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[suspenseful music playing]

[Hunter] The Royal Rumble is incredibly important.

It sort of kicks off, if you want to say it this way,

your playoff season.

[Cole] Welcome to the Royal Rumble!

[Hunter] With the majority of the company in it,

it starts your march towards the WWE Super Bowl.

It starts the Road to WrestleMania.

[commentator] The individuals who are numbers one and two will enter this ring.

Then, every two minutes thereafter, another Superstar enters the ring.

Elimination occurs when an individual is thrown over the top rope,

but both feet must touch the floor.

The winner of both the men's and the women's Rumble

get a shot at the champion of their choice at WrestleMania.

[commentator] Stone Cold is going to WrestleMania!

- [JR] John Cena! - [Cole] Seth Rollins!

- [commentator 2] Charlotte Flair! - [King] Randy Orton!

- [Cole] Roman Reigns! - [commentator 3] Brock Lesnar!

[Hunter] So when you start to make a decision like this,

there's so many variables in this, and you gotta try to think of all of them.

You can very easily… begin to put somebody in a position

that fans just won't accept.

[Baeckstrom] In terms of building, again, from a storyline standpoint,

I think, just in terms of heading into Mania,

Breakker winning the Rumble and going into Mania as the challenger

feels like a… more organic build for him.

[Hunter] So the risk with Bron Breakker is everything from, can he actually do it?

Can he mentally handle it? Will fans accept it?

So you have to really be sure.

The Royal Rumble is a star-making moment… for him to win and

get where we need to go.

For whatever reason, him winning the title immediately feels to me like we're kinda…

[Hunter] Doesn't feel like shoving him down your throat.

I think you could make a shocking moment out of it,

but I… I still worry a bit

that it feels like you're just shoving him down your throat.

Yeah.

Okay. Well, I think we just need to think about it a little bit more.

- [Ward] Sure. - [Hunter] Mm-hmm.

On the women's side, it seems much cleaner.

Liv Morgan is weighing heavily into our plans for the Royal Rumble,

but there's still a few questions around her health.

[Morgan] I'm at the process in my recovery where it's pretty much balls to the wall,

which means I can essentially do anything.

We are in my barn

that I turned into, like, my gym-slash-wrestling ring.

I just created a space to stay sharp,

which… It paid off huge during this recovery.

- A squirrel lives in here too. - [producer chuckles]

I swear to God, he lives, like, over here somewhere.

There's a little nest right there.

I feel like Snow White sometimes, you know?

Like, I have these squirrels

and these fucking lizards occupying my space with me,

and I'm like, "Whatever."

[Cole] Morgan to the apron, fighting back!

Rhea's hanging on!

Morgan eliminated by Rhea Ripley!

[Morgan] I was the runner-up for two years in the Royal Rumble.

[Cole] Kick from Morgan.

Morgan… Down goes Cargill with Oblivion,

and Bayley eliminates Morgan!

[Morgan] I would love to come back and win the Rumble, so…

Here we are. We're two days away. Forty-eight hours

from me being clear.

Um… [clicks tongue]

[chuckles] Ew!

Um, I'm excited and I'm happy. This was a really long journey.

I feel good. I feel ready. I think I'm ready.

I'm ready. I'm ready.

[uneasy music playing]

[Morgan] Just aside from the mechanics of getting my shoulder working properly,

the in-ring recovery is a different process.

How am I reacting to cardio?

Running the ropes, getting that in-ring conditioning up.

My rolls, smaller movements to eventually doing just, like, anything

that would simulate a match in steps.

Man, I forgot. Like, this shit's hard.

I've been in every single women's Royal Rumble

since we started doing them in 2018.

So not only do I have the most experience, but I have a few tricks up my sleeve

that I don't think anyone's gonna be prepared for.

I would love to not be the runner-up anymore.

So we'll see.

I feel like if there was ever a year where Liv could win the Royal Rumble,

it might be this year.

[intriguing music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[music fades]

We are on the bus, uh, en route to Birmingham, Alabama to, uh…

to get this, this here shoulder operated on.

[pensive music playing]

[Cole] Rollins now from the top rope.

Rollins… Oh my goodness!

Just thinking about

WrestleMania, obviously, and, uh, what that could have been, and

what it will or won't be, uh, this next year,

and, um, kind of also just thinking about

that I don't have that many left, you know?

And so, um… for me,

main eventing WrestleMania is, like, as big as it gets, and…

In my opinion… I don't know if I told you this or not,

but in my opinion, I haven't properly main evented WrestleMania.

A couple of night ones,

and the cash-in, and, you know, yada yada.

[Cole] Curb Stomp on Reigns!

Cover by Rollins!

[crowd] One, two…

[Cole] Rollins with the heist of the century!

Brilliant!

[Rollins] But for me, being on the marquee and headlining night two,

having that is something that I've always wanted,

and I do feel like this year was probably the year for it.

And, um, to know that that's probably out the window

is just… It's really difficult to wrap my head around at the moment.

You know, the timeline is six months, I think.

You know, you can do it in five with a rotator surgery.

[woman] So you're having an examination under anesthesia,

left shoulder arthroscopy, rotator cuff repair,

subacromial decompression, possible biceps tenodesis,

possible labral repair,

and the indicated procedure with Dr. Dugas.

- Great. - [woman] Okay.

[Rollins] Done this so many times.

She's probably more nervous, scared than I am.

- I'm fine. [chuckling] - [Rollins] Yeah. A little high-pitched.

- You gonna watch? - [Lynch] No.

- We have a viewing room in there. - [Lynch] Oh God, no.

[Dugas] There's couches. You can watch TV.

- Oh my… - [Dugas] No chance. Okay.

- What… If I can watch TV… - [Dugas] You're not allowed to help.

But you can sit in there and watch if you want, or watch TV.

Maybe I'll sit… I mean, it sounds comfortable,

as long as I'm just not seeing blood and things.

No, you'll see a screen, basically, of what we're doing.

- [Lynch] But I can avert my eyes. - You can avert your eyes.

- You can avert, you can… - [Lynch] Okay.

Good luck. I love you.

- See you on the other side, dawg. - Bye.

Oh God, that's just…

- It's so disgusting. - [man snickering]

[man] Are you regretting your decision to come down?

How do you guys… You just look at this all the time? Oh!

- [man] All the time. [laughs] - [Lynch] It's like cutting into chicken.

[indistinct chatter]

[man] That's his biceps tendon above where the needle is going in.

- Oh yeah, is it? Is it? Great. - [laughter]

- [Rollins] Everything go smooth? - [Lynch] Yeah.

- I think better than they thought. - [Rollins] Better than they thought?

[Lynch] Yeah, your, eh…

It was just your rotator cuff.

- [man on TV] The Vision has shifted. - [Lynch] There he is, handsome bastard.

This guy, dedication.

First thing when he wakes up, "Turn on SmackDown."

- [Cole] Wait a minute! Oh my God! - [Barrett] The hell is going on?!

[man on TV] As Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed speak out.

- [Lynch] How do you want it? - Just… It's a back bun.

[Lynch] Okay.

Pull it through.

Then wrap it.

I don't know if this is what you do. But this is what I do.

[Rollins] Close.

Okay.

[intriguing music playing]

[Koskey] Survivor Series is our last big PLE of the year.

The WarGames concept,

bringing two teams of five Superstars on each side together,

uh, offers a unique opportunity

in that it kind of is a chance for a bunch of your top stars

to kind of get together all in one match.

[bell dinging]

[Taylor] The following

is the men's WarGames match!

Come on!

It's also a chance and provides a great platform

for someone like an up-and-coming star like Bron Breakker

to have a breakthrough performance.

[Hunter] Anytime that you have new, young, fresh talent

and a bunch of top stars all in something together,

there's opportunities there to create new moments for the young guys

to brush up and to get the rub, as we call it,

and that's really what your career comes up,

as a bunch of moments where you get that rub

until eventually the rub is yours, right?

Like, and you are a top star.

Bron, you good?

- Good. Thank you. - Yes, sir.

There's an opportunity at WarGames here for us to give a moment to Bron Breakker.

Everybody's saying, "This guy's the future,

the next this and that and the other."

And… I have a job to do. And I gotta do it.

[CM Punk] People ask me all the time, like, "Is he ready?"

My answer's always the same. I don't think anybody's ever ready.

I think you have to believe…

you have to believe in yourself that you're ready.

He's everything that we always tell people that he is.

He's got the weight of the world on his shoulders.

[tense music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[CM Punk] I always wanted to be picked and chosen and told,

"This guy's the future."

That was never me.

Then I see it with him,

and I see everybody laying all that on his shoulders,

and I look at it now, and I go, "I'm glad I didn't have that," you know?

I don't know how I would've responded to that pressure.

[Cole] Breakker now on Cody's shoulders.

[Barrett] CM Punk's got a cut of his own to match Cody Rhodes's.

- [Cole] Now Punk from the top rope! - [Barrett] Oh God!

Breakker lands on the back of his neck!

- Now Punk from the top rope! - [all gasping]

[Barrett] And that could be a broken neck for Bron Breakker.

Is he okay?

Check on him.

[Barrett] That was horrible. Absolutely sickening!

Landed right on my neck.

[uneasy music playing]

Scary.

I still, like, feel my hands and my feet, but,

physically, I didn't know.

[Barrett] Bron Breakker is in a mess right now.

Get him against the cage and let him talk to you.

Fuck!

People don't understand the finest of lines

between showbiz and real.

The finest of lines between he's fine

and he's not fine.

There's an old saying, "It ain't ballet," right?

And that's not to put down ballet, but the… the physicality of our business

is such that at any given time,

it can be over.

When you see a moment like that,

and there's just that moment there where you don't know that he is okay,

you hold your breath.

Y'all, please check on Bron Breakker. That was as nasty as they come.

[Hayes] You guys may have to have Reed switch roles with Bron.

You have to hope and pray for the best,

but you do have to start thinking of plan B and C.

What's the word?

Fucking A.

They're gonna take him out.

So, can he roll into the Breakker role?

It seemed like the most logical thing to do at the time.

You know, Bronson was part of The Vision. I mean, it all made sense.

Now, we got lucky on that one.

We got very lucky.

Doc said he's okay? Doc said he's okay?

[man] Doc said he's okay. Wait, wait. Hold on. He might be okay.

- He's okay. - He's okay.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Breakker] I was very lucky to walk out of that situation, but

you work through pain. That's the job. You're supposed to.

Put in a position where we're gonna go with you, you're gonna be the centerpiece,

and you're gonna be the guy, you gotta live it.

You gotta own it, gotta do it.

[music building]

You will never be better than a Steiner.

[Barrett] Bron Breakker is an actual maniac.

The guy who I thought was potentially paralyzed

about ten minutes ago.

And if I get dinged up in the middle of a match,

quit on my company, quit on Hunter, what's it say about me?

I'll run through a wall for those people.

I have a job to do.

[Cole] A massive Spear to CM Punk.

Breakker, cover,

wins WarGames!

[Taylor] Here are your winners…

[Rhodes] Being honest, he did great.

We probably shouldn't wanna root for Bron

because he's coming to take someone's spot.

Maybe mine, maybe Roman's, maybe Punk's.

But we are rooting for him. That's the nature of what we do.

It's sharks. You want the spot,

and he's not afraid to say he wants the spot, go for it.

47,000 people, that's a great start for Bron Breakker.

I'm, in a way, very proud of him.

- [Breakker] Nah, you're good. - [Hunter] Your neck okay? Yeah?

He okay?

[Breakker] I'd wrestle with a broken neck for you.

I don't give a fuck.

I don't want you to though. [chuckles]

At any given time, for any talent,

they can be out of the game.

In this instance, you're seeing Cena retire,

Seth Rollins getting injured.

You're dodging a bullet with Bron Breakker.

You have to have people ready to go, to take the spot.

People that are hungry and chomping at the bit.

And that's when we look at NXT, what that crew's doing down there,

what NXT provides.

NXT is our developmental brand.

As we recruit talent,

prospective Superstars from around the world, NXT in Orlando,

the Performance Center, it's a place where prospective talents can come in

and be trained by our trainers.

[intriguing music playing]

[Koskey] They can learn the way we do production.

Getting them ready to take the steps to learn WWE from the ground up,

so they can be called up

and kind of hit the ground running on Raw or SmackDown.

And you see these talent ready to go,

just waiting for that moment.

[Prichard] NXT,

we gotta look at our resources there, pull some people up that may not be ready,

and get them up here and get them started.

Break some fucking eggs, and let's figure it out.

There's a part of me that thinks

you do something with Oba here,

then he debuts big in the Rumble,

and we just get him cooking.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Vic Joseph] Just got grabbed, just got dropped by Oba Femi.

[Hunter] He's a sponge, great attitude.

To make him a main event box office attraction,

he needs to be a bad motherfucker.

You never know until he gets here, but I feel that--

We have a starting pitcher in the bullpen at the moment. Yeah.

Yeah. That one I feel is the can't-miss quarterback

coming up out of the system.

My question would be,

if we had one other person we wanted to see go on to the Rumble,

who would it be?

Is it Trick?

Do we wanna give Trick a spotlight with somebody?

- [crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick! - [Booker T] What?

- Yeah! - [crowd] Whoop that Trick!

[Hunter] He's done everything he can possibly do in NXT.

He's not gonna get any better down there. If anything, he might regress.

He needs to come up here and work with people with more experience.

I think we gotta pull the trigger on somebody, and why not try with him?

You know, we have to be patient, too, as far as when they come up.

They're not gonna be fucking ready when they come up.

[animals calling]

- [man] Close your eyes. Don't look. - [woman] My eyes have been closed!

All right, man, come on, tighten up. Let's go. Follow me.

- [giggles] Wait! Wait! - Straight. Go straight.

- What's straight? I can't see. - This way. Keep going. Keep going.

- [Lash] I don't know where we're going. - [Trick] We're almost there.

- We're almost there. - I'm scared. I'm not kidding.

[Trick] All right, we gonna make a 90-degree turn.

- [Lash] About-face? - About-face.

- This way? That way? - Open your eyes on three.

- [Lash] Am I turning? - One, two, three!

- [gasps] Oh my God! - [both laughing]

[Trick] Yeah!

- Oh my goodness! - Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- [Lash laughs] - I know this is your favorite.

- Yes, I love elephants. - Oh my gosh.

- Are they saying hi to us? Hi! - I don't know what they're saying.

- What's their names? - [Lash] I'm kinda scared.

[keeper] This is Shelly, and this is Marie.

Oh!

- Shit! Oh my God! Hey. - [both laughing]

Oh my gosh, I have--

[air pops]

- [Trick] What's wrong with you? - Shelly blew on me.

I can't believe we're looking at elephants!

- That's right. - I love elephants!

- Who your fiancé? - You.

- All right, who gets the job done? - Hey.

[Lash chuckles]

[elephant trumpeting]

[Trick] Oh my goodness.

My government name is Matrick Belton, but I go by Tricky 2 Times,

The Anointed One, Trick Willy,

Mr. Whoop Dat,

Mr. Lemon Pepper Stepper…

- Trick Williams. - ["Whoop That Trick" playing]

[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

I'm gonna be real with you. I'm not a babyface.

I ain't a heel.

You can't put me in a box.

You know, the crowd's gonna feel how they feel.

[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

[Trick] Music makes things gel.

My entrance music, "Whoop That Trick…"

[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!

…it sets the atmosphere before I even step foot in the building.

[Barrett] Boom! Right to the kisser.

The original songwriter of "Whoop That Trick,"

Al Kapone himself, you know, the king of Memphis,

he reaches out to me, like, "I love what you're doing for the culture."

I say, man, "That's the co-sign that I always needed. You got the stamp."

[Joseph] Trick Williams is a star in every sense of the word.

This man could be the future sooner than later.

Me and my family, we watched wrestling all growing up.

Matter of fact, my first cuss word, watching Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Talk about John 3:16.

Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!

[crowd cheering]

I opened a can of whoop-ass at three years old.

I could take off these lemon pepper steppers,

and I'm still six foot five, 250 pounds.

In other words, Trick Williams is a grown-ass man!

I always compare my style to be more like a lion.

I'm powerful, ferocious. I jump at you.

I talk a lot. I got a roar, know what I mean? I got a mane.

And she was like, "I'm not a lioness. I'm an elephant."

[Lash laughs]

I said, "Well, an elephant and a lion ain't supposed to be together."

"So you gotta make a decision." But she said she an elephant.

I feel like elephants are the most respected in the animal kingdom.

But the lion is the king of the jungle.

Lash Legend is the "Boujee Bully."

♪ Skrr… ♪

[Trick] She's fancy.

She always got some lashes on.

She always got some fur on.

She's bigger than everybody, so she bullies people around.

[Barrett] Five feet 11 inches of overwhelming power.

Like, The first time I saw her, I already knew. Like…

[exhales sharply] My heart started jumping a little bit.

Yeah, I asked her out probably three, four times before she said yes.

You know, the crazy thing is, I never asked her to be my girlfriend.

She just kind of moved in when she was ready, so… [chuckles]

She was like, "Let's tell the world. Let everybody see what we got going on."

We was just being ourselves. It was probably the easiest work I've ever done.

We've been rocking on TV, off TV ever since.

[crowd encouraging]

[cheering excitedly]

[Trick] Right around the time that we started kicking it

and supporting one another,

you could see my career take off to a whole nother level.

- [Lash mutters] - Huh?

- You're messing up my hair. - I'm sorry. My bad.

So, yeah, she can't go nowhere.

[Lash gasps emotionally]

Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

- I don't wanna do this without you. - [Lash] Oh my goodness. [sobs]

- I wanna be with you forever. - [Lash] Oh my goodness.

- I love you. - [Lash sobs]

Thank you for bringing all these people together.

- So, if you will… - [Lash] Oh my goodness.

[laughter]

[Lash] Oh my gosh. [sobs]

- [Trick] Please… - [Lash] Oh my goodness.

[laughter]

…be Mrs. Belton.

- [Lash chuckles] - [laughter]

- I'd love to, yes. - Good.

[onlookers] Aww! [clapping]

[Trick] It was just a beautiful moment, and we've been floating ever since.

Feel that?

The way I'm looking at it now, you know,

we traveling to Germany, London, Montreal, Saudi Arabia,

you know, and they paying for it.

So… [chuckles] …we live a honeymoon every single day.

- What? She got them eyelashes on. - She got them lashes.

I like your lashes.

[chuckles]

[keeper] Come here. Oh, she's peeing.

[urine splashing heavily]

[Trick] That's, like, a gallon.

[keeper] You have to clean up afterwards. Just…

- [Trick] Two gallons. - [Lash] Okay.

- Wow. - Three gallons.

- [keeper] She drinks 250 gallons a day. - [Trick] Oh my God.

[Lash snickers]

Wow, it's just going, huh? [chuckles]

[keeper] Big bladder. [laughs]

- [Trick laughs] - [Lash] This is crazy. It's a waterfall.

[keeper] We're standing here watching the elephant pee.

[Lash] Still going. Wow, Marie.

- She's talented, huh? - [keeper] Get over, Marie.

- [Lash] Thank you, Marie. - [Trick chuckles]

[Hunter] We gotta build the youth,

and we have this batch of young people that are ready to move in there, Phil,

and for the first time I can think of,

we got a bunch of people in the upper deck that are not only at that place,

but at that place and willing to be like, "Oh, let me have them."

As I'm eventually gonna start to slow down and transition,

I'll make that motherfucker, so when I move over,

he's seamlessly into the fucking spots.

You don't

become main event talent without working with main event talent.

Yeah. It really makes me…

Like, when I think about the future of it,

I go, like, "Oh, we're fucking… We're good."

- Absolutely. - Have you talked to him much?

- Oba? Yeah. - Yeah.

[Hunter] He's the right human being.

I spend a lot of time with him anytime I'm down there.

Because he's also one of the guys that kinda just hovers around

and asks questions.

[Hunter] Yeah, wants to know, and…

My government name is Torioluwa Oshiumi Isaac Odugbesan.

If you know me from my childhood, you know me as Isaac.

If you know me from my college days,

you also know me as Isaac because you can't say my first name.

And, uh, if you know me from television,

my name is Oba Femi.

[dramatic music playing]

[Joseph] Oba Femi is here!

[Booker chuckles] Wow!

[Oba] My entrance, it's very similar to, like, the Ric Flair strut.

But it's mine because, you know, I put my own twist on it.

If anyone else did the entrance,

it would be seen as, like, goofy or comical,

but, like,

it's the irony of this absolute beast just dancing his way to the ring.

But, at the end of the day, I'm coming to kill you.

[Booker] No bread. No water.

Just meat tonight, dawg.

[Joseph] Well, this man shakes the ground when he walks.

This is a man who will be talked about for generations to come.

A man who will have statues and casinos named in his honor.

And the Fall From Grace.

[referee and crowd] One, two, three!

[bell dinging]

I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria,

uh, spent 19 years there.

And then I moved to the States in 2018 to, you know, go to the NCAA and compete

because I was a shot putter back then.

[grunts]

This is the implement that defined a very long stretch of my life.

I finished third in the country, third at nationals in 2022.

Then I was a two-time SEC indoor champion and a one-time SEC outdoor champion.

[indistinct announcement over PA]

[Oba yells]

- [man] Oh! - [woman] Whoa!

[spectators clapping]

- [man] Good job! - [man 2] Not bad!

[Oba] It taught me many things, taught me discipline.

I was able to work with multiple coaches

who had different lessons for me to walk away with

that didn't just apply to this.

Uh, those lessons also carried over into, you know, my life

and brought me to where I am today.

So this, uh… I owe a lot of my life to this ball right here. [chuckles]

[intriguing music playing]

[Oba] I was exposed to the WWE from a very young age in Nigeria.

My dad was a fan, so inherently I became a fan myself.

CM Punk,

Triple H, I resonated with the most.

The physical stunts and the matches are cool,

but what pulled me in

was the drama that came with… with wrestling, the emotion.

I believe now we have a live WWE channel that just constantly pumps WWE content,

but at the time, there was no such thing, so I would have to wait a few days.

It would be a guy who would have a little kiosk,

and he would have your classic movies and your recent movies "pirated."

Uh, and then he would have, of course, wrestling.

And, see, I don't know the means to which they got these tapings.

I wasn't concerned with the magic.

[woman] Out! In!

[man] Good, good, good.

- [whistle blows] - [man] Another one. Yeah!

So, uh, I was contacted via DM.

Yes, uh, the WWE slid in my DMs.

And at first, I thought it was a hoax. I was like, "Nah, there's no ways."

And then upon further research, I, you know, looked it up,

and I was like, "Wow, this is a thing."

There was a new influx of talent that they were trying to hunt for,

and I was part of that crew.

He's one of those guys that when you see him for the first time,

I remember thinking, like, "Damn."

"If he carries through

with what he looks like he can do in this tryout,

like, how is this guy not a huge star for us?"

I was like, "This guy's just almost too good to be true."

It was just a no-brainer,

that unless we're totally wrong here, this one is a rocket ship.

[intriguing music playing]

When I found out that I was in the Rumble, I was like, "Okay, I'm getting called up."

One of my big goals going into the event

is to, uh, have, like, people coming out of the Rumble going,

"Man, that Oba Femi guy is the real deal."

I have to deliver.

I've spoken to Cena a lot. He has given me advice.

He said I should always have a "look at me" moment.

He said I should always, you know, take time to tell them who I am.

[Cole] And now look at this. Femi with one arm.

[Oba] It's not the moves. It's the things in between the moves.

- [crowd] Oh! - [Hunter] That's really what makes you.

If you've watched this for any length… period of time,

you've seen it.

You've seen the punches, the kicks. You've seen the moves.

And it's a part of it, for sure.

But it's about how you establish yourself as a character

and as somebody they want to see in between the moves.

You can't see me.

[Hunter] You can say those things

to five different talent of the Performance Center.

Some get it immediately when you tell it to them,

and others, ten years later, will be like,

"You know, I'm finding out now that it's not about the moves."

"It's about the things you do in between the moves,"

as if they've never heard this before.

People that you see do that incredibly well,

no matter what they're given, turn it into something incredible.

Chelsea Green is at the top of the list of somebody that takes anything you give her,

no matter how long, how short, how brief,

she will turn that into something that you remember.

There will be a moment in that match

where you go, "Did you see when Chelsea Green did this?"

Welcome to my beautiful new Floridian home.

Come on in. [laughs]

Just imagine that with a door now.

[mysterious music trills]

Hi, guys.

It's the house that I have been building for three years.

I'm so excited to show you guys.

I can't believe I'm even saying that. Come in.

Princess Paisley.

Um, yeah, it's so crazy that finally, after three years…

- [dog barking] - Hey, whoa, whoa!

Okay. Okay. Okay. That's… that's okay.

Can you sit? Sit. Sit.

Okay. Well, nobody listens to me in this house anyway. Um…

[intriguing music playing]

[Green] In Tampa, I had my nose broken.

I suggested that we just get a mask.

I bedazzled the mask.

It will add a little comedy to anything that I do

because I look ridiculous in the mask, and I didn't have to take even a day off.

I think that wrestling fans,

they always wanna see a pretty girl in unpretty situations.

They love that. And so do I, actually, so that's why we get along. [chuckles]

- [commentator] Oh no! - [commentator 2] Charlotte reverses it!

Oh-ha-ha-ha!

[Green] And it's so fun to hear the reaction of the fans.

I believe I have some in my eyelashes.

- [man] I think you just put some on me. - Yeah, I'm so sorry.

It's literally shooting everywhere.

Oh my God, the amount of cake that's gonna come out of my hair later.

- [man] Look at that. - [man 2] Whoo!

What the fuck?

Oh yeah, surprise!

I also have a husband.

I have one half of my mortgage payment right here. No…

[Green laughs]

- Come on. Introduce yourself. - What are we doing? Oh, hello.

This is my husband, Matt,

and Matt worked for WWE for how many years?

- Fourteen years. - Fourteen years, and he's back.

I'm back, Jack.

[Green] I like to say

that Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes are responsible for setting Matt and I up.

I was complaining about being single,

and I guess Matt was complaining about being single,

and they set us up.

[intriguing music playing]

[Green] Before he came back to WWE,

I was maybe seeing him once a week.

I think that's been the best part of him coming back

is that we get that time at the airport, on the plane, going to work.

We have built-in time together,

but I think we still have to work really hard on our relationship

to make sure that there's boundaries between work and play.

- We definitely have to, um… - [Cardona sighs]

We're gonna have to adjust.

You know what I mean?

We are two totally different travelers. I like… my sleep.

I love a clean hotel room.

That… Yeah, my bag will explode.

I don't need to put on 17 layers of tanner.

Okay.

[Green] And destroy the hotel sheets and bathroom with my tanner.

- We're gonna have to adjust a little. - We should just go our separate ways!

- Have the two rooms and then… - Oh, you wanna travel separately?

No, but have the two rooms to do our thing,

and then we have the one to do our other thing.

[Cardona laughs]

He won't get anything of the other thing if he keeps talking like that.

I don't at home anyway, so what's the difference? [chuckles]

I'm… I'm the one

that has been doing my routine for, like, three years.

- And now I'm accommodating you. - I know. I appreciate it.

So we basically have built this house around Matt's

toy collection.

[intriguing music playing]

Here we are, babe.

[Green] When I was going through plans with the architect for this home,

I had to make sure that I had a toy room

big enough to fit a lifetime worth of collectibles.

[Cardona] But this is, like, 5% of the stuff.

There's just Tupperwares full of… toys.

[Cardona] Yeah, well, those are the loose guys, but…

He collects toys.

He owns a toy company.

He does podcasts about toys.

Wrestling all on here.

- Uh… - Wow.

Star Wars, Turtles, Ghostbusters, belts.

The beautiful view…

…will be covered with another case, podcast desk.

But I will work… I'll do my podcast here.

Leading into our engagement, Matt put… [disbelieving chuckle]

…the engagement ring in Undertaker's casket,

and he carried this mini toy casket with him to New York

to propose to me in New York with

because he knew damn well that anything to do with a toy,

I don't care about. So I never looked in there.

I was really trying to figure out when he was gonna propose to me,

how he was gonna do it.

But I had no idea he had that ring with us in the hotel room

in that Undertaker casket.

[whispers] It was so good.

I'll give him props for that.

- [Cardona] What just happened, babe? - I'm engaged, baby!

- [Cardona] Oh no! - [Green squeals]

[Cardona] Who did that? Who did that?

- [Green] He's stuck with me forever! - [Cardona laughs]

[Green] My thought is like, look,

I'd rather my man be collecting toys

than going out and partying, drinking, I don't know, collecting women?

[Cardona] You know, I have me.

I don't know why I autographed my own figure, but…

[Green] If that's what is gonna keep him sane,

I love it. Do I think it's a little over the top?

Yes.

We should do a test if you know who they are.

Let's try. Okay.

Who's that? That's easy.

- [Green] Andre the Giant. - That's good.

- This one's easy. - Don't embarrass me.

- Randy Savage. - What's his nickname?

- [Green] "Macho Man." - That's pretty impressive.

- The Brooklyn Brawler. - Holy shit!

Okay.

I'm done.

[intriguing music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Green] We are in Saudi Arabia for the Royal Rumble.

We're going to Royal Rumble it up.

These are the types of moments where you can go viral.

Um, you could start your career in terms of, like, NXT girls can be seen.

You can have a matchup you've never had. There's so many opportunities to shine.

With my injury, the moment is so overwhelming. Um…

Like, this is it. Here we are. This is the end. You did it.

It's just such an overwhelming feeling of… everything

that you almost feel nothing.

I would love to win the Rumble and not be the runner-up anymore.

Hi! Oh, you look so good.

- Thank you. - You look so good.

Saudi Arabia, we respect the culture. We respect this country, and…

You know, you wanna get creative and not looking bland.

It's the Royal Rumble. You wanna look your best. And so for me,

I think royal purple means royalty.

So that's how I came up with today's look.

Everything on my skirt and my gear is all newspaper articles

of actual moments I've had in my career.

This, when I won the title.

This is Money in the Bank.

This actually is my NXT debut.

So this is the start of the Road to WrestleMania.

So this is huge because they get a match at WrestleMania.

It will change your entire trajectory of your career.

- [Bayley] Beautiful! You look so good. - Thanks.

Thanks, guys. Ooh, don't call me that 'cause you're gonna make me cry.

[squeals nervously]

[suspenseful music playing]

Please watch over us, Lord. Let us have a safe, entertaining match.

Help us to be healthy at the end. Happy. No botches, nobody forgets.

And have the most amazing women's Royal Rumble this world has seen.

♪ I stand here waiting for you ♪

♪ To bang the gong… ♪

[Cole] And we are officially underway with the 2026 women's Royal Rumble match.

Here comes number ten

and the uber athletic Sol Ruca!

[Barrett] Here we go, straight off the bat.

Is Charlotte okay? I'm finding out.

It looked like she was supposed to get up, and she didn't.

Charlotte broke her veneers, but she says she's okay.

Oh!

♪I live for the applause Applause, applause ♪

♪ I live for the… ♪

- All right, Liv. - Go! [screams]

♪The way that you cheer And scream for me… ♪

[Cole] The number 14 entrant heads into the arena,

Liv Morgan.

♪ Give me that thing that I love ♪

♪ Put your hands up, make 'em touch… ♪

[Barrett] Welcome to the Liv Morgan World Domination Tour.

♪ Put your hands up, make 'em touch… ♪

- [TJ] Lash, you good? - Yes.

[TJ] This is gonna be awesome.

You're out there for a while. Make your moments.

It's gonna be badass.

[Cole] Number 15, in her second Royal Rumble match,

the powerhouse Lash Legend.

And a double chokeslam!

Sol Ruca…

Oh, runs right into a boot!

[Lash yells]

[man] Hey, make sure you guys catch Roxy.

- [Green laughs] - 100% we're catching Roxy.

"Remember that thing you have to do to save someone's life?"

"Don't forget that."

[Cole] Chelsea Green and her Secret Hervice,

Alba Fyre, out here.

♪ Live for the applause-plause… ♪

[Cole] I think she wants The Judgment Day to join her.

Liv Morgan said no.

Oh, and Chelsea with a slap of her own,

and, well, that just ticked off Roxanne and Raquel.

And now a tug of war between Alba Fyre and all of Judgment Day.

Chelsea Green may be eliminated here shortly.

- [Barrett] Oh, look at Alba Fyre! - [Cole] Look at Alba Fyre.

There's no disqualification, so that's legal.

[Barrett] This is like surfing.

[Cole] And now Chelsea out to the apron, thanks to Alba Fyre,

somehow survives.

[Green] Right before you get eliminated,

the trick is that you gotta get everyone to interact with you,

to cheer you, to boo you, whatever.

[buzzer sounds]

♪ This is what you came for ♪

[Barrett] No star bigger than Rhea Ripley in the world of professional wrestling.

Go on, salute. I'm gonna do it too. Let's salute.

[Green] The crowd

loved it! The crowd reacted exactly how I wanted them to react.

[Cole] Oh, so much for that.

- Chelsea Green finally eliminated. - [Barrett] Oh no!

Oh no!

[Cole] Roxanne eliminated with a Razor's Edge!

[Green] I barely broke a sweat.

Well, the hair's a little messed up, but that's okay.

[Cole] Oh, Oblivion off the top rope to the floor!

Liv eliminates Nattie!

- Twin Magic again! - [Barrett] Ooh!

[Cole] Lyra eliminated. Bayley eliminated by the Bellas!

- Over the top. - [Barrett] Ooh!

[Cole] Both Bellas eliminated by Lash Legend.

Oh, Lash Legend with a kick!

Charlotte eliminated by Legend!

- You okay, Ash? - [Flair] Yeah. No, I'm good.

- Fucked them up? - [Flair] Yeah.

They're a little cracked, but that's minimal.

[Prichard] Okay, they don't look cracked, so they…

Oh, you sure did.

- [Flair] Yeah. It's okay. - [Prichard] All right.

[Cole] What an incredible Rumble for Lash Legend!

[Barrett] The Legend of Lash continues to grow.

[Cole] Uh-oh!

Lash Legend dumping Iyo Sky out to the apron!

Iyo Sky fighting with everything she's got!

Yeah, hell yeah.

[Barrett] If Lash lets go here, they are both eliminated.

Oh shit!

[Cole] Oh, Legend eliminated Sky!

That is the fifth elimination for Lash Legend,

who has been the dominant force in this match tonight.

Frame out Rhea for a second. Here comes Rhea in the frame.

[Cole] Rhea Ripley eliminates Legend

after a Legendary performance.

[Barrett] The shock in the eyes of Lash Legend tells a story.

[Lash] That was so much fun, and I'm just so grateful.

The fact that Hunter really trusts me to do all these things,

I'm really speechless, and I'm trying to get it together.

At the end of the day, just know I gave it my all

because Lash Legend don't have her lash on,

and that's never happened to me before.

I'm trying to just keep it all in right now

'cause that was amazing. That really was, like… Ooh!

[chuckles]

[exhales slowly]

[sobs softly]

Oh my goodness. I can't even… [chuckles, sniffles]

Thought I was gonna be able to do this, but I really can't. [sniffles]

[Barrett] But Ripley's gonna eat a Tejana Bomb here.

- Oh my God! - [Cole] Raquel eliminated Rhea!

- Stay with Raquel. - Yeah! That's right!

- I did that! - [Jordan] Good.

Let me see Liv! Liv!

- That's right! I did that! - [Cole] We are down to four!

Liv Morgan… That's her tag partner! Liv just eliminated her tag partner!

- Hell yeah! - Faces.

[Barrett] Wow!

[Cole] Liv just eliminated Raquel Rodriguez!

Every woman for herself!

We are down to three, ladies and gentlemen.

Sol Ruca from NXT,

the returning Tiffany Stratton,

and Liv Morgan.

One of these women are gonna main event WrestleMania.

Liv went for Oblivion.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Cole] Sol Ruca now.

Double Sol Snatcher!

[Barrett] It's yours for the taking now, Sol! Finish the job!

[Cole] An opportunity of a lifetime!

Sol Ruca looking to eliminate both Tiffany Stratton and Liv Morgan!

[Barrett] Uh-oh! Uh-oh!

[Cole] Ruca, Tiffany, Liv, all hanging on!

High stakes, high pressure on the apron.

Sol Ruca

delivers a kick.

Tiffany Stratton now sends Ruca into the corner.

Sol hanging on. Both feet must hit the floor.

Ruca with an elbow.

Oh, you didn't wanna go up there. A mistake made by Ruca.

- Here's Liv. - Here's Liv.

- [Cole] Oblivion for the win! - [Barrett] Wow!

[Cole] Liv Morgan! Liv Morgan is going to WrestleMania!

[TJ] Get her on the buckle.

Tell Liv to start going towards that heel corner.

[TJ] Liv pointing at the sign.

[Morgan] I forgot to point to the sign because I was so in the moment,

which is so ridiculous because that's the thing that you do.

You stand on that buckle and you point.

I forgot because I was so in it,

and I wanted to remember what that felt like,

and I wanted to be present.

But I totally forgot. You see the ref yelling at me, "Point!"

[triumphant music playing]

[Cole] No longer the bridesmaid,

now the bride!

Liv Morgan finally wins the Royal Rumble!

[Morgan] I'm still trying to savor it

because I was scared that I wasn't going to be able to pick up

the same momentum when I left.

But now I feel like anything that I lost, I gained back times a hundred.

[music fades]

[indistinct chattering]

- [cheering] - [TJ] Hell yeah!

[Morgan] I'm just happy. I'm grateful.

And I'm trying to just do fucking great, incredible work.

Thanks, you guys, so much. Thank you for everything. We finally won one!

[Morgan and TJ laugh]

[Morgan] I finally got one!

No, I'm not gonna be cute for this, but it's okay.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- Awesome work. - Holy shit.

JJ.

- Was everything okay? Was it worthy? - It was amazing.

- Yeah? You swear? - I swear to you.

[Morgan] So what's next?

I have some big decisions to make.

I have to choose what champion do I want to face at WrestleMania

that I'm fucking headlining.

[laughs delightedly]

Dead.

A legend in our business told me this when I first started.

I've kept it with me.

Always take a moment when you first walk out there

and when you're doing your shit, just… come out of character for a minute.

Acknowledge where you are and what you're doing.

- Yes, sir. - You're about to light the world on fire.

Yes, sir.

Take that moment, acknowledge it, then go back into your shit.

- I will. - All right?

- Thanks, Hunter. Thank you. - Congratulations.

[suspenseful music playing]

[bell dinging]

[Mark Nash] Ladies and gentlemen,

the following is the men's Royal Rumble!

♪ Nobody pray for me It been that day for me ♪

♪ Way… yeah, yeah… ♪

[Nash] From Lagos, Nigeria,

weighing in at 310 pounds,

Oba Femi!

♪ My left stroke just went viral… ♪

[Nash] Representing The Vision,

Bron Breakker!

[Cole] Wait a minute!

Somebody in a hood attacking Breaker and driving him into the steps!

[Barrett] What the hell is this?

[Cole] You mean who the hell is this? A Stomp!

We're away now. Bron Breakker has no idea where he is.

And Oba Femi, "The Ruler,"

is gonna eliminate Breakker from the Rumble!

- ♪ Hold up ♪ - ♪ Tell 'em sit down ♪

♪ Hold up… ♪

[Barrett] Breakker's out?!

- ♪ Hold up, hold up, hold up ♪ - ♪ Be humble ♪

- ♪ Hold up ♪ - ♪ Sit down ♪

- ♪Be humble ♪ - ♪ Hold up ♪

♪ Sit down… ♪

[Cole] That's the second elimination of the night for Oba Femi.

- ♪ Be humble ♪ - ♪ Hold up ♪

- ♪ Sit down ♪ - ♪ Hold up… ♪

[Cole] Elimination number five for Oba Femi.

[Barrett] Oh no! Oh no!

[dramatic music playing]

- [Cole] None other than Mr. Iguana. - [Barrett] Oh…

- Rip its head off, Priest. - [Cole] Don't hurt the animal.

- [Barrett] Double chokeslam! - [Cole] Oh, come on!

Poor La Yesca.

[Barrett] This guy is weird.

[crowd counting] Three! Two! One!

[buzzer sounds]

- ["Whoop That Trick" playing] - [crowd cheering]

[Cole] Get ready for the lemon pepper steppers.

Trick Willy's here!

[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

[Cole] It's amazing. Finds himself in the main event picture,

and he's only been on SmackDown for a few weeks.

[Barrett] He's fighting in a white fur coat.

[Cole] Trick just sent Iguana packing.

La Yesca eliminated as well.

[dramatic music playing]

[Cole] Then out now to the apron, hanging on.

And sends El Grande Americano…

- And both have been eliminated. - [Barrett] Oh!

- Trick Willy's about to get eliminated. - [Cole] By Cody Rhodes!

[Barrett] He'll be lemon-pepper-stepping all the way to the showers now, sadly.

First of all, did y'all hear that pop? Did you hear the pop?

Mwah! It was amazing. And they were on beat.

[crowd] Whoop that Trick!

[Lash] I just wanted to make sure people were on beat.

- They was on beat. They was on beat. - But they was on beat! So good job

I got exhausted in my entrance. They gave me so much energy,

and I lost a bit of my leg power. Next time, I'm gonna calm down.

- You couldn't tell. - You couldn't tell? Okay.

[Cole] Oba has lasted over 35 minutes.

[dramatic music playing]

[Cole] Paul Heyman is marching out here with "The Beast"!

[Barrett] And, anyone in that ring, you might wanna jump out now,

because he's a mass of DNA built to do one thing.

Wage war on humanity.

[Cole] Welcome to Suplex City!

Lesnar's just manhandling people.

[man laughs]

This motherfucker's hulking up, baby.

[Barrett] It ain't working, Dragunov. Oh my God.

[Cole] Brock Lesnar just tossing Dragunov to the floor.

Make sure he's okay.

[Cole] Look at Paul Heyman, all excited out here.

[crowd chanting, cheering excitedly]

[Barrett] Here we go, Cole.

[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,

"The Ruler" and "The Beast."

The irresistible force meets the immovable object.

German suplex to Femi!

It's one thing to have a presence in NXT,

but at the Rumble, with all that pressure,

to be in there with the Superstars he was in there with,

have a moment with Brock Lesnar…

[Cole] Oba Femi, with a clothesline, knocks down Lesnar.

[Hunter] Just delivered on every level, and I think fans felt it immediately,

like, "Wow."

"That guy's gonna be a big deal."

[Cole] Logan Paul, to the top turnbuckle.

Knocked off the top rope.

Oh, Logan trying to hang on.

[boy] Logan!

[Barrett] Peel those fingers off.

- Oh! - [Cole] Oh, Oba made a mistake.

He turned his back on Lesnar,

and it cost "The Ruler."

You did a great job. Congratulations.

[Oba] Like, tell me if anything…

- I… We… No. - [Oba] Rip me a new one.

I will be straight up with you and coach you along in this, believe me.

[dramatic music playing]

[Cole] Think it's dawned on Je'Von Evans who he's in the ring with?

Intercepted into the RKO!

And Je'Von's night is over.

Eight men remain. One of them's going to WrestleMania.

- Ah, that didn't pay off for Pénta. - [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] Friendship goes out the window when there's a title at stake.

Rhodes trying to get back into the ring.

- Oh no! A Claymore! - [Barrett] Oh!

[Cole] And now Roman Reigns eliminating his cousin!

[Barrett] Et tu Brute.

- [Cole] Spear! Spear! - [Barrett] Oh!

Oh, but Jey Uso…

[Cole] Roman eliminates Jey!

We are down to four!

[Rhodes] I had him, and then I didn't.

- You had him until you didn't. - [Rhodes] Until I didn't.

Yeah, reset here. We're gonna reset here.

You can go back and forth with these four.

[Cole] High stakes. High drama.

The main event at Wrestlemania hangs in the balance.

[Barrett] There's no favorite at this point.

[indistinct chanting, cheering]

[Cole] Roman Reigns,

Randy Orton,

"The Career Killer" Gunther,

and "The Maverick" Logan Paul.

[Barrett] Pick a winner out of these four. Good luck with that.

And Orton goes for Gunther.

Roman Reigns and Logan Paul exchange blows.

[Barrett] Two separate fights in the ring, all with the same aim here.

[Cole] Logan sent out to the apron, trying to stay in this.

[Barrett] Roman Reigns only has eyes for victory!

[Cole] Superman Punch!

Logan went for the slingshot clothesline, and Roman Reigns made him pay.

Logan Paul eliminated!

Here goes Randy.

[Cole] RKO!

[Barrett] Out of nowhere!

[Cole] Gunther!

Eliminates Orton!

We are down to two. We are down to two!

We're working to the finish. Okay? Here's our last two here. Last two.

[Barrett] The hatred for Gunther,

the love and adoration for Roman Reigns.

The contrast between these two amongst these fans in Riyadh

could not be greater.

All right, back to the ring.

[Cole] Gunther, the sleeper hold!

[Barrett] What do you do? You make Roman completely unconscious,

put him to sleep, and then turf him out.

[Cole] Roman trying to somehow fight back.

[Barrett] How deep you gonna dig?

[Cole] Gunther sent into the corner.

[suspenseful music building]

[Cole] Roman fired up!

And a Spear by Reigns!

Gunther eliminated!

Roman Reigns did it!

Roman Reigns is going to WrestleMania!

Ones to the sky!

Not one person is sitting down.

Not one person has left this stadium as they celebrate the win of Roman Reigns.

[Roode] Everybody's standing.

- [man] The reaction we wanted. - Yeah.

[Hunter] As you get into the Road to WrestleMania,

things happen that solidify where you want to go.

So when you come out of the Rumble,

you know that you have Roman Reigns positioned

where you want him to be.

You see what he's pointing at?

He's going to be in a main event spot at WrestleMania.

But you also come out with a firm belief

that Oba Femi versus Brock Lesnar… is money.

If we played our cards correctly, that we could have something white-hot.

There's not a lot of real estate on WrestleMania,

but Oba is the most legitimate, bad motherfucker

that has walked through the door in a while.

They're already going like, "Holy shit, him against Brock Lesnar."

The marquee guys have this intensity that's hard to describe,

but, like, you feel it's authentic.

He reminds me so much of Roman.

'Cause when you speak to him, he's very measured.

He processes quickly,

and he understands his youth is an asset.

[Hunter] Yeah.

But he comes across as a fucking grown, mature adult at…

- How old is he? 28? - [Heyman] Yeah.

- Is Oba Femi gonna be a babyface or heel? - [Hunter] I don't know.

That's one of those ones where I almost wonder, "Do they care?"

Is this gonna be the guy that comes in, looks like he can beat Brock, and…?

I don't know if that matters who they're cheering for and booing.

I don't think it makes a difference.

That could be a big marquee fresh match at WrestleMania.

[music fades]

[intriguing music playing]

[music fades out]