Countdown to WWE Backlash: May 10, 2025

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Ss then now forever.
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Together, and this is Saint Louis, Missouri, gateway to the
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West in a city with deep rooted pro wrestling tradition.
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Lying along the banks of the Mighty Mississippi.
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Saint Louis is home to Major League Baseball's Cardinals and
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the NHL's Blues, which will play in this fielding The
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Enterprise Center, home tonight to WWE Backlash. Over sixteen thousand
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WWE fans are on hand here tonight.
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Saint Louis is also home to this fan.
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The fourteen time world champion, the WWE's Apex Predator Randy
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or Orton, renews a rivalry that has lasted a quarter
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of a century tonight as he looks to win gold again.
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John Cena is the record setting He's seventeen time world
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champion after winning the gold in a controversial manner by
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knocking off Cody Roads in WrestleMania, Sena has this first
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defense of the underspeeded WWE.
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Titles versus Orton. Tonight.
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She's the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Champion. Lyra Valkyria. Betrayed by
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her former mentor, her hero, Lyra must defend against that
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woman here tonight. That woman is the man Becky Lynch,
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who's been increasingly delusionalized of late after a vicious attack
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on Lyra. She now looks to win the Intercontinental Championshipping Tonight.
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The United States Champion defends his title Tonight. The Samoan
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Werewolf Jacob bot Iu will take on all challengers in
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a fatal four way match at Backlash, and up start
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Dominic Fasterio of the Judgment Day in a critical title
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defense Tonight, Dirty nine defends the Inner Cutting Championship versus
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a man who has zero and fear pen Live tonight
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in sight, Ladies and gentlemen, we are live and the
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Enterprise Center at Saint Louis, Missouri. Countdown to Backlash is
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presented by Cricket Life Title and Hello and everybody, I'm
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Michael Cole. The doors have just opened here at the
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Enterprise Center. Sixteen thousand plus expected tonight for Backlash. We
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cannot wait to break things down over the next couple
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of hours. Here with me tonight none other than the
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former world Champion, Mister Money in the Bank, multi time
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tag team Champion, great fan of ours, Big Eie.
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Congratulations, somebody's tying the knot?
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Oh thank you very much. Love is very beautiful.
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But Michael, in the words of Saint Louis's own Smino,
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straight in your face. It's a beautiful life, very beautiful,
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straight face.
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Also here in joining me tonight the man who will
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be on commentary with me for back Liafe. Of course,
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Pat will not be joining us. He as a match
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later on. Talk about that in just a little bit
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none other than five time Intercontinental champion Wade Barrett.
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Big night tonight, bab Ba ba ba boom in the
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home of the Blues.
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Four championships on the line, and a very good friend
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of ours putting his life on the line against the
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former world heavyweight champion Gun For that may be a
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somba affair, but I cannot wait to get things kicked
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off here backlash.
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Yeah, a lot to talk about tonight.
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Let's take a look at the full card for what
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should be an exciting night here in Saint Louis. We
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mentioned this earlier at the Women's inter Continental Championship, the
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inaugural champion, Lyra Valkyria, who was shocked when her mentor
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turned her.
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Back on her.
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Becky Lynch.
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Becky Lynch, Let's to take the Intercontinental title from Lyra
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Valkyria here live tonight. I feel sort of responsible in
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some way for this match actually happening. Pat mccabee coming
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to my aid a number of weeks ago, but the
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match has been made official. Pat will go one on
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one with the ring General Gunther, who was in an
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awful mood after losing his World Championship at WrestleMania. Jacob
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fought two the Samoa and Werrawill, who defeated La Knight
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for the championship back at WrestleMania. Now must defend not
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only against Knight, but against Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre
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and a fatal four way match live tonight.
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Can Dominic Mysterio shock the world again.
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He takes Don Penta with his newly won Intercontinental title
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up for grabs tonight, and the rivalry continues. It has
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been a quarter of a century. John Cena and Randy
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Orton have done battle, and tonight could be the final
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time Orton in his hometown against the w w's undisputed
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champion and John Cena. We have reporters everywhere here in
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Saint Louis, including our own Byron Zachs.
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Thank you so much, guys.
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We know the history between John Cena and Randy Orton,
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a rivalry that started twenty five years ago, twenty one
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matches between these two future Hall of famers. But there's
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one aspect of the history between these two, the history
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that could affect tonight.
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Then maybe we're overlooking a specific date.
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June eleventh, two thousand and six, the event ECW One
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Night Stand.
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Now, this was a.
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Unique event because John Cena walked into that event and
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he was booed out of the building and not just
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oh boom, we don't like you John Ceno, though, this
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was a skating venom, a hatred for everything John Cena represents.
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So how does that relate to tonight.
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Well, John Cena could face a very similar environment here
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in Saint Louis because think about this thing, about how
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personal John Cena has made this.
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There could be a hatred not just because.
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John Cena wants to ruin professional wrestling, but because he
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wants to tarnish the Orton legacy, because he wants to
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embarrass Randy Orton in front of his friends, his family,
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and his fans in his hometown. Now, the difference between
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John Cena of nineteen years ago and the John Cena
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tonight is that he welcomes all that venom, he expects
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the hostility to be there.
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So here's a scenario we're looking at tonight.
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Randy Orton walks in booming with confidence, booming with the
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confidence because he's front of his hometown, booming with confidence
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because he knows he has nailed r KO after r
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KO after RKO.
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Onto John Cena. But maybe, just maybe it's John.
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Cena who is lulling Randy Orton into a false sense
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of confidence that will be the key to victory for
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the last real champ. Now for more from the Randy
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Orton camp, I send things over to Peter Rosenberg.
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Thanks so much Byron. Great stuff.
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And yes, there is a ton of history between John
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Cena and Randy Orton, just like there's a ton of
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history in pro wrestling in this city of Saint Louis.
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But beyond that, there's another history that Randy Orton is
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very aware of, and that's the history he has with
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the fans. He has made it very clear that unlike
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John Cena, he's not in and out when this whole
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weekend is over. Randy Orton will still be there every
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weekend WWE, and he takes that job and roll.
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Very very seriously.
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But let's be honest, he would love to be there
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for those fans with that championship gold around his waist.
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Because we must remember this.
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Is not simply a match about the great rivalry that
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is John Cena and Randy Orton. It's also about Randy
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Orton chasing a fifteenth title reign. He had a chance
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at Gonther last year in Berlin, came up just short,
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and now he gets another chance for number fifteen. Can
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he handle the pressure in his hometown against the great
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John Cena.
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We'll find out. For more on this match, let's go
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to Jackie Redmond.
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Rosenberg. Thanks so much. Here are the stats you need
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to know. I got three numbers for you. Ninety three,
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twenty three and ten. John Cena and Randy Orton have
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shared the ring ninety three times. In twenty three of
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those matches gold was on the line, and ten times
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they've gone one on one at a premium live event.
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In those ten matches, they're dead even five wins a piece.
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So let's call it tonight a rubber match, shall we. Plus,
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if Randy Orton could win the WWE Championship, he moves
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within two of Johnsena's record setting seventeen, but who's counting?
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And how about our women's Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria. Hard
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to believe. She's only been on the roster for one
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year and she's already made history. She said she would
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be a fighting champion, and she is. Tonight marks her
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fifth title defense in one hundred and eighteen days. And
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let us not forget she's already defeated Becky Lynch with
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a title on the line once before. All Right, Pat
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McAfee either really loves you, Cole, or the guy's got
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a death wish, because tonight he steps into the ring
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with one of the most dominant superstars WWE has ever seen.
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The ring General Gunther has never lost two singles matches
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in a row like ever, not even in NXT. I checked.
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It's a total of seventy six matches without ever losing
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back to back. So to Pat McAfee, I say good
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luck to you, sir, And last, but certainly not least,
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I got a question for ever everybody. Do you know
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who has the most dubs, the most wins in WWE
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in twenty twenty five? Because I do, and the answer
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might surprise you. It's La Nights. Yeah, nobody has had
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more televised matches in twenty twenty five than La Night
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and he's won twelve of those twenty one contests, So
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do not sleep on the former United States champion.
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Back to you call, thanks a lot, Jackie.
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Let's start with the main event now, and I want
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to talk about Seena Norton for a moment. The first
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time that John Cena and Randy Orton ever went one
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on one was twenty five years ago. It was in
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an independent event, the Brian Pillman Memorial Event. Seen it
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was prototype. Randy Orton was Randy Orton. It's the first
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time they ever went one on one. Now, twenty five
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years later, they battle for the undisputed championship.
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Wait, don't want to start with you.
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You obviously have a long history with John Cena, going
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back to the next and so on and so forth, and
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you've been very critical of the new job. What do
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you expect tonight in this battle with Randy?
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I expect John Cena is going to do similar to
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what he did at WrestleMania forty on.
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He needs to take the low road.
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He needs to take every short cut, every cheap shot,
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everything that can give him an advantage against Randy Orton
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in his hometown. John Sen is gonna need it, and
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I guarantee you he will take it.
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Randy Orton is tied with tripleh with fourteen world titles.
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Only two men have more, Rick Flair sixteen and John Cena,
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of course, seventeen. Biggie, you know Randy Orton very well,
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spent much of your career with him. What does Randy
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need to do tonight in front of his home crowd
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of Saint Louis to win the championship.
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I think Randy just needs to be Randy and keep
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his head on a swivel. We've seen John Cena return,
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but we haven't seen sena win without the aid of
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a rapper or a Hollywood star. I expect Sina to
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pull tricks out of his bag, and I think Randy
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needs to keep his head on a swivel. I worried
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when Randy came back that he wouldn't be the same
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old Randy, that he'd be a little stiff coming out
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under the back surgery. But this version of Randy has
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been sharp. He is strong, he has athletic I still
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think he has so much in the tank. But Randy
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needs to look out for who else might be entering
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the ring, what other players might be involved, because I
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don't think John Cena can get this done alone tonight.
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Yeah, and I agree with you on that point. E.
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And what I will say is that John Cena's advantage
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at WrestleMania forty one was the fact that he took
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the low road, and Cody was not prepared morally to
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meet him on that low road. Cody tried to stay high,
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and that is why he failed at WrestleMania forty to one.
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We know Randy ort and we know the viper. I
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don't care if he's getting cheered in his hometown or
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he's getting booed out of the building as the ultimate
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psychopath villain. He's kind of the same guy, the same personality,
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and he will have no issue whatsoever in meeting John
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Cena on a low road if he has to take.
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And John Cena knows that.
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There's a reason that I've said over the years that
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Randy Orton continually shows no absence of malice.
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He's the apex predator of WWE.
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He's the viper.
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He learned from the dirtiest player in the game in
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Rick Flair. When he was part of evolution.
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So Randy ort is going to do anything he can
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to win the championship tonight. John Cena has been the
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bad guy so to speak, and doing these underhanded things
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for only a couple of months now. Randy Orton's done
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this for twenty years. So in my opinion, I believe
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Randy may have the upper hand tonight.
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You talk about depth of playbook, how big is your moves,
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how far can you go back historically to pull out
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your best moves? While if we're talking about methods of
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cheating underhanded tactics, Randy Orton pretty much inherited the book.
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However, you and I said this at WrestleMania, John Cena
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looked better than ever in the ring at WRESTLEMANI up
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to the point when Travis Scott got involved, so.
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He didn't lose a step either.
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Yeah, and actually, you know, going back to Randy and
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being able to pull tricks out of the bag, we
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got to see a glimpse of that last night. We
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saw the stunt double. We don't know what other things,
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but like you said, Randy is not new to this.
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He is true to this.
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Randy has been doing this, you know, pulling out tricks,
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you know, being the most diabolical player in the game
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for a very long time.
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I think he'll be very prepared tonight.
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Yeah, and going back to your point just mentioned about
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John looking as good as ever in ring, I think
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John's advantage in that match with Cody is John controlled
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the pace. He slowed Cody down and took it at
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methodical pace.
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And he do it tonight.
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We know historically if he does that tonight, I don't
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think Randy's gonna have a problem with that. Randy loves
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that methodical pace too, So if John tries to take
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Randy out of his element by slowing things down, Randy's
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gonna be more than happy with that. Randy is the
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absolute master at work in that methodical pace.
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Look at some of the matches that these two have
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been involved in over the years. I mean, they've headlined SummerSlam,
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They've headlined wrestled Mania, they had a sixty minute iron
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Man match that John Cena won six to five. They
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had at table, Ladders and Chairs match, They've been involved
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in Hell and a Cell.
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This is just the latest chapter.
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But is it going to be the final time these
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two all time greats hook up?
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I think it will be, and I think it's something
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that us as fans, we need to relish this. We're
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gonna enjoy the match because I think this is the
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very last time. We also talked so much about that
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vaunted two thousand and two class at Ohio Valley Wrestling OVW,
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and those guys go back then, you talk about five years,
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I'm not sure we've seen wrestling soulmates like these two
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that go back for a quarter century their entire careers.
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They know each other inside and out, all the evolutions
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of their career, and and I don't think that two
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people know each other better than these two. So I
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think that'll play out well tonight.
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Interesting historical note that Wade sent me earlier on today,
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Forty years ago tonight, Randy's dad, Cowboy Bob Wharton, was
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in a match against Hulk Hogan for the championship at
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Saturday Nights main event. So it's interesting that we've really
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come full circle with Randy being involved in the match
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here tonight. Can Randy Orton move into third place all
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time with fifteen world titles.
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I think he can. It's here in Saint Louis. The
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moment will be too big for him. I think he'll
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be bullied by his hometown fans. I think Randy has
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a great shot at winning a world championship tonights too.
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I think this is the most wage too many nights to.
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The bar with him.
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But yeah, I think Randy Orton is probably more prepared
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than ever, He's more mature than ever. I think having
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the hometown backing behind him this evening will be the
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difference maker. I'm predicting a new w W champions.
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Speaking of way Barrett, he was telling me about this
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earlier very interesting interview that he did sitting down with
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the wwez Apex predator Randy Orton earlier this week. I
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cannot wait to hear what the viper has to say.
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Randy Orton sit down interviews still to come tonight. We
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are live at the Enterprise Center in Saint Louis as
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we creak closer and closer to Backlash.
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On June seventh, Los Angeles hosts two epic events, ww
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E wils Collide featuring Triple A Lucha Lee Bray.
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Oh guess no breaks.
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Here we go in WWE money in the bank.
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The opportunity of a lifetime.
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Rise above the rest.
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WWE Worlds Collide and money in the bank in Los Angeles,
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June seventh.
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Individual event tickets on sale.
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Now, you know, it's kind of fun when you haven't
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watched the match in ages, you're like.
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Oh, that was good. Oh we put a good little thing.
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Oh see, I didn't see that coming. I'm watching it
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like a fan for the first time. I'm like, oh,
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this is great. Yeah, oh back to it. Oh with
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a sitout there, you go, that's gotta be it.
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Mini made bottles coming out this summer which was so long,
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and go get those.
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We're really doing some pretty good business.
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Huh.
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We've been a part of some pretty good stuffy Yeah.
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And we rode it, man, we rode that wave because
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there were some good years and some bad years, you know, and.
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Really reaping the rewards here.
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Filling up these houses. I like it.
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Oh there you go, like that, what's going on here?
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A little unclean? Just ride right into it, you know.
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Oh yeah, I remember that, yeah, right to it. Yeah.
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I remember at this time, I was really into like
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riding tags laid into matches, you know, like like we're
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way past like the hot tag here, and there's been
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like seven more tags since you know what I mean.
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Oh, hello, what do we got here?
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I think I vaguely remember this.
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I remember thinking, oh, I want to start keeping this.
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What's going on a little his visually?
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Yeah exactly, it's just real different, not somewhere you normally
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see that.
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Oh smoked nice though, oh not a whole lot of
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life behind that one.
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So it's just that pro Oh there you go.
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That is one beat up man.
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That is one angry man.
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Oh it's coming on.
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I don't do that no more.
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Hey, they got me, Like, what's next?
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What's next?
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They got me?
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These guys are good.
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Yeah, I got myself.
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See there's the story playing in like you're not getting
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the job done. I'm taking care of it from now. Again,
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it's hard to remember, but I think that's where we were, right, Ah.
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Get your out of here, younger.
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That yeah, I mean either, but they got me, they
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got me, get out yeah, get yours?
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.
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Oh this is tense. This is tense, old.
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As this engine's dogs costin.
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We called this, of course, it looks like you called him.
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Oh that's it, dog?
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Is that it?
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I thought that was it?
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So I thought that's a good little nudge.
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It's good.
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It's good, great action, good storytelling and all weaves in together.
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That that's our things. That's right.
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We're about an hour and forty minutes away from Backlash
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and this is Saint Louis, Missouri on the banks of
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the Mighty Mississippi, home of Backlash year tonight where Lyra
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Valkyria defender Intercuttingental Championship against her.
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Former mentor Becky Lynch, liv.
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Morgan and Roquel Rodriguez defend the women's tag team titles
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against Lyra vout Piria. Hopefully she found a partner. Bailey
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was attacked yesterday.
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So you got about twenty four hours to find in
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a partner.
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So who will it be? How bad it is?
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Back Libra about Kerrie, Becky Lenz have become great friends
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over the last couple of years.
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Now be able to be here, It's really quite amazing,
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especially to be by this woman's side.
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Well, you saw what happened to Bailey.
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Laura was given twenty four hours to funds, have a
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new partner.
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Double champion with the man dream come true.
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I feel like a massive life goal was completed today
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and I couldn't be happier.
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Live in Rouelty on Becky and Lyra Women's tag team championship.
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Reman time shifts.
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Very disappointed Becky Lens, Lyra Valkyria as well. Not quite
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the way they want to be. We'll after WrestleMania to go.
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Oh dam.
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That was speculates doing.
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To a woman who had toward her, who looked up
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to her as a mentor.
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The mine is back in business, so let's get down
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to business. Dailey was tragically taken out of her WrestleMania Machi.
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It was the friend of my enemy is my enemy,
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and that brings me to Lyra.
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Lyra wouldn't be.
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In this business if it wasn't for me.
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I had high hopes for Lyra.
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While I was out. She was posing up to the
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woman who I've been fighting for the last six years.
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You had high hopes for me.
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Do you know how many women in that locker room
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warned me about you?
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I didn't buy any of it because of the hopes.
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That I had for you, But I finally see it now.
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Are you thinking about the last time we went Onna?
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What when I beat you and took your st championship.
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She doesn't have a dream if it isn't for me.
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She doesn't make history if it isn't for me.
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Backslash might put this title on the line.
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I'm gonna make that matter like I made you matter.
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You never made me matter. I made me matter.
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It doesn't matter how good you think you are.
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So I'm the greatest to ever do it.
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No, I'm no longer interested in being the next Becky Lynch.
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I am Lyra.
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Valkyria, and I am going to be a better parentsband
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than you, and I already know I'm a better restless
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than you. Well, it's been a long time since we've
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seen Becky Lynch in one on one competition. In fact,
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the last time she had a singles title opportunity it
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was May twenty seventh of twenty twenty four. It's been
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almost an entire calendar year. But I talked to her
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this morning and she said she feels great. In fact,
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she says she's in the best shape of her entire life.
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Said she did a thousand berpies this morning, didn't even
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break a sweat. But you know, guys, there's been a
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lot of conversation around what Becky has or has not
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done for the women's locker room. We heard Lyra talk
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about Becky shattering glass ceilings and leaving glass on the floor.
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I asked Becky this morning for her thoughts on that rhetoric,
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and she said, Jackie, I'm still in my prime. Why
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would I be focusing on anything other than winning championships.
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It's what all the greats do, Mike Tyson, Tom Brady,
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Michael Jordan. They focus on one thing, winning Why because
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the second you focus on anything.
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Else, that's when you lose.
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And Becky says she has no interest in losing. So
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as much as she would love to mentor some of
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the women in the WWE locker room, she says she'll
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save that for retirement. Right now, she has one focus,
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and that's winning a championship she's never won. Byron over
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to you, Hey, thank you so much.
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Jackie, and Lyra, thank you for spending some time with me.
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You were dealing with a lot of different emotions heading
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into tonight's match, having teamed up with Becky Lynch at WrestleMania,
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only for her to stab you in the back the
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next night. You've also dedicated this match to Bailey, and
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of course you have so much pride in being the
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first ever women's in her continental champion.
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Now, how are you gonna manage all these emotions?
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Well, You're right.
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There's so much going on in my head, and my
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way of dealing it with it is focusing on the
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main emotion, and.
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That is embarrassment.
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I am so embarrassed.
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I've given myself the ick for believing everything that Becky
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fed me. So many people warn me, and I would
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have defended her for life. She would have had a
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friend for life in me. But she went and ruined everything.
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She turned on me.
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And what did she expect? Did you think I'd just.
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Run home to Dublin like took my tail between my
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legs and leave.
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No.
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No, that shows me she underestimated me, and I believe.
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I believe so fiercely what I said. I am the
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better wrestler when that bell rings. She may be the
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superstar now, but when that bell rings, I'm gonna show
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that I was never a stepping stone. I'm gonna turn
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her into my stepping stone, and she's just gonna be
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the crowning name on the list of people that I
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have beat for the Intercontinent to Women's Championship.
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Thank you so much, Lyra, good luck tonight.
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Clearly, Lyra Valkyrie has taken that feeling of embarrassment and
496
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turned it into confidence as she plans to retain the
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Women's Intercontinental Championship against Becky Lynch.
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Bet you guys on the panel.
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Thanks Byron.
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We're joined now by the voice of NXT, Vic Joseph,
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with us to talk about Lyra Valkyrie. But first, speaking
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of NXT, some congratulations in order for Jordan Grace and
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Miles Bourne. You know those two superstars have an opportunity
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coming up at Battleground.
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It was Julia Jordan Grace. Jordan Grace got the big wins.
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She now face Stephanie Vicer for the NX two Women's sidle.
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Milesborne outlasted twenty four others to win a Battle Royal.
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He now has an NXT Championship match Sunday, Memorial Day
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weekend at Battleground in Tampa.
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So, Vic, let's talk about Lyra Valkyria.
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You had the unique opportunity to call the early part
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of her career before she came up to Monday Night Raw.
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Are you impressed with where she is today? One hundred percent?
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I mean NXT UK, NXT. Every time I have seen
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her Pete she has taken that step forward. I think
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she's really achieving her potential. And the one thing that
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I kept looking back when I would see and you
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heard Jackie talk about that NXT Women's Championship match, you
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know at Halloween Havoc. On that night, Becky Lynch kept
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saying to all the women in the locker room, I'm
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here to elevate the locker room. I want someone to
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come to me and take the championship off me. Prove yourself. Well,
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do you know who did that? Lyravl Carrie on that night?
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Was the woman who take that title in tonight? The
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question I have about Becky Lynch is I don't question
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laarra val Carrie. I've seen it firsthand. Can Becky Lynch
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take that title from Lyra So?
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Biggie Vic made the point, and Becky had made a
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point of mentoring a lot of these young superstars over
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the years. Somewhere along the line this has changed, and
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I think that's a lot of the public perception right now.
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And Becky's alluded to on Raw Recap as well, this
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term that she's earned of being Becky Hogan. Is she
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someone who is elevating the locker room or she's someone
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who is using younger talent to step on them to
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continue to climb up, And who knows it's I think
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the the answer is.
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Somewhere in the middle.
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Look, I look at someone like Lyra and I think
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she's so incredibly talented, But she seems like a very
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nice person. And there are a lot of nice people
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in the locker room. But what I have been really
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impressed with the last few weeks is seeing that edge,
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seeing that dog, and I think she is ready for
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everything that Becky has to throw at her today.
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Look, I'm a fan of Lyra Valkyrio. Let me get
547
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out that out the way right off the bat. But
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this Becky Hogan stepping on younger talent, what are you
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talking about?
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It is not me true, it's the Internet.
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People can speculate anyway. They won't.
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Becky Lynch came back and helped Lira Valkyria win a
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tax championship. That's so many affords, one of the biggest
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fat lights of her career. How's that holding down young guitar?
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He attacked Bailey to get that spot. Lyra put her
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well her entire trust in her. They won the title,
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and then the next night they lose and Becky takes
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it out on Lyra.
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Okay, it's tough love.
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It is teaching Lira a lesson, Hey, you lose in
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this game, you shouldn't take it well, there should be
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a negative reaction. Good loses in this world do not
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get to the very top. And if Lyra Valkurier wants
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to go around being a good loser in life, I
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promise you she is never gonna have the whole of
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fame level career that Becky Lynch You's out. That was
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the lesson that was trying to be sent over to
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Lyra Valkyria. Lyra just didn't take it on the chin
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and has refused any responsibility for a role with so if.
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They could question for you and Biggie had mentioned this
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and I noticed it too. I said it on commentary
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the last couple of weeks. This edge that Lyra now has,
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she seemed to have mature a lot and she understands
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that it's every woman for herself in the locker room.
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Did you notice the difference from NXT to now here
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at this level?
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One hundred percent?
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I mean, just go back to this past Monday when
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she would get in and she would call out some
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of them.
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She was pushing back against Becky. Becky's not used to
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women in the locker room.
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Pushing her, going up against her, saying negative things, talking
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down Lyra Valkyria overtime has developed the one thing that
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Bookert always tells me that young talent has to learn
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killer instinct. Lyra Valkaria has certainly learned that, and she's
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gonna prove it again here tonight.
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See how long did it take you to learn that
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killer instinct?
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It took me years. Look, there's a lot of especially
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when you first come on the main roster. Man, I
592
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was surrounded by so many giants, people that I had
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watched when I was a kid, and it's very easy
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to be intimidated by that. And and I see someone
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like Lyra and she didn't take years like I took
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years to get comfortable. I think she's ready now. And
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I've been so impressed with the way that she's stepped
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up her game the last few weeks.
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I don't know what killer instinct we're talking about with
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regard to Lyra val Carrie. Just because she's talking tough
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all of a sudden, she hasn't backed it up.
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That's all the last two weeks. I know you're on
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smack now, but maybe you should watch the product.
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I usually mute it because you talk too much on that.
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But absolutely, I've been watching roll I've been keeping track
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of it. Talking tough is one thing. I can go
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out there and say I'm a better wrestler than the Undertaker.
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It doesn't make it true tough talk is she you
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have to back it up there?
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She beat her already, Lyra Val Carrie has beaten Becky Lynch.
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She's the champion, she is the answer continent to women's champion.
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Yeah, I'm regret that she has not beating this version
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of Becky Lynch since she will not.
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Let's see it has never beaten Hira val Carrie.
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What do you mean?
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He whooped him to go?
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So nonetheless, I can't wait to debate this with you
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tonight during the during the show. But nonetheless, here is
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the man who has taken WWE by storm.
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The man has zero fear.
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He is Tenta, and he's the number one contender for
622
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the men's in a continental championship. Let's talk about this
623
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match and break this down now, guys, Biggie, I'm gonna
624
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start with you, Tenta.
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This man has taken the WWE by storm. He is,
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he has and look, he is fairly new to WWE.
627
00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.839
But this man is seasoned. He has been wrestling all
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around the world for quite the time. I love how
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much fans I'm taken to him. I love his confidence,
630
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I love his swagger. But he's in the ring with somewhat.
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I didn't think that Dominic would be at this point
632
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in his career, this early. I'm so excited for this match.
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I don't know which way it goes. It's hard to
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bet against Pendebough.
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I'll tell you, Vic, you spent a lot of time
636
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with Dominic when he was in NXT, the NXT North
637
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of Amyera and Champion. I make fun of him a lot,
638
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but he's really grown into quite the superstar recently.
639
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You know, he certainly has, and it seems that he's
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taking some of the learnings from a Finn Balor and
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the time he's had in judgment a. Because this is
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a guy who always seems to step in it but
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somehow comes out smelling like roses every single time.
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And that's a unique characteristic.
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To have you mentioned Finn Balor, Vic, what about Finn
646
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and JD and Carlito?
647
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Wait are they gonna play into this tonight?
648
00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:34.519
Well, if help dominates step in, they've coached up by
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his side. His pathway to winning the Intercontinental Championship and
650
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successfully defending it has all had the implications thanks to
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Judgment Day's involvement.
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I don't see that changing tonight.
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I think if Judgment they can get involved, they will
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get involved. And I'm sure Dirty dom Mystereo will pick
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up the bars up tonight once he's successful.
656
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Remember, Dominic already has successfully defended the Intercontinental Championship against
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Penta the night after WrestleMania because of the return of
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Jay D McDonough. How in your mind, Big Ee, has
659
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Dominic improved over the past few years.
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I see the confidence. I think that's the biggest thing.
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I remember during the pandemic. You see this young kid
662
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and it feels very much like he's trying to get
663
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his feet wet. It feels a little bit too big
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for him, but he is owning it. Every time I
665
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see him in interviews, every time I see him in
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the ring, he feels like he has the crowd and
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the palm of his hands, and I think, not having
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those butterflies, not having those feelings of nervousness. Hey, I'm
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in the ring where the guy he's been doing this
670
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what twenty years? He's not coming into this with fear.
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He too has no fear.
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Wait, winning your first championship does that go a long way?
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And Quelly know his fears, his big ee says yeah.
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I'd say pretty much the argument against Dominant Mysterio for
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a long time that he was Ray Mysterio lie with
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that was any reason he would see. Yeah, Well, people
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like you have tried your best to verbally tear him
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down at times. He's proven all the nay say is wrong.
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Once you win, that is the acid test, and it's
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proof positive that you not only belong here, but you
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thrive here as one of the very best in the company.
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00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:08.440
So let's talk about this match, Vic, I'll start with you.
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Who wins tonight, Penta or Dominic Mysterio.
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I really think it's hard to bet against someone like
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Dominic Mysterio. I've done it before when I was at
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the desk on NXT and he always again seems to
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push forward and when you add judgment day always in
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his corner. It's just hard to bet against dirty Don Well,
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why did.
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We give way to Mike? I thought you're done with
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him for the rest of the day.
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Double night.
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Now Wait, thank everybody for that.
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Who wins tonight.
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For me, it is dirty Dominic mysterio. I think he's
696
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had a lag up on the competition for quite some time.
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I think all of the lucha doors now are finding
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their very top form with the acquisition of Triple A.
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Everyone wants to be the spearhead of that global lucha
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movement now that ww W is behind it, And once again,
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I think the class of Dominic Mysterio means a retention.
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Tonight, I think Penna walks out as an intercontinental champion.
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We don't have liv Morgan here. We see a lot
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of frack.
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Sure.
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I think we'll see the Judgment Day, but I'm not
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sure what version of the Judgment Day we'll see.
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So I'm going with Penham. So I'm not going to
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bet this match.
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I'm not gonna bet it because if Judgment Day doesn't
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get involved, I believe pent wins' first singles championship in WWE.
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If Judgment Day is anywhere near ringside, Dominic's going to
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retain the title. I know, cheap way out, but what
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are you gonna do? Nonetheless, folks, we are closing in
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on the start of Backlash Live in Saint Louis at
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the Enterprise Center here tonight, we're expecting over sixteen thousand
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WWE fan well coming up.
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On Wednesday of Force on ESPN Plus.
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It is another edition of Stephanie's Places for Guests this
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week The Undertake.
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I can't say.
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Not everything at MSG worked in the Undertaker's favor, and
723
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I knew something that took place right where we were standing,
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an incident the Undertaker would never forget. Survivor series nineteen
725
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ninety six. You actually ascended from the rafters in this
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very arena. I did, and you had wings.
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I did.
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Like an angel of darkness. I was an angel of something.
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It wasn't darkness.
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Oh I wish it had been darker. My vision was
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dragging maybe.
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Bat I don't know if it was because of my size.
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I don't know if it was the hornet.
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I just don't know.
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It just didn't. Was it scary?
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It was just as well.
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It was more.
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00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:45.599
It was more disappointing than it was anything, because I
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really envisioned this to be a really cool way to
740
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enter the garden.
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00:38:52.719 --> 00:39:03.760
On all right beyond look at me, all.
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The iconic performances and all the iconic people that have
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00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.679
performed here. I was really trying to put something out
744
00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:15.239
there that people is yours would remember in a present
745
00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:17.320
the Undertaker came.
746
00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:20.639
Down and he was a giant, bad kind of thing and.
747
00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:25.599
Just didn't the translation of it just didn't work.
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00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.079
Yeah, that sucked.
749
00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:34.320
Oh, ladies and gentleman. Catch the rest of Stephanie's conversation
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with the legendary Undertaker this Wednesday on ESPN Plus.
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This is France's third largest city.
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Welcome to Leo. This is the largest gate any arena
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show in w W history.
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00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:04.719
This is w backlash. If they want to bottle, I'm
755
00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.480
ready for all.
756
00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:09.440
A call from the Struggle a level the trouble Lash.
757
00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:11.079
There's a great fight.
758
00:40:12.320 --> 00:40:13.920
Yes, kicking the dogs.
759
00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:16.280
Kicking the dog, then the claracle for the moon.
760
00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:17.880
I can give you a talk if they want to.
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00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:20.360
Talk.
762
00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:23.920
Lo coma brother secure.
763
00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:28.360
The smiling face is honeymore Yeah, kicking the dog and
764
00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:29.800
then a claracle for the moon.
765
00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.639
I can give you a talk if they want to bottle.
766
00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:40.840
Man want us playing that water, says a t o
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00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.599
name till.
768
00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:46.280
Trap, a triple threat match.
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00:40:46.400 --> 00:40:49.519
The first woman to game Pitfaller submission will win the
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w W Women's title.
771
00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.559
Kicking the dog.
772
00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:56.039
Kicking a dog and then the claracle for the moon.
773
00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.840
I can give you a talk if they want to bottle.
774
00:40:57.880 --> 00:41:00.519
I'm ready for the dow a call from struggle and
775
00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:01.199
level the trouble.
776
00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.800
I've been in a.
777
00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:03.119
Fool, barely got her.
778
00:41:03.159 --> 00:41:05.400
Could the tool with the smiling face honeymore?
779
00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.639
Yeah, kicking the dog in the from the moon, I
780
00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:17.519
can give you a talk ready for all the coats here.
781
00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:21.039
That as fair a call from the struggle and level
782
00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:21.480
the trouble.
783
00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.360
I've been in a fool.
784
00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.119
I'm done that.
785
00:41:23.159 --> 00:41:25.679
I'm sick of the tool with the smiling face, is honeymore?
786
00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:29.960
Valor that a spare the ballot in three out of
787
00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.639
one out here?
788
00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:32.159
If they want to bottle, I'm ready for.
789
00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:36.480
Damian Priest for tame. Wait a minute, Damian Priest is
790
00:41:36.519 --> 00:41:39.519
not even clear. I want to do this on my own.
791
00:41:49.199 --> 00:41:53.800
They can only beat one hand something taking up.
792
00:41:54.239 --> 00:42:03.280
Says the don't stand the same the one that.
793
00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:15.679
The house there only can.
794
00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:25.639
Then you'll make me.
795
00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:35.400
That didn't make bread by s ever se to take
796
00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:37.079
your dogs stands.
797
00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:15.079
We are less than an hour and twenty minutes away
798
00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:18.880
from backlash, live on the banks of the Mighty Mississippi River,
799
00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:22.599
Saint Louis Missouri where tonight this won't quite be a
800
00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:25.880
wrestling match. It's gonna be ay brawl. It is Gunther
801
00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:30.639
versus our commentary partner Pat McAfee. Here tonight there is
802
00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:33.920
the ring general who was in a foul move ever
803
00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:37.719
since losing his World Championship to Jay Us at WrestleMania.
804
00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:42.480
Gunther is in action tonight. Well, ladies and gentlemen, I
805
00:43:42.519 --> 00:43:46.400
feel somewhat responsible for the fact that well, Pat McAfee's
806
00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:48.559
in this match with guntherro tonight. Plenty to talk about
807
00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:50.719
in just a moment as we take a look at
808
00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:56.119
how we got here. For Gunther and McAfee, the.
809
00:43:56.320 --> 00:44:00.320
Legacy off this great sport and the world the way
810
00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:07.440
championship belonged to me, this particular WrestleMania will be what
811
00:44:07.840 --> 00:44:09.880
that Jay whoso will remember.
812
00:44:09.719 --> 00:44:10.960
For the rest of his life.
813
00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:37.639
The cruiser jay Us Shaw's.
814
00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:41.880
World champion cut their tapped out you.
815
00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:44.840
Did a day cuntor tapped out.
816
00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:56.440
Shay you so winning his first World championship tap it
817
00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:58.679
out the right gener out cut the.
818
00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:03.559
Oo for the second gear, a road that Hustle Media lost.
819
00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:14.119
To a masshim underdog. Let's say the time, the future,
820
00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:17.440
My God, You've got something to say to me. Tell
821
00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:20.320
me right now, look what I'm doing my job. I'm
822
00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:21.519
not the one who tapped out.
823
00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.400
Don't tell us your post.
824
00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:32.760
What is it?
825
00:45:45.320 --> 00:45:46.360
What is stop?
826
00:46:00.360 --> 00:46:05.000
GUTU can find an undisclosed amount and suspended indefinitely.
827
00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:10.239
I think there's a lot of people that have forgotten
828
00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:15.159
who the hell I am. You must ride for those
829
00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:19.639
that ride for you. You're either with me or against me.
830
00:46:20.960 --> 00:46:24.039
You got a problem with Cole, You got a problem with.
831
00:46:24.199 --> 00:46:24.960
Me, Guther.
832
00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:29.400
I want to fight Duther Heysack.
833
00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:34.000
We can lift the suspension on Gunther in a sanctioned
834
00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:36.480
contest at Backlash.
835
00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:43.239
Del. I'm going to show up more focused than ever before.
836
00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:47.840
I'm going to mal you. I'm going to correct you
837
00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:51.960
by the hand and drive it into this match. You've
838
00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:56.440
gotten jaded, You've gotten too damn comfortable. It happened with
839
00:46:56.559 --> 00:47:01.519
Sammy's aim, it happened with jay Uso on Saturday. You're
840
00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:04.639
gonna underestimate me, and I'm going to prove to you
841
00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:06.360
and all these.
842
00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:09.960
People that this version at FUTH is solved.
843
00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:14.239
Holy the grace up, Gods can listen.
844
00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:17.880
My arms off your shout.
845
00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:25.679
Pat McAfee arrived earlier today. He's in a good mood.
846
00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:27.400
I spent some time on his bus with him. He's
847
00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:30.880
ready for this matchup tonight. He realizes he could get pummeled,
848
00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:33.119
he could get destroyed, but he is ready to put
849
00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:35.880
on a show here tonight, ladies and gentlemen. I want
850
00:47:35.920 --> 00:47:38.320
to start this off by saying, I'm going to apologize
851
00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:41.679
for two things. One of those things is the fact
852
00:47:41.679 --> 00:47:43.440
that I put my friend, one of my best friends
853
00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:45.719
on this planet, in this predicament where he feels like
854
00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:47.719
he has to step up and defend me.
855
00:47:48.039 --> 00:47:51.599
I'll apologize for that. I'll also apologize to Wade Barrett
856
00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:52.000
and all.
857
00:47:51.920 --> 00:47:53.880
The millions of fans that are gonna be watching tonight
858
00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:56.800
that I am not going to call this match down
859
00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:59.599
the middle. I am going to be extremely biased in
860
00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:03.079
my commentary tonight as I pull for my friend Pat McAfee.
861
00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:05.719
And there is a reason for this. We are commentators
862
00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:07.440
for twenty eight years.
863
00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:09.639
I have sat at that desk and I have given
864
00:48:09.800 --> 00:48:13.920
my blood, my sweat, my tears to this business.
865
00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:18.320
I should be able to have an opinion.
866
00:48:18.639 --> 00:48:22.800
I have seen everything, I've experienced everything in WWE.
867
00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:24.440
I should be able to have my.
868
00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:28.719
Opinion on anything that I want and for some bully
869
00:48:29.000 --> 00:48:31.800
to walk up at me and assault me at ringside,
870
00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:34.440
assault my partner, drag him into this.
871
00:48:34.760 --> 00:48:37.000
What does that mean for all of us as commentators.
872
00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:40.199
Wade's retired, Bigie's retired, They're gonna get dragged into this
873
00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:42.800
if they make some remark that pisses somebody off.
874
00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:46.079
This is ridiculous. And I'll tell you one thing right now.
875
00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.880
Pat McAfee is going to give everything he has tonight
876
00:48:49.039 --> 00:48:51.119
and he might get his ass kicked, but he's doing
877
00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:53.800
it for all of us. You don't see Lebron James
878
00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.840
attacking steven A.
879
00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:57.400
Smith on the sideline. When Steven A.
880
00:48:57.480 --> 00:49:01.360
Smith says something about Lebron they talk to as people.
881
00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:04.280
Gunther didn't do that, and I, for the love of God,
882
00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:07.159
hope that Gunther gets what's coming to him tonight.
883
00:49:10.079 --> 00:49:12.440
This is about all of us as commentators. Well, first
884
00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:14.639
of all, you don't have to apologize to us for anything.
885
00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:17.440
You are the voice of passion, no doubt about that.
886
00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:19.559
But I do have to pump the breaks here and
887
00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:23.840
be the voice of reality. The reality is that Pat McAfee,
888
00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:27.239
in my opinion, is in so far over his head
889
00:49:27.719 --> 00:49:31.159
it's unbelievable. The guy is one of the best human beings.
890
00:49:31.239 --> 00:49:35.880
We know he extreme loyalty, incredible athlete, great human being
891
00:49:35.960 --> 00:49:38.000
to be around, and we love working with him. Of course,
892
00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:41.559
he is a ride or die kind of guy. Unfortunately,
893
00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:44.400
tonight I think the ride ends and what does that
894
00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:44.960
leave you with?
895
00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:50.280
Look, Michael, I echo everything you said. I think what
896
00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:52.840
Pat did was extremely noble for him to stand up.
897
00:49:53.079 --> 00:49:55.400
We're all we should have the ability to say what
898
00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:58.519
we want to say, to speak honestly about the superstars
899
00:49:58.519 --> 00:49:59.559
and about the talent in the ring.
900
00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:01.239
What Gunther did cross the line.
901
00:50:01.559 --> 00:50:03.400
But what I will say is, once you decide to
902
00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:06.159
step into that ring, the protections that are offered to
903
00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.320
us as commentators go out the window. Pat has now
904
00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:11.719
put himself in danger, and I honestly, I think we're
905
00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:15.320
being far too flippant about this. This man is entering
906
00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:18.000
the ring with a man who is trying to make
907
00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:19.840
a point. This is not going to be just another
908
00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:22.039
wrestling match for Gunther. He is going to try to
909
00:50:22.119 --> 00:50:24.599
put Pat in the ground. And I know Pat is
910
00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:26.760
a great athlete. I know he trains what he talks
911
00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:28.960
for a living. This man, he is not in the
912
00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:31.920
ring like Gunther is. He is not training like gun
913
00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:34.079
thro is he has not committed his life to this
914
00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:37.360
business like Gunther has. And although Pat has done a
915
00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:39.800
very noble thing standing up for you, and I have
916
00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:42.039
so much respect for you and for what Pat did,
917
00:50:42.280 --> 00:50:44.440
but I think this is a very very bad idea.
918
00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:47.039
In fact, if you believe in the power of prayer,
919
00:50:47.239 --> 00:50:49.840
I suggest you use it because I think that what
920
00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.440
Pat is.
921
00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:52.559
Doing, he has a wife, he has a child to
922
00:50:52.639 --> 00:50:55.400
go home to, and I think that he is in
923
00:50:55.519 --> 00:50:56.639
jeopardy of doing that.
924
00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:59.320
So, Biggie, I agree with you on all those points.
925
00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:01.199
And yes, this is a sanctioned match.
926
00:51:01.239 --> 00:51:03.360
And again I feel awful that Pat is in this
927
00:51:03.480 --> 00:51:08.320
situation basically because of me and what we've done. And
928
00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:11.920
Gunther is in a different place right now. He lost
929
00:51:11.960 --> 00:51:15.519
to Sammy Zay at WrestleMania last year an underdog. He
930
00:51:15.599 --> 00:51:18.320
lost to Cody Rhodes in the Crown Jewel Championship. He
931
00:51:18.480 --> 00:51:21.239
lost to Jay Us, a massive underdog at WrestleMania, and
932
00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:25.199
Gunther is just mad and Gunther is angry. But let's
933
00:51:25.239 --> 00:51:28.199
not take anything away from Pat. He's a tremendous athlete
934
00:51:28.480 --> 00:51:31.280
and he has performed in the ring on the big
935
00:51:31.400 --> 00:51:35.519
stages like Summer Slam, in WrestleMania. Yeah, Pat may lose tonight,
936
00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:39.079
but I guarantee you one thing. Pat is not going
937
00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:41.880
to go down without a fight. He's gonna get his
938
00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:46.000
licks in on Gunther and hopefully hopefully he's able to survive.
939
00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:50.320
I hope so too. But at what cost, Michael, At
940
00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:54.039
what costs Wade? Do you does Pat have any chance?
941
00:51:55.159 --> 00:51:57.000
I would love to say yes, and I agree with
942
00:51:57.119 --> 00:51:59.559
everything you said about him standing up for the announcers
943
00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:03.519
and being morally right in this situation, I just cannot
944
00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:06.679
possibly see how Pat can win this match against someone
945
00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:10.280
the level of Gunther. Jackie Redmond mentioned earlier. Gunha doesn't
946
00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:12.920
lose twice, and I think I can name every single
947
00:52:13.079 --> 00:52:17.199
loss that Gunther has ever had under the WWE umbrella
948
00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:19.440
three and I know all of them. I didn't even
949
00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:22.800
have to research it. They stand out because they are rarities.
950
00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:25.760
They are the exceptional moments in his career that aren't
951
00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:28.039
supposed to happen. He doesn't lose back to back, He
952
00:52:28.239 --> 00:52:33.079
certainly doesn't lose two people who are outsiders.
953
00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:33.519
From the industry.
954
00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:36.880
In terms of Pat McAfee hasn't done the things that
955
00:52:37.000 --> 00:52:40.000
a dragonov has done in the past that Ay Jay
956
00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:42.960
Usso has done that a Sammy Zay has done in
957
00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:46.760
the past. Gunther is here tonight to bully somebody and
958
00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:50.039
make an example of somebody that he believes does not
959
00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:52.559
belong in his precious ring.
960
00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:54.639
But I think the difference for Gunther is it's not
961
00:52:54.800 --> 00:52:56.920
going to be just about winning and losing. It's about
962
00:52:56.960 --> 00:53:00.199
making a statement. It's about marling Pat. I think its
963
00:53:00.199 --> 00:53:03.280
sing the title the way he did at WrestleMania. There's
964
00:53:03.280 --> 00:53:05.719
a level of embarrassment that he is living with, and
965
00:53:05.880 --> 00:53:09.079
I think he's going to take out his frustration, his anger,
966
00:53:09.360 --> 00:53:11.039
his angst on Pat tonight, and that.
967
00:53:11.239 --> 00:53:13.159
Is my worry for Pat Well.
968
00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:15.159
I do believe, and I know I'll be cheering and
969
00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:17.719
over sixteen thousand it'll be cheering for Pat as well.
970
00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:20.079
Hopefully he can play off that emotion tonight.
971
00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:20.800
More on that later on.
972
00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:22.800
We're gonna switch gears now to talk about the Fatal
973
00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:26.480
four way for the United States Championship. Standing by backstage
974
00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:28.639
Byron Saxton with a former champion.
975
00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:32.199
Thank you guys, indeed standing by with the megastar himself,
976
00:53:32.599 --> 00:53:35.519
La Night La. Jackie Rebmend brought up a pretty interesting
977
00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:37.920
fact about you earlier on. She said that so far
978
00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:40.800
in twenty twenty five, you have the most wins and
979
00:53:40.920 --> 00:53:45.280
the most matches of any WWE superstar. That's gonna make
980
00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:46.960
you feel pretty good about your chances tonight.
981
00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:47.559
Well, I'll tell you what.
982
00:53:47.639 --> 00:53:49.400
You can go ahead and sing my praises all you want,
983
00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.199
let me talk to you. Here's the deal.
984
00:53:51.239 --> 00:53:53.239
We ain't got to sing any praises because people would
985
00:53:53.239 --> 00:53:55.800
hear that number and they'd say, well, that probably means.
986
00:53:55.639 --> 00:53:57.400
You're kind of the workhorse, right.
987
00:53:58.119 --> 00:53:59.000
Why I'm worried about that?
988
00:53:59.039 --> 00:54:01.360
When I hear that, I don't hear workhorse, I hear champion.
989
00:54:01.599 --> 00:54:04.039
Whether I hold the championship better or I don't. I
990
00:54:04.239 --> 00:54:07.079
stand here a champion and his badglasses upon us. I
991
00:54:07.400 --> 00:54:09.519
think back to last night. I think about the man
992
00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:11.719
who asked if he could trust me, the man who
993
00:54:11.800 --> 00:54:14.239
I indeed put my trust in, Damian Priest, and the
994
00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:15.559
fact that we came to blows at the end of
995
00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:15.840
the night.
996
00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:17.920
That's okay with me, because tonight that's just a.
997
00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:19.239
Little preview of what we're gonna get.
998
00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:22.599
And then you got Drew McIntyre talking about I don't
999
00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:24.440
even deserve to be in this match. Do you understand
1000
00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:27.199
that I am entitled to my championship rematch. As matter
1001
00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:28.880
of fact, I shouldn't have to deal with the rest of.
1002
00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:30.960
You goose, but here I am. I tell you what.
1003
00:54:31.119 --> 00:54:31.719
I'll welcome you.
1004
00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:34.199
Come on down Sobin Scotsman, because I got some for you.
1005
00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:38.159
But then I look at the Samoe and Werewolf. He's
1006
00:54:38.199 --> 00:54:39.639
the one who took the title from me. He's the
1007
00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:41.760
real guy who's got the target on him right now.
1008
00:54:41.960 --> 00:54:44.800
You could pin anybody in this match to win that championship,
1009
00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.960
but he's the one that I want.
1010
00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:47.440
He's the one that everybody's gunning for.
1011
00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:50.039
But I will tell you this, anybody's standing in the
1012
00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:53.360
way of me in my US Championship, the backlash will
1013
00:54:53.400 --> 00:54:56.079
be swift and severe, and you will know who the
1014
00:54:56.119 --> 00:54:56.880
real champion is.
1015
00:54:56.920 --> 00:54:57.519
At the end of the night.
1016
00:54:57.559 --> 00:55:01.920
With e everybuddy's saying l a night, Yeah, thank you
1017
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:02.280
so much.
1018
00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:02.639
La.
1019
00:55:02.760 --> 00:55:04.400
I think it's safe to say this match is gonna
1020
00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:09.599
be full of unbridled chaos between four extremely hungry competitors.
1021
00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:11.199
Back to you guys on the panel.
1022
00:55:11.039 --> 00:55:13.400
Thanks firing again. Fatal four away rules tonight, so there
1023
00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:15.719
are no advantage for the champion. First man to getting
1024
00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:18.000
pinfall or submission will become the champ. I want to
1025
00:55:18.000 --> 00:55:21.079
talk about Jacob Fatou, Biggie. He's the real deal. I mean,
1026
00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:24.000
this guy is incredible. Michael, I got chills right now.
1027
00:55:24.119 --> 00:55:26.920
I am a massive fan of Jacob Fatu seeing the
1028
00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:28.239
way that fans have taken to him.
1029
00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:31.159
This man is as authentic as it comes.
1030
00:55:31.440 --> 00:55:33.480
And I think, you know, looking at the end of
1031
00:55:33.480 --> 00:55:35.920
the year, I predict Jacob to be our male breakout
1032
00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:37.840
superstar of the year. I think he's going to have
1033
00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:39.880
the best year on the roster. This is just to
1034
00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:41.480
start for him. But what I love when I look
1035
00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:43.119
at this match, I think the smallest guy in this
1036
00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:45.000
match is La Night at about two.
1037
00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:47.400
Hundred and fifty pounds. There is a lot of meat
1038
00:55:47.480 --> 00:55:50.599
in this match. I'm not gonna say the thing I'm
1039
00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:54.960
gonna do it say it. There's a lot of big meat.
1040
00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:57.760
He mass slapping meat tonights nights.
1041
00:55:58.199 --> 00:55:59.800
That's right, that's right.
1042
00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:02.519
I am so excited for this man's Look. We have
1043
00:56:02.679 --> 00:56:05.719
former world champions, we have future world champions. This one
1044
00:56:05.840 --> 00:56:07.000
is going to be a barn burner.
1045
00:56:07.159 --> 00:56:07.360
Yeah.
1046
00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:09.360
I think this is going to be a spectacle. It
1047
00:56:09.480 --> 00:56:12.599
may well end up as the most physical match of
1048
00:56:12.760 --> 00:56:13.719
the entire year.
1049
00:56:13.880 --> 00:56:15.559
I think all four.
1050
00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:18.880
Guys have huge chips on their shoulders. They're four big,
1051
00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:22.440
strong alpha males. And I agree with everything you said
1052
00:56:22.480 --> 00:56:25.920
about Jacob Fattoo. That guy is just a spectacle. Every
1053
00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:28.880
time he walks out onto the set, every time he
1054
00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:31.960
has a mic in his hand, he is a quote machine.
1055
00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:36.119
I'm ready to see Jacob Fattou dog walks on fourth tonight.
1056
00:56:36.480 --> 00:56:38.360
Oh gas, no breaks you.
1057
00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:44.119
Yeah, And interesting about this as well, you know, guys,
1058
00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:47.079
I'm trying to figure out well Drew McIntyre and Damian
1059
00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:50.519
Priest be able to throw their personal stuff aside to
1060
00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:52.320
focus on winning the title, or is that going to
1061
00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:52.760
cost them?
1062
00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:53.119
Well.
1063
00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:55.480
Drew mcintion is an interesting one because you're right, he
1064
00:56:55.559 --> 00:56:57.920
has this blood for you going on with Damian Priest.
1065
00:56:57.960 --> 00:57:01.119
He's convinced that Damian Priest has been haunting his career
1066
00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:03.920
for the past twelve plus months, pulling him back. Drew
1067
00:57:04.039 --> 00:57:07.840
McIntyre cannot afford to exclusively focus on Damian Priest. I'm
1068
00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:11.480
vice versa Drew mcintige. If he wins the United States
1069
00:57:11.519 --> 00:57:13.960
Stytle tonight, he is going to become a Grand Slam
1070
00:57:14.280 --> 00:57:18.559
champion in WWE. That is rarefied there and McIntire needs
1071
00:57:18.599 --> 00:57:20.719
to focus on that. That's the most important thing tonight.
1072
00:57:21.039 --> 00:57:23.559
Deal with Damian Priest if you have to after this,
1073
00:57:23.679 --> 00:57:24.599
but win goal first.
1074
00:57:24.760 --> 00:57:27.760
And I think Drew is someone who is driven by spite,
1075
00:57:28.039 --> 00:57:30.039
but you have to learn to control that spite.
1076
00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:31.480
You have to learn to hone that.
1077
00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:34.000
I think if he spends too much time focusing on Damien,
1078
00:57:34.039 --> 00:57:36.119
he will not walk out his champion tonight. But I
1079
00:57:36.280 --> 00:57:38.519
think Drew is someone who's looking to be world champion
1080
00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:41.119
once again, and here is a great opportunity to win
1081
00:57:41.239 --> 00:57:41.960
this match.
1082
00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:44.480
And go on to bigger things. Biggie, you talk about
1083
00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:46.159
Drew dwelling on things.
1084
00:57:46.519 --> 00:57:50.079
Drew has dwelled on this Damian Priest thing since wrestle
1085
00:57:50.159 --> 00:57:53.119
Mania of forty, when Damien cashed in money in the
1086
00:57:53.199 --> 00:57:57.599
bank on him to win the championship for nearly fourteen months.
1087
00:57:58.199 --> 00:58:01.800
True McIntyre has let this eat him inside. Will that
1088
00:58:02.000 --> 00:58:03.559
cost him tonight? That's what I want to know.
1089
00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:06.639
Probably? Probably, Well, that's your friend, you know.
1090
00:58:06.840 --> 00:58:07.920
You know he is.
1091
00:58:08.519 --> 00:58:10.519
I do agree he has allowed it to hold him.
1092
00:58:10.559 --> 00:58:14.239
However, continuously, Damian Priest has re emerged every time Drew
1093
00:58:14.320 --> 00:58:17.440
McIntyre has looked to make progress in his career and
1094
00:58:17.480 --> 00:58:20.599
move away from Priest. Priest has constantly been a lingering
1095
00:58:20.719 --> 00:58:22.480
presence pulling Drew mcintie by.
1096
00:58:22.719 --> 00:58:25.360
It's not just paranoia with Drew, it is actual reality.
1097
00:58:25.639 --> 00:58:30.039
McIntyre is the teller of uncomfortable truths here in WWA.
1098
00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:31.280
And again still the come Tonight, Wade Barat gonna sit
1099
00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:33.079
down with the number one contender for the undispeit of
1100
00:58:33.199 --> 00:58:36.960
WWE Championship, Randy Orton. As we creak closer and closer
1101
00:58:37.079 --> 00:58:39.840
to backlash here in Saint Louis, Wade, Barrett and I
1102
00:58:39.920 --> 00:58:42.280
will be leaving the nest Jackie Redman Peter Rosenberg joining
1103
00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:44.199
Biggie in just a moment as we get set to
1104
00:58:44.280 --> 00:58:46.840
call the premium live event. But up next that to
1105
00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:49.360
the release of w W two K twenty five early
1106
00:58:49.440 --> 00:58:52.920
this spring, the latest immersive chapter in WWE gaming. We
1107
00:58:53.000 --> 00:58:56.559
take a trip through WWE's rich, pixelated history with the
1108
00:58:56.599 --> 00:58:59.119
evolution WWE games.
1109
00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:09.800
For over four decades, the WWE has come alive through
1110
00:59:09.840 --> 00:59:14.639
its video games. From pixelated brawls to cinematic showdowns. Each
1111
00:59:14.840 --> 00:59:18.280
era of WWE gaming has brought its own unique take
1112
00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:21.719
on what it means to virtually step into the ring.
1113
00:59:22.239 --> 00:59:28.000
This is the evolution of WWE gaming. It all started
1114
00:59:28.119 --> 00:59:31.719
in arcades in the late nineteen eighties with Superstars, a
1115
00:59:31.800 --> 00:59:34.679
game that introduced fans to the thrill of controlling their
1116
00:59:34.760 --> 00:59:36.559
favorite heroes and villains.
1117
00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:39.280
I thought the graphics were incredible back then.
1118
00:59:39.960 --> 00:59:41.079
That was high tech stuff.
1119
00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:44.679
Games made their way to in home gaming consoles, bringing
1120
00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:47.599
larger than life superstars into living rooms.
1121
00:59:48.480 --> 00:59:54.280
Yeah, this is a cool one. Then came No Mercy.
1122
00:59:55.400 --> 00:59:59.519
This is a This is universally recognized as the greatest
1123
01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:03.360
wrestling game that's out there. As a new millennium approach,
1124
01:00:03.559 --> 01:00:06.199
the SmackDown series took center stage.
1125
01:00:07.119 --> 01:00:07.920
The Holy Grail.
1126
01:00:08.719 --> 01:00:10.159
I think if you ask a lot of people, this
1127
01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:11.400
might be their number one.
1128
01:00:12.760 --> 01:00:16.519
Then in twenty thirteen, two K Sports raised the bar.
1129
01:00:17.039 --> 01:00:19.840
Don't think there's a single video game player that doesn't
1130
01:00:19.880 --> 01:00:20.639
know what two K is.
1131
01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:22.400
Two K does a very good job.
1132
01:00:22.840 --> 01:00:23.960
Gameplay looks real to me.
1133
01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:27.920
The introduction of WWE two K brought a new level
1134
01:00:27.960 --> 01:00:33.559
of realism never seen before in WWE games. Today, WWE
1135
01:00:33.679 --> 01:00:36.960
games are bigger and better than ever. Two k's most
1136
01:00:37.039 --> 01:00:41.280
recent effort, WW two K twenty five features over three
1137
01:00:41.440 --> 01:00:46.280
hundred current Superstars, legends, and Hall of famers. The introduction
1138
01:00:46.400 --> 01:00:50.199
of brand new modes like the Island, expanded story mode,
1139
01:00:50.360 --> 01:00:55.199
and customization options give players creative freedom like never before.
1140
01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:58.519
Honestly, I think people love wrestling video games because they
1141
01:00:58.559 --> 01:00:59.880
love the larger than life characters.
1142
01:01:00.480 --> 01:01:02.920
It's just some about wrestling video games that people like
1143
01:01:03.000 --> 01:01:03.559
myself love.
1144
01:01:04.519 --> 01:01:08.559
From eight bit Legends to next Gen Superstars, WWE video
1145
01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:12.960
games have continuously evolved, shaping the entire generations of fans.
1146
01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:17.480
The future of WWE gaming holes endless possibilities, and the
1147
01:01:17.639 --> 01:01:19.400
best is yet to come.
1148
01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:32.239
The esp has been to the top of every mountain
1149
01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:35.119
you can think of, aside from the tag team title mountain,
1150
01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:39.480
and that could all change tonight. Osca pulling Jay to
1151
01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:42.920
the floor on the outside, Hart, you'll tasting the steel.
1152
01:01:44.039 --> 01:01:47.800
Now Bianca Roberts kinds of Kyrie scooping out Biaca Bella
1153
01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:50.119
are trying to retain Bianca's got to kick it too,
1154
01:01:50.639 --> 01:01:52.679
Biak and out spine Bluster for the same.
1155
01:01:54.559 --> 01:01:57.360
And now Biaca bell Air picking Oh shoulder first to
1156
01:01:57.480 --> 01:01:59.039
the post into the.
1157
01:01:59.159 --> 01:02:02.440
Ring post go the est tag made Oscar.
1158
01:02:02.199 --> 01:02:06.480
Now legal, Oscar smells blood. Look into the.
1159
01:02:06.519 --> 01:02:09.719
Double team Kyrie say top.
1160
01:02:09.679 --> 01:02:18.599
Rope insane elbow to retain the top team titles and
1161
01:02:18.880 --> 01:02:21.440
Jake Cargo saves the match up.
1162
01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:31.440
A matchup continues.
1163
01:02:32.000 --> 01:02:35.599
Kyrie just hit Cargo with a palm strike the man
1164
01:02:35.719 --> 01:02:37.719
throwing Jade's equilibrium all the way off.
1165
01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:41.960
Oh my god, just being battered with breakfast and kicked
1166
01:02:42.000 --> 01:02:42.880
it intention.
1167
01:02:42.679 --> 01:02:44.960
My Asca did another win to Cargo. Cargo looks to
1168
01:02:45.000 --> 01:02:47.360
block theirs and kicked barlow. Kyrie Sane. Now in the
1169
01:02:47.480 --> 01:02:50.960
second rope, Kyrie, caught by.
1170
01:02:50.960 --> 01:02:54.840
Jade Cargill, towers up. Kyrie say.
1171
01:02:56.880 --> 01:03:00.079
Look at this ran at us claim that let us says.
1172
01:03:00.480 --> 01:03:07.880
Jaded An Labella or where the lost on her shoulders?
1173
01:03:10.639 --> 01:03:15.239
What day on the Kyrie carver?
1174
01:03:18.480 --> 01:03:32.199
No tap him, j chands.
1175
01:03:40.559 --> 01:03:40.840
Corey.
1176
01:03:41.000 --> 01:03:44.119
That sequence in the end of the display of power
1177
01:03:44.519 --> 01:03:47.360
by Jade Cargill is what she's all about. I want
1178
01:03:47.400 --> 01:03:49.599
to start through her career here and w W eam
1179
01:03:49.599 --> 01:03:51.800
for the first time in her career. Biacabella Airs attack
1180
01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:54.679
him and kudos to Bianca Belairs from being the leader
1181
01:03:54.760 --> 01:03:57.960
in this environment that Jade Cargill still can use at this.
1182
01:03:58.199 --> 01:04:01.440
Early point early in her this is what you were
1183
01:04:01.480 --> 01:04:01.960
referring to.
1184
01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:05.280
Absolutely mind blowing power from both women.
1185
01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:07.960
Kyrie Saine delivers the insane elbow.
1186
01:04:08.360 --> 01:04:11.960
The Kabooki Warriors have won with this very maneuver numerous times,
1187
01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:14.400
but Cargill was where she needed.
1188
01:04:14.159 --> 01:04:16.719
To be when it counted most. And look at this.
1189
01:04:17.840 --> 01:04:25.960
This is incredible, just woman handling Kyrie Sane and there
1190
01:04:26.039 --> 01:04:27.519
it is Jaden.
1191
01:04:28.679 --> 01:04:32.840
It wasn't pretty at points, but the exclamation points in
1192
01:04:32.960 --> 01:04:37.480
the form of the k O D. What guarantee we
1193
01:04:37.719 --> 01:04:41.360
have brand new WWE.
1194
01:04:40.880 --> 01:04:42.840
Women's Tag Team Champions.
1195
01:04:43.719 --> 01:04:47.639
Leakabell Air and Jade Cargill roll the.
1196
01:04:47.760 --> 01:04:48.880
Tag team division.
1197
01:04:49.199 --> 01:04:52.920
There's the new Women's Tag Team Champions.
1198
01:04:58.760 --> 01:05:01.920
We are officially less more than one hour away from
1199
01:05:02.079 --> 01:05:06.400
backlash here in Saint Louis, Missouri, the hometown of one
1200
01:05:06.679 --> 01:05:09.320
Randy Orton, who will be featured in tonight's main event
1201
01:05:09.400 --> 01:05:12.320
as he takes on John Cena, who, oddly enough, was
1202
01:05:12.320 --> 01:05:15.719
actually drafted to Monday Night Raw here in Saint Louis
1203
01:05:16.280 --> 01:05:19.159
back in two thousand and five. Who would have thought
1204
01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:23.039
all these years later? Baby going head to head from
1205
01:05:23.039 --> 01:05:26.559
the understree of WWE Championship.
1206
01:05:32.639 --> 01:05:40.119
Winner's right history, Satoh, that's a seven day time Florld champion.
1207
01:05:40.840 --> 01:05:46.400
When that hits zero, the title Tom's home with league.
1208
01:05:49.239 --> 01:05:53.679
There is no one in the w W with the strength,
1209
01:05:54.000 --> 01:05:57.440
the wisdom or the ruthless of Russia.
1210
01:05:59.360 --> 01:06:03.519
The last real chim is.
1211
01:06:12.280 --> 01:06:15.320
I have known you for twenty five years.
1212
01:06:17.320 --> 01:06:20.239
If you look at that class ov W back in
1213
01:06:20.280 --> 01:06:22.840
two thousand and two, we were looking at the future
1214
01:06:23.159 --> 01:06:26.199
of w W A. Brandy Orton and John Cena are
1215
01:06:26.320 --> 01:06:28.800
amazing to watch rise together.
1216
01:06:28.800 --> 01:06:33.880
As a child, you would wait and what five way?
1217
01:06:34.800 --> 01:06:35.480
But you are?
1218
01:06:36.400 --> 01:06:37.920
Did you beat the bone?
1219
01:06:38.079 --> 01:06:38.559
The work?
1220
01:06:38.880 --> 01:06:41.440
D they all play you?
1221
01:06:42.679 --> 01:06:46.280
You lay away a scheme.
1222
01:06:47.079 --> 01:06:50.719
One of the youngest, most charismatter w W superstars is
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going to.
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Ascend to Brayton s. That's the youngest fourteenth time.
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In history.
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01:07:12.719 --> 01:07:16.960
Johnny say hey, time don tap it.
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01:07:18.760 --> 01:07:23.639
Randy Orton versus John Cena has become the robbery.
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01:07:24.559 --> 01:07:26.719
What magic they made when they were in there together,
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01:07:27.559 --> 01:07:30.679
Nothing comes close to him. Randy and John brought out
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01:07:30.920 --> 01:07:32.000
the best in one another.
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01:07:32.880 --> 01:07:35.880
Randy Orton and John Cena wa prolel rows.
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01:07:36.119 --> 01:07:38.400
Both of those guys wanted the exact same thing.
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01:07:38.599 --> 01:07:40.840
And that's to be the biggest start of this business
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01:07:40.880 --> 01:07:41.559
has ever seen.
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01:07:43.119 --> 01:07:57.920
John, I am going.
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01:07:57.880 --> 01:08:01.039
To ruin wrestling for every one.
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01:08:01.559 --> 01:08:04.199
There's this weird, bizarre world where I'm a good guy
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01:08:04.320 --> 01:08:05.239
and you're a bad guy.
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01:08:05.519 --> 01:08:06.519
I've figured out.
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01:08:08.760 --> 01:08:12.639
You are the latest legend that I have to put down.
1241
01:08:13.599 --> 01:08:15.519
Put that title on the line and fight me.
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01:08:15.840 --> 01:08:21.920
Come on, Randy Orton versus John Cena.
1243
01:08:22.840 --> 01:08:25.840
You're not gonna ruin wrestling, not over my dead body.
1244
01:08:25.880 --> 01:08:27.359
What I am trying to do.
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01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:33.720
Randy Orton, is when I leave here, three generations of
1246
01:08:33.880 --> 01:08:35.960
your family is erased.
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01:08:38.680 --> 01:08:39.880
Why you say that to me?
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01:08:39.960 --> 01:08:40.600
After everything?
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01:08:40.680 --> 01:08:42.000
You think you'll jump down.
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01:08:48.359 --> 01:08:51.520
Randy Orton does not believe that John Cena and is
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01:08:51.600 --> 01:08:54.479
the last real Samion.
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01:09:00.680 --> 01:09:03.479
Countdown to Backlash is presented by Cricket with fast and
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powerful nationwide five GEEP coverage. You can stressless and smile more.
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01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:12.239
Hello everybody, and welcome back inside Enterprise Center here in
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Saint Louis. We are less than an hour away from Backlash.
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01:09:15.000 --> 01:09:19.119
Jackie Redman and Peter Rosenberg tagging in and joining the
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01:09:19.239 --> 01:09:22.439
one and only Big Ee, the fancy and energetic here
1258
01:09:22.920 --> 01:09:23.439
for this one.
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01:09:23.760 --> 01:09:25.640
They've been great all day, Yes, and they're filing in.
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01:09:25.800 --> 01:09:27.680
It'll be better and better than I perceive.
1261
01:09:27.920 --> 01:09:30.279
Yes, we are getting closer and closer. It's hard to
1262
01:09:30.319 --> 01:09:33.119
believe that WrestleMania. Rosenberg is already a month behind us.
1263
01:09:33.159 --> 01:09:34.760
But here we are, here we are, and.
1264
01:09:34.840 --> 01:09:37.279
All of a sudden we're thinking about something completely different,
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01:09:37.319 --> 01:09:39.680
something we could have never imagined a while ago.
1266
01:09:40.239 --> 01:09:44.319
John Cena and Randy Orton the Universal Championship on the line.
1267
01:09:44.680 --> 01:09:45.159
It's crazy.
1268
01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:47.359
It's twenty twenty five and it's like I'm back in
1269
01:09:47.479 --> 01:09:48.439
two thousand and seven.
1270
01:09:48.560 --> 01:09:50.520
Yeah, did you know they first wrestled in two thousand?
1271
01:09:50.720 --> 01:09:55.399
That predates the iPod, that predates Wikipedia, that predates the
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01:09:55.720 --> 01:09:56.800
Xbox It.
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01:09:57.760 --> 01:09:58.920
You did your homework, I did.
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01:09:58.960 --> 01:09:59.159
I did.
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01:09:59.199 --> 01:09:59.680
I looked that up.
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01:10:00.399 --> 01:10:00.600
Thank you.
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01:10:01.199 --> 01:10:04.079
I appreciate that they really are, that they are such
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01:10:04.079 --> 01:10:06.479
an important piece though, of this whole thing.
1279
01:10:06.399 --> 01:10:06.880
That we have.
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01:10:07.079 --> 01:10:10.279
Say, this incredible time for WWE. I remember when I
1281
01:10:10.359 --> 01:10:14.439
was getting back into things like four, five, six, they
1282
01:10:14.479 --> 01:10:17.600
were two of the most main reasons why I fell
1283
01:10:17.760 --> 01:10:19.520
in love with WWE again.
1284
01:10:19.960 --> 01:10:22.079
Was both of these guys, as different as they were.
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01:10:22.640 --> 01:10:24.880
I'm sure that's a sentiment too, that is felt by
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01:10:25.439 --> 01:10:29.279
so many people in the WWE universe that were growing
1287
01:10:29.359 --> 01:10:32.199
up in and around that time, right, So they obviously
1288
01:10:32.279 --> 01:10:34.560
they represent a lot of different things in ww We're
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01:10:34.560 --> 01:10:37.119
going to talk a lot about tonight's main event, but
1290
01:10:37.239 --> 01:10:37.800
it's a heck.
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01:10:37.680 --> 01:10:38.159
Of a card.
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01:10:38.760 --> 01:10:40.680
So let's go through the whole thing. Here's what's on
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01:10:40.960 --> 01:10:45.760
tap tonight in the lou Let's start with our inaugural
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01:10:45.880 --> 01:10:50.880
Women's Intercontinental Champion, Lyra Valkyria defending against Becky Lynch, someone
1295
01:10:51.079 --> 01:10:54.000
who I think it's important to know. Lyra has defeated
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01:10:54.119 --> 01:10:57.159
Becky Lynch once before with a title on the line
1297
01:10:57.239 --> 01:10:57.760
in NXC.
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01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:01.800
That is absolutely right. Now, this one is not about titles.
1299
01:11:01.880 --> 01:11:05.079
This is about so much more and frankly, next to
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01:11:05.159 --> 01:11:07.199
that Sena Orton match, this is the one I can't
1301
01:11:07.199 --> 01:11:08.119
stop thinking about.
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01:11:08.520 --> 01:11:13.000
Bother versus a returning to the ring Hat McAfee.
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01:11:13.399 --> 01:11:16.960
Unbelievable will happen is McAfee tries to defend his friend
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01:11:17.000 --> 01:11:17.840
and partner, Michael Fult.
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01:11:17.960 --> 01:11:20.800
I'm a little nervous for him. And while I'm on
1306
01:11:20.880 --> 01:11:23.760
the topic of nerves, let's get to Jacob Bottu who
1307
01:11:23.880 --> 01:11:26.920
said I'll gas no breaks last night on SmackDown. He's
1308
01:11:26.960 --> 01:11:29.840
looking to walk some tops. I think the other competitors
1309
01:11:29.880 --> 01:11:32.039
in this match might have something to say about it.
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01:11:32.079 --> 01:11:35.159
It's a fatal four way for the United States Championship.
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01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.720
Bots and Drew McIntyre, La Knight and Damian Friest.
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01:11:38.800 --> 01:11:42.920
One of the shockingly field good moments of WrestleMania was
1313
01:11:43.039 --> 01:11:47.079
somehow dominic Mysterio winning the Inner Continental Championship.
1314
01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:50.039
It was an amazing moment. Will it be short lived?
1315
01:11:50.279 --> 01:11:53.560
He'll defend that icy title tonight against Benami, And as.
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01:11:53.439 --> 01:11:56.760
We mentioned off the top, we have the undisputed WWE
1317
01:11:56.920 --> 01:12:01.279
Championship on the line. John Cena defend the title that
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01:12:01.439 --> 01:12:04.920
set the record for him at WrestleMania against someone he
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01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:07.920
has known a very very very very very very very
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01:12:08.000 --> 01:12:11.359
long time in Randy Orton. I mentioned these numbers earlier
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01:12:11.439 --> 01:12:13.359
in the show. They shared the ring ninety three times.
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01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:15.520
There's been gold on the line in twenty three of
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01:12:15.560 --> 01:12:19.239
those matches, and on ten separate occasions those two have
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01:12:19.359 --> 01:12:23.640
gone one on one at a WWE Premium live event.
1325
01:12:23.720 --> 01:12:26.720
But we just watched the package. A lot of history,
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01:12:27.199 --> 01:12:30.920
a lot of memories, a lot of the fans are
1327
01:12:30.960 --> 01:12:34.279
obviously excited. John Cena is still as polarizing as ever
1328
01:12:34.600 --> 01:12:37.640
as that's one thing that has not changed, despite John
1329
01:12:37.720 --> 01:12:42.319
Cena himself changing quite a bit. I love it.
1330
01:12:42.520 --> 01:12:46.119
It's so good, but it's this is what we're here for.
1331
01:12:47.439 --> 01:12:47.560
Now.
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01:12:47.760 --> 01:12:48.920
Here's what I've wanted to ask you.
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01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:52.199
I hate to say it, but I feel like you've
1334
01:12:52.239 --> 01:12:56.640
eaten some attitude adjustments and some rkos and I have
1335
01:12:56.960 --> 01:12:59.720
I had what is the worst what is the worst feeling?
1336
01:13:00.319 --> 01:13:02.000
Ah, They're both bad, They're both real bad.
1337
01:13:02.079 --> 01:13:03.920
But look, look, I think I could sign in two
1338
01:13:03.920 --> 01:13:07.159
thousand and nine and these two were the main stays
1339
01:13:07.239 --> 01:13:09.520
of the main event scene. To think back to sixteen
1340
01:13:09.600 --> 01:13:11.640
years ago when I first started the fact that they're
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01:13:11.640 --> 01:13:14.800
still doing it, probably honestly for the very last time,
1342
01:13:14.920 --> 01:13:17.800
and seeing this dynamic, this version of John Cena that
1343
01:13:17.880 --> 01:13:21.960
before WrestleMania, I never anticipated we would see this. To me,
1344
01:13:22.479 --> 01:13:25.520
was supposed to be the Goodwill Tour. He was supposed
1345
01:13:25.520 --> 01:13:27.479
to be shaking hands and kissing babies.
1346
01:13:27.760 --> 01:13:33.399
Say never, say never, anything as possible hashtag Kevin Garnett. Listen,
1347
01:13:33.479 --> 01:13:36.560
when it comes to these two, there's so many layers, right,
1348
01:13:36.680 --> 01:13:41.079
and I think for long time WWE wrestling fans, you
1349
01:13:41.159 --> 01:13:42.720
can look at this match and it could mean a
1350
01:13:42.760 --> 01:13:45.239
lot of different things. What is the meaning of this
1351
01:13:45.399 --> 01:13:45.920
match for you?
1352
01:13:46.520 --> 01:13:47.479
Well, it's twofold.
1353
01:13:47.680 --> 01:13:48.399
That is a representation.
1354
01:13:48.479 --> 01:13:49.600
It's twofold to me, Jackie.
1355
01:13:49.600 --> 01:13:53.199
You have the fact that there's this particular relationship between
1356
01:13:53.239 --> 01:13:55.199
these two, and I hope we have time to get
1357
01:13:55.239 --> 01:13:57.439
into this later in the show, because I would argue
1358
01:13:57.520 --> 01:13:59.439
so much we think so much about Sena on this
1359
01:13:59.520 --> 01:14:03.279
farewell tour. I would argue, Randy Orton's his greatest rival
1360
01:14:03.319 --> 01:14:05.239
of all time. Right, there are only a few names
1361
01:14:05.279 --> 01:14:07.199
in that conversation, right who I think are really at
1362
01:14:07.199 --> 01:14:09.079
the top. I think Edge is right there, and I
1363
01:14:09.119 --> 01:14:11.840
think Randy Orton is right there. To me, it's probably
1364
01:14:11.920 --> 01:14:14.600
number one. So it's possibly the last chapter in this
1365
01:14:14.720 --> 01:14:19.079
amazing story. But let's not forget Randy Orton is chasing
1366
01:14:19.199 --> 01:14:23.159
championship number fifteen, so we can't just focus on the
1367
01:14:23.239 --> 01:14:24.239
interpersonal part.
1368
01:14:24.640 --> 01:14:25.840
There's a title on the lines of that.
1369
01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:26.079
Well.
1370
01:14:26.119 --> 01:14:27.520
I also have to think about you know, when you
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01:14:27.600 --> 01:14:29.840
ask what this means for me, I think about what
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01:14:29.960 --> 01:14:32.039
John has said the last several weeks. He has talked
1373
01:14:32.039 --> 01:14:35.520
about ruining wrestling. He has talked about being the last
1374
01:14:35.600 --> 01:14:36.239
real champion.
1375
01:14:36.319 --> 01:14:38.159
What does that mean? Does it mean taking his title
1376
01:14:38.399 --> 01:14:40.560
and going home? Like what is he?
1377
01:14:40.640 --> 01:14:46.359
Inten looks John exactly as people who have their bills
1378
01:14:46.479 --> 01:14:49.119
paid by wrestling. So many of the incredible things in
1379
01:14:49.199 --> 01:14:51.479
my life are due to wrestling. I am so grateful
1380
01:14:51.479 --> 01:14:53.640
for wrestling. I don't want to see wrestling be ruined.
1381
01:14:53.680 --> 01:14:56.199
I don't want to see it be destroyed, right.
1382
01:14:56.840 --> 01:14:58.680
I also agree with the sentiment.
1383
01:14:59.319 --> 01:15:02.159
Right, So for me, it's hard not to root for Randy,
1384
01:15:02.279 --> 01:15:05.000
especially being here in his hometown of Saint Louis. It's
1385
01:15:05.079 --> 01:15:06.920
hard not to root for a guy who says, this
1386
01:15:07.119 --> 01:15:09.039
is the only place I want to be. I'm not
1387
01:15:09.159 --> 01:15:12.239
worried about Hollywood. I'm not worried about going anywhere else.
1388
01:15:12.560 --> 01:15:15.199
I love wrestling. My father came up in wrestling. This
1389
01:15:15.359 --> 01:15:17.680
is a part of who he is, a massive part
1390
01:15:17.720 --> 01:15:19.600
of who he is, and because of that, it is
1391
01:15:19.760 --> 01:15:22.000
hard not to root for Randy Orton tonight to be
1392
01:15:22.079 --> 01:15:23.159
a world champion once again.
1393
01:15:23.239 --> 01:15:25.279
I think it's such an important point because you look
1394
01:15:25.319 --> 01:15:27.760
at John Cena and what he represented for his entire
1395
01:15:27.840 --> 01:15:31.840
career until a month ago. Hustle, loyalty, and respect. We
1396
01:15:31.920 --> 01:15:34.239
heard him talk about those words last night on SmackDown.
1397
01:15:34.439 --> 01:15:36.760
But Randy Orton, when it comes to loyalty, that man
1398
01:15:36.800 --> 01:15:40.439
has been very, very loyal to his roots. Right, So
1399
01:15:41.079 --> 01:15:43.119
it's very interesting to kind of see these two go
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01:15:43.199 --> 01:15:45.560
ahead to head. But you're right, Rosenberg, I mean, Randy
1401
01:15:45.680 --> 01:15:48.399
Orton still looks great in the ring. I mean, who's
1402
01:15:48.479 --> 01:15:51.119
to say he doesn't one day break John Cena's record
1403
01:15:51.199 --> 01:15:54.640
of seventeen world championships. That is absolutely not out of
1404
01:15:54.720 --> 01:15:58.439
the question. When it comes to Randy Orton and earlier
1405
01:15:58.560 --> 01:16:00.600
this week, Wade Barrett had a chance to sit down
1406
01:16:00.720 --> 01:16:03.239
with Randy ahead of this massive main event.
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01:16:06.319 --> 01:16:08.840
Randy, thank you for joining me ahead of your matchup
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01:16:09.239 --> 01:16:11.479
Backlash with WWE.
1409
01:16:10.960 --> 01:16:12.239
Champ John Cena.
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01:16:12.680 --> 01:16:15.119
My pleasure. I know your time is precious. You're a
1411
01:16:15.159 --> 01:16:16.840
busy man, so I'm going to get straight into it.
1412
01:16:17.680 --> 01:16:20.680
When you hear the name John Cena, what is the
1413
01:16:20.920 --> 01:16:22.479
first thing that pops into your head?
1414
01:16:24.680 --> 01:16:27.039
John Cena? The first thing that pops in my head?
1415
01:16:27.119 --> 01:16:27.239
Oh?
1416
01:16:27.319 --> 01:16:29.159
Wow, pretentious, prick.
1417
01:16:30.880 --> 01:16:31.680
Me me me.
1418
01:16:32.319 --> 01:16:33.680
I mean, he's all about himself.
1419
01:16:33.800 --> 01:16:33.960
Now.
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01:16:34.359 --> 01:16:36.279
I thought I knew him. You know, all these years
1421
01:16:36.359 --> 01:16:38.800
went by and he said, you can't see me. Does
1422
01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:41.760
anybody really know the real John Seena? I don't know,
1423
01:16:41.960 --> 01:16:46.880
but one word, I'd say, twenty twenty five, John Cena.
1424
01:16:48.000 --> 01:16:49.000
One word selfish?
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01:16:50.119 --> 01:16:53.119
You say all these years have gone by, it's twenty
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01:16:53.279 --> 01:16:55.239
five years in fact, So let's thank you.
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01:16:55.359 --> 01:16:55.880
Back in time.
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01:16:56.640 --> 01:17:01.319
Ohio Valley Wrestling, Louisville, Kentucky. What are your first memories
1429
01:17:01.720 --> 01:17:04.319
of meeting the then prototype John Cena.
1430
01:17:04.920 --> 01:17:07.119
I remember when Prototype walked through the doors.
1431
01:17:08.039 --> 01:17:11.840
Like me, John was just a young early twenties kid,
1432
01:17:12.199 --> 01:17:13.920
didn't know his ask from a hole in the ground.
1433
01:17:14.239 --> 01:17:19.439
Are very robotic, but also body like a Greek god,
1434
01:17:19.880 --> 01:17:22.199
and he had the gift of gab, so we knew
1435
01:17:22.239 --> 01:17:24.319
he was going to be going places. I'd say when
1436
01:17:24.359 --> 01:17:28.399
we all first met John, we were very much impressed.
1437
01:17:29.159 --> 01:17:32.199
And as part of this history together, it's become quite
1438
01:17:32.279 --> 01:17:38.359
the epic rivalry now Shuman Brett take a triple h stone,
1439
01:17:38.399 --> 01:17:42.840
Cold Rock John Cena. Randy Orton, what has made your
1440
01:17:43.039 --> 01:17:45.159
rivalry with John Cena so special?
1441
01:17:46.920 --> 01:17:50.840
That the fans were always very loud, but typically it
1442
01:17:51.119 --> 01:17:55.319
was let's go Sena, Sena sucks. I knew I was
1443
01:17:55.439 --> 01:17:58.600
lucky to be in the ring with the guy when
1444
01:17:58.640 --> 01:18:02.439
the audience is going and they're feverish, when that energy
1445
01:18:02.520 --> 01:18:05.520
level is at like a one hundred, it's almost like
1446
01:18:06.159 --> 01:18:07.960
you're coasting in that ring and you can do no
1447
01:18:08.119 --> 01:18:09.760
wrong because you got him right in the palm of
1448
01:18:09.800 --> 01:18:13.720
your hand. So it was really some of the most
1449
01:18:13.840 --> 01:18:18.600
fun I've ever had in my career, which it's hard
1450
01:18:18.800 --> 01:18:21.840
now to go back and look at everything we've done,
1451
01:18:22.640 --> 01:18:23.560
and now we got.
1452
01:18:23.560 --> 01:18:23.880
To do this.
1453
01:18:24.640 --> 01:18:28.800
I feel like this is almost unnecessary. This attitude, this
1454
01:18:28.920 --> 01:18:30.640
new attitude that's.
1455
01:18:30.239 --> 01:18:33.880
Overcome him, it just doesn't make sense to me. Wade.
1456
01:18:34.119 --> 01:18:36.359
I think he's lost. I think he's lost to the
1457
01:18:36.399 --> 01:18:39.840
Hollywood machine. I think that he thinks he's better than
1458
01:18:39.880 --> 01:18:43.039
all of us. In typical John fashion, he wants to
1459
01:18:43.119 --> 01:18:45.760
make sure that he ends his career here in the
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01:18:45.920 --> 01:18:50.359
WWE on his terms. That's why I call him selfish is.
1461
01:18:50.600 --> 01:18:53.479
I don't think he's thinking about the locker room. I
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01:18:53.520 --> 01:18:55.760
don't think he's thinking about the fans. And it was
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01:18:55.880 --> 01:18:59.399
the fans that got him to Hollywood because of how
1464
01:18:59.520 --> 01:19:02.760
they love him or hated him so much in the WWE.
1465
01:19:03.960 --> 01:19:07.119
Now you talked about how shocking seen his behavior was
1466
01:19:07.359 --> 01:19:10.239
Elimination Chamber this year, and indeed at WrestleMania when he
1467
01:19:10.359 --> 01:19:15.359
became the seventeen time world champion. Looking back, however, were
1468
01:19:15.439 --> 01:19:19.640
there ever glimpses into this darker part of his personality
1469
01:19:19.720 --> 01:19:21.279
that has now come to the foe Did you ever
1470
01:19:21.359 --> 01:19:22.279
see that previously?
1471
01:19:23.399 --> 01:19:27.560
I feel like I might have seen glimpses of who
1472
01:19:27.680 --> 01:19:30.640
the real John Seena is, but he was just always
1473
01:19:30.720 --> 01:19:35.720
impeccable at keeping everybody out at an arms distance away.
1474
01:19:35.800 --> 01:19:36.760
He never let anyone in.
1475
01:19:37.119 --> 01:19:39.960
Back in OVW for instance, none of the guys ever
1476
01:19:40.039 --> 01:19:42.399
went over to his apartment. You know, there was never
1477
01:19:42.560 --> 01:19:45.359
like a you know, let's go hang out at John's place.
1478
01:19:45.640 --> 01:19:48.560
You know, he didn't have anybody over. He was very secretive,
1479
01:19:48.760 --> 01:19:53.000
private to himself, and I remember feeling like that was
1480
01:19:53.000 --> 01:19:57.000
a little bit odd. I feel like John is very smart,
1481
01:19:57.359 --> 01:20:00.840
you know, he's got a great sense for business. He's
1482
01:20:00.960 --> 01:20:05.159
great at pushing his brand. But I feel like John's
1483
01:20:05.199 --> 01:20:09.479
always known exactly who he is, and he's masked it
1484
01:20:10.039 --> 01:20:13.640
from everybody. I think now John's in a position in
1485
01:20:13.760 --> 01:20:16.159
life where he can say, I'm gonna let him see
1486
01:20:16.159 --> 01:20:19.039
who the real John Seena is. And that's what we're
1487
01:20:19.079 --> 01:20:22.359
witnessing now for the rest of these twenty Sumid dates,
1488
01:20:22.439 --> 01:20:24.279
that he's going to grace us with his presence.
1489
01:20:25.359 --> 01:20:28.720
Well, you annual family have contributed so much to this industry,
1490
01:20:28.800 --> 01:20:33.760
specifically WWE. How does it feel to know that John
1491
01:20:33.880 --> 01:20:38.439
Cena holds this industry in complete disdain and almost resents
1492
01:20:38.680 --> 01:20:39.560
the found base At this.
1493
01:20:39.600 --> 01:20:44.159
Point because of our history, it's hard for me to
1494
01:20:44.359 --> 01:20:49.079
understand why he has those feelings. All of this is
1495
01:20:49.159 --> 01:20:51.600
what got him into the position that he's in now.
1496
01:20:52.119 --> 01:20:55.600
I firmly believe that let's say he leaves at the
1497
01:20:55.720 --> 01:20:58.680
end of the year with the undisputed title, and just
1498
01:20:58.800 --> 01:21:01.600
like when he left in two sixteen to start doing movies,
1499
01:21:03.640 --> 01:21:08.439
nothing stopped, nothing changed. The business continues to do this
1500
01:21:08.840 --> 01:21:12.399
and right now we're up here, and I don't think
1501
01:21:12.520 --> 01:21:16.439
him leaving and taking that title if that's in the cards.
1502
01:21:16.479 --> 01:21:19.399
I don't think everything is just gonna bottom out. I
1503
01:21:19.560 --> 01:21:23.640
think that John just thinks he's feeling himself. And you
1504
01:21:23.760 --> 01:21:25.359
know what, there would have been a day when I
1505
01:21:25.399 --> 01:21:27.399
would have been like, good for you, John, go ahead,
1506
01:21:28.039 --> 01:21:31.359
you know, disrupt everything, do your best.
1507
01:21:31.680 --> 01:21:32.359
I'm here for it.
1508
01:21:33.479 --> 01:21:35.279
But either way, I'm gonna face this man in my
1509
01:21:35.319 --> 01:21:38.119
hometown and I'm gonna beat it out of him in
1510
01:21:38.159 --> 01:21:40.279
front of my family and friends. And at the end
1511
01:21:40.279 --> 01:21:42.840
of the day, if I leave there with some bloody
1512
01:21:42.880 --> 01:21:45.279
knuckles and he's got some black eye or two, like,
1513
01:21:45.520 --> 01:21:48.279
I'm gonna be content. And I feel like, when it
1514
01:21:48.359 --> 01:21:52.359
comes down to it, John Cena versus Randy Yorton, likely
1515
01:21:52.720 --> 01:21:55.119
for the last time ever, it's going to be a
1516
01:21:55.159 --> 01:21:58.119
special night, and I just got to get him down
1517
01:21:58.159 --> 01:22:00.680
on that mat for long enough to back cub so
1518
01:22:00.840 --> 01:22:04.680
I can get enough speed to put his head clear
1519
01:22:04.760 --> 01:22:07.760
off his shoulders, and then John Cena is no more,
1520
01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:10.079
and then I do my retirement run.
1521
01:22:10.279 --> 01:22:13.079
But my retirement run isn't going to be twenty some updates.
1522
01:22:13.399 --> 01:22:15.560
It's going to be over the next five to ten years,
1523
01:22:16.119 --> 01:22:17.720
and I will enjoy it immensely.
1524
01:22:18.800 --> 01:22:21.159
Randy Orton, It's been an absolute pleasure chat. And would
1525
01:22:21.159 --> 01:22:24.680
you best of look chasing number fifteen at Backlash. The
1526
01:22:24.920 --> 01:22:28.760
entire locker room and the entire WWE universe is behind you.
1527
01:22:29.399 --> 01:22:30.319
Good luck, Thanks.
1528
01:22:30.159 --> 01:22:30.840
Wegg, thank you.
1529
01:22:33.600 --> 01:22:35.359
I gotta tell you that was a hell of an interview.
1530
01:22:35.720 --> 01:22:38.560
Great job by Wade Barrett. Sitting down with Randy Orton
1531
01:22:38.560 --> 01:22:40.600
ahead of tonight's main event against John Cena. We hear
1532
01:22:40.680 --> 01:22:42.720
Randy Orton talk about this is likely the last time
1533
01:22:42.760 --> 01:22:45.039
the two of us will share the ring, and Randy
1534
01:22:45.640 --> 01:22:49.520
did not hold back. This man does not like John Cena, no,
1535
01:22:49.880 --> 01:22:51.319
and I doesn't have respect for him.
1536
01:22:51.359 --> 01:22:53.680
It seems well he's lost respect for him certainly, and
1537
01:22:53.760 --> 01:22:56.159
with good reason. As we've talked about. Randy's here every
1538
01:22:56.239 --> 01:22:59.840
single night, not only has John Cena become the guy
1539
01:23:00.399 --> 01:23:02.920
who he used to accuse the Rock of be like
1540
01:23:03.000 --> 01:23:07.399
he is that guy leaves and comes back. Randy's here
1541
01:23:07.479 --> 01:23:10.680
every single night, and he's here defending these fans and
1542
01:23:10.760 --> 01:23:14.439
these superstars in that locker room. So I totally understand
1543
01:23:14.479 --> 01:23:15.079
the animasy.
1544
01:23:15.239 --> 01:23:16.239
But that was a key thing.
1545
01:23:16.560 --> 01:23:18.039
This might be the last time.
1546
01:23:18.680 --> 01:23:21.159
We don't know what's gonna happen moving forward. Randy ain't
1547
01:23:21.199 --> 01:23:23.920
going nowhere. Well, John want to rematch If Randy wins, of.
1548
01:23:23.920 --> 01:23:24.960
Course he will. I'm sure he will.
1549
01:23:25.000 --> 01:23:26.680
Yeah, And look, I think we all perked up what
1550
01:23:26.760 --> 01:23:29.479
we heard in that interview. Randy talk about five to
1551
01:23:29.600 --> 01:23:32.239
ten years. He's not ready to wind this thing down
1552
01:23:32.319 --> 01:23:35.359
anytime soon. And I love this version of Randy. I
1553
01:23:35.439 --> 01:23:37.560
think he's focused. I think he's ready to go on
1554
01:23:37.680 --> 01:23:39.640
quite a run. If we're talking about another five to
1555
01:23:39.760 --> 01:23:42.800
ten years, this sena seventeen world titles thing might not
1556
01:23:42.840 --> 01:23:45.000
be that big of a deal because Randy might be
1557
01:23:45.079 --> 01:23:46.720
at twenty by the time it's all said down.
1558
01:23:46.760 --> 01:23:49.600
He might be past that, which is wild to think
1559
01:23:49.680 --> 01:23:53.079
about when you look at the last handful of years
1560
01:23:53.479 --> 01:23:56.439
in WWE and how often we've talked about John Cena
1561
01:23:56.520 --> 01:23:59.199
as the greatest of all time, the goat, nobody's done
1562
01:23:59.239 --> 01:24:02.159
it better. He's gonna one day break this record. But
1563
01:24:02.359 --> 01:24:05.760
Randy Orton, like he's right there and still going and
1564
01:24:05.920 --> 01:24:09.560
still here full time all the time. Do you think
1565
01:24:09.760 --> 01:24:14.239
maybe we've sort of under appreciated the career of Randy
1566
01:24:14.359 --> 01:24:17.640
Orton in some ways because of the company.
1567
01:24:17.880 --> 01:24:20.840
Around him, Jase, Well, that's always what Sina did, right,
1568
01:24:20.920 --> 01:24:22.359
I mean, love him or hate him.
1569
01:24:22.560 --> 01:24:24.039
Sina took up a lot of oxygen.
1570
01:24:24.199 --> 01:24:25.960
Yes, he did that, and Randy was a victim of.
1571
01:24:25.960 --> 01:24:26.640
That, absolutely.
1572
01:24:26.680 --> 01:24:28.359
Look and I think we spent so much time talking
1573
01:24:28.399 --> 01:24:31.479
about Randy's realinous ways as well, that oftentimes we didn't
1574
01:24:31.560 --> 01:24:34.479
fully appreciate the art of what Randy has done and
1575
01:24:34.520 --> 01:24:35.000
has brought to and.
1576
01:24:35.039 --> 01:24:36.680
How good he is in ring, by the way, maybe
1577
01:24:36.840 --> 01:24:39.600
one of the best, most natural in ring talents we've
1578
01:24:39.640 --> 01:24:39.960
ever seen.
1579
01:24:40.000 --> 01:24:42.479
And I gotta tell you, after what we've seen from
1580
01:24:42.560 --> 01:24:46.039
John Cena the last handful of weeks, last few months,
1581
01:24:46.119 --> 01:24:49.680
let's say I think I'm root for Randy Orton. I
1582
01:24:49.760 --> 01:24:52.399
think I want to see the RKO on top of
1583
01:24:52.680 --> 01:24:56.199
w W eight. It's night main event, Randy Orton versus
1584
01:24:56.319 --> 01:24:58.800
John Cena. We've got more Countdown and other matches to
1585
01:24:58.880 --> 01:25:05.560
talk about coming up. On the other side, w w.
1586
01:25:05.760 --> 01:25:10.880
E touches down in Tampa with a massive lineup.
1587
01:25:10.880 --> 01:25:12.640
Of four kent Miss shows.
1588
01:25:18.239 --> 01:25:19.000
You'll be coming.
1589
01:25:20.159 --> 01:25:22.960
Tickets on sale now scan the code to get your
1590
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tickets today.
1591
01:25:27.399 --> 01:25:31.640
The street five continues. Bad Buddy gave it praise turner
1592
01:25:31.720 --> 01:25:34.880
out and it though praise this stocking Buddy.
1593
01:25:36.399 --> 01:25:37.319
On the back foot.
1594
01:25:37.520 --> 01:25:48.479
The Lundy gave out. Buddy looking for the figure.
1595
01:25:48.279 --> 01:25:57.920
Har Hall favorite Rick Claire's been.
1596
01:25:57.840 --> 01:26:01.039
A lot of time in Puerto Rico. Have Bunny deliver
1597
01:26:01.199 --> 01:26:02.119
the figure four.
1598
01:26:04.479 --> 01:26:06.159
How is Priest still hanging on?
1599
01:26:08.039 --> 01:26:08.199
Oh?
1600
01:26:08.439 --> 01:26:10.560
He gotta shoulder up barely hanging on.
1601
01:26:13.720 --> 01:26:16.279
Bunny's just attacking him to down's leg of Priest.
1602
01:26:17.399 --> 01:26:19.640
Priest needs to roll over on his belly to try to.
1603
01:26:21.079 --> 01:26:27.239
Trying to turn things around on Buddy gree is able
1604
01:26:27.279 --> 01:26:29.600
to break the figure for a leg locked for the moment.
1605
01:26:34.640 --> 01:26:35.119
M this out.
1606
01:26:35.159 --> 01:26:36.600
I have a chuck slap pack. When he had to
1607
01:26:36.680 --> 01:26:39.000
roll through tools, how by Priest he kicks it too?
1608
01:26:48.239 --> 01:26:52.159
Oh into the chair ghost Priest face.
1609
01:26:51.960 --> 01:26:52.800
Full of steel.
1610
01:26:56.319 --> 01:26:58.159
Bunny up and over.
1611
01:26:58.399 --> 01:27:04.760
Like stop Buddy detraw like kicks out of town.
1612
01:27:05.199 --> 01:27:08.920
Price checks out a too unbelievable.
1613
01:27:09.079 --> 01:27:15.319
Bunny delivering a sliced bread numeral dose and they like
1614
01:27:15.439 --> 01:27:18.479
dropped himself on his head in the process. That might
1615
01:27:18.520 --> 01:27:28.359
be the only reason this match is still going Turn
1616
01:27:28.560 --> 01:27:32.159
to the spine, Bunny unloaded on christ.
1617
01:27:40.079 --> 01:27:41.680
I just had it to a hit with the chairs.
1618
01:27:41.720 --> 01:27:43.319
He had this music career.
1619
01:27:44.000 --> 01:27:58.279
I think the chairs is my platinum, I said, he
1620
01:27:58.439 --> 01:27:59.079
ChRI stup.
1621
01:28:04.199 --> 01:28:07.560
Oh my goodness, how the end.
1622
01:28:07.479 --> 01:28:12.640
Of the cover to stare Buddy?
1623
01:28:12.880 --> 01:28:14.439
What the lad here is?
1624
01:28:32.479 --> 01:28:36.560
Bad Bundy just added to his already massive resume.
1625
01:28:36.880 --> 01:28:43.560
Because I'm looking tonight belongs to sand Lawn begins Bad Buddy.
1626
01:28:44.279 --> 01:28:46.000
I can't wait to go back and listen to that, buddy.
1627
01:28:46.079 --> 01:28:46.720
Group of all that.
1628
01:28:49.760 --> 01:28:50.880
What a celebration.
1629
01:28:56.000 --> 01:28:59.239
Welcome back to the Countdown to Backlash as the w
1630
01:28:59.560 --> 01:29:03.479
W universe continues to file into Enterprise Center here in
1631
01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:06.319
Saint Louis. We've got a fatal four way for the
1632
01:29:06.439 --> 01:29:11.279
United States Championship tonight. That'll kick off tonight's festivities here
1633
01:29:11.359 --> 01:29:15.239
in Saint Louis. Jacob Batu defense against Drew mcinttyre, Damian
1634
01:29:15.319 --> 01:29:16.640
Friest and La Knight.
1635
01:29:20.520 --> 01:29:25.079
Ladies and gentleman, show some love and respect for your new.
1636
01:29:25.560 --> 01:29:28.680
United States Champion Jacob Fatu.
1637
01:29:30.439 --> 01:29:34.399
Forged under the bright lights of WrestleMania, A new title
1638
01:29:34.479 --> 01:29:35.520
holder arises.
1639
01:29:36.039 --> 01:29:38.479
I'm told you to do West title.
1640
01:29:38.680 --> 01:29:40.920
What's coming home to the family.
1641
01:29:41.039 --> 01:29:42.760
Bud with this coveted prize.
1642
01:29:43.119 --> 01:29:44.840
Look at the new dust chail.
1643
01:29:45.119 --> 01:29:47.279
Comes the attention of other suitors.
1644
01:29:47.920 --> 01:29:48.840
Let me talk to you.
1645
01:29:51.079 --> 01:29:53.880
What a megastar driven by redemption.
1646
01:29:54.239 --> 01:29:56.720
I want my rematch, and I want it right now.
1647
01:29:57.039 --> 01:29:57.439
Another.
1648
01:29:57.760 --> 01:30:00.720
I want to fight the baddest chap in the yard.
1649
01:30:01.039 --> 01:30:03.720
A warrior fueled by his competitive fire.
1650
01:30:04.399 --> 01:30:11.439
Jacob, I want to fight you. There's a long term
1651
01:30:11.800 --> 01:30:15.840
for the number one contendency. We're gonna fix it right hand.
1652
01:30:17.399 --> 01:30:21.439
Good night and McIntire. One central tie that connects that,
1653
01:30:22.000 --> 01:30:26.000
the need to be a champion, but.
1654
01:30:26.239 --> 01:30:27.159
A clear solution.
1655
01:30:27.600 --> 01:30:29.840
Wait a minute, rapidly dissolved.
1656
01:30:29.960 --> 01:30:33.079
Stand in praises here. You can't read at all.
1657
01:30:33.399 --> 01:30:38.279
Days removed from the Sin City street fight, Marcantile, a.
1658
01:30:38.359 --> 01:30:40.439
Little tires, smack about price.
1659
01:30:40.920 --> 01:30:42.600
It was an absolute pleasure to.
1660
01:30:42.640 --> 01:30:44.800
Embarrass you in front of your entire family.
1661
01:30:45.520 --> 01:30:47.079
Don't speak to Sodo.
1662
01:30:54.640 --> 01:30:58.680
Enter into the punishing chaos of ambition and ego.
1663
01:31:00.079 --> 01:31:03.199
Get two. This is walkat Urgenson.
1664
01:31:03.720 --> 01:31:05.079
When the dogs come off the.
1665
01:31:05.199 --> 01:31:09.840
Chape descrutch it everywhere you look.
1666
01:31:10.239 --> 01:31:13.439
The path to gold for each of these superstars begins
1667
01:31:13.520 --> 01:31:14.079
to twist.
1668
01:31:14.279 --> 01:31:18.680
I'm not out here wrestling for this championship because of you.
1669
01:31:19.439 --> 01:31:22.359
In turn, all your frustrations.
1670
01:31:22.680 --> 01:31:23.520
They're your fault.
1671
01:31:24.800 --> 01:31:27.800
As the title stakes come into view, the element of
1672
01:31:27.960 --> 01:31:29.960
uncertainty remains.
1673
01:31:31.960 --> 01:31:35.720
Jacob's going to defend that US Championship in a triple threat.
1674
01:31:35.560 --> 01:31:39.039
Match, Drew McIntyre, he's the number one at teller.
1675
01:31:39.479 --> 01:31:40.920
Does anybody that a fight? Jacob?
1676
01:31:41.159 --> 01:31:44.960
It is true, You're absolutely right, So let's make it
1677
01:31:45.000 --> 01:31:46.039
a fatal full way.
1678
01:31:46.000 --> 01:31:49.479
Match, even bringing blood alliances into question.
1679
01:31:50.840 --> 01:31:51.039
Nick.
1680
01:31:51.359 --> 01:31:53.079
As soon as you're trying to do you's want to
1681
01:31:53.079 --> 01:31:53.760
screw Jacob.
1682
01:31:55.319 --> 01:31:57.800
No, so Loo you are.
1683
01:32:03.000 --> 01:32:07.239
Now these four superstars are on a collision course. The
1684
01:32:07.359 --> 01:32:13.840
Samoan werewolf driven by legacy, the Megastar spurred by redemption,
1685
01:32:14.840 --> 01:32:21.800
the Punisher motivated by vengeance, the Scottish psychopath guided by ego.
1686
01:32:23.239 --> 01:32:24.600
The motives may differ.
1687
01:32:25.079 --> 01:32:26.920
This is stipend type.
1688
01:32:26.760 --> 01:32:30.560
But championship glory is the shared destination.
1689
01:32:30.880 --> 01:32:33.079
It is gonna be an absolute pool.
1690
01:32:33.439 --> 01:32:37.199
It's n ring anarchy at its finance, and we've only
1691
01:32:37.680 --> 01:32:42.000
just begot embraced the madness at Backlash.
1692
01:32:48.319 --> 01:32:51.039
Oh boy, that fatal fourway is gonna be an absolute
1693
01:32:51.159 --> 01:32:53.760
dog fight. And there is Damien Breese. This time last
1694
01:32:53.840 --> 01:32:56.199
year he was World a Heavyweight champions Night, and he
1695
01:32:56.279 --> 01:33:01.000
looks to add championship bold back over his older as
1696
01:33:01.039 --> 01:33:03.359
he competes in that Fatal four way Max. We're going
1697
01:33:03.399 --> 01:33:05.600
to dive in and preview that Fatal four way Max
1698
01:33:05.640 --> 01:33:09.000
for the United States Championship here on the countdown to Backlash,
1699
01:33:09.039 --> 01:33:11.560
which is brought to you in part by Pava John's
1700
01:33:11.680 --> 01:33:16.159
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1701
01:33:16.159 --> 01:33:17.840
a lot of angles you could go to when we
1702
01:33:17.960 --> 01:33:20.359
look at this match, and when Jacob Fatu is talking
1703
01:33:20.439 --> 01:33:23.479
about all gas, no breaks and walking dogs and all
1704
01:33:23.560 --> 01:33:27.199
this craziness on Friday Night SmackDown, it's hard not to
1705
01:33:27.520 --> 01:33:29.479
just focus on him and talk about him. He is
1706
01:33:29.720 --> 01:33:33.039
very captivating. But I mentioned this earlier in the show
1707
01:33:33.079 --> 01:33:35.680
in my report, nobody has more wins in WWE in
1708
01:33:35.720 --> 01:33:40.239
twenty twenty five than one La Night twelve wins this
1709
01:33:40.479 --> 01:33:42.680
calendar year. Are we sleeping on him a bit? I mean,
1710
01:33:42.760 --> 01:33:44.960
he is a former United States Champion himself.
1711
01:33:45.079 --> 01:33:47.520
Absolutely, I think we are and I think oftentimes when
1712
01:33:47.560 --> 01:33:50.319
we talk about LA, we talk about his promo style,
1713
01:33:50.439 --> 01:33:52.960
we talk about his athleticism. I don't think we spend
1714
01:33:53.039 --> 01:33:55.880
enough time talking about the journey. And I know oftentimes
1715
01:33:56.119 --> 01:33:59.880
the term journeyman can be a bit of an underhanded compliment,
1716
01:34:00.199 --> 01:34:02.159
But I think about this guy. Look, he was released
1717
01:34:02.199 --> 01:34:06.600
in twenty fourteen. He started training my junior year of
1718
01:34:06.800 --> 01:34:08.920
high school. I said, he's been at this for a
1719
01:34:09.079 --> 01:34:11.479
long time. He's tried to find a lot of different
1720
01:34:11.479 --> 01:34:13.720
path He used to do mo caps for WWE two
1721
01:34:13.800 --> 01:34:17.199
K the Games. But to see his journey, I think
1722
01:34:17.239 --> 01:34:19.720
this means so much for him. He's a guy who's
1723
01:34:19.800 --> 01:34:22.279
been like you said, he's been US Champion before. He's
1724
01:34:22.279 --> 01:34:25.840
had those opportunities, And look, it is very easy, especially
1725
01:34:25.920 --> 01:34:27.760
look at the top of this roster, it is very
1726
01:34:27.840 --> 01:34:30.600
easy to get pushed out for new names for the
1727
01:34:30.960 --> 01:34:33.840
new hot thing. I think LA has a great opportunity
1728
01:34:34.079 --> 01:34:37.479
to prove that he belongs to recapture that US championship.
1729
01:34:37.600 --> 01:34:41.199
Isn't it cool though, that, like this match is really
1730
01:34:41.279 --> 01:34:44.079
a match between four guys who have all had to
1731
01:34:44.239 --> 01:34:47.159
work for everything they've ever gotten. Now, sure, Jacob may
1732
01:34:47.199 --> 01:34:49.640
be the youngest, but Jacob's been through his own trials
1733
01:34:49.680 --> 01:34:52.680
and tribulations around this industry as well, and has worked
1734
01:34:52.720 --> 01:34:53.640
for a long time.
1735
01:34:53.560 --> 01:34:54.039
To get here.
1736
01:34:54.279 --> 01:34:56.680
And he knows, he hears the crowd, he.
1737
01:34:56.800 --> 01:34:59.840
Knows he's among the hottest superstars in all of w W.
1738
01:35:00.319 --> 01:35:03.000
The people can't help but Shaer this man. He needs
1739
01:35:03.079 --> 01:35:05.840
to stay in that position. Then you have Damian Priest
1740
01:35:06.600 --> 01:35:09.279
ever since that World Championship run. He wants to remain
1741
01:35:09.560 --> 01:35:11.760
in the top position all of these guys. And then
1742
01:35:11.840 --> 01:35:14.319
Drew McIntyre, a guy who in this match has pinned
1743
01:35:14.359 --> 01:35:17.039
everybody but Jacob Fatu. Now he has an opportunity to
1744
01:35:17.119 --> 01:35:19.319
get gold again and he wouldn't even have to pin
1745
01:35:19.399 --> 01:35:20.119
Fatu to do it.
1746
01:35:20.439 --> 01:35:21.840
And that's the thing we always talk about in these
1747
01:35:21.880 --> 01:35:24.640
three ways and four ways, is Jacob doesn't have to
1748
01:35:24.680 --> 01:35:27.560
be pinned. And I don't know which way this thing goes.
1749
01:35:27.680 --> 01:35:29.800
I see a lot of talent in this match. I'm
1750
01:35:29.840 --> 01:35:31.760
so excited. I think, is this kicking off the night?
1751
01:35:31.960 --> 01:35:32.199
It is?
1752
01:35:32.600 --> 01:35:32.840
It is?
1753
01:35:32.960 --> 01:35:33.439
I can't wait.
1754
01:35:33.560 --> 01:35:36.800
That's sources say. Sources say that it is kicking off
1755
01:35:36.800 --> 01:35:39.079
the night. And this might you know, if we talk
1756
01:35:39.119 --> 01:35:41.600
about predictions and who he think is gonna win and
1757
01:35:41.640 --> 01:35:44.319
who has the momentum. This is a match for like,
1758
01:35:44.479 --> 01:35:47.760
I just have no idea what to expect except that
1759
01:35:47.840 --> 01:35:50.880
I think it's going to be pure chaos and violence.
1760
01:35:51.199 --> 01:35:53.800
Yeah, and that's what we expect every time we see
1761
01:35:53.960 --> 01:35:57.880
Jacob Facu. And that's why I am going with Jacob Facu.
1762
01:35:58.000 --> 01:36:00.439
I can't he's too hot right now. So I'll show
1763
01:36:00.520 --> 01:36:03.960
up to the building today wearing a white chocolate Sacramento
1764
01:36:04.119 --> 01:36:05.680
Kings Jason Williams Jersey.
1765
01:36:06.520 --> 01:36:08.279
Okay, that's the zone he's in.
1766
01:36:08.720 --> 01:36:11.279
I can't bet against absolutely, It's so hard for me
1767
01:36:11.479 --> 01:36:12.800
to to bet against him. But if I had to
1768
01:36:12.840 --> 01:36:16.760
pick anyone not named Jacob Battu, I think Drew McIntyre. Man,
1769
01:36:16.920 --> 01:36:21.560
he has had his return since leaving WWE, since reinventing himself,
1770
01:36:21.800 --> 01:36:24.640
he has absolutely been on fire, and I think that
1771
01:36:25.039 --> 01:36:27.600
he is looking to do massive things with his career.
1772
01:36:28.000 --> 01:36:29.439
I'm going Drew if not Jacob.
1773
01:36:29.960 --> 01:36:32.760
And uh, it was a hell of a Jacob Fattu
1774
01:36:32.840 --> 01:36:36.479
impersonation by Drew McIntyre. I find a nice backdown if
1775
01:36:36.520 --> 01:36:38.199
you haven't seen it, I mean just from.
1776
01:36:38.119 --> 01:36:40.479
A comed exciss that was with the eyes though good.
1777
01:36:41.000 --> 01:36:43.439
I don't know, but I popped like I laughed.
1778
01:36:43.479 --> 01:36:43.760
It was.
1779
01:36:44.000 --> 01:36:46.319
It was hilarious. The fantal four way for the United
1780
01:36:46.359 --> 01:36:48.800
States Championship kicking off the night. It is one of
1781
01:36:48.880 --> 01:36:52.600
five matches on tonight's card here in Saint Louis at Backlash.
1782
01:36:52.720 --> 01:36:58.640
The other features our new Intercontinental Champion, Dominic Mysterio defending
1783
01:36:59.000 --> 01:36:59.720
against Penta.
1784
01:37:04.239 --> 01:37:07.840
This is the first time in WrestleMania history that the
1785
01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:09.760
Intercontinental Championship will.
1786
01:37:09.640 --> 01:37:21.720
Be defended in a fatal four way matchup. Penta was
1787
01:37:21.800 --> 01:37:23.039
built for Wrestlmania.
1788
01:37:34.680 --> 01:37:37.359
That's a bit sty all the right.
1789
01:37:38.039 --> 01:37:41.079
He's a windy, I say, Carlino pulling.
1790
01:37:40.880 --> 01:37:43.960
Pen on the pen will put this thing.
1791
01:37:44.079 --> 01:37:46.960
Look now with a coded ron.
1792
01:37:49.600 --> 01:37:54.560
Dom Dominant for the pros flash for the cover, fam.
1793
01:37:54.600 --> 01:37:56.680
Domina quins the Champion seven.
1794
01:38:02.399 --> 01:38:06.479
Don't thank yourself. It's father Dream Gardy Dog has not
1795
01:38:06.720 --> 01:38:07.199
the title.
1796
01:38:07.960 --> 01:38:11.640
Some of the best that held this title, but I'm
1797
01:38:12.159 --> 01:38:14.119
the best that's ever held this time.
1798
01:38:14.199 --> 01:38:15.119
It's been five minutes.
1799
01:38:15.319 --> 01:38:16.439
I'm already the greatest ever.
1800
01:38:17.760 --> 01:38:21.039
It's been twenty minutes, and I'm the greatest Intercontinental Champion
1801
01:38:21.159 --> 01:38:21.800
of all time.
1802
01:38:22.159 --> 01:38:23.720
Derge dom.
1803
01:38:25.960 --> 01:38:29.000
I am the greatest Mysterial of all time?
1804
01:38:29.479 --> 01:38:32.159
Have you held this title? I'm better than you already crazy,
1805
01:38:32.319 --> 01:38:38.039
It's only been like thirty minutes and I'm already the greatest. No,
1806
01:38:39.119 --> 01:38:40.279
what did the next one been done?
1807
01:38:41.840 --> 01:38:43.520
The jump?
1808
01:38:46.800 --> 01:38:53.760
Yeah, it's twenty four hours after crowning.
1809
01:38:53.760 --> 01:38:54.800
I knew I c hip.
1810
01:38:55.760 --> 01:38:57.039
Could we be doing it again?
1811
01:39:05.079 --> 01:39:06.239
Mexican Destroyer.
1812
01:39:10.600 --> 01:39:12.279
I had to take it out power.
1813
01:39:15.039 --> 01:39:20.600
Hey that's j D McDonald.
1814
01:39:25.399 --> 01:39:26.199
Fuck splash.
1815
01:39:33.119 --> 01:39:35.640
You had to believe that Dirty dam is gonna have
1816
01:39:35.840 --> 01:39:37.119
something up his sleeve.
1817
01:39:38.600 --> 01:39:42.479
And suddenly the Judgment Day is back at full strength.
1818
01:39:45.720 --> 01:39:50.239
I'm not done with you men. He's coming for jud
1819
01:39:51.640 --> 01:39:54.760
No fuel looked out what I'm talking for a time.
1820
01:39:56.319 --> 01:39:59.560
The numbers games of Judgment Day will take down anyone
1821
01:39:59.680 --> 01:40:06.239
who was Penta is taking the WWW by storm.
1822
01:40:08.319 --> 01:40:11.800
It has an opportunity to win his first championship in
1823
01:40:12.039 --> 01:40:12.840
w W, A.
1824
01:40:13.640 --> 01:40:17.840
Greatest living mysterio of all time, and I'm already the
1825
01:40:17.880 --> 01:40:19.359
grace and your continental champion.
1826
01:40:19.119 --> 01:40:25.439
Of all time, the stereo pandam for the intercal title
1827
01:40:26.239 --> 01:40:27.279
at backlashed.
1828
01:40:32.359 --> 01:40:34.399
As you can clearly see, I'm standing by with the
1829
01:40:34.720 --> 01:40:40.880
Intercontinental Champion, Dirty Dominic Mysterio dom Tonight you're taking on
1830
01:40:40.960 --> 01:40:43.239
a man who you're very familiar with in Penta. But
1831
01:40:43.760 --> 01:40:46.720
there's a lot of people talking and heading into tonight's
1832
01:40:46.760 --> 01:40:50.479
matches saying that you're afraid a Penta.
1833
01:40:50.920 --> 01:40:51.760
How do you respond to that?
1834
01:40:52.439 --> 01:40:56.840
I mean, I might be, but that's not the point here, Byron.
1835
01:40:57.119 --> 01:41:00.439
The point is I already beat this guy in the
1836
01:41:00.520 --> 01:41:02.039
grandest stage of the mall right.
1837
01:41:03.960 --> 01:41:05.520
I'm sorry, but I do have to push back on that,
1838
01:41:05.720 --> 01:41:08.399
because yes, Penta was in the match, so you technically
1839
01:41:08.479 --> 01:41:11.720
beat him, but you actually pinned your judgment day stable mate,
1840
01:41:11.760 --> 01:41:12.279
Finn Balor.
1841
01:41:12.720 --> 01:41:14.479
Like I said, I didn't see that, and I don't
1842
01:41:14.479 --> 01:41:15.600
know why you got to bring that up. I saw
1843
01:41:15.640 --> 01:41:17.560
a body down there, and I just I just jumped
1844
01:41:17.600 --> 01:41:19.520
on it, all right, And as a matter of fact,
1845
01:41:19.800 --> 01:41:23.199
didn't I beat Penta the next day at raw after Mania?
1846
01:41:23.520 --> 01:41:23.760
Did I?
1847
01:41:23.840 --> 01:41:23.880
Not?
1848
01:41:24.319 --> 01:41:25.520
With the help of j D McDonough.
1849
01:41:25.760 --> 01:41:28.680
No, that's not again, Byron. What matters is that I won.
1850
01:41:29.439 --> 01:41:32.000
I am the greatest intercontinental champion of all time?
1851
01:41:32.359 --> 01:41:33.600
Who won that Monday?
1852
01:41:33.640 --> 01:41:35.000
Who won? Answer that question?
1853
01:41:35.479 --> 01:41:35.760
You won?
1854
01:41:35.920 --> 01:41:37.960
There you go, I'm a better journalist than you, how
1855
01:41:38.000 --> 01:41:38.319
about that?
1856
01:41:38.880 --> 01:41:39.319
Apparently?
1857
01:41:39.399 --> 01:41:39.840
So thank you.
1858
01:41:40.640 --> 01:41:41.399
You need a little more help.
1859
01:41:41.399 --> 01:41:42.760
You want me to do your job for you too.
1860
01:41:42.840 --> 01:41:44.000
I'll just pitch back to the panel.
1861
01:41:44.039 --> 01:41:46.640
Thing and see the whoop, and I'm gonna put on Penta.
1862
01:41:47.000 --> 01:41:47.800
All right, how about that?
1863
01:41:48.439 --> 01:41:48.840
I'll do that.
1864
01:41:49.399 --> 01:41:50.039
Good luck that.
1865
01:41:50.039 --> 01:41:51.319
If you don't, I'll come back and like I said,
1866
01:41:51.359 --> 01:41:53.319
do your job for you. Since I do everything around here.
1867
01:41:53.760 --> 01:41:54.359
I appreciate you.
1868
01:41:54.800 --> 01:41:58.039
Yeah, I'm sure you do. That's not big on the facts?
1869
01:41:58.079 --> 01:42:01.000
Is he a guys got you on a panel?
1870
01:42:03.079 --> 01:42:07.560
Those were fair points and questions Byron Saxton. Uh, dominic
1871
01:42:07.680 --> 01:42:10.239
Masterio was right about one thing though. In the end,
1872
01:42:10.279 --> 01:42:12.000
a win is a win is a win, and he
1873
01:42:12.119 --> 01:42:16.000
did win the Intercontinental Championship, and he did defeat Penta
1874
01:42:16.359 --> 01:42:19.159
on Monday Night Raw. But Penta has also defeated him
1875
01:42:19.520 --> 01:42:21.920
one v one as well, so technically they are one
1876
01:42:22.000 --> 01:42:24.720
on one and one in one on one competition. It's
1877
01:42:24.760 --> 01:42:29.279
a lot of one. The point is Dominic Masterio just
1878
01:42:29.359 --> 01:42:32.560
dodged pretty much every question Byron Sexton had. Do you
1879
01:42:32.760 --> 01:42:34.760
think dom is afraid of Penta?
1880
01:42:36.039 --> 01:42:40.439
I actually am going to agree with dom that it's irrelevant.
1881
01:42:41.279 --> 01:42:44.680
Why because I really do think the judgment day is
1882
01:42:44.800 --> 01:42:49.560
complete right now. We were kind of sleeping the WWE universe.
1883
01:42:49.600 --> 01:42:52.840
Owes an apology to JD mcdonal. He was the secret
1884
01:42:52.960 --> 01:42:55.520
weapon because it really did feel like things were teetering.
1885
01:42:55.600 --> 01:42:58.359
If we're being honest, absolutely and correct me if I'm wrong, Bigie.
1886
01:42:58.479 --> 01:43:00.239
Hasn't it felt like since JD mc go on a
1887
01:43:00.319 --> 01:43:03.000
walk back through those doors, the mojo is kind of
1888
01:43:03.079 --> 01:43:04.760
back with the judgment day to a certain extent.
1889
01:43:05.039 --> 01:43:07.720
I agree, And it's hard not to be roused by,
1890
01:43:07.920 --> 01:43:10.720
you know, JD. What he put his body through coming back,
1891
01:43:11.079 --> 01:43:13.279
and it's very easy. What's a guy like Dominic who
1892
01:43:13.359 --> 01:43:15.760
talks so much? It's very easy to be caught up
1893
01:43:15.760 --> 01:43:17.560
in the He takes up all the oxygen, is what
1894
01:43:17.600 --> 01:43:20.800
I'm saying. I want to spend some time talking about Penna.
1895
01:43:20.840 --> 01:43:21.279
Look he is.
1896
01:43:21.720 --> 01:43:24.359
He is fairly new to WWE, but he has cut
1897
01:43:24.439 --> 01:43:27.199
his teeth all across the world. We're talking about Triple A,
1898
01:43:27.319 --> 01:43:30.880
we're talking about Impact, We're talking about MLW, LUCA Underground,
1899
01:43:31.199 --> 01:43:32.359
other places as well.
1900
01:43:32.680 --> 01:43:36.159
But this man is seasoned. He is very seasoned. He's
1901
01:43:36.199 --> 01:43:38.199
ready for this moment. I'm excited for him.
1902
01:43:38.199 --> 01:43:40.600
We spend so much time talking about dom Let's not
1903
01:43:40.760 --> 01:43:42.760
forget the man who I gotta shout out Hang him
1904
01:43:42.800 --> 01:43:46.279
high on Twitter. I see all those smooth operator I
1905
01:43:46.399 --> 01:43:48.680
love seeing petsa the manhass swagger.
1906
01:43:48.880 --> 01:43:50.119
The man has style, and.
1907
01:43:50.239 --> 01:43:53.880
I think if Judgment Dave Shenanigans don't get too heavily
1908
01:43:53.920 --> 01:43:55.520
involved tonight, I think.
1909
01:43:55.479 --> 01:43:58.000
He has a great opportunity to walk away as.
1910
01:43:58.119 --> 01:44:02.279
Icy Champion one on one, no chick cantering, nothing happens.
1911
01:44:02.600 --> 01:44:03.760
I would be picking.
1912
01:44:04.039 --> 01:44:05.279
Pentil totally agree.
1913
01:44:05.640 --> 01:44:07.720
I just know the Judgment Day too well for that.
1914
01:44:08.159 --> 01:44:08.399
You do.
1915
01:44:08.640 --> 01:44:11.079
But I think even even when you have numbers, and
1916
01:44:11.159 --> 01:44:13.079
even when you have Judgment Day, and even when Judgment
1917
01:44:13.159 --> 01:44:14.800
Day has been able to find success, we have seen
1918
01:44:14.880 --> 01:44:17.760
in their history from numerous different members of the Judgment
1919
01:44:17.800 --> 01:44:21.239
Day that if you sleep on someone going into a match,
1920
01:44:21.640 --> 01:44:24.119
it can cost you. So Dominique Masterio so needs to
1921
01:44:24.199 --> 01:44:28.199
be ready to defend his title as the self proclaimed
1922
01:44:28.359 --> 01:44:30.079
best Intercontinental chance.
1923
01:44:29.960 --> 01:44:31.840
And best Mysterio of all time.
1924
01:44:32.000 --> 01:44:33.920
I mean, it's been twenty days.
1925
01:44:34.000 --> 01:44:34.880
It's a it's a lot.
1926
01:44:35.159 --> 01:44:37.800
Don't forget he won that Hot Ones versus versus Live Morgan.
1927
01:44:38.039 --> 01:44:41.560
He also a big year for domas same year for
1928
01:44:41.760 --> 01:44:45.279
Tom Masterio winning the hot Ones battle. We've lived Morgan
1929
01:44:45.319 --> 01:44:47.039
and the fust word, but you know there was so
1930
01:44:47.199 --> 01:44:51.880
much can again, Oh listen, let's take a quick break
1931
01:44:51.960 --> 01:44:56.000
here on the Countdowns two Backlash time has taken there
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now seventeen minutes away from getting things started.
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I jumped in.
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01:45:07.600 --> 01:45:12.239
Welcome to the official Red season opening Ceremonial twenty twenty four.
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Harm My for Corown.
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01:45:30.159 --> 01:45:43.760
So it's the main event. Rhodes versus Styles for the
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01:45:43.800 --> 01:45:44.520
first time ever.
1938
01:45:46.479 --> 01:45:50.199
Hody able to fight out of it, kick my Rhodes
1939
01:45:50.399 --> 01:45:52.960
hook Styles Now he's got it where he Watson.
1940
01:45:54.880 --> 01:45:55.840
Went for cross.
1941
01:45:55.640 --> 01:46:02.439
Roads, AJ Styles counter now aj rd ahis Cody up
1942
01:46:02.520 --> 01:46:06.000
for the Styles class? Tody lands on his feet. AJ
1943
01:46:06.239 --> 01:46:08.720
Style stacked up my pains for the wind.
1944
01:46:08.640 --> 01:46:14.199
Kick it too, the offense in exchange not both superstars.
1945
01:46:14.800 --> 01:46:18.520
Cody top row now Tony talk to the top Crow
1946
01:46:18.680 --> 01:46:39.760
point God pouring out of the Stocks. There they're fadingly home, Cody,
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01:46:39.840 --> 01:46:42.039
how did AJ Styles Middle of.
1948
01:46:42.159 --> 01:46:49.399
The Rag class notes cover Hook of the Lamb by ways.
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01:46:51.680 --> 01:46:57.560
Her the.
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Chaman.
1951
01:47:10.279 --> 01:47:13.960
We'll talk about what a hell of a first title.
1952
01:47:13.760 --> 01:47:18.680
Defense that was a main event in.
1953
01:47:18.880 --> 01:47:24.640
Any city around the globe, on any date on the calendar.
1954
01:47:25.199 --> 01:47:27.880
Two of the best in the cats.
1955
01:47:29.680 --> 01:47:34.279
Cory, you said it earlier, Iron Sharp, It's iron AJ
1956
01:47:34.600 --> 01:47:35.640
Styles brought it.
1957
01:47:36.199 --> 01:47:38.000
Carty, Roads stepped up.
1958
01:47:40.560 --> 01:47:41.439
And he retained.
1959
01:47:42.279 --> 01:47:54.600
They had disputed w A championship. What a sweet victory
1960
01:47:54.760 --> 01:47:58.640
this must have been for the American Nightmare.
1961
01:48:07.479 --> 01:48:11.119
Tony Rhoades knew he had to do something spectacular, a
1962
01:48:11.520 --> 01:48:15.560
super Cony cutter, perhaps out of desperation.
1963
01:48:15.760 --> 01:48:18.640
But if it was, or did it ever pay off?
1964
01:48:19.319 --> 01:48:23.199
Driving style space first and then a trip to the
1965
01:48:23.359 --> 01:48:31.560
crossroads for the challenger three seconds later and still undisputed
1966
01:48:31.760 --> 01:48:37.720
WWE champion. Tony Roads may now lead us fearlessly into
1967
01:48:37.840 --> 01:48:38.600
the new era.
1968
01:48:40.039 --> 01:48:41.600
The first cut is.
1969
01:48:41.680 --> 01:48:43.640
Always the deepest, and.
1970
01:48:43.800 --> 01:48:49.000
For Cody Roads, tonight he passed the fash with lighting
1971
01:48:49.199 --> 01:48:51.119
colors with.
1972
01:48:51.319 --> 01:48:55.239
Taty the undisputed w w E title.
1973
01:49:10.359 --> 01:49:13.960
We are live in Saint Louis and Missouri for Backlash,
1974
01:49:14.079 --> 01:49:19.319
our first premium live event following a pretty epic WrestleMania
1975
01:49:19.479 --> 01:49:22.079
in Las Vegas and Saint Louis. My goodness, that holds
1976
01:49:22.159 --> 01:49:25.079
a lot of wrestling significance. Randy Orton is from here.
1977
01:49:25.359 --> 01:49:28.439
John Ceno was drafted to Monday Night Ron Saint Louis.
1978
01:49:28.479 --> 01:49:31.000
The first ever Hell in a Cel match took place here.
1979
01:49:31.359 --> 01:49:34.119
The Rock won his first world title here and by
1980
01:49:34.159 --> 01:49:36.279
the way, the first ever women's money in the Bank
1981
01:49:36.399 --> 01:49:39.960
ladder match also took place in Saint Louis. I could
1982
01:49:40.039 --> 01:49:43.199
go on, but I won't because Joe Tessitour has more
1983
01:49:43.479 --> 01:49:44.159
on Saint Louis.
1984
01:49:49.319 --> 01:49:53.920
Saint Louis, Missouri a city with a sports legacy that echoes.
1985
01:49:53.560 --> 01:49:56.600
Through its stadiums and arenas. I doubt the.
1986
01:49:58.399 --> 01:50:01.520
Gateway to the West. Saint Louis's more than just an
1987
01:50:01.680 --> 01:50:05.680
arch It's a hub of athletic history where legendary teams
1988
01:50:05.720 --> 01:50:10.039
have shaped the STL's vibrant spirit, from Musial to Poohols.
1989
01:50:10.159 --> 01:50:13.439
This baseball town is represented by the Cardinals. They are
1990
01:50:13.560 --> 01:50:16.439
by far one of the all time great franchises. Steepton
1991
01:50:16.479 --> 01:50:22.439
Glory on the Diamond, the Rams, the greatest show on turf,
1992
01:50:22.560 --> 01:50:25.000
lit up the Loo with electrifying energy at the turn
1993
01:50:25.039 --> 01:50:28.039
of the twenty first century, while the underdog story the
1994
01:50:28.119 --> 01:50:30.960
twenty nineteen Saint Louis Blues stood as a testament to
1995
01:50:31.039 --> 01:50:36.279
the city's resilience and heart. And when it comes to
1996
01:50:36.359 --> 01:50:41.119
sports entertainment, the Saint Louis Wrestling Club, an organization's pioneer program,
1997
01:50:41.239 --> 01:50:44.600
Wrestling at the Chase, was a cornerstone for the NWA,
1998
01:50:45.000 --> 01:50:50.439
where legends were born and history was made. Years later,
1999
01:50:50.800 --> 01:50:54.239
it was WWE taking a victory lap with a history
2000
01:50:54.359 --> 01:50:55.840
making Monday Night Raw.
2001
01:50:56.199 --> 01:50:57.159
Aaron Saint Louis.
2002
01:50:57.359 --> 01:51:02.199
For the one thousand time, we welcome you to Monday Night.
2003
01:51:02.199 --> 01:51:09.439
Raws Finely Brock has come.
2004
01:51:09.479 --> 01:51:15.199
Back to saintop.
2005
01:51:21.560 --> 01:51:24.399
In ninety seven, the glistening steel of the Gateway Arch
2006
01:51:24.600 --> 01:51:28.239
was overshadowed by the cold, unforgiving steel of a new
2007
01:51:28.319 --> 01:51:31.479
menacing structure when the first ever Hell in a Cell
2008
01:51:31.600 --> 01:51:36.359
match unfolded at the Keel Center. The debut of this
2009
01:51:36.520 --> 01:51:40.399
hillatious apparatus would set the stage for career defining moments,
2010
01:51:41.079 --> 01:51:46.520
including the cataclysmic debut of the Undertaker's demonic younger brother.
2011
01:51:46.479 --> 01:51:48.119
Kane Exhos.
2012
01:51:52.520 --> 01:51:53.720
Saint Louis has.
2013
01:51:53.760 --> 01:51:58.239
Also served as the launching pad for championship conquests, ocating
2014
01:51:58.319 --> 01:51:59.760
the way for future legends.
2015
01:52:01.159 --> 01:52:01.640
They do it.
2016
01:52:01.960 --> 01:52:06.000
The Sealt's Tag ten Gold m Championship Heartbreak.
2017
01:52:06.880 --> 01:52:10.600
Oh my God, Sir Michaels sewn Michaels has just cost
2018
01:52:10.680 --> 01:52:12.920
the Undertaker the World Championship.
2019
01:52:14.279 --> 01:52:17.840
The two thousand and five WWE Draft sent shockwaves through
2020
01:52:17.920 --> 01:52:21.880
Saint Louis. He's zero row now, But when Saint Louis
2021
01:52:22.319 --> 01:52:26.960
hears those voices, a roar like no other takes over
2022
01:52:27.119 --> 01:52:31.640
the entire city. The piercing rivalry between these all time
2023
01:52:31.800 --> 01:52:36.000
greats has lasted for the better part of two decades. Now,
2024
01:52:36.159 --> 01:52:40.039
Sena returns to the Gateway City with a brazen attitude
2025
01:52:40.479 --> 01:52:45.600
and wrestling history in his ironclad grasp, invading the home
2026
01:52:45.760 --> 01:52:50.560
of Randy Orton, the fourteen time WWE World Champion in
2027
01:52:50.640 --> 01:52:55.760
his own right. At Backlash, John Cena and Randy Orton
2028
01:52:55.880 --> 01:52:59.000
face off for possibly the final time in their epic
2029
01:52:59.119 --> 01:53:03.079
rivalry with the undisputed WWE Championship on the line, as
2030
01:53:03.199 --> 01:53:06.119
once again Saint Louis gets a front row seat to history,
2031
01:53:07.119 --> 01:53:17.439
to legacy, to immortality, and of course the great iconic
2032
01:53:17.600 --> 01:53:19.960
wrestling promoter Sam Mushnick.
2033
01:53:19.680 --> 01:53:22.359
One of the most respective promoters ever in the wrestling business,
2034
01:53:22.600 --> 01:53:25.800
passed away back in nineteen ninety eight. But truly, so
2035
01:53:25.920 --> 01:53:28.399
many great moments in this city, the things that Randy
2036
01:53:28.520 --> 01:53:31.239
Orton grew up seeing, And now we're gonna have more
2037
01:53:31.319 --> 01:53:33.279
moments made tonight in Saint Louis.
2038
01:53:33.359 --> 01:53:35.079
Oh my gosh, I know I can hardly wait. We're
2039
01:53:35.159 --> 01:53:39.079
like ten minutes away from Backlash kicking off here inside
2040
01:53:39.279 --> 01:53:41.479
Enterprise Center in Saint Louis. You know I want to
2041
01:53:41.479 --> 01:53:44.279
talk about Lyra Valkyria because I wasn't on the first
2042
01:53:44.359 --> 01:53:46.520
hour of the show, and I just think she has
2043
01:53:46.600 --> 01:53:50.720
had such a fantastic start to her WWE career on
2044
01:53:50.800 --> 01:53:53.800
the main roster. She's made history. She's the first ever
2045
01:53:53.920 --> 01:53:58.039
Intercontinental Women's champion. She's seven and one in twenty twenty five.
2046
01:53:58.279 --> 01:54:02.520
She's already won one on one matches against EO Sky Bailey,
2047
01:54:02.960 --> 01:54:05.279
Becky Lynch with the title on the line in NXT.
2048
01:54:05.840 --> 01:54:08.279
I mean, I feel like the sky really is the
2049
01:54:08.399 --> 01:54:11.199
limit for Lyra Valkyria, and it's been really cool to
2050
01:54:11.319 --> 01:54:14.399
kind of see her come into her confidence the last
2051
01:54:14.479 --> 01:54:17.560
couple of weeks, especially when she's standing in the ring
2052
01:54:17.720 --> 01:54:20.000
across one of the greatest women of all time to
2053
01:54:20.079 --> 01:54:20.279
do it.
2054
01:54:20.520 --> 01:54:22.680
And not just one of the greatest ever, but someone
2055
01:54:22.720 --> 01:54:24.680
that she's looked up to, someone who is kind of
2056
01:54:24.800 --> 01:54:27.079
a role model for her for so long.
2057
01:54:27.279 --> 01:54:27.439
You know.
2058
01:54:27.720 --> 01:54:28.359
I think back too.
2059
01:54:28.560 --> 01:54:31.199
I think both those women they cut their teeth at
2060
01:54:31.279 --> 01:54:34.159
a Fight Factory Pro Wrestling in Dublin, And it's so
2061
01:54:34.279 --> 01:54:37.079
interesting because Becky got out I think at twenty thirteen,
2062
01:54:37.439 --> 01:54:39.439
and Lyra came in the next year at twenty fourteen.
2063
01:54:39.720 --> 01:54:42.359
I feel like you see two Irish women. I feel
2064
01:54:42.359 --> 01:54:45.000
like so much of the narrative is is this a
2065
01:54:45.159 --> 01:54:48.000
passing of the torch moment? But it's also very interesting
2066
01:54:48.039 --> 01:54:49.920
when I hear from Becky and she talks a lot
2067
01:54:50.239 --> 01:54:52.399
about age and the way we talk about age with
2068
01:54:52.479 --> 01:54:54.439
the women and the way we talk about age with
2069
01:54:54.600 --> 01:54:56.399
the men, and that for a lot of women who
2070
01:54:56.399 --> 01:54:58.640
are in their late thirties, it's all, are you winding down?
2071
01:54:58.760 --> 01:54:59.760
When are you ready to get out?
2072
01:55:00.239 --> 01:55:03.000
Look, it feels like seventy five percent of the male
2073
01:55:03.159 --> 01:55:05.960
side is thirty eight, thirty nine, forty forty five.
2074
01:55:06.039 --> 01:55:08.439
We just celebrated Randy wanted to do another ten years.
2075
01:55:08.279 --> 01:55:11.279
Exactly exactly, So let's give the women the same honor
2076
01:55:11.319 --> 01:55:12.319
and the same grace as well.
2077
01:55:12.479 --> 01:55:15.359
Thank you for saying that, because she's not wrong, and
2078
01:55:15.479 --> 01:55:17.720
you're not wrong when it comes to the age discussion
2079
01:55:17.800 --> 01:55:20.079
around women versus men. But you know, I talked to
2080
01:55:20.159 --> 01:55:22.760
Becky earlier today too, and she brought up another point
2081
01:55:22.800 --> 01:55:25.000
that's sort of in the same vein, which is she
2082
01:55:25.319 --> 01:55:28.319
still considers herself in her prime. She's like, why would
2083
01:55:28.319 --> 01:55:30.520
I be focused on anything other than winning? Like, yes,
2084
01:55:30.600 --> 01:55:34.760
it would be nice to mentor up and coming WWE Superstars.
2085
01:55:34.800 --> 01:55:37.520
But why is that being asked of her and not
2086
01:55:37.640 --> 01:55:41.399
necessarily other people on her level that maybe aren't women,
2087
01:55:41.680 --> 01:55:43.760
Do you know what I mean? I kind of understand
2088
01:55:43.840 --> 01:55:46.239
where Becky is coming from, though I don't understand with
2089
01:55:46.319 --> 01:55:49.680
her tact when it comes to one Lyra Valkyria.
2090
01:55:49.319 --> 01:55:53.520
Totally and yeah, I totally understand the time honored tradition
2091
01:55:53.720 --> 01:55:58.600
of looking up at the lights and passing bechypeculus one.
2092
01:55:58.680 --> 01:55:59.840
She can still row down.
2093
01:56:00.119 --> 01:56:01.000
She is nowhere near that.
2094
01:56:01.079 --> 01:56:03.600
But I will say this, Let's not forget it has
2095
01:56:03.680 --> 01:56:05.760
been a long time since she was in one on
2096
01:56:05.880 --> 01:56:07.199
one competition.
2097
01:56:06.840 --> 01:56:08.039
Here almost one year.
2098
01:56:08.159 --> 01:56:10.479
Liarra Valkyria has been working.
2099
01:56:10.600 --> 01:56:13.800
She is an active champion, an inaugural in a continental champion,
2100
01:56:13.840 --> 01:56:16.760
as you mentioned earlier. So as much as Becky has
2101
01:56:16.880 --> 01:56:21.439
the experience, as much as she's still in her prime ring,
2102
01:56:21.520 --> 01:56:22.439
rust is a real.
2103
01:56:22.319 --> 01:56:22.800
Thing, righty.
2104
01:56:22.960 --> 01:56:23.720
Yeah, and too.
2105
01:56:23.800 --> 01:56:26.399
I think it's always that conversation of is it rest
2106
01:56:26.720 --> 01:56:27.399
or is it rust?
2107
01:56:27.640 --> 01:56:27.800
Is it?
2108
01:56:28.119 --> 01:56:30.359
Hey, We're gonna see a really fresh Becky because she's
2109
01:56:30.399 --> 01:56:32.520
had this time off, she's had more time to train,
2110
01:56:32.760 --> 01:56:34.840
more time to dial in again. Or is it Are
2111
01:56:34.880 --> 01:56:36.640
we gonna see someone who is a little bit more
2112
01:56:36.720 --> 01:56:39.399
cooky in the ring. I think Becky is so seasoned
2113
01:56:39.399 --> 01:56:41.399
and has been doing this for so long, it's gonna
2114
01:56:41.399 --> 01:56:42.159
be like getting.
2115
01:56:41.920 --> 01:56:42.640
Back on that bike.
2116
01:56:42.840 --> 01:56:45.159
But let's not ignore the fact that Lira is walking
2117
01:56:45.239 --> 01:56:48.399
in as champion. It is on Becky to take that
2118
01:56:48.520 --> 01:56:49.199
title from.
2119
01:56:49.119 --> 01:56:52.560
Her, and it's another opportunity for Lira Valkyria to show
2120
01:56:52.680 --> 01:56:55.600
that she can hang with the quote unquote big girls
2121
01:56:55.720 --> 01:56:57.680
in the women's division because she's got some wins over
2122
01:56:57.720 --> 01:56:59.439
some pretty stiff competition. All right, I don't want to
2123
01:56:59.479 --> 01:57:02.399
talk to you guys about Pat McAfee and Gunther. I
2124
01:57:03.039 --> 01:57:05.840
understand Pat and Michael Cole are very close, but I
2125
01:57:06.039 --> 01:57:09.520
just think this is maybe one of the silliest decisions
2126
01:57:09.600 --> 01:57:11.199
Pat hackabeest hebe ever made.
2127
01:57:11.800 --> 01:57:16.079
Listen, I love Pat, I respect his heart immensely.
2128
01:57:16.439 --> 01:57:18.119
As Michael Cole enters right.
2129
01:57:18.000 --> 01:57:21.399
On you exactly the reason that Pat's in this situation,
2130
01:57:21.880 --> 01:57:24.680
I respect Pat wanted to step up for this man,
2131
01:57:25.119 --> 01:57:28.399
this icon, this boat in the industry who's taught all
2132
01:57:28.479 --> 01:57:31.239
of us and mentored all of us on the broadcasting
2133
01:57:31.279 --> 01:57:32.880
side of ww ME so much.
2134
01:57:33.640 --> 01:57:37.920
But man, Pat has a history. Pat is a great athlete.
2135
01:57:38.199 --> 01:57:42.600
Don't forget he's one big matches n NXT before, he's one.
2136
01:57:42.479 --> 01:57:46.319
At WrestleMania before. But Luther is a different animal.
2137
01:57:46.680 --> 01:57:49.399
And E I am worried about the health and well
2138
01:57:49.479 --> 01:57:52.159
being of our colleague Pat McAfee, as you should be.
2139
01:57:52.279 --> 01:57:55.119
And look, Pat is really talent. TD's an incredible athlete,
2140
01:57:55.159 --> 01:57:56.920
all those things you've seen him in the ring, But
2141
01:57:57.039 --> 01:58:00.960
it's one thing when wrestling is one of a dozen
2142
01:58:01.000 --> 01:58:03.239
different things that you do. He is traveling, he is
2143
01:58:03.319 --> 01:58:06.399
jet satying gum Thor was born for this. This is
2144
01:58:06.520 --> 01:58:09.279
all he does. This is all he focuses on. And
2145
01:58:09.399 --> 01:58:13.119
after losing that title at WrestleMania, the embarrassment he had,
2146
01:58:13.560 --> 01:58:15.399
he is trying to make a point here.
2147
01:58:15.439 --> 01:58:16.560
He is mad.
2148
01:58:18.399 --> 01:58:18.680
Mad.
2149
01:58:18.800 --> 01:58:20.920
I rate is a good word. All Right, We're getting
2150
01:58:20.920 --> 01:58:23.079
closer and closer for showtime. Here, we've got a touch
2151
01:58:23.159 --> 01:58:25.800
on the main event one more time, John Cena versus
2152
01:58:26.000 --> 01:58:29.119
Randy Orton, possibly for the final time. I mean, what
2153
01:58:29.239 --> 01:58:32.439
are you expecting from this match? Any final thoughts?
2154
01:58:32.920 --> 01:58:34.439
H Well, I'm.
2155
01:58:34.399 --> 01:58:38.199
Expecting more of the ground and pound that we saw
2156
01:58:38.479 --> 01:58:42.520
from John Cena at WrestleMania before the Travis Scott to
2157
01:58:42.680 --> 01:58:46.960
Kanery happened. John Cena with double axe handles and getting
2158
01:58:47.000 --> 01:58:49.399
down in dirty. I expect to see that same sort
2159
01:58:49.399 --> 01:58:51.119
of style from John c to tonight.
2160
01:58:51.239 --> 01:58:53.600
And you know what's so interesting too is Randy typically
2161
01:58:53.680 --> 01:58:55.920
is known for a very methodical case as well.
2162
01:58:56.600 --> 01:58:59.039
So what is that going to look like. I don't
2163
01:58:59.119 --> 01:59:02.079
expect John c Alone to be able to get it done?
2164
01:59:02.319 --> 01:59:05.520
Will we see outside factors? If not, Randy Orton will
2165
01:59:05.520 --> 01:59:07.600
be a world champion once more at his hometown of.
2166
01:59:07.560 --> 01:59:09.960
Saint Louis, and it would be a huge, huge, huge
2167
01:59:10.039 --> 01:59:12.600
moment for Randy Orton. His fifteenth world title would put
2168
01:59:12.640 --> 01:59:17.119
him just two behind John Cena's record setting seventeen. So
2169
01:59:17.279 --> 01:59:20.520
the races, it's still there for Randy Orton to be
2170
01:59:20.640 --> 01:59:24.520
had and to make himself the goat greatest.
2171
01:59:24.159 --> 01:59:24.720
Of all time.
2172
01:59:24.800 --> 01:59:26.920
But we are out of time here on the carup
2173
01:59:26.960 --> 01:59:31.840
Shop backlash for Baggie and Peter Rosenberg. I'm Jackie Redman.
2174
01:59:31.920 --> 01:59:34.840
We have a heck of a card on tap before you,
2175
01:59:35.039 --> 01:59:36.920
Like I said, the Fatal Four Ways kicking it off,
2176
01:59:36.960 --> 01:59:39.880
Our main event features John Cena defending his title against
2177
01:59:39.920 --> 01:59:40.439
Randy Orton.
2178
01:59:40.520 --> 01:59:47.880
Here's Alicia Taylor, Ladies and gentlemen here to perform the
2179
01:59:48.159 --> 01:59:53.680
Star Spangled banner please welcome person.
2180
01:59:53.960 --> 02:00:10.760
Ohays, Oh say, can you see by the timeserly lot,
2181
02:00:11.960 --> 02:00:12.359
who was.
2182
02:00:12.560 --> 02:00:17.760
So proudly we had at.
2183
02:00:17.720 --> 02:00:28.319
The twice last cleaning, Whose broadsdrive sand bride STIGs through
2184
02:00:28.640 --> 02:00:32.640
the pahrolas fat.
2185
02:00:34.079 --> 02:00:37.319
Or the rat party.
2186
02:00:37.520 --> 02:00:42.319
Watched were so gaan.
2187
02:00:42.399 --> 02:00:48.880
Lee streaming and the rocks a rock.
2188
02:00:53.159 --> 02:00:54.439
Sne in.
2189
02:00:56.880 --> 02:01:11.800
Cave proof through then that a flag war? Say, oh say,
2190
02:01:12.399 --> 02:01:19.720
does that starts magled then read way.
2191
02:01:23.600 --> 02:01:25.039
Or the lad.
2192
02:01:27.000 --> 02:01:28.560
The free
2193
02:01:36.199 --> 02:02:38.199
Ass