Christian Cage vs. Cody Rhodes
"American Dream†hits, and Dusty Rhodes comes walking out towards the ring, unexpectedly. Dusty sits ringside with the announce team. Cody Rhodes then comes on out, to a good ovation from the crowd. Cody slides into the ring, and raises his right arm up in the air. Cody points to his dad, and smiles. Christian Cage’s theme hits, with the countdown going on. Christian then walks out on the top stage, and taunts his whole way down the ramp. Christian walks up the steel steps and into the ring, he then climbs the turnbuckle, and pushes the hood back, smirking to the crowd. There’s a few Peeps in the crowd, as Christian takes off his get up, and the bell rings.
Christian and Cody have a face off, and go for the test of strength, but Christian gets an eye poke in. Christian points to his head, saying how smart he is. Christian chops Cody as hard as he could, which echoes through out the entire arena. Christian does it a couple more times, and Irish whips Cody to the opposite ring corner, and Cody falls stomach first on the mat as he hits the corner. Christian is loving it, and has a grin on his face. Cody gets to his knees, and Christian hits a short dropkick. Christian covers Cody, for a quick two.
Christian looks at Dusty, and talks a bit of trash from inside the ring. Dusty tells him to come on to his face, but Christian waves it off. Christian picks Cody up, and lifts him up high in the air, and drops him stomach-first on the ropes. Christian backs up a little, runs and hits a perfect knee lift to Cody’s chin, and Cody goes dangling on the apron. Christian hits him with multiple rights and lefts, as Cody barely hangs on to the ropes from the outside apron. Christian runs from one side, and towards Cody, but Cody slides into the ring, in between Cage’s legs. Christian turns, and Cody clotheslines Cage out of the ring! Cody finally gets a little momentum, and the crowd cheers him on, as well as his father. Christian is trying to get to his feet as he is on the outside mat, and Cody runs up and over the ropes, going for a crossbody from inside the ring, but Christian moves out of the way, and Cody hits hard on the outside ring mat! Christian slides into the ring, and Dusty gets up checking on his son. Cody gets up, and is holding his ribs. He goes reaching for the ropes on the apron, and Christian runs, hitting the baseball slide, and knocking Cody off of the apron, back to the outside. Christian laughs a bit as he gloats to the fans, saying how smart he is. The referee is counting away, 1…..2…..3…..4…..5…..6…..7 Cody is moving a little now, and gets to his feet, at the 8 count, Christian climbs out breaking it up, and he grabs Cody by the head, going to ram it into the ring post, but Cody blocks it, and instead rams Christian’s head into the post! Cody then Irish whips Christian into the steel steps, and Cody rolls into the ring. Cody gets some time to heal, as Christian makes it back into the ring at the 9 count.
Cody now gets on the offense quick, but still in pain from that cossbody attempt. As Cody is holding his ribs, he stomps on Christian, and then lifts him up to his feet. Cody sets him in the corner, and climbs up. He does the ten punch count, but at about the 8th punch, Christian reverses it, and drops Cody face first on the ring post! Cody goes down hard, and immediately you can see blood flowing out of his head. Cody lays in the corner, in pain, and Christian drags Cody to the center of the ring. Christian calls for it, and locks in the Texas Cloverleaf. Cody’s face has blood trickling down, as he tries reaching for the ropes. Christian is yelling tap as well as this intense moment is happening. Fans chant Cody’s name, and Dusty starts banging on the ring apron, trying to get him to come on. Cody will just not give up, and reaches further for the ropes. Cody is as close as anyone could be, but can not touch them. Christian stops the submission move, getting angered now, and just stomps away on Cody. Christian slaps Cody a few times, as he brings him up to eye level, and Cody is draped over the ring corner, looking out of it. Christian yells in Cody’s face, telling him he’s nothing! Christian is yelling disrespectful things in Cody’s face, about his father, and slaps Cody multiple times. As if that were a recharge of sorts, Cody pushes Christian, Christians runs at him, and Cody moves out of the way, resulting in Christian hitting shoulder first into the ring post! Cody gets a school boy, the ref counts, 1….2….kick out!!!
Oh my god, Christian is just able to get the kick out, and Cody is now frustrated. He wipes the blood off his face, and then hits Christian with a couple Bionic Elbow’s like his father made famous. He hits one, then another, then another, and sizes Christian up for the big one, Christian ducks, goes for s clothesline but Cody reverses, and hits the big Bionic Elbow! Christian is down, and Cody is feeling it, as the entire crowd is behind him at this point. Cody goes for a big risk, and tries climbing to the top turnbuckle. Cody gets up to the top, and Christian runs, hitting the ropes, and Cody falls groin first on the turnbuckle. Christian climbs to the same turnbuckle, and hits Cody a few times in the face, and then begins to bite him! Christian puts Cody in the superplex position, but Cody holds on tight to the ropes. Instead Cody hits firsts to the side of Christian, and he tosses Cage off of the turnbuckle! Christian is on the mat now; Cody stands on the turnbuckle, and jumps off hitting an Elbow Drop!! Cody is in pain as well, and takes a couple seconds getting the cover. 1…2…kick out!! In some shocking way, Christian kicks out yet again. Cody being the rookie he is, he takes his eyes off of Christian for a second, and Christian gets Cody in the small package, 1…2…kick out! Another near fall in this epic match, and Christian is shocked. Christian then gets desperate now, and climbs out of the ring, grabbing a steel chair, but Dusty grabs the steel chair away, not letting him do it. Christian tries taking it, but Dusty takes it out of his hands. Dusty goes to set the chair down, and Christian looks to be getting back into the ring, but instead he gets the ring bell and smacks Dusty over the head with it!! Dusty is laid out, courtesy of Christian Cage. Christian walks in front of the announcers table, and Cody runs through the middle rope, hitting a suicide dive onto Christian, and both men go over the announcers table!! The referee climbs out of the ring, and checks on the two men. He sees both are barely fine, but just knocked down. He gets back into the ring, and starts the count. 1……..2……..3……..4
……Cody is moving now, and he crawls around the announcers table, heading to the ring apron. …..5……..6…….7, Christian grabs Cody’s foot, and then just stomps on it. Christian goes to slide in, but Cody pulls him back down. ……8……..Cody is just barely able to get in, ……9…….Christian gets both feet up on the apron, and is about as close as anyone can get to getting in the ring before the ten count! Cody goes on the attack, and is more bloodier than earlier. Cody picks Christian up, and goes for a death valley driver. Christian jumps off Cody’s shoulders, and is facing his back. He turns Cody around, in the Unprettier position, and Christian nails it!! It’s all over, Christian hit it. He covers Cody, 1…..2…..KICK OUT!! Christian is beside himself. He bangs on the mat, completely irate. Christian hits Cody over and over in the face, until the referee stops it. Christian heads to the top turnbuckle, and Cody climbs up to, fighting him. The two exchange blows up there, and Christian gets a cheap shot when he eye rakes Cody, and pushes him off. Christian gives a little taunt, and hits the Frogsplash!! Christian covers Cody, 1…..2…..3!!! Christian gets the victory! Christian is so exhausted; he can barely have the energy to get his arm raised. Christian stands up in the middle of the ring, and more fans than not are cheering him. After a few moments Cody gets to his feet, bloody and all, he looks at Christian. Christian offers his hand, and Cody does not know what to do. Cody looks like he’s been through a car wreck, and looks as if he does respect Christian. Cody then extends his hand, and the two shake! Fans cheer, and Christian points to Cody. Just then, Christian grabs his back, turns him over and hits the Unprettier! The fans begin to boo again, actually thinking that Christian would show some respect. Christian raises his arms and says into the camera “Piece of cake!†Christian spits on Cody, as if he spit on the Rhodes’ name. Dusty is getting up, and crawls into the ring to check on his son as Christian heads backstage.
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