WWE Excessive Guidelines outcomes: Undertaker returns, Nakamura wins IC title
Excessive Guidelines is the final main cease for the WWE earlier than their annual August showcase, SummerSlam. The present emanates from Philadelphia, the birthplace of ECW, and Excessive Guidelines channels no less than slightly little bit of that power with quite a lot of match varieties that may convey weapons into the equation.
Whereas Uncooked and SmackDown have been considerably inconsistent in latest months, latest pay-per-view performances supply hope of ramping up the power and pleasure heading into SummerSlam. The Undertaker will open the pay-per-view in a tag crew match, whereas the Uncooked and Common championships will probably be on the road in an Excessive Guidelines blended tag crew match that may virtually actually shut the present.
Then, there’s the lingering presence of Cash within the Financial institution winner Brock Lesnar and a possible cash-in, and a Kickoff Present which will nicely supply two of the perfect matches of the night time with the Intercontinental championship and cruiserweight title defended within the hour earlier than the PPV begins.
Matt Wilansky and Sean Coyle will cowl the motion stay all through the night time, with ongoing outcomes, reactions and match grades.
End result to return.
Kickoff present:
Drew Gulak retained the cruiserweight title, defeating Tony Nese. @WWE
Cruiserweight championship: Drew Gulak (c) def. Tony Nese
Whereas they did not get sufficient time to provide the basic match they’re able to, this was a very good match that did its job of warming the gang up.
Storytelling: zero.50
In-ring execution: zero.75
Match psychology: zero.50
Timing: zero.50
Innovation: zero.75
— Sean Coyle
Finally month’s Stoping Grounds occasion, Tony Nese, Drew Gulak and Akira Tozawa arguably stole the present with their kickoff present Cruiserweight championship match. It was a troublesome act to observe for Nese and Gulak tonight, however they delivered a stable match that noticed Gulak retain the championship he gained at Stomping Grounds. The period of Gulak continues.
Shinsuke Nakamura used his Kinshasa finisher to defeat Finn Balor and seize the Intercontinental championship. @WWE
Intercontinental championship: Shinsuke Nakamura def. Finn Balor (c)
Within the opening kickoff present match of the night time, Shinsuke Nakamura picked up proper the place he left off on SmackDown Reside final week along with his second straight dominant victory over Finn Balor. This time, nonetheless, the Intercontinental championship was on the road.
The match was designed for example the dominance of Shinsuke Nakamura upon his return to WWE TV. Mission achieved. Whereas we’ll most likely see extra aggressive matches out of those two sooner or later, this was a stable chapter to their story.
Storytelling: zero.75
In-ring execution: zero.75
Match psychology: zero.50
Timing: zero.50
Innovation: zero.50
— Sean Coyle
Balor’s title reign, which started at WrestleMania 35, ends at 98 days whereas Nakamura’s first reign with the title is simply starting. The reemergence of Nakamura has formally begun
Nonetheless to return:
WWE championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Samoa Joe
Winners take all” Excessive Guidelines tag-team match for the WWE Common championship and Uncooked ladies’s championship: Seth Rollins (c) and Becky Lynch (c) vs. Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans
United States championship: Ricochet (c) vs. AJ Types
Handicap match for the SmackDown ladies’s championship: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross
Final Man Standing: Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley
Triple-threat tag-team match for the WWE SmackDown tag-team championships: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. The New Day (Huge E & Xavier Woods) vs. Heavy Equipment
Uncooked tag-team championships: The Revival (c) vs. The Usos
Aleister Black vs. Cesaro