I can't wait to watch you face off against the surprise
challenge of one of NXts hottest and biggest superstars.
>> [NOISE] >> Let's give it up, let's give it up for
Sami Zayn.
>> [NOISE]
[MUSIC]
>> What an incredible moment and what an incredible opportunity for
the former NXT champion, Montreal's own Sami Zayn.
[MUSIC]
>> Hometown crowd in Montreal behind this young upstart from NXT.
Sami Zayn off the ropes, Cena catches over the clothesline and again,
put veteran move by Cena >> Definitely,
I've seen as the veteran out here, but you gotta give it up for John Cena.
Willing to give a young up and comer like Sami Zayn a title shot.
That's what a true champion is all about,
that's John Cena >> That's what the US championship open
challenge is all about.
>> [NOISE] >> And
now, Cena is he going to the AAA here?
>> He'll finish this kid quit playing around, son.
>> Sami Zayn, and Zayn pops back out of it,
and, man, down center of the ring.
Zayn able to turn the momentum as Cena was not able to get the full AAA.
>> [NOISE] >> And
John Cena now, trying to regain a better composure here.
>> Come on, Sami.
>> [NOISE] >> Look at Sami, look at Sami,
look at Sami, sending himself, plant Cena with a DDT.
>> What a move.
>> You step in this ring with me tonight and you don't take me serious,
I'll beat all your asses.
>> [NOISE] >> Hey.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> John Cena, you about to get lost in the Woods.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> And Woods is now suddenly gotten
serious as the United States Championship could have been in his grasp, but Cena.
>> You're, right, Michael, I think.
>> Uh-oh, not from up there.
>> This is bad for Xavier.
>> Woods lands and his feet scurries away.
And Cena went for a crossbody Woods ducked underneath and
this could be an opening for Xavier Woods.
>> Wow. >> Planting Cena for the title,
Cena got caught there and just manages to get the shoulder up.
>> [NOISE] >> John, Xavier Woods needed
to land a big blow and perhaps that was it to turn the tide in this match.
>> Well, I think that is incredible, well,
Xavier Woods is obviously incredibly talented athlete.
He got stuck in the entertainment moment this match started,
he grew up pretty quick, what John Cena's all about.
>> No, come on, yeah, look at this.
>> [NOISE] >> Xavier Woods, got caught,
Cena plants him.
>> Entertainment moment might cost Xavier.
>> Cover for the win, and a kickout at two.
>> [NOISE] >> Hang in there, Xavier, hey, Byron,
Muhammad Ali, he was entertaining and
still won quite a few championships himself.
You can do both.
>> Well, when Xavier wins a championship tonight,
then you can say the same thing, >> Xavier
is completely underrated, you don't know much about him better than I do.
>> Actually, I do. >> Look at that.
>> Tremendous ability.
>> Hit right to the bridge of the nose and now, Xavier Woods.
>> Watch this. >> Looking to put Cena away,
face first goes John.
Will woods earn the United States title?
>> Here we go, kick out. >> He gotta be got him,
no, two and a half.
>> The John Cena, US challenge starts now and
if you want some, come get some.
>> [NOISE] >> Here we go, challenge laid down again.
>> Who's gonna step up?
>> [LAUGH] This Monday Night RAW, somebody's gonna step up.
>> Uh-oh.
[MUSIC]
>> Introducing the challenger from the fifth Dimension,
weighing 220 pounds Stardust.
>> Maybe it's not someone steps up, maybe it's it steps up.
[MUSIC]
>> [NOISE] >> Watch this.
>> [NOISE] >> Stardust trying to put away Cena and
capturer the US title.
>> Cena believes that this is an homage to these guys who held his
United States Championship, these Hall of Famers.
But this is also a problem that John Cena is gonna have,
he could lose that championship right now.
>> [NOISE] >> You have an open challenge,
you have no way to prepare for who's coming out, whoa.
>> Wow, and the counter, what a counter by Cena.
>> I don't think he's got one in loss at this point with John Cena and, of course,
you wanna hold on to the United States Championship, but he's chasing history.
>> Ric Flair has held the United States Championship more than any others.
Six-times the United States champion, 700 the cumulative days.
>> [NOISE] >> Cena.
>> And he was a fighting champion just like John Cena.
>> Guys, this could be it.
>> [NOISE] >> Uh-oh,
great counter by Alabama Slammer, we could have us a new champion.
>> Stardust tasting it.
>> So close.
>> You sleep on Star Dust, you're gonna be looking up at the it's gonna be a one,
two, three.
>> [NOISE] >> Because
the United States championships has beaten a guy like John Cena.
>> Stardust trying to put Cena away, look at the strength.
>> That's the power of John Cena, can't called strength.
>> Hook of the leg, good.
>> It's hard to gain plain athleticism.
>> What a match.
>> What we have here is a big question from a big
champion offering a big opportunity in a big match
in that big ring in front of this big audience.
In this big city, all televised on the big network my,
my, my, what a big moment >> If we only
had a big challenger, big review in.
>> A one.
>> A two.
>> A three.
>> Big E.
>> Go.
>> Get him.
>> [NOISE]
>> Big E go shoulder first to the post.
>> [INAUDIBLE] >> Maybe you
have the US Open Challenge, all these superstars are almost salivating at the.
>> Look at the strength of Big E, Big E planting Cena, is it enough?
And a kickout at two.
>> Almost salivating at the thought that this could be their night to change
the complexion of their entire career.
>> [NOISE] >> It's not just, wow.
>> Here's the cover off the splash for the United States title and a kickout.
>> Just went to that United States Championship.
It's winning that United States Championship
from John Cena >> And not only changing the complexion of
your career, but changing the complexion right now in WWE.
Because a win tonight, gives Big E the United States title,
a new day the tag team titles.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> Talk about controlling WWE.
>> [APPLAUSE].
>> And again, John Cena is being decimated.
>> [NOISE]
[MUSIC]
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
>> And there is Dolph Ziggler, it looks like tonight,
he's finally gonna get his opportunity.
[MUSIC]
>> Boy.
>> Cena from the second rope, Ziggler is up there high, looking for
the Attitude Adjustment, Dolph able to fight out of it.
And now, Dolph dropping Cena.
>> Wow.
>> What a DDT.
>> We're could have a new state new United States Champion.
>> For the cover, inside leg hook, Cena kicks out at two.
>> [NOISE] >> Paying
homage to the Hall of Famer, Shawn Michaels, going for the super kick.
>> John Cena with the clothesline, nearly turning Dolph inside out.
>> Look, I admire, this kid is gotta cost him one day.
>> And pick the leg of Dolph, Dolph able to counter with a drop kick.
And now, Cena catching Dolph.
>> That's great.
>> [NOISE] >> The unforgiving power of John Cena.
>> Cena with Dolph up on the shoulders again,
John Cena looking to retain the championship.
>> Dolph, what a counter, a famous right out the Attitude Adjustment, cover for
the title, but kicked out again by Cena.
>> Man.
>> What a move by Ziggler.