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WWE Unreal S01E04 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?
03:03In 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.
03:23Give me an answer.
03:24But 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.
04:07Rightfully so.
04:08When The Rock shows up, it can't just be for a special appearance and to wave some hands, raise an eyebrow and then leave.
04:15I'll see you in Toronto on March 1st at Elimination Chamber.
04:21It's got to be something seismic.
04:24I think in the moment, fans were liking it, but they weren't sure what it was going to be.
04:30Oh my God, he wants him to sell his soul.
04:33That's crazy.
04:34Chat, is Cody going to sell out?
04:36Will Cody Rhodes eventually turn heel, become corporate Cody?
04:41That'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.
04:50I don't know what we just watched, but I'm intrigued.
04:53I thought it was perfect.
04:54You always want to leave the fans wanting a little more.
04:58Whether they were going to get it or not, we knew they would.
05:02They didn't necessarily know that they would.
05:05At Elimination Chamber, we think we made wrestling history.
05:11Tonight, I officially announce my retirement from the WWE.
05:41I 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 I've seen that before.
05:54John 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.
07:05The 2025 Elimination Chamber will be my last.
07:11Las Vegas WrestleMania 2025 will be the last WrestleMania I compete in.
07:24I went out into the bowl with the people.
07:27I was there and I couldn't really hear what John was saying because the crowd was too loud.
07:31So 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.
07:41John 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,
07:56and 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.
08:07Because the last time is now.
08:10You're pretty crazy out here, right on?
08:17That's me, you know, tell me.
08:20Oh, my God. You almost had me tears back here, man.
08:24I didn't know he was falling in a day.
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 your 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.
09:12Ready? Go.
09:13Nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen.
09:16Oops!
09:21We didn't get to 15, Sean.
09:24I think there's many categories for being a good heel.
09:31Are you kidding?
09:33What a despicable act that was.
09:36The truth of the matter is, I'm your father, Dominic.
09:42I'm making fun of you.
09:44No, sir.
09:45No, sir.
09:46No, sir.
09:49Hulk Hogan's here!
09:51Yeah, but whose side is he on?
09:53Oh, my God.
09:54What the hell is going on?
09:56Probably the lowest shot ever given to professional wrestling.
10:00Totally fabricated emotion.
10:02It doesn't sell tickets.
10:04So my legal name, and I need many of them, is Michael Joseph Seitz.
10:09I have been known as Lord Michael Hayes, Freebird Michael PSAs.
10:15The PS stands for purely sexy.
10:17Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
10:20Ben Freed and Lil D A.
10:24Some people, they don't make good heels because they need adulation.
10:27They need to be cheered.
10:29They need to be approved by society.
10:32The last thing I ever needed was approval by society.
10:37We were rock and roll stars that fought for a living.
10:41And Santa Claus just kicked back by Eric.
10:45And I think that is not Santa Claus, that's Michael Hayes.
10:48It'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.
11:11In 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 baby face 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.
11:47But 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.
11:55But 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.
12:08We've been baby faced for a very long time.
12:10Very much the crowd favorite.
12:11Very 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.
12:38And because of that, he was no longer able to wrestle anymore.
12:41And on December 2nd, it was our 10 year anniversary.
12:45And so, on the day of our anniversary.
12:48It's your boys, The New Day!
12:53He then decided to show up.
12:54Yes!
12:55And it just wouldn't be the same without him.
12:58You are seeing this hope of Big E, the crowd's favorite person in all of wrestling, more or less.
13:05The New Day have never truly felt like The New Day without this man by their side.
13:12I'm gonna be here to cheer for you, to root for you, to uplift you.
13:17I'm gonna be here every single week to serve as your managers.
13:28A heel turn is when a baby face flips to the dark side.
13:36Now?
13:37And they become a heel.
13:40Now?
13:41You wanna come back?
13:43E!
13:45You left us.
13:50Hey, I broke my neck!
13:51Yeah, you broke your neck!
13:53So what?
13:54You are never going to be medically clear!
14:01And since that's the case...
14:05Get back to your desk where you belong.
14:13So now, people despise us because of that.
14:17Because we shunned you.
14:18Because we told them, no, we don't want you to come here every week.
14:20We want you to go back home.
14:22Xavier's from Atlanta.
14:24He got, he's out of his building, and now we're saying New Day sucks.
14:29This, this chant that we have, this rhythm, this...
14:33We had a group chat, and we said, we should do this chant, this clap,
14:36so that everybody knows that when you hear that, it's us.
14:39But now to hear that turned against me.
14:41New Day sucks!
14:43New Day sucks!
14:44New Day sucks!
14:45New Day sucks!
14:46New Day sucks!
14:48We have arenas of thousands of people saying that we suck.
14:53It...
14:54It's wild.
14:55Hold on, hold on, hold on.
14:56This is Atlanta's favorite sonny!
14:58He's come home!
15:00New Day sucks!
15:02So now we get to check out that heel side of things.
15:05New Day sucks!
15:06New Day sucks!
15:07I want them to boo me.
15:09That's what I define as success.
15:12Nobody ever thought Xavier and Kofi would become assholes.
15:17And they did.
15:18It's a thin line between love and hate in this business.
15:20And Ward's family has arrived.
15:24His father Alvin, his mother Angelita, his sister Amber.
15:30Mom!
15:32Dad, where have y'all been?
15:35Oh, my goodness.
15:39Oh, my!
15:43My sister!
15:44My sister!
15:45You suck!
15:46Hey!
15:47What?
15:48Do better!
15:49I cannot believe you!
15:50You suck!
15:51Until we miss!
15:53What a moment!
15:54Little Yachty and Xavier Woods' parents have turned because of his actions toward Big E!
16:02And Rey Mysterio trying to take advantage of the distraction covered by Rey!
16:07Mysteria wins the win!
16:08What's wrong with him, man?
16:09What's wrong with him?
16:10I don't know.
16:11I didn't raise him like that.
16:12I didn't raise him like that.
16:13I didn't raise him like that.
16:14I didn't raise him like that.
16:16It's the classic Big Turn.
16:18Got over amazingly.
16:20What's wrong with him, man? What's wrong with him?
16:22I don't know. I didn't raise him like that.
16:24I 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 not let the audience see this coming.
16:37Audience loves to be surprised.
16:39The hardest thing in this business now, in this day and age of information and Internet
16:47and people posting stuff and talking to their friends who then posted
16:51and 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.
17:03If 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.
17:14And I think the magic is out there under the lights.
17:17I love the surprise.
17:19And that's the end goal, whether your audience is none, one, or 100,000.
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.
17:40Reliable, said yes to everything, just an unbelievable career.
17:43Sometimes people want some change.
17:48And so you've gotten some calls over the years for, man, wouldn't it be great if John Cena turned heel?
17:53And for the longest time, we decided not to do it.
17:57Because for all the make-a-wish stuff that he did, the face of the company, the ambassador stuff that he did as far as the company goes,
18:03that would have to be taken away if 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.
18:26You know, Cody versus Cena, good guy versus good guy, babyface versus babyface, top guy versus former top guy.
18:33It's great. It's a WrestleMania main event story. It's awesome.
18:36I think for a while, we were okay with babyface Cena versus babyface Cody.
18:44But it's always important to us to over-deliver for our fans.
18:47We felt we needed Elimination Chamber to perform.
18:51What can we do to spruce up this show?
18:53There's one move we can make here. Let's call The Rock.
18:59When The Rock gets called back to WWE, I get called back into active duty, so to speak, to help work on the creative with whatever Rock's doing.
19:09I used to work at WWE as a writer from 1999 to 2015, head writer from 2002 to 2012.
19:17The prospect of babyface John and babyface Cody felt a little dry to us.
19:23But 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.
19:38I 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.
19:54You give me your answer then.
19:55We proposed an Elimination Chamber, Cody turning down the final boss.
20:02And that was going to lead to final boss making an impromptu title match right then and there.
20:07That resulted in Kevin Owens, who had been in a storyline with Cody during that time, leaving with the championship.
20:16A new champion!
20:22Kevin Owens winning the title wasn't the end goal.
20:26The takeaway was, whatever it is we do needs to be seismic.
20:31That's the big question.
20:33What is Cody going to say?
20:34What is he going to do?
20:35How are you going to pay this off at Chamber?
20:42If you say to me, who said it first?
20:46I don't know.
20:51Did Bruce remember?
20:53The three people that were involved were myself, Paul Levesque, and Ed Kosky.
20:58And we were challenged with an idea.
21:04In a way, it's like Marvel and the multiverse and all that stuff.
21:07There's all these alternative universes where this happens or that happens.
21:13Do you have to kind of play them out in your mind as to where do they go to and what is the best?
21:18Rock and his team made out the original offer as far as what we could possibly do at Elimination Chamber.
21:25The overall framework from Rock's team worked.
21:28The 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.
21:39So we were 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 and basically said, like, well, we've got to do this.
21:57We'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, then an Elimination Chamber.
22:07We wait until John Cena wins.
22:10John Cena with his fourth win inside Elimination Chamber.
22:15Cody comes out to congratulate him.
22:17So you've got both guys in the ring.
22:19Now Rock decides to upstage that moment.
22:23And he comes out and wants his answer from Cody.
22:26The moment has arrived.
22:28And I think I was the first one to say, what if Cody accepts the offer and drops John Cena and sells out to Rock?
22:34I want it all, Rock.
22:36And it was actually Bruce who said, what if we turn John Cena?
22:44Oh, yeah, this is, this is it.
23:00It checks all the boxes.
23:03Cena turning heel adds a whole other layer to the, not just the Cody story, but 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.
23:22It's Rock.
23:23Obviously, it's Cody.
23:25Cena.
23:26Travis Scott.
23:27We want to help build this idea around.
23:30And then WWE president, of course, Nick Khan.
23:33So my first call is to Nick, who's also a board member along with Rock.
23:37I run the idea by him.
23:39Nick basically says, love all of it.
23:41So my next reach out to that point is to Rock.
23:47I hit him with, what if?
23:50What if?
23:50Hear me out on this.
23:51And he just listened.
23:52And every now and then through the conversation, he would go, mm-hmm, mm-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, right?
24:02And I got to the end and he was like, wow, man, I got to tell you, I think that's genius.
24:10Like, let's, you know.
24:12And he immediately started riffing thoughts and ideas, right?
24:15So we spent probably like another 30 minutes on the phone together talking about this.
24:19And the more we talked about it, the more we were both getting excited about it and, like, into it.
24:24My next conversation is with Travis Scott.
24:30I make sure Travis is comfortable with the creative.
24:33He loves it and says, let's do this.
24:35Somewhere in there, Cody hits me back.
24:42I get with Cody.
24:43When I hit him with it, he's like, like, holy shit, I didn't think that's what you were going to say, blah, blah, blah.
24:48Wow, that's really cool.
24:51Then I talked to John.
24:55John's the best with, like, he's like, well, before you say it, like, just know if this is what you believe in, I'm in.
25:01I said, John, okay, let's take the bullshit hat off now.
25:05This is not that a creative talking to you and, you know, you, the performer.
25:11I said, I am asking John Cena, the human being.
25:14Paul Levesque is talking to you.
25:17Give me your gut.
25:19This impacts John Cena, the real-life human being, and it impacts his movies, and it impacts his PR schedule, and it impacts everything.
25:27We're honest with each other.
25:28I said, give me your gut.
25:29You like it or you don't.
25:31And he was like, I like it a lot, actually.
25:34And 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.
25:42And so I'm like, he's engaged.
25:45So once we get to that point now, it's a coordinated effort.
25:48Everybody is getting together.
25:50Rock's reaching out to Cody.
25:51Nick reaching out to Rock.
25:52Cody's reaching out to Cena.
25:53Cena's reaching out to everybody.
25:55So one of the things that we all talked about on the phone was, let's keep this tight.
26:00Nobody gets this information that isn't on this phone call.
26:10This is a PLE that is in a stadium.
26:14It's not called WrestleMania.
26:15That alone, stadium business is what we're in now.
26:18It's a beautiful thing.
26:19The main event spot of WrestleMania is still undecided.
26:29This year, so much of it depends on the Elimination Chamber.
26:36You have a who's who in an era of who's who vying for the opportunity to the main event.
26:41Rock is very much interlinked with my career now.
26:51It's not something I ever really had on my bingo card.
26:54It's not something I really ever could have foreseen.
26:56He wants me to be his champion, representing his bidding in WWE.
27:01Or he just wants to, who knows, whip me and rip my face off.
27:06I think it's really fun because this is the most confused the WWE audience and wrestling fans and WWE Universe has ever been.
27:14Just because this story has really been a fun mystery.
27:17So we'll know tonight.
27:18This place is going to be nuts.
27:19I know.
27:20It's giving WrestleMania vibes.
27:21Fucking crazy.
27:22Yeah.
27:23It's huge.
27:24I don't know.
27:26Sentimental value?
27:27They don't work anymore.
27:29At all.
27:30They don't stay up.
27:31No, they don't.
27:33But whatever.
27:33Look at that.
27:35Good as new.
27:36Yeah, still wearing the Kmart jorts.
27:39Yeah.
27:39Yeah.
27:41These knee pads are original OVW knee pads.
27:45Because I used to have like four or five sets that I'd wear with different gear.
27:50And these ones have just gone on the way through.
27:52So this is it.
27:54These are 2001.
27:57One thing I'm not hearing yet, and maybe you guys have this and we're just doing the Reader's Digest version.
28:01Cena kicking out of something and feeling him almost getting eliminated.
28:06Those nuances to this desperation last match possibly.
28:11I need to feel you almost just gotten eliminated.
28:14That dream evaporated.
28:16I don't think there needs to be anything special done with that.
28:19What I don't want to do is overtell that story.
28:22No.
28:22In the end, it's not as shocking.
28:27What an image.
28:29It is a unique position when you're looking at Seth Rollins, Logan Paul, Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre, CM Punk, and John Cena.
28:37And they're in a match to determine who gets to wrestle with you.
28:41That's why I had an idea where we do something and I do kick out of the hand.
28:46So your facial expressions can be like, that's what we can lean into.
28:50That didn't work.
28:50Leading into what you got to do.
28:53What's willing to do.
28:55In my head, it's probably, I'm always too cute.
28:58But at the end, when I get stomped, my idea is you're going to hold and I'm scrambling and I make it to the ropes and I kick you off so you land on your ass.
29:09So you have a clear view of all of it.
29:11And as I'm pulling myself up, here comes a stomp.
29:14Stomp.
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.
29:21You grab my ankle.
29:23You pull me up.
29:23Yeah, fuck you.
29:24I'll be putting me in and I'm looking at him like, fuck you, you know.
29:30So Seth is watching as he fades.
29:33Nice.
29:33Can we go in the ring and we're going to reuse this rehearsal time while we can?
29:37Yes.
29:38Yes.
29:38We're going to leave it?
29:39No, they're going to leave it down for us while we do it and then raise it.
29:43You can't prepare for an Elimination Chamber match.
29:45It's possibly the stupidest match that we do here.
29:51The structure is unforgiving, not in like a PR way, in a very much a, it hurts like hell
29:58and it doesn't move and it doesn't make any noise.
30:00So it's your worst enemy.
30:03Like whoever designed this really doesn't like human beings, or at least us.
30:07At TV that day, I basically said, when this match is finished, there's aftermath.
30:21They didn't know any of it.
30:23Talent didn't know except for people that had to be in there.
30:26You know, I think at that point they started thinking, well, something big is going to happen
30:29and they're just not sure what.
30:31It wasn't until the day of that he pulled me aside and he said, hey, you've seen this
30:37turning heel tonight?
30:38And I went, that makes sense now.
30:40There were so many people that are nine times out of ten in the know that were not in the
30:46know on this one.
30:47It was very well-guarded secret.
30:49So let me grab you along as quietly as we can.
30:55At the very end of the night, we did a total.
30:58How are we getting him out of there?
31:00We had a bunch of producers and referees to help him out of the ring.
31:03So I'll be sitting there going, oh my God, so much.
31:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:06No, I mean, I don't think they're going to fucking, John's not going to cripple him.
31:08He's going to beat him up.
31:10Hey, man.
31:11How are you?
31:12How are you?
31:12I'm good.
31:13Self?
31:13Great.
31:14Feeling good?
31:14Good.
31:15How's everything for you?
31:16Good.
31:16Good, good, good, good.
31:17Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:18Everything's great.
31:18Um, I'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
31:28out.
31:29I get Trav, the story is, but in this, you're going to be way bigger.
31:34Yeah.
31:34I feel like as soon as he's in position, we transition out of his music to your music,
31:39that it just feels like the final boss should be the last thing.
31:44Absolute.
31:45Yes.
31:45I love that.
31:46And they're waiting.
31:47That's what I'm saying.
31:47Like, they know, okay, okay.
31:49They haven't been out yet.
31:50Shit's coming.
31:51Yes.
31:51And let me ask you this.
31:52In your mind, do you see this as you already had a plan with John?
31:57Or do you see this?
31:58Okay.
31:58Okay.
31:58Yes.
31:59We discussed it today.
32:00We were like, is this, he already talked to you, John, and the plan is in place, or is
32:06this, John was like, he told him to go, fuck that, I'll take that.
32:10Yeah.
32:10You know what I mean?
32:10I don't know which.
32:11I think the whole time it's business.
32:13Okay.
32:13I don't think it has to do with our souls.
32:15Yeah.
32:15So it'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 Cody and John, do we hold on you doing anything
32:28physical where it's just, you sort of overseeing all the shit?
32:31I sort of felt like leaving the physical on John, the heat is that you orchestrated it.
32:36And sort of like in the movie, the top fucking ultimate bad guy that you've got to get through
32:41doesn't do physical shit until later in the film.
32:44Yeah.
32:44Tell me what you think of this.
32:45I agree.
32:46I feel like he tells me, hey, 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, come in, final boss comes in, reveal the belt.
33:06At that time, John would have ripped his shirt off and I think he should go full on.
33:13Yeah.
33:13Hyper snook out.
33:14Yeah.
33:14That kind of everything gets ripped.
33:17Take 10 minutes into this, John.
33:19Hold his feet, trap, hold his arms.
33:22And just one big chat.
33:25Yeah.
33:25Something like that?
33:26Yeah.
33:27Yes.
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.
33:31Love it.
33:33It's going to be bonkers.
33:36Bonkers.
33:37Bonkers.
33:38Should be good.
33:39Excited.
33:43The elimination chamber slowly being lowered.
33:48The survivor of this match will face Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
33:52The following is the men's elimination chamber match.
34:16John Cena has 10 months left in his WWE career.
34:32You've got your chapstick ready, Michael Cohen.
34:38You're like kissing some John Cena ass.
34:41Yeah.
34:41Your lips are blistering.
34:45Well, it doesn't come much bigger than the elimination chamber and the prize for the winner
34:51of going on to challenge Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania.
34:55Dude, that is great of God.
34:57Nobody gets hurt.
34:58I was going to fuck this one up.
35:04They just broke the chamber.
35:06A light fell off from the inside with the force.
35:09It threw back into her body.
35:11And see, a puck is just...
35:13The 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.
35:31I like it.
35:31I like it.
35:32I like it.
35:34C.M. Duncan 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.
36:00Doing my best out there to get him all I got.
36:03Every ounce of energy I'm trying to give away.
36:07John Cena takes out Paul.
36:10And the goat is out of the way.
36:14John Cena with a five-knuckle shuffle.
36:19Punk's been waiting since Rumble for this.
36:22John Cena with an opportunity to get back to WrestleMania.
36:26And perhaps win a 17th in record-setting world title.
36:31Punk has yet to enter.
36:32He will in 15 seconds.
36:34I mean, let's just say it how it is.
36:36This is a must win for C.M. Punk.
36:38And now Punk, who was eliminated by Logan Paul at the Royal Rumble, gets a chance of revenge.
36:45Now.
36:47Now it's kneeled with the fuck.
36:48Punk is fired up and he'll never get a better opportunity than the one that has been presented to him now.
37:05C.M. Punk is lying around the ring.
37:06And now C.M. Punk promised that Paul was going to go to sleep.
37:13D.T.S. connects.
37:15Punk cover.
37:17And we are down to three.
37:19Logan Paul has been eliminated.
37:25C.M. Punk out here burying the dreams of the maverick.
37:30And 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.
37:40Everybody's on their feet.
37:43Not one person sitting down.
37:44Two of the best in history.
37:49Trying to see what they believe is their destiny.
37:52Cena looking for an A.A.
37:54C.M. Punk now.
37:55With Rollins up.
37:56Let it go to sleep.
37:59Into A.
38:00A.A.
38:02Cover by Punk.
38:05Clear down to Punk and Cena.
38:09Cena and C.M. 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.
38:29Oh, wait.
38:30Oh, God.
38:30Oh, God.
38:32Oh, God.
38:33A stomp by Seth Rollins.
38:35A stomp onto the steel outside of the chamber.
38:41A 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 with a stomp to Punk.
38:52Punk is fading.
38:53C.M. Punk is fading.
38:57Punk trying to survive.
38:59There's no fight in it.
39:01Chuck Rollins just screwed C.M. Punk.
39:04John Cena's going to WrestleMania.
39:06Here is your winner.
39:08Here is your winner.
39:10John Cena.
39:12John Cena.
39:17John Cena 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
39:34that's special the surprise is special the end of that match nobody knew john's going to turn heel
39:41we have a truck with a director in it and you know all the technical people that need to run
39:48stuff the truck didn't know what was going to happen take five my name is marty miller i'm a
39:57director i've been with the wwe almost 30 years so basically responsible for what you see live
40:03on television which is the actual cutting of cameras and the flow of the show that elimination
40:11chamber when the scene of segment was going to happen um paul had come to me and said uh look
40:17just follow along and everything will line up that doesn't happen every day
40:21i was on headset i basically said everybody lay out and i'll walk you through the shot step by step
40:29cody's gonna come out
40:31biggest night of the american nightmare's life
40:42so he and john are gonna face off when they shake hands we'll give it a second and we'll interrupt
40:48with rock here they come here we go baby
40:52stop jeff
40:56badass
40:58we're usually in all the meetings we know what's going to happen when it's going to happen
41:22and how we're going to try to execute that
41:23but with 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 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 i'm okay not clipping it
41:39okay
41:40everyone needs to let this air
41:42cody and john they're going to hug
41:46they're going to disengage
41:47and and from there as long as you're on a wide two shot you'll see what happens
41:53i cut it real time
41:59make decision for that man
42:02cody rhodes
42:04the moment
42:06has arrived
42:08so rock's got a promo cody's got a rebuttal that ends in go fuck yourself
42:13i want your mind
42:15i want your soul
42:18i need your soul
42:21if the answer is yes
42:24then the american nightmare will live forever
42:28if your answer is no
42:30then tonight
42:32the dream dies
42:35my soul
42:39no longer belongs to me
42:41i gave my soul to this ring
42:46and these people
42:47a long time ago
42:50hey rock
42:54go fuck yourself
42:56what
42:59one of the most shocking things i've ever heard said
43:04in the history of saying things
43:07yeah don't get too tight here
43:09watch for cody and seeing the rock's going to start to walk and watch for cody and cina to go for the handshake and the hug
43:16three four ready here it is
43:18two
43:20give two camera
43:21two camera
43:21pick two john's face
43:22pick three
43:23pick three
43:23rock's face
43:25pick three
43:26pick three
43:27big shot
43:28everybody
43:29what the
43:36what the
43:37oh my god john what the hell are you doing
43:52so listen to me
43:54john is going to beat the shit out of him
43:57stay on cina
43:59john what the hell
44:02cina with brass knuckles
44:06it's a rolex
44:08it's a rolex
44:10coel
44:10coel
44:10john
44:12john
44:13do you want to go out like this
44:16let me see cody's face
44:20cody's face
44:21three three
44:22three
44:22see writer
44:24here travis
44:25watch travis
44:26somebody stop this
44:30this is one of the most disgusting displays that i've ever witnessed
44:44nope so we're all the way down to the end we're going to get a three shot of him at the end of the walkway
44:52six
44:52take six
44:54nice shit guys
45:02fucking a
45:06it was like a really cool moment for all of us
45:11there's very few moments in time where that happens
45:13john cena turns heel
45:16if that got out
45:19we wouldn't be having this conversation right now
45:23because it wouldn't have been that big a deal
45:25but when you hold it as tight as you can
45:29you get the honest reaction of the audience
45:34thank you
45:37let's uh take a ride
45:42hey that was fucking awesome feel good
45:46yeah fucking incredible
45:48there was a collective gasp
45:51from the audience
45:52when they saw cena's face
45:55and his expression change
45:57that's where the money is
45:59that's why you have to be able to keep secrets
46:02and it's harder to do now than ever
46:05hey that was awesome
46:07dude that was awesome
46:07good shit
46:08in a million years
46:09in his retirement year
46:11there's no way john was turning to heel
46:12you guys had no idea right
46:14no
46:14no
46:14yeah
46:14we hadn't billed anybody
46:16this is all paul liveck
46:18dwayne johnson john cena
46:20cody rhodes
46:21rock's creative team
46:23our creative team
46:24and ultimately our fans
46:26and their response to it
46:27it made magic
46:28to me that's the purest form of what we do
46:33when gotcha
46:38the moment he held
46:40and looked at me
46:41and i went to sleep
46:42and i started to feel like
46:44oh yeah
46:45what is cena doing
47:01you can't
47:04what you're fighting here dude
47:06ain't no way john cena
47:08turned into the bad guy
47:09john cena finally turned heel
47:11we've been waiting like a decade for this
47:14i have never once not been surprised
47:18by our audience
47:19they're incredible
47:21they all just want to be involved man
47:24this is one of the
47:29this is one of the most
47:31disgusting displays that i've ever witnessed
47:35i've seen them in the rock
47:38i hate them so much
47:39i hate them
47:41oh i heard it
47:48there was nothing i could do
47:55hey
48:03are you okay
48:06it'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
48:13so
48:14well
48:20that's it
48:21you got the fever
48:22bro
48:23anytime
48:25and if you want
48:25whenever the next segment is
48:27whatever it may be
48:27i'm here for you
48:28so whatever you need
48:29as far as the heel turn goes
48:31i appreciate the question
48:33but anything in the realm of what we do
48:36i don't like to spoil it
48:38wrestlemania season
48:40just got a whole lot different
48:43john cena walks away as your winner is headed
48:46to wrestlemania
48:46when i give you this information if i do
48:50it might
48:51spoil it
48:52for somebody
48:53you understand
48:54many other performers talk
49:02about the dopamine rush of
49:05when your music hits the noise
49:08i much more prefer the surprise
49:12is that the answer you're looking for
49:15it's the answer you get
49:16all right
49:17very good
49:19thank you
49:33you
49:38you
49:42Oh, my God!
50:12Oh, my God!
50:42Oh, my God!
51:12Oh, my God!
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