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00:30The phenomenal AJ Styles set to battle for the undisputed WWE Championship.
00:41Well, we want to remind everyone that tickets for WWE SummerSlam at Cleveland Brown Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, August 3rd go on sale this coming Thursday.
01:00Michael Cole, the event was backlash, the year was 2016 where the phenomenal AJ Styles saw the top of the mountain for the very first time becoming WWE Champion.
01:14He would replicate that success again in 2017 here in Europe.
01:19And tonight, Styles had custom gear made to replicate what he was wearing the night that he defeated Dusty Rhodes for the NWA Championship 21 years ago.
01:32Tonight, he meets Dusty's son, Cody, for the first time ever.
01:39The first man to ever win the WWE Championship outside of North America, Manchester, England, a number of years ago.
01:58AJ would like to replicate that feat here tonight.
02:01AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:06AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:08AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:10AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:12AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:13AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:14AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:16AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:17AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:18AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:19AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:20AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:22AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:23AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:24AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:25AJ would like to participate in the match.
02:26AJ would like to participate in the match.
06:27The Phenomenal A.J. Stiles!
06:52The camera is bouncing!
06:54And his opponent, from Atlanta, Georgia, weighing in at 222 pounds,
07:02he is the undisputed WWE Champion,
07:09the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
07:19A lot of history being made tonight.
07:21It is Cody Rhodes' first televised defense of the undisputed WWE Championship,
07:27a title that was never held by his father, the late, great American Dream, Dusty Rhodes.
07:34Also the official in this matchup, you see it there, Jessica Carr becoming the first woman to referee a main event
07:42for the WWE Championship in the long history of this company.
07:48Congratulations to Jessica Carr, who has her work cut out for her tonight.
07:53It is Cody's first title offense, Corey, but for A.J. Stiles, his first shot at a World Championship
07:59since back in May of last year, in the finals for the World WWE title against Seth Rollins and Saudi Arabia.
08:05Cody has been proud to wave the flag of the new era here in WWE,
08:09but the question still remains, what will this era look like?
08:12And A.J. Stiles is a superstar who, on paper, is arguably just as qualified as a veteran who could lead this roster of young lions.
08:20Who wants it more?
08:21So we are underway.
08:22Two former Bullet Club leaders lock up for the WWE Championship tonight.
08:27Stiles and Cody Rhodes, center of the rank.
08:29The veteran A.J. Stiles looking to take Cody off his game early
08:33and try to win a WWE title for a third time in his career.
08:37It is a big fight, main event feel, here tonight at Backlash in Lyon.
08:42Just because I know the rest of the world is asking every time the crowd breaks out into song.
08:50It's about the word phenomenal.
08:52It's a traditional celebratory song here in France.
08:55Every time the word phenomenal is spoken, these maniacs do this.
08:59This is a different A.J. Stiles as of late.
09:10A bit more aggressive, a bit more sharp in the tongue.
09:14In fact, a couple of people told me that he's been a bit of an ass as of late
09:18in the way that his attitude has been in the locker room.
09:20Listen, something that is undeniable is Stiles has added muscle to his physique for added power.
09:25This late, this stage in his career, Stiles is still looking to improve.
09:29The question remains, will the added muscle factor in to A.J.'s stamina
09:33if this match gets dragged into the deep water?
09:35Why the change in attitude at this point in his career?
09:38Because A.J. Stiles knows that father time is undefeated
09:41and Stiles may only have a few years left to make some more great moments in his career.
09:46A.J. is trying to make up, make every moment count.
09:49You know, I brought this up to Cody Rhodes and he...
09:51Cody, let's go!
09:53Let's go Cody! Let's go!
09:55Let's go Cody! Let's go!
09:57Let's go Cody! Let's go!
09:59Let's go Cody! Let's go!
10:02Let's go Cody! Let's go!
10:04I'm going to see your earlier assessment of A.J.'s recent attitude.
10:08A.J.'s a superstar who will never hesitate to bend the rules.
10:12Is Cody willing to go there?
10:13go there that's what i am curious about seeing because cody's got to fight fire with fire tonight
10:18if styles chooses to take that pack you know the backlash uh kickoff show yesterday i brought up
10:23the cody rhodes and mentioned to him that you're one of the most respectful superstars i've ever
10:28met here in wwe and sometimes he'll get bit for being respectful he has to fight fire with fire
10:35with aj styles tonight you're too respectful you're gonna get bit in the back of the ass
10:39and now cody rhodes taking styles down styles though quickly up over the top people forget
10:46the incredibly decorated amateur backgrounds of both of these superstars back in georgia where
10:51they grew up cody rhodes a champ standing in the corner by aj styles
10:58those are mind games that's the veteran aj styles reminding cody i can still get you be careful
11:06oh and there's the receipt 24 hours later
11:10cody showing some fire
11:18and again aj with a needle in the midsection driving the champion back toward the corner
11:34now a chop to the chest and styles unloading roads as well
11:39we know the professional respect that these two superstars have for one another
11:53but the personal disdain at this point might outweigh that this thing could
11:57devolve into a fight and a picture perfect dropkick shades of aj styles from cody rhodes in that moment
12:06now mocking what styles did to him last night
12:13a little callback to some stardust
12:16and now middle of the ring perhaps a test of strength
12:46styles firing up another series of sharp knife edge chops to the champion
12:52reminding the world that he is indeed still phenomenal
13:01and right on cue call here they come
13:04the healthy lc arena is vibrating it is shaking because of the wwe fans bouncing
13:16back body drop by rhodes to styles
13:24cody looking for a cover
13:26cody with the drop i'm sorry aj with the drop kick
13:37wow the hype by launching aj into the heavens with that back body drop
13:42and now aj styles in trouble cody rhodes hooks him
13:49vertical suplex coming from the undisputed
13:51wwe champion
13:53all the blood rushing to the skull of aj styles
13:57affected by cody
14:02board buster by the american nightmare
14:04can't help to take notice of how deliberately rhodes has moved to this point
14:16cody not trying to push the pace just yet
14:19realizing he has to have respect for what styles is capable
14:22but uh-oh styles sending the shoulder into the corner
14:26i think we've all heard the rumors over the past several weeks
14:29of cody potentially injuring that shoulder in his match with carmelo hayes on
14:32smackdown oh my god
14:35yeah we saw the video all over social media
14:38cody has not talked about it
14:40nobody's mentioned it really until styles
14:44attacked the shoulder
14:46look at him wrap the arm there
14:47if cody's arm wasn't injured before it probably is now
14:51again the shrewdness of aj styles
14:53the savvy veteran that has accomplished so much all over the world
14:57looking to again win a wwe championship
15:01be on top of wwe at friday night smackdown
15:05and what aj styles is showing me right now is that he's in this for the long haul
15:10a slow deliberate pace being set by the phenomenal one
15:13a hammerlock realizing you're not going to beat cody easily
15:16you're going to have to chip away at cody rhodes
15:19you're going to have to isolate a body part and take it out
15:21that's what styles are trying to do right now
15:23yeah cody rhodes who ended the 1,316 day reign of roman reigns
15:28at wrestlemania finally finishing the story after two long years
15:33but if you're cody rhodes you can ill afford to lose the title tonight
15:37after everything you went through to gain it
15:39this has been an incredible atmosphere all week long
16:03cody blocked
16:06nice take down to styles
16:08shoulders down again and the kick out by cody
16:13big uppercut
16:15step up in zaguri by styles caught cody in the back of the head
16:20styles out of the way just in time and that was some serious whiplash suffered by styles
16:42yeah cody sending styles right into the ropes
16:45styles is stunned cody able to buy himself some time to regroup here
16:53cody runs into a white hand by aj who just drops cody
17:04now aj styles gonna bounce cody right off our announce table
17:09see the intensity in the eyes of the phenomenal one
17:17and aj rocking cody face first on our table
17:30style staring a whole group of belief
17:39christoph
17:41much to the chagrin of the french faithful
17:44wearing off the uh the french announce table
17:48just a good car a lot of leeway
17:57in this matchup you can't blame it this is for the wwe championship cody
18:01oh i mean aj hip first into the steel
18:05curious to see if that'll come into play as this match progresses
18:09you injure somebody's hip especially someone like a phenomenal aj styles
18:13who so much of his offense is based off being able to launch himself whether that
18:17being a springboard or just propel himself forward that could be a game changer
18:21if that hip plays a part
18:22styles back to his feet trying to drag himself into the ring cody rhodes going to meet him there
18:28aj bounced off the top turnbuckle
18:36both these men have been through so much in this battle so far
18:40punishing one another
18:42cody on the second rope he's hooked aj
18:47oh it's thinking about a superplex
18:52i would dare give the advantage
18:55in that precarious position to aj styles
18:58perhaps a little more sure-footed
19:00than the american nightmare at least historically speaking
19:02styles now
19:03second rope
19:04oh my oh my god look at this
19:06cody rhodes with styles up
19:10styles don't lay up to his feet cody tumbles
19:14i think aj ripped cody down as aj was falling
19:18either way
19:19well the spine of cody rhodes hitting hard
19:22and cody's smarting now
19:25into the corner he's hurt maybe hurt bad
19:28and styles now going to target cody rhodes
19:36pattern like aj is going to do
19:38100 times
19:40100 my god
19:42right back on the exposed
19:44back
19:45of the american nightmare
19:47i think he got his knees up
20:07but he did get his knees up just in time
20:09off the springboard moonsault by styles
20:11who said earlier that 21 years ago
20:14dusty roads couldn't beat me
20:16this day and age there's no chance in hell
20:18that cody does
20:19critical moment in the match
20:22both men down
20:23the champion cody rose
20:26the challenger aj styles
20:28for the undisputed wwe championship
20:32again between the hip being run into the steel stairs
20:40and cody putting his knees up into aj's ribs
20:43this is really going to chip away at styles core strength
20:46cody able to block twice and deliver right hands of his own
20:49another block by cody rhodes
20:50and cody now unloading on styles
20:52here comes the nightmare
20:59cody up over the top
21:01aj aj
21:02a slam by cody
21:04sudden impact
21:05the wwe universe giving rose the shot of adrenaline he so desperately needs
21:18back to his feet back to his feet
21:22back to his feet fired up
21:23off the second rope disaster kick
21:27cody cover to retain
21:30aj able to get the shoulder up at two
21:34take a look at this cody with the disaster kick hot styles right under the chin
21:47and perhaps the landing took a little more out of cody than he expected
21:50slow into the cover attempt
21:52well again the back
21:53has been an issue over the last few minutes for cody in this match
21:58and i respect cody as undisputed wwe champion playing his cards close to the vest
22:03doesn't want styles to know if he's injured
22:05doesn't want the fans to know if he's injured
22:06doesn't want anybody to know
22:08because a because cody realizes every opponent should use it against him
22:12and aj styles met cody there that time
22:22just a little too quick
22:23cody will roll through shoulders down for the win
22:27aj has to kick it too
22:29now styles all back of the knee
22:33right into the back of the neck cover
22:35for the championship and a kick out by rose
22:39point of the knee right to the neck of rose
22:42aj wincing in pain even after delivering an offensive maneuver
22:48let's take another look at this
22:50styles powering up rose
22:52driving cody down
22:54across his own knee
22:56and styles now looking to rally
22:58who digs down deep
23:05who has the will to survive
23:08styles under the court nobody home
23:16cody rhodes now
23:17bulldog
23:18again the veteran styles rolling out underneath the bottom rope knowing that he cannot be pinned or forced to submit out there
23:29but of course champions advantage does apply styles must pin or force roads to submit to become undisputed wwe champion
23:39cody now lifting aj up on the apron
23:47oh no god aj styles drop and cody on his head
23:58if somehow aj styles can summon the power to get roads back in the ring we're gonna have a new champion cody
24:07cody has not moved
24:09roads may be out roads may be injured
24:15watch this
24:16oh my goodness
24:17talk about a high angle landing across the base of cody's neck the top of his shoulders
24:22that was a worst case scenario
24:24styles realizing count out doesn't do him any good
24:28rolls into the ring that'll break the count
24:30for him but cody's still outside the official at four
24:34styles realized the situation
24:36sliding knee
24:37caught by cody
24:38cody with aj up high
24:40aj caught it right through the
24:42front genouts table
24:44desperation move and effective for roads
24:48cody roads if nothing else has purchased himself some extremely valuable time in this title battle
25:01take another look at this the american nightmare taking styles for a ride
25:09through the announce table the french announce table
25:12apologies to christophe and felipe
25:15both men are down outside the ring
25:21the ajuchero chance we've been hearing all weekend
25:26kind of respect to our french announce friends
25:28got a four by the official jessica carl now at five
25:35styles has been taken out through the table
25:38the champ cody roads is down as well
25:40nine aj and roach just beat the count both of them
25:52exhaustion
26:04the physical toll this matchup setting in
26:07styles to his feet
26:11roads up as well
26:13collision for both men on the middle of the ring
26:15heavy rights being exchanged by both champion and challenger
26:28both men connecting with kicks both competitors down both men are down and in trouble
26:41the playing field once again even a dead heat in this undisputed wwe championship matchup
26:55cody cody looking to rally
26:58aj styles looking to do the unthinkable and take the championship here in cody's first televised defense
27:04and here we go
27:22center of the ring
27:23rose and styles
27:25cody
27:28cody
27:29cody
27:29cody
27:29shots to the midsection
27:30and aj answers with a phenomenal blitz
27:35cody
27:38tying off
27:39the left hands
27:40by cody
27:41rhodes
27:42bye and a gumbo
27:45cover by rhodes
27:46to retain
27:47kick out by styles
27:49what a main event for the wwe championship
27:55we were expecting one hell of a main event we know how much respect rhodes has for aj styles
28:15cody even comparing styles recently to brent the hitman heart saying he's a modern day
28:20excellence of execution cody knows that iron sharpens iron and if cody wants to wave the flag
28:27he's got to get past the best and how much does cody have left how deep will cody rhodes be able
28:35to dig off the second rope went for the cody cutter styles able to block i think aj was thinking about
28:42styles class time maybe or maybe a allen right and now cody rhodes lifted styles up aj styles
28:50from behind and a boot to cody and into the corner back first goes rhodes
28:58again remember the fact that was injured earlier on in this matchup
29:05corey i've never quite experienced a night like this
29:21that makes two of us and i am loving every second of it styles now delivers the knee again to the
29:27back of cody rhodes which has become the focal point of the attack for the veteran styles
29:32and aj
29:36positioned where he wants to be off the top rope
29:41cody rhodes may be done for
29:44aj styles cover for the win
29:47and this is the point in the match where it's more than frustration perhaps doubt begins to creep in
30:03if you're aj style you just hit your bread and butter that springboard 450 splash which has brought
30:10styles so many victories and cody kicked out
30:14we're learning a lot about cody rhodes tonight
30:18his resilience and his guts and his will to win
30:22he finished the story it's always harder to write the sequel
30:26and that's what cody's trying to do tonight
30:28with styles up on his shoulders
30:30aj styles
30:31burning hammer
30:33cover for the championship cody
30:36kicked right out didn't even get to a two count cody fired up
30:41off the burning hammer cody rhodes
30:44aj can't believe it
30:46cody's begging for more
30:51cody traps the leg
30:57cody cutter
31:00cover
31:02styles kicks out
31:06just barely but this match rolls on
31:10aj styles just won't stop look at this a burning hammer
31:19which should have taken cody out for good
31:22instead rhodes rallied
31:24cody cutter
31:26but even this wasn't enough
31:29to deny the challenge of aj styles yet
31:33roads stumbling to his feet
31:48aj styles using the ropes to somehow get back to a vertical base
31:54physical
31:56physical
31:56emotional
31:58i don't think aj's brain and his body are on the same page
32:01styles wants to keep fighting
32:03close line by rhodes
32:07both of these men
32:11have left everything in the ring
32:13some of them
32:16some of themselves outside of him
32:18cody
32:26gonna hook aj styles and look to put styles away
32:31look at the crossroads aj counters
32:33and now aj's turn with an opening
32:42and a chance
32:43and now aj styles says it's time
32:56is it time for number three for aj styles
33:02off the top
33:03off the top road
33:03caught by cody
33:05i believe cody connected with the sternum of aj styles
33:14which likely just drove all the oxygen all the wind
33:16out of the challenger
33:18and now he's trying to use the camora to his advantage
33:37and try to get aj styles to tap out
33:39so cody can retain
33:41styles writhing screaming in pain
33:46is he gonna tap out to cody
33:48cody had his arm broken by this move
33:54trying to do the same to styles
33:58styles trying to somehow work his way out of it
34:01aj is doing his best to
34:05get his footing underneath the weight of both he and rhodes
34:10you mentioned the power
34:11the aj styles got so much stronger
34:14he used that to his advantage there
34:15could we see a styles clash
34:22cody able to fight out of it
34:25kicked by rhodes
34:27hooks styles
34:28now he's got him where he wants him
34:30went for crossroads
34:33aj styles countered
34:35now aj
34:36trying to hoist cody up for the styles class
34:41cody lands on his feet
34:42cody lands on his feet
34:42aj styles stacked up by rhodes for the win
34:45kicking two
34:46offensive exchange by both superstars
34:51cody top rope now
34:53cody cutters in the top rope
34:56my god
34:57pulling out all the stops
34:59they're on their feet
35:05they're on their feet in leone
35:06cody hook and aj styles middle of the ring crossroads
35:20cover cover hook of the leg cody repays
35:26here is your winner
35:30winner and still the undisputed wwe champion
35:38the american nightmare cody
35:44well talk about what a hell of a first title defense
35:51that was a main event
35:55in any city
35:57around the globe
35:58on any date on the calendar
36:02two of the best in the game
36:05cory you said it earlier
36:08iron sharpens iron
36:10aj styles brought it
36:13cody rhodes stepped up
36:15and he retained
36:18the undisputed wwe championship
36:23what a sweet victory this must have been
36:33for the american nightmare