[WWE intro music playing throughout the scene]
[man] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[WWE intro music fades]
[instrumental music playing]
[man] The rules for this are simple, kid.
Spell the word correctly
and we can all get to it.
Your word is extreme.
Extreme.
Can I have a definition, please?
[man] Extreme, an act or measure
taken to excessive length
beyond the ordinary, or average.
Extreme.
Okay, extreme.
Can you use it in a sentence, please?
[man] The unbridled passion,
the fearlessness to just go into something
with reckless abandon,
that allows you to create something
from nothing,
that allows you to innovate,
that allows you to take things
-to the extreme. -[shouts]
Extreme.
Can I have the word's place of origin, please?
[man] Philadelphia.
[pop music playing]
E
[Corey] Seth knows he's in Riddle's mind, he's under Riddle's skin.
[kid] X
[Riddle] Name the place, I'll wreck you, pal.
Fight pit.
[pop music playing]
[kid] T
[pop music continues]
I'm waiting for you, Ronda. Let's get extreme.
It's your funeral.
-[kid] R -[Liv Morgan] I get what I want
when I want.
-[kid] E -If you want a challenge,
then a challenge is what you get.
[Bayley] I feel like winning the Raw Women's title
in a Ladder match.
[kid] M
E.
[applauds]
Congratulations, kid.
And welcome, everyone, to Extreme Rules.
[pop music continues]
[laughs]
[pop music fades]
[man] And now
WWE presents Extreme Rules.
-[pop music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It's the one night of the year every match goes extreme.
You are looking live at the Wells Fargo Center,
in the birthplace of Extreme,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
15,944 WWE fans are here tonight.
We are sold out
for Extreme Rules.
Ladies and gentlemen, Variety broke the news on Thursday.
We have new announce teams in WWE.
I'm Michael Cole from Friday Night Smackdown.
Corey Graves from Monday Night Raw.
It is our honor and privilege
to be able to call every match of every premium live event
going forward.
I am so excited to kick off this new beginning
in extreme fashion,
in the birthplace of Extreme,
Philadelphia, PA.
[Michael] You should be comfortable here, there's a bar at ringside.
[Corey] You make me wait till the show's over to hang out there.
[Michael] Because we're getting set for the good, old-fashioned
Donnybrook match.
[exciting music playing]
[Corey] I don't think the corner of Swanson and Ritner
experienced the Donnybrook.
[Michael] Chickie and Pete's.
[exciting music continues]
[Michael] It's fight night.
-[The Brawling Brutes music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[bell ringing]
[woman] The following is a six-man tag team good, old-fashioned
Donnybrook match.
Introducing first,
Ridge Holland, Butch, and Sheamus,
The Brawling Brutes.
[Michael] Sheamus should be the Intercontinental Champion today,
an unbelievable match-- [static sound]
[creepy music playing]
[video game sound]
[Michael] …could not recover.
[Corey] Unfortunate as it may be for the Celtic Warrior
and his Intercontinental Championship aspirations,
the rules are the rules.
The Ring General still the champion,
but tonight, a good, old-fashioned Donnybrook
plays right into the hands of the three savages, The Brawling Brutes.
[Michael] Only one other good, old-fashioned Donnybrook match
in WWE history
and Sheamus was in it.
-[Imperium's music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[woman] And their opponents, Ludwig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci,
and the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther,
Imperium.
[Michael] Gunther says the image of a professional wrestler is in shambles.
The last of a dying breed.
He says it's low-class
to have to participate in a match like this
where you can use weapons
because the match is sacred.
When they developed wrestling,
they didn't have weapons involved,
but yet, Gunther used a weapon,
a shillelagh,
to knock off Sheamus last night in the Intercontinental Title match.
[Corey] That was Sheamus' fault for bringing a shillelagh.
Let's be honest,
in this matchup, Imperium may be at a disadvantage
because, like you mentioned,
they're all known for their meticulous preparation,
particularly that of the Ring General.
Imperium coming to every battle
with a strategy, with a plan.
The Brutes just want to throw hands and hurt somebody.
[Michael] The definition of donnybrook is a rowdy brawl,
a disorder or uproar.
[Corey] Once upon a time--
-[bell ringing] -[Corey] …the Donnybrook Fair
was very famous in Ireland
until it devolved into what we are about to see now.
[Michael] This is gonna be an all-out brawl, a street fight.
Right in front of us, Butch and Giovanni Vinci.
And Butch taking the fight to Vinci.
-[Corey] This has got to be record time. -[Michael] Right on our announce table.
This is insanity.
[Corey] Butch is just coming unglued on the announce table.
-Vinci-- -[Michael] Wasting time.
Remember, Corey, the only way to win is via pinfall
or submission.
Anything goes.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Oh, goodness.
[Corey] Kaiser is rocked.
This one could end as quickly as it began.
[Michael] We've got good old oat barrels set up here.
There's a bar.
And now, Sheamus and Ridge have Kaiser in trouble
with a large shillelagh,
and now Butch with a dropkick to the face.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] What a thunderous chop by the Intercontinental Champion.
[Michael] And Gunther with a big boot,
driving Holland out of the ring,
and Vinci's gonna drive Sheamus
face-first into the ring post.
There's no way Gunther and Sheamus
are anywhere near 100% last night
after the war on Smackdown.
[Corey] Correct, but you're talking about
two of the proudest competitors in WWE,
in the business.
They will stop at nothing
to have their hands raised in victory.
[crowd jeering]
[Corey] Imperium standing strong for the moment.
[unintelligible]
[Michael] Imperium has cleared the ring of The Brawling Brutes.
[Corey] Gunther directing traffic,
-standing in the center-- -[Michael] Oh.
[Corey] Kaiser's out here. I think he just threw a bucket of nuts at me.
[Michael] Then he destroyed the picture of Sheamus' grandfather.
[Corey] Oh.
[Michael] Sheamus has had enough. "Don't destroy my bar."
That's fighting words for a man.
And now a three-on-one assault
by Imperium to Sheamus.
So much for the bar, it's last call here in Philadelphia.
[Corey] They say, "a pint and a fight's a good Irish night"
but now things aren't looking too bright
for the Celtic Warrior,
who is just being mugged by Imperium.
[Michael] Holland and Butch have been taken out
and it's turned into a three-on-one affair
with the Celtic Warrior.
[wrestlers groan]
[Michael] Now Sheamus whipped into the steel steps.
[Gunther jeers]
[crowd jeering]
[Corey] Gunther still barking orders to Vinci and Kaiser
outside of the ring.
The dominance will continue.
[Michael] Oh, and Butch now driven into the barricade by Vinci.
[Corey] Driven almost through the barricade by Vinci.
[Michael] The barricade's now down
off that chop by Vinci to Butch.
[Corey] Just a matter of time.
[Michael] Sheamus' chest still welted up
after the vicious chops by Gunther last night.
This has been all Imperium, Corey.
[groans]
-[Corey] The rapid-fire chops… -[Michael] God.
-[Corey] …from the champion.
[Michael] This is no happy hour for Sheamus.
-[man speaking in German] -[crowd jeering]
[Corey] Somehow about to get worse for the Celtic Warrior.
[Michael] Oh.
Not the first night he's been on a bar.
Look at Sheamus' chest, Corey.
[crowd jeering]
[Corey] Under those welts from last night, there's welts from moments ago.
Sheamus is going to be wearing the wounds of this battle for weeks to come.
[wrestler growls]
[Michael] Holland and Butch are back in the fight,
but it's three-on-two.
Sheamus is lifeless out here at ringside.
[Sheamus groans]
[Corey] Sheamus is laying by my feet on the table,
barely moving at all.
Meanwhile, Imperium
with a numbers advantage, laying waste to The Brawling Brutes.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] "The Ring General," Gunther,
"The Equalizer," Vinci,
and Ludwig Kaiser, "The Enforcer."
Imperium
setting an example here tonight
in this good, old-fashioned Donnybrook match.
[Corey] How satisfying it would be, not only for Gunther, but all of Imperium
to defeat The Brawling Brutes at their own game like this.
[Michael] The manic Butch trying to rally somehow,
but Vinci and Kaiser
just continue to beat down The Brawling Brutes,
who haven't really had any opportunity
to get into this match.
-Holland though-- -[Corey] You may have spoken soon.
-[Michael] …intercepting Kaiser.
[Corey] Look at this.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] What a beast.
[Michael] The power of Ridge Holland.
[Corey laughs]
The power no match
for the size 15 of the Ring General.
[man] Get up!
-[man 2] Get in! -[Corey] Oh, my God.
Things are about to get worse for Holland.
[man] Get up.
[Michael] Oh, my God. Goodness.
-[Corey] Imperial bomb on the outside. -[man] Ridge!
[Corey] You can count Holland out of this,
and right now,
Butch has got to feel like the loneliest man in the world.
Take a look at the impact.
Kaiser off the apron
with the flying uppercut.
Holland power bombed on the floor outside,
and now Butch all on his own.
[Michael] Butch realizes that.
And this rabid Butch
understands he is gonna have to try to survive
and fight his way out of this situation.
He goes after Gunther, and then Kaiser and Vinci.
Again, the three-on-one attack by the Imperium.
[Corey] Imperium just overwhelming Butch.
[Michael] The Brutes haven't had really any opportunity, Corey,
to go on any type of offense here.
[Corey] This has been a surprisingly one-sided battle to this point.
Oh my gosh.
[Michael] The current Intercontinental Champion,
the 250-pound Ring General
can do this all night because there are no disqualifications.
The double team by Imperium
to the face of Butch, and Imperium holding the ring.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Take a look at this triple team,
triple impact on Butch.
Things looking bleak for The Brawling Brutes.
[Michael] Hard-hitting, precise, proficient.
You talked a lot, Corey, when Imperium arrived on the scene,
once again, at Clash at the Castle last month,
and the danger that this group
can give anyone in WWE.
[groans]
[Michael] Explosive chop.
[Corey] Oh.
I don't know where Sheamus has got this second wind,
but look at the fire in the eyes of the Celtic Warrior.
[Michael] Somehow Sheamus is back on his feet
and here comes the Celtic Warrior.
-[Corey] Watch out. -[Michael] Kaiser into the barricade.
[Corey] Look out.
[Michael] First match of the night
and the barricade has already been destroyed.
[Corey] Did you expect anything less?
[Michael] Now, with Imperium down,
Sheamus turns his attention
to the Intercontinental Champion, Gunther.
[Corey] The Ring General and a very pissed-off Irishman.
[Michael] Sheamus had his opportunity
at the Intercontinental title stolen last night.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here we go.
Gunther and Sheamus
exchanging blows in the center of the ring.
[Corey] Who will be the last bully standing on Broad Street?
[Michael] Now it's Gunther off the German suplex.
Now, Sheamus with a clothesline.
The Celtic Warrior
who understands how close he was to winning
the Intercontinental Championship last night.
[shouts]
[Michael] Planting Gunther.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] That's what's fueling Sheamus tonight, Cole. Disappointment.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The SureFire Hall of Famer,
Sheamus.
[crowd] Sheamus!
[Corey] Sheamus' chest once again looking like hamburger meat
courtesy of the thunderous chops of the Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd] Sheamus!
[Michael] This crowd is electric here tonight in Philadelphia
at Wells Fargo Center.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Here we go for the 10 beats. -[crowd counts]
[crowd counts]
[Corey] Sheamus isn't finished.
-[Michael] Neither are Butch and Holland. -[Corey laughs]
[Michael] Now, a three-on-one attack for the Brutes.
[Corey] A Brawling Brutes mirage for the Ring General.
[Michael] And with Sheamus,
Gunther up on his shoulders.
Oh.
Planting Gunther.
[unintelligible]
[Michael] Could this be Sheamus' night
to get some retribution for what happened on Smackdown.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Sheamus in position for the brogue kick.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] And he caught the brogue.
-[Corey] That's gonna do it. -[Michael] Cover by Sheamus.
-[crowd] One, two-- -[Michael] Vinci--
-[Corey] Oh, my God. -[Michael] With a splash, breaking up--
Look at Ridge Holland now.
There is action everywhere.
-Oh. -[Corey] My God, what a shot.
[Michael] How physical is this match?
[Corey] Lining up once again.
[Michael] Butch intercepting Kaiser with a right hand.
The dropkick by Gunther.
[speaking in German]
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Oh, Sheamus caught him
with the Irish curse backbreaker.
[Corey] Sheamus looking for the cloverleaf.
[Michael] Just like last night.
Looking to lock the cloverleaf on Gunther.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Gunther's got nowhere to go.
The official right there.
Dan Engler
ready to see if Gunther taps.
It doesn't matter if he makes it to the ropes.
There are no disqualifications, so no breaks.
Sheamus sits down.
Is Gunther going to--
…tap again?
-[Michael] Kaiser with a shillelagh. -[Corey] Look out.
Took out one of our cameramen with a piece of broken shillelagh.
-[Michael] I've heard of broken bats-- -[Corey] Cover.
…in baseball, ridiculous. Butch and Holland
saving Sheamus.
[Corey] For everyone watching at home,
the shillelagh was not corked.
-This is… -[Michael] Boom.
[Corey] …Solid wood across the spine of the Celtic Warrior.
Keeping this match alive.
[Michael] Shattering the shillelagh.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!
[Michael] 15,944 WWE fans, jam-packed, sold out.
Wells Fargo Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This is our first match of the night at WWE Extreme Rules
and ringside is a wreck,
as are the six superstars involved in this match.
Imperium, Brawling Brutes,
all six men are down in the ring.
[Corey] Somewhat of a rugby scrum for the moment.
[Michael] Forehead to forehead. Nose to nose.
Two of the most punishing superstars in WWE today.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] That sounded like Rocky hitting prime rib in a meat locker.
[unintelligible]
[Michael] Now it's regroup time for Imperium and the Brutes.
Talk about disdain for one another.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Oh my goodness. -[Corey] I don't even know what that was,
-but it just took out Butch. -[Michael] Vinci took out Holland.
Now Sheamus with a knee to Gunther. Cover.
-[Corey] Champ's down. -[Michael] For the win.
Hook of the leg and Vinci again saves the Ring General.
-[whistle] -[groans]
-[Corey] Imperium, Vinci and Kaiser
battling Sheamus yet again.
These two trios may fight all night.
[Michael] Get the hell out of the way.
[unintelligible]
[crowd chanting] We want tables!
[Michael] Imperium has cleared off our announce table.
Now Holland back into the mix.
Kaiser caught by Holland.
Driven into the apron.
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] Kaiser and Vinci battering Holland.
Watch out.
[Michael] Butch off the barrels.
[crowd cheering and clapping]
[Michael] There are bodies everywhere.
[Corey] This good, old-fashioned Donnybrook
certainly living up to its namesake.
[Michael] It's a disaster area here at ringside.
Butch off the top of the barrels.
Meanwhile, Gunther who claims he doesn't want to use weapons,
but now he's used weapons for two straight nights.
[Corey] Survival of the fittest tonight.
[Michael] Look at the size of that shillelagh.
[crowd jeering]
[Corey] Looking to stifle my inner Michael Scott.
Oh, no.
That'll do it for sure.
[Michael] Cover by Gunther to win the Donnybrook match,
and Sheamus kicks out at two.
[shouts]
[Corey] What more can Imperium do
to The Brawling Brutes in this matchup?
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] It has been unbridled chaos
since the opening bell,
and we look once again
at Gunther using the shillelagh to clothesline Sheamus,
but somehow the Celtic Warrior survives
and Gunther extremely frustrated.
[Michael] Hasn't been able to put Sheamus away tonight.
Remember, he retained the Championship with the use of the shillelagh last night.
Gunther looking for his patented powerbomb.
Meanwhile, Butch and Holland
back into the ring.
Sheamus able to slip out,
and now the Brutes, the joint manipulation of Butch,
trying to break the fingers of Gunther.
[Gunther groans]
[Corey] Oh, no.
Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] You know what they say about payback, Cole.
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] Oh.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Who's going to win?
[Corey] I don't know if anyone is going to win. This is about survival.
[wrestlers groan]
[Michael] And Butch
and Holland
laying waste to Imperium with the shillelaghs.
[wrestlers groan]
-[Corey] This is utter-- -[Michael] Look out, look out, Corey.
-[Corey] Cole, get out of the way. -[Michael] Sheamus has Gunther.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael yelling] The Celtic cross through the table.
[crowd cheering and applauding]
[Corey] Oh, my God.
[Michael] A top shelf move by Sheamus,
the Celtic cross through the table.
[Corey] Now Vinci outnumbered by the Brutes.
[Michael] Sheamus is fired up.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The brogue kick to Vinci.
Cover by Sheamus.
-Last call for Imperium. -[bell ringing]
[The Brawling Brutes music playing]
[woman] Here are your winners,
The Brawling Brutes.
[Corey] What a fight.
[Michael] That, ladies and gentlemen, was our first match of the evening.
[Corey] My God, what a battle
between all six of these men.
It was personal, it was brutal.
This would be the exclamation point
that would take the Ring General out of the equation
and open the door for Sheamus
to kick Vinci's teeth down his throat.
[Michael] Sweet, sweet redemption
for Sheamus and The Brutes tonight.
[Corey] The Brutes are going to wake up sore tomorrow
and Imperium will with a different kind of hangover.
[The Brawling Brutes music playing]
[Corey] My goodness.
[Michael] Their motto is fight night.
What a fight
in a good old-fashioned Donnybrook match
in Philadelphia.
[The Brawling Brutes music playing]
Banger after banger,
after banger, after banger, after banger.
[intriguing music playing]
[Bianca] I'm from Knoxville, Tennessee.
I was born April 9th, 1989.
Sports has been a part of my life
ever since I can remember.
[Bianca] I got very good very quickly.
I was obsessed with being the absolute best.
I earned a full athlete scholarship to University of South Carolina.
But I put a lot of pressure on myself,
and so I forgot that
I was supposed to be having fun in the process.
I was always naturally a muscular, bigger girl,
so I started dieting
to try to get faster.
And so that's when I developed bulimia,
[Bianca] I just got really, really lost,
and so at that point, I was like, "I need to face my demons."
I went back home.
[Bianca] I was like this hometown success.
Now I'm back at home and I failed.
[Bianca] I was in a dark place.
That's when WWE came into my life.
[Bianca] Bianca Belair is who I wanted to be
as a little girl, but I was too shy to be her.
I feel like I'm in this environment now
where I can just be me.
[pop music playing]
[Bianca] I'm the B-E-S-T,
and that ain't up for debate.
I was meant to be here,
I just didn't know this was my dream until it was my reality.
[pop music playing]
[Michael] The EST of WWE
is now the B-E-S-T.
[pop music playing]
[Bianca] I want young girls to see themselves
through me.
We are just getting started creating history.
They don't have to begin their life for anyone.
Now, looking back at my life,
I look at all the pieces that led me to WWE,
the whole dream, my final destination
is sitting here on my shoulder now.
Miz, I'm surprised to see you here at Extreme Rules,
especially with what happened last week
on Monday Night Raw with Dexter--
Don't say his name.
What?
Just because I don't have a match means that I'm not welcome
at Extreme Rules?
I am the most important, most in-demand,
most must-see WWE superstar that WWE has,
and the reason I am here is because of last Monday.
He who shall not be named made it perfectly clear
that he's going to try to ruin my birthday celebration
that my beautiful, gorgeous, sexy wife
is going to put on this Monday on Raw.
So, since I saw Triple H
at the season premiere of Smackdown yesterday,
I decided that I'm going to talk to him about that lunatic.
What the hell is that?
[crowd cheering]
There's no hockey game tonight.
What are you doing here?
You're giving me this shirt?
Oh, you want me to put it on
over my $10,000 custom suit?
-Oh, do you? [laughs] -[squeak]
[crowd] Ooh!
That's what I think about you,
your shirt, and your city.
[crowd chattering]
[pop music playing]
[Corey] Gritty didn't deserve that.
[Michael] He did. We are in the home of the Philadelphia Flyers here tonight.
This is the Wells Fargo Center,
in the City of Brotherly Love, yet tonight, the City of Extreme.
This is Philadelphia,
and this is WWE Extreme Rules.
[Corey] We want to send a thank you to Bella Poarch
for Villain, the official theme song of WWE Extreme Rules.
It's from the Dolls EP,
available right now on Apple Music
and Spotify.
[Michael] Speaking of Gritty, ladies and gentlemen,
this is what this next match is gonna be,
an Extreme Rules match.
Liv Morgan defending her Smackdown Women's Championship
versus a one-woman wrecking crew,
"The Baddest Woman on the Planet"
Ronda Rousey.
[piano music playing]
[Ronda] There's not gonna be any controversy this time.
[Michael] Oh, God, are you kidding me?
[Corey] She's cashing in, Cole.
[Michael] Ronda's hurt.
Liv did it. Liv's the champion.
Liv's the champion.
[Ronda] There's not gonna be any controversy this time.
[Corey] Liv's arm's gonna snap like a twig.
But Liv… Liv tapped.
[Michael] The referee counted three.
The official blew that call.
[Corey] Rousey's pissed with good reason.
[Ronda] There's not gonna be any controversy this time.
[Corey] Ronda Rousey has just earned an opportunity
to challenge the woman who took her championship.
[Michael] Rousey gets the rematch she wanted with Liv.
[Ronda] I'd like to beat her more than what is allowed
within the constraints of the rules.
This is me vying for an Extreme Rules match.
Let's see if Hooters Barbie there wants to turn it down or not.
[Liv] I'm literally the only person
on this planet to defeat you twice,
so when I defend my championship against you,
I want you in an Extreme Rules match.
[chuckles]
It's your funeral.
[static sound]
[Corey] You gotta know when you're out of your depth.
This is Ronda Rousey we're talking about.
Ronda Rousey in an Extreme Rules match
is a completely different environment.
[Ronda] The biggest fight for any woman
is always with me.
I am going to beat you
because you're Liv Morgan and I'm Ronda Rousey.
[Liv] I've been the underdog
my whole entire life.
[Corey] Liv doesn't have the killer instinct needed
to beat Ronda Rousey in an Extreme Rules match.
[Michael] Maybe she does.
Liv grabs the kendo stick,
and she's unloading on Evans.
-[exciting music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Liv Morgan setting a table at ringside.
Morgan standing on the ring post.
[exciting music continues]
[Michael] Senton through the table.
[shouts]
[Michael] Morgan does have a killer instinct.
I'm waiting for you, Ronda. Let's get extreme.
[exciting music fades]
Hooters Barbie may think she's extreme
'cause she can hold a kendo stick and jump on a table,
but I'm the most dangerous unarmed woman on the planet.
What do you think I'd become wielding a baseball bat?
[Michael] The Smackdown Women's Champion.
Is she dragging a baseball bat?
Liv going after Rousey.
Rousey with a kick to the midsection.
-[Corey] Oh, look out. -[Michael] Oh my goodness.
Now Ronda with Piper's pit.
Now Ronda trying to grab the bat.
Morgan there as well. Now a tug of war
between these two women.
[Corey] Look out.
[Michael] Ronda intercepts.
Now Liv sent right into the timekeeper's area.
Now security has arrived on the scene
to try to calm things down.
[exciting music playing]
[Michael] She attacks Ronda from behind.
[Corey] This is madness, chaos. Get some more help out here,
some more security.
[shouts]
[Corey] These two don't wanna wait till Extreme Rules.
[Michael] No security at Extreme Rules,
anything goes.
[exciting music fades]
[bell ringing]
[woman] The following is an Extreme Rules match
and it is for
the Smackdown Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[woman] In this match anything goes.
There are no disqualifications,
no count outs.
The only way to win
is by pinfall or submission
inside the ring.
-[Ronda Rousey's music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here comes the woman who won a fatal 5-way,
tapping three women at the time
to advance and get this Championship opportunity.
Ronda Rousey in a pink G.I. tonight
in honor of her trainer,
Judo Gene Lebell, who passed away recently.
His memorial is tomorrow,
and of course, Corey, wearing her black belt.
[Corey] Rousey would love to honor Judo Gene Lebell tonight,
reminding the world of the judo black belt
that has taken her to unforeseen heights
in her career, in her life,
which is why Ronda Rousey
is always a threat to be reckoned with.
[pop music playing]
[Liv Morgan's music playing]
[Michael] You know Corey, in 2014,
Liv Morgan sat in the front row
at the old Izod Center in New Jersey, where she is from,
to watch Extreme Rules.
She scratched and clawed for an opportunity
to get to this event.
Here tonight, she defends the Smackdown Women's Championship.
[Corey] Listen, nobody disrespects the journey
of Liv Morgan.
Liv's become one of the most wildly popular superstars in all of WWE,
but the fact is, Liv does not feel Ronda Rousey respects her.
And I have a feeling that if Ronda Rousey doesn't respect Liv,
there are other superstars in the locker room
who aren't showing the champion the respect
Liv believes she deserves.
Tonight, Liv needs to win this match
to restore her respect in the locker room.
[Michael] Liv Morgan upset that Ronda was on a promotional poster
for this event.
That wasn't supposed to be your girl.
The people made me your girl.
[Corey] I notice Ronda wearing a They Live
inspired ring gear tonight.
You can see it says, "obey. Submit."
Rousey came here to kick ass
-and chew bubblegum. -[bell ringing]
[Corey] She's out of bubblegum.
Introducing the challenger,
"The Baddest Woman on the Planet",
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.
[crowd jeering]
And her opponent, from Elmwood Park, New Jersey,
she is the Smackdown Women's Champion,
-Liv Morgan. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Extreme Rules matches
date back to the old ECW here in Philadelphia,
but here in WWE,
the first Extreme Rules match
happened back in 2010.
It was between Jack Swagger and Randy Orton
for the World Championship.
We had a Woman Extreme Rules match four years ago,
Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax in an Extreme Rules match,
and here tonight, it's all about
for the Smackdown Women's Championship.
Anything goes, you win via pinfall or submission.
[bell ringing]
[Michael] We're underway.
Ronda Rousey does not need a weapon, Corey.
She is a weapon.
[Corey] Took the words right out of my mouth.
[Michael] What does Liv have to do to survive
with the championship?
[Michael] Because Liv is the only woman in WWE history
who has pinned Ronda Rousey twice.
[Corey] Liv needs to avoid this.
Liv needs to stay out of the grasp of Ronda Rousey
by any means necessary.
Try to stick and move.
Because once Ronda gets a hold of you,
it's gonna be a very short, painful night.
[Michael] Liv cashed in
Money in the Bank contract
the night she won it on Ronda.
-[Corey] Shoulders down. [Michael] A kick out.
[Corey] I'm curious to see how the Live WWE fans factor into this.
Liv Morgan feeds off the live audience
second to none.
Rousey is no stranger to hostile environments.
[Michael] Baseball bat in hand, legal in this match.
Remember the controversial ending
for the Ronda-Liv match at Summerslam.
Oh! And Ronda with a takedown,
and now Ronda with a bat in hand.
[Corey] Liv may regret introducing the baseball bat into this battle.
[Michael] I was going to say, Segura
electrified this city last night with a baseball bat.
I thought Ronda was gonna do it there, and she says, "I don't need a bat."
Liv Morgan now second rope,
and a knee right to the midsection.
And Liv taken down again.
-Ronda Rousey-- -[Corey] Right into the ankle lock.
Rousey's sticking with what works.
[Michael] No disqualifications.
Liv makes it to the ropes, no break,
as Ronda is sent outside the ring.
Oh.
And a knee to the face of Ronda,
who now goes down to the floor,
favoring her left shoulder.
And Liv Morgan now,
Morgan baseball slide.
Ronda intercepting on the apron.
Now Ronda unloading with the left hands and a knee to the midsection.
Morgan asking for more,
and maybe she should have kept her mouth shut.
[Corey] I had a dead-on view of Liv's eyes,
and I guarantee you, for two seconds, Liv
forgot her own name after that slap.
[Michael] Rolled right in the back of her head.
[Corey] Ever been hit so hard your legs stopped working?
-That's Liv Morgan. -[Michael] Last night.
[Corey laughs] "Last night."
[Michael] Ronda, perhaps, she's gonna use
the Liv Morgan decorated baseball bat.
[crowd chattering]
[unintelligible]
[Corey] Ronda mocking-- Ronda mocking the fact--
[Michael] Wait, fire extinguisher! Get out of the way, Corey.
Oh, that's ice cold.
Now Liv may have found herself an opening
using the fire extinguisher to her advantage.
-[Liv grunts] -Ronda, though, with a Piper's pit.
[Corey] Man, what a nasty landing.
Morgan landed high on her neck and shoulder
and is clutching at her face.
That slap from Rousey did something to Liv.
[Michael] What's scary about that
is Morgan comes off the steel steps and right into the baseball bat.
-[Corey] Broken ribs. -[Michael] Bryce Howard-like swing
by Ronda Rousey.
-[crowd jeering] -[Corey] Bryce Harper, Ryan Howard.
[Michael] Mix them all up.
[Corey] It's fine. Accurate calling in the ring.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Ronda now.
[Corey] Ronda is toying with the champion.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Liv thought she turned this match around
when she used the fire extinguisher. It didn't happen.
[Corey] I think all Liv did was delay the inevitable.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Uh-oh. Now Liv Morgan-- a step-up enzuigiri.
Ronda's down. Liv has an opportunity now,
perhaps has an opening.
First the baseball bat shot
by Rousey to the midsection
of Liv Morgan.
[Corey] I don't know how Morgan doesn't have fractured ribs
after the baseball bat shot.
Somehow Morgan continues to soldier forward.
Enzuigiri drops the challenger
and now Liv Morgan wants her bat back.
[crowd chants] We want tables!
[Michael] The Philadelphia fans making their attention known
as Liv tees off with a baseball bat.
And Liv Morgan now with the upper hand on Rousey,
momentarily uses the G.I. to her advantage,
temporarily blinding Liv
and now using her black belt as a weapon.
[Liv shouts]
[Corey] A little preview of what we'll get later on
when we have an official Strap Match.
And right now, Morgan is tied to the ring post.
The champion is helpless.
[Michael] And Ronda has got Liv Morgan trapped.
And now, with the bat, Ronda Rousey.
[Corey] Look at the welt on Liv's stomach.
-Oh. -[Michael] My goodness.
Trying to break the leg
-of Morgan. -[Corey] God almighty.
[Liv shouts]
[Michael] Oh, and now Ronda driven into the apron.
Liv just trying to survive.
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] This is ugly.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] Rousey has been pummeling Liv Morgan
with a baseball bat.
Yet again, Liv buying herself a valuable few moments
to recover, but will it be enough?
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] To the knee, to the hips.
[Michael] Just a vicious assault by Rousey.
Morgan driving her face-first into the apron
and now Liv with a table
and an opportunity to retain her championship.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Corey, it has been chaos since we kicked the show off.
[Corey] It's the one night a year everything gets taken to the extreme.
We dare not disappoint.
[Michael] A couple of weeks ago on Smackdown,
asked Lacey Evans
how dangerous Liv Morgan is with a table.
[Corey] You and I discussed it.
I had doubts as to whether or not
Liv Morgan had the killer instinct within,
the killer instinct necessary to topple a threat like Ronda Rousey.
We're seeing that in fact Liv Morgan does have killer instinct.
[Michael] Ronda driving Morgan off the table
and Ronda
turning the tables on the Smackdown Women's Champion.
[Corey] Trust the process.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Corey] Oh, dear.
[Michael] That step up knee by Ronda.
The champion's stunned…
[both shout]
[Michael] …and Ronda can use the ropes all night long.
[unintelligible]
Tap out.
[Michael] You hear Ronda screaming, "tap out. Tap out."
[Corey] It's like Morgan's--
Morgan's in danger of losing her championship
and Rousey's having fun.
Ronda Rousey is enjoying the hell out of herself now.
[Michael] The champion was the underdog coming into this matchup,
no doubt about it,
especially with the Extreme Rules stipulation.
[Corey] This was Liv Morgan's request.
[Michael] Exactly.
[man] Let's go kid.
[Michael] Morgan challenged Ronda
to this type of match.
Bang! That step-up knee.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] The words are beginning to ring more true
than when she said them.
When Ronda Rousey accepted the challenge,
she warned Liv Morgan,
"Liv, this is your funeral."
And Morgan knows tonight she is in the fight of her life.
[Michael] The one we've learned about Liv over the years is she's a survivor.
She digs down deep,
won't give in easily.
Ronda trying to make it back to her feet.
[unintelligible]
[Michael] Liv here, right outside our announce table,
and uses a steel chair to her advantage.
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] What does Liv have in mind now?
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Ronda just dragging her body back into the ring.
These women have punished each other throughout this matchup.
Ronda sends Morgan into the chair. The chair knocked out of the ring.
Ronda, however, with Liv on her shoulders.
Liv able to duck behind.
Oh, and Liv Morgan right to the spine.
[Corey] I think Rousey did her best to prevent whatever Liv was looking for.
The first one didn't work, that one did.
[Michael] That one did as Ronda is sent shoulder first to the post.
It would have been more effective if the chair had stayed there,
which was Liv's initial intention.
But, into the post.
Cover to retain the championship.
Ronda at two.
[Corey] I find that more often than not, in this business,
when it comes to furniture, the furniture rarely cooperates.
[Michael laughs]
The bar was destroyed in the first match
in a minute in.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Liv!
[Michael] And the "let's go, Liv" chants
begin here in Philadelphia.
Trending number one in the States, Extreme Rules.
And now, Liv Morgan
who says she didn't have a killer instinct, Graves.
[Corey] Morgan feeling the effects of the damage
she's taken thus far.
Not getting--
-[Michael] Oh. -[Corey] …extension on the chair shots.
[Michael] Yeah, but, still…
bothering Ronda. Code red.
Cover now by Liv to retain,
and Ronda at two.
[Corey] Could be a Van Morganator?
Rousey may be out.
Liv laying there,
trying to figure out how to solve the baddest woman
on the planet.
Very effective offense from the champion,
but Rousey able to escape
before the count of three.
[crowd clapping]
[Michael] Morgan's got a chance here, Corey.
Ronda is down and out.
A sold-out crowd at the Wells Fargo Center looking on.
Smackdown Women's Championship.
Extreme Rules match.
Anything goes.
Morgan defending against Rousey.
[Corey] I admire-- Liv obviously looking for something spectacular,
something agonizing,
to do to Ronda Rousey,
but in all this time
Liv has taken to set up the table
Ronda has time to recover. Whether it just be catch her breath,
whether she's able to get the blood flowing back through her extremities,
Liv's spending a lot of time setting up this table.
[Michael] Ronda just trying to make it back to her feet.
Suddenly Morgan has taken control.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] Open hand strike
to the midsection of "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey
and Liv about to make the climb.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Liv has dreamed for this moment.
She's dreamed for this opportunity.
Morgan now up top.
Ronda's in trouble
laying cold on the table.
Morgan on the top rope
with 15,000-plus looking on.
-Senton through the table. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Morgan looking to retain the Championship
in a third pinfall
over Ronda Rousey, who kicks out at two.
[Corey] Are you kidding me?
[Michael] Now, Ronda
turning things around. Morgan got caught.
[unintelligible]
[Corey] Ronda unable, at this point, to fully extend the champion's arm.
Liv doing her best to prevent the armbar from being applied.
[Michael] Yeah, Liv, both hands clasped.
Now trying to fight her way out of this.
And Liv Morgan now
lifting Ronda Rousey up.
The power now with the champion.
Morgan with a powerbomb into the table.
The shoulders are down, and Ronda's got to kick at two.
[Corey] Ronda--
[Michael] Ronda now-- Ronda's switching things up.
-The armbar's not been effective. -[Liv shouts]
-[Michael] And now-- [Corey] Rousey trying--
[both shout]
[Michael] Trying to turn things around.
[Corey] Flashbacks of Summerslam.
-[crowd chattering] -[Liv shouts]
[Corey] Rousey looking to adjust her position,
perhaps transition into a different submission.
[Liv groans]
[Michael] Ronda trying to lock it in here.
[both screaming]
[Michael] Liv screaming in pain.
Rousey…
-[Ronda shouts] -…is looking for--
[Corey] Oh, I think-- Rousey made the adjustment.
[Michael] Yes, is that a biceps crusher?
[Corey] Is Morgan even-- is Liv--
[referee speaking indistinctly] Do you want to tap here?
[Michael] Morgan's fainting.
Liv Morgan's fainting.
-[referee] Ring the bell. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Ronda Rousey is your new champion.
[woman] Here is your winner,
and new Smackdown Women's Champion,
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.
[Corey] What a turn of events.
[Ronda Rousey's music playing]
[Michael] Ronda Rousey for the second time in her career
is the Smackdown Women's Champion.
[Corey] Liv Morgan fought valiantly
to the very last possible moment,
but Rousey's ground game was the difference.
Ronda Rousey was able to readjust…
[unintelligible]
[Corey] …and I don't believe Morgan submitted.
I think Liv passed out and the official realized it.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Rousey is your new Smackdown Women's Champion
after a valiant effort by Liv Morgan here tonight.
[pop music playing]
[Corey] Liv wanted to take it high risk.
This senton from the top, through the table,
very nearly ended Ronda's threat.
[crowd] One, two--
[Corey] The closing moments.
-Is Liv smiling? -[bell ringing]
[Michael] She passed out, never tapped.
[Corey] I don't know if that was an involuntary body response
from the former champion.
[Ronda] That's why I'm the champion, and you're not.
This is for me, not for you.
[Corey] I don't know what to make of this. Liv lost her championship,
and she's smiling.
Cry, my bitch.
[pop music fades]
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
coming up next a 13-foot-long leather strap
will be tied to the wrist of each man.
It is Karrion Kross versus Drew McIntyre.
Is time up for the Scottish Warrior?
[clock ticking]
[McIntyre] In the midst of chaos,
opportunity tends to present itself.
[Michael] Oh, my God, from behind, McIntyre attacked.
[clock ticking continues]
[Michael] Karrion Kross is back.
Doomsday has arrived,
and the clock is ticking.
[Kross] Drew McIntyre,
the chosen one
must be nice.
They chose you
and they were wrong.
They chose you, McIntyre.
They were wrong.
[Michael] Karrion Kross has been described
as a calculated lunatic
who wants to reset the current timeline.
It's Karrion Kross, the Kross Jacket.
McIntyre's fading.
[Corey] Doomsday has arrived for the Scottish Warrior.
[McIntyre] Actions have consequences.
You are not gonna like the consequences of your actions.
[McIntyre] Karrion Kross,
if you're not jumping me from behind,
you don't have the balls to face me like a man.
Grow a set,
step up to Drew McIntyre, and I'm going to make you a promise now.
Time is running out for you,
and the only countdown you need to worry about
is three, two, one,
lights out.
I don't like playing games, and if you've got an issue with me,
you can step in this ring,
and we'll figure things out.
At Extreme Rules,
you can't run away from me.
It's McIntyre versus Kross,
in a Strap Match.
-[Corey] Wait. -[Michael] From behind.
Kross trying to attack McIntyre.
Drew was ready this time.
[Corey] Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
-Oh. -[Michael] Did you hear that?
Oh, and again.
[Corey] That's sickening.
[man] A match designed to inflict
maximum pain.
[man 2] You are going to remain
on an endless loop of suffering.
[Michael] From behind,
Scarlett went low.
[Kross] We are bound together through suffering,
chosen one.
It's time to change the timelines.
Extreme Rules, Mr. McIntyre,
when they strap that leather to your wrist,
know in your heart, in your soul,
I will drag you down to the deepest parts of hell.
When you feel like you've had enough,
I'm gonna leave you there
to burn away forever.
Extreme Rules.
Tick tock.
[clock ticking]
[bell ringing]
[woman] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is a Strap Match.
In this match,
both competitors will be bound together
by a 13-foot leather strap tied around their wrist.
The only way to win
is by pinfall or submission.
[crowd cheering]
[Drew McIntyre's music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Drew McIntyre's music continues]
[explosion sound]
[woman] Introducing first,
from Ayr, Scotland, weighing in at 275 pounds,
Drew McIntyre.
[Michael] But Corey, Drew McIntyre has had a dilemma for months now.
He's been playing the numbers game, first The Brawling Brutes,
then The Bloodline, of course,
Solo Sikoa showing up to…
help Roman Reigns retain the Championship at Clash at the Castle
and now recently not only Karrion Kross but Scarlett.
[Corey] McIntyre is a superstar who, over the past months,
has struggled to maintain a singular focus
on any one threat.
To his credit, Drew McIntyre
will never back down from a fight.
McIntyre will never make an excuse,
but Drew, no shortage of enemies these days.
[McIntyre growls]
[explosion sound]
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This was Drew McIntyre's idea,
the Strap Match,
to keep, in his words, Karrion Kross
from running and retreating.
[Drew McIntyre's music continues]
[Michael] It was a Kross distraction as well, at Clash at the Castle,
that didn't help McIntyre's chances
against Roman Reigns as well.
[Corey] Of course, the arrival of Solo Sikoa,
that wound still has not healed for McIntyre,
but Drew ready for yet another fight,
another challenge,
another opponent,
another battle.
[whistle]
[Karrion Kross' music playing]
(♪) The end is here (♪)
(♪) Fall and pray (♪)
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] "The Siren of Sin" Scarlett.
[rock music playing]
[Corey] From hence are heard the groans of ghosts,
the pains of sounding lashes,
and the dragging chains.
Doomsday is upon us.
[Michael] The man who says his intentions
are to overthrow all competitors in WWE
by any means necessary
to establish total dominance
as the most ruthless superstar
to ever walk to the ring.
[Corey] Karrion Kross wearing a smirk on his face
before the opening bell.
This is what Kross wanted.
Karrion Kross demanded Drew McIntyre.
We are in a Strap Match, and it is about to get gnarly.
[Michael] Referee Jessika Carr will…
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] …force each superstar to put the strap on the wrist.
The strap is 13 feet long.
It can be used as a weapon.
Again, you win via pinfall or submission.
Strap Matches have been around forever.
[Corey] This is different from a Country Whipping Match.
There's no bubble wrap involved in this one.
[Michael] And Kross has no interest
-in tying himself to the strap-- -[crowd jeering]
[Michael] And McIntyre looked almost like he almost expected it.
[Corey] Kross is smiling.
These are mind games.
Karrion Kross knows exactly what he is doing right now.
Come on. Go.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] Kross is making McIntyre wait.
Now, Scarlett on the outside has a hold.
-Oh. -[Michael] Again, Scarlett
getting involved early,
and Karrion Kross attacking McIntyre.
The bell hasn't rung yet, Corey, because--
[Corey] Kross has not strapped in.
[Michael] Indeed, but he's beating the hell out of McIntyre.
[Corey] There's no disqualification. This is actually a smart decision by Kross.
Kross one of the most cerebral competitors
we have in WWE.
[Michael] Kross, we saw the damage he could do last night
on Smackdown with the Strap. Now, Drew McIntyre turning the tables.
Kross, though, sending McIntyre face-first off the ring post.
-[unintelligible] -[Corey] For as long as Kross
-has been tormenting McIntyre… -[Michael] Oh.
[Corey] …Many would argue tonight is a must-win for Karrion Kross.
[Michael] Many will argue tonight is a must-win for McIntyre,
who has had a rough time of late with Kross.
[Corey] …any easier when you're dealing with the Harbinger of Sorrow.
[Michael] Out into the WWE fans
here in Philadelphia.
McIntyre, Kross.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Over 15,000.
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] Rabid WWE fans
getting more than their money's worth
as Kross and McIntyre try to destroy each other.
This match hasn't even officially begun.
[man] C'mon Drew.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Now Karrion Kross going to send McIntyre back
into the ringside area.
[Corey] Drew landed with a sickening thud,
and now the calculated Karrion Kross
stalking the Scottish Warrior.
[Michael] And Kross still has not tied himself to the strap.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] Oh no. Oh, no.
[Michael] And Kross looking to suplex McIntyre
into the steps.
McIntyre turns it around
with a suplex of his own.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] McIntyre now driving Karrion Kross
right off our announce table face first.
Using everything
that he can.
[Corey] Everything but the designated strap.
[Michael] To try to neutralize Karrion Kross.
[crowd yelling]
[Michael] Bounced off the ring post face first.
Don't forget the damage Kross did to McIntyre last night on Smackdown,
however, with the strap, Corey.
[Corey] Oh, I--
- …no. -[Michael] McIntyre
lifting Kross up on the steps.
[crowd yelling]
[McIntyre growls]
[Michael] McIntyre driving Kross spine
first onto the apron.
-[crowd cheering] -[Corey] A visceral growl
from the Scottish Warrior
who's finally wrestled away control
of this situation from Karrion Kross.
[Michael] And now McIntyre
is going to place the strap around the wrist of Kross.
[Corey] Nowhere to run,
-nowhere to hide. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] The match is officially underway
and Drew McIntyre has Kross where he wants him.
You see the Strap Match, Corey,
you think back at some of the greats in history in WWE,
Triple H and The Rock back in 1999.
[crowd yelling]
[Kross groans]
[Michael] Some say the greatest Strap Match ever
was Sting and Vader,
Superbrawl III.
[Corey] Oh, God.
[Michael] McIntyre looking to…
etch his own place in history with the Strap Match tonight.
Oh.
[Corey] Oh, my God.
-Come on. -[Corey] The sickening sound.
-[McIntyre] Fall and pray. -[Scarlett] No!
[Michael] Oh, again.
Fall and pray for me.
[Corey] Right across the back of Karrion's neck.
[Michael] Oh. Karrion Kross asked for this,
pushing McIntyre
week after week.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] And taking advantage again of the numbers game,
yet another distraction for McIntyre,
and Kross taking advantage once again.
[Corey] Scarlett's proving to be an invaluable asset to Karrion Kross.
[referee] I can get medical. Give me a sec.
-Give me a second. -[McIntyre] No, no.
[Michael] The official asking McIntyre if he needed medical
'cause remember that shoulder took so much abuse
in this manner last night on Smackdown and Kross is doing it again.
You stupid son of a bitch.
-[Michael] Oh. -[McIntyre groans]
[Corey] Kross now verbally berating McIntyre.
[Scarlett] Get him!
[Michael] You hear Scarlett barking orders at Kross
from ringside.
And again, shoulder first into the ring post.
And Kross is having his way with McIntyre.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] Drew being dragged into the center of the ring.
[Michael] Oh, and Kross on the bad shoulder.
[Corey] That maneuver very well may have separated McIntyre's shoulder.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] "The Harbinger of Doom"
Karrion Kross
in complete control.
A wonderful game plan in place by Kross.
[McIntyre groans]
[Michael] No disqualification.
[Kross] This is what you wanted, chosen one. This is what you wanted.
[Michael] No breaks on the ropes.
Scarlett with that sadistic smile at ringside.
Kross again.
To your point earlier, Corey,
the shoulder of Drew McIntyre
could very well be dislocated.
[McIntyre groans]
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] If you expect Karrion Kross
to relent knowing that McIntyre is potentially injured,
you don't know anything about Karrion Kross.
[Michael] McIntyre trying to fight back.
Back to his feet with another chop.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Kross, though,
trying to get the Kross Jacket perhaps locked in on McIntyre.
[Corey] McIntyre has his right hand in between his neck
and Karrion Kross' forearm.
[Michael] McIntyre knows what it is like to go to sleep to that move.
Oh.
[Corey] Right across the chest
of the Scottish Warrior.
[crowd jeering]
[Corey] The sadistic smile
washing over the face of Scarlett on the outside.
-[crowd jeering] -[McIntyre sighs]
[Michael] And Kross once again
dragging McIntyre outside the ring.
[Corey] Look at the size of Kross.
There aren't many men who physically match up this well
with Drew McIntyre.
Kross is him.
Oh, no. Oh, no.
[Michael] Right here on our announce table.
-Karrion Kross… -[McIntyre groans]
[Michael] …driving McIntyre into our announce table.
You heard him say this is about the future
and almost a version of McIntyre's future shock DDT
right onto our announce table here, Corey.
[Corey] Face first.
The Scottish Warrior driven by Kross
and now Kross dragging McIntyre.
[Michael] McIntyre's already got a bad shoulder,
is now being tied up
around the ring post.
Kross using the strap again to his advantage.
Oh, my goodness.
This is…
This is uncomfortable to even watch.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Again. Oh, no.
[Corey] Oh, God.
-[Scarlett] No! -[Michael] McIntyre is…
-about helpless. -[Scarlett] No!
More, more!
Yes. [Laughs]
[Corey] Karrion Kross
in an absolutely sanguineous mood tonight in Philadelphia.
[Michael] That sicko Scarlett
screaming at him for more.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] A calculated lunatic
and I'm not sure if I'm talking about Scarlett or Kross.
[Corey] Fall and pray
are not options, Cole, they are demands.
-[crowd chattering] -[Scarlett] Promise me [unintelligible]
[Michael] When is the last time you've seen McIntyre in this state?
[Corey] It has been quite some time and…
More noticeable is the WWE Universe here in Philadelphia
has fallen silent.
A hush has come over the Wells Fargo Center
because of how uncomfortable, how disgusting
this brutality has been.
-[Michael] Kross is… -[Corey] Saito suplex.
[Michael] Yes, the doomsday saito by Kross.
Here's the cover on McIntyre,
and a kick out by two.
[crowd clapping]
[Michael] Again, the doomsday saito
from Karrion Kross
almost put McIntyre away.
[referee] One, two--
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Again, that sick smile crossing the face…
[McIntyre sighs]
[Michael] …of Karrion Kross.
[Corey] And… and pay attention to the pace
that Kross is utilizing now.
Karrion not in any particular hurry,
no rush, savoring the suffering
of Drew McIntyre.
[Michael] Again.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] How much more of this can McIntyre take?
-Uh. -[Scarlett] No!
[Michael] Oh McIntyre though.
[Corey] I think Kross is asking himself the same question.
[Michael] McIntyre back to his feet.
Kross can't believe it.
McIntyre now looking to rally.
-McIntyre… -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] …with a clothesline to Kross.
McIntyre's now fired up
with a belly-to-belly throw.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Neckbreaker by McIntyre.
[Corey] More time passes the less we
are on the count down to doomsday
and more on the claymore clock.
[Michael] For the first time tonight
McIntyre lets a smile across his face.
[Corey] Drew wanted the future shock DDT, Kross just too powerful,
bulldozing Drew into the corner.
[Michael] Kross lifting McIntyre up on his shoulders.
McIntyre slips behind.
-[Kross groans] -[Michael] Runs into an elbow.
Now spinebuster by McIntyre.
Jackknife cover, for the win,
kick at two.
[crowd chattering]
[Scarlett] C'mon, Karrion, get up.
[Michael] Everyone talking about WWE Extreme Rules tonight,
the one night a year
that all matches
are some sort of extreme.
Already, Ronda Rousey
has won the Smackdown Women's Championship
in an Extreme Rules match.
Sheamus and the Brutes
win the good, old-fashioned Donnybrook match.
And now, McIntyre and Kross in a battle
in a Strap Match.
[Corey] Oh, my God, here we go.
[crowd cheering]
-[Scarlett] Hit him! -[Michael] Again.
[Corey] Both athletes tapping deep into their energy reserves
trying to soldier on,
trying to prove supremacy over the other.
[Michael] Ooh.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Oh.
[crowd chattering]
-[Michael] Oh. -[Corey] Oh. To the neck.
Are you kidding me?
[Scarlett] C'mon Karrion!
[Michael] One to McIntyre as well.
[Corey] These are two sadistic sons of guns.
[Scarlett] C'mon Kross.
[Michael] I was thinking of a different word.
[Corey] My daughter's watching. Lemon, go to bed.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Corey] Ugly.
[Scarlett] Come on. Hit him.
[Michael] McIntyre and Kross each using the strap to their advantage.
-[Scarlett] Hit him! -[Michael] Who's gonna survive?
[crowd cheering]
[Corey] McIntyre gets the best of that exchange,
and now it's the Scottish Warrior trying to strip the flesh
off his opponent.
[Michael] And now, McIntyre
with a future shock DDT.
[Corey] Drew trying to untangle himself from the strap,
and this does not bode well
for Karrion Kross.
[Michael] McIntyre off the kip-up,
and Kross could be going to Claymore Country.
[crowd chanting] Three, two, one!
-[Corey] Scarlett… -[Michael] Again.
[Corey] …putting herself between Drew and Kross.
[crowd yelling and jeering]
[Michael] Oh, what the hell?
[Corey] Is that pepper… pepper spray?
[McIntyre groans]
[Michael] Scarlett just blinding McIntyre
with a spray to the eyes.
McIntyre can't see a damn thing,
and Karrion Kross, from behind,
with the Kross Hammer.
-Into the cover, thanks to Scarlett. -[referee] One, two, three!
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Kross has beaten McIntyre.
-[crowd jeering] [woman] Here's your winner,
-Karrion Kross. -[crowd jeering]
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Corey got a hold of that…
-spray. -[Corey] This is law-enforcement-grade
-pepper spray. -[Michael] Corey got a hold
of the spray bottle that Scarlett
tossed to ringside after she used it,
and it's pepper spray.
[Corey] I could go hand this to the official.
It was legal within the confines of a Strap Match.
[Michael] Blinding Drew McIntyre.
Drew was going for the Claymore.
Again, Scarlett providing interference.
And then watch this.
Pepper spray to the eyes of McIntyre.
And Karrion Kross would take advantage
by delivering a vicious Kross Hammer.
[referee] One, two, three.
-[bell ringing] -[Corey] Tonight, McIntyre
forced to fall and pray.
[Kross] This is what you wanted.
The chosen one.
This is what you wanted.
[Kross] Ask and you shall receive.
[rock music playing]
-I told you. -[Michael] The hourglass
ran out tonight
on McIntyre.
[crowd jeering]
[laughs]
[Edge's music playing]
[Edge] My name is Edge.
[Corey] The ultimate opportunist.
[Michael] Edge has changed the landscape
like no one in history.
[man] 14-time Tag Team Champion.
[Michael] 5-time Intercontinental champion.
[man 2] 11-time World Heavyweight Champion.
[Michael] Mr. Money in the Bank
and he has won the Royal Rumble Match.
[Edge] One spear and it's all over.
-[man 2] Spear. -[man 3] Spear.
[Michael] What a spear by Edge.
[Edge] I'm still like all of you.
I am a huge fan of the WWE.
Then I went to Wrestlemania VI and said,
"I'm doing this one day."
Fast forward,
I've gone from being a pseudo-vampire in the brood
to one of the funny goofy guys
posing for flash photography.
I became one of the most despised guys
in the history of the WWE,
but also while I've been in a lot of pain.
I had spinal fusion surgery
which means I was wrestling on borrowed time
because the MRI showed that I have to retire.
[echo]
[Michael] Entry number 21 in the Royal Rumble.
[Corey] Who's it gonna be?
[Edge's music playing]
[Michael] Oh, my.
[man] You got to be kidding me.
[Michael] It's been nine long years.
The Hall of Famer is here.
[Edge] I was medically disqualified from doing this again,
but I refused to live in a world of what ifs.
[exciting music playing]
[Edge] So, I got to work
and the I busted my ass.
[exciting music continues]
[Edge] I got in the best shape of my life
so I could step back in here
and end my career on my terms.
[crowd chanting] You deserve it!
Damn right I do.
[exciting music continues]
[Edge] If you knock me down,
I get back up.
I have grit.
I created Judgment Day with the thought
that I was going to help underutilized talent
realize their full potential.
They thought they learned all there was to learn from me.
Now it's time to kill what I created.
I am going to end Judgment Day.
[exciting music fades]
My love, my love, my love.
I know how much time you've been spending
planning my birthday celebration,
and I will do whatever it takes
to make sure that nothing goes wrong.
No, I haven't talked to Triple H yet.
He's a busy man, you know, and…
[crowd cheering]
[yelling] I'm on the phone.
[crowd chattering]
[pop music playing]
[Michael] Gritty is so annoying
just like the Philadelphia Flyers,
and Bayley.
Coming up next, history will be made.
For the first time ever on Raw or Smackdown,
the Women's Championship defended
in a Ladder match.
It's Bayley versus the Champion,
the EST of WWE.
[pop music fades]
[man] This is the Bianca Belair era.
[Bianca] This is me,
the real me, the authentic me,
and that's why they connect to me.
[pop music playing]
[Bianca] I'm the B-E-S-T,
and that ain't up for debate.
I was meant to be here.
I just didn't know this was my dream
until it was my reality.
[pop music continues]
[Michael] The EST of WWE
is now the B-E-S-T.
[Bayley] Ding dong.
[man] Bayley is back.
[Bayley] Everything you've accomplished is because
I was injured.
We're going to take control of this whole division.
[man] Damage CTRL
owns the Women's Tag Team Division.
[Bayley] This is our ring now.
[Michael] Bayley using Bianca's braid against her,
and Dakota connects with the kick.
[Bayley] This is our show now.
[Michael] Iyo Sky with a moonsault.
[crowd] One, two, three!
[Bayley] I beat Bianca Belair, someone who hasn't been pinned in over 300 days.
I'm in control now.
[Michael] Oh, my God.
[Bayley] I get what I want…
[Michael] Here comes Bianca Belair.
[Bayley] When I want…
[man] Well, once again, the numbers game.
[Bayley] And I want…
the Raw Women's title at Extreme Rules,
in a Ladder match.
[Bianca] Bayley is incredible.
[Bayley] The first-ever Grand Slam Women's Champion.
She's able to accomplish so much,
[Bianca] but all she wants is control,
and nobody
controls Bianca Belair.
Everything I've been through in life,
all the work that I've put in,
it's made me who I am today.
And at Extreme Rules,
Bayley's gonna find out just who that is.
[Bayley] Bianca, Bianca, Bianca,
look what your ego has gotten you into.
[Corey] Damage CTRL
want to make certain
that Bianca Belair is all on her own.
[Michael] Nothing off limits
for Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky.
[Corey] Nothing will be off limits on Saturday night
in the first-ever
Ladder match for a Women's Championship in WWE history.
[crowd] Ooh!
[Corey] You've got the gold, you've got the power.
When you've got the power,
you can take control.
[pop music fades]
[crowd chattering]
[bell ringing]
[man] The following contest
-is a Ladder match. -[crowd cheering]
[man] In this match, the only way to win
is to climb the ladder
and retrieve the Raw Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
[Bayley's music playing]
[Michael] For Bayley,
it's all about big-time wrestling,
it's all about making history.
She was involved in the first-ever
30-minute Iron Woman match
with Sasha Banks.
She was 380 days
as the Smackdown Women's Champion.
She was the first woman
to defend the championship in Saudi Arabia.
And tonight, for the first time
in the history of Smackdown and Monday Night Raw,
Bayley will battle in a Ladder match
for the women's title.
[Corey] With those excellent accolades,
it's almost as though Bayley should be some type of role model.
You're the only one that seems to disagree with that sentiment.
[Bayley's music continues]
[Corey] We've talked about making history tonight,
which is one of the many reasons why Nikkita Lyons,
NXT superstar, is in the house
to bear witness
to this Ladder match for the Raw Women's title,
the first of its kind of WWE history.
[Michael] And of course, Bayley really a trailblazer from NXT.
[Bayley's music continues]
[Corey] Bayley looking up at the task ahead of her.
Notice, conspicuous by their absence,
Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai, because Bayley said
they did their… their part.
They've played their role.
"I want to beat Bianca fair and square."
-[whip sound] -[crowd cheering]
-[Bianca Belair's music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Here's the woman who's made history
in her own right as well.
Wrestlemania, a couple of years ago,
Bianca Belair, Sasha Banks,
the first two black women
to Main Event back-to-back.
Bianca Belair has never been in a Ladder match, Corey,
Bayley actually won the Money in the Bank Ladder match,
back in 2019.
So, she has, at least, a bit of experience.
[Corey] And listen, Bayley definitely has a lot more experience
in all aspects of this business
than Bianca Belair does,
but what I have learned, Cole, over the past years,
is under no circumstance
can you ever confidently bet against Bianca Belair.
[Bianca Belair's music continues]
[Michael] If anybody is going to find a way to win
it'd be Bayley.
[Corey] No doubt.
Bianca had better be one level above the top of her game tonight
because Bayley has been waiting for this moment
since returning at Summerslam,
when Bayley and Damage CTRL initially called their shots.
This is what Bayley's been waiting for.
Can she take it?
-We find out now. -[bell ringing]
[man] The following contest
is a Ladder match
for the Raw Women's Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Introducing the challenger,
representing Damage CTRL,
Bayley.
[crowd jeering]
Tell them, Michael Cole.
I'm the new champion
of your stupid show too.
[man] And her opponent,
from Knoxville, Tennessee,
she is the Raw Women's Champion,
-Bianca Belair. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This is gonna be a good one. Belair and Bayley,
the Raw Women's Championship hanging high above the ring.
You need to set up a ladder, climb to the top, grab the title
to become champion.
The first Ladder match
in the history of WWE television,
Wrestlemania 1994,
-Shawn Michaels-Razor Ramon… -[bell ringing]
[Michael] …forever etched in history.
These two women look to make history tonight,
at Extreme Rules, and we're underway.
-What type of… -[Corey] Ooh.
[Michael] …strategy, Corey, do you need to use
to try to win this match?
[Corey] It sounds cliché, but you need to incapacitate your opponent.
If I'm one of these women, I'm attacking the other's legs,
their knees, their ankles,
try to limit their ability to climb the ladder
because that title is a long way up in the sky.
[Michael] Meanwhile, Bayley, now--
[Corey] It's just a race.
[Michael] And Bianca both dragging ladders into the ring.
Bayley with a ladder in first, Bianca Belair as well.
Bayley looking for a quick victory here.
[Corey] And realize Bayley is fully aware
that she's not ever going to overpower the EST.
Bayley's gonna have to rely on her veteran instincts,
her experience.
[Michael] Bianca with a much larger ladder,
and Bayley realizing that
decides, "'well, maybe I should play defense,"
and she goes right after Belair.
[Corey] It's not a bad strategy if you're Belair.
Let's get the biggest ladder we can
and start climbing as fast as we can.
[Michael] And Bayley, perfectly legal,
looking to use the ladder as a weapon but…
now a tug of war.
Give me that.
[Corey] Bayley not gonna win a power matchup
with Belair under any circumstance.
-Oh. -[Michael] Bayley out of the ring.
Belair with an opportunity.
[Corey] Bianca's got daylight.
Don't get caught up in the back-- Be smart.
[Michael] Belair climbing the ladder.
Bayley's got to intercept Belair halfway up the ladder.
Bayley drags her back down into the ring.
[crowd yelling]
[Corey] Bianca bringing Bayley to the outside with her.
[Michael] Oh.
Bayley has not forgotten back at hell in a cell,
when she faced Bianca Belair,
-and Belair delivered a KOD onto a ladder. -Who sucks, huh, kid?
Who sucks?
-Who sucks? -[kid] You.
Me?
I'm winning.
[Corey] Bianca hasn't forgotten about Clash at the Castle,
when Bayley and Damage CTRL
picked up the victory
with Bayley pinning Bianca's shoulders to the mat.
[Michael] Remember, Belair has been champion since Wrestlemania,
a dominant champion.
Bayley very paranoid tonight,
arguing with the fans, here in Philadelphia.
Now, setting Belair up yet again, and,
oh! Drive-- oh, Belair landed on the ladder,
now trying to scale her way into the ring.
[Corey] And it could backfire.
[Michael] Up over the top. Belair climbing the ladder,
and once again, Bayley playing defense.
[Corey] What I'm seeing thus far is Bianca realizes,
when it comes to strategy, maybe she's overmatched.
Bianca realizes Bayley has been in this environment before,
so Bianca's best bet
is to capture the title just as quickly as she possibly can,
realizing the deeper this match goes, the more it may favor the challenger.
[Michael] Belair comes off the top rope, trying to climb the ladder
and Bayley trying to prevent her from getting up
and grabbing the championship.
[Corey] Whoa.
[Michael] Now, Bayley,
body-first.
[crowd chattering]
[Corey] This is definitely the strategy from Belair,
just climb the ladder as quickly as possible,
try to end this match in short order,
don't let Bayley drag you into the deep waters.
[Michael] Yeah, but now, Belair, I believe,
gonna use the ladder as a weapon.
For not ever being in a Ladder match,
Bianca looks very adept here tonight.
And now, Bianca, the power…
Oh! Driving Bayley into the steel.
And now, Belair…
Oh! Goodness.
[crowd clapping]
[Corey] The challenger sandwiched between the champion and a ladder.
This is a big opportunity for Belair to capitalize.
[crowd chanting] EST!
[Michael] Now, Belair dragging the ladder back into the ring.
Is this what you expected, Corey,
so far, in this matchup?
[Corey] I didn't know what to expect.
I've learned in the early moments
what the strategy of the champion is,
which I think is very, very smart for Bianca Belair,
but we haven't really seen Bayley get out of the gates.
[Michael] Bianca's been trapped behind the ladder,
and Bayley taking advantage.
If anybody has something up her sleeve,
it's definitely Bayley.
[Corey] Agreed wholeheartedly.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Bayley! Let's go, Bianca!
[Michael] They are rowdy tonight in Philadelphia.
Nearly 16,000 on-hand
sold out for Extreme Rules.
Oh, and an elbow
stunning Bianca.
-Bayley, oh-- -[Corey] Oh.
[Michael] Goodness! Sunset flip
driving Bianca into the ladder.
-[crowd jeering] -[Corey] Champion's down.
Does Bayley have enough left to make the climb?
[Michael] All the ladders are down.
Not only Bayley first has to set the ladder up,
then she has to make the climb,
as you listen to this.
-[hit sound] -[crowd] Ooh!
[Corey] Spine-jarring impact
for the champion.
And now, the challenger
looking to set up the ladder and ascend.
[Michael] Bianca still writhing in pain,
feeling the effects after being driven into the steel.
Bayley trying to set the ladder up.
She finally does, and now it's Bayley's opportunity.
Bayley trying to climb to the top of the ladder
and win the championship.
Bayley has been a two-time Smackdown women's champion.
Bianca Belair as you see the view from high above the ring.
[Corey] I think Bayley needs a little more insurance
after the impact in the corner on the ladder.
Bayley needs to pour on a little more punishment to the champion
before making the climb.
[Cole] We learned that Bianca can absorb a tremendous amount of punishment,
been a tremendous champion.
I'm not quite sure what Bayley is doing here.
[Corey] As we've learned throughout WWE history,
the furniture rarely cooperates, particularly ladders.
[Cole] Driving the end of that ladder right into the gut of Belair.
And again.
[crowd chants]
[Corey] This is great strategy by Bayley.
Wear Bianca down.
[crowd chants louder]
Oh, and driving Bianca out of the ring!
Lucky, she didn't get buried.
Bayley quickly on the attack. Veteran move by Bayley.
[shouting]
When you have an opportunity to keep someone like Belair down,
you've got to take it, you've got to seize the moment.
[crowd shouts]
Bianca has not been able to recover from that sunset flip moments ago.
[Corey] This is something we don't often see from Bayley
and it seems to be a bit of indecision from the challenger.
It's like Bayley has all of these options and ladders,
all of these possibilities,
but Bayley can't decide which way she wants to go.
That allows Belair to recover in the meantime.
[Cole] I also like the strategy,
of Bayley continuing to attack Bianca Belair.
You've got to put Bianca down. We know about her resilience.
We know she can come back. She's got a tremendous amount of heart.
[crowd chants "Bayley sucks"]
[Corey] Honestly, as bad as I hate to call her out on it,
I think Bayley's spending a lot of valuable time right now
that she should be using pouring on punishment like this.
[Cole] Yes, but perhaps it will be effective.
[Corey] Oh, my God. -[Cole] The flying elbow as Belair.
[Corey] Who got the worst of the exchange?
I think it was Belair,
but Bayley inflicted a reasonable amount of damage to herself.
-[Corey] Take a look at this. -[Cole] Watch the impact.
Bayley driving the elbow through the heart of Belair.
[Corey] Bayley's hip, her side, her ribs, her elbow,
all made contact with the ladder.
[Cole] We know about the mean streak, the viciousness in Bayley.
Belair back to her feet.
[Corey] She really doesn't intend on climbing that ladder
with the stabilizers removed.
[Cole] Doing whatever it takes.
Bianca driven into the apron again.
Bayley has really taken control of this match at this juncture.
The Raw women's championship hanging high above the ring.
No pinfalls, submissions, countouts, disqualifications.
You got to climb the ladder and grab the title.
Now Bayley looking to sandwich Belair.
[Corey] Bianca out of the way just in time to avoid disaster.
[Cole] That woman's look said it all.
[Corey] Oh.
[Cole] Belair now.
Bayley's in trouble, right across the spine!
[applause]
[Corey] Now Belair realizing she had a momentary opportunity.
[Cole] Not sure what she was looking for.
[Corey] Now's not the time to be picky with the ladders.
[Cole] Bianca's in a tremendous amount of pain.
I'm surprised she even knows where she's at.
[Corey] Bianca favoring her left arm,
could pose problems when trying to make the climb up the ladder,
or even position the ladder in the first place.
The EST has the ladder set.
[Cole] It's Bianca Belair looking to retain her Raw women's championship.
[Corey] Bayley from behind.
[Cole] All the damage that Bayley has done to Belair
did not allow Belair to quickly get up the ladder.
Now it's Bayley's turn to try to climb to the top
and grab the championship.
Belair trying to drag Bayley back down into the ring.
Oh!
[Corey] Brutal spinebuster by the champion,
and now Bianca looking to make the climb all the way up
to the Raw Women's Championship.
[Cole] Belair is halfway there, closing into the top of the ladder.
Bayley dumping Belair down to the ring and out of the ring.
[Corey] Nasty landing for Belair, who realized there was a ladder below,
and in an effort to avoid making contact with the ladder,
instead Belair ended up on the outside of the ring.
Pick your poison.
[Cole] One thing I noticed, Corey, I don't know if you picked it up there,
but Bayley seemed to be grabbing her knee.
Remember the knee injury kept Bayley out of action for over a year,
as we take another look.
[Corey] I sure do.
We saw Bianca realizing that…
What the hell does Bayley…
Is that a piece of Bayley's knee brace?
-[Cole] I believe so. -[Corey] That's the hinge.
[Cole] That was why she was grabbing at the knee.
[Corey] That's the hinge on Bayley's knee brace.
[Cole] Perfectly legal in this ladder match.
[Bayley screams]
[Corey] I'm surprised Bayley didn't attempt to use the hinge and--
[Cole] It could cost her. Belair with Bayley up on her shoulders.
KOD!
Belair's opportunity!
Belair could be closing in on retaining the championship.
The ladder's set, Belair up to the top of the ladder.
[crowd cheers]
[Corey] It is in her--
It is time to control some damage.
[Cole] Damage control has hit the scene.
[Corey] Iyo and Dakota dumping Bianca Belair.
Remember Bianca has no allies.
Asuka and Alexa both injured this past Monday night on Raw.
[Cole] At the hands of damage control,
and this is exactly why Bianca without an ally in the world.
[Corey] Dakota and Iyo can do whatever the hell they want to Bianca.
[Cole] The WWE Women's Tag Team champions.
[Corey] The genius of the sky was going for the moonsault.
Bianca Belair back to her feet.
Dakota Kai misses with the kick and now Bianca Belair.
-[Cole] Belair is surviving. -[Corey] You got to kidding me.
[Corey] There's absolutely no way.
-[Corey] There's no way. -[Cole] No. No, no, no.
[Cole] Bianca Belair trying to hoist both members of damage control
into a double KOD.
How the hell?
[crowd cheers]
Did we just see that?
[Corey] We did! I still can't believe it.
What a display of power by the champion.
[Cole] Bayley back into the ring,
gave her enough time to recuperate,
using the ladder to her advantage, and the match continues.
[Corey] Look at this outrageous display of power
by the Raw women's champion,
hoisting up both Dakota and Iyo into a KOD.
[Cole] There are bodies and ladders strewn everywhere in Wells Fargo Center.
[Corey] It is extreme rules.
What else did you expect?
[Cole] It's like all the momentum came out of the sails of Bianca Belair
with damage control preventing her from grabbing the championship.
[Corey] How could it not, Cole?
Bianca literally had her fingertips on the title.
[Cole] Again, we said-- Oh, rose plant.
[Corey] That's it. Bayley's got daylight.
[Cole] We said Bayley would've a plan.
She'd have something up her sleeve. Obviously, she did.
And Bayley could be closing in on yet
another reign as Smackdown women's champion.
[Corey] Again, the ladder not cooperating,
but Bayley, she's looking to place Bianca under the ladder and trap the champion.
[Cole] Bayley doing everything she can,
and finally Belair trapped underneath the ladder.
Bayley has it set up.
She's going to climb the ladder
and try to win the Smackdown Women's Championship.
Belair is trapped with nowhere to go.
[Corey] The Raw women's title hanging in the balance.
-[Cole] Bianca Belair. -[Corey] No. No, no, no.
[Cole] Pressing the ladder up.
Bayley losing her balance into the ropes.
[Corey] Watch the impact.
Watch the whiplash effect the ropes have on Bayley.
The way her head snapped back.
Valuable time for the champion to recover.
[Cole] Who is going to win the ladder match
for the Raw Women's Championship?
Critical juncture of this match.
Looking high above the ring
as Bayley and Bianca battle for control of the ladder.
[Corey] It's just a race.
[Cole] A race to the top, a race to the title,
fighting on the top of the ladder.
Belair fingertips away from the Raw title.
[Corey] Now it's Bayley.
Bayley has the braid. Bayley has Bianca's braid.
[Cole] Oh, Bianca face first. Bianca's down.
Bayley closing in on the championship.
Belair now using the braid to her advantage.
Bayley knocked off the ladder.
[Corey] The searing pain of being hit with the braid of the champion
too much for Bayley to handle.
[Cole] Bianca looking to inflict more damage
to make sure Bayley doesn't get up.
[Corey] Bianca knows she needs a little insurance.
Bianca wants the KOD, but Bayley has a hold of the ladder in the corner.
[Cole] Bianca lifting Bayley up, but Bayley still has the ladder in hand.
Bianca Belair…
with a KOD under the ladder.
Bayley could have a broken face.
Bianca Belair is going to climb!
Belair climbing the ladder!
[crowd cheers]
Belair's up top.
-It's celebration time for the EST of WWE. -[bell rings]
-[Bianca Belair's song plays] -What a match.
[announcer] Here is your winner
and still the Raw women's champion,
Bianca Belair!
[Cole] What a performance by both women.
[Corey] The odds simply could not have been stacked any higher
against Bianca Belair,
but the EST did what she does best.
She persevered, she endured.
She KOD'd the heck out of Bayley
and made the long climb to the top of the ladder
and still Raw women's champion.
[bell rings]
[Cole] The smile, the elation of victory.
Another hard-fought win for Bianca Belair
who continues to make history in WWE
winning the first-ever women's ladder match
on Raw or Smackdown.
[Corey] Bianca understandably grinning from ear to ear
grateful for the WWE universe.
What a win for the EST.
[music]
[suspenseful music]
[Cole] Roman Reigns, the man whose job it is to make sure his family
stays at the top of the food chain.
[Corey] The most dominant superstar in sports entertainment.
[Roman] You're going to see who runs WWE.
[male announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
let's witness the highlights of the most dominant,
decorated universal champion.
"The Head of the Table,"
"The Tribal Chief,"
Roman Reigns!
This is my island.
This is my WWE,
and if you want it, come and take it from me.
I'm the greatest of this generation.
AcknowlEdge me!
[Cole] The backbone of the number one show.
[Corey] Roman Reigns rules the universe.
[Roman] When Roman Reigns shows up, WWE is winning.
Who you think changed the ratings for this show? Huh?
Me.
Who do you think made this title relevant, the one that everybody wants?
Me.
I've beaten them all.
[suspenseful music continues]
[commentator 1] Reigns, the longest-reigning
universal champion ever.
[Roman] I'm in God mode now.
[Cole] The breathtaking, record-making…
[Roman] AcknowlEdge me.
I told you, I run this place.
I'm The tribal Chief, The Head of the Table.
Universal champion for however long I want to be.
[commentator 1] There's no end in sight for the reign of Roman Reigns.
[Roman] Now the whole world can acknowledge me.
Corey, Roman's next title event four weeks from tonight.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Crown Jewel against Logan Paul.
It's going to be absolutely massive.
It is premiere week in WWE.
Last night the premiere of Friday night Smackdown.
Monday night, Barclay's Center,
we welcome your new partner, Kevin Patrick.
[Corey] The big question is, are you ready?
Are you ready to celebrate the group that defined the attitude era?
We celebrate the 25th anniversary of D-Generation X,
live at Barclay's Center.
[Cole] More history between these two.
Mr. Money in the Bank, Austin Theory,
and Johnny Gargano dates all the way back to NXT.
Finally these two rivals get it on Monday night.
[Corey] If you're talking about dominance,
look no further than our United States champion,
"The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley
will defend his title against Seth "Freakin" Rollins,
or at least whatever's left of Rollins after the fight pit tonight.
[Cole] Yes, Rollins is in Brooklyn Monday,
but tonight we're in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The city of extreme.
The city of brotherly love, the home of the flyers and the sixers.
This is Wells Fargo Center across the street from the Linc.
The Phillies in the playoffs as well.
[Corey] I've got to shout out Kevin Hart.
I got to see him here at Wells Fargo last night. Unbelievable.
[Cole] Yes, I heard it was a great show.
Extreme rules has been unbelievable as well here tonight
in Philadelphia.
But coming up next,
Finn Bálor of the Judgment Day against WWE hall of famer Edge.
Edge realizes he has a distinct disadvantage tonight
in what is the "I Quit" match.
[uplifting music]
[Edge] At 37 years old, I was told that I had to retire.
Forced to retire, I had no choice.
Until I decided to make it a choice.
[commentator 1] Oh, my!
[man 1] You've got to be kidding me.
[commentator 1] It's been nine long years.
The hall of famer is here.
[Edge] By the time that choice became a reality, I was 46.
And it was difficult,
but it brings me to Judgment Day, and they've made it more difficult.
No matter how many times I beat them, they always come back,
they always pick me apart, knock me down,
and it's harder and harder to put the pieces back together to come back.
But I do.
Because I can't quit and it's my fault the Judgment Day even exists.
I know what I have to do.
When my back's against the wall,
I come out swinging or whatever the hell else I have to do
I have to be a one-man gang.
Edge, as with most things in life,
you can only outrun fate for so long.
Judgment catches up to all of us.
[commentator 1] The Judgment Day is going to end Edge's damn career.
Someone's got to come out here and stop this.
[commentator 2] Don't do it!
Do you know who you're dealing with, Edge?
The demon of the Judgment Day.
[woman] You think you know me.
[Edge] You have tried to finish me over and over again,
but I always come back.
[commentator] Vengeance on the menu for the Rated-R superstar.
[Edge] Even if it takes me nine years, I come back.
You see, I don't quit so, Finn,
at extreme rules,
for the first time ever, Edge versus Finn Bálor
in an "I Quit" match.
[Finn] Edge thinks we should fear him.
The Judgment Day isn't afraid of anyone.
At extreme rules, I am going to act as the cruel hand of fate
that reminds Edge that he doesn't belong anywhere
near a ring that I'm standing in
and I'm going to force him to utter the words "I quit."
[Edge] Finn, you are facing something and someone
that you have never faced before.
You can ask Foley, you can ask Taker, you can ask Cena, you can ask Orton.
You cannot physically hurt me enough to make me say I quit.
I hope you're all ready for a war.
Because I damn sure am.
[bell rings]
[announcer] The following is an "I Quit" match.
[crowd cheers]
In this match, there are no pinfalls, no countouts, and no disqualifications.
The only way to win is to make your opponent say the words "I quit."
[crowd cheers]
[Edge's music plays]
[crowd cheers]
[announcer] Introducing first, WWE hall of famer,
the Rated-R superstar,
Edge!
[fireworks]
[Cole] Edge's going to have to go back to the days
of being a Rated-R superstar.
He understands his back is against the wall tonight.
The numbers game could catch up with him
as he looks to take on for the first time in his career
one-on-one Finn Bálor
and the Judgment Day.
[Corey] Edge's back is against the wall by his own doing.
Unfortunately, even as the Rated-R superstar,
you can't always stuff the genie back in the lamp.
What's done is done.
The Judgment Day exists, they are dominant,
and they are hellbent on ending Edge for good.
[Cole] Well, Edge admitted I created the Judgment Day, I need to end it.
He said, "I'm stubborn and I'm proud.
My wife, Beth, and my kids don't want me to be here,
but they understand it's something I have to do.
It's in my blood, it's my life, and tonight I look to end it all."
[Corey] If the Judgment Day have anything to say about it,
Edge won't be in any position to make those decisions anymore,
to leave home, to leave his wife, to leave his daughters
because everything comes crashing down for Edge tonight.
[Finn Bálor's music plays]
[announcer] And his opponent, representing the Judgment Day,
Finn Bálor.
[Cole] Finn Bálor claims that he has never quit,
unlike Edge who quit 11 years ago
because of a serious neck injury.
However, Edge has returned,
he is looking to make Finn Bálor
utter those words tonight.
[Corey] It will be a tall task even for the WWE hall of famer.
Finn Bálor somewhat recently took Roman Reigns to the limit,
Finn Bálor was the first ever universal champion,
an NXT champion two times over.
Finn Bálor has been hitting home
runs night after night after night for years.
If Bálor wants to add ending Edge's career to his resume,
Finn can do so tonight in Philly.
[Cole] Bottom line is this, Finn Bálor is in the ring
with a man who has won Money in the Bank,
two royal rumbles, a king of the ring, tag titles,
intercontinental titles,
and he is an 11-time world champion.
On top of that, he's a hall of famer.
The "I Quit" match dates all the way back to 1970,
52 years ago
when Jones and Royal took on Ole and gene Anderson
for the Atlantic coast tag team titles.
Over the years in WWE, we witnessed the first one in 1995,
Bret Hart and Bob Backlund.
Who will ever forget 1999 at the Royal Rumble,
The Rock and Mankind, or 2005, John Cena and JBL.
[bell rings]
Here tonight, Edge and Finn Bálor look to write history in an "I Quit" match.
[Corey] Notice in the eyes of Finn Bálor
nothing resembling fear or reverence for the Rated-R superstar.
[Cole] Edge'd love to put this away early, but again,
these matches are not quick, Corey,
because you have to get your man beaten down to the point
where he utters the words that are so humiliating and embarrassing, "I quit."
[Corey] That's what it boils down to. Every WWE superstar so incredibly proud.
They would rather not get back up permanently.
[Cole] A nice swinging neckbreaker by Edge who is controlling the match early.
[Corey] It is downright humiliating to have to utter the words, "I quit."
Before the entire WWE universe, and particularly your opponent.
[Cole] Much like we've seen throughout the entire evening,
you're not going to win this match by wrestling.
It's not a wrestling match, it's not about grappling,
it's about beating the hell out of your opponent.
[Corey] Time to test the limits of your own sanity.
Have you ever had a sick demented thought that you were a bit embarrassed about?
It's the time to bring it out.
[Cole] Edge has had plenty of them.
No pinfalls, submissions, countouts or disqualifications.
We have seen what Edge is capable of over the years.
[Corey] Look at this. This is perfectly legal.
[grunting]
[Finn] No.
[Corey] Again, Official Chad Patton, that's his only job here,
to hold the microphone so the world can hear you say, "I quit."
That'll end the match.
Our camera angle was a bit low, I don't know if anybody could tell
Edge was attempting to tear Finn Bálor's nose off his face.
[Cole] Oh!
Whipped into the corner and Finn Bálor…
[Edge] This is what you want?
[Cole] Indeed he may rue the day that he challenged Edge in this match.
Pushed Edge to this point.
[Corey] Or, Cole, this could serve
as the launch pad for the rest of Finn Bálor's career,
perhaps even the entire Judgment Day.
If Bálor is the one to take Edge out for good,
that does wonders for anybody's career.
Now Finn Bálor attacking the knee of Edge.
This is a smart move. The Judgment Day inflicted
a great deal of punishment on the knee of the Rated-R superstar.
[Cole] That has been the story of… Oh! Of this rivalry for weeks.
[Corey] Bálor senses the weakness and now he's going to exploit it.
[Cole] Oh, and again.
The one thing we've seen about Finn Bálor, Corey,
we talked a lot early on in Finn's career
that he didn't have the mean streak,
that he was missing just a little bit of an Edge,
I believe he has that now.
[Corey] I agree with you. Oh!
[Cole] Even as the first ever universal champion in WWE,
Bálor maybe didn't feel complete. He was still…
[Corey] Well placed headbutts.
[Cole] Bálor was lacking in several areas of his game.
Nowadays, it's like Bálor has finally reached his final form.
[Corey] Again, continuing to punish Edge.
[Cole] I'd argue this may be the best Finn Bálor we've seen.
[Edge grunts]
No.
[Cole] Oh. It's not just an aggressive Bálor, it's a mean Bálor.
There is a viciousness in this man.
Something's changed.
[Cole] Figure-four leglock applied.
[Corey] Again.
What's changed, Cole, has been the Judgment Day.
[Edge grunts]
Get that out of my face.
[Corey] They've set Bálor mentally and emotionally free.
Finn's no longer beholden to the WWE universe.
Finn's no longer concerned about signing autographs
and taking selfies with fans.
Finn is here to succeed and make the Judgment Day
the most dominant force it can be.
[Cole] Edge trying to reverse the figure-four, roll onto his belly,
that'll reverse the pressure to Finn Bálor's limbs.
That's what Edge does here.
Now will Bálor say "I quit"?
[Finn grunts]
No.
[Cole] Bálor, now, trying to reverse back his way and he does.
[panting]
What do you say, Edge?
[Cole] Oh!
Edge fighting back, trying to create separation
and finally does, but the damage has been done to both men.
[Corey] I'd say more damage has been suffered by the Rated-R superstar,
particularly the left leg of his that we mentioned
the Judgment Day targeted weeks back.
Finn very wisely targeted tonight.
[Cole] Now Bálor using the apron to his advantage.
Edge is trapped.
Oh, and a stomp to the spine and again.
Finn Bálor unloading on Edge.
-[Corey] This is downright ruthless. -Ask him.
[Edge] No.
[Cole] Bálor claims he's going to change the world,
he could do that here tonight.
-Oh! -[Edge screams]
[Cole] Edge is trapped.
[Corey] It's all legal, Cole.
[crowd yells "you suck"]
[grunting]
Ask him.
[Edge] No.
No? Okay.
[grunting]
Ask him.
-Ask him. -No.
[grunting]
[Corey] My god.
[Cole] Bálor relentless and getting frustrated
because Edge has not uttered the words.
[crowd boos]
[Corey] Bálor is playing a dangerous game.
You don't want to dribble Edge into unconsciousness
because then Edge would be unable to say, "I quit."
[Cole] Watch what you're saying when Bálor is roaming around.
[Corey] I was just calling the match.
[Cole] See the look in Bálor's eyes, there's something different there,
it's almost blank at times, like a far away look by Bálor.
Now driven into the post by Edge who buys himself a little bit of time.
[Corey] You say it looks far away,
that could be the case or is Finn Bálor finally awake?
Are we finally witnessing Finn Bálor at his full potential?
At 100%?
Physically capable, mentally clear.
Sling blade!
[Cole] Right outside the ring, Edge hitting hard.
[Finn] Ask him.
[Edge] No.
[Edge pants]
[Corey] Take a look at this from the outside.
Great reversal by Bálor before driving Edge down with the sling blade.
[Cole] Is this what you expected so far?
[Corey] I expect next-level brutality from both of these guys.
[Cole] Edge driving Bálor through the barricade into the timekeeper's area.
[Corey] That's what I was expecting.
No.
[crowd chants "holy…"]
[Cole] Watch the impact.
[Corey] Edge driving Bálor through the timekeeper's barricade.
Now Finn spills out into the WWE universe.
[Cole] Right into the front row at Wells Fargo Center.
Edge bringing the fight to Bálor who's now trying to beg off,
trying to run away, trying to retreat.
[crowd cheers]
Edge in pursuit.
Bálor with nowhere to go.
[Finn] No. Hey, please.
[Cole] Broad street bullies would love this.
[grunting]
Bálor was begging for forgiveness from Edge.
No.
[Cole] Bálor refusing to utter, "I quit."
-[Corey] Oh, no. -[Cole] Suplex right on the floor.
Ask him.
Never.
[Cole] I don't have any idea where Edge is going.
Bálor's body hitting the floor with a thud.
You see Finn clutching at his left wrist.
The wrist perhaps that was damaged in the impact. What the…?
-[Cole] Edge with a hockey stick. -[Corey] Did he go to the equipment room?
[Corey] Did Gritty give that to him?
[Cole] Flyers' fans love it.
Bálor now trying to scramble away.
That is our kickoff show set.
Now Edge using the hockey stick
with the Glasgow grin on Finn Bálor.
Well, Finn couldn't say "I quit" if he wanted to,
he's got a hockey stick shoved in his mouth.
[Finn grunts]
Bálor just falling away
and now trying to crawl away from Edge.
There's the viciousness of Edge we've talked about.
The Rated-R superstar has come back to play here tonight.
[Corey] The flyers haven't shown that much life since the days of Donald Brashear.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Bálor trying to scramble away.
Edge is in pursuit.
I'm not shocked the Philly fans like this kind of brutality.
Ask him.
No.
[Cole] What is it going to take to get one of these men to utter "I quit"?
[Corey] I shudder to think what it will take.
[Cole] Bálor climbing the stairs of Wells Fargo Center,
going up into the one ten bomb.
[crowd cheers]
[Corey] This thing could end up over at Lincoln Financial Field or…
[Cole] Now Bálor trying to turn things around.
[Corey] Let's hope wherever my guy Kruk is he's safe.
[Cole] We know he's watching.
-What do you say, Edge? -No.
[Edge pants]
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] Edge refuses to say I quit, back to his feet.
Bálor… Oh! Launched away into the overhang!
The concrete overhang.
[crowd cheers]
I don't know how you say "I quit" if you're knocked out.
[Corey] You don't.
[Cole] The amount of punishment both of these men have been through so far.
They're halfway up Wells Fargo Center here,
a city that knows something about extreme.
-[crowd] Oh! -[Cole] Oh, no.
[Cole] That view right there reminds me of the sandman.
[crowd cheers]
[Edge pants]
Now Edge dragging himself back into the arena.
Finn Bálor on the attack using everything at his disposal, the railings.
[Finn] Come on. Ask him.
No.
-What? -No. He says no.
[Cole] Did you know Bálor was capable of this?
[Corey] I don't know if anyone knew Bálor was capable of this.
We had thoughts, we had ideas.
Finn Bálor showing the entire world what he's capable of.
[Corey] I believe the punishment finally starting to catch up to Edge.
What a shock, beer flying in Philly.
[crowd cheers]
Their batteries unhinged.
[Cole] Oh!
Let's not give them any ideas
as the chair now goes to the midsection of Edge.
[Corey] What a menacing look etched on the face of Finn Bálor.
The scenic tour is now over.
Let's hope everything stays ringside
while we solve this deeply personal issue.
[Cole] The scenic tour may not be the only thing that's over,
Edge may be over for good.
[Corey] Finn Bálor wants to make absolutely certain that's the case.
[Cole] Bálor looks fresh, Edge looks near defeated.
Now a steel chair.
Oh, right to the ribs of Edge.
The WWE fans, 16,000 here in Philly, I think they feel it.
They feel like Bálor has taken complete control of this match,
that Edge perhaps has nothing left.
At what point does this hall of famer's body just give up?
Does Edge realize he has nothing left?
[Corey] That's the problem. That's what I'm concerned about.
I think Edge's body may give up before he does.
Edge is putting himself in a truly perilous situation.
[Edge pants]
Screw you, Finn.
[Cole] Again, the rebellious Edge is just going to piss Finn off even more.
Finn unloading with steel chairs to the spine.
At this point it's getting sickening, uncomfortable.
[Edge pants]
-[Finn] Say it. -I…
don't quit.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] The official can't even stop the match.
[Corey] I wouldn't disagree with Chad Patton if that were his decision.
[Cole] Edge has always been the rebellious one, the renegade,
-the trendsetter. -[Corey] Oh!
[Corey] Now he's been usurped by the prince.
[Cole] Yes, this was his creation, let's not forget that.
Finn took it to another level.
[Corey] Dr. Frankenstein didn't intend on creating the monster.
[Cole] Edge showing a little bit of life.
-[Cole] Oh! -[Corey] Side Russian leg sweep.
[Cole] Bálor now.
[Edge] Come on.
[Edge grunts]
-[Finn] Edge, what do you say? -No.
[referee] No. He says no.
[Cole] Bálor going to turn it around.
Looking for a crossface on Edge.
Ask him.
[Edge grunts]
Yes, say it.
[Edge grunts]
[Edge] Come on.
[Cole] At some point, we got to start worrying about the well-being of Edge.
Finn Bálor is teeing off, he's having his way with Edge.
Edge is defenseless, he hasn't even been able to defend himself.
-Ask him. -[Corey] I agree.
[Edge pants]
[Finn] What do you say, Edge?
[Edge] No.
[Cole] Edge admitted he's a proud man.
He's a stubborn man.
[Corey] That stubbornness is about to bring his own demise about.
[Cole] Bálor sent into the chair.
Edge has a bit of life.
[Corey] Does he though?
Let's be honest, that was a last instinctive gas
from the Rated-R superstar.
[Cole] This isn't a normal match, it's not like you can pick up
a quick three-second three-count pinfall victory.
Bálor driven face-first into the chair.
Edge is going to have to somehow dig down deep,
takes out the legs of Bálor.
Now Edge a second wind perhaps, adrenaline.
[Corey] This is what Edge means when he talks about having grit,
fighting through the adversity against the odds.
[Cole] Now driving the steel chair into the knee of Bálor,
perhaps this will force Bálor to say, "I quit."
How much metal is Bálor made of?
We've learned over the years and tonight what Edge is made of.
Now Edge stepping through looking for the Edgecator,
the submission move locked in, Edge going old school on Finn Bálor.
[Edge] Come on.
[Finn whines]
[Corey] Oh, I was wondering when this idiot was going to show up.
[Cole] Damian Priest of the Judgment Day!
Edge taking out Priest.
-[Corey] Edge had to know this was coming. -[Cole] Look who's in tow.
[Corey] Priest to the outside.
Finn over the top.
[Cole] That's Dominik Mysterio momentarily saving Bálor.
-Edge with a spear! -[crowd cheers]
A spear through Priest and Bálor and Dominik.
[Corey] The entire Judgment Day was brought down by a spear from Edge.
Edge sacrificing his own safety,
his own well-being to take out Finn Bálor.
[Cole] How the hell is Edge still doing this?
Edge was in his prime 10, 15 years ago.
[crowd cheers]
Bálor has no clue where he is.
Edge looking to looking to-- Oh! Look who-- Rhea Ripley with--
[Corey] Rhea's got handcuffs.
[Cole] Ripley trying to handcuff Edge. Rhea just handcuffed Edge to the top rope.
The cunning, manipulative, that witch Rhea Ripley has handcuffed Edge
to the top rope and she's got the key.
[Corey] This is a move that many moons ago
would've been right out of the Rated-R superstar's own playbook.
[Cole] Edge… is defenseless.
Edge is helpless.
Priest and Dominik and Bálor have Edge dead to right.
I know Edge is a proud man, but nobody would think any different
if Edge just said I quit right now.
Handcuffed to the top rope, trying to fight back against the Judgment Day.
[Corey] Edge won't quit. He'll fight with everything he has.
but unfortunately it will not be enough to topple the Judgment Day.
[Cole] Dominik Mysterio.
Edge.
Mysterio grew up with Edge.
So close to the Mysterio family,
and what Dominik has done, not only to Edge but his father,
his mother, Angie, his sister Aalyah,
to be out here tonight with this group.
[Corey] Bálor has just introduced to this situation a pair of kendo sticks.
[Cole] Edge is handcuffed.
Bálor with a smile on his face,
and for the love of god, Edge, just say I quit.
[Finn screams]
[Cole] Just say it.
Nobody's going to think any less of you in your hall of fame career.
This is insanity!
[Corey] Bálor told the referee Chad Patton to back off.
He doesn't want to end this yet.
[Cole] No, he wants to punish Edge and continue to punish him.
Edge trying somehow.
[referee] Come on, Edge.
What do you say?
What do you say, Edge?
[Rey Mysterio's music plays]
[Cole] Well, Edge just got a little bit of back up, Rey Mysterio,
long-time friend, chair in hand.
Down goes Priest, and here comes Rey, and he goes right after Bálor.
Ray Mysterio,
who feels so bad inside,
feels like he's so much to blame
for all this and this situation with his son.
Mysterio trying to make it right tonight.
[Corey] 619 to Priest, and here comes Dominik.
[Cole] Dominik just laid out his damn father.
What the hell are you doing, kid?
[crowd boos]
[Cole] Somebody should smack that kid across the face.
[Corey] He's not a kid. He's a grown man who makes grown man decisions.
[Cole] Yes. Some decision to join this group.
To throw away what everything Rey and Angie
have given him over the years.
[Corey] The weather is lovely in Jonestown this time of year.
[Cole] Dominik Mysterio never wanted as a kid.
He has given everything in his life
and now he's beating the hell out of his father.
Somebody do something about this.
[crowd cheers]
What is wrong with you?
He's your father for God's sake.
[Corey] Meanwhile, back in the ring, Bálor with a cane to the knee.
[Edge screams]
[Cole] Freaking disgusting.
Just say I quit, Edge.
Just say it.
-[Corey] What the…? -[Cole] That's Edge's wife. Beth.
[Corey] Beth, get the hell out of there.
[Cole] Beth Phoenix unloading on Bálor with a kendo stick,
coming to the aid of her helpless husband.
Now Priest suffering it as well.
[Corey] The warrior queen just melee the Judgment Day.
[Cole] Yes, come on, Dominik.
Get in the ring now.
[crowd cheers]
[Corey] Now Rhea Ripley,
the woman who manipulated Dominik,
face to face with Edge's wife.
This is your dream match, Rhea.
[crowd chants "yes"]
Do you hear them?
[crowd cheers]
[Corey] Here we go!
[Cole] Hell hath no fury.
Beth and Ripley.
Rhea trying to create space.
Spear by Beth.
Go get her, Beth!
Corey, Beth's got the key.
[Corey] Beth's got the key.
-[Cole] Beth has the key. -[Corey] Thank God for Edge.
[Cole] Edge now.
Edge going to be unhandcuffed, if Beth can get the damn key to work.
Edge!
[Corey] Finally.
[Cole] Edge is free.
Spear to Priest!
Oh, yes! Oh, yeah!
Here comes your Judgment Day,
Dominik!
[crowd cheers]
[crowd chants]
[Cole] Good! Good, you damn brat!
Shades of Cardiff.
[Corey] Turnabout is fair play.
[Cole] Bálor with the sling blade.
[Finn screams]
Now Finn Bálor looking to put Edge away.
[Cole screams] Spear from out of nowhere.
[Corey] Will Bálor say I quit?
[Cole] Edge is going to do it with another spear.
Somehow…
calling back to 2005 with a third spear by Edge!
Get a chair, get a chair.
[Cole] Edge wants his wife, Beth Phoenix, to get a chair.
[Corey] Uh-oh.
Edge just took the bottom bar off of the steel chair.
We've seen Edge go to town with this before.
[Cole] First it was a hockey stick, and now.
Oh, and Rhea Ripley from behind blasting Phoenix.
[Corey] Priest now.
South of heaven.
[Cole] The chokeslam by Priest.
-[Corey] Oh, God. -[Cole] Rhea Ripley.
[Cole] She took out Beth with brass knuckles.
Now Bálor from the top rope with a coup de gras.
[Corey] Finn yet again making the climb.
[Cole] And again.
Beth Phoenix is out cold.
[Corey] Will a third coup de gras do the trick?
[Cole] Another one by Bálor.
Edge has got to have broken ribs.
This is your last chance, Edge. Say it.
You say it.
[Edge pants]
-Say it. -Go to hell.
[crowd cheers]
[Cole] My goodness. I cannot believe this.
The courage of this man.
[Corey] There's a fine line between courage and insanity, Cole.
[Cole] Or stupidity.
Beth's out cold. Beth hasn't moved.
She was knocked out cold by the brass knuckles.
She looks pretty damn lifeless to me.
Beth, Beth.
What have you got to say for yourself, Edge?
[slowly speaking] One final chance to say it.
[Cole] Oh, my God, no. Oh, my God, no, Ripley.
We're not playing around, Edge. We ain't playing games.
[Cole] Corey.
[Edge grunts]
Beth.
I quit. I quit. I quit.
[crowd cheers]
-[Corey] Edge had no choice. -[bell rings]
Rhea was going to deliver a conchairto to Beth Pheonix.
Beth.
Edge had no choice. His wife was in danger.
What did you say?
I… quit.
You taught us too well!
[Cole] Damn it!
Somebody send some help out here. Get some help.
Where are the damn doctors?
[Corey] Someone in the back get some…
[Cole] Chad, get some help.
Chad, get some help.
[crowd boos]
[Corey] Sick son of a…
Your winner.
[crowd boos]
Let's get some help. Come on.
We need an ambulance.
Get somebody out here, come on.
Finn Bálor don't quit.
[Cole] Can we get a doctor out here please, or EMTS or something?
-She hasn't moved. -[Corey] Get her out of here.
[Corey] They're coming now.
Come on! Come on, God damn it!
Get somebody out here!
[calm music]
[man 1] Charlotte Flair was built for the spotlight,
built for the grand stage.
[Charlotte] This was my destiny.
This is what I was born to do,
and I am continuing the greatest legacy there will ever be.
[uplifting music]
[man 1] Bred to be a champion.
[Charlotte howls]
[Charlotte] I am a franchise player, I am a genuine superstar,
and what I do in this ring is sacred.
[man 1] Arguably the most impressive resume of accolades
in all of WWE.
-[man 2] Oh, my god. Asuka taps. -[man 1] What?
[man 2] The streak of Asuka is over.
[man 1] The winner of the women's Royal Rumble match, Charlotte Flair!
[man 2] Charlotte is the three-time--
[man 1] Is a seven-time--
[man 2] For a record 13th time Charlotte Flair is women's champion.
Come on!
[female announcer] Please welcome WWE star, Charlotte Flair.
[man 3] Let the games begin.
Let the games begin.
Woo!
[Charlotte] No one compares to me.
You see my greatness, and it eats you alive.
I don't steal opportunities,
I am the opportunity.
I am the most decorated woman in the history of WWE.
Woo!
[crowd cheers]
[grunting]
I am sick of you in my business.
[grunting]
Gritty, you stay out of my business! Do you think it's a game?
It's not a joke!
[crowd cheers]
[grunting]
[moaning]
-[Corney] Happy birthday, Miz. -[Cole] Yes.
This is no way to treat a human being on their birthday.
Not an A-lister.
[Cole] Coming up next, the referee, UFC legend Daniel Cormier.
Seth Rollins versus Matt Riddle inside the fight pit.
[Corey] It's an understatement to say
that Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins detest one another.
[Ariel] Where do the darkest roads lead when two men driven by mutual hatred
won't rest until they can lay hands on the other?
[Seth] I'm going to stomp Riddle's head into that mat one more time
and show him who the man around here really is.
[laughs]
Seth, I'm going to prove to you
that there's only one man in your marriage, and that's Becky, bro.
[man 4] Clear.
-We good? All right, good. -[man 4] Yes.
Yo, Riddle, you still there?
Yes, I'm still here.
You want to talk about my family. Let's talk about yours.
You ain't got one. Your wife divorced you
and took your kids and they don't want to see you anymore?
-What did you just say? -Yes, you heard me.
-Where are you? -I'm here. Come find me.
Dude, you don't get it. I'm not going to beat you up.
I'm going to-- you up, bro. Where the-- are you?
[Ariel] Where boundaries cross from the ruthless to the vindictive.
You're a loser.
Your wife knew it, that's why she left you.
Your kids are going to know it.
[man 1] Rollins pissed off Riddle.
[Seth] One psyche is pushed to its absolute brink.
[man 1] Rollins used Riddle's own emotion against him.
[man 2] Seth knows he's under Matt Riddle's skin.
[Ariel] When something becomes so deeply personal,
that it boils over into malice, leaving nothing but a want,
an obsession to inflict pain.
The line of animosity becomes so tense
that only one setting will do to find a resolution.
Extreme rules. Fight pit!
[Ariel] The fight pit.
As the blood boils between two fierce competitors
and the rage builds to the point of no return.
The endurance of wills about to be put to the test
in one of the most barbaric structures in WWE history.
No ring ropes, only steel.
No doors, no pinfalls, no escape, no mercy.
The only way to win is by submission…
or knockout.
What's up, bro?
[Ariel] A blank canvas built for torment,
painted only by destruction and devastation,
where your only weapons are your skills and your threshold for pain.
Tonight, at extreme rules, weaknesses will be exposed.
I'm going to show him I am the most dangerous man
in the history of this industry.
[Ariel] Careers will be altered.
[Riddle] I'm not just going to hurt you, I'm going to choke your ass out.
[Ariel] As Matt Riddle, a man who has been tested and thrived
inside cage confines before,
battles and unhinged and unrepented Seth "Freakin" Rollins in the fight pit.
When a rivalry reaches such an extreme,
only one person has the credentials to keep these two in check,
MMA legend and former UFC double champion Daniel Cormier.
That's my world. I live in the cage.
He called your boy DC to make sure that only one of you
walk out of the fight pit victorious.
[Ariel] Tonight, in the fight pit,
one man will have their hand raised in victory,
but neither will ever be the same again.
[intense music]
[Cole] In one of the most personal rivalries in the history of WWE,
Seth Rollins and Matt Riddle will be locked inside the fight pit.
[Daniel Cormier's music plays]
[Corey] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome special guest referee for this match,
UFC hall of famer, Daniel Cormier.
[Cole] Corey, there may not be a bigger fan of WWE than this man.
The former UFC heavyweight, light heavyweight champion,
the hall of famer, Daniel Cormier,
who will be the referee for the match tonight.
[Corey] He may be a big WWE fan.
He also happens to be one of the baddest men on the Planet Earth.
[Cole] He has history with both of these men.
Massive Seth Rollins fan.
Great video on YouTube when Rollins cashed in Money in the Bank,
the celebration by Dan.
[bell rings]
[Corey] The following is a fight pit match.
In this match, the decision must happen inside the pit.
There are no pinfalls and the only way to win is by knockout or submission.
Introducing first, "the original bro"
Matt Riddle.
[Cole] Corey, well documented, Cormier never beat Jon Jones.
However, Riddle did twice. In high school.
[Corey] We had a discussion about that this week on after the bell.
[Cole] Great interview, by the way.
[Corey] Riddle was the very special guest and Riddle was very open and honest
and said, "Hey, look, my personal life is in shambles right now,
but professionally, Seth Rollins is why I wake up in the morning.
Why I'm looking forward to the fight pit."
Matt Riddle needs this fight tonight.
[uplifting music]
[Corey] Notice there are no ropes.
[Cole] The fight pit concept Riddle had a hand in developing
back in his days on the independents.
He referred to it as a wrestling kumite.
There you see NXT champion, Bron Breakker.
You can catch him every Tuesday night on USA.
Bron keeping an eye on what will definitely be
one of the hardest hitting affairs of the night.
[Corey] I can't wait to hear Booker T on NXT starting this coming Tuesday,
-the hall of famer. -[Cole] I'll say a prayer for Vic.
[Seth Rollins' music plays]
[announcer] His opponent, from Davenport, Iowa, weighing in at 225 pounds,
Seth "Freakin" Rollins!
[Cole] Corey, why has this become so personal?
Let's hold on that question.
[Corey] Let's bask in the moment, Cole.
The whole freaking show.
To answer your question, Cole,
quite simply, these two men do not like one another.
They never have.
They most likely never will.
-[crowd sings] -They both have similar goals.
They both want to make it to the top of the WWE mountain
and realize that they will be in one another's way for the foreseeable future.
For Rollins, the only answer is to exterminate the original bro.
[Cole] Riddle talked about Rollins' family,
but not in a derogatory way.
Rollins, however, went real low on Riddle's past.
[Corey] And it worked.
Need I remind you of what went down at clash at the castle?
Seth "Freakin" Rollins used Matt Riddle's emotions
against the original bro
and Rollins danced his way out of Cardiff.
[Cole] The fight pit is over 20 feet high.
There are platforms near the top of the pit
that are three-and-a-half feet wide.
This structure weighs over six-and-a-half tons,
but unlike a normal steel cage,
there are no doors because there are no escapes.
The only way to win inside the fight pit
is by a tap-out or a knockout
where you can't make it back to your feet before the count of 10.
[Corey] We know Seth Rollins has been working
on all of his downtime on his submission game.
We saw him utilize a Peruvian necktie, a very advanced jujitsu maneuver,
several weeks back.
Rollins is ready for this battle in whatever look Riddle presents for him.
[Cole] I talked to DC earlier today about this match and he said,
"If I had any advice for Rollins, it'd be this.
Let Riddle lead the match.
Feel Riddle out.
See how Riddle is going to utilize the pit because Riddle's been in it before.
Look for your opening and then strike."
Seth has never been in this environment.
He has to be mentally ready and he has to pick his moment.
[crowd cheers]
Here we go. Riddle and Rollins.
There are no ropes.
Will that be to the detriment of Rollins?
[Corey] It may be. We know Rollins is a superstar
who is very comfortable on the top of the ropes,
utilizing them in his offense and defensive maneuvers.
[bell rings]
[Cole] We're underway.
[crowd cheers]
Riddle and Rollins feeling out process.
For Riddle, you touched on it, Corey. He's got to keep his emotions in check.
Rollins did such a great job at clash at the castle
of pushing the button to the point Riddle lost control and made a mistake.
[Corey] What Rollins did at clash at the castle was a master class
on using your opponent's emotions against them.
[Cole] The strikes by Riddle.
[Corey] Rollins is out here with a very similar game plan.
Maybe it's going to take a little longer.
Maybe Rollins is going to take DC's advice
and let Riddle control the pace of this matchup,
but when you're talking about the architect,
Rollins always finds a way.
[Cole] Rollins is a tremendous wrestler, no doubt.
He's not going to out-grapple Riddle. He'll have to use his smarts.
The architect going to have to find out a way to pull out the victory tonight.
[Corey] Rollins does not want to get into a striking match with Riddle.
Period, point blank, I'll tell you that much.
Riddle taking Rollins down and mounting him
and striking away at Seth Rollins.
Rollins trying to create some separation back to his feet.
Rollins has to stay on his feet in this match.
Riddle used the fight pit to his advantage.
That's the experience of Riddle.
[Cole] Take a look at this.
Benson Henderson, eat your heart out.
Right on the ear of Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
In the early moments, this fight pit looks like the right concept for Riddle.
Riddle looks right at home.
Rollins trying to cover up as Riddle continues to hammer away.
Oh, and DC-- DC got in there,
and Riddle's hit him pretty hard, and DC said I'm the law.
-You're here to fight him, not me. -My bad.
I'm sorry.
[Cole] Rollins takes advantage. That right there is what he's all about.
He saw the opening. He seized the moment.
Riddle got a bit overzealous. He struck the official.
Daniel said I'm the law, and Rollins took advantage of that slight distraction.
[Corey] One of many reasons why Rollins is one of if not
the best WWE superstar in recent memory.
Rollins is so complete, so advanced.
Whatever your game plan is, Rollins can flip it and use it against you.
[crowd sings]
Oh, wait a minute, triangle.
[Cole] Rollins able to power his way out of it.
Riddle missed wildly.
Rollins now.
Riddle lands on his feet. What a great athlete he is.
Down goes Rollins. Looking for the triangle again.
Rollins, remember, would tap and it would give the win to Riddle.
Rollins, I believe, stick his thumb in the eye of Riddle.
[Corey] Again, perfectly legal inside the fight pit,
and if anybody knows how to cut corners, it's that man, Rollins.
[referee] Matt. Matt, your eyes. Your eyes.
Are you okay, buddy?
Can you continue? Can you fight?
[Cole] Now Rollins has got to be careful.
You want to tread lightly, he is still Daniel Cormier.
[referee] Hey, hey.
You are not here to fight me.
You have got to fight him. Keep your hands off of me.
Do not touch me.
No more.
Don't touch me.
Fight him.
[Cole] Cormier told Rollins on his show earlier this week
that he'd call this down in the middle and he has so far.
[Corey] Both superstars, thus far, have had a bit of an issue of sorts
with the official, Daniel Cormier.
[Cole] Now it's Rollins in control.
This is what Riddle had to be afraid of.
Give Rollins an opening and Rollins will destroy you.
There is no absence of malice in this man's body.
[Corey] Daniel Cormier earlier today on the bump said,
if at any moment Rollins or Riddle feel like they can get over on me,
I know they'll take advantage of it and I'm not having it.
DC out here to do work tonight.
[Cole] Rollins using the fight pit to his advantage.
[Corey] Just raking the face of Matt Riddle into the steel.
[Cole] Riddle down to a knee.
Rollins follows it up,
and a blow right to the back of the neck, driving Riddle down.
-[Rollins] Count him. -Rollins telling DC count him.
Riddle has to answer the count of 10 or Rollins will win the fight pit.
[crowd counts]
[Corey] Riddle certainly conscious. He may not know what planet he's on.
[Cole] Count of six,
Riddle now tries to get back up to his feet,
and he does. He beats the count.
Riddle from behind.
No waist lock applied.
Rollins with a super kick to the jaw and another one.
Now, Riddle may be out.
[Corey] Get in there, DC.
Count him.
One.
Two.
What do you say, Matt?
Three.
[Corey] He does a wonderful job of keeping himself between both competitors,
not allowing Rollins to have any advantage.
We're at six almost.
[Cole] Count of six, Riddle stirring.
He's got to beat the 10-count.
Rollins realizing he would, and smart move by Rollins.
Right back on the attack.
[grunting]
You're a loser, Riddle.
You're a loser.
You're always going to be a loser.
Do you understand me?
[Cole] Oh, and again, Rollins trying to take Riddle out of his game,
prey on his emotions.
[Corey] I think Riddle wanted an exploder into the side of the cage.
[Cole] Rollins able to block.
Now, Rollins with a suplex into the steel.
-[referee] Matt, can you continue? -[Corey] What is Rollins looking at?
[Cole] Remember, escape will not win this.
[Corey] Oh, Rollins isn't trying to escape.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
[Cole] Rollins!
Rvd-like frog splash from the top of the pit there.
[both howl in pain]
-Count his ass, DC. -One.
Two.
-[Cole] Take a look at this. -Three.
A frog splash with a twist off the wall of the cage.
Count faster. Count to six.
[Cole] Count of six once again.
Count of seven.
Riddle now at a count of eight.
This count has gone deep.
Rollins realizing Riddle was making it to his feet.
Once again, goes back on the attack.
[crowd cheers]
[crowd sings]
You're a loser, Riddle.
You know it.
These people know it.
Your family knows it.
Do you think this cage changes anything?
I'm the king of the fight pit.
Hey, you got to fight, Seth.
[Corey] Rollins wants the Peruvian necktie. It's cinched in.
[Cole] You mentioned this earlier.
Seth pulls out all the stops, learns new moves
to try to put Riddle away in Riddle's fight pit match.
Riddle though able to create space.
[shouts] Now Riddle with an RKO!
[Corey] Rollins has got to tread lightly trying to submit Matt Riddle.
Riddle is the genuine article.
Riddle is the real deal.
-[Cole] He'll counter to everything. -[Corey] Absolutely.
[Corey] Like he did here.
[Cole] Rollins able to land on his feet,
but stepped right into an RKO from Matt Riddle.
[Corey] Out of nowhere much like his mentor, Randy Orton.
Looking high above the fight pit.
It has been quite the night.
15,944 the attendance.
The special referee Daniel Cormier, the UFC legend at a count of eight.
Both men stirring.
Rollins, Riddle now meet each other, and DC calls off the count.
[screaming]
-[screams] -[Cole] Oh.
[grunting]
[Corey] That right from Rollins rocked Riddle.
[Cole] Riddle rocking Rollins.
[Corey] Not a strategy that I would've expected out of Rollins,
trying to strike with Matt Riddle.
-Riddle blocked. -[Cole] He went for another RKO.
[Cole] Rollins going for the stomp!
Stomp to Riddle! Riddle may be out!
[Corey] Count, DC, count.
Cormier, what are you waiting for? An invitation?
Count it, DC!
[Cole] Not quite sure what DC's doing. He should be counting.
Rollins is barking at him as you take another look at the stomp.
[Corey] Cormier could have counted to 11 by now and DC's just getting started.
[Cole] That was interesting.
I have to agree with you there, Corey,
but nonetheless, Riddle at a count of four
may not be able to make the 10-count anyway.
Count of six now by DC.
Riddle starting to stir.
A count of eight. Riddle still not back to his feet.
Riddle may not make the 10-count.
Now he's back up.
DC-- went from the stomp from the top
and now Riddle.
Rollins on his shoulders trying to hang on now.
Now trying to climb out of harm's way.
Again, there are platforms up there three and a half feet wide
and Rollins has made his way up.
Hey, Rollins, get down.
Seth.
[Cole] If you're Riddle, do you go up there after him?
[Corey] If you want to get your hands on Rollins you do.
[crowd cheers]
This is an expertly played game of cat and mouse right now
by Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
[Cole] There's a reason he was named the architect years and years ago.
A former four-time world champion.
Rollins, come down if you want to win.
[Cole] Riddle's going to go up after him.
Riddle said, "Enough of this garbage, I'm going after Rollins."
Rollins looking for the advantage.
He's going to drag Riddle up there
so Rollins is in an offensive position
and they are high above the ring at this point.
[Corey] Riddle's teetering.
[Cole] This'll be disaster for Riddle.
[Corey] Rollins is biting Riddle's fingers.
[Cole] Legal in this match.
Rollins trying to hang on and now Riddle's got--
[Corey] A rear-necked choke with the body scissors.
What is Rollins going to do? DC.
[Cole] I'd tell him to climb up, but I don't think that would be wise.
[Corey] Wait, knockout or the submission has to take place
inside the ring, no?
[Cole] Yes, it has to take place inside the ring.
[Corey] Whatever Rollins and Riddle do to one another
on the platform above this structure--
[Cole] Yes, but if one of them falls off good luck
because they'll be in the ring and the count can begin.
Rollins beating the hell out of Riddle.
That is a long way up.
[Corey] Uh-oh.
-[Cole] Oh, my god. -[Corey] What the…?
[Cole] Seth Rollins… What the hell?
[Corey] No.
[Cole] A buckle bomb into the corner of the pit.
[Corey] I'd be lying if I said I didn't expect that to be a lot worse.
I was genuinely worried about both of these guys.
[Cole] I had shades of mixed Mick Foley running through my head.
[Corey] Both of these athletes are a long way up there.
[Cole] DC, he's explaining to both these athletes
that the decision has to take place in the ring.
It can't happen up there.
[Corey] Unfortunately, DC's handcuffed and that's the only rule.
Knockout or submission inside the ring.
There aren't too many rules to enforce up there.
Oh, no.
[Cole] Oh, now Seth Rollins, a pedigree onto the platform.
Riddle may be out.
Count him!
I will come down there and choke you out.
[Corey] Rollins barking at DC to count him, but it doesn't matter.
He can't count him when he's up there. He's got to be in the ring.
[Rollins] What is your problem? You have got to count him.
[referee] You have to get him into the ring. There is no counting him.
[Cole] DC explaining that rule to Seth Rollins.
[Corey] The longer this match goes, the more it feels like squid game.
Like something catastrophic is going to happen
to one of if not both of these superstars.
[Cole] Rollins with Riddle in the place for the stomp.
Riddle able to sidestep.
RKO on the platform!
[Corey] No, no, no.
[Cole] Rollins teetering from up there and falling down to the mat.
[Corey] Thank God above
Rollins was able to get a grip on one of the steel cross beams
and minimize his impact.
[Cole] DC checking on Rollins. Riddle's still out on the platform.
Rollins is down as you take another look.
Went for the stomp and Riddle with an RKO.
Luckily Rollins, maybe instinctively,
Corey, was able to just grab onto the pit as he fell back into the ring.
[Corey] It saved Seth from catastrophe.
[Cole] Now Riddle way up there.
DC is at…
a count of five now.
A count of six. What the hell is Riddle doing up there?
-[Corey] You don't think, Cole? -No.
[Cole] Get down, you crazy man!
-Oh! Floating bro from the top of the pit. -[screams]
[Crowd chants "holy shit"]
[Cole] Both of these menmay be broken in half.
[Corey] I don't even have the words for this.
[Cole] Riddle from the top of the pit.
The floating bro. Broton.
[Corey] Full impact.
All of Riddle's body weight crashing down
across the core of Seth Rollins.
If Rollins doesn't have broken ribs right now,
I don't know what the hell he's made of.
That might've been it for Riddle.
Can Matt Riddle actually recover from what he just did to capitalize?
[Cole] Well, Riddle trying to fight back into this off that Broton,
floating bro top of the pit.
[Corey] Whatever you call it.
[Cole] Riddle trying to drag himself up as is Seth Rollins.
[Riddle shouts]
[Corey] You can hear Riddle struggling to regain his wind.
Obviously drove all of it out of his lungs.
[Cole] Riddle looks for the triangle.
The triangle choke on Rollins. Rollins somehow trying to block.
He's got Riddle up.
Driving Riddle into the fight pit and to the other side.
Riddle still has it locked in.
[Corey] Seth freaking rampage.
[Cole] Yes, but it doesn't matter because Riddle,
he has not broken the hold yet.
[Corey] It's still cinched in.
[Cole] Rollins with nowhere to go.
Trying to somehow separate himself and counter from Riddle.
[Riddle screams]
Screaming for Rollins to tap!
-[Corey] Rollins tapped! -[Bell rings]
[Cole] DC was right there!
Riddle wins in the fight pit!
[Matt Riddle's music plays]
[announcer] Here is your winner by submission, Matt Riddle.
[Corey] My God.
[Cole] That had to feel so good for Riddle after how emotional
and personal this rivalry has become.
[Corey] Riddle asked for this.
Riddle wanted the fight pit to settle this score.
It's got to feel like a measure of catharsis.
[Cole] Again, this is a Broton.
Floating bro is a twist in the air, but it doesn't matter.
I'm surprised, maybe he did break the ribs of Seth Rollins.
[Corey] Here we see the triangle applied.
Rollins fought with every breath left in his being,
bouncing Riddle left and right,
but the original bro able to maintain the triangle submission hold,
and Rollins left with no choice but to tap out.
-[Cole] Watch here. -Give up! Give up!
[Cole] You'll see the tap by Rollins.
DC, the official, doing his job, getting in there.
Daniel Cormier, thank you for being here tonight as part of the fight pit.
Riddle with the victory on what has been an unbelievable extreme rules
here in Philly thanks to the 16,000 strong
and everybody watching at home.
Corey, are we still on the air?
[Corey] I think… I don't think… they haven't made it clear.
[Cole] Are we on the air, guys?
-♪ He's got the whole world ♪ -[crowd cheers]
♪ in his hands ♪
[crowd cheers]
♪ He's got the whole wide world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world in his ♪
♪ hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole wide world ♪
♪ in his ands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world in his ♪
♪ hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole wide world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
[Cole] God, what the…?
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
♪ in his hands ♪
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
[crowd cheers]
♪ He's got the whole world ♪
[up-tempo music]
[distorted voice]
[crowd cheers]
[crowd chants "holy shit"]
[crowd cheers]
Subtitles: Camila Vicente & Lara Mattheus cheers]