JOHN CENA vs. KEVIN OWENS
Cena catches him with a shoulder tackle early on, and John shows a bit of cockiness. He hits the spin-out slam but is caught with a full-on assault from the NXT Champion, who beats him down in the ropes and goes on the attack. Owens now sets in to his slow, methodical pace of beating down his opponent. Cena with a brief glimmer, powering out of a headlock and going for the AA, but Owens plants him with a stiff DDT to end that.
The slow assault continues, with the referee threatening to DQ him several times. Cena comes back and they trade punches, then tries for his usual shoulder tackles, but Kev has it scouted and catches him with a tilt-a-whirl crucifix slam. Owens with a cannonball into the corner for two. He looks for the pop-up powerbomb but Cena jumps over and finally does his shoulder tackles, followed by the spin-out slam and the Five Knuckle Shuffle. AA attempt is countered into the ropes, and Owens hits the pop-up powerbomb! 1…2…kickout!
Owens heads up to the top rope, but is crotched by the U.S. champion. They fight up the ropes and Owens delivers a series of headbutts to knock him down. He does a transition springboard moonsault but Cena moves out of the way and hits him with the AA! 1…2…kickout!
Both men slowly recover and get to their feet, trading big shots – SUPERKICK out of nowhere! Owens gets cocky and does the “you can’t see me gesture”, then tries for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena counters and locks in the STF, but Owens powers out of it and hits the Attitude Adjustment! 1…2…kickout!
Both champions are barely in this thing at this point. They brawl into the corner and John hits a tilt-a-whirl DDT for two. He heads up the ropes and connects with the diving leg drop, but again only gets two. He tries for the AA but Owens scoops him up for the Package Piledriver – I think my heart just stopped – but then transitions it into a sideslam…for two. Owens is now pissed off, and is slowly punching away at Cena while screaming in his face. Out of nowhere, John with the springboard stunner…for two.
Slowly they fight to the top rope. Slowly the trade rights and lefts. Owens hoists him up…and connects with a brainbuster from the top! He immediately heads back up and hits the swanton bomb! 1…2………KICKOUT!
Cena with a massive lariat out of nowhere to take the NXT champ down. He starts stalking the big man now, coming off the ropes – POP-UP POWERBOMB! 1…2…THREE!
WINNER: KEVIN OWENS!!!
Hold on. I need to stop marking out…
Owens grabs a microphone. He says two weeks ago everyone that didn’t know him said he wasn’t worth their time, but now everyone in the world knows the name Kevin Owens. He says he’s the man that started a fight with 15-time world champion John Cena, and finished that fight. Owens says now that he’s won he has some “veteran advice”… “John, it’s time for you to leave. Because your time is up, and my time is now. THE CHAMP IS HERE!”
