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Seth Rollins vs. Batista
Seth Rollins vs. Batista
The Shield appears backstage cutting a promo, they say they will continue hunting Evolution. Seth Rollins says Batista tried to end his career and he beat the living daylights out of him while he could barely stand. They end the promo with a strong “believe in the shield”.
HHH tries to get around the decree that only WWE personnel are allowed at ringside by making himself the guest ring announcer and Randy Orton the guest timekeeper. Seth Rollins has a plan of his own saying he has his own special guests tonight, he introduces Ambrose and Reigns as the guest commentators.
The action gets physical outside the ring quickly as Batista bounces Seth off the stairs knee first. This is followed up by Seth’s head bouncing off the steps as he tries to regain his balance on his feet. He tries to re-enter the ring but get’s booted off the apron courtesy of a baseball slide. HHH and Randy Orton approach a downed Seth but are backed off by the referee.
Back in the ring Seth fights out of a sleeper hold, refusing to die out. Seth gets irish whipped hard into the corner and HHH takes the opportunity to mock him. When the action goes to the top rope Seth counters Batista’s attempt to throw him off with “skywalker” his version of a neck-breaker. After a series of counters, Seth hits his suicide dive and brings Batista back into the ring. As he goes for his next offensive move Randy Orton tries to yank him off the apron but Seth jumps over Orton’s hands. Ambrose and Reigns lose their headsets to move closer to the action. Batista goes to hit a spear in the ring and runs into Seth’s boot. Seth hits his high knee and nearly gets the pin on Batista as the fans chant “let’s go Rollins.”
As Seth attempts to end Batista, HHH launches him off the top rope with a push. This creates the mayhem outside of the ring as Ambrose attacks HHH to make him pay. Orton attacks Ambrose and throws him over the announce desk. Reigns attacks Orton but get’s smacked with a steel chair, Ambrose runs across the desks to attack Orton. And as Seth tries to launch himself onto HHH he runs into a fist in the face and a spinebuster. The match ends in a DQ.