…
Wyatt may be… not be able to speak after this,
but look at Bray Wyatt fighting out of it.
Oh, and a big boot by Kane.
All the way leading up to SummerSlam, there seemed to be no intimidation at all.
Wyatt hasn't seemed to be intimidated by Kane,
but… perhaps now that he's in the ring with him…
[Lawler] I think The Wyatt Family has been doing all the intimidating.
[Cole] And now Kane and the sidewalk slam,
as the flames again shoot toward the heavens here.
[Lawler] The flames are doing a great job in what they're designed to do,
and I don't know how you can use the word "heavens"
in a match that features Bray Wyatt and Kane.
[Cole] That was an interesting choice of words, and…
Wyatt from behind.
Remember, the pinfall or submission is the way you win this matchup,
and Bray Wyatt, uh…
[Lawler] Wyatt's asking for something.
What is this?
[Cole] A kendo stick, and again the flames doing their jobs,
preventing Harper from…
-[Lawler] The stick's on fire! -[Cole] I think it is on fire!
[Wyatt] Give it…
No, you fool!
[cheering]
[Lawler] There you go.
[Cole] Oh!
And Kane…
may be closing in on a victory over Bray Wyatt.
[booing]
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Cole] Harper and Rowan using the fire extinguisher,
but again the flames have not gone out.
Every attempt by Harper and Rowan has been thwarted.
And Kane could be closing in on a victory over Bray Wyatt.
[Lawler] These Wyatt Family members may find out…
[Cole] A chokeslam!
[Lawler] …that fire may be a good way to trim your beard
if you get too close.
[Cole] The flames paint an ominous background.
Kane has delivered a chokeslam to Wyatt.
[Layfield] But Kane's not trying to cover him.
[Cole] I believe he's trying to punish him.
[Lawler] Right. He doesn't have to worry about outside interference.
Kane can take his time here.
[Layfield] This is Kane's kind of match.
Kane's feeling very comfortable right now.
-[Cole] Again-- -[Layfield] I don't think Wyatt is.
And Harper and Rowan are absolutely helpless out there.
[cheering]
[Cole] And…
Wait, wait…
just a second here.
-Wait just a second. Look at that! -[Lawler] They've covered the flames!
[Cole] The flames have been put out, and Harper and Rowan are in the ring!
Harper and Rowan are attacking Kane!
[Layfield] Kane had Bray Wyatt beat.
[Cole] Oh, and Harper…
Again, it's pinfall or submission.
No disqualifications in this type of matchup,
and The Wyatt Family taking advantage.
This is a mugging.
There's protective fire equipment all around the ring out here.
You saw the fire department earlier.
Obviously, that blanket of fire retardant put over the flames,
and it's allowed The Wyatt Family to get into the ring.
[Lawler] Now they're just taking Kane apart.
[Cole] Now Rowan with a splash,
and Kane has been dismantled.
[Layfield] This is bizarre.
[booing]
[Cole] The discomforting actions of…
of…
And again, Harper and Rowan, as we mentioned, found a way to…
a way to beat the flames.
They put an asbestos blanket over those flames,
and now Bray Wyatt… Bray Wyatt looking to take advantage.
Oh, and Kane driven…
The referee's powerless.
He's gotta count.
The one, two, and three,
Bray Wyatt and The Wyatt Family.
[The Wyatt Family's theme music playing]
[Roberts] The winner of this match, Bray Wyatt!
[Layfield] Bray Wyatt just won his debut.
[Lawler] Well, let's say the Wyatts won Bray Wyatt's debut.
♪ Catching flies… ♪
[Cole] Bray Wyatt said last week
that every man has to go through hell to get to paradise.
♪ Tasting freedom while he dares… ♪
We mentioned the fire department that was at ringside,
and all the numerous firefighting equipment, and
The Wyatt Family using that asbestos, uh… asbestos blanket.
[Lawler] Let's go back and look early on in the match.
Oh! The flames were flying
as Kane was delivering chokeslams to Bray Wyatt,
but somehow these…
the rest of The Wyatt Family finds an asbestos blanket or something to…
[Layfield] They got it from the fireman.
[Lawler] …to cover those flames with. They were able to get in the ring,
and then the numbers game took over.
[Cole] Again, remember the rules of the matchup.
You had to win via pinfall or submission.
And Bray Wyatt did just that after that…
[Layfield] Guys, no pun intended,
but that is a hell of way to make a debut in the WWE.
[bell rings]
[whooshing]
-[Cole] Now what? -[Layfield] What are they doing?
[Lawler] Looks like some sort of ritual or something.
-Oh, come on. -[Cole] Oh my God.
-Oh my God. -[Layfield] Somebody get him out of there.
[music fades]
[booing]
You made your bed.
And now you boiling in it.
[Wyatt cackling]
[Lawler] Oh!
[booing]
[The Wyatt Family's theme music playing]
[Layfield] I tell you, I think that was an auspicious debut.
We certainly haven't seen the last of The Wyatt Family.
♪ Catching flies… ♪
But we may have Kane.
[Lawler] If I had to use one word to sum up all of these guys,
it would have be just "creepy."
What? Are they…
♪ Then crawling back… ♪
-[Layfield] Where are they taking Kane? -[Lawler] Are they taking Kane… with them?
[Layfield] That's exactly what they're doing.
[Cole] They're dragging Kane away.
[Layfield] To where?
[Lawler] I don't think you even wanna know.
♪ He won't see the sun again For years to come ♪
♪ He's broken out in love ♪
♪ Like a cat without… ♪
[music fades]
So an eerie and bizarre start to SummerSlam.
Hello, everyone. Josh Mathews, high above the Staples Center,
with our expert Superstar panel.
For those of you that saw SummerSlam Kickoff,
allow me to reintroduce the panel.
First, WWE Hall of Famer Booker T.
[cheering]
WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.
[cheering]
And the General Manager of Friday Night SmackDown,
Vickie Guerrero.
-Excuse me! -[booing]
And, Booker, earlier on in SummerSlam Kickoff,
you said you were most looking forward to the Ring of Fire match,
but I don't think anybody expected what just went down
with Bray Wyatt, The Wyatt Family, and Kane.
In a word, it was disturbing. I mean, it was some kind of a… a ritual.
I mean, I've never seen anything like that.
As far as this Wyatt Family, they have totally flipped the script
as far as what WWE is all about, as far as I'm concerned.
Well, from a professional standpoint, impressive debut.
Um…
From, uh, an emotional and personal standpoint,
again, I'm with you. Maybe I'm getting a little old and soft.
A little uncomfortable for… for my taste.
Yeah, this is not how I'd run my show, you know, on Friday Night SmackDown,
but more props to Brad Maddox, you know, whatever.
[booing]
The star-studded panel will be here throughout the night
to break down all things SummerSlam
as we send it back to Michael Cole and crew at ringside.
Again, thanks, guys, and we're still recovering
from what happened moments ago in the Ring of Fire match
and where The Wyatt Family took Kane.
Yeah, I have no idea, and maybe, like I said, we don't wanna know.
One of the craziest things I've seen.
Still to come later on tonight, folks. uh, it is "The Best Versus The Beast."
They're talking about it around the world. CM Punk versus Brock Lesnar.
Exclusively on the SummerSlam Kickoff show earlier tonight,
Brock Lesnar's representative, Paul Heyman, was interviewed.
In that interview,
he was asked if Punk - Lesnar can be compared to David versus Goliath.
[whooshing]
Revisionist historians will tell you that David picked up a slingshot
and he slayed the mighty beast Goliath.
But the truth of the matter is, is that Goliath took David's best shot,
and then put a beating on David
the likes of which… nobody ever got to see David again.
And that's the history of Brock Lesnar versus CM Punk.
Brock Lesnar will take CM Punk's best shot,
and then will lay CM Punk to waste
to where you will never see CM Punk again.
You know, every now and then, I come up with an idea
that even CM Punk finds too good to be true.
So both parties have agreed to my suggestion that tonight,
Brock Lesnar versus CM Punk is contested under the rules of
no disqualification.
[crowd cheering]
Because, ladies and gentlemen,
the only thing biblical about the beating CM Punk will suffer
at the hands of Brock Lesnar tonight
is that CM Punk is going to end up a martyr.
And CM Punk will be pushed into martyrdom
by "The Beast Incarnate" Brock Lesnar.
[Cole] And it is official.
Lesnar and Punk will be no disqualification tonight
here at SummerSlam.
[Lawler] Oh man.
[Damien Sandow's theme music playing]
[bell rings]
[Garcia] The following contest is set for one fall.
Introducing first,
from Palo Alto, California,
weighing in at 247 lbs,
he is the self-professed "Intellectual Savior of the Masses"
and the Money in the Bank contract winner for the World Heavyweight Championship,
Damien Sandow!
[booing]
Throughout literary history,
there have been several prolific pairings.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
To dumb it down for all of you halfwits,
Batman and Robin.
[crowd] What?
Each duo had something in common.
[crowd] What?
There was a leader.
[crowd] What?
And an inferior sidekick or lackey.
Cody Rhodes was my sidekick.
[crowd] What?
And tonight I send him back from whence he came.
[crowd] What?
From his family of carnival clowns.
[crowd] What?
Silence!
[crowd] What?
Team Rhodes Scholars could have been the ultimate prolific pairing.
[crowd] What?
But tonight I send Cody back to the pairing he was destined for.
With his father.
[crowd] What?
Dumb and Dumber.
[crowd] What?
You're welcome.
[booing]
[Cody Rhodes' theme music playing]
[Garcia] And his opponent, from Marietta, Georgia,
weighing in at 215 lbs,
Cody Rhodes!
[Cole] Folks, you may notice, tonight, Cody Rhodes no longer has a mustache.
If you wanna know why, you've gotta go to the WWE's YouTube channel
this coming Friday for The JBL & Cole Show,
because we'll explain to you why Cody doesn't have a mustache.
The YouTube channel, host of, uh, JBL & Cole Show.
Backstage fallout and outside the ring.
Over one and a half million subscribers and a half million views.
Go to WWE's YouTube page and check it out now.
-[Lawler] You're not gonna tip us off? -[Cole] Nope. Gotta wait till Friday.
[Layfield] The JBL & Cole Show explains all.
[Cole] So Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow set to go one-on-one here at SummerSlam.
Sandow's debut at SummerSlam, and here we go.
John, this is a rivalry that began back at Money in the Bank pay-per-view
when Cody Rhodes was knocked off the ladder,
and Damien Sandow stole the Money in the Bank contract.
[Layfield] Give me a break. He didn't steal anything.
He won the Money in the Bank briefcase. It's exactly what he did.
Cody Rhodes later admitted he would have done the exact same thing.
[Cole] Couple of weeks after that, Cody Rhodes took the briefcase,
tossed it into the Gulf of Mexico…
[Layfield] That's stealing.
[Cole] Hence the reason why Sandow has a new, quote, "Sandow-ized" briefcase,
the almost leather attaché case
which is now handcuffed at ringside to ensure Cody doesn't take off with it.
[Lawler] So you're saying that's stealing?
-Listen, JBL-- -[Cole] Here's the cover by Cody.
Hook of the leg. Kick-out.
[Lawler] Cody admitted he used to have kleptomania,
so he took something for it.
-[Layfield] Nice… -[Lawler] That was good.
[Cole] Damien Sandow, who suffered an RKO
at the hands of Randy Orton this past Monday on Raw
thanks to a distraction by Cody Rhodes.
[Lawler] Oh! Wow.
[Cole] And Cody, uh…
[Lawler] I'm telling you, when you're facing Damien Sandow,
you've gotta try to think ahead of this guy.
But that's difficult to do.
[Cole] And here's Damien Sandow,
the so-called "Czar of Sophistication."
Remember, inside his briefcase
is a World Championship contract
that Sandow could cash in anyplace, anytime
for a World title opportunity,
even tonight if he wants to.
[Layfield] I talked to Cody earlier. I had my wallet locked up when I did.
[Lawler] Oh, come on.
[Layfield] And Cody told me, "If I beat Sandow,
he will probably be the future World champion."
"That will make me--"
[Cole] Suplex. Floats to the cover, and a kick-out.
[Layfield] "That will make me the number one contender."
[Cole] I'm sure that Cody's father, the Hall of Famer,
"The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes didn't take too kindly
to the "dumb and dumber" comment from earlier on from Mr. Sandow.
[Layfield] Dusty Rhodes a three-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion.
[Cole] To be honest, though, Cody did tell us
that this whole situation between he and Damien
had been brewing for months as they were part of Team Rhodes Scholars.
Cody said he got to the point where Sandow, he couldn't stand him,
because Sandow kept talking down to him all the time.
[Lawler] Well, that's typical Damien Sandow.
[Cole] Cody going for Cross Rhodes.
Nice counter by Sandow.
These men know each other so well.
[Lawler] Sandow so good at looking down his nose, not just at his partner,
but as… at everyone.
[Cole] There's a reason he and JBL get along so well.
-Side Russian leg sweep. -[Layfield] We're smarter than everybody.
And now Sandow going for the cubito aequet.
He calls this the Elbow of Disdain.
[booing]
And he connects and looks to make short work of Cody Rhodes.
Hook of the leg, and a kick-out.
[Layfield] Dropped that elbow like a guy who wore polka dots.
[Lawler] Guys, I'm just thinking,
here at SummerSlam,
the keys to victory could be having a big beard.
I mean, you saw Bray Wyatt victorious.
What if Damien Sandow wins, and then maybe later on Daniel Bryan?
[Layfield] Shawn Michaels looks like he's part of the Robertson clan.
[Cole] And, uh, Sandow…
will roll Cody over on his stomach here,
and look at this.
-[Lawler] He's got him. -[Layfield] He does have him.
[Cole] Damien Sandow with the knee right in the spine of Cody Rhodes.
What's Cody gonna do here?
Cody Rhodes looking somehow to try to reverse this,
trying to spin on his back. Does that.
But has the damage been done? And…
Ooh.
Again, Sandow on the attack, and now just…
Oh, there's just, uh, the disdain that these two men have for each other.
[booing]
And Damien Sandow said in an interview on WWE.com last week
that he was a bit shaken up
when they caught a 12-foot tiger shark off the coast of Corpus Christi,
where he had to jump in after his briefcase a couple of weeks ago.
But he said he survived the shark attack
and taught himself to swim at the same time.
[Layfield] He's a brilliant man.
[Cole] And Cody… Damien up high.
That'll knock him down a couple of IQ points.
[Lawler] Cover him, Cody, cover him!
-[Cole] But can Cody take advantage? -[Lawler] That was a great maneuver.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes into the cover.
Is it enough to knock off Mr. Money in the Bank?
And a kick-out.
[Layfield] Statistics say Damien Sandow will be World Heavyweight Champion
once he cashes in that Money in the Bank. This is not only about personal animosity.
This is also about positioning by Cody Rhodes.
Cody Rhodes wants to be World Heavyweight Champion
just like his father "The American Dream."
[Cole] I believe that would be… the first father-son world championship duo.
[Layfield] From what I understand, you are correct, Michael.
[Cole] And here's Cody… Oh! He hit…
Cody Rhodes.
[Lawler] Whoa!
[Layfield] Seen a lot of Rhodeses…
[Lawler] Oh, Cody…
-[Cole] Cody off the top rope! -[Lawler] Beautiful missile dropkick.
[Layfield] That's impressive. What a great athlete this Cody Rhodes is.
[Cole] Now you're on the Cody bandwagon.
[Layfield] I've never been on…
I'm not on Rhodes' bandwagon. I think he's a great athlete.
-I just think he stole a briefcase. -[Cole] Ooh!
[Layfield] Shades of his makeup-filled brother there.
[Cole] He went for a Disaster Kick.
Damien Sandow, drop toehold off the second rope.
And now Sandow, swinging neckbreaker. Here's the cover. Is it enough?
Hook of the leg on Cody,
and Cody Rhodes gets his shoulder up at two.
[Cole] Look at this. Shoulders down. Is it enough to put Sandow away?
And a kick-out at two.
I still think that briefcase looks like a chocolate bar.
Oh, got him!
Disaster Kick!
[Lawler] That's it.
Oh!
Oh, how close was that?
[Cole] Cody thought he had Sandow.
I'd like to thank you for joining us tonight
in the UK on Sky Box Office, in Europe on Sky Select,
in Israel on Channel 1 and 2,
in South America.
Sandow, roll-up.
And a kick-out by Cody Rhodes.
Also watching in the South Pacific tonight on Fiji TV,
and of course all over the United States here on pay-per-view.
[Layfield] And the middle of the Atlantic and Bermuda.
-[Lawler] Home sweet home for you. -[Layfield] Absolutely.
We just need a Jerry "The King" Lawler museum there.
[cheering drowns out commentary]
Here's Cody Rhodes. Cross Rhodes!
-[Lawler] That's it. -[Layfield] He got it!
[Cole] Cody Rhodes…
[Layfield] What a huge victory!
[Cody Rhodes' theme music playing]
[Garcia] Here is your winner,
Cody Rhodes!
[Lawler] So much for my theory of big beards being the key to victory.
Cody Rhodes, with no facial hair, has won.
[Layfield] What a great victory by Cody Rhodes!
[Cole] Maybe you've gotta shave to pick up the win.
[Lawler] There you go.
[Cole] Cody Rhodes knocks off Damien Sandow here tonight
at SummerSlam.
[Layfield] Can you imagine if Damien Sandow cashes in,
where that positions Cody Rhodes in the World title picture?
[Cole] And as Damien Sandow clutches the briefcase,
the fact does remain Damien Sandow is still Mr. Money in the Bank.
This has been a…
It was a back and forth matchup, King, throughout.
[Lawler] Well, I loved this maneuver right here by Cody Rhodes.
This put a hurting on Damien Sandow,
and if Cody could have covered just a little bit sooner there,
he would have won early on.
Damien Sandow stopped Cody Rhodes midstream
and took advantage.
But then… Whoo, man!
Disaster Kick.
[Cole] And watch Cody.
A little bit of Cross Rhodes.
Cody Rhodes was far from dumb and dumber tonight.
[Layfield] His dream of being the first father-son World Heavyweight Champion…
[cheering drowns out speech]
…certainly looks real good right now.
[Cole] Well, let's not forget, Sandow is still Mr. Money in the Bank.
[Lawler] I just wanna send out a special thank you
to Clinton Sparks featuring 2 Chainz, Macklemore, and DA
for the song "Gold Rush." You're hearing it right now.
It's one of the official SummerSlam theme songs,
and it's available right now on iTunes.
[Cole] Speaking of "Gold Rush," we are in California.
We're in Los Angeles for the fifth consecutive year
for SummerSlam.
17,739 WWE fans have jam-packed the Staples Center tonight
for the 26th annual SummerSlam.
Don't know about you, but I'm having fun.
What a way to start here tonight at SummerSlam.
It's been great, and there's more to come. Much, much more to come.
Well, coming up next, in fact,
the World Heavyweight Championship is on the line.
Alberto Del Rio defending against the number one contender, Christian.
Now we'd like to take a look back
at what has been a stellar career for Christian.
[Christian] Every morning, I look myself in the mirror
and I ask myself the question.
What if this is it? [echoing]
♪ We were born to rise ♪
♪ So what you know about sacrifice ♪
♪ When the lights go out? ♪
♪ The price you pay ♪
♪ When you're digging down ♪
♪ The skin of your teeth ♪
♪ And a pain in your back ♪
♪ What you know about hope? What you know about that? ♪
♪ Write it off as criminal ♪
♪ A place to catch a stone ♪
♪ On and on, we carry on ♪
♪ When one is not enough… ♪
[Ross] Edge and Christian are the new Tag Team Champions!
♪ We are the ones who were born to rise… ♪
[Cole] Christian wins the Intercontinental Championship
for a fourth time in his career.
♪ And there ain't no stopping us ♪
♪ There ain't no stopping us We are the ones… ♪
[Booker T] Christian has finally done it.
He is now the World Champion.
♪ And there ain't no stopping us ♪
♪ There ain't no stopping us ♪
[Christian] When I came back, I said I'm looking
for one… more… match.
[Cole] He got him! He got him! Christian's going to SummerSlam!
♪ …with the fire inside ♪
♪ I go to war with the brothers I trust ♪
♪ And there ain't no stopping us There ain't no stopping us ♪
-[music fades] -[Christian] One… more… match.
[whooshing]
[Christian's theme music playing]
♪ Go! ♪
♪ If you close your eyes Your life ♪
♪ A naked truth revealed ♪
♪ Dreams you never lived ♪
♪ And scars that will… ♪
[Lawler] And the peeps, Christian's peeps, are on their feet.
[Cole] "Captain Charisma" won a triple threat match
a couple of weeks ago on SmackDown, uh,
defeating both Rob Van Dam and Randy Orton
to earn this opportunity tonight
for one more match at the World Heavyweight Championship.
John, you and I discussed this at length this past Friday night on SmackDown.
Is this the last chance,
the last gasp at the gold for Christian?
[Layfield] You never know when it will be. We have no way of predicting the future.
But this is his last best chance, I can guarantee you that, Michael.
[Cole] John, you have battled for the World Heavyweight Championship
on a number of occasions here at SummerSlam over the years,
against Batista in 2005, CM Punk in 2008.
Uh, talk about this stage that Christian's on tonight
with the gold up for grabs.
[Layfield] "The Biggest Party of the Summer,"
and right here in the Staples Center,
one of the greatest sports entertainment facilities in the entire world,
Christian has a chance to make history,
and he knows it.
Christian has beaten Alberto Del Rio twice.
But can he do it when it's important?
Can he do it when the championship's on the line?
[Lawler] You call him "Captain Charisma." I call him "Captain Killswitch,"
and if he can get that Killswitch on this man, Alberto Del Rio, new champ.
[Cole] And speaking of the Killswitch,
we're gonna get a close-up here
on the left eye of Alberto Del Rio in a couple of moments.
This is the damage that Christian's Killswitch can do
when he connects like he did
this past Friday on SmackDown.
A black eye suffered at the hands of Christian
by the champion, Alberto Del Rio.
Del Rio has not forgotten about that.
Tonight, it's about the title.
[Lawler] There's a nice shiner for you.
[Layfield] It's not a big deal to Alberto. Alberto doesn't care.
You walk into battle wounded, you're a warrior!
This man is a warrior, Mexico's greatest export.
[Cole] He's had success at SummerSlam.
Remember, back in 2011,
he cashed in the Money in the Bank contract
right here in Los Angeles.
[Layfield] And right here 45 years ago in the Olympic Auditorium,
his uncle Mil Mascaras won the WWA American Championship
on June 7.
It's in his blood.
[music drowns out speech]
[Cole] Del Rio won that championship back at Payback in June.
[bell rings]
The following contest is set for one fall,
and it is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger.
From Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
weighing in at 212 lbs,
Christian!
[cheering]
And his opponent, from San--
-[inaudible] -[booing]
Ladies and gentlemen, Alberto Del Rio is insisting
that I introduce him in Spanish.
[booing]
[introducing Del Rio in Spanish]
[introduction in Spanish continues]
Alberto Del Rio!
[booing]
[Lawler] Lilian better be careful.
You know what happened to the last ring announcer
for Alberto Del Rio.
[Cole] Yeah, Ricardo Rodriguez no longer employed by the champion.
Del Rio, uh, put a beating on him a couple of weeks ago.
So it's Del Rio versus Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship,
and Del Rio already motioning for the cross armbreaker,
his submission maneuver, and here we go. Del Rio, two-time World Champion.
Christian a two-time World Champion.
Del Rio's also held the WWE Championship on two different occasions.
Del Rio won the 2011 Royal Rumble, the largest Royal Rumble ever,
and he won the 2011 Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
[Lawler] Oh! Wow.
[Layfield] Christian won that vacant championship,
that was vacated by his buddy Edge, from Alberto Del Rio
in a ladder match.
[Cole] Yeah, when Edge was forced to retire a couple of years ago.
Christian, who returned from injury,
missed nearly a year of action with shoulder and other issues.
[Lawler] We've talked about this lately,
about how aggressive this Alberto Del Rio has become as of late.
He's started this match off like he wants to make short work of Christian.
[Cole] But the one thing we've learned about Christian,
not many people in the WWE that has a heart the size of that man.
[booing]
[Lawler] Take that heart out,
he's liable to shrink down to the size of a sombrero here tonight
at the hands of Alberto Del Rio.
[Cole] Del Rio better watch himself because Christian, the veteran,
is not gonna let Del Rio do too much showboating here tonight
and tosses the champ out of the ring. Now, remember,
Christian's gotta get the champ back in the ring.
The only way he can win the title tonight is by pinfall or submission.
Count-out doesn't help him. And here's Christian.
[Lawler] That's Alberto Del Rio saying, "I've read your book."
[Cole] Del Rio wearing the colors of Mexico tonight.
And Christian, the veteran…
Christian up top.
Christian looking to use his quickness, but he runs into the high elbow.
[Lawler] Man!
[Cole] Del Rio's had success at SummerSlam.
Christian has as well over the years.
[Lawler] Christian would like to dot that left eye again of Alberto--
[Cole] Oh, look at Del Rio. Great move by the champ.
Oh man!
[Lawler] That could be it.
[Layfield] I don't think Christian knows where he's at.
[Lawler] Think he realizes he's upside down?
[Layfield] Alberto knows where he's at.
And this is where Alberto Del Rio is great.
[Cole] John, what is it about Del Rio? When did the light go on
to bring in this aggressiveness, this viciousness by the champion?
[Layfield] He's a finisher.
That's what makes Alberto Del Rio so great.
[Lawler] And I think when he made the decision that rules are like piñatas.
They're made to be broken.
[Cole] Oh, notice how he wrapped the arm of Christian,
and the shoulder injury,
it cost Christian a year of action.
He only returned a couple of months ago. Del Rio knows that.
And he's gonna focus on his shoulder.
[Layfield] King, you should love that. You made a career of that.
[Lawler] Well, I always thought,
"It's only cheating if you get caught."
[Cole] Cover by the champ.
Christian stays alive.
Alberto Del Rio, we've talked about his viciousness,
but he has a mixed martial arts background.
He's got the luchador style.
He learned his craft in Mexico and Japan.
[Layfield] Wrestled Randy Couture, the Pan American gold medal champion.
[Cole] And he's, as you mentioned, John, a tremendous Greco-Roman wrestler.
[Layfield] Would have represented in Australia if Mexico had the money.
It's the only reason he wasn't probably an Olympic champion.
[Lawler] Oh, nice kick.
[Cole] Del Rio telegraphing that. Here comes Christian,
and… Oh, there goes Christian.
-[Layfield] Wow! -[Cole] Oh man.
[Lawler] That'll shake your maracas.
[Cole] Look at Del Rio, again back to the shoulder.
Weakening up the arm for the cross armbreaker.
Del Rio's got a five-count and uses it.
[Layfield] Don't forget that also takes the Spear out of Christian's arsenal.
[Lawler] Oh, now what?
[Cole] Del Rio does go to the top rope every once in a while.
And again to the shoulder.
[Lawler] Hit his weight right across the back of Christian
while Christian was draped over that second rope.
[Cole] John, it seems like Del Rio, here again,
you see how he wraps the injured arm and the leg,
and a kick-out. It seems like Del Rio knew exactly what he was gonna do,
target the shoulder when this matchup started.
[Layfield] Del Rio has an incredible game plan,
and he has the ability to stick to it.
[Cole] You mentioned before the fact that Christian owns
a couple of victories over Del Rio over the past month or so.
That is true. But tonight it's about the championship.
[Lawler] And you guys can talk about all the aggressiveness that you want
out of Alberto Del Rio, but I just got a feeling.
It's a gut feeling that… I'm going out on a limb.
I'm predicting a Christian victory here, a new World Champion tonight.
He's resilient.
[Cole] That he is, as you see there!
And Del Rio hit the ground hard.
[Lawler] Did he ever!
[Layfield] That's how he's won the two matches against Del Rio,
by being resilient, King, in the last month.
[crowd clapping rhythmically]
[Cole] Watch this.
[Lawler] Alberto goes flying and doesn't like the landing.
Now Christian's gonna fly!
[Cole] He's gotta pull out the stops. He understands that.
It's for the World Championship. John alluded to this before.
You never know if you're gonna get another opportunity at the gold.
[Lawler] Yeah, but some of these high-risk maneuvers,
just like we just saw,
can be as dangerous and devastating on you as it is your opponent.
[Cole] Christian with the injured wing already, the left arm.
[Layfield] Yeah, but this is for a championship.
You do whatever you have to do to win it.
And Christian and Alberto Del Rio both are will to do that.
Del Rio's father, Dos Caras, made a name for himself here in Los Angeles.
[Cole] You mentioned his uncle Mil Mascaras as well.
[Layfield] 1968 debut. Won the American Championship.
[Cole] Mascaras a current WWE Hall of Famer.
Del Rio could be on his way toward that goal sometime down the road
if he continues this.
[Lawler] Well…
Del Rio's got a black eye. Now he's got a bloody nose!
[Cole] Oh man!
[Lawler] He may have a fat lip after that!
[crowd clapping rhythmically]
[Layfield] Maybe why you predicted Christian to win right there, King.
-He is certainly resilient. -[Lawler] And he's crafty.
[Layfield] Two-time champion.
And one of those championships came from Alberto Del Rio.
His third could as well!
[referee] Come on, now, Christian. Work it out, guys.
[crowd] One, two, three, four,
five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Lawler] Alberto Del Rio smart trying to cover up, but
some of those right hands landing on the side of the head.
Oh, he missed that kick!
[Cole] This could the opening Christian needs. Could this be it here?
-Come on. -[Layfield] You may be right, King.
Christian, crossbody. Lateral press.
Champ's down. Champ's down.
And Del Rio at two and a half! Christian so close to a world title.
[Layfield] All it takes is a three-count.
Come on, man.
[Lawler] What is this?
-[Layfield] Del Rio wants a timeout. -[Lawler] Oh please!
[Cole] And look at Del Rio trying to sucker in Christian.
Great balance by Christian. Going for the Killswitch.
Looking for the Killswitch on Del Rio…
Aw, Del Rio! Man!
That could be it. Hook of the leg.
Should be… And Christian stays in it!
The Backstabber by Del Rio. Watch this.
[Layfield] What a great counter.
[Lawler] I thought Del Rio had the match won.
But that's once again Christian showing that resiliency.
[Cole] Yeah, Del Rio thought he had the match won as well,
and now the frustration may begin to set in for the champ.
[Lawler] He may have a broken nose. It may be difficult breathing.
-[Layfield] Del Rio's got-- -[Cole] Christian's gonna steal one!
Christian's gonna steal it… And Del Rio at two.
[Layfield] The one weakness Del Rio could have is that hot temper.
[Cole] Oh, and now look at Del Rio, caught him.
Christian out cold.
And stays in it!
[referee] What do you say, Christian?
[Lawler] Watch this.
-Listen to that kick. -[Cole] Wow.
[referee] Hey! One, two, three…
Watch the throat, Alberto.
[Lawler] Seeing that, you wonder, "How is Christian staying in this match?"
[Layfield] Christian made a name for himself in Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
[Cole] Yeah, at SummerSlam
over a decade ago, and tonight looks to win the World title,
and perhaps that's the opening he needs.
[cheering]
-[Lawler] Whoa! -[Cole] Feel the momentum shifting a bit?
Flying elbow by Christian.
[crowd clapping rhythmically]
WWE fans in the corner of "Captain Charisma."
Del Rio backs him up.
[Lawler] Man, it's like Del Rio suddenly got a shot of adrenaline there,
some newfound energy.
This has been a grueling match.
[Layfield] Have to have a second gear to be a champion.
That's exactly what Del Rio has.
[Cole] We know Christian has it too. We've seen it in the past.
Look at this. Look at the sunset flip.
[Lawler] Oh, but Del Rio hanging on for dear life.
[Cole] Trying to hang on, the champ trying to hang on,
and what a right hand on the bridge of the nose.
[Lawler] Man.
That's the way you counter that move, but… Oh!
[Cole] Christian, though, he keeps coming at you.
I think I mentioned it on Friday, John, that Christian's like a gnat.
He doesn't go away. You can't get rid of him
with moves like that.
Christian, for the title, for the championship
at SummerSlam… And Del Rio kicking out.
[Lawler] Oh man.
[Layfield] I don't know that a gnat ever won a World Championship.
But I understand your symbolism there, Michael.
Christian is persistent.
[Lawler] Watch this great… Oh!
[Cole] So close.
The Spear, and Del Rio with a dropkick in the face!
[Layfield] I think that's it.
[Cole] How did Christian kick out?
[Lawler] Christian somehow avoided Del Rio being able to hook that leg.
He was able to get the shoulder up.
[Cole] Christian went for the Spear. Watch this counter.
-Boom! Right to the face. -[Lawler] Good grief.
Well, you didn't get to see it there, but, as you said, Christian survives.
[Cole] Going to the cross armbreaker. Del Rio setting up Christian.
Tries to float through. Christian backs off.
Drop toehold.
Watch this.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Christian's made that move famous.
Oh, and so is Del Rio.
And again Del Rio looking to put Christian away…
And Christian stays in it!
Near-fall after near-fall.
[Layfield] That was the kick Del Rio won the championship.
[Lawler] Del Rio gotta be wondering, "What do I have to do?"
His face is starting to look like hamburger meat.
[Cole] Completely frustrated, the champion.
[Layfield] Might have to start wearing a mask like his dad, Dos Caras.
-[Cole] Or his uncle. -[Layfield] Or uncle.
-Never took it off, by the way. -[Cole] Still has it.
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[Layfield] It's terrible, as handsome as Alberto is.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!
[Layfield] Christian could use a broken…
[Cole] Exposed the knee. Christian countered.
Shoulders down. Is it enough? Got him!
No, no, two and a half.
-Spear! That's it! -[Lawler] There we go.
-[Layfield] But the shoulder! -[Cole] The bad shoulder!
[Layfield] Come on… Christian has him!
[Cole] Christian with a Spear with the bad shoulder.
And Del Rio! Del Rio into the armbreaker!
Into the armbreaker! He's got it locked in!
Christian trying to counter. Christian trying to counter.
-[Lawler] Hang on! -[Cole] Del Rio pulling the hands apart.
[Layfield] Del Rio locks it in, it's all over!
[Cole] Christian…
Christian trying to make it to the ropes to force a break here.
[Lawler] Oh, he's too far away. He's too far away!
[Cole] Del Rio's got him where he wants him!
[Layfield] He's got him!
[Cole] Christian trying to stay alive! Trying to stay in this thing.
Look at Christian trying to… Christian trying to fight!
And he's gotta tap out. He's got no choice. What a match!
[Alberto Del Rio's theme music playing]
[Garcia] Here is your winner,
and still World Heavyweight Champion,
Alberto Del Rio!
[Cole] You can't take anything away from Christian tonight.
What a game effort by the number one contender for the title,
but in the end, the champion retains in this back and forth match.
[Lawler] Well, what a match it was.
Christian so many times was so close.
Christian thought he had the match won. He thought he was the World Champion.
So close.
[Cole] And Alberto with… thought he won here.
Great counter as Christian went for the Spear.
But Christian, the resilience and heart of the veteran Christian,
allowed him to stay alive.
But the sequence toward the end of this match was absolutely amazing.
Christian hit the Spear, King, but he hit it with the bad shoulder.
[Lawler] And the bad shoulder would come back to haunt Christian.
Del Rio realized that he had an opening,
and, sure enough, cross armbreaker locked in,
Christian had to tap.
Alberto, congratulations on retaining your World Heavyweight Championship.
Are you proud of your victory tonight?
[booing]
This is a great night,
because I'm still… your… champion.
[booing]
But more important,
I'm the one representing you Latinos!
[cheering]
The Mexican people, they need someone to look up to.
They need a hero, an idol.
When they are at the bottom,
they need someone to tell them that everything is gonna be just fine.
They need…
[speaking in Spanish]
[booing]
And they have one already,
and his name
is none other than the World Heavyweight Champion,
Alberto… Del… Rio!
[Alberto Del Rio's theme music playing]
-[Cole] He sure thinks highly of himself. -[Layfield] He should!
This man was bred to be a champion.
And he's our World Heavyweight Champion.
Mexico's greatest export, Alberto Del Rio!
[Lawler] They'll have to look up to him
if they're bowing at his feet like Alberto Del Rio wants them to.
You know, SummerSlam has been a week full of activity.
It started with the press conference on Tuesday.
Of course, the fan festival known as SummerSlam Axxess this weekend
right out here at the Nokia Plaza right outside Staples Center.
You were there yesterday. Ring set up in the sun.
Thousands of WWE fans involved.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh, it was great. We revealed the roster for the WWE 2K14.
And let's take you back to earlier today and some of the action from Axxess.
And there, of course, is none other than, uh,
well, entertainment show host Maria Menounos,
who would team today with Natalya
against Brie Bella and Eva Marie in action.
[Lawler] I think Maria Menounos would love to be a full-time WWE Diva.
She… she can more than hold her own in the ring
with the rest of these WWE Superstars.
[Cole] And watch this. Eva Marie, welcome to SummerSlam at Axxess.
-[bell rings] -[whooshing]
From one host to another, please welcome the host of Extra
and the star of her own reality series on the Oxygen network,
Maria Menounos.
[exclaims gleefully]
Congratulations on your win this morning at SummerSlam Axxess.
You teamed with Natalya against Brie Bella and Eva Marie.
This all started from a Twitter war with you and the Bellas, uh?
Yeah, it was crazy.
I just tweeted Natty congratulations on the success of her show, Total Divas,
and the Bella twins flipped out
and said that I didn't know how to do my job
and that Total Divas is only Nikki and Brie,
as if there isn't room for another star on that show.
[Fandango's theme music playing]
[crowd singing along with music]
Really?
[music fades]
[Natalya's theme music playing]
[Cole] And here are some of the stars of Total Divas at SummerSlam.
[bell rings]
[Garcia] The following Divas contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
being accompanied by The Funkadactyls,
from Calgary, Alberta, Canada,
Natalya!
[Cole] Natalya's been looking for this matchup,
looking forward to it all week long,
and, of course, The Funkadactyls. You see Cameron on Natalya's right,
Naomi on Natalya's left.
They'll be hanging out at ringside for this matchup here.
Natalya set to go one-on-one with Brie Bella.
[Lawler] I love the Total Divas TV show.
I DVR it and watch it back-to-back, over and over.
[music fades]
♪ You can look but you can't touch… ♪
[Garcia] And her opponent,
being accompanied by Nikki Bella and Eva Marie,
from Scottsdale, Arizona,
Brie Bella!
[Lawler] Speaking of back-to-back, wow!
[Cole] Speaking of Total Divas, I mean, what a hit Total Divas has become.
It's the highest-rated new show on E! in over a year,
and congratulations to all six of these Divas
for being a part of Total Divas.
And let's not forget JoJo, who kicked off SummerSlam earlier tonight
with a tremendous rendition of the national anthem.
[Lawler] Absolutely fantastic.
[Layfield] Looks like the Bellas and Eva Marie have gone Hollywood.
[Cole] So Brie Bella set to go one-on-one with Natalya tonight.
Uh, this has really heated up over the past couple of weeks.
Slaps exchanged on Monday Night Raw between these two, uh, Divas.
[bell rings]
The problem Natalya and The Funkadactyls seem to have with the Bellas
is the fact that, in Natalya's words, they show back up on WWE programming,
and all of a sudden, they're the star of Total Divas.
[Lawler] Well, you know what, the word "Total Divas,"
I mean, the Bellas think that that is totally them.
They think they are the end-all stars of that show.
[Cole] They think they are, but there are other components involved,
including Natalya, who's in the ring.
Natalya sort of, uh, really become a mentor for a lot of the young Divas.
[Layfield] Like the announce table. I thought I was the main guy.
[Lawler chuckling]
[crowd noise drowns out commentary]
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] Oh man!
Speaking of slaps, and Natalya with one of her own.
And Brie!
-[Lawler] Man! -[Layfield] Wow!
[Lawler] Woohoo! Uh-oh.
[Cole] Natalya looking to flip Brie on her belly,
perhaps for the Sharpshooter.
[referee] One! Two!
[Lawler, chuckling] Brie looking for any kind of help she can get over here.
-[Cole] She's safe for the time being. -[Lawler] Watch out.
Oh!
[Layfield] Natalya the first woman to be trained in The Hart Dungeon.
[Cole] Of course, the daughter of Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
of the legendary Hart Foundation.
Oh!
Brie…
[Layfield] Never seen that.
[Cole] It was Nikki.
-[Divas squabbling] -[referee] Hey, back up! Back up!
Naomi and Cameron having words with Eva Marie and Nikki.
[Lawler] I've heard of having the rug pulled out from under you, but
not the ring apron.
Thank you!
[Cole] Brie Bella loving it, as is Nikki and Eva Marie in…
[crowd chanting] JBL! JBL! JBL!
[Cole] …very, uh, distinct ring attire.
[Lawler] JBL, I think they want you to get involved here.
-And if you need help, I'm here. -[Layfield laughing]
-[crowd chanting] Michael Cole! -[Cole] They want me too?
Yeah, Brie!
-[chanting continues] -[Cameron] Come on, Natty!
[Layfield] Gene LeBell is rolling over in his grave, and he's not even dead yet.
-[crowd chanting] Jerry! Jerry! -[Cole] And there's Brie Bella to Natalya.
Those two girls, of course, in the ring in one-on-one action.
[Lawler] Guys, I'm gonna answer the call.
[Cole] You see in the far end of the ring in the side of Natalya, The Funkadactyls.
There's Naomi. Cameron is to her left.
And, of course, Nikki Bella, Brie's twin, and Eva Marie at ringside as well.
There you see Naomi on your left, Cameron on your right.
What now?
[Cole] And Brie and Natalya, as the WWE Universe,
including our Superstars and legends,
have been tweeting all night long using the hashtag "SummerSlam."
[Nikki] Yes!
[Cole] Eva Marie to your right, Nikki Bella to your left.
Oh, Natty!
[Cole] And Brie, who loves to talk trash.
The Bellas seem to have a real issue with Natalya.
[Layfield] Typical Bellas style. They love to talk trash.
They're the Bella twins!
[Lawler] They refer to her as "the ugly duckling of Total Divas."
[Cole] I can't understand that whole… scenario.
[crowd chanting] We want tables!
[Cole] And there we go.
And Brie…
again taking her time and showing off her skills tonight against Natalya.
[Lawler] Ow!
Huh?
[Cole] Natalya perhaps the purest technical of all the Divas.
-[Layfield] She's good, is Natalya. -[Cole] Oh, nice neckbreaker!
[Layfield] Third-generation performer.
Brie is really taking it to Natalya tonight.
[Cole] Natalya trying to flip Brie,
trying to step through into the Sharpshooter here.
Of course, made famous by the legendary Bret Hart.
[Lawler] Whoa, whoa!
[Cole] Brie Bella trying to crawl toward the bottom ropes.
Natalya trying to hold on, and a great reversal by Brie.
Natalya bouncing head-first off the turnbuckle.
[Lawler] Very good move by Brie Bella right there.
[Cole] I tell you, I'm impressed with Brie here tonight.
Nikki and Eva Marie getting involved.
And here come The Funkadactyls! Look out, guys!
-[Lawler] It's breaking down. -[Cole] Cameron and Naomi!
[referee] That's it. Come on! Come on! What are you doing?
That's enough!
[Cole] Natty still hurting after she went off the turnbuckle.
and Brie Bella taking the fight right back to her.
-Give up, Natalya! Give up! -No!
Give… up!
Ask her, ref! Huh?
[Cole] Brie screaming at Natalya, "Do you give up? Do you tap out?"
[Lawler] Look at Brie and, uh, her outfit.
It's like they're channeling some old-school Hollywood glamour tonight.
[Cole] Look at the power of Natalya. Look at this!
Brie, though, rolls through. Shoulders down. Is it enough?
And a kick-out by Natalya at two.
Great move by Brie.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] Ooh man!
Thank you.
[Cole] Sure Eva Marie's learning the ropes the right way,
hanging out with the Bellas.
-[Cole] Look at Natalya. -[Lawler] Caught!
-[Cole] Oof! -[Layfield] Alabama slam!
[Cole] Is this enough?
[Lawler] Sharpshooter! Can she get it locked in? Yes.
[Layfield] I think Uncle Bret's smiling.
[Cole] Brie's gotta tap. Natalya with the win at SummerSlam!
[Natalya's theme music playing]
[Garcia] Here is your winner by submission,
Natalya!
[Lawler] Ah, the pink and black never looked better.
[Cole] And The Funkadactyls, Naomi and Cameron, celebrating as well.
All the Total Divas eventually got involved in this match.
[Lawler] You're right about that.
The Funkadactyls were not gonna let that outside interference go
without being answered, and then this big knee.
Ooh man!
I thought that, uh… I thought Natalya was in a world of trouble there,
but she turned things around.
[Layfield] The old Alabama slam, followed by a Sharpshooter.
Congratulations to Natalya!
One of the hardest-working Divas WWE has ever seen.
[Cole] Natalya victorious.
Naomi and Cameron loving it,
much to the chagrin of the Bella twins and Eva Marie here tonight at SummerSlam.
[music fades]
[Ryback] Hey, you.
Yeah, you.
[man mumbling nervously] I'm sorry. Is there a problem?
"Is there a problem?"
Yeah, catering sucks.
And the soup…
the soup is cold.
But…
but it… it's supposed to be cold.
It's… it's gazpacho.
[scoffs, chuckles]
I knew that.
Take it away.
What are you doing?
Think you're some sort of tough guy?
"The Big Guy" doesn't like cold soup.
Take it away.
What are you doing?
That collar…
that collar looks pretty tight there.
[crowd groaning]
Oh.
Man, look what you did!
You made a mess.
[chuckles] You're like a three-year-old.
What are we gonna do with you, huh?
[chuckling]
You know what?
Take this crap with you too.
[crowd groaning]
[laughing]
Feed me, moron.
[whooshing]
Ryback's certainly not an ambassador of WWE's Be A STAR program, is he?
Well, ladies and gentlemen, coming up next on SummerSlam,
it has simply been known as "The Best versus The Beast."
It is CM Punk versus Brock Lesnar,
and as we learned in the SummerSlam Kickoff show,
it is now going to be contested under no disqualification rules.
Paul Heyman made the announcement.
He said Punk and Brock Lesnar both agreed to the new stipulation.
This is a story between Punk and Lesnar
that has been fueled by emotion, passion,
ego, jealousy, and betrayal.
[whooshing]
[pensive music playing]
[Heyman] It was obvious to me from the first day that I met CM Punk,
this was the guy. It was obvious this was the guy.
[Punk] The chance I got to work with Paul Heyman,
it was amazing.
He saw me for… for exactly what I am.
He was willing to fight to the death for what he believes in.
And that's what it takes to be a WWE Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] CM Punk is WWE Champion!
He'd die in WWE, and no one should ignore him.
[Punk] 434 days, I was the real champion.
I'm a Paul Heyman guy.
I respect him.
I owe my career to Paul Heyman, 100%.
[Heyman] I view myself as a better person
because of his acceptance of me as a friend.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Cole] CM Punk is in prime position to win this matchup.
[Lawler] Do you see anyone else around? Is there anyone that can stop him?
[Cole] The top of the ladder!
[Lawler] Ooh! What?!
[ominous music playing]
[Heyman] You're my best friend in the world. [echoing]
[Punk] I'm always gonna be a Paul Heyman guy.
Always. [echoing]
[stirring music playing]
[Heyman] Here's the harshest truth of them all.
I betrayed you
because without Paul Heyman,
CM Punk, you're not "The Best in the World." [echoing]
Maybe I should've seen it coming,
but damn it, Paul, I trusted you.
It's clobberin' time!
[Brock Lesnar's theme music playing]
[dramatic rock music playing]
[Cole] "The Beast" Brock Lesnar.
Heyman from behind, and Brock Lesnar with Punk.
And here comes Punk! And here comes Punk!
-[Lawler] Look out! -[Cole] And Punk sent over the table!
[Heyman] Punk, you can't beat…
[Cole] Lesnar, F5!
[Heyman] …can't beat…
[Cole] An F5!
[Heyman] …Brock Lesnar. [echoing]
[music fades]
[Punk] I am not afraid of Paul Heyman's monster.
At SummerSlam, I want CM Punk against Brock Lesnar.
-I want "The Best versus The Beast." -[echoing roar]
Your challenge is accepted.
My client is in the best fighting shape of his entire life.
[Punk] Paul Heyman, I will get my hands on you,
and I will make you pay.
[Lesnar] CM Punk has never faced anybody like me,
because there is nobody like me.
[Punk] This… is… my… ring.
I own it,
and I've proven it time and time again.
[Lesnar] CM Punk is going to learn
what it means to truly be victimized by Brock Lesnar.
[Punk] Monsters were put on this earth for one reason,
and that reason is to be slaughtered! [echoing]
[menacing music playing]
I am not afraid of Brock Lesnar.
[music fades]
[whooshing]
[bell rings]
[Roberts] The following contest is a no disqualification match.
[cheering]
[Brock Lesnar's theme music playing]
[booing]
Being accompanied to the ring by Paul Heyman,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing 286 lbs,
Brock Lesnar!
[Cole] Flanked by his devious representative Paul Heyman,
"The Beast Incarnate" is a three-time WWE Champion,
a 2000 NCAA champion,
a former UFC Champion,
and, John, we talked about this during the SummerSlam Kickoff show.
You believe no disqualification will firmly favor Brock Lesnar.
[Layfield] Brock Lesnar defeated one of the greatest MMA stars of all time,
Randy Couture, in the Octagon.
He defeated one of the biggest sports entertainment stars of all time,
Triple H, in a cage.
Yes, I believe no holds barred favors "The Beast."
[Cole] Heyman staring intently at his moneymaker.
Remember, Heyman tossed Punk to the curb
when CM Punk told him, "I don't want you involved in my business anymore, Paul."
"I wanna remain friends."
As soon as Punk couldn't make Heyman money,
Heyman said, "See ya, bye."
[Layfield] That's business.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
-[CM Punk's theme music playing] -[cheering]
♪ Look in my eyes ♪
♪ What do you see? ♪
[Roberts] And his opponent, from Chicago, Illinois,
weighing 218 lbs,
CM Punk!
♪ I know your dreams ♪
♪ I've been everything you wanna be ♪
♪ Oh, I'm the… ♪
It's clobberin' time!
[Lawler] It's clobberin' time!
[Cole] He once held the WWE Championship for 434 days.
[Layfield] Yeah, but who's doing the clobberin', King?
[Lawler] We'll find out,
because this is one of the most highly anticipated matches
that I can remember in the history of the WWE.
[Layfield] This is one of these where you're just proud to be here
to watch this.
[Cole] With CM Punk, when you see him in the locker room,
he's always the guy… Well, he likes to joke around.
He's always loose. He's always ready to go.
But today there was a different feeling around CM Punk.
The intensity was there.
CM Punk was completely focused throughout the entire day,
'cause he realizes he's headed into a fight,
no disqualification tonight against Lesnar,
a man who outweighs him by 50 lbs.
[Layfield] CM Punk almost defeated the undefeatable,
The Undertaker's streak at WrestleMania,
but this could be the biggest fight of CM Punk's life.
[Cole] And let's not forget the list of injuries
that Brock Lesnar has given to CM Punk over the past month.
He put four stitches into the chin of CM Punk.
He caused rib injuries, a knee injury,
an ankle injury as well.
Brock Lesnar feeding on Punk in recent weeks.
♪ Oh, I'm the cult of personality… ♪
And there is the man that has been the object of the ire of CM Punk,
and the man that Punk must try to get out of his head tonight
and focus on the task at hand, Brock Lesnar.
[Layfield] Does it ever feel like a big-fight feel out here right now?
[Cole] Here we go. Punk… And now Lesnar.
And Lesnar gonna use his power and strength from the get-go against Punk,
and this could get ugly early.
And Punk trying to fight back with forearms to the jaw of Lesnar.
And Brock Lesnar again with the power display.
[Cole] John, what can Punk do to try to combat the flat-out power of Lesnar?
[Layfield] I think this match favors Brock Lesnar.
But CM Punk is the longest-reigning WWE Champion in the modern era.
If anybody can take on "The Beast," it's CM Punk.
He's just gotta survive,
and he's gotta survive this initial onslaught by Brock Lesnar.
[Cole] 17,739 on their feet at the Staples Center.
Heyman looking on.
[Lawler] Yeah, sick smile on the face of "The Walrus."
[Cole] Hey, uh, King, you… you mentioned during the SummerSlam Kickoff
that you believe no disqualification was gonna favor Punk.
Why did you say that?
[Lawler] Well, because if Punk can get his hands on anything that can help him
nullify this power that we're seeing from "The Beast."
[Cole] Yeah, but Brock Lesnar,
he's just shoving Punk around like a little kid here.
[Layfield] Look at that.
[Cole] Lesnar's treating Punk like a kid on the playground.
[Layfield] If Punk doesn't do something soon, this is gonna be over quick.
Punk has gotta survive this initial onslaught by Brock Lesnar.
Brock Lesnar has come out here to guzzle CM Punk,
and that's exactly what he's doing.
[Cole] And remember what Lesnar said about Punk,
and remember, no disqualification.
Lesnar said Punk could tape his hands, get all the tattoos he wants,
he could take MMA classes at his local gym.
This is my house!
"But size matters," in the words of Lesnar.
[Layfield] This guy is a genetic freak.
[Lawler] Oh!
-[Cole] But Punk, never say die… -[Layfield] He rocked him!
[Cole] And CM Punk with a high knee, and Lesnar's down!
Lesnar's down!
Punk again.
Again with the knee, and Lesnar's driven out of the ring,
and Punk's got some hope!
[Lawler] Gonna have to keep the momentum going here. Here he comes!
[Cole] Punk taking a risk and taking out Lesnar.
And that's what Punk's gotta do tonight.
And Paul Heyman,
perhaps a bit of nervousness has creeped into the mind of Heyman.
-[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! -[Cole] Listen to this place!
[Layfield] They're all on their feet here at the Staples Center.
[Cole] No disqualification means steel steps and all
at the disposal of these Superstars.
-[Layfield] What is he…? -[Lawler] I don't know, but this is…
[Cole] Punk… Oh, look at Lesnar!
Lesnar just ran body-first into the steps
and drove Punk down.
[Layfield] Look at this. That's the law of physics there.
-[Lawler] He's… -[Layfield] Size matters, boys.
[Lawler] A lot of action here. Look at this.
That's how they got out to the floor.
[Cole] And this is what Punk's gotta do. In order to survive, Punk's gotta do that.
But watch Lesnar. His full body force into the steps.
And now Lesnar.
He is a frightening man.
Oh no, with Punk up on his shoulder…
[Lawler] Oh no!
[Cole] Lesnar driven face-first off the steel post.
And now suddenly, CM Punk again with a sign of life.
Punk gonna look to go up top, looking for that high-risk offense again.
Trying to do all he can to bring the big man down.
[Layfield] He better.
[Cole] Lesnar taken out by Punk!
CM Punk now is the man stalking Lesnar.
[Layfield] Looks like no disqualification is favoring Punk.
[Cole] This is not good. CM Punk up on our announce table here.
[Layfield] We just got interactive.
[Cole] CM Punk right here in front of us.
Lesnar making it to his feet, not quite sure where he is.
CM Punk taking Lesnar down,
and Punk pulling out all the stops here.
[Layfield] This is why he was
the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the modern era.
[Cole] And now Punk… Listen, guys, this is what we talked about.
Punk has gotta focus on the task at hand.
He's after Heyman.
[Layfield] Forget about Heyman, Punk.
[Cole] If Punk worries about Heyman, he'll get caught just like that.
Punk has gotta turn his focus to Lesnar.
[Layfield] That's the intangible.
That's the greatness of Paul Heyman, and that's what Punk has to avoid.
[Cole] They'll be wiping Punk up off the floor here tonight
if he continues to worry about Heyman.
Take care of Lesnar first.
[Layfield] You got a former WWE Champion, former UFC champion Brock Lesnar.
-You gotta not worry about Paul Heyman. -[Cole] Look out, look out, look out!
-Oh my God! -[Layfield] Good grief.
[Cole] Did you see Punk and the way that he hit the announce table?
[Lawler] Easy. God!
[Cole] CM Punk literally buckled.
That bad knee caught the edge of the announce table.
[Lawler] Lesnar literally threw CM Punk with the greatest of ease.
[Cole] And again, "The Beast" Lesnar absolutely assaulting Punk.
And now slinging Punk over this announce table,
and the corner of Punk's back
caught our television… television monitor here on the announce table.
Brock Lesnar is beating the hell out of CM Punk.
[Lawler] Good grief!
[Layfield] This guy Lesnar has no filter.
-It's like Brock Lesnar has no remorse. -[Heyman laughing]
He's the closest thing you'll get to an animal in your life.
[Cole] Guys, CM Punk had a flurry early,
but it's all done. It's done.
CM Punk has been manhandled.
[Layfield] Absolutely manhandled.
[Cole] He has been ripped apart by Lesnar.
And a throw again, and you notice…
you can notice on the small of the back of Punk…
-Best in the world! -[booing]
[Cole] The scars of it showing again
after the abuse taken at the announce table.
Imagine being under this.
The height of this athlete. Brock Lesnar's full force
onto the back of Punk.
[Lawler] I don't know how much more of this Punk can stand,
and it looks as if Brock Lesnar is just getting started.
[Layfield] Brock Lesnar enjoys this.
[Cole] It is an accident scene at ringside.
And look at Punk. Punk trying to fight back into this.
Going right for the legs of Lesnar, trying to take "The Beast" out.
[Lawler] Oh!
Just like that,
Lesnar stops what little momentum Punk was trying to build.
[Cole] This has been a sickening assault.
This is my ring, Punk!
[Layfield] And it's about to get more sick.
[Heyman laughing]
[Lawler] Look at… look at these kicks here.
But very little effect.
[Layfield] Look at that right hand.
[Lawler] Our announce table is nearly destroyed here.
[Layfield] So is Punk.
[Cole] And the abuse continues.
[Lawler] Back to the way Lesnar started this match,
driving those massive shoulders…
This is your boy, huh?
[Lawler] "This is your boy, huh?"
[Cole] And now the, uh, the bear hug locked in,
and remember the abuse the lower back of Punk took
with the attack earlier on here.
[Layfield] The way he's got that bear hug locked in,
underneath that left arm.
[Cole] Punk somehow trying to fight back into this. Look at the elbow.
Right on the bridge of the nose of Lesnar.
And, John, you know as well as anyone, being a big man,
if somebody hits you in the nose,
no matter how big you are,
you can force separation like this.
-Ooh, and again right to the midsection! -[Layfield] Punk had him rocked.
[Cole] Had him rocked.
Stay down!
Come on, baby girl.
[Layfield] Brock didn't… Brock didn't want Punk to stay down.
He wants to brutalize him.
[Cole] He's doing a pretty good job.
[Lawler] Oh God.
-[Cole] Every single blow from Lesnar… -[Layfield] That could break a rib.
[Lawler] Break a rib? It could break all your ribs.
[Cole] No wasted motion at all.
[Layfield] Nothing the referee can do.
-[Punk] No! -[referee] You want me to ring that bell?
[Layfield] Driving those knees right into the midsection of CM Punk,
right in those ribs.
[Cole] And he's already had bruised ribs, perhaps broken from the assaults earlier.
[Lawler] Guys, look at the expression on Lesnar's face.
I think he's enjoying this.
What do you say, Punk?
[Cole] Punk's not. I can guarantee you that.
[Layfield] I don't think you need to doubt about that.
[Lawler] Mm.
Squeezing every last bit of the breath out of CM Punk.
[Cole] Lesnar doing what he can to try to take Punk out and end this thing.
[Lawler] Look at that look.
[Cole] Look at Punk. You gotta give him credit.
[Layfield] Brock is a solid piece of granite,
and a big piece of granite.
[Cole] But look at CM Punk. He's showing some signs of life, guys.
Punk showing some signs of life!
[Lawler] He's got Lesnar down to one knee.
[Cole] Lesnar down again.
Punk has been effective with those blows and those kicks.
[Lawler] Sometimes I think Brock can't take as much as he can dish out.
[Cole] And now heading up…
Brock Lesnar caught Punk in midair.
-[Layfield] You sure, King? -[Cole] Caught him in midair.
-[Lawler] Okay. -[Cole] What a throw by Lesnar!
[Lawler] Yeah.
[Cole] What an incredible athlete.
[Lawler] And he is really enjoying this.
[Heyman] Punish him!
-Make him pay the price. -[Lawler] Admiring his own handiwork.
[Layfield] Brock Lesnar won an NCAA Championship
on pure ability alone.
[Cole] Just look at this.
[Layfield] That's a grown man Brock Lesnar's thrown across the ring.
[Lawler] Let's see that one more time. Look at this.
[Cole] He is just such a destructive force.
[Heyman] Do you miss me now?
[Cole] Lesnar continues to punish the ribs.
The small of the back of CM Punk been the target of Lesnar all night long.
Is this enough?
Punk stays in it.
[Layfield] CM Punk has almost become a trophy for Brock Lesnar.
[Cole] And again Punk continues to fight out.
Lesnar looks to put him away again, and Punk gets the shoulder up again.
-[Layfield] Brock's making a statement. -[Lawler] Oh man.
[Cole] Yeah, but come on. Punk keeps kicking out and kicking out.
[referee] What do you say, Punk?
[Layfield] To what? Back to "The Beast."
Look, I admire Punk for doing it.
It's why he held the championship for 434 days.
-I take nothing away from CM Punk. -[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Cole] WWE fans trying to finally get Punk back into this.
Can Punk feed off the emotion of this sell-out here in Staples?
No disqualification! Pulling out all the stops.
CM Punk doing what he's gotta do to take out Lesnar.
[Lawler] Doing a Mike Tyson.
[Cole] And Punk stunning Lesnar.
And now the kicks again,
targeting the midsection and the lower part of the body,
the legs of Lesnar.
[Lawler] Stay on him!
[Cole] Punk doing what he can.
This is the makeup of Punk.
[Lawler] He can't seem to drop Lesnar though.
Can't get him off his feet.
-[Cole] But look at Lesnar. -[Lawler] Yeah, he's reeling.
[Cole] Not quite sure where he is.
Lesnar trying to shake the cobwebs. Punk trying to take advantage.
Waiting for Lesnar to turn around.
CM Punk measuring his man.
-Lesnar's down! Lesnar's down. -[Layfield] Right on the button.
[Cole] Yeah, but Punk, did he hurt himself as well?
[Lawler] I don't know, but that big knee rocked the big man.
[Cole] Punk's gotta get back in it. He's got Lesnar down.
Punk's gotta realize he's got Lesnar down here.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Cole] Lesnar stunned, guys.
Lesnar stunned. There's the high knee from Punk!
He's stunned now, but he wasn't before.
[Cole] Is the momentum shifting?
[Layfield] That's two knees by Punk right on the button.
[Cole] Punk claimed he's not afraid of Lesnar.
He's showing that here tonight.
Running knee again.
Each one of those knees catching Lesnar in the jaw.
[Layfield] What's it gonna take to knock Lesnar down?
[Lawler] I don't know how he's still standing, but he is.
One more time?
One more time!
[Cole] Oh, this time Lesnar caught him. Lesnar caught him.
[Lawler] He was going for the F5.
[Cole] Yeah, but Punk caught him! Punk caught him with a roundhouse kick!
Punk caught Lesnar!
-[Layfield] Lesnar's down! -[Cole] Come on, Punk!
-[Layfield] Lesnar's down! -[Cole] Punk to the top rope.
Lesnar's out of it. They're on their feet at Staples.
[Lawler] Can he do it? Can he do it?!
[cheering]
[Cole] Dropping the elbow!
Is it enough?
Can Punk put "The Beast" away?
Hooks the leg. He's got him.
No, two and a half!
[Lawler] Wow.
[inaudible]
-[Cole] Incredible. -[Lawler] Paul Heyman almost passed out.
[crowd chanting] Randy Savage!
[Cole] That big roundhouse kick caught Lesnar,
and Punk almost won it here, King.
[Lawler] Can he continue the momentum? He thinks it's time for a nap for Lesnar.
[Cole] Punk looking for the Go to Sleep, looking for the GTS.
Can he get the big man up on his shoulders?
Punk going for the GTS. Lesnar's up high.
Lesnar, though, with Punk up high.
Went for the F5.
Punk caught him again!
Lesnar's down!
[Lawler] But now can Punk follow up? What's he got left in his arsenal?
[Layfield] Whatever he's got, he better throw it at the big man.
[Cole] And again Punk looking to go up high.
Look at Lesnar. Lesnar up on the shoulders of CM Punk.
Punk's going for the GTS.
[Layfield] You gotta be kidding me. You gotta be kidding me!
[Cole] And Lesnar caught him. Lesnar caught him. Kimura!
-[Lawler] He caught Punk. -[Cole] The kimura!
Lesnar with a kimura!
The move that broke the arm of Triple H, the kimura!
-Punk's down! -[Layfield] And he's got it locked in.
Punk, you better tap. He's gonna break your arm.
[Cole] What's Punk gonna do? What can he do?
Lesnar trying to get into a position where he can snap that arm.
[Lawler] Oh, look at his arm!
[Layfield] He'll break it, Punk. He'll break it. Tap, Punk, tap!
[Cole] What can Punk do?
Punk… Look at Punk, look at Punk! Armbar!
Punk with an armbar!
Punk with a counter!
And Brock trying to turn around, and look at Punk.
CM Punk with a triangle! A triangle!
Punk got the triangle in. Is Lesnar gonna tap?
-Is Lesnar gonna tap? -[Layfield] Punk could put him to sleep.
[Cole] Punk is screaming for Lesnar to tap.
The triangle's in. Is Lesnar gonna tap out?
[Layfield] Can you imagine Lesnar tapping out to CM Punk?
[Cole] It could happen.
-[Lawler] Oh, but look at the strength! -[Cole] The power of Lesnar!
[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] A powerbomb, and Punk's still got it in.
Punk's still got it in!
The triangle's still locked in to Lesnar.
Lesnar's gonna tap. I think Lesnar's gonna tap.
[Layfield] No way. No way!
[Cole] Lesnar's gonna tap out. Is Lesnar gonna tap out?
There's a triangle again.
Lesnar's close to tapping.
[Lawler] Oh, look at his hand. Watch Lesnar's right hand.
[Cole] Come on, Punk!
Punk's got it locked in.
[Lawler] Hit that mat! All you gotta do is hit that mat.
[Cole] Lesnar again trying to power out of this thing.
[Layfield] That is strength.
[Cole] And look at Punk with the elbows, still fighting.
-[Lawler] Oh no! -[Cole] Oh man!
Running powerbomb!
[Lawler] Oh, that gotta break Punk in half.
[Cole] Now it's both men showing the signs of punishment.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!
[Lawler] "This is awesome!"
[Cole] The number one trend in the world right now,
as Lesnar goes into the cover. Hook of the leg…
Punk stayed in it!
[Lawler] Just about to get his left shoulder up somehow,
and Lesnar can't believe it.
[Cole] Absolutely incredible action.
-[Lawler] Watch this. -[Cole] Lesnar with the powerbomb.
Back and forth we go.
-But "The Beast" is stirring. -[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Layfield] So is the WWE Universe here, Michael.
[chanting continues]
[Cole] I don't know how much Punk's got left.
[Lawler] Or how much Lesnar's got left, but Lesnar is to his feet.
[Cole] Punk had Lesnar in that triangle for a long time.
[Lawler] That running powerbomb was a big difference-maker.
[Cole] And now Lesnar with the suplex.
[Lawler] Oh my.
[Cole] And Brock Lesnar again.
-[Lawler] Oh my God. -[Cole] Suplex after suplex.
-[Layfield] Not the old Three Amigos. -[Cole] Yet another one.
And now Lesnar, forearm right in the face of CM Punk,
and a kick-out at two.
Remember, it was the late, great Eddie Guerrero
who won his only WWE Championship against Brock Lesnar.
[Layfield] The Guerreros made a name for themselves right here in Los Angeles.
[Cole] Look at that man.
[Lawler] It's amazing to me, guys. All of a sudden…
Look, I mean, all of a sudden, he just looks like…
It's almost like he looks fresh again. It looks like he's ready to start anew.
I don't like the way he's looking over here.
[Layfield] Brock's face looks a little puffy to me.
All those kicks to the face.
[Cole] I know that there's no disqualification,
but… is that what this monster really needs?
[Layfield] This is not good for Punk.
[Cole] Does this "Beast" really need…
Look, from behind. From behind, look at Punk.
Look at Punk. Look at Punk up top.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] Oh man!
Lesnar held up the chair to block part of the blow,
and it went right into the ribs of Punk.
[Layfield] Punk landed on Lesnar.
[Lawler] Yeah, I think the chair went into Punk's ribs,
but I think it went into Lesnar's head.
[Cole] And now it's Punk with steel chair in hand.
[Lawler] Oh my God.
Oh my God!
[Cole] And that's Punk unloading!
And this is where no disqualification may favor Punk!
-[Lawler] Sounded like a cannon blast. -[Punk yelling]
[cheering]
[Cole] The amount of punishment that CM Punk has absorbed,
and he's still in this thing.
[Lawler] This has been all-out war.
[Cole] And Lesnar just caught the chair!
-[Layfield] This isn't good. -[Cole] Not at all. Not at all.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] And Punk… Punk… Punk went low!
-[Layfield] It's all legal. -[Cole] No disqualification!
-[Lawler] Oh… -[Cole] CM Punk…
Heyman can complain all he wants.
It doesn't matter.
[Lawler] Desperate times call for desperate measures.
[Cole] When you're fighting "The Beast Incarnate,"
you gotta go what you do.
[Layfield] And Punk just did.
I thought no DQ favored Brock Lesnar.
It may be CM Punk that's gaining an advantage with it.
[Cole] Lesnar's still feeling the effects of the offense by Punk.
Punk with steel chair in hand,
and what on earth does CM Punk have in mind here?
[Layfield] Heyman starting to sweat.
[Lawler] He's been sweating.
[Layfield] Maybe Heyman chose the wrong horse.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Cole] Punk perched up high,
steel chair in hand.
[Layfield] What in the world is Punk gonna do?
[cheering]
[Cole] CM Punk with a chair.
-And… Oh my God! -[Layfield] Oh!
[Cole] The face of Lesnar.
And Punk absorbed a lot of that as well.
Punk. Punk cover.
Hooks the leg. Hooks the leg.
Lesnar powers out!
Incredible.
[Heyman] Way too close.
Way too close.
[Lawler] This is where Punk turned it around
with that, as you say, a low blow.
That's all you can… all you can call it.
And then this chair delivered…
Oh!
…right across the face, and now the back.
[Cole] All legal. No disqualification.
-Both men agreed to this stipulation. -[cheering]
That's how I roll!
[Layfield] Gladly, both men agreed to this stipulation.
Listen to that.
[Cole] Look at Lesnar.
[Heyman] Brock! Brock!
-[Lawler] Hey. -[Cole] Hey!
[inaudible]
Who do you think you are?
[Lawler] Whoa! Look!
[Cole] Lesnar from behind, and again Heyman pays off.
Heyman pays off again.
Look at… Punk's got Heyman.
-Punk's got Heyman by the tie. -[Lesnar] Let go! Let go!
[Cole] Lesnar's screaming to Heyman to let go, but Punk's hanging on.
[Lesnar] Let go!
[Lawler] "The Walrus" is blubbering. He's choking.
[crowd noise drowns out speech]
[Cole] Lesnar was trying for the F5.
Here's Punk!
Go to Sleep!
He got him!
Go to Sleep, he got it! Punk's got him.
And Heyman saved him again. Damn it, Heyman!
Wait a minute.
[inaudible]
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Punk.
[Cole] Paul Heyman has saved this match on a number of occasions for Lesnar,
and Punk's had enough.
[Layfield] Heyman's about to get his.
[Cole] And Lesnar…
[yelling indistinctly]
[Cole] Lesnar, off the Heyman distraction…
And a counter! What a counter!
[Lawler] He turned it into a DDT!
-[Cole] And now Punk, can he do it? -[Layfield] Unbelievable!
[Cole] Punk's gonna do it… And Lesnar stays in it.
[Lawler] This "Beast" is unbeatable!
[Cole] And now going for the Vise. Going for the Vise.
-The Vise on Lesnar. Lesnar's gotta tap. -Tap out!
[Cole] Brock's gotta tap.
The Staples Center's exploding!
[Layfield] So is Heyman.
[Lawler] CM Punk is giving it everything he's got!
[Cole] Lesnar, is he gonna tap? Is Lesnar gonna tap? Is he gonna tap?
The Vise is in. Lesnar's got nowhere to go.
[Layfield] Heyman's not about to come in…
-[Lawler] Not again! -[Cole] Again, Heyman with the chair.
[Heyman pleading]
Let go! Let go!
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Heyman] I'm so sorry.
Punk, please. Please don't.
[Heyman groaning in pain]
No!
No! What?
[Cole] Finally, Heyman gets his.
[cheering]
And now Punk gonna put the Vise in on Heyman. And Heyman's tapping!
[Layfield] But Heyman tapping doesn't make any difference.
[Cole] And look, look, look, look. Brock hit him with the chair.
[Layfield] Wow!
[Lawler] Oh!
[Layfield] Punk had Lesnar twice.
[Cole] And again.
[Layfield] Punk had Lesnar beat.
[Cole] A couple of times.
[Lawler] There's just no taming this "Beast."
Ooh!
[fans] This is awesome!
[Cole] Like he's being punished.
[fans chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Cole] And now Lesnar with Punk up high.
-F5! -[Lawler] Oh, on the chair.
[Cole] Right on the chair.
[Layfield] F5 on the chair.
[Cole] And it is all legal. No disqualification.
Cover by Lesnar,
and Brock Lesnar has beaten CM Punk.
[Brock Lesnar's theme music playing]
[Roberts] The winner of this match, Brock Lesnar!
[Lawler] Well, Brock Lesnar has beaten CM Punk,
but you gotta give more than one assist to Paul Heyman.
[Cole] CM Punk had Lesnar dead to rights on a number of occasions,
and Paul Heyman's involvement saved Brock Lesnar here tonight.
There's no doubt about that.
[Lawler] What a brutal… what a brutal match!
[Cole] Sure, it was legal under no-disqualification rules. I get that.
[Lawler] Look at the chair!
[Cole] But in the end, this obsession that Punk has had with Heyman
and Heyman's involvement cost Lesnar tonight… Look at that.
…cost Punk tonight. Look at that just demented man, Brock Lesnar.
[Layfield] That was awesome.
[Lawler] Well, they call him "The Beast Incarnate."
That's because that's who he is.
[Layfield] Wow.
[Cole] What an incredible, incredible fight.
[whooshing]
[Lawler] We could show you highlights
all night long.
[Cole] CM Punk, on a number of occasions, could have won this matchup.
Here's just one example.
This is Punk hitting the Go to Sleep to Brock Lesnar,
and for all intents and purposes, Lesnar was out here, guys.
[Lawler] Should have been over.
[Cole] And again, Paul Heyman gets involved.
[Lawler] And here's what Paul Heyman gets for his troubles.
Wow! Finally, right between they eyes of "The Walrus."
Brock Lesnar… Oh!
…with chair in hand
finally finishes off CM Punk.
Watch this F5. Watch where Punk lands.
Oh my God.
[Cole] And what an incredible, incredible effort
by CM Punk against an absolutely demented Brock Lesnar.
They're showing the signs of punishment here tonight.
[Layfield] Paul Heyman did his job
and did his job well.
[Lawler] What a battle here at SummerSlam.
[Layfield, chuckling] That was awesome!
[Cole] Wow. Lesnar knows he was in a fight.
[Lawler] What? That may be the understatement of the year!
Lesnar took one of the worst beatings I've ever seen him absorb.
[Layfield] So did Punk.
[music fades]
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Lawler] Everybody on their feet here for… for Punk.
-[cheering] -A lot of respect.
[Cole] They should be.
[Lawler] They know this guy just put up the fight of his life.
[Cole] A standing ovation for the former WWE Champion.
[Layfield] What a great performance by CM Punk. Well done.
Well done, Punk.
[fans chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
[Lawler] Got nothing to be ashamed of after a match like that.
[Cole] CM Punk said that he wasn't afraid of Brock Lesnar.
[Layfield] He wasn't. That is for sure.
[CM Punk's theme music playing]
[Cole] What an incredible fight here tonight at SummerSlam.
Punk's upset, but he's got nothing to be ashamed of.
He had Lesnar beaten on a number of occasions,
and if it wasn't for Paul Heyman out here, CM Punk, I believe,
would have been victorious at SummerSlam.
[Layfield] Very well could have.
[Lawler] Guys, the crowd said it here best.
That was awesome.
-[Cole] Wow. -[Layfield] Proud to call that one.
We're still trying to get things sorted out here at ringside.
I mean, what an absolutely incredible fight.
I mean, my hat's off to CM Punk for what he went through against Lesnar.
Yeah, like you said, he's obviously disappointed,
but certainly nothing to be ashamed of after that match.
What an honor, as you said, to cal that match.
It was an honor. Sometimes in your life, you get to call history.
That was amazing.
At a WWE Live event in Portland, Oregon on Friday night,
WWE and Doritos Jacked posed a bold challenge
to a member of the WWE Universe,
and one fan dared to answer the call. Check this out.
[whooshing]
[man 1] What's up, buddy? Know who this is? That's Mark Henry.
What if I offered you a deal for your two tickets tonight?
And I'll replace them with three tickets to SummerSlam at the Staples Center.
Well, there's a catch.
You get in the ring with Mark Henry and take a splash.
-Are you serious? -[man] Yeah.
I can't, man.
-You're young once. I'll do it. -All right, brother.
[dramatic rock music playing]
[man 2] Surprise flight to LA for SummerSlam. Hard to beat.
Bring it on, Mark Henry.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to SummerSlam Axxess.
-[cheering] -Know what you're getting yourself into?
♪ Millions of dollars Millions of dollars… ♪
I'm taking all 414 lbs.
You?
I've been on the receiving end of this, so you're definitely bold.
-Thank you. -Have fun getting splashed.
Good luck.
Moments away. Now it's time to walk the walk.
Give it up for Brandon Hendrix!
[cheering, applause]
[ominous music playing]
I'm only gonna give him 10%.
I just wanna see how bold he really is.
[man 3] He is ready.
[dramatic music playing]
Brandon was bold enough.
The splash was a once-in-a-lifetime insane opportunity.
[man 3] He got himself some VIP seats to SummerSlam.
-[music fades] -[crowd chanting] Brandon! Brandon!
[whooshing]
[Cole] Well, there he is. Brandon Hendrix, the Doritos Jacked Bold fan.
They got the best seats in the house.
In fact, they're better than ringside seats.
Brandon, his girlfriend, Cesar, his friend, and his brother
get to hang out in front of us for the next matchup.
They got better seats than we do.
[Cole] You're right!
♪ I'm here to show the world… ♪
[Lawler] But we didn't have to get splashed by Mark Henry.
[Cole] Not at all. Brandon's got my respect.
[bell rings]
[Roberts] This is a mixed tag team match set for one fall.
Introducing first, the team of Kaitlyn and Dolph Ziggler!
[Cole] Mixed tag team action here on SummerSlam.
Former World Champion Dolph Ziggler,
former Divas Champion Kaitlyn
really with a score to settle tonight
in this match against Big E Langston and AJ Lee.
[AJ Lee's theme music playing]
♪ Let's light it up ♪
♪ Light it up, light it up Light it tonight ♪
♪ Let's light it up… ♪
[Roberts] And their opponents,
introducing first, from Union City, New Jersey,
she is the Divas Champion,
AJ Lee!
[Cole] Thing have become really personal between AJ and Kaitlyn.
[Lawler] I'm gonna tell you,
things always become personal between AJ and anybody she gets involved with.
[Roberts] …weighing 285 lbs,
Big E Langston!
AJ Lee's so-called best friend Big E Langston.
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And there looking on, of course, is Brandon Hendrix.
He's our Doritos Jacked Bold fan of the night.
Better than ringside seats with his girlfriend, brother, and friend.
Set for mixed tag team action. Remember, the rules for this matchup,
Divas in the ring or Superstars in the ring.
And it'll start off with Big E Langston and Dolph Ziggler one-on-one.
Remember, Big E Langston used to be the heavy
for "The Show Off" Dolph Ziggler.
Cover and a kick-out. John, Big E once told us that he never liked Dolph Ziggler.
He just did it for AJ Lee.
[Layfield] Well, he got AJ Lee.
-[Cole] Oh man! -[Layfield] So it worked.
-[Cole] Who? -[Layfield] Big E.
[Cole] They're friends, John.
And here's Big E.
Man! Very athletic Langston.
[Lawler] Flying all over the place.
[Cole] Hook of the leg on Kingston, who kicks out at two.
[Layfield] He's with AJ Lee, so it worked.
-[Lawler] They're partners tonight, right? -[Layfield] yeah.
[Cole] And Langston, the former powerlifting champion,
looking to wear down Ziggler.
[referee] Come on, Dolph.
[Cole] Pretty interesting, Big E Langston and AJ and Dolph Ziggler,
all at different times training at Muscle Beach here in Venice this week
as part of SummerSlam Week.
Big E is pretty impressive,
according to a lot of people down there.
-[Lawler] You think? -[Cole] Yeah.
John, you trained at Muscle Beach this week. Did you work out with Big E?
[Layfield chuckling]
-Oh! -[Layfield] No, I didn't.
Big E has a 575 bench, 806 deadlift, and 750 squat, believe me.
[Cole] I knew there was a reason you worked out with me.
[Layfield laughing]
And there's Ziggler…
[Layfield] I wanna feel good about myself.
[Cole] "The Show Off" with a dropkick to the jaw of Langston.
AJ makes a tag. This means Ziggler has to tag in Kaitlyn
under mixed tag team rules.
Kaitlyn has been put through the wringer by AJ Lee.
Lost her championship to AJ.
AJ turned Kaitlyn's best friend, Layla, against her.
[Lawler] Ooh!
[Cole] And now Kaitlyn looking to take it out tonight on AJ.
Oof!
[Layfield] AJ's lost a lot of best friends, boyfriends.
-[Cole] So's Kaitlyn. -[Layfield] That's true.
-[Cole] Oh, AJ with a spinning kick. -[Layfield] Almost lost her head.
[Cole] Caught Kaitlyn. Is it enough to put her away?
Divas Champion almost had a pinfall.
[Lawler] I don't think Kaitlyn's had as many boyfriends as AJ.
[Cole] No, AJ's had a number.
She said that they've all broken her heart,
they deserved what they got. They tricked her and left her,
much like Kaitlyn did as her friend.
AJ said the one thing that's never going to abandon her, though,
is the Divas Championship.
[Layfield] Sometimes you gotta wonder, maybe the whole world is not wrong.
Maybe it's AJ.
[Cole] AJ called Dolph "a small, little man
who's cold-hearted and disrespectful"
and claims that Dolph is not over her…
which Dolph contradicts.
AJ with an elbow.
[Layfield] California, they have psychiatrists everywhere.
[Cole] Hook of the leg, and Kaitlyn at two.
I wonder if AJ has actually ever visited one.
If she tried to see a psychiatrist, he'd be in the loony bin himself.
[Cole] Swinging neckbreaker that time by AJ,
and again, another neckbreaker to Kaitlyn.
-And AJ having her way. -That's why I'm the champ!
[booing]
[Lawler] You wonder who AJ is trying to impress more right now,
our WWE Universe or Dolph Ziggler.
You know she still wants to rub it in Dolph's face that
she's not his anymore.
[Layfield commentating indistinctly]
[Lawler chuckling]
[Layfield] At the Slammies, she got runner-up for best kiss.
Also the second runner-up, the third runner-up, and she also won it.
[Lawler] Speaking about nicknames, I heard her nickname was Gideon.
Any truth to that?
[Cole] Brandon Hendrix looking on along with his friends,
as Kaitlyn tries to fight back into this.
[Layfield] Watch out.
[Cole] AJ, you know, we can make fun of her all we want,
but she's obviously the Divas champ for a reason.
[Layfield] She's good at what she does.
Kaitlyn had her beat a couple of pay-per-views ago,
and AJ got into her head.
[Cole] Ooh!
[Layfield] I don't know if AJ's crazy like a fox, but it works.
[Cole] Kaitlyn off the shoulder tackle. Is it enough?
[Lawler] You know, you're right. We're having fun
sometimes at AJ's expense, but you're right.
There's no way to deny her athletic ability.
We don't make fun of that.
[Cole] Here comes Big E, and here comes Dolph as well.
-[Lawler] Whoa. -[Cole] Dolph Ziggler.
[Layfield] Things just picked up in a big way.
[Cole] He's using his quickness as well.
Off the neckbreaker, Ziggler dropping the elbow to Big E.
Here comes "The Show Off."
-[Layfield] That once killed you, King. -[Lawler] You're right.
[crowd] Five! Six!
[Lawler] Ten of those elbows will just about do anybody in.
Maybe even Big E.
-[crowd] Ohhhhh… -[Ziggler] Uh!
[crowd noise drowns out Layfield commentary]
[Cole] Dolph Ziggler, cover on Big E Langston,
who kicks out.
I'd like to welcome all those watching SummerSlam
in Australia on Main Event,
in New Zealand on Sky Arena.
[Cole] And Big E Langston…
-[Layfield] Look at the power of Big E. -[Cole] No kidding. Man!
Driving the knee right to the back of Ziggler.
Is it enough? Hook of the leg this time.
-And there is Kaitlyn saving the matchup. -[Lawler] What?
That may have been a mistake, Kaitlyn.
[Layfield] Kaitlyn's made a mistake.
-[Cole] And now AJ! -[Lawler] No kidding. She paid for it.
[referee] Come on, AJ. Get out of the ring.
[Lawler] Big E's arm is wider than your whole body.
-[Cole] Yeah. -[Lawler] This guy is massive. Oh!
[Layfield commentates indistinctly]
-[Lawler] Uh-oh! -[Cole] Oh, shoulder-first, Big E.
[Lawler] It may be a big arm, but it's not as big as that steel post.
[Cole] I'm sure they're chatting about this match on Twitter
using the hashtag "SummerSlam."
A lot of reaction to the Lesnar-Punk match, and…
Look at AJ grabbing the leg of her ex-boyfriend.
-Kaitlyn! What a Spear! -[Lawler] Whoa-ho-ho!
-[Cole] Langston! -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Cover. Is it enough to put Ziggler away?
Ziggler stays in it.
[Big E yells in frustration]
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[Layfield] There goes that strap.
[Cole] And it could be Big Ending time for Big E.
[Lawler] Whoa.
-[Cole] Ziggler up top. From behind! -[Layfield] Zig Zag!
[Cole] The Zig Zag!
[bell rings]
♪ I'm here to show the world ♪
♪ I'm here to show the world… ♪
[Roberts] The winners of this match, the team of Kaitlyn and Dolph Ziggler!
[Cole] Dolph Ziggler and Kaitlyn with the win tonight here
in the mixed tag team match,
as Brandon Hendrix,
our Doritos Jacked Bold fan, looks on.
Better than ringside seats.
[Lawler] Watch this, as AJ gets involved,
but she paid for it. Aah!
[Layfield, chuckling] Did she ever!
Oh!
[Lawler] I thought that Dolph Ziggler was done,
but somehow Dolph comes back here. Look at this.
Zig Zag!
Good night.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[bell rings]
[Lawler] What a matchup.
[Cole] Dolph and Kaitlyn with a little bit of retribution and revenge
against AJ and Big E tonight at the Staples Center,
sold out for SummerSlam.
What a night it's been. So far, we've seen the Ring of Fire match,
"The Best versus The Beast," and now it's time for the sec…
-[Fandango's theme music playing] -…ond… main…
[crowd singing along to music]
It's Fandan--
[Cole] Ooh!
[Lawler] Looks like it's Fandan-no.
[Cole] Or Fan-down-go.
[Layfield] Chuck Woolery never did that.
[Cole] We are in Hollywood tonight, ladies and gentlemen.
Fifth consecutive year that Los Angeles has hosted SummerSlam.
17,739 WWE fans, sold out, in attendance tonight for SummerSlam.
Also, some very special guests here tonight
sitting near us. There's Will Greenberg on the right,
Francia Raisa, who are the co-stars with Miz in Christmas Bounty
on the ABC Family channel in November.
We got some stats upstairs as well, part of our SummerSlam Kickoff panel.
Here's Josh Mathews.
Thanks a lot, guys, and it's been an incredible night in the Staples Center.
But now it's time to put the experts on the spot.
It is prediction time,
as we prepare for the WWE Championship match,
John Cena versus Daniel Bryan.
Shawn, you're closer than anyone to this situation.
You trained Daniel Bryan.
Can he become WWE Champion tonight?
You asked me at the beginning, and I'm sticking with him.
Daniel Bryan's my man.
As far as Daniel Bryan goes,
I mean, of course he's gonna go out there, he's gonna fight,
he's gonna scratch.
John Cena, on the other hand, is he gonna step up?
Is he still hungry? That's the question.
Like I said before, I'm picking Daniel Bryan.
[Michaels] And can I just say real quick,
Brock Lesnar, CM Punk, thank you very much.
Hey, don't forget about Alberto Del Rio and Christian.
-Just a phenomenal show. Again, thank you. -Totally.
[Mathews] An incredible night,
as we prepare for the WWE Championship match.
John Cena defending his title against Daniel Bryan.
Triple H, of course, the guest referee for this match.
But for champion and challenger,
it all came together the night after Money in the Bank.
[whooshing]
[uneasy music playing]
I am going to allow you
to choose your own opponent at SummerSlam.
I select Daniel Bryan.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[ominous music playing]
Are you a fool, Daniel Bryan?
John Cena knows what I know.
The WWE's never had a dwarf…
The missing link…
…a toothpick for a WWE Champion.
Some people would say he more closely resembles a troll…
He doesn't have the aura…
…than a WWE Champion.
You don't have Ruthless Aggression.
I've said before that I don't want John Cena to be WWE Champion.
I want you to be champion even less.
[booing]
I don't care what the old man thinks.
Daniel Bryan quite possibly could be the future of the WWE.
[dramatic music playing]
[McMahon] This makeover needs one other thing.
And that's shave that beard off.
[booing]
[music intensifying]
[Cole] Oh!
[Lawler] Look at this!
-[Layfield] So much for the makeover. -[Cole] The boss is not gonna like this.
[Bryan] You want me to change?
[Triple H] It really doesn't matter what you throw at Daniel Bryan.
[Bryan] I say no!
He is so driven, he will overcome anything.
[Roberts] Your special guest referee,
Brad Maddox!
[Cole] And here's Barrett.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
That count seemed a little fast.
Oh, come on, now!
Mr. McMahon, I would like to be the official
for the match at SummerSlam
between John Cena and Daniel Bryan.
-[McMahon] Would you be impartial? -Yes, of course.
Would you call it down the line?
Scout's honor.
[McMahon] Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, at SummerSlam…
[Triple H's theme music playing]
[Triple] I do think that you need somebody to take control of this match.
Somebody impartial with the guts to do what is right
and not be intimidated.
I just don't think
that you're referring to Brad Maddox.
[Lawler] Oh!
[Triple H] It seems an awful lot like you're referring to
me.
Now John and I can have the match
that we and the entire WWE Universe deserves.
But I don't think this is what the company actually wants.
It seems to me like they want somebody like John Cena.
More style than substance, in it for the fame.
Not in it for the wrestling.
And guess what?
I don't want to be a parody.
[Cena] Daniel, I'm not a parody.
The reason I'm out here is the same reason you're out here.
All of these people with their signs and their hands up in the air,
sometimes they cheer, sometimes they boo,
but I have stood in for a dozen years
in front of the biggest names this business has to offer,
and the difference between you and me is not parody, Jack.
Every one of those matches,
I did it while I was holding this.
You are the best competition in the WWE right now.
And I will prove at SummerSlam
even the best isn't good enough.
[music fades]
[whooshing]
[Roberts] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your special guest referee,
"The Game" Triple H!
♪ Behold the king ♪
♪ The king of kings ♪
♪ On your knees, dog ♪
[laughter]
♪ All hail ♪
♪ Bow down to the ♪
♪ Bow down to the king ♪
♪ Bow down to the ♪
♪ Bow down to the king ♪
♪ The king grinned red As he walked from the place ♪
[laughter]
♪ Where the traitor Lost both his name and his face ♪
♪ Through the halls and the corridors Stinging in blood ♪
♪ He tasted his grin… ♪
[music fades]
[Daniel Bryan's theme music playing]
[cheering]
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[chanting continues]
[cheering]
[chanting resumes]
[Cole] 17,739 WWE fans
all doing, "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
[Lawler] And that's because "The Beard" is here!
[Layfield] Could tonight be Daniel Bryan's night?
[music fades]
[booing]
[John Cena's theme music playing]
[booing]
♪ Krrrr, Amadou! ♪
It's finally here!
♪ Your time is up My time is now ♪
♪ You can't see me My time is now ♪
♪ It's the franchise Boy, I'm shining now ♪
♪ You can't see me My time is now… ♪
SummerSlam. Let's do it, Stu!
♪ My money stack fat Plus I can't turn the swell off ♪
♪ The franchise doing big business I live this ♪
♪ It's automatic I win this So you hear those horns who finish ♪
♪ A soldier, and I stay under you… ♪
[Cole] Well, John Cena or Daniel Bryan.
The WWE Champion the next time we come your way
on pay-per-view four weeks from tonight, the Joe in Detroit
for Night of Champions.
The most polarizing individual in WWE history
and the current WWE Champion, John Cena,
against his hand-picked opponent tonight, Daniel Bryan.
♪ Let 'em hate I drop ya whole clan ♪
♪ Lay yo ass down For the three-second tan ♪
♪ Your time is up My time is now ♪
♪ You can't see me My time is now… ♪
-[music fades] -[booing]
[bell rings]
[Roberts] The following contest, set for one fall,
is for the WWE Championship.
Introducing first, the challenger,
from Aberdeen, Washington,
weighing 210 lbs,
Daniel Bryan!
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Roberts] And his opponent,
from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing 251 lbs,
he is the current WWE Champion,
John Cena!
[Cole] For over 50 years,
it's the most prestigious championship in sports entertainment.
Don't lose those.
[Cole] John Cena has held the WWE title 11 times.
Daniel Bryan has never held the gold.
And the question is for Daniel Bryan,
tonight, will he become the next John Cena?
Will he become the next Rock?
Or will he become the first
Daniel Bryan?
[Layfield] John Cena won his first WWE Championship right here.
Will he lose his 11th right here in the Staples Center?
[Cole] Won his first title against the man to my right,
John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
And it's Cena and Bryan one-on-one for the WWE title
in the biggest match in the career of Daniel Bryan.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh, guys, I don't know about you,
hair standing up on the back of my neck here.
[Cole] John Cena, his tenth straight match at SummerSlam.
And Daniel Bryan, now, we wanna point out,
you see that John Cena's left elbow is heavily wrapped.
That is because Cena has a swollen and distended elbow.
It's like a baseball is stuck in his left elbow, according to Cena.
It's been taped up. He says he's fine tonight,
but you have to believe
that a submission specialist like Daniel Bryan
will target that elbow of John Cena.
[Layfield] Cena's gonna say it's fine. That's why he's John Cena.
We'll find out if it really is.
[Cole] For Daniel Bryan, this match is played out like this.
Daniel Bryan, the wrestler, against Cena, the entertainer.
Does John Cena wanna get into a "wrestling match"
with Daniel Bryan, King?
[Lawler] I don't think John Cena has any problem
in any kind of match with Daniel Bryan.
John Cena picked Daniel Bryan as his opponent tonight at SummerSlam.
So I don't think Dan-- I don't think John Cena fears Daniel Bryan
in any way, shape, form, or fashion.
[Layfield] Yeah, but truly John Cena picked Daniel Bryan
because he was the hottest WWE Superstar on the roster.
[Cole] And he is the hottest on the roster.
Daniel Bryan, his short history at SummerSlam very, very impressive.
Cena, nice takedown. Again, shoulders down by Bryan.
Kick-out.
[Layfield] Daniel may be hot, but he's still 210 lbs
and looks like a goat against an 11-time WWE Champion.
[Cole] And look at Cena.
Triple H, special guest referee, perfect position as well.
Daniel Bryan holding his own. Daniel Bryan…
And there goes John Cena. Monkey flip by Bryan.
Daniel Bryan going for the elbow. Went for the "Yes!" Lock early.
John Cena smart. Wise move by the champ.
[booing]
[inaudible]
Cena, that is our ringside doctor who's sitting next to King here,
to King's left. John Cena just whispered something
to Dr. Amann, and I wonder what that was all about.
[Lawler] Would it be bad to ask Dr. Amann what he said?
[Layfield] You're sitting right by him, King.
[Lawler] Doc, can you tell us what he said?
Can you tell us what he said?
[Dr. Amann speaking indistinctly]
[Lawler] How about that?
[Cole] Yeah, well, John Cena apparently told the doc his elbow's fine.
-[Lawler laughing] -[Layfield] How do you translate that?
[Lawler] He's celebrating. He's already celebrating.
I'm telling you, John Cena feels confident about this match.
[Cole] Why shouldn't he?
One of the all-time greats.
[Lawler] I mean, we heard our illustrious panel.
We heard… we heard the man who helped train Daniel Bryan.
We heard Shawn Michaels say that… that Daniel Bryan can win.
Yes, he can win.
[Cole] John, you made a great point.
There's a reason John Cena is using his left arm for the headlock here
and to takedown Daniel Bryan. Show off the elbow's not hurt.
[Layfield] John Cena's one of the toughest WWE competitors of all time.
[Cole] And look at Cena.
Daniel Bryan looking to reverse it, manages to get his shoulder up.
But again Cena using the weight to his advantage.
Cena gonna have the physical advantage in this.
Daniel Bryan, though, nice bridge out.
Nice reversal. Backslide on Cena. Shoulders down on the champ,
and a two, kick-out.
[Layfield] Cena's record also--
[Cole] And Bryan… Nice takedown by Daniel Bryan.
[Layfield] Cena's record also says
he's one of the greatest WWE Superstars of all time.
-[Lawler] Right. -[Layfield] I know John.
He says that elbow's fine. I'm not sure it is.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan now…
No! No!
…who claims he has more than 100 ways to make a man tap out.
Here's one. John Cena trying to prevent his arms being stretched here by Bryan.
And Bryan…
Literally, Cena powering out.
[Lawler] Lot of strength from John Cena.
[Cole] Look out. Daniel Bryan right off our announce table!
And Bryan hit hard.
-Daniel Bryan hit hard. -[Lawler] Did he ever.
[booing]
Check this out one more time, and listen to the landing.
[Cole] Ooh, and Bryan went, uh, seemed to be ribs-first, King,
into the side of the announce table.
And Cena's gonna show no mercy tonight. Cena's the champ.
His championship's on the line.
It's about being champ. It's about being top of the heap.
John Cena… Oh, shoulder and elbow-first into the steps.
[Layfield] Bryan can't win a championship outside the ring though.
[Cole] No, he's gotta pin the champ or make him submit.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Cole] Just an incredible atmosphere all night long here at the Staples Center.
[referee] Four!
[Cole] What is Daniel Bryan gonna do out here?
He's on the steel steps. John Cena with a block.
And now Daniel Bryan pays for it off the top of the steel steps.
[Layfield] That's strength.
That's just a matter of size difference between John Cena and Daniel Bryan.
[fans chanting] You still suck! You still suck! You still suck!
[Cole] Cena sending Bryan into the ring. Looks to put Bryan away
as he hooks the leg, and Bryan needs two before he kicks out.
[Lawler] One thing I like about the fact Triple H is refereeing this match
is the fact that you know "The Game"'s gonna give some leeway.
He's gonna let these guys go.
That's the way… that's the way the WWE Universe want it.
I think that's the way these Superstars want it.
[Cole] Triple H knows what it means to be in championship matches,
to be in the main event of SummerSlam,
the importance of this night for not only Cena
but the young career of Daniel Bryan.
Cena would win a power game, there's no doubt about that,
and that's on display now.
You can do all the moves you want, but sometimes power just prevails.
[Lawler] You're right about that.
[Layfield] You can't coach speed, and you can't coach power.
That's something awful hard to counter.
I don't care how many wrestling moves you know.
[alternating chants of "Let's go, Cena!" and "Let's go, Bryan!"]
[Cole] This place, the Staples Center, has been electric all night long.
[Lawler] But it's something about the presence of Cena…
[Cole] Oh man! Is it enough?
Cena into the cover.
Looking to put Daniel Bryan away,
who powers out at two.
[Layfield] I think Cena said, "To heck with wrestling."
"Let's turn this into a fight."
[Cole] John Cena looking to wear down Daniel Bryan.
Cena realizes he needs to keep the pace slow,
ground Bryan, not allow him to get that momentum going.
We all know what Bryan can do when he starts flying around the ring.
[Layfield] Bryan's one of the most exciting Superstars
I've ever seen in my life.
He's on one of the greatest rolls I've ever seen,
and you're right. You better keep "The Flying Goat" down.
[Lawler] As I said earlier,
Triple H is the kind of referee that's gonna let these guys go.
-That's what I like about it. -[Layfield] I agree with you, King.
Matches like this should be decided in the ring, not by a referee
[Cole] Here comes the number one contender for the WWE title.
[Lawler] And "The Game"'s gonna let some fists fly here too. That's all right.
[Layfield] Better believe it.
[Cole] This is what Cena had to be careful of.
[cheering]
[Lawler] Don't gloat, Goat. Keep it up.
[Cole] Oh, and Cena…
There's just no low gear for Daniel Bryan, is there?
[Layfield] No, there isn't.
-[Lawler] But he who hesitates is lost. -[Layfield] He drives it like he stole it.
[Cole] This is what I was talking about. This is what Cena had to stay away from.
Momentum starting to switch, starting to build for Bryan.
He's starting to feel… starting to feed off the WWE fans.
[Layfield] Daniel Bryan knows that this is his date with destiny.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[crowd] Yes!
[Cole] And through all this, the lead-up to tonight,
Bryan's been confident. He believes he can beat Cena.
[crowd] Yes! Yes! Yes!
Ohhhhh…
[Cole] Cena ducked underneath.
-And Cena with a shoulder tackle. -[booing]
-[Lawler] Whoa! -[Cole] John Cena on display.
[booing]
[Lawler, chuckling] Come on, John. You gotta do it.
Yes!
[Layfield] Five-Knuckle Shuffle. Just aim at the hairy ball.
[Lawler] He does not fear "The B--" Ooh!
[Layfield] Oh!
[Cole] Bryan trying to wrestle Cena to the ground.
Cena rolling through. Nice takedown of Daniel Bryan as well.
[Layfield] Nice counter by Cena.
[Cole] And a nice counter by Bryan.
Now Cena's got him where he wants him.
[Lawler] Can't see me.
Here it comes. Five-Knuckle Shuffle.
Ooh!
[Cole] It may be a matter of time.
John Cena in position for the AA.
And here he is. Daniel Bryan up on his shoulders.
John Cena looking to put Daniel Bryan away.
Oh, no.
Still in this thing.
[Layfield] Right on the chin.
[Lawler] Daniel Bryan going way up top.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan from the top rope.
Is it enough to put the champ away?
Hook of the leg by Daniel Bryan,
and a kick-out at two.
And a shiner begins to grow under the left eye of Cena.
[Layfield] Could have been that boot in the corner.
[Lawler] Or that shot before he was about to deliver
that first "you can't see me."
[Cole] And that could become problematic if Cena's left eye closes.
[Layfield] Won't matter if it's under the eye.
If it's above the eye, that's when you really start worrying.
'Cause that's when you get where you can't see.
[Lawler] It's swelling fast though.
Oh!
Get up! Get up!
Get up!
[Cole] Oh man.
[groans in pain]
Cena's hurting, guys.
[Layfield] Can you imagine Daniel Bryan after Cena beats The Rock at WrestleMania
that Daniel Bryan takes the championship at SummerSlam?
[Lawler] Oh, watch this elbow.
[Cole] We questioned earlier whether Bryan would target the elbow, and he has.
[Layfield] Of course he will.
[Cole] It's about the WWE title,
doing anything you can to win the gold.
Become the top dog around here.
[Layfield] Very few chances you get in life to be World Champion,
to be WWE Champion. Daniel Bryan knows that.
[Cole] He may never get another opportunity.
Get up!
Get up! You get up!
[Lawler] Watching this match, I'm getting the impression
it would take an awful lot for Triple H to disqualify either one of these guys.
[Layfield] This isn't a wrestling match. It's an old-fashioned fight.
[Lawler] And I think "The Game" is gonna let 'em fight.
[Layfield] Daniel Bryan's been working that elbow.
[Cole] And look at Cena. Nice drop toehold by Cena.
John Cena off the drop toehold usually goes for the STF,
but Daniel Bryan will kick his way out of this thing.
And now Daniel Bryan going for the "Yes!" Lock.
[Layfield] In his own hold!
-[Lawler] What? -[Cole] No, it isn't.
He's got Cena in his hold.
No!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan has turned the tables on the champion.
[Layfield] Cena could lose this match to his very own hold.
-Can you imagine that? -[Lawler] Unheard of.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan with Cena locked in with Cena's own hold.
Will John Cena make it to the bottom rope here?
Is Cena gonna tap out?
Championship on the line.
Submission gives the title to Bryan.
[Layfield] You can't tell me Daniel Bryan wasn't waiting on this opportunity.
He wants to tap John Cena out in his own hold.
[Cole] Cena trying somehow to drag Bryan to the bottom rope.
Daniel Bryan bringing Cena back to the middle of the ring.
John Cena off balance, one leg.
What's Bryan doing here?
Oh man, what a suplex!
Shoulders down on Cena,
and he kicks out at two.
Incredible.
-[Lawler] What a match. Oh, again! -[Cole] German suplex by Daniel Bryan.
Again Cena stacked up, and again…
But Daniel Bryan still with the arm locks around the waist of Cena.
Now Cena looking to power out.
[Lawler exclaims in shock]
-[Cole] And now Daniel Bryan… -[Layfield] Back to that arm!
[Cole] Bryan's got it locked in.
Is Cena gonna tap?
Is Cena gonna tap out?
Is Bryan gonna win the WWE Championship here?
Cena's got nowhere to go, middle of the ring.
Cena looking to try to… trying to maneuver his head.
[Lawler] Trying to some of that pressure off. He's done it.
Not all of it. Oh no, it's locked back in again.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan with it locked back in.
Cena doing a nice job trying to get his head up underneath there.
-John Cena… John Cena powering out. -[Lawler] He's out.
[Cole] Cena trying to fight out, but look at Bryan.
[Lawler] Cena just flailing away.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan pugnacious.
[Lawler] He's on Cena like a spider monkey!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan pugnacious.
Cena's down to his knees.
It may be only a matter of time before Bryan wins the championship here.
[Lawler] I don't think Cena can get out!
[Cole] Triple H, perfect position.
Will Cena tap out, or will Cena pass out?
[crowd chanting] Daniel Bryan!
[Layfield] If Cena doesn't tap, he's gonna be asleep soon.
[Cole] Yeah, John Cena, desperate times here for the champion.
WWE fans in Staples firmly behind Daniel Bryan.
John Cena looking to use his strength to try to power out of this.
[Layfield] The strength of John Cena. That is incredible.
[Cole] Yeah, but how do you loosen Daniel Bryan's grip?
Perhaps that way.
And again, Daniel Bryan is still hanging on.
John Cena has no way out of this.
[Lawler] Cena weakening.
[Layfield] Cena just needs to grab the ropes to break the hold.
[Cole] He breaks it there momentarily, but
so much has been taken out of the champion.
-[Cole] Cena's face is a mess. -[Lawler] Mm.
[Cole] Could be a broken nose. And look at this!
-AA! AA! -[Layfield] Cena has him.
[Cole] Cena, from out of nowhere…
Bryan kicked out!
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[chanting continues]
[Cole] Looked almost desperate for Cena
as he hoisted Bryan up into the AA
and Daniel Bryan still managed to kick out
of Cena's finishing maneuver.
I know why he liked the kid.
[Lawler] Watch this.
I'm telling you, that's as good an AA as you're gonna see,
but it didn't put… it didn't put Daniel Bryan away.
[Layfield] And he had him covered with the leg hooked too, King.
[Cole] In realizing that Bryan just kicked out of the AA,
Cena looking to pull out all the stops. Daniel Bryan right back on the attack.
Cena went up high. It may cost the champion.
Cena continuing to fight back, but Daniel Bryan keeps coming back
and coming back and coming back.
Cena continues to thwart the attacks.
-[Layfield] Daniel Bryan will not quit. -[Cole] Not at all.
-[Layfield] I love it. -[Cole] Daniel Bryan caught Cena!
[Lawler] Now Cena's hanging on.
[Triple H] Come on, Daniel. Come on, let him off the top.
[Cole] Oh my God.
[Layfield] Daniel Bryan knows how important this is.
This doesn't end well.
[Cole] High stakes, high risk, high above the ring at Staples.
Superplex! And what…?
[Lawler] And Daniel Bryan hangs on.
-[Cole] Daniel Bryan hanging on. -[cheering]
Daniel Bryan didn't absorb the normal impact of the superplex.
[Lawler] Oh my gosh.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan with John Cena out in the middle of the ring.
[Lawler] It's time to fear "The Beard."
[Layfield] We're about to go Air Goat, and it might be for the WWE Championship!
[cheering]
-[Lawler screams] -[Cole] Bryan connecting!
Is it Bryan's time?
Is it his moment right here, right now?
Not yet.
And Cena wisely rolls out of the ring to try to regather himself.
[Lawler] Watch this again. Flying headbutt, and it hits its mark.
I thought Cena was finished.
[Layfield] What great presence John Cena has to roll out of the ring.
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[Lawler] What's Bryan thinking here?
-[Cole] Daniel Bryan… -[Lawler] Incoming!
[Cole] Cena caught him. Cena knew it was coming.
Cena lying in wait, and Bryan paid for it.
[Lawler] Do you think John Cena has changed Daniel Bryan's opinion
about him being not… not a wrestler but an entertainer?
[Cole] Cena gonna go up high one more time.
John Cena paid for this last time. Will John Cena be able to connect now?
Yes, he does. Leg across the back of the neck.
John Cena covers Bryan,
and Bryan again stays alive!
-Talk about guts. -[Lawler] Wow.
Watch the height that John Cena gets here.
And, as you said, he connects.
How did that not finish off Daniel Bryan?
[Cole] And did you notice Cena on the upper left-hand corner of your screen
when that replay was playing,
he was looking at Triple H holding up the two fingers,
saying, "It was just two? It was just two?"
Almost like he was begging for a three-count.
He thought he had Bryan there.
[alternating chants of "Let's go, Cena!" and "Cena sucks!"]
What a feeling tonight here in Los Angeles.
[Lawler chuckling]
[Layfield] What a show we've had tonight.
And what a WWE Championship we have right now.
[Cole] It's anybody's ballgame.
Uh-oh. Uh-oh.
-[Cole] John Cena… -[Lawler] What is he thinking?
[Cole] …with Daniel Bryan up high, but look at Bryan fighting back.
This kid doesn't go away!
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Lawler] Oh, he's just hammering into the side of John's neck and head.
[crowd] Ohhhhh…
[Lawler] How much punishment can Cena take?
[Cole] What's Bryan gonna do here? What's he gonna try to do here?
-[Cole] This time, it's Cena. -[Layfield] The strength we talked about.
-[Lawler] Oh! -[Cole] Oh man!
[Layfield] Ow!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan landing right on his head.
And now Cena, the STF.
And now the move that Bryan used earlier, Cena brings back now.
He's got Bryan locked in.
Will Bryan tap out?
It's for the championship. It's for the gold.
He's looking in the eyes of the referee, Triple H.
Will Bryan tap out?
Is he gonna tap out?
Cena's got it in. Bryan trying to drag himself to the ropes.
For Daniel Bryan, the moment of truth.
[Lawler] He's rolling. He's rolling, trying to…
[Cole] Cena's still got it locked in. Bryan's got nowhere to go.
-[Lawler] Still locked in. -[Cole] It's legal.
You notice how Cena's forearm's on the chin of Bryan.
-Bryan may be fading here. -[Lawler] Yes, he is.
[Layfield] Bryan has no leverage anywhere.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan may be fading here.
-[Layfield] Bryan's got nowhere to go. -[Lawler] That leg is locked.
He's on his back. He's in trouble!
[Cole] Triple H is at the ready. If Bryan taps out here
or if he faints, Daniel Bryan…
Daniel Bryan, reversal, reversal, reversal.
Reversal to the bad arm. Daniel Bryan, "Yes!" Lock!
[Triple H] Come on, John, what do you say?
[Cole] What's Cena gonna do? Is he gonna tap out?
-[Lawler] He almost tapped. -[Cole] All for the WWE Championship.
Bryan vowed that he'd make Cena tap tonight.
Will it happen?
[Lawler] Cena trying to eye those ropes, but you're a long way away, John.
[Cole] Cena trying to do everything he can in his power to make it to the ropes.
Forces a break. Bryan's gotta break.
If he's disqualified, he loses his opportunity.
Smart move by Bryan.
[inaudible]
[Cole] Man, Cena has been through a battle tonight.
[Lawler] Both these men have.
-[Cole] And look at Triple H… -I'm all right. I'm okay. I'm okay.
…questioning Cena and his elbow.
[Lawler] Triple H was calling for the doctor.
[Cole] I believe so, too, but Cena waved it off, saying he was okay.
-Daniel Bryan… -[Lawler] Oh!
[Cole] Daniel Bryan back and forth.
Again to Cena.
Cena down in the corner.
Daniel Bryan, third time, runs into… What a clothesline!
[Layfield] What a freaking clothesline!
[Cole] A wicked clothesline by Cena.
[Lawler] Daniel Bryan turned in 360.
[Layfield] If Cena can cover him right now, then Cena's got him.
What a collision!
[crowd chanting] This is awesome! This is awesome!
[Cole] Watch this impact.
-Watch Cena. Watch Cena here. -[Lawler] Watch this clothesline.
-[Cole] Boom! -[Layfield chuckling]
[Lawler] Almost knocked Daniel Bryan right out of his boots.
[Cole] These two tremendous Superstars have left it all in the ring tonight
for the WWE Championship.
This match is gonna come down to who's the toughest,
to who has more left in the tank,
to who has the will.
[Layfield] I think it's gonna come down to whoever can hit the last big move.
[Cole] Oh! And Cena with a strike of his own.
[crowd] Yes!
[booing]
[crowd] Yes!
[booing]
[crowd] Yes!
[booing]
-[Lawler] Watch out! -[Cole] Both men down, center of the ring.
-What a match. -[Lawler, chuckling] No kidding.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome! This is awesome!
[Lawler] Watch this again.
Both these guys thinking the same thing.
Hitting those ropes, coming with everything they got.
Oh!
[Cole] Now it's Bryan starting to stir. Cena stirring as well.
This is a crucial moment in this matchup,
because the first man to his feet could gain momentum to put this away.
[Lawler] And look at "The Game" looking down at these two warriors here.
He's gotta be thinking, "Is this ever gonna end?"
"Can one of these guys get the best of the other?"
[Cole] Both men leaning on each other,
using each other's bodies and momentum to get back to their feet.
-[Cena] Come on! -[Lawler] Uh-oh.
-[booing] -Come on!
Come on!
-[cheering] -[Cole] Cena and Bryan…
[Layfield] Cena calling for the very best of Daniel Bryan.
-He's about to get it. -[Cole] Bryan called for the best of Cena.
[Layfield] Firing each other up! You gotta be kidding me! This is great!
[Cole] It's a new gear. Here comes Bryan.
Bryan's taking it to Cena.
They've come out of their seats in the Staples Center.
[Lawler] And here comes Cena.
[Cole] Bryan up over the top. Cena caught him. Cena caught him.
And he just muscles Bryan up.
[Lawler] Can he get that Attitude Adjustment?
-No! -[Cole] Oh, and a counter by Bryan.
[Lawler] Wow.
Oh man!
Daniel Bryan somehow just planted John Cena face-first.
-[Cole] I got goosebumps. -[Layfield] Talk about two warriors.
What a championship match! What a SummerSlam!
[Cole] What these two won't do for the WWE title.
[Layfield] It's that important.
[Cole] It makes careers, the prestige that comes with it.
Daniel Bryan's moment in time could be right here.
[Lawler] He's feeling it. He knows it!
[Cole] Cena caught him.
It's fine, because this thing is over.
[Cole] And John Cena said it's over.
[Layfield] That's the strength of John Cena.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan up on the shoulders,
going for the AA.
Bryan rolls him over. Hooks the leg. Shoulders are down…
Did he get him? No, two.
Bryan misses wildly.
And he caught him on the side of the head.
[Lawler] Man!
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[chanting continues]
[Lawler] I know the Universe love this.
-Whoa! -[Cole] Bryan!
-[Lawler] Whoa! -[Cole] Bryan into the cover.
The hook of the leg…
-He did it! Daniel Bryan did it! -[bell rings]
-Daniel Bryan is WWE Champion! -[Daniel Bryan's theme music playing]
[Roberts] The winner of this match,
and new WWE Champion,
Daniel Bryan!
[Cole] The fairy tale has come true.
The dream of a lifetime,
the decade of perseverance and hard work has paid off.
Daniel Bryan is on top of the world.
[Layfield] It's been said before, but they're right.
Miracles can happen.
-[Cole] Daniel Bryan is WWE Champion! -[Lawler] Wow.
"The Beard" is here,
and the champ is here.
[Cole] What an incredible display of emotion.
We all know how hard that young man has worked to get to this moment today.
What an incredible match with John Cena.
Daniel Bryan has arrived.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
-[music fades] -[booing]
[booing drowns out speech]
[crowd drowns out speech]
It's hard to get. It's even tougher to keep.
You're the champ.
-[cheering, applause] -[crowd drowns out speech]
[crowd drowns out speech]
[Layfield] One of the greatest.
-[Lawler] Oh my gosh, guys. -[Layfield] Great show of respect by Cena.
[Cole] That's why John Cena is not only one of the greatest champions of all time,
but an absolutely incredible human being.
[Layfield] And welcome to the era of Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] Welcome to the club, kid.
Daniel Bryan on top of the world.
[Lawler] What a historical night here at SummerSlam.
[Layfield] "The Beard" is here, King!
[Lawler] Yes, it is!
[Cole] 17,739 on their feet
as the celebration begins.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Layfield] A career was just made.
-A legacy just defined. -[Cole] And what an incredible SummerSlam.
Mom, Dad, thank you for always believing in me.
[Layfield] Congratulations, Daniel Bryan.
Yes! Yes!
[Cole] And the 26th annual SummerSlam
indeed paid off.
Lived up to the hype.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Cole] An incredible moment.
[Lawler] Guys, this could be the year of "The Beard"!
♪ I hear voices in my head… ♪
[Cole] Oh my God.
-Oh my God! -[Layfield] You gotta be kidding me.
[Cole] Mr. Money in the Bank, Randy Orton,
briefcase and contract in tow.
[Layfield] Randy Orton's about to cash in.
[Cole] Is Randy Orton gonna ruin Bryan's moment?
You want it?
I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm ready.
Come on. Come on!
Come on!
Yeah, come on!
Come on!
-Come on, Randy! -[Cole] New champ's not backing down.
[booing]
And Randy Orton with a little message,
just a little reminder to the WWE Champion.
[Lawler] Yeah. "I'm still here."
[Bryan] Yes!
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Lawler] Wait a minute.
[chanting continues]
[Cole] Oh my God! Oh my God!
-No! What the hell?! -[Layfield] What did Triple H just do?
[Lawler] What…?
I'm cashing in my contract.
[Cole] Oh my God, no.
Oh my God, no.
-Hunter, what are you doing? -He's cashing it in. Ring the bell, now.
-Ring it! -[bell rings]
[Cole] Hunter, what are you doing? This matchup's underway.
Bryan's out cold.
Randy Orton…
Randy Orton has cashed in Money in the Bank.
Randy Orton is a seven-time champion.
[Roberts] …and new WWE Champion,
Randy Orton!
-[Lawler] Oh my God! -[Cole] Yeah, I… I…
[Lawler] Triple H, what…?
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They counsel me, they understand ♪
♪ They talk to me… ♪
[Layfield] What the hell just happened?
[Cole spluttering in disbelief] This…
this isn't real.
[Layfield] Talk about a damper on a party.
This is the damnedest SummerSlam I've ever seen.
♪ You start questioning your faith… ♪
[Cole] You gotta be kidding me.
[Layfield] You can't help but feel bad for Daniel Bryan.
[Cole] Daniel Bryan…
Daniel Bryan…
[Lawler] Well, you know what, guys, look at it this way.
Mr. McMahon just got his wish. He didn't want Cena to be champion,
and he sure as hell didn't want Daniel Bryan to be champion.
[Cole] But, King, Triple H…
Triple H, of all people.
[Lawler] I don't know.
[Cole] I mean, I can't believe this.
-Randy Orton-- -[Lawler] Watch once again.
"The Game" Triple H spins Daniel Bryan around,
slams him face-first down with a Pedigree,
and then Randy Orton
cashes in.
[Cole] I mean, after that match, after that battle,
after the display that Bryan and Cena put together tonight,
to have Triple H do that to Daniel Bryan, and then Randy Orton…
[Lawler] Watch. Watch this, guys.
Randy Orton didn't even have to do a thing after that Pedigree.
He just turned Daniel Bryan over,
covered him,
and "The Game" counted one-two-three, and we got a new WWE Champion.
What on earth have we just witnessed?
What does this mean? What's gonna happen?
[Cole] Randy Orton is the new WWE Champion.
♪ I see faith has fallen ♪
♪ I hear voices in my head ♪
♪ They counsel me… ♪ d ♪