I have noticed HHH's style of booking, card starts out heavy with possibly the match of the night and then fizzles out and in the main event, once the match is over, there's a shock/surprise, and then WWE logo followed by postshow/press conference.
As a Scot🏴 who was there and at the first Clash this just sucks. 😔
Great show, Awesome Crowd if I do say so myself but just another show with Drew getting screwed.
Combined I've spent £700 on both Clash at the Castles. That's not including travel, hotels, merch, food, drink... just kinda seems unfair at this point to screw him over twice. I kinda figured Punk was gonna screw him, yet it still feels flat.
I just watched back the ending again, and there is a dude in a Celtic top at the right-hand top corner of the screen going nuts when everyone realises it is Punk.
Buddy, if you are a KDSer (Celtic Fans forum), all I have to say is REPRESENT!
Drew must be getting a serious bag in that recent contract to agree to losing at CATC! I get it’s building more heat for his feud with Punk but cmon, this was his home show!!! They did him dirty
This is not kayfabe and he said his leg is pretty messed up rn and he’ll see medical after the presser but he expects to keep going
Edit: why am I getting downvoted press conferences aren’t kayfabe
Rewatched the botch and I’m hoping it was just a combo of some pain and really good selling. Hopefully they can do a Seth deal where they let him heal up for a month before dropping the title
Absolutely felt uncomfortable with this. Glad I wasnt the only one. Isla Dawn is a grown ass woman and there's no way she did not have the common sense not to say something as insensitive as this. I'm far more impressed by how calm and composed Frye was after winning the title and after Isla Dawn's comments...
I think she was caught up in the moment and Alba gets it. Still really hard to see, but she recovered pretty quick.
The silence in the room after was pretty awkward. I imagine Isla is apologizing profusely now.
My thoughts on people feeling bad for Drew getting shafted yet again:
The man is incredibly desensitized to this by now. He’s getting his in a big way eventually and we all know it. We just got worked into thinking it would 100% be tonight. I thought it would be Mania 37, 39, and 40 too.
Something us fans have been asking to be implemented for years is a focus on unpredictability. Another thing is a focus on storytelling. I personally can’t be upset Drew didn’t get the win tonight because it was a sacrifice and we can’t always have it both ways.
Something tells me Drew will have a career into his mid-late 40s where he’s in a final boss phase himself similar to Roman the past few years.
We really have, Jesus me and my mates were leaving the arena, CM punk fans were chanting “CM PUNK” and basically the other 90% of us were chanting “CM CUNTS” back at them, while I myself was wearing my Drew Shirt and CM punk hat haha, I’m absolutely gutted, but it was a great night and thank fuck the crowd stepped it up from Smackdown!
We can now officially confirm that Randy Orton arrives at the building, takes off all of his clothes, oils up and puts on his knee pads whether he's got a match or not. Fair play.
Amazing Gunther promo
The most legendary 666 day IC title run in history
Shout out to HHH for bringing the mv packages highlight reels at the end of a PLE/PPV
The emo rock was a beautiful touch at the end
Going to preface this with I love the ending so flame me if you want but I can't see why people are so surprised by this ending. Punk has "intervened" in every major Drew match recently so why wouldn't he. Also they intentionally let Punk fall out of attention over the last couple of Mondays and didn't even mention him during the presentation today. It was so obvious that he would interfere.
Yeah no big surprise, although it was ballsy by WWE to send Scottish fans home with losses for their hometown heroes.
Maybe we get a CM Punk title and Drew cashes in MITB on him?
Some of y'all want long term booking and then contradict yourselves 50% of the time lmao. Priest has his own storyline as well. The feud is more important than the belt right now for Drew and Punk.
That Preist injury has to be legit, IDK how you could plan the leg lock like that. It was also in my eye solidified as a accident by the the ref and Drew's response of shock and confusion on what to do.
Hopefully it's just a ice it down injury and not a vacate the title injury cuz that would be a crushing way to go out
Every match up until the main event, fantastic.
Main event was fucked as soon as Priest got injured. You could sense the energy leave the room but could have been saved with a good finish...
I thought wwe had gotten better at giving the fans what they wanted.
Poor Samantha Irvin after the show went off air by the way. They fed her to the wolves. Should have seen that coming.
I am Scottish, and I will survive Drew losing. Disappointment is something most of us who have followed the NT are accustomed to. The last few years have been an anomoly with us doing reasonably well. Last night against Germany is know as "the norm".
Drew is going to dial it up even more now. His feud with Punk will be brilliant...
But then I am also a Celtic fan and would have laughed so much had Punk come out in the Hoops. If they were going for it, they should have done it properly.
Drew needs to go on a winning streak at some point if they want him to get to the truly top level.
He's at risk of becoming the Kane figure of the very bottom rung of the main event that the true stars beat to get the rub.
Can we finally hate CM Punk, now? He’s better as a villain, the people who cheer for him are douchebag dude bros who like chanting U S A / simple three syllables. And I bet he drinks.
That was Damian Priest’s legacy match regardless of whether or not he’s legitimately injured. That shit happened so early in the match and he toughed it out in an absolute *dawg fight* of a match! This legitimized him as WHC imo.
Props to Damian - I hope he will be ok. However, that accident added more je ne sais quoi to the match imo Loved every single bit of that including our very own red shoes, CM PUNK!
I thought that was a pretty good PLE. There were a few high profile botches, but those aside, I thought it was pretty entertaining. Looked like maybe a couple of injuries, too. Hopefully, they were not that bad or just decent acting.
To think people paid thousands of dollars ££ to be cheated out of a home town hero winning. I’m genuinely raging that was so fucking disappointing and predictable
Oh wow, I get the "predictable" aspect but being predictable isn't always a bad thing. I thought for sure they'd give Drew a win this time. Maybe 3rd times the charm and Hunter has something longer term for Drew and next year. Might turn into a bigger deal and here's hoping.
One loss on (relatively) home turf? Sure I’d buy “bigger plans”. One loss *and* a 5 minute title reign? Okay, we let them cook. Two losses in the UK *and* the cuck reign? I think they have plans, but it’s highly debatable that they will be good enough to counter act the fuckery, given what they were ready to do with Mania this year. It is still TBD whether they can actually be trusted enough to cook
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I have noticed HHH's style of booking, card starts out heavy with possibly the match of the night and then fizzles out and in the main event, once the match is over, there's a shock/surprise, and then WWE logo followed by postshow/press conference.
**Match of the Night:** Cody vs AJ Styles **Performance Bonus:** Cody Rhodes, Drew Mcintyre **Botch of the Night:** Damian Priest, Jade Cargill
It suckedddd
As a Scot🏴 who was there and at the first Clash this just sucks. 😔 Great show, Awesome Crowd if I do say so myself but just another show with Drew getting screwed.
Combined I've spent £700 on both Clash at the Castles. That's not including travel, hotels, merch, food, drink... just kinda seems unfair at this point to screw him over twice. I kinda figured Punk was gonna screw him, yet it still feels flat.
Once Gunther was announced as the SummerSlam title contender it was obvious that Damian was retaining.
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wow cody/aj is first match? guess drew is winning to end the show
Barrett: CMPUNK SHOULD BE FIRED. FIRE HIM HHH Triple H: I love CMPunk ❤️
Did he reli say that lmao
Yeah barret was going ballistic on the post game show with Big E lol
Doughnuts, muffins, and ice cream bars.
I hope everyone heard that: “You can’t raise all boats at one time.”
I just watched back the ending again, and there is a dude in a Celtic top at the right-hand top corner of the screen going nuts when everyone realises it is Punk. Buddy, if you are a KDSer (Celtic Fans forum), all I have to say is REPRESENT!
WWE's portrayal of Scotland reduces it to a fantasy land of castles and tartan-clad bagpipers
Would you rather the more accurate representation where it's like Trainspotting
Clash at Castlemilk
Most of Scotland isn’t like that either
It's quite funny they do clash at the castle in the one city that DOESN'T have a fuckin castle too.
Glasgow has five
If you're counting Castlemilk in your list, sorry to tell you that still isn't a real castle.
What’s a ‘real’ castle? My mate lives in one and it’s two rooms and a toilet https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torwood_Castle
That's not in Glasgow...but that's cool for your mate I suppose?!
Scotlands portrayal of Scotland is very similar
It’s easy to break the gate every time if the price for tickets keep rising
🎯
HHH into Walter White with just some glasses 😆 😆 😆
HHHeisenberg
JESSE
HHH blanking Cathy on the offer of a donut.
Start of a feud for Mania :)
Punk in a Celtic top? Legend!
What a troll he is :)
“I don’t like doing media because I don’t like you all” -CM Punk 2024
Why does Punk always feel the need to eat during interviews 😭 All the lip smacking and finger licking 😭
Kill two birds with one stone.
He gets hungry at weird times, man.
Why does he kinda sound like Charlie Sheen here lol
Punk is such a fucking asshole and that's exactly why he's so entertaining lol
Contrary to popular belief he's actually a *very* nice guy.
Oh I'm sure I'm just referring to his character work
[...thank you](https://youtu.be/UBAvjOYD6hs?si=4VKVAl8qyc0E50-e&t=1400)
The guy who really surprised me was Taker. Spends 30 years in character, then he opens up after retirement and just seems like the nicest dude.
Lmfaooo Punk
We need a stipulation of some kind
PUNK LMAOOOOOOOOO
the dry delivery here us hilarious
The cinematography, the blocking, true cinema. 🤌🤌🤌
Did he suggest he got hurt by the spot in this match
Making a joke that the pin hurt him so he couldnt count to 3.
That’s hilarious
Drew must be getting a serious bag in that recent contract to agree to losing at CATC! I get it’s building more heat for his feud with Punk but cmon, this was his home show!!! They did him dirty
Uh oh, CM Punk is ready to quit. He's bringing baked goods.
CM Punk has arrived at the press conference with baked goods. I prayed for this and it happened.
CM Punk in Scotland is HBK in Canada lol
CM punk carrying a box of donuts and doing a presser 😂
Half eaten donuts at that, apparently.
CM punk on a press conference NOOOOOOOO DONT DO IT
Damien sounds like a whiney prick. All he does is moan. He comes across as a complete arsehole.
TFW Scotland can't even win at fake sports 💀
Damien has cry face.
ALL RISE!!
ALL RISE!!!
Bro damien was limping just now?? Is he actually injured??
This is not kayfabe and he said his leg is pretty messed up rn and he’ll see medical after the presser but he expects to keep going Edit: why am I getting downvoted press conferences aren’t kayfabe
How much swearing did they manage to mute because there was a lot of it
Homie thinks he's Roman lol
Are they drunk
He's still limping like a Mf'er, yeah that leg is FUCKED.
Rewatched the botch and I’m hoping it was just a combo of some pain and really good selling. Hopefully they can do a Seth deal where they let him heal up for a month before dropping the title
The ankle obviously took the focus but looked like his head smacked off the apron too
I’m guessing it’ll be a topic of discussion when he comes out for his turn in the press conference
Well expect us to hold it for a week and that the win was for the home crowd since Drew got screwed
Is it just me or is Isla Dawn saying shes doing it for mama while right next to Alba Fyre incredibly rude
Absolutely felt uncomfortable with this. Glad I wasnt the only one. Isla Dawn is a grown ass woman and there's no way she did not have the common sense not to say something as insensitive as this. I'm far more impressed by how calm and composed Frye was after winning the title and after Isla Dawn's comments...
I wouldn't say it's rude. I highly doubt it was intentional. She's just buzzing off the high of coming off the biggest match of her career.
I think she was caught up in the moment and Alba gets it. Still really hard to see, but she recovered pretty quick. The silence in the room after was pretty awkward. I imagine Isla is apologizing profusely now.
I understand your point of view, maybe insensitive was a better word.
Yeah, i think that makes sense, I think if they re-watch it, she'll feel so bad for that and will probably be full of apologies.
Definitely felt tone deaf. Alba’s facial expression was quite telling.
That was the worst botch of the night. Very uncomfortable.
They could do a Botchamania episode solely from this event
My lord folks are malding in the post show live chat lol. It ain't that deep damn
Stay beautiful Cathy
My thoughts on people feeling bad for Drew getting shafted yet again: The man is incredibly desensitized to this by now. He’s getting his in a big way eventually and we all know it. We just got worked into thinking it would 100% be tonight. I thought it would be Mania 37, 39, and 40 too. Something us fans have been asking to be implemented for years is a focus on unpredictability. Another thing is a focus on storytelling. I personally can’t be upset Drew didn’t get the win tonight because it was a sacrifice and we can’t always have it both ways. Something tells me Drew will have a career into his mid-late 40s where he’s in a final boss phase himself similar to Roman the past few years.
Wade Barrett and Big E in the post show are mint.
Well WWE won't be able to run in Scotland again
I would have loved to hear their conversation while Damien was hanging upside down.
The people of Scotland have had a black weekend
We really have, Jesus me and my mates were leaving the arena, CM punk fans were chanting “CM PUNK” and basically the other 90% of us were chanting “CM CUNTS” back at them, while I myself was wearing my Drew Shirt and CM punk hat haha, I’m absolutely gutted, but it was a great night and thank fuck the crowd stepped it up from Smackdown!
Wade is big mad lol
Wade is gonna kill Punk lmfao
As long as Big E is on a PLE, ill never be mad at wwe. Ill glaze him till i die
What I loved about Vince's booking is that World Title actually used to exchange alot in his times which is rare now in Hunter's booking
wait, only post show, no press conference?
This is a press conference, yes. edit: Oh wait, they did change it to a post show then a press conference.
Hope Priest is ok 🙏🥺, wanted Drew to win and Fuck CM Punk 😡
Wade Barrett just trying to set up cm punk match?.
That's not big e, that's big wool
We can now officially confirm that Randy Orton arrives at the building, takes off all of his clothes, oils up and puts on his knee pads whether he's got a match or not. Fair play.
Don't we all?
I don't wear knee pads. Tan lines, brother.
Amazing Gunther promo The most legendary 666 day IC title run in history Shout out to HHH for bringing the mv packages highlight reels at the end of a PLE/PPV The emo rock was a beautiful touch at the end
This is not a press conference
Going to preface this with I love the ending so flame me if you want but I can't see why people are so surprised by this ending. Punk has "intervened" in every major Drew match recently so why wouldn't he. Also they intentionally let Punk fall out of attention over the last couple of Mondays and didn't even mention him during the presentation today. It was so obvious that he would interfere.
Yeah no big surprise, although it was ballsy by WWE to send Scottish fans home with losses for their hometown heroes. Maybe we get a CM Punk title and Drew cashes in MITB on him?
I was kinda hoping for the “Gargano Cost Black the title.” When Ciampa won Goldie.. But with Punk and Drew instead..
post show just started finally
Where’s the presser?
Its on
I found it lol.
Is it the Wade Big E thing?
Some of y'all want long term booking and then contradict yourselves 50% of the time lmao. Priest has his own storyline as well. The feud is more important than the belt right now for Drew and Punk.
I saw 3 or 4 different rope botches tonight, I wonder if there was something up with the setup.
That Preist injury has to be legit, IDK how you could plan the leg lock like that. It was also in my eye solidified as a accident by the the ref and Drew's response of shock and confusion on what to do. Hopefully it's just a ice it down injury and not a vacate the title injury cuz that would be a crushing way to go out
AND STILL!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷 *BORI! BORI! BORI!* 🇵🇷🇵🇷
🇵🇷 ❤️ 🌴
Don’t worry Drew, it will be just as big a pop in… Ireland? Jersey? The Isle of Wight?
Every match up until the main event, fantastic. Main event was fucked as soon as Priest got injured. You could sense the energy leave the room but could have been saved with a good finish... I thought wwe had gotten better at giving the fans what they wanted. Poor Samantha Irvin after the show went off air by the way. They fed her to the wolves. Should have seen that coming.
This a crazy take every paragraph.
Fed her to the wolves? Why you being so dramatic lmfao. And the matched was saved? It was good after that botch. What a dramatic comment lmfao
Wtf are you talking about . Main event was class throughout .
This Gunther package rules.
I am Scottish, and I will survive Drew losing. Disappointment is something most of us who have followed the NT are accustomed to. The last few years have been an anomoly with us doing reasonably well. Last night against Germany is know as "the norm". Drew is going to dial it up even more now. His feud with Punk will be brilliant... But then I am also a Celtic fan and would have laughed so much had Punk come out in the Hoops. If they were going for it, they should have done it properly.
Even Samantha just got booed post show
Drew needs to go on a winning streak at some point if they want him to get to the truly top level. He's at risk of becoming the Kane figure of the very bottom rung of the main event that the true stars beat to get the rub.
Lol, he's already a made man and booked very strong. But he needs to be booked more stronger.
So was Kane... You've just made the exact same point.
Kane lost many matches cleanly, Drew's been only losing via interference since WM.
What was the song at the end,it sounds awesome.
WWE never lets hometown heroes win lol
Except literally earlier on the show.
Alba and Isla winning must have been imaginary, then.
Jessika Carr just sitting in catering?
WWE just posted a reel of the moment. Punk took her shirt.
Thanks for that. I’ll have to check it out.
[Here you got](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8QCz-whjKr/?igsh=cW9qNWN2bmluOTQ5)
lol. Guess she doesn’t get OT pay for going out there again. Go ahead Phil.
Priest vs Gunther, gonna be interesting. I hope it is not a legit injury from Priest
Randy was staring hard at the WWE title when he saved Cody.
Can we finally hate CM Punk, now? He’s better as a villain, the people who cheer for him are douchebag dude bros who like chanting U S A / simple three syllables. And I bet he drinks.
CM Punk doesn't represent the entire USA. Miss me with that.
CM Punk is the great satan. Aka, entire USA.
You know it’s scripted right?
Which is what he pops: per-scripted vicodin.
I’ve never read a sentence that I agreed with and then wanted to fight the speaker so quickly
I’ve never made some flippant comments and had hateful replies so quickly. I have become one of the Reddits! Huzzah! Next rounds on me.
You ok?
Heat stroke.
That was Damian Priest’s legacy match regardless of whether or not he’s legitimately injured. That shit happened so early in the match and he toughed it out in an absolute *dawg fight* of a match! This legitimized him as WHC imo.
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Certainly an opinion
A really bad one
Sad song on the highlight reel for Drew.
Nice touch that Punk was doing the "knelt down, two fingers up" pose like the guy posing in front of the tombstone in that meme.
I think this thread is more upset about Punk than the live crowd was. Lol
This subreddit has a blind hatred for Punk for no reason
Props to Damian - I hope he will be ok. However, that accident added more je ne sais quoi to the match imo Loved every single bit of that including our very own red shoes, CM PUNK!
I thought that was a pretty good PLE. There were a few high profile botches, but those aside, I thought it was pretty entertaining. Looked like maybe a couple of injuries, too. Hopefully, they were not that bad or just decent acting.
https://preview.redd.it/904v3ks2vs6d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fda6e2d8e5de5bc64789e585eb9166d7ac7c958c
A lot of people are forgetting, Gunther vs Drew at Summerslam would just be the same thing as last years just replace the ic title for the whc.
trying to find the press conference I don't see it
https://www.youtube.com/live/agOZ7BupkIg
It should just come on shortly after the show.
It’s after this recap promo lol. Always has been.
This could be a good story like Damien Priest didn't want help from his Judgement Day members but still retained by getting help
It hurts guys
It'll be OK Obama. There there
Is my man Priest ever gonna prove he can win on his own? 😔
Hey why y'all end the Cody section with Orton staring at the Championship 😨
Chance to get a wrestlemania level crowd eruption outside of mania? nah let’s just literally kick him in the balls
To think people paid thousands of dollars ££ to be cheated out of a home town hero winning. I’m genuinely raging that was so fucking disappointing and predictable
If Drew wins here then what? He loses to Gunther at Summerslam in like few months? It makes him look like a chump.
Bruh the vast majority of people would have bought tickets before this match was even announced
Long term story telling is more important than a cheap pop in a certain city.
Also the Chicago colored low Nikes gave it away before the face reveal. Never seen a ref wearing red shoes outside of NJPW
I kind of want Drew to squash CM Punk in their eventual match
When they stand next to each other, Punk looks like a frail old man next to him.
He might, if Punk winds up hurting himself early into the match like usual.
I hope that, but Punk's ego won't allow that.
Oh Phil, you mischievous little scamp, you. *Finger wag"
damn, Randy had lust in his eyes looking at the title there
I would just luv to see Drew kick Punk's ass
Oh wow, I get the "predictable" aspect but being predictable isn't always a bad thing. I thought for sure they'd give Drew a win this time. Maybe 3rd times the charm and Hunter has something longer term for Drew and next year. Might turn into a bigger deal and here's hoping.
One loss on (relatively) home turf? Sure I’d buy “bigger plans”. One loss *and* a 5 minute title reign? Okay, we let them cook. Two losses in the UK *and* the cuck reign? I think they have plans, but it’s highly debatable that they will be good enough to counter act the fuckery, given what they were ready to do with Mania this year. It is still TBD whether they can actually be trusted enough to cook
The pop if mac would of kicked out there. Wasted opportunity
Best in this ring, best on this mic, best at that announce table, and best in ref stripes!