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WWE Unreal S01 E04 : Heel Turn (Episode 4)
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00:00Rock is a massive character within our universe.
00:21He's one of the biggest stars in the world.
00:32Coming off of last year's successful WrestleMania run.
00:37The final boss obviously has a huge legacy in WWE.
00:43The final boss, the greatest heel professional wrestling has seen.
00:48Insurmountable antagonist.
00:49There's nothing that the final boss can't do.
00:53Because this is what happens when you fuck with the final boss.
00:58There's nothing that the final boss can't say.
01:02The Rock is a director of the board, which means he's your boss.
01:07Becoming this new version has been the most gratifying decision that I've ever made.
01:14And you did it.
01:16But our story has just begun.
01:23Dwayne Johnson and I go back almost 40 years to a childhood, all of us in Honolulu, Hawaii.
01:32We've known each other for a long time.
01:35What we found is that after WrestleMania Philly and getting a couple months of The Rock back with WWE, the WWE Universe had a huge demand to see him again.
01:47One thing about Rock is, out of all of the businesses that he's across and he's had great success in, if you gave him truth serum and said, what's your favorite business?
01:56He would tell you WWE.
01:58So, we were coming out of Royal Rumble, which is one of our most popular events.
02:04And we were going into WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas, our Super Bowl, which we had big hopes for.
02:11So, Elimination Chamber again bookended between Royal Rumble and WrestleMania Las Vegas.
02:16So, here you had Elimination Chamber in Toronto with a tough Canadian economy.
02:22And it was a little bit of a concern as to, how do we over deliver?
02:26We felt one big answer to that was to get Rock.
02:32We knew Travis Scott was coming to Elimination Chamber.
02:35He's a big WWE fan, we're obviously big fans of Travis.
02:39Rock gets on the phone with Triple H, they talk it through.
02:43Beat by beat, pace by pace.
02:45All I know is, each of them called me and said, we think we got it for Elimination Chamber.
02:56So, how does the presence, Rock is going to be there in New Orleans?
03:04And he will lead to a promo that will end that Elimination Chamber.
03:12Trying to drive up Elimination Chamber.
03:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:15So, basically call Cody out.
03:17That will lead Cody to thinking about it and him saying, I see Elimination Chamber, give me an answer.
03:23But I wanted to call you out here for something, Cody, because it's important.
03:31I want you to be my champion.
03:37I want you to think about it.
03:40At Elimination Chamber on March 1st, you give me your answer then.
03:45I love to watch Rock's promos because he's like in concert, but he doesn't have a script that he's going to adhere to verbatim.
03:54Every dream you've ever had, I can make come true.
03:58My brother, I want your soul.
04:03Rightfully so, when The Rock shows up, it can't just be for a special appearance and to wave some hands, raise an eyebrow and then leave.
04:16I'll see you in Toronto on March 1st at Elimination Chamber.
04:21It's got to be something seismic.
04:25I think in the moment, fans were liking it, but they weren't sure what it was going to be.
04:31Oh my God, he wants him to sell his soul.
04:34That's crazy.
04:35Chat, is Cody going to sell out?
04:37Will Cody Rhodes eventually turn heel, become corporate Cody?
04:42That's a very believable storyline.
04:44There are a lot of different theories as to what WWE could be cooking up here, and now we have more questions than answering.
04:51I don't know what we just watched, but I'm intrigued.
04:53I thought it was perfect.
04:55You always want to leave the fans wanting a little more.
04:59Whether they were going to get it or not, we knew they would.
05:03They didn't necessarily know that they would.
05:06At Elimination Chamber, we think we made wrestling history.
05:12Tonight, I officially announce my retirement from the WWE.
05:32I wish physically I could do this longer.
05:45From a professional standpoint, I hope the investment that was made in me returns a hundredfold.
05:51I don't know if we've seen that before.
05:58John Cena, one of the greatest performers in the history of our business, is at a place in time in his life where he is transitioning out of the business.
06:09He is moving on to Hollywood. He is doing other things.
06:13And John is going to come back for right at about one calendar year with a limited number of dates.
06:21And he has a 25-plus year career of aches, pains, and injuries that will dictate the performance that he gives us.
06:36If it was a movie, we would CGI John Cena and make him look like everybody's greatest memory of John Cena.
06:44It's not a way it works in our business.
06:46Reality drives what we do.
06:48Loud and clear for John Cena!
06:50I just want everybody to be entertained.
06:54I want to lead the business better than I found it.
06:56I want to get out of my health.
06:58This farewell does not end tonight.
07:00We are going to build so many unforgettable lasts.
07:04The 2025 Elimination Chamber will be my last.
07:10Las Vegas WrestleMania 2025 will be the last WrestleMania I compete in.
07:20I went out into the bowl with the people.
07:26I was there and I couldn't really hear what John was saying because the crowd was too loud.
07:30So when we had gotten back, I was like, well, what was that?
07:33And he's just like, oh, I just said I'm retiring.
07:36He's earned the right to go out how he wants.
07:39John will be in programming, which means a top character slot in your programming.
07:49As amazing as that is, it comes with a lot of ifs, a lot of questions, and a lot of what are we sort of going to really get when we get into this.
08:02So, if you want some, hurry up and come get some.
08:06Because the last time is now.
08:15Pretty crazy out here.
08:17Right on.
08:19That's me, you don't tell me.
08:22Oh my God, you almost had me in tears back here, man.
08:25I didn't know you were calling it today.
08:27We've seen The Rock embrace the dark side in his latest return to the ring.
08:31In this final run, do you think there's any chance we see a darker side of John Cena?
08:35I don't know how much impact that would have.
08:38Because that goes heavily against what I value.
08:45I got three words. Die, Rocky die.
08:50That's the gratitude I get from you pieces of crap.
08:53To be a heel first and foremost, you've got to love people not liking you.
09:04If you can dribble this basketball 15 times consecutively, I'm going to give you $500.
09:11Ready? Go.
09:12Nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
09:16Oops!
09:18Oh!
09:20We didn't get to 15, Sean.
09:23I think there's many categories for being a good heel.
09:30Are you kidding?
09:32What a despicable act that was!
09:35The truth of the matter is, I'm your father, Dominic.
09:40Am I making fun of you?
09:43Oh!
09:44No, sir!
09:45No, sir!
09:46No, sir!
09:47No, sir!
09:49Hulk Hogan's here!
09:51Yeah, but whose side is he on?
09:52Oh, my God!
09:53What the hell is going on?!
09:56Probably the lowest shot ever given to professional wrestling!
09:59Totally fabricated emotion, it doesn't sell tickets.
10:04So my legal name, and I need many of them, is Michael Joseph Seitz.
10:10I have been known as Lord Michael Hayes, Freebird Michael PSAs.
10:15The PS stands for purely sexy.
10:18Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
10:21Ben Freed and Little D.A.
10:24Some people, they don't make good heels because they need adulation.
10:28They need to be cheered.
10:30They need to be approved by society.
10:33The last thing I ever needed was approval by society.
10:38We were rock and roll stars that fought for a living.
10:42And Santa Claus just takes Mike White-Aaron.
10:44And I think that is not Santa Claus, that's Michael Hayes!
10:50I made a lot of money looking up the lights.
10:52And what that means is laying on my back getting pinned.
10:56Because I was the bad guy.
10:57Michael Hayes and a war is taking place now.
11:01I had my opportunities where I would win.
11:05Leading to the big story, the final chapter, where the good guy prevails.
11:11Life with Michael Hayes on an attempt to suppress his work.
11:15Two, three!
11:16And Gary Vaynery turns it around!
11:18In this industry, winning's important, but it's not the only thing.
11:22Creating interest for the fans.
11:25That's what it's fucking all about.
11:28Here's the winner!
11:30In the confines of WWE, a babyface is your good guy.
11:34And a heel is your bad guy.
11:36My government name, my birth given name is Austin Watson.
11:40And then when I started on the independent wrestling scene, I was the Batman for a while.
11:46But I was dressed in red, white, and blue.
11:49And so my name eventually changed to Awesome Austin Creed, which also Austin Creed is my gamer tag.
11:54But then my WWE name is Xavier Woods.
11:59I am a part of a group called The New Day.
12:02It's easily the greatest tag team of all time, the greatest trio, the greatest group.
12:07We took the world by storm.
12:09We've been babyface for a very long time.
12:11Very much the crowd favorite.
12:12Very much family fun energy.
12:15The members are myself, Kofi Kingston, and Big E.
12:18A few years before now, Big E had a terrible injury where he landed on the floor on his head upside down and broke his neck.
12:39And because of that, he was no longer able to wrestle anymore.
12:42And on December 2nd, it was our 10-year anniversary.
12:45And so, on the day of our anniversary...
12:49It's ya boys, the...
12:51New Day!
12:53...E then decided to show up.
12:55Yes!
12:57And it just wouldn't be the same without him.
12:59You are seeing this hope of Big E, the crowd's favorite person in all of wrestling, more or less.
13:06The New Day have never truly felt like the New Day without this man by their side.
13:11I'm gonna be here to cheer for you, to root for you, to uplift you.
13:17I'm gonna be here every single week!
13:25To serve as your managers.
13:28A heel turn is when a baby face flips to the dark side.
13:36Now?
13:38And they become a heel.
13:40Now?
13:41You wanna come back?
13:43E!
13:45You left us.
13:50Hey, I broke my neck!
13:52Yeah, you broke your neck!
13:53So what?
13:56You are never going to be medically clear!
14:00E!
14:01And since that's the case...
14:02E!
14:03E!
14:04E!
14:05E!
14:06E!
14:07E!
14:08E!
14:09E!
14:10E!
14:11E!
14:12E!
14:13E!
14:14E!
14:15E!
14:16E!
14:17E!
14:18E!
14:19E!
14:20E!
14:21E!
14:25E!
14:26E!
14:27E!
14:28E!
14:29E!
14:30E!
14:31E!
14:32we had a group chat and we said we should do this chant this clap
14:37so that everybody knows that when you hear that it's us but now to hear that turned against me
14:42we have arenas of thousands of people saying that we suck it it's wild
14:56this is atlanta's favorite son he's come home
15:00so now we get to check out that heel side of things and i want them to boo me that's what i define as
15:11success nobody ever thought xavier and kofi would become assholes and they did it's a thin line
15:19between love and hate in this business his family has arrived his father alvin his mother angelita
15:27his sister ever
15:28mom dad where have y'all been
15:34oh my goodness
15:38my sister my sister
15:45what do better i cannot believe you
15:51what a moment little yadi and xavier wood's parents have turned because of his actions toward big e
16:02and ray mysterio trying to take advantage of the distraction
16:06covered by ray mysterio by the wind
16:13what's wrong with him man what's wrong with him i don't know i didn't raise him like that i didn't raise him like that i didn't raise him like that
16:23i didn't raise him like that i didn't raise him like that
16:26it's a classic big turn got over amazingly
16:30the key to the new day heel turn was
16:34not let the audience see this coming
16:37audience loves to be surprised
16:40the hardest thing in this business now in this day and age of information and internet and people posting stuff and talking to their friends who then posted and everything else is keeping something secret
16:53there's not a show in the world from back in dallas dynasty up until game of thrones if the scripts would have been released ahead of time the stories would never have been that good
17:11i don't think people need to know and i think the magic is out there under the lights
17:17i love the surprise and that's the end goal whether your audience is none one or a hundred thousand
17:27for the last 20 years john cena has been the ultimate good guy in wwe
17:33john cena is the prototype if you will of what you'd want a wwe superstar to be as far as your top guy
17:39reliable said yes to everything just an unbelievable career
17:45sometimes people want some change and so you've gotten some calls over the years for
17:50man wouldn't it be great if john cena turned heel and for the longest time
17:54we decided not to do it because for all the make a wish stuff he did the face of the company the ambassador stuff that he did as far as the company goes that would have to be taken away
18:04if he did something and fell to the dark side and became a heel
18:08when we looked at john's retirement we looked at how do we feature john and tell good stories throughout the year
18:19and the easy answer is well you feature john cena and you put him against marquee opponents for a year
18:25you know cody versus cena good guy versus good guy babyface versus babyface top guy versus former top guy it's great it's a wrestlemania main event story it's awesome
18:36i think for a while
18:39i think for a while we were okay with babyface cena versus babyface cody
18:43but it's always important to us to over deliver for our fans
18:47we felt we needed elimination chamber to perform what can we do to spruce up the show
18:53there's one move we can make here let's call the rock
18:58when rock gets called back to wwe i get called back into active duty so to speak to uh help work on the creative uh with whatever rock's doing
19:09i used to work at wwe as a writer from 1999 to 2015
19:15head writer from 2002 to 2012. the prospect of babyface john and babyface cody
19:21felt a little dry to us
19:24but just looking at it from the outside like let's throw some controlled chaos into this
19:31so myself and rock we got together and we pitched something that was twofold i had the idea of cody needing to be rock's champion
19:44we had that as the hook
19:47my brother i want your soul
19:51at elimination chamber on march 1st you give me your answer then
19:56we proposed elimination chamber cody turning down the final boss
20:01and that was going to lead to
20:04final boss making an impromptu title match right then and there
20:07that resulted in kevin owens who
20:10had been in a storyline with cody during that time
20:14leaving with the championship
20:16a new champion
20:21kevin owens winning the title wasn't
20:24the end goal
20:26the takeaway was
20:27whatever it is we do
20:29needs to be seismic
20:31that's the big question
20:32what is cody going to say
20:34what is he going to do
20:35how are you going to pay this off at chamber
20:38if you say to me who said it first
20:47i don't know
20:51did bruce remember
20:53the three people that were involved were myself
20:56paul avek and ed koski
20:58and and we were challenged with with an idea
21:03in a way it's like marvel and the multiverse and all that stuff there's all these alternative universes where
21:10this happens
21:11or that happens
21:12you have to like kind of like play them out in your mind as to where do they go to and what is the best
21:17rock and his team made out the the original offer as far as you know what what we could possibly do at elimination chamber
21:24the overall framework from rock's team worked the one issue we had was changing the championship that close to wrestlemania
21:33all that being said the idea from rock's team did set the tone for how impactful this moment needed to be
21:38so we're trying to figure out what could we do
21:41the initial conversation i would say probably consisted of 45 minutes
21:47just the three of us on a zoom call on a tuesday night just got together uh and basically
21:54said like well we've got to do this we've got to figure this out
21:58and we came up with what if scenarios
22:02what if the rock makes an offer for cody's soul in new orleans
22:05then an elimination chamber we wait until john cena wins
22:09john cena with his fourth win inside elimination chamber
22:15cody comes out to congratulate him so you've got both guys in the ring
22:19now rock decides to upstage that moment and he comes out and wants his answer from cody
22:25the moment has arrived
22:27and i think i was the first one to say what if cody accepts the offer and drops john cena and sells out to the rock
22:33i want it all rock
22:39and it was actually bruce who said what if we turn john cena
22:46oh yeah this is this is it it checks all the boxes
23:02cena turning heel adds a whole other layer to the not just the cody story
23:09but the whole farewell tour and the whole rest of the year
23:12if we could do that that would be awesome
23:15but we needed to get other people on board
23:17there are five people that i talked to with a move this big
23:21that's rock obviously it's cody
23:24cena
23:26travis scott we want to help build this idea around
23:29and then wwe president of course nick khan
23:32so my first call is to nick who's also a board member along with rock
23:36i run the idea by him nick basically says love all of it
23:41so my next reach out to that point is to rock
23:44i hit him with what if what if hear me out on this and he just listened and every now and then through the conversation he would go
23:55mm-hmm
23:56mm-hmm
23:57i wasn't sure if he was giving me the mm-hmm just get to the end so i can tell you how much i hate this or
24:01right
24:02right
24:03and i got to the end and he was like
24:06wow
24:07um
24:08man i gotta tell you i think that's genius like what's
24:11you know and he immediately started riffing thoughts and ideas right
24:15so we spent probably like another 30 minutes on the phone together talking about this and
24:19the more we talked about it the more we were both getting excited about it and like into it
24:25my next conversation is with travis scott
24:29i make sure travis is comfortable with the creative
24:32he loves it and says let's do this
24:35somewhere near cody hits me back i get with cody
24:42when i hit him with it he's like
24:44like holy shit i didn't think that's what you were gonna say
24:47blah blah blah
24:48wow that's really cool
24:50then
24:52i talked to john john's the best with like he's like well before you say it like just know
24:59if this is what you believe in i'm in i said john okay let's take the bullshit hat off
25:05now this is not they had a creative talking to you and you know you you the the performer
25:11i said i am asking john cena the human being paul avek is talking to you give me your gut
25:18i said give me your gut you like it or you don't and he was like um i like it a lot actually and when i hung up the phone with him within a minute minute and a half i've gotten like three different texts from him of thoughts ideas and so i'm like he's engaged
25:31so once we get to that point now
25:46it's a coordinated effort everybody is getting together rock's reaching out to cody nick reaching out to rock cody's reaching out to cena cena's reaching out to everybody so one of the things that we all talked about on the phone was let's keep this tight nobody gets this information that isn't on this phone call
26:05this is a ple that is in a stadium it's not called wrestlemania that alone stadium business is what we're in now it's a beautiful thing
26:19the main event spot of wrestlemania is still undecided this year so much of it depends on the elimination chamber
26:34you have a who's who in an era of who's who vying for the opportunity to main event
26:41how are you doing boss good to see you man i can't wait to watch your work
26:47rock is very much interlinked with my career now it's not something i ever really had on my bingo card it's not something i really ever could have foreseen
26:55he wants me to be his champion representing his bidding in wwe or he just wants to who knows whip me and rip my face off i think it's really fun because this is the most
27:08the most confused the wwe audience and wrestling fans and wwe universe has ever been just because this story has really been a fun mystery so we'll know tonight
27:15place is gonna be nuts i know it's giving wrestlemania vibes
27:20fucking crazy yeah it's huge i don't know sentimental value they don't work anymore
27:27they don't work anymore at all they don't stay up so no they don't
27:32but whatever look at that good as soon
27:35yeah still wearing the kmart jorts
27:38yeah yeah
27:41these knee pads are original ovw knee pads
27:44because i used to have like uh four or five sets that i'd wear with different gear
27:49and these are the these ones have just gone the way through so this is like this is this is it these are
27:552001
27:56one thing i'm not hearing yet and maybe you guys have this and we're just doing the readers digest version
28:01seen a kicking out of something and feeling him almost getting eliminated those nuances to this desperation last match possibly
28:11i i need to feel you almost just gotten eliminated that dream evaporated
28:15i don't think there needs to be anything special done with that
28:18what i don't want to do is overtell that story
28:21no you in the end
28:24it's uh it's not as uh it's not as shocking about you
28:28what an image
28:29it is a unique position when you're looking at seth ronaldins
28:32logan paul
28:33damian priest
28:34drew mcintyre
28:35cian funk
28:36and john cena
28:37yeah
28:38and they're in a match to determine who gets to wrestle you
28:40that's that's why i i had an idea where i we do something and i do kick out of the hand
28:46so your facial expressions can be like
28:48that's what we can lean into
28:49that didn't work
28:50leading into what's he got to do
28:52and
28:53what's willing to do
28:54in my head it's probably
28:56i'm always too cute
28:58but at the end
28:59when i get stomped my idea is you're going for the hold and i'm scrambling and i make it to the ropes and i kick you off
29:06so you land on your ass so you have a clear view of all of it and as i'm pulling myself up here comes a stomp stomp
29:14that's great
29:15and you see it
29:16and then instead of going for this because it already didn't work i'm already there you grab my ankle you pull me up and i'm looking at him like fuck you you know
29:28so seth is watching as he fades
29:32nice
29:33can we go uh can we guys can we go in the ring and we're going to reuse this rehearsal time while we can
29:37yes
29:38we're going to leave it no they're going to leave it down for us while we do it and then raise it
29:41you can't prepare for an elimination chamber match it's uh possibly
29:48the stupidest match that we do here
29:51the structure is unforgiving not in like a pr way in a very much a
29:56it hurts like hell and it doesn't move and it doesn't make any noise so
30:00it's your worst enemy like whoever designed this really doesn't like human beings
30:04or at least us
30:07it's just so high dude it's just so fucking high dude you think
30:14at tv that day i basically said
30:17when this match is finished there's aftermath they didn't know any of it
30:22talent didn't know except for people that had to be in there
30:25you know i think at that point they started thinking well something big is going to happen and
30:29they're just not sure what
30:30it wasn't till the day of that he pulled me aside and he said hey seen this turning
30:37hill tonight and i went that makes sense now there were so many people that are nine times out of
30:43ten in the know that were not in the know on this one it was very well guarded secret
30:49what's going on
30:50so let me grab you along as quietly as we can
30:54at the very end of the night whatever we do
30:56how are we getting him out of there
30:59send a bunch of producers and referees and help him out of the ring
31:02so i'll be sitting there going
31:03yes i would
31:04yeah yeah yeah yeah
31:05nah i mean i don't think they're gonna fucking john's not gonna cripple him he's gonna beat him up
31:09hey man
31:10how are you
31:11how are you
31:12yeah i'm good self
31:13great
31:14feeling good
31:15how's everything for you
31:16good good good good good good yeah yeah yeah i think straight
31:19um
31:20i'd love to talk to you about a couple of things on the execution of tonight
31:23just just on my opinion versus you know what what we want to do and just hash that out
31:29i get to have the story is but in this you're going to be way bigger
31:34yeah
31:35i feel like as soon as he's in position we transition out of his music to your music that it just feels like
31:41the final boss should be the last
31:43absolute
31:44thing
31:45yes i love to see
31:46and they're waiting
31:47that's what i'm saying like
31:48they know
31:49okay okay they haven't been out yet
31:50shit's coming
31:51yes
31:52let me ask you this in your mind
31:53do you see this as you already had a plan with john
31:56or do you see this
31:58okay okay yes
31:59we discussed it today we were like is this
32:01yeah
32:02he already talked to you john and the plan is in place or is this john was like
32:06he told him to go fuck that i'll take that
32:09yeah
32:10you know what i mean i don't know which
32:11i think the whole time it's business
32:12okay
32:13i don't think it has to do with our souls
32:14his soul
32:15it's just business
32:16i also think what that does it puts us in a position where then it all becomes unpredictable
32:20yeah
32:21if there's a moment happening between
32:23Cody and
32:25John
32:26do we hold on you doing anything physical where it's just you sort of overseeing all the shit
32:30and all the shit
32:31i sort of felt like leave the physical on john the heat is that you orchestrated it
32:36and
32:37sort of like in the movie the top fucking ultimate bad guy that you got to get through
32:41don't do physical shit till later in the film
32:43yeah
32:44tell me what you think of this
32:45i agree i feel like uh he tells me go fuck yourself
32:48yeah
32:49right
32:50let that cook
32:53look at john
32:57whatever the fuck it is
32:58yeah
32:59bang
33:00once the beatdown happens
33:02come in
33:03final boss comes in
33:04reveal the belt
33:09at that time john would have ripped his shirt off and i think he should go full on
33:12yeah
33:13hyper snooker
33:14yeah
33:15everything gets ripped
33:17take 10 or 15 of this
33:19hold his feet
33:20trap hold his arms
33:22and just one big
33:24yeah
33:25something like that
33:26yeah
33:27let's all get together and chat about it
33:28just make sure everybody's on the same page but i'm feeling that
33:30love it
33:33it's gonna be bonkers
33:36bonkers
33:37bonkers
33:38should be good
33:39excited
33:40the elimination chamber slowly being lowered the survivor of this match will face cody rhodes
33:50at wrestlemania
33:51at wrestlemania
34:00let's go baby
34:01come on
34:02come on
34:03come on
34:04come on
34:05come on
34:06come on
34:08the following
34:09the following is the men's elimination
34:10the men's elimination
34:11the men's elimination
34:12team
34:13The gun is here, John Cena has 10 months left in his WWE career.
34:35You got your chapstick ready, Michael Cohen.
34:37Like kissing some John Cena ass.
34:41Yeah, your lips are blistering.
34:43Well, it doesn't come much bigger than the Elimination Chamber and the prize for the winner of going
34:51on to challenge Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
34:56Dude, I just pray to God nobody gets hurt.
34:58I would go, I'm going to fuck this one up.
35:04They just broke the chamber.
35:06A light fell off on the inside with the force that threw back into her body.
35:10And Cian Punk is just an eggy ball is up.
35:15Oh, yeah.
35:16The Maverick.
35:17Logan Paul enters the chamber for the second time in his career.
35:21Love him or loathe him, he's always appointment viewing.
35:25Because of this.
35:26I like you.
35:31I like you.
35:32I like you.
35:34Cian Punk and Cena chomping at the pick.
35:38To get into the action.
35:41Cena looks like a goddamn video game character in the pod there.
35:45He looks like a video game character in the pod there.
35:48Yeah.
35:50Stay with John here.
35:51It's a John comeback.
35:52A couple AAs in the middle of it.
35:54Stay with John.
35:55John Cena enters the final elimination match of his career.
35:59Doing my best out there to give him all I got.
36:03Every ounce of energy I'm trying to give away.
36:06John Cena takes out Paul.
36:10And the goat is out of the way.
36:14John Cena with a five knuckle shuffle.
36:19Mom's been waiting since Rumble for this.
36:21John Cena with an opportunity to get back to WrestleMania.
36:26And perhaps win a 17th in record setting world title.
36:30Punk has yet to enter.
36:31He will in 15 seconds.
36:34I mean let's just say it how it is.
36:36This is a must win for CM Punk.
36:38And now Punk who was eliminated by Logan Paul.
36:41At the Royal Rumble.
36:42Gets a chance of revenge.
36:45Now.
36:47Now it's the only fucking book.
36:48And we're on the way.
36:52And everybody's into the matchup.
36:53Two nominations to Swamp.
36:58Punk is fired up.
37:00And he'll never get a better opportunity than the one that has been presented to him now.
37:05Carcasses lying around the ring.
37:07Oh, bang.
37:09And now.
37:09CM Punk promised that Paul was going to go to sleep.
37:12GTS connects.
37:15Punk cover.
37:15And we are down to three.
37:21Logan Paul has been eliminated.
37:26CM Punk out here burying the dreams of the Maverick.
37:32And here we go.
37:33Punk and Cena.
37:35Moving such a fabric of this company in many different ways over the past couple of decades.
37:39Everybody's on their feet.
37:43Not one person sitting down.
37:45Two of the best in history.
37:49Trying to see what they believe is their destiny.
37:52Cena looking for an AA.
37:53See a Punk now.
37:55With Rollins up.
37:56We're going to sleep.
37:58Into A.
38:00AA.
38:02Cover by Punk.
38:05We are down to Punk and Cena.
38:07Cena and CM Punk.
38:11Let us turn back the clock.
38:14Some 15 years.
38:17To one of the great rivalries in WWE history.
38:21Two legends.
38:22Two icons.
38:23Two Hall of Famers.
38:25One shot at WrestleMania.
38:27Oh, wait.
38:29Oh, God.
38:30Oh, God.
38:31Oh, God.
38:32A stomp by Seth Rollins.
38:35A stomp onto the steel outside of the chamber.
38:41And John Cena now.
38:43A desperate Cena.
38:44A desperate Cena.
38:45Dragging Punk.
38:46Center of the ring.
38:48STF is in.
38:50Rollins going to stomp the Punk.
38:52Punk is fading.
38:53CM Punk is fading.
38:55Punk trying to survive.
39:00There's no fight in it.
39:01Chuck Rollins just spruits the end, Punk.
39:04John Cena's gone to WrestleMania.
39:07Here is your winner.
39:10Gian.
39:12Gian.
39:13Gian.
39:16Gian.
39:17Cena has tied Triple H with his fourth win inside Elimination Chamber.
39:24What feels better to me than them cheering or booing is when I know that they're satisfied.
39:35They're special.
39:36The surprise is special.
39:38The end of that match, nobody knew John's going to turn heel.
39:42We have a truck with a director in it and, you know, all the technical people that need to run stuff.
39:50The truck didn't know what was going to happen.
39:53Take five.
39:54My name is Marty Miller.
39:56I'm a director.
39:58I've been with the WWE almost 30 years.
40:00So basically responsible for what you see live on television, which is the actual cutting of cameras and the flow of the show.
40:09That Elimination Chamber, when the Cena segment was going to happen, Paul had come to me and said, look, just follow along and everything will line up.
40:20That doesn't happen every day.
40:23I was on a headset.
40:24I basically said, everybody lay out and I'll walk you through the shot step by step.
40:30Cody's going to come out.
40:31Biggest night of the American Nightmare's life.
40:43So he and John are going to face off.
40:45When they shake hands, we'll give it a second and we'll interrupt with Brock.
40:49Here they come.
40:51Here we go, baby.
40:55What's up, Jeff?
40:58Badass, baby.
41:00Fall.
41:01There's a lot of people there.
41:03Yep.
41:04Hang on.
41:06And go.
41:07Track me on.
41:08Cut it, Brock.
41:08Breathe, come back.
41:09Breathe, breathe, take breathe, push.
41:18We're usually, you know, in all the meetings, we know what's going to happen, when it's going to happen, and how we're going to try to execute that.
41:24But with that particular segment, we were kind of, you know, we were just kind of following along.
41:29They're going to get in the ring.
41:30When Rock's going to cut a promo, Cody's going to cut a promo.
41:33He's going to tell Rock to fuck, go fuck himself.
41:37I'm okay not clipping it.
41:39Okay?
41:41Everyone needs to let this air.
41:42Cody and John, they're going to hug.
41:46They're going to disengage.
41:48And from there, as long as you're on a wide two-shot, you'll see what happens.
41:55I cut it in real time.
41:59Big decision for that man.
42:03Cody Rhodes.
42:05The moment has arrived.
42:09So Rock's got a promo, Cody's got a rebuttal that ends in go fuck yourself.
42:12Rock's got a rebuttal that ends in go fuck yourself.
42:14I want your mind.
42:15I want your soul.
42:17I want your soul.
42:18I need your soul.
42:21If the answer is yes, then the American nightmare will live forever.
42:28If your answer is no, then tonight, the dream dies.
42:35My soul no longer belongs to me.
42:42I gave my soul to this ring and these people a long time ago.
42:52Hey, Rock, go fuck yourself.
42:59What?
42:59One of the most shocking things I've ever heard said in the history of saying things.
43:08Yeah, don't get too tight here.
43:11Watch for Cody and Cena.
43:13Rock's going to start to walk and watch for Cody and Cena to go for the handshake and the hug.
43:17Ready, four.
43:18Ready, here it is.
43:19Two.
43:20Give him two camera.
43:21Two camera.
43:21Take two.
43:22John's face.
43:23Take three.
43:24Rock's face.
43:26Take three.
43:27Take three.
43:28Big shot.
43:29Full.
43:29Everybody.
43:36What the?
43:50Oh, my God, John.
43:51What the hell are you doing?
43:53So listen to me.
43:55John is going to beat the shit out of him.
43:57Stay on Cena.
44:01John, what the hell?
44:04Cena with brass knuckles.
44:07It's a Rolex.
44:09It's a Rolex, Cole.
44:12John's.
44:13John.
44:14Do you want to go out like this?
44:16Let me see Cody's face.
44:20Cody's face.
44:21Regret the green.
44:23See?
44:23Ryder.
44:25Travis.
44:26Watch Travis.
44:29Somebody stop this.
44:32Cena.
44:32Cena.
44:33Cena.
44:34Cena.
44:34After everything he's accomplished in his career, he's going to stoop to this shit.
44:38This is one of the most disgusting displays that I've ever witnessed.
44:47Nope.
44:48So we're all the way down to the end.
44:49We're going to get a three shot of him at the end of the walkway.
44:52Six.
44:53Take six.
44:57Nice shit, guys.
45:02Fuckin' A.
45:08It was like a really cool moment for all of us.
45:11There's very few moments in time where that happens.
45:15John Cena turns heel.
45:18If that got out, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.
45:23Because it wouldn't have been that big a deal.
45:26But when you hold it as tight as you can, you get the honest reaction of the audience.
45:40Let's take a ride.
45:44Hey, that was fuckin' awesome.
45:46Feel good?
45:46Yeah, feel great.
45:47Fuckin' incredible.
45:49There was a collective gasp from the audience.
45:52When they saw Cena's face and his expression change.
45:58That's where the money is.
46:00That's why you have to be able to keep secrets.
46:03And it's harder to do now than ever.
46:06Hey, that was awesome.
46:07That was awesome.
46:07Good shit.
46:08In a million years, in his retirement year, there's no way John was turning heel.
46:13You guys had no idea, right?
46:14No.
46:14Yeah.
46:15We hadn't told anybody.
46:16This is all Paul Levesque, Dwayne Johnson, John Cena, Cody Rhodes, Rock's creative team,
46:23our creative team, and ultimately our fans.
46:26And their response to it, it made magic.
46:28To me, that's the purest form of what we do.
46:33All right.
46:34Awesome.
46:35Feel good.
46:36When...
46:37Gotcha.
46:39The moment he held and looked at me, you know, and I was really...
46:43Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
46:44Oh, yeah.
46:45No!
46:47No!
46:49No!
46:51No!
46:54Oh, my God!
46:57Oh, my God!
46:58Oh, my God!
47:00What is Cena doing?
47:03Bro, you can't!
47:04It's your final year, dude!
47:06Ain't no way John Cena turned into the bad guy.
47:09John Cena finally turned heel!
47:12We've been waiting like a decade for this!
47:14I have never once not been surprised by our audience.
47:20They're incredible.
47:22They all just want to be involved, man.
47:28This is one of the...
47:29This is one of the most...
47:31disgusting displays that I've ever witnessed.
47:36I've seen them in the Rock.
47:38I hate them so much.
47:39I hate them.
47:41Oh, I heard it.
47:49Boom!
47:49Yeah, yeah.
47:50Yeah, there's nothing I could do.
47:55I love you, bro.
48:03I like you so much, man.
48:05Are you okay?
48:07I'm good.
48:07You're good.
48:08It's always crazy being in there.
48:09I know you've been in front of the biggest crowds in the world.
48:12It's a nuts scenario out there, so...
48:14Well, that's it.
48:21You got the fever.
48:23Bro, anytime and if you want, whenever the next segment is, whatever it may be, I'm here for you.
48:28So whatever you need.
48:29As far as the heel turn goes, I appreciate the question.
48:33But anything in the realm of what we do, I don't like to spoil it.
48:39WrestleMania season just got a whole lot different.
48:44John Cena walks away as your winner is headed to WrestleMania.
48:48When I give you this information, if I do, it might spoil it for somebody.
48:53You understand?
48:54Many other performers talk about the dopamine rush of when your music hits the noise.
49:10I much more prefer the surprise.
49:13Is that the answer you're looking for?
49:16It's the answer you get.
49:17All right.
49:18I bet.
49:19Very good.
49:20Very good.
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