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00:00This team has more than one, the royal family.
00:30Every fight I'm of control, do it all, get them on the beat.
00:38Crowd is here, about to blow, there for me to start the show.
00:45I'm a guy who likes to walk alone.
00:49Whoa!
00:55We're all together.
00:58Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
01:11Great to have Cody back.
01:13And of course, yes, the championship that we're so used to seeing him with
01:17is in the hands of a distinctly different version of John Cena,
01:21who had long been the face of the franchise.
01:23It has become obviously understood that this man making his way to the ring is the quarterback,
01:30the current top man with the best intentions, the QB1 of all of this,
01:36Cody Rhodes.
01:37Yeah, I got to agree with you, Joe Test, this is the figurehead of the industry.
01:49In 2025, the man the rest of us have been orbiting around.
02:04And things here on SmackDown just didn't feel complete without Cody Rhodes on the scene post-WrestleMania.
02:13We're so thrilled he's back.
02:15But Cody Rhodes doesn't look complete without the gold around his waist, in my opinion.
02:21There the next one.
03:16So, Knoxville!
03:36What do you want to talk about?
03:46I'd be remiss if we didn't point out that we could talk about the record crowd here
03:58this evening.
04:00I love you too, buddy.
04:08Thank you very much.
04:09We can talk about WrestleMania 41.
04:14After WrestleMania 41, I went home.
04:24I drowned my sorrows.
04:26Might have touched the Tennessee cough syrup a little bit.
04:30And I had a doubtful moment, and I reached out to a friend.
04:43Again, doubtful moment.
04:44This is a friend who helps me prepare for moments like this when I'm speaking to a wonderful
04:49audience like we have here, when I'm speaking to everybody at home.
04:52And I asked him.
04:53I said, was I a good champion?
04:57And his answer, it wasn't as simple as yes or no.
05:13He said, with everything that you faced here in the ring in front of all of you, and with
05:19everything that you faced behind the scenes, being pulled in different directions, the
05:24waters that you had to navigate that no champion has ever had to navigate, he said, yes, you
05:29were a good champion.
05:29And I felt good.
05:30That was a hopeful moment.
05:32That was a silver lining on a dark cloud.
05:35And I started to think about my whole year.
05:38I thought about AJ Styles feigning retirement and getting the drop on me.
05:44I thought about my friend sucker punching me on the side of my own bus while my family slept
05:50on the other side.
05:51I thought about my boss, who pushed me to the absolute limit, who sees something in me that
05:57I don't even see in myself.
05:59I thought about the final boss.
06:05I thought about the final boss asking me for my soul, and the entire world theorizing what
06:19he meant.
06:20And as preposterous as it sounded, the scary part was that he was 100% serious, and no
06:28matter how many times I say no, the offer still stands.
06:32And I also thought about John Cena.
06:36And Jesus Christ!
06:52And Jesus Christ!
06:54I thought about John Cena doing
07:24exactly what he said he was going to do.
07:28He forced me to make a choice, and I hesitated.
07:35I don't know if John Cena is going to ruin professional wrestling,
07:40but if he does, then I'm partially to blame.
07:45And now I know I'd love to say this to John Cena's face,
07:48not sure if he's going to come out here right now, but if you are listening,
07:53champ, I need you to know that I will never hesitate with you again.
08:04I need you to know that no matter how much you tout the amount of days you have left,
08:13no matter how much you talk about what remains before you abscond with the WWE Championship,
08:18and you leave all of us forever.
08:20I need you to know that is not your expiration.
08:23Your expiration sits on the other side of these corneas right here,
08:27and it is going to burn your ass up.
08:29I'm sorry.
08:42I am sorry.
08:46Guys, it's my first night back on SmackDown.
08:55And I'm getting a little bit worked up.
08:58I thought so much about you.
09:00What can I do for you when I get back?
09:02What can I do for the WWE Universe?
09:05Hey, I'm back on SmackDown.
09:07How about a surprise?
09:11Oh.
09:12Oh, you guys seem hungry.
09:26Perhaps we should yeet.
09:28I don't know.
09:35I mean, that would be a very big surprise.
09:38That would be the biggest surprise.
09:39That would be my partner riding into battle at Money in the Bank.
09:43And hell yeah, he's here.
09:46Ladies and gentlemen.
09:51I need you to give it up for the World Heavyweight Champion, your World Heavyweight Champion,
09:58Main Event, Jey Uso!
10:04Uso!
10:28What a combination.
10:42Cody brings in Jey.
10:45Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, and John Cena's in the building when we come back.
11:14PAA datensилers, and John Cena's in the building,
11:18and Jey Uso!
11:21Uso!
11:22Jey Uso!
11:23Jey Uso!
11:24Uso!
11:25Jey Uso!
11:26Jey Uso!
11:27Let it tumble luma!
11:29Like them coming back!
11:31What's on me now?
11:33SOUJAY Uso!
11:36KEGNUWA!
11:39Yeah!
11:42SOUJAY Uso!
11:43You're gonna see that view behind us look at this shit
12:13You're gonna see that view behind us
12:43You're gonna see that view behind us
12:50You're gonna see that view behind us
12:53You're gonna see that view behind us
12:58You're gonna see that view behind us
13:05You're gonna see that view behind us
13:07You're gonna see that view behind us
13:09Damn, I mean, that's like so important inside one,
13:14that fuck is that look like I thought I was standing there.
13:19That's all.
13:25Come and get him him!
13:28Let's do it!
13:30Get him him!
13:32I'mma get him!
13:34I'mma get him!
13:36Let's go.
14:06Let's go.
14:36Rocky Top is bursting at the seams, Knoxville, Tennessee, for Friday Night Smackdown, where
14:42moments ago, Cody Rhodes just introduced Jey Uso to this sellout crowd.
14:50Let's go.
14:55Let's go.
14:57Let's go.
15:03Let's go.
15:07Let's go.
15:13Let's go.
15:15Let's go.
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16:00Let's go.
16:02Let's go.
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16:20Let's go.
16:22Let's go.
16:24Let's go.
16:26Let's go.
16:28Let's go.
16:36Let's go.
16:38Let's go.
16:40Let's go.
17:24I'm upset, too, if it isn't professional wrestling's biggest wannabes.
17:40You are nothing more than a John Cena wannabe.
17:47And you are nothing more than a John Cena wannabe.
17:54You both want to beat me so bad, it makes me sick.
18:00You want my fame, you want my money, but you will get neither
18:05because you are too desperate and you are too lazy.
18:09There is one, one other human being in WWE who embodies hustle, loyalty, and respect.
18:21And you got the fortune, fame, and followers to back that up.
18:30Surprise, losers.
18:31My partner for the main event of Money in the Bank is here as well.
18:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
18:39Yeah.
18:42Yeah.
18:44MUSIC LEADER
18:57MUSIC LEADER
18:59MUSIC LEADER
20:07Everybody in this building did not come to see you.
20:11No, no.
20:13They came to see John Cena and Logan Paul.
20:21What the hell are you crying about, Knoxville?
20:28Look, I could walk on water and y'all would still find a way to tell me it's because I can't swim.
20:41John Cena speaks the language of Logan Paul, and that is the truth.
20:50The truth, it's right in front of you.
20:55You deny it all you want, but look around, you stupid, stupid, simple Tennessee people.
21:02This is a moment in history.
21:10All of you get to witness the moment that John Cena stood side by side in the ring with Logan Paul.
21:21And look, all of you will live long, pathetic, miserable lives.
21:31But at least you will get to say that you saw that.
21:37Yeah, yeah, you people are ungrateful.
21:55You don't know what's good for you.
21:57There is one problem, though, although this does seem too perfect.
22:02The problem is I should be standing next to the WWE champion as a WWE champion.
22:19I should have been the one to leave Saturday night's main event with that world heavyweight championship around my waist.
22:27But, Jay, look at me.
22:29Look at me.
22:31You got lucky, dawg.
22:33You got lucky, Jay.
22:34You got lucky.
22:35You know it.
22:36I know it.
22:37They know it.
22:37He knows it.
22:39Yeah, you, Cody Rhodes.
22:41You needed Cody Rhodes to save you.
22:43Yeah, remember that, Jay?
22:45Yeah.
22:46When Cody Rhodes interfered in the match because you two cheaters can't do a single thing in this business without it being handed to you.
22:57These two Nepo babies were born on third thinking they hit a triple.
23:05Self-made man.
23:07Self-made man.
23:09Five years ago, nobody ever would have believed that Logan Paul would be a WWE superstar.
23:24And they certainly never, ever would have believed that I would be tag teaming with the greatest of all time.
23:35But look at me now.
23:38I'm not just a superstar in the WWE.
23:41I am the superstar in the WWE.
23:44My time is now.
23:46He has told the world that his time is almost up.
23:49He is the last real champion.
23:51I am the inevitable face of this company.
23:53So, Ja, Jay, Cody, at Money in the Bank next weekend, boys, if you want some, come get some.
24:07Hey, hey, hey, hey.
24:08Hey.
24:09We ain't got a way for Money in the Bank.
24:12We can have this right now.
24:15Ooh-hoo.
24:16We ain't got a way for Money in the Bank.
24:28Hey, hey.
24:29What are you guys arguing about?
24:31Where are you headed?
24:32Are you going to go back there and polish his peacemaker?
24:38It's on.
24:39It's on right here in Knoxville, Wade.
24:41yeah that was a cheap shot from cody rosa just about lit this powder king on fire oh he's got
24:49him up looking for the attitude adjustment super kick disaster kick
24:56little taster of what we're gonna see at money in the bank one week from tomorrow
25:02over the rope cross body to the outside on cena
25:06and springboard it in oh but jay meets him they meet logan paul how about some memories
25:16cody cody from jay and cody rhodes money in the bank just eight days away cody rhodes