WWE Bash in Berlin Kickoff: August 30, 2024

>> CERTAINLY FUNDING ITS FOOTINGS OVERSEAS LATELY. THIS TIME, ITS DESTINATION, BERLIN. >> THE COOL THING ABOUT GOING OVERSEAS, THE CROWDS ARE UNPREDICTABLE. IT'S HER SURPRISE TO US, SURPRISE TO ALL THE SUPERSTARS. >> THE CAMERA IS BOUNCING. >> WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION GUNTHER, THE INERTIA PROPELLING HIM TO THE TOP BEGAN FORMING LONG AGO. >> DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS. THE REAL CHALLENGE, REAL RESPONSIBILITY STARTS NOW. >> AND HE DIDN'T DO IT ALONE AS LUDWIG KAISER HAS BEEN BY HIS SIDE SINCE THE BEGINNING. >> KAISER FROM BEHIND. >> NOTHING. >> I WANT TO SEE YOU OUT OF HERE. >> 146 DAYS AS UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION, THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE CODY RHODES' KEY TO SUCCESS IS MOVING SWIFTLY TO THE NEXT CHALLENGE. >> EVERYTHING I WENT THROUGH TO BECOME WWE CHAMPION, IMAGINE THE LENGTH I CAN GO TO TO KEEP IT. KEVIN MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW MUCH I KNOW HIS GAME. >> TONIGHT. ON ONE OF THE BIGGEST STAGES, THE HOPE IS THAT THE MOMENTUM OF THE MOMENTUM SUPERSTARS WILL LEAD TO VICTORY. >> EVERYTHING THAT YOU LOVE IS MINE. >> YOU CANNOT RUN FOREVER. >> I AM RIGHT FOR YOU. >> THIS IS THE ERA. >> LET ME REMIND YOU WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO. >> THIS IS WWE BASH IN BERLIN. >> AND NOW, WWE PRESENTS BASH IN BERLIN KICKOFF. [APPLAUSE] >> FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, GERMANY WILL HOST A MAJOR DUDLEY DEBBIE EVENT, UBER ARENA IN ITS CAPITAL CITY OF BERLIN. MANY SAY THIS MAN WILL BE A CROWD FAVORITE HERE. WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION GUNTHER. THE MAN WHO BECAME CHAMPION AT SUMMERSLAM WILL HAVE HIS FIRST OFFICIAL TITLE DEFENSE TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST A MAN WHO IS ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY, THE APEX PREDATOR, RANDY ORTON, 14-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, HOPING TO MOVE ONE STEP CLOSER TO 16 WORLD TITLES. ORTON, HIS WIFE, HERE LIVE AT BASH IN BERLIN. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO, GERMANY! HELLO, BERLIN! HOW IS EVERYBODY TODAY? ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN TONIGHT? WHAT ABOUT BASH IN BERLIN TOMORROW? OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WE ARE GOING TO GET YOU READY FOR WHAT WILL BE THE FIRST EVER WWE PREMIUM LIVE EVENT TO EVER EMANATE FROM GERMANY. I AM SURE THAT YOU WILL BE LOUD AND PROUD FOR US TOMORROW AT SMACKDOWN AT BASH IN BERLIN. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WANT TO WELCOME MY FIRST GUEST HERE. HE IS A TWO-TIME WWE CHAMPION, EIGHT-TIME INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, FORMER MR. MONEY IN THE BANK, WHENEVER HE IS ON YOUR TV SCREEN, IT IS MUST-SEE TELEVISION. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME THE MIZ! ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> I AM GOING TO TAKE THIS AND JUST LET ME FEEL THIS ENERGY IN BERLIN BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE READY FOR BASH IN BERLIN! I DON'T EVEN HAVE A MATCH AND YOU ARE ALREADY CHANTING "MIZ IS AWESOME." DON'T YOU WORRY, TOMORROW, I'LL BE ALL OVER THE COUNTDOWN TALKING ABOUT ALL THE MATCHES HAPPENING AT BASH IN BERLIN. YESTERDAY, I GOT OFF OF THE PLANE, I SAID, I AM HUNGRY, WHERE DO I GO? SOMEONE SAID GO TO MARKET HALL 9. I HAD SOME OF THE BEST FOOD I'VE EVER HAD. THEN, WHERE CAN I GET DESSERT? I HAD A -- THEN I SAID, HOW CAN I WASH THIS ALL DOWN? SOMEONE SAID YOU GO TO THE PRATER BEER GARDEN, YOU GET YOURSELF A BEER. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID. SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 10:30 IN THE MORNING. TONIGHT, SMACKDOWN, THE FIRST TIME THAT A WWE TELEVISION SHOW HAS BEEN HERE IN 27 YEARS, AND YOU GUYS DESERVE IT. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, SHOW ME GET A SUPERSTAR THAT ACTUALLY HAS A MATCH TOMORROW? HE WILL BE LAYING THE STRAP DOWN ON DREW MCINTYRE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE BEEN CHANTING HIS NAME ALL MORNING, ALL AFTERNOON. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SAY HIS NAME! ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪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♪ >> PRAYING THAT TOMORROW. I NEED IT. I NEED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. WE CAN DO THIS. ♪ >> IS IT ALWAYS THIS HOT IN BERLIN? I FEEL LIKE I'M IN TEXAS. I NEED A NICE, COLD PILSNER, OR SIX OF THEM AT THIS JUNCTURE. NOW YOU GUYS ARE SINGING MY TUNE. THE MAN WHO WILL BE STRAPPED TO HIS WRIST WITH CM PUNK TOMORROW NIGHT IS A MULTI--TIME WORLD CHAMPION, FORMER MR. MONEY IN THE BANK, AT ODDS WITH CM PUNK SINCE HE RETURNED IN THE SUMMER. PLEASE WELCOME THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR DREW MCINTYRE. ♪ [CROWD CHANTING "CM PUNK"] >> THERE IS PROBABLY A REASON THAT THEY DON'T LIKE YOU. >> WHAT? GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY THEY WOULDN'T LIKE ME? >> YOU HAVE TO RESPECT THE WWE FANS. >> NO, YOU GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY DON'T ACTUALLY LIKE ME. JUST ONE. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT REPEATEDLY. THEY ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE NOSTALGIA, WE ARE GOING TO GET THEM BACK, AND THE SECOND THEY GET HIM BACK, THEY CHOOSE HIM OVER THE GUY THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR YOU. I, THE -- REALLY? YOU HAVE SUCH SHORT MEMORIES. LET ME TAKE YOU BACK A FEW YEARS AGO. FOUR YEARS. YOU MOVE ON SO QUICK. TO REMEMBER WHEN THERE WAS A TIME THE WORLD WAS SCARED, YOU WERE STUCK, SCARED IN YOUR HOUSE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS WERE SICK, MAYBE YOU LOST PEOPLE, MAYBE THEY ACTUALLY DIED. AND YOUR ONLY ESCAPE WAS WWE AND YOUR CHAMPION WAS DREW MCINTYRE, AND I WAS THERE FOR YOU, AND YOU ARE GOING TO TURN ON ME THAT QUICK? SCREW YOU, GERMANY. DREW FAT-INTYRE. I AM THE MOST FIT MEN IN THE ROSTER. THIS PLACE IS EMBARRASSING. HAVE YOU GOT SOMETHING THAT MAKES ME THE BAD GUY? I HAVE TOLD THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TIME, JUSTIFIED THE WHOLE TIME. DON'T CHANT MY NAME NOW. >> IF YOU NOTICE, -- >> THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS. YOU DON'T TURN ON ME, I POINT OUT THE TRUTH, AND THEN YOU GET TO CHANT MY NAME. >> CM PUNK ACTUALLY SIGNED THAT. >> I MEAN, PUNK, HE IS ABLE TO BE SKINNY AND FAT AT THE SAME TIME. I AM JUST JACKED. >> THE QUESTION IS WHY. >> SHUT UP, GERMANY. I CANNOT HEAR HIM. >> YOU ALREADY BEAT PUNK AT SUMMERSLAM. WHY DID YOU WANT ANOTHER MATCH AGAINST HIM, WHY A STRAP MATCH, AGREED TO HIS STIPULATION? >> DO YOU EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR JOB IN THE COMMENTARY BOX, TELLING THE PEOPLE LIES ABOUT DREW MCINTYRE? HE CHALLENGED ME TO THE STRAP MATCH. I DIDN'T ASK FOR THE STRAP MATCH. >> WHY DID YOU ACCEPT? >> HERE IS THE THING ABOUT PUNK, HE IS SUCH AN EGOMANIAC. I TALKED ABOUT IT ON MONDAY. YOU ARE ENABLERS. YOU CHANT HIS NAME, HE GETS A BIG HEAD, THINGS THAT HE CAN CHALLENGE ME TO A STRAP MATCH. [CROWD CHANTING "CM PUNK"] HONESTLY, SHUT UP FOR A SECOND AND JUST LISTEN. YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE, YOU JUST SAW PUNK, NOW YOU ARE SEEING ME, HOW BIG I AM, GIGANTIC IM, SEXY I AM. HE HAS HIT ME WITH THE STRAP REPEATEDLY, YOU SAW THE DAMAGE HE HAS DONE TO ME. I HAVE NOT HIT HIM ONE TIME. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW WHEN I START STRIKING PUNK WITH THAT STRAP? HE WILL TURN TO DUST. HE WILL BE GONE FROM WWE. >> THERE IS ONLY ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT, AND THAT IS THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NEVER WON A STRAP MATCH IN YOUR CAREER. >> I HAVE HAD ONE. HOW MANY MATCHES HAS DREW MCINTYRE LOST QUEEN IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS? THERE WAS MACE SPRAYED IN MY EYES. THERE IS USUALLY INTERFERENCE. NOBODY BEATS DREW CLEAN. I AM WATCHING MY BACK BECAUSE PUNK ALWAYS ATTACKS FROM THE BACK. >> THERE HAS BEEN TALK RECENTLY THAT YOU HAVE NOT WON CLEAN EITHER. >> POINT OUT ONE WHERE IT WAS NOT DONE TO BE FIRST, AND I WASN'T COMPLETE JUSTIFIED? YOU CANNOT. DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM. HE IS A BIGOT OF MARK FOR HIMSELF. DO YOUR JOB. >> I AM THE MARK. YOU ARE SENDING OUT INSTAGRAM VIDEOS. >> MAYBE THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE I CANNOT BE SILENCED. >> FINAL QUESTION. ALL DUE RESPECT, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU LOSE TWO CM PUNK TOMORROW NIGHT IN BASH IN BERLIN? WILL YOU FINALLY LET ALL OF THIS GO? WILL YOU ADMIT THAT HE IS THE BETTER MAN, BELONGS BACK IN WWE? >> CM PUNK A BETTER MAN THAN DREW MCINTYRE? YOU DON'T HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT? GOODNESS SAKE. LET ME LAY IT OUT AGAIN AS I ALWAYS DO. CHECK THE EVIDENCE, STUDIED THE CASE MATERIAL. LOOK AT THE CASE MATERIAL, LOOK AT THE CASE STUDIES, CHARACTER WITNESS STUDIES ON DREW MCINTYRE. A NICE GUY THAT SOMETIMES GETS ANGRY AND KICKS -- BECAUSE THAT IS HIS JOB. I AM THE GOOD GUY TELLING THE TRUTH. PAY ATTENTION TO ME, NOT YOUR STUPID NOTES. >> I AM GETTING READY FOR THE NEXT GUEST. >> I AM NOT FINISHED YET. YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ASK ME, TAKE OUT PUNK FROM WWE. THAT IS JUST BACKSTAGE. TOMORROW, I ELIMINATE THE CANCER FROM WWE. I ELIMINATE CM PUNK FROM WWE. I LOVE THAT IT IS HERE BECAUSE I CANNOT STAND YOU ALL. IF YOU DON'T LIKE ME -- >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DREW MCINTYRE. >> UP YOURS, TOO. >> STILL PLENTY TO COME IN THE BASH IN BERLIN THE COP SHOW. WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO VISIT THE BASH IN BERLIN STORE LOCATED AT THE EAST SIDE MALL JUST A SHORT DISTANCE FROM UBER ARENA HERE IN BERLIN. SHOP THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF MERCHANDISE, OPEN NOW THROUGH SUNDAY. WE ARE AT THE UBER ARENA IN BERLIN. TOMORROW NIGHT, THE FIRST MAJOR WWE PREMIUM LIVE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY, THE NEXT TAG TEAM MATCHUP WILL TAKE PLACE. WITH LIV AND DON TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RICH HISTORY OF COUPLES HERE AT WWE. >> WE ARE THE MOST DOMINANT COUPLE IN THE HISTORY OF WWE. ♪ >> THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR IS GOING EXACTLY AS I PLANNED IT. ♪ >> DOMINIC, YOU SORRY, TO TIMING SON OF A -- >> AH, RELATIONSHIPS. IN THE UNPREDICTABLE WORLD OF WWE, A BETTER OR LESSER HAVE, CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR A SUPERSTAR. SOME ARE DRAWN TOGETHER BY A COMMON VIBE. FOR OTHERS, OPPOSITES ATTRACT. >> I LOVE LOVE. >> EVEN IF ONLY FOR A FLEETING MOMENT. >> GET A ROOM, GUYS. >> THERE ARE POWER COUPLES PUTTING BUSINESS FIRST. >> EVERYTHING HAS GONE THEIR WAY. >> STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS OF CONVENIENCE. >> THAT IS GROSS. >> YOU CANNOT BREAK A RULE THAT DOESN'T EXIST. >> WHAT DID SHE EVER SEE IN HIM? UGH. >> HERE, HERE. THERE IS EVEN ROOM FOR ROYAL UNIONS IN THIS UNIVERSE. >> RISE, PEASANTS, RISE. >> A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS IS THERE FOR ALL TO SEE. THERE IS PASSION, ANGER, HEARTBREAK. >> NO. >> SHOCK. >> OH MY GOD. >> AND MORE HEARTBREAK. >> WE HAVE SEEN COMBINATIONS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT BIZARRE. >> I THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO WEAR A WHITE DRESS. >> PUSHING THE ENVELOPE OF PUBLIC DECENCY. >> AND COUPLING STRAIGHT OUT OF A SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY. >> THEY ARE FIGHTERS, THEY ARE GOING TO FIGHT. >> THE HOPELESS ROMANTICS IN THE WWE UNIVERSE WANT TO SEE EVERY FLING END LIKE THEIR FAVORITE RON,. >> HUSBAND AND WIFE. >> BUT SOMETIMES SWIPING LEFT ON A NEW SPARK CAN AVOID THE INFERNO OF A JILTED SWEETHEART SCORNED. >> DOMINIC, YOU STABBED ME IN THE BACK. IT JUST WASN'T DEEP ENOUGH. >> WHETHER YOU USE YOUR RIZZ FOR GOOD OR EVIL, HERE IS TO EVERY SITUATION DEVELOPING INTO A TWIN FLAME OF LOVE AND HARMONY. >> IT IS LIV MORGAN. >> MAYBE IN THIS CRAZY WORLD, WE WILL SETTLE FOR, IT'S COMPLICATED. >> AIN'T LOVE GRAND? >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BECAUSE OF THEIR RECENT ACTIONS, I HAVEDUBBED THEM THE BONNIE AND CLYDE OF WWE. PLEASE WELCOME THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION, LIV MORGAN, AND HER BOYFRIEND, DOMINIK MYSTERIO. ♪ >> MY CALL, I CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE YOU DIDN'T REALLY ANNOUNCE US WITH THAT MUCH ENERGY OR EXCITEMENT. >> I WAS EXCITED. >> LAST TIME WE DID THE PRESHOW, YOU INCORRECTLY CALLED RHEA RIPLEY THE WOMEN'S CHAMPION. ARE YOU MAD AT ME, MICHAEL, DO YOU NOT LIKE ME ANYMORE? YOU USED TO BE SUCH A FAN OF MINE. I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT IS BECAUSE YOU ARE JEALOUS OF DOMINIC. JUST LIKE ALL OF YOU ARE JEALOUS OF DOMINIK. BECAUSE NONE OF YOU ARE AS SUCCESSFUL AS DOMINIK. NONE OF YOU ARE AS GORGEOUS AS DOMINIC. LITERALLY THERE IS NOT ONE HANDSOME DUDE IN THE BUNCH. NONE OF YOU ARE AS SUCCESSFUL AS DOMINIC. WHY ARE YOU MAD AT ME? BE MAD AT YOURSELF. MOST OF ALL, NONE OF YOU HAVE ME LIKE DOMINICK. [CROWD BOOS] >> TELL EVERYONE HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE RHEA AND JAMIE TOMORROW. >> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING? ♪ ♪ [APPLAUSE] ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> BERLIN, THE TERROR TWINS HAVE ARRIVED! YOU SAW THOSE TWO, HOW THEY RAN. THAT REPRESENTS THE NEW JUDGMENT DAY. [CROWD CHANTING] AT SOME POINT, THE RUNNING, THE HIDING HAS TO COME TO AN END. AND FOR LIV AND DOM. [CROWD CHANTING] MUCH APPRECIATED. LIV AND DOM, THEIR END IS TOMORROW NIGHT. I LOVE THAT NAME OF THIS EVENT IS BASH IN BERLIN. BECAUSE THE TERROR TWINS, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME BASHING TOMORROW NIGHT. >> RUNNING IS ALL THEY SEEM TO BE GOOD AT. I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT, BERLIN . [CROWD CHANTING] AS I WAS SAYING, ALL LIV AND DOM, JUDGMENT DAY, ALL THEY KNOW IS HOW TO RUN, AS WE WITNESSED. NOT ONLY THAT, DOM HAD BEEN RUNNING HIS MOUTH. EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. I SHALL NOT REPEAT IT BUT IT IS WHAT YOU SAID. HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO REWRITE SOME HISTORY, SPEAKING LIKE WE ARE THE BAD GUYS, LIKE WE DIDN'T STAND UP FOR HIM EVERY CHANCE THAT WE GOT. DAMIEN, HE PUNCHED BAD BUNNY RIGHT IN THE FACE FOR YOU, DOM. MYSELF. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FINGERS. YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FINGERS TO COUNT ON MY HAND HOW MAY TIMES I SAVED YOUR -- [CROWD CHANTING] I THINK HE HAS BEEN RUNNING HIS MOUTH BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN GETTING MANIPULATED BY A LITTLE LIV MORGAN. SHE IS NOT ONLY MANIPULATING THE WEAK LINKS WITHIN THE JUDGMENT DAY BUT SHE HAS NOW TURNED OUR FAMILY ON US. AND AS DISAPPOINTING AS THAT IS, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND, WE ARE THE GLUE KEEPING IT TOGETHER. WE ARE THE ONES THAT KEPT THEM WINNING. >> NOT FOR NOTHING, RHEA. I LIKE MY NEW FAMILY. [APPLAUSE] >> SO WHAT DO YOU SAY, NEW FAMILY? DO YOU THINK THE TERROR TWINS WILL BE VICTORIOUS TOMORROW AT BASH IN BERLIN? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] [CROWD CHANTING YES] YOU ARE DAMN RIGHT. >> BERLIN, LET THE BEATINGS BEGIN. ♪ >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TOMORROW NIGHT AT BASH IN BERLIN, RHEA RIPLEY, DAMIEN TREATS COME IN A MIXED TAG TEAM WITH LIV MORGAN AND DOMINIK MYSTERIO. ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT AT BASH IN BERLIN, THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE. RANDY ORTON CREEPING CLOSER TO HISTORY AS HE TAKES ON THE CHAMPION, GUNTHER. >> MY NAME IS GUNTHER. I AM [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] I AM THE KING OF THE RING. I AM YOUR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. IN THIS RING, I AM ABOVE EVERYBODY. I AM GREATNESS PERSONIFIED. FROM THIS DAY FORTH, THE LEGACY OF THIS GREAT SPORT, THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELONG TO ME. WHEN I LOOK AT THAT TITLE, I REALIZE I'M THE ONLY REASON YOU ARE CARRYING THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE FIRST PLACE. >> WHICH MAN WILL BE CROWNED KING OF THE RING? CLEARLY, ORTON'S SHOULDER NOWHERE NEAR ON THE MAT. >> DID YOU REALLY BEAT ME AT KING OF THE RING? I AM THE ONLY MAN IN THAT LOCKER ROOM THAT CAN MATCH YOU IN THIS RING. YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A LIVING LEGEND, AND THAT IS PERFECT, BECAUSE I MADE A CAREER OUT OF KILLING LEGENDS. AT BASH IN BERLIN, I WILL WALK OUT OF YOUR HOME COUNTRY A 15-T IME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> RANDY, LET'S BE HONEST. WHEN IT REALLY, REALLY MATTERS, YOU ALWAYS SCREW IT UP. YOUR GRANDFATHER WAS A SCREWUP. YOUR FATHER WAS A SCREWUP. AND YOU, RANDY ORTON, YOU ARE THE BIGGEST SCREWUP OF THEM ALL. THOSE VOICES IN YOUR HEAD TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN BEAT ME IN BERLIN. YOUR VOICES ARE WRONG. >> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CATCHES ME. >> IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE OUT OF NOWHERE. I WANT YOU TO SEE IT COMING. >> GUNTHER HAS NEVER BEEN PUT IN HIS PLACE. BASH IN BERLIN, THAT IS WHAT I INTEND TO DO. >> IT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN. >> I THINK YOU FORGOT WHO YOU WERE TALKING TO. >> I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU EXPOSED FOR WHAT YOU REALLY ARE, A ONE TRICK PONY. >> IT WILL BE A BATTLE AT BASH IN BERLIN FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP! >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE IN BERLIN, GERMANY, AS WE GET SET FOR WHAT WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND OF WWE ACTION. DO YOU KNOW ONLY ONE OTHER TIME WE HAVE DONE TELEVISION IN THE COUNTRY OF GERMANY. THAT WAS BACK IN 1997, MONDAY NIGHT RAW, 27 YEARS AGO. NOW WE ARE BACK WITH BACK-TO-BACK NIGHTS. TONIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN, AND THEN TOMORROW, THE PREMIUM EVENT, BASH IN BERLIN. MY NEXT GUEST WAS BORN JUST OVER THE BORDER IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. HE IS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. PLEASE WELCOME GUNTHER. ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ [CROWD CHANTING GUNTHER] >> CARE TO TRANSLATE? [CROWD CHANTING} ] [CROWD SINGING] >> IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN CHEERED LIKE THIS. AND THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. THIS MAN REALLY CAME INTO HIS OWN AS A PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER RIGHT HERE IN GERMANY. A THREE-TIME UNIFIED WORLD CHAMPION IN EXTREME. NOW HE HOLDS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN WWE. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WESTSIDE EXTREME, WHAT THAT MEANT FOR YOU FOR YOUR CAREER TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE TODAY? [CROWD CHANTING] >> WELL, MICHAEL, I HOPE YOU FRESHEN UP YOUR GERMAN A LITTLE BIT. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] YOU ARE RIGHT. [CROWD CHANTING YOU ARE RIGHT. THIS PLACE MEANS A LOT TO ME. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] [CROWD CHANTING] >> [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> GUNTHER, YOU WERE THE NXT CHAMPION FOR WELL OVER 100 DAYS. YOU SET A RECORD OF 666 DAYS AS THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION. I UNDERSTAND THAT. KING OF THE RING FEDERAL. TOMORROW NIGHT MARKS HER TITLE DEFENSE OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP THAT YOU WON IN SUMMERSLAM. ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT TITLE AS LONG AS YOU HAVE HELD YOUR OTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS IN WWE? >> YEAH. [CROWD CHANTING] >> I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT YOU HAVE TURNED THIS INTO A PRETTY PERSONAL BATTLE WITH RANDY ORTON. THE REASON I SAY THAT, ONE OF YOUR MANTRAS. RANDY ORTON IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS. 14-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, ACCOMPLISHED EVERYTHING IN HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. I THOUGHT SOMEONE OF YOUR ILK WOULD RESPECT THAT. >> I DO RESPECT THAT, MICHAEL. [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] >> IT SEEMS LIKE MANY OF THESE WWE FANS WILL BE IN YOUR CORNER TOMORROW NIGHT AT BASH IN BERLIN. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE BEFORE I BRING OUT MY NEXT GUEST THAT GENERAL MANAGER FOR MONDAY NIGHT RAW ADAM PEARCE HAS MADE IT CLEAR THERE IS TO BE NO PHYSICALITY BETWEEN THE CHAMPION AND THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR TOMORROW NIGHT IN BASH IN BERLIN. BOTH OF THESE MEN HAVE GIVEN ME THERE WERE THAT IT WILL BE CIVIL THIS AFTERNOON. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, A NUMBER ONE CONTENDER, THE MAN WHO WILL MEET GUNTHER FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TOMORROW NIGHT AT BASH IN BERLIN, THE WWE'S APEX PREDATOR, RANDY ORTON. ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ >> SO, BERLIN, BEFORE I CAME ON THIS TRIP, I WENT ONLINE TO A WEBSITE CALLED ANCESTRY.COM, AND I DID MY GENETIC TEST. IT TURNS OUT I AM ALMOST 70% GERMAN. AND IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED A NICE, COLD HEINEKEN. I LOVE SAUERKRAUT ON MY BRATWURST. I FEEL LIKE I AM TRULY HOME WITH MY PEOPLE. TOMORROW NIGHT, I AM GOING TO WALK OUT OF THIS ARENA A 15-TIME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> WELL MAYBE GUNTHER DOESN'T HAVE QUITE THE HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE THAT WE WERE FIGURING. >> NOT AT ALL. THESE ARE MY PEOPLE. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TOMORROW BEFORE BASH IN BERLIN ON PEACOCK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY EARLIER THIS WEEK TO SIT DONE WITH RANDY ORTON. YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS INTERVIEW. IN TYPICAL RANDY FASHION, IT WAS CONTROVERSIAL. MANY MIC DROP MOMENTS. YOU WILL HAVE TO TUNE IN TO SEE WHAT HE SAID. THE ONE QUESTION I DID ASK YOU, AND I WANT YOU TO REITERATE TO THE FANS SINGING YOUR SONG, IT TOOK YOU MANY YEARS TO EMBRACE ALL OF THIS. WHY NOW? >> I'VE BEEN DOING THIS A VERY LONG TIME. I THINK NOW THAT I'VE HAD A SECOND CHANCE AT BEING IN THE RING AFTER MY SPINAL FUSION SURGERY, I WAS GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE. I THOUGHT MY CAREER WAS OVER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] I REALIZED -- [CROWD CHANTING RANDY] >> I REALIZED THAT EARLY IN MY CAREER, I TOOK A LOT OF ALL OF THIS, ALL OF YOU FOR GRANTED. GOING FORWARD, I WILL NOT TAKE THE WWE UNIVERSE FOR GRANTED ANYMORE, AND I WILL ENJOY EVERY FREAKING MOMENT OF IT, SO THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I KNOW MOST OF YOU KNOW THIS BUT IT REALLY BEARS REPEATING. RANDY ORTON IS ON THE CUSP OF HISTORY. IF HE DEFEATS IN GUNTHER TOMORROW NIGHT, RANDY WILL HOLD A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 15TH TIME IN HIS CAREER. ONLY TWO MEN IN WWE HISTORY HAVE HELD THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MORE TIMES, THE HALL OF FAMER, LEGENDARY NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR, AND THE SOON TO BE HALL OF FAMER JOHN CENA. WITH THAT SAID, RANDY, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU -- COMING BACK FOR ONE MORE YEAR. [CROWD CHANTING] RANDY, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR YOU TOMORROW NIGHT TO WIN THAT 15TH TITLE AND MOVE A STEP CLOSER TO THAT 15TH TITLE? >> ALREADY IN AMAZING COMPANY WITH FLAIR, CENA, TIED AT 14 TITLES WITH TRIPLE H. I'M IN VERY GOOD COMPANY. I WOULD ALMOST SAY AFTER I WAS GIVEN MY SECOND CHANCE AT ENTERING COMPETITION THAT I WAS SATISFIED. BUT THEN WE HAD THE KING OF THE RING. THEN THE FINISH HAPPENED AT KING OF THE RING, WHERE MY SHOULDER WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FACE GUNTHER AT BASH IN BERLIN FOR THE WORLD TITLE. AND I REALIZED, I JUST SIGNED A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION TO MY CONTRACT. [APPLAUSE] I HAVE SOME TIME LEFT TO DO THIS. I FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE FELT IN OVER A DECADE. I WANT THAT TITLE. I WANT TO BE A 15-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, AND THEN 16-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, EVEN 17-TIME WORLD CHAMPION, AND SET YET ANOTHER RECORD HERE IN WWE. >> BY WINNING KING OF THE RING IN THE CONTROVERSIAL MANNER HE DID, GUNTHER EARNED THE OPPORTUNITY AT SUMMERSLAM TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. BY ALL RIGHTS, RANDY HAS EARNED THIS MATCH TOMORROW. GUNTHER, THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE AFRAID OF RANDY ORTON. BECAUSE RANDY ORTON PROBABLY HAD YOU BEAT IN KING OF THE RING, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, OTHERS BELIEVE THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS PERSONAL, WHILE YOU HAVE BROUGHT HIS FAMILY INTO IT, GRANDFATHER AND DAD, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PSYCH OUT RANDY ORTON, THE MASTER OF MIND GAMES, BECAUSE YOU ARE SCARED THAT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IN GERMANY TOMORROW NIGHT. IS THAT TRUE? [CROWD CHANTING] >> MICHAEL, THE REASON WHY I MADE THIS PERSONAL, BECAUSE IT IS PERSONAL TO ME. BECAUSE THIS YEAR IS THE GREATEST PRIZE THAT THE SPORT HAS TO OFFER. AND I AM THE MAN WHO IS HOLDING IT. SO, RANDY, THE TRUTH MIGHT HURT, BUT FACT OF THE FACT. [CROWD CHANTING] >> REMINDER, NO PHYSICALITY OUT HERE TONIGHT. >> HOLD ON, MIKE. I DON'T THINK GUNTHER IS SCARED OF ME, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT SCARED OF ME. YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT PERSONAL. IT IS PERSONAL BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO TALK ABOUT MY FAMILY. THAT IS ALL IN THE PAST. I KNOW THAT I'M STEPPING IN THE RING WITH ONE -- I'M EXCITED TO HEAR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU ARE CHANTING FOR GUNTHER, FOR ME, THE FACT IS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY TOMORROW, AND WE ARE GOING TO BLOW THE TOP OFF OF THAT VENUE TOMORROW NIGHT. YOU ARE NOT SCARED OF ME, I AIN'T SCARED OF YOU. WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE AND BEAT THE -- OUT OF EACH OTHER. I FLEW MY WIFE ALL OVER FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, JUST SO SHE COULD SIT IN THE FRONT ROW AND HEAR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CHANT FOR ME OR YOU TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE ARENA. WE ARE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY TOMORROW NIGHT, MAN, NO MATTER WHO WINS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTEST. >> GENTLEMEN, LET'S BRING IT TOGETHER, AS I WISH BOTH OF YOU GOOD LUCK TOMORROW NIGHT. IT TAKES PLACE AT THE UBER ARENA . IN BERLIN, GERMANY. THE FIRST WWE PREMIUM LIVE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY. GUNTHER DEFENDS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IN OUR MAIN EVENT AGAINST RANDY ORTON. WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT. ♪