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00:00TOO!
00:24Bring it on, baby! Bring it on, baby!
00:26Let's go! Let's go!
00:28Let's go!
00:36The following contest scheduled for one fall
00:39is for the United States Championship!
00:46Introducing first, the challenger
00:49from Sacramento, California
00:52weighed in at 291 pounds
00:57the Samoan
00:59werewolf
01:01Jacob
01:03Batuu!
01:05The question is, can
01:09Jacob Batuu
01:11follow in the footsteps of his family member
01:14Jay Uso, who earlier tonight won the World Heavyweight Championship
01:18Batuu seeking his first singles title here in WWE
01:23talk about unpredictable
01:27Jacob Batuu does not view Jay Uso as a family member
01:31Jacob Batuu is obsessed with winning gold for his family
01:36and ushering in a new era of Samoan dominance built in his own image
01:42Jacob doesn't say whatever he wants, but it's true
01:45I know that his family is obviously very successful in this business
01:50but whenever I say this guy might be the next one
01:53I'm talking about the entire damn business
01:55not just his family
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02:19They're just teasing us, Wade
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02:27Laird
02:28And Jacob
02:30to fight for a U.S. title
02:33This dude's a dog
02:35Notice that nobody in the audience is booing Jacob Fatou
02:39They simply don't care
02:41and look into those eyes
02:43and the pitiless soul
02:45that resides behind them
02:47and you understand exactly why
02:49Bite your tongues
02:51or he'll bite them for you
03:05With a dime
03:07L-A-U-D
03:08L-A-U-D
03:09I probably believe in that
03:10I don't care
03:11it's a dog
03:13just when you creep up
03:15it might be so funny
03:17I don't care
03:18that's what I look about
03:21so kind of like
03:22that moi
03:24Ant Inter quoi
03:28but how is it going
03:29Late I
03:29But how is it going
03:30Here we go
03:31God
03:32The illegally
03:33looks like you mcafee with the chauffeur driver never in a million years but la knight's arriving
03:43in style they said that that was too live and too loud it overheated max capacity of heat
03:55of la knight in the maserati megastar entrance in the maserati which may well in part be due to the
04:02fact that knight competed twice last night on smackdown and that body took a hell of a lot of
04:10punishment and perhaps he needed a little assistance getting down to the ring this evening
04:15question the smarts of competing so close to this match and his opponent from los angeles california
04:25weighting for 240 pounds he is the united states
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05:07what a hero thank you thank you sir you know the entrances really tell a story wave of the contrasting
05:15styles of the two men in this match well la knight got this place on their feet and you like bob dylan
05:23right exactly well my loins they are a tingling that was the famous bob dylan hit back in the 60s
05:31and tonight la knight wants to deliver a major hit of his own it's actually the times they are changing
05:37that's not how i heard i get your point fought to la night for the united states championship dozens
05:44of wwe hall of famers have held the gold over the years of course the very first was mentioned by
05:50triple h in his hall of fame speech last night the great harley race and tonight la knight looks to
05:55retain jacob fatu looks to win his first ever singles title in wwe
06:04coast to coast coast to coast he is everything that you would want in a champion here at the wwe
06:11last night la i should say last month la night would knock off shinsuke nakamura
06:16oh look at that nice neck breaker by knight this is knight trying to win things quick i think he
06:23took a hell of a beat in last minute oh went for the bft and fatu countered and now knight looking
06:30into the eyes of a werewolf the game plan of la night was perfect until jacob fatu had very different
06:39ideas and there is fear now in the eyes of the megastar you know wait i was going to ask you strategy for la
06:44night against this just crazy guy throw everything you can at the guy and hope whatever body
06:50weaknesses you have another and the ribs of la night look how badly he had to grab them there
06:58that's because of the beatdown last night oh that spine of la night especially the entire midsection two
07:04matches 24 hours before this defense is absolute insanity i love the megastar but sometimes he is
07:12completely delusional with that confidence and he's going to pay the price here jacob fatu is
07:18just a just a crazy individual this guy has done stints in prison when he got out the last time he said
07:24he was going to change his life around slept on a mattress in an abandoned home for a number of months
07:29just to get an opportunity to try to do this get involved in combat sports and he's trying to make the
07:36most of it had to learn a lot of lessons on his road to right now you live that kind of lifestyle
07:41it's going to give you an insatiable hunger that is the scariest part of jacob fatu went for the sunset
07:48flip and la knight moves out of harm's way mentally he's ready physically he's ready is tonight the night
07:55where he gets gold or is la turn it into a cross body lateral press kick out at two
08:02that frenzy of energy that took over this stadium when the megastar arrived has completely been
08:09neutralized now yeah from maserati to now a lot less boom this is uh this is jacob's wrestlemania
08:16debut a couple of important points here wade he's never been pinned or forced to submit in wwe and
08:22he beat braun strowman in a last man standing match to earn this opportunity tonight yeah it
08:27was a match that the whole world thought braun strowman was simply unbeatable in it was a match
08:33that braun strowman has made his own over the past 10 years enter jacob fatu rip up the record box this
08:40guy is completely different to anything we've seen before i mean he's an uber athlete he's got a killer
08:46instinct doesn't give a damn about anybody size and his proportion make him very tall to stop and
08:52smart move by la knight go to the knee take out fatu la knight now with a basement drop kick drives
08:57fatu outside the ring fatu no stranger to the outside of the ring and la knight now drives fatu right
09:03between the announce tables it was an ugly landing for la knight who well may well have jarred those
09:09ribs once again caught the rope on the way through look at la knight he's got about three percent body fat
09:15the amount of work and discipline this man has to the craft of being our champion
09:19he's certainly admirable but he's in a dogfight with a look at that power slam caught night in midair
09:24fatu delivered it trying to win the united states championship hooks the leg now and a kick out
09:31jacob fatu just has that intangible quality that terrifies and captivates in equal measures
09:38a natural born fear factor for the entire locker room due to his abilities to pull up moves like
09:46that in the blink of an eye i like that wade fear factor i mean he defeats opponents before they even
09:52get in the ring with him went for the running senton and knight desperately got the knees up to the spine of
09:58fatu literally anything can happen with jacob fatu he's athletic enough to be able to accomplish any move he
10:04wants to beat your ass but then he can also ground and pound you out of here you get the sense the
10:09game plan of la knight is gone and now it's just a scramble for survival la knight though no stranger
10:14yes that pop up samoa tried it again this time knight able to counter went to the well once too often
10:20maybe not oh la knight nice arm drag what a move by la knight how much is left in this tank of night
10:29he simply can't follow it up he can't follow it up but he's getting a little bit of a breather yeah but
10:34wade you're a five-time intercontinental champion that's what being a champ's all about right digging
10:38down when you have to ability to dig deep when it matters most the problem is can you dig as deep
10:45as jacob fatu the answer maybe yes yeah fatu went face first off the steel post an lla knight with some
10:51body shots kicked out of the midsection and knight starting the attack on fatu that's our us champion
10:59lla knight into the corner with a running knee and from looking sluggish to looking like a perpetual
11:07motion machine once again a lot of years in las vegas shoulder to the post
11:15now on the other side and l.a knight starting to put the beating on jacob fatu
11:21now turns him inside out l.a knight with an opportunity l.a knight knew he was in for a
11:27flight and he was ready for it now he's going to the sky yeah top rope by knight takes down fatu big
11:34elbow cover for his retention at vegas and a kick out at two well how clever was that of l.a knight
11:40adapting mid-air clearly jacob fatu was supposed to be lying flat on his back like most opponents
11:49gets up to his feet but knight still connects with that elbow just goes to show you simply can't keep
11:55jacob fatu down for longer back again on the offense l.a knight just threw his absolute best shot
12:03at fatu just has this beyond human ability to regenerate in record time
12:09all those lessons we talked about earlier top this great and l.a knight he knew it was coming
12:15and again knight knows fatu well great defense there great defense but how do you follow it up
12:22when you're about to stuff it knocked out of you and your ribs are on fire go for broke l.a knight that's
12:28what he's trying to do here trying to hook fatu who's hung up on the top rope big elbow drops knight
12:32l.a knight now oh and he turns it around fatu face first knight for the win what a move by l.a knight
12:45fatu kicks it two and a half senior official charles robinson was right there with the call
12:52incredible athleticism balance and raw power from the mega star that really should have been enough
13:00but fatu once again equal to it l.a knight at this stage of the match being able to jump all the way
13:06up to the top rope it's that kevorka that's thick in the air here in las vegas for the bmt the blunt
13:13force trauma fatu follows it up with a superkick drop side of the corner l.a is in trouble back him on up
13:19looking fresh as a daisy once again is fatu and again
13:23jade's a rikishi just eating fatu for dinner great umaga the nephew of both men is jacob now heads
13:34out to the apron five two heading up to the top rope jacob fatu from the top swanton for the united
13:43states championship cover by five two kick out by nine and two what a matchup for the united states
13:49title 2.99 after jacob fatu did the unthinkable with a beautiful maneuver that swanton from the top
13:59that really should have put the mega star away but the mega star just grows into the brightest of
14:06spotlights and it gets no brighter than wrestlemania i don't know how the hell l.a knight still fight
14:15first singles championship match in wwe for fatu
14:22l.a knight with much more experience when it comes to that at this level absolutely
14:28jacob fatu just throwing head but l.a knight as the crown's coming alive here
14:38split ground captivated by jacob fatu
14:45and his insane abilities top rope moves oh caught him with a bft l.a knight with a bft
14:52and jacob fatu stays alive holy hell l.a knight picked fatu out of midair and a moonsault with a bft one of the biggest bfts of his career
15:12from unbelievable to unfortunate in the space of three seconds a perfectly executed bft
15:20against the flying opponent just landed so badly for l.a knight
15:26picked off jacob fatu in the sky that may have been l.a knight's last hurrah or was it
15:32well knight still fighting back batu is hurting in a big way here unsurprisingly after that bft
15:38okay l.a knight ribs ribs first on the top buckle
15:43and l fatu right to the small of the back the ribs again wearing down the champion who would think of
15:49hitting a sense of hitting a sense of hitting a sense of in that position
15:52so jacob obviously oh there's a samoan drop from the top
15:57every move so powerful and devastating but two top rope moves off connects
16:02jacob fatu's not done yet jacob's gonna go up top again with another moonsault
16:09cover by fatu jacob fatu is the united states champion
16:16here is your winner here to celebrate the legendary
16:35as jacob fatu as jacob fatu wins the first singles goal of his career in wwe
16:51first of many we all assume but you have to appreciate your first ever title jacob fatu
17:08i mean this is an incredible match wade both men showing a plus athleticism this was the moment it
17:14looked like the megastar may have done the incredible putting away fatu but this man just bounces back
17:21time and time again and that is just a work of art from the ultimate savage in this industry
17:29and la knight was giving it everything he got but when you absorb this kind of punishment
17:34although that was a moment with a bft connected out of nowhere and fortuitously for fatu he just
17:41landed in the right spot to grab the roadside everything fatu does is impressive including pop-up
17:47moonsaults off the top rope he hit three of them on la knight and that was all he needed to become our
17:56united states champion at wrestlemania 41. ladies and gentlemen what an incredible night
18:06for the anawaii family bloodline jacob fatu is now the united states champion
18:14the united states championing so