Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre continued their reigns atop of WWE at Conflict of Champions with profitable title defences.

WWE Champion McIntyre as soon as once more noticed off the problem of long-time rival Randy Orton, whereas Reigns remained Common Champion after defeating his cousin Jey Uso.

Many had anticipated to see that the solar had set on McIntyre’s prolonged reign – the Scot gained the gold by dethroning Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania within the Spring, and WWE are aren’t as famed for lengthy title tensures as they maybe as soon as had been. That these two rivals had already locked horns on a variety of events additionally stacked the momentum in Orton’s favour, however the firm once more held agency with McIntyre because the incumbent for its high title.

Their newest bout, an Ambulance match, featured a litany of Orton’s earlier victims returning to achieve a measure of revenge, giving McIntyre a closely assisted win as soon as all was instructed. The Massive Present, Christian, Shawn Michaels – who superkicked him off the highest of the automobile – and Ric Aptitude all featured on the evening in a roundabout way, taking part in their half in making certain McIntyre had the final chortle, nailing him with a Punt earlier than closing the doorways and permitting Aptitude, one way or the other the driving force, to guide him away.

Reigns in the meantime solidified his standing as Common Champion after defeating his personal cousin. The previous Protect favorite is now established in his function as a high heel on SmackDown, and continued to play the function superbly right here. The 2 instructed the story of their match superbly, with Reigns insisting that Jey Uso recognise him because the Tribal Chief – the plucky challenger refusing to take action, and taking a beating for it. Having seen sufficient, Jey’s brother Jimmy appeared and threw within the towel on his behalf, ending the match and leaving Reigns the victor. This might be removed from the top of the story, nonetheless, with Reigns possible now to go after Jimmy and some other member of the family on target to his rumored WrestleMania match towards his most high-profile relative, The Rock.

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Conflict of Champions was, all instructed, most likely WWE’s finest pay-per-view providing of the 12 months – or at the very least its most complete. There was treasured little silliness to let it down, with every of its matches delivering. The one down level on the evening was the ending to the Uncooked tag crew title match-up, however even that was because of what a severe damage to Angel Garza, one of many challengers. Throughout the bout between Garza, Andrade and champions the Road Earnings, the 28-year-old appeared to injure his knee in a clumsy touchdown, main the referee to name an impromptu finish to the match by ending a 3 rely, permitting the Earnings to retain, regardless of Andrade showing to kick out.

Elsewhere, a massively entertaining ladder match noticed Sami Zayn ‘retain’ his Intercontinental Championship by defeating Jeff Hardy and AJ Types. Zayn had claimed to have nonetheless been the champion – regardless of having been stripped of the gold months in the past – as a result of he hadn’t been crushed for it. Semantics apart, the Canadian is now once more undisputed because the title holder after his two rivals had been seen off in distinctive trend, with daredevil Hardy rolling again the years, flying via the air – and right into a ladder – and even discovering himself handcuffed to it, by way of his ear…

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Story continues

Not for the primary time in the previous couple of months, Asuka pulled double obligation at Conflict of Champions, seeing off Zelina Vega in brief order along with her Asuka Lock to retain her Uncooked Ladies’s Championship, earlier than happening to fill in for the lacking Nikki Cross in difficult Bayley for the SmackDown title shortly after. Wanting not one of the Empress of Tomorrow with out her former pal Sasha Banks to deal with the soiled work, Bayley obtained herself disqualified to retain her title – earlier than getting attacked after the match by Banks for good measure.

The Harm Enterprise continued to thrive at Conflict of Champions as United States Champion Bobby Lashley retained his gold on the expense of standard foe Apollo Crews. With Crews falling brief – because of a submission by way of the Harm Lock – WWE must discover a option to clean up enterprise for Lashley, MVP and co within the coming weeks to cease an entertaining act turning into a little bit too repetitive.

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That stated, the ending to that match – and that notably of the WWE Championship match – appeared to lend itself to the WWE Draft which is due in early October. With Superstars set to change exhibits and start new rivalries throughout Uncooked and SmackDown, the Draft comes at a super time in 2020 as the corporate desperately battles towards the persevering with issues introduced by the shortage of crowds and ambiance at reside exhibits, even permitting for the Thunderdome.

So if Conflict of Champions was a final hurrah for some feuds earlier than issues are reset, credit score to them for making a powerful success of it.

WWE CLASH OF CHAMPIONS QUICK RESULTS

WWE Championship – Ambulance Match: Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Randy Orton

WWE Common Championship: Roman Reigns (c) defeated Jey Uso

WWE Intercontinental Championship – Triple Menace Ladder Match: Sami Zayn defeated Jeff Hardy (c) and AJ Types

Uncooked Ladies’s Championship: Asuka (c) defeated Zelina Vega

WWE United States Championship: Bobby Lashley (c) defeated Apollo Crews

Uncooked Tag Staff Championship: The Road Earnings (c)

SmackDown Ladies’s Championship: Asuka defeated Bayley (c)

Kickoff Present – SmackDown Tag Staff Championship: Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura (c) defeated Lucha Home Occasion