Think Cody Rhodes is going to wait for the opening bell? No, no he is not. Brock Lesnar tastes the steel steps three times on the outside before the opening bell even rings, and now he’s getting work out with a steel chair to boot. The announcers note it’s all legal since the bell hasn’t rung, but it eventually does, and Lesnar starts strong.
Rhodes fights back with two Disaster Kicks, forcing Lesnar to his knees. Brock suplexes Cody and catches a breather. When Rhodes tries to move in again, Lesnar catches him and hits a fallaway slam.
A couple of release German suplexes have Brock grinning. There’s a third for good measure, and Rhodes is shaking out his left arm. The suplexes continue as Lesnar looks more and more comfortable with the pace.
Suplexes five and six are up next. Rhodes exposes a turnbuckle before his seventh, something that Lesnar sees. He moves in and sweeps Cody up in a bearhug, then tosses Rhodes overhead again for an eighth suplex.
The fans chant for Cody as he takes shoulders to the ribs. But he’s able to smash Lesnar’s face into the exposed buckle and hit a Cody Cutter, psyching himself up for a Disaster Kick as the blood flows from Lesnar’s face.
Both men have blood on them as Rhodes reaches back for a Cody Cutter. There’s Cross Rhodes, and another … but Brock kicks out at two. Lesnar counters Cross Rhodes into an F-5, but this time it’s Cody’s turn to kick out before the three can come down.
From their knees, the two men trade shots, but Lesnar tries for a kimura. Rhodes fights it, pivoting forward so Brock’s shoulders are on the mat. The ref counts to three, and Rhodes hightails it out of there with an unlikely victory.