[intro music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[Cole] We are in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the Scotiabank Arena,
jampacked and sold out tonight
for Money in the Bank.
[cash register dings]
[singer] The goal was always to be the best.
Make it to the top.
But tell me, do you have what it takes to get there?
Uh. Hoo-whoo.
♪ From putting in the hundred thousand To infinite hours ♪
♪ Missing the mills and them showers ♪
♪ Planting the seeds for the mission Of blossoming the flowers ♪
♪ Only concern with every obstacle Getting devoured ♪
♪ Setting goals, never settling for… ♪
[Cole] Drew McIntyre is Mr. Money in the Bank!
[cash register dings]
[Cole] Brutality versus bravery.
Sami Zayn defends the Intercontinental Championship against Bron Breakker.
[singer] ♪ The product Of a hundred thousand dollars ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
♪ Without getting devoured ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
[Cole] With all of Canada behind him.
Helluva Kick!
-[crowd cheering] -[bell rings]
[cash register dings]
♪ We going to the top ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
♪ That motion is nonstop ♪
-♪ I'm built for this ♪ -♪ So what's the next step? ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
♪ Now to show them who's the best ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
[Cole] Somebody get the damn paramedics!
[crowd cheering]
♪ Without getting devoured ♪
♪ I'm built for this ♪
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] It is Tiffy Time!
Ms. Money in the Bank.
[cash register dings]
[Samantha] The following is a Six-Man Tag Team match.
[Cole] It's going to be a flat-out war.
Canadian brawler Kevin Owens,
The Viper, Randy Orton,
and the Undisputed WWE Champion, The Nightmare Cody Rhodes,
take on the vicious reigning Bloodline.
["That Was My Moment" playing]
[Corey] This is a fight, this is a battle.
This is gonna be ugly and brutal and personal.
♪ This is my moment ♪
[Cole] Oh my God. The official's dead.
♪ This was my moment ♪
Through the damn table!
RKO!
[Cole] Jacob Fatu wipes out Cody!
The Samoan Spike.
[crowd] …two, three.
-[bell rings] -[Cole] The Bloodline, dominant.
♪ This is my moment ♪
[dramatic music playing]
[Cole] Seth Rollins fights to win back the heavyweight championship
from the helm of The Judgment Day, Damian Priest.
[Corey] You wanna get in here? End this match as quickly as possible.
Mr. Money in the Bank, Drew McIntyre.
He's gonna cash in.
Only the second time in history a cash-in has become a triple threat.
McIntyre runs into a clothesline!
♪ Yeah ♪
♪ Yeah, the pressure is rising That's when the beasts come out ♪
♪ What? ♪
[Corey] What the hell?
Oh my God!
It's CM Punk!
Punk with a steel chair is destroying McIntyre.
CM Punk has screwed Drew McIntyre again!
Rollins is collateral damage in all this.
♪ Born to be the greatest of all time… ♪
[Cole] Well, Monday Night Raw is live tonight in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada,
and he is still the World Heavyweight Champion.
Judgment Day's Damian Priest is here,
as he prepares for Gunther at SummerSlam
three weeks from Saturday.
♪ I'm the greatest ♪
♪ Big smile for the haters Whole world know that I made it ♪
♪ Call me the greatest ♪
♪ Big boy famous, Mr. Amazing, Blazing, call me the greatest… ♪
-["Cult of Personality" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Look in my eyes, what do you see? ♪
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome CM Punk!
♪ I know your anger, I know your dreams… ♪
[Cole] CM Punk is all smiles here tonight
on Monday Night Raw because this past Saturday,
he screwed his arch nemesis, Drew McIntyre,
out of the World Heavyweight Championship for a third time.
♪ The cult of personality The cult of personality… ♪
[McAfee] I think Seth Rollins is a little pissed at CM Punk as well,
but Ottawa isn't.
[Cole] The familiar voice of Pat McAfee,
back at the announce table here tonight.
Welcome back, partner.
[McAfee] It's an honor to be here.
I miss you all, and I can't wait to hear what CM Punk
has to say about screwing over DM Hunk
in Toronto.
♪ Set me free… ♪
[McAfee] He's throwing some bombs on Drew McIntyre in that ring.
Looked good.
Strong, quick.
♪ I sell the things… ♪
[Cole] Capacity crowd tonight in Ottawa, the Canadian Tire Centre.
♪ On your TV, oh ♪
♪ I'm the cult of personality ♪
[crowd cheering]
It's been so long since I've been here.
It's been so long since I have been here!
[crowd cheering]
Is it great to be alive on a Monday night
in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, or what?
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] It is.
Surprise, surprise.
I got a lot to get off my chest, there's a lot of things to cover.
But surprisingly, the first thing I wanna do
is recognize somebody
that I have shared a lot of hours in the ring with,
somebody that I once insulted very deeply and called him the New York Yankees.
Congratulations and thank you to John Cena
on your retirement.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Cena! Cena! Cena…
I don't know what the future holds,
but I would love to lace them up with you at least one more time before you go.
Thank you for all you've done here.
But, all right, all right. You don't gotta do tricks on it.
John Cena's not here. I'm here.
[crowd cheering]
There's another guy that's not here
and his name is Drew McIntyre.
[crowd booing]
Part of me wanted to come out here and lift up the ring skirts
and see if he was lurking underneath the ring,
but the million-dollar body, ten-cent brain Drew McIntyre went
and got himself suspended.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, I talked to Gary and Pismo in the truck.
We're gonna queue it up and show y'all what I'm talking about right now.
[man] Pismo, Thank you.
-Uh… -Punk.
-Drew. -I know you're… [yelling indistinctly]
And you're gonna run your mouth, so get out of here--
-Drew, can I get your thoughts on-- -[man] Whoa.
-Drew, relax. -Come on, Punk.
-Punk. I want you right now! -Drew, Drew, listen. Drew--
Listen to me. I know where your family lives and you--
[both yelling indistinctly]
We need-- We need more help. More help.
[all yelling indistinctly]
Listen to me. You hit him again, and your career is over.
And then you're never getting Punk.
Back up, back up. Drew, Drew, Drew, get out of here.
All right. Well, unfortunately, the ratings just took a dip
because Drew was on television. But listen…
[McAfee] Jeez.
I came back to get my hands on Drew McIntyre.
For months, I've been trying to teach Drew a lesson,
and that simple lesson is there are consequences for your actions.
You should not be shocked when you pick a fight with CM Punk
that he brings the fight back to you.
You should not be surprised that you were only champion
at WrestleMania for five minutes and 46 seconds,
because there are consequences to your actions the following night.
Philadelphia.
You blew it again, Drew.
You missed out on a number one contender's match because there are consequences
to your actions and you are looking at them.
CM Punk is the consequences
to all of your stupid actions.
If I gotta fly to Glasgow, Scotland,
and pop out a bowl of haggis like I promised I would, I'mma do it.
And I did it.
And you blew it in your hometown.
And we all saw it in Money in the Bank one more time.
You made a big promise
to the world that you were not only gonna win the Money in the Bank contract,
you were gonna cash in the same night,
and you were going to walk out World Heavyweight Champion.
But I made a promise too, the consequences to your actions,
promise you that you will never be champion again
as long as there is air in my lungs.
Promise fulfilled.
[crowd cheering]
And if you thought what I did to Drew McIntyre
was bad at Money in the Bank, that's just the tip of the iceberg.
I'm here to tell you I wanna get my hands on Drew McIntyre,
but I cannot do that if he's suspended.
Now, there are consequences to my actions too.
I was fined a very hefty $25,000
for my actions at Money in the Bank. I know.
But if I do say so myself, Pat, money well spent.
I'll do it again.
Drew got fined double that because he's the Scottish keyboard warrior
and he can't stop tweeting and he went and got himself suspended.
So I'm here to please ask--
I don't know, Jack Tunney or maybe Adam Pearce.
Adam Pearce, please, can we lift Drew McIntyre's suspension?
Listen, the people of Ottawa wanna see CM Punk get his hands
on Drew McIntyre.
[crowd cheering]
I don't care if it's a match, I don't care if it's in this ring.
It can be in the parking lot, it can be in the aisle.
I'll beat him up in the cheap seats.
There's people on this side of the camera, I'll beat him up over there.
I want Drew McIntyre
and I need Adam Pearce out here now
to lift his suspension.
[McAfee] Hell, yeah.
♪ Burn it down! ♪
-["Revolutionary" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] This is not Adam Pearce's music.
This is not Adam Pearce.
[crowd] ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Burn it down! ♪
[Cole] CM Punk joining us at the announce table.
Yeah. I feel like we're gonna be here a while,
so I might as well come and, you know, earn my pay.
-Well, uh-- -What about Money in the Bank?
You're dropping my government name. What are you doing?
Punk I do-- I do have that-- What did you expect, though?
-Seth Rollins-- -I didn't expect this.
Well, he was collateral damage.
He can no longer battle for a World Heavyweight Championship opportunity
because he didn't beat Damian Priest on Saturday night because of your actions.
[CM Punk] My actions?
I'd love to know what Pat thinks of this.
I feel like I got some business in the ring.
Oh, oh, he's almost there, ladies and gentlemen.
This takes too long, doesn't it? Right?
Like the singing and--
-[Cole] It's sort of enjoyable. -[CM Punk] Do you like this?
This guy never invites me on his show.
[Phil] Pat, for real.
Say something good about me.
[McAfee] Phil, I'm about to say something good.
You are certainly a man who can make an impression
because you pissed this guy off.
[crowd] ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
[speaking indistinctly]
[McAfee] That's good.
[crowd] ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
So let me get this straight. Now you wanna sit on the sidelines?
Come on, Mr. Center of Attention.
I know you love the spotlight.
Come on into the ring.
Or are you afraid I'm gonna kick your ass?
[crowd cheering]
[speaks indistinctly]
[McAfee] Oh, he-- No, no, no, he said he's gonna kick your ass.
-[Cole] Don't think he said "chicken." -[McAfee] No, no. Yeah.
It is hard to hear. And it was loud.
[crowd chanting] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk…
I'm not sure everybody here in attendance remembers the last time
you and I were face to face in a ring.
I'm sure you do, because it was probably a tremendous thrill for you.
But I warned you that that time was the only time I was going to let you
speak disrespectfully to me.
So, please, Seth, watch what you say.
[crowd chatter]
Me, disrespect the best in the world?
No, I wouldn't dare.
Now, Punk, I'm just out here--
I'm out here because I really think you could help me understand.
You know you're talking, actions have consequences.
I'm trying to understand why that applies
to everyone in your life except you.
[crowd cheering]
Because, look, I understand a lot of what happened on Saturday.
Look, the official made a mistake.
That happens in all sports.
Drew McIntyre cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.
He's got every right to do that.
So I understand both of those things.
What I can't understand, what I can't wrap around my head,
is why you decided to do the one thing,
the one thing I told you not to do
when you showed back up here.
Why did you stick your nose in my business? Hmm?
-Your business? -That's right. World title is my business.
Well, let me let me explain it to you.
Since you came out here for clarity, I didn't stick my nose in your business.
I was handling my business.
-Right. Of course. It's all about you. -[CM Punk] This is personal with me.
I would like to think that maybe being a husband
and a daddy to Roux, you would understand.
Yeah. Doesn't feel good, does it?
And I'm not even trying to be disrespectful.
There's a man running around with a bracelet with my wife
and my dog's name on it! All right?
It might not mean anything to you.
It might be 15 cent retail,
but it's the intent, and I'm gonna get my pound of flesh.
But…
All right, I see it. I see it, and I hear the people.
And look, I have no quarrel with you, all right?
Me coming out is personal.
I was handling my business.
If I somehow screwed things up for you,
If you can't be world champion or whatever your little pipe dream is--
Listen, listen.
Yeah. Pipe dream.
Pipe dream. I'm trying to apologize to you.
Pay attention.
All right?
Legitimately.
[crowd chatter]
Spit it out. I know apologizing is not your forte.
I'm sorry, I apologize.
I didn't mean to screw anything up for you.
I'm a little snowblind with rage right now.
I have a singular focus.
I understand you do too. And I screwed that up.
And I'm sorry.
But because it's you, I can't really be that sorry, can I?
[Cole] Oh, jeez.
-[McAfee] Just had to. -[Cole] I thought it was real.
You always have an excuse, don't you?
-You think you're-- -I always have an answer.
An answer, right? You always got something.
I think they got a term for that. It's called gaslighting.
You probably never, ever, ever in your life sincerely apologize
for anything because nothing's ever your fault, is it?
You're so smart. You got it all figured out.
You're sly, you're crafty.
You're the king of propaganda.
But, man, you got to be the dumbest,
the dumbest smart dude I've ever met in my entire life.
[crowd cheering]
Now, you got most of it figured out.
Except for the one thing.
The one thing that would actually make you the hero that you think you are.
You haven't figured out that the world
does not revolve around CM Punk!
[crowd cheering]
So look, you can be a selfish bastard anywhere else.
You can burn bridges anywhere else.
I'll kind of let it slide because I'm above you.
And I'm not just talking about the heels.
I was willing to let that selfishness slide
until Saturday,
because if it wasn't for you,
I would be standing here right now
World Heavyweight Champion.
[crowd cheering]
And for the time being, I'm out of cracks at that title.
[crowd] ♪ Oh, oh ♪
It's not just a pipe dream.
Maybe for you, but it's not for me.
For me, being World Heavyweight Champion
is the most important thing in this business.
You took that from me, so it's my turn to take from you.
You want to get your pound of flesh from Drew McIntyre so badly
that you don't care about collateral damage?
Well, guess what? That's not going to happen on my watch.
I could take a cheap shot at you right here, right now,
but I know your fragile little body isn't 100%.
But I promise you this,
when you are cleared,
you will not even be able to say the name Drew McIntyre
before I snap your arm and put you back on the shelf.
[crowd cheering]
Actions have consequences.
[Cole] Those are the words that CM Punk mentioned as he started
to talk here tonight on Monday Night Raw.
There are consequences to your actions.
And for CM Punk,
he now has to watch his back on two sides.
One from Drew McIntyre,
the other Seth 'Freakin' Rollins.
Hello again, everybody. I'm Michael Cole.
Welcome back, Pat McAfee.
I hope the family is doing okay.
Absolutely. Shout out to my wife. She is incredible.
Her family as well and I'm so pumped to be back and lucky to be here.
And you get to call a tremendous main event tonight,
a Mixed Tag Team match.
Can you believe "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio
is gonna team up with Liv Morgan tonight
against his father, Rey Mysterio, and Zelina Vega?
[McAfee] It only gets wilder for the life of dirtbag Dom Mysterio
as he battles his dad once again with his new fling.
Also The Judgment Day trying to get rid of the Braun Strowman problem.
Tonight, The Judgment Day takes on Braun Strowman
and Awesome Truth in a Six-Man Tag Team match
live on Monday Night Raw.
…but I'll try.
I'm sorry.
I didn't return your calls or your DMs or your texts yesterday
because I was dealing with Drew McIntyre.
Besides, what is the problem?
Well, Adam,
the problem is I don't wanna tag with Liv Morgan of all people.
She's the one that requested the match, doing it to make it up to you.
Said she'd be happy about it. And besides, your dad and Zelina are good with it.
Of course they are.
But I don't want a tag with Liv Morgan.
I'm not happy about it.
-And I don't want the match. -Don't want the match.
But wanted to stick your nose in the last three women's matches.
-That wasn't me. -You know what?
Forgive me if I don't give a damn if you're happy.
The match is official and it's signed. And guess what? It's happening.
Happy Monday.
[Liv Morgan] Oh, Dominik.
Oh.
Liv.
Why are you doing this to me?
I'm not doing this to you, Dominik. I'm doing this for you.
I felt so bad about what happened last week,
so I thought I'd make it up to you by helping you show Rey
who the real daddy of the Mysterio family is.
Fine.
-You just better make sure we win. -We will, we will.
So let's go talk strategy and get ready for our match.
There better be some tendies or some nuggies.
Of course. [laughs]
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] So I figured this out while you were gone, Pat.
I know how to get the flashlight up on my phone so I can do some yeet.
I saw you with "Main Event" Jey Uso.
♪ It's just me, Uce ♪
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from San Francisco, California,
weighing in at 242 pounds,
"Main Event" Jey Uso!
[Cole] Are you ready to yeet?
[McAfee] You're yeeting right on rhythm, Cole.
[Cole] Jey Uso, Chad Gable one on one live.
Next.
♪ Yeah, yeah ♪
♪ It's go-time now, Uce ♪
[Cole] Live on Monday Night Raw.
There's "Main Event" Jey Uso who, Pat, I thought was going to win
the Money in the Bank contract ladder match.
He was a second away.
He had his hands in the briefcase, about to take it down,
when Drew McIntyre fired a ladder like a javelin,
and then hit Jey with a Claymore to cost Uso his dreams.
-[crowd cheering] -[bell rings]
[McAfee] Perfectly executed ladder throw.
["Shoooosh" playing]
[Cole] This man also competed in the ladder match this past Saturday night.
[McAfee] And just like he's done to every human in his life,
he was left hanging at one point during that Money in the Bank.
[Samantha] And his opponent, representing Alpha Academy,
from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 202 pounds,
Chad Gable!
[Cole] You notice Gable and Jey Uso all taped up,
bandaged up after the hell they went through
with four other competitors this past Saturday
and the Money in the Bank contract ladder match
[McAfee] Chad Gable was dangling from the--
What's the name Corey kept calling it?
-[Cole] The carabiner. -[McAfee] There it is.
Great work by you, boys.
He's dangling from the carabiner, fell onto his face.
[Cole] Gable has, uh, all kinds of issues right now.
He's got the Wyatt Sicks who've been haunting him for weeks.
Just be thankful you haven't been here
the past couple of weeks because of that situation.
[McAfee] I've been freaked out through the TV. I'm gonna be serious.
[Cole] Also, Chad Gable, you know, has been estranged from the Alpha Academy.
Otis, Tozawa and Maxxine basically, uh, telling Gable to take a hike.
[McAfee] And that makes you believe in the WWE Universe,
because he's been a piece of trash,
bad things are happening to him, and that's good.
[Cole] Nice takedown by Gable now,
showing off his amateur background.
[McAfee] And his lack of respect for anybody.
[Cole] Gable, a former US Olympian,
won the gold medal in the Pan Am Games at one point in his career.
[McAfee] Phenomenal athlete.
[Cole] State wrestling champion in Minnesota!
And here comes the ten-time tag team champion, Jey Uso.
Oh, nice takedown by Gable.
The belly to back takedown by Gable,
and now those forearm blows, across faces to Uso.
[McAfee] To watch and hear from Gable was why we all think it's such a shame
that he is the person he is now.
[Cole] Well, he's never won a singles championship in his career in WWE.
[McAfee] Phenomenal talent.
[Cole] Great blocks by all these competitors.
Going for hiptoss. And finally Gable over the top rope.
And did you notice the taped ribs hit hard on the apron, Pat?
And now Jey Uso gonna fly.
Suicide dive. Gable caught him and turned it into a belly-to-belly throw.
And just like that, Gable has taken control of this matchup.
-[crowd chanting] Yeet! -[Cole] They're yeeting in Ottawa.
Jey Uso, Chad Gable one on one tonight,
live on Monday Night Raw been a competitive matchup.
Michael Cole at ringside, welcome back, Pat McAfee.
[McAfee] Lucky to be here as Chad Gable and Jey Uso Battle in Ottawa.
[Cole] Oh, face first goes Uso.
Unique move by Gable, taking over this matchup.
Gable is just an angry man.
[McAfee] Yeah. Little Napoleon-esque going on with Chad Gable for sure.
[Cole] Top rope by Gable. Oh, went for the headbutt.
Just caught Uso in the arm.
-Hook to the leg now. -One, two--
[Cole] And Jey kicks out at two.
I think the injury by Gable, the ribs, took a long time.
Getting to the top rope.
Didn't give him the launch he needed to get to the headbutt.
Actually hit Jey in the arm.
[McAfee] If you think about these two guys, been around WWE a long time,
lose the Money in the Bank match. Now what?
[Cole] Get back on the horse. Try to win the next.
Oh, Gable sent over the top rope, hard to the floor.
[McAfee] That's how deep the roster here is at Raw.
[Cole] Uso suicide dive taking Gable out.
[McAfee] These two dudes are incredible.
[Cole] 48 hours ago, they put themselves through hell
in the Money in the Bank contract ladder match.
[McAfee] One is jacked, in the middle of the ring right now,
is an absolute dirtbag.
[Cole] Crossbody. Lateral press.
Hooked to the leg now by Jey Uso.
Gable kicks at two.
He did not treat the members of the Alpha Academy well at all.
Now that he realizes he's alone, he's trying to butter up to the group.
[crowd chanting] Yeet!
[Cole] And Jey Uso now. You got to wonder what Jey thinks
about the, uh-- His family and the new Bloodline,
and his younger brother Solo Sikoa now being The Tribal Chief
and getting the rest of the family to acknowledge him.
And then Solo Sikoa pinning the WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes,
this past Saturday night at Money in the Bank.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] Everything happening with the wise man,
you'd assume that Jey Uso at least has a clue what's going on
over there in his family.
[Cole] Bloodline looked spectacular Saturday
with the addition of Jacob Fatu.
Jacob Fatu hit that move on Saturday night
that Jey just hit there and about moved the ring ten feet.
And now Jey Uso, top rope.
Gable meets him there!
And Jey Uso hit hard and collapses to the ring.
Now Gable looking for an ankle lock.
He applied this on the ladder this past Saturday night.
-[McAfee] In between two ladders. -[power shuts off]
[Cole] Oh boy.
[crowd cheering]
-I told you. -[McAfee] Oh no.
-[thuds] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Well, Chad Gable freaked out!
Took his eye off the ball and allows Jey Uso to hit the spear.
-Picks up the win. -[bell rings]
-[Cole] Jey get out of there. -[electricity buzzing]
[Cole] Don't wait around. Yup.
[McAfee] Smart, yeet, and get out.
[Cole] Jey Uso is running out of the arena.
Chad Gable now left alone in the ring after suffering the spear.
[McAfee] What the hell's going on, Cole?
[Cole] The freakiest thing I've ever been a part of.
-["Shatter" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] The music, the smoke can only mean the Wyatt Sicks.
[man chanting] Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!
[Cole] Oh no.
-[man] Gable behind you! Behind you! -[crowd chatter]
[Cole] Oh, not again.
Pat, this box has been addressed to you the last two weeks.
[McAfee] Come on. It's looking at me, Cole.
-Are you gonna get this thing? -No.
[crowd cheering]
Well, that was weird.
Uh, yeah.
But, I mean, hopefully we'll find out or get some clarity on what's in the box
at some point tonight.
In the meantime, Sheamus, I owe you congratulations, man.
Fifteen years as a WWE superstar.
I mean, you've already accomplished so much.
So I guess the question is what's next?
Yeah, 15 crazy years, Jackie, and I've done it all.
Well, almost.
The thing is, it takes that many years to truly understand this business.
And all these young thundercats that come in,
they think they can take shortcuts, but they can't.
Because truly, it takes years
before you can go out there and put on a banger.
[Bronson] Hey, hey, hey.
Are you finished?
I don't know why we're talking about your 15th anniversary
when it ended up with you losing.
Really, what we should be talking about is me,
because I'm the one with the match tonight.
Because I am the future,
and, Sheamus, you are stuck in the past.
Wow. Wow.
Big bloody Bronson Reed a crybaby.
[chuckles] I never would have guessed.
And I know you've been watching my career for the last 15 years.
So you know what comes next when you really interrupt Sheamus.
You and me in the ring
and we settle this like proper fellas.
I'll fight you any time.
-Let's go. -Just not tonight.
[laughs]
First, you can witness what I do to your mate,
Pete Dunne.
[laughs]
[Cole] You know, Pat, we are in the country of Canada.
We are in the country's capital of Ottawa.
Live for Monday Night Raw.
Okay. For two weeks I had to do this.
Tonight you open the package up that was delivered by that thing
moments ago from the Wyatt Sicks.
Go ahead. She didn't bother taping it this time.
Yeah. This box has seen some things.
And a creature comes out, and I do believe for the third straight week-- Yes.
It is another VHS tape from the old days and it says, "Play me."
And I'll tell you what, I'm done now, right? I did my thing.
-Michael Cole forever. -Bianca.
Can you take that to the truck, please?
-There's the box. -Thank you, thing from under the ring.
["Battle Tested" playing]
[bell rings]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Black Forest, South Australia,
weighing in at 330 pounds,
"Big" Bronson Reed.
[Cole] 6'0" tall, 330 pounds.
Although there are many who believe he weighs closer to 360.
[McAfee] Yeah maybe even tipping the scales 365, 370,
and what he's able to do in the ring is just unfathomable
for a man that is built in the manner in which he is.
[Cole] He's a man with a massive chip on his shoulder.
[McAfee] And a massive chest. It's just might be 90-inches around.
[Cole] Believes he hasn't gotten the credibility he deserves,
hasn't got the chances he deserves.
That's why he was upset that they were celebrating
Sheamus' 15th anniversary with WWE.
He said "They should be talking about me. New blood."
[McAfee] He's a 16-pound bowling ball.
That's what he looks like.
["Stand Tall" playing]
[McAfee] He can move.
[Samantha] And his opponent, representing New Catch Republic,
from Birmingham, England, weighing in at 205 pounds,
"The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne.
[Cole] Pete Dunne's tag team partner, Tyler Bate,
in the New Catch Republic, will be out of action for a bit.
He got injured in a tag team match last week on NXT.
So Pete Dunne comes out here alone tonight
to face the massive Bronson Reed.
[McAfee] And Pete Dunne is a super talent.
He and I actually handled some business with some bums back in the day.
I'm very thankful for Pete Dunne, but in the ring, Pete Dunne does damage.
[Cole] Also, as Bronson Reed alluded to, a mate of Sheamus,
Pete Dunne once part of The Brawling Brutes,
very successful group here in WWE.
Pete Dunne 5'10", 205 from Birmingham, England.
But don't let the size fool you.
There's a reason he's called The Bruiserweight.
[McAfee] Yeah, just like the most scrappy…
-[bell rings] -Scrappy human ever.
Will break your fingers and your toes.
[Cole] Joint manipulation is what he loves.
And a clubbing blow to the back of the neck by Reed.
[McAfee] Insanely tough as well, Pete Dunne.
He's gonna have to be in this profession.
How much can he take from "Big" Bronson Reed
as he tries to break?
[Cole] Unique armbar by Pete Dunne,
as Reed has to go to the top rope to force a break.
And now Pete Dunne he's gonna have to try to out quick Reed in this matchup.
Oh, nice enzuigiri to the back of the neck.
And now Pete Dunne again right to the back of Reed,
drives him out of the ring.
And he's got the big man in trouble early.
-[McAfee] Pete Dunne is a-- Oh! -[Cole] Ooh.
[McAfee] A sports entertainment genius as well in the ring.
[Cole] Moonsault by Dunne takes down Bronson Reed yet again,
former NXT UK Champion, former tag champ at NXT as well.
And another moonsault. This time Reed's off his feet
and Pete Dunne has "Big" Bronson Reed in trouble.
Can The Bruiserweight pull off the upset live on Raw?
Well, it didn't take long for "Big" Bronson Reed
to take control of this matchup during the commercial,
but Pete Dunne "The Bruiserweight" looking to battle back.
Very evenly matched.
[McAfee] Absolutely.
[Cole] Two men in this match. Oh!
What a clothesline! About decapitated Dunne!
[McAfee] It's evenly matched, but there's only one man
that can do that to the other guy in the ring right now.
[Cole] A man who won the André the Giant
Memorial Battle Royal this year.
"Big" Bronson Reed, a former NXT North American Champion.
But Pete Dunne now may have an opening.
-[screams] -[Cole] Dunne to the fingers of Reed!
And a kick to the side of the head.
[McAfee] He'll stomp on your hands and kick you in the mouth.
[Cole] And Dunne with a step-up enzuiguri on the ear,
and another one catching Reed.
Dunne looking phenomenal in this match so far.
[McAfee] That's what Dunne always looks like.
[Cole] They try to break the wrist there of Bronson Reed.
And now Dunne with a running knee.
Reed in trouble. Can Dunne pull off the win?
[Cole] This could be it.
And a kickout at two, and he did indeed kick out.
[McAfee] Yeah. We got the one two kid in there…
And alongside of him two young Superstars.
[Cole] What you were talking about.
Pete Dunne loves joint manipulation.
Gonna try to break the fingers in the hand of "Big" Bronson…
-Reed. -[Bronson screams]
[McAfee] I don't know how.
This goes to the toughness of "Big" Bronson Reed,
but I'm trying to tap out as quick as possible
if that happens to my hand.
[Bronson grunting]
[McAfee] That's just what Pete Dunne does.
[Cole] And Dunne fighting back though, Bronson Reed hauling him up,
driving him neck first into the turnbuckle.
What a sit out powerbomb!
-[referee] One, two. -[Cole] For the win! Dunne at two.
How the hell did Pete Dunne kick out there?
Watch this impact. Oh my goodness.
[McAfee] "Big" Bronson Reed using all of his weight.
-[Cole] Uh-oh. -[McAfee] Builds momentum of a powerbomb.
-And what is he thinking now? -[Cole] 330-pound plus.
Pete Dunne though realized what was coming.
Can he deliver that step-up enzuigiri?
And now Dunne trying to rip the shoulder of the arm out of socket.
[Bronson screaming]
[Cole] Listen to Reed writhing in pain.
[McAfee] Pete Dunne's been attacking that arm all night.
[Cole] Dunne bounced off the top rope though, in position.
Bronson Reed Tsunami!
-[crowd cheering] -[referee] One, two, three.
-[Cole] Reed with the win. -[bell rings]
["Battle Tested" playing]
♪ I'm battle tested ♪
[Samantha] Here is your winner.
"Big" Bronson Reed!
[Cole] A very game Pete Dunne here tonight,
but "Big" Bronson Reed with a Tsunami picks up the win.
[McAfee] Big time win for "Big" Bronson Reed here
over Pete Dunne, who was putting on a clinic there for a bit.
[Cole] I think Reed is upset over the fact that Dunne mangled his arm.
And I don't think that Reed is done here because--
["Written in My Face" playing]
[Cole] It looked like he was gonna go for yet another Tsunami.
And here comes Dunne's old running buddy,
"The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus,
who had face to face with Reed earlier on,
called Bronson Reed a big crybaby.
And here we go, Sheamus and Reed going at it with one another.
Reed claims that Sheamus is stuck in the past.
Running knee by Sheamus, Pete Dunne catches Reed as well.
[Sheamus screaming]
[Cole] And a mini Brawling Brutes reunion tonight
sends Bronson Reed scrambling.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] Bronson Reed picks up a win and then an ass beating.
[Cole] And then Sheamus tried to celebrate with Pete Dunne…
who didn't want anything to do with it.
And there is a story here, Pat.
Sheamus walked out on The Brawling Brutes.
The disintegration of the group when Sheamus really got hurt.
Dunne still hasn't forgotten.
And there's the Intercontinental Champion.
-All right. -[Cole] Canada's own Sami Zayn.
-You all right? -Hey!
[Cole] Pulled off another shocker on Saturday.
-Yea! -[Cole] Sami is here live next.
-How are you doing? -Good to see you.
Handle it. Let's move on.
Hey, what's up?
[crowd cheering]
Just here to talk. You got a minute?
Yeah. Guys, go ahead and handle your business. I got this.
-You sure? -Yeah.
You know, it's better to be lucky than good.
And Saturday you were very lucky,
but you're also very good.
Most importantly, you kept your word.
The boys didn't get involved.
And since you kept your word, I'm gonna keep my word.
I won't come for that title as long as you've got it.
But as good as you were on Saturday,
if you wanna keep that thing,
you got to be better at SummerSlam.
I did keep my word
and I know you're gonna keep yours.
But I still got a lot to prove.
So that whole gentlemen's agreement, you can throw it out the window.
When I'm done with Gunther, you want a shot?
I'll go to war with you. You just name the place.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chatter]
Yeah. Where you at?
[Cole] Look who's here Monday Night Raw,
three-time Grammy Award winner
Zac Brown of the Zac Brown Band,
currently on a stadium tour with Kenny Chesney.
He's in Ottawa for the Ottawa Bluesfest this week,
and his new single "Tie Up" is a banger.
[McAfee] Everything he makes is a banger.
Twenty-seven years that guy's been touring, crushing it. Beast.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Cole] Even knew who I was.
-[crowd] Let's go! -[McAfee] I don't know how.
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome the Intercontinental Champion,
Sami Zayn.
[McAfee] Listen, sometimes you can't and sometimes you can, Cornelius.
Sami Zayn just got one of the biggest wins
of his entire career
at Money in the Bank over Bron Breakker.
[Cole] Pat, many of the experts thought that
Bron Breakker was the absolute overwhelming favorite
in the Intercontinental Championship match in Toronto this past Saturday.
But as Sami Zayn always seems to do,
he pulled it out yet again.
[McAfee] Our Intercontinental Champion prevailed.
[Cole] And now celebrating in his homeland of Canada.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Cole] His home of Montreal, just a couple hour drive away.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[McAfee] Ottawa's proximity to Montreal is one reason
why it was named the capital back in the 1800s.
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd chanting] Sami! Sami! Sami…
[crowd chanting] Ole! Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole! Ole!
Ole! Ole!
Well, first of all…
let me just say what an honor it is to be standing in this ring
in the nation's capital
representing Canada as a champion.
[crowd cheering]
This past Saturday in Toronto,
Bron Breakker walked into Money in the Bank
and brought everything I thought he would.
He brought all his power, he brought all his strength,
he brought all his speed.
But he made the crucial mistake of walking in,
thinking that I was the underdog in that match.
Now, I've said this before, but I feel like I need to say it again.
I am not an underdog anymore.
Ladies and gentlemen, I am a champion.
[crowd cheering]
[crowd] Sami! Sami! Sami…
And if I can take a second to be not so humble,
to be a little un-Canadian,
I have been putting in top level performances in this ring,
night in and night out, year in year out,
to where I have earned a certain amount of respect in this ring.
And it is a respect that Bron Breakker did not bring to Toronto.
And that is why Bron Breakker found out the hard way
that it is one thing to knock me down.
It is another thing to try and keep me down.
I say this not just to Bron Breakker, but to--
["Breakk And Destroy" playing]
[McAfee] Oh, boy. It might have been un-Canadian,
but it was certainly awesome to hear Sami Zayn toot his own horn,
but all of a sudden that horn is actually a bark.
A dog has shown up.
[Cole] He's not taking his gaze off of Sami Zayn.
Bron Breakker, a spectacular performance Saturday
at Money in the Bank,
came up short, his first title match on the main roster.
[McAfee] He's brand new to the Raw roster.
Sami Zayn has been there, done that with everything in this company,
future Hall of Famer.
And everybody just assumed Bron Breakker was gonna win that match.
-[Cole] I did. -[McAfee] Everybody did.
That's what Sami was talking about.
That's what Bron Breakker has done thus far.
[crowd imitates dogs barking]
[crowd chatter]
What are you here for, Bron?
Are you looking for a fight?
You're looking for a rematch?
Did you come out here to say anything
or are you just gonna keep staring at me all night?
[crowd chatter]
I came out here to look the man,
the only man in that locker room,
to look you in the eye,
the only man who could say that they've beat me,
and I'm not gonna lie, Sami, I didn't think it was gonna be you.
I really didn't.
But I'm a smart guy, right?
I'm a smart guy. I know how these things go.
There's not a-- There's no reason for me to get a rematch
for the Intercontinental Championship.
There's really not.
So, look, I've been thinking and I--
[Cole] Spear.
Bron Breakker from out of nowhere
just speared Sami Zayn nearly out of the ring.
And I don't believe he's done yet.
[McAfee] Sami lost a shoe, and I think he's about to lose consciousness.
[Cole] And officials have come down to the ring
to try to separate Breakker from Sami Zayn.
Bron Breakker made his point.
He wants to force the issue here, force Zayn into giving the rematch.
And he's not done yet.
And Breakker now just mauling and pawing away at Zayn.
The ferocity of this man.
[McAfee] A little bait and switch.
Said he's coming to look him in the eye, then spears his head through the ropes.
[Cole] Now Sami Zayn right here in front of us just stumbling around
as Bron Breakker is finally a--
-[McAfee] Has got one shoe on. -[Cole] Out of the ring.
What is wrong with you?
[Cole] Oh no, put on your seatbelts, Pat.
Look at Breakker, break neck speed,
running right through Sami Zayn.
[McAfee] Did you see the way he turned the corner? The bend.
[crowd chatter]
[McAfee] Holy…
That's it.
[Cole] Like a linebacker running through an unprotected quarterback.
Bron Breakker laid waste to Sami Zayn.
And now that's, uh-- That's Ilja Dragunov.
[Ilja] Look at me. Look at me.
Oh, I'm so scared. I'm so scared.
[Cole] Dragunov has had his own issues with Bron Breakker in the past.
He's talked a lot about, uh-- Talked a lot about his respect
for Sami Zayn over the years.
Easy. We're gonna get medical.
-Where's he at, Sami? -Get medical help.
[Cole] Bron confronting the Intercontinental Champion.
So look, I've been thinking and I--
[Cole] Spearing Sami Zayn…
right out of his shoe.
[McAfee] Sami is on one side of the ring, his shoes on the other.
He does the old squirrel trick, Adam Pearce,
who obviously falls for it and turns the corner
like he's T.J. Watt or Myles Garrett and spears Sami Zayn.
[Cole] And then Ilja Dragunov was rushed out of the ring,
separated from Bron Breakker.
But Dragunov has been pretty clear about his respect for Sami Zayn.
-Easy, easy, easy. -I mean, look at this.
-I see it. -I mean, look at this.
Listen, I want Bron Breakker. Give me Bron Breakker.
-You want him? -Yeah.
You got him tonight.
[crowd cheering]
So, Pat, you just heard General Manager Adam Pearce
has made it official for later on tonight.
Bron Breakker, Ilja Dragunov will renew their rivalry here
live on Monday Night Raw.
[McAfee] Did we know that Adam Pearce could get things right?
-[Cole] He did. -[McAfee] This is right.
[Cole] This has been a great rivalry between these two
for the past number of years, including NXT.
ladies and gentlemen, this past Saturday night,
Money in the Bank in Toronto, a bittersweet event,
because we heard that the greatest of all time
was going to hang up the boots.
["The Time Is Now" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Cena] Why am I here?
Tonight, I officially announced my retirement from the WWE.
You see, I've been doing this a while.
I've been in WWE for over two decades,
and in that time I have seen incredible waves of prosperity
like we got right now.
WWE is the hottest ticket in town, no doubt.
And this farewell-- This farewell does not end tonight.
We are planning something unforgettable.
2025 Royal Rumble will be my last.
The 2025 Elimination Chamber will be my last.
And I'm here tonight to announce…
WrestleMania 2025 will be…
the last WrestleMania I compete in.
[crowd] Thank you, Cena!
Thank you, Cena!
Thank you so much for letting me play in the house
that you built for so many years.
[crowd cheering]
So, if you want some,
hurry up and come get some,
'cause the last time is now.
[crowd] Thank you, Cena.
Thank you, Cena.
[Cole] Well, at least we have 2025 left.
The GOAT, John Cena.
["The Other Side" playing]
[McAfee] CM Punk already shot his shot.
["The Other Side" playing]
[explosion]
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following is a Six-Man Tag Team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first the team of Carlito
and the World Tag Team Champions,
The Judgment Day
JD McDonagh
and Finn Bálor.
[Cole] McDonagh and Bálor the current tag team champions.
McDonagh grew up in the same area of Ireland as Finn Bálor,
in fact was trained to wrestle by Finn Bálor.
Now they get to celebrate as tag team champions.
Carlito still a prospect within The Judgment Day,
still trying to earn his cut.
And be a member of the group.
[McAfee] The Judgment Day would be lucky to have Carlito,
but congratulations to the new tag team champions.
[Cole] They can thank Liv Morgan for the fact that they have the gold.
["Awesome Truth" playing]
[Miz] Ottawa, it's about that time.
-[McAfee] ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ -♪ Truth, what are we gonna do? ♪
♪ Let's crank it up, here we go ♪
♪ People over there what's up? ♪
♪ You feel me? Let me hear you say what's up? ♪
-♪ What's up? ♪ -♪ What's up? ♪
-♪ Miz, tell them who we is ♪ -♪ We're The Awesome Truth ♪
♪ You can get with this Or you can get with that ♪
♪ They tell me Ottawa, this is where it's that ♪
-♪ What's up? ♪ -♪ What's up? ♪
-♪ Miz, tell them who we is ♪ -♪ We're The Awesome Truth ♪
♪ We be skipping and jumping Leaving the competition ♪
♪ Make them disappear Like your favorite magician ♪
-♪ It's like that ♪ -♪ As a matter of fact ♪
♪ Y'all can tell him that The Awesome Truth is back ♪
♪ Most of the time You see us just being simple ♪
-♪ This time we be busting them up ♪ -♪ Like a pimple ♪
♪ Statin' our claim to fame ♪
♪ The two most must see Superstars Playing the game ♪
[Cole] Wasting little time,
jumping Truth and Miz are The Judgment Day.
Truth and Miz lost the tag titles to The Judgment Day a couple of weeks ago,
and here come their tag team partner.
[Cole] Damian Priest told Judgment Day,
"You gotta solve this Braun Strowman problem."
[McAfee] That's one big son of a bitch.
[Cole] And The Judgment Day gotta scramble away.
Carlito better run a little bit faster.
And Strowman caught Carlito.
[McAfee] Threw him into the crowd.
[Cole] And now Miz and Truth little Attitude Adjustment,
paying homage John Cena.
[crowd chatter]
[McAfee] Braun Strowman almost caught the entire Judgment Day.
And now Awesome Truth.
[Cole] Miz over the top rope taking out JD McDonagh,
-Strowman sending Carlito into the ring. -[bell rings]
[Cole] Bell rings, we're underway. Six-Man Tag Team action.
R-Truth with a shoulder tackle.
Remember, John Cena was R-Truth's "childhood hero" growing up.
[McAfee] That's right. Watching him on Saturday.
Somehow John Cena was also my childhood.
-Saturday mornings. -[crowd] You can't see me.
[Cole] And now Truth Five Knuckle Shuffle.
[McAfee] R-Truth with the power.
[Cole] Attitude Adjustment for the win in this matchup,
Finn Bálor ends up delivering an elbow to his partner Carlito.
[McAfee] Truth, no dummy.
Just outsmarted The Judgment Day as he's done for years.
[Cole] Speaking of dummies, JD McDumb-uh as you tagged him,
was sent out of the ring.
Strowman and Awesome Truth in control.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] McDonagh is putting on a clinic.
Here's the cover on Miz and a kickout by Miz.
Now, Miz has been pretty upset with R-Truth
over the past couple of weeks, Pat,
that he fell for Liv Morgan, tugging on his heart strings
and getting Truth to put the tag titles on the line against Bálor and McDonagh.
It cost Miz tag team gold and he just said,
"Come on, Truth, you can't be gullible like that."
[McAfee] It's the story of their championship run.
R-Truth became their booker.
He signed them up for matches all over,
and they were certainly fighting champions and they lost.
That's gonna happen. But what a run by Miz and Truth.
[Cole] Speaking to Liv Morgan, who's the reason
that Bálor and McDonagh are the tag champs today.
She's in action later on tonight when she teams up
with "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio and The Judgment Day
against Dominik's dad Rey and Zelina Vega, and Dominik none too pleased.
He's gotta team with Morgan tonight.
[McAfee] He's in a conundrum for sure. As Ottawa was backing Liz.
[Cole] Oh. Both men down, center of the ring.
[McAfee] Need of a tag.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Again, Damian Priest, the World Heavyweight Champion,
has made it pretty clear to The Judgment Day,
"We need to stop this Braun Strowman problem."
As Miz tries to crawl across the ring and make a tag.
[McAfee] Good luck. Okay.
I don't know how you stop that. You just gotta try to slow it down.
Ooh.
[crowd booing]
I'm gonna rip your head off.
[Cole] The reason Strowman is teaming with Awesome Truth
is they decided last week
in an interview on social media to form a partnership
to try to take out Judgment Day.
Miz trying to make a tag to Braun Strowman, and he does.
[McAfee] Out powers JD McDonagh to get the big son of a bitch in the ring.
[Cole] 6'8", 385. Oh goodness.
[McAfee] Shoulder tackle into a body slam.
He's getting tossed like a trash bag.
[Cole] The former Universal Champion with a massive beal.
[McAfee] And a massive right to Carlito.
[Cole] JD McDonagh moved out of harm's way,
made the tag to Bálor.
And now Finn Bálor.
Uh-oh. Caught by Strowman.
Massive Chokeslam.
Cover for the win, and Carlito in.
JD McDonagh break up the count.
[McAfee] Braun Strowman was on full extension
for that Chokeslam on Finn Bálor.
[Cole] Went for the double team, didn't pay off.
Shoulder tackle.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] That is why Braun Strowman is dangerous.
[crowd chanting]
[McAfee] The entire Judgment Day all gone.
[Cole] Uh-oh.
Pat. Here we go.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Tagged to Truth.
Braun Strowman is gonna put the train on the tracks, and I believe--
What's Truth doing?
Oh no.
[crowd cheering]
-[Cole] A train-- -[McAfee] Sidebar
[Cole] Engine and a caboose.
-McDonagh. -[McAfee] Smart.
[Cole] Dives into the timekeeper's area.
Carlito gets rolled over.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] That wasn't cool.
[McAfee] The Strowman Express rolling.
[Cole] Now celebrating with a--
[McAfee] A couple of big fans.
[Cole] Zack Brown here at ringside.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] And now they've got their eyes on JD McDonagh.
-What are you waiting on? -[Cole] What do they do in Star Trek?
The Klingons? They disappear, right?
[McAfee] Well, that might be what McDonagh is doing right now.
[Cole] Strowman trying to chase McDonagh--
-What's up? -[Cole] Out of the arena.
The teleporter thing they do. You know what I'm talking about.
-[McAfee] I saw what you're talking about. -[crowd] What's up?
[Cole] Truth back into the ring.
What's up?
[crowd] What's up?
[Cole] And Miz telling Truth to turn around.
Truth is celebrating with the WWE fans.
Miz told him to turn around.
Miz got blasted off the apron.
Finn Bálor going to hit a Coup De Grace.
Bálor into the cover…
[crowd] One, two, three.
[Cole] …for the win.
[bell ringing]
["The Other Side" playing]
[Samantha] Here are your winners,
the team of Carlito
and the World Tag Team Champion
JD McDonagh
and Finn Bálor.
[Cole] Well, R-Truth celebrating with the WWE fans.
-[McAfee] He was enjoying a moment. -[Cole] Well, it cost him.
Well, Miz's expression tells the entire story.
Not today, Bron, huh?
The champs are here.
[speaking indistinctly]
I appreciate you coming here.
My issue is that you're half the problem and you're not medically cleared.
You both want the match. Listen.
You both want the match, okay?
Drew's slinging referees around, I'm eating elbows, and it's your fault.
So I'm frustrated, and it has to stop.
But here's what I'm willing to do.
I will get on the phone with Drew.
I will schedule a meeting next week.
I will see if he's in a place mentally that he can even do business.
We'll see if he'll be professional.
-Good luck. -Yeah, I understand that.
But if that's gonna happen, you can't be around.
I need you to stay home.
-I've been at home a lot. -I get it.
I know you didn't start this,
but you're not one to back up from a fight.
-No. -You like to stir them up.
You like to pick fights. And I'm telling you,
if you do it again,
match with Drew, title aspirations,
are out the window.
-I just wanna finish it. -I understand it.
-You've known me a long time. -Yeah.
I want you to go home.
I want you to heal up.
Pet Larry.
And I want you to let me deal with Drew.
Okay. I'll go home.
I won't show up next week.
I'm gonna work on getting cleared, and then give me Drew.
-You got it. -Thank you.
Thank you.
[crowd chatter]
["Eyes of a Warrior" playing]
♪ Stare Into the eyes of a warrior Has the blood rushed through my veins ♪
♪ This is a call to the warriors ♪
♪ They will remember your name ♪
♪ This is the time And the moment is now ♪
♪ You see the light, you hear the crowd ♪
♪ Marry the fight, ready my vows ♪
As good as you're doing at this game right now,
I do think maybe we should go over some double team moves just to prepare.
-What? -Yeah.
I didn't even wanna tag with you.
What makes you think I wanna work on double team moves?
-No. -Dominik.
We both know you want this just as badly as I do.
The only thing I want badly is to beat my deadbeat dad.
That's what I meant. To do that, we need to get on the same page.
What are you talking about?
I think it would be good for you to just loosen up a little bit.
-I am loose. -You seem so tense.
-No, I'm okay. -And I just wanna help you relax a little.
Just… perfect.
-Oh, perfect. -No, I'm--
-It's okay, it's okay. -I'm okay.
-Just-- You see? You see? -Liv, I'm--
-Just-- It'll feel good. -Actually, that's not bad.
-Yeah, I told you. -That feels good, actually.
We could do this before all your matches. Even if you don't have a match, we can.
You're so tight down here.
-Yeah, I am. -Yeah.
[speaks Spanish]
Now that's…
cool?
Feel better, Daddy Dom.
Excuse me.
[in English] Oh, I don't even wanna know what the hell that was.
Look, man, after all this time, what's wrong with you?
You should have been done with this. It's not that hard.
-I don't know. Seems pretty hard to me. -Yo. Step outside.
You're starting to sound just like my dad.
Oh, I'm starting to sound like your--
No, I'm starting to understand your dad more and more every week.
Fine, I thought I fixed this.
I'll put an end to it.
I'm putting an end to it.
I thought I'd put an end to it.
I'm putting an end to it.
You know, that kid is gonna learn something about consequences.
Hey. So, anyway. You wanted to tell us something?
-Lay it on us. -Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Ah, man, I'm gonna keep it to myself.
Dom's gonna find out on his own anyway.
Ooh, I love it.
You're an athlete, you wouldn't wanna pull a groin in the match.
I don't know what they were stretching,
but it was hard for you to keep it together.
-Nonetheless. -Jeez Louise.
Look, all joking aside,
let's talk about something very serious right now.
-Earlier tonight, that thing… -Oh my gosh.
…delivered another package to the announce desk.
It was another VHS.
We got it to the production truck.
Let's see what this week's chapter is all about.
♪ Call me the greatest ♪
[static noise]
[ominous music playing]
[man] Tell me more about your family.
My family?
I took those that no one wanted.
The discarded.
The forgotten.
I gave them a purpose.
Gave them a purpose.
[clock ticking slowly]
They're so happy that you remembered them.
Because being a glutton for punishment
doesn't make abandonment hurt any less.
Forsaken, alone,
begging for mercy as the buzzards circle.
It has been lost…
too much.
But grief is the price we pay…
for love.
But now, we must set the captives free.
So they need no master.
[haunting music playing]
-Do you think I…? -[distorted voice] Do you think I?
Do you think I…?
Do you think we…
[distorted voice] We?
…are sick?
[distorted voice] We are sick?
[haunting music playing]
[distorted voice] Yes, I do.
[ominous music playing]
Then sick is what we'll be.
[ominous music playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Gable] Pearce.
Pearce. Where have you been? I've been looking all over for you.
-Are you avoiding me? -No. My office is right here.
I got questions for you, okay?
Did you see that tape?
-They're talking about me. -I know.
It's clear to an intelligent man like me,
but what's not clear is that you're not doing anything about it.
-Security is clearly lax. I'm here-- -Chad. Listen, calm down.
I doubled security twice, and I ordered an investigation.
Let me ask you this. If they're coming after you,
did you ever stop to figure out why that might be?
Oh. Oh, that's great, Pearce.
I'll just handle everything on my own, like I always do.
You know what, I will. I'll take care of it my way.
But when I do, I'm gonna expect a very sincere apology from you
and everybody else in that locker room, all right?
And while I'm at it, after the month that I've had,
how about a freaking vacation?
It's pathetic.
Happy Monday.
[crowd chatter]
[Pearce] What?
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] I'm not sure I'd do that.
["Death Waltz" playing]
[McAfee] Adam's had a tough, tough Monday.
It's about to get worse.
What was that video we just watched?
["Death Waltz" continue]
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Moscow, Russia,
weighing in at 210 pounds,
Ilja Dragunov.
[Cole] We'll turn our attention from the situation
with the so-called Wyatt Sicks to this one-on-one matchup,
'cause it is going to be as physical as they come.
That man, "The Mad Dragon"
Ilja Dragunov,
renews a wonderful rivalry
with a man who speared the Intercontinental Champion
out of his shoe earlier tonight,
Bron Breakker,
live next on Monday Night Raw.
["Death Waltz" continue]
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♪ You burned me one too many times ♪
♪ Like a devil in disguise ♪
[in Japanese]
We have been treated with nothing but disrespect.
We are world-class talents
and we shouldn't be pushed to the side
by the likes of Kayden, Katana, and Lyra.
But tonight, tonight that changes.
Tonight, we push back
and show everyone what Damage CTRL is truly capable of.
[in Japanese]
[laughs]
[in Japanese]
[Cole] Well, you know, you gotta show respect to get respect,
just like this man earning everyone's respect here in Monday Night Raw.
Ilja Dragunov set for action.
[McAfee] Sources have told me that Ilja will do whatever to win.
Put his body through anything to win.
["Breakk and Destroy" playing]
[McAfee] Well, I think he's gonna put that theory to a test tonight
'cause an absolute beast has arrived,
a dog in the purest form.
♪ But if I fade away… ♪
[Samantha] And his opponent, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 250 pounds,
Bron Breakker.
[Cole] "The Unpredictable Badass" Bron Breakker
set to take on Dragunov here tonight.
He's in a bad mood after being defeated by Sami Zayn
at Money in the Bank this past Saturday.
He came out, speared Sami Zayn,
beat him up, sent him to the medical trainer's office
and now he goes one-on-one with The Mad Dragon.
Rematch from a couple of weeks ago here on Monday Night Raw.
Pat, this is a rivalry of two men who ruled NXT
back in 2022 and 2023.
They battled over the NXT Championship.
Both of these men defeated Gunther since he arrived on the main roster.
[Cole] Zayn, the only other who can say that.
Now, Bron Breakker with a--
Oh, released German suplex to start things off.
[McAfee] And Shawn Michaels and NXT are on fire,
and these two obviously helped continue to build that brand.
And now Bron Breakker could be standing here a champion.
[Cole] Speaking of NXT Champions,
Ethan Page, the new NXT Champion after the Heatwave last night.
Congratulations to Roxanne Perez
for retaining her NXT Women's title.
Now Dragunov, the German suplex of his own.
-Does not release. -You can't go anywhere.
I got you.
[McAfee] Got the dog on a leash right now, Ilja says.
[Cole] Dragunov is intense as they come.
[McAfee] He's meeting an intense man.
[Cole] Constantine Special,
but Breakker ducked underneath it.
[McAfee] And avoided.
[Cole] Down goes Dragunov.
[McAfee] That lateral quickness too, out of nowhere,
moving full speed, has to adjust.
Gets around Ilja.
Shoulder tackles Ilja through the ropes.
[Cole] Breakker, six-foot tall, 250 pounds.
One, two.
[crowd chatter]
[McAfee] He's a freak, he's a beast. He's a dog.
[Cole] Look at that.
Oh, the Gorilla Press Powerslam from Breakker.
Hook of the leg for the win
and Dragunov stays in it,
somehow kicking out.
Breakker, Dragunov.
This battle continues live on Monday Night Raw.
-[Daphne] Right, stay back. -[grunts]
[Cole] We are live on Monday Night Raw.
This is Ottawa, Canada, jam-packed tonight for Dragunov and Breakker.
Renewal of a longstanding rivalry between these two men.
Breakker has been dominating during the commercial break.
Dragunov, who respects the Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn,
came out here to confront Breakker after Breakker took Sami out.
Oh my goodness.
What a spinebuster into cover by Breakker, and a kickout at two.
[McAfee] Ilja also trying to make his name known here on Monday Night Raw.
[Cole] How about the triple threat match
he was involved in with McIntyre and Sheamus?
He fought at Money in the Bank on the line.
[McAfee] Quite a banger, I would say,
but you come out and beat Bron Breakker,
especially a couple of days from his loss
to the Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn.
[Cole] The intimidating Breakker just continues to punish Dragunov.
Intense and powerful, but Dragunov powerful on his own right,
bending the fingers back of Breakker,
trying to get back to his feet in a vertical base.
And now Dragunov, headbutt after headbutt to the side of the face of Breakker
and forces a break of the hold.
Breakker with a right hand of his own.
[McAfee] Ilja responds…
[Cole] Oh.
[McAfee] …with the chops.
Yeah, Dragunov won't-- He's as gritty…
-[McAfee] Tough. -[Cole] …and intense as they come.
[McAfee] A little sandpaper type.
[crowd exclaim]
-[Cole] Oh. -[McAfee] Chop to the quad.
[Cole] Caught by Breakker.
Throwing a right hand of his own.
-[McAfee] To the forehead. -[Cole] Beating each other.
[McAfee] Certainly are.
[Cole] Oh, and a big kick to the back of the neck and Breakker stunned.
[McAfee] This is massive for Bron Breakker.
How will he respond?
[Cole] Dragunov said before,
"I am not intense. I am intensity."
Oh, and a running knee to Breakker.
[screams]
[McAfee] He looks intensity right now.
[Cole] He's got a bit of a screw loose,
but a tremendous competitor.
[McAfee] I didn't know you had that many veins in your neck.
[Cole speaks Russian]
[in English] Is what he calls himself.
Invincible, infallible.
And Dragunov now heading up to the top rope.
Breakker will meet him there.
[McAfee] He moved too slow.
[Cole] Dragunov, the Dragon,
and his family's fiery fighting attitude.
And now, Ilja to the top rope.
Now, he's gonna slip underneath Breakker.
Has Breakker where he wants him perhaps.
Breakker's in trouble.
Dragunov trying to drag him out of the corner,
and he does.
[yells]
[McAfee] Ilja Dragunov with some power.
[Cole] Dragunov heading up to the top rope.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh, what a senton.
[McAfee] Hurt himself in the process. Was it worth it?
[Cole] Cover for the win.
Hook of the leg and Breakker kicks out at two.
Pat, watch.
Bron was reaching for the ropes but planted by Dragunov.
And watch the height here.
[McAfee] Just the absolute recklessness for his body, he doesn't care.
[crowd] This is awesome.
[McAfee] He didn't catch 100% of it,
that's why Bron was able to kick out.
-Ottawa's right. -[crowd] This is awesome.
[Cole] Yeah. We promised a physical barnburner
and we're getting one here tonight between Dragunov and Breakker,
two former NXT Champions.
[McAfee] Powering up Ilja.
[Cole] Call up the symphony, and Breakker exploding
out of the corner.
And there's-- Oh, a Gorilla Press.
Knees to the midsection,
cover for the win by Bron, and a kickout.
[McAfee] Wow.
How about how explosive you have to be
to press another man up into the sky while falling to your back
so that you can put your knees through their chest?
[Cole] Breakker upset. He believed he had the three-count.
[McAfee] Look at this, the explosiveness that's needed.
[Cole] Break a couple ribs,
drive the wind out of your lungs
and Breakker continues to dominate.
[McAfee] Bending Ilja over his shoulder.
[Cole] And driving him into the turnbuckle,
working on the midsection of Dragunov.
[McAfee] Smart.
This second generation.
[Cole] Yeah, but the fighting spirit.
Breakker up to the top rope, intercepted though.
[McAfee] Good film study by Ilja.
If Bron does that, he's certainly impressive.
Ilja caught him halfway, blows him a kiss, says goodbye.
[Cole] We're gonna go Coast-to-Coast. Breakker steps out of harm's way.
[McAfee] Shouldn't have been blowing kisses.
Should have been executing.
[Cole] And now Dragunov
sent over the top rope to the floor.
[crowd chatter]
[Daphne] One.
[Cole] Uh-oh.
[McAfee] We've seen this before, already tonight.
[Cole] Yeah. We saw the closing speed of Breakker earlier on,
Bron Breakker now,
and Dragunov catches him with a boot to the face.
[McAfee] He's excited, as he should be.
That's two of Bron's moves and he's caught in the middle of them.
[Cole] Dragunov back into the ring to break the count.
Ilja wants to pin Bron Breakker in this match tonight.
[yelling]
-[McAfee] Hell, yeah. -[Cole] Breakker-- Oh my goodness.
[bell ringing]
[Cole] The official calls for the bell.
Breakker will be disqualified
as he just tossed that chair into the face of Dragunov.
[McAfee] That's what happens when you get a dog in real life.
Every once in a while, they'll grab a chair
and throw it at somebody's head.
Come on, Bron. You need to get him in the ring.
[crowd chatter]
[Cole] And I don't think Breakker's done punishing…
the Czar of WWE.
I'm sure you notice, but a big cut on the leg of Dragunov.
And now Sami Zayn, the Intercontinental Champion,
injured and all rushing down to the ring to go after Bron Breakker.
And I'm not sure how wise this is for Sami.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] Sami dumping Bron Breakker.
[Cole] Coming back to pay back the favor for Dragunov.
[crowd chanting] Sami! Sami! Sami…
[Cole] He's got a nasty gash on his leg.
And now, Breakker dragging Sami Zayn out of the ring
and Sami Zayn into the ring post.
[referee] Come on, Bron. Knock it off.
No, no, no.
[Cole] And now Sami sent over the announce table to the floor.
-[Daphne] Come on, Bron! -Bron, you gotta stop.
[Cole] And Dragunov though still with fight in him.
Look at Dragunov go
and Breakker thwarting that attack
and sending Dragunov over the table,
into the barricade into the floor.
Bron Breakker is out of control.
Bron Breakker has destroyed everything in his path tonight.
[McAfee] Bron Breakker is a specimen.
Look at this man.
He plays by nobody's rules.
He disposes of all bodies.
["Breakk and Destroy" playing]
[Cole] It's like I said earlier, Pat,
Breakker is a dangerous, unpredictable badass.
[McAfee] Dog.
♪ Will I find salvation… ♪
[McAfee] Jeez.
You see this championship?
You see this nameplate?
It says the name of the World Champ, Damian Priest.
And at Money in the Bank,
I didn't ask for McIntyre to try to cash in his briefcase.
I didn't ask Punk to get involved.
I understand the talk about all the controversy,
but let me ask you this.
In recent memory, what champion has not had controversy
or some type of interference surrounding his title reign?
Go ahead, tell me. I'll wait.
No. Not him.
[chuckles] Not her.
There isn't any.
I'm the World Heavyweight Champion.
I walked in El Campeon to Money in the Bank
to go to war with Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
And I walked out El Campeon,
the World Heavyweight Champion after going to war.
Now, that to me is the past. And looking to the future,
we got Gunther.
Gunther, I look forward to this challenge.
But the challenge is not Gunther.
The challenge is to myself and my greatness.
See, I'm looking forward to walking into SummerSlam as champ
and walking out as champ.
Gunther, if you want me to say this to your face,
all you have to do is show up to my show
Monday Night Raw next week
and I'll do just that.
And when I'm done,
you can join everybody else
and rise for "El Campeon" Damian Priest.
So we're getting set at ringside after that brawl
between Dragunov and Breakker, and Sami Zayn.
Damian Priest inviting Gunther to Raw next week.
Priest has got some other things to worry about as well.
That's the situation with Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan.
Let's bring you the peer-o-Pat-istrator
to show you what happened earlier as Liv and Dominik
got ready for their match in our main event.
[McAfee] Yeah, Liv pitched some proprioceptive
neuromuscular facility stretching to Dom.
But all we got was some eye gazing
and some movement, maybe of a hamstring,
but a lot more of gazing on another part of his body.
It was uncomfortable, it was wild, and they weren't alone. No, no, no.
It's almost if Daddy walked in.
Daddy is El Campeon, okay?
One member of Judgment Day pops their head in
and then there's another two that pop their head in there.
As if their friend just got caught by their parents in the basement,
Carlito comes sliding, 'cause that's cool and look at what this guy's doing.
[Cole] A lot of head popping.
[McAfee] Getting a workout. Damian says no.
You gotta settle everything and Liv goes, "All right."
"The stretch is over. Hopefully you're warm."
And all he can do is with lust in his eyes
and a smile on her face.
There is lovebirds
all over The Judgment Day room.
[Cole laughs]
Good luck at our main event tonight,
Liv and Dominik and against the--
against his father, Rey and Zelina Vega.
[McAfee] What are they doing? That was distracting.
["Still The Baddest" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following is a six-woman tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, Kairi Sane,
Iyo Sky,
and Dakota Kai,
Damage CTRL.
[Cole] Well, you heard Damage CTRL earlier tonight said,
"Things are about to change."
"We have not been respected since coming over to Monday Night Raw,
and it is time for us to get the locker room
to remember who we are.""
Six-woman tag match live next on Monday Night Raw.
["Still the Baddest" playing]
[Cole] Well, SummerSlam
is sponsored by Mike's Harder lemonade.
Hard days deserve a hard lemonade.
But when you've had a really hard day, like these WWE Superstars in the ring,
you need a lemonade that hits harder.
You need Mike's Harder lemonade.
Last week, Monday Night Raw.
The New Day has had problems
with Karrion Kross and The Final Testament.
Xavier Woods taking on Karrion Kross in one-on-one action.
Very physical matchup between the two.
Xavier Woods…
would be able to pull off the win,
rolling up Karrion Kross.
-But The Final Testament would attack. -[bell ringing]
[Cole] Kofi Kingston would try to help out his partner,
but in the end, Kofi got beaten up pretty badly.
From what we understand, Pat,
Kofi suffered an AC joint sprain in his shoulder
and could be out of action for a number of weeks
after that from Karrion Kross.
Final Testament sending a massive message to The New Day.
Make a move. There's five of us.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Tonight, I regret to inform you
that Kofi Kingston will not be playing the accordion.
[laughter]
Legends of the Old Guard
will be the death of this business if left unchecked.
They hold the New Blood back through political leverage
as they smile and wave for all the world to worship.
They are the true enemy of us all.
But one way or another,
the Old Guard will make way for the new.
Even everybody's favorite,
John Cena realizes
his time is almost up.
I know you hear me, Woods.
I always thought you were a hell of a talent. You beat me.
Where Kofi could not, right?
Come with me
and you can create your ultimate legacy.
You could become the man the way you should have.
Or go with Kofi.
If you do, I'm going to hospitalize you just like I did him.
The New Day is dead.
You're just the last to realize it, brother.
[chuckles]
So sayeth
The Final Testament.
[dramatic music playing]
[Cole] In the ring, Damage CTRL,
I don't know how that woman, Iyo Sky or Lyra Valkyria,
one of her opponents tonight, are standing
after what happened Saturday at Money in the Bank
in the Women's Money in the Bank contract ladder match.
Incredible physicality.
This is Lyra Valkyria here
delivering an incredible German suplex,
watch this again, to Iyo Sky.
And then later on in the matchup,
watch what Iyo Sky does to Zoey Stark.
This was scary.
I don't know how these women are walking today.
A Michinoku driver from Iyo Sky
from the top of the ladder to Zoey Stark.
Incredible action by the six women in that matchup.
Tiffany Stratton would go on to win Ms. Money in the Bank.
["Triumph" playing]
[McAfee] Jeez.
-Money in the Bank delivered, huh? -[Cole] Incredible.
Set a lot of records too.
[McAfee] Hell yeah.
Whoo.
I missed the "whoos."
[Cole] You've been off for a while.
-[McAfee] She's… awesome. -[Cole] Lyra's awesome.
["Triumph" playing]
["Party All The Time" playing]
♪ Three, two, one ♪
[Samantha] And their opponents,
the team of Lyra Valkyria,
Kayden Carter,
and Katana Chance!
[Cole] Lyra Valkyria, a former NXT Women's Champion.
Carter and Chance have held tag titles at both NXT and in WWE.
They teamed together tonight against a team they've had major issues with.
That would be Damage CTRL, who was looking to reassert themselves
as the power of the women's division here on Monday Night.
[McAfee] And Damage CTRL said earlier
they were gonna dance over Kayden and Katana,
which is obviously their thing,
and they were gonna clip the wings of Lyra Valkyria,
who is a raven.
[Cole] Well, Morrigan is the war goddess in Ireland.
She is a raven that goes across battlefields
and decides what opponents to take out. That's why she dresses like a raven.
[McAfee] They said they were gonna clip her wings.
[Cole] Well, Immaculate WWE trading cards are here, Pat.
Look for three autographs and two memorabilia cards per box.
Search for your favorite WWE superstar and trade with friends.
Available at local hobby shops and retailers nationwide.
[McAfee] Those trading cards are immaculate.
-Ring the bell. -[bell rings]
[Cole] And here we go.
This is a six-woman tag team matchup
and they'll have to eventually tag in and out of this match
for it to be official.
-That's what, uh… -[McAfee] That will get sorted quickly.
[Cole] And Kairi Sane,
former NXT Women's Champion,
will start things off in this matchup tonight against Kayden Carter.
Carter-- Uh-oh. Kairi. Top rope up.
Over the top.
Rolls through.
[McAfee] Kairi Sane saying you can go ahead and kiss it.
[Cole] Kayden Carter looked a bit taken aback by that,
hip toss.
[McAfee] This Damage CTRL is a bunch of menaces.
-[referee] Tag. -[Cole] Tag.
Here comes Dakota Kai.
Dakota's talked a lot about getting opportunities,
earning opportunities, getting respected.
Great double team by the former tag team champions,
-Katana Chance now legal, cover. -[McAfee] They've done this before.
They fly around.
[Cole] Leg and a kickout,
leaving positivity,
inclusivity.
Very unorthodox offensive style, but effective.
[McAfee] Fast like a buzzsaw, they come at you.
[Cole] And then Dakota Kai deep arm drag into the corner.
Tag made. Here comes Carter.
Tag made to Lyra Valkyria,
double team from Carter and Chance.
Lyra is the legal woman in this matchup,
and Katana Chance and her gymnastic background paying off,
running knee to the face.
Valkyria, cover. Is it enough to knock off Damage CTRL? And a kickout.
[McAfee] Ran up humans like a ninja.
Absolutely sweet athleticism.
[Cole] Reason for that. Lyra up over the top.
Tremendous athlete in her own right.
Lyra Valkyria is gonna be a massive star in WWE.
Cover now, hook of the leg, shoulders down, and a kickout.
[McAfee] Has it all.
[Cole] An incredible first few months on the main roster of Monday Night Raw,
made it to the finals of The Queen of the Ring,
almost pulled off a major upset over Nia Jax.
[McAfee] Now she's teaming with former champions,
only gonna get better and better.
[Cole] Uh-oh. And Carter and Chance going to fly.
[McAfee] Or slide.
[Cole] And Lyra as well.
Looking impressive.
Damage CTRL is in deep, deep trouble.
Whoo.
[Cole] Six-woman tag team matchup on Monday Night Raw continues
as you were watching during the break.
And Katana Chance now trying to make a tag.
Chance, Carter, and Valkyria against Damage CTRL.
Tag made.
Here comes the former WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky.
[McAfee] Damage CTRL looking to regain control of Monday Night Raw.
[Cole] Iyo's such a joy to watch.
Former Ms. Money in the Bank, tried to go back to back this year,
just couldn't quite get it done on Saturday.
[McAfee] She gets taken to the skies. It is a sight to see.
[Cole] Chance lands on her feet rolls through.
Tag made. Here comes Lyra Valkyria.
[McAfee] Pop up over the top. Couple lariats.
[Cole] Big time rivalry going on between Lyra and Iyo Sky.
[McAfee] Step up enzuigiri
showcasing the power.
Iyo Sky tries the reverse.
[Cole] Wow. Cover. Now for the win is it enough?
And a kickout by Iyo.
Lyra can't believe it.
[McAfee] Gutwrench sitdown powerbomb.
[referee] You got tagged. You good.
[Cole] Now tag made. Kairi Sane.
Damage CTRL again trying to assert control in the women's division.
Did you hear that backhand?
[McAfee] Backhand from Kairi Sane, right to the jaw.
[Cole] Now Damage CTRL saying, "We know how to double team as well."
Dakota Kai and-- Kayden Carter trying to save her partner.
[McAfee] We'll do a double suplex.
[Cole] Everybody's involved.
[McAfee] Damage CTRL say, "Wait a minute."
[Cole] Katana Chance.
[McAfee] No.
[Cole] Double suplex.
[McAfee] Damage CTRL suplexed out of Ottawa.
[Cole] What a matchup. Tag.
Carter and Chance gonna be a triple team now with Valkyria.
[McAfee] Fisherman suplex.
Seemed like a setup.
[Cole] From the top rope.
Is this enough?
The keg stand.
Oh, and a Iyo Sky.
And a big spinning heel kick from Valkyria.
[McAfee] Everybody taking everybody's best shot.
[Cole] Kairi Sane off the top rope.
Big kick from Carter.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] Carter is the last woman standing.
Oh man.
She could sense that right now is the time.
[Cole] On Dakota Kai as Carter hits the floor hard.
[McAfee] Clever from Dakota Kai.
[Cole] Carter driven into the ring post.
And now Damage CTRL
saying it's time to pick up a win.
Kairi Sane gonna fly.
Launched by Iyo Sky.
-[McAfee] Yup. Yup. You did. -[Cole] Yup.
[Cole] You got it. You got them, Kairi.
[McAfee] Very dangerous move by Kairi and Iyo there.
[yelling]
-[McAfee] High risk, high reward. -[Cole] Tag. Iyo Sky is legal.
Carter dragged to the center of the ring.
[McAfee] Where are we going, Cole?
[Cole] Iyo top rope.
Over the moonsault, cover.
Damage CTRL with the win.
[bell rings]
["Still The Baddest" playing]
[Samantha] Here are your winners.
Damage CTRL.
[Cole] Damage CTRL.
And wait a minute. Who the--
That's Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler and Sonya Deville.
[McAfee] What's Sonya Deville doing out here?
[Cole] Deville has been trying to recruit Baszler and Stark for weeks,
and obviously the recruitments paid off.
[McAfee] Think about Zoey, Shayna
and Sonya being together. Are you kidding me?
[Cole] Shayna trying to break Dakota's elbow.
Running knee.
[McAfee] I mean, Sonya is obviously a badass fighter,
but she's also a master manipulator.
[Cole] And now mauling Iyo Sky.
[screaming]
You cost me everything, Iyo.
[Cole] Zoey Stark
obviously referencing that Michinoku Driver
we showed you earlier in Money the Bank that cost Zoey the matchup.
And now Stark launches Iyo into the knee
and now Sonya Deville…
Deville's Advocate.
It has been a long time since we've seen that.
[McAfee] Geez.
[Cole] Sonya Deville is back.
Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark are in tow.
[McAfee] Everything just changed for the women's division.
I'm here with the LWO's, Zelina Vega and Rey Mysterio.
And tonight you guys take on two competitors
who you are well acquainted with.
Do you feel as though Dom's reluctance to team up with Liv
could give you guys an advantage tonight?
I don't really care if he's reluctant to tag with her or not.
If it wasn't for Dominik,
I would be the WWE Women's World Champion right now.
And he knows that and she knows that.
I guess I could have used the chair on her,
but what would that have proved?
That I'm better than her? I can outsmart her?
I mean, I'm pretty sure that was very obvious
from the second we both picked up a microphone.
[sighs] Those two are hot mess
and they're gonna be even more of a hot mess
when we are done with them tonight.
Very hot mess. And you kidding me?
This is a pleasure teaming up with Zelina Vega LWO Familia.
Tonight, we need to put an ending to this story.
And we need to shut Dom and Liv up.
We're gonna enjoy doing that tonight, trust me.
-Good luck, you guys. -Oh.
-[Cole] Our main event's next. -Not even a little.
♪ Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap ♪
♪ Giving head taps, Lead tats, tats, tats ♪
♪ They said that they were with it But it's cap, cap, cap ♪
♪ Aim it at your fitted Push it back, back, back ♪
♪ Whack, whack, whack, whack, whack ♪
♪ One phone call get you whacked Whacked, whacked ♪
♪ Try to slap me, we gonna Let it slap, slap, slap ♪
♪ Cross a line, it's too late You can't take it back ♪
♪ They got my brother Locked inside a cage ♪
♪ Take them shackles off his feet He ain't a slave ♪
♪ Growin' up in the hood You'll learn how to behave ♪
♪ How we gonna learn to stack If we ain't got nothing to save? ♪
♪ Got a little bad Got some work done on her butt ♪
[Cole] Been an incredible nigh in Ottawa
as we wrap up our weekend in Canada.
Moments ago Damage CTRL after a tag team win
assaulted, mauled, and mugged
by Sonya Deville,
Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark.
[McAfee] First time seeing Sonya in some time in the ring
and this group is everything
that you would feel if you were in the women's division.
[crowd cheering]
[rock music playing]
Ladies, we just saw replays of what you did to Damage CTRL out there.
I mean, what is going on here?
Are you working together now,
and if so, what message were you trying to send out there exactly?
I'll tell you what's going on.
Is something that should have happened a long time ago.
We just sent a message to the entire locker room
about who actually runs this division.
Look, we're done waiting.
We have been screwed twice.
Once at Clash at the Castle and then at Money in the Bank.
Two people who can't even lace our boots.
So, yeah, we gave Sonya a call. Of course.
You know what I've been trying to do, right?
I've been trying to help Shayna and Zoey see their full potential,
be the killers that they were meant to be,
and now that they are,
Damage CTRL was just the start.
You understand that, right?
Damage CTRL is an example of what happens
when you think you run a division, but you don't.
So this is a warning shot to the entire women's division.
We're here and there's not a damn thing anybody can do about it.
[Alba] Blah blah, blah. Blah blah, blah.
You guys can keep on running your mouth, but…
But as long as we have these titles,
this is our division.
Sorry.
Not for long, honey.
Bye.
Well, uh, Pat, Cole, it sounds like our tag team champions
might have a new crew to worry about.
-Back to you. -Oh, please.
Pat, the entire complexion of the women's division has changed.
Yeah, that's exactly what Sonya does.
She finds people that are fantastic at what they do, motivates them,
and then gets them to do terrible things.
And that's what they're gonna do.
Ladies and gentlemen, three weeks from Saturday,
SummerSlam in Cleveland,
Damian Priest defend the World Heavyweight Championship
against the King General.
[Gunther] Power,
dominance,
prestige.
That is what my name brings to this sport.
How did I become the man
whose name strikes fear
into every ring all around the world?
The Ring General.
[announcer] Gunther
[Gunther] The greatest and longest reigning
Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion of all time.
The King of the Ring
and soon to be the World Heavyweight Champion.
I was not some child watching this for entertainment.
I was not some fanboy desperate
to live out this ridiculous fantasy.
I learned at a young age that all that matters in life is winning.
I saw an opportunity in a sport
that lacked a powerful figure.
WWE had no choice but to call my name.
[man] It's him.
He's here.
[Gunther] They needed me.
I did not need them.
I decided to embrace NXT UK
as my battleground.
But once I arrived, all I saw was children
chasing their fantasies,
desecrating the sport.
That's when I realized
I enjoy making people miserable.
I restored power to this ring with my unrivaled dominance.
I restored honor and prestige
to this great sport.
And that's what's on the line at SummerSlam.
["Liar" playing]
[Cole] At SummerSlam three weeks from Saturday,
the World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest
will have his hands full with one of the most dominant men
in the history of WWE, Gunther.
It happens at SummerSlam.
Pat, next week, Monday Night Raw Dayton, Ohio.
Priest and Gunther will go face to face.
[McAfee] Dayton, Ohio is gonna be electrifying
as the Ring General and El Campeon stare each other down.
[Cole] Also, what about this match up the "Celtic Warrior" Sheamus
to take on the 330-pounder
"Big" Bronson Reed next week.
And we do have this.
It's official.
Drew McIntyre will return to Monday Night Raw next week live
to meet with Adam Pearce about the situation involving CM Punk.
It happens live next week, Monday Night Raw in Dayton.
["Liv Gone Mad" playing]
[Cole] This is gonna be good.
♪ Watch me ♪
[bell ringing]
[Samantha] The following is a Mixed Tag Team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first from Elmwood Park, New Jersey.
She is the Women's World Champion,
Liv Morgan.
[Cole] Sporting the Dirty Dom t-shirt
[McAfee] The team chemistry purposes.
She is obsessed with her partner.
That could help.
["It Is My Time" playing]
[McAfee] I Can't wait.
[Cole] Yeah. Dominik seemed a bit reluctant.
[Samantha] And her tag team partner,
representing that Judgment Day,
from San Diego, California,
weighing in at 200 pounds,
"Dirty"…
Dominik Mysterio.
[McAfee] This guy was just trying to eat some nuggies
and play video games,
and he's getting his muscles stretched out on the couch.
And now he's gonna fight his dad.
[Cole] Well, he looks limber.
[McAfee] And certainly his right hamstring and other muscles have grown.
He's ready to go.
[Cole] So Liv was upset
because she cost Dominik a match one on one with his dad last week.
What does she wanna do?
She wants to make it all better. So she teams with Dom tonight
against Rey Mysterio and Liv's arch rival, Zelina Vega.
Mixed tag action, live next.
He got up the rope pretty quick.
Liv did a great job stretching out that groin.
[McAfee] Real limber, real limber.
["It Is My Time" playing]
[Cole] Fifteen Superstars and Legends
are heading to Fanatics Fest NYC this August at the Javits Center.
Meet Cody Rhodes, Liv Morgan, Jey Uso,
Rhea Ripley, WWE Legend Hulk Hogan,
WWE Hall of Famer The Wiseman, Paul Heyman, and more.
Saturday, August 17th and Sunday, August 18th.
Get your tickets for the opening event
for all the sports fans and collectors at fanaticsfest.com.
They do make a pretty lovely couple.
[McAfee] They do. They were getting their stretching in.
She cares about his well-being.
Wants him to show his dad who the real daddy is in the Mysterio family.
[Cole] Dom said all he wants to do is beat his dad in a match,
and if he has to team with Liv to try to do that,
I guess that's what he'll do.
He'll beat his dad because his dad is a Hall of Famer.
He's not a deadbeat. He's actually a great dad.
[Samantha] And his opponent, representing the LWO,
the team of Zelina Vega
and WWE Hall of Famer,
Rey Mysterio.
Well, Zelina Vega is upset
because Dominik cost her the championship last week
and, well, in fact, Dominik has screwed up three people's--
Actually two Becky Lynch twice and then Zelina Vega,
opportunities at championships to Liv Morgan
[McAfee] And Dirty Dom makes some dumb decisions daily.
That's alliteration to say that Dominik Mysterio is all the bad traits
in the Mysterio family.
Rey, Hall of Fame legend is his dad.
[Cole] It's only appropriate
with all the stretching that was going on,
that we're at the Nutter Center next week in a Dayton, Ohio,
for Monday Night Raw.
[McAfee] Dominik Mysterio is doing the alphabet backwards
so he wouldn't be at the Nutter Center tonight.
[Cole] You got to wonder if Dominik will finally have a win over his dad
when we get to Dayton, Ohio next week.
Live from Monday Night Raw.
[McAfee] Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O,
N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, D, C, B, A.
[Cole] Sounds like our producer.
This is a mixed tag team match up.
It's Zelina and Liv starting things off now.
Women battle women, men battle men in this match.
And, uh, Zelina and Liv Morgan--
Zelina was just mouthing off Dominik for costing her the title last week.
And look at this now Liv showing off powers,
Zelina slipping behind.
And a big back elbow by Vega.
-[McAfee] As lifts Liv up with a-- -[Cole] Oh.
[McAfee] Boot to the mouth.
[Cole] Cover by Zelina. She wants to pin the Women's champ.
And a kickout by Liv Morgan who scrambles to the corner.
Was the tag made?
-[McAfee] One tag, all tag. -[Cole] Yes.
That means Rey automatically will come into the match up.
-Father versus son again. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Rey knocked off Dominik last week,
much like he did at WrestleMania a couple of years ago.
[McAfee] Good versus terrible.
[Cole] I still don't understand
how a relationship can deteriorate this much when it comes to father and son.
[McAfee] When you got a punk-ass kid like Dominik Mysterio.
-[Cole] True. -[McAfee] Anything can happen.
[Cole] Rey has given this kid everything in his life.
It's one thing to branch out on your own, to become independent.
It's another thing to treat your parent that way.
[McAfee] Especially whenever your parent is Rey Mysterio.
[Cole] And now Rey.
-[McAfee] Beat his ass, Rey. -[crowd] One, two, three, four…
[Cole] Oh, and Rey face first up in the top turnbuckle.
[McAfee] Rey somehow never slows down.
[Cole] Here comes Zelina,
which means Morgan automatically has to come into the ring.
Double team.
And there goes Dominik.
And Liv Morgan goes right after Zelina Vega.
[McAfee] That was brilliant. Liv might be furious that she did that to Dom,
but also waited till Zelina was off her feet to attack.
[Cole] She's a bit off to Liv.
[McAfee] She's our champion.
[Cole] Pounding away on Zelina Vega.
Reason she's champ today is because of Dominik.
No bones about that.
[McAfee] Those two have certainly seemingly done well for each other,
but Dom wants no piece of it.
And Liv.
[crowd] Two, three,
four, five, six, seven…
[Cole] And now Zelina Vega.
Oh.
Face first goes Morgan and Zelina is fired up.
[McAfee] The first ever Queen of The Ring.
[Cole] It's mixed tag rules dummy.
Oh, and there's-- Oh, Rey.
Right to the knee. Oh no.
Oh no.
[McAfee] I don't think we need Pat-istrator back to see what took place.
-It's okay. I'm not mad. -[McAfee] Shout out to Piero.
Whoa.
[Cole] Oh, Liv Morgan…
just knocked Dominik out of harm's way, at least momentarily.
But Rey and Liv are rolling, mixed tag action.
We are back with our main event live on Monday Night Raw.
Mixed tag team action Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan
taking on Rey Mysterio, Dominik's dad, and Zelina Vega.
Dominik did not want to tag with Liv tonight,
but he's made the best of it.
Now, look at this. Come on now.
Now trying to take the mask off his own father,
Rey Mysterio, talk about pathetic.
[McAfee] Piece of trash.
[Cole] Complete disrespect for his father.
Complete disrespect for the Lucha Libre tradition.
[McAfee] No idea why Dirty Dom is in the position that he's in
with Liv right now.
You got this, Dirty Dom.
[McAfee] She's champion, this guy…
[Cole] She's the champion because of Dom.
[McAfee] Take his dad's mask off.
[Cole] And now just beating the hell out of his own father like this
and drawing the ire of this crowd.
Cover, and a kickout by Mysterio.
[McAfee] Think about everything that mask has done
for that piece of trash with a mustache.
[Cole] Exactly. For that family.
Rey Mysterio said it would have been his honor at one point in his life
to be able to pass his masks along to his son,
Dominik, to follow in that Luchador tradition.
[McAfee] Now, he said he'd rather pass them to a donkey,
a barn animal, a llama like JD McDonagh looks like, says the Internet,
instead of this dumb ass.
[Cole] Rey trying to fight back in this mixed tag match.
A couple of well-placed elbows to Mysterio,
slides underneath,
and Dominik now-- Oh, Michinoku Driver.
Cover now on Rey. Is it enough?
And a kickout by Mysterio.
[McAfee] Almost witnessed history there.
[Cole] And Dominik's…
getting so much better in the ring each and every week.
Obviously, can thank his dad for so much of that.
Look at him,
kicking dirt on his own father.
Symbolically, that is.
[McAfee] Of course.
[Cole] And Rey catches Dominik on the nose with an elbow.
And Rey slowly up to the second rope.
Dominik there, Rey going to make him pay.
Oh.
[McAfee] Dumping dumb Dom on his dumb piece outside.
[Cole] Dom landed hard.
Rey, trying to make it across the ring
to make the tag to Zelina Vega.
Rally time now, Vega tag made.
Liv's got to come into this matchup.
And Zelina Vega now
going to work on the…
Women's World Champion.
[McAfee] Zelina Vega looking to become champion too.
I'm supposed to be the one with the title.
Big win here on Monday Night Raw.
[Cole] And Vega with a running knee to Morgan.
And Vega down goes Liv face first.
-[Zelina] Come on! -[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] North Carolina Spike there for Zelina.
So innovative.
-Up on the ropes. -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Channeling her Eddie Guerrero.
[McAfee] Viva La Raza.
[Cole] Meteora from Vega.
Cover on the champion, and a kickout.
[McAfee] Thought good was about to beat dumb.
[Cole] And Zelina setting Liv Morgan up.
Looked like she was looking for Code Red, and Liv able to slip out from behind.
[McAfee] Big boot to the midsection by Liv Morgan there.
[Cole] And now Liv Morgan suplex. And now…
[McAfee] Oh no.
[McAfee] …Zelina Vega was paying homage to Eddie Guerrero.
I do not believe that is what Liv Morgan is doing here.
[crowd] We want Mami.
[Cole] Now there are the Three Amigos.
[McAfee] Completes it, shimmies, and tells Ottawa,
enough with your talking.
[Cole] And Morgan now measuring Vega
and Liv going for ObLIVion, and Vega able to hang on.
[McAfee] Wrapped her arms around the rope.
[Cole] Both women down, center of the ring.
Critical moment in this matchup.
Mysterio dragging himself back up on the apron on the other side.
And now…
capacity crowd tonight in Ottawa
looking on live Monday Night Raw, our main event.
Morgan, Dominik against Rey and Zelina.
Tag made here come father and son Rey Mysterio, Dominik, Mysterio.
And Rey gonna send his son flying to the corner.
Rey's fired up.
The Hall of Famer.
The legendary luchador,
the former world champion.
Mysterio top rope down goes Dom.
Oh, that's vintage Rey right there.
[McAfee] Big boot.
[Cole] Mysterio off the second rope. Moonsault to Dom.
Cover for the win in this mixed tag match, and a kickout.
[McAfee] Rey thought that was it.
Lionsault off the ropes.
Think he's moving in slow motion.
[Cole] Now Dominik with a kick to the face of his dad.
Dominik taking over now.
And now Dominik perhaps looking for the Three Amigos.
Liv Morgan delivered it successfully moments ago.
Rey though only allows Dominik for one,
drop toehold into the ropes.
Dominik in position.
Here comes Rey.
619 intercepted.
Vega though with a 619.
[McAfee] She kicked him right in the spot he was getting stretched earlier.
[Cole] And now Rey Mysterio closing in on the victory.
Rey up to the top rope.
Frog Splash to Dominik.
Here's the cover. Hook to the leg.
Liv Morgan breaking things up
and saving the matchup.
[McAfee] Zelina now…
trying to clean house.
[Cole] Uh-oh. In position now for Zelina Vega.
Oh, 619.
[McAfee] Right to the jaw of our champion.
[Cole] Zelina sent to the ring post.
[McAfee] They'll flip it out of desperation.
Throwing Zelina into the ring post.
Rey Mysterio putting Dom on the top turnbuckle.
Rey looking to put away his son once again.
[Cole] And now Liv Morgan sending a chair into the ring,
much like Dominik has done for Liv on a number of occasions.
The official dealing with the chair.
Liv Morgan now…
causes Rey Mysterio to lose his balance.
Dominik Mysterio just realizing what happened.
[McAfee] Liv playing chess distract the ref.
[Cole] Oh. Splash.
Cover. Hook to the leg.
Dominik knocked off his father for the first time ever.
[Samantha] Here are your winners.
The team of the Women's World Champion,
Liv Morgan,
and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio.
[Cole] Oh, and Dominik, a little overzealous with the celebration.
Liv Morgan as well.
-Oh my goodness. -[McAfee] Oh.
[Cole] Morgan and Dom with the win, Dom beats his dad.
[McAfee] Whoa, whoa, whoa.
♪ This is my brutality! ♪
[crowd cheering]
["Demon In Your Dreams" playing]
♪ I eat, sleep, bleed ♪
♪ The demons in your dreams ♪
♪ I eat, sleep, bleed ♪
[crowd cheering]
♪ Look at my eyes Look a, look alive, live ♪
♪ Look at my eyes This is do or die, die ♪
♪ Look at my eyes Look a, look alive, live ♪
♪ Re-kill ♪
[music stops]
[crowd cheering]
You look at me. You promised me. alive, live ♪