Countdown to SummerSlam: August 3, 2024

WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT, INC.] [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT VI >> THEN. NOW, FOREVER. TOGETHER. >> THIS IS THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, HO SITUATED ON LAKE ERIE WITH A POPULATION OF TWO MILLION. PARTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THE HOME OF THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME. FOR THE SECOND TIME CLEVELAND WILL HOST SUMMERSLAM 2024. THIS TIME IN CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM HOME OF THE NFL FRANCHISE CLEVELAND BROWNS. TONIGHT THE UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION WILL GO INTO BATTLE ALONE. CODY RHODES WITH THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE WILL DEFEND THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN A BLOOD HRAOUPB RULES MATCH. SOLO SIKOA ACCOMPANIED BY THE BLOOD LINE. IT WILL BE THE SAYING LIV MORGAN AND DIRTY DON LOOKS TO TAKE OUT FRUSTRATION, RHEA RIPLEY, LOST THE CHAMPIONSHIP FORCED TO GIVE IT UP CAUSED BY AN INJURY OF LIV MORGAN. SHE SEEKS REVENGE. GRAMMY KNOWLEDGE ASSASSINATE D JELLY ROLL IS HERE. HE PERFORMS LIVE TONIGHT AT THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> JELLY ROLL, MY GUY. THANKS FOR DOING THIS. >> I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. >> SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS COMING UP. IT IS CLEVELAND. YOU ARE A HUGE FAN. WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO SEE AT THIS YEAR'S SHOW? >> WHAT DO I WANT TO SEE AT SUMMERSLAM 2024? >> FROM NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, JELLY ROLL. >> SOME SERIOUS JELLY POP. NO DOUBT WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE JELLY ROLL ERA. ♪ >> JELLY OUT EVERY DAY. >> JELLY. UH, JELLY. I FEEL LIKE YOU JUST WENT SOMEWHERE. >> YEAH, I DID. AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO BACK! ♪ >> WHERE DID YOU GET THAT? ♪ >> NOW, COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM. ♪ >> THEY HAVE BEEN IN TOWN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS AT CLEVELAND BROWN STADIUM IN THE HOME OF THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024. IT IS WWE THANKS TO THIS MAN, WWE CHIEF OFFICER TRIBORO H. WE ARE IN THE TRIBORO H ERA AND ONE OF THE MOST VERSATILE RIVALRIES IN WWE MCINFIRE AND HAS TO WORRY ABOUT SETH "FREAKIN'" ROLLINS SAYS HE WILL CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 AND A HALF YEARS A ONE-ON-ONE MATCH ON TELEVISION IN THE WWE RING WITH THIS MAN. THE CONTROVERSIAL CM PUNK. HELLO, CLEVELAND. I'M MICHAEL COLE THE VOICE OF WWE JOINED BY THE FORMER IN INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION AND VOICE OF FRIDAY "FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN" WADE BARRETT. FROM ESPN AND PAT MCAFEE. CONNER FROM THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY. AND BEG E IS WITH US TONIGHT. >> MICHAEL, HOW ABOUT YOU! . THE POWER. MICHAEL: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT GOES DOWN TONIGHT. THIS IS HOW THE BLOOD LINE RULES MATCH CODY RHODES DEFENDING THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST SEVER PROCLAIMED HEAD OF THE TABLE, SOLO SIKOA. AND PUTTING THE WORLD HEATHER TITLE ON THE LINE AGAINST THE KING, GUNTHER. EARLY ON SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE SETH ROLLINS BIG TIME CM PUNK AND DREW MCINTYRE. THE WOMEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IS WITH RHEA RIPLEY AND BAYLEY WILL DEFEND THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST THE WINNER OF THE QUEEN OF THE TOURNAMENT NIA JAX. LOGAN PAUL COMES HOME TO CLEVELAND TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST LA KNIGHT. AND INTERCONTINENTAL LINE CAN SAMI ZAYN DO IT AGAIN TAKE ON THE BAD ASS, BRON BREAKKER FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP. A LOT OF PERSONAL BATTLES. I START WITH YOU, WADE. COLE NOW BLOOD LINE RULES. WHO DOES THAT FAVOR. WADE: IT HAS TO FAVOR SOLO SIKOA. HE HAS THE DETECTIVE STACKED. HE IS TAKING IT TO NEW LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND I SAY THAT WITH RESPECT. ROMAN REIGNS DID HIS TIME. HE HAS NO ONE TO PROTECT HIM. IT WILL BE LIKE FOUR AGAINST ONE. I'M AFRAID I HAVE GOT SOME BAD NEWS. >> I'M UPSET AND IT PLACE IS ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR TROUBLE CH CHIEF, ROMAN REIGNS. WHAT SOLO HAS BEEN DOING FRIDAY NIGHTS IT IS SEEMINGLY A LITTLE BIT OF EXACT WHAT ROMAN WAS TRYING TO DO AND I THINK JACOB FEELS A DOG AND SOLO IS A THREAT BUT CODY RHODES HAS FOUGHT IN THE BLOOD LINES RULES MATCH BEFORE AND HE WON. WE REMEMBER THAT NIGHT IN WRESTLEMANIA HE DID HIS THING SO I DON'T THINK CODY RHODES ALTHOUGH THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST HIM HE WILL BE A OK. >> BUT ABOUT OF CODY WILL FRIENDS. NOW WE HAVE SEEN RANDY PUT OUT, KEVIN PUT OUT. IN THIS BLOOD LINES RULES WHO DOES CODY HAVE TO COME TO HIS AID. WADE: NOBODY. MICHAEL: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WORLD HEATHER ON THE "MONDAY NIGHT RAW" DAMIEN PRIEST AGAINST THE KING OF THE RING, GUNTHER. PAT YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS. WHAT DOES DAMIEN PRIEST HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THE TITLE? PAT: WE ARE PUMPED FOR HIM CASHING IN THE MONEY WHEN DREW MISSED. WHAT HE'S BEEN ABLE TO DO IS PHENOMENAL. HE'S LED BUT WHAT HE IS TAKING ON NOW WITH THE FORMER RING GENERAL AND KING GENERAL THE WAY HE'S BEEN TALKING AND CARRIED THE INTERCONTINENTAL FOR 666 DAYS IT WILL BE A SLOBBER KNOCKER AND I THINK THE PEOPLE OF O.H. ARE GOING TO LOVE FRBLG ABOUT IT. MICHAEL: "COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM 2024" WE HAVE CORRES CORRESPONDENTS. WE GO IT BYRON SAXTON. BYRON: I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH CODY RHODES 35 MINUTES AGO AND WE TALKED ABOUT NOT JUST THE MATCH BUT THE NEWLY ADDED BLOOD HRAOUPB RULES STIPULATION. LIKE LAST NIGHT ON FR"FRIDAY NIT SMACKDOWN" HE ACKNOWLEDGED PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS AS CRAZY BUT HE IS CONFIDENT HE KNOWS WITH HE IS GETTING INTO. HERE IS WHAT IS INTERESTING. AFTER I SPOKE TO CODY I SPOKE TO ONE OF HIS CONFIDANTS WHO ASKED TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS. THAT CONFIDANT SAID THEY ARE CONCERNED CODY'S PRIDE MAY DIG AN INESCAPABLE HOLE FROM THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE. JACKIE, BACK TO YOU. JACKIE: AS YOU CAN SEE I'M OUTSIDE THE JUDGMENT DAY CLUBHOUSE WHICH IS STILL SHOWING EFFECT OF ONE LIV MORGAN BUT THE VANDALISM IS SOMETHING RHEA RIPLEY WANTS TO KEEP THERE TO SERVE AS MOTIVATION HEADING INTO HER MATCH WHERE SHE LOOKS TO WIN BACK THE TITLE THAT SHE TECHNICALLY NEVER LOST. ONE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE TRUE STATUS OF RHEA'S SHOULDER. SHE'S HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BE CLEARED TO COMPETE IN THIS MATCH BUT AS WE HAVE SEEN MANY TIMES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORT SHOULDER INJURIES CAN BE TRICKY. THE RECOVERY IS EASTERN COMPLICATED AND FILLED WITH SET BACKS. I ASKED HER IS YOUR SHOULDER 100%. SHE SAID NOT ONLY IS IT 100% I'M AS STRONG AS I HAVE EVER BEEN. I SET A PERSONAL BEST THIS WEEK ON MY SHOULDER PRESS. SHE SAID PREINJURY I COULD PUSH 80 POUNDS FOR ABOUT FOUR REPS. POST-INJURY I'M PUSHING 55 SO TECHNICALLY LIV MORGAN IS ABOUT TO FACE THE STRONGEST RHEA RIPLEY YET. KATHY, OVER TO YOU. KATHY: BACKSTAGE EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THE RETURN OF CM P PUNK. HE SAID THAT HE IS JUST READY FOR TONIGHT. HE DIDN'T REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING DREW DUE RELATED. HE ONLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT HIS TKAG. MY BROADCAST MICHAEL COLE DID AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CM PUNK WHERE HE DOES DISCUSS DREW MCINTYRE. HE DISCUSSES SETH ROLLINS AND THE VOLATILITY THAT ISSEN DOUBTEDLY GOING TO BOIL OVER TONIGHT IN CLEVELAND. BUT LET'S SEE HOW THE STORY UNFOLDED. ♪ >> FOR 10 YEARS YOU PEOPLE NEVER FORGOT ME AND THAT IS WHY I'M BACK. I'M HERE TO WIN THE "ROYAL RUMBLE" AND MAIN EVENT "WRESTLEMANIA." IN THE COURSE OF THE RUMBLE I TORE MY RIGHT TRICEP. MY DREAM EVER SINCE I WAS A KID WAS MAIN EVENT "WRESTLEMANIA." ♪I PRAYED FOR THIS AND IT HAPPENED. IN THAT RUMBLE I TARGETED YOU. >> DREW MCINTYRE IS IN THE WORLD TITLE MATCH. WE WILL SEE YOU AT WRESTLEMANIA. ♪ >> LOSERS, PRAY FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. WINNERS MAKE IT HAPPEN. THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO YOUR ACTIONS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOU WILL NEVER BE CHAMPION AS LONG AS THERE'S AIR IN MY LUNGS. ♪ >> I HAVE MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MY COUNTRY. >> WITH MONEY IN THE BANK I'M GOING TO WIN THAT CONTRACT AND CASH IT IN THAT NIGHT. >> YOU MADE A BIG PROMISE YOU ARE GOING TO WAC OUT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. YOU BLEW IT AGAIN, DREW. >> WHY DID YOU STICK YOUR NOSE IN MY BUSINESS? >> I WAS HANDLING MY BUSINESS. THERE'S A MAN RUNNING AROUND WITH A BRACELET WITH MY WIFE'S NAME ON IT. ALL OF THE CHAOS THAT YOU HAVE CAUSED I VOLUNTEERED I AM YOUR SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE. ♪ >> I'M CLEARED FOR THIS BEATING THAT YOU DESERVE. >> HOW LONG I HAVE WAITED FOR THIS. >> I'M DONE A REFEREE YOU CAN JUST PUSH AROUND. I'M THE BOSS. I'M THE LAW. ♪ >> GET OUT OF LINE I WILL PUT YOUR HEAD IN THE DIRT. >> I'M GOING TO GET MY POUND OF FLESH. MICHAEL: THIS MATCH HAS REALLY BEEN PUMPED UP. A LOT TO BREAKDOWN. I WANT TO START WITH YOU, WADE, AND TALK ABOUT SETH ROLLINS. IT MIGHT BE HE IS THE MOST UNBIASED OFFICIAL BECAUSE HE HATES BOTH. WADE: THAT MAKES YOU TWICE AS BIASED AS ANYONE. YOU ARE BIASED AGAINST BOTH AND IT IS A ABSOLUTE DISGRACE THAT HE IS IN THAT. YOU NEED THE BEST OF THE BEST. SETH ROLLINS FANTASTIC PERFORMER NO DOUBT BUT ONE OF THE BEST I HAVE EVER SEEN. HE IS NOT A REFEREE. WHAT ARE WE DOING? THIS IS ONE OF THE MARQUEE MATCHES. MICHAEL: BUT THERE'S PRESS DENIED SUMMER SUMMER JESSE VENTURA, TRIPLE HFRPBLT SO NOT LIKE IT HASN'T BEEN DONE. >> THE REASON WE ARE IN THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR GOOD FRIEND DREW LAST TIME I DON'T BLAME THE REFEREE FOR NOT WANTING TO BE PART OF IT. WADE: THE REASON IT IS HAPPENING IS BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED FOUR WEEKS AGO IN TORONTOING IN GATING THE FACT THAT CM PUNK ATTEMPTED IT DESTROY DREW MCINTYRE'S CAREER ON THREE. PAT: DREW MCINTYRE SAID HE PRAYED CM PUNK WOULD BE HURT AND RUINED AND THE TPFIRST NIGHT HE STORMED OUT OF THE BUILDING NO WELCOMING, NO FOG. THEY CAN SET IT UP AND WE ARE IN FOR IT. WADE: DREW MCINTYRE SIT HURTING WARD IT C.M. PORNO PUNK AND CAN HIM THREE SEPARATE OPPORTUNITIES BEING CHAMPION. THAT IS A MASTER OVERREACTION AND THERE WILL BE A COUNTER REACTION. ROLLINS RULES. PAT PAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> I DON'T KNOW. THOSE WORD WERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HIS WIFE AND HIS DOG. PAT: LARRY. >> I DON'T LIKE DOGS. >> YOU HAVE A DOG. >> I HATE THE THING. NONETHELESS, IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING COUNTDOWN SHOW BECAUSE I HAVE A SITDOWN INTERVIEW WITH CM PUNK AND A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT DREW. PAT: NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GUEST REFEREES IN THE HISTORY OF SUMMERSLAM 2024. SOME WERE GOOD, SOME A LITTLE BIAS. SETH ROLLINS WILL LOOK GOOD AND BE DAMN GOOD. MICHAEL: WE ALSO HAVE A GUEST HOST THE MIZ IN THE SUMMERSLAM 2024 EXPRESS BUS. MIZ: Y'ALL MADE IT, DOG. I LIKE IT. IT IS OK. IT IS OK. I LOVE IT. ALL-MAY IT. ABOUT TIME. WE ARE STANDING IN THE STORY HOUSE. WE ARE GOING AROUND CLEVELAND. LET'S DO IT. I HAD THE CHANCE TO ESPN TIME HERE SUMMERSLAM 2024 EXPRESS BUS AND HOSTING SUMMERSLAM 2024. MIZ CRUISING AROUND CLEVELAND BORN AND RAISED HERE AS LOGAN PAUL WHO WILL DONOR THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP LATER ON. 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS HERE IN CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM ON THE BANKS OF LAKE ERIE. THROUGHOUT THE SHOW WE WILL COUNT DOWN SUMMERSLAM 2024'S HOTTEST 10 MOMENTS. ♪ ♪ >> WHAT ON EARTH DID WE JUST WITNESS? THE DEBUT OF THE FI MIZ: ND A MAN OF THE CLOTH THEN TRYING TO STRUGGLE BUT OUT. THE TPAOEFRPBD WITH THE VICTORY >> THREE OF THE BIGGEST STARS, BELAIR, CHARLOTTEED A ASUKA. BELAIR'S KNEE FAVORED. BIANCA BELAIR TRYING TO DRIVE LEVER BACK IN THE RING. 450. NOW CHARLOTTE WILL PICK THE BAD LAG. BIANCA IS NOT GOING TO HANG ON. BELAIR ROLLS HER UP. BELAIR WINS THE TITLE. HOW ON EARTH DID BIANCA BELAIR FIGHT THROUGH THE PAIN? SHE IS RUSHING DOWN TO THE BAD KNEE WITH A BRIEFCASE OFF THE FACE OF BELAIR. COVER. SHE WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> SHOCKING NEWS AT SUMMERSLAM 202488 BECAUSE OF INJURY UNABLE TO CHALLENGE THE IN INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION. IT WAS THE GREATEST CHAMPION OF ALL TIME BUT BEING THE HUMANITARIAN THAT I AM I SAY GIVE ME ANYBODY. LET ME HAVE SOMEBODY. >> YOU MAY BE ONE OF THE GREATEST. BIG SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE HONKEY TONK MAN. GIVE ME SOMEBODY TO WRESTLE. I DON'T CARE WHO IT IS. >> WE ARE ALL WAITING HERE. IT IS THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR. >> YOU GOING TO GET IT. >> THE ULTIMATE WARRIORS EX EXPLODING IN THE HONKY TONK MATCH. IT IS UP FOR GRABS HERE. >> HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE HERE. WE HAVE A NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR. >> TONIGHT WE WANT THE SAME TH THING. AN EPIC SHOWDOWN. >> CODY TRYING TO TAKE FIGHT TO THE BLOOD LINE. >> IT'S THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. >> IT IS GOING DOWN AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. RHODES VERSUS SOLO SIKOA. >> THE HEART OF ROCK 'N ROLL IS IN CLEVELAND. BUT THE HEART OF CLEVELAND IS FORGED IN HARD WORK. IT IS NOT JUST THE CITY, IT IS THE PEOPLE. I WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND. LIFE LONG FRIENDSHIPS WERE BORN IN CLEVELAND. MY WORK ETHIC WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND. >> THIS CITY INGRAINED IN ME IF YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO WORK FOR IT. >> HE IS A REALITY STAR WHO WON 1 CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS LATER ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED STARS. HE DID IT. MIZ IS CHAMPION. I REMEMBER WRESTLING BRINGING ME AND MY FRIENDS COASTER. WE WATCHED EVERY WWE PAY-PER-VIEW AND I ALWAYS TOLD THEM THAT WAS GOING TO BE ME SOME DAY. NOW THEY ARE IN THE FRONT ROW SUPPORTING ME WITH KIDS OF THEIR OWN. I WOULD NOT BE WHERE I AM TODAY IF I GREW UP ANYWHERE ELSE. WRESTLING HISTORY RUNS DEEP THROUGH CLEVELAND. THIS CITY HAS HOSTED SOME KAOEUPG MEMORABLE MOMENTS. SUMMERSLAM 20241996 I REMEMBER WATCHING SHAWN MICHAEL WITH MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS IN PMY LIVIG ROOM AND SUPER KICK. THE FIRST LADDER MATCH WITH EDGE AND CHRISTIAN AND THE HARDYS. >> HELL, YEAH. >> NOW YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO MY CAREER. >> THERE IS MIZ'S DAD AND HIS MOM. RANDY ORTON FROM BEHIND. SKWRA>> IN FRONT OF MY PARENTS BROUGHT MY MOTHER TO TEARS. >> HIS PARENTS ARE HORRIFIED. >> IN THIS ARENA I HAVE BEEN FIRED, THROWN OUT OF THE BUILDING, >> GET HIM OUT OF HERE. >> NO HOME TORN HERO SHOULD EVER BE BOOED LIKE THIS. >> CLEVELAND, I'M HOME. >> DON'T YOU DISCOURAGE THE MIZ'S HOMETOWN. THIS MAN IS A LEGEND. AND I KNOW THINGS MAY HAVE BEEN A BIT UNFAVORABLE AT TIMES BUT I WOULD NOT TRADE IT FOR THE WORLD. I'M ENDLESSLY GRATEFUL FOR THE MEMBER REST CREATED IN CLEVELAND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE. BUT CAN I AT LEAST GET A MIZ APPRECIATION CELEBRATION JUST ONCE? SUMMERSLAM 2024 BELONGS HERE IN CLEVELAND. LET'S SHOW CASE THE HEART OF THIS CITY AND ITS FEARLESS CAVALIER PERSONA. THIS IS OUR TIME. BECAUSE THE HEART OF THE MIZ IS IN CLEVELAND. AND I'M PROUD TO SAY I'M A CLEVELANDER AND WE ARE AWESOME! >> THIS IS THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024 THE SUMMERSLAM 2024 EXPRESS BUS IS HERE IN THE STADIUM. ♪ >> CLEVELAND. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I'M ON THE PARTY BUS WITH THE GENERATION X. TRIPLE H. T "THE HEARTBREAK KID," SHAWN MYSELF. >> I'M FROM HERE. >> MY BAD. WHERE YOU COME FROM? >> I HAVE BEEN HERE THE WHOLE TIME. THE HOST OF SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS HERE. YOU SAW THE CITY OF CLEVELAND. NOW LET'S FEEL THE ENERGY OF THE CROWD. LET ME HEAR YOU. SUMMERSLAM 2024 STARTS RIGHT NOW. LET'S GO! MICHAEL: ALSO HERE BAYLEY HOLDING GOLD SINCE "WRESTLEMANIA" WITH A DECADE OLD RIVALRY WITH THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER AND QUEEN OF THE RING. IRRESPECTABLE FORCE NIA JAX SEEKING HER SECOND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HERE TONIGHT. THIS ISN'T THE ONLY HOMETOWN PLAYER TONIGHT AM CLEVELAND. THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION LOGAN PAUL IS HERE WHO HAS HELD THE GOLD A STARTLING 270 PLUS DAYS. IF SAID HE WOULD BE A UNITED STATES CHAMPION OVER 270 DAYS WITH YOU BELIEVE IT? WADE: WELL, IF YOU SAID HE ONLY DEFENDED IT TWICE THAT IS POSSIBLE BUT EVERY TIME HE IS IN THE RING HE ALWAYS DELIVERS SO I EXPECT THE SAME TONIGHT. PAT: THESE PEOPLE LOVE THAT LOGAN PAUL GREW UP DRINKING THE SAME WATER [BOOING] PAT:ING HE'S TRIED TO DO HE'S DONE WELL. HE COMES IN THIS HE DOMINATES. THE STATE OF O.H. SHOULD CLAIM A LITTLE MORE OWNERSHIP OF OUR CHINA LOGAN PAUL. MICHAEL: BIG E, THIS IS A IMPORTANT NIGHT FOR L.A. KNIGHT. HE'S BEEN KNOCKING ON THE DOOR A COUPLE YEARS. HE COULD HAVE HIS DEFINING MOMENT. >> IF I PICKED ONE PERSON I THINK THIS IS A MUST WIN NIGHT I THINK IT IS LA KNIGHT. THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BEHIND HIM QUITE A LONG TIME. THEY LOVE IT. PAT: WHAT IS HIS NAME? >> L.A. KNIGHT. >> YEAH. I LOVE IT. THEY LOVE HIM. THIS IS HIS NIGHT. TYPICALLY BEING IN YOUR HOMETOWN IS AN INVADER BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FOR HIM. >> IS THIS A MUST WIN LIKE HE SAID? PAT: ABSOLUTELY. I FOLLOWED HIS CAREER FROM DAY ONE. SAVE FOR A SHORT DALLIANCE WITH A MILLION DOLLAR CHAMPIONSHIP IN NXT HE HAS NOT HELD GOLD. AND GETTING THAT BUS WHEREVER YOU GO BEING THE GUY THAT MAKES THE ENERGY IN THE ARENA EXPLODE YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE GOODS IN THE BAG MOMENTS. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE LA KNIGHT'S CAREER IS OVER PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK UP WHAT DID HE WON. TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT HE HAS TO WIN GOLD. PAT: I'M LEGITIMATELY WORRIED. HERE IN CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM I HAD MY WORST PUNTING PERFORMANCE OF PMY ENTIRE LIE. IT IS INCREDIBLY WINDY. IT IS BREEZY. WE ARE RIGHT ON THE LAKEMENT WITH THE WAY LOGAN FLIES AND L.A. KNIGHT FLIES THERE COULD BE A WEATHER EFFECT ON THE ENTIRE THING. MICHAEL: ALSO TONIGHT AS PART OF SUMMERSLAM 2024 YOU HAVE LIVE LIVE DEFENDING THE -- LIV MORGAN AGAINST RHEA RIPLEY AND IN TOW DIRTY DOM WITH KATHY KELLY. KATHY: I WAS ABLE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE JUDGMENT DAY CLUBHOUSE AND TRACK DOWN DIRTY DOM M MYSTERIO AND JUDGMENT DAY BUSY I WAS HOPING YOU COULD TELL US HOW IT HAS BEEN IN THE JUDGMENT DAY CLUBHOUSE. >> THE VIBE CHECK IS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU GOT IN THE JUDGMENT DAY KHROUBGS BUT WE DO HAVE A VERY BUSY DAY. DAMION IS MORE THAN READY TO KEEP THE CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ARE READY FOR MOMMY TO BRING BACK THE TITLE AND WE WILL ALL GO INTO "MONDAY NIGHT RAW" WITH ALL OF OUR TKPWHOELD AS A BIG HAPPY FAMILY SO IF BEING LEAVE, PLEASE. KATHY: I SEND IT TO BYRON. >> MAKE IT QUICK. BYRON: I THINK I FOUND THE ROWDIEST SECTION OF FANS HERE OUTSIDE CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM. HOW WE FEELING IT CLEARS CHEERS BYRON. WE MAKE HISTORY THIS YEAR AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 BECAUSE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE OPENED A CONTEST SAYING ANY FANS OUT THERE SUBMIT YOUR DESIGNS FOR A SUMMER SUMMER TEE SHIRT. WE WILL PICK ONE WINNER AND WE WILL HAVE YOU HERE AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE OUR WINNER. PLEASE WELCOME CAR HLOW P.R. AT Y. AND HIS SON LUKA. SUPPORTING THE SHIRT THAT YOU DESIGNED. CARLA HOW COOL IS IT TO HAVE APPEAR OFFICIAL WWE TEE SHIRT WITH YOUR DESIGN? >> I HESITATED TO TRY TO WIN BUT WE WERE EXCITED AND WE WORKED TOGETHER TO DO IT AND WE COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN THEY CALLED US. BYRON: HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE IDEAMENT >> WE KNEW TYING IN CLEVELAND WITH THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME AND GUITAR AND SKYLINE AND TRIED TO BLEND IT WITH THE WWE CHARACTERS. WE WERE SO PUMPED AND IT WORKED. BYRON: LUKA, THE PEOPLE WERE CHANTING YOUR NAME A MOMENT AGO. THEY LOVE YOU [CHANTS OF LUKA] BYRON: THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW COOL IS IT TO HAVE AN OWE FURNISH WWE TEE SHIRT. JUST LIKE THE MIZ SAID. IT IS AWESOME! BYRON: GLASSES, LUKA. CAR LOW CONGRATULATIONS. BACK TO THE PANEL. MICHAEL: I HAVE A TEE SHIRT. PAT: YOU HAVE ONE SHIRT. BUT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE DESIGNED BY LUKA AND WE WILL THROW A COUPLE OF THEM OUT TO THE CROWDMENT HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. BOOM. LUKA. >> YOU SHOULD STICK TO SOCCER BY THE WAY. MICHAEL: WE HAVE PLENTY MORE TO COME ON THE COUNTDOWN SHOW. LIKE I SAID, STICK TO SOCCER OR FOOTBALL AS YOU CALL IT. WE WILL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES LIVE FROM CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM. YOU GUYS HAVING FUN? >> YEAH! >> TONIGHT THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE LIV MORGAN CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. LIVER, YOUR REVENGE ENDS. >> THE. . THE FIGHT. MORGAN VERSUS RIPLEY. FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. WWE SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> IT FALL THE BADDEST BRAND IN LIVE SPORTS. HAS A NEW HOME. >> I'M TALKING ABOUT HISTORY. >> THESE FISTS DON'T LIE, BABY. >> YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. I'M ONLY SPITTING FACTS. NXT ON THE CW PREMIERES AUGUST 21. >> LET ME TALK TO HIM. THE MEGA-STAR LA KNIGHT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN THIS ENTIRE INDUSTRY. ALL AROUND THE WORLD IT IS THE SAME SONG. EVERY TIME I WALK IN HERE THE WHOLE WORLD JUMPS AT OUR FEET. >> THIS GUY HAS BEEN ON A TEAR THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR. ♪ >> TELL THEM WHOSE GAME THIS IS. >> WHICH MEANS LOGAN PAUL, I WANT THAT UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP. >> YOU KNOW WHERE LEG PAUL HAS BEEN? SURPRISE, SURPRISE, GUESS WHO AIN'T HERE. LOGAN PAUL. IF YOU WANT TO COME TO -- IF YOU WON'T COME TO "SMACKDOWN," I WILL BRING "SMACKDOWN" IT YOU. >> YOU ARE THE BOY FROM L.A. IS IT? >> NO, I GOT THIS. BUT THEN I GOT A PHONE CALL THAT SAID HE WOULD BE RIGHT HERE IN THIS RING. >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE, GET OUT OF MY POOL. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> WHAT DOES HE DO? HE IS HERE WITH THAT TITANIUMEN FORCED RIGHT HAND. >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. >> L.A. KNIGHT. YOU KEEP SAYING MEGA-STAR BUT MEGA-STAR TO WHO? >> THERE'S LEVELS TO THIS. YOU ARE NOT ON LINE SO GO BACK WHERE YOU BELONG. >> I'M LOGAN PAUL. I COMPETE WITH THE BEST IN THE WORLD. >> ONE OF THE TOP SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCEERS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD THE MULTIBILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE OF SPORTS MEDIA WITH MY BROTHER THE NAME PAUL ECHOS THROUGHOUT THERE CULTURE. >> WHY WOULD I GIVE THIS GUY A SHOT AT MY UNITED STATES CHAP? >> YOU MENTIONED YOUR BROTHER IS WILLING TO JUMP IN THE RING WITH MIKE TYSON BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE THE BALLS TO JUMP IN THE RING WITH ME. I GUESS BALLS DON'T RUN IN THE FAMILY, DO THEY? >> YOU WANT THIS MATCH. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT. I WILL SIGN YOUR LITTLE CONTRACT. I WILL GIVE YOU THE SHOT AT GLORY. >> IT IS OFFICIAL AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> GOT A PHONE CALL WITH MR. CLEVELAND HIMSELF. HE SAYS HE HAS A SURPRISE LOGAN PAUL HOMECOMING. IT IS TIME TO UNVEIL MY CHAMPIONSHIP BANNER. >> OH, NO, IT IS A WORK OF ART. >> WHAT DOES THAT BANNER SAY? YEAH, I'M GOING TO GO BACK HERE AND GET YOU ANOTHER BANNER. LOGAN PAUL AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. I WILL OWN YOU, I WILL OWN THAT BELT AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT. >> IN 1927 RANDY NEWMAN ONCE SAID CLEVELAND CITY OF LIGHTS, CITY OF MAGIC. I GOT TO FEEL SOME OF THAT LIGHT AND MAGIC. THERE ARE SOME INCREDIBLE PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST HO DOING INCREDIBLE WORK IN THEIR COMMUNITY. CHECK IT OUT. >> AHEAD OF THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER, WWE ARE CELEBRATING THE CITY OF CLEVELAND AND SHOWCASING THOSE THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. CHIEF FOOD BANK AND CLOTHES FOR KIDS AS WWE'S NEWERS COMMUNE CHAMPIONS. >> WE ARE HERE BEING ABLE TO WITNESS SOME OF THE WORK WE DO AND GIVE BACK. WE TEAMED UP WITH THE LOCAL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF AMERICA TO BUILD A NEW PLAYGROUND TO PROVIDE A SAFE AREA FOR THOUSANDS OF KIDS. JOIN WWE AND WING STOP IN CELEBRATING THE BRIGHT COMMUNITY OF CLEVELAND. >> SUCH A SPECIAL WELCOME IN CLEVELAND WITH SO MANY EVENTS AROUND THE CITY LIKE LATE NIGHT OUR OWN NOT READY FOR PRIME TAOTIME SAMI ZAYN WAS AT THE COMEDY SHOW. SAMI IS A LOT OF FUN. FOR SAMI ZAYN TONIGHT PROBABLY WON'T BE AS FUN AS LAST NIGHT WAS. THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION HAS ARRIVED, FOUR-TIME IS HERE AND HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT AS HE TAKES ON THE UNPREDICTABLE BAD ASS BRON BREAKKER AND SHE IS STANDING BY WITH HER OWN PRIVATE ASSASSIN. >> OBVIOUSLY TONIGHT SAMI ZAYN INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE HOW WILL TONIGHT'S BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT TOOK PLACE AT MONEY IN THE BANK? >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW SAMI ZAYN'S COMEDY SHOW WENT LAST NIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY FOR SAMI. BECAUSE THAT IS HIS FUTURE. HE HAS TO FEED HIS FAMILY. BUT AS FAR AS HIS FUTURE AS THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, TONIGHT IT IS OVER. >> THANK YOU, BRON. MICHAEL: WE ARE AT CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM TWO HOURS AND 17 MINUTES FROM THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMER. PAT WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF CALLING A LOT OF BRON BREAKER STUFF. SAMI'S SURVIVED. PAT: THAT SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS THE STORY OF SAMI ZAYN. 'S FUTURE WWE HALL OF FAMER AND FACULTY WANT CONTINENTAL CHAMPION. I'M A MASTER FAN OF HIS AND EVERYTHING HE IS ABOUT. THAT SAID AT THE HOME OF THE DOG POUND WITH BRON BREAKKER RUNNING THROUGH THE STADIUM I THINK IT IS A DOCUMENTARY EVENING FOR BRON BREAKKER FOR HIS FIRST TITLE WITH BEING ON THE WRONG ROSTER. MICHAEL: HE SPEARED A MAN ON YOUR SHOW. PAT: A FEW DAYS AGO HE SPEARED AN OVERSIZED DO YOU HAVE -- DUFUS THROUGH THE WALL AND THIS IS A BIG NIGHT. >> I HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING LIKE HIM. SPEED, ATHLETICISM AND HUNGER. ONE CONTINUING I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE LAST CAN BE YEARS IS DO APPEARANCES AND HIS HUNGER AND DESIRE TO LEARN IS SCARY. SEEING SOMEONE THAT PHYSICALLY FAR AHEAD OF THE REST OF THE LANE BUT IS WILLING TO GROW AND GET BETTER AND BETTER. HE IS SCARY. MICHAEL: AND IT IS STILL AN INEXPERIENCE HE IS IN WITH ONE OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED PEOPLE THE FOUR-TIME INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION SAMI ZAYN WHO MADE IT IN WRESTLEMANIA. WADE: HE HAS SPENT THE LAST 15 PLUS YEARS WITH THE BEST. HE KNOWS A THING OR TWO ABOUT A THING OR TWO AND IF HE HAS A CHANCE TO PULL OFF A NUMBER OF MIRACLES HE HAS TO DIG DEEP AND HE HAS A SHOT. MICHAEL: IT IS BRON BREAKKER AND SAMI ZAYN FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE DOG POND HERE IN CLEVELAND. STANDING BY PETER ROSENBERG WITH OUR HOST OF SUMMERSLAM 2024. PETER: WE ARE OUT HERE IN THE FAN ZONE. HOW ABOUT THE AWESOME TRUTH IS HERE WITH THE PEOPLE. >> OR I TOLD YOU NOT TO BRING HO DESERVES. WE ARE WITH MY NAME. >> WHAT IS YOUR NAME? >> ANTHONY. >> AND? >> ADAM. >> WHAT IS TODAY. >> MY BIRTHDAY. CAN WE SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY IT ADAM? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADAM. WHO YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING? >> L.A. KNIGHT. >> DO YOU THINK HE WILL BEAT LOGAN PAUL. >> I THOUGHT LOGAN PAUL IS THE HOME UP TO HERO. IS HE NOT? >> NO. >> WHO DO YOU WANT TO SEE MOST? BESIDES L.A. KNIGHT? DO YOU WANT TO SEE MAYBE CODY RHODES. >> CODY RHODES. YOU WANT TO SEE HIM BEAT SOLO? >> YOU READY FOR SURPRISES APPEAR FUN? >> YES. >> BE READY FOR SURPRISES AND FUN? SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND IT IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY -- >> AWESOME. >> AWESOME. MICHAEL: I'M SURE THAT YOUNG MAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO A BATTLE WITH CM PUNK AND DREW MCINTYRE WITH THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE SETH ROLLINS. WE TALKED TO SETH ABOUT REFEREEING THIS BIG EVENT TONIGHT. >> SO AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 TWO MEN THAT YOU HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH ARE GOING TO GO ONE-ON-ONE. DREW MCINTYRE VERSUS CM PUNK. WHAT DOES SETH ROLLINS THINK ABOUT THIS MATCH? >> I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS MATCH RIGHT NOW. I REALLY DON'T. THESE ARE TWO GUYS I -- I DO NOT LIKE EITHER OF THEM. MY HISTORY WITH DREW WELL DOCUMENTED THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. PUNK, THAT IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT BALLGAME. THERE'S A PERSONAL DIVIDE THERE. I TOLD HIM WHEN HE FIRST CAME BACK, I SAID JUST STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS. AND HE COULDN'T DO IT. HE HAD TO INTERJECT HIMSELF AND GET CLOSE TO ME. AND I HAVE A VERY SHORT FUSE WITH CM PUNK SO I WILL TRY TO KEEP IT AS P.G. AS I CAN. I DON'T CARE FOR EITHER OF THEM AND IF THERE'S A WAY FOR BOTH OF THEM TO LOSE THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> HATRED. >> YEAH. >> IT IS A WORD THAT IS OVERUSED BUT NOT IN THIS CASE. I WAS THERE WITH YOU AT SURVIVOR SERIES WHEN PUNK RETURNED. AND I HAVE KNOWN YOU A LONG TIME, SETH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN YOU IN THE STATE YOU WERE THAT MOMENT. WHERE DOES THIS COME FROM? >> HE IS A GUY I LOOKED UP TO. I TAUGHT HE HAD THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE INDUSTRY RIGHT HERE IN HIS HEART. BECAUSE THAT IS THE IMAGE HE WANTS PEOPLE TO SEE. THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE ABOUT HIM BUT IT IS NOT TRUE. WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE ALL HE CARES ABOUT IS HIMSELF. THAT IS ALL HE CARES ABOUT. THE REST IS A FEW SAD. HE IS A LIAR, CROOK, SCAM ARTIST AND HE HAS MADE PEOPLE THINK HE IS THE GREAT MESSIAH BUT HE ONLY CARES ABOUT CM PUNK AND HOW TO LINE HIS OWN POCKETS. I TRY TO AVOID. LIKE I SAID, STAY AWAY BUT HE IS IN MY SPACE ONE MORE TIME. SKWRA>> THIS HAS TO BE SO WEIRD YOU BECAUSE DREW MCINTYRE, HE HARBORS A LOT OF THE SAME RESENTMENT TOWARD PUNK THAT YOU DO. >> HE SAID HIMSELF THE GREATEST TRICK THE DEFERRAL EVER PULLED WAS CONVINCING YOU TO TRUST HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES IT BREAKS YOUR TRUST. >> BUT YOU CAN'T STAND MCINTYRE EITHER. WHO IS IN THE RIGHT HERE? IS IT PUNK, THIS OBSESSION THAT MCINTYRE HAS WITH PUNK? >> I UNDERSTAND WHY DREW DOESN'T LIKE HIM BUT THE MORE ATTENTION YOU GUY TO THIS GUY TASTE WHAT HE WANTS. YOU ARE FEEDING THE BEAST. YOU HAVE TO IGNORE PEOPLE LIKE THIS SO THEY GO AWAY BUT HE CONTINUES TO FEED THE BEAST AND NOW HE IS IN A POSITION WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE HERE AND YOU PROPPED HIM UP. SUMMERSLAM 2024 ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN THE CALENDAR YOU PROPPED HIM UP. THAT IS ON YOU, MAC. I DON'T LIKE DREW. I DON'T AGREE WITH HIS APPROACH TO A LOT OF THINGS BUT I CAN SORT OF UNDERSTAND IT. I HAVE BEEN WHERE HE'S BEEN MENTALLY. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO FEEL SLIGHTED AND TO FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO GRIND AND SOMETIMES DO SOME THINGS YOU DON'T WANT TO DO TO BE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I CAN SORT OF PUT MYSELF IN DREW'S SHOES. PUNK I CAN'T GET TWO ANYTHING. SO DREW HAS PUT HIMSELF IN A TOUGH SPOT BECAUSE IF HE WASN'T WIN THERE -- >> WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, SETH ROLLINS NOW FINDS HIMSELF AS THE OFFICIAL, AS THE REFEREE FOR THE CM PUNK VERSUS DREW MCINTYRE MATCH AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. ON THE SURFACE YOU HAVE TO CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. YOU CAN'T STAND BOTH OF THEM. IS THERE A BETTER CHOICE FOR OFFICIAL TAN ME? BECAUSE I'M GOING TO LET IT RIDE, I WANT THEM BOTH TO TEAR EACH OTHER APART. I DON'T CARE WHO WINS. WHAT I WANT IS FOR THEM BOTH TO HURT EACH OTHER SO BAD THEY JUST GO AWAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. SO I WILL BE AN IMPARTIAL OFFICIAL. THE MOST IMPARTIAL OFFICIAL BECAUSE I HATE THEM BOTH EQUALLY. >> HOW DO YOU GET IN THESE SITUATIONS? >> I DIDN'T GET MYSELF IN THE SITUATION. THEY DID THIS. I WAS JUST TRYING TO WIN THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND HERE WE ARE. ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN -- FOR ME ANYWAY. MICHAEL: IT WILL BE FUN TO BE OUT THERE. HE WILL BE HERE LIVE ON THE PANEL. UP NEXT A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION AND VERY SPECIAL LOCATION. >> THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK FROM NOTHING FIGHTING FOR EVERYTHING. AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 GUNTHER WILL GET THE BEATING OF A LIFE TIME. SKWRA>> THEY ARE READY, J.R. REMEMBER THIS IS FALLS TOWN ANYWHERE. IT IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. HE IS HAVING HIS WAY WITH THE CHAMPION AT THIS TIME. GET AWAY, THAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO. HE IS GOING TO TRY TO DISTANCE HIMSELF. >> HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU. WHERE YOU GOING? >> WHERE IS SHANE GOING? UPSTAIRS. LET HIM DOWN. >> LOOK AT HIM. WHAT IS HE DOING NOW? >> HE WINS IT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MIGHT HAVE. >> YOU MIGHT LOOK PRETTIER THAN THE BRIDE. >> YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE ONE OF THE MOST SACRED MOMENTS WE CAN HAVE. SKWRA>> BEAUTY PERSONIFIED. DO YOU TAKE THIS WOMAN TO BE YOUR LAWFUL WEDDED WIFE? >> OH, YEAH! >> YOU MAY NOW KISS THE BRIDE. >> YOU DID IT. I WASN'T SURE, BUT I AM NOW. YOU DID IT. >> IT IS A HOT SUMMER NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY. THIS HAS BEEN SOLD OUT FOR MONTHS. >> THE WANT CONTINENTAL CHAMPION AND TRIBORO H COMPETE IN A LADDER MATCH FOR THE IN INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE. TWO GREAT YOUNG SHRAOEDZ. SO MUCH ANIMOSITY IN THIS AWESOME RIVALRY. I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER SEEN ANY MORE INTENSE COMPETITION THAN WE ARE SEEING HERE. >> HE IS FIGHTING FOR THE LADDER. >> THEY ARE FIGHTING WITH ALL THEY HAVE GOT. OH! ON TOP OF IT. CAN HE FIND IT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH! HE DID IT! HE DID IT. TRIPLE H DID IT. >> THAT CERTAINLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING LADDER MATCHES. WHAT A HELL OF AN EFFORT BY BOTH GUYS. >> LET ME SAY WHAT AN HONOR IT IS TO BE STANDING IN IT RING AS A CHAMPION. IT IS AGAINST BRON BREAKKER. BRON BREAKKER WALKED INTO MONEY IN THE BANK, HE BROUGHT ALL OF HIS STRENGTH, ALL HIS SPEED. >> GOOD GOD. HE MADE A CRUCIAL MISTAKE THINKING THAT I WAS THE UNDERDOG IN THAT MATCH. >> BRON BREAKKER IS STARING BACK. I'M NOT AN UNDERDOG. I'M A CHAMPION. >> THAT IS WHY BRON BREAKKER FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY, IT IS ONE THING TO KNOCK ME DOWN. IT IS ANOTHER TO TRY TO KEEP ME DOWN. A DOG HAS SHOWN,. HE HAS NOT TAKEN HIS GAZE OFF. >> I CAME OUT HERE TO LOOK YOU IN THE EYE. THE ONLY MAN WHO COULD SAY THEY BEAT ME. SO, LOOK. I HAVE BEEN THINKING AND I -- TH THERE. BRON BREAKKER IN OUT OF NOWHERE THREW SAMI ZAYN OUT OF THE RING. LOOK AT BREAKKER. >> I'M TPNOT HERE TO TALK DOWN SAMI ZAYN. SINCE MONEY IN THE BANK I DIDN'T TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY. I THOUGHT IT WAS STAND-UP COMEDY. I PUT MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK. THAT FEELS ON ME. IT IS TIME TO PROVE MYSELF. I WILL SCRATCH AND CLAW AND FIGHT HARDER FOR THIS INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MORE THAN I HAVE EVER FOUGHT FOR ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. >> YOU WILL BE THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER WHO WILL MEET SAMI ZAYN AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> OH, NO! >> THE BACK OF HIS HEAD HIT THE APRON. HE MAY BE OUT. >> HE CAN NO LONGER CONTINUE. YOUR WINNER BRON BREAKKER! ♪ >> WHOEVER THEY WANT TO KEEP FEEDING ME. >> I WILL CONTINUE IT BREAK EVERYONE AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. THE JOKE IS ON YOU AND THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE ON ME. >> BRON BREAKKER IF I COULD GIVE YOU ONE PIECE OF ADVICE IS NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE YOU MADE AT MONEY IN THE BANK. >> THERE'S NOWHERE FOR SAMI TO RUN ANY LONGER. SAMI ZAYN AND THE UNDER CONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP ARE EXACT WHERE I WANT THEM. THIS TIME AROUND IT IS NOT TRYING TO TEACH A YOUNG GUY. THIS TIME IT IS JUST ABOUT BEATING HIS [BEEP] AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> THE COUNTDOWN CONTINUES. WE ARE TWO HOURS FROM SUMMER HERE IN CLEVELAND. JELLY ROLL RIGHT THERE WITH HIS NEW SINGLE TDABBING IT UP. GUNTHER IT IS CARRY HE HAS NO RESPECT FOR DAMIEN PRIEST USING THE TERM STREET TRASH BUT HE IS 6-0 SINCE WRESTLING AT WRESTLEMANIA. HE LOOKS TWO WIN GOLD. IT WILL BE THE FOURTH TITLE FOR DAMIEN P DAMIEN PRIESTMENT IT HAS BEEN A BIG WEEK. DOCUMENTARY WWE 24 PREMIERED YESTERDAY. >> OH, MAN, BACK TO BRONX. >> MY PLEASURE. >> HOW MUCH TIME YOU BEING FROM BRONX BEING THE YANKEE FAN THAT YOU ARE, HOW MANY TIMES AS A KID DO YOU GET OUT HERE AT 151ST STREET? >> I COUNCIL COUNT HOW MANY. MID TO LATE 1990'SMENT EARLY 2000'S. >> THE GLORY DAYS OF THE YANKEES. >> YES, IT WAS NEAT I GOT TO SEE SO MANY ICONIC PLAYERS. >> THE BRONX IS AN INTERESTING PLACE MANY BIRTHPLACE OF HIP-HOP. THE TOUGHNESS THAT COMES FROM GROWING UP. WHAT WAS YOUR LIFE AS A KEID? >> IT IS WITH YOU WOULD EXPECT. I THINK THE BRONX HAS A REPUTATION AND IT IS LIKE A WORLD THAT YOU COULD SEE IN MOVIES BUT IT WAS REAL LIFE TO ME AND HOW IT IS PORTRAYED IN OLD SCHOOL FILMS. >> HOW MUCH OF A BASEBALL PLAYER WERE YOU? >> I WAS PRETTY DECENT. MY DAD AND I WOULD PLAY FOR HOURS. HE WOULD TAKE ME TO THE PARK AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. >> DID YOU EVER THINK OF BEING A PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE WAS ON THE TABLE? >> IT WAS LIKE A DREAM. I ALWAYS HAD THAT IN ME. >> WAS THERE EVER A TIME YOU STARTED TO THINK I DON'T THINK THE PRO ATHLETE THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN? >> THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I WAS FEELING DOWN AND BARTENDING AT THE HANDLER STEIN BALLROOM AND THERE WOULD BE WRESTLING EVENTS. THAT IS WHEN IT HIT. >> AT THAT POINT YOU HAD BEEN A WRESTLER BUT IT WAS NOT HAPPENING IN A BIG WAY IS YOU WERE BARTENDING. >> I WAS BAR CONTINUING, MANAGING BARS, WHATEVER I CAN DO TO SUPPORT MY WRESTLING HABIT. THAT IS WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING. I STARTED GETTING OPPORTUNITY THEN A TRYOUT AND THINKING WAIT I CAN DO THIS. I LOOK LIKE I BELONG HERE. I THOUGHT IT MYSELF OK I CAN BE A STAR. >> DO YOU REMEMBER ANY EARLY CONVERSATIONS WITH TRIPLE H WHERE IT WAS CLEAR THAT HE SAW SOMETHING IN YOU? >> I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST CAME INTO N GO XT -- TO NGT I HAD A TALK WITH HUNTER AND HE SAID I SEE MORE IN YOU THAN OTHERS. >> IS THAT A LOT OF PRESSURE WE TRIPLE H HAD HIS EYE ON YOU? >> YES PAUSE THE PERSON WHO GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY IS EXPECTING THIS OUT OF ME. I DON'T WANT TO FILL NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT HIM SO THERE IS EXTRA PRESSURE OF SUCCEEDING. HE'S ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL AND WILL BE HIS LOYAL SOLDIER TO THE DAY I DIE. >> IT IS CRAZY, MAN. YOU HAVE BEEN HERE AS A YANKEE FAN AND NOW YOU ARE STANDING IN YANKEE STADIUM ON AN EVERYDAY BECAUSE YOU ARE THE CHAMP AND THEY WELCOMED YOU. THAT HAS TO BE A CRITICIZE FEELING. >> MAN, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. JUST SURREAL LIKE THE DIFFERENCE IN LIFE FROM WHERE HE WAS TO WHERE I AM. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO WAKE UP. >> WHEN YOU GO TO CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 THE BUILDING WILL BE FULL. HOW DO YOU EXPECT PEOPLE TO REACT WHEN THEY SEE DAMIEN PRIEST? BECAUSE PEOPLE MIGHT REACT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SKWRA>> FIRST I STAND HERE, REAS DON'T AFFECT ME BUT I WOULD BE LYING IF I SAID I HAVEN'T FELT A LITTLE PASSION NOTHING PEOPLE BELIEVE IN ME AND PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE AND LIVED THROUGH IT AND I'M FIGHTING FOR THEM. THAT IS SOMETHING I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS SOMETHING I WAS GOING TOMENT. >> WE ARE IN YANKEE STADIUM, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM IN AMERICAN SPORTS HISTORY LIVES HERE. YOU HAVE A PRETTY SUCCESSFUL TEAM WITH THE JUDGMENT DAY. DOES IT WILL GOOD KNOWING YOU WALK INTO SUMMERSLAM 2024 WITH TEAM THAT HAS YOUR BACK AND GIVES YOU THAT SUPPORT MENTALLY? >> IT MAKES CONTINUATION EASIER AND I FEEL AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 IT WILL BE EASIER TO WALK OUT AND WE WILL HAVE THE FORCE OF JUDGMENT DAY AND ALL WILL BE RIGHT. >> STRATEGICALLY HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH GUNTHER? HE IS AS VICIOUS A SUPERSTAR WE HAVE HAD IN MANY YEARS. DO YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF STRATEGY IN MIND FOR HOW YOU DEAL WITH HIM? >> I DOESN'T CONTAINING ANYTHING I DO BECAUSE WHAT I DO GOT ME HERE. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW HE CAN KEEP ME DOWN. HE WON'T. HE CAN'T. THE KING IS GOING TO FALL. >> GOOD LUCK, MAN. >> THANK YOU. LOOK AT THIS. YOU MADE IT. >> THIS IS PRETTY. I LOVE THIS PLACE. >> IT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY FOR DAMIEN PRIEST. LOOK HOW FAR HE HAS COME. HE TAKES ON GUNTHER IN HIS FOURTH DEFENSE OF THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. HE IS ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN RIGHT NOW PART OF ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT IN HISTORY JUDGMENT DAY ROCKING THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP AND YESTERDAY WAS THE PREMIERE OF HIS DOCUMENTARY FOR WWE 24. IT GOT A LITTLE CHAOTIC. TACK A LOOK. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT PROPOSITION BUT I WANT TO TAKE A QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE OR TWO. ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> WHO IS THAT? [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> AFTER ACHIEVING ALL OF THIS HOW DOES IT FEEL TO DEEP DOWN KNOW THAT YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE BENEATH ME? DAMIEN, WHEN YOU STEP IN THE RING WITH ME TOMORROW AT SUMMERSLAM 2024, YOU WILL BE LESSER MAN. AND I WILL FINALLY EXPOSE YOU FOR WHAT YOU TRULY ARE. STREET TRASH. >> THANK YOU, GUNTHER. >> WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU WERE A TOUGH GUY. YOU ARE STANDING UP THERE IN A BALACONY WHY DON'T YOU BRING YOR [BEEP] DOWN HERE. WHEN IT IS DONE YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE ONE WITH NOTHING WONDERING WHAT DO I DO NOW BECAUSE I'M A DAMN LOSER. >> YEAH, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY ZERO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GUNTHER AND THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION DAMIEN PRIEST. WELCOME BACK TO THE "COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM 2024." I'M YOUR HOST TO THE NEXT TWO HOURS. YOU MIGHT KNOW ME. PEER IS BACK. >> I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE, I WAS THRILLED TO BE THERE YESTERDAY. AS YOU SAW THINGS DID GET A BIT CHAOTIC BUT IT GOT ME MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. >> YOU HAD A GREAT INTERVIEW. WHAT WAS YOUR BICYCLE TAKE AWAY FROM THAT. >> -- YOUR BIG TAKE AWAY. >> IT IS A GUY WHO IS TRULY DESPERATE TO KEEP IT TITLE. HE LIKES THE WAY THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN. WHEN YOU ARE WORLD CHAMPION CONTINUATION ARE DIFFERENT. DOORS OPEN. THEY OPEN YANKEE STADIUM FOR YOU ON AN EVERYDAY. I THINK HE WANTS THAT TO CONTINUE. >> I THINK HE ALSO WANTS THE RESPECT HE THINKS HE IS OWED. GUNTHER DOESN'T HAVE IT FOR DAMIEN PRIEST BUT HOWEVER WOULD A WIN OVER SOMEBODY LIKE GUNTHER HAD HASN'T LOST SINCE WRESTLEMANIA AND RARELY LOSES HOWEVER WOULD THAT GO? >> IT WOULD BE MASTER. THE MORE I HEAR OF DAMIEN PRIEST AS STORY THE SUPPORT I'M INSPIRED BUT IN OUR FORMAT YOU DON'T SEE A SINGLE LOWER CASE LETTER. L LIKE THE GREAT LEGEND MF DOOM ALL CAPS. HE WAS INEVITABLE. HE IS THE MOUNTAIN THAT NOT MANY HAVE EVER CLIMB AND IF I HAD TO HAZARD A GUESS I THINK GUNTHER GETS IT DONE BUT DAMIEN PRIEST'S STORY IS SO INSPIRATIONAL AND HE IS FIGHTING TO GET RESPECT. >> IT IS ONE OF MANY TITLES ON THE LINE TONIGHT AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. CODY RHODES WILL DEFEND HIS UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST THE SELF-ROW CLAIMEDED NEW TRIBUNAL CHIEF SOLO SIKOA. >> THE BLOOD LINE OF ALL THE TIME, BOTH HEATHER AND TAG TEAM TITLES. ROMAN REIGNS IS NOT MAN ENOUGH TO DEFEND OUR TITLE AT WRESTLEMANIA. HE IS NOT MAN TO DEFENSE OUR LE LEGACY. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO BUILD A MORE TPOUFRL. I'M MORE AGGRESSIVE. >> I ACKNOWLEDGE YOU. >> I HAD TO LOSE A BROTHER. STEP UP. NEED I REMIND YOU WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE THAT DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE ME? STEP UP. I LOVE YOU TOTALLY. >> AND I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT POWER WWE UNDISPUTED TITLE FROM CODY RHODES. AND ROMAN REIGNS WANTS THAT HE CAN BEING A TECHNOLOGY ME. >> THE BLOOD LINE WAS NO MORE, SO I THOUGHT. >> CODY RHODES. >> BUT THIS NEW DOPPEL GANGER VERSION IS A TRUE LION HEAD OF THE PACK AND BECAUSE OF THAT NOW I SIT HERE ALONE. MY FRIENDS, MY ALLIES, MY PARTNERS, RANDY ORTON. KEVIN OWENS. >> CODY RHODES IS FORCED TO WATCH ALL OF IT AND THERE'S NOTHING HE CAN DO. >> TRYING TOP FIGHT BY MYSELF. >> YOU FASHIONOVER THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, RIGHT? BEFORE WRESTLEMANIA 39 I LOOKED SOLO IN THE EYES AND TOLD HIM YOU THINK YOU ARE READY. YOU ARE NOT READY. IT IS CODY RHODES'S TURN TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT. >> CONSIDER IT OFFICIAL SUMMERSLAM 2024, THE UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU. >> YOU ARE A SEVER APPOINTED TRIBAL CHIEF. I DIDN'T WITH I DID IT ROMAN REIGNS AT WRESTLEMANIA WHEN I DEFEATED HIM IN A BLOOD LINE RULES MATCH. LET'S MAKE SUMMERSLAM 2024 A BLOOD LANE RULES MATCH. >> I ACCEPT! >> IT IS CODY RHODES'S TURN TO ACKNOWLEDGE ME. >> HERE IS CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM THE SITE OF SUMMERSLAM 2024ED A JELLY ROLL WILL PERFORM HIS NEW SINGLE TONIGHT. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SKWRA>> I FEEL LIKE I NEED DRAM JUST WATCHING THAT. >> THINGS ARE ROCKY BETWEEN CODY RHODES AND SOLO SIKOA. HE SAID HE RID HIMSELF OF THAT AND CODY DOESN'T HAVE ANY ALLIES FOR BACKUP. KEVIN OWENS TAKEN OUT, RANDY ORTON TAKEN OUT. IS IT POSSIBLE FOR HIM OR ANYBODY TO BEAT SOLO SIKOA CONSIDERING IT IS BLOOD LINES RULES. >> SOLO IS NEVER SOLO. [CROWD CHANTING] >> AS YOU WERE SAYING. >> WE ASSUME CODY IS GOING TWO THIS ALONE. HIS BEST FRIENDS ARE DOWN AND OUT BUT WE MAY SEE AN APPEARANCE FROM SOMEONE WE HAVEN'T SEEN. >> BLOOD LINE RULES OPEN THE DOOR, RIGHT? BUT HERE IS MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM SNACK SNACK. I FEEL -- "SMACKDOWN." THE WAY HE DOWNPLAYED SOLO HIS MAN GALL IS TO PLANE EVENT WRESTLEMANIA 41 BUT HE CAN'T OVERLOOK SOLO SIKOA. HE MIGHT SAY HE IS NOT THE REAL TRIBAL CHIEF HE IS STILL A FORCE. >> THE WORDS OF THE ROLLING STONES YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. IF YOU TRY SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT FIGHT YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED. WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW IS SOLO SIKOA TAKING THE BLOOD LINES TO NEW HEIGHTS TO BE THE NEW WWE CHAMPION. >> WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHO IS OR IS NOT THE TRIBAL CHIEF AND LET'S NOT FORGET SOLO PINNED CODY AT MONEY. THAT MEANS SOMETHING. SO DOES STATSMENT I LOVE STATS. WE HAVE TO GET TO SUMMERSLAM 2024 BY THE NUMBERS. >> THE HEAT IS ON. AT THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER STAKES CENTER STAGE IN THE ROCK 'N ROLL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD CLEVELAND HO A STORIED SHOWCASE OF UNFORGETTABLE ACTS AND LEGENDARY PERFORMANCES. THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS SURE TO BRING DOWN THE HOUSE. AN ALL-STAR LINEUP OF 349 SUPERSTARS INCLUDING 80WWE HALL OF FAMERS HAVE TAKEN THE STAGE AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 IN 316 TOTAL MATCHES. WITH YOU LIKE CLACKEN COUNCILLORS OR HEAVY MELT HITS, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH CATALOGS INCLUDING FOUR STEEL CAGES, FOUR LADDER MATCHES, TWO T.L.C. CONTESTS. >> THERE LOOKS LIKE A TORNADO RAN THROUGH A MOBIL HOME PARK. >> THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER. A WEDDING. A CUSTODY BATTLE. >> I'M YOUR NEW DADDY. >> EVEN A JAILHOUSE MATCH. >> LET ME OUT OF HERE. >> THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND LAMB LENNAGE ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH SUMMERSLAM 2024 WITH THE WARRIORS WIN OVER THE LOVINGY TOFRPG MAN TO THE LADDER MATCH. IT HAS CHANGED HANDS ON 15 SEPARATE OCCASIONS MORE THAN ANY TITLE IN SUMMER HISTORY. WORLD CHAMPIONS HAVE HAD A DISTINCT, 64% RATE OF SUCCESS IN TITLE DEFENSES. WE HAVE WITNESSED 76 WORLD TITLE MATCHES AT SUMMERSLAM 2024 WITH A NEW WORLD CHAMPION BEING CROWNED 29 TIMES. CAN CODY RHODES PLAIN THIS AND MAINTAIN THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST THE NEW TRIBAL CHIEF OR WILL THE BLOOD LINES' NUMBER ADVANTAGE PROVEN SURMOUNTABLE FOR THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE? SUMMERSLAM 2024 PROVIDES THE PERFECT STAGE FOR ICONIC CHAMPIONSHIP CLASHES AND NO ONE KNOWS BIG MATCH PRESSURE LAKE JOHN CENA. THE 16 TIME CHAMPION COMPETED IN 10 TITLE AND 14 ASKING APPEARANCES AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME. ANOTHER LEGEND IS RANDY OR THE ON. HE HAS TAKEN THE SUMMERSLAM 2024 STAGE 16 TIMES. A FEAT MATCHED ONLY BY THE UNDERTAKER. THE LEGENDARY TRACK RECORD OF WRESTLEMANIA IS DOMINATED BUT SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS UNPARALLELED. WITH 16 MATCHES AND RECORD 10 WINS IT COMES ALIVE AT SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> THERE'S ONLY ONE PHENOM. JUKES COUNCILLESS WOMEN HAVE RICKED THE STAGE. IN 2019 TRISH STRATUS COMPETED 19 YEARS AFTER HER FIRST SUMMERSLAM 2024 APPEARANCE BUT FEW CAN COMPETE WITH CHARLOTTE FLAIR THE PMOST PROLIFIC THE QUEEN HAS A RECORD FIVE VICTORIES INCLUDING THREE WOMEN'S TITLE WINS. SUMMERSLAM 2024 IS STAGE WHERE COMBUSTIBLE RIVALRIES TAKE SHAPE TOO HEATED FOR STANDARD OFFICIATING. OVER THE YEARS WE IN FINE SPBL GUEST REFEREES. SOME CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. FOR 4,000 DAYS SINCE THE LAST SUMMERSLAM 2024 MATCH CM PUNK BATTLES DREW MCINTYRE WITH SETH "FREAKIN'" ROLLINS ATTEMPTING TO PAIN ORDER. WILL THEY COME TO A CLEAR RESOLUTION OR WILL THE PRESENCE OF SETH ROLLINS ONLY ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE? THE BAND IS TUNED UP A UNDER THE STAGE IS SET FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. NEARLY FOUR DECADES OF HISTORY COME TOGETHER WITH SIX CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHES AND SPEC'D CROWD OF MORE THAN 50,000 ON HAND. ♪TIME TO RAMP UP THE EXCITEMENT, CRANK THE VOLUME TO 11 AND DIVE INTO A MOSH PIT OF UNFORGETTABLE ACTION. WE ARE TURNING UP THE HEAT FOR THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> STILL TO COME ON THE "COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM 2024" MICHAEL HAS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH C. PM PUNK CM PU FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT HE HAS TO SAY. THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN THE WWE UNIVERSE. "SMACKDOWN" MOVES TO U.S.A. SEPTEMBER 13. >> YEAH, LOOK AT THIS. >> LOOK AT THIS GUY. HE'S A MAN OF THE PEOPLE. >> HE REALLY IS. >> DON'T POINT IN MY DIRECTION. >> I LOVE THE THROW BACK SUMMERSLAM 2024. SKWRA>> HE COULD PULL OFF A SEL STICK. >> I GET ASKED ALL THE TIME WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. I COULDN'T HAVE WRITTEN A BETTER BACK OF HOW CONTINUATION HAVE HAPPENED FOR ME. >> IF I WAS NOT RAISED IN PUERTO RICO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE LOVED WRESTLING THE WAY I DID. I JUST KNEW THIS IS WITH I HAD TO DO. MY FAMILY SUFFERED SEEING ME GO THROUGH A LOT OF DOWN TIMES. HAVING NOTHING, OUT OF SHAPE. NO MONDAY SAVED. WHAT DO I DO? MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF. >> HE HAS A PRESENCE ABOUT HIM. HE SET HIMSELF APART. DAMIAN FELT LIKE HE HAD TO ACT A CERTAIN WAY. >> IT IS FRUSTRATING TO HEAR PEOPLE'S OPINION ABOUT ME. I HAD TO PROVE TELL WRONG. >> BIGGEST ONE HERE. >> I'LL ONE OF THE ONES THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO. I THINK OF EVERYTHING, THE JOURNEY THAT HAD TO HAPPEN IT GET HERE. WOULD NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. >> AFTER 25 YEARS, THE MOST ELECTRIFYING BRAND IN SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT HAS A NEW HOME. "SMACKDOWN" PREMIERES ON U.S.A. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 13. >> COUNCIL COUNT IS PRESENTED BY MIKE'S HARD LEMONADE. WE YOU HAVE HAD A HARD DAY LIKE BEING IN RING YOU NEED A LEMONADE THAT HIT HARDER. YOU NEED MIKE'S HARDER LEMONADE. THE JUDGMENT DAY HAS HAD SOME HARD DAYS. THERE IS GOOD NEWS BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS AROUND THE JUDGMENT DAY. THE BIGGEST MAY BE ARE AT THE ACTUALLY ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. RHEA RIPLEY IS GETTING READY TO ATTEMPT TWO BRING BACK THE VERY TITLE SHE NEVER TECHNICALLY LOST WHEN SHE TAKES ON LIV MORGAN. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH HER EARLIER THIS WEEK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> RHEA RIPLEY, WELCOME BACK. >> THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO START THIS CONVERSATION BY GOING BACK TO WRESTLEMANIA 40. YOU ENJOYED AT THAT TIME THIS YEAR LONG DOMINANT REIGN AS THE WEAPONS WORLD CHAMPION ON "RAW." YOU DEFENDED IT AT "WRESTLEMANIA" AND JUDGMENT DAY LOOKS AS STRONG AS EVER. TAKES BACK TO THE HIGH THAT YOU ARE RIDING AT THAT TIME. >> MAN, IT IS HARD TO PUT THE EMOTIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH WERE TO WORDS BECAUSE JUDGMENT DAY WE WERE ON TOP. WE RAN WWE. EVERYTHING WAS SO PERFECT AND WE WERE ALSO SO HAPPY. >> THEN LIVER SHOWS UP. INJURES YOUR SKWROERLD, TAKES YOU OUT. YOU HAVE TO RELINQUISH THE VERY KHAOPLGS YOU WERE HOLDING SO PROUDLY FOR SO LONG AND GO HOME AND LEAVE YOUR BOYS ON THEIR OWN. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MENTAL STATE AT THAT TIME? >> IT WAS HEARTBREAKING, DEPRESSING, SCARY IN A WAY. WE WERE AT SUCH A HIGH, THEN TO HAVE IT ALL TAKEN IN SUCH A SPLIT SECOND, GET THROWN INTO THE BRICK WALL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IT MY SHOULDER. IT LIKE EXPLODED PRETTY MUCH. >> DID YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY IT WAS BAD? >> I KNOW. AS SOON AS I HIT THE BRICK WALL I GRABBED IT AND GRABBED IT AND THAT IS WHERE MY BODY WAS. I DIDN'T WANT TO BELIEVE HOW BAD IT WAS GOING TO BE. BUT ONCE WE RUSHED TO MEDICAL AND AT THE STARTED MOVING IT AROUND NO, IT IS NOT DISLOCATED. WE THINK IT IS WORSE AND TO KNOW I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND TAKE TIME IT PISSED ME OFF AND MADE ME UPSET BUT HUNGRY TO GET BACK IN THE RING AND I'M THERE. >> SO, IS IT SAFE IT SAY THAT THE SHOULDER IS 100% GOING INTO THIS MATCH GAPS LIV MORGAN? >> LOOK, WRESTLING IS UNPREDICTABLE ESPECIALLY WITH SOMEBODY LIKE LIV MORGAN, WHO I KNOW VERY WELL AND SHE WILL TRY IT TARGET IT. >> YOU TAGGED TOGETHER, WERE ONE-TIME TRENDS I WOULD SAY. SHE'S OBVIOUSLY APPROACHED THE LAST YEAR AS AN EYE FOR AN EYE. COMPLEMENTS BACK ON THE REVENGE, TAKES YOU OUT OF WANTS TO TAKE YOUR TITLE THAT YOU NEVER LOST BUT SHE DOES WIN IT AND SET HER EYES ON YOUR -- >> I FEEL LIKE IT WENT TOO FAR THE WAY SHE STARTED INFILTRATE ING OUR CLUBHOUSE AND MANIPULATING MY BOYS IS SICK. IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME USE YOUR FISTS. DON'T USE MY FAMILY. DON'T USE MY HEAT. YOU TOOK MY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU TOOK MONTHS OF MY BLOODY CAREER. WHEN YOU BRING STANLEY INTO IT IS ALWAYS STEPPING TOO FAR. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH DOM WHILE YOU WERE AWAY? >> A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING. THESE WERE THE BEST COUPLE YEARS OF MY LIFE. I AGREED IT LOVE HIM. I DID. AND I THINK HE AGREED TO LOVE ME AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EACH OTHER. THEN WHEN I GOT INJURED THE COMMUNICATIONS WERE LIKE IT DIDN'T STOP COMPLETELY BUT IT DEFINITELY SLOWED DOWN SO I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED WE LET IT GET IT THAT POINT. BUT I ALWAYS TRIED MY BEST IT TAKE TIME FOR MY DIRTY DOM. >> WHEN YOU DID COME BACK WERE VERY CLEAR COMMUNICATING ONE THING TO DOM AND THAT WAS TO END WHATEVER WAS GOING ON BETWEEN HIM AND LIVER AND HE USED THE WORD IN FRONT OF P THE MIDDLE OF THE RING I HATE YOU. HE PUT LIVER INTO TEARSMENT HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE WAY YOU GET WITNESSING THAT TRANSPIRE? >> EXTREMELY EXCITED AND AROUSED AND HAPPY. IT REALLY MADE MY HEART SKIP A COUPLE BEATS. YOU SAW ME AFTERWARDS, I GAVE HIM A NICE KISS ON THE CHEEK AND WATCHING LIVER CRY AND WALKING WE BROUGHT JOY TO MY HEART. HIGHS AND LOWS SINCE WELL WRESTLE 40. WHAT IS YOUR MIND SET GOING INTO THIS MATCH AGAINST LIVER? SKWREURPBGS IT IS THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS IS. IT IS TO BRING THE BRUTALITY. I CANNOT WAIT IT GET MY HANDS ON HER BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TDO AL THE THINGS I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO DO FOR A WHILE. I NEED TO LEAVE THE RING WITH MY WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TO SHOW MOMMY IS ON TOP AND JUDGMENT DAY IS STILL RUNNING "MONDAY NIGHT RAW" AND THE WWE. >> THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. >> NO WORRIES. >> I'M HERE WITH WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPION LIVER AND WE SAW HER EXPR EXPRESSING. >> I DON'T CARE WHAT RHEA THINKS. WHAT IS IRONIC ABOUT ALL OF THIS IS RHEA WILL BE THE ONLY WITHIN CRYING TONIGHT BECAUSE TONIGHT I UNDER THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR WHEN I END RHEA RIPLEY. >> SOME HAVE SAID THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR HAS TAN A DETOUR BUT SOME SAY IT MIGHT BE THE END OF THE ROAD TONIGHT. HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> I DON'T FEEL ANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT THING IS THE END OF IT INTERVIEW. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, LIV. WE WILL SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT TONIGHT. BACK TO YOU, JACKIE. JACKIE: THERE'S A REASON THEY SAY ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDSMENT WE HAVE SEEN LIVER LIV SNAP RUNNING AWAY FROM RHEA RIPLEY BUT TONIGHT SHE HAS TO ENTER THE RING. DID YOU THINK SHE IS READY FOR THERE MATCH? >> IF IT IS MANO A MANO JUST LIVER AND RHEA THIS IS NOT A DOM ON A POLE. >> CUSTODY OF DOM MATCH. >> RIGHT. IF WE HAVE A HEALTHY RHEA AGAINST A HEALTHY LIV I BET ON RHEA EVERY TAME. >> I THINK THAT FOR ONCE WE NEED TO TAP INTO THE HUMAN ELEMENT. I HAVE SOMETHING THAT PERHAPS THE REST OF THE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE. I HAVE EMPATHY FOR LIV MORGAN. THERE POOR WOMAN FELL IN LOVE WITH DOMINIK MYSTERIO ONLY TO HAVE HIM SAY YOU HIGHLIGHT YOU AND RHEA RIPLEY GOT A RICE THAT SHE WAS CRAIG. I HOPE WE HAVE THE ULTIMATE PUSH BACK. >> POOR WOMAN? >> LIV IS THE OTHER WOMAN. I HEAR WHAT BIGGIE IS SAYING. THIS IS A VERY TOUGH MATCHUP FOR LIV MORGAN. BUT DID YOU SEE THE LOOK IN LIV'S EYES? SHE IS GETTING CRAZY IN THE ILLEST WAY. YOU HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE MIND GAMES. SHE IS AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS RHEA IS IN THE RING AND THAT IS WHY SHE IS PLAYING MIND GAMES AND I EXPECT MORE TONIGHT. >> LIV MORGAN WAS ASKED ABOUT THE TEARS AT THE KICKOFF. SHE SAID SHE LET HER EMOTIONS GET THE BEST OF HER AND WHAT LET THAT. WE WILL SEE WE SHE DEFENDS THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE QUEEN OF THE RING NIA JAX WILL ATTEMPT TO TAKE GOLD OFF OF ONE BAYLEY. WE WILL GO TO BYRON SAXTON. BYRON. MENT IN THE REGAL COMPANY OF QUEEN OF THE RING NIA JAX AND ACTIVE ANY STRATTON. I WOULD LIKE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS. >> I'M GOING TO DO WITH I SAID. I'M GOING TO BEAT BAYLEY AND SHE CALLED ME RECKLESS AND CLUMSY AND I CAN'T WAIT TO BE RECKLESS AND CLUMSY. AND I WILL WALK OUT YOUR QUEEN OF THE RING AND NEW WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPION. BYRON: TIFFANY, NIA GIFTED YOU WITH A BUFFALO BRIEFCASE LAST NIGHT BUT AS A JOURNALIST I HAVE TO ASK ANY CHANCE OF A CASH-IN? >> DON'T BOTHER HER WITH THESE DUMB QUESTIONS. LET'S GO, PRINCIPAL SELLS. BY BYRON: THANKS QUEEN AND PRINCESS. >> THERE IS A HISTORY BETWEEN KNEE AND BAYLEY. BUT THIS WAS LIKE A DIFFERENT, MAYBE A STRONGER NIA JAX TAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE IS THE THAT SAFE TO SAY? >> SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE PANEL. I THINK IT IS THE BEST VERSION OF KNEE. SHE IS SOMEONE WHO LEFT THE COMPANY BUT CAME BACK AND FOCUSED A WAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN BUT SEEMS TO BE HAVING FUN AND A FUN BUT FOCUSED NIA JAX I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT IT DEFEATMENT BUT WHEN I SEE BAYLEY SOMETIMES I THINK OF THE GREAT ROY JONES WHO SAID Y'ALL MUST HAVE FORGOT. LET'S NOT FORGET WHO BAYLEY IS AND WHAT SHE'S DONE. I'M EXCITED TO THE SEE THE ABOUT BEST BAYLEY PERFORMANCE. >> YES, INSIDE KNEE IS THE IRRESPECTABLE FORCE BUT CAN WE NOT FORGET HOW BAYLEY GOT HERE WINNING ROMO BELIEVE MULTITIME CHAMPION. >> WELL DECORATED. >> I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE BAYLEY WE HAVE. I THINK PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING A LITTLE. >> BAYLEY NEEDS TO BE SPART AND CUNNING BECAUSE SHE CANNOT MATCH NIA JAX PHYSICALLY. BUT THE ONE SECOND, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, 2024, QUEEN NIA JAX NOT JUST WWE BUT WORLDWIDE. THERE SHOULD BE AN AWARD HOW SHE'S BEEN SINCE SHE CAME BACK AND QUEEN OF THE RING WAS NOT MERCHANT CROWNING MOMENT. IT IS TONIGHT WE SHE BECOMES THE WOMEN'S CONSTITUTION. >> WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO? >> I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING. >> I AGREE. SHE IS UNBELIEVABLE, BEEN A FORCE, DOES SEEM TO BE THE BEST VERSION WE HAVE EVER SEEN OF NIA JAXMENT >> SHE'S BEEN ON A HELL OF A RUN BUT SO IS TIFFANY STRATTON. I DON'T KNOW IF I BELIEVE SHE CASHES IT THAT MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE MONEY IN THE BANK BRIEFCASE IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE BUT IF IT FEELS I WOULD TRY IT GET ONE. BUT JOIN THE WWE LIVE. THERE WILL BE MEMORABILIA AND COLLECTIBLES A MUCH SUMMERSLAM 2024 SPECIFIC ITEMS AS WELL WHICH WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE DURING TOMORROW AS SHOW. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE APP TOMORROW AND FOLLOW THE WWE ACCOUNT AND TUNE IN AT 10:00 A.M. EASTERN FOR YOUR CHANCE TO BID AND WIN. BUSY DAY FOR YOU TOMORROW, BIGGIE. BUSY NIGHT FOR SETH ROLLINS SETH -- SETH "FREAKIN'" ROLLINS. HE IS GOING TO JOIN THE PEOPLE MOMENTARILY. MEANTIME, LET'S SEND IT OVER TO MICHAEL COLE. MICHAEL: SETH ROLLINS IS GOING TO WANT TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW WE ARE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU BECAUSE SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS WERE MADE ABOUT SETH. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIG WITH CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM OVER 50,000WWE FANS WILL BE HERE TONIGHT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY LAST WEEK TO SIT DOWN WITH THE SECOND CITY SAINT, C. PM PUNK WHO ENTERS FO ONE-ON-ONE TELEVISED MATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 AND A HALF YEARS. IT HAS BEEN AN EMOTIONAL NINE MONTHS SINCE HIS RETURN TO THE WWE E. -- THE WWE. >> OFFICIALLY, WELCOME BACK. >> THANK YOU. >> HOW IS THE C.M. PORNOGRAPHY TODAY DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE -- CM PUNK DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE THAT LEFT ALEFT A DECADE AGO. IS THE SAME IDEAL HISICALLY ALTHOUGH I HAVE A TEMPLER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT MUST SEE TELEVISION. CM PUNK TODAY IS NOT 100% SATISFIED BUT FULLY SATISFIED. I'M TRYING TO ENJOY EVERY MOMENT AS IT COMES. >> DO YOU GROW UP? >> I DON'T LIKE TO SAY THE WORD GROW UP. I ALWAYS WANT TO RETAIN SOME IDEALS AND THAT OVERALL EX-LUBE RAINS WHEN I WAS 15 AND FIRST STARTED WRESTLING. MATURED IS A MUCH BETTER WORD THAN GROWN UP. I HAVE THE SILLIEST GROUP OF TATTOOS AND I LOVE THEM AND WOULDN'T ERASE THEM FOR ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD IT IS LIKE A ROAD MAP OF WHERE I HAVE BEEN. IT IS LIKE ALL THE MAKES I EVER MADE IS A ROAD MAP TO HOW I GOT BACK HERE. SKWRAORPBGS RUIN WAS EXTREMELY POLARIZING. THERE WERE MANY, MYSELF INCLUDED, WHO IS EXTREMELY EXCITED FOR YOU TO BE BACK. BUT MANY DIDN'T WANT YOU BACK. WALK ME THROUGH THE EMOTIONS YOUR FIRST FEW WEEKS BACK AT THE COMPANY AND THESE OPPOSITE OPINIONS. >> ALL OF IT WAS OVERWHELMING. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ONE TO LISTEN TO MOST OF THE CRITICS. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR ME TO BE HERE AND I WILL ALWAYS LEND AN EAR AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAME AFTER ME THAT HAVE BEEN JEALOUS. YOU CAN CRITICIZE ME ALL YOU WANT. CHANCES ARE YOU ARE WRONG AND I'M RIGHT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE CRITICS WHO ARE JUST WAITING FOR THE OLD CM PUNK TO RESURFACE AND WALK OUT ON THE COMPANY AND BE DISGRUNTLED AND BIT TER? >> THEY ARE BIGGER FANS THAN MY BIGGEST FANS. NOBODY WATCHES YOU MORE THAN YOUR BIG ERPBLGS HATER. TO ME THEY ARE JUST THE FLIP SIDE OF THE FAN COIN. THEY ARE ALL FANS. EVERYBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO WHAT C.M. FUNK IS POLARIZING, FIRST GUY TO REACH INTO HIS POCKET AND HELP YOU OUT WITH MONEY OR FIRST GUY TO PUZZLE YOU IN THE FACE. IT SAYS MORE ABOUT THEM THAN IT DOES ME. >> DO THESE NAYSAYERS PUSH YOU, DO THEY DRIVE YOU, MAKE YOU WANT TO PROVE THEM WRONG? >> WHAT IS MORE MOTIVATING THAN WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS YOU CANNOT? THAT HAS BEEN THE BASIS OF MY ENTIRE LIFE LET ALONE MY ENTIRE CAREER. THAT IS WHAT HAS MADE ME POPULAR, BEING DIFFERENT, NOT CONFORMING, AND JUST NEVER TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT 2024 AND WHAT A ROLLER COASTER YEAR IT HAS BEEN. "ROYAL RUMBLE," FIRST MATCH BACK AT WWE IN A DECADE. DREW MCINTYRE HIT YOU WITH FUTURE SHOCK BLOWS YOUR TRICEP. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AT THE TIME? >> CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH, I SAID NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. I IMMEDIATELY REACHED OVER, FELT A KWQUARTER SIZE HOLE IN PMY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND SAID IT IS ALREADY GONE. THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO. LET'S TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS. >> YOU GOT THROUGH IT. AND THEN WITH CODY WINNING REALITY SETS IN THAT YOU'RE STILL NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAIN EVENT "WRESTLEMANIA." >> YEAH. >> WHICH IS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOALS OF YOUR CAREER. HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT? >> THE DISAPPOINTING ALSO COUPLED WITH AH, MY FRIEND WON AND THIS IS REALLY COOL. I HAVE THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE WATCHING CODY CELEBRATE. I WAS CRUSH ED MORE SO THAT I WS INJURED THAN LOST SO BEING DISAPPOINTED I WON'T EXPERIENCE MAIN EVENT IN WRESTLEMANIA THIS YEAR I LEARNED FROM THAT AND NOW BEING 100% AGAIN I INTEND TO TAKE THAT INTO THE NEXT "ROYAL RUMBLE" AND USING THAT EXPERIENCE TO TALK THAT NEXT STEP. THAT IS ALL I CAN DO. >> LATER CM PUNK GIVES HIS CAN KIDS COMMENTS ON SETH ROLLINS, DREW MCINTYRE AND THE VOLATILITY OF THE THREE HEADING INTO SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> DREW WAS WASTED POTENTIAL FOR YEARS AND YEARS. SETH IS JUST THE JEALOUS BRAT FOLLOWING IN BY FOOT STEMS. WHEN I BEAT DREW SETH CAN BE NEXT IN LINE. >> AGAIN THE SECOND PART OF THIS IS EXPLOSIVE. A LOT OF THINGS TO SAY ABOUT DREW MCINTYRE AND SPECIAL GUEST SETH ROLLINS WHO I KNOW WILL JOIN THE PANEL MOMENTARILY. SECOND HALF COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. BACK TO YOU, JACKIE. JACKIE: THIS IS POWERED PBY NETWORK AVAILABLE ANYWHERE THAT ENERGY IS SOLD. SETH "FREAKIN'" ROLLINS IS HERE. AND THE CROWD IS EXCITED ABOUT IT. >> I LOVE IT WHEN THEY SING. THAT IS SO GOOD. LISTEN TO THEM BEAUTIFUL VOICES OUT THERE. CLEVELAND, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE YOU. JACKIE: I ASSUME IT NEVER GETS HOLD HERE BUT YOU ARE A BUSY MAN WITH A BIG MATCH IT REFEREE SO I WILL YOU A REQUEST EVERYONE IS ASKING. WHEN YOU ADMITTEDLY HATE BOTH DREW MCINTYRE AND CM PUNK EVEN WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS HOW CAN YOU ACTUALLY KEEP YOUR EMOTIONS OUT OF IT AND CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE? >> BECAUSE THE HATE IS EQUAL. I'M AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HATER IN IT ROLE SO I WILL NOT BE BIASED TOWARD C.M. PUNK, I WILL NOT BE BIASED TOWARD DREW MCINTYRE. I'M THE ABSOLUTE BEST POSSIBLE PERSON TO CALL THIS MATCH RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. WE ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO THE BETTER PLAN IS, PUNK, MCINTYRE, GOES DOWN TONIGHT. >> I WILL ASK YOU THIS BECAUSE WE HEARD YOU EARLIER TONIGHT AND YOU SAID VERY SPECIFICALLY YOU WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD SIMPLY THAT BOTH GUYS COULD LOSE. THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT COULD HAPPEN. DOUBLE QUALIFICATION, DOUBLE-COUNTDOWN ROUT OR THE REFEREE BLIND SIDE ATTACKS BOTH. WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD OF ONE OF THOSE GOING ON? >> IF THEY GET OUT OF HAND AND WE HAVE TO THROW THE MATCH OUT THAT IS WHAT THE REFEREE'S DISCRETION IS FOR. I MAY OR MAY NOT DO THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE THEM BEAT OPEN OT OTHER. COUNTOUTS I LEARNED TO COUNT TO 10 BUT I'M NOT REALLY INTO COUNTING TONIGHT. NOW, THE THIRD ONE WITH THE REFEREE TAKING EXCEPTION, GETTING INVOLVED, I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. I CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES. BUT I SAID ON THE KICKOFF YESTERDAY WHAT IS BETTER THAN KICKING ANY OF THESE GUYS' ASS THAT IS SOMETHING SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT FOR ME AND I GET TO WATCH AND LAUGH LINE. IT IS GOING TO BE A PARTY. >> PEOPLE ASKED ME I DON'T KNOW. WHAT ARE ROLLINS'S RULES AND I SAID I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU GIVE US INSIGHT INTO WHAT THAT MEANS? MICHAEL: YOU KNOW WHAT, BIGGIE? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE NEVER REFED A MATCH. I DON'T KNOW WITH THE HELL WILL HAPPEN AND THAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT WWE AND TONIGHT. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. I CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUT THERE AND LAY DOWN THE LAW. >> I DON'T WANT TO SWAY BECAUSE I'M NEUTRAL ABOUT THEM BOTH, TOO. CM PUNK IS FROM CHICAGO. NEVER ONCE HAVE I EVER SEEN HIM WEAR A CHICAGO BASH SHORT OR DREW MCINTYRE SAYS HE LOVES THE CHICAGO BEARS. >> I APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, WADE. JACKIE: I DON'T KNOW IF I DRINKLE KOOL-AID THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH CAPABLE OF GETTING UNDER INJURY SKIN BUT I DO WISH GOOD LUCK. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE OUTFIT. THAT FOOLS A LITTLE BIT OF MY FASHION. >> YEAH! LET'S GO, CLEVELAND. SKWRA>> STICK AROUND. >> TONIGHT. I WANT THAT UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP. >> A MEGA-STAR COLLISION. >> WE ARE NOT THE SAME, BROTHER. YOU HAVE A SKETCH PHRASE PRETENDING TO BE THE ROCK. >> HERE IS THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. KNIGHT VERSUS PAUL. >> I OWN YOU, I OWN THAT BELT AN THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT. >> FOR THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP. >> TELL THEM WHOSE GAME THERE IS. >> WWE SUMMERSLAM 2024. >> I AM NIA JAX. >> STRONG, CONFIDENT, DOMINATING. IRRESISTIBLE FORCE, NIA JAX. NIA IS A WOMAN ON AN ISLAND. >> NO ONE IS STOPPING ME FROM REACHING MY BEST ME AS THE BEGS WWE QUEEN OF THE RING. >> THE WINNER EARNS A CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY AT SUMMERSLAM. >> NOT NAOMI, NOT JADE, NOT BIANCA BELAIR. AND CERTAINLY LIKE LYRA. >> THE CROWN BELONGS TO THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE. >> I AM YOUR QUEEN OF THE RING! BAYLEY, I WILL BE TAKING BACK MY LOSS TO YOU WANT >> I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BUT THIS IS NOT AN NXT HUGGER. THIS IS THE ONE WHERE YOU WERE ON THE SHELF THREE MONTHS. THIS IS THE GRAND SLAM WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS YOUR "ROYAL RUMBLE." THIS IS THE WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPION. THE SAME BAYLEY THAT WILL EMBARRASS YOU AT SUMMERSLAM. >> BAYLEY YOU ARE MY VICTIM AND AT SUMMER SLAM I'M GOING TO VICTIMIZE YOU. >> NOW THE CHAMPION IS OUTNUMBERED. >> THE QUEEN OF THE RING HAS MONEY IN THE BANK, NO WONE CAN TOP HER. >> LOOK WHO'S HERE. NIA JAX JUST ENTERED THE TIMEKEEPER'S AREA. >> >> LOOK AT ME AND LOOK AT BAYLEY. I'M GOING TO BEAT HER. I'M GOING TO TAKE HER TITLE AND I'M GOING TO PUT HER DOWN. ♪ >> YOU ARE THE SAME HEARTLESS WOMAN YOU WERE SINCE DAY ONE. YOU ARE BIG, YOU ARE CLUMSY AND YOU ARE RECKLESS. AND I'M WALKING IN TO SUMMERSLAM WITH THIS WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND I'M WALKING OUT WITH THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THERE'S NOT A DAMN THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP ME. >> I'M THE QUEEN OF IT DIVISION. I'M ON TOP. I'M COMING FOR THAT TITLE AND I GET TO TAKE IT OFF OF YOU. JA JACKIE: "COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM 2024" CONTINUES JUST OVER AN HOUR AWAY AND SO MUCH HAPPENING IN W.WE INCLUDING "SMACKDOWN" GOING TO USA NETWORK SEPTEMBER 13. 23 YOU ARE NOT WATCHING NNXT CHANGE YOUR LIFE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE A BY-PRODUCT AND MOVE TO CW OCTOBER 1. NOW BACK TO THE "COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM 2024". >> WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE YOU SAEE AWAITING TO ENTE BUSINESS. SOMEWHERE LANGUAGE THE WAY HE WILL LOSE THAT SMILE. WHAT A TOUGH SLAM. TOMBSTONE. THE UNDERTAKER. THIS MATCH IS OFFICIALLY OVER. I THOUGHT THE END HAD COME FOR EDGE BUT ACCORDING TO THE UNDERTAKER IT HAS NOT. >> WATCH OUT! OH, MY GOD. EDGE HAS BEEN THRUST THROUGH THE RING. OH MY GOSH! >> UNDER TAKER SENT EDGE STRAIGHT IT HELL. >> THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS THE TABLES, LADDERS AND CHAIRSOR THE TAG TEAM. THE HARDY EDGE AND CHRISTIAN AND THE DUDLEYS. THE LADDERS AND CHAIRS ARE ALL LEGAL. FORGET ABOUT OPINION FALLS. OH MY GOD. 20 FEET FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. DON'T DO IT. >> THAT'S IT FOR HARVEY. HIS IN POSITION FOR THE TITLE BELT. >> GOSH! >> GOOD GOSH! THERE IS UNBELIEVABLE, J.R.! >> OH! THEY ARE HANGING FOR THEIR LIVES FROM THE RING. >> OH, NO. HE IS KNOCKED OUT. [BELL RINGS] >> THEY HAVE DONE IT. THE WINNERS OF THIS BOUT AND STILL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS CHRISTIAN AND EDGE. >> WELCOME, WERE, TO BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. >> FOR MORE THAN 35 YEARS SUMMERSLAM HAS DELIVER SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING MOMENTS IN WWE HISTORY. SKWRA>> I'M COMPLETELY IN SHOCK. >> IN 2026 THEY WILL ONCE AGAIN MAKE HISTORY. >> FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS. IT IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN. >> WORKING WITH MINNESOTA SPORTS AND EVENTS WE WILL EXPAND SUMMERSLAM TO TWO NIGHTS. SATURDAY AUGUST 1 AND SUNDAY AUGUST 2, 2026 IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, THE WORLD CLASS U.S. BANK STADIUM WWE WILL BRING TWO EPIC NIGHTS OF SUMMER SLAM IT THE TWIN CITIES. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE QUESTION TO ASK. ARE YOU READY? JACKIE: WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM OUTSIDE HOME OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS JUST OVER AN HOUR AWAY FROM SUMMERSLAM TAKING PLACE WITH WWE UNIVERSE CONTINUES IT FILE INTO THIS STADIUM. UP HERE ON THE PANEL WE JUST SAW SUMMERSLAM FOR MINNEAPOLIS. WHO BETTER TO HAVE HERE THAN A HOME GROPE PRODUCT. WWE HALL OF FAME R X BOX. SKWRA>> I WANT TO MAKE A LITTLEE BUT THERE YOU ARE. >> THEY ARE READY FOR YOU. WE HAVE BEEN COUNTING DOWN SOME OF THE HOTTEST SUMMER SLAM MONTHS. WE HAVE IT GOING TO YOUR WHOMTOWN. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUMMERSLAM MEMORY. >> CANE AND I AT THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS VERSUS UNDERTAKER AND BIG SHOW. >> OK, OK. >> WE GOT BEAT UP AND LOST THE TITLE SO, YOU KNOW. >> THAT ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE MEMORIES? >> I GOT PAID A LOT. >> YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY AN ORIGINATOR OF THE CRUISERWEIGHT STYLE. WE HAVE SOME DECORATE MATCHES TONIGHT BUT I WOULD SAY THE GREATEST HIGH FLIER ON THE CARD IN MY OPINION WOULD BE LEG LOGAN THE UNITED STATES CHAMPION. GIVE US YOUR THATS ON THAT. >> YOU KNOW, HE -- YEAH, HE DOES A LOT OF COOL HIGH FLYING STUFF. IM I'M INCREDIBLY IMPRESSED. I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY COME INTO OUR INDUSTRY AND BE THAT GOOD THAT QUICK. UNBELIEVABLEMENT >> SIX OR SEVEN MATCHES IN A YEAR FIVE STARS EVERY TIME. HOW DO YOU FANCY HIS CHANCES NOW AGAINST THE MEGA-STAR LA KNIGHT? >> YEAH. >> I'M AN L.A. KNIGHT FAN. SO, LOGAN PAUL, LIKE I SAID HE IS GREAT, BUT HE IS GREAT AT EVERYTHING HE DOES BUT HE IS DOING A LOT BESIDES WWE STUFF. HE IS BEATING UP MUSCLE HEADS AND FIGHTING PEOPLE FOR NO MONEY. >> TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. LOGAN PAUL ALWAYS HAS A LOT GOING ON. BIGGIE, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE. EUPLS YOU WENT TO A BASEBALL GAME THE OTHER DAY. >> YES I WENT TO A GUARD INDIANAPOLIS GAME, HAD A GREAT TIME. MY SHOULDER MOBILITY IS TRASH SO DON'T JUDGE -- DON'T BE TEXTING ME ABOUT MY FORM. I CAN'T GET MY ARM BACK LIKE THAT BUT I HAD A GREAT TIME PLAYING WITH THE FOOTWEAR AND HAD TO GET INVOLVED THERE IS SOME SLOW CANNERY AND I HAD TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT. MICHAEL: WAIT A SECOND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. >> WORKING AS A TAG TEAM SOMETHING I'M USED TO. >> OH! >> WHAT IS YOUR BEAVER WITH THE DOG BASS -- >> THE DOG STOLE A PURSE AND I CANNOT HAVE THAT. >> YOU ARE A HERO. FAIR ENOUGH. WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LOGAN PAUL AND HIS SEAMLESS TRANSITION TO WWE. I HAD A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW HIM THE OTHER DAY AT THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> WHAT BETTER PERSON TO WALK THROUGH THE ROCK 'N ROLL HALL OF FAME WITH US THAN LOGAN PAUL. >> WERE BETTER PEOPLE. I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE. SKWRA>> I HAVE TO BE HUMBLE HER. NEVER BEEN HERE. TAKING AWAY THE COMMENTS. THIS IS BRINGING ME BACK. I WAS IN A BAND. >> YOU WERE IN A BAND. SKWRA>> CALLED THE DROP OUTS. I WAS THE DEVELOP EURPS. WE ARE THE DROP OUTS, WE DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE. PEOPLE HATED US, THEY THREW STUFF AT US. >> ARE YOU MAKING THIS UP? >> NO, I'M SERIOUS. >> I CAN'T TELL IF HE IS MESSING WITH ME OR NOT. YOU ARE A SOCIAL MEDIA SUPERSTAR NOW WWE SUPERSTAR BUT AT ONE POINT COULD YOU BE ON A PATH TO BE A ROCK STAR? >> NO. TRIED. FAILED. I TAKE PRIDE IN KNOWING WE TO CALL IT QUITS. >> THE ROCK STAR LIFE OF NOT FOR YOU. I'M SURE YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED IT BEFORE BUT I WILL ASK AGAIN. YOU SAID YOU WRESTLED GROWING UP AND YOU ARE NOT NEW TO WRESTLING. WHEN DID BECOMING A WWE SUPERSTAR BECOME A REAL THING. >> AFTER MY FIRST "WRESTLEMANIA" I WENT BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM AND ALL OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHAT DID I JUST WATCH, DUDE IS IT YOU KRURPBD IT AND I WAS LIKE REALLY. I HAD SO MUCH FUN OUT THERE. IT IS LIKE A DREAM JOB. >> IT IS LIKE BEAMING OFF OF YOU WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT. IT SEEMS SO GENERAL WANE. >> I LOVE IT. IT IS SHOWMANSHIP. PHYSICALITY, STORYTELLING. >> YOUR THIRD MATCH EVER YOU ARE FACING ROMAN REIGNS FOR A TITLE AT A PREMIUM LIVE EVENT. LA KNIGHT IS GRINDING AWAY TO -- >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE THE ONE. WHO IS TALKING --. >> JUST FACT. DO YOU THINK PART OF WHAT HE DOES NOT LIKE YOU SO MUCH STEMS FROM RESENTMENT? >> I WOULD BE JEALOUS, TOO, IF I WRESTLED FOR 20 YEARS AND HAD NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT. THIS WILL NOT BE A CAKEWALK BUT IT'LL BE SOMETHING I CAN DO AND HE CANNOT. >> DO YOU THINK HE RESPECTS YOU ENOUGH? >> IF HE DOES NOT, HE IS SILLY. I HAVE TO BE RESPECTED. THAT IS FOR EVERYONE OF MY OPPONENTS I HAVE BEATEN MADE THEIR MISTAKE. THEY THINK I AM JUST A SOCIAL MEDIA GUY -- AND I AM -- BUT I AM TOUGH. >> IS THERE A PARALLEL BETWEEN BEING A ROCK STAR AND A WWE STAR? DO YOU FEEL LIKE A ROCKSTAR? >> I DO. THAT IS MY MOMENT. WHEN I AM PERFORMING, I CAN PUPPETEER 20,000-50,000 PEOPLE WITH WHAT I'M DOING AND MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. IT IS A ROCKSTAR FEELING. I DID NOT HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A ROCKSTAR BUT I DEFINITELY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A WWE SUPERSTAR. BY PERFORMING IN FRONT OF THE BIGGEST CROWDS IN THE WORLD I AM LIVING OUT MY CHILDHOOD DREAM. >> NO SURPRISE LOGAN PAUL HAD HARSH WORDS FOR ONE LA KNIGHT. LOGAN PAUL STILL HAS A LOT TO PROVE AS A WWE SUPERSTAR. LA KNIGHT IS STILL SEARCHING FOR HIS FIRST WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. . I KNOW IT IS A CLICHÉ BUT WHO NEEDS THIS VICTORY MORE? >> LA KNIGHT. HE REALLY NEEDS THIS. HE IS THE HUNGRY ONE OF THE BUNCH. I DON'T KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >> LET ME ASK YOU THIS, PAC. YOU HAVE HAD A LONG AND STORIED CAREER. IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT BACK THEN. HOW WOULD AN OUTSIDER LIKE LOGAN PAUL HAVE BEEN TREATED BY THE GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM IN THE LATE 1990'S? >> HE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A LOT HARDER TIME BACK IN MY DAY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO HIM. [LAUGHTER] HE WOULD'VE HAD TO PAY A LOT OF DUES. >> HE IS KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK THESE DAYS. >> WHAT HE BRINGS TO THE TABLE, HE IS AMAZING. >> YOU CANNOT TONIGHT THAT HE HAS FIT IN PRETTY WELL SINCE JOINING WWE. I DID ASK HIM HOW HE WAS RECEIVED AND HE SAID NOT WELL. THINGS HAVE CHANGED BUT NOT THAT MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON THE SET WITH US. WE ARE UNDER AN HOUR AWAY FROM SUMMERSLAM HERE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. WE WILL BE BACK WITH MORE COUNTDOWN AFTER THIS. >> LET ME TALK TO YOU. >> WWE. >> COMING TO NEW YORK CITY. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT? >> NYC. >> AUGUST 16-18TH IN THE BIG APPLE. >> GREET YOUR FAVORITE WWE SUPERSTAR ATHLETES. >> ALL WEEKEND LONG. >> I WILL KISS YOUR BABIES. >> YOU, YES, YOU RIGHT THERE, GO ONLINE AND GET YOUR TICKETS. ♪ >> NO ONE CALLS ME MR. SUMMERSLAM. >> IT WILL BE THE SUMMERSLAM WHERE I WIN THE WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. >> DREW MCINTYRE DEFEATED RANDY ORTON IN THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP, IT WAS AN AMAZING MATCH. >> A TLC MASS WHICH WAS HELL ON MY BODY BUT I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF. >> I WAS OUT THERE FOR THE WHOLE WEEK AND IT WAS FANTASTIC. >> I WAS THERE LIVE AT THE GARDEN WHEN UNDERTAKER TOOK OUT STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN. IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE EVENTS. >> WHAT MAKES SUMMERSLAM GREAT IS WRESTLEMANIA. IT IS A HUGE THING. THE WRESTLEMANIA OF THE SUMMER IS SUMMERSLAM. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT ONE YEAR TO GET THE SAME BIG MATCH ATMOSPHERE, HUGE MATCHES AND CELEBRITIES. SPOT. THEY WILL FINISH WHETHER IT IS PLAYING OR NOT. FOR ME, THAT IS AN ADRENALINE SHOT RIGHT TO THE HEART. >> COREY GRAVES MAKE SUCH A GREAT POINT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC IN WWE. GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE. HIS PERSONAL THEMES. EVEN WHILE THAT PACKAGE WAS PLAYING, ALL THE FANS STARTED SINGING ALONG. IT IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT CODY RHODES IS. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT CODY RHODES HAS. THE HOME OF MANY GREAT HIP-HOP ACTS. >> I SEE WHAT YOU DID. >> WE ALSO SAW THIS CROWD IMMEDIATELY STARTS SINGING SETH ROLLINS MUSIC ONCE HE WAS UP FOR HIS INTERVIEW. THE TIE IS STRONG BETWEEN MUSIC AND THE WWE. JELLYROLL IS A HUGE WWE FAN. HE WILL BE PERFORMING LATER TONIGHT. HE IS WITH A MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, PAT MCAFEE. TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO BE SITTING IN A LOCKER ROOM THAT IS OWNED BY A MAN WHO IS NOT ONLY AN AWARD-WINNING ICON WHAT AN AMERICAN DREAM STORY THAT WILL INSPIRE. . GENERATIONS TO COME YOU HAVE THE NUMBER 1 SONG ON EARTH. THIS SONG IS SUMMERSLAM. YOU ARE KICKING OFF THE ENTIRE SHOW. >> WE ARE BOTH REAL WRESTLING FANS. I WAS JOKING AND SAYING I AM HEALING MY INNER CHILD. I GOT SLIMED AT THE KIDS CHOICE AWARDS AND NOW I'M OPENING UP SUMMERSLAM. >> EVERYONE HERE FROM THE WWE IS EXCITED. YOU ARE ON TOP OF THE WORLD AND COULD BE DOING ANYTHING. THE FACT YOU ARE HERE, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR IT. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT YOU AND WHAT SHOULD TONIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> I AM THE MOST AVERAGE, UNEDUCATED, UNWORTHY OF BEING A DISPOSITION DUDE. TWINS, BABY. SAME THING. I'M NOT QUALIFIED TO BE HERE. I AM JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. I AM NOT DISSING THE ARTIST WHO COME HERE WHO ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. >> THOSE PIPES ARE GOLDEN. THERE IS A REASON WHY EVERYONE LOVES YOU. HE IS A HUMBLE MAN, TALENTED MAN, HE IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD AND HE KICKS OFF SUMMERSLAM TONIGHT WITH A PERFORMANCE OF "LIAR." >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JELLYROLL PERFORMANCE. HE AIN'T LYING WHEN HE SAID HE IS A LEGIT WRESTLING FAN. I INTERVIEWED HIM AND HE SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW IN PAT'S FOOTSTEPS AND ONE DAY HAVE A WWE MATCH. HE IS NOT CRAZY ABOUT THIS BUSINESS. >> I HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO A TON OF HIS MUSIC BUT I HAVE WATCHED HIS STORY. IT IS INSPIRING. HE IS EASY TO ROOT FOR. >> DO YOU THINK HE COULD BE A WWE SUPERSTAR? >> HIS MUSIC HISTORY, HE WAS A RAPPER FOR A LONG TIME, UNDERGROUND, GRINDING. TO YOUR QUESTION, YOU ARE GETTING THAT GUY OUT OF A ROYAL RUMBLE? HOW? >> [LAUGHTER] >> AIN'T NOBODY THROWING THAT MAN OVER A TOP ROPE. >> IF I WAS STRATEGIZING TO TAKE ON JELLYROLL I WOULD RUN RINGS AROUND HIM AND THEN BLOW HIM UP. >> YOU ARE SO JUDGMENTAL. HE COULD HAVE GREAT CARDIO. >> I AM GOING TO FIND OUT [LAUGHTER] . THAT WOULD BE A GRADE A. >>>> STRATEGY JELLYROLL WILL PERFORM LATER TONIGHT. GUNTHER ALWAYS HAS A SOLID STRATEGY. HE IS IN ACTION TONIGHT AGAINST DAMIAN PRIEST. HE WILL ATTEMPT TO TAKE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. >> RESPECTABLE CHAMPIONS. IMPRESSIVE LEGACIES. UNMATCHED IMPACT. ALL LIVING OUT THEIR DREAM. FRAGILE EGOS THAT HAVE SHATTERED THE REPUTATION OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. ALL SIMPLE MEN. ♪ THIS IS WHY WWE DESPERATELY NEEDED ME. THIS IS WHY THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP NEEDS ME. TO CREATE A NEW MOUNTAINTOP. I HAVE TO ADMIT SETH ROLLINS DID A FANTASTIC JOB ELEVATING THE TITLE. BUT THE BURDEN, BEING THE WORKHORSE DROVE HIM INTO THE GROUND. DREW MCINTYRE, SO CONCERNED WITH CM PUNK. BARELY HOLDING ONTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND NOW AS DAMIAN PRIEST HONORABLY CARRIES THAT WEIGHT ON HIS SHOULDERS, HIS FOUNDATION IS STARTING TO CRACK. ALL THAT WORK FOR DAMIAN'S DREAM TO SLIP AWAY. IT IS A SHAME. AS I LOOK AROUND AT THE CAST OF CHALLENGERS, IT BECOMES TRULY DISGUSTING. I CANNOT RESPECT ENTERTAINERS MORE CONCERNED MAKING THE CROWD SITTING OR HITTING SOME LINE FOR THE RESPECT OF THE MINDLESS. NONE OF THAT MEANS ANYTHING ONCE YOU STEP FOOT INTO THAT SACRED RING. I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN REDEFINE THE PRESTIGE OF THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. AND BRING IT TO A LEVEL, NO TITLE HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE. AT SUMMERSLAM, THE FUTURE OF THIS GREAT SPORT IS ON THE LINE. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, DAMIAN WILL FAIL. I WILL SHOWCASE THE POWER, DOMINANCE AND PRESTIGE THIS SPORT STILL DESPERATELY NEEDS. AT SUMMERSLAM -- WILL BECOME THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> GUNTHER IS 6-0 SINCE WRESTLEMANIA AS HE HEADS INTO THIS MATCH AGAINST DAMIAN PRIEST. WE ARE 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM SUMMERSLAM IN CLEVELAND, OHIO. JOHN CENA MADE MAJOR NEWS. HE IS COMING BACK. >> OH, YEAH. ♪ >> 2025, WE ARE PLANNING SOMETHING UNFORGETTABLE. ♪ >> IF YOU WANT SOME, HURRY UP AND COME GET SOME! THE LAST TIME IS NOW! ♪ >> THE TIME IS 2025. WE ARE DOING THE COUNTDOWN TO SUMMERSLAM RIGHT NOW BUT THE COUNTDOWN TO JOHN CENA RETURNING IS STILL GOING. LET'S GET TO OUR SUMMERSLAM HOTTEST MOMENTS. ♪ >> SUMMERSLAM. LAS VEGAS. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. BIANCA BELAIR, THE CURRENT SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPION, DEFENDING AGAINST -- ♪ >> WHAT? >> WAIT A MINUTE! NO, IT CANNOT BE! BECKY LYNCH IS BACK. IT IS THUNDEROUS IN HERE. GOOSEBUMPS! ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS ON THE PLANET! >> WHAT DO YOU SAY THE EXT? BLOW THE ROOF OFF THIS JOINT. >> I BELIEVE BIANCA HAS ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE FROM BECKY LYNCH. THE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S TITLE. BECKY LYNCH TAKING CARE WITH A SLAM. COVER. LYNCH WINS THE TITLE! LYNCH WINS THE TITLE! LYNCH WINS THE TITLE! SHE LEFT 16 MONTHS AGO AND THEY CHAMPION. SHE RETURNS AS A CHAMPION. >> DIRECT FROM WEMBLEY STADIUM IN LONDON, ENGLAND, THE INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE IS UPPER GRABS. >> IN FRONT OF 80,000 PEOPLE. >> YOU HAVE TO BE FEELING ENORMOUS PRESSURE GOING INTO THIS MATCH FOR THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU WILL BE STEPPING INTO THE RING WITH YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW. SISTER OF BRET THE HITMAN HART. >> IT WILL BE TOUGH TO BREAK THAT HEART. YOU KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE. ♪ >> HOW BAD DOES HE WANT TO HOLD ONTO THAT BUILT? -- THAT BELT? >> THE BULLDOG JUST GOT BULLDOGED. >> LOOK AT THE DETERMINATION ON HIS FACE. >> HE DID IT IN HIS OWN BACKYARD. >> THE WINNER AND NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION, THE BRITISH BULLDOG! ♪ ♪ >> WE ARE READY FOR THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE SUMMER. IT IS THE SECOND OF THREE SOLD-OUT NIGHTS HERE AT THE BARCLAYS CENTER. >> SUMMERSLAM IS HERE. WHAT A NIGHT WE HAVE FOR YOU. THE ONE AND ONLY JON STEWART WILL BE YOUR HOST FOR SUMMERSLAM. >> RESPECT. I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT. ♪ >> SETH ROLLINS BATTLING JOHN CENA. THE WINNER-TAKE-ALL TITLE FOR TITLE. >> NO MATTER WHAT, HISTORY IS BEING MADE TONIGHT. ONE OF THESE SUPERSTARS WILL BE WALKING OUT WITH BOTH THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP. >> IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SIX MONTHS FOR ME. CASHING IN ON THE MAIN EVENT AT WRESTLEMANIA. >> SETH ROLLINS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? ROLLINS WITH THE TITLE! THE FUTURE IS NOW! >> TO BE THE FACE OF WWE, THAT IS A LOT OF PRESSURE. IT HAS BEEN A WHIRLWIND. THAT IS THE ONLY REAL WORD TO DESCRIBE IT. IT SHOULD BE FUN. >> WE ARE HERE AT BARCLAYS CENTER. TAKEN OVER BROOKLAND. -- WWE HAS TAKEN OVER BROOKLYN. >> IT IS ABOUT CREATING A LEGACY. MY LEGACY IS JUST TRYING TO BE BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. TRYING TO MAKE THIS PLACE BETTER EVERY SINGLE DAY. TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE AROUND ME PUSH THEMSELVES HARDER. >> COMING UP NEXT, JOHN CENA LOOKS TO MAKE HISTORY. HE LOOKS TO BECOME A 16-TIME WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. >> HE HAS TO BEAT THAT MAN. THE CURRENT WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. IT IS TITLE VERSUS TITLE. WINNER-TAKE-ALL. >> SETH ROLLINS IS IN THERE WITH THE BIGGEST PRESSURE PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF WWE. >> THESE GUYS ARE SPENT. THEY HAVE THROWN EVERYTHING THEY HAVE AT EACH OTHER. >> LOOK OUT! JOHN CENA SHOULD WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP! >> NO! NO! NO! NO! >> WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT IS JON STEWART DOING? >> NO! COME ON! NOT LIKE THIS! ROLLINS HAS MADE HISTORY THANKS TO JON STEWART! >> UNITED STATES AND WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION, SETH ROLLINS. >> I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE MAN. NOT ONE OF THE GUYS, BUT THE MAN. >> BEATING JOHN CENA IN THE FIRST EVER UNITED STATES AND WWE CHAMPIONSHIP. PRETTY EXHAUSTED FOR THE WEEK. EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY. GREAT NIGHT. GREAT NIGHT. >> THIS FALL, THE BADDEST BRAND IN LIVE SPORTS. HAS A NEW HOME. >> I AM TALKING ABOUT HISTORY. >> HERE WE GO. >> THESE FISTS DON'T LIE, BABY. >> I AM ONLY SPITTING FACTS. >> NXT ON THE CW. PREMIERES TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1. >> SUMMERSLAM IS IN THE BLUE-COLLAR TOUGH TOWN OF CLEVELAND, OHIO. I AM HONORED TO BE JOINED BY A MAN WHO HAS WON 16 SPORTS EMMY AWARDS. FOX SPORTS JOURNALIST TOM RINALDI, WHO TALKS CLEVELAND. >> IN AND OF ITSELF, A PLACE HAS NO MEANING. WE ASSIGN ITS VALUE. WE GIVE IT SIGNIFICANCE. WE CALL IT "HOME." FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A QUARTER-CENTURY, SUMMERSLAM MAKES A HOMECOMING AS WE RETURN TO CLEVELAND. ♪ >> IT IS A PLACE THOSE WHO LIVE HERE CALL BELIEVELAND. WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE IN? >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT A FULL-FLEDGED TEAM READY TO GO TO THE SUPER BOWL, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. >> A CELEBRATED SON REPRESENTING HIS ROOTS. IN A PROUD MAN MAKING IT BACK THROUGH THE PAIN. >> I SAW MY SURGEON SATURDAY NIGHT AND HE SAID I'M CLEARED! >> IN A DETERMINED WOMAN. RECLAIMING HER STAGE. >> LIV MORGAN. I AM GOING TO END YOUR CAREER. >> IN A MAVERICK MAKING HIS HOMETOWN PROUD. >> I AM HONORED TO BE BACK HOME IN CLEVELAND! >> IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN CLEVELAND AGAINST EVERYBODY. AND THE CITY'S BELIEVES HAS OFTEN BEEN TESTED. >> I'M GOING TO TAKE MY TALENTS TO SOUTH BEACH AND JOIN THE MIAMI HEAT. >> WE DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO BE GOOD, WE WANT YOU TO BE WATCHABLE. YOU ARE A FACTORY OF SADNESS. I WILL SEE YOU SUNDAY. >> IT HAS ONLY MADE THE SUCCESS SWEETER, THE REDEMPTION SWEETER. >> CLEVELAND! THIS IS FOR YOU! >> IT HAS PLACED THE DEMANDS OF A WINNER. >> GIANT IDIOTFACE OVER THERE WILL NEVER BRING YOU A TITLE. >> AND KEEPS YOU RAW. >> BROCK WANTED ME TO WRITE HIS SONG BUT I WOULD NEVER BE HIS MOUTHPIECE. ROCK IS LIKE LEBRON JAMES, HE TOOK HIS TALENTS TO SOUTH BEACH. ♪ >> THIS IS A PLACE THAT LOVES ITS MUSIC. CLEVELAND ROCKS, ALWAYS. BUT THIS WEEKEND, IT ROLLS. ♪ AND IT FLIES. >> LET'S GO! >> IT HITS. AND IT STUNS. THIS SUMMER, CLEVELAND SLAMS. ♪ >> FROM ONE BROADCAST SUPERSTAR, TOM MINNELLI, TO ANOTHER. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN HIM ON ABC DOING COLLEGE FOOTBALL. HOW ABOUT CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING OR EVEN HOLY MOLY? I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST BROADCAST PARTNER, JOE TESSA TORE. >> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE. YOU HAVE NOT LIVED UNTIL YOU HAVE COME THROUGH THE -- ENTRYWAY WITH MICHAEL COLE AT SUMMERSLAM. YOU ARE A LIVING LEGEND. >> I KNOW YOU ARE A LONG TIME PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING FAN. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT. YOU ARE VERY HONORED TO BE A PART OF THIS. >> BLESSED AND HONORED. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT THE WASHINGTON AVENUE ARMORY IN ALBANY, NEW YORK WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, SKIPPING SCHOOL TO GO TO PARTIES WITH BIG JOHN STUD. THIS IS SPECIAL. I HAVE BEEN COMING TO PLE'S FOR YEARS. >> WE TALKED ABOUT WATCHING WRESTLING. >> THAT MEANS WE ARE OLD. >> I WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT. JOE IS GOING TO START ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. DENVER, COLORADO WILL BE JOE'S FIRST SHOW. I WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN ON USA. >> WHAT ARE YOU MOST EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT? >> THE MAIN EVENT, CODY AND SOLO . >> CM PUNK FINALLY COMING OUT FOR A SINGLES MATCH. I CANNOT WAIT FOR PUNK-MCINTYRE. >> WELCOME TO JOE AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR SEPTEMBER 2. WELCOME ABOARD. >> THANK YOU, MICHAEL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE FIRST RAW. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE MOVED THINGS INSIDE. WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE START OF SUMMERSLAM HERE INSIDE THE STADIUM. I AM SO EXCITED. THE WWE UNIVERSE IS GETTING READY, GETTING THEIR SNACKS. I AM VERY EXCITED THAT RHEA RIPLEY AND LIV MORGAN WILL KICK THINGS OFF HERE TONIGHT. THERE IS A LOT OF BAD BLOOD BETWEEN RHEA RIPLEY, WHO IS ATTEMPTING TO WIN BACK HER WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP, A TITLE SHE TECHNICALLY NEVER LOST. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE. ♪ >> WELCOME TO THE LIV MORGAN T OUR! ♪ >> RHEA TOOK EIGHT MONTHS OF MY CAREER AWAY FROM ME. ♪ >> THAT MEANS THE FINAL STOP ON THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR WILL ALWAYS BE A RHEA RIPLEY AND THE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. >> ♪ ♪ >> I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED TO VACATE MY WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. >> THIS IS KARMA. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE BEST PART IS? THIS IS THE END OF THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR. >> HE WANTS HIM TO USE BECKY TO USE THE STEEL CHAIR TO TAKE OUT MORGAN. MORGAN IS THE CHAMPION. ♪ >> I WANT TO TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY FROM RHEA RIPLEY. ♪ >> BOBBY IS BACK! >> SHE MIGHT FINALLY BE HOME. LIV IS FINALLY ON TOP. >> LET ME EXPLAIN. COME ON. >> GORGEOUS MEN LIKE HIM GO FOR A GIRLS THAT LOOK LIKE ME. >> I HAVE FEELINGS FOR DOMINICK AND HE HAS FEELINGS FOR ME, TOO. SAY THOSE THREE LITTLE WORDS. >> YOU WANT THOSE THREE LITTLE WORDS? >> I HATE YOU, LIV! ARE YOU STUPID? YOU RUINED MY LIFE! I CAN'T STAND YOU! ♪ >> SUMMERSLAM. I WILL END YOUR CAREER. ♪ >> I WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING FOR YOU. >> AT SUMMERSLAM, I WILL COMPLETE THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR AND LEAVE HIM WITH WHATEVER IS LEFT OF HER. ♪ >> THE VITRIOL BETWEEN RHEA RIPLEY AND LIV MORGAN'S NEXT LEVEL. STANDING OUTSIDE THE JUDGMENT DAY CLUBHOUSE AND I BRIEFLY SPOKE TO RHEA RIPLEY ABOUT HER MATCH TONIGHT. HER MESSAGE WAS SIMPLE AND DIRECT. SHE SAID LIV MORGAN'S REVENGE TOUR ENDS TONIGHT. I WILL PASS THE BATON OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE. >> WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT JUDGMENT DAY WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE MATCH. I SPOKE TO LIV MORGAN AND SHE SAID RHEA RIPLEY WILL LEAVE CLEVELAND CRYING. I CANNOT CONFIRM LIV MORGAN'S INSIDE HER LOCKER ROOM HOPING TO CLEANSE IT OF ANY NEGATIVE ENERGY. WILL THE LIV MORGAN REVENGE TOUR FINALLY HIT A DEAD END TONIGHT? WHAT DO YOU THINK? >> YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE BUT IT IS HARD TO TALK ABOUT RHEA VERSUS LIV WITHOUT BRINGING UP DOMINIK MYSTERIO. RHEA CLAIMS THEY ARE BACK ON THE SAME PAGE. DO YOU BUY IT? >> DOMINIK MYSTERIO HAS BEEN LIVING EVERY MAN'S DREAM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WHAT A LUCKY MAN. HE IS A WWE SUPERSTAR. HE HAS THE MOST AMAZING WOMEN IN THE WORLD CHASING HIM. HE IS A CHAMPION. I AM JEALOUS OF THE GUY. HE HAS A GREAT STACHE. >> GREAT IS NOT THE WORD I WOULD USE TO DESCRIBE THAT STACHE. IT IS FOUL. >> IT IS A HORRIBLE LOOK ON YOU. DOMINIK MYSTERIO WILL PLAY HEAVILY IN THIS STORY MOVING FORWARD BUT HE IS NOT THE ONLY COMPONENT. I AM STILL NOT SURE WHY FIN DECIDED TO PICK UP THE HOTEL KEY CARD. >> YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO. >> THIS WHOLE THING COMES DOWN TO, ARE YOU TELLING ME RHEA RIPLEY IS ACTUALLY GOOD NOW? SHE SAW DOM SAY "I HATE YOU," HE DID NOT CALL ANYMORE. NOW -- LISTEN. IF ONE OF YOUR GIRLFRIENDS HAD A SIMILAR SITUATION HAPPENED WITH DOM. WHAT WOULD YOU TELL HER? >> TONIGHT IS THE ULTIMATE TEST THE DOMINIK MYSTERIO NEEDS TO MAKE SURE HE SHOWS HIS LOYALTY. JUDGMENT DAY HAS BEEN ABOUT NUMBERS. I DO NOT THINK RHEA RIPLEY WOULD DISAGREE. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT DOMINIK MYSTERIO WAS AT THE -- WHY WAS HE NOT THERE IF THEY ARE SO UNITED? WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? >> LOVE IS A POWERFUL DRUG. FOR A GROUP CALLED THE JUDGMENT DAY, I WOULD SAY RHEA RIPLEY HAS SHOWN A SEVERE LACK OF JUDGMENT. >> SHE IS FROM. SHE SAID HER SHOULDER IS 100%. SHE IS SETTING PERSONAL RECORDS IN THE GYM. >> THAT IS WHAT SHE IS TELLING US BUT HAVE WE SEEN THE SHOULDER TESTED? WE KNOW SHE HAD SEVERE SHOULDER PROBLEMS. >> I GOT A GLIMPSE OF HER IN THE GYM AT THE HOTEL. >> YOU BIG CREEP. >> DON'T MAKE IT WEIRD! WE WERE AT THE SAME HOTEL, IT WAS FINE. >> I WAS THERE. >> I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT HER HEALTH. I THINK SHE WILL SHOW UP 100%. >> I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT. RHEA RIPLEY AGAINST LIV MORGAN IS KICKING OFF SUMMERSLAM TONIGHT. WHICH BY THE WAY IS JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY. WE WILL STEP ASIDE FOR A QUICK BREAK WAS STILL TO COME, PART 2 OF A SIT INTERVIEW WITH CM PUNK WHICH WAS DESCRIBED EARLIER AS EXPLOSIVE. STAY TUNED FOR THAT. >> EXPLOSIVE? >> EXPLOSIVE. ♪ >> AFTER 25 YEARS, THE MOST ELECTRIFYING GREATS IN SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT HAS A NEW HOME. SMACKDOWN. PREMIERING ON USA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. >> HEY, GUYS, IT IS AJ STYLES. I WILL SEE SOME OLD PHOTOS. LET'S CHECK THEM OUT. SUMMERSLAM. JOHN CENA VERSUS A.J. STYLES. A MATCH THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE. >> IT DOES NOT GET MUCH BIGGER THAN A.J. STYLES VERSUS JOHN CENA. A DREAM RIVALRY. >> JOHN CENA AND I ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSITE IN EVERY WAY. >> HE LANDS ON HIS FEET. A KICK MY STYLES! >> IT IS MAGIC. WE JUST GEL. WE MAKE IT WORK. >> HE IS LOOKING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP! >> 1, 2, -- >> ONE OF MY FAVORITE MATCHES THAT I HAVE HAD IN THE WWE. >> STYLES IS GOING SOMEWHERE. LOOK AT THIS. >> 1, 2, 3. [BELL RINGS] ♪ >> ONE OF THE BADDEST DUDES I KNOW. HIM AND I HAVE HAD MATCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD. THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GUY THAT IS AWESOME. HE IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL LOOKING WRESTLER. HE IS NOT RIPPED TO SHREDS BUT, MAN, IS HE ATHLETIC, AS MOST SAMOANS ARE. HE IS ONE OF THE BADDEST SON OF A GUNS I HAVE BEEN IN THE RING WITH. THIS IS A PICTURE FOR SUMMERSLAM. A LOT OF EMOTIONS GOING ON IN THIS MATCH. THERE WAS A LOT OF TOOK PLACE. A GREAT STORY BEING TOLD. >> HEY, WENDY, HOW ARE YOU DOING? UH OH. I SEE SHE BROUGHT YOUR LOVELY DAUGHTER, TOO. DON'T WORRY, WENDY! DADDY IS COMING HOME TONIGHT! ♪ >> THIS WHOLE MATCH WAS VERY PHYSICAL. >> I HIT MY HEAD ON THE STEPS. I WAS BLEEDING. >> AH! >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THE FANS ARE ENTERTAINED. THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AT THE SAME TIME, THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THAT CROWD THAT NIGHT THEY DID NOT SEE ME AS A.J. STYLES. SHE SAW ME AS HER DADDY. >> COME HERE, BABY. I'M SORRY. >> I COULD TELL SHE WAS A LITTLE AFRAID FOR HER DAD SO THAT WAS A REAL MOMENT THAT HAPPENED THERE. YOU CAN BE A SUPERSTAR ALL YOU WANT BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE A DAD, YOU ARE A HUSBAND. THAT IS MOST IMPORTANT. I HAVE BLONDE ON ME? OK -- I HAVE BOOLD ON ME? OK. I WILL GET IT OFF. >> EARLIER TONIGHT WE HEARD CM PUNK AND HIS MOST CONTROVERSIAL INTERVIEW SINCE COMING BACK TO WWE WHEN HE SAT DOWN WITH MICHAEL COLE. THEY TALKED ABOUT THE CONTROVERSIAL RETURN TO WWE. THEY ALSO DISCUSSED DREW MCINTYRE AND SETH ROLLINS AND THE INJURY HE SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF DREW MCINTYRE DURING THIS YEAR'S ROYAL RUMBLE. WE WILL TAKE YOU TO PART 2 OF THAT SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW. MICHAEL COLE AND CM PUNK. LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> DREW MCINTYRE HAD SOME VERY COMBUSTIBLE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT YOU. HE HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE NEVER WANTED YOU BACK IN WWE. WHAT DID ALL OF THIS DUE TO YOU AND COULD YOU BELIEVE THIS WAS COMING FROM DREW MCINTYRE? CM PUNK: I DID NOT SEE IT COMING FROM DREW, HONESTLY. MAYBE I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SURPRISED IF IT WAS COMING FROM SETH. DREW WAS A GUY WHO HAD WASTED POTENTIAL FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. HE IS MORE MAD AT HIMSELF. IF I AM THAT TOTEM THAT HE NEEDS TO FOCUS ON TO TAKE IT OUT ON, THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT THAT. WHAT DREW THINKS ABOUT ME IS REALLY NONE OF MY BUSINESS. BUT IT IS WHAT HE SAYS AND WHAT HE DOES TO ME THAT MAKES IT MY BUSINESS. HE HAS MADE IT TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY PERSONAL. MICHAEL: SOME WILL SAY YOU HAVE BECOME OF SETH WITH THE SITUATION AS WELL. IT STARTED AT WRESTLEMANIA. DREW WINS. PULLS THE TITLE FOR FIVE MINUTES, YOU GET INVOLVED, PRIEST CASHES IN AND WINS THE TITLE. YOU GO ON TO SCREW DREW OUT OF THE TITLE OTHER TIMES INCLUDING IN HIS HOMELAND OF SCOTLAND. WHY? CM PUNK: THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES AND REPERCUSSIONS TO THINGS PEOPLE SAY. I AM NOT THE BAD GUY FOR RETURNING FIRE. IT IS NOT BEING INJURED THAT IS UPSETTING. IT IS THE DISRESPECT. THE DISRESPECT, THE GLOATING. DREW PRAYED FOR ME TO GET INJURED. IT IS A PRETTY ROTTEN THING FOR HIM TO DO WHEN I KNOW HE HAS BEEN FIRED FROM THIS COMPANY, SIDELINED WITH INJURIES. I DO NOT WISH INJURY ON ANY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE. I THINK IT IS A PRETTY LOW THING TO DO. DREW'S DREAM WAS TO BE CHAMPIONED. MY GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE DREW IS NOT CHAMPION. WHO HAS GOLD AROUND THEIR WAIST RIGHT NOW? NOT DREW. SO WHO WINS? MICHAEL: LET'S TALK ABOUT SUMMERSLAM. YOU WILL FINALLY GET THE MATCH WITH DREW MCINTYRE. YOU HAVE BEEN PHYSICALLY CLEARED TO COMPETE, CORRECT? CM PUNK: YES. MICHAEL: BEST YOU HAVE EVER FELT? CM PUNK: I WILL BE HONEST WITH THE GRAY IN MY BEARD. THIS ARM? BRAND-NEW. EVERYTHING ELSE? ATHLETES AND THEIR LATER YEARS ARE LIKE SPORTS CARS. YOU BLOW A TIRE SOMETIMES. I AM CLEARED TO COMPETE. MY HEART IS THE SAME AS IT EVER WAS. YOU KNOW I AM COMING TO FIGHT. I DO NOT CARE ABOUT A PRO WRESTLING MATCH, A REFEREE, I AM COMING TO GET MY POUND OF FLESH. MICHAEL: SETH ROLLINS, ONE OF YOUR HARSHEST CRITICS, NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN YOU TWO, WILL BE THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE IN THIS MATCH. HE DOES NOT LIKE DREW, EITHER. WHICH MANY BELIEVE MAKES SETH AN UNBIASED OFFICIAL. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SETH -- CM PUNK: YOU DON'T BELIEVE THAT? YOU ARE NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. MICHAEL: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON SETH BEING THE REFEREE FOR YOUR MATCH? CM PUNK: IF I TOLD YOU I DID NOT CARE THAT WOULD NOT BE TRUTHFUL. BUT I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO FOCUS ON DREW. I DO NOT KNOW IF I CAN BE DREW. I KNOW I CAN GET MY HANDS ON HIM AND HURT HIM, I HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT. THAT IS MY FULL INTENTION. SETH IS AN UN-WELCOMED DISTRACTION. HE SAW MONEY IN THE BANK, HE SAW GLASGOW, HE SAW ALL THESE THINGS , HE SAW ME IN A REFEREE SHIRT SCREWING DREW AND HE PROBABLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. THE TRUTH IS CM PUNK THOUGHT OF IT. SETH IS STILL JUST THE JEALOUS BRAT FOLLOWING IN MY FOOTSTEPS. WHEN I BEAT DREW, SETH CAN BE NEXT IN LINE. MICHAEL: WHEN YOU WALK INTO CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM, IT WILL BE YOUR FIRST ONE-ON-ONE MATCH IN A DECADE IN WWE. WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING WHEN YOU WALK OUT TO THE AISLEWAY AND A HUGE FOOTBALL STADIUM TO GO INTO THIS MATCH AGAINST THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR? CM PUNK: I'M NOT MAKING A PLAN EXCEPT TO GO STRAIGHT AT DREW. I AM ACTING LIKE THIS IS A FIGHT IN THE STREETS. HAVING SETH THERE? GREAT. IF HE WANTS TO BE A DECIDING FACTOR IN THE OUTCOME OF THIS MATCH, I WILL DEAL WITH THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS. I AM SEEING RED IN CLEVELAND AND I AM COMING RIGHT FOR DREW. MICHAEL: GOOD LUCK. LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING OUT THERE TO CALL IT. CM PUNK: LUCK IS FOR LOSERS, MICHAEL. I WILL SEE YOU OUT THERE. >> CM PUNK IS SEEING RED. P IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT SETH. HIS EYES ARE FOCUSED ON DREW MCINTYRE. HE SAID HE WILL GET IN DREW'S WAY NO MATTER WHAT. HE HAS KEPT HIM FROM DIFFERENT TITLES. WE WILL GET TO THIS MATCH IN A MINUTE. WE HEARD WHAT CM PUNK HAD TO SAY. IT IS ONLY FAIR WE HEAR FROM DREW MCINTYRE. HERE IS BYRON SAXTON. BYRON: LAST WEEK ON RAW YOU MADE SOME PRETTY THREATENING COMMENTS ABOUT CM PUNK. YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO BEAT PUNK DOWN SO BADLY THAT HIS HEART STOPS. HERE WE ARE A COUPLE HOURS AWAY FROM THE MATCH. IS THAT STILL HOW YOU FEEL? DREW: YEAH. I WOULD NOT HAVE SAID IT IF I THOUGHT OTHERWISE. I ONLY TELL THE TRUTH. WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE MATCH. I HAVE THIS NERVOUS EXCITEMENT. A LOT GOING THROUGH MY MIND. WE ARE IN CLEVELAND. THIS IS WHERE PUNK WALKED OUT OF WWE. HIS FIRST MATCH IN WWE INTENT .5 YEARS AND WILL BE HIS LAST MATCH -- HIS FIRST MATCH IN WWE IN 10.5 YEARS. YOU CAN NEVER TELL WOULD ASSOCIATE PAST IS THINKING. . HE HAS NOT SLEPT IN 20 YEARS. IT IS NOT A TITLE MATCH. I'M NOT TRYING TO BEAT HIM QUICK. I'M TRYING TO HURT HIM, EXTEND THE PAIN AND VIOLENCE. IF I GET MY WAY, HE WILL GO 2 SLEEP PERMANENTLY. >> DREW MCINTYRE CERTAINLY NOT HOLDING BACK WITH REGARDS TO HIS FEELINGS TOWARD CM PUNK. IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MATCH FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME. SO MUCH SO I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. >> I EXPECT A MASSACRE IN THAT RING TONIGHT. IT FEELS LIKE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. IT FEELS LIKE THE WWE UNIVERSE HAS BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME. DREW MCINTYRE IS THE GUY WHO HAS BEEN ATTACKED LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTER AT SOME OF THE MOST PIVOTAL MOMENTS IN HIS CAREER BUT A GUIDE NOT MEDICALLY CLEARED TO BE IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH ANYONE. NOW HE IS AND IT WILL BE A BRIEF WINDOW BECAUSE CM PUNK IS BACK ON THE SHELF TONIGHT. >> TALK ABOUT A LONG TIME. I WILL THROW SOME NUMBERS THAT YOU GUYS. BY THE TIME CM PUNK GETS IN THE RING IT WILL HAVE BEEN OVER 250 DAYS SINCE HE SHOWED UP AT SURVIVOR SERIES. HE HAS NOT HAD A ONE-ON-ONE MATCH YET. TALK ABOUT PRESSURE FOR CM PUNK TONIGHT. YOU HAVE ALL THE EMOTIONS YOU TALKED ABOUT BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EMOTIONS FOR PUNK IN TERMS OF NERVES? I WILL TAKE A GUESS FROM ANYONE, CM PUNK'S LAST WIN AT A WWE PLE? TLC 2014. A ONE ON THREE HANDICAP TO MATCH VERSUS THE SHIELD. ROMAN -- DIFFERENT ERAS. WE ARE LIVING A DIFFERENT LIFETIME. THERE HAS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF NERVES TO GET IN FRONT OF 50,000 PEOPLE. >> WHO HAVE BEEN CHANTING YOUR NAME FOR OVER A DECADE. >> THIS IS IN HIS BONES. HE IS NOT SOMEONE I WORRY ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO NERVES. IF ANYTHING, I WORRY ABOUT THE INTENSITY, THE ANGER AND HATRED IS TOO HIGH AND BLINDS THESE MEN. >> WHAT ABOUT SETH "FREAKIN" ROLLINS? HE CAN SAY UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME THAT HE WILL CALL IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. I DO NOT THINK IT IS POSSIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE THIS STRONG OF A MOTION. >> SCREWING BOTH MEN AND BLINDSIDE ATTACKING THEM IS TECHNICALLY CALLING IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. YOU ARE TREATING BOTH GUYS EQUAL IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE. I THINK IT IS AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE THAT ADAM PEARCE HAS MADE THIS CALL. WE NEEDED A TOP OFFICIAL, NOT SETH "FREAKIN" ROLLINS. >> WHAT IS THE OVER/UNDER INTO THE MATCH BEFORE SETH ROLLINS PUTS HANDS ON SOMEBODY? >> LET THEM TIRE EACH OTHER OUT. GIVE PEOPLE A SHOW AND THEN POUNCE WHEN BOTH MEN ARE LAID OUT. THAT IS HOW I WOULD PERSONALLY DO IT. >> HE WILL BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. I WANT TO SEE THEY SETTLED BECAUSE IF IT GOES ON LONGER I FEAR FOR THE FAMILIES, THE MEN. THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR. IT HAS CROSSED A LINE AND NEEDS TO BE SETTLED TONIGHT. MY HOPE IS IT IS CALLED DOWN THE MIDDLE. [LAUGHTER] >> SETH ROLLINS IS CALLED A VISIONARY FOR A REASON. HE WILL HAVE SOMETHING UP HIS VERY FASHIONABLE SLEEVE GOING INTO TONIGHT. I THINK WE WOULD ALL BE STUPID TO TRUST ANYONE, LET ALONE SETH ROLLINS, IN THIS SPOT. >> WAY TOO MUCH EMOTION FOR ANYONE TO KEEP THIS EVEN. LET'S TAKE A MOMENT AS FANS TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT. THIS IS SO OLD SCHOOL. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE THESE GUYS LOCK UP FOR SO LONG. SETH ROLLINS A SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE HAS GIVEN ME SUCH SHAWN MICHAELS IN THE REF UNIFORM THROWBACK. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET CONSIDERED THIS TO BE THE MAIN EVENT. NO TITLE NECESSARY. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE THESE GUYS FIGHT. >> REALLY QUICK. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. THE MATCH YOU ARE MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT? SEVEN ON THE CARD. >> THIS IS THE ONE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. THE PEOPLE'S MAIN EVENT YOU WERE ALLUDING TO. PUNK, ROLLINS, DREW, ALL THREE OF THOSE COMBUSTIBLE COMPONENTS ALTOGETHER. WE WILL GET SOMETHING EXPLOSIVE. >> I AM LOOKING TO GO WITH THAT PARTICULAR MATCH ALTHOUGH I HAVE A PERSONAL INVESTMENT IN IT. I WANT TO SEE THE MEGA STAR, LA KNIGHT, GET HIS MOMENT AND CHAMPIONSHIP. LET'S GET OURSELVES A NEW UNITED STATES CHAMPION IN CLEVELAND. >> I AM EXCITED FOR THAT MATCH ALSO BECAUSE THE PRESSURE ON LA KNIGHT. HOW LONG WILL THESE PEOPLE KEEP CHANTING "LA KNIGHT" IF YOU DO NOT WIN SOME GOLD? I WILL NOT LIE, IT IS DREW-PUNK. >> I AM EXCITED FOR THE ENTIRE CARD. SEVEN MATCHES. WE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM EVERYTHING GETTING UNDERWAY INSIDE THE STADIUM AT SUMMERSLAM. FOR ME, IT IS RHEA VERSUS LIV. WHERE DOES DOMINIK MYSTERIO STAND? IT IS A MASSIVE CARD TONIGHT. SO MANY INCREDIBLE MATCHES. WE ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY. THAT DOES IT FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL COLE, PAT MCAFEE AND COREY GRAVES. TAKEN AWAY, GUYS. ♪ >> YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE AT CLEVELAND BROWNS STADIUM ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF LAKE ERIE. OVER 50,000 WWE FANS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR THE 37TH ANNUAL SUMMERSLAM. THE UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPION. THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE, CODY RHODES. . HEADING INTO PERHAPS HIS TOUGHEST CHALLENGE. HE DEFENDS HIS TITLE ALONE. A BLOODLINE RULES MATCH WHERE ANYTHING GOES. IT MEANS THERE IS NO CHAMPION'S ADVANTAGE. A PINFALL OR SUBMISSION TONIGHT. THE POLARIZING, CONTROVERSIAL BLOODLINE, LED BY THAT MAN, SOLO SIKOA. SELF-ANOINTED, SELF-PROCLAIMED HEAD OF THE TABLE, LOOKS THAT WHEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE SECOND CITY SAINT, CM PUNK, ENTERS INTO A ONE-ON-ONE MATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10.5 YEARS ON WWE TV. ONE OF THE MOST PERSONAL BATTLES WE HAVE EVER BEEN A PART OF AT SUMMERSLAM. AGAINST THE MAN THAT PUNK SCREWED OUT OF THE WORLD TITLE NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE BUT THREE TIMES. THE SCOTTISH WARRIOR, DREW MCINTYRE, WHO VOWS TO END CM PUNK TONIGHT. THE BIG CAVEAT IN THIS MATCH, THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE, THAT MAN, WHO HATES BOTH MCINTYRE AND PUNK. SETH "FREAKIN" ROLLINS. IT IS ROLLINS' RULES TONIGHT. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, HELL HAVE NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED. LOOKING TO RETAIN HER WOMEN'S WORLD TITLE TONIGHT. THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER, RHEA RIPLEY. THE FORMER WORLD CHAMPION. NEVER LASTED TITLE. HAD TO RELINQUISH IT DUE TO A SHOULDER INJURY. ♪ >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SINGING "GOD BLESS AMERICA," PLEASE WELCOME JELLYROLL! [APPLAUSE] ♪ ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA ♪ ♪ LAND THAT I LOVE ♪ ♪ STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER ♪ THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE ♪ ♪ FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES TO THE OCEANS WHITE WITH FOAM ♪ ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ ♪ GONE LESS -- ♪ GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME ♪ [APPLAUSE] >> LET'S GO! >> AND NOW, WWE SUMMERSLAM.