I've not had the chance to formally congratulate you.
It's been a long time coming Lashley, 16 years.
I know something about that myself, I had a 17 year journey.
So similar paths.
So many years traveling those roads,
being the hardest workers in the room, and yet
opportunities just kept passing us by.
We traveled the roads two weeks at a time.
We get to the town one, two in the morning and everyone's going to bed.
What are we doing?
We're in the gym, working harder than everyone else.
Opportunities just keep passing us by, years keep passing us by and
suddenly both of us are not in WWE anymore.
We just start at the bottom scratch and claw to fight our way back here.
To start the bottom to scratch and claw to the top.
And how good it feels when you finally get your hands on that title.
How good do you feel right now?
Yeah.
There's only one difference.
We got to the finish line.
I beat 30 other men, won the Royal Rumble,
went to the main event of WrestleMania and beat Brock Lesnar in five minutes.
Wait a minute.
>> Stop.
You made a deal, screwed me over.
And here you are champion.
Whatever it takes it's just 16 years.
>> You gotta worry about your mate Sheamus before you get a shot at The All Mighty.
>> Yeah yeah yeah Shaemus and I have beat the crap out each other the past
two weeks and Sunday, Why exactly are you here?
I'm trying to understand the nature of this relationship.
I used to, you're the puppet master, Frankenstein's monster, you talk for him.
He can talk for himself now.
Look at him. That's a champion right there.
Are you trying to vicariously live through him.
>> You need to stop worrying about him.
And you need to worry about me, Drew.
>> And me.
>> I honestly forgot you were standing there.
I owe you one Miz, I do.
But I'm gonna give you a chance.
I'm gonna give you two options.
I'm gonna turn my back to you, finish this conversation and you can A attack me.
I don't recommend that.
Or you can turn around and run for your life.
If you fight me tonight, I'm not just gonna defeat you.
I'm gonna hurt you.
I'll make an example of you.
Then I'm gonna go to Sunday at FastLane, go to war with Sheamus, put him down,
have a hand raised again and then at WrestleMania, look at me damn it.
At WrestleMania in the main event Drew McIntyre versus Lashley.
There's nobody over those two days that can match your physicality.
This is gonna be a heavyweight clash for the ages.
We're gonna beat the hell out of each other, but in the end,
I will knock you around Raymond James stadium and The All mighty era and
regained my WWE championship.
You big, bold [BLEEP].
>> [APPLAUSE]
>> No no no no.
Let's go. Let's go.
Come on not now.
>> Drew, Drew, Drew you need to calm down.
Okay, everything is fine.
>> And Lashley minutes from McIntyre's attention and Lashley having a cheap shot.
>> Bobby Lashley aint calming down.
>> Words were enough to infuse Bobby Lashley and
now the WWE Champion has taken it to Drew McIntyre.
>> And Miz is thrilled because he's scheduled for
a match tonight with Drew McIntyre live on Raw.
>> This works out great for the Miz.
>> Bobby Lashley with a preemptive shot at his WrestleMania opponent.
>> This is not a good situation at all for Drew McIntyre.
Look at the look on the face of the Miz.
>> It looks like the jackals are circling back there.
>> And now Miz punching on Drew McIntyre.
>> It's an opportunity presented itself.
>> Not surprise from Miz,
trying to give himself every advantage he can get against Drew McIntyre.
[CROSSTALK] Shaemus on the WWE champion.
>> He is all over him.
He's all over Bobby Lashley.
>> [CROSSTALK] Come on back
inside, let's go.