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00:00C-M-A-UX! C-M-A-UX!
00:04C-M-A-UX!
00:06C-M-A-UX!
00:30Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:00Oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:29Oh, oh, oh.
01:31Oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:37You have set me free
01:50I'm all the things you need to be
01:55I'm the smiling face on your TV
02:00I'm the one to personality
02:05And it's weird
02:08Still you and me
02:11I told you one and one and three
02:16I'm the personality
02:20Like Joseph Snow
02:23And you're me
02:26I'm the personality
02:30I'm the personality
02:32I'm the personality
02:43No more lies
02:45No more lies
02:47When the leader speaks
02:49The leader speaks
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06:17The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the undisputed WWE Championship.
06:37Yeah!
06:38Introducing first, the challenger from Chicago, Illinois.
06:49He weighed in at 218 pounds, the best in the world, C.M. Paul!
07:06His opponent, from West Newbury, Massachusetts, weighing in at 251 pounds.
07:32He is the greatest of all time, the never seen 17th.
07:44Bracing Riyadh with his presence one last time.
07:52He is the last real champion.
07:57He is the undisputed WWE Champion, John Cena!
08:12The final time in Riyadh, the final time at Night of Champions, his retirement tour more than half over.
08:28And tonight, for the final time, the best in the world, C.M. Punk, the greatest of all time, John Cena, for the undisputed WWE Championship.
08:43The renewal, in my mind, of one of the greatest rivalries in the history of WWE.
08:52They are 6-6 with a draw in singles matchups against one another over the years.
08:58C.M. Punk with the biggest win of his career when he beat John Cena for the championship in 2011.
09:05The SummerSlam of that year, the last time Punk defeated Cena.
09:11First time in nearly 13 years, these two have done battle with a championship on the line.
09:32Side headlocked by Cena as we start things off in this matchup.
09:35Keys to the match for Cena, Wade.
09:37The Eastern match for Cena simply has to outclass the best of all time in C.M. Punk,
09:45who, per the eye test, is in the best shape of his life.
09:49That is a tall, tall task, and John Boy better figure something out real fast here.
09:55Again, an electric, sold-out crowd tonight.
10:09Goosebumps inducing.
10:11And Cena and Punk haven't done anything yet.
10:13People are witnessing history, 14 years in the making with the roles completely reversed.
10:21C.M. Punk in 2011, the man to have skunk with the WWE Championship.
10:28Cena's stated goal this time around to do the same at the end of the retirement tour.
10:35Side headlock now by Punk. Keys to Punk winning the championship.
10:39Well, Punk needs to simply lock in, block out the noise, focus exclusively on why he really came back to WWE.
10:47There's been a ton of talk about why, even from himself.
10:51He is a natural-born competitor, a natural-born winner, and he sees his place exclusively at the top of the mountain.
10:59Something's never changed.
11:00Punk looking for a sixth world championship.
11:03Been an intercontinental champion, a tag team champion, only man in history that went back-to-back money in the banks.
11:10Of course, John Cena, record-setting 17-time world champion.
11:18Randy Orton, the only active performer that is still close at 14.
11:22Nice side headlock takedown into a leg scissors by Cena.
11:27I'll tell you something that I found fascinating a couple of weeks ago.
11:30When John Cena hit his version of a pipe-bomb promo, it really felt like he'd been waiting 14 years to get that off his chest.
11:37Did not appreciate being the victim in the summer of Punk.
11:42And he sees tonight, I suspect, as his moment for vengeance.
11:51Remember, John Cena would win the Elimination Chamber to earn the opportunity at WrestleMania and Cody Rhodes.
12:01He beat CM Punk in the chamber after a stomp by Seth Rollins.
12:06That was the beginning of the clues that John Cena, perhaps, was going to do everything he needed to do to win the championship.
12:13And then, of course, later on in the night, the alignment with The Rock, he would go on a controversial manner to win the championship against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
12:22Controversy has been a part of everything John Cena has done since Toronto in March.
12:28Yeah, I think John Cena, when he returned to WWE, came back perhaps with the best of intentions, but realized maybe over the course of time he'd lost a stat.
12:39And if he really wanted to achieve his goals here and become that record-breaking 17-time world champ, he needed to find some shortcuts.
12:47He needed to become a different human being. And boy, oh boy, has he done so.
12:52Yeah, there's no doubt he's a different human being, as is that man, CM Punk.
12:57I cannot overemphasize the amount of passion that these WWE fans here in Riyadh have shown us not only tonight, but last night at Friday Night SmackDown.
13:11It's like a Champions League final atmosphere here in Riyadh.
13:19Joel, this is a football stadium. Yeah, I said football, not soccer, Michael Cole.
13:23I said football at the top of the show.
13:25It's incredibly impressive there.
13:27You're a reformed Cena fanboy and a reformed football.
13:31Ooh! Big right hand by Cena. Listen, I've made no bones about it. I believe John Cena is the greatest of all time.
13:37And I've laid out my arguments why on a number of occasions. I just don't like the attitude that Cena's showing here.
13:42Especially in his last year at WWE. He's taken everything away from the fans. He's taken away the, you can't see me, and the hustle loyalty and respect.
13:50Not allowing them to cheer what they want to cheer at John's final time here in WWE. And I think he's robbed the fans of that.
13:58Well, Adam perhaps bought that argument six months ago, but when you've soiled your legacy like John Cena has, I don't know how.
14:05Fisherman Suplex into a cover.
14:07You can call that guy the greatest of all time anymore.
14:14Well, there was once a man who, here's a cover, who is, uh, many believe is the greatest of all time, who just happened to be the dirtiest player in the game.
14:23So I don't think you can necessarily, uh, talk about what's personal actions when talking about the greatest.
14:29Cena with a shoulder tackle.
14:38And Punk though!
14:41Looking for the GTS.
14:43Oh, Cena just got out of harm's way.
14:46And John Cena knew it was that close.
14:49And running away like a scalded cat, and who can blame him? We know how devastating that GTS is.
14:55Cena's tasted it enough in the past, and I'll give Cena credit there.
14:59A real clean turn of heels there to get out of trouble.
15:02Man, that's classic Punk.
15:04Mind games.
15:05I don't sweat you, John.
15:06What a classic Punk, but Punk really is a career-long antagonist, who is now tasked with taking down 2025's ultimate villain.
15:22Let's make no mistake about it, Punk is still an antagonist.
15:26He's still got that attitude, he's got that mentality.
15:29Oh, look at Cena trying to power Punk up.
15:33What's Punk trying to do here?
15:35Awkward situation for both these men.
15:39Cena's got him in the AA position, at least momentarily.
15:42Punk will roll up from behind, shoulders down and a kick out.
15:45Well, Cena might have lost in speed.
15:47Oh, he certainly hasn't lost in power.
15:50John Cena still throwing around massive weights at Hard Knocks South, his gym in Tampa, Florida,
15:58but just beaten to the punch on that one by CM Punk.
16:07And Punk with a side Russian leg sweep, floats right into the cover and forces John to get the shoulder up.
16:13Punk knew he wasn't beating John there.
16:15That was just to say, hey, I got your number.
16:18Yeah, but I do think the longer this match goes on, the more it benefits CM Punk.
16:23I think CM Punk has shaken off a massive amount of ring rust since coming back to WWI.
16:29I was highly critical of him, but that epic rivalry with Drew McIntyre last year has really taken Punk to levels I haven't seen from him before.
16:39Yeah, there's no doubt. I agree with you totally on that point.
16:44Punk again now.
16:46Oh, Cena.
16:47I look like Punk was going...
16:48Punk's doing here a domino stretch perhaps.
16:50This modified octopus hole, maybe a page out of AJ Lee's playbook.
16:56Oh, indeed.
16:57Oh, indeed.
16:58As Punk delivered a couple of elbows, Cena now looking to power him up.
17:03And down goes Punk.
17:04Nice takedown by John.
17:05Into the cover.
17:06And Punk hit one.
17:07About to tweak something in the side of John Cena there though, interestingly enough.
17:13Brief pause for Cena, but now back on the attack.
17:18Is this the pace you expected?
17:24From John Cena, absolutely.
17:26This is what we've seen from him since returning.
17:28This is historically the John Cena pace and when John Cena controls the pace of matches,
17:35does things at this speed, methodically, he tends to win.
17:41Cena with a kick right to the face, that caught Punk good, Punk's down.
17:45And if you can pick up the pace against John Cena, you've got a much better chance,
17:50but the volume and the power of those strikes just knocks the stuffing out of opponents,
17:57so they quite simply cannot pick the speed up.
18:00Referee Dan Angler checking on Punk again.
18:02That was a flush kick by Cena right to the face.
18:10John with a shoulder tackle.
18:12Vincent Cena here.
18:15And will he give the WWE fans what they want?
18:20Cena's not even breathing heavily.
18:24And he does with a five knuckle shuffle.
18:34And now measuring Punk for the AA.
18:38The attitude adjustment.
18:39Punk slips behind.
18:40And Punk caught him with a heel kick.
18:42Cena back to his feet.
18:45Punk dips underneath.
18:46Nice neck breaker by Punk.
18:47Now you get a little classic CM Punk in return.
18:51We're getting the greatest hits tonight.
18:53The running knee by Punk.
18:55Caught Cena flush on the jaw.
18:57Got the bridge of the nose too.
18:59Cena looking like a suplex dummy now.
19:03And Punk going to climb to the top rope.
19:10Cena's down in trouble.
19:12Oh, yeah.
19:16And homage to the Macho Man.
19:17Flying elbow by Punk.
19:18And he says it's time to go night night, John.
19:19Absolute bullseye.
19:21Look at the GTS to go to sleep to win the championship.
19:24Oh, got caught.
19:25Cena picked him out of the air.
19:26Looking for the STF.
19:27And locked in.
19:28A turn of speed at the right moment from John Cena just when he was crucial.
19:40Now, Punk, you got to wonder will he tap out.
19:42A long way from the bottom rope.
19:43I don't know if CM Punk has it in him to tap out.
19:45Yeah, but how many.
19:46Pass out if anything.
19:47And Punk now going to try to turn it around in an anaconda vice.
19:50On John Cena.
19:51Shows the brilliance of CM Punk while in agony.
19:52While in dire straits.
19:53Submission now applied to Cena.
19:54Cena's in trouble.
19:55If he tapped, Punk wins the title.
19:56Show the brilliance of CM Punk.
19:57Just when it was crucial.
19:58Now, Punk, you got to wonder will he tap out.
19:59A long way from the bottom rope.
20:00I don't know if CM Punk has it in him to tap out.
20:02Yeah, but how many.
20:03Pass out if anything.
20:04And Punk now going to try to turn it around in an anaconda vice.
20:07On John Cena.
20:08Shows the brilliance of CM Punk while in agony.
20:13While in dire straits.
20:14Submission now applied to Cena.
20:17Cena's in trouble.
20:18If he tapped, Punk wins the title.
20:20Shoulders down.
20:21That'll force a break.
20:23Oh, the brains just never stop working.
20:25Uh oh.
20:26Cena.
20:27Attitude adjustment.
20:28AA.
20:29For the win.
20:30To retain.
20:31Kick out my Punk at two.
20:35Oh, this is incredible.
20:37This is why these are two of the greatest in history.
20:40Perfectly executed elbow drop.
20:43And this looked like it was going to be goodnight.
20:46But after the GCS.
20:49Was avoided.
20:50An AA from Cena.
20:52And a late, late, late kick out from Punk.
20:56Who is hurting in a bad way now.
20:59Yeah, Cena.
21:00You saw the look on his face.
21:01He smells blood.
21:04Cena with Punk up again.
21:05Looking for another attitude adjustment.
21:07Punk though will land on his feet.
21:08Kick right to the midsection.
21:09Oh, and he plants Cena.
21:11With a DDT.
21:12Yeah, but Punk is hurting bad here.
21:14I don't know if he's going to be able to follow this up.
21:17He's going to try something though.
21:21You know what he's going to try, Wade?
21:22Oh, yeah.
21:24Punk going to turn the tables on Cena.
21:26Now it's Cena in trouble.
21:28Adding insult to injury.
21:30Can you imagine if Cena taps to his own move?
21:33And Cena trying to drag himself.
21:36Get the hand on the rope and force a break here.
21:39Cena trying to hang on.
21:41Does he have enough left?
21:42Punk's got it cinched in good.
21:44And now the break will happen.
21:45Punk had those hands in the perfect spot.
21:47Kind of blocking the vision of John Cena.
21:50Which is why it took about five seconds
21:52to actually grab that rope.
21:54And that's why Punk took almost the full five seconds
21:58to break to continue the damage to Cena.
22:01Cena wilting in the corner.
22:03Propped up by the turnbuckles.
22:05And then Punk can move fast here.
22:07Another running knee.
22:08Caught John flush again.
22:10And now there's the...
22:11Went for the bulldog.
22:12Cena able to block.
22:13And John now...
22:15Plants Punk's center of the ring.
22:25And Punk with a kick.
22:27And now it's Punk's opportunity.
22:29Punk dips underneath.
22:34Went for the neck breaker.
22:35Cena with Punk up top.
22:36Cena again with an AA.
22:38Attitude adjustment again.
22:40Hooks the outside leg.
22:41Punk able to kick out.
22:47And this just has to crush the spirit of John Cena.
22:52Reversal after reversal after reversal.
22:54After reversal.
22:55I know you better than you know yourself.
22:57And boom!
22:58This one's over Punk.
23:00Or is it?
23:02Not tonight.
23:03Not this way John.
23:04Now with the 17 time world champion John Cena
23:09starts to get frustrated.
23:10In front of a sellout crowd.
23:12At night of Champions Kingdom Arena.
23:21That is a look of panic on the eyes of John Cena.
23:24Resilient it may be.
23:25Trying something.
23:26But he thought he'd be home and dry at this point.
23:29Now Punk placed up on the top rope.
23:40Both of these men.
23:41Exhaustion setting in.
23:45I cannot imagine going through what they've been through.
23:48And it might be about to get worse for CM Punk.
23:50Yeah two regular attitude adjustments didn't work.
23:53So Cena going for a big one.
23:54But Punk able to block.
23:56And he needed to.
23:58And now Punk from the top rope.
24:02Cross body.
24:03Cena.
24:05Rolls through and still able to power Punk up.
24:08There's your 600 pound plus squat of John Cena.
24:12With a third attitude adjustment.
24:14Cover.
24:17Punk kicked again.
24:18You gotta be kidding me.
24:20What the hell is driving CM Punk this evening?
24:24Oh my god.
24:25Brilliant from Punk.
24:26Even better.
24:27From John Cena.
24:28Just wall power this deep into a.
24:29Exhausting matchup.
24:30AA number three.
24:31Punk broken.
24:32But beaten.
24:33No.
24:34The guts of Punk in this match tonight.
24:35I don't know if Punk has any clue what he's just done.
24:36I don't know if the cogs are turning into his mind.
24:45But John Cena is fully aware.
24:46And that is a look of resigned failure for me.
24:50John has his eyes trained on the WWE championship.
24:57Oh come on.
24:58Well disqualification means he keeps the title.
24:59What does John care?
25:00What does this new Cena care?
25:01We know what he's cooking up here.
25:03and that is a look of resigned failure for me john has his eyes trained on the wwe championship
25:19oh come on well it's disqualification means he keeps the title without
25:22john care what does this new cena care we know what he's cooking up here
25:26the referee warning cena you'll be disqualified you think he cares this version of john cena
25:43well the wwe fans said no john cena blinds them maybe he finally listed punk up again
25:50now it's cm punk's turn gts go to sleep punk can he do it cena kicks it too
26:00well i am baffled i am perplexed john cena had the option to go cheap as hell get himself disqualified
26:10with a championship shot declined and then kicks out of a gts well maybe the fans are starting to get to
26:18him for the most part it's been overwhelming love for cena on this retirement tour displayed his
26:25actions maybe he allowed the fans to get to him there i don't know if i'm buying that explanation
26:31after what i've seen over the past few months from john cena maybe he's just had his bell wrong and is
26:36making bad decisions well he suffered the bell ringing after he dropped the title out of the ring
26:42and now a punk it's cena throwing rights and paymakers at each other
27:05punk went for the upper hand cena ducks underneath another shoulder tackle by john
27:09saying oh no cena inadvertently just blasted the referee dan angler seeing pump delivers a gts but
27:18there's no official angler was knocked out of the ring with a shoulder tackle punch has the championship
27:24won but there's no official here to count it well two gts's in two minutes absolutely should have got the job
27:34done done dan angler referee inadvertently dropped down and out yeah punk didn't see what happened because
27:43he ducked out of the way of the tackle and then cena just clocked the referee who's down and out now yeah
27:48that was a nasty landing the shoulder tackle was bad enough but the way the ref contorted through those ropes and
27:55hit the ground on the outside with him oh no
28:04mr money in the bank set rollins this is not unprecedented rollins cashed in to make a triple threat
28:1610 years ago and rollins and his crew are here well wait on you can't cash in money in the bank
28:27without a referee present and this referee is down that's a great point wade normally you'd bring an
28:35official with you so well let's not forget the long-standing issues the long-standing hatred for
28:46seth rollins and puck and with the official down outside the ring what a better opportunity for seth
28:51rollins to screw cm punk tonight from nanda's hatred belt over years and years maybe you've hit the nail on the
29:01head cole and the mission is simply screw over cm punk and these big bad bruisers broad breaker
29:13pronson reed flanking seth rollins and puck knows he's in trouble puck knows he's outnumbered
29:21and ronald's has been waiting a long long time for this
29:39go get him boys big bronxon reed broad breaker go after punk and cm punk trying to do all he can
29:45build avert disaster here this is cm punk has already been battling in this heat against the
29:52greatest of all time arguably now breaker and bronson reed both down and out outside the ranks
29:59oh my goodness overshot both men i thought he got breaker but bronson reed able to take control and
30:06turn the the tide in favor of reed and breaker well reed didn't go down he's too strong weight up here
30:13cole and now punk all planted onto and through the arabic announce table of course that should be a
30:22disqualification but with our referee down these boys can do whatever they want punk is down and out
30:30breaker and reed celebrating rollins is standing in the middle of the ring wait a minute oh my god
30:39oh my god rollins is calling for an official is ronald's gonna go for the heist of the century
30:44john cena not gonna allow it to happen was ronald's gonna try to cash in
30:59what is going on with john cena tonight breaker and bronson reed now
31:16taking down cena well cena it didn't have to be this way i presume that he'd come down here for you
31:24you see a punk is busted open he's he's beaten and battered and bruised
31:33punk telling me he's okay as penta comes out on the stage now
31:39what is penta planet here he's at his own troubles with bronson reed brock breaker and
31:44set freaking roll into play and penta now and brought breaker going at it there's a brave or perhaps
31:52crazy man stepping up to take on these guys
31:58and penta now
32:01and breaker though brought breaker dumping penta on the stage
32:06well thanks for trying penta it was noble but foolhardy
32:11and another man who's had an issue with rollins and company
32:21sammy zane coming to pet to zane
32:24zane will be crossed earlier tonight trying to send breakers
32:28scrambling well that has changed the game hasn't it
32:31already been through one war this evening ready for another and peppering break of his shots
32:40beating the hell out of each other now breaker with the upper hand on sammy zane
32:45look at penta penta penta from way up top taking out everybody
32:59what a maniac penta is
33:02of bronson reed all alone with a down cedar oh no god oh my god oh my god bronson reed
33:08looking for a tsunami see a pump from behind
33:11duffin reed
33:15cedar with the big man up
33:20330 pound
33:26well cedar and c-o punk have basically come to one another's aid here well no
33:33and they had no other choice they didn't want rollins to cash in because then it would have been a
33:38triple threat now it's back to one-on-one punk and cena had to help one another whatever the master
33:45plan was by paul heyman it did not work
33:58oh
34:08oh
34:15i told you something
34:40oh
34:40wait we've seen that look before and puck was ready puck was ready for a low blow
34:50rollins clocking punk with the briefcase and i was stumped to see a punk it was like deja
34:57boobo the referee is back in cena damn it cena cena steals it rollins is screwed c.m punk
35:06up
35:12here's your winner
35:12here's your winner and still undisputed
35:15undisputed
35:15wwe champion
35:17john
35:19Wade, for two years, it has been Seth Rollins' mission statement to continually screw CM Puff.
35:33He did it in Elimination Chamber.
35:35He did it again tonight at Night of Champions.
35:39We're going to take another look back at this after helping one another out,
35:44albeit briefly, the desperate, soulless version of John Cena returned,
35:51but Puck was ready and waiting, about to connect with a GTS one.
35:57It looked like a replay of what we'd seen historically from Seth Freak and Rollins,
36:04but Cena had other ideas.
36:05Yeah, John Cena dumping Rollins, taking advantage to once again retain the championship in controversial fashion.
36:14John Cena is still the undisputed WWE Champion as his quest to retire as Champion continues.
36:30Meanwhile, Seth Rollins has once again caught CM Puff.
36:36You stay on and watch this.
36:44You stay on and watch this.
36:46You stay on and watch this.
36:47You stay on and watch this.
36:48You still have to sell.
36:50So for now, all of us, live in the world.
36:52You stay on and watch this.
36:53You stay on and watch this.
36:54Now!
36:57Now!
40:28This is a live look inside the stadium here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where John Cena
40:40is still your undisputed WWE champion after a very layered and chaotic finish to the main
40:51event.
40:51You see CM Punk there has not yet left the building, but once again, Byron, Seth Robbins has
41:00got in this man's way.
41:01Hey, Jackie, there's so much to unpack about what we just witnessed in this main event.
41:07I feel like we live 10 lives just watching the last 10 minutes of this matchup.
41:12And to your point, yes, John Cena is still the undisputed WWE champion, but my gosh, the path to get there
41:21was surreal.
41:22Oh my goodness.
41:23Oh my goodness.
41:23Oh my goodness.
41:23There was a lot happening.
41:24And considering all that went down in this match, CM Punk relatively calm at the moment as he exits the building.
41:35Yeah.
41:35With what was, like, listen, we talked about the layers, we're going to get, we're going
41:38to get to it all here on the Night of Champions co-show.
41:41We're going to hear from some of the superstars.
41:43Paul Triple H will join us.
41:45We're going to break it all down, of course, but this main event was a heck of a match.
41:53It was, when it was one on one, I mean, CM Punk put up quite a fight against John Cena prior to everything
42:03happening, and you can see the fans saying their goodbyes.
42:06Yeah, look, I admire CM Punk putting on a brave face right now.
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