Cody Rhodes vs Randy Orton
Orton ties up with Cody and elbows him in the corner, then Cody comes back with a few boots to the stomach before whipping Orton across the ring. Orton kicks him in the head and throws him out on the floor, then he tries to send him into the steps but Cody blocks it and sends Orton into them. Cody rolls him in and gets a near fall before putting him in a side headlock, then Orton breaks it but Cody comes back with a dropkick for a near fall. Cody punches him and counters a corner whip with a clothesline, then he chokes Orton on the ropes until the ref calls for a break. Orton pokes him in the eye and punches him in the chest a few times, then he stomps him and hits some mounted punches before going for an Irish whip.
Cody counters with a suplex and some mounted punches, then Orton frees himself and punches Cody in the back before hitting a backbreaker from the middle rope. Cody rolls outside as we go to a break, then we get back to see Orton kick Cody on the floor and suplex him onto the side of the barricade. Orton punches him in the head and rolls him inside, then he applies a side headlock but Cody breaks it and kicks him in the face. Cody clotheslines him and connects with a dropdown punch, then he heads to the apron and hits a springboard dropkick for a close near fall. Cody goes for a Disaster Kick but Orton ducks, so Cody shoves him back into the turnbuckles and successfully hits a Disaster Kick for a near fall.
Cody heads up top but Orton steps away from a moonsault attempt, then he hits a hanging DDT and sets up for a RKO, but Cody counters with Cross Rhodes. Cody gets a very close near fall and can't believe it, then he goes after Orton on the apron but Orton snaps his head on the ropes. Cody comes back with a quick elbow and a rollup, then he goes for another Disaster Kick but Orton ducks and Cody looks to have injured his knee. Orton sees it and kicks his leg out from under him, then he picks Cody up and drops him with a RKO to pick up the win. HHH comes out and says he fought with heart and gave it his all, and he respects Cody, but this is business. He says you need winners in business and he can't let personal feelings cloud his mind, so he regrets to inform Cody that he is fired.
Winner – Randy Orton
