Live from Wembley Stadium
in London, England
on June 19, 2022 ***
WWE Commentary Team: Jim Ross, Tony Schiavone, and Wade Barrett
WWE Ring Announcer: Howard Finkel
WWE Backstage Reporter: Mean Gene Okerlund
Match recaps are not summaries of matches from start to finish. All matches are joined already in progress.
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WWE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH: RAW World Champion TRIPLE H {c} vs. Smackdown World Champion STING : Sting countered an Irish whip, sending Triple H into the corner. He charged in and hit the Stinger Splash. He whipped Triple H across the ring and gave him another Stinger Splash. He then brought him out of the corner and executed a gorilla press slam. He made the cover, but Triple H kicked out. Sting went for the Scorpion Death Lock, but Triple H kicked him away. When they both got up, Sting tried to attack, but Triple H gave him a knee to the face and a lariat. He made the cover, but Sting kicked out. Triple H went for a figure four, but Sting kicked him away. Triple H went for an attack, but Sting gave him a powerslam and hooked his leg on the follow through. Triple H kicked out. Sting put him in the Scorpion Death Lock. Triple H scrambled to get to the ropes, but Sting pulled him back towards the center of the ring. Bobby “The Brain” Heenan jumped onto the ring apron, distracting the referee, and causing him to miss when Triple H began to tap out. As the ref was engaged with Heenan, Adam Cole jumped into the ring and gave Sting a superkick to the face. Sting no sold it, but he did break the hold and stand up when Cole looked like he was loading up for a second superkick. Cole backed away in fear, but then Triple H gave him a low blow from behind. Cole left the ring, Heenan got down from the ring apron, and the referee turned around to see Triple H give Sting the Pedigree. He made the pin. 1…2…3! Triple H got the win to become the new undisputed, unified WWE World Champion! (21:11)
Winner by Pinfall: Triple H
FATAL FOURWAY #1 CONTENDER’S MATCH: HARDY BOYZ vs. STREET PROFITS vs. BASTARDWEIGHTS vs. THE BAR : Matt Hardy tossed PAC over the top rope as Jeff Hardy gave Pete Dunne an inverted enzuigiri kick. Matt gave him the Twist of Fate and Jeff went to the top rope to execute the Swanton. Jeff nearly had his head taken off with a Brogue Kick from Sheamus. Matt tried to give Sheamus a Twist of Fate but received a diving European uppercut from Cesaro, who then gave him the Neutralizer. Montez Ford gave Cesaro a missile dropkick and Angelo Dawkins hit Sheamus with a pounce before giving him a clothesline to send him over the top rope. Dawkins lifted Cesaro onto his shoulders and Ford dove off the top rope to give him a blockbuster electric chair combo. PAC hit Dawkins with a springboard front missile dropkick that sent him out of the ring. He ran across the ring and took him out with an over-the-top rope moonsault plancha. Meanwhile, Dunne countered Ford’s diving offense with a 4-star forearm smash, which he followed up with the Bitter End. Dunne made the cover and got the win, much to the delight of Wembley Stadium audience. (12:43)
Winners by Pinfall: The Bastardweights
SAMOA JOE vs. “THE REDEEMER” MIRO: Halfway through his first WWE match in nine months, Miro was brawling with Samoa Joe on the floor when Joe blocked a forearm attempt and fired back with a CCS enzuigiri that knocked Miro back onto an open chair next to the barricade. Joe backed off then ran full steam ahead, striking him in the face with a big boot. Joe grabbed Miro and rolled him into the ring. Miro crawled away towards the corner. Joe charged in and Miro moved. After Joe hit the turnbuckle, Miro grabbed him from behind and gave him a belly-to-back suplex, which he followed with a senton. Miro made the pin, but Joe kicked out. Miro picked him up and set up for a vertical suplex. Joe blocked and punched at his ribs before reversing for a suplex of his own. Joe put Miro in a crossface. Miro got near the ropes, so Joe pulled him back and applied a STF. Miro made it to the ropes. Joe gave him chops and went for an Irish whip. Miro reversed it and gave Joe a Samoan drop. Next, he hit him with a spinning heel kick, and then a Miro Kick! Miro announced it was “game over!” for Samoa Joe. He went to put Joe in his finisher, but Joe slipped between Miro’s legs and applied a Coquina Clutch. Miro broke it with a jawbuster. He got up and gave Joe a swinging side slam, then put him in Game Over. Joe passed out in the hold. The ref called for the bell, giving Miro the win. (11:40)
Winner by Submission: “The Redeemer” Miro
UWA UNIVERSAL WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP TRIPLE THREAT MATCH: SASHA BANKS {c} vs. BAYLEY vs. LITA : Lita went up to the top rope and executed the Litasault on Sasha Banks. She made the cover. Bayley broke up the pinfall at the count of two, throwing Lita out of the ring and then making her own pin on Banks, who kicked out at two. Bayley picked up Banks and lifted her onto the top turnbuckle. She set up for a super Bayley-to-belly suplex, but Banks broke free with some headbutts before pushing Bayley down to the mat. Banks executed a meteora and made a jackknife cover to get a two-count. A backstabber and Bank Statement put Bayley on the verge of submission when Lita dove in with a springboard elbow drop to the back of Banks. She picked up Banks and tried to give her a Twist of Fate, but Banks shoved her away and hit her with a superkick. Bayley tried to catch Banks by surprise with the arm-trap headlock driver, but Banks slipped free and gave her the Bank Statement. Bayley tapped out, giving Banks the win. (10:26)
Winner by Submission: Sasha Banks
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH: RAW Tag Team Champions FTR {c} vs. Smackdown Tag Team Champions DUDLEY BOYZ : Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler were brawling with Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley. Bubba Ray asked D-Von to get a table and was preparing to put Harwood through it, when Wheeler stopped it by attacking Bubba Ray from behind. He gave him a belly-to-back suplex. D-Von attacked Wheeler, but then Harwood knocked him down from behind with a clothesline. Harwood and Wheeler put the boots to him before bringing him into the ring and executing the Shatter Machine on him. Bubba Ray broke up the pinfall. He gave Harwood a Bubba Bomb before getting attacked by Wheeler. He went for the whip, but Bubba Ray reversed it and executed the 3-D with his brother D-Von. D-Von made the pin, but Wheeler broke it up. A four-man brawl ensued, culminating in Bubba Ray getting sent out of the ring with a clothesline and D-Von receiving the Mind Breaker from Harwood and Wheeler to finish him off. With the win, FTR became the undisputed, unified WWE Tag Team Champions. (13:21)
Winner by Pinfall: FTR
WINNER REPRESENTS WWE IN THE UWA MITB LADDER MATCH AT UWA SUPERCARD: Intercontinental Champion ADAM COLE vs. United States Champion WALTER : WALTER trapped Adam Cole in the corner and lit into his chest with multiple open palm strikes and knife edge chops. He lifted Cole onto the top turnbuckle. Cole raked WALTER’s eyes and kicked him until he fell off the turnbuckle. Cole executed the Panama Sunrise. He held him for the pin, but WALTER kicked out. Cole lowered his right knee pad and went for the Boom knee strike, but WALTER ducked it. WALTER nailed Cole with a running big boot. He picked up Cole and gave him a folding powerbomb. He made the cover, but Cole kicked out. WALTER picked him up and went for another powerbomb, but this time, Cole punched him a few times in the face and escaped over top, countering with a sunset flip. WALTER kicked out. Cole caught him with a superkick, then gave him an ushigoroshi and made the cover. WALTER kicked out at two. Cole went up to the second rope to attempt another Panama Sunrise, but WALTER countered it with an Alabama slam. He went to the top rope. Cole got up, so WALTER hit him with a diving front missile dropkick, sending Cole half way across the ring. When Cole got up, WALTER nailed him with a running big boot. WALTER followed it up with a Golden Bomb and made the cover. 1…2…3! WALTER will represent WWE in the UWA Money in the Bank Ladder Match at UWA Supercard on July 3rd. (17:04)
Winner by Pinfall: WALTER
WWE SUPER SHOWDOWN BATTLE ROYALE – WINNER GETS A SHOT AT THE UWA UNIVERSAL MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AT SUMMERSLAM : Featuring (in alphabetical order) : Wesley Blake, Daniel Bryan, Steve Cutler, Juventud Guerrera, Keith Lee, Brock Lesnar, Shawn Michaels, Kenny Omega, Randy Orton, Adam Page, “All Ego” Ethan Page, Penta El 0M, Psicosis, Rey Fénix, Roman Reigns, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Scorpio Sky, Ricky Steamboat, AJ Styles, and Umaga : 1) Wesley Blake was eliminated by Keith Lee; 2) Psicosis was eliminated by Brock Lesnar; 3) Juventud Guerrero was eliminated by Brock Lesnar; 4) Scorpio Sky was eliminated by Brock Lesnar; 5) Umaga was eliminated by Daniel Bryan, Ricky Steamboat, Penta El 0M, and Fénix; 6) Steve Cutler was eliminated by “Macho Man” Randy Savage; 7) Adam Page was eliminated by Roman Reigns; 8) “All Ego” Ethan Page was eliminated by Brock Lesnar; 9) Randy Orton was eliminated by Shawn Michaels; 10) Penta El 0M was eliminated by Roman Reigns; 11) AJ Styles was eliminated by Brock Lesnar; 12) Kenny Omega was eliminated by Roman Reigns.
After fifteen minutes, here were eight wrestlers left in the match. Daniel Bryan was hitting Keith Lee with Yes! Kicks. Lee appeared to absorb them without much damage. Bryan loaded up for the last one, but Lee got up and pounced him. Bryan struggled to get up at the ropes, where Lee sent him out to the floor with a hard clothesline over the top rope. 13) Daniel Bryan was eliminated by Keith Lee.
Roman Reigns stood face-to-face with the “Limitless” one. They started throwing down, landing some stiff shots on each other. Reigns attempted an Irish whip. Lee reversed and dropped to the mat. Reigns leapt over him as he ran the ropes, then Lee got up and demolished Reigns with a cross body block. Lee picked up Reigns and took him to the ropes to try to get him over. Reigns did his best to block by choking Lee, who was leaning all his weight onto Reigns against the top rope. Caught in a stalemate, they were left wide open for Fénix to rush over and lift on their legs, causing their collective body weight to shift over the top rope, sending them both crashing out to the floor. 14&15) Keith Lee and Roman Reigns were eliminated at the same time by Rey Fénix. Reigns attacked Lee on the floor, and he fought back. They continued to brawl around ringside.
As Fénix pounded his chest in celebration of his double-elimination, Lesnar grabbed him from behind and threw him across the ring with a release German suplex. When he got up, Ricky Steamboat gave him a diving chop. He followed that with a dropkick that sent Lesnar into the ropes. A clothesline took him over and onto the ring apron. Steamboat went to knock Lesnar off the apron, but he gave Steamboat a shoulderblock through the ropes, then went into the ring and clubbed him down with a clothesline. Fénix gave Lesnar a diving hurricanrana before getting a running pointed elbow smash from “Macho Man” Randy Savage. He saw Steamboat getting up by the ropes and went to lift him over the top rope. Steamboat clung to the ropes. Shawn Michaels came up from behind and lifted Savage over top of Steamboat and out of the ring. 16) “Macho Man” Randy Savage was eliminated by Shawn Michaels.
Steamboat lit into Michaels with some chops until Lesnar bowled them both over with a double clothesline. He gave Steamboat a release German suplex, then he gave one to Michaels. Fénix hit Lesnar with three superkicks, but he still couldn’t get him off his feet. Then, he went for a handspring rebound cutter, but Lesnar caught him in a rear waistlock and gave him a release German suplex. However, Fénix flipped through and landed on his feet. He charged at Lesnar, who gave him an overhead belly-to-belly suplex instead. Steamboat hit Lesnar with a dropkick, then he gave him a side belly-to-back suplex. He picked up Lesnar and tried to throw him over the top rope, but Lesnar reversed and tosses Steamboat to the floor. 17) Ricky Steamboat was eliminated by Brock Lesnar.
Fénix jumped onto the ropes and ran along the top rope to hit Lesnar with a punt kick. He hit him with springboard spin kick, then turned to run the other way, but turned right into Sweet Chin Music. Michaels picked Fénix up off the mat and pitched him over the top rope. 18) Rey Fénix was eliminated by Shawn Michaels.
Michaels tried to lift Lesnar over the top rope, but he threw some back elbows at him. Lesnar attacked with knee lifts to the Heartbreak Kid’s torso. He put Michaels in a waistlock. Michaels raked Lesnar’s eyes to break free. He went for an Irish whip, but Lesnar reversed it. Michaels hit and flipped onto the top turnbuckle and back down, where Lesnar picked him up in a fireman’s carry. Michaels elbowed him to break free and executed a teardrop suplex. He tuned up the band and went for Sweet Chin Music, but Lesnar got his hands up to block, then gave Michaels a release German suplex. Lesnar executed the F-5, then he picked up Michaels and threw him over the top rope. 19) Shawn Michaels was eliminated by Brock Lesnar. (21:18)
Winner by Being the Last Man in the Ring: Brock Lesnar
THE UNDERTAKER vs. KEVIN OWENS: Kevin Owens sent The Undertaker into the corner and ran in. The Undertaker put up a big boot in his face, then gave him an arm ringer and climbed the turnbuckle. Owens tripped him up on the top turnbuckle. He climbed up and traded punches with the Deadman. Finally, Owens brought him down off the top rope with a swinging fisherman’s buster. He made the cover, but The Undertaker kicked out. Owens dragged The Undertaker to the corner and gave him a KO Bomb. He covered again, but again The Undertaker kicked out. Owens put the boots to The Undertaker, then climbed the top rope and went for the bullfrog splash, but The Undertaker sat up, narrowly avoiding it. Once back to their feet, The Undertaker gave Owens some uppercut throat thrusts, then gave him a chokeslam. He made the cover, but Owens kicked out. The Undertaker set up for a Last Ride, but Owens countered with a back body drop. Owens nailed him with a superkick, then went for the Stunner, but The Undertaker shoved him into the ropes. Owens ducked a running clothesline but got hit coming off the opposite ropes with a leaping running clothesline. Owens attempted another superkick, but The Undertaker blocked it and gave Owens another chokeslam. Then, he scooped him up and executed the Tombstone. 1…2…3! (14:55)
Winner by Pinfall: The Undertaker
UWA UNIVERSAL TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: STRIKE FORCE {c} vs. HART FOUNDATION : Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart and Tito Santana were exchanging fists when Neidhart lifted a knee into Santana’s abdomen. He went for an Irish whip, but Santana reversed it and him with the flying forearm. Santana made the cover. 1…2… Bret “The Hitman” hart broke it up with a diving pointed elbow drop top the back. Rick Martel jumped into the ring and took Hart down with a dropkick. Hart went to the floor and Martel took him down with a slingshot plancha. Back in the ring, Santana had Neidhart set up for a suplex, but The Anvil reversed it. They crawled towards their corners. Double hot tags were made. Martel charged in and Hart took him down with a pair of arm drags before giving him a standing dropkick into the corner. Hart picked up Martel and gave him a pendulum backbreaker. He pinned him for a two-count. He picked up Martel and gave him an inverted atomic drop followed by a side Russian leg sweep. Hart tagged in Neidhart, who picked him up and set him up for the Hart Attack. The Hitman ran to the ropes. Meanwhile, Martel broke free with an elbow to Neidhart’s forehead, and Hart wiped out on the leaping clothesline attempt. Martel dove to his corner to tag Santana, who went to the top rope and gave Neidhart a diving flying forearm. Hart got up and Santana sent him over the top rope with a clothesline, then quickly did a running splash onto Neidhart, into a lateral press. He hooked the leg. 1…2…3! (17:21)
Winners by Pinfall: Strike Force
WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE UNIFICATION MATCH: RAW Women’s Champion BIANCA BELAIR {c} vs. Smackdown Women’s Champion BECKY LYNCH : Bianca Belair hit Becky Lynch with a running handspring back elbow in the corner. She lifted her onto the top turnbuckle and went up for the superplex. Lynch blocked and knocked Belair to the mat before giving her a diving leg drop. She made the cover, but Belair kicked out. Lynch picked her up and gave her an Bexploder suplex into the corner, then dragged her out of the corner and attempted to put her in the Dis-Arm-Her. Belair scrambled to the ropes before she could apply it. As soon as Belair got to her feet, Lynch was on the attack. She whipped Belair to the ropes and went for a leg lariat, but Belair ducked it, then came bouncing off the ropes with a wicked spear. Belair made the cover, but Lynch kicked out at two. Belair picked up Lynch and gave her a Glam Slam. She made the pin. Again, Lynch kicked out at two. Belair lifted Lynch onto her shoulders. Lynch gave her some elbows to the side of the head. She slipped free, pushed Belair into the ropes and rolled her up for a two-count. As soon as Belair got to her feet, Lynch kicked her and gave her a fisherman’s neckbreaker. She made the cover. Belair kicked out at two. Lynch picked her up and tried for the Manhandle Slam, but Belair countered it into an arm drag. She dropkicked Lynch into the corner. Belair lifted onto the top turnbuckle, then climbed to the second rope, put Lynch on her shoulders and executed the Kiss of Death! She made the pin. 1…2…3! Bianca Belair became the undisputed, unified WWE Women’s Champion. (19:45)
Winner by Pinfall: Bianca Belair
UWA UNIVERSAL MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: NICK ALDIS {c} vs. ROWDY RODDY PIPER : Nick Aldis was in the rare position of being the fan favourite in this match, owing mostly to him being on home turf. Rowdy Roddy Piper did not have the crowd support, and he seemed to revel in it. He used plenty of underhanded tactics to gain the advantage and thwart any momentum this English National Treasure tried to build. In the middle stages of the match, they brawled out of the ring and into the crowd. Once back at ringside, Piper tried to whip Aldis into the ring steps, but he countered it. After Piper slammed hard into the steps, Aldis removed the top portion and brought Piper onto the steps. He set up for the Treasure Chest, but Piper countered with a back body drop. Aldis hit the floor hard. Kamille lurked nearby. Piper made an obscene gesture at her, which prompted her to come closer. The referee got in the way, allowing Piper to give Aldis a low blow as he tried to get to his feet. Piper gave him a bulldog on the floor, then rolled him into the ring and pinned him. The referee slid into the ring to make the count. Aldis kicked out. Piper questioned the referee’s count. He picked up Aldis and set him up for a piledriver. He lifted Aldis off his feet, but Aldis got back to his feet and executed a back body drop to get out of it. Aldis ran to the ropes and back to hit Piper with a stiff clothesline. He made the pin and Piper kicked out at two. Aldis gave him a bodyslam and went to the top rope. He executed the diving elbow drop and made the cover. Piper kicked out at two. Aldis picked up Piper, who gave him a hard headbutt and pulled him into a small package. Aldis kicked out. Piper ducked a clothesline, then put Aldis in the sleeperhold. Aldis faded. After his hand fell twice, he rebounded to lift Piper onto his back and delivered fall backwards on top of him. With the sleeperhold broken, Aldis quickly brough Piper up off the mat and executed the Treasure Chest! 1…2…3! (16:32)
Winner by Pinfall: Nick Aldis
At the end of the show, when Aldis was celebrating his win, his music was cut and replaced by that of Brock Lesnar. The Conqueror came to the ring. He said nothing. He just smiled in the director of Aldis, who appeared suspect of Lesnar, his next WWE challenger at Summerslam. Lesnar, for his part, smiled, pointed at Aldis’ belt, and gestured that the championship would soon be around his waist. Aldis responded by lifting the belt high in the air as the show ended.