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Night Of Champions _June 28, 2025 - Cody Rhodes Vs Randy Orton _King Of The Ring Finals Match
Night Of Champions _June 28, 2025 - Cody Rhodes Vs Randy Orton _King Of The Ring Finals Match
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00:00of champions
00:20You are looking live at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
00:25It is jam packed for WWE's
00:29Night of Champions
00:33Well ladies and gentlemen for the 24th time
00:36a tournament will culminate in the crowning of a king of the ring tonight
00:40I'm Michael Cole with a former king of the ring, Wade Barrett
00:43Wade, what an important night for the WWE calendar
00:46Absolutely huge, so many stakes this evening
00:49and the fallout from what happens tonight is going to define the rest of the year here in WWE
00:55Massive three or four hours to come
00:57Also here tonight our Arabic announce team
01:00Let's check in with Juden Faisal
01:01Hey guys
01:02Hello and welcome to you and thank you to you in Saudi Arabia
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01:41Good
01:42SummerSlam!
02:12But when the rules start getting broken, you start questioning your fate.
02:17I have a voice that is my savior, hates the love and loves the hate.
02:23I have a voice that has the knowledge and the power to your fate.
02:30I hear forces crying, I see heroes dying.
02:36I have a voice that has the power to your fate.
02:42I have a voice that has the power to your fate.
02:47They talk to me.
02:49They talk to me.
02:52They tell me things that I will do.
02:56They show me things I'll do to you.
02:59They talk to me.
03:01They talk to me.
03:04They talk to me.
03:06They talk to me.
03:08They talk to me.
03:10The world rules are defenseless.
03:13All the doctors are diseased.
03:15Introducing first, from St. Louis, Missouri.
03:20Weighing in at 290 pounds.
03:25The Viper, Randy Orton!
03:34You aretec.
03:36I hear forces calling.
03:37I hear useless calling.
03:40I hear justice calling.
03:44I see faith as falling.
03:46Throving.
03:47inspiration.
03:48They talk to me.
03:51They talk to me.
03:53They talk to me.
03:55They talk to me.
03:56They tell me things that I will do.
03:59They show me things I'll do for you
04:03This is me
04:06This is me
04:09This is me
04:11This is me
04:13This is me
04:15This is me
04:17This is me
04:19This is me
04:21This is me
04:23This is me
04:25This is me
04:27I'm here from self-dying
04:29I'm seen here from dying
04:31I'm changed by that side
04:35I'm mutants
04:37It's my team
04:39I have voices in my head
04:41They show me
04:43They understand
04:45They show me
04:47They show me
04:49They tell me things
04:51that I will do
04:53They show me things
04:55They show me
04:57They show me
04:59They show
05:01They got the best
05:03You can choose
05:05They show me
05:07I'm not choosing your wish
05:09I'm designed to keep you safe
05:11But when rules stop getting broken
05:13You stop questioning your fate
05:15I have a voice that is my savior
05:19Hates to love and loves to hate
05:21I have a voice that has the knowledge
05:25And the power to do your fate
05:27Oh, wait.
05:57They talk to me, they talk to me, they talk to me.
06:27Preston has more than one royal family.
06:57They talk to me, they talk to me, they talk to me, they talk to me.
07:22From Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 222 pounds, the American nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
07:52We're ready now, tear this roof off for the town, gonna give them what they came to see.
08:02Hear the crowd, on their toes, lay for me to start the show, out the cars and lights, no one for home.
08:12Whoa!
08:13I was sad, when I was younger, I'd talk to me better than me.
08:25Better than me!
08:26You took it all away, I gave it all away, can't take my freedom, can't change the game, a better man to play.
08:36I built my kingdom, now you build me!
08:41My dream was not my game!
08:44You'll follow me till the end!
08:48I am my kingdom!
08:50You tried to tell me what to do!
08:53And I'm gonna draw the condition!
08:56I'll step right over and right through!
09:00And you can never stop me now!
09:03Boom!
09:04No!
09:05I am the king!
09:07An incredible atmosphere here tonight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia!
09:12Thousands of WWE fans singing in unison to both Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes entrance music!
09:20Today, now, we get down to business in the finals of the King of the Ring!
09:25I am the king of the Ring!
09:26I am the king of the Ring!
09:27I am the king of the Ring!
09:28I am the king of the Ring!
09:29I am the king of the Ring!
09:30I am the king of the Ring!
09:31I am the king of the Ring!
09:32I am the king of the Ring!
09:33I am the king of the Ring!
09:34I am the king of the Ring!
09:35I am the king of the Ring!
09:36I am the king of the Ring!
09:37in the year 2008 randy orton joined forces with cody rhodes and ted dibiase jr in a group that
09:48would be called legacy over their two years together orton won three world championships
09:53and a royal rumble cody rhodes and ted dibiase won two tag team titles rhodes and dibiase would
10:01kick orton out of the group in the year 2010 they would then do battle and one-on-one action
10:06and over the years orton owns a seven to three singles record against cody rhodes will that
10:12change tonight in the finals of the king of the ring tournament
10:36cody rhodes very successful in riyadh back in november he won the first ever crown jewel
10:47championship for randy orton's about some retribution tonight last year wade in the finals of the king of
10:53the ring tournament he lost to gilter in a very controversial manner gilter would go on to
10:58summerslam to win the world title yeah the final of the king of the ring tournament last year was
11:03absolute bs in my opinion a massive refereeing error and to a lot of people randy orton is the sentimental
11:10favorite writer right last year's wrong
11:14there are no words to describe the atmosphere inside the kingdom arena tonight it is absolutely
11:32electric so for the first time in 12 years these two men go one-on-one
11:49they might not need us to tonight cole i think this audience is going to do it for us
12:00winner of this match heads to summerslam the first weekend of august metlife stadium in new jersey
12:08to take on the undisputed wwe champion since both of these men are from friday night smackdown
12:13could be seen it could be punk we find out later on tonight and orton now with a shoulder tackle
12:18and down goes cody robes i'll tell you right off the bat from the entrances i saw so much nerves in
12:26the eyes of both cody and randy it's astounding considering where they've both been previously in
12:33their careers but it's off many times i don't know whether it's the stakes of this match or whether
12:40it's the fact that you're probably going to have to do some heinous things to a good friend of yours
12:44at some point tonight if you're going to be successful it's also the fact they're getting
12:48screwed over by john cena both of these men cody rhodes at wrestlemania randy orton back at his
12:53hometown of st louis at backlash they'd love to get their hands on cena again if cena survives tonight
12:58yeah i'm sure cm punk might have something to say about that in tonight's main event we'll see how
13:03that goes but right now you need to put yourself in pole position for summerslam and wade mentioned
13:08before these two know each other very well they've had a legacy together however first time in 12
13:15years they've gone one-on-one so still a feeling out process so to speak yeah they know each other
13:20incredibly well and i promise you they've studied each other incredibly well even if they haven't been
13:25competing against each other but for me at this point we've felt each other out briefly we've tied up
13:31a couple of times we've got a sweat on throw the friendship to one side focus on what counts
13:36that's beating the hell out of this man stood across the ring who wants to take away what you badly want
13:43and cody rhodes with a far arm to the face of randy orton and now rhodes off the ropes oh
13:53big knee takes rhodes down well placed into the midsection of the american nightmare
13:59mentioned before 24th king of the ring tournament dropped down by cody and there's the right hand
14:05stunning orton cody playing a little possum there on that knee to the guard making out is a lot more
14:11painful than perhaps it really was just sucking randy in roads ripped into the corner high elbow catches
14:17randy on the bridge of the nose there's a bulldog by cody quickly into the cover on randy hook with a
14:23leg now kick out at two referee charles robinson working this matchup it's so crazy the mental
14:29machinations going on now in the mind of both randy and cody you know full well that your opponent is
14:35expecting certain things early you need to make sure you don't do those things keep your opponent
14:41guessing not sure if i'm ready for cody rhodes to go to the top rope so early but he did it it may have
14:46cost him as randy orton catches him there randy certainly was ready for it those are those reflexes
14:53and instincts of the viper that are simply unsurpassed 1985 the first king of the ring was
14:58crowned none other than don morocco as orton climbs to the top rope with cody in position and there's a
15:06superplex from randy and wait wait a second i don't know if you notice how randy when he bounced
15:12off the matty he quickly went to his lower back perhaps it seized up a bit and randy orton clearly
15:18in some sort of pain here let's watch this again and look at him right there right there randy realizes
15:23he may be in trouble as he moves to the ropes and grab for his lower back and that could be a nerve
15:28issue of course randy orton has had major lower back issues in the past that lumbar spine that kept
15:34him out for about 12 months not so long ago may have tweaked something there and cody rhodes
15:40now stalking his man randy orton it goes right to the lower back and the kidney yeah it's all fair
15:46game you have to disaster kick by cody god it could be a disaster for randy orton here cover by cody for
15:52the win hook of the leg orton's forced to kick out that was a weak weak kick out this is not the kind
15:57of abuse that keeps randy orton down traditionally but that lower back that lumbar spine apparently has
16:06now served a handicap to the viper yeah cody rhodes targeting the lower back is
16:10goes to work on a nice suplex by cody
16:14cover again by cody finals of the king of the ring tournament
16:21well whatever game plan cody rhodes came into with this one probably just changed i don't know what his
16:31plan to target was but now throw that out the window go for what hurts yeah randy you clearly
16:37heard as cody rhodes uh unloads or trying to fight back as well rhodes and orton exchanging blows
16:43randy now oh and there's the patented backbreaker and even that even that causes orton to collapse to
16:52the mat in pain yeah that's an instinctive move from randy orton he's done it millions of times before
16:58his brain automatically went there and now clearly regrets and it take another look at this standard
17:06stuff from orton but it hurt him far more than it did cody rhodes
17:11of course the king of the ring tournament one of attrition surviving to get to the finals and then
17:18winning and now cody rhodes and cody now torturing orton working on the lower back wrapping him around
17:26the ring post cody rhodes here yeah being completely vicious this is a very different side of cody rhodes
17:33why because the stakes are so massive this evening yeah not just the crown but that opportunity
17:40beckoning at summer slam race shot at the gold let's go randy chance for capacity crowd here in
17:49rio i like this from cody rhodes i promise you if the roles were reversed randy orton would have no
17:55hesitation drop kick in attacking cody cover again by cody orton forced to kick out now listen if you
18:02have a back issue obviously each and every time you're forced to kick out it bothers the back
18:06any movement whatsoever i mean even lying in bed with a bad back hurts i cannot possibly fathom
18:12how orton from this point can now negotiate his way back into the match well that's joe tess's issue
18:20carrying you every week oh come on mate there's no need for cody now just died knee placed to the spine
18:25and now rhodes continuing to wear down randy orton and as you mentioned earlier whatever cody's strategy
18:31was it's out the window as he's completely changed things now in his attack on orton we're now attacking
18:36with that for a bat that's really a neck hole but randy orton having to use all the weight on that lower
18:42back to force his way back up and now cody smartly pressing against the upper back of randy forcing
18:48him back down and again all that pressure goes on the lumbar spine and referee charles robinson making
18:54sure that the uh arm remains wrapped around the the jaw of orton it doesn't slip underneath into a choke
19:00here and cody rhodes continues to put the pressure on randy and randy's in deep trouble randy could be
19:06fading here in the center of the ring ray and he just has that competitive spirit that never say die he
19:15thinks he can figure something out here even if the rest of us may doubt it yeah orton trying to
19:20trying to break the the hold here and finally does as he buries cody in the corner and now randy orton
19:26almost went shoulder first uh-oh great move by randy and a big clothesline now to rose and now randy
19:32orton starting to build some momentum now here comes the viper power slam
19:39hesitation uh barely being able to go for the cover here couldn't even hook the leg yeah and that was a
19:45solid two or three before randy could even execute that cover just hampered in every regard from pretty
19:53much the word go in this match now there are occasions when you tweak something early in the
20:06match that over time as the body warms up natural endorphins get released it can numb that injury to
20:12an extent and randy is clearly hoping that is the case here and orton looking to drape cody over the
20:20second rope the wwe's apex predator was going to the uh through that draping ddt and cody went right
20:28back to the back and another shot to the kidneys gotta be ruthless here if you're cody roads
20:35and it really is that slight turn of speed for randy orton that is now gone completely and that was
20:52the difference there in allowing cody roads back into the match when it looked like randy was starting to
20:58build a little bit of build a little bit of momentum just cannot capitalize on the damage you cause to
21:04cody if you can't move quick enough to get the next shot in
21:14cody now heading up to the top rope now and the last cody cutter is that enough to put orton away
21:19randy stays in it again and now cody roads beginning to maybe question himself what do i need to do to
21:27put randy away but that is the sweetest sight in the world if you're cody roads and a viper in agony
21:38and cody deathly maneuvering to the top rope executing yet another cody cutter randy in big big trouble well
21:48hall of famers over the years have been king of the ring 10 world champions have been king of the
21:54ring the best of the best have won this tournament crown the names of booker t and stone cold steve
22:01austin triple h and harley race among others and cody ends up on the apron kick right in the midsection
22:08by orton randy's got him where he wants him creepy ddt coming thank you jordan
22:22the adrenaline is pumping the viper is ready to strike
22:41measuring his man going to the rko blocked by cody into crossroads great counter by cody
22:48cover randy kicked out brandy's kicked out of just about everything so far
22:54yeah that is a wild wild kick out for a man with a busted back who's been beaten from pillar to post
23:01already and cody hits his biggest shot of them all and it's not good enough now what happens in this
23:10kick out to the mindset of cody roads who has dominated this match i'll tell you what happened i was just
23:16looking at cody looked him straight in the eyes and he had a blank look on his face he was like what
23:21do i need to do he was staring out into space trying to figure out how do i take out orton here
23:26yeah remember this was once upon a time your mentor the guy you looked up to the guy who taught you
23:32things that were like oh my god never count out the viper cody just thinking thinking he had all
23:54the time in the world to talk some trash to a beaten and apparently broken viper but that rko out of
24:02nowhere quick as a flash but again now the role reversal how frustrating is that for randy orton
24:09he got the kill shot him just when he'd been written off and it wasn't enough
24:27randy glancing back at cody and oh you wonder what's going through the mind of the viper now
24:33randy glancing back at cody and he's second guessing himself all the time in the world to hit this punt
24:54all be it against a true friend
25:02orton psyched himself up to do it took too long cody rhodes avoided it
25:10now take down on randy orton and cody now look at the figure four figure four center of the ring
25:17locked in orton's in trouble well just gave a massive gift to cody rhodes cody's embraced it
25:24thrown it back in the viper's face cody's got the figure four locked in randy orton center of
25:31the ring nowhere to go as cody continues the pressure only one way to go from here it is quite
25:38simply tap out randy has a massive frame but he is so far from any room unless randy can turn over
25:45onto his belly and reverse the pressure onto cody rhodes which is what orton's trying to do here
25:49and he's able to do that and now it's cody rhodes who's in trouble randy york now has the upper hand
25:56and cody has to roll to the ropes and force a break that was a hell of a long time in that figure four
26:03leg lock and if randy wasn't already in a bad way things are looking messy now for the viper
26:18bad back issues with the legs now randy had the opportunity there to finish that with the puck
26:25simply took too long cody moved out the way and it's still game on
26:30and now orton and rhodes but right hand stunned randy
26:44you mentioned on the uh the countdown show today way to the fact that it's extremely humid and warm
27:00inside this arena and will it affect these athletes tonight it's affected me sat here at ringside
27:07i promise you it is destroying the endurance of both men
27:23ready fight now cody goes to the midsection with another kick now rose off the second row
27:29rko
27:32orton with the interception cody kicks out again
27:45oh god taking flight and again out of nowhere rko connecting flush to cody roads and it really speaks
27:56volumes to the caliber of these two competitors that they are taking the best shots each has to offer
28:04and still somehow ticking again the king of the ring on the line but also an opportunity at the
28:10undisputed wwe championship at summer slam yeah and that's really why the caliber of competitors in the
28:19tournament this year is so high the crown is great everyone wants it but trust me that
28:25opportunity at summer slam it's as big as winning a royal rumble now uh-oh randy now with a with a
28:31steel chair in hand disqualification will hand this thing to to cody rhodes so i'm not quite sure
28:36what randy's thinking here well he's not thinking straight that's the issue the red mist has now
28:40descended for randy
28:52wait a minute oh randy orton now uh i'm doing the top turn but the referees back turn that was entirely a ruse
29:01it was a decoy by randy yeah cerebral orton has exposed the top turnbuckle unbeknownst to the official
29:09carlos robinson cody rhodes though blocks and now it's randy orton blocking
29:19and he went for the rkl
29:21and he went for the corner rips first into the exposed steel crossroads by cody cover
29:31and he went for the road
29:48yeah
29:57what an incredible victory for cody rhodes tonight who earns himself an opportunity at
30:06the undisputed wwe championship at summer slam what a fight tonight i'll tell you right now
30:14cole i've known cody rhodes a long time that was a very different version of cody we saw in there
30:21tonight all bets were off cody turned up the violence down and it was in fact the viper at times
30:28who showed some restraint not so much for cody
30:32this is early on in the matchup randy going for that signature superplex and paying the price
30:46tweaking that lower back and cody rhodes exploited it but randy always ready and dangerous to strike
30:53with this rko out of nowhere cody good for it and then randy orton after bringing a steel chair into
31:00the ring as wade said clearly a ruse to allow randy orton to explode expose the turnbuckle but it would
31:06backfire on the viper and fell on his own sword shove straight into it hitting that lap those ribs
31:12weakening the viper and then crossroads number two connecting and we have ourselves a 20 25 king
31:24of the ring
31:25here is your winner and the new king of the ring
31:37let's go up to our own byron saxton for an interview cody rhodes cody first off
32:07congratulations how does it feel to know that you now have a chance to finally reclaim
32:15the undisputed wwe title at summerslam byron first of all i have to thank randy orton the legend killer
32:25nothing but respect from the guy who mentored me the guy who spoke up for me
32:34he's a future hall of famer and this isn't his last stop here in saudi arabia one more time
32:39for randy orton
32:40i am well aware i hear each and every one of you this is an arduous path
32:53first jay usso the most beloved character in all of wwe
32:57then
33:00the modern locker room leader the man randy orton
33:04and at summerslam that means i'm facing either cm punk or john cena
33:11and i completely get how you feel as an audience when i go up against these beloved characters but i want you to hear it from me
33:23i was born to do this whether it be cm punk or john cena
33:28they are holding on to that belt for themselves and they are holding on to it for me
33:33because at summerslam i get the ball back
33:38the words of the quarterback
33:43the king of the ring
33:55breaka
34:15breaka
34:17breaka
34:19breaka
34:19breaka
34:21breaka
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