Saturday, September 3, 2022

Clash at the Castle | Review-ish | Roman's Reign Continues | Broken Dreams for Drew McIntyre & More

After so much anticipation, Clash at the Castle, the U.K's first Major Pay-Per-View in thirty years, is now in the books, history has been made, here is a look back at the evening's action from the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. 

On the kick off show, Madcap Moss and Street Profits defeated Alpha Academy and Mr. Money In The Bank. Theory, in what was an outstanding match.

Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss & Asuka vs. Bayley, Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky
This was an excellent match, great chemistry was shown by everyone involved, Bayley pinned Bianca to get the win for her team, she will no doubt use this victory to make a point that she deserves a RAW Women's Championship opportunity. 

Intercontinental Championship Match
Gunther (c) vs. Sheamus
Sheamus walked out to a great crowd reception, Imperium were re-united before the bell rang,
this was brutal to watch and it lived up to expectations. Gunther hit Sheamus with a fierce clothesline for victory. Sheamus received a standing ovation from the crowd, a great moment which was very well deserved.

SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Liv Morgan (c) vs. Shayna Baszler

Many were expecting to see Shayna win, however, Liv, with an injured arm, overcame the odds and proved the doubters wrong by hitting the Oblivion for the win to remain Champion.

Edge & Rey Mysterio & Damian Priest & Finn Balor
The crowd singing Edge's theme song when he and Rey were in the ring was a beautiful moment, let's talk about what happened towards the end of the match, Finn Balor was met with a 619 from Rey and spear from Edge, leading to victory for the good guys, there was a thought prior to this match, would Dominik join the Judgement Day? The answer was not clear, as he turned against Rey and Edge during their victory celebrations but walked to the back on his own.  

The crowd attendance was 62,296 announced by Samantha Irvin. 

Seth Riddle vs. Matt Riddle
The co-main event was an absolute classic, Rollins used Riddles emotions against him to pick up the win via the Stomp, it will be interesting to see if they run this back for one more match at Extreme Rules.

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
Tyson Fury, Karrion Kross and Scarlett were ringside for the main event. Broken Dreams was played prior to Drew's walk to the ring. there were "Oh Drew McIntyre" chants, Roman's entrance was epic as always. he was met with "who are ya chants" the crowd was in full support for Drew, Roman looked confused and surprised by this, towards the end of the match, the referee was knocked down after Drew hit the Claymore to Roman, Theory's cash in was denied by Tyson Fury, Jimmy and Jey Uso's brother Solo Sikoa caused interference which led to Roman spearing Drew to remain champion. Acknowledge Him. 

Tyson Fury joined Drew in the ring to sing some songs before the show went off the air, it is interesting to note there were no new champions crowned, the show itself was absolutely magnificent, it was WrestleMania-esq, hopefully the WWE will hold another Pay-Per-View/Premium Live Event in the near future here in the U.K

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