Cody Rhodes enters the ring to a standing ovation. “After how epic SummerSlam was, everyone is wondering what’s next for the WWE Championship. I’ve been thinking about who I’d like to defend my title against at Bash In Berlin. This guy…” Rhodes says, but is unable to continue due to Solo Sikoa ’s intervention .

Solo Sikoa is shown off with Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa, who hold the WWE Tag Team Titles. “I don’t care what you want to talk about, what anyone wants to talk about. I want to talk about SummerSlam because if it wasn’t for Roman Reigns, I would be champion. So you’re going to give me a rematch for that title,” Sikoa says. Cody Rhodes didn’t want to talk about the past, but now he reminds Solo that he couldn’t finish the job, also costing Jacob Fatu an injury. At SummerSlam, Sikoa got what he deserved by continuing to imitate Roman Reigns as “Tribal Chief” and beat him in the center of the ring, so he doesn’t deserve any kind of rematch.

The Bloodline come to the ring threatening to attack Cody, but Kevin Owens appears armed with a pair of chairs to back up the champion. The Bloodline have no choice but to back off. Only Sikoa comments that he will look for Rhodes later, after he finds Roman Reigns. Before he leaves, Cody stops Kevin to talk to him about something. It may seem strange, but Rhodes reveals that he would like to defend the gold against Owens. Kevin appreciates the offer, but he doesn’t think he deserves a title match; those opportunities have to be earned, it hasn’t been his year to be a contender.

Cody Rhodes knew Kevin Owens would turn down his offer, but the crowd’s support for him taking the opportunity is pretty strong. Owens can say ‘no’ all he wants, but Rhodes will walk back to the locker room to tell Nick Aldis all the reasons why Kevin deserves this title opportunity, and surely the General Manager will agree with it. Cody has nothing else to say: “Kevin, I’ll see you at Bash In Berlin . “