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John Cena makes his way to the ring.
John says the championship is here. On December 14th, at a history making event, just a little up the road in Orlando, we will find out what happens to it. The John Cena Classic is an evening of opportunity. That night, a record setting amount of NXT stars will have their Raw debut matches against the best with a chance to become a champ. The biggest opportunity of the night goes to you. You have the power to make sure this voice and energy is heard loud and clear. That is December 14th. Let’s talk about right here and right now.
The next invitee to the John Cena Classic is Charlotte Flair.
Charlotte says she tends to get emotional like her father. For ten years she has been trying to figure out how to be in a storyline across the ring from you. People have asked will Charlotte break her father’s record then John’s record. Charlotte says she knows she is as great as you. She says her father is at home in Florida watching with everyone else in the bar. She says it means so much to be part of your legacy. Two years ago, after Wrestlemania 41, she was backstage and she has seen John many times. She wasn’t wrestling and she was depressed and wondered if she wanted to be in WWE or wrestling any more. You looked me straight in the eye and no bulls***, you asked what happened in Chicago. She did not have an answer and she says she s*** the bed. You looked at me and said stop trying to be perfect and own who you are. For the last two years, she has gotten high fives and people have cheered her. She is not trying to say that she is a fan favorite, but she thanks John for reminding her who she is and you did it because you believed in me, not because I am Ric’s daughter. When she doesn’t believe in herself, her new chapter beings at the John Cena Classic and she will be excellent in the John Cena Claissc. She is going to win the championship because she is the greatest champion of all time.
John says when you started, people thought you had an easy in. We talked about your father and your brother and the legacy. You have rebuilt the women’s division. You never had it easy, you made it look easy. There was a while ago when he said he needed to win number seventeen because he was going to shake the hand of the one who won number eighteen. He says he was talking about Charlotte.
Nick Aldis is on the phone and he hears a knock at the door.
Rey Mysterio shows up and he says he has his eyes on someone from Smackdown for Team Mexico.
Cody enters and Rey and Cody shake hands. Rey says he has some business to deal with.
Nick says he is checking in with Cody after what he has gone through with Randy. He wants to make sure that Cody is ready to leave it behind. Cody says he might use the punt going forward. Cody says he is happy the match at Survivor Series fell into his lap.
Nick asks how the recruiting is going and Cody says him and Punk have some names in mind. Cody says after Survivor Series, he wants to talk about the number one contender spot.
Match Number One: Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga versus Shinsuke Nakamurea and Kyoki for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships
Kyoki and Tama start things off and Kyoki wqth a series of cross bodies to Tama. Kyoki runs into a back elbow and Tama with a drop kick. Talla tags in and he kicks Kyoki. Talla with a hard Irish whip. Talla with a chop and a second chop. Tama tags in and he chops Kyoki. Kyoki tells him to hit him again. Tama with another chop. Tama with many chops and Kyoki with chops. Kyoki with a head scissora take down after Tama blocks it momentarily. Kyoki with a forearm to Talla and then Talla goes over the ropes and Kyoki kicks the ropes. Kyoki kicks Tama and then he kicks Talla on the apron. Haku hits Kyoki in the leg with the walking stick.
Talla hot shots Kyoki on the ringside barrier. They return to the ring and Talla with splash and running Samoan drop. Tama tags in and he hits a sliding clothesline for a near fall. Kyoki with chops and Tama with a head butt to stop Kyoki. Talla tags in and Tama with a punch and Talla with a boot to the head. Talla gets a near fall. Talla works on the neck. Talla with an uppercut and he gets a near fall. Talla sends Kyoki into the turnbuckles and Tama tags back in. Tama with shoulders in the corner. Tama with a rear naked choke and body scissors. Tama with a headd butt and Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Tama has a kick blocked but Tama with a slap. Kyoki lands on his feet on a suplex and he hits a dragon screw. Nakamura tags in.
Nakamure with forearms and kicks. Nakamura with kicks in the corner. Tama with an Irish whip but Tama misses the splash and Nakamura iwht a running knee in the turnbuckles. Talla is knocked off the apron. Nakamura misses a round kick but hits a spinning round kick. Nakamura misses Kinshasa and Tama hits Cutthroat. Tama goes for a Tiger Driver but Nakamura with a back drop. Kyoki kicks Talla and then Nakamura and Kyoki send Talla to the floor. Kyoki with a baseball slide to send Haku into Talla. Kyoki with a drop kick off the apron to Talla. Tama missess Cutthroat and then Nakamura hits Kinshasa but Erik and Ivar break up the cover.
Winners: Tama Tonga and Talla Tonga (by disqualification) [retain championships]
After the match, Erik and Ivar attack Nakamura in the ring and then Ivar hits a cross body on Talla against the ringside barrier. They hit a power slam on Tama and Ragnarok on Nakamura.
Cathy Kelley is with Finn Balor and she asks about his match against Gunther.
He says Gunther acts like a bully, but he is a coward. There will be no smoke and mirrors or ghosts. You will get the real Finn Balor.
Match Number Two: Damian Priest versus Axiom
Priest with a boot to the chest and Axiom has trouble getting back to his feet. Priest with an elbow in the corner. Priest signals for the rebound clothesline and Axiom with a drop kick. Axiom with a kick to the leg and he continues to kick Priest in the leg. Priest stops Axiom but misses a splash into the corner. Axiom drop kicks Priest to the floor. Axiom with a thrust kick to the leg to send Priest off the apron. Axiom with a Golden Triangle but Axiom hits the announce table on impact. Axiom goes up top and he leaps over Priest. Priest boxes the ears and Axiom goes down. Priest grabs Axiom on the apron and Axiom with a dragon screw in the ropes. Axiom with a missile drop kick.
Axiom with kicks to the leg but Priest with a punch. Priest goes for a Razor’s Edge but Axiom counters with a rana. Priest with a clothesline and then he hits the Razor’s Edge for the three count.
Winner: Damian Priest
After the match, Nathan Frazer comes to the ring to check on Axiom and Priest hits South of Heaven.
John Cena walks in the back and Fatla Influence stop him and Jacy says John wasted a spot on Charlotte Flair. Lainey says after years of saying You Can’t See Me, that is what you did to them. Fallon tells John to put some thought into what he does. Jacy says if you paid attention, not putting Fatal Influence in the spot was a big mistake.
John says you are right. This is the type of Ruthless Aggression he wants to see and he invites them to the John Cena Classic.
Sami Zayn makes his way to the ring and he is joined by Candice LeRae and Johnny Gargano.
Sami asks the fans booing him if that is all they’ve got. Sami tells Johnny we got some bitch ass haters in the house tonight. Sami says that is fine because he wants to know where his ride or die people are. Sami says a lot of things that were wrong were made right at Crown Jewel. He wants to talk about what happened after the match between him and Roman Reigns. It wasn’t him asking for validation or begging for approval. He wanted, he needed respect, and he got it. Sami says he demanded it and he commanded it. Sami says he took it. He did what no one in this industry has ever done. He got Roman Reigns to acknowledge him. If Roman shows him respect, that if the bare minimum he expects from each and every one of you.
Kevin Owens interrupts and makes his way to the ring.
Sami asks if this is how it is going to be.
Kevin tells Sami he is not talking to Roman Reigns, CM Punk, or Trick Williams. He says he is glad that Sami got to right a few wrongs and Kevin says he wants to do that. He got to right one by punching CM Punk with a chain and beating him without help from anyone. Kevin says the other wrong he wants to make right is . . . Kevin says over the last 25 years, no matter what happens in the ring, he has said that Sami is one of the best to do it. No matter how you won the title, he believes that Sami deserves every bit of it. You deserve the respect of the fans and your peers. The people who try to diminish your talents by talking down to you, on their best day aren’t half as good as Sami on your worst day.
Kevin says Sami makes an excellent WWE Champion and he is proud of Sami.
Sami says it means the world to him.
Kevin says he is not done. The wrong he needs to make right is that seventeen months of his career were taken away from him. He wanted to get back into the ring because without this he doesn’t know who he is. He wanted the people who were with him through the ups and down, he wanted to make them see him back in the ring. They got that chance in Toronto to win the title. He came close, but it didn’t happen because of you. Kevin pushes Sami. He says he is sorry to say that there is one way to right that wrong. He does not want to take the title from Sami, he needs to take the title from him.
Johnny stops Kevin and he says you have wrongs to right? This is the worst year of his life. Johnny says he lost everything. The only man to be by his side and show him respect was Sami. Sami is working to give him a title match.
Kevin says he respects Johnny and Candice. You laid on a grate for six months and got a title match. This has nothing to do with you. Kevin tells Sami that he is on borrowed time.
Johnny attacks Kevin from behind and he holds Kevin for Candice to slap Kevin.
Sami leaves the ring while Johnny attacks Kevin and hits a super kick. Johnny with a super kick that is blocked and Kevin with a kick and stunner.
Kevin tells Sami his title reign is on borrowed time and he is the one to end it. Kevin throws Johnny over the top rope to the floor.
CM Punk watches on MONITOR and Punk asks Cody if he sees the sad, mediocre state of affairs. Punk says Kevin isn’t the only one looking for a title shot. Cody says it would be wild if the two best fight for the title.
Rey interrupts and he says he wants to introduce the newest member of Team Mexico, Rey Fenix.
Rey says it is a big honor to step in the ring with you legends. He says he is not doing this just for him. He is doing it for his country, his family, and his love of lucha libre.
Punk asks Cody if he has a plan and Cody says he does. Punk says he knew Cody did and he gives him a list of some suggestions of his own.
Match Number Three: Jacy Jayne versus Charlotte Flair in a Non Title Match
They lock up and Jacy with a knee and she sedns Flair into the turnbuckles. Jacy with a head scissors take down and Jacy mocks Flair. Jacy with a running hip into the corner but Flair catches her and hits a belly-to-back suplex. Flair shows Jacy hot to strut. Flair with a figure four head scissors and she flips Jacy around the ring. Flair runs into a back elbow but Flair with a kick in the corner. Jacy with an Iris whip and Flair does the Flair flip and follows with a boot to Jacy. Flair goes up top and she hits a cross body for a near fall. Jacy escapess a fallaway slam and sends Flair to the mat. Jacy is sent to the apron and Jacy with a forearm. Flair with a boot to knock Jacy off the apron. Flair with a cannonball off the apron.
Fallon and Lainey come to the ring and Flair sends Jacy back into the ring. Jacy with a running kick to Flair thanks to the distraction.
Alexa and Tatum make their way to the ring and things are evened up.
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