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WWE Raw January 12th 2026 Full Show ( Part-2)
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00:00:41Let's head back to Jackie Redman.
00:00:46Yeah, thanks, Cole.
00:00:48I'm backstage with Maxine Dupree.
00:00:50And the babes.
00:00:51That's right, and the babes.
00:00:53Listen, Maxine, last week you dropped the Women's Intercontinental Championship to Becky Lynch.
00:00:58The good news is you have a chance to win it back next week in Belfast.
00:01:02I just wanted to check in and see where your head's at.
00:01:05Jackie, I'm not going to cry about this, okay?
00:01:07Am I disappointed?
00:01:08Of course.
00:01:09But becoming champion proved to myself and everybody here that I belong.
00:01:15And guys, I became champion because I finally believed in myself, and I had to learn how to do that.
00:01:21But I think it's time that you two do the same.
00:01:24I know that you are just as capable of great things.
00:01:28As for what happened last week, that was a setback, not a defeat.
00:01:33And as for my rematch next week, I am fully aware that Becky Lynch is arguably the greatest female wrestler
00:01:38of all time.
00:01:39And yes, Sports Illustrated says it.
00:01:41But I also know that she had to cheat to beat me.
00:01:45Becky, so Becky, next week, I'm going to put you in an ankle lock and break your ankle!
00:01:55Thank you for your time.
00:01:57Thanks.
00:02:03Now let's head over to my broadcast colleague, Michael Cole, for a special interview.
00:02:10Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Raquel Rodriguez!
00:02:41Raquel, it's no secret you and I have known each other for a very long time.
00:02:47I was with you throughout NXT and saw your rise to here on Monday Night Raw,
00:02:52and I've always said that you will one day be a world champion.
00:02:55So what happened last week took me by complete surprise.
00:02:59The fact that you ambushed, attacked from behind Stephanie Vakura, the world champion,
00:03:05who is injured with a bad ankle.
00:03:07Why did you do that last week?
00:03:08Michael, I remember the girl that smiled when she was told, that patiently and politely waited for her turn in
00:03:22line for a shot at the title.
00:03:23Michael, but las cosas se cambian, things change and people do too.
00:03:29And you yourself just said it, Michael.
00:03:31You have had a front row seat to me getting cheated out of my women's world tighter,
00:03:36night after night, week after week, again and again.
00:03:39And you want to stand here and feel sorry for, you all want to feel sorry for Stephanie Vakura?
00:03:44Fine, fine, go ahead.
00:03:47Feel sorry for her.
00:03:48But every single one of you and you, Michael, should know, I will not stop.
00:03:52I will keep coming until I have her one-on-one in that ring.
00:03:57And when big, sexy Raquel Rodriguez stands tall as your new women's world champion,
00:04:06then you can feel sorry for Stephanie Vakura.
00:04:09All of you can feel sorry when I'm done with her.
00:04:42I am the champion and this will not stop me.
00:04:49Raquel, what do you want to do with her?
00:04:52What do you want to do with her?
00:04:53Come get it.
00:04:56Oh, God.
00:04:58Come on, come here, come on.
00:05:00What, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what?
00:05:03It is a mugging, a savage assault once again on the women's world champion
00:05:09who's got a busted ankle.
00:05:12And this was a huge error by Vakura putting herself in the vicinity
00:05:17of a hyper-destructive Raquel Rodriguez.
00:05:22Message sent once again and this time the message perhaps is even louder.
00:05:27Use up, use up, use up, use up, use up.
00:05:38Use up, use up.
00:05:40Well, I just returned to ringside after that interview
00:05:43with a very bitter Raquel Rodriguez.
00:05:45And then once again, another sneak attack, Wade, another ambush,
00:05:49much like last week on an injured Stephanie Vakura.
00:05:53Ankle injury, still wearing that walking boot.
00:05:55This looked bad.
00:05:56Yeah, and I don't blame you for moving as quickly as you did away from Raquel.
00:06:00There is a mindset with Raquel when it comes to that world championship
00:06:04that nothing is out of bounds and there is no depth to which she will not stoop
00:06:10in her pursuit of it.
00:06:11And unfortunately for the champ for care, she's learned that the hard way.
00:06:15Well, Raquel Rodriguez saying that she's done waiting for things.
00:06:19It's about time she takes matters into her own hands.
00:06:22Not quite sure I agree with the way she's going about it,
00:06:25but Raquel Rodriguez making a statement, Wade, the past couple of weeks.
00:06:29Hey, whatever gets the job done.
00:06:31That is how valuable that prize of the women's world title is.
00:06:34We're talking about whatever gets the job done.
00:07:01The following is a tag team match.
00:07:05Kick up for one call.
00:07:07Introducing press, accompanied by WWE's Hall of Famer,
00:07:13the Oracle, Paul Heyman.
00:07:17Representing the vision, the team of Austin Deary
00:07:23and Big Bromson Reed.
00:07:28Reed in theory, teaming up once again here tonight on Monday Night Raw.
00:07:34Second time out as a team.
00:07:35They beat CM Punk and Rey Mysterio a few weeks back.
00:07:40Very successful debut as a team for those two.
00:07:45Of course, the Oracle, Paul Heyman,
00:07:49who has brought together this group of Breaker and Logan Paul
00:07:52and Austin Theory and Bronson Reed into what is becoming a very unstoppable force in WWE.
00:07:59Yeah, I'll tell you this right now.
00:08:01It's a quartet of gentlemen that perhaps not many people would have put together on paper,
00:08:07but that really is the brilliance, the genius mind of Paul Heyman,
00:08:12who sees things before they happen and knew that this quartet would work.
00:08:17And boy, oh boy, is it working.
00:08:18Yeah, I spoke at Austin Theory earlier today.
00:08:21He had a lot of things to say about this team with Reed.
00:08:23We'll get into that in a few moments here.
00:08:26Logan Paul joins us.
00:08:37Well, ladies and gentlemen, we have a brand-new, undisputed WWE champion,
00:08:41Drew McIntyre, fresh off of three stages of a hell win over Cody Rhodes this past Friday night
00:08:46on SmackDown.
00:08:48And he brought the title home to a live event this past week in his homeland of Scotland.
00:08:54It was an emotional trip for Drew McIntyre.
00:08:57I'll tell you right now, that three stages of a hell, one of the greatest matches I've ever had,
00:09:01the privilege of calling, and congratulations, Drew.
00:09:04And Drew McIntyre will be on SmackDown, first time as champion this Friday night.
00:09:11Yeah, Big Jim, I'm halfway across the world, Uzz.
00:09:14It is cold, and the polar bear toenails out here in Dusseldorf.
00:09:17Man, hey, Uzz, let me get back at you, let me get back at you.
00:09:20Let me tell you something about Jack Banger.
00:09:22What's up, buddy?
00:09:23What's up, buddy?
00:09:23What's up, man?
00:09:24Yeah.
00:09:25Dude, y'all good?
00:09:26What's up, buddy?
00:09:26Man, we see you calling the whole tag team vision out there, J-Banger.
00:09:29I did, we did, man.
00:09:31We're putting every tag team on notice, Uzz, line them all up.
00:09:34We're gonna knock them all down.
00:09:35Ugh.
00:09:35You're giving us a piece.
00:09:38A slice there.
00:09:39Man, we boys, Uzz.
00:09:40I was talking about everybody else, to be honest, little big daddy.
00:09:43I'm trying to line them up, man.
00:09:44I ain't gonna do you wrong like that, Uzz, cuz then you gotta get this work, Uzz.
00:09:47I'm talking about everything.
00:09:49Uzz!
00:09:50I'm serious.
00:09:56You are serious.
00:09:57You are serious.
00:09:59All right.
00:10:01Say less.
00:10:03Me and Big Jim are gonna rap, see what happened.
00:10:06Man, I'm gonna get back at you, Uzz, but Big Daddy, this is a warning shot.
00:10:12You stepping in the ring with the best tag team in the game.
00:10:20You understand?
00:10:23Each.
00:10:24You understand?
00:10:28Each.
00:10:30Well, this tag team may be right up there, sooner rather than later, the Osceola, Big
00:10:35Bronson Reed, Austin Theory, the Vision, Logan Paul out here, Paul Heyman as well.
00:10:41Braun Breaker has not been seen all night long, still stung after they lost to Puck in the title
00:10:47match last week.
00:11:06And our opponents first, weighting at 165 pounds, Draken Lee.
00:11:15US!
00:11:17Oh!
00:11:25Former tag team champion with AJ Styles.
00:11:29The Usos knocked that team off a couple of weeks back.
00:11:31The Usos knocked that team off a couple of weeks back.
00:11:33Talk about that loss of Braut Breaker to CM Punk last week.
00:11:37this man and his tag partner tonight were pivotal in that result coming down and
00:11:43raising hell with the vision on the outside scuffering whatever master plan they put together
00:11:48and ultimately costing wrong breaker that prize we have to think the vision now will
00:11:54want their pound of flesh from these two for those antics
00:12:17it is tag team partner from
00:12:22a counter pet mexico weighted at 87 kilos penta so wade you gotta wonder if it's going to come
00:12:33back to fight penta and dragon lee for sticking their nose in the visions business last week well
00:12:40it's really started when penta came along a few weeks ago to protect ray mysterio and i agree with
00:12:45you i get having friends in the locker room people you respect what i don't understand is putting your
00:12:51neck on the line against a group like the vision we know full well their mantra their mo it is
00:12:59to
00:12:59destroy every human in their path until they acquire all of the power and all of the gold in wwe
00:13:09austin theory telling me earlier today that this team that he's been forming with bronson reed
00:13:16uh they they they understand each other in austin's words they've been through a lot in their career
00:13:22bronson reed at one point was on the top of the world down at nxt before he was fired by
00:13:27the company
00:13:27had to fight his way back to a tough time to get back to where he is today and austin
00:13:32theory went through
00:13:33a lot of the same things when he was injured and believing in the hype a bit too much and
00:13:37understands that
00:13:38now he has to dig down deep and fight for this that's what he's trying to do i'll tell you
00:13:42right
00:13:43now there is a disease among a lot of young people in this industry when things are going well when
00:13:48you first start off you just expect opportunities to keep getting handed to you you think you're on
00:13:55easy street it doesn't work like that and both austin theory and bronson reed in different ways have
00:14:01tasted the bitter reality of this industry nobody's handing you anything you have to take it and they are
00:14:08really embracing that philosophy now inside the vision so austin starts things off with penta
00:14:12here tonight in this tag team matchup
00:14:18austin theory says he's operating under the motto now of i don't stop i don't fold and i don't forget
00:14:26says those are the three phrases which drive him each and every day different human being in the body
00:14:33of austin theory at this point you know how small cocky and pompous he used to be he
00:14:38he's ice cold and efficient in there now there is no larking around there's no smirk on the face
00:14:45there is merely a task to be completed and he's going to be antagonized by that strut of penta yeah
00:14:53theory now have had to try to take him out of his game by those antics and may have done
00:14:59so
00:14:59he's going to take him out and penta now up over the top the man with no fear
00:15:08and penta with urana sends theory toward the ropes well no fear is certainly being tested to its limits
00:15:14when mixing it up with a group like the vision but right now swing blade no fear is in complete
00:15:20control
00:15:20of this one perhaps there is reason behind that mentality oh and theory now with a big kick right
00:15:28to the face penta celebrating it prematurely drags penta to the corner and here comes the 330 pounder
00:15:35the oscilla big bronson reid really caved in the chest of penta there and obviously that
00:15:43works when you've got a big oscilla like bronson reid in there and dragon lee and penta now looking
00:15:50to use their athleticism and quickness to take the big man down big kick to the face by dragon lee
00:15:56penta gonna follow things up again there's that handstand into the kick dragon lee with a basement
00:16:02drop kick of his own cover now on reid could be a massive win and what a kick out by
00:16:08reid with
00:16:09authority there that is exactly the kind of offense you need to be hitting against reid hit and move
00:16:14hit and move you know you've got him on movement you certainly do not have him on power and dragon
00:16:19lee
00:16:19again hanging out of the ropes allowing him to look at lee go and this time reid sent toward the
00:16:27corner
00:16:27dragon lee didn't get all of that but maybe enough yeah what a hot start here though from dragon lee
00:16:32and
00:16:33penta they've got bronson reid turned completely inside out on this one it's where you see bronson
00:16:39reid treated like this early in a matchup dragon lee now from the top rope cross body and uh just
00:16:46into
00:16:46the power of reid who just slams him to the mat bag of cement getting dumped in the middle of
00:16:52the ring
00:16:52there and that was it that was dragon lee just getting a little too over excited over exerting himself
00:16:58oh and the military pressed to the top turnbuckle that is all bronson reid needs to turn this one
00:17:05around oh my god and a left hand by theory flooring dragon lee outside the ring loosened a tooth in
00:17:12the
00:17:12process you seeing that you know wade uh we talk a lot about who is the greatest manager of all
00:17:28time i think paul heyman may well be that especially what he's put together here with these men
00:17:34in the vision but he just doesn't slow down does he he keeps keeps building well and look what he's
00:17:41done for logan paul the man who's out here at ringside logan paula from much of his early part of
00:17:47his career was chastised by wwe fans for being a part-timer only showing up when he wanted to paul
00:17:53heyman
00:17:54actually got logan paul to sign a contract become a full-time superstar in wwe dedicating his life to
00:18:00this now you know what the best thing about that is nobody online is ever going to complain about
00:18:04logan paul ever again now why well actually i said no one online is ever going to complain about
00:18:10logan that's not what he said but because he signed a full-time contract you know what i'm saying
00:18:15i bet they will i just called you the greatest manager of all time don't give me that look and
00:18:19read now with a big slam to dragon lee i think i'm friends with logan paulman that easy have you
00:18:28done his podcast oh what a big splash cover by reed oh i'm not a big shot kick out and
00:18:35reed now
00:18:35controlling dragon lee and this is where the vision is so dangerous just wearing their opponents down
00:18:40i mean we talk about the speed of movement of penta and of course dragon lee that's been fully
00:18:44neutralized at this point now the power game of bronson reed and austin theory comes into play
00:18:49the one thing we didn't mention wade is the fact that this is pentas this is pentas first match
00:18:55since late november when he suffered a shoulder injury so you got to wonder if pentas got a little
00:19:00bit of ring rust tonight last time is now tournament it is tough to get back up to game speed
00:19:07with a
00:19:07couple of months on the shelf even more so against a duo like austin theory and bronson reed and here
00:19:14comes austin theory it is all business for theory now as he drops lee right on the back of his
00:19:19neck
00:19:19quickly into the cover hook of the leg and a kick out how impressive has austin theory been since
00:19:25joining up officially with the vision did so much damage under that mask and that hoodie sent his
00:19:31message to paul heyman hey this is not the guy you might have seen in the past this is a
00:19:37very very
00:19:38different competitor different motivations and very different level of focus and dropping a focus for
00:19:45a split second there was penta and he paid for it and you're seeing the difference in austin theory the
00:19:50way that he works in the ring now wade the style of constantly applying pressure to his opponents tag
00:19:56made by to reed and now the big man the 330 pounder with a headbutt to the midsection dragon lee
00:20:06in deep trouble
00:20:19and we are back in front of over 11 000 first time ever monday night raw comes to you from
00:20:24dusseldorf
00:20:25germany divisions austin theory and bronson reed picking apart dragon lee and penta in this tag team
00:20:32match paul heyman at ringside logan paul is at ringside as well you know we mentioned this just a
00:20:38couple of moments ago rogan paul now thanks to paul heyman a full-timer in wwe had been chastised by
00:20:47wwe fans for years is theory now what an athletic drop kick into that shamoan drop theory now cover
00:20:54hook of the leg lee kicks out at two if logan paul is that good as a part-timer imagine
00:21:00how great he's
00:21:01going to be now he's full-time here on raw simply no stopping the man just like there is no
00:21:06stopping
00:21:07the vision an austin theory this is giving everyone a full display on why paul heyman wanted him as part
00:21:14of this group that was that impressive style we talked about a little bit ago constantly applying
00:21:18pressure to his opponent swarming his opponent the deeper the match goes the more pressure theory has
00:21:23been able to apply and i like that word pressure because pressure is always there when you're part
00:21:28of the vision you have to deliver you've got to earn your keep no time slip ups whatsoever and talking
00:21:34to slip ups this may be a force one by dragon lee who's now inches away from it oh was
00:21:40inches away he
00:21:41just got decapitated and logan paul loving it oh that was astounding you know you got to give heyman
00:21:49credit as well wade to bring all these different personalities together to meld them into this group
00:21:55who have all bought into the same vision of heyman yeah all got completely different physical strengths but
00:22:01all very different person oh my god what a counter right on the top of the head perhaps getting a
00:22:08little too cocky that was bronson reed now seeing stars on that window is barely open for dragon lee but
00:22:15he may be able to get the flesh man penta in here dragon lee needs to make a tag bronson
00:22:21tax theory here
00:22:22comes penta and now penta looking to pick up the pace for his team
00:22:32oh a backstabber by penta cover hooks both legs and a kick out this crowd completely coming alive
00:22:42fully aware of what a game-changing moment that tag to penta was one of the greatest luchadors in history
00:22:51now building up a full head of steam but watch out the theory had him on his shoulders momentarily
00:22:56and a big kick by penta the theory who's been rocked tag made to dragon lee
00:23:02double team sends theory up over the top into the floor and bronson reed dropped to the floor as well
00:23:08logan paul pays for it that is a popular double superkick with this dusseldorf crowd
00:23:18dragon lee up over the top
00:23:22pinpoint landing just wiping out the vision bronson reed is barely moving
00:23:28logan paul getting one for good measure too and austin theory down and oh my goodness
00:23:33broad breaker breaker's here and he broke lee in half with a spear
00:23:42broad breaker still stinging from the defeat the pump
00:23:47and now taking out two of the men who were involved in that match last week
00:23:52well this absolute head case has now totally lost it in that ring blood boiling
00:23:58from losing against cm punk last week and he's got that damn look in his eye cold remember adam pierce
00:24:05our general manager warned paul heyman if breaker shows up send him home i'm not in the mood for this
00:24:10and speaking of this our general manager adam pierce tonight i told him and i said it ain't happening
00:24:17and it ain't happening you gave me a bad intention you might as well go home you might as well
00:24:22go home
00:24:22because it ain't happening not tonight meanwhile adam pierce has his attention to breaker oh god look at the
00:24:28background look at the background call bronson reed
00:24:37and i said it's not enough adam pierce's to keep control here broad breaker on a tear
00:24:54and i said it's not enough to keep control here
00:25:00i'm taking a shit i'm tired of it
00:25:06uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh uh-oh oh my god
00:25:11somebody better get breaker off of get in there
00:25:15what are you gonna do
00:25:19what what
00:25:39get him out of here
00:25:43Get him out of here!
00:26:13Get him out of here!
00:26:22yes
00:26:23you know our general manager should uh heed the warning of logan paul moments ago he was saying
00:26:43that breaker is going to kill you and breaker in the mood that he's in tonight wait is just highly
00:26:50confrontational at the best of times he's like a barrel of scent at this point after last week's
00:26:56going on i don't know if anything is going to be out of control from break well listen and you
00:27:01can't
00:27:01blame general manager adam pierce he warned paul hayman earlier tonight listen if breaker gets here
00:27:05i'm not in the mood to deal with anything you got to keep breaker under control hayman did not do
00:27:09that braun breaker just raised hell moments ago let's just take a look at first the spear to
00:27:15dragon lee from out of nowhere and breaker was not done i feel like that's just a question of how
00:27:19many
00:27:19broken rims on the contact like this look at the length of run-up we have here at dusseldorf
00:27:25an amazing shot there and well that's not such a pretty shot but i appreciate the director throwing
00:27:31that one in but yeah this oh my god it's got even uglier from there with braun breaker just going
00:27:36on
00:27:36a complete tear smashing everything in sight until thankfully reinforcements arrive but perhaps
00:27:44things went off the rails even further placing his hands on general manager adam pierce and you do
00:27:52feel there will be consequences for that act in particular
00:28:08i'm gonna have to see how adam pierce is going to handle this situation here tonight as
00:28:12we try to settle things down and get ready for what is our main event tonight aj styles coming to
00:28:18the
00:28:18defense of one of his great rivals the now retired john cena aj styles says that he's going to uh
00:28:24teach
00:28:25gunther all about respect tonight and he's going to make gunther tap out it's the first time ever
00:28:31these two do battle in our main event tonight yeah very easy to say you're gonna beat up gunther
00:28:36gunther a lot harder to actually pull that off good luck tonight in our main event aj styles
00:28:53uh huh they thought i was out they might have dislocated her shoulder gone for good
00:29:03cute but what doesn't kill you makes you live
00:29:07oh no i'm back so now i'm back and the game's about to get messy
00:29:18wrestlemania vegas it's anyone's game
00:29:22oh
00:29:23oh moments ago the destruction of an unhinged brawn breaker first it was a massive spear
00:29:41to dragon lee which uh threw the tag team match out yeah massive doesn't do it justice cole look at
00:29:46that
00:29:46runoff here in dusseldorf for brawn breaker hitting top speed 23 miles an hour this was us losing it at
00:29:54the desk just being thankful the connection wasn't on us but then penta he wasn't to be spared got a
00:30:00spear of his own and you thought maybe things were over at that point
00:30:11adam pierce trying his best to take control but behind him a massive tsunami the damage from the
00:30:18vision continued and unfortunately it got even worse from there
00:30:25with verbal threats from gm adam pierce being thrown around things suddenly got very physical
00:30:32and there may be some severe consequences for the vision especially brawn breaker after that
00:30:39it took the entire vision to separate breaker from our general manager
00:30:57what okay bro hey y'all let me know if y'all need anything all right yeah hang in there
00:31:02that's right yeah no problem bro hey thank you we'll pay for this what's the reach you know
00:31:10where the hell are you going we're not done talking you evidently have learned a damn thing and now
00:31:17you're putting your hands on me look at me when i'm talking to you who are you listening to you
00:31:24ain't
00:31:24learning the damn thing putting your hands on the boss so guess what you can have some time
00:31:28to think about it because you are suspended indefinitely indefinitely
00:31:49that was a very big mistake you are damn right it was
00:31:53the biggest mistake he ever made his career thanks to you so i don't mean him i meant you
00:32:01mr pierce mr general manager respectfully respectfully from my vantage point
00:32:09you put your hands on him first
00:32:22oh heyman's got a point heyman is exactly the man you want in your corner in a crisis the best
00:32:29legal minds in the world can't get adam pierce out of that one uh ladies and gentlemen let's
00:32:34let's switch gears and lighten up the mood a little bit let's talk about wrestlemania
00:32:46yeah hi triple h mania pitches just came in top of your inbox i will take a look now thank
00:32:52you
00:32:55this should be interesting
00:32:58hey paul peyton manning hey paul what's going on man john burtho here hey what's up triple h
00:33:03triple h sarik andre what are we looking to see bro bonjour mr levesque here's my pitch it's a little
00:33:10different out of here this is what i'm thinking eli and i tag team at wrestlemania what i'm interested
00:33:16in is dom mysterio the musical seriously i've already shown everybody what i could do at the
00:33:22world's most famous arena imagine what i can do at wrestlemania 42. what's the right way for me to
00:33:27come back i don't think it's on the court necessarily i think it's in the ring at legion stadium
00:33:31big boat comes and i walk away as the new women's champion starting to regret asking for these i'm
00:33:38gonna bring the ultimate energy let's go baby here we go all right the mat with his greasy hair
00:33:43can you just tell him my email's down triple h you little sissy let me know when i can come
00:33:49wrestle
00:33:49i like to is that even legal are we on a video here what's happening
00:33:54video we're challenging at wrestlemania i am your man i stand by put me in paul let me shock the
00:34:02world
00:34:02let's try it out
00:34:09there's gonna be a long road to wrestlemania
00:34:35wait you know the best thing about this job is we don't have to beg the boss to be at
00:34:39wrestlemania we're gonna have a front row seat also front row seat next monday night when monday
00:34:44night raw comes to belfast northern ireland reminder a very special start time eight o'clock
00:34:50local in belfast three o'clock on the east coast of the united states 12 noon on the west coast
00:34:55for
00:34:55monday night raw live on netflix and becky lynch believes that well she's gonna have the home field
00:35:02advantage when she heads to belfast next week to defend the women's intercontinental championship
00:35:06against maxine dupree who promises to break becky lynch's ankle next week and get this will it be a
00:35:14belfast banger for balor because it is official prior to adam pierce's vision problems he did book
00:35:22this match for next week cm punk will defend the world heavyweight championship against ireland's own
00:35:29fanballa
00:36:14Obafemi, now a former NXT champion.
00:36:17The ruler last week defeated Leon Slater.
00:36:19And then in a highly emotional moment, he relinquished the NXT championship
00:36:24as he gets ready for either Monday Night Raw or Friday Night SmackDown.
00:36:29Again, so what happens to the vacant NXT title?
00:36:32We'll find out more tomorrow night on NXT.
00:36:41It's main event time.
00:37:02AJ Styles said this business is about respect, respecting the ring, respecting your opponent,
00:37:12and respecting those who have paved the way for everyone in this industry.
00:37:18AJ Styles said that he and John Cena bonded over respect and what was a tremendous rivalry
00:37:24in the career of both of those men.
00:37:27And tonight, AJ Styles, Wade, vows to teach Gunther some respect.
00:37:31I don't care what AJ Styles vows, he has to get the job done between those robes.
00:37:38Vowing that he's going to make the ring general tap out.
00:37:41Those are big claims, and I get AJ is highly motivated, but now it's time to execute.
00:37:47AJ Styles versus Gunther next.
00:38:06AJ Styles understands what he's getting into.
00:38:10He has made a career out of fighting opponents more powerful, bigger than he was, and done a great job.
00:38:17One of the all-time greats inside the squared circle, and tonight vows to take out Gunther here in Germany.
00:38:24It'll be the first time ever, Wade, that these two men go one-on-one.
00:38:29And the world cannot wait.
00:38:32And I think the biggest mistake AJ Styles made was slapping Gunther last week on Raw.
00:38:38Because immediately following Raw, Gunther would have done what he always does against opponents.
00:38:44That is a deep dive on how to dismantle this man.
00:38:49And there are very few competitors on the planet with the amount of tape available to study as AJ Styles.
00:38:57A man who has competed at the top for 25 years.
00:39:02Staring at the end of his career at some point in 2026.
00:39:06But this is a man who has done it at the top for so long.
00:39:10And Gunther would have eaten up all of that footage, found every weakness and every opportunity that he can make
00:39:18for himself to destroy the phenomenal one tonight.
00:39:21Well, and that's the issue for AJ Styles.
00:39:23Gunther has had a full week, Wade, to prepare for this man.
00:39:28It's going to be interesting to see what the game plan is going to be for the ring general.
00:39:42The seeding chart.
00:39:46It's not etiquette.
00:39:48It's positioning.
00:39:51AJ came for a challenge.
00:39:53I came to remind them
00:39:55that this game starts and ends
00:39:58with the queen.
00:40:01One of the best female performers of all time.
00:40:06Long live
00:40:08The queen.
00:40:12WrestleMania Vegas.
00:40:39AJ Styles in the ring, getting set to take on the ring, a general, Gunther.
00:40:51Let's go back to Jackie Redman.
00:40:55Paul, thank you so much.
00:40:57I'm here with Gunther ahead of tonight's main event.
00:41:00Gunther, earlier tonight, AJ Styles was very honest in talking about respect.
00:41:04How dare AJ, how dare him to slap me across the face for something that he has no involvement in.
00:41:11And how disrespectful to do that to the greatest professional wrestler in this company right now.
00:41:18But most importantly, how disrespectful to do that to the man that made John Cena tap out like a little
00:41:28bitch.
00:41:32So if I'm capable of doing that to the so-called greatest of all time, AJ shouldn't worry about respect.
00:41:42AJ should worry about what's going to happen to him after that bell rings.
00:41:51I'm here with you.
00:41:55I'm here with you.
00:42:04I'm here with me.
00:42:06Thank you so much.
00:42:06I would be Milwaukee for the new sake.
00:42:07We don't know where he can.
00:42:10I'm here with you.
00:42:10We only know where that one man that's hanging on the track with me so much more.
00:42:11And to the stir with us, it's great
00:42:11Jewish.
00:42:11And we're good to see you.
00:42:11Again,
00:42:11försöka mirror this,
00:42:11And a good way he canushish pires.
00:42:18a man born in vienna austria spent much of his life here in the country of germany
00:42:25made a name for himself as a multi-time champion at west side extreme wrestling then he took over
00:42:32the entire continent of europe before he arrived on the scene at wwe and now gunther is developing
00:42:39this reputation as a career killer retiring both hall of famer goldberg and the greatest
00:42:46of all time john cena frosty reception here in dusseldorf for a man who calls this his semi-home
00:42:57after austria frosty stare he is pointing in the direction of aj styles after he was humiliated
00:43:08by the phenomenal one last week with that slap and there are usually consequences to humiliating
00:43:15the ring general and they may be about to play out so to set the stage for our main event
00:43:21here's alicia taylor
00:43:28the following contest is scheduled for one fall
00:43:33introducing first from gainesville georgia weighing in at 220 pounds the phenomenal
00:43:47general aj styles and his opponent from vienna austria weighing in at 250 pounds the ring general
00:44:12gulter
00:44:25well ladies and gentlemen aj styles has made no bones about it this year 2026 will be the final year
00:44:32of his in-ring career and wait he'd love to start the new year off with a big victory here
00:44:38tonight
00:44:39over gunther
00:44:42we'll tell you right now for the rest of 2026 aj styles is not gonna have a tougher match than
00:44:49this
00:44:49one before us right now we know all about the story career of aj styles he's taken on all comers
00:44:56he's never once been in the ring with the ring general and has no idea what he's about to face
00:45:02oh styles looking to use his veteran instincts to put the one his terminator of a man gunther away and
00:45:10styles felt the chop coming and went right to the back of the knee the hamstring of gunther to take
00:45:15early
00:45:15control that was a highly accurate shot there from aj styles completely crumbling the ring general taking
00:45:22away that powerful base of his in the early goings aj clearly knows he's not gonna win a power battle
00:45:28with gunther so hobble him early and you've got a chance i've got some incredible statistics to throw your
00:45:35way wade as it comes to gunther since he arrived in wwe four years ago today gunther has gone 63
00:45:45wins in six losses
00:45:48in non-title one-on-one matches gunther is 32 and 0. that does not bode well for mr styles
00:45:58tonight i'll give you an even better statistic than that michael cole although they were quite incredible listen to this
00:46:05guess what gunther made john cena tap out like a b
00:46:12how'd you feel about that well aj styles said he was going to make gunther tap out like a b
00:46:17tonight as well
00:46:20i mean it's one thing to predict victory against gunther but to predict the exact way you're going to do
00:46:26it i'm not buying it michael cole gunther is just too good
00:46:29and gunther now with a side headlock wrestling styles to the middle of the ring so for styles wade what
00:46:35does he have to do to knock off this man well i like that star hobbling gunther from the off
00:46:40the
00:46:40question is can you out wrestle gunther and if you're going to make gunther tap out you have to
00:46:46out wrestle him that might be mission impossible i think aj's biggest chance of winning this one is
00:46:53taking the high flying round and again back to the hamstring aj styles and that's just ticking gunther off
00:46:58i think and getting side headlock on styles what does gunther need to do to knock off the phenomenal one
00:47:04he needs to remember that his mind is a compassion free zone and be as callous and sickening with the
00:47:11body of aj styles as is humanly possible although this has turned into a disaster class in the early
00:47:18going for the ring general yeah we wondered all week long about what the strategy would be for styles
00:47:24tonight those well-placed kicks to the back of the knee the hamstring of gunther's hobbled gunther
00:47:29a bit now gunther taken down well we do have to remember we have seen gunther in these kind of
00:47:35predicaments in the past he has a rare ability to withstand incredible amounts of pressure
00:47:43make his way through and still get back on top and he's going to be tested now by aj and
00:47:48you notice
00:47:48styles went into the ring to break the count because styles wants to top out guther he doesn't want to
00:47:54count
00:47:54out victory tonight and right there that was a huge error you take wins any way you can against gunther
00:48:00and that method you just mentioned roll in the ring break the count opened up the window for gunther
00:48:05to strike and get back on top the official rod zapata admonishing gunther saying get in the ring
00:48:12and again it was a huge error of aj to insist that he's gonna attack gunther out i do not
00:48:17think that's
00:48:18possible uh-oh styles landed on his feet delivered a kick wave and here comes aj with that sliding knee
00:48:24dropping gunther again yeah that knee caught the left temple of gunther and he just crumbled on that
00:48:29and he's grabbing that left knee still in several shots to the lower extremity of gunther and gunther's
00:48:36in a bad way here yeah gunther trying to oh somehow get away from styles that has not been able
00:48:42to and
00:48:43styles again with that pinpoint strikes caught now though by gunther and there's a clothesline
00:48:47that floor styles and that's what gunther was looking for and i'll tell you right now cole that
00:48:52was a desperation clothesline from gunther and usually when guys pull off a desperation move
00:48:57it's not particularly devastating when it's comfort though it's still completely decapitates an opponent
00:49:04went for the chop styles able to block it again and aj doing a great job here
00:49:09staying away from those chunks of gunther as he delivers some of his own it's been nice hit and
00:49:14move but then again perhaps a mistake over power against gunther gunther reversing it oh and that chop
00:49:21drops aj off the ropes to the floor talk about a game changer for the ring general
00:49:38wow all i can say is wow after that chop that echoed through the arena here tonight in germany
00:49:46dropping aj styles and that may be what gunther needed and if aj styles was a little overconfident
00:49:52coming into this one talking a big game he now realizes he's fighting a man who has sledgehammers
00:49:59instead of fists and this may be the toughest fight of aj's career and now gunther brings the
00:50:08attack to styles and that boot right to the face that may have collapsed his nose
00:50:14size 14 right to the kisser and this is gunther just getting warmed up you know i used to use
00:50:20this
00:50:21phrase to describe randy orton and i think it's very appropriate to use for gunther he has absolutely
00:50:27no absence of malice all it is for gunther is to destroy your opponent that's all it is to him
00:50:33he's a terminator he is just hell bent on putting you out and the truth is cole people like aj
00:50:39styles
00:50:39styles don't like it they find it disrespectful that is the reason why gunther is so so wow what a
00:50:46backdrop styles falling out of the air onto his shoulder if you're hungry enough in this game you are
00:50:54completely uncompromising with your opponent's body you will smash it to pieces i don't care this guy has
00:51:02family i don't care that this guy has a storied career this is my time and i'm gonna eat him
00:51:09alive
00:51:09it's kill or be killed and for styles is about survival and once again goes back to the hamstring
00:51:14and just one wicked slap sends styles to the map and i completely agree with your point it's about
00:51:19survival now that's not why aj came to the ring he came to the ring to shut gunther up to
00:51:25beat some
00:51:26respect into gunther how quickly it pivots into no this is just about survival now well this aj styles
00:51:34is learning the lesson that so many superstars have learned over the past four years here in the wwe
00:51:39for gunther and that is this man is indestructible at times ask cena ask goldberg ask jay uso i mean
00:51:48he's
00:51:48been unbeatable for many points in his career there are no weaknesses physically or mentally when it comes
00:51:55to gunther he's got all the strategies he has ten in a row first one doesn't work i'll move to
00:52:01the
00:52:01next one then the third then the fourth it took him five or six attempts now he's hit the home
00:52:06run
00:52:06and he's absolutely annihilating aj styles and styles trying everything he can to fight back
00:52:14not sure if exchanging chops with gunther is the right way to do it yes he's floored again
00:52:20i think you hit that one on the head michael cole
00:52:33what is frightening for aj styles is over 11 000 look on tonight in dusseldorf germany
00:52:39is the fact that gulther was able to weather aj styles early storm in this matchup take a look at
00:52:47this
00:52:47during the break size 14 austrian boot right to the face of aj followed up by this as high a
00:52:55back
00:52:55body drop as aj styles has tasted in his 26 year career
00:53:05and another chop by gunther who just wants to maim people he wants to end people's careers hence the
00:53:12nickname the career killer and gunther now just dismantling aj styles and styles is learning a
00:53:18lesson here tonight this is called making an example of somebody this is the example that gunther made
00:53:26of john cena when he made him tap out but of course fire still burning inside aj styles and gunther
00:53:33though with a
00:53:34clothesline again stopping styles in his tracks
00:53:43for all that supreme movement of aj styles his body is starting to look like a mannequin and he's getting
00:53:50ragdolled around the ring that movement has completely left the ring and he's now getting stalked by this
00:53:56terminant yeah stopped that is the uh the perfect uh word for what describes what gunther does to his opponents
00:54:10mocking cena may come back to bite him aj takes him out of the knee and here comes aj styles
00:54:16yeah a rat
00:54:17unforced error from comfort there again a little too cocky trying to send too loud a message to somebody as
00:54:23good as the dragon screw to gunther as styles continues to work on the leg another one to gunther
00:54:30and styles now has gunther in trouble well this has clearly been the mission all along for aj styles
00:54:35this is the strategy this is the first thing he went for that left leg of gunther and those leg
00:54:41attacks are completely relentless at this point and styles then in the corner now and now styles starting
00:54:47to build momentum a second wing win coming out aj lifting gunther up on his shoulders gunther though
00:54:52with a waist lock and went for the clothesline again styles caught him with that pay leg kick
00:54:59and now styles this is why here we go this is why he's working on the leg for the calf
00:55:03crusher to
00:55:04weaken the leg for the submission move the calf crusher by styles and now gunther middle of the ring
00:55:09nowhere to go will he tap out aj says he'll tap gunther gunther's tapped before he tapped the mania to
00:55:16jay
00:55:16do so will he tap tonight aj styles a long-range body of gunther needs to reach out and grab
00:55:23that bottom rope
00:55:24otherwise the prophecy and he does that of a tap out was about to come true for aj styles wow
00:55:31and it
00:55:31forces the break again styles that was the strategy that's why he continued to work on the leg throughout
00:55:37the matchup to get gunther in a vulnerable position to be able to put in the calf crusher submission styles
00:55:43almost had him yeah but look at this despondent look on the face of aj styles that was the game
00:55:48plan locking in the calf crusher force the tap out guess what it was close it was not enough to
00:55:55put
00:55:55away the ring general however styles has got to go back on the attack he can waste little time gunther
00:56:00drops him out to the apron styles catches it with a forearm aj styles though getting hung up on the
00:56:05top
00:56:06rope for momentarily and that that that little slip up by styles cost him as gunther took over that's the
00:56:12word slip you cannot afford a single slip not even a mistake the slightest slip and you are toast
00:56:19against gunther and now locked in is that sleeper tied up in the rope so there will be a break
00:56:26presumably gunther's gonna let go wait a second oh aj styles though turns it around it goes back to work
00:56:30on the injured leg smart move there from aj just when gunther was distracted by the referee's count going
00:56:36back to that left knee and hurting in a big way now it's gunther and now styles has an opportunity
00:56:43gunther you see how he's reacting how he's grabbing his left knee then the point of attack by styles off
00:56:49the
00:56:49top rope up over the top right to the bad leg by styles and a kick out it's not a
00:56:56move you see too often
00:56:57from aj styles that springboard 360 leg drop right to the leg on comfortable it's been worked over so
00:57:06badly there's almost the entire weight of aj landing sideways on the knee of gunther that is one way to
00:57:13tear that acl pcl meniscus or whatever else is in there yeah but gunther learning all about what aj
00:57:20styles is made up a pit bull his entire career and aj styles digging down again here tonight
00:57:28setting up gunther perhaps for a phenomenal forearm to put him away gunther can barely stand styles
00:57:35from the top rope oh no by gunther into the sleeper hold just baiting in aj styles there oh god
00:57:42what a
00:57:42second and a great move by styles to turn that into a pinning combination styles went for the pele
00:57:47again and gunther though and the lady gave out on him but didn't matter didn't get all of that
00:57:53clothesline like he normally does but got enough and stacking it now with a power bomb power bomb to
00:57:58styles stack up cover aj kicked out he's still in it yeah aj styles running on fumes i thought that
00:58:06was it
00:58:06you saw the difficulty gunther had getting some momentum for that clothesline he's almost stumbling it
00:58:14connected and then the power bomb certainly did a hell of a lot of damage but you saw on the
00:58:19pin
00:58:20even come down to lift his left leg up he's in so much agony he didn't get enough leverage to
00:58:25stack
00:58:25the pin as tight as he normally would yeah the aj styles chant from over 11 000 here tonight it
00:58:31is our main
00:58:31event on monday night raw live from dusseldorf germany the first time ever from this city and what a treat
00:58:37they're getting gutter and aj styles and a great matchup absolute killer match so much brutality
00:58:43come on aj slap me now
00:58:50bigger begging styles to slap him like he did last week
00:59:09ultimate disrespect by gunther here not at all michael cole that is payback for last week that's not
00:59:15disrespect aj's stumbles back toward the rope still on his feet somehow and aj's got fight left in
00:59:45and now gutter went for the headlock and aj styles from behind gutter trying to hang on and he does
00:59:51and styles rolls through again looking for the cap crusher once again now he's got it in what a
00:59:55transition and gutter once again in sheer agony and a runway from the road and again working on
01:00:01the bad leg the length of styles has worked out throughout this entire matchup and if there's one
01:00:05kick in the armor of gunther it's the top out he's done it a couple of times but now he
01:00:10breaks the hole
01:00:11by slamming styles head into the mat oh god they were pitiless shots to the back of the cranium of
01:00:18aj
01:00:18styles and that was a desperation moment there from gunther who once again locked in that calf crusher
01:00:25refusing to tap out but it must have been close and what an incredible main event what did you expect
01:00:30with both the veteran aj styles and the great gunther going at it one-on-one here tonight two of
01:00:36the best
01:00:36to ever do it completely different mindsets completely different physical abilities but wow what a treat
01:00:43they are putting on for us here not they're trying to drag himself to the rope he's really operating on
01:00:49one
01:00:49leg now as aj styles oh and there's that drop kick that massive drop kick by gunther well they have
01:00:56styles where he wants him gonna lift him up center of the ring aj styles though able to land on
01:01:00his feet
01:01:01and styles now turns it again rolls through into the cap crusher again again the cap crusher
01:01:07styles claims he's gonna make gunther tap tonight it's the third time a job here gunther is close to
01:01:13those ropes is he close enough got their fingertips away from forcing a break here oh god is the big
01:01:20man gonna tap screaming in pain roll through by styles styles now has it locked in again got it locked
01:01:28in
01:01:28again center of the ring nowhere to go nowhere to go oh just inches away from the ropes moments ago
01:01:35dragon wait a second wait a minute aj styles
01:01:43i wait i think styles is saying that gunther tapped i mean i didn't see it i didn't either but
01:01:50referee
01:01:51apparently didn't see a tap wait a second
01:01:55the match is going to continue okay i didn't see the match is going to oh god a low blow
01:02:04by gunther
01:02:05the official never saw it you heard ron sapata say the match will continue because i didn't see a tap
01:02:10and gunther delivered a low blow
01:02:15and aj styles now well aj thought he had this one defenseless into a power bomb stack up by gunther
01:02:23and gunther picks up the victory i'm confused here is your winner the ring general gunther
01:02:37i mean i will don't again wait i i'm confused right because let's show you what happened
01:02:42calf crusher locked in gunther a million miles on the ropes in theory it should be over i'm watching
01:02:47gunther's hands here now i'm being told now that that we have another angle and here's the other
01:02:52angle for the backside and gunther clearly taps out gunther is tapped out gunther tapped out
01:02:57aj styles should have won this match hold on a second and here's the low blow the official
01:03:04was telling our ring announcer that the match must continue so and here's the power bomb that really
01:03:09ended it after that low blow michael cole but let me be clear here's the three count a tap out
01:03:15is
01:03:15irrelevant unless acknowledged by the referee i agree but gunther tapped down that is the smartest
01:03:21thing i have ever seen gunther that was incredible how do you get out of a calf crudger if you
01:03:28can't get
01:03:29to the rope you just need to outsmart aj styles and gunther did that i mean i mean i'm shocked
01:03:37i mean
01:03:38you can't blame styles wade because you can't blame the referee you can't blame gunther he won the match
01:03:44aj styles clearly felt the tap out the official was in perfect position waiting to see and he just didn't
01:03:51couldn't get around the other side to see the tap happen i mean this is the one spot the referee
01:03:55could
01:03:56not see completely blindsided that is a tap out but if the referee can't see it it's not acknowledged
01:04:04it doesn't count and aj should have kept the hold on until the ref acknowledged it and he didn't
01:04:11i know he tapped aj i get it a very distraught styles in the ring meanwhile gunther with a big
01:04:17old smile on his
01:04:18face knew exactly what he was doing at least it seems here it is there is more than one way
01:04:23to skin
01:04:24a cat in this game and if there is another way gunther will find it and the ring general completely
01:04:32outsmarting aj styles here it may be distasteful it may be underhanded but gunther wins oh gunther
01:04:39with the win tonight controversial as it is
01:04:47the greatest in this company
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