The announcers put over the idea that it’s almost impossible to deal with Brock Lesnar with two good arms, much less with one that’s possibly broken. He still has a bit of a scar on his forehead from his previous clashes with Cody Rhodes, who enters to the typical “Whoa!” during his entrance theme but notably keeps his left arm down even then when he would usually raise both arms overhead.
Once the bell rings, Rhodes is evasive as his enemy laughs. Cody ducks out of the ring and sees if he can lure the Beast Incarnate out to chase him, and he’s able to draw Lesnar back into the ring. It’s not long, though, before Rhodes is tossed with a suplex for the first time.
There’s a second suplex, and Rhodes is clutching his arm in pain. A third follows, but Cody is able to turn things around using his apparently titanium-laced cast as a weapon repeatedly. He even comes off the top rope with a double axhandle for two.
A Disaster Kick and a Cody Cutter both find the target, and Rhodes covers again for two. Now it’s Cross Rhodes, not once but twice. Maybe there’s a third … but no, as Lesnar counters into a kimura, naturally on the left arm.
Rhodes tries to pivot to get Lesnar’s shoulders down like he did at Backlash, but Brock sees it coming this time. Lesnar sits up a bit to increase the pressure on the hold, and Rhodes appears trapped. He’s fading in the hold, but he answers the ref and the match continues. Somehow, Cody reaches the ropes to break the hold, and Brock looks gassed as well, or perhaps just in utter disbelief.
Lesnar goes for the F-5, but Rhodes counters with another Cross Rhodes and earns another near fall. He wails away with the cast again, but Lesnar picks him up and delivers an F-5. It takes a moment for him to cover, and that might have cost him as Rhodes kicks out at two.
A frustrated Lesnar tries for the kimura again, and this time it appears Cody is out cold. The ref calls for the bell, but Lesnar won’t let go of the hold. He finally relinquishes his grip as the announcers praise Cody for his guts.
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