Thunderdome - Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, Florida
February 21, 2021
“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
A video plays that highlights the WWE Elimination Chamber event and
the matches we will be seeing tonight.
We go into the WWE ThunderDome to see a big pyrotechnics display.
We’ll be kicking off the show with the SmackDown Elimination Chamber
match.
Video Package: SmackDown #1 Contender’s Elimination Chamber Match
#1 Contender’s Elimination Chamber Match
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. King Corbin vs. Jey Uso vs. Cesaro vs.
Daniel Bryan
The winner of this match will face Roman Reigns for the WWE
Universal Championship later tonight.
It’s Daniel Bryan starting against Cesaro. Bryan quickly hooks a
side headlock, but Cesaro whips him off and shoulder blocks him down
for a one count. Cesaro applies a side headlock, but Bryan whips him
off. Cesaro shoulder blocks him again for a one count. They hit the
ropes. Bryan goes for a leapfrog, but Cesaro counters into a
tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two count. Bryan is whipped to the
corner, but he scales the ropes and backflips over Cesaro. Bryan
ducks a clothesline and hits a running elbow for a two count. Bryan
gives him a back body drop over the top rope onto the Elimination
Chamber floor. Bryan comes off the top rope with a flying knee.
Bryan gets him in the ring and comes off the top rope with a missile
dropkick for a two count. Bryan puts Cesaro on the top rope for a
frankensteiner, but Cesaro holds him up. Cesaro powers him up, but
Bryan counters into the frankensteiner. Bryan holds his knee before
charging, but Cesaro turns him inside out with a desperation
clothesline for a two count.
Cesaro starts to attack Bryan’s knee. Cesaro powers him up by the
knee, but Bryan counters into a cross arm breaker. Cesaro quickly
rolls Bryan over to get out of the submission attempt. Bryan angers
Cesaro with a big uppercut and a kick. Cesaro floors Bryan with an
uppercut. Cesaro uppercuts him again before hitting a delayed
vertical suplex, complete with a casual stroll around the ring.
Cesaro covers for a two count. The clock begins to count down.
King Corbin joins the match.
King Corbin enters the match and grabs Cesaro, driving him into a
Chamber pod. Corbin punches away at Cesaro, so Bryan comes up to
him. Corbin quickly attacks Bryan, sending him into the Chamber
wall. Corbin digs Bryan’s face into the chain links before punching
him. Corbin throws Cesaro over the top rope back into the ring.
Corbin sends Bryan to the corner and charges, but Bryan sidesteps
him. Bryan hits corner dropkicks on Cesaro and Corbin before Cesaro
sidesteps him. Cesaro hits running uppercuts on Bryan and Corbin
before Corbin pops out of the corner with a pair of Deep Sixes on
Bryan and Cesaro. Corbin picks up a near fall on each of them.
Corbin throws Bryan out of the ring to the Chamber floor. Corbin
lifts Bryan by his knee and drives it into Sami Zayn’s pod. Zayn
yells at Corbin from inside his pod. Corbin sends Cesaro into Zayn’s
pod before sending Bryan’s knee into Jey Uso’s pod. Corbin wraps
Bryan’s knee around the ring post and stretches it. Corbin sends
Cesaro into the Chamber wall and punches him down. Bryan is slowly
crawling into the ring, so Corbin meets him there. Corbin drops
Bryan with a big back suplex for a two count. Corbin slaps the mat
in frustration. Cesaro gets in the ring and starts punching Corbin.
Corbin knees him in the midsection and punches him through the ropes
to the Chamber floor. Corbin grabs Bryan and puts him in the tree of
woe before kneeing away at him. The clock counts down to zero during
this.
Sami Zayn joins the match.
Sami Zayn looks terrified and closes the door to his pod. Corbin
approaches his pod, but Zayn holds it shut. Bryan then dropkicks
Corbin into Zayn’s pod. Zayn talks trash to Corbin, but doesn’t
realize the other door to his pod is open. Cesaro steps in, and Zayn
is petrified. Cesaro uppercuts away at Zayn and gets him out of his
pod. Zayn stumbles around the Chamber floor section before pulling
Cesaro into a pod. Bryan goes up to Zayn and kicks away at his chest
before sending him into the Chamber wall hard a few times. Corbin
then DRILLS Bryan with a clothesline. Corbin punches Bryan back into
the ring. Zayn then clips Corbin and takes him down.
Zayn gets in the ring and stomps away at Bryan, kicking him out to
the Chamber floor. Zayn goes for a Helluva Kick, but he instead hits
a pod when Bryan sidesteps him. Zayn holds his ankle in pain. Bryan
gets Corbin in the ring and goes to the top rope, but Corbin cuts
him off. Corbin connects with a superplex, but both are too injured
to follow up. Outside on the Chamber floor, Zayn hits Cesaro with a
tornado DDT! Zayn rolls Cesaro into the ring and covers for a near
fall. Zayn stomps Bryan and Corbin before going outside. Zayn
charges Cesaro, but Cesaro leapfrogs him on top of Jey Uso’s pod.
Zayn tries to fight Cesaro away, but Cesaro also climbs up the pod.
Zayn tries to scale the wall to get away, but Cesaro grabs him by
the hair and uppercuts away at him. Zayn quickly stuns him with a
poke to the eyes and starts to scale the Chamber wall to the
opposite pod. Cesaro climbs along next to him and bounces Zayn’s
face off the wall. Zayn his hanging precariously by one arm. Cesaro
grabs the top of the Chamber ceiling and swings to kicks Zayn off to
the floor! What a drop! Cesaro then does some pull-ups.
Cesaro drops down, but Corbin catches him. Corbin drives him into
the Chamber wall, drops him on the turnbuckle, and clotheslines him
back into the ring. Bryan comes off the top rope, but Corbin catches
him and hits a chokeslam. Cesaro quickly stuns Corbin with an
uppercut, but Corbin punches back. Cesaro goes for a springboard,
but Corbin grabs him. Cesaro gets out and sends Corbin
shoulder-first into the ring post. Cesaro comes off the top rope
with a diving European Uppercut. Cesaro then starts the Cesaro Swing
on Corbin! Cesaro drops him down and steps through into a
Sharpshooter… and Corbin taps!
King Corbin has been eliminated by Cesaro.
The clock counts down to let the next competitor in.
Kevin Owens joins the match.
Owens goes up to Zayn, but Zayn begs him off and tries to form a
partnership with him. Zayn wants to do this like old times before
shouting “OH MY GOD” when Owens grabs him, drives him into two pods,
and clotheslines him down on the floor. Owens gets in the ring and
punches away at Bryan before hitting a release German Suplex. Owens
and Cesaro exchange punches and uppercuts in the ring before Owens
hits a step-up enzuigiri. Bryan quickly boots Owens and jumps on his
back for a sleeper hold. Owens charges with Bryan on his back to hit
a senton splash on Cesaro! Owens covers both for near falls.
Owens cuts Zayn off on the top rope and goes for a superplex. Zayn
bites him to get out and elbows away at him. They fall to the mat,
and Owens superkicks Zayn. Owens then starts hitting cannonballs on
Cesaro, Bryan, and then on Zayn. Owens tells Jey Uso, who is still
in his pod, to keep watching. Owens blocks a boot, but Zayn turns
him inside out with a half nelson suplex. Cesaro hits Zayn with a
Very European Uppercut. Bryan hits a Busaiku Knee on Cesaro, and
Owens hits Bryan with a Pop-up Powerbomb! All four men are down.
Owens gets to his feet and approaches Zayn, who is pleading with
him. Owens hits a hangman’s neckbreaker on Zayn for a near fall.
Owens hits a fisherman’s neckbreaker on Bryan for another near fall.
Owens grabs Cesaro and lifts him up, but Cesaro slides off. The
clock counts down to zero and…
Jey Uso enters the match.
Owens greets Uso with some right hands before sending him hard into
the Chamber wall. Owens grinds Uso’s face into the Chamber wall
before sending him headfirst into a pod. Owens whips Uso into a
Chamber, and the back wall gives out. Owens chokes Uso with his
boot. Cesaro and Zayn attack Owens and send him into the ring. Bryan
sends Uso into the Chamber wall, but Uso fights back with a right
hand. Owens climbs to the top of a pod and hits a moonsault on the
four remaining competitors!
Owens hits Bryan with a Stunner on the Chamber floor before hitting
Cesaro with one. Owens avoids a Helluva Kick and hits a Stunner on
Zayn to eliminate him.
Sami Zayn has been eliminated by Kevin Owens.
Owens grabs Uso, but Uso rakes the eyes. Uso then grabs the open
Chamber door and traps Owens’ arm in there! Uso powers the door
harder into Owens’ arm and superkicks away at Owens, who cannot
move. Uso superkicks him back into the ring and hits a frog splash
off the top rope to eliminate him.
Kevin Owens has been eliminated by Jey Uso.
Bryan uppercuts Uso in the ring, but Uso hits a step-up enzuigiri.
Uso then chop blocks Bryan’s injured knee. Uso goes for a dive on
Cesaro, but Cesaro knocks him back with an uppercut. Cesaro comes
off the top rope with a diving elbow drop for a near fall. Uso rolls
out of the ring, so Cesaro catches him with a slingshot stomp.
Cesaro grabs Uso’s leg and hits a Cesaro Swing into the Chamber wall
three times. Cesaro grabs Bryan going for a dive and hits a fallaway
slam into the ring. Cesaro goes to the top rope and dives, but Bryan
kicks him in the midsection.
Bryan shakes feeling into his injured leg. Bryan and Cesaro exchange
uppercuts in the center of the ring. Bryan counters a Very European
Uppercut into a backslide pin for a two count. Bryan follows up with
a big kick to the skull for a near fall. Bryan continues to fire
himself up. Bryan grabs Cesaro’s arms, but Cesaro fights him. Bryan
finally has the hands locked and stomps away at Cesaro’s face.
Bryan’s knee gives out, but he hobbles to the corner and starts a
YES chant. Bryan goes for a Busaiku Knee, but Cesaro counters into a
torture rack attempt. Bryan slides out and kicks Cesaro in the head.
Bryan goes to the top rope, but Cesaro cuts him off with an
uppercut. Cesaro puts him on his shoulders on the second rope and
hits a big gutbuster! Cesaro grabs him by the injured leg and does a
one leg Cesaro Swing! Uso quickly superkicks Cesaro and comes off
the top rope with a frog splash to eliminate him!
Cesaro has been eliminated by Jey Uso.
Uso grabs Bryan and sets him up in the middle of the ring. Uso comes
off the top rope with a frog splash… but Bryan kicks out! Uso
angrily climbs the top rope and climbs up to the top of the pod. Uso
jumps off… but Bryan gets the knees up on the big frog splash
attempt! Wow! Bryan follows up with a Busaiku Knee for the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan will face Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal
Championship later tonight…
…except it will not be later tonight. It will be right now. The WWE
Universal Champion is making his way to the ring with Paul Heyman.
WWE Universal Championship
Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns (c) w/ Paul Heyman
The referee checks on Daniel Bryan, who agrees to start the match.
Reigns charges at the sound of the bell for a Spear, but Bryan
counters into a YES Lock! Reigns screams in pain, but powers out.
Reigns annihilates Bryan with punches before hitting a powerbomb.
Reigns crushes Bryan with more elbows to the head before applying a
guillotine choke. The referee ends the match.
Winner by Referee Stoppage and still WWE Universal Champion: Roman
Reigns
Roman Reigns poses with the Universal Championship on the second
rope. Reigns gets down… and Edge delivers a vicious Spear to him!
Edge points at the WrestleMania sign. It looks like Edge has made
his WrestleMania decision. Fireworks go off. Edge will face Roman
Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania.
WWE 24/7 Champion Bad Bunny is backstage talking to Sonya Deville.
Deville walks away when The Miz walks up. Miz wanted to be the
musical guest with Bad Bunny on SNL last night. Miz asks what he’s
doing. Bad Bunny says he’s the 24/7 Champion… what is Miz doing
here? Is he a champion? Miz shoves Bad Bunny, so Bad Bunny slaps him
in the face. Miz angrily turns around, but Damian Priest is standing
there. Miz just walks away.
John Morrison won a Fatal 4-Way on the Elimination Chamber Kickoff
Show to replace the injured Keith Lee in the United States
Championship match.
WWE United States Championship
John Morrison vs. Riddle vs. Bobby Lashley (c) w/ MVP
MVP came down to the ring with Bobby Lashley on a crutch from the
knee injury he suffered this past Monday on Raw.
The bell rings, and Lashley quickly beats Riddle down in the corner
before choking him with his boot. Lashley walks away, and John
Morrison follows up with punches and stomps on Riddle. Lashley grabs
Morrison and drives him into the corner, stomping away at him.
Riddle jumps on Lashley’s back, but Lashley slams him off and
clotheslines him over the top rope. Morrison quickly stuns Lashley
with a kick, but Lashley doesn’t go down. Lashley drops Morrison on
the apron and knocks him off to the floor. Lashley goes outside and
drives Morrison into the barricade. Lashley lifts Morrison up in a
torture rack and drives him headfirst into the ring post. MVP is
fired up. Riddle jumps off the steps, but Lashley catches him and
easily turns him inside out with a vicious toss.
Lashley grabs Riddle by the hair and gets him in the ring. Lashley
hits a running shoulder on Riddle in the corner before hitting a
neckbreaker. Lashley goes for a suplex, but Morrison springboards
off the top rope to knock Riddle down to his feet. They try to
attack Lashley, but Lashley turns them each inside out with
clotheslines. Lashley stands tall in the ring as MVP jawjacks from
ringside.
Riddle and Morrison confer at ringside before surprising Lashley and
double-teaming him in the corner. Riddle hits a running forearm on
Lashley. Morrison charges, but Lashley kills him with a one-armed
slam. Lashley then hits Riddle with a big slam. Lashley shoulders
Riddle in the corner. MVP tells Lashley to punish him. Lashley
charges, but Riddle hits a hurricanrana over the top rope. Morrison
hits a twisting plancha to the floor on Lashley. Riddle follows up
with a springboard Floating Bro. Morrison turns on Riddle and sends
him headfirst into the ring post. Morrison gets Riddle in the ring
and covers for a near fall. Morrison punches away at Riddle, but
Riddle fights back. Morrison kicks Riddle in the midsection and
lifts him up. Riddle twists out of a submission and flips through a
German Suplex attempt. Riddle then hits a Pelé Kick to knock
Morrison to the corner. Riddle hits a pair of running forearms
before hitting an exploder. Morrison avoids a kick and a standing
moonsault, but he can’t avoid the Broton. Riddle kicks him in the
chest and hits a German Suplex for a near fall.
Lashley gets in the ring and goes for a clothesline on Riddle, but
Riddle hits a Final Flash knee! Riddle goes to the top rope and hits
a Floating Bro on Lashley. Morrison quickly knees Riddle in the head
and hits Starship Pain on Lashley for a near fall. MVP talks trash
to Morrison, so Morrison gets out of the ring and gets in his face.
Morrison grabs MVP’s crutch and gets in the ring. There are no
disqualifications in a triple threat match. Lashley applies a Hurt
Lock to Morrison, but Riddle breaks it up with a crutch to the spine
of Lashley. Riddle knocks Lashley out of the ring and hits a Bro
Derek on Morrison to win the title! Lashley was never pinned to lose
his title.
Winner by Pinfall and new WWE United States Champion: Riddle
Lashley is absolutely infuriated as Riddle walks off with the United
States Championship.
WrestleMania is 48 days away.
Kayla Braxton is backstage with SmackDown Women’s Champion Sasha
Banks and Bianca Belair. Reginald comes up and puts them both over
and offers to put his finest champagne on ice. Belair says after
their win, they can toast to her WrestleMania decision.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax (c’s) vs. Bianca Belair and SmackDown
Women’s Champion Sasha Banks
Bianca Belair starts against Bianca Belair. Jax shoves her and talks
some trash, but Belair smiles. Belair slides off Jax and shoves her.
Jax is not happy. Belair sidesteps Jax and slaps her rear end.
Belair backflips over Jax and dropkicks her. Sasha Banks tags in and
hits a wheelbarrow bulldog. Belair tags in as Jax presses Banks up.
Belair catches Banks and attacks Jax with her. Shayna Baszler tags
in and avoids a standing moonsault. Baszler goes for a standing arm
bar, but Belair gets out. Banks hits a meteora on Baszler, but Jax
tags in and attacks her. Baszler tags back in and twists Banks’ arm.
Baszler attacks Banks’ arm, but Banks gets out with a jawbreaker.
Jax tags in and slams Banks for a two count. Banks fights back at
Jax, but Baszler tags in. Banks rolls Baszler into Belair by
accident. Banks rolls Baszler up a few times for two counts.
Belair tags in, but Baszler gets her in a Kirifuda Clutch attempt.
Banks blinds tags in. Belair hits a double chicken wing slam on
Baszler. Banks comes off the top rope with a splash for a near fall.
Belair tags back in. Banks kicks Baszler before Belair hits the KOD.
Jax pulls Belair out of the ring to break up the pin. Belair and Jax
brawl in the ring. Belair tries to lift her, but Jax gets out. Jax
slams Belair, but Banks breaks up the pin. Baszler is sent out of
the ring by Banks. Jax grabs Belair, but Banks blind tags in. Jax
hits Belair with a Samoan Drop. Banks then hits Jax with a meteora
for a near fall. Banks tags Jax down with a Bank Statement. Reginald
is at ringside with a bottle of champagne. Jax gets to the bottom
rope to break the submission. Reginald rolls the bottle of champagne
to Banks, but she doesn’t want it. Jax then hits Banks with a Samoan
Drop for the win.
Winners by Pinfall and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Shayna
Baszler and Nia Jax
MVP is shown talking with Mr. Money in the Bank Miz backstage.
Video Package: WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match
WWE Championship – Elimination Chamber Match
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. AJ Styles vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs.
Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton
It’s Jeff Hardy starting against Randy Orton. Orton kicks and
punches Hardy down before raking his boot on his face. Orton stomps
away at Hardy before throwing him out onto the Chamber floor. Orton
punches Hardy back and drives him headfirst into Drew McIntyre’s
pod. Orton then goes and stares at AJ Styles. Hardy punches back at
Orton and unloads on him. Hardy dropkicks Orton into the corner of
the Chamber wall and pod. Orton quickly responds with a thumb to the
eye. Orton gets Hardy into the ring and applies a chin lock. Hardy
tries to fight up, but Orton keeps him grounded. Hardy fights up and
elbows out, but Orton knees him in the midsection. Hardy comes back
with a clothesline, an inverted atomic drop, a double leg drop to
the midsection, a low dropkick, and a splash for a near fall. Orton
reverses a whip to the corner, but Hardy knocks him back. Hardy hits
a diving splash for another near fall. The clock counts down to zero
as Hardy avoids an RKO and clotheslines Orton over the top rope.
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre enters the match.
McIntyre goes after Orton. McIntyre eats a kick, but responds with a
pair of clotheslines on Orton. McIntyre hits a pair of
belly-to-belly suplexes on Hardy and takes Orton down before kipping
up. McIntyre throws Orton to the Chamber floor before driving him
into the Chamber wall a few times. McIntyre grinds Orton’s face into
the chains. McIntyre goes back into the ring and sends Hardy to the
Chamber floor. McIntyre hits a suplex on the floor to Hardy.
McIntyre scoops Hardy up drives him face-first into Kofi Kingston’s
pod. Kingston exclaims, “Oh my god!”
Orton catches McIntyre coming in the ring with a draping DDT for a
two count. Orton stomps McIntyre and chokes him in the corner. Orton
goes outside and chokes Hardy with his boot as well. Orton gets back
in the ring, and McIntyre stuns him with a right hand. Orton quickly
follows up with a reverse headlock backbreaker for a near fall. The
clock counts down.
Kofi Kingston enters the match.
Kingston goes right after his longtime rival Orton. Orton clubs him
down, but Kingston clips the legs and rolls him up to eliminate him!
Randy Orton has been eliminated by Kofi Kingston.
Orton immediately responds with an RKO on Kingston. Orton then hits
Hardy with an RKO. Outside the ring, Omos rips off the plexiglass
wall of AJ Styles to release him from the pod! Styles gets into the
Chamber while Orton is exiting. Styles covers Kingston and Hardy for
near falls. How that’s allowed in the rules, I’m not quite sure. WWE
Official Adam Pearce ejects Omos from ringside. Styles is not happy.
Kingston takes Styles down on the Chamber floor. McIntyre punches
Hardy to the corner. Hardy elbows McIntyre back and goes to the top
rope, but McIntyre shoves him into a Chamber pod. Kingston gets in
the ring and hits McIntyre with an SOS for a near fall. Styles
attacks Kingston and puts him in the corner. Styles shoulders
Kingston in the corner before stomping away at McIntyre. Styles
throws McIntyre to the Chamber floor. Styles attacks Kingston in the
corner before hitting a brainbuster for a near fall. Styles whips
Kingston to the corner. Kingston tries to slingshot over him, but
Styles catches him and throws him over to the Chamber floor. Styles
goes to drive him into the Chamber wall, but Kingston blocks it.
Kingston then hits a wild monkey flip into the Chamber wall!
Kingston gets in the ring, and McIntyre greet him with punches.
Kingston flips through a clothesline and goes for a guillotine on
McIntyre. McIntyre counters into a suplex. Sheamus is shown
pensively waiting in his pod. McIntyre covers Kingston for a near
fall. McIntyre gets Kingston out of the ring and suplexes him into
the Chamber wall before hitting a front suplex on the Chamber floor!
McIntyre grabs Styles and hits a HUGE back body drop. Styles writhes
around in pain. McIntyre looks intense. McIntyre grabs Hardy, pulls
him into the ring, and hits a neckbreaker. McIntyre looks at Sheamus
as he covers Hardy for a two count. The clock counts down to zero…
Sheamus enters the match.
Sheamus calmly walks into the Elimination Chamber, gets in the ring,
and goes face-to-face with McIntyre. McIntyre potatoes him with a
right hand. They’re soon engaged in a hockey brawl, tussling to the
corner. McIntyre knees him in the ribs and clubs the back. Sheamus
quickly bounces back and knocks McIntyre to the corner. Sheamus
clubs away at McIntyre before Kingston and Hardy run in. McIntyre
and Sheamus get them out of the ring and go after each other again.
Sheamus absorbs a clothesline and takes McIntyre down. They then
clothesline each other out of the ring.
On the other side of the Chamber floor, Styles and Kingston are
brawling. Styles sends Kingston headfirst into the chains. Sheamus
drives McIntyre’s face into the chains of the wall. Kingston fights
back at Styles and comes off the top rope with a double axe handle
on Sheamus and McIntyre. Kingston kicks Sheamus in the face in the
ring before turning Styles inside out. Sheamus fights back at
Kingston with clubs to the back. Sheamus knees Kingston in the ribs,
but Kingston fights back with a kick to the face. Kingston goes to
the top rope, but Sheamus cuts him off. Kingston kicks Sheamus back
and goes to the top of a pod. Sheamus follows him up, but McIntyre
attacks Sheamus. Sheamus kicks McIntyre away, but McIntyre soon
crotches him on the top turnbuckle. McIntyre goes for a superplex on
Sheamus, but Hardy and Styles hit them with a powerbomb during the
move. Hardy and Styles cover them, but Sheamus and McIntyre kick
out. Everyone begins to get up, but Kingston catches them with a
trust fall off the pod! Kingston covers everyone, but they kick out
one-by-one (McIntyre kicked out at one).
Kingston chops Sheamus’ chest in the corner. Sheamus shoves him off,
but Kingston jumps on him. Sheamus reverses a whip to the corner,
but Kingston catches him with a pendulum kick. Kingston goes for
another trust fall, but Sheamus gets out of it and hits a Brogue
Kick for the elimination!
Kofi Kingston has been eliminated by Sheamus.
Hardy attacks Sheamus and hits a Twist of Fate. Hardy then drops
McIntyre with a Twist of Fate for a two count. Hardy hits Styles
with a Twist of Fate and climbs to the top of a pod! Hardy then hits
a Whisper in the Wind off the pod to the Chamber floor on McIntyre
and Sheamus! Hardy dropkicks Styles and hits a Swanton Bomb.
McIntyre immediately catches Hardy with a Claymore Kick for the
elimination.
Jeff Hardy has been eliminated by Drew McIntyre.
Sheamus grabs McIntyre, but McIntyre punches and kicks him back.
Sheamus gets out of a Future Shock DDT with a thumb to the eye and
knees him in the face for a near fall. Sheamus kicks McIntyre in the
spine and clubs away at the chest. McIntyre fights back with a
Glasgow Kiss, but Sheamus instinctively responds with White Noise.
They’re both down. Styles CRUSHES McIntyre with a springboard
somersault senton for a near fall. Styles hits a springboard 450
splash and covers for another near fall. Sheamus attacks Styles from
behind and talks trash to him. Sheamus punches Styles in the ribs
and throws him out of the ring. Sheamus then hits Styles with the 10
Beats of the Bodhrán. Sheamus sends him into the chains before
getting him in the ring. Sheamus hits a diving clothesline off the
top rope and gets fired up.
Sheamus sizes Styles up in the corner, but McIntyre hits Sheamus
with a Future Shock DDT. McIntyre pulls himself up in the corner and
gets fired up. Sheamus CRUSHES McIntyre with a Brogue Kick. Styles
then catches Sheamus with a Phenomenal Forearm for the elimination!
Sheamus has been eliminated by AJ Styles.
Styles starts to look at McIntyre and goes for a Phenomenal Forearm,
but McIntyre catches him with a Claymore Kick out of midair for the
win!
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre celebrates with the WWE Championship in the ring
before turning into a spear from Bobby Lashley. Lashley punches away
at McIntyre before knocking him out of the ring and driving him into
the barricade. Lashley sends McIntyre headfirst into the ring post
before slamming the back of his head off the commentary table.
Lashley gets McIntyre in the ring, slams him, and applies the Hurt
Lock. Lashley finishes him off with a full nelson bomb and stands
over the broken champion.
The Miz makes his way to the ring with the Money in the Bank
briefcase. Miz is cashing in!
WWE Championship
The Miz (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
The bell rings, and Miz kicks McIntyre in the knee before hitting a
kneeling DDT for a near fall. Miz is stunned. Miz pulls McIntyre up
and hits a Skull Crushing Finale for the win.
Winner by Pinfall and new WWE Champion: The Miz
The Miz celebrates with the WWE Championship to end the show.