If Roman Reigns is disqualified or counted out, he’ll lose the WWE United States Championship. Kevin Owens is banned from ringside following his disqualification loss to Seth Rollins earlier in the night. JoJo does the introductions in the ring.
The bell rings, and they circle the ring. Jericho surprises him with some right hands and punches him to the corner. Jericho sends him across the ring, but Reigns comes back with a clothesline. Reigns head-butts him and sends him into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Reigns comes back with a Samoan Drop for a two count. Reigns sends Jericho to the corner, but he runs into a boot. Jericho connects with a missile dropkick for a two count. Jericho boots him in the back and chokes him on the ropes. Jericho clubs away at him and hits the ropes, but Reigns moves. Reigns hits a pair of clotheslines, but he has a whip reversed. Reigns then takes him down with a leaping clothesline. Jericho quickly drops him onto the apron and counters a Superman Punch with a springboard dropkick to the floor. Jericho taunts the crowd and goes for a baseball slide, but Reigns sidesteps him. Reigns goes for a Drive By Dropkick, but Jericho sidesteps him. Reigns crashes and burns against the ring post. Reigns gets in at nine. If Reigns were counted out, he’d lose the title. Jericho stomps away at him.
We come back from the break to see Jericho applying a chin lock. Reigns fights up and punches out. Jericho reverses a whip and turns him inside out with a knee to the midsection. Jericho slaps him in the back of the head a few times and calls him “boy.” Reigns angrily gets up and uppercuts him. Reigns sends him to the corner, but he runs into a boot. Jericho goes for a bulldog, but Reigns sends him into the corner. Reigns clubs him in the back of the head before hitting a back suplex powerbomb for a two count. Reigns sets up for a Superman Punch, but Jericho sidesteps it and hits a back elbow. Reigns gets the knees up for a Lionsault attempt and gets in the corner. Jericho counters a spear with a kick. Jericho goes for a Codebreaker, but Reigns holds him up and goes for a powerbomb. Jericho counters into a hurricanrana and rolls through for the Walls of Jericho. Reigns rolls through it eventually and rolls him up for a two count. Jericho kicks him, but Reigns sends him to the apron. Jericho goes to the top rope and leaps into a Superman Punch for a near fall! Reigns is stunned.
Reigns gets the crowd going and goes for a spear, but Jericho rolls him up and goes for the Walls of Jericho. Reigns rolls him out and goes for a shoulder thrust in the corner, but Jericho moves. Reigns hits the ring post shoulder first. The referee checks on Reigns. Jericho takes the top turnbuckle pad off. The referee sees this and admonishes him. The referee puts it back on. Jericho uses the distraction to get the WWE United States Championship from ringside. Jericho tosses it at him and takes a bump. This is the old Eddie Guerrero trick. The referee turns and sees Jericho down with Reigns holding the title. The referee doesn’t disqualify Reigns. Jericho pops up with a Codebreaker for a near fall! Jericho kicks away at him and stomps him down. The top turnbuckle pad falls off. Jericho stomps him down and charges, but Reigns sidesteps. Jericho hits the exposed turnbuckle headfirst. Reigns viciously runs him over with a spear to retain the title!
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