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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Cole] The last time will indeed be now.
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[CM Punk] Cena is retiring.
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We know there's a finality.
We know there is an end date to this.
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So where do I fit into this?
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I’m a creative, and I like collaborating,
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and I love John,
and I love working with John.
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Yep. It's very good.
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{\an8}[CM Punk] Him and I…
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{\an8}[Cena] Oh!
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{\an8}…from my perspective,
are wrestling soulmates.
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[Cole] Uh, ladies and gentlemen,
for the first time ever,
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former World Champion CM Punk
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meets the WWE Champion, John Cena.
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[crowd cheering, counting]
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[Cole] Cena wins!
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[bell ringing]
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{\an8}[CM Punk] Anytime you get me and him
on the screen together, it's… it's magic.
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{\an8}[CM Punk grunts]
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{\an8}- [Cole] GTS connecting!
- [crowd] One, two…
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{\an8}[Cole] Oh my God!
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- [cheering, whistling]
- [bell ringing]
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[CM Punk] Guy's got a historic career.
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You hear hustle, loyalty, respect
to Thuganomics, you think John Cena.
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"The Doctor of Thuganomics."
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["Basic Thuganomics" by John Cena playing]
♪Word life, this is basic thuganomics ♪
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♪ This is ba… basic thuganomics… ♪
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[announcer] Hip hop is mainstream, no…
whether… if people like it or not.
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"The Doctor of Thuganomics" was
what Cena had to pull out to get noticed.
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He didn't have that "It" thing
when he first got here.
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{\an8}"The Doctor of Thuganomics"
was just a character
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that was born
out of this freestyle rapping.
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♪ Word life
This is basic thuganomics ♪
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[Koskey] "The Doctor of Thuganomics"
was kind of the early onset
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of kind of really where
John Cena broke out in the world of WWE.
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I usually do,
like, three, four rhymes, five tops.
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You're half man and half beast
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Is that supposed to impress me?
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Man, my fist'll swell your face
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You'll be the white Dizzy Gillespie
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[crowd] Ohh!
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We're on this retirement tour, and just
the word "Punkonomics" popped in my head.
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And I just thought, "Me doing you to you."
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If you ask a classically trained actor,
like, "What is your job?"
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the job is
to hold a mirror up to the audience.
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So this was
myself holding a mirror up to John.
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[Cole] John Cena looking in a mirror
from, like, 20 years ago.
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I get Punk, dressed up, in gimmick,
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doing my shtick.
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Yo, check it. This is Basic Punkonomics.
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He gave himself way too many lines.
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Remember when he used to rap?
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Yeah, you deserve all the criticism
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You're like a Temu Macklemore
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But with Mackle-less rhythm
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[crowd] Ohh!
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[Cena] You gotta memorize, memorize.
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Going out there,
I was like, "Man, he looks great."
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"I think he's gonna forget
some of this stuff."
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He crushed.
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Yo, when it comes to best in the world
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I'm your vessel
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Because millions chant my name
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And at you, they chant
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"You can't wrestle"
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[crowd] Ohh!
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[Cena] And in the middle of his crushing,
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I got a genuine message from Phil.
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[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
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I'm gonna miss you.
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[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk!
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[Cena] Never a more real thing said.
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Which was, like, awesome.
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- [crowd] CM Punk! CM Punk!
- I'm gonna miss you.
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[CM Punk] In that moment,
I had to do that to kind of center him
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and bring him into the moment.
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[pensive music playing]
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Because it was emotional for me,
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and I felt
it needed to be emotional for him too.
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Before you go, John…
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[Cena] Right in the middle of his moment,
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he gave me
a very real and authentic moment,
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and it was very special.
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[music fades]
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[intriguing music playing]
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[crowd cheering, applauding]
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In this
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{\an8}amazing world of what we do,
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{\an8}when one domino falls,
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{\an8}unfortunately, it knocks over
most of the other ones.
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[Cole] Rollins now, from the top rope.
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Rollins… Oh my goodness!
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[Rollins] My shoulder's probably broke.
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[Hunter] Seth's shoulder's… blown out.
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Has to have surgery.
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So any plans you had
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{\an8}now go out the window.
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[indistinct]
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I don't think I can do my fucking pose.
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[chuckles]
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[producer] Is it that bad?
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It's that bad.
I definitely can't do it fast.
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If I do it like that, I can do it.
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If I, like…
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if I come up… come up here
and then extend…
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- [producer] There you go.
- [chuckles] It's fucking brutal, dude.
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For now, it's just…
it's a lot of doom and gloom.
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Looking at the trajectory of what it was
gonna look like going into next year,
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and raising the stock of Bron and Bronson,
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and heading into WrestleMania
with the World Heavyweight Championship,
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and it just felt like, you know,
this was gonna be a really good year.
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And to, uh, kind of see that
go up in smoke is, like, uh…
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I feel very disappointed.
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And I feel like,
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you know,
people will be disappointed in me.
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I'm disappointed in myself.
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I'm not getting any younger,
so it's a lot of negativity.
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[chuckles] It's hard for me
to find anything positive about this.
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[pensive music playing]
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When I look at my timeline,
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I've certainly got
a lot more past than future.
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And so… it's slipping away a little bit.
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And, uh…
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and that's, that's a bit terrifying.
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Unfortunate,
and I'm fucking crushed for you,
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but it is what it is.
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- It's the business. We've both been there.
- Yeah. Yeah.
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[Rollins chuckles]
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We also have to figure out,
"what do we do with The Vision now?"
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{\an8}So you may recall
that The Vision originally started
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when Paul Heyman joins with Seth Rollins
at WrestleMania.
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Two nights later, after that,
Bron Breakker joins The Vision,
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followed shortly thereafter,
maybe about a month or so,
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by Bronson Reed.
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The intent of the group was to leverage
Seth's star power, Heyman's star power,
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to both elevate and sort of protect,
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as they're green,
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Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed.
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{\an8}When Seth Rollins gets injured,
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the dynamic changes because now
Seth has to take time off to recover.
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There is no Seth Rollins
in The Vision anymore.
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So, how do we explain that absence?
How do we explain the injury?
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How do we get past that?
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Well, thinking at the time is,
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we have Breakker
and Bronson Reed turn on Seth Rollins
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and assume control of The Vision,
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because if we leave that on Seth,
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there sort of is no Vision.
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So let them
take control of the reins themselves
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and see where that takes us.
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Everybody where we're at, hands up.
I'll have the title.
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- I'm not gonna lift you up.
- Don't lift the arm. Leave it.
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"Ah, fuck yeah!"
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I'll fucking start to drift forward.
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"Fuck you," maybe one more thing to Punk
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but I might just look.
I mean, yeah, when that happens…
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- You just drift behind.
- [Heyman] Yep.
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Wait, wait, waiting.
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Nonchalant, nonchalant.
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I'll fucking turn,
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and then boom! Eat my lunch.
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And I know I don't need to tell you this.
Do not… do not fuck with that Spear.
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Hit me hard as a motherfucker.
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Just like you would normally.
It's gotta look…
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This is a moment
they're gonna replay for years.
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- Yup.
- [Heyman] This pays the bills.
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{\an8}- [Rollins] Do as you would anybody else.
- This pays the fucking bills.
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Just eat me.
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- As much of a running start as you can.
- {Heyman] ISpeed. Hit him like ISpeed.
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And fucking… I'll have the title,
so when I do it, I'll have the title here.
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I'll come, and then when you…
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- [Heyman] You have to.
- Go flying, just like you do on the floor.
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Just, like, send it, boom.
I'll send the title.
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I'll flat-back for you,
and I'll do it sound. Don't fade it.
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- Not just your money that depends on it.
- [Rollins] I'll be fine.
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It's everybody's money that depends on it.
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[Rollins] It's the last bump I'm taking
for six months, so make it a good one.
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- Let's go.
- [clapping]
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[Heyman] Get this shit. [grunts]
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I'm sorry in advance.
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Nah dude, I've been there, bro.
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Seth is… Seth's a pro.
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He'll handle business
even if he's banged up.
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It's the job. He knows it.
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He's the man for a reason.
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[crowd cheering]
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- [Rollins] Perth, Australia!
- [crowd cheering loudly]
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[Rollins] I'm gonna spit
some straight facts at you.
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I've never needed anybody.
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I don't need Bronson Reed.
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I don't need Bron Breakker.
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I don't need Paul Heyman.
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I won the World Heavyweight Championship
on my own!
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[crowd chanting] Bullshit!
Bullshit! Bullshit!
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[Breakker] As long as Seth was healthy,
that was gonna be the deal.
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Seth being the leader,
me being the enforcer, the killer.
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[chuckles sadly]
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The idea was good. [laughs]
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[suspenseful music playing]
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[Cole] Wait a minute! Oh my God!
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Breakker just Speared Rollins!
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What the hell is going on?
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[crowd] Ohh! [cheering]
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Oh my God.
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[crowd chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit!
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[Breakker] I think it's gonna be something
people remember for a while.
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Just tried to absolutely destroy him.
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He took it like a man.
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[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
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Rollins called Breakker
the undisputed future of the industry.
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Well, folks, the future is now.
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A coup of epic proportions tonight!
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You can't look at it as… a disaster.
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You have to look at it as an opportunity.
Opportunity to recreate something.
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And if done right, maybe it's even better
than what you had before.
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[Rollins] Now I know
how fucking Speed felt.
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You just nearly Speared my body
off my fucking head,
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not the other way around, you know?
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- Thank you, guys. Thank you.
- Yeah, thank you, buddy.
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- Fucking A.
- Yeah, I'm around.
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- I'm gonna be at the show. I'm a resource.
- I'll blow you up. As much as you want.
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- Anytime, man.
- Thank you, dude.
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[Koskey] Coming off the events
of Crown Jewel,
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after Seth Rollins' shoulder injury,
forced to vacate the World title,
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the debate amongst our team was,
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do we go with someone new,
try something different with the title,
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or is it better just because
this was completely unexpected?
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{\an8}Do you just go with somebody
who's more established?
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{\an8}[Ward] So, working forwards
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to Saturday Night's Main Event
in two weeks.
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So I think we're kind of leaning
Punk over at this point?
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- For me right now, I'm leaning Punk over.
- [Ward] Okay.
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I think he gives us the most…
the most options.
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{\an8}I think it was unanimously CM Punk
in the end.
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{\an8}Without a doubt,
Punk was ready to slide into that role.
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My lean is Punk. You?
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Punk is… Yeah.
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- Punk.
- Punk.
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{\an8}Punk leaves all options on the table.
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{\an8}That's… Every path we wanna take is
still open to us with Punk as champion.
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So the decision was made of,
"Let's crown CM Punk."
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I think it was three weeks later,
at Saturday Night's Main Event,
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put the World title on Punk.
Let him carry it
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until we can kind of breathe again
after Seth's unexpected injury.
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[CM Punk] Wanna see the shirt
my wife got me for my birthday?
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{\an8}It's a good one, right?
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It's a hard business.
Injuries happen all the time.
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Seth got hurt. He was the champion.
He had to vacate. So here we are.
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Tonight, CM Punk faces Jey Uso.
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So, big show tonight.
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{\an8}- [crowd cheering]
- [bell ringing]
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{\an8}[Cole] Big-time heavyweight battle
for all the gold.
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- [tense music playing]
- [Cole] Jey Uso now, measuring CM Punk.
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No! No!
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[Cole] Jey Uso looking for a Spear
through the barricade!
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[Barrett] All of the oxygen
just got sucked out of this arena!
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[CM Punk] For a lot of people
in that building,
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that might be
the last time they see CM Punk.
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Yeah, we're going home here.
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So to be able to have
these moments that shake buildings
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is paramount to me.
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[Cole] Knee by Punk.
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Jey collapses off the ropes.
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- Back onto the shoulders of Punk.
- Yeah!
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Go To Sleep by Punk.
Collapses into the cover.
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CM Punk is the World Heavyweight Champion!
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- [woman screaming]
- [man whooping]
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[CM Punk] The building shaking
in Salt Lake City,
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it goes to show you, man, the…
the connection that I have with the crowd.
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[Cole] There's no Seth Rollins
to spoil the party.
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After a decade of bitterness,
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CM Punk has finally proven
beyond a shadow of a doubt
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that he is "The Best in the World"!
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[Post Malone speaks indistinctly]
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Hey, man, you've been my favorite
since I was fucking little.
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- May I?
- Abso-fucking-lutely.
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[crowd cheering loudly]
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What's… what's protocol?
Am I supposed to travel with this?
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- [Rhodes] Don't have to these days, but…
- Do I really?
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{\an8}It never hurts because if you get
the call, like, "Hey, you gotta get…"
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{\an8}- [CM Punk] I don't know if there's room.
- Hunter's gonna be a few of those.
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"Hey, can you be here?
Do you have the belt?"
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"Of course I have the belt."
But I don't think it's protocol anymore.
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[intriguing music playing]
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[CM Punk] Everything that ever
had happened to me in my career…
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Still, I always think I'm that kid that…
I'm not supposed to be here, you know?
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I have somehow
connected with the fans so much
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that it is my honor and my privilege
to be able to run with the ball.
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- Now it's time to earn my money.
- [man] That's right.
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This is where the money's at.
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It's me in a Speedo.
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Why the ice bath?
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It just kind of resets my nervous system.
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I'm calming down now.
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You fight, and you work your ass off
to get to this point,
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and now the hard work begins.
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Making sure I hold that title
for a very, very long time,
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'cause I understand
that it's potentially the last time.
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[music fades]
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CM Punk becomes
the World Heavyweight Champion
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in place of Seth Rollins.
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You also have bright-side opportunities
that are coming up,
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{\an8}like Liv Morgan's return.
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{\an8}[Morgan] I just wanted,
like, a contrast to the road life.
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And so I found this property.
I live on a couple of acres,
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and I just was like,
"I'm just gonna get some animals."
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Their energy is so pure,
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and I just sit outside,
and I just watch them.
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You guys wanna come out?
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I don't like eggs. I don't like milk.
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So they're just, like, pets.
You know, it's more sanctuary than farm.
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Play.
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Oh shit! There's a lot of eggs!
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Look. This is, like,
a brand-new chicken egg.
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This shit is so little. Like, that is,
like, fresh out of a butthole.
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Brand-new chicken egg. It's so little.
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I wanna get turtles though.
Turtles and a peacock.
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And then I think I'll be satisfied.
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{\an8}My name is Gionna Daddio,
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{\an8}and I play Liv Morgan on TV.
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- Oh! [screams]
- [man] Whoa. Shit.
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- The hornets!
- [man chuckles]
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- [woman] They all came down.
- [man] They did.
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I knew they fucking was gonna think
I was a sunflower.
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- [man] They went away when… Holy shit.
- Whoo!
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Did you get that?
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[woman] Oh my God, they're dropping!
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- [dramatic music playing]
- [Taylor] Liv Morgan!
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- [crowd cheering]
- [Cole] Oh!
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Women's World Champion.
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[Morgan] If you look at my life on paper,
I should not be a WWE Superstar.
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I dropped out of high school,
and I got my GED.
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I was not a Division 1 athlete.
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00:18:13,133 --> 00:18:15,844
I do not have family in the business.
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I grew up in a very chaotic environment.
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And so I don't know how I squeezed
and finessed my way in here, but I did.
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I was working at a Hooters.
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Hooters, first and foremost,
is a family restaurant.
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Kids eat for free on Tuesdays.
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I had a really great experience
working there.
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It helped me pay my bills
and provide for myself.
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{\an8}So Joe DeFranco, a personal trainer,
had walked in with his wife.
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He found out I was a WWE fan,
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and he just so happens to train Triple H
and Stephanie McMahon.
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So he was kind enough to pass along
my information to WWE recruitment,
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{\an8}and so I had my tryout, and it was, like,
the craziest three days of my entire life.
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00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:07,354
But I got signed.
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It just completely changed my life,
it just felt like, just like that.
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I've been in WWE for the last 11 years.
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11/21/17, which is the day
that I officially debuted
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on WWE television.
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It was, like, the moment that I made
my dream come true, you know?
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[Taylor] …Championship!
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[Morgan] WWE has given me so much
and has shaped and changed my whole life.
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I will give just as much as it gave to me.
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There's nothing that I won't do.
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The lashings and the bruising
and the cuts doesn't bother me.
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- [woman] Ooh!
- Oh, you could never make me ugly.
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[both laughing]
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00:19:54,610 --> 00:19:55,736
[Cole] Oh no!
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[Barrett] Morgan's midsection is bleeding
from that hair whip.
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[Morgan] Not that the pain doesn't hurt.
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I guess it just makes you feel alive.
I'm a sicko, aren't I? [laughs]
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[Cole] Liv Morgan lets it all out
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with a senton through the table!
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[Morgan] The spots are limited,
especially when you come up with people
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that you consider the fucking greats.
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00:20:23,513 --> 00:20:27,267
And so the fact
that little old Liv fucking Morgan
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somehow put herself in this conversation…
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I was just like, "Thank you."
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I was so…
I was just so proud and so happy.
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I knew my bosses trusted me.
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[Hunter] You're like a ring general now.
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I feel like
I could put you in with anybody.
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You'd get the best out of them.
That's an art form.
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- [Morgan] That's all I wanna do.
- …that mostly nobody gets.
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From… You know,
with your background and everything else
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to where you are now, it's incredible.
You should be so proud of yourself.
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00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:02,052
Yeah, well, no one walks away unscathed.
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You're gonna… [chuckles] …pay your dues
somewhere along the way with your body
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just because it's a given.
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{\an8}[intriguing music playing]
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{\an8}[Morgan] It was a bizarre fluke.
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[bell ringing]
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[Morgan] I loved what I was doing.
I felt like I was firing on all cylinders.
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Liv may have injured her shoulder.
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[Morgan] I knew it happened,
and I rolled out the ring
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because I was like, "Let me see if I can,"
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00:21:28,912 --> 00:21:32,332
you know, "try to get it back in
and continue."
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00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:34,459
And then we had medical aid come out.
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We couldn't pop it back in.
And so I'm like, "I have to walk away."
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I have to leave this match
and walk away injured, which…
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00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,178
That, in and of itself, also fucking sucks
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that I have to get up on live TV
and walk away because I cannot continue.
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[Cole] The doctors are helping Liv Morgan
back to the locker room area
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as we show you again.
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Just an unfortunate instance
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of Liv trying to defend
against the takedown,
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and her body had other plans.
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00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:10,412
I knew that it was done,
and I was trying to handle it with grace.
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[medic] Just relax a little.
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00:22:12,622 --> 00:22:14,333
[suspenseful music playing]
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00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:17,085
- [Morgan] Oh!
- [medic] You're good. You're good.
404
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,004
Wait. Do you think that's it, maybe?
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I said, "Do you think that's it?"
[chuckles]
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00:22:22,257 --> 00:22:25,719
Like, meaning like, "Do you think that…?"
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00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:27,679
[pensive music playing]
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00:22:27,763 --> 00:22:29,139
[inhales, sighs sadly]
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00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:30,766
[clicks tongue]
410
00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,270
[breathes shakily]
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00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:39,524
Just hoping, like, this isn't it.
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00:22:39,608 --> 00:22:43,653
Like, "Do you think
I can… go back and wrestle?"
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00:22:43,737 --> 00:22:47,032
"Do you think…
I'm gonna need to be out for six months?"
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00:22:47,115 --> 00:22:49,826
You know, so it was just, "Whew!"
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00:22:51,787 --> 00:22:54,122
Being hopeful that was it,
that we popped it back in
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00:22:54,206 --> 00:22:56,583
and I'm good to go.
I can wrestle next week.
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00:22:57,459 --> 00:22:59,378
Um, and she was like, "No."
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00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:01,588
Well, I think we got it quicker.
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00:23:01,671 --> 00:23:04,174
[Morgan] That was just the start.
[chuckles]
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00:23:04,841 --> 00:23:06,343
[Bayley] Aww.
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00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:08,887
- Love you.
- Love you.
422
00:23:09,805 --> 00:23:11,181
I've had, like, a very
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00:23:12,682 --> 00:23:15,352
windy career, and we all work hard,
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00:23:15,435 --> 00:23:20,232
but I know the work that I had to put in
to get to that moment.
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00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:30,992
And so for it to be taken away
and to not even be able to make good
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00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:33,662
on all these things
that I was supposed to be doing,
427
00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:35,872
like, selfishly, that upset me.
428
00:23:35,956 --> 00:23:37,833
In that specific moment in time,
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00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:41,837
you know, I'm missing Evolution,
which I'm supposed to be a part of.
430
00:23:43,463 --> 00:23:47,467
I'm missing SummerSlam
in my hometown of New Jersey.
431
00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,304
So to just have it all like,
"Boop, bitch, bye,"
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00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:53,557
it was heartbreaking.
433
00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,100
- Thanks.
- [man] All right?
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00:23:55,183 --> 00:23:57,561
It hurt me so badly.
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00:24:01,731 --> 00:24:04,484
[Ward] We were gonna ask later about Liv,
who's on the list,
436
00:24:04,568 --> 00:24:06,653
and how you…
[clears throat] …saw everything,
437
00:24:06,736 --> 00:24:10,490
because she was starting to get really,
really over right before she got injured.
438
00:24:11,324 --> 00:24:12,993
When is she… When is she back?
439
00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:15,203
[Ward] Sometime in November.
440
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:18,039
She's scheduled to clear
right around Survivor Series.
441
00:24:19,499 --> 00:24:24,463
Would it be logical
to have her come help Dominik go over Cena
442
00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:25,839
at Survivor Series?
443
00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:27,549
Hell of a return.
444
00:24:30,343 --> 00:24:34,181
[Hunter] I guess my only concern with that
is that she'd be cleared by then, right?
445
00:24:34,264 --> 00:24:36,558
- [Ward] The 28th, it says.
- [Prichard] Yeah.
446
00:24:36,641 --> 00:24:38,643
She'd probably be able
to do the physicality.
447
00:24:38,727 --> 00:24:40,687
The question would be,
is she in ring shape?
448
00:24:40,770 --> 00:24:42,898
- Offense only.
- [Hunter] Yeah.
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00:24:48,028 --> 00:24:49,446
Yeah, that might be a good…
450
00:24:51,072 --> 00:24:52,991
You know, uh, you get past that,
451
00:24:53,074 --> 00:24:57,454
then you really just have to get through
the holidays to get to Rumble.
452
00:24:57,537 --> 00:24:58,663
You know what I mean?
453
00:25:00,373 --> 00:25:02,626
{\an8}Survivor Series also featured John Cena
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00:25:02,709 --> 00:25:05,086
{\an8}defending his newly won
Intercontinental Championship
455
00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,214
{\an8}against the former champion,
Dominik Mysterio.
456
00:25:07,297 --> 00:25:08,548
This was kind of the payoff
457
00:25:08,632 --> 00:25:12,344
to a couple-of-weeks story
that we had started with Dom, uh, and John
458
00:25:12,427 --> 00:25:15,931
that allowed, uh, several members
of Judgment Day to get involved
459
00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,350
{\an8}to try to help Dom
regain the championship.
460
00:25:20,644 --> 00:25:26,483
John wants that match to be
what he felt his career was based on,
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00:25:26,566 --> 00:25:29,194
which is opportunity. It's not about him.
462
00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:32,322
It's about the entire show
and about young competitors.
463
00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:34,658
{\an8}[Cena] What are we gonna do in San Diego?
464
00:25:35,158 --> 00:25:37,327
{\an8}How do we make it the best for them?
465
00:25:37,410 --> 00:25:39,246
{\an8}I wanna use everyone.
466
00:25:39,996 --> 00:25:41,957
'Cause that's giving the energy away.
467
00:25:42,457 --> 00:25:45,877
And any time you can get
that many folks involved,
468
00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:48,672
it's fun, 'cause everybody wants to be
a part of the show.
469
00:25:50,298 --> 00:25:52,801
[Dominik] It's like he wants to be
a teacher in the game.
470
00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:54,803
Like, he's a student of the game,
471
00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:57,847
so now he wants to pass
his knowledge on to all of us.
472
00:25:57,931 --> 00:26:00,475
So it's kind of cool
to see him in that way.
473
00:26:00,976 --> 00:26:03,019
[Cena] Okay, you have
a singles match with Dom.
474
00:26:04,437 --> 00:26:06,815
How do we make it look like I can't win?
475
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:08,608
[intriguing music playing]
476
00:26:11,027 --> 00:26:13,363
[Cena] And then give a surprise moment
477
00:26:13,989 --> 00:26:16,491
and bring back a superstar they love?
478
00:26:18,076 --> 00:26:21,955
[Morgan] I feel good. I feel, like,
peaceful right now, which is interesting,
479
00:26:22,038 --> 00:26:23,456
'cause I feel like I've been…
480
00:26:23,540 --> 00:26:26,751
I don't know, I've just felt
a lot of things over the last six months
481
00:26:26,835 --> 00:26:28,503
and kind of still processing it all.
482
00:26:28,587 --> 00:26:32,382
So to wake up today and feel
just, like, at peace, um, it was nice.
483
00:26:33,133 --> 00:26:36,469
'Cause I just feel like
today is, like, meant to be.
484
00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:38,013
Today's my fucking day.
485
00:26:39,222 --> 00:26:41,308
What I love is
no one's gonna be expecting Liv
486
00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,393
'cause she wasn't in that War Games match.
487
00:26:43,476 --> 00:26:46,479
- [Asuka cheering]
- [Morgan laughing]
488
00:26:46,563 --> 00:26:48,898
I cried. I don't want my makeup
to, like, be fucked up.
489
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:51,818
- Oh, you can't tell. Can you tell I cried?
- [man] No.
490
00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:53,945
- You can't see a tear?
- [man] Nope.
491
00:26:55,488 --> 00:26:56,906
[Morgan] We're back, bitch.
492
00:26:56,990 --> 00:26:57,907
Ah!
493
00:26:59,117 --> 00:27:04,623
[Cole] The self-proclaimed
greatest luchador in the world,
494
00:27:04,706 --> 00:27:06,166
Dominik Mysterio.
495
00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:08,001
And look who's with him.
496
00:27:08,084 --> 00:27:13,006
Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez
of The Judgment Day.
497
00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:15,925
[crowd cheering]
498
00:27:16,509 --> 00:27:19,095
- [Wilson] All right, John, have fun.
- Thank you.
499
00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:21,348
[suspenseful music playing]
500
00:27:22,223 --> 00:27:23,683
[cheering excitedly]
501
00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,728
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
502
00:27:26,811 --> 00:27:33,443
for the 177th
and final time in his career,
503
00:27:33,526 --> 00:27:38,531
John Cena performs
at a WWE Premium Live Event.
504
00:27:39,366 --> 00:27:42,202
{\an8}[Pearce] That looks badass. Fuck yeah.
505
00:27:43,286 --> 00:27:44,329
Awesome.
506
00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:47,332
[Roode] What a crowd.
507
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,087
{\an8}- [Pearce] Let's have some fun, Bobby.
- Let's go, man.
508
00:27:56,049 --> 00:27:58,009
- [bell ringing]
- [crowd cheering]
509
00:27:58,093 --> 00:28:02,305
What I liked most about it
was we had the creative freedom
510
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:05,183
to use every paint on the palette.
511
00:28:06,476 --> 00:28:09,479
I want the girls to come ringside.
I want them physically involved,
512
00:28:09,562 --> 00:28:13,066
both in the match in a traditional way
of, like, tripping and hitting.
513
00:28:13,149 --> 00:28:14,734
Watch Raquel here. Watch Raquel.
514
00:28:15,443 --> 00:28:18,863
[Cole] And now Raquel Rodriguez,
with a right hand, getting involved.
515
00:28:19,406 --> 00:28:21,491
But I also want them to hit bombs
516
00:28:21,574 --> 00:28:24,869
because it's believable enough to be like,
"Oh fuck. The kid could win with that."
517
00:28:25,829 --> 00:28:28,039
Back, back, back, back, back, back, back!
518
00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:29,666
[Cole] Back in the ring, Raquel…
519
00:28:29,749 --> 00:28:33,795
Raquel Rodriguez
with a Tejana Bomb to John Cena.
520
00:28:33,878 --> 00:28:38,675
And now Roxanne Perez… The medical team
is over there working on Dominik.
521
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:43,388
- And Roxanne with Pop Rox to Cena.
- [Barrett] Whoa.
522
00:28:43,471 --> 00:28:45,390
It looks like "Dirty Dom" is down and out,
523
00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:49,644
but the beatdown of John Cena
is gonna take place regardless.
524
00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:53,231
[Cole] And look at this.
Dominik Mysterio playing possum!
525
00:28:54,649 --> 00:28:57,360
- 619!
- Keep working, Chad. You're fucking hot.
526
00:28:58,027 --> 00:29:00,113
[Cole] Mysterio going for the win!
527
00:29:00,196 --> 00:29:02,949
No, you ain't counting.
No fucking way, you ain't counting.
528
00:29:03,032 --> 00:29:04,492
See the referee's face.
529
00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:09,789
[Cole] Official Chad Patton upset over
the feigned injury by Dominik Mysterio,
530
00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:11,458
and he's letting Mysterio have it.
531
00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:14,210
Keep working. Get hot, get hot, get hot!
532
00:29:14,294 --> 00:29:16,755
- [Barrett] We should have a new champion.
- [Cole] Wait a minute.
533
00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:19,507
Raquel and Roxanne
should be sent back to the locker room,
534
00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:22,510
and that's what's gonna happen.
Good move by Chad Patton.
535
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:25,346
[producer] Standby, Judgment Day.
Standby, standby.
536
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:26,890
Go, guys. Go.
537
00:29:26,973 --> 00:29:30,226
Here come the heels down the aisle.
Here come the heels.
538
00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:34,314
- [Barrett] Oh!
- [Cole] JD McDonagh, Finn Bálor.
539
00:29:34,397 --> 00:29:37,400
- Judgment Day on their way to the ring.
- [Barrett] Nice.
540
00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:42,322
And no finer time for Finn Bálor
and JD McDonagh to appear,
541
00:29:42,405 --> 00:29:46,201
cause some damage
while the referee is down.
542
00:29:46,785 --> 00:29:48,870
Want me to run out?
Or can I just make my way out?
543
00:29:48,953 --> 00:29:51,748
- I'm not gonna take my time, but…
- [Roode] Just come out and feel it.
544
00:29:51,831 --> 00:29:53,541
- Get excited and then go.
- Yeah. Okay.
545
00:29:53,625 --> 00:29:55,210
- [Roode] Yeah.
- [Cole] Oh no!
546
00:29:55,293 --> 00:29:57,962
- [Barrett] Knees up by Cena.
- [Cole] John got the knees up.
547
00:29:58,046 --> 00:30:00,590
- [Barrett] Oh-ho-ho!
- Hope he didn't need those ribs.
548
00:30:00,673 --> 00:30:03,384
[Barrett] John Cena somehow,
by the skin of his teeth,
549
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,011
getting out of danger.
550
00:30:06,012 --> 00:30:09,349
Oh God, no way.
He's got that look in his eye, Cole.
551
00:30:10,391 --> 00:30:11,851
[Cole] You gotta be kidding me.
552
00:30:11,935 --> 00:30:14,062
John Cena powering up two men.
553
00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:18,817
Bálor and JD McDonagh on his shoulders
under the bright lights.
554
00:30:18,900 --> 00:30:20,735
[Barrett] What a freak of nature.
555
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,324
- [Cole] A double Attitude Adjustment!
- [Hunter laughing]
556
00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:30,078
Normally, they split.
Normally, the two guys split.
557
00:30:33,164 --> 00:30:38,127
[Barrett] I don't care what they say.
John Cena has still got it.
558
00:30:39,712 --> 00:30:42,632
And when you think
you've seen everything and, man,
559
00:30:42,715 --> 00:30:44,843
John might retire with the IC title…
560
00:30:44,926 --> 00:30:47,428
[producer] Standby Liv music.
561
00:30:47,512 --> 00:30:49,389
[Cole] And now Dominik Mysterio.
562
00:30:49,472 --> 00:30:52,725
What does he have
in that dirty, wicked mind of his?
563
00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:55,228
[Barrett] As crafty
and as calculating as they come.
564
00:30:55,311 --> 00:30:57,730
[Cole] Cena, though,
able to duck underneath it.
565
00:30:57,814 --> 00:30:59,482
Cena with an AA to Dom.
566
00:30:59,566 --> 00:31:02,193
- [man] Here we go, Liv.
- Hell yeah, Liv!
567
00:31:02,277 --> 00:31:05,154
- [Liv Morgan's entrance music playing]
- [Barrett] Oh!
568
00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:07,782
[Wilson] Have fun, Liv!
569
00:31:09,742 --> 00:31:11,119
[Cole] Holy…!
570
00:31:11,202 --> 00:31:12,871
[crowd cheering wildly]
571
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:16,207
[Cole] Liv Morgan!
572
00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:19,127
Liv Morgan is back!
573
00:31:20,003 --> 00:31:22,547
[Cena] Create a swerve and a deep cut
574
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:27,552
of, like, her doing the John Cena
heel turn face way better than me.
575
00:31:30,138 --> 00:31:31,389
[Pearce] Liv's face.
576
00:31:31,472 --> 00:31:32,807
[crowd cheering]
577
00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,894
[Pearce] We'll see her change smile
into fucking frown.
578
00:31:35,977 --> 00:31:38,730
Perfect. Perfect.
579
00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:40,106
Perfect.
580
00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:42,567
[Cena] Oh!
581
00:31:42,650 --> 00:31:44,068
- [Cole] Oh no!
- [Barrett] Yes!
582
00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:48,031
It's a trick. It's a ruse.
Romeo and Juliet are back.
583
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:51,659
[Morgan] It was, like, so loud
that I couldn't, like, hear hear.
584
00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,996
[Roode] Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
585
00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:58,041
[Cole] Up to the top rope
with a frog splash.
586
00:31:58,124 --> 00:31:59,083
- Go!
- Go, go, go, go!
587
00:31:59,167 --> 00:32:00,710
[Cole] The cover. There's no official.
588
00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:03,129
Liv's gonna try to get Chad Patton
back into the ring,
589
00:32:03,212 --> 00:32:04,547
and she does. Cover.
590
00:32:04,631 --> 00:32:05,590
Chad counts.
591
00:32:05,673 --> 00:32:08,760
Dominik Mysterio wins
the Intercontinental Championship.
592
00:32:08,843 --> 00:32:11,930
- In the dirtiest of possible ways.
- [Barrett chuckles]
593
00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:15,183
Energy has been given away,
and now I care about these guys again.
594
00:32:15,266 --> 00:32:17,185
I wanna see what they're gonna do next.
595
00:32:17,685 --> 00:32:19,354
[Morgan] Do you know what's so crazy?
596
00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:22,398
All I thought about was this return
and this day.
597
00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:24,984
And I didn't know what I'd expect to feel,
598
00:32:25,068 --> 00:32:28,947
but after, you know, having done it,
it feels, like, um,
599
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,074
normal. [chuckles]
600
00:32:31,157 --> 00:32:32,158
It feels normal,
601
00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:35,161
like I never fucking left,
which is bizarre. It feels normal.
602
00:32:35,244 --> 00:32:38,331
- Thanks for letting me be part of this.
- You kidding? Couldn't do it without you.
603
00:32:38,414 --> 00:32:39,958
- Are you okay?
- How'd you feel?
604
00:32:40,041 --> 00:32:41,167
Amazing. Are you okay?
605
00:32:41,250 --> 00:32:42,585
- Yeah, of course.
- Okay.
606
00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:45,797
I didn't know if I… [chuckles]
…hurt your balls. I was nervous.
607
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,675
- Oh, don't be. Don't worry about it.
- Okay.
608
00:32:48,758 --> 00:32:49,842
Loved it. Loved it.
609
00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:53,304
I went… I pulled no punches.
I went straight for it. Bam!
610
00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:55,974
- [Cena] Oh!
- [crowd cheering]
611
00:32:56,057 --> 00:32:58,977
That was a career highlight for me,
for sure.
612
00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:02,897
She didn't wanna make it look bad,
but I wear denim.
613
00:33:04,065 --> 00:33:05,149
[Cena] Oh!
614
00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,820
You stretch that denim tight,
not a lot of give there.
615
00:33:09,404 --> 00:33:12,824
That's what you learn after getting
kicked in the nuts for 23 years.
616
00:33:12,907 --> 00:33:15,785
- That was awesome.
- Thanks so much. It's all the gaga.
617
00:33:15,868 --> 00:33:18,121
- I hope we did it all alright.
- Fucking awesome.
618
00:33:18,204 --> 00:33:20,164
- A fucking honor to watch.
- Thanks so much.
619
00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,041
- So fucking good. Congratulations.
- Thank you.
620
00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:23,501
[Hunter] Honor to watch.
621
00:33:26,421 --> 00:33:29,132
To me, now Liv is on a trajectory
622
00:33:29,215 --> 00:33:33,344
of being one of the biggest female stars
we've ever had.
623
00:33:34,262 --> 00:33:35,304
If writing a movie,
624
00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:37,640
you can't write a movie
about saying goodbye to a character
625
00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:41,102
without putting other characters in there
and setting up the next chapters.
626
00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:44,564
If you're not thinking about what's next,
you're too late.
627
00:33:44,647 --> 00:33:49,027
We're beginning
to look at, "What's that next crop?"
628
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:52,196
So now we're down
to John Cena's final match.
629
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,240
John had actually approached Paul Levesque
630
00:33:54,323 --> 00:33:57,326
with the idea of building
the rest of the show
631
00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:02,040
with Superstars from NXT
challenging established WWE Superstars.
632
00:34:02,749 --> 00:34:05,585
[Hunter] I suppose you know Cena's idea
for Saturday Night's Main Event.
633
00:34:05,668 --> 00:34:07,336
[Prichard] You mentioned that. You hadn't…
634
00:34:07,420 --> 00:34:10,715
So basically that the show is,
in my words, not his,
635
00:34:10,798 --> 00:34:14,010
sort of… which I kind of like this concept
of sort of non-canon,
636
00:34:14,093 --> 00:34:19,932
of we don't make it
all… super, like, storyline-driven.
637
00:34:20,016 --> 00:34:21,517
Where it's Cena versus Gunther.
638
00:34:21,601 --> 00:34:24,187
That's the final match
after the tournament to win it.
639
00:34:25,229 --> 00:34:28,441
You get to a place where
the rest of the show is sort of,
640
00:34:29,150 --> 00:34:31,652
uh, rookie versus established star.
641
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,574
Cena prefer it not be a bunch of shit
that's just all about him, so to speak.
642
00:34:36,657 --> 00:34:37,575
But…
643
00:34:38,534 --> 00:34:43,206
Basically, he pitched to me, "My career
in WWE has been all about opportunity."
644
00:34:43,289 --> 00:34:45,708
"This show could be all about you.
What do you want?"
645
00:34:45,792 --> 00:34:48,044
"I want it
to be about opportunity for others."
646
00:34:48,878 --> 00:34:52,924
[Cena] I just pitched the idea
to Triple H of,
647
00:34:53,007 --> 00:34:54,634
"Do you want to showcase, like,
648
00:34:54,717 --> 00:34:58,054
some of the incredible talent
you have down in NXT?"
649
00:34:58,721 --> 00:35:00,473
[Cole] Oh, Sol Ruca!
650
00:35:00,556 --> 00:35:01,974
Sol Snatcher!
651
00:35:02,058 --> 00:35:03,976
Sol, Oba.
652
00:35:04,060 --> 00:35:05,645
- [Cole] Oba Femi!
- [Booker] Wow!
653
00:35:05,728 --> 00:35:07,897
Did you see the athleticism?
654
00:35:07,980 --> 00:35:09,816
- [Cena] Je'von.
- [Cole] Here comes Evans!
655
00:35:09,899 --> 00:35:13,194
- [Cole] Wow! From the heavens!
- [Booker] Oh baby!
656
00:35:13,694 --> 00:35:17,073
Give me my 30 minutes or whatever time
you wanna allocate to me
657
00:35:17,156 --> 00:35:18,908
and use the rest of the show
658
00:35:19,408 --> 00:35:21,702
to give somebody
the opportunity to steal the show.
659
00:35:21,786 --> 00:35:22,954
And that's…
660
00:35:23,996 --> 00:35:26,707
Amazingly enough,
that's kind of how I started.
661
00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:29,502
{\an8}Who in the hell are you?
662
00:35:29,585 --> 00:35:30,461
{\an8}[crowd] Whoo!
663
00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:32,255
{\an8}I'm John Cena.
664
00:35:32,964 --> 00:35:35,133
I wasn't supposed to be on the show.
665
00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:38,970
A performer couldn't make it,
so I got this opportunity.
666
00:35:39,053 --> 00:35:41,931
Ruthless Aggression!
667
00:35:42,014 --> 00:35:44,308
- [Cole] Oh!
- [Tazz] Holy smokes!
668
00:35:44,392 --> 00:35:47,478
So how I end is, is how I started.
669
00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:50,731
Are you sure you don't wanna
open Saturday Night's Main Event
670
00:35:50,815 --> 00:35:53,651
with Cena's match so he can do the job
and then just leave,
671
00:35:53,734 --> 00:35:56,696
don't celebrate him at all?
'Cause that's what he wants.
672
00:35:56,779 --> 00:35:58,781
[laughing]
673
00:35:58,865 --> 00:36:00,324
I told him, uh, the other night.
674
00:36:00,408 --> 00:36:04,203
I said, "It makes me sad that we're
only gonna do this one more time."
675
00:36:04,287 --> 00:36:07,790
He says, "Bruce, I've only got
one more time left in me."
676
00:36:07,874 --> 00:36:08,833
[laughter]
677
00:36:08,916 --> 00:36:11,711
So that's all we're gonna do.
678
00:36:11,794 --> 00:36:14,714
People are saying, "You don't seem
very emotional about this."
679
00:36:14,797 --> 00:36:17,633
He said, "I had four years
to get through the emotion of this."
680
00:36:17,717 --> 00:36:20,469
"I've been thinking
about wanting to do this for four years."
681
00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:23,055
- "I'm just glad it's fucking here."
- [Ward] Yeah.
682
00:36:24,098 --> 00:36:29,395
People's point of view that John is
kind of this all-American… hero,
683
00:36:29,478 --> 00:36:31,355
very patriotic character,
684
00:36:32,106 --> 00:36:35,026
D.C. seems like an opportune place.
685
00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:37,445
[suspenseful music playing]
686
00:36:51,167 --> 00:36:53,002
[Cena] I've had a whole bunch of minutes.
687
00:36:53,961 --> 00:36:57,215
So… I could be greedy
688
00:36:57,298 --> 00:36:59,675
and continue to chase those minutes
689
00:36:59,759 --> 00:37:02,887
at the expense
of the audience entertainment
690
00:37:02,970 --> 00:37:05,473
and my well-being and my physical health,
691
00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:09,560
or I could be grateful that,
like, man, I had a lot of minutes.
692
00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:11,854
I… I like gratitude.
693
00:37:17,193 --> 00:37:18,527
[music fades]
694
00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:24,075
{\an8}John has given
the future NXT talent prospects
695
00:37:24,158 --> 00:37:27,453
{\an8}a chance to showcase themselves
on his final night.
696
00:37:27,536 --> 00:37:30,831
{\an8}Uh, and, you know, that just speaks
to his selflessness, his humility.
697
00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:33,751
It's kind of poetic
that his end is our beginning,
698
00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:37,213
and that's part of leaving the business
better than the way you found it,
699
00:37:37,296 --> 00:37:39,799
and that's all
that John has ever spoken about.
700
00:37:41,133 --> 00:37:43,177
Everybody from a critical standpoint
was like,
701
00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:45,388
"I want John to retire at WrestleMania."
702
00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:46,931
Why?
703
00:37:47,515 --> 00:37:49,600
WrestleMania will sell out on its own.
704
00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:51,560
Let's do a random Saturday night
705
00:37:51,644 --> 00:37:53,813
in the worst financial quarter
of the company
706
00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,399
so we can bring Q4 up,
707
00:37:56,482 --> 00:37:58,985
{\an8}because I know we got some good business.
708
00:38:01,654 --> 00:38:05,199
[Hunter] John will wanna do what's best
to move the business forward.
709
00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:09,704
Not leaving a gap,
but leaving a solution, so to speak.
710
00:38:09,787 --> 00:38:14,125
To a lot of us, the perfect guy for that
seemed to be Gunther.
711
00:38:15,042 --> 00:38:20,131
The guy that will garner
the most booing from our fan base,
712
00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:23,968
most likely to be able to have
the kind of match
713
00:38:24,051 --> 00:38:25,678
that John will wanna have.
714
00:38:26,345 --> 00:38:28,222
[Cena] I knew Gunther would be
my last opponent
715
00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:30,266
before I knew I was wrestling Brock.
716
00:38:30,349 --> 00:38:32,727
Immediately, when Hunter was like,
"I'm thinking Gunther,"
717
00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:36,439
I'm like, "Oh my God, I get to tap out."
He's like, "Yeah. You would do that?"
718
00:38:36,522 --> 00:38:40,359
I'm like, "This is beautiful.
The 'never give up' guy gives up."
719
00:38:40,443 --> 00:38:44,238
So, at the very end,
we'll get… we'll get a sleeper.
720
00:38:44,322 --> 00:38:47,491
John's just gonna end up laying down
and looking straight ahead.
721
00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:51,120
So I don't know if you guys wanna come in
and come right in to catch his shot.
722
00:38:51,203 --> 00:38:54,248
We're trying to get here,
because here's where the emotion lives.
723
00:38:54,332 --> 00:38:55,499
[man] I'm with you on this.
724
00:38:55,583 --> 00:39:00,755
The hedge is his fucking forearm is here,
and I'm gonna tap on the forearm.
725
00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:02,590
- [man] Yeah.
- Don't go inside his forearm.
726
00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:04,675
{\an8}- You'll never miss the fucking tap.
- [Miller] Simple.
727
00:39:04,759 --> 00:39:07,595
{\an8}- I know we won't get as close as we want.
- [Miller] No, no. Simple.
728
00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:09,638
{\an8}I don't know
when you're making your moves.
729
00:39:09,722 --> 00:39:11,390
- [Miller] No. That's simple. I love it.
- So…
730
00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:13,684
Immediately,
I thought of the cycle of life,
731
00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:16,562
'cause we… That's giving the energy away.
732
00:39:16,645 --> 00:39:20,816
Look, he's giving you a fucking…
he's giving you hell of a rub and a gift.
733
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:23,611
- So just take it and run with it.
- I wanna protect it too.
734
00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:24,904
- Yeah.
- That's the thing.
735
00:39:24,987 --> 00:39:27,907
It's worth a lot, but also
I don't wanna then throw it in…
736
00:39:27,990 --> 00:39:29,825
Throw it away. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
737
00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:34,205
All right.
Can I get everybody's attention?
738
00:39:34,288 --> 00:39:35,956
Just for one second.
739
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,918
This is about
the John Cena surprise party earlier,
740
00:39:39,001 --> 00:39:41,420
so don't tell… don't mention it.
741
00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:44,340
Sorry, I couldn't see him.
742
00:39:45,132 --> 00:39:46,133
Nice.
743
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:47,635
Thank you, Kevin.
744
00:39:48,177 --> 00:39:50,096
So, end of the night,
745
00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:53,557
when, uh,
when the Gunther match gets done,
746
00:39:53,641 --> 00:39:55,393
Gunther's gonna leave the ring.
747
00:39:56,268 --> 00:39:58,020
John will stay in the ring.
748
00:39:58,104 --> 00:40:01,690
Everybody that wants to be a part of this
is welcome to join us.
749
00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:03,859
We will all leave Gorilla.
750
00:40:03,943 --> 00:40:06,904
Everybody sort of follow in behind us
as we come through here.
751
00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:10,116
Stew's gonna drop his camera.
He's gonna come with us.
752
00:40:10,616 --> 00:40:12,284
[Stew] Thirty years I've been here.
753
00:40:12,368 --> 00:40:15,454
Back when I was starting,
nobody talked to the camera.
754
00:40:15,538 --> 00:40:16,622
[crowd cheering]
755
00:40:16,705 --> 00:40:18,040
One last Rumble, Stew.
756
00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:20,084
One last Rumble.
757
00:40:20,584 --> 00:40:23,254
John found a way around it
by talking to me.
758
00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:27,883
Stew, are you okay? It's after Movember.
You gotta get rid of that.
759
00:40:27,967 --> 00:40:28,801
All right?
760
00:40:28,884 --> 00:40:33,806
I used Stew
as a way to talk to the people at home.
761
00:40:33,889 --> 00:40:38,185
- ["The Time is Now" playing]
- Stew, man! It's been too long!
762
00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:44,859
He's the closest human body
of all the people behind the camera
763
00:40:45,776 --> 00:40:47,528
that make this work.
764
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:51,282
Our stagehands, our arena security,
765
00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,367
every poster hanger,
766
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:56,787
any department I've left out,
who make the show work.
767
00:40:57,580 --> 00:41:02,209
That conversation, at least in my heart,
from my perspective, with Stew,
768
00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:07,089
is a way to include everyone on the ride
of, like, everyone is appreciated.
769
00:41:07,173 --> 00:41:08,090
{\an8}[fans cheering]
770
00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:11,427
{\an8}[woman] We love you, Cena! We love you!
771
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:15,639
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena! Cena!
772
00:41:15,723 --> 00:41:17,558
He wants you…
773
00:41:17,641 --> 00:41:20,269
he wants you to live with us! [laughing]
774
00:41:20,352 --> 00:41:22,813
More of a statement than a question!
775
00:41:22,897 --> 00:41:24,899
You guys are giving me a bedroom?
776
00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:26,984
- We've got a guest room, whatever.
- Yeah.
777
00:41:28,068 --> 00:41:29,612
- Oh my goodness.
- [mom] Aw.
778
00:41:29,695 --> 00:41:32,031
- Thank you. Thank you very much.
- [mom] So sweet.
779
00:41:32,114 --> 00:41:33,824
[sentimental music playing]
780
00:41:33,908 --> 00:41:37,161
[Cole] Tonight is going to be
an emotional night, not only for me,
781
00:41:37,244 --> 00:41:39,747
not only for the talent
back in the locker room,
782
00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:41,373
not only for all those behind the scenes
783
00:41:41,457 --> 00:41:45,002
who've been along
this 23-plus-year ride with John Cena.
784
00:41:45,085 --> 00:41:46,128
Family affair.
785
00:41:46,212 --> 00:41:47,254
Family affair.
786
00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:48,422
Brothers in arms.
787
00:41:48,923 --> 00:41:50,299
Twins. Identical twins.
788
00:41:50,382 --> 00:41:52,927
- Twins. Identical.
- Same age. Same age.
789
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:55,137
Same age. You only beat me
by a couple minutes.
790
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:58,015
- Couple minutes. Couple minutes.
- Couple minutes.
791
00:41:59,725 --> 00:42:04,188
[Cole] But for all of you, the 19,000-plus
who showed up here tonight
792
00:42:04,271 --> 00:42:08,108
to watch the final match
of the GOAT's career,
793
00:42:09,860 --> 00:42:12,988
{\an8}all I simply wanna do tonight
before we get underway
794
00:42:13,072 --> 00:42:14,657
is say to John Cena,
795
00:42:15,407 --> 00:42:16,408
"Thank you."
796
00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:18,994
{\an8}Congrats. Tear this up.
797
00:42:19,078 --> 00:42:20,871
{\an8}- You've worked hard to get here
- Thanks.
798
00:42:20,955 --> 00:42:23,749
{\an8}[Hunter] You fucking know who you are.
Go out there and fucking be you.
799
00:42:23,832 --> 00:42:26,210
- Let's get fucking kicking on this.
- Let's do it.
800
00:42:26,293 --> 00:42:27,920
We're gonna make magic together.
801
00:42:28,003 --> 00:42:29,547
[crowd cheering]
802
00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,006
[Cole] When the bell rings…
803
00:42:31,090 --> 00:42:32,258
[bell ringing]
804
00:42:32,341 --> 00:42:34,093
…you won't be looking at potential.
805
00:42:34,176 --> 00:42:36,178
You're gonna be looking at inevitability.
806
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:38,764
- The future is now.
- [tense music playing]
807
00:42:40,558 --> 00:42:45,854
[crowd chanting] Oba! Oba! Oba!
808
00:42:45,938 --> 00:42:49,817
Oba! Oba! Oba!
809
00:42:51,777 --> 00:42:53,362
[Noble] That entrance was awesome.
810
00:42:54,196 --> 00:42:57,283
- [dramatic music playing]
- [crowd cheering, chanting]
811
00:42:58,242 --> 00:43:02,621
[Cole] Rhodes is stunned here
by the early power and onslaught of Femi.
812
00:43:03,789 --> 00:43:05,291
[crowd] Ohh!
813
00:43:05,374 --> 00:43:07,626
[Cole] And now Cody Rhodes
is starting to feel it.
814
00:43:08,794 --> 00:43:09,878
Cody Cutter!
815
00:43:11,005 --> 00:43:13,048
Ah, damn it! Come on!
816
00:43:13,132 --> 00:43:14,466
- Drew McIntyre!
- [bell ringing]
817
00:43:14,550 --> 00:43:18,220
[Cole] "The Scottish Warrior"
pounding away at Cody Rhodes.
818
00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:20,389
Uh-oh! Uh-oh!
819
00:43:21,223 --> 00:43:24,059
And "The Ruler" with a chokeslam.
820
00:43:24,143 --> 00:43:26,645
Cody Rhodes is the present.
821
00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:29,189
Oba Femi is the future.
822
00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:33,569
Congratulations, dude.
Freaking 19,000 people.
823
00:43:33,652 --> 00:43:35,195
- Easy-peasy, man.
- Easy-peasy.
824
00:43:35,279 --> 00:43:38,157
- Any trouble? Any issue?
- No. I was there for everything.
825
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:39,908
- You're off and running.
- Hell yeah.
826
00:43:41,035 --> 00:43:42,828
[Cole] Sol Ruca showing off a little bit.
827
00:43:42,911 --> 00:43:46,373
[Barrett] She has
that athletic wow factor.
828
00:43:47,916 --> 00:43:49,501
[Cole] Sol Ruca… Oh!
829
00:43:49,585 --> 00:43:51,378
That's highlight reel stuff.
830
00:43:51,462 --> 00:43:54,548
[Barrett] Right off the bat,
this is 100-mile-an-hour stuff here.
831
00:43:55,716 --> 00:43:57,009
Goddamn.
832
00:43:58,260 --> 00:44:00,387
[Barrett] This is awesome.
I agree with the…
833
00:44:00,888 --> 00:44:04,266
[Cole] From what we've seen tonight
from Ruca and Femi and Evans,
834
00:44:04,350 --> 00:44:06,894
the future's pretty bright
when John Cena leaves.
835
00:44:08,020 --> 00:44:09,313
[Cena] The night was a success.
836
00:44:09,396 --> 00:44:14,360
People were talking about Sol, Oba,
Je'von, everybody who performed.
837
00:44:14,443 --> 00:44:17,363
- Je'von, great job, man. Thank you.
- Appreciate you. Thank you.
838
00:44:18,697 --> 00:44:21,075
Hey, everybody's…
everybody's gassing up John.
839
00:44:21,158 --> 00:44:23,369
- [Gunther] Why?
- So I just wanna gas you up.
840
00:44:23,452 --> 00:44:25,788
- I'm here for you, brother.
- [Gunther] Oh, thank you.
841
00:44:25,871 --> 00:44:28,290
- [CM Punk laughs]
- A few people said that to me before.
842
00:44:28,374 --> 00:44:31,085
I can tell it's a lie
every single time. [laughs]
843
00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,712
- Enjoy the moment, my friend.
- [Gunther] Thank you. I will do.
844
00:44:34,254 --> 00:44:37,675
I saw a clip. I mean, it's gotta be 2005
845
00:44:37,758 --> 00:44:43,013
'cause Batista and Cena are both champs
and Hogan's there.
846
00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:44,932
And Cena and Batista,
847
00:44:45,015 --> 00:44:46,975
they both take their titles off.
848
00:44:48,060 --> 00:44:49,978
And they put them on Hogan's shoulders.
849
00:44:50,062 --> 00:44:53,816
[Lilian Garcia] Here are your winners,
John Cena, Batista,
850
00:44:53,899 --> 00:44:58,570
and "The Immortal" Hulk Hogan!
851
00:44:59,446 --> 00:45:02,616
[CM Punk] I think
the universe does silly things sometimes.
852
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:06,203
I can't remember who sent me that clip,
but I knew there was a reason I saw it
853
00:45:06,286 --> 00:45:09,748
'cause I saw it
right before that day Cena was retiring,
854
00:45:09,832 --> 00:45:11,458
but I just thought it's symbolic.
855
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:14,420
And when it's over, I'll come back.
I'll grab the title.
856
00:45:14,962 --> 00:45:18,132
[Rhodes] And you wanna put the titles
on his shoulders, is what you said?
857
00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:19,133
- Yeah.
- Does he know?
858
00:45:19,216 --> 00:45:21,677
- [CM Punk] No.
- Okay. Let's go.
859
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:25,180
I'm sure he'll refuse, and then we'll say,
"Hey," and I'll say, "Hey."
860
00:45:25,264 --> 00:45:27,933
[CM Punk] "You and Dave did it for Hogan."
861
00:45:28,016 --> 00:45:30,436
"We're doing it for you. Deal with it."
862
00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:34,148
{\an8}I was a little frustrated Punk came up
with an idea and I didn't.
863
00:45:34,231 --> 00:45:37,192
And for him to bring up
this Batista-Hogan moment,
864
00:45:37,276 --> 00:45:39,445
I thought, "That's great. That's perfect."
865
00:45:40,028 --> 00:45:44,074
{\an8}[CM Punk] It's very rare for somebody
to kind of go out the way they want to.
866
00:45:44,158 --> 00:45:46,618
I never get a chance to be a fan anymore.
867
00:45:47,953 --> 00:45:52,249
I have watched
as many of John's more recent matches
868
00:45:52,332 --> 00:45:55,210
in the bowl with the people
as a fan as I can.
869
00:45:55,294 --> 00:45:57,796
I'm gonna be out there tonight
when he wrestles Gunther
870
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,382
because I need to feel the energy
and the people.
871
00:46:00,466 --> 00:46:02,217
And I wanna be fully invested
872
00:46:02,301 --> 00:46:06,138
and as emotionally involved
as a 6-year-old kid
873
00:46:06,221 --> 00:46:08,932
or a 70-year-old grandfather out there.
874
00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:12,227
I think tonight is immensely special.
875
00:46:12,311 --> 00:46:15,731
And, in a big way,
tonight is not about John Cena,
876
00:46:15,814 --> 00:46:17,691
and I think that was his design.
877
00:46:19,067 --> 00:46:20,110
This good?
878
00:46:23,155 --> 00:46:25,908
Tonight is about the past, the present,
879
00:46:25,991 --> 00:46:27,951
and the future of the business.
880
00:46:29,495 --> 00:46:30,496
[camera clicks]
881
00:46:30,579 --> 00:46:32,873
- [Hunter] Tear it up. Hey.
- [Cena] I will do my best.
882
00:46:32,956 --> 00:46:35,584
- Have fun.
- That's one thing I definitely will do.
883
00:46:35,667 --> 00:46:37,669
When have you known me not to?
884
00:46:37,753 --> 00:46:40,839
That is one thing I know,
and I know you're gonna, so…
885
00:46:40,923 --> 00:46:41,924
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
886
00:46:42,007 --> 00:46:45,135
- And for everything. The whole…
- Dude.
887
00:46:45,219 --> 00:46:47,387
Man, we had a pretty fucking good year.
888
00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:50,682
It was fucking pretty awesome.
It's been so fucking fun. Thank you for…
889
00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:52,017
Hey, nothing about it.
890
00:46:53,894 --> 00:46:57,481
Twenty-five-fucking-plus years
since the day you walked in the door.
891
00:46:57,564 --> 00:46:59,066
- Thank you.
- [Cena] Thanks, man.
892
00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:01,777
- Let's finish it.
- [Hunter] Yes, sir.
893
00:47:05,155 --> 00:47:07,115
[Gunther's entrance music playing]
894
00:47:08,450 --> 00:47:10,494
[Cole] Gunther is a terminator.
895
00:47:11,119 --> 00:47:15,457
A man who makes a living
out of making people give up
896
00:47:16,041 --> 00:47:20,003
against a man tonight who doesn't give up.
897
00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:24,174
{\an8}John Cena has not tapped out
in over 20 years.
898
00:47:26,009 --> 00:47:27,344
[inaudible]
899
00:47:30,848 --> 00:47:33,433
I hope they fucking draw this pause out.
900
00:47:33,517 --> 00:47:37,229
[crowd chanting] Cena!
Cena! Cena! Cena! Cena! Cena!
901
00:47:37,312 --> 00:47:40,023
- Cena! Cena! Cena!
- Oh my God, it's crazy!
902
00:47:40,107 --> 00:47:42,109
[crowd] Cena! Cena!
903
00:47:43,277 --> 00:47:45,445
Let's go, Cena!
904
00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:48,574
- Let's go, Cena!
- Beautiful.
905
00:47:49,241 --> 00:47:51,660
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Cena!
906
00:47:52,369 --> 00:47:54,580
Let's go, Cena!
907
00:47:55,455 --> 00:47:56,832
[Hunter] All right, you ready?
908
00:47:57,708 --> 00:47:59,918
- Go.
- [crowd] Let's go, Cena!
909
00:48:00,002 --> 00:48:02,045
["The Time is Now" playing]
910
00:48:03,171 --> 00:48:05,799
♪ Krrr, Amadou… ♪
911
00:48:09,136 --> 00:48:10,220
Let's go!
912
00:48:16,059 --> 00:48:18,520
♪Your time is up
My time is now ♪
913
00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:19,646
♪You can't see me… ♪
914
00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:21,481
[Cena] This is gonna seem weird.
915
00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:23,650
[Stew] With John,
who knows what was gonna happen.
916
00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:25,611
It was… When he turned it around…
917
00:48:26,194 --> 00:48:30,032
I mean, that's John. That's John.
He was doing something for somebody else
918
00:48:30,657 --> 00:48:32,075
You ready, John?
919
00:48:32,159 --> 00:48:33,285
You ready?
920
00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:41,376
And made me feel good.
I mean, he does. That's what he does.
921
00:48:41,460 --> 00:48:42,836
He makes you feel good.
922
00:48:43,462 --> 00:48:45,923
♪ You can't see me
My time is now ♪
923
00:48:46,006 --> 00:48:49,051
♪ It's the franchise, boy
I'm shining now ♪
924
00:48:49,134 --> 00:48:51,470
♪ You can't see me
My time is now… ♪
925
00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:54,473
Wow, what a fucking view this is.
926
00:48:55,057 --> 00:48:56,850
- It's crazy, right?
- Yeah.
927
00:48:56,934 --> 00:48:58,894
Should do a quick roll-up and steal one.
928
00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:00,062
- Yeah.
- One, two…
929
00:49:01,104 --> 00:49:05,567
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,
the last time is now.
930
00:49:05,651 --> 00:49:07,319
[suspenseful music playing]
931
00:49:13,075 --> 00:49:17,162
[Barrett] And immediately launching
a heinous assault on Cena.
932
00:49:17,663 --> 00:49:20,499
You can hit him harder than that.
You hit me harder than that.
933
00:49:20,582 --> 00:49:21,500
[Bayley] Yeah.
934
00:49:25,087 --> 00:49:26,630
[crowd cheering]
935
00:49:26,713 --> 00:49:31,218
[Cole] John Cena with his first
offensive rally of this matchup so far.
936
00:49:33,553 --> 00:49:37,307
[Barrett] Cena going in for the heavy hits
right off the bat in this one,
937
00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:39,184
looking to finish it early.
938
00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:41,812
[Cole] Now looking for the AA.
939
00:49:41,895 --> 00:49:44,606
But Gunther now with a German suplex
and turns it around.
940
00:49:45,315 --> 00:49:47,651
[Barrett] What on earth
is Gunther cooking up here?
941
00:49:47,734 --> 00:49:51,238
[Cole] Well, dragging those steel steps
out toward our announce table, Wade.
942
00:49:51,321 --> 00:49:52,823
I would get out of the way.
943
00:49:53,865 --> 00:49:57,911
Gunther mocking
the 19,000-plus here tonight.
944
00:49:58,412 --> 00:50:00,247
All right. Fair play.
945
00:50:00,330 --> 00:50:02,249
[Cole] And now Gunther… Oh my goodness.
946
00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:05,043
I think he's gonna try to powerbomb John
through the table here.
947
00:50:05,127 --> 00:50:06,336
[Barrett] Wait up! Wait up!
948
00:50:06,420 --> 00:50:08,255
[Cole] John Cena turns it around!
949
00:50:08,338 --> 00:50:11,216
Cena with Gunther on his shoulders!
950
00:50:12,050 --> 00:50:14,594
AA through the table!
951
00:50:14,678 --> 00:50:16,972
[Barrett] Gunther just got
a little too cocky.
952
00:50:17,055 --> 00:50:19,599
[Cole] Now Cena sending Gunther
back into the ring.
953
00:50:19,683 --> 00:50:21,852
[crowd chanting] This is awesome!
954
00:50:21,935 --> 00:50:24,062
[Cole] Cena's got a chance for the win!
955
00:50:24,146 --> 00:50:25,355
Center of the ring.
956
00:50:25,439 --> 00:50:27,482
Gunther kicks out at two!
957
00:50:28,191 --> 00:50:32,279
On this next one, might get a duck and go
right into another John comeback here.
958
00:50:32,779 --> 00:50:35,032
We'll go all the way through to the AA.
959
00:50:35,615 --> 00:50:37,784
Oh, super AA. Let's go!
960
00:50:38,285 --> 00:50:40,370
[dramatic music playing]
961
00:50:41,872 --> 00:50:43,248
[Cole] John Cena…
962
00:50:45,709 --> 00:50:48,920
with an avalanche FU to Gunther!
963
00:50:50,005 --> 00:50:54,426
[Cena] Gosh, I got to do incredible things
in a very small period of time
964
00:50:54,509 --> 00:50:58,722
as a result of all the effort
I put forth beforehand.
965
00:50:58,805 --> 00:51:02,017
I think it was beautiful poetry.
966
00:51:05,604 --> 00:51:07,355
[crowd] Ohh…
967
00:51:07,439 --> 00:51:08,940
[cheering]
968
00:51:09,024 --> 00:51:11,902
[Cena] Such a constant through line.
It became cliché.
969
00:51:12,444 --> 00:51:15,864
Everyone said, "Hey, take this in."
970
00:51:16,406 --> 00:51:18,909
I wanna shake them.
"You watch my fucking stuff!"
971
00:51:21,536 --> 00:51:24,581
"Of course I'm taking it in.
I'm there. Always."
972
00:51:25,415 --> 00:51:31,713
No one anticipated how prepared I was
for closure of this.
973
00:51:32,464 --> 00:51:35,675
- [Cole] And now into the sleeper!
- [Barrett] Just a blink of an eye.
974
00:51:35,759 --> 00:51:38,428
What a pivot there
from "The Ring General."
975
00:51:39,471 --> 00:51:42,557
It might be John Cena's turn
to finally snap.
976
00:51:44,142 --> 00:51:46,561
[Cole] Cena's arm is down, uh, once,
977
00:51:46,645 --> 00:51:51,441
and, uh, the future looks bleak
for John Cena.
978
00:51:51,525 --> 00:51:54,277
The arm's down again,
this one's over, ladies and gentlemen.
979
00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:56,613
- No!
- Come on, John!
980
00:51:56,696 --> 00:51:58,073
No!
981
00:51:59,491 --> 00:52:00,534
[CM Punk] Come on!
982
00:52:02,494 --> 00:52:05,247
[crowd cheering excitedly]
983
00:52:07,457 --> 00:52:08,708
He's still got it!
984
00:52:09,209 --> 00:52:11,044
[laughing]
985
00:52:12,754 --> 00:52:14,464
We're the biggest marks.
986
00:52:15,048 --> 00:52:16,258
[Cole] John's in it!
987
00:52:17,634 --> 00:52:20,595
[Barrett] Sorry, Gunther. Not tonight.
988
00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:23,515
[Rhodes] Wrestlers are
the biggest marks of all.
989
00:52:23,598 --> 00:52:26,685
If it pops us,
typically it's popped to the audience.
990
00:52:27,561 --> 00:52:31,106
And they don't want the ride to end,
but the ride does end.
991
00:52:31,690 --> 00:52:34,025
Gunther, fucking great heel.
992
00:52:34,526 --> 00:52:36,153
He takes control,
993
00:52:36,653 --> 00:52:39,447
and he slows the match down.
994
00:52:40,448 --> 00:52:42,742
["For the Good Times" playing]
995
00:52:46,746 --> 00:52:48,582
[Cena] Great heels are hated
996
00:52:49,457 --> 00:52:51,209
because they're methodical.
997
00:52:53,295 --> 00:52:55,547
[crowd] Ohh!
998
00:52:55,630 --> 00:52:59,926
[Cena] This is everything I wished for.
It is time to be killed off.
999
00:53:02,304 --> 00:53:04,222
[crowd] Ohh!
1000
00:53:08,727 --> 00:53:11,521
[Cena] The end of the cycle of life,
sometimes people go peacefully
1001
00:53:11,605 --> 00:53:14,065
with their loved ones around them,
and they smile.
1002
00:53:15,525 --> 00:53:17,444
♪ Don't look so sad… ♪
1003
00:53:17,527 --> 00:53:20,405
[Cena] That is how I wanted
the death of this character to happen.
1004
00:53:20,488 --> 00:53:24,451
♪ I know it's over… ♪
1005
00:53:25,160 --> 00:53:28,580
- [Cole] John Cena… has tapped out.
- [bell ringing]
1006
00:53:28,663 --> 00:53:32,125
♪ But life goes on ♪
1007
00:53:32,959 --> 00:53:34,044
[Bayley] I missed it!
1008
00:53:36,379 --> 00:53:38,924
- He dropped him? I missed it.
- No, he tapped.
1009
00:53:42,177 --> 00:53:46,139
[Cole] 19,000 fans are in shock.
1010
00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:50,268
♪ Let's just be glad ♪
1011
00:53:51,228 --> 00:53:53,230
♪ We had this time ♪
1012
00:53:54,648 --> 00:53:57,150
♪ To spend together… ♪
1013
00:53:57,234 --> 00:54:03,448
[Cole] This is not the way anyone wanted
this legendary career to end.
1014
00:54:05,408 --> 00:54:09,788
♪ One more time… ♪
1015
00:54:11,331 --> 00:54:17,003
- [CM Punk] That was something, huh?
♪ For the good times ♪
1016
00:54:18,046 --> 00:54:22,634
♪ Hey, yeah ♪
1017
00:54:22,717 --> 00:54:25,053
♪ For the good times… ♪
1018
00:54:26,054 --> 00:54:29,349
We're gonna put one of these
on each of your shoulders.
1019
00:54:30,183 --> 00:54:31,351
You're gonna deal with it
1020
00:54:31,434 --> 00:54:33,603
'cause I watched you
and Dave do this to Hogan.
1021
00:54:33,687 --> 00:54:36,690
- Hogan's not here, so… [chuckles]
- [Cena] You son of a bitch.
1022
00:54:36,773 --> 00:54:38,692
You don't wanna put up
too much of a fight.
1023
00:54:38,775 --> 00:54:41,027
- We're paying it forward.
- It's gotta happen.
1024
00:54:41,111 --> 00:54:42,487
- Appreciate it. Yeah.
- Okay?
1025
00:54:42,570 --> 00:54:44,239
Hey. Love you.
1026
00:54:44,322 --> 00:54:46,366
- Love you too, man.
- Love you.
1027
00:54:47,450 --> 00:54:49,369
- [crowd cheering]
- ♪ I'll be here ♪
1028
00:54:51,204 --> 00:54:53,206
♪ I'm gonna stay right here ♪
1029
00:54:54,332 --> 00:54:58,628
♪ If you should ever find you need me ♪
1030
00:54:59,379 --> 00:55:00,422
♪ Oh, baby ♪
1031
00:55:01,214 --> 00:55:04,259
♪ Won't you hear the whisper ♪
1032
00:55:04,342 --> 00:55:06,303
♪ Hear the whisper ♪
1033
00:55:06,386 --> 00:55:08,096
♪ Of the raindrops ♪
1034
00:55:08,179 --> 00:55:09,681
♪ Of the raindrops ♪
1035
00:55:10,181 --> 00:55:16,479
♪ Rolling softly
Softly against my window ♪
1036
00:55:19,441 --> 00:55:21,526
- ♪ All you gotta do is ♪
- ♪ Make believe ♪
1037
00:55:21,609 --> 00:55:25,405
♪ All you gotta do is make believe
You love me ♪
1038
00:55:26,531 --> 00:55:30,201
♪ One more time ♪
1039
00:55:35,081 --> 00:55:37,584
♪For the good times ♪
1040
00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:40,253
♪ Yeah, baby… ♪
1041
00:55:41,963 --> 00:55:46,509
[crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena!
Thank you, Cena!
1042
00:55:47,552 --> 00:55:49,471
Thank you, Cena!
1043
00:55:50,555 --> 00:55:52,474
Thank you, Cena!
1044
00:55:54,225 --> 00:55:55,643
[music fades]
1045
00:55:57,145 --> 00:55:58,772
[man 1] No!
1046
00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:01,775
- There's no way!
- [man 2] No!
1047
00:56:02,275 --> 00:56:03,485
This better be a joke.
1048
00:56:03,568 --> 00:56:05,779
- What?!
- He had a smile on his face.
1049
00:56:05,862 --> 00:56:07,113
[man 3] Is he smiling?!
1050
00:56:07,614 --> 00:56:11,368
{\an8}- [man 4] No! No! No!
- [Cole] John Cena… has tapped out.
1051
00:56:11,993 --> 00:56:15,663
[man 5] I'm telling you,
the IWC about to fry WWE!
1052
00:56:15,747 --> 00:56:16,998
[woman screams]
1053
00:56:17,082 --> 00:56:19,209
[man 6] I'm sick.
I feel like I could throw up.
1054
00:56:22,754 --> 00:56:24,339
[Cena] They didn't understand.
1055
00:56:25,131 --> 00:56:28,468
This was the first time
a character was killed off the show.
1056
00:56:30,637 --> 00:56:31,554
Why?
1057
00:56:31,638 --> 00:56:35,308
[Cena] You have to make
the character's death further the show.
1058
00:56:35,809 --> 00:56:37,102
Who booked this?
1059
00:56:37,602 --> 00:56:38,603
Yeah.
1060
00:56:39,604 --> 00:56:42,065
I hope the next episode is just as good.
1061
00:56:42,899 --> 00:56:46,027
You give them
an unpredictable, controversial ending,
1062
00:56:46,986 --> 00:56:50,240
which is the ending of my story,
but not the story.
1063
00:56:50,865 --> 00:56:52,117
It exceeded expectations
1064
00:56:52,200 --> 00:56:54,869
'cause I was able to swing boldly
up until my last second.
1065
00:56:54,953 --> 00:56:58,748
My last decision was a bold swing.
1066
00:56:59,541 --> 00:57:02,210
One that would not be universally liked.
1067
00:57:03,962 --> 00:57:05,255
Gosh, Paul's great.
1068
00:57:05,922 --> 00:57:08,842
And he's great to work with.
He's a great collaborator.
1069
00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:10,885
He allows freedom to paint.
1070
00:57:12,429 --> 00:57:13,680
But no BS.
1071
00:57:13,763 --> 00:57:15,640
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
1072
00:57:15,723 --> 00:57:19,060
[commentator] I see Jimmy
from security's here for a reason.
1073
00:57:19,144 --> 00:57:21,271
We got Jimmy waiting in the wings
just in case.
1074
00:57:21,354 --> 00:57:23,064
{\an8}- [crowd chanting] You fucked up!
- Come on.
1075
00:57:23,148 --> 00:57:28,570
{\an8}You fucked up! You fucked up!
You fucked up! You fucked up!
1076
00:57:28,653 --> 00:57:32,615
{\an8}[Hunter] I'm actually mildly disappointed.
I thought it would be so much louder.
1077
00:57:32,699 --> 00:57:34,909
- [chuckling]
- [crowd] You fucked up!
1078
00:57:36,369 --> 00:57:39,330
They were really upset.
1079
00:57:39,414 --> 00:57:41,666
They certainly were talking about Gunther.
1080
00:57:42,333 --> 00:57:44,461
[man 1] Fuck you, Gunther!
1081
00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:47,422
Fuck you! Fuck you!
1082
00:57:48,548 --> 00:57:50,383
[man 2] Get the fuck out of here!
1083
00:57:54,262 --> 00:57:57,891
[Cena] My truth is, I just wanna do
what is best for business.
1084
00:57:57,974 --> 00:58:00,477
And I wanna leave this place
better than I found it.
1085
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:04,814
History dictates, if you're leaving
a company or you're leaving your career,
1086
00:58:04,898 --> 00:58:06,107
you go out on your back,
1087
00:58:06,191 --> 00:58:08,735
and you lose to somebody
to make them a bigger star.
1088
00:58:08,818 --> 00:58:10,069
[chanting] You suck!
1089
00:58:10,153 --> 00:58:13,656
It allows us
to continue his growth and ascent
1090
00:58:13,740 --> 00:58:17,452
as sort of a monster heel.
1091
00:58:17,952 --> 00:58:20,747
[angry jeering]
1092
00:58:21,498 --> 00:58:24,751
Some people think
John Cena's retirement run was a failure.
1093
00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:29,380
I don't see that at all. I see it
as a whopping success on all levels.
1094
00:58:30,590 --> 00:58:33,426
[Cena] I have been taking every moment in
1095
00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:36,387
since I walked down the ramp
in Chicago in 2002.
1096
00:58:36,471 --> 00:58:41,309
[crowd chanting] Thank you, Cena!
Thank you, Cena!
1097
00:58:41,809 --> 00:58:43,603
[Cena] I don't ever miss a moment.
1098
00:58:43,686 --> 00:58:49,567
And who's gonna be the next WWE Champion?
1099
00:58:49,651 --> 00:58:51,778
[crowd] You can't see me!
1100
00:58:51,861 --> 00:58:53,821
[Cena] John Cena.
1101
00:58:54,322 --> 00:58:56,074
[Cole] Sweet 16
1102
00:58:57,367 --> 00:58:58,701
for John Cena.
1103
00:59:00,078 --> 00:59:01,371
[Jim Ross] By God!
1104
00:59:02,288 --> 00:59:03,915
It's John Cena!
1105
00:59:04,415 --> 00:59:08,253
Sure, I'd wanna do it forever.
But look how many minutes I've had.
1106
00:59:08,753 --> 00:59:10,463
Great, wonderful moments.
1107
00:59:10,547 --> 00:59:15,009
[Cole] John Cena's a Grand Slam Champion!
1108
00:59:15,510 --> 00:59:17,720
[Cena] I've been thinking about this
for three years.
1109
00:59:18,972 --> 00:59:22,141
I painted a picture,
and this is way better than the picture.
1110
00:59:22,225 --> 00:59:23,977
That's all, folks.
1111
00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:26,771
It's the end.
1112
00:59:27,272 --> 00:59:30,400
Let's go home. We did it. That's it.
1113
00:59:31,651 --> 00:59:35,947
I am absolutely done
with physical in-ring performance.
1114
00:59:36,030 --> 00:59:36,948
That, uh…
1115
00:59:37,031 --> 00:59:39,659
My time is up. Your time is now.
1116
00:59:42,412 --> 00:59:44,330
[intriguing music playing]
1117
01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:20,366
{\an8}[music fades out]