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[uplifting music playing]

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[dramatic music playing]

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[narrator] Every great story
has a beginning…

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middle…

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and end.

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But tonight,

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this story gets a new chapter.

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["Legendary" playing]

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Huge news for WWE's TLC
pay-per-view event.

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For the first time in 11 years,

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WWE Hall of Famer
and current Raw general manager,

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Kurt Angle, will compete in a WWE ring.

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Due to medical issues,
Roman Reigns will be unable to compete

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in the 5-on-3 "handicap" match main event.

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But as revealed on wwe.com
this past Friday,

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the Olympic gold medalist
will take Roman's place.

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-♪ 'Cause we're gonna be legends ♪
-♪ Legends ♪

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♪ Gonna get their attention… ♪

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[Mickie] Look, little girl,
Nia broke down barriers

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for women in the WWE all before
you were wearing a training bra.

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You are an old lady.

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I will make history
when I defeat you, Grandma.

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Now I'm gonna be running
circles around you.

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♪ It's about to be legendary… ♪

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[announcer] The Empress of Tomorrow.

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[Graves] She is walking destruction.

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[Bradshaw] No one's ready.

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No one is ready for Asuka.

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♪ 'Cause we're gonna be legends… ♪

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[reporter] For the first time in 11 years
six-time world champion, Kurt Angle,

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joins forces with Dean Ambrose
and Seth Rollins.

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[Michael] This will be a car wreck.

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This will be insane.

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-[Kurt] Oh, it's true. It's damn true.
-[crowd] It's damn true.

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[narrator] And now,
WWE 2K18, the video game,

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presents WWE Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.

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-♪ 'Cause we're gonna be legends ♪
-♪ Legends ♪

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♪ Gonna get their attention… ♪

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[Michael] After a hectic week
in WWE Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,

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TLC has been revamped and raring to go.

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You are looking live at the Target Center
in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Welcome, everybody, to WWE TLC.

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♪ It's about to be legendary ♪

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[crowd cheering]

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♪ It's all about me ♪

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["All About Me" playing]

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[bell rings]

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[Rome] The following contest
is a women's division match

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-scheduled for one fall.
-♪ Yeah! ♪

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[Rome] Making her way to the ring,
from Melbourne, Australia, Emma!

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[Michael] Emma getting set for perhaps
the biggest match in her career.

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Hello again, everybody, and welcome.

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Michael Cole,
Hall of Famer Booker T, Corey Graves…

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We are high above the Target Center
tonight getting ready for TLC.

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And, of course,
the breaking news this week,

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the viral infection will keep Roman Reigns
and Bray Wyatt

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off the pay-per-view event tonight.

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But taking Roman Reigns's place
in the 3-on-5 "handicap"

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Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match,
none other than the Olympic gold medalist,

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the Raw general manager,
the WWE Hall of Famer,

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Kurt Angle, back in the WWE ring
for the first time in 11 years.

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[Booker] Yeah, it's true,
Kurt Angle moves into the front line.

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We're gonna see if he can captain his team
to a victory tonight here at TLC.

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[Graves] What about the dream match
with global implications,

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Finn Bálor versus One Night Only AJ Styles
from SmackDown Live?

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[Michael] More on that in a moment,
but Emma has, well,

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earned this opportunity tonight,
Fatal 5-Way Elimination matchup

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a couple of weeks ago on Monday Night Raw.

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[Graves] Yeah. Emma,
the unlikeliest of the field perhaps,

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was able to outwit
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Sasha Banks thought for a moment
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but the ever-aware Emma
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and perhaps the biggest opportunity
of her time on Monday Night Raw.

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[Booker] And what an opportunity it is.

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[Michael] Yeah.
Emma earning the opportunity, guys,

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well, to be a part of one of the most
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["The Future" playing]

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♪ From far and wide
And light years away ♪

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♪ Cast from the shadows now light my way ♪

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♪ Fallen idols scream yesterday… ♪

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[Rome] And her opponent,
from Osaka, Japan,

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"The Empress of Tomorrow"

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Asuka!

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[Michael] One of the most unique
individuals to ever step foot in the ring

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in the WWE women's division, Asuka,

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has been a champion
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But perhaps no more dominant than she was

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at NXT where, for 523 days,

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she was the NXT Women's Champion,

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retired unbeaten.

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[Graves]
Ladies of the Raw women's division,

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grit your teeth, the Empress has arrived.

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[Booker] I've been waiting to see this
live and in livid color for a long time

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and you can feel… you can feel
you're watching something different.

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[Michael] Booker, you are in for a treat.

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One of the most complete strikers
in our entire industry, male or female,

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a master of submissions,

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Asuka is like no one you've seen before.

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How impressive was Asuka's streak at NXT?

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It was the longest
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in 25 years in WWE.

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This woman has not been pinned.

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She has not been submitted
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[Booker] She definitely mastered her craft

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and that's the thing
you got to understand.

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You don't…
you don't get like this by accident.

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You don't get an undefeated
streak by accident.

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[Graves] Imagine how great
this unreal warm welcome

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from the WWE Universe felt
for Asuka on her first night.

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[Michael] And here we go.
Asuka and Emma set to go one-on-one

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to kick off WWE TLC.

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Corey, you followed Asuka's career.

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What does Emma have to be careful of
in this match tonight?

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[Graves] Emma needs to not be caught up
in the intimidating aura of Asuka.

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Asuka can be absolutely
mesmerizing in the ring.

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[Booker] I'll tell you,
it would not be a good night

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if she's upset--
if Asuka's upset by Emma tonight.

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-[Graves] Uh-oh, look how quick.
-[Michael] Oh, and look at this,

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quickly Asuka takes Emma down to the mat.

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And now, rolls her through,
shoulders down.

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Look at-- Oh,
Asuka grabbing the arm and leg there.

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Unique submission move by Asuka
as Emma makes it to the bottom rope.

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[Booker] I'll tell you right now,
Asuka looks like she's going

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for one big shot
to get the thing over real quick.

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That could be a mistake.

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[Graves]
Yeah, I think you're right, Booker.

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If Asuka finds that next level,
that other gear, she's near unstoppable.

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-And she has been unstoppable.
-[Michael] Asuka has sudden offense.

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She is lethal.

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And Emma looking to try
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[Booker] Almost somewhat
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She's… Like I said, she's mastered
so many different elements of the game.

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[Michael] You know, a lot of people have
made so much of Asuka coming here tonight.

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But, remember, this is Emma's first ever

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WWE pay-per-view singles matchup.

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And Asuka looking to fire up
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-[Booker] Emma could be--
-[Michael] Uh-oh.

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-And looking to try to--
-[Graves] Great counter by Emma.

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[Michael] Trying to position
for the armbar and--

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[Booker] Emma looks like she's stepping
up to the test, guys.

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Let's not sleep on Emma.

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Emma's done a great job
getting to this position right here.

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[Graves] You're right, Booker.

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Emma is a very,
very talented in-ring competitor.

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It's just a matter of keeping
her priorities in check,

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not worry about social media,
worry about picking up victories.

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[Michael] Oh, and that's one of the points
that Emma has been talking about.

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The fact that everyone is talking about
Asuka. Why is no one talking about Emma?

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-[Graves] Oh, wait a minute.
-That's it. Enough about you.

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[Michael] There's that absolutely
hypnotic smile of Asuka.

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It'll buckle your knees
if you know what's coming next.

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[Graves] Oh! And there's the quickness
of Asuka, down goes Emma.

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[Michael] And she is a joy to watch.

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She loves to have fun in the ring.

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Asuka, all about entertaining.

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She's as tough as they come.

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And now, looking to wear Emma down…

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-or take her down just like that.
-[Graves] Oh, look at this.

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Looking for an ankle lock
submission perhaps.

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This submission served Asuka
very well in her career.

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[Booker] Great counter,
great counter there by Emma.

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[Michael] And Asuka,
a submission specialist in her own right.

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Oh, and remember
what Emma said earlier, guys,

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it was gonna be #emmabeatsasuka
when all is said and done tonight.

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[Booker] Look guys, let's not--
let's not forget one thing here.

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-[Michael] Oh, man.
-[Booker] Emma's here, she knows

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what it's like to be
under the bright light.

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This is the first time we've seen Asuka
here under these lights right here.

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I'm gonna tell you,
that's a-- that's a whole lot of pressure.

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[Michael] And Emma extremely confident,
trash-talking Asuka throughout the match.

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Five!

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[Michael] And again,
Emma looking to go on the attack

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and what a win this would be…

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-[Booker] Mm! Man!
-…for Emma in her career

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if she could knock off
the Empress of Tomorrow.

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-Oh my God.
-[Graves] Oh, goodness.

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-Face first.
-One, two

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[Michael] Again, a cover
and a kickout this time, near fall.

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[Booker] The thing I look at
in the competitors is their comfort zone.

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And, right now,
Emma is looking very, very comfortable.

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[Graves] I agree with you, Booker.

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This is a different side of Emma
that we've seen recently.

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She seems incredibly focused.

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[Booker] Well, these people,
they live through the internet.

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Maybe that's what it is, she's looking to
get her views up or something like that.

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[Michael] And Asuka, again,
right to the back of the legs of Emma.

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-[Graves] That was close.
[Michael] Look out.

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Where will that leave her when Emma
rolls her up? Asuka rolls through.

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[Booker] Emma's… Emma's on time tonight.

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[Michael] A little yank to the hair
and the official was warning Emma there

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as she hooks the leg and wraps the arm,
and a kickout, again, by Asuka.

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[Booker] I tell you, that's the one thing.
One hates to get overlooked, you know,

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when all the media, all the cameras
just following Asuka around.

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Right there, you can tell Emma
is coming out here

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to make a point and that's beat Asuka.

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[referee] Come on, Emma,
out of the turnbuckle. Let's go.

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[Michael] Well, I'm sure both of you guys
have been at that point in your career

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where someone else is getting all
the attention, you wanna,

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-to Booker's point, prove a point.
-Back out of that corner.

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-Back out, come on.
-[Graves] Well, we agree.

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It's not necessarily
a bad strategy by Emma.

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-I might not have advised it, but-- Oh!
-[screams]

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[Michael] Oh, my lord. Did you hear that?

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-Right to the spine and kidneys of Asuka.
-…three, four. Listen to me. Back off.

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Back off. All right.

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This is a mean streak many say
Emma's lacked recently,

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but it's out in full force tonight.

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[Booker] Not only that,
Emma's come out here with a strategy.

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[Michael] Well and, Corey,
both of you and Booker,

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you've wrestled all over the world

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but you understand
when you come here to WWE,

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it's a completely different level.

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It takes some adjustment time and perhaps
Asuka's gonna have to go through that.

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[Graves] That may well could be the case.

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-[Michael] Oh, and Emma…
-[Booker] Man.

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…flattening Asuka in the corner.

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-One, two…
-[Michael] Here's the cover again

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and a kickout.

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[Booker] You know,
this is something good though, guys.

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-We're gonna get a… Oh, wait a minute.
-[Michael] Again, hook to the leg,

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wrapping the arm, and a kickout.

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[Booker] The word "adversity"
is gonna come into play.

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And, right now, Asuka's feeling it.

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Oh, man!

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Good to see
how she could fight through it.

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That's what a true champion is made of.

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I mean, if she's gonna be champion here
in the-- in the WWE,

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she's gonna have to step up.

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[Michael] And the WWE fans here
in Minneapolis,

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trying to will Asuka on.

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13,381 WWE fans in attendance tonight.

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[crowd cheering]

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[Michael] Asuka, once again, using her
entire body to create some space.

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Uh-oh.

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And now Asuka getting fired up
and those slaps by Emma,

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just seeming to make Asuka more angry.

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[Graves] That guttural howl
is like a warning of impending doom.

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[Michael] Looks like she's going for--
and now there's the roll-through.

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Asuka with shoulders down by Emma.

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Emma kicks out at two.

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And Asuka caught her and there's
that blistering sudden offense of Asuka.

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[Booker] When one move didn't work,

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she doubled up and then went
to that big kick right there.

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That was a beautiful combination.

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[Graves] Looks like Asuka's had
a great deal taken out of her thus far.

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Emma certainly brought the fight tonight.

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Take one more look at this.

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A sliding knee strike
right on the bridge of Emma's nose.

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[Booker] Wow.
Timing of that was just perfect.

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Or should I say "poifect."

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[Michael]
Now Asuka rolling through this time.

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Oh. Shots to the hamstring,
now to the knee of Emma.

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Stomping on the fingers,
and a kick to the back of the neck.

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And Asuka showing she can fly as well
with a missile dropkick.

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A little bit of everything, Corey.

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[Graves] Cat-like balance displayed
by Emma. Her-- I'm sorry, by Asuka.

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Emma feeling the brunt of the dropkick.
Oh my goodness.

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[Michael] Asuka punishing her opponent.

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Emma, can you continue? Emma?

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[Booker] Emma's reelin'
and she's in a real bad way right now.

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[Graves] Might be a TKO situation, Book.

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-[Booker] Oh, man!
-[Michael] Yeah, maybe for--

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on Emma's side.

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[Graves]
Yeah, right to the base of Asuka's neck.

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[Booker] I don't know about
this shot right there.

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[Michael] And, again, Asuka could be out,

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this could be a huge opportunity for Emma,

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dragging Asuka back
toward the center of the ring.

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Hooks the leg, tries to wrap the arm,
and Asuka to a near fall.

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[Booker]
Give Emma a lot of credit right there,

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pulling Asuka back
to the middle of the ring

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and getting a deep cover right there.
Almost got a win.

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[Michael] You say what you want
about Emma in social media and the like,

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but there's no doubt she's, oh,
excellent in the ring.

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[referee] One, two…

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[Michael] Now looking to humiliate Asuka
in her debut tonight.

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[Booker] There's been a lot of talk
about Emma before

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-as to how good she really is.
-[Michael] Oh, Asuka picked the leg.

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-[Booker] She's proving it tonight.
-[Michael] Again, looking

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for an ankle lock,
submission move here,

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dragging Emma
toward the center of the ring.

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-She rolls through.
-[Booker] Beautiful roll-through.

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-No, no, no.
-[Michael] Asuka says, "No way."

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[Graves] Asuka just rolling
with Emma's momentum and so--

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[Michael] Oh my God, did you see
the way that Emma's knee just bent?

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And Asuka… Now Emma back to her feet
trying to make it the rope.

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-Asuka continues the punishment.
-[Graves] Uh-oh. Uh-oh.

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-[Michael] Still has the leg wrapped.
-[Graves] Emma still trapped. Oh!

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[Michael] Oh my God,
dropping her on her neck.

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[Booker] Good God.

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[Michael] And she still had Emma's leg
trapped as she delivered the suplex.

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[Booker] What a beautiful suplex.

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I mean, the speed and the torque

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on that suplex
was just about perfect, guys.

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[Graves] Emma actually doing
the wise thing in rolling to the outside,

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trying to compose herself.

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[Booker] Create a little space.

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That's what that's called,
right there, Corey.

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[Michael] Oh. And now… Oh my God.

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Again, grabbing the hair of Asuka,
ripping her off the apron to the floor,

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and Asuka landed hard.

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[Graves] A very cagey maneuver by Emma.

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[Booker] Oh, the one thing
about Emma tonight, guys,

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I have never seen a thing
from this position right here.

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She's one step ahead of Asuka every time.

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[Michael] Oh, she's put in the homework.
She's prepared for Asuka.

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I'm sure she's watched a lot of tapes.

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Remember, both these young ladies
with experience at NXT,

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Emma watched her career there.

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And now, Emma back into the ring--

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Asuka caught her!

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That spinning kick from Asuka.
And now may have Emma where she wants her!

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-[Booker] Oh, no.
-[Michael] Looking for the Asuka Lock,

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trying to wrestle her down,
center of the ring.

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[Graves] If it gets cinched in,
this one's over.

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[Michael] And she's got it in!

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Asuka's got in the Asuka Lock.

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Emma's… Emma's trying to fight it,
trying to fight it here.

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Asuka's got it locked in. Emma has to tap.

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[bell ringing]

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-["The Future" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

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[Rome] Here's your winner
by submission, Asuka!

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[Michael] I'm telling you, guys,
Emma with an incredible performance

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here tonight, but Asuka was ready.

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[Graves] No one is ready for Asuka.

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You can ask Emma.
But I guess the good news is

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Emma's name's probably trending worldwide,
#pickupyourteethandgohome.

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[Michael] But, Booker, if you were
in the Raw women's locker room right now

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you've been put on notice.

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[Booker]
Yeah, I have, but I want a piece of that.

334
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I cannot wait to see Asuka
in the ring again.

335
00:17:18,236 --> 00:17:21,173
[Graves] Let's take another look
at this magnificent suplex by Asuka.

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Emma's ankle trapped.

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00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:25,077
The Empress still able to pop her hips

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and deliver a brutal suplex,
but Emma still kept fighting.

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[crowd exclaiming]

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00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:34,320
[Graves] Unfortunately, for Emma,
Asuka was too ready.

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Watch this kick. Bang!

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00:17:36,187 --> 00:17:38,124
Lights out, Emma.

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00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:40,592
Stumbles her way into an Asuka Lock.

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And if this doesn't tear your shoulder
apart, I don't know what will.

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[crowd cheering]

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[Michael] I'm telling you,
it was worth the wait.

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00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:52,171
-[bell rings]
-[Michael] The Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka,

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has arrived on Monday Night Raw.

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[Graves] Now, look at the elation
on the face of the Empress of Tomorrow.

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The WWE Universe,

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get ready, Asuka is here.

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00:18:05,251 --> 00:18:09,055
[Michael]
Something infectious about Asuka.

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00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,023
["The Future" continues]

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00:18:11,090 --> 00:18:12,491
[crowd cheering]

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00:18:15,628 --> 00:18:19,165
♪ From far and wide and light years away ♪

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00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,434
-♪ Cast from the shadows now light my… ♪
-[song fades]

357
00:18:24,102 --> 00:18:27,106
["Fight Song" playing]

358
00:18:50,262 --> 00:18:52,632
♪ And all those things I didn't say ♪

359
00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:55,935
♪ Were wrecking balls inside my brain ♪

360
00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:58,904
♪ I will scream them loud tonight ♪

361
00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:01,206
♪ Can you hear my voice this time? ♪

362
00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,876
♪ This is my fight song ♪

363
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:06,579
♪ Take back my life song ♪

364
00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:11,283
♪ Prove I'm alright song ♪

365
00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:16,822
♪ And I don't really care
If nobody else believes ♪

366
00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:22,895
♪ 'Cause I've still got
A lot of fight left in me ♪

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00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:28,466
♪ A lot of fight left in me ♪

368
00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:45,985
[song fades]

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00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:49,388
[crowd booing]

370
00:19:53,793 --> 00:19:58,330
The most important thing is to forget
about what this match was supposed to be

371
00:19:58,397 --> 00:20:01,600
and concentrate on what this match is.

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00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:06,138
You know, Miz,
our previous general manager, Mick Foley,

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00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:08,407
would never have allowed this to happen.

374
00:20:09,408 --> 00:20:11,210
But on the plus side,

375
00:20:11,277 --> 00:20:15,347
I've always wanted to Brogue Kick
an Olympic gold medalist through a table.

376
00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:18,684
Yeah. Tonight is not supposed
to be about nostalgia.

377
00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:21,954
It's about tables, ladders, and chairs.

378
00:20:22,021 --> 00:20:24,590
And to us proving
that we don't just set the bar,

379
00:20:24,657 --> 00:20:26,958
-we are the bar.
-we are the bar.

380
00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:28,828
But that's not enough.

381
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:30,896
Do you realize what Kurt Angle did?

382
00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:34,700
He robbed us, he stole a moment,
he thrust himself into the spotlight,

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00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:37,168
my spotlight, our spotlight.

384
00:20:37,235 --> 00:20:39,271
You think he would've stepped in
for you, Sheamus?

385
00:20:39,338 --> 00:20:40,272
[scoffs]

386
00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:42,707
Do you think he would've stepped in
for you, Cesaro?

387
00:20:42,774 --> 00:20:46,245
No. He stepped in because he cares

388
00:20:46,312 --> 00:20:48,781
about the WWE Universe.

389
00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:51,716
We all know that that is a lie.

390
00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:54,587
Kurt Angle only cares about himself.

391
00:20:55,588 --> 00:20:59,258
He waited for the perfect moment
to leverage his position

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00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:01,527
as general manager of Monday Night Raw

393
00:21:01,594 --> 00:21:05,798
and put himself in the main event
of this pay-per-view against me.

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00:21:08,868 --> 00:21:10,402
He could have postponed this match.

395
00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:13,072
He could have canceled this match.

396
00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:16,708
But no, Mister… Mister, uh…

397
00:21:16,775 --> 00:21:22,148
Mr. "I won an Olympic gold medal
with a broken freaking neck,"

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00:21:22,214 --> 00:21:24,683
had to play superhero.

399
00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:28,287
Well, if Kurt Angle thinks
he's a superhero,

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00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:32,691
he's gonna meet a monster among men,
Braun Strowman.

401
00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:34,760
[crowd cheering]

402
00:21:38,496 --> 00:21:40,832
Save the pep talk, Miz.

403
00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:45,838
I'm snuffing out Kurt's little return
to the ring and I'm trashing it

404
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:48,174
along with Seth and Dean,

405
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:52,645
so long as all of you stay out of my way.

406
00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:54,713
[crowd cheering]

407
00:22:00,852 --> 00:22:03,722
I do whatever I want.

408
00:22:03,789 --> 00:22:08,394
Because if anyone is gonna wrap
a steel chair around Kurt Angle's neck,

409
00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:11,397
mangle Seth Rollins with a chair,

410
00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:14,466
reduce Dean Ambrose to a pile of rubble,

411
00:22:15,466 --> 00:22:16,936
it's gonna be me.

412
00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:22,741
Gentlemen,
there is enough carnage to go around.

413
00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:25,344
We have two-thirds of a shield
and a Hall of Famer,

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00:22:25,410 --> 00:22:29,148
who is the general manager
of Monday Night Raw, all in the same ring

415
00:22:29,215 --> 00:22:33,485
This is our ability
to change the face of the WWE forever.

416
00:22:33,552 --> 00:22:36,688
The opportunity to eat
off a table of our future,

417
00:22:36,754 --> 00:22:41,694
to sit in a chair of an uprising,
to use ladders, to build a bridge,

418
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,329
a bridge to a better tomorrow.

419
00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:46,866
Because with Kurt Angle done,
and Dean and Seth broken in half,

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00:22:46,932 --> 00:22:50,369
we will run Monday Night Raw!

421
00:22:50,436 --> 00:22:52,905
[crowd cheering]

422
00:22:52,972 --> 00:22:56,475
For Seth, Dean, and Kurt

423
00:22:56,542 --> 00:22:58,577
there is no tomorrow.

424
00:23:02,848 --> 00:23:06,318
I'm turning Tables, Ladders, and Chairs

425
00:23:06,385 --> 00:23:08,053
into hell on earth.

426
00:23:09,187 --> 00:23:11,189
I don't care what you do with the ashes.

427
00:23:13,926 --> 00:23:15,928
We make history the hard way.

428
00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:21,600
[crowd booing]

429
00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:23,735
Oh, it's true.

430
00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:25,471
It's damn true.

431
00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:34,546
[Rome] Ladies and gentlemen, Elias.

432
00:23:34,612 --> 00:23:36,615
-[crowd cheering]
-[guitar strums]

433
00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:48,694
[crowd booing]

434
00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:01,740
Right now, I wanna know

435
00:24:01,807 --> 00:24:04,376
how many of you feel alive?

436
00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,445
[crowd cheering]

437
00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:13,519
Well, judging by that response,
I'd have to say, you're all dead inside.

438
00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:18,189
Which makes you all liars.

439
00:24:20,658 --> 00:24:23,595
But I can fill you with life
if you follow me.

440
00:24:24,663 --> 00:24:29,134
But, right now, I need you all
to silence your cell phones.

441
00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,337
There can be no distractions.

442
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:37,208
Hold your applause
until after I'm finished.

443
00:24:38,744 --> 00:24:42,947
Reach out to me and feel my words.

444
00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:46,685
But most importantly,

445
00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:49,888
shut your mouths
because I've got a song to sing.

446
00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:52,957
[crowd booing]

447
00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:58,697
[playing mellow melody]

448
00:25:21,153 --> 00:25:24,122
-[crowd cheering]
-[Graves laughs]

449
00:25:24,188 --> 00:25:25,456
What the…

450
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:29,660
Not cool, guys.

451
00:25:31,597 --> 00:25:34,600
[playing mellow melody]

452
00:25:36,467 --> 00:25:39,670
[Michael] Is that celery or lettuce?

453
00:25:39,737 --> 00:25:41,340
What the heck was that?

454
00:25:45,944 --> 00:25:48,179
-[Graves] It's raining produce.
-[Michael] It's Jason Jordan.

455
00:25:48,246 --> 00:25:50,282
[Booker laughs]

456
00:25:51,949 --> 00:25:54,686
[Michael] I know Jason was upset earlier
tonight when Elias interrupted

457
00:25:54,753 --> 00:25:57,356
the conversation between him and his dad,
Kurt Angle.

458
00:25:57,423 --> 00:25:59,024
[Graves] I mean, listen,
we are in Minneapolis.

459
00:25:59,091 --> 00:26:02,093
Could we have gotten like a Semisonic
reunion concert or something?

460
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,695
We got to deal with Elias?

461
00:26:04,696 --> 00:26:06,031
[crowd cheering]

462
00:26:06,098 --> 00:26:07,899
[Michael] Thank you, Jason Jordan.

463
00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:12,771
[crowd clamor]

464
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,445
[Michael] That's a shame.

465
00:26:23,782 --> 00:26:26,618
-["Be Like No One" playing]
-♪ Be next, be NXT, be different ♪

466
00:26:26,685 --> 00:26:29,221
♪ Be weird, be huggers, be fireflies ♪

467
00:26:29,288 --> 00:26:30,923
♪ Be mohawks, be beards ♪

468
00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:34,126
♪ Like no one, like nothing
Like whatever, like this ♪

469
00:26:34,426 --> 00:26:36,160
♪ Like Asuka, like Charlotte ♪

470
00:26:36,227 --> 00:26:39,665
♪ Like Becky, like Bliss
No tap-outs, no count-outs ♪

471
00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:43,068
♪ No three-counts, no friends
No stopping, nostalgia ♪

472
00:26:43,135 --> 00:26:44,870
♪ No now with no then ♪

473
00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:49,774
♪ One shot in one million
One versus all, one team ♪

474
00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:53,011
♪ One Finn, one Bálor,
One demon, one king ♪

475
00:26:53,078 --> 00:26:56,747
♪ Be hated, be vacant, B-R-A-Y ♪

476
00:26:56,814 --> 00:26:59,952
♪ Like Jimmy, like Jey
Like even this guy ♪

477
00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:04,089
♪ Be heard, be seen
Like Dolph, like Dean ♪

478
00:27:04,156 --> 00:27:07,226
♪ No guts, no glory
One shot, one story ♪

479
00:27:07,426 --> 00:27:14,166
♪ Be you like now, no time, one run
Be like no one ♪

480
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,201
-[explodes]
-[song concludes]

481
00:27:17,468 --> 00:27:20,272
[Snoop Dogg]
Available now, rated T for teen.

482
00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:25,177
You just never know
what's gonna happen at TLC.

483
00:27:25,244 --> 00:27:26,778
We just saw a food fight, Nigel.

484
00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:30,182
Representing 205 Live,
I'm Vic Joseph alongside Nigel McGuinness.

485
00:27:30,249 --> 00:27:33,051
My first WWE pay-per-view
couldn't be more exciting.

486
00:27:33,118 --> 00:27:35,287
And we are getting ready for a showcase,

487
00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:37,923
-the cruiserweights, here at TLC.
-["Man With a Plan" playing]

488
00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:40,192
[bell rings]

489
00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:44,196
[Rome] The following contest is
a tag team match scheduled for one fall.

490
00:27:44,263 --> 00:27:46,532
Making his way to the ring
from Venice, California,

491
00:27:46,598 --> 00:27:51,602
weighing 157 pounds, The Brian Kendrick.

492
00:27:51,669 --> 00:27:55,006
[Vic] Well, Nigel,
here's a former Cruiserweight Champion,

493
00:27:55,072 --> 00:27:58,476
making his way to the ring
and let's go down to ringside

494
00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:01,413
with some of our announce team
partners for tonight,

495
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,182
including the Spanish announce team

496
00:28:03,247 --> 00:28:06,851
of Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodríguez.

497
00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,920
[speaking Spanish]

498
00:28:14,158 --> 00:28:16,160
[speaking Spanish]

499
00:28:20,365 --> 00:28:23,268
[Vic] And our German announce team,
Calvin Knie, Carsten Schaefer,

500
00:28:23,335 --> 00:28:24,303
and Tim Haber.

501
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,705
[speaking German]

502
00:28:26,772 --> 00:28:29,107
Asuka, Demon, Styles.

503
00:28:29,174 --> 00:28:31,976
[speaking German]

504
00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:37,783
[Vic] And they're getting ready
for the high-octane style of 205 Live.

505
00:28:37,849 --> 00:28:41,285
["Gentleman" playing]

506
00:28:41,352 --> 00:28:43,789
[Rome] And his tag team partner
from Manchester, England,

507
00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:46,191
weighing 167 pounds,

508
00:28:46,257 --> 00:28:48,994
Gentleman Jack Gallagher!

509
00:28:49,061 --> 00:28:51,663
[Vic] Well, Brian Kendrick is trying
to teach lessons in the locker room

510
00:28:51,730 --> 00:28:54,832
and he has found
a pupil in Jack Gallagher.

511
00:28:54,899 --> 00:28:56,201
And let's go back, Nigel.

512
00:28:56,268 --> 00:28:57,735
Let's go back last month.

513
00:28:57,803 --> 00:29:00,339
It was actually a match
featuring Brian Kendrick

514
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:02,975
as Brian Kendrick, The Man with a Plan,

515
00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:05,744
was going up against Cedric Alexander

516
00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:08,447
and, well, Brian Kendrick took advantage
early on to this match.

517
00:29:08,513 --> 00:29:11,649
[Nigel] Looked like he had
the advantage against Alexander

518
00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:14,352
and he would push that advantage until…

519
00:29:14,418 --> 00:29:15,620
["Gentleman" playing]

520
00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:19,358
[Vic] And to the surprise of many,
Jack Gallagher would come to the rescue,

521
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,360
aiding in his friend, Cedric Alexander,

522
00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:24,529
as he stared down his heated rival
in Brian Kendrick.

523
00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:26,398
Well, that's what we thought, Nigel.

524
00:29:26,497 --> 00:29:29,900
[Nigel]
Until the unhinged Englishman unloaded.

525
00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:31,903
And look at the face, couldn't believe it.

526
00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:35,941
And listen to the sound of that,
that Mancunian nod upside the head.

527
00:29:36,007 --> 00:29:38,110
[Vic] Kendrick was just as shocked
as everyone.

528
00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:41,980
A nasty side of Gallagher
we had never seen before and then this.

529
00:29:42,047 --> 00:29:45,984
Gallagher extending his hand
to The Brian Kendrick.

530
00:29:48,053 --> 00:29:50,688
["Gentleman" playing]

531
00:29:50,755 --> 00:29:54,926
[Vic] Gallagher indeed has embraced
the teachings of Kendrick so to speak.

532
00:29:54,993 --> 00:29:57,195
[Nigel] Well, he's trained
under some of the best.

533
00:29:57,262 --> 00:29:59,930
Roy Wood at the infamous wake--
Wigan Snake Pit,

534
00:29:59,997 --> 00:30:01,899
-and, of course, Billy Robinson.
-["Won't Let Go" playing]

535
00:30:03,268 --> 00:30:06,937
[Rome] And their opponents,
first from Charlotte, North Carolina

536
00:30:07,004 --> 00:30:09,041
weighing 205 pounds,

537
00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:12,144
Cedric Alexander!

538
00:30:12,209 --> 00:30:15,280
[Vic] But, Nigel, as I talked
about those teachings of Brian Kendrick

539
00:30:15,347 --> 00:30:17,882
for Jack Gallagher's,
those are the same teachings

540
00:30:17,948 --> 00:30:21,153
that have unleashed a side
of Cedric Alexander.

541
00:30:21,218 --> 00:30:25,357
[Nigel] I've never seen Alexander
this aggressive and this fired up.

542
00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:28,959
[Vic] Gallagher indeed has been
very focused the last few weeks

543
00:30:29,026 --> 00:30:32,030
-on Tuesday nights.
-["Around the World" playing]

544
00:30:33,831 --> 00:30:36,702
[Rome] And his tag team partner,
from Baltimore, Maryland,

545
00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:41,372
weighing 180 pounds, Rich Swann.

546
00:30:41,439 --> 00:30:44,576
[Vic] And when you take a look at it,
Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann,

547
00:30:44,643 --> 00:30:48,447
it's quite the charismatic duo,
Nigel, that we have in this match.

548
00:30:48,513 --> 00:30:51,582
But let's go back to Tuesday on 205 Live.

549
00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:55,153
It was Rich Swann who faced
Jack Gallagher one on one.

550
00:30:55,654 --> 00:31:00,257
[Nigel] Early on in the match,
Gallagher would run for high ground.

551
00:31:00,324 --> 00:31:02,660
[Vic] And Rich Swann would look
to make an impact,

552
00:31:02,727 --> 00:31:05,996
but it was The Brian Kendrick
who ran a little bit of interference

553
00:31:06,063 --> 00:31:08,265
until Alexander came out of nowhere.

554
00:31:08,332 --> 00:31:10,267
And then, Nigel, everything broke loose.

555
00:31:10,334 --> 00:31:13,004
[Nigel] Everything broke loose.
And really, the referee at least

556
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:16,574
just had no choice
but to throw the match out.

557
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,443
[Vic] And it's the animosity,

558
00:31:18,510 --> 00:31:21,178
the intensity between these
four superstars on display

559
00:31:21,245 --> 00:31:24,216
this past Tuesday on the WWE Network.

560
00:31:24,282 --> 00:31:26,818
And just when we thought
things were gonna take a turn,

561
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,422
Rich Swann came out of nowhere
as did Cedric Alexander.

562
00:31:30,488 --> 00:31:33,692
[Nigel] Handspring roundhouse kick,
Gallagher down.

563
00:31:33,759 --> 00:31:38,163
And then just when it looked like
it was lights out for Gallagher, again,

564
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:40,264
Kendrick comes to his rescue.

565
00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:43,235
[Vic] That was just a taste
of what's gonna happen here tonight

566
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:44,970
in the Target Center.

567
00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:48,974
[bell rings]

568
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,776
[Vic] Rich Swann will start things off
with The Brian Kendrick.

569
00:31:51,842 --> 00:31:55,714
Rich Swann, a true friend
coming to the aid of Cedric Alexander.

570
00:31:55,781 --> 00:31:57,314
[Nigel]
That's one way of looking at it, Vic.

571
00:31:57,381 --> 00:31:59,251
Another way of looking at it
is saying that he stuck his nose

572
00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:00,752
in someone else's business.

573
00:32:02,654 --> 00:32:06,992
[Vic] And Rich Swann, Brian Kendrick
want to not only teach those lessons,

574
00:32:07,058 --> 00:32:11,763
but Brian Kendrick has a philosophy
and it's that experience always wins out.

575
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:14,166
[Nigel] Well, he certainly
has more experience than anybody else

576
00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:18,069
in this match, nearly two decades
in sports entertainment.

577
00:32:18,136 --> 00:32:19,204
[Vic] Oh!

578
00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:24,609
And Rich Swann, European uppercut,

579
00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:26,077
and there's that experience,
again, paying off

580
00:32:26,144 --> 00:32:27,745
for Kendrick early on in this matchup.

581
00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:29,548
Tag made, in comes Jack Gallagher.

582
00:32:29,613 --> 00:32:32,082
[Nigel] Stylistically, Vic,
this is an interesting matchup.

583
00:32:32,149 --> 00:32:36,955
You got the speed of Swann and Alexander
against the technique and the intellect

584
00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:38,956
of Gallagher and Kendrick.

585
00:32:39,024 --> 00:32:42,194
[Vic] Well, right now,
Gallagher has tied up Rich Swann.

586
00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:44,161
Swann trying to navigate his way free.

587
00:32:44,228 --> 00:32:47,765
An interesting hold right now being
applied for a moment by Gallagher,

588
00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:49,234
and a nice reversal by Swann.

589
00:32:49,301 --> 00:32:51,469
[Nigel Gallagher caught
with a side headlock.

590
00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:53,405
And I guarantee you,

591
00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:55,372
Gallagher will get out of it
quickly as he did.

592
00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:58,776
[Vic] The quickness that Rich Swann
displays with a dropkick

593
00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:00,411
to the butt of the jaw.

594
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:02,848
[Nigel] Oh!
Alexander in without a tag, Vic.

595
00:33:02,914 --> 00:33:04,515
-What do you say about that?
-[Vic] Well, a tag was made,

596
00:33:04,582 --> 00:33:06,985
Kendrick is in. A back elbow.

597
00:33:07,052 --> 00:33:08,786
And there goes Cedric Alexander.

598
00:33:08,853 --> 00:33:11,389
There's that unique style
Cedric Alexander brings.

599
00:33:11,456 --> 00:33:14,493
And Alexander is the legal man
for his team.

600
00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:17,094
As Alexander looking around.

601
00:33:19,331 --> 00:33:20,532
Oh!

602
00:33:21,332 --> 00:33:23,068
Jack Gallagher-- Wait a minute!

603
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:27,272
Eyes have to be on a swivel
almost in the back of your head, Nigel.

604
00:33:27,339 --> 00:33:28,406
[Nigel] Absolutely.

605
00:33:28,473 --> 00:33:31,676
[Vic] Incoming comes Kendrick
over the top rope.

606
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:33,844
[Nigel] You know what this might mean.

607
00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,847
Here comes Alexander.

608
00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:37,581
[crowd cheering]

609
00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:41,485
[Vic] What a move by Alexander.

610
00:33:41,553 --> 00:33:45,290
And WWE Hall of Famer Booker T
said Cedric Alexander,

611
00:33:45,357 --> 00:33:49,494
one of the most talented in the division,
certainly on display tonight.

612
00:33:49,561 --> 00:33:51,696
-Let's take another look at it, Nigel.
-[Nigel] There it is.

613
00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,231
[Vic] First it was the trip.

614
00:33:53,298 --> 00:33:57,636
[Nigel] Swann would take over
and give the opportunity for Alexander.

615
00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:01,372
Look at the height,
clears the top rope by a clear foot

616
00:34:01,438 --> 00:34:04,208
-and lands nearly perfectly on his feet.
-[Vic] Cover made.

617
00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:06,211
Kendrick out at two.

618
00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:09,179
You talk about the height,
how about the landing of Cedric Alexander?

619
00:34:09,246 --> 00:34:11,248
[Nigel] Great athletes,
both of these guys.

620
00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:14,853
-[Vic] Oh!
-[Nigel] They need to put away Kendrick

621
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,255
or Gallagher as quickly as possible.

622
00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:22,192
[Vic] Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander,
two superstars that have been friends--

623
00:34:22,259 --> 00:34:23,929
Oh! Big Irish Whip.

624
00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:26,730
And, early on,
it looks like this friendship

625
00:34:26,797 --> 00:34:29,000
is working out pretty well
in this tag team match.

626
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,536
Nigel, with a backbreaker,
tilt-a-whirl backbreaker.

627
00:34:32,603 --> 00:34:35,440
-Into the cover goes Rich Swann.
-One, two…

628
00:34:35,507 --> 00:34:38,043
[Vic] Hooks the leg,
and Kendrick's inside shoulder

629
00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:39,476
just getting up in the nick of time.

630
00:34:39,543 --> 00:34:41,947
[Nigel] They've done very well thus far
and they've really stuck

631
00:34:42,013 --> 00:34:45,317
to the perfect game plan,
and that's to keep the pace up.

632
00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:47,351
[Vic] Well, Gallagher, for a moment,

633
00:34:47,418 --> 00:34:50,889
creates the distraction
and Kendrick taking advantage.

634
00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:55,092
-Face first went Rich Swann.
-[Nigel] And look what he does though.

635
00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:58,763
He grabs the leg and pulls him to his own
corner so he can't make the tag.

636
00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:03,234
Benefit of two decades experience,
a lot of that in tag team competition

637
00:35:03,301 --> 00:35:07,105
because he is a former two-time
WWE Tag Team Champion.

638
00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:09,441
[Vic] This new side
of Jack Gallagher, Nigel,

639
00:35:09,507 --> 00:35:12,110
you have known Jack Gallagher
for quite some time.

640
00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,446
Jack Gallagher is more intense.

641
00:35:14,511 --> 00:35:16,781
He is… he is more ruthless
inside the ring.

642
00:35:16,848 --> 00:35:18,516
[Nigel] He's vicious. He's determined.

643
00:35:18,583 --> 00:35:21,453
Still dressed in the finest
Burberry threads.

644
00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:25,723
Now, there's nothing gentlemanly
about that.

645
00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:27,692
A vicious three-quarter nelson.

646
00:35:30,862 --> 00:35:32,797
-[Vic] Taking down Swann again.
-[Nigel] Ooh.

647
00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:34,065
[Vic] As Gallagher once said,

648
00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:37,268
"A cool winter is coming to 205 Live."

649
00:35:38,336 --> 00:35:41,339
[Nigel] A winter of discontent
for Rich Swann.

650
00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:44,576
[Vic] Another tag is made.
Back in is The Brian Kendrick.

651
00:35:46,411 --> 00:35:48,880
[Nigel] Absolutely no wasted motion
from Kendrick.

652
00:35:48,947 --> 00:35:51,281
Everything he does means something.

653
00:35:51,348 --> 00:35:53,817
[Vic] And Kendrick, a butterfly suplex.

654
00:35:53,884 --> 00:35:54,953
Into the cover again.

655
00:35:55,020 --> 00:35:58,423
Hooks both legs of Rich Swann,
who fights his way free again at two.

656
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:02,160
[Nigel] Awesome move made famous
by Gallagher's trainer, Billy Robinson.

657
00:36:03,795 --> 00:36:04,796
Watch his hair, Brian.

658
00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:07,165
[Vic] Brian Kendrick,
along with Jack Gallagher,

659
00:36:07,232 --> 00:36:12,069
have been in control of this matchup
and have started to cut this ring in half.

660
00:36:12,136 --> 00:36:14,806
[Nigel] Kendrick really is-- Oh!
And did you hear the sound of that?

661
00:36:15,607 --> 00:36:17,875
Kendrick really is a student of The Game.

662
00:36:18,777 --> 00:36:20,478
As if… As Gordon Solie said,

663
00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:23,080
"Sports entertainment
is a game of human chess."

664
00:36:23,147 --> 00:36:25,917
Kendrick is sports entertainment's
Bobby Fischer.

665
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,420
[Vic] Gallagher on the outside.

666
00:36:28,486 --> 00:36:30,288
A smile on his face for a moment

667
00:36:30,355 --> 00:36:34,259
as Kendrick just ramming
into the top turnbuckle, Rich Swann.

668
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,895
And we haven't seen Kendrick
or Gallagher smile often,

669
00:36:37,962 --> 00:36:39,531
but it's typically when they're,

670
00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:41,933
well, beating down an opponent.

671
00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,735
-[Nigel] If they get a win--
-[Vic] Almost enjoying it right now.

672
00:36:43,801 --> 00:36:47,337
[Nigel] Absolutely. Forget the win here.
There'll be a big smile on their face. Oh!

673
00:36:47,404 --> 00:36:48,807
[Vic] Gallagher back to the midsection,

674
00:36:48,873 --> 00:36:51,409
the rib area, targeted now, of Rich Swann

675
00:36:51,476 --> 00:36:54,045
by Kendrick and Gallagher.

676
00:36:54,813 --> 00:36:56,181
[Nigel] Well, Alexander
should know better.

677
00:36:56,247 --> 00:36:57,615
Get to the outside.

678
00:36:57,682 --> 00:37:02,587
[Vic] Gallagher just baiting Alexander
as Alexander resetting himself.

679
00:37:02,654 --> 00:37:04,723
Has to stay focused does Alexander.

680
00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:10,595
As Jack Gallagher and The Brian Kendrick
have made quick tags.

681
00:37:10,662 --> 00:37:12,263
They have worn down Rich Swann.

682
00:37:12,330 --> 00:37:15,133
This has been textbook tag team wrestling,
has it not been, Nigel?

683
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:16,433
[Nigel] It absolutely has.

684
00:37:16,500 --> 00:37:17,602
-Tag!
-[Vic] Another tag made.

685
00:37:17,669 --> 00:37:20,538
[Nigel] Great game plan.
Better hold on to him tight.

686
00:37:21,573 --> 00:37:25,410
[Vic] And incoming comes Kendrick
and-- Oh! Up and over went Kendrick.

687
00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:27,112
All the way down to the mat.

688
00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:31,015
And this has to be the moment.
Rich Swann needs to make a tag, Nigel.

689
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:33,118
[Nigel] But Gallagher
is just there to make the save.

690
00:37:33,183 --> 00:37:34,719
[Vic] And Gallagher is the legal man.

691
00:37:35,819 --> 00:37:37,589
And Rich Swann.

692
00:37:37,654 --> 00:37:39,022
[Nigel] Looked for the belly-to-back.

693
00:37:39,089 --> 00:37:41,058
[Vic] Makes the tag
and in comes Alexander.

694
00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:43,828
And Alexander has been on the outside

695
00:37:43,895 --> 00:37:46,064
patiently waiting for his moment
to strike.

696
00:37:46,131 --> 00:37:47,531
Not today.

697
00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:50,201
[Nigel] Oh!
Did you hear the sound of that back elbow?

698
00:37:51,035 --> 00:37:54,471
Handspring roundhouse. Gallagher down.

699
00:37:54,538 --> 00:37:57,741
[Vic] Alexander into the cover.
Is it enough to put away Gallagher?

700
00:37:57,808 --> 00:37:59,944
Who gets his inside shoulder up at two.

701
00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:02,413
[Nigel] A lot of guts and determine
from the man from England.

702
00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:06,551
[Vic] What's on the mind now of Alexander?

703
00:38:07,252 --> 00:38:08,553
[Nigel] Here he comes.

704
00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:11,288
[Vic] And Alexander
charging into the midsection.

705
00:38:12,022 --> 00:38:16,227
How quick is Alexander
with pinpoint precision on his strikes?

706
00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:18,429
And flying off the top rope.

707
00:38:19,029 --> 00:38:20,665
Another cover by Alexander.

708
00:38:20,732 --> 00:38:22,634
Is this enough? And Kendrick…

709
00:38:23,268 --> 00:38:25,336
ripping Alexander to the outside.

710
00:38:25,403 --> 00:38:28,006
And he always has a plan
does The Brian Kendrick.

711
00:38:28,072 --> 00:38:29,808
-[Nigel] He's always in the right place.
-[Vic] Wait a minute.

712
00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:31,276
[Nigel] At the right time.

713
00:38:31,342 --> 00:38:32,743
[Vic] Oh.

714
00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:34,045
[Nigel] And again.

715
00:38:34,546 --> 00:38:37,382
[Vic] Kendrick is one step ahead
of Rich Swann.

716
00:38:38,449 --> 00:38:41,618
[Nigel] This is why The Brian Kendrick
is so dangerous.

717
00:38:41,685 --> 00:38:43,154
-[Vic] And wisely--
-[Nigel] And wait a second.

718
00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:44,622
[Vic] Alexander. Inside cradle.

719
00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,591
Shoulders down and Kendrick out at two.

720
00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:50,127
-Oh!
-[Nigel] Ho, ho, ho, very nice.

721
00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:52,363
[Vic] Oh, and a superkick
to follow the boot.

722
00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:55,200
[Nigel] Oh, wait, wait.
Oh, the Captain's Hook.

723
00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:57,868
[Vic] And the Captain Hook's locked on.
Center of the ring.

724
00:38:57,935 --> 00:38:59,604
Is Cedric Alexander gonna tap?

725
00:38:59,671 --> 00:39:01,005
[Nigel] Alexander doing the right thing,

726
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,241
trying to push his hips out
from underneath himself.

727
00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:05,109
[Vic] Wait a minute.
Alexander rolling through.

728
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,377
Kendrick again down and just getting out,

729
00:39:07,444 --> 00:39:10,714
but Kendrick did not let go
of the Captain's Hook.

730
00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:13,250
[Nigel] Well, look at this
on the top rope.

731
00:39:13,317 --> 00:39:15,453
[Vic] Phoenix Splash.

732
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:16,888
[Nigel] Wow.

733
00:39:16,955 --> 00:39:19,757
And Kendrick had no idea that was coming.

734
00:39:19,824 --> 00:39:21,426
He was focused on Alexander.

735
00:39:21,491 --> 00:39:22,727
[Vic] But Gallagher.

736
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:26,431
Oh, another roundhouse kick
and then the headbutt.

737
00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,702
[Nigel] All four men down.

738
00:39:32,203 --> 00:39:34,105
But the two men in the ring are legal.

739
00:39:34,172 --> 00:39:36,975
[Vic] And Alexander, Lumbar Check.

740
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,978
[Nigel] What? Is this it?

741
00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:42,947
-[Vic] Cover on Kendrick.
-[crowd] One, two, three.

742
00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:44,214
-[Nigel] It is.
-[bell ringing]

743
00:39:44,281 --> 00:39:46,651
-["Won't Let Go" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

744
00:39:46,718 --> 00:39:51,723
[Rome] Here are your winners,
Rich Swann and Cedric Alexander.

745
00:39:53,524 --> 00:39:56,294
[Vic] Well, Brian Kendrick,
Jack Gallagher had a game plan,

746
00:39:56,361 --> 00:40:00,298
but so did Cedric Alexander
and Rich Swann.

747
00:40:00,365 --> 00:40:01,866
♪ And now I've grown ♪

748
00:40:01,933 --> 00:40:04,202
♪ Used to dream I'd have it all… ♪

749
00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:07,872
[Vic] The embrace of two friends
that stand tall tonight

750
00:40:07,939 --> 00:40:10,942
at Tables, Ladders, and Chairs,
victorious.

751
00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:14,612
What a tag team match, Nigel.

752
00:40:14,679 --> 00:40:17,315
[Nigel] Swann and Alexander,
great showing for themselves.

753
00:40:17,382 --> 00:40:20,051
Let's take a look at how this went down.
Listen to the sound of that.

754
00:40:20,118 --> 00:40:21,685
-[Vic] Boom!
-[Nigel] Oh!

755
00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:24,322
Back elbow.
How Gallagher stayed on his feet.

756
00:40:24,388 --> 00:40:26,156
He certainly didn't after this.

757
00:40:26,223 --> 00:40:27,692
[Vic] He certainly did not.

758
00:40:28,359 --> 00:40:29,794
And then Swann getting involved.

759
00:40:29,861 --> 00:40:33,665
What a way to break up the Captain's Hook
with that Phoenix Splash.

760
00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:37,468
And, Nigel, take one more look
at the height of Rich Swann.

761
00:40:37,535 --> 00:40:41,772
[Nigel] Absolutely no way
that Kendrick could defend himself.

762
00:40:41,839 --> 00:40:46,310
All the impact of that Phoenix Splash
driving the wind out of his chest.

763
00:40:46,944 --> 00:40:50,647
[Vic] And that's the turning point
that opened the door for the Lumbar Check.

764
00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:53,250
And that Lumbar Check sealed the fate

765
00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:55,886
of Brian Kendrick and Jack Gallagher

766
00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:57,188
-here tonight.
-[bell ringing]

767
00:40:57,922 --> 00:40:59,958
♪ Used to dream I'd have it all… ♪

768
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:03,728
[Vic] Well, back to the drawing board
for two superstars,

769
00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:05,797
that being Gallagher and Kendrick.

770
00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:10,000
But this is just a sign of things to come
tonight in the cruiserweight division.

771
00:41:10,067 --> 00:41:13,471
Cruiserweight championship
still to be decided here tonight.

772
00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:18,308
[Michael] You know, ladies and gentlemen,
everyone is talking about

773
00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:21,245
the return of Kurt Angle tonight,
including The Rock.

774
00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:23,580
Now, the significance
of this tweet is this.

775
00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:27,018
It was 17 years ago tonight

776
00:41:27,085 --> 00:41:31,255
that Kurt Angle won
his first WWE Championship.

777
00:41:31,321 --> 00:41:34,192
And who did he beat? The Rock.

778
00:41:34,258 --> 00:41:37,729
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome back to WWE TLC,

779
00:41:37,795 --> 00:41:39,731
Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Booker's back.

780
00:41:39,797 --> 00:41:43,433
And Booker, Kurt Angle's back
in action tonight, first time in 11 years.

781
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:45,169
I thought he was gonna say "Beat me."

782
00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:46,604
-[both laughing]
-["Legendary" playing]

783
00:41:46,671 --> 00:41:49,307
Well, he did.
A number of times, by the way.

784
00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:50,842
Ladies and gentlemen, coming up next,

785
00:41:50,908 --> 00:41:54,746
it is about the Raw Women's Championship

786
00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,981
Alexa Bliss defends her title

787
00:41:57,048 --> 00:42:00,451
against the woman looking to make
history tonight, Mickie James,

788
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:04,788
looking to become a seven-time
Raw Women's Champion.

789
00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:07,392
[Graves] But say what you want
about Alexa Bliss,

790
00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:10,361
there's no doubt that she has survived
as the champ

791
00:42:10,428 --> 00:42:12,563
including last month at No Mercy.

792
00:42:12,630 --> 00:42:14,132
♪ Eventually they're
Gonna know who's right ♪

793
00:42:14,565 --> 00:42:16,868
[dramatic music playing]

794
00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:22,006
[JoJo] The following contest
is a Fatal 5-Way

795
00:42:22,073 --> 00:42:26,144
for the Raw Women's Championship.

796
00:42:28,446 --> 00:42:29,946
[Graves] Boom.

797
00:42:30,013 --> 00:42:31,982
[Michael] Oh, shoulder-first.

798
00:42:32,984 --> 00:42:34,384
Bayley launched into Emma.

799
00:42:36,854 --> 00:42:38,321
Oh, and a DDT by Bliss.

800
00:42:39,057 --> 00:42:42,493
Here's the cover, hooks the leg on Bayley
Is it enough?

801
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,895
[crowd] One, two, three.

802
00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:45,063
-[Michael] Got her.
-[bell ringing]

803
00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:47,098
[dramatic music playing]

804
00:42:50,334 --> 00:42:54,005
And still the Raw Women's Champion,
Alexa Bliss.

805
00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:56,174
I don't know if you saw,
but I just completely ran through

806
00:42:56,274 --> 00:42:57,341
the entire women's division.

807
00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,143
[Renee] It wasn't the entire division.

808
00:42:59,210 --> 00:43:01,312
-Who am I gonna face next?
-There's, like, Mickie James.

809
00:43:01,379 --> 00:43:03,448
And she's somebody you've got
to consider a contender.

810
00:43:03,513 --> 00:43:06,651
You know what, you're right, you know,
Mickie has had an amazing career

811
00:43:07,151 --> 00:43:08,319
a long time ago.

812
00:43:08,386 --> 00:43:10,087
Bottom line is,

813
00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:14,991
nobody wants to see me defend my title
against an old lady.

814
00:43:15,058 --> 00:43:17,127
[crowd clamor]

815
00:43:17,194 --> 00:43:20,098
[Alexa] I don't need to prove anything
to any of you

816
00:43:20,163 --> 00:43:24,268
because I cleaned out
this entire women's division.

817
00:43:24,335 --> 00:43:26,471
[crowd cheering]

818
00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:30,074
The way I see it is, you didn't beat me.

819
00:43:30,141 --> 00:43:31,909
What I want

820
00:43:32,542 --> 00:43:36,147
is for you to repeat
what you said last night on Raw Talk,

821
00:43:36,214 --> 00:43:38,216
but I want you to do it to my face.

822
00:43:38,281 --> 00:43:40,852
[crowd cheering]

823
00:43:40,917 --> 00:43:44,821
Mickie, you are an old lady.

824
00:43:47,859 --> 00:43:50,595
[Graves] Enough was enough.
Mickie didn't wanna hear anymore.

825
00:43:51,162 --> 00:43:52,663
[Mickie] I'm Mickie James.

826
00:43:53,263 --> 00:43:57,602
I am a six-time Women's Champion.

827
00:43:57,667 --> 00:44:00,671
I have broken bones, I have broken hearts,

828
00:44:00,770 --> 00:44:04,709
and I have broke down barriers
for women in the WWE,

829
00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:07,044
all before you were
wearing a training bra.

830
00:44:08,346 --> 00:44:11,449
[Kurt] Based on your career history,
being a six-time Women's Champion,

831
00:44:11,516 --> 00:44:16,020
you have your championship match
versus Alexa Bliss at TLC.

832
00:44:16,087 --> 00:44:19,524
At TLC,
I'm gonna be running circles around you.

833
00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:23,461
There's only one Raw Women's Champion,

834
00:44:23,528 --> 00:44:26,964
the only true goddess, Alexa Bliss.

835
00:44:27,031 --> 00:44:30,134
That's why I'm holding
the Raw Women's Championship

836
00:44:30,201 --> 00:44:32,970
and I'll still be holding it after Sunday.

837
00:44:33,037 --> 00:44:36,174
Isn't it past your bedtime, Grandma?

838
00:44:42,779 --> 00:44:44,982
Alexa, you are moments away

839
00:44:45,049 --> 00:44:47,317
from defending your title
against Mickie James.

840
00:44:47,384 --> 00:44:50,788
And there have been some really harsh
comments made preceding this match.

841
00:44:50,855 --> 00:44:53,057
Oh, like when she called me biscuit butt?

842
00:44:55,725 --> 00:44:57,461
I don't even know what that really means.

843
00:44:57,528 --> 00:45:01,165
I mean, I like my butt. It's cute.

844
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:06,703
I mean, I get it, you know,
Mickie dedicated tonight to her son.

845
00:45:06,770 --> 00:45:08,306
She's a mom,

846
00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:10,408
which probably means she wears mom jeans.

847
00:45:10,473 --> 00:45:14,444
But, Mickie's just sensitive on the fact
that I called out her age.

848
00:45:15,212 --> 00:45:18,716
But, to be honest, when I was young,
I idolized Mickie James.

849
00:45:19,383 --> 00:45:22,687
You know, I… I'm the one
that brought her back to WWE.

850
00:45:22,752 --> 00:45:25,022
She's a six-time Women's Champion.

851
00:45:25,089 --> 00:45:27,058
She's gone toe-to-toe with Hall of Famers,

852
00:45:27,124 --> 00:45:30,461
like Beth Phoenix, Lita, Trish Stratus.

853
00:45:31,194 --> 00:45:34,232
And for Mickie,
those were the good old days.

854
00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:36,299
But after tonight,

855
00:45:37,268 --> 00:45:38,836
her days aren't gonna be good,

856
00:45:39,770 --> 00:45:44,008
they'll just be old.

857
00:45:46,109 --> 00:45:48,112
[crowd clamoring]

858
00:45:51,649 --> 00:45:54,218
["Obsession" playing]

859
00:45:54,285 --> 00:45:55,453
[Michael] Well, you know,
ladies and gentlemen,

860
00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:58,990
Alexa Bliss is entitled to her opinion,
she can say whatever she wants.

861
00:45:59,056 --> 00:46:03,694
But the fact is this, Mickie James
has nothing to prove here tonight.

862
00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,497
She's already approaching
legendary status.

863
00:46:06,564 --> 00:46:09,267
But a victory by Mickie James tonight

864
00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:11,669
will tie her with Trish Stratus

865
00:46:11,736 --> 00:46:16,641
for the most Women's Championships
in history of WWE with seven.

866
00:46:16,707 --> 00:46:18,109
[Graves] Listen, Cole,
I got to disagree with you.

867
00:46:18,174 --> 00:46:20,011
I think Mickie James has a lot to prove.

868
00:46:20,077 --> 00:46:23,446
Mickie needs to prove that she is still
as great a competitor as ever

869
00:46:23,513 --> 00:46:24,882
tonight against Alexa Bliss.

870
00:46:26,783 --> 00:46:29,353
[Michael] And WWE TLC

871
00:46:29,420 --> 00:46:32,390
is presented by WWE 2K18,

872
00:46:32,455 --> 00:46:35,593
the video game, available now.

873
00:46:36,093 --> 00:46:38,429
[Graves] I've got to say,
with the harsh words of Alexa Bliss,

874
00:46:38,496 --> 00:46:40,731
recently have lit a fire
inside Mickie James

875
00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:42,466
that I haven't seen in some time.

876
00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:47,071
[Booker] Let somebody call you old,
watch what happens.

877
00:46:47,138 --> 00:46:48,772
[Graves] Yeah,
a little sensitive there, Book?

878
00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:50,841
["Spiteful" playing]

879
00:46:50,908 --> 00:46:52,910
[crowd cheering]

880
00:46:55,413 --> 00:46:58,949
[Michael] And here is your
Raw Women's Champion.

881
00:46:59,016 --> 00:47:01,919
Now keep in mind,
this past Monday night on Raw,

882
00:47:01,986 --> 00:47:05,923
Mickie James actually pinned Alexa
in a tag team match.

883
00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:08,092
Corey, does that give Mickie
an advantage tonight?

884
00:47:08,359 --> 00:47:09,593
[Graves] Absolutely, it does.

885
00:47:09,660 --> 00:47:13,096
When it comes to momentum,
that is paramount inside of the WWE ring,

886
00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:15,399
especially when a championship
is on the line.

887
00:47:15,466 --> 00:47:17,868
Mickie's got to be feeling
on top of the world right now,

888
00:47:17,935 --> 00:47:19,703
and it's got to be inside
the mind of Bliss.

889
00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:21,638
[Michael] And very candid statements
from Mickie James,

890
00:47:21,705 --> 00:47:23,540
as well as part of the social media
lounge tonight

891
00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:26,143
on the TLC kickoff show. She's ready.

892
00:47:27,712 --> 00:47:31,348
Mickie also dedicated tonight's match
to her son at home, Donovan.

893
00:47:31,415 --> 00:47:34,352
When you're fighting for your family,
you can do superhuman things.

894
00:47:34,417 --> 00:47:35,419
[Graves] That's true.

895
00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:41,525
[bell ringing]

896
00:47:41,591 --> 00:47:44,127
The following contest
scheduled for one fall

897
00:47:44,194 --> 00:47:48,699
is for the Raw Women's Championship.

898
00:47:48,766 --> 00:47:51,268
[crowd cheering]

899
00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:56,307
Introducing the challenger,
from Richmond, Virginia,

900
00:47:56,374 --> 00:47:58,642
Mickie James.

901
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:01,712
[crowd cheering]

902
00:48:05,583 --> 00:48:09,587
And her opponent, from Columbus, Ohio,

903
00:48:09,653 --> 00:48:12,540
she is the Raw Women's Champion,

904
00:48:13,124 --> 00:48:16,394
Alexa Bliss.

905
00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:17,728
[Michael] Alexa Bliss, however,

906
00:48:17,795 --> 00:48:20,397
carving out her own legacy
in her own right,

907
00:48:20,464 --> 00:48:22,533
a two-time Raw Women's Champion,

908
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:25,935
two-time SmackDown's
Women's Champion as well.

909
00:48:26,002 --> 00:48:28,939
It was last year at this event, TLC,

910
00:48:29,006 --> 00:48:31,275
where she won her first title in WWE,

911
00:48:31,341 --> 00:48:34,211
a Tables match victory over Becky Lynch.

912
00:48:35,112 --> 00:48:36,446
So a lot accomplished

913
00:48:36,513 --> 00:48:37,781
-in a young career, Corey…
-[bell ringing]

914
00:48:37,848 --> 00:48:39,549
-…for Alexa Bliss.
-[Graves] Oh, I completely agree with you.

915
00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:42,620
And there's no denying
Alexa Bliss's ability inside the ring,

916
00:48:42,685 --> 00:48:45,288
the harsh words,
the braggadocious attitude

917
00:48:45,356 --> 00:48:49,093
have served Alexa very, very, well
in her time here in WWE.

918
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:53,364
[Michael] Yeah, #womenstitle if you wanna
talk about this matchup on social media.

919
00:48:53,431 --> 00:48:55,466
[Booker] Well, that may be true,
but I'll tell you right now,

920
00:48:55,533 --> 00:48:59,203
Mickie James is the most experienced,
the most decorated champion

921
00:48:59,270 --> 00:49:02,038
that Ms. Bliss has ever been inside
of that squared circle with.

922
00:49:02,106 --> 00:49:03,473
-[Michael] Yeah and remember--
-[Booker] She better watch it.

923
00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:06,877
[Michael] And Book, Alexa Bliss
brought Mickie James back to WWE

924
00:49:06,944 --> 00:49:09,547
earlier this year over on SmackDown Live,

925
00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:12,316
and now faces her with a title.

926
00:49:12,383 --> 00:49:14,118
[Graves] This might be the game plan
of Mickie. Cover.

927
00:49:14,185 --> 00:49:17,020
[Michael] Look at this. Jackknife cover
and a kickout at two by the champ.

928
00:49:17,087 --> 00:49:19,790
[Graves] Mickie looking to frustrate
Alexa here in the early moments.

929
00:49:19,857 --> 00:49:21,725
I don't know
who you think you are.

930
00:49:21,792 --> 00:49:23,993
[Michael] You know,
Alexa mentioned all those greats

931
00:49:24,060 --> 00:49:28,399
that Mickie's been in the ring with,
the Beth Phoenix, Trish Stratus, and Lita.

932
00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:29,732
[Darrick] One, two…

933
00:49:29,799 --> 00:49:31,969
[Michael] Mickie better be careful
not to get herself disqualified.

934
00:49:32,036 --> 00:49:34,571
Mickie has learned all the tricks
over the years.

935
00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:36,640
[crowd cheering]

936
00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:45,082
[speaking indistinctly]

937
00:49:46,317 --> 00:49:48,285
[speaks indistinctly]

938
00:49:48,352 --> 00:49:50,321
[Michael] And perhaps Mickie
with the desired effect

939
00:49:50,386 --> 00:49:52,189
-taking Alexa Bliss out of her game…
-[Booker] Oh, wow!

940
00:49:52,256 --> 00:49:55,826
…but an elbow, pointed elbow,
to the jaw of Mickie.

941
00:49:55,893 --> 00:49:57,728
[Booker] The quickness that Mickie James

942
00:49:57,795 --> 00:50:01,098
is gonna have to deal with
all night right there, Ms. Bliss.

943
00:50:01,165 --> 00:50:02,766
[Michael] Now, Corey,
you've mentioned that before,

944
00:50:02,833 --> 00:50:05,536
no matter what you think about Alexa,
whether you like it or you don't,

945
00:50:05,603 --> 00:50:08,272
there's no doubt that she has
been a survivor as champion.

946
00:50:08,873 --> 00:50:10,741
-Oh, man.
-[Graves] Oh, wow.

947
00:50:10,808 --> 00:50:14,144
[Michael] What a kip-up by Mickie.
And again, Mickie will kip-up again.

948
00:50:14,211 --> 00:50:19,116
And Alexa at some point is gonna have to
get frustrated as Mickie takes her down.

949
00:50:19,183 --> 00:50:22,185
[Graves] Terribly frustrated. You could
see it on the face of the champion.

950
00:50:22,252 --> 00:50:24,154
[Michael] The other thing we've learned
about Mickie over the years

951
00:50:24,221 --> 00:50:25,656
is she doesn't play games.

952
00:50:25,723 --> 00:50:28,926
She's got a temper on her.
She can get as aggressive as anyone else.

953
00:50:28,993 --> 00:50:30,995
And there's another example of that.

954
00:50:32,263 --> 00:50:33,931
[Graves] Full head of steam
from the challenger.

955
00:50:33,998 --> 00:50:35,165
-[Booker] Oh, wow.
-[Michael] This could be it.

956
00:50:35,232 --> 00:50:36,700
For the Women's Championship…

957
00:50:36,866 --> 00:50:38,602
And at two, a kick out by Bliss.

958
00:50:40,237 --> 00:50:42,339
[Graves] Alexa Bliss looks
to be shaken early here

959
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:44,875
in the opening moments of this contest.

960
00:50:44,942 --> 00:50:49,312
Booker, Alexa is certainly-- Oh! Sorry,
Mickie certainly brought her A-game.

961
00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:50,814
[Booker] I mean,
Mickie is bringing it right now.

962
00:50:50,881 --> 00:50:52,950
But, Corey, let's just keep it real
for one second.

963
00:50:53,017 --> 00:50:56,153
The thing is about age against youth.

964
00:50:56,220 --> 00:50:58,221
Ms. Bliss, she's gonna go out there

965
00:50:58,288 --> 00:51:01,792
and try to prove that
she's the best of this era right now.

966
00:51:01,859 --> 00:51:04,662
-Mickie James had her time.
-[Michael] You're right, Booker.

967
00:51:04,728 --> 00:51:06,497
[Graves] Great situational
awareness from Bliss.

968
00:51:06,564 --> 00:51:08,165
[Michael]
But a win for Mickie James tonight

969
00:51:08,232 --> 00:51:09,966
and it's Mickie's time again, Book.

970
00:51:10,033 --> 00:51:12,236
[Booker] Oh, and I truly believe
that Mickie James

971
00:51:12,303 --> 00:51:15,004
is not ready to go away
crying at the end of the night.

972
00:51:15,071 --> 00:51:17,607
[Michael] Bliss trying to tear Mickie's
arm clean out of the socket.

973
00:51:17,674 --> 00:51:19,977
[Booker] But I'll tell you,
Ms. Bliss right there,

974
00:51:20,044 --> 00:51:23,047
she kept the same mentality
ahead of the tag team wrestling,

975
00:51:23,113 --> 00:51:26,649
won that notch on my belt, you know,
The Rock 'n' Roll Express.

976
00:51:26,716 --> 00:51:28,252
You know, "I want to beat those guys.!

977
00:51:28,319 --> 00:51:29,787
"I want to say I have…
I have those earned."

978
00:51:29,853 --> 00:51:33,591
[Michael] Here's the cover,
and a kickout, for the title.

979
00:51:33,656 --> 00:51:36,727
[Booker] Right now,
Ms. Bliss is doing a great job.

980
00:51:36,794 --> 00:51:38,761
[Michael] Hey, listen,
as Mickie has said, Corey,

981
00:51:38,828 --> 00:51:40,196
age is just a number.

982
00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:43,933
I mean, look at Kurt Angle
returning to a WWE ring tonight

983
00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,403
for the first time in 11 years.

984
00:51:46,470 --> 00:51:48,272
[Graves] I believe that
in sports entertainment,

985
00:51:48,339 --> 00:51:50,374
that fact holds incredibly true.

986
00:51:50,441 --> 00:51:53,577
Look at Kurt Angle, look at what Goldberg
was able to accomplish in the past.

987
00:51:53,644 --> 00:51:56,212
Age just equals experience
in the WWE ring.

988
00:51:56,279 --> 00:51:58,281
[Booker] Exactly.
A whole lot of experience.

989
00:51:58,348 --> 00:52:01,652
But I'ma tell you right now,
the young guys always have the upper hand

990
00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:02,987
in a situation like that.

991
00:52:03,053 --> 00:52:04,355
[Graves] You're right.
I wouldn't say the upper hand,

992
00:52:04,421 --> 00:52:06,589
but, you know, Alexa certainly
has a chip on her shoulder.

993
00:52:06,656 --> 00:52:08,325
Bliss is eager to prove this is her…

994
00:52:08,859 --> 00:52:12,096
-[Michael] Oh!
-…her WWE, her women's division.

995
00:52:12,162 --> 00:52:16,066
[Michael] Again, continuing to work
on the left arm of Mickie James,

996
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:18,134
trying to rip a shoulder out of socket.

997
00:52:18,202 --> 00:52:20,237
-Drags her back to the--
-[Graves] Cover.

998
00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:23,207
[Michael] Near the center of the ring
and a kickout by Mickie at two.

999
00:52:23,272 --> 00:52:26,009
[Booker] I'll tell you, a straight up
fight in this situation right here,

1000
00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:27,511
I'm gonna go with Bliss all night.

1001
00:52:27,578 --> 00:52:31,214
But I'ma tell you, Mickie James
is gonna have to set some traps.

1002
00:52:31,281 --> 00:52:33,884
She gonna have to probably
play a chess game

1003
00:52:33,951 --> 00:52:35,452
if she's gonna win this matchup tonight.

1004
00:52:35,519 --> 00:52:36,520
Trust me.

1005
00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:38,455
[Graves] Well, right now,
it looks like Alexa Bliss

1006
00:52:38,522 --> 00:52:40,491
has implemented her game plan

1007
00:52:40,557 --> 00:52:42,692
and it's working out very, very well.

1008
00:52:42,759 --> 00:52:47,163
[Booker] I mean, Alexa Bliss has proven
that she's tough, she's durable.

1009
00:52:48,132 --> 00:52:51,902
She can get the job done on SmackDown
as well as here on Monday Night Raw.

1010
00:52:51,969 --> 00:52:54,270
And tonight, she's doing no different.

1011
00:52:54,337 --> 00:52:56,040
[Graves] Well, you know,
Alexa Bliss wants nothing

1012
00:52:56,106 --> 00:52:59,509
more than to walk out of Minneapolis
tonight and say, "I told you so."

1013
00:52:59,576 --> 00:53:01,779
'Cause that's exactly what's gonna happen.
You can bet money on it.

1014
00:53:01,845 --> 00:53:04,147
[Michael] Yeah. And Mickie James
wants to walk out of here tonight

1015
00:53:04,214 --> 00:53:06,884
a record-tying,
seven-time Women's Champion.

1016
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:09,486
[Graves] Look at the torque
on the elbow of Mickie James.

1017
00:53:09,553 --> 00:53:12,955
[Michael] Yeah. Right now,
in complete control, the champ Alexa.

1018
00:53:13,022 --> 00:53:15,192
[Booker] What a milestone
that would be for Mickie James

1019
00:53:15,259 --> 00:53:18,028
to become seven-time Women's Champion.

1020
00:53:18,095 --> 00:53:21,031
I mean, that would be first
valid Hall of Famer in my eyes, guys.

1021
00:53:21,098 --> 00:53:22,098
[Michael] I think she already is, Book.

1022
00:53:22,165 --> 00:53:23,734
I don't think
there's any doubt about that.

1023
00:53:23,801 --> 00:53:26,803
But, again, Mickie,
not ready to call it a career.

1024
00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:30,473
I believe she has so much
more to prove here at WWE.

1025
00:53:30,540 --> 00:53:33,109
-Oh, and again, Alexa Bliss to the arm.
-[Booker] Oh, man.

1026
00:53:33,176 --> 00:53:35,412
-And the thing is, guys-- Wait a minute.
-[Michael] Cover.

1027
00:53:35,479 --> 00:53:37,714
Alexa trying to retain the title,
and a kickout.

1028
00:53:37,781 --> 00:53:39,783
-[Booker] Don't think--
-[Michael] Again another cover.

1029
00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:41,085
[Booker] Don't think Mickie James
didn't know this was--

1030
00:53:41,151 --> 00:53:42,819
-[Michael] A third cover.
-[Booker] Whoa.

1031
00:53:42,886 --> 00:53:46,123
Don't think Mickie James did not know
this was gonna happen sometime

1032
00:53:46,190 --> 00:53:47,591
in a matchup like this, guys.

1033
00:53:47,658 --> 00:53:50,227
You got to have a plan A, plan B, plan C.

1034
00:53:50,294 --> 00:53:53,196
[Graves] You're right. But, Booker,
I think you can attest… Oh, look at this.

1035
00:53:53,830 --> 00:53:56,133
Sometimes, your plans
don't work out accordingly.

1036
00:53:56,200 --> 00:53:57,935
And if you can't call the audible,
you're done.

1037
00:53:58,000 --> 00:53:59,368
Give up, Mickie.

1038
00:54:00,104 --> 00:54:01,638
[Booker] That's where the youth
is coming into play.

1039
00:54:01,705 --> 00:54:03,707
Sometimes, you cannot combat that, Corey.

1040
00:54:05,241 --> 00:54:06,910
Oh, poor Mickie.

1041
00:54:06,977 --> 00:54:09,312
[Michael] You guys keep talking about
youth and how that's--

1042
00:54:09,379 --> 00:54:13,517
as we take another look again
at what Bliss has done to Mickie James.

1043
00:54:13,584 --> 00:54:16,620
I mean veteran,
the veteran instincts of Mickie James

1044
00:54:16,687 --> 00:54:18,388
that could help her here tonight.

1045
00:54:19,089 --> 00:54:21,924
[Booker] As well as being in this position
before many, many times.

1046
00:54:21,991 --> 00:54:23,160
[Darrick] Get off. Let's go, Alexa.

1047
00:54:23,227 --> 00:54:24,895
[Graves] You have to be impressed with--

1048
00:54:24,962 --> 00:54:27,196
[Michael] Oh, and again, Mickie,
looking to fight out of the corner.

1049
00:54:29,600 --> 00:54:31,435
Elbow catches Alexa again.

1050
00:54:31,502 --> 00:54:33,870
And here comes Mickie James. Mickie…

1051
00:54:35,305 --> 00:54:36,973
-[Graves] Down goes the champion.
-…sends Alexa flying.

1052
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:38,674
[Booker] Guys, if you'd noticed
right there, there's nothing…

1053
00:54:38,741 --> 00:54:42,645
There's not a lot of speed, but the timing
of Mickie James, right now, is perfect.

1054
00:54:42,712 --> 00:54:44,047
[Graves] Book, I don't know
what you're watching,

1055
00:54:44,114 --> 00:54:45,915
there was plenty of speed in that one.

1056
00:54:45,982 --> 00:54:49,685
Mickie James hasn't lost a step.
But that right hand from Bliss…

1057
00:54:49,787 --> 00:54:52,256
[Michael] Oh, what a slap by Mickie.

1058
00:54:52,321 --> 00:54:53,857
[Booker laughs]

1059
00:54:55,526 --> 00:54:57,461
That street fight
I was talking about, guys.

1060
00:54:57,528 --> 00:54:58,995
[Michael] Hey, Booker,
just 'cause you've lost a step

1061
00:54:59,096 --> 00:55:00,663
doesn't mean Mickie James has.

1062
00:55:00,731 --> 00:55:03,433
As Mickie continues that with
a couple more rights and lefts.

1063
00:55:03,500 --> 00:55:06,069
And here comes Mickie,
unloading on the champion.

1064
00:55:06,136 --> 00:55:10,274
And Mickie James misses with a right.
Alexa ducks underneath by Mickie.

1065
00:55:10,339 --> 00:55:14,077
Hits with a kick to that corner.
Both women down.

1066
00:55:14,144 --> 00:55:16,613
[Graves] Both competitors
connected with kicks.

1067
00:55:18,214 --> 00:55:20,216
We got an even ball game.
right now, gentlemen.

1068
00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:21,484
[Michael] Yeah. Critical moment.

1069
00:55:21,551 --> 00:55:24,053
First woman to her feet
could be in control here

1070
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,557
with the Raw Women's Championship
on the line

1071
00:55:26,623 --> 00:55:30,227
in front of 13,381

1072
00:55:30,294 --> 00:55:31,694
at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

1073
00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:33,397
[Graves] Look at these women
going tit for tat with…

1074
00:55:33,462 --> 00:55:34,832
-[Michael] Boom!
-[Graves] …oh,

1075
00:55:34,897 --> 00:55:36,767
reversals and ducks and blocks,

1076
00:55:36,834 --> 00:55:39,403
and they both connected
with knockout shots.

1077
00:55:39,469 --> 00:55:40,770
Five!

1078
00:55:40,837 --> 00:55:43,740
[Booker] I'll tell you,
to see both of them go down like that…

1079
00:55:45,274 --> 00:55:46,276
[Michael] And the official counting.

1080
00:55:46,343 --> 00:55:48,812
And Mickie James trying to
make it back to her feet and…

1081
00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:52,015
[Graves]
Mickie looking for that adrenaline rush.

1082
00:55:52,082 --> 00:55:53,616
Oh, so is Bliss.

1083
00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:55,152
[Booker] It's like with that second wind,
Corey,

1084
00:55:55,219 --> 00:55:57,921
that second wind is what gets you
through matches like this.

1085
00:55:59,089 --> 00:56:01,892
[Graves chuckles] These two women just
trying to take each other's heads off.

1086
00:56:03,125 --> 00:56:05,428
[Michael] And Mickie James
sends Alexa face-first.

1087
00:56:05,495 --> 00:56:07,663
[Booker] I think the playbook's
just went out of the window.

1088
00:56:10,067 --> 00:56:12,202
[Michael] And look at Alexa,
kick right to the midsection.

1089
00:56:12,269 --> 00:56:13,403
Mickie fights out of it.

1090
00:56:13,470 --> 00:56:15,439
A couple of forearms now
to the face of Alexa.

1091
00:56:15,504 --> 00:56:17,140
-And look at Mickie go.
-[Graves] Look at this.

1092
00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:19,343
[Michael] The unloading,
the challenger coming after the champion.

1093
00:56:19,408 --> 00:56:20,711
[Graves] How's that for speed, Booker?

1094
00:56:20,777 --> 00:56:23,046
-[Michael] Mickie's fired up.
-[Booker] Somebody's feet is quick.

1095
00:56:23,113 --> 00:56:24,481
[Michael] Down goes the champ.

1096
00:56:25,749 --> 00:56:26,917
And Mickie James…

1097
00:56:27,551 --> 00:56:30,319
[Graves] Mickie's firing
on all cylinders right now.

1098
00:56:30,386 --> 00:56:32,556
[Booker] Teacher versus student
right here, man.

1099
00:56:34,457 --> 00:56:36,026
[Michael] Alexa paying for it.

1100
00:56:36,093 --> 00:56:38,495
-[Booker] Talking about a lesson.
-[Michael] Running her mouth for weeks.

1101
00:56:41,330 --> 00:56:45,301
Mickie James, is she closing in
on a historic Women's Championship?

1102
00:56:45,368 --> 00:56:46,937
Oh, I thought she had her.

1103
00:56:48,437 --> 00:56:50,440
[Graves]
Mickie so close to the finish line.

1104
00:56:50,507 --> 00:56:54,144
She can taste the Women's Championship,
but can she seal the deal?

1105
00:56:54,211 --> 00:56:57,247
[Booker] She's definitely schooling
Alexa Bliss right now.

1106
00:56:57,314 --> 00:56:59,850
[Michael] Yeah. Alexa doesn't--
isn't quite sure what to do.

1107
00:57:01,250 --> 00:57:03,720
[Graves] Going for that… Oh,
the injured arm once again plays a factor.

1108
00:57:03,787 --> 00:57:06,455
[Michael] DDT, and again,
standing switch though by Mickie.

1109
00:57:06,522 --> 00:57:07,824
-Rolls up the champion.
-[Booker] Beautiful. Whoa.

1110
00:57:07,890 --> 00:57:09,192
-Beautiful bridge.
-[Michael] May have her here.

1111
00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:12,729
Kick out at two. Nice bridge
by the challenger, Mickie James.

1112
00:57:14,964 --> 00:57:18,234
[Graves] Alexa Bliss appears
to be all out of sorts. Well, momentarily.

1113
00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:20,303
Sunset Bomb.

1114
00:57:20,370 --> 00:57:22,372
[Michael] Yeah.
Now, Mickie's in trouble. Almost had her.

1115
00:57:22,439 --> 00:57:24,640
Mickie at two, near fall for the champion.

1116
00:57:28,511 --> 00:57:30,913
Alexa getting very frustrated

1117
00:57:30,981 --> 00:57:34,017
that she hasn't been able
to put Mickie James away.

1118
00:57:34,084 --> 00:57:37,386
Corey, you really believe Alexa thought
this was gonna be a cakewalk?

1119
00:57:37,453 --> 00:57:39,756
[Graves] I don't know that Alexa
believed it in her heart of hearts,

1120
00:57:39,823 --> 00:57:43,259
but I do know that Alexa expects
to leave Minneapolis with the title.

1121
00:57:43,327 --> 00:57:46,495
It was mind games. It was trying
to get inside the psyche of Mickie,

1122
00:57:46,562 --> 00:57:48,231
which doesn't seem
to have worked that well.

1123
00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:49,832
[Booker] Corey,
when you've been to Mountain top--

1124
00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:51,234
[Graves] Oh, face-first.

1125
00:57:51,301 --> 00:57:53,069
[Booker]
When you've been to the championship

1126
00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:54,705
caliber of matches like Mickie James,

1127
00:57:54,770 --> 00:57:57,808
you're not gonna get upset,
you're not gonna get frustrated.

1128
00:57:58,841 --> 00:58:02,479
You're gonna stay steady the course
and try to pull off the big one.

1129
00:58:04,013 --> 00:58:05,615
[Michael]
Now Mickie going up to the top rope

1130
00:58:05,682 --> 00:58:07,084
and Alexa Bliss, though,
caught her in the knee

1131
00:58:07,149 --> 00:58:09,586
and a nasty fall on the bad shoulder.

1132
00:58:10,687 --> 00:58:12,089
Mickie falling on the shoulder

1133
00:58:12,154 --> 00:58:14,390
that Alexa's picked apart
there on the matchup.

1134
00:58:14,957 --> 00:58:19,895
And you can hear Mickie screaming in agony
as Alexa Bliss heads up to the top rope.

1135
00:58:19,962 --> 00:58:22,432
Has Mickie where she wants her.

1136
00:58:23,165 --> 00:58:24,734
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-[Michael] With the Twisted Bliss

1137
00:58:24,801 --> 00:58:26,136
and Mickie rolled out of the way.

1138
00:58:26,203 --> 00:58:29,172
[Booker]
I think that was the old possum, guys.

1139
00:58:29,239 --> 00:58:31,741
I've seen that trick
a few times in my career.

1140
00:58:31,808 --> 00:58:34,444
[Graves] Can Mickie capitalize?

1141
00:58:34,511 --> 00:58:36,680
It's a golden opportunity
for the challenger.

1142
00:58:36,747 --> 00:58:38,882
-[Booker] Don't waste any time.
-[Graves] Are we on the verge of history?

1143
00:58:38,948 --> 00:58:40,750
[Michael] Mickie looking to go up top
again to the top rope.

1144
00:58:40,817 --> 00:58:42,419
Alexa Bliss back to her feet.

1145
00:58:42,486 --> 00:58:44,520
Mickie James measuring the champ.

1146
00:58:44,587 --> 00:58:46,089
Caught her with a dropkick.

1147
00:58:47,257 --> 00:58:48,924
Alexa Bliss in trouble.

1148
00:58:48,991 --> 00:58:51,627
-Here's the cover by the challenger.
-[crowd] One, two…

1149
00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:52,995
-[Michael] And Alexa at two.
-[Booker] Oh, no.

1150
00:58:53,062 --> 00:58:55,565
[Michael] And Corey, I don't think
Mickie got all of the dropkick.

1151
00:58:55,632 --> 00:58:58,035
[Graves] I don't think
Mickie got as much as she was looking for.

1152
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:00,904
It was effective,
but not quite enough to finish the job.

1153
00:59:01,538 --> 00:59:03,906
Mickie needs to keep her foot
on the gas pedal right now.

1154
00:59:05,542 --> 00:59:06,542
[Darrick] Watch the hair.

1155
00:59:07,911 --> 00:59:09,712
[Graves] Ooh, right to the throat.

1156
00:59:09,779 --> 00:59:11,748
[Darrick] Come on, watch it.
Keep it clean. Come on.

1157
00:59:11,815 --> 00:59:14,051
[Booker] One thing right there,
Alexa Bliss is very dangerous

1158
00:59:14,116 --> 00:59:15,786
in these situations.

1159
00:59:16,586 --> 00:59:17,721
We know that.

1160
00:59:17,788 --> 00:59:19,990
[Michael] Oh, a kick by Mickie
to the face, again, of Alexa.

1161
00:59:20,589 --> 00:59:23,060
[crowd clamor]

1162
00:59:24,594 --> 00:59:28,231
[Michael] Mickie trying to somehow
dig down deep to put Bliss away.

1163
00:59:28,298 --> 00:59:31,500
Another cover here.
And, again, the champion,

1164
00:59:31,567 --> 00:59:34,504
a near fall this time for the challenger.

1165
00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:36,073
[crowd chanting] We want table!

1166
00:59:36,807 --> 00:59:39,776
[Graves] You can see the frustration
beginning to build on the face of Mickie.

1167
00:59:39,843 --> 00:59:40,844
Get out here!

1168
00:59:40,911 --> 00:59:43,346
[Michael] And Mickie screaming to Bliss
saying, "Come to the fight."

1169
00:59:43,413 --> 00:59:45,482
Alexa Bliss trying to beg off here.

1170
00:59:46,582 --> 00:59:48,018
Hey, hey, hey. One…

1171
00:59:48,085 --> 00:59:49,685
[Michael] Can't believe
we just saw the goddess cowering.

1172
00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:51,254
-Oh!
-[Graves] Oh!

1173
00:59:51,321 --> 00:59:54,124
-[Booker] Wow.
-[Michael] Cowering and suckering Mickie

1174
00:59:54,191 --> 00:59:56,259
-and the DDT.
-[Booker] Boom, exactly what it was, Cole.

1175
00:59:56,326 --> 00:59:59,629
-That's exactly what it was.
-[Michael] Hooks the inside leg.

1176
00:59:59,696 --> 01:00:01,765
-Bliss retains the title.
-[bell ringing]

1177
01:00:02,531 --> 01:00:04,267
["Spiteful" playing]

1178
01:00:04,334 --> 01:00:08,571
[Rome] Here's your winner
and still the Raw Women's Champion,

1179
01:00:08,638 --> 01:00:11,007
Alexa Bliss.

1180
01:00:11,073 --> 01:00:12,075
[Michael] I'll tell you what.

1181
01:00:12,142 --> 01:00:13,877
What a performance
by Mickie James tonight.

1182
01:00:13,944 --> 01:00:15,812
Alexa Bliss knew she was in a fight.

1183
01:00:15,879 --> 01:00:19,915
But in the end,
Bliss again survives as champion.

1184
01:00:19,982 --> 01:00:22,819
[Graves] Alexa Bliss
using her wit to her advantage,

1185
01:00:22,919 --> 01:00:26,455
taking advantage of the smallest
opportunity afforded her,

1186
01:00:26,522 --> 01:00:30,426
capitalizing, and will leave
Raw Women's Champion.

1187
01:00:30,493 --> 01:00:32,629
[Booker] Bliss went
to the bottom of the deck, guys,

1188
01:00:32,696 --> 01:00:35,232
and pulled out the master card.

1189
01:00:35,298 --> 01:00:37,767
[Michael] And the question is,
do you think that Alexa Bliss

1190
01:00:37,834 --> 01:00:39,935
-gained any more respect from Mickie--
-[Graves] I guarantee you

1191
01:00:40,002 --> 01:00:43,640
Alexa Bliss is leaving here with a great
deal of more respect for Mickie James

1192
01:00:43,707 --> 01:00:45,107
than she arrived with.

1193
01:00:45,174 --> 01:00:47,977
[Michael] Let's take a look
at what happened in this matchup,

1194
01:00:48,044 --> 01:00:50,913
as Alexa Bliss, again,
making fun of Mickie James.

1195
01:00:50,981 --> 01:00:54,283
Right here,
we thought Alexa Bliss was injured.

1196
01:00:54,350 --> 01:00:57,287
[Graves] Well, Booker, you said "possum."
This is just a matter of…

1197
01:00:57,354 --> 01:01:00,924
-[Booker] Oh!
-…Mickie losing focus for a nanosecond

1198
01:01:00,991 --> 01:01:03,192
and Bliss made her pay.

1199
01:01:05,227 --> 01:01:07,998
[Michael] Alexa Bliss still
the Raw Women's Champion.

1200
01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:09,265
[bell ringing]

1201
01:01:11,535 --> 01:01:14,069
[Rome] Here's your winner and still…

1202
01:01:14,136 --> 01:01:15,337
[Booker] What a match.

1203
01:01:17,274 --> 01:01:18,942
[Michael] A very frustrated Mickie James.

1204
01:01:19,009 --> 01:01:21,877
She talked a lot about
winning her record-tying

1205
01:01:21,944 --> 01:01:23,747
seventh championship here tonight.

1206
01:01:24,614 --> 01:01:26,850
[Graves] Well, Mickie has no reason
to hang her head in shame.

1207
01:01:26,917 --> 01:01:28,218
That was a valiant battle.

1208
01:01:28,884 --> 01:01:31,120
[crowd cheering]

1209
01:01:31,187 --> 01:01:35,192
Mickie, you must be feeling
so disappointed.

1210
01:01:35,258 --> 01:01:36,426
Disappointed.

1211
01:01:37,027 --> 01:01:39,029
You know what,
maybe I am a little disappointed.

1212
01:01:39,696 --> 01:01:41,598
I wanted to take that
championship home tonight

1213
01:01:41,665 --> 01:01:44,134
but I'm proud of my performance tonight

1214
01:01:44,201 --> 01:01:47,770
and I gave my heart, and my soul,
and everything.

1215
01:01:47,837 --> 01:01:49,205
And I hope that I proved

1216
01:01:49,272 --> 01:01:53,076
not only that I was worthy
of this championship shot tonight,

1217
01:01:54,211 --> 01:01:56,846
but it won't be my last time

1218
01:01:56,913 --> 01:02:01,917
in a Women's Championship match
or as your women's champion.

1219
01:02:01,984 --> 01:02:03,986
[crowd cheering]

1220
01:02:06,122 --> 01:02:09,024
And I wanna take a second to say thank you

1221
01:02:09,091 --> 01:02:13,196
to the entire WWE Universe
for all your love and support.

1222
01:02:13,263 --> 01:02:14,897
I love you guys.

1223
01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:17,834
You are why I do what I do
and I'm just grateful for you.

1224
01:02:20,002 --> 01:02:22,606
[Michael] I'll tell you one thing.
Maybe our champion, Alexa Bliss,

1225
01:02:22,672 --> 01:02:25,375
could take some notes from Mickie James.

1226
01:02:25,442 --> 01:02:28,211
-Just an incredible, incredible woman.
-[Booker] Absolutely.

1227
01:02:28,278 --> 01:02:30,180
[Michael] And one of the two greats
here in our business.

1228
01:02:30,913 --> 01:02:33,649
[Graves] Absolute class even in defeat.

1229
01:02:33,716 --> 01:02:35,417
What a performance by Mickie James.

1230
01:02:35,484 --> 01:02:37,354
I look forward to another opportunity.

1231
01:02:37,419 --> 01:02:39,422
["Obsession" playing]

1232
01:02:40,589 --> 01:02:42,225
[Booker] Great job by Mickie James.

1233
01:02:42,959 --> 01:02:44,327
[Michael] Hang your head high.

1234
01:02:45,028 --> 01:02:47,029
[crowd clamor]

1235
01:02:48,832 --> 01:02:50,466
You win some, you lose some.

1236
01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:52,535
["Obsession" continues]

1237
01:02:56,538 --> 01:02:58,408
[dramatic music playing]

1238
01:03:24,701 --> 01:03:26,269
[music concludes]

1239
01:03:29,606 --> 01:03:31,607
[crowd cheering]

1240
01:03:41,518 --> 01:03:43,653
How you doing, guys,
you here to talk strategy?

1241
01:03:44,821 --> 01:03:45,821
No.

1242
01:03:46,656 --> 01:03:48,124
No, that's not why we're here.

1243
01:03:50,694 --> 01:03:56,031
Listen, I know you guys wanted
to do this on your own, 2-on-5,

1244
01:03:56,098 --> 01:03:57,834
but I couldn't let you do that.

1245
01:03:57,901 --> 01:03:59,469
I mean, I don't know what I have left.

1246
01:03:59,535 --> 01:04:02,038
It's been 11 years
since I've been in the WWE ring.

1247
01:04:02,605 --> 01:04:05,642
But what I do have left,
I'm gonna give you 100 percent of.

1248
01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:08,578
I know everybody wanted to see
The Shield tonight well--

1249
01:04:08,645 --> 01:04:09,979
Kurt. Kurt.

1250
01:04:10,480 --> 01:04:13,549
Look, we know why you did what you did

1251
01:04:14,250 --> 01:04:15,452
and we respect that.

1252
01:04:16,219 --> 01:04:18,221
We didn't come here to talk strategy.

1253
01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:21,390
We came here to give you this.

1254
01:04:21,457 --> 01:04:23,460
[crowd cheering]

1255
01:04:24,060 --> 01:04:25,060
For me?

1256
01:04:27,763 --> 01:04:30,200
And we're going out
in our shields tonight baby.

1257
01:04:31,368 --> 01:04:32,368
We are in.

1258
01:04:33,169 --> 01:04:34,270
We're all the way in.

1259
01:04:34,870 --> 01:04:35,872
Oh, I'm in.

1260
01:04:36,506 --> 01:04:37,874
You can believe that.

1261
01:04:38,540 --> 01:04:40,542
[crowd cheering]

1262
01:04:43,446 --> 01:04:44,981
[Michael] That's right,
ladies and gentlemen,

1263
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:46,850
Kurt Angle is all in.

1264
01:04:46,915 --> 01:04:49,618
He's gon--, well, honorary member
of The Shield tonight.

1265
01:04:49,685 --> 01:04:53,455
The world has been talking
about the return of Kurt Angle.

1266
01:04:53,522 --> 01:04:57,527
Tonight, for the first time in 11 years,
the former Olympic gold medalist,

1267
01:04:57,594 --> 01:05:01,798
the former WWE Champion,
the WWE Hall of Famer,

1268
01:05:01,865 --> 01:05:04,500
our general manager is in action

1269
01:05:04,567 --> 01:05:08,238
live tonight at TLC.

1270
01:05:09,272 --> 01:05:11,707
-["Legendary" playing]
-♪ It's about to be legendary ♪

1271
01:05:13,810 --> 01:05:16,279
[Rome] Ladies and gentlemen, Elias.

1272
01:05:16,346 --> 01:05:18,548
-[crowd cheering]
-[acoustic guitar playing melody]

1273
01:05:18,615 --> 01:05:19,915
[Michael] Take two.

1274
01:05:21,518 --> 01:05:23,218
[Graves] Let's try it again, shall we?

1275
01:05:23,285 --> 01:05:26,288
[crowd booing]

1276
01:05:37,533 --> 01:05:39,435
Hello, I am Elias.

1277
01:05:40,069 --> 01:05:41,504
[man] Why are you still here?

1278
01:05:42,471 --> 01:05:45,674
[crowd chanting indistinctly]

1279
01:05:51,214 --> 01:05:54,082
Well, earlier, I was interrupted

1280
01:05:54,149 --> 01:05:56,852
and I see you trying to interrupt again.

1281
01:05:56,919 --> 01:05:59,923
[crowd chanting] Off! Off! Off!

1282
01:06:02,524 --> 01:06:07,363
But nothing is going to stop me from
giving you the performance that you need.

1283
01:06:07,430 --> 01:06:10,433
[crowd jeering]

1284
01:06:12,634 --> 01:06:16,739
Because what it needs is what I am.

1285
01:06:16,806 --> 01:06:20,743
So, right now, I'm gonna sing a song
that's gonna change your life.

1286
01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:23,513
[crowd continues jeering]

1287
01:06:23,580 --> 01:06:26,582
[playing mellow tune]

1288
01:06:34,156 --> 01:06:37,160
[vocalizing]

1289
01:06:47,904 --> 01:06:51,006
♪ Came to Minneapolis ♪

1290
01:06:51,073 --> 01:06:53,408
♪ Eager for TLC ♪

1291
01:06:54,343 --> 01:06:57,346
[crowd booing]

1292
01:07:11,060 --> 01:07:13,696
Now I'm gonna have to start over.

1293
01:07:13,763 --> 01:07:16,799
[crowd jeering]

1294
01:07:17,667 --> 01:07:19,769
[playing mellow tune]

1295
01:07:19,836 --> 01:07:22,672
♪ Came to Minneapolis ♪

1296
01:07:22,739 --> 01:07:25,308
♪ Eager for TLC ♪

1297
01:07:27,210 --> 01:07:29,578
♪ Women here are fine as wine ♪

1298
01:07:29,645 --> 01:07:32,115
♪ But the men can't measure up to me ♪

1299
01:07:32,181 --> 01:07:35,685
[crowd booing]

1300
01:07:35,752 --> 01:07:38,888
I'm actually having trouble
hearing myself right now.

1301
01:07:38,955 --> 01:07:43,026
[crowd cheering]

1302
01:07:43,091 --> 01:07:46,129
So I need you to hold your applause
until after.

1303
01:07:46,194 --> 01:07:48,497
-[crowd booing]
-Save it.

1304
01:07:50,265 --> 01:07:51,567
[playing mellow tune]

1305
01:07:51,634 --> 01:07:54,437
♪ The stench of your city ♪

1306
01:07:55,370 --> 01:07:57,372
♪ It covers me ♪

1307
01:07:57,439 --> 01:08:00,442
[crowd booing]

1308
01:08:06,683 --> 01:08:09,352
♪ So shut your mouth ♪

1309
01:08:09,419 --> 01:08:10,986
♪ Walk behind me ♪

1310
01:08:11,053 --> 01:08:13,990
♪ But leave me the hell alone ♪

1311
01:08:14,057 --> 01:08:16,858
[crowd booing]

1312
01:08:16,925 --> 01:08:20,162
-[Michael] Oh my God, not again.
-[crowd cheering]

1313
01:08:20,228 --> 01:08:21,363
[Graves] Yes, again.

1314
01:08:21,430 --> 01:08:23,499
Let's do this again, and again, and again.

1315
01:08:24,533 --> 01:08:27,069
[Michael] What is Jason Jordan?
The king of the supermarket?

1316
01:08:27,135 --> 01:08:29,037
-I mean, come on.
-[Booker] I mean, this is, uh…

1317
01:08:29,104 --> 01:08:30,706
-[Graves] If we needed to fill time…
-[Booker] Come on.

1318
01:08:30,773 --> 01:08:33,343
…we could've found like a local
Replacements cover band or something.

1319
01:08:33,408 --> 01:08:36,011
-[Michael] I mean, this is ridiculous.
-[Graves] No, this is ridiculously great.

1320
01:08:36,078 --> 01:08:38,915
I've never been more happy
to see Jason Jordan in my life.

1321
01:08:39,014 --> 01:08:40,450
[Michael] Oh, come on.
Let him… Let him play.

1322
01:08:40,515 --> 01:08:42,652
Let him play. Let him play.

1323
01:08:43,586 --> 01:08:46,788
Minneapolis is a city known
for its music, Corey.

1324
01:08:46,856 --> 01:08:49,024
I mean, the great Prince hailed from here.

1325
01:08:49,091 --> 01:08:50,559
[Graves] Yeah, I know,
that's all the more reason

1326
01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:51,728
Elias shouldn't be allowed to perform.

1327
01:08:51,794 --> 01:08:52,996
That is actually…
It was actually a good song.

1328
01:08:53,062 --> 01:08:55,298
-Like a city-wide ordinance.
-I've heard the song before.

1329
01:08:55,365 --> 01:08:56,666
-It's actually a good song.
-Can I steal your line?

1330
01:08:56,733 --> 01:08:58,166
It was good.

1331
01:08:58,233 --> 01:09:01,136
Nonetheless, ladies and gentlemen,
TLC rolls on tonight.

1332
01:09:01,203 --> 01:09:02,738
-We got some thank yous to get to.
-Yeah.

1333
01:09:02,804 --> 01:09:04,506
-Speaking of music.
-Yeah, we wanna spend--

1334
01:09:04,573 --> 01:09:07,242
send a special thanks to Welshly Arms
for "Legendary,"

1335
01:09:07,309 --> 01:09:09,746
-the official theme of WWE TLC.
-["Legendary" playing]

1336
01:09:09,812 --> 01:09:12,014
[Graves] It's off the Legendary EP.

1337
01:09:12,081 --> 01:09:14,216
Available on iTunes and Spotify.

1338
01:09:14,282 --> 01:09:15,684
[Michael] And ladies and gentlemen,
coming up next,

1339
01:09:15,751 --> 01:09:19,221
it is all about
the Cruiserweight Championship.

1340
01:09:20,188 --> 01:09:22,457
Kalisto, the brand new
Cruiserweight Champion,

1341
01:09:22,524 --> 01:09:25,928
will defend against the,
well, many people call him a loudmouth,

1342
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:27,663
Enzo Amore.

1343
01:09:27,729 --> 01:09:32,702
And, for Enzo,
he took the 205 Live roster by storm

1344
01:09:32,769 --> 01:09:34,737
earlier this month.

1345
01:09:34,804 --> 01:09:36,438
♪ Can't stand the heat then just… ♪

1346
01:09:36,505 --> 01:09:37,740
[upbeat music playing]

1347
01:09:38,675 --> 01:09:44,212
[Enzo] Enzo Amore is your new
Cruiserweight Champion.

1348
01:09:45,148 --> 01:09:47,282
[Graves] Oh! What?

1349
01:09:47,349 --> 01:09:48,550
[Nigel] Hey.

1350
01:09:48,617 --> 01:09:50,920
[Vic] A low blow.
The referee didn't see it.

1351
01:09:50,987 --> 01:09:54,057
Enzo Amore is the new Cruiserweight Champ

1352
01:09:54,122 --> 01:09:57,527
[Enzo] I made 205 Live relevant.

1353
01:09:57,593 --> 01:10:00,129
I didn't have to wait in line
for this thing.

1354
01:10:00,196 --> 01:10:01,864
I crossed the line.

1355
01:10:01,931 --> 01:10:05,034
So all you cruiserweights
can fall in line.

1356
01:10:05,101 --> 01:10:08,004
Hey back up, think twice.
You guys like your job?

1357
01:10:08,071 --> 01:10:10,373
I dare anyone of you
to touch me right now.

1358
01:10:10,440 --> 01:10:11,541
So act smart.

1359
01:10:11,607 --> 01:10:12,842
I know it's hard for you.

1360
01:10:12,909 --> 01:10:16,612
Hey, Mufasa, your parents did you
a bigger injustice that I ever could

1361
01:10:16,679 --> 01:10:19,048
when they named you
after the Lion King, kid.

1362
01:10:19,115 --> 01:10:23,452
You got more abs than you do brain cells
Tony Nese, you schmuck.

1363
01:10:23,519 --> 01:10:25,987
Look at this.
Oh, you wanna touch me Gaba-Gulak?

1364
01:10:26,054 --> 01:10:27,557
You look like a hobo.

1365
01:10:27,623 --> 01:10:29,025
What are you wearing, a scuba shirt?

1366
01:10:29,092 --> 01:10:30,793
What size shirt is that, a shmedium?

1367
01:10:30,860 --> 01:10:32,995
[Kurt]
None of the cruiserweights at the ringside

1368
01:10:33,062 --> 01:10:36,398
can have physical contact with you
in any way.

1369
01:10:36,465 --> 01:10:38,668
If they do, they will be fired.

1370
01:10:38,735 --> 01:10:42,038
But none of this applies
to the newest member

1371
01:10:42,105 --> 01:10:45,241
of the cruiserweight division
that I just signed.

1372
01:10:45,308 --> 01:10:47,477
[man] Lucha! Lucha!

1373
01:10:47,610 --> 01:10:50,913
[Tom] The former
United States Champion, Kalisto.

1374
01:10:50,980 --> 01:10:54,183
[Graves] One of the most talented
luchadors on the planet Earth.

1375
01:10:54,517 --> 01:10:57,519
And he is staring a hole
through Enzo Amore.

1376
01:10:57,587 --> 01:11:01,657
[Tom] And Kalisto,
the newest member of 205 Live.

1377
01:11:03,025 --> 01:11:05,193
[Graves] Welcome to 205 Live.

1378
01:11:07,864 --> 01:11:10,700
-[dramatic music playing]
-I'm trying to understand, Kurt,

1379
01:11:10,767 --> 01:11:13,135
is why Kalisto assaults me

1380
01:11:13,202 --> 01:11:16,639
and he gets rewarded
with a title opportunity at TLC.

1381
01:11:16,706 --> 01:11:17,974
Explain that.

1382
01:11:18,040 --> 01:11:21,043
Forget about the match
against Kalisto at TLC.

1383
01:11:21,110 --> 01:11:22,245
How you doing?

1384
01:11:22,311 --> 01:11:24,947
You're gonna put that Cruiserweight
Championship on the line

1385
01:11:25,014 --> 01:11:27,517
against Kalisto tonight.

1386
01:11:28,151 --> 01:11:32,388
Your match with Kalisto
is a Lumberjack match.

1387
01:11:32,922 --> 01:11:35,057
[Michael] Enzo Amore defending
the Cruiserweight Championship

1388
01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:36,726
against Kalisto here tonight.

1389
01:11:39,295 --> 01:11:42,965
Looking for the Salida Del Sol,
Enzo able to counter. There it is.

1390
01:11:43,232 --> 01:11:47,103
And Mustafa Ali
makes sure that Enzo doesn't retain.

1391
01:11:47,170 --> 01:11:50,206
[Graves] And Enzo, once again,
only has himself to blame,

1392
01:11:50,273 --> 01:11:52,474
the cheap shot to Mustafa Ali.

1393
01:11:52,541 --> 01:11:53,742
Ali didn't forget.

1394
01:11:53,809 --> 01:11:56,379
[Michael] Kalisto now.
Enzo for the second rope.

1395
01:11:57,280 --> 01:11:59,648
Kalisto with a Salida Del Sol.

1396
01:11:59,715 --> 01:12:01,184
Can Kalisto do it?

1397
01:12:01,284 --> 01:12:02,985
[crowd cheering]

1398
01:12:04,220 --> 01:12:05,721
[crowd] …two, three.

1399
01:12:05,788 --> 01:12:06,822
-[bell ringing]
-[Michael] Kalisto does it.

1400
01:12:06,889 --> 01:12:09,125
Kalisto is the Cruiserweight Champion.

1401
01:12:09,192 --> 01:12:11,561
[Kalisto] The very first time
in the cruiserweight division.

1402
01:12:11,626 --> 01:12:14,263
There's a luchador as champion.

1403
01:12:18,267 --> 01:12:21,971
[Enzo] Let's just be real for one minute,

1404
01:12:22,038 --> 01:12:24,574
because I got nuked, duped, screwed,

1405
01:12:24,639 --> 01:12:28,411
and robbed
of my Cruiserweight Championship.

1406
01:12:28,477 --> 01:12:32,048
And I got money stacked taller than you.

1407
01:12:32,114 --> 01:12:34,951
I earned that money being a star.

1408
01:12:35,017 --> 01:12:38,120
I think it shed some light,
and I think some people see it.

1409
01:12:40,022 --> 01:12:43,925
[Michael] Hey, that's Daivari,
and Dar, and Nese, and Gulak.

1410
01:12:43,992 --> 01:12:45,962
[Enzo] The Zo Train is coming through.

1411
01:12:46,028 --> 01:12:49,632
[Michael] If this alliance stays true,
Enzo Amore is more dangerous than ever.

1412
01:12:49,699 --> 01:12:52,902
[Enzo] I'm muscles marinara
and I got the sauce.

1413
01:12:52,969 --> 01:12:56,371
'Cause at TLC,
I'm taking that lady back, boy.

1414
01:12:56,438 --> 01:12:57,607
How you doing?

1415
01:12:57,673 --> 01:13:00,876
[crowd booing]

1416
01:13:03,144 --> 01:13:06,148
-["SAWFT Is a Sin" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

1417
01:13:17,059 --> 01:13:18,961
♪ You're SAWFT, you're sloppy ♪

1418
01:13:19,028 --> 01:13:20,663
♪ They callin' me Papi! ♪

1419
01:13:20,730 --> 01:13:23,398
♪ I roll in a Benz
You ridin' around in a beat-up jalopy! ♪

1420
01:13:23,465 --> 01:13:25,668
♪ Hey, ya doin'?
Bros wanna copy ♪

1421
01:13:25,735 --> 01:13:27,470
♪ But they are just not me ♪

1422
01:13:27,536 --> 01:13:29,237
♪ I'm up in the club stackin' them dubs

1423
01:13:29,304 --> 01:13:30,873
♪ You stuck in the lobby! ♪

1424
01:13:30,940 --> 01:13:32,308
♪ I'm hot like sauce ♪

1425
01:13:32,375 --> 01:13:33,709
♪ You SAWFT like balsa ♪

1426
01:13:35,311 --> 01:13:38,380
My name is Enzo Amore

1427
01:13:38,447 --> 01:13:41,384
and I am a certified G

1428
01:13:41,450 --> 01:13:46,188
and a bona-fide stud
and you can't teach that.

1429
01:13:47,423 --> 01:13:49,625
Bada boom. Realest guy in the room.

1430
01:13:49,692 --> 01:13:50,960
How you doing?

1431
01:13:51,727 --> 01:13:54,730
[crowd cheering, booing]

1432
01:14:02,103 --> 01:14:05,374
[crowd chanting] How you doing?
How you doing? How you doing?

1433
01:14:11,112 --> 01:14:12,514
I tell you how I'm doing.

1434
01:14:13,416 --> 01:14:15,017
I lost my voice.

1435
01:14:16,052 --> 01:14:18,454
[crowd cheering]

1436
01:14:18,521 --> 01:14:22,291
I was celebrating my victory
a little too hard last night.

1437
01:14:23,526 --> 01:14:26,028
But make no mistake about it,
the reason why I say that

1438
01:14:26,094 --> 01:14:29,665
is 'cause my voice
is the only thing I'm losing.

1439
01:14:31,599 --> 01:14:33,702
And I'll tell you why.

1440
01:14:35,538 --> 01:14:39,842
There is only three types
of people in this world.

1441
01:14:41,010 --> 01:14:45,246
People who make things happen, like me.

1442
01:14:46,983 --> 01:14:51,219
People who watch things happen,
like all of you.

1443
01:14:52,788 --> 01:14:56,092
Yeah, losers. Yeah, losers.

1444
01:14:56,157 --> 01:14:59,996
Speaking of losers,
the third type of person.

1445
01:15:00,062 --> 01:15:03,199
The person who just sits around
and wonders

1446
01:15:03,264 --> 01:15:07,336
what the hell just happened.

1447
01:15:08,603 --> 01:15:11,507
Well, Kalisto,
I'll tell you what's gonna happen.

1448
01:15:11,574 --> 01:15:15,911
I am gonna be two-time
Cruiserweight Champion.

1449
01:15:17,213 --> 01:15:18,947
You know why?

1450
01:15:19,014 --> 01:15:21,650
Real simple, real simple.

1451
01:15:21,717 --> 01:15:25,855
Because there's only one word
to describe you

1452
01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,891
and I'm gonna spell it out for you.

1453
01:15:28,958 --> 01:15:31,961
S-A-W-F-T.

1454
01:15:32,028 --> 01:15:34,397
[crowd] Sawft!

1455
01:15:35,731 --> 01:15:39,568
[Vic] Well, certainly a defiant challenger
here tonight, Enzo Amore.

1456
01:15:39,635 --> 01:15:42,972
-["Lucha Lucha" playing]
-♪ Lucha, lucha, lucha, lucha ♪

1457
01:15:43,272 --> 01:15:48,110
♪ Lucha, lucha, lucha, lucha
Lucha, lucha, lucha, lucha ♪

1458
01:15:48,309 --> 01:15:49,844
[bell ringing]

1459
01:15:49,911 --> 01:15:52,181
[Rome] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

1460
01:15:52,248 --> 01:15:56,919
It is for the WWE Cruiserweight
Championship.

1461
01:15:56,986 --> 01:15:59,922
Introducing first, from Mexico City,

1462
01:15:59,989 --> 01:16:01,690
weighing in at 170 pounds,

1463
01:16:01,757 --> 01:16:04,894
he is the WWE Cruiserweight Champion,

1464
01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:08,664
Kalisto.

1465
01:16:08,731 --> 01:16:11,567
[Vic] And we have some
international flare here with us tonight.

1466
01:16:11,634 --> 01:16:15,471
Our international announce team
over on international row.

1467
01:16:15,538 --> 01:16:17,673
We'll start with our Portuguese
announce team

1468
01:16:17,740 --> 01:16:20,675
of Marco Alfaro and Roberto Figueroa.

1469
01:16:20,742 --> 01:16:23,746
[speaking Portuguese]

1470
01:16:25,246 --> 01:16:29,184
[speaking Portuguese]

1471
01:16:29,985 --> 01:16:33,389
[Vic] Our Russian announce team
of Moti Margolin and Zhan Pomerantsev.

1472
01:16:33,456 --> 01:16:36,459
[speaking Russian]

1473
01:16:38,327 --> 01:16:41,330
[speaking Russian]

1474
01:16:43,732 --> 01:16:46,702
[Vic] Our Japanese announce team
Shun Yamaguchi and Funaki.

1475
01:16:46,769 --> 01:16:50,639
[speaking Japanese]

1476
01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:56,344
[speaking Japanese]

1477
01:16:56,411 --> 01:16:59,514
[Vic] Our Indian announce team
Obaid Kadwani and Shez Sardar.

1478
01:16:59,581 --> 01:17:02,351
[speaking Hindi]

1479
01:17:05,788 --> 01:17:09,758
[speaking Hindi]

1480
01:17:12,495 --> 01:17:15,197
[Vic] Our French announce team
are Ray Rougeau and Jean Brassard.

1481
01:17:15,264 --> 01:17:18,267
[speaking French]

1482
01:17:20,068 --> 01:17:22,871
[speaking French]

1483
01:17:24,440 --> 01:17:27,009
[Vic] And our Mandarin announce team
Meng Ai and Sean Deng.

1484
01:17:27,076 --> 01:17:30,079
[speaking Mandarin]

1485
01:17:31,780 --> 01:17:35,684
[speaking Mandarin]

1486
01:17:37,519 --> 01:17:41,056
[Vic] And we are all set
for Kalisto's first title defense

1487
01:17:41,123 --> 01:17:43,259
of his Cruiserweight Championship.

1488
01:17:43,325 --> 01:17:45,628
It's against Enzo Amore
and this of course, Nigel,

1489
01:17:45,693 --> 01:17:48,264
Enzo's contractual rematch
for the Cruiserweight title.

1490
01:17:48,330 --> 01:17:51,233
[Nigel] It certainly is.
Amore looks fired up.

1491
01:17:51,300 --> 01:17:53,602
-But I have to say, I think that…
-[bell rings]

1492
01:17:53,669 --> 01:17:56,071
…really, Amore
has gotta have the skin of Kalisto.

1493
01:17:56,138 --> 01:17:59,141
We saw it from the beginning there,
how aggressive he was,

1494
01:17:59,208 --> 01:18:01,610
how quickly he wanted
to get on top of Amore.

1495
01:18:01,677 --> 01:18:06,315
[Vic] Oh, Kalisto chomping at the bit,
charging right in on Enzo Amore.

1496
01:18:07,883 --> 01:18:10,619
Enzo Amore trying to stay
an arm-distance's away.

1497
01:18:10,686 --> 01:18:13,155
So you feel that that might be
Enzo's strategy tonight

1498
01:18:13,222 --> 01:18:15,124
to continue to go in Kalisto.

1499
01:18:15,191 --> 01:18:18,693
[Nigel] That wasn't a good start.
Just throwing away the… that leg kick.

1500
01:18:20,429 --> 01:18:22,498
[Vic] And Kalisto controlling Enzo
with a side headlock.

1501
01:18:22,565 --> 01:18:26,035
Kalisto, also a former two-time
United States Champion, is battle-tested.

1502
01:18:26,101 --> 01:18:29,938
And a sharp elbow, looked to the eye,
Nigel, from Enzo Amore.

1503
01:18:30,005 --> 01:18:31,574
[Nigel] Did not expect that.

1504
01:18:32,942 --> 01:18:37,246
[Vic] Enzo Amore feels that
there is a conspiracy against him.

1505
01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:41,650
[Nigel] Well, you can understand
why given how events have transpired.

1506
01:18:41,717 --> 01:18:43,251
[Vic] Oh, whoa.

1507
01:18:43,318 --> 01:18:45,521
That's how quick Kalisto and--

1508
01:18:45,588 --> 01:18:48,691
Oh, and Enzo started dancing
and Enzo now on the run.

1509
01:18:48,757 --> 01:18:51,227
[Nigel]
It's not a bad game plan from Amore.

1510
01:18:51,293 --> 01:18:53,228
-Get inside Kalisto's head-- Oh.
-[Vic] Oh.

1511
01:18:53,295 --> 01:18:54,929
Nobody home on the elbow drop.

1512
01:18:54,996 --> 01:18:56,699
-[Nigel] A little slow there.
-[Vic] And for a moment,

1513
01:18:56,764 --> 01:18:58,334
Kalisto one step ahead of the challenger.

1514
01:18:58,400 --> 01:19:00,869
Up and around, headscissors takedown
by the champion.

1515
01:19:03,339 --> 01:19:05,474
[Nigel] It's got to be clear,
when it comes to speed,

1516
01:19:05,574 --> 01:19:09,812
when it comes to high flying,
Kalisto clearly has Enzo's number.

1517
01:19:09,878 --> 01:19:12,982
-No doubt about it.
-[Vic] What an enzuigiri from Kalisto.

1518
01:19:13,048 --> 01:19:15,985
And one more time,
Enzo Amore trying to reset himself

1519
01:19:16,050 --> 01:19:18,187
in this Cruiserweight Championship
matchup.

1520
01:19:18,254 --> 01:19:20,956
You know, I talked to Kalisto,
who's now mocking Enzo,

1521
01:19:21,023 --> 01:19:22,691
I talked to Kalisto earlier

1522
01:19:22,758 --> 01:19:24,927
and he told me that Enzo Amore
isn't that rich

1523
01:19:24,994 --> 01:19:28,130
because you aren't rich until you have
something that money can't buy.

1524
01:19:28,197 --> 01:19:30,965
And Kalisto,
he's not gonna hand over that title.

1525
01:19:31,032 --> 01:19:33,835
You can't buy a championship off Kalisto.

1526
01:19:33,902 --> 01:19:36,138
And it looks like the champion
gonna take to the air.

1527
01:19:36,205 --> 01:19:37,373
Oh.

1528
01:19:38,706 --> 01:19:41,410
[Nigel] Suicide dive
through the middle and top.

1529
01:19:42,745 --> 01:19:44,580
Kalisto taking some risks.

1530
01:19:44,647 --> 01:19:46,682
[crowd] Lucha! Lucha!

1531
01:19:46,749 --> 01:19:49,351
[Nigel] I think he can afford
to do it early on.

1532
01:19:49,418 --> 01:19:51,887
But Amore has shown, Vic,
time and time again,

1533
01:19:51,954 --> 01:19:53,822
he will go to any length to win.

1534
01:19:53,889 --> 01:19:55,624
[Vic] Well, he's going
any length right now

1535
01:19:55,691 --> 01:19:59,228
to get out of the ring and to create some
separation between he and Kalisto.

1536
01:20:00,562 --> 01:20:01,797
Kalisto staying on top.

1537
01:20:01,864 --> 01:20:04,532
But check out this impact
in slow motion, Nigel.

1538
01:20:04,599 --> 01:20:06,802
A diving Kalisto.

1539
01:20:07,001 --> 01:20:10,505
[Nigel] That left shoulder of Kalisto
catching Amore under the jaw.

1540
01:20:10,572 --> 01:20:13,575
[Vic] Oh, Kalisto just trying
to pull Enzo Amore up.

1541
01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:15,244
-Oh.
-[Nigel] Oh.

1542
01:20:15,311 --> 01:20:16,344
[Vic] Oh, my.

1543
01:20:16,411 --> 01:20:19,380
Kalisto jaw first over the top turnbuckle.

1544
01:20:22,151 --> 01:20:25,120
[Nigel] He always thought
Amore was just gonna lie and wait

1545
01:20:25,187 --> 01:20:27,222
until the opportunity presented itself.

1546
01:20:27,289 --> 01:20:30,893
[Vic] And now Enzo picking up
the scraps of the champion.

1547
01:20:32,561 --> 01:20:37,900
Enzo Amore who called Kalisto a hypocrite
a few weeks ago on 205 Live.

1548
01:20:37,965 --> 01:20:41,236
What a unique move into the counter
and just a two count.

1549
01:20:41,804 --> 01:20:43,438
[Nigel] That was innovative.

1550
01:20:43,505 --> 01:20:46,141
[Vic] Now watch it, Enzo Amore
able to turn this around

1551
01:20:46,208 --> 01:20:47,943
right here in slow motion.

1552
01:20:48,010 --> 01:20:49,678
The impact… Boom!

1553
01:20:49,745 --> 01:20:51,980
Jaw first for Kalisto.

1554
01:20:52,047 --> 01:20:54,683
Really the turning point
for the challenger.

1555
01:20:54,750 --> 01:20:58,353
[Nigel] And look what he's doing now,
he's focusing on that injured body part,

1556
01:20:58,420 --> 01:21:00,688
the jaw of Kalisto.

1557
01:21:00,755 --> 01:21:03,192
Be interesting to see if he tries
to remove the mask as well.

1558
01:21:03,258 --> 01:21:06,362
Of course,
the mask of lucha libre superstars,

1559
01:21:06,428 --> 01:21:08,864
they're super important,
a lot of integrity and pride

1560
01:21:08,931 --> 01:21:10,366
goes along with that.

1561
01:21:11,567 --> 01:21:13,402
[Vic] And a unique submission maneuver.

1562
01:21:13,469 --> 01:21:17,005
But right now, Nigel,
it looked like a forearm.

1563
01:21:17,072 --> 01:21:21,610
Enzo Amore has had some verbal attacks
along with some physical attacks

1564
01:21:21,677 --> 01:21:24,413
on the champion
over the last several weeks.

1565
01:21:25,280 --> 01:21:27,583
[Nigel]
Watch out he's sizing up Kalisto. Oh.

1566
01:21:27,648 --> 01:21:29,918
[Vic] To the midsection, into the ribs.

1567
01:21:29,985 --> 01:21:30,986
[Nigel] Field goal!

1568
01:21:31,053 --> 01:21:33,021
How many points is that Vic?

1569
01:21:33,722 --> 01:21:36,125
[Vic] Well, right now,
it's all about winning the match up.

1570
01:21:36,191 --> 01:21:39,128
It's all about keeping his opponent's
shoulders down for the count of three.

1571
01:21:39,193 --> 01:21:42,764
It doesn't matter about points
as Enzo Amore scaling to the top rope.

1572
01:21:42,831 --> 01:21:45,267
And now mocking the champion.

1573
01:21:47,035 --> 01:21:50,072
[Nigel] He's way up there,
a long way to go.

1574
01:21:50,139 --> 01:21:51,240
[Vic] We haven't seen Enzo.

1575
01:21:51,306 --> 01:21:52,474
[Nigel] Oh.

1576
01:21:52,541 --> 01:21:54,041
Thought better of it.

1577
01:21:54,108 --> 01:21:56,879
[Vic] Oh, wait a…
Kalisto rolling through with a Listo Kick.

1578
01:21:59,615 --> 01:22:02,918
[Nigel] Well, you'd say it was a mistake
from Amore to go to the top,

1579
01:22:02,985 --> 01:22:05,087
made a smart move to jump off,

1580
01:22:05,154 --> 01:22:06,621
but Kalisto was there to catch him.

1581
01:22:06,688 --> 01:22:09,791
[Vic] That mistake is the opening
the champion may have needed

1582
01:22:09,858 --> 01:22:11,427
to retain his title here tonight,

1583
01:22:11,492 --> 01:22:15,130
as Kalisto trying to feed off the energy

1584
01:22:15,197 --> 01:22:18,300
here in the Target Center
of the WWE Universe.

1585
01:22:20,235 --> 01:22:22,036
-[Nigel] Oh.
-[Vic] Kalisto getting caught, oh.

1586
01:22:22,103 --> 01:22:23,505
[Nigel] Oh-ho. Drove down with a ven--

1587
01:22:23,572 --> 01:22:25,840
[Vic] And again, shoulders down, and--

1588
01:22:25,907 --> 01:22:29,344
Oh, could we have a new champion,
and Kalisto just out at two and a half.

1589
01:22:31,246 --> 01:22:35,017
Enzo turning his focus
right back over to Kalisto.

1590
01:22:35,083 --> 01:22:37,352
[Nigel] He's giving Kalisto a chance here
to recuperate.

1591
01:22:37,419 --> 01:22:38,786
He's telling him, "Get up."

1592
01:22:39,554 --> 01:22:41,123
Oh, what's this?

1593
01:22:41,190 --> 01:22:42,991
We've seen football.
Is this gonna be baseball?

1594
01:22:43,058 --> 01:22:44,626
[Vic] But do you not agree with what, uh,

1595
01:22:44,693 --> 01:22:46,862
Enzo Amore's doing here
as the challenger in this match up?

1596
01:22:46,929 --> 01:22:49,398
-[Nigel] Oh.
-[Vic] And a huge right hand.

1597
01:22:49,465 --> 01:22:51,500
Hooks the legs one more time.
Is it enough?

1598
01:22:51,567 --> 01:22:53,936
And no, Kalisto out
at two and three-fourths.

1599
01:22:54,001 --> 01:22:56,672
[Nigel] How can I disagree with that, Vic?
It's effective.

1600
01:22:56,737 --> 01:23:00,843
And now a brutal rear chin lock,
putting a lot of pressure on the neck,

1601
01:23:00,909 --> 01:23:02,710
making it difficult
for Kalisto to breathe.

1602
01:23:02,777 --> 01:23:05,147
You got no chance. You got no chance.

1603
01:23:05,214 --> 01:23:07,648
[Nigel] Whoa, look at the way
he drives with those hips,

1604
01:23:07,715 --> 01:23:09,818
adding more pressure to that neck.

1605
01:23:10,986 --> 01:23:13,789
[Vic] Enzo cinching in the head lock

1606
01:23:13,856 --> 01:23:16,791
and making it difficult for Kalisto
to gasp any air,

1607
01:23:16,858 --> 01:23:18,559
to bring any air into his lungs.

1608
01:23:18,626 --> 01:23:20,228
[Nigel] Closes up that larynx,

1609
01:23:20,295 --> 01:23:22,598
makes it very difficult
to get air back inside.

1610
01:23:24,433 --> 01:23:27,236
[Vic]
Kalisto has to navigate his way free.

1611
01:23:27,302 --> 01:23:29,838
Kalisto has to get back
to a vertical base.

1612
01:23:31,673 --> 01:23:33,742
And Enzo Amore right after the mask,

1613
01:23:33,809 --> 01:23:35,677
ripping back down Kalisto.

1614
01:23:35,744 --> 01:23:38,880
[Nigel] Yeah, but with the way
I see it, he certainly did.

1615
01:23:38,947 --> 01:23:41,116
But listen, he's got to take shortcuts.

1616
01:23:41,183 --> 01:23:43,018
I've said it from day one.

1617
01:23:43,085 --> 01:23:45,654
Amore cannot compete in terms of speed,

1618
01:23:45,721 --> 01:23:47,222
in terms of technique,

1619
01:23:47,289 --> 01:23:49,191
so he's got to take some shortcuts.

1620
01:23:50,025 --> 01:23:52,928
[Vic] And here,
Enzo just yelling at Kalisto,

1621
01:23:52,995 --> 01:23:56,031
nothing worse than getting yelled at

1622
01:23:56,098 --> 01:23:57,733
while you're getting beat up
at the same time.

1623
01:23:57,799 --> 01:24:00,102
But Kalisto, never one to quit.

1624
01:24:00,168 --> 01:24:01,904
Kalisto the heart of a champion.

1625
01:24:02,804 --> 01:24:05,840
[Nigel] He certainly is an inspiration.
There's no doubt about it.

1626
01:24:05,907 --> 01:24:09,443
Grew up in a very rough
working class neighborhood of Chicago.

1627
01:24:09,510 --> 01:24:13,181
[Vic] Oh. What a counter
by the Cruiserweight Champion.

1628
01:24:13,248 --> 01:24:17,619
[Nigel] Look at that face.
You can see there Amore gasping for air.

1629
01:24:17,686 --> 01:24:19,021
Having trouble breathing.

1630
01:24:19,987 --> 01:24:21,690
[Vic] Amore rattled and rocked

1631
01:24:21,757 --> 01:24:26,728
as Kalisto trying to maybe
get his bearings back about him

1632
01:24:26,795 --> 01:24:31,233
here in this Cruiserweight Championship
match, as Kalisto…

1633
01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:33,802
[Nigel] Of course,
the former Samurai of the Sun

1634
01:24:33,869 --> 01:24:37,438
will be looking for that Salida Del Sol,
if he can hit it.

1635
01:24:38,173 --> 01:24:40,342
[Vic] Up and over, Kalisto holding on.

1636
01:24:40,976 --> 01:24:42,744
Oh, another Listo Kick.

1637
01:24:44,045 --> 01:24:47,916
And the first ever luchador
Cruiserweight Champion takes to the air.

1638
01:24:49,384 --> 01:24:50,652
Oh.

1639
01:24:53,322 --> 01:24:57,425
Kalisto just driving Enzo Amore
into the mat.

1640
01:24:57,492 --> 01:24:59,894
Is this enough to retain
his Cruiserweight title?

1641
01:24:59,962 --> 01:25:03,565
And Enzo Amore,
say what you want about Enzo,

1642
01:25:03,632 --> 01:25:04,733
what a ring presence.

1643
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:06,867
[Nigel] Absolutely. I got to say,

1644
01:25:07,568 --> 01:25:09,605
say what you want about
his technique or his speed,

1645
01:25:09,670 --> 01:25:11,639
but his experience is there.

1646
01:25:12,840 --> 01:25:16,044
[Vic] And Kalisto back on top
of Enzo Amore.

1647
01:25:16,111 --> 01:25:17,913
-Oh, wait… Oh!
-[Nigel] Is this-- Oh!

1648
01:25:17,980 --> 01:25:22,784
[Vic] And a counter by Enzo,
into the bottom turnbuckle went Kalisto.

1649
01:25:22,851 --> 01:25:26,688
[Nigel] Time and time again,
really has proved his ring IQ.

1650
01:25:26,755 --> 01:25:28,690
Oh.

1651
01:25:28,757 --> 01:25:30,092
[Vic] A DDG.

1652
01:25:30,157 --> 01:25:34,096
Will this be enough to bring the
cruiserweight title back to Enzo Amore?

1653
01:25:34,161 --> 01:25:37,566
And where is Kalisto
getting this from, Nigel?

1654
01:25:37,633 --> 01:25:38,967
[Nigel] Guts and determination.

1655
01:25:39,034 --> 01:25:42,771
He wants to wear that cruiserweight title
around his waist again.

1656
01:25:42,838 --> 01:25:46,273
[Vic] We see the frustration building
on Enzo Amore.

1657
01:25:46,340 --> 01:25:48,943
There is no Zo Train with him
here tonight.

1658
01:25:49,010 --> 01:25:51,279
And check out the impact again, Nigel.

1659
01:25:51,346 --> 01:25:54,383
[Nigel] Look at the impact,
but look at the angle, that head,

1660
01:25:54,449 --> 01:25:58,286
driving down into the mat, pins the leg.

1661
01:25:58,353 --> 01:26:01,822
[Vic] But not enough
to pin the Cruiserweight Champion.

1662
01:26:01,889 --> 01:26:02,991
[Nigel] I think this is a mistake.

1663
01:26:03,058 --> 01:26:05,260
Now, he's just toying with Kalisto.

1664
01:26:06,661 --> 01:26:09,831
He's got to put him away. Perhaps yes.
Is he looking for it here?

1665
01:26:09,898 --> 01:26:13,568
[Vic] Looking for the JawdonZo
and countering was Kalisto.

1666
01:26:13,635 --> 01:26:14,969
[Nigel] It wasn't pretty.

1667
01:26:15,504 --> 01:26:16,838
[Vic] And Kalisto charging in.

1668
01:26:16,905 --> 01:26:18,674
Wait a minute.
Kalisto, for the second time,

1669
01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:20,842
was not able to hook that SDS.

1670
01:26:20,909 --> 01:26:24,112
And once again,
Enzo Amore trying anything he can do

1671
01:26:24,179 --> 01:26:26,581
to get away
from the Cruiserweight Champion.

1672
01:26:26,648 --> 01:26:28,684
[Nigel] You can't get away from him
because now in the center…

1673
01:26:28,750 --> 01:26:30,218
-[Vic] Oh!
-[Nigel] Oh!

1674
01:26:31,018 --> 01:26:33,989
Did he have something… I couldn't see
if he had a foreign object in his hand.

1675
01:26:34,056 --> 01:26:37,459
[Vic] It looked like… It looked like
Enzo Amore just blatantly poked…

1676
01:26:37,526 --> 01:26:40,462
Another JawdonZo, center of the ring.

1677
01:26:40,529 --> 01:26:41,663
[Nigel] Is this it?

1678
01:26:41,730 --> 01:26:43,831
[Vic] Kalisto shoulders are down.

1679
01:26:43,898 --> 01:26:45,200
[bell ringing]

1680
01:26:45,267 --> 01:26:47,568
-["SAWFT Is a Sin" playing]
-[Vic] And Enzo… Enzo Amore.

1681
01:26:47,635 --> 01:26:49,071
[Rome] Here's your winner

1682
01:26:49,137 --> 01:26:53,208
and the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion,

1683
01:26:53,275 --> 01:26:55,911
Enzo Amore.

1684
01:26:55,977 --> 01:26:57,245
[Nigel] Well, Vic, I'm shocked.

1685
01:26:57,312 --> 01:27:00,081
Amore almost looked shocked as well.

1686
01:27:00,982 --> 01:27:02,851
Got to say that's an upset.

1687
01:27:03,518 --> 01:27:06,554
And your heart has to go out to Kalisto.

1688
01:27:06,621 --> 01:27:09,357
[Vic] Enzo Amore cutting corners again,

1689
01:27:09,424 --> 01:27:11,793
to become Cruiserweight Champion.

1690
01:27:14,730 --> 01:27:19,867
Enzo Amore is, Nigel, is now
a two-time Cruiserweight Champion.

1691
01:27:21,169 --> 01:27:23,739
[Nigel] Let's take a look
at how it went down.

1692
01:27:23,804 --> 01:27:28,009
[Vic] Well, this is…
The referee… Look right, right there.

1693
01:27:28,076 --> 01:27:29,577
Thumb to the eye.

1694
01:27:29,643 --> 01:27:31,646
[Nigel] I think, yeah, you're right.
Thumb to the eye.

1695
01:27:32,514 --> 01:27:33,915
Distracting the vision of Kalisto.

1696
01:27:33,982 --> 01:27:35,717
He had no idea where he was,

1697
01:27:35,784 --> 01:27:39,286
couldn't defend himself
against the JawdonZo.

1698
01:27:39,353 --> 01:27:43,058
-That was enough to beat Kalisto.
-One, two, three.

1699
01:27:43,125 --> 01:27:44,526
-[crowd cheering]
-[bell ringing]

1700
01:27:45,193 --> 01:27:47,094
[Vic] And for the second time
in his career,

1701
01:27:47,161 --> 01:27:50,065
Enzo Amore is Cruiserweight Champion.

1702
01:27:51,398 --> 01:27:54,702
Well, Enzo, congratulations,

1703
01:27:54,769 --> 01:27:58,440
you are now a two-time
WWE Cruiserweight Champion.

1704
01:27:58,507 --> 01:28:01,977
[crowd cheering, booing]

1705
01:28:06,380 --> 01:28:09,416
Oh my… Oh my God. I…

1706
01:28:10,751 --> 01:28:12,754
I got to thank him.

1707
01:28:12,821 --> 01:28:14,389
I got to thank him.

1708
01:28:16,324 --> 01:28:17,826
I got thank him.

1709
01:28:17,893 --> 01:28:20,594
I owe all of the thanks to me!

1710
01:28:20,661 --> 01:28:23,231
[crowd booing]

1711
01:28:23,298 --> 01:28:25,467
And, you know, what I owe all of you?

1712
01:28:25,534 --> 01:28:27,369
A big no thank you.

1713
01:28:27,969 --> 01:28:29,804
How you doing?

1714
01:28:33,474 --> 01:28:35,643
-["SAWFT Is a Sin" playing]
-♪ You're SAWFT, you're sloppy

1715
01:28:35,710 --> 01:28:37,445
♪ They callin' me Papi! ♪

1716
01:28:37,545 --> 01:28:38,612
♪ I roll in a Benz… ♪

1717
01:28:38,679 --> 01:28:41,849
[Vic] Well, Nigel it appears,
once again, that Tuesday nights

1718
01:28:41,916 --> 01:28:46,087
are, again, the Zo show
as Enzo Amore is, once again,

1719
01:28:46,154 --> 01:28:49,057
the realest champ in the room.

1720
01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:54,663
["Legendary" playing]

1721
01:28:54,728 --> 01:28:57,599
[Michael] Tonight, we are in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, the Target Center,

1722
01:28:57,666 --> 01:29:02,170
13,381 WWE fans on hand

1723
01:29:02,237 --> 01:29:05,373
for WWE TLC.

1724
01:29:05,440 --> 01:29:08,543
And we welcome two representatives
from the Paralyzed Veterans of America,

1725
01:29:08,610 --> 01:29:10,978
Brad Coleman and Shaun Castle.

1726
01:29:11,045 --> 01:29:13,181
Join Paralyzed Veterans of America
in their fight

1727
01:29:13,248 --> 01:29:16,718
to provide critical care and support
for disabled heroes and their families,

1728
01:29:16,785 --> 01:29:21,923
by visiting pva.org/wwe and donate today.

1729
01:29:22,090 --> 01:29:25,126
[crowd cheering]

1730
01:29:25,193 --> 01:29:26,760
Well, ladies and gentlemen,
earlier tonight,

1731
01:29:26,827 --> 01:29:28,630
we told you about the viral infection

1732
01:29:28,697 --> 01:29:30,999
which means Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt

1733
01:29:31,066 --> 01:29:35,503
cannot compete here tonight at WWE TLC.

1734
01:29:35,570 --> 01:29:38,874
Well, Bray Wyatt won't compete
but "The Demon" Finn Bálor will

1735
01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:42,110
and what is a, well, Corey, a dream match.

1736
01:29:42,177 --> 01:29:44,346
That's what many
of the WWE fans are calling.

1737
01:29:44,411 --> 01:29:47,816
I think a dream match is the perfect way
to describe it. Up until a few days ago,

1738
01:29:47,883 --> 01:29:51,920
this is a match you thought
you could only create in WWE 2K18.

1739
01:29:51,987 --> 01:29:54,188
"The Demon" Finn Bálor,

1740
01:29:54,255 --> 01:29:57,358
one on one
with "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles,

1741
01:29:57,425 --> 01:30:00,695
who SmackDown Live was kind enough
to loan us for one night only.

1742
01:30:00,762 --> 01:30:01,963
This thing is gonna be unreal.

1743
01:30:02,030 --> 01:30:03,197
[Michael]
Yeah. From what we understand it,

1744
01:30:03,264 --> 01:30:05,901
General Manager Kurt Angle
on Monday Night Raw contacted

1745
01:30:05,967 --> 01:30:08,436
General Manager Daniel Bryan
from SmackDown Live

1746
01:30:08,503 --> 01:30:11,840
and agreed that AJ Styles
would come here for one night only.

1747
01:30:11,907 --> 01:30:15,710
AJ Styles was in South America
on the SmackDown Live tour.

1748
01:30:15,777 --> 01:30:19,080
He flew all night to get here today
for this match.

1749
01:30:20,215 --> 01:30:22,717
["Phenomenal" playing]

1750
01:30:22,784 --> 01:30:25,754
[crowd cheering]

1751
01:30:34,429 --> 01:30:36,531
♪ No, they don't want none ♪

1752
01:30:36,598 --> 01:30:38,366
♪ No, they don't want none ♪

1753
01:30:38,433 --> 01:30:40,468
♪ They looking scared
No, they don't really want none… ♪

1754
01:30:40,535 --> 01:30:41,536
[bell ringing]

1755
01:30:41,603 --> 01:30:44,438
[Rome] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

1756
01:30:44,505 --> 01:30:47,208
Introducing first,
from Gainesville, Georgia,

1757
01:30:47,275 --> 01:30:49,811
weighing 218 pounds,

1758
01:30:49,878 --> 01:30:54,482
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.

1759
01:30:54,549 --> 01:30:56,918
[Michael] And the general manager
of SmackDown Live, Daniel Bryan,

1760
01:30:56,985 --> 01:30:59,487
got in touch with SmackDown Live
commissioner Shane McMahon

1761
01:30:59,554 --> 01:31:00,655
who okayed it,

1762
01:31:00,722 --> 01:31:02,657
AJ Styles is here tonight,

1763
01:31:02,724 --> 01:31:06,227
loaned to Monday Night Raw,
one night only.

1764
01:31:07,161 --> 01:31:09,731
[Graves] I think it's fair to say
Kurt Angle owes Shane McMahon

1765
01:31:09,798 --> 01:31:11,398
a favor now after this.

1766
01:31:11,866 --> 01:31:14,235
What a get for one night only.

1767
01:31:14,302 --> 01:31:16,170
[crowd cheering]

1768
01:31:16,471 --> 01:31:17,772
[Booker] Let me tell you. Everybody was…

1769
01:31:17,839 --> 01:31:20,407
[Michael] And ladies and gentlemen,
watch your favorite TV shows and movies

1770
01:31:20,474 --> 01:31:23,712
online with Hulu and get your next day
unlimited instant streaming access

1771
01:31:23,777 --> 01:31:26,246
to all of WWE's weekly programs.

1772
01:31:26,313 --> 01:31:28,282
Visit hulu.com for a free trial

1773
01:31:28,349 --> 01:31:31,686
and start watching your favorite
WWE shows today.

1774
01:31:31,753 --> 01:31:36,257
[Graves] AJ Styles in
a Monday Night Raw ring. Wow.

1775
01:31:36,324 --> 01:31:37,992
[Booker] You gotta love it.

1776
01:31:38,059 --> 01:31:41,362
Everybody was anticipating
Sister Abigail versus The Demon.

1777
01:31:41,429 --> 01:31:42,664
But I'ma tell you right now.

1778
01:31:42,731 --> 01:31:47,168
This matchup, right here,
needs no buildup at all.

1779
01:31:47,936 --> 01:31:50,972
[Graves] This is two of the best
in-ring competitors of our generation

1780
01:31:51,039 --> 01:31:52,206
about to do battle.

1781
01:31:52,273 --> 01:31:54,041
This is pure competition, folks.

1782
01:31:54,108 --> 01:31:55,610
[crowd cheering]

1783
01:31:55,677 --> 01:31:56,978
[Booker] Who's the best?

1784
01:31:57,779 --> 01:31:59,880
-We're gonna find out tonight.
-["Catch Your Breath" playing]

1785
01:31:59,947 --> 01:32:02,951
[crowd cheering]

1786
01:32:32,414 --> 01:32:35,416
["Catch Your Breath" continues]

1787
01:32:35,483 --> 01:32:38,486
[crowd cheering]

1788
01:33:08,483 --> 01:33:11,385
[crowd] Whoo!

1789
01:33:11,452 --> 01:33:12,987
Whoo!

1790
01:33:55,263 --> 01:33:57,699
Whoo!

1791
01:33:57,764 --> 01:34:00,768
["Catch Your Breath" continues]

1792
01:34:09,443 --> 01:34:14,014
[Michael] It is extraordinary
when The Demon enters the ring.

1793
01:34:14,081 --> 01:34:18,318
Finn Bálor has said The Demon is where
his artistic and wrestling sides meet.

1794
01:34:18,385 --> 01:34:22,790
His personality changes
when The Demon's war paint goes on

1795
01:34:22,857 --> 01:34:25,893
and he releases his inner demon.

1796
01:34:25,960 --> 01:34:29,664
[Graves] Finn has unlocked the crypt
to the underworld in his mind

1797
01:34:29,731 --> 01:34:33,000
and unleashed the demon on Minneapolis.

1798
01:34:33,067 --> 01:34:35,503
AJ Styles had better be ready.

1799
01:34:35,570 --> 01:34:39,139
[Michael] AJ Styles said earlier tonight
on the TLC kickoff show,

1800
01:34:39,206 --> 01:34:41,175
"Hey, The Demon's never been beaten."

1801
01:34:41,242 --> 01:34:44,179
"I'm gonna be the first
to do it here tonight."

1802
01:34:44,245 --> 01:34:47,749
[Booker] Hey, guys, for The Demon
to get a last-minute opponent,

1803
01:34:47,815 --> 01:34:51,585
not just a last-minute opponent
but a guy like AJ Styles,

1804
01:34:51,652 --> 01:34:54,621
the pressure has to go to The Demon.

1805
01:34:54,688 --> 01:34:56,124
[Graves]
I actually agree with you, Booker.

1806
01:34:56,191 --> 01:34:59,661
Finn has spent so much time
focusing on Bray and Sister Abigail,

1807
01:34:59,727 --> 01:35:01,529
almost to the point of obsession.

1808
01:35:01,596 --> 01:35:03,965
Can The Demon adapt for AJ Styles?

1809
01:35:04,032 --> 01:35:05,599
[Booker] How do you switch gears for that?

1810
01:35:05,666 --> 01:35:08,436
[Michael] Both AJ Styles
and Finn Bálor really made names

1811
01:35:08,503 --> 01:35:10,338
-for themselves wrestling in Japan.
-[song concludes]

1812
01:35:10,405 --> 01:35:13,775
[Michael] At one point in their career,
they both led the same faction.

1813
01:35:15,108 --> 01:35:17,612
[Booker] AJ Styles said it best.
This match right here, guys,

1814
01:35:17,679 --> 01:35:22,116
will have global meanings
all over the world.

1815
01:35:22,784 --> 01:35:27,222
[Graves] You're right, Cole.
The notorious club started by Finn Bálor.

1816
01:35:27,922 --> 01:35:31,058
Once he departed for WWE, it was picked up

1817
01:35:31,125 --> 01:35:34,629
and AJ Styles took the ball
to a whole new level.

1818
01:35:35,429 --> 01:35:37,031
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

1819
01:35:38,066 --> 01:35:39,666
This is awesome!

1820
01:35:41,201 --> 01:35:44,472
[Michael] It is an electric feeling here
tonight at the Target Center,

1821
01:35:44,539 --> 01:35:45,907
for the first time ever.

1822
01:35:45,974 --> 01:35:47,041
[Graves] They're chanting,
"This is awesome"

1823
01:35:47,108 --> 01:35:49,009
and the match hasn't even begun yet.

1824
01:35:49,076 --> 01:35:50,344
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

1825
01:35:50,411 --> 01:35:52,513
[Graves] It's one of the first times
that's ever happened.

1826
01:35:52,580 --> 01:35:53,648
[bell ringing]

1827
01:35:54,916 --> 01:35:57,451
[Michael] And here we go,
matchup is underway.

1828
01:35:57,518 --> 01:35:59,454
[Booker]
Two guys with similar fighting styles.

1829
01:35:59,519 --> 01:36:01,389
I mean, the matchup is perfect

1830
01:36:01,456 --> 01:36:03,958
and both guys in the prime
of their careers.

1831
01:36:04,025 --> 01:36:07,428
-You gotta love it.
-[Chad] One, two, three…

1832
01:36:07,495 --> 01:36:13,334
[Michael] AJ Styles first arrived
on the scene here in WWE back in 2016,

1833
01:36:13,401 --> 01:36:16,571
making his debut, a surprise debut,
at the Royal Rumble.

1834
01:36:16,638 --> 01:36:20,642
He'd go on to win a WWE Championship,
two-time United States Champion.

1835
01:36:21,242 --> 01:36:25,847
In fact, earlier this year, Corey,
I believe AJ Styles had a matchup

1836
01:36:25,913 --> 01:36:28,215
that may be Match of the Year
against John Cena.

1837
01:36:29,150 --> 01:36:30,751
[Graves] I certainly concur with that.

1838
01:36:30,817 --> 01:36:33,288
But AJ Styles, right now,
has another opportunity

1839
01:36:33,353 --> 01:36:35,123
to put together a match

1840
01:36:35,188 --> 01:36:37,592
that the world will be talking
about for years to come.

1841
01:36:37,659 --> 01:36:41,728
[Michael] So, again, AJ Styles, is he
the underdog in this matchup tonight?

1842
01:36:41,795 --> 01:36:44,299
We talked of course about the travel
all the way from South America,

1843
01:36:44,365 --> 01:36:46,701
also the fact that last week
on SmackDown Live,

1844
01:36:46,768 --> 01:36:50,772
AJ Styles challenged
the WWE Champion, Jinder Mahal.

1845
01:36:50,838 --> 01:36:52,307
Perhaps his mind's on that.

1846
01:36:52,840 --> 01:36:55,643
[Booker] I mean, the travel
does something to you, definitely being

1847
01:36:55,710 --> 01:37:00,548
in another time zone. But I'ma tell you,
this is a moment that AJ Styles relish.

1848
01:37:00,615 --> 01:37:05,553
He's going out here and proving, guys,
that he is truly phenomenal.

1849
01:37:06,353 --> 01:37:08,322
[Graves] You gotta wonder
if AJ has any sort of advantage

1850
01:37:08,389 --> 01:37:11,459
because as well as he knows
Finn Bálor, not The Demon,

1851
01:37:11,526 --> 01:37:13,561
but Finn Bálor. AJ's very familiar.

1852
01:37:13,628 --> 01:37:16,230
Does that maybe give him a leg up,
having seen The Demon in the past?

1853
01:37:16,297 --> 01:37:19,200
[Michael] Takedown by AJ Styles,
working on the left arm.

1854
01:37:19,267 --> 01:37:21,936
Finn Bálor, though, leg scissors

1855
01:37:22,003 --> 01:37:24,938
and a nice side headlock takedown.

1856
01:37:25,005 --> 01:37:27,742
And, again, AJ Styles. Bit of a stalemate
here in the early going.

1857
01:37:28,242 --> 01:37:30,077
[Booker] Lot of range
in both of these guys.

1858
01:37:30,143 --> 01:37:33,548
They can pretty much take it
anywhere you wanna see it

1859
01:37:33,614 --> 01:37:34,882
in the middle
of that squared circle, guys.

1860
01:37:34,949 --> 01:37:36,217
[Michael] And again, Corey,
you mentioned that

1861
01:37:36,284 --> 01:37:38,251
AJ knows Finn Bálor very well.

1862
01:37:38,318 --> 01:37:43,458
But keep in mind, this is the first time
these two men have ever met in a match.

1863
01:37:43,523 --> 01:37:45,927
[Graves] Exactly.
And that's what begs to be seen.

1864
01:37:45,992 --> 01:37:48,763
AJ is… Oh. AJ is familiar with…

1865
01:37:48,996 --> 01:37:50,398
-[Michael] Oh.
-…Finn Bálor, the man.

1866
01:37:50,465 --> 01:37:53,468
It's a different situation standing
across the ring from The Demon.

1867
01:37:54,035 --> 01:37:55,370
[Michael] Here's the leapfrog and…

1868
01:37:56,204 --> 01:37:58,306
-[Graves] Oh"
-…dropkick by AJ, right on the button.

1869
01:37:58,373 --> 01:38:01,675
Now, we've talked a lot about AJ.
But what about Finn Bálor, The Demon?

1870
01:38:01,742 --> 01:38:04,077
He was preparing for Bray Wyatt tonight.

1871
01:38:04,144 --> 01:38:06,481
Now, on a two-day notice,
he has to prepare

1872
01:38:06,547 --> 01:38:09,951
for one of the best in the world,
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.

1873
01:38:10,017 --> 01:38:13,054
[Graves] The important part for Finn Bálor
is he's already tapped into The Demon. Oh!

1874
01:38:13,121 --> 01:38:15,156
[Michael] Oh!
And he caught AJ with a kick.

1875
01:38:15,223 --> 01:38:17,291
AJ felt that one. He's in trouble.

1876
01:38:17,358 --> 01:38:20,128
Finn Bálor now looking for the cover.

1877
01:38:20,193 --> 01:38:21,262
-No, actually.
-[Graves] Look at the--

1878
01:38:21,329 --> 01:38:23,097
[Michael]
Finn Bálor looking to tie up Styles.

1879
01:38:23,164 --> 01:38:25,633
[Graves]
Finn very proficient in grappling,

1880
01:38:25,700 --> 01:38:27,268
very strong ground game.

1881
01:38:28,568 --> 01:38:30,438
Has control on AJ Styles right now.

1882
01:38:30,505 --> 01:38:32,607
Finn has a moment to decide
what his next maneuver is.

1883
01:38:32,673 --> 01:38:34,642
[Booker] I'ma tell you.
For a guy like AJ Styles,

1884
01:38:34,709 --> 01:38:35,576
who I've been in the ring with,

1885
01:38:35,643 --> 01:38:37,879
you gotta prepare
for a guy like AJ Styles.

1886
01:38:37,945 --> 01:38:42,450
And I don't know if a couple of days
is enough time for Finn Bálor.

1887
01:38:42,517 --> 01:38:46,420
[Michael] And Finn Bálor looking
to continue to punish AJ Styles.

1888
01:38:46,487 --> 01:38:48,623
[Graves] Oh, look at this.
Surfboard submission.

1889
01:38:48,688 --> 01:38:52,058
[crowd cheering]

1890
01:38:52,125 --> 01:38:53,661
[Graves]
Puts an incredible amount of pressure

1891
01:38:53,728 --> 01:38:55,329
on your shoulders, on your knees.

1892
01:38:55,396 --> 01:38:57,331
[Booker] But Finn Bálor,
just to hold a move like that,

1893
01:38:57,398 --> 01:38:58,833
take a lot on him too, Corey.

1894
01:38:58,900 --> 01:39:00,735
[Michael] Look at the torque,
though, on AJ.

1895
01:39:02,737 --> 01:39:04,938
And Finn, again, looking to wrap AJ up.

1896
01:39:05,473 --> 01:39:08,875
[Booker] Finn right now just trying
to go from one set to another

1897
01:39:08,942 --> 01:39:11,679
just to, you know,
pretty much take away the legs

1898
01:39:11,746 --> 01:39:13,714
from AJ Styles here early in the contest.

1899
01:39:13,781 --> 01:39:16,284
[Michael] AJ grabbing the rope,
forcing the break by the official.

1900
01:39:16,349 --> 01:39:18,186
[Graves] This is certainly
a more tentative side of The Demon

1901
01:39:18,251 --> 01:39:19,786
than we've seen in the past.

1902
01:39:19,853 --> 01:39:21,856
Usually, 100 miles an hour
right out of the gate.

1903
01:39:21,923 --> 01:39:23,491
-[Michael] A feeling-out process and-- Oh!
-[Graves] Oh!

1904
01:39:23,558 --> 01:39:26,427
[Michael] And obviously respect
being shown to AJ Styles

1905
01:39:26,494 --> 01:39:27,995
at all he's accomplished.

1906
01:39:28,062 --> 01:39:29,397
Chop to the chest.

1907
01:39:29,464 --> 01:39:31,465
[Booker] AJ's gonna have
to be crafty tonight, guys.

1908
01:39:31,532 --> 01:39:34,669
Just go… He can't go out there
and just go all out.

1909
01:39:34,768 --> 01:39:36,771
First up, he's gonna have to be smart.

1910
01:39:36,971 --> 01:39:39,706
[Michael] Oh!
Dropkick right to the face by The Demon.

1911
01:39:39,773 --> 01:39:42,910
Finn Bálor,
the first-ever Universal Champion.

1912
01:39:44,712 --> 01:39:46,614
[Booker]
Especially after flying all night.

1913
01:39:48,916 --> 01:39:51,052
[Graves] You gotta wonder
if that plays into AJ Styles's plan,

1914
01:39:51,117 --> 01:39:52,519
but not right there, Booker.

1915
01:39:52,587 --> 01:39:53,888
-[Michael] AJ just stopped…
-[Graves] Wow.

1916
01:39:53,955 --> 01:39:56,023
…The Demon in his tracks.

1917
01:39:56,090 --> 01:39:58,125
[Graves] It's like Styles
was shot out of a cannon.

1918
01:40:00,193 --> 01:40:03,331
That just stopped
all of the momentum Bálor had built.

1919
01:40:04,764 --> 01:40:06,300
[Booker] You know, AJ wasted no time

1920
01:40:06,366 --> 01:40:08,603
-coming to WWE. Oh!
-[Graves] Oh!

1921
01:40:09,202 --> 01:40:11,472
[Booker] Coming here to WWE
and just making his mark.

1922
01:40:11,539 --> 01:40:13,007
And tonight, guys, this'd be a big mark,

1923
01:40:13,107 --> 01:40:17,277
beating the first-ever
Universal Champion here at TLC.

1924
01:40:18,513 --> 01:40:20,380
[Michael] Finn Bálor winning
the Universal Championship

1925
01:40:20,447 --> 01:40:22,483
a couple of years ago at SummerSlam

1926
01:40:22,550 --> 01:40:24,652
in a tremendous matchup
against Seth Rollins.

1927
01:40:24,719 --> 01:40:27,722
He'd go on to get injured,
have to give up the championship,

1928
01:40:27,788 --> 01:40:31,192
hard-fought to get back into things
with a hurt shoulder…

1929
01:40:31,259 --> 01:40:33,995
But Finn back better than ever
as AJ delivers the knee.

1930
01:40:34,061 --> 01:40:37,764
Here's the cover on Bálor,
almost had him, near fall.

1931
01:40:37,831 --> 01:40:39,799
[Booker]
Finn Bálor's been working really hard

1932
01:40:39,866 --> 01:40:42,937
to get back to that position.
But, Cole, let tell me you… [chuckles]

1933
01:40:43,004 --> 01:40:46,674
…as easy as it is to get there,
it's so much harder to get back.

1934
01:40:46,741 --> 01:40:48,276
-Not saying that it was easy…
-[Graves] Oh.

1935
01:40:48,342 --> 01:40:49,509
…for this young man.

1936
01:40:49,576 --> 01:40:51,913
[crowd chanting]
Let's go, Bálor! AJ Styles!

1937
01:40:51,978 --> 01:40:53,614
-[Booker] Mm.
-[Michael] Mixed reaction

1938
01:40:53,681 --> 01:40:57,050
out of the 13,000 plus here
tonight in Minneapolis.

1939
01:40:58,152 --> 01:40:59,152
Oh, wow.

1940
01:40:59,887 --> 01:41:01,155
[Graves] The agility of Styles.

1941
01:41:01,222 --> 01:41:03,391
[crowd chanting]
AJ Styles! Let's go, Bálor!

1942
01:41:03,456 --> 01:41:04,858
-[Michael] AJ Styles!
-[Booker] Oh!

1943
01:41:04,925 --> 01:41:06,594
[Graves] He connected. That might be it.

1944
01:41:06,661 --> 01:41:09,196
[Michael] That could be it.
Hook to the leg on Bálor

1945
01:41:09,263 --> 01:41:10,764
and a kickout at two.

1946
01:41:10,831 --> 01:41:13,200
[Booker] Talking about somebody
going for a homerun early.

1947
01:41:13,267 --> 01:41:16,637
-AJ Styles letting it all hang out.
-[Michael] AJ Styles would love to walk

1948
01:41:16,704 --> 01:41:20,441
into SmackDown Live
Tuesday night in Milwaukee

1949
01:41:20,508 --> 01:41:23,544
with a victory
over Raw's Demon, Finn Bálor,

1950
01:41:23,611 --> 01:41:26,813
as we take another look
at this explosive forearm to the face.

1951
01:41:26,880 --> 01:41:28,081
[Graves] Right on the jaw.

1952
01:41:28,148 --> 01:41:30,418
The real one,
not the painted one, of Finn Bálor.

1953
01:41:32,253 --> 01:41:33,387
[Michael] When you think about it, Corey,

1954
01:41:33,454 --> 01:41:35,322
it'd be embarrassing
for Bálor to lose here tonight

1955
01:41:35,389 --> 01:41:39,460
at the Raw pay-per-view event
to a SmackDown superstar.

1956
01:41:39,527 --> 01:41:41,394
[Graves] It certainly would be.
It's all about pride here.

1957
01:41:41,462 --> 01:41:43,464
But there's no embarrassment ever
in coming up short

1958
01:41:43,531 --> 01:41:46,000
-to "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.
-[Booker] I second that right there.

1959
01:41:46,067 --> 01:41:50,237
AJ Styles is truly one of the best
and Finn Bálor knows it.

1960
01:41:50,804 --> 01:41:52,572
[Graves]
This isn't exactly Survivor Series

1961
01:41:52,639 --> 01:41:54,909
where Raw and SmackDown
will go head-to-head,

1962
01:41:54,976 --> 01:41:56,611
but it's certainly
an interesting situation.

1963
01:41:56,677 --> 01:41:58,478
[Michael] Yeah, well,
it'll whet your appetite a little bit

1964
01:41:58,545 --> 01:42:00,947
for Survivor Series
four weeks from tonight.

1965
01:42:01,549 --> 01:42:05,219
One of the biggest events of the year
as AJ Styles delivers a right.

1966
01:42:05,286 --> 01:42:07,688
Now Finn Bálor,
"The Demon," battling back.

1967
01:42:08,356 --> 01:42:09,423
[grunts]

1968
01:42:10,691 --> 01:42:11,692
[Graves] Oh my goodness.

1969
01:42:11,759 --> 01:42:13,594
[Michael] Oh, and AJ takes down The Demon.

1970
01:42:14,762 --> 01:42:16,030
-[Graves] Cover here by Styles.
-[Michael] Is it enough?

1971
01:42:16,097 --> 01:42:18,499
And a kickout at two, got his shoulder up.

1972
01:42:19,532 --> 01:42:21,434
[Graves] Curious to see
the longer this match goes on,

1973
01:42:21,501 --> 01:42:23,871
how the game plans work themselves out.

1974
01:42:23,938 --> 01:42:26,407
AJ Styles more of a strategic competitor.

1975
01:42:26,474 --> 01:42:30,878
Finn Bálor in demon form
is all about emotion, full speed ahead.

1976
01:42:30,945 --> 01:42:33,246
[Michael] AJ Styles was asked
on the kickoff show…

1977
01:42:33,313 --> 01:42:34,749
-[Graves] Oh.
-…how would he prepare

1978
01:42:34,815 --> 01:42:37,351
for someone that he hasn't been
in the ring with like Finn Bálor.

1979
01:42:37,418 --> 01:42:39,920
He said, "I'm always ready.
I'll do what I usually do."

1980
01:42:39,987 --> 01:42:42,156
"Never underestimate my opponent."

1981
01:42:42,223 --> 01:42:43,758
[Booker] You know,
normally, in the end, guys,

1982
01:42:43,824 --> 01:42:45,026
it's gonna come down to endurance.

1983
01:42:45,092 --> 01:42:46,893
Who's… Who wants it more? Who has…

1984
01:42:46,960 --> 01:42:48,763
-[Graves] Oh.
-…more in the tank?

1985
01:42:48,829 --> 01:42:51,465
[Graves] Both of these competitors
have outrageous amounts

1986
01:42:51,532 --> 01:42:52,967
of stamina in their system.

1987
01:42:54,934 --> 01:42:56,170
[Michael] And you look
at the incredible shape

1988
01:42:56,237 --> 01:42:58,472
both of these superstars are in.

1989
01:43:00,674 --> 01:43:03,477
Oh, and that shot you can hear echo
in the Target Center.

1990
01:43:03,544 --> 01:43:06,547
[crowd clamor]

1991
01:43:09,116 --> 01:43:10,351
[Michael] And another one.

1992
01:43:14,655 --> 01:43:16,257
[Booker] AJ Styles, just look at the kid.

1993
01:43:16,322 --> 01:43:20,161
No wasted motion
from "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.

1994
01:43:20,227 --> 01:43:22,329
[Michael] And Finn with a chop of his own.

1995
01:43:22,396 --> 01:43:23,898
[Graves] Same can be said for Bálor.

1996
01:43:23,964 --> 01:43:26,767
[crowd cheering]

1997
01:43:26,834 --> 01:43:29,202
[Graves] Look at these
rapid-fire rights and lefts.

1998
01:43:30,670 --> 01:43:32,339
-Oh!
-[crowd exclaiming]

1999
01:43:36,677 --> 01:43:38,144
[Michael]
Styles is whipped into the corner.

2000
01:43:38,212 --> 01:43:39,513
[crowd exclaiming]

2001
01:43:42,782 --> 01:43:44,250
[Michael] Is this the pace
you expected, Corey?

2002
01:43:45,119 --> 01:43:46,920
[Graves]
Honestly, I didn't know what to expect.

2003
01:43:46,987 --> 01:43:48,723
Both of these superstars are so capable.

2004
01:43:48,856 --> 01:43:50,090
-[Booker] Mm!
-[Michael] Oh!

2005
01:43:50,157 --> 01:43:53,393
AJ knocked from a perch
on the top turnbuckle

2006
01:43:53,460 --> 01:43:56,063
by a wicked kick by The Demon.

2007
01:43:56,130 --> 01:43:58,965
[Graves] Both competitors
have such diverse skill sets,

2008
01:43:59,567 --> 01:44:01,936
incredible abilities
in and out of the ring.

2009
01:44:03,269 --> 01:44:06,206
-What's Bálor thinking about?
-[Michael] And here he is.

2010
01:44:06,273 --> 01:44:10,210
Oh, launching himself
over the top rope and The Demon flies.

2011
01:44:10,878 --> 01:44:12,880
[Graves] But how much did Finn
take out of himself?

2012
01:44:13,347 --> 01:44:15,249
A crash landing for The Demon.

2013
01:44:16,317 --> 01:44:19,420
[Booker] Guys, Finn Bálor just
picked up the pace just a little bit,

2014
01:44:19,487 --> 01:44:21,388
just kicked it into another gear and…

2015
01:44:22,423 --> 01:44:23,758
[Graves] Take another look
at this amazing kick.

2016
01:44:23,824 --> 01:44:25,125
-[Michael] Boom!
-[crowd exclaims]

2017
01:44:25,192 --> 01:44:27,393
[Graves] Bálor connected
right on the ear of Styles

2018
01:44:27,460 --> 01:44:31,465
and followed up
with a beautiful suicide dive--

2019
01:44:31,532 --> 01:44:33,500
Oh! Taking out The Phenomenal One.

2020
01:44:33,567 --> 01:44:34,934
And here we go, Sling Blade.

2021
01:44:35,001 --> 01:44:37,972
[Michael] Sling blade by Bálor.
Now The Demon measuring AJ Styles.

2022
01:44:38,038 --> 01:44:39,206
Can Finn put him away?

2023
01:44:39,273 --> 01:44:42,442
[Booker] You gotta wonder
if AJ Styles can keep up with this pace.

2024
01:44:42,509 --> 01:44:45,478
Like I say, especially coming off
of a long, long plane flight.

2025
01:44:45,545 --> 01:44:48,516
You gotta… you gotta admire him
for being in a matchup like this.

2026
01:44:48,581 --> 01:44:50,584
[Michael] Yeah,
if anybody can, it's AJ Styles.

2027
01:44:50,651 --> 01:44:51,919
-[Graves] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] The best in the world today.

2028
01:44:51,986 --> 01:44:52,987
-[Booker] Oh!
-[Graves] Oh!

2029
01:44:53,053 --> 01:44:55,389
Right across the back of The Demon's neck.

2030
01:44:55,456 --> 01:44:57,691
[Michael] Now can AJ capitalize?

2031
01:44:59,259 --> 01:45:01,996
[Graves]
Ushigoroshi bought Styles a few moments.

2032
01:45:04,465 --> 01:45:05,799
Can he capitalize?

2033
01:45:06,800 --> 01:45:10,971
Look at this. The Demon with a full head
of steam, AJ just picks him right up.

2034
01:45:11,038 --> 01:45:12,873
[Michael] Yeah, an incredible ushigoroshi.

2035
01:45:12,940 --> 01:45:14,775
[crowd clamor]

2036
01:45:17,710 --> 01:45:20,114
-[Graves] Uh-oh.
-[Michael] Looking for the Styles Clash.

2037
01:45:21,849 --> 01:45:23,717
Finn Bálor, though, lands on his feet.

2038
01:45:23,784 --> 01:45:26,987
AJ from behind, face-first goes Finn.

2039
01:45:27,054 --> 01:45:29,757
AJ Styles for the win, shoulders down,

2040
01:45:29,824 --> 01:45:31,357
Finn survives.

2041
01:45:31,424 --> 01:45:33,427
[crowd cheering]

2042
01:45:35,529 --> 01:45:37,231
[Booker] Let me tell you.
The ones that get you, guys,

2043
01:45:37,298 --> 01:45:39,133
is the one that you don't see coming.

2044
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:41,902
And that's the difference
between most of the guys

2045
01:45:41,969 --> 01:45:43,704
and "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles.

2046
01:45:43,771 --> 01:45:45,873
He's got a lot in his bag of tricks.

2047
01:45:45,940 --> 01:45:48,409
[Graves] Let's take another look at this.
Bálor looking for a knockout strike

2048
01:45:48,608 --> 01:45:52,580
and Styles makes him pay
in a sitout facebuster,

2049
01:45:53,013 --> 01:45:56,282
but still not enough
to topple The Demon for three.

2050
01:45:56,349 --> 01:45:59,186
[Michael] Uh-oh,
stomp right to the side of the face

2051
01:45:59,253 --> 01:46:01,155
of AJ Styles and AJ's hurt.

2052
01:46:01,989 --> 01:46:03,490
AJ is hurt.

2053
01:46:04,258 --> 01:46:07,260
[crowd cheering]

2054
01:46:07,327 --> 01:46:08,795
[Michael] And now The Demon…

2055
01:46:10,898 --> 01:46:13,534
could be closing in
on a victory here tonight.

2056
01:46:15,635 --> 01:46:17,404
Stomping away at Styles.

2057
01:46:18,606 --> 01:46:20,107
Come on now. Back up.

2058
01:46:21,407 --> 01:46:23,943
[Michael] The aggressive side
coming out in The Demon.

2059
01:46:26,914 --> 01:46:27,915
-[yells]
-[Graves] Oh.

2060
01:46:27,982 --> 01:46:30,384
-[Michael] Into the corner goes Finn.
-[Graves] Right on the money.

2061
01:46:30,451 --> 01:46:34,121
Styles trapped between the turnbuckle
and Bálor's feet.

2062
01:46:36,190 --> 01:46:38,157
What's The Demon thinking? Uh-oh.

2063
01:46:38,224 --> 01:46:40,728
[Michael] AJ Styles up, takes the leg,
looking for the Calf Crusher submission.

2064
01:46:40,794 --> 01:46:44,130
Calf Crusher center of the ring,
nowhere for The Demon to go.

2065
01:46:44,197 --> 01:46:47,067
[Graves] Will The Demon be submitted
in the center of the ring?

2066
01:46:47,201 --> 01:46:49,870
[Michael] AJ Styles has got it locked in.

2067
01:46:49,937 --> 01:46:52,239
[Booker] Great veteran move,
right there, by AJ Styles.

2068
01:46:52,306 --> 01:46:55,910
He just took as much
as he possibly could to The Demon,

2069
01:46:55,976 --> 01:46:58,245
just put himself on a position
for a second.

2070
01:46:58,312 --> 01:47:00,014
[Michael] Corey, you went
on a little bit about The Demon here

2071
01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:01,514
as he tries to make his way
to the bottom rope.

2072
01:47:01,581 --> 01:47:02,750
[Graves] Wow, look at this.

2073
01:47:02,816 --> 01:47:05,552
Great ring awareness
by the veteran Styles,

2074
01:47:05,619 --> 01:47:07,922
readjusting Bálor
to the center of the ring,

2075
01:47:07,987 --> 01:47:09,490
the Calf Crusher in deep.

2076
01:47:09,556 --> 01:47:12,026
[Michael] And look at… Oh,
look at The Demon doing everything he can

2077
01:47:12,092 --> 01:47:13,360
to break the Calf Crusher.

2078
01:47:13,427 --> 01:47:15,929
Great counter,
but has the damage been done?

2079
01:47:17,197 --> 01:47:20,534
[Graves] There's no way anyone could sit
in the Calf Crusher of AJ Styles

2080
01:47:20,601 --> 01:47:23,771
for that long and not suffer
some sort of ill effects.

2081
01:47:23,837 --> 01:47:27,942
[Michael] And so much of The Demon's
offense is based on his speed.

2082
01:47:28,008 --> 01:47:31,844
Will that be affected now
by the injury to the leg? It has to be.

2083
01:47:31,911 --> 01:47:34,114
[Booker] I tell you,
AJ Styles just lured him in

2084
01:47:34,181 --> 01:47:36,817
and Finn Bálor just walked right into it

2085
01:47:36,884 --> 01:47:39,420
and almost had to tap.

2086
01:47:39,486 --> 01:47:41,288
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

2087
01:47:42,056 --> 01:47:44,357
This is awesome!

2088
01:47:46,026 --> 01:47:47,661
[Michael]
Styles launched out of the apron,

2089
01:47:47,728 --> 01:47:49,862
catches him with a forearm again.

2090
01:47:49,929 --> 01:47:51,799
[Graves] Is he thinking about
the Phenomenal Forearm?

2091
01:47:51,865 --> 01:47:53,334
But-- Oh! Oh, God.

2092
01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:56,704
[Michael] The Demon with a counter
and AJ could be hurt.

2093
01:47:56,769 --> 01:47:59,473
[crowd clamoring]

2094
01:47:59,540 --> 01:48:02,108
[Graves] The Demon bought himself
some valuable time,

2095
01:48:03,009 --> 01:48:08,148
blocking what I believe was going to be
a Phenomenal Forearm from Styles. But…

2096
01:48:10,284 --> 01:48:12,286
can Bálor will himself
back to his feet?

2097
01:48:12,353 --> 01:48:13,353
Let's take a look at this.

2098
01:48:13,420 --> 01:48:15,121
[Michael] Yeah, he was going
for the Phenomenal Forearm

2099
01:48:15,188 --> 01:48:18,058
and The Demon able
to knock him out of midair.

2100
01:48:18,125 --> 01:48:21,428
[Booker] Simple but very effective
for The Demon right there.

2101
01:48:21,495 --> 01:48:23,163
Put himself in great position.

2102
01:48:24,164 --> 01:48:25,232
We've seen this before.

2103
01:48:25,299 --> 01:48:26,933
[Michael] Runs the apron, takes out AJ.

2104
01:48:27,000 --> 01:48:28,501
-[Booker] Mm.
-[Michael] Vicious.

2105
01:48:29,803 --> 01:48:32,873
[Graves] Mr. Styles,
your teeth are in section 133.

2106
01:48:33,807 --> 01:48:35,909
[Michael] Look at AJ.
Eyes rolling to the back of his head.

2107
01:48:35,976 --> 01:48:37,478
[crowd cheering]

2108
01:48:37,544 --> 01:48:40,114
[Booker] AJ's trying to buy
a little bit of time right now, guys.

2109
01:48:40,179 --> 01:48:42,816
I've been in that position before
and it's not a great place to be.

2110
01:48:42,883 --> 01:48:44,852
[Graves] I don't think
The Demon's allowing any time.

2111
01:48:44,918 --> 01:48:46,219
-[Booker] Oh, man.
-[Michael] The Demon and--

2112
01:48:46,286 --> 01:48:49,389
Oh! And a dropkick,
driving AJ into the barricade.

2113
01:48:49,456 --> 01:48:51,191
The Demon's on the hunt.

2114
01:48:53,794 --> 01:48:55,029
[Graves] Let's take a look at this kick.

2115
01:48:55,094 --> 01:48:58,532
Boom! Bang! Right on the side of AJ's chin

2116
01:48:59,199 --> 01:49:02,369
and Bálor would follow
with a horrific dropkick

2117
01:49:02,436 --> 01:49:04,838
right into the barricade.
Styles is in a lot of trouble.

2118
01:49:04,905 --> 01:49:06,807
[Michael] And meanwhile,
The Demon has rolled back into the ring,

2119
01:49:06,874 --> 01:49:09,308
the official beginning the count.
He's at a count of five now.

2120
01:49:09,977 --> 01:49:11,844
[Graves] Yeah,
but Bálor doesn't wanna win like that.

2121
01:49:11,911 --> 01:49:14,915
[Michael] No, of course not.
Bálor wants to pin or submit AJ Styles.

2122
01:49:14,982 --> 01:49:16,450
That's what this is all about.

2123
01:49:16,517 --> 01:49:18,352
He doesn't wanna take a count out victory.

2124
01:49:18,419 --> 01:49:19,952
-He wants to beat Styles in his--
-[Graves] Oh, no.

2125
01:49:20,019 --> 01:49:21,021
-Look out!
-[Michael] Oh my God!

2126
01:49:21,088 --> 01:49:23,190
Driven onto the German announce table.

2127
01:49:24,157 --> 01:49:26,727
And that may come back
to haunt Finn Bálor.

2128
01:49:29,362 --> 01:49:31,197
The Demon might've had
a count out victory,

2129
01:49:31,264 --> 01:49:33,834
instead he went after Styles
and AJ made him pay.

2130
01:49:33,901 --> 01:49:36,904
[crowd clamor]

2131
01:49:38,639 --> 01:49:41,875
[Booker laughs]
AJ no stranger to a fight, guys.

2132
01:49:41,942 --> 01:49:43,376
[Graves] Let's take another look at this.

2133
01:49:43,443 --> 01:49:47,281
Bálor attempting to pick up Styles,
but AJ with… Oh!

2134
01:49:47,347 --> 01:49:48,982
[Michael] That came
from out of nowhere, Corey.

2135
01:49:49,049 --> 01:49:50,349
[Graves] You're absolutely right.

2136
01:49:52,419 --> 01:49:54,955
I'm surprised the German announce team
could move that quickly.

2137
01:49:56,456 --> 01:49:58,125
[crowd] Eight…

2138
01:49:58,192 --> 01:49:59,992
[Michael] And both men back
into the ring, bringing--

2139
01:50:00,059 --> 01:50:02,896
being in the count again.
We do not want a count-out victory here.

2140
01:50:02,963 --> 01:50:04,630
-[Graves] This is about pride.
-[Michael] Neither one of these men do.

2141
01:50:04,697 --> 01:50:06,232
-[Graves] This is-- Oh!
-[Michael] Oh! And what a collision,

2142
01:50:06,299 --> 01:50:07,601
middle of the ring.

2143
01:50:07,668 --> 01:50:09,603
That'll break some ribs.

2144
01:50:09,670 --> 01:50:11,772
-[Graves] Oh, that clothesline.
-[Michael] And again, a collision.

2145
01:50:12,639 --> 01:50:14,907
[Graves] Both of these athletes
so well matched,

2146
01:50:14,974 --> 01:50:17,009
obviously thinking the same thing.

2147
01:50:17,777 --> 01:50:18,911
Both men are down.

2148
01:50:18,978 --> 01:50:22,182
This is exactly
what the WWE Universe says it is.

2149
01:50:22,249 --> 01:50:23,250
This is awesome.

2150
01:50:23,317 --> 01:50:25,619
[Michael] And, Corey, you know,
you hit the nail on the head

2151
01:50:25,686 --> 01:50:27,286
when you use the word "pride."

2152
01:50:27,387 --> 01:50:29,690
That is what it is about
from both of these superstars.

2153
01:50:31,290 --> 01:50:33,093
Take another look at the collision.

2154
01:50:33,160 --> 01:50:35,161
[Booker] That's the first one
right there, guys.

2155
01:50:35,862 --> 01:50:39,398
[Michael] And then the double clothesline
here taking both men out.

2156
01:50:39,465 --> 01:50:41,401
[crowd clamoring]

2157
01:50:44,237 --> 01:50:46,607
[Michael] Back to their feet,
Bálor unloads first.

2158
01:50:51,077 --> 01:50:55,549
[Booker] Truly a dream match, guy--
that we have right here before us, guys.

2159
01:50:55,616 --> 01:50:59,753
-[Graves] Breaking down right now.
-[Booker] It's a-- It's a donnybrook.

2160
01:50:59,820 --> 01:51:00,920
-[Michael] And look at AJ.
-[Graves] Oh!

2161
01:51:00,987 --> 01:51:02,623
-[Booker] Oh.
-[Michael] Rights and lefts, the kicks.

2162
01:51:02,688 --> 01:51:04,525
And there he is.

2163
01:51:04,590 --> 01:51:07,393
Finn Bálor caught AJ
with an overhead kick.

2164
01:51:07,460 --> 01:51:10,496
[Booker] That's that contrasting styles
I was telling you about right there.

2165
01:51:10,563 --> 01:51:14,535
AJ looked like he was finna land one
and Finn Bálor beat him to the punch.

2166
01:51:14,601 --> 01:51:16,236
[Michael]
Corey, Finn is still favoring the leg

2167
01:51:16,303 --> 01:51:18,438
from the Calf Crusher
earlier on in this match.

2168
01:51:18,505 --> 01:51:20,206
[Graves] You're right.
But Finn landed the overhead kick.

2169
01:51:20,273 --> 01:51:22,942
Very, very similar
to AJ Styles's Pelé Kick.

2170
01:51:23,777 --> 01:51:25,411
But The Demon is standing right now.

2171
01:51:25,478 --> 01:51:27,614
Could we be thinking about the end?

2172
01:51:28,915 --> 01:51:30,517
Great counter by Styles.

2173
01:51:30,584 --> 01:51:32,818
[Michael] AJ Styles… Finn Bálor counters.

2174
01:51:33,654 --> 01:51:35,556
[Graves] Can he get him up? There it-- Oh.

2175
01:51:35,621 --> 01:51:36,623
[Michael] Oh, no, no, no, no.

2176
01:51:36,690 --> 01:51:38,058
-[Booker] Oh.
-[Michael] AJ lands on his feet.

2177
01:51:38,592 --> 01:51:42,129
Finn though drops the elbow,
driving AJ into the mat.

2178
01:51:42,196 --> 01:51:45,898
[Graves] And now, I think,
Bálor looking for the 1916.

2179
01:51:45,965 --> 01:51:47,099
[Michael]
Been a while since we've seen it.

2180
01:51:47,166 --> 01:51:48,335
-[Graves] Boom! There it is.
-[Booker] Oh man.

2181
01:51:48,402 --> 01:51:50,837
[Michael] Driving AJ into mat,
hook to the leg.

2182
01:51:50,904 --> 01:51:52,371
-[Graves] No way.
-[Michael] Is it enough? Almost had him.

2183
01:51:52,438 --> 01:51:54,174
AJ got the shoulder up.

2184
01:51:54,241 --> 01:51:58,344
[Graves] It'll be a sanguineous Sunday
for sure in the Styles household.

2185
01:51:58,411 --> 01:52:00,847
I can't believe AJ kicked out of that.

2186
01:52:00,914 --> 01:52:02,215
[Booker] I've never seen
that move right there,

2187
01:52:02,281 --> 01:52:05,352
but you can see all the air
go out the lungs of AJ Styles.

2188
01:52:05,419 --> 01:52:07,688
Don't know how he kicked out
of that one right there.

2189
01:52:07,754 --> 01:52:11,058
[Graves] But I can tell you, Styles has
seen that very maneuver many times

2190
01:52:11,124 --> 01:52:12,692
in the other side of the world,

2191
01:52:12,759 --> 01:52:14,294
but I don't think he's ever been
on the other end.

2192
01:52:14,393 --> 01:52:17,831
[Michael] But, Corey, it's a long time
since we've seen this here in WWE.

2193
01:52:17,898 --> 01:52:20,534
And that's what Finn Bálor's doing,
pulling out all stops here now…

2194
01:52:20,634 --> 01:52:21,835
-[Graves] Look out.
-…against AJ

2195
01:52:21,902 --> 01:52:23,870
as he drives him back
into the corner again.

2196
01:52:23,937 --> 01:52:25,938
[groans]

2197
01:52:26,540 --> 01:52:27,907
[Michael] And now The Demon--

2198
01:52:27,974 --> 01:52:29,742
[crowd cheering]

2199
01:52:29,809 --> 01:52:32,379
[Booker] AJ is in a bad place
right now, guys.

2200
01:52:32,446 --> 01:52:33,914
[Michael] Going up to the top.

2201
01:52:34,880 --> 01:52:38,518
-AJ back to his feet, Pelé Kick!
-[Graves chuckling] Oh!

2202
01:52:38,585 --> 01:52:40,087
-[Booker] Wow!
-[Michael] Caught him on the top rope.

2203
01:52:40,152 --> 01:52:42,121
[Graves]
The Demon is out cold on the top rope.

2204
01:52:43,956 --> 01:52:45,858
Can Styles finish this?

2205
01:52:45,925 --> 01:52:48,262
[Booker]
AJ got all of that one, right there, too.

2206
01:52:50,397 --> 01:52:51,965
[Graves] Bálor hasn't moved.

2207
01:52:54,468 --> 01:52:57,204
Look at this ridiculous athleticism.

2208
01:52:57,271 --> 01:52:59,273
[crowd exclaims]

2209
01:53:01,375 --> 01:53:03,076
[Michael]
Again, Bálor still on the top rope,

2210
01:53:03,143 --> 01:53:04,244
AJ up there as well.

2211
01:53:04,311 --> 01:53:05,779
Oh my goodness.

2212
01:53:06,513 --> 01:53:09,915
AJ Styles, hook to the leg
for a Styles victory

2213
01:53:09,982 --> 01:53:13,654
and The Demon kicks out at two
and this match continues.

2214
01:53:13,719 --> 01:53:15,188
[Graves] You gotta wonder
if the Hurricanrana that

2215
01:53:15,255 --> 01:53:18,291
Styles connected with
woke Bálor up enough to kick out.

2216
01:53:19,593 --> 01:53:21,728
[Booker] Let me tell you.
AJ Styles right now,

2217
01:53:22,329 --> 01:53:25,264
he's in that eleventh hour.
But this is what-- This is what proves

2218
01:53:25,331 --> 01:53:28,902
that he is a world-class
international athlete.

2219
01:53:28,969 --> 01:53:30,103
That's AJ Styles.

2220
01:53:30,170 --> 01:53:31,371
[Michael] Oh, both of these men are.

2221
01:53:31,438 --> 01:53:33,540
[Graves] You're right, Cole,
both of these superstars.

2222
01:53:34,907 --> 01:53:36,710
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

2223
01:53:37,443 --> 01:53:40,714
[Graves] Styles… Oh! Misses the 450.

2224
01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:43,049
[Michael] And this allows The Demon…

2225
01:53:44,518 --> 01:53:46,119
-[Graves] What a lariat.
-…to get back into this

2226
01:53:46,186 --> 01:53:49,556
as he turns AJ inside out.

2227
01:53:50,857 --> 01:53:52,726
[Graves] Another shotgun dropkick.

2228
01:53:52,793 --> 01:53:53,994
Styles…

2229
01:53:55,161 --> 01:53:57,864
All the wind knocked out of AJ's body.

2230
01:53:57,931 --> 01:53:59,965
Can The Demon sense the finale?

2231
01:54:00,032 --> 01:54:01,802
[crowd cheering]

2232
01:54:02,702 --> 01:54:06,273
[Michael]
Oh, the Coup De Grace from Finn Bálor.

2233
01:54:06,339 --> 01:54:07,708
The Demon with a cover

2234
01:54:07,840 --> 01:54:10,043
-and a victory for The Demon.
-[bell ringing]

2235
01:54:10,110 --> 01:54:12,978
-[crowd cheering]
-["Catch Your Breath" playing]

2236
01:54:13,045 --> 01:54:18,085
[Rome] Here's your winner,
"The Demon" Finn Bálor.

2237
01:54:18,151 --> 01:54:19,619
[Michael] What a match.

2238
01:54:21,588 --> 01:54:24,023
I think the dream match delivered.

2239
01:54:24,558 --> 01:54:27,160
-[Booker] What a great match.
-[Graves] I can't be-- I can't say that

2240
01:54:27,227 --> 01:54:31,063
Sister Abigail wouldn't have done
any better, but this was an extraordinary,

2241
01:54:31,130 --> 01:54:34,166
competitive, high-stakes matchup.

2242
01:54:34,233 --> 01:54:35,669
[Booker] You said it, Corey.
You said it earlier,

2243
01:54:35,736 --> 01:54:37,269
it's about the competition.

2244
01:54:37,804 --> 01:54:40,240
[Graves] Look at this.
Both men pulling out all the stops,

2245
01:54:40,307 --> 01:54:43,276
taking it high risk from the top rope.

2246
01:54:43,343 --> 01:54:47,347
This somehow wasn't enough
to be the nail in the coffin of The Demon.

2247
01:54:49,449 --> 01:54:51,718
[Michael] And then AJ would go
for the 450 here, Corey,

2248
01:54:51,785 --> 01:54:55,155
and this miss right here
would set up The Demon for a victory.

2249
01:54:55,222 --> 01:54:58,125
[Graves] Just the slightest opening
was all Bálor would need.

2250
01:54:58,191 --> 01:55:00,727
Boom! Massive dropkick,

2251
01:55:00,794 --> 01:55:04,130
once again launching Styles
into the turnbuckle.

2252
01:55:04,197 --> 01:55:06,967
The Demon is perched, takes flight,

2253
01:55:07,032 --> 01:55:10,871
Coup De Grace right through the heart
of The Phenomenal One.

2254
01:55:11,438 --> 01:55:15,174
[Michael] The Demon flying through the air
with a Coup De Grace

2255
01:55:15,241 --> 01:55:17,043
to pick up the victory tonight

2256
01:55:17,110 --> 01:55:21,248
in this dream match over AJ Styles.

2257
01:55:21,313 --> 01:55:25,050
One thing I would like to do, though,
is take this opportunity tonight

2258
01:55:25,117 --> 01:55:27,320
to thank AJ Styles-- to thank Styles

2259
01:55:27,387 --> 01:55:30,723
for getting on a plane last night
in South America, flying all the way here

2260
01:55:30,790 --> 01:55:33,960
overnight to compete in
this Raw exclusive pay-per-view event.

2261
01:55:34,027 --> 01:55:36,862
AJ is from SmackDown Live.
He came here tonight

2262
01:55:36,929 --> 01:55:39,766
and gave one hell of a match
against The Demon.

2263
01:55:39,833 --> 01:55:42,536
[Graves]
Under the unlikeliest of circumstances,

2264
01:55:42,602 --> 01:55:46,973
both of these athletes gave us
a memory we will never ever forget.

2265
01:55:47,040 --> 01:55:50,777
[crowd cheering]

2266
01:56:08,795 --> 01:56:10,197
[Graves laughs]

2267
01:56:12,165 --> 01:56:14,067
What a show of respect…

2268
01:56:14,134 --> 01:56:16,202
-[Michael] What a moment.
-…between these warriors.

2269
01:56:16,268 --> 01:56:19,505
[Booker] I think we'll see this again
somewhere down the road, guys.

2270
01:56:19,572 --> 01:56:20,941
[Graves] I hope you're right, Booker.

2271
01:56:21,007 --> 01:56:24,009
[Michael] For the first time ever,
it did not disappoint.

2272
01:56:24,076 --> 01:56:27,080
An incredible performance tonight
from one of the best,

2273
01:56:27,147 --> 01:56:29,348
if the not the best, in the world today.

2274
01:56:29,415 --> 01:56:31,852
AJ Styles from SmackDown Live,

2275
01:56:31,918 --> 01:56:35,288
and that man,
the up-and-coming Demon, Finn Bálor,

2276
01:56:35,355 --> 01:56:38,290
who's taken Monday Night Raw by storm.

2277
01:56:38,357 --> 01:56:41,361
["Catch Your Breath" continues]

2278
01:56:48,468 --> 01:56:52,672
[Graves] Demon days
have descended upon the WWE,

2279
01:56:53,572 --> 01:56:56,076
Bálor Club worldwide.

2280
01:56:56,142 --> 01:56:57,677
[Michael] Moments like this

2281
01:56:57,744 --> 01:57:01,014
that happen on the WWE Network.

2282
01:57:01,081 --> 01:57:03,916
Congratulations to The Demon.

2283
01:57:11,124 --> 01:57:14,126
[song fades]

2284
01:57:14,960 --> 01:57:17,931
["Superheroes" playing]

2285
01:57:20,299 --> 01:57:21,867
♪ Oh ♪

2286
01:57:25,505 --> 01:57:28,775
♪ When you've been fighting
For it all your life ♪

2287
01:57:28,842 --> 01:57:31,277
♪ You've been struggling
To make things right ♪

2288
01:57:31,344 --> 01:57:34,981
♪ That's how a superhero learns to fly ♪

2289
01:57:35,048 --> 01:57:37,083
♪ Every day, every hour
Turn the pain into power ♪

2290
01:57:37,150 --> 01:57:39,986
♪ When you've been fighting
For it all your life ♪

2291
01:57:40,053 --> 01:57:42,989
♪ You've been struggling
To make things right ♪

2292
01:57:43,056 --> 01:57:48,995
♪ That's how a superhero leans to fly ♪

2293
01:57:50,630 --> 01:57:52,732
[song fades]

2294
01:57:53,799 --> 01:57:56,536
[crowd booing]

2295
01:57:56,603 --> 01:58:00,706
[Rome] Ladies and gentlemen,
once again, Elias.

2296
01:58:00,773 --> 01:58:02,709
[strums guitar]

2297
01:58:02,776 --> 01:58:05,779
[crowd booing]

2298
01:58:19,425 --> 01:58:23,196
By now you know I am Elias.

2299
01:58:28,034 --> 01:58:29,436
And in just a minute,

2300
01:58:30,370 --> 01:58:32,672
I'm going to have a match
with Jason Jordan.

2301
01:58:36,241 --> 01:58:39,279
And, Jason, you spent all night
with your childish pranks.

2302
01:58:40,580 --> 01:58:41,748
That doesn't surprise me,

2303
01:58:41,815 --> 01:58:44,351
you never had a dad around
to teach you the right way.

2304
01:58:45,884 --> 01:58:48,888
[crowd clamoring]

2305
01:58:50,656 --> 01:58:53,727
But before I'll show everyone
that I am the better man,

2306
01:58:54,594 --> 01:58:59,598
I am going to play a song for Jason
on his way down to the ring.

2307
01:59:02,469 --> 01:59:05,472
[playing mellow tune]

2308
01:59:15,615 --> 01:59:18,151
♪ Jason, yes… ♪

2309
01:59:18,218 --> 01:59:20,353
["Next Generation of Great" playing]

2310
01:59:20,420 --> 01:59:22,054
-[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Not again.

2311
01:59:22,554 --> 01:59:24,523
I mean, Elias worked on his dream out here

2312
01:59:24,590 --> 01:59:27,559
and he gets interrupted by Jason Jordan
for the third time tonight.

2313
01:59:27,626 --> 01:59:29,795
[Graves] Was his dream
to be in a Creed cover band?

2314
01:59:29,862 --> 01:59:31,063
[bell ringing]

2315
01:59:31,130 --> 01:59:34,134
[Rome] The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

2316
01:59:34,200 --> 01:59:36,769
Making his way to the ring,
from Chicago, Illinois,

2317
01:59:36,835 --> 01:59:41,340
weighing in at 245 pounds, Jason Jordan.

2318
01:59:41,407 --> 01:59:42,709
[Michael] Well, this match was made,

2319
01:59:42,776 --> 01:59:45,612
uh, after the last altercation
earlier tonight.

2320
01:59:45,679 --> 01:59:48,481
Jason Jordan came out
interrupting Elias a couple of times

2321
01:59:48,548 --> 01:59:52,751
by throwing produce
from a supermarket at him.

2322
01:59:53,353 --> 01:59:54,721
[Graves] We're talking celery,

2323
01:59:54,788 --> 01:59:57,357
-lettuce, cabbage.
-[Michael] Carrots.

2324
01:59:58,191 --> 01:59:59,726
[song fades]

2325
02:00:00,226 --> 02:00:01,393
-I think a melon.
-[bell ringing]

2326
02:00:01,460 --> 02:00:03,563
[Graves] There was a banana.
There was definitely a banana.

2327
02:00:03,630 --> 02:00:06,232
[Michael] And here we go.
Jordan and Elias one-on-one tonight.

2328
02:00:06,299 --> 02:00:08,768
All kidding aside,
this should be a great matchup.

2329
02:00:08,835 --> 02:00:12,806
Two of the young up-and-coming superstars
on the Monday Night Raw roster

2330
02:00:12,871 --> 02:00:15,241
and they've had quite the rivalry
over the past few weeks.

2331
02:00:16,041 --> 02:00:18,445
[Graves] Listen, I might feel
a certain way about his music,

2332
02:00:18,510 --> 02:00:19,713
or lack of musical talent,

2333
02:00:19,779 --> 02:00:21,614
but Elias gets it done
in between the rope.

2334
02:00:21,681 --> 02:00:23,616
But the same can be said for Jason Jordan.

2335
02:00:23,683 --> 02:00:27,120
Since being revealed to the world
that he was the son of Kurt Angle,

2336
02:00:27,187 --> 02:00:29,723
I mean, Jordan's made the most
of every opportunity he's been given.

2337
02:00:29,789 --> 02:00:32,558
[Michael] Last week at Monday Night Raw's,
Six-Man Tag Team matchup,

2338
02:00:32,625 --> 02:00:34,861
Jason's team beat Elias's team.

2339
02:00:36,196 --> 02:00:37,897
Collar-and-elbow tie up
center of the ring.

2340
02:00:37,964 --> 02:00:40,032
Jason got upset here tonight
because, in the kickoff show,

2341
02:00:40,099 --> 02:00:42,701
he was having a moment
with his father, Kurt Angle,

2342
02:00:42,768 --> 02:00:44,670
-talking about Kurt's return to WWE.
-[Graves] Oh!

2343
02:00:44,737 --> 02:00:47,540
[Michael] Nice takedown
by Jason Jordan to Elias.

2344
02:00:47,607 --> 02:00:52,010
Elias interrupted, wanting to sing tonight
and Jason got upset with that.

2345
02:00:53,079 --> 02:00:55,949
[Graves] Look at the power
of Jason Jordan. My goodness,

2346
02:00:56,014 --> 02:00:58,718
just dumping Elias down into the cover.

2347
02:00:58,785 --> 02:01:01,019
Elias could thank his ring positioning
for that one.

2348
02:01:01,087 --> 02:01:03,056
[Booker] You know, Corey,
I don't know if you noticed,

2349
02:01:03,123 --> 02:01:04,357
but I'm gonna tell you right now.
Jason Jordan…

2350
02:01:04,424 --> 02:01:05,424
-[Michael] Oh!
-…just came out here.

2351
02:01:05,491 --> 02:01:08,827
He's totally underestimating Elias
and his-- and his ability.

2352
02:01:08,894 --> 02:01:10,929
-I think that's gonna be--
-[Graves] Oh, look at… Oh!

2353
02:01:10,996 --> 02:01:12,499
[Booker] I think it's gonna be a mistake.

2354
02:01:12,565 --> 02:01:14,634
[Graves] And I don't think
Jordan's underestimating anybody, Book.

2355
02:01:14,701 --> 02:01:17,570
I think Jason Jordan is confident
and has every single right to be.

2356
02:01:17,637 --> 02:01:20,240
[Booker] Let me tell you something.
His walk to the ring, his swagger.

2357
02:01:20,306 --> 02:01:24,210
Just a look, man, that right there
tells me a whole lot about this kid.

2358
02:01:24,277 --> 02:01:25,445
He's got a lot to learn.

2359
02:01:26,312 --> 02:01:28,181
[Graves] You think-- Book, you think
Jason Jordan's got a lot to learn…

2360
02:01:28,248 --> 02:01:29,581
-[Booker] Yes.
-…'cause he's got swag, Book?

2361
02:01:29,648 --> 02:01:31,116
[Booker] No, no, not because of that.

2362
02:01:31,183 --> 02:01:35,054
Just because, uh, he's underestimating
a guy like… a guy like Elias,

2363
02:01:35,121 --> 02:01:37,490
who has been nothing but money

2364
02:01:37,557 --> 02:01:39,592
ever since showing up here
on Monday Night Raw.

2365
02:01:39,659 --> 02:01:40,960
[Graves] Well, not everyone agrees
with you, Booker.

2366
02:01:41,027 --> 02:01:43,929
See? You're the only one out here
with your Elias fan club

2367
02:01:43,996 --> 02:01:45,464
laminate on your suit pants. I mean--

2368
02:01:45,531 --> 02:01:46,965
-[Michael] I like Elias.
-[Booker] See that?

2369
02:01:47,032 --> 02:01:49,335
[Graves] Well, you got to send me
money for the fan club, Cole.

2370
02:01:50,637 --> 02:01:51,638
[Michael] Yeah, I won't do that.

2371
02:01:51,704 --> 02:01:54,907
And look at Elias now,
clubbing blow to the back of Jason Jordan.

2372
02:01:54,973 --> 02:01:56,843
Side headlock now by Elias.

2373
02:01:58,844 --> 02:02:00,112
[Graves] And again,
I take every opportunity

2374
02:02:00,179 --> 02:02:02,615
to give Elias the credit
he's due inside the ring.

2375
02:02:02,682 --> 02:02:03,750
He's a tough dude.

2376
02:02:03,817 --> 02:02:05,485
He gets better and better
each time you see him.

2377
02:02:05,552 --> 02:02:09,022
But Jason Jordan has got all the tools
to be a champion someday.

2378
02:02:09,088 --> 02:02:10,589
[Michael] And, Corey,
let's talk about Jason Jordan.

2379
02:02:10,656 --> 02:02:13,058
What's he's going through tonight,
not only in this matchup with Elias,

2380
02:02:13,125 --> 02:02:14,561
-but he has the opportunity…
-[Graves] Oh!

2381
02:02:14,626 --> 02:02:16,228
…to be here
and watch his father…

2382
02:02:16,295 --> 02:02:18,531
Here's the cover by Elias and a kickout.

2383
02:02:18,598 --> 02:02:21,334
Watch his father compete in the WWE ring.

2384
02:02:21,401 --> 02:02:23,736
[Graves] It's gotta be
an incredible feeling for Jason Jordan.

2385
02:02:23,803 --> 02:02:27,840
You think of the stories of how rare it is
for Ken Griffey Jr. and Sr.

2386
02:02:27,906 --> 02:02:29,209
to play at the same time,

2387
02:02:29,275 --> 02:02:32,111
to be able to compete on the same night
as your father making history.

2388
02:02:32,178 --> 02:02:33,646
[Booker]
You know the difference? Ken Griffey Jr.,

2389
02:02:33,713 --> 02:02:36,148
-he earned his spot on the team.
-[Michael] Oh, here we go.

2390
02:02:36,215 --> 02:02:38,418
-[Graves] Here we go again, Book.
-[Booker] That's the difference.

2391
02:02:38,483 --> 02:02:39,986
-[Michael] Here we go again.
-[Booker] That's the difference.

2392
02:02:40,053 --> 02:02:42,088
[Michael] By the way, Booker,
Jason Jordan was an accomplished athlete

2393
02:02:42,155 --> 02:02:43,255
-in WWE before…
-[Graves] Look at that.

2394
02:02:43,322 --> 02:02:45,758
-…you even knew who his dad was.
-[Graves] Uh-oh.

2395
02:02:45,825 --> 02:02:48,628
[Michael] Jason Jordan catching Elias
and now there we go.

2396
02:02:48,695 --> 02:02:50,630
-[Graves] Oh!
-[Michael] Running slam to Elias.

2397
02:02:50,697 --> 02:02:53,499
Jason, cover. Is it enough?
Hooks the leg and a kickout.

2398
02:02:53,566 --> 02:02:55,602
-[Booker] That was a great move.
-[Graves] A little extra on that one.

2399
02:02:55,668 --> 02:02:59,005
You could see Elias wince.
Hips first driven right into the mat.

2400
02:02:59,072 --> 02:03:01,273
[Michael] Remember, Jason,
a former Tag Team Champion

2401
02:03:01,406 --> 02:03:04,844
over on SmackDown Live
and there's a dropkick to Elias

2402
02:03:04,911 --> 02:03:07,614
who landed on the apron,
drags him back in center of the ring,

2403
02:03:07,679 --> 02:03:09,848
hook of the leg and a kickout at two.

2404
02:03:10,183 --> 02:03:11,718
[Booker] Uh, I can say this,

2405
02:03:11,784 --> 02:03:14,454
if Jason Jordan get a win
here tonight over Elias,

2406
02:03:14,519 --> 02:03:18,391
this will be the biggest win
since coming over for the Raw brand.

2407
02:03:18,458 --> 02:03:20,093
[Graves] Well, we're glad
you made that declaration, Book.

2408
02:03:20,159 --> 02:03:22,996
I think others would disagree
but let's talk… Oh.

2409
02:03:23,062 --> 02:03:25,798
I said talk about
the ridiculous power-- Oh!

2410
02:03:25,865 --> 02:03:29,969
[Michael] Elias driving Jason
into the corner with a knee to the back.

2411
02:03:30,036 --> 02:03:33,239
Jason hit face-first,
the official rushing over there

2412
02:03:33,306 --> 02:03:35,275
-to make sure he was okay.
-[Booker] That's what I like about Elias,

2413
02:03:35,340 --> 02:03:37,043
nothing's pretty but effective.

2414
02:03:37,110 --> 02:03:38,777
He goes out to get the job done.

2415
02:03:38,844 --> 02:03:41,848
[Graves] Knee right between
the shoulder blades of Jordan,

2416
02:03:41,915 --> 02:03:44,317
launching JJ into the middle turnbuckle.

2417
02:03:44,384 --> 02:03:47,085
Very effective from Elias.

2418
02:03:47,152 --> 02:03:49,856
[Michael] Corey, of course, you got
a long relationship with Jason Jordan.

2419
02:03:49,923 --> 02:03:52,491
-Great friends with him over the years.
-[Graves] Oh. Yes, sir.

2420
02:03:52,558 --> 02:03:55,061
But look at this right now,
nothing friendly about Elias.

2421
02:03:55,128 --> 02:03:57,297
-[Booker] Yeah.
-[Graves] Just throwing hammers.

2422
02:03:58,330 --> 02:04:00,566
[Booker] Talk about the debut
of this man right here.

2423
02:04:00,633 --> 02:04:03,503
I mean, he has done nothing
but what, Cole? Win.

2424
02:04:03,670 --> 02:04:04,737
[Michael] Who, Elias?

2425
02:04:04,804 --> 02:04:06,239
-[Booker] Elias, yes.
-[Graves] Elias lost last week, Booker.

2426
02:04:06,306 --> 02:04:08,407
[Booker] He's a winner.
This guy's a winner.

2427
02:04:08,473 --> 02:04:10,242
[Graves] But while you're busy
walking with Elias,

2428
02:04:10,309 --> 02:04:11,678
Jason Jordan is making waves.

2429
02:04:11,744 --> 02:04:14,614
[Michael] Oh, but Elias now
taking it to Jordan.

2430
02:04:14,681 --> 02:04:15,848
One…

2431
02:04:15,915 --> 02:04:17,250
[Michael] Listen here.

2432
02:04:17,317 --> 02:04:18,918
Look at the way Booker
looks at things, Corey.

2433
02:04:18,985 --> 02:04:20,186
-[Graves] Oh!
-[Michael] Oh, the only reason

2434
02:04:20,253 --> 02:04:22,455
you got your job out here is 'cause
you're friends with Jason Jordan,

2435
02:04:22,522 --> 02:04:23,822
-who's Kurt Angle's son.
-[Graves] That's right.

2436
02:04:23,889 --> 02:04:25,258
That's definitely accurate.

2437
02:04:27,393 --> 02:04:29,495
-[Booker] Perhaps.
-[Graves laughs]

2438
02:04:29,562 --> 02:04:31,164
-Cover here by Elias.
-[Michael] Is it enough?

2439
02:04:31,230 --> 02:04:34,032
Hook of the leg
and Jordan kicks out again.

2440
02:04:34,701 --> 02:04:36,035
But make no mistake about it.

2441
02:04:36,102 --> 02:04:38,737
Jason Jordan an absolutely
incredible athlete.

2442
02:04:39,571 --> 02:04:43,576
One of the best, uh, wrestlers
in the country in college in Indiana.

2443
02:04:43,643 --> 02:04:45,244
[Booker] I take nothing away
from Jason Jordan.

2444
02:04:45,478 --> 02:04:48,080
You see, this right here,
this is a great matchup

2445
02:04:48,147 --> 02:04:49,382
-for Jason Jordan.
-[Michael] Wait a minute.

2446
02:04:49,449 --> 02:04:50,916
-[Graves] Cover here by Elias.
-[Michael] Here we go again.

2447
02:04:50,983 --> 02:04:52,617
Hook of the leg and a kickout again.

2448
02:04:52,684 --> 02:04:53,820
You just flip-flopped

2449
02:04:53,885 --> 02:04:55,655
-in the span of one minute.
-[Booker] No, no. What I'm saying is,

2450
02:04:55,722 --> 02:04:57,522
if you can go out here
and beat a guy like Elias,

2451
02:04:57,589 --> 02:05:00,259
who, like I said, has done nothing but win
since coming over to the brand,

2452
02:05:00,326 --> 02:05:01,928
this is gonna be--
it's gonna be great for him.

2453
02:05:01,995 --> 02:05:03,196
-[Graves] Wow.
-[Booker] It's gonna be great.

2454
02:05:03,262 --> 02:05:05,130
[Graves]
Captain revisionist history over here.

2455
02:05:05,197 --> 02:05:06,732
[Booker]
I don't know if he can do it.

2456
02:05:06,799 --> 02:05:08,701
[Graves] Well, Booker,
I just-- I'd like to this opportunity

2457
02:05:08,768 --> 02:05:11,704
to recognize and thank Stevie Ray
for all your success.

2458
02:05:11,771 --> 02:05:15,775
-Look at this great submission from Elias.
-[announcers laughing]

2459
02:05:15,842 --> 02:05:17,442
[Michael]
Jason's in deep, deep trouble here.

2460
02:05:17,509 --> 02:05:20,446
The official right there checking to see
if Jason's gonna tap out

2461
02:05:20,513 --> 02:05:22,147
as Elias continues the pressure,

2462
02:05:22,214 --> 02:05:24,951
almost a version
of the abdominal stretch here, Corey.

2463
02:05:25,018 --> 02:05:26,318
[Graves]
That is a ground abdominal stretch.

2464
02:05:26,385 --> 02:05:27,853
Jordan able to free his left arm

2465
02:05:27,920 --> 02:05:31,357
and deliver a few
effective-enough left hands,

2466
02:05:31,424 --> 02:05:33,425
but… Now, look.

2467
02:05:33,492 --> 02:05:35,161
Jordan looking for a reverse now. Oh.

2468
02:05:35,228 --> 02:05:37,897
[Michael] A standing
abdominal stretch by Elias.

2469
02:05:38,431 --> 02:05:41,299
[Graves] Elias is incredibly powerful.
You have to give that to him.

2470
02:05:41,366 --> 02:05:43,436
[Michael] And he's talented too.
Make no mistake about it.

2471
02:05:43,503 --> 02:05:45,103
We sit out here
and joke with Booker about this,

2472
02:05:45,170 --> 02:05:48,974
but Elias has been so successful
since arriving on Monday Night Raw.

2473
02:05:49,041 --> 02:05:51,510
He's gonna be a player for years
to come for Kurt Angle's team,

2474
02:05:52,077 --> 02:05:55,947
as you see Elias continuing
to punish Jason Jordan.

2475
02:05:56,014 --> 02:05:59,552
[Booker] And all these fans,
they may be staying later for the concert.

2476
02:05:59,619 --> 02:06:00,920
[Michael] Oh, he's gonna have a concert?

2477
02:06:00,987 --> 02:06:01,987
[Booker] Yeah. He told me about it.

2478
02:06:02,054 --> 02:06:03,056
-[Michael] Oh.
-[Booker] Yeah.

2479
02:06:05,525 --> 02:06:07,927
[Michael] And look at Jason Jordan now,
reverse standing switch,

2480
02:06:07,994 --> 02:06:09,795
trying to make his way
out of this abdominal stretch,

2481
02:06:09,862 --> 02:06:11,630
sending Elias out of the ring.

2482
02:06:11,696 --> 02:06:13,199
[Graves] Desperation maneuver by Jordan,

2483
02:06:13,266 --> 02:06:14,666
but it was effective enough.

2484
02:06:15,867 --> 02:06:18,438
-One.
-[crowd clamor]

2485
02:06:18,504 --> 02:06:19,739
[Michael] Elias back into the ring.

2486
02:06:19,806 --> 02:06:21,040
Jason Jordan blocks.

2487
02:06:21,107 --> 02:06:22,442
There's a right hand.

2488
02:06:22,508 --> 02:06:24,177
Jordan again with another right.

2489
02:06:24,242 --> 02:06:27,513
[crowd clamor]

2490
02:06:27,580 --> 02:06:30,249
[Michael] Both of these men
very impressive in this matchup tonight.

2491
02:06:30,316 --> 02:06:31,784
Jordan takes down Elias.

2492
02:06:31,851 --> 02:06:33,452
[Graves] Here's Jordan
looking to pick up the pace.

2493
02:06:33,518 --> 02:06:35,688
This is where he's at his most dangerous.

2494
02:06:35,755 --> 02:06:37,757
-Oh!
-[Michael] There's the power Jordan,

2495
02:06:37,824 --> 02:06:38,991
driving Elias into the corner.

2496
02:06:39,058 --> 02:06:40,726
[Booker] Jason always going back
to that wrestling base.

2497
02:06:40,793 --> 02:06:42,128
[Michael] And again, on the other side.

2498
02:06:42,195 --> 02:06:43,763
[Booker] I wanna see
if this kid can throw hands.

2499
02:06:43,830 --> 02:06:45,998
I wanna see a good… a good fight.

2500
02:06:46,965 --> 02:06:51,670
[Michael] And, again, driving Elias
to the other side of the ring turnbuckle…

2501
02:06:52,871 --> 02:06:54,973
and a belly-to-belly throw.

2502
02:06:55,040 --> 02:06:56,108
[Booker] Perfect.

2503
02:06:57,143 --> 02:06:58,376
[Michael] I don't know
how you can't see it, Book.

2504
02:06:58,443 --> 02:06:59,445
This kid's got all the tools.

2505
02:06:59,512 --> 02:07:01,047
[Booker] Oh, I've said it before, man.

2506
02:07:01,114 --> 02:07:04,282
Jason Jordan, he's a…
he's a hell of an athlete. Oh!

2507
02:07:04,349 --> 02:07:06,052
He's got… he's got a hell of a future.

2508
02:07:06,119 --> 02:07:07,652
[Graves] Cut Elias in half.

2509
02:07:09,021 --> 02:07:11,057
[Michael] Is that a suplex there?
Here's the cover, hook of the leg.

2510
02:07:11,124 --> 02:07:13,659
Is it enough on Elias? Kick out at two.

2511
02:07:13,726 --> 02:07:17,496
[Booker] A hard kickout from Elias
tells me he got a lot left in the tank.

2512
02:07:18,598 --> 02:07:21,099
[Graves] I don't know, Book.
That was desperation on--

2513
02:07:21,166 --> 02:07:22,468
in my book from Elias.

2514
02:07:22,535 --> 02:07:25,670
Certainly feeling the effects
of this assault from Jason Jordan.

2515
02:07:26,405 --> 02:07:28,641
Jordan looking to figure out
a way to seal the deal.

2516
02:07:28,708 --> 02:07:31,443
[Booker] You said to try
to figure out a way to seal the deal.

2517
02:07:31,510 --> 02:07:33,646
Right now, I think this kid's
a little bit confused.

2518
02:07:36,214 --> 02:07:38,718
[Graves] Booker, hang on 'cause God
don't know what you're watching.

2519
02:07:38,784 --> 02:07:42,420
But, regardless,
Jason Jordan is moments away

2520
02:07:42,487 --> 02:07:45,324
from maybe what you called
the biggest victory of his time

2521
02:07:45,458 --> 02:07:47,360
-on Monday Night Raw.
-[Michael] Look, Book. It's almost, like,

2522
02:07:47,425 --> 02:07:48,760
you took
a fall or something tonight.

2523
02:07:48,827 --> 02:07:50,996
Not sure where you're at
as Jason Jordan now

2524
02:07:51,063 --> 02:07:52,598
has Elias up on the top rope.

2525
02:07:52,665 --> 02:07:54,333
[Graves] Elias hanging on for dear life.

2526
02:07:55,034 --> 02:07:57,269
[Michael] And look at Elias,
shots down to the midsection.

2527
02:07:57,335 --> 02:07:59,371
Jason's in trouble, back down to the mat.

2528
02:07:59,438 --> 02:08:01,406
Elias second rope, Jason Jordan.

2529
02:08:01,473 --> 02:08:02,607
Is this Elias's moment?

2530
02:08:02,674 --> 02:08:05,044
-Jordan though, quick as a cat.
-[Graves] Shades of Kurt

2531
02:08:05,111 --> 02:08:06,712
the way he walked up
to those middle ropes.

2532
02:08:06,779 --> 02:08:09,348
[Michael] Indeed. Oh, the knee caught him.

2533
02:08:09,415 --> 02:08:10,849
Caught him right on the jaw.

2534
02:08:10,916 --> 02:08:12,684
Jason Jordan's in trouble.

2535
02:08:15,987 --> 02:08:19,025
And now it's Elias just tossing Jordan
across the ring and Jason's hurt.

2536
02:08:19,090 --> 02:08:20,593
-[Graves] You're absolutely right.
-[Michael] Jason is hurt.

2537
02:08:20,660 --> 02:08:21,994
[Graves] He could've hyperextended a knee.

2538
02:08:22,061 --> 02:08:24,196
[Booker] That left knee buckled, guys.

2539
02:08:26,264 --> 02:08:27,366
[Graves] Look at this.

2540
02:08:29,035 --> 02:08:30,835
-[Michael] Oh my God.
-[Graves] It almost doesn't do it justice

2541
02:08:30,902 --> 02:08:31,904
without the sound.

2542
02:08:31,971 --> 02:08:35,174
But right on the eyebrow of Jordan,
Elias with a precision knee.

2543
02:08:35,241 --> 02:08:37,509
[Michael] And Elias wasting little time,

2544
02:08:37,576 --> 02:08:39,644
back on the attack of Jordan.

2545
02:08:39,712 --> 02:08:41,947
[Booker] A shot right
to the temple right there.

2546
02:08:42,013 --> 02:08:44,416
[Michael] Oh, look at Jordan though.
Here's the roll-ups, hooks the leg.

2547
02:08:44,482 --> 02:08:45,617
Shoulders are down.

2548
02:08:45,684 --> 02:08:46,818
-Did he get him?
-[Booker] No, no, no.

2549
02:08:46,885 --> 02:08:48,154
-[Graves] He got him.
-[Michael] Right, he got him.

2550
02:08:48,221 --> 02:08:50,022
-Jason Jordan got Elias.
-[Booker] No.

2551
02:08:51,123 --> 02:08:54,427
[Rome] Here's your winner, Jason Jordan.

2552
02:08:54,492 --> 02:08:56,027
[Michael] Booker,
you just threw your glasses

2553
02:08:56,094 --> 02:08:58,030
-down on the table.
-[Booker] No. I think the referee…

2554
02:08:58,097 --> 02:08:59,264
-Oh, let me think.
-[Graves] Did you see that?

2555
02:08:59,331 --> 02:09:01,000
-[Michael] Then say it.
-[Graves] It's a conspiracy, Booker.

2556
02:09:01,067 --> 02:09:03,436
The fact is Elias
didn't get his shoulders up

2557
02:09:03,501 --> 02:09:06,239
before the referee's hand
hit the mat for the third time.

2558
02:09:06,304 --> 02:09:08,406
[Michael] Yeah, but I think
Booker thought it was a quick count.

2559
02:09:08,473 --> 02:09:09,541
[Booker] I thought it was a quick count.

2560
02:09:09,608 --> 02:09:10,610
-I really did.
-[Graves] I'm sure.

2561
02:09:10,675 --> 02:09:13,279
I'm sure Kurt Angle
probably put him up to it too, right?

2562
02:09:13,346 --> 02:09:15,915
[Booker] Again,
I'm not gonna go that far, okay?

2563
02:09:15,982 --> 02:09:17,650
-[Graves] Well, just--
-[Michael] Nonetheless,

2564
02:09:17,717 --> 02:09:19,018
let's take another look here.

2565
02:09:19,085 --> 02:09:22,321
And, Book,
let's see if we can prove your theory.

2566
02:09:22,388 --> 02:09:23,888
[Graves]
Jordan locks in the inside shoulder.

2567
02:09:23,955 --> 02:09:25,991
-[Michael] Shoulders down.
-[Graves] One, two, three.

2568
02:09:26,058 --> 02:09:28,227
-[Booker] He's out. He's out.
-[bell ringing]

2569
02:09:28,294 --> 02:09:29,629
[Michael] I think the shoulder was up.

2570
02:09:29,695 --> 02:09:31,496
-I think his right shoulder was up.
-[Graves] Wait, look.

2571
02:09:31,563 --> 02:09:32,632
-[Michael] Watch this.
-[Graves] Look. One.

2572
02:09:32,697 --> 02:09:33,799
[Michael] Watch the right shoulder.

2573
02:09:33,866 --> 02:09:36,235
[Booker] Look at that. Look at that.
There it is right there.

2574
02:09:36,302 --> 02:09:38,337
-Look at that.
-[Michael] I think he got the shoulder up.

2575
02:09:38,404 --> 02:09:41,741
[Graves] Listen, I… I begrudgingly-
uh, agree with you.

2576
02:09:42,741 --> 02:09:45,411
[Michael] Jason Jordan
picks up the win in the history books,

2577
02:09:45,478 --> 02:09:47,847
-but Elias may have him beat.
-[Booker] Stolen.

2578
02:09:49,080 --> 02:09:50,449
[Graves] Booker,
why don't you go campaign?

2579
02:09:50,516 --> 02:09:52,250
Let's get the call overturned.

2580
02:09:52,317 --> 02:09:57,022
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen,
it is about Tables, Ladders and Chairs.

2581
02:09:57,089 --> 02:09:58,891
Meaning, they are all legal

2582
02:09:58,958 --> 02:10:02,128
in a 3-on-5 "handicap" match.

2583
02:10:02,193 --> 02:10:04,830
On one side, it's Miz,

2584
02:10:04,897 --> 02:10:06,464
Kane, Strowman,

2585
02:10:06,531 --> 02:10:08,034
Cesaro, Sheamus.

2586
02:10:08,099 --> 02:10:11,504
On the other side, Ambrose, Rollins,

2587
02:10:11,570 --> 02:10:14,973
and the return of Kurt Angle.

2588
02:10:15,040 --> 02:10:16,808
["Legendary" playing]"

2589
02:10:19,545 --> 02:10:23,214
[dramatic music playing]

2590
02:10:25,250 --> 02:10:27,286
[narrator] Every great story

2591
02:10:28,087 --> 02:10:29,355
has a beginning…

2592
02:10:31,156 --> 02:10:32,391
middle…

2593
02:10:34,693 --> 02:10:35,960
and end.

2594
02:10:39,531 --> 02:10:40,833
But tonight,

2595
02:10:41,767 --> 02:10:45,571
this story gets a new chapter.

2596
02:10:45,771 --> 02:10:48,307
[crowd cheering]

2597
02:10:48,374 --> 02:10:49,709
["Legendary" playing]

2598
02:10:49,775 --> 02:10:53,346
Huge news
for WWE's TLC pay-per-view event.

2599
02:10:53,411 --> 02:10:55,915
For the first time in 11 years,

2600
02:10:55,981 --> 02:10:57,650
WWE Hall of Famer

2601
02:10:57,717 --> 02:11:00,219
and current Raw general manager Kurt Angle

2602
02:11:00,286 --> 02:11:03,089
will compete in a WWE ring.

2603
02:11:03,155 --> 02:11:05,891
Due to medical issues,
Roman Reigns will be unable to compete

2604
02:11:05,958 --> 02:11:08,259
in the 5-on-3 "handicap" match main event.

2605
02:11:08,326 --> 02:11:12,263
But as revealed
on wwe.com this past Friday,

2606
02:11:12,330 --> 02:11:15,668
the Olympic gold medalist
will take Roman's place.

2607
02:11:18,371 --> 02:11:20,673
-♪ 'Cause we're gonna be legends ♪
-♪ Legends…

2608
02:11:20,740 --> 02:11:22,974
Strap up your boots tight, Kurt,

2609
02:11:23,041 --> 02:11:25,244
'cause you're gonna be in a warzone.

2610
02:11:25,311 --> 02:11:28,714
[Sheamus] TLC, it's do or die.

2611
02:11:28,781 --> 02:11:30,583
I truly am looking forward

2612
02:11:30,648 --> 02:11:33,786
to destroying
another nostalgia act in Kurt Angle.

2613
02:11:35,286 --> 02:11:39,558
Kurt Angle, at TLC, I promise you,

2614
02:11:39,692 --> 02:11:43,763
you'll wish you'd never stepped foot
in the WWE ring again.

2615
02:11:45,697 --> 02:11:48,800
Sure, Kurt Angle's comeback tour
looks good on paper.

2616
02:11:49,668 --> 02:11:53,472
[Michael] He is the only Olympic
gold medalist in WWE history.

2617
02:11:53,539 --> 02:11:54,773
-[bell ringing]
-[Ross] Angle's got it.

2618
02:11:54,839 --> 02:11:56,842
[Michael]
He has held every title imaginable.

2619
02:11:56,909 --> 02:11:59,879
♪ Can't stand the heat
Then just stay out the light ♪

2620
02:12:00,478 --> 02:12:02,848
♪ For you might never make it out alive… ♪

2621
02:12:02,915 --> 02:12:05,284
[Miz] Unfortunately for Kurt Angle,

2622
02:12:05,351 --> 02:12:09,388
it was going to be a one-night-only event.

2623
02:12:09,455 --> 02:12:11,389
♪ 'Cause we're gonna be legends… ♪

2624
02:12:11,456 --> 02:12:13,858
[Charly] For the first time in 11 years,

2625
02:12:13,925 --> 02:12:16,394
six-time world champion, Kurt Angle,

2626
02:12:16,462 --> 02:12:19,098
joins forces with Dean Ambrose
and Seth Rollins.

2627
02:12:19,165 --> 02:12:20,566
[Michael] This will be a car wreck.

2628
02:12:20,633 --> 02:12:21,933
[crowd cheering]

2629
02:12:22,000 --> 02:12:24,236
[Michael] This will be insane.

2630
02:12:25,204 --> 02:12:26,205
[Kurt] Oh, it's true.

2631
02:12:26,539 --> 02:12:30,175
-It's damn true.
-[crowd] It's damn true.

2632
02:12:30,241 --> 02:12:31,977
[song concludes]

2633
02:12:32,044 --> 02:12:34,780
[crowd clamoring]

2634
02:12:34,847 --> 02:12:36,549
I know you're all chomping at the bit

2635
02:12:36,615 --> 02:12:38,584
to be a part of history tonight.

2636
02:12:38,651 --> 02:12:40,385
But I have something very special,

2637
02:12:40,452 --> 02:12:41,887
a surprise for the whole team,

2638
02:12:41,954 --> 02:12:44,757
because at the end of this fight,

2639
02:12:44,824 --> 02:12:45,891
we're not just gonna win,

2640
02:12:45,958 --> 02:12:49,260
we are going to treat
Ambrose, Rollins, and Angle

2641
02:12:49,327 --> 02:12:51,230
the way they should be treated,

2642
02:12:51,297 --> 02:12:53,065
like garbage.

2643
02:12:53,132 --> 02:12:55,067
And what do you do with garbage?

2644
02:12:55,134 --> 02:12:58,204
You drive that garbage to the dump.

2645
02:12:59,170 --> 02:13:01,406
[Miz] Awesome.

2646
02:13:01,473 --> 02:13:03,375
-["I Came To Play" playing]
-♪ I came to play ♪

2647
02:13:03,442 --> 02:13:04,876
♪ There's a price to pay ♪

2648
02:13:04,943 --> 02:13:06,111
♪ Time for you to get down ♪

2649
02:13:06,178 --> 02:13:07,780
-♪ On your knees and pray ♪
-♪ I came to play ♪

2650
02:13:07,847 --> 02:13:10,081
♪ Say goodbye to the good old days ♪

2651
02:13:10,148 --> 02:13:11,317
♪ They're never coming back ♪

2652
02:13:11,383 --> 02:13:12,750
♪ Watch your future fade… ♪

2653
02:13:12,817 --> 02:13:14,820
-[bell ringing]
-[Rome] The following contest

2654
02:13:14,887 --> 02:13:19,791
is a 5-on-3 "handicap"
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.

2655
02:13:20,492 --> 02:13:21,861
There will be no disqualification.

2656
02:13:21,927 --> 02:13:25,196
The only way to win
is by pinfall or submission.

2657
02:13:25,263 --> 02:13:28,000
Introducing first,
residing in Hollywood, California

2658
02:13:28,067 --> 02:13:30,803
weighing in at 221 pounds,

2659
02:13:30,870 --> 02:13:33,806
he is the Intercontinental Champion,

2660
02:13:33,873 --> 02:13:36,107
The Miz.

2661
02:13:36,174 --> 02:13:39,844
[Michael] Now, ladies and gentlemen,
for the twentieth time in WWE history,

2662
02:13:39,911 --> 02:13:43,616
we have a Tables, Ladders,
and Chairs match.

2663
02:13:43,682 --> 02:13:47,385
Uh, this all begin
back in the year 2000 at SummerSlam.

2664
02:13:48,219 --> 02:13:51,223
Edge and Christian
defeating the Dudley Boyz

2665
02:13:51,290 --> 02:13:54,692
and the Hardy Boyz
in the first-ever TLC match.

2666
02:13:54,759 --> 02:13:58,297
And, boy, we've made history
over the past 17 years.

2667
02:13:58,364 --> 02:14:00,532
[Graves]
Each one seemed the top, the last.

2668
02:14:00,598 --> 02:14:03,469
I can't see tonight being any different.

2669
02:14:03,536 --> 02:14:05,337
5-on-3 "handicap" rules,

2670
02:14:05,404 --> 02:14:09,141
you can see why The Miz
is confidently strutting into the ring.

2671
02:14:09,208 --> 02:14:12,210
["Swiss Made" playing]

2672
02:14:24,889 --> 02:14:27,058
["Hellfire" playing]

2673
02:14:40,306 --> 02:14:42,942
-[crowd cheering]
-[Rome] And his partners,

2674
02:14:43,008 --> 02:14:48,647
the team of Sheamus and Cesaro.

2675
02:14:48,714 --> 02:14:50,915
[Graves] If you stop right here
and you think about the addition

2676
02:14:50,982 --> 02:14:53,451
of the former Tag Team Champions
to Team Miz,

2677
02:14:53,518 --> 02:14:55,821
that's impressive in and of itself.

2678
02:14:55,888 --> 02:14:58,557
The Miz has assembled
a very, very good team.

2679
02:14:58,624 --> 02:15:00,858
But, guys,
we're not even close to finished yet.

2680
02:15:00,925 --> 02:15:04,463
[Michael] You know, it was back in 2009
at the TLC pay-per-view event

2681
02:15:04,530 --> 02:15:08,866
where Sheamus won
his first WWE Championship

2682
02:15:08,933 --> 02:15:13,172
when he defeated John Cena
in a Tables match.

2683
02:15:13,237 --> 02:15:15,840
Sheamus looks to be successful again here

2684
02:15:15,907 --> 02:15:20,512
tonight with his partner, the man, Cesaro
who called Kurt Angle a nostalgia act.

2685
02:15:21,179 --> 02:15:24,782
[Booker] They're big.
I've never seen a more one-sided affair

2686
02:15:24,849 --> 02:15:26,719
in all of my years, guys.

2687
02:15:26,785 --> 02:15:29,989
This, right here, tonight,
it's gonna take a miracle.

2688
02:15:33,392 --> 02:15:35,494
[Graves] Well, they're supposed
to be the reunited Shield.

2689
02:15:35,561 --> 02:15:38,364
But obviously,
it's something entirely different tonight.

2690
02:15:38,429 --> 02:15:41,433
[crowd clamoring]

2691
02:15:51,977 --> 02:15:54,980
["Veil of Fire" playing]

2692
02:15:55,047 --> 02:15:57,816
[crowd cheering]

2693
02:15:57,883 --> 02:15:59,684
[Rome] And making his way to the ring,

2694
02:15:59,751 --> 02:16:03,589
weighing 323 pounds, Kane.

2695
02:16:03,656 --> 02:16:06,424
[Michael] When this man came up
to the ring on Raw Monday night

2696
02:16:06,491 --> 02:16:08,093
and took out Roman Reigns,

2697
02:16:08,160 --> 02:16:12,196
he changed the complexion
of this entire match.

2698
02:16:12,263 --> 02:16:15,334
Kane is one of the greatest of all time.

2699
02:16:15,401 --> 02:16:18,971
And tonight, that marks the 175th time

2700
02:16:19,038 --> 02:16:22,241
this man has stepped
into a pay-per-view match in the WWE.

2701
02:16:22,307 --> 02:16:23,409
More than anyone in history.

2702
02:16:23,474 --> 02:16:26,210
[Graves] You can blame all of this
on Dean Ambrose and his big mouth.

2703
02:16:26,277 --> 02:16:30,249
Dean was the one that said
that Shield could be three, four, five men

2704
02:16:30,315 --> 02:16:33,184
and The Miz is simply
holding Ambrose to his word.

2705
02:16:33,252 --> 02:16:35,287
[Booker] Well, I think you'd blame
all of this on Kurt Angle.

2706
02:16:35,353 --> 02:16:39,391
Kurt Angle should never have
let a situation like this take place,

2707
02:16:39,458 --> 02:16:41,660
but I commend him for stepping in.

2708
02:16:44,495 --> 02:16:47,466
[Graves] What a daunting task
awaits Rollins, Ambrose, and Angle.

2709
02:16:47,532 --> 02:16:49,535
I mean, look at this team
and there's still one more.

2710
02:16:49,600 --> 02:16:52,603
-[Michael] Yeah.
-["I Am Stronger" playing]

2711
02:16:57,109 --> 02:16:58,777
[Rome] And their tag team partner,

2712
02:16:58,843 --> 02:17:01,847
weighing in at 385 pounds,

2713
02:17:01,913 --> 02:17:04,916
Braun Strowman.

2714
02:17:04,983 --> 02:17:07,886
[Michael]
The Monster Among Men simply said

2715
02:17:08,753 --> 02:17:11,556
that Kane will regret

2716
02:17:11,623 --> 02:17:13,057
that he ever returned.

2717
02:17:13,958 --> 02:17:15,960
Kurt Angle will regret
that he ever returned.

2718
02:17:16,028 --> 02:17:17,529
That's what he said
earlier tonight, my bad.

2719
02:17:17,596 --> 02:17:19,797
I've got my focus,
of course, on the five men

2720
02:17:19,865 --> 02:17:21,699
that are in the ring here tonight.

2721
02:17:21,767 --> 02:17:24,403
Strowman, Kane, Miz, Cesaro, and Sheamus.

2722
02:17:24,469 --> 02:17:26,805
What a completely dominant team.

2723
02:17:26,871 --> 02:17:28,906
How do you stop these guys with five men,

2724
02:17:28,974 --> 02:17:31,543
let alone three tonight
if you're Rollins, Ambrose, and Angle?

2725
02:17:31,609 --> 02:17:34,046
[Graves] I don't have an answer
for how you stop Braun Strowman.

2726
02:17:34,112 --> 02:17:35,547
I don't know how you stop Kane.

2727
02:17:35,614 --> 02:17:38,350
You certainly can't stop
all five of these competitors.

2728
02:17:38,416 --> 02:17:41,986
This is an insurmountable task
for Rollins, Ambrose, and Angle.

2729
02:17:43,322 --> 02:17:46,290
[Michael] And remember,
Tables, Ladders, and Chairs, all legal.

2730
02:17:46,358 --> 02:17:49,360
[crowd clamoring]

2731
02:18:05,144 --> 02:18:08,080
[man] Sierra, Hotel, India,
Echo, Lima, Delta.

2732
02:18:08,913 --> 02:18:12,350
-["Special Op" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

2733
02:18:31,235 --> 02:18:34,439
[Michael] They are the current
Tag Team Champions.

2734
02:18:35,440 --> 02:18:39,278
And tonight,
they are dressed as The Shield.

2735
02:18:39,343 --> 02:18:42,114
-[Graves laughs]
-[Michael] And look who has joined them.

2736
02:18:42,880 --> 02:18:45,350
The honorary member for tonight,

2737
02:18:45,416 --> 02:18:48,187
the general manager of Monday Night Raw,

2738
02:18:48,252 --> 02:18:50,254
the returning Kurt Angle.

2739
02:18:51,389 --> 02:18:54,458
[Graves] Listen, you have to admire
Angle's determination

2740
02:18:54,526 --> 02:18:56,861
to make TLC go off without a hitch.

2741
02:18:56,929 --> 02:18:58,864
Kurt promised The Shield reunion.

2742
02:18:58,931 --> 02:19:00,665
He needed a home run tonight,

2743
02:19:00,732 --> 02:19:03,302
so Kurt volunteered
and stepped in himself.

2744
02:19:03,368 --> 02:19:05,404
[Michael] Yeah. Roman Reigns out
with a viral infection,

2745
02:19:05,469 --> 02:19:10,174
so Kurt Angle has decided
to return to WWE in-ring action.

2746
02:19:10,242 --> 02:19:12,076
The problem is,
not everyone's happy with it.

2747
02:19:12,144 --> 02:19:17,482
The Miz has said that Kurt Angle is just
another general manager looking for glory.

2748
02:19:17,548 --> 02:19:19,550
[Booker]
Guys, I got a prediction, all right?

2749
02:19:19,618 --> 02:19:22,588
I feel like tonight,
Kurt Angle will be crushed

2750
02:19:22,654 --> 02:19:25,624
and this will be his last match ever.

2751
02:19:25,690 --> 02:19:28,026
[Graves] Certainly a bold statement.

2752
02:19:28,092 --> 02:19:29,695
[Booker] I mean,
look at the guys across them.

2753
02:19:29,761 --> 02:19:32,396
Every one of those guys
want a piece of Kurt Angle.

2754
02:19:32,464 --> 02:19:34,499
[Graves] Yeah. I mean, listen.
Kurt Angle only made the decision

2755
02:19:34,565 --> 02:19:36,734
to compete in this match two days ago.

2756
02:19:36,802 --> 02:19:40,004
Kurt hasn't had necessarily
a full-blown training regimen,

2757
02:19:40,072 --> 02:19:42,007
but this is a whole new dimension
to this match.

2758
02:19:42,074 --> 02:19:43,174
Kurt-- Kurt gotta understand,

2759
02:19:43,242 --> 02:19:45,476
every one of those guys
on the opposing team

2760
02:19:45,544 --> 02:19:48,313
-wanna hurt him and hurt him bad.
-[Michael] Look at this.

2761
02:19:48,379 --> 02:19:51,750
The Shield now positioning itself
around the ring,

2762
02:19:51,817 --> 02:19:53,985
typical Shield style.

2763
02:19:54,052 --> 02:19:55,988
Dean Ambrose, chair in hand.

2764
02:19:56,054 --> 02:19:58,690
[Booker] I mean, come on, guys.
The arrogance of Kurt Angle,

2765
02:19:58,757 --> 02:20:02,461
the general manager of Raw,
to put himself in a match like this.

2766
02:20:02,527 --> 02:20:03,628
I don't agree with it.

2767
02:20:03,695 --> 02:20:05,564
[Graves] Hey, it's not arrogance
when you put your money

2768
02:20:05,631 --> 02:20:06,832
where your mouth is, Booker.

2769
02:20:06,899 --> 02:20:08,634
That's what Kurt has
the opportunity to do tonight.

2770
02:20:08,699 --> 02:20:09,967
[Michael]
Yeah, The Shield surrounding the ring.

2771
02:20:10,035 --> 02:20:12,971
They are down three men to five
in this matchup.

2772
02:20:13,137 --> 02:20:15,440
[Booker] I don't think this little trick
is gonna work tonight, guys.

2773
02:20:15,507 --> 02:20:18,377
[Michael] We'll see what happens,
Booker, and see how it plays out.

2774
02:20:18,877 --> 02:20:22,681
[Graves] Everything is legal,
tables, ladders, chairs, you name it.

2775
02:20:22,748 --> 02:20:24,949
-You can use it.
-[crowd chanting] You suck.

2776
02:20:25,017 --> 02:20:26,350
-[Graves] Oh, look at this.
-[Michael] Here we go.

2777
02:20:26,418 --> 02:20:27,485
-[bell ringing]
-[Graves] Rollins--

2778
02:20:27,552 --> 02:20:31,189
[Michael] Seth Rollins sacrificing himself
as Ambrose and Angle go after

2779
02:20:31,256 --> 02:20:33,058
the rest of the guys
with a steel chair.

2780
02:20:33,125 --> 02:20:34,259
This match is underway.

2781
02:20:34,326 --> 02:20:36,261
[Graves] Hey, sometimes,
you need an equalizer.

2782
02:20:36,328 --> 02:20:40,098
Ambrose now laying it
into The Monster Among Men. Oh.

2783
02:20:40,164 --> 02:20:41,600
[Michael]
And Strowman with a clubbing blow.

2784
02:20:41,667 --> 02:20:43,068
-[Booker] Wow.
-[Graves] Angle finds himself

2785
02:20:43,135 --> 02:20:45,804
on the wrong side of The Big Red Machine.

2786
02:20:45,871 --> 02:20:47,038
[Michael] And speaking of monsters,

2787
02:20:47,105 --> 02:20:49,374
Kane and Strowman
in the ring but from behind.

2788
02:20:49,440 --> 02:20:53,244
[Graves] Listen, you have to wonder
how the strategy of The Shield

2789
02:20:53,312 --> 02:20:54,913
plus Angle has been effective tonight.

2790
02:20:54,980 --> 02:20:56,448
They don't have their powerhouse.

2791
02:20:56,515 --> 02:21:00,351
There is no Roman Reigns
to combat Strowman and Kane.

2792
02:21:00,419 --> 02:21:01,520
[Michael] Yeah, but they do have chairs.

2793
02:21:01,586 --> 02:21:03,654
They have equalizers
at least in this juncture.

2794
02:21:03,722 --> 02:21:06,124
They are unloading on Braun Strowman.

2795
02:21:06,190 --> 02:21:08,060
[Booker] They're gonna have
to keep this going all night

2796
02:21:08,126 --> 02:21:09,928
-if they got any chance.
-[Michael] And now turning their attention

2797
02:21:09,994 --> 02:21:12,264
to "The Big Red Machine" Kane.

2798
02:21:13,498 --> 02:21:18,203
Kurt Angle decked out
in Shield uniform tonight.

2799
02:21:18,470 --> 02:21:20,404
The three-on-one attack on Kane.

2800
02:21:20,472 --> 02:21:22,507
Remember, you win
via pinfall or submission.

2801
02:21:22,574 --> 02:21:25,577
[crowd cheering]

2802
02:21:28,113 --> 02:21:31,183
[Michael] And the 13,381 in attendance

2803
02:21:31,249 --> 02:21:33,418
roaring with approval.

2804
02:21:35,721 --> 02:21:36,788
[Graves] Uh-oh.

2805
02:21:36,855 --> 02:21:40,826
Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins
got that devil in their eye.

2806
02:21:41,760 --> 02:21:42,860
Here we go.

2807
02:21:43,362 --> 02:21:46,898
[Michael] Down go Miz, Sheamus and Cesaro.

2808
02:21:46,965 --> 02:21:49,234
[crowd clamoring]

2809
02:21:50,135 --> 02:21:52,871
[Graves] Angle standing tall,
all alone inside the ring,

2810
02:21:52,938 --> 02:21:55,841
but, oh, here comes our general manager.

2811
02:21:55,907 --> 02:21:57,109
[Booker] This is a great start.

2812
02:21:57,943 --> 02:22:00,045
It's a really great start for The Shield…

2813
02:22:00,112 --> 02:22:01,512
-[Michael] Yeah, smart--
-…along with Kurt Angle.

2814
02:22:01,580 --> 02:22:04,850
[Michael] Yeah, smart start as they use
the ladder now to their advantage…

2815
02:22:06,651 --> 02:22:08,186
and down they go.

2816
02:22:08,252 --> 02:22:11,189
[Graves] You know, this has to be great
for the confidence of Kurt Angle.

2817
02:22:11,256 --> 02:22:13,058
After all these years having not competed,

2818
02:22:13,125 --> 02:22:15,726
having two elite superstars
like Rollins and Ambrose

2819
02:22:15,794 --> 02:22:18,463
fighting at your side,
that can do great things.

2820
02:22:18,529 --> 02:22:20,332
[Michael] But it's also a wise way
to start this match

2821
02:22:20,399 --> 02:22:23,201
and it's no longer,
at this juncture, three-on-five

2822
02:22:23,268 --> 02:22:24,803
-because they've taken out…
-[Graves chuckles] Look out.

2823
02:22:24,869 --> 02:22:26,972
-[Graves] Trust me, Angle knows.
-…everyone.

2824
02:22:27,038 --> 02:22:29,374
[Graves] Angle knows the destruction
that Strowman's capable of.

2825
02:22:29,440 --> 02:22:30,442
[Michael] Oh, indeed.

2826
02:22:30,509 --> 02:22:33,478
[Graves] Kurt has watched it
week after week.

2827
02:22:34,613 --> 02:22:38,050
[Michael] And Kurt now with a ladder,
using it to his advantage.

2828
02:22:38,116 --> 02:22:39,583
The Monster Among Men is down.

2829
02:22:39,651 --> 02:22:41,653
[Booker] I commend Kurt Angle
for being out here.

2830
02:22:41,720 --> 02:22:43,121
I mean, stepping up to the fight--

2831
02:22:43,188 --> 02:22:44,422
[Michael] And look at Rollins.
Off the top rope!

2832
02:22:44,489 --> 02:22:45,490
[Booker] Oh!

2833
02:22:46,525 --> 02:22:48,660
[Michael] The Big Red Machine taken down.

2834
02:22:48,726 --> 02:22:53,465
Now Ambrose. And Rollins,
Ambrose, and Angle are standing tall.

2835
02:22:53,532 --> 02:22:54,733
[Graves] I gotta be honest. To this point,

2836
02:22:54,800 --> 02:22:57,269
it's almost like The Miz's team
is the one that's been outnumbered.

2837
02:22:58,403 --> 02:23:00,839
Rollins and Ambrose have been
absolutely everywhere.

2838
02:23:00,905 --> 02:23:02,107
[Booker] Yeah.
I'ma tell you though, Corey.

2839
02:23:02,174 --> 02:23:04,276
They're gonna have to keep this up
for a long time

2840
02:23:04,341 --> 02:23:06,845
because these big guys
aren't going anywhere.

2841
02:23:06,912 --> 02:23:08,913
-They can take this punishment all night.
-[Michael] They won't need to keep it up

2842
02:23:08,980 --> 02:23:10,348
if they can pin them right now.

2843
02:23:10,414 --> 02:23:13,385
[Graves] One fall, Booker.
That's all it takes to defeat Kane.

2844
02:23:13,452 --> 02:23:14,786
They got him isolated right now.

2845
02:23:14,853 --> 02:23:16,654
-This is a great strategy.
-[Michael] It's a three-on-one.

2846
02:23:16,721 --> 02:23:18,056
-Look at the ladder from Angle…
-[Graves] Oh!

2847
02:23:18,123 --> 02:23:19,891
…to the midsection of Kane.

2848
02:23:20,792 --> 02:23:23,595
Seth Rollins and Kane
with a long, long history.

2849
02:23:23,662 --> 02:23:25,964
Seth has not forgotten
what Kane has done to him.

2850
02:23:26,030 --> 02:23:27,332
-And now Ambrose…
-[Graves] Uh-oh.

2851
02:23:27,399 --> 02:23:28,867
[Michael] Look at this. Ladder.

2852
02:23:28,934 --> 02:23:32,037
-[man 1] Table!
-[man 2] Table!

2853
02:23:32,104 --> 02:23:33,105
[crowd cheering]

2854
02:23:33,171 --> 02:23:36,141
[Michael] Miz's team has not been able
to get out of the blocks.

2855
02:23:36,207 --> 02:23:38,410
[crowd cheering]

2856
02:23:38,476 --> 02:23:40,878
[Michael] And there goes
the hood of the table.

2857
02:23:40,946 --> 02:23:43,849
[Booker] You know,
Kurt Angle playing the designated hitter

2858
02:23:43,914 --> 02:23:47,152
with that ladder, man.
He's just picking his spots.

2859
02:23:48,820 --> 02:23:50,154
[Graves] I talked to Seth earlier today.

2860
02:23:50,222 --> 02:23:52,090
I asked him what his thoughts
were heading into this match.

2861
02:23:52,157 --> 02:23:54,592
He said, "As much as we miss
our brother, Roman,

2862
02:23:54,659 --> 02:23:57,295
it's a dream come true to be teaming
with the Hall of Famer like Kurt Angle."

2863
02:23:57,362 --> 02:23:58,463
[Michael] Yeah. But here's the problem,

2864
02:23:58,529 --> 02:24:01,233
Cesaro now with the steel chair
on hand driving Ambrose back.

2865
02:24:01,299 --> 02:24:03,268
Rollins and Sheamus now going at it.

2866
02:24:03,335 --> 02:24:05,470
-Sheamus-- Oh, right into the steps.
-[Graves] All legal.

2867
02:24:05,537 --> 02:24:07,038
[Michael] And now Cesaro on the barricade.

2868
02:24:07,105 --> 02:24:11,510
And, again, every time Miz's team tries
to make a move, they can't get it done.

2869
02:24:11,576 --> 02:24:13,945
[Graves] Well, obviously,
The Architect has spent weeks

2870
02:24:14,645 --> 02:24:18,783
trying to put this game plan together
that's been very effective thus far.

2871
02:24:18,850 --> 02:24:20,585
[Booker] Trust me, this is no game plan.

2872
02:24:20,652 --> 02:24:23,188
This is all-out war, Corey.
This is a fight.

2873
02:24:23,255 --> 02:24:24,723
-[Michael] I mean--
-[Booker] Survival of the fittest.

2874
02:24:24,788 --> 02:24:26,925
[Michael] But I think this is a game plan.
I think it's strategy.

2875
02:24:26,992 --> 02:24:29,461
I think The Architect got together
with Kurt Angle Friday night

2876
02:24:29,528 --> 02:24:31,062
-along with Ambrose and they decided…
-[Booker] Oh, really?

2877
02:24:31,128 --> 02:24:33,632
…how they're gonna take these guys out.
I have no doubt about that.

2878
02:24:33,698 --> 02:24:36,768
That's why Rollins is one
of the smartest in the game today.

2879
02:24:36,835 --> 02:24:38,502
Kurt Angle, he's an Olympic gold medalist.

2880
02:24:38,570 --> 02:24:41,640
He's a Hall of Famer.
He's a former six-time champion.

2881
02:24:41,706 --> 02:24:44,743
[Booker] I see Kurt Angle over there
right now. Second wind, man.

2882
02:24:44,809 --> 02:24:46,478
Time off is your worst enemy.

2883
02:24:46,545 --> 02:24:48,847
How long it's been since Kurt Angle been
to a match like this from the fight?

2884
02:24:48,913 --> 02:24:50,414
[Graves] Can we talk about Braun Strowman?

2885
02:24:50,482 --> 02:24:52,082
You're worried about Kurt Angle's cardio.

2886
02:24:52,150 --> 02:24:55,687
We got Braun Strowman
running over everybody on Team Angle.

2887
02:24:55,753 --> 02:24:59,190
[Michael] And look at Braun Strowman
clearing out that announce table.

2888
02:24:59,257 --> 02:25:00,792
Kurt Angle's in trouble.

2889
02:25:00,859 --> 02:25:03,929
Kurt Angle, he may be a non-factor
if The Monster Among Men has his way.

2890
02:25:03,994 --> 02:25:04,996
-[Graves] Oh!
-[Michael] From behind,

2891
02:25:05,063 --> 02:25:06,731
Seth Rollins with a chair.

2892
02:25:06,797 --> 02:25:10,135
And remember,
great equalizers in this matchup,

2893
02:25:10,202 --> 02:25:11,770
tables, ladders, and chairs

2894
02:25:11,836 --> 02:25:15,640
and that's why the three men
have a chance against five.

2895
02:25:17,475 --> 02:25:21,179
[Graves] Rollins is wearing out
the steel chair on the body of Strowman.

2896
02:25:21,246 --> 02:25:23,381
[Booker] I tell you,
Kurt Angle was in a bad position.

2897
02:25:23,448 --> 02:25:25,583
He was protected there for a second.

2898
02:25:26,484 --> 02:25:27,851
[Graves] Look at this.
Rollins and Ambrose--

2899
02:25:27,919 --> 02:25:31,021
[Michael] Oh! Off the post,
and down goes Strowman.

2900
02:25:31,089 --> 02:25:35,160
This has been an incredible job
by Ambrose, Rollins, and Angle.

2901
02:25:35,226 --> 02:25:37,261
-[Graves] Oh!
-[Michael] They've taken out the big man.

2902
02:25:37,963 --> 02:25:40,698
[Graves] You're right.
You've taken out Kane momentarily.

2903
02:25:40,765 --> 02:25:42,033
You've got Strowman down.

2904
02:25:42,100 --> 02:25:44,402
That evens the odds
at least for a few seconds.

2905
02:25:44,469 --> 02:25:46,238
[Michael] And now what are they gonna do
to Braun Strowman?

2906
02:25:46,304 --> 02:25:48,506
They're setting him up
on the German announce table down there.

2907
02:25:48,573 --> 02:25:49,874
And look at Ambrose and Rollins.

2908
02:25:49,940 --> 02:25:52,243
-They've got Strowman in trouble.
-[Graves] Everything is legal.

2909
02:25:52,310 --> 02:25:53,744
-What won't they do?
-[Michael] And Kane on the other table.

2910
02:25:53,812 --> 02:25:56,514
-Both big men are down on the table.
-[Booker] Oh, baby.

2911
02:25:56,581 --> 02:25:58,016
[Michael] Chairs to the chest of Strowman.

2912
02:25:58,082 --> 02:26:00,118
Ambrose is putting the ladder in place.

2913
02:26:00,185 --> 02:26:02,153
[Booker] Yeah, I see this. I see plan.

2914
02:26:02,220 --> 02:26:05,457
They're trying to take
the two big guys out first.

2915
02:26:07,025 --> 02:26:09,261
[Michael] That's what they've been doing
throughout this entire matchup…

2916
02:26:09,327 --> 02:26:10,829
-[Booker] They could--
-…as they setup the ladders.

2917
02:26:10,895 --> 02:26:12,029
[Booker]
They could do this right here, Cole.

2918
02:26:12,097 --> 02:26:13,163
-[Graves] This is--
-[Booker] This might be it.

2919
02:26:13,231 --> 02:26:15,767
[Graves] This is what I'm saying,
Booker. It's strategy.

2920
02:26:15,833 --> 02:26:18,369
The Architect, a Hall of Famer,

2921
02:26:18,436 --> 02:26:20,372
and a lunatic had laid out
a pretty nice blueprint.

2922
02:26:20,438 --> 02:26:22,340
[Michael] And Rollins and Ambrose
are climbing the ladder.

2923
02:26:22,407 --> 02:26:24,276
Strowman and Kane have nowhere to go.

2924
02:26:24,341 --> 02:26:26,177
They're lying down and out of the table.

2925
02:26:27,112 --> 02:26:28,313
[Graves] Desperate times call

2926
02:26:28,380 --> 02:26:30,315
-for desperate measures.
-[Michael] You've gotta be kidding me.

2927
02:26:31,383 --> 02:26:34,019
-They're not gonna do this.
-[Graves] The hell, they are.

2928
02:26:34,085 --> 02:26:36,054
[Michael] Top of the ladder,
through the table.

2929
02:26:36,121 --> 02:26:37,422
-[Booker] Oh, man.
-[Michael] Strowman's out.

2930
02:26:37,489 --> 02:26:38,690
Kane is out.

2931
02:26:39,357 --> 02:26:42,594
[crowd cheering]

2932
02:26:45,330 --> 02:26:47,599
[Michael] One thing that,
uh, I noticed, Corey,

2933
02:26:47,666 --> 02:26:49,833
not to take away from this moment,

2934
02:26:49,901 --> 02:26:53,571
but Seth Rollins has
grabbed his knee when he landed.

2935
02:26:53,637 --> 02:26:56,374
Rollins with a history of knee injuries

2936
02:26:56,440 --> 02:27:00,011
and he immediately grabbed his knee
when he went through the table.

2937
02:27:00,078 --> 02:27:02,681
-We hope that's not a concern.
-[Graves] I certainly hope it's not,

2938
02:27:02,747 --> 02:27:05,050
but that's what they call them
high-risk maneuvers.

2939
02:27:05,116 --> 02:27:08,086
Ambrose and Rollins from atop the ladders

2940
02:27:08,153 --> 02:27:10,154
-sacrificing themselves.
-[Michael] Absolutely incredible.

2941
02:27:10,855 --> 02:27:13,591
[Graves] That's what you're gonna have
to do, but you're right, instantly,

2942
02:27:13,658 --> 02:27:15,527
Rollins clutching at his left knee.

2943
02:27:17,028 --> 02:27:20,431
We can only hope that
The Architect can recover. Look at this.

2944
02:27:20,498 --> 02:27:23,301
[Michael] But if you're gonna beat
a three-on-five team

2945
02:27:23,368 --> 02:27:25,636
that includes Kane and Strowman,
you've gotta take high risks.

2946
02:27:25,704 --> 02:27:27,105
-[Booker] Guys--
-[Graves] This isn't three-on-five men.

2947
02:27:27,172 --> 02:27:29,707
This is three superstars
and a pair of monsters.

2948
02:27:29,774 --> 02:27:31,810
[Booker] The one thing
you must understand,

2949
02:27:31,876 --> 02:27:34,446
every time they go up
and pull off a big move like that,

2950
02:27:34,511 --> 02:27:37,482
it takes a little bit out of them
each and every time.

2951
02:27:37,549 --> 02:27:38,850
How long can they do it?

2952
02:27:38,917 --> 02:27:40,652
[Michael] Angle sends Miz--
sends Miz into the ring.

2953
02:27:40,719 --> 02:27:41,920
Now Sheamus, and now Cesaro.

2954
02:27:41,985 --> 02:27:44,389
And here's the problem.
Rollins and Ambrose, high-risk maneuver.

2955
02:27:44,456 --> 02:27:45,457
-They--
-[Graves] Uh-oh.

2956
02:27:45,523 --> 02:27:46,758
[Michael] They were taken out.
And now it allows…

2957
02:27:46,824 --> 02:27:48,960
-[Graves] Oh!
-…a triple team on Angle.

2958
02:27:49,027 --> 02:27:51,463
And now Kurt Angle is vulnerable.

2959
02:27:51,529 --> 02:27:54,399
[Booker] See The Miz?
He's got a A-team. He's got a B-team.

2960
02:27:54,466 --> 02:27:57,268
And, you know, he may have a C-team
somewhere around here.

2961
02:27:57,335 --> 02:27:58,603
[Michael] And, Corey, here's the problem.

2962
02:27:58,670 --> 02:28:02,006
Two of the nastiest men in WWE today

2963
02:28:02,073 --> 02:28:04,442
are picking apart Kurt Angle with a chair.

2964
02:28:04,509 --> 02:28:07,212
[Graves] This might be the rules
of the-- of the-- of the forest,

2965
02:28:07,278 --> 02:28:09,948
pick apart the oldest wolf,
oh, in the pack.

2966
02:28:10,014 --> 02:28:11,516
[Michael] And again,
this is why Ambrose and Rollins

2967
02:28:11,582 --> 02:28:13,518
are not in the matchup at this point.

2968
02:28:13,585 --> 02:28:15,019
They went through the tables,

2969
02:28:15,086 --> 02:28:17,455
taking out Strowman and Kane,
but to what cost?

2970
02:28:17,521 --> 02:28:18,857
They are still down and out.

2971
02:28:18,922 --> 02:28:23,228
Kurt Angle has been isolated now
by Sheamus, Cesaro, and Miz.

2972
02:28:23,294 --> 02:28:25,463
[Graves] It's a very, very dire situation

2973
02:28:25,529 --> 02:28:29,901
for our general manager who's just
being beat by The Celtic Warrior

2974
02:28:29,967 --> 02:28:31,436
and his partner, Cesaro.

2975
02:28:31,502 --> 02:28:33,338
[Michael] And now a ladder
into the ring and Kurt Angle…

2976
02:28:33,404 --> 02:28:36,341
This is the moment
where Kurt's gotta be thinking,

2977
02:28:36,408 --> 02:28:38,609
-"Why did I do this?"
-[Graves] I mean, you got to figure

2978
02:28:38,676 --> 02:28:42,814
Sheamus and Cesaro are absolutely loving
this feeling right now

2979
02:28:42,881 --> 02:28:44,582
to be able to beat up the general manager.

2980
02:28:44,649 --> 02:28:46,918
-[Booker] Oh man.
-[Michael] Oh my God, right to the ribs.

2981
02:28:46,984 --> 02:28:49,220
[Graves] And to do it
with complete immunity

2982
02:28:49,287 --> 02:28:52,424
within the confines of a match.
This is all legal.

2983
02:28:52,490 --> 02:28:54,826
[Booker] And Kurt Angle put himself
in this position right here.

2984
02:28:54,893 --> 02:28:57,395
And I'ma tell you,
if I was Sheamus, if I was Cesaro,

2985
02:28:57,462 --> 02:28:59,663
I'd go ahead and take advantage
of this moment.

2986
02:28:59,731 --> 02:29:02,300
You don't get chances like this too often.

2987
02:29:02,966 --> 02:29:07,205
[Graves] Oh, you know, The Miz has been
waiting for this forever and a day.

2988
02:29:07,271 --> 02:29:10,207
[Michael] Well, indeed because, listen,
Miz has had a problem with authority.

2989
02:29:10,275 --> 02:29:11,676
-[Graves] Wait, wait. Could this be--
-[Michael] Oh my God.

2990
02:29:11,743 --> 02:29:14,712
-Look. They're gonna mock The Shield.
-[Graves] This is poetic justice.

2991
02:29:14,779 --> 02:29:15,913
[Michael] Mocking The Shield.

2992
02:29:15,980 --> 02:29:18,817
[Graves] We're gonna see
a Shield-- Oh no, we were.

2993
02:29:18,883 --> 02:29:21,118
[Michael] And look at this now,
everybody unloading.

2994
02:29:21,186 --> 02:29:23,988
[Graves] Rollins and Ambrose
wouldn't let that go down.

2995
02:29:25,089 --> 02:29:26,824
Momentarily, Angle has been saved

2996
02:29:26,891 --> 02:29:30,061
but now The Swiss Cyborg
and The Celtic Warrior taking it

2997
02:29:30,127 --> 02:29:32,396
to the Tag Team Champions on the outside.

2998
02:29:32,464 --> 02:29:34,732
[Booker] Rollins and Ambrose
gonna have a uphill battle

2999
02:29:34,799 --> 02:29:36,267
-all night--
-[Graves] Oh, God, look at this.

3000
02:29:36,333 --> 02:29:38,803
-Cesaro has got a piece of the table.
-[Booker] Oh.

3001
02:29:39,671 --> 02:29:42,674
[Graves] Just smashing Rollins with it.

3002
02:29:43,675 --> 02:29:45,410
-[Booker laughs]
-[Michael] Uh-oh.

3003
02:29:45,476 --> 02:29:47,744
Oh, there's Kurt Angle
with a German suplex.

3004
02:29:48,279 --> 02:29:50,515
[Graves chuckles] It's been a while…

3005
02:29:50,582 --> 02:29:51,850
[Michael] And another one.

3006
02:29:51,916 --> 02:29:54,351
…since we've seen this from Kurt Angle,

3007
02:29:54,419 --> 02:29:56,321
-and man, is this good.
-[Michael] And a third.

3008
02:29:56,386 --> 02:29:58,122
[crowd cheering]

3009
02:29:58,189 --> 02:30:00,692
[Graves] Here comes Sheamus,
there goes Sheamus.

3010
02:30:02,660 --> 02:30:04,395
-Cesaro…
-[Booker chuckles]

3011
02:30:04,462 --> 02:30:07,866
-…join the party.
-[crowd cheering]

3012
02:30:07,931 --> 02:30:09,400
-[Michael] And Angle is fired up.
-[Booker laughs]

3013
02:30:09,466 --> 02:30:11,069
[Michael] Kurt Angle is back.

3014
02:30:11,135 --> 02:30:13,838
[Graves]
Say, one of the pioneers of Suplex City.

3015
02:30:13,904 --> 02:30:15,974
Kurt Angle all fired up.

3016
02:30:16,039 --> 02:30:18,342
-[Booker] Oh, wait a minute.
-[Michael] Uh-oh, The Big Red Monster

3017
02:30:18,409 --> 02:30:20,945
is sitting up
and The Big Red Monster is back.

3018
02:30:21,011 --> 02:30:23,515
[Booker] This is--
This is the obstacle right here, Cole.

3019
02:30:24,282 --> 02:30:27,185
-The big guy have recovered.
-[crowd chanting] You still got it!

3020
02:30:27,252 --> 02:30:29,287
[Michael] And The Big Red Machine
goes out for Kurt Angle.

3021
02:30:29,354 --> 02:30:31,222
Kurt Angle now looking
for a German on Kane.

3022
02:30:31,288 --> 02:30:33,224
Kane with an elbow
to the side of the face.

3023
02:30:33,758 --> 02:30:34,759
[Graves] Uh-oh.

3024
02:30:36,828 --> 02:30:39,464
Can Angle-- Angle's picking the leg,

3025
02:30:40,265 --> 02:30:41,332
ankle lock.

3026
02:30:41,866 --> 02:30:44,802
[crowd cheering]

3027
02:30:44,868 --> 02:30:48,139
[Graves] The general manager might
make The Big Red Machine tap out.

3028
02:30:48,206 --> 02:30:51,009
[Michael] Yeah, the ankle lock.
Kurt Angle's bread-and-butter move.

3029
02:30:51,074 --> 02:30:53,044
And Braun Strowman back into the ring.

3030
02:30:53,110 --> 02:30:55,680
[Graves] What agility
from The Monster Among Men just…

3031
02:30:55,747 --> 02:30:58,850
[Michael] Oh, so fast, so quick.
Angle into the barricade.

3032
02:31:00,484 --> 02:31:02,053
[Graves] I haven't met
too many men in history

3033
02:31:02,119 --> 02:31:05,957
who could double like Kurt Angle,
and Braun Strowman just did it.

3034
02:31:06,024 --> 02:31:07,625
[Michael] And now this is frightening.

3035
02:31:07,692 --> 02:31:11,729
Braun Strowman back
on his feet with weapons.

3036
02:31:11,796 --> 02:31:14,799
[crowd cheering]

3037
02:31:14,866 --> 02:31:17,068
[Booker] Guys, you gotta think
about the odds here. Come on.

3038
02:31:17,135 --> 02:31:19,203
I mean, The Shield and Kurt Angle,

3039
02:31:19,270 --> 02:31:21,806
Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose
are a great effort

3040
02:31:21,873 --> 02:31:24,008
but the tide has shifted.

3041
02:31:24,074 --> 02:31:27,078
[crowd clamoring]

3042
02:31:28,913 --> 02:31:31,249
[Graves] The tide shifted
because Braun Strowman could change

3043
02:31:31,315 --> 02:31:35,086
the gravitational pull of the earth.
He's a monster. Look out.

3044
02:31:35,153 --> 02:31:36,887
[Michael] And Strowman slamming…
-[Graves and Booker] Oh!

3045
02:31:36,955 --> 02:31:38,256
…through the table.

3046
02:31:38,323 --> 02:31:40,124
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-[Michael] A Running Powerslam…

3047
02:31:40,190 --> 02:31:41,326
-[Graves] Angle--
-…through the table,

3048
02:31:41,392 --> 02:31:43,461
and our general manager is down and out.

3049
02:31:45,395 --> 02:31:47,365
[yells]

3050
02:31:47,431 --> 02:31:48,699
[Graves] That was a valiant effort,

3051
02:31:48,766 --> 02:31:52,337
but I think Kurt Angle has gotta be ruing
his decision to take this match.

3052
02:31:52,403 --> 02:31:55,539
[Booker] Braun Strowman did exactly
what he said he was gonna do

3053
02:31:55,607 --> 02:31:58,409
and that was take Kurt Angle
out of the game.

3054
02:31:58,475 --> 02:32:02,213
[Graves] Thunderous powerslam
through a table.

3055
02:32:02,279 --> 02:32:04,983
Let's take one more look. Oh!

3056
02:32:06,017 --> 02:32:07,952
-[Booker] Kurt Angle--
-[Graves] Guys-- I mean,

3057
02:32:08,019 --> 02:32:10,321
Kurt Angle is effectively
eliminated from this match.

3058
02:32:10,387 --> 02:32:12,523
There's no way the general manager
comes back from that.

3059
02:32:12,590 --> 02:32:18,162
[Booker] Kurt Angle felt the brunt
of 385 pounds of leverage

3060
02:32:18,229 --> 02:32:20,030
-coming down on his body. He's hurt.
-[Graves] Yeah.

3061
02:32:20,098 --> 02:32:22,100
Strowman may have broken Angle in half.

3062
02:32:22,166 --> 02:32:25,103
[Michael] Now you see the officials
and the medical personnel down there

3063
02:32:25,169 --> 02:32:26,904
checking on Kurt Angle.

3064
02:32:27,805 --> 02:32:30,574
Kurt, of course,
a history of neck injuries.

3065
02:32:31,509 --> 02:32:33,645
Gotta be concerned about that right now.

3066
02:32:33,711 --> 02:32:37,148
And now Rollins and Ambrose
back in the fight, doing all they can,

3067
02:32:37,248 --> 02:32:41,118
but Sheamus with a chair,
now Miz as well, and now just…

3068
02:32:41,185 --> 02:32:44,555
[Booker] Kurt Angle is down, guys,
but the thing is he had no business

3069
02:32:44,622 --> 02:32:46,357
being in a match like this.

3070
02:32:46,424 --> 02:32:47,925
-This is Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.
-[Graves] Oh, Booker.

3071
02:32:47,992 --> 02:32:51,029
[Booker] This is one of the most
dangerous matches in this business.

3072
02:32:51,095 --> 02:32:52,896
[Graves] And that's why Kurt Angle
is a Hall of Famer

3073
02:32:52,964 --> 02:32:54,532
for stepping up against the odds

3074
02:32:54,599 --> 02:32:57,035
and doing what's right
by the WWE Universe.

3075
02:32:57,100 --> 02:32:58,536
You have to celebrate it.

3076
02:32:58,603 --> 02:33:01,506
Right now, Rollins and Ambrose
are being beaten senseless.

3077
02:33:01,572 --> 02:33:02,640
[Booker] Celebrate what?

3078
02:33:02,707 --> 02:33:04,609
Celebrate Kurt Angle
going to the hospital?

3079
02:33:06,109 --> 02:33:09,012
[Michael]
And now Sheamus and Cesaro again,

3080
02:33:09,080 --> 02:33:11,249
and The Miz directing traffic,

3081
02:33:11,314 --> 02:33:14,152
and this is getting bad.
This is getting real bad.

3082
02:33:14,217 --> 02:33:16,954
[Graves] It could be. Kurt Angle,
due to no fault of his own,

3083
02:33:17,020 --> 02:33:19,724
has left Dean Ambrose and Rollins
absolutely helpless.

3084
02:33:21,926 --> 02:33:23,360
This is a massacre.

3085
02:33:23,428 --> 02:33:26,930
[Michael] Look at the side slam
by Kane "The Big Red Machine."

3086
02:33:26,998 --> 02:33:29,033
Angle has been put through a table.

3087
02:33:29,100 --> 02:33:31,234
Rollins and Ambrose… Now Angle
is just being helped to his feet.

3088
02:33:31,302 --> 02:33:32,837
They're gonna get him out of here

3089
02:33:32,904 --> 02:33:37,341
as Rollins and Ambrose now
in what's turned into a 5-on-2 massacre.

3090
02:33:39,177 --> 02:33:40,178
[Graves] And, Booker, you're right.

3091
02:33:40,243 --> 02:33:42,413
Maybe it wasn't the right decision
for Kurt Angle to make,

3092
02:33:42,480 --> 02:33:45,616
but at one point, you had
a competitive fire inside your belly

3093
02:33:45,683 --> 02:33:47,385
what made you wake up in the morning.

3094
02:33:47,452 --> 02:33:48,752
Kurt Angle still has that.

3095
02:33:48,820 --> 02:33:51,122
[Booker] Kurt Angle
is the general manager of Raw.

3096
02:33:51,189 --> 02:33:52,556
He's a businessman now.

3097
02:33:52,623 --> 02:33:55,893
He's not a sports entertainer.
He needs to think smart.

3098
02:33:56,394 --> 02:33:59,464
And this was not smart.
Now, what is Seth Rollins gonna do?

3099
02:33:59,529 --> 02:34:01,466
What Dean Ambrose's
gonna do out there now?

3100
02:34:01,532 --> 02:34:02,533
What they gonna do?

3101
02:34:03,901 --> 02:34:05,903
How many guys
in that locker room would've loved

3102
02:34:05,970 --> 02:34:07,505
-to have been in this matchup?
-[Michael] Oh, my God.

3103
02:34:07,572 --> 02:34:09,140
[crowd clamor]

3104
02:34:09,207 --> 02:34:10,541
[Graves] We need to get
some more help out here.

3105
02:34:10,608 --> 02:34:13,044
-[Michael] Indeed.
-[Booker] Guys, this is pathetic.

3106
02:34:13,744 --> 02:34:15,113
This is pathetic.

3107
02:34:17,381 --> 02:34:21,552
Kurt Angle should have never
put his name on the dotted line.

3108
02:34:21,618 --> 02:34:24,722
You know what this is, guys?
This is ego. This is bravado.

3109
02:34:24,788 --> 02:34:27,658
That's exactly what that is,
and that's what it gets you.

3110
02:34:27,725 --> 02:34:30,127
[Graves] Well, some people
would consider it guts, Booker.

3111
02:34:30,194 --> 02:34:32,363
Even Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins,

3112
02:34:32,430 --> 02:34:34,064
even when they thought
it was still Roman Reigns

3113
02:34:34,132 --> 02:34:35,266
that was gonna stand by their side,

3114
02:34:35,332 --> 02:34:37,368
it takes guts to fight against these odds.

3115
02:34:37,435 --> 02:34:39,002
-[Booker] Come on, Corey.
-[Graves] Against monsters. Book--

3116
02:34:39,070 --> 02:34:40,605
[Booker] Come on, Corey,
you're smarter than that.

3117
02:34:40,671 --> 02:34:43,174
You just said it,
you talking with your heart right now.

3118
02:34:43,940 --> 02:34:48,479
[Michael] Meanwhile the decimation
continues in the ring.

3119
02:34:49,680 --> 02:34:52,683
[Graves] Strowman throwing
those sledgehammer-like rights…

3120
02:34:53,684 --> 02:34:55,752
right in the face of Ambrose.

3121
02:34:56,119 --> 02:34:57,889
[Michael] And I don't know,
if you're Rollins and Ambrose,

3122
02:34:57,955 --> 02:34:59,556
what do you do?
There's nothing you can do.

3123
02:34:59,624 --> 02:35:00,957
[Booker] You know what you do, Cole?

3124
02:35:01,259 --> 02:35:04,362
You continue to take this beating
until it's over with.

3125
02:35:04,428 --> 02:35:05,696
That's what you do.

3126
02:35:06,330 --> 02:35:10,701
[Graves] We are watching the,
oh, systematic destruction…

3127
02:35:10,768 --> 02:35:14,438
Look at that chair just completely warped
from Rollins' body weight.

3128
02:35:14,505 --> 02:35:16,573
[Booker] And the thing is,
all of this is legal.

3129
02:35:16,641 --> 02:35:19,609
All of this is legal because of who?
Because of Kurt Angle.

3130
02:35:19,677 --> 02:35:22,079
[crowd booing]

3131
02:35:22,145 --> 02:35:24,582
[Booker] Come on, guys.
You gotta agree with me on that.

3132
02:35:25,949 --> 02:35:29,053
[Michael] Sheamus now, top rope,
Ambrose can't even stand up.

3133
02:35:29,921 --> 02:35:32,723
Now, the Celtic-- Oh my God.

3134
02:35:32,789 --> 02:35:35,493
[Graves] Look, Booker, we know.
There were some health problems all right.

3135
02:35:35,560 --> 02:35:39,497
We know Roman Reigns would be here
otherwise. He wasn't medically cleared.

3136
02:35:39,564 --> 02:35:42,233
Kurt Angle stepped in to try
to do the best he could

3137
02:35:42,300 --> 02:35:44,268
to deliver the best possible main event.

3138
02:35:44,335 --> 02:35:46,971
You need to applaud
Kurt Angle and his efforts.

3139
02:35:47,038 --> 02:35:48,739
[Booker] You know what? You know what?
You know what? You know what?

3140
02:35:48,805 --> 02:35:51,809
I do applaud him,
but it was stupid. It was foolish.

3141
02:35:51,876 --> 02:35:53,277
Kurt Angle should know better.

3142
02:35:54,045 --> 02:35:56,514
He's the general manager
of Monday Night Raw.

3143
02:35:56,581 --> 02:35:57,582
Come on.

3144
02:35:58,448 --> 02:35:59,817
[Michael] And now, a chair.

3145
02:35:59,884 --> 02:36:04,755
[Booker] I mean, an 11-year hiatus
from the squared circle, come on.

3146
02:36:04,822 --> 02:36:08,192
Time off is your worst enemy.
We know about the neck injuries,

3147
02:36:08,259 --> 02:36:10,061
We know about the back.
We know about the knees.

3148
02:36:10,127 --> 02:36:11,362
[Michael] Oh, and Miz.

3149
02:36:14,265 --> 02:36:18,803
[Graves] The systematic destruction
of Rollins and Ambrose.

3150
02:36:18,869 --> 02:36:20,338
Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus

3151
02:36:20,404 --> 02:36:23,440
just taking their time
and enjoying, savoring this.

3152
02:36:23,507 --> 02:36:24,841
[Booker] There's no coming back
from this right here.

3153
02:36:24,909 --> 02:36:27,011
These guys right here,
Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose,

3154
02:36:27,078 --> 02:36:31,549
this one night could ruin their careers.

3155
02:36:31,616 --> 02:36:32,617
-This one night.
-[Graves] Well, Book,

3156
02:36:32,683 --> 02:36:35,419
I don't disagree with you,
I mean, the odds certainly--

3157
02:36:35,485 --> 02:36:37,755
[Booker] And you wanna see nostalgia,
I understand that, Corey.

3158
02:36:37,822 --> 02:36:39,357
You're a fan.

3159
02:36:40,323 --> 02:36:42,092
[crowd clamor]

3160
02:36:42,159 --> 02:36:43,160
[Michael] Oh, and what an uppercut.

3161
02:36:43,226 --> 02:36:44,662
[Graves] Nothing wrong
with being a fan, Book.

3162
02:36:44,729 --> 02:36:45,863
[Booker] Oh.

3163
02:36:49,233 --> 02:36:53,704
[Graves] Cesaro just destroying
Ambrose in one corner.

3164
02:36:54,438 --> 02:36:57,440
Sheamus… Oh.

3165
02:36:57,508 --> 02:37:00,511
[Booker] This is systematic, guys.
This is systematic.

3166
02:37:00,578 --> 02:37:02,747
[Michael] You're right, Booker.
They're just picking apart…

3167
02:37:02,813 --> 02:37:03,881
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-…Ambrose and Rollins.

3168
02:37:03,948 --> 02:37:05,383
-And now Braun Strowman.
-[Graves] Strowman's gonna charge.

3169
02:37:05,448 --> 02:37:08,118
[Michael] Strowman goes into the post.
Seth Rollins trying to rally.

3170
02:37:08,185 --> 02:37:09,386
Ambrose trying to rally as well.

3171
02:37:09,921 --> 02:37:11,622
Trying to do everything
they can to fight back.

3172
02:37:11,689 --> 02:37:13,591
A valiant effort
by The Shield members tonight.

3173
02:37:13,658 --> 02:37:15,393
[Graves] Their last bit of adrenaline.

3174
02:37:17,461 --> 02:37:18,462
Oh, no.

3175
02:37:19,463 --> 02:37:21,332
-Kane just…
-[Michael] Oh my God.

3176
02:37:21,399 --> 02:37:23,734
…plastered Strowman with a steel chair.

3177
02:37:24,335 --> 02:37:25,735
[Booker] It was an accident.

3178
02:37:25,803 --> 02:37:27,805
[crowd cheering]

3179
02:37:28,739 --> 02:37:30,141
[crowd clamor]

3180
02:37:31,242 --> 02:37:36,213
[Michael] Oh, that's what you say
but I'm not sure Strowman feels that way.

3181
02:37:37,148 --> 02:37:38,949
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-[Michael] Apparently he doesn't

3182
02:37:39,016 --> 02:37:41,652
and now Miz is trying to play peacekeeper,

3183
02:37:41,719 --> 02:37:43,454
so is Sheamus and Cesaro.

3184
02:37:43,955 --> 02:37:46,724
[Graves] I've never seen someone
just shove Kane like that.

3185
02:37:46,791 --> 02:37:48,059
It just goes to show you
how huge Strowman is.

3186
02:37:48,125 --> 02:37:49,859
[Michael] And look at Rollins and Ambrose
trying to take advantage,

3187
02:37:49,927 --> 02:37:53,530
trying to take advantage, guys,
of the discord between Strowman and Kane.

3188
02:37:54,164 --> 02:37:55,800
[Graves] If nothing else,
Rollins and Ambrose

3189
02:37:55,866 --> 02:37:59,570
are united in their cause
but, you're right, Booker.

3190
02:37:59,636 --> 02:38:02,473
Sometimes heart,
sometimes passion just aren't enough

3191
02:38:02,539 --> 02:38:05,376
when you've got ten fists and boots
stomping down on you.

3192
02:38:05,443 --> 02:38:07,778
Throw 'em outside. Throw 'em outside.

3193
02:38:08,980 --> 02:38:10,614
[Booker] Talking about
Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins,

3194
02:38:10,680 --> 02:38:12,315
these guys have taken a beating.

3195
02:38:12,383 --> 02:38:15,820
[Michael] Whoa, Kane, does not look happy.

3196
02:38:15,886 --> 02:38:17,887
[crowd clamor]

3197
02:38:19,155 --> 02:38:22,326
[Booker chuckles]
You know what time it is, guys.

3198
02:38:22,393 --> 02:38:24,295
[Michael] Oh my goodness. Table time.

3199
02:38:24,362 --> 02:38:26,130
Dean Ambrose in deep trouble.

3200
02:38:26,197 --> 02:38:29,199
[Booker] Time to put these guys to bed,
man. It's time to end this thing.

3201
02:38:32,603 --> 02:38:34,839
Oh, double crucifix. Goodnight.

3202
02:38:34,904 --> 02:38:36,039
[Michael] Through the…

3203
02:38:36,107 --> 02:38:38,042
-Oh, the table didn't burst.
-[Booker] You know what?

3204
02:38:38,109 --> 02:38:39,643
[Michael] Ambrose bounced off
and that's worse.

3205
02:38:39,710 --> 02:38:41,212
[Booker] That's just bad luck.

3206
02:38:41,278 --> 02:38:44,515
[Graves] And look at the leg,
it snapped the steel leg of the table.

3207
02:38:44,582 --> 02:38:47,418
Trust me, Ambrose is feeling
every bit of that right now.

3208
02:38:47,484 --> 02:38:50,321
[Booker] That's just bad luck
for Dean Ambrose, guys.

3209
02:38:50,387 --> 02:38:53,657
That's just bad luck for him,
he's just gonna have to take more of this.

3210
02:38:53,724 --> 02:38:54,792
More of the same.

3211
02:38:54,859 --> 02:38:57,094
[Michael] Yeah, more punishment coming.

3212
02:38:57,928 --> 02:38:59,597
[crowd chanting]

3213
02:38:59,663 --> 02:39:03,234
[Graves] Uh-oh. If Sheamus and Cesaro
couldn't get it done,

3214
02:39:03,300 --> 02:39:05,803
I can assure you Strowman will.

3215
02:39:07,071 --> 02:39:08,506
Good God.

3216
02:39:08,572 --> 02:39:09,573
[Booker] Wow.

3217
02:39:11,042 --> 02:39:13,377
You guys want to see this.
This is a match.

3218
02:39:13,444 --> 02:39:16,113
This is something that you guys
really want to see, right?

3219
02:39:16,180 --> 02:39:17,581
Told you this was gonna happen.

3220
02:39:17,648 --> 02:39:19,850
[Michael] Booker, the world
wanted to see this match.

3221
02:39:19,917 --> 02:39:21,217
This way. Come on.

3222
02:39:21,285 --> 02:39:24,822
[Michael] And now, Miz, he's the captain,
he's running the team.

3223
02:39:24,889 --> 02:39:26,090
[crowd clamor]

3224
02:39:26,157 --> 02:39:28,725
[Graves] Looks like the team
might run the table right now.

3225
02:39:28,793 --> 02:39:29,960
[Booker] Let me tell you something guys.

3226
02:39:30,027 --> 02:39:31,328
-Miz is making--
-[Graves] What is--

3227
02:39:31,395 --> 02:39:33,163
[Booker] Let me tell you something,
Miz has been making a play

3228
02:39:33,230 --> 02:39:35,599
to become the face of this company
for a long time.

3229
02:39:35,666 --> 02:39:37,701
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
What the hell is Miz doing?

3230
02:39:37,768 --> 02:39:40,171
And what is that? What is that noise?

3231
02:39:40,237 --> 02:39:41,905
[Graves] It's a freaking garbage truck.

3232
02:39:41,972 --> 02:39:43,306
[Booker] Taking out the trash.

3233
02:39:44,074 --> 02:39:45,776
[Michael] But where is it?
Oh, there it is.

3234
02:39:45,842 --> 02:39:47,478
[Graves] Look at it,
it's on the side of the stage.

3235
02:39:47,545 --> 02:39:48,979
[Michael] Oh my goodness.

3236
02:39:49,046 --> 02:39:52,049
[Graves] Miz said he was going to treat
Angle, Rollins, and Ambrose

3237
02:39:52,116 --> 02:39:53,384
like the trash that they are.

3238
02:39:53,451 --> 02:39:55,985
[Michael] Yeah, and then drive
that garbage to the dump.

3239
02:39:56,520 --> 02:39:58,122
So this is apparently what Miz meant.

3240
02:39:58,956 --> 02:40:00,291
[Graves] This is humiliating.

3241
02:40:00,357 --> 02:40:02,359
[garbage truck beeping]

3242
02:40:04,662 --> 02:40:06,764
[crowd clamor]

3243
02:40:06,831 --> 02:40:09,500
[Michael] And Ambrose and Rollins
are just helpless.

3244
02:40:13,737 --> 02:40:17,475
[Graves] This is absolutely humiliating
for Rollins and Ambrose.

3245
02:40:19,543 --> 02:40:21,445
[Booker]
This is a great master plan by The Miz

3246
02:40:21,511 --> 02:40:24,615
to take out The Shield all in one night.

3247
02:40:24,681 --> 02:40:25,683
[Graves] Well, hey. Miz said

3248
02:40:25,749 --> 02:40:27,151
if there's a victory tonight
for their team,

3249
02:40:27,217 --> 02:40:29,553
tomorrow night they could run
Monday Night Raw.

3250
02:40:29,619 --> 02:40:31,088
And it looks like that might be the case.

3251
02:40:31,154 --> 02:40:33,090
[Booker] Like I said,
this is a major play for The Miz, man.

3252
02:40:33,157 --> 02:40:35,326
The Miz has been looking for something
like this for quite some time.

3253
02:40:35,392 --> 02:40:37,595
[Michael] Oh, wait a minute.
Oh my God. Oh my God.

3254
02:40:37,661 --> 02:40:39,597
Ambrose and Rollins have been thrown back

3255
02:40:39,663 --> 02:40:41,832
into that-- into that garbage truck,

3256
02:40:41,899 --> 02:40:44,768
and trying to fight out of it.
Ambrose and Rollins,

3257
02:40:44,835 --> 02:40:46,337
still fighting back.

3258
02:40:46,971 --> 02:40:49,740
Incredible effort by these two men
against five.

3259
02:40:49,806 --> 02:40:51,675
[Graves]
Rollins and Ambrose will not quit,

3260
02:40:51,742 --> 02:40:54,511
refuse to be humiliated,
fighting for everything.

3261
02:40:55,212 --> 02:40:57,481
[Booker] This is called
getting down and dirty, guys.

3262
02:40:57,547 --> 02:41:00,583
[Michael] Off the top of the dump truck--
the garbage truck.

3263
02:41:00,651 --> 02:41:03,654
Incredible, Rollins and Ambrose.

3264
02:41:04,722 --> 02:41:06,457
[Graves]
I can smell that thing over here.

3265
02:41:06,524 --> 02:41:08,526
[crowd clamor]

3266
02:41:12,930 --> 02:41:17,234
[Michael] And look. Ambrose and Rollins
momentarily have everybody down.

3267
02:41:17,301 --> 02:41:19,303
-[crowd cheering]
-[Graves] Uh-oh.

3268
02:41:19,369 --> 02:41:20,971
[Michael] Now, look at Miz
has been isolated.

3269
02:41:21,038 --> 02:41:22,339
Miz has been isolated.

3270
02:41:22,405 --> 02:41:24,608
[Graves]
The Miz is hightailing it toward the ring.

3271
02:41:24,675 --> 02:41:26,443
Ambrose and Rollins giving chase.

3272
02:41:26,510 --> 02:41:28,145
[Michael] And this is Ambrose
and Rollins's moment,

3273
02:41:28,212 --> 02:41:29,546
-if they can somehow get The Miz…
-[Graves] Uh-oh.

3274
02:41:29,613 --> 02:41:31,715
…get The Miz into the ring,
they could win this matchup.

3275
02:41:31,782 --> 02:41:33,517
Everybody else has been taken down.

3276
02:41:33,583 --> 02:41:35,485
Critical moment for Ambrose and Rollins.

3277
02:41:35,553 --> 02:41:38,922
[Graves] And once again,
The A-Lister finds himself outnumbered.

3278
02:41:38,989 --> 02:41:41,659
[Booker] I'll tell you this.
Things got so far out of hand, Cole,

3279
02:41:41,725 --> 02:41:46,529
I forgot all about a win in this thing.
I got caught up in the beat down.

3280
02:41:46,597 --> 02:41:48,698
[crowd clamor]

3281
02:41:51,035 --> 02:41:53,103
[Michael] They wanna punish Miz now.

3282
02:41:53,170 --> 02:41:56,207
Ambrose and Rollins
wanna punish the leader

3283
02:41:56,273 --> 02:41:58,208
of the opposing team.

3284
02:41:58,876 --> 02:42:00,877
The Intercontinental Champion, The Miz.

3285
02:42:00,945 --> 02:42:04,114
[Graves] Well, Miz is receiving
a beatdown second-to-none right now.

3286
02:42:04,180 --> 02:42:07,717
It's October, fellas. I wonder
if Miz's beatdown comes in pumpkin spice.

3287
02:42:08,686 --> 02:42:11,455
[Michael] Look at Miz
trying to crawl away.

3288
02:42:11,521 --> 02:42:13,524
[crowd clamor]

3289
02:42:15,125 --> 02:42:16,694
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-[Michael] And from behind, Kane.

3290
02:42:16,760 --> 02:42:18,729
[Graves] The Big Red Machine

3291
02:42:18,796 --> 02:42:21,365
coming to the aid
of the Intercontinental Champion.

3292
02:42:21,931 --> 02:42:23,534
[Booker] Guys,
what does this say about the fight

3293
02:42:23,600 --> 02:42:25,469
in Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins?

3294
02:42:25,536 --> 02:42:26,537
These guys, there's no quit.

3295
02:42:26,604 --> 02:42:28,271
[Graves] You're the one
with all the doubt in your mind, Booker.

3296
02:42:28,339 --> 02:42:29,740
-[Booker] There's no doubt--
-[Graves] These two guys…

3297
02:42:29,806 --> 02:42:32,076
These guys have been fighting
their hearts out since the bell rang.

3298
02:42:32,142 --> 02:42:33,677
[Michael] But you've been saying

3299
02:42:33,743 --> 02:42:34,744
-that they're down and out…
-[Booker] Cole.

3300
02:42:34,812 --> 02:42:36,580
…since this thing started.
And look at them go.

3301
02:42:36,646 --> 02:42:37,881
-[Booker] No, come on.
-[Michael] Rollins and Ambrose

3302
02:42:37,948 --> 02:42:39,416
-taking it to Kane.
-[Booker] Come on, I'm just-- Come on.

3303
02:42:39,483 --> 02:42:41,285
I'm just saying
they got a lot of fight in them.

3304
02:42:41,351 --> 02:42:42,353
[Graves] Uh-oh.

3305
02:42:42,853 --> 02:42:44,921
-Two of the three Hounds of Justice.
-[Michael] Oh my God.

3306
02:42:44,989 --> 02:42:48,292
And from behind
"The Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman.

3307
02:42:48,359 --> 02:42:50,094
-And with Strowman and Kane…
-[Graves] Oh God.

3308
02:42:50,160 --> 02:42:51,962
…back on their feet,

3309
02:42:52,029 --> 02:42:55,164
things look bleak again for The Shield.

3310
02:42:55,232 --> 02:42:56,934
-[Graves] Wait a minute.
-[Michael] What the hell?

3311
02:42:57,001 --> 02:42:58,502
What is Kane doing?

3312
02:43:00,170 --> 02:43:02,840
This is exactly what Miz
was trying to avoid earlier,

3313
02:43:02,905 --> 02:43:04,742
when he was trying to play peacekeeper.

3314
02:43:07,211 --> 02:43:08,679
[Michael] Oh my God.

3315
02:43:10,014 --> 02:43:11,382
Oh my God.

3316
02:43:13,716 --> 02:43:17,688
Kane just Chokeslammed Braun Strowman

3317
02:43:17,755 --> 02:43:19,523
through the stage.

3318
02:43:19,590 --> 02:43:21,591
[crowd clamor]

3319
02:43:26,630 --> 02:43:27,865
[Michael] Incredible.

3320
02:43:27,930 --> 02:43:29,065
[Booker] Wow.

3321
02:43:32,002 --> 02:43:34,505
[Michael] And look out, Book.
Look out, look out.

3322
02:43:34,571 --> 02:43:35,572
[Booker] I know.

3323
02:43:36,974 --> 02:43:39,276
[Graves] Guys, I don't think
The Big Red Machine's finished

3324
02:43:39,342 --> 02:43:42,846
after Chokeslamming Braun Strowman
through the stage.

3325
02:43:42,912 --> 02:43:44,882
[Booker] What the hell is going on?

3326
02:43:45,749 --> 02:43:49,186
[Michael] My God. Kane is up--
Kane is up in our announce position area.

3327
02:43:49,920 --> 02:43:53,690
Braun Strowman has been Chokeslammed
through the stage.

3328
02:43:53,757 --> 02:43:55,492
[Graves] Kane promised hell on earth.

3329
02:43:55,559 --> 02:43:56,927
[crowd cheering]

3330
02:43:56,993 --> 02:43:59,363
[Graves] I think we just witnessed it
for Braun Strowman.

3331
02:44:01,064 --> 02:44:02,433
But why?

3332
02:44:02,499 --> 02:44:03,701
[Michael] Kane got upset, I guess,

3333
02:44:03,767 --> 02:44:06,537
'cause Strowman knocked him
on his rear end earlier tonight.

3334
02:44:07,037 --> 02:44:08,972
[man 1] Do it, Kane. Come on, boy.

3335
02:44:09,038 --> 02:44:10,407
-[man 2] Do it, Kane.
-[man 1] Whoo!

3336
02:44:10,474 --> 02:44:12,710
[Michael] Wait, what is Ka…
What the hell?

3337
02:44:15,612 --> 02:44:17,881
[man 2] Come on, Kane. Come on, Kane.

3338
02:44:19,783 --> 02:44:22,086
[crowd clamor]

3339
02:44:22,152 --> 02:44:24,555
[man 3] Get him, Kane. Get him, Kane!

3340
02:44:26,422 --> 02:44:27,758
[man 2] Kane.

3341
02:44:29,059 --> 02:44:30,594
[crowd cheering]

3342
02:44:33,896 --> 02:44:35,899
[crowd clamor]

3343
02:44:35,966 --> 02:44:38,302
[Graves] Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, no.

3344
02:44:39,103 --> 02:44:41,505
No, no, no, you can't.

3345
02:44:41,572 --> 02:44:43,107
-No. Oh God.
-[Michael] Oh my God.

3346
02:44:43,172 --> 02:44:45,208
[crowd cheering]

3347
02:44:46,643 --> 02:44:48,011
[Michael] What is wrong with you?

3348
02:44:48,078 --> 02:44:49,213
[Booker chuckles]

3349
02:44:58,020 --> 02:45:00,023
[crowd clamor]

3350
02:45:05,628 --> 02:45:08,866
[Graves]
Guys, Braun Strowman is still moving.

3351
02:45:08,931 --> 02:45:10,501
I don't know how the hell
he's still moving.

3352
02:45:11,502 --> 02:45:14,904
[Michael] Kane just ripped those chairs
out of the ceiling

3353
02:45:14,972 --> 02:45:17,306
and just crushed Braun Strowman.

3354
02:45:17,374 --> 02:45:19,176
[Booker] The other question, Cole, why?

3355
02:45:19,243 --> 02:45:21,244
[crowd cheering]

3356
02:45:26,949 --> 02:45:32,422
[Graves] The entire situation
of the match was thrown upside down.

3357
02:45:33,157 --> 02:45:35,159
[crowd clamor]

3358
02:45:39,395 --> 02:45:42,132
[Booker] Guys, this match is not over yet.

3359
02:45:42,198 --> 02:45:44,201
[Graves] Oh, it is.
It's over for Braun Strowman.

3360
02:45:44,268 --> 02:45:45,335
[Booker] Yes, indeed.

3361
02:45:47,604 --> 02:45:48,639
[Graves] What--

3362
02:45:49,740 --> 02:45:53,743
I can only imagine…
I mean, what reason could Kane have

3363
02:45:53,811 --> 02:45:57,948
for turning his back on his teammate
at this point in time?

3364
02:45:58,015 --> 02:45:59,616
[Michael] Well, Corey,
I can only go back to what happened

3365
02:45:59,683 --> 02:46:02,485
earlier on in the match,
the confrontation between these two men.

3366
02:46:02,553 --> 02:46:04,887
[Graves]
Yeah, but sometimes you gotta just…

3367
02:46:04,955 --> 02:46:06,155
-[Booker] Obviously that--
-[Graves] Look at--

3368
02:46:06,223 --> 02:46:08,958
[Michael] And look at that now.
It's Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins

3369
02:46:09,026 --> 02:46:12,662
trying to fight back.
By taking out Braun Strowman, Kane may--

3370
02:46:12,729 --> 02:46:16,900
he's limited his team in this matchup
as again, Ambrose and Rollins,

3371
02:46:16,966 --> 02:46:19,101
and now Miz get back into things.

3372
02:46:19,169 --> 02:46:21,171
[Booker] I don't think
it's about his team right now.

3373
02:46:21,238 --> 02:46:24,508
Kane has his own agenda
and we don't know what it is.

3374
02:46:24,574 --> 02:46:28,645
[Graves] Uh-oh, once again,
The Lunatic Fringe launching The A-Lister

3375
02:46:28,712 --> 02:46:33,517
into the video board.
But Kane once again. Look at this.

3376
02:46:34,518 --> 02:46:35,586
-[Booker] Oh!
-[Graves] Oh God!

3377
02:46:35,652 --> 02:46:37,454
[Michael] Oh my God.

3378
02:46:37,520 --> 02:46:40,257
Kane has been a wrecking machine.

3379
02:46:41,324 --> 02:46:44,261
[Booker] Kane right now does
not need Braun Strowman's help.

3380
02:46:44,328 --> 02:46:47,197
Right now, he's a one-man wrecking crew.

3381
02:46:49,266 --> 02:46:51,467
[Michael] Kurt Angle has been
taken to the back,

3382
02:46:51,535 --> 02:46:54,537
Ambrose and Rollins have been decimated.

3383
02:46:54,605 --> 02:46:57,541
[Graves] Look at this.
Watch this huge double Chokeslam.

3384
02:46:57,608 --> 02:47:00,811
Do you see the sickening way
Ambrose's neck whipped

3385
02:47:00,877 --> 02:47:03,614
when he made contact
with the table and now…

3386
02:47:03,680 --> 02:47:06,016
[Booker] I'll tell you something.
Kane doesn't need anybody to help him.

3387
02:47:06,082 --> 02:47:08,217
That's the thing, you know,
when you got two big men.

3388
02:47:08,285 --> 02:47:10,887
That right there. You got a rivalry
in itself and I don't--

3389
02:47:10,954 --> 02:47:12,689
-[Graves] It's a tag team match, Booker.
-[Booker] I don't think--

3390
02:47:12,756 --> 02:47:14,957
I don't think Kane like
being in a tag team.

3391
02:47:15,025 --> 02:47:16,960
He doesn't play well
with others, all right?

3392
02:47:17,027 --> 02:47:19,029
[Michael] Okay. It doesn't matter
because the match continues

3393
02:47:19,096 --> 02:47:21,297
and Kane has taken out
Rollins and Ambrose.

3394
02:47:21,365 --> 02:47:25,769
Now, Sheamus and Cesaro are gonna have
their way with the Tag Team Champions.

3395
02:47:26,770 --> 02:47:28,905
Strowman's out, Angle's out.

3396
02:47:28,972 --> 02:47:32,109
[Graves] Somebody is going
for a trash truck ride.

3397
02:47:32,175 --> 02:47:36,046
I mean, Rollins or Ambrose are gonna
end up in dump tonight in Minneapolis.

3398
02:47:36,113 --> 02:47:38,982
[Booker] Anyway it goes The Miz still
gonna get what he wants guys,

3399
02:47:39,049 --> 02:47:41,585
and that's getting rid of The Shield.

3400
02:47:41,652 --> 02:47:42,985
-[Graves] What?
-[Michael] What the--

3401
02:47:43,053 --> 02:47:44,520
-[Graves] You gotta be kidding me?
-[Michael] No. Come on.

3402
02:47:44,588 --> 02:47:46,289
How is Braun Strowman even moving?

3403
02:47:47,925 --> 02:47:49,793
How is this man even moving?

3404
02:47:49,859 --> 02:47:53,463
[Booker chuckles]
'Cause he's a Monster Among Men, Cole.

3405
02:47:53,529 --> 02:47:57,267
[Michael] Braun Strowman
is rising from the wreckage.

3406
02:47:57,333 --> 02:48:02,005
Braun Strowman is still,
still in this thing.

3407
02:48:02,072 --> 02:48:04,675
[Graves] Strowman marching
forward like the undead.

3408
02:48:04,741 --> 02:48:06,342
[crowd clamor]

3409
02:48:09,046 --> 02:48:11,148
-[Graves] Oh, and Miz begging.
-Calm down. Come on.

3410
02:48:11,214 --> 02:48:13,216
There's five of us. There's five of us.

3411
02:48:13,283 --> 02:48:14,850
There's only… There's five of us, Braun.

3412
02:48:14,918 --> 02:48:16,886
Please, please, please.

3413
02:48:16,954 --> 02:48:18,154
-[Graves] Oh, no.
-[Michael] Oh my God.

3414
02:48:18,221 --> 02:48:20,157
Miz is trying to keep peace
between his team.

3415
02:48:20,223 --> 02:48:22,626
-[Booker] Oh, no! Oh, wow!
-[Michael] And now Braun Strowman,

3416
02:48:22,693 --> 02:48:25,261
not only is he taking out The Miz
but he's taken out Sheamus,

3417
02:48:25,329 --> 02:48:29,366
-he's taken out Cesaro.
-[crowd clamor]

3418
02:48:29,433 --> 02:48:32,703
[Graves] There is only one man left
and it's The Big Red Machine.

3419
02:48:32,769 --> 02:48:35,105
[Michael] And now it's Strowman
and Kane going at one another.

3420
02:48:35,171 --> 02:48:37,707
Braun Strowman going right after Kane.

3421
02:48:40,043 --> 02:48:43,847
This thing has completely broken down
between these two men.

3422
02:48:45,282 --> 02:48:49,052
[Graves] Look at this. What the--
Strowman's got The Big Red Machine up.

3423
02:48:49,118 --> 02:48:52,389
[Michael] And now Sheamus and Cesaro
saving Kane from destruction.

3424
02:48:52,456 --> 02:48:53,789
And now Strowman fighting back.

3425
02:48:53,857 --> 02:48:56,293
[Booker] You can forget
about the team format, guys.

3426
02:48:56,359 --> 02:48:58,895
This thing has totally lost it.

3427
02:48:58,962 --> 02:49:01,797
[Michael] And Kane with a boot
to the face of Strowman.

3428
02:49:02,866 --> 02:49:04,935
And now look at this. Wait a minute.

3429
02:49:05,002 --> 02:49:07,136
All four guys have turned on Strowman now.

3430
02:49:07,204 --> 02:49:10,207
This is four-on-one beat down
on their own teammate.

3431
02:49:10,273 --> 02:49:11,675
Get him there. Get him there.

3432
02:49:11,742 --> 02:49:15,145
[Graves] Miz's emotions
are obviously an all-time high. What the…

3433
02:49:16,145 --> 02:49:17,948
[Booker] I feel like if they get
Braun Strowman out of the picture,

3434
02:49:18,015 --> 02:49:19,549
they still got a chance
of getting the win.

3435
02:49:19,616 --> 02:49:20,884
[Graves] No, no. Oh my God.

3436
02:49:20,951 --> 02:49:23,153
[Michael] Strowman's in the garbage truck.

3437
02:49:23,220 --> 02:49:25,222
[overlapping shouting]

3438
02:49:26,623 --> 02:49:27,624
[Graves] What?

3439
02:49:27,690 --> 02:49:29,559
Do it! Just do it!

3440
02:49:29,626 --> 02:49:31,294
[Michael] Oh my God.
Strowman is in the trash.

3441
02:49:31,360 --> 02:49:32,963
-[Graves] Stop the truck.
-[Michael] Strowman has been--

3442
02:49:33,029 --> 02:49:34,898
Strowman has been trapped
in the garbage truck.

3443
02:49:34,965 --> 02:49:36,633
-[Graves] What the hell?
-[Booker] This is gonna protect

3444
02:49:36,699 --> 02:49:38,100
-his investment, guys.
-[Michael] Oh my God, no.

3445
02:49:38,168 --> 02:49:39,703
Oh, my God, no.

3446
02:49:40,704 --> 02:49:43,240
-What the hell?
-Go away, Braun.

3447
02:49:44,975 --> 02:49:46,710
[Michael] What are they thinking?

3448
02:49:49,312 --> 02:49:51,180
[crowd clamor]

3449
02:49:51,248 --> 02:49:52,716
[Michael] Oh my God.

3450
02:49:52,783 --> 02:49:55,118
Strowman is in that thing.

3451
02:49:55,185 --> 02:49:56,787
[crowd clamor]

3452
02:49:58,121 --> 02:49:59,589
[Booker] What just happened, guys, please?

3453
02:49:59,655 --> 02:50:01,792
[Michael] I don't… Strowman's trapped.

3454
02:50:01,858 --> 02:50:03,859
[crowd clamor]

3455
02:50:04,761 --> 02:50:07,663
[Graves] Trapped, Cole.
You can imagine worse than that.

3456
02:50:08,799 --> 02:50:10,966
[Booker]
Listen, guys, Miz is still trying to…

3457
02:50:11,034 --> 02:50:12,735
-[Michael] Yeah, I think-- Yeah.
-…protect his investment.

3458
02:50:12,803 --> 02:50:14,738
-[Booker] Miz could still get a win here.
-[Graves] To hell with the investment,

3459
02:50:14,805 --> 02:50:18,341
Booker T, Strowman is a Monster Among Men
but he's still a human being.

3460
02:50:18,408 --> 02:50:21,812
[Booker] Yeah. But the object right now
is to beat The Shield.

3461
02:50:21,877 --> 02:50:23,412
[Graves] Now, look at the face of The Miz.

3462
02:50:23,480 --> 02:50:26,349
I think even The Miz is having second
thoughts about what the hell he just did.

3463
02:50:26,416 --> 02:50:29,618
[Michael] Yeah. But now, they turned
their focus back to Rollins and Ambrose

3464
02:50:29,686 --> 02:50:31,887
and to finally end this matchup.

3465
02:50:31,955 --> 02:50:32,956
-It has been…
-[Graves] Please,

3466
02:50:33,023 --> 02:50:35,025
-someone end it.
-…an absolute destruction.

3467
02:50:35,091 --> 02:50:36,827
[Booker] Put this thing to bed.

3468
02:50:36,893 --> 02:50:39,028
[crowd clamor]

3469
02:50:39,096 --> 02:50:42,565
Hey, hey, hey, hey.

3470
02:50:42,632 --> 02:50:44,034
Circle.

3471
02:50:44,100 --> 02:50:45,836
-I'll go other side.
-Circle.

3472
02:50:45,902 --> 02:50:47,636
[crowd clamor]

3473
02:50:47,704 --> 02:50:48,904
[Michael] And now, what are they gonna do?

3474
02:50:48,972 --> 02:50:50,373
I mean, Rollins and Ambrose can't move.

3475
02:50:50,439 --> 02:50:52,475
Throw them in the ring,
and pin it, and end this thing.

3476
02:50:52,542 --> 02:50:54,144
[crowd clamor]

3477
02:50:56,246 --> 02:50:57,780
[Booker] You don't wanna do it too quick.

3478
02:50:57,848 --> 02:50:59,983
-You wanna savor this moment.
-[Graves] Oh, get it over with.

3479
02:51:00,050 --> 02:51:02,652
[Booker]
The Miz wants to savor this moment.

3480
02:51:02,719 --> 02:51:05,122
[Michael] Guys, I have no idea
what to say after what we just saw.

3481
02:51:05,188 --> 02:51:07,524
This is completely
beyond sports entertainment.

3482
02:51:07,591 --> 02:51:09,126
-[Booker chuckles]
-[Michael] Braun Strowman was just hauled

3483
02:51:09,192 --> 02:51:11,862
out of here, trapped in a garbage truck.
And now Miz…

3484
02:51:11,928 --> 02:51:14,264
-[Booker] Wow.
-…with a DDT to Rollins.

3485
02:51:14,331 --> 02:51:18,502
It is a four-on-one assault
of Seth Rollins.

3486
02:51:18,568 --> 02:51:22,139
And Cesaro and Sheamus
and Miz having their way.

3487
02:51:22,205 --> 02:51:23,240
Cover.

3488
02:51:23,340 --> 02:51:24,841
-One, two--
-[grunts]

3489
02:51:25,074 --> 02:51:26,475
-[crowd cheering]
-[Graves] Oh, and Ambrose.

3490
02:51:26,543 --> 02:51:27,877
-[Booker] Whoa.
-[Graves] Where the hell did he come from?

3491
02:51:27,944 --> 02:51:30,614
[Michael] Ambrose came in and--
but so did The Big Red Machine.

3492
02:51:30,680 --> 02:51:32,716
And now Kane is back
in the middle of this.

3493
02:51:32,783 --> 02:51:35,118
[Booker] I can't believe this fight
is still going, guys.

3494
02:51:35,185 --> 02:51:37,187
[crowd clamor]

3495
02:51:40,457 --> 02:51:44,427
[Graves] It looks like they're giving
the honors to The Big Red Machine.

3496
02:51:45,261 --> 02:51:47,296
-["Medal" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

3497
02:51:47,364 --> 02:51:49,766
-[Graves] What?
-[Michael] Wait a minute. No.

3498
02:51:49,832 --> 02:51:51,967
["Medal" continues]

3499
02:51:54,571 --> 02:52:00,210
[crowd chanting]
You suck! You suck! You suck!

3500
02:52:03,980 --> 02:52:06,082
[Michael] I can't believe
Kurt Angle's back.

3501
02:52:06,149 --> 02:52:07,651
-Kurt Angle is back!
-[Graves] Oh my God!

3502
02:52:07,716 --> 02:52:09,118
[Michael] And there goes Cesaro.

3503
02:52:09,186 --> 02:52:10,487
Sheamus missed with a Brogue.

3504
02:52:10,554 --> 02:52:12,722
Kurt Angle gonna make him pay.

3505
02:52:12,788 --> 02:52:14,658
-Kurt Angle with an Angle…
-[Graves] Angle Slam on the floor!

3506
02:52:14,724 --> 02:52:17,260
-…Slam!
-[Booker] You gotta be kidding me.

3507
02:52:17,327 --> 02:52:19,729
[Michael] And Angle with an Angle Slam
through the table!

3508
02:52:19,796 --> 02:52:20,796
[Graves chuckles]

3509
02:52:22,499 --> 02:52:26,269
There's the look
we haven't seen in far too long.

3510
02:52:26,336 --> 02:52:28,205
[Michael] Kurt Angle is back.

3511
02:52:28,270 --> 02:52:29,672
[Booker] With a vengeance, Cole.

3512
02:52:29,739 --> 02:52:31,808
[Michael]
Angle turning his attention to Kane.

3513
02:52:31,875 --> 02:52:33,743
There goes The Miz.

3514
02:52:33,810 --> 02:52:35,345
[Graves] Oh.

3515
02:52:35,412 --> 02:52:39,149
[Michael] And Kane, just like that,
looks to snuff out the rally.

3516
02:52:39,216 --> 02:52:41,451
[crowd clamor]

3517
02:52:44,688 --> 02:52:47,224
-[Graves] Uh-oh.
-[Booker] Oh, this could be it.

3518
02:52:47,289 --> 02:52:48,958
[Michael]
Oh, my God going for the Tombstone

3519
02:52:49,025 --> 02:52:51,261
and Ambrose and Rollins now
with steel chairs.

3520
02:52:51,328 --> 02:52:52,863
[crowd cheering]

3521
02:52:55,232 --> 02:52:58,768
[Graves] There's been so much destruction
in the building, our powers going out.

3522
02:52:58,835 --> 02:53:00,369
Things are going
all over the place, but the--

3523
02:53:00,437 --> 02:53:01,637
[Booker] The fight continues though, Cole.

3524
02:53:01,705 --> 02:53:03,106
[Graves] You're absolutely right.

3525
02:53:03,172 --> 02:53:04,541
[Michael] Yeah.
The fight continues in the ring.

3526
02:53:04,608 --> 02:53:06,576
Kurt Angle somehow… Now, look at this.

3527
02:53:06,643 --> 02:53:08,377
-[Graves] Oh, God!
-[Michael] Oh my God!

3528
02:53:08,445 --> 02:53:11,180
Kane blasted through the barricade.

3529
02:53:11,248 --> 02:53:12,382
[crowd cheering]

3530
02:53:12,448 --> 02:53:14,984
[Booker] Talk about a little
teamwork right there.

3531
02:53:16,586 --> 02:53:18,121
[Graves] It's a little homage there.

3532
02:53:18,188 --> 02:53:19,489
[Booker] Homage.

3533
02:53:19,555 --> 02:53:21,056
[Graves] For The Big Dog.

3534
02:53:21,124 --> 02:53:22,692
[crowd clamor]

3535
02:53:24,194 --> 02:53:25,195
[Booker] Wow.

3536
02:53:26,662 --> 02:53:29,232
[Graves] Angle still feeling the effects
of Kane-- Oh, no, no, no.

3537
02:53:29,299 --> 02:53:31,134
[Michael] Oh, look at Miz.
Just what Miz wants.

3538
02:53:31,201 --> 02:53:33,203
Looking for the Skull-Crushing
Finale for Angle!

3539
02:53:33,270 --> 02:53:35,338
-[Booker] Oh, perfect position.
-[Michael] And Miz is gonna love this.

3540
02:53:35,404 --> 02:53:36,672
-Miz is gonna rub this…
-[Booker] The Miz.

3541
02:53:36,740 --> 02:53:37,741
[Michael] …in Angle's face.

3542
02:53:37,806 --> 02:53:40,210
-Kurt Angle kicked out!
-[crowd cheering]

3543
02:53:40,277 --> 02:53:42,045
[crowd booing]

3544
02:53:43,079 --> 02:53:45,015
[Michael] Miz called Angle a glory hound.

3545
02:53:45,081 --> 02:53:48,151
He wanted to beat him tonight,
and Angle kicked out,

3546
02:53:48,217 --> 02:53:50,353
and Miz is livid.

3547
02:53:50,420 --> 02:53:52,489
[Booker] I don't know how Kurt Angle
kicked out right there

3548
02:53:52,555 --> 02:53:54,591
because that's the one
he did not see coming.

3549
02:53:54,658 --> 02:53:56,826
Miz hit it perfect.

3550
02:53:56,893 --> 02:53:58,161
Kurt Angle kicked out.

3551
02:53:58,228 --> 02:54:01,698
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!

3552
02:54:03,133 --> 02:54:06,703
[Michael] The "USA" chants directed
to the Olympic gold medalist.

3553
02:54:07,704 --> 02:54:11,308
Kurt Angle, taken out of this match
earlier on, is back in it,

3554
02:54:11,374 --> 02:54:13,176
and now Miz looking for the cult--
Skull-Crushing Finale…

3555
02:54:13,243 --> 02:54:14,511
-…in a steel chair.
-[Graves] Oh, no, no. A chair.

3556
02:54:14,577 --> 02:54:16,046
-Oh, oh, oh!
-[Michael] Angle with the Ankle Lock!

3557
02:54:16,112 --> 02:54:18,715
Look at the Ankle Lock!
The Ankle Lock on Miz!

3558
02:54:18,782 --> 02:54:21,284
The Ankle Lock center of the ring.

3559
02:54:21,350 --> 02:54:23,653
-[crowd cheering]
-[Graves] He's gonna-- he's gonna

3560
02:54:24,386 --> 02:54:26,055
-[Michael] Miz is gonna tap-- able to…
-[Booker] No, no, no.

3561
02:54:26,122 --> 02:54:28,190
…get out of it,
and Angle sent through the ropes

3562
02:54:28,258 --> 02:54:30,193
and out of the ring.

3563
02:54:30,726 --> 02:54:32,062
[man] Get up, Kurt.

3564
02:54:32,127 --> 02:54:35,598
-[Michael] And Angle hit hard.
-[Graves] You're absolutely right but…

3565
02:54:35,664 --> 02:54:37,734
[Booker] He's no quitter, man.
He's no quitter.

3566
02:54:37,801 --> 02:54:39,069
[Graves] No, he's certainly not a quitter.

3567
02:54:39,135 --> 02:54:41,671
But there's been some damage
done to The Miz's ankle.

3568
02:54:41,738 --> 02:54:43,606
-That's for sure.
-[Booker] I tell you once upon a time

3569
02:54:43,672 --> 02:54:46,475
Miz probably would've tap
but not here in 2017.

3570
02:54:46,543 --> 02:54:49,713
-This is a moment for The Miz.
-[Michael] Yeah. But look at Ambrose,

3571
02:54:50,947 --> 02:54:55,217
Rollins, Angle in Shield position.

3572
02:54:57,119 --> 02:54:59,990
Miz does not like what he sees.

3573
02:55:00,055 --> 02:55:04,294
[Graves] It's a three-headed monster all
staring at the Intercontinental Champion.

3574
02:55:04,360 --> 02:55:06,196
[crowd clamor]

3575
02:55:06,895 --> 02:55:08,765
[Michael] Where's Miz--
He's nowhere to go.

3576
02:55:08,832 --> 02:55:10,633
Miz has nowhere to go.

3577
02:55:11,234 --> 02:55:14,170
Here comes Rollins, Ambrose…

3578
02:55:14,237 --> 02:55:15,671
-[Graves] Boom!
-…across the knee.

3579
02:55:16,206 --> 02:55:18,574
-There's Dirty Deeds.
-[Booker laughs]

3580
02:55:18,641 --> 02:55:21,177
[Michael] And here's Kurt Angle
with an Angle Slam.

3581
02:55:21,243 --> 02:55:22,812
[crowd cheering]

3582
02:55:25,115 --> 02:55:27,117
[Michael] Miz is down.

3583
02:55:27,183 --> 02:55:29,019
This could be their moment.

3584
02:55:29,085 --> 02:55:31,221
[crowd cheering]

3585
02:55:31,921 --> 02:55:33,123
[Michael] Are we gonna see it?

3586
02:55:33,189 --> 02:55:34,924
Angle's calling for it.

3587
02:55:35,992 --> 02:55:38,595
[Booker chuckles] Wow.

3588
02:55:38,661 --> 02:55:40,662
I cannot believe these guys.

3589
02:55:40,730 --> 02:55:42,832
[Michael] I can't believe
we're gonna see this.

3590
02:55:42,899 --> 02:55:44,534
-[yells]
-[crowd cheering]

3591
02:55:44,600 --> 02:55:45,601
[Graves laughs]

3592
02:55:45,668 --> 02:55:50,340
[Michael] Paying homage
to Roman Reigns "The Big Dog"

3593
02:55:50,407 --> 02:55:54,243
-and a Triple Powerbomb to The Miz.
-[Michael] An Olympic Shield Bomb.

3594
02:55:54,310 --> 02:55:56,346
-[Michael] Angle with the cover.
-[Booker chuckles] Wow.

3595
02:55:56,412 --> 02:55:57,947
-[bell rings]
-[Michael] What a win.

3596
02:55:58,014 --> 02:56:00,150
-["Special Op" playing]
-[crowd cheering]

3597
02:56:00,216 --> 02:56:03,619
[Rome] Here are your winners,
the team of the Raw Tag Team Champions

3598
02:56:03,686 --> 02:56:08,158
Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose,
and Kurt Angle!

3599
02:56:08,224 --> 02:56:10,693
[Michael] Olympic Shield Bomb.
I love that, Corey.

3600
02:56:10,760 --> 02:56:14,964
[Graves laughs] I do what I can.
What an unreal moment.

3601
02:56:15,030 --> 02:56:18,134
Booker T, will you please finally admit

3602
02:56:18,201 --> 02:56:19,469
-how wrong you were?
-[Booker] Hey, man.

3603
02:56:19,536 --> 02:56:21,104
Let me give these guys some props.

3604
02:56:21,171 --> 02:56:22,505
I knew they could do it.

3605
02:56:22,572 --> 02:56:24,240
[Michael] What are you-- Wait a minute.

3606
02:56:25,241 --> 02:56:27,277
What an incredible performance.

3607
02:56:27,342 --> 02:56:31,914
Angle, Rollins,
and Ambrose fought all the odds

3608
02:56:31,981 --> 02:56:34,684
and they win this matchup.

3609
02:56:36,920 --> 02:56:40,123
[Graves] Everything turned around
when Angle made a return,

3610
02:56:40,189 --> 02:56:44,726
eliminating Cesaro,
then Sheamus from the equation.

3611
02:56:44,794 --> 02:56:47,930
Angle was the wrestling machine of old

3612
02:56:47,997 --> 02:56:50,433
and an Olympic gold medalist
in every sense,

3613
02:56:50,500 --> 02:56:52,469
just laying waste to everyone.

3614
02:56:53,470 --> 02:56:55,404
[Michael] And then The Shield
would take care of Kane…

3615
02:56:55,472 --> 02:56:57,273
[Graves] Looks kind of familiar
doesn't it?

3616
02:56:57,340 --> 02:56:59,475
…with a Big Dog action.

3617
02:56:59,542 --> 02:57:03,613
[Graves] Angle was trying
to take advantage but The Miz sneaks in

3618
02:57:03,680 --> 02:57:07,917
a Skull-Crushing Finale.
We were all but certain this was over.

3619
02:57:07,984 --> 02:57:09,752
[Michael]
But Angle still got it, doesn't he?

3620
02:57:09,819 --> 02:57:13,089
-[crowd cheering]
-[Graves] Unbelievable.

3621
02:57:13,155 --> 02:57:17,460
The Miz, once again, finds himself
on the wrong end of the numbers game.

3622
02:57:17,527 --> 02:57:21,064
Dirty Deeds, Olympic Slam.

3623
02:57:21,430 --> 02:57:23,433
[crowd cheering]

3624
02:57:25,568 --> 02:57:28,904
[Graves] And an Olympic Shield Bomb.

3625
02:57:29,905 --> 02:57:35,011
-Angle, Rollins, Ambrose defying the odds…
-[bell rings]

3626
02:57:35,078 --> 02:57:41,216
…and I assure you The Big Dog
is watching on very, very proud.

3627
02:57:41,284 --> 02:57:42,552
[crowd cheering]

3628
02:57:42,618 --> 02:57:47,257
[Michael] Kurt Angle's return
to WWE in-ring action is a success.

3629
02:57:47,323 --> 02:57:49,859
What a night, ladies and gentlemen.

3630
02:57:49,926 --> 02:57:55,398
Thank you for joining us
in Minneapolis for TLC.

3631
02:57:55,465 --> 02:57:58,467
-["Special Op" continues]
-[crowd cheering]

3632
02:58:01,003 --> 02:58:02,605
[Michael] Goodnight, everybody.

3633
02:58:10,747 --> 02:58:12,749
[crowd cheering]
ht, everybody.