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00:00The
00:16son of a security systems technician is not currently 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.
00:30It was retired in 1998 by Stone Cold Steve Austin.
00:36At Saturday Night's Main Event back in December,
00:38after 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.
00:52Kevin Owens is delusional.
00:54He 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 Gold deep down despite the posturing of Kevin Owens.
01:08There is no delusion there.
01:10He knows full well that the Winged Eagle Championship on his shoulder is never going to be written up in the record box.
01:16It's simply being used to antagonize the real champ, Cody Rhodes, dead under his skin, dead in his head.
01:24Pulled Cody Rhodes down from his elevated level to the level of the belligerent prize fighter, Kevin Owens.
01:32That is where Kevin Owens wants this fight to be fought.
01:38The title might not mean anything in reality, but for Kevin Owens, it has brought a swagger, an attitude, and a moxie back.
01:46He thinks he's actually champion up there right now.
01:50I actually spoke to both Owens and Kevin.
01:54It's Kevin Owens and Cody Rhodes today.
01:56They told me that they are determined on hurting and punishing each other in this match tonight.
02:03Cody's been clear.
02:04He'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.
02:42He is wearing the ref cam on his head.
02:45We'll get some unique shots during this match up tonight.
02:49Well, he looks ridiculous, but it's going to be great viewing as we get close up to the action.
02:55Dan Engler, one of the finest refs in the history of reffing.
02:58He's a nonsense.
03:00Absolute nonsense, McAveen.
03:04I'm going out, Stan.
03:06Yeah!
03:07On behalf of my fu-
03:21Every hand in my soul, every fight out of control
03:26Do it all to get them off their feet
03:32Crowd is here, about to blow
03:35Painful means to start the show
03:38Out the cut, like the wall for both
03:43Whoa!
03:46What are we saying?
03:49What are we saying?
03:52What are we saying?
03:55Yeah, yeah, yeah
03:57You took it all away, I gave it all away
04:01You take my freedom
04:03You can change the game I've ever made to play
04:06He's first in, he's last out
04:09He works his ass off, he takes pride in what he does
04:14This is a champion that the midwest is certainly proud of
04:24All class, all style, the 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
04:37With Kevin Owens, get down and dirty
04:40And scramble up that ladder however you can
04:43Whoa!
04:45He's got perfect teeth
04:55Perfect hair
04:56A perfect championship build
04:59But he's not scared to sweat
05:03But 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
05:24The night he finished the story
05:26Ending the record-setting reign of Roman Reigns
05:28And Cody saying the helmet superstition
05:31Walk 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
06:01Pat touched on it earlier
06:03Never says no
06:05Involved 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
06:18The following contest is a ladder match
06:23And it is for
06:28The undisputed WWE Championship
06:39Introducing first
06:41The challenger
06:43From Maryville, Quebec, Canada
06:46Weighing in at 242 pounds
06:50Kevin Owens
07:03And his opponent
07:06From Atlanta, Georgia
07:10Weighing in at 222 pounds
07:15He is the undisputed
07:20WWE Champion
07:22The American Nightmare
07:27Cody
07:28Rhoades
07:30Cody Rhoades has changed
07:36His life has changed
07:38Cody Rhoades is now the hunted
07:40He is no longer the hunter
07:42And 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, never says no to the company
08:14He tries to be the perfect ambassador to this entire industry
08:18For me, he's on a fool's errand
08:20That's a mistake
08:21And with that point made
08:22The man sitting next to us, Pat McAfee here tonight
08:26It is much like Cody and the fact that he's constantly working
08:29Seven days a week, 24 hours a day
08:32Pat, it wears on you
08:33I talked to you last week
08:34When you're one of that type of schedule, you just break down
08:37Yeah, you certainly can, your body can stop
08:40But 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 that does it the right way
08:45Well, take it from someone who's been in that position before
08:48CM Punk
08:49We all heard his words to Cody Rhodes this past week on Raw
08:52The pressure is getting to Cody Rhodes
08:55His body is getting ground down
08:57There are over 70,000 people at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis
09:02Cody Rhodes is the champion
09:04Kevin Owens is the challenger
09:06The winged eagle title, the WWE title
09:09Hang above the ring
09:10You have to climb a ladder
09:12Retrieve the championships to become the champion
09:15And solidify your spot at WrestleMania
09:18Indianapolis wants to see these two beat the hell out of each other
09:32Well, they're going to get exactly one but one punt
09:35They promised to punish one another
09:36Maybe end each other's career here tonight
09:39That is where this one-time friendship is ended
09:42And there's the drop down, big right hand by Cody
09:44Remember, Kevin Owens believed that Cody stabbed him in the back
09:49It has turned Kevin into a delusional, a jealous, a bitter man
09:53And a high elbow by the dangerous Owens
09:55Well, Cody Rhodes invited this upon himself when his then friend, Kevin Owens, was offered
10:00A championship match against Cody Rhodes
10:04You remember the matchup, it ended up Cody was the victor because KO couldn't find the killer
10:09Instinct
10:10Yeah, but then
10:10Well, I guess he's re-found it now
10:12And then Cody Rhodes would go and team with Owens' arch enemy
10:15Roman Reigns back in October and that really sent Kevin Owens off the deep end until he would attack Cody Rhodes in the parking lot in Atlanta and set off this rivalry
10:24And don't forget what Kevin Owens did to Rhodes friend Randy Orton
10:27Since we haven't seen since that attack
10:29Well, KO's turned on countless close friends in the past, especially when gold is up for ground
10:35Look at Sami Zayn, Kofi Kingston, John Cena, the list goes on
10:40Looking for a suplex into the steel ladder
10:42Anything goes here
10:44At least we're going to take advantage of that
10:47Oh my goodness, oh my goodness, Cody went right through the ladder
10:51We're going to need a new ladder, guys
10:53This one ain't going to work anymore
10:56The official really has nothing to do with this match
10:58Just has to make sure that the titles come down and he calls the winner
11:01And look at that impact
11:03He got lacerated from that medal
11:05Oh my, speaking of
11:07But it's all perfectly legal
11:11This is exactly why a matchup like this plays completely into the hands of the police fighter Kevin Owens
11:17And now using the ladder as a weapon, Wade
11:19I cannot remember a friendship going so bad so quickly
11:24To the point where these men absolutely hate one another
11:27As Cody is driven into the barricade
11:29When it comes to Kevin Owens' goal, all friendships are temporary
11:34They're transactionary, while the goings go great
11:37Because he doesn't care about anybody else but himself
11:39He cares about the gold
11:40And now Cody
11:41And caring about himself, got him a championship opportunity here at Royal Rumble
11:45Now he sends KO out of the WWE fans here in Indianapolis
11:50Cody now turns on the barricade
11:52Ducks underneath, and now they're fighting out into the crowd
11:54Remember, no count outs, no disqualifications, no pinfalls, no submissives
11:58This is a big old stadium, and it's essentially become the playground of Kevin Owens and Cody Rose
12:05Beer to the face, get me next Cody
12:07Was that nice cold beer?
12:09Don't need one of those, believe me
12:11And now KO
12:13Hard to see in this sea of people here tonight
12:19Kevin and Cody, I mean, this is just, this is like a bar fight
12:23Hard to see with IPA in your eyes too, but they're still balling on
12:28Yeah, a bit citrusy
12:30And now look at a KO there
12:32Oh, and he slams Cody right off the camera
12:34Anything's a weapon when you want to beat the hell out of a guy
12:40I mean, you can brawl all you want around this arena
12:45That is won and lost atop a ladder in the middle of the ring
12:49Will incapacitate your opponent, and things are gonna get a hell of a lot easier
12:53Well, Wade, you know, it is in Cody's genes, right? Dusty, one of the greatest all-time brawlers
12:58Well, Dusty Rhodes, a massive hand in the wiser Kevin Owens in the WWE umbrella
13:04Of course, that all thrown to one side now
13:06Yeah, indeed, what Dusty did for Kevin and so many other men and women down at NXT, the Performance Center
13:14And now Kevin Owens turns his attention to Rhodes with a kick right to the ribs
13:18There's an absolute look of just disgust and disdain on the face of Kevin Owens here
13:24And there has been that look for several months now, Cole, but the truth is victory tonight for KO
13:31And it all becomes sunshine and rainbows once again for the prizefight
13:35But what if he doesn't win?
13:37Well, he'll find a reason for why it didn't happen, we assume that's KO wrestling
13:43And Kevin Owens now sends Cody Rhodes up a little under the ladder and then bounce into the floor
13:49Kevin Owens right where he wants to be stalking Cody Rhodes
13:53And Cody has completely been baited into the trap of Kevin Owens, this is exactly the style KO excels in
13:59Perhaps more than anybody else on the WWE roster
14:03Well, there's a reason, it's fight Owens, fight, right? Fight forever
14:07Kevin Owens now setting up the ladder, Cody Rhodes is down outside the ring
14:09Kevin's gotta climb the ladder and grab the championships, he'll be the champ
14:13Kevin Owens now looking to climb, Cody back in the ring to preserve his championship at least for now
14:19No other man in history has had more title matches at the Royal Rumble than Kevin Owens has
14:27As he dumps Cody outside the ring, once again looking to climb the ladder
14:31Kevin Owens now, Cody intercepts again, playing defense
14:35Well, Cody has been on the back foot for the vast majority of the matchup thus far
14:39And though things may be changing before our eyes
14:43The street fighter inside Cody Rhodes is coming to the floor
14:49Yeah, this is... Ladies and gentlemen, you're looking at an unbelievable scene here
14:53At Lucas Oil Stadium, there's over 70,000
14:56And we've been told this is the third largest gate in WWE history
15:01Bigger than any single night Wrestlemania ever
15:05And now Cody Rhodes banged off the announce table here
15:09Geez
15:11The first was Wrestlemania Sunday last year
15:13Followed by Wrestlemania Saturday last year
15:15And now the Rumble at number 3
15:17And Kevin Owens now, bang! Bouncing off Cody
15:19And Kevin Owens is losing it
15:21The look on Owens' face
15:23I'm not losing it! I'm in it all, bitch!
15:25Right?
15:27He didn't mean that
15:29Be careful what you say right now, Michael Cole
15:33To the son of a security system technician
15:36KO's ready to snap
15:37I gotta pull you up, Cole
15:38KO ain't losing anything
15:40It's Cody Rhodes who's losing it
15:41He's losing the damn match!
15:43And now Kevin Owens are dragging yet another ladder out
15:47Just this look of disgust on his face
15:49An instrument of torture in the hands of Kevin Owens
15:53And now building a bridge between the announced table and the ring
15:57Kevin Owens now
15:59Get out of the way, Pat
16:00I am on there
16:01Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup
16:02I have no idea what Owens is planning to do here
16:08Cody Rhodes though, fighting back
16:10And trying to reverse disaster as he sends Owens into the steps
16:14A much needed burst of life from the WWE Champion
16:17A crucial moment
16:19Things starting to look bleak for Cody
16:22But now he may have swung the pendulum in his own favor
16:26And if he can scramble up this ladder
16:28He wins the match just like that!
16:30Yeah, but Cody just trying to regroup here
16:32Trying to drag the ladder back to the center of the ring
16:34Meanwhile, Kevin Owens with a stepladder here
16:37It's an incredibly short stepladder
16:39Owens using that to his advantage
16:41I think Horschlag will use that once
16:43Well you can swing that thing around with abandon
16:46Take out your opponent
16:48Scramble his brains and his body
16:51Leave him incapacitated
16:53And take a leisurely climb up that ladder
16:56Chaos tactics are bang on
16:57You've been in a Money in the Bank ladder match
16:59And others as well
17:00Yeah, I hated every second of it
17:02Incredibly painful
17:03I actually suplex Cody off 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!
17:12Owens
17:13Well, the heck with it
17:15It was more mid-risk, I guess
17:17Small risk
17:18Low risk
17:20You get it
17:21Kevin Owens is not in the business of giving the people what they want
17:26He's in the business of giving himself
17:28What he wants
17:29The little ladder is back!
17:30Oh!
17:31The little ladder is back!
17:32And now Cody using it as a weapon
17:34Cody's jamming the little ladder
17:36And now bouncing the ladder off KO
17:38Collapses in the corner
17:40I'll tell you what, this little ladder is certainly a menace
17:43And now Cody Rhodes with Kevin down
17:48Gonna try to ascend the ladder to grab the championships in
17:52Retain his title
17:54Look how slow Cody's going
17:56And now again the ladder right to the knee
17:58Right to the knee of Cody
17:59Brilliant from KO
18:01Take out a knee, how the hell do you climb a ladder?
18:03Oh and out of the elbow of Cody Rhodes
18:06Cody Rhodes is soaked
18:07And now to the midsection of Cody
18:09Battered and bruised
18:10A body that had already been beaten up
18:13With that packaged Powell driver several weeks ago
18:16I'm not sure he's 100% coming into this matchup
18:19Oh no, now right out of the ladder
18:21I can tell you Kevin Owens isn't 100% the brain, that's for sure
18:25Oh my
18:26And Cody Rhodes might have just broke every vertebrae on that little one
18:30And not being 100% in the brain
18:33Is perhaps an advantage in a matchup this dangerous
18:37Watch this
18:38And watch the impact of Cody
18:40It's metal
18:41Steel
18:42Rearranging
18:44Cody Rhodes' entire spinal column
18:48It's a double shot there from the ladder
18:50Yeah, Kevin Owens taking down
18:51Cody Rhodes now trying to set the ladder up
18:53It's about survival
18:55That's all this is about
18:56Surviving and grabbing the titles
18:57Well that's exactly how Cody Rhodes got it
18:59And Cody Rhodes got himself to the WWE Championship in the first place
19:03It was a long arduous climb
19:05Almost there, Cody's got his hands on the title
19:07Gonna go up one more rung
19:08Kevin Owens trying to hang on
19:10Cody Rhodes now
19:11Has his hands on the championship
19:13But Cody hanging high above the ring
19:16This could be a disaster
19:18The American Nightmare though
19:19Able to maneuver back to the ladder
19:21Kevin Owens trying to make sure that
19:23Cody doesn't retain the title here
19:26Our champion was just dangling 20 feet in the sky
19:29Well fingertips
19:30Oh my goodness
19:32Cody apparently going for a hurricanrata or something
19:36But KO pulls off what was essentially
19:39A pop-up powerbomb
19:41I don't know how Cody continues to go
19:45After this
19:47How much more can our champs body take
19:51We're talking about bodies
19:54A lot is made about physiques in WWE
19:56KO has the perfect physique for absorbing punishment
20:00Cody certainly does not
20:02And Kevin continues to punish Rhodes
20:05Driving Cody into the ladder again
20:07Kevin Owens has really dominated most of this match
20:10One word
20:11Durability
20:12That is what Kevin Owens is built for
20:15This is Kevin Owens' wheelhouse
20:17And Cody Rhodes has made the mistake of all mistakes
20:21In allowing himself to be baited into this
20:23Kevin's climbing to the top of the ladder
20:25Looking to win the world title
20:26Cody Rhodes now
20:27Trying to literally bench push the ladder
20:29And Kevin Owens with a kick to the midsection
20:33Just too much left in the tank of the WWE champ
20:36Cody Rhodes with that indefatigable human spirit
20:41You weren't buying Wade's argument
20:43Kevin Owens in the physique being better for this matchup
20:46I think it is good
20:47I think it's callous
20:48I think he's ready to take the abuse a little bit more
20:50I mean nobody wants to be in a ladder match
20:52But Kevin Owens is a home game for him
20:54There was an element of Mick Foley
20:56About Kevin Owens and his style
20:58And that body that took Foley all the way to the top
21:01Well it might
21:02Oh and it's interesting you said that
21:03Because earlier today
21:04I saw Mick Foley in heavy conversation with Kevin Owens
21:08Mick was here earlier on
21:09As now Cody is driven into the steps
21:12Hip first
21:13I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall
21:15For that conversation
21:16It seems like Kevin Owens doesn't want to speak to anybody
21:19Whatsoever
21:20Currently
21:21Perhaps
21:22The Hall of Famer Mick Foley got through to him
21:24And gave him some tactical advice
21:31Kevin Owens down
21:32Back into the ring along with Cody Rhodes
21:34It has been a fight
21:37The majority of KO in this match so far
21:39Cody looking to turn things around
21:41And he may do that right there with a suplex
21:44Got readjusted quick
21:45Snap suplex by Cody Rhodes
21:50He's taking a beating tonight
21:52Yeah as much as we make of the durability of Kevin Owens
21:56It pays to remember that he is still a human being
22:02We all have fragilities
22:03And when they're exposed
22:04And Cody may have exposed the fragility in Kevin Owens
22:08But can he take advantage?
22:11Oh wait a minute
22:12Cody Rhodes just busted off the lower rung of the ladder
22:15Where have I seen that before?
22:17Tactic of mine once upon a time
22:19Yeah I think that Wade Barrett invented this tactic
22:22And I used it on Cody Rhodes
22:23He clearly learned a trick or two
22:25Cody Rhodes using the bottom rung of that ladder as a weapon
22:28But he runs into a super kick by Owens
22:31Well that was almost game over for Kevin Owens
22:33That was like being beaten up with a baseball bat
22:35All completely legal of course
22:37That strut of the ladder
22:39Two or three more shots on the frame of Kevin Owens
22:42And he may have been down for good
22:44But Pat, Cody does not look good right now
22:46How could ya?
22:48We're deep into a ladder match
22:49Nobody's gonna look good at this stage
22:51Go! Go!
22:53Go!
22:54Big lefts from Kevin Owens
22:56Southpaw
22:58That's just a mocking
22:59Cody's dad
23:00Dusty Rhodes
23:01And there is the ladder rung right off the face of Rhodes
23:05Well Cody Rhodes essentially falling on his own sword now
23:08Introduced that strut of the ladder into the matchup
23:12Didn't get the job done against KO
23:15And listen I know Kevin Owens wants to punish Cody
23:17I know he wants to destroy this guy
23:19But Kevin Owens is a position now to climb the damn ladder and grab the titles
23:23And win the championship
23:24But instead he wants to beat the hell out of Cody here
23:27And again to the skull of Rhodes
23:29Because Cody Rhodes is not an ordinary superstar
23:32He's extra special
23:34That's what got him to the goal in the first place
23:37This is smarts from Kevin Owens
23:39Do not go for the goal too soon
23:42But I finished the job
23:43But I also told the story of talking to both of these men earlier today
23:47And it's all about punishing
23:49Perhaps ending careers
23:50That is what Owens and Rhodes want to do to each other tonight
23:53Well if you end someone's career who is in a matchup with you
23:57How easy is it going to be for you to climb that ladder
24:00Grab the goal
24:01Kill two birds with one stone
24:04Kevin Owens is trying to end careers every match that he's in
24:07Willing to do whatever to have success
24:10Cody
24:12Been in five ladder matches in his career
24:14But all of the money in the bank ladder matches
24:16And again with the little ladder
24:18Yeah bounced off Rhodes
24:19And Rhodes just has nothing left
24:21The tank is empty
24:22That thing's a ball of steel getting thrown around
24:26These guys are battering each other
24:29Guess what we need
24:30Another ladder
24:31Don't you have enough in the ring already?
24:32They're all broken Cole
24:33That's part of the problem
24:35And so is the body of the WWE champ Cody Rhodes
24:40Got to crawl out of the way
24:41Got to clear some traffic
24:42Too many ladders in the ring
24:44Trying to get those ladders out of there
24:46So Kevin Owens can't beat his body up with them
24:49But it might be too late for that Cody
24:51What's Kevin Owens setting up here?
24:53Furniture here
25:00This looks painful
25:02It could be
25:05Especially if you hit this
25:07Cody now
25:08Trying to fight back
25:09Realize it could have been a disaster there
25:11Big forearm by Owens
25:13And another one to Cody
25:14And Cody just has not been able to find any sort of groove in this match
25:17Oh God
25:18Oh God
25:19Look what's coming
25:20Oh my God
25:21Not this
25:22Not this
25:23Oh
25:24Oh no
25:37Kevin Owens was going for a package piled rival
25:43Cody Rhodes countered with his back
25:45Money drop through the damn ladder
25:48Well Kevin Owens was attempting to finish the career of Cody Rhodes once and for all
25:54A package piledriver on that ladder would certainly have done it
25:58And there was some burning ember left in the soul of Cody Rhodes
26:03And now Cody with an opportunity Wade
26:05Kevin Owens is down
26:06He may not be able to walk
26:07Cody Rhodes now
26:08Trying to place the ladder and win this match
26:10Well I can't believe Cody Rhodes is back up on his feet
26:13It would behoove him to scramble up that ladder with everything he's got
26:16Get this one over
26:18Oh he's trying
26:19And get straight to a doctor
26:20Trying to do what he can
26:21Kevin Owens
26:22Kevin Owens might have some internal bleeding
26:24Kevin Owens running interference
26:25Trying to play defense
26:27But Cody Rhodes is close to the top
26:28Kevin Owens down
26:29Oh my goodness
26:30Down from up there
26:31Kevin Owens has Cody Rhodes up top
26:33Owens down
26:34Kevin Owens on a damn ladder
26:37Back of his head and neck
26:39Exploded through the ladder
26:45Just listen to this
26:52There is a very very simple equation
26:56Bone versus steel
26:58There's only ever one winner
27:02And it certainly was not the body of Cody Rhodes
27:05This is for the undisputed WWE Championship
27:09It is a ladder match in front of over 70,000
27:12And Kevin Owens the challenger
27:14Slowly climbing the ladder
27:16Will this be his destiny?
27:17Will this be his moment?
27:18His first title in eight years
27:20Cody Rhodes trying to play defense here
27:22Trying to grab Owens back off the ladder
27:24I don't know how Cody's even functioning
27:30Cody just crawled
27:31Out of a major car wreck
27:34There's another
27:36But he's just delaying the inevitable at this point
27:40Angering KO further
27:42Much more can our champion take
27:45Cody looks done
27:46Done and dusted
27:48No pun intended
27:50And what instrument of torture is KO turning to next?
27:56Yeah ladders all over the place
27:58He's demented
27:59He's sick
28:00Sick in the head
28:01I guarantee you Owens has been up at night
28:04Some will call it sick in the head
28:06Others will call it a winner's mentality
28:08Because you have to go for broke here
28:11Wade this guy has been sitting up at night
28:13Thinking of ways to torture and punish Cody Rhodes
28:16And it's been hot
28:17I don't want to have to do this
28:18I don't want to have to do this
28:19It's been highly effective clearly 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
28:30Thank goodness
28:31Owens may be going for the splash
28:32Yeah
28:34We might have seen Cody Rhodes splatter right here
28:37In front of us
28:38What is Cody thinking?
28:39He glanced back at that ladder
28:41That Kevin had set up
28:44Cody Rhodes now
28:49Wait a minute
28:50Oh no
28:51Oh no no no no
28:52Yeah
28:53Oh my god
28:54Owens is hooked in the leg
28:55Festerman Buster
28:56Festerman Buster
28:57Festerman Buster
28:58Festerman Buster
28:59Through the ladder
29:00Through the ladder
29:01He might be dead
29:11Checking pulses
29:12Festerman Buster
29:23Festerman Buster
29:24Festerman Buster
29:25Festerman Buster
29:26The human body
29:27We've got a
29:28Is not supposed to end
29:29Hang on Pat
29:30We got some of that
29:31We have the officials
29:32General Manager Nick Aldis
29:33Are down here
29:34Both men are down
29:35Aldis trying to figure out
29:39to figure out how badly hurt both owens and rhodes are what's he saying
29:44okay entertainment is one thing but these are human beings
29:52oh my god look who's here wait a minute sammy zane is here
29:57kevin owens talked to sammy zane about a quid pro quo here at the royal yeah come on sammy
30:03you help me i'll help you and let's meet in the main event of wrestlemania sammy's friends with
30:07both of these guys sammy might be worried about them because of what they've done to each other
30:14i don't know i smell a fix i don't like this at all i'm getting a hint of that as well wave
30:23and now uh sammy again checking on kevin and cody officials are down here trying to figure out
30:31if they can if they can resume this match for the championship with both men physically a wreck
30:38at this point there's a question if this match is even going to continue but looking at kevin owens
30:44he has taken it out of the hands of the officials well the match continues obviously kevin owens is
30:50back to his feet owens wants the championship he wants to put cody rhodes away remember you only win
30:55when they grab the titles giving it out here do you boys want to quit but for the stunner cody rhodes now
31:06a last roll of the dice perhaps from cody rhodes
31:13and it beggars belief that rhodes is moving yeah cody trying to climb the ladder kevin owens though not
31:18going to allow him to do it cody rhodes has been to hell and back in this match and it's continuing
31:24problem is cody rhodes has a human spirit oh my goodness it almost bounced it up right out
31:29table and cody rhodes has got kevin rhodes how does he have this much on rj at the stake kevin
31:39owens head off the post kevin owens is busted open kevin owens has turned into a madman
31:46kevin owens welcome to your worst nightmare the american nightmare is alive
31:57and keo is busted wide open this ain't serious but it's getting terrible
32:03cody rhodes now targeting the wound on the face of kevin owens that's what you wanted that's what you
32:10wanted cody snapping on kevin owens kevin owens brought this upon himself kevin owens brought this
32:22up on himself he made cody rhodes this way
32:28just a few moments ago they were both being asked if they wanted to point that's
32:33oh and a low blow a desperation low blow by kevin owens
32:38kevin owens looking to end the wwe champion
32:45right here no no no looking for that that package pile driver cody able to counter
32:55come on
33:04kevin owens
33:06And meanwhile, Cody Rhodes back into the ring.
33:20Cody Rhodes is going to take the opportunity to climb the ladder.
33:25Well, Kevin Owens has to be finished in, Cole.
33:27Cody Rhodes is near the top.
33:30Cody Rhodes has the championships at hand.
33:34Kevin Owens might be done.
33:38We're good.
33:39Cody Rhodes on top of the ladder.
33:42Kevin Owens has not moved.
33:46Cody Rhodes takes down one title.
33:51Cody Rhodes takes down another.
33:53Cody Rhodes wins.
33:56Here is your winner.
33:58And still, the undisputed WWE Champion, the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes.
34:14Cody Rhodes looks to be headed to WrestleMania as the champion.
34:21We may find out in the Rumble match next who he will face.
34:26Meanwhile, serious concern here at ringside for Kevin Owens.
34:31Our doctors out here checking on him.
34:35One of the most sickening matches we have ever witnessed here in WWE.
34:41The human spirit of Cody Rhodes driving through this.
34:46Kevin hasn't moved.
34:49And these two were willing to end it all to win.
34:54Thought it was over for Cody there.
34:57And then Lane.
34:58Well, this was the moment KO tried to end Cody Rhodes fucking with a package pile driver on either the steps or the table.
35:09But Cody Rhodes powering through with this Alabama slam.
35:13And look at the landing of Kevin Owens.
35:16This is a crucial part.
35:17It's essentially head first for the prize player.
35:21As the ladder snap and 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.
35:39The maturation process of Cody Rhodes over the last ten months.
35:44And he's realizing, as the WWE champion, you have no friends.
35:56What a fight.
35:58Kevin Owens is an absolute mess.
36:04Bloody and battered and broken as our champion.
36:09And that's the only way you can beat the prize fighter.
36:12Cody Rhodes did it.
36:15Went to the depths of humanity.
36:17Because that is how much that championship means.
36:22Here's the story, Wade, at ringside.
36:24Kevin Owens being attended to.
36:26A very concerned general manager.
36:27A very concerned friend, Sammy Zane.
36:30Cody Rhodes, though, did what he had to do to keep his championship and ensure the opportunity to go to WrestleMania.
36:39It's supposed to be a joyous moment.
36:41But the concern for Kevin Owens is so high right now.
36:45I think we're all struggling to celebrate.
36:47Got blood all over our desk.
36:49I hate to be callous about this, Wade.
36:52Because we're talking about a human being here.
36:54But Kevin Owens, he brought all of this upon himself.
37:00He let his bitter jealousy and just get to him.
37:07Drove him over the edge.
37:11What does he say about Cody Rhodes?
37:13That he was able to raise himself to the exact same level at such a deranged individual as Kevin Owens has become.
37:21What's he doing?
37:22Oh, yeah, welcome back, champ.
37:24And Cody Rhodes, the champion, will celebrate tonight after one of the most courageous performances of his career.
37:36What a win.
37:40What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:43What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:44What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:45What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:46What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:47What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:48What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:49What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:50What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:51What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:52What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:53What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:54What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:55What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:56What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:57What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:58What a fight from Kevin Owens.
37:59What a fight from Kevin Owens.
38:00What a fight from Kevin Owens.
38:01What a fight from Kevin Owens.
38:02What a fight from Kevin Owens.
38:03What a fight from Kevin Owens.
38:04What a fight from Kevin Owens.
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