Posted on 1/10/126 by Colin Vassallo
It took a while, but it finally happened. Drew McIntyre left
Berlin, Germany with some extra weight in his hand luggage
as he finally defeated Cody Rhodes for the WWE Championship
last night on Smackdown.
The two battled it out in a Three Stages of Hell match,
where the first round was a regular match won by McIntyre.
The second round was a falls count anywhere match, won by
Rhodes. The third was a steel cage match, won by McIntyre
with some extra help from the returning Jacob Fatu.
Fatu’s intention was not to help McIntyre win, and actually
prevented him from exiting the cage at first. But after
Rhodes attacked Fatu, they left McIntyre unattended, and he
simply crawled out of the cage for the shock victory.
The match aired without commercials.
“No longer bored at work,” McIntyre posted on X after the
match, playing off previous posts where he posted photos
during matches saying, “Bored at work.”
McIntyre last held a title at WrestleMania 40, winning the
WWE World Heavyweight title from Seth Rollins, but lost it
just five minutes later to Damian Priest when he cashed in
his MITB briefcase. McIntyre was haunted by CM Punk, who was
on commentary, and played a role in clocking McIntyre before
Priest ran out.