WWE Clash at the Castle Results
June 15, 2024
Glasgow, Scotland (OVO Hydro)
Commentary: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, and Wade Barrett
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
We see a video of fans arriving at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today.
Video: Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes was shown walking into the OVO Hydro. We see AJ Styles sitting and looking contemplative. WWE Women’s Champion Bayley will defend her title against Piper Niven. World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest is shown on the screen and gets loud boos. Drew McIntyre’s appearance gets a LOUD ovation.
Video: Drew McIntyre narrates the WWE Clash at the Castle hype video.
We go live into the OVO Hydro for Glasgow, Scotland’s first Premium Live Event.
“You don’t want none.”
AJ Styles makes his way to the ring to boos from the crowd. Styles is preparing to compete for the Undisputed WWE Championship in an “I Quit” Match. Styles poses in the WWE ring, adorned with a Prime Energy logo in the center.
“Wrestling has more than one royal family.”
Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes makes his way to the ring to a HUGE ovation. The crowd loudly sings every lyric of his theme song. Rhodes looks fired up. So far, there have been no pyrotechnics for this show for the initial showing of the arena or for Styles’ or Rhodes’ entrances. Rhodes embraces his mother, “Mama Rhodes” Michelle, at ringside.
Undisputed WWE Championship
“I Quit” Match”
“The Phenomenal” AJ Styles vs. “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes (c)
Samantha Irvin does the ring announcements once both men are in the ring. The atmosphere from the crowd is absolutely electric as they chant for Rhodes. WWE production botched the graphic for Rhodes, showing an image of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship and “TALENT NAME” in bold. The referee uses the microphone to explain the rules of the “I Quit” Match.
The bell rings, and Rhodes quickly kicks him in the midsection before dropping down and hitting an uppercut. Rhodes punches away at him in the corner before whipping him hard face-first into the second turnbuckle. Rhodes bounces Styles’ face off the top turnbuckle and punches him down. Styles reverses a whip to the opposite corner, but Rhodes slingshots over him and hits a snap powerslam. Rhodes goes for a Disaster Kick but Styles counters into an inverted atomic drop. Styles chops “The American Nightmare” and punches him. Styles has him in the corner and hits some chops before whipping him sternum-first into the corner. Rhodes drops to his knees with the wind knocked out of him. The crowd is UNREAL. Rhodes slides out of a slam and hits some stinging left jabs, followed by a Bionic Elbow. Styles is rocked. Rhodes hits the ropes and dropkicks him off the apron. The referee checks on Styles and asks if he quits. Styles growls, “Get out.”
Rhodes goes under the ring and pulls out a table to a loud ovation. Rhodes goes back under the ring and pulls out a second table. Rhodes sets up the table near the apron. Styles is on his feet, so Styles pushes him into the steel steps. Styles will not quit. Rhodes grabs him and sends him over the barricade into the sea of humanity in the OVO Hydro. Styles stands on the barricade and comes off with a double ax handle. Rhodes begins punching Styles into the crowd. Styles fights back, but Rhodes quickly cuts him off. Rhodes hits him in the head with a fan’s drink and rakes the back. Styles quickly sends Rhodes headfirst into a metal barricade. Styles drives Rhodes through a door, and they are fighting backstage. Rhodes bounces him HARD off the wall and punches him through a narrow hallway. Rhodes bounces him off a road crate. They are fighting in the Gorilla Position. Bruce Prichard is shown in the background. Styles chokes Rhodes with a wire, but Rhodes fights out of it. They make their way through the entranceway and are fighting on the ramp. Rhodes knees him in the midsection and punches him against a metal barricade. Rhodes has him back to ringside near the table, but Styles punches away.
They get in the ring, and Styles takes him down before applying the Figure Four Leglock in the center of the ring. Styles screams in pain, but he will not quit. Rhodes cinches in the hold. Styles desperately gets to the bottom rope, but there are no rope breaks or disqualifications. Styles pulls himself over the apron enough to get out of the hold. Rhodes grabs Styles on the apron and goes for a suplex into the ring. Styles counters out and suplexes Rhodes (and himself) OVER the top rope! Styles soon gets on his feet and stuns Rhodes with a Death Valley Driver onto the commentary table. Styles then hits him with a brainbuster on the table! Wow! The referee asks Rhodes if he will quit. Rhodes emphatically responds, “No!” Styles uses the microphone to hit Rhodes in the head and sends him into the timekeeper’s area. Styles walks over and talks trash to Mama Rhodes!
Rhodes is busted wide open from landing on the ringbell! Styles is pleased and shouts, “We’ve got a bleeder!” Styles punches him and rolls Rhodes into the ring. Rhodes fights back, but Styles quickly cuts him off and stomps the head. Styles talks trash to the crowd, and Glasgow responds with jeers. Styles puts Rhodes on his shoulders and connects with the ushigoroshi. The referee asks Rhodes if he quits, and Rhodes says, “Absolutely not!” Styles punches away at the cut on Rhodes’ forehead, but Rhodes still refuses to submit. Rhodes fights back with some right hands. Rhodes hits the ropes, but Styles takes him down with a dropkick. Styles laughs as the crowd groans.
Rhodes is crawling at ringside. Styles bounces Rhodes’ face off the ring steps. The crowd starts to chant, “F**k you, AJ!” Styles tells them, in a way, that they are number one. Styles removes the top half of the steel steps and sets up for a Styles Clash off the steps and to the floor, as he did on SmackDown a few weeks back, but Styles counters with a back body drop!
Rhodes gets in the ring, and the crowd is loudly chanting for him. Styles gets in the ring, and Rhodes punches away at him. Rhodes absorbs a strike combination and connects with a Disaster Kick. Rhodes poses in the center of the ring and grabs Styles for Cross Rhodes, but Styles counters with a knee to the face. Styles hits a Pele Kick, followed by a DDT. Rhodes defiantly refuses to quit. Styles fishhooks the mouth and elbows him in the nose. Styles goes to ringside and retrieves a steel chair from under the ring. The crowd chants, “We want tables.” Styles gets in the ring and puts the steel chair around Rhodes’ neck before dropping a knee on it! Rhodes rolls around in agony and holds his neck. The referee asks Rhodes if he quits. Rhodes manages to say, “No!” Styles grabs a kendo stick from under the ring and cracks Rhodes in the back and legs with it. Rhodes drops down to the canvas. Styles continues to unload with shot after shot from the kendo stick. Styles holds up a dazed Rhodes’ face. Styles demands that he quit this match. Rhodes shouts, “Hell no!”
Styles is disgusted and paces the ring, wondering what he can do to the reigning Undisputed WWE Champion to make him quit. Styles takes a belt and whips Rhodes with it a bunch of times. Styles tries to use the belt to wrap around Rhodes’ head, but the blood has made his forehead too slick for the belt to grip. Styles tosses the belt aside and applies an STF. Rhodes is refusing to quit, but the referee keeps the microphone in his face just in case he’s had enough. Rhodes appears to be fading and looks like he is unconscious. Styles releases the STF and says he should be declared the winner since the champion is unconscious. The referee is explaining that Rhodes has to say, “I quit.”
Styles goes out of the ring and grabs a water bottle before throwing it at Rhodes to wake him up. Styles grabs a black bag from under the ring and gets in. The crowd thinks it is thumbtacks, but Styles says he’s got something better. Styles reveals a pair of handcuffs. Styles handcuffs Rhodes’ hands behind his back, a la Mankind vs. The Rock from the “I Quit” Match at the 1999 Royal Rumble. Styles beats Rhodes with the kendo stick, but Rhodes won’t submit. Styles looks at Mama Rhodes and shouts, “It’s all your damn fault.” Styles goes to ringside and gets in her face. Mama Rhodes taunts him back. Styles pokes her in the chest, so she slaps him in the face a few times. Styles grabs a steel chair and threatens her with it before getting into the ring and beating her son’s back with it. Styles puts a steel chain around his forearm and goes to the apron. Styles goes for a Phenomenal Forearm, but Rhodes throws the chair in his face, knocking him off the top rope and through the table at ringside!
Rhodes has been able to get his hands under his feet to bring his handcuffed arms to the front of his body. Styles crawls over to the key and unlocks the cuffs. The crowd chants, “This is awesome.” Styles slowly rolls into the ring, and Rhodes greets him with a handcuffed punch to the skull. Styles is busted open! Rhodes sidesteps an avalanche and hits a throat thrust. Rhodes rakes the eyes and connects with a vicious Cody Cutter! Rhodes is absolutely fired up! Rhodes grabs Styles, shouts, “You’re gonna say it,” and hits the Cross Rhodes! The crowd wants another, so Rhodes obliges them with a second Cross Rhodes. Styles is down in the center of the ring. Rhodes drops a chair on the Prime Energy logo and hits Styles with a Cross Rhodes on the chair! The crowd chants, “You deserve it!” Rhodes tells the referee not to ask Styles anything. Rhodes grabs the steel chair, but he throws it aside. Rhodes goes to the apron but then gets back in the ring. Styles puts the handcuff on Styles’ left wrist and puts the other end on the middle rope! Rhodes viciously beats Styles down with the chair, hitting him in the front and back of his body. Styles collapses in pain, so Rhodes smashes him in the knee with the chair! The referee asks Styles if he quits. Styles seems like he is before saying, “Screw you, Cody Rhodes!” Rhodes hits him in the midsection with the chair and goes outside the ring to grab the top half of the steel steps. Rhodes throws the steps into the ring. Styles holds the steps over his head, and Styles looks terrified. Styles has no choice but to scream, “I quit! I quit!” The bell rings!
Winner and still Undisputed WWE Champion: “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes
The crowd begins singing Rhodes’ song, but Rhodes has not dropped the steps. Even though Styles quit, Rhodes decides to smash him with the steps anyway! Rhodes stands on top of the steps and holds up the Undisputed WWE Championship!
Replays are shown of the highlights from this match. Rhodes embraces his mother and heads up the ramp. As Rhodes poses in front of the stage, Solo Sikoa comes up from behind, clapping for him. Rhodes looks ready to fight, but Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa blindside him! The Bloodline triple-teams Rhodes before Randy Orton and Kevin Owens run out for the save! They fight off the Bloodline and stand tall with the Undisputed WWE Champion.
Video: “Main Event” Jey Uso highlight reel.
WrestleMania 41 is coming to Las Vegas on April 19 and April 20, 2025.
Video: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn explain who they are and what Scotland means to them.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn vs. Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark vs. Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill (c’s)
Shayna Baszler, Isla Dawn, and Bianca Belair start the match. Belair fights them off and sends Dawn out of the ring. Baszler attacks Belair, but Belair fights her off. Belair hits Baszler with a shoulder to the midsection in the corner. Belair hits some punches before backflipping over Dawn. Belair hits her with a backbreaker. Belair flips through a back suplex from Baszler and does an O’Connor Roll for a two-count. Belair taunts Baszler before flipping over her and hits a back suplex. Belair hits Baszler with a handspring standing moonsault, but Dawn breaks up the pin.
Alba Fyre tags in to a big ovation from her home country. Zoey Stark and Jade Cargill also tag in. Stark and Fyre double-team Cargill. They apply a double wristlock to Cargill, but Cargill soon powers up and shoves them off. Cargill hits Stark and Fye with a double clothesline before knocking Dawn off the apron. Cargill goes back and forth hitting Fyre and Stark with avalanches. Cargill hits Stark with a short-arm clothesline. Fyre boots Cargill back, but Cargill presses her over her head before putting her on her shoulders. Stark charges, but Cargill also catches her! Cargill is holding Fyre and Stark before hitting a Samoan Drop/fallaway slam combo! Cargill kips up! Belair tags in. Cargill and Belair slam Fyre and then Dawn. Cargill slams Belair onto Dawn. Baszler and Stark run in, but Cargill and Belair cut them off. They hit stereo-delayed vertical suplexes before kipping up. The crowd gives Belair and Cargill a nice ovation.
Baszler and Fyre get in the ring and brutally beat Belair down before sending her into the ring post. Stark and Dawn pull Cargill off the apron, and Fyre rocks Cargill with a suicide dive. Baszler and Stark hit Cargill with a double-team suplex on the floor. Dawn then comes off the apron with a meteora on Cargill. Dawn and Stark tag in and attack Belair. Stark then breaks the alliance with Dawn and rocks her with a forearm. Baszler tags in and attacks Dawn. Baszler knees Dawn in the face. Stark tags in and hits a springboard twisting senton. Stark then hits Belair with a clothesline. Baszler kicks Dawn against the ropes. Dawn reverses a whip, but she misses a clothesline. Stark blind tags in and hits a springboard missile dropkick on Dawn. Baszler hits an inverted gutwrench suplex on Dawn, and Stark covers for a two-count. Baszler and Stark set up for a double-team, but Dawn fights out.
Fyre tags in and forearms Baszler before hitting Stark with a superkick. Fyre hits Baszler with a tornado DDT while kicking Belair down. Fyre gets Baszler and Stark out of the ring. The crowd is on their feet for Fyre. Fyre hits a scary somersault senton off the top rope onto Baszler and Stark! Fyre gets Baszler in the ring and hits a missile dropkick. 1… 2… Belair breaks up the pin. Fyre gets Belair out of the ring and tags Dawn in. Fyre goes to the top rope, but Baszler sends Dawn into her. Stark attacks Fyre on the top rope, but Fyre fights her off. Baszler joins in to cut Fyre off. Dawn hits Baszler with a powerbomb, and Baszler hits Fyre with a superplex. Belair goes to the second rope and grabs Stark for a superplex. Belair lands high on her shoulders!
Cargill pulls herself to the apron and gets tagged in. Cargill goes for a springboard, but she slips and lands on her face! The hot tag momentum is dead. Cargill gets up, composes herself, and runs wild on her opponents. Baszler applies a Kirifuda Clutch, and Cargill looks like she’s tapping out. The referee doesn’t call it. Baszler has her on the mat. Belair breaks up the Kirifuda Clutch with a 450 Splash, but she mostly overshoots. The crowd is silent now. Belair and Cargill bring it back a bit with a nice DDT/German Suplex combo. Dawn pulls Cargill away and covers Baszler for the win!
Winners by Pinfall and new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
The crowd is in disbelief and roars in approval for the home country ladies. Fyre and Dawn celebrate with their families at ringside. Fyre’s mother was killed in a tragic car accident a few weeks back. Fyre is emotional, rightly so. What a moment! They pose in the ring with the titles as the crowd chants, “You deserve it!”
WWE puts over having SmackDown at the OVO Hydro last night.
Video: WWE Intercontinental Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Chad Gable w/ Alpha Academy (Otis and Maxxine Dupri) vs. Sami Zayn (c)
The Uncle Howdy QR code appears on the screen. It says we were warned. The massacre is coming.
The bell rings, and they stand across the ring from one another. They lock up in the center of the ring and tussle against the ropes for position. Zayn presses Gable into the corner and teases a right hand before backing up and giving a clean break. The crowd sings Sami Zayn’s name to the theme of “Baby, Give It Up.” They lock up again, and Gable gets Zayn in the corner before facewashing him. Gable backs up, and the crowd chants something at him. Zayn wrenches the arm, but Gable rolls through to reverse the pressure. Gable applies a side headlock before hitting a takeover. Zayn kips out of it and puts Gable in a head-scissor, but Gable kips up out of that. We are at a stalemate.
Gable applies a side headlock and cinches it in. Zayn whips him off, drops down, does a leapfrog, and hits a pair of arm drags. Gable avoids a third and goes for an Ankle Lock, but Zayn scurries to the bottom rope. Gable smacks Zayn on the chest. Gable applies a side headlock. Zayn whips him off, drops down, and then sends him over the top rope. Zayn hits the ropes and goes for a dive, but Gable moves. Zayn instead backflips off the top rope back into the ring. Gable talks strategy with Alpha Academy at ringside. Gable gets on the apron, but he goes back to ringside. Zayn goes outside to get him, but Gable gets back in the ring. Zayn looks at Otis, and the crowd EXPLODES! Otis stares back at Zayn. Zayn tells Otis to listen to the crowd before getting back in the ring. Gable shouts at Otis to ignore the crowd.
Zayn talks a little trash to Gable, so Gable slaps him in the face. Zayn slaps back. They exchange some slaps before Zayn hits a headlock takeover. Gable quickly gets out and applies an Ankle Lock, but Zayn quickly grabs the bottom rope. Gable kicks the hand that grabbed the rope and sends him hard into the turnbuckles. Gable attacks the arm and listens to the crowd. Gable chops Zayn in the corner and hits a northern lights suplex for a two-count. Gable applies an overhead wristlock. The crowd sings that Gable is a “wanker.” Zayn elbows out. Gable reverses a whip to the corner. Zayn drops him on the apron, but Gable snaps the injured arm off the top rope. Gable tells Otis to focus and gets back in the ring. Gable punches away at Zayn in the corner before chopping the chest. Gable forearms him in the face a few times and tells Otis to be ready. Gable charges, but Zayn boots him back and hits a flying elbow to the head off the second rope. Zayn comes off the second rope with another flying elbow to the forehead. Zayn chops and punches Gable down before clutching his left arm in pain. Gable sends him into the ropes, but Zayn springboards over him. Zayn clotheslines him over the top rope. Gable almost doesn’t go over, but they force it to happen. Zayn then hits a split-legged moonsault to the floor on Gable.
Zayn gets Gable in the ring and pulls himself to the top rope. Zayn leaps, but Gable dropkicks him out of midair for a near fall. Gable goes for a German Suplex, but Zayn elbows out. Zayn attempts a German Suplex, but Gable fights it. Gable hits the ropes, but Zayn hits him with a one-armed Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Zayn attempts a Blue Thunder Bomb, but his arm is too injured to lift Gable. Gable snatches the injured left arm and twists it before hitting a nasty powerbomb. Gable comes off the top rope with a flying head-butt! 1… 2… Zayn kicks out. Gable hits a pair of German Suplexes. Zayn fights the third and hits Gable with a German Suplex. Zayn rolls through into a second German Suplex on Gable. Zayn pulls him up for a third, but Gable fights it. They each do a bunch of standing switches before Zayn spikes him with a half-and-half suplex for a near fall!
Both men are down. Replays show that Gable landed on the top of his head on that suplex. They get to their feet exchanging punches. Zayn goes wild on him, but Gable cuts him off with a takedown. Gable applies a crossface and cinches in the devastating maneuver. Zayn fights through the pain and rolls out before applying a crossface to Gable. Gable fights out of it and applies the Ankle Lock! Gable cinches it in, but Zayn won’t submit. Zayn nearly gets to the bottom rope, so Gable drags him to the center of the ring. Zayn counters out with a roll-up to pick up a near fall. Gable is not happy.
Gable goes to ringside and grabs the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Gable then hands it to Maxxine Dupri. Gabel gets in the ring and chokes Zayn on the ropes before the referee backs him up. Gable secretly motions to Maxxine to hit Zayn with the title, but she can’t bring herself to do it. Gable is not happy. He calls her up to the apron and admonishes her. Gable says he’s tired of her never listening. Zayn goes for a Helluva Kick, but Gable sidesteps him. Zayn nearly hits Maxxine, but he puts the brakes on. Gable hits Zayn with Chaos Theory! 1… 2… Zayn barely kicks out!
Gable leaves the ring and angrily yells at her. Maxxine is limping around in her walking boot. Otis steps between them and gets in Gable’s face for probably the loudest ovation so far! Otis shoves Gable away and takes a somersault senton from Zayn. That was meant for Gable. Gable hits Zayn and Otis with a moonsault block to the floor. Gable gets him in the ring and goes to the top rope for a moonsault. Gable lands on his feet when Zayn moves, but Zayn quickly catches him with an exploder into the corner. Zayn goes for a Helluva Kick, but his injured leg gives out. Gable gets out of the ring to recover. Zayn goes outside and bounces Gable off the announce table. Gable reverses a whip into the barricade. Zayn jumps to the top of the barricade, but Gable sweeps the feet and applies the Ankle Lock! Zayn rolls through, sending Gable into Maxxine’s injured leg! Otis thinks Gable did that on purpose. This is the same thing that happened a few weeks back on Raw when Gable pushed Zayn into Otis, who inadvertently knocked Maxxine off the apron. Gable gets in the ring and away from the angry Otis. Otis threatens to hit Zayn, but he instead carries the injured Maxxine away. Gable is not happy. Zayn then crushes him with a Helluva Kick for the win!
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn celebrates with his championship. As he walks away, he locks eyes with Chad Gable, who is shaking he is so furious.
WWE SummerSlam will take place over two nights in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2026. This year, SummerSlam will take place in Cleveland, Ohio.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. Kelley asks what this moment means to them. Alba Fyre says they did what they said they would do. Isla Dawn says the other competitors had zero chance with the entire Scotland behind them.
Video: Piper Niven highlight reel
Video: WWE Women’s Championship
WWE Women’s Championship
Piper Niven w/ Chelsea Green vs. Bayley (c)
The crowd loudly sings to Bayley, who is celebrating her 35th birthday today.
Charles Robinson calls for the bell to start this match. They go face-to-face in the center of the ring before Bayley shoves her. They get into a hockey fight. Bayley applies a side headlock, but Niven whips her off and hits a shoulder block. Bayley goes for a takedown, but Niven shakes her off and hits a scoop slam. Bayley rolls out of the ring to recover, so Chelsea Green slaps her in the face. Bayley goes after her, but Niven steps in front. Bayley punches away at her before Niven head-butts her down. Niven gets her in the ring. Bayley applies a waistlock, but Niven knocks her off. Bayley avoids a basement cross-body block from Niven. Bayley attacks and hits the ropes, but Green grabs the ankles. Bayley stomps her hands. Green gets on the apron and gets in Charles Robinson’s face, poking and pulling on him. Robinson ejects her from ringside to a huge ovation. Green flips out.
Niven is not happy, but she fights Bayley off and knocks her out of the ring. Niven hits a rolling senton off the apron onto Bayley! Niven is fired up. Niven gets Bayley in the ring and hits a senton splash for a near fall. Niven continues to take it to the WWE Women’s Champion, but Bayley soon fights back. Niven knocks her to the apron and hits a nasty suplex back into the ring. Bayley landed on her tailbone. Niven covers for a two-count. Niven goes for another suplex, but Bayley counters into a DDT. Niven rolls out of the ring to recover. Bayley hits her with a suicide dive. Bayley pulls her up, but Niven drives her hard into the apron. Niven gets Bayley in the ring. Bayley hooks the head, but Niven powers her off. Bayley tees off on Niven’s head with boots. Bayley comes off the second rope with a hot shot before going back to the second rope for a diving elbow. Bayley goes to the top rope and catches Niven, who was getting to her feet, with a senton bomb. Bayley is back on the top rope once more for a diving elbow drop to pick up a near fall.
Bayley gets to her feet and charges, but Niven drops her with a uranage. Niven follows up with a senton splash for a near fall. The crowd chants, “Piper Niven.” Niven goes to the second rope, but Bayley cuts her off. Niven elbows her onto the canvas. Bayley quickly rebounds with a Bayley-to-Belly off the second rope! Bayley is too injured to follow up. Chelsea Green runs down in a luchador mask. The commentators call her Nacho Chelsea. Referee Charles Robinson doesn’t buy it. Bayley covers Niven, but Robinson is late to see it and gets a two-count. Bayley dropkicks Green and attacks. Bayley goes for a Rose Plant on Niven, but Niven counters with a NASTY Piper Driver for a near fall.
Niven goes to the second rope for a Vader Bomb, but Bayley gets the feet up. Niven rolls out of the ring to recover. Bayley goes outside and charges, but Niven hits a Boss Man Slam on the floor! Niven gets her in the ring and goes for a senton splash, but Bayley moves. Bayley goes for a Rose Plant, but Niven head-butts her down. Bayley hits her with a crucifix pin for the win!
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Women’s Champion: Bayley
Tom “The Albatross” Stoltman, the World’s Strongest Man, is at ringside. The commentators are having a lot of fun at ringside.
WWE Money in the Bank is coming on July 6, 2024!
Ok, I’ve got a prior obligation! I’m making a hot tag to Jerome Wilen! Have a good one, everyone!
Hot tag made…
We are ready for main event! We have a the Inveraray and District Pipe Band (Scottish bagpipes) coming down to the ring playing “Scotland the Brave” as part of Drew McIntyre’s ring entrance.
The music of the challenger for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship hits, as he makes his way out to the ring with a big ovation from his hometown fans! He has a K on his wrist band for his wife Kaitlyn, who is back in the states recovering from emergency surgery. They put the decibel meter on the screen showing it peaking at just under 100 with 98! The fans begin to chant “Oh Drew McIntyre”, as the decibel meter is shown again and peaks at 101, before falling back to 98.
The music of the champion Damian Priest hits next to big boos from the fans. The Champion makes his way out and walks slowly down to the ring. The commentary team reminds us that the rest of Judgment Day is barred from ringside for this match.
Samantha Irvin makes the official introductions, with McIntyre first, then followed by the champion.
WWE Heavyweight Championship Match: Damian Priest (c) defends against Drew McIntyre
The bell rings as we are underway! Both men stare at each other as the fans go wild! Both men lock up in the center of the ring. Drew pushes Priest to the corner. He pushes Priest down on the mat and flexes. Drew charges at Priest and drops him with a few clotheslines as he rolls to the floor! Drew then flies over the ropes and lands on Priest on the outside. Priest is up and then forces Drew into the ring post. Drew is down as Priest taunts the crowd. Drew is back in the ring as Priest hits drew with a big left hand as the action is back i the ring. Drew picks up Priest and then chops him. Priest charges at Drew, but he catches him and drops him with a big spinebuster. Drew covers Priest for only a two count. Drew chops Priest. Priest then picks up Drew and drops him. Priest picks up Drew and tosses him on the mat. Priest covers Drew, but he kicks out at two! Drew then chops Priest, who then comes back with a big right hand on Drew.
Drew is up on the ropes and comes down, but Priest moves out of the way. Drew then picks up Priest and slams him on the mat. Drew covers him, but the champion kicks out at two. Drew goes for a DDT, but Priest escapes and rolls to the floor. Drew sends Priest into the Prime Drink table and then chops him. The action is back on the ring apron. Priest drops Drew and then leaps over the ropes, but gets caught in the ropes as Drew kicks Priest who is hanging upside down. Priest is still caught in the ropes as Drew gets Priest disconnected and chops Priest. This looked like a scary moment the way Priest landed with his ankle caught in the ropes, as I don’t think this part of the match happened as planned…
Drew picks up Priest and suplexes him. Drew covers the champion, but he kicks out at two. Drew chops Priest…he comes back with a big boot on Drew and sends him to the mat. Priest grabs Drew, but he is sent first to the post…Drew delivers a future shock DDT on Priest and covers him, but Priest kicks out at two. Drew chops Priest and then sends him to the corner. Priest gets a boot up and kicks Drew as he goes down.
Priest is up on the top rope. Drew gets up and chops Priest. Drew is on the second rope hitting Priest. Drew looks to deliver White Noise, but Priest counters and drops Drew with the razors edge! Priest covers Drew for only a two count. Both men are on their knees having a slug fest in the middle of the ring. Both men get to their feet and continue to trade rights and lefts in the center of the ring. Priest then nails Drew, who then fires back with a right hand. Priest kicks Drew in the mid-section. Priest then nails Drew twice with big kicks, but Drew won’t go down. Drew comes back and drops Priest with a neckbreaker as both men are down. Drew gets fired up as he back to his feet! The fans are going wild. Drew sets up for the claymore…Priest rolls to the floor…Drew then hits Priest on the floor with a claymore kick, sending Priest through the barricade…
The action is back in the ring. Drew goes for a claymore, but counters and picks him up and drops him with a south of heaven chokeslam. He covers Drew, who kicks out at two! We get this is awesome chants from the Scotland fans. Priest sets Drew up on the top rope and chops him. Priest climbs the ropes, as Drew hits Priest in the back, sending him to the mat. Priest is back up and then flips Drew onto the mat…Drew then comes back and hits a claymore kick on Priest…Drew covers Priest, but he won’t stay down, as he kicks out at two!
We get “oh Drew McIntyre” chants again from the 11,391 in attendance. Drew grabs Priest, but he sends Drew the corner. We get a ref bump as the ref is sent to floor, crashing into the barricade by Priest, which was an accident. Drew hits Priest with a claymore…an official runs to the ring, and counts, but Priest kicks out at two. The official is CM PUNK! The fans boo! Drew gets in the face of Punk, who is in the corner. Punk then low-blows Drew. The ref then gets back in the ring as he didn’t see Punk had low-blowed Drew. Priest then picks up Drew and drops him hard to the mat with a south of heaven chokeslam. Priest covers Drew to get the pin and retains the championship. The fans are quiet and in disbelief. Punk high fives some fans at ringside who are Punk fans.
As Drew recovers in disbelief, the show goes off the air.
Winner by pinfall and still WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Damian Priest
Quick Match Results
— “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes (c) def. “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles in an “I Quit” Match to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship
— Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn def. Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark, and Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill (c’s) in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
— Sami Zayn (c) def. Chad Gable to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
— Bayley (c) def. Piper Niven to retain the WWE Women’s Championship
—Damian Priest (c) def. Drew McIntyre to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
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