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00:00:00Jim now, eat your woods!
00:00:03And look at Jacob Fatou, all alone.
00:00:11It's all mine! I'm tired of giving it! I gave everything! Now I'm taking it all! It's fun! Everything!
00:00:19Welcome to the official Riyadh season opening ceremony, 2024.
00:00:26Hartford Kennedy!
00:00:30Riyadh!
00:00:39Live from Riyadh, crown jewel!
00:00:51Welcome to Saturday Night's Main Event!
00:00:53Saturday Night's Main Event is back!
00:00:55The light, the legend, the chaos.
00:01:00And now, the icon returns for one final match.
00:01:04Score!
00:01:05Yes!
00:01:06Goldberg!
00:01:07Goombin!
00:01:09For the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
00:01:12No one spared.
00:01:14Everyone speared.
00:01:15Saturday Night's Main Event, live nationwide, Saturday, July 12th at 8 on NBC and Peacock.
00:01:20Well, individual event and two-event combo tickets are Saturday Night's Main Event, which is two weeks from tonight.
00:01:28And WWE's Evolution two weeks from tomorrow at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, July 12th, Sunday, July 13th.
00:01:36They're on sale now via Ticketmaster.
00:01:38And you have to wonder if the WWE Women's Championship is going to be up for grabs at Night of Champions.
00:01:44Last night, Tiffany Stratton knocked off Nia Jackson in an incredible last woman standing match to keep her title.
00:01:51And here at a Night of Champions, Tiffany Stratton, the WWE Women's Champion, is celebrating the gold.
00:02:06And of course, we are in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Night of Champions tonight.
00:02:13And of course, a whole slew of podcasts that you can sink into and listen to some of the great talk here at WWE, including the recap of Night of Champions.
00:02:24Night of Champions recap hosted by Sam Roberts, Megan Morant.
00:02:27That'll be available tomorrow.
00:02:32Well, heavy is the head that wears the crown.
00:02:34But who will be anointed queen?
00:02:37Jade Cargill looks to put an end to the surging Oscar.
00:02:39Well, will the Empress of Tomorrow have what it takes to win today?
00:02:42Two deserving women, one crown.
00:02:44The Queen of the Ring Finals is next.
00:02:55The Queen's crown hangs in the balance.
00:02:59At Night of Champions, a new queen will rule over WWE.
00:03:04Her eyes set on a marquee showdown at the biggest party of the summer.
00:03:15The stakes could not be higher.
00:03:17Baratology is back and here to guide you through the raucous quest to the throne.
00:03:24In the first round, fatal four-way match-ups took place throughout Raw and SmackDown, with the winners moving to the semi-finals.
00:03:34It all started as the prodigy, Roxanne Perez, would steal a pinfall to advance.
00:03:40Way to infear yourself, Roxanne.
00:03:43No one was a match for the oncoming storm as Jade Cargill roared her way into the semi-finals.
00:03:51While former five-time champion Alexa Bliss punched her ticket for the next round in buzzer-feater fashion.
00:04:00Fire tapped out after the pinfall win.
00:04:04Claiming the final spot in the semi-finals would be Asuka.
00:04:07As the empress of tomorrow stamped her return after a year-long absence with a dominant performance.
00:04:18With the final four set, semi-final action would kick off on SmackDown with Alexa Bliss and Asuka.
00:04:27Highly skilled former champions.
00:04:30Empress Impact!
00:04:32Nice and ready for Asuka!
00:04:36Over on Raw, the brash Roxanne Perez walked into the semi-finals with home-court advantage.
00:04:44Let's just say, things did not go the prodigy's way against Jade Cargill.
00:04:50The winner of this match-up faces Asuka, the finals of the Queen of the Ring Tournament.
00:04:57Roxanne putting up a hell of a fight here tonight.
00:05:00Face first off of Jaden, she's gonna face Asuka at Night of Champions.
00:05:04I'm walking in to range.
00:05:07And with that, we are down to the final two.
00:05:10The Storm...
00:05:12...and the Empress.
00:05:13Less than two years into her WWE career, the ascendant Jade Cargill now looks to grab her first major accolade as a singles competitor.
00:05:29What awaits Cargill is her most threatening opponent today, Asuka.
00:05:34The Japanese phenomenon is looking to re-solidify her standing as the most feared woman in WWE by adding a Queen of the Ring Tournament victory to her already stacked resume.
00:05:48The woman who emerges from the battle victorious will have a one-way ticket to SummerSlam, the challenge for the World Championship.
00:05:58Now they go one-on-one in the Queen of the Ring Tournament Finals.
00:06:02The WWE Universe's eyes are fixated on this generational clash.
00:06:10Asuka, J. Cargill.
00:06:13Who will become the 2025 Queen of the Ring?
00:06:18Ladies and gentlemen, the following is the finals of the Queen of the Ring Tournament,
00:06:33in which the winner will go on to challenge for their brand's Women's Championship at SummerSlam!
00:07:40After missing 13 months with a knee injury, in a recent interview, Asuka talked about the recovery process.
00:07:47She said it wasn't easy.
00:07:49There were many tough days, but the voice of the WWE fans begging her to return are what kept her going.
00:07:55She never stopped.
00:07:57She matched her intensity in the training room for rehab to get ready.
00:08:02And Wade, she says she's better than ever, and this is just the beginning.
00:08:06Well, she certainly has been better than ever on this run in the tournament so far.
00:08:11I think blowing everyone's minds at the caliber of performances she's put in.
00:08:17The knee clearly not an issue now.
00:08:19I do question the endurance, however, given that we're in such a hot, humid atmosphere,
00:08:25even though we're inside here in Riyadh.
00:08:28I'm sweating pockets, and that may be a talent factor for a competitor who has barely competed in over 400 days.
00:08:36A storm is coming.
00:09:06And her opponent, from Farrow Beach, Florida,
00:09:23Jade Cargill!
00:09:29Jade Cargill has never competed for a singles championship in WWE.
00:09:35WWE is an opportunity to change that if she wins tonight.
00:09:39She would go on to SummerSlam to take on the WWE Women's Champion.
00:09:44If Asuka wins, she would headline SummerSlam against the Women's World Champion.
00:09:50It was back in May of 2024, last year, in Backlash, Lyon, France.
00:10:00But Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair took the tag team titles from the Kabuki Warriors,
00:10:05Kairi Stane and Asuka.
00:10:06And it was on that night that Asuka injured her knee.
00:10:09That would cost her 13 months of action.
00:10:11Wade, will that come to play?
00:10:12Will that be in her head here tonight?
00:10:14Yeah, I don't think it will.
00:10:16Sometimes you have that kind of specter hanging over you when a competitor has injured you,
00:10:21and you're either fearing them doing it again, or you really want to get vengeance.
00:10:26It was a fairly innocuous injury, the way it went down.
00:10:29It wasn't a targeting attack on the knee of Asuka.
00:10:32I don't think that will come into play in the psyche of Asuka whatsoever.
00:10:36First time ever one-on-one between these two women.
00:10:41In 2021, Zelina Vega won the Queen's crown.
00:10:47Last year, Nia Jax won the Queen of the Ring.
00:10:50She went on to SummerSlam to beat Bayley for the WWE Women's title,
00:10:54who will become the latest Queen of the Ring.
00:10:57Two highly respectful competitors, but it didn't come to blows.
00:11:03Last night on SmackDown, the thin veneer of civility was scratched off quickly.
00:11:09With Asuka getting the best of Jade last night.
00:11:12And Jade said on the countdown show, Asuka made a mistake,
00:11:15and it came to blows like that.
00:11:17So let's talk strategy.
00:11:18If you're Jade Cargill in this matchup,
00:11:20how do you match a woman who I believe is a first ballot Hall of Famer in Asuka?
00:11:24Well, clearly there's a massive disparity in resumes here.
00:11:28An experienced Jade Cargill, miles behind Asuka.
00:11:32But you've got to hope that power game that you're known for
00:11:35really neutralizes that disparity in the early goings.
00:11:39And Asuka, we're going to put Cargill away early.
00:11:41Asuka, going to pull out every trick in the book here tonight.
00:11:45Cargill turning it around.
00:11:46And there's the power you talked about with the side slam.
00:11:49Cover, hook on the inside leg, and a kick out.
00:11:52It's really hard to find a weakness with regards to Jade Cargill.
00:11:56Occasionally, the temperament has been an issue.
00:11:59I know for a fact that Nia Jax has exploited that in the past.
00:12:03And got Jade Cargill to essentially get herself disqualified.
00:12:06Oh, nice.
00:12:07Dragon screw on the rope by Asuka, who's taken over.
00:12:10Now, you talk about a weakness in Cargill.
00:12:13One of the things I noticed in her semifinal matchup against Roxanne Perez
00:12:16was the fact that she got frustrated.
00:12:19Roxanne Perez had her out of her game, and she got extremely frustrated.
00:12:23It almost cost her.
00:12:24And now, the knee comes into play.
00:12:26And that's often an issue when competitors are bigger and stronger than most of the roster.
00:12:31When things aren't going their way, it's not what they're used to.
00:12:35They're supposed to be dominant.
00:12:36They're supposed to be able to control proceedings.
00:12:39And sometimes, they lose their rank when that doesn't happen.
00:12:42Oh!
00:12:42And this is a tremendous strategy.
00:12:44Cover now by Asuka, kick out.
00:12:46To take out the leg of Cargill and make it an even playing field.
00:12:50Take the power game away.
00:12:51And even the way that went down, Asuka really baited Cargill into making a mistake in the early goings.
00:12:57Realizing, look, the bigger, powerful superstar, Jay Cargill.
00:13:01If I take that knee out, suddenly, we're a lot more equal in terms of the power game.
00:13:05Asuka, a four-time world champion.
00:13:08Oh, jeez.
00:13:10As NXT Women's Champion, she held it a record 510 days.
00:13:16Four-time tag champ.
00:13:17She's won the Money in the Bank Royal Rumble.
00:13:19And who won't forget, the first 914 days she was at NXT and at WWE, Wade, she was undefeated.
00:13:27You're saying she's won pretty much everything apart from the Queen of the Ring.
00:13:30And that's how you're about to change.
00:13:32Yeah, got an E-bar on Jade Cargill.
00:13:35The damaged knee.
00:13:36Asuka now.
00:13:38Not a single thing has gone right for Jade Cargill right from the beginning.
00:13:43That is how good the strategy of Asuka has been.
00:13:46Yeah, but Jade Cargill looking to make it back to her feet.
00:13:48Shoulders down momentarily.
00:13:50And a great move.
00:13:51There's the power of Cargill coming into play.
00:13:54Dumpin' Asuka on the back of her head.
00:13:56A deadly wheelbarrow German suplex.
00:13:59And you're right, the power game has finally got a bit of breathing room here for Cargill.
00:14:05We're going to learn a lot about Jade Cargill in this match, Wade.
00:14:09The fact that she's got a damaged knee already after the attack by Asuka.
00:14:14Yeah, what's been the knock on Jade Cargill in a run in WWE so far?
00:14:18It's that she's been tagging with Bianca Belair.
00:14:21And trust me, pretty much anyone can win a tag title with Bianca Belair.
00:14:26But we saw Cargill step up huge at WrestleMania on her own against former friend Naomi.
00:14:33And that's the kind of confidence-building win that has propelled Cargill to this final.
00:14:40And now the fallaway slam by Jade Cargill.
00:14:43And a kip up.
00:14:44I'm not sure how wise that was on a bad knee, but she pulled it off.
00:14:51Now Asuka back to her feet.
00:14:54And a kick drops Asuka.
00:14:55That was a bullseye.
00:14:56Using full extension of those long limbs.
00:15:04Looking to help power Asuka again with a choke slam.
00:15:06Dropping her in the middle of the ring.
00:15:08Cover now for the win.
00:15:09Asuka just got a shoulder up barely.
00:15:12You've got to give Jade Cargill all the credit in the world.
00:15:15She gets better every single time we see her.
00:15:18Clearly putting in the hard hours behind the scenes.
00:15:21Nailing a choke slam here.
00:15:23And Asuka, who dominated the first five minutes of this.
00:15:26Looks like a changed woman now, though.
00:15:28Of course, fighting back.
00:15:30Yeah, no.
00:15:30Jade Cargill, one of her toughest matches to date.
00:15:34Tough matchup when it comes to Asuka.
00:15:36So well-skilled in everything.
00:15:40Both women down.
00:15:42Finals of the Queen of the Ring.
00:15:44Sold out tonight.
00:15:46The Kingdom Arena.
00:15:47Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:15:49It's been an incredible couple of days.
00:15:51As we prepare for the Royal Rumble here in Riyadh.
00:15:55First part of 2026.
00:15:58Both women struggling at this point.
00:16:00They've both taken and given massive, massive shots.
00:16:04And the gleam of that crown has to be driving these two on.
00:16:14Jade Cargill beginning to get the upper hand now.
00:16:17Delivering the right hand to the blows.
00:16:18Asuka, though.
00:16:18There's that back hand.
00:16:20And a kick to the midsection.
00:16:21And here comes Asuka.
00:16:22This right here is classic Asuka.
00:16:24Yeah, nine times out of ten.
00:16:26You always back the powerhouse in a strike exchange.
00:16:28Asuka's different, though.
00:16:30An absolute expert in the strike game.
00:16:33And if Jade Cargill didn't know, well, now she does.
00:16:36Asuka a joy to watch.
00:16:38And now she's going to go up top.
00:16:39She's got Cargill on the ropes and she knows it.
00:16:41Asuka.
00:16:43Missile block kick.
00:16:44Down goes Cargill.
00:16:45Asuka will go for the cover here.
00:16:46And try to win the tournament.
00:16:48Jade kicks out.
00:16:49Where you talked a few moments ago about how we're going to learn a lot about Jade Cargill.
00:16:54Now it is learning time.
00:16:56Because Cargill really is going to have to dig deep and come up with some answers here.
00:17:01She's on the ropes.
00:17:02She's in big trouble.
00:17:04And Asuka smells victory.
00:17:16Asuka have planned here.
00:17:18Oh, Jade Cargill, though.
00:17:20No standing switch by Jade.
00:17:22Power now.
00:17:22Asuka rolls through.
00:17:23Shoulders down.
00:17:24Is it enough?
00:17:25Not quite.
00:17:26Asuka's doing a great job of just confusing Cargill.
00:17:29But wait up.
00:17:30And again, the power of Cargill.
00:17:32Overbombing Asuka.
00:17:33Sit-out powerbomb.
00:17:35Asuka gets out at two.
00:17:37Just one moment of mental clarity from Jade Cargill.
00:17:41Turns the tie.
00:17:42Once again, blocking that knee strike.
00:17:45Powering up her opponent.
00:17:46And driving it down with that sit-out powerbomb that almost, almost gets the crown in the
00:17:53hands of Jade Cargill.
00:17:55Referee, Gaffney LaShawn.
00:17:56Goal!
00:17:57Match up on bar now by Asuka.
00:17:58On bar now by Asuka.
00:18:00On bar now by Asuka.
00:18:00Center of the ring.
00:18:01And that arm is fully extended.
00:18:03Now desperately trying to block.
00:18:06Just about hugging those arms.
00:18:08How she powered her.
00:18:09Oh God.
00:18:10Asuka.
00:18:11Back into the full arm bar now on Jade.
00:18:14On a massive hyper extension.
00:18:16Smart by Cargill.
00:18:17Asuka, though.
00:18:17Turns it into a pitting combination and a kick-out.
00:18:21There's a big boot by Jade, Florian Asuka.
00:18:26And now Cargill.
00:18:27Went up.
00:18:29Asuka, though.
00:18:30Jade was going for Jade and Asuka now.
00:18:32Again.
00:18:33Looking for the Asuka lock.
00:18:34Looking for the Asuka lock on Cargill.
00:18:36Long way from the ropes now in extreme agony.
00:18:40Cargill in trouble.
00:18:43Asuka with the Asuka lock in.
00:18:45Cargill trying to fight out of it.
00:18:47Again.
00:18:47Trying to turn it into a pitting combination.
00:18:49And she goes again and again.
00:18:50And another great counter.
00:18:52That was so resourceful from Cargill.
00:18:54But she couldn't defend herself.
00:18:56For the old sloth that followed.
00:19:01And Asuka could be closing in.
00:19:07Empress Impact.
00:19:08But caught.
00:19:08Intercepted by Cargill.
00:19:10Great counter.
00:19:11Down goes Asuka.
00:19:14Cover.
00:19:15Off.
00:19:16Jaden.
00:19:17Jade Cargill wins.
00:19:19Queen of the ring.
00:19:28Well, Jade Cargill is your queen of the ring.
00:19:32But she had to crawl through hell to get there.
00:19:36Absolutely spent.
00:19:39Exhausted.
00:19:40But block out the pain.
00:19:43You are the queen of WWE, Jade.
00:19:46Biggest win of Jade Cargill's singles career here in WWE thus far.
00:19:52Not only is she queen of the ring.
00:19:54Not only is she queen of the ring, she's going to SummerSlam.
00:19:57Asuka had the Asuka locked in.
00:19:59But another great counter by Jade.
00:20:00Very impressive.
00:20:02Was Jade with her counters tonight.
00:20:03Yeah, clearly been working on reversals and escape plans.
00:20:08But this was the moment.
00:20:09But this was the moment.
00:20:09I thought it was game over.
00:20:10Asuka immediately pouncing.
00:20:12Going in for that Empress Impact.
00:20:14But the power of Cargill was too much.
00:20:17Honked Asuka.
00:20:19Empress of Tomorrow goes down.
00:20:21Victory in sight.
00:20:23No mistakes from here for Cargill.
00:20:26General managers Pierce and Elvis in the ring to present Jade Cargill with the queen of the ring crown.
00:20:32Our winner and the new queen of the ring, Jade Cargill!
00:20:46As Jade celebrates, let's head up to Byron Saxton.
00:20:51Jade, you are now headed to SummerSlam in a match for the WWE Women's Championship.
00:20:59How do you feel?
00:20:59You know, Byron, when I first into this tournament, it felt like the world was on my shoulders.
00:21:09But you know what?
00:21:12For the people out there who are down themselves, praise yourself because you are fighting through the booze.
00:21:22Don't let them tell you who you are.
00:21:24You showed them.
00:21:27And the grind don't stop.
00:21:30A storm is coming for SummerSlam.
00:21:38Well, it remains to be seen who will be the WWE Women's Champion at SummerSlam.
00:21:43Could be Tiffany Stratton.
00:21:44Could be Naomi, who's missed money in the bank.
00:21:47But Jade Cargill has an opportunity.
00:21:51MetLife Stadium in New Jersey the first weekend of August.
00:21:54To win her first singles championship in WWE.
00:22:07This August, WWE brings the vibes to MetLife Stadium.
00:22:23You know what time it is!
00:22:25Two nights.
00:22:30Too many stars to count.
00:22:34SummerSlam.
00:22:34On a whole nother level.
00:22:37On a whole nother level.
00:22:41WWE SummerSlam.
00:22:43August 2nd and 3rd.
00:22:44Individual and combo tickets on sale now.
00:22:47As he just said, combo and individual event tickets for SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium.
00:22:55J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets.
00:22:57In East Redford, New Jersey on Saturday, August 2nd.
00:22:59Sunday, August 3rd.
00:23:01Are on sale now via Ticket Masters.
00:23:04Well, WWE Late Night featuring Tony Hinchcliffe.
00:23:08Will take place at Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood, New Jersey.
00:23:13On Saturday, August 2nd at 11 p.m. Eastern.
00:23:16As part of SummerSlam weekend.
00:23:18An exclusive pre-sale opportunity for the closed doors non-televised event.
00:23:22Will begin Monday, June 30th at 10 a.m. Eastern, 7 a.m. Pacific.
00:23:26Until 11.59 p.m. Eastern, 8.59 p.m. Pacific via Ticketmaster.
00:23:32Followed by the general public ticket on sale on Tuesday, July 1st at 10 a.m. Eastern.
00:23:38Well, ladies and gentlemen, after we finish up tonight, we head back to the States
00:23:41and we get set for Monday Night Raw in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
00:23:45Monday Night, Wade, a very special start time of 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific.
00:23:49Again, 6 p.m. Eastern, 3 p.m. Pacific on the East Coast, 6 p.m., 3 p.m. West Coast
00:23:56for Netflix and Monday Night Raw.
00:23:59But a stacked card as well.
00:24:00Tag Team titles online.
00:24:02It's been a long weekend.
00:24:03We've been doing everything.
00:24:04I promise you it feels twice as long when I sit next to you.
00:24:07But coming up on Raw, World Tag Team Championship match, the Judgment Day.
00:24:12Balor and McDonough, they take on your boys in the new day.
00:24:17Well, here's a match that you should be looking forward to.
00:24:19You know both of these men extremely well.
00:24:22Yes, I do.
00:24:23A couple of my old buddies, I'll use that term loosely, from the League of Nations
00:24:27that we don't like talking about these days.
00:24:29But this is going to be a war.
00:24:31We might get ourselves a banger on Monday, as Sheamus goes head-to-head with a Bulgarian
00:24:38brute, Rusev.
00:24:40Well, this is going to be a banger as well, ladies and gentlemen.
00:24:43Two weeks from tonight, Goldberg says his final match.
00:24:48Well, perhaps, unless he wins the World Heavyweight Championship.
00:24:51It remains to be seen, but it's Saturday night's main event.
00:24:54Ring General Gundler versus Goldberg live on NBC and Peacock.
00:25:03I want to remind everyone that immediately following Night of Champions,
00:25:07it's the Night of Champions post-show.
00:25:09Solo Sokoa, Rhea Ripley, Triple H, among others.
00:25:12Wade Barrett will be making a guest appearance on the post-show.
00:25:15And we'll want to remind everyone about the Night of Champions recap podcast,
00:25:19which is available, well, tonight and tomorrow morning.
00:25:26Or are these two legends the last time to face each other is right now.
00:25:30From pipe bombs of old and new to world life and punk life,
00:25:34the shared history between these two is historic.
00:25:37The best in the world versus the greatest of all time is next.
00:25:45Yin and Yang, two entities in constant flux and transformation,
00:25:56totally interdependent to exist.
00:26:00John Cena and CM Punk.
00:26:05Yin and Yang.
00:26:08John Cena, the clean-cut, untouchable chosen one.
00:26:11And if you want some, come get some.
00:26:16A decorated champion.
00:26:19A valiant in-ring competitor and above all else, a man of the people.
00:26:25And after more than two decades in the spotlight,
00:26:28an icon who once set the standard of hustle, loyalty, and respect.
00:26:37CM Punk.
00:26:38The loud, defiant, voice of the voiceless.
00:26:43The rebel who was never meant to be king.
00:26:46I've been the best ever since day one.
00:26:48There's one thing you're better at than I am, John.
00:26:52And that's kissing ass.
00:26:54His desire to sit alone atop the summit would lead to bitterness and resentment.
00:26:59Self-destruction and banishment.
00:27:02But time.
00:27:04Time changes everything.
00:27:06Yin becomes yang.
00:27:11Yang becomes yin.
00:27:13Contrasting dualities.
00:27:15Destined to be bound.
00:27:18And the battle in which these two have been endlessly engaged
00:27:20finds itself with new motivation.
00:27:24That title has corrupted you.
00:27:27I've been the victim of an abusive relationship.
00:27:31For 25 years.
00:27:34I'm going to sit on your ass and watch me be great.
00:27:39Instead of a graceful exit,
00:27:41John Cena detached and disillusioned
00:27:43has vowed to ruin wrestling for everyone.
00:27:48While CM Punk has returned from exile, a beacon of hope and change.
00:27:55A new face for the company he once vowed to burn down.
00:27:58The balance has shifted.
00:28:03Light becomes shadow.
00:28:07Shadow now stands in the sun.
00:28:10I have shut your mouth and beaten your best.
00:28:15You can't beat me.
00:28:17When I'm at my best, you never could.
00:28:20I won the title.
00:28:22I left with the title.
00:28:24You're trying to follow in my footsteps.
00:28:26I hate this idea that you're the best in the world.
00:28:31You're not.
00:28:32I'm the greatest of all time.
00:28:35The truth is, Punk,
00:28:37I am jealous that you have conned these people,
00:28:40that you're the best in the world.
00:28:43Remember who gave you the stage for your pipe bomb, pal.
00:28:48What have you done with it since then, huh?
00:28:52The greatest of all time.
00:28:53Night of Champions, balls in your court, hero.
00:28:57The best in the world.
00:29:00You can't see me.
00:29:02I see through you.
00:29:04Positioned once again upon opposing shores.
00:29:08For a final reckoning.
00:29:23Seasoned once again upon opposing shores.
00:37:57John Cena for the undisputed WWE championship.
00:38:03The renewal, in my mind,
00:38:33first time, first time, first time, first time, first time in nearly 13 years, these two have done battle with a championship on the line, side headlocked by Cena as we start things off in this matchup.
00:38:55He's going to be right back.
00:38:57He's going to be right back.
00:39:01He's going to be right back.
00:39:07He's going to be right back.
00:39:09He's going to be right back.
00:39:13He's going to be right back.
00:39:43He's going to be right back.
00:39:45He's going to be right back.
00:39:49He's going to be right back.
00:39:51He's going to be right back.
00:39:53He's going to be right back.
00:39:55He's going to be right back.
00:39:57He's going to be right back.
00:39:59He's going to be right back.
00:40:01Block out the noise, focus exclusively on why he really came back to WWE.
00:40:07There's been a ton of talk about why, even from himself, he is a natural born competitor, a natural born winner.
00:40:15And he sees his place exclusively at the top of the mountain.
00:40:19Something's never changed.
00:40:20Huck looking for a sixth world championship.
00:40:23Been an intercontinental champion, a tag team champion, only man in history to win back to back money in the banks.
00:40:31Of course, John Cena, record setting 17 time world champion.
00:40:37Randy Orton, the only active performer that is still close at 14.
00:40:42Nice side headlock takedown into a leg scissors by Cena.
00:40:47I'll tell you something I found fascinating a couple of weeks ago.
00:40:50When John Cena hit his version of a pipe bomb promo.
00:40:53It really felt like he'd been waiting 14 years to get that off his chest.
00:40:57Did not appreciate being the victim in the summer of Punk.
00:41:02And he sees tonight, I suspect, as his moment for vengeance.
00:41:06Remember, John Cena would win the Elimination Chamber to earn the opportunity at WrestleMania and Cody Rhodes.
00:41:21He beat CM Punk in the chamber after a stomp by Seth Rollins.
00:41:25That was the beginning of the clues that John Cena, perhaps, was going to do everything he needed to do to win the championship.
00:41:33And then, of course, later on in the night, the alignment with The Rock.
00:41:36He would go on a controversial manner to win the championship against Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
00:41:42Controversy has been a part of everything John Cena has done since Toronto in March.
00:41:48Yeah, I think John Cena, when he returned to WWE, came back, perhaps, with the best of intentions.
00:41:54But realized, maybe, over the course of time, he'd lost a stat.
00:41:59And if he really wanted to achieve his goals here, and become that record-breaking 17-time World Champ,
00:42:05he needed to find some shortcuts.
00:42:07He needed to become a different human being.
00:42:10And boy, oh boy, has he done so.
00:42:12Yeah, there's no doubt he's a different human being, as is that man, CM Punk.
00:42:22I cannot overemphasize the amount of passion that these WWE fans here in Riyadh have shown us,
00:42:28not only tonight, but last night at Friday Night SmackDown.
00:42:34What a Champions League final atmosphere here in Riyadh.
00:42:39Joel, this is a football stadium.
00:42:40Yeah, I said football, not soccer, Michael Cole.
00:42:43I said football at the top of the show.
00:42:45Incredibly impressive, though.
00:42:46You're a reformed Cena fanboy and a reformed football.
00:42:50Ooh!
00:42:51Big right hand by Cena.
00:42:53Listen, I've made no bones about it.
00:42:54I believe John Cena's the greatest of all time.
00:42:56And I've laid out my arguments why on a number of occasions.
00:42:59I just don't like the attitude that Cena's showing here.
00:43:01Especially in his last year in WWE.
00:43:04He's taken everything away from the fans.
00:43:06He's taken away the, you can't see me, and the hustle loyalty and respect.
00:43:10Not allowing them to cheer what they want to cheer.
00:43:13In John's final time here in WWE.
00:43:15And I think he's robbed the fans of that.
00:43:18Well, Adam perhaps bought that argument six months ago.
00:43:21But when you've soiled your legacy like John Cena has.
00:43:24Fisherman Suplex.
00:43:25I don't know how.
00:43:26Into a cover.
00:43:27You can call that guy the greatest of all time anymore.
00:43:34Well, there was once a man who, here's a cover.
00:43:36Who is a, many believe is the greatest of all time.
00:43:39Who just happened to be the dirtiest player in the game.
00:43:42So I don't think you can necessarily talk about what's personal actions.
00:43:47When talking about the greatest.
00:43:56Cena with a shoulder tackle.
00:44:00And Punk though.
00:44:02Looking for the GTS.
00:44:03And Cena just got out of harm's way.
00:44:06And John Cena knew it was that close.
00:44:08Running away like a scalded cat.
00:44:11And who can blame him.
00:44:12We know how devastating that GTS is.
00:44:15Cena's tasted it enough in the past.
00:44:17And I hope you see the credit there.
00:44:19A real clean turn of heels there to get out of trouble.
00:44:24And that's classic Punk.
00:44:27Mind games.
00:44:29I don't sweat you John.
00:44:32What a classic Punk.
00:44:33But Punk really is a career long antagonist.
00:44:37Who is now tasked with taking down.
00:44:402025's ultimate villain.
00:44:43Let's make no mistake about it.
00:44:44Punk is still an antagonist.
00:44:46He's still got that attitude.
00:44:48He's got that mentality.
00:44:50Oh, look at Cena trying to power Punk up.
00:44:53What's Punk trying to do here?
00:44:56Awkward situation for both these men.
00:44:58Cena's got him in the AA position.
00:45:00At least momentarily.
00:45:01Punk the roll up from behind.
00:45:03Shoulders down and a kick out.
00:45:05Well, what Cena might have lost in speed.
00:45:07Oh!
00:45:08He certainly hasn't lost in power.
00:45:11John Cena still throwing around.
00:45:13Massive weights at hard knocks south.
00:45:15His gym in Tampa, Florida.
00:45:17But just beaten to the punch on that one by CM Punk.
00:45:21And Punk with a side Russian leg sweep.
00:45:29Floats right into the cover.
00:45:31And forces John to get the shoulder up.
00:45:33Punk knew he wasn't beating John there.
00:45:35That was just to say, hey.
00:45:37I got your number.
00:45:38Yeah, but I do think the longer this match goes on.
00:45:41The more it benefits CM Punk.
00:45:43And then CM Punk is shaking off a massive amount of ring rust since coming back to WWR.
00:45:49It's highly critical of him.
00:45:50But that epic rivalry with Drew McIntyre last year has really taken Punk to levels I haven't seen from him before.
00:45:59Yeah, there's no doubt.
00:46:00I agree with you totally on that point.
00:46:02Punk again.
00:46:04Punk again.
00:46:05Now.
00:46:06Oh, Cena.
00:46:07It looked like Punk was going.
00:46:08Punk's doing here.
00:46:09A domino stretch perhaps.
00:46:11This modified octopus hole.
00:46:13Maybe a page out of AJ Lee's playbook.
00:46:16Oh, indeed.
00:46:17As Punk delivered a couple of elbows.
00:46:21Cena now looking to power him up.
00:46:23And down goes Punk.
00:46:24Nice takedown by John.
00:46:25Into the cover.
00:46:26And Punk hit one.
00:46:29Might have tweaked something in the side of John Cena there though.
00:46:32Interestingly enough.
00:46:33Brief pause for Cena but now back on the attack.
00:46:42Is this the pace you expected?
00:46:44From John Cena, absolutely.
00:46:46This is what we've seen from him since returning.
00:46:48This is historically the John Cena pace and when John Cena controls the pace of matches,
00:46:55does things at this speed, methodically, he tends to win.
00:47:00Cena with a kick right to the face.
00:47:03That caught Punk good.
00:47:04Punk's down.
00:47:05And if you can pick up the pace against John Cena, you've got a much better chance.
00:47:09But, the volume and the power of those strikes just knocks the stuffing out of opponents.
00:47:17So they quite simply cannot pick the speed up.
00:47:20Referee Dan Angler checking on Punk again.
00:47:22That was a flush kick by Cena right to the face.
00:47:30John with a shoulder tackle.
00:47:32They can see it here.
00:47:35And will he give the WWE fans what they want?
00:47:43Cena's not even breathing heavily.
00:47:45and he does with a five knuckle shuffle and now measuring punk for the a.a the attitude
00:47:59adjustment punk slips behind and punk caught him with a heel kick xena back to his feet
00:48:04punk dips underneath nice neck breaker by punk and a little classic cm punk in return
00:48:10we're getting the greatest hits tonight the running knee by punk caught xena flush on the jaw
00:48:17they've got the breach of the nose too xena looking like a suplex dummy now
00:48:28and punk gonna climb to the top rope xena's down in trouble
00:48:31oh yeah paying homage to the macho man flying elbow by punk and he says it's time to go night night
00:48:47john absolute bullseye
00:48:53look at the gts to go to sleep to win the championship
00:48:58oh got caught xena picked him out of the air
00:49:02looking for the stf
00:49:05i've locked in a turn of speed at the right moment from john xena just when it was crucial
00:49:12and now punk you gotta wonder will he tap out
00:49:16a long way from the bottom rope
00:49:17i don't know if cm punk has it in him to tap out
00:49:22yeah but how many
00:49:23pass out if anything
00:49:24and punk now gonna try to turn it around in anaconda vice
00:49:28watch on cena
00:49:30shows the brilliance of cm punk while in agony
00:49:33while in dire straits
00:49:35submission now applied to cena
00:49:37cena's in trouble
00:49:38if he taps punk wins the title
00:49:40shoulders down that'll force a break
00:49:42oh the brains just never stop working
00:49:45uh oh cena
00:49:47attitude adjustment
00:49:48a.a. for the win
00:49:50to retain
00:49:51kick out by punk at two
00:49:55oh this is incredible
00:49:56this is why these are two of the greatest in history
00:50:00perfectly executed elbow drop
00:50:03and this looked like it was gonna be good night but
00:50:06after the gts
00:50:07was avoided
00:50:10and a.a. from cena
00:50:12and a late late late kick out from punk
00:50:15who is hurting in a bad way now
00:50:18yeah cena you saw the look on his face
00:50:21he smells blood
00:50:22cena with punk up again
00:50:25looking for another attitude adjustment
00:50:26punk though will land on his feet
00:50:28kick right to the midsection
00:50:29oh and he plants cena
00:50:30with a ddt
00:50:31yeah punk is hurting bad here
00:50:33yeah punk is hurting bad here i don't know if he's gonna be able to follow this up
00:50:37he's gonna try something though
00:50:40you know what he's gonna try wave
00:50:42oh yeah
00:50:43punk gonna turn the tables on cena
00:50:45now it's cena in trouble
00:50:48adding insult to injury
00:50:50can you imagine if cena taps to his own move
00:50:54that's cena trying to drag himself
00:50:56get the hand on the rope and force a break here
00:50:59cena trying to hang on
00:51:00does he have an uplift
00:51:02punk's got it stitched in good
00:51:03and now the break will happen
00:51:05punk had those hands in the perfect spot
00:51:07kind of blocking the vision
00:51:09of john cena which is why it took about five seconds to actually grab that rope
00:51:13and that's why a punk
00:51:16took almost the full five seconds to break to continue the damage to cena
00:51:20cena wilting in the corner propped up by the turnbuckles
00:51:24and if punk can move fast here
00:51:26another running knee caught john flush again
00:51:29and now there's the went for the bulldog cena able to block
00:51:32and john now plants punk's center of the ring
00:51:36and punk with a kick
00:51:47and it was punk's opportunity
00:51:52punk dips underneath went for the neck breaker
00:51:55cena with punk up top cena again with an a-a
00:51:58attitude adjustment again hooks the outside leg
00:52:01punk able to kick out
00:52:06and this just has to crush the spirit of john cena
00:52:11reversal after reversal after reversal i know you better than you know yourself
00:52:16and boom this one's over punk or is it not tonight not this way john
00:52:23now with the 17 time world champion john cena start to get frustrated
00:52:30in front of a sellout crowd at night of champions kingdom arena
00:52:40that is a look of panic on the eyes of john cena resilient it may be trying something
00:52:46but he thought he'd be home and dry at this point
00:52:49now punk placed up on the top rope both of these men exhaustion setting in
00:53:04i cannot imagine going through what they've been through and it might be about to get worse for sean punk
00:53:10regular attitude adjustments didn't work so cena going for a big one but punk able to block
00:53:16and he needed to
00:53:17and now punk from the top rope cross body
00:53:24rolls through and still able to power punk up
00:53:27there's your 600 pound plus squat of john cena with a third attitude adjustment
00:53:33cover
00:53:42oh my god
00:53:47even better from john cena just wall power this deep into a exhausting matchup
00:53:57the guts of punk in this match tonight
00:54:11i don't know if punk has any clue what he's just done i don't know if the cogs are turning into his mind
00:54:18but john cena is fully aware and that is a look of resigned failure for me
00:54:27john uh has his eyes trained on the wwe championship
00:54:38oh come on well it's disqualification means he keeps the title what does john care what is this new cena care
00:54:44we know what he's cooking up here
00:54:50the referee warning cena you'll be disqualified
00:54:54you think he cares this version of john cena
00:55:03well the wwe fans said no john cena blinds them maybe he finally listened
00:55:08punk up up again now it's cm punch turn gts go to sleep
00:55:14punk can he do it cena kicks it too
00:55:19well i am baffled i am perplexed
00:55:23john cena had the option to go cheap as hell
00:55:27get himself disqualified with a championship shot
00:55:32decline and then kicks out of a gts
00:55:36well maybe the fans are starting to get to him
00:55:39for the most part it's been overwhelming love for cena on this retirement tour despite his actions
00:55:45maybe he allowed the fans to get to him there
00:55:48i don't know if i'm buying that explanation after what i've seen over the past few months from john cena
00:55:53maybe he's just had his bowel wrong and is making bad decisions
00:55:58well he suffered the bell ringing after he dropped the title out of the ring
00:56:01and now a punk and cena throwing rights and paymakers at each other
00:56:17punk went for the upper hand cena ducks underneath another shoulder tackle by john
00:56:30cena oh no cena inadvertently just blasted the referee dan angler
00:56:35see it punk delivers a gts but there's no official
00:56:39angler was knocked out of the ring with a shoulder tackle
00:56:42punk has the championship won but there's no official here to count it
00:56:47well two gts's in two minutes absolutely should have got the job done
00:56:54dan angler referee inadvertently dropped down and out
00:57:01yeah punk didn't see what happened because he ducked out of the way of the tackle
00:57:04and then cena just clocked the referee who's down and out now yeah that was a nasty landing the
00:57:10shoulder tackle was bad enough but the way the ref contorted through those ropes and
00:57:15hit the ground on the outside with the oh no
00:57:17mr money in the bank
00:57:31this is not unprecedented rollins cashed in to make a triple threat 10 years ago
00:57:37and rollins and rollins and his crew are here
00:57:43wait up you can't cash in money in the bank without a referee present and this referee is down
00:57:52that's a great point wait normally you'd bring an official with you
00:57:56so well let's not forget the long-standing issues the long-standing hatred for seth rollins and pump
00:58:07and with the official down outside the ring what a better opportunity for seth rollins to screw cm
00:58:13punk tonight from nandas hatred felt over years and years maybe you've hit the nail on the head cole
00:58:22and the mission is simply screw over cm punk
00:58:28and these big bad bruisers broad breaker
00:58:33pronson reed flanking seth rollins and punk knows he's in trouble punk knows he's outnumbered
00:58:43and rollins has been waiting a long long time for this
00:58:58go get him boys big broxon reed broad breaker go after punk and cm punk trying to do all he can
00:59:04to avert disaster here and this is cm punk has already been battling in this heat
00:59:11against the greatest of all time arguably now breaker and bronson reed both down and out outside
00:59:17the range cm punk launches himself oh my goodness overshot both men i thought he got breaker but
00:59:23bronson reed able to take control and turn the the tide in favor of reed and breaker well reed didn't go
00:59:30down he's too strong weight up here cole and now a punk all planted onto and through the arabic announce table
00:59:40of course that should be a disqualification but with our referee down these boys can do whatever they
00:59:47want punk is down and out breaker and reed
00:59:53celebrating rollins is standing in the middle of the ring wait a minute oh my god oh my god rollins is
00:59:59calling for an official is roland's gonna go for the heist of the century
01:00:06what's gonna happen was roland's gonna try to cash in
01:00:21what is going on with john cedar tonight breaker and bronson reed now
01:00:36taking down cedar well cedar it didn't have to be this way i presume
01:00:42they didn't come down here for you see a punk is busted open he's he's beaten it battered and bruised
01:00:49what's telling me he's okay as penta comes out on the stage now
01:00:58what is penta planet here he's had his own troubles with
01:01:02bronze and reed brock breaker and set freaking roll into play and penta now and brought breaker going at it
01:01:10it's a brave or perhaps crazy man stepping up to take on these guys
01:01:15and penta now and penta now and breaker though brought breaker dumping penta on the stage
01:01:26well thanks for trying penta it was noble but foolhardy
01:01:35and another man who's had an issue with rollins and company
01:01:38sammy zane coming to pet the zane zane will be crossed earlier tonight trying to set breakers
01:01:48scrambling well that has changed the game hasn't it
01:01:52already been through one war this evening ready for another and peppering break of his shots
01:02:00beating the hell out of each other now breaker with the upper hand on sammy zane
01:02:03oh my god oh my god
01:02:27broughtson reed looking for a tsunami cm pump from behind dumping reed
01:02:35cena with the big man up
01:02:40330 pound
01:02:46well cena and seo punk have basically come to one another's aid here oh no
01:02:52they had no other choice they didn't want rollins to cash in because then it would have been a
01:02:57triple threat now it's back to one-on-one hook and cena had to help one another whatever the master
01:03:05plan was by paul heyman it did not work
01:03:18uh
01:03:25uh
01:03:27uh
01:03:31uh
01:03:37uh
01:03:39uh
01:03:45I told you something
01:03:58Wade we've seen that look before
01:04:04And Punk was ready
01:04:05Punk was ready for a low blow
01:04:08Rollins
01:04:10Rollins talking Punk
01:04:11With the briefcase
01:04:13And I was stumped to see him Punk
01:04:15It was like days of boob
01:04:17The referee is back in
01:04:20Cena, damn it, Cena
01:04:22Cena steals it
01:04:23Rollins is screwed
01:04:25CM Punk
01:04:26Here's your winner
01:04:29And jail
01:04:32Undisputed
01:04:34WWE
01:04:36Kenhan
01:04:37John Cena
01:04:41Wade
01:04:44For two years
01:04:45It has been
01:04:46Seth Rollins' mission statement
01:04:48To continually
01:04:50Screw
01:04:51CM Punk
01:04:52He did it
01:04:53In Elimination Chamber
01:04:54He did it again tonight
01:04:56At Night of Champions
01:04:58We're gonna take another look back at this
01:05:01After helping one another out
01:05:04Albeit briefly
01:05:06The desperate
01:05:07Soulless
01:05:08Virginous
01:05:08John Cena
01:05:10Returned
01:05:11But Punk
01:05:11Was ready
01:05:13And waiting
01:05:14About to connect
01:05:15With the GTS
01:05:16When
01:05:16It looked like
01:05:17A replay
01:05:19Of what we've seen
01:05:20Historically
01:05:21From San Francisco
01:05:22Rollins
01:05:23But Cena
01:05:24Had other ideas
01:05:25Yeah, John Cena
01:05:26Dumping Rollins
01:05:27Taking advantage
01:05:28To once again
01:05:29Retain the championship
01:05:30In controversial fashion
01:05:32John Cena
01:05:37Is still
01:05:38The undisputed
01:05:40WWE Champion
01:05:42As his quest
01:05:43To retire
01:05:46As champions continue
01:05:49Meanwhile
01:05:50Seth Rollins
01:05:52Has once again
01:05:54Don't take me out
01:05:54CM Punk
01:05:55You stay on
01:05:56And watch this
01:05:57Now
01:06:17The undisputed
01:06:47The undisputed
01:07:17Rocked like a
01:07:18Park
01:07:19James
01:07:19Fall
01:07:20N пох
01:07:21Number
01:07:22Number
01:07:44Number
01:10:35Yes, John Cena is still the undisputed WWE Champion, but my gosh, the path to get there was surreal.
01:10:41Oh, my goodness.
01:10:42There was a lot happening.
01:10:43And considering all that went down in this match, CM Punk relatively calm at the moment as he exits the building.
01:10:53Yeah.
01:10:54Yeah.
01:10:55With what was, like, listen, we talked about the layers.
01:10:57We're going to get, we're going to get to it all here on the Night of Champions co-show.
01:11:01We're going to hear from some of the superstars.
01:11:03All Triple H with them will join us.
01:11:05We're going to break it all down, of course.
01:11:08Yeah.
01:11:09But this main event was a heck of a match.
01:11:12It was, when it was one on one.
01:11:15I mean...
01:11:16It didn't feel like it.
01:11:17CM Punk put up quite a fight against John Cena prior to everything happening.
01:11:23And you can see the fans saying their goodbyes.
01:11:26Yeah.
01:11:27Look, I admire CM Punk putting on a brave face right now.
01:11:30Obviously very gracious, very appreciative of the fans here in Saudi Arabia.
01:11:34But if you were to do an x-ray of CM Punk's heart...
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