Flashback: 2015 WWE Payback Results: Sheamus vs Ziggler, Rusev vs Cena, Fatal 4 Way!

I Quit Match (United States Championship)

Rusev (w/ Lana) vs John Cena (c)

Rusev attacks Cena after asking him to quit right away, then he slams him down and stomps him a few times. He makes Lana sit in a chair, then Rusev hits Cena a few more times before he mocks the crowd with the Russian flag. The ref asks Cena if he wants to quit but he says no, so Rusev whips him into the steps and rolls him back inside. Rusev wedges the stairs in the corner, then he whips Cena into them a few times and slams him shoulder first onto them. Cena jumps up and hits an AA onto the steps, then Rusev rolls outside and Cena launches the steps at him.

Rusev sidesteps it but Cena runs out and whips him into the ringpost. Rusev says he will not quit, so Cena spears him through the barricade and enters the crowd. Cena sets up a table and sends Rusev into some equipment, then they trade some strikes before Rusev hits a spinebuster into a table. Rusev tries to kick Cena into the pyrotechnics display, but Cena ducks and backdrops Rusev into onto the pyrotechnic board. The pyro goes off but Rusev refuses to quit, and Lana checks on Rusev as Cena grabs a piece of the runged barricade.

Cena hits him in the face but Rusev suplexes him on the barricade piece, then he rolls Cena in and kicks him in the face. Rusev stomps him and makes him pass out in the Accolade, but needs Cena to quit so he revives Cena with some water poured over his face. Rusev takes the turnbuckles off the post and tries to hit Cena, but Cena ducks and uses the rope to apply the STF. Lana screams at the ref, and Rusev tries to fight the hold, but Lana rolls in the ring and quits on Rusev’s behalf. 

Winner – John Cena

BP: It was a good match, but Cena wins I Quit matches and Last Man Standing matches in the dumbest ways possible. Cena basically had Rusev’s eyes covered with the rope, and it didn’t look like a submission at all. It will be interesting to see where Rusev and Lana go from here. She cost him the match, and it was all but guaranteed they’ll eventually split, but I was surprised she would quit for him (slightly).

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