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Then.

Now.

Forever.

Together.

[Cole] Earlier this year, WWE took over
Indianapolis with the Royal Rumble,

and the Pacers took Indiana ride
all the way to the NBA Finals.

Now the NFL's Colts are off
to a hot start, led by Daniel Jones,

their quarterback, and tonight this city
hosts history, the first ever WWE premium

live event on the brand new ESPN app.

[pop music playing]

Well, there they are, one of the greatest
tag teams of all time is back.

Jimmy and Jay, the Usos, and they look
to take out The Vision tonight.

Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed
in tag team action.

World champion Seth Rollins,
the Intercontinental champion Becky Lynch,

self-proclaimed power couple of the WWE
in a mixed tag team match tonight.

Against the returning AJ Lee
and her husband CM Punk, AJ in the ring

for the first time in a decade tonight.

Well, Naomi was forced to relinquish
the Women's World Championship.

Tonight we crown a new champion.

Will it be Iyo Sky
or Stephanie Vaquer tonight?

And the undisputed WWE Champion Cody
Rhodes set for a massive title defense

against the Scottish Warrior
Drew McIntyre.

Our main event tonight.

And now…

Wrestlepalooza.

[R&B playing]

[crowd cheering]

And listen to the voices of America.

[TV announcer] Alien. Rated R.

[theme song playing]

[light music playing]

[singers] ♪ ESPN ♪

[Levesque] ESPN and WWE.

They weren't exactly titans
of American broadcasting.

[rock music playing]

[announcer] Andre the Giant!

[Levesque] They were upstarts.

Welcome everyone to the ESPN SportsCenter.

From this very desk in the coming weeks
and months we'll be filling you in

on the pulse of sporting activity.

In just a moment we're gonna take you
to the match, a very controversial match,

and there is no doubt--

[Levesque] Outsiders.

Now I'm still not sure
just exactly how it works.

[Levesque] Oddities.

[TV announcer] And these are people
that cannot be controlled.

[Levesque] But the stories they told,

the best of them anyway,

were about peace.

[rock music continues]

[Levesque] All the way live.

Up to the satellite and onto your screen.

[Levesque] Ending on a bang.

But landing with a wink.

Where are my highlights?

If it's up to me, we're running these
highlights every night on SportsCenter.

Aesthetically,
there's a problem with them.

Something… it's technical stuff.

[Levesque] Whatever the prevailing
technology or the size of the screen,

they listened…

[The Rock]
The Rock didn't even make The Rock.

[Levesque] To you.

[The Rock] The people made The Rock.

[crowd cheers]

[Levesque] And that's how it happens.

How outsiders go mainstream.

Renegades morph into heroes…

Lawrence Taylor
will wrestle in WrestleMania.

- Yeah.
- [Levesque] Those time-worn lines

between what's scripted.

[Lawler] Oh, here we go!

[Cole] Bukowski's in the ring!

[no audible dialogue]

[Levesque] And what's not.

[shouts]

Dennis Rodman, on Monday,
he didn't show up for work.

[announcer] Dennis Rodman is here.

[Hogan] Some things are worth
missing practice for, brother.

[Levesque] Between athletics…

[announcer 2]
Kurt Angle of the United States.

[announcer 3] It's true!

[commentator 1]
A wrestling-style takedown.

[commentator 2] Touchdown, Aaron Rodgers.

[Levesque] And amusement.

- Can I get one more of those?
- Sure.

[Levesque] Don't apply anymore.

Shaq welcomed into the world of the WWE.

- [Levesque] The biggest names…
- Whoo!

- [McAfee] How are you doing that, Pat?
- [Cole] Are they Super Bowl rings?

[Levesque] And the biggest games.

Big 12 championship game. Let's go.

[Levesque] Continue to cross over.

[Cole] Haliburton and Brunson
with a staredown.

Ya'll are just absolute experts
in the world of entertainment.

I'm a huge fan.

[Cena humming]

[Levesque] Wrestling isn't a metaphor
for the national condition.

This is very, very entertaining.
There's nothing bigger than the WWE.

[Levesque] Not a reflection of it.

- Best feeling in the world.
- Amazing.

Best feeling the world, bro.

[Cole]
This is the pinnacle of entertainment.

[Levesque] As are all games we play.

Uso!

[crowd cheering]

Sports is entertainment.

Always has been, always will be.

[upbeat music playing]

[crowd cheering continues]

Can you feel it?

[crowd cheers]

I said, can you feel it, Indianapolis?

[crowd cheers]

What you are about to witness

is the final form
of sports and entertainment.

If tonight is your first night,

let me welcome you to WWE.

Let me welcome you to ESPN.

Let me welcome you to Wrestlepalooza.

[R&B playing]

[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
you are looking live at the sold out

Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Over 15,000 WWE fans
are here tonight for Wrestlepalooza.

Hello again everybody, I'm Michael Cole.

Wade Barrett at ringside.
How psyched are you, Wade?

We are entering a brave new world.
We've got a banging crowd.

We got a stacked card.
What a night for our industry.

I just want to say how proud I am
to be out here tonight

because this night is for me,

it's for Wade Barrett,

it's for all the WWE superstars,
the production team, the office.

WWE has arrived.
Wrestlepalooza live on ESPN.

What is this?

- [crowd cheers]
- Oh, yeah!

[Barrett laughs]

[Cole] I was wondering
if he was going to be here.

I haven't heard from Pat in a while.

[Barrett] It's Mr. Indianapolis himself.

[no audible dialogue]

[Cole] Did you have any idea?

[Barrett]
I mean, if you gone on the Internet,

everyone's been talking about it.
Pat was gonna be here.

[Cole] I don't go on the internet, Wade.

It said you were fired
and you're here tonight.

[Barrett laughs] Some people wish I was.

[Cole] Oh, it's gonna be fun tonight.

[Barrett] Oh, we are going
to Planet McAfee here at Wrestlepalooza.

[Cole] Oh, Wade, I got our audio guys
setting some stuff up here next to us.

I think Pat McAfee may be
joining us here at ringside.

[Barrett] Oh, hell yeah, someone sane
to talk to for once. Yes.

Hey, this is a good time.

[both laugh]

Yeah!

[Barrett] Oh, God, it's a love fest.
You're making me sick.

I've never in my life seen Michael Cole

as happy as he is right now,
jumping up and down

- like a five-year-old on his birthday.
- What an electric night it's gonna be.

He's starting off early.
It's gonna be one of those nights, Wade.

Still got the moves.

Get the cams off.

So, so listen, Pat.

[stammers]

- There's no swimming pool.
- Okay.

Um, don't take your pants off.

I don't need to see any more
of your junk today.

- Take your pants off. It's Wrestlepalooza.
- [Cole laughs]

Wrestlepalooza is kicking off
in Indianapolis.

It's an honor to be alongside
of you boys again.

Great to have you back.

It's gonna be a night that's gonna go down

in the history of the WWE
and this business.

Lucky to be here. Thankful to be here.
Let's have a night in Indy.

- Let's go.
- Hell yeah, Cole.

Oh, I'm a little winded.
I'm a little winded.

[Cole]
You looked in great shape on game day.

[McAfee] Thank you.

[Barrett]
Nowhere to hide in those speedos.

- [Cole laughs]
- [McAfee] They were small.

I had to make sure
everything was in the car.

Thank you.

[crowd chanting]

That's very kind.

You guys had a seat extra there
so Cole came out for me. I appreciate you.

- [Cole] For once.
- [McAfee laughs]

[McAfee] I watched last night.
I'm happy you're okay.

[Cole] Me too.

- ["The Next Big Thing (V2)" playing]
- [crowd cheers]

- [Cole] Yeah, I'll be back here folks.
- [McAfee] Yeah, that's smart, Cole.

I don't know what you've been doing
these last few weeks,

but it was not smart
to get on this guy's bad side.

[Cole] Oh, my God.

[Barrett] Well, Michael Cole is currently
hiding behind me, I assure you I will

not be putting my body on the line
like Corey Graves did last night.

- Every man for himself.
- [Cole] Pat. Up 200 pounds, Pat.

Brock Lesnar lifted me up,
carried me around the ring,

walked up the steps with me
and dropped me in the ring.

Gave Corey Graves two F-5s, sent him home.

[McAfee] I saw it all.

The alpha male of our species
does what he wants…

- [Barrett] God, he's coming this way.
- …when he wants.

And Cole, if I were you,
I would stay away.

[Barrett]
I did make a request of management

if we could call this one from the skybox.

- It was shot down immediately.
- [Cole] Good call.

[Barrett]
And we are now in the line of fire.

[McAfee] I just made eye contact
with The Beast, not a good place to be.

- [Barrett] Dead behind the eyes.
- [McAfee] Absolutely.

Also behind his eyes,
one of the largest heads in history.

That's on top of a body that is sculpted
to be the most athletic ever created.

[Cole]
John Cena's gonna earn his rewards tonight

if he can somehow survive The Beast.

[Barrett] It's a great point. I mean,
the three of us were just petrified

of this man walking within 20 feet of us.

Imagine having to stand across the ring
and hear that bell ringing.

And the fight begins.

[McAfee] I mean, look at this ape
run back and forth in the ring.

[Cole]
The eloquence of Pat McAfee is back.

[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena!

[Cole] You could show a movie on his back.

[McAfee] He looks bigger than he's
ever been. This is unbelievable.

[Cole] Ten-time world champion,
main-eventing five WrestleManias.

- ["The Time is Now" playing]
- [crowd cheers]

[all cheering]

We're out here to have some fun!

[all] Yeah!

Hey. Come on, right?

[McAfee] This is awesome.

Let's go to work, Stu.

Right, you guys, form up.

[all cheering]

[Cole] Oh, boy.

[McAfee] Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Cole] Brock Lesnar does not look happy
with the appearance of John Cena.

[Barrett] The sight of all those kids
on the stage is incongruent

with the sight of The Beast
standing at ringside.

The kids do not want to watch
the massacre that is about to go down.

Three months remain in the retirement
tour of John Cena

and hopefully it doesn't end prematurely
here tonight at the hands of The Beast.

[Barrett] D-Day, John.

"I'm coming for blood," were
the last words of Brock Lesnar last night,

after the carnage he caused on SmackDown.

[McAfee] And these two were just wee
little boys in this business.

They trained about an hour
and a half hour south of here.

[Cole] And they went on, Pat,
to become two of the all-time greats.

[McAfee] It's apropos that this is
happening right here right now.

- [music fades]
- [crowd cheering]

[Cole] Let's head up to Alicia Taylor.

[bell rings]

[crowd chanting]

The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

Introducing first…

He is the greatest

of all time.

The never-seen 17,

celebrating with each and every one
of you here tonight

in Indianapolis.

One final time.

The last real champion.

John Cena.

And--

- [Heyman] Ladies and gentlemen.
- [crowd cheers]

[McAfee] Whoa! Whoa!

[crowd cheering, booing]

[Cole] There's something in the water
in Indianapolis.

[McAfee] Wow.

[Cole]
Wade, this must have been what Brock

and Heyman were talking about last night.

- Ladies and gentlemen.
- [crowd cheering]

- My name is Paul Heyman.
- [crowd] Paul Heyman!

Introducing…

The 17th-seeing, GOAT-slaying,

Cena-conquering,

former NCAA, UFC,

WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Champion

of the World.

The last real ass-kicker,

- Brock Lesnar.
- [crowd cheers]

[Cole] It is a big-fight feel.

The atmosphere is electric tonight
in Indianapolis.

Lesnar, Cena for the final time.

[Barrett] Talking about a big-fight feel.
It might be a short-fight feel.

- Brock's got that look in his eye.
- [bell rings]

[Cole] And we are underway.

Oh, and Brock goes right
to the midsection of Cena.

And Brock Lesnar now pounding away
on the 17-time world champion.

Pat, what does Cena have to do
to try to stay in this match tonight?

[McAfee] Yeah, like many times before with
The Beast, he's just gonna have to survive

because Brock is gonna batter him.

He's the last real ass-kicker is what Paul
Heyman said, and that's what he's going

to be trying to do to Cena all damn night.

And what about Brock, Wade?

What does he need to do
to just put Cena away tonight?

[Barrett laughs]
He needs to be Brock Lesnar.

He needs to do exactly what he's done
from the start,

and I would guesstimate in
about 2 minutes this is going to be over.

[Cole] And there's the big shoulder to the
midsection of John Cena and Cena trying

to fight back now with the right hands
to Lesnar.

And Lesnar with a clothesline. Drops John.

[Barrett] John just pissed
Brock Lesnar off, barely registered.

[McAfee] Yeah, it woke him up.
And look at him peacocking around.

What is he? 330 right now?

[Cole] Looks it. And Pat, you mentioned it
as he walked out here,

the look in the eyes of Lesnar.

[McAfee]
He's a very angry man, soulless man.

[Cole] Oh!

[McAfee] He's gonna try to take John
Cena's fresh new hair right off his head.

[Barrett] What was it John Cena said?

"I never wanted the retirement tour
to be a nostalgia act."

Well John, you got your wish.

[Cole] Well, Brock Lesnar also told John,
it ain't no retirement tour

until you face The Beast.

Remember in his career, guys,
the greatest of all time,

John Cena only owns one pinfall victory
over Brock Lesnar, just one, Pat.

Yeah, Brock Lesnar does have
a lot of losses to a lot of people.

[Barrett] I'm surprised it's even one.
I was expecting zero.

[McAfee] Exactly. Guy's been a champion
literally everywhere

and if he wanted to play in the NFL,
he could have done that.

And he's letting Indianapolis go ahead
and witness some greatness right now.

[Cole] Well, John Cena did say
he was at the point in his career where he

should be afraid to fight Brock Lesnar,
but he's always ready for a fight.

Not sure he's ready for this Brock though.

Look at the welts already building
on the back of Cena and now Brock Lesnar

hoisting Cena up and marching around
the ring with Cena on his shoulders.

Delivering a power slam
à la the British Bulldog,

and Lesnar driving Cena through the mat.

[Barrett] Would we say when someone's
out of competition for two years

like Brock Lesnar has been, normally
you get a little ring rust, right?

Normal rules do not apply
to The Beast Incarnate.

[Cole] In fact, this is the first time
Lesnar's been in a match in two years.

And… Oh!

- Welcome to…
- [McAfee] Suplex City, baby.

Wrestlepalooza has just taken an exit
to Suplex City,

and Cena is about to get German suplexed
right out of the United States of America.

[Cole] The first time these two men
were in a match was 2001.

Ohio Valley Wrestling.
It was a tag team matchup.

They'd meet a number of times up til 2004,
and then the rivalry stalled for a bit

before it was picked up
a number of years later.

The last time that they've actually
been in a match together was 2015.

A triple threat match involving Seth
Rollins and now the bear hug being applied

by Lesnar and he is massive.

[Barrett] It does appear to have been
a targeted attack on the midsection

of John Cena from the start.

Cena trying valiantly to fight back.

[McAfee] And the alpha male of
the species always has a strategy or plan.

[Cole] John Cena, though,
as we mentioned before,

one of the most powerful men pound
for pound in the history of WWE,

but just being worn down
right now by The Beast.

[McAfee] And this is exactly
what The Beast wants.

Beat you down
so he can beat you up some more.

That's Brock Lesnar wrestling.

[Cole] If you were in there, Pat,
what would you do against Lesnar?

[McAfee] Oh yeah, I would jump out.

- [Barrett] Smart man. Fear.
- [McAfee chuckles]

Two options, fight or flight.
Flight is the correct one right now.

[Cole] Wade, have you ever been
in the ring with Lesnar?

[Barrett] I've never been in the ring.

I got sent to split him and Undertaker
up once and I had to grab--

[McAfee] Hold on. John Cena…

[Cole] And Cena now with Lesnar
up on his shoulders.

John Cena--

Oh, and a clothesline by Ce… by Lesnar
dropping Cena.

[Barrett]
Clothesline to the face of John Cena,

just when it looked like
a miracle AA was coming.

Take another look at this, Pat.

[McAfee] Yeah, Attitude Adjustment.

- [Cole] Bang!
- [Barrett] Oh.

[McAfee]
That might be the last real lariat too.

[Cole] And it's interesting that Cena went
for what he now calls the AA.

He used to call it the FU
early in his career,

and that was a direct shot
at Brock Lesnar early in the career.

The reason Cena named that move that.

[McAfee] Yeah, the F5 obviously
has been very devastating

changing it to the FU is certainly
rubbing salt in the big man's wound.

[Cole] And now Lesnar again
with a release German,

that's the second suplex of the night.

- Two
- [Barrett] Here's what I think

has pissed off Brock Lesnar,

this constant referral to John Cena
as the greatest of all time.

There's a lot of metrics that can go into
that claim, but undeniably the greatest

fighter of all time is Brock Lesnar.

[McAfee] I think Brock Lesnar understands

that he's not going to be
in the G.O.A.T conversation

because he had to go conquer other leagues
and other sports and then come back,

but he will certainly be
in the Mount Rushmore conversation

whenever it's done for Brock Lesnar.

[Cole] Pat, you use the proper word there,
"conquer," because that is what Lesnar

has done at every step of his career,
no matter the sport.

And now a kick right
to the midsection of Cena.

[McAfee] I mean, just look at his mitts.
I think those are 8X.

I mean, the guy's built
to beat the hell out of people.

[Cole] Like grizzly bear paws.

[Barrett]
I can't stop staring at Brock Lesnar.

He's like a modern-day caveman by choice.

[Cole] He looks better now
than he did 15 years ago.

[McAfee] It's truly phenomenal, the amount
of work you got to put in

to look like that. Right now,
he's having his way with a rag doll,

[Cole] But John Cena able
to drive Lesnar into the corner

and now John Cena with an opportunity.

Shoulder tackle bounces off Brock.
Cena again bounces off Brock.

A third time. Brock's still
on his feet somehow.

Cena finally drops The Beast,
and now Cena with Lesnar on his shoulders.

An Attitude Adjustment.

- AA by John.
- [Barrett] Straight back up.

[Cole] But John's got him on
his shoulders again. Another AA by Cena.

[Barrett]
And Brock is completely rocked here.

Go to capitalize, John.

[Cole] Cena's got an opportunity.

Looking for a third AA
to The Beast, Brock Lesnar.

Cena delivers.

- Cover on The Beast.
- [crowd] One, two…

And Brock kicked out at two.

- [McAfee] John Cena's not done.
- [crowd cheering]

[crowd] You can't see me!

[McAfee] Brock can.

[Cole] Oh, and Brock did.

F5.

And he's not done yet.

Another F5.

[Barrett]
Three AA's and you bounce back like that.

[McAfee] Specimen.

[Cole] There's never been anyone
like Brock Lesnar

- in the history of this business.
- Get up!

[McAfee] In the history of this earth,
and there never will be.

[Barrett] And we might be about to witness
the CeNation's last stand.

Could be good night here, guys.

[Cole] Lesnar looking for a third F5
to John Cena,

whose body is beaten, it's bruised,
welts are forming on his arms

and his midsection and his back.

[Barrett] It is incredible that Cena's
had the resilience

to last this deep into a matchup
that has been almost one-way traffic.

[McAfee] I think Brock's kinda feeling it
a little bit here, too.

Did you see that celebration?

[Cole] Well, again,
two years since he's competed.

[McAfee] Three AA's.

[Cole]
You see the condition that Cena's in.

Starting to become eerily reminiscent
of SummerSlam in 2014

in one of the most lopsided matches
of all time,

Lesnar slaying Cena
just like he's doing tonight.

[Barrett] Complete barbarity
and ruthlessness from The Beast Incarnate.

This is now a massacre.

[Cole] Isn't the retirement tour
supposed to be a celebration?

[McAfee] I don't know why you would
sign up for Brock Lesnar one last time,

if that was supposed to be the case
the entirety of it.

Brock Lesnar is in full euphoria right
now, walking around John Cena's

lifeless body in the middle of the ring.

[Barrett] Primed and ready
to fight to the death, kill or be killed.

[Cole] The grin on Lesnar's face.

[McAfee] Being tossed like
a pizza from Papa John's.

[Cole] Mocking the over 15,000
here tonight in Indianapolis.

And now Brock again
with Cena on his shoulders.

Lesnar will deliver another F5
to John Cena.

And at some point, ladies and gentlemen,
at some point…

- [Barrett] Just pin him.
- …our official, Dan Engler,

has got to get into this thing

and just tell Brock to put this away,
because this is becoming a massacre.

A career assassination of Cena
at the hands of The Beast.

- Cover on John…
- [crowd] One, two, three.

And Brock Lesnar destroys,
and I mean destroys John Cena tonight.

[Taylor]
Here is your winner, Brock Lesnar.

[McAfee] What a beast.

What an absolute species of a man.

[Barrett] You need to explain to someone
how the law of the jungle works,

show them that match.

That barely even resembled
athletic competition. Wow.

[Cole] That was a hellacious,
uncomfortable beatdown.

The Beast was in prime beast mode tonight,

And what a road bump, Pat,
on the retirement tour of John Cena.

[McAfee] Brock Lesnar has been
a champion at the UFC.

He could have played in the NFL.
Obviously he's the NCAA champion.

The ESPN and WWE partnership
is kicking off

with the most badass human
to ever walk this earth

picking up a dub
against the G.O.A.T, John Cena.

[Cole] And the frightening thing
for everyone in WWE…

[McAfee] Yourself included.

[Cole] …is the fact that Brock Lesnar
is back in peak and prime condition.

[Barrett] And he's gonna have to fight
someone else next.

Hope to dear God, locker room,
it is not you.

[McAfee] Once again, I do not know
why John Cena would sign up for this.

[Cole] John Cena is defenseless now
and Brock Lesnar is making his way back

into the ring and Brock Lesnar now,
assaulting the official.

First it was commentators last night.
It's officials tonight.

Somebody's got to throw
the damn rule book and fine this guy.

And Lesnar not through yet.
Cena can't protect himself.

Another F5.

[shouts]

[McAfee] Everybody out here…

[Barrett]
And Cena didn't even feel that one.

His body is completely numb already.

[Cole] And Brock Lesnar, Wade,
doesn't give a damn.

[Barrett] A complete empathy void,

and that is just one of the things

- that makes this terrifying.
- [McAfee] Wait, wait, wait.

You talk about empathy void.

Okay, took the gloves off.

[Barrett] Zero human weaknesses,
physically or mentally.

[Cole] You can almost feel like this…

a sigh of relief in this arena
as Brock Lesnar walks out of the…

- [Barrett] I know what you're saying,
- …Gainbridge Fieldhouse, right?

[Barrett] I'm not relieved till he
has left the entire arena.

Okay.

[McAfee] There's quite an intimidating
aura when this man is around.

[Barrett] Well, this was the moment

we thought John Cena was
about to pull out a miracle.

There were 3 AA's
connecting to Brock Lesnar.

He got a two-and-a-half count

and things went downhill for Cena
straight after that.

[crowd] You can't see me!

[Cole] Brock Lesnar so quick to his feet
and then this, Pat.

[McAfee] He's a jungle cat who has
the strength of 1000 elephants.

[Cole] Look at the look and the intensity
in the eyes of Lesnar

as he just sends Cena through the mat.

[McAfee] He'd been waiting
for this moment to come back.

Training, waiting.

[Barrett] Complete destruction,
and finally it seemed like

Brock Lesnar was satiated,
at least for this evening, of course.

Further aftermath came along.

Dan Engler, helpless, that's not
a fighter, that is an official,

completely wiped out with an F5,

and then this, the final statement,

the pièce de résistance
to a beaten, broken John Cena.

Who the hell is gonna step
to Brock Lesnar next?

[Cole] Again, we mentioned this before,
a retirement tour is supposed

to be a celebration.

[McAfee] This was supposed to
be Cena Palooza. The sign's right there.

[Barrett] Look, I've never
been John Cena's biggest fan,

I think we know that,

but I have all the respect in the world
for that man for stepping up

to an unbeatable opponent this evening.

- [crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena.
- [crowd applauding]

[chanting continues]

[crowd cheering]

- Hey. Hey. Hey!
- [clamoring]

- Hey!
- [shouting, clamoring]

Right now! Let's go!

I need a referee that's a little bigger,
maybe a little stronger,

maybe a little ref… A referee that knows
these four a little bit better,

a special guest referee, Jackie, that
might be just a little bit pissed off.

The rules are going to be
a little flimsy here tonight, boys.

So you can do anything you want.

You can beat the hell
out of each other for all I care.

But here's the thing, my only job,
my only concern is to count to three,

or if somebody says, "Uncle, uncle,
I give up," then I'll ring the damn bell.

But there's one man who can do
this job with two Usos, with two Brons.

There is and can only be one
with everybody saying,

- LA Knight, yeah.
- [crowd] LA Knight, yeah.

- ["Welcome To LA" playing]
- [crowd cheering]

[Barrett] Yeah!

I got the authority.

[Taylor] Ladies and gentlemen,

please welcome special guest referee,

LA Knight!

[crowd] Yeah!

[Cole] Well, here's the situation, Pat.

LA Knight doesn't like anybody
in this match.

Well, perhaps maybe Jimmy Uso,
he likes a little bit,

but I think LA Knight might
call this down the middle.

[McAfee] Is he wearing khakis,
but he's wearing jeans? What…

[Barrett] He's got a cut-off ref shirt
just like Sid Justice back in the day.

[McAfee] Nice reference.

[Barrett] Showed my age maybe.

[McAfee] Or your knowledge, brother.

[Barrett]
It might be the greatest call of…

[crowd] LA Knight, yeah!

…Adam Pearce's career.

[Cole] Let's see what these superstars
will pull off--

[McAfee] Hey! Call it down the middle!

[Barrett] Don't call it down the middle,
just have fun in there, LA.

[Cole] Why doesn't anybody
want to shake my hand?

[Barrett] I will tell you right now,
LA Knight said very specifically,

the rules are gonna be enforced
in a flimsy manner tonight,

whatever that means,
we're about to find out.

[McAfee] He's got Timberland boots.

["Done With That" playing]

[Cole] Pat, I hope you're in shape
because remember, Indianapolis,

this was the birthplace of

yeet!

Come on! Come on!

I'm crazy, dawg. I'm crazy, dawg.

[shouting]

- Come on!
- Yeah, come on.

All right, cut the music though.

Cut the music, cut the music.

Yo, Indianapolis.

Are y'all ready to party?

[Cole] Oh, yeah. Oh yeah.

I said, Naptown,
are y'all ready to get down?

- [crowd cheering]
- [McAfee] Yeah.

Well, I need something from y'all.
Check this out.

I need every cell phone in this business,

in this building. So pull them on out.

I need every cell phone to
turn them flashlights on.

Pull it on out.

Yeah! Because
what we're about to do tonight,

well we're about to show ESPN
how WWE get down.

I said help me out, Naptown.

Let's show ESPN how WWE get down.

Hey, Jey, you ready to party?

You ready to party?

[crowd] Yeet!

- Go ahead, talk to him.
- Hey, they already know.

Where you at, Louis?

Four letter, one word

- ugh, ugh.
- [crowd] Ugh, ugh, yeet!

["Done With That" playing]

[Cole] Well, Wade, McAfee's back,
which means…

- Well, you know what it means.
- [Barrett] He's on the table.

[McAfee] How could you not be?

[Barrett] What a spectacle.

[crowd chanting]

[Cole] Pat, I think Wade
may be worse than me.

[Barrett] No, I got rhythm.

- [McAfee] I've heard that about the Brits.
- [Cole laughs]

[Barrett] You're doing
a double bounce, Cole.

There's no double bounce in the yeet.
It's one, straight down, straight back up.

[McAfee] What do you guys got?
You got the Beatles. You got Yungblud.

- Obviously you got Ozzy.
- [Barrett] The Rolling Stones, come on!

- Okay, but you, I think it missed.
- [Cole chuckles]

[Barrett] My rhythm left me
when I became an American citizen.

- [McAfee laughs]
- That's what happened. Yeah.

[Cole] What a spectacle
at the sold out Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

[Barrett] I'm blown up already.
Might've been that beer.

[McAfee] Yeah, the beer is pretty good.
But the yeet is always fantastic.

[bell rings]

[Taylor] The following is
a Tag Team match scheduled for one fall.

Introducing first, the team of

Jimmy and Main Event Jey,

the Usos!

Yeet, yeet, yeet. Good to see you, man.

[Barrett] God, I love these two.

[Cole] You miss these guys, Pat?

Yeah, a lot.

God, I didn't miss a moment of the yeet.

[Barrett] The day ones,

the greatest tag team in the
history of this entire industry, reunited.

[McAfee] I've been yeeting at home
every show,

- me and my wife, "Yeet, yeet, yeet, yeet!"
- [Cole, Barrett laughing]

[McAfee] I'm really liking this…
Jimmy to this yeet!

[Barrett] I do. He's brought
his own personality to it, right?

[McAfee] Yeah, a little knockdown yeet.
I like that.

- He was on rhythm obviously.
- [Barrett chuckles]

- [McAfee] I'm like, you know…
- All right mate, you can say it.

- [Cole] Wade…
- You can say it. I won't be offended.

[McAfee] Right.
It's not the motion of the ocean,

it's just the size of the tide
for you, Wade.

[Barrett] And to be clear,
I was keeping an eye.

Everybody in this packed out arena
has been yeeting, except for one man,

the guest referee, LA Knight.

[McAfee] I tried to give him my phone so
he could be a part of the flashlight show.

[Barrett] Maybe he's just trying to be
professional,

not show any favoritism to either side
in this bout.

[Cole] Well, we know there's no love lost
between LA Knight and Jey Uso.

BFT this past week,
a Spear a couple of weeks ago.

[McAfee] But to be clear,
I like my refs to be human.

So if the entire arena is yeeting,

I wouldn't mind if you kind of
caught the vibe a little bit.

[Barrett] I want my referees to be jacked,
and LA Knight is certainly jacked.

- [McAfee] Yes, he is.
- [Barrett] He's got the pythons out here.

[crowd clamoring, cheering]

[McAfee]
I think they're asking for an encore yeet.

[Barrett] Give the people what they want!

[McAfee] They're looking for
a yeet-apalooza pal.

[Cole] I like that.

One more time, spin it back!

[chuckling] God, you are so bad.

[McAfee] Just eat that, LA!

[Barrett]
Well, that has really riled LA Knight.

Not impressed at all with the encore yeet.

One was enough for LA Knight.

[McAfee] I mean anytime
you get a second yeet sesh, you take that.

Anytime.

- [Barrett groans]
- [Cole] Ah, buzzkill.

["Ready To Destroy" playing]

[McAfee] Oh, the dogs are barking
in Indianapolis.

[grunting]

[Taylor] And their opponents,

accompanied by WWE Hall of Famer,

the Oracle,

Paul Heyman, representing the Vision,

the team of Big Bronson Reed

and Bron Breakker!

[Cole] Reed and Breakker have been
dominating Monday Night Raw.

They've had their run-ins
with Jey and Jimmy, of course.

Bron and Jey with a long history
over the past couple of years.

And let's not forget what Bronson Reed did
to Roman Reigns.

He sent him to the hospital
with broken ribs a number of weeks ago.

[Barrett] Dynasty of the Usos
against the destruction of the Vision.

And immediately
a little head-to-head there

between Bronson Reed
and the special guest ref, LA Knight.

That might not have been smart
on the part of Bronson Reed.

[Cole] And Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed
have been extremely focused

since joining forces with Seth Rollins

and of course, the Oracle, Paul Heyman.

[McAfee] And the Advocate.

[Cole] And I'll tell you what,

this city of Indianapolis
has been a great city for Jey Uso.

Remember what he did here
back in February, Pat,

when he won the Royal Rumble
to go on to Main Event WrestleMania.

[McAfee] Right down the road
at Lucas Oil Stadium.

I think it was 60,000 plus.

[Cole] Jey Uso, two years ago,

won the Undisputed Tag Team titles
with Cody Rhodes in this city.

And three years ago,

the Usos became one
of the all-time great tag teams

- when they beat The New Day.
- [bell rings]

They would go on to hold those titles
for a record 622 days.

But, Pat, for the first time in two years,

the Usos are teaming
in a traditional Tag Team match.

[McAfee] It's an honor to see
Hall of Famers, for sure,

do battle live, here in Indianapolis.

The Usos being back is great
for everybody that has eyes.

You got Paul Heyman sitting right
in front of me though.

You have to assume that Bronson
and Bron Breakker are going to have a plan

because this man's brain is never-ending.

[Cole] The 330 pound, the Aus-Zilla,
Bronson Reed,

who is so dominant, Wade.

[Barrett] Yes, he is.
And we see that right off the bat.

The Dynasty of the Usos,

this legendary tag team.

The question is, is that dynasty going
to fade tonight with these

new, vicious young kids on the block
from the Vision.

[Cole] Jey Uso delivers a kick
to the ear of Bronson Reed.

And Jey makes the tag
and here comes Jimmy.

[McAfee] The Usos
have been to the mountaintop.

Bronson and Bron trying to get there.

[Cole] And Double Team from the Usos.

[Barrett] Right off the bat,
you see, it's power versus movement.

And it's the movement of the Usos
that's winning out early here.

[Cole] Now Double Team again.

[McAfee] This day-one chemistry
that these Usos have.

[Cole] Oof!

[McAfee] Devastating.

Trying to ring with him.

[Cole] Eight-time Tag Team champions.

But that back elbow by Big Bronson Reed.

[Barrett] All it takes when you're
that colossal a human being

with so much malintent.

One shot wipes an opponent out.

[Cole] Now the unpredictable badass,
Bron Breakker into the ring.

And, Pat, what an athlete.

[McAfee] Yeah, an absolute freak show,

whenever it comes to athleticism
and explosiveness.

And the dogs are barking for him as soon
as he hopped in between the ropes here.

[Barrett] Paul Heyman's really cultivated
this lunatic streak within Bron Breakker

and laser focused it to
where he can maximize damage on opponents.

[Cole] Breakker momentarily getting
in the face of our special guest referee,

LA Knight,

as Bronson Reed
now goes outside the ring and, uh…

[Barrett] What the…

[Cole] Reed gonna drag out a steel chair.

[McAfee] What's the ref doing?

[Barrett] Oh, ref has his back turned,
by Bron Breakker.

Oh, yeah. He's got eyes
in the back of his head, yeah.

[LA Knight]
You're not gonna hit him with that.

[Cole] Oh, and a kick
right to the midsection by Jimmy

and now will Jimmy Uso?

[McAfee] He's right there, Jimmy.

- He's not there anymore, Jimmy.
- [Cole] LA Knight turned his back

and allowing Jimmy Uso
to use the steel chair.

[Barrett] Jimmy Uso is the one person
that LA Knight likes and… Oh, God.

[Cole] And Breakker with a clubbing
blow back of the neck now.

Jey Uso, top rope.

Here comes Main Event Jey Uso,
taking out the Brons.

[Barrett] You saw, right off the bat,
the flimsy enforcement of the rule book

by the referee LA Knight.

Perhaps all bets are off now.

[McAfee] That's the craftiness
of the Usos, pays off,

as Bronson and Bron
try to fight with Jimmy,

Jey Uso took to the sky.

[Barrett] Right from the start
going high risk,

was Jey Uso connecting there.

[Barrett] Now we got a brawl on the wall,
a brawl in the ring.

[crowd counting]

[Cole] Well, we figured, Wade,

that LA Knight would give a lot of leeway
in this matchup tonight.

He really didn't care
about any of these guys.

[Barrett] Leeway has been given
to Jimmy Uso and Jimmy Uso alone thus far.

[Cole] Another chop by Jimmy to Reed.

Jimmy whipped into the ropes.

Misses wildly with a Clothesline.
And Breakker though

pulls the top rope down and
it drops Jimmy to the floor.

And now that sick smile
on the face of Bron Breakker,

who I've said on a number of occasions
is a fry short of a Happy Meal.

[McAfee] Yeah, but he also grew up
in a family of Tag Team greatness.

[Barrett] You… you should say
that to his face, Michael Cole,

and see what happens.

[McAfee] I'm gonna tell him right now,
actually.

- [Cole] I'm sure you will.
- [Barrett] Cole, Cole… Oh, God.

[Cole] Oh, no. Look out.

[Barrett]
A little speed check action right here.

[Cole] Jimmy struggling to his feet.
Here comes Bron Breakker.

Oh! And what a shoulder tackle.

Launching himself into the air
like a cruise missile.

[Barrett] Speed and explosivity

colliding with the frame of Jimmy Uso.

Take a look at that.

[McAfee] You're talking about
leaping 15 feet there.

Just with the greatest of ease,
with the worst of intentions.

[Barrett] It's unfathomable athleticism.

[Cole] What's amazing is seeing
the growth and the maturation.

Here's the cover now.

Oh, I thought he was gonna cover,
but Breakker gonna do some more damage.

[Barrett] Yeah, he's not stupid.

He knows full well
you're not going to keep a competitor

like Jimmy Uso down that easily.
You have the advantage.

- Maximize the damage.
- [McAfee] What's this?

[Cole] Oh, no!

Cover!

And somehow Jimmy Uso kicked out.

But the point I was making, Wade,
under the tutelage of Heyman and Rollins.

it's amazing seeing the growth of Breakker
and Reed over the past couple of months.

[Barrett] That's exactly what it is.

It's taking two rough diamonds
with all the potential in the world

and someone like Paul Heyman
can guide them to the very top.

Alone, they would get there.
It would take them 10 years.

With Heyman, it takes about one year.

[Cole] And now Bronson Reed with
a steel chair

and he's going to deliver
a shot to the spine.

And I mean you've got
to give LA Knight credit.

He let Jimmy get away with it. You gotta
let Bronson get away with it as well.

[Barrett] That brawl…

I mean, I guess this is effectively

a No Holds Barred brawl at this point.

The referee, LA Knight, is not gonna
disqualify anyone for using chairs,

then what is he gonna disqualify them for?

- [Cole] Oh. Great point, Wade. And…
- [crowd] We want tables!

[McAfee] Oh, how about it LA Knight?
How do you feel about tables?

[Cole] I'm not sure if
you're noticing this,

but Jimmy Uso is really favoring
his left knee.

[McAfee] Oh, Bronson Reed said,
"To hell with you, Indianapolis."

[Barrett] That was dangerous by
Reed because Jimmy Uso was left all alone.

He's clearly now the wounded duck
on the Uso team.

Perhaps getting a little
carried away there was Bronson Reed.

He had an opportunity to tag.

I think Paul Heyman's gone over there
and just refocused Bronson Reed.

[Cole] Again,
you made the point earlier that

LA Knight doesn't really
like anyone in this matchup.

He doesn't care
if they beat the hell out of each other.

And that is what he is allowing them
to do. Double Team by Breakker and Reed.

[McAfee] Breakker and Reed, since
the last time I had a chance to see them,

very much on the same page,

which comes together
with Paul Heyman's plan, the Vision.

Seeing the things the same way.

[Cole] And speaking of Vision, Pat,
you've had a vision for a couple of years

about the super-stardom
that awaits Bron Breakker.

[McAfee] Absolutely.
As soon as you have eyes on him.

Back, whenever he was playing football,

he's more explosive
than everybody else on the field.

Now whenever he comes here, he's running
through people at 25 miles an hour.

[Cole] You had him in the Thunderdome
at one point, didn't you?

[McAfee] Yeah, and he sawed
one of my guys, Deebo, right in half.

That's what he does, though.

So explosive, so powerful.
He obviously grew up in the business.

[Cole] Great Suplex by Breakker.

[McAfee] He has everything you need.

[Cole] A cover and a kick out.

And no, he actually
just flipped himself off into a push-up

in the middle of the ring.

[McAfee] Well, that's that moxy
and confidence that you have

when you grew up in this thing.

[Barrett] Well it's been a procession
thus far for Bron Breakker.

He's got to stay warm.

He simply hasn't had
to get out of first gear.

Once Jimmy Uso was taken down, it has
been a walk in the park for the Vision.

[McAfee] I didn't even think about
the push-ups maybe being a warm up

- in the middle of a match.
- [Cole] And a Senton by the Aus-Zilla.

330 pounds.

And again, we cannot forget what
Bronson Reed did to Roman Reigns

a number of weeks back.

[McAfee] Or anybody else.
Bronson Reed's body is very destructive.

I mean it breaks bones. It crushes souls.

[Barrett]
Huge part of the motivation for the Usos

is to try and avenge the Tribal Chief,
as he was taken out by these two.

[crowd chanting]

[Cole] It's becoming more…

Oh, it's becoming increasingly more
difficult to stop Reed and Breakker.

And Jimmy Uso buys himself
an opening here.

[Barrett] That's one way to do it.

Cranium first into a steel chair with
all the momentum after hitting the ropes.

Bronson Reed in desperate need
of a tag here,

and Jimmy inching closer.

[Cole] Jimmy trying to get to the corner
trying to make a tag.

Bron Breakker's into the ring
and so quick.

And went for the cheap shot. Connected.

Now outside the ring,

Bron Breaker going right after
Main Event Jey Uso.

Driving him into the steps and this
Breakker, he's completely out of control.

That's exactly what you need if you're
Paul Heyman and the Vision…

[Barrett, Cole] Oh!

[Barrett] Straight into those
upright legs on that steel chair.

[Cole] Pat, what Breakker creates
is chaos, right?

[McAfee] Absolutely. So destructive,
so chaotic, so unpredictable, so powerful.

[Cole] And now, well, you mentioned the…

- [McAfee] So many problems!
- …Hall of Fame pedigree of the Steiners.

Bron Breakker!

Cover by Bron
isn't enough to knock off the Usos here.

And Jimmy somehow kicks out.

[Barrett] Well, we know Jimmy Uso
is double tough and he had to be there.

He has taken so much abuse
in this match. Wait up…

- Too slow.
- Slow, Bron?

[McAfee] It was a pretty good count
by LA Knight actually.

- Do better next time.
- Yeah, man. I'm doing my best.

[Barrett] Bron Breakker
is just a confrontational intimidator.

I just don't think that's gonna work
against LA Knight.

A lot of referees it will work with,
not this one.

[Cole] Call it like it is,
he's got an anger issue.

[McAfee]
It is a confrontation business though.

If he can get it all lined up…

[Cole]
And Bronson went for the Senton again.

Jimmy able to roll out of harm's way.
The problem is

his brother, his partner, Jey Uso,
not on the apron for a tag

after being ripped into the steps.

[McAfee] Good tag team wrestling here
from the Vision actually.

- Eliminate one of the partners.
- [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Oh! Jimmy using his quickness.

And Bronson Reed goes face first into
the steel steps and he's in trouble.

[McAfee] Eat some seat, Bronson Reed.

[Cole] Right into the chair.

[Barrett] The lights are on for Bronson
Reed, but no one is home right now.

Again, head first into the steel.

Here's your chance, Jimmy.
Has to be now or never.

[McAfee] Jey's back.

[Cole] Yeah, Jey back up on the apron
in position to make a tag,

if Jimmy can make it to his brother.

- [crowd applauding]
- Come on! Now!

Jimmy gets there.

Breakker's legal as well.

And Main Event Jey Uso,
a ton of history with Bron Breaker

over the Intercontinental Championship
over the past few years and…

Now battling it out in Tag Team action.

[crowd exclaiming]

[McAfee] Silky smooth.

[Cole] Bang!

[Barrett] Jey Uso hitting those highs

that took him all the way
to win the Royal Rumble,

and indeed the
World Heavyweight Championship.

[crowd] Uso! Uso!

No!

[Cole] And now paying homage
to the late great Umaga,

and also of course his father,
the… Rikishi.

And now Jey launched out
to the apron by Bron.

Oh, caught Bron with a big kick, and now
Jey quickly headed up to the top rope.

Main Event gonna fly, cross body,
lateral press

hooks the leg on Breakker
who kicks at two.

Breakker simply is rocked right now.

Wobble has no clue where he's at,
and if Jey Uso can pick up the pace here.

Victory is imminent.

And again, Pat,
that was just a, I believe,

a very fair count
by our referee LA Knight.

- …I think you've got--
- Come on!

[McAfee] Look, anybody else…

Chair?

Are we gonna get a table
out here, Wrestlepalooza?

[Barrett]
Ask and ye shall receive Indianapolis.

[McAfee] Has become tablepalooza
because of the Usos,

and one of the all-time great tag teams
made a living using tables.

Bubba Ray and D-Von.

Oh, from behind now Bronson Reed
and Bron Breakker back into the fray.

[Barrett] That's the problem
with setting up a table.

It takes so long that two top athletes
like Breakker and Reed just bounce back.

- [Cole] Why are you yelling at me?
- Everyone yells at you, Cole.

[Cole] Heyman is screaming at me
about LA Knight allowing all this stuff

to happen in this matchup.

[McAfee]
So why is he letting tables out here?

[Barrett] Paul Heyman's
about to burst a blood vessel.

[McAfee] "The sportmanship,"
says Paul Heyman. Yeah, right, Paul.

[Barrett] Well, these are his charges.

This is the future that Paul Heyman
has hooked himself to: The Vision.

He needs victory tonight.

This could be a statement
for these two young men.

[Cole] I think Bron Breakker's
about to break somebody in half.

- [stammers] And a spear!
- [McAfee chuckles]

[Cole] And Jey with another super kick.
This time to Reed.

[McAfee]
Air Force One's the jaws right now.

[Cole] Double team by the Usos.

Those double super kicks.

1D!

[McAfee] That's one and--

[Cole] No! Bowling his way…

Here's Bronson Reed
to save the match up for his team,

and that's the terrifying thing
about Bronson Reed, so big yet so quick.

Take another look at this.

Game over right here for Bron Breakker,
but this massive Antipodean right

in the nick of time, breaking up the pin
and keeping this one alive.

- [Cole] Massive what?
- [Barrett] Antipodean.

[Cole] Thank you. 15,000 plus
at Cambridge tonight.

Indianapolis, historic evening.

This is Wrestlepalooza.

Me and Wade Barrett at ringside,

- joined by Pat McAfee.
- [McAfee] Lucky to be here,

thankful to be here,
and these boys are putting on

a classic here at Wrestlepalooza.

[Cole] Bronson Reed is so scary
when he tries to climb the ropes.

[McAfee] How do the ropes hold him?
None of us will ever find out.

[crowd chanting] OTC! OTC!

[McAfee]
OTC chants raining through Indianapolis.

Wait a minute!

[Barrett] Oh!

[McAfee] Frankensteiner doesn't hit
as cleanly as I think he wanted it.

[Barrett] Bron hurt himself
in the process,

but wait… What the hell are you doing?

- [Cole] Bronson Reed!
- Oh, my God.

[Barrett] The biggest moonsault ever!

- [Cole] And there's a Swanton by Jimmy!
- [Barrett] The Moonsault didn't connect.

- Jimmy capitalized, but--
- [Cole] Oh! And a spear by Breakker!

I thought you said he was hurt.

[Barrett] Keep your head on a swivel,
he is hurt, but he's fighting through it

- cause this guy is done.
- [Cole] Spear by Jey Uso!

and Jey's going up top.

[Barrett] Everyone wiped out,
one man left!

[Cole] How sweet it is!

Uso Splash!

[crowd] One! Two--

[Cole] Bron kicks out!

[McAfee] How?

[Barrett] I mean,
it's a move that has put away all comers.

Bron Breakker
is just a bit special, isn't he?

[McAfee] Super kick.

- Speared.
- [Cole] Saw Jey perhaps… You saw

Jey Uso perhaps questioning
the count of LA Knight that time.

And now super kick to Reed.

[Barrett]
I mean, I'll hand it to LA Knight.

I did not think there was
a slow count, but…

- You can't be doing that.
- I can do whatever I want.

- No, no, no.
- I can do whatever I want.

- I can… [stammers] …do whatever I want.
- You ain't gonna do…

- [mumbles]
- [Cole] Oh, and Jey taking out

Bronson Reed, LA Knight.

- Was Jey aiming for LA Knight?
- [Cole stammers]

- You coming for me?
- Yes!

- Was that for me?
- Yes!

- You've got to be kidding me.
- Maybe.

No, no, no, no. You better watch yourself.

Get in the ring, okay?
Look what you're doing.

- Don't go anywhere. What? Hey, no…
- [Jey] I'm talking to you.

You're being a disgrace…

[Cole] Meanwhile, guys,

Paul Heyman just tossed a steel chair
into the ring to Breakker.

Just what Breakker needs, a weapon.

[Barrett]
Jey Uso missed the entire thing arguing.

[Cole] Oh!

[McAfee] Boot to the jaw Jey Uso.

- [Barrett] Such great reflexes.
- [grunts]

[Cole] Oh, no. No, no, no.

I don't think that was intentional.

[Barrett] Jey pulled it at the
last second, thankfully. He almost hit…

- [Cole] Bang!
- [Barrett] …the special guest ref,

LA Knight.

And this
has gone horribly wrong this, man.

[Cole] Oh, and he just

whipped that chair into Reed.

[McAfee] Perfect accuracy like he's
Danny Dimes here in Indianapolis.

[Cole] He's got the Colts rolling.

[McAfee] Might win a Super Bowl,
should win a Super Bowl. Oh!

[Cole] Oh! And a spear by Breakker.

- Come on!
- [Cole] Wade,

what an incredible spear by Bron Breakker.

He only had one step to take
and he still cut them in half.

[Barrett]
Completely instinctive by Breakker,

didn't have the full run up,

but might be a take two coming here,
as he's covered it in blood.

[Cole] Yeah Jey Uso's been busted open,

and Breakker now spearing
both Usos through the table.

[McAfee] There's blood all over the place!

[Barrett] This is just total carnage,
and I wouldn't expect anything less

from these two boys from The Vision.

[Cole] And now… Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.

[Barrett] This might be the moment.

Tsunami!

[Cole]
You're gonna have to peel Jey off the mat.

- [bell rings]
- The vision does it again.

[Taylor] Here are your winners,
the team of

Bron Breakker

and Big Bronson Reed!

[Cole] Okay, Pat.
You've been away for a little bit.

Give us your impressions of The Vision.

[McAfee] Bron Breakker,
Bronson Reed, Paul Heyman.

When they're gonna operate like this,
you're talking about unstoppable.

Add in Seth 'Freakin' Rollins…

Jey Uso's bleeding. Jimmy Uso's concerned.

We got medical out here.
They put him through a table.

They busted steel chairs off their faces.

These are bad dudes.

[Barrett] This was, perhaps,

Jey Uso was aiming for referee
LA Knight, connected with Bronson Reed.

And this was almost a chair shot to the
referee by Jey Uso.

Major tensions all the
way through this one,

but it looked like Bron Breakker
was wiped out with a steel chair.

[Cole]
Indeed he was and Jey Usos busted open,

runs into the spear by Bron Breakker.

The explosiveness of
Breakker on display here.

[McAfee] Yeah, double spear. Super spear.

Flying spear.

Everything Bron Breakker does
is explosive and then, Wade…

[Barrett]
This was the sternum crushing Tsunami!

That connects with anyone on planet Earth.

A three count is inevitable,

and what a statement victory for these two
young, hungry upstarts in The Vision.

[Cole] We said it at the
start of this match.

These young men are growing leaps
and bounds, each and every week

under the tutelage
of the Oracle, Paul Heyman.

["Bury Me" playing]

[Cole] The reaction…

to La Primera says it all.

Stephanie Vaquer
has taken WWE by storm, Pat.

She debuted in WWE July of 2024,
just over a year ago.

Tonight, an opportunity to win
the Women's World Championship.

[McAfee] A lot of humans on Earth
knew her before she got here.

Everybody on Earth knew her
immediately upon arrival.

All she does is win, and she captivates
the entire WWE universe from the jump.

[Barrett] Absolutely stunning first 12
months under the WWE umbrella,

winning twp titles in NXT,

rapidly graduating out of there
and forcing her way

into the world title bracket
within months of being acquired by RAW.

This woman is the real deal, and tonight
could be her biggest moment so far.

[Cole] Well, she won the Battle Royal
back in July at Evolution

to earn this opportunity
for the women's world title tonight.

Ladies and gentlemen, again,
it is just an honor and a privilege

to be here tonight on ESPN.

Michael Cole, Wade Barrett and, of course,

- welcome back Pat McAfee.
- Hey.

Great to be here.
Huge night, historic night.

WWE, ESPN, Wrestlepalooza.
Lucky to be here.

Hey Spanish colleagues are here as well.
Marcelo Rodriguez and Jerry Soto.

[speaking Spanish]

[speaking Spanish]

…Wrestlepalooza!

[McAfee] Oh, that sounds better
than when we say it, for sure.

[McAfee speaks Spanish] …Wrestlepalooza!

[Cole] Not bad.

[McAfee speaks Spanish]

All right.

Trying to learn more Spanish.

["Tokyo Shock" playing]

[McAfee] This is Tyrese Haliburton's
favorite wrestler.

[Cole] Well, she's mine too,
because I sit on on the Countdown show,

and Tyrese agreed earlier today.

I believe that you are looking
at the greatest women's wrestler

on the planet today. Iyo Sky.

Looking to win back
the Women's World Championship.

Now again, we arrived here tonight because
Naomi and her husband Jimmy Uso, well,

they're having a baby and Naomi had to
relinquish the Women's World Championship.

Vacated it, but she's reminding the world
that she's coming back for it

sooner rather than later.

So one of these women will become
the brand new Women's World Champion.

[Barrett] Yeah, I'm fascinated

that you said that Iyo Sky
is the greatest wrestler on planet Earth.

I actually agree with you,
she's right up there with the very best.

So much harder
for international superstars to connect

without the English language,

but pure talent is universally understood.

As Iyo Sky has proven for years.

[Cole] Let's head up to the ring.

And our great Alicia Taylor.

[bell rings]

The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

[crowd] One fall!

And is for

the Women's World Championship!

Introducing first,

from San Fernando, Chile,

Stephanie Vaquer!

[crowd cheering]

And her opponent.

From Tokyo, Japan.

Iyo Sky!

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] Both of these women so accomplished
on the international stage

before coming to WWE,

but they never met inside a wrestling ring

until they came to this company.

They've had a couple of matches
over this year, but none more important,

none more prestigious,

than this one for the
vacant Women's World Championship.

[Barrett] Let's tell it as it is
right from the back.

Iyo Sky is a heavy favorite
in this one. Why?

Because she is a proven commodity
at this level,

and she's facing off
against a woman who we all expect

to be at the top of the ladder for
at least the next 10 years here in WWE,

but you don't get to claim that
until you've proven it.

[Cole] And Stephanie Vaquer looking
for her watershed moment here

in WWE.

Looking to win
her first major championship,

as she, uh,
looks to break this waste lock of Iyo Sky.

[McAfee] Yeah, Iyo Sky is used to the
bright lights. Used to the marquee.

Stephanie Vaquer, we all assume,
to Wade's point, is gonna get there,

but it doesn't happen until it happens.

[Barrett] There have been many people
over the history of WWE

who have been projected to be the top star
in the future and did not make it.

I hope that isn't the case
with Stephanie Vaquer,

but we're going to learn a lot tonight
against Iyo Sky.

[McAfee] Yeah, tonight could be
a part of the documentary,

Full time… First time World champ.
Let's go do this!

[Cole]
But it's a different ball game tonight.

You're under the bright lights.

It's such a historic night

and it's part of Wrestlepalooza.

Iyo Sky has much more experience
than Stephanie does

in these big WWE moments.
Does that matter?

[McAfee] The world's promoting this match.

This event, this evening.

- [Barrett] It's a match…
- Maybe Stephanie's

just been waiting for it maybe though,
Wade.

[Barrett] Yeah, it's a match
that's been selling itself bell to bell.

Two of the most technical,
precise and innovative women

we've ever seen fighting out
for the biggest prize of all.

But I'm going to be critical of both
of them here, especially Vaquer.

The build to this has all
been pleasantly cordial.

Shouldn't have been
if you're the… the up-and-comer.

You should have rattled the
favorite in Iyo Sky.

You should have taken a cheap shot.

You should have thrown
Iyo Sky off her game,

and I don't think Stephanie Vaquer took
that opportunity when she had the chance.

[McAfee] They shook hands
before the match, Wade.

[Barrett] And I don't like that at all.
That's not how it should be.

It's the very top level, Pat.
You know it full well. It's dog eat dog.

[McAfee] Golly.

[Cole] And Iyo Sky
controlling Stephanie here,

feeling out process, really,
in the early going.

[Barrett] Yeah, well, the problem is
these two women

are both so dangerous and so skilled,

you don't want to make an early mistake
and give your opponent

the upper hand off the bat.

[Cole] Iyo Sky now with a great reversal.

- Look at that.
- [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Great pinning combination by Iyo.

- Stephanie into one of her own.
- One, two…

[Cole] Almost had her. That was close.
Referee Eddie Arango right there.

[Barrett] Absolute technical brilliance.

[Barrett] And Pat, you like this?

- You like these smiles?
- [McAfee] Yeah, that's…

[Barrett] This respect? You enjoy that?

[McAfee] Yeah,
they're sparring a little bit right now.

A little bit of one upmanship going on.

[Cole] Both of these women, uh,
can be technical.

They can fly high when they need to.

[McAfee] They can be powerful
if they need to, as well.

[Cole] Oh, and there's
a great example of that.

Vaquer drops in on them.

- Back of her head and--
- [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Nope, Iyo Sky is not
gonna allow the devil's kiss to happen.

Went into the cover.
Stephanie able to take out the legs.

[McAfee] I'll tell you what,

good joust right now.

- It's…
- [Cole] Yeah, very evenly matched Pat.

Iyo's… [laughs]

The great athleticism of Sky
taking Stephanie out at the knee.

And now Iyo with that drop kick,
that basement drop kick, to Vaquer.

[Barrett] Sky just looking
a little step ahead of the curve,

perhaps that's the nerves
in the less experienced superstar

showing early on here.

And all the experience
of Iyo Sky giving her the upper hand.

[Cole] Yeah, both of these women, uh,

cut their teeth and became famous…

in Japan.

[Sky exclaims]

Iyo Sky, former Ace of Stardom.

Stephanie Vaquer actually won
the Strong women's Championship

in a victory over the current
United States champion,

over on SmackDown, Julia.

And look at Iyo Sky now.
Cover, hook of the leg.

Kick out by Stephanie!

[McAfee] That balanced handstand
into the knees.

[Barrett]
And this might be Stephanie Vaquer

realizing she's hit a ceiling
in her career at this point.

This is a very, very different level
to what she's used to.

This is the top level,
does not get any higher.

And she's now being schooled by Iyo Sky.

[Cole] So wait,
do you think there's nerves?

[Barrett] 100%. This is a brand new level.

It's the first time competing one-on-one
for the Championship of the World

against arguably, and many would argue it,

the best on planet Earth, male or female.

[Cole] Pat, how about the first time in
your career that you went to the playoffs?

I mean, were there nerves?
Were you uptight a little bit?

You never know what the
big lights are like until you're there.

Some people are built for it,
some people are not.

Stephanie Vaquer, I think,
is built for the moment.

She's proven that since she's gotten here.

Stephanie Vaquer still has
that new car smell about it.

- You don't quite know the full capacity…
- Uh-oh!

- …of her skills, but…
- [Cole] Has a five count here.

And will break,

but the damage may have been done on the
arm of Iyo Sky by Stephanie Vaquer.

[Barrett] Brief opportunity to turn the
tide and Vaquer has taken it.

- Now to capitalize.
- [Cole] Yeah the Dark Angel, La Primera…

[Mcafee] Super talent.

[Cole] And the genius of the sky
looked for the sunset flip.

And Stephanie…

- [Barrett] Rake of the eyes there.
- The great counter!

there's that running leg drop, cover now,
to try to win the Women's Championship.

But a kick out by Sky.

[Barrett]
Some welts forming on the hip of Iyo Sky.

Taking a pounding early in this one.

And both women starting to hurt,

and this is where the gloves,
perhaps, will come off.

[Cole] Stephanie was involved
in the six woman tag team matchup

at NXT Homecoming.

Victorious along
with Rhea Ripley and Lyra Valkyria.

One, two…

[McAfee] We talk about
a night like this for Stephanie,

her first time in, you know,

everything up until
the bell ringing is different.

It's bigger. It's hyped,
everybody's talking about it. It's…

You got billions of dollars
in the building sitting ringside.

And then once the bell rings…

- [Cole] Oh! Nice suplex.
- …and you find the water and it's level.

That's where Stephanie's at right now.

I think she realizes
this is just another match.

[Barrett]
I completely agree with you, Pat.

I think the adrenaline is now pumping.

It's overtaken the nerves for Vaquer,

and now Vaquer is starting
to move through the gears,

and we're seeing the best of her.

[Cole] And the other thing is we talk
a lot about Vaquer,

but Iyo Sky's had a lot on
her mind as of late.

The situation between her friend Oscar
and Kairi Sane, of course.

Uh, that's really weighed
on her personally.

I had an opportunity
to talk to Iyo earlier today

and she talked about how
that's really been in her head

over the past month or so.

[Barrett] I think you're probably right
up until the bell rang

and somebody at the level of Iyo Sky

has that ability to compartmentalize
those issues,

and at the end of the match
she can go back to them,

but leave your baggage at the front door
if you want to be the best.

- [McAfee] Oof!
- [Cole] Look at this.

[Barrett] It's a ruthless move.

[Cole]
Vaquer punishing the Genius of the Sky.

[Barrett] We're really get a glimpse
into the difference

between these two great competitors.

- Iyo Sky, of course, it's the air game…
- [McAfee] Hey!

…that's a specialty,

but it's the ground game
and the submissions of Vaquer

that gives her the edge on the mat,

but right now Iyo Sky's showing
all of her range.

[Cole] And that's…

Putting it perfectly, Wade.
The range of Iyo Sky. She does everything.

[Barrett] It's her ability and the amount
of women she's fought over the years,

the… the varying skill sets
of all the women she's defeated, the…

[Cole] Oh!
And a backbreaker knee right to the spine.

And Iyo Sky collapses as well.
Both women are down.

Critical moment in this matchup.

[Barrett] Well it's the
big durability question, isn't it?

Which woman gets up
and which woman starts firing back first?

This backbreaker there,

but Iyo Sky perhaps spent herself
in the process.

[Cole] Yeah, capacity crowd tonight
at Cambridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Just over 15,000 for Wrestlepalooza.

The man to my left here tonight,
Pat McAfee, uh, so critical in… in, uh,

getting the WWE in the forefront.

And one of the reasons
we are here tonight,

- so thank you, Pat.
- [McAfee] Lucky, thankful to be here,

especially with Iyo Sky
and Stephanie Vaquer battling right now.

[Cole] Oh! And face first
goes Stephanie Vaquer.

Again, both these women battling it out
for the vacant Women's World Championship.

[Barrett] Talked about that durability,

it really was Iyo Sky
that got back into the firefight

quicker than Stephanie Vaquer.

- Again, that experience factor.
- [crowd cheering]

Of Iyo Sky coming now forward,
and now we're going airborne!

[Cole] Missile drop kick!

The charisma of Iyo Sky starting to shine.

[crowd cheering]

And Vaquer wisely rolling out of the ring,

but when you're in there with Iyo Sky,
nowhere is safe.

[Cole]
Iyo getting this capacity crowd pumped up.

Suicide dive to Vaquer!

[exclaims]

[Barrett] It really does go high risk,
puts her own body on the line,

could have broken her left arm
with that landing,

but clearly Vaquer ate the worst of it.

[McAfee] Tyrese and 15,000 people
on their feet here

showing respect to Iyo Sky.

[Barrett] You know as well as anyone,
Pat McAfee, this is a sports town.

They love their competition…

- Four!
- …and they are eating this one up.

[McAfee] It's also a wrestling town,
always has been, always will be.

[Cole]
What a year it's been for Indianapolis.

Saw the Royal Rumble
here back in February,

the first ever ESPN
premium live event here tonight.

[McAfee] On the way a SummerSlam,
and I do believe many more.

We're thankful that the WWE
comes here to Indianapolis.

We're lucky to see this match.

[Cole] Stephanie and Iyo Sky
with a well-placed kick

and it seems like Stephanie's off

just a bit here tonight.

[Barrett] Yeah,
looks like she's running on--

- [Cole] Uh-oh.
- [Barrett] Oh, my God.

Clinging on for dear life. Now this could
be incredibly ugly for the Chilean.

[McAfee] Hold your tongue.

[Cole] Yeah,
but a great counter by Stephanie.

As Iyo went for the sunset flip power bomb

and a knee right to Sky.

[Barrett] Well, it wasn't just a counter,

it was a devastating
offensive move in return.

That perhaps swings the balance
once again in this.

[Cole] And now leaping off
the top rope and a cross body

to take out Iyo Sky.

And what we're seeing
out of Stephanie Vaquer now

is one of the reasons
she's called the Dark angel.

She's got an aggressive side.

She can get very, very vicious when she
needs to, and she's turning it up a notch.

[Barrett] Gave Iyo Sky
a taste of her own medicine there, Pat.

[McAfee] Now I think Stephanie
is realizing what it's gonna take

to become world champion.

And Indianapolis
is describing this perfectly.

[crowd chanting] This is awesome!

[Cole] Again,
off the top rope, another crossbody.

And that collision really
took something out of Sky.

[Barrett] Talked about the range
of Iyo Sky earlier

and now you're seeing
the range of Stephanie Vaquer.

Well, this woman can do it all.

[Cole] Yeah, great stacked suplex.

Of the technical wizard.

Stephanie Vaquer.

[Barrett]
An absolute assassin in there right now.

Now in the corner, nobody home,
knee first, bottom turnbuckle

and Iyo Sky now
with the German suplex and releases.

Again for the Women's World
Championship now vacant.

- But it won't be after tonight.
- [both grunt]

- [McAfee] Stephanie Vaquer out quick!
- [Cole] With a German suplex of her own.

[Barrett] The ground game,
the submission, the technical skills,

airborne and the power moves,
both women throwing everything at this.

- [Cole] That evenly matched.
- [McAfee] Absolutely.

Both these women
worthy of becoming a world champion

with how they fought tonight.

Both of them taking to the sky.

[Barrett] It's an incredibly
dangerous game of chess.

Both women going move for move
and both women now laid out.

[crowd cheering]

[Barrett] Gasping for oxygen.

[Cole] And what a scene here tonight.

In Indianapolis.

Stephanie Vaquer, Iyo Sky

battling it out
for the women's world title.

Is this the pace, Wade, you expected?

[Barrett] At this point in the match,

given the amount of offense
that both women have absorbed,

I think there's no choice
but to be operating at this kind of pace,

but who gets their second win?

The answer perhaps, Stephanie Vaquer.

[Cole] Maybe not, Iyo Sky tucks
underneath. Uppercut by Sky.

[McAfee] The 15th round right now,
the world championship fight.

[Barrett]
It's all about how bad you want it!

[McAfee, Cole, Barrett] Oh!

[McAfee] Iyo Sky leading her at the ropes
with the huge right.

[exclaiming]

[Cole] Now Stephanie with a back suplex.

[crowd cheering]

- It looks… Oh.
- [McAfee] Who's gonna survive?

[Cole] Standing ovation, capacity crowd

and again looking for the devil's kiss,
but she got caught.

Iyo Sky with a stomp to the midsection.

Stephanie playing to the crowd
just a little bit too much there

and Sky looking
to take advantage and win the title.

[Barrett] Again, there's levels to this
and what a transition there.

[Cole] Into a cross-face by Iyo Sky.

Stephanie center of the ring,
is she going to tap?

Stephanie Vaquer just not used
to this level of competitor.

Iyo Sky, who's been to the top many times

and may well imminently
be about to get there again.

[Cole] And you made mention earlier
just that one mistake could cost you

and maybe Stephanie made it there.

[Barrett] Yeah and it might be a learning
experience tonight for Stephanie Vaquer.

Cannot take a beat
against someone the level of Iyo Sky.

The blink of an eye
will turn the game for Sky.

[Cole] What a knee.

[McAfee] Huge knee now Iyo Sky is saying,
"Let's take it to the sky."

Yeah, the Genius of the Sky
up to the top rope

perhaps was looking for
the over-the-moonsault,

but Stephanie was able to block.

[Barrett] There's a little showboating
there from Iyo Sky!

[Cole] Oh, no! Oh my God!

[Barrett] Oh, my God!

[Cole] That dragon screw.

- That might have popped the kneecap.
- [screaming]

- [Barrett] Now that's a ligament shredder.
- [screaming continues]

[McAfee] There's a lot of ligaments
in that knee, the ACL, the MCO, the PCO.

I don't know how any of them
are still surviving after that.

And now looking for the SVB,
the Stephanie Vaquer Bomb,

but Iyo Sky
able to somehow work her way out of it.

Iyo Sky's operating on one wheel
at the moment.

[McAfee] Head butt from Stephanie Vaquer…

[Cole] And now Iyo Sky!

What a takedown for the victory
of the title…

- And a kick out by Stephanie.
- [Sky exclaims]

Iyo with a kick now
to the side of the head.

[Barrett] Ah,
right to the temple, toe first.

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] There's no breather.
You can't catch a breather

with Iyo Sky in the ring.

[Barrett] Too quick, too tough.

Take another look at this.

Imagine this happening to your knee,

we know how devastating

an injury it is
when your knee is taken out…

- [Cole] Oh, my goodness.
- …and there was an attempt there

from Vaquer.
It's done clearly major damage to Iyo Sky,

who is battling through the pain now, Pat.

[crowd chanting]

[Cole] And the bullet train attack
to the corner by Sky.

All for the Women's World Championship.

Iyo Sky says that's it.

Steps over Vaquer,
but again, having an issue with that leg.

[McAfee] I don't know how
she's still standing, climbing.

How she gonna hit the over-the-moonsault.

[Cole] Up to the top rope. Oh!

Boots up by Stephanie,

right to the midsection of Sky.

And now Vaquer has an opportunity.

[Barrett] Well,
that knee injury to Iyo Sky

took a beat too long
to get to the top rope for the moonsault,

which is allowing the Vaquer
back into the match with her boots up.

And now Stephanie goes on offensive.

[Vaquer grunts]

- [Cole] More damage done!
- [McAfee, Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Did you see the way
that the body contorted, of Iyo Sky?

[Barrett] Now, Pat, I've got to throw it
to you. You know as well as anybody.

If you've got a busted limb,

you simply cannot operate
at the top level athletically.

[McAfee] Especially with the knee,

but it's about to be
a lot more than just a knee for Iyo.

[Barrett] Oh, here we go,
we're going bouncy bouncy.

[McAfee] The devil's kiss.

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] Where's Booker?

[Barrett] I would love to smooch
with the devil, wouldn't we all?

[Cole] What?

[Barrett] Never mind, move on.

[McAfee] Well,
it's called the devil's kiss.

[Cole] Right, got it.
Oh, and a knee right to the spine.

Stephanie Vaquer,
the Women's World Champion…

And then a kick out at two!

What a near fall!

Stephanie can't believe it!

[Barrett] Kick out of the SVB.

[McAfee] Tyrese is thanking
the wrestling gods

that Iyo Sky somehow kicked out there.

We'll take another look at this
with her feet up at the last second

by Stephanie Vaquer
from the over-the-moonsault attempt.

And here we go,
this is the second dragon screw

after the first one
did so much damage to Iyo Sky.

And here we go, the Stephanie Vaquer Bomb

that's beaten everyone
in WWE's it's connected with

and the blood just drained
out of the face,

out of Stephanie Vaquer
because Iyo kicked out.

[Cole] Stephanie tried to hit it earlier,
Iyo countered, but not that time around.

But how wise is Iyo rolling
out of harm's way to the bottom row?

[Barrett] Total instincts

from a woman who's climbed
to the top of the mountain so many times.

- [Cole] Oh!
- And showed… Hey! Uppercut to the jaw.

[McAfee] I mean, that's a huge right
from Iyo Sky. She needed it.

[Cole] I don't know
how Iyo is still functioning

after suffering the devil's kiss
and the SVB.

[Barrett] I mean,
these women are showing out tonight

with the biggest prize of all at stake.

[Cole] Fighting high above the ring,
high risk situation here.

It's all about
the Women's World Championship.

[McAfee] Iyo Sky
setting up something special here.

- To end this…
- [Cole] Dangerous predicament.

Oh!

[Barrett] Spanish fly
connecting at the knee of Iyo Sky,

hurting in the process.

Yeah, again, that's the leg
that's been attacked by Stephanie Vaquer.

Beautiful Spanish fly by Iyo Sky,
but she couldn't capitalize.

- And now a cover by Sky…
- One, two…

- …and a kick out by Stephanie.
- [shouts]

[Barrett] Such a game changer
when you can't hit top pace

because one of your legs
simply isn't cooperating.

Pat, imagine you trying to punt
with shredded ligaments in your knee.

[McAfee] I had a dislocated kneecap
in my right knee my last season.

I know exactly what this feels like.

Mind over matter at this moment.

The world championship is on the line.

[Barrett] You gotta push through, right?
You gotta try and win it for your team.

All eyes are on you.

[Cole] And, again, a bullet train attack
in the corner by Iyo.

[McAfee]
We'll deal with that knee tomorrow.

And now Iyo Sky exposing her knee,

taking down her knee pads,

and this obviously is for more impact

on the bullet train attack
of Stephanie Vaquer.

[Barrett] Pulling out all the stops

against a great opponent
who may now be spent.

Iyo Sky willing her way
with a running knee.

[McAfee] Bare kneecap to the face.

[Cole] And, again,
Sky now positioning Vaquer.

As she goes to climb to the top rope
and look for over-the-moonsault.

[Barrett] The grand finale.

[Cole] Iyo off the top and nobody home!

And the exposed knees hit hard,

when she missed
with the with the moonsault.

[Barrett] Oh, man, rolling down
the knee pad doesn't sound like high risk,

but in this instant it was exactly that.

All the damage absorbed
by that knee and weighed on.

- [crowd cheering]
- Stephanie going up to the top rope.

- And she… she delivers a…
- [McAfee] Whoa!

- …a version of a spiral tap!
- One, two, three!

- [bell rings]
- [Cole] Vaquer wins the championship!

[Barrett] What?

[Taylor] Here is your winner!

And new

Women's World Champion!

Stephanie Vaquer!

[Cole] A standing ovation

for the brand new Women's World Champion.

[Barrett] Oh, my God.

Just when it looked like
all hope was lost for Stephanie Vaquer.

She adds a new wrinkle to her playbook,

something that nobody saw coming.

[McAfee] And hits it perfectly.

[Barrett] As crisp as you like, Pat.

[McAfee] The biggest match of her life,

the biggest night of her life.

[Barrett] While in the deep water,
this was the Spanish fly that really added

extra damage to the knee of Iyo Sky.

But she used the knee there
right to the cranium of Stephanie Vaquer

and it looked like
she was closing in for the victory,

but this over-the-moonsault
with the knee exposed

causing maximum damage.

- [McAfee] And then this.
- [crowd cheers]

[Cole] A version of a spiral tap.

[McAfee] That's absolutely nasty.

[Barrett] God,
in the deep waters of the match

it could not
have been executed any better.

Flush on the Genius of the Sky.

Wow, Stephanie Vaquer.

[McAfee]
What a world championship performance.

[Cole]
And what a show of honor and respect

from the Genius of the Sky, Iyo Sky,

celebrating with
the brand new Women's World Champion.

From humble beginnings as a dark angel,

a teenage wrestler in South America,

to the top of the game on every continent.

This is indeed a first

for La Primera.

The brand new Women's World Champion.

A very emotional Stephanie.

Her father is here tonight from Chile.

Hector in attendance to watch her.

His daughter Stephanie Vaquer
conquered the world tonight,

winning the women's World Championship.

[McAfee] He's gonna be incredibly proud.

[Cole] And again,

a tremendous family.

Stephanie will tell you the story
about how her dad and mom supported her

and, as a teenager, to follow her dream,
which she has done tonight.

To become the brand new
Women's World Champion.

[Barrett] Yeah, Hector has a hand
in that championship.

Congratulations to the Vaquers.

[Cole] A new era has dawned
on Monday Night Raw.

La Primera is on top of the world.

As the brand new Women's World Champion.

[crowd cheering]

[McAfee]
It's been an honor to be here, boys.

[Cole] Thank you, Pat.

- [Barrett] Love that.
- [McAfee] Love you guys.

- Congrats, champ.
- [Barrett] We'll see you soon.

[Cole] Coming up next,
the long awaited return of AJ Lee.

Her first match in a decade in WWE
when she teamed with her husband CM Punk

against the self-proclaimed
greatest couple in WWE history,

Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch.

[CM Punk] Seth Rollins, this war
between you and me will never be over.

Now he's hiding behind his wife.

Becky Lynch?

Seth Rollins' wife
saved the championship for Rollins.

[Lynch] Me and my husband
got this business to where it is today.

We run both divisions!

- [crowd cheering]
- What are you gonna do about it, huh?

What you gonna do? Huh?
You gonna do something about it?

[CM Punk] You know
I would never put my hands on a lady.

Thankfully, I got somebody who will.

[Cole] After a decade, AJ Lee,

CM Punk's wife is here!

[Lee] It's one thing
to see your husband fighting Seth Rollins.

But it's another thing entirely to see him
in the ring with Becky Lynch.

She put her hands on him.

She defamed him.

[Rollins] Let me tell you something
you may not know about your husband.

He has a nasty habit of leaving
when things let him down.

When my wife rips you into shreds,

you better hope to God

that he doesn't leave you too.

[crowd cheering]

No, I never put my hands on a lady.

Thankfully, I have someone who will.

[mouths words] Not me.

This is part of it.
This is exactly what I meant.

I didn't agree to any of this.

This is your fault.

This is… Hey, hey, hey!

[no audible dialogue]

This is twice…
You're doing things on your own!

You're going to need to beat him yourself!

No, I'm not…

[Cole] The Punk is going
chasing Seth Rollins.

Well, wait a minute, wait a minute!

Manhandled!

[crowd cheering]

[Rollins]
You want a match? You got a match!

At Wrestlepalooza you're both done for!

One step ahead!

- ["The Vision" playing]
- ♪ Burn it down! ♪

[crowd vocalizing]

♪ Burn it down! ♪

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] Well, they call themselves
the power couple.

["The Vision" continues]

[bell dings]

[Taylor] The following is
a mixed tag team match

scheduled for one fall.

Introducing first, the team of
the world heavyweight champion,

Seth "Freakin" Rollins,

and the women's intercontinental champion,

The Man, Becky Lynch.

[music continues]

[Cole] It's not just
Becky Lynch saying it.

It's Bleacher Report,
it's Sports Illustrated,

calling her the greatest female wrestler
in WWE history.

The current intercontinental champion.

Her husband, of course, Seth Rollins,
the current world heavyweight champion.

And here's an interesting statistic.

You see it there on the screen.

They've teamed together
three times in their career.

They've never been beaten.

[Barrett] Well, that all goes well

to a couple who are clearly
at the top of their game,

carrying gold.

And I am just in awe of that entrance
and the attire they are wearing.

You've gotta be pretty damn confident
to pull that off,

and confidence sums up these two.

[music continues]

[Barrett] Seth and Becky Lynch believe
it is they who have built this industry

to never-seen-before heights,

whereas their opponents,

they claim "abandon ship"
when the going got tough.

[crowd clamoring]

[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

[rock music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

Ready? Ready?

You know what time it is?

It's clobberin' time!

[pop music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[Taylor] And their opponents,

the team of CM Punk

and AJ Lee.

[Cole] You know, Punk and AJ
have teamed together twice before.

They're undefeated as well,
so something has to give here tonight.

But what a moment for AJ Lee
returning to the ring

for the first time in over a decade.

Cervical issues, a lot of other things
she was dealing with a decade ago.

Talked to her earlier on today.

I asked her, why now?

And she said
it was time to begin a new journey.

She said everything felt
brand-new around here,

especially with ESPN getting involved.

She felt like she needed
a new chapter in her life,

and what a chance to team
with her husband, CM Punk,

in this mixed tag team match
at Wrestlepalooza.

[Barrett] Yeah, she also saw
another woman, in Becky Lynch,

throw hands at her man
and clearly was quite perturbed by that

and decided to take matters into
her own hands and do something about it.

But regardless
of what Becky Lynch may say,

the truth is, AJ Lee is the woman who put
the first cracks in the glass ceiling

that was limiting women
in this industry in the past,

and that glass ceiling
was subsequently smashed to pieces

by the likes of Becky Lynch.

[Cole] AJ making the Chuck Taylors cool.

- [no audible dialogue]
- [crowd clamoring]

[Cole] Triple H called this the most
highly anticipated mixed tag team matchup…

[bell dings]

…since the debut of Ronda Rousey
at WrestleMania a number of years ago.

Again, mixed tag team rules in this match.
Men battle men, women battle women.

So for instance,
if Seth and Punk start this thing,

and they tag one of their partners,

then the other woman has to come
into the matchup to compete.

[crowd chanting] AJ Lee!

[Barrett] Partisan crowd here
clearly behind

the duo of Punk and AJ Lee.

I just want to see how sharp AJ Lee is

after over ten years out of the game.

[Cole] Well, AJ Lee wanted
to start this matchup.

Apparently, Becky Lynch
wanted nothing to do with her.

[Barrett] The whole world wanted
AJ Lee to start this matchup.

- Boo-hoo!
- [Cole] So if Seth starts,

that means, uh, CM Punk
must start the matchup for his team.

And we all know the history, uh,
between Punk and Rollins and…

[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

[Cole] You know, Wade,
we talked a lot about this

in the Countdown Show earlier today,

the fact that Rollins seems
to always have CM Punk's number.

[Barrett] Yes, he does,
he's been a menace to Punk's career

ever since Punk returned to WWE,

costing CM Punk time and again… Wait up.

[Cole] Uh-oh. Becky gonna make the tag.

That is going to force AJ in,

although Becky seems to think
she's gonna take on Punk.

[Barrett] Well, this is really smart
from Becky Lynch and Punk…

and Seth Rollins.

You really want to fight the person
who is potentially not sharp.

That's the person
who hasn't competed in ten years now.

Punk has to step out the ring
and send in AJ Lee,

and we're about to get
some questions answered.

[Cole] Oh, Becky Lynch again
trying to push Punk's buttons,

like she has for a few weeks now.

[crowd chanting] GTS!

[Barrett] Becky Lynch is a schemer,
she's a plotter, she's a manipulator.

[Cole] And WWE fans want to see a GTS,
but they're gonna get AJ Lee.

[Barrett] Let's not forget,

AJ Lee was wiped out
by one manhandle slam a week ago.

First live round that AJ Lee has absorbed
in over ten years,

and it completely poleaxed AJ Lee.

If that connects here,
it's gonna be a very short match.

- And a cheap shot.
- [Cole] Oh, yeah, to see out Punk.

And that's just going to
draw the ire of AJ Lee,

who now, uh, chases Becky Lynch
around the ring.

Tag made by Becky,
and Seth Rollins is legal.

[Barrett] This is absolutely brilliant
by Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins.

AJ Lee admits herself
she is an erratic individual,

and from the off,
she's now been thrown off her game.

- [Cole] Okay, uh--
- [Barrett] Smooching!

[Cole] Get a room!

And now CM Punk with a suicide dive,

driving Seth Rollins
over the announce table.

[announcers chattering in Spanish]

[Cole] Yeah, Rollins…

Gonna be bounced off our table as well
onto the floor.

[Barrett] CM Punk has simply
seen enough, had enough,

and it's time to face some
heavy consequences for The Architect.

[Cole] And now Punk to Rollins.

[Barrett] The referee yelling,
"Get back in the ring,"

but giving a lot of leeway knowing
the magnitude of this particular matchup.

Nobody wants to see a count out
right off the bat.

There's a big welt forming
already on the rib

of Seth Rollins.

Something to watch out for.

[both groaning]

One, two, three!

[Cole] And now look at Seth Rollins

burying his shoulder
in the midsection of CM Punk.

Just loves to torture Punk.

And now Becky Lynch…

The official, Jessika Carr, dealing
with Rollins, and now a double-team.

[Barrett] AJ Lee is absolutely losing it
in the corner.

She is being played like a puppet.

[Cole] Well, again, AJ has been
out of the game for ten years.

[Barrett] And emotions are,
of course, running high,

none more so with the woman
who is returning,

after crowds have chanted her name

every time there's been a show
that she hasn't been at

over the past ten years.

[Cole] Again, but ten years
out of the ring, uh,

so hard to come back from that, Wade.

Oh, and now AJ Lee!
A little bit of payback to Rollins!

[Barrett] And now it is Becky Lynch
losing the plot.

[Cole] And CM Punk just mocking Lynch now.

[no audible dialogue]

[Cole] Rollins has kicked off.
AJ Lee having some fun.

And now Punk!

Inverted atomic drop to Rollins.

Big chop!

[Barrett] Such interesting dynamics
in mixed tag team matchup,

just so unpredictable,

so unusual in this game.

[Cole] And Punk now with the ax handle
right to the head of Seth Rollins.

Again, uh, pointed at Becky
with a big smile on his face.

Punk now gonna head up to the top rope.

CM Punk…

Oh, and again, down goes Rollins.

[crowd cheering]

[no audible dialogue]

[Barrett] Punk has just looked razor-sharp
over the past six months or so,

shook off all that ring rust
that was there when he first came back.

Question to see if AJ Lee
will do the same. Ooh!

[Cole] Yeah, Punk went to the…
Well, once too often.

Rollins with a kick
setting up for a pedigree.

Punk's got him in position
for a Go 2 Sleep!

Rollins fights out of it.

Telegraphed that one and paid for it.

- [Barrett] Oh, the mistake…
- [Cole] Oh, and a kick!

…both men have been making
is talking trash to the…

[Cole] From behind, Rollins.

…females on the corner,
taking their eye off the ball.

[Cole] Becky Lynch paying dividends there,
allowing Rollins to take control.

[Barrett] Any advantage you can take
at this level, you have to take it,

and you don't need to
ask Becky Lynch twice.

[Cole] Oh! Becky driving Punk
into the steps.

[Barrett] I don't know
if that was midsection

or thighs of Punk
that ate the edge of the step.

[Cole] AJ Lee was going after Becky,

and Seth Rollins stepping, uh,
in front of his wife to protect her.

[Barrett] AJ Lee has panic in her eyes,
seeing her husband laid out

and perhaps about to be pounced on
by Seth "Freakin" Rollins.

[Cole] Oh, we mentioned it earlier.
Rollins just has Punk's number.

There's no doubt about that.

[Barrett] Some bitter resentment
between the two of them.

[Cole] And now Punk bounced
right off our announce table,

landing on our announced table now.

And Rollins simply
having his way now with Punk.

[Barrett] Been too easy
for Seth "Freakin" Rollins

ever since he got the upper hand.

Part of why this guy is…

- I'm the man, son.
- [crowd booing]

…Mr. 2025 in this game.

Everything has gone right
for Seth "Freakin" Rollins.

[Cole] Yeah, the current world champion,
ahead of The Vision.

Sends Punk back into the ring.

Rollins, of course, pulled off
the ruse of the century,

cashing in on CM Punk back at SummerSlam,

after Punk held the world championship
just over five minutes.

[Barrett] I'll tell you,
the athletic skills

of Seth "Freakin" Rollins are obvious,

but over time, we have learned
just how smart and conniving that man is,

and that really is his superpower.

[no audible dialogue]

[crowd chanting] AJ Lee!

[groans]

[Barrett] It's just a full-body assault
of CM Punk.

- [groans]
- [crowd gasp]

[Cole] AJ Lee looking outwards…

Rollins with a kick right in the face.

[Barrett] Punk looks defenseless now.

Gonna beat him to a pulp.

[kisses]

[no audible dialogue]

[Barrett] And this dream return for AJ Lee
is slipping away before our eyes.

Question is, can CM Punk stay in the game?

- Come on, Punk. Come on.
- …two, three, four.

[Cole] And now, uh, Punk
hung up on the second rope.

And Becky Lynch with a slap.

Becky Lynch now having her way
with Punk, as is Rollins.

[Barrett] This is just torture to AJ Lee,

who is completely helpless
to do anything about it.

[Cole] And now Rollins…

Oh! Right to the back of the neck.

[Barrett] Really not the way CM Punk
and AJ Lee dreamed this evening up.

This was not how it was supposed to go.

Come on!

[Cole] Punk trying to drag himself
to the corner

to make a tag to AJ Lee.

And Rollins just having his way…

[Barrett] Just outmaneuvered once again.

That has been the story
of Seth "Freakin" Rollins and CM Punk.

- [groans]
- Come on!

[Cole] And Punk with the right hand.

Again, trying to get to the corner.
Rollins not allowing it to happen.

[both groaning]

[Cole] Another right by punk
trying to create some separation here.

AJ wants in this matchup.

[groans]

[Cole] Almost there.

[Barrett] Tantalizingly close, but denied!

[Cole] Ooh, and Punk
whipped into the corner.

[Barrett] It's almost a taunt
that Seth Rollins allowed CM Punk

so close to AJ Lee
and then pulled it away.

[Carr] …four! Now, come on.

[Barrett] Increasing that mental agony
on AJ Lee.

[Cole] And again, another cheap shot
by Becky Lynch on Punk

as Rollins expertly draws
the official, Jessika Carr.

And you mentioned it earlier, Wade,

two people who are
at the top of their game right now,

Rollins and Lynch.

[Barrett] Yeah, it's a mistake to think
this is a purely athletic endeavor in WWE.

It rarely is.

There's strategies, there's tactics,

there's skulduggery,

and no one specializes in that better
than Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.

[Cole] Both champions.

Rollins the world champ,
Becky the intercontinental champion.

And now Seth, uh, counters Punk there.

Rollins lifts Punk up.
Punk lands on his feet.

Something has to give.

And Punk with a suplex!

And now he has an opportunity, Wade,
to make a tag.

[Barrett] Well, both men
clearly feeling exhaustion.

They've taken 90%
of this matchup to themselves.

It's supposed to,
obviously, be a tag match,

and imminently,
the tag part might come into play.

[Cole] Can Punk get to AJ Lee?
Dying to get into this matchup.

[Barrett] Punk needs to get to AJ Lee,
and if I was Seth Rollins,

I would not want to tag Becky Lynch,
and he does not.

[Cole] Yeah, Rollins wisely cuts Punk off,
doesn't allow him to get to his partner.

[Barrett] Do not want a fresh,
fired-up, energy-infused AJ Lee,

with all the momentum
of this audience pulling her along,

getting tagged into this one.

[Cole] Do you see the look of concern
on AJ's face?

[Barrett] Well, AJ realizes
this might be over

without her being
legally brought into the match.

What a return that would be.

[Cole] Oh, it's been great strategy
by Rollins and Becky.

[Barrett] Drawn up to perfection,
masterful.

[Cole] And stalemate, center of the ring.

Rollins trying to hold up Punk,

who's now trying to move Rollins
back toward the corner

so he can make a tag to AJ Lee.

Can Punk get there? He's close.

[Barrett] Inching closer,
needs this in the worst way.

[Cole] Punk, fingertips away.

Becky Lynch in the ring. "Tag me! Tag me!"

[Barrett] Ref didn't see it!
Ref didn't see it!

[Cole] Great move by Becky.

And now the double-team
by Rollins and Lynch.

AJ Lee should be legal here.

[crowd booing]

[Barrett] They don't like it.

[Cole] Look at Rollins
using his wife as a weapon.

Military press to Becky Lynch.

And tossing her onto Punk,
who moves out of harm's way.

Rollins made a critical error.

[Barrett] Well, that completely backfired.

It's the first thing that has gone wrong
for Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.

[Cole] Becky in deep trouble.

Rollins can't believe
that he just dropped his wife

as Punk moved out of harm's way.

[Barrett] Sheer comedy to AJ Lee,

and recovery time, importantly,
for CM Punk.

[Cole] And Rollins letting his rage
get the best of him.

Punk now, able to slip away,
and now he's got a chance.

Can he make it to AJ Lee?

[Barrett] It really is now or never.
CM Punk, make that tag.

And this thing is blown wide--

[Cole] Oh, no!

Becky Lynch again preventing AJ Lee
from tagging into this matchup.

And this has been a master class,
Wade, by Lynch and Rollins.

[Barrett] Everything you need to do
behind a referee's back

is an absolute specialty
for Rollins and Lynch.

[Cole] And a falcon arrow by Seth Rollins,
cover now for the win.

And a kick out!

[Barrett] Can you imagine being CM Punk?

If you get pinned here,
you lose the match,

and you never tag your wife in
on her big return.

[Cole] Well, he's trying.
It's not like he's--

- [Barrett] I'm not disputing that.
- [Cole] It's not lack of effort.

[Barrett] But imagine that conversation
in the car home.

[Cole] Yeah, that wouldn't
go over well, huh?

[Barrett] There's gonna be
a lot of silence.

[Cole] A long drive back to Chicago.

[Barrett] Some flowers bought
in the morning perhaps.

[Cole] And now Rollins
mocking AJ Lee here.

[Barrett chuckles]

- I mean, that's pretty funny.
- [Cole stammers] I didn't think so.

- I didn't get the joke, but…
- [Barrett] No, I get you.

All right, humor's an individual thing.

Welcome back, AJ.

[crowd booing]

[chuckles]

[Cole] A lot of words running through
my mind right now to call Seth Rollins.

[Barrett] I mean, this has been so bitter,
that's the point.

[crowd booing]

[Cole] I mean, this is ridiculous.
It's embarrassing.

[exclaims] And he's gonna pay for it!

Punk scooping Rollins up.

- Putting him in the GTS!
- [Barrett] Boom!

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] But Punk can't capitalize,
physically spent.

Hey, wake up. Wake up. Wake up.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Wake up. Please, please.

Hey, hey, hey.

[Barrett] The goading, the mockery
went on just a beat too long,

and running on fumes,

CM Punk hits his nuclear missile
right to the jaw.

[Cole] And now Becky
trying to wake her husband up

as CM Punk tries to drag himself
across the ring.

Becky Lynch does not want
the tag to happen.

AJ Lee…

[no audible dialogue]

Becky hanging on for dear life.

- Tag!
- [Barrett] Uh-oh!

[Cole] Here comes AJ!

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] Thesz Press!

AJ Lee, pummeling Lynch!

For the first time in a decade,
AJ Lee in the ring.

[Barrett] Ten years plus
of pent-up offense

exploding in the face of Becky Lynch.

There's no escape!

[Cole] And you got to admit,
Becky Lynch deserves all of this.

[Barrett] The one thing Becky Lynch
desperately was trying to avoid.

…two, three.

[Barrett] And there's no way out now.

[Cole] AJ Lee,
a former three-time Divas champion,

held the title, uh, over 400 days
during those three reigns.

[Barrett] An absolute trailblazer who made
everyone believe that more was possible.

[crowd] …three, four, five,

six, seven, eight, nine…

[Cole] Uh-oh. AJ in trouble.

And takes down Becky!

Oh, and a big spin kick.

[Barrett] Just seamlessly getting back
to the level she was at in the past.

How impressive is AJ Lee?

[Cole] AJ sliding under the bottom rope,
now going to climb up top.

AJ Lee gonna fly crossbody to Lynch,

lateral press, hooks both legs…

Kick out!

[Barrett] AJ Lee is looking razor-sharp.

Take a look at this offense from AJ Lee,
fully committed to that lateral press.

[crowd chanting] You still got it!

[Barrett] Took the words
right out of my mouth, Indy.

[Cole] Interesting, uh,
here in Indianapolis,

Becky Lynch has never won
a match in this city.

[Barrett] Wild swing to the face
of AJ Lee there, bought a little room.

[Cole] And Lee now having fun
paintbrushing Lynch here.

[Barrett] Payback for what Lynch did
to CM Punk.

[Cole] And look at AJ go,
that unorthodox offensive style.

[Barrett] Just windmilling.

- [crowd booing]
- [Cole] Uh-oh.

[Barrett] That was about the only thing
that would stop AJ.

Do you understand me?

[Cole] Oh!

And now AJ Lee
taking the fight to Rollins.

[Barrett] The ultimate payback.

- [Cole] And Becky…
- [Barrett] Uh-oh.

[Cole] That's the manhandle slam.

AJ Lee lands on her feet,
kick right to the midsection of Lynch.

And now look at…

Oh, AJ taking out both Becky and Seth!

[no audible dialogue]

[Barrett] Going for
that wheelbarrow bulldog, but…

- [Cole] Oh!
- [Barrett] Oh!

Sliced bread! Two for the price of one!

[Cole] That was one of the most
unique sliced bread I've ever seen.

[Barrett] It worked to perfection,
but didn't quite get the job done.

What else have you got, AJ Lee?

AJ simply rolling,
taking out anything that moves.

This tornado DDT with a little assist
from Seth "Freakin" Rollins,

and then this sliced bread taking out two,

not quite putting away
the intercontinental champ, Becky Lynch.

[Cole] And now Punk
and AJ talking strategy.

Rollins and Lynch
in the corner in trouble.

And AJ with a patented Punk running knee.

- [Barrett] Synchronized.
- [Cole] And now the bulldogs!

And the Shining Wizard. That's AJ's move.

[Barrett] That is one tight power couple,
ride or dies.

- [crowd cheering]
- And this is the pro-level skip.

[Cole] Exactly.
Seth, this is how it's done.

Looked like she was going
for that Black Widow submission move.

And Becky Lynch, though,
looking for her Disarm-Her.

AJ rolls her off and a kick out.

[Barrett] Now going for
a ground-based version, Cole.

[Cole] Yes, indeed,
and Becky Lynch in trouble.

You wonder if Becky's gonna
tap out to this,

but great counter by Becky,
turning it into a pinning combination.

Now AJ Lee, Black Widow time on Becky!

Can she completely lock it in,
center of the ring?

Perhaps! What's Becky gonna do?
Is she gonna tap out?

Punk didn't run interference on Rollins.

Takes down Rollins.

Step through.

- [Barrett] Trying to slap on a Sharp--
- [Cole] And he does! Sharpshooter!

Sharpshooter! Black Widow!
Sharpshooter! Black Widow!

[Barrett] We might get
a double tap out here.

[Cole] Rollins trying to make it
to the rope,

dragged back to the center of the ring.

Punk and AJ…

Wow, uh, Rollins able to escape.

[Barrett] So inventive is Rollins.
Not quite sure how he managed it.

[Cole] I think he raked the eyes.

And now Rollins is gonna break up
the Black Widow.

Oh, this is uncalled for.

And a Black Widow there on Seth!
A Black Widow on Seth!

Rollins into the Black Widow by AJ!

[Barrett] Well, Seth Rollins in agony,

but luckily for him,
wifey's here to save the day.

[Cole] And a backsploder
delivered to AJ Lee.

[Barrett] Pendulum swinging
back and forth,

but it might be about to
swing one way for good.

[Cole] And now it's, uh, the couple's turn
to deliver a double pedigree.

And the dream for AJ Lee may be over.

Double cover.

Kick out by Lee and Punk.

[crowd cheering]

[Barrett] Well, somehow
this one is still alive,

and the game plan for Seth Rollins
and Becky Lynch

may be coming apart before our eyes.

That was supposed to be the end.

Well, in sync, you see Seth Rollins
getting out of that Sharpshooter,

then connecting with
a beautiful superkick to the jaw,

and then this backsploder to AJ Lee

before we hit the in-synchro pedigrees.

Somehow, we're still going.

[Cole] Over 15,000 tonight
in Indianapolis.

- [Rollins] They are here because of us.
- [Lynch] Because of us.

We're the main event. We're the champs.

[crowd booing]

[Cole] And now Rollins and Lynch…

Isn't that her?

[Cole] Are they gonna use
Punk's own move against him?

[Barrett] No greater insult to beat a man
with his own finishing move.

[Cole] Lynch and Rollins
looking for the GTS.

- [Barrett] What a statement this would be.
- [Cole] The Go 2 Sleep.

Punk, though, slips underneath,

drives Rollins up over the top.

Oh, both men hit the floor! Punk hit hard.

And now AJ with Lynch.

And that's a backsploder
delivered to Becky Lynch.

[Barrett] Now AJ has
all the time in the world

to concoct whatever she wants.

[Cole] And Seth Rollins
now grabbing AJ Lee.

- Face first, Lee, into the mat.
- [crowd booing]

[Cole] And rightfully so,
the groans and boos…

Stop! Stopped by Punk!

Cover on Ro…

No! He's gonna mount Rollins
and pound away.

Punk taking out all his anger.

And now Becky Lynch with a slap and a…

Uh-oh.

[Barrett] Punk saw exactly what
Seth did to AJ and came unglued.

Understandably so.

[no audible dialogue]

[crowd clamoring]

[no audible dialogue]

[Cole] Was he looking
for the Sharpshooter there?

Right hand by Rollins,
Becky Lynch from behind.

Lynch down, nice takedown.

And Becky's gonna stomp
the midsection of Punk,

leave a step through, maybe,
into a Sharpshooter of her own.

Rolls Punk over, center of the ring.

[Barrett] And this is an image
nobody was expecting.

[Cole] Becky Lynch with a Sharpshooter,

locked in to CM Punk
to try to fight his way out of this.

[Barrett] Gonna power out.

A look of determination on that face.

[groans]

[Cole] And Lynch taken down by Punk
and now begging off.

No! No!

[groaning]

[Cole] And now it's CM Punk's turn, Wade.

[Barrett] This might snap
the back of Becky Lynch.

[Cole] And Rollins is not gonna
allow that to happen.

And Seth Rollins setting up Punk
for a pedigree!

Get up!

[Barrett] Here we go. You know
what he's going for here, Michael Cole.

Finish the job for good.

[Cole] Stop! The CM Punk.

[Barrett] KO. Out cold.

[Cole] Rollins into the cover.

AJ Lee with a stomp of her own!

- Becky Lynch with a manhandle slam.
- [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Cover, for the win!

- AJ barely stays in it.
- [Barrett] Oh!

Such a late kick out.

We know the damage the manhandle slam
did to AJ Lee a week ago.

[Cole] CM Punk not sure where he's at.

[Barrett] Well, this is completely
up for grabs now.

All four competitors completely wiped out.

This should have been the end.

A stomp to CM Punk,

and if not for his ride or die, AJ Lee,
with a stomp of her own,

it really was game over.

[Cole] And till Becky Lynch
hit a manhandle slam

that AJ Lee was able to kick out of.

[crowd cheering]

[Cole] Critical moment in this match.
Everyone down.

Becky making it back to her feet first.

[Barrett] Just can't predict
anything from here.

All four competitors
completely, completely done.

[groaning]

[Barrett] Becky Lynch is the only one
who's got any fumes left in her body.

[grunting]

[Cole] AJ blocks and delivers
a right of her own.

AJ Lee starting to fire back now
at the intercontinental champion.

[Barrett] Driven purely by bitterness…

and anger and frustration.

This is so personal.

[all grunting]

[Cole] Now Punk gonna separate
Becky from AJ.

Seth Rollins now takes the fight
to CM Punk,

and they're brawling
in the middle of the ring.

This fight's been all over the place.

[Barrett] So much hatred
between these competitors.

Should've been over a long time ago.

I got this!

I got this.

[Barrett] Animosity
is a powerful driving force.

[Cole] AJ Lee said, "I got this."

She wants Becky Lynch, and now they're
gonna brawl in the middle of the ring.

AJ Lee, Becky Lynch, Rollins and Punk now.

[Barrett] We've got ourselves
dual hockey fights.

[Cole] And Rollins sent outside the ring.
Becky Lynch sent outside the ring.

[Barrett] Getting the upper hand
and now needing to make it count.

And Punk now sending Rollins
right over our announce table.

[Barrett] Rollins is completely wiped.
There's nothing left at all in the tank.

[Cole] Now AJ Lee, uh,

trying to determine
what she's going to do next.

Who knows what's in her mind

as she tears apart
the Spanish announce table.

[Barrett] We all gave up second-guessing
AJ Lee many years ago.

[Cole] Well, how are we gonna do our job?

[Barrett] You heard Punk. She's the boss.

CM Punk just following orders now
from the wife.

[Cole] Uh, you'll learn quick. [chuckles]

And now Rollins
put on the announce table by Punk.

AJ Lee with Becky Lynch
on the Spanish announce table.

This is going to be bad, Wade.
This is going to be real bad.

[Barrett] Lean as far back as I can.
I don't like it at all.

And I assure you,

Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch really
won't like what's about to happen.

[Cole] And they're gonna use
Rollins's and Becky's moves.

Looking for a pedigree
and a manhandle slam,

but Rollins and Becky fighting back.

[Barrett] Seth once again going
right to the eyes of CM Punk.

[Cole] And Punk fighting back again.

And, oh! Punk's got Rollins
on his shoulders.

AJ Lee taking everybody down!

[Barrett] AJ Lee was thrown into Punk
and Rollins by Becky Lynch.

[Cole] And now Becky Lynch
trying to drag AJ Lee out of this…

the fray here… get her back in the ring
to try to put this match away.

[Barrett] Utter carnage.
Carcasses everywhere.

AJ Lee is not moving.

[Cole] Can you blame her?

She bounced off the announce table
as it collapsed.

And now Becky Lynch…

went for the manhandle slam.

AJ turns it around into a Black Widow,
the Black Widow submission.

Punk and Rollins are out.
It's down to AJ Lee and Becky Lynch.

[Barrett] This is how AJ won
all her championships in her career.

- [Cole] Tap out, tap out.
- [bell dinging]

- [Cole] Punk and AJ win.
- [crowd cheering]

[Taylor] Here are your winners
by submission,

the team of CM Punk

and AJ Lee.

[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
AJ Lee is back.

What a gutsy performance

and, Wade, she just tapped out
the women's intercontinental champion.

[Barrett] AJ Lee immediately
back to her best,

competing with the best of this era,

who have got to where they are today
because they are standing on the shoulders

of a diminutive giant named AJ Lee.

[Cole] CM Punk, uh, doing the choke sign

made famous by Reggie Miller
and, of course, Tyrese Haliburton,

who's here tonight at ringside,

as he celebrates with his wife, AJ Lee.

What a return, Wade,
for AJ Lee, here at WWE.

[Barrett] What a crowning moment
of the power couple

of professional wrestling,
CM Punk and AJ Lee.

[Lynch shouting]

[Cole] Watch this. You mentioned it.

Becky Lynch just throwing
AJ Lee into Rollins and Punk,

and the table collapsing.

[Barrett] Such a heavy landing
for all three.

And it was Becky Lynch,
who should have had it won,

but this incredible reversal
into the Black Widow by AJ Lee,

pulls out the dub
on her triumphant return.

[pop music playing]

[Cole] And Punk and AJ Lee celebrate
the victory tonight

at Wrestlepalooza.

[crowd cheering]

[no audible dialogue]

[crowd cheering]

[Barrett] Who would have pictured
this scene two years ago?

[Cole] Two years ago?
How about three months ago?

AJ and Punk. Soak it in, guys. Soak it in.

[music fades]

- [bell sounds]
- [crowd cheering]

Steph.

- That seat open?
- Wanna sit down?

No, is that seat open?

[fan] We'll make room.

Hang on, hang on. Excuse me, sir.

- Have a seat.
- Okay.

[sighs]
I've never sat on this side before.

It's really fun. I'd recommend it.

Okay. Hey, um, last week,
I was in Vegas for the fight.

- Yeah.
- I turned around. And there you are.

Mm-hmm.

Now here I am
at Wrestlepalooza in Indianapolis.

[crowd cheering]

I'm just trying to steal a chair.

And I come out, and here you are.

- Again.
- Are you following me?

[crowd laughs]

I have followed you
for a very long time, Undertaker.

- We… [chuckles]
- [chuckles]

We have known each other
for quite a long time.

Many, many, many, many, many years.

- We want to leave it there, don't we?
- Yeah.

[both chuckling]

[sighs]
I've always wanted to do this part too.

Are you ready?

- [crowd cheers]
- [chuckles]

I said, are you ready?

- [crowd cheers]
- [cheers]

Because it is my esteemed honor

to be able to induct you
as the first member…

in the class of 2026

WWE Hall of Fame.

Can you do that?

[no audible dialogue]

We got you.

[Cole] What an incredible moment.

Stephanie McMahon
and everything that she has done for…

for all of us here in WWE over the years,
the leadership she's provided.

Getting in the ring,
putting her body on the line.

Always there for everybody.

Stephanie McMahon deservedly
will be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up
for Stephanie McMahon!

[Barrett]
Culmination of an incredible career.

Congratulations, Stephanie McMahon.

[Cole] Stephanie will join her husband,
Paul "Triple H" Levesque

in immortality enshrined
in the WWE Hall of Fame.

On a personal note…

I cannot tell you, Wade, what that woman
there has meant for my career.

Without Stephanie,
I'm probably not out here today.

Congratulations, Steph. You deserve it.

You guys are in trouble.
You're in trouble.

[Cole] Well, ladies and gentlemen,
coming up next, it is our main event.

Drew McIntyre, Cody Rhodes

battle the Undisputed WWE Championship.

The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes,
who has vowed to carry this company

as its quarterback,
is once again WWE champion.

[McIntyre] I am not the bad guy.

But if you provoke me,
I'm the real nightmare.

[Barrett] We have a major incident here.
Cody is in a bad way.

You got to get yours while you can.
I want that WWE title.

I've been screwed up
more times than I can count.

[Cole] Wrestlepalooza.

Cody Rhodes, the Undisputed WWE Champion,

who put the gold on the line
against Drew McIntyre.

[Rhodes] Drew McIntyre!

I understand who you are.
You've been WWE Champion.

At Wrestlepalooza,
your legacy becomes the man who lost to me

for the WWE championship.

- [Cole] And McIntyre with a cheap shot.
- [McIntyre] I'm taking that bloody title.

I deserve it. I have earned it!

[Cole] McIntyre's going to do
what he did to Rhodes five weeks ago.

I'm not going to kick your head
through the announce table again.

This match is happening, and I'm taking
the one thing that means the most to you.

[Cole] Cody Rhodes
launching himself onto McIntyre.

[McIntyre] I am not the bad guy.

But if you provoke me,
I'm the real nightmare.

[rock music playing]

[roars]

[Cole] An extremely bitter Drew McIntyre

claims that Cody Rhodes has
become obsessed

with being WWE champion,

that a paranoia has started to
creep into Cody Rhodes's life

as he tries to please everyone
from company officials to WWE fans.

His incessant need to be champion.

And Drew McIntyre says
he's out here tonight, Wade,

to save Cody Rhodes,

to take the championship from him,
to save Cody from himself.

[Barrett] While I take umbrage
of your use of the word "bitter"

to describe Drew McIntyre,

there is not a man in this industry
who could have been put through

what Drew has been put through
over the past three years,

who would not inevitably become bitter.

Time and time again, Drew McIntyre has had
his fingertips on the world championships,

only to be screwed over

by the likes of CM Punk, The Bloodline,
Damian Priest, and we could go on.

Tonight is what Drew McIntyre
has always wanted.

A clear one-on-one shot against the champ.

No interference, Drew wins,
the dark clouds leave this evening.

[Cole] Listen, some of that Drew McIntyre
brought upon himself.

[Barrett] In what way?

[roars]

[Barrett]
McIntyre getting booed out of the building

when he carried this company on his
shoulders during the darkest era in COVID.

Where's the gratitude?
Where's the respect?

[Cole] Hey, you've got to give respect
to show it, Wade.

[Barrett] McIntyre gave respect when
he put the company on his back in 2020,

bled for this company.

[Cole] How long is he going to do
that song and dance?

- [rock music playing]
- [crowd cheering]

Yeah!

[bell dings]

The following contest
is scheduled for one fall.

[crowd] One fall!

And is for the Undisputed

WWE Championship!

Introducing first, the challenger.

From Ayr, Scotland,

weighing in

at 275 pounds,

Drew McIntyre!

And his opponent.

From Atlanta, Georgia.

Weighing in at 222 pounds.

He is the Undisputed

WWE Champion.

The American Nightmare,

- Cody Rhodes!
- [shouts]

[Cole] The tremendous Alicia Taylor

with the ring announcement
for our main event tonight

for the Undisputed WWE Championship.

It had been quite the ride
for Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre.

The first time they shared
a ring together was back in 2010.

[crowd chanting]

[Cole] Later on that year,
they would become tag team partners.

They'd go on to win
tag team championship gold together.

In fact, they defended the tag title
successfully in this town of Indianapolis.

[no audible dialogue]

[Cole] Cody won the tag titles
with Jay Uso here in Indianapolis.

He beat Kevin Owens in a latter match at
the Royal Rumble earlier this year here.

And tonight, his first title defense
since winning back the world title

from John Cena at SummerSlam.

Rhodes and McIntyre
one-on-one for the title.

[laughs] Oh.

What are you gonna do? Let's go!

[shouts]

[Cole] And now a nice waistlock
by Cody Rhodes.

Remember what McIntyre said
coming into this matchup, Wade?

He wanted to do this the right way.

[Barrett] It certainly started out
that way and there's a clean break.

[Cole] A clean break.
The official, Ryan Tran,

asking Cody to come out of the corner.

Now McIntyre with that high elbow.

[Barrett] Cody who came out
the aggressor in this one,

which really isn't in his nature.

He's a technician. He's a mover.

You don't want to go blow for blow
with someone bigger and stronger

than you, like McIntyre.

[Cole] But let's not forget
what McIntyre did.

The Claymore through the announce table
cost Cody Rhodes five weeks of his career.

Oh, nice drop down
and there's the right hand by Cody Rhodes,

aggressive out of the gate. And a nice
takedown. Headlock takedown by McIntyre.

[Barrett] That's Cody's mistake, and Drew
has completely suckered him into that.

It's one thing being angry,
it's one thing trying to get vengeance,

but it's another thing to step out
of what you are good at and into the world

that your opponent specializes in.

[Cole] Wade, you were brought up
with these two.

Training, of course, down at FCW.

What went wrong between Cody and Drew?

[Barrett] The truth is what went wrong
is far more recent than any of that.

They are both former punch lines
in this industry, jokes ten years ago,

who both had to go away into obscurity and
climb the mountain from the very bottom.

They've both done that, but in McIntyre's
eyes, oh, he had the more arduous climb,

whereas Cody has been propped up
thanks to his last name

and the WWE machine being behind it.

[Cole] That's one way to look at it,
but the Bionic Elbow delivered

by the American Nightmare.
Homage to his dad, the American Dream.

And Cody Rhodes fired up here tonight.
Cody Rhodes has earned this.

- Cody Rhodes… Uh-oh, wait a minute.
- [Barrett] Oh…

There's something off with Cody.

[Cole] Cody stumbling out of the box.
Hit the Cody Cutter, however.

[Barrett] I saw this a couple of times.
I didn't say it. There's something off.

[Cole] Cover by Rhodes,

and a kick out by Drew.
What do you mean something's off?

[Barrett] Well, he's just a half-step
behind where he normally is.

That wasn't the first time
that's happened in the match.

There's been a couple of moments here
where Cody wasn't as crisp and speedy

when he's had the upper hand.

[Cole] You think it has something to do
with being his first match back

since being driven through
the announce table by McIntyre?

[Barrett] There's an element of ring rust.

It is only five weeks though,
which for the most part,

a competitor at Cody's level,
that isn't a huge deal.

It's something you can normally
skip over fairly easily,

but I'm keeping an eye on this now.

[Cole] McIntyre fighting out of it.

Cody Rhodes still in control though.

McIntyre with authority. The arm drag.

McIntyre sent over the top rope.
So agile for a big man.

Cody now!

[Barrett] Yeah,
McIntyre is simply a cheat code.

280 pounds of rippling muscle
that moves like a cruiserweight.

[Cole] Yeah, that Disaster Kick by Rhodes.

And now, Cody, with a Suicide Dive to
McIntyre driving McIntyre to the floor.

[Barrett] He seems to be shaking off
whatever cobwebs were there earlier on

and seems back in rare form.

And Cody again, Suicide Dive.
McIntyre able to intercept him

and now driving Cody spine first
to the post.

[Barrett] Cody just underestimating
the size and power of Drew McIntyre

and now tasting it firsthand.

[Cole] McIntyre just swinging Rhodes
over the Spanish announce table.

[Barrett] Practically cleared the table.

That was so effortless from McIntyre,
and look at the dark pits of the eyes

after a slight bounce on the table,

catching the edge which may have
caused some real damage

to the lower back of Cody Rhodes.

And remember, McIntyre understands
Rhodes has the champion's advantage.

He's got to get him in the ring
and pin and submit Cody to win the gold.

Right now McIntyre in control of Rhodes
who again just collapses to his knees.

[Barrett] You know what, we saw what
happened on Smackdown last night.

There was a boot to the face.
There was a stomp to the head.

Rhodes, on the ground, and I think Cody
is really showing some of that--

He got his bell rung yesterday
and it's affected him in this,

and we're admiring the power of McIntyre,
but that is not the full story here.

[Cole] You think that has something
to do with what happened last night?

[Barrett] Well, Cody doesn't seem to
be playing with his usual full deck.

[Cole] And now McIntyre again with a belly
to belly throw, sending Rhodes across

the ring and Drew McIntyre is having his
way with the WWE champion right now.

Drew predicted this. He said
it was going to be a bad night for Cody.

[Barrett] Well, Drew has stacked the deck
by the attack on Cody last night.

That stomp to the head
against the ground I think

has left some lingering
effects in the brain of Cody Rhodes,

and he's now fighting through the fog
to try and get a little clarity,

and it's a fight he's losing.

[Cole] But wait… [stammers]
…also McIntyre has made it very…

very clear about the fact
that he believes Cody Rhodes

has stretched himself very thin.

All the media appearances and…

[Barrett] Oh, God. Look at Cody's schedule
just this past week.

[Cole] Oh, and post!

Shoulder to the post for McIntyre,
and Cody buys himself some time.

[Barrett] Cody needs time
more than anything right now.

I'm looking at him. The guy's wobbly.
He looks like he's had ten pints of beer,

and that is not a good thing
in the early goings of

a championship matchup against McIntyre.

[Cole] Cody now with a kick
to the face of McIntyre.

Rhodes has not lost a match
since WrestleMania

as he's bounced face first off the apron.

[Barrett] Right on the hardest part
of the ring headfirst,

and if there weren't issues before,
there certainly are now.

And McIntyre's
about to exacerbate the problem.

- [Tran] No, don't do that!
- [Cole] With Cody Rhodes.

[Tran] Don't do it, no!

[Cole] Oh, no, not to the steps.
Not to the steps, Drew.

Alabama Slam onto the steel steps.

[Barrett] And this is just
a master class from McIntyre.

He knows the weakness. He smells it.

[Cole] Into the cover,
smelling the championship.

And a kick out at two.

[Barrett] McIntyre doing exactly
what you need to do against the best.

Spot the weakness
and attack, attack, attack.

[Cole] Bob Holly would be proud of that
as McIntyre now mounts Rhodes

and the big right hands
from the Scottish warrior.

And look at Cody trying to cover up now
from the attack by McIntyre,

just trying to protect himself here.

[Barrett]
Living dangerously now is Cody Rhodes

who may, as you said, Cole,
have stretched himself far too thinly

and completely underestimated
the threat of the Scottish psychopath.

[Cole] Well, Cody hasn't been able to put
together any sustained offense tonight.

I mean, he looked good for
about two minutes in the early goings

and then the cobwebs came to the fore.

[Cole] And this right here
is the pace that McIntyre wants.

Man goes 6'6", 280 pounds.

Cody Rhodes though climbs
the ropes, hooks McIntyre.

And again, Cody's showing
some flashes here in this match

- with a superplex.
- [Barrett] Oh, no!

Oh, look, even if you execute that move,
you take a hell of a landing yourself,

and Cody smashed hit the back of his head
against the mat on the landing.

Don't watch Drew.

Drew takes an impact,
but watch Cody's head.

That's what hit.
And Cody hasn't moved since.

[Cole] And you're still concerned
after the head injury

he suffered last night
at the hands of McIntyre.

[Barrett] It's 100% it.
Look, I've been in there before.

Normally that happens,
you need at least a week off.

Cody didn't get that.
He doesn't have that luxury.

[Cole] Twenty-four hours off.

This is for the world,
the WWE Championship,

Undisputed live at Wrestlepalooza
in Indianapolis

in front of 15,000 plus
at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

And now McIntyre and Rhodes exchanging
blows in the middle of the ring.

Rhodes showing some fight.

[Barrett] Well, Cody's not thinking here.
He's just reacting.

[Cole] He reacted well there,
stunning McIntyre,

now up over the top for Rhodes again,

went right back to his head,
but he was able to deliver a power slam.

[Barrett]
It's like the worst migraine in history

buzzing through the brain of Cody Rhodes,

and somehow he's got to figure out
a path of victory here

against one of the absolute best
in McIntyre.

[Cole] And again, slow to his feet.

Cody Cutter… Oh, second rope
caught him with a Disaster Kick instead.

Cody Rhodes is starting
to build momentum now

against the number-one contender.

[Barrett] But it's a slow momentum

due to this mental issue
that Cody apparently has.

Trying to stack offense
is almost impossible in this condition.

[Cole] Off the second rope yet again.

Went for the Cody Cutter,
and he was slammed down.

And he took out McIntyre.

What a move by Cody Rhodes

who once again could be closing in
on the win in this matchup.

[Barrett] Yeah, you could tell McIntyre
tried to power Cody in that one,

tried to hold him off.
He just didn't have enough strength.

[Cole] Cody was able to capitalize.

And now Rhodes…

- McIntyre fights out of it.
- [Barrett] Nice.

Nice knee to the head there again,
rocking the brain of Cody.

[Cole] Kicked to the face by Rhodes,
second rope now for the champion.

McIntyre with a Glasgow Kiss!

Remember, he delivered that last night,
the end of the contract signing.

[Barrett] McIntyre knew exactly
how to hurt Cody,

how to take Cody out of his game,

and it has worked a treat.

High above the ring, McIntyre and Rhodes.

McIntyre pulling out all the stops.

[Barrett] Not that common that you see
McIntyre taking an opponent up top

or maybe a page out of Sheamus's playbook.

[Cole] It could be white noise time.

Cody high above the ring.
White Noise by McIntyre!

- Cover now to win the WWE Championship!
- One, two…

[Cole] And a kick out.

[Barrett] Sheamus just threw his can
of Guinness at the TV in anger,

almost as an angry as McIntyre.

When Cody kicked out of that,
what a massive impact again on the back

of the neck and the head of Cody Rhodes.

[Cole] Over 15,000 here tonight.

This is our main event
for the Undisputed WWE title.

A kip-up by McIntyre,
just an incredible athlete.

[Barrett] One man able to shake off
the cobwebs, one man not.

[Cole] And McIntyre could be looking

- for the Claymore to put Cody Rhodes away…
- [crowd] Three, two, one!

…and win the championship.

Rhodes though… Able to counter,
stacking up McIntyre.

Kick out by Drew.

[Barrett] Attempted a power bomb,
didn't get all of it,

but enough to get out the way.

[Cole] Oh, and again,
a Glasgow Kiss by Drew.

And McIntyre with the Claymore.

Cody rolled out of harm's way.

Cody Rhodes now looking for the Figure 4.

[Barrett] And locked in.
McIntyre a long way from any ropes here.

[Cole] Cody's got the Figure 4
locked in well.

McIntyre, the only thing he can do
is perhaps roll on his belly and…

[Barrett]
McIntyre close to tapping out here.

[Cole] Cody's got it locked in.
Will McIntyre tap?

[Barrett] This is so good for Cody.

Not only has he put Drew in jeopardy.
He's also buying

- a chance to mentally recover.
- [screams] Come on! Come on!

[Cole] Cody's screaming at McIntyre.

[Barrett] Cody needs
a tap out here in the worst way

and one jab to the jaw, and it looks
like Cody got knocked out cold.

[Cole] Yeah,
McIntyre caught him flush on the jaw.

[Barrett] I mean, normally
I think Cody could shrug that off,

but he's so beaten up mentally.

He's really, really struggling tonight.

This is not the usual Cody Rhodes.

[Cole] The official, Ryan Tran,
checking on the champion.

Cody's eyes are glassy.

[Barrett] Can't even defend himself.
That is why the ref may need to step in.

[Cole] If the ref does step in,
then we've got a new champ.

And McIntyre ripping the protective pad
off the turnbuckle, exposing the steel.

I've gotta put it back on. Come on.

[Cole] The official's saying,
"I've gotta put it back on."

- McIntyre tosses it out into the entrance.
- What are you doing?

[Barrett] No respect for authority.
Why should he?

He's on a mission tonight to win gold,
not friends.

[Cole] Rhodes now hooks McIntyre.

Looking for the Cross Rhodes,
and then into the corner.

The official rolls out of harm's way.

McIntyre's got Rhodes pinned.
Back into the ring!

One, two--

[Cole] And a kick out by Rhodes.

[Barrett] That was a count of eight!
That was a count…

What did the referee
get out of the ring for?

[Cole] He's trying to avoid disaster.
And now Cody turns it into Cross Rhodes.

- Cover by Cody Rhodes. And a--
- One, two…

[Cole] A two-count
and a kick out by McIntyre.

Just got the shoulder up.

[Barrett] McIntyre had this match won.

Let me see this again.
What was this referee doing?

[Cole] The official had to get
out of harm's way, saving himself there.

[Barrett] Well, Drew had the match won.
That's a pin.

The referee should
never have gone out the ring.

It's the first rule of refereeing.

You don't get out of the ring
unless the competitors do.

[Cole] And Cody was able to use
that exposed turnbuckle.

McIntyre though, still able to
kick out of the Cross Rhodes.

[Barrett] Well, if McIntyre
does not win this match,

he will have a major bone of contention
with this official.

[Cole] Cody off the second row,
and McIntyre slamming Cody to the mat

as he went for the Cody Cutter.

[Barrett] It's exactly
what McIntyre tried earlier.

Didn't work back then,
did the second time.

[Cole] McIntyre over the top.
And he caught Cody hard.

[Barrett] Drew McIntyre
was never designed to throw

that kind of offense, but it worked.

[Cole] Rhodes back into the ring quickly.

McIntyre looking to put Cody away,
putting him in position

for a Claymore kick that connects.

- McIntyre crawls to the cover.
- One, two…

[Cole]
So close to winning the world title.

[Barrett] God, that Claymore practically
knocked Cody Rhodes out of his boots.

How the hell did Cody kick out there?

[Cole]
Looking for his fourth World Championship.

Almost pinned
the Undisputed WWE Champ there.

[Barrett] But now McIntyre in despair.
From despair to where

if you're gonna win gold tonight, Drew.

[Cole] Yeah, but Drew's
got to stay focused now.

He's got this match
completely under control.

[Barrett] The dark clouds are all
forming in the mind of McIntyre,

who is convinced the world is against him.

[Cole] And again he calls Rhodes paranoid.

Cody trying to regain himself
on the Spanish announce table.

Drew McIntyre now with the right hand,
and Cody can hardly stand, Wade.

[Barrett] Do not like the look
in the eye of Drew McIntyre.

The eyes have narrowed and…

[Cole]
Yeah, and he realizes where Cody is.

Remember what happened to Cody Rhodes
when he was in this position last month?

And official Ryan Tran
who witnessed that that night

is going to make sure
that it doesn't happen again.

[Tran shouting indistinctly]

[Cole] Ryan Tran knew the damage
that McIntyre did to Cody Rhodes

the last time he attempted this.

[Barrett] But wait, it's a legal move.

[Cole] Oh, no!
Cody rolled out of harm's way!

Drew McIntyre kicked out the announce
table and injured his right leg.

[Barrett]
Why did the referee get in the way?

It was completely legal
for Drew to attack.

[Cole] Human compassion?

[Barrett] Drew may have snapped his shin.
Where's the compassion for Drew?

Drew McIntyre is the one
that delivered the offensive move,

and he can hardly stand now.

And you're right, McIntyre
could have a broken leg here.

[Barrett] Well, that would have
connected with the head of Rhodes

if not for this damn official once again.

[Cole] McIntyre can barely stand

trying to drag himself
into the ring to beat the count.

McIntyre back to his feet.

Cody Rhodes second row.
Oh, and a Glasgow Kiss caught Rhodes!

[Barrett] McIntyre can barely stand,
but he's still throwing offense,

and he's still dreaming
of winning that championship.

[Cole] Looking for the Claymore but his…
his bad leg gave out on him.

Cody Rhodes with a Super Cutter!

[Barrett] Cody Rhodes
does not need a second invite.

[Cole] Cody fired up.

Cross Rhodes.

Cover.

One, two, three!

- Cody retains!
- [bell dings]

[Taylor] Here is your winner.

And still the Undisputed

WWE Champion.

The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes!

[Cole] I get your point about McIntyre
maybe having the match won,

but at the end of the day,
you've got to applaud the fight,

the guts, the resilience
of the American Nightmare Cody Rhodes

retaining the championship tonight.

[Barrett] No doubt about it,

maximum respect for Cody Rhodes,
as always, QB1.

For a reason, but the postmortem
of this match, there are going to be

major questions for how Drew McIntyre
is not currently holding the goal.

This was brilliant from Cody,
kicking out from the Claymore.

We know how tough Cody Rhodes is.

[Cole] That's what McIntyre needs,
something else to complain about.

[Barrett] Well, this is the referee
getting involved for no reason,

taking a beat that cost McIntyre,
almost broke his leg.

[Cole] Well, McIntyre would still get
Cody Rhodes with the Glasgow Kiss.

He was going for the the kill shot here,
but his legs gave out on him.

[Barrett] Gave out because he smashed it
through the table moments earlier.

And that window, when it was opened,
Cody Rhodes knew victory was in sight

and made no mistakes.

One Cross Rhodes later
and a successful retention

- against all odds for Cody Rhodes.
- One, two, three!

Coy Rhodes wins his first title defense
since winning back the championship

at SummerSlam.

[Barrett] McIntyre getting some urgent
medical care from our doctor.

[Cole] Cody Rhodes celebrates a new era.

What a night.