WWE WrestlePalooza is live this evening at 7/6c as the first-ever ESPN premium live event from Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The ‘Countdown to WrestlePalooza’ pre-show gets things started at 5/4c.
The following are complete WWE WrestlePalooza results from Saturday, September 20, 2025. The following report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired from 5-11pm EST.
WWE WRESTLEPALOOZA RESULTS – SEPTEMBER 20, 2025
WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together. narrated by Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque gets us started as always. We then see the WWE WrestlePalooza “sports is entertainment …always has been, always will be” cold open video package, also narrated by Triple H.
Michael Cole then welcomes us live as we see a blimp shot over Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, IN. The Drake “Nokia” theme hits as Cole continues his intro for the start of the two-hour ‘Countdown to WrestlePalooza’ pre-show. Cole is joined by Big E. and Wade Barrett on the pre-show panel.
Tyrese Haliburton Joins Pre-Show Panel
Cole then does a big “Thank you” speech to all of the production people behind-the-scenes, as well as the fans and the WWE Universe, for helping WWE get to their new ESPN Era, which kicks off tonight. He then does a big dramatic intro for a special additional panelist, NBA star Tyrese Haliburton.
The Usos & The Vision Brawl Backstage Ahead Of Match
Haliburton does some glazing of John Cena in some early general talk, but then we move on and begin breaking down some of the matches scheduled for tonight. We see a video feature on The Usos vs. The Vision, and then in a brief backstage live segment, The Usos and The Vision get in a pull-apart as Adam Pearce tries keeping his sanity.
Adam Pearce Makes WrestlePalooza Breaking News Announcement
After a brief commercial time out, we check in with Cathy Kelley and Sam Roberts and other members of the WrestlePalooza broadcast team backstage and in the parking lot with fans. We head to another break. When we return, Adam Pearce is backstage and announces LA Knight as special referee for The Usos vs. The Vision.
Cathy Kelley Sits Down With Drew McIntyre
We head to another commercial time out. When we return, the panelists of Cole, Big E. and Barrett grill Tyrese Haliburton about his past angle in WWE that involved himself and Jalen Brunson, a fellow NBA player. Once that is done, we shoot to an in-depth Cathy Kelley sit-down interview with Drew McIntyre.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque Joins Panel At The Desk
Following a few more video packages and quick back-and-forth banter from the panelists, we shift gears and see Michael Cole head off. He is preparing to call the show starting in just over 45 minutes. In his place now is Jackie Redmond.
Redmond, Big E. and Peter Rosenberg, who is subbing in for Wade Barrett, now welcome their special guest to the desk. With that said, out comes the WWE Chief Content Officer himself, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. The panelists ask him about the ESPN era and today’s roster versus the Attitude Era.
Stephanie McMahon Joins Panel At The Desk
After Triple H leaves, we see Stephanie McMahon getting ready to join the gang at the pre-show panel. But first, we head to a break. When we return, we see footage of Rob Gronkowski on the “What’s Your Story w/ Steph McMahon” podcast. She joins the gang and chats briefly.
AJ Lee & CM Punk Sit Down With Corey Graves
Now we head to a special sit-down interview. Jackie Redmond introduces it, noting it took place before Corey Graves was taken out with two F-5’s by Brock Lesnar on Friday’s SmackDown. Graves talks to AJ Lee and CM Punk about their showdown tonight against Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch.
Once this wraps up, we head back to the pre-show panel, who shift gears and introduce the “Crossover” extended video package narrated by Michael Cole. When it wraps up, Cole and Joe Tessitore talk about the significance of being on ESPN for WWE. The Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena rivalry video package then plays.
Joe Tessitore, Peter Rosenberg, Jackie Redmond and others all do walk-and-talk segments showing the hallways and entrance areas that John Cena and Brock Lesnar will take when they make their way to the ring for tonight’s opener. They are joined by Big E. to deliver their final insight into other matches as the pre-show wraps up.
Pat McAfee Has Arrived!
The War And Treaty sing God Bless America after the pre-show. In the parking garage, we see a black SUV pull up. Out steps Pat McAfee and Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers. McAfee gets a huge ovation. Paul Levesque comes up from behind and embraces him.
McAfee makes his entrance, and he will join the commentary for the evening. Cole asks Barrett if he knew. Barrett said there were rumblings on the internet. Cole says he doesn’t go on the internet. Last he heard, the internet said Wade Barrett was fired. Cole tells McAfee to keep his pants on. And on that note, we move on.
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena
From there, we hear the familiar sounds of Brock Lesnar’s theme music, as “The Beast Incarnate” makes his entrance. As he walks around ringside, Michael Cole cowers behind Wade Barrett. Cole and Corey Graves were attacked by Brock Lesnar last night on SmackDown.
John Cena makes his entrance with a bunch of children. Cena’s shirt is sporting the colors of the Indiana Pacers. This is the first time John Cena and Brock Lesnar have fought since September 2014. Cena has 99 PLE victories and is 2-4 against Brock Lesnar.
Alicia Taylor does John Cena’s epic introduction. Before she can do Brock Lesnar’s, however, we see Paul Heyman appear on the ring apron. Heyman is back with Brock Lesnar. Apparently the talk Lesnar suggested they have last night on SmackDown went well.
Heyman does a full-throated ring announcement for Brock Lesnar, calling him the “last real ass kicker,” juxtaposing Cena’s “last real champion” tag. Jason Ayers is the referee for this assignment. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
At the onset, we see Lesnar viciously attack Cena straight out of the gate. Lesnar punches and kicks him to the corner, shouldering him in the midsection multiple times. Cena fights back with some right hands, but Lesnar quickly floors him with a clothesline.
Lesnar pulls Cena up and hits a short-arm clothesline. Lesnar whips him hard into the opposite corner, and Cena collapses to the mat. Lesnar pulls him up and whips him sternum-first into the turnbuckles before posing. Cena’s body is already starting to showcase welts.
Lesnar scoops him up, walks around the ring with him on his shoulders, and hits a running powerslam. Lesnar shouts, “It’s time to go to Suplex City, bitches!” Lesnar connects with a German Suplex. The force of the impact knocks Cena out of the ring.
Cena slowly gets in the ring, and Lesnar applies a bear hug. Cena powers up and starts to break Lesnar’s grip. Lesnar powers through and keeps the bear hug applied. Cena powers up and breaks free before scooping Lesnar up for an Attitude Adjustment attempt.
Lesnar quickly slides off and connects with a vicious clothesline. Lesnar stands over Cena and mocks Cena. Lesnar applies a waist-lock and connects with a German Suplex. Lesnar holds up two fingers to signal that’s the second trip to Suplex City.
Lesnar pulls Cena to his feet and kicks him in the midsection. Cena collapses to his knees and gasps for air. Lesnar scoops Cena up, but Cena slides off and shoves him into the turnbuckles. Cena hits a trio of running shoulder tackles, but Lesnar won’t go down.
A fourth running shoulder tackle takes Lesnar down! Cena connects with an AA! Cena pulls him up and hits a second AA! Cena walks around and then grabs Lesnar for a third A.A. Lesnar kicks out. Cena immediately transitions to going for a 5 Knuckle Shuffle. “You can’t see me,” Cena taunts before hitting the ropes.
Before he can drop the fist, Lesnar pops up and hits the GOAT with an F5! Lesnar pulls Cena up and hits a second F5! Lesnar is fired up and screams at Cena before hitting a third F5! Lesnar takes a few moments to recover and has developed a limp. Lesnar has not competed in two years.
After taking a few moments to recover, Lesnar pulls Cena up for a fourth F5! Lesnar is standing over Cena and smiling. Cena slowly crawls around and starts to pull himself up. Lesnar sizes up his opponent and hits a fifth F5. Lesnar grabs Cena and hits a sixth F-5.
Lesnar then covers him and gets the easy three count for the easy victory. The massive Brock Lesnar celebrates his win. He looks enormous. Lesnar gets out of the ring and walks around ringside. Lesnar looks at referee Dan Engler, checking on Cena.
Lesnar gets in the ring and grabs Engler before hitting the referee with an F5! Lesnar grabs Engler by his pants and throws him. Lesnar then grabs Cena and hits him with his seventh F5 of the evening. A child, clad in John Cena attire, is shown crying in the crowd. Lesnar takes off his gloves and walks to the back.
Winner: Brock Lesnar
The Usos vs. The Vision
We see footage from the pre-show of LA Knight being named special guest referee for our next match. With that said, “The Mega Star” theme music hits the house speakers inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse as LA Knight makes his way down to the ring with a sleeveless referee shirt on.
After that, The Usos make their entrance through the arena concourse. Jimmy Uso tells everyone to get the flashlights on their phones fired up because they’re about to show ESPN how WWE gets down. Jey Uso says, “Four letters, one word: ugh-ugh… YEET!”
The crowd does a massive YEET dance with the lights off, only showing these little phone flashlights bouncing up and down. The Usos get in the ring and look a little blown up. The crowd wants them to run it back, so they oblige. More “YEET-ing!”
Jey Uso and Bron Breakker go face-to-face before the match starts. Jimmy Uso holds his brother back. LA Knight orders each team to their corner and calls for the bell to start the match. It’ll be “Main Event” Jey Uso starting against “Big” Bronson Reed.
The two lock up to get things started. Reed shoves Jey to the corner before punching and stomping him down. Reed whips Jey to the corner, but Jey sidesteps an avalanche. Jey hits a snap kick, a back elbow, and another snap kick. Jimmy Uso tags in.
The Usos hit Reed with a double superkick before hitting a double uppercut. Jimmy tackles Reed into the corner, and Jey avalanches him. Jimmy chops the chest and hits the ropes, but Reed connects with a back elbow. Reed puts Jimmy in the corner and tags in “Badass” Bron Breakker.
Breakker punches and shoulders away at Jimmy in the corner. Breakker gets in LA Knight’s face, and Knight mocks him. Breakker sends Jimmy out of the ring and tags Reed in. Reed goes under the ring as Breakker distracts Knight. Reed grabs a steel chair, but Knight catches him.
Jimmy kicks Reed in the ribs and grabs the chair. Knight intentionally turns his back so Jimmy can hit Reed on the back with the chair! Breakker attacks Jimmy, so Jey wipes out The Vision with a diving cross-body block off the top rope to the floor. Jimmy gets Reed in the ring and starts up the 10 punches.
As he does, Breakker whips Jey into the ring post. Jimmy chops Reed’s chest. Reed reverses a whip, so Jimmy ducks a clothesline and hits the ropes, but Breakker pulls the top rope down to knock Jimmy out of the ring. Breakker goes to ringside and charges around to crush Jimmy with a leaping shoulder tackle.
Breakker is fired up. Breakker puts Jimmy in the ring and mounts him for some right hands. Reed tags in, and Breakker jumps on his back as Reed hits Jimmy with a big splash. Jimmy kicks out. Reed sends Jimmy out of the ring as Jey gets on the apron.
Reed goes under the ring and grabs a steel chair, smashing it off Jimmy’s back in full view of LA Knight. Knight doesn’t disqualify him. Reed puts two chairs in the ring as the crowd chants, “We want tables.” Reed pulls a table out from under the ring before putting it back to loud boos.
Jimmy is holding his left knee in the ring. Reed gets in the ring and drops an elbow before wedging a chair in the corner. Breakker tags in and elbows Jimmy in the skull. Breakker hits a standing exploder suplex before taunting Jey.
Breakker pulls Jimmy up and connects with a vertical suplex. Breakker covers, but he quickly slides off and does some push-ups a la his Hall of Fame uncle, Scott Steiner. Reed tags back in and hits Jimmy with a senton splash that pops the crowd.
Reed opens a chair in the center of the ring and puts Jimmy’s head on it. An “OTC” chant picks up. Reed charges, but Jimmy hits him with a dropkick to the knees, knocking Reed’s face into the chair! Breakker quickly tags in and knocks Jey off the apron before he can tag in.
Breakker sends Jey into the ring steps before quickly getting in the ring and hitting Jimmy with another standing exploder. Reed tags in and puts Jimmy in the electric chair. Breakker comes off the top rope with a diving bulldog on Jimmy off Reed’s shoulders for a two-count.
Jimmy kicks out. Breakker gets in Knight’s face about the count. Knight doesn’t back down. Reed tags in and picks up where he left off. Reed goes for a senton splash, but Jimmy moves. Reed gets up and looks at Jimmy standing in the corner.
Reed charges for a shoulder tackle, but Jimmy sidesteps him, sending Reed headfirst into the chair wedged in the corner! Jey gets on the apron and gets the crowd going. Jey and Breakker tag in. Jey hits a pair of clotheslines on the Badass and punches away at him.
Jey does some theatrics before punching him down. Jey crushes Breakker with a running hip attack in the corner, knocking something off the turnbuckles. Jey knocks Breakker back and hits a flying crossbody block for a near fall. Jey shouts some instructions to Jimmy, and Jimmy retrieves a table from under the ring.
The crowd loudly pops as The Usos set up the table in the ring. Breakker and Reed attack The Usos from behind. Reed leans the table against the corner. He can’t get the one pair of legs to collapse. Breakker goes to spear Jey through the table, but he superkicks him.
Reed also eats a superkick. The Usos hit Breakker and Reed with stereo superkicks. They hit Breakker with the 1D. They go for the follow-up pin attempt, but Reed breaks it up just in time with a cannonball to avoid the three-count.
Reed sits Jey up on the top rope and tries to ascend, but Uso fights him off. Breakker quickly rushes in and hits a Franken-Steiner. Reed heads up top and hits a huge moonsault on Jey. Jimmy with a Swanton on Reed. Jey hits a spear on Breakker then follows up with an Uso Splash.
Breakker kicks out of the follow-up pin attempt. Reed argues with the ref. Jey super-kicks Reed off the apron but he lands on his feet. Reed again argues with the ref. Jey takes out Reed with a suicide dive. Wade Barrett and LA Knight both question if Jey was aiming at Knight.
As the two argue, Heyman slips Breakker a steel chair. Jey disarms Breakker and goes to smack Breakker with the chair. Breakker moves; Jey just barely pulls the swing to keep from hitting LA Knight. Jimmy uses the chair to whack both members of The Vision but takes too long to follow up.
Breakker hits a short, two-step Spear to drop Uso. Breakker’s back is covered with Uso’s blood. Uso is busted open on the forehead. Breakker spears Jey through the table still set up in the corner. Breakker drags Big Jim into the middle of the ring so Reed can hit a Tsunami and make the cover for the win.
Winners: The Vision
WWE Women’s World Championship
Stephanie Vaquer vs. Iyo Sky
Who is going to leave WrestlePalooza as the new top dog in the women’s division on the Raw side of things? We’re about to find out, as Stephanie Vaquer and Iyo Sky will do battle for the title that former champion Naomi vacated due to pregnancy in our next match of the evening.
The War and Treaty are shown at ringside. The ESPN President is also there. The hosts of the Club 520 Podcast are there. Tyrese Haliburton gets a great ovation. WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton is shown at ringside. This Friday on SmackDown she defends in a triple-threat.
After the two top challengers make their respective ring entrances, Alicia Taylor handles the final formal pre-match ring introductions. The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our first championship contest of the evening.
Vaquer and Sky lock up, and Vaquer hits a waist-lock takeover. Sky pops up and applies a waist-lock. Vaquer transitions into a hammerlock. Sky slides out, pulls her down, and applies a front facelock before giving a clean break. They go to lock up, but Vaquer traps Sky’s hand under her foot.
Vaquer kicks Sky away as they go for a test of strength. They do some mat wrestling. Vaquer applies a head-scissor, but Sky does a handstand and bounces out before applying a side headlock. Vaquer fights up and whips her off. Vaquer follows her into the ropes and rolls her up for a one-count.
They exchange some nice pinning combinations. Sky nearly pins Vaquer. The crowd gives them a nice ovation as they smile at each other. Sky blocks a punch, but Vaquer comes back with a back suplex. Vaquer signals for a Devil’s Kiss, but Sky gets out. Sky hits an arm drag and hits the ropes before doing a double handspring.
Sky sweeps the feet and hits a basement dropkick before posing. Sky kicks Vaquer before hitting a scoop slam. Sky does a handstand and drives her knees into Vaquer for a one-count. Sky applies an ankle lock. Vaquer tries to kick out, but Sky keeps holding on. Sky lets go of the ankle and sends her to the corner.
Vaquer boots Sky back and applies an arm bar over the top rope. Vaquer releases before being disqualified. Vaquer gets in the ring and attacks Sky. Sky goes for a sunset flip, but Vaquer rakes the face. Vaquer attacks for a two-count. Vaquer adjusts her wardrobe. Vaquer hits a snap suplex and applies a rear chin lock.
Sky fights up, but Vaquer hooks the head and hits another snap suplex. Vaquer applies a straightjacket submission and bends Sky back. Sky rolls through and applies a straightjacket. Vaquer kicks out and hits a head-scissor takeover. Vaquer attacks, but Sky counters into a double underhook backbreaker. Both women are down.
Sky is first to her feet and hits a pair of Shotei uppercuts. Sky connects with a flapjack. Vaquer reverses a whip to the corner, but Sky twists through the ropes and punches her back. Sky connects with a springboard missile dropkick before kipping up. Sky poses and gets the crowd going.
Vaquer rolls out of the ring to recover. Sky hits the ropes and connects with a beautiful suicide dive. Sky gets Vaquer in the ring. Vaquer fights back, but Sky kicks her and goes for a sunset flip powerbomb off the apron! Vaquer holds on and drops a knee across the sternum.
Vaquer then hits a springboard crossbody block to the floor on Sky! Vaquer gets Sky in the ring, and the crowd chants, “This is awesome.” Vaquer hits another springboard crossbody block, this time in the ring. Vaquer hits a snap suplex, and Sky rolls to the corner. Sky avoids a running meteora and hits a release German Suplex.
Sky charges her in the corner, but Vaquer avoids it and hits Sky with a release German Suplex. Both women are down again. They start to exchange right hands from their knees, with Vaquer coming out on top. Sky answers with a Shotei uppercut. Vaquer quickly knees her and hits the ropes, but Sky punches her.
Vaquer answers back with a back suplex and sets up for the Devil’s Kiss. Sky quickly counters with a roll-up into a double stomp for a one-count. Sky immediately transitions into a crossface. Vaquer manages to roll out, but Sky knees her in the face. Sky steps on her and heads to the top rope.
Vaquer pulls her down, but Sky elbows her back. Vaquer blocks a kick and hits a NASTY dragon screw off the ropes! Vaquer goes for an SVB, but Sky gets out. Vaquer hits a headbutt and hits the ropes. Sky catches her with a hurricanrana into a cradle for a near fall. Sky then kicks her in the head.
They’re both down again. The crowd chants, “This is awesome!” Sky hits Vaquer with a Bullet Train Attack before stepping on her. Sky shakes some feeling into her leg, which was damaged by the dragon screw. Sky goes for an Over the Moonsault, but Vaquer gets her feet up.
Vaquer superkicks Sky and hits another vicious dragon screw off the ropes! Vaquer grabs Sky, and the crowd starts to go crazy. Vaquer connects with the Devil’s Kiss! Vaquer hits the SVB! 1… 2… Sky kicks out! After a few replays are shown, Vaquer heads to the top rope. Sky stuns her with a Shotei uppercut and climbs the ropes.
Sky and Vaquer are battling it out on the top rope. Sky hits her with a top rope Spanish Fly! Sky’s injured knee hits the mat hard, so she can’t immediately capitalize. Sky eventually crawls over and covers for a two-count. Sky hits Vaquer with a Bullet Train Attack and pulls her knee pads down.
Sky hits another Bullet Train Attack with her exposed knees. Sky connects with a running knee to the skull. Sky positions Vaquer and steps over her before going to the top rope. Vaquer rolls out of the way of an Over the Moonsault! Sky’s exposed knees hit the mat hard.
Vaquer then hits a WILD spiral splash for the win. Stephanie Vaquer is emotional as she takes the Women’s World Championship. Vaquer lays it on the mat and kneels before Sky with it. Sky kneels and puts the title on Vaquer’s shoulder.
Sky is having trouble standing. Vaquer poses with the title as a pyrotechnics display goes off. Vaquer leaves the ring and embraces her father at ringside. Father and daughter have tears in their eyes as her father holds the title up. Feel-good moment.
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s World Champion: Stephanie Vaquer
Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch vs. CM Punk & AJ Lee
Pat McAfee thanks the gang at the commentary desk for having him. He heads off as he is done for the evening. Cole thanks him for stopping by to help call a few matches. The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for our next match of the evening.
When it wraps up, we hear the familiar sounds of Seth Rollins’ theme music. Fire pyro erupts and burns over and over and over again as a giant podium with Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch both standing on it is lowered. When they reach the stage, the music changes to Lynch’s entrance tune.
The WWE World Heavyweight Champion and the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion finish making their way to the ring, settling inside as Alicia Taylor handles their ring walk introductions. Their music dies down and we await the arrival of their opposition.
From there, we hear the familiar sounds of Living Colour’s “Cult of Personality.” With that said, “The Best in the World” himself emerges. CM Punk comes out to a huge pop, kneels down, combs the fake sand and as always, proclaims it “Clobbering Time!”
Just as he does, his music shifts to that of his wife AJ Lee’s entrance tune. She comes out skipping as the loud crowd reaction for Punk gets even louder for Lee. The two make their way down to the ring and settle inside. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running in our co-main event of the evening.
An “AJ Lee” chant picks up, so Seth Rollins covers his wife’s ears. AJ Lee wants to start the match, but Becky Lynch has no interest. It’ll be Seth Rollins starting against CM Punk. A LOUD “CM Punk” chant picks up. Rollins and Punk go face-to-face. Rollins backs up, and Becky Lynch blind tags in.
AJ Lee smirks as Lynch gets in CM Punk’s face. Lynch peppers Punk with some strikes. The crowd wants Punk to give Lynch a GTS. Punk tags AJ Lee in. AJ Lee is about to see her first action in over a decade. Lynch slaps Punk in the face and gets out of the ring.
Lee chases Lynch, so Lynch gets in the ring and tags Rollins in. Rollins and Lynch laugh at ringside before kissing. Punk then wipes Rollins out with a suicide dive! Punk bounces him off the table and sends him over the barricade into the crowd. Punk jumps off the barricade and attacks Rollins.
Punk chases Rollins into the ring, but Rollins quickly tackles him to the corner, hitting some shoulder tackles. Lynch chokes Punk as the referee admonishes Rollins. The referee then keeps Lee from getting in the ring. Punk shoulders Rollins in the midsection until the referee admonishes him.
AJ Lee then chokes Rollins as the referee is distracted. The referee has to hold Lynch back. Punk hits Rollins with an inverted atomic drop before chopping him down. Punk comes off the top rope with a diving ax handle. Punk goes to the top rope for another ax handle to the skull of the World Heavyweight Champion.
Punk goes back to the top rope and leaps, but Rollins kicks him and goes for a Pedigree. Punk gets out and goes for a Go to Sleep, but Rollins slides off. Lynch gets a cheap shot in, and Rollins punches Punk out of the ring. The referee admonishes Rollins as Lynch shoves Punk into the ring steps.
AJ Lee runs over and stares at Rollins, who dismisses her. Rollins won’t let Lee get to his wife. Rollins puts Punk on the commentary table and punches away at him. Rollins gets Punk in the ring and hits a diving ax handle. Things build to a big table spot.
On one commentary desk at ringside, we see Punk with Rollins. On the other commentary desk, we see AJ with Lynch. They each look to hit the trademark move of their opponents to put them through their respective tables. Rollins and Lynch begin to counter.
AJ dives from her table to the other, helping Punk put Rollins through it. In the ring, AJ gets the octopus submission on Lynch, forcing the tap out from the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion and giving herself and her husband CM Punk the well-earned victory over their fellow WWE mega couple opposition.
Winners: CM Punk & AJ Lee
The Undertaker Announces Stephanie McMahon WWE Hall Of Fame Induction
Stephanie McMahon-Levesque will take her rightful place in pro wrestling history next year. Prior to the main event of WWE WrestlePalooza on ESPN, WWE Hall of Fame legend The Undertaker came out as ‘The American Bad Ass’ on his motorcycle for special appearance.
Undertaker approached Stephanie McMahon in the crowd and tells her he saw her last week at Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford and now he sees her here tonight. He asks if she’s stalking him.
He then surprises her with the news that she is being inducted into the 2026 class of the WWE Hall of Fame. “Are you ready?” he asked her, before surprising her with the exciting news.
Undisputed WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
It’s main event time!
All that is left is the Undisputed WWE Championship headline bout, with reigning title-holder “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes defending his gold in one-on-one action against “The Scottish Psychopath” Drew McIntyre. The pre-match video package airs to set the stage for this one.
The package wraps up and we return inside the Gainbridge Fieldhouse where the familiar sounds of Drew McIntyre’s theme hits the house speakers. Out he comes for his chance to capture the Undisputed WWE Championship from the self-proclaimed Quarterback of WWE.
McIntyre settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. The theme for his opponent hits and out comes “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes to a big pop. The Indianapolis crowd sings along with his catchy tune as the Undisputed WWE Champion makes his ring walk.
With both guys in the ring, the bell sounds and the lights in the arena dim down. Alicia Taylor handles the final formal pre-match ring introductions for the reigning, defending champion, and his latest challenger. From there, the final match of the evening gets officially off-and-running.
The bell sounds and the two guys slowly close in on each other. Cody b*tch-slaps Drew to get things started. McIntyre rages up and charges, but Cody waist-locks him. Drew muscles Cody into the corner and surprisingly gives him a clean break. He then drops him with a high elbow.
Drew proceeds to savagely lay into the champ for about two minutes. Cody begins to chain together offense, hitting a Cody Cutter before covering for a quick two. Rhodes begins to focus on McIntyre’s left arm, slapping in working holds targeting McIntyre’s left wrist and elbow.
McIntyre and Cody spend several moments battling for control. Rhodes sends McIntyre out of the ring with a Disaster Kick, then follows it up with a Suicide Dive. Rhodes looks for a second Dive but McIntyre catches him and redirects him into the ring post. McIntyre then tosses Rhodes across the Spanish announce table.
Following several additional minutes of back-and-forth action, we see McIntyre pull ahead yet again on offense. He blasts Cody with a Claymore Kick. He goes for the cover, but Cody kicks out. On the floor, Drew thinks about kicking Cody’s head through the commentary desk again.
The referee stops him. McIntyre loses his cool and eventually pushes the referee out of the way and charges for a diving kick to Cody. Cody moves and Drew ends up putting his leg through the commentary desk. He writhes in pain. Back in the ring, we head to the finishing sequence.
McIntyre hits a Glasgow Kiss. He looks for another Claymore Kick, but his leg gives out. He collapses in pain and clutches his leg. He gets back up just in time for Cody to leap off the ropes in the corner and hit a super Cody Cutter. He follows that up with Cross-Rhodes for the win. The show goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!
Winner and STILL Undisputed WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes
