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00:00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:00:31St. Louis is home to this week's Monday Night Raw.
00:00:35It comes fresh off of Saturday's bad one.
00:00:38A night of the unexpected it was. It sparked intrigue.
00:00:41And now a big crowd comes to the Enterprise Center here in St. Louis
00:00:45feeling that there's much more to be revealed.
00:00:51Sami Zayn is done chasing. He's done asking.
00:00:54Now he's locked in on simply taking.
00:00:57He's dethroned Gunther once before with Gold on the line.
00:01:01But this will be a different cast.
00:01:04A couple days ago, Gunther, the world heavyweight champion, was riled up in Atlanta.
00:01:09He poked the bear in the form of a legend
00:01:11and then found out just how fiery and focused his new title questing challenger is.
00:01:16The championship match is ahead.
00:01:21There are few in the locker room more angered than Pete Dunne.
00:01:26His past brotherhood with Sheamus is forever broken,
00:01:28viewed as a torturous tenure and with a gnawing nickname.
00:01:34The Celtic warrior has seen the guy he calls Butch
00:01:38take out his frustrations in and out of the ring
00:01:40with much pain delivered and absorbed.
00:01:43Now it rises to a gold-fashioned Donnybrook match tonight.
00:01:50There's Xavier Woods. He's getting a big opportunity this evening.
00:01:54The New Day vet has seen some recent ups and downs.
00:01:57Is this the night he breaks through for singles glory?
00:02:04Oh yeah, you can yeet St. Louis.
00:02:06Jey Uso's wasting no time delivering on that promise to be an active fighting champ.
00:02:1114 days after a classic clash to grab the IC title,
00:02:15he's putting it back on the quits edge.
00:02:18Please welcome St. Louis' very own,
00:02:27chart-topping, lip-gloss-popping, hood-hottest,
00:02:33Northside Princess, Sexy Ray!
00:02:39Hey!
00:02:47Bow, bow, hey!
00:02:50Hey everybody! What's up?
00:02:53This is our vibrant, hood-hottest princess, Sexy Ray,
00:02:57and welcome to Monday Night Raw!
00:03:00Get it sexy! Yeah!
00:03:04And music!
00:03:06For the first time in 27 years to the day,
00:03:10the return of the Bad Blood premium live event.
00:03:16And now, enters the ring against Damian Priest.
00:03:24Oh, look who's here! It's the Judgment Day!
00:03:27And Bowen's gonna steal the damn match!
00:03:29Driven by fury, Damian Priest will not relent.
00:03:34Damian Priest for the win!
00:03:36Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, and Dirty Thumb locked inside of a shark tank.
00:03:47Bowen has got the door open!
00:03:54And wait a minute, who the hell brought out Rodriguez?
00:04:00Can Cody Rhodes trust Roman Reigns?
00:04:03He takes on Solo Sakoa.
00:04:05And Jacob Batu!
00:04:21Give me back!
00:04:23Spare my leg!
00:04:25Have a word!
00:04:30You gave me room!
00:04:37Hit this man!
00:04:45The final boss has returned.
00:04:52This will not be a five-star wrestling classic.
00:04:57It is going to be mutually assured destruction.
00:05:03Very few men are ever the same when they walk out of this structure.
00:05:12It is hell on earth inside hell in itself.
00:05:20I don't have the words.
00:05:22I do.
00:05:23Somebody win this damn match and end this brutality.
00:05:39Oh my God!
00:05:40McIntyre there comes back!
00:05:42Punk's got a chain!
00:05:44Punk paying back the favor!
00:05:46Unasleep!
00:05:47To the chain!
00:05:49The End!
00:05:50Punk survives hell!
00:06:17Look in my eyes!
00:06:21What do you see?
00:06:24A monster personality!
00:06:28I'm not letting go!
00:06:31I'm not letting go!
00:06:34CM Punk knew what was coming and now, as you can tell, he knows what it feels like.
00:06:38The idea that you're never the same.
00:06:41Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome CM Punk!
00:06:52He won hell in itself.
00:06:53He survived hell in itself.
00:06:56One of the most grisly, appalling match-ups in the history of this industry.
00:07:02Both men physically and mentally broken.
00:07:06One thing's clear, CM Punk, love him or hate him,
00:07:10is back to his very best.
00:07:17CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
00:07:30Is it good to be not dead in St. Louis, Missouri on a Monday night or what?
00:07:40CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
00:07:55I've been through enough this weekend. I've been through hell.
00:07:58If we're going to set me on fire, now's the time.
00:08:01I uh I'm in no condition to be here I'm in no condition to even attempt to walk
00:08:08to that ring so if you don't mind I'll address you from here it hurts to smile
00:08:16but I had to come here and see you
00:08:20I'm alive but I don't feel like it I'm a winner but it doesn't feel like I won I
00:08:39want to be able to come out here and say that it felt tremendous stepping outside
00:08:46of hell and slamming the cage door behind me but the way that match
00:08:54Saturday night made me feel just leaves me with a lot of questions I don't know
00:09:00what the future holds for CM Punk I told you all I had zero hell in the cell
00:09:09matches left in me and I was right I'm banged up worse than I've ever been
00:09:14banged up in my entire life and as much as I do love you too I I just don't I
00:09:22just don't know
00:09:33I want to thank three groups of people it's why I'm here the three groups of
00:09:40people that have a lot more in common with each other than they care to admit
00:09:44the first one is my fans I'm talking the ride-or-die CM Punk fans the ones that
00:09:52make the signs that show up for seven years before I came back to wrestling
00:09:59you chanted my name and then you waited another three for me to come home thank
00:10:04you there was a minute Saturday night where I didn't think I could pull it off
00:10:14even with you but there has never been a second in my entire career that I
00:10:19thought I could do it without any of you the second group of people I want to
00:10:25thank are my peers behind and in front of the camera the men and the women that
00:10:32I feel privileged to be able to walk the hallways with
00:10:43the people I see on a weekly basis at least most of them it's been a joy and
00:10:49my life's pleasure to work alongside of you the third group of people I want to
00:10:54thank are the people that don't like me at all
00:11:01because there is a very thin line between love and hate and I've turned
00:11:09your hate into cash so I thank you and for whatever reason you do dislike me
00:11:19whether it's your jealousy your hatred I just want to say I don't know why you
00:11:26keep doubting me but keep doubting me I'm gonna go home I haven't seen my wife
00:11:33in about five weeks I got a lot of flowers to buy I appreciate you all I'd
00:11:39like to say I'll see you soon but I I just don't know thank you
00:11:49Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
00:12:19Seth freaking Rollins coming out at the tail end of Punk's visit
00:12:25A week ago was his return with the last monster standing stomp
00:12:30Been a minute with Punk, last time they were together was at SummerSlam weekend
00:12:34And the Raw that followed way
00:12:44CM Punk mentioned there are many out there who still hate him
00:12:49None more so perhaps than this man Seth freaking Rollins
00:12:54SETH FREAKING ROLLINS
00:13:09SAINT LOUIS
00:13:17You know I gotta do the right thing before we get things started out here tonight
00:13:22I gotta do the right thing after everything that he went through on Saturday night
00:13:29CM Punk from all of us here in this building tonight
00:13:35Get well soon
00:13:43Because the sooner you get back means the sooner I can kick your ass and retire you for good
00:13:53Now, Saint Louis, welcome to Monday Night Raw
00:14:09I've been gone a couple months, things getting crazy around here
00:14:14Oh yeah, sing it, sing it loud, let them hear it
00:14:22Woah, Woah
00:14:29Things been wild around here, I tuned into Bad Blood this Saturday, things are crazy
00:14:35I see Dominic Mysterio, he's hanging from a shark cage
00:14:43The final boss, The Rock is back
00:14:47Well, I was gone, hell must have frozen over because if I'm not mistaken, Cody Rhodes is
00:14:57out here teaming with Roman Reigns.
00:15:04And getting punched in the mouth by Kevin Owens, but, but, but, since I'm not supposed
00:15:10to talk about that, let's get things back on track.
00:15:14I'm the man to do that because I am a visionary, I am a revolutionary, I am Seth Reid!
00:15:26And I am back to destroy Bronson Reed.
00:15:33And I'll tell you what, Bronson Reed, Bronson's not here tonight.
00:15:43He's not here tonight, but Bronson, I know you are somewhere watching.
00:15:50I want you to listen to me real close.
00:15:53Matter of fact, come here, come here, bring this in.
00:15:56I want you to listen to me real close.
00:16:02Two months ago, you ambushed me, you tried to end my career.
00:16:09For what?
00:16:10For what?
00:16:11You wanted to make a name for yourself?
00:16:15Well, congratulations, six tsunamis later, and I know your damn name.
00:16:25You wanted to get famous, big boy?
00:16:33You wanted to get famous, big boy?
00:16:35That's what you wanted?
00:16:37I'll give you your 15 minutes.
00:16:41I'll tell you what, Seth freakin' Rollins versus Bronson Reed, one-on-one, you name
00:16:48the time, you name the place.
00:16:56Except this time, I'll be expecting you.
00:17:01Well, it was a week ago that he stomped Big Bronson Reed's head onto the stairsteps.
00:17:12That freakin' Rollins got a long list of targets, target number one, Big Bronson Reed, but we
00:17:23got business to attend to now.
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00:19:41jay did a couple of weeks ago and won his first singles championship here on raw
00:19:49so with kofi kingston by his side he gets this title opportunity and for the official
00:19:55introduction here's the sensational samantha urban the following contest is scheduled for one fall
00:20:02and it is for the intercontinental championship
00:20:12introducing the challenger accompanied to the ring by kofi kingston
00:20:18representing the new day from atlanta georgia weighing in at 215 pounds
00:20:33you
00:20:38and his opponent from san francisco california weighing in at 242 pounds he is the
00:20:49intercontinental champion
00:21:08you know joe there is an old saying in the locker room that you are not a true champion until you
00:21:13have successfully defended the title you have won now is that moment for jay uso
00:21:23it's also interesting when you think about the history of combat sports
00:21:27specifically ladies you talk about what is said there's an old axiom in the ring that a champion
00:21:34is instantly a better fighter the moment that the belt is around their waist that you get that boost
00:21:39that level of confidence that shows through do you sense that having been around jay recently
00:21:45i personally would not agree with that now jay has something to lose the pressure is really off
00:21:52and imagine how bad it's going to feel after those 14 years of chasing a singles championship
00:21:58that you let it slip through your grasp immediately on the other side xavier woods has been talking
00:22:05the singles opportunity for the gold yet it was kofi who was approached by jay it was kofi who
00:22:10said xavier should have this title match he said it should go to him because of the win that you
00:22:15referenced against ray mysterio last week a win that many still view with a questionable look as
00:22:21to how it came to an end well i would say that last week xavier woods did nothing wrong against
00:22:27ray mysterio when lady luck blows you a kiss you certainly don't turn her down and that's all he
00:22:33did last week and what a start here for xavier woods he is in control against the champ can
00:22:38xavier woods win gold just before we went to commercial break xavier woods was able to hit
00:22:45that death valley driver on the floor against the intercontinental champion jay uso and wade
00:22:50he's been in complete control since yeah this has been a hyper aggressive xavier woods a jay
00:22:56uso barely getting out of the blocks thus far but it seems maybe the tide is finally turned
00:23:01right hand after right hand from uso
00:23:11and one final one for good measure xavier woods came into this contest
00:23:17highly confident knowing full well he can beat jay and so he's done before in singles competition
00:23:23but that confidence perhaps now starting to slip away big forearm that confidence was bubbling up
00:23:29from the entire new day team literally if you were on x and following social media just before
00:23:35the ring walk kofi kingston was saying here we go new ic champ incoming here's the cover hook of
00:23:44the leg for the intercontinental championship and the kickout by jay there's been some real
00:23:49tensions between new day over the past couple of months it seems kofi kingston doing his best
00:23:54to smooth things over support his man and just imagine what a boost it would be for both men in
00:24:01the new day if xavier woods can pull off a win here tonight saw that tension bubbling up in mid
00:24:07september woods up top oh and he eats the super kick just perfect timing from the champ jay uso
00:24:15i'm completely wobbled now is xavier woods oh so splash
00:24:23to defend and retain yes jay uso here is your winner and still the intercontinental champion
00:24:37amazing
00:24:45weighed in a match that xavier woods controlled for the most part
00:24:49up until jay uso hit the accelerator late well it tells you all about the championship
00:24:56caliber of jay who's so battered from pillar to post until this moment
00:25:01lying in white pouncing at the right moment with that super kick splash combination
00:25:08successful first defense for the relatively new intercontinental champion jay uso
00:25:17and what does that do to the mindset of xavier woods that was great eye candy with you so splash
00:25:23wasn't it the tongue out and now some respect from kofi kingston and offering it up to xavier
00:25:29woods as well he's a little hesitant to extend his hand
00:25:44and he pulls shoulders in and walks away the
00:25:47pitiful moment joe when you lose that opportunity you've worked so hard
00:25:52for
00:25:57and this is what we've been seeing with woods lately uncharacteristic frustration yeah he beat
00:26:02me congratulations what a second hand again it is a bitter pill to swallow when you're in that
00:26:12position you know you were within touching distance and it's even more difficult to
00:26:17comprehend when xavier would control 98 percent of that match and let it slip through his fingers
00:26:24at the last possible moment whoa a super spear from front breaker the man he defrost
00:26:35and kofi saying we gotta help him
00:26:40but where did that come from and here comes kofi to get on top of the former ic titleist
00:26:47miss the trouble in paradise oh and he's a super spear
00:26:52front breaker is just a wrecking machine we saw the sporting version of broad breaker last week
00:27:00where the heck is xavier woods now
00:27:05oh no you know the speed he generates on this super spear to watch too
00:27:12two
00:27:15he just took all three out seen xavier woods wanted no part of brom
00:27:20breaker he's just turned into his man kofi kingston
00:27:23intercontinental champ is sitting duck right now from the man he took the belt from
00:27:32he's gonna crank it up again oh man oh man wade
00:27:37brom breaker a destructive path following the intercontinental defense but why why braun
00:27:54as he picks up the belt that was once his
00:27:58if you thought he wasn't still a badass just because he congratulated jay last week
00:28:04think again why braun
00:28:09liv morgan i should have known that you would weasel your way out of bad blood with the title
00:28:16raquel rodriguez assaulting rhea ripley you just continue to prove that you cannot beat
00:28:23me all by yourself bringing raquel rodriguez into it yeah it was smart i'll give you that
00:28:30liv morgan had an ace up her sleeve but you know what would have been smarter if you didn't get
00:28:37caught now now all you've done is guarantee another beating and delay the inevitable
00:28:48the thing is liv you need raquel i'm just gonna have to go through both of you
00:29:02this was just moments ago jay uso after successfully defending his intercontinental
00:29:10against xavier woods got brutally speared by the former champ braun breaker kofi kingston
00:29:17tried to intervene got a spear for good measure too as did the unwitting xavier woods now remember
00:29:23this is a braun breaker who was incredibly sporting towards jay uso one week prior however
00:29:30this week he seems to have done a one eight
00:29:40excuse me braun um we're all a little confused i mean last week you were showing jay uso respect
00:29:50this week it's spear city uh help me out here what's going on
00:29:59i'll test man i'm trying but it remains unclear as to why braun breaker has seemingly
00:30:06had a change of heart back to you no doubt about it jackie and you can try to figure out braun
00:30:10breaker it's hard to understand there hey wade as you know wwe's been reaching incredible heights
00:30:16lately that was proven true we saw bad blood this weekend but our chief content officer paul triple
00:30:21h was like he never stops pushing forward and he made this announcement concerning what's going
00:30:26to happen at crown jewel this year because in just four weeks one of the biggest spectacle events
00:30:33crown jewel an annual event where our reigning wwe champion will face our reigning world
00:30:45champion for both the men and the women and that winner will be crowned 2024's crown jewel
00:31:00champion
00:31:14and i've got to talk to you about this joe at the end of bad blood yes some of that went viral
00:31:20online just let me interrupt you there we're the events of this weekend and i understand what many
00:31:28are trying to discuss in videos that have been viewed from atlanta this past weekend but not to
00:31:31get into specifics like the road you were headed down to wait i'm sorry to interject there but
00:31:36we'll just simply do this this was what our chief content officer paul triple h will beck put forth
00:31:42a statement with what i think you were alluding to the events of this weekend that they're aware
00:31:46of an incident outside the arena that happened between cody rose and kevin owens and that's a
00:31:52matter that will be dealt with internally now
00:32:00there is cody rose making his way in
00:32:07some technical issues of our own right here
00:32:10but eminently now we have a issues of our own to take care of well
00:32:16beat the odds up against you back at wrestlemania we had an interesting past partnership we saw
00:32:24seth rollins earlier today and he sacrificed his body to help put cody in position against roman
00:32:31from one past partnership to now one that has completely dissolved
00:32:39you know the only thing worse than getting cracked with a bus
00:32:42he's getting cracked with a bat by a man he used to call a brother
00:32:46a man he used to call a friend and a man i still call butch
00:32:51you just don't know when to keep your mouth shut every time i hear that name you're gonna get hurt
00:32:58you understand i thought not some sense into the loser weight but as he's lost he's gone
00:33:03too far and he's about to find himself on the wrong side of a fight night a good old-fashioned
00:33:09donnybrook match i'm gonna take you out i'm gonna beat you so badly you're gonna have no choice
00:33:16but to pass the torch one final banger so what do you say butch
00:33:30you ready for this hell yeah we got a bar we got bar stools we got shillelaghs we have
00:33:37giant thick heavy whiskey barrels you got a cricket bat over there it's fight night
00:33:50the following is a good old-fashioned donnybrook match
00:33:56introducing first from dublin ireland weighing in at 267 pounds
00:34:08takes a lot for seamus to feel like someone has crossed the line
00:34:11says he loves a good banger win or lose but being smashed by a cricket bat recently yeah that pushes
00:34:17it a bit we're getting after it good old-fashioned donnybrook pete dunn and seamus coming up next
00:34:22this thing's gonna be wild it was awesome you had no reason i found myself
00:34:32you know that there is no ms in final testament i did that for me i'm tired of putting random
00:34:40matches on a moment's notice i'm tired of doing everything and getting nothing in return
00:34:44the wwe universe has seemed to forgotten that i am the ms and i am
00:34:52i'm texting you dog look i know you kicked me in the head last week because you were confused
00:34:59bro i am not in the judgment day no more okay so i forgive you you forgive me yes
00:35:08i wasn't confused awesome truth is done so you did that on purpose our kids play together
00:35:17i thought we were brothers man don't let the truth weigh you down this is exactly why nobody's
00:35:23taking this seriously anymore and if you don't do something about this right now this is how
00:35:26you're going to be remembered for the rest of your career look we can fix this i'm gonna talk
00:35:31to pierce get you a match a match truth that's the problem that's the problem you know what
00:35:37you want to match you versus me next week oh
00:35:46is it our truth next week feels like we got a theme great friends turn foes
00:35:52and now we got a donnybrook
00:35:54oh seamus is ready for it i don't think the same temple bar in dublin has ever seen anything like
00:36:01this donnybrook time seamus and pete dunway seamus already armed and ready in that ring with a shillelagh
00:36:12and his opponent from birmingham england weighing in at 205 pounds
00:36:19peruse away
00:36:24the man's walking out with that solid wood cricket bat while seamus waits with a shillelagh in the
00:36:31ring yeah this is gonna get ugly in a hurry a donnybrook match essentially a no disqualification
00:36:40match with a anglo-irish theme to it set it up this is my kind of fight joe test
00:36:52but long-standing issues you should match with a anglo-irish theme to it
00:36:57set it up this is my kind of fight joe test
00:37:02remember this went all the way back to august right but long-standing issues that
00:37:08he says he's got with seamus that denying nickname as we said butch he originally attacked him
00:37:14backstage injured his hand they've been going after it ever since well they were tight as a
00:37:20unit as the brawling brutes the truth is in pete dunn's eyes the brawling brutes exclusively
00:37:27benefited one man that was seamus at the detriment to a man like pete dunn pete dunn a man who has
00:37:33won championships all around the world until he linked up with seamus since then the trophy
00:37:39cabinet hasn't grown at all and this one underway joe as seamus jumps right on top of pete dunn
00:37:47beating him down into that corner this has to be the kind of fight you would normally
00:37:55argue would benefit the bigger stronger superstar
00:37:58in seamus but pete dunn is tough and tenacious as they come immediately go for those small joints
00:38:11and pick out the chile here he goes smartest thing you could do in a match like this nothing
00:38:16the referee can do about it right across his teeth as he's pulling with all his weight
00:38:24chelsea grin done wisely go for the eyeballs of seamus to get himself out of that all completely
00:38:31legal in a donnybrook slam from seamus
00:38:44and out to the floor right next to those big whiskey barrels
00:38:47anything goes is it whiskey is it beer is it wine who cares give me a glass
00:38:52oh listen to that phone big old barrels meet the big old boot as seamus is broke
00:39:01and now peak from the barrel
00:39:07tornado ddt and the cranium of seamus just bouncing off those thin pads underneath those
00:39:14concrete they built the skull of seamus thicker than most and double stomp as he's been down on
00:39:21the floor after a tornado ddt while surprising this early on it seems like pete dunn in complete
00:39:27control not many people get to do that to seamus all that fury has been raging inside of him
00:39:37over to the bar and it's donnybrook the bar the barman has clearly vacated rather wisely
00:39:44up on top of the bar is pete dunn stomping on the hand of seamus
00:39:54seamus catches up
00:40:00power slams him onto our announce table crashing through the monitors is pete dunn
00:40:05good old-fashioned donnybrook as advertised
00:40:09joe test toward wade barrett with you in just the fourth good old-fashioned donnybrook match in wwe
00:40:14history seamus and pete dunn previous teammates in the brawling grooves with all the bad blood
00:40:20lately between these two this one certainly lived up to the belly this arena already trashed
00:40:27as the fight goes on and seamus has got that look in his eye joe big forearm from the big man
00:40:36big forearm from the big man the celtic warrior now picks up that shillelagh
00:40:42oh and he gets him right across the midsection with smashing the shillelagh
00:40:46in home just think what it did to the ribs of pete dunn
00:40:54and here it comes the 10 beats of moderate oh but pete with an opportunity to counter and he does
00:41:02a desperation move from don who knew what was coming and oh didn't see that one coming though
00:41:10big old iris cross back breaker
00:41:16as the rallying support for seamus here in st louis
00:41:21lining it up
00:41:25and he gets out of the way of the bro kick
00:41:27but not that remember he put him through the table moments ago hooks the leg
00:41:32and smashed our monitors to bits twice once before the commercial break and once during it
00:41:38the standard brutalist affair from seamus the ultimate meat and potatoes fighter nothing flashy
00:41:49everything painful
00:41:52pete clocks up with the shillelagh half a shillelagh at this point but it did just as much
00:41:59damage and the tables have turned once again superplex as pete dunn hooks the leg for the
00:42:09win and the donnybrook for the kick out by seamus both men wincing in agony at this point
00:42:15from pete dunn who carries an aura of menace wherever he goes looking to put this one to bed
00:42:22as soon as possible so bitter so vengeful
00:42:33gonna take it out of seamus baseball slide
00:42:38kick as now they're back outside remember anything goes they have the whiskey barrels
00:42:45there's tables set up from moments ago he's going on top of these giant whiskey barrels
00:42:50that are stacked like a pyramid he duns going all the way up top oh and seamus picks up a shillelagh
00:42:57and is beating him down with it
00:43:01and look at the height of these whiskey barrels oh god that is not where you want to be put
00:43:08in this kind of match-up they're on top of the barrels the shillelagh's locking him up
00:43:17he's locked up for the 10 beats with the shillelagh
00:43:21on top of the whiskey barrels
00:43:31no way to escape other than a 10-foot drop is this white noise from up top don't do it seamus
00:43:46donnybrook destruction
00:43:51stack
00:44:05with the ultimate high risk there's just no way to land
00:44:12but just think how bad it would have felt for don
00:44:16this is awesome and listen to these fans in st louis
00:44:25is it ever awesome it's awesome for everyone not called seamus or pete dunn
00:44:32but this one somehow still continues
00:44:34is
00:44:47there it is set up for it
00:44:51and delivers with extra something on it he's done just looking like a mannequin
00:44:57crawling into position for the kick out f2 with jane and after that folly of abuse absorbed by
00:45:04pete dunn there is the reason why that man from england is championship caliber
00:45:11should not have the ability to kick out at this point in a match-up
00:45:16that's insanity and seamus recognizes that
00:45:18so much has been taken out of done but also seamus taking damage just to deliver it i mean
00:45:30that white noise off of the stack whiskey barrels and now the joint manipulation from pete dunn
00:45:38they've done never on the defensive oh no the cricket bat turns it into the cover
00:45:45good people in here did you hear the strike of that cricket bat he's done looking like a prime
00:45:53ian botham hitting seamus for six but it simply was not enough but the english cricket legend
00:46:02did you just cite yes that is a first for monday night brawl beefy botham but seamus still checking
00:46:10where's he going he goes into the bar he just takes out the drawer and starts smashing him
00:46:17with it he's taking zip ties out of the top drawer of the bar who the hell keeps zip ties in the bar
00:46:26this will listen things get out of control and now he has zip tied his hands basically handcuffing
00:46:34the past you go to jotes the celtic warrior with his hands now zip tied behind his back
00:46:42anything goes and pete dunn is taking advantage how is seamus going to kick out of this
00:46:50well seamus utterly defensive
00:46:53oh
00:47:04this is outrageous this is outrageous oh seamus finds a way the knee comes back
00:47:14are you kidding me while he's zip tied the cover
00:47:19outrageous utterly outrageous win here is your winner
00:47:32holy hell joe test no hands required for the celtic warrior
00:47:39what a legendary moment for seamus zip tied against his former brawling roots teammates
00:47:47and he still finds a way simply unbreakable we're gonna catch our breath like patty kelly
00:47:56is with cody rhodes
00:48:00yeah joe i'm here with undisputed wwe champion cody rhodes and cody saying that this weekend
00:48:08was chaotic would be a massive understatement how are you feeling after everything that
00:48:13transpired at bad blood well i can't speculate on everything that's happened at bad blood i'm
00:48:18sure you'll hear more about it this friday on smackdown i am here just simply to find
00:48:23out what it takes to be the very first ever crown jewel champion thank you kathy so much
00:48:30so that is cody rhodes and remember he says he can't speculate he can't discuss what many are
00:48:35discussing that happened at that's why i just wanted to tell you face-to-face i want you to
00:48:42know that i plan being the one that you face at crown jewel and look i've known you a long time
00:48:50so if you want to talk about what happened we don't we don't have to do any of that here
00:48:56like i told kathy i'm here to see what it takes and you yourself can you do it again you shocked
00:49:03the world once before with gunther and you want to be the one to face me at crown jewel i'll be
00:49:08honest i want that too good luck my friend
00:49:18member world heavyweight championship sammy zandley taking on gunther the winner of that
00:49:22will be matched up there for the crown jewel championship as we're still picking up the pieces
00:49:26what a mess i'm not just talking about the arena think of the bodies of seamus and pete dutch
00:49:32unbelievable my man that was unbelievable the donnie brooks so they pick up the pieces after
00:49:36the donnie brook and we take you back to another destructive moment we had here ringside the last
00:49:41monster standing with bronze stroman and big bronson reed in a match so violent that neither
00:49:48superstar is here tonight
00:49:56big bronson reed bronze stroman who will be the last monster standing
00:50:18so
00:50:25oh
00:50:42the ring just collapsed
00:50:44that's a visionary
00:51:03thanks to seth freaking rollins
00:51:05so
00:51:10seth freaking rollins who we saw earlier tonight making a statement about big bronson reed this is
00:51:17earlier in the parking lot area as the judgment day arrived
00:51:21excuse me i was hoping to get a word with judgment day um live uh i have to ask you
00:51:40about bad blood i mean raquel rodriguez's interference in your match with rhea ripley
00:51:44has quite frankly caused a ton of controversy do you care to comment at all you want to comment
00:51:50you want to comment okay well yeah sure rhea technically beat me by disqualification but
00:51:54you know what i still have my women's world championship i still have daddy dom i still
00:51:58have the judgment day and now i have raquel rodriguez so you know what that means that
00:52:03means i'm the only person in the wwe that still wins even when i lose do you have any more questions
00:52:10uh yeah actually raquel it's been a long time since we've seen you are you officially a member
00:52:14i'm so sorry but i think that's all the time we have today for interviews but what i can tell you
00:52:18is that we are moving on from rhea ripley and focusing on nia jackson crendule let's get out of
00:52:23here you want to go yeah let's just leave wait wait you're leaving the show hasn't even started
00:52:29i don't think you can uh raquel are you officially a member of the judgment day now
00:52:36they're okay they're actually leaving so i guess we're gonna have to wait for some clarity on the
00:52:41judgment day's new alliance with raquel rodriguez they they're leaving the building
00:52:48all is good in the world of live morgan power continuing to accumulate
00:53:00monday night raw here in st louis home to the 630 foot gateway park home to toasted ravioli
00:53:07home to gooey butter cake wayfaring and tonight also home to jay uso defending his
00:53:13intercontinental championship and with that you're gonna see a lot of neat signs oh yeah i bet you're
00:53:18thrilled about this joe test i know you made half of those heat signs drop them off in the audience
00:53:22beforehand great crowd here at the enterprise center including a couple that just got married
00:53:29and said you know what we changed our honeymoon plans just to see a rhea ripley i think i'll be
00:53:35more focused on the honeymoon brother you know i get it it's real you know this is huge tomorrow
00:53:41yes they killed they're gonna kill tomorrow night here in st louis on the cwnxt it's perfect
00:53:46here thank you oh there you go ethan page
00:53:52adam pierce nice to meet you fantastic to meet you i'm sure i wanted to chat some business with
00:53:57you one of your monday night raw superstars cm punk i wanted to stick his nose in my business
00:54:02be a special guest referee he actually ended up costing me my championship so i would love it if
00:54:09you and i could chat of course correct this whole thing and get me back on track of course correct
00:54:13he cost you your championship problem i didn't appoint him the referee okay eva did hi it's me
00:54:21your boss listen i'm so flattered that you came all the way to st louis just to complain to me
00:54:26that's so sweet champ former champ listen as much as i would love to hear you yap like i do every
00:54:32single week i'm off the clock right now so sorry then what are you doing here
00:54:43how are you what's up nice to meet you
00:54:49you look hella for me yeah check what joy oh hello how you doing i've done better
00:54:56you don't gotta get an attitude wow what about tomorrow yes huge
00:55:04i'll tell you what joe says i cannot get me enough sexy red and we're getting more of a
00:55:10tomorrow night on nxt on the cw st louis's very own sexy red performing on nxt on the cw
00:55:18tomorrow night we got a whole lot coming your way right now with a 10 woman tag team match
00:55:25unholy union will be involved fire and dawn from recent champs to constant contenders
00:55:32here we go the following is a 10 woman tag team match scheduled for one more
00:55:39introducing first
00:55:51the mean girls from scotland linking up with some locker room bullies tonight to form a
00:55:59five woman power group you mentioned bullies pfc the ultimate bullies pure fusion collective
00:56:11sonja shana and zoe they're a big reason why we're having this 10 woman tag team match
00:56:19everywhere they go
00:56:34now this is just three women who are not solely satisfied by winning matches they have to take
00:56:41a chunk of opponents away with them and by that i mean injure opponents they've done it to several
00:56:48superstars in the past the likes of dakota kai and indeed two of the women they will be facing
00:56:55tonight in the form of zelina vega and katana jets how much chaos can be sown by these five
00:57:03women in the ring tonight and you'll see it with katana as soon as she comes out
00:57:10let's be clear these five women in the ring right now and holy union is pure
00:57:15you don't particularly like one another but a chance to cause some damage together
00:57:21yeah they're totally down oh and natty is leading the way with this group and their opponents
00:57:29the team of lyra valkyria katen carter katana chance
00:57:42of course natalia has been gathering serious momentum this fall that homecoming win in
00:57:46calgary sparked it now forms forces with good friends though she has mentored and looked after
00:57:53kate carter and katana chance there is zelina vega who had to deal with
00:57:59pure fusion collective and one of the random attacks injured her arm this summer
00:58:07but what's most noticeable is the face mask on katana chance wade covering up the fact that her
00:58:15nose was blasted across her face by that woman zoe stark a couple of months ago that's why we didn't
00:58:22see chance and carter for a little while so we start starting this one off with katen carter
00:58:31katen carter and zoe stark you mentioned it carter and chance so great to have them back
00:58:39so we start just mocking katana chance with a protective mask
00:58:45and they're just going to get after it 10 of them out there why not
00:58:49find a rival and just start throwing lost their minds early on the broil is on referee already
00:58:56losing control of the battle is only just wrong lyra through the ropes with the big kick
00:59:03more than enough problems with pure fusion collective in recent weeks spinning over the
00:59:09top rope that time is katana chance a bunch of acrobats have escaped the circus
00:59:16carter up to the top rope she goes flying unholy union is down on the floor after that
00:59:23absolute jaw-dropping offense it is smart of these women to team up team up in a five-some
00:59:30you simply need something to combat the numbers game of pure fusion collective
00:59:34an unholy union who may well have just taken control natalia the bat is in trouble
00:59:4510 women tag team match going wade with your ringside you say how do you get to a match like
00:59:52this way well last week kate and katana came out to help lyra when she was in the midst of her battle
00:59:57natalia and vega were not around in fact there was an instagram post that went out earlier today
01:00:03where they were apologizing to lyra pelperi saying hey sorry about last week we got you covered now
01:00:09well finally natalia got her way out of there and that is tough to do against the pure fusion
01:00:14collective who simply love using that numbers game against you joe and now it is zalina vega
01:00:23setting a heart ablaze against zoe stark and so we start turning things around for a moment
01:00:29and zalina vega up top this is the kind of fire that took zalina vega to championship
01:00:36opportunities at backlash in puerto rico we know how good she can be
01:00:43zoe stark as tough and as aggressive as they come vega however resourceful
01:00:52zalina coming after the attack of sonia debil
01:00:57and zalina vega filled with emotion when it comes to going up against
01:01:00pfc after what happened to her this summer the damaged arm moonsault in the cover
01:01:08oh and coming in and attacking with that knee and then a cover of her own sonia it was a tag
01:01:15to sonia deville that zalina vega simply wasn't aware of on that costa and there was a knee
01:01:21to the nose again of katana chances were breaking down absolute mess in ring
01:01:29and now why revolve carry a cleaning house
01:01:37i will fire vega gets back involved springboard missile drop kick from zoe stark just danger
01:01:46everywhere you look that is pure music collector discus clothesline
01:01:51oh a big kick and then the knee and sonia getting the best of natalia it's almost impossible to
01:02:00keep track of who is legal at this point referee taking a close look however deville might be
01:02:06fading lyra just tagged in there she goes with the leg drop from up high turns into the cover
01:02:18oh
01:02:39what a shocker from lyra valkyria digging deep into the playbook with that move the
01:02:44battalion famous during a time in nxt uk and clearly deville your fusion collective of the
01:02:55unholy union far from happy with that result hey we're less than four weeks away from an
01:03:00unprecedented event the new crown jewel championship title is going to be awarded
01:03:04question before us tonight is who will be the man facing cody rose this is the promotional poster
01:03:09that was released to the world in the last 24 hours yes of course if things were to take place
01:03:13based on the current status cody versus gunther best versus best champ versus champ however the
01:03:20poster could change it could look like this tomorrow wade because sammy zane has a shot
01:03:26at the world heavyweight championship he finally gets it to challenge gunther
01:03:32life as the world heavyweight champion has been fantastic but there's one thing i really hate
01:03:44about my life right now that i have to deal with sammy zane every single week there's a very easy
01:03:52way to put an end to all of this once and for all put your heavyweight championship on the line
01:03:58one on one i tried to tell you i tried to beat it into you you are just not on my level
01:04:06if i'm not on your level then how come i'm the one who beat you
01:04:10at wrestlemania you are scared that it will happen again losing to the better man would
01:04:18have been no problem but losing to you has been the biggest embarrassment of my career
01:04:24you want this so bad sammy huh you got your match sammy zane will not go away he's got what he wanted
01:04:31a yes from the world heavyweight champ gunther will lightning strike twice
01:04:54so
01:05:00sammy's been in this spot before a walk to the ring to try to take a title from gunther
01:05:05because the last time he did it it's like it was seething line of support from his wife to his son
01:05:10ko slapping him in the chest before he went out there for that crescendo to deliver at
01:05:15wrestlemania so when he knows what it takes to win but can he do it now two times within six months
01:05:23against gunther the world heavyweight championship match sammy gets what he wanted
01:05:32the ring general gunther's in there next
01:05:39now that my girl b&r done hosting bad blood it's time to get back to business
01:05:45damage control we heard your challenge last week well let me say this with my chest
01:05:49we can't wait to face y'all for our tag team titles we see y'all and let's keep it real
01:05:56we're not taking our titles for granted damn right but you know what i'll give credit where
01:06:01credit's due y'all been tearing up this women's tag team division
01:06:06and ill you caught me slipping a couple weeks ago
01:06:12but if y'all think for one second that damage control is about to take back over oh
01:06:16y'all got another thing coming see they must not know about us you and i we fought through the
01:06:22trenches to get our titles back we actually took these titles from damage control that's right
01:06:28right so you best believe me not about to let y'all return the favor but since you want to
01:06:32challenge us next week let's run it back let's run it back look forward to that hey wait you
01:06:41have to set your phone alarm for this wednesday one o'clock eastern wwe youtube channel if you
01:06:46have any digital platform really it's the world premiere of the exclusive hell in a cell music
01:06:51video house of protections it's supposed to hurt it's off their album galore they'll provide the
01:06:56sound for this look back at punk and mcintyre's brutal hell in a cell match from bad blood
01:07:00that's going to be great wednesday at 1 p.m eastern the youtube channel for wwe i don't
01:07:07wait for that joe but let's talk about next monday because damage control they've been on a
01:07:12tear of late well they've got a reward next week on raw wwe women's tag titles on the line as eos
01:07:21sky and carrie say will challenge the superlative best bianca belair and jade target and you saw
01:07:28the wreckage that broad breaker did with the super spears after our intercontinental championship
01:07:33match earlier today well now kofi kingston will get in the ring with him kofi kingston
01:07:40against ron breaker next week on monday night raw
01:07:46the world heavyweight championship match is set sammy zane's ready of course 119 days he had the
01:07:53ic title that game after ending gunther's record-setting reign now he targets him again
01:07:59for even greater gold right now
01:08:20it's been the world heavyweight champion for 64 days you think about the first part of gunther's
01:08:25reign big part of it was focused on one of the big challenges in the industry randy orton he
01:08:31aced that tough test at the bash in berlin retained that gold but the next part of his reign it's
01:08:37really been him wanting to swat away what he feels is a pesky sammy zane and it took him reflecting
01:08:43on his father's disappointment at wrestlemania for gunther to arrive at this what bigger motivation
01:08:51do you need than your father's approval to wipe away the biggest embarrassment of
01:08:59gunther's career that loss to sammy zane don't think it's a chance to wipe that away now
01:09:05here's the sensational samantha the following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is for
01:09:13the world heavyweight championship
01:09:23introducing the challenger from montreal quebec canada weighing in at 212 pounds
01:09:43and his opponent representing imperium from vienna austria weighing in at 250 pounds he is
01:09:58the world heavyweight champion
01:10:11gunther looking at his stoic resolute best and i'll tell you this joe test that victory
01:10:20beating gunther at wrestlemania that was a lightning in a baffle moment i don't think
01:10:25anyone saw it coming but here's the thing about lightning it does not tend to strike twice
01:10:32let me put this out there wade when it comes to what you reference
01:10:38there are folks out there that think perhaps sammy could be his kryptonite you consider gunther
01:10:44and what he's done since april of 2022 since debuting on smackdown he has only been pinned
01:10:51once sammy zane was the man who did that sammy zane is the man who conquered him but that gives
01:10:59an inverse relationship to logic here because gunther knows that sammy zane embarrassed him
01:11:06at wrestlemania gunther is a prep machine he leaves no stone unturned well 10x that because
01:11:12he now has the opportunity to remove that embarrassment sammy zane is facing probably
01:11:19the best version of gunther we have ever seen tonight and he is he's motivated and yet there
01:11:25are some who could doubt that saying the hesitation to even take this as sammy
01:11:30was smart to pull down that top rope
01:11:38as gunther got out of the way of the suicide time sammy
01:11:41seated springboard his way back into the ring we'll take a quick break be right back
01:11:44back
01:11:48sammy zane challenging gunther for the world heavyweight championship
01:11:53and remember what's around the corner as we are less than four weeks away from crown jewel and
01:11:58the newly announced crown jewel championship where the men's and women's champions will collide
01:12:04so the winner here tonight of course the world heavyweight champion but also
01:12:08will go up against cody rhodes for that 50 carat diamond belt and look at the brutality
01:12:17from gunther just driving that big boot just a throat in about 10 seconds there why gunther
01:12:23is so effective just raw power turned into technical creative skill in the blink of an eye
01:12:30that is why this guy is so strong so dominant and perhaps unbeatable second to the defense
01:12:39of his reign as world heavyweight champ and of course passion berlin a masterpiece against
01:12:44randy orton and the early going to this particular match it was all sammy zane you got a glimpse
01:12:50into the mindset of gunther just when it looked like the big austrian was starting to question
01:12:56himself he turned this match around and took full control sammy he's looking around but he
01:13:02eats a big nice edge chop as he came off that top rope sammy knew he'd softened up the champ there
01:13:11but the champ bounces back faster than most you take your eye off gunther for a split second
01:13:17he's already back on the attack a couple weeks ago with sammy zane coming up with the victory
01:13:23against gunther's right-hand man ludwig kaiser
01:13:28big uppercut from gunther it's incredible how quickly don't they can control the matchup
01:13:37take away an opponent's game plan take away his best qualities
01:13:43and control the matchup at his own pace but it brings us back to that wrestlemania 40 match
01:13:50where he was in complete control so much to the point where he was actually taking his sweet time
01:13:55was talking to sammy's wife was almost mocking sammy and now a counter blocking that right hand
01:14:02and coming back with power punches of his own and sammy zane biggest mistake you can ever make with
01:14:07sammy zane is to write him off as an underdog this is a man who has been consistently winning
01:14:13for the past 20 years but hey he might not look the part as far as gunther is concerned
01:14:19but when that bell rings sammy zane truly is special
01:14:25amazing how sammy thought he was gathering momentum potentially to get a blue thunder
01:14:28bomb and the next thing you know it's gunther right back to business
01:14:31chop after chop that's what gunther does he takes the special and makes them look ordinary
01:14:37sammy zane has to get himself to new heights higher than he has ever climbed before in his
01:14:43career if he's going to beat this version of gunther he did it beautifully back in april
01:14:49in philly to win the intercontinental title when he ended the record-setting reign of gunther once
01:14:56again just couldn't get it up and going for the blue thunder bomb sammy zane must feel like he
01:15:01sammy zane must feel like he climbed the mount everest at wrestlemania but this gunther even
01:15:07better has made of slapping in that sleeper and sammy able to roll out of it and locks it in again
01:15:14so dangerous sammy this time able to deliver and a kick out by gunther from the sleeper
01:15:25to the blue thunder big moment for sammy next capacity crowd here at the enterprise center in
01:15:35st louis and they are watching gunther the world heavyweight champion in control against sam and
01:15:40zane what a path that has been for gunther this year winning king of the ring defeating damian
01:15:46priest at summerslam and got the world heavyweight champion and then the title defense against randy
01:15:51orton and now this moment tonight against sammy zane who wants to rally back well gunther is
01:15:58currently at his imposing uncompromising best zane is giving it everything he's got
01:16:06somehow there are still fires burning inside the challenger what we see time and again is
01:16:11just the third fire in the heart of sammy zane even when he's seemingly down and out
01:16:17and if sammy zane is going to make something happen this has to be the time
01:16:24is sammy zane that kryptonite that you mentioned joe
01:16:34gunther was looking for the powerball instead sammy able to counter thunderbolt shooting up
01:16:41the spine of the champion landing hard on that thin mat right off to the side is that prize belt
01:16:51explode into the barrier big moment for sammy the tables maybe are turning the people in this
01:17:00arena are starting to believe
01:17:06connecting with that haluba kick a haluba with gunther up against the barrier
01:17:16it's got a massive amount of damage but sammy zane needs to get the jump in the ring yeah he's
01:17:22got to get him in there try to take this championship that is a huge frame of gunther
01:17:28as the count is getting higher and higher a count out does not solve sammy zane here
01:17:33sammy will reset that count you have to can't win the championship on a count out
01:17:39jeremy zane wisely breaking that account
01:17:47sammy outside on the floor and now he's just going to fireman carry
01:17:53the big champion back into the ring can he take advantage he toppled him once for the
01:18:01intercontinental title this a bigger test with this version of gunther with the world heavyweight
01:18:08championship wants to line it up again sammy zane could it be connection number two and it's not
01:18:18enough no clothesline larian as gunther meets him and lays him out just when it was looking like
01:18:29game over and a 2.9 kick out by zane who the hell bounces out of two
01:18:39it connects with a clothesline like that if you want to be the world heavyweight champion here
01:18:46that is the level you somehow need to surpass look at this connection and look at sammy heels overhead
01:18:59he was looking to do this outside on the floor
01:19:02sammy able to counter rolls him up to become the world heavyweight champion on the kick out by gunther
01:19:07and all right i'm a man up at this point pinpoint drop kick go for that powerbomb here it comes
01:19:14powerbomb delivered stacks him up and sammy finds a way again
01:19:23that pain was as high and tight as possible after sammy zane's head and neck bounced off the mat
01:19:33and now gunther you can almost see him seemingly going through his offensive arsenal saying what
01:19:40more can i throw at him this must feel like ptsd for gunther is my wrestlemania all over again
01:19:47you can't pump sammy zane down we asked the question earlier is sammy his kryptonite another
01:19:54powerbomb instead and that time sammy kicks out at one and looks like a whole new man
01:20:02pumping fresh breath through his lungs rallying with support from these fans
01:20:07the soul of comfort just like his body the sleepers locked in
01:20:14gunther looking to win by submission and retain and defend this world heavyweight championship
01:20:23it's the first time i've ever seen a look in gunther's eye where he didn't know what to do next
01:20:28but he might have stumbled into exactly the right answer this might be checkmate
01:20:34sammy has gotten free of everything has kicked out of everything but can he withstand this
01:20:42sleeper by gunther trying to reach for the rope jones is completely regaining his composure
01:20:48he hasn't walked in deep he is fading badly way sammy has to get free
01:20:59find something
01:21:05can he get to that rope and force the break of the sleeper
01:21:10don't just cling it up into your life inches away from doing it oh no
01:21:17got there in complete control that's it that's it that's it submission win
01:21:25gunther retains here is your winner
01:21:32the world heavyweight champion
01:21:45while comfort just showed the world something different when his back against the wall
01:21:52just made his father incredibly proud but more importantly successfully holds on to the world
01:22:01heavyweight championship after sammy zane pushed him to the limit he somehow was able to kick out
01:22:10of that brutal powerbomb as well as this way and start it off high and this is the moment where
01:22:19gunther's soul left his body he began questioning himself can i actually beat this man the answer
01:22:27finally was yes but make no mistake it took everything and i mean everything in that man's
01:22:34arsenal to put sammy zane away successful second title defense for the world heavyweight champion
01:22:44and that means come november 2nd less than four weeks away crown jewel it is best versus the best
01:22:54the world heavyweight champion against the undisputed wwe champion cody rhodes
01:23:03riyadh season for the first annual crown jewel championship