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00:00it has been a night of celebrities here for this historic john cena's final raw brandon marshall
00:20the former nfl star current sports handles he's got he's got cena in hand you can start your
00:26christmas day with football on netflix the nfl returns for the second year with division
00:30rivalries it starts at one o'clock and brandon is going to be joining the game day desk to break
00:35down all the action throughout christmas sons of anarchies chuck zito is always a fixture ringside
00:45at combat sports and he has been loving his night up on his feet here at madison square garden is
00:51another a bigger fan than fluffy gabriel iglesias long time fan of wwe comedian four stand-up
00:57specials currently on netflix including his most recent legend of fluffy that came out earlier this
01:03year right here on netflix javon evans he was here so early today getting ready for this massive
01:13challenge he turned to me at one point wait he said i've only been on this property one other time and
01:18it was in the theater this is my first time on what they call the big room upstairs here at madison
01:23square garden by the way vick joseph and booker t will be on the call for nxt gold rush unique two
01:31week event where titles from four different brands will be defended of course great familiarity with
01:37javon evans for those two broadcasters javon evans will be competing alongside leon slater at gold rush
01:44tomorrow night against the tag champs dark state from nxt but boy he's gonna make it through this guy first
01:51the following is a first round match in the last time is now tournament
02:15making his way to the ring from vienna austria weighting for 250 pounds the rain general
02:27gold time
02:30hard to think of gunther without gold two times the world heavyweight champion
02:37longest reigning ic champion ever and of course last time we saw him the all-time classic at summer
02:42slam when cm punk and gunther took it to the limit maybe past the limit and punk conquered him in the
02:49end last time we have seen gunther in the ring now a chance to be john cena's final opponent the
02:57path for either gunther or evans begins right now demeanor of the young og 21 year old javon evans the
03:08nxt sensation just changed before our eyes you are in big trouble now young man you know what wade this
03:16thing was randomly drawn right and i understand how it went for evans the fact he's in the 16 man field
03:24is exactly what cena wanted he said i want somebody willing to step up seize the same opportunity that was
03:30given to me this is seizing the opportunity going against gunther here's how the balls came out this is
03:35what john cena wanted an absolute massacre a future star at the hands of the most dominant force europe has
03:45ever created in this industry if that's true then john cena is a sick sick man come on now javon evans has
03:52impressed he has incredible athleticism i mean you want to talk about bouncy you want to talk about getting
03:58up in the air gunther's going to find out a little bit here here's the thing about gunther though this
04:03man is match-up proof and i will tell you right now when it comes to flying when it comes to bouncing
04:08i've never seen anything like javon evans before oh come on but gunther just beats them all in the end
04:16but i like this one javon evans who refuses to be intimidated by the bigger more experienced superstar
04:24well that was a bad move javon yeah but patting him on the head good for evans but getting out of
04:29the way the massive chop i mean gunther's chops will slice you up as you imagine we haven't seen gunther
04:36compete since summer slam i don't think gunther does ring rust however
04:40i don't know if javon evans realizes he's in at madison square garden right now
05:07i don't know if javon evans's lower jaw is still attached to his upper jaw he's gonna have
05:13trouble speaking for a long time after that shot from gunther and things are not about to let up
05:26you get the sense that gunther's almost offended that he has been caught in the ring with somebody
05:32who's resume simply does not compare to gunther's at this stage in his career you can hear that echoing
05:42across this historic venue
05:48and i'm sure javon evans could feel it echoing right down his spine and back up to his brain
05:54there's a massive size advantage of course for gutther as evans at this stage of his development has that
06:02long and wiry frame
06:07there's a freak performer is javon evans and anyone who set eyes on his performances down in nxt and how
06:13he's wowed humorous hall of famers with his abilities will be perhaps unsurprised that is moxie however
06:23anyone who's familiar with the career of gunther will not be surprised by the massacre we are now
06:28witnessing before
06:42as the ring general is indeed and you notice this packed out arena here at msg
06:48they're booing guns there but they're a little hesitant to do so you can always sense the fear
06:53in the booing because this man is just a dark destroyer a giant intimidator one of the most
07:02terrifying men a wwe locker room has ever seen and we're getting a glimpse into exactly why that is
07:09right now torturing the young og doing well to try and block this attempt perhaps at a abdominal stretch
07:16as old school as they come when it comes to the old school gunther is the headmaster
07:26nice battle there from javon evans who somehow
07:29is stretching him out what a great reversal did not see that coming at all but that did not last long
07:36enough for fans of javon evans
07:40just when perhaps javon evans was starting to let up starting to celebrate the fact he
07:45caught back the upper hand snatched away immediately by the ring general
08:01look at this scene here at madison square garden it is packed to me at the world's most famous arena
08:06john cena's final wall last time at msg plus coming up in moments we will have the men's war
08:12games based off but right now it is the second of our last time is now first round matches
08:19and it has been gunther playing young javon evans as evans evans refusing to give up though
08:26constantly some fight left in the tank of this young man now starting to look like he can build
08:31us from steve but caught in midair oh he's locking it in right into that busted crap
08:37gunther with such a buried arsenal especially with the submission holds and right now the boston crowd
08:43is locked in yeah you nailed it joe it's the varied arsenal of gunther whatever you throw in whatever
08:48your style is gunther has an answer but trying to negotiate his way out now is the nxt superstar
08:55that has been wowing the world for the past 18 months and manages to break free for the moment but then
09:01his back is broken but that's a good example what you just saw wave right of listen if you're wiry
09:07you do have some advantages able to slink his way out of the boston crab they listen to 6-1 about 180
09:14pounds he is bouncy as could be the strength advantage clearly the power of gunther but being wiry does
09:20help evans at times absolutely does but the real advantage of gunther is that merciless streak he has when
09:26he smells blood there's simply no letter whatsoever and gunther of course officially retired goldberg in
09:34dominant fashion a few months back win this one win a couple more and gunther may well continue 2025
09:43by retiring another legend in john cena at saturday night's main event yeah goldberg match was down in
09:50at atlanta at the halfway mark of our year december 13th is the destination that everybody's trying to
09:56get to for the participants in the last time is now tournament rusev sheamus jayuso la knight and
10:02earlier tonight solo sokoa those are the five men who have advanced so far gunther and javon evans trying
10:09to join that crowd some shocks and surprises in this tournament already not least don't see who we saw
10:16earlier tonight but what a shock it would be if javon evans can somehow figure out a way to pop down a
10:23returning gunther with awol ever since summer slam his brain may have gone awol after that here's your
10:33chance javon it's now or never evans watch what he can do in spots like this oh but the strength of
10:42gunther look at his face as he does oh evans able to counter it are the shoulders down just for a
10:49moment yeah a little tactical inexperience having quite get the pin right and now pouncing
10:54it's comfort the sleeper hold is in and evans able arm drag out of it big swing and a miss how about javon evans
11:04attacking from all angles gunther nowhere is safe from this man even the ringside area
11:14suicide he catches him in mid
11:19spine crushed against the edge of the apron but gunther is hurt
11:25catching this time in mid-air and javon evans regretting
11:34it is incredible how the ring general gunther can neutralize
11:45an opponent even when the opponent has all the momentum and is in the midst of rallied offense
11:52that was the case moments ago with evans as javon evans came with the suicide dive after he had
11:57catches the mission gunther simply catches it and smashes his lower back into the apron corner yeah
12:04power and technique obviously gunther story so difficult to combat especially at the experience
12:12level of javon evans who has done an absolutely sterling job just staying in the fight with gunther so far
12:19but as the seconds in this one start ticking by the chances of a job javon evans victory as shocking as it
12:27would be seem to be dissipating and right now he's got to beat a count
12:32i don't know that he's going to with the damage that he was back might be better off staying down
12:36on the floor because look what's waiting for him in that ring
12:43there's nine oh i mean you can't come i was like 9.9 living dangerously javon evans
12:52and that danger just got 10 times worse and now look at gunther
12:58as evans it's almost like big brother little ball just rushing down on the left hand and then
13:04stomping on that back again this is what i personally love about gunther he is so callous and it's
13:12distasteful to anyone watching another human being just getting abused in there but that is why gunther is
13:18the absolute best in the ring
13:29you don't have to like it nope you do have to respect the dominance of gunther it is complete dominance as
13:37has been the case for most of his career that has often been draped in championship four
13:45and now returning after summer slam after dropping that world heavyweight championship and he has a
13:52destination in mind and it is december 13th if he can work his way through his 16th fan field javon
14:00evans is not enough for this javon evans is standing up to gunther and chopping him back
14:05well nice try javon i admire the fight oh god oh my god oh evans lands on his feet oh he's rock gopher
14:19like a pterodactyl connecting flush at the chest of javon evans
14:33oh javon evans and gunther both down right now as we're in the deep water of this first round match
14:41last time is now tournament to see who can advance who can work their way towards the ultimate showcase
14:47opportunity to determine john cena's final opponent that'll be december 13th that match on saturday night's main event
14:54well javon evans somehow throughout this match has ridden out a furious flurry of offense
15:02from the ring general and is somehow the one standing up the hell did they make this guy out of
15:09big right hand sweeping haymaker center of the ring towing the line with the ring general the guts and
15:15bravery of evans to take this course of strategy wave and this may be the time that three plus
15:22months out of the ring for gunther starts to tell how good is your endurance i'll tell you your chops
15:30are still pretty much on point i'll tell you indeed they are big kick up top from evans oh he was trying
15:38to springboard his way to something special and gunther said we've got a solution for that weight it's
15:44a massive boom oh what a counter oh my god that attempted suplex there from gunther turned into a cutter
15:54and now about to take right no this runs in with a massive right hand laguardia jfk and msg
16:02you're starting to feel the momentum and this audience is starting to believe he's going up top
16:14so inventive so resourceful never say die approach from javon evans oh gunther's in the drop zone what a
16:24way to put yourself on the mark this will be evans he's known to come up with the big time look at
16:33that splash over halfway across the ring he nearly advanced off of it it's the page out of gunther's
16:41blood that cutter reversal there from javon evans here taking flight boom right on the top of the ring
16:50general cap it up with his picture perfect throat splash don't break you too just listen to the crowd
17:03they're sensing something very special here tonight and javon evans could be the man to provide it john
17:10cena said he wants somebody willing to step up to seize the same opportunity oh but gunther got up
17:16just at the right time oh well he's no tosses him off of it got a sleeper into that released german suplex
17:29and now this could be the good night oh the force of the power bomb to put him away right here
17:35and evans survives where is he finding this from but survive and straight back into further
17:44brutal punishment the sleeper hold is in as merciless and barbaric as they come no way out of this
17:54but javon evans who is fading rapidly and what fight this young man has provided he's still refusing to give up
18:02new york is trying to support the young man from north carolina just millimeters away from the bottom
18:09rope and it's looking like there's the that the tap out yeah that was the tap out from javon evans
18:14well gunther was in a fight tonight he came here tonight expecting to just destroy this young man
18:36this future great i suspect from nxt javon evans but it needed every tool in the ring general's arsenal
18:46to finally put away the young og but progressing now in this tournament is gunther you know this was a
18:56huge spot for evans he didn't advance but i think he did a good job of earning respect and building his
19:02brand impressing everybody maybe earning a spot in deadline final premium live event of 2025 on
19:09december 6th gunther's advancing a step closer in the last time it's now tournament
19:15that was so awesome congratulations on becoming our new women's intercontinental champion
19:33can you put into words what this moment means to you this moment means that all the hard work has
19:39finally paid off tonight i beat one of the best of all time and that means that i finally belong here
19:48but that's thanks to aj don't give me any credit that was all you boo
19:53i mean i i love an underdog i hate a bully and all i did was put becky in her place
19:57i think they're gonna go they're gonna go do the celebrating thing which they they should but
20:09actually since you're still here um any chance you're gonna gonna stick around i'm hoping the
20:16answer is yes jackie when i came back i i wanted to help my husband out he needed a hand but becky she
20:23just lights a fire in me that i i forgot that i had she makes me feel things so who knows okay
20:41you got a second to chat sure
20:53in this town everybody's playing a character except me i don't need to pretend i've been here before
21:11i'm not the dealer
21:19i'm not the mark
21:23i'm the only one at this table who's the best in the world
21:33wrestlemania vegas it's anyone's game
21:36hey next week we're in oklahoma city and we will continue things up quarterfinals of the last time
21:44is now tournament the ring general you just saw in advance moments ago so now it is gunford against
21:51either carmelo hayes or big bronson reed and also next week in okc continuing the last time is now
22:00tournament tournament we're in the quarterfinals solo sakawa who was victorious early tonight against
22:06dolf ziggler he will face either finbala or penta those two square enough later this week on smackdown
22:13the winner gets solo sakawa next week on raw and also in oklahoma city it is the battle to see
22:21who has the entry interval edge in men's war games the men's war games advantage match
22:28comes your way next week on raw
22:51is
23:07ladies and gentlemen
23:09is
23:28it is tough to really put in proper perspective the brutality the disruptive danger put forth
23:33by the vision men's war games face off is coming your way next from new york
23:41expect fireworks
23:47hey
24:00johnson we are
24:01ronson reed the tribal thief the badass
24:04strong breaker and joining in recent weeks logan paul who had that brass knuckle attack
24:13on CM Punk have taken the ring here at Madison Square Garden
24:19there's the mastermind of this unit
24:28these top level intimidators of course they've added one more with a certain business deal
24:38whose entrance should be imminent what a threat he's dead
24:45well you know who that is that's gangster Grant the TikTok star
24:49does the viral videos with a grandson
24:52all right Joe I'll take your word for it not a TikTok guy myself I know you're big on TikTok
24:58and I know you're TikTok you've been watching my dances
25:00your TikTok of your pentastrut in a bathrobe I believe is live now so go to Joe Tess's TikTok
25:06did I get that one wrong yeah hashtag dude pentastrut
25:12I jumped the gun on that one I'm sorry he's not uploaded it yet don't go to Joe Tess's TikTok
25:16out of your skull honestly lost your mind
25:21think about out of your skull here's a man who will kick your brain out of your skull if you're not careful
25:31the master of the claymore
25:34the man who last week joined Paul Heyman's team ahead of war games
25:44the Scottish psychopath himself Drew McIntyre
25:52what an acquisition this is multiple time world champion
26:05exactly the kind of man you want on your side when you are locked inside of war games
26:13please welcome Drew McIntyre
26:21generals gathered in their masses
26:30just like witches at black masses
26:36evil minds that plot destruction
26:43sorcerer of death construction
26:47just 12 days away from being right there in San Diego for Survivor Series war games
26:54there is
26:56there is something in the air that has changed here at MSG
27:02Monday Night Raw and there is Drew McIntyre
27:04the bottom line is he attacked referee
27:06did Angler recently could have seriously injured him he was rightfully suspended and yet Paul Heyman has found the loophole
27:13to have him in war games and here for this face-off
27:15well we're up at four on four on four on these men are now about to go head to head
27:23in theory to have a powwow verbally
27:27it rarely goes that way
27:37ladies and gentlemen
27:41my name
27:45is Paul Heyman
27:47his name
27:49is Drew McIntyre
27:53his name
27:55and it's time that you all acknowledge the tribal thief Bronson Reed
28:14I have walked the Sam Owen SWAT team and the free birds to the ring for the war games
28:24I have walked the dangerous alliance to the ring for the war games
28:30I have walked the bloodline to the ring for the war games
28:37this is the greatest assembly of talent ever put together for the war games
28:52this is the greatest scrutiny of tactics
28:54here we go
28:54look in my eyes
28:58what you seen
29:00i'm going for a judgement
29:02there's a great crowd
29:04I'm young
29:06there's a great crowd
29:08look in my eyes
29:10what you see
29:12what you seen
29:14what you mean
29:16I love personality
29:18I know what I'm in here
29:20I know what I'm in here
29:22I know what I'm in here
29:24I've been everything you wanna be
29:28Oh
29:30I love personality
29:34Love personality
29:36I can't believe
29:38I've been another
29:40I love personality
29:42I love personality
29:44The world heavyweight champion
29:56Has arrived
29:58And he's dressed ready for
30:02A fight
30:04And if he thinks he's gonna step into that
30:06Ring with these five men
30:08Waiting for him
30:10That is simply a suicide mission
30:12Where's your backup CM Punk
30:14You're gonna need them
30:18Sometimes he's gotta act like a fighter
30:20Punk's making that decision here in New York
30:22Always controversial
30:24Always got something to say
30:26Always can't miss
30:28You've seen CM Punk's eyes a lot on the man who stabbed him in the back earlier this year at WrestleMania
30:38His longtime friend and mentor
30:40Paul Heyman
30:42Coach
30:44He looks like a fighter
30:46Again
30:47I know
30:48I know
30:49I know
30:51I think
30:52I know
30:53It's soку
30:55I know
30:56oh he's not alone wade barrett was not born yesterday
31:07in new york they're on their feet to ye take it away msg
31:27it has been a party all night long but this is the crescendo in unison right here in madison square
31:37garden from 7th ave across 33rd to the corner of 8th you can feel this property shaking and
31:44bouncing and roaring the world's most famous arena is on fire right here on raw
31:57man there's a boss there's an energy there is nothing quite like this
32:04jay and jimmy usso cm pumped
32:08surrounding the vision and drew mcintyre
32:13things are getting tense now
32:16feels like a powder shed
32:18see logan paul trying to load up that right hand as see him come stairs right through him oh guess who else is here
32:25the american nightmare the undisputed wwe champion
32:44cody rhodes stays removed from his match with bronson reed and the attack by
32:50logan paul and brawn breaker and eventually clayboard by drew mcintyre
32:55and now cody and punk side by side
33:02there's a deadly serious look on the face of cody rhodes a man who looks ready for war
33:09the war
33:18november 29th can't come soon enough
33:22war games
33:30boy that looks at it all didn't it here we go
33:33well it was supposed to be a face-off a time to talk some smack well forget that
33:39he's got straight into violence
33:44warstein early
33:49four on four
33:52trouble everywhere you look around the ring
33:55oh man don't go down if you go down under these circumstances you will stay down everywhere you
34:03look right now as logan paul is delivering bearing body shots into the midsection of cm punk
34:10got two teams so evenly matched both trying to get themselves the upper hand here
34:18what a scramble chaos and carnage and cm punk just dropping logan paul in the ring
34:26cody rhodes dropping mcintyre the bodies are falling now cf punk oh no no no no no this can't be
34:39the beast incarnate is in new york rock lesnar
34:45the most dangerous site of all
35:03the most famous
35:06athletes on planet earth
35:08earth in the most famous arena on planet earth oh he's got that bounce in his step he's in attack
35:15mode punk goes after lesnar
35:18it's simply overpower
35:22oh god
35:23the suplexes are engaged
35:27new york city suplex city for lesnar right now
35:32cody rhodes willing to step right in there
35:35and face the beast this is not small cody
35:41this cody here comes a series of right hands
35:44lesnar oh did you see that
35:48the hottest german suplex you will ever see oh my god
35:54cody rhodes two german suplexes the first of which sets him
35:58up high here at msg oh god is brock lesnar in the war games team
36:05he just cleared them all out the beast incarnate just 12 days away and he has
36:12the
36:23the OTC
36:24the OTC
36:26Roman Reigns
36:28it does not get bigger than this
36:37yes
36:39if there was one man on planet earth who you felt
36:43could have a chance of going toe to toe
36:47against the beast incarnate brock lesnar
36:51that man is the man who walks on water in this industry
36:56Roman Reigns
36:58the tribal chief OTC one
37:06staring down and walking to
37:09the beast incarnate
37:10smoldering intensity
37:13and this thing is about to go
37:16Lester says come on this right hand's ready for you
37:36here we go
38:03here we go here we go here it comes
38:06superman punch
38:07oh he sent Lester right out of the ring with so much force
38:11oh god and now security arriving
38:15don't blame them for being tardy
38:20and if brock lesnar does have a kryptonite
38:24you suspect it comes in the form of Roman Reigns
38:29so security's there meanwhile
38:31oh bronson reed is back in there
38:33big bronson reed who has done so much damage
38:37to Roman Reigns oh he's taking out security too
38:41bronson reed is a mad man right now
38:45attacking in the center of the ring
38:46well bronson reed is the man who beat Roman Reigns in the Aussie rules street fight
38:51and they put Roman Reigns out of commission
38:55and now they're trying to have any semblance of order here
39:05n-y-p-d
39:06n-y-p-d
39:07n-y-p-d is here right to try to clean things up
39:11well the block takes is a paper spray
39:14look at this madness
39:15cf park is choking out logan pull with a kendo stick
39:21Roman Reigns just goes through the barrier
39:24n-y-p-d cannot control things
39:29it is out of control chaos here
39:31oh
39:36cool
39:36you
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