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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome, two-time WWE Hall of Famer, The Nature Boy, Ric Flair!
00:11Woo!
00:30The 16-time world champion!
01:00Woo!
01:14He's still got it! Woo!
01:16Woo!
01:23Woo!
01:32Did you hear that? I think he's going to call me Beautiful Byron now.
01:35Ha ha ha.
01:36Not a chance.
01:37I've got a better chance of seeing me wear one of those helmets with a fist on it out in public.
01:40We'll get there.
01:45Welcome, Byron.
01:46Thanks, Michael. Great to see you.
01:47Great job in the back. Some great enemies tonight.
01:49You should have stayed there.
01:52I had to be out here for this one.
01:56Lashley and his new love, Lana.
02:00Don't you love watching young love blossom in front of your very eyes?
02:03She's still married to Rusev, by the way.
02:05It's a technicality, Cole.
02:07This whole situation has been embarrassing and disgraceful.
02:10I would love to get your input and insight on that.
02:13Nonetheless, Lashley is part of Team Flair here tonight.
02:19The embarrassment that Lashley and Lana put Rusev through this past Monday night on Raw.
02:24She attacked him with a kendo stick.
02:27They kissed him over Rusev's body.
02:30What kind of man is Bobby Lashley?
02:32What kind of woman is Lana?
02:34Bobby Lashley is a legitimate badass.
02:36He's almighty.
02:39He's a man of moral values.
03:09He is the Intercontinental Champion.
03:12The artist known as...
03:14Cheesecake Nakamura!
03:19I was looking at both of these teams and it appears, at least on paper, Corey,
03:23that Team Flair may have a slight edge.
03:26Let's be honest, Cole. Let's call it like it is.
03:28Team Flair is absolutely stacked.
03:31There is almost no chance that Team Hogan picks up a win tonight.
03:36Weighing in at 265 pounds,
03:39Drew McIntyre!
03:43It's not often I agree with you, Corey,
03:45but Drew McIntyre could indeed be the difference maker in this matchup.
03:50Drew McIntyre has been on a tear since returning from injury.
03:54Team Flair is comprised of nothing but difference makers.
03:58The Intercontinental Champion, the almighty Drew McIntyre.
04:04And my personal favorite...
04:08We mentioned King Corbin has a match with Roman Reigns
04:11tomorrow night on Friday Night SmackDown on FOX.
04:18From Kansas City, weighing in at 285 pounds,
04:22King Corbin!
04:27Sounds to me like Riyadh appreciates being in the presence of a king.
04:32Maybe just you, Corey.
04:37I know Roman Reigns can't stand the man.
04:39Yeah, it's one to close.
04:42He won the King of the Ring tournament.
04:44Did Baron Corbin to become King Corbin?
04:50And here comes the Captain.
04:56And from St. Louis, Missouri, weighing in at 250 pounds,
05:01he is the Apex Predator, Randy Orton!
05:11Let's put Randy Orton's career in perspective.
05:14Only three men in history have held four world titles than Randy Orton.
05:19One of those men is in the ring right now, Ric Flair.
05:22He's won 16 of them.
05:23John Cena's won 16.
05:24Triple H has won 14.
05:26Randy Orton, 13.
05:28And if you think about it, it's funny how this business comes full circle.
05:32Randy Orton sat under the learning tree of the Nature Boy, Ric Flair,
05:36as a member of Evolution.
05:38Many years ago, Orton was basically anointed as the future of WWE.
05:43And man, has he lived up to those expectations.
05:46Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome WWE Hall of Famer,
05:51The Immortal, Hulk Hogan!
05:57Here we go.
06:00Time for Team Hogan to take the stage.
06:13Accompanied, of course, by the mouth of the south, Jimmy Hart.
06:19I don't think Jimmy Hart is aged today.
06:21Oh, beautiful Byron.
06:22Why don't you run up there with him?
06:23Very attentive.
06:24I don't want to leave you guys.
06:33I mean, think about Corey, the Byron, the Flair-Hogan rivalry over the years.
06:39I mean, started all the way back in what I believe was 1991 right here at WWE.
06:43Went all the way through WCW and it's reignited here tonight.
06:47I mean, just to show you how much disdain there is between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair,
06:52I was at their press conference yesterday for Crown Jewel,
06:55and Hogan and Flair nearly went to blows there.
06:57Who was the host of that press conference?
06:59You were, Michael.
07:00Way to get yourself over there, Byron.
07:05Imagine what is going through this man's mind right now.
07:09Introducing Team Hogan, first, weighing in at 138 kilos,
07:14people carrying Bruce, Rusev!
07:19I'll tell you what's going through his mind.
07:20Teared alimony.
07:22Really, really important.
07:24Rusev is about to deal with the biggest battle of his career.
07:27I knew your life experiences would come in handy.
07:31Nonetheless, Bobby Lashley does not seem to sweat Rusev, but he should.
07:34Rusev is an angry, angry man.
07:37Yeah, he's been hurt emotionally, but he's extremely upset.
07:42From extremely upset to extremely impressive.
07:47Next, weighing in at 207 pounds,
07:51Ricochet!
07:56You guys were talking about Drew McIntyre earlier.
07:59Ask Ricochet what Drew McIntyre's all about.
08:01And how about the RKO that Randy Orton delivered to Ricochet this past Monday night on Raw?
08:07A harsh reminder, perhaps a preview of what Ricochet could experience here tonight.
08:15Real-life superhero, he likes to call himself Don to superhero gear here tonight.
08:24You want inspiration?
08:26From Minneapolis, Minnesota, weighing in at 202 pounds,
08:30Shorty G!
08:33Byron, here's a young man who's just, listen,
08:36he's taken what life has given him, he's grasped it, he's made the best of it.
08:39You can't make a better choice.
08:40Shorty G said, listen, I'm tired of what critics are saying about me,
08:43I'm tired of people telling me what I should be,
08:45I'm going to embrace it, I'm going to be myself,
08:47and I'm going to succeed along the way.
08:49I can't wait until you start calling yourself Baldy B.
08:51Hey, isn't that the basketball uniform you used at Best Buy ads we've been talking about?
08:57From Chicago, Illinois, weighing in at 182 pounds,
09:01Ali!
09:04Here's Ali, a true inspiration, loves to be the underdog,
09:08and what about what he accomplished, Corey, this past Friday night on SmackDown
09:11in that six-man tag team match?
09:14Ali was given the green light, so to speak, from the big dog Roman Reigns
09:18to pick up the victory for their team.
09:20Ali's star continues to shine bright, to rise here in WWE.
09:25Even Nature Boy Ric Flair went so far as to say how impressed he is by Ali.
09:31You know, Ali has had a career of durability, he has dealt with setbacks,
09:34and continues fighting.
09:41And here comes...
09:43Weighing in at 265 pounds,
09:47Roman Reigns!
09:51Greg Hamilton, you are fired, because here comes the big dog!
10:02Here's the captain!
10:10You know, we learned about the close relationship that Paul Cogan has had
10:14with the family of Roman Reigns, so it comes as no surprise
10:17that the big dog is the team captain.
10:20And here comes Roman Reigns!
10:23Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:26Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:29Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:32Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:35Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:38Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:41Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:44Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:47Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:50Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:53Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:56Here comes Roman Reigns!
10:59Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:02Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:05Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:08Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:11Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:14Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:17Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:20Here comes Roman Reigns!
11:23Raise your hand to 5 on 5, team Hogan vs team Flair!
11:28And there's an incredible amount of talent in the ring right now.
11:32The greatest thing about this, every one of these ten superstars
11:34will now be able to write their name in the history books
11:37having been part of what has been a 30-year rivalry
11:40between Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.
11:47Look at the physique of the Almighty Bobby Lashley.
11:50lastly at any courage he'd step into the ring right now walk up to rusev and start this
11:55match that's what he would do yeah i won't hold my breath for that to happen
12:03take good care
12:03team hogan and team flair face to face
12:21and what should be a wild matchup
12:28hogan will be in his team's corner flair and his teams
12:33team
12:40there's no doubt about it i mean we know about training saying your prayers and eating your
12:44vitamins that's all well and good but in the middle of the match i want the dirtiest player
12:47in the game in my corner so it's shinsuke nakamura the intercontinental champion starting
12:53things off here tonight against shorty g
12:55time opportunity here for shorty g to continue to surprise a lot of people raise a lot of
13:04eyebrows interesting clash of styles right here shorty g celebrated amateur olympian wrestler
13:10starts things off with a nice takedown of shinsuke nakamura that waistlock takedown by
13:16shorty g nakamura rather proficient on the ground worn a brazilian jiu-jitsu manner but
13:21known for his incredible striking ability great escape king of strong style gable went for the
13:26ankle lock early would love to end this matchup and there's a belly-to-belly fight wow gable
13:31hangs on this is power shorty g and again delivers another one to nakamura cover the
13:37leg is enough in a kick out so the uh one point in favor of shorty g i think the intercontinental
13:43champion just caught a little bit off guard maybe underestimated shorty g
13:47oh there he's a knee deep this is with a big kick and now he catches him on the other side
13:56here comes wwe royalty your king our king saxton you can't just pick and choose and he's in the
14:04ring against the man that he defeated in the finals of the king of the ring tournament ending
14:08shorty g's cinderella's story tag ali is now legal i don't really think
14:15corbin realizes he does drop kick got corbin right between the eyes the drop kick
14:24corbin using his power slinging ali into the corner and ali using his quickness
14:28this is what ali has to do this is where ali is at home
14:31base first goes corbin cover by ali is it enough here to put him away in a kick out
14:38well he said team captain roman reigns gave him some simple advice bring your heart and here
14:45comes lashley i don't know how much heart's gonna do against the almighty aka home record rusev in
14:52off the tag and rusev going right out oh yeah yeah come on bobby his hands on lashley
14:59and the official i don't know why he's pulled rusev away but nonetheless back into the corner
15:02and again ripping rusev away from how's that how convenient is that bobby lassie wants no part of
15:08rusev and now mcintyre comes in off the tag saxon sometimes it's very hard to compete against
15:15somebody who's trying to steal your woman okay give me a break
15:25and now the big scotsman drew mcintyre against the bulgarian brute rusev
15:31mcintyre just as ice cold as they come
15:34this truly enjoys being a gladiator just picking apart the opposition he's a machine
15:43shows no remorse for anyone in the corner look at rusev go
15:47rusev's got to translate all that pent-up emotion
15:52caught him on the nose
15:55and mcintyre misses wildly the spin kick from rusev
16:02try to dispatch in a kick out
16:06obviously you can see rusev preoccupied with bobby lashley to the point where
16:09rusev took his eyes off mcintyre for just a moment well you know it's a catch 22 for rusev
16:14two core you don't want to get the emotions get the best of you because if you're disqualified
16:17you ruin the whole night for your team team hogan double stomp hyper extending the elbow of mcintyre
16:28what a shot oh my goodness
16:33tag made here comes the king
16:37i'd love to call him the self-proclaimed king but he did win the tournament
16:42i don't think he'll ever stop reminding us either
16:49ali trying to create an opening for himself
16:54ali launched out to the apron oh he's so quick
17:00oh no no no no my god he hit the barricade hard back of his neck nasty landing for ali
17:07are you good the entire team concerned for the well-being of ali
17:15we go into his comfort zone here going high risk but this time not paying off crash landing
17:22on the barricade
17:25marvin sends ali back into the ring can you imagine if the king
17:29wins this match for team flair i've been dreaming about it all week
17:34tag once again this had nothing to do with your time here comes lashley
17:47so a lot earlier on you know she's watching this match up in the locker room area cover now on ali
17:52kick out i'm sure bobby's trying to do everything he can to impress lana i think he already has
17:58he already has impressed her being a hothead he's going to get himself in some trouble he might get
18:04all of team hogan in some trouble that's what i was saying earlier you don't want to get disqualified
18:08and ruin the night i'm going to update you i have been forbidden as is the entire team from
18:15bringing up the hh name per nature boy rick flair turn inside out as ali
18:22cover now by lashley hooks the leg alley kicks out at two
18:29and you gotta feel for yourself this is a very hard situation to try to contain your emotions
18:33while you're not the legal man in the meantime and look at this well bobby lashley inciting rusev
18:41like it's funny and i want you with a cheap shot
18:44and this is classic flair strategy this is something you would see from the horseman
18:51from evolution yeah you mentioned randy orton learned a lot from rick flair in his days in
18:56evolution now shinsuke nakamura in many ways everyone on this team sort of resembles flaring
19:04in some ways that's why flair handpicked every member of the team
19:07oh now it's shinsuke nakamura taking the fight to ali
19:15bad vibrations in the corner
19:21ali's in a great deal of trouble right now
19:28oh gosh i'll check this out watch watch watch
19:31bang ali might be out shen stacks him up is it enough kick out at two
19:39and it is entering desperation time for ali to make a tag
19:44and here comes mcintyre again and now team flair is settled in
19:48settling in and just basically teeing away they've picked ali is the man that they're
19:52going to wear down and they're doing a hell of a job out of there come on
19:56oh what a feel by mcintyre
20:02ali just being manhandled by mcintyre who's got to be thinking about a claymore kick
20:08oh wait a minute ali trying to give himself a chance again but to no avail
20:14great balance from ali kick connects mcintyre staggered for the moment
20:19oh man and ali's got an opening he's got a chance here
20:28ali with four fresh options you just gotta tag one
20:38mcintyre got a hold of the ankle uh there we go here comes ricochet and ricochet
20:47look at ricochet go a human highlight film
20:54ricochet and mcintyre quite a few encounters in recent weeks ricochet certainly hasn't forgotten
21:02ricochet fired up with a chance to turn this match around and he is right in the face of
21:07shinsuke nakamura buries his shoulder in the midsection of mcintyre and here's ricochet
21:11top rope ricochet is rolling striking anything that moves boots off the ropes cover off the
21:18springboard mcintyre's got a power out a near fall for ricochet and team hogan ricochet understands
21:27fully well momentum is on the side of team hogan ready to take flight here off the top
21:34uh-oh missed wildly king coming to the aid of his teammate mcintyre you know drew mcintyre
21:39was going to take advantage of that
21:43corbin with a cheap shot
21:47ricochet's face just bounced off the mat did you notice the veterans lashley and
21:52orton have the referee tied up sure did beautiful strategy from team player here comes the viper
22:00the captain of team player free the match for the first time and why not start out with the
22:06orton stops viper soaking in the respect of the wwe universe here in riyadh again or in another
22:18superstar you may not agree with his methods you may not love his attitude but you have no choice
22:22but to respect what randy orton has done in his business one of the all-time greats
22:26the snapmare by orton stopping away at the hands of ricochet the reason why randy orton is a 13
22:33time world champion methodical precise no wasted movements shows no absence of malice
22:47we're just stomping on the guts of ricochet over and over again yeah floor the high flyer keep him
22:53down right to the ankle flare loves it look at the smile on rick flair's face dirtiest player
23:01in the history of the game mentoring some 16 years ago and lashley driven into the midsection
23:10of ricochet the powerhouse lashley now legal look at the vertical suplex to ricochet frightening
23:19physical specimen is left is lashley all the blood rushing to the head of he was mocking
23:26as he did that here's the cover shoulders down near fall
23:31listen it wouldn't shock me at all if this was a direct strategy from the nature boy rick flair
23:36realizing that lucid is highly emotional i wouldn't be shocked if nate said hey i want you to get in
23:42there and i want you to fire up rusev so he gets his own team disqualified it almost happened a
23:46couple times already king corbin now going to work on ricochet again flair's team has done a great
23:55job isolating first ali and now ricochet from their partners i've been able to weather the
24:01storm without ricochet was going to come on here and turn things around and he did temporarily but
24:06once again team flair in control
24:17corbin is imposing his role on ricochet right now
24:20notice how team players cut the ring in half ricochet has barely been anywhere near his corn
24:26the whole crowd got ringside trying to get the ww universe behind ricochet
24:34ricochet looking for some sort of opening and perhaps he can create it here
24:39top rope corbin caught him and corbin went for the choke slam ricochet though
24:43able to roll through shoulders down not enough
24:49through the athleticism of the king
24:51great strategy by corbin wow
24:59and rick flair just gave us a woo here at our announce table a well-deserved woo that was
25:06masterful execution look at that because team flair is in control match isn't over yet
25:13might as well be at this point and al flair is mocking hogan from across the ring
25:21come on
25:27big suplex from mcintyre nearly put this away for team flair
25:34you got all the months that mcintyre's been on the shelf all the pent-up aggression that he's
25:38able to unleash in this match and here's lashley what a frightening duo lashley and mcintyre
25:45pick your poison we're going to see what they've been capable of over the years along with corbin
25:52let's not forget that trio at one point oh nice cheap shot by lashley of course such a smart move
26:00ricochet do whatever he can oh get up in to gary lashley's down to one knee ricochet needs
26:07to make a tag but here comes the viper slithering his way in not allowing ricochet to get to roman
26:14reigns quickly hope fades for ricochet perhaps not orton ducked underneath but he got caught in
26:22the knee right the nose ricochet has got to make the tag randy orton's body still lies between
26:28ricochet and roman reigns ricochet has got to cross the viper and make the tag inches away from the big
26:36to corbin tag to reigns here we go roman and the king now this is what you call a game changer
26:43in this match roman reigns takes down mcintyre and the captain of team hogan
26:49has got all the fun aside the big dog has been unleashed
26:56massive flurry of offense from roman reigns and the big dog ain't done yet drive by the
27:03orton bounces off the post
27:10down goes the oh my god with the king from behind
27:15on the top rope by reigns these two meet tomorrow night on friday night smackdown
27:19reigns with the right hand corbin driven into the corner
27:22he's on the move big boat the king is down
27:29in the leg drop hulk hogan would have loved that as he looks out at ringside
27:35paying homage roman reigns is feeling the pressure of the big dog
27:40he's got to get out of the way he's got to get out of the way he's got to get out of the way
27:45as he looks out at ringside paying homage roman reigns is feeling the moment
28:00rock and roll shinsuke on the apron for the distraction and corbin tries to take advantage
28:08meanwhile guys you didn't see it but a tag was made randy orton is the legal man
28:12randy orton is now the legal man from behind look for the rko
28:17superman punch cover
28:22corbin and mcintyre break it up great teamwork
28:27here comes ali there goes ali chokeslam jordy gable now jordy g's got the ankle lock in
28:36back of more hole
28:43right to strike from the air
28:47wow into a kip-up team flair is devastating hulk hogan just like we told you it would
28:58things have gotten very bleak for team hogan meanwhile here comes rusev
29:03mcintyre driven over the top rope down goes corbin shinsuke nakamura gonna suffer the same fate
29:08by rusev and look who rusev is eyeing the man who has turned his life upside down
29:23rusev finally has his opportunity
29:26and rusev into lashley you tried to ruin my life i'm gonna ruin your face
29:34and rusev with the upper hand
29:41lashley oh and there goes rusev on the top rope
29:44the wheels are turning for roman reigns big dog flies
29:52talk about leaving it all out on the table
29:59there's a reason roman reigns was chosen as the captain of team hogan
30:06there's a reason roman reigns was chosen as the captain of team hogan
30:23two generation changing superstars in the ring right now
30:27robin reigns looking for the upper hand and arden with the burn
30:43i don't think anyone can believe it
30:45what an rko nature boy is ready to fire up the rear jet hold off
31:11it could just be a matter of time
31:15you guys don't think randy's going where i think he's going do you i think he is
31:26randy does whatever he wants when he wants
31:36the legend killer who's become the legend
31:39i don't think randy's gonna and randy orton would try to make a statement here tonight
31:50and perhaps end roman reigns that statement is bye-bye big dog
31:55it's shorty g just in time yeah shorty g creating some sort of interference here and now ali
32:02rk
32:07ali and ricochet teaming up to take out orton they can't do this it's like they stole this out of
32:17gets in the mix there are bodies everywhere moscow kick on the other side and only two more left in
32:23the ring
32:42what a match what a win for team hogan
32:54roman reigns did it with a little help from his friends
33:00gable ali ricochet and rusev all got in the mix allowing roman reigns to deliver a spear
33:13the more things change the more they stay the same once again
33:17hogan beats flair you can take another look at this the big dog unparalleled athleticism
33:26diving to the outside taking everybody out and just when we thought it was over
33:33beautiful rko out of nowhere but the big dog would not stay down
33:40now it was absolutely shocked orton couldn't believe it but he would have to believe this
33:46an emphatic spear three seconds later team hogan your victors
33:53congratulations to team hogan victorious here tonight at crown jewel
34:23i knew you