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00:00In this ring, I am above everybody, I am greatness personified, from this day forth, the legacy
00:17of this great sport and the World Heavyweight Championship belong to me!
00:30When I look at that title, I realize that I'm the only reason you're carrying the World
00:36Heavyweight Championship in the first place.
00:40This man will be crowned the King of the Ring!
00:46Clearly, Orton's shoulder nowhere near on the mat.
00:51Did you really beat me at King of the Ring?
00:56I'm the only man in that locker room that can match you in this ring.
01:00You consider yourself a living legend, and that is perfect because I made a career out
01:07of killing legends.
01:08In a bash in Berlin, I'm going to walk out of your home country a 15-time World Heavyweight
01:17Champion!
01:20Randy, let's be honest, when it really, really matters, you always screw it up.
01:32Your grandfather was a screw-up.
01:37Your father was a screw-up.
01:42And you, Randy Orton, you are the biggest screw-up of them all.
01:48If those voices in your head tell you that you can beat me in Berlin, your voices are
01:57wrong.
01:58Absolutely nothing catches me other than this.
01:59When I heard Gunther's voice, as a matter of fact, it doesn't need to be out of nowhere.
02:21I want you to see it coming.
02:22This is what I intend to do.
02:23You hit an RKO on me?
02:24It's never going to happen again.
02:25Ludwig Kaiser!
02:26I think you forgot who you were talking to.
02:27I'm going to leave you exposed for what you really are.
02:28That one-trick pony.
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04:57Ladies and gentlemen, you are looking at one of the all-time greats in our industry.
05:25A sure-fire Hall of Famer.
05:28And a man who, if he wins tonight, will be one win away.
05:34One championship win away from tying John Cena and Ric Flair with the most world titles
05:41of all time at 16.
05:44Orton and Triple H are tied at 14.
05:47Orton understands the importance of tonight, the importance of heading into history.
05:55Make some noise for Randy Orton!
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06:11Randy Orton, the picture of serene calm, the main event of a premium live event,
06:18a place he has been countless times over the past 20 years.
06:23He looks ready.
06:47It is a scene that never gets old.
06:51Randy Orton is embracing what he calls the prime of his career.
06:58He believes he's going to win 15.
07:01He thinks he's going to win 16.
07:03He told me in an interview on the Countdown show he's going to win 17 world championships.
07:09Give me a chip!
07:17Just a spectacle in itself, watching this man walk out in front of a packed out arena
07:24who worships him and everything he's achieved.
07:28How smart is the viper keeping that heart rate low?
07:31He's done this dance many times.
07:34Hiding yourself up too much and exhaust yourself before that opening bell is even rung.
07:41He came up to me today, you know what he told me?
07:44Paul, get my weight right. I'm now 285.
07:52What a specimen.
07:56Jon Burt needs to hit top gear tonight if he's going to manage to contend
08:01with the massive arsenal and experience of the viper.
09:02It is the stoic look that never changes.
09:08The ring general is all business.
09:17But tonight he'll soak it all in in front of many family members, many friends who are here tonight.
09:25I asked Gunther if there were going to be any jitters given the high pressure home situation
09:31with all the family out here.
09:33He told me, very simply, if you are prepared correctly, then you are immune to nerves.
09:42Born just over the southern border of Germany in Vienna, Austria,
09:47Gunther became a professional bodybuilder.
09:51Born in Austria, Gunther became a professional wrestling icon
09:56as part of the West Side Extreme Wrestling here in Germany.
10:00A three-time unified world champion and considered a local hero.
10:09The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
10:13And it is for the World Heavyweight Championship!
10:24Introducing the challenger, from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing in at 290 pounds,
10:33The Viper, Randy Orton!
10:55And his opponent,
10:58And his opponent,
11:18Ladies and gentlemen!
11:29Ladies and gentlemen,
11:36I demand all your gratitude
11:44for your World Heavyweight Champion!
11:58The
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12:14The greatest in the world, Samantha Ervin, wasn't allowed to do that, but London Kaiser,
12:19Gunther's Imperium stablemate, does the honors here tonight, and we are about to get underway.
12:25It is for the World Heavyweight Championship.
12:28It is Gunther's first title defense since defeating Damien Priest earlier this month at SummerSlam.
12:34It is in Gunther's adopted hometown of Berlin, Germany,
12:38in front of a sellout, record-breaking crowd of 13,144.
12:43The first time these two men met at the K-League Final, there was not a definitive victory.
12:48Randy Orton's shoulders were not down, but Gunther was awarded the win.
12:52Tonight, it's for all the marbles, Orton of the cusp of history,
12:56Gunther looking for the biggest win of his career, live at Bass in Berlin!
13:22Gunther! Gunther!
13:25Orton! Orton!
13:31Orton! Gunther! Gunther!
13:36Orton! Orton!
13:42It must feel like a Bundesliga match call.
13:45Union Berlin
13:48versus Bayern Munich perhaps.
13:55And if there's one man who has enough ice in his veins to weather the early emotional storm,
14:02it is Randy Orton.
14:04He's the apex predator for a reason.
14:10Randy Orton is about to face the most unstoppable force
14:15the continent of Europe has ever created in the wrestling industry.
14:20On home soil.
14:22What a huge mountain to climb if Orton is going to become a 15-time world champ.
14:29Anyone you talk to in the world will tell you that Gunther is one of the best in the world today.
14:35Randy Orton told me that after the battle at King of the Ring.
14:38Miz talked about it on the Countdown show today.
14:41It's a physical and mental battle you have to fight when you're in the ring with Gunther.
14:47And you want to know who believes that statement more than anyone else on planet Earth?
14:52Big Gunther himself wants to leave no stone unturned,
14:57no question mark, no asterisk over his reign as the world heavyweight champion.
15:03Veteran WWE official Charles Robinson,
15:07who has called main events all around the planet,
15:09is officiating this matchup tonight for the world heavyweight title.
15:13It is champion's advantage for Gunther.
15:15Randy Orton must either pin or submit to win his 15th world championship.
15:21A nice headlock takedown by Gunther and Randy Orton sends a little message of his own.
15:27Side headlock takedown by Randy and Gunther follows up in suit.
15:33Two competitors completely unfazed by this pressure cooker atmosphere,
15:39by the magnitude of this situation.
15:42Two men, the picture of composure in the main event of a premium live event for the gold.
15:48You know Wade, Hall of Famer, John Bradshaw, Layfield, our good friend once said...
16:02Randy Orton! Randy Orton! Randy Orton!
16:14Randy Orton enjoying the atmosphere as well.
16:17The point I was making is JBL once said that if he was going to build a professional wrestler from the ground up,
16:22it would be Randy Orton.