Match Number Five: Men’s Crown Jewel Championship Match: Cody Rhodes versus Seth Rollins
They lock up and go around the ring. Cody with a clean break and a waist lock but Seth witha standing switch. Cody escapes and sends Seth to the mat. They lock up and Seth with a side head lock take down down. Cody with a side head lock and take down. Seth with a kick and Cody with a delayed gourdbuster. Seth tries to roll to the floor but he bumps into the referee and yells at him. Seth goes to the floor. Seth with a forearm and Cody fires back. They continue the exchange and Seth with kicks and he misses a Stomp. Cody escapes a Pedigree and he hits a drop down punch. Seth clotheslines Seth over the top rope to the floor and then Cody drop kicks Seth off the apron.
Seth throws some chairs and then Seth yells at Wade and he pushes Cole. Cody sends Seth's head into the announce table and he checks on Cole and Wade. Cody rearranges the table. Seth with a kick and he sends Cody into the ring steps. Seth sends Cody into the announce table and he drops Cody on the ringside barrier and he pushes over the beverage station. Seth with a double stomp to the back. Seth gets a near fall. Seth with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Cody with punches and forearms. Cody with an Irish whip and Seth with a clothesline for a near fall. Seth wtih a kick and Cody with a double leg take down and he tries for a figure four leg lock but Seth kicks him away. Cody escapes a suplex and goes for Beautiful Disaster but Seth counters into a power bomb for a near fall.
Seth works on the shoulder. Seth works on the other shoulder. Cody falls to the apron. Seth punches Cody and follows with a neck breaker. Cody blocks a punch and he punches Seth. Seth blocks a kick and hits a dragon screw. Seth does a cartwheel and the Stardust pose. Seth with jabs and he sets for the Bionic Elbow but Cody isn't going to let that happen. Cody with his own jabs. Seth with a double leg take down to stop the Bionic Elbow. Seth with a figure four leg lock. Seth gets a near fall. Cody tries to reverse the hold by rolling over, but Seth blocks it and gets another near fall. Cody rolls over to reverse the hold and Seth immediately gets to the ropes to break the hold. Cody and Seth exchange forearms and punches as Seth hangs on to the ropes. Seth drops Cody on the top rope and Cody sets for a Vertebreaker and hits it.
Cody with punches to Seth and a running forearm. Cody floats over in the corner and hits a power slam. Cody with Beautiful Disaster and then he throws some jabs and hits the Bionic Elbow. Seth goes to the floor and Cody with a suicide dive. Cody hits a Cody Cutter for a near fall. Cody sets for CrossRhodes but Seth drops down and gets a near fall with a rollup. Seth with a kick. Seth with a Pedigree for a near fall. Cody goes for CrossRhodes but Seth reverses and hits his own version for a near fall. Seth misses a Phoenix Splash but rolls through. Cody misses a double jump Cody Cutter. Seth with a Pedigree and Stomp for a near fall. Seth looks around and he goes to the Crown Jewel belt. Seth walks past it and he takes his watch and puts it around his fist. Seth thinks about it and he puts the watch down in the corner.
Cody with a kick and a double jump Cody Cutter. Cody with CrossRhodes for a near fall. Cody kicks Seth and then he goes to the turnbuckles. Seth crotches Cody and Seth puts Cody in the tree of woe. Seth kicks Cody in the tree of woe. Seth with more kicks and the referee warns him. Seth goes to the turnbuckles for a Coast to Coast head butt. Seth pulls Cody into the ring and gets a near fall. Seth puts Cody on the turnbuckles. Seth with a chop and he goes up top for a Falcon Arrow but Cody stops him with punches. Seth leaps up top and he hits a Spanish Fly. Seth with a uranage for a near fall. Seth goes to the turnbuckles but Cody with a punch and uppercut. Cody goes to the apron and he goes up top. Cody with punches and he goes for a Super CrossRhodes and he hits it for a near fall.
Cody punches Seth and Seth falls to the mat. Cody with more punches. Seth with punches. Cody with a foerarm and Seth punches back. They continue to go back and forth. They throw punches at the same time. Seth wtih a kick and he misses a stomp. Cody with Kawada kicks. Cody goes for CrossRhodes but Seth with a snap mare. Cody with a kick and he sets for a Pedigree but Seth goes through the legs and gets the watch. Seth knocks the referee down and then he hits Cody with the watch. Seth sets for the Stmop and he hits it. Seth goes to the turnbuckles for another stomp. Seth gets the three count.
Winner: Seth Rollins
After the match, Paul gives Seth the Crown Jewel belt and ring.
Cathy Kelley comes into the ring but Seth takes the mic and says he doesn't need to hear her questions.
He says she was going to ask how does it feel to get that monkey off your back.
Seth says it feels better than any of you could imagine. Some of us dream impossible dreams and some of us have the fortitude to achieve them. Only one man reaches higher than the highest. He is not the greatest of his generation. He is the greatest of all time.
Stephanie joins Seth in the ring as the Crown Jewel champions.
We go to credits.
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