10/24 WWE: Roman Reigns' reveal, Nikki Bella talks 'Divas' and Evolution
State of Combat with Brian Campbell
CBS Sports, Boxing, MMA
4.6 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2018
⏱️ 120 minutes
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Summary
WWE fans went through a full range of emotions this week as Roman Reigns revealed at the start of Raw on Monday the heartbreaking news that the private battle leukemia he has had been waging over the last decade has begun again. Then, just three hours late, Shield brother Dean Ambrose ended the show with a historic heel turn that sent reverberations throughout fans everywhere. Brian Campbell and Adam Silverstein kick off this week's show by discussing Reigns' announcement at length, including what it means for the man Leati Joseph Anoaʻi, WWE as a whole and one day soon the character of Reigns (1:30). The guys then break down Ambrose's shocking turn, what it says about Vince McMahon at age 73 and where the universal title heads from here (23:43). After recapping a bit more of the week that was in WWE, BC and The Silver King welcome Nikki Bella -- the longest-reigning Divas champion -- to the show. Nikki spares no breath defending her sister Brie against hate from internet wrestling fans, standing up for her run in the WWE women's division and explaining how her public-facing life can be challenging (1:14:15). The guys wrap up the show by previewing the card for Evolution, WWE's first-ever all-women's pay-per-view (1:37:00).
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| 0:00.0 | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 1, 0,000, the time has come. |
| 0:27.5 | The time is now. |
| 0:29.3 | In this corner with Brian Campbell returns with the pro wrestling edition. |
| 0:33.2 | And another episode so loaded. |
| 0:36.0 | Let me for once agree with the Silver King here and dispel with the long intro and get right to business. |
| 0:41.7 | So much has happened in the week that was in WWE and beyond news, both incredibly sad and exciting. |
| 0:49.7 | You want the reaction, you want the take. |
| 0:51.8 | Here it comes. |
| 0:52.8 | So my co-host, the Silver King, Adam Silverstein, he's back to join me with a detailed |
| 0:58.7 | reaction along with a equally detailed preview of Sunday's historic WWE evolution |
| 1:04.6 | pay-per-view and a sit-down interview that let me give you a heads up. |
| 1:09.1 | Candid, well done. |
| 1:10.4 | You're going to want to hear this with |
| 1:11.9 | W.W.E superstar Nikki Bella ahead of her well-hyped, well-anticipated showdown with Rhonda |
| 1:18.2 | Rousey this Sunday for the raw women's title. But Silver King, let me welcome you on in. All jokes |
| 1:24.3 | aside, we got some pretty serious business to cover in the main event. So let's kick it off right here. |
| 1:29.7 | Let's get down to business. This is the main event. Absolutely, BC. You know, Raw opened up and you could tell |
| 1:39.0 | really 30 seconds in that something serious was about to go down. And Roman Raines obviously walked |
| 1:45.8 | his way to the ring, announced as part of a longer reveal that he's been battling leukemia. |
| 1:52.5 | He's diagnosed at age 22. He's been battling it for the last 11 years. And it was obviously |
| 1:58.7 | a well-kept secret. I mean, they're certainly coming out of the announcement. |
| 2:03.3 | There were indications that many others knew about it, including his Georgia Tech teammates, |
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