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00:00in this business like everybody has a million names you know obviously my real name's paul
00:20levec but nobody in the business called me that until only a few years ago but you know a lot of
00:26guys also call me hunter a lot of guys call me triple h a lot of guys call me h a lot of guys
00:31call me trips it's all about triple h back 20 30 years ago you never talked about somebody outside
00:41of their characters the world has changed people that aren't fans think like isn't that just a bunch
00:51of guys pretending to fight you're gonna map down in your head i believe that our business is
00:56actually more complex than anybody understands tell them to go now tell them to go now this is a
01:02calculated coordinated production seven days a week 365 days a year soap opera baby show business
01:11the story never ends you guys had no idea right no no and as we enter into a new era here
01:17there are a million things to figure out
01:22we have one of the all-time greats coming back for a retirement run
01:29we have incredible performers still in their prime
01:34we have storylines that are years in the making young talent that will become
01:42that next generation of superstars i want to put a rocket on your ass everybody wants a spot
01:49but there are only so many available oh my god yeah i fucking peed myself
01:55that is the biggest challenge it's like putting together a puzzle
02:01but the pieces are always moving oh god we're gonna lift the curtain we're gonna show you things
02:07you've never seen in this show oh no no no to the bottom he might be dead
02:11you okay for the first time ever
02:13i'm ready
02:14we're gonna show you
02:15how the story unfolded
02:19john before your eyes
02:21i was so scared not to come back
02:23it's good enough for the fans
02:25i'm fucking losing it right now
02:26you've always been a main event guy
02:28i don't get here without you thank you
02:29this is absolute insanity
02:32i need your soul
02:35ready here it is two give two camera two camera
02:39just get started man
03:02hey hey how are you yeah you want to do some christmas stuff today do you want to put ornaments on the tree
03:12yeah okay do you want to put this you want to put this guy sean michaels gingerbread sean michaels
03:18he was my favorite wrestler all right so we're just like that too like gingerbread yeah he was made of gingerbread
03:25it was they used to call it sweet chin music because of the gingerbread
03:28my name is cody runnels
03:32and uh my wrestling name and what i go by and pretty much i've gone by my whole life is cody rhodes
03:39libby thinks that cody is a professional dancer
03:43because she saw entrances which is the big music and the lighting
03:52i think she thinks there's a component of dancing to it
03:56and has asked me before are you going to go dancing
03:59will you be dancing
04:00and i think she's even said when we showed her a couple clips on youtube
04:03oh this is the dancing
04:05it's not the worst
04:13parallel
04:15parallel
04:15i'm good with that
04:21if when asked what papa does for a living i'm a dancer
04:27for my daughter i'd be the best dancing dancer i possibly can be
04:33my role in wwe is that i am currently the undisputed wwe champion
04:42the american nightmare is here
04:46it is a role that is kind of the hood ornament for the company
04:52i get to be one of the most authentic if not the most authentic wrestlers of this era
04:58simply for the fact that i play myself
05:01i am myself
05:03cody is the closest thing right now i think that we have to just a pure baby face
05:10that spot
05:13in my opinion probably the most difficult spot in the business right now
05:17easy to be a bad guy
05:18tell people a bunch of convoluted shit that seems reasonable to you
05:22and that's fun and easy
05:24just to be the guy that does the right thing all the time
05:28and overcomes and always succeeds
05:31people start to feel it's predictable
05:33people start to feel like it's
05:35like nobody's that good
05:36you know it's a tough thing
05:37i felt like such a bigger baby face
05:41as white meat as you could be
05:45yeah
05:45as fucking white meat as you could be
05:48be that way until we can anymore you know
05:50yeah it ain't going anywhere
05:52now we just got to navigate it
05:54that's our fucking job
05:55our job me you fucking everybody
05:57but we navigate this now and figure out
05:59where we need to get it
06:01at some point here in a minute i need to get a picture of you with that
06:05one of my favorite ones ever
06:07there's a huge difference between being a wrestler and the wwe champion
06:14i've seen cody through every one of those seasons and this by far
06:20the demand of the job is unimaginable
06:24i'm incredibly lucky that my wife and i met in wrestling
06:29otherwise she would have left
06:31she knows what this push is
06:33she knows what it could mean for the future
06:36and she knows what it means right here and now
06:40people say it all the time the face of the company
06:43yeah
06:44when people say that
06:47my heart like skips a beat
06:50um
06:51you know i always wanted to be that
06:53i just didn't know i could
06:55there you go look it's perfect
06:57so january 6th the premiere on netflix
07:15fun raw
07:16is massively important for this company
07:22putting us on a platform that is what
07:27300 million homes in that ballpark
07:30globally
07:31good
07:32it's a lot of people
07:33uh
07:35january 6th
07:36yes
07:37paul is our chief content officer
07:41his experience as being a former superstar
07:43for so many years
07:45has kind of helped aid him
07:48as a performer he was great
07:50triple h with the power grid
07:52triple h wins the title
07:55he was a student of the game
07:57tonight
07:58an army
07:59you know kind of understood the bigger picture of storytelling
08:03so now he's brought that to his role as chief content officer here
08:08i think cody doesn't have like a role in this show
08:13i think he's been eyeballing this show as far as like want to be a part of it
08:16yes yeah
08:16yeah
08:17you know he hits me fucking every day
08:19with cody rhodes the bigger the star
08:22the more you want to provide some scarcity of their star power
08:27to keep them as big as they are so it's special when cody rhodes is there
08:33and fans see that and feel that and they're anticipating your return even more
08:38so you have to know where everything is going long term and way in advance
08:44so we tend to break it down sort of into seasons
08:48the season will start with january 6th
08:51the netflix premiere
08:53we'll do the weekly television shows at minimum twice a week
08:59along the way we will do the royal rumble
09:03which kicks off the road to wrestlemania
09:05we will do elimination chamber which continues that road to wrestlemania
09:08and then we will get to wrestlemania itself which is a two-day
09:12basically it's our super bowl
09:14along the way you're building up these storylines
09:20obviously the biggest storylines revolve around our biggest stars
09:24chief among them being cody rhodes
09:26but john cena is coming back for one last year
09:31of a retirement run
09:33arguably one of the greatest performers in the history of our business
09:37and the return of john is a wonderful thing
09:42and a challenge at the same time
09:44my name is john cena
09:46the name i use in the ring is john cena
09:47my government name is john cena
09:49wrestling is the foundation of the house of my family relationship
09:55i grew up in a family of five boys
09:58and wrestling was our conduit
09:59it was our connection system
10:01i appreciate this
10:04as my hobby
10:06it's
10:07the best of imagination land
10:09not only did i do it during my free time
10:12but i paid to do it
10:14that i am the future of this business
10:17so i would do this for free
10:20i just physically can't do it anymore
10:23cody rhodes is in many ways kind of inherited that mantle
10:28from john cena
10:29and cody understood
10:31just how much
10:33the netflix premiere meant for the company
10:35and cody i think just
10:36feeling as if he is
10:38he calls himself
10:38the quarterback of
10:40of the team
10:40he wanted to be a part of it
10:42cody wants to save soon
10:44i know
10:45cody wants it like they all square up
10:47the fucking
10:47you know
10:48takes heena down
10:49and cody runs in
10:50and fucking
10:50makes the save
10:52totally understood
10:53obviously
10:53on big shows in company history
10:55cody
10:55he was a fucking franchise player
10:57for every reason to have him on the show
10:58i'm just like
10:59we don't have
11:00a half a dozen heels
11:01who are just
11:02everybody's got stories
11:03so it's like
11:04we're gonna chuck
11:04judgment day out there
11:05you know
11:06it's
11:06also
11:07i get cody's point of view
11:09but also like
11:10it was the first time
11:11we see john cena
11:12in
11:13what
11:15a year
11:16but like
11:17the first time he comes out
11:19and like somebody's gotta save him
11:20it just feels off to me too
11:22we can
11:24write
11:25and choreograph
11:26whatever we want back here
11:28you have to be
11:30ready for the element
11:31you can't control
11:32and that's the audience
11:32if you ignore them
11:34man
11:36they will skewer you
11:37but
11:38i think whatever
11:40a performer does
11:41they have to invest in it
11:42and
11:43the roster's pretty deep
11:44we got a lot of all-stars
11:45so right now
11:47i have
11:47punk and seth
11:49roman and solo
11:50rhea and live
11:52matches are so big
11:54you would want to give it time
11:56yes
11:57thank you
11:58i love like
12:08taxidermy stuff
12:09so i have
12:09a two-headed duck
12:11i have
12:11an octopus
12:12a bat
12:13crocodile
12:14i have this little like
12:16mozzie
12:16mosquito
12:17this is like a shrunken head
12:19like i love
12:22creepy artwork
12:23and dark colours
12:25and
12:25i love all of that stuff
12:27that's why my office
12:28looks like this
12:30technically my name is
12:33demity bennett
12:33but i go by rhea ripley
12:35and that's what everyone
12:36really knows me by
12:37rhea is a goddess name
12:40and ripley is from the chick
12:42from aliens
12:43because she's a badass
12:43and i just put them together
12:45rr
12:45thought it made sense
12:46i'm from adelaide south australia
12:50i watched wwe growing up
12:52absolutely loved it
12:54wwe came to australia
12:57when i was 17 years old
12:58and they gave me a tryout then
12:59but i was too young
13:01they ended up coming back
13:03when i was 20
13:03and they had another tryout
13:05so they invited me to that
13:06and
13:07yeah
13:08i mean
13:08the rest is pretty much history
13:10it's weird describing rhea ripley
13:17for me
13:17because
13:18i am
13:19rhea ripley
13:20it's just like a 10 times version
13:22of myself
13:23she's crazy
13:26rhea
13:27riptide
13:29through the table
13:30she's kind of scary
13:32but you're kind of attracted to her
13:33at the same time
13:34rhea ripley
13:35absolutely possessed
13:37i like to say that
13:38it's the side of me
13:39that would get arrested
13:40in everyday life
13:41she's just absolutely chaotic
13:44and sadistic
13:46and manipulative
13:47it's all the sides of me
13:49that i don't like to show
13:50in my everyday life
13:51i'm always like
13:53demi bennett right before
13:54and i'm like freaking out
13:56and then
13:56as soon as my music plays
13:58i'm rhea ripley
13:59this is what you do
14:01when that music hits
14:08it's a moment
14:10in the crowd
14:11and it's undeniable
14:12she has it
14:13she can be the biggest star
14:16in this business
14:16for a long time to come
14:17yeah i'm sorry
14:21my dog is
14:21playing with this tennis ball
14:22but this is luna
14:26she's my first child
14:27barry's my second
14:28and then bella is my third
14:30barry's always everyone's favourite
14:32aren't you baz
14:33and you're the most annoying middle child
14:36that i've ever met
14:37huh
14:38yeah
14:39you got bad breath too
14:41so the story between me
14:43Liv and Dom
14:44has actually
14:45been going for
14:46like an eternity
14:47it feels like it
14:49this has gone on
14:52long enough
14:53Liv and I
14:54we have
14:57been feuding
14:58for like three years
15:00it's been a long time
15:04because we started
15:04as a tag team
15:05me and Dom and I
15:06we kind of just like
15:07we kind of got put into
15:09this storyline together
15:11which i don't think
15:12was supposed to be
15:13a relationship storyline
15:15and then Liv Morgan
15:17decided to try
15:17and steal my family
15:18which she accomplished
15:20Dom
15:22turned on me
15:23and helped Liv
15:24beat me
15:25for the women's world championship
15:26it was a wild ride
15:32you're dead to me
15:35done
15:37get out of my business
15:39before that
15:41she ruined my entire life
15:43at work
15:44and she's
15:45she's sort of
15:45sucker
15:47attacking you
15:48and
15:49did you want me to
15:50sort of fight back
15:51a little bit
15:52or just take it
15:52depends
15:53depends on what she's
15:54like what is she
15:55throwing do we know
15:56and that's
16:01where
16:01my whole year
16:02kind of changed
16:03Liv Morgan
16:05attacking the women's
16:06champion
16:07she threw me
16:08into the wall
16:08but like
16:09I have a third grade
16:10AC sprain
16:11I full on
16:12broke character
16:13as well
16:14in
16:16in that scene
16:17my collarbone
16:18and my shoulder blade
16:19got ripped apart
16:20she had to kick me
16:22into the second wall
16:22but my shoulder
16:23was already stuffed up
16:25so I'm like holding my arm
16:26when Liv gets on me
16:28it's like punching me
16:29in the shoulder
16:30in the bad shoulder
16:31and I was like
16:32somebody please
16:33get her off me
16:34bruh
16:38I felt it
16:40as soon as I hit the wall
16:42I was like
16:42I grabbed it
16:43and I was like
16:44oh shit
16:45I threw myself
16:47into the wall
16:48and I threw it
16:49and Chad Gable now
16:51man
16:52what the fuck
16:54so I had a
16:58grade 3
16:59AC sprain
17:00which means that
17:02my shoulder blade
17:03and my
17:05collarbone
17:06aren't connected
17:07anymore
17:07the only way to get
17:08them back together
17:09is through surgery
17:11and I opted not
17:12so like it was either
17:13surgery you have a scar
17:14or no surgery
17:16you have a massive lump
17:17in your shoulder
17:18so that's why
17:19I have this
17:20bad boy
17:22so
17:23he looks pretty
17:25gnarly sometimes
17:26but
17:27it's just gonna be there
17:29until I decide to fix it
17:30if I do
17:31cause I can still go back
17:32and have the surgery
17:33I just
17:34don't wanna have that
17:35extra time off
17:36cause it was gonna be
17:366 months
17:37compared to 3 months
17:38I know this sucks
17:39do not freak out
17:41we will make this
17:42into something wonderful
17:43ok
17:44sorry
17:45not bad
17:46I'm sorry
17:46I'm sorry
17:48physical business
17:50shit gets everybody
17:51nobody walks out
17:53on skis
17:53alright
17:55keep it shut up
17:57alright
17:58my entire life
18:13I've done this
18:14so I can't say
18:15it's any harder now
18:16just because I'm older
18:17you know
18:17it's always been tough
18:19suffering is relative
18:23it's situational
18:24so now
18:24I think
18:25the landscape
18:26is changing
18:26so much
18:27and that excites me
18:29so I'm looking at that
18:31as like
18:31this is uncharted water
18:33I've never been
18:34more excited
18:35my name is
18:36Punk
18:37CM Punk
18:37Punker
18:38Cookie Monster
18:39Pepsi Phil
18:42Black Phillip
18:44my government name
18:46is Phil
18:47yeah
18:47it's a white
18:48accountant's name
18:49I started wrestling
18:53in my friend's
18:54backyard
18:54in 1993
18:55I started
18:57wrestling
18:57professionally
18:59in 1997
19:00I was always drawn
19:02to punk rock
19:03because
19:04if there was a rule
19:06of punk rock
19:06it's be yourself
19:07I have
19:09a hall of fame career
19:10I could put up
19:11against anybody
19:12oh my god
19:14CM Punk is leaving
19:15with a WWE championship
19:17but if there was
19:19one thing
19:19in the sport
19:22I have not accomplished
19:23it's a main event
19:24in Wrestlemania
19:24initially
19:26Hunter and I
19:28clashed because
19:29I was
19:30a main talent
19:32roster full time
19:34the same time
19:34he was a main talent
19:35roster full time
19:36so there's that competition
19:37and a lot of that
19:39generation
19:40was looking down
19:41at kids like me
19:42saying
19:43oh you're here
19:44to take my spot
19:45well I'm not gonna let you
19:46or at least
19:46it's gonna be a fight
19:47halfway through my career
19:50here he becomes
19:51office
19:51and now I'm like
19:52fuck you
19:53you can't tell me anything
19:54I always felt like
19:55my job was
19:57I'm in between
19:57office
19:59and the talent
20:00but punk
20:01would never let me
20:02assist
20:03and he would then
20:03sometimes attack me
20:05like you know
20:06there would be moments
20:07where we'd have a meeting
20:08and he'd come at me
20:09and I'd leave there
20:10thinking like
20:10this little motherfucker
20:12punk didn't trust me
20:15and I didn't trust punk
20:17I had been on the road
20:19365 days a year
20:21for 10 years straight
20:22after a while
20:24the wheels fell off
20:28John Cena
20:29while you
20:29you lay there
20:31I have
20:32a lot of things
20:34I want to get off my chest
20:35and you can say
20:37that I have a big mouth
20:38and I talk a lot of shit
20:39that doesn't mean
20:41anything I said
20:42was nothing short of
20:44100% fact
20:46I'm not on your
20:47lovely little collector cups
20:49I'm not on the cover
20:50of the program
20:51I'm barely promoted
20:52I don't get to be in movies
20:54but the fact that Dwayne
20:56is in the main event
20:57of Wrestlemania next year
20:59and I'm not
20:59makes me sick
21:00this was Phil Brooks
21:04talking through the mouth
21:06of CM Punk
21:07and saying all the things
21:09that you weren't
21:10supposed to say
21:12if I didn't take myself
21:14off the hamster wheel
21:15nobody else was gonna
21:16and they were gonna
21:17they were gonna work me
21:18until I died
21:19when I left this place
21:22in 2014
21:23I was heartbroken
21:24it took
21:25maybe 10 years
21:27for me to heal
21:28from a lot of things
21:30we'd had conversations
21:31over the years
21:32for me to be able
21:33to come back here
21:34and just nothing
21:36nothing stuck
21:37I felt like
21:40how he communicated
21:41with others
21:42needed to change
21:43one time
21:45when he and I met
21:46after he had left
21:48this is years later
21:49where there was
21:49a conversation
21:50about him coming back
21:51I said
21:52still the same dude
21:54won't work
21:54the last time
21:56that we met
21:57and talked with him
21:57I felt like
21:59he honestly
21:59was different
22:01it seemed almost like
22:03in the phone call
22:03we both realized
22:04oh he's different
22:05no I'm different
22:07let's give it a shot
22:10it has been quite the night
22:12at the sold out
22:13all-state arena
22:14in Chicago
22:33it's fair to say
22:33that me returning
22:34to WWE
22:35is the biggest
22:36return of all time
22:37you want to put on
22:37a picture with me
22:38and you blow up
22:38the internet
22:39yeah what do you want
22:40to do
22:40stay in front of
22:41the logo
22:42oh are you going
22:44to point at me
22:45I'm going to point
22:45back at you
22:46I don't know
22:47if it's ever been done
22:48he clearly knows
22:52he's much closer
22:53to the end
22:53than he is the beginning
22:54when you get to
22:55a certain age
22:55you start thinking
22:56about look
22:56I'm one big injury
22:58away from
22:59I don't want
22:59to do this anymore
23:00looking at
23:03myself and my career
23:05right now
23:07I think my role
23:08on the roster
23:09is
23:10I feel like we need
23:10to take another picture
23:11yeah
23:12like work out
23:13I'm the player coach
23:14can we do that
23:15yeah
23:15can you take a picture
23:17for us
23:17I'm a huge mark
23:20for Rhea today
23:21I love it
23:22for Rhea?
23:23yes
23:23I have years
23:26of experience
23:27that a lot of people
23:28don't have
23:28I have made
23:31more mistakes
23:32and I am happy
23:34to help them
23:36learn from them
23:36I love you Jacob
23:37I love you Punk
23:38by the way
23:39can I get a picture
23:40with you after?
23:41yeah
23:41100%
23:42yes
23:44on January 6th
23:50it is not just
23:51the launch
23:52of Raw
23:53on Netflix
23:54it is a new
23:56launch
23:56of WWE
23:58worldwide
24:00main eventing
24:08Wrestlemania
24:08meant that you
24:10were the number
24:10one guy
24:11in the industry
24:12I'm looking at
24:13Netflix like
24:14there is only
24:15one debut
24:16Raw broadcast
24:18let's do it
24:20start by putting
24:20over the match
24:21we are going to
24:21call Seth out
24:22he gets in your face
24:26there
24:27at some point
24:28boom
24:29ladies and gentlemen
24:30CM Punk
24:31CM Punk
24:33CM Punk
24:34CM Punk
24:36CM Punk
24:37CM Punk
24:38CM Punk
24:39CM Punk
24:40on it's first night
24:41Monday Night Raw
24:41on Netflix
24:42one of the most
24:42anticipated matches ever
24:44you against Seth Rollins
24:45personal animosity
24:46disdain
24:47Seth right now
24:48looks and sounds
24:50like CM Punk
24:51from 2013
24:52I know
24:53you know
24:53everybody else knows
24:55this is your last chance
24:57one of two things
24:59is going to happen
25:00you're going to
25:02self-destruct
25:03like you always do
25:04or if by some
25:06miracle
25:07you have changed
25:09and you've got
25:11any gas left
25:12in this old tank
25:13maybe one day
25:14you'll be lucky enough
25:16to stand across
25:17the ring from me
25:19and then I
25:20will expose you
25:22for the fraud
25:23that you are
25:24I think to understand
25:29you have to
25:30talk about the history
25:31between myself
25:32and Seth Rollins
25:33and it goes back
25:34quite a bit
25:35you're talking about
25:36the 16 year old
25:37Seth Rollins
25:38came to CM Punk
25:40and asked him
25:41to train him
25:42for free
25:44now that entitlement
25:45I think
25:46has carried over
25:47into the adult
25:48Seth Rollins
25:50now I don't claim
25:51to do those things
25:52because I wanted
25:53to thank you
25:54I recognize that
25:55that 16 year old kid
25:56had all the potential
25:57in the world
25:58and in my absence
26:00from this company
26:01Seth did a fantastic job
26:03of filling that vacuum
26:04but simply put
26:05the starters back
26:06second string
26:08got to sit back
26:08down on the bench
26:09welcome back
26:21to the house
26:22that I built
26:23when you abandoned ship
26:25I got nothing
26:26left to say
26:27who's the bootlicker
26:29now bitch
26:30come on
26:32I got nothing
26:34left to say
26:35I have a microphone
26:36I don't need a mic
26:37I don't need a microphone
26:38I don't need a microphone
26:40I don't need a microphone
26:40I don't need a microphone
26:40to do this right here
26:41right now
26:41beginning and the end
26:43it's my time now baby
26:45ladies and gentlemen
26:49in 19 nights
26:51the series premiere
26:53of running applause
26:54on Netflix
26:55yeah so before we get
27:06into anything deeper
27:07than that
27:07let's talk about
27:08guerrilla position
27:09you know years ago
27:15when TV production
27:17started to become
27:18a thing
27:19guerrilla monsoon
27:23very famous wrestler
27:24he was timing
27:27things
27:28and controlling things
27:29from the area
27:31right before talent
27:32would walk out
27:32to go to the ring
27:33that became known
27:34as guerrilla position
27:36guerrilla position
27:38in today's world
27:40it is the epicenter
27:42of everything we do
27:43the show is run
27:45from there
27:45the guerrilla position
27:48is probably
27:49the most important
27:52position
27:53in the arena
27:54have a great show guys
27:55you basically
27:57control the world
27:59that night
28:00your world
28:01the world
28:01wrestling and entertainment
28:03is controlled
28:03from the guerrilla position
28:05you know
28:09the guerrilla position
28:10is very unique
28:11in every arena
28:12it's custom built
28:14however the inside
28:16and the workings
28:17of it
28:17are the same
28:18there's primarily
28:19three tables
28:20set up inside
28:21guerrilla position
28:22there's one table
28:23where Triple H
28:25and Bruce Pritchard
28:26are sitting
28:26there's another table
28:27where Billy Kidman
28:28who is our producer
28:29responsible for timing
28:30out the show
28:31and keeping tabs
28:32on times
28:32next to him
28:33will sit
28:34the respective
28:35match producer
28:35as a producer
28:38I'm basically
28:39the liaison
28:40if you will
28:41between the talent
28:42and the heads
28:43of creative
28:43stay tight right here
28:45he'll convert this over
28:47nice
28:50all of our producers
28:52are former
28:53in-ring talents
28:54so for example
28:55Chris Park
28:56who was known
28:57as Abyss
28:58another match producer
29:01is Bobby Roode
29:02Michael Hayes
29:04from the fabulous
29:05Freebirds
29:05is our longest
29:06tenured producer
29:07and Bruce Pritchard
29:09is the executive
29:10director
29:11of the creative
29:11writing team
29:12so the mechanics
29:14during the match
29:15for me
29:16and the reason
29:16I'm wearing a headset
29:17is I'm talking
29:18to the truck
29:19keeping them
29:20about 10 or 15 seconds
29:21ahead of what's
29:22going on in the ring
29:23so that the cameras
29:24capture the story
29:25that we're trying to tell
29:26the whole story
29:27is we want to catch
29:28Punk looking to the top
29:29of the cage
29:30for this last one
29:31Punk's eyes
29:31yeah there it is
29:33that is a great shot
29:35another thing
29:36that I'm doing
29:37on that headset
29:37as well
29:38is I'm talking
29:39to the referees
29:39the referees
29:40can hear me
29:40we need to go
29:42Spider
29:42we need to go
29:43get him there quick
29:44I told him
29:46I told him
29:46the producers
29:48are talking
29:49to the referees
29:50alright stay
29:51with Jacob
29:52Braun's gonna meet
29:53him with a chair
29:53that he's pulling
29:54from behind timekeepers
29:55it's a whole nother world
29:56in my earpiece
29:57so the fans
29:58you guys are seeing
29:59just two wrestlers
30:00wrestling you know
30:01but in my ear
30:02I'm listening to
30:02at least
30:03in a match
30:04like five different things
30:05Jacob
30:06Jacob okay
30:07everybody's good
30:09he's selling
30:09if the talent
30:11needs to pick up
30:12their energy
30:13needs to have
30:14more urgency
30:15needs to slow down
30:16let something breathe
30:18whatever that
30:19instruction is
30:20it goes right
30:21through the ref
30:21be careful
30:24we're swinging a chair
30:25near the fans
30:25Brock be careful
30:27oh
30:28damn it
30:29do not push fans
30:31right to the gun
30:32right to the back
30:33to the back again
30:34to the shoulders
30:34oh those are extras
30:35oh
30:36yes those are extras
30:40time is probably
30:42the biggest pitfall
30:43that we need
30:44to look out for
30:44I can relay messages
30:46through the referees
30:48to the talent
30:48so a lot of times
30:50hey guys
30:50we only have
30:50two minutes left
30:51we're not gonna be able
30:52to fit all four
30:53of this in
30:53so that becomes
30:54stressful
30:54going heavy
30:57or going short
30:58are equally bad
31:00so plan A
31:02hit your time
31:03plan B
31:04hit your time
31:05how much time
31:07we in
31:07oh we're good
31:09seven and eight left
31:10we're good
31:10we're good
31:11we're real good
31:12our business
31:13is about telling stories
31:15it's awesome
31:16thanks
31:16everything we want
31:18and more
31:19and the epicenter
31:20of making that happen
31:22in real time
31:23live
31:24is guerrilla position
31:25Mary
31:31Damien
31:32Damien
31:34Damien
31:36good boy
31:38good boy
31:39Larry, damien, damien, good boy, good boy, I'm going to go to work, okay, I just feel
32:09this incredible weight of pressure and responsibility, and these are the moments in where I move the
32:21best, this is where I thrive, calm waters don't make good sailors, I think everybody needs
32:31a little bit of the adversity, maybe a little less bullshit, but the adversity is a good
32:38thing.
32:39The day came, and it was just stressful.
33:04Just plain and simple, stressful, I just didn't have any brain cells working that day.
33:19It felt like this was the biggest show of the year.
33:26So it was living my big blow-off match as well.
33:30I had all these things going through my mind.
33:37I don't know if I prepared, I definitely didn't sleep, I don't know if I'm dehydrated.
33:43I know that I'm not ready for this.
33:52I was almost in tears.
33:58Just couldn't switch on at all.
34:04I didn't even know what makeup I wanted.
34:09I had gear made because it was such a big deal, and I didn't even end up wearing it.
34:14I just wore something else because I was like, I can't think, I can't put that on.
34:19I don't think it looks good on me because we just had Christmas too, so I ate a little
34:22bit much.
34:23I'm like, I don't want to wear that, you know, so, girl problems, I know, but...
34:30Hey!
34:31How are you?
34:32Good to see you.
34:33Good to see you.
34:34Oh, yeah.
34:35Countdown 10-9-8 in here.
34:38I think that's okay.
34:39Appreciate you.
34:40I'm going to go lay down.
34:41What are you saying?
34:42Paul sent me a text and he said, it's like mania, and I broke back your finger.
34:47And this is, um...
34:58You know it's time for the farewell tour.
35:00This hurts your hip, or like your SI joint.
35:06We'll be all right.
35:16I thought it all the time.
35:17I want this to be right for you for the year.
35:18I want you to get to the end of this year and be like, man, that was everything I hoped
35:22it would be.
35:23You know?
35:24Well, it's like the last page in a 500-page book.
35:29Yeah.
35:30All of us would really have to fuck it up for that last page to ruin the 499.
35:34Yeah, yeah, yeah.
35:35If there's a way.
35:36Sure, sure.
35:37But I'll play the stats and say it's not going to happen.
35:41Man, what a night.
35:43Yeah.
35:44Thanks for helping us get here, man.
35:45This is Los Angeles at home tonight doing historic Monday Night Raw in its premiere on Netflix.
35:58Are you ready?
35:59This is the WWE and we are louder than anything you have ever seen before.
36:13Welcome to Monday Night Raw.
36:14Welcome to the Netflix era.
36:15You're like mania.
36:28You talk about history, you talk about record breaking, these things I'll be talking about
36:35forever.
36:36That's this evening.
36:37And tonight is about to be the greatest night in the history of wrestling.
36:41Hit you smile.
36:42The Rock is cooking.
36:43The Rock kicking off the Netflix era.
36:56Carrying the people's championship that was given to him by the widow of Muhammad Ali.
37:06Finally, The Rock has come back to Los Angeles.
37:23Before we get this show on the road, I want to acknowledge this man has carried this company
37:30on his back for a year.
37:32Cody Rhodes, thank you brother.
37:36Enjoy this man.
37:37I'll do my best.
37:38I know it's tough because we get in business mode, but man.
37:39I will.
37:40Enjoy this.
37:41I'm always present out there, so I'll do my best.
37:42Congratulations.
37:43Thank you brother.
37:44Every event is a new live event and I only have a few more next ones left.
38:01But I've always lived by the philosophy that you're only as good as your next one.
38:08The hits keep coming.
38:13I enjoy when our audience takes over and trying to figure out that Rubik's Cube and that riddle
38:22of what do I do now?
38:24This is what this year is about.
38:27It's about making moments and who am I going to face at WrestleMania?
38:31Who am I going to face in my last match in December?
38:33They're throwing out all kinds of names like Drew McIntyre, CM Punk, Cody Rhodes.
38:47The best way to say thank you to you is win the Royal Rumble and make history at WrestleMania.
38:54Right?
38:55You want some?
38:58Come get some!
39:07John, that was awesome.
39:08Thank you so much, man.
39:10I'm sorry, I don't want to bother you.
39:13I just want to say good luck.
39:14Do your thing.
39:15Do your thing.
39:16Thank you for everything.
39:17Thanks for caring the company.
39:20Alright, buckle.
39:21Knee.
39:22Roll out.
39:23Head kick.
39:24Boom.
39:25Double set a little bit.
39:26Go together.
39:27Head kick.
39:28Boom.
39:29She whips me.
39:30I duck under.
39:31I go under.
39:32It's grip time.
39:33Boom.
39:34One.
39:35Two.
39:36One.
39:37Two.
39:38One.
39:39One.
39:40Two.
39:41One.
39:42One.
39:43Two.
39:44One.
39:45Oh my God, what the fuck?
39:46Dom.
39:47Boom.
39:48Victoria.
39:49Hit her.
39:50She drops the chair.
39:51Turn around.
39:52Fuck it.
39:53Boom.
39:54It's a lot.
39:55I know.
39:56I like to go to Priest and I like to just go over what I'm going to be doing out there.
40:04Yeah, it's a lot.
40:05Just be prepared to cut and because you can't just rush through everything without your emotion.
40:13So it was just him pretty much telling me like less is more, which is a massive thing
40:18in this business.
40:19Like less is really more.
40:21Like I said, whether it's slapping the mat or just a fucking scream, but like to yourself,
40:24not even for the crowd.
40:25Yeah.
40:26It's just realistic.
40:27You know what I mean?
40:28Like you're like.
40:29And you stand up and you didn't catch that.
40:31And then you, I mean, mouth something if you want to say something like, but naturally,
40:34for real, like to look at her and be like, no, I'm going to fucking kill you without the
40:38fuck, but take it easy.
40:42Yeah.
40:43But then it's so weird because like, I went from having an emotional breakdown and a massive
40:49panic attack to hearing my music, walking out there and being completely fine.
40:54I'll eat, sleep, bleed, the demons in your dreams, I'll eat, sleep, bleed.
41:09Tonight an opportunity for Rhea Ripley to get a title back.
41:15If you look up the word superstar in the dictionary, that woman's face would be on that page.
41:22And Rhea Ripley has it all.
41:25And they're just wanting to really blow that match out of the water.
41:30I feel like I've been living Groundhog Day for like the past two and a half years.
41:44So now that this is the end, it's kind of weird.
41:50Looking for a rip tie now.
41:52On Morgan, it's rip tied by Ripley.
41:54Stacks up Morgan for the championship.
41:56Morgan kicked out.
41:58It was just hard coming up with a different way to do a hole.
42:02But we kind of like grabbed the bowl and ran with it.
42:06Referee didn't see it.
42:09Cover.
42:10All right, we still got about 45 seconds until we're back.
42:13Let her know.
42:1445 seconds, she can grab a hold of shots.
42:16Copy.
42:17Grab that hold.
42:19Liv and I really just wanted to go off with a bang.
42:25Trying to fight back and somehow get into this.
42:31Looking for oblivion yet again.
42:32This time intercepted.
42:33Rhea intercepted Liv.
42:35Not this time around, Rhea says.
42:37Looking into the eyes of Rhea.
42:39Bloody Ripley.
42:43The reaction for her is incredible.
42:46It's hard not to look at her as the most captivating woman on our roster.
42:54Rhea again, setting up Morgan for another rip tie.
42:58Rhea's not done yet.
43:00A second rip tie.
43:03Third of the match.
43:04Cover.
43:06Rhea Ripley wins the women's world title.
43:09And new.
43:11Ladies and gentlemen, strapped a rocket to her back.
43:16Put Monday Night Raw on it.
43:19What is this idiot doing?
43:22Of course, we all know Dominik's a gold digger.
43:25Of course, he wants Rhea back.
43:27She's the champ now.
43:28Rhea's face.
43:29Yeah, stay wide.
43:31Don't miss this kick.
43:35That was deep.
43:38Very deep.
43:39Rip tie.
43:43To Dumbass Dominik Mysterio.
43:48Congratulations to the brand new women's world champion, Rhea Ripley.
43:55Yeah.
43:56Yeah, baby.
43:57Good job.
43:58Yeah.
43:59It's fun.
44:00Wasn't it?
44:01It's fun.
44:02Great job.
44:03I had to rush.
44:04We've got to do the part right now.
44:05It was great.
44:07So proud of you.
44:08So proud of everything you've done.
44:10I can't tell you a time when I have felt like, hey, who's the most over person in the company
44:15right now?
44:16And it's not like you're not one of the most over women here.
44:20One of the most over people here.
44:22It's amazing.
44:24It's really great.
44:25Your aura is off the chart.
44:26Congratulations.
44:27So good.
44:28So proud of you.
44:30I appreciate it.
44:31Just getting started.
44:32Today was a completely different feeling.
44:34I know how much pressure was riding on this.
44:37I mean, I think it was a very successful night.
44:40We went out there.
44:41The crowd was into it the entire time.
44:42So I'm grateful to everyone here at WWE for letting the little girl in me from athlete
44:56South Australia live out her wildest dreams.
44:59So you guys are my brutally honest European friends.
45:02You tell me how it is when I'm done.
45:04You know it.
45:05Depends on it.
45:06Those are the moments we're doing it for.
45:08High pressure.
45:09Yeah.
45:10Big expectations.
45:11Yes.
45:12I told Hunter today, you know, this big thing 10-12 years ago about the main event of WrestleMania.
45:21This is why did I fucking get what I asked for.
45:24Hell yeah.
45:25Hell yeah.
45:26I'm looking at that Rob debut like, holy shit.
45:34I constantly have what I call anticipatory anxiety now.
45:39Like right now, I'm just riddled with it.
45:42In a way, I'm almost waiting for it to all be over.
45:46The only time I'm not gonna feel that way is when the red light's on and the bell rings.
45:54I have no boss.
45:56I'm 100% in control.
45:58I can do whatever the fuck I want.
45:59I can do whatever the fuck I want.
46:00I can do whatever the fuck I want.
46:06Here we go.
46:07Two men that are beloved by the WWE universe.
46:09that are beloved by the WWE universe.
46:12Seth freaking Rollins
46:14and a man who has become his arch nemesis.
46:19CM Punk.
46:22Bill knows, time-wise,
46:24just give me before 8 o'clock.
46:26Gotcha. We're good.
46:28We're just trying to backload it, Bruce.
46:30Keep the line.
46:31Yes, sir.
46:32People had in their own minds
46:34that it's Netflix.
46:37We can go two hours, we can go three hours,
46:39we're going to go four hours if we want.
46:41Not true.
46:44You've got to try to keep the emotions in check.
46:48It was a great match. It was awesome.
46:50Now Seth Rollins going to send Punk into the barricade.
46:54But it was way long.
46:56Oh, and Rollins sent out into the middle of the WWE fans.
47:01Both these men are figuring out
47:04what the hell's going to have to happen
47:05to get a win here tonight.
47:06Excellent, excellent.
47:09And Rollins...
47:11How over are we right now, Billy?
47:13How long?
47:14A minute 45.
47:18Once guys are in the ring,
47:21there's not a lot you can do.
47:24On his shoulders, looking for the gun of sleep.
47:26He connects with Punk's fantasy move.
47:29The GPS!
47:30Come on, man.
47:31We've got to go.
47:32We've got to go.
47:33From producers to writers to talent,
47:36everybody has to be able to edit on the spot.
47:39If I was going to cut anything,
47:40I would cut the Anaconda vice out.
47:43Just throw that out to Phil.
47:45Oh, it's done!
47:47Now using Rollins.
47:48Good as she moves.
47:49One, two, three...
47:51I'm sorry, Bruce.
47:54Bruce, I'm pushing him, Bruce.
47:56I'm pushing him.
47:58Seth Rollins.
47:59Looking for a neck breaker.
48:01Punk counter with a kick to the side of the head.
48:03Back that up so quick.
48:05Running high knee.
48:06Oh, Rollins caught him.
48:07Intercepted him this time.
48:08We're going to get a buckle bomb here.
48:10They cut it out.
48:11Yes, Bruce, we're heading home.
48:13We're heading home.
48:13We're heading home.
48:14So this is the finish right here.
48:17Two men who've defined so much here in WWE
48:21over the past 20 years.
48:24A match years in the making
48:26has come down to this.
48:28Two men, both five-time world champions,
48:30physically exhausted.
48:32Rollins able to scale to the top rope.
48:34He's got Punk where he wants him.
48:36Superplex.
48:37Rolled through by Rollins.
48:38Went for the Falcon Arrow.
48:40Punk.
48:41DTS.
48:42Go to sleep.
48:44And I think he was out.
48:46Just so happened to fall right back on to CM Punk's shoulders.
48:54Punk trying to muscle him up.
48:57He does.
49:00A second go to sleep.
49:04One, two, three.
49:06CM Punk wins.
49:08Here is your winner.
49:11We will punch.
49:17What a fight.
49:19What a night.
49:21Help get Punk to his feet.
49:24You can go off the air as he's getting them up here, Brian.
49:27Official Rod Chapada able to get Punk to his feet.
49:31Thank you, everyone around the world for watching this history-making night.
49:39Bruce, I'm sorry we went over.
49:42We know it was two and a half.
49:43We cut out a bunch of shit.
49:45We cut out the anaconda vice.
49:47It was overwritten.
49:48It was overproduced.
49:49It was over everything else.
49:50It's fine.
49:51It was a great show.
49:52Yes, sir.
49:53Thanks, Bruce.
49:55Thanks, sir.
49:57Don't put yourself up.
49:59I'm not.
49:59I'm not.
50:00I'm not.
50:00I want to make this man happy.
50:02That's all.
50:02Is he mad at me?
50:05No.
50:06Make me happy.
50:08You'll be happy with yourself.
50:10I am.
50:10Right.
50:11I am.
50:13I think I feel way better than I'm supposed to.
50:16But I'm also high on adrenaline right now.
50:19So it's, you know, it's a process.
50:20Once I calm down, I'm sure I'm going to feel all the bumps and bruises.
50:24What's my name?
50:25C.F. Paul.
50:27C.F. Paul.
50:28If you grow up loving wrestling and watching, you want to be that guy.
50:33You want to accomplish the boyhood dream.
50:36You want to be those guys who are picked and put in that position.
50:41And I was tonight.
50:49And that last match gets done.
50:52And you sit back in your chair and you go, man, that was awesome.
50:56The opportunity has never been bigger for talent to create a moment for yourself, no matter
51:10what we give you.
51:14Congratulations.
51:14Congratulations.
51:15Thank you so much.
51:16Thanks for that.
51:18I really appreciate it.
51:19That was fun.
51:19That was fun.
51:19Yeah.
51:20Awesome.
51:20That was fun.
51:21I wasn't jealous at all.
51:22Not at all.
51:22Not at all.
51:23To make it yours, to own it, there's opportunity right now for everybody on the card.
51:29We're going to allow you to spread your wings.
51:31And if you hit it right, and that connects with people, we're going to run with it.
51:40And you always have the opportunity to get yourself to that next level.
51:43The greatest of all time is here.
51:49And the road to WrestleMania begins.
51:53John Cena has been the ultimate good guy in WWE.
51:56And wouldn't it be great if John Cena turned heel?
51:58The hardest thing is keeping secrets.
52:01And just one big attack.
52:03I'll make this my real job.
52:05I got to quit the rat business.
52:07Oh my God!
52:09You ate it right on your neck.
52:10Are you okay?
52:11I hate that it just got taken away, because I felt like it was just getting started.
52:15But the story is never really over.
52:17When one ends, a whole new one begins.
52:20Isn't that the job?
52:21To make the biggest stars possible.
52:23Hell yeah.
52:24It's all working.
52:25Pushes on you.
52:28There does get to a level where it is decimal points that separates you and makes you stand out.
52:37That's all I ever wanted to do.
52:38I just did it.
52:40I fucking did it.
52:41Side place!
52:42Side place!
52:44Yes!
52:45When you do get yours, you hold on to it, because it can go away like that.
52:50I don't know.
53:05I'm sorry I have to beat you up.
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