Here's what happened at the highly anticipated Raw XXX, held at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia. The show opens with Hulk Hogan arriving on stage with Jimmy Hart. Hogan wants to know what's in Philly. He says a long time ago, when Hulkamania was running wild, a little show called Raw started.
Week after week he got bigger and stronger. Hogan's mic goes out, but he says we're here to celebrate 30 years of Raw. We're celebrating together and he asks, "What are you going to do when Hulkamania and the Eagles are unleashed on you?" Sami Zayn is in the ring with the Official Talking Table and Talking Microphones.
Paul hands Roman a microphone and tells Philadelphia to recognize him. Roman says they should get to work. Heyman introduces himself and says he heard a cheer from three letters near and dear to him. The crowd chants ECW again.
Heyman says ECW is dead and says he wishes the same for Sami Zayn. He says that Sami is a Judas and the traitor of the Isle of Relevance. He's been in a conspiracy with Kevin Owens since day number one. Sami made us feel good about how much he belongs in the lineage.
He makes them feel like Philadelphia Eagles fans. Paul says they'll feel like Eagles fans after BROCK Purdy defeats them. Paul says this is an open and closed case. He has exhibits, but he just needs to show four pieces of footage that Sami Zayn is guilty as charged.
Paul shows proof A. A video from August 12 when Drew McIntyre attacked The Usos but Sami escaped. He was running away like the gutless coward that he is. Let's go to Round B: Raw on August 29 when he refused to hit Kevin Owens with the chair and Jey lost his match.
Let's go to Trial C. After War Games, Sami Zayn is at the top of the cage celebrating victory for individual glory. He gives a 4 Life symbol to Let's Go to Exhibit D: Smackdown on December 23rd when he ran into Roman Reigns during a promo.
Paul says it's the assault on the tribal leader. You want to euthanize his father or castrate his son so you can be the head of the Table. If you're not guilty of anything else, you're guilty of assault. Paul wants this bastard to be guilty.
Paul says the prosecution is done. Sami stands up and says he had a whole defense all lined up and laid out in his head. What he didn't expect was how he felt when he came here. Listening to Paul say to his face after every time she hugs him, that it hurts.
Sami says to watch you play that video and create that video to make it look bad. Do you think he's trying to work with Kevin Owens or take his place? The fact that you think he hurts. After all that happened one. These people see it.
They've seen him all the past nine months. To have him sit here and stand on trial to defend himself, it hurts. Sami says his defense is that he has no defense. Roman looks around and takes a microphone. Roman wants to clear things up: "Don't you have a defense? Do you have so much ego that you won't fight for it? Do you have so much ego that you can't argue for it? I give you opportunity after opportunity and that's the respect you give me?" Roman calls for Solo.
Solo gets behind Sami and prepares for a Samoan Spike, but Jey stops him. Jey defends Sami Zayn by showing him counter-evidence. Roman Reigns forgives Sami Zayn for now but will be ousted at the first mistake.
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