John Cena comes back to the locker room where Khali is keeping guard, and he drags Paul Heyman back out into the arena and throws him in the ring. Heyman tries to get away but Cena stops him, and he says Heyman is going to make a beast appear, or he will make Heyman’s teeth disappear. Cena asks for Brock and Heyman calls ‘Hustle, Loyalty, Respect’ a sham, and he says this is the John Cena he’s been begging him to bring out. Heyman says Cena won’t take it out on the fans, but he himself could be the catalyst to bring Cena’s hatred out, although he doesn’t think Cena will do it. He says Cena won’t be a bully because Brock is a bully, and Cena doesn’t want to be Brock, then Heyman begs Cena to hit him. Heyman says Brock’s plane is legitimately delayed and he deserved to get hit, but Cena won’t do it because he lives by a code he believes in.
Heyman says Cena will fail this Sunday because he won’t go to ‘that place’, and Cena calls him scum, but Heyman still begs him to throw a punch. He says Cena could fit his vision of being a ‘Paul Heyman guy’, but Cena says he won’t do this because he actually thought Heyman would produce Brock Lesnar tonight. He says he wanted a fight, but Heyman is just a washed up scumbag that doesn’t deserve his time, and he turns and leaves. Heyman says Cena’s mother might be proud if he was born with testicles, then Cena turns and shoves Heyman out of the ring. Heyman just looks up and smiles as Brock’s music cues up, then Brock makes his arrival and Cena gets ready for a fight. Brock walks around the ring and checks on Heyman, then he just smiles at Cena and says this isn’t happening.
Brock moves towards the ring and takes his title off of his waist, handing it to Heyman before Cena charges him on the apron. Cena throws a few punches but Brock just hits a German suplex and sends him out of the ring. Brock goes to leave but Cena runs back in and punches Brock a few times, knocking him onto the floor before Brock covers up from some punches. Security finally runs out and breaks them up, and Brock takes his title from Heyman and stares at Cena, who still tries to fight through the guards.
BP: This was a good segment, and it was one of the few things to actually sell Night of Champions tonight. Heyman and Cena worked very well together, and the brief fight because Brock and Cena was exactly what it needed to be. Just like the announcers said, Brock established dominance early, but Cena fought back and made a case for having what it takes. They’ve been using this feud in different spots on the show and almost everything has been compelling. I wonder what all of the people who complained about CM Punk always being ‘stuck’ in the 10pm segment would have to say about Brock’s placement?
