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[Rhodes] Man, that's cool.

This place is great.

Well, we're at the WWE Warehouse,

the hallowed ground.

This is where we keep our history.

I hope more guys get to come out here and see it.

It kind of puts it in perspective for me

that I'd like to be able to add my own thing.

The history is… is plentiful. I mean, these aren't small items.

This is Steiner Brothers' letter jacket just hanging right here.

Dusty Rhodes' robe, ring worn.

Ultimate Warrior denim, just, uh, this one's, uh, a deep cut,

"Stunning" Steve Austin.

These things feel like they were worn yesterday,

but in some cases it's 30, 40 years ago, and… goes like that.

[man] There's things moving in and out of this place.

- It's just a giant No Holds Barred. - Yeah.

And, by the way,

the original airbrush painting for WrestleMania I, no big deal.

- This is the OG? - Yeah, that's the original painting.

[Rhodes] In the course of the build for WrestleMania,

it feels like it's meant to be.

I have to win this match against Drew to get another WrestleMania main event.

[crowd chanting] Cody! Cody! Cody! Cody!

[Cole] Cody, Cross Rhodes!

[crowd counting] One, two, three!

[Barrett] Cody's going to WrestleMania.

Randy Orton, you have your opponent for Vegas.

[Rhodes] Randy and I have a lot of history both inside and outside the ring.

My very first match on TV was with Randy.

I'm in these, like, John Deere green trunks.

- He just beats me half to death. - [crowd counting] One, two, three!

[bell dinging]

[Rhodes] After that, I was part of his faction,

that being Legacy.

And now he's the one vying for my championship.

That's cool.

It's one thing to see the Dusty robe.

I'd feel like I didn't do good if I didn't have anything of my own,

right, to share?

- You got a section for me? - [Brown] I mean, for you…

Dude, holy smokes.

- Recognize these? - Where'd you get these?

- Man, I got goosebumps on these ones. - I… They've just… They've…

- I mean, you know what that's from. - [Rhodes] Yeah.

This is my first real WrestleMania in Phoenix with Randy, Ted.

- I wasn't supposed to be in the match. - No kidding.

[Rhodes] Randy made the call to put me in it to make it the triple threat.

[exhales sharply]

Gosh.

- Felt like we were linked forever. - [Brown] Mm-hmm.

[Rhodes] He was incredibly helpful to me.

Really great mentor, a really great opponent.

[Cole] Orton lashes out at his former pupil.

[Rhodes] I think about all the great wrestling things that Randy's taught me.

From functional stuff to psychological stuff,

like waiting until the crowd is fully swelled

before executing the punt.

[Cole] Orton punts Cody Rhodes.

[Rhodes] And as we go to WrestleMania, same guy across the ring.

It seems, like, meant to be.

[announcer] Now to sign the contract for the main event of WrestleMania,

the WWE Championship is on the line.

What we do is violent.

[crowd] Randy!

[Rhodes] I think often you have to remind the audience of how violent it can be.

[Joe Tessitore] Randy Orton has absolutely snapped.

Orton's just lining up his head in the midst of the steel steps crevice.

[Rhodes] What happened at the Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes contract signing

was old school.

- [Tessitore] Oh no! Oh, watch out! - [Barrett] Oh God! Oh, watch out, Cody!

[Rhodes] And we put ourselves in a good place

to tell a personal story going into WrestleMania.

[official] We need medical!

[Rhodes] Let's empty the pockets. It is the WrestleMania main event.

Going into WrestleMania this year,

it, as always, comes with its own unique set of challenges.

All that said,

when you really break down this card for both nights,

it's stellar.

We've got a story we've been building towards

that is playing out extremely well,

which is Stephanie Vaquer versus Liv Morgan.

Hi, how are you? I'm Liv. Nice to meet you, Brian.

It's okay. I'm okay. I'm still pretty, right?

- Right? Still pretty, right? - Yeah.

[laughs heartily] He's like, "No."

- [Brian chuckling] - [Morgan cackling]

Stephanie and I are the most physical I've ever been since I've been in WWE.

[Cole] Stephanie and Liv.

This thing has gotten so deeply personal.

- Somebody separate them! - [both screaming]

[Morgan] Two weeks before WrestleMania, Stephanie shoved me from behind.

Do you understand that?

[tense music playing]

Look, Liv--

- [loud thump] - [Morgan grunts]

The sound that it made was literally disgusting.

Everyone was reacting pretty severely around me.

They were horrified.

She shoved me into Roxanne. We smashed heads really hard.

I just lay down there for a couple extra seconds

just to kind of gather myself.

I really didn't know what the damage was.

I didn't wanna look at it.

I went to go put my hand on my head… [chuckling] …and I was like, holy shit.

I keep forgetting I have it,

and I've noticed people are staring at me extra hard

and I'm like, oh shit.

It's still squishy. It's still there.

It doesn't hurt anymore. The blood is draining to my eyes.

Um, I wake up every single day and have a reminder

of why the fuck I gotta kick her ass.

We're three days away.

I still feel really calm, which is, like, uh, interesting to me.

I think that's how locked in I am. [chuckles]

I'm not even nervous right now.

I'm sure I will be, though, as soon as I get there. [chuckles]

I can't believe I'm gonna… [snickers]

do a performance of my WrestleMania…

my first WrestleMania singles match for a championship.

If anyone was gonna do it, it's gonna be you.

- [Morgan] So bizarre. So bizarre. - [both chuckling]

I feel good about both though.

It took me 11 years

to get my very first title match to headline WrestleMania.

And I'm ready to perform my entrance live.

♪ Trouble, trouble, that's me Cherry lips… ♪

We just wanted new music, and they asked would I sing it?

I'm like, "I'm not a singer, but for sure, I'll give it my best."

That turned into, "You're gonna perform it live at WrestleMania, bitch."

♪ That's trouble, trouble, that's me… ♪

It makes me feel good that my coworkers are singing it

whether they want to or not, just because it's stuck in their heads.

♪ I'm your bad, bad Your bad advice ♪

[cheering]

- [woman] Crushed it. - Trouble, trouble!

- Hey-o. [laughing] - [man] Yeah.

- [Morgan] Hon, do you like it? - [Bayley] Okay, yes! We had the best time!

- [man] She has it on a loop. - [Bayley] I'm so happy!

- Trouble, trouble! - [Morgan] That's me!

- I'm so excited! It's the best. Ah! - [woman] It's so good! It's so good.

- Like, I actually do like it. - [Bayley] Oh! God.

- [Morgan] Are you crying? - [Bayley] She cried. She did.

- [Morgan] Are you crying? - It was super. Breathtaking.

[Bayley] You brought a tear to Eva's eye

[Morgan laughing]

Is it better than Nickelback? [laughs]

It's okay. We got everything back there, guys.

- Everything's better. - [Morgan] Did you like it?

[Vaquer] It's my first WrestleMania.

I'm not nervous.

It's weird because I'm nervous all the last week and the last month.

[laughs]

And today I feel more focused.

- It's good, anyway? - [man] Yeah.

- Okay. Ah! - [man] It's good.

- I never-- - What you doing?

- [Vaquer] I'll go and change right now. - Come on, let's go.

- [man chuckles] - [Vaquer] I'll be back!

[Rollins] My shoulder, it feels fine. It doesn't feel like my shoulder.

Like, it doesn't feel like my other shoulder. It doesn't feel…

It's certainly not 100% going in.

What percentage it is, I really won't know

until I get in there tonight with Gunther and do the thing.

It reminds me a lot of when I came back from my MCL

in Orlando, WrestleMania 33, when I had to wrestle Triple H.

Reminds me a lot of that feeling, but I had a brace with that. You know?

And so I knew, like, you could smash it all day long and

it's braced. There's nothing that's gonna happen.

This one, it's, like, you just do more with your body. So we'll see.

Gunther against Seth Rollins is big enough on its own.

But what people don't know is also in this match,

Bron Breakker will make his big surprise return.

[Breakker] We're hidden in a room in Allegiant Stadium here at WrestleMania.

Trying to keep quiet, keep a low profile so nobody finds out or leaks it I'm here.

There's gonna be a ton of room, I think,

where you can hit him and land on the pad, and see, it's flat from there.

[Breakker] Oh, it's carpet all the way.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, so for example, he's roughly there at most.

So you can burst or have that extra football speed.

And we'll have him be at the tape, and you'll see him.

I'm gonna hit him, then we're gonna slide and…

Here, it's in the distance.

Yeah, the LED wall is gonna have to stop us.

- [Noble] You feel comfortable? - Yeah.

- [Noble] I'll tell him right there, then. - I'm game.

- Solid, baby. Thank you. - [Noble] Yes. Thank you, brother.

[Breakker] Feel like our product is shifting at the moment.

Since some of the new talent has been brought up,

I haven't really been part of, like…

haven't really been with them.

See how the audience receives me.

I dunno, I just hope they haven't forgot about me. We'll see.

[woman] Go, AJ Lee!

[laughter]

- What up, brother? - [woman] Oh!

- [CM Punk laughs] - [woman] He's suing!

[AJ] My God, that scared the bejesus out of me.

I was like, "My God, you hit someone. You're gonna get sued."

I've never had a singles match at WrestleMania.

And, uh, I have never been more excited for anything than I was for the entrance.

[chuckles] Being able to have just the AJ Legion of girls skip out there.

- [CM Punk] Hi, everybody. - Hi.

- [CM Punk] How's everybody doing? - Good.

You… you all look adorable. This is great.

- Thank you. - Thanks for helping out.

- I hope you guys have fun, okay? - Thank you.

[AJ] From day one, I thought of my fans.

I wanted to create an image that they could easily recreate.

Because maybe not everyone can get wrestling boots and spandex.

But anyone can go to Target and get jean shorts and cut up a T-shirt.

And I wanted them to feel like superheroes.

I really do feel like when you're, like, 12, 13, 14,

you know exactly who you're supposed to be.

And as you get older, maybe you lose touch with that.

Maybe the world tries to convince you of something else,

but you find your way back to your true self,

to your childhood heart.

And that is kind of the magic of wrestling.

We're all just kids at heart who wanna be superheroes.

This will be my favorite day of the year.

I just get to hang out and soak it in

and watch and be annoying, be helpful.

You know?

There's still a little bit of stress, but definitely not as much.

No spotlight, so…

[suspenseful music playing]

[Cole] For the second straight year, WrestleMania returns to Las Vegas.

We are at Allegiant Stadium,

now hosting the greatest spectacle in all of live entertainment.

Welcome to WrestleMania Saturday!

- [music fades] - [crowd cheering]

[AJ] Becky and I are gonna have this knockout,

drag out fight to end this.

- [upbeat synth music playing] - [crowd cheering]

♪ Let's light it up ♪

♪ Light it up, light it up Light it up tonight ♪

♪ Let's light it up ♪

♪ Like shooting stars We'll burn and light up the sky ♪

♪ Let's light it up ♪

♪ Light it up, light it up, light it up tonight ♪

♪ Let's light it up ♪

♪ Like the night, like the diamonds As they shine in your eyes ♪

♪ Light it up, light it up Light it up tonight ♪

- ♪ Let's light it up… ♪ - [laughs] That's so cool.

[Cole] AJ Lee skips her way to the ring.

♪ Like the night, like the diamonds As they shine in your eyes… ♪

I don't think I've ever heard her song play this long before.

[Danhausen] Aww, she got you.

[music fades]

[Cole] AJ Lee defending the Intercontinental Championship

against Becky Lynch.

- [Taylor] Ring the bell. - [bell dinging]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Barrett] AJ has simply been kryptonite for Becky Lynch ever since returning.

[Becky grunts]

[Barrett] No relenting, just pure hatred oozing out of the pores of Lynch.

April's okay, yeah?

[Lynch fans] Let's go, Becky!

[AJ fans] AJ Lee!

[Lynch fans] Let's go, Becky!

[AJ fans] AJ Lee!

Here's the finish.

Tell her to do the turnbuckle now.

[Barrett] Wait a second. That turnbuckle just fell off.

[Cole] And now sending AJ Lee into the exposed steel turnbuckle!

- And now a Manhandle Slam. - [crowd cheering]

[crowd counting] One, two, three!

- [bell dinging] - [Cole] And Becky Lynch is our champion.

[pensive music playing]

[AJ] This comeback was originally supposed to be

the goodbye I never got to have with my fans.

But then I realized I'm still really fucking good at this.

[AJ chuckling]

[CM Punk] Good job.

[AJ] So…

let's see how far we can go.

God damn.

[CM Punk] You're my hero.

[AJ] Right now we're 0 for 1.

Hopefully, we're at least one for one and Phil comes home with the gold.

And if he doesn't, I mean, maybe I have to get him a bouquet.

He got me flowers like I'm Miss America.

He's my husband. [giggles]

[pensive music playing]

[Breakker] Feels good. Feels good to be back at work.

Put in a tremendous amount of effort to get myself back here,

to be in the best possible shape I can be in.

And I think

one individual has a rude awakening coming his way.

[Rollins] I mean, look, the bottom line is,

Gunther and I are two of the best wrestlers of the last 30 years

going toe to toe on the grandest stage.

I really wanted to make sure the entrance was right.

We had a lot of kind of moving parts.

I always like to reinvent myself,

so when I came back from this injury, I wanted to do something different.

♪ Burn it down ♪

[rock music playing]

[crowd singing] ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪

[Rollins] I had those big black contacts,

not the most comfortable things to put in your eyes.

But I had contacts for a long time before I got LASIK in 2015.

He does. He looks scary.

[Rollins] I didn't have a plan for when I'd get them out.

All I knew was I had to get them out before the match.

I didn't want to wrestle with them in.

I got to the bottom of the ramp,

and I wanted to kind of turn my back just in case it screwed up.

[crowd singing] ♪ Whoa, oh, oh ♪

[Roux] How did he do that?

[Rollins] I just took a swipe at it, took a turn,

did a thing, and got them out clean.

The way we started the match, I was nervous. You know?

I didn't know how my shoulder was gonna hold up.

[Cole] Wasted little time, Gunther wanting to damage and destroy Rollins.

This is a brawl. This is a fight.

[Rollins] Like, the physical nature of the match.

I hadn't taken a bomb like that first powerbomb in months.

♪ We're building it up ♪

♪ To bring it back down… ♪

[Rollins] That was just a shock to the system.

The pace which we were moving,

like, I was… I was blown up.

[Cole] Powerbomb on the table.

[Barrett] Absolutely no give whatsoever.

Load Bron. Load Bron.

[Breakker] Like, all that really needs to happen tonight,

just to remind everybody who I am.

- [Heyman] I love you. - [Breakker] Love you too.

Let's go get him.

[suspenseful music playing]

Send him, send him, send him.

[fans cheering]

[Cole] Bron Breakker with a Spear,

a Spear to Rollins.

Get him in the ring, get him in the ring!

[dramatic music playing]

- [Cole] Rollins is out. Gunther wins. - [bell dinging]

Come on, it's Bron, Bron, Bron.

He's getting ready.

[Cole] Bron Breakker. Bron Breakker, breakneck speed.

Down the ramp, Rollins is defenseless.

Spear!

Wow!

[crowd booing]

You should have put me down when you had the chance.

[Rollins] What the hell?

Good shit, man. Very good. You almost bust your ass?

The bottom of the ramp.

- When it flattened out? - It flattens.

- Hey. Good shit. Very nice. - I almost went down.

I don't know. I'm at a loss… I'm at a loss for words.

It's just good to… It's good to be back. Seemed like this was…

[exhales sharply]

Worked really hard to get back here.

[exhales slowly]

[voice cracking] Feels good to be back.

- How are you, buddy? - [man] Oh man, that was a lot.

- I'm okay, yeah. How do I look? - [Lynch] That's a new profile for you.

- Yeah, do I? - [man] I knew it.

How's my eye? Big boo-boo.

Yeah.

[Lynch] But was Daddy so good?

Did you eat some Sour Patch Kids?

Attagirl. Oh no.

[Lynch] Here, I'll get you a new one.

[Rollins] I was beat to shit.

I mean, I'll be straight with you, I was beat badly.

Everything was really, really sore, to be honest with you.

From my lungs to my neck to my shoulder.

But any time you go out there and steal the show, it feels good.

- [Hunter] Crush it. You got it. - Thank you. Thank you.

[Hunter] Thank you for being here. It's gonna be epic.

["Trouble" playing]

[Taylor] The following contest is for

the Women's World Championship!

Is she going to wrestle in that gear?

♪ I'm the sin that you That you can't confess ♪

♪ Trouble, trouble… ♪

[Dominik] All right, badass.

♪ Cherry lips and bad energy… ♪

That's sick.

[Cole] Liv Morgan is gonna cause a lot of trouble tonight.

♪ I'm your bad, bad Your bad advice ♪

[crowd cheering]

[tense music building]

[Cole] For the first time in her career,

Stephanie Vaquer walks to the ring at WrestleMania.

[Vaquer] My soul is like fire,

so my entrance is…

[in Spanish] …represents fire and my character and my energy.

[in English] It's not Dante's… It's Vaquer's. So Vaquer's Inferno.

[Cole] Stephanie Vaquer, Liv Morgan could not have had a more opposite paths

to get to this moment in their careers.

[Morgan] My whole entire feud with Stephanie

is the most physically I've been handled,

and it's the most I physically have handled someone else.

We've definitely gotten the welts and the marks to prove it.

That's what it takes. It's WrestleMania season, baby.

[Cole] Morgan off the ropes, turns it into a powerbomb.

[Vaquer in Spanish] What I want most is to have a good match.

[in English] Because for me, it's not business. It's my life.

[Cole] Oblivion!

Stephanie just hit Liv with her own move.

It doesn't seem like the pressure of the first WrestleMania

has been getting to Stephanie at all here.

And now Stephanie gonna turn into the Devil's Kiss.

[Vaquer] Wherever you do in the ring, for me, it's the principal thing.

So in my journey, in my career,

cross my path with Liv

is the best thing that can happen.

[Cole] Liv now, from high above the ring.

The Codebreaker! Stephanie in trouble.

Morgan now, Oblivion.

Cover.

- Liv Morgan wins the championship! - [bell dinging]

[crowd cheering]

[Morgan] I know the work that I had to put in to get to that moment.

Definitely took five seconds for myself.

That moment was for little me.

The little five-year-old me that…

Ooh!

The little five-year-old me that watched WWE growing up

while there was so much chaos in my home.

And, uh…

[pensive music playing]

Yeah, that was just for the little girl

that just wanted to, like, follow through on her dreams

and just, uh, have a better environment for her family.

And so, um…

It's just special to me.

WrestleMania is the pinnacle.

And so I was just proud.

And just trying to savor and soak in everything that that moment was.

- Was it good? - Fucking great.

- Yay. - It feel good?

- The performance too? - Fuck yeah.

- Okay. I feel good. - The match was phenomenal.

We made up some time?

Yeah, which, thank you for doing, but you guys were fucking great.

The match was phenomenal. The finish was phenomenal.

All of it. It's been great.

I love to do it. Thank you for letting me.

You just keep doing what you're doing, the sky's the limit, okay?

Thank you, sir.

[Vaquer] Oof.

To be honest, today was the perfect time to lose the title.

[in Spanish] It's the perfect time because I believe

that…

I believe my body is asking for a break.

[in Spanish then English] Sorry. Sorry.

Um…

[in English] I have too many years fighting and no stop.

[sniffles]

[in Spanish] And I didn't take care of my body as much.

I've been in WWE for a year and a half, and I've done a lot of things,

but before I got here, it was ten years of nonstop work.

So I think it's the perfect time, because things happen for a reason…

It's the perfect time for me to take care of my health

and to slow things down a little

because I've been running on adrenaline for many years.

Wrestlers… we're flesh and blood.

If I had to draw each of my scars like my makeup,

I wouldn't have any more body left to draw on or put on more makeup.

[Hunter] Cody Rhodes versus Randy Orton.

Randy having turned on Cody Rhodes.

As a part of that,

we are injecting into that storyline Pat McAfee.

Pat will come in supporting Randy.

The hope and belief

is that Pat will help make people dislike both he and Randy Orton.

[Barrett] What the hell is McAfee doing?

It's crazy that you boo me.

I'm the hero in this entire thing.

[crowd booing]

[Rhodes] Pat McAfee is a massive star.

He has eyeballs on everything that he does.

Should Pat McAfee be involved

with Randy Orton going for his 15th potential championship?

You think about things wrestling fans have gotten mad about in the past.

This had the potential to be that.

The crowd will say, "Hey, no, Pat should not be behind Randy Orton."

It's almost full-blown sacrilege.

[Hayes] Cody's gonna be a little aggressive with some of the heat.

Should be.

He's not turning heel, but he'll be aggressive.

They might turn him heel.

- And he might lean into it. - Yeah. All good.

Hunter's fine with you laying it in and being aggressive.

Do what you wanna do. Don't… don't hold back.

Fucking reel it back. You know, or if… I'm not gonna be, no sneers, I'm done.

He said anything you wanna do. Okay?

- Give him back what he gave to me. - Yeah.

- [Rhodes] It's what he asked for. - I'll see you then.

- Come on, take us home. - Yes, sir.

[bell dinging]

[Taylor] The following contest is for

the Undisputed

WWE Championship!

- Breathe, man, enjoy this. - [chuckles] Yeah.

- Thanks for reminding me. - Hey, dude.

I've done it before, but goddamn.

Hey, you're Randy fucking Orton. Go have a good time.

Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, H. I appreciate it. Thank you, man.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Rhodes] I never got on the side of being angry and frustrated.

If we can't take these ingredients,

as Michael Hayes kept talking about them, ingredients,

and put them together and make something special,

I don't know if we're worth the WrestleMania main event.

[Cole] A match 20 years in the making.

The student Rhodes.

The mentor Orton.

The main event of WrestleMania Saturday, everything on the line.

Don't ring that bell yet, Charles. One last thing.

- [Cole] Oh my God, come on. - Get him, Randy!

[Cole] McAfee assaulting Rhodes with a microphone.

[Barrett] Oh jeez.

[Cole] And the match hasn't even started yet.

I probably enjoyed WrestleMania 42

more than I have enjoyed any WrestleMania since I've been back.

Because I got tasked with, can you help keep this on the tracks?

- [Cole] Cross Rhodes. - [Barrett] Well, good night, Pat McAfee.

Okay, we're going to the, uh… we're going to Cole's table here.

Stay with Cody. Stay with Cody. Cody will take us to Jelly.

[Rhodes] Jelly Roll and Pat were about it.

They were great.

This is a fun moment,

but let the audience see us get shooed away.

[Cole] Jelly Roll, an elbow, driving McAfee halfway to hell.

[Rhodes] Because then it's a restart.

When the bell rings, it's down to business.

[Cole] McAfee is being carted out.

[bell dinging]

[Barrett] We're getting straight-up student versus teacher.

[Rhodes] There's almost two decades of history here,

but I wanted to hurt Randy, because Randy had hurt me.

That's the story we're gonna tell in here, is put him behind the eight-ball.

[Cole] And now Orton driven into the post by Cody.

Orton's been busted open.

[Rhodes] You've busted me open. You've left me behind.

This is what you wanted.

[Cole] And Cody now gonna focus on that wound on the forehead of Randy.

[Rhodes] I have an opening and pull the trigger.

Feel the swell of people knowing

I have a little of the devious, ambitious nature of a Randy Orton.

[Barrett] And you imagine Cody Rhodes four weeks ago

perhaps would have had some empathy.

If anything, Randy's the babyface in this match.

Wow.

They're booing him.

[Rhodes] And that means maybe you boo me.

And in this case, go for it, boo harder.

[crowd booing]

[Rhodes] I want them making as much noise,

whether boos or cheers, as they can possibly make.

[Cole] And this is a completely different Cody Rhodes.

[Rhodes] These 50,000 people, they're part of this.

So the damage to Randy Orton was what was supposed to happen.

The damage to Randy Orton.

The damage to me was not.

[tense music playing]

- Is Cody busted? - Looks like it.

[Rhodes] You got the scar up here that wasn't fully healed.

Straight punch, blood everywhere.

Watch for the eye poke.

[Cole] Oh, Rhodes to the eye!

RKO to the official!

[Hayes] Nice.

[laughs gleefully]

That's the hook in the motherfucking mouth.

Now they got 'em.

[Barrett] Cody poked Randy in the eye. Ref missed it. Ref then ate an RKO.

[crowd cheering loudly]

They're on their feet.

It's built really well.

[Cole] It is crunch time in the Undisputed WWE Championship match.

And Randy went to… He was gonna go low, wasn't he?

And Cody went low on his own.

[Rhodes] Everyone's trying to one up another,

especially during WrestleMania.

I had to.

[Rollins] Be careful. It hurts more than you think.

- That hand? - [Rollins] Yeah.

I did it at SummerSlam last year, and it's tricky. Tricky.

Got new respect for the zebras after that.

[Rhodes] Everyone's trying to keep the audience guessing.

[suspenseful music building]

[Cole] RKO!

Orton with an RKO out of nowhere, and there's no official.

[Roode] Stand by, stand by, stand by.

- Go. - [Hunter] Go.

[Roode] Pat's out. Pat's out. Here he comes, here he comes.

[Barrett] What the hell?

[Cole] Who the heck gave him a referee shirt?

Who made him a damn official?

[crowd counting] One, two…

[Cole] And Cody had the kick out.

All right, Randy and Pat's the story.

Good shot.

This is our finish.

[Cole] There's no way this is legal.

RKO to McAfee!

Sit down, Pat.

- Put on another damn neck brace. - [Barrett] Uh-oh!

[Cole] Cross Rhodes!

- Cover. - [crowd] One, two, three!

- [Cole] Cody retains. - [bell dinging]

The student became the teacher.

Cody Rhodes stands victorious tonight.

[Rhodes] I loved that match.

But right at the end, it just falls apart.

After the actual one, two, three, a title to the top of my head.

That's where the majority of blood's running down in my face now.

Followed by, oh, we're gonna do the punt.

- [Cole] Oh no. No. - [Barrett] Oh God.

[Cole] No, Randy. Randy, don't! Randy, don't!

Oh my God!

No!

Can we make sure Cody's okay?

Just let me know, Charles.

I can't see for shit.

[Hunter] Where's he split? On his head or his eye?

[Prichard] His eye's swelling shut and the top of his head is busted open.

His eye is real swollen. Holy shit.

[uneasy music playing]

[Roode] Yeah, I think the eye's from the punt.

He did not, like, lift his head on the follow-through.

He just took the punt.

Yeah, I could have moved my head, maybe.

You know? I probably could have moved my head.

Probably should've moved my head. But it's WrestleMania.

I'll be happy to do whatever needs to be done.

Look at me.

This is as real as it gets. Look at me.

- Wow. Look at his fucking head. - Yeah.

I did that to him?

So that was more after.

I think that might've been on the belt shot.

But then his eye's also swollen closed now too.

[Orton] I think my ankle bone hit him.

[Hunter] Oh… on the punt?

God damn it.

[Rhodes] I was happy.

I got to actually show the people the nature of WrestleMania

with two heavy hitters

who don't want to pull any punches when the world is watching.

- Everybody all right? - [clapping]

[Rhodes] That's the price you pay.

I think that last minute was rough on you.

- [Rhodes] I'm doing great. You all right? - I'm okay.

You're a wrestling man.

[Rhodes] I don't know where I got busted.

Dude, there was blood coming out of your eye.

Yeah, well, there's one, so one here.

- [Orton] Dude, your eye, bro. - It's not here.

- [man] Get some ice. - It's not here. It's more here.

Just right here. [chuckles]

I apologize, Hunter. We ruined that canvas.

[Brandi] A little there too.

- [Rhodes] I looked down. Somebody said… - [Orton] Dude, your fucking eye.

[Hunter] Could you put ice on his eye? Would that be a good idea right now?

[Brandi] Well, we've been telling him to do that.

[Hunter] Can we brighten this up a little bit?

I didn't see his eye swollen at all after the match was over.

[man] You can see the bruising from Randy's boots.

[Roode] Jesus.

- [man] Wow. - I'm sorry, B.

Whatever… You, you just can't let me have anything.

[man laughs]

- I got hurt last week and now this… - I know.

Can't even… I can't get anything.

Thank you. That was so fun, Pat. Thanks for bringing that heat.

- I'm honored to be part of it. - [Rhodes] The beginning worked great.

Jelly just came in, just appeared.

I felt they'd boo the shit outta me.

At the beginning, it was like, "Y'all cool"?

They got it at the end, looking at me like, what the fuck?!

So night one ended on a real…

It looked terrible.

It looked like I might even lose the eye.

But I was on cloud nine.

I was on cloud nine. We got through that.

And we finished night one.

[intriguing music playing]

[CM Punk] We're gonna have to go to the archivist

to find out exactly when the last time I did something so stupid was.

But I don't think I have jumped from the top rope to the floor since 2013.

[Cole] Here he comes! Punk… Elbow to the chest of the Undertaker!

It's been 13 years.

So we're gonna see if I can still fly.

- Hey, Michael. - [Hayes] Yes?

So, I want to tease the elbow before we give it to him.

He takes it away, leads me to get into the Tree of Woe.

- [Hayes] Right? - Right.

So the idea is I spring up here.

I tease like I'm gonna do it. He hops up.

Oh, shit. I gotta get down. And then, bang, he punches me, bang.

And I fight him. We have a little bit of a fight here.

Maybe I fucking kick him. You know what I mean?

And then once I'm here, I'm like, fuck. What am I doing? He's still on his feet.

I don't know if it's just like, I'm trying to get down.

And he grabs my foot and fucking, you know, nuts me here.

- And then, bang, here I am. 'Cause… - [Roode] Can he… Would he…

If you did that, what you just said, and he did throw that boot,

can he, like, swing you?

- Maybe. - And then you end up…

That's something I'm looking for. For camera purposes.

- [Hayes] Camera purpose is locked in. - It has to be here.

You know, there's been a lot made about the main event of WrestleMania.

The boyhood dream.

And I'm fucking here today, right now.

Ten toes down. Boots on the ground in Las Vegas, main eventing WrestleMania.

I will paint a masterpiece tonight.

People following people, telling people.

- [Oba] Hey. - Uh, congratulations on today.

I know you all have been getting tons of advice. Just have fun.

I won't try to tell you to remember the moments.

- If you have fun, it'll be great. - Yes, sir.

You both earned your spot here, I'm…

I'm selfishly very looking… very much looking forward to your match.

Looking forward to yours as well.

But, man, this is where we started. Your first WrestleMania.

So it's very important. It's very meaningful.

I'm happy to be here to see it.

Because I know there's many more for the both of you.

Thanks for allowing me to watch.

- Thanks. - Thank you.

- Go show them who you are. - I appreciate you.

[intriguing music playing]

[Trick] I've been saying for a long time, you know,

it's my goal to be the face of this business.

Tonight is my first opportunity, my first WrestleMania,

to show everybody what I'm about.

[Hunter] One of our matches

that we are creatively banking a lot of future into this

is Trick Williams versus Sami Zayn for the United States Championship.

And Lil Yachty, pleasantly, is in Trick Williams' corner.

[Lil Yachty] You got to wait for this craziness.

A lot of people don't get to witness greatness.

But tonight, you got to witness greatness.

Tell you what, man.

[woman] It's your wedding, boy.

[Trick] Don't touch this!

- It's your wedding. It's your trail. - [woman 2] Uh-huh.

[Jordan] I saw that forward lean. I saw you, like…

[laughing] And look. In the heels too.

It's really impressive.

[woman 3] Exactly.

You're gonna be walking like Oba in a second.

That's…

[Hunter] What up?

I try to tell this to guys when they first come in here.

Because sometimes they get to, like, Mania, and it's…

you know, you walk in like, "God, that's a lot of people."

- That's a lot, yeah. - It's just a bigger box. That's all it is.

Everything… When you go to NXT, everything's the same.

Right? Same ring. Same setup. Same hard camera. Same ringside cameras.

It's a longer walk.

Everything else, once you get there, is the fucking same.

Acknowledge this.

You know, dude, and I would tell you what I tell everybody.

When you first come out,

when you break out of that light and start to do your strut,

just take this in for a minute.

This shit goes fast. These moments.

Fucking let it… let it resonate. Remember it.

[announcer] Welcome to WrestleMania.

A tale of two cities.

- This one is so much safer. - [Oba laughs]

Have fun out there.

You never forget your first one.

[imposing music playing]

[Hayes] There you go. Let's feel that. Let's feel those eyes.

Beautiful. Beautiful.

[crowd chanting] Oba! Oba! Oba!

[Cole] What a moment for Oba Femi.

Over 50,000 chanting his name for the first WrestleMania

for this young man from Nigeria.

[Oba] Listen, man, like, I enjoy strutting.

I really do enjoy strutting.

When you tell me, "Oba Femi, you get to strut for two minutes,"

and I'm enjoying myself.

And I have everybody walking with me,

marching with me, strutting with me.

[Hayes] Everybody loves that strut because they can do it.

- Yeah, right? - [Hayes] Simple.

Yeah. The best shit, right?

[crowd] Oba! Oba!

Oba!

Oba!

[Cole] Oba Femi, ladies and gentlemen, is the next big thing.

[crowd] Oba!

[Cole] And tonight, his first WrestleMania

against one of the most decorated WrestleMania Superstars of all time,

"The Beast" Brock Lesnar.

One of the most anticipated matches in the history of WrestleMania.

[Barrett] Both massive human beings.

[Hayes] There you go.

Tell me a story.

[Cole] You have to believe that the nerves are churning inside of Oba Femi.

Here we go.

[Cole] And a clothesline.

Femi does not go down.

And another one by Lesnar, and Femi still on his feet.

Lesnar with a look of shock in his eyes.

And down goes "The Beast!"

God, dawg, they got him.

[Cole] And Brock Lesnar needs to regroup.

He's out of sorts, Wade.

Lesnar has never been in this position in his life.

He is everything they say he is and more.

[Cole] And Brock Lesnar about to bring Femi to Suplex City.

I've never been thrown like that ever before.

[Cole] Now Lesnar closing in on his third German suplex of the match.

[Barrett] Now Brock Lesnar is being back to the Brock Lesnar we know only so well.

[Cole] Lesnar looking for another German, but Oba Femi firing back with the elbows.

Oba into the corner with a running uppercut.

[Barrett] Brock is wobbled here, Cole.

[Cole] The big man with another running uppercut.

[Hayes] See Brock fire up.

[Cole] Lesnar now with Femi up on his shoulders..

Brock Lesnar looking to put him away

F5 to Femi!

F5 to Oba Femi.

[Hayes] Watch this, guys.

[Cole] And look at this.

Oba Femi up, got back to his feet after the F5.

Oh, and a chokeslam by Femi.

[Barrett] Both athletes dropping their nuclear bombs.

Femi measuring Lesnar. Lesnar's up!

No freaking way!

When I hit it, I was like, "Oh my God, I did it."

You know, like,

I actually hit the Fall From Grace on him during the match.

- [crowd counting] One, two, three! - [bell dinging]

[Cole] Femi! Femi with the win!

[Oba] It's incredible, man. It's incredible.

Conquered "The Beast."

[Hayes] Hey!

[Oba] I've done a lot in my wrestling career

that a lot of people can't say they have.

- Thank you, boss. - [Hunter] That was fucking epic.

- Epic. - Thank you.

It's probably the number-one moment in my career.

I'm just glad that everything came to fruition for me.

Destiny fulfilled.

- [Lil Yachty] So how you feeling, brother? - [Trick] I feel good.

This is what it's all about, bro. This is what it's all about.

- You got any family coming? - [Trick] Of course, bro.

Mama coming, yeah?

Mom, pops. My brother's coming.

[Lil Yachty] Man, I wonder what that's like for them.

Like, you ever talk to your mom? Like, how do she feel when she see it?

She said, "You are a king created by God Almighty."

"Never forget who you are or whose you are."

- [Lil Yachty] Mm-hmm. - [Trick] "They can't break you."

That's what I be chanting when I walk to the ring.

People don't know what I be saying, but that's what I be saying.

[man] Soak it up, Trick. Let's go, baby.

["Whoop That Trick" playing]

[Lil Yachty] Ladies and gentlemen,

I give to you "The Anointed One,"

"Mr. Lemon Pepper Stepper" Trick Williams.

- [crowd] Whoop that Trick! - [Lil Yachty] What?

- Whoop that Trick! - [Lil Yachty] What?

Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

[Trick] To see my mom's words come to fruition

on the biggest stage of them all, talking about WrestleMania,

it's a proclamation.

It's putting my foot in the ground and letting the world know who I am.

- [Monica] Whoo! - [Patrick] Yeah!

[Trick] My mom getting to see that means the world to me.

She's got a knee replacement.

She's been rehabbing all month just to make sure that she can be here.

[Monica] What is that?

[Patrick laughing]

My boy got a train behind him! Yeah! [laughing]

What in the world?

- [woman] Is Trick your son? - [both] Yeah.

- Oh my gosh. He is so good. - [Monica] Thank you. He is so amazing.

- Yeah! - He's got such an aura.

[Cole] Here we go.

Sami Zayn, Trick Williams for the United States Championship.

Uh-huh.

[Barrett] Oh man. Polar opposites.

- A vet versus a relative rookie. - Yeah!

[Cole] Oh!

[Monica] He better not…

- [Barrett] Oh my God, brainbuster! - [Cole] Straight on the apron!

Watch out, Yachty!

[Patrick] Oh!

[Cole] Yachty is driven into the barricade.

[Monica] You got this, baby. You got this, baby. Oh my God.

Get up!

[Cole] Oh, Trick Williams falling down now.

And the official close to a count-out here.

Get up, baby!

[Cole] Trick Williams barely beats the count into the ring.

Zayn looking for a Helluva Kick to put Trick Williams away.

And now Lil Yachty from behind.

- Hanging Zayn on the top rope. - [Monica] Yes!

Yes!

- Yes! Yes! - Yeah!

[Cole] Trick Shot from out of nowhere!

[crowd counting] One, two, three!

[both screaming]

[Cole] Trick Williams wins the United States title!

[Trick] And now one, two, three. I hear the roar.

- Felt like it came from the heavens. - [Patrick and Monica] Whoop that Trick!

- I'm so proud. I'm so proud. - Yeah.

[Trick] And my mama crying out there had me about to tear up.

My mom what give me the confidence to stand there and know I belong.

I wouldn't be here without her.

I'm so proud of you.

- I love you so much. I'm proud of you. - Thank you, Mama.

- Thank you, Mama. I love you so much. - I love you so much.

Thank you so much.

- Super proud. Thank you so much. - [man] Congratulations!

- Thank you. Keep whooping that Trick. - [Patrick laughs]

[Monica] The champ is here!

- [Trick] We went and did it. - [Patrick] Good job.

- Proud of you. Best is yet to come. - Thank you, Mama.

- I appreciate you, Mama. I love you. - You know who you are, whose you are.

That's right. You almost made me cry out there.

- Listen. - I'm supposed to be a big, tough guy.

- You almost made me cry. - Tough guys have emotions too, baby.

- I'm proud of you. I love you so much. - Thank you, Mama.

[Patrick] Yes, sir. Yes, sir, baby. Ah, that's right.

[Ripley] Good luck.

[CM Punk] Thanks.

[Ripley] Have fun. Try and make it as fun as you can.

I will. I'll do the best I can.

- [Ripley] You and me both. [laughs] - Yeah. I know.

- Thank you. - [Ripley] Thank you.

I appreciate you, always. And I'll try to be better at texting you back.

That's okay. That's quite all right. Not a worry.

- [Ripley] Fuckin' get it. - I will. Thank you.

- Dude, thank you very much. - Thank you for the opportunity.

It's your fuckin' house, man. 55,000 people out there. Go get them.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Cole] It is a big-fight feel in the city that knows all about epic confrontations.

- It's clobber… - [crowd] Clobbering time!

[Cole] CM Punk, the World Heavyweight Champion…

[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

…against the man who has headlined now 11 WrestleManias.

"The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns.

[bell dinging]

Stay with Roman here. Roman's gonna fuck with Punk a bit here.

- [Barrett] Ooh! - [Cole] Roman's got Punk hung up.

Oh my God.

- Nailed the steps off the face of CM Punk. - [Barrett] Oh!

Oh God, Punk is in a real mess.

[Cole] Punk's been busted open by those steps.

[Prichard] Punk got color?

A lot or a little?

[Cole] And now Punk is up high.

CM Punk onto the Spanish announce table

and through it!

You wanna wipe him up while he's down there?

[Roode] Wipe him up. Wipe him up, Spider.

Ha-ha! Yeah!

- [Cole] Listen to this place. - [Barrett] My God.

Tell him we got him. We got him.

- [Reigns coughing] - I'm still here.

Huh?

Who's the old man now, huh?

[crowd chanting] CM Punk!

[Cole] Critical point in the matchup.

- Champ and challenger been beaten up. - All right, Spider. Your time to shine.

We're going right through this tape spot.

Don't miss it. Don't miss this.

[Cole] Punk with a low blow!

[Roode] Good, Spider. Very good.

[Cole] He distracted the official.

And Punk with a Go To Sleep.

Punk's gonna steal it, the championship retention…

And a kick-out.

How close was that?

[Roode] All right, we're gonna work our way to the table.

[Cole] This place is electric.

[Barrett] And no clue what CM Punk is currently conspiring to execute.

Oh. [chuckles]

It went exactly how I drew it up.

I touched, uh, my little bubba's paw print.

I picked him up to take him on a walk once,

and it was, uh, it was raining, and he didn't like to walk in the rain.

I take my first step, and I slip, and I fall.

And I hold him to my chest, and I take this great bump right on the concrete.

And I put him down, and he's just standing there looking at me like…

"Pick me back up. What we doing?"

[Cole] I'll tell you what he's thinking, he's coming up to the top rope.

Roman Reigns is on the announce table. High-risk maneuver coming for CM Punk.

You know, that was me just picking him up.

Flying with him for a little bit.

[Cole] Do what you gotta do to keep your title.

He's right here because he's always with me now.

[Cole] Punk with an elbow! Through Reigns, through the table!

Check him, check him.

[Cole] Breaking in half!

Everybody okay?

[Cole] This looks like a disaster scene out here.

[CM Punk] It was a bad idea

executed, uh, to the best of my abilities.

Like most of my bad ideas, they somehow wind up

golden, you know?

[Cole] Somehow Punk's back to his feet. Roman Reigns is writhing in pain.

This has been one hell of a match.

Punk putting everything on the line.

We're getting ready to go home here, guys. It's all Punk.

[Barrett] Punk has Reigns exactly where he needs him now.

Can he deliver that killer blow?

[Cole] Punk has done everything, pulled out all the stops.

And now he's looking to put Roman Reigns away

with one more Go To Sleep.

GTS connecting. Caught Roman on the chin.

Reigns, though, he just fell right back on Punk's shoulders.

Exhaustion now setting in.

[Roode] You want to feel this exhaustion.

[CM Punk grunts]

[Cole] Punk with Reigns up yet again.

And he just collapsed. Punk just collapsed

[Barrett] Punk is spent. Punk is toast.

Don't miss it.

[Barrett] Pushing the limits of humanity. Both men.

[Cole] Spear!

[Barrett] Oh, Punk just ate it.

[inaudible]

[Cole] Reigns again with momentum.

Another Spear to Punk.

Cover by Roman.

- Crowning a new champ? Got it! - [crowd counting] One, two, three!

[bell dinging]

[Taylor] Here is your winner

and new World Heavyweight Champion,

Roman Reigns.

[pensive music playing]

[CM Punk] You know, it was brought up during this Road to WrestleMania

that I'm old.

I'm not young.

But I'm also not 80.

I'm 47 years old,

and I'm the best 47-year-old wrestler on planet Earth.

In six months when I turn 48, I'm gonna be in better shape,

and I'm gonna be the best 48-year-old wrestler on planet Earth.

[Hunter] Dude.

- Damn good. - [CM Punk] Yeah, I'm glad you liked it.

[Hunter] CM Punk's performance was magical.

If he waited his whole life for that moment,

he did it justice.

[CM Punk] Feels like vindication. Feels like where I belong.

Feels like it should've happened 15 years ago.

I'm not gonna wait another 15 years for it to happen again. See you next year.

[Hunter] The thing about WWE is,

we're just following life.

We did it, honey.

Yay!

[AJ] I got Larry with me.

[Breakker] Great to be back.

[Hunter] Anything can happen at any given time.

Sometimes what you thought would never happen happens.

And sometimes the thing that you knew was going to happen

never takes place.

All you can do is live in the moment you're in.

[delighted laughter]

- [Oba] I love you, brother. - [Trick] I love you, bro.

[Hunter] The careers that we get to enjoy.

That time in that ring at WrestleMania, it's not a lot.

[CM Punk] That means a lot.

I'm gonna just do it myself.

[Hunter] Enjoy it while it lasts.

And do the best that you can.

Because it's all we can do.

Wrestling is life.

Life is wrestling.

[music fades]

[intriguing music playing]

[music fades out]