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00:00And Cena for the Undisputed Championship.
00:03Wait if you're Cody Rhodes, what do you need to do to keep the title?
00:07You simply need to be...
00:09Any given night could be a John Cena night, no matter how long it's been since he's got a dub.
00:16Because once you get in there, you're going to feel the aura of John Cena.
00:20You're going to feel the energy of a stadium with John Cena inside of it.
00:25Cody Rhodes has had a lot of big moments tonight, his biggest without a doubt.
00:30Shoulder tackle by Cody.
00:31This is used to cheer for John Cena, the deep voices were booing.
00:34Now they seem to be in unison.
00:37Screw John Cena.
00:39John Cena in his ninth world title match at WrestleMania.
00:44For Cody Rhodes, this marks his fourth straight main event.
00:48The leading light of this industry.
00:51Cody won the title last year when he finished the story at WrestleMania.
00:54He's the crown jewel champion after beating Gunther in Saudi Arabia.
00:58And a nice headlock takedown by Cena.
01:01Cena needs to keep the pace of this match slow.
01:04Definitely.
01:06Anytime the old guard's taking on the young guard, you want to keep that thing at a slow pace.
01:11The scissors applied by Cody Rhodes.
01:15John Cena's got a timeout or two already.
01:18Cody Rhodes sends Cena outside again and John's got to regroup.
01:21John Cena has just been a step behind from the word go in this one.
01:25Cody is swarming it.
01:27Is that age?
01:27It's age, it's ring rust.
01:29Old Father Time is undefeated.
01:30John Cena can cut a great promo.
01:32And Cody with a suicide dive.
01:34And Cena's taken out.
01:35And Cody Rhodes is fired up tonight.
01:37John Cena's taken a lot of personal shots at Cody over the last few months.
01:42Cody Rhodes has sent a few back as well.
01:44Said that John Cena can't wrestle.
01:47And now Cody's wrestling his best he's ever done.
01:50A big right hand.
01:51I think John Cena wants to prove to the world that he can wrestle tonight.
01:54Hence yet another side headlock on Rhodes who backs him into the corner.
01:58His best offense so far has been a big right hand.
02:01The last thing a heavyweight will lose is his punch.
02:04We've seen very much in the way of wrestling from John Cena thus far.
02:08And Cena now stomping away on Cody Rhodes.
02:11And now the meanness comes out of Cena.
02:13Whatever has set him off into this current state, it eats Cena up inside as Cody is driven into the corner.
02:22I mean, despite his recent actions, I still stand behind the claim that John Cena is the GOAT.
02:26That he is the greatest of all time.
02:28And he could prove that tonight.
02:30Tonight's stat, if he became the all-time leader in title ranks, you'd have to say he's the GOAT.
02:36As a matter of fact.
02:37But deep down, he cannot beat Cody Rhodes in a good, clean fight.
02:42He has to turn this into a dogfight.
02:45Absolutely.
02:46Muddy it up a little bit.
02:47Slow it down a little bit.
02:49Old John Cena's a GOAT for a reason.
02:51He knows how to win matches.
02:53WrestleMania 20.
02:54The first time we saw John Cena on the grand stage.
02:57Now with WrestleMania 41.
02:59It'll be the last time that we've seen John Cena at WrestleMania.
03:03Stopped right to the leg.
03:04And John Cena trying to pull out all the stops in a vicious knee to the side of the head.
03:10I know Cody Rhodes is going to be able to go post-to-post with it.
03:13But what if I beat Cody Rhodes down a little bit is the question Cena's asking.
03:17Well, Cena's also been through it all.
03:19He's seen it all.
03:20He knows all the tricks in the book.
03:22Sends Cody across the ring with authority.
03:24What an Irish whip by Cena.
03:25Extra effort Irish whip trying to break the back a little bit of Cody Rhodes.
03:31Still has that immense power that he's always had.
03:33And I like what John's doing here, Wade.
03:34The pace.
03:35Slow pace of the matchup.
03:36Not trying to get himself all tired and out of sorts early on.
03:40Endurance.
03:41You're always going to back the younger guy in that kind of situation.
03:44Especially a guy like Cody who's in the ring each and every week.
03:48Three or four days a week.
03:49He's our champion.
03:51He's in his prime.
03:52Cena's got to get him out of that for a night.
03:56Wade, you know better than anyone.
03:57You can work out in the gym as much as you want.
03:59But it doesn't prepare you for what you have to do inside the wrestling ring.
04:02Oh, you can do miles and miles on the treadmill.
04:04Absolutely worthless when you get to game speed in the ring.
04:08Try inhaling when you're getting kicked in the gut repeatedly by the likes of John Cena.
04:13And, Pat, what we're seeing here.
04:14Does this get in Cody's head a little bit?
04:16John sort of dominating, playing with him a little bit?
04:18Oh, and a close-up.
04:19And it's not like what we've seen before from John.
04:21Those are two just big kicks that have cleared out.
04:25Cody Rhodes, a big lariat there.
04:27John Cena's got a new offense, apparently.
04:31And Cody's reeling.
04:32And another close line by Cena.
04:34Covered out for the championship.
04:35Cody at one.
04:36Look, something we haven't really focused on is the amount of pressure on the shoulders of Cody Rhodes.
04:41It's not just a championship match here.
04:44He is trying to defend the future of this industry.
04:47The legacy of that championship that has so much history behind it that John Cena wants to take home for good.
04:54And, Wade, it's also the legacy of Cody's family.
04:56I did an interview with Cody Rhodes for the Countdown Show.
04:58We talked a lot about the tremendous rivalry that Cody's late father, Dusty Rhodes, had with Ric Flair.
05:05One of the greatest rivalries in professional wrestling history.
05:07And I asked Cody if he felt something like that he couldn't let Ric Flair down and couldn't allow Cena to beat that title reign.
05:14And Cody said he did feel some of that pressure.
05:16That he didn't want to let Flair down.
05:18He's been such a mentor in his career as well.
05:20And that can be a kryptonite to Cody Rhodes.
05:22He does have a certain hero complex at this point as the leading light of this industry, which is at the absolute peak.
05:29And he feels solely responsible for holding it together.
05:32Dice slam by Cena.
05:33Cover.
05:34Championship up for grabs.
05:36And Cody kicks out.
05:36And what I'm seeing out of Cena now is the confidence.
05:39It's not a cockiness right now.
05:41It's a confidence.
05:42John feels like he's back in this thing.
05:45He feels like he's at home.
05:46That's because he's back at home.
05:47Exactly, Cole.
05:48In between those ropes, that's where John Cena spent most of his life.
05:52Opening five minutes of this match, John Cena looked like a dead man walking.
05:56This is turned around in a big way.
05:58It's the experience factor.
06:00He knows exactly what he's doing, where he's doing.
06:02John in tremendous shape as well as he takes a seat on the top rope and watches Cody make it to his feet.
06:09There's the big axe handle right across the top of the head.
06:11Cody looks a bit out of sorts here.
06:13Certainly, John Cena knows what to do and when to do it.
06:16We'll talk about the pressure on John Cena's shoulders.
06:18The final ever WrestleMania.
06:20If he loses this match, what happens to the rest of this retirement tour?
06:25Do we just cancel it?
06:27Does he go away for good?
06:28He kind of has to win here.
06:30I don't think that's the case.
06:31I think if he wins in his last one against Cody Rhodes, who hopefully has another 15.
06:35And again, he's going to feel great about himself.
06:40John Cena said the last time is now.
06:42He might be walking out of here as the record-breaking champ.
06:45Wade, so far, this has been a pretty perfect match for John Cena.
06:50Yeah, he rode out an early storm from Cody Rhodes.
06:53And now he's dictating the pace and turning this into the kind of fight that-
06:56And Cody votes!
06:58John Cena, but just a little too slow on those ropes against the best on planet Earth.
07:04We went back to the well too many times and our champion's not going to let that happen.
07:08Cody trying to fight back with the big blows.
07:10And then a shot right to the eyes.
07:11Official, senior official Chad Patton, I don't believe strong.
07:15Such a veteran-
07:16Cover!
07:18Kick out.
07:18John Cena just tried to steal a little bit of a cover there because I think the eye gouge
07:23had Cody
07:25completely out of sorts.
07:29Yeah, we see him on that pin just pressing his weight right on the chest of Cody Rhodes,
07:34making Cody Rhodes work hard just to kick out.
07:36Yeah, look at the smile.
07:37And Cena's laughing at Rhodes.
07:39It's a wear down factor, gradually grinding down the endurance, the spirit, the will of Cody Rhodes.
07:56John Cena's ring IQ is just second to none, and we're witnessing that firsthand.
08:01That's why he's the goat weight.
08:02That's why I say that.
08:03Cena ripped across the ring by Rhodes.
08:06Rhodes runs into a boot again.
08:08John Cena, Tornado DDT by Cena.
08:11Cover, hooks the leg.
08:13Almost had him.
08:15It's turned up the speed real quick.
08:18John Cena lifts the boot, then a Tornado DDT.
08:22John Cena has turned this into a chess game of pouncing with the big artillery at the right moment.
08:28It's close to Cillian right now.
08:30John Cena's thinking two, three moves ahead of Cody Rhodes.
08:32And you don't think about this smile, right, and the laugh.
08:35Cody had made such a big deal about Cena can't wrestle, so did the WWE fans.
08:39I think Cena's proven a lot of people wrong tonight.
08:42And John Cena, shoulder tackle.
08:44Uh-oh.
08:45We've seen this before.
08:51All right, I've never seen this pause before.
08:54Remix of sorts.
08:55And every time there's a break in the action, John Cena just mouthing trash to Cody Rhodes.
09:05Another tackle by Cena.
09:08You have to think, is Cody Rhodes' mind moving back in time at this point to his past as Stardust or dashing Cody Rhodes
09:15when John Cena would eat him alive in that ring?
09:17That's a really good point, Wade.
09:19I never thought about that.
09:20But the mental games that John can play with Cody.
09:23Cody, in some way, probably never thought he could ever match up to what John Cena was all about.
09:28And Cena may be proving that again tonight.
09:30He's breaking the psyche of the American nightmare.
09:34And this has gone horribly wrong for the champ.
09:36Look at the slow motion, almost, that John Cena's doing.
09:39Just a matter of fact through the moves.
09:42I mean, you sort of got to applaud what Cena's been able to do tonight.
09:45And we all know where this is headed.
09:47Shoulder tackle.
09:49Shoulder tackle.
09:50Shoulder tackle.
09:50Shoulder tackle.
09:51Shoulder tackle.
09:52Shoulder tackle.
09:55Oh!
09:57Cody, hook to the eye.
09:59No five-knuckle shuffle.
10:01Rody up over the...
10:01Oh, there it is!
10:02Power slam by Cody.
10:03A little taste of your own medicine, John Cena.
10:06Something awakening inside Cody Rhodes.
10:09He's ready for a dogfight.
10:10Off the second rope.
10:11Disaster kick by Cody.
10:12Here comes Rhodes.
10:13Now Cody's firing up.
10:17John Cena was taking his sweet-ass time.
10:20Cody was gathering strength.
10:25You understand the reaction from the WWE fans tonight.
10:29Many of them wanted the greatest hits from Cena.
10:31Cody Cutter from Rhodes.
10:33Cover to retain.
10:35Hook to the leg.
10:36John kicks it too.
10:37The Cody Cutter has ended matches before.
10:48Couldn't end one tonight, but it was hit perfectly on the grandest stage.
10:52And now Cody.
10:56Speaking of his pops, the late great American dream.
11:00The southpaw unloading.
11:02A little bionic elbow, but John Cena didn't allow him to have it.
11:05Dropped toehold.
11:07And Cody Rhodes creates space.
11:10Cena again.
11:10Looking for the A-A to Cody.
11:12Cena's gonna do it.
11:14A-A to Rhodes.
11:15Cody kicked out at two.
11:17That close.
11:20An attitude was adjusted, but a record wasn't broken.
11:24Just when Cody was trying to build up a head of steam.
11:27The A-A connecting.
11:29And the kick out from Cody, which perhaps not enough yet.
11:34Taken out of the chamber.
11:35We are inching closer to a championship change here.
11:40I'm beginning to believe, too, Wade.
11:43John Cena has turned back the clock a decade.
11:47The last five-knuckle shuffle of WrestleMania, perhaps.
11:53And he's got Cody up again.
11:55Looking for another A-A.
11:57Cody able to slip down underneath.
11:58Roll through.
11:59Shoulders down.
11:59Can he get Cena?
12:00And a kick right to the face.
12:03And Cody blocks.
12:04Get a right hand by Cody.
12:05Cody caught Cena with a right.
12:14Rhodes now up to the top rope.
12:15And a great move by Cena.
12:17Wonderful move by the veteran.
12:18Yeah, I can't knock him for that.
12:20That was the right move at the right moment.
12:22You don't like it.
12:23It's not something historically John Cena would have turned to.
12:26But these are desperate times in the final year of the career of John Cena.
12:31I think it showcases that Cena still has that feel.
12:35He knew exactly what he needed to do.
12:40See him into the second rope.
12:44John Cena hoping to put an exclamation point on the main event of WrestleMania Sunday.
12:52Cody on his shoulders.
12:54Cena with an A-A!
12:56Middle of the ring for the 17th world title kick out by Cody.
13:01A super A-A followed by panic in the eyes of John Cena.
13:09How quickly the confidence goes away with this avalanche A-A from the second rope by Cena.
13:15He thought he had him.
13:17We thought he had him.
13:18Cody stayed alive.
13:19And this is the moment the master plan starts cracking in the mind of John Cena.
13:24Who has dictated 90% of the matchup.
13:28Hit his nuclear weapon.
13:31And it simply didn't work.
13:32He's underestimated the resolve of Cody Rhodes.
13:36John Cena's rolling through the Rolodex of moves.
13:39Throughout the past 21 years of WrestleManias.
13:43What is it going to take to put Cody Rhodes away?
13:46Cena from the top rope.
13:48Cody Rhodes caught him!
13:49Stacks him up!
13:51Kick out by Cena.
13:53Well that's just answered a question for me.
13:55How deep can John Cena dig when he's on defense?
14:00When he's taking heat.
14:01When he's getting beaten around the ring.
14:03And that was a massive, massive impact.
14:05High on the neck and shoulders of John Cena.
14:08And he had an answer.
14:09But how much longer?
14:11Well that's the problem.
14:12The longer this match goes.
14:14The better off it is for Cody Rhodes.
14:18Top rope for Cody.
14:19Cody caught it from up top.
14:21He caught Cena to retain.
14:23Hook of the leg.
14:24John kicks out again.
14:27Both of them have hit their best shot.
14:30On each other.
14:31Well there was a huge question mark.
14:34About whether John Cena can reach his historical best.
14:37On the offense.
14:38Yes.
14:39But taking a beat in two.
14:41And he's still kicking out.
14:43After some of Cody Rhodes' greatest hits.
14:46And again guys.
14:47John Cena has nothing to lose here.
14:49This is his last Wrestlemania.
14:51John Cena is playing with house money in Vegas.
14:54Cody Rhodes has all the pressure on his shoulders tonight.
14:58John Cena's been in Hollywood.
15:00Oh looking for Crossroads.
15:01John Cena turns it around.
15:02Cena with Cody up again.
15:03Looking for another A.A.
15:05A third one tonight.
15:06And now he's going to turn it around.
15:08John Cena turning back the clock.
15:10The STFU.
15:12From John Cena.
15:14Cody Rhodes scrambling for his dear life.
15:17Scrambling to keep a hold of the championship.
15:19The hold that gave Cena championships.
15:23Cody Rhodes trying to drag himself to the bottom rope.
15:27Rhodes championship reign could be fading.
15:29Cena.
15:30Cena.
15:31Desperately trying to put him away.
15:33Bites his arm.
15:34Do whatever you have to.
15:35Oh God.
15:36Back to the center of the ring again.
15:38Cena going to lock it in one more time.
15:40Get the hell out of that Cody.
15:41Cody Rhodes.
15:43Can he somehow survive?
15:44Cody could be fading.
15:46This could be it for Rhodes over one year reign as champion.
15:51The Goats trying to tap him out.
15:53Or knock him out.
15:54Or pass him out in the middle of the ring.
15:56Cody trying to dig down deep.
15:58All the grit.
15:59The determination.
16:00Everything he worked for to finish the story last year.
16:03Is on the line here tonight.
16:05Can he make it to the bottom rope?
16:06Can Cody make it to the bottom rope?
16:10John Cena says no.
16:10Cena grabs him back again.
16:13No you cannot.
16:14And Cody turns it around.
16:16And referee Kev Patton take it out.
16:20Well Cody's out there.
16:21There's been so much sucked out of him already.
16:23Cody Rhodes from behind.
16:27Crossroads of Cena.
16:28The problem is there's no official.
16:33Cody has the title retained.
16:35Kev Patton is out.
16:39Well sometimes you don't have to be the better man.
16:43You have to be the luckier man.
16:45And John Cena just came up with all of the aces inadvertently taking out the referee.
16:53Cena was a beaten man there.
16:55And Cody now trying to check on the official.
16:57Get him waking up.
16:58Now he's actually looking to the back to see if we can send another official down.
17:01Meanwhile John Cena.
17:02You never would have seen Cena do this in the past.
17:05But John Cena has exposed the steel turnbuckle here.
17:08Ripping the pad off.
17:10Wow the ref's still out of it.
17:11John Cena says I'll do whatever I please.
17:14And now Cody and Cena exchanging blows in a critical moment of this match.
17:19And Cody.
17:20Oh no.
17:22Hand off the steel.
17:24And a second time off the steel.
17:27It's like a hammer to the head.
17:28And Cena now.
17:29Is that the fourth AA?
17:33Cover.
17:34Patton's back in it.
17:37Cody kicks out.
17:40What a max.
17:45What is it gonna take?
17:48And now John Cena's beginning to believe what Cody Rhodes is all about.
17:53Well it suddenly feels in John Cena's mind like Mission Impossible.
18:00Because he's up here friends.
18:01Says John Cena to Travis Scott.
18:13Travis Scott.
18:15On the apron.
18:17Calling the shots.
18:19Well dangerous situation here.
18:21Cody Rhodes so fighting back.
18:22Cody now went out for Scott and dropped to the floor.
18:25And now Cody Rhodes goes back to Cena.
18:26Cody Rhodes looking for a crossroads on John Cena.
18:29Crossroads on Cena.
18:30Here's the cover.
18:33And Travis Scott has pulled the official out of the ring.
18:41Patton is out again.
18:48Well referee Chad Patton couldn't make any sort of call.
18:51Because apparently he was knocked out when he hit the floor.
18:56Cody's inviting Travis Scott into the ring.
19:00Cody owes Travis Scott a major receipt.
19:05Travis Scott is actually gonna walk in the ring on Cody Rhodes.
19:10Knock his teeth out Cody.
19:11You gotta be kidding me.
19:12You gotta be kidding me.
19:20Oh no.
19:26Cody Rhodes isn't gonna let that happen again.
19:28Rhodes has got him in position.
19:33Crossroads.
19:34I get those goosebumps every time.
19:37And Cody Rhodes.
19:42In a tug of war with Cena over the title.
19:44And Cody now has it.
19:47And Cena begging off.
19:49John Cena.
19:51John Cena said to Cody Rhodes.
19:53At some point you're gonna have to make a choice.
19:56Do it Cody.
19:57Be a good guy or be a bad guy.
19:59What is Cody Rhodes gonna choose?
20:02Oh come on.
20:03And he chose to be the good guy.
20:04And John Cena just kicked him in the.
20:08Well there's your kryptonite Cody.
20:12And John Cena.
20:14Has absolutely.
20:18No problem being a bad guy.
20:22Cody Rhodes wanted to do it fair and square.
20:26John Cena didn't give a damn.
20:28Chad Patton is back.
20:30You cannot be a perfect ambassador.
20:32Cover by Cena.
20:34Cover by Cena.
20:35Patton's in the ring.
20:37John Cena has set the record.
20:40John Cena is a 17-time world champion.
20:45Here is your...