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#WWE Night of Champions 2025 #part 2
# June 28, 2025
King of the Ring 2025 Final Match
Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Riyadh Boulevard Street Fight
Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez
Singles Match
Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross (w/Scarlett)
WWE United States Title Match
Jacob Fatu (c) vs. Solo Sikoa
Queen of the Ring 2025 Final Match
Asuka vs. Jade Cargill
Undisputed WWE Title Match
John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk
#WWENOC # Smackdown #raw #live #no1 trending
# June 28, 2025
King of the Ring 2025 Final Match
Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes
Riyadh Boulevard Street Fight
Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez
Singles Match
Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross (w/Scarlett)
WWE United States Title Match
Jacob Fatu (c) vs. Solo Sikoa
Queen of the Ring 2025 Final Match
Asuka vs. Jade Cargill
Undisputed WWE Title Match
John Cena (c) vs. CM Punk
#WWENOC # Smackdown #raw #live #no1 trending
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00:00We all know you're not going to do that.
00:02So since you won't end this, I will.
00:07Raquel's not the same person that I knew back then.
00:10And you're gonna have to kill me to stop me.
00:14The following contest is a Riyadh Boulevard Street Fight.
00:35In this match, there are no countouts, no disqualifications.
00:40The only way to win is by pinfall.
00:44Or submission.
00:46La Ruda.
00:54La Mas Ruda.
00:56La Mas Ruda.
01:07La Mas Ruda.
01:08La Mas Ruda.
01:09La Mas Ruda.
01:10La Mas Ruda.
01:41La Mas Ruda.
01:42La Mas Ruda.
01:43La Mas Ruda.
01:44La Mas Ruda.
01:45La Mas Ruda.
01:46La Mas Ruda.
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01:48La Mas Ruda.
01:49La Mas Ruda.
01:50La Mas Ruda.
01:51La Mas Ruda.
01:52La Mas Ruda.
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01:55La Mas Ruda.
01:56La Mas Ruda.
01:57La Mas Ruda.
01:58La Mas Ruda.
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02:00La Mas Ruda.
02:01La Mas Ruda.
02:02La Mas Ruda.
02:03La Mas Ruda.
02:04La Mas Ruda.
02:05La Mas Ruda.
02:06La Mas Ruda.
02:07La Mas Ruda.
02:08La Mas Ruda.
02:09La Mas Ruda.
02:10La Mas Ruda.
02:11La Mas Ruda.
02:12La Mas Ruda.
02:13La Mas Ruda.
02:14La Mas Ruda.
02:15La Mas Ruda.
02:16La Mas Ruda.
02:17La Mas Ruda.
02:18La Mas Ruda.
02:19La Mas Ruda.
02:20La Mas Ruda.
02:21And her opponent from Adelaide.
02:50Adelaide, South Australia, Rhea Ripley!
03:00Back in 2021, at NXT, Rhea Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez engaged in a last woman standing match.
03:09Wade was there to call it, and it was a victory for Raquel Rodriguez as she established dominance that night on Rhea Ripley.
03:16However, since that moment, Wade, Raquel has been unable to beat Rhea Ripley in a one-on-one match.
03:23Will that factor into tonight?
03:25I'm glad you brought that up.
03:26Look, sometimes what happens when superstars move from NXT to the main roster with Raw SmackDown,
03:33they hit the ground running, they take to it like a duck to water, and Rhea Ripley did that.
03:38Other times, some superstars come up, and they walk around on eggshells for a little while.
03:43They can't get comfortable in the locker room. They don't show their best side.
03:47That's been Raquel. Raquel, on the way, however, has stepped up to a new level, I think in large part because of the injury to Liv Morgan.
03:56Raquel needs to fill those shoes in the Judgment Day, and she does it starting tonight.
04:01Yeah, but Raquel Rodriguez is the one that really started this latest chapter in this rivalry when she first cost Rhea Ripley an opportunity to advance in the Queen of the Ring.
04:11If you're Raquel Rodriguez, why are you trying to poke the bear, for lack of a better term?
04:15It's making a statement. I don't care if Rhea Ripley has a championship or not.
04:20She is always right at the top of the roster when it comes to the women.
04:25And to make a name for yourself, to prove a point, to prove that this is your era, you go for Ripley.
04:31But Jackie Redman on the Countdown Show had a very interesting point she made about Ripley.
04:36It's been a rough patch over the past couple of months for Rhea.
04:38Jackie believes, and so do I, this is really a must-win for Rhea here tonight.
04:42Must win for both women, and clearly Ripley needs to get rid of the Judgment Day,
04:48who have been haunting her career for months now.
04:50They simply will not go away. Victory tonight might finally do the job.
04:55So this is a street fight.
04:57You envy a pinfall or submission.
04:59However, there are no disqualifications or no count-outs.
05:03We are sold out tonight at Kingdom Arena for a night of champions in Raquel and Rhea Ripley
05:08with a collar and elbow tie-up to start things off.
05:11Now, Rhea Ripley, Cole, is a bully in the ring.
05:15I'm not talking about the personality, but she bullies opponents.
05:19That can't happen tonight.
05:21Raquel is simply bigger and stronger than Ripley.
05:25Ripley here is the underdog.
05:27And there's an example of Raquel tossing Rhea across the ring,
05:30stopping Rhea from getting the boot up.
05:32And early on, Raquel Rodriguez is beginning to dominate Ripley.
05:36And Ripley, though, lands on her feet.
05:38Kicked by Rhea.
05:40Stopped on the boot.
05:40Oh, face first off the knee.
05:43And Ripley now!
05:44Well, Raquel still on her feet.
05:46Just ate that clothesline that drops literally the entire roster other than Big Mammy Cool.
05:54Oh, wow!
05:55Did you hear that?
05:57Oh, my God.
05:58That was superb.
05:59It was the weaker hand, too.
06:00Wait, did you hear it?
06:01Yes, I did!
06:02And there's the fallaway slam.
06:04Cole took the big swing with the right and missed,
06:07following it up with the weaker left and still knocking Ripley out of the boots.
06:12And another fallaway slam.
06:14That thud off that chop could be heard echoing throughout the Kingdom Arena.
06:20And Ripley fighting back with a boot to the face.
06:23Yeah, you're in a dogfight now, Ripley.
06:25Swing with everything you got.
06:27Rhea went for the missile dropkick.
06:29Rodriguez moved out of harm's way.
06:30And that's a perfect example of these two women knowing each other so well.
06:34And it's a perfect example for me of Rhea Ripley getting thrown off her game this early
06:39because she simply cannot bully her opponent.
06:41And Raquel Rodriguez is doing the bullying right now,
06:44burying her shoulder into the midsection of Ripley.
06:46And that elbow caught her in the temple.
06:48And Raquel Rodriguez right now is woman handling Rhea Ripley in the corner.
06:53Oh, the power is one thing.
06:54It's the movement from Raquel that has been so good.
06:57She looks like a blur in there.
06:58You have that much strength and that much maneuverability.
07:02You're almost unbeatable.
07:04This is really, really good.
07:05And another chop by the one-time NXT Women's Champion five times in her career.
07:11Raquel Rodriguez has been a tag team champion and two times an NXT tag team champion.
07:17She's had a couple of street fights in her career as well.
07:20Rhea Ripley, Wade, has never been involved in a street fight here in WWE.
07:24Things are changing before our eyes and Rhea Ripley's confidence is slowly but surely draining away here.
07:33Tied up, defenseless, with a powerhouse beating the hell out of you.
07:38And again, the official can do nothing here because there are no disqualifications.
07:42Rodriguez can just tee off like she is with Rhea trapped in the ropes.
07:46Taunting as well in the process.
07:51It's both a physical and mental destruction of the eradicator.
07:57Rhea trying desperately to fight out of the ropes as Raquel Rodriguez grabs a steel chair and a kendo stick.
08:04And if you notice, I'm not sure if you can see, Rhea Ripley almost with a look of panic on her face, Wade,
08:09as she realizes she's a sitting duck.
08:11Realizes she asked for something and she might not be able to deliver the Cubs against this woman.
08:18Oh!
08:21You watch your back.
08:24And Raquel again!
08:27Punishing Ripley!
08:29Raquel just reminding the referee, there's nothing you can do here!
08:35Oh, God.
08:36Well, you were sat here alongside me last night at SmackDown.
08:39Tiffany Stratton at Nia Jax completely obliterated the ringside area.
08:44I've got a feeling Raquel's going to do it.
08:46Oh!
08:47Oh, God.
08:48Well, Rhea just saved herself there, Wade.
08:50Bouncing the chair off the face of Raquel.
08:53And now Rhea trying to, and she finally does, escape from the ropes.
08:57Tie up the arms.
08:58The feet are still swinging.
09:00And Rhea Ripley!
09:01Oh, that caught the head of Raquel on the bottom rope on the way through.
09:05He might get some whiplash injuries there.
09:08Rhea's hurt, though.
09:08You can see the expression on her face, favoring the midsection.
09:12Rodriguez driven shoulder first to the steps.
09:15Rodriguez barely even able to protect herself as you ran face first into those steps.
09:21And, Wade, this is important for Rhea because it allows her to buy a little bit of time to recuperate and regroup here.
09:27Yeah, I don't think you can recuperate physically, but mentally you certainly can.
09:32And Ripley is cooking up something nasty here.
09:36Dragging the hood off the Arabic announce table.
09:41And now clearing off the announce table.
09:45And Rhea now, with Raquel Rodriguez, bouncing Raquel face first.
09:55How quickly things have turned around in this one.
09:58One window of opportunity.
09:59That is all Ripley needed.
10:01Oh, this doesn't bode well for Rodriguez.
10:09Ripley.
10:11We're going to hook Raquel.
10:13Raquel able to block.
10:15And again, Raquel blocks.
10:17Ripley just not strong enough to manhandle Raquel.
10:21Both women moving gingerly now.
10:30Now, Rhea's absorbed a ton of punishment here.
10:34Rhea now, front of the announce table, going to launch herself.
10:37Raquel Rodriguez, though.
10:39Catching Rhea Ripley in midair.
10:41And now, with Rhea up top, driving Ripley.
10:45Oh, my goodness.
10:49To the cow from the announce table.
10:51Rhea Ripley driven into the timekeeper's area by Raquel.
10:57No countouts.
10:59Street fight rules.
11:01Oh, God.
11:02Let's take another look at this.
11:04This sickening crack.
11:06It wasn't a thought.
11:07It was a crack.
11:08I just hope it wasn't the spite of Rhea Ripley.
11:14Raquel in agony, too.
11:16But clearly, has dominated the majority of this match.
11:23Now you're going to wonder what Raquel is looking for.
11:27Table time now.
11:30And again, Rhea has it moved.
11:36And Raquel sending the table into the ring.
11:43What an authoritative performance thus far from Raquel,
11:49who is cooking up more weapons of torture inside that ring,
11:52and apparently has all the time in the world to do it,
11:56because Ripley has barely moved.
12:00Rhea now trying to drag herself out of this predicament.
12:03Raquel back outside the ring.
12:10And again, attacking Ripley, bouncing her off.
12:14Not just the announce table, but the apron.
12:17Genuinely never seen Rhea Ripley treated like this.
12:20I've seen a ton of Ripley matches over the past five years,
12:24up close and personal.
12:25Look at Raquel now.
12:26Look at the power.
12:27Lifting up those steel steps.
12:29Raquel as dangerous as she's ever been.
12:33May look better than she ever has.
12:35As Raquel went to bounce Rhea off the steps.
12:37Rhea, though, able to bounce Raquel face first.
12:40And just like that, Rhea's taking over.
12:56Oh, God, someone might be about to get a whip in here, Cole.
13:00You want to whip me?
13:03You want to whip me?
13:05And it's Raquel now suffering the wrath of Ripley.
13:08Oh, God, a stunning belt, too.
13:10Oh, and you can hear it.
13:14Oh, my goodness.
13:16They're all stuck.
13:17Oh, my God.
13:18Off that belt, flying around the ringside area
13:21after making contact with the height of Raquel.
13:24Raquel trying somehow to get away
13:26as Rhea Ripley continues to just whip the hell
13:29out of Raquel Rodriguez.
13:31Raquel just trying to cover up,
13:33but there's nowhere to go.
13:41And Ripley...
13:43Razor's edge.
13:48Kick.
13:50Cover.
13:50Kick out.
13:55Now, both of these women
13:57are really showing us something here tonight.
14:00Of course, we already knew this
14:01about Rhea Ripley,
14:03but it has been a coming-out party
14:05for Raquel Rodriguez.
14:08Razor's edge
14:09and such a high-angle landing
14:11followed up with that folly
14:13to the jaw of Raquel.
14:15But Big Manny Cole
14:16was simply equal to it.
14:18Well, now a prism trap.
14:21Yeah, the prism trap,
14:23which is the submission maneuver.
14:24Rhea's not tapped out of many in her career.
14:27Raquel in trouble, center of the ring.
14:29Rhea Ripley's got it locked in.
14:32That's the biggest weapon of them all
14:34in this kind of match.
14:36Specialist maneuver
14:37executed to perfection.
14:39And for...
14:42Hey, that's...
14:45Roxanne Perez!
14:46Roxanne Perez,
14:47who's been recruited
14:48to the Judgment Day
14:49by Finn Balor.
14:51We saw Roxanne and Raquel
14:53put Rhea through a table
14:55Monday night on Raw.
14:56And of course,
14:57it's all legal
14:58in a Rhea Boulevard street fight.
15:01And now Rhea Ripley
15:02has had enough
15:04of Roxanne Perez
15:04who drops Rhea to the floor.
15:06And now the feisty
15:09Roxanne Perez.
15:14Uh-oh.
15:15Rhea looking to power out.
15:16Roxanne realizes
15:17she's in trouble.
15:18Her face says it all.
15:19Yes!
15:20Well, whatever Roxanne Perez
15:28was trying to cook up here
15:29has backfired in a big way.
15:31Well, maybe it hasn't backfired, Wade,
15:32because Rhea's got her attention
15:34turned to Roxanne Perez.
15:35It may allow Raquel Rodriguez
15:38to regather herself.
15:41Certainly backfired on Roxanne,
15:43and this is not going to be pretty!
15:44I don't know if you can read lips,
15:46but Rhea Ripley said,
15:48welcome to the Judgment Day!
15:57Some people would say that
15:58Roxanne Perez belongs
16:00in the trash can.
16:01Unnecessary call.
16:02Oh!
16:03Into the steel posted!
16:05Like I said,
16:06that allowed
16:07Raquel opportunity,
16:09Wade,
16:09to regroup.
16:10Yeah, yet again,
16:11a selfless act
16:12from Roxanne Perez.
16:13Oh, no!
16:14Oh, no!
16:14Oh, no!
16:15Oh, no!
16:16Rhea may be out.
16:18Just missile right into it!
16:20And there's that
16:21corkscrew splash
16:23off the second rope.
16:24Raquel looking for the victory!
16:26And a kick out
16:27by Rhea at two!
16:29Rhea has taken
16:31so much punishment
16:32in this one.
16:33Now,
16:33Lord darted
16:34into a steel ring post.
16:37Driven again,
16:39face first,
16:40into those steps.
16:42And then this
16:42corkscrew
16:43Veda Bomb connecting.
16:46Rhea never goes down
16:47without a fight,
16:47however.
16:49But the end
16:50is surely not here.
16:51Yeah,
16:51Raquel dragging Rhea
16:52back to her feet.
16:53Looking for the
16:54Tejana Bomb.
16:55Maybe through the table?
16:57Rhea Ripley, though!
16:58That's Raquel
16:59close to the table
17:00off the runner!
17:01Great footwork
17:02from Raquel there.
17:03Prevented herself
17:04flying into that table
17:06and immediately
17:07a crushing Big Booth.
17:09Raquel was about
17:10to deliver
17:11a Tejana Bomb
17:12through the table
17:13when Rhea able
17:15to counter
17:15at least momentarily.
17:16I am so impressed
17:18how on point
17:19Raquel has been tonight.
17:21Just a step ahead.
17:23Yeah,
17:23very,
17:23very impressive
17:24one of the best
17:26showings by Raquel
17:27in a long time
17:28here tonight
17:28as she has really
17:29dominated Rhea Ripley
17:31at many points
17:32in this match.
17:33Seen the growth
17:34of confidence
17:35with Raquel
17:36over the past
17:36two or three weeks.
17:39Now I don't know
17:40what she's planning here.
17:41Raquel, though,
17:42face first
17:43off the table.
17:44Rhea Ripley
17:45catches her with a kick.
17:46Right on the edge
17:47of that table, too.
17:49Point of the jaw.
17:50Might have loosened
17:51a few teeth there
17:52on Raquel.
17:53I don't think she's
17:53thinking about anything
17:54right now, though.
17:55Brain scramble.
18:02Trying to figure out
18:02what Rhea has in mind.
18:06Rhea now on top
18:07of the table,
18:08which is hung up
18:09on the top
18:10for open.
18:12Bouncing Raquel
18:13off the table.
18:19Ripley not exactly
18:20a top turnbuckle
18:21specialist traditionally.
18:23Well, Ripley now
18:25has Raquel
18:26on the table.
18:26I'm not sure
18:27if that table's
18:28going to hold
18:28these two.
18:31Oh, God.
18:31Rhea setting up
18:32Raquel.
18:33You've got to be
18:34kidding me.
18:34Oh, no.
18:36From up there
18:37on top of the table,
18:38Riptide!
18:39Avalanche Riptide!
18:41Cover by Rhea!
18:42And the win!
18:48Here is your winner,
18:52Rhea Ripley!
18:57Wade, all I can say
18:58is wow.
19:00Just wow.
19:01What a street fight
19:03here tonight.
19:04Such a grisly affair
19:07from two of the most
19:08militant women
19:10we have ever had
19:12in WWE.
19:13I'll take nothing
19:14away from Raquel.
19:16That was incredible
19:17from Big Mabby Cool.
19:20But incredible
19:21doesn't always
19:22get the job done,
19:24especially
19:24when you're in there
19:25with Rhea
19:26bloody Ripley.
19:27Oh, the turning point
19:30was Raquel Rodriguez
19:32going face first
19:33into the table
19:35that she had set up
19:36Wade.
19:37Yeah, falling on her own
19:38sword to an extent,
19:39but how resourceful
19:40is Rhea Ripley?
19:42I'll use it to my benefit
19:44with a massive,
19:45as you called it,
19:47Avalanche Riptide
19:49off that platformer.
19:51Hey,
19:51they're an impersonal
19:52of Planet Love
19:53who's kicking out
19:54of that one.
19:56Wow.
19:57Rhea Ripley,
19:59who's made it
19:59abundantly clear
20:00that she wants,
20:02as she said
20:02on the countdown show,
20:04her baby back
20:05the women's world title.
20:11Vikings.
20:14Tomorrow on WWE LFG.
20:17I'm going to show Booker
20:17why he drafted number one
20:18because I'm going to go
20:19get that point.
20:19This season is going
20:20to be crazy.
20:21With the teams locked.
20:23We ain't going nowhere.
20:24That's where y'all need to be.
20:25The legends get loud.
20:27I'm either going to break them
20:28or I'm going to make them.
20:30The wrists rise fast.
20:33Come on.
20:34I ain't coaching.
20:34I'm worried about him
20:35being hurt.
20:35Who lands the first point?
20:37Yeah.
20:38There you go.
20:39And who's left chasing?
20:40All the damn work
20:41I put in with you.
20:43No, it's ridiculous.
20:44WWE LFG.
20:45Tomorrow,
20:468, 7 central,
20:47only on A&E.
21:01Give me the glory.
21:02Give me the glory.
21:03What?
21:03Hey.
21:04I got the world
21:05I got the world
21:05in a palm in my hand.
21:06I've been a story.
21:07I cannot be sorry.
21:08I gave him the glory.
21:09It's all in the plans.
21:10That was just part of the plan.
21:13Give me the glory.
21:14Yeah!
21:36I'm the B-E-S-T, the prodigy.
21:38Woo!
21:39This thorns come.
21:40Greatness is my destiny.
21:43I'm number one.
21:44This is a big time.
21:54Individual event and two event combo tickets for Saturday night's main event at WWE Evolution
22:01at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, Saturday, July 12th.
22:05That's two weeks from tonight.
22:06And Sunday, July 13th, we're on sale now via Ticketmaster.
22:10You got to wonder if the United States Championship will be on the line at Evolution because, Wade, we got a brand new U.S. champ.
22:17Yeah, incredible stuff from Julia.
22:20Yesterday, her first championship.
22:22Just three or four weeks after being signed right here on SmackDown by Nick Holden.
22:27And here she is.
22:28The champ is in town.
22:30And Rhea just loves some Julia.
22:33Oh, right now we're about to see the battle between Sami Zayn and Karrion Kross.
22:42Kross has been the devil on Sami Zayn's shoulder.
22:45Hoping that Sami would devolve into darkness as the only way to accomplish Sami's ultimate goal to win the world championship.
22:52Sami Zayn has other things in mind.
24:03The end is here.
24:07Fallen free.
24:10Fallen free.
24:14Fallen free.
24:17Fallen free.
24:19Fallen free.
24:21Fallen free.
24:23Well, you know, after months and months of taunting to Sami Zayn,
24:37Karrion Kross finally got what he wanted when he pushed Sami over the edge this past Monday on Raw.
24:43So, that all this, the way you are, the way you want to be, Sami, you're never going to be world champion.
25:07I talked to Adam Pearce. Our match is official.
25:14Tick tock.
25:20Stop it.
25:23Got him.
25:24Clearly, it's what Kross wanted.
25:26Yes, he did, and perhaps the mask has slipped on Sami Zayn.
25:31You might not like the words of the devil on your shoulder, but when the words are true,
25:37perhaps they hurt even more, Sami.
25:40And the hatred you have inside your heart was apparent for all to see this past week at Raw.
25:47I think Karrion Kross is completely insane.
25:50Well, you know what?
25:51A lot of people believe his stuff makes sense.
25:53Make sense.
25:54Go!
25:55Go!
25:56Go!
25:57Go!
25:58Go!
25:59Go!
26:00Go!
26:01Go!
26:02Go!
26:03Go!
26:04Go!
26:05Go!
26:11Go!
26:12Go!
26:14Go!
26:16Go!
26:17The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
26:41Making his way to the ring.
26:44From Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
26:47Playing it at 212 pounds, Sammy Zay!
26:56.
26:58.
27:03.
27:04Oh!
27:23Oh!
27:26Oh!
27:27Let's go!
27:29Karrion Kross says that his main targets in WWE are liars.
27:38Because he hates dishonesty and misdirection.
27:42He claims that Sami Zayn is one of those liars.
27:46Well, he says Sami Zayn weaponizes sympathy,
27:50which I thought was very interesting on that entrance.
27:53Look, Sami Zayn wearing that traditional headdress here.
27:56Okay, to get the people on his side.
27:59Why does he do that?
28:00Because it helps advance his own career.
28:03This is the lies.
28:04This is the misdirection that Karrion Kross has been trying to point out with regards to Sami Zayn.
28:11He's not kind of curry favor with anyone.
28:13He's celebrating his heritage.
28:14But nonetheless, it's Sami Zayn.
28:16I'm from England.
28:17I never walked down the aisle in a bowler hat when we were in London.
28:20You would have if they let you.
28:21And bell rings were underway.
28:23Sami Kross one-on-one here tonight.
28:25There's this groundswell of support that has surrounded Karrion Kross over the past couple of months.
28:34But for some reason, there's many WWE fans that are back in this cycle.
28:40Social media has been very vocal about it.
28:43However, now you gotta prove yourself if you're Karrion Kross against Sami Zayn.
28:47Well, stop castigating the man first of all, if you call him a psycho.
28:51That's my opinion.
28:52Okay.
28:53Well, apparently, the reason there's a groundswell of support behind Karrion Kross is because certain people, and large numbers of them, actually listen to the message and agree with what he's saying.
29:04Yeah, guys like the New Day, and look how they've been acting over the past few months since they had a run-in with this guy.
29:09Well, the New Day and thousands and thousands of others.
29:11Well, you are right. The message is one thing. The demand for opportunity is another. Tonight opportunity knocks for Karrion Kross, and you have to deliver.
29:29Not quite sure taking advice and listening to the message of a psycho is a good way to live your life, but I guess some people do that.
29:40Again, a warped perspective.
29:46Is this the pace you expected this match to start at?
29:49Well, it's the goading from Karrion Kross historically, and this guy dominated NXT.
29:54Let's be clear, hasn't had the same level of success as moving to Raw or SmackDown, but he's always been a manipulator, a guy able to break people mentally and then break them physically.
30:06Yeah, and here he's doing just that to Sami Zayn, the viciousness of Kross.
30:11And the official, official Daphne LaShawn backing Kross off, you see Scarlett barking at Sami Zayn.
30:24And now Sami fighting back.
30:27Sami is such a scrappy underdog fighter. Unrivaled spirit in that ring.
30:33Well, Sami's been on this, what some may say is an obsessive quest in trying to win his first ever world championship in WWE.
30:42And that's been part of the issue for Sami Zayn. Kross has told him you're simply not good enough to win it.
30:47Kane does not believe that.
30:49Well, history would tell you Sami hasn't been good enough to win it thus far.
30:55And I think Kross's point is, you need to bring out the hatred in your heart if you want to get to the top of the fight game.
31:01The cunning, seductive, manipulative, Scarlett, offering some words of wisdom in the ear of Karrion Kross.
31:15The modern day, Mickey and Mallory.
31:19Whatever those words of wisdom there, absolutely works.
31:24And her man is back on top.
31:26And forearm dropping Zayn.
31:28And now Kross looks to take over with his power.
31:33Sami though, gonna end up on the barricade.
31:36Moonsault will take down Karrion Kross and Sami's fired up.
31:40Great, nimble ability from Sami Zayn.
31:44Rooster, you can never write this guy off.
31:47And that is frustration, frustration to a powerhouse like Karrion Kross.
31:51And Kross now with a smile on his face!
31:54Sends Sami Zayn across the ring with a great throw.
31:57Saito suplex there from Kross.
32:01An absolute specialist with that move.
32:03Yeah, the doomsday Saito, he calls it, as he continues the attack on Zayn.
32:10Take another look.
32:12Great maneuver.
32:13He won an NXT championship with Once Upon a Time.
32:17And now perhaps getting back to that kind of form here at Knight of Champions.
32:26Another straight forearm to Sami.
32:28But there again is just the resilience of Zayn.
32:31That never-say-die attitude.
32:33Oh!
32:36And elbow well-connected.
32:45Kross cover.
32:46Oh!
32:47And Sami able to kick at one.
32:49Just the-then this plodding style by Karrion Kross to wear his opponent down.
32:56The cave mindset that lives inside the head of Karrion Kross draw out the pain, draw out the torture.
33:05Well, Wade, you gotta wonder if Kross actually believes in all this doomsday rhetoric, or does he just like playing mind games with his opponent?
33:16Well, in the end, regardless of which one is true, it's highly effective, and Sami Zayn hasn't been his normal self from the word go tonight.
33:24No!
33:27Sami with a couple of elbows.
33:35What's Sami gonna do here with Kross down to one knee?
33:38Oh, right to the back of blow by Kross.
33:40And Sami now hung up.
33:41Dangerous position here for Zayn.
33:44That's the point for Karrion Kross.
33:45You called it a plod.
33:47You liar!
33:49Plodding style earlier when Kross needs to move quickly,
33:52when he needs to close down that space like he did there, he absolutely can.
33:55The cover.
33:57Sami kicks out, and I did not mean plodding in a negative way.
34:01I mean, an opportunity to slow the pace down and just beat the hell out of the opponent, which he's doing now to Sami Zayn.
34:07Well, that surprises me, because you've been nothing but negative about Karrion Kross since he walked out here this evening.
34:12I just think the guy's a fly short of a happy meal. I mean, what do you expect?
34:16Well, Scarlett doesn't agree. Thousands and thousands of people around the world don't agree.
34:23And I'm pretty sure right now Sami Zayn might be adjusting his way of thinking before our eyes.
34:28You do realize there's been a lot of psychos over the years that have had millions of people following them, right?
34:33Doesn't make them right.
34:34Well, that's a good point, man. But that does not prove that Karrion Kross is amazing.
34:47Oh, and Sami fighting back, and here comes Zayn.
34:50Man, Sami Zayn just digging down deep again.
34:55But technically Sogut was Kross covering up and blocking almost all of those shots.
35:04Sami's leapfrog, and a close line drops Kross.
35:07Oh, that was massive from Sami Zayn.
35:10Knocking Kross out of his boots there with that one. Did not expect that at all.
35:15Perhaps that rage now boiling up inside Sami Zayn, and to be fair, he looks better for it.
35:21Which is Kross's point.
35:33Not gonna stop at 10.
35:44Sami now measuring his man, Zayn.
35:47That axe handle right across the head of Karrion Kross.
35:52The game really has changed before our eyes.
35:55Something is broken inside Sami Zayn.
35:58And he's now in the ascendancy, and defenseless is Karrion Kross.
36:07And Karrion, again, quickly back to his feet.
36:09Sami, though, leapfrog rolls through.
36:12Caught by Kross. Kross has got Sami in possession.
36:14Down goes Sami Zayn. Cover now.
36:17Is it enough to put him away? And a kick out.
36:25Once again, the power of Karrion Kross on display.
36:29Technique and everything with that leaping dead valley driver.
36:33Not quite enough to put Sami away, but Sami is looking like a broken man now.
36:40Yeah, Kross could be closing in on an important victory here.
36:44Heard him screaming earlier at Zayn.
36:46You're a liar. You're nothing but a liar.
36:48And now, we're gonna put Sami Zayn away.
36:53Gonna lock in that Kross jacket.
36:55Sami Zayn go for it, though.
36:57And Sami went for the blue thunder bomb.
36:59Countered by Kross.
37:03No!
37:04Oh, what a throw!
37:05Dropping Sami right on the back of his head.
37:07Once again, the go-to, that doomsday, Saito.
37:11Wiping the brain of Sami Zayn.
37:15And I think I know what's coming next, Cole.
37:17Could be cross hammer time.
37:19Paying homage to my broadcast partner.
37:21This lands with a sickening thought.
37:25And Sami Zayn, though, even to turn it around.
37:31Into a blue thunder bomb!
37:34The move that almost beat Randy Orton in the King of the Ring semifinals.
37:40Almost beat Kross here tonight.
37:42But another look at the doomsday Saito that Kross uses so effectively.
37:46Really his go-to move.
37:47And that landing is so sickening on the back of the neck.
37:50And just when the killer blow was about to hit.
37:54Sami Zayn pulls it out of nowhere.
37:57Perhaps celebrating a snitch too soon.
38:00Because this Karrion Kross is double top.
38:06Sami Zayn trying to psych himself up.
38:08Get back into this matchup off that blue thunder bomb.
38:12Really is tapping into the energy of this Riyadh audience.
38:15This is their man.
38:16They believe in Sami Zayn now.
38:18Karrion Kross just collapsing to the center of the mat.
38:21This is dead weight for Sami Zayn.
38:23And it's a lot of weight.
38:24Karrion Kross in about 280, 270.
38:27Oh, nice German suplex released by Karrion Kross.
38:30And it's almost like he suckered Zayn in.
38:32Yes, he did.
38:33Mind games once again.
38:34Burn out your energy.
38:35Lifting up this massive frame.
38:37And when you think you've done it.
38:39It's German suplex o'clock.
38:42Karrion Kross are well versed in all aspects of the grappling game.
38:46In fact, he's a brown belt.
38:48And he comes to judo.
38:50He's a guy who can snap baseball bats with his bare arms.
38:54Videos online of it if you don't believe me.
38:56Multiple in one go.
38:58Sami Zayn slips from behind.
39:00From behind, Karrion Kross.
39:02Zayn caught him.
39:04The explosion into the corner.
39:06I don't know if he got quite all of it, but maybe enough.
39:08As Kross landed on the back of his head.
39:11Oh God, not where you want to be if you're Karrion Kross.
39:14Not when Sami has momentum.
39:17But for the halluva kick.
39:19Kross caught him in the Kross jacket.
39:21And that is firmly locked in now.
39:24Sami desperately reaching for those ropes.
39:27Sami had an opportunity.
39:29Kross intercepted him.
39:30Kross jacket in.
39:31Karrion Kross.
39:32They're going to tap out Sami.
39:33Or pass it out here tonight.
39:35Cutting off the oxygen supply.
39:37Cutting off the blood supply to the brain.
39:40And now the hooks are in.
39:42Locked in.
39:43Wrapping the legs around the body of Sami Zayn.
39:45And Sami starting to fade.
39:47Nowhere to go.
39:48Kross has got him hooked good.
39:50Lips are turning blue.
39:52Body is going limp.
39:53Lights are fading.
39:55A matter of time now.
39:57Sami Zayn may be out.
39:58Oh god.
39:59His face is going purple.
40:01The official Daphne LaShawn right there.
40:04Seeing if Sami taps.
40:05I think he's gone.
40:06I think he's gone.
40:07He may be out here.
40:08It's out.
40:09And it goes down this time.
40:14It's over ladies and gentlemen.
40:16Sami though.
40:17Keeps it up.
40:18And Sami's still in the fight.
40:19Somehow.
40:20Oh a quick burst of life to the mind of Sami Zayn.
40:25But what can you do with it Sami.
40:27Yeah but he's got to drag this 280 pound frame.
40:31Of Karrion Kross.
40:33To the bottom rope.
40:34Sami about a hands length away.
40:36Finger tips away now.
40:37Trying to get to the bottom rope.
40:39Kross wisely shifts his weight.
40:41Oh that was so good from Karrion Kross.
40:43But is it enough?
40:44And Sami's fading again.
40:45Sami's fading again.
40:46And he's only a fingertip away from the bottom rope.
40:48I told you.
40:50I told you.
40:52Sami Zayn will force a break.
40:56And perhaps that taut was a little too much for Sami to take.
41:00It's broken for now.
41:04Sami looks like a beaten man.
41:10What's wrong with you?
41:11You gotta learn to stay down.
41:17Oh goodness.
41:19Decapitation.
41:20Shit.
41:21I'm not more.
41:22Say it.
41:23Again.
41:24Zayn.
41:25Say it.
41:26Say you're lying.
41:33The punishment now.
41:35Of Sami Zayn.
41:36Zayn.
41:37Cross.
41:38Told.
41:39The truth.
41:40He's looking like a manager here.
41:41But what?
41:42Halua kick.
41:43Halua kick.
41:44Halua kick.
41:45By Sami Zayn.
41:46Drops Cross.
41:47Falls into the cover.
41:48Sami Zayn.
41:49Falls into the cover.
41:50Sami Zayn.
41:51Sami Zayn.
41:52With a miracle.
41:57Here is your winner.
41:59Sami Zayn.
42:04Sami Zayn.
42:05He had no interest Wade in admitting that he was a liar.
42:10He was very truthful when he said earlier today he was going to beat Karrion Kross at Night of Champions.
42:16Well Karrion Kross just stole defeat from the jaws of victory.
42:20He had his man beat.
42:22But one torn too many.
42:24Energized.
42:25Whatever spirit is inside Sami Zayn.
42:29And Sami Zayn with that flash Halua kick gets the job done.
42:34Sami got caught in the cross jacket by Karrion Kross here.
42:37We thought it was over.
42:38Oh man.
42:39This felt like an eternity.
42:40I have no idea how this wasn't the end for Sami Zayn.
42:50It was all but over.
42:52Until Sami Zayn fired up.
42:55Got to the ropes.
42:57And clothesline after clothesline in the corner.
43:02Made it look.
43:03Hold.
43:04The truth.
43:05Like game over but one torn too many.
43:08And boom.
43:09Right to the temple.
43:10Halluva kick.
43:12From Sami Zayn.
43:15grabs the dub here in Riyadh.
43:22What a victory.
43:28By Sami Zayn tonight.
43:31Slaying Karrion Kross.
43:34Rated T for team.
43:52This November.
44:21It is quite the feeling here.
44:23It is electric.
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44:30An absolutely incredible scene.
44:34It's Petco Park.
44:36A slugfest for the ages.
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44:45The epic performance that no one will ever, ever forget.
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