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00:00...egos and confrontations that mourn this match.
00:12A warrior forged in honor's fire.
00:17With calloused hands and heart's desire,
00:21he traveled far through lands unknown
00:24to claim the throne that he had grown.
00:30His every step a sacred oath.
00:33To teach hard work is all you're worth.
00:38His soul is tempered by the fight.
00:43For truth and virtue guide his might.
00:49He pushes to prove that greatness must be earned.
00:55That honor lights the flame
00:57which can't be burned.
01:06But here, a new challenger stands.
01:10Born to fortune with golden hands.
01:13No battle scar.
01:19No humble start.
01:23Just riches fueling his hungry heart.
01:30Traditions call.
01:33He casts aside his soul adrift in selfish pride.
01:37Logan Paul, I'm standing right here in the middle of the ring.
01:48We know what you want.
01:50You want that big money match with Logan Paul.
01:54So how about this, buddy?
01:55Why don't you set your sights a little higher?
01:58Logan Paul and AJ Styles at Wrestlemania.
02:05And now they meet where eyes are set.
02:10The grandest stage where dreams are met.
02:13The crowd will roar, lights will blind.
02:21As these two collide, their fates entwine.
02:27One fights for honor.
02:30One for fame.
02:33Each with a vision, yet none the same.
02:36For in this clash the world will see
02:40which path in truth
02:42leads to victory.
02:53Beneath the sky,
02:56the setting sun,
02:59a million hearts will beat as one.
03:01One will be left standing.
03:16The other shall fall.
03:21This is the tale of AJ Styles
03:24and Logan Paul.
03:31The other shall be left standing.
03:48The sound of AJ Styles
03:50and Logan Paul.
03:57The inside.
03:58Let's go!
04:04They don't mean that.
04:14Congrats, he's rich.
04:17Monk combo, let me set it straight.
04:19Oh, my God!
04:28I'm so humble, I cannot be so good, but you're so humble.
04:34I cannot do something, but you're still humble.
04:37I cannot do all this, I'm still humble, I'm still humble.
04:41Is that a bird, a plane?
04:43Nah, it's a maverick.
04:45It's all in the car, it's a five-star courtesy.
04:47Think I'm playing more, but you're all right.
04:49Think I'm playing more, but you're all right.
04:52Think you know I'm born American, I got to see the stars.
04:55Let's address an elephant, I'm really very hard.
04:58But I'm living with my president, I'm ducking on my door.
05:01Keep setting me my power, but I start slipping on.
05:05Every angle, meet it.
05:07Every hit, I want to mention.
05:10That's not worth it, I'm looking for it.
05:13I ain't in need, you know I'm winning.
05:15I don't see no competition.
05:17I ain't in need, I ain't in need.
05:33I only heard a few words.
05:35I cannot do all this, I'm still humble.
05:37I'm still humble.
05:39I'm still humble. I'm still humble.
05:47He's catching a drone out of the sky.
05:51Oh, too good.
05:53The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
05:56It's the D.B. first from Toronto, Puerto Rico
06:03by way of Cleveland, Ohio.
06:06Weighting at 220 pounds, Logan Paul.
06:19And this match tonight is presented by the General Insurance.
06:22The General Insurance gives you a break when you need it most.
06:27No matter what you think about Logan Paul, he's been incredible at WrestleMania.
06:31He's 2-1, and last year he beat Randy Orton and Kevin Owens in the same match.
06:35Logan Paul has been spectacular.
06:39Logan Paul is so humble, is what his song says.
06:43Yes, he would say, I'm great at everything.
06:45I could be the most insufferable human on Earth.
06:49And instead, he shows up and shows out every time.
06:53And here's your opponent.
07:20From Canesville, Georgia, weighing in at 220 pounds, the phenomenal AJ Styles.
07:34Guys, AJ Styles finds himself in the fifth WrestleMania match of his career.
07:43And tonight, taking on a young man who has taken WWE and the entire planet by school, Logan Paul.
07:51Wade, you've got to be impressed with how quickly Paul has taken this game.
07:55Yeah, the guy's an absolute natural, love him or loathe him.
07:59And I feel like the vast majority are on the loathing end of the spectrum.
08:04He is a point-viewing.
08:06Every time he's out here, he shocks, he surprises.
08:09And very often, he has success with what a major opportunity it is for Logan Paul to cement himself as a bona fide top-tier competitor with victory tonight.
08:21He was a great amateur wrestler in high school and college.
08:25He then wanted to become an entrepreneur, taking over the internet and digital world, making himself hundreds of millions of dollars.
08:32He creates, he builds, and since he's gotten to the WWE, he has taken over.
08:42Now, he's got to take on a man who's been around the world and back in this professional wrestling world.
08:49The phenomenal one, AJ Styles.
08:53You know, Wade, you talk about the loathing for Logan Paul.
08:57I believe a lot of it has to do with the fact that people are jealous of what this young man has accomplished so far.
09:04And not just his in-ring career, but in everything he's done in the business world.
09:08Well, there's supposed to be a natural order to success.
09:11You're supposed to pay your dues, come up the hard way, earn it every step of the way.
09:16The problem with Logan Paul is he didn't have to do any of that.
09:19He simply jumped the line and was immediately really good.
09:22You're right, it's jealousy.
09:23Mediocre people love to fall in line.
09:26Greatness likes to get to the top quick.
09:29Logan Paul will bet on himself every time.
09:32And now he's found himself eye-to-eye with a phenomenal one.
09:35Mediocre people also like to blame others.
09:38Logan Paul blames no one as he locks up with AJ Styles to start this match.
09:44If you're Paul Wade, what's your strategy against the men?
09:47Well, you simply got into the head of AJ Styles already.
09:50You can't match his experience, but you can match his athleticism.
09:54And I don't say that lightly because AJ Styles is just otherworldly athleticism.
09:59Logan Paul is as gifted as they come.
10:03You're not going to push AJ Styles around, though.
10:07And I think Logan Paul is okay with a little bit of a fistfight as well.
10:10This is actually a great matchup.
10:12Well, I'll tell you right now, Logan Paul on several occasions over the past couple of months
10:16has outfoxed and outsmarted AJ Styles.
10:19He's done that because Logan Paul doesn't think the same way as the rest of us.
10:24It's part of why he's had success.
10:25And when Logan Paul thinks differently, it makes it very difficult to figure out and outmaneuver.
10:31The thing about Logan Paul is he's always developing, always learning.
10:35He knows he's new to the game, but he wants to get to the top as fast as possible.
10:39Tremendous aptitude for WWE as Logan Paul hangs on and says,
10:43Not quite, AJ.
10:44AJ now going to be launched out to the apron.
10:46Styles with a well-placed shoulder to the gut and slides underneath Paul.
10:50AJ very quick and agile.
10:52Set across the ring.
10:53Styles with a shoulder block.
10:57And then AJ gave him a little two-piece talk after Will.
11:00Leap block by Logan Paul.
11:04Turns around into a dropkick by Styles.
11:06The veteran has Logan a bit out of sorts in the early going.
11:09AJ's just waiting on him here.
11:10AJ's three steps ahead of Logan Paul at this point.
11:14We talked a little earlier about how you're supposed to be coming up the hard way,
11:18paying your dues, earning it the old-fashioned way.
11:20AJ did all of that, and it must be vexing to him.
11:25But somebody who didn't have to do any of that is essentially as equal here at WrestleMania.
11:29Wait, I don't know if you noticed.
11:30I don't know if he caught it on camera.
11:31And AJ Styles now using the apron to his advantage.
11:35This is all Siddly move.
11:37Tie up your opponent in the apron, blind him, and attack him.
11:40And that's what Styles is doing here.
11:42It was a veteran trick from Styles.
11:44You noticed he was favoring that ribcage.
11:46He was simply playing Possum, baiting the less experienced Paul into it,
11:51and then catching him with that apron trick.
11:53You talk about that long road to the top that AJ took.
11:56You learn a lot of tricks.
11:57Oh, what a big!
11:58In that long road.
12:00That'll cave in your orbital bone, Logan Paul.
12:03Look, I know Logan Paul's been in some boxing fights in his time.
12:05He's never been struck quite like that before.
12:08Those are the things that Logan Paul is experiencing for the first time.
12:13Every time.
12:15AJ Styles has done all of these things hundreds, if not thousands, of times.
12:18There's new stuff being presented to Logan Paul on the biggest stage at a regular basis.
12:24And Paul drives Styles, ribs first into the barricade.
12:27And if experience is a weakness for Logan Paul, resiliency is a massive strength.
12:32We've seen it time and time again against the likes of Roman Reigns.
12:36He's very difficult to keep down.
12:38AJ Versal sends Paul now into the barricade.
12:42He also has an unflappable confidence in himself.
12:46Might be because he's so humble.
12:48Might be because he's from Ohio.
12:51Might be because he has had success at everything he's ever done.
12:56Logan Paul does not know how to fail.
12:59As Logan has bounced face first off the apron by Styles.
13:03Referee Jessica Carr in control of this matchup tonight.
13:07The partisan crowd here completely backing the phenomenal one.
13:11And Logan Paul, great move.
13:13Stepped out of harm's way.
13:15Sends AJ into the post.
13:18And I've never seen a man...
13:20And on the other side.
13:21A whip into the post by Paul with authority.
13:25He might have dislocated his shoulder right there.
13:28Just smart there from Logan Paul using what was available.
13:31I've never seen a man so resilient and impervious to negative energy being thrown his way from a massive audience like we have here today.
13:41It's almost like fuel to Logan Paul.
13:42I was going to say he feeds off it.
13:44Music to his ears.
13:45He was born and raised on the internet.
13:47There's not a lot of positive things said on there.
13:49If you can't handle a couple of boos or some negative comments, you'll never make it on the internet.
13:55Oh, I'm going to put my top and launches himself.
13:58And AJ Styles and Paul is pumped up here.
14:02That athleticism, you see, just springboard crossbody to the outside with ease.
14:07With ease, no problems at all.
14:09Not tired, not even sweating.
14:12Well, look, AJ Styles is a man at times grappling with his own career, mortality.
14:19Logan bouncing Styles off the Spanish synopsis table.
14:23AJ who?
14:24His last name Styles.
14:26Sends AJ off the apron of the ring.
14:28Styles knows the sands of time are running out on his own career.
14:32And he has to make every grade count.
14:34He badly needs a victory here tonight.
14:36Great move by Paul to roll back into the ring and break the count.
14:41I believe his eyeball on his drone that he caught earlier today.
14:44Yeah, he literally caught that out of the air.
14:46Like a pet, he's been hanging this thing.
14:47Oh, look at, look at.
14:48We got a shot for your drone now.
14:51Well, you know this is going on social media.
14:55Oh, he got hit by that, Wade.
14:57He's got a nice breeze to it.
14:58He does.
14:59Buzz the tire a little bit there, drone friend.
15:02And now look at this.
15:03Logan Paul now using the apron to his advantage.
15:06And that's the aptitude we've talked about with Logan Paul.
15:09He's a quick learner.
15:11He never makes the same mistake twice.
15:13And he turns AJ's offense around on him.
15:15He's also competing against the very best.
15:17Every time you see Logan Paul in WWE and learns the best tricks from all of them,
15:23absorbs them into his own movesets.
15:25And here we come now.
15:26Paul top rope.
15:27AJ in trouble.
15:28The Paul from Grace connecting.
15:32Cover for the win.
15:34Styles kicks out.
15:35It genuinely felt like Logan Paul just found out that you're allowed to use the apron on the side.
15:41Logan Paul is just as natural a high flyer as you will ever see.
15:46He'd go air to air with the best, including AJ Styles.
15:50Beautiful hand time and execution there.
15:53And Styles is in trouble now.
15:55The Paul American hitting the Paul from Grace.
15:57Logan Paul rolling.
15:59I like that.
15:59Paul American.
16:00That's the name of their show on Max currently available.
16:02I like that as describing him.
16:05As we send AJ across the ring into the corner.
16:07And this is that flip side of Logan Paul from the entertainer to the bully and the thug in the blink of an eye.
16:17He understands what it takes to be great in this business.
16:20He wants to be great at this business.
16:22There's a time to perform.
16:23There's a time.
16:23Oh, the overbomb.
16:25The overbomb by Paul.
16:27For the win.
16:27Hooks the leg.
16:28Styles just grabbed the bottom rope.
16:30Yeah, and any time you can't kick out because you're so beat up, you have to reach for the bottom rope.
16:36You win dire straits.
16:37That was so well executed by Paul once again.
16:41The face of Styles bouncing off the mat.
16:45Uh-oh.
16:48Logan Paul is asking for a little noise.
16:51Well, this isn't going to get him any cheers.
16:54Brother.
16:54Brother.
17:00And a big boost.
17:06Oh, yeah.
17:07Once in the air, big food.
17:09Yeah, dropping the big leg.
17:11Cover.
17:12And a kick out.
17:13Only Ty Smith could do it better.
17:15Yeah, that was more of a taunt than anything towards AJ Styles.
17:19Didn't even get a two count.
17:21It just goes to show the kind of dominance Paul is showing here.
17:24And now some jabs coming from Logan Paul.
17:26That boxing background you guys talked about earlier on.
17:29This is one of the biggest punches we have seen in WWE, but getting a little too cocky.
17:34And now woken up something inside AJ Styles.
17:36Yeah, Styles is going to take the fight to Paul.
17:41Well, there was nothing cute about that from Styles.
17:43Simply muscled Logan Paul back to the corner and let him off.
17:48Logan, second rope.
17:49Insult.
17:50AJ taken out.
17:51Cover now for the win.
17:52Kick out at two.
17:53AJ tried to catch Logan Paul in midair, but too much has been taken out of the phenomenal one already.
18:00Who looks at this point like he's running off fumes.
18:03Smooth move by Logan to turn that into a pin.
18:06Almost stole the win right there.
18:12That really stole.
18:13Stole knocked the Styles a bit out of sorts.
18:16The moon pulp.
18:16Oh, kidney shot there for Logan Paul.
18:23American uppercuts.
18:24Couple uppercuts now by Paul.
18:26She shows the range of offense that Logan Paul has available to him.
18:31And Styles has no answer to any of this.
18:37Logan Paul's biggest asset has always been that surprise factor.
18:41The cat came out of the bag a long time ago.
18:43Nobody should be shocked about this performance from Logan Paul.
18:47When are we going to accept?
18:49He ain't a newcomer.
18:50He ain't an outsider.
18:52He is the real deal.
18:53And he's doing it under the brightest spotlight of them all.
18:56And he continues to evolve each and every time out.
18:59He's not scared to take his time and celebrate himself, though.
19:02And that might be the kryptonite.
19:04The biggest of stages.
19:07Paul has shined.
19:08AJ Styles stops himself.
19:11AJ now picking up the intensity.
19:15Logan Paul doesn't realize that Styles did not go into the corner.
19:19And he will now.
19:20As AJ unloads on the clothesline.
19:22And here comes Styles.
19:23And a phenomenal one.
19:26Representing an entire industry in a lot of people's eyes.
19:28Styles with Logan Paul up on his shoulders.
19:35That's Vincent Styles there.
19:37Knee right to the back of the neck.
19:39This is a different Styles to the one we've seen in the past.
19:4225 years.
19:43He's packed a hell of a lot of muscle on that frame.
19:47And he's using it to full effect.
19:48Now powering Logan Paul around.
19:50Earlier today, he's got to keep up with the kids.
19:53He's very jacked.
19:55And at this moment, he needs to end this.
19:57Okay, into the corner.
19:59Don't let Logan Paul get a second win.
20:02Starting to pick up his offense now.
20:03Beat him down, AJ Styles, if you want to win.
20:06Styles vertical suplex.
20:07Drops it right on the back of his head.
20:09Let's do a brain buster on that one.
20:10Cover now.
20:11One, two.
20:13And a kick out by Paul in two.
20:18Both these men have to figure out what the hell they have left.
20:21Vertical suplex into the brain buster.
20:23Dropped him right on the back of his head.
20:25You really feel like Logan Paul slipped on a banana peel here.
20:29Just getting too braggadocious.
20:32Absorbing too much spotlight.
20:34And you can't do that against an AJ Styles.
20:38It didn't feel like the right time to take a victory lap.
20:40And AJ Styles has made him pay for it.
20:42What's he thinking now?
20:43Looking for the Styles Clash to put Logan Paul away.
20:48Logolo able to turn it around.
20:50Close to a low blow there from Paul.
20:53But AJ lands on his feet into the corner.
20:55Logan Paul got a bit of a zealous.
20:57Ran into the boot from Styles.
20:59He's trying to set up the pulverizer there.
21:02Logan Paul is the one who's really slowing down and in the drop zone.
21:07And Logan Paul caught AJ.
21:09AJ was going for the phenomenal forearm.
21:12And Logan Paul caught him.
21:15And a rolling senton by Paul.
21:17Oh, no way.
21:22That was three quarters of the ring.
21:24And a kick out by Styles.
21:25That was incredible.
21:27Oh, my God.
21:27That was about the longest lion's soul I've ever seen.
21:31I saw how far AJ was away.
21:33He can't possibly be trying this, can he?
21:35Oh, yeah, he can.
21:36That's what the Maverick does.
21:38He shocks.
21:39He oars.
21:40And ultimately, he's back in control.
21:42He's an absolutely incredible athlete.
21:45We're sold out tonight.
21:47Over 60,000 yet again at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for WrestleMania Sunday.
21:53God, when you can pull out stuff like that, that truly is a cheat code to the very top of the industry.
22:00Proof positive of why Logan Paul is right here.
22:02There's an audible in the middle of the match.
22:04Let me do a three-quarter move.
22:05Who is this?
22:06I don't.
22:07Again, here's what Logan can't do.
22:11Can't keep getting caught up and celebrating himself.
22:14Because you're going to get caught at some point by Styles.
22:17Yeah, but he's going to do a lot of great things.
22:18You can't celebrate everything, Logan.
22:19You've got to keep him moving.
22:22Another well-placed elbow by Styles.
22:26Backflip off of him.
22:27Lands on his feet.
22:29Has Logan up.
22:31Looks like he's going for the Styles Clash.
22:33Logan Paul able to grab the ropes to counter.
22:35Oh, and a kick by AJ in another one.
22:38Point of the spine there.
22:41Toe to the spine.
22:42No protection, but somehow Paul fighting back.
22:46And bounces AJ off the turnbuckle.
22:49Look, we're at the point in the match now where it's crucial.
22:51What is driving you?
22:53Both men in agony.
22:54And look at that.
22:54That clothesline cover.
22:57Hook of the leg now by Styles.
23:00The slingshot clothesline.
23:02Lariat almost put Styles away.
23:06A man driven by fame against a man driven by passion.
23:11And right now, there's the man who wants the spotlight the most.
23:15Logan Paul.
23:16Who's looking like he's closing in on victory.
23:19Pat, you know better than anyone what a win at WrestleMania does for your brand.
23:22Absolutely.
23:23And let alone Logan Paul's brand.
23:25It's already on top of the world.
23:26Prime.
23:27Everything else he's done.
23:28Buckshot Lariat, though, in the middle of WrestleMania.
23:30And AJ Styles.
23:31That could have been it.
23:32That should have been it.
23:33Logan Paul's playing his greatest hits right now.
23:36And AJ Styles is still in this match.
23:39Titanium loaded right hand.
23:42One of the biggest punches in the history of our game.
23:46And he's lining it up on the phenomenal walk.
23:49As that played in the right hand from a prior injury.
23:51Has used it to his advantage.
23:53Styles ducks underneath.
23:55AJ Styles.
23:58And Logan Paul up top.
24:00Down goes.
24:02Logan Paul.
24:03Styles.
24:04Cover.
24:04Is it or not?
24:06Near fall for AJ.
24:11Just like that.
24:12The experience of AJ Styles.
24:14Almost puts Logan Paul on his back for Duke.
24:22At this point, you've got to be wondering.
24:24Who has more gas left in the tank?
24:27It's not only that.
24:28It's also who has the deepest playbook.
24:30And you have to give the advantage there to the phenomenal one in his 25 plus years of experience.
24:36Who has the move?
24:40Who has the power to put this away?
24:43Who's walking out of WrestleMania?
24:45A winner?
24:47Logan Paul has barely moved for the past one minute.
24:52Styles.
24:53Off the top.
24:54Oh, caught!
24:55Got caught by Paul, who got his knees up and Logan's an opportunity.
25:00Veteran got baited in there and now he's going to pay the price.
25:03Oh, look at this.
25:05Logan Paul.
25:06Logan Paul going to pull one out of AJ Styles' playbook.
25:10The ultimate insult.
25:11With a Styles Clash!
25:13Paul!
25:15Paul!
25:16AJ able to roll through though.
25:18And AJ Styles now.
25:20Going to turn things around into a Styles Clash of his own!
25:25AJ said, you think you're going to do that to me without an answer?
25:29Yeah, we're right.
25:32What a...
25:33Oh, look at this idiot.
25:35That's that Jeff fool.
25:37One of Logan Paul's entourage.
25:39He always sees me getting involved in this matchup.
25:42This damn Jeff!
25:44This is what you call plan B for Logan Paul.
25:47Slant A wasn't working.
25:49Snaking around this damn Jeff!
25:50Oh, wait a minute.
25:52He's got brass knuckles, but Karrion Kross!
25:55That's got Jeff!
25:59Do it to him, Karrion.
26:02Break Jeff in half.
26:04And now AJ Styles going to send Jeff
26:07toward the barricade.
26:09Jeff just saw his light flash before his eyes.
26:12And he told this story on Monday.
26:18Please, Alan, listen to me.
26:19Please, just put it on.
26:21Please, Alan, please.
26:23Please just put it on.
26:24It's not about me and you.
26:25It's about everything.
26:26Please.
26:27Put it on and blast him!
26:29Blast him!
26:30Please, Alan, come on.
26:35And AJ Styles is going to use the brass knuckles,
26:38but it'll deliver right in to Karrion Kross.
26:40Kross has been begging AJ Styles to do the right thing
26:43and try to beat Paul tonight.
26:44To go back.
26:45The mind.
26:46That's right.
26:46He wants him to go back to his evil ways
26:48to get a win for the industry.
26:50And Styles now setting up with a phenomenal forearm,
26:53top rope.
26:54Logan Paul.
26:55Bang!
26:58Paul with that right hand.
27:00Into the...
27:01Paul Barrazo!
27:03At Mania!
27:06Logan Paul meets AJ Styles.
27:09Cross his plan.
27:11Backfire.
27:12Here you are!
27:14Logan Paul!
27:17Well, AJ Styles refused to be corrupted
27:22by the wicked and sinful Karrion Kross.
27:25And it turns out that was a major faux pas.
27:29What a victory for Logan Paul.
27:32Who did not use the brass knucks.
27:35Did not cheat at all.
27:38Only used his titanium fist in the pulverizer.
27:42Well, arguably,
27:43Jeff and his brass knucks were a major distraction.
27:47For AJ Styles.
27:47AJ, he goes for the 450 here, Wade.
27:50And this is showing you
27:52how deep Logan Paul could pull.
27:55He was down, he was out.
27:56The knees up kept it in there.
27:58So now it's a go.
27:59AJ Styles hits that.
28:01Styles clash
28:02wasn't the greatest execute.
28:04And that's why, immediately,
28:06AJ got back on top.
28:08Nailed one of his own.
28:11And then Jeff showed up
28:12with the brass knucks.
28:13This damn judge
28:14always getting his
28:15face on camera
28:17trying to bring the brass knucks.
28:18And Karrion Kross says,
28:20uh-uh.
28:24He tried to get AJ Styles
28:25to use the brass knucks.
28:27And AJ said,
28:27why don't you take a seat,
28:29Karrion Kross?
28:30Well, AJ Styles
28:31was trying to do the right thing,
28:32but clearly tonight
28:33it was completely
28:34the wrong thing
28:35in pursuit of victory.
28:37One right hand later
28:38and then this perfectly executed
28:40Pulverizer.
28:42Perhaps now the greatest move
28:44in WWE.
28:45As if you didn't hate Logan Paul
28:47enough already.
28:48He pulls that out.
28:50I wonder how many people
28:52are going to blame
28:52Karrion Kross.
28:53Karrion Kross.