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WWE Smack Down _July 04, 2025 - Randy Orton provoked hits RKO on Drew McIntyre in front of Cody Rhodes
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00:00Loyalty
00:30Loyalty
00:32About to blow
00:34Waiting for me to start the show
00:36I've become like the world from home
00:40Whoa!
00:46When I was younger
00:48Hearts are freezing
00:50Ladies and gentlemen
00:52Please welcome
00:54The 2025
00:56King of the Ring
00:58Of the Ring
01:00The American Nightmare
01:02Cody
01:04Rhodes
01:08Cody conquered them all
01:10And weighed a path to become king of the ring
01:12That was filled with unique
01:14Challenges like taking on
01:16Friends and
01:18Hungry Tournament Drivers
01:20Yeah and the word hunger
01:22Aply describes Cody Rhodes
01:24Ever since losing his
01:26WWE Championship
01:28At WrestleMania
01:30It is good to be the king here
01:32On SmackDown
01:34Especially when you get yourself a guaranteed
01:36Championship opportunity
01:38At SummerSlam
01:46The victory over Randy Orton
01:48That night of champions
01:50That night of champions
01:52Last weekend in Riyadh Saudi Arabia
01:54With a tone of whatever it takes
01:56It was the exposed turnbuckle that paved the way
01:58The crossroads that sealed the deal
02:00And now it will be on the SummerSlam
02:02For Cody
02:04For Cody to get his rematch
02:06Yes indeed
02:08Cody Rhodes challenges
02:10The last true champion
02:12John Cena for the undisputed
02:14WWE Championship
02:16WWE Championship
02:18At SummerSlam
02:20Of course I will add the caveat
02:22That John Cena needs to remain
02:24Champ until SummerSlam
02:26Well Cody
02:28As his target
02:30This summer
02:32The biggest battle
02:34And now it is
02:35The huge battle
02:36The fight
02:37The threat
02:38And now it is
02:39The experience
02:40Of the Cruz
02:41The place
02:42That is
02:42The end
02:44The end
02:46The at SummerSlam
02:47So, Pittsburgh!
03:04What do you want to talk about?
03:11Well, before I talk about this,
03:16I actually want to point out this wristband right here.
03:21There's a young man in Club 66, I believe.
03:26His name is Cam.
03:28He's battling leukemia.
03:30He's working with the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
03:33Let's hear it for Cam.
03:46You guys are a wild crowd tonight, huh?
04:02So what does this crown stand for?
04:16I left a piece of myself in Columbus, Ohio, fighting Jey Uso, just to hold this.
04:22I left a piece of myself in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, wrestling my mentor Randy Orton,
04:28just to hold this.
04:29And what does it stand for?
04:31It stands for where we've been.
04:33It stands for where we are going.
04:36The main event of SummerSlam.
04:41Myself, the king of the ring against the undisputed WWE Vs.
04:45And
04:50it stands for where we are going.
04:54The main event of SummerSlam.
04:57Myself, the king of the ring against the undisputed WWE Champion John Cena.
05:13I have voices in my head, they talk to me, they understand they talk to me.
05:27The man he mentioned as mentor, the man he just talked, the viper, Randy Orton.
05:42The man who tasted defeat in the desert, unthinkable for someone as accomplished as Randy Orton.
05:52Truly tasting bitter disappointment.
05:57He had lofty goals and high expectations and was beaten out by Cody Rhodes for the crash.
06:07Well, you and Michael were on the call there in Saudi Arabia and I'm sitting back watching,
06:12just wondering how much the threat Randy had with some of the moments of internal conflict
06:17from that match with Cody.
06:19Those pauses were so much on the line, that wavering between the viper we've known
06:24and the dear friends of Cody we've witnessed, and the cause of the punt kick, but then yet,
06:30the costly exposing of the turnbuckle, that backfired.
06:34It was conflict in the mind of the viper that cost him, he had the opportunity to put Cody Rhodes away with that punt,
06:44neglected to take it, presumably, due to the strong bombs between these two, Manuel.
06:50How much does Randy Orton regret that now?
06:56And the cause of the
07:24They show me things, I'll tell you, they talk to me, they talk to me, they talk to me.
07:41Cody, for weeks and weeks and weeks I told you that I would do whatever
07:50it took to win at King of the Ring.
07:54I told you for weeks and weeks that I would not hesitate.
08:02But United Champions, I had you dead to rights.
08:07I had you laying there, I was about to rearrange your skull, brother.
08:12But I hesitated.
08:18You didn't hesitate.
08:22You pulled the trigger.
08:28And for that, I respect you.
08:34Now, I won't soon forget it, but for that, I respect you.
08:41But there is one thing that I ask of you.
08:43In fact, I want you to promise me, Cody, promise me that you will not squander this opportunity.
08:50Promise me that you will go to SummerSlam and kick John Cena's ass.
08:56True McIntyre.
09:10True McIntyre.
09:11Oh, wow.
09:13It has been weeks.
09:15Saturday night's main event, in fact, since we last saw the Scottish Psychopath.
09:25A month and a half ago, on the receiving end of a concerto in the steel cage.
09:31And he arrives at this moment.
09:34And he vuels back to the名 klang which is the catchphrase.
09:39Oh, wow.
09:41I love you.
09:44I love you.
09:46I love you.
09:48But it was like you'd be great.
09:50I love you.
09:52I love you.
09:53I love you.
09:54I love you.
09:56I love you.
09:57I love you!
09:58I love you.
09:58I love you.
09:59I love you!
10:00I love you.
10:01And I love you.
10:03You hang up, no, no, no, you hang up.
10:09You hang up, no, no, no, please, you hang up.
10:12Shut up, that's what you both sound like to me and it's pathetic.
10:19When did this beta male energy take over WWE?
10:24Thank God the Alpha has returned.
10:27Where to start?
10:33Randy, you know already why you lost.
10:41You hesitated on the punt, but you lost a psychological battle way before that.
10:48Cody here has been buttering you up for months.
10:54Talking about your past relationship, how much he respects you.
10:59Like a true politician, a big hug, and a knife right in your back.
11:07Speaking of your back.
11:12His surgically repaired back.
11:14Hey, Randy, you might want to keep listening.
11:16Can you remember a night of champions when you tweaked that surgically repaired back?
11:23And somebody attacked it like a shark that smelled blood in the water.
11:31He was relentless on that back, nonstop.
11:35And then when you had the chance to punt him, you couldn't do it.
11:42What happened to you, Randy?
11:45You were the Viper, the Legend Killer, the Apex Predator.
11:50A few years ago, you were punting Hall of Famers in the head, and
11:54I had to save them from the monster you were.
11:56Remember, as far as I'm concerned, the legend of Randy Orton is dead.
12:03And you, Super Cody, I want you to win at SummerSlam.
12:19I want Cody Rhodes to be the next WWE Champion.
12:29This is the match I want.
12:32This is as big as it gets.
12:33This is 20 years in the making, parallel careers, different destinations.
12:37I want you to have that title so I can be the one to rip it out of your hands.
12:42And I won't hesitate, unlike somebody.
12:52RKO, RKO, that's the Viper.
12:58That legend is in dead room.
13:02That's the Randy Orton, Wayne, the uninhibited, vicious Viper Randy Orton who heard enough.
13:29Well, Drew McIntyre just pushed one button too many on a Viper who is in no move for fun and games post-Night of Champions.
13:41As vicious and unrepentant as ever.

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