Cannon, and this guy...
-Raaah! -...is my best friend.
-And I’m Kevin Hart, and this guy here...
-[ Laughs ]
-...is someone who calls me their best friend.
-Take it from us,
there’s nothing that besties do better...
-Than pranking each other.
Oh! -[ Laughs ]
Nothing brings friends closer together
than a good prank done well.
-And that’s why we created "Celebrity Prank Wars"...
-You have entered battle.
-Dear God.
-...the show where we help our famous friends...
[ Horn blows ]
...pull off some of the most elaborate...
-I’m [bleep], man.
-Oh, [bleep]. -...unexpected...
...adrenaline-pumping...
-Oh, [bleep].
-...and eye-opening pranks.
[ Laughter ]
-Each week, Nick and myself pair up with a different celebrity
to engage in a prank war.
-That is where the slime is gonna come from.
-Come from the ceiling? -Vomit is good.
-He wanted to prank me? -What?!
-After team one pulls their prank...
Let’s get it!
...the other team has to get their revenge.
-I need retribution. -Oh, my gosh.
[ Both laugh ]
-Now on "Celebrity Prank Wars"...
-The New Day. -Big E versus Xavier and Kofi.
-"Celebrity Prank Wars"...
-Starts now.
♪
What’s going on? I’m Kevin Hart. -I’m Nick Cannon.
-And right now on "Celebrity Prank Wars,"
we’ve got the WWE superstars... -The New Day.
Yes, it’s Big E versus Xavier and Kofi.
-A stable of three WWE superstars,
Count ’em, three.
And when their powers combine,
they call themselves The New Day...
-The New Day. -The New Day, man.
This is a big episode, right? We got to wrestle.
What is that? -Black wrestler.
That’s the wrestling mat.
-Well, now we see why you didn’t wrestle.
Yeah, go ahead and dislocate your damn arm.
Go ahead. Right now. -That actually kind if hurt.
-Yeah. Alright, Nick, who you taking?
-I’m gonna go ahead and take Xavier and Kofi.
-That’s fine. That’s fine.
I mean, we got to split the three of them up anyway,
so it’s got to be two against one.
-You get Big E. -Fine. I’ll take Big R.
We’ll kick y’all... -Whoa!
-And then what will Nick do?
He’ll have a tough time following, as usual.
-What are you talking about? -Start out with a big prank,
you follow with a stupid question.
That’s how our show goes. Always the same.
♪
[ Cellphone rings ]
-Hey, what’s up, Kev? How you doing, man?
-Well, man, listen, I’m stoked to be working with you.
So look. So you and I, we’re going to be
pranking Xavier and Kofi. -Beautiful, beautiful.
-Alright, tell me about your group dynamic, right?
What would be a good starting point for a prank?
-Well, man, everything you see on screen
is us in real life, man.
That bond, that brotherhood is real.
-Okay, that’s perfect. We can use that.
So we just put you in a situation where that bond
is brought to the surface. -Gotcha, gotcha.
Yeah, so I’ve known Xavier and Kofi for over a decade.
We’ve worked together since 2014 as a tag team.
We’ve been all around the world together.
And it’s best to prank your brothers, you know?
The people closest to you, they make the best marks.
My philosophy with pranks is you have to know the mark.
And I know those guys, and the love is real.
We love each other very deeply,
but I’m going to exploit that love.
I’m usually very much in control, very level-headed.
So I think an opportunity
to to lose control up there would be really good here.
-What do you mean? Lose control of your mind?
Is that what you’re talking about? Your body?
-Maybe a mix of both. Maybe a little mix of both.
Man, why not?
I’m not a huge pranker.
Actually, I’ve never pranked Kofi and Woods.
Now that I think about it, not once.
This is the opportunity to finally get those guys
because they love pranks.
So, what if I make them think that I’m hypnotized?
-Wait a minute. Wait a minute. So you get hypnotized?
-Yeah, I think that would get them good.
We make them think that I’m hypnotized,
I’m under control, I’m in a trance.
But let’s say I actually end up disappearing,
and I’m somewhere in the streets,
just who knows where I’m at.
I think that would spook them real good.
-Oh, that would be a lot of fun. Well, then what?
You just walk off while you boys are distracted?
-Yeah, I think I should disappear.
-Okay. -Yeah, I think something like
that would be fun.
-Okay, look, I know a guy named Ricky Kalmon.
So Ricky, he’s a world famous
mentalist and hypnotist, right?
He’ll be perfect. -I like that.
-He’ll play it so real, too.
-Yeah. Yeah, perfect. So, he’s good at what he does?
-Listen to me. He’s the best.
So be careful, alright?
I’ll tell him to make sure he doesn’t actually
hypnotize you. I say just --
just give you, you know, make it more smoke
and mirrors there than anything.
-I appreciate you. -But, I mean, look,
you have to convince Xavier and Kofi
to attend one of his seminars. -Okay.
-Can you do that? Can you convince them
to come two days from now?
-You know it. -Alright, done.
-That’s the prank. That’s it right there.
Xavier and Kofi, you two,
you think you’re the prank masters.
You think you guys got this, but I’m going to show you
A little something about pranking, yeah, yeah.
I’mma set the bar real high,
so high that you’ll need a plane.
You better hop in a jet to fly over that bar.
That’s how high the bar will be, so I can’t wait.
Can’t wait, can’t wait.
-Alright, so I’m gonna get together with my producers,
and I’ll get together with Ricky too
and then we’ll set up a seminar, alright?
And you figure out the whole world
of getting the guys there. That’s your to-do.
-Beautiful, beautiful man. I can’t wait.
This is going to be real good.
Kofi and Woods, they’re not going to be easy
to prank because they know me well.
You know, we spend so much time around each other
that if I’m not razor sharp with my delivery,
if they sense just a little bit of something,
me cracking, whatever it is,
they can sense it just like that.
So it’s not going to be easy. I have to be P’s and Q’s
on this one.
Tell your producers this has got to be huge and I have to win.
-Hey, listen, listen. Without a doubt.
Look, we’re going to win. There’s no other option.
-I appreciate you. Can’t wait, man.
-This is going to be perfect.
I mean, I always wanted to incorporate
Ricky Kalmon into a prank.
See, Ricky -- Ricky’s a world famous hypnotist,
motivational speaker and mindset expert may I add.
Xavier and Kofi know exactly who he is,
so if E agrees to get hypnotized by Ricky
at the event, well, they will believe it.
They’ll have to believe it.
Now, what they won’t know is that Ricky’s working
for me and E.
My goal here is to see if we can make
Xavier and Kofi believe
that E is stuck in a trance and it’s all their fault, right?
It’s a big idea, so we got to get to work.
You know that means.
It’s time for E to meet my producer,
Kevin, and Ricky, to get this prank underway.
♪
[ Cellphone rings ]
-He should fit into our plan pretty well.
Let’s get him on the FaceTime here.
[ Line ringing ]
Here he is, we got him. Ricky.
-Hello. -Alright, so I’m going to let
you talk to E and see
if we can make this plan come to life, alright?
-Awesome, Kevin. -Ricky, what’s going on?
-Hey, Big E. I’m a big fan.
This is going to be really cool.
Talk to me. -I gotta get these guys.
I gotta get them. Word on the street
is you’re the one to bring all this together,
so I think we can cook something up.
-I am super excited. I am open to ideas.
-Perfect. I want these guys to think they’re in control.
But really, I’m in control.
-Oh, I love it. I love it.
What if I put you in a trance
that maybe you can’t come out of it?
So they think that you’re hypnotized,
and I will tell them that there’s
a key word to wake Big E up, but he doesn’t really wake up.
They panic because he’s not
waking up from this hypnotic trance.
-Ooh, I love it. -And what we’ll do is
we’ll make it look like they’re controlling you
and they’re feeding me ideas, but really,
at the end of the day, we’re going to get them
because we’re going to put a spin on it
where you’re maybe out of control
and I don’t know what to do. -Oh, what if I --
what if I go missing and you can’t find me for a bit?
-What a sec? What do you mean, like, go missing?
-I just leave, yeah, and they can’t find me.
-Oh, my God.
-They’ll be freaking out. I love that.
-Well, as long as they freak out and they don’t
come back at me.
-No, no, no. You’ll be good. -You got my back?
-You’ll be good, yeah.
But let’s mess with them a little bit here.
-I’m in for it. -Beautiful, I can’t wait.
It’s going to be delicious. Alright, looks like we got it.
Let’s do it.
♪
-Now, as soon as I have Ricky on board, I have my crew start
setting up an event space for, like, a motivational seminar,
right, that Big E, well,
Big E can attend and he can bring Xavier and Kofi.
But Xavier and Kofi know Big E so well,
so I got to make sure that he plays this right.
It’s so important.
That’s why I arranged for Big E to spend some extra time
with Ricky before the prank begins
to learn how a hypnotized person would act
in a situation like this.
-This is going to be the area where
the entire "event" takes place,
and we’re gonna bring the guys in.
So it should look like a place
where you meet a motivational mindset expert.
And speaking of which, we have a motivational mindset expert.
We have Ricky Kalmon.
World famous. -Pleasure, nice to meet you.
-Great to meet you. -You, sir. Yes, sir.
-We have a lot in common.
We have the same workout routine.
-Clearly, clearly. -I can really tell.
So I’m going to clue you in what it would feel like
if you were hypnotized. -Okay.
-So if you will, I’m going to have you sit down
for a couple minutes and I’m going to show you
what it’s going to feel like.
-We’re cooking up a little something.
We bring in Ricky, this world class hypnotist.
We’re under the guise that we’re just all here
for this teambuilding experience,
but those guys would think that I’m being under,
and then that they’ll be able
to manipulate me and do some things.
But really, Ricky and I are going to be in this together,
and I’m not actually going to be under.
-I’m going to show you a couple exercises.
Eventually, I’m gonna ask you to close your eyes
and I’ll grab your hand and I’ll ask you just
to close your eyes and take a deep breath.
And then I’ll ask you to let every muscle relax,
loose and limp like a ragdoll.
The audience is gonna be watching.
Now the big thing is a hypnotized person doesn’t laugh,
doesn’t giggle, so keep your concentration.
And then when I say, "And relax,"
I’m going to have you -- I’m gonna to drop
your arm like this. Exactly.
So then when you open your eyes, like boom, open your eyes,
Welcome back. Hey, how are you?
So whatever suggestion I give you,
let it become real and vivid, okay?
-Okay. -And just keep your focus.
So, for example, I might say you can’t get up.
You can’t get up. Stand up for a second.
It’s like you just can’t. What? What’s going on?
Is everything okay? Maybe he is under.
-[ Laughs ] -So you can’t laugh.
You can’t laugh. -Alright.
-Alright, there you go.
So whatever I do to you, look at me,
like, what did I do? -Gotcha.
-And we’re going to have a lot of fun.
-Okay. -That’s part one.
But then we’re going to do a fun little addition to this.
-I’m going to marry a mannequin.
-Is this a good idea or not? Sleep.
You feel your body getting heavier and heavier.
-What the [bleep]? What just happened to you?
-Get him, please. -Sorry. Guys, hold on!
-Oh, Nick, they said he’s in traffic.
-He’s across the street?
♪
-Alright, so we got a prank war going today between Big E
who will be breaking his New Day teammates
Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston.
Now, Big E got them to agree to attend a motivational seminar
with mindset expert Ricky Kalmon.
Honestly, I’m a little worried about
Big E being able to pull one over on two guys
that he spends so much damn time with,
but we’re going for it.
-So whatever I do to you, look at me like,
what did I do? -Gotcha.
-And we’re going to have a lot of fun.
-Okay. -That’s part one.
But then we’re going to do a fun little addition to this.
-Ooh. I’ve been cooking up a premise.
I’m going to marry a mannequin while I’m under this trance.
-And then when you wake up, I’m going to say
you are in a wedding chapel in Las Vegas.
It’s 10 years in advance, and you are getting married.
When your eyes are open,
you’re going to see the woman of your dreams.
-So I’ve kind of been the butt of jokes
in a way I’m one of the few people my age
that we work with who’s not married.
For the longest time, I said, I’m never getting married.
It’s not happening, so the fact that
I’m actually getting married in front of these guys
and it’s a mannequin makes it, you know, really appropriate.
-The most important thing we get to do is get into position
because the guys are here. Let’s do this.
-Alright. Alright, let’s go.
-Thank you.
-Alright, folks. Here we go.
Roll and record, people.
-What we got going today, Darnell.
-Well, Nicholas, I thought we’d do something a little different.
No pranks, just watching WWE superstars
attend a self-help seminar.
I mean, what’s more exciting than personal growth?
-Very suspicious, Hart. -[ Laughs ]
-Hey, guys. So we’re really excited
about having this mindset
and motivational speaker here today.
He’s traveled the world, performing
and hypnotizing thousands of people in his career.
Let’s give a big round of applause
to our guest, Ricky Kalmon.
[ Applause ]
-Hey. Thank you very much.
I am super excited to spend some time with you.
I’m going to share with you some very simple techniques
on how you can get your mind to work for you
rather than against you at times.
In fact, let me show you something really quick.
Everybody take your hands, lock them together,
make a tight fist.
Take your two index fingers,
stick them up towards the ceiling,
separate you two fingers
about an inch space away from each other.
Excellent. Bring your palms together.
I want you to visualize one thing.
I have a piece of string,
and I’m wrapping that string around your two fingers.
Look at your fingers get drawn together.
Closer and closer. -It’s working.
[ Laughter ]
-It’s kind of wild, isn’t it?
Some of you are tripping right now.
By the way, you can stop. We’re done.
[ Laughter ]
-You got WWE superstars, and this is what you do?
-Have a little patience, Nick.
-It really does teach you that your mind
can take over unconsciously,
how much in life our decisions,
our actions all determined by that playing field
between our ears.
Hey, how you doing, Big E? -I’m good, I’m good.
-I’m a little shook now, but I’m good.
-Can I have you come sit with me up here?
-Sure, sure. -Yeah, okay.
Is this is a good idea or not? -Bye-bye.
-It seems like a great idea. -Alright.
They’re just happy I’m not picking on them right now.
-[ Laughs ] -That’s what it’s all about.
-Exactly. I’m being victimized.
-Okay, guys. We’re in phase one.
Big E is going to volunteer to go under.
With your permission, may I ask you to relax
a little bit with us here today? -Sure, yeah.
-Okay. I’m gonna take you through a little
breathing exercise.
Just take a deep breath for me,
and just let it out slowly.
Perfect.
Let your body just discover
its own natural pace of relaxation.
Just kind of relax. Awesome. Wonderful.
Would it be okay if I asked you to close your eyes right now?
Now just relax your breathing
and let yourself just go into state.
That’s it, just relax way down.
You feel your body getting heavier and heavier.
Loose and limp, heavier and heavier.
-Oh, wow.
Wha--
What the [bleep]? What just happened to you?
-I was watching.
-You, too? -He’s good.
-Get yourself together, Nick.
-Now, Big E right now can hear me clearly and distinctly.
I’m going to let you wake him up from this hypnotic state,
this trance-type state.
I just need a key word that maybe he might recognize.
Just anything. -Pancakes.
-Pancakes? -Yeah.
-Pancakes? -Yeah, it’s better than --
What’s that? Your stupid word that you use?
-Pineapples. -Pineapples?
Why would you make your safe word pineapple?
That’s sound like some [bleep] that would hurt.
-Pineapple is a safe sex word.
-Yeah. -You don’t have one.
Your safe sex word is "no condoms."
[ Laughs ]
-Kiss my ass.
-So. that’s our key word.
So, Big E, anytime you hear the word "pancakes" today,
you are removed from any hypnotic state.
You’re going to wake up a little confused.
And no matter what happens,
you’re not upset with me whatsoever.
That’s experience. [ Laughter ]
So, Kevin? -Yeah.
-Can you bring a chair in?
And then, one, two, three, open your eyes.
Welcome back. Hey, how are you?
-Good. -Come on over here.
-Yeah. See?
Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Alright, Alright. Have a seat right here.
I want you to be a little closer.
We’re going to get off this little couch here and...
-Sit down? -Yeah, just sit down
and just real -- just get a little bit over this way.
Boy, you are a big guy. Okay, sleep, relax.
Way down. Deep, deep, way down. Way down, glued to your seat.
Okay, let’s transport Big E somewhere else.
In a few moments, he’s going to wake up where he thinks he’s in
Las Vegas, Nevada, 10 years in advance.
He’s going to get married to the woman of his dreams.
Would you guys help me out? -Yeah.
-Let’s see here quick. Kofi, come on over here.
Xavier, if you come over on this side.
Prove it, let’s go. Alright.
-Where they taking him? Hmm, Nick?
-This is a weird bachelor party.
[ Laughter ]
Dressed for the occasion.
-Yeah, right?
-There we go. Perfect.
Okay, perfect. -Oh, look at this.
-This is a good prank. -It’s wedding reception.
-It’s some weird stuff going on.
-[ Laughs ]
-Oh, that’s not a woman. That’s a mannequin, Nick.
Let’s see what happens.
-Look at her face. -She’s ready.
-She’s smiling, -She’s so happy.
-Alright, here we go.
One, two and three.
[ Snaps finger ]
Hey, how are you? -Good.
Why don’t you stand up? Here’s your moment.
-You are so beautiful.
I never thought I’d get married,
and I’m ready to be the man that you’ve dreamed of.
[ Laughter ]
-Uh-oh.
-Oh. You might -- you might to stop him.
Uh-oh! Oh! -[ Laughs ]
♪
-Uh-oh! Oh! -[ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
Yeah! You might -- you might want to stop him.
-Oh! Oh!
Don’t -- don’t kiss the mannequin.
-This is good. -Don’t kiss the mannequin!
By the way, you know, people are out there
doing that type of [bleep]? -Yeah, they are.
-Some nasty people out here in the world.
-And mannequins can’t get pregnant.
-What?
-Oh! Uh-oh!
-Whoo!
-[ Mouths words ]
-Pancakes. -Pancakes.
-Oh. Pancakes. -Pancakes.
-Pancakes? -[ Laughing ] Pancakes.
-Oh, God. -Oh.
-He’s in there. -Oh, no.
Are we okay?
-Oh, my goodness. Look at this.
They can’t bring him out, Nick.
They can’t take him out the trance.
-Pan-- Pancakes? -Are we doing alright?
-I don’t know. -What’s the deal with pancakes?
-So, we used throw pancakes in the audience.
-What did -- -I don’t understand?
You would throw it? People would actually like...
-They would catch them, and people have saved them.
-But was this, like, did it scare him at all?
Like, is something -- This is not normal.
Like, when I do my show, people don’t, like,
if they don’t want to be there, they’ll, like, wake up.
-Yeah. -I mean, there’s nothing keeping
somebody in a hypnotic state.
I don’t -- And I’ve never seen this in my 30 years.
-Oh, so this is the prank? You can’t get him out of it.
So, he’s not really hypnotized? -Yes, yes.
-You’re good. This is good. I’ll give you that.
-Yes. It’s called well-thought out.
-I mean, I just don’t know. I mean -- I mean...
And let me just use my own method.
-Yeah. -I hate -- I’m sorry, guys.
-Oh, no. -I know this is your moment,
but I don’t -- I don’t really understand, so...
I mean, trust me, I know what I’m doing.
I just don’t know what is...
Guys, where’d he go?
-Where did -- where did he go?
Well, no [bleep]. I’ll check the restroom.
-Okay, they are looking.
-Why’s my heart racing right now?
-I know. -Is he there?
-Umm... -He’s not in the restroom.
-So, where’d he go?
-He will be right back.
Don’t worry about it. We are handling it.
-Wow. -What does handling mean?
-He’s crossing the street. I gotta run after him.
-He’s across the street? -He’s crossing the street.
So he is crossing...the street.
-No, we gotta -- somebody get him.
-Okay, he’s chasing him. He’s after him.
-Oh, Nick. They said he’s out -- He’s in traffic.
What’s he doing in traffic? -Why y’all gotta go extra?
-Huh? -That’s dangerous.
Come on. Come on, it’s not dangerous.
It’s called theater of the mind.
-Yeah, yeah, get him. Get him, please.
-Sorry. Guys, hold on.
-E, come back. Get over here. He’s across the street.
He just missed -- Just missed a truck.
-If he gets hit by a car or something...
-E! Hang tight.
-Well, what is -- what’s this? -Has he ever, like,
done anything like this before?
-No. -Has he ever, like,
run away from a situation before?
-No, not at all. Has this happened with you?
-This has never happened to me ever in anything I’ve ever done.
-Are they -- Are they getting them?
-It’s all good. It’s all good.
Tell them we’re bringing him back.
-Okay.
-So, what happened?
-Okay. He’s down the street.
They got him back there. They are on the way back now.
-I got him. -You got him?
-I got him. -He’s with you right now.
-I’m exhausted, but I got him.
-So, hey, this is --
You’re wide awake. Everything’s fine, right?
Who is this right here?
-It’s Brandy. -Okay.
That didn’t work waking him up.
So this is -- let’s just -- can we just --
Can we start over?
And I’m just going to wake him up
because I’m really uncomfortable with this fact
and what’s going on. So as a side note,
I just want to have a heart to heart with you.
[ Snaps finger ]
How are you doing?
-I’m good. -Wide awake.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m -- I’m awake.
-Can you tell me what this is?
-This is a mannequin.
And you two got got!
I gotcha, I gotcha and I gotcha!
You think I was thinking that was my wife!
-Ha, ha, ha, ha! Ha, ha!
Ha! Ha! Ha! -[ Grunting ]
-Look at the concern on your face!
-We fear for you life in the streets!
-Oh, no! -You out in streets of Atlanta!
-He’s in love with a mannequin!
Oh, no! Look at you.
-That’s called a good prank, Nick.
Had everybody sitting in the trance,
oh, my God, what’s he doing? He’s marrying a mannequin.
He’s kissing a mannequin. -I like what you did.
-Oh, no. Wait. No, what you doing?
He’s still stuck in a trance. He’s running out.
Stop him! Stop him!
Now, he’s street, now he’s in a car doing whatever.
That’s how you execute on a high level.
-I like it. -I’m like looking at your face
when you’re going into the trance.
I’m like, "Is he working us?
Nah, he’s -- -Yeah.
"Oh, he’s real." No cracks.
This isn’t acting.
-So when you slumped over and the vein came out,
I was like, "Oh, he’s asleep for real.
He’s sleep for real."
-They bought it. They bought it.
Hook, line and sinker. -Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
-Yeah, they were all concerned for your boy.
I saw the tears starting to well up a little bit.
-We’ve been waiting for years for that feeling.
We were so happy to see. -A big change,
a big turnaround for you.
-Right, that’s the closest you’ll
probably see. [ Laughter ]
-So savor it, you know?
Soak it up, enjoy it.
-I’m glad you got these strong words,
because trust us, you’re going to eat them.
You want to come around here and pretend to be hypnotized
and pretend to be in love with your pretend mannequin wife
10 years in the future in pretend Las Vegas?
But how dare you? How dare you?
What did we do to deserve this? Nothing!
-That prank got levels. You thought this one out?
-Prank God. -But revenge is coming, baby.
-Alright. Well, I would love to see
what that revenge is going to look like.
-It’s about to. See, I like what you did
because you put -- you put wrestlers
who can tell what’s real and what’s fake.
People always say that, but it’s about to get real.
It’s about to get real.
Real, real. Oh, yeah, brother. Yeah.
-Don’t -- alright. -Oh, yeah.
-Okay. Guys, we’re gonna take a quick commercial break.
-What the Cannon has coming for you. -We’ll right back
with more "Celebrity"... -Oh, yeah.
-..."Prank Wars" after this. This is ridiculous.
-Yeah. Oh, yeah. Championship pranking, yeah.
-Okay. Alright. -Oh, yeah.
Snap into a Slim Jim.
Man, what’s happening? -Prank master Nick,
What up, baby?
-We definitely need to get him back.
We’re gonna put him in the crossfires.
-For you. Chips for you.
Anything else. You’re being kind of a dick.
-This going on somebody’s face.
♪
-Two of the New Day today.
It’s two -- it’s two new days today, New Day today.
You know what I’m saying, man? What’s happening?
-Hey. -What’s up, man?
-Yo, Big E got y’all asses good, man.
I saw the whole thing. -Yeah, man.
We definitely need to get him back.
-Yo, well, hey, that’s why I’m calling, man.
Come on. I’m -- I’m your "get back at Big E" life coach.
Talk to me. What’s his deal?
-So he’s -- he’s a gentle, giant, soft spoken,
but I’d say his biggest thing
is that he does not enjoy confrontation.
-Okay. Okay, yeah. -He despises it.
It makes him very uncomfortable, very awkward.
Which is different because you look at him normally
and he’s very confident.
This puts him like in a light that is just, it’s not E.
We want to put him in that uncomfortable spotlight.
-Yeah. -And all three of you guys
in The New Day, y’all got the reputation
of being super positive, right?
-You think about WWE, you know, you think big,
aggressive wrestlers.
But us, we wear unicorn horns, we wear bright colors.
You know, we’re all about entertaining the kids
and, you know, very different
than what you would typically expect.
-I got it. This is what we should do.
We should flip that whole nice-guy reputation and then, like,
push you guys to a point where you become the bad guy.
-That sounds perfect. -And make it all happen
right in front of Big E.
-Yeah, that -- that would be great.
-So if we get a smaller guy who’s kind of got a chip
on his shoulder. -Definitely smaller than us
so it looks like we’re -- I’m normally against bullying,
but if we could look like bullies, that would be great.
-Yeah, we could definitely make this happen.
-He doesn’t like confrontation. A lot of people don’t know that.
So we’re gonna put him in the crux,
in the crossfires of confrontation.
-Yeah, we got this, though. This is ours. Let’s go!
Prank King and The New Day.
-Alright, man. -Peace.
So Big E’s popping off big guns.
Well, guess what we got.
-Big Cannon! -The big Cannon, baby!
-A Hart cannot withstand a Cannon.
-Oh!
Oh!
That’s off the cuff!
♪
-We know that Big E really value The New Day’s reputation
of being the nicest guys in the business.
Xavier and Kofi plan to put that reputation in jeopardy
by escalating a disagreement with a complete stranger
to a bare knuckle brawl.
-Hey, guys. -what’s going on?
I’m Nick’s producer, Tony. -Oh, perfect.
-Nice to meet you. -What’s up, man.
-So let’s start from the top.
How do we get him into our prank world?
-We’re thinking, what? Kind of...
-Something that we’d be doing normally.
-Normally, yeah.
So maybe we set it up as, like, a like a photo shoot.
-Yeah, if we could have, like, a greenroom set-up.
That way we’re all relaxing,
we can talk to him and kind of feel him out.
-Nick told me he also wanted a really big
PA actor for this. -Nope, nope.
That’s -- -No? Okay.
-No, we want to get somebody smaller.
-Smaller. -With a bad attitude.
You know, he’s got to be a real jerk, you know?
So he can really get, like, just get under our skin.
-Okay. -And especially since
everything’s gotta seem at least
a little justified from our standpoint
for E to actually feel that it’s real
because he knows us and he knows that we wouldn’t act
like that unless it was warranted.
-Yeah. -I’m thinking we had this
little last scene where E finally gets
his eyes on what’s going on,
if that could be as ridiculous as possible.
If I could, like, go through a wall or something.
-[ Laughs ] Yeah.
-So the smaller guy’s going to throw you through,
what are you thinking? -A picture?
-Through a painting. So I’m kind of hanging a half
in the wall, half out, just so it looks insane.
-That is so ridiculous. I think he might buy it.
-[ Giggles ]
♪
-So you think that you’ve got this whole nice guy persona
that everybody thinks you’re just the nicest guy?
-"Nice guy." -But we’re gonna show everybody
exactly how angry you can get, because we know you.
We know the Real E.
-It’s revenge prank day.
Now, the goal here is to make Big E really believe
that this is going to be like a real fight
that could ruin The New Day’s reputation.
So to get this right,
I scheduled the guys to show up a little bit earlier
so they can go over every little detail.
-Alright, guys. So this is what we talked about, right?
Here’s our VIP greenroom. -Okay.
-This perfect. -This is nice.
-That’s some good accoutrement here.
-I don’t want to mess this up. What exactly are we asking for?
-You guys are not very happy about the water choices, right?
-You guys are asking for your very special water
that was on your rider.
And who’s going to bring it to you?
It’s going to be our man, Michael, over here.
-Pleasure. Kofi, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, bro. -Xavier.
-Nice to meet you, man. -You’re going to be mean to us?
-Oh, yeah. This is going all in somebody’s face.
-Yeah, but we really want to put E, like, in a weird spot,
right, where we want to test his patience?
-For sure. -Is that it?
-We’ll see what you do, E.
You gonna get mad?
You gonna throw something? You gonna kick somebody?
You’re gonna throw a person, huh?
That’s assault.
Can we get Big E to commit assault on camera?
-Oh! -Oh!
-So what we’re going to do
is we’re going to have our very rude
PA here get fired by his boss.
This is Aisha. -Hello.
-Aisha, greet the team. -How are you?
-Good to meet you. Thank you.
-So, when she fires him, where’s the painting?
-Well, we’ve got a great actor who’s going to act
very rude towards us.
-This actor is also going to be
the alleged "artist" of a painting.
-So, this is the painting that everyone is up in arms about.
No one likes this. Our PA Michael here,
he’s not going to like that
and he’s going to want to throw hands.
-Over the painting? -Over this painting, right.
-Did he paint it? -I’m telling you, man,
I poured hours into that thing.
[ Laughter ]
-Chips for you. Chips for you.
-I’m a little concerned about my man.
How is Big E going to react?
-I’m going to go talk to Michael.
-It’s fight or flight.
-Oh, my God. -Oh [bleep].
♪
-Alright, now Xavier and Kofi are minutes away
from getting their revenge on their New Day teammate
and all-around sweatheart Big E.
Now, they’re working out the prank’s
final moments with my producer, Tony.
-We’ve got a great actor
who going to act very rude towards us.
-This actor is also going to be
the alleged "artist" of a painting.
-I poured hours into that thing, yeah.
-This painting is hideous,
and as soon as we get eyes on it,
we are going to run it verbally into the ground.
-Really just make fun of it.
-Not only did he lose his job, you’re disrespecting
his artistic and creative expression.
-It’s the last straw. -Okay.
And we want to throw you through this painting, right?
Okay, we’re going to make a big commotion.
Things are going to get broken.
It’s looking like he’s going to be showing up any minute now,
and then we’ll get this prank going, okay?
-Let’s do it. Perfect.
-How is Big E going to react
in the presence of a very rude person?
-And then if that rude person ends up beating
the crap out of us and then Big E appearing,
what does he do?
-Does he not care about us?
He’s not gonna defend our honor?
-That would be unfortunate.
-Team Nick is locked and loaded. The set is ready.
The breakaway props have been placed,
and my annoying little assistant
is standing by to be a Hart-hole.
Waters are nice and calm.
That means it’s time to go prank fishing, baby.
Reel ’em in.
-Great to have you guys.
We’re just going to get you all set up.
-This is nice. Is this like --
Which airport is this?
-I asked for a short actor to play a real asshole,
but you weren’t available,
so we had to go with 5’7" white dude.
This is actually something you actually
would have been good in. -Shut up, Nick.
-Alright, guys. I’ll be right back.
-Hold up. Why is the clown so sad?
-Why hang this here. -You don’t like it?
-No, this -- -It’s kind of weird.
-Yeah. -Not really clown guys.
-Weird expression on that clown’s face.
That’s kind of like the face you make every time
you lose these prank wars.
Let’s see.
-Yeah, that’s it. That’s it.
Stop. Stop staring at me.
-You know, I went to art school. What do I know, you know?
Don’t even worry about it. Don’t even worry about it.
Just come on in.
-It’s fine for the studio,
not for the rest of the house or anything.
-Alright, this ain’t bad.
[ Door slams ]
-Slamming it? -Great.
-Oh, is this the spread? -That’s the spread.
So, can I get you guys anything?
-Chips will do. Something salty, you know?
-Yeah, yeah, whatever, whatever. I’ll get you your chips.
Okay? Alright, just chill out for a second.
-[ Laughs ] He banged the door in our face.
-Why is he mad? -I don’t know.
But I don’t think we should ask.
In fact, I think we should ask him what he needs.
-[ Laughs ] -He looked stressed, right?
You know, I’m a little concerned about my man.
These strawberries are rotten.
-[ Laughing ] Oh, no.
-They’re not rotten. Here, let me see.
It’s a good-tasting strawberry.
[ Door bangs ]
-Oh, that door is heavy. How’s it going?
-Good, good, good. -Everything good?
-It’s alright. -Not bad.
-It’s just alright? -He’s a little upset.
-Is he okay? -Are you talking about Michael?
-Yeah. Is he alright? -Why? What did he do?
-He just has a little bit of an attitude, that’s all.
-No, no, no. He was fine. -He’s okay.
-So, he wasn’t being rude with you?
Just them two? -He wasn’t being rude.
-[ Laughs ] -He just looked like
he had a long day.
-Oh, wow. Look at this. My boy’s cool as ice, though.
Not rattled at all, Nick.
-Oh, that’s what you think. We just getting started.
-I’ll have a conversation with Michael, by the way.
I’m so sorry again. Thank you.
-Can I see some of those vegetables?
-Yes, sir.
-Michael. -Okay.
Chips for you. -Okay.
Chips for you.
Anything else?
-Oh, I’m nervous to ask at this point.
-Do you guys have any other kinds of water or just
something with electrolytes in it?
-That’s really not enough?
-No. So, if you had any --
-You want special flavoring or anything?
-No, just electrolytes in water is fine.
-if it’s a big deal, don’t -- don’t worry about it, man.
-Oh, yeah. See that? Getting nervous.
Pitching his forehead. -Oh, my God.
-See how yours wrinkle up when you get concerned?
You got the forehead wrinkles. -Well, I’m sorry, Nick.
We all do Botox every two days.
[ Door slams ]
Oh, yeah. We got our first chink in the armor, baby.
Time to see if Big E is fight or flight.
-Oh, this dude pissed me off, bro.
-He’s been kind of a dick, being honest.
-Oh, yeah. I feel it building up in my chest.
I don’t like it. -Yeah.
And he’s mad about the painting.
Like, we didn’t know that was his.
-It’s a good painting.
-It’s fine. -You know, sad clown.
It just something, you know, resonates with me.
-I don’t know. -I could be a WWE wrestler.
-No, you could not. There we go.
Go ahead. I hope you snap it.
-Shut up and watch the prank.
-We’re in luck. Didn’t have to go anywhere to get it.
-Oh, perfect. -Here you go.
-How am I supposed to open this? This is not a --
-Twist it. -Look, I got some here.
Here you go. -You want to sit? You want to chill?
[ Bottle fizzling ]
Come on, dude! Are you...
-Sorry. That’s -- that’s my bad.
-This is, like, very clearly carbonated.
-I’ll go get you some -- some paper towels, okay?
-Okay. -So sorry about that.
[ Door slams ]
-Dude, [bleep] this guy, though. -I know, man.
-I’ll be back. -Where are you going?
-I’m going to go find some paper towels.
-Just wipe it against this or something.
-No, that’s -- -It’s absorbent.
-That, no.
-Be safe.
-"Be safe."
You know the prank is working When Big E
is telling Xavier to be safe on a paper towel run.
-This isn’t bad. I gotta admit. -Yeah.
This isn’t -- It’s not bad, Nick.
-Yup.
-Where’s Aisha? She was a good time.
-She was a good time. -I need more of that levity.
-Some good -- some good vibes. -Good vibes.
-That’s the kind of vibe that we need.
-We need more of that. Yes, I agree.
-Yeah, no problem. Um...
-♪ Aisha -[ Laughs ]
-She got me paper towels. -What an audience.
-She saw me wondering like a lost puppy.
-I’m so sorry. I’m really unhappy
with the way Michael has been behaving with you guys.
I don’t know where he’s coming from.
I really take this personally.
-No, it’s not your fault. -It’s not your fault.
-Aisha, you’re great.
-I’m really, really, really sorry.
-You really have nothing to apologize for.
-If there’s anything else that I can do?
I’m going to go talk to Michael.
I will find a different place for him.
Again, I’m so sorry.
This is pretty embarrassing for me,
so I’m just going to go talk to him, okay?
-There she goes.
Okay, I don’t think that we are in the wrong.
-I don’t think so either. -I feel like we don’t --
we don’t ever ask for stuff.
-I don’t think anyone’s in the wrong here.
I think it’s just all should be smoothed over.
Just some water spilled. It’s just water.
Just water with bubbles. Just bad caviar.
It’s all -- everyone’s okay.
-It’s the culmination of everything, though, I feel like.
-I think the end game is just let it go.
-Open dialogue. -We say it’s all gravy.
-We dap him up, give him a hug.
-[ Sighs ] [ Door slams ]
So, looks like this is my very last day here,
and I guess I have you guys to thank for that.
Aisha told me not to come in here,
but since she’s not my boss anymore,
I guess I can do whatever the hell I want.
-So is that more on us, or is it ’cause
you’re acting like a dick? -Are you kidding me?
-No, not at all. -Look, look, look.
He’s doing the face thing again.
-He’s doing it again. You were right.
This thing here, the whole. -This is --
This is rooted in reality, unlike your [bleep].
-You come in here for one day,
you insult the painting that I had slaved over.
-And I was supposed to know that you painted that?
-I know what you guys do for a living, alright?
I’ve seen it. So if you ever want to come
and get into a real fight... -Oh, wow.
-Come on. Get out of here, dude. -Yeah, bring it.
-Get out of here. Bye -Have a nice one.
-Bye. We will, trust us. Have fun.
[ Door slams ]
-Bro. -Geez.
-Phase two, baby. Time to ramp things up.
Get ready for a brawl. -A brawl?
-WWE-style. -What you mean?
Stop, Nick, stop!
Before you Goddamn hurt your--
-What is happening, man.
-You know what? You know what? [Bleep] him, dude.
-What are you -- where are you going?
-Woods!
-I get, like, PTSD when this door --
-Kofi, you got a second?
-What? -Just Kofi real quick.
-Yeah.
-You don’t -- I think we should all come back in this room.
Or not.
♪
-Hey, I just saw the guys running down the hall.
Is there anything I should know?
-At this point, I don’t even...
-Was there like a fight? I just --
I mean, I let him go, so the idea was for him to just...
-I don’t know. I -- I tried.
I did -- I did my best, and I...
Things just kind of escalated.
-Oh, you want some!
Bring it!
Yeah! -Oh, my God.
[ Items crashing ]
-That’s right! Come and get some!
[ Indistinct shouting, items crashing ]
-Bring it!
-Oh, my God.
-Oh [bleep]. Hold up.
-Yeah.
-Oh, they in there getting it. -Yeah!
-Oh, they going after it right now. Hold on.
-Big E is scared out of his mind.
As he should be. Yes.
-We’re gonna tear that New Day brand up.
-That’s right! Come and get some!
-[ Sighs ] -Oh, yeah, baby!
-Wait, wait, wait. Wa--
-Whoo!
-Yeah!
Oh, come on, baby! You want some, too?
-Wow.
Wow. -Prank king.
-They destroyed the room, man.
Look at the painting. God!
-Two strong-ass guys got they ass whipped.
-Oh, God. -That’s what you get
when you come into my house!
-Oh, yeah. He gangsta. -Well, I’ll be honest with you.
As another little man, you don’t really want to [bleep]
with the little man who’s not afraid
to fight the big man.
I mean, a little man who knows something.
-Oh, okay. -I’m trained in about
15 different levels of martial arts,
as well as tae kwon do.
But the point that I’m making
is that I know a lot of stuff.
-Anyways... -I’m sorry, I’m sorry.
I really -- No, no, no.
-[Groaning loudly ] -I’m sorry.
-You good? Kofi.
-Michael, can you leave? You’re fired!
-Bro, just -- just go. -You’re not my boss anymore.
I can do whatever the hell I want, right?
And what I want to do is kick your ass into the ground, baby!
-Why is there a cameraman there, though?
-[ Groaning ]
-Well done, well done. -We got your ass, E!
-Well done. But we got your ass, E!
-Well done. [ Laughter ]
-Got your ass, baby!
-[ Screaming ]
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah. -They’re not even real columns?!
The columns aren’t even real!
-How’s your chest? How’s your heart?
-I don’t like it! It made me uncomfortable.
-At every turn tried to defuse the situation.
-No, no, no, no. He’s fine, he’s fine.
-Something’s not right here.
-He was exactly what you guys said he was.
-You put up with way too much, brother.
[ Laughter ]
-I don’t fight people, but if I got to double leg you,
I guess I got to double leg.
-Double leg? What’s that?
-Hey, hey, hey. Never mind.
-What? I got a double --
-You just made a pass at me? What’d you just do?
-Just watch the -- -Don’t play with me, Nick!
-Just saying... -That ain’t no prank.
-...show you what a double -- -That’s downright disrespectful.
-It is because I don’t know why I would tell you
about my double leg. -Alright, that’s enough.
-Just watch the damn prank.
-We put E in the proverbial hot seat.
-We -- we got him because at one point we looked at him,
and E was trying to have an out-of-body experience.
-I was trying to leave my body.
-He didn’t get us like that. He was --
He was crawling inside his skin, Linkin Park style.
-I mean, I got to be honest, Nick. Good.
It’s a good effort -It’s the best effort.
-Good effort. -With the little --
little white Kevin Hart.
-Whoa. -What? That’s what he was.
-No, he wasn’t that. -He was the white Kevin Hart.
-Okay. -When I was giving him
his motivation as I was directing him, I said,
"Think asshole at Kevin Hart levels."
-Okay, and the winner is...
-Big E. I gave it to you.
-Hot damn. -This was a good one.
The hypnotist thing. -Thank you.
-Playing in traffic. I gave it to you.
-Thank you. -You got this one.
-Another episode goes to the Prank God.
Somebody go outside, and do me a favor
and cut the air on first.
-What? The show is over.
-Hello. Thank you to The New Day.
-Huh? Get a deck a cards and let’s play a game,
but it don’t have nothing to do with cards.
-I lost this prank war, but it’s all good.
Kevin is just -- I think he’s in one of his episodes.
-You can’t lose if you don’t have a "L."
Guys, that’s our show. We’ll see you next time.
-On "Celebrity Prank Wars."
You sure you don’t need to take your meds?
-Why don’t you shut the [bleep] up, Nick?
-Next time on "Celebrity Prank Wars"...
-I heard that T-Pain
is afraid of bugs.
Ohh! Lord have mercy!
You know what? I just think we should go bigger.
[ Rattling ]
-That [bleep] was unsettling as [bleep]
-Where’s the bad boy? Got him.
-You got what?!
[Animal screeches] -Oh [bleep]!
This needs to be, like, a revenge thing ASAP.
-I’m thinking something like Robin with a super fan...
-Hey, guys. -...who goes totally sideways.
-[Bleep]! -Oh [bleep]!
Robin killed somebody.