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CM Punk wins World Heavyweight title at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A new World Heavyweight Champion has been crowned.

CM Punk won his seventh world title on Saturday, defeating Jey Uso to win the title for a second time. The finish of the back-and-forth bouth had Punk hitting two GTS on Uso, covering him for the win. The final moments of the show saw Punk celebrate with his newly-won title as pyro went off.

After the show ended, Punk posted a picture of himself with new WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, and NXT Champion Ricky Starks. Notably, they all worked together during Punk’s brief time in AEW.

“Look at us,” the caption reads.

WWE’s socials also posted footage of Rhodes putting the title around Punk’s waist.

Punk won a number one contendership match to earn a title match against Seth Rollins that was set to take place on Saturday. However, following Crown Jewel, The Vision shockingly turned against Rollins, writing him off television to deal with a shoulder injury suffered at the PLE. A battle royal was held the following week to determine Punk’s opponent for SNME that was won by Uso.

Previously winning the title at SummerSlam after a hard-fought match against Gunther, Punk’s first title reign ended in minutes after Rollins cashed in and pinned Punk to win the title.

Seth Rollins stripped of WWE World Heavyweight title following injury

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The World Heavyweight title is vacant.

On Raw, Adam Pearce told Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed that due to their actions last week, Seth Rollins has undergone ‘major surgery’ and as a result, Rollins has been stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship. A new champion will be crowned at Saturday Night’s Main Event on November 1 when CM Punk will face the winner of a battle royal taking place on Raw.

After the announcement, Pearce asked Breakker to give him the title belt. Breakker intimidated Pearce into asking nicely before handing it to Paul Heyman, who then handed it to Pearce.

Rollins was injured during his match against Cody Rhodes at WWE Crown Jewel last weekend, injuring his shoulder to the point it will require surgery. The following Monday on Raw, a shock angle took place where Breakker speared Rollins, telling Reed and Heyman that they were either with him or against him. Both quickly jumped ship, leaving Rollins laying.

Following Pearce’s announcement, Heyman hinted at Rollins’ injury, saying that Rollins couldn’t shoulder the responsibility of leading The Vision into the future.

New World Heavyweight Champion crowned at WWE SummerSlam in surprise moment

Posted on by Josh Nason

After last holding a version of the World title in 2013, CM Punk closed the first night of WWE SummerSlam Saturday as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion — a celebratory moment more than a decade in the making.

That was until Seth Rollins came out with Paul Heyman and ruined everything, leaving MetLife Stadium in Rutherford, New Jersey, as the new champion instead.

Several minutes after Punk had defeated Gunther to win the title, Rollins came out to the entranceway on crutches as if he was playing mind games. He then started to walk to the back before stopping, tossing the crutches, ripping off his jacket, and running down to the ring.

He hit Punk nearly ten times with the Money in the Bank briefcase before telling the referee he was cashing in. He then hit a curb stomp to get the pin and title win, shocking his rival five minutes after his crowning achievement. He, Heyman, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed all celebrated afterward in the ring.

As was previously reported, the knee injury Rollins pretended to suffer at last month’s Saturday Night’s Main Event was just that, designed for this moment.

The win gives Rollins his second run with the World Heavyweight title and first since a near year-long run ended in April 2024. He also notably cashed in a MITB briefcase a decade ago at WrestleMania 31 by shockingly cashing in on Brock Lesnar to leave as the World Champion.

While the end will be remembered for the cash-in, Punk did eventually pin Gunther clean to win the title after he was brutalized for about 15 minutes.

The turn came when Gunther was celebrating on the broadcast table when Punk pulled out his legs to take him down. Gunther came out from under the table bleeding from the head and Punk then rallied, hitting a running knee, a top rope elbow and a GTS attempt that was reversed into a sleeper.

Punk fought out and finally hit a GTS but Gunther didn’t fall. A second GTS did the trick as Punk got the pin and win, crying in the ring as he held the title belt.

The night ended Gunther’s 54-day second run with the title that saw just one successful title defense, that being against Goldberg on the same night Rollins faked his injury.

Sami Zayn confronts Gunther on WWE Raw, says he’s coming after World title

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Sami Zayn is coming after Gunther.

As Gunther was in the ring on Monday’s Raw, Zayn came out and said he had thought about the Intercontinental title and how many champions went on to become world champions, including Gunther. Zayn told Gunther that now he wanted the World Heavyweight title.

Gunther responded saying that Zayn’s name wasn’t in the list of the legends he brought up. He liked people like Zayn because he kept getting up. However, he ultimately rejected Zayn’s challenge. As he was leaving, Zayn reminded him that he is the only person that has defeated Gunther in WWE, and he was coming for him.

The two last met at WrestleMania 40, where Zayn defeated Gunther to end his 666-day reign as Intercontinental Champion, the longest reign in the title’s history. Zayn would hold the title through SummerSlam when Bron Breakker defeated Zayn to win the title.

Gunther won the World Heavyweight title at SummerSlam and retained it at this past Saturday’s Bash in Berlin by defeating Randy Orton.

Wrestling Weekly: Becky Lynch takes a break, MJF returns, and WWE’s crowded World title picture

Posted on by Victor Sosa

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It’s time for a new edition of Wrestling Weekly featuring myself and the one-and-only Les Thatcher.

Today, we take a look at the crowded World Heavyweight title picture on WWE Raw, the departure of Becky Lynch (for now anyway), a big week for NXT, and yes, MJF’s return to AEW and all the Double or Nothing fallout.

Thanks for listening and have a great weekend~!

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