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[epic music playing]

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[narrator] The war has returned.

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[male announcer] The sinister structure

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will house a bone-rattling spectacle.

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Welcome to NXT TakeOver: War Games.

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[crowd cheering]

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[narrator] Tonight,
battle lines have been drawn.

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[male announcer]
The teams will be in two rings

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in one cage

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in War Games.

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[narrator] Will there be
retribution for valor?

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[male announcer] Marina and Jessamyn

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helped Shayna Baszler

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win the NXT Women's Championship.

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[narrator] Will treachery continue?

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Where is he?

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[crowd cheering]

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Oh!

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That's Johnny Gargano.

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I'm right here.

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[narrator]
Can propaganda become a promise?

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[man] People don't want
a bunch of complaining at War Games.

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What the people want at War Games
is the experience.

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[man 1] I am the guy that turns
the Dream into a nightmare.

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[narrator] In the midst of all the chaos,

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opportunity still reigns.

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The war is here.

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Oh, but--

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Oh, God.

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[male announcer] This is chaos!

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[narrator] Against War Raiders.

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[man groans]

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[narrator] It's Ricochet.

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[male announcer] Can you imagine?

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[narrator] It's Dunne.

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[male announcer] These eight men

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locked inside that War Games structure.

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[man 2] There is nobody
in NXT or all of WWE

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who can handle War Games
like the Undisputed Era can.

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[rock music playing]

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[woman] How many times am I gonna have
to beat down Kairi Sane

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before you people start to realize
how insignificant she is?

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[woman 1] Shayna Baszler, me and you,

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2 out of 3 falls.

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My treasure is coming back.

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Why, Johnny, why?

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Aleister, you got in the way.

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[man 3] Johnny let the devil consume him.

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[Gargano] I know myself, I'm the good guy.

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[man 4] Johnny Gargano is a fallacy now.

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[Gargano] That's the same spot
I left you laying.

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TakeOver: War Games,
I'll leave you laying again.

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[man 5] I'm going to expose you
for the fraud that you really are.

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[man 6] This is poetic.

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At TakeOver: War Games,
Los Angeles, Hollywood.

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The ultimate spotlight is the NXT
championship.

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["Wonderful Life" playing]

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[Ciampa] You get one opportunity
to step into the spotlight.

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[man 6] She'll be on my waist,
shining brighter than ever.

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[Ciampa] Your experience ends.

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The Ciampa legacy continues.

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[male announcer] Los Angeles
better brace itself for a seismic shift.

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Inside War Games, the score
will be settled at TakeOver.

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[narrator] Let the War Games begin.

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[siren wailing]

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[narrator] And now, League of Legends
presents NXT TakeOver: War Games II.

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[rock music playing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[male announcer] The Staples Center
in Los Angeles is hosting

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what has become an NXT Staple.

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Instant classic TakeOver events.

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Tonight, we burnish
the Black and gold brand's rep

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for delivering the hottest action
in sports entertainment

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with TakeOver: War Games II.

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The most hostile environment in NXT

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will house eight gladiators
who will weave a tapestry of terror

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inside the soul-stealing structure

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containing two rings
and the unforgettable chaos to come.

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Hello there, I'm Mauro Ranallo

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alongside Percy Watson
and Nigel McGuinness.

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Nigel, this past week,
we lost pop culture icon, Stan Lee.

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It's only fitting that tonight

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we bring NXT's version
of The Fantastic Four to the masses.

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It's a quartet
of combustible confrontations

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culminating with War Games.

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Well, that's right and if--

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Last time we saw these eight superstars
get their hands on each other,

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it's anything to go by.

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War Games is gonna be NXT's infinity war.

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We always hear how brutal and physical
these War Games matches are.

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[narrator] War!

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And you don't-- What?

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[crowd cheering]

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You don't win War Games, you survive 'em.

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[cheerful music playing]

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[Ranallo] He's not on our format.

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We saw him on the pre-show,

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but The Bro Show isn't supposed to stream
on the WWE network until Wednesday

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when he faces Kassius Ohno.

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["Hey Bro" playing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[Ranallo]
The self-proclaimed "king of bros,"

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the "shining new toy"

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from Kassius Ohno who--
guys, let's face it.

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Ohno, a two-decade veteran,
immense-level ring IQ,

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getting fed up with being,
well, looked over

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at the expense
of superstars like Matt Riddle.

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And Matt Riddle making
the seamless transition from MMA

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to sports entertainment.

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He is as blue chip a prospect
in NXT as they come.

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[Watson] That's part of it.

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When Ohno first stepped
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he went right to the top,
going for the spot.

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He challenged Bobby Roode
and Shinsuke Nakamura,

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and he went to challenge
this man, Matt Riddle,

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to see if he will step up.

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[crowd cheering]

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[crowd] Bro, bro.

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Bro…

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[crowd cheering]

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So, I'm not scheduled
to have a match tonight on TakeOver.

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[crowd booing]

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But if you watched the kickoff show,

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a certain someone, a certain Kassius Ohno

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interrupted me.

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[man 7 screams]

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Now, we're scheduled to wrestle
next Wednesday on NXT.

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[crowd exclaiming]

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But…

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We're chilling in LA.

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[crowd cheering]

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We got a ring-- we got two rings down here

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and I'll knock you out
in both of them, bro.

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[crowd cheering]

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[crowd] Bro, bro.

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[rap music playing]

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[Ranallo] Well, it appears Kassius Ohno
has answered the challenge.

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Riddle, you are too stupid

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to know you're not supposed
to be out here right now.

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And you're too stupid to know
that you're not ready for TakeOver.

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[crowd booing]

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So we got a referee.

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Hey ref, ring the bell.

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Let's have ourselves a match.

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And Matt, I hope you enjoy this moment

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because you're not gonna be able
to remember it

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after I knock you out, bro.

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[Ranallo] You never know what's gonna
happen at TakeOver.

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An unpredictable start to the card.

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Ohno on the pre-show
said he's going to expose--

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[bell rings]

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[Ranallo] Riddle in one second flat,
instead he hits him with a final flash.

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It's over in a flash, my God.

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[bell rings]

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[Watson] Was that official?

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[female announcer]
The winner, Matt Riddle.

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[Ranallo] Yes, it was official.

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The bell rang and then,
Matt Riddle rang Kassius Ohno's bell.

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[Watson] Ohno said he wasn't ready.

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Matt Riddle looks ready to me.

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[McGuinness] Kassius Ohno
can't believe what just happened.

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[Ranallo] Remember, during the pre-show,

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Ohno said that when he steps
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he's going to expose him
in one second flat.

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Well, it was Riddle who did just that.

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[crowd cheering]

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In a match that lasted
about as long as a Hollywood marriage.

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Wow!

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[McGuinness] Ohno coming in,
catching the knee right on the jaw.

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[bell rings]

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[Ranallo] Riddle me this.

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"King of bros," how impressive was that?

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[Watson]
On a scale of one to ten, it's a ten.

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Look at this right here.

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[McGuinness] Look at Ohno,
he can barely stand.

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[Watson] Ohno said he wanted
to see if he would step up.

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This man stepped up in a cue here tonight.

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[McGuinness]
"Knockout artist" just got knocked out.

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[crowd exclaiming]

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[motivational music playing]

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[Ranallo] Kassius Ohno
can't believe what just transpired.

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The veteran gets vanquished.

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Well, in the time that it takes
for you to post an Instagram story, Nigel.

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What a lightning quick victory
for the ultra-impressive Matt Riddle.

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Incredible, Riddle came at it,
tread his own opportunity and took it.

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I mean, the bell was still ringing

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when Ohno was on his way down to the mat.

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Now, according to the format,

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we're gonna get back
to scheduled programing.

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And Percy, you talked
about a historic matchup.

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The first-ever
two-time NXT women's champion,

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Shayna Baszler, welshed her epic rivalry
with Kairi Sane,

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continues in the first ever 2 out of 3
NXT women's championship match.

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Well, Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler
have been battling

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since the finals
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but the final chapter of that book

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is getting written right in front of us.

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[crowd cheering]

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[triumphant music playing]

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[Ranallo] Kairi Sane says
she will retrieve her treasure tonight

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and what a rivalry.

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A rivalry for the ages

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between the Pirate Princess
and the Submission Magician,

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and of course, at WWE's first ever
all-female pay-per-view Evolution.

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Sane lost the title to Shayna Baszler,

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but with the help of Baszler's friends.

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[McGuinness] You can say
there were extenuating circumstances,

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Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir
were at ringside

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and provided somewhat of a distraction.

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[Watson] What do you mean,
it cost Sane the title?

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What are you talking about?

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[Ranallo] Unfortunately, for Kairi Sane,

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her title reign the shortest
in NXT women's division,

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but she is focused, she is ready

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to once again, get on course
and navigate the turbulent waters

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that's Baszler bay.

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[McGuinness] Four matches
between these superstars thus far,

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2-2 so far.

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Who will take the rubber match?

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Who will leave TakeOver: War Games
as the NXT women's champion?

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[joyful music playing]

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[McGuinness] Sane looks nonplussed,
she looks focused, confident.

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[crowd cheering]

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[rock music playing]

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[McGuinness] Here comes her opponent,
the gladiator, the champion,

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the Submission Magician, Shayna Baszler.

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She is ruthless, disagreeable,
and ever so capable.

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[Ranallo] And Baszler made history

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at the historic first ever
all-female WWE pay-per-view,

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becoming the first ever two-time
NXT women's champion.

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Again, the assist
to her fellow Horsewomen.

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And Percy, Baszler, bad to the bone,

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there are 206 bones
in an adult human skeleton.

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Baszler would take great pleasure
in breaking every one.

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[Watson] We all know Baszler
likes to manipulate the body

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and focus on whatever she can find
to break her opponent down.

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But tonight, it's about endurance.

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It's about both competitors

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and who will be able to go the distance
in this 2 out of 3 falls match.

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[rock music playing]

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[McGuinness]
Sane doesn't look intimidated.

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Let's find out.

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[rock music playing]

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[Ranallo] Baszler tweeted
she is the reason

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this women's division has evolved.

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Her favorite hashtag now
is #ShaynaTwoTime.

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[bell rings]

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[female announcer] The following contest
is a 2 out of 3 falls match.

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And it is
for the NXT women's championship.

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[crowd cheering]

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[female announcer]
Introducing the challenger,

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from Yamaguchi, Japan, Kairi Sane.

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[crowd cheering]

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[female announcer] And her opponent,
from Sioux Falls, South Dakota,

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she is the NXT women's champion,
Shayna Baszler.

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[crowd cheering]

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[McGuinness]
Look at that domineering face.

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There is no doubt in Shayna Baszler's mind

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that she is gonna leave Los Angeles
with that title.

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[Ranallo] There have been many
memorable 2 out of 3 falls contests

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in the annals of sports entertainment,

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but this is the first
for the NXT women's championship.

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Harking back to the NXT Classic
between Sami Zayn and Cesaro.

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[bell rings]

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[Ranallo] One of the best--

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[Watson] Oh, man.

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[Ranallo] Kairi Sane's wasting little time
in attacking Shayna Baszler.

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Wanting to quickly record
that first victory

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in this best 2 out of 3 falls matchup.

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[Watson] Sane has vowed
to reclaim her title.

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Let's see if she's right.

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[Ranallo] Whoa.

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[McGuinness] Neckbreaker.

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Not a bad start from Sane to start fast.

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[crowd clamoring]

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[McGuinness]
In terms of strategy in this match,

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that first decision,
that first fall is all important.

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[crowd cheering]

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[Baszler moans]

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[Ranallo] And Kairi Sane--

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[McGuinness] Look at Baszler
trying to protect herself.

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[Sane yells]

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[crowd cheering]

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[Ranallo] Sane, possessed,

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is reclaiming the NXT women's championship

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and nailing Baszler with a sliding D.

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[Watson] Baszler was not ready
for this onslaught by Sane.

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Let's see what she's got in mind.

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Oh!

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[Ranallo] Oh, flying kabuki elbow
off the apron by Kairi Sane.

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[Sane yells]

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[Ranallo] And it's one-way traffic
for the Pirate Princess early.

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[man 8] Three--

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[McGuinness] She's grabbing her teeth.

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[crowd cheering]

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[McGuinness] She's bleeding.

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[Watson] She's got that mouthpiece,

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teeth would be flying.

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[Ranallo]
Baszler has the champion's advantage

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and Sane is cognizant of that.

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[Watson] Wait.

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[Ranallo] …back into the ring. Wait!

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[Watson] Hey, come on.

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[Ranallo] Marina Shafir
and Jessamyn Duke again.

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[Watson] Brilliant.

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[Watson] That should be a fall.

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[Ranallo] Referee doesn't see it,
this is what went down at Evolution,

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what cost Kairi Sane
the NXT women's title.

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[Watson] That should be a fall for Sane.

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[Ranallo] Oh, and Baszler--

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[McGuinness] The Kirifuda Clutch.

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In the center.

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[Ranallo] Baszler is ragdolling
the dominative dynamo, Kairi Sane,

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trying to cinch in the Kirifuda Clutch.

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[Sanemoans]

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[McGuinness] Sane, fighting for her life,
understandably so.

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She needs to tap now and might, yes.

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[Ranallo] And she does,
Sane forced to tap and relinquish

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the first fall of the 2 out of 3 falls
championship match to Baszler.

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[female announcer]
Shayna Baszler has scored a fall.

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[Ranallo] But in the immortal words
of Yogi Berra,

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"it's deja vu all over again."

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[McGuinness]
Irrespective of why it happened,

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it was a smart move from Kairi Sane.

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She knew
that this is a 2 out of 3 falls match.

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If she had held longer,
she could have been out

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and then, that would have been--

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-[Ranallo] oh, that knee--
-[Watson] This might be two.

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00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:11,230
[Ranallo] Two straight falls-- no.

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00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:15,134
Sane's able to escape
the wrath of Shayna Baszler.

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No surprise, the number one trend
worldwide on Twitter

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is NXT TakeOver,

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with what has been an explosive start
to this NXT women's championship match.

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00:17:28,414 --> 00:17:30,215
Baszler ahead, one fall to none.

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00:17:30,282 --> 00:17:31,750
[Watson] This is ridiculous.

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00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:33,752
After what happened at Evolution,

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00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:35,954
where Shayna Baszler took back the title,

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00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:38,657
the Horsewomen should be banned
from ringside.

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00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:41,093
[McGuinness]
Shayna Baszler is too fast indeed.

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00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:42,628
It's underneath the jaw.

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00:17:43,729 --> 00:17:45,898
[Ranallo] Sane's trying
to roll to the rope.

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00:17:45,964 --> 00:17:47,366
[Watson] She's so close.

343
00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,335
[McGuinness] Now, Sane has no choice.

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00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:53,205
[Ranallo] Baszler needs to break.

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[man 9] Kairi.

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[McGuinness]
That's gotta go to Kairi Sane.

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00:17:57,142 --> 00:17:58,343
She came out really.

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00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:00,379
[Ranallo] Sane's not treading water,

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00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:02,848
she's underwater, trying to gulp air,

350
00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,483
trying to get her breath back.

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00:18:05,217 --> 00:18:09,188
Buying as much time as she can
here with this striking attack,

352
00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:10,923
but Baszler catches the kick.

353
00:18:10,989 --> 00:18:13,258
[Sane] Oh!

354
00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:16,595
[McGuinness] Oh, nasty Single Leg Boston

355
00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:21,100
with the sole of the boot
on the jaw of Kairi Sane.

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00:18:21,166 --> 00:18:23,969
I don't think we'll see
a submission victory out of this,

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00:18:24,036 --> 00:18:26,872
but a lot of pain.

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00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:27,806
[crowd] Oh!

359
00:18:27,873 --> 00:18:31,710
[Ranallo] Oh, Baszler stomps
the face of Kairi Sane.

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00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:34,046
Baszler, the former mixed martial artist,

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brings back something that was legal
in Japan with the pride promotion.

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[Watson] Look at Shayna Baszler,
completely dominating,

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in complete control over Kairi Sane.

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00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:46,859
[Ranallo] And it's more
than just pride on the line.

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The NXT women's championship at stake.

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00:18:49,828 --> 00:18:51,463
[McGuinness] Sane can afford to--

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00:18:51,530 --> 00:18:54,800
Excuse me, now Baszler can afford
to take her time a little bit.

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00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:57,569
She has that cushion,
that one-fall advantage.

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And aside from that, as this--

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[Ranallo] My goodness, Sane tied--

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Being tied up like a pretzel
by Shayna Baszler.

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00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:05,410
[Shayna yells]

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[Referee] The torque.

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00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,549
[Ranallo] Just wrenching
the neck of Kairi Sane.

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00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:12,584
[Watson] Look at the face when you can.

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00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:14,086
Look at the face of Baszler,

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00:19:14,153 --> 00:19:16,989
she's enjoying the punishment
she's inflicting on Sane.

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00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:19,525
[Ranallo] Let's not forget that
Sane finds herself

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behind the proverbial eight ball.

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00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:22,895
Right here, going for the cover.

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00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:24,897
And Baszler escapes,

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00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,766
but, Nigel, it was Jessamyn Duke
and Marina Shafir

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that helped Baszler draw first blood
in this two of three falls match.

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[McGuinness] It wasn't an accident.

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00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:37,376
[Ranallo] Roll up by--
Sane, gets a two-count.

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00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:39,545
[McGuinness] These three women have--

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[man 9] Again.

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00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:44,716
How much more can--
Wow, what a beautiful escape by Sane.

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00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:47,119
Shoulders of Baszler were down for two.

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00:19:47,186 --> 00:19:50,856
[McGuinness] That was exactly the way
that Sane beat Baszler

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for the title originally.

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00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,492
[crowd booing]

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00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:57,296
[McGuinness] Baszler
has doubted Sane' s killer instinct.

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00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,864
[Ranallo] Oh!

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[Sane yells]

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00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:01,934
[Ranallo] Sane's resilience on display.

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00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,271
Baszler trying to block
the striking attack of Sane.

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00:20:06,338 --> 00:20:09,007
And Sane does not wanna get
into a striking exchange.

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00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:11,376
[McGuinness] But we're seeing right now--

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The striking advantage
has got to go to Baszler.

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00:20:15,847 --> 00:20:16,682
Ooh!

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00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:18,517
[Ranallo] A close line by Baszler,

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00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:25,424
but Sane possess that Bushido spirit,
the way of the warrior.

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00:20:26,291 --> 00:20:28,827
[McGuinness] Now we'll see
that confidence advantage

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00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:29,895
from Shayna Baszler.

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00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:32,364
Not only the one-fall advantage,

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00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:35,667
but as the first ever
two-time NXT women's champion.

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00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:38,003
That's got to give her some confidence.

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00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:42,541
[Ranallo] The fifth meeting
between Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler,

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00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:46,078
and Sane was looking to deliver

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00:20:46,144 --> 00:20:48,747
the shoulder into the midsection,
avoided by Baszler.

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00:20:48,814 --> 00:20:49,881
[Watson] Oh, no, no.

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00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,116
[crowd] Oh.

414
00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:52,050
[Ranallo] Oh, no.

415
00:20:52,117 --> 00:20:57,089
Counter spike DDT on the apron
by Kairi Sane.

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00:20:57,756 --> 00:20:59,391
[Watson] This is Kairi's moment.

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00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,460
Look at Shafir, look at Duke.

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00:21:01,526 --> 00:21:03,695
[crowd cheering]

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00:21:05,998 --> 00:21:07,366
[Duke] She's not there yet.

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00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:10,502
[Ranallo] Sane has to get
the champion back in the ring

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00:21:10,569 --> 00:21:12,237
if she wants to even the score.

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00:21:12,304 --> 00:21:14,773
however, after blasting Shayna Baszler.

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00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:15,674
[crowd] Wow.

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00:21:15,741 --> 00:21:16,942
[Ranallo] What a DDT!

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00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:20,345
[McGuinness] It was Baszler looking
for the superplex off the apron,

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00:21:20,412 --> 00:21:21,813
and instead, turned around.

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00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,015
[Ranallo] Oh.

428
00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:27,886
Jessamyn Duke getting her comeuppance,
as does Marina Shafir.

429
00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:30,088
[McGuinness] They have to be careful.

430
00:21:30,155 --> 00:21:32,424
The referee could disqualify--

431
00:21:32,491 --> 00:21:33,859
[crowd cheering]

432
00:21:33,925 --> 00:21:38,030
[Ranallo] Yes, and remember,
if Shayna Baszler's counted out,

433
00:21:38,096 --> 00:21:39,631
it will be even at one,

434
00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:41,600
but Sane wants to make a statement.

435
00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:42,934
[Watson] Here we go.

436
00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:43,969
[crowd cheering]

437
00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:45,404
[Ranallo] Mama Mia.

438
00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:49,241
The Pirate Princess is flying in Los
Angeles.

439
00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:52,978
[crowd chanting]

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00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:59,384
[Ranallo] Sane doesn't wanna win
the fall by count-out.

441
00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:03,288
She wants to pin
or submit the NXT women's champion.

442
00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:06,558
Kairi Sane perched on the top turnbuckle.

443
00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:11,196
Dropping anchor with the Insane Elbow.

444
00:22:11,263 --> 00:22:13,832
[crowd counting]

445
00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:18,904
[Ranallo] We are even at one fall a piece
from the NXT women's championship.

446
00:22:19,771 --> 00:22:22,607
[female announcer]
Kairi Sane has scored a fall.

447
00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:26,511
[Watson] Give it to Kairi Sane
showing a ton of heart, staying in it.

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00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:29,614
Staying in it to fight to win
her NXT women's championship.

449
00:22:29,681 --> 00:22:32,517
[Ranallo] And what about the statement
made by Sane,

450
00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:34,653
not wanting to win via count-out?

451
00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,788
Bringing the champion back into the ring

452
00:22:36,855 --> 00:22:38,824
and making her pay with the Insane Elbow.

453
00:22:38,890 --> 00:22:41,360
-[Watson] Whoa.
-[Ranallo] That's the interceptor.

454
00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:44,429
[McGuinness] If I was Sane,
I'd win any way I could.

455
00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:47,999
[Ranallo] And she may very well be
on her way with another interceptor.

456
00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:53,672
Is Sane on the cusp of joining Baszler
as the only two-time NXT women's champion?

457
00:22:53,739 --> 00:22:55,006
[Watson] One more time.

458
00:22:55,073 --> 00:23:00,712
[Ranallo] A hat trick of interceptors
here in the home of the Los Angeles Kings.

459
00:23:00,779 --> 00:23:03,615
Can Sane once again be crowned queen?

460
00:23:04,182 --> 00:23:07,519
Spinning back fist, it took two,
but Baszler's down.

461
00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:10,789
[McGuinness] I think Baszler
was on her way down after the first.

462
00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,625
Well, if Sane hits this--

463
00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:15,761
[Ranallo] But Baszler's back to her feet.

464
00:23:16,294 --> 00:23:18,063
Nails Sane with the right hand.

465
00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:22,234
[McGuinness] Great wherewithal
from Baszler to come back.

466
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:25,904
[Ranallo] Precarious position
on the second turnbuckle.

467
00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:29,841
Headbutt by Sane, the challenger.

468
00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:32,244
[crowd cheering]

469
00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:36,047
[crowd] Oh!

470
00:23:36,982 --> 00:23:38,150
[Sane yells]

471
00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:39,885
[crowd] Yes!

472
00:23:39,951 --> 00:23:42,187
[McGuinness] A fighting spirit from Sane.

473
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:43,088
[crowd] Oh!

474
00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:45,090
[McGuinness] Baszler's giving it back.

475
00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:48,927
[Ranallo] And Baszler's now firing away
with right hands

476
00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:53,532
and clubbing forearms
to the back of Kairi Sane.

477
00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:55,901
Baszler's looking for the gut wrench.

478
00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:56,802
Oh!

479
00:23:56,868 --> 00:23:59,704
Reversal by Sane, sunset flip powerbomb,

480
00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:01,973
stacking the NXT women's champion.

481
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,508
Oh, just a two count.

482
00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:05,110
Just a two count.

483
00:24:07,612 --> 00:24:11,016
High drama in this NXT women's
championship match.

484
00:24:11,082 --> 00:24:15,654
Again, two superstars
who know each other as well as you can,

485
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:19,324
having had four formidable meetings
thus far.

486
00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:21,626
[crowd cheering]

487
00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:23,762
[McGuinness] What's Sane looking for?

488
00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,997
[Ranallo] The Alabama slam in Los Angeles.

489
00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:28,400
[Duke] Hey!

490
00:24:29,267 --> 00:24:31,703
[Ranallo] Now, Jessamyn Duke
and Marina Shafir--

491
00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:34,139
-[Watson] No!
-[Ranallo] She pushes Sane.

492
00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:35,841
[Watson] Do something about this!

493
00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:37,676
The Horsewomen keep interfering.

494
00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:38,910
[crowd cheering]

495
00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,279
[Ranallo] Here she comes
-[Watson] Here we go.

496
00:24:41,346 --> 00:24:42,881
[Ranallo] It's Dakota Kai.

497
00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:46,651
And now comes the captain
of Team Kick, Jessamyn Duke,

498
00:24:46,718 --> 00:24:48,987
but now Shafir's all over Kai.

499
00:24:49,487 --> 00:24:53,492
[McGuinness] Kai has had her issues
with Shayna Baszler in the past.

500
00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,694
Wanted to come out here and even the odds.

501
00:24:56,995 --> 00:25:00,632
[Ranallo] Shayna Baszler made
her memorable NXT TV debut

502
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:03,468
against Dakota Kai,
but Kai's trying to even the odds.

503
00:25:03,535 --> 00:25:05,003
It's still the Numbers Game,

504
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,439
but here comes Sane's Japanese compatriot,

505
00:25:07,505 --> 00:25:11,576
the finalist
of the Mae Young Classic, Io Shirai.

506
00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,646
[Ranallo] The genius of the--

507
00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:20,552
She's gonna fly,
Orihara Moonsault, mamma mia.

508
00:25:20,619 --> 00:25:21,987
[crowd cheering]

509
00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,858
[Watson] The tides have turned,
this could be it right here.

510
00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:28,793
[Ranallo] Insane Elbow off the top.

511
00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:31,696
Oh, no. Countered by Baszler.
Shoulders are down.

512
00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:36,101
Baszler escapes
with the NXT women's title.

513
00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:39,504
[female announcer] Your winner is still

514
00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:45,610
NXT women's champion, Shayna Baszler.

515
00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:48,046
[Baszler yells]

516
00:25:48,113 --> 00:25:49,748
[McGuinness] What a victory!

517
00:25:49,814 --> 00:25:54,786
[Ranallo] By hook or by crook,
Shayna Baszler continues to prove

518
00:25:54,853 --> 00:25:58,924
that she has what it takes
to win at all cost, Percy.

519
00:25:58,990 --> 00:26:02,794
Yes, she had help
from Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir,

520
00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,663
the other members of the Horsewomen,

521
00:26:04,729 --> 00:26:09,568
but she still stands tall
as NXT women's champion.

522
00:26:09,634 --> 00:26:10,936
[Watson] I give it to her,

523
00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:13,805
Shayna Baszler is one
of the toughest competitors at NXT,

524
00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:18,343
but would the outcome be the same
if the Horsewomen were not involved?

525
00:26:18,944 --> 00:26:21,313
[McGuinness] As far as I can see,
it was three-on-three

526
00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:23,848
and at the end of the day,
as we take a look here,

527
00:26:23,915 --> 00:26:26,551
Shayna Baszler got the job done.

528
00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:28,486
[crowd cheering]

529
00:26:28,553 --> 00:26:30,655
[McGuinness]
There was a little bit of help.

530
00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:32,157
[Ranallo] A little?

531
00:26:32,223 --> 00:26:37,862
[McGuinness] But out came Dakota Kai
to try to even the odds.

532
00:26:39,397 --> 00:26:43,101
And then Io Shirai made it three on three.

533
00:26:44,269 --> 00:26:45,704
[Ranallo] Wow, look at this.

534
00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,706
[McGuinness] With this thing of beauty.

535
00:26:47,772 --> 00:26:49,374
[Ranallo] Picture perfect.

536
00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:52,043
[McGuinness] But ultimately,
when the odds were even,

537
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:57,115
when it came down to the wire,
who left as champion?

538
00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:59,884
This will answer your question.

539
00:26:59,951 --> 00:27:03,455
Baszler, wide and awake,
rolled up the Pirate Princess…

540
00:27:03,521 --> 00:27:04,356
[ring bells]

541
00:27:04,422 --> 00:27:06,224
[McGuinness] …and got the victory.

542
00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:10,295
[Ranallo] And Shayna Baszler
sends the Pirate Princess,

543
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:15,567
Kairi Sane's title aspirations
to Davy Jones' locker

544
00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:20,071
as she maintains her lock
on the NXT women's gold.

545
00:27:21,172 --> 00:27:24,776
[Duke] That's all you, all day.

546
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:26,111
[Shafir] You deserve it.

547
00:27:26,177 --> 00:27:27,545
[Duke] Yeah, you're right.

548
00:27:27,612 --> 00:27:30,181
[rock music playing]

549
00:27:33,018 --> 00:27:34,619
[narrator] WWE Survivor Series,

550
00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:39,090
the one night of the year when RAW
and SmackDown live go head-to-head.

551
00:27:39,724 --> 00:27:42,527
[dramatic music playing]

552
00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:46,264
[narrator]
Featuring matches never seen before.

553
00:27:46,331 --> 00:27:48,166
[male announcer] This is monumental.

554
00:27:48,233 --> 00:27:49,768
[narrator] Champion versus champion.

555
00:27:49,834 --> 00:27:52,170
[male announcer]
The biggest versus the best.

556
00:27:52,237 --> 00:27:54,272
You can't get any better than this.

557
00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:55,874
[narrator] Team versus team.

558
00:27:56,608 --> 00:28:00,345
RAW and SmackDown live collide
at Survivor Series.

559
00:28:02,647 --> 00:28:04,516
["Voices" playing]

560
00:28:04,582 --> 00:28:06,851
[narrator] You're listening to "Voices"

561
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:09,621
by Motionless In White
from the album Graveyard Shift,

562
00:28:09,687 --> 00:28:12,624
an NXT Loud theme song for NXT
TakeOver: War Games.

563
00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:15,627
It's available now on iTunes and Spotify.

564
00:28:15,694 --> 00:28:17,696
["Voices" playing]

565
00:28:20,031 --> 00:28:24,469
[Ranallo] And X-Pac is in the house
with his canine friend.

566
00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:28,573
And man, he was a member
of so many memorable stables,

567
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,775
including D-Generation X.

568
00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:34,279
And tonight, at the main event,
the Undisputed Era

569
00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:37,182
put their winning streak
in War Games on the line.

570
00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:40,618
Great to see X-Pac in the house.

571
00:28:40,685 --> 00:28:42,987
[McGuinness] Well,
talking of winning streaks,

572
00:28:43,054 --> 00:28:47,192
121 days as champion for Tommaso Ciampa.

573
00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:49,861
I guarantee you Ciampa has not forgotten

574
00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:53,932
that Velveteen Dream implicated him
in Aleister Black's attack.

575
00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:59,838
Will Ciampa get payback or will the Dream
steal Ciampa's spotlight?

576
00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:04,375
[rock music playing]

577
00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:07,846
[man 10] And tonight at War Games,

578
00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:10,281
Black looks to collect his pound of flesh.

579
00:29:10,348 --> 00:29:12,951
Gargano not only cost him his NXT title,

580
00:29:13,017 --> 00:29:16,654
he brutally attacked Black
and left him sidelined for months.

581
00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:18,456
Tonight, Black looks for redemption

582
00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:21,493
when he goes toe-to-toe
with Johnny Gargano tonight.

583
00:29:25,029 --> 00:29:28,733
[tense music playing]

584
00:29:29,567 --> 00:29:31,136
Why Johnny, why?

585
00:29:31,770 --> 00:29:37,609
[Ranallo] The identity of who attacked
Black was this summer's biggest mystery.

586
00:29:37,675 --> 00:29:39,110
I was walking right by--

587
00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:41,813
Did you attack Aleister Black?

588
00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:45,150
This was the path I took
the night you were found laying.

589
00:29:45,216 --> 00:29:48,453
Look into my eyes,
you'll know your answer.

590
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,955
[Ranallo] The fog of suspicion
yet to be lifted

591
00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:53,424
on really anyone on the NXT Roster.

592
00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:56,928
I know, I know.

593
00:29:56,995 --> 00:29:59,464
I know, I know.

594
00:29:59,531 --> 00:30:01,132
I know.

595
00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:04,769
The end of that path leads me
to Tommaso Ciampa.

596
00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:07,405
[Ranallo] What the hell?

597
00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:08,740
[crowd cheering]

598
00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:09,641
[Ranallo] Whoa.

599
00:30:09,707 --> 00:30:11,442
[man 11] He didn't mean to do that.

600
00:30:11,509 --> 00:30:15,947
[Ranallo] Tommaso Ciampa
is now the NXT champion.

601
00:30:16,881 --> 00:30:21,352
[Gargano] This is not your NXT,
not while I'm still breathing.

602
00:30:21,419 --> 00:30:23,087
[Ranallo] Oh, and Black--

603
00:30:23,154 --> 00:30:24,088
[man 11] Oh.

604
00:30:25,056 --> 00:30:30,361
[man 12] The only reason he's NXT champion
is because of you.

605
00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:31,896
You got in the way.

606
00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:33,631
[Ranallo] With Black removed,

607
00:30:33,698 --> 00:30:36,668
Ciampa will defend the championship
against Johnny Gargano.

608
00:30:36,734 --> 00:30:37,802
That's why, Aleister.

609
00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:39,604
Can we get some help, please?

610
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,040
[man 13] I feel bad for you,
you're confused.

611
00:30:42,774 --> 00:30:44,042
[man 14] I'm not confused.

612
00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:48,847
Johnny is confused.

613
00:30:50,648 --> 00:30:53,651
[man 15] Do I look confused to you?
I know exactly who I am.

614
00:30:53,718 --> 00:30:56,154
I think it's Johnny
who doesn't know who he is.

615
00:30:56,955 --> 00:30:59,557
[Gargano] I'm the good guy.

616
00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:02,193
[man 16] He is a fraud.

617
00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:04,329
I'm the hero at the end of this story.

618
00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:06,898
[man 13] No, Johnny, you're not a hero.

619
00:31:06,965 --> 00:31:08,933
You're not a hero in this story.

620
00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,668
You are a coward.

621
00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:13,404
[Gargano] I do one thing,

622
00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:18,443
one little thing that some people
may consider evil

623
00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,812
and everyone freaks out.

624
00:31:21,613 --> 00:31:23,581
He's coming, he's coming.

625
00:31:23,648 --> 00:31:25,583
-[man 13 moans]
-[Ranallo] Oh, my God.

626
00:31:25,650 --> 00:31:27,118
Aleister Black is back.

627
00:31:27,652 --> 00:31:30,188
-[man 15] Where is he?
-[male announcer] I don't know.

628
00:31:30,255 --> 00:31:31,389
[crowd] Oh

629
00:31:31,456 --> 00:31:32,790
[man 11] Oh!

630
00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:34,892
[Gargano] I'm not ashamed.

631
00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:36,928
The ends justify the means.

632
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:39,898
[McGuinness] That doesn't mean
there are no repercussions.

633
00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:42,233
Gargano must face atonement

634
00:31:42,967 --> 00:31:45,670
when he stands face-to-face
with the devil himself.

635
00:31:46,204 --> 00:31:48,006
After everything I've been through…

636
00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:48,907
[crowd cheering]

637
00:31:52,343 --> 00:31:53,578
…I'm not scared of you.

638
00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:58,883
[man 13] I want him to wake up
realizing the error of his ways.

639
00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:00,885
What I've learned is…

640
00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:04,389
-[man 13] Emotion makes you crazy.
-[Gargano] …Sometimes…

641
00:32:04,455 --> 00:32:05,890
…around here…

642
00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:07,558
[woman 3] Kick his ass.

643
00:32:08,126 --> 00:32:09,961
[man 15 whispering] My moment.

644
00:32:10,728 --> 00:32:12,497
…You gotta fight a little dirty.

645
00:32:16,567 --> 00:32:21,372
["Rebel Heart" playing]

646
00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:28,980
[Bell rings]

647
00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:32,350
[female announcer] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

648
00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:36,120
Making his way to the ring
from Cleveland, Ohio,

649
00:32:36,187 --> 00:32:41,926
weighing in at 199 pounds, Johnny Gargano.

650
00:32:42,427 --> 00:32:44,028
[crowd booing]

651
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:48,066
[Ranallo] A smattering of boos
for Johnny Gargano

652
00:32:48,132 --> 00:32:51,602
prosing the question, of course,
"why, Johnny, why?"

653
00:32:51,669 --> 00:32:53,204
He gave us an answer.

654
00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:56,074
What do you make of the answer
that Johnny Gargano gave

655
00:32:56,140 --> 00:33:00,511
in regard to why he was the man
who attacked Aleister Black?

656
00:33:00,578 --> 00:33:02,680
[Watson]
He felt like Black was in the way,

657
00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:04,415
like Black was collateral damage

658
00:33:04,482 --> 00:33:07,952
and all that was to get his hands
again on Tommaso Ciampa.

659
00:33:08,486 --> 00:33:11,356
This man was the reason
why Black lost his NXT title.

660
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:14,692
He was the reason why Black
could not, again, compete for the title

661
00:33:14,759 --> 00:33:16,394
at TakeOver: Brooklyn 4.

662
00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:19,397
I got the feeling that Gargano
is gonna pay dearly tonight.

663
00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:23,334
[McGuinness] I guarantee, I think
that Gargano messed with the wrong guy.

664
00:33:24,202 --> 00:33:26,637
[music continues]

665
00:33:27,205 --> 00:33:31,743
[Ranallo] Gargano contends
that he didn't do anything wrong.

666
00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:33,745
He's not afraid of Aleister Black.

667
00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:37,915
Remember, Gargano

668
00:33:40,418 --> 00:33:45,023
pinned Aleister Black in that Fatal 4-Way
to determine the number one contender

669
00:33:45,089 --> 00:33:47,725
for the NXT championship last December.

670
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:51,396
[rock music playing]

671
00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:53,498
[inaudible]

672
00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:56,701
[Ranallo] And we wanna remind you
NXT TakeOver: War Games

673
00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:58,836
is presented by League of Legends.

674
00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:02,673
Play for free at leagueoflegends.com

675
00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:06,344
and as much games
as League of Legends on display

676
00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,946
in what is another stellar TakeOver event,

677
00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:12,717
but this
is a good old-fashioned grudge match.

678
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:16,387
[crowd cheering]

679
00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:19,857
Come on.

680
00:34:20,825 --> 00:34:22,627
Bring me the Black Mass.

681
00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:24,462
Bring me the Black Mass.

682
00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:27,665
[rock music playing]

683
00:34:27,732 --> 00:34:29,667
[crowd cheering]

684
00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:44,449
[music continues]

685
00:34:57,028 --> 00:35:00,164
[crowd cheering]

686
00:35:04,335 --> 00:35:07,205
[metal music playing]

687
00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:14,045
[Ranallo] Johnny Gargano's heinous actions

688
00:35:15,513 --> 00:35:19,851
have brought the devil out
in Aleister Black who is apoplectic.

689
00:35:20,351 --> 00:35:23,788
He is coming
to collect his pound of flesh.

690
00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:27,191
[music continues]

691
00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:31,162
[female announcer] And his opponent,
from Amsterdam, Holland,

692
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:37,702
weighing in at 215 pounds, Aleister Black.

693
00:35:37,768 --> 00:35:39,637
[crowd cheering]

694
00:35:39,704 --> 00:35:45,076
[McGuinness] The devil's envoy
with a bad message for Johnny Gargano.

695
00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:49,147
The horns of retribution on his shoulders.

696
00:35:50,715 --> 00:35:51,749
If you're Gargano,

697
00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:54,418
you gotta be shaking
in your boots right now, surely.

698
00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:57,255
[Ranallo]
It was NXT's twisted sister, Nikki Cross,

699
00:35:57,321 --> 00:35:58,556
who had a bird's eye view

700
00:35:58,623 --> 00:36:01,192
of the parking lot attack
at full sail live.

701
00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:06,130
She spilled the beans to black,
identifying Johnny Gargano, Percy.

702
00:36:07,598 --> 00:36:11,269
And Johnny wrestling,
he said he woke up feeling dangerous

703
00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,704
like his beloved
Cleveland Browns' quarterback,

704
00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:15,106
Baker Mayfield.

705
00:36:15,173 --> 00:36:18,042
"He made me
the entire Cleveland Browns' team

706
00:36:18,109 --> 00:36:20,478
to keep Aleister Black at bay."

707
00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:23,114
[Watson] Ever since Nikki Cross
told Aleister Black

708
00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:27,151
who the assailant was, Black has been
on an absolute rampage.

709
00:36:29,820 --> 00:36:32,690
[crowd cheering]

710
00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:39,430
[McGuinness]
Gargano is clearly unapologetic.

711
00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:41,899
Black took to social media, he said:

712
00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,635
"Forgiveness is for those fear death…"

713
00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:45,536
[ring bells]

714
00:36:45,603 --> 00:36:47,738
"…there shall be no remorse."

715
00:36:47,805 --> 00:36:52,877
[Ranallo] Johnny Gargano and his record,
11th TakeOver match.

716
00:36:55,479 --> 00:36:57,982
That epic rivalry with Tommaso Ciampa,

717
00:36:58,049 --> 00:37:03,454
still very much in Gargano's purview
and he sees Black standing in the way.

718
00:37:05,223 --> 00:37:08,359
[crowd cheering]

719
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:13,064
[crowd chanting]

720
00:37:14,131 --> 00:37:15,933
[inaudible]

721
00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:20,171
[Ranallo] Dueling chants here
at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

722
00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:21,539
And Aleister Black--

723
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:24,642
[crowd cheering]

724
00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:28,045
-[Ranallo] Oh, wow.
-[McGuinness] Oh, no.

725
00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:29,213
You are nothing.

726
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,415
[McGuinness] What is Gargano doing?

727
00:37:31,482 --> 00:37:34,051
[Ranallo]
Black explodes with a kick to the face

728
00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:38,689
and Black's utilizing that technique
to attack Johnny Gargano,

729
00:37:38,756 --> 00:37:40,191
but Gargano misses with the--

730
00:37:40,258 --> 00:37:41,158
[McGuinness] Whoa.

731
00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:46,364
[Ranallo] And Black just kicked
Gargano's face almost off his shoulders.

732
00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:49,533
[man 17] Get in Aleister, come on,
get him back in.

733
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:54,205
[Ranallo] Well-versed martial artist
in his native Netherlands,

734
00:37:54,272 --> 00:37:57,708
the first Dutch-born athlete in WWE,
Aleister Black,

735
00:37:57,775 --> 00:38:01,512
but now he's on the receiving end
of that striking attack from Gargano.

736
00:38:03,748 --> 00:38:04,582
Come on, come on.

737
00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,952
[McGuinness]
It's cat and mouse from Gargano.

738
00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:09,620
[Watson] Look at his quickness.

739
00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:12,023
[Ranallo] Gargano using his defense,

740
00:38:12,089 --> 00:38:14,292
trying to tire out Black
as Black has been--

741
00:38:14,358 --> 00:38:15,226
[Watson] Oh, look at this.

742
00:38:15,293 --> 00:38:18,429
[Ranallo] Oh, wow, you talk
about getting inside the head of Black.

743
00:38:20,398 --> 00:38:24,435
And Gargano avoids a kick
and delivers a kick of his own.

744
00:38:24,935 --> 00:38:28,506
And Johnny Gargano
with the early edge on Aleister Black.

745
00:38:28,572 --> 00:38:29,407
[crowd] Oh!

746
00:38:29,473 --> 00:38:32,276
[McGuinness] I saw the boot landing
in the shoulder blade,

747
00:38:32,343 --> 00:38:34,145
but Black turns things around, no.

748
00:38:35,246 --> 00:38:36,547
[crowd chanting]

749
00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:40,918
[McGuinness] Gargano has done a great job
in the early going of this match

750
00:38:41,552 --> 00:38:43,654
by taking the majority of the offense.

751
00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:46,757
[Ranallo] And while this match is as
personal as it gets,

752
00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:50,995
remember, both of them
are still vying for the opportunity

753
00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:53,564
to become NXT champion.

754
00:38:53,631 --> 00:38:57,368
It was Johnny Gargano's obsession
with Tommaso Ciampa

755
00:38:57,868 --> 00:38:59,770
that costs Aleister Black the title.

756
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:02,673
And that may have cost Johnny Gargano
some teeth.

757
00:39:07,144 --> 00:39:08,346
[crowd] Oh!

758
00:39:08,412 --> 00:39:10,648
[McGuinness] Now, the strikes, the kicks--

759
00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:13,017
That knee caught him right across the jaw.

760
00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:17,154
[Ranallo] The striking man
from Amsterdam is ready to take flight.

761
00:39:17,221 --> 00:39:18,055
[Watson] Whoa.

762
00:39:18,122 --> 00:39:19,824
[crowd cheering]

763
00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:21,425
[Ranallo] Oh, and Gargano…

764
00:39:21,492 --> 00:39:22,660
[Watson] My goodness.

765
00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:25,262
[Ranallo] …immediately delivering a kick
to Black.

766
00:39:26,464 --> 00:39:27,631
[crowd chattering]

767
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:33,504
[McGuinness] Well, I did not expect
this start to the match.

768
00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:37,508
[Watson] Gargano said he's laid
Black out twice, he'll do it again.

769
00:39:37,575 --> 00:39:42,446
[Ranallo] And now, the boos begin
to rain down on Johnny Gargano,

770
00:39:43,314 --> 00:39:46,517
who's gotten in touch with his dark side
and, dare I say,

771
00:39:46,584 --> 00:39:47,885
he's beginning to like it.

772
00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:51,622
[McGuinness] Black got caught off guard
when Gargano slapped him.

773
00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:57,094
It really infuriated Black,
but to a certain extent.

774
00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,397
Black forgot about his training
and just came out.

775
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:03,300
[crowd chattering]

776
00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:05,403
[Ranallo] Gargano lands on his feet.

777
00:40:06,604 --> 00:40:09,073
O'Connor roll, shoulders down.

778
00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:12,543
[Black screams]

779
00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:13,444
[crowd] Oh.

780
00:40:13,511 --> 00:40:15,413
[Ranallo] Beautifully done by Gargano.

781
00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:18,082
There's a reason
he is still called Johnny Wrestling

782
00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:22,353
[McGuinness] The ability
to do that sort of a technical transition

783
00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:25,990
in this sort of a tense, pent-up match.

784
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:30,895
That speaks
to Johnny Gargano's mental state, surely.

785
00:40:30,961 --> 00:40:32,062
[crowd clapping]

786
00:40:32,129 --> 00:40:33,564
[Ranallo] After so many months

787
00:40:33,631 --> 00:40:37,902
of Tommaso Ciampa getting into the head
of Johnny Gargano,

788
00:40:37,968 --> 00:40:41,572
it appears now that Gargano's
in the head of Aleister Black.

789
00:40:41,639 --> 00:40:43,374
Gargano is looking for la magistral

790
00:40:43,441 --> 00:40:45,976
and a good distribution
of weight by black.

791
00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:47,578
[crowd] Oh.

792
00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:51,048
[Ranallo] And Gargano again,
goes for the cover.

793
00:40:52,383 --> 00:40:54,318
And Aleister Black kicks out,

794
00:40:54,852 --> 00:40:57,188
but Aleister Black's trying
to recalibrate,

795
00:40:57,254 --> 00:41:01,358
trying to get himself back mentally and
physically into this match.

796
00:41:01,425 --> 00:41:02,526
[Gargano] Come on.

797
00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:03,594
[Watson] Hey.

798
00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:08,432
[Ranallo] How important is this match
for the psyche of Johnny Gargano?

799
00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:11,268
[McGuinness] This is super important,
I think, really,

800
00:41:11,335 --> 00:41:14,071
he sees himself
as the hero in this conflict.

801
00:41:14,138 --> 00:41:18,375
But he has to win here to really put
any kind of belief behind that.

802
00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:21,045
[Ranallo] And he's showcasing more
of an edge, Percy,

803
00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:24,615
with those knife edge chops
against Aleister Black.

804
00:41:25,316 --> 00:41:27,017
Johnny Gargano's feeling himself.

805
00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:31,722
[Watson] Yeah, I can completely see
why he's already taken out Black twice.

806
00:41:31,789 --> 00:41:33,090
But this is not easy.

807
00:41:33,157 --> 00:41:35,025
Black sees what's coming tonight.

808
00:41:35,092 --> 00:41:36,427
There's no ambush tonight.

809
00:41:36,493 --> 00:41:38,896
[Ranallo] I am surprised
Gargano is a step ahead

810
00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:41,198
in the striking department
on Aleister Black

811
00:41:41,265 --> 00:41:43,267
and Gargano rolls Black through.

812
00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:46,504
Oh, but both of them are missing
with their strikes.

813
00:41:47,471 --> 00:41:50,975
Before Gargano lands that forearm
from the Southpaw position

814
00:41:51,041 --> 00:41:55,679
before being doubled over with that knee
to the midsection by Black.

815
00:41:56,747 --> 00:41:58,749
[McGuinness] This is the second time here

816
00:41:58,816 --> 00:42:02,019
that Black has been able
to mount a significant offense.

817
00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:04,655
[Ranallo] And Gargano
is avoiding Black momentarily…

818
00:42:04,722 --> 00:42:05,856
[Watson] Not this time.

819
00:42:05,923 --> 00:42:08,292
[Ranallo] …he didn't avoid
that kick to the face.

820
00:42:09,093 --> 00:42:09,927
[Watson] Whoa!

821
00:42:09,994 --> 00:42:15,799
[Ranallo] Tope con hilo by Aleister Black,
wipes out Johnny Gargano at ringside.

822
00:42:15,866 --> 00:42:17,234
[Black] Come on!

823
00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:20,070
[Ranallo] And the emotional release
of Aleister Black,

824
00:42:20,137 --> 00:42:22,139
put on the sidelines.

825
00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:25,342
[McGuinness] Look at Aleister Black
pulling out all the stops,

826
00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:28,145
incredible, taking his eyes off of Gargano

827
00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:32,483
for the very last second
to ensure that he contacted.

828
00:42:32,549 --> 00:42:34,652
[Ranallo] And that is Black's physical way

829
00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:37,254
of getting into the head
of Johnny Gargano,

830
00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:39,490
who is used to collecting air miles.

831
00:42:42,259 --> 00:42:44,628
Black's putting the boots to Gargano.

832
00:42:45,329 --> 00:42:46,297
Irish whip.

833
00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:48,866
Oh, beautiful sweep by Black.

834
00:42:48,933 --> 00:42:49,767
[crowd] Oh!

835
00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:52,036
And Black again
continues that striking attack

836
00:42:52,102 --> 00:42:54,538
using all eight points of his limbs.

837
00:42:54,605 --> 00:42:55,439
[McGuinness] Oh.

838
00:42:55,506 --> 00:42:57,841
[Ranallo] Quebrada,
into the cover by Back.

839
00:42:57,908 --> 00:42:58,943
[crowd] Oh!

840
00:43:00,611 --> 00:43:03,213
[Watson] Gargano
did not expect this type of fight,

841
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:05,382
this type of offense from Aleister Black.

842
00:43:05,449 --> 00:43:06,784
He did not see this coming.

843
00:43:06,850 --> 00:43:08,352
[McGuinness] How could he not?

844
00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:10,554
[Ranallo] When you strip it all away,

845
00:43:10,621 --> 00:43:13,624
two of the most technically proficient
sports entertainers

846
00:43:13,691 --> 00:43:17,494
in NXT and yet, this is more
than just about the match.

847
00:43:17,561 --> 00:43:20,698
This is very personal for both superstars,

848
00:43:20,764 --> 00:43:27,071
and yet both of them want to get
to the same destination, the NXT title.

849
00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:28,973
[McGuinness] Black is a man who says,

850
00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:30,741
"if you don't like me, come at me."

851
00:43:30,808 --> 00:43:32,209
And that's fair enough.

852
00:43:32,276 --> 00:43:34,478
It wasn't so much
that Gargano attacked him,

853
00:43:34,545 --> 00:43:37,581
it was that he attacked him
and then hid from him for months.

854
00:43:41,552 --> 00:43:44,321
[Ranallo] Waistlock by Black,
back elbow breaks the grip.

855
00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:46,323
Oh, superkick by Black, too.

856
00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:49,927
That sends Gargano outside the ring.

857
00:43:50,461 --> 00:43:52,930
And Black utilizing the ring.

858
00:43:52,997 --> 00:43:53,831
[Watson] Hold on.

859
00:43:53,897 --> 00:43:57,301
[Ranallo] And Black lands on his feet,
doesn't know where Gargano is.

860
00:43:57,368 --> 00:44:00,204
Tope, into the DDT.

861
00:44:00,738 --> 00:44:05,743
Johnny Gargano just planted Black
on the outside of the ring.

862
00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:10,381
[crowd chattering]

863
00:44:11,015 --> 00:44:15,252
[Ranallo] And another slingshot DDT,
will this be it?

864
00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:16,754
[crowd cheering]

865
00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:18,188
[McGuinness] Oh.

866
00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:22,760
[Ranallo] Black barely survives as
Johnny Gargano on the cusp

867
00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:27,297
of eliminating Aleister Black
and focusing once again on Ciampa.

868
00:44:27,364 --> 00:44:30,901
[McGuinness] So close,
here, we'll take a look.

869
00:44:30,968 --> 00:44:35,172
Over the top,
hitting the DDT, full impact.

870
00:44:37,808 --> 00:44:40,044
[crowd chattering]

871
00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:44,348
[McGuinness] What's going
through the head of Gargano?

872
00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:48,485
He's done very well thus far in the match.

873
00:44:48,986 --> 00:44:51,188
[Watson] I'll go back
to a point that you made

874
00:44:51,255 --> 00:44:53,624
about Johnny Gargano hiding from Black.

875
00:44:53,691 --> 00:44:57,227
I don't think he hid from Black,
I don't think he did at all.

876
00:44:57,294 --> 00:44:59,763
I think he was trying
to get his bearings together

877
00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:01,565
to figure out his next move.

878
00:45:01,632 --> 00:45:02,733
You couldn't do it.

879
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,069
[McGuinness] If this is his next move--

880
00:45:05,135 --> 00:45:07,538
-[man 16] Come here, Johnny.
-[man 17] Watch it.

881
00:45:07,604 --> 00:45:09,940
[crowd] Oh!

882
00:45:11,475 --> 00:45:14,044
You're not the chosen one, I am.

883
00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:17,081
[crowd cheering]

884
00:45:17,147 --> 00:45:19,983
You can't get the job done, Aleister.
You can't--

885
00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:23,353
[Ranallo] Gargano is talking trash.

886
00:45:23,420 --> 00:45:26,723
Oh, spinning back elbow by Black.

887
00:45:27,391 --> 00:45:30,461
What a beautiful step-up enzuigiri
by Gargano

888
00:45:30,527 --> 00:45:35,899
and both superstars are now
showcasing their hard-hitting offense.

889
00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:39,036
The defense
is definitely not hermetically sealed.

890
00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:43,140
[crowd] Oh, oh!

891
00:45:44,508 --> 00:45:46,043
[McGuinness] Flurry of offense--

892
00:45:46,110 --> 00:45:48,345
-[Ranallo] A dazzling display--
-[Watson] Man!

893
00:45:48,412 --> 00:45:50,114
[Ranallo] Spike rana by Gargano.

894
00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,250
Oh, what a knee.

895
00:45:53,317 --> 00:45:55,319
[crowd cheering]

896
00:45:55,385 --> 00:45:57,955
[Ranallo] What a brutal knee.

897
00:45:58,021 --> 00:46:02,092
[crowd chanting]

898
00:46:06,396 --> 00:46:09,266
[Ranallo] They're on their feet
here at Staples Center,

899
00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:12,669
showing their approbation
for two of the very best

900
00:46:12,736 --> 00:46:15,772
in this hard-hitting grudge match.

901
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:19,343
Thirteen thousand, five hundred
and ninety-eight in attendance

902
00:46:19,409 --> 00:46:22,079
here tonight for TakeOver: War Games II,

903
00:46:22,146 --> 00:46:25,282
and this war is just brewing.

904
00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:30,254
[crowd cheering]

905
00:46:31,221 --> 00:46:34,558
Well, Aleister Black said
that he was gonna expose Johnny Gargano

906
00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:36,193
for the fraud that he is.

907
00:46:36,260 --> 00:46:37,561
I've gotta be honest.

908
00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,363
[Ranallo] And the two rings,

909
00:46:39,429 --> 00:46:42,799
which will house
the War Games match coming up,

910
00:46:42,866 --> 00:46:46,203
but Black's utilizing the other ring.

911
00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:50,307
Gargano's in one ring,
Black's in the other.

912
00:46:50,374 --> 00:46:53,310
And it's Black that blasts
Gargano in the face.

913
00:46:54,511 --> 00:46:56,246
-[Ranallo] Oh, wow.
-[McGuinness] Oh!

914
00:46:58,849 --> 00:47:00,284
[crowd] Oh.

915
00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:06,857
-[Watson] Oh, man
-[Ranallo] Dazzling display by Black.

916
00:47:06,924 --> 00:47:09,760
[Ranallo] German suplex with a bridge
and a two-count.

917
00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:16,667
[crowd cheering]

918
00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:20,904
[Watson] We're talking
about the guts and resilience

919
00:47:20,971 --> 00:47:24,241
of Johnny Gargano being able
to withstand that flurry and kick out

920
00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:25,609
before the count of three.

921
00:47:29,813 --> 00:47:33,984
[crowd chanting]

922
00:47:36,186 --> 00:47:40,157
[Ranallo] A chant that has become a staple
in NXT TakeOver events,

923
00:47:40,224 --> 00:47:42,893
“this is awesome, this is grueling."

924
00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:46,663
This is Johnny Gargano
versus Aleister Black.

925
00:47:47,231 --> 00:47:48,966
[McGuinness] Oh, got him.

926
00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:53,237
[Ranallo] Gargano with the close line
on the former NXT champion.

927
00:47:53,837 --> 00:47:57,674
[McGuinness] But Gargano's slow
to follow up after all the energy

928
00:47:57,741 --> 00:48:00,744
that Gargano has used
thus far in the match.

929
00:48:03,013 --> 00:48:05,515
[Ranallo] Gargano's looking
for the Gargano escape.

930
00:48:05,582 --> 00:48:06,850
[McGuinness] He's got it.

931
00:48:06,917 --> 00:48:09,253
Right in the center of the ring.

932
00:48:09,319 --> 00:48:12,189
[Ranallo] As NXT TakeOver
trends number one worldwide.

933
00:48:12,256 --> 00:48:15,225
Gargano will be the number one contender,
roll-up by Black

934
00:48:15,292 --> 00:48:17,895
and Black almost put himself
in the pole position.

935
00:48:17,961 --> 00:48:19,396
[crowd] Oh!

936
00:48:19,997 --> 00:48:21,698
[Ranallo] A cavalcade of kicks.

937
00:48:21,765 --> 00:48:26,103
An incredibly grueling matchup
here between Gargano and Black.

938
00:48:27,771 --> 00:48:29,273
-[Ranallo] And--
-[Watson] Man.

939
00:48:29,339 --> 00:48:32,509
[Ranallo] It was like Snake Eyes
on that second turnbuckle

940
00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,379
by a man who, I have to admit,

941
00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:39,316
is beginning to act like a bit of a snake
to some of the NXT universe.

942
00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:42,953
[McGuinness] There's a smile on the face
of that snake right now.

943
00:48:43,787 --> 00:48:44,955
Salivating.

944
00:48:47,891 --> 00:48:49,559
Eyeing his prey.

945
00:48:49,626 --> 00:48:50,961
[Ranallo] Gargano can sense

946
00:48:52,329 --> 00:48:54,131
he's a tapout away.

947
00:48:54,197 --> 00:48:55,365
[Watson] What? Oh.

948
00:48:56,667 --> 00:49:00,203
Wow, no.

949
00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:03,040
Gargano's poking the bear.

950
00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:09,346
[Ranallo] Oh, well,
going back to his DIY days.

951
00:49:10,814 --> 00:49:14,751
[crowd booing]

952
00:49:15,652 --> 00:49:18,522
[crowd cheering]

953
00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:21,458
[Ranallo] Black is saying, "bring it."

954
00:49:21,525 --> 00:49:23,060
[Black] Give me your best shot.

955
00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:26,263
[Ranallo] "Give me your best shot"
is what Aleister Black wants.

956
00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:27,698
[Black] Give me your best shot.

957
00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:31,268
[Ranallo] Gargano exposes the knee.

958
00:49:31,335 --> 00:49:33,337
-[Watson] No!
-[Ranallo] Black avoids it.

959
00:49:34,004 --> 00:49:36,306
-[Watson] Oh.
-[Ranallo] But the kick connects.

960
00:49:36,373 --> 00:49:37,941
[McGuinness] Didn't avoid that.

961
00:49:38,008 --> 00:49:39,810
[Ranallo] And another running knee.

962
00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:42,312
Gargano could put Black away here.

963
00:49:42,379 --> 00:49:44,281
Black powers out.

964
00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:46,116
Black powers out.

965
00:49:46,183 --> 00:49:47,984
[crowd cheering]

966
00:49:48,051 --> 00:49:53,790
And Gargano in a mixed state
of befuddlement and prayer,

967
00:49:53,857 --> 00:49:58,395
wondering what is it going to take
to finally vanquish Aleister Black.

968
00:49:58,462 --> 00:50:01,631
[McGuinness] Aleister Black thought
that he had the genius move.

969
00:50:01,698 --> 00:50:02,766
He sat in the center,

970
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:05,669
expecting Gargano to come
with a knee, which Gargano did.

971
00:50:05,736 --> 00:50:07,004
He was gonna roll him up,

972
00:50:07,070 --> 00:50:12,609
but instead, Gargano again, playing
a better game of chess, hitting that kick.

973
00:50:12,676 --> 00:50:16,913
[Ranallo] Both superstars
have had emotionally draining years.

974
00:50:18,015 --> 00:50:20,550
Gargano obsessed with Tommaso--

975
00:50:21,518 --> 00:50:26,056
[crowd cheering]

976
00:50:29,659 --> 00:50:30,494
[crowd booing]

977
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:35,098
[Ranallo] Johnny Gargano continues
to just pummel Aleister Black.

978
00:50:35,165 --> 00:50:36,166
Oh.

979
00:50:36,233 --> 00:50:40,070
[Ranallo] And I'm beginning to think,
and it's quite evident,

980
00:50:40,137 --> 00:50:44,474
that yes, a win to get another opportunity
at the NXT title

981
00:50:45,475 --> 00:50:48,612
is the most important thing,
but Gargano wants to hurt Black.

982
00:50:49,413 --> 00:50:51,214
[McGuinness] Black is rubber-legged.

983
00:50:51,281 --> 00:50:52,115
[Ranallo] Oh.

984
00:50:53,316 --> 00:50:54,284
[crowd] Oh!

985
00:50:56,086 --> 00:50:59,022
[Watson] Black's got a lot
of fight left in him it looks like,

986
00:50:59,089 --> 00:51:01,992
[Ranallo] A furious exchange of strikes.

987
00:51:02,058 --> 00:51:04,594
[McGuinness] They're gonna try
to protect themselves.

988
00:51:04,661 --> 00:51:06,296
[Ranallo] And it does not behoove

989
00:51:06,363 --> 00:51:11,835
Gargano to get into a striking contest
with the striking man from Amsterdam.

990
00:51:12,569 --> 00:51:15,372
But Gargano standing in the pocket.

991
00:51:16,206 --> 00:51:17,040
[crowd] Oh.

992
00:51:17,107 --> 00:51:18,108
[Ranallo] What a knee.

993
00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:20,510
Popped Gargano's head
back like a PEZ dispenser

994
00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:23,814
and Gargano drops Black to the outside.

995
00:51:26,283 --> 00:51:28,218
-[McGuinness] And what--
-[Watson] Hold on.

996
00:51:28,285 --> 00:51:32,689
Tope suicida,
but what incredible timing by Black.

997
00:51:32,756 --> 00:51:36,560
Black blasting Gargano
in the face with a knee.

998
00:51:37,094 --> 00:51:39,496
[McGuinness]
That knee directly to the jaw.

999
00:51:42,065 --> 00:51:44,901
[crowd cheering]

1000
00:51:47,070 --> 00:51:49,506
[Watson] Guys, one more time,
take a look at this.

1001
00:51:49,573 --> 00:51:53,009
Johnny Gargano thought
he had Aleister Black dead to rights,

1002
00:51:53,076 --> 00:51:55,312
but watch the impact by Aleister Black.

1003
00:51:55,378 --> 00:52:00,684
[McGuinness] That knee landed perfectly
upside the jaw of Johnny Gargano.

1004
00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:03,920
[Ranallo] And the Black metal fan,
Aleister Black,

1005
00:52:03,987 --> 00:52:08,992
with better timing than a metronome
on that nasty knee to the face.

1006
00:52:09,059 --> 00:52:14,397
[crowd chanting]

1007
00:52:14,464 --> 00:52:17,968
[Ranallo] A war of attrition
here in Los Angeles.

1008
00:52:18,802 --> 00:52:22,072
Aleister Black and Johnny Gargano,

1009
00:52:22,138 --> 00:52:26,710
Gargano responsible
for the biggest mystery of the summer.

1010
00:52:26,776 --> 00:52:29,679
The man responsible for attacking
Aleister Black

1011
00:52:29,746 --> 00:52:31,181
in the parking lot and now,

1012
00:52:31,248 --> 00:52:35,552
Gargano begging off after all he's done
to the Dutch destroyer?

1013
00:52:36,453 --> 00:52:39,156
[Watson] There's no way
Black will have mercy.

1014
00:52:39,222 --> 00:52:40,657
[McGuinness] Gonna buy time.

1015
00:52:44,427 --> 00:52:47,564
[Ranallo] Johnny Gargano now
at the mercy of Aleister Black.

1016
00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:51,701
[crowd yelling]

1017
00:52:53,470 --> 00:52:55,605
I'm so sorry.

1018
00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:57,641
Just do it.

1019
00:52:57,707 --> 00:53:00,343
Give me the Black Mass, just do it.

1020
00:53:00,410 --> 00:53:02,245
[Ranallo] Is Gargano--?

1021
00:53:02,312 --> 00:53:03,613
[McGuinness] He's kissed--

1022
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:08,084
[Ranallo] Gargano asking Black to finish
him, to put him out of his misery,

1023
00:53:08,151 --> 00:53:09,553
am I hearing this right?

1024
00:53:11,121 --> 00:53:13,323
[McGuinness]
You have better hearing than me.

1025
00:53:13,390 --> 00:53:15,258
[Ranallo] What is Gargano doing?

1026
00:53:15,325 --> 00:53:16,860
I gave you mercy.

1027
00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:17,761
Thank you.

1028
00:53:18,562 --> 00:53:19,563
[Ranallo] Oh!

1029
00:53:19,629 --> 00:53:22,132
Gargano, blocking the attempt
of the Black Mass,

1030
00:53:22,199 --> 00:53:23,533
rolls black up for a two.

1031
00:53:23,600 --> 00:53:25,068
[Watson] He escaped!

1032
00:53:25,135 --> 00:53:26,836
[Ranallo] Gargano escaped.

1033
00:53:26,903 --> 00:53:29,339
[McGuinness] Gargano is a [indistinct].

1034
00:53:29,406 --> 00:53:33,343
[Ranallo] The method to the madness
of Johnny Gargano on full display.

1035
00:53:36,479 --> 00:53:38,315
[man 18] Come on Aleister!

1036
00:53:38,381 --> 00:53:41,952
[Ranallo] Johnny Gargano's looking
to be Johnny TakeOver.

1037
00:53:42,586 --> 00:53:46,690
He wants to take Aleister Black's soul
away from him in this grudge match.

1038
00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:48,558
I'm the hero.

1039
00:53:48,625 --> 00:53:52,395
[McGuinness] Black is now trying to
break the grip,

1040
00:53:53,263 --> 00:53:55,065
that monkey grip of Johnny Gargano.

1041
00:53:55,131 --> 00:53:56,466
[Ranallo] Roll-up by black.

1042
00:53:56,533 --> 00:53:58,335
And Black able to break the grip.

1043
00:53:58,401 --> 00:54:00,503
And then wow, a spinning knee,

1044
00:54:00,570 --> 00:54:04,841
a spinning knee that cut Johnny Gargano
on the side of the face.

1045
00:54:04,908 --> 00:54:06,943
[McGuinness]
But Aleister Black is stunned.

1046
00:54:08,144 --> 00:54:10,146
[Ranallo] The smorgasbord of strikes

1047
00:54:10,213 --> 00:54:13,149
put on display by Aleister Black

1048
00:54:13,216 --> 00:54:15,585
as he's ready now for his [indistinct].

1049
00:54:15,652 --> 00:54:16,820
[Watson] He comes in.

1050
00:54:16,886 --> 00:54:19,222
[Ranallo] Step up knee to the jaw.

1051
00:54:19,289 --> 00:54:21,691
And look,
he's holding Gargano up with his foot.

1052
00:54:22,292 --> 00:54:24,494
[McGuinness] That unprotected knee landed.

1053
00:54:26,329 --> 00:54:29,199
-[Watson] Oh, man.
-[Ranallo] Black Mass.

1054
00:54:29,266 --> 00:54:32,702
And Gargano being held up by Black.

1055
00:54:32,769 --> 00:54:35,372
[McGuinness] Gargano's out on his feet.

1056
00:54:36,606 --> 00:54:41,044
[crowd cheering]

1057
00:54:42,612 --> 00:54:47,050
I absolve you of all your sins.

1058
00:54:48,318 --> 00:54:53,089
[Ranallo] Aleister Black wiped out Gargano
with another Black Mass.

1059
00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:54,824
Last flight for Johnny Wrestling.

1060
00:54:54,891 --> 00:54:55,725
[ring bells]

1061
00:54:56,393 --> 00:54:58,962
[Ranallo]
Sweet retribution for Aleister Black.

1062
00:54:59,029 --> 00:55:02,098
[female announcer]
The winner, Aleister Black.

1063
00:55:02,165 --> 00:55:04,000
[metal music playing]

1064
00:55:05,635 --> 00:55:11,308
[Ranallo] As hard-hitting an encounter
as you can experience.

1065
00:55:15,645 --> 00:55:18,048
[Watson] And guys,
it was just a matter of time.

1066
00:55:18,114 --> 00:55:21,084
Gargano had this night, he had it coming.

1067
00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:24,587
[Ranallo]
Black gains a measure of revenge.

1068
00:55:25,922 --> 00:55:28,325
Is it enough after all

1069
00:55:28,391 --> 00:55:32,362
that Johnny Gargano gets Aleister Black
and his career and his health, Nigel?

1070
00:55:32,429 --> 00:55:36,099
[McGuinness] There's only one man
who could answer that question, Mauro.

1071
00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,567
We are looking at him there.

1072
00:55:38,835 --> 00:55:40,837
We'll take a look at how this match wins,

1073
00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:43,273
there, Gargano pushing Black
to the outside

1074
00:55:43,339 --> 00:55:47,243
but Black was lying in wait for this.

1075
00:55:48,144 --> 00:55:49,145
Wow.

1076
00:55:49,212 --> 00:55:53,616
Jumping knee strike floored Gargano flush
on the jaw.

1077
00:55:56,353 --> 00:56:02,392
And then next the first
of two Black Mass spinning heel kicks.

1078
00:56:03,326 --> 00:56:07,897
[Ranallo] Not one Black Mass but two,
the debt must be paid.

1079
00:56:08,832 --> 00:56:13,636
[McGuinness] He told Johnny Gargano,
"I will absolve you of your sins."

1080
00:56:13,703 --> 00:56:16,573
And with that, a second Black Mass.

1081
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:22,011
[Ranallo] Aleister Black
snuffs out Johnny Gargano's pilot light.

1082
00:56:23,646 --> 00:56:26,416
The darkness reigns.

1083
00:56:26,483 --> 00:56:30,954
[metal music playing]

1084
00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:36,459
[Ranallo] So much spite in the shots
of the Dutch destroyer.

1085
00:56:38,161 --> 00:56:41,131
Aleister Black once again

1086
00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:45,468
has the NXT championship in his sights.

1087
00:56:46,870 --> 00:56:50,006
[metal music playing]

1088
00:56:53,343 --> 00:56:55,578
[McGuinness] They are the Undisputed Era,

1089
00:56:55,645 --> 00:56:58,848
the well-oiled machine
discussing strategy.

1090
00:56:58,915 --> 00:57:01,651
They have
the experience advantage this time,

1091
00:57:01,718 --> 00:57:04,387
but you have to think
is there any trepidation

1092
00:57:04,454 --> 00:57:09,359
trepidation going into the most dangerous,
brutal match in NXT history?

1093
00:57:09,426 --> 00:57:14,330
[metal music playing]

1094
00:57:15,465 --> 00:57:17,467
[Ranallo] And still to come,

1095
00:57:17,534 --> 00:57:20,303
it's all about the ultimate spotlight
in Los Angeles,

1096
00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:23,673
but more importantly
it's about the NXT championship.

1097
00:57:23,740 --> 00:57:27,744
The so-called greatest sports entertainer
of all time, Tommaso Ciampa,

1098
00:57:27,811 --> 00:57:31,581
defending Goldy against Velveteen Dream.

1099
00:57:31,648 --> 00:57:35,985
Dream promises
to bring the experience of a lifetime.

1100
00:57:38,755 --> 00:57:41,925
[Ciampa] Don't you stare
at the champ's title.

1101
00:57:42,725 --> 00:57:48,097
When you're at the top, they will always
try to chop you down.

1102
00:57:48,164 --> 00:57:52,302
[Ranallo] I have a feeling
that his reign of terror is just starting.

1103
00:57:54,337 --> 00:58:00,076
[Ciampa] Be careful
and stay out of the champ's spotlight.

1104
00:58:02,345 --> 00:58:06,249
[McGuinness] Look at how much
he loves that NXT championship.

1105
00:58:06,783 --> 00:58:11,054
[Ciampa] Your NXT champion,

1106
00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:15,458
Tommaso Ciampa.

1107
00:58:15,525 --> 00:58:18,261
[crowd booing]

1108
00:58:19,529 --> 00:58:23,299
[man 6] You believe
that you're a bad, bad man, don't you?

1109
00:58:23,366 --> 00:58:24,434
Really?

1110
00:58:26,336 --> 00:58:29,239
[Dream] What the people want
at War Games is an experience.

1111
00:58:29,305 --> 00:58:35,812
Give the Dream a moment with you
and the NXT championship.

1112
00:58:37,046 --> 00:58:38,114
And--

1113
00:58:39,048 --> 00:58:41,217
[crowd chanting]

1114
00:58:41,284 --> 00:58:42,519
Listen.

1115
00:58:42,585 --> 00:58:44,821
[Watson] Velveteen Dream
loves the spotlight,

1116
00:58:44,888 --> 00:58:48,324
he loves the attention, he loves
the adoration from the NXT universe.

1117
00:58:48,992 --> 00:58:50,827
[Dream] Dream's been loud and clear.

1118
00:58:51,995 --> 00:58:53,763
[McGuinness] Oozing confidence.

1119
00:58:53,830 --> 00:58:57,333
[Ranallo] But he has been successful
inside an NXT ring.

1120
00:58:57,967 --> 00:59:00,403
[Dream] It's the people
who have just caught on.

1121
00:59:03,239 --> 00:59:06,442
You think I haven't seen a kid like
Velveteen Dream

1122
00:59:06,509 --> 00:59:10,647
get put in my spotlight
and crack under pressure?

1123
00:59:10,713 --> 00:59:15,885
When I want to confront someone,
I do it in front of an audience.

1124
00:59:16,386 --> 00:59:19,255
[Ranallo] And Ciampa on top
of the man that will challenge

1125
00:59:19,322 --> 00:59:21,524
for his NXT championship.

1126
00:59:21,591 --> 00:59:25,094
I'm the champ,
you don't steal my spotlight.

1127
00:59:25,161 --> 00:59:27,363
[narrator] With the entire world watching.

1128
00:59:27,430 --> 00:59:29,098
Do the lights get any brighter?

1129
00:59:29,699 --> 00:59:32,135
Your experience ends.

1130
00:59:33,503 --> 00:59:35,705
[Dream] One shot at the NXT championship.

1131
00:59:35,772 --> 00:59:37,307
My legacy.

1132
00:59:37,373 --> 00:59:38,541
[Dream] The next thing--

1133
00:59:38,608 --> 00:59:40,209
…the Ciampa legacy.

1134
00:59:42,045 --> 00:59:45,148
[Ranallo] Tommaso Ciampa taken out by
Velveteen Dream.

1135
00:59:45,214 --> 00:59:48,851
[Ciampa] Velveteen Dream has gone about
this entire thing the wrong way.

1136
00:59:48,918 --> 00:59:50,553
He need to show respect.

1137
00:59:51,354 --> 00:59:52,689
This means more to me

1138
00:59:52,755 --> 00:59:56,759
than anything Velveteen Dream
has ever experienced in his life.

1139
00:59:58,661 --> 01:00:02,231
[Dream] You're a smart man,
you are a dangerous man, Tommaso Ciampa,

1140
01:00:02,298 --> 01:00:03,933
but you're blind, man.

1141
01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:07,971
That anger, that rage, all you see is red

1142
01:00:08,638 --> 01:00:11,674
and if you can't see
the Velveteen Dream coming,

1143
01:00:12,208 --> 01:00:13,810
you'll stay blind.

1144
01:00:13,876 --> 01:00:18,381
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream's sending
his own message to the champion.

1145
01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:21,484
[Dream] The ultimate spotlight
is the NXT championship,

1146
01:00:21,551 --> 01:00:24,954
it should be on my waist,
shining brighter than ever.

1147
01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:30,393
They chant his name and he thinks
he's accomplished something.

1148
01:00:30,460 --> 01:00:33,696
[Dream] People understand
what the Dream is capable of.

1149
01:00:33,763 --> 01:00:37,900
I soak in that spotlight.

1150
01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:42,739
[Dream] Ciampa, he's a scared little man
acting like he runs the place.

1151
01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:46,376
But there has been a lightning bolt
that has struck NXT this past year,

1152
01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:48,277
you're looking at him.

1153
01:00:48,911 --> 01:00:51,414
[Ciampa] Velveteen Dream,
you step into my spotlight,

1154
01:00:51,481 --> 01:00:56,052
I promise you,
you will burn to the ground.

1155
01:01:00,256 --> 01:01:07,196
["Velveteen" playing]

1156
01:01:11,067 --> 01:01:14,837
[Ranallo]
Set for the NXT championship match,

1157
01:01:14,904 --> 01:01:19,676
the biggest opportunity
of Velveteen Dream's career

1158
01:01:21,644 --> 01:01:25,381
and it looks
like the Dream's gone Hollywood, brother.

1159
01:01:31,921 --> 01:01:34,524
[McGuinness]
Well, we're not far from Venice beach,

1160
01:01:35,858 --> 01:01:39,295
you know what they say, when it comes
crashing down and hurts inside,

1161
01:01:40,196 --> 01:01:44,734
you got to take a stand,
but is this the stand of Velveteen Dream,

1162
01:01:44,801 --> 01:01:48,871
who's gonna be able
to take as the NXT champion?

1163
01:01:48,938 --> 01:01:52,108
[Ranallo] The volupté Velveteen Dream,
a walking Instagram filter,

1164
01:01:52,175 --> 01:01:54,310
a sartorial statement, know no bounds,

1165
01:01:54,377 --> 01:01:58,648
the one accoutrement Velveteen Dream
is missing is the NXT championship

1166
01:01:58,714 --> 01:02:03,186
and it's all about the spotlight
in the city of angels, Percy,

1167
01:02:03,252 --> 01:02:09,325
and Velveteen Dream is more than ready
for his close-up at the NXT title,

1168
01:02:09,992 --> 01:02:13,529
what Tommaso Ciampa
refers to lovingly as Goldy.

1169
01:02:14,030 --> 01:02:16,432
[Watson]
Think of all the places in the world,

1170
01:02:16,499 --> 01:02:18,701
right here in Hollywood, right here in LA

1171
01:02:18,768 --> 01:02:22,839
as for Velveteen Dream wants
to capitalize and dethrone the champ

1172
01:02:22,905 --> 01:02:24,173
and claim the NXT title.

1173
01:02:24,240 --> 01:02:27,543
[Ranallo] And, guys,
remember Velveteen Dream

1174
01:02:27,610 --> 01:02:29,579
captured the attention of Ciampa

1175
01:02:29,645 --> 01:02:34,250
when he implicated the NXT champion
in the attack on Aleister Black.

1176
01:02:34,317 --> 01:02:38,354
[McGuinness] I guarantee you
Tommaso Ciampa has not forgotten that.

1177
01:02:38,421 --> 01:02:41,591
[instrumental music playing]

1178
01:02:41,657 --> 01:02:46,395
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream seeking
to bring a true experience

1179
01:02:46,462 --> 01:02:50,333
to the self-proclaimed
greatest sports entertainer

1180
01:02:50,399 --> 01:02:54,103
of all time's fingerprint laden,
NXT title.

1181
01:02:54,170 --> 01:02:58,441
[crowd cheering]

1182
01:03:01,177 --> 01:03:02,912
[Ranallo] A showman nonpareil

1183
01:03:03,913 --> 01:03:08,251
looking to become at age 23

1184
01:03:08,317 --> 01:03:11,420
the second youngest NXT champion
in history.

1185
01:03:11,487 --> 01:03:15,591
Bo Dallas won the title just shy
of his 23rd birthday.

1186
01:03:15,658 --> 01:03:19,662
[siren wailing]

1187
01:03:27,737 --> 01:03:31,941
[metal music playing]

1188
01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:38,714
[McGuinness] And here comes
the obsidian heart of a champion,

1189
01:03:40,883 --> 01:03:43,619
Tommaso Ciampa, since winning that title

1190
01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:47,223
sees himself somewhat as a cult figure.

1191
01:03:48,591 --> 01:03:51,861
[Ranallo] Look at this entrance,
it's all about chaos,

1192
01:03:51,928 --> 01:03:57,567
it's all about not subscribing
to society's norms.

1193
01:03:57,633 --> 01:04:01,737
Tommaso Ciampa, a man who lives
on his own island, Percy.

1194
01:04:01,804 --> 01:04:06,742
And he only needs his beloved Goldy
to keep him company.

1195
01:04:06,809 --> 01:04:09,979
[Watson] It's up for grabs tonight,
but keep this in mind too,

1196
01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:14,217
I believe that Tommaso Ciampa
is fearful of the Velveteen Dream.

1197
01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:15,785
He attacked Velveteen Dream

1198
01:04:15,852 --> 01:04:17,987
when he had his match
against Lars Sullivan.

1199
01:04:18,054 --> 01:04:20,756
He knows
the type of competitor that Dream is.

1200
01:04:20,823 --> 01:04:23,826
He knows he's a man
that can take this championship from him.

1201
01:04:23,893 --> 01:04:26,329
[McGuinness]
And if you look at his body language,

1202
01:04:26,395 --> 01:04:31,133
the way that he held that title,
coveted it like a child.

1203
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:35,705
[Ranallo] Well, and the reason for that
I believe is the fact that Dream,

1204
01:04:35,771 --> 01:04:41,711
remember, Velveteen Dream DDT'd Ciampa
on the NXT title on NXT TV.

1205
01:04:41,777 --> 01:04:45,147
It is Velveteen Dream
who may have the psychological edge.

1206
01:04:45,214 --> 01:04:46,682
And that's saying something

1207
01:04:46,749 --> 01:04:50,786
when you're talking about Tommaso Ciampa
and his devious ways.

1208
01:04:50,853 --> 01:04:53,222
[McGuinness]
Yes, the maniacal Tommaso Ciampa.

1209
01:04:54,657 --> 01:04:55,892
[Ranallo] We'll check.

1210
01:04:55,958 --> 01:04:59,462
[McGuinness] Get inside his head,
perhaps a place you don't wanna be.

1211
01:05:00,997 --> 01:05:03,566
[Ranallo] Dream tweeted,
"the Dream loves Los Angeles,

1212
01:05:03,633 --> 01:05:06,135
Hollywood, they're beautiful,
everybody's plastic

1213
01:05:06,202 --> 01:05:07,737
except for the champion.

1214
01:05:07,803 --> 01:05:09,272
He's paper."

1215
01:05:09,338 --> 01:05:10,506
[crowd cheering]

1216
01:05:10,573 --> 01:05:11,440
[bell rings]

1217
01:05:11,974 --> 01:05:15,311
[female announcer] The following contest
scheduled for one fall

1218
01:05:15,378 --> 01:05:20,683
is for the NXT championship.

1219
01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:23,619
[crowd cheering]

1220
01:05:25,021 --> 01:05:27,290
[female announcer]
Introducing the challenger,

1221
01:05:27,356 --> 01:05:29,592
from Capitol Hill, Washington DC,

1222
01:05:29,659 --> 01:05:33,262
weighing in at 227 pounds,

1223
01:05:33,863 --> 01:05:36,832
the Velveteen Dream.

1224
01:05:36,899 --> 01:05:41,003
[crowd cheering]

1225
01:05:46,108 --> 01:05:48,210
[female announcer] And his opponent,

1226
01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:53,282
from Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
weighing in at 210 pounds,

1227
01:05:53,349 --> 01:05:57,453
he is the NXT champion,

1228
01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:02,191
Tommaso Ciampa.

1229
01:06:02,258 --> 01:06:04,961
[crowd booing]

1230
01:06:05,728 --> 01:06:09,265
[Ranallo] Ciampa and Dream have talked
a city landfills worth of trash.

1231
01:06:09,332 --> 01:06:12,101
The time for talking is over.

1232
01:06:12,168 --> 01:06:16,806
And in a city where people
flock to reach stardom,

1233
01:06:16,872 --> 01:06:21,610
to dream of superstardom,
Velveteen Dream has come to Los Angeles

1234
01:06:21,677 --> 01:06:26,182
hoping his dreams
of becoming NXT champion come true.

1235
01:06:26,248 --> 01:06:27,850
I want that, I want that.

1236
01:06:28,884 --> 01:06:33,155
[McGuinness] Look at the difficulty
that Ciampa had, giving up that title.

1237
01:06:35,024 --> 01:06:39,261
[Ranallo] Tommaso Ciampa,
the 14th champion in NXT history.

1238
01:06:39,328 --> 01:06:41,364
The inaugural champion, Seth Rollins,

1239
01:06:41,430 --> 01:06:43,566
he's getting ready for a big match
at Survivor Series

1240
01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:47,169
against another legendary NXT champion,
Shinsuke Nakamura.

1241
01:06:47,236 --> 01:06:51,574
Tonight, it's all about Tommaso Ciampa
and Velveteen Dream.

1242
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:55,544
How do you break it down
when it comes to keys to victory, Nigel?

1243
01:06:56,078 --> 01:06:59,915
[crowd chanting]

1244
01:07:03,352 --> 01:07:06,088
[McGuinness] Feed off the emotion
of this capacity crowd.

1245
01:07:06,155 --> 01:07:09,625
I think, Mauro, it would be a great start
for the Velveteen Dream.

1246
01:07:10,659 --> 01:07:12,962
[Ranallo]
Collar-and-elbow tie up in the center

1247
01:07:13,029 --> 01:07:16,999
and Ciampa definitely
with the edge in experience.

1248
01:07:17,566 --> 01:07:20,069
[Watson] Velveteen Dream
has got youth on his side,

1249
01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:22,538
but it's like a home game
for the Velveteen Dream.

1250
01:07:24,306 --> 01:07:26,042
[Ranallo] Dream is as popular

1251
01:07:26,108 --> 01:07:28,944
as LeBron James
here at the Staples Center,

1252
01:07:29,478 --> 01:07:34,650
but it's Tommaso Ciampa
who is king of the NXT men's division

1253
01:07:36,152 --> 01:07:38,687
and Ciampa no stranger
to cerebral warfare.

1254
01:07:39,722 --> 01:07:43,192
I know Velveteen Dream loves
to be the preening cock of the walk,

1255
01:07:43,259 --> 01:07:46,095
but Ciampa will do what he can
to ground the Dream,

1256
01:07:46,162 --> 01:07:48,030
ground him into dust if he can.

1257
01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:52,568
[McGuinness] Ciampa take down
the larger opponent.

1258
01:07:53,302 --> 01:07:56,439
Dream is switching behind, nice ride.

1259
01:07:56,505 --> 01:07:58,073
[Ranallo] Look at that.

1260
01:07:58,774 --> 01:08:00,276
-[McGuinness] Oh.
-[Watson] Oh.

1261
01:08:00,342 --> 01:08:03,045
[crowd cheering]

1262
01:08:03,112 --> 01:08:06,348
[Watson] I love Dream's attitude,
but he can't get caught up in that.

1263
01:08:06,415 --> 01:08:09,018
He's got to keep his eyes on the prize,
it's the NXT title.

1264
01:08:11,987 --> 01:08:15,191
[McGuinness] The title that Ciampa feels
is his birthright.

1265
01:08:15,257 --> 01:08:18,661
He deserves to be the NXT champion.

1266
01:08:18,727 --> 01:08:22,298
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream's looking
to go from footnote in Tough Enough

1267
01:08:22,364 --> 01:08:24,900
to the lead paragraph as NXT champion,

1268
01:08:24,967 --> 01:08:31,040
but Tommaso Ciampa wants
to maintain that ironclad grip on Goldy.

1269
01:08:31,107 --> 01:08:34,810
But Dream taking it to the champion early.

1270
01:08:34,877 --> 01:08:35,911
But there's Ciampa.

1271
01:08:35,978 --> 01:08:38,814
[crowd cheering]

1272
01:08:38,881 --> 01:08:40,783
-[Ranallo] Oh.
-[crowd] Oh.

1273
01:08:40,850 --> 01:08:43,285
I guess you don't tug on Superman's cape,

1274
01:08:43,352 --> 01:08:47,089
you don't spit in the wind, and you
don't mess with Velveteen Dream's quaff.

1275
01:08:48,023 --> 01:08:50,993
Oh, a kick to the midsection
by the NXT champion.

1276
01:08:51,060 --> 01:08:53,028
He's looking for that fairytale ending.

1277
01:08:55,631 --> 01:09:00,402
[crowd cheering]

1278
01:09:09,378 --> 01:09:12,414
[Ranallo] Ciampa mocking Velveteen Dream.

1279
01:09:13,682 --> 01:09:16,152
[McGuinness]
Ciampa can play mind games too.

1280
01:09:16,218 --> 01:09:18,187
[Ranallo] And mocking the NXT universe.

1281
01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:23,158
Ciampa inside Velveteen Dream's head
while holding his headband.

1282
01:09:23,993 --> 01:09:26,662
And I think Dream almost appreciates

1283
01:09:26,729 --> 01:09:29,398
what Ciampa has been able to do
at his expense,

1284
01:09:29,465 --> 01:09:32,101
knows that he's
in against the champ, Percy.

1285
01:09:33,202 --> 01:09:35,437
-[Watson] Look what Dream has.
-[Ranallo] Oh.

1286
01:09:35,504 --> 01:09:37,873
[Ranallo] But he could do the champ
want better,

1287
01:09:37,940 --> 01:09:40,576
Goldy is worth a little bit more
than that headband.

1288
01:09:42,978 --> 01:09:43,812
Oh.

1289
01:09:44,313 --> 01:09:46,982
[McGuinness] Oh, no, looking
for a draping DDT perhaps.

1290
01:09:47,049 --> 01:09:48,851
[Ranallo] Front face lock on Ciampa.

1291
01:09:49,952 --> 01:09:53,989
[crowd cheering]

1292
01:09:55,424 --> 01:09:58,661
[McGuinness] Stalemate for now.

1293
01:09:58,727 --> 01:10:02,231
-[McGuinness] Oh.
-[Ranallo] Oh, sharp right hand by Dream.

1294
01:10:03,999 --> 01:10:05,834
[Ranallo] Reversal of the Irish whip.

1295
01:10:05,901 --> 01:10:09,038
Dream slides, stops the momentum
and runs right over.

1296
01:10:09,104 --> 01:10:12,274
Tommaso Ciampa paintbrushes him
with the right hand,

1297
01:10:12,341 --> 01:10:17,146
scoop and a big body slam
by the challenger, Velveteen Dream.

1298
01:10:17,213 --> 01:10:19,882
[crowd cheering]

1299
01:10:20,482 --> 01:10:22,318
[Ranallo] Dream simply ravishing.

1300
01:10:22,384 --> 01:10:24,820
What a standing dropkick.

1301
01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:28,757
[Dream] Welcome to the experience.

1302
01:10:28,824 --> 01:10:29,658
[Ranallo] Oh.

1303
01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:32,595
And Dream introducing Ciampa
to the experience.

1304
01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:39,902
Wow, Dream just utilizing the ring
as prime real estate here in Los Angeles.

1305
01:10:39,969 --> 01:10:43,672
[crowd cheering]

1306
01:10:44,306 --> 01:10:46,609
[McGuinness] Is Dream
taking too much time here?

1307
01:10:47,209 --> 01:10:48,911
[Watson] I think he may be, Nigel.

1308
01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:52,781
[crowd cheering]

1309
01:10:52,848 --> 01:10:56,418
[Ranallo] Dream soliciting the approval
of the NXT universe.

1310
01:10:56,485 --> 01:10:59,922
Oh, drops Ciampa
with that big boot to the jaw,

1311
01:11:01,290 --> 01:11:05,494
and the NXT universe
firmly behind Velveteen Dream.

1312
01:11:05,561 --> 01:11:08,397
[crowd cheering]

1313
01:11:09,898 --> 01:11:10,966
[crowd booing]

1314
01:11:11,033 --> 01:11:13,002
[McGuinness] Way too long.

1315
01:11:13,068 --> 01:11:14,503
[Watson] [inaudible] heap on it.

1316
01:11:14,570 --> 01:11:16,739
[Ranallo] Oh,
Dream off the top turnbuckle.

1317
01:11:16,805 --> 01:11:18,707
Double ax handle

1318
01:11:19,842 --> 01:11:22,811
delivered by the Velveteen Dream
on the NXT champion.

1319
01:11:22,878 --> 01:11:25,781
And Dream is aware that he
can't win the title on the outside.

1320
01:11:26,482 --> 01:11:28,851
And Velveteen Dream
is firing on all cylinders

1321
01:11:28,917 --> 01:11:30,486
and he is taking it to--

1322
01:11:30,552 --> 01:11:36,158
Oh, I spoke too soon, Tommaso Ciampa
spiking Dream to the outside.

1323
01:11:37,459 --> 01:11:39,461
[McGuinness] The epitome of a champion,

1324
01:11:39,528 --> 01:11:44,867
the resiliency to go along, to take
some punishment and then come back.

1325
01:11:45,834 --> 01:11:48,971
This is why Tommaso Ciampa
is the NXT champion.

1326
01:11:50,039 --> 01:11:54,843
Here, the pause, oh, then the punishment.

1327
01:11:55,477 --> 01:11:58,247
[Ranallo] You know, NXT champion,
Tommaso Ciampa,

1328
01:11:58,313 --> 01:12:01,050
they say the great champions
possess a singular ability

1329
01:12:01,116 --> 01:12:02,351
to block out noise.

1330
01:12:02,418 --> 01:12:06,322
Velveteen Dream, well, he wants to create
more noise than a BTS concert.

1331
01:12:06,388 --> 01:12:09,325
But it's Ciampa now flapping his gums.

1332
01:12:10,592 --> 01:12:15,064
[referee] Two, three.

1333
01:12:16,899 --> 01:12:18,967
[Ranallo] Referee administering the count

1334
01:12:19,768 --> 01:12:22,338
and Ciampa with champion's advantage.

1335
01:12:22,404 --> 01:12:24,606
Of course, the only way
the Velveteen Dream

1336
01:12:24,673 --> 01:12:28,544
can become new NXT champion
is via pin fall or submission

1337
01:12:28,610 --> 01:12:30,846
within the confines of the squared circle.

1338
01:12:30,913 --> 01:12:33,182
Ciampa with the running knee.

1339
01:12:33,248 --> 01:12:35,417
[McGuinness] With the knee brace as well.

1340
01:12:35,484 --> 01:12:36,752
[Ranallo] And remember--

1341
01:12:36,819 --> 01:12:38,687
[McGuinness] He's out. Dream's out.

1342
01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:41,990
[Ranallo] He is on dream street
here at the Staples Center.

1343
01:12:42,658 --> 01:12:44,893
[McGuinness]
Cover him, this match is over.

1344
01:12:46,295 --> 01:12:49,665
[crowd cheering]

1345
01:12:50,632 --> 01:12:54,603
[Ranallo] Ciampa just put Velveteen Dream
in a quiet spot.

1346
01:12:55,404 --> 01:12:58,140
[Watson] But Ciampa
is in no rush to finish this match.

1347
01:12:58,907 --> 01:13:02,811
[Ranallo] Dream is storing
and he's somehow conscious.

1348
01:13:02,878 --> 01:13:05,748
[referee] Let's go, one.
Back it off, come on.

1349
01:13:05,814 --> 01:13:08,617
[McGuinness] This speaks
to what we talked about earlier,

1350
01:13:08,684 --> 01:13:12,554
looking for retribution
for Velveteen Dream implicating.

1351
01:13:12,621 --> 01:13:16,058
[Ranallo] Ciampa reviled
for his cavalier malevolence,

1352
01:13:16,125 --> 01:13:19,061
doing whatever it takes
to retain the NXT title,

1353
01:13:19,128 --> 01:13:24,299
including stabbing Dream in the face
with the point of the back elbow.

1354
01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:25,434
[crowd] Oh.

1355
01:13:25,501 --> 01:13:27,102
[Ranallo] Hangman's neckbreaker.

1356
01:13:27,169 --> 01:13:31,440
And Velveteen Dream
falls in a heap right in front of us here.

1357
01:13:32,341 --> 01:13:34,743
[crowd cheering]

1358
01:13:34,810 --> 01:13:36,178
I'm the man.

1359
01:13:36,245 --> 01:13:38,614
[crowd cheering]

1360
01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:40,149
I'm the main event.

1361
01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:44,019
[Ranallo] Ciampa firing himself up.

1362
01:13:44,887 --> 01:13:47,723
The greatest sports entertainer
of all time

1363
01:13:47,790 --> 01:13:49,491
is what he's christened himself.

1364
01:13:49,558 --> 01:13:51,994
[crowd chanting]

1365
01:13:52,060 --> 01:13:53,228
[McGuinness] Watch out.

1366
01:13:53,295 --> 01:13:56,098
[Ranallo] NXT universe might not agree.
Velveteen Dream--

1367
01:13:56,165 --> 01:13:59,568
-[Watson] No.
-[Ranallo] What a knee, oh my God.

1368
01:13:59,635 --> 01:14:05,908
[McGuinness] Again, with the knee brace,
Dream's flailing around on the outside.

1369
01:14:06,542 --> 01:14:09,278
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream
was in a prostrate position

1370
01:14:09,878 --> 01:14:13,582
on the Spanish announce table
and almost got blasted into next week

1371
01:14:13,649 --> 01:14:17,953
as Ciampa continues to mete out
punishment in the center of the ring.

1372
01:14:20,456 --> 01:14:22,658
[McGuinness] Dream's fighting
under that chin lock,

1373
01:14:22,724 --> 01:14:23,992
getting it right back on.

1374
01:14:24,059 --> 01:14:26,395
[Watson] Look at the aggression of Ciampa.

1375
01:14:26,462 --> 01:14:29,398
[Ranallo] And say what you will
about Tommaso Ciampa.

1376
01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,266
When it comes right down to it,

1377
01:14:31,333 --> 01:14:34,603
as technically gifted
as any sports entertainer,

1378
01:14:34,670 --> 01:14:39,208
there is a reason he won the NXT title
in just his 10th singles match.

1379
01:14:39,274 --> 01:14:43,011
Remember, he and Johnny Gargano
in an epic rivalry.

1380
01:14:43,078 --> 01:14:43,946
Oh.

1381
01:14:44,012 --> 01:14:45,781
[Watson] The Dream is fading, look.

1382
01:14:45,848 --> 01:14:48,150
[McGuinness] Dream
spit blood out of the mouth.

1383
01:14:48,217 --> 01:14:50,519
Oh, he's rubbing it in as well.

1384
01:14:50,586 --> 01:14:54,389
Oh, Tommaso Ciampa enjoys his work.

1385
01:14:54,456 --> 01:14:57,860
[Ranallo] What a sick individual
squeezing the saliva

1386
01:14:57,926 --> 01:14:59,661
out of his mouth and look at Dream.

1387
01:14:59,728 --> 01:15:02,431
[Watson] Night-night, night-night.

1388
01:15:02,498 --> 01:15:03,532
[McGuinness] Indeed.

1389
01:15:03,599 --> 01:15:08,203
Tommaso Ciampa said that he
was gonna turn the Dream into a nightmare.

1390
01:15:08,270 --> 01:15:10,572
[crowd chanting]

1391
01:15:10,639 --> 01:15:14,243
[Ranallo] NXT universe
exhorting Velveteen Dream.

1392
01:15:16,979 --> 01:15:19,781
Counter knee strike by Tommaso Ciampa,

1393
01:15:19,848 --> 01:15:23,852
once again stops
Velveteen Dream's momentum.

1394
01:15:23,919 --> 01:15:26,855
Oh, but the back slide by Velveteen Dream.

1395
01:15:28,056 --> 01:15:28,891
Oh.

1396
01:15:28,957 --> 01:15:31,560
[McGuinness] Oh, that right hand
landed on the jaw.

1397
01:15:31,627 --> 01:15:33,161
The left missed.

1398
01:15:33,228 --> 01:15:36,798
[Ranallo] And another right hand on court
by Velveteen Dream,

1399
01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:41,169
neckbreaker by the Velveteen Dream,

1400
01:15:41,236 --> 01:15:45,774
as he returns the favor to Tommaso Ciampa.

1401
01:15:45,841 --> 01:15:47,576
[Watson] Dream is digging deep,

1402
01:15:47,643 --> 01:15:49,378
he is staying alive in this match.

1403
01:15:51,813 --> 01:15:55,284
[Ranallo] Ciampa's depth of character
tantamount to a foot bath

1404
01:15:55,350 --> 01:15:57,686
and Velveteen Dream
would love to put his foot

1405
01:15:57,753 --> 01:15:59,755
where Ciampa would require [indistinct].

1406
01:15:59,821 --> 01:16:01,390
Look at the neckbreaker.

1407
01:16:02,791 --> 01:16:05,127
[McGuinness] The impact
to the back of the neck,

1408
01:16:05,193 --> 01:16:06,995
top of the spine of Tommaso Ciampa.

1409
01:16:07,062 --> 01:16:10,566
[Ranallo] You can tell, guys,
Velveteen Dream letting it all hang out,

1410
01:16:10,632 --> 01:16:13,068
throwing it all at Tommaso Ciampa.

1411
01:16:14,503 --> 01:16:16,572
Kip-up by Velveteen Dream.

1412
01:16:17,539 --> 01:16:19,875
[McGuinness] Where is Dream
finding this energy?

1413
01:16:20,542 --> 01:16:23,111
Adrenaline has got to be coursing
through his veins.

1414
01:16:23,178 --> 01:16:26,848
[Ranallo] And Velveteen Dream's
giving Tommaso Ciampa a run for his money,

1415
01:16:26,915 --> 01:16:28,517
but I spoke too soon or did I?

1416
01:16:28,584 --> 01:16:29,418
[Watson] Hold on.

1417
01:16:30,852 --> 01:16:33,555
[crowd cheering]

1418
01:16:33,622 --> 01:16:36,325
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream looking
for that twisting DDT,

1419
01:16:36,391 --> 01:16:37,526
well-scouted by Ciampa.

1420
01:16:41,730 --> 01:16:45,901
And Dream continues to fire away on
Tommaso Ciampa.

1421
01:16:45,968 --> 01:16:47,035
[crowd] Oh.

1422
01:16:47,102 --> 01:16:51,506
[Ranallo] A big boot to the face,
leg drop by the Dream.

1423
01:16:54,643 --> 01:16:56,144
[Watson] One more time.

1424
01:16:56,812 --> 01:17:02,284
[Ranallo] And the ode to Hollywood hogan
by Velveteen Dream,

1425
01:17:02,351 --> 01:17:05,053
one of the greatest champions in WWE
history.

1426
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:09,124
Velveteen Dream wants
to be an NXT champion, he's hulking up.

1427
01:17:09,191 --> 01:17:12,628
[crowd chanting]

1428
01:17:12,694 --> 01:17:13,895
Oh.

1429
01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:15,364
[Watson] Oh man.

1430
01:17:15,430 --> 01:17:17,532
[Ranallo] Spinebuster slam by the Dream.

1431
01:17:17,599 --> 01:17:19,868
Will it be enough for him
to realize his dream?

1432
01:17:19,935 --> 01:17:21,336
No, Ciampa escapes.

1433
01:17:23,372 --> 01:17:26,608
[McGuinness] Make no mistake about it,
Tommaso Ciampa is hurt.

1434
01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:32,114
[Watson] Dream's firing on all cylinders,
but how much does he have left?

1435
01:17:32,180 --> 01:17:34,082
[crowd chanting]

1436
01:17:34,149 --> 01:17:36,418
[Ranallo] Ciampa,
kicked out at one and a half,

1437
01:17:36,485 --> 01:17:38,754
still has a lot of fuel in his tank.

1438
01:17:40,656 --> 01:17:44,359
[McGuinness] Like an injured animal,
now Ciampa is at his most dangerous.

1439
01:17:44,426 --> 01:17:48,230
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream,
expending energy with those right hands

1440
01:17:48,296 --> 01:17:52,768
not as much pop as they used to have
on them as this grueling match unfolds,

1441
01:17:52,834 --> 01:17:57,239
but Dream continues his tenacious attack
on Tommaso Ciampa.

1442
01:17:57,305 --> 01:17:58,140
[Watson] Oh.

1443
01:17:58,206 --> 01:17:59,541
[Ranallo] Pescado connects.

1444
01:17:59,608 --> 01:18:02,544
[man 19] Velveteen, Velveteen.

1445
01:18:02,611 --> 01:18:06,581
[McGuinness] This is what Dream
has got to do, he cannot let up.

1446
01:18:06,648 --> 01:18:10,052
[Ranallo] And he has to make sure
that Ciampa is in the ring

1447
01:18:10,118 --> 01:18:12,487
and Ciampa's struggling
to get back to his feet.

1448
01:18:14,056 --> 01:18:16,091
Velveteen Dream, however.

1449
01:18:16,958 --> 01:18:20,262
[McGuinness] Dream wanted that elbow
and Ciampa knew it was coming.

1450
01:18:20,328 --> 01:18:24,166
[Ranallo] And Ciampa deposits Dream
unceremoniously out of the ring.

1451
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:29,004
[McGuinness] Well, for a second there,
Ciampa perhaps, looking for that--

1452
01:18:29,071 --> 01:18:30,639
Oh, draping DDT, but instead--

1453
01:18:30,706 --> 01:18:32,407
…and Velveteen Dream attacking

1454
01:18:32,474 --> 01:18:35,777
that surgically repaired knee
of Tommaso Ciampa,

1455
01:18:35,844 --> 01:18:38,847
the knee that put him
on the sidelines for nearly a year.

1456
01:18:40,749 --> 01:18:44,853
And, Velveteen Dream, doing his homework,

1457
01:18:44,920 --> 01:18:48,623
realizing that the champion
is compromised.

1458
01:18:49,925 --> 01:18:52,794
[crowd cheering]

1459
01:18:52,861 --> 01:18:55,931
[Ranallo] And Velveteen Dream
is doing his homework

1460
01:18:55,997 --> 01:18:58,066
as far as a sports entertainment.

1461
01:18:58,133 --> 01:19:00,035
Shades of "Hitman" Bret Hart.

1462
01:19:01,770 --> 01:19:04,506
He's got to be careful
that he doesn't get disqualified.

1463
01:19:04,573 --> 01:19:07,075
-[Watson] Did you see that?
-[McGuinness] Was that?

1464
01:19:07,142 --> 01:19:09,711
[Watson] It was a tap,
Tommaso Ciampa tapped.

1465
01:19:11,012 --> 01:19:13,048
[Ranallo] An illegal move on the outside.

1466
01:19:13,115 --> 01:19:14,983
However, now, he has to try it again.

1467
01:19:15,050 --> 01:19:18,520
The roll-up small package
by Ciampa for a two count.

1468
01:19:21,356 --> 01:19:23,058
[McGuinness] Forearm from Ciampa.

1469
01:19:23,558 --> 01:19:25,293
[Ranallo] Waistlock, Dream.

1470
01:19:26,561 --> 01:19:29,397
…into the figure-four leglock.

1471
01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:30,198
[Watson] This could be it.

1472
01:19:30,265 --> 01:19:34,035
[Ranallo] And he's pulling out all
of the greatest hits here in Los Angeles.

1473
01:19:34,102 --> 01:19:35,370
[Watson] No way he did.

1474
01:19:35,437 --> 01:19:42,377
[Ranallo] Figure-four leglock,
Dream summoning up the legends of the past

1475
01:19:42,444 --> 01:19:44,379
in hopes that he could begin his course

1476
01:19:44,446 --> 01:19:47,616
as an NXT legend by becoming
the NXT champion.

1477
01:19:47,682 --> 01:19:50,418
[McGuinness] He's dragging Ciampa
back into the center.

1478
01:19:51,353 --> 01:19:55,390
Ciampa rolled to his belly to try
to reverse some of this pressure.

1479
01:19:55,457 --> 01:19:58,293
[Watson] Look at the agony and pain
Ciampa is in right now.

1480
01:19:58,360 --> 01:19:59,795
This could be all but over.

1481
01:19:59,861 --> 01:20:03,732
[Ranallo] One tap
and we have a new NXT champion,

1482
01:20:03,799 --> 01:20:06,168
but the reversal by the veteran Ciampa.

1483
01:20:06,234 --> 01:20:08,203
[McGuinness] He's reversed the pressure,

1484
01:20:08,270 --> 01:20:10,305
taking the pressure off it, and now back.

1485
01:20:12,507 --> 01:20:14,376
That posterior cruciate ligament.

1486
01:20:14,442 --> 01:20:17,179
[Ranallo] This is gonna keep
both superstars grounded.

1487
01:20:17,245 --> 01:20:21,583
Remember, Velveteen Dream loves
to use that purple rainmaker

1488
01:20:21,650 --> 01:20:24,452
but now the shoulders are down
on Ciampa for a two.

1489
01:20:24,519 --> 01:20:26,521
[McGuinness] And now, both superstars…

1490
01:20:28,089 --> 01:20:30,292
they would force to break the hold.

1491
01:20:31,326 --> 01:20:35,564
[Ranallo] And you wonder what toll
has been exacted on both lower limbs

1492
01:20:35,630 --> 01:20:38,600
of the champion Ciampa,
the challenger Velveteen Dream.

1493
01:20:39,434 --> 01:20:41,970
Oh, and Ciampa kicks Dream
to the barricade,

1494
01:20:42,037 --> 01:20:43,538
buying himself some time.

1495
01:20:44,105 --> 01:20:48,376
[McGuinness] We're seeing here the effects
of that figure-four leglock, so dangerous.

1496
01:20:48,443 --> 01:20:50,812
[Watson] If Dream will continue to attack

1497
01:20:50,879 --> 01:20:55,016
that surgically repaired knee of Ciampa,
it will be Dream over tonight.

1498
01:20:59,254 --> 01:21:02,591
[McGuinness] And again… I thought
he was attempting that draping DDT

1499
01:21:02,657 --> 01:21:04,392
that he hit [indistinct] before.

1500
01:21:04,459 --> 01:21:06,862
[Ranallo] What a hand
to the rib cage by Ciampa.

1501
01:21:11,032 --> 01:21:12,067
[Watson] Not enough--

1502
01:21:12,133 --> 01:21:14,336
[Ranallo]
Exactly what Ciampa's trying to do.

1503
01:21:14,402 --> 01:21:15,303
[McGuinness] Whoa.

1504
01:21:15,370 --> 01:21:19,107
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream
suplexes Ciampa over the top,

1505
01:21:19,174 --> 01:21:23,345
but Dream also feels the effects
of what was a high-risk move.

1506
01:21:23,411 --> 01:21:26,314
[crowd cheering]

1507
01:21:26,381 --> 01:21:28,316
[McGuinness] Ciampa's undoing his boot.

1508
01:21:29,184 --> 01:21:30,352
It was a suplex,

1509
01:21:30,418 --> 01:21:31,586
[crowd] Oh!

1510
01:21:31,653 --> 01:21:34,723
from Velveteen Dream
and fallen out with the momentum.

1511
01:21:36,658 --> 01:21:38,927
-[Ranallo] Look.
-[McGuinness] It's angled out.

1512
01:21:38,994 --> 01:21:42,063
[Ranallo] You wonder
if it's not a Pyrrhic suplex

1513
01:21:42,130 --> 01:21:45,333
in the bigger picture
of this NXT championship match.

1514
01:21:46,401 --> 01:21:47,736
[McGuinness] Gargano--

1515
01:21:49,170 --> 01:21:51,539
Ciampa must've landed
on his knee with the fall

1516
01:21:51,606 --> 01:21:54,709
and he's loosening that boot
to release some of the pressure

1517
01:21:54,776 --> 01:21:56,611
on that knee joint.

1518
01:21:56,678 --> 01:22:00,448
[Ranallo] Champion's advantage
if the referee reaches a count of 10,

1519
01:22:00,515 --> 01:22:02,484
Ciampa retains the NXT title.

1520
01:22:03,251 --> 01:22:07,289
But it's Velveteen Dream, the younger,
Velveteen Dream, remember--

1521
01:22:07,355 --> 01:22:08,657
[McGuinness] That's eight.

1522
01:22:08,723 --> 01:22:10,659
[Ranallo] Ciampa has that injured leg.

1523
01:22:11,593 --> 01:22:14,663
And it's Dream, wow,
having the wherewithal.

1524
01:22:14,729 --> 01:22:17,399
-[Watson] His intelligence--
-[Ranallo] Ring presence.

1525
01:22:17,465 --> 01:22:21,369
[Watson] Due to the champion's advantage,
he has to get Ciampa in the ring.

1526
01:22:21,436 --> 01:22:25,807
[McGuinness] You mentioned his youth,
there, that was the experience of Dream.

1527
01:22:26,341 --> 01:22:28,810
Knowing he could not win the title
on the outside,

1528
01:22:28,877 --> 01:22:30,912
had to get Ciampa back inside.

1529
01:22:30,979 --> 01:22:33,882
[Ranallo] But he seems to have
a little bit more at stake,

1530
01:22:33,949 --> 01:22:38,620
although now Ciampa's firing back,
and Dream and Ciampa are going at it.

1531
01:22:38,687 --> 01:22:40,322
[crowd cheering]

1532
01:22:40,388 --> 01:22:44,693
Hammer and tong here for the NXT title.

1533
01:22:44,759 --> 01:22:47,295
Ciampa was looking
for the fairytale ending.

1534
01:22:47,362 --> 01:22:48,830
[Watson] Hold on.

1535
01:22:48,897 --> 01:22:50,598
[Ranallo] He nearly took a superkick,

1536
01:22:50,665 --> 01:22:51,866
Ciampa with the tights.

1537
01:22:51,933 --> 01:22:53,868
[Watson]
Ciampa will hit him with the tights.

1538
01:22:54,469 --> 01:22:56,538
[Ranallo] Referee caught it just in time.

1539
01:22:57,605 --> 01:22:59,207
[McGuinness] Handfull of tights.

1540
01:22:59,874 --> 01:23:02,177
[Ranallo] Fantastic job by the referee.

1541
01:23:03,411 --> 01:23:04,846
[McGuinness] Oh.

1542
01:23:04,913 --> 01:23:07,382
[Ranallo] Opportunistic Velveteen Dream.

1543
01:23:07,449 --> 01:23:10,318
-[Ranallo] Will it get him a title?
-[Watson] Dream over.

1544
01:23:10,385 --> 01:23:13,221
[Ranallo] Oh my, two count.

1545
01:23:13,888 --> 01:23:18,093
Velveteen Dream almost became NXT champion

1546
01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:21,196
under the biggest spotlight of his career.

1547
01:23:22,497 --> 01:23:25,600
[McGuinness] Tommaso Ciampa
was in disbelief.

1548
01:23:26,835 --> 01:23:28,103
[Watson] Think that Dream

1549
01:23:28,169 --> 01:23:30,839
just saw his name
up in lights all across Hollywood.

1550
01:23:30,905 --> 01:23:33,008
He can't believe Ciampa just kicked out.

1551
01:23:33,074 --> 01:23:37,178
[Ranallo] And Velveteen Dream
quickly establishing the reputation

1552
01:23:37,245 --> 01:23:40,382
of Mister TakeOver,
delivering again here tonight

1553
01:23:41,182 --> 01:23:43,084
in a Valiant effort for the NXT title,

1554
01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:45,587
but Tommaso Ciampa's
valiantly fighting back.

1555
01:23:45,653 --> 01:23:46,488
Oh, but--

1556
01:23:46,554 --> 01:23:48,790
[McGuinness] Dream's going
to the injured knee.

1557
01:23:49,491 --> 01:23:51,493
[Ranallo] What a transition.

1558
01:23:51,559 --> 01:23:54,396
Ciampa in a fireman's carry,
but Ciampa fights off.

1559
01:23:54,462 --> 01:23:55,330
[Watson] Oh.

1560
01:23:57,232 --> 01:23:59,234
[McGuinness] Elbow to the side of the jaw.

1561
01:23:59,300 --> 01:24:01,703
[Ranallo] Elbow
to the other side of the jaw.

1562
01:24:03,304 --> 01:24:05,407
-[Watson] Oh, man.
-[Ranallo] Ciampa…

1563
01:24:06,074 --> 01:24:08,176
[Ranallo] …cracks Velveteen Dream.

1564
01:24:08,243 --> 01:24:11,980
[McGuinness] Oh,
shades of his Nemesis, Johnny Gargano.

1565
01:24:13,481 --> 01:24:15,016
Is this it?

1566
01:24:16,084 --> 01:24:17,986
[Ranallo] Looking for Project Ciampa.

1567
01:24:18,720 --> 01:24:21,656
Project Ciampa, the NXT champion rolls.

1568
01:24:21,723 --> 01:24:23,858
-[McGuinness] Ciampa retains.
-[Ranallo] He covers Dream.

1569
01:24:23,925 --> 01:24:26,828
[Ranallo] And Dream rolls
that right shoulder just in time,

1570
01:24:26,895 --> 01:24:29,130
Ciampa can't believe it,

1571
01:24:32,500 --> 01:24:36,104
another instant classic for the NXT title!

1572
01:24:36,171 --> 01:24:40,875
[crowd chanting]

1573
01:24:40,942 --> 01:24:44,045
[McGuinness] Tommaso Ciampa's knee
must still be bothering him,

1574
01:24:44,112 --> 01:24:45,780
he wants to relieve the pressure.

1575
01:24:47,081 --> 01:24:49,484
There must be fluid
building up in that knee

1576
01:24:49,551 --> 01:24:51,352
going all the way down to his ankle.

1577
01:24:51,419 --> 01:24:53,922
[Ranallo] I once said Ciampa had no heart,

1578
01:24:53,988 --> 01:24:55,957
but he is showing plenty of it… what?

1579
01:24:56,658 --> 01:24:58,226
Don't tell me.

1580
01:24:58,293 --> 01:25:00,695
[Watson] No heart,
Ciampa is trying to walk away.

1581
01:25:00,762 --> 01:25:03,364
-[Ranallo] I was just saying.
-[McGuinness] He's not.

1582
01:25:04,299 --> 01:25:05,333
[Ranallo] Oh.

1583
01:25:05,400 --> 01:25:07,402
[McGuinness]
The official want [indistinct].

1584
01:25:07,469 --> 01:25:09,370
[Ranallo] And Dream rolls-up Ciampa.

1585
01:25:09,437 --> 01:25:11,606
Dream rolls up Ciampa for a count of two.

1586
01:25:13,741 --> 01:25:15,176
And Dream--

1587
01:25:15,243 --> 01:25:19,380
Twisted DDT off the title,
shades of what happened on NXT TV.

1588
01:25:19,447 --> 01:25:22,117
-[Ranallo] It's time! It's for the title.
-[Watson] Man!

1589
01:25:22,183 --> 01:25:23,351
[crowd] Two, one!

1590
01:25:23,418 --> 01:25:26,688
[Ranallo] Dream
almost realized right there.

1591
01:25:29,424 --> 01:25:34,996
[Ranallo] Velveteen Dream wants to reach
the ultimate height of success in NXT,

1592
01:25:35,063 --> 01:25:40,568
instead Ciampa gets his boot off
and kicks Dream to the proverbial curb.

1593
01:25:41,202 --> 01:25:42,504
[crowd] Oh.

1594
01:25:42,570 --> 01:25:44,038
[Ranallo] DDT by Ciampa.

1595
01:25:45,273 --> 01:25:47,475
NXT champion with the cover.

1596
01:25:47,542 --> 01:25:50,478
Oh, holy bleep.

1597
01:25:51,012 --> 01:25:53,081
Dream just kicked out again.

1598
01:25:53,148 --> 01:25:54,382
[Watson] This is unreal,

1599
01:25:54,449 --> 01:25:58,820
look at the look of disbelief on the face
of the champion, Tommaso Ciampa.

1600
01:25:58,887 --> 01:26:00,755
[crowd chanting]

1601
01:26:00,822 --> 01:26:03,391
[Ranallo] Why is the NXT title so coveted?

1602
01:26:03,458 --> 01:26:05,960
Listen to the NXT universe.

1603
01:26:06,027 --> 01:26:09,230
[crowd cheering]

1604
01:26:10,532 --> 01:26:13,701
[Watson] Look, the Dream
has taken every shot from the champion,

1605
01:26:13,768 --> 01:26:15,904
and he finds a way to kick out and get up.

1606
01:26:15,970 --> 01:26:21,242
[Ranallo] So has Ciampa, taking everything
Velveteen Dream has offered up.

1607
01:26:21,309 --> 01:26:24,679
[McGuinness] Both of these gladiators
have given and taken it all.

1608
01:26:24,746 --> 01:26:26,948
Look at Ciampa,
he's only wearing one boot.

1609
01:26:28,249 --> 01:26:31,853
[Ranallo] Ciampa,
hampered by the surgically repaired--

1610
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:34,389
-[Ranallo] Ciampa--
-[Watson] We've seen this before.

1611
01:26:34,455 --> 01:26:37,392
[Ranallo] Resorting to a blueprint
he has used in the past,

1612
01:26:38,059 --> 01:26:39,093
to great success.

1613
01:26:39,160 --> 01:26:43,064
Ciampa, wreaking havoc wherever he goes,

1614
01:26:43,131 --> 01:26:45,233
and now tearing apart

1615
01:26:46,701 --> 01:26:50,505
the area surrounding the ring,
but wasting precious time,

1616
01:26:50,572 --> 01:26:52,240
allowing Velveteen Dream to--

1617
01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:54,576
[Watson] He has to be careful.

1618
01:26:54,642 --> 01:26:55,810
Ciampa's unloading.

1619
01:26:55,877 --> 01:26:59,147
[McGuinness] Dream's desperately trying
to get a hold of the title.

1620
01:26:59,214 --> 01:27:01,349
[Ranallo] Oh, no. Oh, God.

1621
01:27:01,416 --> 01:27:04,452
Velveteen Dream in a perilous position.

1622
01:27:04,519 --> 01:27:05,353
[Watson] Oh, no.

1623
01:27:05,420 --> 01:27:07,822
[Ranallo] Ciampa looking to [indistinct].

1624
01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:10,391
They just flew
right over the announcer's table,

1625
01:27:10,458 --> 01:27:13,194
came crashing right down in front of us.

1626
01:27:14,262 --> 01:27:17,332
And this will be to the advantage
of the NXT champion.

1627
01:27:19,767 --> 01:27:24,439
[crowd chanting]

1628
01:27:25,073 --> 01:27:25,940
[McGuinness] Look

1629
01:27:26,007 --> 01:27:28,142
It was Ciampa looking for the draping DDT,

1630
01:27:28,209 --> 01:27:32,814
instead, Dream drives the champion
over our announcer table.

1631
01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:36,417
[Ranallo] You know, everything
that the NXT champion, Tommaso Ciampa,

1632
01:27:36,484 --> 01:27:38,686
has put people through, including Gargano,

1633
01:27:38,753 --> 01:27:41,556
maybe this is the sickness he deserves

1634
01:27:41,623 --> 01:27:45,793
and yet Velveteen Dream's desperately
trying to get back to the ring,

1635
01:27:45,860 --> 01:27:49,197
but he needs to bring Ciampa
with him if he wants to--God.

1636
01:27:49,264 --> 01:27:50,865
[Watson] Oh, oh.

1637
01:27:52,233 --> 01:27:55,837
[crowd booing]

1638
01:27:57,238 --> 01:27:59,307
I'm the champion.

1639
01:28:00,541 --> 01:28:02,777
[Ranallo] Oh, the death valley driver.

1640
01:28:02,844 --> 01:28:06,514
Rolling death valley driver
by Velveteen Dream on the outside.

1641
01:28:06,581 --> 01:28:07,882
[Watson] This could be it.

1642
01:28:07,949 --> 01:28:10,251
[Ranallo] Dream's on the top
of the turnbuckle,

1643
01:28:10,318 --> 01:28:12,320
looking for the purple rainmaker.

1644
01:28:12,387 --> 01:28:14,522
Is it gonna rain, oh,

1645
01:28:14,589 --> 01:28:18,993
for the new NXT championship?
Bring that big gun.

1646
01:28:19,060 --> 01:28:21,362
[Watson] Dream
wasted no time going to the top.

1647
01:28:21,429 --> 01:28:23,898
-[Ranallo] He isn't done.
-[Watson] Look out.

1648
01:28:23,965 --> 01:28:26,968
[Ranallo] Oh, but Dream crashes and burns.

1649
01:28:32,407 --> 01:28:34,842
[McGuinness] Dream
got a little overanxious there.

1650
01:28:35,943 --> 01:28:38,713
Ciampa was lying in wait,
moved to the last second

1651
01:28:39,747 --> 01:28:40,815
and now

1652
01:28:42,483 --> 01:28:43,751
the black heart

1653
01:28:44,652 --> 01:28:46,220
is ready to end this.

1654
01:28:46,287 --> 01:28:49,157
[Ranallo] Dream from the top turnbuckle

1655
01:28:49,223 --> 01:28:51,092
crashing to the--oh.

1656
01:28:51,159 --> 01:28:54,595
And just got spiked with that DDT

1657
01:28:55,330 --> 01:28:57,965
in the partition in between the two rings,

1658
01:28:58,032 --> 01:29:00,468
the cold, unforgiving steel

1659
01:29:00,535 --> 01:29:05,640
courtesy of the cold,
unforgiving heart of Tommaso Ciampa.

1660
01:29:06,641 --> 01:29:08,509
[referee] One, two, three.

1661
01:29:08,576 --> 01:29:12,647
[Ranallo] Goldy remains
around the waist of the scourge of NXT.

1662
01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:18,219
[female announcer]
The winner and still NXT champion,

1663
01:29:18,286 --> 01:29:21,689
Tommaso Ciampa.

1664
01:29:22,557 --> 01:29:28,196
[Ranallo] The truculent NXT champion
in the fight of his life, Percy.

1665
01:29:28,262 --> 01:29:33,167
Velveteen Dream came so close
to realizing the dream

1666
01:29:33,234 --> 01:29:38,606
in this, the venue that he was hoping
for his crowning achievement.

1667
01:29:39,307 --> 01:29:42,376
[McGuinness] As close in my mind as anyone

1668
01:29:42,443 --> 01:29:46,814
to prying that title
from around the waist of Tommaso Ciampa.

1669
01:29:48,015 --> 01:29:50,518
Look at the face of Tommaso Ciampa.

1670
01:29:52,453 --> 01:29:56,591
Here it was, again, Tommaso Ciampa
trying to end things on the outside,

1671
01:29:56,657 --> 01:30:00,261
instead, Dream keeping the match alive.

1672
01:30:00,328 --> 01:30:04,031
[crowd booing]

1673
01:30:04,098 --> 01:30:07,201
[Watson] This is the just frustration
kicking in from Ciampa,

1674
01:30:07,268 --> 01:30:10,171
but Dream is able to capitalize
and turn things around.

1675
01:30:10,238 --> 01:30:12,807
And this was where we all thought

1676
01:30:12,874 --> 01:30:18,546
the Dream was gonna walk
out of LA the new NXT champion.

1677
01:30:18,613 --> 01:30:22,049
[McGuinness] He's soaring 12 feet
in the air with the purple rainmaker,

1678
01:30:22,116 --> 01:30:28,322
a deep hook of the legs, but somehow,
Tommaso Ciampa refused to quit.

1679
01:30:29,056 --> 01:30:32,126
[Watson] Now, Tommaso Ciampa
found the perfect spot right here

1680
01:30:32,193 --> 01:30:36,964
to hit this DDT and put an end
to the Velveteen Dream.

1681
01:30:37,031 --> 01:30:40,835
[McGuinness] You could see Ciampa
scream out in pain when his back landed,

1682
01:30:40,902 --> 01:30:45,506
so you can only imagine
the damage done to Velveteen Dream

1683
01:30:45,573 --> 01:30:46,741
and if you want--

1684
01:30:47,241 --> 01:30:48,476
[bell rings]

1685
01:30:48,543 --> 01:30:51,946
[McGuinness] And taking advantage
that there are two rings here tonight.

1686
01:30:52,013 --> 01:30:55,383
[Ranallo] And while the night may belong
to Tommaso Ciampa

1687
01:30:55,450 --> 01:30:57,451
to retain the NXT championship,

1688
01:30:57,518 --> 01:31:03,825
you know in your heart of hearts
the Dream's time is coming here in NXT.

1689
01:31:03,891 --> 01:31:07,261
But for now, Goldy remains the property

1690
01:31:07,328 --> 01:31:12,600
of the so-called
greatest sports entertainer of all time.

1691
01:31:12,667 --> 01:31:16,571
["No One Will Survive" playing]

1692
01:31:21,509 --> 01:31:25,480
Yeah. Yes!

1693
01:31:25,546 --> 01:31:27,915
Yeah.

1694
01:31:27,982 --> 01:31:30,151
I'm the champ.

1695
01:31:30,218 --> 01:31:32,186
Me.

1696
01:31:37,358 --> 01:31:44,298
[music continues]

1697
01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:54,475
[McGuinness] A kiss goodbye
for Velveteen Dream

1698
01:31:56,010 --> 01:32:01,682
and the NXT title stays
in the hands of Tommaso Ciampa.

1699
01:32:02,817 --> 01:32:08,089
[music continues]

1700
01:32:11,092 --> 01:32:15,663
[Ranallo] Another epic night of action.

1701
01:32:16,964 --> 01:32:20,368
And more still to come, War Games II,

1702
01:32:20,434 --> 01:32:26,107
but what a war between Tommaso Ciampa
and the Velveteen Dream

1703
01:32:26,173 --> 01:32:32,146
as Ciampa continues
to add to his championship legacy.

1704
01:32:35,416 --> 01:32:37,151
Look me in the eyes.

1705
01:32:38,152 --> 01:32:42,723
I am the greatest sports entertainer
of all time.

1706
01:32:44,759 --> 01:32:46,060
This is it.

1707
01:32:46,127 --> 01:32:49,730
[Ranallo] The greatest sports entertainer
of all time.

1708
01:32:51,966 --> 01:32:53,901
We've got to talk about, well,

1709
01:32:53,968 --> 01:32:59,607
what may be the greatest video game
competition of all time.

1710
01:32:59,674 --> 01:33:00,942
Dream over!

1711
01:33:01,008 --> 01:33:04,745
[Ranallo] Two teams,
one from NXT and one from WWE

1712
01:33:04,812 --> 01:33:06,847
have been training over the past few weeks

1713
01:33:06,914 --> 01:33:09,817
to compete against one another
in League of Legends,

1714
01:33:09,884 --> 01:33:12,219
one of the world's
most popular video games.

1715
01:33:12,286 --> 01:33:16,190
And it all came to a head yesterday
right here in Los Angeles.

1716
01:33:18,693 --> 01:33:22,229
["No One Will Survive" playing]

1717
01:33:24,932 --> 01:33:28,169
[Watson] You're listening
to "Mariana Trench" by Nita Strauss

1718
01:33:28,235 --> 01:33:30,171
from the album Controlled Chaos,

1719
01:33:30,237 --> 01:33:33,774
an NXT theme song
for the NXT TakeOver War Games.

1720
01:33:33,841 --> 01:33:37,211
It's available now on iTunes and Spotify.

1721
01:33:38,746 --> 01:33:41,382
[Ranallo] Well, here tonight
at TakeOver War Games II,

1722
01:33:41,449 --> 01:33:44,452
Staples Center, at times
the chaos has been out of control,

1723
01:33:44,518 --> 01:33:50,057
but we are getting set for our main event.

1724
01:33:50,124 --> 01:33:52,560
Every match on this card
could be the main event.

1725
01:33:52,626 --> 01:33:55,796
And there's our main event
when it comes to guitar players.

1726
01:33:55,863 --> 01:33:59,467
One of the best guitarists
on the planet, Nita Strauss,

1727
01:33:59,533 --> 01:34:04,739
a great supporter of NXT,
dropped a new album yesterday,

1728
01:34:04,805 --> 01:34:08,009
looking forward to hearing more
from Nita Strauss.

1729
01:34:08,075 --> 01:34:12,580
And guys, we'll we've heard
and seen a little bit of everything

1730
01:34:12,647 --> 01:34:16,784
and the hits,
the real hard hits are to come

1731
01:34:16,851 --> 01:34:20,087
in one of the most barbaric matches
in NXT history.

1732
01:34:20,154 --> 01:34:21,522
Still to come here tonight,

1733
01:34:21,589 --> 01:34:23,591
what a night of action and controversy.

1734
01:34:23,657 --> 01:34:26,360
Of course, you know, everybody here
in the NXT universe

1735
01:34:26,427 --> 01:34:27,795
is gonna have their opinion,

1736
01:34:27,862 --> 01:34:30,531
but do you know one man
whose opinion I'd love to hear?

1737
01:34:30,598 --> 01:34:35,603
WWE COO Triple H and we can hear
that following TakeOver War Games.

1738
01:34:35,670 --> 01:34:37,938
The cerebral assassin
will be on Facebook live

1739
01:34:38,005 --> 01:34:40,274
giving his opinion about the wins,
the losses,

1740
01:34:40,341 --> 01:34:42,510
everything that's happened here tonight,

1741
01:34:42,576 --> 01:34:45,980
Facebook live
immediately following TakeOver War Games.

1742
01:34:46,047 --> 01:34:50,785
[rock music playing]

1743
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:56,557
[siren wailing]

1744
01:34:56,624 --> 01:35:00,995
[Ranallo] The ominous sounds,
the buzz palpable

1745
01:35:03,064 --> 01:35:05,933
as tensions rise
here at the Staples Center.

1746
01:35:07,435 --> 01:35:10,304
The chamber of horrors lowers.

1747
01:35:11,405 --> 01:35:13,674
It will encompass two rings.

1748
01:35:14,675 --> 01:35:16,377
There are no victims,

1749
01:35:16,977 --> 01:35:21,348
only volunteers in War Games.

1750
01:35:22,683 --> 01:35:26,087
[siren wailing]

1751
01:35:26,921 --> 01:35:28,889
[Watson] And these competitors tonight

1752
01:35:28,956 --> 01:35:31,192
will be forever changed

1753
01:35:31,258 --> 01:35:34,128
when they step into the steel structure
here at War Games.

1754
01:35:34,195 --> 01:35:38,032
But the question is, who will stand tall
when North American champion Ricochet,

1755
01:35:38,099 --> 01:35:40,735
UK champion Pete Dunne and War Raiders

1756
01:35:40,801 --> 01:35:42,236
take on the Undisputed Era

1757
01:35:42,303 --> 01:35:46,474
in the most grueling match
ever constructed here in WWE?

1758
01:35:47,041 --> 01:35:48,976
War Games is next.

1759
01:35:49,043 --> 01:35:50,945
[rock music playing]

1760
01:35:56,417 --> 01:36:02,156
[Ranallo] And now, let the War Games begin.

1761
01:36:04,892 --> 01:36:08,996
These three teams will be in two rings,

1762
01:36:09,063 --> 01:36:13,267
in one cage, in War Games.

1763
01:36:13,334 --> 01:36:14,635
[man 19] We've been there.

1764
01:36:14,702 --> 01:36:20,107
[Ranallo] I have never witnessed anything
like we have just seen here tonight.

1765
01:36:20,174 --> 01:36:24,612
[man 20] The most barbaric match,
not just in NXT history but all of WWE.

1766
01:36:24,678 --> 01:36:26,747
[Ranallo] Oh my God!

1767
01:36:26,814 --> 01:36:30,017
[man 20] There are no winners in war,
there are no losers,

1768
01:36:31,385 --> 01:36:33,854
and The Undisputed.

1769
01:36:33,921 --> 01:36:36,690
[McGuinness] What does this mean
for the future of NXT?

1770
01:36:36,757 --> 01:36:39,794
[Ranallo] A definite shock to the system.

1771
01:36:39,860 --> 01:36:41,028
[crowd cheering]

1772
01:36:41,095 --> 01:36:43,798
[man 21] Since the beginning here in NXT,

1773
01:36:43,864 --> 01:36:47,268
NXT's mission
has been doing everything in its power

1774
01:36:47,334 --> 01:36:50,337
to prevent this from happening.

1775
01:36:50,404 --> 01:36:53,240
[man 22] At War Games,
we were thrown to the wolves.

1776
01:36:53,307 --> 01:36:56,610
[man 23] Yet boys and girls,
here we stand.

1777
01:36:56,677 --> 01:36:58,212
[Watson] Is that Ricochet?

1778
01:36:58,279 --> 01:37:00,014
[Ranallo] And Ricochet's got it--no.

1779
01:37:00,581 --> 01:37:01,515
[Watson] Oh my God.

1780
01:37:01,582 --> 01:37:06,921
[Ranallo] Adam Cole is the first ever
NXT North American champion.

1781
01:37:07,488 --> 01:37:08,522
What the hell?

1782
01:37:08,589 --> 01:37:11,058
What is Strong doing
to his partner, Pete Dunne?

1783
01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:16,630
Roderick Strong
has joined the Undisputed Era.

1784
01:37:16,697 --> 01:37:19,400
[man 23] I want you to relish
in this right now.

1785
01:37:19,466 --> 01:37:22,236
[man 22] I mean look at all this gold.

1786
01:37:22,303 --> 01:37:24,738
[man 21] We can't be stopped.

1787
01:37:24,805 --> 01:37:30,744
Our time is now and we are forever here
to shock the system.

1788
01:37:32,413 --> 01:37:33,881
[man 22] Enough.

1789
01:37:33,948 --> 01:37:37,651
[man 20] The war is here.

1790
01:37:37,718 --> 01:37:40,487
[Ranallo] Oh, my God it's the War Raiders.

1791
01:37:41,488 --> 01:37:43,224
[McGuinness] Viking destruction.

1792
01:37:43,724 --> 01:37:47,094
[Ranallo] Rowe and Hanson laying waste
to the Undisputed Era.

1793
01:37:47,161 --> 01:37:51,031
[man 24] Undisputed Era, we like to think
that you're on another level.

1794
01:37:51,098 --> 01:37:52,766
You're gonna have to level up

1795
01:37:52,833 --> 01:37:56,237
if you want to be
on the same level as Ricochet.

1796
01:37:56,303 --> 01:37:57,771
Boom.

1797
01:37:58,339 --> 01:37:59,740
[man 22] Here we go now.

1798
01:37:59,807 --> 01:38:00,841
[Watson] New champion!

1799
01:38:00,908 --> 01:38:03,277
[Ranallo] Ricochet has done it.

1800
01:38:03,344 --> 01:38:07,781
[man 25] Time and time again,
Undisputed Era have used the numbers game

1801
01:38:07,848 --> 01:38:09,216
to be a force in my sight.

1802
01:38:09,283 --> 01:38:13,988
[Ranallo] The night for the Undisputed Era
is about to get a lot more dangerous.

1803
01:38:14,054 --> 01:38:16,090
[man 25] This time
there's no numbers game.

1804
01:38:16,156 --> 01:38:18,259
Whether it's Ricochet, Pete Dunne,

1805
01:38:18,325 --> 01:38:19,827
or the War Raiders.

1806
01:38:19,893 --> 01:38:20,928
[Watson] What the--

1807
01:38:20,995 --> 01:38:22,997
[Ranallo] Roderick crashed his back.

1808
01:38:23,063 --> 01:38:26,600
[man 20] Full strength starts now.

1809
01:38:26,667 --> 01:38:29,870
[man 24] The result is the same,
they aren't on our freaking level.

1810
01:38:30,638 --> 01:38:31,472
Oh, my gosh.

1811
01:38:31,538 --> 01:38:33,107
-Yeah.
-Whoa.

1812
01:38:33,674 --> 01:38:35,276
[Ranallo] They are not waiting.

1813
01:38:35,342 --> 01:38:37,211
All hell is broken loose.

1814
01:38:37,278 --> 01:38:39,780
[McGuinness]
It's breaking down all over full sail.

1815
01:38:39,847 --> 01:38:43,117
[man 25] This is not how this fight
is gonna happen.

1816
01:38:43,183 --> 01:38:46,687
If you guys are hell bent
on destroying each other,

1817
01:38:46,754 --> 01:38:53,160
then you can a TakeOver,
you will be inside of War Games.

1818
01:38:53,227 --> 01:38:55,029
[crowd cheering]

1819
01:38:56,030 --> 01:38:57,231
Here we go again.

1820
01:38:57,298 --> 01:39:00,834
[Ranallo] Can you imagine
all these eight men

1821
01:39:00,901 --> 01:39:03,771
inside that War Games structure.

1822
01:39:03,837 --> 01:39:07,608
[man 22] Kyle O'Reilly pinning Hanson
to gain us the advantage,

1823
01:39:07,675 --> 01:39:10,244
we know how important that advantage is.

1824
01:39:11,312 --> 01:39:13,647
[man 20] There is nobody
who can handle War Games

1825
01:39:13,714 --> 01:39:15,416
like the Undisputed Era.

1826
01:39:16,984 --> 01:39:18,419
You asked for this.

1827
01:39:19,019 --> 01:39:23,324
[man 21] War Games is steel and pain.

1828
01:39:23,390 --> 01:39:24,491
This is gonna be a war.

1829
01:39:25,559 --> 01:39:28,495
[man 25] Undisputed Era might figure
they got themselves the advantage,

1830
01:39:28,562 --> 01:39:33,200
but last year, Undisputed Era
barely walked out of War Games.

1831
01:39:33,267 --> 01:39:36,737
[man 26] This year we're gonna make sure
we will carry it.

1832
01:39:37,404 --> 01:39:41,709
[Ranallo] Los Angeles better brace itself
for a seismic shift,

1833
01:39:41,775 --> 01:39:47,414
the score will be settled
inside War Games at TakeOver.

1834
01:39:53,053 --> 01:39:55,556
[crowd cheering]

1835
01:39:56,623 --> 01:39:57,891
[ring bells]

1836
01:39:57,958 --> 01:40:00,527
[female announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,

1837
01:40:00,594 --> 01:40:06,000
welcome to War Games.

1838
01:40:06,066 --> 01:40:08,969
[crowd cheering]

1839
01:40:09,036 --> 01:40:12,840
[female announcer] The rules of the match
are as follows,

1840
01:40:12,906 --> 01:40:16,477
two teams
will be contained in separate cages

1841
01:40:16,543 --> 01:40:20,447
with one member
of each team starting the match.

1842
01:40:21,081 --> 01:40:22,716
After five minutes,

1843
01:40:22,783 --> 01:40:27,955
a member from the Undisputed Era
will be released to enter the match.

1844
01:40:28,489 --> 01:40:30,858
After a three-minute period,

1845
01:40:30,924 --> 01:40:34,595
alternating members from each team
will enter the match

1846
01:40:34,661 --> 01:40:38,832
until all competitors are inside the cage.

1847
01:40:39,633 --> 01:40:45,372
Once all competitors have entered,
War Games officially begins.

1848
01:40:46,006 --> 01:40:51,378
Escape or leave the cage,
you will forfeit the match for your team.

1849
01:40:51,445 --> 01:40:56,683
The only way to win the match
is by pinfall or submission.

1850
01:40:57,251 --> 01:41:03,157
And now let the War Games begin.

1851
01:41:03,223 --> 01:41:05,993
[crowd cheering]

1852
01:41:06,059 --> 01:41:10,030
[tense music playing]

1853
01:41:10,097 --> 01:41:11,765
[Ranallo] Here we go.

1854
01:41:14,768 --> 01:41:19,706
["Undisputed" playing]

1855
01:41:24,978 --> 01:41:28,749
[female announcer]
Introducing first Adam Cole, Bobby Fish,

1856
01:41:28,816 --> 01:41:33,987
the NXT Tag Team Champions
Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong,

1857
01:41:34,054 --> 01:41:38,559
the Undisputed Era.

1858
01:41:38,625 --> 01:41:40,828
[Ranallo]
For the first time in its history,

1859
01:41:40,894 --> 01:41:43,464
all four members of the Undisputed Era

1860
01:41:43,530 --> 01:41:48,735
will be competing at the same time
and they have the advantage.

1861
01:41:48,802 --> 01:41:52,139
Following this week's NXT TV,

1862
01:41:52,206 --> 01:41:55,709
when Kyle O'Reilly picked up a victory

1863
01:41:55,776 --> 01:41:59,446
with a little help
from the rest of the UE.

1864
01:41:59,513 --> 01:42:02,182
[Watson] Man, but you can see the swag,

1865
01:42:02,249 --> 01:42:06,053
maybe the confidence, possibly arrogance,
just dripping off of Undisputed Era.

1866
01:42:06,120 --> 01:42:07,921
They have been here for [indistinct].

1867
01:42:07,988 --> 01:42:10,924
Not only that,
they won last year's War Games.

1868
01:42:10,991 --> 01:42:14,027
But it's a different time,
we've got new players now.

1869
01:42:14,094 --> 01:42:18,098
[McGuinness] I love what they did,
they choose to put Adam Cole in first,

1870
01:42:18,165 --> 01:42:19,666
that's the important strategy.

1871
01:42:19,733 --> 01:42:23,003
[Ranallo] He may have chosen himself
as the leader of the quartet.

1872
01:42:23,070 --> 01:42:26,173
[McGuinness] I guarantee
there was some discussion to that.

1873
01:42:26,240 --> 01:42:28,075
I talked to Arn Anderson.

1874
01:42:28,142 --> 01:42:30,477
There's been a number
of these War Games matches.

1875
01:42:30,544 --> 01:42:34,114
He said the order of entrance
is super important.

1876
01:42:34,181 --> 01:42:39,019
Oftentimes, you wanna leave your heavy
hitters for the latter part of the match.

1877
01:42:39,086 --> 01:42:42,256
[crowd cheering]

1878
01:42:42,322 --> 01:42:45,859
[Ranallo] Well, the two teams
will be contained in separate shark cages

1879
01:42:45,926 --> 01:42:49,329
and a member from each team
will be chosen to start the match

1880
01:42:49,396 --> 01:42:51,265
five minutes on the clock.

1881
01:42:51,331 --> 01:42:52,933
When that time expires,

1882
01:42:53,000 --> 01:42:56,603
it'll be a member of the team
with the advantage,

1883
01:42:56,670 --> 01:43:00,174
that being the Undisputed Era,
that will enter the match.

1884
01:43:02,442 --> 01:43:04,678
And of course,
War Games officially sanctioned

1885
01:43:04,745 --> 01:43:09,116
to be won once all eight superstars
are in the contest.

1886
01:43:09,183 --> 01:43:10,651
[McGuinness] Let's be clear.

1887
01:43:10,717 --> 01:43:14,254
Until every one of those competitors,
all eight are in the ring,

1888
01:43:14,321 --> 01:43:16,857
the match does not officially start.

1889
01:43:18,625 --> 01:43:24,064
["War" playing]

1890
01:43:29,736 --> 01:43:31,205
War.

1891
01:43:31,271 --> 01:43:33,373
[McGuinness]
The drum beats of destruction.

1892
01:43:37,444 --> 01:43:43,884
[female announcer] And their opponents,
first, Hanson, Rowe, War Raiders.

1893
01:43:43,951 --> 01:43:46,186
[Ranallo] Modern-day vikings.

1894
01:43:46,253 --> 01:43:49,623
Their name, tailor-made for War Games.

1895
01:43:49,690 --> 01:43:52,893
Rowe and Hanson, War Raiders.

1896
01:43:52,960 --> 01:43:57,464
[music continues]

1897
01:43:57,531 --> 01:44:00,233
[McGuinness] Ever since
showing up in NXT in January,

1898
01:44:00,300 --> 01:44:03,870
the War Raiders have had their sights set.

1899
01:44:03,937 --> 01:44:05,239
You're gonna deal with us.

1900
01:44:05,305 --> 01:44:07,641
-No, no.
You wanna keep yourselves in that cage.

1901
01:44:08,709 --> 01:44:11,178
You might wanna keep yourselves
in that cage.

1902
01:44:11,245 --> 01:44:15,582
Now is the time where you wanna end up
with this [indistinct].

1903
01:44:15,649 --> 01:44:18,418
I will tell you, my friend,
I'm your [indistinct]

1904
01:44:20,220 --> 01:44:21,755
[McGuinness] The war of words

1905
01:44:23,090 --> 01:44:26,493
will very soon
turn into a war of attrition.

1906
01:44:28,195 --> 01:44:29,830
[Watson] Yeah, but you called it,

1907
01:44:29,896 --> 01:44:32,933
the War Raiders said this match
is built for them.

1908
01:44:33,700 --> 01:44:35,936
The pain, the agony, the destruction,

1909
01:44:36,003 --> 01:44:38,205
they absolutely live
for moments like this.

1910
01:44:38,272 --> 01:44:41,541
[Ranallo] And interestingly,
neither of the War Raiders will start,

1911
01:44:41,608 --> 01:44:43,977
as they are already housed
in their shark cage.

1912
01:44:44,044 --> 01:44:47,381
[suspense music playing]

1913
01:44:47,447 --> 01:44:49,383
[crowd cheering]

1914
01:44:49,449 --> 01:44:50,917
[Ranallo] So, will it be

1915
01:44:50,984 --> 01:44:54,254
the longest reigning champion
in modern WWE history,

1916
01:44:54,321 --> 01:44:57,057
the UK champ, Pete Dunne,
who gets things started?

1917
01:44:57,124 --> 01:45:00,360
[crowd cheering]

1918
01:45:00,427 --> 01:45:05,165
[rock music playing]

1919
01:45:07,968 --> 01:45:11,838
[female announcer] Next, the WWE United
Kingdom champion,

1920
01:45:11,905 --> 01:45:18,245
"the Bruiserweight," Pete Dunne.

1921
01:45:18,312 --> 01:45:20,781
[crowd cheering]

1922
01:45:20,847 --> 01:45:22,749
[Ranallo] Dunne's got the war paint on,

1923
01:45:22,816 --> 01:45:25,385
bringing up British strong style
to War Games.

1924
01:45:25,452 --> 01:45:29,356
[McGuinness] The war paint on his face,
but if you take a look further down,

1925
01:45:30,223 --> 01:45:35,862
the right knee of Dunne heavily taped up
that was injured last week,

1926
01:45:37,130 --> 01:45:39,399
that's another thing Anderson
mentioned to me.

1927
01:45:39,466 --> 01:45:43,704
He said another important factor
in War Games matches are injuries.

1928
01:45:43,770 --> 01:45:46,773
If you are hurt, you are sitting duck.

1929
01:45:47,808 --> 01:45:50,777
[music continues]

1930
01:45:50,844 --> 01:45:52,779
[Ranallo] Of course, Undisputed Era

1931
01:45:52,846 --> 01:45:56,483
won the inaugural NXT War Games match,

1932
01:45:56,550 --> 01:46:00,620
and let's not forget,
Hanson also injured this past week,

1933
01:46:00,687 --> 01:46:03,957
courtesy of the Undisputed Era.

1934
01:46:05,959 --> 01:46:07,594
[Watson] In matches like these--

1935
01:46:07,661 --> 01:46:10,330
[Ranallo] We know who will start,
it will be Adam Cole

1936
01:46:10,397 --> 01:46:12,099
for the Undisputed Era

1937
01:46:12,165 --> 01:46:18,672
against the man that beat Adam Cole
for the NXT North American championship,

1938
01:46:18,739 --> 01:46:23,076
the one and only, Ricochet.

1939
01:46:27,748 --> 01:46:30,016
[crowd chattering]

1940
01:46:31,118 --> 01:46:36,490
["One And Only" playing]

1941
01:46:36,556 --> 01:46:40,560
[crowd cheering]

1942
01:46:57,010 --> 01:46:58,812
[female announcer] And their partner,

1943
01:46:58,879 --> 01:47:03,116
the NXT North American champion,

1944
01:47:03,183 --> 01:47:05,819
Ricochet.

1945
01:47:05,886 --> 01:47:08,822
[Ranallo] And Ricochet
also sporting war paint,

1946
01:47:09,489 --> 01:47:13,026
all eight gladiators are ready for war.

1947
01:47:13,660 --> 01:47:19,433
And it promises
to be scorched-earth warfare,

1948
01:47:19,499 --> 01:47:23,670
in which only one side can survive.

1949
01:47:24,471 --> 01:47:26,306
[McGuinness] What a perfect strategy

1950
01:47:26,373 --> 01:47:29,009
from the team of Dunne, Ricochet,
and War Raiders,

1951
01:47:30,010 --> 01:47:32,979
putting in the man arguably
with the best cardio,

1952
01:47:33,046 --> 01:47:34,548
first into the match.

1953
01:47:35,282 --> 01:47:37,984
[Watson] The irony
between these competitors starting,

1954
01:47:38,051 --> 01:47:42,122
they both say there is absolutely no way
you can prepare for a match like this.

1955
01:47:42,189 --> 01:47:45,525
You're essentially just had
to go to war and hope for the best.

1956
01:47:45,592 --> 01:47:48,728
[Ranallo] And Ricochet
wants to run NXT like cardio,

1957
01:47:48,795 --> 01:47:51,932
and was taunting Adam Cole,
and continues to do so,

1958
01:47:51,998 --> 01:47:55,569
sporting
the NXT North American championship.

1959
01:47:56,436 --> 01:48:00,207
So many tantalizing threats interwoven

1960
01:48:02,142 --> 01:48:07,147
in what should be a masterpiece of mayhem.

1961
01:48:09,182 --> 01:48:14,855
[McGuinness] It's ironic that Ricochet
and Adam Cole start this matchup,

1962
01:48:14,921 --> 01:48:21,194
of course, neither team knew
which man of the other team would start.

1963
01:48:21,261 --> 01:48:25,465
[rock music playing]

1964
01:48:29,169 --> 01:48:34,174
[McGuinness] So, five minutes now,
Ricochet and Adam Cole.

1965
01:48:34,241 --> 01:48:37,077
[Ranallo] Again,
this is not the official War Games match.

1966
01:48:37,143 --> 01:48:41,882
This is simply
to try to beat up your opponent,

1967
01:48:43,316 --> 01:48:46,620
take whatever you can from the opposition,

1968
01:48:47,187 --> 01:48:50,457
in hopes that once the War Games begin,

1969
01:48:53,693 --> 01:48:57,664
things will be a little less hostile.

1970
01:48:57,731 --> 01:48:59,132
[bell rings]

1971
01:48:59,199 --> 01:49:01,167
[crowd cheering]

1972
01:49:01,234 --> 01:49:03,937
[Indistinct] you can't have.

1973
01:49:04,004 --> 01:49:05,105
You're a joke.

1974
01:49:05,705 --> 01:49:07,240
[Ranallo] …a standoff.

1975
01:49:08,975 --> 01:49:10,777
[crowd yelling]

1976
01:49:10,844 --> 01:49:14,047
Hey, champ, why don't you come and fight
me?

1977
01:49:14,114 --> 01:49:15,382
[Ranallo] Adam Cole…

1978
01:49:16,082 --> 01:49:19,286
…begging Ricochet
to come and fight him in his ring.

1979
01:49:20,020 --> 01:49:21,588
Come and fight me, Ricochet.

1980
01:49:21,655 --> 01:49:22,622
Come on.

1981
01:49:22,689 --> 01:49:23,523
[Cole] Come on.

1982
01:49:23,590 --> 01:49:25,292
-[Ranallo] Two rings.
-[Cole] Come.

1983
01:49:25,358 --> 01:49:26,993
[Ranallo] The sinister structure.

1984
01:49:27,727 --> 01:49:29,396
This is War Games II.

1985
01:49:29,462 --> 01:49:30,964
[Cole] I'll let you, go ahead.

1986
01:49:31,031 --> 01:49:32,832
[McGuinness] It's a cautious start.

1987
01:49:32,899 --> 01:49:36,036
[Ranallo] And Adam Cole
is able to bait Ricochet into his web,

1988
01:49:37,037 --> 01:49:40,407
and Cole exploding
on the NXT North American champion.

1989
01:49:40,473 --> 01:49:44,945
But Ricochet immediately turns the tables,
firing off a volley of right hands

1990
01:49:45,011 --> 01:49:46,713
with a European uppercut to boot.

1991
01:49:46,780 --> 01:49:47,614
Come on, Adam.

1992
01:49:47,681 --> 01:49:49,015
-[Ranallo] Oh.
-[Watson] Oh.

1993
01:49:49,849 --> 01:49:53,587
[McGuinness] Like the crack of a whip,
that chop landed hard.

1994
01:49:54,487 --> 01:49:56,289
[Ranallo] Reversal of the Irish whip.

1995
01:49:57,190 --> 01:49:59,559
Beautifully done by Ricochet.

1996
01:49:59,626 --> 01:50:02,829
-[Ranallo] Ricochet head-scissors--
-[Watson] Bingo.

1997
01:50:02,896 --> 01:50:06,566
[Ranallo] …dynamic dropkick
by the NXT North American champion.

1998
01:50:07,133 --> 01:50:09,336
Remember, it was Adam Cole
who made history

1999
01:50:10,203 --> 01:50:13,306
earlier this year
in a legendary six-man ladder match

2000
01:50:13,373 --> 01:50:14,674
that included Ricochet.

2001
01:50:14,741 --> 01:50:16,643
Ricochet came within, well,

2002
01:50:16,710 --> 01:50:20,747
fingertips of becoming the inaugural NXT
North American champion,

2003
01:50:20,814 --> 01:50:23,616
only to be scuttled by Cole.

2004
01:50:24,150 --> 01:50:26,519
[crowd] Oh!

2005
01:50:27,821 --> 01:50:30,256
[Ranallo] But since then,
Ricochet has rebounded,

2006
01:50:30,323 --> 01:50:32,425
being the NXT's Skywalker.

2007
01:50:32,492 --> 01:50:34,294
You think this is your match, huh?

2008
01:50:36,096 --> 01:50:40,300
[McGuinness] And a bit of trash talk,
saying this is Cole's match,

2009
01:50:40,367 --> 01:50:42,902
referring, of course,
to last year's War Games match.

2010
01:50:42,969 --> 01:50:43,870
[Ranallo] Whoa.

2011
01:50:43,937 --> 01:50:48,408
And Ricochet gets caught
into a backstabber by Adam Cole,

2012
01:50:48,475 --> 01:50:49,409
well-timed.

2013
01:50:49,476 --> 01:50:50,744
[Cole] I don't think so.

2014
01:50:50,810 --> 01:50:53,513
[Watson] Cole says, no one can
handle War Games like UE.

2015
01:50:53,580 --> 01:50:56,082
And he's showing us why,
take a look one more time.

2016
01:50:56,149 --> 01:50:59,719
Picking Ricochet out of the air,
backstabber applied.

2017
01:50:59,786 --> 01:51:02,222
[Ranallo] It was Cole
who recorded the victory,

2018
01:51:02,288 --> 01:51:05,392
courtesy of the last shot last year,

2019
01:51:06,026 --> 01:51:09,629
and now, Cole, with the ground
and pound on Ricochet.

2020
01:51:11,197 --> 01:51:14,401
[McGuinness] You got to think
the UE has to feel that advantage.

2021
01:51:14,467 --> 01:51:18,038
They have to feel confident
because they've been in this match before,

2022
01:51:18,104 --> 01:51:19,639
they've been to hell and back.

2023
01:51:19,706 --> 01:51:23,943
[Ranallo] Neckbreaker by Adam Cole,
continues to soften Ricochet,

2024
01:51:24,010 --> 01:51:27,047
knowing full well that another member
of the Undisputed Era

2025
01:51:27,113 --> 01:51:28,848
will be the next to enter.

2026
01:51:29,516 --> 01:51:30,717
[Ranallo] The cage.

2027
01:51:30,784 --> 01:51:33,219
[McGuinness] Not only the experience
advantage as well,

2028
01:51:33,286 --> 01:51:36,756
the Undisputed Era, as a team,
they've got each other's back.

2029
01:51:36,823 --> 01:51:38,291
They know each other well.

2030
01:51:38,358 --> 01:51:40,193
[Ranallo] Supercharged alliance,

2031
01:51:40,260 --> 01:51:43,229
though facing up with "the enemy
of my enemy is my friend"

2032
01:51:43,296 --> 01:51:45,198
with Ricochet now in a [indistinct].

2033
01:51:45,265 --> 01:51:46,766
Ushigoroshi by Cole,

2034
01:51:47,901 --> 01:51:49,702
who had plenty of success in Japan,

2035
01:51:49,769 --> 01:51:53,673
and now is dominating NXT
as a member of the Undisputed Era.

2036
01:51:53,740 --> 01:51:56,710
[McGuinness] The question is,
that enmity for your opponents,

2037
01:51:56,776 --> 01:51:59,179
is that a strong enough bond
to form a team?

2038
01:51:59,245 --> 01:52:02,849
I mean, if we think of the traditional
5-on-5 survivor series matches

2039
01:52:02,916 --> 01:52:05,351
tomorrow night at Survivor Series,

2040
01:52:05,418 --> 01:52:09,622
the teams there are just a brand
that keeps them together.

2041
01:52:10,256 --> 01:52:13,193
[crowd chattering]

2042
01:52:13,793 --> 01:52:18,431
[Ranallo] Adam Cole utilizing
all of the real estate with the two rings,

2043
01:52:18,498 --> 01:52:22,035
now continues to beat down Ricochet,

2044
01:52:23,470 --> 01:52:26,539
keeping
the preeminent high-flyer grounded.

2045
01:52:28,541 --> 01:52:30,110
And Adam Cole,

2046
01:52:31,111 --> 01:52:34,748
as smart as they come
when it comes to ring IQ,

2047
01:52:34,814 --> 01:52:38,651
has been a champion wherever he has
performed in his illustrious career.

2048
01:52:38,718 --> 01:52:41,688
[Watson] One of the things
I like most about Adam Cole

2049
01:52:41,755 --> 01:52:43,223
is his patience in the ring.

2050
01:52:43,289 --> 01:52:44,357
How about doing this?

2051
01:52:44,424 --> 01:52:46,993
[McGuinness]
Cole's wearing down his opponent.

2052
01:52:47,060 --> 01:52:49,996
But first, let's see what happens
in a couple of minutes,

2053
01:52:50,663 --> 01:52:55,034
when another man of the Undisputed Era
comes into the ring.

2054
01:52:55,101 --> 01:52:57,670
And Adam Cole already has the advantage.

2055
01:52:57,737 --> 01:53:02,342
[Ranallo] A [indistinc] with Cole raking
Ricochet's face across the cage.

2056
01:53:02,876 --> 01:53:06,045
[McGuinness] Conceivably,
Ricochet could be taken out

2057
01:53:06,112 --> 01:53:09,182
before the match officially even starts.

2058
01:53:11,251 --> 01:53:16,723
[Ranallo] And Ricochet on the receiving
end of a diverse attack from Adam Cole,

2059
01:53:16,790 --> 01:53:21,928
attacking all areas of his anatomy,
but Cole telegraphing the back body drop.

2060
01:53:22,695 --> 01:53:25,331
And Ricochet putting the boots to Cole.

2061
01:53:25,398 --> 01:53:26,833
[crowd] Oh!

2062
01:53:27,767 --> 01:53:30,336
[Watson] There's the life coming back
into Ricochet.

2063
01:53:30,403 --> 01:53:33,072
[Ranallo] Yeah, Ricochet
is showcasing his resiliency.

2064
01:53:34,908 --> 01:53:38,178
[crowd chattering]

2065
01:53:39,379 --> 01:53:41,848
[Ranallo] It's man
who always wakes up in the sky,

2066
01:53:41,915 --> 01:53:47,787
man who has no fear,
as NXT North American champion,

2067
01:53:47,854 --> 01:53:48,888
and on cue.

2068
01:53:48,955 --> 01:53:50,890
-[Watson] Whoa.
-[Ranallo] Wow.

2069
01:53:50,957 --> 01:53:55,862
[Ranallo] Springboard soaring European
uppercut by Ricochet.

2070
01:53:55,929 --> 01:53:58,064
[Watson] That's it,
Nigel, oh, you said it.

2071
01:53:58,131 --> 01:53:59,032
You cannot hesitate.

2072
01:53:59,098 --> 01:54:01,768
You cannot show fear inside this cage.

2073
01:54:01,835 --> 01:54:04,070
You must be ready
for anything at all times.

2074
01:54:04,871 --> 01:54:06,139
[McGuinness] There we are,

2075
01:54:06,206 --> 01:54:10,577
ten seconds left until one man
from the Undisputed Era comes down.

2076
01:54:10,643 --> 01:54:13,513
And if you're Ricochet, oh, dear,

2077
01:54:15,982 --> 01:54:16,883
who's it gonna be?

2078
01:54:16,950 --> 01:54:19,052
[Ranallo] Which member
of the UE will it be?

2079
01:54:19,118 --> 01:54:20,420
-Come on.
-Come on.

2080
01:54:21,921 --> 01:54:24,524
[Ranallo] The referee
is unlocking the shark cage.

2081
01:54:25,024 --> 01:54:26,025
It will be--

2082
01:54:26,693 --> 01:54:28,761
-[Ranallo] What?
-[referee] Which one?

2083
01:54:28,828 --> 01:54:31,531
[Ranallo]
Kyle O'Reilly earned the advantage--

2084
01:54:31,598 --> 01:54:33,633
[Indistinct] on NXT TV.

2085
01:54:34,934 --> 01:54:37,437
[McGuinness] Almost seem
like a moment of hesitation,

2086
01:54:37,503 --> 01:54:39,405
but not from Kyle O'Reilly now.

2087
01:54:39,472 --> 01:54:40,874
[Watson] The palm strikes.

2088
01:54:40,940 --> 01:54:43,343
[Ranallo] Immediately,
in the land of palm trees,

2089
01:54:43,409 --> 01:54:45,778
Kyle O'Reilly
is looking to obliterate Ricochet

2090
01:54:45,845 --> 01:54:47,447
with those open palm strikes.

2091
01:54:47,513 --> 01:54:51,251
[McGuinness] And the Undisputed Era
now has a three-minute advantage.

2092
01:54:51,317 --> 01:54:52,986
[Watson] Cole has time to recover.

2093
01:54:53,052 --> 01:54:58,091
[Ranallo] And O'Reilly
is looking to just skeletonize Ricochet

2094
01:54:58,157 --> 01:55:01,394
as if O'Reilly was a piranha
and Ricochet was a water buffalo.

2095
01:55:01,461 --> 01:55:04,764
And now Cole and O'Reilly,
with the numbers advantage.

2096
01:55:07,967 --> 01:55:09,802
[McGuinness] Forget about recovering.

2097
01:55:09,869 --> 01:55:13,139
If you're Cole, I wanna put Ricochet away
now when I've got this advantage.

2098
01:55:14,207 --> 01:55:18,044
[Ranallo] Cole and O'Reilly,
two-thirds of the winning version

2099
01:55:18,111 --> 01:55:20,480
of the Undisputed Era last year

2100
01:55:20,546 --> 01:55:24,384
at the first NXT War Games match.

2101
01:55:24,450 --> 01:55:26,319
Bobby Fish was on the shelf.

2102
01:55:26,886 --> 01:55:27,720
[crowd ] Oh!

2103
01:55:27,787 --> 01:55:29,923
[Ranallo] And Ricochet--oh.

2104
01:55:29,989 --> 01:55:32,425
Nice right hand and a right hand for Cole.

2105
01:55:32,492 --> 01:55:34,127
And Ricochet--oh.

2106
01:55:34,961 --> 01:55:37,263
Ricocheting off both O'Reilly and Cole.

2107
01:55:37,330 --> 01:55:40,166
Oh, dragon screw leg whip--

2108
01:55:40,233 --> 01:55:41,234
[McGuinness] Oh, no.

2109
01:55:41,301 --> 01:55:42,402
[Ranallo] By O'Reilly.

2110
01:55:43,469 --> 01:55:47,707
[McGuinness] Is that now three members
of the Undisputed Era's opponents

2111
01:55:47,774 --> 01:55:49,309
with bad knees?

2112
01:55:50,043 --> 01:55:53,646
[Ranallo] And the Undisputed Era
has done a great job

2113
01:55:54,747 --> 01:56:00,153
of taking liberties
with their opposition, attacking Hanson,

2114
01:56:01,220 --> 01:56:03,423
Pete Dunne,
and now Ricochet's lower limbs,

2115
01:56:03,489 --> 01:56:04,724
and a Muay Thai clinch,

2116
01:56:04,791 --> 01:56:06,392
knee strikes and wow.

2117
01:56:06,459 --> 01:56:08,361
You talk about Tag Team positioning.

2118
01:56:08,428 --> 01:56:10,129
You got to say the Undisputed Era,

2119
01:56:10,196 --> 01:56:13,433
all four members
with more chemistry than a science fair,

2120
01:56:13,499 --> 01:56:16,602
and these
are sports entertainment scientists

2121
01:56:16,669 --> 01:56:19,305
working their craft right now on Ricochet.

2122
01:56:21,341 --> 01:56:23,710
Get up, Ricochet, get up.

2123
01:56:24,277 --> 01:56:25,178
[indistinct]

2124
01:56:26,179 --> 01:56:29,215
[Watson] And Cole said last year,
this is where things really start.

2125
01:56:29,282 --> 01:56:31,651
This is where they began to take over NXT.

2126
01:56:31,718 --> 01:56:33,553
And if they win this year,

2127
01:56:33,619 --> 01:56:35,855
what does that mean for NXT going forward?

2128
01:56:35,922 --> 01:56:38,358
[Ranallo] NXT universe
is rallying behind Ricochet,

2129
01:56:38,424 --> 01:56:42,628
knowing odds are against the current
NXT North American champ.

2130
01:56:44,764 --> 01:56:47,266
Oh, Ricochet drives Cole into O'Reilly.

2131
01:56:47,333 --> 01:56:50,003
And, of course,
a right hand on Kyle O'Reilly,

2132
01:56:50,069 --> 01:56:53,239
but then, a bicycle kick
meets the face of Ricochet.

2133
01:56:53,306 --> 01:56:54,607
[Watson] Oh.

2134
01:56:56,743 --> 01:56:57,677
[Ranallo] Wow.

2135
01:57:01,247 --> 01:57:02,715
[McGuinness] Hold on.

2136
01:57:02,782 --> 01:57:03,916
[Ranallo] Oh, an assist--

2137
01:57:03,983 --> 01:57:05,151
[Watson] Oh, man.

2138
01:57:05,218 --> 01:57:09,789
[Ranallo] An assist from O'Reilly
and another ushigoroshi from Adam Cole,

2139
01:57:09,856 --> 01:57:12,058
whether it'd be Japan or North America,

2140
01:57:12,125 --> 01:57:14,494
O'Reilly and Adam Cole
are two of the best.

2141
01:57:15,061 --> 01:57:17,997
[McGuinness] And now finally Ricochet
is gonna get some help.

2142
01:57:18,498 --> 01:57:21,768
Percy, if you are Ricochet,
15 more minutes

2143
01:57:21,834 --> 01:57:24,737
until the match even starts officially--

2144
01:57:24,804 --> 01:57:26,739
[Watson] The question is if it is late.

2145
01:57:26,806 --> 01:57:27,740
Ricochet was out--

2146
01:57:29,842 --> 01:57:32,278
[Ranallo] War Raiders and Dunne--whoa.

2147
01:57:33,346 --> 01:57:36,516
And Hanson keeps Dunne from entering,

2148
01:57:36,582 --> 01:57:42,054
and Hanson, who lost to Kyle O'Reilly
for the advantage on Wednesday,

2149
01:57:42,121 --> 01:57:43,156
wants retribution.

2150
01:57:43,222 --> 01:57:46,426
Instead, he's mauled
by O'Reilly and Cole momentarily.

2151
01:57:46,492 --> 01:57:49,328
[Watson] He's a bigger man,
he can absorb most punishment.

2152
01:57:49,395 --> 01:57:51,664
[McGuinness]
He's also gonna get tired earlier.

2153
01:57:55,234 --> 01:57:59,372
[Ranallo] And, of course, Ricochet
will be given an opportunity to recover,

2154
01:57:59,439 --> 01:58:04,677
as it's Hanson laying waste now
to members of the Undisputed Era.

2155
01:58:06,212 --> 01:58:08,381
Remember Killian Dain, an MVP performance

2156
01:58:08,448 --> 01:58:11,684
for Sanity and a losing effort
at last year's War Games.

2157
01:58:11,751 --> 01:58:13,853
And look at Hanson--

2158
01:58:13,920 --> 01:58:17,957
Guys his size aren't supposed
to be able to move like this.

2159
01:58:18,024 --> 01:58:19,659
[crowd cheering]

2160
01:58:20,259 --> 01:58:23,496
[Watson] Again, this is valuable time
for Ricochet to recover.

2161
01:58:23,563 --> 01:58:25,431
If Hanson can keep this pace going,

2162
01:58:25,498 --> 01:58:27,667
this what put this team back in contention

2163
01:58:27,733 --> 01:58:29,535
in this War Games match.

2164
01:58:29,602 --> 01:58:32,238
[McGuinness] It's a fair play [indistinct]

2165
01:58:32,305 --> 01:58:33,139
[Ranallo] Oh.

2166
01:58:33,206 --> 01:58:34,607
[McGuinness] …Opponents…

2167
01:58:34,674 --> 01:58:36,876
[Ranallo] …there are close lines

2168
01:58:36,943 --> 01:58:40,279
[indistinct] corner close lines by Hanson.

2169
01:58:42,081 --> 01:58:45,418
[McGuinness] But Hanson
is expending a lot of energy,

2170
01:58:45,485 --> 01:58:48,354
running corner to corner, nonstop.

2171
01:58:49,222 --> 01:58:50,056
Oh.

2172
01:58:50,123 --> 01:58:51,591
[Watson] He keeps his team alive.

2173
01:58:51,657 --> 01:58:54,026
[Ranallo] He was trained
by the killer Kowalski,

2174
01:58:54,093 --> 01:58:56,562
and is showing
the killer instinct here early.

2175
01:58:59,031 --> 01:58:59,899
Wow.

2176
01:58:59,966 --> 01:59:03,269
Hanson, with a tour de force.

2177
01:59:03,336 --> 01:59:04,504
[crowd cheering]

2178
01:59:04,570 --> 01:59:08,875
[McGuinness] A big War Raider sucking air,
ready to attack again.

2179
01:59:09,575 --> 01:59:11,310
[Watson] Cannonball coming through.

2180
01:59:11,377 --> 01:59:12,278
Boom.

2181
01:59:12,345 --> 01:59:16,516
[Ranallo] Oh, bronco buster on both,
O'Reilly and Cole,

2182
01:59:16,582 --> 01:59:19,685
driving the air out of their lungs.

2183
01:59:20,920 --> 01:59:24,557
And the air that is going
to become--well, so premium,

2184
01:59:24,624 --> 01:59:25,725
as this match unfolds.

2185
01:59:25,791 --> 01:59:28,694
And now, Ricochet,
back on his feet, joins Hanson,

2186
01:59:28,761 --> 01:59:30,363
and for now, the odds are even.

2187
01:59:30,429 --> 01:59:32,098
[McGuinness] In terms of numbers,

2188
01:59:32,165 --> 01:59:34,133
and if you take a look in the ring now,

2189
01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:36,903
both men of Undisputed Era
are down-- what's this?

2190
01:59:36,969 --> 01:59:39,105
[Ranallo] Ricochet and Hanson
are teaming up.

2191
01:59:39,172 --> 01:59:40,806
[Watson] Show time is what it is.

2192
01:59:40,873 --> 01:59:45,411
[Ranallo] Shooting star press
off the back of Hanson by Ricochet.

2193
01:59:46,112 --> 01:59:48,047
[McGuinness] Some nice teamwork there.

2194
01:59:49,048 --> 01:59:50,183
[Watson] One more time.

2195
01:59:50,249 --> 01:59:52,752
Take a look at the shooting star press--

2196
01:59:52,818 --> 01:59:57,690
[Ranallo] And Ricochet lands hard
across the ribcage of Kyle O'Reilly.

2197
01:59:57,757 --> 02:00:00,860
[crowd cheering]

2198
02:00:02,361 --> 02:00:03,196
Oh.

2199
02:00:03,262 --> 02:00:05,431
[Ranallo] Adam Cole playing possum,

2200
02:00:05,498 --> 02:00:08,834
and led Hanson into an elbow,
but there-- oh,

2201
02:00:08,901 --> 02:00:10,536
O'Reilly is coming to Cole's aid,

2202
02:00:10,603 --> 02:00:11,938
Cole is dropping elbows.

2203
02:00:13,506 --> 02:00:16,509
Again, no pinfalls or submissions
on the War Games match yet

2204
02:00:16,576 --> 02:00:18,244
to officially begin.

2205
02:00:18,311 --> 02:00:22,315
This is all about beating
the hell out of your opposition.

2206
02:00:26,519 --> 02:00:29,822
[McGuinness] There is Ricochet,
who has absorbed a lot of punishment…

2207
02:00:29,889 --> 02:00:32,258
-[Ranallo] Ricochet is--
-[McGuinness] …early.

2208
02:00:32,325 --> 02:00:36,028
[Ranallo] And who's also meet it out
his own unique brand of punishment.

2209
02:00:36,095 --> 02:00:37,430
[crowd] Three, two…

2210
02:00:37,496 --> 02:00:40,533
[Ranallo] Again, the advantage
to the Undisputed Era.

2211
02:00:40,600 --> 02:00:43,536
Their third member is about to enter.

2212
02:00:50,242 --> 02:00:51,077
Go, go, go.

2213
02:00:51,143 --> 02:00:53,179
[Ranallo] It's gonna be Roderick Strong,

2214
02:00:53,246 --> 02:00:55,481
who, you recall at last year's War Games,

2215
02:00:55,548 --> 02:00:58,351
was a member of the team
with the authors of pain.

2216
02:00:58,417 --> 02:01:01,220
He was, in fact,
an opponent of the Undisputed Era,

2217
02:01:01,287 --> 02:01:02,555
but not tonight.

2218
02:01:02,622 --> 02:01:06,559
[McGuinness] Oh, Roderick Strong
is completely fresh,

2219
02:01:06,626 --> 02:01:10,129
tearing into both Ricochet and Hanson.

2220
02:01:10,663 --> 02:01:11,497
[Ranallo] Oh.

2221
02:01:11,564 --> 02:01:13,733
What a dropkick by Roderick Strong.

2222
02:01:14,433 --> 02:01:16,335
[crowd] Oh!

2223
02:01:16,402 --> 02:01:18,537
[McGuinness] Just
picking apart his opponents.

2224
02:01:18,604 --> 02:01:20,506
[Ranallo] Oh, step-up knee in the corner,

2225
02:01:20,573 --> 02:01:23,542
one half of the NXT Tag Team champions,

2226
02:01:23,609 --> 02:01:27,947
laying waste to War Raiders,
and ura-nage across the knee.

2227
02:01:28,614 --> 02:01:30,716
-[Watson] Again?
-[Ranallo] Another one.

2228
02:01:30,783 --> 02:01:34,320
[Ranallo] The Messiah of the backbreakers
is innovative as they come,

2229
02:01:35,388 --> 02:01:37,623
putting Ricochet in a torture rack…

2230
02:01:37,690 --> 02:01:38,524
[crowd] Oh.

2231
02:01:38,591 --> 02:01:40,359
[crowd cheering]

2232
02:01:40,426 --> 02:01:43,562
[Ranallo] …and dropping Ricochet
across both of Strong's knees.

2233
02:01:43,629 --> 02:01:47,400
Strong with that strong effort,
to say the least.

2234
02:01:48,768 --> 02:01:49,935
[McGuinness] Oh.

2235
02:01:50,002 --> 02:01:51,537
[crowd chanting]

2236
02:01:51,604 --> 02:01:53,706
[McGuinness] Using Ricochet as a missile.

2237
02:01:53,773 --> 02:01:54,674
[Ranallo] Hold on.

2238
02:01:54,740 --> 02:01:56,142
Strong got caught by Hanson

2239
02:01:56,208 --> 02:01:58,577
and then it's Cole
that kicks Hanson in the face.

2240
02:01:58,644 --> 02:02:02,281
Axe kick, and the forearm smash
by O'Reilly, and look…

2241
02:02:02,348 --> 02:02:04,450
-[Watson] No.
-[Ranallo] …at the UE.

2242
02:02:04,517 --> 02:02:05,985
[Ranallo] What a trio.

2243
02:02:06,519 --> 02:02:09,355
[McGuinness] Now, the numbers game
come back into play.

2244
02:02:10,956 --> 02:02:14,193
Fancy the time, but you've got
to have at least two minutes left

2245
02:02:14,260 --> 02:02:16,362
to put some big punishment.

2246
02:02:17,163 --> 02:02:22,168
[Ranallo] Undisputed Era,
as close to a stable as you will ever find

2247
02:02:22,234 --> 02:02:23,803
in sports entertainment.

2248
02:02:24,804 --> 02:02:29,809
These warriors
have traveled together for years.

2249
02:02:31,143 --> 02:02:33,379
They battled each other over the years,

2250
02:02:33,446 --> 02:02:35,981
and found a common good
in the Undisputed Era.

2251
02:02:37,149 --> 02:02:39,285
[crowd chattering]

2252
02:02:39,885 --> 02:02:42,054
How's that feel, Hanson?

2253
02:02:42,121 --> 02:02:43,989
[crowd chanting]

2254
02:02:44,056 --> 02:02:49,528
[Ranallo] And, boy, the Undisputed Era
just decimating Hanson and Ricochet.

2255
02:02:50,796 --> 02:02:52,031
How's it feel?

2256
02:02:52,098 --> 02:02:53,699
[Ranallo] Strength in numbers.

2257
02:02:54,867 --> 02:02:56,168
[crowd] Oh!

2258
02:02:56,235 --> 02:02:58,938
[Ranallo] NXT Tag Team champions
team up on Ricochet.

2259
02:02:59,004 --> 02:03:00,573
[crowd] Oh.

2260
02:03:01,874 --> 02:03:03,042
Oh.

2261
02:03:03,642 --> 02:03:05,644
[McGuinness] Ricochet dropped there.

2262
02:03:05,711 --> 02:03:08,114
[Ranallo] And by the way,
the match, War Games,

2263
02:03:08,180 --> 02:03:09,782
yet to officially begin guys.

2264
02:03:09,849 --> 02:03:13,319
Look at the punishment being meted out
by the Undisputed Era.

2265
02:03:13,385 --> 02:03:15,254
Teamwork makes the dream work.

2266
02:03:15,321 --> 02:03:18,257
[McGuinness] I said it before,
by the time this match start,

2267
02:03:18,324 --> 02:03:21,127
Ricochet, to all intents and purposes,
is useless.

2268
02:03:21,193 --> 02:03:23,295
[Watson]
I can't imagine what it'll be like

2269
02:03:23,362 --> 02:03:26,031
when all competitors are in the ring.

2270
02:03:26,098 --> 02:03:28,234
Based on how it looks now, it'll be crazy.

2271
02:03:28,300 --> 02:03:31,804
[Ranallo] It'll be the second win
at War Games for Undisputed Era.

2272
02:03:31,871 --> 02:03:33,973
That's what you're saying,
if this continues,

2273
02:03:34,039 --> 02:03:37,443
the onslaught by O'Reilly,
Cole and Strong.

2274
02:03:37,510 --> 02:03:39,345
And now, in less than 10 seconds,

2275
02:03:39,411 --> 02:03:43,549
we will be even, once again,
in terms of numbers in the ring.

2276
02:03:43,616 --> 02:03:46,118
[crowd] Three, two, one.

2277
02:03:47,820 --> 02:03:49,789
[Ranallo] Will it be Rowe or Dunne?

2278
02:03:49,855 --> 02:03:51,824
They're both fighting to get in,

2279
02:03:51,891 --> 02:03:54,727
and it's gonna be Rowe,
the other half of the War Raiders.

2280
02:03:54,794 --> 02:03:56,662
[McGuinness] Doesn't it speak volumes?

2281
02:03:57,496 --> 02:04:01,567
Both men fighting to get in,
they hadn't made the decision beforehand.

2282
02:04:01,634 --> 02:04:03,235
[Ranallo] I guess, they're not--

2283
02:04:04,403 --> 02:04:06,105
[McGuinness] Not on the same page.

2284
02:04:06,172 --> 02:04:09,275
[Ranallo] Not like the UE,
but they'd better get on the same page

2285
02:04:09,341 --> 02:04:10,976
in a hurry if that Rowe--

2286
02:04:11,043 --> 02:04:13,312
-[Watson] Whoa.
-[Ranallo] Wow, what a suplex.

2287
02:04:13,379 --> 02:04:15,815
[Watson] War Raiders
don't create strategies.

2288
02:04:15,881 --> 02:04:16,982
They just wanna brawl.

2289
02:04:17,049 --> 02:04:18,918
[Ranallo] Gutbuster into the gutwrench.

2290
02:04:18,984 --> 02:04:20,252
Forearm by Cole, but--

2291
02:04:20,319 --> 02:04:22,388
-[Watson] Oh.
-[Ranallo] Rowe [indistinct].

2292
02:04:22,988 --> 02:04:26,525
[Ranallo] What an explosive
[indistinct] Knee by Rowe.

2293
02:04:28,460 --> 02:04:32,298
And look at the striking display
of one-half of the War Raiders, Rowe.

2294
02:04:34,433 --> 02:04:38,537
[McGuinness] How about
that rear naked sleeper holder?

2295
02:04:39,238 --> 02:04:41,774
[Ranallo] O'Reilly
training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu

2296
02:04:41,841 --> 02:04:45,044
in his native British Colombia--wow.

2297
02:04:45,110 --> 02:04:47,079
-[crowd] Oh.
-[McGuinness] Oh.

2298
02:04:48,180 --> 02:04:51,584
The sick neck of Ray Rowe,
protecting himself there,

2299
02:04:53,018 --> 02:04:55,654
tucking that chin,
protecting the carotid artery.

2300
02:04:55,721 --> 02:04:58,624
[Ranallo] Rowe scoops up O'Reilly.

2301
02:04:58,691 --> 02:05:00,459
Hanson puts Strong--what?

2302
02:05:00,526 --> 02:05:02,428
[Watson] Look at the power of Rowe.

2303
02:05:02,495 --> 02:05:04,163
[crowd chattering]

2304
02:05:04,230 --> 02:05:05,965
[Ranallo] Mamma Mia, wow.

2305
02:05:06,031 --> 02:05:08,234
[crowd cheering]

2306
02:05:08,300 --> 02:05:13,239
[Ranallo] Power bomb,
power slam, power War Raiders.

2307
02:05:13,305 --> 02:05:15,774
[Watson] Can you say momentum shift?

2308
02:05:15,841 --> 02:05:18,477
[crowd cheering]

2309
02:05:18,544 --> 02:05:19,645
[Watson] Look at this.

2310
02:05:19,712 --> 02:05:22,715
Look at the power of Rowe of War Raiders

2311
02:05:22,781 --> 02:05:26,719
and check out the impact
on both Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong.

2312
02:05:26,785 --> 02:05:31,423
[McGuinness] That's gonna be
nearly 450 pounds driven into the mat.

2313
02:05:31,490 --> 02:05:35,294
[Ranallo] Another tremendous night
for NXT TakeOver,

2314
02:05:35,361 --> 02:05:38,097
currently the number one trend worldwide,

2315
02:05:38,163 --> 02:05:41,967
and five of the top ten trends
on the planet.

2316
02:05:42,034 --> 02:05:45,638
All have to do
with NXT TakeOver: War Games,

2317
02:05:45,704 --> 02:05:50,376
and the sequel already living up
to what transpired a year ago.

2318
02:05:50,442 --> 02:05:53,345
[McGuinness] Look at--look at the face
of Adam Cole now.

2319
02:05:53,412 --> 02:05:56,649
[Watson] Look where he's backing up to,
right into Ricochet.

2320
02:05:56,715 --> 02:05:59,018
[Ranallo] Oh, Cole is surrounded.

2321
02:06:00,185 --> 02:06:01,020
[McGuinness] Uh-oh.

2322
02:06:01,086 --> 02:06:06,926
[Ranallo] And Cole, Ricochet pushes him
right into the War Raiders' battering ram,

2323
02:06:06,992 --> 02:06:10,663
face first, into the cage goes Adam Cole.

2324
02:06:11,530 --> 02:06:14,233
[crowd cheering]

2325
02:06:14,300 --> 02:06:17,436
[McGuinness] That's an interesting point,
the order of entrance?

2326
02:06:17,503 --> 02:06:19,905
Yes, if you come in first,
you have an advantage,

2327
02:06:19,972 --> 02:06:23,008
but if you come in second,
your man's a lot fresher.

2328
02:06:23,075 --> 02:06:27,580
[Ranallo] War Raiders, enjoy smiting foes
on the field of battle.

2329
02:06:27,646 --> 02:06:29,348
[crowd chanting]

2330
02:06:29,415 --> 02:06:30,482
[McGuinness] Oh.

2331
02:06:30,549 --> 02:06:34,286
[crowd chattering]

2332
02:06:35,554 --> 02:06:36,388
[McGuinness] Oh.

2333
02:06:37,289 --> 02:06:39,558
Again, the right arm from Ricochet.

2334
02:06:39,625 --> 02:06:40,626
Oh.

2335
02:06:40,693 --> 02:06:42,494
[McGuinness] Finding a second wind--

2336
02:06:42,561 --> 02:06:45,931
He may have to find a third and
a fourth wind before the end of it.

2337
02:06:45,998 --> 02:06:48,033
[crowd cheering]

2338
02:06:48,100 --> 02:06:50,469
[McGuinness] The final member
of Undisputed Era

2339
02:06:50,536 --> 02:06:51,737
will enter the ring.

2340
02:06:53,138 --> 02:06:54,607
No question who it is.

2341
02:06:55,607 --> 02:07:01,013
[Ranallo] Bobby Fish, who made
an instant impact in his return--what?

2342
02:07:02,414 --> 02:07:05,284
-[Ranallo] Bobby Fish is going--
[Watson] What's he doing?

2343
02:07:05,351 --> 02:07:08,187
[Ranallo] He locked Dunne,
but he's attacking his fingers.

2344
02:07:08,253 --> 02:07:09,722
What's Bobby Fish doing?

2345
02:07:10,990 --> 02:07:11,824
[Watson] Oh.

2346
02:07:11,890 --> 02:07:12,725
[Ranallo] Wow.

2347
02:07:13,959 --> 02:07:16,061
Bobby Fish
is supposed to be headed to the--

2348
02:07:16,128 --> 02:07:18,497
-[Watson] No.
-[Ranallo] War Games, but instead--

2349
02:07:18,564 --> 02:07:19,398
[Watson] What?

2350
02:07:19,465 --> 02:07:23,068
[crowd chattering]

2351
02:07:23,135 --> 02:07:24,036
[Ranallo] What--

2352
02:07:24,103 --> 02:07:25,471
[Watson] Is he locking him?

2353
02:07:25,537 --> 02:07:28,540
[Ranallo] Dunne is locked in the cage
and he's got the key.

2354
02:07:29,908 --> 02:07:32,578
[McGuinness] Fish
used the padlock from his cage

2355
02:07:32,644 --> 02:07:36,648
to lock the other team's shark cage,
he's a genius.

2356
02:07:36,715 --> 02:07:39,652
[Ranallo] The Undisputed Era,
again, with an advantage.

2357
02:07:39,718 --> 02:07:42,921
Bobby Fish is ensuring
that they may have the advantage

2358
02:07:44,690 --> 02:07:46,125
for the rest of this match.

2359
02:07:46,191 --> 02:07:47,860
-[Ranallo] What?
-[McGuinness] Oh.

2360
02:07:47,926 --> 02:07:49,061
[crowd] Oh!

2361
02:07:49,128 --> 02:07:51,897
[Ranallo] You've got to be kidding me,
he threw it away.

2362
02:07:51,964 --> 02:07:52,798
I got it, boys.

2363
02:07:52,865 --> 02:07:55,567
And guys, Pete Dunne
has to make into the cage

2364
02:07:55,634 --> 02:07:58,270
for War Games to be official.

2365
02:07:58,337 --> 02:08:01,440
And now,
Bobby Fish with his trusted chair.

2366
02:08:02,808 --> 02:08:04,743
[McGuinness] What? Undisputed Era--

2367
02:08:04,810 --> 02:08:07,679
[Ranallo] Bobby Fish, the chairman
of the board of the UE.

2368
02:08:07,746 --> 02:08:10,215
[McGuinness] This is clearly premeditated.

2369
02:08:10,282 --> 02:08:15,454
What a brilliant plan
from the Undisputed Era.

2370
02:08:16,355 --> 02:08:21,794
[Ranallo] Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly
with the [indistinct].

2371
02:08:22,461 --> 02:08:25,564
One half of the War Raiders,
Hanson, and there's--

2372
02:08:25,631 --> 02:08:28,434
[McGuinness] We see that time clock
in the bottom corner.

2373
02:08:28,500 --> 02:08:32,571
Two minutes, fifty seconds,
but when that runs out, it won't matter.

2374
02:08:32,638 --> 02:08:38,077
[Ranallo] Pete Dunne's locked in the cage
and Bobby Fish threw away the keys.

2375
02:08:39,678 --> 02:08:45,017
And until Dunne gets into the match,
it doesn't officially start.

2376
02:08:45,084 --> 02:08:48,520
[Watson] The era, has all of this time,
with the one-man advantage.

2377
02:08:48,587 --> 02:08:50,456
What is this? What is Ricochet--

2378
02:08:50,522 --> 02:08:52,958
[Ranallo] It's bad enough
they have the numbers advantage.

2379
02:08:53,025 --> 02:08:55,461
They're each in possession of chairs,

2380
02:08:55,527 --> 02:08:58,697
and they're using those chairs to destroy
their opponents.

2381
02:09:00,432 --> 02:09:03,135
[McGuinness] Mangling
those Undisputed Era chairs.

2382
02:09:03,769 --> 02:09:06,638
[Watson] This is big trouble
for Ricochet and War Raiders.

2383
02:09:06,705 --> 02:09:10,175
[Ranallo] And guys think about this,
if Dunne somehow escapes the cage

2384
02:09:10,242 --> 02:09:12,811
and gets into the mat,
it's gonna be four-on-one

2385
02:09:12,878 --> 02:09:17,182
because the Undisputed Era's decimating
the War Raiders and Ricochet.

2386
02:09:17,249 --> 02:09:18,717
Right here.

2387
02:09:19,918 --> 02:09:24,089
[McGuinness]
What an absolutely brilliant strategy

2388
02:09:24,156 --> 02:09:26,024
from the Undisputed Era.

2389
02:09:26,091 --> 02:09:30,796
[Ranallo] Undisputed Era is brutalizing
Hanson of the War Raiders.

2390
02:09:30,863 --> 02:09:35,467
[McGuinness] I don't know who
came up with it, but they need a medal.

2391
02:09:35,534 --> 02:09:37,703
[Ranallo] It was obviously premeditated,

2392
02:09:37,769 --> 02:09:40,506
a plan that had been put into effect,

2393
02:09:41,673 --> 02:09:45,677
as Rowe gets put through the chair
by Roderick Strong.

2394
02:09:45,744 --> 02:09:46,712
How does that feel?

2395
02:09:46,779 --> 02:09:49,815
[Ranallo] And have we ever seen
the Undisputed Era look stronger?

2396
02:09:49,882 --> 02:09:52,284
[Watson] And I guess Strong
didn't get all of it,

2397
02:09:52,351 --> 02:09:54,486
but it doesn't matter, it was effective.

2398
02:09:55,154 --> 02:09:57,456
[Ranallo] And it helps that it's
four-on-three

2399
02:09:57,523 --> 02:10:01,693
with the fourth member of the other team
in purgatory right now.

2400
02:10:01,760 --> 02:10:04,730
[McGuinness] Well,
we talked about the physicality,

2401
02:10:04,797 --> 02:10:07,733
the brutality of the War Games matches,

2402
02:10:07,799 --> 02:10:11,403
we didn't necessarily talk
about the intelligence of the teams.

2403
02:10:11,470 --> 02:10:14,039
And that's been the biggest factor
in this match.

2404
02:10:14,106 --> 02:10:16,141
[Ranallo] That's why the Undisputed Era

2405
02:10:17,809 --> 02:10:19,912
Rose so quickly in the NXT ranks.

2406
02:10:19,978 --> 02:10:23,882
Oh, wow, almost putting Rowe
right through the cage.

2407
02:10:25,751 --> 02:10:30,689
And again, this match is yet to begin
officially, and look at the carnage.

2408
02:10:30,756 --> 02:10:31,957
Let's do it.

2409
02:10:32,024 --> 02:10:35,694
[Ranallo] Bobby Fish, of course,
who's recovering from that leg injury,

2410
02:10:36,795 --> 02:10:38,897
was on the shelf
for a long period of time,

2411
02:10:39,631 --> 02:10:42,401
but came back
and made impact with the chair.

2412
02:10:42,467 --> 02:10:44,036
[McGuinness] And then Ray Rowe,

2413
02:10:44,102 --> 02:10:47,439
I think, made impact
to Bobby Fish's injured leg.

2414
02:10:47,940 --> 02:10:51,076
[Ranallo] In fact, War Raiders
blamed Bobby Fish, Percy,

2415
02:10:51,143 --> 02:10:53,912
for not being the NXT Tag Team champions.

2416
02:10:53,979 --> 02:10:58,350
They had a shot at the titles
before Bobby Fish made a shocking return.

2417
02:10:58,417 --> 02:11:00,385
[crowd counting]

2418
02:11:00,452 --> 02:11:02,487
[McGuinness] The time is ticking down,

2419
02:11:02,554 --> 02:11:04,656
but fellas, at this point, it's academic.

2420
02:11:05,390 --> 02:11:06,625
[crowd counting]

2421
02:11:06,692 --> 02:11:09,094
They obviously dreaded--oh,
they found the key.

2422
02:11:09,161 --> 02:11:10,963
[Ranallo] Did they? They're--

2423
02:11:12,564 --> 02:11:15,367
[Watson] That was for the original lock,
oh, man.

2424
02:11:15,434 --> 02:11:16,835
[McGuinness] Let's see if--

2425
02:11:17,669 --> 02:11:19,338
My key doesn't work on this one.

2426
02:11:19,404 --> 02:11:20,572
He threw the other key.

2427
02:11:20,639 --> 02:11:22,241
[McGuinness] It's the wrong key.

2428
02:11:24,643 --> 02:11:26,011
It doesn't work on it.

2429
02:11:26,078 --> 02:11:28,647
[Ranallo] Pete Dunne is apoplectic.

2430
02:11:29,481 --> 02:11:31,450
He's desperately trying to get out

2431
02:11:31,516 --> 02:11:33,118
so we can officially begin War Games,

2432
02:11:33,185 --> 02:11:36,121
but the other key
was thrown away by Bobby Fish,

2433
02:11:36,188 --> 02:11:38,290
and that may have thrown away the chances

2434
02:11:38,357 --> 02:11:40,859
of Dunne, Ricochet
and War Raiders in this match.

2435
02:11:40,926 --> 02:11:43,762
[McGuinness] We need some officials
from the NXT universe

2436
02:11:43,829 --> 02:11:45,163
to see if they find that key.

2437
02:11:45,230 --> 02:11:47,099
[Watson] They'll have to find a way

2438
02:11:47,165 --> 02:11:49,468
to get Dunne
out of there to back his team up,

2439
02:11:49,534 --> 02:11:51,670
because this is going sideways real quick.

2440
02:11:52,204 --> 02:11:53,772
[crowd chanting]

2441
02:11:54,940 --> 02:11:56,608
[Ranallo] Chants of Bruiserweight

2442
02:11:56,675 --> 02:12:00,345
and Pete Dunne is doing his best
to try to break the chains.

2443
02:12:01,613 --> 02:12:04,316
[McGuinness] Try and get
some bolt cutters or something.

2444
02:12:04,916 --> 02:12:07,653
I didn't have any idea
that this could've happened.

2445
02:12:07,719 --> 02:12:09,488
[Ranallo] Last year, it was Strong

2446
02:12:10,422 --> 02:12:13,992
who avalanched
German suplexed Adam Cole, but now--

2447
02:12:14,059 --> 02:12:16,061
-[McGuinness] Look at this.
-[Ranallo] Wow.

2448
02:12:16,128 --> 02:12:18,163
Strong with another suplex.

2449
02:12:18,230 --> 02:12:20,399
Bobby Fish with one,

2450
02:12:20,465 --> 02:12:25,337
and the Undisputed Era
is simply laying waste and--

2451
02:12:25,404 --> 02:12:26,838
You can't do it!

2452
02:12:26,905 --> 02:12:29,374
[Ranallo] Cole mocking
"the Bruiserweight" Dunne.

2453
02:12:29,441 --> 02:12:30,642
[Cole] You can't do it.

2454
02:12:30,709 --> 02:12:34,446
-[Cole] We're the UE and we run…
-[Ranallo] There's gonna be hell to pay.

2455
02:12:34,513 --> 02:12:35,614
…this freaking show.

2456
02:12:36,348 --> 02:12:38,917
[Ranallo] Cole's saying
they run this freaking show.

2457
02:12:38,984 --> 02:12:40,786
Adam Cole, Bay Bay.

2458
02:12:40,852 --> 02:12:42,220
[crowd cheering]

2459
02:12:42,287 --> 02:12:44,056
[Ranallo] And it appears

2460
02:12:44,122 --> 02:12:47,159
that the Undisputed Era
are running Los Angeles tonight. Wait.

2461
02:12:47,225 --> 02:12:50,228
-[Watson] Here we go.
-[Ranallo] Your wish is their command.

2462
02:12:51,063 --> 02:12:53,231
[Ranallo] They managed
to find bolt cutters.

2463
02:12:53,298 --> 02:12:56,101
And you know Pete Dunne
is gonna bolt out of that cage.

2464
02:12:56,601 --> 02:12:59,171
[McGuinness] At this juncture,
what's the point?

2465
02:12:59,237 --> 02:13:00,739
[Watson] What do you mean?

2466
02:13:00,806 --> 02:13:01,873
[Ranallo] Really?

2467
02:13:01,940 --> 02:13:03,675
[McGuinness] It'll be four-on-one.

2468
02:13:03,742 --> 02:13:04,710
[Watson] We'll see.

2469
02:13:04,776 --> 02:13:07,713
[Ranallo] It's
the WWE UK champion Pete Dunne,

2470
02:13:07,779 --> 02:13:11,049
hampered by an injury,
dragging himself to the ring.

2471
02:13:11,116 --> 02:13:13,518
[McGuinness] Dunne's
already hobbling down there.

2472
02:13:13,585 --> 02:13:14,853
[Watson] He doesn't care.

2473
02:13:14,920 --> 02:13:16,822
If he only had one leg, he'd do it.

2474
02:13:16,888 --> 02:13:19,658
[Ranallo] O'Reilly's trying to keep
Dunne from entering.

2475
02:13:20,359 --> 02:13:21,626
Oh, the kendo stick.

2476
02:13:23,895 --> 02:13:26,131
Pete Dunne came to play as well--

2477
02:13:26,198 --> 02:13:30,168
Oh, and rapping the knuckles of Fish

2478
02:13:30,235 --> 02:13:34,406
and O'Reilly, and Cole now are trying
to thwart Dunne's entrance.

2479
02:13:35,640 --> 02:13:37,242
[McGuinness] Right a second--oh.

2480
02:13:40,012 --> 02:13:43,682
[Ranallo] And remember, when Pete Dunne
officially enters the cage,

2481
02:13:43,749 --> 02:13:45,751
War Games will officially begin,

2482
02:13:45,817 --> 02:13:49,721
and that is why Undisputed Era
are doing their best to keep him out.

2483
02:13:53,258 --> 02:13:55,494
[McGuinness] Dunne's trying
to get some help.

2484
02:13:57,129 --> 02:13:59,131
Ricochet is on the top rope.

2485
02:13:59,197 --> 02:14:02,467
Ricochet wipes out Undisputed Era,

2486
02:14:02,534 --> 02:14:06,571
and it's a brand-new ball game
here at War Games.

2487
02:14:06,638 --> 02:14:09,341
[McGuinness] They were focused
on Dunne on the outside.

2488
02:14:09,408 --> 02:14:11,777
That gave Ricochet
the chance to recuperate.

2489
02:14:11,843 --> 02:14:14,246
[Ranallo] Dunne's looking
to take out the garbage

2490
02:14:14,312 --> 02:14:16,348
in the form of Undisputed Era,

2491
02:14:16,415 --> 02:14:19,851
and yet he still
has to officially enter the ring

2492
02:14:19,918 --> 02:14:22,487
so we can officially begin War Games.

2493
02:14:23,522 --> 02:14:27,359
[crowd chanting]

2494
02:14:28,860 --> 02:14:31,630
[McGuinness] The UK champion, Pete Dunne,

2495
02:14:31,696 --> 02:14:33,532
is raising the stakes.

2496
02:14:34,900 --> 02:14:37,736
[Ranallo] Dunne bringing in
the heavy artillery.

2497
02:14:37,803 --> 02:14:40,071
[crowd cheering]

2498
02:14:40,138 --> 02:14:42,307
[Ranallo] He'd like
to set a table for four,

2499
02:14:43,175 --> 02:14:46,111
all four members
of the Undisputed Era that is.

2500
02:14:48,113 --> 02:14:49,114
[Dunne] Help me.

2501
02:14:49,915 --> 02:14:53,151
[Ranallo] And all hell
is about to break loose.

2502
02:14:54,152 --> 02:14:56,154
[crowd] Oh.

2503
02:14:56,221 --> 02:15:00,025
[Ranallo] Bedlam about to break out
and Pete Dunne's not finished.

2504
02:15:00,092 --> 02:15:02,527
He's the moving man

2505
02:15:03,161 --> 02:15:05,397
introducing another table.

2506
02:15:05,464 --> 02:15:08,633
[crowd chattering]

2507
02:15:15,107 --> 02:15:17,042
[Ranallo] Pete Dunne on the steps,

2508
02:15:17,108 --> 02:15:19,778
grabs a hold of the kendo stick
and he's in the ring.

2509
02:15:20,712 --> 02:15:22,781
Let the War Games begin.

2510
02:15:22,848 --> 02:15:26,852
Pete Dunne going to town on Strong
with the kendo stick.

2511
02:15:27,519 --> 02:15:28,353
Oh.

2512
02:15:31,823 --> 02:15:36,828
The number one trend worldwide,
all night long, NXT TakeOver and--

2513
02:15:38,063 --> 02:15:40,832
[McGuinness]
War Games now officially started.

2514
02:15:42,200 --> 02:15:44,736
[Ranallo] If anyone leaves the cage
during the match,

2515
02:15:44,803 --> 02:15:47,506
that superstar's team
will automatically lose.

2516
02:15:47,572 --> 02:15:50,208
When someone is pinned or made to submit,

2517
02:15:50,275 --> 02:15:52,244
War Games is over.

2518
02:15:52,310 --> 02:15:56,848
[McGuinness] Ricochet and the War Raiders
have made an astonishing recovery.

2519
02:15:58,049 --> 02:16:00,519
Where are they finding this energy from?

2520
02:16:05,023 --> 02:16:06,024
Uh-oh.

2521
02:16:06,091 --> 02:16:10,662
[Ranallo] Oh, wow, and Undisputed Era
on the receiving end of this onslaught.

2522
02:16:10,729 --> 02:16:11,963
[Watson] Man.

2523
02:16:12,664 --> 02:16:14,199
[McGuinness] It's hard to watch.

2524
02:16:15,800 --> 02:16:19,771
[Ranallo] Ricochet is slamming
the kendo stick down across the back of--

2525
02:16:20,405 --> 02:16:24,809
O'Reilly lands hard on that partition
in between the two rings.

2526
02:16:24,876 --> 02:16:27,279
[McGuinness]
Steel grating in between the rings.

2527
02:16:27,345 --> 02:16:29,347
[Ranallo] And apologies to David Beckham,

2528
02:16:29,414 --> 02:16:31,116
it's bend it like a Bruiserweight.

2529
02:16:31,183 --> 02:16:33,351
[Watson] Dunne's doing what he does best.

2530
02:16:33,985 --> 02:16:35,387
-[Watson] Oh.
-[Ranallo] Wow.

2531
02:16:36,855 --> 02:16:40,559
[Ranallo] Dunne maybe a vegan,
but he has a propensity for finger food,

2532
02:16:40,625 --> 02:16:43,361
especially
when it's his opponents' digits.

2533
02:16:43,428 --> 02:16:44,930
[crowd] Oh!

2534
02:16:50,468 --> 02:16:53,738
[Ranallo] And it's all Ricochet,
War Raiders and Pete Dunne.

2535
02:16:53,805 --> 02:16:57,642
Pete Dunne has changed
the complexion of this match.

2536
02:16:58,443 --> 02:17:00,111
[McGuinness] You are not kidding.

2537
02:17:01,546 --> 02:17:03,381
The numbers are equal,

2538
02:17:03,448 --> 02:17:06,918
but if you take a look in the ring,
the Undisputed Era's opponents--

2539
02:17:06,985 --> 02:17:09,888
[Ranallo] The manipulation
of Kyle O'Reilly's joints

2540
02:17:09,955 --> 02:17:11,856
courtesy of Pete Dunne,

2541
02:17:11,923 --> 02:17:16,261
and that will affect
the grip of Kyle O'Reilly.

2542
02:17:16,328 --> 02:17:17,696
[McGuinness] Just remember,

2543
02:17:17,762 --> 02:17:20,865
at any point this match
could end with a pinfall or submission.

2544
02:17:20,932 --> 02:17:21,766
X-plex.

2545
02:17:21,833 --> 02:17:25,770
[Ranallo] The x-plex strong on O'Reilly,
but the knee by Cole.

2546
02:17:28,506 --> 02:17:30,141
And now, Adam Cole

2547
02:17:31,343 --> 02:17:35,380
with an opportunity to get the UE
back into this War Games match.

2548
02:17:35,447 --> 02:17:40,085
Remember, it was Cole
that captured the victory

2549
02:17:40,151 --> 02:17:42,053
for the Undisputed Era last year.

2550
02:17:42,587 --> 02:17:43,655
Oh, O'Reilly.

2551
02:17:43,722 --> 02:17:45,690
[McGuinness] Nearly got hit in the head.

2552
02:17:45,757 --> 02:17:47,993
[Ranallo] And he just did,
courtesy of Hanson.

2553
02:17:48,059 --> 02:17:51,029
[crowd cheering]

2554
02:17:51,096 --> 02:17:53,531
[Ranallo] Wanton behavior.

2555
02:17:54,366 --> 02:17:58,003
[McGuinness] Oh, what
an incredible flagrant show of brutality.

2556
02:17:58,069 --> 02:18:00,338
[Ranallo] Oh, and now, Hanson

2557
02:18:01,673 --> 02:18:05,210
is taking out Adam Cole
with the trash can,

2558
02:18:05,977 --> 02:18:09,547
and the tandem offense of the War Raiders.

2559
02:18:09,614 --> 02:18:10,448
[Watson] Oh.

2560
02:18:11,516 --> 02:18:14,452
[McGuinness] Taking punishment
to give punishment.

2561
02:18:15,253 --> 02:18:18,123
[Ranallo] And, boy, did they do a number
on that trash can.

2562
02:18:19,157 --> 02:18:23,695
[Watson] Look at this, full steam ahead,
with Adam Cole, trapped inside.

2563
02:18:26,731 --> 02:18:27,899
[Ranallo] What the--

2564
02:18:29,434 --> 02:18:31,469
War Raiders are psyching themselves up--

2565
02:18:31,536 --> 02:18:32,837
[McGuinness] What is this?

2566
02:18:32,904 --> 02:18:37,075
That's Rowe up,
and Hanson body slams [indistinct].

2567
02:18:37,142 --> 02:18:41,112
Or make that Rowe body
slams Hanson on Kyle O'Reilly.

2568
02:18:41,179 --> 02:18:44,482
[McGuinness] The lower back of Hanson
ramming into that steel grating,

2569
02:18:44,549 --> 02:18:47,118
somehow, adrenaline, not feeling it.

2570
02:18:47,185 --> 02:18:51,489
[Ranallo] War Raiders are more than happy
to join the raid of War Games.

2571
02:18:51,556 --> 02:18:52,490
[crowd] Oh.

2572
02:18:52,557 --> 02:18:54,192
[McGuinness] Nasty landing.

2573
02:18:55,026 --> 02:18:56,828
High and across the back.

2574
02:18:57,362 --> 02:18:59,698
[Ranallo] And again, the cover, oh!

2575
02:19:01,700 --> 02:19:05,670
And Bobby Fish with the presence of mind
to keep War Games going.

2576
02:19:05,737 --> 02:19:06,705
Wait, wait!

2577
02:19:06,771 --> 02:19:08,740
[McGuinness] Not for much longer.

2578
02:19:08,807 --> 02:19:10,909
[Ranallo] And again War Raiders,
double offense--

2579
02:19:10,975 --> 02:19:16,147
Oh, my, that garbage can
just bounced off the cranium of Hanson.

2580
02:19:17,115 --> 02:19:19,117
And now, it's Fish and O'Reilly.

2581
02:19:20,151 --> 02:19:22,587
[McGuinness] Rowe, fighting two-on-one.

2582
02:19:22,654 --> 02:19:24,923
Not much longer
he can withstand that offense.

2583
02:19:24,989 --> 02:19:28,193
[Ranallo] And the packed mentality here
by the Undisputed Era.

2584
02:19:28,259 --> 02:19:31,863
Fish and O'Reilly are a dominant Tag Team
for many years.

2585
02:19:31,930 --> 02:19:34,165
[indistinct] Go, go, go.

2586
02:19:34,232 --> 02:19:36,000
[Ranallo] It was Fish and O'Reilly

2587
02:19:36,067 --> 02:19:39,938
who won the NXT Tag Team Titles
over Sanity last year.

2588
02:19:40,004 --> 02:19:40,872
Get him!

2589
02:19:40,939 --> 02:19:42,307
[Watson] Tides had turned

2590
02:19:42,374 --> 02:19:44,376
as looking like all Undisputed Era here.

2591
02:19:44,442 --> 02:19:46,144
The only one standing is Ricochet.

2592
02:19:46,211 --> 02:19:49,347
[Ranallo] Ricochet is now
in a fireman's carry of Strong.

2593
02:19:49,414 --> 02:19:50,248
Oh.

2594
02:19:51,249 --> 02:19:53,485
Oh, the backstabber by Adam Cole,

2595
02:19:53,551 --> 02:19:56,087
realigning the spine of Ricochet.

2596
02:19:56,788 --> 02:19:59,090
[McGuinness] Tomorrow night
at Survivor Series,

2597
02:19:59,157 --> 02:20:01,426
it's the Battle for Brand Supremacy.

2598
02:20:01,493 --> 02:20:06,564
Tonight, the Undisputed Era
have War Games supremacy in mind.

2599
02:20:06,631 --> 02:20:11,936
[crowd chanting]

2600
02:20:12,003 --> 02:20:15,507
[Ranallo] Dunne
is surveying the landscape,

2601
02:20:15,573 --> 02:20:18,143
the dangerous landscape surrounded,

2602
02:20:18,209 --> 02:20:20,412
and Pete Dunne, the Bruiserweight,

2603
02:20:20,478 --> 02:20:22,547
is showcasing his fighting heart.

2604
02:20:23,414 --> 02:20:25,583
[McGuinness] Dunne is trying to fight,

2605
02:20:25,650 --> 02:20:27,919
but he's not getting anywhere
with four men.

2606
02:20:27,986 --> 02:20:31,456
[Ranallo] But he just got the better
of Cole and the better of Fish,

2607
02:20:31,523 --> 02:20:33,525
and he just got the better of Strong.

2608
02:20:33,591 --> 02:20:35,393
You were saying, Nigel, [indistinc].

2609
02:20:35,460 --> 02:20:37,128
[McGuinness] Let me take it back.

2610
02:20:37,862 --> 02:20:38,797
[crowd] Oh.

2611
02:20:38,863 --> 02:20:40,932
[Ranallo] Oh, enzuigiri catches O'Reilly

2612
02:20:43,201 --> 02:20:45,236
rolling, into the knee bar,

2613
02:20:46,337 --> 02:20:47,505
and look at O'Reilly--

2614
02:20:47,572 --> 02:20:50,275
[McGuinness] Dunne
will get the match, it could end

2615
02:20:50,341 --> 02:20:52,477
if Bobby Fish submits, this is the end.

2616
02:20:52,544 --> 02:20:53,845
This could be the end.

2617
02:20:53,912 --> 02:20:57,015
[Ranallo] The surgically repaired leg
of Bobby Fish.

2618
02:20:58,049 --> 02:20:59,918
[McGuinness] Fish, writhing in agony.

2619
02:20:59,984 --> 02:21:02,487
[Watson] Dunne's
taking all four members--oh.

2620
02:21:02,554 --> 02:21:04,656
[Ranallo]
Will the victory by Kyle O'Reilly

2621
02:21:04,722 --> 02:21:07,225
be able to short circuit
that submission attempt--

2622
02:21:07,292 --> 02:21:09,594
O'Reilly is now with a chain.

2623
02:21:10,895 --> 02:21:12,797
[McGuinness] Where did that come from?

2624
02:21:12,864 --> 02:21:16,067
I suppose it doesn't matter,
it only matters where it is,

2625
02:21:16,134 --> 02:21:18,736
in the hands of Kyle O'Reilly and now--

2626
02:21:18,803 --> 02:21:21,806
It's around the ankle of Pete Dunne.

2627
02:21:22,507 --> 02:21:27,045
[Ranallo] Remember, Dunne
was also injured in that brouhaha

2628
02:21:27,111 --> 02:21:29,581
to close out NXT TV this past weekend.

2629
02:21:29,647 --> 02:21:35,420
O'Reilly is looking to exploit
that on Dunne's injured leg,

2630
02:21:35,487 --> 02:21:37,355
but he's doing his best to fight off.

2631
02:21:37,422 --> 02:21:39,457
He's manipulating the joints of O'Reilly.

2632
02:21:39,524 --> 02:21:41,192
Now, into the kimura.

2633
02:21:41,259 --> 02:21:44,028
-[McGuinness] Dunne--
-[Ranallo] The chain is around it.

2634
02:21:44,095 --> 02:21:46,197
[indistinc]

2635
02:21:46,264 --> 02:21:49,801
[McGuinness] Look at the way Dunne's
holding a finger on [indistinct].

2636
02:21:49,868 --> 02:21:50,835
He's got the chain.

2637
02:21:50,902 --> 02:21:52,470
[Ranallo] O'Reilly's power.

2638
02:21:52,537 --> 02:21:54,906
And the chair shot from Fish

2639
02:21:54,973 --> 02:21:57,308
onto the injured leg of Pete Dunne.

2640
02:21:57,976 --> 02:22:02,547
And O'Reilly continues to wrap the chain
around the injured leg of Dunne.

2641
02:22:03,314 --> 02:22:04,415
Turn him over.

2642
02:22:04,482 --> 02:22:06,351
[Watson] Kyle needs some help--

2643
02:22:06,417 --> 02:22:08,720
[McGuinness] Ankle lock up
on the injured knee.

2644
02:22:08,786 --> 02:22:09,988
[Ranallo] A submission--

2645
02:22:10,054 --> 02:22:12,724
What great victory to the Undisputed Era.

2646
02:22:12,790 --> 02:22:13,825
[indistinct]

2647
02:22:13,892 --> 02:22:15,860
[McGuinness] Look at the Undisputed Era

2648
02:22:15,927 --> 02:22:19,197
fending off anybody else preventing this,
will we see a tap?

2649
02:22:19,264 --> 02:22:21,833
[Watson] Era's trying
to put up a wall to the team,

2650
02:22:21,900 --> 02:22:23,601
can't get over and help out Dunne.

2651
02:22:23,668 --> 02:22:25,270
[Ranallo] Dunne is in pain.

2652
02:22:25,336 --> 02:22:26,571
Pete Dunne now--

2653
02:22:28,339 --> 02:22:30,775
Oh, while Pete Dunne is now
being double-teamed

2654
02:22:30,842 --> 02:22:32,243
by Strong and O'Reilly--

2655
02:22:32,310 --> 02:22:33,745
He's using the chair.

2656
02:22:33,811 --> 02:22:37,048
[McGuinness] How can Dunne
withstand much longer?

2657
02:22:37,749 --> 02:22:39,584
How can Dunne survive?

2658
02:22:40,885 --> 02:22:42,420
[crowd] Oh.

2659
02:22:42,487 --> 02:22:44,656
[Ranallo] Ricochet is flying
through the air

2660
02:22:44,722 --> 02:22:46,224
as only he can do.

2661
02:22:46,291 --> 02:22:49,093
But a chair to the midsection by Strong.

2662
02:22:49,160 --> 02:22:51,963
[McGuinness] How on Earth
did Pete Dunne hang on?

2663
02:22:53,064 --> 02:22:54,532
-[Watson] Whoa.
-[Ranallo] Oh!

2664
02:22:54,599 --> 02:22:57,535
[Ranallo] Big back body drop
sent Strong into the other ring.

2665
02:22:57,602 --> 02:23:01,873
And it's just complete carnage
here at the Staples Center.

2666
02:23:01,940 --> 02:23:04,142
Bodies are flying all over both rings,

2667
02:23:04,208 --> 02:23:07,111
the only man standing is Hanson
of the War Raiders.

2668
02:23:07,178 --> 02:23:10,214
And now, while O'Reilly was standing
momentarily--

2669
02:23:11,950 --> 02:23:14,085
[McGuinness] Right in the scene
out of an apocalypse.

2670
02:23:15,620 --> 02:23:19,023
Bodies thrown everywhere.

2671
02:23:19,657 --> 02:23:23,127
[Ranallo] O'Reilly and Strong are perched
on the top turnbuckle by the War Raiders.

2672
02:23:23,194 --> 02:23:24,862
And they are working in synergy--

2673
02:23:24,929 --> 02:23:27,832
Oh, but Adam Cole
blasts Hanson in the back.

2674
02:23:28,600 --> 02:23:30,568
[crowd] Oh.

2675
02:23:31,069 --> 02:23:34,005
-[Ranallo] Bobby Fish--
-[Watson] Vicious kick by Ricochet.

2676
02:23:34,572 --> 02:23:37,542
[McGuinness] It is so hard
to get a pinfall or submission

2677
02:23:37,609 --> 02:23:40,445
when there are so many other competitors
in the ring

2678
02:23:40,511 --> 02:23:42,213
who can interfere and break it up.

2679
02:23:43,381 --> 02:23:46,250
[Ranallo] Oh, what a shot by Pete Dunne.

2680
02:23:47,752 --> 02:23:52,624
[McGuinness] What that means
is you have to completely wear out

2681
02:23:52,690 --> 02:23:56,060
every member of your opposing team.

2682
02:23:56,127 --> 02:23:59,964
[Ranallo] And I think we are very near
to that point.

2683
02:24:00,031 --> 02:24:02,700
[McGuinness] How is Pete Dunne
back on the top rope?

2684
02:24:02,767 --> 02:24:05,370
-[Ranallo] Pete Dunne.
-[McGuinness] He isn't human.

2685
02:24:05,903 --> 02:24:09,741
[Ranallo] Unbelievable hysteria,
mamma mia.

2686
02:24:09,807 --> 02:24:11,709
Ricochet and Pete Dunne.

2687
02:24:11,776 --> 02:24:13,244
[Watson] It could be the end.

2688
02:24:13,311 --> 02:24:14,812
[Ranallo] Going for the cover.

2689
02:24:14,879 --> 02:24:17,715
[crowd cheering]

2690
02:24:17,782 --> 02:24:22,286
[Ranallo] To your point, Nigel,
great opportunity there by Ricochet.

2691
02:24:22,353 --> 02:24:24,055
[Watson] Tandem offense right here

2692
02:24:24,122 --> 02:24:27,525
by both Ricochet
and the UK champion, Pete Dunne.

2693
02:24:27,592 --> 02:24:29,894
[McGuinness] We saw Dunne
grabbing up the knee.

2694
02:24:29,961 --> 02:24:32,263
He couldn't make
a pinfall attempt afterwards.

2695
02:24:33,064 --> 02:24:34,365
[Ranallo] Now, War Raiders

2696
02:24:34,432 --> 02:24:37,602
are momentarily bridging
the two rings with the table,

2697
02:24:39,470 --> 02:24:44,709
but the amount of punishment
that all eight warriors have absorbed,

2698
02:24:44,776 --> 02:24:47,679
how much is left in this,

2699
02:24:47,745 --> 02:24:51,315
the soul-stealing structure
that is War Games.

2700
02:24:51,382 --> 02:24:53,317
A match that alters careers.

2701
02:24:54,819 --> 02:24:56,254
Oh.

2702
02:24:58,690 --> 02:25:00,124
-[Ranallo] Oh.
-[crowd] Oh.

2703
02:25:00,191 --> 02:25:03,628
And Hanson, punching Adam Cole.

2704
02:25:03,695 --> 02:25:05,530
[McGuinness] The legs gave way,

2705
02:25:06,497 --> 02:25:10,468
but that doesn't mean
Hanson can't put it back up

2706
02:25:10,535 --> 02:25:12,503
and inflict more punishment.

2707
02:25:13,171 --> 02:25:17,141
[Ranallo] Even the [indistinct]
were subjected to its abuse

2708
02:25:17,208 --> 02:25:21,946
in what has been a titanic struggle
here at War Games.

2709
02:25:22,013 --> 02:25:22,880
Oh, wow.

2710
02:25:22,947 --> 02:25:25,149
[McGuinness] Cole tried to get away,
but got caught.

2711
02:25:28,386 --> 02:25:29,887
He's fighting for his life.

2712
02:25:31,055 --> 02:25:34,625
[Ranallo] Oh, but Cole
popped-up into the powerslam

2713
02:25:34,692 --> 02:25:37,361
War Raiders now have to go for that cover.

2714
02:25:37,428 --> 02:25:38,629
[Ranallo] War Raiders--

2715
02:25:38,696 --> 02:25:42,333
O'Reilly, with the chair
to the back of Hanson.

2716
02:25:43,401 --> 02:25:45,970
And now Rowe is looking again,

2717
02:25:46,037 --> 02:25:48,473
but Bobby Fish
behind him with a kendo stick,

2718
02:25:48,539 --> 02:25:50,541
crushing it across the back.

2719
02:25:50,608 --> 02:25:52,910
[McGuinness] Rowe was aware
at the last second.

2720
02:25:52,977 --> 02:25:53,878
[crowd] Oh.

2721
02:25:53,945 --> 02:25:57,014
[Ranallo] Oh, and Rowe
just got put through the table,

2722
02:25:58,816 --> 02:26:01,652
and the vestiges of battle,

2723
02:26:01,719 --> 02:26:07,458
all over the bodies,
the welt, the bruising.

2724
02:26:07,525 --> 02:26:09,727
[McGuinness] Listen to this impact,

2725
02:26:10,328 --> 02:26:12,530
driving Rowe through the table.

2726
02:26:13,698 --> 02:26:17,034
[Ranallo] Bobby Fish blasts Rowe
through the table,

2727
02:26:17,802 --> 02:26:20,471
and now, Adam Cole unloads on Ricochet.

2728
02:26:20,538 --> 02:26:22,774
[crowd cheering]

2729
02:26:23,374 --> 02:26:26,410
[Ranallo] The first team
to score a pinfall or submission

2730
02:26:26,477 --> 02:26:29,747
will be claimed the Victors of War Games.

2731
02:26:29,814 --> 02:26:33,184
[McGuinness] It's back to the two men
that started the War Games match,

2732
02:26:33,251 --> 02:26:34,852
Ricochet and Adam Cole.

2733
02:26:34,919 --> 02:26:36,687
[Ranallo] It wasn't
the official War Games match,

2734
02:26:36,754 --> 02:26:38,723
they started the first sequence here

2735
02:26:38,789 --> 02:26:41,692
to get things going at Staples Center.

2736
02:26:42,193 --> 02:26:47,398
Adam Cole and Ricochet have been
in there longer than any other superstar,

2737
02:26:47,465 --> 02:26:50,034
and now, Cole tied to the Tree of Woe,

2738
02:26:50,101 --> 02:26:54,005
but it's O'Reilly that thwarts the attack
of Ricochet from [indistinct] anywhere.

2739
02:26:54,071 --> 02:26:56,741
[Watson] Look at the fight
of Ricochet, staying alive.

2740
02:26:56,808 --> 02:27:00,344
[McGuinness] Got to give it to Ricochet,
remember how much punishment he absorbed

2741
02:27:00,411 --> 02:27:03,047
at the early part of this match.

2742
02:27:03,114 --> 02:27:07,318
[Watson] If anyone had a second, third
or maybe even fourth wind, it's Ricochet.

2743
02:27:07,385 --> 02:27:10,421
[McGuinness] But this
isn't about what a great strategy it was

2744
02:27:10,488 --> 02:27:11,722
to put Ricochet in first.

2745
02:27:11,789 --> 02:27:13,991
[Ranallo] Blood's rushing
to the head of Cole

2746
02:27:14,058 --> 02:27:16,394
as he continues to be tied
to the Tree of Woe,

2747
02:27:16,460 --> 02:27:20,865
and Roderick Strong, with a jumping knee
to the jaw of Ricochet,

2748
02:27:20,932 --> 02:27:24,035
and now, the triangle
being employed by O'Rilley

2749
02:27:24,101 --> 02:27:26,904
on the table on Ricochet
and Ricochet taps.

2750
02:27:26,971 --> 02:27:30,675
-[Ranallo] The War Games match is over.
-[McGuinness] Wait a second.

2751
02:27:30,741 --> 02:27:32,410
[Watson] Oh, boy.

2752
02:27:32,476 --> 02:27:33,544
[Ranallo] No, Hanson.

2753
02:27:33,611 --> 02:27:35,580
Hanson [indistinct] and jumps on--

2754
02:27:35,646 --> 02:27:36,480
[Watson] Whoa.

2755
02:27:36,547 --> 02:27:39,784
[Ranallo] And then Hanson
wipes out O'Rilley.

2756
02:27:39,850 --> 02:27:41,619
[croud counting]

2757
02:27:41,686 --> 02:27:45,523
[Ranallo] War Raiders
won War Games for their team,

2758
02:27:46,057 --> 02:27:47,258
Wow.

2759
02:27:47,325 --> 02:27:50,828
What a splash through the table

2760
02:27:50,895 --> 02:27:54,532
as Hanson makes a big splash at War Games

2761
02:27:54,599 --> 02:27:57,268
and the carnage speaks for itself.

2762
02:27:57,335 --> 02:28:00,872
[Watson] Look at Hanson from War Raiders
trying to put this thing away.

2763
02:28:00,938 --> 02:28:03,107
Look at the distance covered
by the big man.

2764
02:28:03,174 --> 02:28:05,943
[McGuinness] He used the ropes
from the other ring

2765
02:28:06,010 --> 02:28:10,681
and weren't enough for Roderick Strong,
the savior of the Undisputed Era.

2766
02:28:11,282 --> 02:28:14,318
This terrible match would be over.

2767
02:28:15,653 --> 02:28:19,457
[Ranallo]
All eight NXT Superstars struggling,

2768
02:28:20,324 --> 02:28:25,963
trying to find it within their soul,
within their mind

2769
02:28:26,030 --> 02:28:29,467
how they can do the next to impossible.

2770
02:28:29,533 --> 02:28:33,871
Somehow, someway
find a way to claim victory

2771
02:28:33,938 --> 02:28:37,174
for their team
and in this battle for the ages.

2772
02:28:37,241 --> 02:28:38,309
[crowd chanting]

2773
02:28:38,376 --> 02:28:40,778
[Ranallo] Cole is the only one on his feet

2774
02:28:40,845 --> 02:28:44,482
and he's barely hanging on
using the ropes.

2775
02:28:45,383 --> 02:28:51,055
It was Adam Cole that earned the victory
in the first War Games match last year.

2776
02:28:51,589 --> 02:28:53,357
With the last shot at Adam Cole.

2777
02:28:53,424 --> 02:28:54,692
[McGuinness] Wait, what--

2778
02:28:54,759 --> 02:28:59,830
[Ranallo] If Adam Cole escapes,
if Adam Cole lands on the floor

2779
02:28:59,897 --> 02:29:01,198
or Ricochet there--

2780
02:29:01,265 --> 02:29:03,367
Then their team loses,
what are they doing?

2781
02:29:03,434 --> 02:29:05,736
[McGuinness] It can't be
what Cole had in mind.

2782
02:29:05,803 --> 02:29:08,105
[Ranallo] I wonder what he had in mind.

2783
02:29:10,007 --> 02:29:11,175
Oh, wow.

2784
02:29:11,709 --> 02:29:14,645
[McGuinness] Perhaps
he's looking for an offensive maneuver

2785
02:29:14,712 --> 02:29:18,282
and he may unfortunately,
the only receiver end in one now--

2786
02:29:18,349 --> 02:29:22,019
[Ranallo] Ricochet and Cole
in the most perilous position you can be

2787
02:29:22,086 --> 02:29:24,155
in here at War Games.

2788
02:29:24,221 --> 02:29:26,057
The top of the cage.

2789
02:29:26,724 --> 02:29:30,461
[McGuinness] You think back
over the annals of sports entertainment.

2790
02:29:30,528 --> 02:29:32,263
[Watson] No, here comes Strauss.

2791
02:29:32,330 --> 02:29:34,732
[Ranallo] And remember Roderick Strong.

2792
02:29:36,367 --> 02:29:38,669
Wait, they're gonna push Ricochet
off the cage.

2793
02:29:38,736 --> 02:29:41,906
If Ricochet fall to the outside,
Undisputed Era wins.

2794
02:29:41,973 --> 02:29:44,175
[McGuinness] This is genius again.

2795
02:29:44,241 --> 02:29:47,945
You know what Cole did, he went on top

2796
02:29:48,012 --> 02:29:52,450
to beat Ricochet up there
knowing he could throw Ricochet out

2797
02:29:52,516 --> 02:29:53,751
and win the match.

2798
02:29:53,818 --> 02:29:56,287
That's absolute genius.

2799
02:29:57,455 --> 02:29:59,190
Tell me I'm a liar.

2800
02:30:02,093 --> 02:30:05,930
[Ranallo] Cole, Dunne, Strong
and Ricochet are on the fence.

2801
02:30:05,997 --> 02:30:09,934
You're absolutely right, Nigel,
but look where Cole finds himself.

2802
02:30:10,001 --> 02:30:12,136
They're all in a perilous position.

2803
02:30:12,203 --> 02:30:16,507
They were in a perilous position
when they signed to compete at War Games.

2804
02:30:18,743 --> 02:30:22,747
[McGuinness] Look at the knee of Dunne,
the right knee that was injured.

2805
02:30:22,813 --> 02:30:24,782
[Watson] Dunne has Cole hooked, though,

2806
02:30:24,849 --> 02:30:26,450
he set him up with a suplex.

2807
02:30:26,517 --> 02:30:28,986
[Ranallo] Oh my God, the numbers
continue to grow.

2808
02:30:30,955 --> 02:30:31,789
Oh, wow.

2809
02:30:32,656 --> 02:30:37,428
It's--oh, this is not going
to end well for Adam Cole.

2810
02:30:39,063 --> 02:30:40,131
Bobby Fish.

2811
02:30:42,333 --> 02:30:43,167
What is--

2812
02:30:43,234 --> 02:30:44,335
[Watson] Look at that.

2813
02:30:44,402 --> 02:30:47,204
[Ranallo] Fish is trying to choke out
Hanson by the--what?

2814
02:30:47,271 --> 02:30:49,073
[Watson] Look at this.

2815
02:30:49,140 --> 02:30:50,708
[McGuinness] Oh, my God.

2816
02:30:50,775 --> 02:30:51,675
[crowd cheering]

2817
02:30:51,742 --> 02:30:54,812
[Ranallo] What in the hell was that?

2818
02:30:57,047 --> 02:30:58,649
Incredible.

2819
02:31:00,051 --> 02:31:01,519
[Watson] Hey guys, this is--

2820
02:31:03,354 --> 02:31:06,457
[crowd chanting]

2821
02:31:08,893 --> 02:31:13,798
[Watson] This is War Games,
prepare to expect the unexpected.

2822
02:31:13,864 --> 02:31:16,133
Bodies just sprawled out
all over the place.

2823
02:31:16,200 --> 02:31:17,268
One more time.

2824
02:31:17,334 --> 02:31:21,038
[Ranallo] And the best human
to host belong to Ricochet.

2825
02:31:21,105 --> 02:31:24,275
[McGuinness] An avalanche of humanity.

2826
02:31:24,341 --> 02:31:28,145
[Ranallo] An avalanche indeed as Ricochet,

2827
02:31:29,046 --> 02:31:32,883
on the top of the cage beginning to stir

2828
02:31:32,950 --> 02:31:38,789
as the seven other superstars
try desperately to get to their feet.

2829
02:31:38,856 --> 02:31:42,293
What is Ricochet thinking?

2830
02:31:44,261 --> 02:31:46,030
-[McGuinness] Oh, no.
-[Ranallo] No.

2831
02:31:46,097 --> 02:31:47,898
[Ranallo] Don't tell me Ricochet--

2832
02:31:48,666 --> 02:31:50,501
The preeminent high flyer.

2833
02:31:50,568 --> 02:31:52,103
[McGuinness] Whoa.

2834
02:31:52,169 --> 02:31:54,105
[Watson] Show time, baby.

2835
02:31:54,772 --> 02:31:57,741
[Ranallo] [indistinct] to Ricochet
in full effect

2836
02:31:57,808 --> 02:32:00,778
and he has wrecked
the rest of the competition.

2837
02:32:00,845 --> 02:32:03,047
But then he wrecked himself as well.

2838
02:32:04,248 --> 02:32:06,784
Incredible athleticism.

2839
02:32:08,552 --> 02:32:11,455
Mama Effin' Mia, can you believe

2840
02:32:11,522 --> 02:32:14,758
what we are witnessing here
tonight at War Games?

2841
02:32:15,993 --> 02:32:19,830
[Watson] The North American champion
said if he gets to the top of this cage,

2842
02:32:19,897 --> 02:32:23,467
they would get crazy
and he fulfilled his promise

2843
02:32:23,534 --> 02:32:26,170
because that was absolutely insane.

2844
02:32:26,904 --> 02:32:29,840
[McGuinness] With a different angle to
spin the rotation.

2845
02:32:31,175 --> 02:32:33,010
[crowd cheering]

2846
02:32:33,077 --> 02:32:35,980
[Watson] This is the man that can fly,
doesn't need a cape,

2847
02:32:36,046 --> 02:32:38,649
doesn't need wings, x marks to spot.

2848
02:32:38,716 --> 02:32:40,217
Ricochet takes out everybody.

2849
02:32:40,284 --> 02:32:42,853
[Ranallo] A terrible rotation moonsault.

2850
02:32:42,920 --> 02:32:48,025
And the look
on the NXT universe faces say it all.

2851
02:32:48,092 --> 02:32:53,831
There is only one, One and Only Ricochet,
the NXT north American champion.

2852
02:32:53,898 --> 02:32:57,201
[crowd yelling]

2853
02:32:57,268 --> 02:33:02,273
[McGuinness] Now both teams by osmosis.

2854
02:33:02,773 --> 02:33:05,576
[Ranallo] Both teams are brutalizing
each other, Nigel.

2855
02:33:05,643 --> 02:33:06,944
[McGuinness] Fuming.

2856
02:33:07,011 --> 02:33:08,979
[Ranallo] It's time to regroup for both,

2857
02:33:09,046 --> 02:33:13,384
the Undisputed Era, the War Raiders,
Ricochet and Pete Dunne.

2858
02:33:13,450 --> 02:33:14,852
[indistinct]

2859
02:33:16,120 --> 02:33:17,922
[McGuinness] All eight gladiators.

2860
02:33:17,988 --> 02:33:22,026
[Ranallo] And it is ridiculous
if you ask me if all eight are standing.

2861
02:33:22,660 --> 02:33:25,663
[McGuinness] A line [indistinct].

2862
02:33:25,729 --> 02:33:28,599
[Ranallo] Wow, a classic standoff
here at War Games.

2863
02:33:28,666 --> 02:33:31,535
[McGuinness] A steel grating
n between all of these.

2864
02:33:33,871 --> 02:33:35,739
Here we go!

2865
02:33:35,806 --> 02:33:40,177
[crowd chanting]

2866
02:33:43,948 --> 02:33:47,351
[Ranallo] War Games is about to be taken
to the next level.

2867
02:33:47,851 --> 02:33:49,320
You think this is your time--

2868
02:33:49,386 --> 02:33:50,621
Your turn!

2869
02:33:50,688 --> 02:33:53,591
[Ranallo] Warfare, it's just warfare!

2870
02:33:55,693 --> 02:33:58,796
And all hell has broken loose at War Games.

2871
02:33:58,862 --> 02:34:01,699
[McGuinness] An alleyway of brutality.

2872
02:34:02,266 --> 02:34:03,100
Oh!

2873
02:34:04,101 --> 02:34:06,403
[McGuinness] Who came out on top?
I don't know.

2874
02:34:06,470 --> 02:34:09,640
[Ranallo] Well, it's Rowe who's standing
for the moment

2875
02:34:09,707 --> 02:34:12,543
before he gets taken down
by a desperate Bobby Fish.

2876
02:34:12,610 --> 02:34:17,414
And after all of this, we are packed
to even terms, you guys.

2877
02:34:17,481 --> 02:34:20,751
It has been an astounding display.

2878
02:34:21,585 --> 02:34:22,920
Oh!

2879
02:34:24,255 --> 02:34:25,322
Oh!

2880
02:34:26,423 --> 02:34:28,259
[Ranallo] Rowe manhandling Bobby Fish

2881
02:34:28,325 --> 02:34:30,561
and just destroying his jaw with that knee

2882
02:34:30,628 --> 02:34:35,499
and the War Raiders now are
setting up Bobby Fish fallout.

2883
02:34:35,566 --> 02:34:38,402
[crowd cheering]

2884
02:34:38,469 --> 02:34:42,906
[Ranallo] O'Reilly, though quick
to grab the neck of Rowe,

2885
02:34:42,973 --> 02:34:44,308
but here comes Strong.

2886
02:34:44,375 --> 02:34:47,711
And Strong blasted Rowe with the kick.

2887
02:34:48,345 --> 02:34:50,981
[McGuinness] I love combinations,
it took down Rowe--

2888
02:34:51,048 --> 02:34:53,651
[Ranallo] It's the last stand
for the Undisputed Era.

2889
02:34:53,717 --> 02:34:56,453
[Watson] Do you see Hanson
just hammering through?

2890
02:34:56,520 --> 02:34:58,656
[Ranallo] Double back elbow, come on.

2891
02:35:00,224 --> 02:35:04,128
Hanson
with a headspring double back elbow.

2892
02:35:04,194 --> 02:35:05,062
This--

2893
02:35:05,129 --> 02:35:07,264
[crowd] Oh!

2894
02:35:07,331 --> 02:35:09,600
[Ranallo] It's a nightmare
for those involved,

2895
02:35:09,667 --> 02:35:13,037
but I must be dreaming
because I can't believe what we're seeing.

2896
02:35:13,103 --> 02:35:14,505
Back elbow.

2897
02:35:14,571 --> 02:35:16,573
[crowd cheering]

2898
02:35:16,640 --> 02:35:18,809
[Ranallo] Adam Cole [indistinct].

2899
02:35:18,876 --> 02:35:23,781
Oh, wow, Pete Dunne manipulates
the toes and then the fingers.

2900
02:35:23,847 --> 02:35:25,315
[McGuinness] Here it is.

2901
02:35:25,382 --> 02:35:28,952
[Ranallo] Back and forth, what a counter
into the DDT by Adam Cole.

2902
02:35:31,322 --> 02:35:32,323
And there it is.

2903
02:35:32,389 --> 02:35:37,294
Adam Cole looking upon Pete Dunne
away with the last shot

2904
02:35:37,361 --> 02:35:38,996
into the repeat.

2905
02:35:39,063 --> 02:35:40,631
[crowd counting]

2906
02:35:40,698 --> 02:35:44,001
[crowd cheering]

2907
02:35:44,768 --> 02:35:46,970
Adam Cole exposed his knee.

2908
02:35:47,037 --> 02:35:51,709
Adam Cole is looking
to send the Undisputed Era to victory.

2909
02:35:51,775 --> 02:35:53,010
But now Pete Dunne--

2910
02:35:53,077 --> 02:35:53,911
[crowd] Oh!

2911
02:35:53,977 --> 02:35:56,880
[Ranallo] Will it be the bitter end
of this brutal battle?

2912
02:35:56,947 --> 02:35:57,781
[Watson] Ricochet.

2913
02:35:57,848 --> 02:35:59,850
[Ranallo] Ricochet flied through the air

2914
02:36:00,317 --> 02:36:03,020
and both Ricochet and Dunne have full
cover--

2915
02:36:03,087 --> 02:36:03,921
They won.

2916
02:36:03,987 --> 02:36:05,055
[bell rings]

2917
02:36:05,122 --> 02:36:07,324
[rock music playing]

2918
02:36:07,391 --> 02:36:08,225
[Ranallo] Wow.

2919
02:36:08,292 --> 02:36:11,795
[female announcer] Your winners,
the team of the War Raiders,

2920
02:36:11,862 --> 02:36:15,666
the NXT North American champion, Ricochet,

2921
02:36:15,733 --> 02:36:20,337
and the WWE United Kingdom champion,

2922
02:36:21,672 --> 02:36:23,974
Pete Dunne.

2923
02:36:24,608 --> 02:36:30,180
[Ranallo] Pete Dunne and Ricochet,
both pinned Adam Cole.

2924
02:36:30,247 --> 02:36:32,716
An outstanding ovation here

2925
02:36:33,650 --> 02:36:37,521
from the 13,600 in attendance

2926
02:36:37,588 --> 02:36:43,127
at the Staples Center witnessing
another brutal chapter of NXT history.

2927
02:36:43,927 --> 02:36:46,296
[McGuinness] What an incredible match.

2928
02:36:46,363 --> 02:36:51,201
[Ranallo] And none of these superstars
will ever be the same

2929
02:36:51,268 --> 02:36:54,438
physically, mentally, spiritually.

2930
02:36:54,505 --> 02:36:59,376
And now, Ricochet and Pete Dunne
collect their wares.

2931
02:37:01,178 --> 02:37:03,547
They both pinned Adam Cole.

2932
02:37:08,452 --> 02:37:11,121
But, you know,
they have unfinished business as well

2933
02:37:11,188 --> 02:37:13,924
involved in the first champion
versus championship match

2934
02:37:13,991 --> 02:37:18,762
that was spoiled by the Undisputed Era
by the look and a show of respect.

2935
02:37:22,065 --> 02:37:27,037
[McGuinness] Unbelievable display
of physicality on this match.

2936
02:37:27,104 --> 02:37:28,205
[crowd] Oh!

2937
02:37:28,272 --> 02:37:32,476
[McGuinness] Both teams
giving up their body and their soul.

2938
02:37:33,577 --> 02:37:34,645
[indistinct]

2939
02:37:34,711 --> 02:37:38,248
[McGuinness] A powerslam took down Cole.

2940
02:37:38,882 --> 02:37:43,153
And if it wasn't for the save, the match
would have been over at that point.

2941
02:37:43,220 --> 02:37:45,956
[Watson] Look at Bobby Fish
coming down here on Rowe,

2942
02:37:46,023 --> 02:37:47,925
plating Rowe through the table.

2943
02:37:49,493 --> 02:37:52,696
And you're talking about teams
laying their bodies on the line

2944
02:37:52,763 --> 02:37:54,631
to walk out here to be able to say

2945
02:37:54,698 --> 02:37:58,035
they were the winners
of the War Games match.

2946
02:37:58,101 --> 02:37:59,736
[crowd cheering]

2947
02:37:59,803 --> 02:38:02,072
[McGuinness] Hook to the leg
and it was Strong

2948
02:38:02,139 --> 02:38:05,275
who would come
to the save for the trashcan.

2949
02:38:06,376 --> 02:38:08,145
I mean, look at this.

2950
02:38:08,212 --> 02:38:13,917
[Ranallo] Oh, wow, sensational spectacle
courtesy of Ricochet.

2951
02:38:15,853 --> 02:38:17,221
[crowd cheering]

2952
02:38:17,287 --> 02:38:18,755
[Ranallo] The NXT cheat code.

2953
02:38:19,490 --> 02:38:21,658
[McGuinness] Full strike, everyone down

2954
02:38:21,725 --> 02:38:26,930
and then it look like Adam Cole
would repeat history and win War Games.

2955
02:38:26,997 --> 02:38:30,667
But instead, he would get caught first
by Dunne.

2956
02:38:30,734 --> 02:38:34,238
Boom, bitter end in the center
and then out of nowhere,

2957
02:38:34,304 --> 02:38:39,209
oh, full 50 splash,
Cole had no way of protecting himself.

2958
02:38:39,276 --> 02:38:41,378
And both Dunne and Ricochet…

2959
02:38:41,445 --> 02:38:42,412
[bell rings]

2960
02:38:42,946 --> 02:38:46,316
[McGuinness] …Covering Cole for the win.

2961
02:38:46,383 --> 02:38:47,885
[rock music playing]

2962
02:38:47,951 --> 02:38:51,221
[Watson] And Ricochet and Dunne,
both found an opportunity,

2963
02:38:51,288 --> 02:38:54,892
found success by putting
their differences aside for the night

2964
02:38:54,958 --> 02:38:57,261
and now they can both stand tall

2965
02:38:57,895 --> 02:38:59,463
winners at War Games.

2966
02:38:59,529 --> 02:39:02,766
[Ranallo] An amazing night of NXT action

2967
02:39:02,833 --> 02:39:06,236
culminates with another wild War Games

2968
02:39:06,303 --> 02:39:12,309
in which the War Raiders
along with Dunne and Ricochet stand tall.

2969
02:39:12,376 --> 02:39:15,879
The Undisputed Era's win streak
at War Games is over.

2970
02:39:16,546 --> 02:39:22,019
It's Survival of the Fittest,
Survivor Series weekend.

2971
02:39:22,085 --> 02:39:26,456
[crowd cheering]

2972
02:39:26,523 --> 02:39:28,158
[rock music playing]

2973
02:39:30,260 --> 02:39:33,297
Subtitle translation by: Luciana Salusso
ries weekend.