[fireworks exploding]
[music]
[music continues]
[announcer] Tonight, Raw superstars take it to the Max, they go extreme.
We are going to lock you up inside of a steel cage.
You will never get extreme.
[commentator] Kendo stick will be legal. Will Bayley get extreme?
Rules were made for superstars like Dean Ambrose.
[commentator] If Ambrose is disqualified, he's gonna lose
his intercontinental championship to The Miz.
[commentator 2] For the first time ever,
we're going to have an Extreme Rules fatal 5-way match.
And the winner will face Brock Lesnar for the universal championship.
[music]
[commentator] Will it be Seth Rollins?
[Seth] I've been to Suplex City and I'm not afraid to go back.
-[commentator] Samoa Joe. -[commentator] Action.
[Samoa] I enter the fatal 5-way. Results, I win.
[commentator] Finn Balor.
[Finn] I will go on to face Brock Lesnar for the championship that I never lost.
[commentator] Bray Wyatt.
[Bray] I'm gonna take the spear of destiny
and I will deliver it right into the heart of the beast.
[commentator] Or Roman Reigns?
[Roman] And I'm the only guy around here that can beat Brock Lesnar.
This is my yard.
[commentator] Every man for himself. Who is the favorite?
Everybody has an opportunity.
One of five men could change the course of the new era.
["Hellfire" by Barns Courtney playing]
[announcer] And now, WWE network presents Extreme Rules.
[music]
[fireworks exploding]
-[crowd cheering] -["Hellfire" by Barns Courtney continues]
[commentator] The WWE Universe is about to get Extreme.
You are looking live
at the sold out Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland,
11,769 WWE fans on hand
as Baltimore hosts Extreme Rules for a second time.
[music fades away]
[female announcer] Quiet on the set. Can we please have quiet on the set?
[camera flashes]
[male] Awesome!
[music]
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
And it is for the intercontinental championship.
If Dean Ambrose gets disqualified
he will lose his intercontinental championship.
Introducing first, The Challenger,
accompanied by Maryse.
Residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds,
The Miz.
[commentator] And hello again everybody,
as we welcome you to Baltimore, Maryland for WWE Extreme Rules.
Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and hall of famer, Booker T.
And Corey, something that would be trending,
a video that would be trending worldwide would be Booker T.
as the pyro goes up at the start of the show.
We're gonna have to build you a shield.
Maybe you could get the Cole mine back out, keep Booker safe.
I feel like a rotisserie.
And it's gonna get even hotter folks because we're kicking things off tonight
[Michael] with the intercontinental championship match.
[Corey] I can guarantee you the Rose is already on ice.
Lucky number seven for The Miz tonight.
There's gonna be a big party in Charm City.
[Michael] Here's the situation.
Dean Ambrose is the intercontinental champion.
He defends against The Miz.
If Dean Ambrose is disqualified,
he will lose the title.
And this rivalry is one that dates back to their time on Smackdown live.
[Miz] When I was the intercontinental champion,
I made it prestigious.
The Miz's never-ending intercontinental championship world tour.
I made it relevant.
I made it the most honorable title on this company.
I look the part, I act the part, I walk the part, I talk the part
because I am the part.
I worked, very, very hard
to make it mean what it meant when I was a kid.
And then Dean, you want it.
[commentator] There it is. Dirty deeds.
[Miz] Now, you're champion and that title is exactly what you are…
a joke.
You don't care.
You don't care with your cheap shirts and your greasy hair.
Everything you are is a disgrace to what a WWE superstar should be.
Everything, everything that I've done
is to make WWE [indistinct] look like true superstars.
You make us look like just wrestlers.
There's a lot of guys like you here in WWE,
guys that care about image,
try to be something big and fancy,
and try to pretend to be something that you're not.
Care about branding.
I'm not a brand.
I'm Dean Ambrose.
[Michael] Ambrose, Miz for the intercontinental title.
[Miz] I love going out there every single night and busting my ass.
[Michael] Maryse, standing between her husband and that lunatic.
And Maryse calls into distraction.
Look like Miz is going for a low blow.
And Ambrose's gonna make him pay.
[bell ringing]
[commentator] Ambrose's emotions got the best of him.
But when Miz picks up a victory,
unfortunately, not the intercontinental championship.
[Miz] Dean Ambrose intentionally disqualified himself.
I went to the general manager Kurt Angle and I demanded another match.
I made sure the stipulation was,
if he gets disqualified at Extreme Rules,
he will lose his title.
[intense music]
[Michael] Brilliant.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] The Miz outsmarting Ambrose.
[Miz] The Miz intercontinental championship comeback tour will begin.
Headlining arenas worldwide.
[Michael] If Ambrose is disqualified,
he loses the intercontinental championship to The Miz.
[Michael] And Miz's wife Maryse is confident
tweeting out earlier this weekend
that "We will be victorious. #'itcouple'."
But there's a man who stands on The Miz's way,
that is the intercontinental champion.
[rock music]
[crowd cheering]
[female announcer] His opponent, from Cincinnati, Ohio,
weighing in at 225 pounds,
he is the intercontinental champion,
Dean Ambrose.
[Michael] Ambrose back on January 3rd over on Smackdown Live.
Dean Ambrose defeated The Miz for the intercontinental championship.
As of today, 152 days as champion.
He's held his title longer than any other title holder in WWE today.
[Corey] Dean Ambrose wears the intercontinental championship proudly.
Will fight to the death to keep it.
But is that gonna be good enough tonight
or has Ambrose finally been outsmarted by The Miz?
[Michael] And the thing is Booker, no champion's advantage tonight,
Dean cannot be disqualified or he losses the title.
[Booker] It's a chess match, it's a chess match tonight.
You just gonna wonder if, you know, The Miz plays the right card [indistinct]
And look at Dean Ambrose, man.
This guy, he's for the people, he's by the people.
You look around and these people, they love Dean Ambrose.
They identify with this guy.
[Michael] This is for the intercontinental championship.
Only one time in WWE pay-per-view history
as a title changed hands via disqualification.
It happened back in 2011, the Money In The Bank event,
When Christian would go on to beat Randy Orton
and win the world title via disqualification.
[Booker] And let me tell you something.
Normally, a champion would not wanna win that way.
But The Miz, he's another circumstance.
[Michael] This is the 90-second career pay-per-view match for The Miz.
Ninety-two pay-per-view matches for the veteran.
[Booker] And you know what, Miz earlier stated a whole lot of facts
as far as the way he's dressed, the time in the ring,
the time out of the ring.
Miz has been a great intercontinental champion.
[Michael] No doubt about it. Six-time champ, Dean Ambrose,
the current intercontinental champion. He's a two-time champion.
Headlock takedown on The Miz.
So Corey, let's break this match down a little bit.
For Dean Ambrose, I'd assume it's just keeping your emotions in check.
[Corey] Right, and if you're The Miz, you are doing anything and everything you can
to irritate Ambrose, to push Ambrose outside of his comfort zone
-making him the snap… -[Michael] Oh!
[Michael] Big shoulder tackle by Ambrose.
And the lunatic fringe, Booker,
we all know, he doesn't often keep his emotions in check.
[Booker] Come on, Cole. He's a lunatic fringe, he's no dummy.
You don't slip on a banana peel and become champion in this business
-multiple times. -[Michael] You're right, Book,
but Dean Ambrose is a guy who often times channels his emotions,
and that takes him to that next level and lets him endure.
Tonight, it could be his downfall.
[Michael] The Miz will do everything he can to try to sucker Ambrose in.
It's a lot easier said than done.
I mean, he might be a lunatic but Ambrose, he's crazy like a Fox.
-[Booker] He's crafty. -[Michael] You're right,
he's crafty, he's not stupid,
he's highly intelligent, he's just very unusual.
[Booker] Crazy like a Fox.
[Michael] As we kick of tonight's Extreme Rule's pay-per-view
with a championship match, wanna pass on our well wishes
to a great champion,
the first ever United States champion and WWE hall of famer, Harley Race.
Wishing him a quick recovery.
One, two…
[Michael] Suffering a…
…injury at his home this weekend.
are That's right, it was the perfect example of Miz trying to…
[Michael] Oh!
[Corey] …trying to use rules to his advantage.
[Michael] And now Dean Ambrose.
And again, the referee gonna try to back Ambrose off.
He's gonna be careful here.
Disqualification, remember, will cause Ambrose the championship.
-[Corey] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Miz doing everything he can to try to get Ambrose excited.
[Booker] This could be a quick night, guys.
[Michael] And you got to givet he official, John Cone, credit here.
And he's warning Ambrose.
[Miz] Disqualify him!
[Corey] Ambrose needs to be careful.
Even in that flurry of conscience,
if Ambrose makes contact with the referee, that's a disqualification.
If he gets the referee's five-count, that's a disqualification.
There are a lot of variables in this.
[Michael] Yeah, now the chops by Dean Ambrose.
Of course, this is completely legal.
-[Corey] And there's the reverse. -[Michael] Ambrose.
[Michael] Oh, a big spinning elbow from the intercontinental champion.
And now he clotheslines Miz over the top rope.
And the look of concern on the face of Maryse.
[Corey] I don't think Ambrose is gonna give The Miz any time to recover.
-[Corey] Whoa. -[Michael] Suicide dive by Ambrose!
[Michael] Dumping him right in front of the German announce table at ringside.
[Booker] I'll tell you guys, I think Miz may have backed himself
into a corner in this match right here.
No disqualification rules.
I think Dean Ambrose knows the rules pretty good.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Miz whipped into the barricade.
And this is Dean Ambrose's element.
[Booker] This is legal.
[Michael] Yeah, but… Well, the official is counting.
Now remember, if count-outs do come into play.
As you see, official John Cone in a count of five.
[Michael] Now, Dean Ambrose driving Miz, kidney first into the apron,
and now breaks the count.
Wise move by the champ.
[Michael] Ambrose wants to beat Miz here tonight. Beat him good.
After everything Miz has said about Ambrose in recent weeks,
including saying that Dean Ambrose
is "dragged the intercontinental title" for this match.
-[Booker] Whoa, whoa! -[Michael] Wait a minute.
[Michael] Dean's got to put the chair down.
[Booker] Whoa.
[Corey] Dean Ambrose is his own worst enemy in a situation like this,
-as was just evidenced. -Maryse, Maryse!
[Booker] [indistinct] …right there, Miz took full advantage of it.
[Michael] Now, look at Miz, Miz, Miz! Was gonna use the chair.
Maryse had the referee distracted and now Ambrose with the chair in hand.
[yelling]
[Corey] Ambrose is irate and The Miz is just trying every trick in the book.
He's throwing things [indistinct] Look.
[Michael] Ambrose complaining that the…
Miz is gonna use the chair, and now Ambrose with some forearms.
And tossing Miz back into the ring.
[Booker] The Miz, he's got every trick in the book right now, Corey.
[Michael] And Maryse as well though.
Don't forget Miz's wife.
[Corey] I'd never forget about Maryse, Cole, my favorite part.
Come on!
[Corey] And Ambrose must adhere to the five-count from the official.
Listen to my count, all right?
[Michael] Oh!
And Miz took advantage.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
And now DDT right on the apron.
[John] Miz, come on.
[Corey] Veteran awareness from the Miz.
[Booker] Look at this right there, Cole, as Miz is using anything…
[Michael] Cover by Miz to try to win the championship and a kick-out.
[Corey] You're right, Booker, but that's something that The Miz has picked up
during his long and illustrious career. Watch this.
[Booker] Boom!
[Michael] On the ring apron spiking the intercontinental champion, head first.
It's all Miz now.
[Corey] Oh, he's done it all. He's a former WWE champion,
United States champion, six-time tag team champion.
And Mr. Money in The Bank,
six-time intercontinental champion as well.
We all know how much the intercontinental title
means to The Miz.
Loves to parade around with the gold.
[indistinct] Completes him, validates everything he likes to say about himself.
[Booker] The intercontinental championship has abundance of great history behind it.
And right now, guys, take nothing away from The Miz.
He's a part of that.
[Michael] And look at Miz, ducks underneath…
And right there is vintage Miz!
Here's the cover
to win the intercontinental title for the seventh time!
And a kick-out by Ambrose.
[Corey] That's great familiarity between these two rivals.
Sometimes The Miz knows what Ambrose is gonna do before Ambrose does it,
and vice versa.
Over a dozen WWE hall-of-famers have held the intercontinental title,
including the man sitting to my left.
[Booker] And I'll tell you, all of those champions,
they had great, great illustrious careers.
[Michael] Booker, you have gone on record a number of times
talk about how the intercontinental championship
disposed your career into another stratosphere.
[Booker] Yeah, definitely, it changed my life more than anything, Cole.
It put me on the map.
It was that one thing that crashed that glass silly.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And suddenly, Corey, Miz is taking over,
and the intensity in the eyes of The Miz.
[Corey] Well, again, Miz better be careful not to get himself disqualified
and waste this golden opportunity.
But you're right, Cole, Miz is just confident right now,
just in cruise control.
[Michael] And now Miz slowing the match down.
[Booker] [indistinct] Advice right there.
[Michael] We all know Ambrose is so effective when he's out of control.
I guess the best way to put it.
And The Miz can slow Ambrose down, he has a better chance.
And there's a headbutt…
by Ambrose.
Ambrose and a knee right to the midsection.
And again, the champ is in trouble.
[Booker] Thanks, Book.
[Michael] Miz with a kick right to the face.
Cover for the championship.
Ambrose in two, a near fall by the challenger.
[Booker] That's a good knee right there by The Miz,
just crowded Dean Ambrose coming off those ropes right there.
That's what I teach my students, you got to get in real tight.
[Michael] And Ambrose trying to shake the cobwebs
and trying to regroup, but Miz is in firm control…
[John] Hey, off his hair. Come on.
[Michael] …in the southpaw.
[Corey] Straight left fist right to the eyebrow of Dean Ambrose.
Hey!
[Corey] Too many of those that will swell your eye shut in a hurry.
Miz, come on. Off with the mouth, let's go.
-One, two… -[Michael] Oh, look at this.
Just in case Ambrose had any delusions of being
an a-list Hollywood star like The Miz,
Miz is trying to rearrange his face for him.
[Michael] No love lost between these two men,
but an incredible rivalry…
[crowd cheering]
…to capture the imagination of WWE fans
on Smackdown Live and now here on Monday night Raw,
since they came over as part of the superstar shake-up back in April.
Kick right through the knee,
and another one by Ambrose,
and a third, and Ambrose trying to create some separation, but Miz…
yanking Ambrose down to the mat.
The referee warning Miz for grabbing the hair.
[Booker] He's just bending the rules just a little bit.
[Corey] Here's the aggression from The Miz once again.
[Michael] But he's gotta be careful.
Remember, if Miz is disqualified, he cannot win the championship that way.
Hey, watch his hair.
[Corey] He spent all this time talking about Dean Ambrose losing his cool
and it is a very real possibility Miz could do the same.
[Booker] The referee is right there in front of the nose,
a close fist from The Miz.
[Michael] Well, I mentioned this earlier, I think because of the stipulation,
the official may be allowing these superstars a bit more leeway, Corey,
being in a championship match.
[Corey] It's an intensive environment, the arena is rocking here.
[Booker] Because it's Extreme Rules. Come on.
[Michael] So there's Miz with a head of steam.
Oh, what a dropkick.
And Miz looking for a second one connecting.
[Booker] A lot of momentum on those dropkicks, one more from the Miz.
-[Booker] Oh [indistinct] -[Michael] And a third by Miz.
[Michael] A trio of dropkicks made famous by "the a-lister" The Miz.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Ambrose is still miraculously on his feet.
It's something about Dean and now he's down.
Off the clothesline by The Miz.
And I'm not sure I've ever seen this man quite this intense.
[Booker] He's focused, laser-focused.
Tonight is The Miz here at Extreme Rules and he's rolling.
[Corey] And Miz perched to the top, the top rope.
-[Corey] Oh, and no. -[Michael] Ambrose caught him.
[Michael] Oh, he went for dirty deeds, standing switch by Miz.
[Booker] So close.
[Michael] He was going for skull-crushing finale.
Ambrose was able to counter that.
[screams]
[Michael] And now Dean Ambrose with a forearm right to the face
knocking Miz completely out of the ring into the floor below.
[Corey] Miz took a nasty fall all the way from the top rope to the floor.
This could be the opportunity to recover that Ambrose needed.
[Michael] Now, Dean Ambrose is gonna climb up top,
looking to pull out all the stops,
the intercontinental champion, "the lunatic fringe"
Dean Ambrose flies with the elbow.
[Booker] You can't cover him out there, though.
You got to get him in the ring, Dean.
[Michael] Both men had been through so much so far in this matchup.
The official, at a count of five, intercontinental championship up for grabs
Ambrose, the champion, Miz, the challenger.
Count of seven.
[audience] Eight.
[Michael] Count of eight.
Ambrose wants to pin Miz and put Miz out of his misery.
Ambrose starting to build some momentum. Here he comes.
Big clothesline.
Fisherman suplex.
Hook of the leg, is it enough on Miz?
Almost had him, two and a half.
[Booker] It's good luck for Miz right there.
[Corey] Could have been the last gasp of momentum from Dean Ambrose?
Still, obviously, feeling the effects from the earlier assault from The Miz.
[Michael] And Maryse…
[Corey] That's the X factor right there, Cole, the beautiful Maryse at ringside,
[Michael] …offering words of encouragement…
for her husband, Miz.
[Booker] What a lucky charm, you know, what a rabbit's foot
having Maryse out there at ringside.
[Michael] And much like Queen Sharmell back in the days.
[Booker] I'm telling you.
[Michael] Right for the bulldog, Miz able to counter.
Dean roll up, shoulders down, near fall for the champion.
Swinging neckbreaker by Ambrose.
-[Booker] Beautiful combination. -[Michael] Is this enough to put Miz away?
[John] One, two…
[Michael] Another near fall.
[Corey] Miz stays in it.
It's gotta be frustrating for Ambrose not to be able to put the challenger away.
Ambrose is throwing anything and everything he has at The Miz.
[Booker] Expected this match to put some time in, guys.
You got two champions here in the ring.
Both of these guys are champions in their own right there.
Letting it all hang out here tonight at Extreme Rules.
[Michael] Yeah, two former WWE champions battling it out
for the intercontinental title… Oh, Dean…
[Corey] Ambrose might have tweaked his knee.
[Michael] Yeah, Dean landed weird on his left leg.
And now Miz looking to take advantage.
Miz, wisely, the veteran goes right for the target.
[Booker] It's a-- it's a legal shot, though.
[Michael] Repeated kicks to the hamstring of Ambrose.
Dean may not be able to walk when it's all said and done.
[Corey] He landed, and then…
[Michael] Ambrose up over the top, sunset flip.
Miz rolls through, goes to the bad leg, looking for the figure-four.
[Booker] Right in the middle of the ring.
[Michael] Ambrose with nowhere to go.
If he taps out we're gonna crown a new intercontinental champion.
[Corey] Here it comes, lucky number seven.
They're in the center of the ring.
[Michael] And you got to give Miz credit.
He saw Ambrose tweaked the knee when he came off the top rope
and he went right on the attack.
[Booker] Not only that, I mean, Miz had a strategy from the outset.
First he tried a little--some little trickery.
Now, he just, you know, put this draft on the line. I love it.
[Michael] Ambrose trying to make it to the bottom rope
and force a break here.
Dean Ambrose struggling, can he stay in this?
Miz continuing to apply the pressure.
[Corey] Ambrose's spending inordinate amount of time
in this figure-four submission.
[Michael] Got there, break.
[Corey] Wow, and a lot of damage had been done to Dean's leg, though.
[Michael] Miz has to break. He may not want to.
You hear a pleading with the official.
No, no, but he had to break or be disqualified.
[Booker] You know that Miz took every second of that five-count.
[Michael] Ambrose can't stand. Miz understanding that.
His left leg is shot.
Looks like he's gonna go for the figure-four one more time.
-[Corey] No, no, no, no. -[Michael] But Ambrose rolls him up.
[Michael] May have him here and a kick-out at two.
Dean almost stole one. Now on one leg, launched out to the apron.
As Ambrose have enough left to climb the rope with the injured leg.
We know about the heart of Dean Ambrose, there's no doubt about that.
And he's gonna continue going and going as hard as he can,
but Miz gonna make him pay.
[Corey] Unfortunately for Dean Ambrose,
sometimes your body gives up before your heart does.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Miz looking for the superplex, Ambrose able to block.
Another block by the champion.
Ambrose trying to fight his way out of this predicament.
Numerous body shots by Ambrose, headbutt to Miz.
Now it's Miz who is stunned.
[Corey] Ambrose might have stunned himself a little bit.
[Michael] Miz still hanging on, but barely.
[Corey] Oh…
[Michael] Oh, what's the lunatic fringe got in mind?
-[Corey] Whoa. -[Michael] Miz took the turnbuckle pad.
[Michael] And the protective padding now ripped off the top turnbuckle.
[Corey] Oh, no.
[Michael] Ambrose realizing.
[Corey] Yeah, that would have caused the disqualification.
[Corey] Ambrose realized… Oh, no.
[Michael] And The Miz with the running dropkick.
-[Michael] Cover. -[Corey] Is it enough?
[Corey] Hook of the leg for the title and a kick-out.
[Michael] You're exactly right, Corey,
Ambrose is gonna use the top turnbuckle, but realized he couldn't.
[Corey] Someone better check on Maryse. She's beside herself.
[Booker] Miz can't believe that…
I think that was a knee, Cole, right to the jaw. I don't--
[Michael] You might be right, Book, it happened so fast.
Miz with a full head of steam across the ring.
Whatever it was, it took Ambrose out and almost gave Miz the victory.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Miz gonna utilize these "yes kicks" that were made famous
by Smackdown Live general manager, Daniel Bryan.
[Corey] Let's start calling them "it kicks" from the "it" couple,
"the a-lister" Miz makes them famous now. They're "it kicks".
[Booker] You know what? I finally agree with you for once,
Corey Graves, I do.
[Corey] Yeah, thanks, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Ambrose caught him,
sweeps the leg.
[Corey] Oh, no!
[Michael] Going for a figure-four of his own.
-[Michael] Ambrose trash talking Miz. -[Booker] Can you believe it?
[Booker] Can you believe it?
[Michael] Miz middle of the ring, pleading with the official.
Is Miz gonna tap to Ambrose?
[Corey] This has got to be humiliating.
[Michael] Miz has got nowhere to go.
Ambrose is loving it. He's got it deep here.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Miz looks like he's gonna tap.
What's Miz gonna do? Trying to make it to the bottom rope.
Does Miz have anything left?
Can he somehow survive against the champion?
[screams]
[Corey] Miz will force the break.
And remember, Dean has to break.
If he doesn't he's disqualified, he lose the title.
And realizing that, he does.
[indistinct]
[Michael] But again, remember the bad knee.
Did that do any damage to Dean Ambrose, the figure-four there, Corey?
[Corey] It might have been more affective had Dean had the use of two good legs.
But Miz looking for skull-crushing finale, but Ambrose rolls through.
-[Booker] Rolls to a switch. -[Michael] Almost had him.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Now both men literally out on one leg.
[Booker] It's gonna be a war of attrition right there, Cole.
[Michael] Big clothesline.
[Booker] It's gonna be who wants it most.
It's about the intercontinental championship.
Nobody's gonna lay down tonight.
[Michael] Ambrose trying to get some blood flowing back through his left knee,
pumping himself up, get the adrenaline rushing.
[Michael] Maryse now on the apron.
[Corey] I should say Dean ready for dirty deeds.
-[Michael] Oh, no, look out. -[Corey] Almost ran into Maryse.
Now Miz almost ran into his wife.
Back elbow.
Slap me. Right now, slap me, slap me.
[Corey] Oh!
[Michael] What?
He just screamed to Maryse to slap him.
The referee saw it.
[crowd cheering]
I know what you did. I know what you…
[Michael] Maryse is getting tossed out. The referee's not gonna buy it.
Maryse and Miz were hoping the referee would call the disqualification,
but the official made the right calls sending Maryse back to the locker room.
[Booker] I tell you, I got to give it to The Miz.
That was a nice little piece of trickery and it almost worked.
[Michael] It was ingenious plan, but oh, no, look out, Ambrose from behind.
[Corey] Trying to win this right here and almost had him.
[Corey] Maryse…
-I told you. -[Corey] …is irate.
-[Michael] Look at the-- -[Corey] Oh, no.
[Michael] Ambrose slammed into the official.
Miz had slammed Ambrose into the referee.
[Corey] Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
You pushed me.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, no, no, no, no. Come on, John, don't do this.
He didn't do that on purpose.
I think the official thought Ambrose ran into him on purpose.
[Corey] The official is being distracted momentarily by Maryse.
Oh, he's not gonna make this call, he can't make this call.
Looking from behind, Miz skull-crushing finale.
[Corey] Get in there, ref.
-[Michael] Wraps the arm, hooks the leg. -[audience] One, two, three.
-[Michael] Miz wins. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Miz is the champion.
[music]
[female announcer] Here is your winner, and the new intercontinental champion,
The Miz.
[Michael] He is a seven-time intercontinental champion
whether you like what happened or not.
[music]
[Corey] Oh, here we come, the beautiful Maryse coming to stand by the side,
and celebrate with her man.
This is beautiful. This is better than a Hollywood ending.
[Booker] It was a great plan.
He is a genius. The Miz won seven times, guys, count them.
Seven times intercontinental champ.
[Michael] And Dean Ambrose fought viably.
It was an incredible match, back and forth,
but in the end, he wisdom, the wits,
the high-ring IQ of The Miz was just too much
for the lunatic fringe to overcome.
[Corey] Only one other man in history
has held the intercontinental championship more times than the Miz,
and that's Chris Jericho with nine.
Here we see.
Slap me [indistinct].
The Miz requesting for Maryse to slap him,
maybe thinking the referee would see outside interference
and disqualify Ambrose, but that would not work.
[Michael] No, it didn't, and now…
[indistinct]
I told you to get out.
[Michael] Giving Miz another chance here as he throws Ambrose into the official.
Now the official thought that Ambrose ran into him on purpose,
and it looked like he was going to call for disqualification here.
[Corey] While Ambrose was arguing with the referee,
from behind, skull-crushing finale.
One more look…
[Booker] Oh!
[Corey] We've got ourselves a brand new intercontinental champion.
[Michael] And for The Miz, the comeback tour begins.
A seven-time intercontinental champion.
[music]
Who's the big winner?
This guy.
Comeback tour…
[narrator] You'd climb a ladder, you'd grab the briefcase,
a contract guaranteeing you a world title opportunity.
Let's do something really big.
One superstar would climb that ladder of success.
[Michael] Somebody's life is going to change forever.
Let's do the first ever women's Money in The Bank ladder match.
Oh, my god.
This gives the opportunity of a lifetime.
Destiny in your hands, and Money in The Bank.
The Miz regaining the intercontinental championship
he has been chasing for quite some time now.
And speaking of championships, please welcome my guest at this time,
a woman looking to reclaim the Raw Women's Championship,
Bayley.
[crowd cheering]
Bayley, tonight is your rematch for the Raw Women's Championship
against Alexa Bliss in a kendo stick on a pole match.
Kurt Angle gave you the chance for this to be a straight-up wrestling match,
but you told him you are ready to get extreme.
Now, there are some people, Alexa Bliss included,
who don't think you have it in you to be extreme.
How do you respond to that?
Alexa thinks a lot of things.
She even thought her "this is your life segment" last week was good.
Well, we all saw that she's no mankind or the rock,
so she can think whatever she wants.
She doesn't know me, she doesn't know how much that championship means to me.
And you're right Charly, I did ask for this match because I'm ready.
I've been watching Tommy dreamer, I've been watching Sandman
the way he hits people, I even watched a little bit of Steve Blackman.
You know what else?
I saw Wonder Woman,
and I couldn't help, but walk out of that theater feeling empowered,
I felt inspired, and it reminded me why I came to the WWE, and why I'm here.
I'm here to inspire people, I'm not here to hurt, but…
I'm willing to do whatever it takes
to get back at Alexa Bliss for everything she's done to me,
and everything she said about my family, and regain the Raw Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is a mixed tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first the team of Alicia Fox and the Scottish Supernova,
Noam Dar.
[Corey] All of the sudden Charm City
just became the romance capital of the world, Cole.
[Michael] This mixed tag team matchup
really started simmering a few weeks back.
We're gonna take you back to Monday night Raw two weeks ago
with Sasha Banks versus Alicia Fox.
And Corey, it was really the rubber match of this series.
[Corey] Yeah, back and forth trading victories with…
Oh, the boss.
…picking up what we thought was a decisive fall in the rivalry.
[Michael] And Sasha Banks would celebrate her victory.
Alicia Fox's boyfriend, Noam Dar was not happy.
and he would get in at Sasha Banks's face,
and the boss would make Mr. Dar pay.
[Corey] Completely uncalled for on behalf of Sasha Banks.
Dar was simply coming to the aid of his beloved…
Oh! Alicia Fox, and Fox makes Banks pay.
[Michael] Yeah, Alicia Fox would come to the aid of Noam Dar,
and the happy couple
would celebrate with a kiss over the floor with Sasha Banks.
[Booker] That little stamp on the backstage, you know?
[music]
[Corey] Look, I know you're a fan of Alicia Fox and Noam Dar.
[Booker] You know [indistinct] Fox on his hand.
She's a tiger, man, she's hard to tame.
[music]
[Michael] Upcoming tonight for the former cruiserweight champion.
[female announcer] Their opponents, first, from Baltimore, Maryland,
weighing in at 180 pounds, Rich Swann.
[Michael] Rich Swann, so excited to be home tonight at Baltimore city.
He's been waiting for this Extreme Rules night for months.
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[female announcer] His tag team partner from Boston, Massachusetts,
Sasha Banks.
[Michael] Swann and the boss make a pretty good team, Corey,
as you saw at 205 live.
[Corey] Listen, I don't know if I trust them.
I don't think they're gonna work together as a cohesive unit,
but it all remains to be seen.
[Michael] The mixed tag team action here tonight at WWE Extreme Rules.
Front row seats down at ringside tonight for our international announce team,
including our Spanish team of Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez.
[speaking in foreign language]
[Michael] And our German announce team of Carsten Schaefer,
Tim haber and Calvin Knie.
[speaking in foreign language]
[Michael] Carsten back and he looks great.
So Swann and Sasha versus Noam and Alicia here tonight.
Mixed tag team rules, remember?
Women in the ring have to figh each other
and the tag made male superstars will go against each other
and mixed tag team action.
So Fox and Banks here to kick us off tonight.
[Michael] Alicia Fox powering Sasha Banks.
[Booker] This is the story right here, guys.
I mean, Dar and Swann, that's just a little [indistinct]
Oh, this is cute.
[Michael] Alicia Fox sending out a tweet that said teamwork makes the dream work.
[Corey] And what a teammate she has, not only in the ring but in life.
[Michael] Now Noam Dar and Rich Swann.
And Swann a former cruiserweight champion.
[indistinct] was champion before Neville.
Beat him at the Royal Rumble.
Neville, of course, defending the title later tonight.
[Booker] Look at that kid, he's got a lot of talent.
I mean, Swann, he has no pressure on him out here.
[indistinct]
He could just go out here and just lay it all, hang out.
[Corey] Wait a minute. No pressure?
He's in front of a sell-out crowd. His whole town of Baltimore.
[Booker] No pressure. I'm talking about as far as having the dog in this fight.
He could just go out here and just let his talent shine.
Think about getting back to that title pitch.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Right now it's Noam Dar shining momentarily
but Rich Swann though runs in to a kick to the face.
[Corey] Whoa.
[Michael] And Rich Swann sends Dar flying.
Yes, of course, the action you could see on the WWE network every Tuesday night.
Part of 205 live.
[Corey] This past week on 205 live, Alicia Fox and Sasha Banks
nearly tore each other limb for limb at ringside.
They weren't even involved in the match.
[Michael] Yeah. Noam Dar would knock off Swan,
getting a little payback after Swann beat Dar on Raw last week.
Banks a former three-time Women's Champion.
[Corey] Now here we go. This is what we saw on 205 live.
[Michael] Alicia Fox, the former champion as well and now bRawling here in Baltimore
and what a right to the face of Sasha.
[Corey] My goodness, what a show!
[Michael] And the boss did take kindly to that.
[Booker] It's called a receipt.
[Michael] Oh, looking for the bank statement.
And Fox in trouble.
Alicia Fox in all kinds of trouble.
[Booker] Fox has got to move, got to get close to those ropes.
She need to do it quick.
[Michael] Fox knows where she's at.
Trying to reach those long legs to the bottom rope.
[Corey] Now look at Dar aiding his partner.
[Michael] A little assist from the Scottish Supernova.
[Corey] And his girlfriend.
Are you kidding me, huh? Are you kidding me?
[Michael] Oh, man.
[Corey] Banks getting into Dar's face and Foxmade her pay.
[Michael] Hook to the leg and a kick out.
Very evil tag team of Fox and Dar.
[Corey] Who are you to call Fox and Dar evil?
Cole, what is evil about them? That they're happy?
Are they too happy for you?
Or there's too much romance on your screen?
What's evil about this? It's a great story.
[Booker] Cole…
[Michael] Well, what happened was Alicia and Dar were together.
Remember, it was originally Alicia and Cedric Alexander
before Dar stole Alicia from Cedric.
Swann tried help his friend Cedric Alexander.
Alicia then went to Swann, who dumped her,
didn't really want her in the first place. and now she came running back to Noam Dar.
Here's your love story.
[Corey] This is revisionist history, okay?
Rich Swann tried to ruin a beautiful relationship,
spent months trying to do it,
and luckily true love came through and conquered it all.
Alicia Fox and Noam Dar, happy together.
[Booker] You know that relationships work, sometime they don't.
See how it works.
[Michael] Oh, man.
Backbreaker, knee to the spine,
cover, hook to the leg, and a kick out by Sasha.
Agh!
[Corey] Book, you had a very good career with your wife, Sharmell at your side.
[Booker] She did very well for me.
-[Booker] I mean, she hype me a lot. -[Corey] What do you mean very well?
[Corey] The reason you're a champion was because of her.
[Booker] You know what? I can say one or two championships perhaps.
She did very well for me, just like Dar right now and Fox.
I see great a couple. I see nothing evil about it.
[Corey] Now Sasha trying to make it to Swann to make a tag and Alicia Fox…
-[Corey] Whoa! -[Michael] Oh! Oh my!
[Michael] Got caught on the top turnbuckle
and I believe injured her right leg. May have…
-[Corey] …hyperextended a knee or… -[Michael] Or pulled a hamstring.
[Corey] Yeah.
[Corey] The Baltimore crowd rocking, trying to cheer Sasha Banks on,
and here comes the hometown guy.
[Michael] Yeah. Rich Swann now goes to work against Noam Dar,
the Scottish Supernova.
-[Corey] Wow. -[Michael] So fast, so quick is Swann,
and loves to have fun.
Oh, right to the back of the neck.
Is it enough to put Dar away?
-[Booker] What a move. -[Michael] Hook to the leg, has it… no.
Kick out.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Rich Swann firing on all cylinders right now.
Noam Dar is in a bad, bad way.
Oh, wow.
-[Corey] What an escape reversal cover. -[Michael] Almost had him.
[Corey] Oh my.
[muffling]
[Corey] Smart series of maneuvers by Dar…
[Michael] Went over a backslide.
Dar able to roll through.
Caught Swann as he went for the kick and what an uppercut.
Stunning Swann.
[Booker] Talking about some quick action…
[Michael] Oh, a kick to the face.
[Booker] Pace just picked up here with these two cruiserweights.
Noam!
[Corey] Wow.
[Michael] Swann not quite sure where he's at now.
[Corey] Alicia Fox and… Oh, and Sasha.
[Corey] Neither woman is legal right now, and it's just breaking down in a hurry.
[Michael] Yeah. Banks and Fox, they could not stand each other.
Taking the fight outside the ring.
You two got to get back, come on.
Hey [indistinct] Hey, let's go, gentlemen.
Get back inside.
[Michael] Now Swann bounced off the barricade.
They don't call it Extreme Rules for nothing.
[John] Two.
Fox.
[Corey] Looks like Sasha Banks is…
[Booker] She's got something on her mind right there.
[Corey] Yeah, you're right, you're right.
[Corey] Remember, the guys are legal.
The gentlemen better be careful not to get themselves counted out
because either way, the boss has bad intentions for Foxy. Oh.
[Michael] And Noam Dar not allowing Alicia Fox to get in harm's way.
[Corey] Oh, no.
[Michael] Banks with the double knees to Dar.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It's boss time in Baltimore.
[John] Get inside, Swann.
[Corey] Uh-oh, Swann heading to the high rent district.
[Michael] Phoenix splash.
[Booker] Perfect.
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] Here are your winners, Sasha Banks and Rich Swann.
[Corey] All right, I'll admit it. Maybe I was slightly less than accurate
with my assessment of this situation tonight.
But a ragtag team
of a former Women's Champion and a former cruiserweight champion
were able to overcome true love tonight.
[Michael] Closing almost to the matchup,
Sasha Banks with the double knees to Noam Dar.
And Booker, Rich Swann would fly.
[Booker] Talking about a kid that's spectacular, look at this here.
Look at that poetry in motion, perfect position,
timing for the one, two, three.
-[Booker] This kid right here, Swann, -[bell ringing]
back in the cruiserweight title picture, in my opinion.
[Michael] Now Swann and the boss gonna dance at Extreme Rules.
[Booker] Put it there.
[music]
[Michael] Corey, this is fun.
[Corey] Depends on who you ask.
It's not my idea, but I guess we're gonna see it anyway.
[applause]
The time has come to explore beyond our known horizons
to push KFC's spicy crispy chicken to new heights.
Sure. There'll be questions,
Like why?
Well I'll tell you why.
At KFC, we choose to make spicy crispy chicken sandwiches.
Not because it is easy, but because it is hard.
We choose not only to launch KFC's new zinger sandwich,
and a $5 fill up here in America, but to take it to space.
Will it be easy?
No.
Will it be hard? Yes.
We've already covered that.
But when we succeed, we will lick our fingers.
We will lick our fingers good.
[crowd cheering]
Yes, yes, yes.
Space sandwich, yeah.
The best chicken sandwich on earth, and soon, in space.
[Michael] Extreme Rules has come to the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.
Eleven thousand seven hundred sixty nine WWE fans on hand,
we are sold out tonight.
["Hellfire" by Barns Countrey]
[female announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Elias Samson.
[crowd cheering]
[guitar playing]
Hello, I'm Elias Samson.
And I have a question for everyone here tonight.
Who wants to walk with Elias?
[crowd cheering]
You know, earlier I was walking along the harbor
and I saw the people coming by…
and I decided to write this song for all of you.
Now please hold your applause until after I'm finished.
[guitar playing]
♪ Baltimore is bathed in filth ♪
[crowd cheering]
And these people are all the same.
♪ This city's so depressing and you are all to blame ♪
♪ On the night where the rules are no more ♪
♪ Elias Samson has come along ♪
♪ to open up the door and see ♪
♪ There's a beast among us and he's waiting to be tamed ♪
♪ By a dark and cursed soldier waiting to be named ♪
♪ Darkest roads and the brightest moons have led me to this space ♪
♪ A long and winding highway where at the top I'll take my place ♪
♪ Hey, hey, Elias, I've always got a plan ♪
♪ Of what in deeds is what I am ♪
[crowd cheering]
Tell you that sounded like it belonged on ghost of Tom Joad.
Clive Davis might be looking for a guy like this.
I'm telling you, man, that guy's good.
The guy can get it done in the ring but I'm gonna go talk to otunga.
Is there a way to charge somebody with assault
for having to sit through that?
My eardrums were just assaulted.
Well ladies and gentlemen, coming up next
is all about the Raw Women's Championship
as we switch gears and it's Alexa defending against Bayley
in a kendo stick on a pole match.
Remember, there'll be a kendo stick above the ring
and the first woman to grab that stick will be able to use it legally.
And the latest chapter in this rivalry dates back in April
at the WWE payback pay-per-view.
[narrator] A ruckus crowd in support of Bayley who is so excited
to defend her championship against Alexa here,
in her hometown of San Jose.
[intense music]
[Bayley] I will stop at nothing and I will fight
with every ounce of energy inside my body
to walk out of my hometown with this title.
[commentator] Oh, Bayley to retain in San Jose.
Catch out by Alexa Bliss.
[Alexa] Your Cinderella story is done.
The clock's gonna strike midnight and I'm gonna break that glass slipper
and take what I deserve.
[commentator] Shoulders down, and Bayley into the post.
[Alexa] That Raw Women's Championship.
[commentator] DDT by Bliss.
One, two, three.
[commentator] Alexa Bliss becomes the first woman in history
to win the Smackdown Women's Championship
and now the Raw Women's Championship.
[Alexa] Long live Alexa Bliss.
The one, the only goddess of WWE.
[Michael] Frustration, very disappointed evening for Bayley,
but a elation for Alexa Bliss.
[music]
[Alexa] Bayley, my goodness, if it weren't for you, this wouldn't be possible.
Now your whole family finally have a real role model to look up to.
[Michael] Oh, Bayley's had enough, and Bayley takes down the champion.
[Bayley] At Extreme Rules I'm invoking my rematch
to once again become the Raw Women's Champion.
Oh, Bayley, Bayley, Bayley, Extreme Rules?
That means you do whatever it takes to win however you want.
So Bayley, why don't you be a good little girl
and sit at the kiddie table where you belong
and leave the championships to the adults?
[Corey] Oh, and Bayley's heard enough.
[Alexa] You will never get extreme.
[Corey] Uh-oh, look what she found.
Alexa with a kendo stick in hand.
[audience] Oh.
The sound of that bamboo striking Bayley's flesh makes me salivate.
[Alexa] And I wanna do it again.
This Sunday, the first woman to climb up that pole andretrieve that kendo stick
gets to legally use that thing to inflict pain on her opponent.
[Michael] Alexa Bliss wasting little time going right after Bayley.
Look at Bayley though, turning the tables on Bliss.
Bayley gonna try to grab the kendo stick tonight.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Corey] Goodness.
Alexa Bliss not allowing it to happen.
[Corey] Oh, look at what Bliss had planned.
[Alexa] Bayley's not capable of getting extreme.
Just not her DNA.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] So the question tonight
is whether this young lady Bayley can get extreme.
Very telling interview a few moments ago with the former Raw Women's Champion.
She said "I'm not here to hurt, but I will do whatever it takes
to win the championship."
What do you think, Corey?
[Corey] This is Bayley's opportunity
to live up to prove those words to be true.
[indistinct] Nix Jax on the Extreme Rules kick off show.
She said Bayley just wasn't born with the fire you need to get extreme.
And I have to agree with her.
[Michael] We're gonna find out if that is true tonight
in this kendo stick on a pole match for the Raw women's title.
And there's the kendo stick. You saw it right there hanging above the ring,
the first woman to grab it will be able to use it legally in this matchup.
Well, we have international flare
here tonight at the sold-out out Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland,
and we'll start things off with our mandarin announce team
of Hmong Ai and Sean Deng.
[speaking foreign language]
Russian announce team, Moti Marglin, and Zhan Pomeranzev
[speaking foreign language]
All right. Hindi team of Shez sadar and Dbaib Kadwani.
[speaking foreign language]
Our Japanese team of Chun Yamuguchi and Funake.
[speaking foreign language]
Our Portuguese team, Marco Alfaro and Roberto Figueroa.
[speaking foreign language]
[Michael] We're with the first time ever women square off
in a kendo stick stick on a pole match here in WWE,
this time for the Raw Women's Championship.
[Corey] Well, you coming out of the gate, I don't like the look in Bayley's eyes.
She does not have that killer instinct.
She had doubt in her eyes as she looked up at the kendo stick.
-[crowd cheering] -[music]
[Michael] Alexa Bliss said to Bayley on social media this week
that "you have no friends, no allies, and no chances.
Stay where you belong, on the ground at my feet."
A very confident champion Alexa Bliss.
[Booker] You said it right there, Cole.
I mean, Alexa Bliss, she is definitely one of a kind.
She has so much confidence in her ability, in her talent,
I mean, and not only that, she goes out and proves it.
Not only on Smackdown, but here on Monday night Raw as well.
[Michael] #kendostick.
[Corey] Alexa Bliss has been referring to herself
as the one and only goddess of WWE,
and with her track record, you can't argue.
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is a kendo stick on a pole match
for the Raw Women's Championship.
Introducing first the challenger from San Jose, California,
Bayley.
[crowd cheering]
[female announcer] Her opponent, from Columbus, Ohio,
she is the Raw Women's Champion,
Alexa Bliss.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Bayley said she got her education
watching the likes of Sandman and Tommy Dreamer
when it came to the use of kendo sticks.
[Corey] The ability to use a kendo stick
is not the same thing as the will to use the kendo stick.
[Michael] Booker…
[Corey] Just because she knows how to swing it,
doesn't mean she's got the guts to do it.
[Michael] Booker, do you think Bayley can get extreme tonight for the championship?
[Booker] You know Bayley, you know, she's all about the competition,
not just here in the WWE, the competition of life,
she wants to do it the right way
and I just don't think Extreme Rules
is the right environment for something like that, Cole.
[Michael] Look at this, Bliss just mocking Bayley right out of the gate.
Saying go ahead, go get it.
[Corey] And Bayley grabbed by Bliss and tossed back to the mat.
[Booker] Fell right into that first move trap Bliss just set for her right there.
[Michael] Only woman in history to hold both,
the Raw and Smackdown Women's Championship's, Alexa Bliss.
As Bayley bounces her off the top turnbuckle.
Bayley said she was inspired by Wonder Woman
because that's why she came to WWE, to inspire people.
cover, hook to the leg, and a kick out by Bliss.
[Corey] Inspired by Wonder Woman?
Cole, for god's sake, Wonder Woman's practically a biopic about Alexa Bliss.
[Michael] And look it, Bayley trying to get up to the top rope…
Alexa not allowing it to happen.
[Corey] Bliss just smoked Bayley with a right hand.
[Booker] Come down to one thing for Bayley tonight guys, I mean,
Bayley's gonna have to step up or step out.
She's gonna have to get that kendo stick,
or she's gonna have to go to work on Alexa Bliss.
[Corey] The Minion of Alexa Bliss,
will have to climb all the way to the rope just to be able to reach the kendo stick
and Bayley meets her at the top.
[Michael] Yeah, Bayley going up as well,
and now Alexa Bliss fingertips away from the kendo stick.
Bayley trying to get up to the top rope, kendo stick within reach.
Remember, first woman to grab it is gonna be able to use it.
[muffling]
[Michael] Alexa firing back five feet of fury and… Look at Bayley!
-[Michael] Oh, no, Bayley's got it. -[Corey] Bayley's got it.
[Michael] Bayley's got the kendo stick, but it falls to the mat below
and both women fall outside the ring.
Now it will be a race to who can get to the free kendo stick
and use it here tonight in this championship match.
[Booker] If Bayley gets it, will she be able to use it?
That's the question right there, and I say you can only take so much, Cole.
[Michael] It's a mad dash to the kendo stick, Bayley running interference.
[Corey] A great block by Bayley cutting the champion off
as she tried to make it to the kendo stick,
and now driving Alexa into the barricade.
[Booker] Will tell-tale sign right there,
Bayley did not attempt to even get that kendo stick.
-[Corey] Oh my goodness. -[Michael] Oh wow.
[Corey] Belly to back suplex on the outside.
Bliss is hurt.
[Michael] And now, golden opportunity
for the number one contender for the Women's Championship…
and Bayley has kendo stick in hand.
[Booker] Oh baby.
It's one of the moments right there when you just say,
"I'd never lose so few or so much to so many."
[Michael] And Alexa Bliss realizing that she may be about to pay for her sins.
And now trying to run away from Bayley with the kendo stick.
Alexa Bliss wants nothing to do with the challenger.
[Corey] Of course Bliss is running away.
Bayley picked up the kendo stick.
It's like she went from Prince Adam to he-man.
[Michael] And now Alexa's got nowhere to go.
[Booker] Here we go.
[Corey] Will she? Will she do it?
[Michael] Bayley's had enough, everything Alexa said to her,
embarrassed her, humiliated her,
and now Bayley's gonna make her pay.
Kendo stick in hand… Bliss, oh!
[Corey] Bayley wasted too much time and Bliss made the huggable one pay.
[Michael] And now Alexa Bliss got to use the kendo stick
and take it to Bayley here.
[Corey] Oh, right in the back of Bayley's neck.
-[Corey] My goodness. -[Michael] And you're right, Corey.
I believe Bayley took a little bit too much time
pulling the trigger with the kendo stick
and now Alexa Bliss wearing out Bayley.
Alexa Bliss with no hesitation,
no doubt she was gonna use the kendo stick here tonight.
[Corey] Alexa Bliss wouldn't look out a place at all [indistinct]
swinging the kendo stick like this.
The way it was gonna use it today.
[Booker] Yeah, that one bit of hesitation right here,
Alexa Bliss is just letting it all hang out with that kendo stick.
Maybe she learned something from the sandman as well.
Get up!
[Michael] And now just mocking Bayley.
Look at her, humiliate her even more, punish her even more.
Alexa's been saying for weeks, Bayley doesn't belong here.
Though Bayley, belly-to-belly to Alexa.
[Corey] Bayley's hurt bad though.
All those shots from the kendo stick took their toll,
unable to follow up with a cover.
Bliss conveniently rolls right over to the weapon.
[Michael] Yeah. A wise move by the champion there,
to grab the stick as she tried to roll away from Bayley.
WWE fans behind Bayley as she sends Alexa back to the middle of the ring.
And now Bayley with the kendo stick right from…
but she bounces right off the stick.
And she hit hard.
[Corey] Bayley's neck and collar bone region
right into the base of the stick, that's… Oh.
[Michael] And Alexa again using the kendo stick legally to her advantage.
[Booker] Right now, Bayley, she got a bad way, guys, this is it.
[audience] One, two, three.
[Booker] Wow.
[bell ringing]
[music]
[female announcer] Here is your winner and still the Raw Women's Champion,
Alexa Bliss.
[Michael] I think you hit the nail in the head
a little bit earlier in the matchup.
Bayley had an opportunity with the kendo stick
and it was almost like she hesitated ever so slightly
and that allow Alexa to take advantage.
[Corey] That slight hesitation cost Bayley the opportunity
to once again become the Raw Women's Champion
but the goddess of WWE still has the Raw Women's title
and a kendo stick to boot.
And the one thing I do want to mention is remember the kickoff show earlier tie,
Alexa's new buddy, Nia Jax, was a guest on the kickoff show here tonight
and she reminded everyone that,
hey, she was waiting in the wings for the winner of this matchup.
[Corey] Well, Nia's gonna get what she's expecting,
but Nia better be ready,
because little miss Bliss is on a different level right now.
First, Alexa Bliss gets a hold of the kendo stick
and just wears Bayley out.
Just relentless right across the back of Bayley's neck.
[cries of pain]
[Corey] But Bliss was not done there.
Just mercilessly attacking the challenger
before planting Bayley with a DDT.
Call her the goddess, call her the wicked witch.
Call her whatever you want as long as it includes Raw Women's Champion.
[music]
[narrator] You'll climb a ladder. You grab the briefcase.
A contract guaranteeing you a world title opportunity.
Let's do something really big.
One superstar will climb that ladder of success.
Somebody's life is going to change forever.
Let's do the first ever women's Money in The Bank ladder match.
[male] Oh my god. That was huge.
[narrator] The opportunity of a lifetime.
Destiny in your hands and Money in The Bank.
[Michael] When WWE's in town, all the stars come out.
Adam Jones and the Baltimore orioles had a game earlier today,
wanna have a little fun, the hottest event in Baltimore tonight.
[Corey] They're all dressed up, aren't they?
[Booker] Your brother looking good.
[laughs]
[Corey] Well, ladies and gentlemen, just a few moments ago,
you saw all about Money in The Bank.
It's the next time we come to you on pay-per-view on the WWE network.
Two weeks from tonight, Saint Louis, Missouri.
And guys, Money in The Bank in the ladder match itself
can change your career.
It could change your life because when you win that ladder match,
you get a briefcase, and inside a contract, cash in,
anytime you want for a championship opportunity.
Not only that, the first ever women's Money in The Bank ladder match,
I mean, that right there is incredible for the women here in WWE.
Yeah, an historic time, first time ever,
women will compete in the Money in The Bank ladder match.
Absolutely. Historic and for once,
maybe a woman will know what it feels like to have that briefcase,
that opportunity to cash in anytime you want
which looking back the statistics,
it's almost a certainty, you'll become champion.
That's two weeks from tonight
but we're only halfway through with Extreme Rules, guys.
and coming up next, tag team championship match
inside a steel cage.
Just take you back to payback at the end of April,
the Hardy Boyz defending against Cesaro and Sheamus.
[Michael] Very physical matchup.
Right there, Jeff Hardy makes the tag,
Sheamus never saw the tag made.
Jeff Hardy is the legal man, he delivered a swanton,
and allowed the Hardy Boyz to retain the tag team titles.
But Corey, the story really came after this matchup.
[Corey] As Matt and Jeff celebrating their hard-fought victory,
Sheamus and Cesaro absolutely snapped.
A brutal assault on the outside of the ring.
Brogue kicks for everyone,
Sheamus and Cesaro making a statement
that they are still a very real threat to the tag team division.
[Michael] Well, for only the fourth time in WWE pay-per-view history,
in the first time in more than 15 years,
we are ready for a steel cage match.
Tonight for the tag team titles,
The Hardys defend against Sheamus and Cesaro.
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is a steel cage match
for the Raw tag team championship.
In this match, there are no pinfalls and no submissions.
The only way to win is with both members of one team
escaping the cage being on the floor at the same time.
[music]
[female announcer] Introducing first the challengers,
the team of Sheamus and Cesaro.
[Michael] Now the opportunity for this team of Sheamus and Cesaro
doing tag team gold for the second time as a team here tonight.
[Corey] Cesaro and Sheamus more focused than possibly ever before.
You're talking about them guys who dethroned the new day,
the longest reigning tag team champion in WWE history,
Sheamus and Cesaro beat them.
These two are more than capable of dethroning the Hardys tonight.
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You heard JoJo with the unique rules for this steel cage match tonight.
Pinfalls and submissions will not be involved.
You only win when both members of a team escaped the cage and hit the floor.
[Corey] Those rules alone, you might think the champions might be favored.
Matt and Jeff Hardy know their way around high risk situations,
particularly a cage.
They'll be able to climb out there like a couple of spiders.
[Booker] Guys, let me tell you something, with all due respect,
right here with Sheamus and Cesaro for the Hardys [indistinct]
[Corey] All due respect is out of the window, guys,
this is all about the two Cs,
checks and championship.
That's what Cesaro and Sheamus is thinking about right now.
[Michael] Sheamus and Cesaro won the tag team turmoil running the table
to get here tonight.
[music]
[gunshots]
[female announcer] Their opponents, at a combined weight of 461 pounds,
they are the Raw tag team champions,
Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz.
[Michael] Boy, who will ever forget Wrestlemania?
With the Hardy Boyz burst on the scene,
surprising the world and winning the tag team titles in the ladder match.
[Corey] I had goosebumps for about a week straight following that moment,
it was unreal.
But I have a chance to sit down with Jeff and Matt earlier today
to talk to them about how they're feeling tonight.
Matt said, "this is our opportunity to prove we weren't just a nostalgia act.
That we are one of the greatest tag teams of our generation for a reason, watch."
[Booker] When the Hardys showed up, they surprised a whole lot of people,
even then, that they go out there and capture the championships
says a whole lot about their character.
but I'd say, even if the Courty period is over,
Sheamus and Cesaro, the nostalgia period is done.
[Michael] And you know what, Booker, I'm sorry to interrupt,
I've mentioned earlier that there've only been
three prior cage matches
for tag teams involved in WWE pay-per-view history.
[Corey] Two of those, the Hardy Boyz were in
back at Unforgiven in 2000 against Edging Christian,
and then in Survivor series 2001 against the Dudley boyz.
So at least the Hardys had some type of experience in this matchup.
You have to think Matt and Jeff feeling incredibly confident headed in into this.
That said, Matt and Jeff are both very aware of how physical,
how dangerous Sheamus and Cesaro can be.
[Michael] Sheamus blamed the WWE fans for turning their backs.
-[Corey] Oh, look at this. -[Michael] Look at Sheamus and Cesaro…
[Corey] Smart strategy.
[Michael] …quickly going for the escape early on,
and Jeff and Matt will drag them back into the steel cage.
Now Jeff Hardy trying to climb to the top of the cage as well.
Remember, no pin… Now the doors open, Cesaro looking to escape
but again, no pinfalls or submissions in this match tonight.
You can only win via escape.
Now here's the caveat, both team members have to escape.
[Booker] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Michael] And both team members have to be on the floor.
[Booker] The agility.
[Michael] Now, Cesaro going up over the top,
Sheamus is dragged back into the cage,
so Cesaro escaping here will not do his team any good.
[Corey] Exactly right. If you escape, you have to know
that your tag team partner is fending for himself
with two other competitors inside the ring, which could be dire.
[Booker] God, did you see Cesaro almost just jumped clean out of the cage?
The ability of this man.
[Corey] They are call him Swiss Cyborg for nothing,
Cesaro is absolutely superhuman.
[Michael] Booker, do you think you have to change your strategy a little bit
when you find out there are no pinfalls submissions involved?
-[Booker] Definitely [indistinct] -[Corey] Hardy!
[Booker] This is the first time right here, both guys got to escape
and get out, feet touch the ground at the same time,
that's almost impossible.
[Corey] Oh my goodness.
[Booker] It's like repeating a golf swing, it's impossible.
[Michael] And look at this, Matt Hardy tossed into the steel cage,
and Jeff Hardy turns his attention to Cesaro.
Hardy Boyz seven times tag team champions together here on WWE.
Jeff Hardy, a former three-time WWE champion
and here's Sheamus with the Irish-curse backbreaker
to Jeff Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Guys, we could be here for 45 minutes to an hour
before we could get to set up both of them trying to escape at the same time.
It's going have to be a lot of wear and tear.
[indistinct]
[Michael] You got to figure, Booker, couple…
Brogue kicks.
Maybe a few of those Cesaro uppercuts can turn someone's lights out in a hurry.
And you see here, Corey, how very physical, Sheamus and Cesaro
are gonna be able to use the cage as a weapon.
Now Sheamus and Cesaro, looking to escape, looking to scale the cage.
Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy again running interference playing defense.
And so much of this match will be from a defensive standpoint.
[Corey] You got to figure an athlete the size of Sheamus
necessarily known for his agility,
might be best served looking to escape the cage doors,
it's gonna take Sheamus a little while to get up to ropes.
Whereas if you're Matt or Jeff your quickness is your key.
[Michael] Oh and Cesaro and Jeff running into one another.
And now Matt Hardy and Sheamus looking to escape, but again,
this doesn't do you any good.
You have to escape with your partner.
[Corey] Oh, I mean, it does, but you're only half way there,
you know, you still have to make sure your partner gets out of there.
[Michael] And now Jeff Hardy trying to drag Sheamusback into the cage.
[Booker] That's why you got to wonder, I mean, what kind of strategy…
both teams are coming to a situation like this, but this is pretty hard.
[Michael] I think Corey said it well before,
a guy like Sheamus and Cesaro looking for some brogue kicks and uppercuts
and then rushing out of the cage.
For the Hardys, you hit your signature moves
and trying to get out as well.
[Corey] Well, Hardys are comfortable, this is there milieu so to speak.
The Extreme style matches.
Now, when you think of slower pace would actually help Sheamus and Cesaro
but not the case here.
[Corey] Look at this, just bouncing Cesaro and Sheamus' skulls against the steel.
Go!
[Michael] Oh, the Hardy Boyz!
Stereo-drop kicks and the challengers are in trouble right now.
[Booker] Great tag team action right there,
I mean, that's knowing your partner every move.
[Corey] Sheamus "the Celtic warrior" desperately hanging on to Matt Hardys leg.
[Michael] And with the door open, one of these superstars
could try to escape through the open door.
Wait a minute, little poetry in motion.
[Corey] And in between the steel cage.
[Michael] Matt and Jeff Hardy turn their attention to Cesaro,
poetry in motion on the other side.
[Corey] This is an opportunity for Matt and Jeff.
Now is when they should start thinking about escaping.
They got their opponents neutralized.
[Booker] They need to do it and they need to do it quick.
[Michael] And now Matt Hardy climbing one corner,
Jeff Hardy is going to try to climb the other corner as well.
Sheamus and Cesaro getting back to their feet,
now it's their turn to run interference.
Matt Hardy jumped at the top of the steel cage.
Cesaro not quite sure where he's at, Sheamus had to reverse his direction.
And now once again, all four men up on the top rope.
This match for the Raw tag team championship.
Jeff Hardy looking to go up over the top,
and now Sheamus and Cesaro, both yanking Jeff back into the cage.
[Corey] Shots like to the kidneys from Sheamus.
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, oh.
-[Corey] Celtic warrior sacrificing… -[Michael] And now Matt with an elbow.
[Corey] Sacrificing his own partner.
And remember, under a normal steel cage match,
you're going for a pinfall there, but not here tonight, only escape.
[Booker] Big shot by Sheamus.
[Michael] Big shot by Matt delivering Sheamus to the cage.
And now Matt Hardy
gonna try to attempt to climb at the top of the steel cage.
Matt Hardy up top now.
[Corey] Hardys, I got to say, they have the advantage right now.
Oh.
Now Cesaro grabs pound for pound the strongest man on WWE
looking to use that strength to his advantage.
Oh, look at Matt Hardy fighting back.
Cesaro almost lost his balance, Hardy way up in the corner.
[Booker] Hardys in the bad position with the man with the strength
of someone like Cesaro…
[indistinct]
[Michael] Now great team work.
Rolling senton.
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Michael] Right now, things are starting to settle down, Corey, door opened.
[Corey] Sheamus had one foot outside of the ropes,
and Matt Hardy watching Sheamus's ankle.
cause Jeff driven into the cage,
and now Cesaro and Sheamus
very close to that open door,
Cesaro looking to go through first, Matt Hardy hanging on.
[Booker] Like a pit bull, Matt Hardy is not letting go.
[Michael] Cesaro and Sheamus realizing
that they have to do more damage to the Hardys
before they can escape the cage.
And this is the pace, Corey, I believe that Cesaro and Sheamuswant.
[Corey] I have to agree with you.
[Michael] Oh, right into the side of the cage goes Matt Hardy.
And the Swiss cyborg and Celtic warrior have taken over.
[Corey] Jeff Hardy fighting with everything he's got left,
which doesn't seem to be much.
[Michael] Hardy, oh just like Spiderman, look at the climb
escaping the cage, he's up over the top.
[Booker] Beautiful work there.
[Michael] Cesaro again trying to prevent Jeff Hardy
from falling over the top of the cage to the floor below.
[Michael] Yeah. But Jeff has to be very, very aware,
he would be leaving that inside the steel cage,
with Cesaro and Sheamus two-on-one which could be…
…detrimental to the Hardy Boyz survival here.
[Corey] I was trying to think of a word bigger than detrimental.
I think of disastrous, cataclysmic.
[Michael] Yeah, and that's a good point, Corey.
Jeff goes over the top rope and Matt Hardys in a two-on-one situation
makes it even more difficult for him to get out.
[Booker] Let me tell you, if Jeff could've just made it over…
[Michael] And now Cesaro's gonna try-- Cesaro gonna try his…
[Corey] Jeff now hanging on for dear life to Cesaro's leg.
Sheamus…
[Michael] And Jeff Hardy looking to drag Cesaro back into the cage.
Remember, if Cesaro would escape there, the match still would continue
because Sheamus has to get out to the floor as well.
Both teammates have to be outside on the floor to win this match.
[Corey] Here we go, Sheamus taking brogue kick.
[Michael] Right for the brogue, Jeff Hardy able to duck out of harm's way,
delivers Cesaro into the cage.
[Corey] Jeff frees himself momentarily.
[Michael] Matt Hardy, tornado DDT!
And suddenly the Hardy Boyz have taken over.
[Corey] All four men are down.
I think it's too close to call any sort of advantage at this point.
[Booker] Talking about the Hardy Boyz, these are first ballot hall of famers,
and they're still out here fighting for this yard,
still trying to hold on to the tag team division.
[Michael] Proud champions, Matt and Jeff, the Hardy Boyz.
Can this be their moment?
Jeff Hardy to the top rope, Matt Hardy following suit,
looking to go over the top of the cage at the same time.
[Booker] They're close.
[Michael] Critical moment for the tag team champions.
Jeff Hardys straddling at the top of the cage,
Cesaro now there,
Sheamus totally trying to run interference on the other side.
Again, Matt Hardy. Matt's almost over, so is Jeff.
Both Hardy Boyz closing [indistinct] to escaping.
Jeff Hardy, a quarter of the way down the cage.
-[Corey] But Sheamus… -Matt Hardy is straddling the other side.
[Corey] Sheamus has joined Matt Hardy straddling the top of the cage.
[Michael] And look at Cesaro.
[Booker] Jeff is out of the cage.
[Michael] Look at, the power of Cesaro.
Not allowing Jeff Hardy to drop to the floor below.
Can Cesaro continue to hang on?
Jeff Hardys out, but now Matt Hardys got to get out of the cage.
Jeff Hardy is out, but the hard match continues.
Matt Hardy has to get out of the cage now.
[Corey] You got the Celtic warrior playing gatekeeper at the top of the cage.
And the situation is two-on-one.
Matt Hardy needs to survive, there's the side effect.
[Booker] He needs to improvise and he needs to do it quick.
He needs to get out of the cage, Matt Hardy.
[Michael] Matt Hardy turns his attention to Sheamus with a side effect as well.
Now it's Matt Hardys opportunity.
Can Matt join his brother Jeff outside the steel cage?
[Booker] He's going for it.
[Michael] This is a tremendous opportunity for Matt Hardy.
[Michael] Jeff cheering his brother on.
Matt Hardy gets up over the top and hits the floor,
this match is over and the Hardys retain the tag team titles.
Here comes Matt Hardy.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Matt Hardy on the top of the cage,
Cesaro… Cesaro following suit,
Jeff Hardy scaling the cage again.
[Corey] We've got a tug of war between Cesaro and Jeff Hardy for Matt.
[Michael] Jeff Hardy halfway up the cage, Matt Hardy is almost out,
Cesaro and Sheamus trying to keep him inside.
[Corey] Precarious situation for Matt Hardy.
[Michael] High stakes matchup, Jeff Hardy falls off the cage,
and now Cesaro and Sheamus look to drag Matt back into the ring.
[Booker] Sheamus and Cesaro are not gonna let those titles escape like this.
[Michael] And now, guys, Matt Hardy is in trouble.
In deep, deep trouble.
[Corey] Big, big trouble.
[Michael] This is what he was trying to avoid, the double team.
[Booker] Oh, man.
[Corey] Double razor's edge there almost.
[Booker] Let me tell you, that one move right there
put me off the shelf for about three months.
[Corey] That was bigger that a razor, that was like a double-edged sword
swung by the Celtic warrior and the Swiss cyborg.
[Michael] Now Jeff Hardy, who was already out of the match,
perhaps looking to get back in,
and Cesaro will not allow Jeff Hardy back into the ring.
[Corey] Oh no.
[Michael] Oh, and Jeff slamming the door on Cesaro.
-[Corey] Brogue kick. -[Booker] Wow.
[Corey] Jeff Hardy is out.
[Booker] Matt Hardy is out as well.
[Michael] And Sheamus may be out momentarily, and that's out of the cage,
but Matt Hardy trying to hang on,
keep his team in this matchup.
The struggle to get out through the door,
Sheamus trying to get out to the floor.
And if that happens, it would leave it up to Cesaro and Matt Hardy,
but look at Matt dragging Sheamus back into the ring.
Tremendous will by Matt Hardy.
Twist of fate.
Meanwhile Cesaro is up on the top rope
and looking like he's gonna try to get out of the cage that way.
[Booker] The heart of a champion there in Matt Hardy, he's not ganna quit,
not tonight, not ever.
[Michael] Cesaro goes for a ride.
Now Matt, can he climb the cage?
If he gets out to the floor, the Hardy Boyz retain,
Jeff Hardys already escaped, here comes Matt Hardy,
-[Michael] Will this be his moment? -[Booker] So close, so close.
[Michael] His opportunity here tonight?
Cesaro in pursuit.
[Corey] Cesaro is so tenacious, he just keeps coming back,
-[Corey] …stopping Matt-- Oh, no. -[Booker] Oh, no.
[Corey] Matt Hardy might be unconscious on the top of the cage.
[Michael] Yeah, he is lifeless right after that uppercut by Cesaro.
[Booker] Thought he was gonna knock him all the way to the floor
with that uppercut.
[Michael] I feared the same thing, Book, with…
-[Michael] Oh, my god, from the top rope. -[Corey] No way.
-[Michael] From the top rope.
[Booker] Don't let this happen.
[Michael] Matt Hardy perched on the shoulders of Sheamus.
[Booker] Don't let this happen.
[Michael] He's not gonna do it from up…
[Booker] Whoa.
[Michael] The white noise from the top rope to Matt Hardy.
[Corey] Wow.
[Booker] Talking about career ending right there.
That could be a career ending move.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Meanwhile… -[Booker] Wow.
[Corey] Jeff knows the magnitude of the situation.
He's got to come in there and give his brother some aid.
[Michael] If Jeff Hardy gets back into the ring,
then we look at double escape again.
[Booker] Is that legal?
[Michael] Anything's legal in a steel cage.
Remember, the only thing that has to happen
is both men getting out of the cage.
Jeff Hardy, top of the steel cage, whisper in the wind,
whisper in the wind from the top of the steel cage.
[Corey] Desperate times call for desperate measures.
[Booker] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] You got to be kidding me.
[Corey] Look at this, from an incredible height,
Jeff Hardy sacrificing his own well-being to help his brother,
taking out Sheamus and Cesaro from the top of the steel cage.
[Booker] To go back inside that cage shows the heart of Matt and Jeff Hardy.
[Michael] So guys, we're at a reset point now.
All four men are back inside the cage, we're back to square one.
Who can escape the steel cage to win the tag team titles or to retain?
[Corey] Matt Hardys at the door.
Matt Hardy just needs to turn around and roll out.
[Booker] Not gonna leave his brother in there.
[Michael] Yeah, but he's got to get his brother out, Corey.
Jeff's got to get back out of the cage again
because he reentered this matchup,
and now Cesaro and Sheamus, going up to the top of the steel cage,
Matt trying to drag his brother Jeff towards the door,
Sheamus and Cesaro, top of the cage.
[Booker] It's a race.
[Michael] Matt pulls closing in on the door.
[Booker] It's a race right now, Cole.
[Michael] Climbing down the cage, Sheamus and Cesaro,
Matt Hardy dragging Jeff Hardy out of the door,
-Sheamus and Cesaro win the titles. -[bell ringing]
[crowd cheering]
[female announcer] Here are your winners and the new Raw tag team champions,
Sheamus and Cesaro.
[Michael] It was pretty clear from our vantage point
that Sheamus and Cesaro hit the floor first
as Matt was trying to drag his brother Jeff out of the steel cage.
For the second time in their careers,
Sheamus and Cesaro win the tag team titles.
[Corey] Hats off to Sheamus and Cesaro,
they've been talking the talk, they came into Extreme Rules in Baltimore
and walked the walk, climbed the climb, fought the fought.
We've got new Raw tag team champions.
[Booker] Nobody thought they were gonna be on the same page,
but tonight, guys, definitely on the same page.
[Michael] This is earlier in the matchup.
Jeff Hardy had already escaped from the cage.
He was trying to get back in to help his brother,
but it became a two-on-one assault by Sheamus and Cesaro.
And this white noise may have been the beginning of the end
because Jeff Hardy, Corey, had no choice but to come back in the match.
[Corey] An absolutely desperate situation and an insane maneuver.
Jeff Hardy launching himself from the top of the steel cage
onto the challengers.
But Jeff would suffer damage in the meantime.
[Michael] Now watch the back part of your screen.
Sheamus and Cesaro right there, hitting the floor
before Jeff Hardy hits the floor on his end.
Sheamus and Cesaro win the tag team titles here tonight at Extreme Rules.
What a steel cage match.
[Booker] It was awesome.
It was bittersweet for so many people.
Such a great match, but somebody had to lose.
[Michael] That right there is what Extreme Rules is all about.
[music]
[male] That's what starts it off.
Two, one, two, three…
Oh, yeah.
In front of the million…
From here, higher and higher we go.
Let's get this thing going.
This is the pinnacle of entertainment.
Wrestlemania.
It will be a night forever etched in history.
This is the greatest moment I have ever seen.
NXT TakeOver.
Do you feel the energy here?
Incredible.
[music]
You're just being a jerk.
You are being a jerk right now, Rosenberg.
We were friends.
[narrator] Nobody is better on the ropes than the cruiserweights.
This is where I grew up, this is how I am.
First thing he did was hug me, and he didn't let go.
It's good to be back home.
Maybe for the one time in my wrestling career,
this ain't not about me.
This summer, we are going to have the Mae Young Classic,
the first ever women's only tournament.
You understand what I'm saying to you?
Should I show some more chest?
[male] [indistinct] State of shock right now.
[music]
Again, incredible steel cage match, congratulations to Sheamus and Cesaro.
But the Hardys have nothing to be ashamed of.
No, they don't.
I mean, but Sheamus and Cesaro, got to give it to them.
They worked on the same page and now, they are the tag team champions.
Yeah, congratulations once again to the brand new tag team champions.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, some business to take care of.
We wanna send a special thanks to barns Courtney for Hellfire.
It's the official theme of WWE Extreme Rules,
from the EP The Dull Drums.
Available on iTunes and Spotify.
[Michael] And coming up next, it is who is the best in the world,
at 205 pounds and under for the cruiserweight championship.
Neville defends against Austin Aries in a submission match.
And for Neville, he's out to prove he's the only king of the cruiserweights.
[Neville] There is no one on the Neville level.
From the moment I stepped foot in this division,
I have obliterated and defeated everybody.
That includes the great Austin Aries.
Twice.
Austin Aries poses no more threat to me
than a long list of pretenders that lay before him.
[Austin] Wanna talk about pretenders?
You defeated me twice.
That's delusional.
Let's go back to Wrestlemania.
I had you locked in the last chancery.
[commentator] Is Neville gonna tap out at Wrestlemania?
And what did you do?
[commentator] Hey, wait a minute, Neville with a shot to the eye.
Neville just raking the reconstructed eye socket of Austin Aries.
The king stays atop the throne.
[Austin] Now let's go to opportunity number two at payback.
[commentator] Oh, god.
Sunset flip…
Into the last chancery.
Is he gonna tap out and bring the championship to Austin Aries?
Neville's grabbing at the official, trying to do anything he can,
and now he pulls the official.
[bell ringing]
Austin Aries doesn't agree with it, but Neville put his hands on the official.
[Austin] Desperate men do desperate things and you held onto your championship.
[Neville] Well, nobody asked for your opinion.
You have had two opportunities at my crown,
but I stand before you as the king of the cruiserweights.
Walk away now,
because I will not be held responsible for what happens.
[commentator] Oh, wait a minute.
The cruiserweight champion, Neville, wants to destroy Austin Aries.
And Aries can't even defend himself.
Oh, no.
Neville is absolutely crazed right now.
This isn't a match. This is an attack from Neville.
[Neville]Regardless of whatever little narrative you wanna tell yourself,
you're in no condition to step in the ring
with the king of the cruiserweights.
I am undeniable,
I am unstoppable, and I am dangerous.
[Austin] The fact of the matter is this.
You've been scraping by the skin of your teeth, two times now.
And you know that you can't do it a third time,
because I've got a whole catalog of submission holds
I've been waiting to use.
But the last one I'm gonna use is gonna be the last chancery, Neville.
When I lock it in this time, you're gonna have no choice
but to tap out and I will take your WWE cruiserweight championship.
[music]
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is a submission match
for the WWE cruiserweight championship.
Introducing first, the challenger,
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, weighing in at 202 pounds,
Austin Aries.
[Michael] A third opportunity for Austin Aries here tonight.
Neville beat him in Wrestlemania,
then Aries won via disqualification back at payback.
And tonight Extreme Rules is brought you in part by American grit on Fox.
John Cena will push ordinary people past their limits
in this extraordinary competition.
Don't miss season two of American Grit, premiering June 11 on Fox.
[Corey] Austin Aries looks incredibly focused
knowing that this is his third opportunity to capture the cruiserweight title.
He does not wanna let it slip through his fingers.
[explosions]
[Corey] But it takes some true grit for Austin Aries here tonight.
[music]
[female announcer] His opponent, he is the WWE cruiserweight champion,
"the king of the cruiserweights", Neville.
[Michael] Neville's held the cruiserweight championship 126 days
dating back to the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in January.
And he simply said to Austin Aries, "the king is going to eat you alive."
Corey, interesting week last week in WWE, on Raw Monday night,
Austin Aries tapped out Neville,
using the last chancery in a tag team match and on 205 live.
It was Neville putting the rings of saturn on Austin Aries.
[Corey] Austin Aries did what a lot of people didn't think was possible,
and that's force Neville to tap out,
but at the end of 205 live on Tuesday night,
Austin Aries was laid out
in a bad, bad way with a very badly damaged left knee.
I have all the respect in the world for Aries
but I do not think he has what it takes to beat Neville tonight.
[Booker] I don't know. You got to wonder if Aries is in the head of Neville
because I'm gonna tell you, if you lock a submission on a man,
it makes him think twice about jumping in a little too quick.
[Michael] How do you become champion tonight?
You make your opponent tap.
-[John] Ring the bell. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Neville, Aries, for the cruiserweight title.
Only one time in WWE pay-per-view history
has a title changed hands in a submission match.
[Booker] Who won [indistinct]
[Michael] It happened in 1994 at Survivor Series
when Bob Backlund beat Bret Hart.
This is #205live.
Remember, the cruiserweights
every Tuesday night on the WWE network,
10 eastern, their own show, most exciting hour on television.
Corey Graves of course, great opportunity every week to sit at ringside
and then watch these great athletes in action.
[Corey] You can't be surprised by the strategy right out of the gate,
Neville looking to target the injured left knee of Aries.
[John]Hey, hey, hey, nice and easy, Neville.
[Booker] I like it, Neville initiating contact right off the bat,
going right towards the injury.
Got to love it.
[Corey] Well, Book, you had mentioned earlier
that maybe Austin Aries is inside the head of Neville,
[Michael] I find it to maybe quite the opposite.
I think Aries might've just incensed the champion.
He's gonna incur the wrath of the king of the cruiserweights.
[Booker] He's gonna, no doubt. Let me tell you something.
When we look back on this many, many years from now,
we're gonna say "Neville, perhaps one of the greatest,
if not the greatest cruiserweight of all time.
[Michael] He's well on his way, Booker, great point now.
You guys mentioned the injured knee of Austin Aries,
of course Neville will target that,
but both of these men use submission holds
where you really have to target the upper body right, Corey?
[Corey] And Neville's been using the-- Oh, look at this fantastic--
Yeah, Neville's rings of saturn focuses on the shoulders.
[John] Let him go. Let him go, one, two.
Let him go, let him go, come on.
-[Michael] Remember, you win via submission.
-[Booker] Wow.
And Neville caught by surprise early on as Aries looked to put the champion away.
[Booker] I tell you, Aries took the long route to get here to WWE,
and he wants to make, you know, make history pretty quick.
I tell you, he reminds me of Dean Malenko as far as his technical skills.
[John] Hey, stay back, stay back.
[Michael] And Neville slowly taking his time getting back into the ring,
and Austin Aries gonna say,
"take your time, I'll take my time as well."
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Aries never short on confidence or talent, that's for sure,
but Neville has been simply unstoppable.
[Michael] Yeah, he has been so impressive.
Since even before he won the championship,
in many ways he's dominated the cruiserweight division.
[Booker] Yeah, but guys, let me tell you.
It's always that one guy.
It's always that one guy that's, you know, that's got your number,
that knows every trick in your book.
Like Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali.
Joe Frazier was Muhammad Ali's toughest opponent
but Muhammad would just race through everybody else.
[Michael] Yeah, that could be Austin Aries for Neville.
For any victories back-and-forth,
but of course, Aries won that tag team match last week.
[Corey] Oh, Aries looking for a guillotine.
[Michael] And Neville backing him back into the corner.
And Austin Aries almost see a smirk on his face
realizing that's twice now.
He almost caught Neville in this submission match.
[John] Go out of the way.
Neville, out of the corner.
Let's go, come on.
[Michael] I think Neville's a bit taken aback
by quick moves by Aries early on, Corey?
[Corey] I don't believe so.
I believe Neville's functioning on such a different level,
the Neville level right now, that anything Aries can do,
it's a minor mishap as far as the champion's concerned.
[Michael] Neville missed wildly cartwheel by Austin Aries.
Neville have no clue where Aries was, and he got his ears boxed in.
And now, Aries sent out to the apron.
And Neville has just been not able to get of the blocks of this match.
[Booker] With a quick move from Aries.
-[Booker] There it is. -And looking for the last chancery.
Last chancery tied to Neville, and Neville quickly makes it out of the ring.
[Corey] Luckily, Neville's able to shift his hips
before Aries' feet came down and locked into hold.
Oh, and Neville whipped into a barricade.
[Booker] Wow.
Did you see the force from that whip right there into the barricade?
[Michael] When you saw the veteran, Austin Aries, moments ago, Corey,
off that move is again,
now he now drives Neville into the barricade on the other side.
Sternum first.
And suddenly, the challenger has the king in trouble.
[crowd cheering]
Talked to Austin early--earlier this week.
He could not wait for this match tonight,
believed he had the momentum coming into this that
he was ready to go, that he finally had Neville's number.
Neville face first off the apron.
[indistinc]
[Michael] And he's been impressive since the start of this matchup.
[Booker] Aries' right knee is taped up, but it's not slowing him down one bit.
He's looking to come out here and cash in the night,
and become the cruiserweight champion.
I feel exactly how this young man feel.
[Michael] And Neville wants nothing to do with that.
And Austin Aries gonna head up to the top rope.
Neville is trying to get out of harms way. Not able to.
As Austin Aries flies to the air may had tweak the knee.
[Corey] You're right.
[Michael] Austin Aries may have reinjured the left knee when he came off the rope.
Now trying to shake it off and…
Over the last few weeks, Neville and tjp have done a number
on the left knee of Austin Aries as it's showing right there.
[Booker] Last place you want to be in.
[Michael] Oh, and right back to the knee.
[Booker] A championship match with a bad injury like a knee injury.
I mean, your mobility shuts down after, maybe 10, 15, 20 minutes in the ring.
[Michael] And here's the nasty king of the cruiserweights,
Neville is going to work with left leg takedown of Austin Aries.
And now really damaging the left leg of Aries.
[Corey] Did you see the speed with which Neville delivered that dragon screw?
[Michael] Incredible.
And a boot right to the face of Austin Aries
and this is where Neville feels at home.
And slow the pace down now
and start to assault the injured leg of Austin Aries.
Look at the torque.
[Booker] I tell you.
Neville came in with a bunch of high-flying moves,
but ever since he shut it down and relied on his technical skills and ability…
-[Michael] Let's take a look right here. -[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Aries was delivering the maneuver,
but you can see him come up, limping on the left leg
and Neville would waste no time taking advantage.
[Michael] You can expect anything else out of the king of the cruiserweights.
[Booker] You see that-- you see that lower leg turned out right there.
I'm telling you right now.
Aries is in a whole lot of pain. He's trying to suck it up.
[Corey] And Aries, yeah, unable to build momentum, sort of a fast walk
when I'd like to be running usually.
Oh, no.
Neville sent crashing to the outside.
[muffling]
[Corey] Another elbow right on the ear.
Oh, pain.
How can you not be impressed with the guts and determination of Austin Aries?
He just keeps coming back at you.
[Booker] And a lot of hot sauce on that shot right there, did he, Cole?
[Michael] The shin breaker.
And again.
It'd be Aries looking to execute a game plan of his own.
Inflict some damage to Neville's leg.
Remember, no pinfalls in this, only submissions to win this matchup.
[Corey] Aries could be thinking about the discus fivearm.
Oh, and a dragon screw of his own. My god.
[Michael] And now it's Aries taking the fight to Neville.
Oh, and a shoulder right to the midsection.
[Booker] I'll tell you, Aries is laboring real bad with that knee right now,
showing a whole lot.
[Michael] Will Neville able to power out?
-[Corey] Oh. -[Michael] Right to the bad knee.
[indistinct]
[Corey] Aries may have hurt his arm as well
when he came down hard to the apron.
Austin Aries is hurting.
[Booker] He's like a little stinger right there to me, Cole.
He seems like he's holding his right hand.
It seemed like that shoulder could have got affected.
[Michael] And then look, boom, right to the leg.
-[Michael] But, oh… -[Corey] There it is.
[Michael] A good point out, Book.
[Corey] He could've maybe dislocated his shoulder,
or the left arm, apparently, of Aries is injured on the way down.
[John] Two, three.
[Michael] The official has begun the count now.
Neville's gonna go out after Aries because he wants to tap Austin Aries.
This rivalry, Neville wants to end in the ring.
Submission, of course, tap out.
And now working on the left arm of Austin Aries,
and this just not bode well since Neville, Corey, uses the rings of saturn.
[Corey] This could be the beginning of the end for Austin Aries.
Either way, it's a smart strategy by the champion
to just attack whatever injury comes his way.
It's the ability to call an audible during combat
that makes Neville so dangerous.
[Michael] Aries is really working this matchup on one leg now,
and perhaps, only with one arm.
[Booker] And then coming in with a knee injury, and then suffering an injury,
like I said, it looked like a stinger to me,
but it could be a collarbone, it could be a shoulder.
[booing]
[Michael] Don't forget, Austin Aries is left-handed, the southpaw.
This takes away the striking abilities and the discus fivearm.
What do you people think?
[booing]
[Michael] Corey, you have known Neville half of your life.
Have you ever seen a man this nasty?
[Corey] I have not and I can be honest when I'm saying,
I have never enjoyed watching Neville compete more than I do now.
He is absolutely intimidating.
[Michael] He didn't have this edge when you guys were a team.
[Corey] Never.
We were a tag team for a long time, and he never had this.
I always did my best to draw it out of him, but I couldn't.
Whatever light switch flipped in the mind of the king of the cruiserweights
is exactly what Neville's career needed and I love it.
[Michael] I think that light switch, guys, was respect.
Neville felt like he was not being respected.
[Booker] Not only that, Cole, championship goal,
being the god, being the go-to god, the marquee god.
[Michael] Look out. Neville top rope.
Austin Aries, though, trying to catch Neville.
The leg buckle, but still able to get Neville into control here.
[Corey] Aries has a figure-four locked in it.
[Michael] Center of the ring.
But can Aries hang on with a bad leg?
Figure-four locked in to Neville.
Will Neville tap out? Will Aries win the championship?
[Booker] No way Aries gonna be able to give enough pressure with that bad knee
to get Neville to submit, I don't think so.
[Michael] Neville trying to work his way out of this predicament,
trying to at least rollover to his belly.
[Corey] He did roll over, but Aries used the momentum to roll through.
Will Neville acquiesce?
[Michael] And Neville was trying to reverse the pressure.
Now Austin Aries,
the Booker's point that leg injured.
Had to come out of that figure-four.
[Corey] A lot of damage inflicted on the knee of Neville.
[Booker] A lot of courage of this young man, Aries,
as well to fight through the pain
and try to become the champion.
[Corey] Aries looking once again for the neckbreaker
-[Corey] across the middle rope. -[Michael] Oh, and it connects.
[Michael] Can Austin Aries take advantage?
Is this his last gasp opportunity?
Aries top rope.
Neville not sure where he is.
Aries had to rebalance, and that rebalance may have cost him.
And Neville looking for the rings.
[Corey] The rings of saturn locked in in the center of the ring.
Austin Aries' left shoulder in a bad way to begin with.
[Booker] Verbal tap. He's gonna have to verbal tap
because he can't even use his hands to tap right now.
[Michael] I don't know how Aries is gonna escape this.
[Corey] Aries trying to…
A double could feel his opportunity slipping through the cracks.
[Michael] Yeah, trying to drag himself toward the bottom rope.
Neville's got him locked in good.
Aries trying to hang in, trying to somehow hang on here.
Neville trying to put him away.
Submission match for the cruiserweight championship.
[Booker] This goes…
One, two, three. Let it go.
[Corey] Aries able to get to the ropes.
[Michael] Neville can't believe it.
I wanna show you what happened here.
Austin Aries going to the top rope.
Now the bad knee caused a slight hesitation the first time.
And as he readjusted,
he came off and allowed Neville to move out of the way
and lock in the rings of saturn.
[Corey] Neville's so sharp, so sudden, no wasted movement
on the application on the rings of saturn.
And Aries escaped the submission, but I mean,
he might be a beaten man right now.
[Booker] I tell you, the pain he had to go through right there
just to get to that bottom rope.
I'm gonna tell you, he's in a lot pain.
And sometimes, you just got to have a wherewithal to say,
"I'm done. I quit."
[Michael] Well, I think Aries might have another opportunity.
Oh, Aries locked in.
And has the rings of saturn.
Austin Aries with Neville's own move locked in.
Is Neville gonna tap out?
[Corey] Aries doesn't have Neville's chin hook like Neville does it,
maybe not quite as effective in the massive upper body.
[Michael] I knew your point, Corey.
[Corey] Neville was grabbing the referee.
He might've seen a repeat of payback.
[Michael] Oh.
[Corey] I think Aries was aware that Neville might've been thinking about
attempting to get himself disqualified.
[Michael] And Aries did not want the match to end that way, Corey.
[Corey] But again, the slight delay,
Aries took his eyes off the prize
just long enough for the king of the cruiserweights
to deliver a brutal superkick.
[Booker] He's holding Austin Aries up right now.
He's taking a whole lot.
He's gonna take a little bit more from Neville
because this kid is not gonna stop dishing.
And now that he's got a motto on, he's gonna take…
He's got cardio for days.
[Corey] Aries is functioning on instinct alone right now.
Neville's looking to take the last little bit of instinct
-out of Austin Aries. -[Booker] Not only that.
That bad shoulder, that bad knee's got to be feeling a lot of pain.
Look how he's sucking it upright now.
[Michael] And where can Austin Aries go?
[Corey] Open-hand strikes to the…
[Michael] Part of a champion, Austin Aries.
Box on the ears with Neville.
The champion is stunned down center of the ring,
but right back on the attack.
Austin Aries hooks him though.
[Corey] Once again, I think we've got a-- he's got a guillotine.
I can quite see if it's been completed.
[Michael] Yeah, but he's up in the ropes. Is Neville gonna tap out here?
Now Austin Aries releases the hold.
Now Austin, top rope.
[Corey] Cat-like balance by Aries.
[Michael] Sunset flip powerbomb by Aries.
-[Corey] There it is. -[Michael] And the last chancery.
[Corey] What's locked in, and he…
[Michael] Is Neville gonna tap?
[Booker] Right in the middle of the ring, guys.
-[Michael] Is it Austin Aries moment? -[Booker] Right in the middle.
[Michael] Will Aries win the cruiserweight title?
Neville's gonna tap.
[Corey] Neville using his incredibly powerful lower body
to escape the ring, but it's still locked in.
[Michael] The last chancery, outside the ring now.
No! Austin, Austin! [indistinct]
[Michael] Neville's tapping out, but the referee's waving it up
because they're outside of the ring.
[John] You've got to win in in the ring. You've got to win it inside.
[Michael] They're outside the ring, the referee waving off the tap out.
Aries doesn't win that match or the championship there.
[Booker] Tell you what that was right there, Cole.
That was a psychological advantage right there.
Let's take him outside,
let's put him in a little bit of pain,
let's get this to our even playing field.
[Corey] It was the second time this week
that Austin Aries has made Neville tap out.
Unfortunately, neither of those times has found Aries the championship.
[Michael] Yeah, but to Booker's point, can Austin Aries take advantage now?
Is Neville beat psychologically here?
[Corey] Neville barely functional.
Aries needs to get Neville inside the ring and reapply the hold.
[Michael] Aries trying to do what he can,
but he's been beaten up as well and back to the injured left arm.
Great move by the champion, Neville.
Aries, though.
[Corey] Discuss five arm right on the button.
Neville is on dream street.
[Booker] Talking about a fight.
[Corey] A double.
Pull out something big here.
[Michael] Here he comes.
Suicide dive. Nobody home.
Neville ducked out of the way.
[Corey] Intentional or not,
Neville was not in the place that Aries intended him to be.
I don't know if it was exhaustion, or if it was just pain,
or if it was a plan,
but Neville was able to avoid the heat-seeking missile of Austin Aries.
[Michael] And, Corey, what that is, it's a golden opportunity
for the king of the cruiserweights.
Neville top rope.
[Corey] And we're gonna be looking for the homerun here.
[Michael] Oh.
Right to the back.
-[Corey] Right to the back of Aries. -[Booker] Wow.
[Corey] Right into the rings of saturn.
[Michael] Austin Aries has to tap out.
-[Booker] He's tapping. He's tapping. -[bell ringing]
[music]
[Booker] Wow.
[Corey] Did you see that? Did you hear that?
[female announcer] Here is your winner and still the WWE cruiserweight champion,
Neville.
[Michael] I cannot believe the red arrow to the back of Austin Aries,
and then into a rings of saturn.
[Booker] It doesn't look like Aries was trying to get out of the way.
He was like trying to prove it.
He proved right to the wrong position and got caught.
[Michael] That was one of the most spectacular red arrows I'd ever seen.
Here we see a few moments earlier, Aries hanging on for dear life,
he finds the last chancery, but on the outside of the ring.
Here you see, Neville will tap out,
but it didn't count because it was not inside the confines of the ring.
Aries looking for something big,
but Neville was not where Aries expected him to be.
Here you go.
Desperately out of the way,
which cleared the way for this.
Watch the movement, but most importantly, the impact at the end.
[crowd cheering]
I don't think I've ever heard that maneuver sound like that on impact.
Right into the rings of saturn,
Austin Aries with no other choice, but other tap out.
[Corey] What a Valiant effort tonight by Austin Aries.
[Michael] You're right, but what a battle.
The Valiant king of the cruiserweights Reigns supreme.
Neville is still your cruiserweight champion.
The next time Raw comes your way on the WWE network pay-per-view,
Great balls of fire.
And, guys, we can confirm
that on that night will be Brock Lesnar's first universal championship events
on pay-per-view since winning the title at Wrestlemania.
Who will the beast face?
We're going to find out right now in an Extreme Rules fatal 5-way matchup.
Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns
in a match that could change the course of the new era.
["Hellfire" by Barns Countrey]
[bell ringing]
[narrator] Brock Lesnar is the new universal champion.
Absolute dominance personified.
Brock is back and on top of Raw.
The reigning, defending, undisputed universal champion.
Who would challenge Brock Lesnar for the universal title?
We're going to have an Extreme Rules fatal 5-way match,
and the winner will face Brock Lesnar for the universal championship.
Could it be Seth Rollins,
Samoa Joe,
Finn Balor,
Bray Wyatt,
or will it be Roman Reigns?
Whoever wants to slay the beast must first be victorious at Extreme Rules.
[music]
[narrator] It will indeed be every man for himself.
Extreme Rules could change the course of the new era.
Action.
[wrestler] I enter the fatal 5-way,
results,
I win.
[Roman] This is my yard now,
because I'm the number one contender.
And I'm the only guy around here that can beat Brock Lesnar.
This is my world.
[Bray] You will all worship my name as I stand triumphant.
I'm in control, man.
[Finn] You see, I was the first universal champion
and I will go on to face Brock Lesnar,
for the championship that I never lost.
I'm no stranger to changing the course of WWE history.
I'm trying to do it again.
[music]
[narrator] Lesnar awaits the winner for the universal championship.
Every man for himself, everybody has an opportunity.
[music]
And seconds away from the fatal 5-way match,
but coming up after Extreme Rules,
only on the WWE network special edition of Raw Talk,
Renee Young and Corey Graves.
Renee and I will be joined by new intercontinental champion,
-the Miz. -Wow.
The boss, Sasha Banks and Rich Swann
and the winner of the match that's about to go down,
who will then be the number one contender to the universal championship.
You ready?
Stick around, we got a lot more for you.
Who's gonna face Brock Lesnar?
We find out right now.
[music]
[Michael] An incredible scene here tonight,
in front of 11,769 WWE fans in Baltimore.
Infestation of fireflies.
This man, Bray Wyatt once said that we should not fear demons
or destroyers,
what we should fear, though, is who create them.
He said, "there's only one man that can beat Brock Lesnar,
and that man is me."
[Corey] The atmosphere in Baltimore is chilly, it's creepy,
it's unsettling,
and that's exactly the way Bray Wyatt wants it.
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[music]
[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[female announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
it's Extreme Rules fatal 5-way match.
Where the winner will go on to face Brock Lesnar
for the universal championship.
Making his way to the ring,
from Davenport, Iowa, weighing in at 217 pounds,
Seth Rollins.
[Michael] You know, none of the five men in this matchup tonight
have ever ever beaten Brock Lesnar one-on-one,
but Seth Rollins did cash in his Money in The Bank contract
on Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns
in what amounted to be a triple threat match in Wrestlemania
a couple of years ago to win the championship.
[Corey] Rollins recently said, "I've been to suplex city,
and I'm not afraid to go back."
[Booker] Big words.
Big words from Seth Rollins.
And he's willing to back it up.
[Michael] Seth Rollins said earlier today that, "this is everything for me."
An opportunity to battle for a chance at the universal title.
[music]
[female announcer] Next, from Huntington Beach, California,
weighing in at 282 pounds,
Samoa Joe.
[Michael] Hey, Book, here's the man you picked to win this match tonight.
[Booker] You look at Samoa Joe make his…
He's just right there, I mean,
you're looking at a true, bonifide, prized fighter
that's looking to cash in tonight.
All he had to do is just write the check.
He's at the bank, all he need to do is just write the check tonight.
[Michael] Corey, we learned some things
from Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt in recent weeks.
Now, this match is every man for himself.
[Corey] You're absolutely right.
We had plenty of interactions between all five competitors
over the last several weeks.
No love lost between any of them,
specifically, Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Joe won that big triple threat match over Bray and Finn last week on Raw.
[Booker] Tells you he could do it.
[music]
[Michael] It is this man's first pay-per-view appearance
since summerslam of last year.
[music]
[Corey] It's that summerslam last year that this man, Finn Balor,
became the first ever universal champion.
Tonight, he has the opportunity to earn another step up the ladder.
[Michael] He calls the WWE fans the Balor Club.
[female announcer] Next, from Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,
Finn Balor.
[Michael] And he hopes to rely on them to help pave the way
in this matchup here tonight.
[Michael] "I never lost the title," Finn Balor says,
"and I plan to get it back."
[Corey] The landscape is very different than it was in Summerslam of last year.
Balor's come back and been incredibly impressive
since returning from his injury.
But standing in front of him tonight are four of the most elite superstars
to ever step inside of the ring.
[Booker] We're talking about Finn Balor here, we're talking about a guy that…
He's truly special.
Corey, I mean, this man came here on the scene,
and he did something that many men wish that they could do,
and that's go out there and become champion.
Can he do it again?
[Corey] Talking about matches that are too close to call,
this is absolutely one of them.
I know you wanna stick with your pick, Samoa Joe, Book,
but when you look at the array of talent in and around the ring,
this match can literally go any way.
[Booker] Right, Bray Wyatt, Finn Balor.
-[Michael] Hey, Book, I'll make a pick. -[Booker] Who you got?
[Michael] I think this gentleman is gonna win the fatal 5-way.
-[music] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The big dog.
[female announcer] And from Pensacola, Florida, weighing in at 265 pounds,
Roman Reigns.
[Michael] Roman Reigns said earlier today, "tonight, I may bend,
but the other four guys will break.
I am the big fight #myyard."
[Corey] If history has taught us anything, it is that you can never,
and I mean ever bet against Roman Reigns.
[Booker] That dude.
[Michael] I can tell you someone who is watching this matchup very carefully.
The WWE universal champion
who in five week, will defend his title against one of these five men,
that is Brock Lesnar.
And his advocate, Paul Heyman tweeted out a bit ago,
"the suspense is #extreme."
One of these five men earned the right to cross the border
into Suplex City versus Brock Lesnar.
Who will it be?
Here are the rules.
First man to gain pinfall or submission
becomes the number one contender for the universal championship.
There are no count outs, there are no disqualifications,
it is Extreme Rules in our main event.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] You can feel it in the air, Cole.
It's gonna be a big fight night here.
You gotta love it.
Every mamc n for himself.
[Corey] Roman Reigns came walking out here almost stoic,
incredibly confident, ready for combat.
[Michael] #fatalfiveway.
Who will face Brock Lesnar?
[Michael] It's called a championship walk, Corey, that's a walk with confidence.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Here we go, matchup underway.
Corey, is there any strategy here tonight?
[Corey] I guarantee, you're gonna see short-term alliances.
It's a necessity in a situation like this.
You're gonna see a lot of chaos.
It's up to who can control the chaos to their own advantage is the best.
[Michael] And then, meanwhile, it's Seth and Samoa Joe, of course,
they have a long history.
Samoa Joe injuring Seth Rollins earlier this year,
almost costing him the match at Wrestlemania.
Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt with a history as well,
Bray Wyatt cost Finn Balor an opportunity in an intercontinental title match.
[Corey] Well, look at the big dog just staying strong,
standing in the center of the ring,
let the other four burn themselves out, let them spend energy.
[Booker] Trying to keep his emotions in check right there, Corey.
Just let everything happen, let the fight come to you.
[Michael] And two former WWE champions now, face-to-face,
Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns.
Remember, they had a battle on Raw a few weeks ago
that broke down into a tag team match.
[Booker] Like that strategy there by Roman Reigns.
"I'm not gonna chase the fight. It's gonna come to me.
Again, I'm gonna take the fight straight to him."
[Michael] Big right hand by Roman,
Bray Wyatt counters, Roman with one of his own.
And now, Roman Reigns quickly out of the box,
looking to use his power against the former WWE champion.
Samoa dropped by Reigns.
This is about establishing whose yard it is.
[Booker] That was quick right there, too, that was a quick drop.
[Michael] And Samoa Joe went for a Samoan drop of his own,
and Roman Reigns delivers one to Joe.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] Two big statement right there by Roman Reigns.
[Michael] Now, Finn Balor will try his fare against Roman Reigns,
and Roman Reigns now,
looking for a Samoan drop on Finn Balor who continues to fight back.
The first ever universal champion.
[Corey] It's definitely a size mismatch between Balor and Reigns
but we've seen Finn Balor can hang anybody…
[Booker] Whoa, beautiful block.
[Michael] Did you see Roman block the kick of Balor?
[Booker] Tells me he's got to just get, Balor.
[Michael] Now, a little Raw rematch.
Former buddies, then bitter enemies.
Reigns and Rollins squaring off.
[Booker] Brothers to the bone, man.
[Corey] Reigns and Rollins tore the house down Monday night.
You've got to wonder how either man is gotta be feeling.
Here only six days away from that battle.
[Michael] And now Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe back into the ring,
they double-team Roman Reigns, what does Seth Rollins do at this point?
Does he lie back, does he help out Reigns?
And now, he's gonna go right after Samoa Joe, his archenemy.
[Corey] I've gotta question Rollins' strategy there.
[Michael] Oh, and Reigns driven shoulder-first into the post
in this, what is the first fatal 5-way match
in over nine years on WWE pay-per-view.
-[Corey] This is a bad… -[Michael] So much at stake.
[Corey] …bad situation for Seth Rollins.
[Booker] It'd be one of those short-term alliances
that Corey was talking about just a minute ago.
Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe, pretty much working together here.
[Michael] Really, I think the best thing to do
is get three of the guys out of the ring,
and make it a one-on-one matchup,
at least, momentarily.
[Corey] Uh-oh.
[Michael] Samoa Joe with a head of steam.
-Rollins [indistinct] -Rollins rolling, though.
[Michael] Gonna launch himself into Joe and taking him down outside the ring.
Action is fast and furious everywhere.
And the WWE universe is ruckus here for our main event.
Balor to Bray Wyatt.
Aw!
[Corey] It's the aggression of Finn Balor.
[Corey] It doesn't matter who he's stomping on, someone's getting stomped,
indiscriminate stomping from Finn Balor.
[Michael] For Balor, it's an opportunity to win back the universal championship.
He wants Lesnar in five weeks.
[Booker] He's gonna have to prove tonight
that four big men he's gonna have to go through.
-[Michael] Now, Balor over the top rope! -[Booker] Whoa.
[Michael] I'd be interested in knowing
who Brock Lesnar would like to face out of these five.
[Corey] Oh, and Reigns with the right.
I don't think the beast incarnate has a preference.
Lesnar just sits and waits for someone to challenge his throne.
[Michael] Balor driven into the barricade.
[Corey] Well, I'm sure Brock is well aware
that any five of these superstars would make very, very stiff competition.
[Michael] You know, Corey, Roman Reigns is always the intense individual,
but the last few weeks, he is more intense than ever before,
and I think that has to do with the battles he went through
with "the monster among men" Braun Strowman.
[Corey] Oh, here comes Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Strowman out of action frontwards of six months
with a serious elbow injury
after the battle with Roman Reigns last month.
[Corey] Uh-oh.
[Michael] And you know what Roman Reigns is thinking here.
Reigns with the… Oh, with a drive-by
and Samoa Joe picked him out of the air.
[Booker] Right place at the right time for Samoa Joe.
Just took out Roman Reigns with a big shot.
[Michael] And this man right here,
maybe the most dangerous man in this match.
[Corey] Possibly the most technically well-rounded athlete in WWE.
So many different disciplines and here…
[Michael] Reigns is hurt.
And you notice Roman Reigns went for the ribs, Corey?
The ribs were severely damaged at the hands of Braun Strowman
over a few week period.
[Corey] It's a smart strategy.
You gotta take any weakness you can find.
[Michael] And so, Samoa Joe really took control of this matchup.
Roman Reigns, moments ago, going for the drive-by.
And watch Joe…
Interception!
[Corey] And here we go back to the short-term alliance we mentioned.
Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Yeah, we've seen them work together in the past
and then turn on one another.
[Booker] It's a--it's a business.
[Corey] Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
[Booker] It's a business.
[Corey] Thanks, Book.
[Booker] But right now, we take care of an injury [indistinct]
[Michael] Oh, and into the steel steps.
And again, remember,
only a few weeks removed from the ribinjuries
and the internal injuries caused by Braun Strowman.
Will that be a factor tonight for Roman Reigns?
There's a man who just enjoys inflicting punishment.
And again,
calling on to this very shaky alliance with Bray Wyatt.
Seth Rollins' gonna pay.
I guess, beat the hell out of everybody else and then…
[Corey] Go one-on-one is a great strategy here…
[Michael] Down goes Finn!
[Booker] It is a great strategy.
[Corey] You can't argue with it, it's been effective.
[Michael] Now, gonna go all the way around the ring and target Roman Reigns.
Roman back to his feet and the steps right into Roman Reigns,
and Bray and Samoa Joe are a wrecking crew.
[Booker] I'll tell you guys, the power of the mind, I mean,
Bray Wyatt right now, I don't know if he's just controlling Samoa Joe or what
but Samoa just going along with the program.
[Michael] He's not controlling Samoa Joe.
Samoa Joe has as much at stake to work with Bray Wyatt
as Bray has to work with him.
Take out everybody else, make it a one-on-one matchup,
and then see who's the boss.
[Corey] You're absolutely right. There is no one that controls Samoa Joe.
Joe does what he wants, when he wants, to who he wants.
And right now, he wants to work with Bray Wyatt, it's working out well.
[Booker] It is.
Right now, Finn Balor's feeling every ounce of it.
[Michael] It has been all Bray and all Joe.
[Corey] Nearly 600 pounds of dangerous, dangerous human being.
Beating up everyone in their path.
Agh!
[Michael] Now, Finn Balor back to the ring
and Samoa Joe looking to turn his wrath against Balor
and Bray Wyatt as well.
[Corey] See Joe just shrugged and waved Bray Wyatt in.
Come get some your own.
[Michael] Look at that.
[Corey] A couple of jackals tearing apart a carcass.
[Booker] Look at all the talent this kid has, Finn Balor.
I mean, he has a whole lot of talent,
but there's no way he's gonna be able to stand against two men
like Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe.
I mean, they're gonna just rip this kid limb from limb.
[Michael] And it's been an incredible alliance so far between these two men.
They have completely dominated the other three in this matchup.
And now just toying with Finn Balor,
who's trying to fight back against Bray and Samoa Joe.
Finn Balor.
And then a number just took him over.
[Booker] Big shot right there by Bray Wyatt, a big boot to the gut.
[Michael] Double shoulder tackle, and down goes Finn.
[Corey] But look at Joe, keeping an eye.
Oh.
I was thinking about a cover.
[Michael] Yes with Bray Wyatt on his back, turn and goes, "Ah, okay, maybe not."
[Corey] I mean, that's the whole secret.
These two are gonna have to betray one another at some point.
It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when,
but it is working out so well for them right now
to keep doing damage together.
[Michael] And Finn trying valiantly to do something here to fight back,
but right now, he's just [indistinct]
A punching bag for these two men.
[Booker] I think that Samoa Joe is keeping an eye on Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] And Seth Rollins back into this.
[Booker] But he is keeping an eye on him as well.
[Michael] Into the fight as well the architect with a kick to BrayWyatt.
Now Seth Rollins trying to get something started here.
Rollins, kick, down goes Bray.
Now Samoa Joe,
face first into the turnbuckle.
And suddenly the kingslayer
is taking care of that little alliance for a bit.
[Corey] There goes Rollins.
-[Booker] Oh, Bray with a [indistict]. -[Michael] Goodness.
[Michael] That will stop you in your tracks.
[Booker] What a right hand.
[Michael] Oh, no, no, not with the steel steps right there…
DDT on the steps!
[Corey] You know Bray Wyatt is sadistic, maniacal,
and the Extreme Rules match could play right into the eater of worlds hands.
[Booker] Corey, Seth Rollins ate all of that DDT there on the steel crate.
-[Corey] Look out, look out. -[Michael] Quick choke.
-[Michael] Coquina clutch. -[Corey] Coquina clutch now for Samoa Joe,
locked in on Finn Balor.
Finn trying to somehow break out of it.
-Wow. -And that'll help.
[Corey] Double stump!
[Michael] And Joe had the coquina clutch locked in momentarily,
and now Bray Wyatt with a chair completely legal,
Extreme Rules in this fatal 5-way.
[Corey] Look at all the damage
that Bray Wyatt and Samoa Joe inflicted with their bare hands,
and the steel stairs.
Now Bray Wyatt brandishing a steel chair.
Unloading on Roman Reigns.
Now what does Bray Wyatt do?
Does he keep the alliance with Samoa Joe, or does he turn his back?
[all] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, and he turns his attention to Finn Balor.
So the uneasy truce between Joe and Wyatt continues.
And now offering up Finn Balor as a sacrificial lamb
for Samoa Joe with a flying senton.
[Corey] And Joe hurt himsel with that senton.
[Booker] Dude, Bray Wyatt is enjoying every minute of this beating right now.
Finn Balor.
[Michael] Did you hear Bray Wyatt? He told Joe, "give it to me, give it to me."
And now Bray Wyatt.
Gonna issue more damage to Finn Balor
And one of his own.
[Corey] And again, Bray Wyatt willing to take on some of his own punishment.
[Michael] It's incredible.
I got an idea.
Pick him up.
[Michael] Bray and Joe are sacrificing their own bodies here.
[Corey] Two of the most highly intelligent
and physically abled superstars in WWE working together
to just destroy Finn Balor.
[Booker] No quitting Finn Balor, though.
Finn is gonna take it as long as he possibly can.
[Michael] And there you go. Good point, Book.
Finn Balor trying to fight out of the corner.
Into the chair goes Samoa Joe.
[Corey] Samoa Joe's rock, Bray Wyatt, still coming forward.
-[Booker] Stamina on this kid. -[Michael] Down goes Bray.
[Michael] Drive-by.
Roman Reigns is back at it.
[Corey] Reigns was waiting in the wings.
Perfect scenario to deliver a drive-by.
[Michael] Roll up here.
Finn Balor's shoulders are down.
Roman Reigns with a powerbomb.
[Booker] Took him all the way up to the top throw right there.
Finn Balor took all of that big powerbomb.
[Michael] Reigns with a clothesline,
and now the big dog's fighting.
[audience] One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight,nine…
[Michael] Samoa Joe runs into Bray Wyatt, didn't want that to happen.
Roman Reigns…
…into the face of Joe.
Bray pays.
[screams]
Roman with a clothesline.
[Booker] A stiff clothesline right there, Cole.
The big dog is running the yard right now.
[Michael] First man to gain pinfalls, submissions,
the number one contender for Brock Lesnar's universal title.
[Corey] Here comes Samoa Joe from behind.
[Michael] Yeah, dragging Reigns out of the ring,
and really saved Bray Wyatt there.
[Corey] Reigns looks like he's getting the best of that exchange.
[Michael] And now Bray Wyatt right after Roman Reigns.
And again, Bray and Joe looking out for one another
for the sole purpose of eliminating the other three men in this match.
[Booker] Here we go.
-[Booker] Wow. -[Michael] [indistict] the announce table.
[Michael] You see Roman Reigns' body buckled?
[Booker] Almost broken in half right there
because Roman caught the edge of that announce table, Cole.
[Michael] And now Seth Rollins blasting Bray off the apron.
Rollins looking to launch himself, and he does right onto Samoa Joe.
Now the fight outside the ring,
or back into the ring, as Seth sends Bray Wyatt back in,
that's where you got to gain the pinfall or submission to win this matchup.
Rollins, top rope, launches himself onto Bray Wyatt.
Here's Seth Rollins, cover
[indistinct] And a kick out.
And Joe runs into the boot by Seth.
And now the kingslayer starting to take over.
Rollins [indistinct]
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Michael] Cover.
Seth Rollins. Could be it.
To win this matchup, and a kick out by Bray.
[Booker] Wow.
[Michael] A second away on becoming number one contender was Seth Rollins.
[Corey] Rollins knows he's gonna have to come up big.
Think of something.
Rollins dives through to Samoa Joe.
[Booker] Didn't get all of it though right there.
[Corey] Not enough of it to put Joe down momentarily.
[Michael] Joe was able to sidestep, Bray Wyatt back into the ring,
Seth Rollins now sidesteps Bray, sends him out,
and now Seth Rollins looking to take advantage.
Suicide dive, and Bray Wyatt just shoved Joe right into the path of Seth Rollins.
[Booker] Great move right there.
[Corey] All is fair in love and war.
We knew it was not gonna be a permanent alliance.
Bray Wyatt showing Samoa Joe his true colors right there.
[Booker] Only one man can win, Corey.
[Corey] You're absolutely right, Book. I understand it all.
[indistinct]
[Michael] And turned him inside out with a clothesline.
[Corey] My goodness.
Look at this, Rollins head first, but Bray Wyatt sidestepping,
shoving Joe in Rollins' path.
[Michael] And you sacrifice Samoa Joe
for the opportunity to take control of this match.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I knew that tenuous alliance wasn't gonna last.
And Seth Rollins with a falcon arrow.
[Corey] It's enough to put Bray away, almost had him.
[Booker] Out of nowhere right there,
Seth Rollins just summed enough strength to take Bray Wyatt and over,
almost got the three count.
[Corey] Can Rollins keep this momentum flowing?
[Michael] Corey this is Seth Rollins right in his playbook,
just tremendous resilience.
Hang around, hang around, and then deal the fatal blow.
[Corey] There comes a point in time
where you need to be able to keep your foot on the gas pedal,
that moment is now for Seth Rollins.
[Michael] Yeah, the tremendous conditioning of Seth Rollins' paying off.
Top rope, Rollins though, caught by Bray Wyatt.
[indistinct] Sister Abigail.
[Booker] Bad place right there, Cole. Sister Abigail. Wow.
[Michael] Bray Wyatt is going after "the beast" Lesnar.
And Samoa Joe makes sure it doesn't happen.
[Samoa] What was that?
What was that?
[Corey] Joe obviously all fired up about Bray's tactics a few moments ago.
If you're Samoa Joe, you can't be surprised.
[Booker] Come on, all is fair in love and war, you know that.
[Corey] All right. Here's the…
There it is, the inevitable throw down.
[Michael] Yeah, I wonder when this is gonna happen,
Joe and Bray Wyatt exploding now.
[Corey] One, two.
[Booker] Beautiful.
[Michael] And Joe for the cover,
the opportunity to advance to face the Brock Lesnar.
Bray Wyatt gets the shoulder up at two.
[Booker] I was wondering when we're gonna see this Samoa Joe right here.
The man is all out for himself, that assassin here in the WWE.
[Michael] Oh, you're getting it now, Booker.
All right. Bray Wyatt launching himself.
The entire body clipping Joe.
[gasping]
[Michael] Freak time.
Oh, here it is.
One of the scariest individuals in WWE today.
And now looking for the Sister Abigail on Samoa Joe to put him away.
Joe able to counter into the coquina clutch.
[Booker] Got him locked in deep, Cole.
And see that…
[Michael] And Finn Balor with a chair at the back of Joe.
[Corey] Right across the spine of Samoa Joe.
[Michael] It's Extreme Rules all legal.
[Booker] He's got an equalizer right there in Finn Balor's hands.
[Corey] Retribution.
Finn Balor was on the wrong end of too many of those chair shots.
Stomp into the chair and into Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] And Roman Reigns feels the wrath of Finn.
[Booker] Great move right there by Finn.
Do not let Roman Reigns back in this ring.
[Michael] Oh my god.
He about decapitated him.
Incredible.
And down goes Bray into the barricade.
[Corey] Finn Balor is a one-man army right now.
[Booker] Yeah, he's moving right now.
Finn Balor's on the move.
[Michael] He's a wrecking ball.
[Michael] All it remains is to seal the deal.
Finn Balor needs to score a victory.
[Booker] Can't do it on the outside, Cole.
It's got to be in the middle of that squared circle.
That 20x20 is where he needs to get Bray Wyatt right now.
[Corey] Look at this.
[Michael] And we're seeing a part of Finn Balor we've never seen before.
The aggressive power.
He's taking it to Wyatt.
Bray trying to somehow get away.
-[crowd cheering] -[Corey] Uh, uh, uh.
[Booker] You got to have a mean streak in the WWE.
It is coming out of Finn Balor tonight.
[Michael] You got to have it, Book, to survive.
And what is Finn gonna do here?
[Booker] What do you think?
[Michael] And Samoa Joe from behind.
[Corey] Coquina clutch is…
I don't know if it's completely locked in.
[Booker] Don't got it locked in, Corey. It's not locked in.
[Corey] Yeah, Joe needs to grab his own bicep.
[Michael] Yeah, Finn's trying to block.
Oh, Roman Reigns with the spear through Finn,
through Joe, through the barricade.
[Booker] You got to be kidding me.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] The architect starting to realize what just happened.
[Michael] You got three man crash down at the barricade.
-[Corey] Uh-oh. -[Michael] Bray is out on the table.
[Michael] Seth Rollins is going up to the top rope.
[Corey] Seth Rollins has the devil in his eye.
[Booker] Opportunity just knocked.
[Michael] Frog splash through Bray, through the table.
[Booker] It was perfect.
[Michael] And Seth went with the bad knee.
[Corey] Rollins clutching at his right knee, the surgically repaired knee.
Definitely suffered some impact.
[crowd cheering]
[Booker] There are bodies thrown everywhere.
[Michael] First it's Roman Reigns.
Spear.
[Corey] Carnage, chaos.
What more could you ask for?
Oh, how about the architect, the kingslayer
soaring through the sky, crashing down onto Bray Wyatt?
[Michael] That was old school Seth Rollins there, Corey.
[Corey] High stakes, high risk, high reward.
Look at this, absolutely surreal athleticism.
[Booker] Wow.
[Michael] Booker.
[Booker] Talking about beautiful, it was beautiful.
I mean, he took a lot of pain, he threw caution to the wind,
but that's what you got to do.
[Michael] And look who's left up.
You got Finn down, Joe down, Bray down,
and Roman and Seth are back to their feet.
[Corey] Superstars' worse for wear.
[Booker] Everybody's hurt, man.
Everybody's feeling the pain in this Extreme Rules fatal 5-way.
[Michael] Seth back into the ring.
Roman Reigns back into the ring.
And it almost seems appropriate that it would come down to this.
[Booker] You got love it.
This is the pain game.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This is for all the marbles.
An opportunity at the universal title.
[Corey] Rollins beat Reigns to the punch.
-[Corey] That doesn't happen often. -[Michael] Maybe not.
[Booker] Not with that big uppercut coming like that from left field.
[Michael] And one by Seth.
[Corey] Rollins answers.
-[Corey] And Roman… -[Booker] Great counter.
[Booker] Great counter right there by Seth Rollins.
[Michael] Roman's still on his feet.
[Corey] But Rollins favoring his knee.
-[Michael] Yeah, and the frog splash. -[Corey] Can he get the big dog up?
[Michael] Lands on his feet. Now, Seth.
-[Booker] Boom. -[Michael] Superman punch.
[Booker] That quick.
[Michael] Roman Reigns.
-[Booker] Right into that Superman punch. -[Michael] He's looking for the…
-[Michael] Kick out by Rollins. -[Booker] Yeah.
[Booker] Come on.
Talking about resilient.
[Corey] Look at this impact.
Bang.
Reigns absolutely smokes Seth Rollins with the Superman punch.
[Booker] He got all of it, Corey. He got all of it right on the chin.
I'm surprised Seth Rollins had the…
-[Michael] And look at Roman. -[Booker] …wherewithal to kick out.
[Corey] Roman barking at Rollins, barking at Seth,
telling him he should've stayed down.
He should've stayed down.
[Booker] "It's my yard."
What Roman feel, "this is my house."
[Corey] Rollins makes a living disrespecting his surroundings.
He doesn't care whose house it is.
Rollins.
[Michael] Shoulders down. Is it enough here?
And Roman kick out at two.
-[Booker] Great counter. -[Michael] Kick on the face.
[Michael] Rollins again, looking to win this fatal 5-way matchup,
and a kick out by Reigns.
[Booker] Gonna take a little bit more than that to keep the big man down.
And I think Seth knows that he just got to keep throwing everything in,
got to throw everything
but the kitchen sink at Roman Reigns tonight.
[Michael] Frog splash.
Is it enough for Rollins to put Reigns away?
Here's the cover and a kick out by Reigns.
[Booker] Just got to keep chopping, just got to keep chopping on Roman Reigns
and hopefully he will fall.
[Corey] And each one of these big chances Seth Rollins is taking,
it's taking a little bit out of himself.
Look at this. Look at the height.
Once again, the elevation, the impact
Seth Rollins delivers the frog splash.
But you could see in Seth's face, it hurts.
Even as an offensive maneuver, it takes a little bit away from you,
this deep into the match especially.
[Booker] You know, just because a leg kick hurts you
just as much as it hurts your opponent,
don't mean you stop doing it.
Seth Rollins got to suck it up.
[Michael] Seth's still having problems with his right leg.
injured it with the frog splash
through the announce table, through Bray Wyatt.
[Corey] Rollins trying to pump himself up, trying to will himself to the top rope.
[Booker] Trying to land that one big move that could put it all away.
[Michael] Phoenix splash.
[Corey] Lands on his feet, rolls through.
Bray Wyatt back in the ring.
[Booker] Good night.
[Michael] Went for sister Abigail, had to duck though,
and hit a boot to Roman Reigns.
And now went for sister Abigail
again, this time Reigns able to counter.
Spear.
[Booker] That, it is.
[Michael] Seth from behind.
Went for the knee.
This time he caught him.
[Corey] Rollins get--he's got him up. Could it be?
Buckle bomb.
-[Corey] Superman punch. -[Booker] Wow.
[Booker] Roman Reigns tonight, guys.
This is Extreme Rules, and he's totally extreme here tonight.
[Michael] And now to Finn Balor, about collapsed his face.
[Corey] My goodness.
And the entire Balor Club felt that right hand.
[Booker] Yes, indeed.
[Michael] Will it be Roman Reigns' moment?
Will he have a date with the beast?
[crowd whooing]
[Michael] Finn with the sling blade.
Reigns in the corner.
Finn Balor gonna go up top.
Finn Balor looking for the coup de grace.
Connecting.
-[Michael] Finn Balor for an opportunity. -[Booker] That's it.
[Michael] And the coquina clutch. Coquina clutch.
Samoa Joe with the coquina clutch.
Balor's in trouble. Balor's in trouble.
[Booker] Joe's got him locked. He's locked. He's locked tight too, Cole.
[Michael] What's Balor gonna do? Center of the ring, nowhere to go.
-[Booker] Balor's going to sleep. -[Michael] Balor's fading.
[Michael] Balor's fading. Balor may be out.
Balor's turning blue.
Balor may be out.
Balor's fading.
-It's over. Samoa Joe wins. -[bell ringing]
Samoa Joe's the number one contender.
[female announcer] Here is your winner, Samoa Joe.
[Michael] Look out, Brock.
Joe's on his way.
[Corey] There aren't too many literal dream matches
that I could put together in my mind
that I haven't seen before,
but Samoa Joe and Brock Lesnar is at the top of the list,
and we're gonna see it at Great Balls of Fire.
[Booker] I hate to say it, guys. I hate to say I called it.
-[Booker] That was my pick. -[Corey] You did, Booker.
[Booker] That was my pick right there.
Samoa Joe, the X factor,
looking to create history for himself,
leave a legacy in this business.
Give it up for Samoa Joe.
Congratulations.
[Michael] Joe earned it.
[Corey] In all this great action.
In this fatal 5-way match, bodies [indistinct]
First the spear by Roman Reigns.
[Corey] Rollins would take to the air,
crashing and burning through Bray Wyatt, got him.
But it wasn't enough.
Rollins finally got back in the ring.
Bray Wyatt was looking for Abigail, but bang, the big dog delivers the spear.
Watch this.
[Michael] Sling blade by Finn Balor.
Now Finn Balor, we all thought he was closing in on the victory.
Finn would go up to the top rope.
He delivered his finish maneuver known as the coup de grace,
and we thought Finn Balor was headed to Great Balls of Fire.
But a very opportunistic Samoa Joe would take advantage.
After that move by Finn Balor,
Corey, Joe came from out of nowhere.
[Corey] It's just that fast Samoa Joe can turn your lights out.
Coquina clutch locked in tight, deep like an anaconda.
Finn Balor passing out from the submission of Samoa Joe,
your new number one contender.
[Michael] And what does Samoa Joe think about his battle
with Brock Lesnar in five weeks
at Great Balls of Fire?
Well we're gonna find out because Samoa Joe is on Raw talk next,
only on the WWE network.
You're looking at the new number one contender
for the universal championship
and the man who faces Brock Lesnar at Great Balls of Fire.
His name is Samoa Joe.
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Subtitles: Florencia Goya k Lesnar at Great Balls of Fire.