WWE WrestleMania 21 - John Cena vs JBL (WWE Championship)
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00:00Versus the number one contender, and I'll tell you what the number one contender John Cena is ready to go
00:06He wants this championship, but he wants JBL. It's a time now for John Cena
00:11Or will JBL's historic reign continue?
00:18What makes me deserve to be a champion more than my opponent John Cena?
00:26Greatness
00:28Dignity
00:30Courage
00:33Respect
00:36John Cena does not have any of these qualities
00:41You have disgraced the US title by making it some bling-bling sideshow
00:47And look at this, JBL with a championship off the skull of John Cena
00:51Not this way, dammit!
00:53At Wrestlemania, John Cena will not only be destroyed
00:58But he will bow at the feet of greatness
01:04I'm just like all of you, I am sick and tired of JBL
01:10It seems that he likes to break titles
01:13You gotta be kidding me, Cena's championship was in there
01:16I like to break faces
01:19There's a code that I live by
01:21Eye for an eye
01:23They wanna get in my business, I wanna get in their business
01:27JBL, get your ass out here, we're gonna handle this right now
01:32Cena, I saw what JBL did, but listen player
01:35You're gonna have to wait until Wrestlemania
01:39When it comes to this, you're either part of the solution or you're part of the problem
01:47And since you ain't letting JBL come out, you're part of the problem
01:52As GM of SmackDown, I will not allow the inmate to run the assignment
02:00John Cena will not be able to lay a hand on you, JBL
02:06And if he does, he will forfeit his WWE Championship match at Wrestlemania
02:13People like you don't make it to a level like me
02:16People like you have little families
02:19Where your mama had to sleep with a grocery store man to pay your groceries
02:22Where your mama just spent most of her time on her back
02:26John Cena must keep his cool
02:28If he strikes the champion JBL, John Cena will lose his title opportunity at Wrestlemania
02:37However, JBL, if you strike John Cena, then John Cena can strike back, you feel me?
02:47You probably pretty mad right now, huh?
02:49Maybe you wanna throw a punch
02:51Come on, right here, you throw a punch and I swear I will knock the hell out of you
03:00Just like I thought, you know what?
03:02In the world that we come from, there's people who talk about it
03:09And then there's people who be about it
03:16That right there is the man who vandalized my limousine
03:21Arrest him, he's a common piece of garbage
03:26Get used to humiliation at Wrestlemania
03:30It will be a lot more humiliating when you are forced to worship at the feet of a wrestling god
03:38I guarantee John Cena that at Wrestlemania, I will walk out as the WWE Champion
04:08He's coming out in style, Hollywood Wrestlemania
04:11Of course he has stroke, three nights ago on SmackDown, he had the police officers arrest John Cena
04:15Tonight, they're escorting him to the ring
04:17Well, that's JBL, baby
04:19He can afford it, he's got the coin
04:23This is big, this is JBL style
04:26Leave it to JBL to have this type of an entrance at Wrestlemania
04:34I've never seen a motorcade entrance
04:37In all my years being in this industry, I swear to God, it's great
04:40Well, history was made again here at Wrestlemania
04:43There's the champ, there's the champ
04:46The longest running champion in ten years
04:51There's a little bit of a grin, I was gonna say, no grin
04:54A little grin by JBL, all business tonight, though
04:57What's this? What is this?
04:58What is this?
04:59What is this?
05:00Don't tell me this is money
05:02Don't tell me this is money
05:03Well, let me catch my breath
05:05What is it?
05:06Wait, wait, Tom, give me one of those, give me that
05:08It's money, it is money
05:10It's $100
05:11What is that?
05:12$100?
05:13That's a $100 bill with JBL's face on it
05:18He's got confetti of money in JBL we trust
05:23Flying throughout the sold-out Staples Center
05:26Wait a minute, JBL just sent a limo back in the limo
05:28So he's coming out here by himself
05:31I think JBL sending the United States champion
05:35Co-Secretaries of Defense not accompanying the champion here either
05:39So JBL gonna go it alone here tonight
05:41For 242 days the survivor
05:45John Bradshaw Layfield has been champion
05:48It was June 27th at the Great American Bash of last year
05:52That JBL won the title
05:54Hey Cole, you're talking about the Benjamins
05:55Let's talk about the Bradshaws
05:57They're floating out of the sky here
05:58It's raining $100 Bradshaws
06:00I love it
06:01He should be on a...
06:02Bradshaw should be on a $100 bill permanently
06:04That's George Benson's Benjamin
06:06What's his name?
06:07Benjamin Franklin
06:08Yeah, Benjamin Franklin
06:09He should be on it, he should be on JBL
06:10George Benson
06:12George Benson
06:13All right
06:14And there is the toothy grin of a confident champion
06:18JBL
06:19Who has survived
06:22Just about everything
06:24Over the past eight months as champion
06:27That's what makes JBL
06:29That's what makes JBL successful
06:31JBL has victories over The Undertaker
06:34Booker T
06:35Big Show
06:36Kurt Angle
06:37In matches like this
06:39The Texas Bull Rope match
06:41Over Eddie Guerrero
06:42A triple threat match
06:44A fatal four-way
06:45The first ever barbed wire steel cage match
06:49The champion, whether you like him or not
06:51Is a survivor
06:54Well, the championship is...
06:56I don't even know if it's worthy of a man of this distinction
06:59I mean, come on
07:00JBL has overcome...
07:01You just admitted it
07:02Overcome so much adversity
07:04And implying colors
07:05Here he is, it's raining $100
07:07Bradshaw
07:08JBL
07:09He's the champ
07:24The following contest is scheduled for one fall
07:27And it is for the WWE Championship
07:31Approaching the ring, the challenger
07:33From West Newbury, Massachusetts
07:36Weighing in at 248 pounds
07:40John Cena
07:42John Cena's new single is entitled
07:44The Time is Now
07:46Perhaps the time is now for the number one contender
07:49This is the first time, Taz, in a month
07:52That John Cena has been able to get his hands on JBL
07:56General Manager Theodore Long did not allow any physicality
07:59Unless it was inside the auspices of a matchup
08:02Or John Cena would lose his title opportunity
08:06And John Cena, he's got that look in his eyes
08:09He's focused, he's zoned in on JBL
08:13But JBL, my man, he's a tough, tough hombre
08:16Tough to beat, I'm telling you right now
08:20JBL has guaranteed, guaranteed victory tonight
08:25Over John Cena
08:27And that means, I mean, come on
08:28You talk about someone just oozing confidence
08:31You guarantee victory
08:33When you get in the ring with a, like a, like a
08:35Like a man, like the doctor, a fucking ombudsman
08:38John Cena
08:39A bold statement by a bold, successful JBL
08:43JBL has always made good on his guarantees
08:46Will he do it here tonight at WrestleMania
08:49Or is he looking at the title for the very last time
08:52And so passionate JBL is about the WWE Championship
08:57And he's holding that, kissed it, because he loves it
09:02Nick Patrick holding up the prize
09:05That is what this matchup is all about
09:07That is what men in this business battle years for
09:10To become WWE Champion
09:13That's what it's, that's totally what it's about
09:15And I myself came into the WWE with goals and aspirations
09:19Like many other wrestlers that come in here
09:21To become that, the WWE Champion
09:23Cena's getting a golden opportunity
09:24JBL, like I said, is tough to beat
09:27JBL versus John Cena
09:29WWE Championship on the line
09:31The champion weighs 290 pounds
09:34He stands 6 foot 6
09:35John Cena, 240 pounds
09:37Standing 6 foot 1
09:39Well they both come from different walks of life
09:41You know, I mean, John Cena is a kid from the streets, man
09:44And JBL, hey, you know what?
09:46It's all about the vengeance
09:47It's all about the money, JBL
09:48A self-made millionaire
09:50John Cena, in JBL's words
09:52Has no qualities, no class
09:54He's not in the league of JBL
09:56Should not represent SmackDown
09:58Or the WWE as its champion
10:00Well, according to JBL, John Cena was a thug
10:03Hence, the Doctor of Thuganomics
10:05JBL whipped across the ring
10:07There's the big shoulder knockdown by the champion
10:09What does the champion need to do to ground John Cena here?
10:12Oh, there's a shoulder knockdown
10:14Avoid that
10:15When John Cena gets momentum, he's tough
10:17Oh, wow
10:18There's the champion
10:19Good God, that was a...
10:20Oh, there's a shoulder knockdown by the former NFL player
10:23That's right
10:24JBL played for the Oakland Raiders
10:26I'll tell you what, and right there
10:27It looked like his football background came through
10:29A little throttle there
10:31But that shoulder, that shoulder block
10:33And then that big punch to the face
10:35JBL is all about himself
10:37Cares about no one else
10:39For John Cena, it's about being a fan when he grew up
10:42About being a part of all this
10:44And now experiencing the grand stage of WrestleMania
10:48Whipped across the ring
10:49JBL!
10:50Clubbing blow
10:51Clubbing...
10:52Big time clubbing blow
10:54And John Cena struggling to get up
10:55I think he's still feeling the effects of that first boot
10:58That he got earlier, at the beginning of this match
11:01That he ran into Cena
11:02Another right hand by JBL
11:04John Cena became the number one contender at No Way Out
11:07When he eliminated Kurt Angle in the finals
11:09Of a grueling 8-man tournament
11:13Well, now, right out of the box
11:15I mean, no warming up the ball
11:17Neckbreaker
11:18John Cena is behind the 8-ball
11:20At the hands of JBL
11:22With his super strong style
11:24He has, the Smash Mouth style
11:26Of JBL
11:27Guys, this is vintage JBL
11:29Another smash neckbreaker
11:30He'll finish this matchup early if he can
11:32He'll wear you down
11:34He'll finish you
11:35Here's the cover
11:36And a kick out
11:37And see, JBL hit that swing and neckbreaker
11:39Knew it was effective
11:41Didn't go to something else
11:42Went back to the hold that worked
11:45That swing and neckbreaker
11:47That's what makes him so successful
11:48In that squared circle
11:50And he'll pull
11:51Look at JBL using the top rope
11:52And we've got a 5 count to break that
11:54You might as well utilize it as much as you can
11:56And you talked about this earlier, partner
11:57How much being champion means to a man
11:59With the ego of JBL
12:01He'll do anything he can
12:02To hold that title
12:03Including this
12:04He's pulling a lot of intensity on JBL's face
12:07Trying to rearrange the face shape
12:09Against JBL
12:10Oh, John Cena
12:12That's what would disqualify him
12:16Saw the intensity and the confidence in the eyes
12:18Of the champion earlier on tonight
12:20When he had the run-in with RAW's World Heavyweight Champion
12:22Triple H
12:24And John Cena hung up on the second rope
12:26And the champion is dismantling
12:29The challenger, John Cena
12:31I mean, you've got to talk about the experience factor
12:33Here, Taz
12:34And how much more experience JBL has over Cena
12:38Oh, absolutely
12:39And JBL will use that to his advantage
12:42But John Cena's gutsy
12:44He's got fight
12:45And he's fighting back right now
12:47Look at this
12:48He's firing back hard
12:49We've seen John Cena
12:50With a guts and heart
12:52Resilient before
12:53And there's a boot to the face of the champion
12:55Uh-oh, watch out
12:56Watch out
12:57Splitting John Cena with a spine buster
13:00One step ahead of Cena
13:02JBL is one step ahead of him
13:06There's the sign of the Long Horse Day
13:07You see that
13:08I'm telling you, Cole
13:09The way I see it
13:10It's the beginning of this match
13:11Uh-oh
13:12Shoulders down
13:13Kick out
13:14The second move of the match
13:15I believe
13:16JBL picked his boot up
13:17And Cena ran in
13:18And I'm telling you
13:19I think he caught Cena on a button with that thing
13:21Because Cena's not himself here
13:22He's hurting
13:23We've called a number
13:24Of JBL Championship matches
13:26Over the past eight months
13:27Uh-oh
13:28Look at this
13:29Another neck breaker
13:30Working on the neck of Cena
13:31And I don't believe
13:32I've ever seen the champion
13:33As focused as he is here tonight
13:35Well, here we go
13:36Here's the cover
13:37Shoulders down
13:38Cena has to kick out again
13:39Well, Cole
13:40I think JBL knows
13:41That John Cena is a serious threat
13:43To the WWE Championship
13:45That JBL holds
13:46JBL holds so passionately
13:48But again
13:49As I mentioned earlier
13:50Oh, man
13:51Look at this
13:52This is vintage John Cena
13:53Just stomping around
13:54Oh, man
13:55Just beat him up, man
13:56Just disrespecting him
13:57Oh, out
13:58Fire him back with a hard hand
14:00Fire him back in a big way
14:02For the champion to get on the attack
14:05JBL keeping that pressure on Cena
14:07That's what you've got to do
14:09Oh, what a clothesline by the brawler
14:12JBL
14:14Knocking the wind out of John Cena
14:16And this has been all champion
14:18Since the get-go
14:20Every time Cena tries to battle back
14:22The champion knocks him back down
14:25Well, JBL will not allow John Cena
14:28To get momentum going
14:30Watch out
14:31And a straight forearm
14:32Nearly knocks Cena's head off
14:34Actually a short-arm clothesline
14:36But here's the cover
14:37And John Cena did all he could do
14:39Just to get his leg on the bottom rope
14:42John Cena got leveled
14:44With that short-arm clothesline
14:46Which is a straight clothesline
14:48But you pull a man in
14:49With the opposite hand
14:50Into the force of the clothesline
14:52Very, very painful move
14:55A snapmare takedown by JBL
14:59And JBL's got such a nasty disposition
15:02As he drove his forearm in the spine
15:05I mean, JBL's having a good time now
15:07He's having a good time tonight
15:09He's got Cena right where he wants him
15:12And here's the flipper hold
15:13The champion with a challenge
15:14In the center of the ring
15:15John Cena doing all he can
15:17To scratch the floor
15:18His leg out of there
15:19Well, John Cena might go out
15:21He might get choked out here
15:22John Cena came here
15:23Determined to be champion
15:25But it does not look good
15:26For the challenger
15:27Stretching to the rope
15:29Bradshaw pulls him back
15:31To the center of the ring
15:32JBL has so much height
15:33And a height advantage on Cena
15:35And he's putting all his weight
15:36On the back of the neck
15:37As he got that choke in there
15:39That sleeper hold
15:40And it's locked in now
15:41Oh, it's in
15:42Cena might be going away here
15:43Cena's in the center of the ring
15:45With nowhere to go
15:46And it's just a matter of moments perhaps
15:48Choosing the right thing
15:49Trying to keep his lower body away
15:52Oh, man, oh, that's nasty
15:53He's caught hard here in the sleeper
15:55Uh-oh, look at this
15:56John Cena out of desperation
15:59What is this?
16:00Unfortunately, Cena can't follow up
16:02Plus, he's just been beat on here
16:05By the rough and rugged JBL
16:07You gotta admit
16:08The champion had a tremendous game plan
16:11Coming into this matchup
16:12Do not allow John Cena to get on a roll
16:15Don't let him get that momentum going
16:17Thus far, it's paid off
16:18It has
16:19I mean, he came tonight
16:21Cena back to his feet
16:23Ducks underneath the clothesline
16:25John Cena
16:26Knocked down center of the ring
16:27And this here could be the turning point of the matchup
16:29At least for John Cena
16:31If John Cena can make it to his feet first here
16:34Somehow, he may shift the momentum
16:36Well, John Cena got a lot of that clothesline
16:38But let's not forget that, you know
16:40The fatigue that John Cena's gotta have
16:42And the pain that he's in
16:43For the past, you know, several minutes
16:45Of getting beat on
16:46But we've seen Cena suck it up before
16:48Remember, he was the last superstar to be eliminated
16:51In the Royal Rumble
16:52Back in January
16:53And Cena battles back with the rights
16:55And another one
16:56And the champion
16:57In the shorts
16:58And whipping Cena through the second rope
17:00But again, the experience
17:01Yeah, great leverage move right there
17:03And now JBL coming right out after John Cena
17:07And a neckbreaker again outside the ring
17:09And that's the third neckbreaker of the match
17:12Gotta watch the count out here
17:13And you soften your opponent up
17:15Perhaps with a clothesline from hell
17:17That's a good point
17:19Referee Nick Patrick's up to five, I believe
17:24Gotta get him in the ring
17:25There you go
17:26Now to break the count
17:27Following is the champion
17:28Challenges him
17:29And Bradshaw quickly
17:30Hooks the leg
17:31Cena just kicks out
17:33A very confident champion
17:35JBL
17:39I gotta tell you, Cole
17:40John Cena's showing his intestinal fold
17:42That he's kicking out
17:43He's showing his toughness
17:44As you pointed out
17:45We've seen that in him in the past
17:47Hey, come on
17:48John Cena made his way through an 8-man tournament
17:50Just to get this opportunity
17:51He's not gonna let it go by the wayside
17:53That quickly
17:55Look at this now
17:56JBL setting up Cena there
17:58But if this punishment continues
18:00JBL's quotation may be right
18:03That John Cena is not in his league
18:06Oh no
18:07This is big here, watch out
18:08The champion on the second rope
18:11Cena's in trouble here
18:12Cena to the top rope
18:14And ladies and gentlemen
18:17That could be it
18:18If the champion can capitalize
18:21As the champion
18:22JBL has been working on the neck and back
18:25Of John Cena
18:26And Cena, he's grabbing his hand
18:28He might have also got some numbness in there
18:30Trying to get some feeling back in that arm
18:33Bradshaw
18:34Pulling Cena over
18:35The champion's into the cover
18:36He's got him
18:37There's one
18:38And again, Cena kicks out
18:40He's kicking out with some authority
18:42And you can see Bradshaw shake his head there
18:44Frustration perhaps on his face
18:46As the champion looks to see what he has to do
18:49To put the challenger away
18:51I mean, how many times has JBL
18:53Unsuccessfully went for a pick-up
18:55And not get the victory here
18:56But look at JBL's up on the top
18:59Here's the challenger
19:00On the scoop slam
19:02Catching JBL
19:03Out of pure instinct in midair
19:05I'll tell you what
19:06That's usually not something you see JBL do
19:08That's uncharacteristic of him
19:12Big jumble jet up there
19:13But JBL
19:14I'm sorry
19:15John Cena does not have the wherewithal
19:17To get a cover on JBL
19:19Can John Cena take advantage here?
19:21There's been a number of points in the matchup
19:23But Cena has had an opportunity
19:25Has had an opening
19:26And Bradshaw has slammed the window shut
19:28And there's an elbow
19:30And Cena with the right hand
19:31And again, what's the champion's like?
19:33And here comes Cena
19:35He's bringing those punches
19:36Nice headbutt there
19:37John Cena with a top fly
19:38Knocks the champion down
19:40And a kid from West Newbury, Massachusetts
19:42Is beginning to feel it here
19:45Big back body drop
19:46Throws the champion
19:47What the hell?
19:48Cena three-point stance
19:49Tackled by the former college football star
19:52JBL's in trouble
19:53And look at this kid
19:54Cena!
19:55Big hip toss
19:56Wow
19:58Look at Cena
19:59Fired up
20:01Look at this
20:02A side slam
20:04Where did Cena get this from?
20:10You can't see me
20:12You heard it
20:13You can't see me
20:16Right knuckle
20:17Shuffle right there
20:18For John Cena
20:19And the champion is reeling
20:23Cena now pumping it up
20:25Watch the champ go
20:27Oh!
20:28Cena walked into it
20:29Here it is
20:30Watch out!
20:31From hell
20:32Cena ducked underneath it
20:33Whoa! Whoa!
20:34Here he comes
20:35He got him
20:36No way
20:37He got him
20:38He got him
20:39FU!
20:40The cover
20:41One!
20:42Two!
20:43Three!
20:44Cena is the champion
20:46Oh man
20:48Here is your winner
20:50And the new
20:52WWE Champion
20:55John Cena
20:58I can't believe he did that post toss
21:00Exactly
21:02What the hell?
21:03JBL went for the clothesline from hell
21:05Cena countered
21:06And now he's going to celebrate
21:08He got a new WWE Champion
21:10Out of nowhere
21:12What a true battler
21:14John Cena is
21:16He's a come back kid
21:18And talk about his heart and his soul
21:22I don't think JBL is going to connect that
21:24That should have come out
21:25Out of nowhere like that
21:27JBL was setting Cena up
21:29For the clothesline from hell
21:31And John Cena had the wherewithal
21:33To duck underneath it
21:35And catch the champion
21:37Oh he got him
21:38WWE Champion
21:40And John Cena
21:43I cannot believe it
21:45Wow
21:46This
21:48Is how
21:52He did it man
21:54Let's take another look
21:56At the shocking
21:57Final moment to the matchup
21:59Duck the clothesline
22:00Melt
22:01Gets that firepower into that FU
22:03I don't think he's peeling off
22:04But he does it
22:05Man tries him
22:061, 2, 3
22:07Makes history
22:09Let's take a look at John Cena's face
22:11He too shocked
22:13Congratulations John Cena
22:15Wow
22:16What an elation
22:17A celebration
22:19And I guess that JBL is no longer
22:21A wrestling god
22:23Ladies and gentlemen
22:24The time is indeed now
22:27For the new
22:29WWE Champion
22:31John Cena