Ladies and gentlemen, before tonight's pay-per-view,
would you please rise as we toll the bell 26 times
and we extend our condolences to the families and friends of the victims
of the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
[bell tolling]
[Lilián] Thank you.
[crowd applauding]
[dramatic music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] This is TLC.
[Michael] Big Show cost Sheamus an opportunity at the world title.
Sheamus is livid.
[Jerry] Over 30 chair shots.
[Sheamus] You talk about the end of my career?
Deep down in that belly of yours, you're shaking.
[Big Show] You are not the world champion, I am.
If I hit you with a steel chair, I'm gonna change you forever.
[Vickie] You and AJ have been having an affair.
I have the best match for TLC. John Cena versus Dolph Ziggler.
[Vince] Let's make it big, come on.
A Ladder Match?
John Cena could gain everything,
and then Ziggler could lose everything.
[Dean] Ryback, you've been put on a pedestal.
We knocked you off that pedestal.
Welcome back to reality, Ryback.
[Roman] Team Hell No, nobody says no to The Shield.
Welcome to the Shield of Justice.
We don't work for anybody.
We work for each other.
Feed me more.
[Michael] It will be Team Hell No and Ryback
versus the three members of The Shield.
Bring tables, bring ladders, bring chairs.
The Shield brings a sword.
[narrator] Tonight, when an epic event of unrelenting action unfolds,
destiny rears its head.
Tonight, from the greatest city's, baddest borough of Brooklyn,
it's the one night a year
when tables, ladders, and chairs are legal.
It's TLC.
And now, WWE presents TLC,
Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
[explosions]
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
[Michael] For the first time ever, WWE has come to Brooklyn.
Here with me live at the brand new Barclays Center on Atlantic Avenue,
15,748 WWE fans jam-packed
for the final pay-per-view of the year,
TLC: Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
[bell ringing]
[Justin] The following contest is a tables match
to determine the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
The first team to put one of their opponents through a table
will be declared the winners.
♪ Booyaka booyaka ♪
["Booyaka 619" playing]
♪ 619 ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Booyaka booyaka ♪
♪ That's my pueblo ♪
[explosions]
♪ Booyaka booyaka 619 ♪
♪ Hey booyaka booyaka, that's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka booyaka 619 ♪
♪ Booyaka booyaka, Rey Mysterio ♪
♪ Booyaka booyaka 619 ♪
♪ Hey booyaka booyaka, that's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka booyaka 619 ♪
♪ What you gonna do When we come for you? ♪
[Justin] Introducing first from San Diego, California,
weighing 175 pounds, Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] And there he is, the high flyer,
the aerial architect, Rey Mysterio.
Hey everybody, welcome to TLC.
Michael Cole, JBL, Hall of Famer, Jerry Lawler at ringside.
And what a week in the pay-per-view, we had stones rocking The Rock last night,
I'm behind here with two old guys who can still rock,
-Keith and Mick got nothing on you, guys. -You got that right.
And I'm telling you, this beautiful new arena that we're in tonight,
history may be made here tonight in TLC.
[Michael] Yeah, one billion dollar Barclays Center.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] We'll tell you all about it
-as TLC rolls on. -["Ancient Spirit " playing]
[Justin] And his tag team partner, from Mexico City, Mexico,
weighing 180 pounds, Sin Cara!
[Michael] Sin Cara, Rey Mysterio, an exciting team here in WWE
looking to become number one contenders for the tag team championship.
And also joining us at ringside, the Spanish announce team,
Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez.
[speaking Spanish]
[Jerry] I love it.
JBL, they can talk fast and you can listen, right?
-[JBL laughs] -["Hallelujah" playing]
-[JBL] Is that far, King? -[Michael] Is that Keith and Mick thing
-a compliment? -[JBL] Yes, absolutely.
[Justin] At a combined weight of 462 pounds,
Cody Rhodes, Damien Sandow, Team Rhodes Scholars!
Of all the loathsome ignoramuses that spread across this country…
[crowd booing]
…I ask you this,
is there any form of life lower than the Brooklyn hipster?
[crowd booing]
You are all quite literally the unwashed masses.
-Wow. -[crowd chatter]
Unlike all of you,
Damien and I are not pseudo-intellectuals
who spend hours in front of a mirror primping and prepping
ridiculous-looking facial hair
in an attempt to look as if you've just rolled out of bed.
-[Jerry] What? -You are all quite frankly
like our opponents this evening.
-Silence! -[crowd booing]
Trying in vain to be cool and failing miserably.
Tonight, we will give you all something to talk about.
And that's Team Rhodes Scholars becoming the number one contender
for the tag team championship.
You're welcome.
[Michael] Not a positive response for Team Rhodes Scholars here in Brooklyn.
[Jerry] All I got out of that was Cody Rhodes said something
about ridiculous-looking facial hair.
[Michael] So, again, the winner of this match up here tonight
will become number one contenders for the tag team titles.
[JBL] Cody Rhodes looks kind of like a modern day Clark Gable,
wouldn't you think?
Or a bowed up Freddie Mercury?
[Michael] Well, he may be Gone with the Wind
-after this matchup. -[JBL speaks indistinctly]
[Michael] Or another one may bite the dust.
[laughter]
-[Jerry] Oh, you're so proud of yourself… -[bell ringing]
-…on that, are you, Cole? -[Michael] Here we go.
[JBL] I said that on SmackDown and nobody knew
what I was talking about, who was next to me.
[Michael] Remember ladies and gentlemen, this is a-- It's a tables match.
In order to win this, you only have to put one member
of the opposing team through a table.
Everybody in the ring all at the same time,
no tags in and out.
So, JBL, what type of strategy would you use for this type of match up?
[JBL] You want to isolate these guys
and you want to get them close to a table, it's that simple.
[Michael] And here goes Cody Rhodes.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] Great offense by Rey Mysterio.
And here's the teamwork between Mentor Mysterio and Protégé Sin Cara.
[Jerry] You know, as these guys approach the ring,
I saw them walk past a lot of ladders, but I don't see any chairs right now.
I'm sure they're lurking somewhere.
[Michael] And the tables as well.
Again, a tag team tables match up here tonight.
-[Jerry] Did I say chair? -[Michael] Yes.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Michael] Team Rhodes Scholars
won a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Tag Team match up…
[Jerry] Oh.
…Monday night on Raw to advance.
[Jerry] This may be where the tables are.
[JBL] Here come the toys.
[Michael] And again, you have to put one member of the opposing team
through that table to win.
I want to thank everyone for joining us,
nearly 16,000 here tonight at Barclays Center,
millions watching around the world in places like New Zealand,
home of the hobbit, Italy-- Oh!
-[JBL] And the All Blacks. -[Michael] Spain, Middle East,
and of course, on the American Forces Network.
[Jerry] And Manila, home of the envelopes.
[Michael laughs]
[Jerry] What?
[Michael] The great double team by Sin Cara and Rey Mysterio.
[Jerry] Watch it here. Oh.
[Michael] These two teams have a history. Back in October,
Team Rhodes Scholars knocked off Mysterio and Sin Cara
in a number one contenders' tournament.
Mysterio and Sin Cara looking to turn the "table" here tonight
-on Team Rhodes Scholars. -[JBL] Oh, you are
-full of cliches tonight. -[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] That's what TLC's all about.
It's fun. It's the final pay-per-view of the year.
[Jerry] Oh, hey, look out. This thing may end in a hurry.
[Michael] Yeah, if Damien goes through the table
and look at Cody Rhodes from behind
and he saves Sandow for the time being.
Great strategy by Cody Rhodes.
[Jerry] Yeah, get your partner off the table.
[Michael] Cody Rhodes, of course,
returning after missing about a month of action…
-[Jerry] Watch it. Ooh. -[Michael] …with a torn trap.
[JBL] There goes the high-flyer.
[Michael] A torn delt and a separated shoulder.
-[JBL] He was gone 25 days, 25 days. -[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] A testament to this young man's hard work.
[JBL] This young man was 101-2 at Lassiter High School.
This young man has wrestled Triple H, HBK.
This isn't some green gear horn that comes in here
that's trying to make a name for himself.
Cody Rhodes already has.
Cody Rhodes is a four-time tag team champion.
[Michael] Earlier this year, Cody Rhodes won a tables match
at Extreme Rules against the Big Show.
Shows you what Cody Rhodes is all about.
[Jerry] Well, you know, you guys talk about
he's already made a name for himself,
and actually Cody Rhodes has to work harder than most
because sometimes, that famous family name of his--
I mean, he wants to-- You know, he wants to outdo it.
He doesn't want to live in the shadow of his father.
[Michael] Of course, his dad, the All-American Dream,
-Dusty Rhodes, "The American Dream." -[Jerry] Here it goes. Look at this.
-[Michael] Look at this. -[Jerry] Face first through a table.
[JBL] It'll be over real quick. Sin Cara.
[Michael] And Sandow up over the top.
And Cody Rhodes now goes to work on Sin Cara,
check out Mysterio from behind.
[Jerry] Rey Mysterio looked like,
I think he was trying to get that table away from his partner.
-Whoa, man. -[Michael] Sin Cara, what an arm drag.
Oh. Rough week for Cody, not only tonight here at TLC.
Here's the Disaster Kick.
On Wednesday night on main event, Cody Rhodes goes one-on-one
with "The Big Red Monster" Kane.
-Oh. Man. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[JBL] Rough night for the lucha boys right now.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Rhodes, very aggressive,
chip on his shoulders, so to speak, since returning from that injury.
[Jerry] Chip on his shoulder, caterpillar on his lip and he had the audacity
to talk about ridiculous-looking facial hair earlier.
[Michael] And Cody's mustache has been trending worldwide.
[JBL] And Sandow, you got to admit, Michael,
was doing very well on his own while Cody was gone, doing quite well.
And I don't know why you'd make fun of the guy's mustache,
you don't make fun of Salvador Dali, you don't make fun of "Buh-rat," do you?
-Albert Einstein had a mustache. -[Michael] Actually, I think its Borat,
not "Buh-rat," but I could be wrong.
[JBL] You went to Syracuse, New York, correct my grammar.
-[Michael] And where did you go? -[JBL] Didn't know exactly--
My school has ivy on it.
[Jerry] All right. You guys are so smart.
Tell me what Cody Rhodes is planning right now?
What's he trying to do?
[Michael] Take out Sin Cara?
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] You know, Damien Sandow has said on occasion
that masks, referring to Sin Cara and Mysterio,
-are commonly worn by thieves. -[JBL] They are.
[Michael] Childish comic book vigilantes and gluttonous children on Halloween.
[JBL] Correct.
[Michael] And look at Sin Cara's leg is caught
and they're gonna use the table here.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, man, Sin Cara,
his leg wedged between the steel steps and steel post.
[JBL] And it's all legal, 100 percent legal.
[Michael] A serious damage may have been done to the leg of Sin Cara.
[JBL] They're all plans all over the masked man.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And there goes Mysterio, and Team Rhodes Scholars, King,
have been dominating so far.
-[crowd chanting "Cody's mustache!"] -[Jerry chuckles]
Oh, listen to those chants, "Cody's mustache."
[Michael] Not sure if Cody's allowing that to bother him though.
[Jerry] It doesn't look like it right now.
[Michael] Setting up two tables outside of the ring.
Again, in a tables match, you need to put your opponent through the table to win
and become the number one contender for the tag team title.
[JBL] This could be over pretty quick.
[Jerry] Of course, it doesn't matter if the table's in the ring
or outside the ring, just any table anywhere.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And now, Mysterio and Sin Cara…
-[JBL] No. -[Michael] …are both in deep trouble.
[Jerry] Cody Rhodes really wants to add insult to injury here.
[JBL] We're about to get our number one contender.
[crowd chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] What is Cody and Sandow planning here.
-[Jerry] I don't know if it's a good idea. -[Michael] Oh,
Rey Mysterio, the quickness of Rey.
[Michael] Oh, look out, look out.
Oh, a seated senton by Mysterio.
And Mysterio with an arm drag takedown,
planting Sandow. Somewhat a DDT there.
[Jerry] And that took a little bit out of Rey himself, he's in trouble now.
Oh, no, look at Rey go.
[JBL] There goes Cody with him and his mustache.
[Jerry] They are inseparable. Whoa.
[Michael] Again, Mysterio and Sin Cara now.
Unloading on Damien Sandow.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] That leg is still certainly not a hundred percent.
[Michael] Ooh! Oh, man.
[Jerry] Sin Cara throwing caution to the wind,
and throwing himself into Damien Sandow and the wall.
[JBL] This is what Tables, Ladders, and Chairs is all about.
Legends are made at these pay-per-views.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio who was in one of the all-time great TLC matches
a couple of years ago, a Fatal 4-Way match, here in this event.
Mysterio, uh, this type of high-flying action right up his alley.
[Jerry] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Don't do it.
[Michael] Oh, and Mysterio, a great counter.
[Jerry] Hey, Cody Rhodes…
set up for the 619, and yes!
[Michael] Cody connecting.
Will Rey be able to do it here?
[Jerry] It looks like Rey has Cody Rhodes exactly where he wants him.
Rey is thinking about going to the top right through the table.
[JBL] The three-time World Heavyweight Champion,
Rey Mysterio's about to be the--
[Jerry] Oh, no!
-[Michael] Sandow, the intellectual… -[JBL] No he's not.
…savior of the masses.
[Jerry] Well, I don't know about the masses,
but he certainly saved Cody Rhodes and their chances.
[Michael] The WWE Universe is weighing in worldwide on Twitter tonight.
Andrew just tweeted that he loves the New York City crowd for WWE TLC.
And who doesn't? Electric so far tonight.
[Jerry] Oh, Rey Mysterio certainly didn't love that.
Table almost driven through his skull.
[Michael] Look at Sin Cara trying to keep his teammate--
There's a kick to the back of the head of Sandow,
enzuigiri by Sin Cara.
[Jerry] Sin Cara on that bad leg but still able to pull off great moves.
[JBL] And who wouldn't love being here in Brooklyn?
Home of one of Jerry "The King" Lawler's old girlfriends, Mae West.
[Jerry laughs]
I thought it was Mae Young.
[Michael] Oh, she was a girlfriend of yours too.
-[JBL] Before-- -[Michael] And Rey caught Sandow.
[Jerry] Mae West?
[JBL] She's from Brooklyn, so is Al Capone.
-[Jerry] Okay. -[Michael] So is Michael Jordan.
[JBL] But you-- But you didn't date him?
-[Jerry] Oh, and look at this-- -[Michael] Sin Cara through a table.
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] There he goes.
[Michael] Team Rhodes Scholars, the number one contenders.
[Justin] And the winners of this match,
and number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship,
Team Rhodes Scholars.
[Jerry] Well, I don't know. That was almost a stroke of luck there.
Sin Cara, at the wrong place at the wrong time,
and what a move by Cody Rhodes.
[Michael] But King, we're gonna see a lot of that stroke of luck, so to speak,
in all these matches tonight.
[JBL] How about that cartwheel?
And a bow.
A sign of class and dignity, Team Rhodes Scholars.
[Michael] He calls the cartwheel the rotation of illumination.
As we take another look.
[Jerry] Check this out, as this table
is almost broken on the head of Rey Mysterio,
but, man, this-- The way this match ended.
-Look at Sin Cara. -[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] Look how far that is down.
Watch this.
This is 12, 13 feet, he falls straight down.
[Jerry] Jumped onto that top rope to come up on Damien Sandow,
-instead, Cody Rhodes… -[JBL] Look how far this it.
[Jerry] …with that big twist, made sure that Sin Cara came down
on and through the table.
[Michael] That means that Damien Sandow, Cody Rhodes,
Team Rhodes Scholars are now the number one contenders…
[JBL] And the mustache. Don't forget the mustache.
[Michael] …for the WWE Tag Team titles.
[Jerry] And a congratulatory handshake and cartwheel,
and these guys are on a roll.
Look at the smiles on their faces.
[Michael] We are in the brand-new Barclays Center here tonight for WWE TLC.
This great building sits on a platform above the MTA Vanderbilt railroad yards,
Flatbush Avenue just off the way here of the famous Brooklyn,
but for the first time ever we're here for a WWE pay-per-view.
And I'll tell you, everybody, the world,
anticipating what's going to happen tonight
and that is the first time ever, The Shield will be in action.
Well, you know, we have come to anticipate The Shield
showing up when it's least expected around here as of late.
Tonight, they're gonna be in the ring facing their opponents eye-to-eye.
You talked earlier about how this event makes careers in TLC.
[JBL] Look at the Hall of Famer, Edge,
he became made in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at WrestleMania.
Legends are made during these events.
[Michael] For the first time ever, a TLC match
must end by submission or pinfall.
Well, we heard from The Shield a bit earlier today.
[crowd chatter]
My name is Seth Rollins.
I'm Roman Reigns.
I'm Dean Ambrose.
We are The Shield.
The Shield of Justice.
Ryback, you put WWE Champion, CM Punk, into surgery.
You're reckless, and you're dangerous.
Punk's champion for 392 days
and he's robbed of the honor of defending his title tonight.
We can't let it stand. We won't let it stand.
So, tonight, Ryback, The Shield gives you a taste of your own medicine.
Feed me more. Feed me more.
Well, tonight, The Shield will feed you more than you can handle.
And when you can't stand,
when you can't walk, when you are crawling,
The Shield will be the ones who finish you.
Kane, Daniel,
you think you two are off the hook?
Hell no.
You guys have the audacity to walk around,
calling yourselves tag team champions?
A team never argues.
A team never doubts each other.
A team works together.
A team trusts each other.
Right.
A team fights together.
A team wins together.
Tonight, we fight together.
We win together. You two are a disgrace.
You're an insult to all tag teams of what a tag team should stand for.
That is an injustice.
And on top of all of that…
[scoffs] …we just don't like you.
I'm Dean Ambrose.
Seth Rollins.
Roman Reigns.
Welcome to The Shield of Justice.
[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing] -[Lilián] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the United States Championship.
-[crowd cheering] -["Miracle" playing]
[Lilián] Introducing first, from Lucerne, Switzerland,
weighing in at 232 pounds, he is the United States Champion,
Antonio Cesaro.
[Michael] It was back at SummerSlam, part of the pre-show in Los Angeles,
Antonio Cesaro winning the United States Championship.
And-- Well, JBL, since then, he hasn't looked back.
He's been successful at every one of his title defense.
[JBL] I don't agree with his disdain for America,
the xenophobic attitude he has,
but he says no American can beat him for this championship.
Michael, no American has.
[Jerry] Well, that's one of the reasons I'm really excited
about this match tonight.
I had the opportunity to speak to R-Truth earlier today.
And this guy is fired up.
This guy is confident.
R-Truth feels like he's gonna shut Antonio Cesaro up
-once and for all tonight. -["What's Up?" playing]
[Michael] Did you talk to Little Jimmy also?
-[Jerry] Yeah. Well, he was hanging out. -[Lilián] Introducing the challenger.
From Charlotte, North Carolina, weighing in at 220 pounds,
R-Truth.
[Michael] He is a former United States Champion and--
Well, he's, uh, really taking Cesaro's anti-American rants to heart.
R-Truth said,
"You pick a fight with America, you pick a fight with me."
"You kick my dog, I'm gonna kick your cat."
-That's what R-Truth says. -[JBL] Why would he kick his cat?
[Michael] I don't know. That's what he said.
[Jerry] Antonio has a cat?
-[JBL] Little Jimmy-- -[laughter]
[JBL] Little Jimmy allergic to cats?
[Michael] Could be.
[JBL] What'd the cat do?
[Michael] This past Monday night on Raw,
R-Truth built some momentum when he knocked off Wade Barrett.
Antonio Cesaro knocked off
the Intercontinental Champion, Kofi Kingston,
on Monday Night Raw.
Cesaro also had a very big battle with Sheamus
-this past Friday night on SmackDown. -[bell ringing]
[JBL] R-Truth has been on an incredible roll
on Friday nights on SmackDown.
[Michael] And R-Truth's been on a roll against Cesaro.
He owns two pinfall victories, one in a non-title matchup,
another in a tag team matchup against Antonio Cesaro.
No, clean break. Clean, clean, clean. All the way through.
[Michael] Antonio Cesaro is indeed a throwback.
R-Truth, uh, making fun of the United States Champion…
U. S. A.
[Michael] …and Cesaro cannot take R-Truth lightly.
-[R-Truth] Wassup? -[crowd] Wassup?
[JBL] Absolutely not.
R-Truth is a tag team champion former US champion,
and a two-time Hardcore Champion.
[Michael] Cesaro says that he doesn't like guys like R-Truth,
claims that all R-Truth's worried about is making a highlight reel.
-[Jerry] I haven't seen anybody… -[Michael] Cover by Cesaro.
[Jerry] …or heard of anybody that Cesaro does like.
In this country at least.
[Michael] He said there's an old saying in Switzerland,
"Don't mess with Cesaro."
And he says that USA stands for the United States of Antonio.
[JBL] He speaks five languages.
I understand he studied the Rosetta Stone donkey language to talk to you, Michael.
[Michael] You know, Jerry, we told the story on Raw this past Monday night,
about Cesaro, how the man is very disciplined.
He lives a hardened life in his-- in his words. Doesn't own a car.
He walks everywhere, sleeps on the floor, doesn't own a mattress.
As you see R-Truth looking to win the title here.
Shoulders down and a kickout.
He was telling me today that he won't take elevators either.
He walks everywhere and he carries his own bags.
Truth again, looking to steal the championship,
-and a kickout. -[Jerry] Carries his own bag and a purse.
-[Michael] Uh, it's a satchel. -[JBL] He calls it a satchel.
-Mike here-- Michael carries a purse here. -[Jerry chuckles]
[Michael] And R-Truth in control of Antonio Cesaro.
-[JBL] Is yours a satchel, Michael? -[Michael] Yes, it is a satchel.
[JBL] R-Truth, you ever been to Lucerne, Switzerland,
right across is Mount Bürgenstock,
that's what he used to run up
every single day in his training when he was a kid.
[Michael] You mean, Cesaro, not R-Truth.
[JBL] Cesaro, yes.
Truth saw it through Little Jimmy.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Michael] Cesaro said
that a lot of his training as well, in the small town,
Olympic Village of St. Moritz in Switzerland
at about 8,000 feet in altitude.
He used to do training there.
[Jerry] You've done a lot of talking to Cesaro, haven't you?
[Michael] I'm a very big fan of Antonio Cesaro.
I think he's gonna be, uh, a huge star here in WWE.
[Jerry] So, he's having an influence on you?
Have you thought about ditching your mattress and sleeping on the floor?
-[JBL] No, but he carries a purse. -[Jerry chuckles] There you go.
[Michael] Cesaro claims that America has gone rotten.
-His words. -[crowd chanting "USA!"]
[JBL] Look, I agree with everything you say
about the athleticism of Cesaro.
He's the greatest US Champion ever, and could be the greatest ever.
I don't like his disdain for the country of America.
-[Jerry] We don't dislike Switzerland. -[Michael] Oh!
[JBL] No, I like Roger Federer, Rolex.
[Michael] Again, Cesaro and Truth kicked out at one.
[Jerry] And I thought-- I always thought Swiss people were--
You know, weren't they always the ones that were just, uh, very peace loving
and always stayed out of any kind of fight?
-[Michael] Neutral. -[Jerry] Neutral.
That was the word I was looking for. [JBL] Very neutral, you might say.
And they also get a lot of people's money.
-[Jerry] Swiss bank accounts. -[JBL] And hid it.
[Michael] I understand that you hid a lot of your money in Switzerland.
[JBL] Not true.
[Michael] As Cesaro continues to--
[JBL] I'm all about the Cayman Islands.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Michael] R-Truth-- [chuckles]
-You and Romney, right? Oh. -[JBL] Or Bermuda. No, it's Bermuda.
[Jerry] We talked a lot about mattresses, that's where mine is.
[Michael laughs] Well, of course,
that's what they did in the '20s.
[Jerry] Listen to you now.
[JBL] You've got that proverbial shoebox, don't you, King?
[Jerry chuckles] Yeah.
[JBL] Under your mattress.
[Jerry] Cesaro is, uh, having his way right now with R-Truth.
[JBL] King still has Confederate money, he's got so old--
-a bunch of old money. -[Michael] You know what?
Antonio Cesaro has said that
an American trying to take away the United States Championship
from him is like, uh, an American trying to start up a business,
a small business here in the States.
They're both gonna fail miserably according to Cesaro.
R-Truth on the other hand, takes offense to what Cesaro says.
He says he's fighting this fight tonight for the hardworking people,
-the middle class of America. -Shut up.
[Jerry] Yeah. I mean, I heard R-Truth say that.
And honestly, to me, that's like putting undue pressure on yourself.
I mean, I think he needs to concentrate on just winning this match
and not worry about letting down the masses
if something goes wrong here tonight.
I mean, that's a lot of pressure.
[JBL] Guys, you're making this the USA versus the world here.
It's not. It's…
-[Jerry] I agree. -[JBL] …Antonio Cesaro against
R-Truth. It's that simple.
[Michael] Well, it's not us that had made it that way.
It's how Cesaro's presenting it.
As R-Truth tries to get back into this matchup.
[JBL] Yeah, but you're talking about it for the last three minutes.
Talking about his man purse, talking about yodeling in the Alps,
talking about hiding money in shoeboxes and mattresses.
[Michael] I'm trying to tell you a little bit of something
about a superstar here in WWE.
[JBL] Talk about him running up Bürgenstock Mountain
outside the Lucerne Sea,
and training every single day.
[Jerry] Let's talk about R-Truth.
I think he's had just about enough of this.
[Michael] R-Truth fighting back.
[Jerry] Oh, yeah.
[Michael] From Charlotte, North Carolina, R-Truth firing up on Cesaro.
[JBL] That's an old North Carolinian whooping right there.
[Jerry] Oh!
[Michael] Hard to stop Truth's momentum when he gets rolling.
-[Jerry] R-Truth doing so well. -[Michael] Oh!
[Jerry] Look at him go. Little Jimmy might get some hits on there in a minute.
[Michael] This is for Cesaro's United States Championship,
a prestigious title held by more than a dozen
Hall of Famers in WWE.
-[JBL] Here we go. -[Michael] How did he do it here!
-Truth's gonna win the title. -[JBL] That could be it.
[Michael] Crawling to the cover, hooks the inside leg.
-[crowd] …two. -[Michael] Cesaro powers out.
And you notice the heavy wrap on the right hand of Cesaro.
He is battling tonight with broken fingers, torn tendons in that hand.
[JBL] No kneepads by Cesaro.
[Michael] No elbow pads as well, throwback as we described him before.
[JBL] Catch-as-catch-can.
[Michael] And R-Truth catches him in the jaw.
-[Jerry] Catch that. -[Michael] And again,
Truth trying to win the championship.
Both legs hooked this time and another near fall for the challenger.
[Jerry] Check out this scissor kick from R-Truth.
Hit it perfectly. I think if he had just been
a little quicker with the cover, he may have gotten the victory there.
[crowd chanting] Little Jimmy.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, Little Jimmy.
[crowd chanting] Little Jimmy.
[Jerry] Come on, show us some Little Jimmy.
[crowd chanting] Little Jimmy.
[Michael] Great view over the shoulder of R-Truth
of the nearly 16,000 here tonight at the Barclays Center.
Oh, and what an uppercut from behind by Cesaro,
-and he may have Truth where he wants him. -[JBL] Look how strong Cesaro is.
-[Michael] Neutralizer. -[JBL] Unbelievable strength.
-[Michael] Set up by the uppercut, Cesaro. -[JBL] What an incredible champion.
[Michael] Retains the US title.
[Lilián] Here is your winner and still the United States Champion,
Antonio Cesaro.
[JBL] R-Truth was on a heck of a roll.
R-Truth put up a heck of a fight
and he just got manhandled by Antonio Cesaro.
What an unbelievable champion we have right here.
[Michael] You know, King, uh, Cesaro may be right.
No American may be able to beat him.
[JBL] It's a world of difference. Anybody can roll strikes and warm up,
put the title on the line and see what happens.
That's when Cesaro is at his best.
[Jerry] Well, perfect scissors kick almost got the job done for R-Truth.
But unfortunately, Cesaro hung on.
R-Truth kept looking good.
[JBL] That would have beaten 90% of the world's
sports entertainers…
-One, two-- -…not Cesaro.
Incredible strength.
[Michael] And the Neutralizer puts R-Truth away.
[Michael] Meanwhile, Matt Striker's in the ring
-with the United States Champion. -[bell ringing]
Antonio, what is your response to the negative reaction
that you are receiving from this audience?
[crowd booing]
Unlike America,
I am a true international superpower.
I am the greatest
United States Champion in history.
Therefore,
by booing me,
you are booing your own country,
which is very appropriate since you have no respect
for your own country,
no respect for your fellow citizens,
or for yourself.
[speaks German]
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!
[Michael] I don't know if I quite buy that logic, but--
[speaks German]
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Well, he's still the United States Champion.
[Jerry] And I don't know what he said right there at the end.
I think it was German and I don't think it was a compliment.
[Michael] And again, as part of WWE week, uh, Tribute to the Troops Wednesday night
on USA, Saturday night on NBC and, of course,
the man, really the architect for Tribute to the Troops,
a decade ago, he came up with the idea, my colleague, JBL.
The greatest thing I've ever been a part of, Michael,
but 100 percent of the credit goes to WWE.
One of the most charitable organizations in the world.
And every year, we get to say thank you to these heroes.
A little sneak peek now as we take a-- Well, a little inside look
at Tribute to the Troops.
Hi. I'm, uh, Commander John Bixby, CO of the VFA-211 Fighting Checkmates.
I just wanna say happy holidays, uh, to my family and, uh,
happy holidays to all the troops still in Afghanistan.
We're pulling for you to get home and we'll see you soon.
My name is Airman Sotolino and I just wanna wish my mother
and my father, Sergio and Christina Sotto
a happy holidays, and to my sisters,
Paula and Saudi, you know, a merry Christmas and I'll see you girls soon.
I'm Gunner's Mate Second Class Pat Swayne,
Station Naval Weapons Station Yorktown.
I'd like to give a shout out to my friends and family back home in New York.
Hi. I'm HN Huffant, from Castile, New York.
I just wanna give a shout out to the rest of the students
at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and to say hi to my family back at home.
[upbeat music playing]
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest at this time,
Dolph Ziggler.
[crowd cheering]
Dolph, a big night for you as you put your Money in the Bank contract
literally up for grabs in a Ladder match against John Cena.
Actually, Vickie Guerrero through Mr. McMahon
has endorsed thievery, legalized thievery.
You see, if John Cena were to win tonight,
he would win my Money in the Bank contract,
the same type of contract that he lost earlier this year.
And when I win, what do I get?
Something I've already earned and shouldn't have been
on the line in the first place?
Uh, this doesn't-- This doesn't make sense, Josh.
This doesn't make any sense.
You wanna make this fair? You wanna make this fair?
When I win tonight, Cena's career is over.
I don't just mean fired.
I mean something bigger. It's over.
You see, all of a sudden, the pressure, it starts to get to John.
And all of a sudden, every move
he makes becomes analyzed and scrutinized.
Maybe the pressure gets too big.
John Cena, he loses his Rumble match.
Maybe he loses his WrestleMania match.
Maybe he loses his focus, his mind, his fans as he watches the rise
and dominance of the biggest star of 2013 and beyond.
Dolph Ziggler.
[crowd cheering]
You know what, Josh?
I'm actually glad Cena and I have this match tonight
because mark my words,
tonight, everything changes.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It is the last pay-per-view of 2012.
A rainy night in Brooklyn for TLC.
The Dodgers may have left back in 1957,
but the WWE is here first time ever in the county of Kings.
JBL, I had, uh, some Grimaldi's Pizza last night to get in the mood
for TLC in Brooklyn.
[man] Awesome.
♪ I came to play ♪
♪ I came to play There's a price to pay ♪
♪ Time for you to get down On your knees and pray ♪
♪ Say goodbye to the good old days ♪
[Lilián] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome The Miz.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, ladies and gentlemen, uh, The Miz, a big part of TLC last year,
involved with CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio in a Triple Threat match,
TLC match for the WWE Championship.
Tonight, it looks like we got a special edition of Miz TV, King.
[Jerry] I'm looking forward to it.
Miz is from a famous city, sometimes known as
the Mistake by the Lake, Cleveland, Ohio. [chuckles]
[crowd] Awesome.
[crowd cheering]
Welcome to the most must-see WWE talk show in history.
Welcome to Miz TV.
[crowd cheering]
And for the first time ever,
we're coming to you live from Brooklyn.
[crowd cheering]
Now, we all know that Miz TV is all about unpredictability.
One minute, I'm asking the hard-hitting questions.
The next minute, you're witnessing some train wreck television.
So without further ado, tonight,
you can take all the subways.
You can take all the transits.
You can take all the railways,
but you can combine them all together
but they will not compare
to the amount of train wreck
that my guests are.
Please welcome, Heath Slater,
Jinder Mahal…
-[Jerry] Oh. -…and Drew McIntyre,
-[Jerry] Oh, my. -…3MB.
-["More Than One Man" playing] -♪ We're a three-man band! ♪
[Michael] From what I understand, the 3MB had to--
They had to use Google Maps to get here.
[JBL] 3MB got tattoos.
We saw them tout and they misspelled them.
[Michael] They are on their world tour.
[JBL] What world tour?
[Michael] Well, the tout you were referring to is their
State of WWE Address.
[JBL] Michael, they've never played a song.
They don't have any music.
This is absolutely dreadful, horrible, rotten.
After saying all that though, these guys are on a winning streak.
-[Michael] They win, you're right. -[JBL] They've won all their matches.
[Jerry] I wanna hear them. I wanna actually hear them play some time.
I used to be in a band called T-Mobile, but we kept breaking up.
[JBL] Billy Gibbons is rolling over in his grave and he's not even dead.
[Michael chuckles]
[Jerry] Oh, look at these guys. They have no respect for the…
-[Michael] Well, they're rock stars. -[Jerry] …Miz TV.
[JBL] What did you play at T-Mobile?
-[Jerry] What? -[JBL] What did you play,
-like, bass or…? -[Jerry] Drums.
[Michael] Look at the air guitar.
[JBL] Accordion?
[Michael] And, uh, Jinder, we know plays the sitar-- the air sitar.
[JBL] Drew, actually, home of, uh, the Bay City Rollers.
What are you, guys, five?
Gentlemen, thank you for rearranging my set.
-First question, what-- -[Heath] Whoa.
Wait a minute.
I got a question for you.
Where do you get off calling us a train wreck?
Where do you get off calling yourself a band?
Hey, hey.
We're more than a band individually.
Our unique talents transformed us into a--
Into what? Into, uh, the Village People?
Into a super group that is 3MB.
And I got news for you, Brooklyn.
3MB is much bigger, badder,
and way better than that idiot, Jay-Z.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Huh.
Brooklyn's own.
It's a fact.
Really?
Really.
Really?
-[Jinder] Really. -Really?
Yes, really, Miz, yes, really.
I mean, really, get this,
The Rolling Stones,
they wish,
they wish they can rock out with 3MB.
-With us. -Yes.
And get this, you need to hear this,
and everybody in this arena needs to hear this, okay?
Tomorrow night, at the Slammy Awards,
3MB will perform live, baby.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
"That's great news," said absolutely no one.
Congratulations, at least you set
the official bathroom break for the Slammys.
-Thank you. -Whoa.
[JBL] Everybody needs to go to the bathroom.
Oh, that's funny, huh?
You people think that's funny?
[crowd] Yes!
You think that's funny?
[crowd] Yes!
I know you two don't think that's funny since you can't even speak English.
[laughter]
[Heath] Hey, what did you just say?
-[both speaking Spanish] -[Heath] Huh?
What did you-- Hey, come here with me.
-[Marcelo speaks Spanish] -[Heath] Hold on a minute.
[both speaking Spanish]
What did you just say, huh?
I know you're not trying to make fun of 3MB
talking in your little foreign Mexican voices, are you, huh?
Listen up, in this country,
in this country, we speak American.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
[Michael] American?
-American. -[speaks Spanish]
What part of shut up do you not hablo Español?
-[speaks Spanish, grunts] -[grunts]
[indistinct chatter]
No, no [speaks indistinctly]
[Michael] That's Ricardo Rodriguez, Del Rio's personal ring announcer.
[crowd chatter]
[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] And look at this,
Del Rio, Alberto Del Rio coming to his ring announcer's aid.
Del Rio taking out 3MB.
Oh, look out.
Oh, Slater.
Del Rio on fire.
[JBL] Absolutely on fire.
[Michael] Yeah, but here comes the numbers game, 3MB,
Drew and Jinder and Slater,
three-on-one attack on Alberto Del Rio.
[JBL] Yeah, Del Rio may have made a big mistake coming out here
even though he had to help his buddy.
Oh, this may not turn out well for Del Rio.
[Michael] It all-started with 3MB bullying the Spanish announcers.
Rodriguez came to the ring.
-Now, they're picking apart Del Rio. -[Jerry] Oh.
Oh, goodness.
And look at The Miz. Look at Miz.
[Michael] And Miz getting into it.
Miz trying to-- Slater knocked out of the ring and now Miz
going after Jinder.
[Heath] Hey!
[JBL] Oh, Miz has lost complete control of his show but--
[Michael] And McIntyre,
Drew McIntyre paying for it as well.
-The record has been scratched on 3MB. -Drew!
Come here.
Hold on. No.
This isn't how this is gonna play out, no.
How about we do this?
How about you two find a partner tonight
and you all take on 3MB, baby?
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] I like that.
I dare you.
You got lucky.
[crowd chanting and cheering]
[JBL] Miz and Alberto together?
[Jerry] I don't know about that.
[JBL] Never work.
[Michael] Now, they've had their issues in the past, no doubt.
You three?
-[Jinder] Yeah. -Yes.
[Miz] That's not a problem.
See, what's gonna happen is we'll find a partner.
[crowd chanting] Who's your partner? Who's your partner?
We'll find a partner and the beating
that you three will receive
will be awesome.
[Michael] Well, the challenge has been accepted.
3MB gonna be on center stage tonight.
[JBL] Hey, and Michael, forget the challenge,
Miz and Alberto Del Rio are gonna be teammates tonight?
[Michael] Yeah. And who are they gonna pick to be the third member
of this unlikely tag team?
[JBL] But how are these two gonna get along?
They better get Dr. Shelby as their partner.
♪ Best get out of my way ♪
[Jerry] Check this out one more time.
Alberto Del Rio coming to the aid of…
Oh …Ricardo and did he do a number on 3MB by himself.
Until, as you said Michael, the numbers game catches up to him.
♪ I guess you had a dream ♪
[Michael] And then Miz would get involved.
And a challenge has been laid out, 3MB against Del Rio, Miz,
and a partner of their choice.
It's getting interesting around here at TLC.
♪ I came to play ♪
[crowd cheering]
I just spoke to Ryback.
So we're on the same page?
Yeah, I guess.
He's about as easy to talk to as you are.
What's that supposed to mean?
It's just-- It's the whole feed me more thing.
If there is one thing I can't stand,
it's when somebody repeats themself over and over and over again.
You're kidding, right?
Huh?
Whatever. Look,
who cares what Ryback says?
What's important is what he does.
I know what these TLC matches are like.
Bodies will be broken,
but we are going to be the ones who do the breaking.
And if Ryback is hungry, we'll feed him Seth Rollins.
-Yes. -We will feed him Dean Ambrose.
-Yes. -We'll feed him Roman Reigns.
-Yes. -And we will burn The Shield down.
-[crowd chanting along] -Yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes…
Ladies and gentleman, joining me now,
the number one contender to the Intercontinental Championship,
Wade Barrett.
[crowd cheering]
Wade, how confident are you going into your match
against Kofi Kingston in just mere moments?
My-- I'm supremely confident.
I mean, why wouldn't I be?
I've already beaten Kofi Kingston on numerous occasions.
And now, I hear that the wildcat
has been unleashed within Kofi Kingston.
I'm not so sure about that, but I do know that he's a cat
who does not have nine lives.
And tonight,
he's gonna be neutered by the great Barrett Barrage.
Back to ringside.
[bell ringing]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the Intercontinental Championship.
["Just Don't Care Anymore" playing]
♪ Look into my eyes and tell me ♪
♪ Tell me what you see ♪
♪ Were their eyes the color of fire? ♪
♪ And a soul burning hot to break free ♪
♪ I just don't care anymore ♪
[Michael] We're in Brooklyn tonight waiting for the number one
contender for the Intercontinental title.
Former Intercontinental Champion himself.
[Lilián] Introducing first, the challenger,
from Preston, England,
weighing in at 246 pounds,
Wade Barrett.
[Jerry] You know, JBL, Wade Barrett knocked off
Kofi Kingston a couple of times, once at Survivor Series
then on Monday Night Raw with that Bull Hammer elbow.
[JBL] What an incredible trilogy of matches
he had with Randy Orton, he had with Sheamus.
The lord of the lanes, the man who grew up fighting on the cobbles.
I really believe he's the future World Heavyweight Champion.
And tonight, he may be the Intercontinental Champion.
[Michael] You know, we saw the Spanish announce team a few moments ago.
I do wanna remind everyone, history being made tonight for the first time
pay-per-view available in Spanish on digital on iOS, Mac,
and PC platforms.
[Jerry] I told you history would be made tonight.
-["SOS" playing] -♪ You know ♪
♪ You, you know ♪
♪ SOS ♪
♪ I hear them shoutin' ♪
[explosion]
♪ SOS ♪
♪ I hear them cryin' ♪
[Lilián] And his opponent, from Ghana, West Africa,
weighing in at 212 pounds,
he is the Intercontinental Champion,
Kofi Kingston.
[Michael] Hey, King, what does Kofi Kingston
have to do to get off the schneid, so to speak, against Wade Barrett?
[Jerry] You know what?
We all know that Kofi Kingston has all the physical attributes
and abilities, and everything that it takes for him to beat
or at least hang with Wade Barrett.
I think it's a mental thing.
I think Kofi has to get the right frame of mind
and have the confidence and feel that he can beat Wade Barrett.
I think Wade's in Kofi's head.
[Michael] This match tonight for the prestigious
Intercontinental Championship.
The first title holder, the Hall of Famer, Pat Patterson,
-there had been many more along the way. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] So Kingston and Barrett here tonight at TLC.
It will be Barrett's power and strength against the quickness of Kofi.
[JBL] Kofi Kingston himself has held it four different times.
[Michael] Wade Barrett, a former Intercontinental Champion as well.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Barrett.
[Jerry] I actually saw Pat Patterson here earlier today.
He's here watching this match right now.
[Michael] As he usually is on our pay-per-views.
Of course, we're in Brooklyn tonight, very vocal crowd.
I wanna remind everyone that, as Barrett goes into the cover again,
we head down to Jersey Turnpike after the event tonight
to Philadelphia for tomorrow night's Slammy Awards.
Kickout by Kofi.
This year for the very first time ever,
the WWE Universe is gonna be able to select the winners
and the only way you can vote is exclusively on the WWE app.
You've gotta download the app now.
If you already have it, you've gotta download the update,
only way you're gonna be able to be involved in voting for the Slammys.
[JBL] I don't know how the JBL Show is not gonna win a Slammy this year.
[Michael] Oh, actually, Z!
True Long Island Story won .com show of the year,
YouTube as well, that was released on the pre-show,
as Kofi Kingston picks up the pace against Wade Barrett.
Kofi into the cover again, hook of the leg, and a kickout.
[JBL] The question was why wouldn't the JBL Show win?
[Jerry] Jerry "The King" Lawler won a Slammy on .com
earlier today for Exclusive Interview of the Year on .com.
[JBL] Yeah, but he cheated. He had a heart attack to get it.
[Jerry laughs] Hey, you know me,
I'll do anything for a little publicity.
[Michael] Well, that's true.
-[JBL] What a shocker. -[laughter]
[JBL] Oh, he had a heart attack, therefore King
gets an award for a video.
[Michael] Kofi Kingston in trouble as Wade Barrett
is taking control of the early part of this matchup.
Speaking of the JBL & Cole Show,
I wanna thank all the members of the WWE Universe
who showed up early at the Barclays Center today
for one of our tapings, a great event.
[Jerry] Oh, look at that move.
[Michael] And Kofi Kingston taking out Barrett.
[JBL] What an exciting young guy.
[Michael] That is what Wade Barrett has to do,
guard against Kofi Kingston picking up the pace so to speak.
[Jerry] I think that hit Wade Barrett right in that big nose of his.
[JBL] Wade's been hit on that nose a few times.
[Jerry] You gotta admit that's a big nose, ain't it, JBL?
[JBL] That's a large snout.
If he had a cold, it would be like
a giraffe getting a strep throat.
[Jerry] That's an old one. Here's a better one.
You could go bowling with his boogers. I guarantee.
[JBL] Oh, that's a lot better.
That is just a lot better.
Oh, yeah.
[Michael] Don't worry, Shecky Greene and Henny Youngman
will be back for more tomorrow night,
as Barrett has regained control of Kingston.
Now, look at Barrett with the abdominal stretch and now, turns it into a slam.
Nice move by Barrett, again into the cover, hook of the leg
on Kingston who kicks out at two.
This, Jerry, is how Wade turned it around.
[Jerry] You're right about that. And this is why I say sometimes
I think that-- I think that Kofi
has let Wade Barrett get into his head.
I mean, Kofi makes mistakes
when he's just not thinking right when he's in there with Wade Barrett.
-Oh, man. -[Michael] Oh, Wade Barrett,
unique backbreaker, using the ropes, cover again.
Champ has the kickout at two, another near-fall for Wade Barrett.
[JBL] The Barrett Barrage, that's the one thing that Kofi wants to avoid.
Don't let Wade Barrett get on a roll.
Don't let Wade Barrett turn it into a fight.
[Michael] Wade Barrett has such a strange background.
On one hand, he's a graduate of Liverpool University in marine biology.
On the other hand, John, he's a bare-knuckle champion,
fighting champion.
[JBL] In the same tradition as Bartley Gorman, Roy Shaw,
Lenny McLean. His friend Amir Khan
won a fight this past Saturday.
[Michael] In fact, he named his Bull Hammer elbow
to pay homage to Mr. Gorman.
[JBL] To Bartley Gorman.
Greatest bare-knuckle fighter of all time.
[Michael] Now, the tilt-a-whirl backbreaker,
Barrett again, trying to win the title and Kingston has to power out at two.
-But again-- -[JBL] An unbelievable fighting tradition
is there in the middle of England, right where Ricky Hatton is from.
[Michael] At least you found out where Hatton is from this time around.
-As Wade Barrett-- -[JBL] Unfortunately, Ricky Hatton
ran into some trouble in his comeback fight.
[Michael] Barrett again, second rope, delivers the elbow to the chest.
And Kofi could be in deep, deep, trouble but again, another near-fall for Barrett.
It seems like Barrett's-- Well, his bigger body size,
physicality really taking control here with Kingston.
[Jerry] Well, you're right about that. Once Wade Barrett gets the upper hand,
he knows how to keep it.
I mean, he is tough as nails.
And this is exactly his type of match.
This is what he wants.
This is the type of fight he wants to have with Kofi.
[Michael] Wade Barrett successfully returning
to WWE following a dislocated elbow that cost him much of 2012.
[Jerry] Oh, man. Whoa, that worked in Kofi's favor, look at this.
[Michael] And Kingston, oh, a nice Side Russian Leg Sweep again,
and Kofi buys himself some time.
You know, guys, it was in this event at TLC three years ago,
2009, where Kofi Kingston really arrived in many people's mind,
a classic match that we had the opportunity to call, King,
against Randy Orton, one of the best matches in TLC history.
[Jerry] Well, I've seen Kofi Kingston do some amazing things.
Remember the time that he-- I mean, he'd leaped halfway across
the ring on-- from the top rope and landed on one of those ladders
like Spiderman, it was amazing.
Still to this day, one of the greatest moves I've ever seen.
[JBL] Hey, two great Kofis came from Kumasi, Ghana.
We have Kofi Annan, the seventh secretary-general of UN,
won a Nobel Prize, and Kofi Kingston.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Kofi making maybe a bigger name for himself
than the Nobel Prize winner.
[crowd chanting] Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh.
[JBL] A lot more people know him.
[Jerry] That's true.
Kingston with Trouble in Paradise, Barrett ducks underneath it.
Wade Barrett.
Loot at Kingston, shoulders down and Barrett rolls through.
And right back-- Oh, no, look at this, SOS.
-[JBL] Unbelievable. -[Michael] He got him. A kickout at two.
I thought Kofi was gonna steal it there.
[Jerry] I think you get more notoriety from winning the Slammy
than the Nobel Prize.
[laughs]
[JBL] More credibility, I guarantee you that.
-[Jerry] Absolutely. -[Michael] Speaking of Slammys,
I've won three, you've won two.
-[Jerry] I won three. -[Michael] Oh, three?
Okay. So three and three. JBL, how many Slammys have you won?
[JBL] I should've won one this year.
-[Michael] Oh, you didn't. Kingston. -[JBL] I didn't.
[Jerry] How many times has Kofi hit Wade Barrett in the face?
[Michael] I believe it was ten.
Oh, and he paid for it.
Wade Barrett, and look at the power of Barrett again.
-[JBL] It's over. -[Michael] Kofi's head bouncing
off the mat, but still the wherewithal to kickout.
[JBL] You know, between you and Undertaker,
Michael, you guys are 21 and 0 at WrestleMania.
[Michael] Yes, we are.
-[Jerry] Who was it you beat? -[Michael] And Jerry Lawler is 0 and 1.
[Jerry] Oh, please.
-[Michael] You know, speaking of the-- -[Jerry] Let's not live in the past.
[Michael] Speaking of Tribute to the Troops this year,
Kofi Kingston had a blast at Naval Station Norfolk.
Coming up on Wednesday night, you'll see Kofi spending
a lot of time in the helicopters along with Miz.
Kofi, again, likes to fly.
He is a high flyer.
[JBL] Kofi and Miz, a lot of our talent did unbelievable things with the troops.
[Michael] Oh, crossbody, Wade rolls through, hooks the leg.
-Got a new champ. Did he get it? -[Jerry] No.
-[Michael] Did he get it? -[JBL] No.
-Come on. -[Doan] Two.
-[Michael] Oh, two and a half. -[Doan] No, no, he moved up on two.
-Three. -[Doan] Left shoulder moved up.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Oh, Wade believes he won there and I believe-- Oh, and Kofi,
trying to steal one, he's trying to steal one here,
and again, Barrett almost got caught.
[Jerry] Well, that's what happens when you get frustrated,
oh, not once, but twice he's hit that move.
[Michael] Side slam again, hook of the leg, and Kingston stays alive.
[JBL] This is what you love about pay-per-views.
This is what you love about title matches.
These guys all up it one degree when they get here.
[Michael] Well, you heard Wade Barrett referring to Kofi as a wildcat before.
This is one of the reasons why.
[JBL] Here comes the Bull Hammer.
-[Michael] Kofi always in the fight. -[JBL] Here comes the Bull Hammer.
[Jerry] This may be the beginning of the end right here for Kofi.
[Michael] No, it's gonna be the end
if Wade Barrett connects with the elbow to the temple.
-[JBL] Here we go. -One, two--
[JBL] If you're from Ghana, don't look.
-Oh, my. -[Michael] Oh, caught him.
Kofi caught him, Trouble in Paradise from out nowhere.
-Kofi Kingston got it. -[JBL] He got it.
-[bell ringing] -["SOS" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner and still the Intercontinental Champion,
Kofi Kingston.
[JBL] King, you said he was in his head, you are right.
Kofi just exorcised some demons and that demon was called Wade Barrett.
Unbelievable win for this young man.
[Michael] The never say die attitude of Kofi Kingston on display here tonight
at TLC.
[Jerry] And that's a victory this young man can really be proud of.
As you said JBL, I honestly was to the point
where I didn't think Kofi Kingston had it in him to beat Wade Barrett.
[Michael] Oh, I was-- For one, was one of the doubters.
I didn't think he was gonna retain the championship here tonight
but Kofi very impressive.
[JBL] Congratulations to Kofi. What an incredible win.
What an incredible championship.
What an incredible champion.
-["SOS" continues] -♪ What me say ♪
-♪ It's a shame, what a shame ♪ -One more time.
♪ You lose a life ♪
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♪ All we really want ♪
♪ About to explode ♪
[crowd chatter]
Ladies and gentleman, please welcome the WWE Champion
up in his own personal skybox, CM Punk.
[crowd cheering]
Well, well, well, apparently everybody here
and everybody around the world wants the status report on my knee.
[crowd chatter]
[CM Punk] Tell them, Paul.
Forget about it.
[crowd cheering]
Now, for everybody watching at home
that doesn't understand the ignorant lingo of these Brooklynites,
that simply means it's none of your business.
But I will tell you this, it was very hard waking up this morning
and leaving my lovely home of Chicago
and coming to a place like this and sitting amongst all of you animals.
[crowd jeering]
[CM Punk] Cry and boo all you want.
If you don't like being called an animal you-- Perhaps, you should move to a place
that it isn't just the slums of Staten Island.
[Paul laughing]
All of you people cheered two weeks ago
when Ryback hurt my knee in the first place.
And I understand completely.
Each and every single one of you and Ryback have a ton in common.
All of you, just like him, don't understand what it's like
to be a champion.
You've never won anything in your entire life.
Each and every single one of you, just like Ryback, is dumb.
And I apologize for being crass but I'm just stating the facts,
ladies and gentleman.
Ryback is both dumb and lucky.
He's dumb because he injured me to a point
where I can't compete for my title tonight.
And he's lucky that he injured me to a point
where I can't compete for my title tonight.
This is Tables, Ladders & Chairs, kids.
I'm the most dangerous man in the WWE and you wanna put a weapon in my hand?
[crowd chattering]
My track record in TLC matches speaks for itself.
I would've broken every single chair this place has to offer.
I would've laughed as he clumsily tried to climb a ladder
just so I can push him off.
I would've smashed him through every single table in New York.
[crowd cheering]
This isn't bragging. This isn't boasting. This isn't just me being cocky.
This is stating fact from fiction because I separate the two.
Unlike all of you and Ryback who live in a fantasy world.
Fiction is this idea that Ryback is an unstoppable monster
because I've proven that he's neither.
He's just a man who I've beaten.
I beat him single-handedly at Hell in a Cell.
I beat him single-handedly at Survivor Series.
And tonight, The Shield,
who I am a big fan of, but have no affiliation with
is going to beat him here tonight.
[crowd chattering]
Here's another fact,
I am the longest reigning WWE Champion of the modern era.
[crowd cheering]
The fact is nobody's gonna take this title away from me
because nobody can.
I started 2012 as your WWE Champion and I will end it as such.
And the scary thing is
I am just getting started.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] And today, indeed… -I'm the best in the world!
…marks day 392 of CM Punk's title reign,
but you heard Punk talking about The Shield.
He still claims there's no affiliation between him and The Shield.
Well, I don't believe that for one minute.
There has been a lot of coincidences, if that's the case.
But the scary thing is about what he said is he may be right.
Yeah, and the Knights Templar buried their treasure in Oak Island.
Would you stop with the conspiracy theories,
the black helicopters?
He said he's a fan. He says there is no affiliation
with him and The Shield.
Take him at face value, he is the WWE Champion.
Well, Punk is gonna sit back and watch The Shield in action
-for the very first time right now. -[bell ringing]
[Justin] This is the first ever
Six-Man Tag Team Tables, Ladders & Chairs Match.
There will be no count-outs and no disqualifications.
The only way to win is by pinfall or submission.
[explosions]
[crowd cheering]
["Out of Fire" playing]
[Justin] Approaching the ring first, weighing 323 pounds,
he is one-half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, Kane.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, Kane and Daniel Bryan
were dragged into this thing by The Shield.
They have been the subject of a number attacks by The Shield.
The Shield, however, blames Team Hell No.
They said Team Hell No are the ones that have initiated this physicality.
[Jerry] Hang on a second.
-[explosions] -[Jerry] Oh!
Wow.
Feel that heat?
["Flight Of The Valkyries" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Justin] Joining him from Aberdeen, Washington,
weighing 210 pounds,
he is the other half of the WWE Tag Team Champions,
Daniel Bryan.
[Jerry] I now realize why Kane has to come out here first
because if Daniel Bryan was in the ring at the same time,
when those explosions went off,
it would singe all of that hair off the goat face of his.
[Michael] Well, earlier tonight…
-[JBL] It would have us a goat barbecue. -[Jerry laughs]
[Michael] Well, earlier tonight, Daniel Bryan won two wwe.com
Slammy Awards including best facial hair.
[JBL] Yeah, and how many have you won, Michael?
[Michael] I've won three.
[JBL] How many world championships have you won?
-[Michael] None. -[Jerry] Best facial hair?
Daniel Bryan got the best facial hair?
[Michael] And speaking of world--
[JBL] That's like giving best rock and roll award to 3MB.
[Michael] And speaking of world titles,
Daniel Bryan won his only world championship in this event a year ago
when he cashed in Money in the Bank on the Big Show.
What a night that was.
-["Meat on the Table" playing] -♪ Feed me more ♪
♪ Feed me more ♪
-♪ Feed me more ♪ -[explosions]
[Justin] And from Sin City, weighing 291 pounds,
-Ryback. -Wake up!
-[Michael] Well, the reason CM Punk… -[Jerry] Whoo.
[Michael] …is sitting in the skybox tonight
not competing is because of this man.
The damage Ryback did a couple of weeks ago on Monday Night Raw
caused a torn meniscus to the WWE Champion,
Punk needed surgery to repair.
Because of that injury, Ryback doesn't get his opportunity tonight
for the WWE Championship.
-[explosion] -[Michael] But he'll have the opportunity
sometime in the near future.
[Jerry] You know, I'm not taking anything away from Daniel Bryan but when you team…
Kane and Ryback,
now, that may be one of the most powerful tag teams
in history of WWE.
Look at these two.
[JBL] I got to agree with you, King.
What an unbelievable team that is.
Unbelievable.
["Special Op" playing]
♪ Sierra Hotel India Echo Lima Delta ♪
♪ Shield ♪
["Special Op" continues]
-[Michael] And the reaction is for… -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
-[Michael] …the trio. -[Justin] And their opponents,
at a combined weight of 707 pounds,
Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose,
The Shield.
[Michael] Seth Rollins leading the charge,
Dean Ambrose in the middle, and that is Roman Reigns
as they get set for their first ever match here in WWE.
And it's no, well, normal matchup. It's Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
All those, uh, those things can be used in this match.
But for the first time ever this match is gonna end via pinfall or submission.
Wasting little time, here we go.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy. -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] And the brawl is on. -[JBL] This is great.
This is awesome.
[Michael] Roman Reigns and Kane in front of us here…
unloading.
[Jerry] Watch out, guys.
They'd get right in our laps if you're not careful.
[Michael] Ryback zeroed in on Ambrose,
Daniel Bryan on Seth Rollins there.
[JBL] I'm not sure if Brooklyn is gonna be big enough to hold this fight.
[Michael] The Shield claims The Shield of Justice
will come to fruition here tonight.
[Jerry] Well, I'm afraid there's gonna be a lot of injustice spilled out
over this…
-this arena floor first. -[JBL] Whether you agree with them or not,
they believe it, 100 percent.
Whether I do or not, it doesn't matter. They live by a code.
They live by an honor that they deem is justice.
[Michael] Seth Rollins tweeted earlier today-- Oh, man, that,
"Tonight we change the world."
That is what The Shield claims will happen
as Dean Ambrose unloads on Ryback.
[Jerry] Dean Ambrose with those big chops but having little effect on Ryback.
Whoa, look out.
That's how you deliver a chop.
[Michael] And here is Ryback who claims, "I love destruction."
[Jerry exclaims]
[JBL] What an impact The Shield has made on the WWE.
What an unbelievable first match.
[Michael] Oh, and a bench press to Dean Ambrose
and Ryback, in the powerhouse,
The Human Wrecking Ball.
And now Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins,
they've taken Kane and Bryan out outside the ring.
And this is where Shield excels, this pack of dog mentality,
the three-on-one assault.
-[JBL] And this is what is unbelievable… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[JBL] …about The Shield, King, you mentioned what an unbelievable team
of Ryback and Kane in there together.
Forget Daniel Bryan, also a world champion,
but this is the first match that The Shield has had in the WWE
-against these guys. -[Michael] Oh, wow.
That would be the highly athletic Dean Ambrose.
-[Jerry] And some-- Hey, hey, hey. -[Michael] And Kane the first to introduce
a ladder in the Tables, Ladders & Chairs.
[JBL] The toys are coming out.
Here we go.
[Jerry] That ladder, though, kicked right into the ribcage of Kane
and Kane was floored out here.
[Michael] And again, the three-on-one assault now
on Daniel Bryan.
[Michael] The three men who came to us via the developmental system of WWE
known as NXT.
Roman Reigns, a college football star at Georgia Tech
-had some-- -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, man.
[Michael] And a ladder bounced off the steps of Daniel.
Off the head, I should say, of Daniel Bryan.
[Jerry] We talked about injustice.
But this three-on-one assault-- And look at this.
[Michael] Look at Ryback.
[Jerry] Now, it's one on three.
[JBL] You've been here since George Wagner.
Have you even seen a bigger impact that anybody has had
since The Shield?
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Oh, not at all.
Ryback either.
And Ryback using the ladder to his advantage.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Michael] Oh!
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] You talked about the-- Oh, and chair now
introduced into the match by Reigns.
[JBL] It's all legal.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And that floors Ryback and the Big Red Monster intercepting.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Look at them.
Hell has broken loose at the Barclays Center.
[Michael] I guess what you had expected, John, coming into this.
[JBL] Absolutely.
[crowd chattering]
[JBL] I've been looking forward to this all week, Michael, and it--
[crowd chanting] Yes, yes, yes.
[JBL] I knew it was gonna be mayhem, Michael.
I was looking forward to this all week and it is not disappointing.
-Let all hell break loose. -[Michael laughs]
[JBL] Let them get after each other.
Bring out every table, ladder, and chair in Brooklyn.
-Let's go. -[Jerry] And look at goat face go.
-It must have been 40 kicks. -[JBL] Oh!
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] Roman Reigns feeling the ladder.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Daniel Bryan!
-Kane… -[referee] One, two.
[Michael] Remember, pinfall or submission wins this thing
and Reigns kicks out at two.
-Incredible crowd here tonight… -[Jerry] Boy, look at this.
[Michael] …in Brooklyn.
[Jerry] Any time more than one member of this Shield can isolate somebody,
it's always two or three-on-one immediately.
[Michael] Oh, that's been their MO since they've arrived on the scene.
-They work better in a pack. -[crowd chanting] We want tables.
[JBL] They're a team, that's what teams are supposed to do.
[Michael] Seth Rollins catches a right hand.
Kane again, going for the victory.
Does he have it? No, Rollins at two.
[Jerry] And Rollins coming from high in the air
but he landed right on the fist of Kane. Ooh.
[Michael] You heard 16,000 strong chanting, "We want tables," moments ago.
That's what this match is about, tables, ladders, chairs.
Dean Ambrose using a chair out here on Daniel Bryan right in front of us.
[Jerry] Yeah, but look at the use of this ladder inside the ring by Kane now.
[Michael] Oh, no.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, man.
And now Dean Ambrose with the chair.
[Michael] Look at this, look at this. DDT!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Man, Ambrose with the massive DDT
on Kane's head right into that steel chair.
[Michael] John, you've been in tables and you've been in chairs
and you've been in Ladder Matches, extremely dangerous environment.
And here's Ryback with the power.
[JBL] It's all legal, Michael, that's the problem.
And when you got other mayhem like this and you say,
"Guys, do whatever you want."
"Grab all the toys you want and hit it-- Hit them with each other,
climb on top of them, jump off of them."
Absolutely, it's dangerous.
[Michael] Oh, no, speaking of dangerous, Seth Rollins…
[Jerry] Oh, no!
[Michael] Ladder in hand to the midsection of Ryback.
And for now, the monster has been taken down.
Oh, and head-first off the ladder.
[JBL] It's what you're talking about, King.
They work together as a pack.
It's what teams do.
[Michael] That's what The Shield said earlier tonight,
that they fight together and they win together.
That is what The Shield is all about.
They call it their Shield of Justice.
[JBL] They correct injustices.
[Michael] Oh, the injustice of Ryback, they claim, is the fact that Ryback
ruined CM Punk's celebration…
-[JBL] He did. -[Michael] …as WWE Champion.
[JBL] He did.
[crowd cheering] We want tables!
[Michael] I think that, you know, the reason Ryback, in my mind,
isn't champion today it's because The Shield helped Punk…
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Michael] …at Survivor Series.
[Jerry] Ryback, once again, showing that strength of his.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] And here comes Ryback.
[JBL] But I don't think that excuses what Ryback did to CM Punk.
-[Michael] And that would be? -[JBL] Hurt him.
Put the man in the hospital.
[Michael] Well, I don't think…
[JBL] Oh.
[Michael] Oh, no, look at this.
Ryback using the ladder to his advantage.
[Jerry] Watch it.
[JBL] Now, all of a sudden, you're the one that says
what is justice and what isn't.
The Shield thinks it's an injustice
and that's all that matters right now, Michael,
because they're the ones that are meting out justice.
They're the ones that are correcting wrongs.
[Michael] Yeah, well, the justice they wanna correct.
-[Jerry laughs] -[Michael] Vigilantism,
-in my mind. -[Jerry] Hey, guys, look at this.
Speaking of minds, what do you think
is going through the mind of Ryback right now?
-He wants to do some one-on-two damage. -[Michael] Look at this.
-[JBL] Oh, into the ladder. -[Jerry laughs]
Oh, look at the face of Ambrose.
[Michael] You could hear their bodies crunching against the steel ladder.
And Ryback says this is over.
-Watch this. Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, goodness.
[Michael] Wow.
[Jerry] Ambrose, I think-- Obviously,
that's the first time he's ever had that feeling in his life,
you could tell by the look on his face.
[Michael] Well, Roman Reigns made sure
Ryback can't stack Ambrose and Seth Rollins
for the Shell Shocked.
[Michael] And now, it's Reigns, a big man in his own right.
Roman Reigns taking it here to Ryback.
[Jerry] And just when you think you got The Shield on the ropes.
These guys can get the upper hand with the two on one or three on one edge.
They go wild.
-[Michael] Ambrose with the chair. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] The six-three, 255 pounds.
-[Jerry] Oh, look out! -[Michael] Roman Reigns with the ladder.
-[JBL] But that's what teams do, right? -[Michael] You're right.
[JBL] That's what partners are supposed to do.
Get out, fools, this is my table now!
[Michael] The Spanish announcers having a rough night tonight, guys.
[JBL] They really do.
I'm glad I'm safe over here.
-[Michael] Should we go? -[speaks indistinctly]
[JBL] This isn't a match anymore. This is an absolute mauling.
Well, this is thuggery.
[Michael] Now, John, you-- John and King, we know what's coming here.
The Shield has put Ryback through the announce table
not once but twice over the past number of weeks.
[JBL] This is a mugging.
[yells]
[Michael] Oh, look at it. They're gonna go for--
They're going for that triple powerbomb again.
Kane and Daniel Bryan had been taken out.
-[Jerry] Oh, no. -[Michael] Ryback is in trouble again.
Look at The Shield.
Ryback up high, through the announce table.
[JBL] Wow.
[Michael] The monster, Ryback, laid to waste at the hands of The Shield.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] Look out, look out, look out, Daniel Bryan.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And now Bryan taking the fight to The Shield.
Daniel Bryan with that pit bull mentality.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] But again, the numbers game, guys.
The numbers game just too much for Daniel Bryan.
[Jerry] Daniel Bryan being hammered, and look out, here's Kane.
[Michael] Kane trying to even things up. It's now three-on-two.
And again, Reigns forcing Kane back against the apron.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan, chair at hand, and for the first time
Daniel Bryan and Kane trying to gain the upper hand.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Watch out here.
[Michael] See, guys, the problem is every time somebody gets momentum going,
The Shield has got too many guys.
Daniel Bryan was…
[JBL] No, they don't have too many guys, Michael.
It's three on three, they work together better than the other team.
They are in true team.
[Jerry] Oh, no, look at-- Look at-- Look at this.
[Michael] Oh, into the chair. I agree with you, John.
They are taking the numbers game and putting it into their favor.
[JBL] But it's not a matter of too many guys, Michael.
It's a matter of the fact that they work as a cohesive unit.
[Jerry] Let me tell you something, The Shield just absolutely dismantling
Come on, doll face.
-Come on, doll face. -[Jerry] Watch this slam.
Oh.
On the steel chair they're dismantling the team of Ryback, Kane and Daniel Bryan.
[JBL] What a brilliant group of predators.
They're finding a way constantly to isolate one person.
[Michael] And that's a great way to describe them as predators
as we see Ryback still out at ringside
-and this is how that happened. -[JBL] Right.
Oh.
And this allows them to isolate Daniel Bryan.
-[Michael] And Kane is-- -[JBL] This is just brilliant,
absolutely brilliant by The Shield.
[Jerry] Yeah, I don't know if I've seen any three guys take advantage
of Tables, Ladders & Chairs any more than The Shield has.
They've used them all to their advantage.
[Michael] Well, it's that pack mentality.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] Roman Reigns, you notice how Roman Reigns
is always patrolling outside the ring.
[JBL] Yup, if there's ever any doubt about their fighting ability,
there is absolutely no doubt now.
[Michael] Oh, and the incredible--
[JBL] People have questioned, "Are these guys just cheap shot artists?"
"Are these guys people who come down here and who blindside people?"
This is a fair fight.
This is a three-on-three battle, and these guys, The Shield,
are absolutely dominating it.
[Michael] And Daniel-- Oh, man, chin-first.
[JBL] Daniel Bryan may be the smallest guy compared to these two monsters.
He's a former World Heavyweight Champion
being decimated by The Shield.
[Michael] Watch this. That'll knock out some teeth.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] The point is great that they're doing here, John, they're--
That the smaller man, they've isolated.
Roman Reigns is patrolling ringside,
making sure Ryback and Kane don't come to,
allowing Rollins and Ambrose
-to systematically-- -[JBL] Yeah, I understood it, Michael,
but, you know, how that oversimplifies things.
That means you've got to get rid of Ryback and Kane first.
Look at what they're doing here.
-Look at this. -[Michael] You got to be kidding me.
You got to be kidding me!
-[Michael] The cover. -[referee] One, two--
[Jerry] Oh, he breaks it up, somehow, Kane
at the last second saves Daniel Bryan and keeps this match going.
Whoa.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Roman Reigns went flying out.
Dean Ambrose with that very unorthodox style.
-Watch this. -[Jerry] Watch this.
[Michael] Double superplex.
[JBL] I don't think anybody saw this coming.
I think people thought that when you had Ryback, Kane and Daniel Bryan,
you were gonna see a little retribution.
I don't think anybody has thought they would see a beat down
like what's going on right now with The Shield.
[Jerry] And you're right about that.
I certainly didn't-- I didn't believe this was even possible.
[Michael] And now it's Kane into the table.
[JBL] This is absolutely thuggery.
-[Michael] Yes. -[JBL] This is a mauling.
-[Michael] The Shield came. -[JBL] And it's all legal.
[Michael] The Shield came into this match tonight with an obvious plan
and they've worked it to perfection.
[JBL] Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
[Michael] Take out Ryback--
[Jerry] Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
Don't tell me they're gonna try to do what they did to Daniel Bryan on Kane?
-[JBL] Look at the table. -[Jerry] Impossible!
The table is gonna break.
[Michael] I don't know if the table is gonna be able to take the weight
of these three men.
This is ridiculous.
Kane trying to fight for survival here.
He's knocked Ambrose off and there goes Seth Rollins--
[Jerry] Whoa, all the way to the floor.
[Michael] And now Kane looking to turn…
-[Jerry] Look out! -[Michael] …the tables and he did.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] No pun intended, Kane has turned the tables here.
[Michael] And Kane, former world champion.
The veteran unloading.
[JBL] We got a veteran here who has been a destructive force
for over a decade here in the WWE.
This man is no stranger to a fight.
This is what we were hoping to see.
[Michael] Dean Ambrose saving the matchup.
-Again, watch this. -[Jerry] Watch Kane,
how high in the air, coming down.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Dean Ambrose is just unloading on Kane.
Now, he's gonna bring a chair
-into the equation. -[Jerry] This Dean Ambrose is dangerous
when he gets a chair or ladder in his hands.
[Michael] He's very eccentric
and he uses that in the ring as you can see.
[Jerry] Uh-oh, reversal, uh-oh. Uh-oh.
[Michael] Chokeslam through a chair.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[JBL] That's got to hurt.
[Jerry] That's got to do it.
-Cover him, Kane. -[JBL] That will be it. That will be it.
[Michael] Kane, looking to win this one here.
-And that's-- -[Jerry] What?
-[JBL] Did he get him? -[Michael] I think that was Reigns.
-[JBL] Did he get him? -[Michael] No, he didn't.
Watch this. Watch the impact, King.
[Jerry] Chokeslam from hell through a chair.
[crowd chattering]
[Michael] There are bodies thrown everywhere here as Kane and--
[JBL] Dean Ambrose could've broke some ribs.
[Jerry] Oh, watch it.
[Michael] From behind is Seth Rollins going low on the Big Red Monster.
-Now, look at this. -[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Michael] Kane through the barricade.
[Jerry] What?
[JBL] I'm telling you Brooklyn may not be big enough for this fight.
-This is awesome. -[Michael] Our timekeeper,
Mark Yeaton just woke up.
[Jerry] Almost got Lilián Garcia.
This is really-- It's dangerous out here.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Carnage.
[Michael] It's unbelievable.
We got Ryback down and out at the announce table.
Kane just went through the timekeeper's area.
And now Rollins and Reigns are literally
[Jerry] He's got part of our table.
What are they doing here?
[Michael] Well, they're burying Kane in rubble is what they're doing.
[Jerry] Everything that they're--
[JBL] Absolutely burying Kane.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome. This is awesome.
-[JBL] Underneath all of that is Kane. -[crowd chanting] This is awesome.
[Michael] Listen to the WWE fans in Brooklyn.
[Jerry] They're loving this hard-fought battle.
[Michael] And look at this, the Yes! Lock, the Yes! Lock.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] That should be the-- No! Lock by Daniel Bryan.
And now the No! Lock again.
[Jerry] Once again, it's what we've talked about.
If you think you've got one of The Shield isolated--
[Michael] Going for the No! Lock again.
Going for the No! lock on Roman Reigns.
Roman Reigns, will he tap out?
Will he tap out to Daniel Bryan?
Dean Ambrose.
[JBL] It's a pack of predators, boys. This is brilliant.
This is absolutely brilliant watching this.
This is a three-on-three fight
and they have found a way constantly to isolate one man.
[Michael] Team Hell No and Ryback have not been able to get into this match
really since the get-go.
An incredible performance thus far.
[JBL] Kane is buried somewhere over here under a bunch of chairs.
Ryback is over here through the Spanish announce table.
Daniel Bryan is out there all alone.
[Michael] Rollins and Ambrose looking to put Daniel Bryan away,
and Bryan still fighting.
Tremendous heart of Daniel Bryan.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] The World's Toughest Vegan.
[Jerry] Well, that is out of desperation.
If they had dropped Daniel Bryan on his head through that chair,
it'd be over.
-[Michael] And again, Ambrose and Roll-- -[Jerry] Look out.
-Oh, my God. -[Michael Oh! Oh, man.
Wow.
[Jerry] Did his head hit off the chair?
[Michael] Well, Kane is in-- is in that rubble somewhere.
Ambrose for the win,
and Ryback's back in it.
-[Jerry] What? -[Michael] Here comes the monster.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Uh-oh. Shield in deep trouble here.
[Jerry] Oh.
[JBL] It's still three-on-one.
-[Jerry] Uh-oh. Maybe not for long. -[JBL] Ryback may be enough.
[Jerry] I think right now it's one-on-three.
[JBL] Correct, King.
[Jerry] Look at the power of Ryback.
-On the floor. -[Michael] There goes Rollins.
[JBL] The 200-pound plus man he just picked up like a little toy.
[Michael] Roman Reigns.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] This is what we thought we would see.
[Michael] Forget injustice. Ryback has come for justice.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Watch out. -[Michael] And again, the--
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] Oh, this-- -[JBL] Oh, my God, that was--
-[Michael] What a tackle. -[Jerry] Almost cut Dean Ambrose in half.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] I think that move has a name.
[crowd chanting] Feed me more, feed me more,
feed me more, feed me more.
[Michael] It is electric in Brooklyn.
-Finish it! -[crowd chanting] Finish it!
[Michael] Ryback setting up Ambrose for Shell Shocked.
[Jerry] He's got him.
[Michael] Ryback will triumphantly march around the ring.
[JBL] Ryback is gonna win it.
-[Michael] Shell Shocked Ambrose. -[JBL] Ball game.
-[Michael] Here's the cover by Ryback. -[JBL] What a match.
-[Michael] Oh! -[JBL] Oh!
[Jerry] What?
[Michael] And The Shield stays alive.
Absolutely incredible.
[Jerry] This is one of the most brutal battles I've ever seen.
And it will not end.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] You're looking at the future, folks.
Ryback. The Shield.
[JBL] What a great future we have if this is it.
And this is it.
[crowd chatter]
-[JBL] Unbelievable. -[Jerry] Oh, no. A chair from behind.
The lower back of--
[JBL] Again, guys, they're isolating Ryback.
-[Jerry] Watch out. -[Michael] Oh, man. Ryback.
[Jerry] Did I-- Did I say that was brutal?
[JBL] Ryback just launched himself with no regard for his own body.
[Michael] Watch this.
Look at this.
The chairs were like dominos, as Ryback rolled through with Roman Reigns.
[JBL] These are guys throwing everything they have at each other.
This is TLC.
[Jerry] There is no quit in any one of these gentlemen.
[JBL] You got to love this. You got to love it.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan and Kane have not moved
and Ryback is trying to single-handedly take out The Shield.
[Jerry] Oh, wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The chair to the back and Ryback is down.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] I don't see-- I don't see how all of these men aren't just,
oh, completely physically exhausted.
They could barely stand. What a battle.
[JBL] Ryback has been hit with almost everything in this arena.
[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] And I don't think The Shield are done.
[JBL] Apparently, justice isn't done yet, Michael.
They live by a code. They live by honor.
[Jerry] You know what? At some point--
[JBL] Whether you agree with it or not, they do.
[Jerry] JBL, you got to agree with this, at some point,
somebody has got to step in and say, "This is enough."
[JBL] That or we're gonna lose some awful good superstars, King,
I agree with you.
Ryback has been hit with everything in this arena.
Absolutely everything.
I don't know how he's still conscious.
[Michael] Unbelievable. Look at them.
I don't think-- Ryback may be in a semiconscious state here.
[JBL] And, King, you're right,
at some point, someone's got to stop this.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Oh, no.
No. No.
-This doesn't end well. -[Michael] You thinking what I'm thinking?
[JBL] This doesn't end well.
-[Jerry] What? -[JBL] This doesn't end well.
[Michael] Seth Rollins is climbing to the top of the ladder.
Ambrose and Reigns talking trash to Ryback.
[JBL] This could be the end of Ryback.
This could be the end of his career.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan trying to fight into this.
Daniel Bryan somehow trying to fight back.
Uh-oh, Ryback is coming too.
[JBL] How?
[Michael] No place for Seth Rollins to go.
[JBL] You gotta be kidding me.
[Jerry] I don't know if that's a wise decision, Seth.
[Michael] Ryback is in pursuit of Rollins.
-I can't believe it-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Rollins through tables.
But remember, you can only win via pinfall or submission.
And now, right back to the ring, Ambrose and Reigns,
they turn their attention back to Daniel Bryan.
Seth Rollins tossed off the top of the ladder by Ryback.
[JBL] We're not done.
[Jerry] I think Ambrose and Reigns thought Rollins had everything
in-- under control back there.
I don't even know if they know what happened to their partner.
[Michael] Oh, look at-- No, no, no, no.
-They're gonna go for a powerbomb… -[Jerry] Oh!
[Michael] …through the table.
Reigns with the cover.
One, two, three.
-[Michael] And he got it. -[bell rings]
[Michael] The Shield have won.
["Special Op" playing]
[Justin] And the winners of this match, The Shield.
[Michael] The Shield winning their first match here in WWE
and as Seth Rollins tweeted earlier, tonight they changed the world.
[JBL] That was a hellacious match.
That was unbelievable.
Absolutely unbelievable.
That's a once in a lifetime event to watch that, Michael.
[Jerry] Well, Kane is still buried under the rubble.
-[JBL] Unbelievable. -[Jerry] And one of the members of Shield
is-- Oh, man.
He's completely out.
I think they've just realized what happened to their partner.
[Michael] Well, this is what happened to Seth Rollins.
Watch this. Ryback.
[JBL] That's 15 feet.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Watch his head. Oh.
Man.
[Michael] Well, there were definitely scars to The Shield tonight,
but in the end, Reigns, Ambrose,
and Rollins make history at TLC.
[JBL] None of these guys may be the same after this.
-Unbelievable. -[Jerry] I don't think
there's any question about that.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] JBL, you pointed it out,
there were a lot of questions coming into this.
Could The Shield go toe-to-toe with these three men in a TLC match?
Nonetheless, all those questions have been answered.
Critics have been silenced.
Damn it.
-That's what happens. -[JBL] Wow. Wow.
[Michael] You know what else is incredible?
The fact that Ryback is still standing.
[Jerry] And still running his mouth.
Watch more-- One more horrific look.
Oh, my God.
[JBL] His head snapped off that table.
[crowd chatter]
Well, it's an absolute mess here at ringside, ladies and gentlemen,
following the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match
between Shield, Team Hell No and Ryback.
And what an incredible performance tonight by Rollins, Reigns, and Ambrose.
There's carnage everywhere, Michael.
It looks like an absolute car wreck has happened here.
[Jerry] Well, I thought this was gonna be the end
of one of the members of The Shield.
[JBL] Watch his head snap off one of those tables.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] Even that wasn't enough.
The Shield winning their first ever match here tonight in impressive fashion at TLC.
Well, that's right. Once again, a double team putting Daniel Bryan
right through that table in the middle of the ring.
I'm not sure you'd call it a match.
That wasn't a match. That was an absolute brawl.
That was one heck of a fight.
♪ She's got everything I want Everything I need ♪
[bell rings]
[Lilián] The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the Divas Championship.
Introducing first, from Denver, Colorado,
she is the Divas Champion, Eve Torres.
[Michael] Well, there's no doubt that Eve enjoys being Divas Champion.
We saw in Raw this past Monday night, King, when--
After she defeated Alicia Fox.
[JBL] What kind of stupid comment is that?
Why wouldn't you enjoy being Divas Champion?
You're a diva. You would love to be champion,
-but you haven't been. -[Lilián] And the challenger,
from Orlando, Florida, Naomi.
[JBL] You won a couple Slammys 30 something years ago
and you're still talking about your Slammys
and your WrestleMania match.
Of course, she should be champion and be happy.
[Michael] Earlier tonight on the TLC pre-show on wwe.com
and YouTube, we had the Santa's Helpers Diva Battle Royal.
The winner would get this opportunity
to face Eve here tonight for the Divas title.
And in the end, it came down to Kaitlyn and Naomi.
And Eve was on commentary with Matt Striker and Scott Stanford
and she got off commentary and I think Eve, well,
she really didn't want to face Kaitlyn with her Divas title on the line.
[Jerry] Yeah, so Eve got involved personally with that slap on Kaitlyn.
And Naomi capitalized on that.
[bell rings]
[Michael] And in an exclusive wwe.com interview
after she won that matchup, Naomi said that she can't believe she won.
She looks forward to this match here tonight.
She told Cameron, her partner with The Funkadactyls,
that it's time to get funky.
[JBL] So, you read minds now?
You know that Eve got up because she didn't wanna face Kaitlyn.
Maybe she just doesn't like Kaitlyn.
[Michael] She's had problems with Kaitlyn in the past.
[JBL] So, she slapped her.
[Michael] And she's also the one who set up Aksana
to take out Kaitlyn in the backstage area a number of months ago.
[JBL] Maybe that's a personal issue, Michael.
Maybe it's not that she doesn't want to face her.
[Michael] So, it's Eve versus Naomi with the diva championship on the line.
Naomi, a dancer, a model,
she participated in NXT Season 3.
In fact, she was once a backup dancer for Flo Rida.
[Jerry] Oh, and speaking of dancers.
[Michael] Brodus Clay and Cameron looking on.
Of course, hoping Naomi wins this matchup here tonight and the title.
[JBL] And she may be a bit over her head here with Eve.
[Michael] Very much so.
[Jerry] There's no doubt about the fact that Eve is, at least in my opinion,
our most talented in-ring diva that we have right now.
[Michael] And that's why she's the champion, exactly.
-[JBL] Brodus Clay watching-- -[Michael] Oh, look at that.
[JBL] Brodus Clay is what happens if Susan Boyle and Bigfoot had a kid.
[Jerry] What?
[Michael] Naomi, and Eve needs a little breathing.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Eve very smart to get out of the ring.
Naomi, look at that, athletic.
[JBL] I remember I used to do that.
[Michael] Eve may be second-guessing wanting to face Naomi here tonight.
[Jerry] Well, that's just Naomi using her assets.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry laughing]
[Michael] And Naomi used to be a cheerleader for the Orlando Magic
and giving Eve a little bit of her own medicine here.
[JBL] She's a showboat. She was once a dancer for Flo Rida too,
who's on the JBL show this week on wwe.com.
[Michael] Well, JBL & Cole Show
and I mentioned that about five minutes ago.
-I'm glad you're listening. -[JBL] I don't listen to you.
King doesn't listen to you.
[Michael] Naomi hung up again on the top rope.
[JBL] Should be a one man booth.
Or you could add King.
[Michael] Well, that would be entertaining.
And Eve continues to…
-[JBL] You got to-- -[Michael] …take out Naomi.
And speaking of wwe.com, do you know all three of us
were named in the poll for top 20 grinches of all time?
-[Jerry] Grinches? -[Michael] Yeah, all three of us.
[JBL] That's ridiculous.
Eve has a natural mean streak. Just a natural mean streak.
Come on, Naomi.
[JBL] What a great champion Eve has been.
-[Michael] She has. -[JBL] And is.
[Michael] Won the title from Layla number of months ago.
Remember, she replaced Kaitlyn back at Night of Champions
after Kaitlyn was attacked backstage.
[Jerry] Look at Naomi go.
I'll never-- I'll never forget the first time I saw Eve.
I thought she was drop dead gorgeous.
I told her, "You're gorgeous." She said, "Drop dead."
[Michael] Well, Naomi again very impressive.
Unique moves here tonight.
But Eve has been able to get out of the blocks against it.
[JBL] Eve trained five years in the Gracie Camp in Los Angeles,
former cheerleader for LA Clippers.
We got a couple of tough cheerleaders here.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Michael] Naomi went for the crossbody.
[JBL] 2007 Diva Search winner.
[Michael] That would be Eve.
[JBL] That's what I'm talking about, Eve.
-[Michael] Well, don't use pronouns. -[JBL] Would you listen?
[Michael] You're using pronouns-- Oh, and Eve off the neckbreaker.
And Eve with the hook to the leg and she's gonna put Naomi away,
-retaining the Divas title here tonight. -[bell rings]
["She Looks Good" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner, and still the Divas Champion,
Eve Torres.
[JBL] What a great champion, Eve.
[Michael] Well, Eve is the--
[JBL] Everything you want in a champion.
[Michael] Eve is the winner of this matchup tonight,
but AJ Lee was named Diva of the Year
winning a Slammy Award on wwe.com earlier today.
[Jerry] Eve is turning this into a little photo shoot.
♪ When you walk behind her It will make a man's day ♪
Well, folks, coming up next here at TLC
the world heavyweight title on the line.
It's a chairs match between the champion, Big Show and Sheamus.
So, remember, for the past couple of weeks,
these two guys haven't been able to touch each other
because of that no-contact clause that was put in place by Booker T
this past Friday night on SmackDown as Sheamus was battling Antonio Cesaro,
he realized Big Show had assaulted one of his good friends, William Regal.
[JBL] And this is what is so great about Booker T,
Booker T made sure that we've got a championship match here tonight.
Oh. Sheamus unable to touch the Big Show
because of that no-contact clause.
[Michael] And Show would use Sheamus' buddy, Regal, as bait
trying to sucker Sheamus in,
knowing Sheamus couldn't make contact.
How wise is that?
Can Sheamus keep his emotions in check?
-We're gonna find out. -[JBL] He doesn't have to.
Big Show, in your mind,
does Sheamus have any chance at all
of regaining the World Heavyweight Championship tonight?
The smartest thing Sheamus could have done
was hit me as hard as he could Friday night
and violate the no-contact clause.
You know, therefore, he could stop this match
and he wouldn't have to endure the fate that he's gonna endure tonight.
Sheamus hit me with 31 chair shots at Survivor Series.
That would have ended most people's careers,
but I'm standing right here.
I got to tell you, I've been waiting for this for a while now.
I've already knocked Sheamus out with my bare hands.
What do you think my hands can do when they're holding a steel chair?
Sheamus' Irish eyes won't be smiling,
they're gonna be closed shut.
[bell rings]
[Lilián] The following is a chairs match
for the World Heavyweight Championship.
In this match, the use of chairs is legal.
♪ It's a shame For they lost their head ♪
♪ A careless man who could wind up dead
[Michael] Now, there's the former World Heavyweight Champion.
In a hellacious battle in the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view,
Big Show defeated Sheamus for the title.
Back at Survivors Series last month, I really thought that Sheamus
was gonna win the championship back, a very controversial ending
for that matchup with the Big Show.
♪ Ya fight for air And struggle just to breathe ♪
[JBL] Sheamus been chomping at the bit
with that Irish temper ready to get at the Big Show.
He doesn't have to hold anything back tonight.
[Michael] And we talked about Survivor Series last month,
after that controversial finish of the matchup,
we learned what Sheamus is able to do to Big Show
with a steel chair.
Here's the-- This is what we're talking about.
Sheamus was going for the Brogue Kick.
Big Show would use the referee as a shield.
Pulling the referee into Sheamus' kick.
Another referee would replace that referee.
Big Show would take advantage of all that with a knock out to Sheamus.
[Jerry] And that was-- That was even another--
A different referee making the count.
[Michael] But the original referee would realize what had happened,
he would disqualify Big Show.
Big Show was upset but not as upset as Sheamus.
And I think my last count,
Sheamus would hit Big Show over 30 times.
[Jerry] Yeah, we had to get a calculator out
to count the number of times that that chair, that steel chair,
was laid onto the body of the Big Show.
And you see him pleading, begging for mercy.
Big Show was actually crying, tears running down his face.
[JBL] Thirty-one times, Sheamus hits the Big Show with that chair.
[Michael] And that assault caused Big Show
to label Sheamus as quote, "barbaric."
-♪ Well it's the Big Show ♪ -[JBL] You think?
♪ Oh ♪
♪ It's a big bad show tonight ♪
♪ Oh, baby, come on ♪
♪ Oh, yeah ♪
[Michael] Well, this event has not been kind to the Big Show.
Last year in a chairs match, ironically,
Big Show defeated Mark Henry to win the World Heavyweight Championship
but he would only hold the title for 45 seconds
before Daniel Bryan would cash in the Money in the Bank contract
to become world champion.
That is the night, King, that Big Show has never forgotten.
[Jerry] Never gotten over it.
[JBL] Why don't you go say that to him right now, Michael?
-[Michael] No, thank you. -[JBL] See what happens to you.
♪ It's the Big Show ♪
Introducing first the challenger,
from Dublin, Ireland, weighing in at 267 pounds,
Sheamus!
[crowd cheering]
[Lilián] And his opponent, standing at over seven feet tall,
weighing in at 441 pounds,
he is the World Heavyweight Champion,
the Big Show.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] So, again, chairs are legal.
[Jerry] You know, JBL, you said earlier,
some of these matches,
these superstars may not be the same afterwards
and I honestly believe that this is gonna be one of them.
This match--
This match has the potential of changing
not only these guys' careers, but their lives.
-[Doan] Ring the bell. -[bell rings]
[JBL] King, you're a Hall of Famer.
You know as well as anyone, sometimes you walk into a match
and you know that this match would not only be monumental and historic,
but you're not gonna walk out of it the same.
I agree with you. These two guys are not gonna be the same after this.
[Michael] And Sheamus unloading on Big Show.
Again, can he keep his emotions in check after he saw his friend, Regal…
[JBL] Why should he?
[Michael] …attacked by Big Show Friday night?
[JBL] Why would he keep his emotions in check?
[Michael] Well, just wanna get it away from him
and allow Big Show the upper hand at any point in this matchup.
[JBL] I want his emotions to get out of hand.
I want him to grab a chair and I want him to womp
and stomp this giant just like he's doing now.
[Michael] Look at Big Show fighting back and--
[JBL] And I wanna see what The Giant does to him.
[Michael] Oh, and taking him right back out of the knee, is Sheamus.
[JBL] This is what Tables, Ladders, and Chairs is all about.
[Jerry] Sheamus is doing a, I think at least in my mind,
a smart strategy early on,
get the Big Show down on the ground, taking his leg out.
[Michael] Oh, and Sheamus hitting the apron hard.
[Jerry] Well, this is why he's strong.
I mean, he'll just swat at you
and knock you through the ropes, onto the floor.
[JBL] Here we go. Here come the toys.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Sheamus promised that he'd give the Big Show
the beating of his life tonight.
This has been a great event for Sheamus as well.
Back in 2009, in a tables match here at TLC,
Sheamus won his first WWE Championship.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Watch out.
[JBL] Ireland not having a great weekend so far,
Leinster and Ulster lost this weekend.
-[Jerry] Oh, watch out here. -[Michael] Oh, man.
[Jerry] The athleticism, not just the size and strength of the Big Show,
but he just showed off some athleticism right there with that high back kick.
[Michael] And that chair bouncing off the face of Sheamus
and now The World's Largest Athlete
hoping to impose his will on Sheamus.
[Jerry] Well, JBL, Cole, look around us.
-[JBL] Listen to this. -[crowd exclaims]
[Jerry] The Spanish announcer table is gone,
our timekeeper's area is gone.
-We're the only thing-- We're the last… -[Michael] Oh.
[Jerry] …refuge over here, so be careful.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] It's a matter of respect, King.
People know you had a heart attack, so they're very careful around you.
[Jerry] Yeah. I've got a bullseye on me now.
[Michael] Well, Big Show said that he was either gonna KO Sheamus tonight
or take his, quote, "pasty skin off his bones with a steel chair,"
-Rather blunt. -[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] Oh, and Sheamus.
[JBL] That's a collision.
[Doan] Here we go, Sheamus. Come on.
[JBL] What a couple of incredible fights these guys have had.
What a great job Booker T did by making sure we have this match tonight,
by putting that no contact clause in their contract.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Big Show, the current world champion.
Sheamus trying to take control of the Big Show
needs to use that to his advantage.
-[JBL] Oh, man. -[Michael] A clubbing blow.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Jerry] That's something
I've never understood. Even when you're as big as Sheamus.
Why do you even try to throw the Big Show into the ropes?
It's an impossibility.
[Michael] Back and forth we go, Sheamus first and now Big Show.
Like taking a tree limb.
[Jerry] It's never gonna turn out well.
[JBL] The General Sherman.
-[Jerry] Oh, oh, oh. -[Michael] Four hundred fifty pounds.
That's just insulting there.
Big Show loves to play mind games.
He's been playing them all week long with Sheamus on Twitter.
-[Sheamus yells] -[Michael] Oh.
Sheamus was involved in another battle the other night.
The battle of the gingers on The Conan O'Brien show.
[JBL] Sheamus is a very entertaining person,
did a great job on Conan O'Brien.
-[Michael] Nothing-- -[JBL] Nothing entertaining at all
about what's gonna happen right here.
[Michael] Sheamus looking to introduce the legal steel chair in this match.
-And look at Big Show. -[JBL laughs]
[Michael] Big Show wants nothing to do with Sheamus.
I think he had shades of Survivor Series
and what Sheamus was able to do with a steel chair in hand.
-[Jerry] Look out! -[JBL] Here we go.
[crowd exclaims]
[JBL] That's one.
[Jerry] Oh.
[JBL] Get your abacus out, Michael, and start counting.
-[Michael] Oh. -[Jerry] A what?
[Michael] Old-school calculator.
Oh, look at this.
Big slam. Sheamus, hook to the leg.
Unbelievable that Sheamus was able to get the big man off his feet like that.
[JBL] That is that brute strength right there by the Irishman.
Four hundred and forty-one pounds.
Unbelievable by Sheamus.
[Jerry] We gotta keep point with that chair.
[Michael] Yeah, you have to because look at this again.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Michael] Wow.
[JBL] And watch this.
[Michael] A Jackie-Robinson-like swing with that steel chair.
Hey, we are in Brooklyn, right?
And look at Sheamus, top rope, chair in hand.
Oh, man.
[JBL] Josh Gibson never made it.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Sheamus feeling pretty good about himself right now with his chances.
[Michael] Who will pop the bell?
And Sheamus again, what has he got planned here?
Normally, Sheamus would go up to the top rope
for that Battering Ram, that flying shoulder tackle he does.
[Jerry] Well, he just did it once.
And he used the chair and he--
-[Michael] Oh, and a spear! -[Jerry] Oh, no.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] A spear out of midair.
And I believe the chair damaged both men.
[Jerry] It's called going to the well once too often.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] First time Sheamus went with it, it worked.
The second time,
Big Show knew what was coming and he knew how to nullify it.
-[Michael] Not so much. -[Jerry] Oof.
-Oh, boy. -[Michael] And this is…
-[Jerry] Now look at this. -[Michael] …danger time.
This is what Sheamus had to avoid.
Giving Big Show any opportunity to swing the chair.
[JBL] A giant with a weapon.
-[Jerry] Listen. -[Michael] Wow.
[JBL] God.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh.
Well, he's-- He still talked about Sheamus' pasty white skin.
Usually, if Sheamus wants to get
some color on his face, he gotta stick out his tongue,
but there's gonna be some red welts now from those chairs.
[crowd chanting]
-[grunts] -[JBL] Ooh.
Big Show is just systematically beating Sheamus down.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] This is the pace where Big Show wants this match.
[JBL] How would you like to be #hardbodyref in there right now
with nothing to do except try to referee this match?
[Michael] If this keeps up with the chair, Sheamus is gonna be just the hashtag.
[JBL] Big Show is getting a few of those 31 chair shots back
and it's all legal.
Every bit of it.
[Michael] And it's interesting how he's taking his time.
He's making Sheamus think about when the next chair shot is gonna come.
Mind games, psychological torture.
Oh, man.
[JBL] That knee right to the face.
[Michael] See the expression of Big Show change?
That grimace across his face before he delivered the knee?
[JBL] Never seen The Giant better.
Ever.
Here's a guy who comes into professional wrestling,
wins the title his first professional match against Hulk Hogan.
And I've never seen Big Show better.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Sheamus is looking-- -[Michael] Oh.
[Jerry] Sheamus is in big trouble right here.
[Michael] Yeah, deep, deep trouble.
[JBL] Sheamus is being destroyed.
[Michael] Yeah, it's gonna be a matter of time here.
Big Show, one of only three men to hold all active WWE Championships.
-[Jerry] And look at Sheamus. -[Michael] Oh, look at this.
-Big Show caught up. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] Top rope.
Sheamus, more than anything else here, buys himself time to try to recover.
[Jerry] It looked like, for a second, the expression on the Big Show's face was,
like he's thinking, "I didn't think it was gonna be this easy."
But Sheamus may have just changed the Big Show's mind.
[Michael] There's nothing easy about being in the ring with Big Show.
[JBL] Or Sheamus.
We've had two of the toughest guys in the history of sports entertainment,
two of the strongest guys.
And these guys are allowed to use weapons against each other and it's totally legal.
[crowd chanting] Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Jerry] As if those big fists that are flying right now
weren't weapons enough. Oh.
[Michael] And here come Sheamus now.
-Here's that high-- -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] That high running knee.
[JBL] Big Show's still on his feet.
[Jerry] How is what I don't know.
-[Michael] Uh-oh. -[Jerry] Oh.
-[Michael] Sheamus off his feet. -[JBL] Wow.
[Michael] Wicked chokeslam.
Cover. Will he retain the title?
Sheamus at two.
[JBL] Think about if you're Sheamus right now.
You just gave Big Show everything you had.
You launched the knee into him, you launched dozen punches into him.
And Big Show ends up giving you a chokeslam.
This has gotta be frustrating for Sheamus.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] What's Big Show doing?
[Michael] Probably looking for a chair?
[JBL] I would think, but why aren't chairs under there?
[Michael] Well, there is a chair under there, he pulled one out.
-And another one. -[Jerry] They're under there, all right.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Why does Big Show need more than two?
[JBL] Imagine the pain Sheamus' back is in.
[Michael] Now, I'm trying to figure out why the man needs more than three chairs.
[JBL] He's a giant.
[Michael] Four now.
Sheamus desperately…
crawling for the steel chair.
[JBL] Sheamus has been systematically annihilated here.
[Michael] Yeah, but he's still in the match.
That's what's amazing.
[JBL] Yeah. But it-- Just because The Giant doesn't wanna beat him.
[Michael] Well, he wants to beat him. He's just taking his time.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. What--
-[Michael] Big Show, second rope. -[Jerry] Are you kidding me?
[Michael] Oh, my Lord. 450 pounds…
-[Jerry] With a chair laid… -[Michael] …off of…
-[Jerry] …across the chest of Sheamus. -[Michael] …the second rope.
-Oh, no! -[Jerry] Oh!
-That hurt Big Show… -[JBL] That's gotta be it.
[Jerry] …but it destroyed Sheamus.
One, two--
[Michael] Sheamus kicked out.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] Maybe some-- -[JBL] The tough Irishman
won't give in.
[Michael] Maybe some frustration?
[JBL] I don't think Sheamus knows where he's at.
I don't think-- I think Sheamus is relying just 100 percent on instinct right now.
-Look at Sheamus, he's done. -[Jerry] Well, his body--
His body is beaten up.
[Michael] Well, it's one thing to get hit by a chair if a normal man is throwing it…
[JBL] Look at Sheamus.
[Michael] …it's another thing when it's a giant.
[JBL] Sheamus is helpless.
[Michael] And now we see the strategy coming to fruition,
the reason Big Show needed more than one chair.
[speaks indistinctly]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Oh, no.
Oh, no. Oh, Sheamus turning the tables.
-Look at this! -[Jerry] Oh!
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] Look at this!
-[Jerry] Oh, no! -[Michael] White Noise!
[Jerry] Oh!
[Michael] White Noise!
-Sheamus. -[JBL] He's got him.
-He's got him. -[Michael] Going for the championship!
-[JBL] Unbelievable. -[Jerry] Yes!
[Michael] Oh, and Big Show at two and a half.
[JBL] Unbelievable counter by Sheamus.
Absolutely has-- Now he's gotta be in so much pain.
He picks up this 440-pound man.
-Look at this. -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
-[JBL] Look at this. -[Jerry] How does he do it?
And then through the chairs. Oh.
Those chairs just flattened by the Big Show.
[Michael] And Big Show still manages to kick out.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Michael] This match continues.
[crowd chanting] We want Sheamus!
[JBL] Sheamus has new life.
[crowd chanting] We want Sheamus!
[Michael] See Sheamus' chest, the welts that are building.
He's got bruises everywhere.
[Jerry] Guys?
He may be about to go completely barbaric.
[JBL] Good, lose it. Lose it, Sheamus.
-[Michael] He's gonna have to. -[JBL] Grab you a chair
and go to town.
[crowd chanting] Brogue! Brogue! Brogue
[Michael] Nearly 16,000 chanting "brogue" for the Brogue Kick.
[JBL] Sheamus says it's over.
[Michael] And Big Show.
-And a KO Punch! -[JBL] Wow.
What a punch.
[Michael] Right on the jaw.
Down goes Sheamus.
And the world title stayed in the hands--
Oh, and he kicked out!
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Are you kidding me?
Watch his huge right hand-- Oh, right to the jaw.
[Michael] No KO for Show.
[Jerry] Sheamus should have been unconscious for ten minutes.
[JBL] As measured, double the force of a pro boxer,
that's the punch that Big Show has.
[Michael] That right hand caught Sheamus flush on the jaw
and he was somehow still able to kick out.
[Michael] Watch this.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] Boom.
[Michael] Now, Big Show's gotta be extremely frustrated.
He's beaten this guy with steel chairs, he hit him with a Knockout Punch,
but Sheamus is still alive.
[woman] Right there, right there.
Right there.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[Michael] What on earth?
[JBL] What the hell is that?
Look at that.
What the hell is that?
[Jerry] That chair is almost as big as the Big Show.
[Michael] That steel chair is double and he-- What's-- Look at--
Look at the size of that chair compared to that one in the ring.
[JBL] What does that thing weigh?
[Jerry] That's why he kept going back to that corner ring.
Oh, my God. Look out!
-[Michael] A giant steel chair. -[JBL] No, no.
No! No!
[Michael] That's like getting hit with a billboard.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Big Show retains the title.
♪ Well, it's the Big Show ♪
[Lilián] Here is your winner and still the World Heavyweight Champion,
the Big Show!
[Michael] You know, guys it's a testament that Sheamus kept coming back,
and coming back, not only for the chair attacks,
but of course by the KO Punch.
So, Big Show had to go to a-- to a Big Show chair to take out Sheamus.
[Jerry] Well, The Giant somehow came up with a giant chair.
Where do you--
Let's go back and take a look on how this all unfolded.
The Brogue Kick missed, but the big right hand did not.
That may have-- I thought was the beginning of the end,
but then this.
[Michael] Big Show using a chair the size of a throne.
[Jerry] No, I got a throne and it's not that big.
[Michael] Dragging that steel chair out of the building.
[JBL] The chair is as big as Sheamus.
How much does that thing weigh?
[Jerry] Ask that man.
[JBL] I don't think he's gonna be conscious for a while.
[Michael] Well, the memory of last year's TLC has been erased.
No more 45-second reign for the Big Show.
It's very game Sheamus here tonight.
[Jerry] But that chair, unbelievable.
♪ Then I'll plant you in ♪
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] They are global entertainers.
Professionally trained athletes.
WWE Superstars.
But they are not invincible.
When they step into that ring,
they take real risks and endure unimaginable pain,
broken bones, torn muscles,
dislocations, separations.
Be smart. Be safe.
Don't try this at home.
[crowd cheering]
-Hey. -Hey.
You didn't get that from the men's locker room, did you?
-We talked about that, you, like… -No, no.
-…going in there. -No, no.
-Okay. -But I'm glad
that I caught you before your match.
I just-- Listen, I'm sorry.
What? For what?
Yeah, I mean I know we've been talking about all week
but it's just-- I just wanna say sorry for everything that happened last week.
You don't have to say anything.
-Don't worry about it. -No, no.
Really, I mean, you were there for me last Monday
and the whole Vickie thing happened and I went a little, you know.
-But-- -Oh, yeah, I was there. You--
Yeah. I just-- I wanted to thank you.
I'll tell you what.
Because of what Vickie and Dolph had done to both of us,
don't thank me just yet,
thank me at the end of the night.
When I take Dolph Ziggler's identity, the thing that he values the most,
his Money in the Bank contract,
thank me then.
Okay.
I can't wait.
Okay.
♪ We're a three man band… ♪
["More Than One Man" playing]
[bell rings]
[Justin] This is a six-man Tag Team match set for one fall.
Approaching the ring first, at a combined weight of 692 pounds,
Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal, Heath Slater.
3MB.
[Michael] Well, this impromptu matchup came around earlier tonight.
3MB was part of Miz TV and then they started to assault,
really bully the, uh-- Well, the Spanish announcers.
Ricardo Rodriguez would come down to their aid,
they bully Rodriguez, but from out of nowhere
comes Alberto Del Rio to help save his personal ring announcer.
[JBL] And now you're talking about a dysfunctional team.
The fact that Alberto Del Rio came out here with The Miz
and what we have coming up is The Miz and Alberto Del Rio ending up together.
[Jerry] But wait a minute. Look at those guys.
You think that's not a dysfunctional team?
[Michael] Well, it's the air guitar
-and Jinder plays the air sitar. -[Justin] Introducing
Alberto Del Rio's personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez.
[Michael] I hope Ricardo can deliver this the way he normally does.
[JBL] Of course, he can. He's like Andrés Cantor.
[Ricardo speaks Spanish]
Alberto…
Del Rio.
-[Jerry] Michael, do you think-- -[JBL] I love that guy.
-[Jerry] Do you think-- -[JBL] I love that guy.
-[Jerry] Alberto-- -[JBL] That's like Bocelli.
That's like Pavarotti. That's like Andrés Cantor.
He is unbelievable.
[Jerry] Well, I was gonna ask you if you thought
-Alberto took public transportation. -[Michael] No.
He's got his Lamborghini LP640, 650 horsepower, worth $350,000.
[Jerry] And that's the only parking spot in town.
[Michael] Did you say Pavarotti?
[JBL] Bocelli.
He just not blind, but he's like Bocelli.
He's like Andrés Cantor.
Goal!
But he's better.
How great is Alberto Del Rio?
Has his own ring announcer.
Going against these guys, I don't know if they could play music.
-I don't think they could play iTunes. -[Miz] Awesome.
♪ I came to play ♪
♪ I came to play, there's a price to pay ♪
[Justin] Approaching the ring from Cleveland, Ohio,
weighing 221 pounds,
The Miz.
[Michael] Thanks for joining us all over the world tonight
watching in places like the United Kingdom, Australia,
South America, Central America, the Middle East, Africa,
and of course on the American Forces Network
all around the world. The question now is--
Allow me to introduce our handpicked tag team partner.
And when we set out to get a tag team partner,
we wanted the toughest New Yorker we could find,
but we didn't look to Manhattan.
We didn't look to Staten Island.
We didn't look to the Bronx.
We didn't look to Queens.
We looked for somebody right here in Brooklyn.
Ladies and gentlemen, he's homegrown.
He can brawl with the best of them.
Give it up for The Brooklyn Brawler.
-[Jerry] Brooklyn Brawler? -[Michael] What?
-[Jerry laughing] -[Michael] Oh, my.
[JBL] He's still around?
-[Michael] What? -[JBL] Did you just give me a…
-[Michael] Hey. -[JBL] …a vintage Cole, "Oh, my"?
[Michael] Oh, yeah, I did. It's The Brooklyn Brawler.
He's wearing a Brooklyn Nets jersey.
What happened to the Yankees, the old ratty Yankees uniform?
[JBL] Well, he's still around?
-[Michael] Brawler? -[JBL] Yeah.
[Jerry] That would have been the Bronx Brawler.
[Michael] I called his win over Triple H like a decade ago.
-[JBL] He beat Triple H? -[Michael] Yeah.
[Jerry] Well, this is… this is so appropriate.
Brawler has been around so long, his favorite rock group is Mount Rushmore.
-[Michael] Well, uh… [laughs] -[bell ringing]
[Michael] …Del Rio starting things off with Heath Slater.
[JBL] Brawler has been around a long time.
He once had a huge feud with that stooge,
-The Red Rooster. -[Michael] Oh, yeah, he did.
And of course Bobby "The Brain" Heenan bringing Brawler in the WWE.
What was Brain thinking?
I love the guy but that was, uh, insane.
[Jerry] This is crazy.
[JBL] The Rock's try out match was against The Brooklyn Brawler.
And somehow The Rock still made it.
[Michael laughs]
And Brawler still upset The Rock didn't invite him
to the red carpet premier of his first movie.
[JBL] He would've invited him and he might've shown up.
-[Michael] Here comes Brawler. -[Jerry] Ooh.
[Michael] Brawler has had a pretty big weekend.
[Jerry] Well, you know, this guy was never known for his, uh--
What do you call it? "Catch-as-catch-can" wrestling.
This guy is a brawler. Let's face it.
[JBL] Brawler is on the JBL Show this weekend.
-[Jerry] What? -[JBL] It's probably the reason
he got noticed by Miz and Alberto Del Rio.
-They're huge fans. -[Michael] Hey, look at Brawler.
He's taken to Jinder and Slater.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] We're here in the Barclays Center,
home of the Brooklyn Nets
and in a couple of years the New York Islanders as well.
Tonight, home of The Brooklyn Brawler.
I never thought I'd say that on a 2012 pay-per-view.
[JBL] Neither did Brooklyn.
I got five.
[Michael] And Drew McIntyre unloading on Brooklyn Brawler.
Speaking of a wild weekend, what about the weekend 3MB had is--
Off the suplex of McIntyre, able to cover, hook to the leg.
Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal got their first tattoos
in New York this weekend.
Problem is they got them first on their back side
and then they had some problems with what the tattoos actually said.
[JBL] Drew's actually said MB3.
[Michael] Instead of 3MB. And, uh…
[JBL] Not that anybody would know the difference.
[Michael] …Jinder's was 3GB.
[Jerry] Oh.
[JBL] Not that anybody would know the difference.
[Jerry] Brawler able to move out of the way there.
He just needs to tag one of his, uh, partners.
[Michael] Did I actually hear a Brawler chant…
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Michael] …moments ago?
-[Jerry] Yes, you did. -[JBL] He has family here.
[Michael] Harvey Wippleman is, uh, watching somewhere
and is extremely jealous.
[JBL] So is Kim Chee.
[Michael] And Kamala. Oh, look at this.
[JBL] And Doink.
[Michael] And little Doink.
And Miz.
[JBL] Don't-- And don't forget Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz.
-[Michael] Oh. And somewhere on the, uh-- -[JBL] I'm so excited
about "Knuckleball" Schwartz.
-Not kidding. -[Michael] And somewhere,
there's a major void in the pre-tape room.
And look at this, top rope.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] Miz up over the top.
-[JBL] Oh. -[Michael] Oh, man.
Miz hook in the leg here on Jinder and Drew breaks it up.
Miz part of the big main event at TLC last year.
-[Jerry] Oh, watch this. -[Michael] The fact he was,
uh, against Del Rio and CM Punk in the TLC Match for the WWE title.
Oh, Del Rio.
-[JBL] Wow. -[Michael] McIntyre bounced head first off
of our monitor here.
And Ricardo getting involved.
[Jerry] You all right, JBL?
[JBL] I had a rock band right in my lap.
[Michael] Miz, Skull-Crushing Finale.
[JBL] The Miz has him.
[Michael] So, you're actually a groupie now?
-[Jerry] Look, Brawler. -[JBL] Apparently.
[Michael] Rock band on your lap.
[Jerry] Brawler wants in.
[JBL] Not exactly what I wanted.
[Michael] And here's Brawler.
[JBL] I don't think they could play a jukebox.
[Michael] What is Brawler gonna do here?
-He's gonna hurt himself. -[Jerry] Huh?
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. -[Michael] Brawler, Boston crab.
-[Jerry] No, no, no, no, no. -[Michael] It's locked in.
[Jerry] No way, it's locked in.
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] Is that a Brooklyn crab?
[Jerry] It's the Brooklyn crab.
It is.
-Brooklyn. -[JBL] He beat him with the Brooklyn crab.
-[Jerry] Yes. -[Justin] The winners of this match,
the team of Alberto Del Rio
-[JBL] Brooklyn's got crabs. -[Justin] The Miz
and The Brooklyn Brawler.
[Jerry] A lot more than Boston.
[JBL] I just saw a pig fly and I believe somewhere down south,
hell has frozen over.
[Jerry] Wait a minute. Be careful.
-[Michael] Brooklyn Brawler wins… -I got you.
-[Jerry] What? -[Michael] …at TLC.
[JBL] And say that again. Say that again.
[Michael] Brooklyn Brawler wins at TLC.
[rock music playing]
[Michael] We are in a rainy Brooklyn, the one billion dollar Barclays Center.
How great have the WWE fans been in Brooklyn here tonight,
our first pay-per-view ever here.
And what a show they're getting to watch, an unbelievable pay-per-view,
the last pay-per-view of the year.
And coming up next, who's gonna be Mr. Money in the Bank?
[Jerry] Oh, that's the question of the night.
John Cena wants to take that briefcase,
containing that contract, away from "The Showoff" Dolph Ziggler.
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen,
Ziggler and Cena, not only about Money in the Bank
but the rivalry has become very personal.
-[intense music playing] -[Mendez] Because of allegations
of my fraternizing with a superstar in the roster,
I'm hereby resigning as General Manager of Raw.
And I just wanna say that these allegations
are completely false.
[Vince] Allow me to introduce you to the Managing Supervisor
of Monday Night Raw, Vickie Guerrero.
[crowd booing]
[Vickie] The allegations are not only fraternizing,
you had an affair.
[Mendez] Nothing inappropriate has ever happened ever between the two of us.
[Cena] I had dinner with AJ, a business dinner.
That was a picture from that dinner.
[Vickie] And this is one of my favorites.
[Cena] That by no means is evidence.
[Vickie] But it didn't end there.
That must have been one heck of a business meeting.
[Mendez] You drive me crazy.
We should be together.
All this garbage, a load of crap, why?
Because you're trying to get people something to talk about.
I'll show you how you get people something to talk about.
You see, Vickie, that,
that right there is--
-[Jerry] Oh, hey, wait a minute. -[Michael] It's Dolph Ziggler.
Dolph Ziggler attacking Cena.
[Dolph] You two are exactly alike.
Weak losers.
[Mendez] Who the hell do you think you are?
-I know that you're-- -Save it, AJ.
I've seen girls like you my entire life.
Face it AJ, you're just trash.
[Cena] AJ, enough.
[Mendez] John is hurt, Vickie.
What are you gonna do about it?
Mr. McMahon, I have the best match for TLC,
John Cena versus Dolph Ziggler.
That's a good one.
But if you really wanted to make it epic, Vickie,
then you would add, like, a stipulation of some kind.
Come on.
A Ladder Match?
Good job. Good idea.
-So Cena versus Ziggler… -[Vince] Right.
…in a TLC pay-per-view
for a Money in the Bank Ladder Match?
[laughs]
You got it. Way to go, Vickie.
You put my Money in the Bank contract on the line in a Ladder Match?
[Cena] Dolph Ziggler who's biggest fear is losing the Money in the Bank briefcase.
[Vickie] I'm gonna enjoy watching both of you implode.
[Mendez] I will give you the beating of your life.
[Cena] Mark my words, when I get that briefcase, I will become champion.
[Dolph] I know what's eating you up inside.
When you kissed AJ, she was thinking about me the entire time.
[Cena] Dolph Ziggler doesn't have a match.
Dolph Ziggler is in a fight.
I'm gonna shut you up and once and for all I am going to beat
John Cena.
[bell ringing]
[Justin] The following is the Money in the Bank Ladder Match.
Above the ring is a briefcase
that contains the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank contract.
The first person to climb a ladder and retrieve the briefcase
wins the contract
and is entitled to a World Heavyweight Championship match
anytime, anywhere.
-["Here to Show the World" playing] -♪ I'm here to show the world ♪
♪ I'm here to show the world ♪
♪ Come on, bring it on ♪
[Justin] Introducing first, from Hollywood, Florida,
weighing 213 pounds,
Dolph Ziggler.
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen, we've been talking all night long
about the Slammy Awards live tomorrow night,
part of Monday Night Raw in Philadelphia.
All the voting done exclusively on the WWE app.
And I guarantee that this man, Dolph Ziggler,
uh, he's gonna be up for some awards, uh, in the Slammys tomorrow night.
He's had a heck of a year.
Dolph Ziggler, the current Mr. Money in the Bank
but he calls it an injustice that John Cena has an opportunity at a--
at the briefcase containing the contract tonight.
-[JBL] It is. -[Michael] And his argument is,
is that Cena, well, he won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match
back in July.
He cashed in the briefcase and he didn't get the job done.
[JBL] You don't win Money in the Bank
just to have to put it up again.
Look, I understand this is an entertaining thing to do
for Tables, Ladders and Chairs.
It's gonna be phenomenal match,
but this is an injustice, what is happening to Dolph Ziggler.
[Michael] You do realize Mr. McMahon made the decision
to put Ziggler in this match, right?
[JBL] I don't care who made it.
I think it's wrong.
[Jerry] I could have sworn I heard the words come out of Vickie's mouth.
["The Time Is Now" playing]
[Michael] Well, Mr. McMahon had a lot of influence over her.
♪ Krrr, Amadou! ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Justin] And his opponent from West Newbury, Massachusetts,
weighing 251 pounds,
John Cena.
-["The Time Is Now" continues] -♪ My time is now ♪
♪ You can't see me, my time is now ♪
[Michael] Guys, this is what bothers Dolph Ziggler.
-This is what irks the man. -[JBL] It should.
[Michael] The response that the WWE Universe
gives John Cena, the face of WWE,
the franchise of this entire company.
What irks Dolph Ziggler as well is that John Cena gets movie roles.
He's invited to be on the Jimmy Fallon show,
-he was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. -[JBL] And John Cena gets an unfair shot
at Money in the Bank.
And I understand you tried to make me say something bad about Vince McMahon.
You're such a sycophant for him.
It was Vickie Guerrero that made this decision.
-[Michael] I know. -[JBL] It was wrong.
[Michael] By the way if you were listening,
-King pointed that out ten minutes ago. -[JBL] I know, but I re-pointed it out.
[Michael] But nonetheless, John Cena is also on the Today Show tomorrow morning.
That's what bugs Dolph Ziggler.
The fact that John Cena gets all this attention and adulation.
But guys, let's be honest, John Cena has earned all this.
He's a ten-time WWE Champion.
You cannot argue with what Cena has accomplished.
-[Jerry] I'm not arguing. -[JBL] John Cena
is a first ballot Hall of Famer.
He has earned every bit of this.
He's earned every movie role.
He's earned every TV appearance. He's earned being on SNL.
But he has not earned the right to fight for Money in the Bank.
-[Michael] Then, again, let's reset here. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] This is a Ladder Match.
Above the ring is a briefcase,
inside the briefcase a contract for the world championship opportunity.
[JBL] That Dolph Ziggler owns.
[Michael] Well, he won't own if Cena wins tonight.
[JBL] Really?
[Jerry] Well, think what you will about John Cena.
Like him or not, nobody elicits a reaction
from the WWE Universe like John Cena.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Cena-- -[JBL] John Cena
absolutely lights up an arena.
When John Cena walks out, it's what you want in a superstar
that everybody in the arena gets on their feet.
[Michael] But John, Dolph Ziggler claims that Cena's time is over,
and it's time for The Showoff
to be the man who represents this company worldwide, Ziggler's words.
[JBL] You've got to be confident.
You've got to believe you're the man.
That's what Ziggler does.
[Jerry] I have no problem with Dolph Ziggler believing he's the man,
or anybody being as confident, and as sure about their own abilities as they want.
But, you know, there's an old saying, "Blowing out somebody else's candle
doesn't make yours burn any brighter."
Why does-- Why does Dolph Ziggler have to say the things he says about Cena?
-Just talk about himself. -[Michael] Uh, well, he does.
[JBL] This is from a guy who carries a crown?
[Jerry] What do you mean by that?
[JBL] You're a bit of a showoff yourself, King.
[Jerry] I'm not saying anything bad about anybody else, though.
[Michael] But listen, I think we can all agree on the fact
that if Dolph Ziggler can somehow beat John Cena tonight,
that this will be the biggest moment up to this moment
-in Ziggler's career. -[Jerry] Oh, without a doubt.
And then, you know what, after that he can talk all he wants.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
Let's go, Cena!
[JBL] And King, I agree with you about that, your analogy with the candle.
You also got to acknowledge the fact that if you wanna be the guy,
you've got to beat the main guy and you-- John Cena is the man in the WWE.
-[Michael] Absolutely. -[Jerry] Without a doubt.
[Michael] Electric crowd tonight, nearly 16,000
at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for our main event
Cena-Ziggler Ladder Match, Money in the Bank.
[Jerry] And that's what's the-- I don't even know what to say.
That's what's magic about John Cena.
He's not the WWE champ.
He's not the World Heavyweight Champ, but he is the guy.
[Michael] And what's interesting about this match tonight,
both of these men won their respective Money in the Bank Ladder Matches
back at the pay-per-view in July.
So, both these men have had success in this type of a match before.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Cena, the only person not to cash in Money in the Bank to win a championship.
[Michael] Yeah. But let's be fair to John.
He gave the champion CM Punk a week notice heading to Raw 1000.
[JBL] There was a reason, you're right.
[Michael] And there was a lot of controversy involving that match as well,
although John Cena never complained about it once.
Cena, fisherman suplex.
Yeah, no pinfalls or submissions here.
You have to climb the ladder to get the briefcase.
[Jerry] Let me ask you this.
-If John Cena-- -[Michael] Monkey flip.
[Jerry] Whoa. If John Cena is victorious tonight,
and he wins that Money in the Bank contract,
do you think he'll make that mistake again or will he catch…
-[Michael] Absolutely not. -[Jerry] …will he catch a champion
-when he's most vulnerable? -[Michael] Most vulnerable, guarantee it.
[JBL] What Cena did was very admirable with CM Punk, but it was not very smart.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] There it is, inside the briefcase a contract
world championship opportunity anytime.
A lot of people have said, guys, that Dolph Ziggler is afraid,
very hesitant to blow that opportunity.
-[Michael] Chair to the gut. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] Remember, no disqualifications in this match.
It's all about climbing the ladder.
What do you guys think?
Has Dolph been chicken so to speak of cashing in the Money in the Bank?
[JBL] You've got a champion like Big Show and Sheamus.
You really wanna cash that in until you're certain that you're gonna win it?
No, I don't think he's being chicken.
I think he's been very strategic in it.
I don't care if he holds it for the next three years.
When he sees the opportunity, Dolph Ziggler is gonna take it…
[Jerry] Whoa. Oh!
[JBL] …if he wins tonight and gets to keep it.
[Michael] Cannot take that much time against John Cena.
[Jerry] And I think we all agree.
That's what-- That's what this whole concept was about.
I think it gives someone an opportunity to win that championship
if they use it the right way.
And unfortunately, or fortunately,
the right way is to catch the champion when he's most vulnerable.
[Michael] Well, here comes the ladder.
[Jerry] Watch out.
[Michael] Dolph Ziggler.
Speaking of the Slammy Awards,
John Cena won back to back Superstars of the Year.
That's one of the categories that we'll, uh, fill tomorrow night,
Monday Night Raw.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ziggler.
[JBL] I don't know how the JBL Show didn't win something but that's okay.
[Michael] John, we put it on two weeks ago. [laughs]
[Jerry] Whoa.
[JBL] Maybe that's strategic. We want the Oscars.
-We're gonna do the Oscars. -[Michael] Look at Dolph Ziggler
trying to set up the ladder center of the ring.
Now, John Cena is gonna use the ladder for his own advantage.
Off the skull of Ziggler.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Might've got an injury over that eye there.
It may affect when it may come into play later on in this thing.
He needs to, uh--
He needs to take advantage here while time is on his side.
[JBL] And it'll be good depending on where it is, if it's above the eye
that blood can come down in the eye and distract his vision.
[Michael] They're coming out this way so…
-[Jerry] Easy, John. -[Michael] …we may have an opportunity…
We may have an opportunity, guys, to see.
Maybe John, you can look to see where that cut is on Cena's eye
as Ziggler comes flying over the announce table here.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] It looks like the cut may be underneath.
[JBL] All of this is legal.
Every bit of it is legal.
[half crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[remaining crowd chanting] Cena sucks!
[Michael] Cena, steel steps in hand.
-[half crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena! -[remaining crowd chanting] Cena sucks!
-[Jerry] Oh, man. Oh. -[Michael] Ziggler.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] What a collision.
[JBL] Wow.
[Michael] That was like the D Train running over Ziggler.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Again, watch this, watch this, King.
And listen.
Did you hear that?
[JBL] We need a second Spanish announce table so they leave us alone.
[Jerry] Yeah.
Afraid this was gonna happen.
[Michael] Yeah, Carlos has been looking over your shoulder all night.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Dolph's lucky if he's not opened up
after his head getting hit with those steel steps.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] What's John doing now with the--
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Has John forgotten that this is a Ladder Match?
Setting up a table.
[Michael] Remember how personal this is as well, between these two men.
Dolph Ziggler attacked John Cena in a bathroom,
in the locker room at one point.
Said a lot of disparaging things about AJ Lee as well.
[JBL] And Dolph has started a lot of this controversy with AJ Lee.
[Michael] Well, yes.
[Jerry] I don't think there's any jealousy there, do you?
[Michael] And Dolph Ziggler set up the ladder.
He's gotta climb that to retrieve the briefcase.
-[Jerry] Here we go. -[Michael] Retrieve the contract
for the world championship opportunity.
And Ziggler gonna climb the ladder here.
John Cena needs to play defense now.
-Ooh, did you hear that? -[JBL] Wow.
[Michael] To the kidney.
Yeah. Throwing right hands.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Uh-oh.
[Jerry] Sleeper hold applied by Ziggler.
You gotta love this.
You gotta love this Brooklyn crowd.
They're tough, they'd boo Santa Claus here I believe.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] And look at the sleeper hold locked into John Cena.
If Dolph Ziggler can get John Cena to pass out here, then Cena--
Well, Ziggler could just climb the ladder and grab the briefcase.
[JBL] Cena is turning red.
Look at this.
Cena is turning red.
[Michael] Well, Cena, how's he gonna get out of this?
The sleeper hold is locked in.
Look at Cena's face.
[Jerry] But he somehow still got the strength to try to climb that ladder
and grab that briefcase
-before he goes to sleep. -[Michael] Look at the power of Cena
climbing the ladder with Ziggler on his back?
Cena grabbing for the briefcase.
What's Ziggler gonna do?
Ziggler's in arm's length away as well.
[JBL] Been in the ring with Cena.
Cena won his first WWE Championship from me,
he's one of the strongest people I've ever, ever been in.
But he's going out right now.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] Cena is down
and out through a table.
But who got the worse of that collision?
[Jerry] I don't think Ziggler realized that was coming.
[JBL] I don't think Cena intended to do it.
[Michael] Raining from the rafters here at Barclays through a table.
[JBL] I think Cena passed out.
I think Cena passed out on the ladder.
Cena may be out now.
[Michael] Yeah, but he may be,
but Ziggler went through the table first I believe.
[crowd chatter]
-[Jerry] Yeah, I-- -[JBL] This is your chance, Ziggler.
This is your chance. Get your Money in the Bank.
-Yeah. But Dolph-- -[JBL] Come on, Dolph.
[Michael] But Dolph trying to get there but he's gotta get that big ladder up
and to be able to make it steady so he can climb it.
[Jerry] Well, this is-- This is-- Without a doubt his best opportunity.
John is down. Maybe out.
[Michael] Yeah. John just barely starting to move now.
[JBL] Climb the ladder, Dolph, to get your Money in the Bank back.
[Jerry] Gotta get it in place.
Right under that briefcase.
[JBL] Come on, Dolph.
[Jerry] That ladder looks like a little shaky.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] Uh-oh. Uh-oh. -[JBL] The strength of John Cena.
[Michael] John Cena.
-There's no way. There's no way. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Michael] There is absolutely no way.
You gotta be kidding me.
-[JBL] I told you he was strong. -[Michael] You gotta be kidding me!
-[JBL] I told you he was strong. -[Jerry yells]
[Michael] And Ziggler just getting out of harm's way.
And here comes Cena.
[JBL] I told you he was strong.
I didn't know he was superhuman.
-[Michael] This is vintage John Cena. -[JBL] Wow.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Well, I'll tell you--
-[JBL] With that eye Cena… -[Jerry] Oh.
-[Michael] Oh, man. -[JBL] …may not be able to see anybody.
-[Jerry] Look out. -[Michael] And Ziggler.
[JBL] The athleticism of Dolph Ziggler absolutely amazing.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] What an event this has been?
[Jerry] John Cena with the feat of strength.
I don't know if I've ever witnessed anything.
This is-- This is our Wile E. Coyote camera there.
Watch them go a long way down.
-Oh, my gosh. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] John Cena we believe passed out momentarily,
but Ziggler went through the table first.
[half crowd chanting] Cena sucks!
[remaining crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[JBL] Listen to this.
Everybody here in the WWE Universe has an opinion of John Cena.
That's what you want. That's what you-- Happens to icons.
Nobody in the history of wrestling has got a response like John Cena
does from every single person.
[Michael] Cheers raining down on John Cena.
[half crowd chanting] Cena sucks.
[remaining crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena.
[Michael] More cheers depending how you look at it.
[JBL] A few cheers?
And a few cheers but everybody has an opinion.
-[Jerry] Here we go. Look. Look. -[Michael] Cena is going for the STF.
-Now, listen-- -[JBL] But you can't win it this way.
[Michael] Yes, you can. Listen to the logic.
If he gets Ziggler to pass out here
'cause-- Then Cena can just climb the ladder unabated.
[Jerry] And plus he's doing some damage to that leg, but that rope.
Look at-- Look at-- He's tapping. Tapping out.
-It doesn't allow you to break the hold. -[Michael] Right.
'Cause there's no rules, there's no disqualification.
And the tapping out means nothing as well.
[Michael] Not at all but Ziggler is fading.
Ziggler is fading. Ziggler may be out.
Now, Cena has got to set up the ladder and climb it to grab the contract.
[JBL] This is wrong. Absolutely wrong.
[Jerry] Why? Why is it wrong?
[JBL] Cena winning Dolph Ziggler's Money in the Bank.
-[Michael] Why? -[JBL] I don't think
that Cena should be in this position.
I think what Dolph Ziggler's having here is a robbery.
[Michael] It doesn't matter what you think, John, the match was set up.
[JBL] I understand the match was set up.
I disagree with it.
[Michael] John Cena looking to take advantage.
Dolph Ziggler is somehow trying to come-- To come to.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] Oh, he don't wanna come through to see this.
You don't wanna wake up to this sight-- Oh, whoa.
[Michael] Blasted by Ziggler.
Dolph-- Caught, caught, caught.
[JBL] The strength of Cena is unbelievable.
Cena went for the AA. From behind the Zig Zag.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Now, it's Ziggler's turn, he's got to capitalize, get the ladder.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Debris strewn everywhere in this arena,
including the ring right now.
[Jerry] There's no ladder even in the ring at this point in time.
Look at this.
Caught.
Going for the AA but no.
And Ziggler turns the whole thing around to his advantage.
[JBL] These guys have done everything possible to destroy each other,
but they got to still climb the ladder.
It's not a matter of just beating the other guy down.
[Michael] And that's a great point both of you are making
because as Ziggler looks for a ladder and allows Cena to catch his breath
to try to fight back into this thing.
That's not a ladder, it's a table.
[JBL] No. He got some other ideas.
I don't know what, but it's not gonna be good for John.
Ziggler's leg.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] These guys have been through a war here.
[Michael] Not just these guys. Every superstar here tonight in TLC.
[JBL] It's an unbelievable night here at TLC.
[Jerry] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[JBL] What a debut show for the WWE at the Barclays Center here in Brooklyn.
[Jerry] Five Knuckle Shuffle.
[JBL] You can't see me.
But Ziggler can see Cena.
[Michael] AA time.
-Cena went for the AA. -[Jerry] No.
[Michael] Ziggler countered.
-Planted. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] The Showoff.
[JBL] A terrific counter by Dolph Ziggler.
-[Jerry] Man, oh, man. -[JBL] You can't coach speed
and you can't plan for athleticism
and that's something Dolph Ziggler has in abundance.
[Jerry] And John Cena's body is just limp right now.
Watch this. Watch this.
You're right. Athleticism.
Hands on his feet and then the massive DDT.
What-- But where is-- Where is Ziggler going now?
[crowd clamoring]
[Michael] Now, he's going out to the tallest ladder.
[JBL] He's running out of toys.
[Jerry] That's the big boy's ladder.
[Michael] Look at how Ziggler has to drag the ladder to the ring.
[crowd chanting]
[JBL] Hall of Famer Edge made a name for himself at TLC.
Dolph Ziggler is doing the same.
[Jerry] These guys have both gotta be spent.
[Michael] It's funny you mentioned Edge
because one of John Cena's greatest victories in his career
was in a matchup back in 2006
in Edge's hometown in Toronto.
Matchup for the WWE Championship.
-It was at Unforgiven, a TLC match. -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Cena with the win and now Ziggler looking for the win here tonight
as he climbs the ladder, trying to make it to the briefcase.
Dolph Ziggler looking to take home the contract.
-[Jerry] He's gonna win it here. -[Michael] Keep it in his hands.
[JBL] Well, you just gotta get up there Dolph.
-[Michael] Dolph's almost there. -[Jerry] Here comes John.
[Michael] Dolph is there. Dolph is there.
-Cena. -[JBL] What do you gotta do to stop Cena?
What do you gotta do to stop this guy?
[Michael] It's about having an opportunity at the world title
whenever you want it, that's gold, ladies and gentlemen.
The opportunity of a lifetime
and almost guarantee to become the world champion.
[JBL] And that's a ten-time WWE Champion in John Cena.
You don't get there by not being persevering.
[Jerry] Look at these bombs these guys are throwing here.
Man. That's it.
-[Michael] Cena's got it. -[JBL] Cena's got it. Cena's got it.
[Michael] Cena is at the top of the ladder.
John Cena is gonna become Mr. Money in the Bank.
[JBL] And that will make him the next champion.
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] Wow.
[Michael] Sit back and watch.
[JBL] What a battle we just saw.
[Jerry] One more step, John. One more step.
-[Michael] And Cena has-- -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
[Michael] He has so much taken out of him in this matchup.
He couldn't quite make it to the top of the ladder.
[Jerry] And look at Ziggler when he saw Cena so close it like-- It revived him.
[Michael] Yeah. Ziggler with tremendous resilience and the fight goes on.
[Jerry] Oh.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] Most wins in Kent State history,
most pins at Saint Edwards High…
[Michael] But none of that matters in this match.
[JBL] Yeah, but it matter the fact that he's used to winning,
and he's not used to losing.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[JBL] That matters, Michael.
And when you're in a match
like this, sometimes it's just how deep can you dig.
[Michael] John Cena is not used to losing either.
[JBL] That's why we have us a heck of a war, Michael.
[Jerry] Boy, the inside of that ring has become the most dangerous place
in this arena, all these ladders and broken tables.
It's thrown everywhere.
[Michael] It's the theme of the pay-per-view.
All we need is a chair in there.
We got the tables and the ladder.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
[Jerry] Whoa.
[Michael] And Cena through the table by Ziggler.
-[Jerry] Man. -[Michael] What a move by Cena.
[JBL] What athleticism by Cena.
[Michael] And it's not often you talk about counters like that out of John Cena,
that's usually out of the playbook of Dolph Ziggler.
[Jerry] The flying head scissor out of nowhere
throwing Ziggler right through that table.
And look at Ziggler, he's out of it.
[Michael] Cena's out of it too.
[JBL] You prepare for everything a guy is gonna throw at you.
I don't think you ever would have dreamed
Cena would have done this hurricanrana, poor Dolph Ziggler.
It's unbelievable.
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] A guy the size of John Cena to be able to do that.
That's why we have our ten-time WWE Champion right there
reaching for a ladder.
Unbelievable.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] What do these guys have to do to climb at the top of that ladder?
[Jerry] Well, did you-- Did you see-- You can just see he's down
and Ziggler is, as hurting as he must be, he's still out of the corner of his eye…
-[Michael] Oh. -[Jerry] …eying John Cena.
[Michael] Well, there goes the only ladder in the ring.
So, we're back to square one for both of these men.
[Jerry] Wow. This is just absolutely amazing.
[Michael] It's like we've entered extra innings.
[crowd chatter]
[Jerry] I don't care what you say about Ziggler, the audacity he has,
look at that.
He has got to be earning some respect for John Cena during this match.
[Michael] Right, I think they both earned respect for each other.
[crowd chanting] This is awesome.
[Michael] Well, I think Ziggler is trying to figure out
-what he can use to his advantage. -[Jerry] I know it.
[JBL] The battles and wars John Cena has been through
-over the years has been legendary. -[Michael] A steel chair in the corner.
-Cena went for the-- -[JBL] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Where do these guys keep getting their second, third…
-[Jerry] I don't know. -[Michael] …fourth and fifth winds?
[JBL] Glad I'm retired right now.
[Jerry] John Cena is on fire.
[Michael] John, you remembered some classic battles in your career
with John Cena including the I Quit Match.
-And you know how tough John Cena is. -[Jerry] Watch out.
[JBL] One of the toughest guys I ever faced.
And I've been in the ring everything from Stan Hansen to The Undertaker.
There's nothing you can do to prepare for John Cena.
He simply doesn't quit.
-He keeps coming. -[Michael] Oh, look.
[JBL] That's why he's a ten-time WWE Champion,
but what we're seeing right now
from Dolph Ziggler is that he's willing to step up
-and go to battle with John Cena. -[Jerry] Here it comes.
[Michael] Oh, but look at this.
-Roll through. -[JBL] Look at the strength.
Look at the strength.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God. -[JBL] That's God given ability.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Oh, Ziggler's got the chair. -[JBL] Oh.
[Michael] Ziggler's got the chair. Unloading on Cena.
Smart move by Ziggler.
Another great counter as we go back and forth.
There have been some amazing counters by both men in this match.
It's amazing we're talking about counters in a--
in a ladders match.
[Jerry] I think that's what I've been most impressed with by Dolph Ziggler.
Some of John's patented best moves.
Ziggler has been able to counter.
[JBL] Dolph Ziggler has come out here
against one of the best
in the history of sports entertainment and has gone with him tit for tat.
[Michael] Well, it's about pride for Ziggler too.
-He believes that… -[JBL] Of course, it is.
…briefcase rightly belongs to him.
He wants it. He doesn't want to give it up.
[JBL] I think it belongs to him too.
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] And a quick kick,
went for a Superkick.
-John Cena countered into an AA. -[Jerry yells]
[Michael] AA to Ziggler.
-Ziggler out of the ring… -[Jerry] Oh, gosh.
[Michael] …and now Cena, and if he can somehow
get a ladder in.
[Jerry] That was a massive classic AA.
-[JBL] And look who's here? -[Jerry] What?
-[Michael] Vickie Guerrero. -[Jerry] Vickie Guerrero,
-what are you doing? -[Michael] Well, she's managing supervisor
of Raw.
[Jerry] She got no business out here in this match.
[Michael] Well, she's had a past relationship with Ziggler.
[Jerry] She can't get involved in this.
[shouting indistinctly]
-[JBL] Who's she gonna hit? -Cena!
-Who's she gonna hit? -[Michael] Oh, here's AJ.
AJ who's got a score to settle with Vickie Guerrero as well.
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] AJ taking out Vickie
with-- That was a John Cena like shoulder.
[Jerry] That sure was.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] This is all John Cena. -[Jerry] Look out.
[Michael] She's not gonna, is she?
-[crowd cheering] -[JBL] This woman is crazy.
She's crazy.
-She's absolutely crazy. -[Jerry] Oh.
[Michael] And a Five Knuckle Shuffle from AJ.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, you can't say that Vickie didn't deserve that.
-Cena's got a ladder. -[JBL] She's crazy.
[crowd chatter]
[Michael] Dolph is down and out.
John Cena all alone.
[crowd chatter]
-[Michael] AJ's literally skipping. -[Jerry] Yeah.
I don't know even what to say about this.
[JBL] Cena deserves this Money in the Bank
[Michael] Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the hell?
[crowd cheering]
[JBL] I don't understand this at all.
[Michael] I don't think anyone does but AJ…
-[JBL] What-- -[Michael] …if she does.
[JBL] What in God's name did we just witness?
[crowd chatter]
[JBL] Get there, Dolph.
Get up there, Dolph. Go get it.
Go get it, Dolph.
-[Michael] It can't happen like this. -[JBL] It's gonna happen like this.
[Michael] It cannot happen like this.
[JBL] It's rightfully Dolph's. Get it, Dolph.
Get it, Dolph. This is your chance.
-[Michael] No way. -[JBL] Well done, Dolph.
[Jerry] Well done, Dolph?
-[bell ringing] -[JBL] Yes.
-[Jerry] Well done, AJ. -[JBL] Yes.
-["Here To Show The World" playing] -♪ I'm here to show the world… ♪
[Justin] The winner of this match, Dolph Ziggler.
[Michael] Dolph Ziggler still Mr. Money in the Bank,
-but ladies and gentlemen… -[JBL] There is your future champion.
[Michael] …I'm in shock.
AJ Lee cost John Cena this match.
-[JBL] She did. -[Jerry] But why?
-What? -[JBL] Because she's crazy.
[Michael] After all John Cena's done for her?
John Cena, he stuck his neck out for AJ Lee.
He supported her.
He protected her.
He was emotionally invested with her.
And now this happens on the biggest stage.
The final pay-per-view of the year, AJ Lee does this.
[Jerry] I don't get it.
I don't-- I don't understand it for a minute.
[Michael] An argument can be made that this is one of the biggest,
if not the biggest win in Dolph Ziggler's career.
[Jerry] Watch this, AJ comes out.
She hammers Vickie Guerrero, does the John Cena Five Knuckle Shuffle
after saying, "You can't see me."
I thought she was the happiest person in this arena,
and just as John was about to grab the ladder
and the briefcase, she pushes the ladder.
Watch this kick.
Oh, my God.
[Michael] There's a Superkick by Ziggler after AJ did the damage.
[JBL] You can't make something rational out of something irrational.
AJ Lee is not rational.
She's crazy. That's why she did it.
[Michael] The bottom line is you are looking at
still Mr. Money in the Bank Dolph Ziggler in one of the biggest wins
of Dolph Ziggler's career.
[JBL] And your future world champion Dolph Ziggler.
[Michael] What is going through Cena's mind?
[JBL] What a match we just saw.
[Jerry] I'm sure John cannot believe this.
♪ Better heed the warning I'm here to give you… ♪
[Michael] Imagine being Cena on top of that ladder
and glancing down and seeing AJ.
[JBL] Cena was robbed.
-Absolutely robbed. -[Michael] Dolph Ziggler
is still Mr. Money in the Bank.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
Great crowd here tonight in Brooklyn.
Happy holidays.
We'll see you for the Slammys tomorrow night live
on Monday Night Raw.
♪ I'm here to show the world I'm here to show the world ♪
♪ Give it up now, never gonna work out ♪
[song concludes] w, never gonna work out ♪