Elimination Chamber: Perth Kickoff: February 24, 2024
♪ >> WHOO! >> NOW. >> ACKNOWLEDGE ME. >> THE KING OF KINGS. >> FOREVER. ♪ TOGETHER. ♪ MEGAN: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018, WWE HAS REACHED THE GOLDEN SHORES OF AUSTRALIA, THIS TIME TAKING OVER WESTERN AUSTRALIA’S CAPITAL CITY. IT IS SUMMERTIME AND THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND WE ARE FEELING THE HEAT AS OVER 50,000 OF THE WWE FAITHFUL ARE FILLING UP THE STADIUM TO THE BRIM. FANS AROUND THE WORLD ARE IN FOR A CAN’T MISS SKEPTICAL BUT IT WILL BE A MUCH MORE SERIOUS AFFAIR FOR THE 12 MEN AND WOMEN WHO ENTER THIS IMPOSING STRUCTURE.
SAM: HE IS HERE, THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, CODY RHODES IS IN PERTH ON HIS WAY TO THE GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT. PETER: HE’S NOT ALONE, ALSO ON THE GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT, SET FREAKING ROLLINS. SAM: WHO IS HE GOING TO BE FACING? LOGAN PAUL IN THE CHAMBER TONIGHT. PETER: LOGAN PAUL LOOKS TREMENDOUS. SPEAKING OF WHICH, THERE SHE IS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOCK THE WORLD AND DEFEAT THE CHAMP, RAIL RIPLEY — RHEA FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. MEGAN: AND TODAY MEANS MORE THAN EVER BECAUSE RHEA RIPLEY IS A HOME. >> AROUND HERE, WE HAVE A SAYING, NO WORRIES. WELL, NOW,
YOU BETTER START WORRYING. >> OH! >> IT IS THE MOST BRUTAL STOP ON THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA. >> UNFORGIVING! ♪ INESCAPABLE! ♪ >> THE WINNER EARNS A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA.
♪ WE EMBRACE THE SHADOWS ♪ ♪ ♪ >> AND NOW, WWE PRESENTS ELIMINATION CHAMBER, PERTH KICKOFF. MEGAN: LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA LARGER THAN ALL OF EUROPE COMBINED. BUT TODAY, IT IS ALL ABOUT WWE TAKING OVER THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA. GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE ON THE KICKOFF SHOW. MEGAN MORANT, SAM ROBERTS, PETER ROSENBERG. THIS IS THE 14TH ELIMINATION CHAMBER PREMIUM LIVE EVENT, THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. THIS COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT STOP ON THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA. PETER:
ABSOLUTELY. EVERYTHING IS LINING UP BUT THERE IS STILL THESE THINGS GOING ON, OPEN SPOTS. WHO IS GOING TOGETHER OPPORTUNITY? I AM THINKING ABOUT NIA JAX, MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINKING I AM TAKING ON RHEA RIPLEY AT WRESTLEMANIA. ARE YOU? RHEA MAY HAVE DIFFERENT PLANS. SAM: THIS HAS GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS, THAT IS WHY WE ARE ALL THE WAY, NOT HALFWAY, ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. A LOT OF SUPERSTARS DOING MEDIA IN PERTH. THIS IS WHAT TRIPLE H SAID, MONUMENTAL IMPLICATIONS FOR WRESTLEMANIA TONIGHT AT THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. MEGAN: THREE WWE SUPERSTARS HAVE
THEIR CHANCE TO PUNCH THEIR TICKET TO THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE. AND IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ALL OF THESE SUPERSTARS, AN EMOTIONAL STORY POSTED THIS WEEK, RAQUEL BATTLING THROUGH WHAT THE MEDICAL TEAM IS CALLING HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION BUT NONETHELESS, SHE WILL COMPETE TODAY. THIS IS HOW MUCH TODAY MEANS TO THESE SUPERSTARS. PETER: MEGAN AND I BEFORE THE SHOW ARE LOOKING AT RAQUEL’S SOCIAL MEDIA, I FEEL SO MUCH FOR HER, YOU KNOW SHE’S SO HAPPY TO BE BACK IN THE RING AND HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND SO DESERVING OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. SAM: IT’S AN AMAZING STORY GOING
INTO THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER LIKE THIS BUT THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER IS WHERE THAT STORY IS GOING TO END. BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE CARE, THERE ARE FIVE WOMEN THAT SIMPLY DON’T BECAUSE THEY WANT THEIR TICKETS PUNCHED TO WRESTLEMANIA. PETER: WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE RIGHT, SAM. SAM: I KNOW. MEGAN: LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE ACTION COMING YOUR WAY TODAY. 4 FORMER WORLD CHAMPIONS, ONE CURRENT UNITED STATES CHAMPION AND ONE OUTSPOKEN SELF MEGASTAR WILL FILL UP A CHAMBER THAT’S PACKED TO THE GILLS WITH CHAMPIONSHIP AS I YOUR. WHO WILL GO ON TO FACE SETH
FREAKING ROLLINS FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP? SAM: WE TALK ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENDERS AT WRESTLEMANIA BUT WHO WILL HOLD THE GOLD? CAN MOMMY STAY ON TOP DOWN UNDER? NIA JAX LOOKS TO UPSET HER TONIGHT. PETER: THE UNDISPUTED WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP BEING DEFENDED BY THE JUDGMENT DAY AGAINST THE NEW CASH REPUBLIC. MEGAN: THIS ONE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY AND KICKING OFF ELIMINATION CHAMBER, PERTH OPTUS STADIUM, THE WOMEN’S –ELINATION CHAMBER, PERTH, THE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ARE ON THE LINE AS THE KABUKI WARRIORS TAKE ON CANDICE LERAE AND INDI HARTWELL. WILL HARTWELL RETURNED TO HER HOME COUNTRY WITH THE GOLD? SAM:
WHAT IS IT GOING TO STAY OUND LIKE WHEN A STADIUM FOR THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY CHEER GRAYSON WALLER? THIS MAKES THIS THE BIGGEST GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT OF ALL TIME, THE OTHER, THE GUESTS, CODY RHODES AND SETH FREAKING ROLLINS. PETER: THE AFOREMENTIONED RAQ UEL, LIV MORGAN, BIANCA BELAIR, NAOMI ALL WITH THEIR MIND ON WRESTLEMANIA. THEY HAVE TO SURVIVE THE DEVILISH STRUCTURE KNOWN AS THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. ♪ >> THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA IS PAVED WITH HEARTBREAK. TRIUMPH. AND CHALLENGING ROADBLOCKS. AND THIS YEAR, THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA TAKES US THROUGH PERTH, AUSTRALIA FOR THE TOUGHEST ROADBLOCK OF THEM ALL,
THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. >> THE DANGER IN THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER IS INHERENT. ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL MATCHES EVER DEVISED. >> THIS VICIOUS MATCH BEGINS WITH TWO SUPERSTARS, THE REST OF THE COMBATANTS AWAIT ENTRY, LOCKED INSIDE ONE OF FOUR PODS. EVERY FIVE MINUTES, A RANDOMLY CHOSEN SUPERSTAR WILL BE RELEASED FROM THEIR POD AND ENTER THE CHAMBER MATCH. >> BRUTALITY THESE SUPERSTARS ARE CAPABLE OF WITHIN THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER IS UNMATCHED . THERE IS NOTHING COMING THAT DOESN’T HURT. >> THE ONLY WAY TO ELIMINATE AN OPPONENT IS BY — OR SUBMISSION INSIDE THE RING. THE LAST PERSON LEFT
STANDING IS DECLARED THE WINNER. >> WE WILL HAVE TWO CHAMBER MATCHES, BOTH WITH CHAMPIONSHIP IMPLICATIONS. >> IN THE WOMEN’S ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH, SIX WOMEN WILL BATTLE IT OUT FOR A WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT WRESTLEMANIA. AND FOR THE MEN, 6 HUNGRY CHALLENGERS WILL WAGE WAR TO EARN A WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AGAINST SETH “FREAKING” ROLLINS ON THE GRANDEST STAGE OF THEM ALL. ♪ IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, THE WRESTLEMANIA LANDSCAPE WILL TAKE SHAPE. WHO WILL STAND TALL AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER? ♪ I’M UNBREAKABLE ♪ MEGAN: BRUTALITY DOES NOT EVEN BEGIN TO SUMMON UP AND AS FAR AS THE
WOMEN’S ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH GOES, EACH OF THESE COMPETITORS HAVE THEIR REASONS. BUT MAKING A STATEMENT AND BACKING IT UP ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS. PETER: IT’S FUNNY, SAM AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SUPERSTARS FOR MANY YEARS ABOUT THIS MATCH AND THEY WILL ALL TELL YOU THE SAME THING, IT IS THE WORST, IT IS A BRUTAL SITUATION. IT IS JUST A PAINFUL, EVERYTHING YOU DO IN THAT CHAMBER HURTS. SAM: IT’S AN AMAZING SPECTACLE JUST TO BEHOLD. MICHAEL COLE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE. PETER: THERE WERE PIRATES INVOLVED. SAM: THAT’S HOW
DANGEROUS THIS STRUCTURE IS, LITERAL PIRATES COULD NOT STOP THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER FROM GETTING TO PERTH. PETER: IT IS CRAZY BUT THE NECESSARY STEP YOU HAVE TO TAKE IF YOU ARE DESERVING OF GETTING THAT SHOT AT WRESTLEMANIA. SAM: THAT’S RIGHT. MEGAN: LET’S GET IT OUT TO BYRON SAXTON, WHO IS STANDING BY IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA. BYRON: AFTER HAVING SPENT A FEW HOURS IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA INTERACTING WITH A NUMBER OF SUPERSTARS, I WOULD DESCRIBE THE FIVE AS HAVING A PALPABLE ENERGY, EXCITEMENT OVER THE FACT WE ARE HERE IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA FOR A HISTORY MAKING PREMIUM LIVE EVENT.
UNDERNEATH ALL THAT IS ALSO A PALPABLE TENSION BECAUSE EVERY MATCH, AS WE KNOW, HAS WRESTLEMANIA IMPLICATIONS. TO QUOTE ONE SUPERSTAR WHO WILL BE STEPPING INSIDE THE CHAMBER, THEY SAID I AM TREATING THIS MATCH AS IF IT’S THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL MATCH OF MY CAREER. THAT SHOULD TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FEELING BACKSTAGE AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER . BACK TO YOU GUYS. SAM: WOW. PETER: YOU KNOW HOW YOU KNOW IT IS A BIG DAY? BYRON IS DRESSED WELL. I DON’T HATE HIS OUTFIT TODAY. HE ACTUALLY LOOKS GREAT. MEGAN: HE ALWAYS LOOKS GREAT. AS FAR
AS THIS ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH GOES, WE KNOW HOW TENSE IT IS AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT BASED ON BYRON’S REPORT. SAM: ABSOLUTELY. IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT WHATEVER SUPERSTAR THAT WAS SAID THIS WAS CONSEQUENTIAL. THIS IS NOT JUST A MATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA, THIS IS A CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT THE BIGGEST WRESTLEMANIA OF ALL TIME. PETER: WELL SAID. MEGAN: BEFORE WE GET ANY FARTHER, LET’S TAKE YOU BACK TO YESTERDAY’S PRESS EVENT, WHERE THE WOMEN IN THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH MET FACE TO FACE. ♪ >> COME ON, COME AROUND TO PERTH , AUSTRALIA! >> EXCUSE ME, IT’S NOT
GOING TO BE BIG TIME AT WRESTLEMANIA, IT’S GOING TO BE TIFFY TIME. >> I AM NOT GOING TO BE LOCKED IN THE CHAMBER WITH YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LOCKED IN THE CHAMBER WITH THE MAN. >> WE HAVE BEEN ENEMIES, WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS. BUT TOMORROW, WE ARE COMPETITORS, AND ARE I’M GOING TO SEE IS SOMEBODY SITTING IN FRONT OF ME THAT’S ON MY WAY TO GET TO WRESTLEMANIA AND YOU CANNOT SPELL WRESTLEMANIA WITHOUT E-S-T. MEGAN: TWO OF THE STRONGEST WOMEN IN ALL OF WWE, BIANCA BELAIR AND BECKY LYNCH, WILL BE TWO OF THE
MEMBERS IN THE WOMEN’S ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH. SAM, WHO DO YOU GOT IN THIS ONE? SAM: I DON’T KNOW THAT THERE’S BEEN THIS MUCH GREATNESS INSIDE OF A CHAMBER BEFORE. WE SAW TWO OF THE SIX GREATNESS MEMBERS IN THAT CONFRONTATION. BUT YOU KNOW WHO WAS NOT THERE? SOMEBODY THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED AN UNDERDOG, LIV MORGAN. I’VE NEVER SEEN THE FOCUS IN LIV MORGAN THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM HER IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. THE ONLY GOAL THAT SHE HAS IN LIFE RIGHT NOW IS TO GET AT RHEA RIPLEY AND THE ONLY WAY SHE SEES TO GET
THEIRS TO WIN THE CHAMBER MATCH. I AM GOING TO GO LIV MORGAN. MEGAN: LIV MORGAN HAS MORE ELIMINATION CHAMBER EXPERIENCE THAN ANY SUPERSTAR IN WWE. WHO DO YOU HAVE? PETER: IT’S A NICE STORY. I LOVE LIV, BUT I AM GOING TO BE IN REALITY. THOSE LADIES WE SAW AT THE END, THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT, IT IS BECKY AND BIANCA. THAT’S WHAT I THINK THIS THING COMES DOWN TO AND I THINK IT’S TIME FOR THE E-S-T TO GET HER CHANCE AGAIN. I’M GOING WITH BIANCA BELAIR. SAM: CONDESCENDING. PETER: IT WAS A LITTLE CONDESCENDING BUT I
DO LOVE LIV, THAT PART I MEANT. YOUR PICK WAS JUST DRUNK. MEGAN: STRONG STATEMENTS FROM THESE — PICK WAS JUST WRONG. MEGAN: STRONG STATEMENTS FROM THESE TWO MEN. BIANCA BELAIR. PETER: SHE LOOKS LIKE A WINNER. SAM: BUT LOOK AT THIS, TIFFANY STRATTON, NO MOMENT IS TOO BIG FOR HER. PETER: WE WILL SEE. WE WILL SEE IF THE KID IS READY. MEGAN: WWE IS OVER ONE OF THE LARGEST COUNTRIES ON EARTH AND WE’VE STILL GOT LOTS MORE TO COVER HERE ON THE SHOW, ELIMINATION CHAMBER, PERTH JUST MINUTES AWAY. ♪ >> THEY ARE BOLD, INSPIRING, POWERFUL. ♪
WWE OFFICIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. FEEL LIKE A CHAMPION AND SO MUCH MORE. AT WWE/SHOP.COM, NOW A FANATICS EXPERIENCE. TONIGHT ONLY, FREE SHIPPING ON QUALIFIED ORDERS. ♪ MEGAN: THE 14 TIME WORLD CHAMPION RANDY ORTON IN THIS ABSOLUTELY STACKED ELIMINATION CHAMBER FIELD. PETER: KEVIN OWENS ADOPTED A KOALA BEAR? IS THAT LEGAL? SAM: NO FUZZY ANIMALS, DREW MCINTYRE. MEGAN: THE WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION HAS ALL THE MOTIVATION IN THE WORLD AS RHEA RIPLEY PUTS HER TITLE ON THE LINE IN FRONT OF HER HOME COUNTRY. BUT WITH THE DESTRUCTION WE HAVE SEEN AT THE HANDS OF HER OPPONENT, COULD NIA JAX PLAY
SPOILER? >> I MEAN, LOOK AT ME. I AM CLASSIFIED AS A BADASS WOMAN. ♪ >> RARELY HAVE WE SEEN A WORLD CHAMPION AS DOMINANT AS THE ERADICATER, RHEA RIPLEY. RHEA: THIS IS MY DIVISION BECAUSE MOMMY IS ALWAYS ON TOP. LET’S JUST SAY MY ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN MY WORDS. >> ♪ THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY ♪ >> THE ANNIHILATOR CRUSHING THE CHAMPION! >> JAX IS WRECKING EVERYTHING IN SIGHT. >> YOU PUT ANYBODY IN THIS RING WITH ME. >> LINE THEM UP, NIA JAX WILL SQUASH THEM ALL. NIA: AND I WILL SQUASH THEM. >> I AM
NOT QUITE SURE HOW ANYBODY SURVIVES THAT. NIA: I AM THE BADDEST HUMAN IN ALL OF WWE. >> NIA JAX HAS BEEN UNSTOPPABLE. RHEA: MOMMY — NIA: MOMMY SAYS SHE ALWAYS ENDS UP ON TOP BUT I ALWAYS SEEM TO END UP ON TOP OF MOMMY. >> WHO COULD POSSIBLY STOP NIA JAX? >> I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE LIKE NIA JAX RUNNING THEIR MOUTH. THIS IS MY DIVISION! AND THAT’S WHY THIS IS MY CHAMPIONSHIP! ♪ >> SHE IS A SUPERSTAR! >> MY RESUME SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. >> THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, 2023 WAS
THE YEAR OF THE ERADICATER. >> MOMMY IS STILL ON TOP. RHEA: I WANT NIA JAX SO I CAN RIP HER BLOODY HEAD OFF. NIA: RHEA, DON’T YOU FORGET THAT I PUT YOU ON YOUR ASS. >> NIA JAX ANNIHILATED RHEA RIPLEY! >> LOOK AT THE STATE THAT RHEA RIPLEY WAS LEFT IN. >> I HAD TO REMIND MYSELF THAT I WAS RHEA BLOODY RIPLEY. >> I AM GIVING YOU NIA JAX FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP. ♪ >> I WILL PROVE TO THE WORLD. IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, MY HOME COUNTRY, THAT I AM THE MOST DOMINANT WOMAN HERE. ♪ >> I
AM GOING TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT I AM THE MOST DOMINANT WOMAN AND BECOME THE NEXT WOMAN WORLD CHAMPION. SEE UYOU SOON, UNSTOPPABLE CHAMP. MEGAN: LOTS OF EMOTION FOR RHEA RIPLEY, WHO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER WWE CAREER, WILL COMPETE IN FRONT OF HER HOME COUNTRY. TENSIONS WERE AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH YESTERDAY AS CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER MET AT THE PRESS EVENT. PETER: IT WAS EMOTIONAL AND IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT RHEA RIPLEY THAT WE ARE SEEING. THIS IS RHEA IN AUSTRALIA, SHE IS DRINKING SHOEIES WITH GRAYSON WALLER, EVERYBODY LOVES HER. IT MAKES ME THINK OF
WHEN MIKE TYSON WENT ACROSS THE ROAD TO TAKE ON AN UNDERDOG NAMED BUSTER DOUGLAS, ODD TIME IN THE U.S., CRAZY TIME, BOOM, ALL OF A SUDDEN, MIKE TYSON IS NOT CHAMPING ANYMORE. NIA JAX IS NOT BUSTER DOUGLAS, SHE IS NOT A 42-1 DOG, NIA JAX IS AN INCREDIBLY VIABLE THREAT. SAM: I AM WATCHING THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT MOMENT FOR RHEA RIPLEY. BUT AS THE CROWD IS CHEERING FOR HER, SHE SAID YOU GUYS ARE MAKING ME EMOTIONAL. I AM SUPPOSED TO BE THE ERADICATER. PETER: I HEARD THAT.
SAM: SHE HAS TO BE THE ERADICATER. SHE CANNOT BE WORRIED ABOUT HER UNCLE IN THE FRONT ROW. SHE CANNOT BE WORRIED ABOUT HER COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW TO THE BACK ROW. PETER: NO. SAM: SHE’S GOT TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE GREATEST THREAT TO HER CHAMPIONSHIP IS STANDING IN FRONT OF HER AT THE CHAMBER PREMIUM LIVE EVENT. IF SHE’S NOT THE ERADICATER BECAUSE SHE IS TOO EMOTIONAL, SHE LEAVES ON HER BACK. PETER:PETER: SHE ALSO CANNOT BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT WOMEN’S CHAMBER MATCH, SHE CAN ONLY FOCUS ON NIA JAX.
MEGAN: NIA JAX RETURNED IN SEPTEMBER, SHE IS UNDEFEATED IN SINGLES COMPETITION SINCE HER RETURN. WHO ARE YOU TAKING TODAY? SAM: I CANNOT GO AGAINST RHEA RIPLEY. I CAN’T. I CANNOT GO AGAINST RHEA RIPLEY. THERE’S NO WAY SHE LEAVES WITHOUT THE TITLE. PETER: I THINK NIA JAX IS A VERY VIABLE THREAT BUT I LEARNED TWO THINGS, DON’T BET AGAINST ROMAN REIGNS AND DON’T BET AGAINST RHEA RIPLEY. MEGAN: RHEA WILL NOT BE THE ONLY MEMBER IN ACTION. FINN BALOR AND DAMIAN PRIEST DEFENDER UNDISPUTED TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS AGAINST PETE DUNNE AND TYLER BATE OF NEW CATCH REPUBLIC. BATE
HAS BROUGHT ON A RESURGENCE IN PETE DUNNE AND NOW THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM SCRATCH TO THE TOP OF THE DIVISION. SAM: YOU TALK ABOUT UNDERDOGS. PEOPLE DO NOT REALIZE WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT WHEN THEY SAW THE NEW CATCH REPUBLIC IN THAT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP NUMBER ONE CONTENDER TOURNAMENT. THIS IS A TEAM THAT IS GOING TO EXCEL INTERNATIONALLY. I THINK WHETHER HE IS IN AUSTRIA OR NOT, OUR TRUTH HAS BEEN A MAJOR DISTRACTION TO THE JUDGMENT DAY. I THINK NEW. CATCH REPUBLIC SHOCKS THE WORLD TODAY. MEGAN: YOUR PREDICTION? PETER: THIS IS HOW
YOU KNOW I AM SERIOUS, I AM TAKING THE GLASSES OFF. SAM: THANK GOD. PETER: HOW DARE YOU. YOU’RE OUT OF YOUR MIND. THE JUDGMENT DAY IS FOCUS. R-TRUTH IS NOWHERE NEAR THEM, HE’S IN AUSTRIA. I LIKE THE JUDGMENT DAY, THEY APPRECIATE THE SITUATION, THEY CANNOT LET MOMMY DOWN WITH WRESTLEMANIA DISCLOSE. I LIKE THE JUDGMENT DAY. MEGAN: LOCKED IN AND FOCUSED AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THIS WOMAN IS, NAOMI RETURNED TO WWE AT THE ROYAL RUMBLE. SHE WANTS TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE DIVISION. SAM: WE ARE ON THE REVENGE TOUR. LIV MORGAN IS MAKING
SURE IT GOES THROUGH PERTH TONIGHT. MEGAN: KNOWN AS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STADIUM IN THE WORLD AND PERTH IS HOME TO SOME OF THE BEST BEACHES IN AUSTRALIA. SUPERSTARS HAVE BEEN HAVING A BLAST ALL WEEK LONG IN AUSTRALIA’S SUNNIEST CAPITAL CITY. ♪ >> ♪ THEY SYNTHESIZE REALITY ♪ ♪ >> EXCITED TO HAVE YOU FOR ELIMINATION CHAMBER LATER THIS WEEK. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, WARM COUNTRY FOR YOU TODAY. ♪ >> MADE OUR HEARTS VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR CULTURE THAT WE ARE LIVING TODAY. WE SEND A LOT OF LOVE AND RESPECT WITH
YOU AS WE SAY GOODBYE. ♪ >> THANK YOU. >> I COULD TAKE MY SHIRT OFF IF YOU’D LIKE. ♪ >> WHEN YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE SURROUNDED BY LEGENDS, RAISED BY THE BLOODLINE I WAS, YOU DREAM TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS! YOU WANT TO HONOR THOSE WHO PAVED THE WAY! ♪ >> NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS WITH THE GOLD! >> AND DO YOUR HERITAGE PROUD. >> THE LONGEST REIGNING TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF WWE. >> WALKING ALONGSIDE THE HEAD OF THE TABLE WAS A PRIVILEGE. >> THE RIGHT-HAND MEN! — MAN! >> YOU CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY. YOU’VE
DEALT WITH ALL THE DISRESPECT, SICK OF BEING PUSHED AROUND. AND ONCE YOU EARN YOUR RESPECT, THERE’S ONLY ONE PLACE YOU DESERVE TO BE. >> JEY USO AHAS THE WWE FANS ON THEIR FEET. >> WHEN JEY USO IS IN THE MAIN EVENT, HE HAS AN EXTRA GEAR. >> JEY USO SAID HE IS STARVING AND IS READY-TO-EAT. ♪ >> IT FEEL GOOD TO BE AT THE FRONT LINE, TO BE ON MY OWN. I DID SOME THINGS IN THE PAST MIGHT HAVE CREATED SOME ENEMIES BACK THERE, BUT YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, BECAUSE IT’S JUST ME. >>
HE HAS A LOT TO PROVE TO THE WORLD AND HE’S FIGHTING FOR HIS LEGACY! ♪ >> JEY USO IS NOW IN YOUR CITY! ♪ >> WHOA, STAND STRONG WITH MY TRUTHS. >> CODY AND JEY TOGETHER. >> USO AND CODY RHODES WORKING EXTREMELY WELL IN THIS MATCH. >> WE GOT NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS! >> THE YEAT CHANT FILLS AN ARENA. >> YEAT! >> HOW ABOUT YOU CATCH THIS BE ATDOWN. EXCUSE ME, I MEAN YEATDOWN. YEAT1 YEAT! >> JEY USO IS ROCKING AND ROLLING. >> HE MAY BE MAIN EVENT JEY USO, BUT TONIGHT HE’S ALSO GOT TO
BE IRONMAN JEY USO. ♪ >> MY WHOLE LIFE, I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR OTHER PEOPLE. FROM HERE ON OUT, I AM JUST FIGHTING FOR ME. BEFORE THE BLOODLINE — MY LEGACY. BEFORE THE BLOODLINE, BEFORE THE DANCE, BEFORE THE FACE PAINT, THERE WAS JUST ME! I PROVED TO THE WHOLE WORLD, I PROVED TO MY FAMILY, I PROVED TO MYSELF WHY THEY CALL ME “MAIN EVENT” JEY USO! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> I CHOOSE YOU, ROMAN REIGNS. >> WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. ♪ MEGAN: THE HOME OF WRESTLEMANIA 40, JUST 42 DAYS
AND 11,602 MILES SEPARATE PERTH, AUSTRALIA AND THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE, WHERE WWE WILL DEBUT WWE WORLD, A BRAND-NEW FAT EXPERIENCE COMING TO WRESTLEMANIA 40 WEEKEND AT THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION CENTER. IN JOY AND GREETS, MEMORABILIA ON DISPLAY, LIVE SHOWS AND PODCASTS, AND OF COURSE, THE WRESTLEMANIA SUPERSTORE AS WE WELCOME YOU BACK ON INTO THE KICKOFF SHOW. IT HAS BEEN 16 DAYS SINCE THE SLAP HEARD ROUND THE WORLD AND EVER SINCE THEN, THE ENTIRE PLANT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE ROCK, ROMAN REIGNS, STH “FREAKING — SETH “FREAKING” ROLLINS. >> WHAT IS THE ROCK TALKING ABOUT? HE’S
IN PERTH. LET’S HIT THE ROCK’S INSTAGRAM. THE ROCK: I KNOW EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWN IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA. IT’S GOING TO BE THIS WEEKEND, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? THE ROCK KNOWS WHAT’S HAPPENING. THEY KEPT ASKING, WILL YOU COME DOWN TO PERTH, AUSTRALIA? THE ROCK CANNOT BE THERE IN PERTH, THE ROCK WISHES HE COULD BE THERE IN PERTH. HE’S GOING TO BE THERE IN SPIRIT AND THAT’S ALL THAT MATTERS. THE PEOPLE’S CHAMP SPIRIT IS GOING TO BE IN PERTH. HERE’S WHO IS GOING TO BE IN PERTH, GRAYSON WALLER DURING THE WALLER EFFECT. IT’S A
BIG SHOW IN THE STATES, AND EVEN BIGGER SHOW IN AUSTRALIA. YOU KNOW WHY? YOU KNOW I, DUMBO — YOU KNOW WHY, DUMBO? BECAUSE AUSTRALIA IS HIS COUNTRY , IT’S HIS HOME COUNTRY. YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO CRAZY FOR HIM BUT HERE’S THE BULL HAPPENING IN AUSTRALIA, CODY RHODES HIS LITTLE GIRLFRIEND ARE COMING ONTO THE WALLER EFFECT. I NEED ALL OF YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE THAT PERTH KNOWS THAT SOME BULL HAPPENING. IF CODY AND HIS LITTLE GIRLFRIEND SETH, LET THE ROCK KNOW, TELL THE ROCK. BECAUSE HERE’S WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, THE ROCK
IS GOING TO SLAP THE PISS OUT OF BOTH OF THEM JUST LIKE THAT. IF THEY TALK TRASH, THE ROCK WILL FLY DOWN TO PERTH BEFORE THE INTERVIEW IS OVER AND HE WOULD. DON’T WONDER HOW THE ROCK COULD MAKE IT THAT QUICK. THE ROCK MAKES MAGIC HAPPEN. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? THAT’S ALL THE ROCK HAS TO SAY ABOUT PERTH. PERTH, AUSTRALIA, GET READY, BECAUSE THE WWE IS COMING. LET THE ROCK KNOW IF THOSE TWO GIBRAN — TWO JABRONIS TALK TRASH. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING? MEGAN: THAT MAGIC WILL BE COMING TO THE BLUE BRAND
BECAUSE THE ROCK RETURNS TO FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN NEXT WEEK. pI AM SURE HE IS GOING TO HAVE LOTS TO TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE BIGGEST GRAYSON WALLER AFFECT OF ALL TIME, HAPPENING TODAY AT THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER , PERTH. AND SAM, WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF BIG GRAYSON WALLER AFFECTS, BUT THIS WITHOUT QUESTION THE BIGGEST. SAM: IT IS. WE’VE SEEN JOHN CENA ON THE GRAYSON WALLER AFFECT, WE HAVE SEEN THEM TAKE PLACE ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT RIGHT NOW WHENEVER CODY RHODES AND SETH ROLLINS ARE TOGETHER, THE WORLD STARTS TALKING ABOUT IT. WOULD HAPPENS WHEN YOU
TAKE THAT ENERGY AND PUT IT INTO THE GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT IN GRAYSON’S HOME COUNTRY? PETER: YOU ALLUDED TO IN EARLIER, IT IS SO TRUE, IT IS GOING TO BE WEIRD CARING PEOPLE I IMAGINE CHEERING GRAYSON WALLER AT THE PRESIDENT, THEY DID? IS IT POSSIBLE, THE ROCK HAS PULLED OFF A LOT OF THINGS, OK, CAN HE MAKE IT TO PERTH TODAY, SAM? SAM: NO, HE SAID HE WASN’T GOING TO GO BUT HE SAID IF THEY TALK TRASH, HE WAS SLAPPED HER YOU KNOW WHAT OUT OF PEOPLE’S FACES. SAM: HE DID SAY THAT BUT THIS IS A
DIFFERENT ROCK, HE IS SENDING MESSAGES. THE ROCK IS IN THE BLOODLINE. THE $500 SHIRTS ARE BACK. THERE’S NO WAY THEY TAKE THAT RISK AT THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. PETER: YOU KNOW HOW BIG I POPPED WHEN I SAW THAT SHIRT? SAM: OF COURSE YOU DID, THOSE ARMS RIPPING OUT OF IT. MEGAN: WE CANNOT FORGET WHAT SETH ROLLINS PROMISED CODY RHODES. WE ARE SURE THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED TODAY ON THE GRAYSON WALLER EFFECT. BUT DOWN UNDER, BOBBY LASHLEY, EIGHT TIME WORLD CHAMPION, SET FOR HIS THIRD ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH OF HIS CAREER. YOU WON’T FIND A MAN WITH A
BIGGER CHIP ON HIS SHOULDER. CHAMBER, BUT HE’S GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE. STICK AROUND. THE MEGASTAR JOINS US LATER ON IN THE SHOW. BUT WE TAKE YOU TO OPTUS STADIUM , NEXT, WHERE THE TAG TEAM TITLES ARE ON THE LINE. THE KABUKI WARRIORS ARE TAKING ON CANDICE LERAE AND INDI HARTWELL, AND IT’S NEXT. ♪ >> FROM THE MOST REMOTE BIG CITY ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, THIS IS PERTH IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE BEAUTIFUL OPTUS STADIUM SITE OF ELIMINATION CHAMBER. IT’S JUST AFTER 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY NIGHT, I AM MICHAEL COLE. I WANT TO SAY, HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY
TO MY FRIEND, COREY GRAVES. COREY: I WAS NOT READY FOR THAT. I WAS GOING TO THANK THE WWE UNIVERSE FOR WAKING UP EARLY WITH US OR STAND UP LATE IF YOU ARE ON THE WEST COAST. EITHER WAY, NOT DISAPPOINTED. THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME! ♪ ANNOUNCER 1: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS FOR THE WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP! INTRODUCING FIRST, THE TEAM OF CANDICE LERAE AND AUSTRALIA’S OWN INDI HARTWELL! >> AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT FOR INDI HARTWELL HERE. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MELBOURNE, SHE TRAINED IN THE ACADEMY THERE, WAS PART OF RIOT CITY WRESTLING
AND WORLD CITY WRESTLING IN AUSTRALIA. BIG MOMENT TO TRY TO WIN DETECTING TITLE. COREY: I THINK THEWWE UNIVERSE IS ABOUT TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT INDI HARTWELL IS TRULY MADE OF. SHE’S GOT A CAPABLE PARTNER AND CANDICE LERAE. BOTH OF THEM ARE VETERANS. THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. THE CHAMPS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN FOR A RIDE TONIGHT. >> INDI HARTWELL AND CANDICE LERAE WERE FORMER NXT TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONS, LOOKING TO WONDER W — TO WIN THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT. >>>> SEEMS LIKE EVERYBODY AT THIS STADIUM GETS A HOMETOWN WELCOME. I WISH THE STATES WERE
LIKE THAT. ♪ ANNOUNCER 1: AND THEIR OPPONENT, THEY ARE THE WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, ASUKA AND KAIRI SANE, THE KABUKI WARRIORS! >> THEY WON THE TAG TEAM TITLE LAST MONTH, KNOCKING OFF THE CHAMPS. YOU’VE GOT SOME ISSUES ON FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN. DAMAGE CONTROL IS IN SHAMBLES. COREY: SEEMS AS THOUGH THE WOMAN WHO CREATED DAMAGE CONTROL, RUMBLE MATCH, WAS THE ROYAL- UNCEREMONIOUSLY OUSTED FROM HER OWN CREATION. INTERESTING SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES ON FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN. WHAT CANNOT BE DENIED IS THE DOMINANCE OF THE KABUKI WARRIORS , PAST WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. THEY’VE BEEN PUSHED TO THE
LIMIT, THEY HAVE BEEN TESTED, AND THEY HAVE IMPRESSED EACH AND EVERY NIGHT. >> BACK TO BAYLEY FOR A MOMENT, WINNING THE ROYAL RUMBLE THIS YEAR, SHE DECIDED TO CHOOSE DAMAGE CONTROL’S SCOTT TO FACE FOR THE WWE WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AT WRESTLEMANIA. WHAT IS DAKOTA KAI FIT INTO ALL OF THIS? >> DAKOTA SUFFERED AN ATTACK AT THE HANDS OF THE REST OF DAMAGE CONTROL AT SMACKDOWN. WE WILL SEE HOW THAT DEVELOPS. RIGHT NOW, IT IS ALL ABOUT TAG TEAM ACTION, KAIRI SANE AND ASUKA DEFENDING THEIR GOLD. MICHAEL: AND IF YOU ARE THE KABUKI WARRIORS, COREY, YOU
REALLY HAVE TO WEATHER THAT EARLY EMOTIONAL STORM FROM INDI HARTWELL. SO EXCITED TO BE PERFORMING IN FRONT OF HER HOMELAND TONIGHT. COREY: THAT COULD BE A CURSE AND BLESSING, COULD DRIVE A SUPERSTAR TO NEW HEIGHTS. HOWEVER, IT’S A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE. IF THEY ARE NOT BEHIND YOU, THERE ON TOP OF YOUR SHOULDERS. A LESSER SUPERSTAR MAY CRUMBLE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE. MICHAEL: IF I AM THE KABUKI WARRIORS, I TRY TO SEPARATE AND DESTROY, FOCUS THE ATTACK ON THE SMALLER CANDICE LERAE, BECAUSE INDI HARTWELL IS A POWERHOUSE. >> AN INCREDIBLE ATMOSPHERE HERE IN PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
THIS OPTUS STADIUM INCREDIBLE, SIX-YEAR-OLD FACILITY. WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF TAKING PART IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE BEHIND THE STADIUM YESTERDAY, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EVENT THAT WAS. >> THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF PERTH HAS BEEN TANGIBLE FOR ELIMINATION CHAMBER. AS GORILLA MONSOON WOULD SAY, IT’S A HAPPENING. >> INDI HARTWELL WITH THE INDI CHANTS STARTING OUT HERE. IF YOU ARE HARTWELL AND LERAE, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO KNOCK THE WARRIORS OFF? >> IF I AM INDI HARTWELL, I AM NOT BASKING IN THE ADULATION OF MY HOME NATION. I AM TRYING TO BRING THE
FIGHT TO KAIRI SANE AND KEEP KAIRI AS FAR AWAY FROM ASUKA AS POSSIBLE. >> KAIRI SANE, WHO KICKED OFF HER WWE CAREER BY WINNING THE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC IN 2017 AS A TWO-TIME TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, BOTH OF THOSE REIGNS WITH ASUKA, AND A FORMER NXT CHAMP AS WELL. >> THE POWER OF INDI HARTWELL, THIS IS IMPRESSIVE, AND WILL SHRUG OFF SANE FOR THE MOMENT. >> PRESSURE HERE AS BIG BOOT BY INDI. TAG MADE TO CANDICE LERAE, THE POISON PIXIE. >> DOUBLE-TEAM COMING OUT FROM LERAE AND HARTWELL. AND KAIRI SANE IN TROUBLE, HERE’S THE COVER FOR
THE TAG TEAM GOLD AND A KICKOUT AT TWO. >> LOOK AT THE ATHLETICISM OF INDI HARTWELL. THE BIG BOOT. LOOK AT THIS IMPRESSIVE DOUBLE-TEAM, PUN INTENDED. I BELIEVE THEY CALLED THAT THE KOALA CHALLENGE ON INSTAGRAM AT ONE POINT, HOW APROPOS. >> THERE THE BOOT TO THE FACE OF LERAE AND HERE COMES THE EMPRESS OF TOMORROW, ASUKA. THE FOUR-TIME WORLD CHAMPION HAVING HER WAY WITH CANDICE LERAE BUT CANDICE NOT GOING TO BACK DOWN. >> WATCHING ASUKA FOR MOST OF HER CAREER IN WWE, SINCE REALIGNING WITH KAIRI SANE, IT’S GOING TO BE SOMETHING SINISTER BUT RIGHT NOW,
CANDICE BRINGING THE FIGHT. >> CLOCK WINDING DOWN, CLOSING IN ON 18 MINUTES TO GO AND LERAE COVERING IN ON ASUKA TO TRY TO WIN THE GOLD AND A KICKOUT. >> EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE WISE MOVE BY LERAE WHILE TRYING TO KEEP CONTROL ASUKA. JUST THAT QUICKLY, THE EMPRESS CAN TURN THE TIDE. >> ASUKA ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS COMPETITORS IN THE HISTORY OF WWE. >> ALREADY, THE BRIDGE OF ASUKA ‘S NOSE. THAT BOOT AGAIN CONNECTS. >> NOW, KAIRI SANE TAKES ADVANTAGE AS THE OFFICIAL WAS DEALING WITH ASUKA AND SHE KNOCKS LERAE TO THE FLOOR. GOT LUCKY WITH
THE WEATHER HERE TODAY, COREY. IT WAS IN THE HUNDREDS FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. COREY: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, IT WAS A HOT ONE AT THE PRESS EVENT YESTERDAY. IT IS STILL WARM HERE BUT THE ATMOSPHERE JUST SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. MICHAEL: TAG MADE. KAIRI SANE NOW LEAVING FOR THE KABUKI WARRIORS. GOOD JOB BY THE WARRIORS ISOLATING LERAE AND NOT ALLOWING THE MORE POWERFUL INDI HARTWELL TO GET BACK INTO THIS MATCHUP. HERE COMES KAIRI LOOKING FOR THE SLIDING KNEE LERAE OUT-OF-THE-WAY JUST-IN-TIME. MICHAEL: QCK TAG FOR ASUKA. COREY: TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT FOR THE CHAMPIONS. ASUKA LOOKING
FOR AN ANKLE LOCK, FINGERTIPS AWAY, NOT QUITE THERE. MICHAEL: CAN SHE MAKE THE TAG? NOT QUITE. GERMAN SUPLEX BY ASUKA. COREY: SLIDING KNEE ROCKS CANDICE. MICHAEL: TAG, HERE IS SANE. NOW, THE DOUBLE-TEAM FROM THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, THE KABUKI WARRIORS. KAIRI, FOREARM CONNECTSS, HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND A KICKOUT AT TWO. AND AGAIN, COREY, THE TAG CHAMPS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF KEEPING LERAE APART AS YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT SANE FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. COREY: WE SAY IT SO FREQUENTLY BUT THE IMPORTANCE CANNOT BE OVERSTATED, CUTTING LERAE OUT, ISOLATING YOUR OPPONENT FROM
THEIR TAG TEAM PARTNER. IT’S TAG TEAM WRESTLING 101. MICHAEL: HARTWELL ALMOST THERE AND KAIRI WITH A WELL-PLACED KNEE TO THE MIDSECTION. QUICK TAG’S MOTHER KABUKI WARRIORS. COREY: LANDING FOR INDI ON THE INSIDE, NOW LERAE WITHOUT A PARTNER. MICHAEL: ASUKA AND SANE, KAIRI WITH A DROPKICK, GOVERNOR TO RETAIN — COVER NOW TO RETAIN AND A KICKOUT. COREY: LACKS THE DAYS AGO COVER BY ASUKA, NOT PUTTING HER FULL BODY WEIGHT DOWN ACROSS THE SHOULDERS OF LERAE. MICHAEL: OVER 50,000 WWE FANS EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR ELIMINATION CHAMBER. COREY: SOMETHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LERAE’S THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO
SHORTAGE OF HEART AND THIS WOMAN. GOING FOR THE TAG. MICHAEL: ASUKA DOES A GREAT JOB INTERCEPTING LERAE AGAIN. NOW, LERAE HAS GOT A CHANCE, COREY. TAG, HERE IS INDI HARTWELL. COREY: AUSTRALIA’S OWN TEEING OFF ON THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS. >> HARTWELL TAKING OUT ASUKA, TAKING OUT SANE. INDI FIRED UP WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE TAG TEAM TITLES IN HER HOMELAND. SPINEBUSTER. COREY: DOUBLE STACKED! MICHAEL: FOR THE WIN AND THE TAG TEAM TITLES AND A KICKOUT BY ASUKA. COREY: JUST BARELY. MICHAEL: HARTWELL REALIZED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY. COREY: THIS IS SMART BY INDI,
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL, YOU’VE GOT THE CHAMPIONS IN JEOPARDY. THE FACE OF ASUKA. AGAIN, CHAMPION’S ADVANTAGE. GOT TO SUBMIT THE CHAMP FOR THE GOLD. COREY: INDI POSSIBLY GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE MAGNITUDE OF THE MOMENT. DID NOT CONNECT AS CLEANLY AS I’M SURE SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED. MICHAEL: MAKING THE TAG FOR LERAE. NOW AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHALLENGERS FOR THE TAG TEAM TITLES. LERAE STILL HURTING FROM THE ASSAULT BY THE WARRIORS EARLY ON. SPRINGBOARD, COVERED BY LERAE TO WIN THE TAG TEAM GOLD. AND BREAKING THINGS UP IS KAIRI SANE.
COREY: CANNOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE ENOUGH OF HAVING A TAG TEAM PARTNER ON WHOM YOU CAN RELY IN ALL SITUATIONS. IF YOUR SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, YOU NEED TO BELIEVE YOUR PARTNER WILL BE THERE FOR YOU, AS WE JUST SAW FROM THE CHAMP. MICHAEL: LERAE TAKES OUT KAIRI SANE AND ASUKA NOW GOES TO WORK, PUTTING ON A CLINIC WITH INDI HARTWELL. GERMAN SUPLEX. COREY: POWERHOUSE HARTWELL NO MATCH IN THIS MOMENT FOR THE STRIKING ABILITY OF ASUKA. MICHAEL: TRYING TO STEAL ONE HERE, KICKOUT AT TWO. COREY: UNCORKED A HEAVY RIGHT THAT ROCKED ASUKA. MICHAEL: CHALLENGERS DOING A GREAT
JOB TAGGING IN AND OUT OF THE RING. COREY: WE NEED TO SEE SOME MORE URGENCY FROM THE CHALLENGERS. MICHAEL: OFF THE TOP ROPE AND KAIRI SANE GETS INVOLVED AND LERAE CRASHES IN. COREY: KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. INDI AND CANDICE TOOK A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG LOOKING FOR FANCY OFFENSE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE BUT WE NEVER GOT TO KNOW FOR SURE. THIS COULD BE THE END. MICHAEL: TAG TO SANE. CALLING FOR THE INSANE ELBOW. KAIRI SANE DELIVERS! COREY: THERE IT IS. MICHAEL: THE KABUKI WARRIORS RETAIN THE TAG TEAM TITLES! ♪ ANNOUNCER 1: YOUR WINNERS
AND STILL WWE WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS, THE KABUKI WARRIORS! MICHAEL: LERAE AND HARTWELL WERE GAME TONIGHT. COREY: NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THE CHALLENGERS CAME FOR A FIGHT AND DELIVERED BUT THE KABUKI WARRIORS JUST TOO STRONG AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER. PERHAPS IT WAS DESPERATION, PERHAPS IT WAS UNCERTAINTY BUT THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN CRUMBLING DOWN FOR THE CHALLENGERS. THE INSANE ELBOW OF KAIRI SANE FROM THE TOP RIGHT TO THE HEART OF THE POISON PIXIE AND STILL. MICHAEL: INDI HARTWELL PUT ON A GREAT PERFORMANCE HERE TONIGHT IN HER HOME COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA. BUT IN THE END, THE
KABUKI WARRIORS PICK UP THE VICTORY AND RETAIN THE TAG TEAM TITLES. NICE OVATION FOR INDI AND CANDICE TONIGHT. COREY AND I BACK AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR FOR THE START OF ELIMINATION CHAMBER. ♪ >> ROMAN REIGNS, YOUR UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION STANDS AT THE APEX OF SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT. ♪ ON BEHALF OF OUR REIGNING DEFENDING UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION, ROMAN REIGNS, I HAVE THE HONOR AND THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING TO YOU THE TRIBAL CHIEFS’ RULES OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. YOU SHALL ACCEPT THERE IS NO COMPETITOR WORTHY OF ROMAN REIGNS. >> I AM IN GOD MODE. THIS
IS GREATNESS ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. >> ONE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ROMAN REIGNS IS A TRIBAL CHIEF OF HIS WORD. ROMAN: I CALLED MIKE SHOT AND I DELIVER EVERY SINGLE TIME. >> KNOW IN YOUR HEART THAT ROMAN REIGNS WILL TAKE WHAT HE WANTS WHEN HE WANTS AND HOW HE WANTS. >> THIS IS MY SHOW! IT’S MINE! THIS IS MY CAMERA! >> EXPECT THOSE WHO DARE CHALLENGE ROMAN REIGNS TO SUFFER THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOU SHALL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY OTHER TRIBAL CHIEF BUT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, THE UNDISPUTED WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION, ROMAN REIGNS. >>
♪ I’M ON A NEW LEVEL ♪ ♪ NEW LEVEL BREAKING OLD RECORDS ♪ >> ROMAN’S TITLE REIGN HAS SURPASSED LEGENDS, ICONS, HALL OF FAMERS. >> ROMAN REIGNS IS THE LONGEST REIGNING UNIVERSAL CHAMPION EVER! >> THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN IS MINE! WATCH THEM ALL GET SLAUGHTERED BECAUSE THIS IS MY ISLAND! NOW, IF YOU DIDN’T LIKE THAT, YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS. THE ROCK IS A MEMBER OF THE BLOODLINE. >> LOOK AT THIS INCREDIBLE FAMILY TREE. THE ROCK AND ROMAN REIGNS BOUND BY BLOOD. ♪ >> IF YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS HERE, HIS GRANDFATHER WAS HERE, THEY
WOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOU. ♪ >> IF YOU HESITATE, YOUR MOMENT IS GOING TO MOVE ON. THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENED TO CODY RHODES. YOUR STORY IS JUST ENDING. THE ROCK AND ROMAN REIGNS, OUR STORY IS JUST BEGINNING. ACKNOWLEDGE ME! ♪ MICHAEL: SIX MAN — MEGAN: SIX MAN WILL BE LOCKED INSIDE THE STRUCTURE MADE OF 10 TONS AND TWO MILES OF CHAINS. ONLY ONE WILL TRIUMPH AND GO ON TO FACE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION SETH “FREAKING” ROLLINS AT WRESTLEMANIA. >> IN THE MEN’S ELIMINATION CHAMBER MATCH, THE STAGE IS SET FOR A BRUTAL SHOWDOWN. ♪ 6 SUPERSTARS WILL
CLASH FOR THE RIGHT TO FACE SETH “FREAKING” ROLLINS FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AT WRESTLEMANIA. >> OF COURSE, THEY ALL WANT TO WIN, BUT THERE’S ONLY ONE SUPERSTAR THAT NEEDS TO WIN. THE SAVIOR OF WRESTLEMANIA, DREW MCINTYRE. ♪ >> THE FUTURE RAW CHAMPION. >> THIS IS THE KEVIN OWENS SHOW! >> AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER, I WILL FIGHT ANYONE AND EVERYONE! ♪ >> I WILL DESTROY EVERYBODY ELSE AND REIGN SUPREME. >> AND WRESTLEMANIA WILL BE ALL MINE. >> I AM THE MAVERICK, THE GREATEST UNITED STATES CHAMP IN HISTORY. I GOING TO WIN THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. I WILL
REMATCH SETH ROLLINS AND BECOME THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, LOGAN PAUL, DOUBLE CHAMPION. >> LET ME TALK TO YOU. >> FIVE OTHER GUYS WALKING INTO ELIMINATION CHAMBER, OH, THEY ARE GETTING DROPPED, DROPPED, EACH ONE DROPPED ON THE HEAD BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY IT CAN GO DOWN. AND THAT’S NOT AN INSULT, THAT’S JUST A FACT OF LIFE. >> I WILL BE IN THE RING WITH FIVE VICTIMS OF THE THREE MOST DESTRUCTIVE LETTERS IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, R-K-O. >> ♪ WE EMBRACE THE SHADOWS ♪ ♪ WE’VE BECOME THE NIGHT ♪ >> IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA, THE WRESTLEMANIA LANDSCAPE WILL
TAKE SHAPE. WHO WILL STAND TALL AT ELIMINATION CHAMBER? >> ♪ WE’VE BECOME THE NIGHT ♪ >> RIGHT NOW, I AM STANDING BY WITH LA KNIGHT. LA, NORMALLY, WE KNOW YOU’RE A PRETTY CONFIDENT GUY BUT WHERE ARE YOUR EMOTIONS AT AS YOU PREPARE TO STEP INSIDE THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR CAREER? LA: MY EMOTIONS ARE I AM SICK OF HEARING YOU TALK. THAT WAS A LONG TALK. . HERE’S THE DEAL, IT IS ELIMINATION CHAMBER, YOU GOT SIX GUYS, EVERYBODY VYING FOR THE SPOT, THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDERSHIP FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP SHOULD,
WRITE? YOU’VE NEVER BEEN IN ELIMINATION CHAMBER BEFORE, HOW DO YOU PREPARE? HUH? HOW DO THEY PREPARE? NO ONE CAN SCOUT ME. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO WHEN I WALKING NOTHING. I WALK OUT NUMBER ONE CONTENDER, WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, AND ONTO WRESTLEMANIA I GO BECAUSE THERE CAN BE NO OTHER WAY. AND THAT’S NOT AN INSULT, THAT’S JUST A FACT OF LIFE. WHOSE GAME IS IT? YOU ALREADY KNOW. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU GUYS ON THE PANEL. MEGAN: THANK YOU SO MUCH, BYRON. GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK WITH US ON THE KICKOFF SHOW, MEGAN
MORANT, SAM ROBERTS, PETER ROSENBERG. WE JUST HEARD FROM THE MEGASTAR LA KNIGHT, AND HE ASSERTED CONFIDENT AHEAD OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST MATCHES OF HIS LIFE BUT WE KNOW HE DOES NOT HAVE NEARLY AS MUCH AS EXPERIENCE AS THE REST OF THE FIELD. DO YOU THINK THAT MATTERS? PETER: I AM GOING TO GO TO WHAT THE HALL OF FAMER BOOKER T. ALWAYS SAYS. SOMETIMES EXPERIENCE IS A BAD THING. I’M TALKING ABOUT BOOKER T.. HE WILL SAY SOMETIMES YOU KNOW A LITTLE TOO MUCH ABOUT THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER, YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH. MAY BE
A LITTLE BIT OF IGNORANCE ABOUT THE PAIN OF THAT STRUCTURE IS GOOD FOR LA KNIGHT. BECAUSE YOU CAN SENSE HE’S NOT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT GETTING TO WRESTLEMANIA. SAM: UNFORTUNATELY, THAT REALITY CHECK IS WAITING FOR HIM. HE’S GOING TO FEEL IT, GOING TO THINK ABOUT IT AND A LOT OF SUPERSTARS ARE PREPARED. THERE ARE TWO SUPERSTARS I AM LOOKING AT. ONE OF THEM, THE KEY IS ELIMINATION, IT IS AN ELIMINATION CHAMBER. ONCE KO AND HIS KO-ALA, REGARDLESS OF THE BEAR, IF KO IS ABLE TO ELIMINATE LOGAN PAUL EARLY IN THIS THING, THE WORLD IS HIS
OYSTER. HE’S READY TO GO TO TOWN. THE OTHER SUPERSTAR I AM LOOKING AT, RANDY ORTON. HOW DO YOU NOT LOOK AT THE GUY IN THIS MATCH THAT’S BEEN IN MORE CHAMBERS THAN ANYONE THE? WAY HE WAS TALKING AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE WAY HE WAS TALKING LEADING UP TO THIS THING, IT’S A REMINDER. PETER: IT LOOKS LIKE A DIFFERENT VERSION THEN RANDY THEN WE’VE SEEN IN A VERY LONG TIME. COULD KO BE MANAGED BY THIS KOALA BEAR AND WE AT WWE WORLD, WILL WE BE SELLING KO-ALAS? MEGAN: NO ONE HAS HAD A BIGGER WEEK THAN
DREW MCINTYRE TAKING ON CODY RHODES ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW, AND THEN HE WAS IN ACTION LAST NIGHT TAKING ON LA KNIGHT IN THE BLUE BRAND. SAM: HE’S BEEN DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. DREW MCINTYRE IS THE ONE GUY ON THE WWE ROSTER THAT 100% OF THE TIME MAKES SENSE. HE IS MAKING LOGICAL MOVES THAT HAVE BROUGHT HIM TO THE PLACE THAT HE’S IN NOW. IF HE CONTINUES TO DO THAT, IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT NIGHT. . AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB NOW. TONIGHT, DREW MCINTYRE PUNCHES
HIS TICKET AND GOES TO WRESTLEMANIA. MEGAN: OOH. SAM: THIS ELIMINATION CHAMBER BELONGS TO THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR. PETER: AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE WAY YOU SAID PUNCHES, I DID LIKE THAT A LOT, WHEN HAS LOGIC EVER SERVED YOU WELL AND ELIMINATION CHAMBER? THIS IS NOT A TEST, THIS IS NOT THE SAT’S, IT IS THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. I WILL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, PERTH , I AM SORRY, THEY MAY NOT LOVE IT, LOGAN PAUL IS WALKING OUT OF THAT CHAMBER AND IT’S A REMATCH AT WRESTLEMANIA AGAINST SETH ROLLINS. SAM: YOU PLAY CHECKERS, OTHERS PLAY CHESS. MEGAN:
WILL WE HAVE A DOUBLE CHAMPION WALKING OUT OF WRESTLEMANIA? FIRST, WE HAVE TO GET TO THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. OVER 50,000 FANS WILL BE IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA READY TO SEE WHO EMERGES THE OPTUS STADIUM WEDDING FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT STOP ON THE ROAD TO WRESTLEMANIA. YOU’RE LOOKING AT TRADITIONAL WESTERN AUSTRALIA DANCE FROM THE STADIUM. WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY, DANCERS. >> MAY THE GOOD SPIRIT BE WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND KEEP US SAFE TONIGHT. ♪ 6 C13 MEGAN: THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER PERTH STARTS RIGHT NOW.
