What the hell did we just witness?
An alliance we never thought we'd see.
Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman.
Paulie.
Only took you 13 years to fucking come home, huh?
You're right.
- Thank you. - Yeah, man.
- Ooh! - Off to a good start.
After WrestleMania,
Paul Heyman, who was CM Punk's best friend,
Roman Reigns' "Wiseman,"
has now aligned himself with Seth Rollins.
Burn it down
In some ways, Paul Heyman has always been a Seth Rollins guy.
Seth Rollins has been the best in-ring performer since 2012
and is just now entering his prime.
He's staring a hole through Paul Heyman.
We'd been planting seeds for Seth and Heyman
for a long period of time.
Rollins now.
Rollins is stalking Paul Heyman. Paul with nowhere to go.
While Seth hates all the people that Heyman represented,
how you make him a bad guy is now he accepts the evil that is Paul Heyman
to get what he wants.
That man sold his soul to Paul Heyman
to get ahead in this business.
We're seeing "The Vision" clearly, if you will,
and there's only one way to get there, and that's the two of us on the same side.
The double turn at WrestleMania is not about me.
It's about the future of WrestleMania.
It's about who's gonna main event WrestleMania five years from now.
It's just the catalyst to establish where this entire industry is going to go.
- Let's light the world on fire. - Oh, we're going to.
We're going to.
At the end of the day, no matter how somebody makes their way
to the apex of this business,
which is the WWE…
…it's a step-by-step process
of climbing this ladder of success.
The storylines, the character development,
all those things factor into it,
but a lot of it is just really on the talent of creating a persona,
creating moments, creating an image,
creating something that fans want to see that talent,
and they want more from that talent.
They're scene stealers.
That is what our business is. I don't care if we give you 30 seconds on TV.
If you can use that 30 seconds to make them want to see you again…
…then you're climbing that ladder.
You know, I see Penta has that vision.
Being Mexican is something that I value very much.
I'm very proud to be born where I was born.
Teotihuacán has that magic that is the mysticism of our ancestors.
In lucha libre, we have almost 100 years of history.
Many years ago, the Mexican warriors used masks about the skin of animals.
This is the culture.
So always professional wrestlers always use masks.
Nobody knows who you are. Nobody knows what is your real name.
Zero fear!
My shadow
Change is coming through my shadow
I've been picking
My scabs again…
Zero…
Wrestling is like life itself.
First of all, you decide how real and how fake it is.
When you start in wrestling, you start at the bottom.
You start…
…step by step.
But sometimes you fall.
It doesn't matter. You have to keep going.
If you cry, you fall, you bleed, you scratch, whatever happens.
Again. Again. Again.
I don't know how long it will take. We are all different.
It took me 20 years to get here, to the top of the pyramid.
And that pyramid is called WWE.
Zero fear!
The Penta experience has come to Monday Night RAW.
My first name was Zairus. This was my first character.
So, after that, I become, eh, Dark Dragon.
After the Dark Dragon was Hijo del Cuchillo.
So, after that, I become Pentagón Junior.
I shorten the name for, instead of Pentagón Junior, like Penta.
Penta has dominated around the planet for over a decade.
You know, you're always looking to check all the boxes.
In WWE, you have to produce emotions to connect with the audience,
and he's done that.
Penta, with such fanfare.
It was something that maybe we didn't have on the roster
that the audience was looking for.
- Zero…! - Zero fear!
In my mind, always, when I go to the ring, like, cero miedo.
No matter what, no matter against who,
no fear, no fear, no fear.
This was always on my mind.
Zero fear.
Zero fear!
This is the number zero.
You do this, this is the M, basically.
Cero, the number zero.
The M, because in Spanish, miedo start with M.
You know, like fear, miedo. Like, cero miedo.
Penta, cero miedo.
Penta, no fear.
You could lay down all the plans you want for somebody coming in
and… and to hopefully get them over.
There's never a guarantee.
I feel this energy and support from my fans, from my family.
My debut in WWE was like dreaming.
When it works like it did with Penta…
Penta Driver!
…boy, that puts a smile on your face.
One, two, three!
Welcome to the big time, Penta!
Here is your winner,
Penta!
My daughter, she cried because she feels proud about me.
She feels emotion in the moment.
It is an absolute privilege to have Penta grace our ring here in WWE.
Now is the Penta new era!
And you know why?
Because I am Penta!
Zero…!
Fear!
I love you guys.
I'm telling you, Penta could make a broomstick look good.
Thank you, guys.
He is that talented. It's insane.
Thank you, guys. Thank you. It's an honor to work with you, guys. Thank you so much.
One of the matches that I am honestly best known for on the internet
is in 2018 when we wrestled for Lucha Underground together.
Oh!
That was probably the craziest match I've ever had in my career.
Penta pushed me so far outside of my comfort zone.
I did things I never knew I could do,
and I am so grateful.
Where's she going?
Oh-ho-ho!
I constantly hear, "You need to have a rematch with Penta."
And we always laugh, like, "Should we run it back?"
But we're never gonna run it back.
You cannot redo perfection.
Ah!
It's about to be my dream home.
Welcome to my beautiful new Floridian home.
Come on in.
Just imagine that with a door now.
It is very crazy to say, but after ten years living in Florida,
moving from Canada, I am building my dream home.
I feel like such a… a brat being able to say that.
I've been working on designing it for almost two years,
and it's beautiful!
This… This is gonna be the living room.
These are gonna be all the windows
looking out to the… beautiful little lake pond.
Three-car garage, obviously gonna be turned into a gym.
It's just that one tangible thing
that I can say, like, "Look, Mom, I made it. I made it."
I am so happy with my life.
I am so happy in the fact that I signed a new five-year contract.
I won an amazing championship.
I'm the first ever in the history books.
I'm building this amazing house.
Like, I'm living my best life.
This right here…
is gonna be my office.
And this right here,
I have built a built-in bookcase that's gonna be for all my championships.
Chelsea Green!
Chelsea Green makes history!
So we're gonna put the inaugural WWE Women's United States Championship
somewhere right here.
I think it'll look good right here.
Oh! This view is, like…
I just imagine when I eventually have kids,
I'm gonna sit out there,
looking at the beautiful trees and the lake.
And it's just, like, everything I ever dreamed of,
and I never thought
that I would have all this from… from wrestling.
How do you do it?
How do you have kids?
Do you quit your job? Do you… come back with your babies on the road?
Do you leave your kids with a nanny?
I feel like I'm just on this hot streak,
and I don't wanna ruin it by getting pregnant.
But how awful is that, that I… that I say that?
But that's just the reality of… of being a woman in wrestling.
I mean, I'm… I'm just…
After ten years, I'm just starting to make money now.
I look at Chelsea as someone that you can place in any role,
in any story,
and that story all of a sudden becomes elevated because Chelsea is in it.
The fact that Chelsea is able to elevate everybody else around her,
and I think that she sometimes feels like, "But I wanna be it." It's like…
"Chelsea, you are it."
You give her 30 seconds
and she will get more out of that 30 seconds
than somebody will with a 30-minute match.
It's been the greatest five months of my career, honestly.
But I get to work and something has changed.
I find out a couple of hours before showtime
that I am dropping the title to Zelina Vega.
And I just feel like
this wasn't it.
This is not what I imagined. I thought we were gonna have longer.
I thought we were gonna do more.
At the end of the day, I had so much more planned for this reign,
and that's what's upsetting.
With them kind of just springing that on me,
it can go one of two ways.
You know? You can react out of emotion,
and you can be angry, and you can be upset.
I just refuse to let that happen because, again, this shit is not real.
This is not real.
I'm still going home to my husband and my dogs and my cats
and the house we're building,
and I'm still living the best life outside of here.
So the conversation goes, "You're losing the title,"
and I go, "Okay."
With that being said, the crowd reacted amazing.
Oh my! Oh my! Oh my!
- A stunner in Texas! - Here is your winner…
So as I was lying,
looking up at the lights,
I was like, "Okay. I did my job."
Zelina Vega!
Her first WWE singles title!
That is just the way this works.
And, look,
if another amazing opportunity presents itself on a silver platter,
I will not deny it.
- Saturday Night's Main Event. - Yeah. Saturday Night.
I just wanna shore up the card here,
and… and, you know,
is that Zelina-Chelsea rematch the right kind of fit for that?
I think we're gonna have to have one short match.
Could you use this as the opportunity to switch the title back,
and Chelsea wins the title back? It might not be a bad thing.
So my question would just be,
if you flip it back to Chelsea, who's she work with?
Chelsea, she's got something.
There's something to her.
She does, but my point is, if you put the US title on her…
I'm not saying we lost faith in Chelsea.
I'm saying, put the US title on her and she works with…
The babyfaces that she has to work with are the same she already went through.
Zelina Vega, Michin, B-Fab,
and anybody… anybody that's above that, then she's gotta lose to.
Alexa Bliss,
Jade Cargill,
Tiffany Stratton, right?
The flip of that is, "Okay, so play it out."
"Put it on Chelsea, and she works with…"
- Ah, the same… same girls. - Yeah.
I'm… I… I'm… I understand.
I just… I don't know. I don't know. I don't disagree.
I know I sound like I do, but I…
So in those booking meetings,
sometimes, in your desire to get a pitch approved and keep pitching,
the creative team may not see the bigger picture.
And that's why he's in the position he is, because he sees down the road.
"Okay, that's a great idea. What do we do after that?"
The last thing you wanna do
is move a character into a place that is unacceptable to the audience,
and then that hurts the top people in that role,
and it hurts the middle person in that role, and nobody gets over.
Chelsea is so entertaining,
but she is not built for, nor should she be,
in a Charlotte Flair role or Tiffany Stratton…
Oh!
…because Chelsea's job is to help make those people.
She's about to win. Get ready for my moment.
I'm entering my second term, boys.
Just kidding, I'm losing.
- Really? - Yeah, yeah.
So don't get ready for my second term. Do not buy any presidential pins.
For this match.
- I'll remember that. - Yes.
So, honestly, I'm just running at 10%.
I have been sick for, like…
This is day eight.
When you got sick, did you go get seen?
Yeah, I went to urgent care. They said it was allergies.
- It was not allergies. - Which is B… Yeah.
Yeah, and then it has gone from, like, strep symptoms
to flu, fever.
Um, then it was just no voice, and then… Now it's coughing.
Show goes live at 8:00.
By 8:30, I'm gonna be on my way home and going to bed.
Big breath and go…
Well, now I'm out of breath.
It has been a clusterfuck.
I need, like, a week's worth of sleep,
but Lord knows, I will be work-work-working.
Okay, wait.
Did I get it? I felt like I got it.
Oh, you did? Okay. Blow all your air out, then push it again.
Have you never used an inhaler before?
- I have, but now I'm questioning it! - I've never.
Thank you so much. Throat Coat, Mucinex, inhaler.
Ladies and gentlemen,
for only the third time in the history of Saturday Night's Main Event,
a women's championship will be on the line.
Zelina Vega defending the United States Championship
against Chelsea Green.
I'm crossing my fingers and toes
that everything today goes the way that I hope it's gonna go,
which is smoothly and well for Zelina, because at this point, it is not about me.
Zelina…
I feel like she hasn't had a moment as champion,
so I hope that's tonight.
Let's get rolling.
And Chelsea Green quickly out of the box
and taking the fight to Zelina Vega.
Zelina has had Chelsea's number.
Vega 4-0 against Green in singles matches in their career.
Ooh, and a back elbow by Vega.
Oh my God.
Oh, nice, taking Chelsea down to the mat now.
It's gonna be a powerbomb off the apron here.
Vega as feisty as they come.
And now Chelsea Green dropping Zelina Vega.
Off of the 619 is where we're gonna get Alba popping up backside.
She got caught up,
but still caught her on the bridge of the nose.
Oh, she's busted on that 619, I think.
This Code Red off the top is gonna be a finish.
Chelsea Green in trouble.
Zelina Vega from way up top.
Code Red from the top rope!
- Cover now. - One, two, three.
And a win!
Here is your winner,
and still the Women's United States Champion,
Zelina Vega!
She remains undefeated against Chelsea Green.
Is Chelsea okay? Chelsea's busted open.
- Oh my gosh! What happened? - Hi.
- Very broken. - No.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Does it hurt?
Honestly, no. Yeah. It doesn't hurt. It's broken so many times. Ugh!
- I'm so sorry! - No, that's okay.
Can you see there's an indent?
This is, like, my seventh broken nose, fifth broken nose, maybe, in wrestling.
But I do now have a little itty-bitty scar across the bridge there.
Um… and we've been told that it cannot break again
or I have to go in for surgery.
- Did the finish look good? - Yeah.
I need you to Trainers, though, so Doc can get you fixed up.
What the fuck?
In the nicest way, you look a little like Rudolph.
Why, thank you.
I got kicked right in the schnoz.
So then she went, "Bam!" Yeah! It was like, "Crunch!" I was like…
It makes a… almost like Rice Krispies, like Snap Crackle Pop!
That's so gross. But, like, it, like, crunches.
Um… and that was the crunchiest it's ever been.
I rolled back. I looked at the ref. I said, "My nose is broken."
Oh my God, I should have waxed my nostrils.
You're fine. What are you talking about?
I didn't even have time to shave my legs, so the nostrils are not gonna be waxed.
Okay, am I good to go?
Yeah, so it'll take, you know, like, four weeks to heal, ish, probably.
Wow.
But what I'm saying is if you… we get you… No, don't freak out yet.
Oh, it's a drama queen.
- Wow. - What?
- You're doing great. - What is next for me?
Hanging on by a thread!
Do I go for the tippy top title from Tiffy?
Do I go back for my United States Championship?
You never know, maybe next time you talk to me,
I'll be like, "Sayonara, peace out. I'm having a baby."
There's no time to be down in the dumps…
So even though Chelsea may not be your number one draft pick,
may not break all the records and have the title over 14 or 15 times,
she still has an amazing future because of her charisma and her talent.
Now, getting a future in this business is not easy.
That's definitely why Seth and Paul Heyman chose Bron Breakker.
This is kind of the story we talked about last week, Paul,
where this is where Seth lays out the vision for everything.
Seth has been looking for someone to be the ace in the hole, so to speak.
We have not named this group,
I'm not saying we need to Monday, but it's part of it.
Seth is "The Visionary"? Is this his vision?
It feels like if there was somebody else we could plug in there,
if there's somebody high profile, you can get some heat.
The creation of an alliance like The Vision
is something that a lot of times is necessary to elevate young talent,
to elevate talent that could be right on the cusp
and just need that nudge to get over to the top.
- Bron Breakker is a special talent. - This dude's a beast.
I think he covers a lot of ground
when it comes to looking at
the intangible pieces of our industry.
Breakker just Speared Carlito through the table!
Elite athletic ability.
Just a blast of kinetic energy.
His energy level, his desire to learn.
I think all of these things combined make him a blue chip prospect.
Bron Breakker has it all.
We need people who are going to be able to lead this company in the future.
Right now, based on his age and where he's at,
hopefully, we can put it all together, and fast, and get him ready.
The Vision was the plan for Seth, for Bron, for Heyman
moving forward from WrestleMania.
The job has a lot of positives and a lot of negatives.
When you're able to tell a talent where they're headed
and it is something that they couldn't actually even imagine…
Let's go.
…it's a wonderful moment.
Hey, I didn't get a chance to talk to you. You know what you're doing tomorrow?
No.
Tomorrow night, at the end of the show, Roman's gonna come out.
He's gonna have Heyman lined up. When he goes to Spear him,
he's gonna get stuck out of the air by you.
Yeah, right!
So go out there and work like you're gonna be in that fucking role.
Yes, sir.
Let's fucking go.
Monday's RAW, we introduce Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman, and The Vision.
I am a revolutionary.
I am a visionary.
I am the winner
of the main event of WrestleMania.
This became the moment
that the succession plan goes public.
Stabbed in the back. Roman Reigns is fixing for a fight.
So when you look back 20 years from now
at what shaped the past 20 years…
Here comes Roman.
- Spear! - Spear!
A massive Spear!
And I don't think Roman's done yet.
That's the moment where everything changed.
Tear this shit up, man. Here we go.
And now Heyman's all alone.
Oh no.
He's lining up to Spear Heyman?
Are you kidding me?
Oh my God! Who the…?
That was a human missile intercept!
Bron Breakker!
Bron Breakker becomes the apprentice.
There wasn't option A, option B. There was Bron Breakker.
We need him now.
That's my boy! That's my boy!
- Badass, man. - All right?
Yeah, it was great. Excellent.
- Feel good? - Yeah.
- Thanks, Seth. - That was great.
Thought it worked out well. We're off and running.
Yeah. Off to the races. This will be the talking point. Let's go.
- Yeah. Off and running. - That's right.
That Monday after Mania
was just as important as the actual turn at Mania.
And we still had another card to play
by bringing in Bronson Reed.
Oh my God. Oh my God! Oh my God!
Oh, goddamn!
You put Bronson Reed in there
because Seth Rollins sees a guy he would have to consider
one of the most dangerous men on the roster,
and he wants to make a name for him.
Of course.
Get this shot.
Everybody together.
Seth Rollins had another play all along.
We've done something that has so much value
to the future of the business.
That's how Seth looks at this. This is all about making stars of the future.
So what is his vision?
His vision is that Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed are megastars
two, three years from now.
There's a pecking order to what we do.
There's people down here, in the middle, up top.
And for the longest time, I was sort of just here trying to break through.
Now they're giving me the ball and letting me run with it,
and I think I was very fortunate to be given this opportunity.
I know where I wanna be, and that's at the top, to where
people speak of me as if I'm a Seth Rollins or a Roman or a Punk.
You know, this is part of how you get there.
- I love it. It's so funny. - You're gonna try?
- Yeah. - Hey, let's go.
I don't know, but I'll try.
Like this. Come on.
One… The hands.
Yeah. You got it. You got it.
It's so funny.
I like it. I like it.
When I was a child,
one of my dreams was I wanna have my own lucha school.
Very good.
More fluid.
Good! Come!
The lucha libre, the new generations come here
if you wanna be the next big superstar.
Strong!
With desire…
Get out. That's it! Get out!
Exactly, like that!
The most important thing is you need to lose the… the fear,
you know, from the child.
This is the most important. Yes, this is the… You know, cero miedo.
Without fear, Gabby, without fear. Run him over.
Come, take him!
Good, who's next? Come.
And that goes with everything. Very good.
Now I start my first Money in the Bank.
It's very important in my career.
It's a dream come true.
Welcome to Money in the Bank.
Money in the Bank was very amazing for me.
When I know who are the opponents, like, wow.
Solo.
LA Knight.
Seth Rollins.
El Americano.
I've been waiting all my career for these kind of moments.
Here. There you go. I got it.
Tables, ladders, chairs, everything, the climbs.
This is the hardest match to put together, but we're having a good time with it.
It's incredibly challenging.
I've never seen one go well that wasn't a complete team effort.
Puts it on and fucking… does the fucking spin.
The helicopter spin.
Look at me. You lose your mind right there.
Get that shit out of the way.
We're figuring this out, but it'll be along the lines of Seth goes,
LA goes, something, something, something. Off.
Seth.
Is there a way for them to go double when they get about halfway up.
or they get all the way to the top, they fight a bit back down,
he knocks Seth off?
Now you have a moment. "Holy fuck, LA Knight's got him."
He goes up. As soon as he gets his hand on it, Seth is back.
Coming back up.
We talked about it. Yes. Maybe pull off, Stomp?
- Something like that. Right? Where… - Yeah.
But, like, give me another moment
where, when it looks like, "Holy shit, they're both gonna go,"
instead of just LA Knight going off and Seth getting it,
it's LA Knight knocks Seth off.
"Holy shit, he's gonna fucking do it. Yay!"
Boom. Grab him. "What the fuck?"
Pull him down. Boom. He gets on his knees.
- Stomp. Boom. "Fuck you." And Seth… - Copy that.
- You know what I mean? - Yes, sir. Thanks, Paul.
- That sound good though? - Sounds great.
The following
is the Men's
Money in the Bank Ladder Match!
Refs, let's get them going here.
As soon as this beauty shot's done, let's not waste time.
Please, let's go.
- Bang! - Penta!
Oh, and LA Knight dropping El Grande Americano.
Welcome to the jungle We got fun and games…
Penta takes out everyone. Takes out the field!
Oh, the Fireball ladder's a good time.
El Grande Americano spinning that thing,
taking out all of LA!
…we got your disease
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na knees, knees…
Oh!
Let's see what El Grande Americano has planned
as he has now taken control of this match.
Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!
- Oh, that one hurt! - He get it right in the nuts?
Yeah, he just took a groin shot. Just a groin shot.
Oh!
And now through the ladder goes Rollins!
Nice.
The ladder match is my kingdom, man.
I love the crazy moves.
I love that violence.
Not on the ladder!
Zero fear!
Penta, Mexican Destroyer on the ladder!
It's gonna bring you down
Huh!
Zero fear!
Penta's unbelievable. He keeps coming back.
My first time with Money in the Bank,
with my people, with my fans,
this was special for me.
Penta is up.
And now it's Penta's chance.
- Penta… Could be clear sailing from here. - Zero fear!
Zero fear!
And now Penta and Seth Rollins fighting it out at the top of the ladder.
Oh, El Grande Americano. Tell me what he's putting in his mask!
There it is. Oh! Nice, Marty. Thanks, Marty.
Penta's there!
- Go, Penta. Come on, climb. - Penta's hanging in there!
Penta's closing in, trying to make it to the top.
Americano climbing one ladder.
That is incredible!
- Nice. - Oh my God.
That's the greatest slingshot ever.
Oh!
- LA Knight! - No, not from up there!
Beast it. Come on!
- Oh God. - Oh God!
Holy…!
Oh my God!
Chris Park was on that match. We have great producers.
But I hate a Money in the Bank match.
I hate them. As a… As a participant, I hate them.
'Cause it's not just you and one other person and a referee.
You've got all these ladders,
so you add in the element of extreme danger.
Everybody's gotta be on point.
The timing,
everything from a safety standpoint, a storytelling standpoint.
I have an eye on Seth, Marty.
He's gonna wave down Breakker and Bronson Reed,
and we're… I'm gonna send them.
Come on. Come on.
- Get out here, boys. Call them! Come on. - Now!
Go, guys, go! Go!
They're calling the dogs.
And Breakker just broke Americano in half!
I don't know if you've realized this about me yet,
but I'm a bit of a control freak. Uh, I… I like to have the reins.
These types of matches,
they're like waterfalls.
So when things start to go off a little bit,
that is not ideal for me.
They broke the ladder.
That's okay. We have a backup under the ring in the same place.
And Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker
crushing five of the competitors in this match.
Take the Fireball ladder out from under and get it?
Tell him to get it out now. Tell him to get it out right now.
There's another Fireball ladder.
Thank God we had that backup.
Rollins is gonna steal it now.
We're heading home here.
LA Knight's gonna come up and meet Seth. We'll get one last drama moment.
So now we're gonna get some drama.
Seth Rollins climbing up the ladder.
What is this, bro?
Tell LA Knight, "Some urgency."
Let him come in. Let him just… Go in the ring.
Now it's just a procession to victory for Seth "Freakin'" Rollins.
Well, maybe not. LA Knight's back in the mix.
- He's back in the mix. - No!
Looking to thwart Seth Rollins here.
That's not what we talked about.
LA Knight trying to win Money in the Bank.
Damn it. Tell him to go!
We need more urgency.
Pressure time here.
LA Knight dumped off the ladder by Rollins.
Rollins slamming Knight headfirst into the ladder.
Off the Stomp, and for Seth Rollins…
We thought we were gonna have Seth and LA face-to-face
battling over who was gonna pull that Money in the Bank case down.
He may have cleared his last hurdle.
The suspense and the drama that that creates,
we lost that.
With no one standing in his way,
Seth Rollins is Mr. Money in the Bank.
Here is your winner,
Seth "Freakin'" Rollins!
Goddamn it.
I was viscerally angry when I left, um, the ring,
and I won the thing.
Seth's upset about something.
I don't know. I'll have to get with him. I'll find out.
Mad at myself, mostly, for not getting it perfect.
Could it have been better?
In my mind, yes.
- They didn't do it how we laid out. - Obviously.
It was supposed to be Seth up, then LA up. LA knocks Seth off.
LA's got it won.
He gets pulled off, Stomp, go right up. That's how we laid it out.
This is a game of inches, like football.
And being off one or two feet one way or the other
can really affect everything.
There is absolutely 100% no doubt
that the crowd would have reacted, as I've said, with much more drama,
much more passion, much more "who's gonna win this thing"
if they would've been face-to-face. There's absolutely no doubt about it.
The end of that thing was built for you.
Seth, come out, pull the ladder, put it up. Urgency.
He goes up. He gets all the way to it. But here you come.
You get all the way up top with him. Fight. You knock him off. Boom.
He goes down. Holy shit! You're right there.
You grab it. Maybe he comes up again.
He pulls you down, but you pull him down.
Boom. He's out of the picture. You go up. Your hands are on it.
You've got it. He comes. Pulls you down when you land.
Kick. Stomp. Boom.
Fuckin'… He goes up, and he grabs it where you were that fucking close.
Yeah.
We've got a really good story there.
We just missed the moment to put the fire on him.
Hey, I'm sorry about that, man. I'm pissed off at myself.
All good. But… but… It… Chris, it's not you. Hear that. Hear that.
It isn't on you.
When they get out there live, then it's on them.
You can't go out and fucking do the spot for him.
You'd look terrible in his trunks.
We didn't maximize every bit of drama
we could have got out of that finish.
Don't want it to take away from the match. The match was spectacular.
But when you have a match like that that has that many moving parts,
you learn an awful lot.
And I kind of felt that that was like a coming-into-his-own moment for Penta.
He didn't win it, but he came out of it looking like a star.
- Very good, man. - Yeah.
- Good job. - Thank you. Thank you.
Twenty years. Work hard every day.
Every day, I work hard for this moment.
It was one of the hardest matches in my career, man.
So hard, but at the same time, very happy, very glad,
because you heard these people, this beautiful crowd, all my support,
"Penta! Cero miedo!"
This… I feel this energy in my body
when I push my body and my mind beyond the limit
for these kind of matches, you know?
So now can I, eh, can I feel hurt?
But no matter. No matter nothing.
Because I'm here.
And Penta comes to WWE to conquer everything, no matter what.
I know we said this in advance. I know we said this once he debuted.
We got something with this Penta.
Here are two things
over time that you learn.
One, you listen to the star pop when they come out.
But you understand it's just a star pop.
But in the match,
when they're selling and they start to come up,
what's the reaction?
'Cause that's when they have to care about you
to make your comeback.
It's that 30 seconds that you're selling and you're coming up.
It's like, "Goddamn it, I need to do this. I need to."
And they rally behind you.
And Penta looking to play off the adrenaline of this sold-out crowd.
Penta is over like a motherfucker.
When he made the move for the ladder,
they wanted him to win so bad.
I can tell his connection with children, too,
which is a key when he comes out,
and he does this little gimmick with them.
I can tell the reaction. It's a genuine connection.
It's not just… To your point,
it's not just, "Oh, I see that person on TV."
Like, they like him a lot.
I'm telling you, we've got something really special with him.
When you come here, you know, obviously your… your goal is to get over.
Your goal is to become the WWE Champion.
The Undisputed WWE Champion.
That takes a bit of time. That takes some investment.
Everybody always wants to have a shortcut.
Me included.
Well, the shortcut here is, obviously, win Money in the Bank.
Mr. Money in the Bank.
Randy Orton's about to cash in.
The Money in the Bank briefcase holds a contract
that you can cash in any time you want for a championship match.
I'm cashing in right now.
You can take advantage of someone beaten to hell.
- Priest… - One, two…
Priest has won the World title! Priest has won the World title!
It can be a real make-or-break moment for people's careers.
It was for me when I first won it,
cashing in 2015.
Curb Stomp to Reigns!
Cover by Rollins!
One, two…
Rollins with the heist of the century!
Brilliant!
- Cashing in anytime! - Here is your winner!
Anywhere!
Any place!
This year, Night of Champions,
we have John Cena against CM Punk.
…for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
You got all those eyeballs on Punk and Cena,
so you wanna remind everybody about this Money in the Bank winner
who can cash in at any time
under any circumstance.
- Cena… Oh no! - Oh my God!
Cena inadvertently just blasted the referee, Dan Engler!
CM Punk delivers a GTS, but there's no official!
Punk has the championship won,
but there's no official here to count it!
Burn it down
Oh no!
Mr. Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins!
Is Rollins gonna try to cash in?
Let's not forget the long-standing hatred for Seth Rollins and Punk.
And with the official down outside the ring,
what a better opportunity for Seth Rollins.
And Punk knows he's in trouble.
Punk knows he's outnumbered.
Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed take control.
But wait up!
You can't cash in Money in the Bank
without a referee present!
Wait a minute. Oh my God! Rollins is calling for an official!
Is Rollins gonna go for the Heist of the Century 2?
Oh!
John Cena not gonna allow it to happen!
Cena said, "Not on my watch!"
They didn't want Rollins to cash in.
Breakker taking down Cena! Bronson Reed looking for a Tsunami.
CM Punk, from behind,
dumping Reed!
Now it's back to one-on-one.
Punk and Cena had to help one another.
I… Uh-oh.
Oh…
Wade, we've seen that look before!
And Punk was ready!
Punk was ready for a low blow!
- Oh! - Rollins…
Rollins clocking Punk with the briefcase!
And now a Stomp to CM Punk!
- It was like déjà vu, but Cena… - The referee is back in!
Cena! Damn it, Cena!
Cena steals it!
Rollins just screwed CM Punk!
For two years, it has been Seth Rollins' mission statement
to continually screw CM Punk.
He did it again tonight at Night of Champions.
The result was that I thwarted Punk,
but John was able to capitalize
and, um, walk away with the WWE Championship.
The business of the night was accomplished.
Badass, man.
When you know you have bigger plans for down the line,
that's where it's a lot fun.
Turned out pretty good, I thought.
Where you can sort of put these moments out there that show them what is possible
and then give it to them in a bigger way later.
Sometimes you gotta have a little foreplay before you get to the main event.
- Oh man, that was great. Are you okay? - Yeah.
- That was awesome. - That was a hell of a bump.
- Thank you, Charles. - Thanks for letting me do it.
Yeah, Charles Robinson got just yeeted off of his seat.
It was, uh…
it was a beautiful thing.
It's a great thing to see.
Any time I can break CM Punk's heart,
it's a really nice thing for me.
So I would consider it a… a half win.
Right here. Little drama. Great!
Climbing this ladder,
you need to figure out what separates you.
Yeah.
How to take all the stuff that you do and put charisma into it.
Don't just be another wrestler.
Be something more.
Zero fear!
When the people call my phrase, the cero miedo,
I feel, like, motivation for me
because I wanna be the best Mexican wrestler in WWE.
Making special moments that affect our audience on a deep level.
At the end of the day, you wanna create a moment
that's gonna live with people for a long, long time.
This dangerous coalition…
You have to have a vision for what the future is.
…may have just become unstoppable.
I always believe there are signs of who those people are going to be,
and fans can feel that.
But if you don't see it coming,
if you don't see Seth Rollins aligning with Paul Heyman,
if you don't see
Seth Rollins aligning with Bron Breakker or Bronson Reed…
You gotta be kidding me.
…if you don't see those things happening, then what's about to happen next
is going to be shocking.
Now a moonsault, lands on his feet. May have tweaked his knee.
That is a knee that has been surgically repaired in the past.
This could be a serious situation here.