"This is the only bargaining chip I have"

Nick Aldis: "Kevin, I've really said everything that needs to be said, so now there's only one thing left to do. Kevin, do the right thing, please hand over the 'Winged Eagle' championship belt."

Kevin Owens: "Is that the right thing in your mind? 'Cuz I think that's the worst thing I could do. Explain to me WHY I would give you this back, [holds up belt] this is the only bargaining chip I have, this is the only way I can make sure I get what's fair, that I get what I deserve. And you know what that is, Nick Aldis? That is a rematch for the Undisputed WWE Championship, where a referee cannot ROB me of my victory. [crowd cheers] Because that's exactly what happened at Saturday Night's Main Event! You want this back? You can have it back. But Cody needs to come take it, give me my rematch. [crowd cheers] I had Cody Rhodes beat, you know it, he knows it, everyone knows it!" [crowd cheers]

Nick Aldis: "I already said that this was not a negotiation, I already said that there would be immediate and severe consequences if you didn't hand that over, but maybe you need me to spell it out to you in plain English, hand the belt over or you never set foot in a WWE ring again." [crowd boos]

[Kevin Owens contemplates giving up the belt, then Cody's music hits with the crowd cheering]

Nick Aldis: "Cody, Cody, Cody, I'm gonna say this once and I'm not gonna share too much, for the sake of your health, for your sake, for my sake, for the company's sake, please turn around and walk away and let me handle this." [Crowd boos]

Cody Rhodes: "Nick, I'm not gonna walk away. [Crowd cheers] And respectfully, I don't want Kevin to hand you that title, I don't want you to make a martyr of somebody who is begging to be a martyr. See, you have said so much, Kevin, you THINK it's about, you've thrown up these sheets of logic, allow me to punch a huge hole in that. You said the problems with you and I stem from me teaming with a man that tried to end your livelihood, teaming with a man who made your life a living hell, rewind to Saturday Night's Main Event where you did the EXACT same thing to me.

It's not about what you're saying, Kevin. When you met me, I was young, I was hungry, I was angry, I was just trying to climb the ladder like all of us, right? And I was doing it for me, I don't do this for me anymore, Kevin. I haven't for quite some time, I do this for my girls, I do this for these fans, [crowd cheers] I do this for that announcer sitting over there who believed in me before everybody else, I do it for my cousin who's the timekeeper, my little buddy who's sitting in the front row, I do it for my mentor, Randy Orton, who you put on the shelf [crowd cheers] and denied these people the privilege of seeing and I do it for people who have put faith in me, a man who handed me the Winged Eagle and said 'one night only so that we could give the fans something special.' So it's not your responsibility, Nick. It's mine to take that back from you."

Kevin Owens: [mocking voice] "I do it for my family and everyone--"

Cody Rhodes: "KEVIN, SHUT THE HELL UP, SHUT THE HELL UP! [Crowd cheers] I have had, absolutely, enough. Let me ask you the simplest of questions, were we friends before I was WWE Champion? Yes. Are we friends now? Absolutely not! You want a match where the ref doesn't screw you, great. I want a match where the ref can't stop what I'm gonna do to you! [Crowd cheers] [Cody inaudibly demands Nick Aldis a match between him and Kevin Owens as the crowd chants 'Let them fight!' Cody enters the ring.] That's what it's about, climbing, so let's do just that. [Mild cheers and applause] Take that championship, take this championship, [pounds on his belt and looks up] hang 'em high up, [Crowd cheers] Kevin Owens... LADDER MATCH!" [Crowd cheers, Cody then throws his mic and takes off his jacket]

Nick Aldis: "Ladies and Gentlemen, at the Royal Rumble, Kevin Owens will face Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship in a ladder match." [Crowd cheers, Nick drops his mic]

Kevin Owens: "Sounds great to me, I'll see you there.

[Kevin extends his hand for a handshake to Cody, which Cody rejects. Kevin drops his mic and pushes Nick into Cody and ambushes Cody. Nick tries to stop Kevin as referees and others comes to Cody's aid, Kevin then starts to leave.]

I'm the true champ! I'M THE TRUE CHAMP! I'M THE-- [Owens bashes the belt over his head] AHHH! I'M THE TRUE CHAMPION! I'LL SEE YOU AT THE RUMBLE, BITCH!"

- Credit: Thanks to inmate JediSaiyanMaster1203 for transcribing this promo.