CODY RHODES VS KEVIN OWENS WWE CHAMPIONSHIP FULL LADDER MATCH

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CODY RHODES VS KEVIN OWENS WWE CHAMPIONSHIP FULL LADDER MATCH   #wwe  #wrestling  #highlights  #sports

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00:00The son of a security system's technician is not currently a champion,

00:05but he's holding a title.

00:10That is the Winged Eagle Championship.

00:15It was used in the WWE beginning in 1988 by Hulk Hogan.

00:20He's not a champion, but he's holding a title.

00:24That is the Winged Eagle Championship.

00:26It was used in the WWE beginning in 1988 by Hulk Hogan.

00:31It was retired in 1998 by Stone Cold Steve Austin.

00:36That sounded an Iceman event back in December.

00:39After losing to Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens attacked Rhodes,

00:42hit him with a package pile driver, and took that title.

00:46Triple H gave Kevin Owens that title.

00:48I should say gave Cody Rhodes the title that night to bring it out for one night only.

00:53Kevin Owens is delusional.

00:55He thinks he's a champion, but he actually hasn't been a world champion in eight years.

01:00I gotta pull you up on that Michael Cole deep down despite the posturing of Kevin Owens.

01:07There is no delusion there.

01:09He knows full well that the Winged Eagle Championship on his shoulder is never gonna be written up in the record box.

01:17It's simply being used to antagonize the real chap, Cody Rhodes.

01:22Dead under his skin, dead in his head.

01:25Pull Cody Rhodes down from his elevated level to the level of the belligerent prize fighter, Kevin Owens.

01:33That is where Kevin Owens wants this fight to be formed.

01:37The title might not mean anything in reality, but for Kevin Owens, it has brought a swagger, an attitude, and a moxie back.

01:45He thinks he's actually champion up there right now.

01:50I actually spoke to both Owens and Kevin Owens and Cody Rhodes today.

01:55They told me that they are determined on hurting and punishing each other in this match tonight.

02:02Cody's been clear, he's gonna win this match up even if it kills him in the process.

02:09That is a dangerous mindset when you're in the ring with a pugnacious fighter like KO.

02:16I love that we have a ladder match and Kevin Owens is in it here in front of 70,000 people in a football stadium.

02:40The official in this match tonight is Dan Engler.

02:43He is wearing the ref cam on his head.

02:46We'll get some unique shots during this match up tonight.

02:49Well, he looks ridiculous, but it's gonna be great viewing as we get close up to the action.

02:56Dan Engler, one of the finest refs in the history of reffing.

02:59Nonsense.

03:00Absolute nonsense.

03:02Michael McCormick.

03:03Broey.

03:04I'm gonna have them.

03:05I'm gonna have them.

03:06I'll drag the land in my soul

03:23Every fight I've got control

03:26Do it all to cast them off their feet

03:31Crowd is here, about to blow

03:35Made it for me to start the show

03:38Out of the cut, like a wall from home

03:43Whoa!

03:45I'm a sinner

03:47With all of you

03:50I'll try to breathe in the air

03:55You took it all away, I gave it all away

04:00You take my freedom

04:02He's first in, he's last out

04:08He works his ass off, he takes pride in what he does

04:13This is a champion that the Midwest is certainly proud of

04:21All class, all style

04:26The here and now of this industry

04:29Who is quite simply prepared to get in a street fight tonight

04:34That's the only way he can do battle

04:36With Kevin Owens

04:38Get down and dirty

04:39And scramble up that ladder however you can

04:43He's got perfect teeth, perfect care, a perfect championship build

05:00But he's not scared to sweat

05:03Well let's check out those teeth at the end of this matchup

05:07After Kevin Owens has inevitably done a number on WWE's Golden Boy

05:13This is perhaps the toughest title defense for Cody Rhodes

05:19Since he won the championship some 300 days ago at WrestleMania

05:23The night he finished the story

05:26Ending the record setting reign of Roman Reigns

05:28And Cody saying the hell with superstition

05:34What ain't gonna help you from here

05:36You're going to war tonight

05:38He's locked in too

05:40You can tell by the look in his eyes

05:42You talk about a potential trap game feel here for Cody

05:53Road to WrestleMania starts tonight

05:55The man who has become the quarterback of WWE

06:00Pat touched on it earlier

06:02Never says no

06:04Involved in anything the company wants him involved in

06:08He's a true leader

06:09But he hopes he leaves tonight as the true champion

06:13The following contest is a ladder match

06:23And it is for

06:27The Undisputed WWE Championship

06:35Introducing first the challenger from Maryville, Quebec, Canada

06:45Weighing in at 242 pounds

06:51Kevin Owens

06:57And his opponent

07:05From Atlanta, Georgia

07:09Weighing in at 222 pounds

07:15He is the Undisputed WWE Champion

07:23The American Nightmare

07:27Cody Rhodes

07:31Cody Rhodes has changed

07:35His life has changed

07:37Cody Rhodes is now the hunted

07:40He is no longer the hunter

07:41And Wade, you've known Cody for so, so long

07:46This is a much different American Nightmare

07:50Yeah, undoubtedly Cole

07:52Listen, when you are trying to climb Mount Everest

07:55As Cody did for his entire career

07:58Until WrestleMania last year

08:01You have a different mindset

08:02There's an open-eyed approach

08:04There's an almost joy in that process

08:06I want you to reach the top of that mountain

08:09That's when the real work begins

08:11And Cody, as you mentioned

08:12Never says no to the company

08:14He tries to be the perfect ambassador

08:16To this entire industry

08:18For me, he's on a fool's errand

08:20That's a mistake

08:21And with that point made

08:23The man sitting next to us

08:24Pat McAfee here tonight

08:25Is much like Cody

08:27And the fact that he's constantly working

08:29Seven days a week

08:3024 hours a day

08:32Pat, it wears on you

08:33I talked to you last week

08:34When you're running that type of schedule

08:36You just break down

08:37Yeah, you certainly can

08:38Your body can stop

08:39But this is what you dream of

08:41You want to do that

08:42You want to be known as a workforce

08:43You want to be known as somebody

08:44That does it the right way

08:45We'll take it from someone

08:46Who's been in that position before

08:48CM Punk

08:49We all heard his words

08:50To Cody Rhodes this past week

08:51On Raw

08:52The pressure is getting to Cody Rhodes

08:55His body is getting ground down

08:57There are over 70,000 people

08:59At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis

09:02Cody Rhodes is the champion

09:04Kevin Owens is the challenger

09:06The winged eagle title

09:08The WWE title

09:09Hang above the ring

09:10You have to climb a ladder

09:12Retrieve the championships

09:13To become the champion

09:15And solidify your spot

09:17At WrestleMania

09:18Indianapolis wants to see these two

09:21Beat the hell out of each other

09:22Well, they're going to get exactly one

09:34They won't putt

09:35They promised to punish one another

09:36Maybe end each other's career

09:38Here tonight

09:39That is where this one-time friendship is in

09:42And there's the drop down

09:43Big right hand by Cody

09:44Remember, Kevin Owens believed that Cody stabbed him in the back

09:49And has turned Kevin into a delusional

09:51A jealous

09:52A bitter man

09:53And a high elbow

09:54By the dangerous Owens

09:56Well, Cody Rhodes invited this upon himself

09:58When his then friend

09:59Kevin Owens was offered

10:01A championship match

10:03Against Cody Rhodes

10:04You remember the matchup

10:06It ended up

10:06Cody was the victor

10:07Because KO couldn't find the killer

10:09Instinct

10:10Well, I guess he's re-found it now

10:12And then Cody Rhodes

10:13Would go in team

10:14With Owens' arch enemy

10:15Roman Reigns

10:16Back in October

10:16And that really sent

10:18Kevin Owens off the deep end

10:19Until he would attack

10:20Cody Rhodes

10:21In the parking lot

10:22In Atlanta

10:23And set off this rivalry

10:24And don't forget

10:25What Kevin Owens did

10:26To Rhodes' friend

10:26Randy Orton

10:27Since we haven't seen

10:28Since that attack

10:29Well, KO's turned on

10:31Countless close friends

10:32In the past

10:33Especially when gold

10:35Is up for grabs

10:35Look at Sami Zayn

10:36Kofi Kingston

10:37John Cena

10:38The list goes on

10:39Looking for a suplex

10:41Into the steel ladder

10:42Anything goes here

10:44We're gonna take advantage of that

10:47My goodness

10:48My goodness

10:49Cody went right through the ladder

10:51We're gonna need a new ladder, guys

10:53This one ain't gonna work anymore

10:56The official really has nothing

10:57To do with this match

10:58Just has to make sure

10:59That the titles come down

11:00And he calls the winner

11:01And he gets that impact

11:03He got lacerated from that medal

11:05Oh, speaking of

11:07But it's all perfectly legal

11:11This is exactly why

11:12A matchup like this

11:14Plays completely

11:15Into the hands of the prize

11:16By Kevin Owens

11:17And now he's in the ladder

11:18As a weapon

11:19Wade

11:19I cannot remember a friendship

11:21Going so bad

11:23So quickly

11:24To the point where

11:25These men absolutely

11:26Hate one another

11:27As Cody is driven

11:29Into the barricade

11:29When it comes to

11:30Kevin Owens' goal

11:31All friendships

11:32Are temporary

11:34They're transactionary

11:35While the goal is good

11:36Great

11:37Because he doesn't care

11:38About anybody else

11:38But himself

11:39He cares about the goal

11:41Cody

11:41And caring about himself

11:43Got him a championship

11:44Opportunity here

11:44At Royal Rumble

11:45Now he sends

11:46KO out of the

11:47WWE fans

11:49Here in Indianapolis

11:50Cody now

11:51Coach on the barricade

11:52Ducks underneath

11:52And now they're fighting

11:53Out into the craft

11:54Remember

11:54No countouts

11:55No disqualifications

11:56No pitfalls

11:57No submissives

11:58This is a big

12:00Old stadium

12:01And it's essentially

12:02Become the playground

12:03Of Kevin Owens

12:04And Cody

12:05Rose

12:05Beer to the face

12:06Get me next Cody

12:07Was that nice

12:08Cold beer

12:09Don't need one of those

12:11Believe me

12:12And now KO

12:14Hard to see

12:17In this

12:18Sea of

12:19People here tonight

12:20Kevin and Cody

12:22I mean

12:22This is just

12:23This is like a bar fight

12:24Hard to see with IPA

12:26In your eyes too

12:27But they're still

12:28Brawling on

12:29Yeah, a bit citrusy

12:30And now look at a

12:31KO there

12:32And he slams

12:33Cody right off the candle

12:35Anything's a weapon

12:39When you want to

12:40Beat the hell out of a guy

12:42I mean

12:43You can brawl

12:44All you want

12:44Around this arena

12:46That is won and lost

12:47Atop a ladder

12:49In the middle of the ring

12:50Will incapacitate

12:51Your opponent

12:52And things

12:52Are going to get

12:53A hell of a lot easier

12:54Well Wade

12:55You know it is

12:55In Cody's genes

12:56Right

12:56Dusty

12:57One of the greatest

12:58All-time brawlers

12:59Well Dusty Rhodes

13:01A massive hand

13:02In the wise

13:03Of Kevin Owens

13:04In the WWE umbrella

13:05Of course

13:06That all thrown

13:07To one side now

13:08Indeed

13:08What Dusty did

13:09For Kevin

13:09And so many other

13:10Men and women

13:12Down at NXT

13:13The Performance Center

13:14And now Kevin Owens

13:15Turns his attention

13:16To Rhodes

13:17With a kick

13:17Right to the ribs

13:18There's an absolute

13:19Look of just

13:20Disgust

13:21And disdain

13:22On the face

13:23Of Kevin Owens

13:24Here

13:24And there has been

13:26That luck

13:26For several months

13:27Now Cole

13:27But the truth is

13:28Victory tonight

13:30For KO

13:30And it all becomes

13:32Sunshine and Rainbow

13:33Once again

13:34For the prizefighter

13:35But what if he doesn't win

13:36Well he'll find a reason

13:38For why it didn't happen

13:39We assume

13:40That's KO wrestling

13:41And Kevin Owens

13:43Now sends Cody Rhodes

13:44Up

13:44Under the ladder

13:46And then bounce

13:47And then bounce

13:47Into the floor

13:48Kevin Owens

13:49Right where he wants

13:50To be

13:51Stalking Cody Rhodes

13:52Well Cody

13:53Has completely been

13:54Baited into the trap

13:55Of Kevin Owens

13:56This is exactly

13:57The style

13:58KO excels in

13:59Perhaps more

14:00Than anybody else

14:01On the WWE

14:03Well there's a reason

14:04It's fight

14:05Owens fight

14:05Right

14:05Fight forever

14:06Kevin Owens

14:07Now setting up

14:08The ladder

14:08Cody Rhodes

14:09Is down outside

14:09The ring

14:10Kevin's gotta

14:10Climb the ladder

14:11And grab the championships

14:12He'll be the champ

14:13Kevin Owens now

14:14Looking to climb

14:15Cody back in the ring

14:16To preserve his championship

14:18At least for now

14:18No other man in history

14:21Has had more title matches

14:23At the Royal Rumble

14:25Than Kevin Owens has

14:26As he dumps Cody

14:28Outside the ring

14:28Once again

14:29Looking to climb the ladder

14:30Kevin Owens now

14:31Cody intercepts again

14:33Playing defense

14:34Well Cody has been

14:36On the back foot

14:37For the vast majority

14:38Of the matchup

14:39Thus far

14:40And though

14:41Things may be changing

14:42Before our eyes

14:44The street fighter

14:45Inside Cody Rhodes

14:47Is coming to the fore

14:49Ladies and gentlemen

14:51You're looking at

14:52An unbelievable scene here

14:53At Lucas Oil Stadium

14:55There's over 70,000

14:56And we've been told

14:57This is the third largest gate

15:00In WWE history

15:01Bigger than any single night

15:04WrestleMania ever

15:05And now Cody Rhodes

15:06Banged off the announce table

15:07Here

15:08The first was WrestleMania

15:12Sunday last year

15:13Followed by WrestleMania

15:14Saturday last year

15:15And now the Rumble

15:16At number three

15:17And Kevin Owens

15:17Now bang

15:18Bouncing off Cody

15:19And Kevin Owens

15:21Is losing it

15:21The look on Owens face

15:23I'm not losing it

15:24I'm in it all

15:25He didn't mean that

15:29Be careful

15:30What you say right now

15:32Michael Cole

15:33To the son of a security

15:35Systems technician

15:36KO's ready to snap

15:37I'm gonna pull you up

15:38Cole

15:38KO ain't losing anything

15:40It's Cody Rhodes

15:41Who's losing it

15:42He's losing the damn match

15:43And now Kevin Owens

15:44Dragging yet another ladder out

15:47Just this look of disgust

15:49On his face

15:49An instrument of torture

15:51In the hands of Kevin Owens

15:53And now building a bridge

15:54Between the announce table

15:57And the ring

15:58Kevin Owens now

15:59Get out of the way

16:00I have on there

16:01Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep

16:02I have no idea

16:06What Owens is

16:07He's planning to do here

16:08Cody Rhodes

16:09Though fighting back

16:10To try to reverse disaster

16:11As he sends Owens

16:13Into the steps

16:14A much needed burst of life

16:16From the WWE champion

16:18A crucial moment

16:19Things starting to look bleak

16:21For Cody

16:22But now

16:23He may have swung the pendulum

16:25In his own favor

16:26And if he can scramble

16:27On this ladder

16:28He wins the match

16:29Just like that

16:30Yeah, but Cody

16:31Just trying to regroup here

16:32Trying to drag the ladder

16:33Back to the center of the ring

16:34Meanwhile

16:35Kevin Owens

16:36With a stepladder here

16:37It's an incredibly short

16:39Stepladder

16:39Owens using that

16:40To his advantage

16:41I think Horschlag

16:42Will use that once

16:43Well you can swing

16:44That thing around

16:45With abandon

16:46Take out your opponent

16:48Scramble his brains

16:50And his body

16:51Leave him incapacitated

16:52And take a leisurely

16:55Climb up that ladder

16:56Chaos tactics

16:57A bang on

16:58You've been in a

16:58Money in the Bank ladder match

16:59And others as well

17:01Yeah, I hated every second of it

17:02Incredibly painful

17:03And actually

17:04Suplex Cody

17:05Off the top of a 12 foot ladder

17:07In that matchup

17:08And that was the end of me

17:09These are the worst kind of matches

17:11He's going high risk

17:13Owens

17:13Well, the heck with it

17:15It was more mid-risk, I guess

17:17Small risk

17:18Low risk

17:20You get it

17:22Kevin Owens is not in the business

17:24Of giving the people

17:25What they want

17:26He's in the business

17:27Of giving himself

17:28What he wants

17:29The little ladder is back

17:30The little ladder is back

17:32And now Cody

17:32Using it as a weapon

17:33Cody's jamming the little ladder

17:36And now bouncing the ladder

17:37Off KO

17:38Collapses in the court

17:39I'll tell you what

17:41This little ladder

17:42Is certainly a menace

17:43And now Cody Rhodes

17:47With Kevin down

17:48Gonna try to

17:49Ascend the ladder

17:51To grab the championships

17:52And retain his title

17:54Look how slow Cody's going

17:56And now again

17:57The ladder right to the knee

17:58Right to the knee of Cody

17:59Brilliant from KO

18:01Take out a knee

18:02How the hell do you climb a ladder

18:03And out of the elbow

18:04Of Cody Rhodes

18:06Cody Rhodes is so

18:07And out of the midsection

18:08Of Cody

18:09Battered and bruised

18:11A body that had already

18:12Been beaten up

18:13With that package

18:14Piledriver

18:15Several weeks ago

18:16I'm not sure

18:17He's 100%

18:18Coming into this matchup

18:19Oh no

18:20Now right out of the ladder

18:21I can tell you

18:22Kevin Owens isn't 100%

18:24The brain

18:24That's for sure

18:25Oh my

18:26And Cody Rhodes

18:27Might have just broke

18:28Every vertebrae

18:29On that little one

18:30And not being 100%

18:32In the brain

18:33Is perhaps an advantage

18:34In a matchup

18:35This dangerous

18:37Watch this

18:38And watch the impact

18:40Of Cody

18:40It's metal

18:41Steel

18:42Rearranging

18:44Cody Rhodes

18:45Entire spinal

18:46Colin

18:47It's a double shot

18:49There from the ladder

18:50Kevin Owens

18:51Taken down

18:51Cody Rhodes

18:52Now trying to set

18:53The ladder up

18:53It's about survival

18:54That's all this is about

18:56Surviving and grabbing

18:57The titles

18:57Well that's exactly

18:58How Cody Rhodes

19:00Got himself

19:00To the WWE Championship

19:02In the first place

19:03It was a long

19:04Arduous climb

19:05Almost there

19:05Cody's got his hands

19:06On the title

19:07Gonna go up

19:08One more rung

19:08Kevin Owens

19:09Trying to hang on

19:10Cody Rhodes

19:11Now has his hands

19:12On the championship

19:13But Cody hanging high

19:15Above the ring

19:15This could be a disaster

19:18The American Nightmare

19:19Though

19:19Able to maneuver

19:20Back to the ladder

19:21Kevin Owens

19:22Trying to make sure

19:23That Cody doesn't

19:24Retain the title here

19:26Our champion

19:27Was just dangling

19:2820 feet in the sky

19:29Fingertips

19:30Oh my goodness

19:32Cody apparently

19:34Going for a

19:34Hurricane River

19:35Or something

19:36But KO pulls off

19:38What was essentially

19:39A pop-up

19:40Powerbomb

19:41I don't know how

19:44Cody continues to go

19:45After this

19:47How much more

19:50Can our champ's body take

19:52Talking about bodies

19:54A lot is made

19:55About physiques

19:56In WWE

19:57KO has the perfect physique

19:59For absorbing punishment

20:01Cody certainly does not

20:03And Kevin continues

20:04To punish Rhodes

20:05Driving Cody

20:06Into the ladder again

20:07Kevin Owens

20:08Has really dominated

20:09Most of this match

20:10One word

20:11Durability

20:12That is what

20:13Kevin Owens

20:14Is built for

20:15This is Kevin Owens

20:16Wheelhouse

20:17And Cody Rhodes

20:18Has made the mistake

20:20Of all mistakes

20:21And allowing himself

20:22To be baited

20:23Kevin's climbing

20:24To the top of the ladder

20:25Looking to win the world title

20:26Cody Rhodes now

20:27Trying to literally

20:28Bench press the ladder

20:29And Kevin though

20:31With a kick

20:32To the midsection

20:32Just too much

20:34Just too much left

20:34In the tank

20:35Of the WWE champ

20:36Cody Rhodes

20:37With that

20:38Indefatigable

20:39Human spirit

20:41You weren't

20:41You weren't buying

20:42Wade's argument

20:43Kevin Owens

20:44In the physique

20:44Being better

20:45For this matchup

20:46I think it is good

20:47I think it's callous

20:48I think he's ready

20:48To take the abuse

20:49A little bit more

20:50I mean nobody

20:50He wants to be

20:51In a ladder match

20:52But Kevin Owens

20:53Is a home game

20:53For him

20:54Well there's an element

20:55Of Mick Foley

20:56About Kevin Owens

20:57And his style

20:58And that body

20:59That took Foley

21:00All the way

21:00To the top

21:01Well it might

21:01Oh and it's interesting

21:02You said that

21:03Because earlier today

21:04I saw Mick Foley

21:06In heavy conversation

21:07With Kevin Owens

21:08Mick was here

21:09Earlier on

21:09As now Cody

21:10Is driven into the steps

21:12Hit first

21:13Love to have been

21:14A fly on the wall

21:15For that conversation

21:16It seems like

21:17Kevin Owens

21:17Doesn't want to speak

21:18To anybody whatsoever

21:19Currently

21:21But perhaps

21:21The Hall of Famer

21:22Mick Foley

21:23Got through to him

21:24And gave him

21:25Some tactical advice

21:26Kevin Owens now

21:32Back into the ring

21:33Along with Cody Rhodes

21:34It has been

21:37A fight

21:38The majority of KO

21:39In this match so far

21:40Cody

21:40Look at the turn things around

21:41And he may do that

21:42Right there

21:42With a suplex

21:43Got readjusted quick

21:45Snap suplex

21:49By Cody Rhodes

21:50He's taking a beating

21:52Tonight

21:52Yeah as much as we make

21:54Of the durability

21:55Of Kevin Owens

21:57It pays to remember

21:58That he is still

21:59A human being

22:00We all have fragilities

22:03And when they're exposed

22:04And Cody may have exposed

22:06The fragility

22:07In Kevin Owens

22:08But can he take advantage

22:10Wait a minute

22:12Cody Rhodes just busted off

22:13The lower rung of the ladder

22:15Where have I seen that before

22:17Tactic of mine

22:18Once upon a time

22:19Yeah I think that

22:20Wade Barrett

22:20Invented this tactic

22:22And I used it on Cody Rhodes

22:24He clearly learned

22:24A trick or two

22:26Cody Rhodes

22:27Using the bottom rung

22:28Of that ladder

22:28As a weapon

22:29But he runs into

22:29A super kick by Owens

22:31Well that was almost

22:32Game over for Kevin Owens

22:33That was like being beaten up

22:35With a baseball bat

22:36All completely legal

22:37Of course

22:38That strut of the ladder

22:39Two or three more

22:41Shots on the frame

22:42Of Kevin Owens

22:43And he may have been down

22:44For good

22:44But Pat

22:45Cody does not look good

22:46Right now

22:46How could you

22:48We're deep into a ladder match

22:50Nobody's gonna look good

22:51At this stage

22:52Big left from Kevin Owens

22:56Yeah the southpaw

22:56Those left jabs

22:58That's just a

22:58Mocking

22:59Cody's dad

23:00Dusty Rhodes

23:01And there

23:02Is the ladder rung

23:03Right off the face of Rhodes

23:05Well Cody Rhodes

23:06Essentially falling

23:07On his own sword

23:08Now introduce that

23:10Strut of the ladder

23:11Into the matchup

23:12Didn't get the job

23:14Done against KO

23:15And listen

23:15I know Kevin Owens

23:16Wants to punish Cody

23:17I know he wants

23:18To destroy this guy

23:19But Kevin Owens

23:20Is in a position

23:21Now to climb the damn ladder

23:22And grab the titles

23:23And win the championship

23:24But instead

23:25He wants to beat the hell

23:26Out of Cody here

23:27And again

23:28To the skull of Rhodes

23:29Because Cody Rhodes

23:30Is not an ordinary superstar

23:32He's extra special

23:34That's what got him

23:35To the goal

23:36In the first place

23:37This is smarts

23:38From Kevin Owens

23:40Do not go for the goal

23:42Too soon

23:43But I

23:43Finish the job

23:44But I also told the story

23:45Of talking to both of these men

23:46Earlier today

23:47And it's all about punishing

23:49Perhaps ending careers

23:50That is what Owens and Rhodes

23:52Want to do to each other

23:53Tonight

23:54Well if you end

23:55Someone's career

23:56Who is in a matchup

23:57With you

23:57How easy is it gonna be

23:59For you to climb that ladder

24:00Grab the goal

24:01Kill two birds

24:02With one stone

24:03Kevin Owens is trying to end careers

24:06Every match that he's in

24:07Willing to do whatever

24:09To have success

24:09Cody

24:11Been in five ladder matches

24:13In his career

24:14But all of the money in the bank

24:15Ladder matches

24:16And again

24:16With the

24:17Little ladder

24:18Yeah

24:18Pounced off Rhodes

24:19And Rhodes just has nothing left

24:21The tank is empty

24:22That thing's a ball of steel

24:23Getting thrown around

24:24These guys are

24:27Battering each other

24:28Guess what we need

24:30Another ladder

24:30Don't you have enough

24:31In the ring already

24:32They're all broken

24:33That's part of the problem

24:35And so is the body

24:36Of the WWE champ

24:39Cody Rhodes

24:40Gotta crawl out of the way

24:41Gotta clear some traffic

24:42Too many ladders

24:43In the ring

24:44Trying to get those ladders

24:46Out of there

24:46So Kevin Owens

24:47Can't beat his body

24:48Up with them

24:49But it might be too late

24:50For that Cody

24:51What's Kevin Owens

24:53Setting up here

24:53Furniture here

24:54This looks painful

25:02It could be

25:05Especially if you hit this

25:07Cody now

25:08Trying to fight back

25:09Realize it

25:10Could have been a disaster there

25:12Big forearm by Owens

25:14And another one to Cody

25:15And Cody just has not been able

25:16To find any sort of groove

25:17In this match

25:18Oh God

25:18Look what's coming

25:19Oh my God

25:20Not this

25:21Not

25:21Oh my goodness

25:23Kevin Owens

25:38Was going for a package

25:39Piled rival

25:40Cody Rhodes

25:44Countered

25:45With his back

25:45Body drop

25:46Through the damn ladder

25:48Well Kevin Owens

25:50Was attempting

25:50To finish the career

25:52Of Cody Rhodes

25:53Once and for all

25:54A package

25:55Piledriver

25:55On that ladder

25:57Would certainly

25:57Have done it

25:58And there was some

26:00Burning ember

26:01Left in the soul

26:02Of Cody Rhodes

26:03And now Cody

26:04With an opportunity

26:04Wade

26:05Kevin Owens

26:06Is down

26:06He may not be able

26:07To walk

26:07Cody Rhodes

26:08Now trying to

26:09Place the ladder

26:10And win this match

26:11Well I can't believe

26:11Cody Rhodes

26:12Is back up

26:13On his feet

26:13It would behoove him

26:14To scramble up

26:15That ladder

26:15With everything

26:16He's got

26:17Get this one over

26:18And get straight

26:19To a doctor

26:20Trying to do what he can

26:22Kevin Owens

26:22Might have some

26:23Internal bleeding

26:24Kevin Owens

26:24Running interference

26:25Trying to play defense

26:27But Cody Rhodes

26:27Is close to the top

26:28Kevin Owens down

26:29My goodness

26:30That's him up there

26:31Kevin Owens

26:32Has Cody Rhodes up top

26:34Owens down

26:34Back of his head

26:39Exploded

26:44Through the ladder

26:45Just listen to this

26:47There is a very

26:53Very simple

26:54Equation

26:55Bone

26:57Versus

26:57Steel

26:58There's only

26:59Ever

27:00One

27:00Winner

27:01And it certainly

27:03Was not the body

27:04Of Cody Rhodes

27:05This is for the

27:06Undisputed

27:07WWE Championship

27:09It is a ladder

27:10Match

27:11In front of

27:11Over 70,000

27:12And Kevin Owens

27:13The challenger

27:14Slowly climbing the ladder

27:15Will this be his destiny

27:17Will this be his moment

27:18His first title

27:19In eight years

27:20Cody Rhodes

27:21Trying to play defense

27:22Here

27:22Trying to grab Owens

27:23Back off the ladder

27:24I don't know how

27:29Cody's even functioning

27:30Cody just crawled

27:31Out of a major

27:33Car wreck

27:34But he's just

27:37Delaying the

27:38Inevitable

27:39At this point

27:40Angering

27:41KO further

27:42Much more

27:44Can our champion

27:44Take

27:45Cody looks done

27:47Done and

27:48Dusted

27:48No pun intended

27:50And what

27:52Instrument of torture

27:54Is KO turning to

27:55Next

27:55Ladders all over the place

27:58He's demented

27:59He's sick

28:00Sick in the head

28:01I guarantee you

28:03Owens has been up

28:04At night

28:04Some will call it

28:06Sick in the head

28:06Others will call it

28:07A winner's mentality

28:09Because you have

28:10To go for broke

28:11Here

28:11Wait this guy

28:12Has been sitting

28:12Up at night

28:13Thinking of ways

28:14To torture

28:14And punish

28:15Cody Rhodes

28:16I don't want to have to do this

28:19It's been highly effective

28:21Clearly Cole

28:22Kevin Owens said

28:24I didn't have to do this

28:25It didn't have to be this way

28:27And Cody

28:28Quickly

28:29Back to his feet

28:29Thank goodness

28:30Owens may be going

28:31For the splash

28:32Yeah

28:33We might have seen

28:35Cody Rhodes splatter

28:36Right here

28:37In front of us

28:38What is Cody thinking

28:39He glanced back

28:40At that ladder

28:41That Kevin had set up

28:42Cody Rhodes now

28:46Wait a minute

28:50No

28:51No

28:52Yeah

28:52My God

28:53Owens is hooking the leg

28:54Festerman Buster

28:55Festerman Buster

28:57Festerman Buster

28:58Through the ladder

28:59Through the ladder

29:00He might be dead

29:02Checking pulses

29:12The human body

29:26Is not supposed to

29:29We got some

29:30We have officials

29:31General manager

29:32Nick Aldis

29:33Are down here

29:34Both men are down

29:35Aldis trying to figure out

29:39How badly hurt

29:40Both Owens and Rhodes are

29:42What's he saying

29:42Cody

29:44Well entertainment is one thing

29:46But these are human beings

29:47Golly

29:49And uh

29:51Oh my God

29:52Look who's here

29:53Wait a minute

29:53Sammy Zane is here

29:55Kevin Owens

29:57Talked to Sammy Zane

29:59About a quid pro quo here

30:00At the Royal Royal

30:02Come on

30:02Sammy

30:03You help me

30:04I'll help you

30:04And let's meet

30:05In the main event

30:05Of Wrestlemania

30:06Well Sammy's friends

30:07With both of these guys

30:08Sammy might be worried

30:11About them

30:12Because of what they've

30:13Done to each other

30:13I don't know

30:14I smell a fix

30:15I don't like this at all

30:18I'm getting a hint

30:19Of that as well

30:20Wave

30:20And now

30:24Sammy again

30:27Checking on Kevin

30:27And Cody

30:28Officials are down here

30:30Trying to figure out

30:31If they can

30:31If they can resume this match

30:33For the championship

30:34Both men

30:37Physically a wreck

30:38At this point

30:39There's a question

30:39If this match

30:40Is even going to continue

30:41But looking

30:42At Kevin Owens

30:44He has taken it

30:45Out of the hands

30:46Of the officials

30:47Well the match

30:48Continues obviously

30:49Kevin Owens

30:50Is back to his feet

30:51Owens wants the championship

30:52He wants to put

30:53Cody Rhodes away

30:54Remember you only win

30:56When you grab the titles

30:57Giving it out here

30:59Do you boys want to quit

31:00Went for the stunner

31:01Cody Rhodes now

31:02His post runs on Owens

31:03A last roll of the dice

31:08Perhaps

31:09From Cody Rhodes

31:11And it beggars belief

31:14That Rhodes is moving

31:16Cody trying to climb the ladder

31:17Kevin Owens though

31:18Not going to allow him to do it

31:19Cody Rhodes has been to hell

31:21And back in this match

31:22And it's continuing

31:23Cody Rhodes has a human spirit

31:26My goodness

31:27And Owens bounced it up

31:29Right out's table

31:29Cody Rhodes has switched gears here

31:32Cody Rhodes

31:33Has got Kevin Owens

31:35Busted open

31:36How does he have this much

31:38On RJ at the stake

31:39Kevin Owens

31:40Head off the post

31:41Kevin Owens is busted open

31:43Cody Rhodes has turned into a madman

31:47Kevin Owens, welcome to your worst nightmare

31:54The American nightmare is alive

31:56And KO is busted wide open

31:59This ain't serious, but it's getting through

32:02Cody Rhodes now targeting

32:05The wound on the face of KO

32:08That's what you wanted

32:09That's what you wanted

32:11Cody snapping on Kevin Owens

32:15Kevin Owens brought this upon himself

32:20KO brought this upon himself

32:23He made Cody Rhodes this way

32:25Just a few moments ago

32:30They were both being asked if they wanted to quit

32:32And a low blow

32:34A desperation low blow

32:37By Kevin Owens

32:38Kevin Owens looking to end the WWE Champion right here

32:46No, no, no

32:48Looking for that package pile driver

32:52Cody able to counter

32:55Alabama slam

33:02Through the ladder

33:03Kevin Owens turned inside out

33:07And meanwhile

33:17Cody Rhodes back into the ring

33:19Cody Rhodes going to take the opportunity

33:22To climb the ladder

33:24Well, Kevin Owens has to be finished in, Cole

33:27Cody Rhodes is near the top

33:29Cody Rhodes

33:31Has the championships in hand

33:34Kevin Owens might be done

33:37For good

33:39Cody Rhodes

33:40On top of the ladder

33:42Kevin Owens is not moved

33:44Cody Rhodes

33:47Takes down one title

33:49Cody Rhodes takes down another

33:52Cody Rhodes wins

33:54Here is your winner

33:59And still

34:01The undisputed

34:04WWE Champion

34:07The American Nightmare

34:11Cody Rhodes

34:15Cody Rhodes looks to be headed to WrestleMania as the champion

34:20We may find out in the Rumble match next who he will face

34:25Meanwhile, serious concern here at ringside for Kevin Owens

34:30Our doctors out here checking on him

34:32One of the most sickening matches we have ever witnessed here in WWE

34:40The human spirit of Cody Rhodes

34:42The human spirit of Cody Rhodes driving through this

34:45Kevin hasn't moved

34:48And these two were willing to end it all

34:52To win

34:53Thought it was over for Cody then

34:56And then Wayne

34:58Well this was the moment

35:01KO tried to end

35:02Cody Rhodes for good

35:04With a package pile driver

35:06On either the steps

35:08Or the table

35:09But Cody Rhodes powering through with this

35:11Alabama slam

35:13And look at the landing

35:14Of Kevin Owens

35:16This is a crucial part

35:17It's essentially

35:18Head first

35:20For the prize player

35:21As the ladder snap

35:24And KO has been folded up like an accordion ever since

35:28Cody Rhodes did what he had to do tonight

35:31Cody Rhodes finished his story at WrestleMania

35:34But the latest book is now being written

35:38The maturation process of Cody Rhodes over the last 10 months

35:44And he's realizing

35:46As the WWE Champion

35:49You have

35:52No friends

35:53What a fight

35:57Kevin Owens

35:59Is an absolute

36:01Mess

36:03Bloody and battered and broken

36:06As our champion

36:07And that's the only way

36:10You can beat the prize fighter

36:12Cody Rhodes did it

36:14Went to the depths of humanity

36:17Because that is how much

36:19That championship means

36:22Here's the story Wade

36:23At ringside

36:23Kevin Owens being attended to

36:25A very concerned general manager

36:27Very concerned friend

36:28Sammy Zane

36:29Cody Rhodes though

36:31Did what he had to do

36:33To keep his championship

36:35And ensure

36:36The opportunity to go to Wrestlemania

36:39It's supposed to be a joyous moment

36:41But the concern for Kevin Owens

36:43Is so high right now

36:44I think we're all struggling to celebrate

36:47Got blood all over our desk

36:49I hate to be callous

36:50About this Wade

36:52Because we're talking about a human being here

36:54But

36:54Kevin Owens

36:56He brought all of this

36:58Upon himself

37:00He let his bitter jealousy

37:03And

37:03Just get to him

37:06Drove him over the edge

37:09What does he say about Cody Rhodes

37:13That he was able to raise himself

37:15To the exact same level

37:17That such a

37:17Deranged individual

37:19As Kevin Owens has become

37:21What's he doing

37:21Yeah, welcome back champ

37:23And Cody Rhodes

37:25The champion

37:28Will celebrate tonight

37:30After one of the most courageous

37:32Performances

37:33Of his career

37:35What a win

37:37What a fight

37:41From Kevin Owens

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