Lets Play: WWE 2K25 My 31 Favorite Matches of 2025 Day 19

🩸 DAY 19 – Cody Rhodes def. John Cena (c) Street Fight – Undisputed WWE Championship Event: SummerSlam 2025 (Night 2 Main Event) Promotion: WWE Brand(s): Raw, SmackDown Date: August 2–3, 2025 City: East Rutherford, New Jersey Venue: MetLife Stadium Attendance: • Night 1: 53,161 • Night 2: 60,561 • Combined: 113,722 English Commentary: Michael Cole & Wade Barrett Spanish Commentary: Marcelo Rodríguez & Jerry Soto Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor Referees: Shawn Bennett, Jessika Carr, Chad Patton, Ryan Tran, Rod Zapata Interviewers: Cathy Kelley & Byron Saxton Pre-Show Panel: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett, Jackie Redmond, Joe Tessitore, Big E, Peter Rosenberg 📖 WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MATCH Before the bell, Cena and Rhodes embrace, two men respecting each other… then immediately go to war. Cena attacks first. He grabs a crutch from NBA star Tyrese Haliburton at ringside and cracks Cody with it. Crowd boos, Cena smirks — full heel energy. Cena tries an AA early, but Cody reverses and slams Cena onto steel steps. Then: Both men unload steel chairs. Shots to the back, ribs, shoulders — no hesitation. Rhodes hits a Cody Cutter for two. Cena fires back with: • AA • Electric chair drop • Code Red on the floor • AA through the announce table Still only gets two. Cody answers with: • moonsault • Disaster Kick • second Cody Cutter • piledriver • Cross Rhodes — but Cena kicks out This match becomes a war of attrition. 🔥 The Match Goes Nuclear Cena locks in the STF. Cody escapes by crawling out of the ring. Cena smashes him with a microphone to the head, blood starting to show. Cody hits DDT on Cena when Cena tries to set up a table. Then they take the fight into the crowd — under the stage — out of view — until suddenly… Cena emerges on the entrance elevator with Cody on his shoulders. The visual is insane. He drops Cody with an AA backstage and drags him to the ring. Cody reverses, sends Cena through a table, and hits Cross Rhodes for only a nearfall. Cody smashes Cena with: • a steel chair to the skull • the exposed turnbuckle bolt • AND tries to use the championship belt But Cena reverses: • TWO Attitude Adjustments • THEN an Avalanche AA off the ropes and STILL Cody kicks out. MetLife Stadium is shaking. 🔥 THE FINISH — WrestleMania-level drama Cena tries for ANOTHER Avalanche AA — this time through a table… But Cody counters… AVALANCHE CODY CUTTER THROUGH THE TABLE! Cena is barely able to stand. Cody looks at him… salutes him… and hits: CROSS RHODES. 1… 2… 3. Cody Rhodes becomes the Undisputed WWE Champion. The stadium erupts. 📖 AFTER THE MATCH — A DOUBLE TWIST Cena, battered and humbled, picks up the title… hands it to Cody… and hugs him. Cena turns fully face again. He lets Cody have his moment. Cody leaves the ring so Cena can say goodbye… And then— BROCK LESNAR RETURNS for the first time since SummerSlam 2023. Cena swings — Lesnar ducks — F-5. Crowd screams. SummerSlam goes off the air in chaos. 🔥 DAY 19 SUMMARY DAY 19 – Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena (SummerSlam Street Fight) Not a ranking — just one of our favorite matches of the year. A brutal, emotional, exhausting masterpiece with a finish worthy of a movie. Cody wins the big one. Cena completes a heel-to-face redemption arc. And Brock returns to end the night in pure shock. Broadcasted live on Twitch -- Watch live at   / rkorocker98