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Daily Update: Damian Priest, WWE Clash at the Castle, NJPW Soul

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The new issue of the Observer:

  • Updating the situation with Ricochet, the WWE angle, his legacy, future, comments by Will Ospreay and a look at his pre-WWE career.
  • Preview of Clash at the Castle, the matches, thoughts on the bouts, attempt to set records and more.
  • Conor McGregor vs. Michael Chandler falls apart, the quietness of the last two weeks, replacement fights and other pull-outs.
  • Just how much money McGregor would have generated on this night
  • New Japan Dominion coverage, Hikuleo leaving for WWE, Super Juniors finals, Forbidden Door angles, G-1, this week’s big show and more.
  • NXT Battleground coverage, the Apex,  the bouts, the timing of the show.
  • Final WrestleMania live business numbers from the Pennsylvania commission.  What was the real attendance for both nights, Raw, Smackdown and NXT.
  • Huge story on part two of Who Killed WCW, company finances running a wrestling business then vs. now, what went wrong, Hogan vs. Goldberg and real story behind the lack of build, where the money was left on the table, Goldberg as champion, booking philosophy and more.
  • Why WCW lost top stars under Jim Herd
  • The most detailed look at the ratings for wrestling and MMA TV shows, including how close another MMA show came to UFC this past week, placings for the week, competition for the shows, segment-by-segment an more
  • More on who CMLL talent is allowed to work with
  • Lots of big matches coming to CMLL over the next week
  • El Hijo del Vikingo update
  • Notes on the movie about a current wrestling star released in Japan
  • Next Stardom PPV and Five Star Grand Prix notes
  • WWE & NOAH announcement coming
  • Big NOAH match this week
  • Despe Invitational show
  • Iyo Sky comes to Marigold and how ticket sales went
  • Mexican and Japanese group working together
  • Bloodsport notes
  • Sad Steve McMichael update
  • Passing of Larry Santo
  • One of pro wrestling’s all-time legends from way back is being honored in his home town next week
  • Celebrity Wrestling show earmarked
  • Lots of injury updates
  • Forbidden Door update
  • How the Arlington tapings for AEW are doing
  • Advance ticket sales for WWE & AEW shows
  • CMLL talent being booked for Dynamite at the last minute
  • International TV ratings and top streaming numer
  • Dana White asked to channel Andy Kaufman
  • Consideration to changing MMA rules
  • PFL tournament updates
  • Manny Pacquiao coming to Rizin
  • Drew McIntyre inducted into Scotland Hall of Fame
  • Update on Vince McMahon legal action
  • PPV updates
  • More Dwayne Johnson projects

This week’s Wresting Observer Newsletter back issue

Sunday Update

– Bryan and I did our weekend show last night talking about Clash of  the Champions, all the details on Judge Richard Boulware not approving the settlement in the  Cung Le lawsuit and the rest of the weekend news. Bryan and I will be back tomorrow night after Raw.

– Regarding Damian Priest, while we won’t know for sure until he gets his knee checked out, the feeling last night after the show was that he dodged a bullet and it wasn’t as bad as it appeared.  He went to the press conference and before getting it looked at and said it feels like his knee was thrashed, but later that night we were told things were hopeful .  

– As far as the finish of the Priest vs. Drew McIntyre main event goes, I have mixed feelings. The idea of McIntyre getting beaten due to outside interference at two straight Clash of the Castles in his part of the country came off negative.  But I understand that Punk vs. McIntyre doesn’t  need a title to be a huge match while Priest vs. Gunther needs a title more. A lot of people have said that fans won’t come back, and perhaps charging the most expensive prices for an arena show in history made people expect a cleaner finish. Bookers often have heel wins with the idea of making fans unhappy, but I can get it with the live ticket prices you wouldn’t be happy with that finish but they are booking their long-term stories thinking of how to get the worldwide audience most interested.  

The idea was to make people unhappy or happy, but make them care about Punk vs. McIntyre.  We’ve been through this with Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes, who were very over faces, and it didn’t hurt WWE popularity, and in most of the world Punk was the face and McIntyre the  heel.  Monday and Friday we’ll see how they portray it  on television but this isn’t going to hurt WWE’s popularity and business.  While part of me didn’t like that they essentially did the same finish (McIntyre being screwed by Punk leading to Priest winning) as WrestleMania, it was the correct finish to heat up Punk vs. McIntyre as a major feud and that was the priority.  But you certainly have the right to dislike it for the reasons given, and I do think most who disliked it did understand why it was done.

– A&E Biography is doing an episode on ECW tonight which naturally will heavily feature Paul Heyman.

– There were three title changes on today’s New Japan show in Sapporo. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano & Oleg Boltin regained the trios titles they had lost last week to Yota Tsuji & Bushi & Hiromu Takahashi. Henare beat Shingo Takagi after all their wars to become Never champion in the biggest win of his career, Desperado beat Sho in a cage match to win the IWGP jr. title.  Douki challenged Desperado for a title match after. 

– Very sorry to hear about the death of Scott Hanson, who Bryan knew and was part of our community. We don’t know more about it but Bryan will talk about it on tomorrow’s show.

– The A.J. Styles vs. Naomichi Marufuji match will be part of NOAH’s show on 7/13 at Budokan Hall.  The show will air on Abema-Global.com as a PPV show.  The lineup is:

  • Alejandro & Cristobol vs. Ninja Mack & Junta Miyawaki vs. Hajime Ohara & Super Crazy
  • Manabu Soya & Masa Kitamiya & Daiki Inaba vs. Takashi Sugiura & Shuhei Taniguchi & Kazuyuki Fujita
  • Akira & Shuji Kondo & Eita vs. Yoshinari Ogawa & Ryohei Oiwa & Yu Owada
  • Kenoh vs.  Yuji Nagata
  • Jake Lee & Yo-Hey & Tadasue vs. Jack Morris & Anthony Greene & LJ Cleary
  • Hayata vs. Ulka Sasaki for the National title (Sasaki is a former UFC fighter)
  • Daga vs. Amakusa for the GHC jr. title
  • Alpha Wolf & Dragon Bane vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr & Galeno del Mal
  • Styles vs. Marufuji
  • Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoichi (Yoshiki Inamura) returning from the U.K.

– We’re looking for your thoughts on the Clash at the Castle show, you can leave a thumbs up,  down or middle along with a best and worst match to [email protected]. We’re also looking for reports from last night’s TNA TV tapings.

– As far as the Google searches for the week, four things related to wrestling and combat sports made the list. For whatever reason, they listed the UFC show from the Apex on Friday as No. 4 for the day with 200,000, which is a good number for such a nothing show. Clash at the Castle was No. 7 at 100,000.  The prior PPV /PLE, King & Queen of the Ring didn’t do 20,000 so this was way up in interest level it appears. For Saturday, Gervonta Davis vs. Frank Martin was No. 1 with 500,000 searches, the David Benavidez vs. Oleksander Gvozdyk boxing match as No. 8 at 50,000 and No  10 was a story about boxer Cindy Ngabba. The latter two were out of the rankings hours later.

– An update on LuFisto from her Facebook page:

I posted a little something about it on my other social media accounts but to be more precise here and answer a few questions, my left leg started to turn a weird color yesterday so I called my US doctor and sent him pictures. He said it was an infection and immediately called my pharmacy for some antibiotics. They wouldn’t take his prescription because he is an American surgeon. I ended up at the emergency where I sat uncomfortably for so long that I fainted due to the excruciating pain. I was quickly moved to intensive care where after a bunch of tests, they found out that I had some sort of flesh-eating bacteria. (I can’t remember the name). It’s not something I got from the surgery but since I had wounds from it, it somehow got into my body in the past few days.

I’ve been on three strong antibiotics since and they keep a close eye on me. I’m also on strong morphine. I have my own room now but have no idea how long I’ll be here. If the disease was to spread, there is a surgeon on call to open my leg and get rid of all that bullshit.

So it is what it is. Another day in the life of Gen Goulet. To those who took the time to check on me, thank you. 

Today, she posted that they removed all the intravenous stuff. (thanks to Patric Laprade)

– Also looking for notes on the New Japan and NOAH show as far as what bouts were the highlights. NOAH’s show today saw Kaito Kiyomiya beat Gabe Kidd to keep the GHC title.

– It was announced on Thursday that Jamahal Hill pulled out of his UFC 303 match with Carlos Ulberg, at the time the semifinal on the show, due to injury. Hill said he had two tears in his meniscus, a sprained ACL, a Baker Cyst that leaked fluid in the back of his knee, and an infusion in some joints.

– There was an exhibition boxing match last night with Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva that was ruled a draw since it wasn’t scored. Silva claimed as an exhibition he didn’t go for a knockout. The fight was described as looking more like a friendly sparring session than a serious fight.  MMA Fighting had it 50-45 for Silva if there had been judging. Naturally Sonnen after the fight said he won the first three rounds. Sonnen claims he is interested in boxing Jorge Masvidal next.

– Shota Umino missed today’s New Japan show due to a back injury that it is believed he suffered on Wednesday in AEW against Rocky Romero. We had been told the referee and Doc Samson were talking about an injury to Umino after the match, although Umino did walk out on his own.

– Northeast Wrestling from Friday night in Woodbridge CT: Love Doug & RJ Rude & Jaylen Bandyn & Traevon Jordan b Chris Battle & Stephan Azure & Steve Somerset & Rylie O’Neil, Brad Baylor b Jermaine Marbury Kerr Madan b Tiara James, Brett Ryan Gosselin b Landon Hale, KC Navarro b Brad Holister, Dan Maff b Matt Taven-DQ, Johnson won a Rumble match. This one of the weekend shows Matt Riddle missed due to his concussion in his Uber earlier in the day. It was the second straight NEW show he had missed.

– Rhino headlines for Pro Wrestling Phoenix on 7/6 in Omaha at the Waiting Room Lounge.

– GOUGE on 6/29 in Roxboro, NC at the Hitlab.

WWE Clash at the Castle review: Drew McIntyre comes up short…again

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You can’t say Drew McIntyre didn’t have it coming.

The end of Saturday’s WWE Clash at the Castle saw CM Punk running to the ring wearing a referee t-shirt as McIntyre made a cover, counting to two, stopping, and blatantly interfering in the main event. The distraction led to McIntyre’s downfall, being pinned by Damian Priest quickly after to lose his second consecutive Clash at the Castle match.

It was a good main event, perhaps overshadowed by Priest’s knee injury after accidently wrapping his knee during an attempt to launch off with a dive to the outside. Priest worked the rest of the match anyway and it ended up being good.

Some were upset that McIntyre didn’t win on Saturday. But I am, to take a phrase right out of the WWE textbook, looking at the bigger picture. Much like Cody Rhodes taking two years to win the WWE Championship, McIntyre regaining the title in his home country is a slow build. The rivalry between he and Punk has been building ever since Punk got injured, so it only makes sense the two have their big match on one of the bigger WWE shows of the year. 

Priest defending the title against Gunther doesn’t sound like a big-time World title match at SummerSlam just yet, but they still have weeks of build to get there.

Like normal B-level WWE PLEs, it went by fast and while I don’t think there were any match of the year contenders, everything was good for the most part. Here’s my thoughts on the whole card:

  • Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles opened the show with a very good I Quit match. These types of matches in WWE can go either way and, in this case, it worked well. You had good brawling, some blood (!), and Rhodes’ mother berating Styles throughout the match. I think the best part was actually the post-match where Styles quit right as Rhodes was about to attack him with the steel steps. After the bell rang, he hit Styles anyway in a final measure of revenge for what happened a few weeks ago. That was neat. As for what is next, the Bloodline has set Rhodes in their crosshairs, attacking him after the match only for him to be saved by Kevin Owens and Randy Orton. My best guess is a six-man tag at Money in the Bank.
  • Sami Zayn retained the Intercontinental title in a good, dramatic match that saw Otis help Maxxine Dupri rather than help Chad Gable, enabling Zayn to hit the helluva kick for the win. The one thing to understand in this match was that people REALLY WANTED Otis to turn on Gable. The wrestling here was great, but the story of the match was strong between Gable and Otis. Based on the finish, we’re likely to see more between these two in the coming weeks.
  • The WWE Women’s title match was good with Bayley retaining over Piper Niven. The Chelsea Green spot at the end with her wearing a lucha mask after being ejected was dumb, but there wasn’t anything wrong here…except everyone probably knew the finish beforehand. Next up for the champion? Nia Jax. Good luck with that.
  • Isla Dawn & Alba Fyre, in a shock, won the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles. The match was okay and I am glad the two got their big moment in their home country, but this was a team that was hardly on television this year until a few weeks ago and they just lost in two minutes on last week’s Raw. They don’t exactly have the credibility as champions coming out of this and all it really does is make this title feel like it’s being passed around like a game of hot potato. Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair will very likely regain the titles. It’s just a matter of when.

Next up for WWE will be Money in the Bank next month, where we will crown the next two people to hold briefcases for the rest of the year. Qualifying matches begin Monday, so we’ll know quickly who will do crazy spots off a ladder, something that hasn’t been done to death in the year 2024.

Damian Priest says knee feels like ‘trash’ following WWE Clash at the Castle

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Damian Priest gave an update on his knee following his match at Clash at the Castle.

On the post-show press conference, Priest said his knee wasn’t feeling great, but is pretty sure he’s good to go.

“It feels like trash now,” he said. “I didn’t even go to medical yet so I could do this and answer your questions so you’re welcome. Docs will check it out but I mean, I ain’t going anywhere. I was able to beat Drew McIntyre with one foot, so I’m pretty sure I’m all good to go.”

During the course of the World Heavyweight title match, Priest went for a step-over dive to the outside of the ring. However, his ankle got caught in the ropes, entangling it. Priest finished the match despite the injury.

Later in the press conference, Triple H brought up the injury, hoping that it isn’t anything serious.

“I’m really hoping when I leave here I’m gonna get good news because while he is walking around okay now, I’m sure adrenaline is carrying him through that. There is such a fine line between what we do being safe and what we do not being safe.”

Priest retained the World Heavyweight title in the main event of Saturday’s premium live event. He won with the south of heaven chokeslam after CM Punk ran down as a referee to distract McIntyre, eventually leading to the finish.

WWE Clash at the Castle press conference notes: Triple H on Chad Gable re-signing, culture change

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WWE stars and chief creative officer Triple H took questions from the media following WWE Clash at the Castle.

Along with Triple H, CM Punk, Damian Priest, and new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn answered questions following their involvement with WWE’s premium live event in Scotland Saturday:

Abla Fyre & Isla Dawn

  • They said that winning the titles Saturday in Scotland was something that they had been working so hard for. The fact it was in Scotland was icing on the cake.
  • When asked about ICW, Dawn credited them for building a scene in the United Kingdom.

Damian Priest

  • The first question was regarding the status of his knee. Priest said that it felt like “trash”, but hadn’t been able to get it checked out by medical staff as he immediately went to the press conference to answer questions.
  • When asked about CM Punk, Priest said he would love to share the ring with him, but he would have to earn it.

CM Punk

  • Punk was touted as a surprise last minute addition following his appearance in the main event of Clash at the Castle.
  • The first question asked was about his status. He said he was cleared only for “referee duty.” He mentioned something about a “hiccup” out there and needed to reassess. However, he said that he has been given permission to skip Raw in Corpus Christi, Texas to go to Chicago to get medically cleared. He hopes he can announce that at SmackDown this coming Friday.
  • Someone asked if he would face Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match on his first match back. “Brother, you gotta take that fantasy booking s*** somewhere else,” Punk bluntly said.
  • He said that since coming back, the climate has changed. It’s a completely different culture. He said someone told him that he was happy he returned so that he could experience the culture change that has gone down, and said they credited Punk with starting it.

Triple H

  • Said that Clash at the Castle is the biggest arena gate in WWE’s history, surpassing the record broken by last month’s Backlash France. He said that they would be returning to the United Kingdom this fall.
  • He brought up that Alba Fyre’s mother had passed away recently and said that the title win tonight wasn’t because of that. He stressed that it was because they were incredibly talented women and deserving of the honor of winning the titles in Scotland.
  • He also praised CM Punk, saying they’d see him back “soon”. He credited Punk with creating a new atmosphere and brought up how they saw things differently in the past. He can’t say how happy he is to have him back to “see the Phil Brooks I wanted to see then.” Triple H said Punk was a “pleasure” to be around.
  • The final question was regarding Chad Gable re-signing. Triple H praised him, saying that he would like to see Gable in WWE “forever” and perform at the highest level possible. The environment has changed and Gable is part of that change. He’s just thrilled that Gable is here where he should be.

CM Punk hopes to be medically cleared by next WWE SmackDown

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CM Punk is hoping to get cleared this coming week.

During WWE’s Clash at the Castle press conference, Punk said he was given permission to miss Monday’s Raw in Corpus Christi, Texas in order to get cleared in Chicago. He said he would appear on Friday’s SmackDown, hopefully with good news.

“I can tell you that my arm feels amazing,” he said. “I got permission to skip Raw in Corpus Christi to go home to Chicago to see my doctors with the idea that I am going to be cleared. I don’t know if I am supposed to say that…I think SmackDown is in Chicago next week, so. I’m a Raw guy, I’m going to skip Raw, I’m going to get cleared, and then I’m going to show up to SmackDown and let everybody know the good news, hopefully.”

Punk suffered a triceps injury during the Royal Rumble match in January, requiring surgery. Regardless, he has continued his feud with Drew McIntyre, costing him the World Heavyweight Championship he won at WrestleMania 40 to Damian Priest. In their rematch at Clash at the Castle Saturday, Punk ran to the ring wearing a referee t-shirt, distracting McIntyre and ultimately costing him the match.

Wrestling Weekly: WWE Clash at the Castle predictions

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Today on the show we give our WWE Clash at the Castle predictions. Will any championships change hands? Could Drew McIntyre break into song again? Plus, we discuss the week in AEW.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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New stipulation added to World Heavyweight title match at WWE Clash at the Castle

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A new stipulation has been added to the World Heavyweight title match at Clash at the Castle.

Drew McIntyre defeated Finn Balor in the main event of Monday’s Raw. Per the stipulations of the match, The Judgment Day are now barred from ringside for Saturday’s World Heavyweight title match, where Damian Priest will defend against McIntyre.

McIntyre kicked off Raw talking about the upcoming title match when Priest walked out, the two exchanging words. McIntyre said that the only reason Priest had a chance of winning was because of Judgment Day. That led Priest to issue the challenge for Raw’s main event, with McIntyre accepting.

Clash at the Castle streams live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, June 15. The main card will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time. The updated card for the event:

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against AJ Styles in an I Quit match
  • World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest defends against Drew McIntyre (Judgment Day are barred from ringside)
  • WWE Women’s Champion Bayley defends against Piper Niven
  • Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defends against Chad Gable
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defend against Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark and Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn in a triple threat

Women’s Tag title match added to WWE Clash at the Castle

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The Women’s Tag Team titles will be on the line in a triple threat match at WWE Clash at the Castle.

WWE revealed during Friday’s SmackDown that Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair will defend the Women’s Tag Team Championship in a three-way at next Saturday’s Clash at the Castle event in Scotland against Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark, and Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn.

Belair & Cargill announced the triple threat in a backstage interview segment on Friday’s show. The teams of Fyre & Dawn and Baszler & Stark attacked the Tag champs in the ring following their victory over Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae on SmackDown to set up the contest.

Clash at the Castle streams live on Peacock/WWE Network on Saturday, June 15. The main card will begin at 2 p.m. Eastern time. The updated card for the event:

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against AJ Styles in an I Quit match
  • World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest defends against Drew McIntyre
  • WWE Women’s Champion Bayley defends against Piper Niven
  • Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn defends against Chad Gable
  • Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defend against Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark and Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn in a triple threat

Drew McIntyre issues Clash at the Castle warning to CM Punk

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Drew McIntyre continues to simultaneously build up feuds with Damian Priest and CM Punk in advance of Clash at the Castle.

In his home country of Scotland, McIntyre will challenge Priest for the World Heavyweight Championship on Saturday, June 15. Punk isn’t able to wrestle at Clash at the Castle due to his torn triceps, but he has teased appearing at the show. In an interview with Cultaholic, McIntyre cut a promo warning Punk not to get involved in his match:

“I think it would be a mistake for a number of reasons after what happened last time at Clash, I really do not want something like that to happen again to the UK,” McIntyre said.

“This is Glasgow… this is Scotland, this is different. I would strongly suggest not getting involved or doing anything to rock the boat during this show as there’s a genuine chance you’ll get jumped. I’m not even joking. And there’s a genuine chance the security guards won’t stop them because they’re Scottish as well.

“I’m telling you, there’s a good chance you’ll get jumped and security will help jump you if you get involved in my match.”

McIntyre was part of the main event of WWE’s first Clash at the Castle event in 2022, losing to Roman Reigns. Interference by Solo Sikoa led to Reigns winning the match. That show was held in Cardiff, Wales.

In storyline, McIntyre has claimed responsibility for injuring Punk’s triceps in the Royal Rumble. He then attacked an injured Punk on Raw this January. The two have continued to antagonize each other since then. Punk helped cost McIntyre the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 40. After McIntyre won the title from Seth Rollins at WrestleMania, Priest immediately cashed in to become champion.

Punk told fans this April that, while he’s not 100 percent yet, he’s on track in his recovery from triceps surgery and will be back soon.

McIntyre turns 39 years old today (June 6). This week, he trolled Punk while at WWE headquarters.

Clash at the Castle is taking place from the OVO Hydro in Glasgow on June 15 and will stream live on Peacock with a start time of 2 p.m. Eastern. Scottish wrestler Piper Niven is also set for a big role at the event, challenging Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship.

Intercontinental title match added to WWE Clash at the Castle

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Chad Gable is getting another Intercontinental title shot.

On Raw, Sami Zayn was in the ring when Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa, and Otis came to the ring. Dupri read a note from Gable saying that he wouldn’t be there to confront Zayn and proceeded to ridicule the rest of Alpha Academy. After Gable mentioned he wanted another Intercontinental title match, Zayn agreed to defend the title against Gable at Clash at the Castle on June 15 if it meant ending the feud once and for all.

After Zayn accepted Gable’s challenge, Gable jumped him from behind. Zayn managed a comeback but during the brawl accidently hit the ropes, causing Dupri and Tozawa to fall off the apron and to the floor. Otis, conflicted, eventually blamed Zayn for the accident and laid him out with a forward slam.

Later backstage, Gable praised the rest of Alpha Academy for their work, ignoring that Tozawa and Dupri were hurt from the accident. Gable told Otis that he was proud of him and they would win the Intercontinental title together.

The lineup for Clash at the Castle so far:

  • World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest defends against Drew McIntyre
  • WWE Women’s Champion Bayley defends against Piper Niven
  • WWE Intercontinental title: Sami Zayn defends against Chad Gable

Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles WWE title match scheduled for Clash at the Castle

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A match for the WWE Championship is scheduled to take place at Clash at the Castle later this month.

Dave Meltzer is reporting that Cody Rhodes and AJ Styles will face off on June 15 in Glasgow following the show-closing angle that took place on Friday’s SmackDown.

“The Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles title match is scheduled for Clash at the Castle in Glasgow. It may be announced tonight, if not on Friday,” Meltzer reports.

On Friday, Styles came to the ring to tease his retirement, something he had been thinking about since being told he would be put back at the end of the line following his WWE Backlash loss to Rhodes. During his speech, Styles asked Rhodes to come to the ring, applauding him for his recent success. However, it was a ruse as Styles then attacked Rhodes as Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, who were at ringside, held security back as Styles continued his assault.

Styles began a heel run earlier this year after taking time off, culminating in a match against LA Knight at WrestleMania. Until Friday, he had appeared distant to his fellow OC stablemates, often admonishing them.