We’re greeted on commentary by Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Wade Barrett.

The show is starting off hot with the “I, Quit” match between Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles for the Undisputed WWE Championship. This is Rhodes’ first “I Quit” match, while Styles is 4-0 in the stipulation match.

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Styles came to the ring without The OC. Mama Rhodes is ringside. Rhodes with a right hand immediately. He threw Styles face first into the turnbuckle. He took Styles down with a Spanish Fly. Styles blocked a kick and took him to the turnbuckle. Styles took him around the ring and got in shots. Rhodes with a Bionic Elbow. Rhodes bounced off the ropes and kicked Styles off the apron. He does not quit.

Rhodes got two tables. He ran Styles knees first into steel steps on the other side of the ring. He then threw him over the barricade. Rhodes leapt off the barricade to brawl in the crowd. Rhodes threw a beverage in Styles’ face. Styles threw Rhodes through the door and they fought in a small hallway and into the production room. Styles choked Rhodes with the wire of headphones. The fight spilled back into the crowd.

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Rhodes punched Styles in the face multiple times against the barricades.Back in the ring, Rhodes put Styles in the Figure Four. Styles refuses to quit and makes his way to the ropes. Both men tumbled out of the ring. Styles with a brainbuster on the announce table. After brawling more, Styles went to talk trash to Mama Rhodes. Rhodes is sporting a crimson mask.

Back in the ring, Rhodes gets in a couple of right hands before Styles stomps on his back. Styles with a neckbreaker. When asked if he wants to quit, the champ yelled “absolutely not!” Rhodes with several body shots and Styles responds with a dropkick to the face.

Styles drove Rhodes’s face into the steps. Rhodes reversed a Styles Clash on the steps with a back body drop. Back in the ring, they exchange forearms. Rhodes with a flying forearm. Styles responded with a DDT and spiked him right on his head. Styles puts Rhodes in a fishhook after he refused to quit. Styles got a chair and put it on the champ’s throat. He stomped the chair and Rhodes still won’t say the words. Styles has a kendo stick now. After several hits, Rhodes reply about quitting is “hell no!”

Styles removed his own belt and whipped Rhodes repeatedly across the stomach and back. Styles tried holding Rhodes’s head with it, but his forehead is too bloody and sweaty. Styles reverts to a crossface. Rhodes appears to have passed out, but can’t say anything. Styles grabbed water, but Rhodes is getting up. Styles got a black bag, but it’s handcufffs. He handcuffed Rhodes’ arms behind him and returns to hitting him with a kendo stick. Rhodes refuses to quit. Styles returns to talking trash to Mama Rhodes, who slapped him three times. Styles hits Rhodes on his back with a chair. Styles wrapped a chain around his forearms. Styles went to the rope for a Phenomonal Forearm, but Rhodes threw a chair in his face, causing Styles to fall through a table. Rhodes found the key and unlocked the handcuffs while fans chanted “this is awesome!”

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Rhodes had one handcuff on and hit Styles in the face with it. Styles is now bleeding. Rhodes with a Cody Cutter and two Cross Rhodes. He got a chair to do a third Cross Rhodes. Rhodes slapped the handcuffs on Styles and cuffed him to the second rope. Rhodes got him in multiple shots. Styles refuses to quit, so Rhodes threw steel steps into the ring. Just as Rhodes was going to drop it, Styles shouted “I Quit!”

Winner: Cody Rhodes

Rhodes asked his mom if she should. She said yes and Rhodes threw the steps at Styles. He stood on the steps to celebrate. As Rhodes was walking up the ramp and had his back turned, he was greeted by Solo Sikoa. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa tried to sneak attack him, but Rhodes was ready. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens came to help Rhodes.