The World Heavyweight Championship image was flipped on its head throughout Monday’s episode of “Uncooked.” Seth Rollins was stripped of the world title after WWE normal supervisor Adam Pearce introduced that Rollins had undergone “main surgical procedure” and can be “on the shelf for fairly some time” after Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed turned on him final week.
A brand new World Heavyweight Champion shall be topped at “Saturday Night time’s Foremost Occasion” on Nov. 1. CM Punk, fellow No. 1 contender, commented on the “Uncooked” major occasion Battle Royal, which ended with Jey Uso being victorious.
World Tag Crew Championship: AJ Types and Dragon Lee defeated The Judgement Day by pinfall
Intercontinental Championship: Dominik Mysterio defeated Rusev by pinfall
Ladies’s Intercontinental Championship: Maxxine Dupri defeated Becky Lynch by disqualification
Stephanie Vaquer defeated Roxanne Perez by pinfall
Jey Uso received Battle Royal
Rollins’ damage doesn’t really feel like we’re in for a “ruse of the century” Half 2 as a result of it wouldn’t make sense to pretend an damage that may strip you of your title. However Rollins is likely one of the best wrestlers of his period, and I hope he can return earlier than Wrestlemania 42 in April. Think about the response he would get throughout a return match on the largest present of the yr.
Jey Uso needed to undergo an enormous group of contenders, together with his twin brother Jimmy, to get a shot on the heavyweight title. Dominik Mysterio, who efficiently defended his Intercontinental Championship towards Rusev earlier within the night time, was eradicated shortly however snuck again into the match whereas the refs had been distracted. Jimmy saved Jey from elimination, however Jey didn’t return the favor close to the tip of the match, sending Jimmy and LA Knight to the skin. Jey finally eradicated “Soiled Dom” to safe his title shot.
Punk vs. Jey shall be match. Punk profitable and holding on to the title till Rollins’ return can be enjoyable. Punk has no scarcity of doable challengers within the meantime — together with “Soiled Dom.”
Paul Heyman is aware of the right way to place significance on each expertise he backs. Breakker and Reed already had been ascending, however Heyman’s promo within the ring after Pearce’s announcement to begin the present made them appear to be future Corridor of Famers.
AJ Types is a Mount Rushmore expertise of this era. He’s a workforce participant, a terrific locker room chief and the sort of man who can have a match-of-the-year-level bout with John Cena then return to the tag workforce title image. That’s not a knock on tag workforce wrestling. It’s a testomony to the power of “The Phenomenal One” to excel in each scenario, anyplace on the cardboard.
Talking of that tag workforce title match, kudos to Types, Dragon Lee, Finn Balor and JD McDonagh for a extremely entertaining match. Some fantastic close to pinfalls, particularly the McDonagh save after a Types Phenomenal Forearm almost pinned Balor. Types couldn’t have executed it higher. CM Punk even praised McDonagh’s efficiency whereas commentating on the primary occasion Battle Royal.
I don’t thoughts Becky Lynch barely holding on to the Ladies’s Intercontential Championship towards Maxxine Dupri as a result of it makes Dupri really feel like a worthy adversary with the power to beat the veteran Lynch. A rematch between the 2 for the title can be a definitive conclusion to their story.