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[suspenseful music playing]

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[Hunter] The <i>Royal Rumble</i>
is incredibly important.

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{\an8}It sort of kicks off,
if you want to say it this way,

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{\an8}your playoff season.

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{\an8}[Cole] <i>Welcome to the </i>Royal Rumble<i>!</i>

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[Hunter] With the majority
of the company in it,

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it starts your march
towards the WWE Super Bowl.

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It starts the Road to <i>WrestleMania</i>.

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[commentator] <i>The individuals who are</i>
<i>numbers one and two will enter this ring.</i>

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<i>Then, every two minutes thereafter,</i>
<i>another Superstar enters the ring.</i>

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<i>Elimination occurs when an individual</i>
<i>is thrown over the top rope,</i>

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<i>but both feet must touch the floor.</i>

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The winner of both the men's
and the women's Rumble

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get a shot at the champion
of their choice at <i>WrestleMania</i>.

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[commentator] Stone Cold is going
to <i>WrestleMania</i>!

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- [JR] John Cena!
- [Cole] Seth Rollins!

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- [commentator 2] Charlotte Flair!
- [King] Randy Orton!

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- [Cole] Roman Reigns!
- [commentator 3] Brock Lesnar!

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[Hunter] So when you start to make
a decision like this,

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there's so many variables in this,
and you gotta try to think of all of them.

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You can very easily… begin
to put somebody in a position

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that fans just won't accept.

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{\an8}[Baeckstrom] In terms of building,
again, from a storyline standpoint,

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I think, just in terms
of heading into <i>Mania</i>,

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Breakker winning the Rumble
and going into <i>Mania </i>as the challenger

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{\an8}feels like a… more organic build for him.

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{\an8}[Hunter] So the risk with Bron Breakker
is everything from, can he actually do it?

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Can he mentally handle it?
Will fans accept it?

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So you have to really be sure.

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{\an8}The Royal Rumble is a star-making moment…
for him to win and

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{\an8}get where we need to go.

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For whatever reason, him winning the title
immediately feels to me like we're kinda…

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[Hunter] Doesn't feel like
shoving him down your throat.

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I think you could make a shocking moment
out of it,

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but I… I still worry a bit

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that it feels like
you're just shoving him down your throat.

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Yeah.

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Okay. Well, I think we just need
to think about it a little bit more.

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- [Ward] Sure.
- [Hunter] Mm-hmm.

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On the women's side,
it seems much cleaner.

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Liv Morgan is weighing heavily
into our plans for the Royal Rumble,

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but there's still a few questions
around her health.

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{\an8}[Morgan] I'm at the process in my recovery
where it's pretty much balls to the wall,

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{\an8}which means I can essentially do anything.

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{\an8}We are in my barn

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that I turned into, like,
my gym-slash-wrestling ring.

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I just created a space to stay sharp,

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which… It paid off huge
during this recovery.

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{\an8}- A squirrel lives in here too.
- [producer chuckles]

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{\an8}I swear to God,
he lives, like, over here somewhere.

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{\an8}There's a little nest right there.

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I feel like Snow White sometimes,
you know?

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Like, I have these squirrels

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and these fucking lizards
occupying my space with me,

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and I'm like, "Whatever."

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[Cole] Morgan to the apron, fighting back!

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Rhea's hanging on!

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Morgan eliminated by Rhea Ripley!

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[Morgan] I was the runner-up for two years
in the Royal Rumble.

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[Cole] Kick from Morgan.

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Morgan… Down goes Cargill with Oblivion,

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and Bayley eliminates Morgan!

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[Morgan] I would love to come back
and win the Rumble, so…

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Here we are. We're two days away.
Forty-eight hours

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from me being clear.

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Um… [clicks tongue]

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[chuckles] Ew!

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Um, I'm excited and I'm happy.
This was a really long journey.

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I feel good. I feel ready.
I think I'm ready.

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I'm ready. I'm ready.

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[uneasy music playing]

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[Morgan] Just aside from the mechanics
of getting my shoulder working properly,

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the in-ring recovery
is a different process.

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How am I reacting to cardio?

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Running the ropes,
getting that in-ring conditioning up.

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My rolls, smaller movements
to eventually doing just, like, anything

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that would simulate a match in steps.

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Man, I forgot. Like, this shit's hard.

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I've been in
every single women's Royal Rumble

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since we started doing them in 2018.

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So not only do I have the most experience,
but I have a few tricks up my sleeve

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that I don't think
anyone's gonna be prepared for.

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I would love to not be
the runner-up anymore.

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So we'll see.

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I feel like if there was ever a year
where Liv could win the Royal Rumble,

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it might be this year.

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[intriguing music playing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[music fades]

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{\an8}We are on the bus, uh,
en route to Birmingham, Alabama to, uh…

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to get this,
this here shoulder operated on.

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{\an8}[pensive music playing]

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{\an8}[Cole] Rollins now from the top rope.

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Rollins… Oh my goodness!

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Just thinking about

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<i>WrestleMania</i>, obviously,
and, uh, what that could have been, and

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what it will or won't be,
uh, this next year,

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and, um, kind of also just thinking about

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that I don't have
that many left, you know?

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And so, um… for me,

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main eventing <i>WrestleMania</i>
is, like, as big as it gets, and…

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In my opinion…
I don't know if I told you this or not,

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but in my opinion, I haven't properly
main evented <i>WrestleMania</i>.

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{\an8}A couple of night ones,

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{\an8}and the cash-in, and, you know, yada yada.

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[Cole] Curb Stomp on Reigns!

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Cover by Rollins!

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[crowd] One, two…

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[Cole] Rollins
with the heist of the century!

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Brilliant!

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[Rollins] But for me, being on the marquee
and headlining night two,

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having that is something
that I've always wanted,

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and I do feel like this year
was probably the year for it.

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And, um, to know
that that's probably out the window

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is just… It's really difficult
to wrap my head around at the moment.

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You know,
the timeline is six months, I think.

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You know, you can do it in five
with a rotator surgery.

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[woman] So you're having
an examination under anesthesia,

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left shoulder arthroscopy,
rotator cuff repair,

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subacromial decompression,
possible biceps tenodesis,

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possible labral repair,

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and the indicated procedure
with Dr. Dugas.

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- Great.
- [woman] Okay.

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[Rollins] Done this so many times.

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She's probably more nervous,
scared than I am.

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{\an8}- I'm fine. [chuckling]
- [Rollins] Yeah. A little high-pitched.

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{\an8}- You gonna watch?
- [Lynch] No.

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{\an8}- We have a viewing room in there.
- [Lynch] Oh God, no.

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[Dugas] There's couches. You can watch TV.

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- Oh my…
- [Dugas] No chance. Okay.

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- What… If I can watch TV…
- [Dugas] You're not allowed to help.

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But you can sit in there
and watch if you want, or watch TV.

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Maybe I'll sit…
I mean, it sounds comfortable,

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as long as I'm just not seeing
blood and things.

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No, you'll see a screen,
basically, of what we're doing.

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- [Lynch] But I can avert my eyes.
- You can avert your eyes.

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- You can avert, you can…
- [Lynch] Okay.

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Good luck. I love you.

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- See you on the other side, dawg.
- Bye.

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Oh God, that's just…

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- It's so disgusting.
- [man snickering]

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[man] Are you regretting your decision
to come down?

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How do you guys…
You just look at this all the time? Oh!

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- [man] All the time. [laughs]
- [Lynch] It's like cutting into chicken.

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[indistinct chatter]

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[man] That's his biceps tendon
above where the needle is going in.

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- Oh yeah, is it? Is it? Great.
- [laughter]

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- [Rollins] Everything go smooth?
- [Lynch] Yeah.

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- I think better than they thought.
- [Rollins] Better than they thought?

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[Lynch] Yeah, your, eh…

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It was just your rotator cuff.

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<i>- </i>[man on TV] <i>The Vision has shifted.</i>
- [Lynch] There he is, handsome bastard.

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This guy, dedication.

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First thing when he wakes up,
"Turn on <i>SmackDown</i>."

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<i>- </i>[Cole] <i>Wait a minute! Oh my God!</i>
<i>- </i>[Barrett] <i>The hell is going on?!</i>

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[man on TV] <i>As Bron Breakker</i>
<i>and Bronson Reed speak out.</i>

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- [Lynch] How do you want it?
- Just… It's a back bun.

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[Lynch] Okay.

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Pull it through.

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Then wrap it.

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I don't know if this is what you do.
But this is what I do.

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[Rollins] Close.

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Okay.

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[intriguing music playing]

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[Koskey] <i>Survivor Series </i>is
our last big PLE of the year.

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The WarGames concept,

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{\an8}bringing two teams of five Superstars
on each side together,

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{\an8}uh, offers a unique opportunity

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in that it kind of is a chance
for a bunch of your top stars

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to kind of get together all in one match.

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{\an8}[bell dinging]

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{\an8}[Taylor] The following

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{\an8}is the men's WarGames match!

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Come on!

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It's also a chance
and provides a great platform

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for someone like an up-and-coming star
like Bron Breakker

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to have a breakthrough performance.

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[Hunter] Anytime that you have
new, young, fresh talent

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and a bunch of top stars
all in something together,

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there's opportunities there
to create new moments for the young guys

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to brush up and to get the rub,
as we call it,

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and that's really
what your career comes up,

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as a bunch of moments
where you get that rub

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until eventually the rub is yours, right?

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Like, and you are a top star.

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Bron, you good?

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- Good. Thank you.
- Yes, sir.

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There's an opportunity at WarGames here
for us to give a moment to Bron Breakker.

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{\an8}Everybody's saying,
"This guy's the future,

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{\an8}the next this and that and the other."

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{\an8}And… I have a job to do.
And I gotta do it.

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[CM Punk] People ask me all the time,
like, "Is he ready?"

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{\an8}My answer's always the same.
I don't think anybody's ever ready.

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{\an8}I think you have to believe…

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<i>you </i>have to believe in yourself
that you're ready.

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He's everything
that we always tell people that he is.

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He's got the weight of the world
on his shoulders.

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[tense music playing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[CM Punk] I always wanted to be picked
and chosen and told,

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"This guy's the future."

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That was never me.

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Then I see it with him,

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and I see everybody laying all that
on his shoulders,

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and I look at it now, and I go,
"I'm glad I didn't have that," you know?

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I don't know
how I would've responded to that pressure.

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[Cole] Breakker now on Cody's shoulders.

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[Barrett] CM Punk's got a cut of his own
to match Cody Rhodes's.

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- [Cole] Now Punk from the top rope!
- [Barrett] Oh God!

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Breakker lands on the back of his neck!

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<i>- Now Punk from the top rope!</i>
- [all gasping]

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[Barrett] And that could be
a broken neck for Bron Breakker.

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Is he okay?

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Check on him.

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[Barrett] That was horrible.
Absolutely sickening!

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Landed right on my neck.

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[uneasy music playing]

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Scary.

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I still, like, feel my hands
and my feet, but,

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physically, I didn't know.

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[Barrett] Bron Breakker is
in a mess right now.

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Get him against the cage
and let him talk to you.

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Fuck!

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People don't understand
the finest of lines

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00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:12,648
between showbiz and real.

226
00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:17,069
The finest of lines between he's fine

227
00:12:17,153 --> 00:12:18,612
and he's not fine.

228
00:12:19,113 --> 00:12:21,574
There's an old saying,
"It ain't ballet," right?

229
00:12:21,657 --> 00:12:25,578
And that's not to put down ballet,
but the… the physicality of our business

230
00:12:25,661 --> 00:12:28,164
is such that at any given time,

231
00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,373
it can be over.

232
00:12:29,957 --> 00:12:32,042
When you see a moment like that,

233
00:12:32,126 --> 00:12:36,505
and there's just that moment there
where you don't know that he is okay,

234
00:12:37,673 --> 00:12:38,841
you hold your breath.

235
00:12:38,924 --> 00:12:43,262
Y'all, please check on Bron Breakker.
That was as nasty as they come.

236
00:12:44,388 --> 00:12:47,892
[Hayes] You guys may have to have
Reed switch roles with Bron.

237
00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:50,770
{\an8}You have to hope and pray for the best,

238
00:12:50,853 --> 00:12:55,107
{\an8}but you do have to start
thinking of plan B and C.

239
00:12:55,691 --> 00:12:56,942
What's the word?

240
00:12:57,735 --> 00:12:59,278
Fucking A.

241
00:12:59,361 --> 00:13:01,113
They're gonna take him out.

242
00:13:01,697 --> 00:13:05,326
So, can he roll into the Breakker role?

243
00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:09,038
It seemed like the most logical thing
to do at the time.

244
00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:13,709
{\an8}You know, Bronson was part of The Vision.
I mean, it all made sense.

245
00:13:13,793 --> 00:13:16,295
{\an8}Now, we got lucky on that one.

246
00:13:16,378 --> 00:13:17,880
We got very lucky.

247
00:13:17,963 --> 00:13:20,424
Doc said he's okay? Doc said he's okay?

248
00:13:20,508 --> 00:13:23,469
[man] Doc said he's okay. Wait, wait.
Hold on. He might be okay.

249
00:13:23,552 --> 00:13:24,804
- He's okay.
- He's okay.

250
00:13:25,387 --> 00:13:26,806
[suspenseful music playing]

251
00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,310
[Breakker] I was very lucky
to walk out of that situation, but

252
00:13:32,686 --> 00:13:35,397
you work through pain.
That's the job. You're supposed to.

253
00:13:36,106 --> 00:13:39,819
Put in a position where we're gonna go
with you, you're gonna be the centerpiece,

254
00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:42,196
and you're gonna be the guy,
you gotta live it.

255
00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:43,739
You gotta own it, gotta do it.

256
00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,366
[music building]

257
00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:50,871
You will never be better than a Steiner.

258
00:13:50,955 --> 00:13:53,582
[Barrett] Bron Breakker is
an actual maniac.

259
00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,960
The guy who I thought was
potentially paralyzed

260
00:13:56,043 --> 00:13:57,628
about ten minutes ago.

261
00:13:58,796 --> 00:14:01,799
And if I get dinged up
in the middle of a match,

262
00:14:01,882 --> 00:14:06,303
quit on my company, quit on Hunter,
what's it say about me?

263
00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:08,264
I'll run through a wall for those people.

264
00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,349
I have a job to do.

265
00:14:10,432 --> 00:14:13,519
[Cole] A massive Spear to CM Punk.

266
00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:16,897
Breakker, cover,

267
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,941
wins WarGames!

268
00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:24,363
[Taylor] Here are your winners…

269
00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:27,199
[Rhodes] Being honest, he did great.

270
00:14:27,283 --> 00:14:29,159
{\an8}We probably shouldn't wanna root for Bron

271
00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:31,495
{\an8}because he's coming to take
someone's spot.

272
00:14:31,579 --> 00:14:34,248
{\an8}Maybe mine, maybe Roman's, maybe Punk's.

273
00:14:34,748 --> 00:14:37,626
But we are rooting for him.
That's the nature of what we do.

274
00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,378
It's sharks. You want the spot,

275
00:14:39,461 --> 00:14:42,506
and he's not afraid to say
he wants the spot, go for it.

276
00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:45,342
47,000 people, that's a great start
for Bron Breakker.

277
00:14:45,426 --> 00:14:47,303
I'm, in a way, very proud of him.

278
00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:49,805
- [Breakker] Nah, you're good.
- [Hunter] Your neck okay? Yeah?

279
00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:51,432
He okay?

280
00:14:52,141 --> 00:14:54,059
[Breakker] I'd wrestle
with a broken neck for you.

281
00:14:54,143 --> 00:14:55,436
I don't give a fuck.

282
00:14:55,519 --> 00:14:57,771
I don't want you to though. [chuckles]

283
00:14:58,939 --> 00:15:00,900
At any given time, for any talent,

284
00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:02,568
they can be out of the game.

285
00:15:02,651 --> 00:15:06,238
In this instance,
you're seeing Cena retire,

286
00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:08,657
Seth Rollins getting injured.

287
00:15:09,408 --> 00:15:13,370
You're dodging a bullet
with Bron Breakker.

288
00:15:13,454 --> 00:15:17,166
You have to have people ready to go,
to take the spot.

289
00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,460
People that are hungry
and chomping at the bit.

290
00:15:19,543 --> 00:15:23,422
{\an8}And that's when we look at NXT,
what that crew's doing down there,

291
00:15:23,505 --> 00:15:25,174
{\an8}what NXT provides.

292
00:15:25,257 --> 00:15:26,926
NXT is our developmental brand.

293
00:15:27,009 --> 00:15:28,552
As we recruit talent,

294
00:15:28,636 --> 00:15:31,847
prospective Superstars
from around the world, NXT in Orlando,

295
00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:35,643
the Performance Center, it's a place
where prospective talents can come in

296
00:15:35,726 --> 00:15:37,895
and be trained by our trainers.

297
00:15:37,978 --> 00:15:39,605
[intriguing music playing]

298
00:15:39,688 --> 00:15:42,650
[Koskey] They can learn
the way we do production.

299
00:15:43,525 --> 00:15:48,405
Getting them ready to take the steps
to learn WWE from the ground up,

300
00:15:48,489 --> 00:15:49,740
so they can be called up

301
00:15:49,823 --> 00:15:53,369
and kind of hit the ground running
on <i>Raw </i>or <i>SmackDown.</i>

302
00:15:54,328 --> 00:15:57,539
And you see these talent ready to go,

303
00:15:57,623 --> 00:15:59,458
just waiting for that moment.

304
00:16:03,170 --> 00:16:04,588
[Prichard] NXT,

305
00:16:05,214 --> 00:16:09,468
{\an8}we gotta look at our resources there,
pull some people up that may not be ready,

306
00:16:09,551 --> 00:16:11,929
and get them up here and get them started.

307
00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:16,433
Break some fucking eggs,
and let's figure it out.

308
00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,644
There's a part of me that thinks

309
00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,272
you do something with Oba here,

310
00:16:22,356 --> 00:16:24,608
then he debuts big in the Rumble,

311
00:16:25,609 --> 00:16:27,277
and we just get him cooking.

312
00:16:27,361 --> 00:16:28,904
[suspenseful music playing]

313
00:16:28,988 --> 00:16:34,410
{\an8}[Vic Joseph] Just got grabbed,
just got dropped by Oba Femi.

314
00:16:34,910 --> 00:16:37,496
{\an8}[Hunter] He's a sponge, great attitude.

315
00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:41,083
To make him
a main event box office attraction,

316
00:16:41,166 --> 00:16:43,252
he needs to be a bad motherfucker.

317
00:16:44,586 --> 00:16:47,131
{\an8}You never know until he gets here,
but I feel that--

318
00:16:47,214 --> 00:16:50,092
{\an8}We have a starting pitcher in the bullpen
at the moment. Yeah.

319
00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,970
Yeah. That one I feel is
the can't-miss quarterback

320
00:16:53,053 --> 00:16:54,596
coming up out of the system.

321
00:16:55,097 --> 00:16:56,181
My question would be,

322
00:16:56,265 --> 00:17:01,228
if we had one other person
we wanted to see go on to the Rumble,

323
00:17:01,311 --> 00:17:02,521
who would it be?

324
00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:04,815
Is it Trick?

325
00:17:05,315 --> 00:17:08,027
Do we wanna give Trick
a spotlight with somebody?

326
00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:11,488
{\an8}- [crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
- [Booker T] What?

327
00:17:11,572 --> 00:17:13,532
{\an8}- Yeah!
- [crowd] Whoop that Trick!

328
00:17:15,576 --> 00:17:18,328
[Hunter] He's done everything
he can possibly do in NXT.

329
00:17:18,954 --> 00:17:22,499
He's not gonna get any better down there.
If anything, he might regress.

330
00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:25,919
He needs to come up here
and work with people with more experience.

331
00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:33,218
I think we gotta pull the trigger
on somebody, and why not try with him?

332
00:17:33,844 --> 00:17:37,264
You know, we have to be patient, too,
as far as when they come up.

333
00:17:37,347 --> 00:17:41,518
They're not gonna be fucking ready
when they come up.

334
00:17:44,104 --> 00:17:45,939
{\an8}[animals calling]

335
00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:49,276
{\an8}- [man] Close your eyes. Don't look.
- [woman] My eyes have been closed!

336
00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:52,237
{\an8}All right, man, come on, tighten up.
Let's go. Follow me.

337
00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:55,365
{\an8}- [giggles] Wait! Wait!
- Straight. Go straight.

338
00:17:57,451 --> 00:18:00,120
- What's straight? I can't see.
- This way. Keep going. Keep going.

339
00:18:00,954 --> 00:18:03,582
- [Lash] I don't know where we're going.
- [Trick] We're almost there.

340
00:18:03,665 --> 00:18:06,168
- We're almost there.
- I'm scared. I'm not kidding.

341
00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:08,504
[Trick] All right,
we gonna make a 90-degree turn.

342
00:18:08,587 --> 00:18:10,422
- [Lash] About-face?
- About-face.

343
00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:12,633
- This way? That way?
- Open your eyes on three.

344
00:18:12,716 --> 00:18:16,261
- [Lash] Am I turning?
- One, two, three!

345
00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,473
- [gasps] Oh my God!
- [both laughing]

346
00:18:19,973 --> 00:18:20,808
[Trick] Yeah!

347
00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:23,769
- Oh my goodness!
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

348
00:18:23,852 --> 00:18:25,896
- [Lash laughs]
- I know this is your favorite.

349
00:18:25,979 --> 00:18:27,815
- Yes, I love elephants.
- Oh my gosh.

350
00:18:27,898 --> 00:18:31,110
- Are they saying hi to us? Hi!
- I don't know what they're saying.

351
00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:32,945
- What's their names?
- [Lash] I'm kinda scared.

352
00:18:33,028 --> 00:18:34,905
[keeper] This is Shelly,
and this is Marie.

353
00:18:34,988 --> 00:18:35,906
Oh!

354
00:18:35,989 --> 00:18:39,493
- Shit! Oh my God! Hey.
- [both laughing]

355
00:18:39,576 --> 00:18:40,744
Oh my gosh, I have--

356
00:18:40,828 --> 00:18:41,662
[air pops]

357
00:18:42,454 --> 00:18:44,957
- [Trick] What's wrong with you?
- Shelly blew on me.

358
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,000
I can't believe
we're looking at elephants!

359
00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:49,002
- That's right.
- I love elephants!

360
00:18:49,086 --> 00:18:50,546
- Who your fiancé?
- You.

361
00:18:50,629 --> 00:18:52,631
- All right, who gets the job done?
- Hey.

362
00:18:54,716 --> 00:18:56,260
[Lash chuckles]

363
00:18:56,343 --> 00:18:57,928
[elephant trumpeting]

364
00:18:58,011 --> 00:18:59,179
[Trick] Oh my goodness.

365
00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:05,018
{\an8}My government name is Matrick Belton,
but I go by Tricky 2 Times,

366
00:19:05,102 --> 00:19:07,437
{\an8}The Anointed One, Trick Willy,

367
00:19:07,521 --> 00:19:08,814
{\an8}Mr. Whoop Dat,

368
00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:10,816
{\an8}Mr. Lemon Pepper Stepper…

369
00:19:10,899 --> 00:19:13,068
{\an8}- Trick Williams.
- ["Whoop That Trick" playing]

370
00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:17,114
[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
Whoop that Trick!

371
00:19:17,197 --> 00:19:20,742
Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

372
00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:23,579
I'm gonna be real with you.
I'm not a babyface.

373
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:25,539
I ain't a heel.

374
00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:27,457
You can't put me in a box.

375
00:19:27,541 --> 00:19:30,419
You know, the crowd's gonna feel
how they feel.

376
00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:34,715
[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
Whoop that Trick!

377
00:19:34,798 --> 00:19:36,967
{\an8}[Trick] Music makes things gel.

378
00:19:37,050 --> 00:19:39,219
My entrance music, "Whoop That Trick…"

379
00:19:39,303 --> 00:19:40,762
[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!

380
00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:44,183
…it sets the atmosphere
before I even step foot in the building.

381
00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:46,643
[Barrett] Boom! Right to the kisser.

382
00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:49,146
The original songwriter
of "Whoop That Trick,"

383
00:19:49,229 --> 00:19:52,357
Al Kapone himself,
you know, the king of Memphis,

384
00:19:52,441 --> 00:19:55,652
he reaches out to me, like, "I love
what you're doing for the culture."

385
00:19:55,736 --> 00:19:59,698
I say, man, "That's the co-sign
that I always needed. You got the stamp."

386
00:19:59,781 --> 00:20:05,204
[Joseph] Trick Williams is a star
in every sense of the word.

387
00:20:05,287 --> 00:20:08,582
This man could be the future
sooner than later.

388
00:20:09,082 --> 00:20:12,127
Me and my family,
we watched wrestling all growing up.

389
00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:16,798
Matter of fact, my first cuss word,
watching Stone Cold Steve Austin.

390
00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:18,967
{\an8}Talk about John 3:16.

391
00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:23,222
{\an8}Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your ass!

392
00:20:23,305 --> 00:20:24,514
{\an8}[crowd cheering]

393
00:20:24,598 --> 00:20:27,017
I opened a can of whoop-ass
at three years old.

394
00:20:27,100 --> 00:20:30,103
I could take off these
lemon pepper steppers,

395
00:20:31,730 --> 00:20:34,775
and I'm still six foot five, 250 pounds.

396
00:20:34,858 --> 00:20:37,903
In other words,
Trick Williams is a grown-ass man!

397
00:20:37,986 --> 00:20:40,239
I always compare my style
to be more like a lion.

398
00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:43,283
I'm powerful, ferocious. I jump at you.

399
00:20:43,367 --> 00:20:46,912
I talk a lot. I got a roar,
know what I mean? I got a mane.

400
00:20:46,995 --> 00:20:49,539
And she was like, "I'm not a lioness.
I'm an elephant."

401
00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:50,624
[Lash laughs]

402
00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:54,211
I said, "Well, an elephant and a lion
ain't supposed to be together."

403
00:20:54,294 --> 00:20:57,464
"So you gotta make a decision."
But she said she an elephant.

404
00:20:57,547 --> 00:21:02,177
I feel like elephants are
the most respected in the animal kingdom.

405
00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,513
But the lion is the king of the jungle.

406
00:21:04,596 --> 00:21:07,015
Lash Legend is the "Boujee Bully."

407
00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:09,434
<i>♪ Skrr… ♪</i>

408
00:21:10,227 --> 00:21:11,270
[Trick] She's fancy.

409
00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:13,438
She always got some lashes on.

410
00:21:13,522 --> 00:21:15,357
She always got some fur on.

411
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:19,194
She's bigger than everybody,
so she bullies people around.

412
00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:23,573
[Barrett] Five feet 11 inches
of overwhelming power.

413
00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:26,451
Like, The first time I saw her,
I already knew. Like…

414
00:21:26,535 --> 00:21:29,621
[exhales sharply]
My heart started jumping a little bit.

415
00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:32,749
Yeah, I asked her out probably three,
four times before she said yes.

416
00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:36,920
You know, the crazy thing is,
I never asked her to be my girlfriend.

417
00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:40,841
She just kind of moved in
when she was ready, so… [chuckles]

418
00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:45,470
She was like, "Let's tell the world.
Let everybody see what we got going on."

419
00:21:45,554 --> 00:21:49,391
We was just being ourselves. It was
probably the easiest work I've ever done.

420
00:21:49,891 --> 00:21:52,894
We've been rocking on TV,
off TV ever since.

421
00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:54,313
[crowd encouraging]

422
00:21:54,396 --> 00:21:56,231
[cheering excitedly]

423
00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,614
{\an8}[Trick] Right around the time
that we started kicking it

424
00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:06,366
{\an8}and supporting one another,

425
00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:09,453
you could see my career take off
to a whole nother level.

426
00:22:09,953 --> 00:22:10,954
- [Lash mutters]
- Huh?

427
00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,415
- You're messing up my hair.
- I'm sorry. My bad.

428
00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:17,169
So, yeah, she can't go nowhere.

429
00:22:17,252 --> 00:22:18,587
{\an8}[Lash gasps emotionally]

430
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:21,214
{\an8}Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.

431
00:22:23,258 --> 00:22:27,137
- I don't wanna do this without you.
- [Lash] Oh my goodness. [sobs]

432
00:22:28,555 --> 00:22:31,183
- I wanna be with you forever.
- [Lash] Oh my goodness.

433
00:22:31,266 --> 00:22:32,851
- I love you.
- [Lash sobs]

434
00:22:32,934 --> 00:22:35,979
Thank you
for bringing all these people together.

435
00:22:36,563 --> 00:22:38,607
- So, if you will…
- [Lash] Oh my goodness.

436
00:22:38,690 --> 00:22:39,858
[laughter]

437
00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:42,235
[Lash] Oh my gosh. [sobs]

438
00:22:43,070 --> 00:22:45,238
- [Trick] Please…
- [Lash] Oh my goodness.

439
00:22:45,322 --> 00:22:47,657
[laughter]

440
00:22:48,742 --> 00:22:49,993
…be Mrs. Belton.

441
00:22:50,077 --> 00:22:51,244
- [Lash chuckles]
- [laughter]

442
00:22:51,328 --> 00:22:52,913
- I'd love to, yes.
- Good.

443
00:22:52,996 --> 00:22:56,166
[onlookers] Aww! [clapping]

444
00:22:59,044 --> 00:23:03,590
[Trick] It was just a beautiful moment,
and we've been floating ever since.

445
00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:04,674
Feel that?

446
00:23:05,175 --> 00:23:07,344
The way I'm looking at it now, you know,

447
00:23:07,427 --> 00:23:12,140
we traveling to Germany,
London, Montreal, Saudi Arabia,

448
00:23:12,849 --> 00:23:14,976
you know, and they paying for it.

449
00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:19,272
So… [chuckles]
…we live a honeymoon every single day.

450
00:23:20,774 --> 00:23:24,694
- What? She got them eyelashes on.
- She got them lashes.

451
00:23:25,779 --> 00:23:27,155
I like your lashes.

452
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,615
[chuckles]

453
00:23:28,698 --> 00:23:30,784
[keeper] Come here. Oh, she's peeing.

454
00:23:30,867 --> 00:23:33,036
[urine splashing heavily]

455
00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,496
[Trick] That's, like, a gallon.

456
00:23:34,996 --> 00:23:37,332
[keeper] You have to
clean up afterwards. Just…

457
00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:40,168
- [Trick] Two gallons.
- [Lash] Okay.

458
00:23:41,002 --> 00:23:42,546
- Wow.
- Three gallons.

459
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,883
- [keeper] She drinks 250 gallons a day.
- [Trick] Oh my God.

460
00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:49,302
[Lash snickers]

461
00:23:50,345 --> 00:23:53,056
Wow, it's just going, huh? [chuckles]

462
00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:56,309
[keeper] Big bladder. [laughs]

463
00:23:56,393 --> 00:23:59,271
- [Trick laughs]
- [Lash] This is crazy. It's a waterfall.

464
00:23:59,354 --> 00:24:01,606
[keeper] We're standing here
watching the elephant pee.

465
00:24:02,232 --> 00:24:04,734
[Lash] Still going. Wow, Marie.

466
00:24:05,402 --> 00:24:07,821
- She's talented, huh?
- [keeper] Get over, Marie.

467
00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:15,203
- [Lash] Thank you, Marie.
- [Trick chuckles]

468
00:24:15,287 --> 00:24:17,747
[Hunter] We gotta build the youth,

469
00:24:17,831 --> 00:24:21,334
and we have this batch of young people
that are ready to move in there, Phil,

470
00:24:21,418 --> 00:24:23,170
and for the first time I can think of,

471
00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:27,799
{\an8}we got a bunch of people in the upper deck
that are not only at that place,

472
00:24:27,883 --> 00:24:31,386
but at that place and willing to be like,
"Oh, let me have them."

473
00:24:31,887 --> 00:24:34,723
As I'm eventually gonna start
to slow down and transition,

474
00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:37,017
I'll make that motherfucker,
so when I move over,

475
00:24:37,100 --> 00:24:39,853
he's seamlessly into the fucking spots.

476
00:24:39,936 --> 00:24:40,770
You don't

477
00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:44,524
become main event talent
without working with main event talent.

478
00:24:44,608 --> 00:24:47,110
Yeah. It really makes me…

479
00:24:47,611 --> 00:24:50,447
Like, when I think about the future of it,

480
00:24:50,530 --> 00:24:53,325
I go, like,
"Oh, we're fucking… We're good."

481
00:24:53,408 --> 00:24:55,285
- Absolutely.
- Have you talked to him much?

482
00:24:55,368 --> 00:24:56,453
- Oba? Yeah.
- Yeah.

483
00:24:56,536 --> 00:24:58,371
[Hunter] He's the right human being.

484
00:24:58,455 --> 00:25:01,416
I spend a lot of time with him
anytime I'm down there.

485
00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,461
Because he's also one of the guys
that kinda just hovers around

486
00:25:04,544 --> 00:25:05,420
and asks questions.

487
00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,047
[Hunter] Yeah, wants to know, and…

488
00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:12,677
{\an8}My government name
is Torioluwa Oshiumi Isaac Odugbesan.

489
00:25:12,761 --> 00:25:15,805
{\an8}If you know me from my childhood,
you know me as Isaac.

490
00:25:15,889 --> 00:25:17,766
{\an8}If you know me from my college days,

491
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:21,061
{\an8}you also know me as Isaac
because you can't say my first name.

492
00:25:21,144 --> 00:25:24,231
{\an8}And, uh, if you know me from television,

493
00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:26,233
{\an8}my name is Oba Femi.

494
00:25:26,316 --> 00:25:28,568
{\an8}[dramatic music playing]

495
00:25:30,779 --> 00:25:34,574
[Joseph] Oba Femi is here!

496
00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,993
[Booker chuckles] Wow!

497
00:25:40,163 --> 00:25:44,668
[Oba] My entrance, it's very similar
to, like, the Ric Flair strut.

498
00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:50,215
But it's mine because, you know,
I put my own twist on it.

499
00:25:50,298 --> 00:25:52,259
If anyone else did the entrance,

500
00:25:52,342 --> 00:25:54,844
it would be seen as,
like, goofy or comical,

501
00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:56,054
but, like,

502
00:25:56,721 --> 00:26:02,185
it's the irony of this absolute beast
just dancing his way to the ring.

503
00:26:02,686 --> 00:26:05,647
But, at the end of the day,
I'm coming to kill you.

504
00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:08,483
[Booker] No bread. No water.

505
00:26:08,567 --> 00:26:11,111
Just meat tonight, dawg.

506
00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:16,366
[Joseph] Well, this man shakes the ground
when he walks.

507
00:26:16,449 --> 00:26:21,037
This is a man who will be talked about
for generations to come.

508
00:26:23,999 --> 00:26:29,004
A man who will have statues
and casinos named in his honor.

509
00:26:30,130 --> 00:26:33,800
And the Fall From Grace.

510
00:26:33,883 --> 00:26:36,386
[referee and crowd] One, two, three!

511
00:26:36,469 --> 00:26:37,804
[bell dinging]

512
00:26:37,887 --> 00:26:39,556
I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria,

513
00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:42,684
uh, spent 19 years there.

514
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:47,188
And then I moved to the States in 2018
to, you know, go to the NCAA and compete

515
00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:49,232
because I was a shot putter back then.

516
00:26:49,316 --> 00:26:50,233
[grunts]

517
00:26:50,942 --> 00:26:55,614
This is the implement that defined
a very long stretch of my life.

518
00:26:56,239 --> 00:27:00,368
I finished third in the country,
third at nationals in 2022.

519
00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:06,249
Then I was a two-time SEC indoor champion
and a one-time SEC outdoor champion.

520
00:27:06,333 --> 00:27:08,501
[indistinct announcement over PA]

521
00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:11,588
[Oba yells]

522
00:27:11,671 --> 00:27:13,298
- [man] Oh!
- [woman] Whoa!

523
00:27:13,381 --> 00:27:14,674
[spectators clapping]

524
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,134
- [man] Good job!
- [man 2] Not bad!

525
00:27:16,217 --> 00:27:18,803
[Oba] It taught me many things,
taught me discipline.

526
00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,014
I was able to work with multiple coaches

527
00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:23,725
who had different lessons for me
to walk away with

528
00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:25,935
that didn't just apply to this.

529
00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:29,773
Uh, those lessons also carried over
into, you know, my life

530
00:27:29,856 --> 00:27:31,524
and brought me to where I am today.

531
00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:35,987
So this, uh… I owe a lot of my life
to this ball right here. [chuckles]

532
00:27:36,071 --> 00:27:37,906
[intriguing music playing]

533
00:27:37,989 --> 00:27:41,785
[Oba] I was exposed to the WWE
from a very young age in Nigeria.

534
00:27:41,868 --> 00:27:45,246
My dad was a fan,
so inherently I became a fan myself.

535
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:46,748
CM Punk,

536
00:27:47,248 --> 00:27:50,502
Triple H, I resonated with the most.

537
00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:53,838
The physical stunts
and the matches are cool,

538
00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:55,215
but what pulled me in

539
00:27:55,298 --> 00:27:58,551
was the drama that came with…
with wrestling, the emotion.

540
00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:05,350
I believe now we have a live WWE channel
that just constantly pumps WWE content,

541
00:28:05,433 --> 00:28:09,521
but at the time, there was no such thing,
so I would have to wait a few days.

542
00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:12,065
It would be a guy
who would have a little kiosk,

543
00:28:12,148 --> 00:28:16,444
and he would have your classic movies
and your recent movies "pirated."

544
00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:19,531
Uh, and then
he would have, of course, wrestling.

545
00:28:19,614 --> 00:28:22,992
And, see, I don't know the means
to which they got these tapings.

546
00:28:23,076 --> 00:28:24,911
I wasn't concerned with the magic.

547
00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:28,206
{\an8}[woman] Out! In!

548
00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:31,209
{\an8}[man] Good, good, good.

549
00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:33,128
- [whistle blows]
- [man] Another one. Yeah!

550
00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,173
So, uh, I was contacted via DM.

551
00:28:37,257 --> 00:28:40,009
Yes, uh, the WWE slid in my DMs.

552
00:28:40,510 --> 00:28:44,139
And at first, I thought it was a hoax.
I was like, "Nah, there's no ways."

553
00:28:44,222 --> 00:28:47,434
And then upon further research,
I, you know, looked it up,

554
00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:49,352
and I was like, "Wow, this is a thing."

555
00:28:49,436 --> 00:28:52,897
There was a new influx of talent
that they were trying to hunt for,

556
00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:55,108
and I was part of that crew.

557
00:28:55,608 --> 00:28:59,779
He's one of those guys
that when you see him for the first time,

558
00:28:59,863 --> 00:29:02,282
I remember thinking, like, "Damn."

559
00:29:02,365 --> 00:29:03,700
"If he carries through

560
00:29:03,783 --> 00:29:07,036
with what he looks like he can do
in this tryout,

561
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,582
like, how is this guy
not a huge star for us?"

562
00:29:10,665 --> 00:29:13,710
I was like, "This guy's
just almost too good to be true."

563
00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,003
It was just a no-brainer,

564
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:20,091
that unless we're totally wrong here,
this one is a rocket ship.

565
00:29:20,175 --> 00:29:21,843
[intriguing music playing]

566
00:29:22,802 --> 00:29:27,265
When I found out that I was in the Rumble,
I was like, "Okay, I'm getting called up."

567
00:29:27,348 --> 00:29:29,184
One of my big goals going into the event

568
00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:33,521
is to, uh, have, like, people
coming out of the Rumble going,

569
00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:36,691
"Man, that Oba Femi guy is the real deal."

570
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:37,901
I have to deliver.

571
00:29:39,110 --> 00:29:42,822
I've spoken to Cena a lot.
He has given me advice.

572
00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:46,159
He said I should always have
a "look at me" moment.

573
00:29:46,242 --> 00:29:51,039
He said I should always, you know,
take time to tell them who I am.

574
00:29:53,374 --> 00:29:56,002
[Cole] And now look at this.
Femi with one arm.

575
00:29:56,753 --> 00:29:59,672
[Oba] It's not the moves.
It's the things in between the moves.

576
00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:04,594
- [crowd] Oh!
- [Hunter] That's really what makes you.

577
00:30:05,094 --> 00:30:07,764
If you've watched this
for any length… period of time,

578
00:30:07,847 --> 00:30:08,890
you've seen it.

579
00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:11,726
You've seen the punches, the kicks.
You've seen the moves.

580
00:30:11,810 --> 00:30:14,020
And it's a part of it, for sure.

581
00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:18,566
But it's about how you establish yourself
as a character

582
00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:21,778
and as somebody they want to see
in between the moves.

583
00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:23,905
You can't see me.

584
00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:25,824
[Hunter] You can say those things

585
00:30:25,907 --> 00:30:28,827
to five different talent
of the Performance Center.

586
00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,621
Some get it immediately
when you tell it to them,

587
00:30:31,704 --> 00:30:33,832
and others, ten years later, will be like,

588
00:30:33,915 --> 00:30:37,168
"You know, I'm finding out now
that it's not about the moves."

589
00:30:37,252 --> 00:30:39,587
"It's about the things you do
in between the moves,"

590
00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:41,756
as if they've never heard this before.

591
00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:46,052
People that you see
do that incredibly well,

592
00:30:46,135 --> 00:30:49,722
no matter what they're given,
turn it into something incredible.

593
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:55,562
Chelsea Green is at the top of the list of
somebody that takes anything you give her,

594
00:30:55,645 --> 00:30:59,566
no matter how long, how short, how brief,

595
00:31:00,066 --> 00:31:02,861
she will turn that into something
that you remember.

596
00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:04,612
There will be a moment in that match

597
00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:07,365
where you go, "Did you see
when Chelsea Green did this?"

598
00:31:12,620 --> 00:31:15,582
{\an8}Welcome to my beautiful
new Floridian home.

599
00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:18,293
{\an8}Come on in. [laughs]

600
00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:20,336
Just imagine that with a door now.

601
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:22,130
[mysterious music trills]

602
00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:23,673
{\an8}Hi, guys.

603
00:31:24,173 --> 00:31:27,176
{\an8}It's the house that I have been building
for three years.

604
00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:28,720
I'm so excited to show you guys.

605
00:31:28,803 --> 00:31:30,972
I can't believe I'm even saying that.
Come in.

606
00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:33,224
Princess Paisley.

607
00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:37,562
Um, yeah, it's so crazy
that finally, after three years…

608
00:31:37,645 --> 00:31:39,647
- [dog barking]
- Hey, whoa, whoa!

609
00:31:40,648 --> 00:31:43,443
Okay. Okay. Okay. That's… that's okay.

610
00:31:43,526 --> 00:31:46,070
Can you sit? Sit. Sit.

611
00:31:46,154 --> 00:31:49,198
Okay. Well, nobody listens to me
in this house anyway. Um…

612
00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:50,992
[intriguing music playing]

613
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:53,453
[Green] In Tampa, I had my nose broken.

614
00:31:53,536 --> 00:31:57,081
I suggested that we just get a mask.

615
00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:58,416
I bedazzled the mask.

616
00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:01,753
It will add a little comedy
to anything that I do

617
00:32:01,836 --> 00:32:06,132
because I look ridiculous in the mask,
and I didn't have to take even a day off.

618
00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:08,718
I think that wrestling fans,

619
00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:13,306
they always wanna see
a pretty girl in unpretty situations.

620
00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:17,685
They love that. And so do I, actually,
so that's why we get along. [chuckles]

621
00:32:18,519 --> 00:32:20,855
{\an8}- [commentator] Oh no!
- [commentator 2] Charlotte reverses it!

622
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:22,440
Oh-ha-ha-ha!

623
00:32:22,523 --> 00:32:26,986
[Green] And it's so fun
to hear the reaction of the fans.

624
00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:29,197
I believe I have some in my eyelashes.

625
00:32:29,697 --> 00:32:32,533
- [man] I think you just put some on me.
- Yeah, I'm so sorry.

626
00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,494
It's literally shooting everywhere.

627
00:32:34,577 --> 00:32:39,165
Oh my God, the amount of cake
that's gonna come out of my hair later.

628
00:32:39,248 --> 00:32:41,000
- [man] Look at that.
- [man 2] Whoo!

629
00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,294
What the fuck?

630
00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:44,879
Oh yeah, surprise!

631
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:47,048
I also have a husband.

632
00:32:47,131 --> 00:32:50,760
I have one half
of my mortgage payment right here. No…

633
00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:52,345
[Green laughs]

634
00:32:52,428 --> 00:32:55,431
- Come on. Introduce yourself.
- What are we doing? Oh, hello.

635
00:32:55,515 --> 00:32:56,808
This is my husband, Matt,

636
00:32:56,891 --> 00:32:59,978
{\an8}and Matt worked for WWE
for how many years?

637
00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:04,273
{\an8}- Fourteen years.
- Fourteen years, and he's back.

638
00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:05,274
I'm back, Jack.

639
00:33:05,358 --> 00:33:06,526
[Green] I like to say

640
00:33:06,609 --> 00:33:10,822
that Cody Rhodes and Brandi Rhodes
are responsible for setting Matt and I up.

641
00:33:10,905 --> 00:33:12,365
I was complaining about being single,

642
00:33:12,448 --> 00:33:15,451
and I guess
Matt was complaining about being single,

643
00:33:15,535 --> 00:33:17,286
and they set us up.

644
00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:19,455
[intriguing music playing]

645
00:33:19,539 --> 00:33:21,457
[Green] Before he came back to WWE,

646
00:33:21,541 --> 00:33:23,668
I was maybe seeing him once a week.

647
00:33:23,751 --> 00:33:26,504
I think that's been
the best part of him coming back

648
00:33:26,587 --> 00:33:31,300
is that we get that time at the airport,
on the plane, going to work.

649
00:33:31,384 --> 00:33:33,636
We have built-in time together,

650
00:33:34,137 --> 00:33:37,306
but I think we still have to work
really hard on our relationship

651
00:33:37,390 --> 00:33:40,476
to make sure that there's boundaries
between work and play.

652
00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:43,062
- We definitely have to, um…
- [Cardona sighs]

653
00:33:43,146 --> 00:33:45,732
We're gonna have to adjust.

654
00:33:45,815 --> 00:33:47,275
You know what I mean?

655
00:33:47,358 --> 00:33:52,321
We are two totally different travelers.
I like… my sleep.

656
00:33:52,405 --> 00:33:54,449
I love a clean hotel room.

657
00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:57,326
That… Yeah, my bag will explode.

658
00:33:57,410 --> 00:34:00,329
I don't need to put on
17 layers of tanner.

659
00:34:00,413 --> 00:34:01,664
Okay.

660
00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:07,420
[Green] And destroy the hotel sheets
and bathroom with my tanner.

661
00:34:07,503 --> 00:34:11,674
- We're gonna have to adjust a little.
- We should just go our separate ways!

662
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,304
- Have the two rooms and then…
- Oh, you wanna travel separately?

663
00:34:16,387 --> 00:34:18,473
No, but have the two rooms
to do our thing,

664
00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:21,059
and then we have the one
to do our other thing.

665
00:34:22,143 --> 00:34:23,603
[Cardona laughs]

666
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:28,983
He won't get anything of the other thing
if he keeps talking like that.

667
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,903
I don't at home anyway,
so what's the difference? [chuckles]

668
00:34:31,986 --> 00:34:33,654
I'm… I'm the one

669
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:37,575
that has been doing my routine
for, like, three years.

670
00:34:37,658 --> 00:34:41,037
- And now I'm accommodating you.
- I know. I appreciate it.

671
00:34:41,621 --> 00:34:45,875
So we basically have built this house
around Matt's

672
00:34:46,459 --> 00:34:47,376
toy collection.

673
00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:48,878
[intriguing music playing]

674
00:34:48,961 --> 00:34:50,171
Here we are, babe.

675
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:54,801
[Green] When I was going through plans
with the architect for this home,

676
00:34:54,884 --> 00:34:56,886
I had to make sure that I had a toy room

677
00:34:56,969 --> 00:35:01,474
big enough to fit
a lifetime worth of collectibles.

678
00:35:01,974 --> 00:35:05,144
[Cardona] But this is,
like, 5% of the stuff.

679
00:35:05,228 --> 00:35:09,524
There's just Tupperwares full of… toys.

680
00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:12,151
[Cardona] Yeah, well,
those are the loose guys, but…

681
00:35:12,652 --> 00:35:13,778
He collects toys.

682
00:35:13,861 --> 00:35:15,655
He owns a toy company.

683
00:35:15,738 --> 00:35:18,074
He does podcasts about toys.

684
00:35:18,157 --> 00:35:19,659
Wrestling all on here.

685
00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:21,911
- Uh…
- Wow.

686
00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:24,622
<i>Star Wars</i>, <i>Turtles</i>, <i>Ghostbusters</i>, belts.

687
00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:26,666
The beautiful view…

688
00:35:26,749 --> 00:35:30,169
…will be covered with another case,
podcast desk.

689
00:35:30,253 --> 00:35:32,797
But I will work… I'll do my podcast here.

690
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,092
Leading into our engagement,
Matt put… [disbelieving chuckle]

691
00:35:36,759 --> 00:35:40,513
…the engagement ring
in Undertaker's casket,

692
00:35:40,596 --> 00:35:44,934
and he carried this mini toy casket
with him to New York

693
00:35:45,017 --> 00:35:46,602
to propose to me in New York with

694
00:35:46,686 --> 00:35:51,149
because he knew damn well
that anything to do with a toy,

695
00:35:51,232 --> 00:35:53,526
I don't care about.
So I never looked in there.

696
00:35:53,609 --> 00:35:56,654
I was really trying to figure out
when he was gonna propose to me,

697
00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:58,197
{\an8}how he was gonna do it.

698
00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:02,410
{\an8}But I had no idea he had that ring
with us in the hotel room

699
00:36:02,493 --> 00:36:04,370
{\an8}in that Undertaker casket.

700
00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:05,788
{\an8}[whispers] It was so good.

701
00:36:08,875 --> 00:36:10,543
I'll give him props for that.

702
00:36:10,626 --> 00:36:13,129
- [Cardona] What just happened, babe?
- I'm engaged, baby!

703
00:36:13,212 --> 00:36:14,881
- [Cardona] Oh no!
- [Green squeals]

704
00:36:14,964 --> 00:36:17,341
[Cardona] Who did that? Who did that?

705
00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:20,845
- [Green] He's stuck with me forever!
- [Cardona laughs]

706
00:36:20,928 --> 00:36:23,139
[Green] My thought is like, look,

707
00:36:23,222 --> 00:36:25,433
I'd rather my man be collecting toys

708
00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:30,188
than going out and partying, drinking,
I don't know, collecting women?

709
00:36:31,105 --> 00:36:33,107
[Cardona] You know, I have me.

710
00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:36,068
I don't know why
I autographed my own figure, but…

711
00:36:36,152 --> 00:36:39,530
[Green] If that's
what is gonna keep him sane,

712
00:36:39,614 --> 00:36:43,492
I love it.
Do I think it's a little over the top?

713
00:36:43,576 --> 00:36:44,410
Yes.

714
00:36:44,493 --> 00:36:46,746
We should do a test
if you know who they are.

715
00:36:46,829 --> 00:36:48,206
Let's try. Okay.

716
00:36:48,289 --> 00:36:49,624
Who's that? That's easy.

717
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:51,500
- [Green] Andre the Giant.
- That's good.

718
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:53,502
- This one's easy.
- Don't embarrass me.

719
00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:55,630
- Randy Savage.
- What's his nickname?

720
00:36:55,713 --> 00:36:57,632
- [Green] "Macho Man."
- That's pretty impressive.

721
00:36:59,592 --> 00:37:02,053
- The Brooklyn Brawler.
- Holy shit!

722
00:37:02,553 --> 00:37:03,554
Okay.

723
00:37:04,180 --> 00:37:05,556
I'm done.

724
00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,894
[intriguing music playing]

725
00:37:15,608 --> 00:37:17,652
{\an8}[suspenseful music playing]

726
00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:23,366
{\an8}[Green] We are in Saudi Arabia
for the <i>Royal Rumble</i>.

727
00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:26,077
{\an8}We're going to <i>Royal Rumble </i>it up.

728
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,747
These are the types of moments
where you can go viral.

729
00:37:29,830 --> 00:37:34,418
Um, you could start your career
in terms of, like, NXT girls can be seen.

730
00:37:34,502 --> 00:37:38,714
You can have a matchup you've never had.
There's so many opportunities to shine.

731
00:37:43,844 --> 00:37:47,890
{\an8}With my injury,
the moment is so overwhelming. Um…

732
00:37:48,891 --> 00:37:52,228
Like, this is it. Here we are.
This is the end. You did it.

733
00:37:52,728 --> 00:37:57,525
It's just such
an overwhelming feeling of… everything

734
00:37:57,608 --> 00:37:59,527
that you almost feel nothing.

735
00:38:00,027 --> 00:38:03,906
I would love to win the Rumble
and not be the runner-up anymore.

736
00:38:04,407 --> 00:38:06,242
Hi! Oh, you look so good.

737
00:38:06,325 --> 00:38:08,452
- Thank you.
- You look so good.

738
00:38:09,495 --> 00:38:13,874
Saudi Arabia, we respect the culture.
We respect this country, and…

739
00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,086
You know, you wanna get creative
and not looking bland.

740
00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:20,089
It's the Royal Rumble.
You wanna look your best. And so for me,

741
00:38:20,172 --> 00:38:23,092
I think royal purple means royalty.

742
00:38:23,175 --> 00:38:25,428
So that's how I came up with today's look.

743
00:38:25,511 --> 00:38:28,931
Everything on my skirt and my gear
is all newspaper articles

744
00:38:29,015 --> 00:38:31,058
of actual moments I've had in my career.

745
00:38:31,142 --> 00:38:33,394
This, when I won the title.

746
00:38:33,477 --> 00:38:35,229
This is Money in the Bank.

747
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:37,523
This actually is my NXT debut.

748
00:38:37,606 --> 00:38:39,900
So this is the start
of the Road to <i>WrestleMania</i>.

749
00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:44,071
So this is huge
because they get a match at <i>WrestleMania</i>.

750
00:38:44,155 --> 00:38:47,158
It will change
your entire trajectory of your career.

751
00:38:47,241 --> 00:38:49,035
- [Bayley] Beautiful! You look so good.
- Thanks.

752
00:38:49,118 --> 00:38:52,455
Thanks, guys. Ooh, don't call me that
'cause you're gonna make me cry.

753
00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:54,874
[squeals nervously]

754
00:38:54,957 --> 00:38:56,667
{\an8}[suspenseful music playing]

755
00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:59,754
{\an8}Please watch over us, Lord.
Let us have a safe, entertaining match.

756
00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:04,050
Help us to be healthy at the end.
Happy. No botches, nobody forgets.

757
00:39:04,133 --> 00:39:07,678
And have the most amazing
women's Royal Rumble this world has seen.

758
00:39:09,221 --> 00:39:12,475
<i>♪ I stand here waiting for you ♪</i>

759
00:39:12,558 --> 00:39:14,643
<i>♪ To bang the gong… ♪</i>

760
00:39:15,561 --> 00:39:21,650
[Cole] And we are officially underway
with the 2026 women's Royal Rumble match.

761
00:39:21,734 --> 00:39:23,486
Here comes number ten

762
00:39:23,569 --> 00:39:26,572
and the uber athletic Sol Ruca!

763
00:39:28,783 --> 00:39:30,576
[Barrett] Here we go,
straight off the bat.

764
00:39:31,535 --> 00:39:33,829
{\an8}Is Charlotte okay? I'm finding out.

765
00:39:33,913 --> 00:39:36,582
{\an8}It looked like she was supposed to get up,
and she didn't.

766
00:39:37,083 --> 00:39:39,668
Charlotte broke her veneers,
but she says she's okay.

767
00:39:42,213 --> 00:39:43,381
Oh!

768
00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:48,719
<i>♪I live for the applause</i>
<i>Applause, applause ♪</i>

769
00:39:48,803 --> 00:39:49,970
<i>♪ I live for the… ♪</i>

770
00:39:50,054 --> 00:39:53,641
- All right, Liv.
- Go! [screams]

771
00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:56,227
<i>♪The way that you cheer</i>
<i>And scream for me… ♪</i>

772
00:39:56,811 --> 00:39:59,438
[Cole] The number 14 entrant
heads into the arena,

773
00:39:59,522 --> 00:40:00,815
Liv Morgan.

774
00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:04,610
<i>♪ Give me that thing that I love ♪</i>

775
00:40:04,693 --> 00:40:06,862
<i>♪ Put your hands up, make 'em touch… ♪</i>

776
00:40:06,946 --> 00:40:10,950
[Barrett] Welcome to
the Liv Morgan World Domination Tour.

777
00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:13,035
<i>♪ Put your hands up, make 'em touch… ♪</i>

778
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:14,578
- [TJ] Lash, you good?
- Yes.

779
00:40:14,662 --> 00:40:15,830
[TJ] This is gonna be awesome.

780
00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:18,040
You're out there for a while.
Make your moments.

781
00:40:18,124 --> 00:40:19,542
It's gonna be badass.

782
00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,838
[Cole] Number 15,
in her second Royal Rumble match,

783
00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:25,840
{\an8}the powerhouse Lash Legend.

784
00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:30,428
And a double chokeslam!

785
00:40:30,511 --> 00:40:31,387
Sol Ruca…

786
00:40:31,470 --> 00:40:33,722
Oh, runs right into a boot!

787
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:36,225
[Lash yells]

788
00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:38,894
[man] Hey, make sure you guys catch Roxy.

789
00:40:38,978 --> 00:40:41,522
- [Green laughs]
- 100% we're catching Roxy.

790
00:40:41,605 --> 00:40:44,316
"Remember that thing
you have to do to save someone's life?"

791
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:45,651
"Don't forget that."

792
00:40:46,235 --> 00:40:49,113
[Cole] Chelsea Green
and her Secret Hervice,

793
00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:51,031
Alba Fyre, out here.

794
00:40:51,740 --> 00:40:53,492
<i>♪ Live for the applause-plause… ♪</i>

795
00:40:53,576 --> 00:40:56,078
[Cole] I think she wants
The Judgment Day to join her.

796
00:40:56,162 --> 00:40:58,581
Liv Morgan said no.

797
00:40:58,664 --> 00:41:01,083
Oh, and Chelsea with a slap of her own,

798
00:41:01,167 --> 00:41:03,752
and, well, that just ticked off
Roxanne and Raquel.

799
00:41:03,836 --> 00:41:07,965
And now a tug of war between Alba Fyre
and all of Judgment Day.

800
00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:11,302
Chelsea Green
may be eliminated here shortly.

801
00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:14,180
- [Barrett] Oh, look at Alba Fyre!
- [Cole] Look at Alba Fyre.

802
00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:16,390
{\an8}There's no disqualification,
so that's legal.

803
00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:18,017
{\an8}[Barrett] This is like surfing.

804
00:41:18,100 --> 00:41:21,520
{\an8}[Cole] And now Chelsea out to the apron,
thanks to Alba Fyre,

805
00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:22,730
somehow survives.

806
00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,815
[Green] Right before you get eliminated,

807
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:29,445
the trick is that you gotta get
everyone to interact with you,

808
00:41:29,528 --> 00:41:32,072
to cheer you, to boo you, whatever.

809
00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,033
[buzzer sounds]

810
00:41:34,116 --> 00:41:36,911
<i>♪ This is what you came for ♪</i>

811
00:41:38,329 --> 00:41:44,084
[Barrett] No star bigger than Rhea Ripley
in the world of professional wrestling.

812
00:41:44,585 --> 00:41:47,546
Go on, salute.
I'm gonna do it too. Let's salute.

813
00:41:48,797 --> 00:41:49,798
[Green] The crowd

814
00:41:51,467 --> 00:41:54,720
loved it! The crowd reacted
exactly how I wanted them to react.

815
00:41:56,263 --> 00:41:57,765
[Cole] Oh, so much for that.

816
00:41:58,974 --> 00:42:02,102
- Chelsea Green finally eliminated.
- [Barrett] Oh no!

817
00:42:05,314 --> 00:42:06,232
Oh no!

818
00:42:06,315 --> 00:42:10,277
[Cole] Roxanne eliminated
with a Razor's Edge!

819
00:42:13,906 --> 00:42:15,241
[Green] I barely broke a sweat.

820
00:42:15,991 --> 00:42:18,702
Well, the hair's a little messed up,
but that's okay.

821
00:42:18,786 --> 00:42:22,081
[Cole] Oh, Oblivion off the top rope
to the floor!

822
00:42:22,164 --> 00:42:23,707
Liv eliminates Nattie!

823
00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:26,418
- Twin Magic again!
- [Barrett] Ooh!

824
00:42:26,502 --> 00:42:29,255
[Cole] Lyra eliminated.
Bayley eliminated by the Bellas!

825
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,465
- Over the top.
- [Barrett] Ooh!

826
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:35,427
[Cole] Both Bellas eliminated
by Lash Legend.

827
00:42:36,345 --> 00:42:37,805
Oh, Lash Legend with a kick!

828
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:41,559
Charlotte eliminated by Legend!

829
00:42:41,642 --> 00:42:43,936
- You okay, Ash?
- [Flair] Yeah. No, I'm good.

830
00:42:44,019 --> 00:42:45,229
- Fucked them up?
- [Flair] Yeah.

831
00:42:45,312 --> 00:42:47,648
They're a little cracked,
but that's minimal.

832
00:42:47,731 --> 00:42:50,025
[Prichard] Okay,
they don't look cracked, so they…

833
00:42:50,651 --> 00:42:51,527
Oh, you sure did.

834
00:42:51,610 --> 00:42:54,238
- [Flair] Yeah. It's okay.
- [Prichard] All right.

835
00:42:54,321 --> 00:42:57,700
[Cole] What an incredible Rumble
for Lash Legend!

836
00:42:58,325 --> 00:43:02,246
[Barrett] The Legend of Lash
continues to grow.

837
00:43:02,329 --> 00:43:03,247
[Cole] Uh-oh!

838
00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:08,669
Lash Legend dumping Iyo Sky out
to the apron!

839
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:12,047
Iyo Sky fighting
with everything she's got!

840
00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:13,507
Yeah, hell yeah.

841
00:43:13,591 --> 00:43:16,302
[Barrett] If Lash lets go here,
they are both eliminated.

842
00:43:16,385 --> 00:43:18,596
Oh shit!

843
00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:21,599
[Cole] Oh, Legend eliminated Sky!

844
00:43:21,682 --> 00:43:24,810
That is the fifth elimination
for Lash Legend,

845
00:43:24,893 --> 00:43:28,022
who has been the dominant force
in this match tonight.

846
00:43:28,856 --> 00:43:32,109
Frame out Rhea for a second.
Here comes Rhea in the frame.

847
00:43:33,068 --> 00:43:35,946
[Cole] Rhea Ripley eliminates Legend

848
00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:39,325
after a Legendary performance.

849
00:43:39,992 --> 00:43:44,413
[Barrett] The shock in the eyes
of Lash Legend tells a story.

850
00:43:45,706 --> 00:43:48,292
[Lash] That was so much fun,
and I'm just so grateful.

851
00:43:48,876 --> 00:43:51,920
The fact that Hunter really trusts me
to do all these things,

852
00:43:52,421 --> 00:43:55,341
I'm really speechless,
and I'm trying to get it together.

853
00:43:55,424 --> 00:43:57,843
At the end of the day,
just know I gave it my all

854
00:43:57,926 --> 00:44:00,721
because Lash Legend
don't have her lash on,

855
00:44:00,804 --> 00:44:03,057
and that's never happened to me before.

856
00:44:03,557 --> 00:44:05,934
I'm trying to just keep it all in
right now

857
00:44:06,727 --> 00:44:10,272
'cause that was amazing.
That really was, like… Ooh!

858
00:44:11,231 --> 00:44:12,274
[chuckles]

859
00:44:17,321 --> 00:44:18,697
[exhales slowly]

860
00:44:18,781 --> 00:44:20,574
[sobs softly]

861
00:44:22,326 --> 00:44:24,787
Oh my goodness.
I can't even… [chuckles, sniffles]

862
00:44:26,246 --> 00:44:29,708
Thought I was gonna be able to do this,
but I really can't. [sniffles]

863
00:44:31,210 --> 00:44:34,296
[Barrett] But Ripley's gonna eat
a Tejana Bomb here.

864
00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:36,965
- Oh my God!
- [Cole] Raquel eliminated Rhea!

865
00:44:37,049 --> 00:44:39,426
- Stay with Raquel.
- Yeah! That's right!

866
00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:40,969
- I did that!
- [Jordan] Good.

867
00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:42,721
Let me see Liv! Liv!

868
00:44:42,805 --> 00:44:45,057
- That's right! I did that!
- [Cole] We are down to four!

869
00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:49,478
Liv Morgan… That's her tag partner!
Liv just eliminated her tag partner!

870
00:44:50,396 --> 00:44:51,730
- Hell yeah!
- Faces.

871
00:44:51,814 --> 00:44:52,648
[Barrett] Wow!

872
00:44:52,731 --> 00:44:54,608
[Cole] Liv just eliminated
Raquel Rodriguez!

873
00:44:54,692 --> 00:44:56,944
Every woman for herself!

874
00:44:59,113 --> 00:45:01,156
We are down to three,
ladies and gentlemen.

875
00:45:01,240 --> 00:45:03,283
Sol Ruca from NXT,

876
00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:05,244
the returning Tiffany Stratton,

877
00:45:05,327 --> 00:45:06,954
and Liv Morgan.

878
00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:10,290
One of these women
are gonna main event <i>WrestleMania</i>.

879
00:45:11,375 --> 00:45:12,918
Liv went for Oblivion.

880
00:45:13,001 --> 00:45:15,087
[suspenseful music playing]

881
00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:19,007
[Cole] Sol Ruca now.

882
00:45:19,508 --> 00:45:21,719
Double Sol Snatcher!

883
00:45:24,513 --> 00:45:28,016
[Barrett] It's yours for the taking now,
Sol! Finish the job!

884
00:45:29,393 --> 00:45:31,103
[Cole] An opportunity of a lifetime!

885
00:45:31,186 --> 00:45:35,566
Sol Ruca looking to eliminate
both Tiffany Stratton and Liv Morgan!

886
00:45:35,649 --> 00:45:36,859
[Barrett] Uh-oh! Uh-oh!

887
00:45:36,942 --> 00:45:40,863
[Cole] Ruca, Tiffany, Liv, all hanging on!

888
00:45:41,864 --> 00:45:44,575
High stakes, high pressure on the apron.

889
00:45:44,658 --> 00:45:45,909
Sol Ruca

890
00:45:46,994 --> 00:45:47,911
delivers a kick.

891
00:45:47,995 --> 00:45:50,497
Tiffany Stratton now sends Ruca
into the corner.

892
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:53,125
Sol hanging on.
Both feet must hit the floor.

893
00:45:53,208 --> 00:45:54,376
Ruca with an elbow.

894
00:45:56,795 --> 00:45:59,673
Oh, you didn't wanna go up there.
A mistake made by Ruca.

895
00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:01,300
- Here's Liv.
- Here's Liv.

896
00:46:06,805 --> 00:46:09,057
- [Cole] Oblivion for the win!
- [Barrett] Wow!

897
00:46:09,141 --> 00:46:12,853
[Cole] Liv Morgan!
Liv Morgan is going to <i>WrestleMania</i>!

898
00:46:18,066 --> 00:46:19,109
[TJ] Get her on the buckle.

899
00:46:19,193 --> 00:46:21,820
Tell Liv to start going towards
that heel corner.

900
00:46:22,404 --> 00:46:23,947
[TJ] Liv pointing at the sign.

901
00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:27,993
[Morgan] I forgot to point to the sign
because I was so in the moment,

902
00:46:28,076 --> 00:46:30,788
which is so ridiculous
because that's the thing that you do.

903
00:46:30,871 --> 00:46:33,415
You stand on that buckle and you point.

904
00:46:34,750 --> 00:46:36,251
I forgot because I was so in it,

905
00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:38,587
and I wanted to remember
what that felt like,

906
00:46:38,670 --> 00:46:40,380
and I wanted to be present.

907
00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:44,760
But I totally forgot. You see
the ref yelling at me, "Point!"

908
00:46:44,843 --> 00:46:46,678
[triumphant music playing]

909
00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:50,516
[Cole] No longer the bridesmaid,

910
00:46:50,599 --> 00:46:52,684
now the bride!

911
00:46:52,768 --> 00:46:58,148
Liv Morgan finally wins the Royal Rumble!

912
00:47:04,488 --> 00:47:05,948
[Morgan] I'm still trying to savor it

913
00:47:06,031 --> 00:47:08,909
because I was scared
that I wasn't going to be able to pick up

914
00:47:08,992 --> 00:47:10,953
the same momentum when I left.

915
00:47:11,578 --> 00:47:15,958
But now I feel like anything that I lost,
I gained back times a hundred.

916
00:47:16,041 --> 00:47:17,292
[music fades]

917
00:47:18,669 --> 00:47:19,878
[indistinct chattering]

918
00:47:19,962 --> 00:47:22,381
- [cheering]
- [TJ] Hell yeah!

919
00:47:24,925 --> 00:47:26,468
[Morgan] I'm just happy. I'm grateful.

920
00:47:26,552 --> 00:47:30,097
And I'm trying to just do
fucking great, incredible work.

921
00:47:31,974 --> 00:47:35,018
Thanks, you guys, so much. Thank you
for everything. We finally won one!

922
00:47:35,102 --> 00:47:36,186
[Morgan and TJ laugh]

923
00:47:36,270 --> 00:47:38,063
[Morgan] I finally got one!

924
00:47:39,356 --> 00:47:42,150
No, I'm not gonna be cute for this,
but it's okay.

925
00:47:42,943 --> 00:47:45,028
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

926
00:47:45,112 --> 00:47:46,405
- Awesome work.
- Holy shit.

927
00:47:46,905 --> 00:47:48,115
JJ.

928
00:47:49,283 --> 00:47:53,120
- Was everything okay? Was it worthy?
- It was amazing.

929
00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:55,622
- Yeah? You swear?
- I swear to you.

930
00:47:56,248 --> 00:47:57,499
[Morgan] So what's next?

931
00:47:57,583 --> 00:47:59,293
I have some big decisions to make.

932
00:47:59,376 --> 00:48:03,714
I have to choose what champion
do I want to face at <i>WrestleMania</i>

933
00:48:03,797 --> 00:48:05,966
that I'm fucking headlining.

934
00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:07,175
[laughs delightedly]

935
00:48:07,259 --> 00:48:08,176
Dead.

936
00:48:09,845 --> 00:48:12,472
{\an8}A legend in our business told me this
when I first started.

937
00:48:12,556 --> 00:48:13,515
{\an8}I've kept it with me.

938
00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:16,059
{\an8}Always take a moment
when you first walk out there

939
00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:20,272
and when you're doing your shit,
just… come out of character for a minute.

940
00:48:20,355 --> 00:48:22,608
Acknowledge where you are
and what you're doing.

941
00:48:22,691 --> 00:48:25,777
- Yes, sir.
- You're about to light the world on fire.

942
00:48:25,861 --> 00:48:26,695
Yes, sir.

943
00:48:27,195 --> 00:48:30,073
Take that moment, acknowledge it,
then go back into your shit.

944
00:48:30,157 --> 00:48:31,283
- I will.
- All right?

945
00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,785
- Thanks, Hunter. Thank you.
- Congratulations.

946
00:48:33,869 --> 00:48:36,413
[suspenseful music playing]

947
00:48:40,751 --> 00:48:42,044
{\an8}[bell dinging]

948
00:48:42,127 --> 00:48:43,795
{\an8}[Mark Nash] Ladies and gentlemen,

949
00:48:43,879 --> 00:48:48,634
{\an8}the following is the men's Royal Rumble!

950
00:48:48,717 --> 00:48:51,178
<i>♪ Nobody pray for me</i>
<i>It been that day for me ♪</i>

951
00:48:51,803 --> 00:48:54,097
<i>♪ Way… yeah, yeah… ♪</i>

952
00:48:56,683 --> 00:48:59,019
[Nash] From Lagos, Nigeria,

953
00:48:59,102 --> 00:49:02,522
weighing in at 310 pounds,

954
00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:05,484
Oba Femi!

955
00:49:05,567 --> 00:49:07,819
<i>♪ My left stroke just went viral… ♪</i>

956
00:49:08,487 --> 00:49:10,656
[Nash] Representing The Vision,

957
00:49:10,739 --> 00:49:14,117
Bron Breakker!

958
00:49:14,201 --> 00:49:15,243
[Cole] Wait a minute!

959
00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:19,289
Somebody in a hood attacking Breaker
and driving him into the steps!

960
00:49:19,373 --> 00:49:20,832
[Barrett] What the hell is this?

961
00:49:20,916 --> 00:49:23,460
[Cole] You mean
<i>who </i>the hell is this? A Stomp!

962
00:49:23,543 --> 00:49:26,088
We're away now.
Bron Breakker has no idea where he is.

963
00:49:26,171 --> 00:49:27,714
And Oba Femi, "The Ruler,"

964
00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:30,509
is gonna eliminate Breakker
from the Rumble!

965
00:49:30,592 --> 00:49:32,386
<i>- ♪ Hold up ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Tell 'em sit down ♪</i>

966
00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:33,428
<i>♪ Hold up… ♪</i>

967
00:49:33,512 --> 00:49:35,013
[Barrett] Breakker's out?!

968
00:49:35,097 --> 00:49:37,307
<i>- ♪ Hold up, hold up, hold up ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Be humble ♪</i>

969
00:49:37,391 --> 00:49:39,226
<i>- ♪ Hold up ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Sit down ♪</i>

970
00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:40,727
<i>- ♪Be humble ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Hold up ♪</i>

971
00:49:40,811 --> 00:49:41,728
<i>♪ Sit down… ♪</i>

972
00:49:41,812 --> 00:49:45,273
[Cole] That's the second elimination
of the night for Oba Femi.

973
00:49:45,774 --> 00:49:47,150
<i>- ♪ Be humble ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Hold up ♪</i>

974
00:49:47,234 --> 00:49:49,027
<i>- ♪ Sit down ♪</i>
<i>- ♪ Hold up… ♪</i>

975
00:49:50,362 --> 00:49:54,241
[Cole] Elimination number five
for Oba Femi.

976
00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:57,536
[Barrett] Oh no! Oh no!

977
00:49:57,619 --> 00:49:59,246
[dramatic music playing]

978
00:49:59,329 --> 00:50:02,833
- [Cole] None other than Mr. Iguana.
- [Barrett] Oh…

979
00:50:03,417 --> 00:50:05,919
- Rip its head off, Priest.
- [Cole] Don't hurt the animal.

980
00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:07,879
- [Barrett] Double chokeslam!
- [Cole] Oh, come on!

981
00:50:08,588 --> 00:50:10,090
Poor La Yesca.

982
00:50:10,799 --> 00:50:12,884
[Barrett] This guy is weird.

983
00:50:14,094 --> 00:50:17,097
[crowd counting] Three! Two! One!

984
00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:18,557
[buzzer sounds]

985
00:50:18,640 --> 00:50:20,851
- ["Whoop That Trick" playing]
- [crowd cheering]

986
00:50:20,934 --> 00:50:24,438
[Cole] Get ready
for the lemon pepper steppers.

987
00:50:25,272 --> 00:50:26,648
Trick Willy's here!

988
00:50:26,732 --> 00:50:32,487
[crowd chanting] Whoop that Trick!
Whoop that Trick! Whoop that Trick!

989
00:50:32,571 --> 00:50:35,866
[Cole] It's amazing. Finds himself
in the main event picture,

990
00:50:35,949 --> 00:50:38,285
and he's only been on <i>SmackDown</i>
for a few weeks.

991
00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:40,537
[Barrett] He's fighting
in a white fur coat.

992
00:50:42,956 --> 00:50:45,000
[Cole] Trick just sent Iguana packing.

993
00:50:45,834 --> 00:50:48,253
La Yesca eliminated as well.

994
00:50:52,507 --> 00:50:54,176
[dramatic music playing]

995
00:50:54,259 --> 00:50:56,720
[Cole] Then out now to the apron,
hanging on.

996
00:50:56,803 --> 00:50:59,973
And sends El Grande Americano…

997
00:51:00,974 --> 00:51:03,018
- And both have been eliminated.
- [Barrett] Oh!

998
00:51:04,686 --> 00:51:08,440
- Trick Willy's about to get eliminated.
- [Cole] By Cody Rhodes!

999
00:51:10,067 --> 00:51:14,529
[Barrett] He'll be lemon-pepper-stepping
all the way to the showers now, sadly.

1000
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:18,992
First of all, did y'all hear that pop?
Did you hear the pop?

1001
00:51:19,076 --> 00:51:21,244
Mwah! It was amazing.
And they were on beat.

1002
00:51:21,328 --> 00:51:22,954
[crowd] Whoop that Trick!

1003
00:51:23,038 --> 00:51:25,499
[Lash] I just wanted to make sure
people were on beat.

1004
00:51:25,582 --> 00:51:28,460
- They was on beat. They was on beat.
- But they was on beat! So good job

1005
00:51:28,543 --> 00:51:31,338
I got exhausted in my entrance.
They gave me so much energy,

1006
00:51:31,421 --> 00:51:34,508
and I lost a bit of my leg power.
Next time, I'm gonna calm down.

1007
00:51:34,591 --> 00:51:36,593
- You couldn't tell.
- You couldn't tell? Okay.

1008
00:51:37,469 --> 00:51:41,348
[Cole] Oba has lasted over 35 minutes.

1009
00:51:41,848 --> 00:51:43,308
[dramatic music playing]

1010
00:51:43,391 --> 00:51:47,354
[Cole] Paul Heyman is marching out here
with "The Beast"!

1011
00:51:48,605 --> 00:51:52,400
[Barrett] And, anyone in that ring,
you might wanna jump out now,

1012
00:51:52,484 --> 00:51:55,987
because he's a mass of DNA
built to do one thing.

1013
00:51:56,071 --> 00:51:58,240
Wage war on humanity.

1014
00:51:58,323 --> 00:52:00,659
[Cole] Welcome to Suplex City!

1015
00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:04,955
Lesnar's just manhandling people.

1016
00:52:05,038 --> 00:52:06,206
[man laughs]

1017
00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:08,250
This motherfucker's hulking up, baby.

1018
00:52:10,001 --> 00:52:12,504
[Barrett] It ain't working, Dragunov.
Oh my God.

1019
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:20,387
[Cole] Brock Lesnar just tossing Dragunov
to the floor.

1020
00:52:20,470 --> 00:52:21,680
Make sure he's okay.

1021
00:52:22,681 --> 00:52:25,267
[Cole] Look at Paul Heyman,
all excited out here.

1022
00:52:27,144 --> 00:52:29,271
[crowd chanting, cheering excitedly]

1023
00:52:29,354 --> 00:52:30,730
[Barrett] Here we go, Cole.

1024
00:52:31,231 --> 00:52:32,941
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen,

1025
00:52:33,024 --> 00:52:35,735
"The Ruler" and "The Beast."

1026
00:52:37,279 --> 00:52:41,616
The irresistible force
meets the immovable object.

1027
00:52:46,454 --> 00:52:48,206
German suplex to Femi!

1028
00:52:48,290 --> 00:52:51,001
It's one thing to have a presence in NXT,

1029
00:52:51,084 --> 00:52:53,879
but at the Rumble, with all that pressure,

1030
00:52:53,962 --> 00:52:56,548
to be in there with the Superstars
he was in there with,

1031
00:52:56,631 --> 00:52:58,633
have a moment with Brock Lesnar…

1032
00:53:03,013 --> 00:53:05,390
[Cole] Oba Femi, with a clothesline,
knocks down Lesnar.

1033
00:53:05,473 --> 00:53:09,311
[Hunter] Just delivered on every level,
and I think fans felt it immediately,

1034
00:53:09,394 --> 00:53:10,687
like, "Wow."

1035
00:53:10,770 --> 00:53:12,564
"That guy's gonna be a big deal."

1036
00:53:12,647 --> 00:53:15,192
[Cole] Logan Paul, to the top turnbuckle.

1037
00:53:16,610 --> 00:53:18,278
Knocked off the top rope.

1038
00:53:19,446 --> 00:53:21,239
Oh, Logan trying to hang on.

1039
00:53:22,657 --> 00:53:23,658
[boy] Logan!

1040
00:53:24,576 --> 00:53:26,536
[Barrett] Peel those fingers off.

1041
00:53:27,037 --> 00:53:28,747
- Oh!
- [Cole] Oh, Oba made a mistake.

1042
00:53:28,830 --> 00:53:30,582
He turned his back on Lesnar,

1043
00:53:30,665 --> 00:53:32,667
and it cost "The Ruler."

1044
00:53:33,793 --> 00:53:36,004
You did a great job. Congratulations.

1045
00:53:36,087 --> 00:53:37,631
[Oba] Like, tell me if anything…

1046
00:53:37,714 --> 00:53:39,966
- I… We… No.
- [Oba] Rip me a new one.

1047
00:53:40,050 --> 00:53:45,388
I will be straight up with you
and coach you along in this, believe me.

1048
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:50,769
[dramatic music playing]

1049
00:53:50,852 --> 00:53:53,647
[Cole] Think it's dawned on Je'Von Evans
who he's in the ring with?

1050
00:53:53,730 --> 00:53:56,149
Intercepted into the RKO!

1051
00:53:56,233 --> 00:53:58,777
And Je'Von's night is over.

1052
00:54:01,488 --> 00:54:04,616
Eight men remain.
One of them's going to <i>WrestleMania</i>.

1053
00:54:04,699 --> 00:54:06,701
- Ah, that didn't pay off for Pénta.
- [Barrett] Oh!

1054
00:54:06,785 --> 00:54:09,955
[Cole] Friendship goes out the window
when there's a title at stake.

1055
00:54:10,997 --> 00:54:13,375
Rhodes trying to get back into the ring.

1056
00:54:14,125 --> 00:54:16,002
- Oh no! A Claymore!
- [Barrett] Oh!

1057
00:54:16,086 --> 00:54:19,339
[Cole] And now
Roman Reigns eliminating his cousin!

1058
00:54:19,422 --> 00:54:20,548
[Barrett] Et tu Brute.

1059
00:54:20,632 --> 00:54:22,133
- [Cole] Spear! Spear!
- [Barrett] Oh!

1060
00:54:22,217 --> 00:54:23,510
Oh, but Jey Uso…

1061
00:54:23,593 --> 00:54:25,387
[Cole] Roman eliminates Jey!

1062
00:54:26,012 --> 00:54:29,099
We are down to four!

1063
00:54:30,141 --> 00:54:31,977
[Rhodes] I had him, and then I didn't.

1064
00:54:32,060 --> 00:54:34,437
- You had him until you didn't.
- [Rhodes] Until I didn't.

1065
00:54:35,146 --> 00:54:37,399
Yeah, reset here. We're gonna reset here.

1066
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:40,610
You can go back and forth with these four.

1067
00:54:41,861 --> 00:54:43,863
[Cole] High stakes. High drama.

1068
00:54:43,947 --> 00:54:47,659
The main event at <i>Wrestlemania</i>
hangs in the balance.

1069
00:54:48,159 --> 00:54:50,161
[Barrett] There's no favorite
at this point.

1070
00:54:50,245 --> 00:54:52,455
[indistinct chanting, cheering]

1071
00:54:53,623 --> 00:54:55,333
[Cole] Roman Reigns,

1072
00:54:55,834 --> 00:54:57,335
Randy Orton,

1073
00:54:57,877 --> 00:55:00,088
"The Career Killer" Gunther,

1074
00:55:00,171 --> 00:55:02,924
and "The Maverick" Logan Paul.

1075
00:55:04,968 --> 00:55:08,388
[Barrett] Pick a winner out of these four.
Good luck with that.

1076
00:55:09,764 --> 00:55:11,141
And Orton goes for Gunther.

1077
00:55:11,224 --> 00:55:13,810
Roman Reigns and Logan Paul
exchange blows.

1078
00:55:13,893 --> 00:55:18,273
[Barrett] Two separate fights in the ring,
all with the same aim here.

1079
00:55:22,819 --> 00:55:25,238
[Cole] Logan sent out to the apron,
trying to stay in this.

1080
00:55:26,865 --> 00:55:29,326
[Barrett] Roman Reigns only has eyes
for victory!

1081
00:55:29,409 --> 00:55:31,077
[Cole] Superman Punch!

1082
00:55:32,078 --> 00:55:36,166
Logan went for the slingshot clothesline,
and Roman Reigns made him pay.

1083
00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:38,752
Logan Paul eliminated!

1084
00:55:39,336 --> 00:55:40,545
Here goes Randy.

1085
00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:47,218
[Cole] RKO!

1086
00:55:47,302 --> 00:55:49,429
[Barrett] Out of nowhere!

1087
00:55:49,512 --> 00:55:50,555
[Cole] Gunther!

1088
00:55:51,056 --> 00:55:52,140
Eliminates Orton!

1089
00:55:52,223 --> 00:55:55,685
We are down to two. We are down to two!

1090
00:55:56,519 --> 00:55:59,981
We're working to the finish. Okay?
Here's our last two here. Last two.

1091
00:56:01,066 --> 00:56:02,734
[Barrett] The hatred for Gunther,

1092
00:56:02,817 --> 00:56:06,404
the love and adoration for Roman Reigns.

1093
00:56:06,488 --> 00:56:11,117
The contrast between these two
amongst these fans in Riyadh

1094
00:56:11,201 --> 00:56:12,619
could not be greater.

1095
00:56:12,702 --> 00:56:14,412
All right, back to the ring.

1096
00:56:14,996 --> 00:56:16,664
[Cole] Gunther, the sleeper hold!

1097
00:56:17,165 --> 00:56:20,043
[Barrett] What do you do?
You make Roman completely unconscious,

1098
00:56:20,126 --> 00:56:22,712
put him to sleep, and then turf him out.

1099
00:56:22,796 --> 00:56:24,756
[Cole] Roman trying to somehow fight back.

1100
00:56:25,507 --> 00:56:27,342
[Barrett] How deep you gonna dig?

1101
00:56:27,842 --> 00:56:29,552
[Cole] Gunther sent into the corner.

1102
00:56:30,470 --> 00:56:31,888
[suspenseful music building]

1103
00:56:31,971 --> 00:56:33,723
[Cole] Roman fired up!

1104
00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:37,102
And a Spear by Reigns!

1105
00:56:41,731 --> 00:56:43,108
Gunther eliminated!

1106
00:56:43,191 --> 00:56:44,776
Roman Reigns did it!

1107
00:56:44,859 --> 00:56:47,821
Roman Reigns is going to <i>WrestleMania</i>!

1108
00:56:48,988 --> 00:56:51,366
Ones to the sky!

1109
00:56:51,866 --> 00:56:54,202
Not one person is sitting down.

1110
00:56:54,285 --> 00:56:59,791
Not one person has left this stadium
as they celebrate the win of Roman Reigns.

1111
00:57:01,042 --> 00:57:02,585
[Roode] Everybody's standing.

1112
00:57:02,669 --> 00:57:04,838
- [man] The reaction we wanted.
- Yeah.

1113
00:57:08,258 --> 00:57:11,052
[Hunter] As you get into
the Road to <i>WrestleMania</i>,

1114
00:57:11,136 --> 00:57:15,098
things happen that solidify
where you want to go.

1115
00:57:15,181 --> 00:57:16,891
So when you come out of the <i>Rumble</i>,

1116
00:57:16,975 --> 00:57:19,602
you know
that you have Roman Reigns positioned

1117
00:57:19,686 --> 00:57:21,146
where you want him to be.

1118
00:57:21,229 --> 00:57:22,939
You see what he's pointing at?

1119
00:57:23,857 --> 00:57:27,902
He's going to be
in a main event spot at <i>WrestleMania</i>.

1120
00:57:29,904 --> 00:57:32,657
But you also come out with a firm belief

1121
00:57:33,241 --> 00:57:38,913
that Oba Femi versus Brock Lesnar…
is money.

1122
00:57:39,414 --> 00:57:44,252
If we played our cards correctly,
that we could have something white-hot.

1123
00:57:46,713 --> 00:57:49,048
There's not a lot of real estate
on <i>WrestleMania</i>,

1124
00:57:49,132 --> 00:57:51,801
but Oba is
the most legitimate, bad motherfucker

1125
00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:53,845
that has walked through the door
in a while.

1126
00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:58,308
They're already going like,
"Holy shit, him against Brock Lesnar."

1127
00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:01,769
The marquee guys have this intensity
that's hard to describe,

1128
00:58:01,853 --> 00:58:04,314
but, like, you feel it's authentic.

1129
00:58:04,397 --> 00:58:07,400
{\an8}He reminds me so much of Roman.

1130
00:58:08,526 --> 00:58:10,778
{\an8}'Cause when you speak to him,
he's very measured.

1131
00:58:10,862 --> 00:58:12,822
He processes quickly,

1132
00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:15,742
and he understands his youth is an asset.

1133
00:58:15,825 --> 00:58:16,659
[Hunter] Yeah.

1134
00:58:16,743 --> 00:58:20,663
But he comes across
as a fucking grown, mature adult at…

1135
00:58:20,747 --> 00:58:22,457
- How old is he? 28?
- [Heyman] Yeah.

1136
00:58:23,625 --> 00:58:27,128
- Is Oba Femi gonna be a babyface or heel?
- [Hunter] I don't know.

1137
00:58:27,212 --> 00:58:29,923
That's one of those ones
where I almost wonder, "Do they care?"

1138
00:58:30,006 --> 00:58:33,718
Is this gonna be the guy that comes in,
looks like he can beat Brock, and…?

1139
00:58:33,801 --> 00:58:36,596
I don't know if that matters
who they're cheering for and booing.

1140
00:58:36,679 --> 00:58:38,681
I don't think it makes a difference.

1141
00:58:38,765 --> 00:58:42,393
That could be
a big marquee fresh match at <i>WrestleMania</i>.

1142
00:58:44,354 --> 00:58:46,022
[music fades]

1143
00:58:48,816 --> 00:58:50,818
[intriguing music playing]

1144
00:59:25,853 --> 00:59:26,771
{\an8}[music fades out]